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FILENAME:	4630_1352_1690
TOPIC#:		349
DATE:		920409
TRANSCRIBER:	nk
UTT_CODER:      aabo
DIFFICULTY:	3
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	3
BACKGROUND_B:	3
REMARKS:        Speaker A has all kinds of noises in her background.  B has
line noises and his voice tends to fade at the end of his sentences.

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sd          A.1 utt1:  <Noise> {F Uh, } I basically, {F uh, } listen to the news from the T V.  /
sd          A.1 utt2: That's probably the only time <talking> I get a chance to, {F uh, } {F uh, } take a look at it is the evening news  /
sd          A.1 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and then } ] if I'm lucky, I might be able to hear something through news wise.  /
sd          A.1 utt4: {C But, } {F uh, } other than that that's probably how I get my source unless something really tragic <child_talking> happens and  somebody tells me it about [ through, + {F uh, } {F uh, } {D you know, } {F uh, } through ] conversation or whatever  /
sd          A.1 utt5: {C but, } {F uh, } most of the time it is through the news in the evening  /
%          A.1 utt6: {C so } # that's about the, # -/  

qy          @B.2 utt1:  # You don't get # any newspapers? /  

br^m          A.3 utt1:  Newspapers?  /
nn          A.3 utt2: No,  /
sd^e          A.3 utt3: I'm not too much in reading newspapers.  /
sd          A.3 utt4:  {F Uh, } not that I don't enjoy <whistling> newspapers or anything like that  /
sd          A.3 utt5: {C but, } {F uh, } part of it is because I just don't <barking> feel like I need, [ the need + ] to have them, {F uh, } with watching the T V or whatever.  /
sd          A.3 utt6:  We get our weekly news around the area  /
sd          A.3 utt7: {C and } I might look through it real quick if there's something that catches my interest, {F uh, } in regards to what's going on around the county or little bit of the state <dishes>.  /
sd          A.3 utt8:  {C But } the majority of the time now I don't get a daily newspaper where, {D you know, } I get tons of, {F uh, } news coming in <whistling> that kind of stuff. /  

sd          B.4 utt1:  I'm kind of the opposite of you.  /
sd          B.4 utt2: I get all my news from # newspapers. # /  

qy          A.5 utt1:  # {F Oh, } you do #  # <laughter>? # /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  # [ We have, + # we have ] two newspapers. /  

qy^d          A.7 utt1:  You read it in the morning then? /  

ny          B.8 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd^e          B.8 utt2:  Two newspapers in the morning. /  

b          A.9 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh } --   

b          A.11 utt1:  # Sure. # /  

+          B.12 utt1:  -- # I'm, {F uh, } # [ in, + in ] a government position that I'm in the news a lot  /
sd          B.12 utt2: {C so, } {F uh, } [ I, + I ] kind of look through to [   see, +  see ] what, {F uh, } I'm quoted in. /  

b          A.13 utt1:  {F Oh, } sure <laughter>. /  

sd          B.14 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } # [ how, + how ] bad the quotes are every day. # /  

^2          A.15 utt1:  # To see if they did it # or if they, {F uh, } criticize you or --   

aa          B.16 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.17 utt1:  -- put something in there wrong.  /
b          A.17 utt2: Sure,  /
b^r          A.17 utt3: # sure. # /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  # {C Or, } # {F uh, } sometimes there's, {F uh, } letter to the editor about me  /
sd          B.18 utt2: {C or } there's a, even, {F uh, } editorials --   

b          A.19 utt1:  <Child_talking> Uh-huh,  /
b          A.19 utt2: # Sure. # /  

+          B.20 utt1:  -- # for # {C and } against what I'm doing <laughter>. /  

aa          A.21 utt1:  Sure,  /
aa          A.21 utt2: exactly <talking>. /  

sd          B.22 utt1: [ {C But, } + {F uh, } {C but } ] [ T V, + {F uh, }  the T V, ]  [ I, + I ] don't really watch, [ even if I'm, + even if # I'm ] on it. # /  

b          A.23 utt1:  # Uh-huh,  /
b          A.23 utt2: # sure. /  

%          B.24 utt1:  # {C But } just, # -/  

sd          A.25 utt1:  # {D Well, } [ that's, + # that's ] kind of like you said then.  /
sd          A.25 utt2: [  We, + we ] are kind of on the opposite where I get home  and, {F uh, } while I'm cooking supper the T V is on and watching the news or trying to catch up with what is going on  /
sd          A.25 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } very seldom do I catch the ten o'clock  /
sd          A.25 utt4: {C so, } by that time, {D you know, } old news is probably what I hear through the grapevine or whatever.  /
sd          A.25 utt5:  {C But, } {F uh, } unless there is a big issue going on like when we were at war then I think everybody was glued to the T V to find out what was going on. /  

b          B.26 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.27 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } other # than that, no.  /
%          A.27 utt2:  It's, # -/  

%          B.28 utt1:  # {C And } that's, - /
sd          B.28 utt2: # C N N had the, {F uh, - /
sd          B.28 utt3: } everybody was watching C N N,  /
sv          B.28 utt4: that seemed to be the # place to be # --   

aa          A.29 utt1:  # Exactly,  /
aa^r          A.29 utt2: # exactly,  /
aa^r          A.29 utt3: exactly,  /
b          A.29 utt4: sure. /  

+          B.30 utt1:  -- to find out what was going on on that. /  

b          A.31 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.31 utt2: yeah. /  

sd@          B.32 utt1:  At that point, I was watching the T V.    

b          A.33 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
%          A.33 utt2:  Yeah. /  

+@          B.34 utt1:  On something like that. /  

b          A.35 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          A.35 utt2:  {D Well } it brought kind of, {F uh, } more of a vivid, {F uh, } look at what was going on when they were dropping the bombs and just a lot of different things.  /
aa          A.35 utt3: {C But, } {F uh, } yeah,  /
aa          A.35 utt4: <talking> that's true.  /
sv          A.35 utt5:  {D You know } <<faint>>, {D you know } a lot of people that read  the [ news to, + newspapers to ] get the news of what's going on  /
sv          A.35 utt6: {C and, } {F uh, } other people that, {D you know, } do it differently or don't even watch any news at all  /
%          A.35 utt7: [ {C so. } +  {C But, } ] -/  

sd          B.36 utt1:  {D Well, } the thing is, [ with, + with ] T V, [ I, + I, ] {F uh, } - /
sv          B.36 utt2: a lot of times [ the, + the ] news on, {F uh, } the local T V is so brief, you really don't get the full picture of [ what, + {F uh, } # what's ] going on. # /  

^2          A.37 utt1:  # Exactly happens. #  /
b          A.37 utt2:  Sure,  /
b^r          A.37 utt3: sure.  /
%          A.37 utt4:  # That's, # -/  

sv          B.38 utt1:  # {C And, } # {F uh, } [ that's, + that's ] a problem that I have is not, getting just a little brief, {F uh, } # idea of what's happening.  /
%          B.38 utt2:  {C But, } # -/  

b          A.39 utt1:  # {F Oh } sure,  /
sd          A.39 utt2: a clip, # {D you know, } a sentence or two  /
sd          A.39 utt3: {C and } that's about it of what went on  /
sd          A.39 utt4: {C and, } {F uh, } they have so much other information to cover in such a short period of time.  /
b          A.39 utt5: Sure. /  

b          B.40 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          B.40 utt2:  # {C But } # --   

sd          A.41 utt1:  # Makes # sense. /  

+          B.42 utt1:  -- I like the weather report. /  

b          A.43 utt1:  <Laughter> Yeah. /  

%          B.44 utt1:  {C So, } I wa-, - /
sd          B.44 utt2: [ [ I alway, + always, ] + I always ] turn that on  ((   ))  -- /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.45 utt2: yeah. /  

sd          B.46 utt1:  -- that's one part I watch because [ of, + ] {F uh, } I go surfing down here  /
sd          B.46 utt2: {C and } I always --   

b          A.47 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.48 utt1:  -- want to watch the weather for when the waves are going to be good. /  

qy^d          A.49 utt1:  {C So } you're right on the coast line.  /
qy^d          A.49 utt2:  You're not, {F uh, } further up.  /
%          A.49 utt3: You're, -/  

ny          B.50 utt1:  Yeah.  /
nn          B.50 utt2: No.  /
sd^e@          B.50 utt3:  Right on the south Florida coast.    

b          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
b          A.51 utt2:  Sure. /  

+@          B.52 utt1:  Where the weather is still warm here. /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Sure.  /
sv          A.53 utt2:  I suppose you watch for [ huri-, + hurricanes ] coming in and --   

b          B.54 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.55 utt1:  -- things like that.  /
b          A.55 utt2:  # Sure. # /  

b          B.56 utt1:  # Yeah.  /
sv          B.56 utt2: #  Weather channel's good <laughter>  ((   ))  <<very faint>>. /  

ny          A.57 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv^e          A.57 utt2: that's about the only time [ in the, + in the ] summer, {F uh, } if you're watching T V for the weather, even though it's very hard to predict what's going on,  /
sd(^q)          A.57 utt3: they'll kind of say, {D well, } there's a thunderstorm warning or  whatever.  /
sd          A.57 utt4: This is [ the, + ] what is expected,  /
sd          A.57 utt5: {C but } a lot of times things happen and  change here so drastically, {F uh, } so fast --   

b          @@B.58 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.59 utt1:  -- {D you know, } where movement that was coming in has shifted or whatever  /
%          A.59 utt2: {C so. } -/  

sd@          B.60 utt1:  I mostly look for the storms out in the ocean.    

b          A.61 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+@          B.62 utt1:  {F Uh, } hundreds of miles out  / 
sd          B.62 utt2: {C so } I can predict [ my, + my ] week  and --   
b          A.63 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.64 utt1:  -- where I'm going to be. /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  {C So } I can be [ at the, + at the ] # beach when the waves start coming in. # /  

^2          A.67 utt1:  # <Laughter> to take off.  /
b          A.67 utt2: # Sure.  /
%          A.67 utt3:  Yeah.  /
%          A.67 utt4:  That's, - /
sv          A.67 utt5: sounds pretty good  /
sd^t          A.67 utt6: {C so. } Anyway, I don't know if our time is getting up here  /
sv^t          A.67 utt7: {C or } it's got to be fairly close to that </noise> </talking>, / 
