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I'm sure they are.
That's right,
I'm sure that true.
It's a lot different than working in a kids preschool.
A lot different.
That's right.
Well, you all have a nice day there.
You too,
and thank you for calling.
Thank you very much.
Uh-huh.
Bye-bye.
Bye.
Do you have any?
Sure.
I have a Springer Spaniel,
and her name is... |
and, uh, so, I thought that if I had a good hunting dog like Thumper that, boy, I could just go out and get all kinds of game
Did it work?
Yeah,
except we live in Plano, Texas now
No,
right.
so
I, um, I had a, for many years I had a dog that was part Springer Spaniel.
I just love them.
Her name was Molly,
but she isn't... |
He is eighteen pounds.
What kind of cat is it?
Just,
um, I got him,
he was, um, he was born in the wild, like in a, in a shed and had never been in a building when I got him.
Uh-huh.
So he,
and he's, he, he must be part, cross part with some kind of desert animal, because he's very long and lanky,
but he's a very tame ... |
and now, I think he barely makes it.
I think he gets beat up even though he's big, because he's pretty much overweight, and comes home with a few scratches now and then,
Sure.
And older
yeah.
Well, we went to a cat show at the Plano Center here in town,
and, uh, we thought that, we have a cat now,
but we thought, Well,... |
so they're very nautical, too
I'll be darned.
I didn't know that.
Yeah,
I just,
uh, I think I'm, I think I'm being accurate in the, in the area of folklore,
but I'm not sure.
Well that's interesting.
Yeah.
We kind of like,
well, my family didn't necessarily like, like them as much as I did,
but the Manx, is that the on... |
He doesn't really like mine, let alone another one.
Well, I'll tell you an interesting story about how I got my dog,
and then I suppose our five minutes will be up.
Yeah.
Okay.
I work for a university,
and I went to, uh, Omaha, Nebraska to recruit students,
and I had some time off in the afternoon,
so I went to a, a pe... |
and I decided I'd take my friend over and show him the dog,
and so I got over there,
and she said, Oh, that's too bad, the dog has already been sold.
And I didn't realize it,
but this guy had somehow worked it out so that he got there a little bit earlier, bought the dog,
and she was in the back room,
and so that night... |
Oh, yes.
Cycling, computers, uh, backpacking, just about everything.
Oh
Oh, I generically have, you know, millions of hobbies.
All right,
that's an interesting assortment.
My husband is into cycling.
In fact, he's out there right now before it gets dark trying to get in his miles for the, the time.
Uh-huh.
I'm not quit... |
Nothing like that.
Uh, uh,
I, I do some things.
I've gotten into,
uh, oh, I, I like to decorate things
and I do sweatshirts and T-shirts
and I've gotten to where I start, have started selling them at craft shows and things.
Oh, that's pretty good.
Uh, and I have, have done fairly well at them.
I've had
a, a few of my l... |
Yeah,
what, what does a computer club do.
I didn't know there were such things.
Oh, yeah,
just all over the place.
They just get around and, and talk techy or, or else, uh, uh, you know,
like half the members are really expert
and the other half are like really not.
Uh-huh.
And, uh, we kind of help out the people who a... |
What was the other thing?
Backpacking.
Backpacking.
We,
Yeah,
I belong to a, a Boy Scout troop.
It beats paying United Way.
I just, you know donate a whole bunch of my time to the Boy Scouts and have fun.
Uh-huh.
Well, that's, we have done that.
Uh, our two older boys were in Boy Scouts
and my daughter was in Girl Scou... |
Uh-huh.
And we go to, uh, places out in,
uh, uh, let's see
what's that, what's that state north of us,
that state
Oh, that one.
yeah.
Yeah,
that one.
That one.
Okay
Yeah,
yeah.
And,
To the,
uh, oh, by Fort Sill there?
Uh, no,
to another a, uh, old Indian fort that's out there.
Trying to think of the name of it.
Durn.
|
Well, yeah,
no,
sorry,
no memory.
Uh-huh.
Have you gone, like to Fillmont with the Boy Scouts?
No,
I missed out this last year.
I wasn't able to get the time off, but maybe next year.
It's a good possibility.
I've always thought that would be a real fun thing to do.
Oh, yeah,
yeah.
When I was a kid, uh, we'd do the equ... |
I'm just me
Oh, okay.
You just, oh,
and, and you volunteer for the Boy Scouts, huh?
Oh, yeah,
I rent my kids
Uh-huh
Well, sometimes, uh,
It's better than, you know, owning on them and making payments on them, and, you know, things like that.
Sometimes I think that might not be a bad idea
Have,
uh, you said you did it i... |
Which seems kind of reasonable because that means you don't have to take twenty thirteen year olds with you, which seems a, a, just a tad more relaxing
Well, I,
probably,
probably.
That's,
uh, well, my, my other things that I like to do in my spare time, I'm, I like swimming.
Uh-huh.
Which is in now.
I've done that
and... |
There's,
although I'll tell you, you know, over the years the cars get more complicated.
Well, that's why I don't do as much as I'd like.
Right,
yeah.
Because they are, I mean they've got, they've gotten complicated haven't they?
Yes.
One of my first cars was a fifty-six Buick. Which, after awhile I could, you know, ta... |
Yeah.
Course, they don't use, uh, points anymore.
That's right
But, Uh, they do still use plugs.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And, uh, now brakes, I've always done a lot of, you know, changing brakes.
Uh-huh.
And I used to do, I could always do the alternator, you know, and starter.
Yes.
I don't anymore,
but I have on a lot, a lot of t... |
So I got under there and messed with the, the that, uh, that adjustment to make, to tighten it up
Uh-huh.
and that didn't do the trick
Uh-huh.
and then I got there and tried to,
It probably slipped loose, didn't it?
Well, actually that wasn't even eventually the problem.
I, I did a lot of things that I, I did everythin... |
and the other one they just, it was just frozen solid,
so I ended up having to buy one
and all total, it was just under two hundred dollars, believe it or not, to get all that done
well, it really wasn't quite, as bad as you thought, was it, was it?
yeah,
actually, I, I think it was a lot of money,
but I, I don't, like... |
and, whenever I can, I do try.
I
actually, I'd say this.
I, I've gotten to the point where I don't change the oil anymore. Only because,
Disposal is a problem.
Well, that is one problem,
but also these, uh, these fast oil change places, you just can't beat them.
That's true.
For sixteen bucks they'll not only will they... |
that,
and the main reason that it's, it's quick.
Well, have you seen a new movie lately?
Well, uh, I am a student
and I have, uh, been actually watching more movies on video, than being able to go out to see, uh, movies at the store, or at the theater.
Uh-huh.
Uh, I I want to see the FISHER KING and, and, uh, catch ROB... |
Enjoyed that quite a bit.
Um, I thought the, uh, the the cinematography was excellent.
Uh-huh.
Uh, the story was,
uh, though it tended to be a little one sided uh, it was good.
Yeah.
Uh, it was, it was believable.
I, uh, I just moved down, in fact, from South Dakota in, in June,
and that's when the movie was filmed,
Uh... |
Uh-huh.
and, uh, just every time I would start to get into the movie, and it was getting good someone in the crowd would yell, hey, there's John Red Eagle, you know
Uh-huh.
or, you know, they'd start recognizing people.
They knew, they knew the extras or the,
Yeah.
So, I kind of, I think I enjoyed it more when I, when ... |
Sure.
and it's just, shoot the Indians,
and they are always the savages.
Right.
So,
In fact, I was watching WILD WILD WEST last night
and, it was a similar, uh, situation with the Iroquois Indians attacking a, an army fort.
Uh-huh.
Um, but it was an interesting movie.
Uh, have you seen PRETTY WOMAN?
Yes.
Now I thought ... |
It was, it was kind of like the STAR WARS series, you know, just something a little different, yet believable.
Uh-huh.
Right.
Yes.
You're bringing it,
I don't know,
I had a, I sure did have a mind lock about the movies I've seen.
But, yeah,
I've seen PRETTY WOMAN and DANCES WITH WOLVES,
and, uh,
Uh, now are you, are y... |
Was that here in Dallas?
Oh, they had it everywhere,
uh, every major city had one theater that did it
and,
Okay.
Because we had one here in Dallas.
Right,
and they did it in Houston,
they did it, well, they did it everywhere.
And it was, it was really good to see all the movies and how the story developed,
and the thin... |
Yes,
we do.
You go ahead first, if you'd like.
Okay,
let me think here.
Favorite,
I haven't been watching much T V lately
Yeah,
you know you get so busy.
I used to.
Yeah,
I have, uh, I have one favorite soap opera.
I still watch
and I tape because I'm not home
Oh,
And, uh, let's see,
that's GENERAL HOSPITAL,
and then, ... |
uh, what do I watch at nine o'clock.
Let's see,
oh, well, Tuesday nights I guess, we try to catch a couple of the shows that the kids like.
Right.
And, uh,
Are they little?
I have a seven year old and a ten year old.
Yeah,
they're pretty young.
And, uh, so we usually catch, uh, FULL HOUSE,
and, uh, what's the one comes... |
Yeah.
Well I, I like the comedies.
They're just light, too.
I have to watch MURPHY BROWN
I really like,
Oh, now that is a good one.
I make a point of that.
That is.
Yeah,
if I'm home on Mondays, then I, I definitely watch her.
I love that
and I really like COACH.
I think it's, when it's good, it's just a scream.
Yeah,
... |
yeah
He,
I saw him on JOHNNY CARSON once
and he acted about the same
Oh, God.
Well, he could very well be
Yeah,
and, uh,
So, do you watch much T V,
or,
Well, I watch more now because, well I, I had been going to school for years and have really been too busy
Uh-huh.
but this semester I'm only taking one course
and so I... |
Oh, nice.
What, now what night is that on now?
Oh, that's Wednesday at, uh, seven thirty.
Wednesday at seven thirty,
oh, okay.
Yeah,
Wednesdays I, I go to church choir,
so That's my one night out and about,
Oh, yeah.
so,
Sure,
yeah,
well, maybe, maybe your husband could tape it for you sometime.
Yeah,
I should get him ... |
So, so, I watch those.
Are there any new ones this year that came out that you like
or,
Well, you know, I haven't, oh,
yeah,
we started watching NORTHERN EXPOSURE.
Well, it's not really new,
but it's still kind of new.
Uh-huh,
uh-huh.
How's that?
I haven't seen that.
I like it a lot.
It's real different.
In fact, they ... |
Huh.
Excellent actors.
I'll have to watch for that.
I, I guess we just,
it came on after something we used to watch
Uh-huh,
uh-huh.
and I guess we just kept sitting there
and then now we make a point of watching
I can't take all these shows on because next semester I'm not going to be able to watch hardly any televisio... |
I've seen that.
Was she the, was she the best one? Was she the best one on that old show?
Oh, she was just funny.
Really?
She was really funny.
And her character was good.
I don't know that it was her in particular but just the character.
Right,
right.
So, uh,
Yeah,
they had a big fight on that show, didn't they?
Yeah,... |
yeah,
so,
Well, I think the latest soap opera for people is the Kennedy trial for those who have cable.
Oh, I know.
I don't have cable.
Now I told ,
no,
we don't have that station either,
so, uh, I haven't been able to catch any of that,
but just what little we caught on the news.
It's just as wild as any soap opera, f... |
Um.
But, they said she held up so well yesterday.
I know,
everybody was saying that
and then, in the paper said it
so, It should be interesting.
Yeah.
Oh, God.
Well, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER says
I was reading that in the supermarket line.
I never have the nerve to buy the thing.
Uh,
Oh, shoot,
well, do you watch any, uh ... |
so
I like the ice skating,
you know, occasionally, some ice skating will come on, on a Sunday or during the Olympics
Uh-huh.
I always watch that.
I think it's so beautiful.
Yeah,
I like to catch the gymnastics sometimes, too.
Oh, yeah,
that's good.
Well, I suppose we both have credit cards.
Uh-huh,
yeah,
they seem to b... |
and, uh, I try to keep my balances fairly reasonable.
I, I could probably pay them off any month if I wanted to.
Uh-huh.
Uh, but occasionally they can get out of hand and get higher when, when you start using more than a few
Uh-huh.
and, uh, they all can build up.
Uh-huh.
Uh, I think they're handy.
I just get, uh,
I do... |
and then I guess my mother,
Grandmother
huh?
Yeah,
so my mother learned from that
and I guess she taught me to be very, very careful with them.
So basically, uh, I just keep them,
I use them so that I build up a credit rating, you know.
Uh-huh.
But, otherwise, uh, I generally,
and my husband, it turns out,
I've just b... |
Yeah.
It's really, I guess ridiculous to let them keep building.
Yeah,
yeah,
that's what I feel.
So,
But I know some people can get, get, you know, carried away with them and let them get out of hand.
Uh-huh.
It's really easy, just to forget, you know, that you, you charged that or charged that.
I try to keep all my re... |
Uh-huh.
and, uh, I saw on T V, they had a program on, uh, credit cards
and they're supposed to,
I don't know if it was Tennessee or Arkansas or some, some other state had a Visa card that was the lowest one in the country.
And I didn't write it down at the time
Uh-huh.
and then I went and looked and, to see what my vis... |
but it's, uh, it's pretty well taken all over the U S now.
I mean, uh, I've haven't found many places that don't take Discover.
And there's no annual service fee, which is good.
Okay .
You know, and then, uh, they also give you, they say cash back, uh, like at the end of the year.
For the amount that I charge, I get tw... |
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
so, you know, now they'll take the Discover,
but I still don't know if Sears will take Visa or Mastercard.
Uh-huh.
But, uh I never did apply for a Discover card.
Yeah.
I just figure with the Visa and American Express, I probably have an,
Uh-huh.
I can do enough damage with those two.
Yeah,
I think it's... |
Uh-huh.
And I do use Dillard's probably as, more than any of the other department stores.
Uh-huh.
But,
Yeah.
Well, Do you have anything else to say?
Well,
No,
not too much more about credit cards
Okay
I don't think I do either
so,
Okay
well,
Well, it was good talking to you.
Good talking to you Beth.
Okay.
Good luck.
H... |
Bye-bye.
Bye.
Well, got any problems on Mockingbird with crime
or is that a crime free zone there?
No,
I don't think there is any such thing, as a crime free zone any longer.
I'm afraid you're right.
Uh, one evening I decided to retire early and heard sirens and noises and thought, oh, well, something's happens on Mock... |
I, uh, I kept hearing noises
and so I, I knew that I was not going to sleep until I got up and went out and checked the garage,
so I got a my gun and walked to the, you know, through the house into the garage.
There was no one there,
but I wanted to be sure.
Oh, boy.
Is Plano beginning to experience the, the kinds of t... |
Well, with all the, uh, Central Expressway, uh, with all the stores and the, uh, restaurants and the uh, convenience stores and all that kind of stuff, it's just prime pickings for people driving by.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
You know and,
Well, I was appalled to read the other day about the, uh, uh, shooting on the tollway.
That'... |
Uh-huh.
But I guess when people do those things, they don't really give a thought of the consequences at the time.
It's, looks like easy pickings
No.
and away you go, right.
Yeah,
and I think the drugs play a tremendous part in, uh, the theft and the, the violence that we see.
I think you're right, uh, although I think... |
Oh, boy.
And, uh, uh,
Where do you work?
Uh, do you know where Oakland and Hatcher are?
Uh, yes,
I think I do.
That, uh, is that Amelia Earhart, School there?
Uh, no
this is over near Lincoln High School. Uh, just, not far off South Central Expressway.
Okay.
That's a pretty rough area there, isn't it?
It is a pretty ro... |
Uh-huh.
Big time there, sure is.
It surely is.
I don't think I'd go to work without a bulletproof vest on myself .
Well, I'm careful.
that's the worst neighborhood in the whole area.
Yeah,
it's, uh, a little scary sometimes
and, uh, I manage the,
Well, credit cards
Yeah.
I'll tell you what, I, I can't say a whole lot a... |
Uh-huh
but,
Uh-huh,
yeah,
I I have, we have some, some friends that did the, exactly the same thing.
They, uh, you know, they kind of overextended and borrowed and borrowed
and finally they realized that they were, they were abusing them and weren't going to get out of the hole
and they just cut them all up except for,... |
Yeah.
That's a, that's a good policy.
Yeah,
and it, you know, I mean, they, they're just a convenience for me.
I don't have to get cash out of the bank,
and I don't have to to be writing checks
and and, uh,
Yeah.
Yeah,
uh, sometimes I wish I had them,
but in most cases, I'm glad I don't because I, you know, unfortunat... |
I mean, it, it's easy,
I mean, you don't have anything transferring, just a little signature,
so what, you know
Oh, that's it.
See, and that's,
even with my gas card you know, I find that I'll go in to get some gas
Uh-huh.
and I'll end up buying, you know, candy and drinks and you know, sweets and whatever,
Right.
and ... |
but I can, I can certainly understand where
Now I,
You know,
the thing that probably helps me most doing that is really, you know, uh, not so much discipline,
I mean, well, I mean, you have sort of a discipline in general about finances,
but, but I hate their, their rates so badly, I mean their interest rates so badly ... |
It's coming.
Uh-huh.
Yeah,
I, I know what you mean about the interest rates. It's, uh, it's unbelievable.
You know, I just, that just irritates me so much that, that I refuse to pay them interest
and, and my wife recently, uh, decided she had to go to Brazil and was going to take off
and, she's from there and and, uh, ... |
That's,
uh, yeah,
I, in fact, I've, I've even, uh, heard some people that have applied for credit cards with much less, uh rates and have paid off their, you know higher interest rate, uh cards and just sent them back, you know.
Income.
Oh, yeah.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
And I, I guess there's some, there's, uh, uh, some ne... |
Yeah,
in fact, that's, that's what this guy,
you know, he wrote a book on it
and he says that's, you know, he's tried it with several of his cards
Uh-huh.
and he's just told them, you know, I, I can get this card from this bank at this rate
and yours is at, you know, eighteen or nineteen percent.
Right.
It does not mak... |
Hello.
Hello.
Hi,
my name is Dolphene.
I live in Texas.
Hi,
my name is Pat Johnson
and I live in Texas too.
Okay,
I work for T I,
do, do you also?
No.
Okay.
No,
I live in Dallas.
I work for the Dallas school system.
Oh, okay.
uh, you ready to begin?
We might as well.
Oh, okay.
|
Okay.
I understand we are doing care of the elderly, right?
Yes.
And how do you feel about putting someone in the nursing home?
Well, I don't think that uh, any of my relatives would really like to go there.
I, I believe, if I, am in a position, uh, like when my mother gets to a point where she needs special care that ... |
And I have a a friend who is partly paralyzed and is in a nursing home and has no family who, you know, could care for her.
Uh-huh.
And, uh, I know that the cheerful pleasant people who treat her kindly make all the difference in the world in how she feels about, uh, her situation.
Uh-huh.
And another thing to think ab... |
Uh-huh.
Uh, the, the attitude of the staff as you said is really very very important.
Uh-huh.
I think it would matter too, uh, kinds of, uh, disabilities that the nursing home accepts. Because there are some, uh, who poor things, you know, don't have, uh, any real grasp on reality any longer.
Right.
Right.
And they may... |
Yes.
What, what do you call Alzheimer disease and stuff like that
Yes,
Alzheimer,
yes.
and they don't, don't, uh, they weren't really together with the rest of them, when they got together for such activities.
Yes
and that can,
Okay.
So Frank, what, uh, type of, uh, budget do you or your family have?
Well, uh I don't k... |
Uh-huh.
I am single,
so. I guess, I don't know if that's an excuse for not having a tight budget,
Uh-huh.
but I basically,
Really don't need to.
Right,
I don't need to.
I am the only that I have to keep track of
so it makes it a little bit easier.
That's right.
Uh, and also I, you know, I try to save a certain amount e... |
but before we use to have, to have to have a very strict budget,
I had four kids
and, uh, you know we planned out how much we were going to spend for food and how much for, for this and for that.
Kind of anticipate how much things were going to be.
Uh, I guess one interesting aspect of the budgeting I do now is that I ... |
Yeah.
That's,
I guess I kind of do a similar thing. More, uh, medium or longer range.
I just have a maybe a targeted amount that I will save for.
Like I am,
probably within a year I would like to buy a new car.
Uh-huh.
So, I kind of have a, an amount in my mind
and I am making every effort to, to put a little bit away ... |
So, uh, you know, I get one paid for
and, uh, actually I am saving up for another one besides
so it's you know, it's kind of a never ending thing,
Huh. Right.
but you try to, you try to schedule those things so that, uh, you only, you're not paying for two of at the same time I guess is what I am saying.
Right.
Have yo... |
Uh-huh.
Of course, the longer you keep it beyond that point, the more profitable it is to own it yourself.
Right.
Yeah,
you're right.
Uh, I have, uh, been know to keep trucks or cars for oh, ten or twelve years,
but I find that after about four years they kind of start going down hill
and you got to put put stuff in th... |
Those things can really upset your budget when they, when they come in.
Uh, you know, it's nice to have a little bit set aside for the, for the unexpected shall we say. So that it doesn't, uh, kill you all in one month.
Right.
Right.
What line of work are you in?
Your turn.
Oh, I, I start.
Okay.
Well, uh, we keep a bud... |
Well we stay within our means
but we don't do it, uh, by conscious effort.
It just sort of happens automatically.
Yeah.
Although we just moved to California
and, uh, the cost of living here in California is, uh, I would say rather pathological
Yes
Uh, housing prices are, you know, like from four to ten times more expe... |
Uh, and one way you know that is that only God can afford it
Uh, so budget is not a problem for us.
Uh, at least it hasn't been.
It may, may be at this point.
But, uh, up until this point it really hasn't been
When I, uh, was in, uh, undergraduate school a long, long time ago, I, uh, noted that the monthly salary, star... |
It's, it's kind of a strange topic to, to try to, for two people who don't really have a budget to talk about budgeting and how they manage their money.
Well, I guess we're both lucky in that regard then.
Yeah.
How big is your family?
Uh, well we're, we have one on the way.
I see.
Uh, my wife,
and then, we're, we're ha... |
I give them a, I give them an allowance
and they, uh,
I basically give my son ten dollars a week
and I put half of it in the bank
and I give, give him the other half in cold cash.
Yeah.
And, uh, he has a teller card so he can, uh, do what he do what he wishes with the money that I put in the bank.
But, at least, it isn... |
And, uh, and we found that, uh you know, it was a very liberal kind of community.
But the, uh, I, I really feel that, that the law enforcement community, uh, you know, puts these people behind bars
and then they, they, uh, uh, you know, lawyers, these lawyer groups get together
and they, uh, they, I think, extend beyon... |
Uh, but or whether there's just, you know, a policeman has just made a, uh, a, you know, a non, a noncritical error, though be it not the right way to do it
but, but, you know, the, the merits of the case in terms of, you know, the guy was a law breaker, as being supportive.
Now, I, I'm, at this juncture
I, you know, I... |
Um, for instance, um there's a case a few years back where, uh, someone, uh, someone who's being convicted for, was under a was going to trial for murder, was let off because of a technicality in that. The the arresting officer, uh, did not read the defendant their rights.
Uh-huh.
And where his, old evidence was there,... |
but getting stoned or high is, is the only thing in life that seems to be meaningful, then maybe there is no hope
Yeah.
What's your, uh, feeling?
Uh, well I guess I, I guess I'm probably a little more to, toward the other direction.
Uh, well I guess, mainly because, uh, it's, I, well,
like there's two sides to it I gue... |
you know, it's, it's hard to, I guess, for me to justify what seems like, you know, basically a breach of the First you know, freedom from, uh, search and seizure, you know, uh, on something that may or may not stand as a law, you know, fifty years from now or even twenty or ten,
who knows.
Well, the thing of it is the... |
But, yeah,
get, uh,
Yeah.
I, I must admit that the production costs of, of these drugs are, are zippo compared to the street market costs and, and the costs to society,
yeah.
Oh, yeah,
well that's why there's, you know, people dealing it because there's money in it, you know.
There's ridiculous amounts of money.
But I,... |
Yeah.
as soon as we wind up, uh, uh, you know, for,
well if we can just destroy the market by destroying the demand
but, but people want to, get, get stoned
Yeah,
yeah.
and I, I don't see that,
Well, yeah.
It goes back to, you know, what right, what can society impose on people.
I mean, can you force somebody to be a ... |
Uh-huh.
But, you know,
See, when you're with a big company or a big organization, a lot of times, uh, you know, the benefits are good
and, and, you know, the pay is regular
but, uh, you know, sometimes you don't get tuned in to what's going on.
And I, I think the biggest benefit or the biggest benefit other than wages ... |
We're changing policies.
We're changing doing other kinds of things. Which to me is, is disturbing
I mean, I feel like if, I, I don't necessarily need to, uh, be involved since I'm pretty much on a low level,
you are, you are right there.
You know, I'm pretty much on a low level as far as, uh, the company is concerned.... |
you know, we're, we're now collaborating.
Oh.
And
And it, it ,
for two years we didn't. And, we, which was a, kind of stupid.
But, uh, but our organization is doing something else on Monday.
Uh, we're having a, for all unclassified programs, we're, we're having little tables put up in front of lab in the hallways
and e... |
it windows out.
You know, you, you think well, boy, I'm getting more money
and I'm getting more responsibility,
I'm doing this.
But as you climb up that tree, pretty soon you're, the, the branches get smaller on the top of the tree
Uh-huh.
and pretty soon somebody falls off.
I, I've fallen off twice in the private sect... |
And in thirty years it becomes pretty critical.
I mean, my, uh, brother-in-law is like, uh, I mean he's sixty.
He's not ready to retire
but his company is, is, uh, is, uh, closing up.
Uh-huh.
And because of the defense cutbacks and all that kind of stuff. And all the nuclear and stuff which is what he, what he was work... |
Uh, what, what's your budget situation?
Well, actually, uh, I've, I've had a couple of different situations.
My current one has been the most successful.
Uh, at a certain point in life
my husband, my ex-husband was an alcoholic.
And we got divorced back in the mid-seventies
and that left me with three teenagers.
You kn... |
Once, once I got them all through college, uh, it came to the point where, uh,
my parents came through the depression.
I'm not sure how old you are.
Well, my, you know, my, my parents too.
You, you you were born in, in the, in the late thirties or early forties.
But my,
Late thirties,
yeah.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
And, uh, my m... |
It,
and you know, if, if something goes on sale and I don't have the money, I still don't buy it.
Well, we, we buy what, well,
we just got through buying a twenty-five foot refrigerator, a new ceramic top stove, and a new dishwasher.
Oh my
And, and we put twenty-eight hundred dollars on the charge. Along with my trip t... |
But it's the fact that I have enough of a, of a cushion in the bank so that when they come, I can pay them in full.
Yeah.
We're, we're doing that.
We have, you know, uh,
this is our, our, our big, uh,
we did redecorating.
Two, you know, two new pieces in the in the family room and new carpet.
I mean we just uh, we've ... |
that rug is thirteen years old,
why not replace it.
I mean, uh, I say it might go for another thirteen
but, uh, too late, we'll never find that out.
This is so funny.
That's wonderful.
But you're lucky to have her because if you're like me and you have difficulty spending money, you need somebody to help you spend it.... |
How has it been this week for you?
Weather-wise, or otherwise?
Weather-wise.
Weather-wise.
Damp, cold, warm
Oh, no,
damp.
We have, we have gone through, what might be called the four seasons, uh, in the last week.
Uh-huh.
We have had highs of seventy-two, lows in the twenties.
My goodness.
Well, I don't even want to te... |
no rain in the last month, I don't think.
The ground's very dry
and our yard work, everything is in bloom,
so our yard work is pretty tough, the ground being dry,
but I guess it also, uh, brings about allergies,
we're having a lot of allergies down here right now.
Uh-huh.
Everything blooming,
and, and the weather.
Uh-h... |
Um.
and, also, we have a lot of green, you know,
the grass has been growing
and if you look outside, you would like to go out and mow your lawn, if you could go out and buy a new spark plug, or something along those lines,
Uh.
but fortunately it rains
and you, uh, do not have to go out and buy the spark plug, you know.... |
So, uh, in that regard, it's fine,
but, uh, I envy you your ninety-four degrees.
Uh-huh.
I thought I heard this morning that in San Antonio it was in the nineties yesterday.
Yes,
yes
it is.
Down in the more southern and western areas.
And, of course we are, um, about two hours from the northern border, straight south,
... |
and it was that way every day.
Um.
Rarely a day went by when the wind was less than fifteen or twenty miles an hour. Summer and winter,
Um.
so, that, uh,
you, you became accustomed to it, I guess.
Uh-huh.
But, uh, otherwise as I said, we have had, uh, a relatively mild winter, speaking for this area of the country.
Uh-... |
originally I'm from New Mexico.
Oh, okay.
I was born in New Mexico
and we lived in, uh, South Bend for eighty, eight years, and, uh, then moved to, uh, Tennessee actually.
Uh-huh.
And, uh,
Well, I thought I heard a little Tennessee in there somewhere.
Very much,
very much,
cause I, I spent thirteen years there. And, uh... |
so I, I moved, uh, much more frequently than I had intended for sixteen years,
Uh-huh.
but, uh, I guess the, uh, this is my first conversation in this, uh, uh, series.
Oh, uh-huh.
I, I received a call last night because of the, uh,
I had not received my, uh, personal identification number.
Right.
So, I had to call Jack... |
Uh-huh.
I've known Jack for some time.
I'm in the speech processing business, and have been for a number of years,
Oh, okay.
so I was very much interested, in, in being a speaker for this
Yeah.
Well, actually, I, I work for Texas Instruments,
and, uh, I'm an a, I'm an environmental engineer,
Oh, I see.
and, uh, they ju... |
so, I was interested as I said, I was interested in being a speaker.
Uh-huh.
We haven't talked much about the weather
Oh, well.
I know that's what we're supposed to do.
Yeah,
yeah.
Well, really it, uh, the letter just says, um,
let's see, I can't,
I was looking at it,
I was trying to find out speedy short cuts,
and I a... |
Taking, taking care of uh,
I'm actually in the air division,
and we monitor, um, anything that comes out of a stack, or out of a building,
or, um, we do have customers that, um, their concerns are in the work place
and we take care of that,
but , within our department. We take care of everything. Waste water, uh, solid... |
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
And, one of the, uh,
he has inputs, or gets inputs from, uh, an environmental engineer. .
Uh-huh.
Yeah,
we actually, our division is corporate wide,
and we take care of just the Dallas area.
Uh-huh.
Of course we have several plants here,
but, um, we do air modeling also.
Oh, I see.
And, and, yeah, I take ... |
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