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I sometimes wonder, are, are they really doing anything, or, Right, well, I think we're going to see a streamlining in the government. I just, you know, I, I don't know what kind of, uh, I don't know what, what level, or what, how long it will take for, you know, our country to start, the public in general to start say...
Right. And you don't realize, Yeah, we got a sales tax. Our sales tax is like eight percent, and I don't know what our gas tax is. I think it's somewhere around twenty five cents a gallon. Yeah. So. I mean, they're hitting us up, and they may not raise it, you know, federally as much one year, but then they'll raise it...
and all of a sudden, I don't know it's just, it's eating me alive. Yeah, I heard someone say that, uh, if they would just, something about with the, uh, the defense budget, all that extra money they're throwing back, if they cut back by so much percentage, it could throw back about six hundred dollars, on an average, s...
Uh-huh. Well I love to work outside, really, and I enjoy flowers and stuff. I don't do a whole lot of it, um, at this exact point in my life, um, because I have two teenage boys, and so they do all the lawn all the lawn care Okay. but I still take care of the, you know, flower beds and things like that. I was even plan...
Gardening in Texas is really interesting, though. I grew up in Illinois Yeah. and, um, Texas is just so hot in the summer and so dry, why, you know, everyone that lives in town and has yards practically has uh, watering system. Uh-huh. And so with that, why, our lawns do stay, um, you know, pretty nice all summer, if y...
uh-huh. yeah, those two. Yeah. Some people have, I think it's fescue that stays green all winter, Yeah. but they really have a heck of a time keeping it going in the middle of the summer. They have to water an incredible amount. But, um, those those lawns look nice during the winter, but, you know, they almost stick ou...
And then, I know with all that moisture, a lot of the lawns get a lot of disease problems. Yes, that's true. Yeah, Houston is a lot, um, a lot wetter than, than Dallas, Dallas area, that's where Plano is, and, um, and just humidity you know, just all the time, it's an awfully lot more humid. Uh-huh. Are, are you, uh, a...
I haven't been up there since, oh, Lord, forty-eight, I guess Forty-eight. That's a long time. Uh. Well, no, it wasn't forty-eight, it was, it was, uh, let's see, yeah, it was forty-eight. I was in the Air Force. Uh-huh. We did an air show out at, uh, out at, uh, Boone Greene, no out at, uh Andrews, Andrews? yeah. So w...
I think for about twelve months through September the, the average temperature has been higher than normal each month. Um, lots of ninety degree days during the summer. Really? Huh. It really has been strange here this year, I mean, this whole course this whole year has been a different year in more ways than one. Uh-h...
It's really strange. Yeah, I think we usually have a frost in October. Yeah. Uh, but, you know. We really need the rain that we've been getting, and it has not today, but the last few days it's been, been pouring most of the day. Is it, is it, is it flooding anywhere? Flooding anywhere. I have not heard of it, any prob...
yeah, we had summer lasting long and then it, then it, then it became winter like, uh today it's, today it's sort of change to warmer to sort of more typical autumn day. Yeah, uh, it's, Yeah, there, you, you know, usually there's, uh, I have a farm a hundred miles east of here in East Texas, and you know, all these hug...
Really weird this year. I'm not sure what that, what that means. I don't know. Yeah, our leaves are, are all on, on the ground now. I think it was an especially good winter for fall colors. So you, you all actually had some color, huh? Oh, yeah, yeah. It kind of crept in and, Yeah, we, we did, for a time. Yeah, it's us...
It's almost, you know, identical kind of country. Uh-huh. Beautiful. Been that this year for the trees for the leaves. Yeah. Oh. Yeah, I was up, I was up there cutting some firewood this weekend, so. Um. Little, little oak tree that was dead, and cut it up and split it . Yeah, that's because it, it can't tolerate a fre...
Their leaves are still green, and some of the other oaks. There are a few oaks that have lost their leaves. Um, what I notice mostly is the red maples, that the leaves are just dead, the dogwoods still look, still look, you know, they got, uh, bit on the ends of the leaves a little bit, but they still look pretty good....
no. No, well, I guess kids are out. What's that? Kids are out. Yep Are you married? Yeah, I, I'm married. Got two boys. Oh, really. Yeah. Wow. So do you like football? Oh, I follow the, uh, the Cowboys but that's about it, uh. The, the same here Yeah. Do you live in Dallas? Yeah,
I, I, I am a pretty big Dallas fan, been for a long time Yeah. but I haven't been to any games recently. But, uh, I try to catch the game every weekend that I can. Really? Yeah. Have you ever been to a Cowboy's game? I haven't, huh-uh. Um, it's pretty nice. We we decided just to watch them at home But. That's good. At ...
Uh-huh. That's about the extent of it. Yeah. Right now I'm in, um, college, so I'm more into college football than professional, I think. Oh, I see. What, uh, school are you going to? Um, I'm at B Y U. B Y U, okay. Yeah, so. Leslie, what are you studying? Nursing. Nursing. Great. Yeah. My mom's an L V N. Oh, really. Ye...
So, what are you planning to go into? Do you want to be an R N or, Yeah, yeah. Um, I haven't really picked a field. I haven't, I, I don't know, I've thought a lot about labor and delivery but I don't know. Uh-huh. Try that. That's what my mom does, labor and delivery. Oh, really. Wow. Yeah, she loves it. She, she reall...
but, uh, she's been, she's been working a, uh, on a late shift. She works the, uh, I guess the graveyard's what you'd call it. Uh-huh. She works the graveyard shift. And she's worked that for, oh, years, when I was small. Um. Uh, I guess probably going on twenty years now. Wow. And she really enjoys it. She likes the q...
Um, I'd like to come back to Dallas. Right now I'm in Utah, of course. Oh, uh-huh So, um, but, my family's there, so, yeah, I'd like to go back. Yeah, uh, I think Texas, San Antonio in particular, has got a large, uh, base of hospitals. Uh, I don't know about Dallas. I think Dallas is pretty scattered. Are you in San A...
Right. So if ever wanted, you know, pursue anything more than your nursing degree, that, that'd be the place to do it. Yeah, my brother-in-law, um, is in the medical profession, I mean, he's at medical school in San Antonio right now. Oh, great. So. Great. Yeah. Well, like I said, good luck to you. Thanks. All right, w...
and I live in Plano, Texas. Hi. My name is Lowell, and I live in Raleigh, North Carolina. Oh, okay. Um, do you want to start or should I start? Go right ahead. Okay, um, I would say that our home is a very typical home for the area that we live in. We have, um, three children, and, um, they attend the public school her...
and it's pretty typical of the other town homes in the area Uh-huh. Okay. we, we have a lot of town homes here as well as single family homes, Uh-huh. and at the time that I bought this one it was just a, a much better arrangement for me personally. I'm not home a lot. I travel a great deal with my job, Uh-huh. and so ...
I, that's the main thing when I was shopping for one, I wanted to make sure I could, I couldn't hear my neighbors and that was Right. so I bought one that's more like living in a, once you're inside, you don't know you're in a town home. Oh, that sounds lovely. It is. They're kind of built on a catty-cornered instead o...
and, um, seems like a people just don't, or also don't have any family around. So it, um, also gives you a common bond when you don't have a lot of relatives visiting your neighbors, and you know, um But, um , Well, we also in this area seem to have a lot of retirees people who don't want the heat of Florida but don't ...
and, and, um, uh, the landscape is much different here in Texas than it is, you know, in the north. Um, or even where you are. Uh, we definitely have a lot of trees here. A lot of leaves to rake up too, I bet. Yes but fortunately the home owner's association does all that. Does that, well, see, that's another plus. Yes...
do we have to speak for a certain amount of time? No, I don't think so. Okay. Okay. It was really nice speaking to you. It was good to speak with you too. Okay, and have a happy Thanksgiving. Thank you, you too. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. The way, I'll go ahead and start the way I work, uh, the way I dress for work is, uh, this...
Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Which means kind of a, I guess it's a different set of standards, I guess. Yeah. So, uh, I, I dress almost the same every day. I mean, pretty much it's a white shirt and slacks and shoes and a coat. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. But, it was very different before. How do you dress? Well, I'm a drafter, so I just wear ...
Right. Ran out of jeans I understand, that's funny So, does it change? No. Your dress, no. No, huh-uh. So, or, I guess, do you have things like presentations to do or anything like that? No, huh-uh. So, back in my old job, up until through nineteen eighty I would usually wear blue jeans and pullover shirts and the like...
but that's for my husband's job and not mine Oh, I see, I understand. I have to go to a business meeting once a month with him, but So, Oh. Well, that's interesting. Let's see, uh, what else about this, uh, it, it seems like T I is pretty cut and dried with two, like, two or three levels. Uh-huh. That there's the upper...
yeah. But there's not much, middle of the road. It's nice that there's not a requirement for it. Uh-huh, uh-huh. Sometimes I think there should be. Some of these women around here look like they came off of Harry Hines. Oh, yeah, right Yeah, I guess you see those once in a while. And you know the, they have the no shor...
I'm not even sure what they are. Supposedly and backless things Oh, backless, all right. but, I've seen those, too, but, Okay, so this wasn't necessarily a big conversation, but, I think we, we did it Uh, yeah. Okay, and, and your name was Lisa. Lisa. Great. Are you the Expressway sites? I am, yes, and I work in the no...
Thank you. All right, good day. Uh-huh, bye-bye. Uh, advice on son or daughter going to college. Right. Uh, that's advice that I will need in time future for my children, rather than one that I have, uh, personal experience with Uh-huh. Uh, I suppose I would ask what the child wants to do in life and what the child hop...
What advice would you give? What advice. Oh, okay, uh, I guess one clear-cut piece of advice is by all means visit the college campus. Yes. Uh, stay in a dormitory if you can. Go to classes, talk to faculty members and students. Yes, and also, uh, depending on how, uh, uh, adjustable your child would be, or, or flexibl...
what else. Uh, well, climate would be, you know, you'd have to Uh-huh. you know, is somewhat, if, uh, if it's something different than the one they're used to, I guess, uh, if they're used to the northern weather then the southern weather they might kind of feel like they need to go out and play all the time, not be in...
so, it's not too far away, but it's, Mine is twelve. Oh, okay. But it's getting there, I mean, we still have, definitely can put away the money for college now. Uh, I would advise that, that they did not have a car at college. They would, That's my gut feeling, too. I, my son is certainly not persuaded of that Hello? Y...
I think, I think because most kids don't have a car at college, the ones that do get taken advantage of and, you know, there is just, I think it's just trouble waiting to happen. So I would advise they didn't, they didn't take a car and, uh they didn't take a television Is it, and they didn't take a refrigerator Maybe ...
Yeah. I thought I'd better see that one before I go and see six. Well, no, didn't need to. No, I found that out How about yourself? I just saw the latest one. How is it? It was fantastic. Oh, I can't wait. Yeah, it's, the lines in there were just perfect. I mean, it was classic TREK. Now, does the old STAR TREK guys me...
Yeah, it was just a rumor that that would happen this time. However, the rumor is, is that it will happen next, happen next time so, You know, that I read in PEOPLE or somewhere, no, it was U S A TODAY Uh-huh. that they said they weren't going to do anymore. That was it. Uh-huh. But, Yeah, uh, except that the rumor is,...
Considering that Spock was on an, uh, you know, couple weeks ago and that the, the very first episode of NEXT GENERATION, they had McCoy. Oh, that's right. Is that right? He was a doctor still? And, Uh-huh. Yeah, well, you know, he was rear admiral, whatever, you know, and he just kind of hobbled down the halls real sl...
But I think the script was, you know, just incredible compared to the last one. Yeah, FIVE was, the script was bad, bad, bad Well, you know why? No, I don't. Why? Uh, William Shatner wrote it. Oh, is that right? And even worse, he directed it. Uh, Leonard, Nimoy, he does a lot better. Oh, yeah, he, in fact, uh, he didn...
I think so I really like them. I, I wouldn't go so far as being a Trekkie, but Uh-huh. uh, Well, I've gone to, you know, one for real live Trek Convention but, Oh, really? Yeah, I saw James Doohan, you know, the guy that plays, uh, Scotty. Huh, did you get to talk to him? No It was crowded. Not in a crowd like that. Hu...
It was a pretty crowded place. Huh. They have some good management principals in this NEW GENERATION. Oh, yeah, yeah, I, it's, it's kind of funny. I, uh, was reading in, uh, a book. Uh, trying to think, I can't quite remember the name of the book, but it was, it was saying don't do STAR TREK management style. And they ...
uh, it's definitely a lot better A lot more realistic really. What other movies have you seen? Uh, saw THE ADDAMS FAMILY last week. Oh, how was that? It was pretty good. Uh, there were a few things different than the old series, but on the, on the whole, it was pretty similar. And, a lot of fun. Lots of little funny sp...
But he's in a box, right? No, no, no, in fact, it's funny. He never did, does come in out of a box, I don't think. Yeah, he was just kind of walking around. Didn't he used to? Not really. He was always in the box before. Oh. Oh, that's, yeah, that's, okay. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Well, do you do any rec...
they have bins Yeah. and they also have centers where you can take aluminum cans and, uh, plastic bottles and I think that's all they have. Oh. What about you guys? Well, we, uh, there is a lot of things that you can recycle down here, although the only thing I guess I wind up recycling religiously is, uh, aluminum can...
Oh, can you, can you hold on for just a minute? Sure. I'm going to try pressing one again to make sure that I pressed it hard enough because, okay, just succeed Okay. Okay? Oh, okay, well, I guess, I guess, Well, I heard it that, I heard it that time Yeah Okay, well, anyways, you guys only get a penny a can. Well, when...
Okay, no, they don't charge us that extra nickel. That's sort of nice, though Yeah, it, it really is. Really what happens is we just get a penny a can back off the, off the price, if you want to think of it that way. Uh-huh. So when we get like, uh, uh, a twelve pack, then that's like twelve cents back. Yeah, so you gu...
Yeah. But they, they said they can't be smashed or else, uh, it doesn't fit in their little containers and they're not reimbursed by the, the people who are over them or something. Well, shoot, maybe what we ought to do is start sending unsmashed, uh, Pepsi cans and whatever up there Yeah Exactly, yeah, send it to this...
Yeah, that's true. And, uh, so, you know, if there are some energy savings or if there is some significant savings, anything that they can pass on to the consumer, you know, it kind of reminds me of using an A T M card, you know, to get money or doing your banking. Uh-huh. Yeah. You know, if it's free, people will use ...
And one way that we do it sort of in, in Iowa is that we can take some of our clothes to the consignment shops. Yeah. And that way, you know, you don't get near enough as, as much as you bought it for, but you, you got the use out of it and what you're going to basically donate to a Goodwill or whatever, anyways, you c...
Well, I'm also in Dallas. Okay. The reason that I ask is the two conversations I've had, have been out of state. Uh-huh. But, uh, have you always lived here in Dallas and, No, I've lived here for almost five years now. I see. And I'm a, uh, before that I was at school in Rochester, New York and I'm originally from Bost...
Yeah. It's nice. Well, that's good. I, I have lived in Texas essentially all my life. Uh-huh. Around in Texas and, uh, I have traveled up in the northeast and around and have enjoyed it. Uh-huh. But, uh, I don't know, I'm not sure I would want to take on those winters. I'm getting older and, uh, not sure that's somethi...
Sure. We're just north of, uh, White Rock Lake. Oh, okay, yeah, I know that area. That's a nice area. Oh, that's quite a range. Well, we have some very nice homes here in this area. Uh, my particular, I guess they want us to describe the area, so, uh my particular area, the homes run anywhere from about sixty-five, eig...
Okay. Okay. And, I guess we have a similar situation. I mean, we've got houses two streets away that are probably around seventy, eighty thousand Uh-huh. and then we've got Bent Tree right across the street so I don't I don't even know how high those go, Okay. but some of those are pretty big. Yes, those are over a mil...
yeah, I've noticed that. Well, now, do you live in a, a home, or zero lot home, Uh-huh. or, Uh, we've got a house, let's see, we moved in about four years ago and it was, it had previously been unoccupied, but it had existed for three years. Okay. This is a whole block of homes that, uh, a builder built all of them and...
the only thing that we were worried about was the air conditioner because they'd have it just running constantly with the doors and windows open Oh, it was? But, yeah. Oh. So we just, you know, we bargained to get an extra warrantee on that. I see. And, uh, we're really, we haven't had any problems and, you know, we ha...
but before they had it, I found out after I had been in the house, it, it had sat empty for the better part of a year. Uh-huh. And I'm not sure what happened, but I do know the folks that we bought it from had done virtually no maintenance for, for about four years. Oh, no. I, I, I found a lot of things, but, I say Arl...
Very little. Because they're grown. Oh What? They're grown and gone. Oh, yeah, well, mine is, uh, down at U T Austin at college and the other one is in high school. Huh. So you do spend less time then? Yeah because they don't want to know, they almost don't want to know us. They want to be with their friends. How old a...
we have, between the spouse and myself we have six. Oh, well, that's kind of nice, though. You you shouldn't be lonesome on a holiday, huh? Because I came with a split family and she had, Well, no, there is so much of them are gone and they're doing their own things and and a lot of times they, they've got, you know, u...
That's what my mother said one time. You know, right, because who says that they just must got to come over to see us all the time for the holidays. Right. No, that's true, and if they force them to, you know that's not good either. Yeah. That becomes a drudgery Well, do they all live in the area? got, of the six, we'v...
Uh-huh. Uh, and, uh, Those are the youngest ones? Yeah, well, the the, the, the, the fourth and fifth child of the of the, of the, uh, six are the two that are scattered like that. Uh-huh. Boy, that's, those are a long way. And, Well, they wanted to go, uh, How, J R, my, my, my last son or my middle son, excuse me, fel...
Are they, are those two married? No. They, uh, just working up there or going to school or what? Well, uh, let's see, yeah, I guess you'd say J R is working, going to trying to go to school. Uh-huh. I wish to God he would go back. Oh, they do. Especially if they, if they're meant to, I think. Yeah. Well, I certainly ho...
and when you're saying older, we're talking fifty up. Oh, yeah, I've seen some people that are really quite up there you know they look like in their very late sixties Uh-huh. and I say that's great, why not, you know. Oh, my, uh-huh. Yes, why not because that's a, a lot of times, well, it's, I believe that, uh, we in ...
It was a complete waste of money. Yeah, settle down, we know what we're wanting to, to, uh, study and, uh we know our limitations. Right, right. We, Right and, uh, And we don't try to burn the candle at both ends and in the middle altogether. No. We don't go out drinking beer till three and try to go to class in the mo...
right, uh, so let's see. So mine I don't spend a whole lot of time because they're not here. Uh-huh. And so the second question, forgot what the second question, What was it, uh, what do the trends in families and do we approve what other, families do. Well, uh, the trends in the families were to spread apart, do your ...
Are going to have to solve some of the problem, huh. those are the two that can, that, that have the wherewithal and, of course, Judeo-Christianity, uh, and of the Jewish folks, too, believe that the family unit is the one that was given the, uh, uh, mission by the Lord to do this very thing. Uh-huh. So when another gr...
I think the taxes have just, every time you turn around they, they have taking more bite out of the dollars that are available for spending for any kind of products, and I, I, I think that is probably as big a item fueling the recession as anything right now. Well, I, I tell you, um, I remember every time, it seems lik...
whatever they spent it on, they have to pay tax on. That's right, that's right. And that's the unfairness of the thing, but, uh, I think taxes generally are unfair so what do you think of that new luxury car tax, anything over ten or thirty thousand dollars? Well, you know, like other things, if they don't affect you, ...
And there's an awful lot of cars that cost more than thirty thousand. Yeah, there are, there are. And the idea of that kind of taxation is to have people think twice on putting their money into that, I guess, you know, unless they really want it, buy something that, you know, more, well, it, it's just like having taxes...
Okay. Uh, right now we're living in, well it's me, my wife and, uh, two young boys. And, uh, right now we're in a, uh, I guess it's either a zero lot line or a garden home. Which you might call it. Uh-huh. So we don't have a, a big yard. Uh, but, uh, when my wife and I first moved in, it was just the two of us. So it w...
Yeah. It was a, Landmark is the one who built it. Yeah. Well, you know, these guys that gambled high lost big you know. Yeah. That's true. And, uh I'm insulating myself from that problem. Exactly what happened to them. I'm building my own house. Oh, that's nice. And as I look out the window of my trailer, I can envisio...
Oh, I see. Huh. And now I'm a college educated builder There's still no work, you know. Yeah. So, uh, you know, I decided this summer that, uh, you know, we had enough credit on the credit cards to buy the materials so I did. That's great. And, uh, see the, the, the state has a law that says you cannot borrow the money...
Well. Huh. As, as you know, anything that involves the government is, works half as well as it's supposed to costs three times as much. Right? That's right Hence the savings and loan problem we have. Yeah, that's true. But, uh, you know, my home is, uh, fairly simple. It's designed to be added on to. Uh-huh. That's goo...
That's real nice. Well, yeah. It's really nice too because I can't see my nearest neighbor. He's on the other side of a hill. Oh. And my second nearest neighbor is a dot on the horizon. Seriously. God. That's pretty good. Well, in the winter time, I can see, see another guy but, you know, he's Uh-huh. I can just make o...
Oh, you, you, you don't plan on putting any, any of that in? Well, it's got a, a very small furnace. Uh-huh. And a, uh, we'll use a wood burning stove as well. Yeah. But, in the house itself, I've been working inside, you know, these, these many months Uh-huh. and I have not had to use the heat. Wow. Because it's all g...
And, uh, My wife would love that Oh, yeah. I mean, you know. There's no place in the house where you can stand and not see four windows. She loves lots of windows. That's great. So, uh, Is it a single story? Well, not really. It's, uh, it's on the side of a hill. Oh, I see. So the first, you know, the, the, the, what ...
And then when I put the verandas which will be twelve feet out all the way around on the north, south and east sides that will define the shop. Uh-huh. Yeah, that's kind of like, like a Victorian style? Exactly. Yeah. I, I've always liked that. The, you know, I, we don't have much yard but I built a small deck in the b...
Uh. Oh, yeah, motor homes can be a lot of fun. Yeah, they really are. Yeah. They really are. I've, I've enjoyed it. I've never actually done any, uh, like tent camping, Uh, that can be a lot of fun, too. Yeah. How about you? Well, so far my wife and I have pretty much had to stick with tent camping. Uh-huh. This summer...
And the days were nice and warm and, it was beautiful, beautiful few days. Uh-huh. That's great. It worked out particularly well, especially considering she was, what, six months pregnant. Uh-huh. So I don't know, it worked pretty well. It was one of those, uh, those, dome type pop up tents. Uh-huh, uh-huh. Nice and qu...
Uh, I went to California up to the Sequoias. Wow, that's got to be beautiful territory. Yeah, it's gorgeous, I love the big trees. Just, just the drive up through, uh, up the coast line and then cut over in, into the, into the parks, it's gorgeous, though. Yeah. What, like, Sequoia National Park? Uh-huh. Uh. Uh-huh, ye...
Do they still have the, uh, the scenic, uh, roadways that cut through the center of some of those trees? Uh, no, they don't, they, the last one, well, the first time I was there, the, the tree was still standing, but it has since come down. Okay. Yeah. But, they are huge. If you've never seen them, it's, it's very awe ...
Yeah, and you just need to take the little one. Show them all the, all the pretties before they go away. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They seem to be trailing out quickly. Yeah because there is lots to see There is, course, the the Grand Canyon and, uh, the Painted Desert is, is real pretty, in a different sort of way. Yes. A...
I don't know Uh, not a whole lot of forestry down there, is there? No not around here. Oh. Not around here Place is forested with with those concrete trees. Uh-huh, lot, lot of concrete and glass, you know. Yeah. Well, I guess that's God's place, too. Anyway, Uh, what do you figure has been the longest trip you've take...
Everybody Yeah. Yep. That would have to be a blast. Yeah, it really was, it was great. What, well, you went out from Texas up in, into that area? Uh-huh, yeah. We went, uh, we took the southern route and went, went through, uh, uh, the Grand Canyon, again and we stopped at, uh, uh, Las Vegas for a couple of nights, and...
do you have any pets now? Well, we don't right now, no. We've, uh, I grew up with, uh, with pets. My folks and I always had a dog and a cat, some, birds, Yeah. but, uh, right now we don't have anything. Oh, okay. Um, that, What about you? a matter of choice, or compulsion? Well, we've just, uh, it seems like, we've a...
We've got, some children who would just really, uh, enjoy having an animal, you know, a dog, I think Yeah. and, What about you all? Yeah. Well, right now I'm a student, and campus housing does not even allow thinking about that Oh, no. No, we almost got chased out of here for feeding a stray cat. Is that right? Yeah. ...
We, we, enjoyed them. Oh. We like, we like pets, but, uh, you know, you've got to deal with, uh, taking care of them and, and feeding them and everything like that. Yeah. And our kids are, we've got some children and they're not, not used to it, you know, on a daily basis. They, they, uh, How old are your kids? Oh, fr...
Yeah. Where are you from? Uh, originally? Uh-huh. West Virginia. Okay. Um, I don't know how familiar you are with that area of the country but, I've been to Charleston. Charleston, West Virginia? Yes, uh-huh. Okay, that's pretty much the south end of the state, or the southern quarter of the state, anyway? Uh-huh. Okay...
Well, that's, yeah, that's interesting. So it's really up north in the country, really, . Yeah, I guess so. yeah. It's, well, um, my parents' house is like three miles south of where the Mason-Dixon Line would have hit the Ohio River had it continued that far. Gosh. I see. So, It's pretty nice country up there? Oh, it'...
I mean, you know, there's, you know, individuals with their own, own uh, growing their own food. Uh, most of the agriculture, it's more in the way of, uh, sheep and cattle. Oh, yes. And even that's, you know, small time mostly. Sure. Uh, the biggest chunk of what's going on there is, is, uh, industry. Uh-huh. It's coal...
Yeah, it's a big change. Yeah. I spent, twenty years as a mechanic What's, so, Oh, did you? Yeah. Well, you've got some experience behind you in the work force. Yeah. Yeah. Are you, uh, shooting for a bachelor's now, or a master's, or what? I'm working on a bachelor's degree. Oh, okay, good. I'm working on a bachelor'...
Uh, it seems to me, from what I've been able to find out. Yeah, good. That's considered a pretty good program. It's nice and small, which means, you know, if you don't get the class this semester, then you've got to wait or three or four you know, anywhere from two to four semesters to get, it again. Huh But, uh, it's...
I, I, I'm partial towards the larger dogs. Uh-huh. Um, our last, we've, we've had a couple of cats before we moved on campus. Uh-huh. Uh, had a hamster or two, and they, they got, to be a lot of fun. A hamster. Oh, yeah. Uh, it's amazing how much character, Okay. Your family have reunions on a regular basis? Probably,...
And you? Yeah, we have a pretty big family, but most of us, well, uh, uh, I am originally from West Virginia. Uh-huh. Most of the family is right in the West Virginia, uh, uh, what they call Tri-State area, uh, northern West Virginia, eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania. Yeah. Most everybody is right in that area. ...
That is why we have not had one in a long time. Yeah. Uh. So, so, to make one successful, I mean, I mean what do you all do. Oh, Do you all just start planning real far ahead of time? Pardon. Uh, do you all start planning real far ahead of time? Well, no. There is kind of a set pattern to it. There is, uh, so, uh, the ...
It is a lot harder for us because we are like I said we are spread out Yeah. and so we have to plan anywhere from six, well really probably a year ahead of time so that everyone, can uh, start their, uh, vacation time. Schedule vacation time and yeah. We uh, Sat, uh, Sunday afternoon or, uh, sometimes it has been like ...
so that makes it kind of tough. Yeah. They usually, uh, they have been happening, uh, just after the summer semester starts. You can't really get away. Usually not. We managed to get to one. That was before I started school and she took that summer off. But, uh, Well, now that we have been talking about it, I, uh, I am...
I understand. Where is home for you? Originally, uh, I, uh, was born in Missouri. Yeah. But, uh, you know, we have relatives scattered out all over Louisiana, Mississippi, uh, here in Texas Yeah. but it is harder for everyone to get in, get home. Yeah. Well, maybe this year you can find a more central location. Well, b...
Do you all just call each other up on the phone and say this is the weekend we are going to do it, or do you all like mail out stuff? That is pretty much it. Yeah. It is going to be such and such, uh, weekend and, uh, you all come. Yeah. That is about it And you know this is the standard pattern. It, uh, everybody brin...