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FILENAME:	2465_1090_1107
TOPIC#:		325
DATE:		910405
TRANSCRIBER:	LAB
UTT_CODER:	mlg
DIFFICULTY:	3
TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	2
ECHO_FROM_B:	3
ECHO_FROM_A:	3
STATIC_ON_A:	2
STATIC_ON_B:	2
BACKGROUND_A:	2
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        Conversation was very disjointed.

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qy          A.1 utt1:  {D Well, } do you own a P C? /  

nn          B.2 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.2 utt2: I don't,  /
sd          B.2 utt3: I have one at, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.2 utt4: the company I work for furnishes,  /
sd          B.2 utt5: {C so } I can work at home. /  

ba          A.3 utt1:  {F Oh, } wow. /  

sd          B.4 utt1: {C And } it's just an [ old, + old ] compact, that is super slow  /
sd          B.4 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C but } ] [ it does, + it does ] it's job,  /
%          B.4 utt3: {C so. } -/  

qw          A.5 utt1: What processor does it have in it? /  

no          B.6 utt1:  {F Um, } I don't know,  /
sd          B.6 utt2: it's so old.  /
%          B.6 utt3:  It's one of, -/  

qw          A.7 utt1: {F Oh } <laughter> what kind of work do you do on it? /  

sd          B.8 utt1:  {F Um, } I do, {F um, } television ratings  /
sd          B.8 utt2: {C and } I process some ratings  and [ put, + do ] graphics for their television stations,   

bk          A.9 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

+          B.10 utt1:   ((   ))  their clients,  /
%          B.10 utt2: {C so. } -/  

b          A.11 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  It's basically just data entry and running, {D you know, } [ some, + some ] software  /
sd          B.12 utt2: {C so } it doesn't really have to be anything sophisticated, {D you know. } /  

b          A.13 utt1:  {F Huh, }  yeah,  /
sd          A.13 utt2: I don't own a P C  /
sd          A.13 utt3: {C but } [ [ I've, + I've, ] + {D yeah, } I ] work for T I  /
%          A.13 utt4: {C and, }  {F uh, } -/  

b          B.14 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.14 utt2: my husband does, too,  /
%          B.14 utt3: {C so. } -/  

sd          A.15 utt1:  {D Well, } I have, {F uh, } [ [ pretty, + fa-, ] + a fairly ] fancy one,  /
sd          A.15 utt2: it's a T I model.  /
sd          A.15 utt3:  It's an S P one thousand which, [ has a, + [ it + ] has a ] fast processor in it, a three eighty-six. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.17 utt1:  {C And } I, - /
sd          A.17 utt2: [ the, + the ] job that  I do, - /
sd          A.17 utt3: I do a lot of training of our customers for new products. /  

b          B.18 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.19 utt1:  {C And } I have to develop, {F uh, } functional  (( specs )) [ and + <noise>,  (( disk ))  and ]  (( desk ))  top publishing and everything,  /
sd          A.19 utt2: {C so } [ it's, +   

b          B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.21 utt1:  it's ] kind of fun, /  

b          B.22 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.23 utt1:  {E I mean, } [ I, + I ] always say that I need to buy a computer for the house  /
sd          A.23 utt2: {C but } I just haven't got around to doing it yet. /  

b          B.24 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
sd          B.24 utt2: I'd like to have one for the house, too,  /
sd(^q)          B.24 utt3: {C but } sometimes  ((   )) [  my husband, + my husband ] says usually, I work on the computer all day at work,  /
^q          B.24 utt4: I don't want to come home and have to <laughter> work on one,  (( too )) . /  

qw          A.25 utt1: Your husband, [ what, + what ] group is your husband in? /  

sd          B.26 utt1:  {F Um, } something with the defense. /  

b          A.27 utt1:  Oh, ((   )) ? /  

br          B.28 utt1:  {F Huh? } /  

qy^d          A.29 utt1:  Defense systems and electronics group? /  

ny          B.30 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.30 utt2: something like that,  /
%          B.30 utt3: yeah,  /
sd          B.30 utt4: they've changed their name so many times I've lost track,  /
%          B.30 utt5: {C so. } -/  

b          A.31 utt1:  I see.  /
b          A.31 utt2:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.32 utt1:  He works up in Plano. /  

b          A.33 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

%          B.34 utt1:  {D So } <<very faint>>. -/  

b          A.35 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.35 utt2: I work on, {F uh, } printers and,    

b          B.36 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.37 utt1:  the peripheral products division, basically, {F uh, }  /
sd          A.37 utt2: I work in the airline, [ ma-, + marketing ] group. /  

b          B.38 utt1:  Oh. /  

%          A.39 utt1:  {C So, } [ we, + we ] do a lot of, -/  

sd          B.40 utt1:  I didn't even know they had anything like that. /  

b          A.41 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

%          B.42 utt1:  Man,  /
%          B.42 utt2: there's so, - /
%          B.42 utt3: they're, - /
sd          B.42 utt4: I learned so many things that [ they, +  they ] do,  /
sd          B.42 utt5: they're into so many different things,  /
%          B.42 utt6: {C so. } -/  

x          A.43 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

b          B.44 utt1: Yeah,  /
%          B.44 utt2: I just kind of, - /
%          B.44 utt3: (( )) in for a while, {D you know, } - /
sd          B.44 utt4: [ he had a, + he had, ] {F uh, } one of those, what are they, top secret things,   

b          A.45 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.46 utt1:  {D you know, } where he couldn't talk about what he did, [ so. + ]    

b          A.47 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.48 utt1:  For a while  /
sd          B.48 utt2: {C but } then he switched jobs.  /
sd          B.48 utt3:  I don't understand half the stuff he does  /
%          B.48 utt4: {C and, }  I have, {F uh, } -/  

qy          A.49 utt1:  Is he a programmer? /  

ny          B.50 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

bk          A.51 utt1:  I see. /  

sd          B.52 utt1: Software design engineer, [ so, + ] as they call it,  /
%          B.52 utt2: {C so. } - /
sd          B.52 utt3: {C But } I have a degree in information management,   

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.54 utt1:  which is computer, {D you know, } /  

b          A.55 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  it's basically the,  more the [ bus-, + business ] end of it than the programming end of it, {D you know. } /  

b          A.57 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.58 utt1: [ {C So, } + {C but } ] I've been at it for, {D you know, } five years,  /
sd          B.58 utt2: {C so. } Everything's changed so much I probably couldn't even <laughter> get a job right now.  /
sd          B.58 utt3: It seems like it's changed so much,  /
sd          B.58 utt4: {C so, } {D you know, }  they've made such advances in computers,  /
%          B.58 utt5: {C so. } -/  

ba          A.59 utt1:  Really.  /
qy          A.59 utt2: {C So, }  {F uh, } does your husband ever use, {F uh, } a laptop or a notebook?  /
qy          A.59 utt3: Does he bring a little one home with him  /
%          A.59 utt4: {C or, } -/  

nn          B.60 utt1:  No,  /
nn          B.60 utt2: huh-uh,  /
sd^e          B.60 utt3: sometimes [ he bri-, + he brought ] home [ a, + {F uh, } a ] portable one, /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  {C but, }  {F uh, } [ it, + it ] quit working  /
sd          B.62 utt2: {C so } [ he brought it, + brought it back ]  /
sd          B.62 utt3: {C and } he just hasn't brought another one home.  /
sd          B.62 utt4:  {C But } they did give him a new computer at work,  /
%          B.62 utt5: {C so. } -/  

b          A.63 utt1:  {F Oh, } I see.  /
b          A.63 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.63 utt3: [ we, + we ] build, {F uh, } laptop and notebook computers here in Temple also. /  

b          B.64 utt1:  {F Oh, } uh-huh. /  

sd          A.65 utt1:  {C And } those are really handy,  /
sd          A.65 utt2: {E I mean, }  [ we, + [ they,  + they ] ] have modems in them, you can send a fax from your P C, /  

ba          B.66 utt1:  {F Oh, } how nice, /  

%          A.67 utt1:  {C but } [ they're, + they're ] really, -/  

o          B.68 utt1:   no,  /
sd          B.68 utt2: he doesn't have one of those,  /
%          B.68 utt3: {C so. } -/  

br          A.69 utt1:  What's that? /  

sd          B.70 utt1:  He doesn't have one of those. /  

b          A.71 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.71 utt2: [ they're, + they're ] pretty handy because, {D you know, } when I travel, it's easy to check messages,  /
sd          A.71 utt3: just, {D you know, }   

b          B.72 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

 +         A.73 utt1:  plug in the phone to your computer and dial in  /
%          A.73 utt2: {C and, } -/  

b          B.74 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.74 utt2:  {D Well, } my husband doesn't have to travel,  /
%          B.74 utt3: {C so. } -/  

b          A.75 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay.  /
b          A.75 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.75 utt3: I just found out I'm going to Denver Sunday night again. /  

ba          B.76 utt1:  {F Oh, } boy.  /
%          B.76 utt2:  {D Well } at least you get to, -/  

sd          A.77 utt1:  {C So } that kind of reeks havoc with plans, /  

x          B.78 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          A.79 utt1:  {C but, }  [  it, +  it's ] really not enough to become a big hassle. /  

b          B.80 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
ba          B.80 utt2:  {D Well, } that's good.  /
sd          B.80 utt3: Some people enjoy the travel  /
sd          B.80 utt4: {C but } I don't think I'd like it, <<very faint>> if  (( he traveled a lot )) . /  

b          A.81 utt1:  I see. /  

b          B.82 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.82 utt2: I would love to have a computer,  /
%          B.82 utt3: they, - /
sd          B.82 utt4: {C but } they're so expensive. /  

h          A.83 utt1:  {D Well, } I don't know,  /
%          A.83 utt2: there, you can get, {D well, } - /
sd          A.83 utt3: depends on what you consider expensive,  /
%          A.83 utt4: {E I mean, } -/  

b          B.84 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.85 utt1:  you can get real high powered stuff now for under two thousand dollars, where, {D you know, } just a few years ago it would have been six, seven, eight, nine thousand dollars. /  

b          B.86 utt1:  Yeah.  {D You know,  /
sv          B.86 utt2: } I guess [ [ it's not, + it's all, ] + {D you know, } it's, inexpensive ] compared to what it used to be  /
sv          B.86 utt3: {C but } it's a lot to put into one. /  

b          A.87 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.87 utt2: it's still, {E I mean, } - /
sv          A.87 utt3: {D you know, } two thousand dollars isn't [ just, + just ] pocket change to a lot of people <laughter>. /  

ba          B.88 utt1:  That's right <laughter>.  /
aa          B.88 utt2: No,  /
sv         B.88 utt3: it's not.  /
sv^m          B.88 utt4: [ It's, + it's ] not pocket change,  /
sv          B.88 utt5: {C so } it's major  ((   )) .  /
sd          B.88 utt6:  Maybe when the kids get in school that will be, {D you know, } - /
sd          B.88 utt7:  when they start needing something, {D you know, } then that will be different  /
%          B.88 utt8: {C but, } -/  

b          A.89 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.89 utt2: when I started at, {F uh, } T I, I was a Summer development student,   

b          B.90 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.91 utt1:  and finishing up at school  /
sd          A.91 utt2: {C and so } those papers really, - /
sd          A.91 utt3: {E I mean, }  it was nice having access to the,   

b          B.92 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

+          A.93 utt1:  equipment to, {F uh, } -/  

b          B.94 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd          B.94 utt2: I remember that.  /
sd          B.94 utt3: I had to do some of my husband's papers because I had access to one  /
sd          B.94 utt4: {C but, } {D you know, } [ he, + his ] was more for scientific stuff than for word processing, {D you know, }  /
%          B.94 utt5: {C so, } -/  

b          A.95 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.96 utt1:  I did a lot of his papers.  /
b          B.96 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.96 utt3: they come in real handy,  /
sd          B.96 utt4: that was a lifesaver. /  

qw          A.97 utt1:  {D Well, } how many different types of packages do you use? /  

qy^d          B.98 utt1:  At home? /  

b          A.99 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.100 utt1:  {F Um, } all I, - /
sd          B.100 utt2: the packages [ I, + I ] don't really use,  /
sd          B.100 utt3: [ I + ((   ))  what I ] use that ((   ))  outside development that we use most of it's just stuff that's been written in  (( house ))  that I use. /  

b          A.101 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay.  /
b          A.101 utt2:  Yeah.  /
b          A.101 utt3:  Golly,  /
%          A.101 utt4: I've got, - /
sd          A.101 utt5: [ up, + up ] at work anyway, I use WordPerfect and Lotus  [ [ and, +   

b          B.102 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.102 utt2: I know those two. /  

+          A.103 utt1:    and ] + ] ((   ))  which is, {F uh, } {F uh, } [ a, + a ] line-draw package. /  

b          B.104 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sd          B.104 utt2: I've just used WordPerfect and Lotus [ and, + ] the most. /  

b          A.105 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          A.105 utt2:  You probably use  ((   ))  or something like that,   

b          B.106 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.107 utt1:  for your, {F uh, } data entry stuff that your,    

b          B.108 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.109 utt1:  talking about. /  

sd          B.110 utt1:  A lot of the data entry stuff they used, {F uh, } survey system [ and, + and, ] {F um, } {D you know, } just in-house programs to do what they needed.  /
%          B.110 utt2:  I work, -/  

qy          A.111 utt1: [ Do you get, + do you work ] at home all the time  /
%          A.111 utt2: {C or } just, -/  

nn          B.112 utt1:  {D Well, } no,  /
sd^e          B.112 utt2: I worked for this company before I had my first daughter, /  

b          A.113 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.114 utt1:  {C and } they just wanted me to continue working for them at home doing other things,  /
%          B.114 utt2: {C so. } -/  

sv          A.115 utt1:  {F Oh, } [ [ that, + that was, ] + that ] worked out pretty good then. /  

aa          B.116 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.116 utt2: it did.  /
sd          B.116 utt3:  {D You know, } [ I don't do, + I don't really don't do ] [ basic, + ] a lot of what I used to do,  /
sd          B.116 utt4: I just do, {D you know, } something really minor  /
sv          B.116 utt5: {C but, }   

b          A.117 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.118 utt1:  it's something that nobody else wants to do, /  

b          A.119 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.120 utt1:  {C and } it's time consuming.  /
%          B.120 utt2:  {C So, } -/  

qy^g          A.121 utt1:  {C So, }  it keeps you in the company, {F huh? } /  

na          B.122 utt1:  That's right, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.122 utt2: it gives me a paycheck, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.122 utt3: [ it's only {D like } + the works only, ] {D you know, } three weeks.  /
sd          B.122 utt4: Goes for {D like } three to four weeks three times a year, /  

b          A.123 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.124 utt1:  {D you know, } it's not something that's continual because, {D you know, } the television ratings don't come out, {D you know, } all the time.  /
sd          B.124 utt2:  They only come out four times a year,  /
%          B.124 utt3: {D so }  {C but. } -/  

b          A.125 utt1:  Yeah.  /
ba          A.125 utt2:  Boy  /
sd          A.125 utt3: I tell you if I could bring a computer home and do stuff here, I'd get all kinds of stuff done. /  

b          B.126 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.127 utt1:  Phone's always ringing  /
%          A.127 utt2: {C and, }   

b          B.128 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.129 utt1:  people always asking me to do something else. /  

b          B.130 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.131 utt1:  I've got a lot of, - /
sd          A.131 utt2: especially right now, we've got several new products coming out,  /
sd          A.131 utt3: {C and } I've got lots of documentation I need to review  and some I need to revise. /  

b          B.132 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
qy          B.132 utt2: will they let you take a computer home to work? /  

ny          A.133 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah,  /
sd^e          A.133 utt2: {C but, } {D you know, } I need to be at the office, too. /  

b          B.134 utt1:  {F Oh, } uh-huh. /  

sd          A.135 utt1:  {D You know } <laughter>, I've just got to deal, with all those other things that happen  /
sd          A.135 utt2: {C but, }   

b          B.136 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.137 utt1:  a P C at the house would really take a lot of the load off. /  

b          B.138 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ba          B.138 utt2: I bet.  /
b          B.138 utt3: Yeah,  /
sd          B.138 utt4: my hu-, he took one home [ when they, +  when ] [ they  had it, +  {D you know, } they had a ] big deadline coming up  /
sd          B.138 utt5: {C and } it was looking a little touchy to meet,  /
%          B.138 utt6: {C so. } -/  

b          A.139 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sd          A.139 utt2: {D well, } [ I've, + I've ] done that before on, a couple times. /  

b          B.140 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.141 utt1:  {C But } that would make it just that much easier  /
sd          A.141 utt2: instead of bringing home a computer, you just bring home a few floppy disks, {D you know. } /  

b          B.142 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
ba          B.142 utt2: that's right.  /
sd         B.142 utt3:  I thought that would be, {D you know, } - /
sd          B.142 utt4: {C because } it's real nice with this because I don't even have to go into the office  /
sd          B.142 utt5: I've maybe been into the office once in the past  (( three ))  years, {D you know. } /  

ba          A.143 utt1:  {F Oh, } my. /  

sd          B.144 utt1: [ They just, + {F um, } they just ] send me everything and pick it up courier or  whatever,  /
%          B.144 utt2: {C so, } {D you know. } -/  

ba          A.145 utt1:  Man that sounds really nice. /  

b          B.146 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.146 utt2: It is real nice, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.146 utt3: I just deal with them on the telephone,  /
sd          B.146 utt4: half the people don't even know who they're talking to. /  

b          A.147 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.148 utt1:  {C But } I, {D you know, } worked, - /
sd          B.148 utt2: I know most of them, {D well, }  /
h          B.148 utt3: I can't say that,  /
sd          B.148 utt4: a lot of people changed around there  /
sd          B.148 utt5: {C but, }  most people know who I am,  /
sd          B.148 utt6: {C but } I don't know who they are, {D you know. } /  

b          A.149 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.150 utt1:  <Laughter> A lot of them just know me by name and phone voice. /  

b          A.151 utt1:  Right.  /
b          A.151 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.151 utt3: I've got a lot of folks that I've worked with like that as well. /  

b          B.152 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.152 utt2: you just know them by the telephone,  /
fc          B.152 utt3: {C so. }    {C But, }  {D well, } it's been good talking to you,  /
sv^t          B.152 utt4: I think  (( we've ))   ((   ))   (( got ))  the subject <laughter>. /  

b          @@A.153 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv^t          @@A.153 utt2: we sort of stayed to the topic anyway. /  

b          B.154 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.154 utt2: we tried.  /
sd          B.154 utt3:  It's hard to sometimes. /  

b          A.155 utt1:  Okay,  /
fc          A.155 utt2: {D well, } we'll talk to you later. /  

fc          B.156 utt1:  Okay, {D well, } thanks,  /
fc          B.156 utt2: bye, bye. /  

fc          A.157 utt1:  Bye. / 
