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FILENAME:	2587_1232_1135
TOPIC#:		349
DATE:		910412
TRANSCRIBER:	JKP
UTT_CODER:      MMAB
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TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	4
ECHO_FROM_B:	4
ECHO_FROM_A:	4
STATIC_ON_A:	3
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BACKGROUND_A:	2
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REMARKS:        Static throughout recording. Speakers obviously 
struggled to make conversation.

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ad          A.1 utt1:  Go ahead. /  

sd          B.2 utt1:  {F Oh, } {F um, } {F uh, }  I usually don't get to [ hea-, + hear ] any of the current events probably until about the ten o'clock news. /  

b          A.3 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.4 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D you know, } being, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.4 utt2: {E I mean, }   by the time you get off work, go by and  pick up the, {F uh, } baby from the baby sitter, it's, {D you know, }  after six  /
sd          B.4 utt3: {C and } by the time everything is settled in,  /
sd          B.4 utt4: it's ten o'clock before I can catch up on anything. /  

b          A.5 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.5 utt2: I guess that's the way I am too.  /
sd          A.5 utt3:  [ I, + sometimes I ] hear some things [ on, + on ] the radio. /  

b          B.6 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b          B.6 utt2: {F oh } yeah. /  

sd          A.7 utt1:  I only get the newspaper on the weekends  /
%          A.7 utt2:  {C so } <sigh>, -/  

b          B.8 utt1:  {F Oh, } uh-huh.  /
sd          B.8 utt2: {F Oh, } I don't even have,  [ ge-, + ] time to read the newspaper except in passing, -/  

b          A.9 utt1:  # Uh-huh.  # /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  # {D you # know, } I'll look over my husband's  shoulder and see what's going on. /  

sd          A.11 utt1:  [ I, +   

%          B.12 utt1:  # {C But, }  {F uh, } # -/  

+          A.13 utt1:  # I ] guess # occasionally I'll hear someone at  work say something though. /  

b          B.14 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.14 utt2: We have, {F uh, } a news thing on the  computer [ that, + {F uh, } that ] [ I'll, + I'll ] try to look at every day. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.16 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } [ it, + it's ] pretty much headline news. /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.18 utt1:  Which isn't, {D you know, }  pretty much what we [ loo-, + look ] for anyway. /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.20 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh. }  [ I, + ] do you think that  the quality of [ [ the, + {F uh, } the, ] +  {D you know, } the ] news events that you get are, - /
qo          B.20 utt2: what do you think about it? /  

sv          A.21 utt1:  {D Well } [ I, + I ] guess  it's pretty good.  /
%          A.21 utt2:  [ {C And, } + {C and } ] like the Dallas area, -/  

b          B.22 utt1:  # Uh-huh.  # /  

sv          A.23 utt1:  # {C and } # [ I, + I ] guess when you're in a big  metropolitan area like this,  /
sv          A.23 utt2: there's, I guess, a lot of pressure in that business to,   

b          B.24 utt1:  # Yeah.  # /  

+          A.25 utt1:  # borderline # at that. /  

sv          B.26 utt1:  {D Well, } {D you know, } there's a lot of  competition in the media. /  

b          A.27 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.28 utt1:  {C And } sometimes I think it too much  trying to figure out who's going to get the best headlines.  And that they'll run a topic into the ground. /  

b          A.29 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.30 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh. }  {D You know, }  they try to play public's opinion.  Which I think is awful, because it usually works. /  

aa          A.31 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
aa          A.31 utt2: true.  /
sv          A.31 utt3: I'll bet that was the case  of [ the, + the ] war in the Middle East. /  

aa          B.32 utt1:  Yes,  /
aa          B.32 utt2: uh-huh.  /
%          B.32 utt3: That, - /
sv          B.32 utt4: {F uh, } [ l-, + lots ]  of new, {F uh, } newsmen were created during that  /
sv          B.32 utt5:  {C so, } it will be interesting to see what happens. /  

aa          A.33 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
aa          A.33 utt2: true.  /
^h          A.33 utt3: Trying to think what else [ is, +   

x          B.34 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.35 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

b          B.36 utt1:  # Right.  # /  

+          A.37 utt1:  # is ] # current. /  

b          B.38 utt1:  {F Uh, } {F uh, } /  

sd          A.39 utt1:  {D Well, } {F um, } I don't know what to say <laughter>. /  

x          B.40 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

ba          A.41 utt1:  {F Uh, } that's a bad one,  /
%          A.41 utt2:  they, {F uh, } - /
sv          A.41 utt3: looks like we're going to have an income tax in Texas, /  

aa          B.42 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.42 utt2: I hate to see that,  /
%          B.42 utt3: {C but } [ [ [ it's, +  {F uh, }    i-, ] +  that, ] +  {D you know, } if what  it's ] going to take, - /
sv          B.42 utt4: {D well, } {D you know, }  we can deduct that from [ our income tax, +  our federal income tax. ] /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.44 utt1:  [ {C But, } + {F uh, } {D you know, } {C but } ] we need  good schools.  /
sv          B.44 utt2:  {F Uh, } we're more involved in that now.  /
sv          B.44 utt3: {C And, }  [ [ [ I, + I, ] + I, ] + I ] think  it's better for everybody if we had better schools. /  

aa          A.45 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.45 utt2: that's true. /  

%          B.46 utt1: {D So, } -/  

sv          A.47 utt1:  I would think they could find a better way to fund it though,  /
%          A.47 utt2:  {C but } they haven't for, -/  

aa          B.48 utt1:  No.  /
sd          B.48 utt2: {D You know, } I wish they could have gotten a lottery. /  

sv          A.49 utt1:  {D Well, } they're struggling with it. /  

aa          B.50 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.50 utt2:  I think, {D you know, }  the lottery could have helped, with that.  /
sv          B.50 utt3:  {E I mean, }  it wouldn't have been as painful as what we would've paid in state income tax.  /
sv          B.50 utt4: {E I mean, } <laughter>  probably would have paid the same amount  /
sv          B.50 utt5: {C but, } {D you know, } it's not the idea of your paying, {F uh, } income tax. /  

aa          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
ba          A.51 utt2:  True. /  

%          B.52 utt1:  {D So, } -/  

sv          A.53 utt1:  [ I, +  I'm ] not sure there's a positive solution for that. /  

aa          B.54 utt1:  No.  /
sv          B.54 utt2: It'll be interesting to see what happens. /  

^h          A.55 utt1:  Trying to think what else is current. /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  [ I, + {D you know, } I ] haven't seen  the news <laughter>  in a couple of days.  /
%          B.56 utt2:  {C So }   it, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.56 utt3: I'm a little behind on things. /  

sd          A.57 utt1:  {D Well, } the other thing I can think of  is, {F uh, } what is still going on in Iraq --   

b          B.58 utt1:  Yes,  /
ba          B.58 utt2: [ that's, + that's ] sad. /  

+          A.59 utt1:  -- and the Kurd refugees. /  

b          B.60 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.60 utt2:  [ They, + {F uh, } {D yeah, } they ] had to  choose between the better of the [ two, + two ] bad situations,  /
sd          B.60 utt3: {C and, }   

b          A.61 utt1:  # Uh-huh.  # /  

+          B.62 utt1:  # {F uh, } # I don't know what I've would have  done in the situation. /  

b          A.63 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.63 utt2: it begins to make you wonder why we  didn't go ahead and go on in and,    

b          B.64 utt1:  # Yeah.  # /  

+          A.65 utt1:  # finish # the job while we were in there. /  

aa          B.66 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          B.66 utt2: {C But } I understand why Bush, {D you know, }  doesn't want to go in [ and, + and ]  {F uh, } take sides.  /
sv          B.66 utt3:  {E I mean, } {C because } that would  definitely look like another Korea, /  

b          A.67 utt1:  # Uh-huh.  # /  

sv          B.68 utt1:  # {C and } # he'd have all these people jumping  down his back, even though I'd agree with it.  /
sv          B.68 utt2:  I think he [ ought to, +   should've ] gone in there and blew them away. /  

sv          A.69 utt1:  Seems to have helped him though,   

aa          B.70 utt1:  # Yeah, [ [ it, + it, # ] +   

+          A.71 utt1:  # popularity wise.  # /  

+          B.72 utt1:  it ] did a lot.  /
sv          B.72 utt2: He did a real good job I believe.  /
sd          B.72 utt3:   I have, {F uh, } in-laws that live in Saudi Arabia that stayed there during all of it too. /  

b          A.73 utt1:  {F Hm. } /  

%          B.74 utt1:  [ It, +  {F uh, } it, ]  {F uh, } {D you know, } - /
sd          B.74 utt2: [ we,  + {C so } we ]  kept very much abreast of what was going on. /  

b          A.75 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qy          A.75 utt2:  [ [ Were, + were ] they +  in any of the areas where they, ]   

ny          B.76 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.76 utt2: they were  [ on # +   

+          A.77 utt1:  # some of the Scuds? # /  

+          B.78 utt1:  [ the, +  the, ] [ ne-, +  near, ] ] {F uh, } Dahran.   

b          A.79 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

+          B.80 utt1:  [ On the, +   

b          A.81 utt1:  # Um-hum.  # /  

+          B.82 utt1:  # on # the ] [ wes-, + east ] coast. /  

b          A.83 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.84 utt1:  They were just north of it.   

b          A.85 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

+          B.86 utt1:  Probably about a hundred fifty miles,  hundred miles from {F uh, } the Kuwaiti border.  /
sd          B.86 utt2:  {F Uh, } {C and } they stayed  active was [ the, + {F uh, } the ] military there.   Taking supplies out to them in the desert. /  

b         A.87 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.88 utt1:  [ It was, + it was ] a new situation. /  

aa          A.89 utt1:  Yeah.  /
ba          A.89 utt2: I'll bet. /  

sd          @@B.90 utt1:  I don't really have much more to say <laughter>. /  

sd          A.91 utt1:  I don't know anything else that's current other  than the weather  /
%          A.91 utt2: {C and, } -/  

aa          B.92 utt1:  You're right,  /
sv          B.92 utt2: {C and } [ that's, + that's ]  awful in Texas <laughter>. /  

qy          A.93 utt1:  [ Have, + have ] you all been  getting rain storms down there? /  

na          B.94 utt1:  We got some awful rain, {F uh, }  the other morning.  /
sd          B.94 utt2:  {C And } today's just been real drizzly. /  

sd          A.95 utt1:  [ We did, + we did ] last night.  {F Uh, }  some real massive thunderstorms. /  

b          B.96 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.97 utt1:  Apparently, [ I, + I ] don't know if it was just  the strong winds or some small tornadoes up this way too. /  

b          B.98 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.99 utt1:  Caused some damage. /  

bh          B.100 utt1:  It did? /  

sd          A.101 utt1:  We may get some more tonight. /  

sd          B.102 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well. }  [ We, + we've ] just got slight  chances of rain.  /
sd          B.102 utt2: {C But, }  {F uh, } [ we had the, + we had the ] hard thunderstorms the other morning.    /
sd          B.102 utt3: Course while everybody was getting ready to go to work.  Making nice traffic jams.  /
%          B.102 utt4:   {C So } <<faintly>>, -/  

b          A.103 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          A.103 utt2:  {D Well } [ the, + the ] ground  here is so flat,  /
sd          A.103 utt3: {C and } it's all saturated now, /  

b          B.104 utt1:  # Oh <<faintly>>. # /  

sd          A.105 utt1:  # we're getting # some flooding. /  

b          B.106 utt1:  Right,  /
t1          B.106 utt2: {F uh, } when was it, last week,  we had all the rain?  /
%          B.106 utt3:  {C But, }   {F uh, } - /
sd          B.106 utt4: [ we, + I think we ] had about eight inches. /  

b          A.107 utt1:  {F Hm. } /  

sd          B.108 utt1:  It was between six and eight inches here where we are. /  

ba          A.109 utt1:  Goodness. /  

sd          B.110 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } [ it, + ] you walk out  on the ground, - /
%          B.110 utt2: {E I mean } you, - /
sd          B.110 utt3: {E I mean, } it's awful.  /
sd          B.110 utt4: It's just so soggy. /  

b          A.111 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          A.111 utt2: It's a lot more humid down that way. /  

b          B.112 utt1:  Yeah <laughter>. /  

sv          A.113 utt1:  In fact, miserable. /  

sd          B.114 utt1:  {D Well, } today [ it was, + {E I mean, } the air was ]  just so sticky, so damp. /  

b          A.115 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.115 utt2: I think there were places around downtown Fort Worth  last night they got three inches in a real short period of time, like an hour or so  just,    

ba          B.116 utt1:  # Goodness.  # /  

+          A.117 utt1:  # a # bunch.  /
fc          A.117 utt2: {D Well, } I guess that's it <laughter>. /  

fc          B.118 utt1:  <Laughter>  Right.  /
fc          B.118 utt2:  {D Well } it's, /  

fc          A.119 utt1:  That's about as much as we can do with current events. /  

fc          B.120 utt1:  Right.  /
fc          B.120 utt2:  {D Well, } it was nice talking to you. /  

fc          A.121 utt1:  Good talking to you, Michelle. /  

fc          B.122 utt1:  All right.  /
fc          B.122 utt2: Bye-bye. /  

fc^m          A.123 utt1:  Bye-bye. / 
