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FILENAME:	2984_1263_1188
TOPIC#:		361
DATE:		910530
TRANSCRIBER:	khb
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	2
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Speaker A asks B to wait a minute and talks to someone else 
a few lines into the conversation.    

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o          B.1 utt1:  # Okay,  /
%          B.1 utt2: {C so. } # -/  

%          A.2 utt1:  # Okay,  /
sd^t          A.2 utt2: # we're going to talk about lawn and garden today. /  

aa          B.3 utt1:  Right.  /
%          B.3 utt2: [ What -- +   

b          A.4 utt1:  Okay -- /  

+          B.5 utt1:  -- what, ] -/  

qw          A.6 utt1:  -- {F um, } where do you work at  /
qrr          A.6 utt2: {C or } --   

b          B.7 utt1:  {F Uh. } /  

+          A.8 utt1:  -- do [ you, + you ] wish to discuss that? /  

nn          B.9 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.9 utt2: I, I'm in, {F uh, } {D well } - /
sd          B.9 utt3:   I live in, {F uh, } Richardson,   

bk          A.10 utt1:  {F Oh, } # okay. # /  

+          B.11 utt1:  # Texas, #  /
%          B.11 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } -/  

b          A.12 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.12 utt2: we're neighbors. /  

b          B.13 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          A.14 utt1:  Okay <laughter>. /  

sd          B.15 utt1:  [ And, + ] {F uh, }  but grew up in, {F uh, } Iowa on a farm with a considerably different philosophy in terms of <laughter> lawn and garden --   

t3          A.16 utt1:  Hi <talking> <<talking to someone in background>>. /  

+          B.17 utt1:  -- work.  /
%          B.17 utt2:  {F Uh, } {C and } {F uh, } -/  

ad          A.18 utt1:  Can you hang on just a minute? /  

aa          B.19 utt1:  Yeah. /  

ft          A.20 utt1:  Thank you <talking>   <<Talking to someone else in background>>.  /
t3          A.20 utt2: I have no idea.  /
t3          A.20 utt3:  He didn't broadcast.  /
t3          A.20 utt4:  Thank you.  /
t3          A.20 utt5:  Uh-huh.  /
fa          A.20 utt6:  I'm sorry. /  

bd          B.21 utt1:  No. /  

ad          A.22 utt1:  Go ahead. /  

sd          @B.23 utt1:  {C So, } {F uh, } <lipsmack> {F uh, } [ not, + not ]  growing up familiar with here, {F uh, } {F uh, } when I get a chance I listen to that  Neil # Sperry and do that <laughter>. # -/  

sd          A.24 utt1:  # <Noise> {F Oh, } I do all the time. #  /
sd^r          A.24 utt2:  # I do all the time. # /  

%          B.25 utt1:  # {C And, } {F uh, } # -/  

sd          A.26 utt1:  I get a lot of good tips from him. /  

b          B.27 utt1:  Yeah.  /
%          B.27 utt2:  # {F Uh, } # /  

sd          A.28 utt1:  # I have his book, # too. /  

bh          B.29 utt1:  Yeah? /  

ny          A.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.31 utt1:  Don't do [ any, + {F uh, }   

x          A.32 utt1:  <Swallowing>.   

+          B.33 utt1:  any ] gardening in the sense of, {F uh, }  vegetable gardening  /
sd          B.33 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, }   

sd          A.34 utt1:  Not in # Texas. # /  

+          B.35 utt1:  # [ [ [ Tr-, + tr-, ] + # tried ] some, + tried some ]  different,   

x          A.36 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.37 utt1:  flowers, [ and, + and, ] {F uh, } bushes and stuff,   

x          A.38 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+          B.39 utt1:  and, {F uh, } {F uh, } [ have a, + have a ]  lawn service.  /
sd          B.39 utt2: There was one [ when,   

x          A.40 utt1:  <Swallowing>.   

+          B.41 utt1:  we, + when we ] bought the house  /
sd          B.41 utt2: {C and } we just  continued with them for a long time and then switched to a different one,  /
sd          B.41 utt3: {C but } in terms  of the fertilizing and, {F uh, }   

x          A.42 utt1:  <Noise> <<Paper shuffling>>.   

+          B.43 utt1:  weed control,   

b          A.44 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.45 utt1:  mainly leave that up to them.  /
qo          B.45 utt2:  What about you? /  

nn          A.46 utt1:  {D Well, } no,  /
sd^e          A.46 utt2: I had a lawn service one year,  /
sd(^q)       A.46 utt3:  {C and } I thought phooey, I'm going to do it myself because I figured up the cost  /
sd(^q)       A.46 utt4:  {C and } I said, # huh-uh <noise>, # /  

b          B.47 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

^q          A.48 utt1:  I can do it much # cheaper and better. # /  

b          B.49 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          A.50 utt1:  {C And so } what I did, I switched to liquid,  /
sd          A.50 utt2:  {C and } I do it with an applicator with my hose,  /
sd          A.50 utt3: {C and } it's so much easier than taking  that lawn spreader and  # walking all over # --   

b          B.51 utt1:  # <Noise> Yeah. # /  

+          A.52 utt1:  -- the territory. /  

b          B.53 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.54 utt1:  I was surprised how easy it was. /  

%          B.55 utt1:  {D Well } <noise> <<Sounds like eating something>>. /  

sd(^q)       A.56 utt1:  {C And, } [ i-, + ] I thought, {D well, }  I'm going to do this all the time. /  

ba          B.57 utt1:  {D Well, } good. /  

sd          A.58 utt1:  {C So } I found, {D you know, } - /
sd          A.58 utt2: {C and } I've got  some problems with, {F uh, } two trees in my front yard,  /
sd          A.58 utt3: {C and } I took them to a certified, {F uh, }  nurseryman the other day, /  

b          B.59 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

qh          A.60 utt1:  # {C and } do # you know what he told  me I [ h-, + ] needed to do? /  

nn          B.61 utt1:  # No. # /  

%          A.62 utt1:  # Which is, # - /
%          A.62 utt2: a-, <laughter> - /
sd          A.62 utt3: it's just unreal.  /
sd          A.62 utt4:   He said I needed to pull every leave off the tree,  /
sd          A.62 utt5: {C and } the tree is fifteen feet high,  /
sd          A.62 utt6:  {C and } it probably has about ten thousand leaves on it  /
sd          A.62 utt7: {C and } he told me I  needed to pull every leaf off and then spray it with this chemical that he said I should purchase. /  

x          B.63 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd(^q)       A.64 utt1:  {C And } I thought, {D uh-huh, }  <laughter>  [ this is, +  this is ]  unreal,  /
^q          A.64 utt2: this is # unreal. # /  

b          B.65 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          A.66 utt1:  {C So, } {F uh, } I think I'll get my  son-in-law <laughter> to do that for me, if he will. /  

b          B.67 utt1:  Yeah  /
qw          B.67 utt2: <laughter>.  [ [ What, + what, ] + what ]  kind of a, - /
qy          B.67 utt3: is this some sort of a disease,  /
qrr          B.67 utt4: {C or } is # it a pest? # /  

ny          A.68 utt1:  # Yes, #  /
sd^e          A.68 utt2: it's a disease that it's got,  /
sd          A.68 utt3: {C and } I don't know,   

qw          B.69 utt1:  [ [ What, +   

+          A.70 utt1:  what happened to it, {F uh, }  /
sd         A.70 utt2: {C and # then } [ it + # --   

+          B.71 utt1:  # {D Well, } what ] kind + # --   

+          A.72 utt1:  -- it, ] {F um } <lipsmack>, -/  

+          B.73 utt1:  -- what kind ] of trees are they? /  

sd          A.74 utt1:  {D Well, } one is a  maple,  /
sd^r          A.74 utt2: one is, {F um } <lipsmack>,   

b          B.75 utt1:  Huh. /  

+          A.76 utt1:  a maple,  /
sd          A.76 utt2: {C but } I would much prefer, - /
sd          A.76 utt3:  I think it's not a native Texan tree. /  

b          B.77 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.78 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } [ the one that, + the ones that ]  really do well are the ones that are on the city property,  /
sd          A.78 utt2: {C and } they don't,   

x          B.79 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.80 utt1:  get any care, /  

b          B.81 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.82 utt1:  # {C and } they're # cedar elm,  /
sd          A.82 utt2: {C and } they're just beautiful. /  

b          B.83 utt1:  Uh-huh  /
x          B.83 utt2: <laughter>.   

sd          A.84 utt1:  {C So } {E I mean, } [ it, + it's, ] {D you know, }  these things that you pamper, - /
sv          A.84 utt2: some people have really a green thumb,  /
sd          A.84 utt3: [ {C and, } + {D you know, }   

b          B.85 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.86 utt1:  {C and, } ] {F um, } although I don't have  too serious a problem,  /
sd          A.86 utt2: {C but, } I don't know if it was from [ [ the, + the, ] + the ]  late freezes that were, or the early freezes we had, that caused this tree damage,  /
sd          A.86 utt3: {C and } {D you know, }  Sperry said, {D you know, } that's what happened to the Crepe Myrtles,   

b          B.87 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.88 utt1:  the last two years that,  [ you, + we ]  are looking at all the freeze damage from the prior two years. /  

b          B.89 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.90 utt1:  {C So, } I kind of think that maybe that, {F uh, }  happened to these large trees that I have. /  

b          B.91 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.92 utt1:  {C And } I really hate to lose them,  /
sv          A.92 utt2:  {C but, } {F um, } <lipsmack> that's one of the hazards I guess of, {F uh, } having [ a, + a ] yard. /  

b          B.93 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.93 utt2: # yeah. # /  

%          A.94 utt1:  # {C Because } I, # -/  

sd          B.95 utt1:  {D Well, } [ that's, + that's ]  one thing that [ we a-, + we've  had ]  very poor luck [ with, + with, ] [ is, + ] [ in, + in ]  our yard [ is, + is ] trees -- /  

b          A.96 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          B.97 utt1:  -- # {C but } # [ the, + ] {F uh, } <noise>  [ what, + what ] trees [ were, + were ] there when we moved in,   

x          A.98 utt1:  <Noise> <<sounds like a train whistle>>.   

+          B.99 utt1:  {F uh, } {F uh, } [ were, + ] had been put in by the  developer when he built the house,  /
sd          B.99 utt2: {C and } he just put in whatever was cheapest <noise>  that he could # claim was a tree I think. # /  

aa          A.100 utt1:  # Right,  /
sv          A.100 utt2: the quick growing,  /
%          A.100 utt3: yeah,  /
%          A.100 utt4:  [ {C and } they, + {C and } he, ] # -/  

sd          B.101 utt1:  And, {F uh, } figured <noise>  up last night, [ at, + ] - /
sd          B.101 utt2: there were seven different trees [ of, + of ] various kinds and sizes in the yard when  we moved in,  /
sd          B.101 utt3: {C and } we got one left at this point,  /
sd          B.101 utt4: {C but, } <sigh> {F uh, }  a couple of them [ we've lost to, + <sigh> {A the, [ w-, + weren't ] too good trees, } we've lost to wind, ]  # {F uh, } {F uh. } # /  

b          A.102 utt1:  # {F Uh, } uh-huh  /
x          A.102 utt2: # <breathing>.   

sd          B.103 utt1:  [ Three we, + three we've ]  lost to, to, {F uh, } freezes between, {F uh, } eighty-three [ and + {F uh, } and ]  then, {F uh, } a year ago we lost, {F uh, } # another one. # /  

ad          A.104 utt1:  # <Lipsmack> Can I pick your brain # about how  you got rid of those trees?  /
%          A.104 utt2: Did, - /
qy          A.104 utt3: are they still there,  /
qy          A.104 utt4: did you cut them down [ at the, + at the ]  ground level,  /
qrr          A.104 utt5: {C or } did you pull them,   

x          B.105 utt1:  <Breathing>.   

+          A.106 utt1:  up by the roots,  /
qy          A.106 utt2: {C or } how did you get rid of them?  /
%          A.106 utt3:  # {C Because } [ if + ] I # -- -/  

%          B.107 utt1:  # {D Well, } d-, # -/  

sd          A.108 utt1:  -- [ I, + I ] don't know how to get rid of  these big trees, because one has a circumference of about ten inches,  /
%          A.108 utt2: # {C and, } # -/  

b          B.109 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
sd          B.109 utt2: # [ [ we-, + we ]  didn't ha-, + we didn't have ] any that were [ that, +   

b          A.110 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          B.111 utt1:  that ] big when they, {F uh, } went.  /
sd          B.111 utt2: [ two o-, + two of ]  them, {F uh, } <laughter> [ the wind, + the wind ] blew over <lipsmack> --   

%          A.112 utt1:  {F Uh. } /  

+          B.113 utt1:  -- {F uh, } [ in, + in ] terms of getting them down. /  

b          A.114 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.115 utt1:  {F Uh } <lipsmack> --   

sd          A.116 utt1:  {C Because } I don't # want # --   

+          B.117 utt1:  -- # the, # -/  

+          A.118 utt1:  -- stubs in my lawn.  /
sd          A.118 utt2:  # {C Because } # --   

b          B.119 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          A.120 utt1:  -- # you still have to <music>, # /  

b          B.121 utt1:  # Yeah.  /
sd          B.121 utt2: # Now [ [ [ th-, + the ] one that, + the one that ]  we lost, + the last one that we lost ] [ a, + a ] year ago --   

b          A.122 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.123 utt1:  -- # {F uh, } # [ u-, + up ] until then,  they [ do-, + ] hadn't been big enough  /
sd          B.123 utt2: {C but } what I just used a hand saw  and sawed them off [ [ at, + at, ] +   

^2         A.124 utt1:  # The base? # /  

+          B.125 utt1:  # as ] [ close, + #   

^2          A.126 utt1:  # To the ground? # /  

+          B.127 utt1:  # close ] to ground # level as I could,    

b          A.128 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.129 utt1:  and then, {F uh, } # [ got s-, + #   

^2          A.130 utt1:  # Bore? # /  

+          B.131 utt1:  got ] some chemical that drill  holes and pour in that [ helps + <noise>,   

bf          A.132 utt1:  I see --   

+          B.133 utt1:  # helps ] rot the, # -/  

+          A.134 utt1:  -- # tr-, - /
bf          A.134 utt2: {F uh, }  # a stump killer. /  

b^m          B.135 utt1:  [ stump ki-,  + {D yeah, }    

b          A.136 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.137 utt1:  stump killer, ] and [ stump, + stump ] rotter, /  

b          A.138 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.139 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } this last one had a fair  sized root  /
sd          B.139 utt2: {C and } some guy was doing a job in the neighborhood, {F uh, }  /
sd          B.139 utt3: [ and, + and ] saw it and  stopped in and asked,   

x          A.140 utt1:  <Swallowing>.   

+          B.141 utt1:  if I didn't want the stump dug out on the  spot for thirty-five bucks,  /
sd(^q)       B.141 utt2: {C and } I said fine.  /
sd          B.141 utt3: [ He had, + he had ]  a trailer with a machine on it that was specifically for that,  /
%          B.141 utt4: # {C and } it # -- -/  

b          A.142 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
sd          A.142 utt2: # {C and } they get that saw,  /
sd          A.142 utt3:  {C and } I think it's [ a, k-, + some kind of a ] [ s-, a + ] screwing thing that # just rips it right out. # /  

b          B.143 utt1:  -- # yeah,  /
sd          B.143 utt2: {C and } [ [ it, + it ] just, + # it just ]  ripped it --   

^2          A.144 utt1:  Right out,  /
 %         A.144 utt2: yeah. /  

+          B.145 utt1:  -- right out,  /
sd          B.145 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } I <lipsmack>  took the, - /
sd          B.145 utt3: [ [ [ i-, + it ] left the, + it left, ] + he left ] the chips,  /
sd          B.145 utt4: {C and } I # put them up # --   

^2          A.146 utt1:  # Used those for, # {F uh, } # mulch,  /
%          A.146 utt2: sure. # /  

+          B.147 utt1:  -- # mulch [ [ ar-, + around, ] + # around ]  the other shrubs,   

b          A.148 utt1:  Sure. /  

+          B.149 utt1:  and, {F uh, } {F uh, } [ had, + had ]  a pile of dirt from various things, {F uh, } back by the garage that I filled in with  /
sd          B.149 utt2: [ {C and, } +   

b          A.150 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.151 utt1:  {C and } ] it's filling in [ with, + with ]  grass, {F uh, } nicely this year,  so that, [ that was, + that was ] worth it  /
%          B.151 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, } -/  

bf          A.152 utt1:  A blessing in disguise. /  

aa          B.153 utt1:  Yeah. /  

bf          A.154 utt1:  {E I mean, } [ y-, + ] two fold purpose. - /
%          A.154 utt2: Yeah. /  

aa          B.155 utt1:  Yeah  /
%          B.155 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, } <sigh>. - /
%          B.155 utt3:  Yeah,  /
%          B.155 utt4: {D well } y-, - /
qy          B.155 utt5: do you do your own, {F uh, }   

^2          A.156 utt1:  # Lawn?  /
ny          A.156 utt2: Yes,  /
ny          A.156 utt3: Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.157 utt1:  # lawn in terms of, # {F uh, } mowing? /  

ny          A.158 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd^e          A.158 utt2: [ I have a, + I have a ]  self-propelled, {F uh, } Snapper. /  

b          B.159 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.160 utt1:  <Beep> {C Because } I'm sitting on a hill,  /
sd          A.160 utt2:  [ {C and } it, + {F uh, }   

aa          B.161 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

+          A.162 utt1:  {C and } it's ] very difficult to address. /  

b          B.163 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.163 utt2: I, - /
b          B.163 utt3: {F uh, } yeah,  /
sd          B.163 utt4: [ [ [ I, + I, ] + I, ] + we ]  just got [ a, + a ] old push, {F uh, } {F uh, }  Sears mower.  /
sd          B.163 utt5: [ I, + it's ] been fifteen years now,  since we first moved to Texas,  we've had it,  /
sd          B.163 utt6: {C and } I keep waiting for it to die,  /
sd          B.163 utt7: {C but, } every year  it just seems to hang on,  /
sd          B.163 utt8: [ {C and, } + {F uh, } <lipsmack> {C and, } ] {F uh, } I [ do it #  my, + do it myself. ] # /  

ba          A.164 utt1:  # {D Well, } that's good <laughter>. #  /
sv          A.164 utt2: They're very expensive. /  

b          B.165 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } yeah,  /
%         B.165 utt2: we-, - /
sd          B.165 utt3: <laughter>,  [ a year, + a year ] ago [ I took into, +   

x          A.166 utt1:  <Noise> <<Paper shuffling>>.   

+          B.167 utt1:  took it into ] Sears to have it tuned up for the season  /
sd(^q)       B.167 utt2:  {C and } they said, no, [ it's, + it's ] too old,  /
^q          B.167 utt3: we won't even work on it. /  

fe          A.168 utt1:  {F Oh, }  (( booey ))  /
%          A.168 utt2: yeah. /  

sd          B.169 utt1:  {C And } I took it back home,  /
%          B.169 utt2:  {C and } it's, - /
%          B.169 utt3: <laughter> # can't, - /
%          B.169 utt4: kept, - /
sd          B.169 utt5: plugs along. - /
%          B.169 utt6:  {C But, } {F uh, } # -/  

aa          A.170 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
sv          A.170 utt2: they always try to give you a song and  dance. # /  

sd          B.171 utt1:  {C But, } [ my son's, + {F uh, } [ o-, + one ] of my sons ]  and a couple of his friends this year have <<voices fade>>, -/ 
 
