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but I've never actually seen the place itself, you, know. Yeah. It's pretty, set far back, off the road. Right. Right. It and that's something I like, too, Yeah. because a lot of those places are like, you know the one over here on seventy-eight, Skaggs. Definitely. Uh-huh. That little Kinder Care, whatever it is? Ye...
or or, if that seems like a real accessible place to where you could, you know, go, in and get one. Uh-huh. Yep. That's right. Or, you know, or a car accident. Yeah. And, that was one of the places I had checked out. Yeah. And it was, it, it was brand new when I checked it out and, of course, it was beautiful and, c...
But, um, I've been real pleased, knock on wood. I'm scared to death her going to public school. Really? I don't know, I, I do know why because you know, drugs and, everything else I would be, too. Yeah. Yeah. and, they talk about how soon they start that Yeah. and that scares me. I know. It is scary. I mean, you're ju...
Right. Right. but, And what to do when they're faced with it. Right. But I just think of her, you know, next year she's going to be five, six years old in kindergarten, in same school with, you know, uh, I guess ten year olds. Isn't that, six, sixth, sixth grade, you know, Yeah. and that's a big gap. It is. And that's...
Yes. You do. If, I don't, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. So, I at first thought, you know, when I didn't have kids, I was going, God, how can you be so protective beginning with You, know Uh-huh but, it's easy now Uh-huh. Now you understand Yeah. Definitely. That's what I'm thinking what your mom and ...
Or, Well, that's good. Yeah. Because they're really neat. It's just. Do you live in Plano or work in Plano, or both? Both. Both, are you a T I Yes. Are you at work right now? Uh-huh. So am I. In building, which building? Well, are you Summit or are you, uh, Spring Creek? I'm, I'm, I'm Spring Creek. Oh this is fun. Wh...
At least we found something different That's, I've never had a call, Not like that. Neither have I. No, isn't that funny? I usually get some place, I got a woman in New Jersey the last time I called, I think. Right. That's funny. That is funny. So, So how's the how's the weather in building two? The weather in building...
Typical Texas Spring. Are you a native to Texas? No, no, I'm, I'm a transplant. From? From California. So what do you think of the Texas weather? Not as nice as California How long have you been here? Oh, five years now. Oh, okay. I've been here long pretty long. So. You, you, you know about August then. Yes, oh, I've ...
right. A lot of people try to leave the state for a couple of weeks in August, for, you know, if they're going to go out of state for vacation that's the time to go. Uh-huh. Good idea. Real good idea. Yeah, we went up to Wyoming this last, uh, Summer during that time. And it was like you know, eighty degrees up there. ...
Is that right? Uh, it, they call it their liquid gold. Um. But it, you know, you get sunshine, and it's lovely, and then it rains just enough to keep everything nice and moist and very green. And blooming. Green. Um. Oh my goodness, it's pretty. Right. Well, Texas isn't bad. No, no. Not in the Spring. Right. I have to ...
Because March we usually get a lot of rain, in March, you know. It'll seem the news, the Harold Taft, you know, on the local news. Right. March we typically get a lot of rain, and we've had this many inches, and, you know, we're right on target, you know, and just seem like we were getting a lot of rain in March, but I...
Oh, really. Yeah, I live in Garland. Oh, you got into that bad stuff. Yeah. We got hail the size of marbles. I mean, just so noisy hitting the house and the glass on the windows. It didn't break anything, but we went out there afterwards and there's ice balls the size of marbles all over our lawn. Isn't that strange. I...
I've seen hail, you know, but usually the size, you know, of, uh, tiny, tiny pebbles. You know, really small, you know. But this was, uh, really large. So it had come, it's a drop of water that had come through quite a few rain clouds apparently. Is that correct? Uh, I don't know how hail is formed to tell you the trut...
I stayed the weekend, and I called back to the house. My housekeeper was baby-sitting my cats and dogs, pitched said something to the effect of, now we've made the national news, don't get upset, and don't worry, it's in Garland where all the bad weather is. I said, Okay, you know Uh-huh. and I watched the news, and I ...
The creek overflows and a lot of houses, a lot of houses around that creek seem to, to get flooded Oh, okay. the streets and stuff around that area, get a lot of flooding. The house, that house, that I bought is close to a Firewheel golf course. Okay. Just going to be blocks off of that new highway one ninety that's ...
and, uh, and they're supposed to be building a mall somewhere close by, by the next, by ninety-three or ninety-four or something, a brand new mall not too far away from that area, Well, so. The house that the house that I bought was really, really nice. It'd be nice. Uh-huh, in the Firewheel Estates there, whatever. Ye...
Uh, I, I would cheerfully live there. Of course it's not my home, and I've lived in my home in, well, almost ten years, and, you know, I've got everything just exactly like I want it. Right. But if I were to live some place else, it certainly meets my standards. It's a nice house. Uh-huh, yeah, that's a nice area. Is i...
right. Well that's a nice area. Yes, it is. That really is a nice area. When they get that highway finished, you can hop on that and get anywhere you need to go fairly quick. Yeah, that one nine that one ninety is just going to be the the outermost loop around. Right, another belt line, just, uh, farther out. Right, ju...
Lived up north of Los Angeles in Thousand Oaks area, where the Cowboys have their training camp, or used to anyway. I've been through all of that. Yeah. Uh, there is an area beyond Thousand Oaks, north of Los Angeles that is really an eerie, strange looking area with boulders, I they're not really hills, they're more l...
Here, hang on just a second, I've got a Los Angeles map. Let me just quick Yeah, valley. Yes Okay, I know where that is. beyond Thousand Oaks. I know where Valley is, I've been out there before, sure. You don't think that's strange looking. I didn't notice anything strange, I guess about it. Oh, okay maybe, maybe I'm u...
but, but the, it's just a strange landscape, there's very little vegetation. Huh. I didn't, I don't remember seeing that part of it. I know Valley, yeah, it's just a suburb of L A. Right. It's a, And they've built some new highways out to that area, and things, lately. People can get in and out of L A easier. Maybe it'...
right. I, I know exactly that area. It's a nice area out there. I love Thousand Oaks. Uh, Texas, I don't know, thing, things, you just have less a variety, I guess. I think, I don't think it's quite as green, you know. It's green with all the trees and things out here but it's just, Oh, it's green sometime. Yeah, but i...
We haven't had a really bad one, Yeah I missed that one of eighty or eighty-two or eighty-one that had the heat wave. Oh. It may be eighty-two, because we bought our house in eighty-one and we built a pool in eighty-two, Okay Okay Um, well, I'm not, I mean, I read a lot, but I don't, I don't read a whole, I mean, uh, e...
well, I like, I teach school, and so during the school year, I just don't have time to read. And I, you know, I would love to, to be able to read more because I, I enjoy it so much. But with correcting papers and, and I, two kids of my own, I just don't have time. But in the summer, I try to read a lot. Uh-huh. And, an...
Yeah, I, um, I don't really, I probably should. I don't really read the self-improvement books or things like that. I, uh, um, I'll get like, uh, books on history and stuff like that that look interesting. And I, uh, of course, I don't ever get around to reading them Yeah, yeah. You know, I got, uh, um, I I belong to Q...
but after you get into them, they're really good. Yeah. But it's just tough to get through that first two hundred pages or so. Yeah. Well, especially, you know, well, BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM starts off, you know, in the eighteen forties, you know. And it's like, Yeah. wait, the war wasn't until the you know. It's like, o...
When I find an author I really like, I try to read everything they write. Because you, you get used to their style and you really enjoy it. Yeah. That, and I, I do the same thing. I, Yeah. Uh, there's one science fiction writer named, uh, Allen Dean Foster. Uh-huh. I've heard of him. Oh, okay, yeah. He, um, I must have...
it's, it's fun to, to do that. Uh, Isn't it amazing that somebody can write that many books about science fiction? I think that's unbelievable. Yeah. Well, he does a lot of like, um, uh, movie adaptations and things like that. Oh, does he really? Yeah. And, uh, his adaptations are usually really good. Oh Um, it's, it's...
but I've heard about him. But wouldn't you think he would, does he get some royalties from that, hopefully? Oh, I'm sure he does Well, I would think he would I'd hope so. Well, I mean he's doing all right, probably Oh, I'm sure he is, I'm sure he is. But sometimes the more you get the more you want too, so, Yeah. That'...
right. I, in fact, I'm a sports fan, period. Uh-huh. We, I mean, that's why I like to read SPORTS ILLUSTRATED so much because there's everything in it. Yeah. I had a, uh, had a subscription to that last year, but I'm, uh, I'm mostly a baseball fan. So I'm, I'm not, as you know, Oh. the other stuff is interesting but, ...
I'm, I'm sure you do. Well I'm a Ranger fan simply because I live here. Yeah But I, I was, uh, I'm not from here. I'm originally from Ohio, so I've always followed the Tigers. Because, you know, I was, I was born and raised in Toledo. Toledo. Yeah. I was in Toledo last summer. Went to a, uh, to a Mud Hens double heade...
it was a lot of fun. Yeah. I I really enjoy that team. I, we used to go there all the time. I used to live in Iowa too, and they have the Iowa Oaks. And we used to go, go to their games all the time. And, They don't exist anymore, I don't, think. I know, I know they don't. At least not by that name. There's the Iowa...
Um. and it was kind of fun. It's almost, uh, more fun than going to a major league game. I don't know, I just really enjoy the, farm teams. I, minor league, baseball, I think is a lot more fun than, major league baseball. Yes, it is. It's not quite so serious, you know. And it's a lot cheaper That's for sure, that'...
Is that right? I, it's just a lot of fun. I mean, it's free parking and three you know, four bucks now to get in. And, you know, the hot dogs are a dollar and, and it's just great. Well, how, like how much is an Oriole game? Oriole game? If you park in the lot across the street from the stadium, it's four bucks. The ti...
Oh, that's nice. But, you know, it's in the bleachers, way out in the, you know, in center field, but it's still nice. Yeah. You still can see well. And, uh, we usually sit there unless somebody gives us tickets, you know, box seats or something, then we usually sit out there. Uh-huh. Well how much are the box seats th...
Or some people are really irritated about. They're, they're building this new they built the new stadium downtown. And they're saying how there's going to be a lot more parking for the stadium. Uh-huh. But I park for free up at, at Memorial Stadium because I know where I can do it for free Oh, oh. And, um, I'm not goin...
They, they, they decided, you know, George Bush, who, who's the main owner of the Rangers, decided that, uh, they'd stay in Arlington. So Arlington's going to build a stadium, a bigger one. Oh, okay. So we're going to, they're going to stay there. Which is fine, because Arlington's got a lot of things to offer. And, a...
That's, that's what I'd always heard, I've, uh, Yeah. We, you know, we, I like it there. And I think Dallas has enough to offer that they don't have to hog everything So, I'm glad that they're staying in Arlington. Uh-huh. And it's takes us maybe, uh, well, thirty-five to forty minutes to get there from Plano, which is...
Oh, gosh. So, it's like I drive west and I'm there. And, you know, and then to go into Baltimore, I mean, it well, it's fewer miles, but I've got to go, stop and go traffic and everything. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Do you read, um, I guess you read SPORTS ILLUSTRATED but you don't read many sports books or, Well, not really. N...
So, but he's reading it, and he's and he says, He's so interesting, Mom. You just can't believe all the things he's done. And he's really enjoying that. And I, and he said, Mom, you need to read it after I get finished. So maybe I will. There was, uh, I understand there was a really good basketball book called, uh, A S...
Uh-huh. and they, and they mentioned that one. I'll have to tell my son about that. I'm sure he'd like it. Yeah. And, uh, I was thinking about, there was a, I saw a book kicking around on the history of the A B A, which, Oh, that would be good Yeah. I get in to, even when I don't like the sport so much, I get intereste...
It seems like, uh, even when they have consulted day care centers that are quote unquote reputable, that are sort of like a chain, if I can use that word uh, still you have to deal with the people that, you know, happen to be operating it locally Right. and, uh, it's just a matter of, of trust, you know, I think they f...
and that worked for a while, but they were really, adequate ones were really tough to find. I'm sure that's true. It takes that mixture of a very mature college student, who wants to do something and yet is willing to give the time, and the interest to the children. Huh-uh. Right. Right. I do have a friend that, uh, u...
but you still have to be realistic, as well, I think. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Much as other cultures disagree, our lives don't revolve around our children. Yeah. Yeah. And that's, that's, that's bad to have to admit, too, but, uh, you know, it's just, there's so much pressure when you're talking about two people that wor...
Huh-uh. Yeah Most of the time Well, I just have to be honest about it. It's not always, worth it. Yeah. Oh, sure. Sure. Sure. Sure. There are those times when I think, gee, if I didn't have children I could be out playing bridge or golf. Right. Right. Right. Right. But, you know, it's funny. I did, I had a friend that...
it's, it's just the way your attitude changes and you mature I suppose. But the thing about the child care I, you know, I have friends that struggle financially and, and they both do have to work. It's a matter not necessarily, uh, that she might want to stay home or he, as well, but, you know, they need the money. And...
they are not all things to all people or all children. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. The ones that are good with babies tend not to be good with toddlers. Huh-uh. Huh-uh. I think it takes a, I don't know, I think your patient level must, needs to increase as the child gets older I think that might be part of the problem w...
Well, you sound like your pretty well passed the worst of it as far as worrying about, since they're both in school, you don't have to worry about a full-time person to take care of them. fading in and Oh, you don't know what happens after they get in school. That's something altogether different, uh. Oh, yes. Now we h...
I'm sure. Of course. But, we are helping, you know. Right. Right. We are being cooperative, what's wrong with you? Right. Right. You don't understand this. Huh-uh. That's just the way their minds work. And it's almost everyday. That's amazing. It's amazing that people actually, the stamina that you must, you know, draw...
because I didn't need it. Huh-uh. And now, I need it. Now it's just a reservoir that you tend to regularly, I'm sure. Yeah. And it stays low a lot Well, are your children now, do you feel comfortable, um, with them coming home after school until you and your wife get home or, Absolutely not. No. Yeah. I mean, one of th...
What, one leads the other? Huh-uh, yeah. And, uh, and it's, it's the one that's going downhill, is it, is it the one that needs, needs more supervision that has a bad influence on the older or more mature one? Of course. Yeah How unfortunate You don't think, you don't think that good prevails. Well, I, I, I'm living in...
Huh-uh. And we just couldn't wait to have two children so they would be such friends. Yeah Wrong. That's like World War Three every minute I don't know I, I, I have to admit, I was selfish as a child. I didn't want a brother or sister. And now that I'm older, of course, it's different. You know, I think about, uh, woul...
If you could just, um, have a whole bunch Have enough. By the time the youngest ones are there, you'll have older one to take care of them. That's true. I don't know. When you see all these horror stories on television about child care and, gosh, I just, I was seeing something on the television earlier about a little ...
Do you have any pets now? Oh, I sure do, I have a cat and a dog named Joey. Joey, the dog is Joey? Uh-huh, The cat is, he's the little boy Pomeranian. Oh, my goodness. And we just got a new addition to the family, so to speak, we also have a fish. Oh, my It's a mud dog. I beg your pardon. It's a mud dog. It's, uh, a cr...
we have a cat, Stripper. Uh-huh. Oh, the mud dog. No, did, no did you catch the fish? Uh, we had a friend give it to us. Uh-huh, and it's all alone in that aquarium. Yeah, we'd like to get him a friend but um, uh, we haven't found one yet. So how about you, do you have any pets? Well at the present time I have two dogs...
and it has, uh, yellow spots on it which they call, I think, uh, liver spots. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And that's a male. And I have a wonderful female lab, black lab. Uh-huh, how long have you had them. Quite a long time, uh, probably five or six years and unfortunately the black lab that's a female, it, it's, it's the most wo...
apparently they've been so in, well I don't know inbred, or what, but, Oh, is that right? Well I'm not sure that's the situation, but, it, um, for those dogs that are registered and if, if you should have one, uh, that also has hip dysplasia you cannot breed it, uh. Huh, I had no idea, I hadn't, didn't even know that. ...
he doesn't, he, uh, he rolls he doesn't like to roll over. Uh-huh. Um, you just, when you touch him a certain way on the back, Yes. but otherwise, he can jump, uh, you know, just as long as he doesn't bend a certain way. Um. Well, uh, I have had just wonderful luck with this lab, uh, when uh, let's see, winter before l...
if I allowed her to not get up on her own, it'd be two o'clock in the afternoon. Uh-huh. Anyway, I, uh, met my son's, uh, college roommate, is a vet and he said, um, let's give her some race horse shots. And you know in, I'm, I'm kind of glad to be able to tell people about this, but you, because you all the time, you ...
I took her from Enid, Oklahoma to Oklahoma City every week for six weeks. Uh. And, uh, after the, the second shot she was significantly better. Then I didn't notice any improvement till the, after the sixth one. Uh-huh. And ever since, and he said, uh, a booster, uh, every year or two, I mean, maybe every six months or...
And, uh, it's just wonderful. Does he get, is he an inside dog also, Uh. or does he just run out in the backyard? Is he fenced in? Um, um, well we're living now in an area where we, we, we're in the woods and we take walks. I just don't let them, uh, uh, go away from me, Oh, yeah, uh-huh. but we take walks through the ...
and we, we took him in and, uh, he's about two years old now and he loves his treats, uh, both, uh, Joey and, uh, Stripper get treats And, uh, let's see, And is, um, Stripper an inside cat, or outside? Oh, well he's outside and, uh, he's got a way to get in, Uh-huh. he's got free access of a window we like to keep open...
He's been through obedience school. Well he just can, well he has been trained and you've you've kept it up, haven't you. Oh, definitely. Yeah, it is wonderful, I, I have some neighbors across the field, and, um, they when we first moved here, uh, when the dogs and I didn't we have a very nice kennel and everything but...
Well, have we been talking five minutes? I'm not for sure. I'm not either, but, I think maybe we have, but, Yeah. Well, um, so it sounds like you keep your pets for pleasure. Oh, definitely. Have you ever done this before? Yes. Oh, okay, um, I haven't ever called. I've put in the paper work, I just never made the call....
they don't, no. I, I glanced at the clock when, um, we started and I think it's been probably about five and a half minutes or something. But one day I was talking to a lady about gardening and I'm, I love gardening and she did too, an, and, after, after about twelve minutes or something, the recording came on and said...
But I have a hard time getting anybody, because I guess, do you work. Um, yes I do. Yeah, and probably just got home. Uh-huh. So, um, during the day, I I and I understand also they want men. Right, I was going to tell you the same thing. They're really looking for a lot more men to participate. Yeah, my husband does. D...
I need to hand them out. But, uh, this is a great project, that they're working on and it's really going to lead the way, uh, for a lot of um, applications and, and development in the voice area. Yes, I think so too, and I haven't helped them out on the on men particularly, but my husband had been in fact, he's been, p...
Okay, well, I, I, I guess if I was having a dinner party I, depending on the number of people, I might cook a, like a brisket or a roast or a, maybe a chicken dish Uh-huh. and, um, I guess I usually plan probably a lettuce salad and a, a potato dish, and we usually serve fresh fruit and, uh, then make a dessert. Oh, th...
And, then, uh, uh, tossed salad and, and, um, someone in the Oh, my goodness, Diane, get down from there. to And, uh, let's see, what else did I serve with that. Bread, do you have bread to go with it? Corn, yeah, I made French bread with that one too. Gosh. I have a recipe that's pretty good for that So. Oh, well, las...
Well, I, I know people that have, have served it and they say, gosh, if you have company coming when you don't want to be always in the kitchen, it's easy, Easy and she said it's, they said it's good. Yeah. So, that, that's always sounds good to me, um, Yeah. I feel like, I feel like I'm in the kitchen cooking a lot. O...
trying to think what else I like to serve. My mother likes to serve taco grandes. Have you ever had, that? I don't know, what that is. No I don't know what that is. You take a flour tortilla and you fry it like a taco shell Okay. Right. and you, uh, for all the inside parts you brown hamburger and put some, um, tomat...
then you put the meat, then you put the grated cheese, and then you put, um, let's see, what's next, then, and I, I usually put the cut up tomatoes next and then the, um, lettuce, Right. and you can put, uh, like guacamole and someone in the Katy, I'm on the phone. Well, get a towel or go change. I'm on the phone. to U...
Usually when we get avocados my kids just like to eat them plain Oh do they? so. Yeah. Gosh, I just cut slices off and. I like an avocado sandwich, too. Gosh, Oh, that's good, that's good, or it's always good on top of something in the sandwich. Yeah, yeah. Oh, well, we made, I made guacamole that I would take to a poo...
They must, they just said they never had it at home. So I, I was concerned that, I thought, oh, taking this, you know, taking this as a dip, I thought, gosh, you know, sometimes when we have it at home it, it turns dark on the top so quickly, Yeah. so I just, It helps if you, I helps if you leave the pit in it. Oh, doe...
yeah, so. Oh, well. I guess we bought a lot of, we've been buying turkey lately, instead of beef, so Do you want it? even though, you know, Oh, yeah we have too, the ground turkey, it's, the meat is softer and I, everybody seems to like it. Do you want scrambled? So. Sometimes it seems to be cheaper, too, so we often b...
so we bought that or we bought the, the filets, and then the chicken, or turkey nuggets, and I don't think anybody in my house knows the difference, unless you tell them. Yeah, yeah Or in, I don't think mine know either. In fact, we've been getting lunch meat that's turkey, too. It costs less than the other, I don't kn...
I always like dessert One salad that we always like, my sister-in-law always brings to family dinners, is a, I don't know what you call it. Uh, you mix, um, cottage cheese and a package of jello and a thing of, uh, like Cool Whip Right, right that's good and quick and easy, that's always good, Probably, probably the on...
Enjoy going places where, I enjoy playing tennis, so I like to have a tennis court there, or, or if it's at the beach, the beach is great. A pool is great. And, I , Where, where do you usually go? Oh, well, let's see, we have plans this year to drive up to the, uh, to Colorado. Uh-huh. And, we will be going to Estes Pa...
And, uh, and then actually, north, north of that is another town and, a smaller, on a smaller scale, I guess, than Silverton. But, I, and then there's lots and lots of real, of mountains that are covered with, uh, boulders. Uh-huh. So, I guess people Jeep through that area and we did not have a chance to do that. But, ...
Right, and the, beach is nice, go down. Oh. the beach is really nice, isn't it. Yes, it's, uh, it's beautiful white sand and very clear blue green water, and a, lot of nice waves usually, uh, Oh. Sea shells. enough, enough to make it. I am sorry. Sea shells. Uh, there's not as many sea shells along there, uh, that's th...
But, uh, we, we enjoy it, uh, it's, the place where we stay is, we usually stay at the same place every year, and they are, like I say right on the beach. So, Oh, where do you stay? My husband always wants to go to Destin, we just have not gone that direction yet. It's a place called Jetty East, uh, J E T T Y E A S T, ...
Oh. That's nice. Yeah, it really is, because, uh, the, uh, you know, it has got its own kitchen, full size, kitchen and everything. Great. And, this one, I think has two baths, and it's, the one we got is on the, on the beach side. So, Oh, nice. We have got a beautiful view and balcony, and, uh, just, you know, it's re...
Great. Oh. But, uh, it's a pretty nice place, you will need to try to go and, stay there sometime. Well, we have just we have just, It's a little far from here, but, uh, Are you driving? Yeah, we are. We are, it will take, uh, a day and a half to get there, probably. Oh. So. Well, we are, the neighborhood that we live,...
So, I, Uh, what does, what does that mean, alternate? Well, it's, what it truly is supposed to mean is nine weeks of school, three weeks of vacation, nine weeks of school, three weeks of vacation. Oh. Uh-huh. And, uh, in, and in the summer would be more like a two month, two month break. Right. So, and they hope to boo...
So, uh. Okay. Well, that's probably all we need to do today. Okay. Alright. So long. Thanks a lot. Bye-bye. All right and, and your occupation is teaching? I'm a, I'm a substitute teacher. Substitute teacher. Is, is this Pat I'm talking to now? Yes, it is, it is. Yeah, I'm a substitute teacher, in, I believe, the same ...
But, oh, and, and I haven't told you I'm going to be at a different school this year, now. Oh. I've just gotten a, another job at an elementary library at Barron. Well, I bet you're, you're, you may dress differently, then, for that. Right. I, well, not really. I've got the, every day I've got to, uh, read to kindergar...
And it's, it's interesting to notice when you go to different schools that some are a little more fancier than others and have a very casual, uh, I, I think some of the dress codes are different at different schools. That's one of things, one of the things I ask about, you know, whether, whether she would allow slacks ...
And you never know that, though sometimes when you're going in, do you? No, but because I sort of stick to several schools, uh, I'm usually aware that there might be a spirit week going on and, and might, might remember to do it. Right, right. And then many schools on a particular day during, uh, I guess football seaso...
I, I think about, well, the dress code they have for the kids, you know. Are they put one on the parents, or the teachers and say they have to, the men have to wear ties and there can be no blue jeans worn and, because some of the teachers I know wear, uh, dress up jeans, not sloppy looking jeans but tapered jeans that...
Right. Right, right. And they'll just wear your common, ordinary, you know, whatever you might might say, Yeah, there's a couple teachers up there that, that do dress up more than others. Right. Right. And so you try to maybe follow those if you know you're going there, you don't want to dress too tacky because you're ...
They go around in their little coaching shorts or parachute pants. Right, and a T-shirt. Right. That I didn't ever understand. I mean we've got coaches that teach health for five periods and then have athletics sixth period so Yeah, well at Vines, the coaches don't do that. Whether, They, they dress pretty good, I woul...
Course, we had, had one coach, one period he'd teach P E and the next period Health and then a period of P E Those I can understand. and, and that's hard. Yeah. You know, so he just left warm-ups on, but, but, uh, no, I think, really probably, they could, they could, uh, really, and I don't know if, if they put, make u...
It certainly makes it easier to dress. but even there's a couple public schools in Dallas where, where the kids wear uniforms and the teachers, you know, dress in accordance with that. Uh-huh. Well, it's certainly cheaper and easier in the long run, I think, that you don't have to be concerned about your wardrobe. Uh-h...
Right. Yeah, I, I, I don't, no, not in Plano. No not, They may get Yeah. but they said in the Dallas schools that that helps their educational process there. Well, I think it does. It, it takes their minds off of, of trying to compete. Highland Park's thinking about going that route. Uh-huh. So it, and then I think tha...
Yeah, I agree with you on, Hi, good morning. Good morning. Do you have recycling in Sachse? Yes, we do. We've got, uh, a pickup twice a week that they come out Do, and, they have their own special bin that they hand it out to everybody and they take it. Oh really? Uh-huh. And it's twice a week? Uh-huh. Really? We have...
and you have to put your trash that you don't recycle in there. And then they haven't started curbside recycling yet, but they're, but they're planning on doing it very soon. Apparently the trucks that they had, um, lined up, they needed the parts for, Saudi Arabia Oh. And so that put off the program for a while. But, ...
Yeah. Well that's the way we started too. My daughter was going, to Camp Goddard, um, which is through the Plano school system, you know in the fall couple of years ago Uh-huh. and she had to earn money for it and she was too young to baby-sit. So, that's how she started. She started recycling cans and from there we n...
but that's okay. Yeah. You know, it's, it's not that much of a bother really. You just have to rinse out your bottles or whatever and we use a lot of, two liter bottles. Um, and like milk cartons and things like that. It's amazing how much plastic you generate. Yeah, I was amazed at how many cans that we got Yeah. Yea...
They were real upset but they weren't, they were only picking up once a week. And we said to them, if you recycle, you'll, you know, you'll go two weeks without having to put out the green container. Yeah. And, uh, it's, it's really amazing. The other thing he does, that my husband a real stickler about is we don't col...
So, if it mows, gets mowed, I do it normally. Uh-huh. And I can't mow the yard with the grass catch on it. It's too heavy. Yeah. So I just I just mow it and leave it. Yeah. It just soaks in. Sure it does. Sure it does. It really does and it, actually they say that you're wasting fertilizer if you're not, uh, if you're ...