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Okay.
Uh-huh.
And so she's going to get some money for that and take some money from the bank and then try to make as much down payment as possible to keep the monthly payment low.
Uh-huh.
So she's going to sell it rather than trade it in.
Yeah.
That's probably the best thing.
You lose four to six hundred dollars a tra... |
Well that's fact.
What I think.
So,
I think you're right.
But strangely enough, the best I mean, the best bargaining I had made with a dealer on my car was also the same place I got the best price trade in,
Interesting.
but it's a place in Arlington,
and I think, maybe, as you get outside the Dallas area,
I kind of,
I ... |
and what you could expect, they said, you know, a five percent over cost and then options at cost and everything.
Right.
Right.
So, I figured out a price based on that.
Yeah,
that's good.
But I, I guess I got a pretty good deal, because I went back to the Town North Mazda right off Central and offered them the same pri... |
So it was that same car.
My gosh.
Yeah,
well, unless you're selling car with hail damage and flood damage I got the car off your lot for that price
And you laughed all the way to the bank.
Oh I did.
And I laughed real hard when I took it in for the two thousand mile checkup
Uh-huh.
and, uh, that they required you to do... |
Yeah.
And the next day they pulled the white car and took it to Arlington.
So I'm sure he knew
Such a deal.
So I loved it.
I sat there,
and I just had the biggest grin on my face.
I'll bet you did.
It was kind of nice.
Well, Dana, it's been really interesting,
I appreciate talking with you.
Yeah.
Good talking to you to... |
Bye-bye.
Okay,
what kind of hobbies do you have?
Um, mostly what I do,
I do do some crafts like it mentioned in the thing,
and then I, I read a lot.
Uh-huh.
I like to read, too
I was trying to think of some while, while it was, uh, talking about it,
and then I,
it took so long for someone to answer,
I started reading t... |
Uh-huh.
Reading is a little bit easier to work around.
Yeah,
you can pick it up and take it wherever you go. any space.
That's right.
I get too involved in reading sometimes that I neglect what I should be doing.
That's true,
I do the same thing
You get so involved in what you're reading.
What types of crafts do you do... |
Things to hang on the wall.
Uh-huh.
Mostly just stuff that I can, you know, use right around the house or give away as gifts.
Uh-huh.
Right.
I've been making a lot of quilts, well, not a lot, but several quilts lately.
Uh-huh.
So.
I enjoy, uh, sewing and needlework also.
I've, I've, uh, made some small things, cross st... |
Yeah.
I've done some cross, um, cross stitch,
but I never count right,
and I always have to either take it out or have my picture slightly off centered or, or something.
Uh-huh
It never has worked out completely.
Yeah,
it takes a lot of concentration.
I mean, it was the type of thing,
I was, I was making some little th... |
Uh-huh.
It took, it took a while to do.
But, it was fun,
I enjoyed it.
Yeah.
The first project I started out one was a big one,
it was, uh, it was of a lady
and she was kneeling,
and it was about fifteen by twenty maybe.
Oh my gosh.
And I,
it was just too much to start with.
And I still haven't finished it, because I, ... |
That's pretty understandable.
And I've done some of the crewel and the, um something similar to that
Uh-huh.
but it doesn't have the specific stitches.
Anyway, it's a little bit more loose, and not quite as structured,
and I like that a little bit better the variety of stitches and stuff in that.
Uh-huh.
More like embr... |
and, um, I have, right now I have the movie channel,
so I've recorded quite a few movies off of that. Um,
just, I've kind of got a collection going of tapes now,
and whenever I go visit my parents, they're always saying, Well, bring some of your tapes
They always borrow a few of them.
I was over there,
they live in Dun... |
and then in the summer I'll plant petunias,
or something that's colorful
and like, that blooms a lot.
But haven't done that yet.
Uh-huh.
I kept thinking that it was going to get cold one more time,
but I think we're probably past that now.
I probably should go buy some.
Yeah.
I guess if I had a house I might enjoy gard... |
I've got a few plants here,
but I'm not really knowledgeable.
I feel real good if I water them
and they continue to grow.
You know, I feel like, Oh, I've accomplished something.
Uh-huh.
So I enjoy it,
but I'm just not experienced enough with
Yeah.
I don't know too much about it either.
Mine's pretty limited to my littl... |
Uh-huh.
And my other two pots are,
they're kind of, they're pretty big,
and I have enough plants in them that it takes up a lot of my porch area,
so between that and the chairs and the barbecue grill and the fireplace wood, there's no room for much else.
But my dad, uh, my dad used to grow tomatoes and things at the ho... |
Uh-huh.
But, but there goes that motivation thing again
Right.
Well, I enjoy playing with my cats.
I don't know if you'd call that a hobby,
but I have two cats,
and I gave them a bath tonight,
so they're a little bit angry at me
. Can you can you put them right in the water?
They didn't like it too much.
Yeah,
oh yeah
... |
They went and hid after they, after they got dried off.
Sulked for a while, huh
Yeah.
Well, I like animals,
but we don't have any yet.
We have a nine month old with another on the way
Uh-huh.
and we thought, well maybe when they're a little bit bigger then we'll,
Yeah.
or get into a house with a little more space.
I'd ... |
Dogs, to me, dogs need a yard, even little dogs.
Uh-huh.
They just need a yard.
Cats can deal with being inside all the time just fine.
But I just think dogs need, need to be outside, though.
So,
I agree with you.
I,
if we were going to get anything now it would definitely be a cat, or even a bird or a fish tank or som... |
that
they grab hold with both hands and then just jerk.
Oh yeah.
And if I was a cat or dog, I'd respond probably by biting or something.
I don't know.
Oh, yeah
That'd be my self defense.
But, Well, I think we probably reached our time limit.
Uh-huh
Yeah,
probably
so, and I'm out of, out of good ideas for a hobby anyway... |
Yeah,
I have three cats and a dog.
Oh, boy.
Sound like us,
we have,
Um,
go ahead.
Um, we just got the, the dog less than a year ago
so, he's still a puppy.
Oh, what kind is it?
He's a mixed breed,
he's part Collie, part Shepherd, and part Chow. More Collie and Shepherd than Chow,
Oh, so you ,
the only Chow he's got is... |
so, but the dogs are mainly mine and my
but I just love them to death.
Was the guinea pig for your, for your child?
Daughter,
yes.
Yes,
as if the dogs weren't enough, had to have, a guinea pig,
so, anyway she's, she enjoys her though,
so that's, that's what matters.
But, um, our Chows, we've had them, I'd say, right ar... |
Uh-huh.
um, my husband had originally wanted an
and his brother has an
and he, so far he's bitten ten people.
Oh, man.
So,
Goodness.
And the people that he got the from, used to have cats
and they no longer have any other cats.
So,
It's telling, um, you know
when we had, um, we had a cat when we first married, no, took... |
So, uh, they got along great,
now I don't know how, how it would be bringing in, uh, like cat to a full, full grown dog.
Yeah,
I wouldn't want to bring a cat into a full grown dog,
Yeah.
but I, I wouldn't feel, um, hesitant about bringing a puppy in, to adult cats,
Right.
I think they would socialize easier.
I think, s... |
but they're very friendly, and lovable,
Uh-huh.
I mean, you think they're lapdogs. You know,
they'll just come jump on your lap and want to be, have their bellies rubbed and everything
and,
What color are they?
Uh, the female's red
and the male is black.
Oh, I bet the black one's pretty.
Yeah,
he is, he's a big old thi... |
and she's, she's grown up with them and loves them to death
and they love her,
so.
Yeah,
I think it's good for kids to grow up around pets, as, as long as they don't have any allergies to them or anything.
I do, too.
Yeah.
But I think it really helps them to understand when, when they go to other people's houses
and th... |
and a lot of kids are scared of that. And which I understand because she is, you know, a lot of movement and everything
but when she calms down they're so scared of her
it's,
Huh.
it, that bothers me because she's the friendliest thing,
she wouldn't you know, harm them at all
and, and, and that's mainly people that hav... |
Yeah.
But the birds, you, it's hard to keep them from squawking or whatever
but, but they were neat, enjoyable animals to have.
Well, we've thought about getting an aquarium, partly, partly for the cats,
Uh-huh.
I think the cats would really enjoy it, um,
Yeah,
with a lid,
yeah,
yeah,
of course, um,
but so far we just
... |
and in your, the luck of keeping them alive, through those first, you know, few days.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The, the saltwater fish have so much more color
and they're so, much more beautiful,
I know they are.
Um, the freshwater tank's just,
really to me they'll, there's,
most of them really aren't that pretty,
no.
you know, I r... |
Rather than just little fish.
But I don't mind having,
Wren
my daughter had a, like a little goldfish, a about a year or two ago
Uh-huh.
and it finally died
and that was neat,
but and they're, you know,
she can't play with it,
you can just look at it.
Yeah,
yeah.
You know, you can't roll around and tussle around with i... |
if the cats will, will jump up on things and knock things over all the time,
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
They're always up where they don't, where they're not supposed to be.
Yes,
yeah,
and that's hard.
that's just like kids, you know,
they know that they're not supposed to do it,
but they're going to do it anyway because they kno... |
That's right,
that is hard.
And, I,
we knew it,
but we never even thought that about when we got the dog
we just saw him, oh,
he's so, cute,
Oh.
let's take him home.
Yes.
You know, and then the first weekend we had him we had, we were in a apartment, in a two bedroom apartment,
Uh-huh.
and my husband went out of town, ... |
Oh.
Oh, no.
and he had tried to dig his way out from underneath the door,
Oh, no.
I guess you didn't get your deposit back, did you?
Well, I had the carpet fixed,
Oh, good.
um, I, yeah, I didn't even tell the apartment manager, who got it.
Oh, okay.
Oh, no.
Bless your heart.
But that, that was my first real experience ... |
Only it wasn't like cats at all.
No,
no.
I wish it was.
I wish they were in that instinct.
But they don't.
So,
Our only problem with our Schnauzer, she's an indoor dog most of the time
Uh-huh.
and, uh, we found, she's right at a year
and we finally got her, you know, house trained and everything, uh,
her only problem i... |
anything that, that they think is good,
they'll get into the trash,
Yeah.
and then it doesn't matter where you put it and where you hide it,
Yeah.
and how, how tight you have the lid down on it,
they'll get into it.
I've come home many a days from work to find trash all over the kitchen floor.
Oh, I hate that.
And the ... |
But she, uh, she continues to do it,
so.
Yeah,
the problem that we're having with our puppy right now he's not
he's actually not really a puppy anymore
he's like sixteen months old,
Uh-huh.
um, but he's still chewing.
Oh, is he?
Um, the last thing he chewed up was, uh, when we ...
Okay.
All set.
Do you want to start?
I... |
I am single and female,
you definitely are going to worry about the location, and, uh, you know, accessibility of people to be able to break in.
I live on a third floor now,
but, I, you know, I'm real concerned that I, I don't want to be on a first floor where you can have problems with things like that,
and, the, um,
... |
Um.
and, uh, they're going to the big cities.
It makes it very difficult.
Uh-huh.
It really does,
and, and I've seen the same thing that you're talking about, uh, much more crime than ever before. Drugs of course, uh, a big part of it I think.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
And, uh, I don't know,
a lot of younger people, you know, in... |
and, and I don't know if it's, uh, the family, you know, thing where they're not bonding anymore, where mothers are working all the time and, the kids aren't getting the attention that they need, or the television.
Uh-huh,
Uh-huh.
And I, I really think that we're, we're falling by the wayside with not incarcerating the... |
that's what it was.
And, uh, someone who was in the neighborhood cleaning carpets, these two men, went in, raped the girl, murdered her, and the whole bit.
Oh my gosh.
And one of the men got, uh, I think it was seventeen years
and the other one was in for, uh, life imprisonment.
Uh-huh.
The one that was in for the seve... |
Right,
it's a little more understandable under the circumstances, I guess.
I, I like the idea that, uh, if someone is from a foreign country, and they come to this country and uh, commit, a crime, I think that irregardless of whether they have already become a citizen or anything, they should be immediately deported.
U... |
We don't have, I guess too much trouble in Dallas with,
well, I guess, I guess we do have a lot of people come in from Mexico, that cause problems,
but, uh.
But that's, uh, they're, so close,
I, I don't consider Mexican people in the same category with, uh, especially like, uh, people who come from cultures that don't ... |
uh, some of those countries were so safe, it was unreal.
Singapore is very, supposed to be very safe
and, in fact, Tokyo,
and I thought Tokyo would be dangerous being such a huge large city with so many people,
Yeah.
but they,
at, at the T I there, I said is there any area I should avoid.
And the guy said let me ask an... |
You better believe it,
if,
you wouldn't even have to leave it,
I mean,
Yeah,
that's true,
it would get snatched right off your arm
that's true.
But I was thinking boy, in Dallas, if somebody asked me if there were places you wouldn't go by yourself at night, I'd have to set them down for about five or ten minutes to li... |
like for drugs, for drugs they, they enforce the death penalty for that.
Uh, they're just, very, very tough,
and I guess maybe that's the way Tokyo is too, or Japan is too.
They're just very tough on criminals.
Yeah,
yeah,
I think that we're too easy.
Uh-huh.
Uh, and we take the, the, uh, civil liberties, uh, stuff too... |
Uh-huh.
I'm not saying they're all bad,
but I think people who are guilty of really serious heinous crimes, do not deserve to be cared for for the rest of their lives.
Uh-huh.
Right.
I think that they should be put away.
Right,
and if they're overcrowded, well, you know they shouldn't have gotten theirself there in the... |
same with drunk drivers.
Right.
I think it's too easy for them.
Uh-huh.
That if the, the laws, and, and were, were harsher and were enforced,
Uh-huh.
I mean you have to set an example.
You have to start somewhere.
Uh-huh.
And I think that people know that they're going to get a slap on the wrist, they might serve a lit... |
Yeah,
huh-uh,
and especially not in some of these big cities,
like in Dallas I mean they've had,
they're up in the top, top five I think of cities that are getting policeman killed on, on, in the line of duty
and that's really sad.
It is, it really is.
And I mean, they're the first ones that take the brunt of everythin... |
I work here in Germantown,
but I live in Pensacola, Florida.
Oh, that's interesting.
So, I own a home in Pensacola,
and, uh, let's see,
we are to compare homes. Correct?
Okay.
Yeah.
Uh, my home is, well, is typical for the area.
I live in a development, uh,
it's a relatively, I would say, well,
God, it sounds like, sou... |
and it is, I would imagine in terms of, of size and so forth, it's relatively typical for the area.
It might be,
I would say it's probably midsized for the area.
There are some smaller,
and there are, you know, several larger.
Uh-huh.
And, uh, but based, you know, in terms of, you know, in, in Pensacola, in that area o... |
I really haven't, I really haven't, uh,
when we built it ten years ago, it was, it ran around a hundred and forty thousand dollars.
Okay.
So, I, I would have really, I haven't really priced, you know, in the market,
so I,
It, it sounds like,
I mean, from the way you described it a home like that here would be at least ... |
The economy itself around here is not too terribly bad,
but housing is still real bad
Uh-huh
Yeah.
Well, Pensacola has
it's really is a buyer's market there now
Yeah.
This is,
And it isn't because of the, well,
there has been a lot of speculative building. Uh, I don't know, perhaps not in Dallas,
Oh.
but, uh, I'm sure ... |
So, do you think,
it was overdeveloped then?
Oh, it's, it is.
I mean, the, the number of single family units on sale is phenomenal compared to the population.
Wow.
And so
overbuilding is, has been a real problem there.
Um.
So you can still get a, get a, a good house for a very, very reasonable price.
And I mean good, I... |
It's on one floor
Uh-huh.
Uh, we have no basement
I don't know,
Nor do we,
but,
Okay
I wasn't sure.
Most of the ones, you know, up north and everything do,
but, um, anyway, it's, uh, it's pretty, also pretty typical for the area.
Most of this area was developed,
this house was built in seventy-four.
Uh-huh.
So most of ... |
So I, I think most of them are
there was,
it,
like most areas that are built, um,
there were probably, like two or three styles you could choose from
Right.
And, and, uh, that's pretty much all the houses in the area, for probably a square mile, I'd say, at least, maybe even a little bit more than that.
Well, the housi... |
And they bought their home in I, I want to say like around nineteen seventy-five or something like that,
and they paid like,
they, they had it built from, you know,
they, they designed it and everything,
and to have it built they only paid forty thousand for it,
and when they left the area they sold it for a hundred an... |
Yes.
I, I can't, I can't envision spending that much money, and on, on something along those lines.
sure.
Yeah.
So, you know, it's,
I guess you pay the piper
but, Plus the, the, the taxes around here are phenomenally, high.
Right.
Oh, yeah.
Uh, for the,
and so, you, on that
it's not unusual, for example, for somewhere ... |
but the taxes would be, you know, perhaps, maybe one-third uh, of,
Really?
That much of a difference?
Oh, absolutely. Yeah,
Wow.
so,
it's, it's really sad
Yeah
This is one, this is one of the most highly taxed areas in the country.
Wow.
Why is that?
Do you know?
I mean
Well, they it, the, their, they do have an extreme... |
I was reading just recently where the typical administrator in the, Montgomery County Public Schools makes,
and I'm not,
this is, uh, the figure,
he makes eighty thousand dollars a year.
My goodness
That's,
Wow
and I,
by administrator I, I think I mean,
I, they didn't, they did not define it,
but for example, a curricu... |
I agree with that. As, as far as the, as far as the mess that's developing as a result, um, you know,
as a country, the United States, uh,
I think our hands are tied as far as, as, as any further involvement, until the U N sanctions it.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
In fact, it really was to begin with.
Yeah.
And, uh, I just, I heard... |
I mean that's an internal problem to Iraq.
It has nothing to do with us.
Uh-huh.
And until he starts doing something so inhumane that the U N gets involved, then it's nobody's business.
That's right.
Um,
I mean these, these types of internal things go on all over the world all the time.
All the time.
I mean, yeah,
I me... |
I mean the Kurds have tried it before.
They've gotten their butts kicked,
Yeah.
and this is just another time that it's happening.
That's, that's absolutely right.
You know, they'll regroup out in the mountains
and they'll try it again in a couple of years.
Yeah,
it was just, you know, it was,
it's a very opportune mom... |
and, and I don't think we did it.
Everything else we handled in this seemed to be perfectly right.
I don't think they would have done that.
Yeah,
I agree.
But it just, it, it really doesn't make any difference.
This is just a, a, another chapter in Middle Eastern history.
Yeah,
and, you know, and it, there are many of ... |
it's it's mostly religious anyway.
and, uh, you know, by, by self-proclamation this is a holy war
and it is right.
Yeah.
And then, uh, we, we go on from there
and,
Yeah,
exactly.
Yeah,
it, it's, it's a mess.
It, it's,
there's no doubt about it,
and, uh,
Well, I, I, I think one of the big problems,
I mean looking at it ... |
uh-huh.
And there's a big difference.
Absolutely.
You know, uh, we sit there
and, and we think that they think the way we think.
Uh-huh.
And that's a big mistake, because they don't.
You bet.
You bet.
Well, yeah,
because there's no, uh, you know, there's, there's, there's a complete different set of values.
Uh-huh.
Um... |
Yeah
Yeah.
You know, it, they, they're, they're so completely different culturally and socially and and religiously,
Uh-huh.
it's just, it was very strange.
I believe it.
It was very interesting.
Yeah,
yeah,
I can, I can, I can believe that.
Yeah,
I, I don't claim to have an in-depth understanding by any means,
but, uh... |
No,
no,
that's, that's, uh,
a, a little bit of background study has never made an expert in any field.
No.
But, uh,
Well, I sort,
that sort of goes to my pet peeve about the education system in this country, too.
Yeah.
And we make experts by reading books.
That's right.
You know, and the Japanese and the Germans and ev... |
Right,
right,
that's an everyday occurrence.
Yeah.
It's, it's like our car industry,
the only reason our car industry hasn't gone down the tubes is because the Japanese, you know, came into it and helped, us out.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
I agree.
Yeah,
it's, it's, uh, there, there is, there is, it's an overall problem in, in, ... |
I mean looks who's, looks who's getting the engineering degrees and the, the math and the science and everything.
That's right.
It's not us.
That's right.
You know, we, we've got folks running around here who get, who get degrees in basket weaving and you know, underwater psychology, or some, some ridiculous stuff lik... |
Uh, and he's from the Philippines.
Yeah.
And the only reason he came here was because the education is so much better for those who will go after it.
Right.
He has no intention of going back to the Philippines because there's no jobs.
Sure,
okay.
You know, uh, but I, I see it all too often.
I mean we've got loads of fo... |
you know, every, every,
the, the country's got a problem with, uh, with quarterly reports and annual statements and things like that.
Uh-huh.
And the long, long-range views are, are just kind of, become a thing of the past.
Yeah
you,
And, uh,
I don't, I don't think there can be anymore long range planning.
I think it, ... |
Yeah,
all we can do is keep plugging.
Yeah.
You know, I, I wonder,
I, I read in the paper just last week, I B M's unveiling their new laptop computer.
Uh-huh.
Well, at a price tag of six thousand bucks, I don't know if they're going to have a whole lot of takers.
No,
absolutely.
now I have the I have the I B M, P S two... |
Uh-huh.
so I said, yeah, if I can have an I B M for forty-eight percent discount, I'll take it.
Absolutely.
But up to that point I had I had always said I would never have one because I wouldn't pay that kind of money for their name.
That's right.
But
That's absolutely right,
yeah.
now you watch,
just sure as anything,... |
Yeah.
Yeah,
yeah,
I, I can imagine.
and, uh,
I, uh, years ago, I remember when I had a T I ninety-nine. Put all the money into the expansion box and all this, that and the other
Uh-huh.
and, uh, things just kept changing so much
and I kept getting rid of them,
and I finally said, well, you can't do this
That's right.
Y... |
Of course, I'm limited on memory now because I've got the low line.
I got the model twenty-five.
Oh, okay.
So I'm stuck with six forty,
but I'm not a power user
so it doesn't matter.
Yeah.
Well, that, that's, that's the key, you know, whatever works for you.
Yeah.
And, uh, if it does the job, then that's, that's what y... |
What was the reason why somebody was trying to find out all that stuff?
It was just as a demonstration to show those who were watching it how easily obtainable information is on any single person.
Oh.
And it was,
mostly it dealt with, uh, marketing companies, these, uh, direct marketing, associations.
Oh, yeah.
Uh-huh... |
Yeah.
and, and people have little cubicles.
Well, that's all fine and good,
but you don't really have any privacy at all.
Not insofar as maybe making conversation with somebody, I suppose, because it, you can easily be overheard
Right.
and they get,
I suppose any items that you have laying out can be easily seen.
Yeah.... |
Oh, yeah.
Is there anybody who doesn't?
Well, there are a few out there.
Um.
It's, I suppose it depends on who you're working for and where at.
Yeah.
But, um, my own environment is open totally.
There are no cubicles.
There's nothing to block anything.
Um.
So, yeah,
but, um, I guess we're changing ever so rapidly in th... |
and it shouldn't be that way I don't think.
Yeah,
I don't, I don't think that's, that's quite right either.
I mean it's not really government for the people and by the people,
I'll tell you that.
Yeah.
So,
Hum, what do you think could be done about it?
Uh, the only way it can change is, um, if, if everybody bands toget... |
It really is.
It's
something that, something that I've just had a, a dealing with is like a credit bureau.
Uh-huh.
Well, they take, they take my name, which is a very common name,
and my last name is even more common
Uh-huh.
and they they check that name against, uh, their list
and they find several.
And without even b... |
You know, and that just drives me crazy because they're,
and then they want,
then, you know, to get it removed they say, well, you know, you have to write this, write this long detailed letter and everything like that to them, you know,
and then it takes three weeks and all .
And I'm like, baloney.
Uh-huh.
You messed i... |
Good idea.
So that's what I've taken to doing lately,
and it seems to work pretty well so far.
Uh-huh.
Well, that's good.
Uh, any other problems?
Not that I can think of.
Yeah,
I, I guess I've just about run out of,
Yeah
I, I can probably go on,
but it's, it's, uh,
I'm clouding up right now.
Oh, yeah,
I probably better... |
Bye-bye.
I don't know what the, the last thing I've done as far as car repairs go is, is change oil and filter an, and that kind of stuff.
I haven't gotten really involved in anything, uh, extensive in car repairs in, oh, oh, probably a year or so.
I think the last thing I did of any significance was change the water p... |
there's no way.
Somebody once said, uh, I had a car that said fuel injection on the side of it
and a woman asked me what that meant
and I said that means that I can't work on it.
Oh, yeah,
yeah,
basically that's it.
You know, they've gotten so complicated or so high tech that, uh, the guys, average guys can't really go... |
Uh-huh.
And basically it, it was a motor
and you didn't have all the other junk around it,
Right.
and you could get to it to work on it.
Yeah,
I had to change the water pump in that, here about a year ago.
And it was really fairly easy.
Take the grill out and the radiator out
and you can just stand there and work on it... |
and, uh, the,
uh, it,
after about a hundred thousand miles the injector pump went out on it.
And, uh, I bought it when we were living in Lubbock,
when I came back here, I brought the car back here
and, uh, I don't know, diesels got pretty unpopular
and you couldn't sell the
I mean, though for what you could get for one... |
and they were nearly all, all diesel,
but as far as cars I've never, never been involved with them.
Well the injector nozzle and stuff in, you know, the big diesel farm tractors, you know, what are about the size of your thumb,
and
Well, yeah,
and you you can get to them.
yeah
you can get to them,
and the ones in, in t... |
I, I'm beginning to wonder is, where do you get gas at.
I
I don't know if it's still, uh, limited like it was,
I don't notice it, probably because I
What,
the availability?
Huh?
You mean the diesel availability?
Yeah,
I don't, I don't notice
but maybe because I'm not looking for it.
Yeah,
well I'd bought, uh, a G M C d... |
Yeah,
yeah
the three fifty regular gas engine.
Yeah,
that's what I like because, they've got plenty of power,
and, uh, if you treat them right, they're not the gas guzzlers I think that they've got the reputation to be.
Uh-huh.
I'm convinced that, uh, Detroit or whoever it is made a major mistake, years ago when they ... |
but.
Well that was, uh, that was a short stroke engine it could really wind up.
Oh, yeah.
The two little cars I've got now,
bought a Mitsubishi Mirage here a couple of years ago
and, and it was normally carbureted
and it's fairly easy to work with because there's not just a whole lot in it to go wrong, and you know ch... |
Now, you open the hood and it's scary.
Yeah.
Like you say it takes a plumber to figure out where all this stuff goes.
The friend of ours over here, he's got, uh, sixty-five, or sixty-six Mustang the six cylinder.
Yeah.
And, uh, I was look under the hood of that the other day
and like you say, you can see the road.
Yeah... |
Yeah.
And he says well, hopefully I won't have to change them, before I trade it off.
Yeah,
it's going to be a problem getting back there because it was shoved right up against the fire wall.
Yeah.
So they just about complicated the things so much that shade tree mechanics can't do much with them.
Yeah.
Well when they ... |
And all that stuff loads the motor down.
Uh-huh,
uh-huh.
So it's trying to push the weight plus have all this drain on it from all sorts of belts and things.
But that's one good thing
I've got a, uh, eight ninety, uh, Chevy Blazer now
and it's got one, uh, belt on it a serpentine belt.
Oh, it's that one that's about, u... |
Oh man.
it's, it's the, it's usually that power steering
or something that's way back in there.
You bet,
everything else's got to come off first.
Everything's got to come off.
Well, it's a pleasure meeting you.
Yeah,
and we'll, uh,
how many times have you done this now?
Is this,
Uh, I've got, uh, five stickers here fro... |
I had a difficult time the past couple of times of getting, uh, answers.
Finding a taker.
So it sounds,
it's taken them ten, fifteen minutes at a time,
so, people are either not,
maybe they're burnt out or,
yeah.
Yeah, well.
Anyway let you go.
Thanks for talking.
Okay,
all right.
Bye-bye.
Okay,
so do you do a lot of co... |
When I was single we used to always cook, around the house.
Yeah,
do, do you like to cook.
Huh, yeah,
I really like it,
Yeah,
yeah.
um, there's a few dishes,
like, I, I grew up with the, um, you know, having Polish and Ukrainian food.
Oh, really.
And my wife, she likes Italian and stuff,
Oh.
so we, we definitely have d... |
I'm pretty bad.
My husband is really good,
he put himself through college working in restaurants.
Oh, wow.
And, uh, he's much better cook than I am,
so, when I was home I still cooked a lot
and I was in to a lot of vegetarian stuff.
And now, I went back to work about a year and a half ago
so, one of the things that he ... |
Okay,
you have two.
Yeah,
one is, uh, nine months
and the other is two and a half.
Two and half, oh.
Yeah,
that's the hard part is cooking with, uh, kids around because, uh,
I was just going to say, makes a difference in what you eat doesn't it
Or are you not at that stage yet?
Yeah,
it does
Yeah.
We try our hardest to... |
Like to have one thing, you know,
one likes chicken nuggets, the other one like hot dogs,
Oh my gosh,
I couldn't
and then she makes noodles with, uh, with, soy sauce or whatever,
Yeah.
so, all things.
Boy, I couldn't do that,
I
But, um, yeah,
our favorite,
let me think,
I was thinking of the one recipe that, uh, that ... |
Oh yeah,
what's, what is that, Saint Jack or something.
Yeah, uh.
Scallops Saint something,
or, yeah, .
Yeah,
I can't even remember what the recipe's name is anymore,
Yeah,
yeah.
but, uh, it was basically just ground up Swiss cheese and then, uh, standard cream sauce base and then, uh the scallops.
Really,
with scallop... |
That sounds great.
Yeah,
but, uh,
I think, we're just thinking of having, a, uh, dinner party.
We went to this dinner party the other night that was kind of like a game,
they had, uh, a murder mystery,
Uh-huh.
and you came dressed as one of the characters
and you had to solve the mystery during the dinner,
Uh-huh.
and ... |
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