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And, uh, I had heard rumors that it was because they couldn't duplicate certain patterns, uh, exactly. Uh-huh. And so like the, the glove box was just a little, little wider, little harder to fit in, Oh, dear. and the carpeting, uh, stretched a little too far. Uh-huh. I had to cut some of the sides down. Oh, dear. But ...
Yeah, that's, that's true. Well, you know, that, that is something I really enjoy doing. Um, working on our car too, the, uh, I just changed my oil, oil tonight but, uh, I enjoy also working on things like the brakes and, uh, in fact, just two weeks ago I helped my neighbor out on his brakes on his car. And, uh, either...
Yeah, that's true. And, you know, it, it doesn't, doesn't hurt every once in a while to have them done professionally too because, um, I was helping my neighbor out and one of his drums needed to be resurfaced and I don't have, of course, the equipment to do that, Sure. so he took it into a shop and had it uh, resurfac...
What age, uh, if you don't mind me asking. Well, I'm, I'm, uh, thirty-one. Oh, well, you're, you're young. I'm in my early fifties Yeah, right so you should take my word you're young Oh, I, you know, I've seen a social change, yeah. It's definitely, for sure, and it's, uh, uh, and besides that, I came from California w...
I guess that's when it was. Between eighty-two and eighty-five, uh, it started out taking me an hour and fifteen minutes to get to work, and then it became, you know, an hour and a half, to, you know, some days, two hours to get to work. That's social change. That's, that's social change. Well, what do you think is, is...
Uh-huh. I think that it, thirty years ago, when, uh, I was newly married, family was very, very important. Uh-huh. Then I think we veered where the family was not as important a unit. And I think now it's revolving back full circle. I think the family unit is becoming much more important than it was. Uh-huh. Oh, I thin...
Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And, uh, I find that very interesting that, that it's sort of reverting back. Yeah. Yeah, I, I've, I've, I've found that, too, you know, where the wife is married and, and, I mean, not, not married, sorry, wrong word. Where the wife has gone to school, you know and gotten a degree, spent five years out ...
and, and we won't see them back for another two or three years. Uh-huh, uh-huh. Uh, I'm, very rarely do I meet anybody whose children are, are, you know, past that age when they've been away for a few years. Uh-huh. But, uh, it's kind of different. Yeah, yeah, it is. It, uh, I, I note that I had, taken care of my grand...
parents, uh, even rarely see their kids for weekends, which is, you know, kind of rough, too. That's true. That's true. Especially now. I don't know. Yeah. And, and I'm finding, you know, running into these, uh, women that are wanting to have their children at the age of thirty-nine, forty, I'm thinking at the age of f...
I'm thirty, I'm getting gray hairs already I just know it, it would absolutely exhaust me. Maybe it's because it's my grandchildren and it's not my children. Um. Maybe that's, Okay, uh, let me see, I've got two children. One is, uh, both preschoolers, one is two and one is, uh, four. Uh-huh. So, and, uh, this is my fir...
Oh. But I teach school and I teach, uh, middle school age children. Oh. And so I see a lot of, uh, variation in what happens when kids are at home. Yeah. Uh, I have taught school ever since my children were little. Uh-huh. But the advantage of teaching school is your hours are closer to your children's and your holiday...
Yeah. And, uh, I really didn't have that much of a choice because my husband was trying to finish his, uh, college work and his Master's degree and so forth, Yeah. Yeah. and so it was a matter of somebody had to have a job. That's right, that's right. And that's what was kind of what, where we were, you know, we, I rea...
it certainly is. We, It's an adjustment to make, also. Well, I think that, uh, we need to spend more family time together with, with children today. Uh, we made a point to spend a lot of quality time and the activities that we were involved in were the activities the kids were involved in, you know, like, uh, through s...
Yeah. and we sat around the table, we didn't sit in front of a T V or that kind of thing. Wow, that's great. So I think that's been important, because we do have a close family Uh-huh. and even though the kids are basically, uh, grown, uh, they still like to sit down at the table and us all eat together when they're he...
Yeah. Plus, you teach middle school, so I'm sure that, Oh, boy, yes. You are really, you really, boy, oh, boy. I taught early childhood Uh-huh. so I had the little ones. Yes. And, uh, you know, I saw it there, too, and you, you know, you just oh, it's, it's, kind of an eye-opener. It is. So, It is. And I think most tea...
I think you're right. Because we see we see all the time, the outcome of not doing that Yeah. and I think if we weren't so interested in children, in child care, then we wouldn't be teaching anyway. Right. So, Right. Uh, I wish we could reach more of the rest of the world Yeah, yeah. I think, uh, the major problems in ...
And you just get more and more frustrated and yet, you feel for the, the kids. You do the best you can but, Okay, uh, what do you consider an invasion of privacy? Uh, I was just now told that's what the topic was and, uh, I guess invasion of privacy, uh, to me, for example would be unauthorized use of credit cards for ...
Does it bother you to give it? No, not really because I'm listed in the phone book. If I was the type of individual that, uh, had an unlisted number, I, I think I would be hesitant to give it. You know that they, they now have a, uh, I believe it's a federal law that you do not have to give your phone number on charge ...
I don't see any need for it when I'm charging something, but I, neither am I a person that has the guts to say, no, I'm not going to give it to you, either Right. You know, and, uh, One of the biggest things, I think that's going on in this country right now is the selling of, uh, mail lists and things like that. Yes, ...
From some, some list, yeah. From some list, you know, that knows that I have a, say a charge account at, at Neiman's or something because then I'll get catalogs that, you know, are within that range that I would never order from ordinarily, Uh-huh. Right. and, uh, you know, and I get, I get tired of that. I, because I ...
Well, you know, let's face it, computers can be gotten into very easily if you, if you really have the, the know with all, if you're, you know, so inclined to, uh, oh, what do I want to say, have the smarts to be able to tinker with something like that. You know, and have a basic knowledge, Sure. they're very easy to g...
Uh-huh. And I'd like to tell you first of all what's happening in our community here in Plano. All right. Right now we have a pretty nice recycling program where a lot of the recyclable materials can be picked up by the, by the collection agency or the, the city along with your garbage can. Uh, you can put out newspape...
I live in a place called Dye Mound. Dye Mound? Or Dye Community. Uh-huh. And it's not a city, not incorporated, my nearest neighbor's about a half a mile at least, I can't even see their house and, uh, Sounds like a place where I grew up Yeah, I mean, uh, I'm out in, I'm out in the wilderness. Literally. Well, I like i...
Oh, okay. So when I drive the car in the, in the driveway in the afternoon, it, it will just drive it up on a ramp that actually puts me on top of the, the, uh, pressure side of a, uh, hydraulic cylinder. Uh-huh. And the weight of the car will crush, what's ever in the disposer. Oh. hopefully, it's not my wife. Well, l...
but you, it won't go down. Yes, until you release it. Until you pull the pin, yeah. All right. Anyway I have another, uh, recycling method I use. I think, Yes. You know all that junk mail you get? Oh, yes, I sure do. The glossy paper that says, buy this, and send off for that and you have won and all that. Uh-huh. Well...
And I don't like that No. so I don't do that. So I take it and I send, and I mail it back to them. Well, great. That's excellent. I've had four companies actually stop mailing me stuff. Well, uh, if a lot of people did that, then we wouldn't have a lot of this junk mail. That's a great idea. I hadn't thought about that...
Whatever he makes, it's all out of the same thing. Oh. See, so, plastic, it's all out of plastic. Yes. If it's metal, it's all out of metal. It's, he's a design, he's a engineer, designing stuff. Well, that's a great idea, that's a great idea. And, and, incorporating, you know, reusable materials into your, uh, you kno...
Huh. He collects trash. You know, and, Well, that's a full time job. Yeah, well, he's, he's out for cardboard. Yes, well, I've found out, too, that, uh, you know, a couple years ago, we've always been recycling newspaper for the last twelve years, and at one time we could get a pretty good return, uh, with the Boy Scou...
Yes, great show. Yeah, and I like to listen to that and catch, you know, I don't get, I don't get a lot of, uh, sometimes I don't get the current events, you know. Because that show kind of has feature stories that might not directly deal with, uh, you know, some important issue on the day. But, Yeah, so, so the real, ...
Uh, I watch a lot of C N N uh, and C SPAN. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh, I, I subscribe to three newspapers. Uh-huh. Uh, you know, I sort of can't get enough of this. Yeah. And, and I, when I travel elsewhere, I'm often amazed at the local papers how little they have. Of world, world events and national events. Oh, yeah....
I thought so. It was a, it was a more effective paper as far as I was concerned. It, it had, uh, uh, it got to the news, you know, and gave you the dirty facts pretty quick and easy. Uh, which I like. Uh-huh. I don't, I don't like to, you know, I like to save the editorial information or the the politically, uh, weight...
that's the problem. Oh. But, you know, you see, you see Troy Aikman's knee surgery on the front page, you know. Whoever Troy Aikman is. Yeah, a, a quarterback for the Broncos or for the, for the Cowboys. Okay. Uh, you know, you know, you know what I mean Yeah. that, there is, uh, local news that, uh, that really a lot ...
Yes. A lot of them. I, I rather like the WASHINGTON POST. Yeah. But, I also get the NEW YORK TIMES and the WALL STREET JOURNAL. Uh-huh. Uh, and, uh, each of them covers different things in, in in different ways Right. and so it's, you know, if I only looked at one of them I would have a different clearly would have a d...
Oh. Uh-huh. Now, these are feature kind of articles. Wow. All the, all the, uh, you know, the bulk of the paper certainly is about business kinds of activities. Right. But, but there is some very good other articles uh, you'll find in the, in the JOURNAL. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Do you find that you're, uh, uh, disappointed or...
So, but, you know, it's not, it's never quite, All right. Uh, exercise huh Yeah. Uh, as a matter fact, I work out in the mornings. I belong to Presidents. Uh-huh. And, uh, I have got a routine for every morning of the week and I don't work out on Saturday or Sunday Uh-huh. but, uh, I do, I do a combination of, uh, uh, ...
And, uh, I run one mile on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays and then on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I run two miles. Uh-huh. And then after that, I work out with weights. Is is just aerobics or, Uh, I work out with free weights. No, uh, I mean the running. Oh, uh, yeah. It is really the, uh, aerobic work out part. You do it,...
that is, that is a pretty good clip and I am pretty winded by the time I get done. Oh. So, But, I mean it's not pushing it real hard, like, you know, if you tried to make six or something like that. Oh, yeah. I, I, uh, could probably go faster, but then I would wear myself out Right. And I wouldn't be able to work out ...
Uh-huh. and that is about it Yeah. And I don't, I don't lift any heavy weight, uh, they are about a third of my body weight. Oh, I see. So this, uh, do you just try and keep them, I guess, uh, firm and, uh, Yeah and uh, uh, I play the trumpet and the, uh, the more upper body strength, the easier it is to play. Yeah, uh...
but a lot of people, uh, strain themselves doing it. Oh, I see. Uh, so you are in, uh, in part of a band? Uh, I play at Church. Oh, I see, I see I use to play an instrument when I was in high school, but it wasn't the trumpet Yeah. So, I was just wandering if that was what it was or something. I think, Uh-huh So do you...
I, I mostly jump rope more. Uh-huh. You know. Yeah, I use to do a little bit of jumping rope, uh, when I was, uh, well a while back I was more into basketball Uh-huh. and, uh, I could do a lot of jump rope and other jumping exercises to try to build my calves. Uh-huh. And, uh, but, it has been a while since I have done...
And it also builds too much mass if you just, you know. Uh-huh. So, it is like, I, I lift weights with about the same curl weight as I do the squats with. Uh-huh. And, uh, then it doesn't bother me very much. Yeah. Yeah. Huh. That is interesting though. Uh, I have been thinking of changing, uh, I have done the same rou...
and then I add sets to it so that I don't like you said, wear it out. Uh-huh. I don't try to push it so the end in one set. Yeah. Okay, uh, clothing at work. Um, I work as a news reporter, and a lot of, Oh. I work in a, since I work in a small station, this is my first job Uh-huh. and so, I dress very variedly if that...
so I'll wear a pant suit in case I have to shoot. Yeah, uh. Oh. So, it really varies. I try to dress very comfortably. I don't really like dressing up at all. Oh, me neither I don't, I don't wear a lot of makeup or anything like that. Yeah. I just, I don't know, it just, it takes too much time out of my day, and I don'...
Uh-huh. Okay. But, we, we have to wear white pants and, um, any color T shirt, as long as it's not like a bright color, like a pastel. White pants in a bakery. Yeah. Wow. Yeah, the bakers wear all white Okay. And we wear aprons and have to pull our hair back and so. What's the name of the bakery? Oh, Italian I guess. Y...
Yeah. That just bugs me to death. I know I do that every day for school Oh, yeah. Yeah, but I, I like to wear comfortable things like cotton and baggy things and. Sweats and. Yeah. Yeah, when I was in school, I was a sweat monster. Yeah All I had was sweats, and when it was time to go out, I didn't have anything to wea...
Yeah. Um. Um, let me see. I hate shoes. If I didn't have to have shoes, I wouldn't have them. Oh, really. I just, oh, my feet bother me, and they're just tedious Oh. to go find shoes for me, it's just, I don't know. I wear size nine Oh. and it, I don't know if just the shoes I get, I either don't like them or they don'...
Yeah. Just the opposite. But, um, let's see, what else do I wear? Um, if I were in a bigger market, when I do get into a bigger market, I'll probably go out and buy a bunch of suits and things, and, uh, where I wouldn't have to shoot and do a lot of other things and I could then I would be able to dress more business-...
I like this, the, uh, suits with the, they come like with a mini type skirt you know, and the jacket. Oh, yeah. I like that, but but I'm pretty short, Yeah, that is cute. I'm five four, and so that really doesn't flatter me, but I think it looks good on taller people. Yeah. I'm five three and Are you? Yeah. Yeah, any t...
Pants, too, I could do without those. Oh. Pants, shoes. I like the like stretch pants, the cotton ones. Yeah, those are nice. They're really comfortable. Those are nice. With a baggy sweatshirt. Yeah, those are nice. And, tennis shoes. My boyfriend's got me these L A Gear. They're kind of big and hefty tennis shoes. Oh...
Yeah. Yeah. And I'm used to those. They're just sort of, you know, like your feet Yeah. I mean, you don't feel them. You put these things on, it's, it's, you know, like exercise or something for your feet. And I have to wear them because he gets upset if I don't. So so, so how do people in Wisconsin dress? Oh, yeah War...
Yeah, sleeping in sweats or long underwear. My parents keep the house cold Hello. Hi. Okay, I pressed one so I guess we're recording now. Okay. Okay, um. Um, as far as spare time, they talked about, I don't, I think, who has any spare time I've got a, a six year old and a, um, well, my baby's one today. Um. Today's his...
I haven't had much spare time lately but, Okay, well, I've, I have had some because I was working for P I E, and they went bankrupt so I've got quite a bit of spare time right now. Oh, uh-huh. And I've been making dolls, cloth dolls. Oh, have you? Uh-huh. Oh. And, uh, You sew the bodies and everything? Yeah, it's a, th...
Uh-huh. What kind And. do they have yarn hair or, Um, no, you can get the little curly hair at the craft shop. Oh, uh-huh. Oh. I made some of them with that hair and then, uh, don't ask me what the other hair I made, it looked like, um, it looked, well, I made some of them with regular wigs. Oh, did you? I went to the ...
Uh, do you sell them? I have sold five of them, so far. Oh, have you? Uh-huh. I just have to get a place where, you know, I can sell them actually. Yeah, I bet. How long does it take you to make one? Uh, if I would just work all day long, making the clothes and everything, probably about two and a half days. Oh, really...
I, I, I can crochet and knit. Um, actually, I started an afghan, but it's been a whole long time ago probably over a year ago Yeah. and it's sitting in my closet half done right now, but, it's a knitting one. And, Yeah. I tried knitting first, but, I don't know, I, I didn't like it. Oh, didn't you. So then I went to cr...
but I just, like I say, haven't done it for a while. Uh-huh. And I do like sewing sometimes. I, I've made a few of the, you know, just the little valence curtains in my house, and things like that. Uh-huh. But, it, it's just finding the time for these things that you you enjoy. Yeah, yeah. But, Yeah, I, in fact, I just...
Yeah. It'd be nice to have that. So I like that. Oh, that's neat. And. Well, do you have, um, uh, I guess you're kind of young, I was going to say, do you have grand kids or anything to make dolls for. Well, fifty-seven's not young, but no, my son's, has been married for almost ten years, but they don't have any childr...
you got to have a pattern for the body you know. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And, uh, have you ever seen those bunnies that they dress? Yes. Yes. Yeah, I, I did make some clothes for one of those dress one of those. Aren't they cute? Yeah, I have quite a few of them actually in my house, I, and most of them I have bought, um, alre...
but when I sewed it up, the face of it looked like a mouse. Oh, it did? Uh-huh. Oh. See, it was too pointed. Oh. So I tore it back apart again, and I haven't tried another one. You haven't sewn it back up, huh? No, but I bought a little lamb pattern and the material and everything to make it out of, but I haven't made ...
Uh-huh. But, I, I can, I had a hard time stenciling. For some reason I just couldn't do it. Oh, really? And people have told me it's very easy. Oh, yeah, I, my neighbor did it first and I seen her house and I saw how beautiful it looked, so then I decided well, I was going to do it, and uh, it turned out really, reall...
I am in Plano. Where are you? Oh, okay. I am in Waco. Is that right? Yeah. Oh, okay. Right down the street. Oh, credit cards. My favorite subject You mean you use credit cards? Oh, do I. I bet you used them all up over Christmas. Yeah, mostly over Christmas. Uh, I get in a rut with credit cards cause they get me kind o...
Yeah. Uh, I probably have one of every credit card there is. Do you use them a lot? Well, uh, it kind of comes and goes, uh, I use uh, Citibank, the, uh, Advantage one pretty much cause you get vantage points for every dollar you spend. Uh-huh. Once a year, I get a free airplane ride that way. Oh. So, as long as you pa...
Uh-huh. If I don't then it gets expensive Yeah. That is my problem. I don't try and pay them off. I pay, like the minimum. Well you shouldn't do that. I know So I have got myself, You never, you never get out of the hole that way. Exactly. I have got, that is why I have got myself with all this trouble now. But, I pay ...
Can't never get out of debt. And every time you try to get out of debt, the economy goes to pot because people are spending money, right. Yeah. Have they put the cap on the interest rates? No. I didn't know if they actually did that or not. I know they were considering it. Just the people who don't need credit get the ...
You have got to use everything you have got just to stay where you are at. Exactly. I would be very, I would like to see some numbers on that. I think that would be interesting. Do you, do you have any, uh, credit union where you work or anything like that? Yeah, I have a credit union. Do they have a Mastercard or VISA...
I do a lot of work down in Waco, a lot of, I call on a lot of my business is down there. Oh really. Oh, okay. Where do you work? What is your, I sell metal fabricating equipment and tooling. Oh, okay. Tyme and Mercury and Tempco and all those people down there. Oh, okay Uh Gene So you probably work with, uh, uh, what i...
And, uh, what else. Are you in that part, are you in the south part of town now? Well, I live actually in Hewett. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, right outside. You know Do you know Parker Machine Tool down there. So, that is where Davis Iron Works is. Uh. Bobby Parker and, uh, I don't think I have seen that one. I am sure I pas...
Okay. Have you ever been to Marlin? Uh, yeah. I think it is Marlin or Mart. They have, uh, uh, a place, I guess that would be similar to Prime Air. It is called H G H or something like K G H or, Oh, really. Huh. I can't think of it. I can't think of the name. Huh. But, I will have to stop in there. I went, I have gone ...
That is about the last time I have been through Marlin and Mart Uh-huh. Oh, I don't like that drive. I make that drive sometimes we have stories out there but, uh, There is always a state trooper down there. Huh. You have got to drive careful. Oh, really I know. Between Mart and Marlin, they will nail you if you go ove...
I have. In fact, uh, just a little over, just a little less than a year ago, uh, my mother went to be with the Lord, and we cared for her the last, oh, seventeen months of her life here in the, at home. Aside from, uh, having to, uh, take her to the hospital Uh-huh. and, uh, you know, those times, well, she was there i...
It's really a sad situation. Uh-huh. And, uh, I think a lot of people struggle with. I, I guess the problem is that the spouse of whoever, you know, the parent is, doesn't always want the in-law living in the house. Oh . Uh-huh. Is that right? Right. Well, that's really sad. Yeah, I know. But, uh, in this case, uh, s...
Well, I know when the, I remember being a child and my grandmother had had several strokes and things, and that we had, my parents tried to keep her in the house, and they did for a long time. I couldn't, tell you how long, until she got, uh, where she had to have complete care, Uh-huh. and so , they couldn't, you kn...
Oh, boy, yeah. And that that, they couldn't, they found that they could not you know, give her the hygienic care and everything that she needed. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Well, then, then there's almost, then there's almost no, no, uh, uh, choice left to her then No, but like you say, there is a tendency for people to be abandon...
If you can afford them. But, anyway. Well, I'm, glad it worked out good for your family. And then, then, Oh, yeah, it did, and I was just I just praised the Lord that, that we were able to, uh, have, uh, uh, I pushed it. Okay. So what do you you in your lawn? Do you do it yourself or do you hire someone to do it? Uh, ...
But over here we get enough water you know, naturally as well have the automatic sprinklers, and so it's a lot more rewarding Yeah, right. Uh-huh, uh-huh. so. Well, we do our own out here, uh, you know, mow it ourselves and everything, but, uh, our water supply right now is bad. We need rain badly Oh, that's right. Uh,...
yeah. but, uh, yeah, we do our our, you know, mowing ourselves and everything, and I do our planting of bulbs and things where I can have some spring flowers Uh-huh. and, uh, Yeah, I find that I've been doing a lot of perennial planting, which I never did before Uh-huh. and it's been real enjoyable, although I didn't d...
I just, uh, we, in fact we just pruned them way down, and I just had to replace one of them, so I just bought that yesterday, and I'll probably go outside today and plant that. Uh-huh. But, um, I like to have the roses where I can have cut flowers all year long. Yeah, those are enjoyable. I even had, uh, roses on my ta...
I haven't done much in, in bulbs. In fact I received as a Christmas present a, a planter that had bulbs in it, that we were supposed to go ahead and water it any time and after it started to sprout put in a sunny window, and it it just grew like crazy, Uh-huh. but I don't have any flowers on it. I don't know how long t...
No, not really, and in Plano and most of the newer areas of Texas, uh, they have just the, the minimum square footage for lots, to where you get a little bit of a backyard, we have a pool in our backyard, and we did plan it to where we have some, some play yard left over, Uh-huh. but it's, it's, um, you know, very smal...
uh-huh. Well. Well, that makes it nice. Yeah. Well, it's hot enough here in the summer time that we could have a pool, but we don't have one you know, Uh-huh. but they are a lot of people that do have pools around here you know Yeah. Yeah. but we just, we just have dogs and, um, and grass you know, the cement work and ...
you know, it's probably about twenty by, I don't know, twenty by six, something like that, and it's amazing what you can, you know, how many plants you can plant in there Yeah, yeah. but it was nice. Few cucumbers. That's one part of gardening I haven't tried yet, and I don't think this yard is a very, Uh-huh, uh-huh. ...
Uh, that's I probably would have to agree with you pretty much all the way I think. Uh-huh. Uh, I definitely think that there, some things shouldn't be limited like, like you said, rifles and uh, hunting rifles and possible handguns for people who use them to, Uh-huh. Exactly, for self-protection, sure. Right. And, but...
Right. But, uh, you know, I, I think of my family. Uh, they're very much into sporting and, uh, you know, as far as hunting and also like, uh, clay pigeons things like that. Right. Uh-huh. So they have may have some shotguns. They may have other type of, uh, hunting type things, but I figured if the, if the criminals h...
Right. Right. Uh, you know, and I don't know if that makes a difference if the parent sets down to them and say this gun can kill you, you know and don't ever play with it. Uh-huh. Right. Uh, so I don't know if that makes a difference or what but, Well, I think uh, in that I think that cases like that it's definitely,...
Because we had guns all over our house when we were kids Uh-huh. and not that they were laying on the, uh, couch or anything like that Right. but, uh, I never had an interest in them, being in the fact that I knew that guns could kill Uh-huh. and I had four brothers and never messed with any type of guns Right. and so ...
Well I think, I mean we, I grew up in a family and, and my father had two guns Uh-huh. because he used to hunt years ago but he stopped before, really before I was old enough to remember. Sure. Uh-huh. But, and I knew we had the guns in the house and, the time my father was keeping them just for protection at the time ...
I think so and I don't know if the kids nowadays are different than what Okay So, do you have, do you have the long, I guess not, not if there's, see I was raised in New York, but I guess up there you all don't have too long of a growing season, do you? Uh, well, we probably have about three months, approximately. Do d...
I wish I could be doing that Yeah. I got all my little seedlings coming up in the kitchen and, I enjoy tinkering with it, you know, Uh-huh. it's pretty hot down here during the Summer, we hit, you know, a hundred, hundred and two sometimes, Right. but, you know, we don't do too much during the Summer, as far as tomatoe...
You've had more freezing this Winter, or this, yeah, Winter, I think. Yeah. We've, had just a few, you know, that freezes a little here and there, More bad weather. but every once in a while, we get a freeze around the middle of April, Uh-huh. Uh-huh. and it's pretty tough. Uh-huh. Are you, do you work, or are you reti...
He, he, he's been helping me more, but he really isn't, uh, real crazy about gardening. Uh, I, I really enjoy it, it gives me time outdoors, Uh. and, you know, I'm a golfer, but, it gives me time outdoors, and time around my house, Uh-huh. Uh-huh. and I, burned my grass off here in the last couple of days getting ready...
We didn't have to, we have just a small garden, but we planted corn last year too, which takes quite a bit of space Uh-huh. we, we didn't have too good luck with it, because the, uh, we had a couple of good, real good wind storms, and it really damaged the corn Oh yeah. so we didn't get too much corn, last year. We're ...
and then I put up a couple of inches of pine moss on top of that Huh. and I use a, one of those black poker hoses that actually oozes water every where Uh-huh. Uh-huh. so I waste it up and down there a couple of times, and I only have to water about two hours a week Oh that's great. and it's pretty nice. Uh-huh. Uh-huh...
Yeah. how nice. We have an old fashioned pipe sitting, that, you know, water runs into and, my husband set up a pump that runs, Uh-huh. it runs first down and then it stops, Oh that's, that's pretty nice. and when the water comes up, it comes on again, and we use that to water our garden with so, But you actually enjoy...
or, Uh, not a well, not a whole lot. I think our cabbages, and broccolis and that in we have more trouble with, that type of thing, with the, the, With the worms? Yeah. Yeah. I have quite a bit of problem down here with the squash bugs, and haven't figured out how to get rid of those yet. Uh. Uh-huh. Do you go more for...
Yeah. Well, our lawn, is, is a big lawn because, because we live out in the country, and so we were not, our lawn is not perfect, you know, it's just the it's just a lawn Yeah. Well, mine's full of dandelions, now, Uh-huh. so, Do you eat any of them? No, I never have. I don't know how to prepare them. Oh, did, well, di...
I've never eaten dandelions now I've tried dandelion wine Uh-huh. but I've never tried any dandelions just to eat. use the greens, if you get them when they're young and tender, you know, before they have grown too, too tall, Yeah. because they do get a little stringy. All right. But, uh, they're kind of fun to, to try...
so, it takes about four hours to cut our grass. Yow. And, we have, we have hills. I'm afraid of the hills but, I'm getting on to it, So you all are into, so you all are into the lawn, big time, huh. I just pretend they're not there, and I just go ahead and do it Yeah. Yeah, I only get, well, I guess I got my, my whole ...
and it's nice. I'm just inside the city limits, I'm probably a mile, mile and a half inside the city limits, and I'm only a mile, and a half from work. Uh-huh. So you have all the conveniences of, a city, Yeah. It's pretty nice. yeah, and, and the country also. I have the room outside I need, and I don't really have al...
Rolly Polly what? Rolly Polly bugs. The ones that roll up in a ball. I don't know what they're called. Is it a bug, You mean? They look like they've got, Yeah. A worm? Yeah. A cutworm? No. Not a grub worm? It's not like a, no. You find them under bricks and all that stuff, where it's moist, and if, if you touch them, t...
and I haven't figured out, I even called the nursery, Uh-huh. I'm trying to think of what they are, what kind, they could be. I, I don't know. You find them under bricks usually, and that. Yeah, under bricks, or under wood, or you know, if you leave a piece of newspaper in the yard too long, they get in there. They usu...