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FILENAME:	3393_1407_1343
TOPIC#:		313
DATE:		911113
TRANSCRIBER:	GL
UTT_CODER:      MMAB
DIFFICULTY:	5
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Voices of the two speakers very much alike.  Had to use
the monologue sections to transcribe accurately.

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o          A.1 utt1:  Okay. /  

qo          B.2 utt1:  {C So } what do you guys having up there?  /
sd          B.2 utt2:  I haven't been  up there since, {F oh, } {D Lord, } forty-eight, I guess <laughter>. /  

b^m          A.3 utt1:  Forty-eight.  /
sv          A.3 utt2: That's a long time.  {F Uh. } /  

ar          B.4 utt1:  {D Well, } no,  /
ar          B.4 utt2: it wasn't forty-eight,  /
sd          B.4 utt3: [ [ it was, + it    was, ] {F uh, } +  let's see, {D yeah, } it was ] forty-eight.  /
sd          B.4 utt4:  I was in the Air Force. /  

b          A.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  We did an air show [ [ out at, + {F uh, } out at, ]  {F uh, } Boone Greene, +  {E no } out at, {F uh } --    

qy^2          A.7 utt1:  Andrews? /  

+          B.8 utt1:  -- Andrews, ]  /
ny          B.8 utt2: yeah.  /
qw          B.8 utt3: {C So } what's it been  like up there? /  

sd          A.9 utt1:  {D Well, } for the past week or two it's been  cold and wet -- /  

b          B.10 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.11 utt1:  -- {C but } before that, for most of the year,  it's been hot and dry. /  

b          B.12 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.12 utt2: {F Uh, } like September was hot and dry,  /
%          B.12 utt3:   October. -/  

aa          A.13 utt1:  {F Um, } September really was,  /
sd          A.13 utt2: I'm not sure about October.  /
sd          A.13 utt3: I think for about twelve months through September [ the, + the ]  average temperature has been higher than normal --   

bh          B.14 utt1:  Really? /  

+          A.15 utt1:  -- each month.    

b          B.16 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

+          A.17 utt1:  {F Um, } lots of ninety degree days during the summer. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  It really has been strange here this year,  /
sd          B.18 utt2: {E I mean, }  [ this whole ye-, + course this whole year ] <laughter> has been a different year in  more ways than one. /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.20 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } [ we had, {F uh, } {D you know, }   all these, + we have all these, ]  {F uh, } - /
sd(^q)          B.20 utt2: somebody said, {D you know, } you're either a stranger or a fool to try to  predict Texas weather, <laughter>  /
sd          B.20 utt3: {C but. }   

b          A.21 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.22 utt1:  {D Well, } always, they were saying it was going  to be the hottest summer ever,  /
sd          B.22 utt2: {C and } we had all this rain,  /
sd          B.22 utt3: {C and } it really is not a bad  summer at all, really cool.  /
sd          B.22 utt4:  {C But } all of a sudden, [ [ in, + in, ] + {F uh, } in ] [ [ October, + {F uh, } September, ] + October ] it got real hot and dry and just stayed that way for a long time.  /
sd          B.22 utt5:   {C And, }  {F uh, } then  the end of October it started <laughter> rain almost a week without stopping, just pouring down, {D you know. }  /
sd          B.22 utt6:  There were flash floods  everywhere, that kind of deal,  /
sd          B.22 utt7: {C and then } --   

b          A.23 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  -- {F uh, } into of November, [ [ the first, +  {D like } the  second ] week, +  {F uh, } {D you know, } the first week ] actually, [ we had, + we had ] a freeze,  /
sd          B.24 utt2: {C and }  [ the average, + {D you know, } the average, ] {F uh, } first frost is like the fifteenth of  November here -- /  

qy^d          A.25 utt1:  {F Oh, } if you had it early. /  

sd          B.26 utt1:  -- {C but } usually it's not until later <laughter>.  /
sd          B.26 utt2:  It's really strange. /  

b          A.27 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.27 utt2: I think we usually have a frost in October. /  

b          B.28 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  {F Uh, } {C but, } {D you know. } We really need the rain  that we've been getting,  /
sd          A.29 utt2: {C and } it has not today,  /
sd          A.29 utt3: {C but } the last few days it's [ been, + been ]  pouring most of the day. /  

qy          B.30 utt1:  [ [ Is it, + is it, ] + is it ] flooding anywhere? /  

^h          A.31 utt1:  Flooding anywhere.  /
ng          A.31 utt2:  I have not heard of [ it, +  any  problems of it ] flooding anywhere,  /
sd          A.31 utt3: {E I mean, } that's occurred certainly at times in  the past,  /
nn          A.31 utt4: {C but, }  {F uh, }  no,  /
sd^e          A.31 utt5: I've not heard of any particular problems this time. /  

%          B.32 utt1:  It's just kind of, {F uh, } clou-, - /
sd          B.32 utt2: we're supposed to have a  chance to get some rain the next couple of days here, {F uh, } which will be, {D you know, }  a little bit more typical, {F uh, } autumn weather. But really it's  strange.  /
sd          B.32 utt3: We haven't really had an autumn.  /
sd          B.32 utt4: It's like we went into winter -- /  

b          A.33 utt1:  Yes. /  

sv(^q)          B.34 utt1:  -- {D you know, } the poor trees, said what <laughter>, /  

b          A.35 utt1:  Yes,  /
b          A.35 utt2: yeah,  /
sd          A.35 utt3: we had  ((   ))  summer lasting  long  /
sd          A.35 utt4: [ [ {C and then } it, + then it, ] + then it ] became winter like, {F uh } --   

b          B.36 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.36 utt2: {F uh, } it's, -/  

+          A.37 utt1:  -- [ today it's, + today it's ] sort of change to  warmer to sort of more typical autumn day. /  

b          B.38 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.38 utt2: there, you, {D you know, } - /
%          B.38 utt3: usually  there's,  {F uh, } - /
sd          B.38 utt4: I have a farm a hundred miles east of here in East Texas,  /
sd          B.38 utt5: {C and } {D you know, } all  these huge trees just like  the eastern hard wood belt all the way up to Maine, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.38 utt6: it's that same trees, pines [ and, + and ] hard woods, {D you know } --   

b          A.39 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- hickories and oaks and stuff,  /
sd          B.40 utt2: {C and, }  {F uh, } I was up  there last weekend,  /
sd          B.40 utt3: {C and } there are trees [ that, + that ] still have their  leaves on,  /
sd          B.40 utt4: {C and } they're green,  /
sd          B.40 utt5: {C but } they're dead <laughter>.  /
sd          B.40 utt6: {D You know, } [ the, + the ]  freeze just got them. /  

x          A.41 utt1:   ((   )) . -/  

sv          B.42 utt1:  [ They, + they ] weren't ready for it at all  apparently,  /
sd          B.42 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] we haven't had a typical fall at all.  /
sd          B.42 utt3:  Not much color, {D you know, }  changes have occurred at all.  /
sd          B.42 utt4:  Really weird this year.  /
sd          B.42 utt5: I'm not sure [ what  that, + what that ] means. /  

h          A.43 utt1:  I don't know.  /
%          A.43 utt2: Yeah,  /
sd          A.43 utt3: our leaves [ are, + are ] all  [ on, + on ] the ground now.  /
sd          A.43 utt4: I think it was an especially good winter for fall colors. /  

qy^g          B.44 utt1:  {C So } [ you, + you ] all actually had some color, {F huh? } /  

ny          A.45 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
ny^r          A.45 utt2: yeah. /  

qy^d          B.46 utt1:  It kind of crept in  /
%          B.46 utt2: {C and, } -/  

ny          A.47 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.47 utt2: [ we, + we ] did, for a time. /  

b          B.48 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qy^g          B.48 utt2: it's usually beautiful up there isn't it? /  

ny          A.49 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

ba          B.50 utt1:  Gorgeous.  /
%          B.50 utt2:  That's, {D you know, } - /
sv          B.50 utt3: I think you could  drive along in Maryland and  look at the sweet gum trees on each side [ and the, + and the ]  pines and what not,  /
sv          B.50 utt4: {C and } [ you could, + {D you know, } you could ] be driving  along in East Texas and looks just the same.  /
sv          B.50 utt5: It's almost, {D you know, } identical kind of country. /  

b          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

ba          B.52 utt1:  Beautiful. /  

sd          A.53 utt1:  Been that this year --   

b          B.54 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.55 utt1:  -- for the trees --   

b          B.56 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          A.57 utt1:  -- for the leaves. /  

b          B.58 utt1:  <Breathing> Yeah,  /
sd          B.58 utt2: [ I was up, + I was up ] there cutting  some firewood this weekend,  /
%          B.58 utt3: {C so. } -/  

b          A.59 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  [ Little, + little ] oak tree that was dead, and cut  it up and split it  ((   )) . /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.61 utt2: that's because [ it, + it ] can't tolerate a  freeze this early.  /
bh          A.61 utt3: Is that right? /  

%          B.62 utt1:  {D Well. } -/  

qy          A.63 utt1:  If it would came later it would be all right? /  

%          B.64 utt1:  {F Uh, } [ it, +  there's ] some trees - /
sv          B.64 utt2: [  {D like } the oaks, + {D like }  the white oaks ] seem to be pretty hardy.  /
%          B.64 utt3: There's, - /
sv          B.64 utt4: nothing bothers them.  /
sv          B.64 utt5:  Their leaves are  still green,  /
sv          B.64 utt6: {C and } [ some of the other oaks. +   There are a few oaks ] that  have lost their leaves.  /
sd          B.64 utt7: {F Um, } what I notice mostly is the red maples, that the leaves are  just dead, the dogwoods [ still look, +  still look,  ]  {D you know, }  they got, {F uh, } bit on the ends of the leaves a little bit,  /
sv          B.64 utt8: {C but } they still look pretty good. /  

b          A.65 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sv          B.66 utt1:  It just depends [ [ on the, + on the, ] + {F uh, } on the tree. ] / 
