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FILENAME:	2996_1156_1035
TOPIC#:		340
DATE:		910602
TRANSCRIBER:	csw
UTT_CODER:      lsh
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	3
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	4
ECHO_FROM_A:	3
STATIC_ON_A:	2
STATIC_ON_B:	2
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        Caller B sniffed throughout the entire conversation.
There was a line hum like some interference which came and went 
throughout the conversation.

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sd          B.1 utt1:  <Noise> <<rattling in background>> {D Well } I always think  I'm paying too much taxes.  /
qo          B.1 utt2:  How about you? /  

ny          A.2 utt1:  Yeah,  /
na          A.2 utt2: {F oh } definitely <laughter>.  /
%          A.2 utt3:   (( Seems ))  like, -/  

sd           B.3 utt1:  <Laughter> Although at least Texas doesn't have a state income tax yet.  /
sd           B.3 utt2: {E I mean, } {D you know, } they keep threatening us that  maybe there will be a day that they're going to, {F uh, } <sniffing> enact this  I think, {F uh, } <sniffing> the, {F um, } other means of providing  (( income ))  for the state have  been dwindling  /
sd           B.3 utt3: {C so } they keep trying to say we may need a, {F uh, } state  income tax <sniffing>. /  

aa          A.4 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd           A.4 utt2: I think that, {F uh, } we probably will  [ have to have, + have to, {F uh, } have ] a state income tax because, {F uh, } Texans don't approve of such things as lotteries, {F uh, } {D well } [ I, + I, ] come here from  New York  /
sd          A.4 utt3: {C and } New York had a state lottery, /  

b          B.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd           A.6 utt1:  {C and } it really raised a lot of money  [ for the, +  for the ] state. /  

x          B.7 utt1:  <Sniffing>.   

%          A.8 utt1:  {F Uh, } although we, - /
sd          A.8 utt2: in New York we had to pay  a state and a city, {F uh, } tax.  /
sd           A.8 utt3: {C And } it was really a great relief when I got to Texas  that I didn't have to pay that city income tax, though. /  

b          B.9 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv            B.9 utt2: makes quite a bit of difference in [ your, + {F uh, } {D well } your ] income level. /  

b          A.10 utt1:  Right. /  

sd           B.11 utt1:  {D You know, } {C because } other states quite a bi-,  a chunk out for, {F uh, } city  and  state taxes  /
sv           B.11 utt2: {C so } you're, {F uh, } looking at your yearly salary, it makes quite a difference. /  

aa^m          A.12 utt1:  It sure does [ ma-, + ] make a difference. /  

sd          B.13 utt1:  A little more take home here <sniffing>. /  

b          A.14 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qy          A.14 utt2:  Do you live in Dallas? /  

ny          B.15 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.15 utt2: Richardson area. /  

bh          A.16 utt1:  {F Oh, } you do? /  

ny          B.17 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.17 utt2: I work at, {D well } mainly the Expressway Site is where I work <rattling> <<sounds like paper>>. /  

sd          A.18 utt1:  {F Oh, } I do too. /  

bk          B.19 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay <sniffing>. /  

b          A.20 utt1:  Okay,  /
sd           A.20 utt2: {C and then, } you know too, that, {F um, }  taxes [ are, + are ] less, {D like } if you live in Mesquite. /  

b          B.21 utt1:  <Sniffing> Yeah. /  

sd           A.22 utt1:  {D You know, } some people will go shopping in Mesquite at the malls out there, {F uh, } /  

sd             B.23 utt1:  {C Or } up to Collin County, somewhere that you're getting out of the, {F um, } Dallas County area because,   

aa          A.24 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.25 utt1:  what do we pay, {D like } eight and a half percent,   

bf          A.26 utt1:  Eight point five. /  

+          B.27 utt1:  something like that for the, {F uh, } sales tax. /  

b          A.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /

sd         B.29 utt1: Which, {D yeah, } that really is pretty high. /  

qy          A.30 utt1:  Is it the s-, - /
qy           A.30 utt2: is it, {F uh, } less in Collin County  than it is in Dallas County? /  

na,sd,o@      B.31 utt1:  I think so, although I really, [ I + ] don't go up there too much, {E I mean } [ I, + I ] normally just kind of go to Richardson  Square Mall, or Valley  View Mall just kind of for the convenience,  /  *[[ Looks like 2 slash units]]
sd            B.31 utt2: {C or } <breathing>.   I guess maybe if I was going to buy a car or something,   

b          A.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.33 utt1:  maybe I would consider where I was buying it, to try to, {D you know, }   

b          A.34 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.35 utt1:  save a little bit on that sales tax,  because on a car that really [ mo-, + ]  kind of mounts up <talking>. /  

aa          A.36 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.36 utt2: it sure did  /
sd           A.36 utt3: {C and then } once you could  deduct at least some of that, {F um, } [ off, + off ] your income tax /
sd          A.36 utt4: {C and } you can't do that anymore. /  

b          B.37 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd           A.38 utt1:  It really hit me yesterday, I had, {F uh, } air conditioning service for my car done.  /
sd           A.38 utt2:  {C And } I had a little, little, {F uh, } coupon special that was twenty-two dollars --   

b          B.39 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+           A.40 utt1:  -- for, {F um, } air conditioning service where they, {F uh, }  checked it and [ ch-, + ] recharged it and put [ one, + one ] pound of freon  in  /
sd          A.40 utt2: {C and } if you needed another pound of freon they ga-, - /
sd           A.40 utt3: [ it, + it ] was {D like }  seven dollars and something.  /
sd            A.40 utt4:  {C And then }  [ with the + with the ] twenty-two dollars and the seven  something, it all came out to, [ I, + I ] ended up paying like thirty-four dollars. /  

x          B.41 utt1:  <Thumping>.   

sd,o@       A.42 utt1:  {C And } I couldn't believe it and the tax, {D you know, }  really hits you.   *[[ both kinds of slash error; Should be 2 slash units, I think ]]

aa          B.43 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa^r          B.43 utt2: yeah  /
aa          B.43 utt3: that's true. /  

+@          A.44 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
o@          A.44 utt2:  {C And then, }  *[[ slash error]]  

sv            B.45 utt1:  Although [ I wi-, + ]  I wish, {D you know, } overall they'd try the lottery again.  /
qw          B.45 utt2: When did you first come to Texas?  <Dishes>. /  

+@           A.46 utt1:  {F Oh, } [ it's been, + ] I've been here for nine years. / *[[slash error]]  

bk,sd,o@      B.47 utt1:  Okay, {D well, } that's about the same time as me, I came down in eighty-two. /  *[[ Looks like 3 slash units here to me. ]]

qw          A.48 utt1:  Really, where did you come from? /  

sd          B.49 utt1:  {F Um, } {D well, } Ohio, kind of.  /
sd          B.49 utt2:   My parents live in Ohio.  /
sd          B.49 utt3:  I had lived a little while in Michigan, /  

bk          A.50 utt1:  {F Oh, } uh-huh. /  

sd           B.51 utt1:  {C but, } {D you know, } basically I went to high school and college in Ohio and  lived there <sniffing> {F uh, } more years than  I ever did in Michigan. /  

b          A.52 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd           A.52 utt2:  {D Well, } {F uh, } I did visit, {F uh, } Michigan, I visited Kalamazoo once.  /
sd          A.52 utt3: My sister used to live there. /  

bk          B.53 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay <sniffing>. /  

b          A.54 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd           B.55 utt1:  <Sniffing> {C But } {D you know, } when we first came  down here, I really thought this place was somewhat backward, {E I mean, } I was just  shocked that we couldn't shop on Sunday. /  

x          A.56 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qy          B.57 utt1:  Remember that? <Sniffing> <dishes>. /  

o@        A.58 utt1:  That's true, I tell you what hit me the first year  I was here, {F uh, } Christmas eve in New York there used to  be stores open, the department stores wouldn't close, {F uh, } *[[ There seem to be several slash units in this turn that were not parsed that way ]]  

x          B.59 utt1:  <Sniffing>.   

+@          A.60 utt1:  {D well } I'd say they closed maybe eight or nine o'clock,  department stores, on Christmas eve. /  

b          B.61 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd           A.62 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } there were stores that you  could go to, {F uh, } {D you know, } like  discount stores and stores down in the village and just all  over the place where you could go to/
sd           A.62 utt2: {C and } you could  shop until {D like } twelve or one o'clock that night  /
sd          A.62 utt3: {C and } [ that was like, + ] that was really the only night they were open that late,  /
sd          A.62 utt4: {C but } it was Christmas eve. /  

b          B.63 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd            A.64 utt1:  {C And } when I came to Dallas, I thought I was going to  do that Christmas eve  /
sd          A.64 utt2: {C and } I couldn't find hardly anything open,   

x          B.65 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.66 utt1:  <Laughter> after five o'clock in the afternoon. /  

qy(^q)           B.67 utt1:  Were you shocked like, {F oh } {D no, } I'm stuck I need to buy stuff. /  

na^m         A.68 utt1:  An [ I was, + {F oh, } I was, ] [ I really, + I really ] was stuck <laughter>.  /
sd           A.68 utt2: {C And } I think Target was the one that stayed open later than  [ any, + anybody ] else.  /
sd           A.68 utt3:  {C And, } {F uh, } I was able to pick up a few things in there,  /
sd          A.68 utt4: {C but, } {D boy }  [ I was, + I was ] really shocked. /  

x          B.69 utt1:  <Sniffing>.   

sd           A.70 utt1:  {C And then } another shock I had <laughter>  {D well, } when I went to, {F um, } to buy a slice of pizza <laughter>,   

b          B.71 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.72 utt1:  and found out that I had to buy the whole pie. /  

sv          B.73 utt1:  {F Oh, } few places now seem to do it by the slice  /
%          B.73 utt2: {C but, } -/  

aa          A.74 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.74 utt2: now, - /
%          A.74 utt3: {C but } they, - /
sd          A.74 utt4:  back then they didn't. /  

b          B.75 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.76 utt1:  When I first came, no.  /
%          A.76 utt2:  Anyway, -/  

sv            B.77 utt1:  {D Well } [ [ the, + the, ] + {F uh, } there ] was other things too, {E I mean, } I think it's taken us Yankee's influence down here,   

x          A.78 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+           B.79 utt1:  to get them to, {F uh, } come to the, {D you know, } the correct decade here and  century.  /
sd           B.79 utt2: {F Um, } I couldn't believe that you could have open containers of beer, alcohol, whatever,   

b          A.80 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.81 utt1:  in the car! /  

b          A.82 utt1:  Right. /  

sd        B.83 utt1:  <Talking> <<Background voice says, that's not the subject>>  {E I mean, } you could always, {F um, } {F uh, } be careful about that back  then because,   

b          A.84 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+           B.85 utt1:  {F uh, } {D you know, } [ if  yo-, + ] if a cop stopped you then you would, {F um, } {D you know, } get arrested or what not. /  

b          A.86 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ad          A.86 utt2: {C and } [ talk a + ] --   

sd          B.87 utt1:  {C And } people would just drink openly. /  

+           A.88 utt1:  -- talking about alcohol and beer, look at the taxes on that,   

x          B.89 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.90 utt1:  and the taxes on a package [ of, + of ] cigarettes.  /
sd          A.90 utt2: I used to smoke, {D you know } -- /  

b          B.91 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd           A.92 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } that would have been enough [ to, + to ] make [ me, + me ] give them up.  /
sd          A.92 utt2: The price of them now, - /
sd           A.92 utt3: {C but } I gave them up a couple years ago because I had some sinus problems. /  

b          B.93 utt1:  Oh.  /
%          B.93 utt2: W-, - /
sd          B.93 utt3: I don't smoke,  /
sd          B.93 utt4: {C so } I don't really know what the,   

%          A.94 utt1:  {D Well, } -/  

+          B.95 utt1:  taxes are and stuff on it. /  

sd          A.96 utt1:  {D Well } they're like two,  /
sd           A.96 utt2: {C or, } [ I, + I ]  believe they're hitting two dollars a pack now. /  

b          B.97 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          A.98 utt1:  [ A little bit, + a little bit ] more in some places. /  

bf            B.99 utt1:  {C So } you end up about paying about twelve dollars for a pack and two dollars of that is taxes. /  

o@           A.100 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D well, } I believe it's a little more  than twelve dollars for a carton,   *[[ slash error ]]

b          B.101 utt1:  Huh. /  

+@          A.102 utt1:  I think it's maybe thirteen or something. /  

ba          B.103 utt1:  Gee. /  

sd           A.104 utt1:  {F Um, } {C because } I remember we went [ to, + to ]  Oklahoma to [ th-, + ] this bingo place. This Choctaw Bingo, {F uh, } a couple weeks ago  /
sd           A.104 utt2: {C and }  somebody that went with me bought a carton for, {F uh, } ten dollars and something  /
sd           A.104 utt3:  {C and } they really thought they were getting a big discount. /  

qy^d          B.105 utt1:  They're cheaper there? /  

na            A.106 utt1:  {D Well } {C because, } it's, {D you know, } the Indians, I don't think they pay tax. /  

ba          B.107 utt1:  Oh! /  

sd          A.108 utt1:  [ In, + in ] Oklahoma. /  

bk          B.109 utt1:  {F Oh, } I got you,  /
bk^r          B.109 utt2: okay. /  

sd           A.110 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } it was a Indian, {D well } it's a bingo hall for the benefit of the Indians there. /  

b          B.111 utt1:  Uh-huh  /
x          B.111 utt2: <rattling>. /  

sd           A.112 utt1:  Although I didn't see very many Indian people in there <laughter>.  /
sd           A.112 utt2:  There were just bus loads of people that come from everywhere  else to play that bingo because [ it's, + it's, ] the stakes are  higher and payoffs are bigger and so forth. /  

qw          B.113 utt1:  {D Well } how did you do? /  

sd          A.114 utt1:  <Sigh> I won a dollar <laughter>. /  

b^m          B.115 utt1:  A dollar, {F oh } {D well, }  /
qy^g          B.115 utt2: {C but } you had fun playing, right. /  

ny          A.116 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e           A.116 utt2: I had fun, {F uh, } a couple on the bus won some money.  /
sd          A.116 utt3:  [ One, + one ] guy won t-, -/ 
