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FILENAME:	3136_1253_1320
TOPIC#:		361
DATE:		910715
TRANSCRIBER:	lya
UTT_CODER:      aabo
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        There was a very loud and audible humming noise from the
beginning to the end of the tape.  Halfway through conversation, you could
hear children in the background of Speaker B
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o          A.1 utt1:  <Hum> <noise> <<TV or radio heard faintly in background.>>  Okay.  /
sd          A.1 utt2: [  I, + I ] guess first of all I'll just say we haven't done much, {F uh, } gardening.  /
sd          A.1 utt3: We do lawn work all the time.  /
sd          A.1 utt4:  {C But, } {F uh, } our gardening we lost,  /
qy^d          A.1 utt5: remember the last two freezes,  /
qy^d          A.1 utt6: I don't know how long you've been here <noise>. /  

ny          @B.2 utt1:  Yeah  /
sd^e          @B.2 utt2: I do <children>. /  

sd          A.3 utt1:  {C But } we lost our bushes in those and have been waiting to plant new ones.  /
sd          A.3 utt2: {C And so, } as far as our bushes, we don't have any  /
sd          A.3 utt3: {C but } we do have some blackberry bushes.  /
sd          A.3 utt4: # [ {C And } # -- +   

b          B.4 utt1:  # {F Oh, } # really. /  

+          A.5 utt1:  -- {C and } ] they were really hearty and stayed on  /
sd          A.5 utt2: {C and } we've done really well with them. /  

qy          B.6 utt1:  Did you plant those yourself? /  

ny          A.7 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
ny          A.7 utt2:  Yeah. /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.9 utt1:  {C And so } they've been really good  /
sd          A.9 utt2: {C and } the kids, I <laughter> had to, -/  

x          B.10 utt1:  <Children>.   

sd          A.11 utt1:  the first year I had to tell the kids not to pick them when they were red because they were supposed to be blackberries.  /
sd          A.11 utt2:  {C But, } {F uh, } we go out, - /
sd          A.11 utt3: [ it, + it's ] hard to go out when it's this hot. /  

b          B.12 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.13 utt1: [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C but, } ] {F uh, } keep the weeds out of them [ and, + and ] keep them off the ground so the ants don't eat them.  /
sd          A.13 utt2:  {C And } they're okay. /  

b          B.14 utt1:  Oh. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Yeah,  /
o@          A.15 utt2: {F uh, } <lipsmack>,   

ba          B.16 utt1:  That's nice.  /
sd          B.16 utt2: [  I, + I ] love blackberries  /
%          B.16 utt3: {C and } we, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.16 utt4: when I was smaller, [ we, + ] my family lived in Tennessee -- /  

+@          A.17 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  -- {C and } there used to be wild blackberries that we'd go out and pick, my brother and I.  /
sd          B.18 utt2: {C But, } I don't have any down here. /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b^r          A.19 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.19 utt3: {F uh, } we have some flowers that have, - /
sd          A.19 utt4: they're just are real hearty also,  /
sd          A.19 utt5: {C and } they're bold  /
sd          A.19 utt6: {C and } they come up every year  /
sd          A.19 utt7: {C but, } {F uh, } they're getting too thick,  /
sd          A.19 utt8: I need to go thin them out.  /
o@          A.19 utt9: {C And, } {F uh, }   

x          B.20 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+@          A.21 utt1:  there's a, - /
sd          A.21 utt2: I don't know what kind of flowers they are.  /
sd          A.21 utt3:  They're real common around here.  /
sd          A.21 utt4: [ They're, +  they're ] orange  /
sd          A.21 utt5: {C and } they look like a lily, sort of.  /
o@          A.21 utt6: # {F Uh, } #   

sv          B.22 utt1:  <Children>  # {F Oh, } # I think I know what they, -/  

+@          A.23 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.24 utt1:  I can't remember what the name of them  ((   ))  are either. /  

nn          A.25 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.25 utt2: {C but } I think they're real pretty when it rains because their petals don't soak the rain in.  /
sd          A.25 utt3: [ They, + they ] keep [ the, + the ] rain on the outside, little rain --   

b          B.26 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          A.27 utt1:  -- drops  /
sd          A.27 utt2: {C and, } {C and } they look real pretty after the rain.  /
sd          A.27 utt3: {C And so } I really like them  /
sd          A.27 utt4: {C but } I need to get out [ and, + and, ] {F um, } <lipsmack> do that.  /
sd          A.27 utt5: {D Now } as far as our grass, it grows crazy <laughter> here.  /
sd          A.27 utt6:  It just keeps growing and growing  /
o@          A.27 utt7: {C and, }   

x          B.28 utt1:  <Breathing>.   

+@          A.29 utt1:  {F uh, } sometimes my husband does it  /
sd          A.29 utt2: {C and } sometimes my son does it.  /
%          A.29 utt3:  {C But } it just is, - /
h          A.29 utt4: [ I don't, + I don't ] know.  /
sd          A.29 utt5: I've lived in Utah my whole life  /
sd          A.29 utt6: {C and } we can't seem to get ours green.  /
h          A.29 utt7:  I don't know. /  

br^m      B.30 utt1:  Down here, the # grass? # /  

ny          A.31 utt1:  # Yeah  /
x          A.31 utt2: #  <Lipsmack>.   

%          B.32 utt1:  {D Well, } I'm, - /
sd          B.32 utt2: ((   ))  we've had problems with our yard.  /
%          B.32 utt3: We, - /
sd          B.32 utt4: it was one big weed is what it was. /  

b          A.33 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.34 utt1:  It was just horrible.  /
sd          B.34 utt2:  {C And } my neighbors on either side of me have beautiful lawns  /
sd          B.34 utt3: {C and } we have this God awful ugly # thing.  /
sd          B.34 utt4: {C And } # --   

^2          A.35 utt1:  # Crappy # <laughter> # I know,  /
sd          A.35 utt2: we have that too. # /  

+          B.36 utt1:  -- # {C and } I know they must think, # <sigh> {D you know, } I wish those people would do something about their yard.  /
sd          B.36 utt2: {C But } my husband got some new fertilizer and  stuff, [ that, + <breathing> that ] seems to be helping  /
sd          B.36 utt3: {C and } he put it on the front yard --   

b          A.37 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.38 utt1:  -- to see how, {D you know, } it would do and stuff before he put it on the backyard.  /
sd          B.38 utt2:  {C But } we've got a Great Dane in the back -- /  

b          A.39 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.40 utt1:  -- {C and } she has eaten everything I have put out there.  /
sd          B.40 utt2:  She's eaten my crepe myrtle trees. /  

ba          A.41 utt1:  {F Oh } dear. /  

ba          B.42 utt1:  I know,  /
sd          B.42 utt2: {C and } she's eaten the bushes.  /
sd          B.42 utt3: I've tried to, I spent like eight hours planting this nice garden out there -- /  

nn          A.43 utt1:  <Breathing>  No. /  

sd          B.44 utt1:  -- {C and } I barricaded it up,   

x          A.45 utt1:  <Breathing>.   

+          B.46 utt1:  so she couldn't get into it. /  

b          A.47 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.48 utt1:  {C And } I went and took a shower and looked back out there  /
sd          B.48 utt2: {C and } she was already in it.  /
sd          B.48 utt3:  # {C And } I was so mad. # /  

bf          A.49 utt1:  # Had somehow gotten in. #  /
x          A.49 utt2:  <Lipsmack> <breathing>.   

sd          B.50 utt1:  {C So } I can't do anything # back # --   

b          A.51 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+@          B.52 utt1:  -- there.   

b          A.53 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+@          B.54 utt1:  Because [ she just, + she ] destroys it.  /
sd          B.54 utt2: {C But } I've tried out in the front  /
sd(^q)          B.54 utt3: {C but } like you said [ that, + that ] freeze that came. /  

b          A.55 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  I had [ some bushes that, + {F uh, } some shrubs ]  I [ pu-, + put ] out front  /
sd          B.56 utt2: {C and } it killed those too.  /
sd          B.56 utt3:  {C So, } I'm just real discouraged with the whole thing.  /
sd          B.56 utt4: I just don't even want to do anything. /  

sd          A.57 utt1: [ The, + the ] other problem that we have, - /
sd          A.57 utt2: {D well } it's funny because [ the one, + the two ] bushes on the ends of the house that I think are ugly, they lived  /
h          A.57 utt3: <laughter> {C and so } [ I, + I ] don't know. /  

b          B.58 utt1:  <Laughter> Yeah,  /
sd          B.58 utt2: [ that, + that ] happened to us.  /
sd          B.58 utt3:  We have these, -/  

sd          A.59 utt1:  {C So } {D like } I wanted to go out and kill them too. /  

ba          B.60 utt1:  I know. /  

sd          A.61 utt1:  They had no right to live.  /
sd          A.61 utt2:  {C But } anyway, <laughter> {F uh, } under our trees we get [ a, + a ] north sun  /
%          A.61 utt3: {C and, } {F uh, } the, - /
sd          A.61 utt4: it looks like our trees don't have any grass under them. /  

ba          B.62 utt1:  # {F Oh, } I know.  /
sd          B.62 utt2: Ours don't. # /  

sd          A.63 utt1:  # {C And } we just can't # grow, {F uh, } grass underneath there. /  

ba          B.64 utt1:  I know,  /
sd          B.64 utt2: we can't either.  /
sd          B.64 utt3: {C But } I've got [ pre-, + ] two good size cottonwood trees out in my front yard.  {F Uh, } {D you know } one on either side of the yard. /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {C and } ] they're big  /
sd          B.66 utt2: {C and }  ((   ))  they're real full and everything, {D you know, } in the summer time  /
sd          B.66 utt3: {C but } [ it, + it's ] killing everything underneath --   

b          A.67 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.68 utt1:  -- where the leaves are shading the tree  /
sd          B.68 utt2: {C but } toward the end of the summer, {D you know, } when everything starts dying off and whatnot and then the light can get through the tree, then the grass starts growing.  /
sd          B.68 utt3: {C But, } by then it's so  late then the winter comes and it stops.  /
sv          B.68 utt4: {D You know, } # [ [ it's, + it's ] + # --   

b          A.69 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          B.70 utt1:  -- it's ] a never ending # cycle. # /  

qy^g          A.71 utt1:  # It's # a vicious cycle,   

x          B.72 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          A.73 utt1:  isn't it? /  

ny          B.74 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.74 utt2: # it really is. # /  

sd          A.75 utt1:  # It just really, # -/  

sd          B.76 utt1:  {C So } we've been trying to get something or to pull some grass underneath there [ and, + and ] whatnot.  /
%          B.76 utt2:  {C So, } -/  

%          A.77 utt1:  {D Well, } I don't, - /
sd          A.77 utt2: we've never done anything like this  /
sd            A.77 utt3: {C but } we've been thinking, {D you know, } if we built up, {F uh, } <lipsmack> {D you know, } {C either } a [ wood, + wooden ] like trench thing around where our bushes were and filled it {D like } with a nice dirt --   

b          B.78 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.79 utt1:  -- then maybe we could plant some {C either } flowers,   

x          B.80 utt1:  <Noise> <<metal>>.   

+          A.81 utt1: [ {C or, } + {C or } ] some new bushes in there that would live.  /
sd          A.81 utt2:      {C And so } I think that we're going to try that. /  

b          B.82 utt1:  # Huh. # /  

sd          A.83 utt1:  # [ I, + # I ] [ think the + <<pause>>, I think ] that's pretty much what we have decided.  /
sd          A.83 utt2: {D Now } I have two long windows  /
sd@          A.83 utt3: {C and } I'm trying to decide whether to put {D like } bushes in front of them or  not.    

b          B.84 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+@          A.85 utt1:  # {D You know, } # maybe just halfway up the window or something like that.  So  people can't see and hear too much <laughter>. /  

b          B.86 utt1:  <Laughter> Really <child>.  /
%          B.86 utt2:  C-, - /
sd          B.86 utt3: {D well } I don't really have to worry about that that much because my sons' bedrooms are in the front  /
sd          B.86 utt4: {C and } they've got mini-blinds and stuff. /  

b          A.87 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.88 utt1:  {C But } [ only, + only ] one is really {D like } <noise> in the flower bed part  /
sd          B.88 utt2: {C and } the other one is out on the porch. /  

b          A.89 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.90 utt1:  {C So } there's not really much I can do about that. /  

sd          A.91 utt1:  That's what our two rooms are on the front, too, with these long windows.  /
sd          A.91 utt2: One is a bedroom for [ our, + our ] oldest son  /
sd          A.91 utt3: {C and } one is, {F uh, } <lipsmack> an office that my husband and I work in.  /
sd          A.91 utt4:  {C And so, } [ I, + I ] really <children_talking> don't like it too much because then the back of our house faces that, - /
sd          A.91 utt5: {D well, } the flowers are out by the back of the house,  /
sd          A.91 utt6: [ {C so, } + {C and } ] that's why the front room is. - /
sd          A.91 utt7: {C So } that's not too bad. /  

b          B.92 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.93 utt1:  {C But, } I like to look at the flowers.  /
sd          A.93 utt2:  They're pretty. /  

aa          B.94 utt1:  I do too,  /
sd          B.94 utt2: that's why I look at my neighbors yard <laughter>. /  

b          A.95 utt1:  <Laughter> Yeah. /  

sd          B.96 utt1:  I don't have anything to look at  /
sd          B.96 utt2: {C so } I look at theirs. /  

sv          A.97 utt1:  {C But } it's funny because, {F uh, } you try so hard I think sometimes [ [ to, + to, ] + {A anyway I do, } to ] do our yard -- /  

b          B.98 utt1:  Uh-huh  /
x          B.98 utt2: <noise>.   

sd          A.99 utt1:  -- {C and then } it's like the wind blows <<pause>> everything whether the weeds from your yard to your neighbors or # yours # --   

b          B.100 utt1:  # Yeah  /
x          B.100 utt2: #  <Noise>.   

+          A.101 utt1:  -- to them  /
sv          A.101 utt2: {C or } {C and so } even if you did get it under control, it seems like in just a few <lipsmack> months it would all be back  /
%          A.101 utt3: {C and } <sigh>, -/  

b          B.102 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.102 utt2:  [ It, + it's ] really </noise> a pain.  /
sd          B.102 utt3:  My husband works a lot  /
sd          B.102 utt4: {C so, } {F um, } # a lot, # -/  

^2          A.103 utt1:  # It's hard # to get out a lot and do that yard work. /  

b          B.104 utt1:  Yeah  /
%          B.104 utt2: <breathing>.  I'm, - /
sd          B.104 utt3: it's usually me and the kids that go out and mow the yard  /
sd          B.104 utt4: [ {C and } -- +    

b          A.105 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.106 utt1:  -- <<Pause>> {C and } ] [ I just + <sigh> I ] really do not appreciate <laughter> having to go out there and do it.  /
sd          B.106 utt2:  I hate to mow the yard, more than anything else.  /
sd          B.106 utt3: I hate to mow that yard. /  

ba          A.107 utt1:  I know.  /
sd          A.107 utt2: [  It is, + it's ] not my favorite,   

x          B.108 utt1:  <Children>.   

+          A.109 utt1:  thing in the world either.  /
sd          A.109 utt2: I'm glad I have an old enough son to do it for me now. /  

b          B.110 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.110 utt2: {D well } mine's getting there.  /
sd          B.110 utt3:  He helps,  /
sd          B.110 utt4: <noise> he does half  /
sd          B.110 utt5: {C and } I do half,  /
o@          B.110 utt6: # {C so. } #   

b          A.111 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+@          B.112 utt1:  Pretty soon, though, by next year he should be able to do it all by himself.    

b          A.113 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+@          B.114 utt1:  Whether he likes it or not. /  

b          A.115 utt1:  Yeah  /
sd          A.115 utt2: <laughter>.  {D Well } that is one chore that we will pay him for, if he'll go do the yard work out, # outside,  /
o@          A.115 utt3: {C so, } #   

sv          B.116 utt1:  <Child> # {F Oh } sure I'll be more then glad # to pay him --   

+@          A.117 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.118 utt1:  -- # if he'd # just go out there and do it <laughter>.    

x          A.119 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.120 utt1:  [ and, + and ] do it to where I don't have to go back out and redo it. /  

aa          A.121 utt1:  # Right.  /
aa          A.121 utt2:  Exactly. # /  

sd          B.122 utt1:  # [  That, +  # that's ] my only thing with him. /  

aa          A.123 utt1:  # Exactly. #  /
x          A.123 utt2: </Noise> <<humming sound>>.   

sd          B.124 utt1:  # That's # why I'm [ help, + having him help ] me now </children> <<voices fade at end of tape>>. / 
