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FILENAME:	3691_1436_1313
TOPIC#:		351
DATE:		920107
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UTT_CODER:	stm
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o          A.1 utt1:  You bet.   /
qy^t          A.1 utt2:  They tell you our topic? /  

na          B.2 utt1:  {F Uh, } pets. /  

sd          A.3 utt1:  You've got it.  /

qy          B.4 utt1:  Do you have pets? /  

ny          @A.5 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd^e          @A.5 utt2: we do.  /
sd          @A.5 utt3:  {F Uh, } my wife and I have a dog that soon be eight years old,  /
sd          @A.5 utt4: {C and } we have [ a, + a ] cat, which is, {F uh, } I guess about five years old. /  

ba          B.6 utt1:  {F Oh, } my goodness. /  

qo          A.7 utt1:  How about you guys? /  

sd          B.8 utt1:  We have three dogs and --   

b^m          A.9 utt1:  Three dogs. /  

+          B.10 utt1:  -- two birds at this point. /  

b^m          A.11 utt1:  {C And } two bi-, - /
qw          A.11 utt2: what kind of birds do you have? /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  Parakeets. /  

ba          A.13 utt1:  No, kidding.  /
qy          A.13 utt2:  [ En-, + enjoy  ] them?  /

sd          B.14 utt1:  {F Oh, } have a ball with them. /  

qy          A.15 utt1:  You let them out and let them fly around and everything? /  

nn          B.16 utt1:  {D Well, } no,  /
sd^e          B.16 utt2: because my dogs <laughter> chase them. /  

bk          A.17 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {C So } in order to have the birds not stuffed I have to keep them in their --   

%          A.19 utt1:  You-, -/  

+          B.20 utt1:  -- cages. /  

sv          A.21 utt1:  {D You know, } this is like a cruelty joke,  /
fa          A.21 utt2: {C and } I apologize if you're a bird lover,  /
sd          A.21 utt3: {C but, } {F uh, } we had a parakeet.    

b          B.22 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.23 utt1:  And, my fault, put up our first electric fan.    

b          B.24 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.25 utt1:  And never thought about it.  /
sd          A.25 utt2: Knocked that parakeet <laughter> right out of the air. /  

sd          B.26 utt1:  {D Well, } we had that happen once, {F um, }  /
sd          B.26 utt2: my son had the bird back in his room,  /
sd          B.26 utt3: {C because } [ it's his bir-, +  {D well, } the first one that we had was his bird, ]  /
sd          B.26 utt4: {C and } I had a ceiling fan put up,  /
sd          B.26 utt5: {C and } [ it, + the  bird ] got away from him one afternoon,  /
sd          B.26 utt6:  {C and }  {E I  mean } that sucker hit that fan and went flying up against the wall,  /
sd(^q)          B.26 utt7: I thought, {F oh } --   

qy          A.27 utt1:  It killed him? /  

+          B.28 utt1:  -- so much for the bird.  /
nn          B.28 utt2: No,  /
sd^e          B.28 utt3: he's still alive and # kicking. # /  

%          A.29 utt1:  # {F Oh, } that's, # - /
sd          A.29 utt2: {D well, } it killed ours,  /
ba          A.29 utt3: I'll be darned. /  

nn          B.30 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.30 utt2: I guess we didn't have it high enough or he didn't get hit in just the right spot, /  

x          A.31 utt1:  <Laughter>.  

sd          B.32 utt1:  {C but } it threw him up against the wall, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.32 utt2: {C and } he slid <laughter> down the wall. /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  {D Well, } speaking of pets, I'll tell you, [  my, +  my ] kids are older now,  /
sd          A.33 utt2: [ my, +  both of them ] are either in or out of college,  /
sd          A.33 utt3: [ {C but, } + {C but } ]   [ we [ had +  for years, about five years I guess, had a, ] +  my son had a ]  Burmese boa constrictor,  /
sd          A.33 utt4: {C and } --   

ba@          B.34 utt1:  {F Oh, } gosh.  *[[slash error]] 

+          A.35 utt1:  -- that thing grew to be seven and a half feet [ in, +  in ] length,  /
sd          A.35 utt2: {C and } finally my [ wife, + wife, ] bless her heart, got rid of it,  because I didn't really like  it. /  

+          B.36 utt1:  {F Oh, } I hate them. /  *[[sd]]

%          A.37 utt1:  We also had  a, <laughter> - /
sd          A.37 utt2: one   year down in Florida on a vacation, for Father's Day, my kids, years ago, maybe, {F uh, } ten years ago, [ go, + bought  ] me a skunk from a exotic pet shop.  /
sd          A.37 utt3: [ It'd be + {D like, } it'd been  ] {D like } deactivated as far as --   

ba          B.38 utt1:  {F Oh, } my goodness. /  

+          A.39 utt1:  [ -- [ s-, + s-, ] + smell ] and everything,  /
sd          A.39 utt2: {C and } we had that darn pet skunk for about five years,  /
sd          A.39 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and }  ] my son left, went to school,  /
sd          A.39 utt4: we finally sold his boa constrictor,  /
sd          A.39 utt5: {C but } my son needed some money,  /
sd          A.39 utt6: {C and } [ we, + we  ] sold it for about two hundred and fifty dollars. /  

ba          B.40 utt1:  You're kidding. /  

sd          A.41 utt1:  {C So, } when the guy came over, he was infatuated by that skunk,  /
sd          A.41 utt2: {C so } I made him a deal,  /
sd(^q)          A.41 utt3: I said, You take that skunk,  /
sd(^q)          A.41 utt4: {C and, } he said, I'll sell that snake to you for two fifty.  /
sd(^q)          A.41 utt5: I said, otherwise I'm going to give it to this other man. /  

x          B.42 utt1:  <Laughter>.  

sd          A.43 utt1:  {C So } he took the skunk, too.  /
sd          A.43 utt2: {C And } the skunk was [ a good, + a decent  ] pet,  /
sd          A.43 utt3: {C but, } {D you know, } does his little jobbies in the litter box,  /
%          A.43 utt4: {C and } [ is, + is. ] -/  

ba          B.44 utt1:  {F Oh } {D well, } that's pretty good. /  

aa          A.45 utt1:  {C And } it was sort of a neat,  /
sv          A.45 utt2: {C but, } they just stink too much <laughter>. /  

aa          B.46 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
aa^r          B.46 utt2: {F oh, } yeah. /  

sd          A.47 utt1:  That was sort of fun, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.47 utt2: I tell everyone this story because my wife is a real pet lover.  /
sd          A.47 utt3:  I use   to visualize my wife,  ((   )) - /
sd          A.47 utt4: many times my wife would be lying there on the sofa,  /
sd          A.47 utt5: {C and } this snake honestly would be stretched across the top of her body --   

ba          B.48 utt1:  # {F Oh, } you're kidding. # /  

+          A.49 utt1:  -- # [ and + ] [ with his, + with his  ] head # right on her neck -- /  

b          B.50 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.51 utt1:  -- {C and } the skunk would be sitting at her feet,  /
sd          A.51 utt2: {C but } the cat would be on the back of the sofa,  /
sd          A.51 utt3: {C and } a dog would be running around crazy <laughter>. /  

ba          B.52 utt1:  {F Oh, } my gosh.  /
%          B.52 utt2: I can not   ima-, - /
%          B.52 utt3: [ I just, +  I ] don't, - /
sd          B.52 utt4: in fact my brother has  [ a, + {F uh, } a ] exotic pet shop out in California,  /
sd         B.52 utt5: {C and } he keeps threatening to send a snake through the mail, {D you know, }  /
sd(^q)          B.52 utt6: I'm going --   

ba          A.53 utt1:  # {F Oh, } gosh. # /  

+          B.54 utt1:  -- # don't do that, # because they won't come in my house. /  

sd          A.55 utt1:  {F Oh, } my son bought this snake, {F uh, }  ((   ))  /
sd          A.55 utt2:  someone gave it to him when he was in junior high school,  /
sd          A.55 utt3: {C and } it was just a small thing then,  /
sd          A.55 utt4: {C but } it got to be pretty big,  /
sd          A.55 utt5: {C and, } {D you know, } [ [ you'd feed it, + you'd feed it, ] +  you [ put, + feed ] him ] small mice to big rats and things like that -- /  

b          B.56 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.57 utt1:  -- it's just, {F uh, } too much.  /
sd          A.57 utt2:  That snake used to watch our cat walk around.  /
sd          A.57 utt3: I always told my wife,  /
sd(^q)          A.57 utt4: I says --   

ba          B.58 utt1:  # {F Oh, } my gosh. # /  

+          A.59 utt1:  -- # {D you know, } # your friend's going to get our cat one of these days  <laughter>. /  

ba          B.60 utt1:  <Laughter> {F Oh, } my gosh.  /
ba          B.60 utt2:  That is wild.  /
sd          B.60 utt3:  {F Oh, } I just can't do those, and the lizards and [ the + ] --   

aa          A.61 utt1:  {F Oh, } me neither. /  

+          B.62 utt1:  -- all [ those +  those ] things,  /
sv          B.62 utt2: <ugh> [ they, + they  ] need to stay outside, far away from me. /  

sd          A.63 utt1:  We're down to a simple dog and cat now,  /
sv          A.63 utt2: {C and } that's the way it should be,  /
%          A.63 utt3: {C and. } -/  

b          B.64 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.65 utt1:  Haven't had any parakeets for quite a while,  /
%          A.65 utt2: birds.  /
sd          A.65 utt3: {F Uh, } customer of mine has a parrot,  /
sd          A.65 utt4: {C and, } {F uh, } gosh, sticks in my mind he paid eighteen hundred dollars for # a parrot,  /
sv          A.65 utt5: {C and } that was just mind boggling. # /  

aa          B.66 utt1:  # {F Oh, } yeah,  /
sd          B.66 utt2: they are so expensive. #  /
sd          B.66 utt3: {D Well, } my son was just dying for a bird,  /
sd          B.66 utt4: {C and } I'm really allergic to them,  /
sd          B.66 utt5: {C so } --    

bh          A.67 utt1:  Are you? /  

+          B.68 utt1:  -- I try to stay away from them, except I've gotten real attached to this one,  /
sd          B.68 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ] {F uh, } we went down to Canton one time --    

b          A.69 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.70 utt1:  -- {F oh, } gosh, two or three years ago now,  /
sd          B.70 utt2:  {C and }  he'd saved up his allowance, {D you know, } and picked him out a bird in a bird cage  /
sd          B.70 utt3:  [ {C and, } +   

x         A.71 utt1:  <Laughter>.  

+          B.72 utt1:  {C and } ] that stinking bird, when I brought it home tried to take it out of the little box that they give you -- /  

b          A.73 utt1:  Yes. /  

sd          B.74 utt1:  -- clamped onto my finger and would not, - /
sd          B.74 utt2: {E I mean, } I had to literally shake him off to get him in the cage,  /
sd          B.74 utt3: {C and } he has tried to bite me for two years,  /
sd          B.74 utt4: {C and } all of a sudden this bird and I have become wonderful friends. /  

ba          A.75 utt1:  {F Oh, } gosh. /  

sd          B.76 utt1:  He gives me kisses,  /
sd          B.76 utt2: he talks now -- /  

ba          A.77 utt1:  <Laughter> That's neat. /  

sd          B.78 utt1:  -- {C and } it's just hysterical.  /
sd          B.78 utt2: I'm the only one that pays attention to him.  /

ba          A.79 utt1:  Why, sure. /  

sd          B.80 utt1:  {C And } I'm a substitute teacher  /
sd(^q)          B.80 utt2: {C and } one of my fifth graders last year came up to me and said, <<sounds high-pitched like a child's voice>> my mom's making me get rid of the bird,  /
^q          B.80 utt3: we have too many pets.  /
sd(^q)          B.80 utt4: I thought, yeah, right come tell me about it,   

x          A.81 utt1:  <Laughter>.  

+          B.82 utt1:  {D you know. } /  

bf          A.83 utt1:  Come to my menagerie. /  

sd          B.84 utt1:  They knew the sucker when they saw one.  /
sd          B.84 utt2:  {C So } now we have two parakeets. / 
