Input: The Tanshui mystique

Tanshui


Input: The mountains are also filled with old stories.


Input: The often - renovated Hsing Chung Tang shop is more than a century old.

Hsing Chung Tang

more than a century


Input: Owner Li Yung - kun is a descendant of the eminent Li family of Tanshui, which produced three juren -LRB- a successful candidate in provincial - level exams, held every three years -RRB-.

Li Yung - kun

Li

Tanshui

three

three


Input: The house testifies to this past: It has a swallow - tailed roof and a flagpole, features that only the home of a juren was entitled to have.


Input: Li Mingbin -LRB- whose name by birth is Li Minghui -RRB-, a scholar from Beijing University currently working at Chinese Culture University on an exchange program, is a descendant of the juren Li Yingzhen, who was wounded resisting the Japanese occupation and fled to the mainland, where he settled down.

Li Mingbin

Li Minghui

Li Yingzhen

Beijing University

Chinese Culture University

Japanese


Input: Like his elders, Li Mingbin bridges the gap across the Taiwan Strait, as he is capable of conversing fluently in either Beijing dialect or the southern Fujian dialect used in Taiwan.

Li Mingbin

the Taiwan Strait

Beijing

Fujian

Taiwan


Input: Of course, stories don't have to be old to be interesting.


Input: Today's Tanshui residents are living their own stories.

Today

Tanshui


Input: The crotchety but modest guy who delivers the newspapers, the seafood restaurant owner who has made his fortune from scratch, the old man at the roadside food stall, the hostess in the tea house greeting and sending off guests....


Input: Some are active in the early morning, some late at night.


Input: Though the founders of many of these shops have passed away, the second generation has taken the baton.

second


Input: In the old bamboo tea shop, the now elderly hostess still plays her role amidst the ambience of wine and tea, offering a feminine presence to help put at ease her customers who come looking for a little relaxation, evoking the bewitching atmosphere of Tanshui at night.

Tanshui


Input: Businessmen from outside, smelling profits, have set up gaudy storefronts and neon signs, hoping to trade on Tanshui's mystique to sell coffee, seafood, antiques, and snack foods.

Tanshui


Input: Students, who have enough money to keep several streets of shops going, carelessly wheel their motorcycles through the narrow streets, their minds elsewhere, thinking of youthful fun or romance.


Input: Happy couples and jilted lovers line the river, displaying their joy or sadness in their postures: two people's shadows are melted together by the darkened river behind, while others stand alone on the riverbank like statues.

two


Input: The weeping river


Input: Have you heard of the weeping junks?


Input: During the Sino - French war, Taiwan governor Liu Mingchuan, attempting to obstruct a French landing, scuttled several of these boats.

the Sino - French war

Taiwan

Liu Mingchuan

French


Input: It is said that, late at night, the sunken junks make moaning sounds.


Input: But I think that it may be the river itself that is moaning.


Input: In 1998, the government produced a plan for a riverside expressway to Tanshui.

Tanshui


Input: The road, which was expected to have three levels, would have cut through rare mangroves and created a barrier between the river and the town of Tanshui.

three

Tanshui


Input: If the plan had been implemented, people who wanted to go to Tanshui and gaze out over the river would have had to find some very high vantage point in town to do so!

Tanshui


Input: Fortunately, thanks to efforts by cultural and environmental activists from Tanshui, the plan was first postponed, and then was ultimately killed after an environmental impact assessment released in September refused to approve the scheme.

Tanshui

first

September


Input: But a question remains: Is something like this bound to come sooner or later?


Input: " For the purposes of development, the Tanshui coast has been constantly exploited.

Tanshui


Input: But what will be result of this incessant struggle against nature? " says an agitated Tu Hsiu - yuan.

Tu Hsiu - yuan


Input: And Hsieh Teh - hsi of the Tamsui Culture Foundation adds: " High - rises are going up one after another in Tanshui New Town [a huge government - planned development], but many of the apartments remain empty.

Hsieh Teh - hsi

the Tamsui Culture Foundation

one

Tanshui New Town


Input: Everybody here knows that when the northeast winds blow in during the winter, that is the coldest place around.


Input: No wonder those apartments are not selling! "


Input: Tu says, with disbelief and exasperation in his voice: " Do you know that they are going to build a huge bridge between Tanshui and Pali?

Tu

Tanshui

Pali


Input: It's such a beautiful and historic location, but they are just going to stick up a bridge there, and they are even talking about having a rotating restaurant on top! "


Input: Lovers of Tanshui, while keeping close watch over her, are fearful that the giant beast of development may eventually come and bulldoze Tanshui away one piece of land at a time.

Tanshui

Tanshui

one


Input: They fear that their children, like they themselves, will have to search through photographs and memories to find Tanshui's traditional simplicity and the joys of being close to nature.

Tanshui


Input: When the old buildings are gone, and people lose contact with the great outdoors, will Tanshui even be worthy of its reputation anymore?

Tanshui


Input: Scattered wooden fishing boats bob in the river.


Input: I haven't met any of the fishermen who these days go out and catch only small fry.


Input: They might relate how in the old days they could just put a hand in the river and come up with a big catch.


Input: The lonely fishing boats are waiting for the Tanshui - Pali ferry to pass by and say hello.

Tanshui

Pali


Input: Those lanterns moving through the river are actually the ferry, while those stars flashing in the distance are beams of light that come from the lighthouse every five seconds.

five


Input: It is only now that I realize that, even in the drabbest weather, Tanshui is still beautiful.

Tanshui


Input: Taiwan's Townships

Taiwan


Input: When you look at a map, what do the 309 townships of Taiwan mean to you?

Taiwan


Input: Do you draw a complete blank on all of them?


Input: Or do some of the names evoke beautiful memories?


Input: What do these townships have to offer visitors?


Input: What interesting or famous characters have they given birth to?


Input: In this age of the global village, how much do you know about the village next door?


Input: Sinorama wants to take you on a journey through Taiwan's 309 townships large and small: As they follow their individual rhythms, what is it that enables them to create their own music, and what can we hear in the songs they sing?

Sinorama

Taiwan


Input: Tanshui Facts and Figures

Tanshui


Input: Tanshui Township -LRB- also spelled Tamsui -RRB- is part of Taipei County.

Tanshui Township

Tamsui

Taipei County


Input: It abuts Sanchih Rural Township to the northeast, the Kuantu area of Taipei City to the southeast, and the Taiwan Strait to the northwest; to the southwest it faces Pali Rural Township over the Tanshui River.

Sanchih Rural Township

Taipei City

Pali Rural Township

Kuantu

the Taiwan Strait

the Tanshui River


Input: It covers an area of just over 70 square kilometers, and has a population of 115,000.

over 70 square kilometers


Input: It is the largest paddy - rice producing area in Taipei County.

Taipei County


Input: In days gone by, because the Kuroshio current passes close by, the waters offshore were rich fishing grounds.

Kuroshio


Input: However, in recent years, pollution from the Tanshui River and exhaustion of fish stocks have caused the catch to dwindle.

recent years

the Tanshui River


Input: Among the more famous tourist sites are Fort San Domingo, Yin Shan Temple, the Lixuetang school -LRB- known in English as Oxford College, founded in 1882 to train missionaries -RRB-, Huwei cannon emplacement, the mangrove conservation area, Shalun beach recreation area, the historic buildings of the Mackay Hospital and Tamkang Middle School, " Antiques Street " -LRB- Chungcheng Road -RRB-, and the ferry pier.

Fort San Domingo

Yin Shan Temple

the Mackay Hospital

Tamkang Middle School

the Lixuetang school

Oxford College

English

Huwei

Shalun

Antiques Street

Chungcheng Road


Input: Public transportation includes inter-city bus service, the Tanshui Line of the Taipei mass rapid transit system, and local buses.

the Tanshui Line

Taipei


Input: For more detailed information visit http://www.tamsui.gov.tw/.


Input: p. 094


Input: High - rises are thought by many to represent development, but in Tanshui they are ruining the skyline and the historic ambience of the town.

Tanshui


Input: p. 095


Input: An old Tanshui resident sits with legs crossed reading the paper, as the passage of time, marked on the calendar on the wall, adds a gloss to the antiques.

Tanshui


Input: p. 096


Input: -LRB- facing page -RRB-


Input: These lovers may be gazing at Tanshui with their eyes, but their hearts have eyes only for one another.

Tanshui


Input: Tranquil and romantic Tanshui is a great place for wedding photos.

Tanshui


Input: p. 097


Input: As the lazy sun displays an extraordinary beauty, a fishing boat drifts toward shore over the golden water.


Input: The Remaking of Linpien

Linpien


Input: Home of the Black Pearl Wax Apple


Input: -LRB- Teng Sue - feng / photos by Jimmy Lin / tr. by Christopher MacDonald -RRB-

Teng Sue - feng

Jimmy Lin

Christopher MacDonald


Input: Even if the township of Linpien doesn't have a monopoly on the cultivation of " black pearl " wax apples, it was orchards in the Linpien locality that earned black pearls their national renown.

Linpien

Linpien


Input: A little town formerly notorious for its ground subsidence problem, Linpien is now turning itself into one of Southern Taiwan's premier tourist attractions.

Linpien

one

Southern Taiwan's


Input: The impetus for this change has come chiefly from local historians, along with various voluntary groups.


Input: Just before Christmas break, the rural township of Linpien, on the Pingtung Plain at the mouth of the Linpien river, held its first ever Wax Apple Festival.

Christmas

Wax Apple Festival

Linpien

Linpien

the Pingtung Plain

first


Input: The festival, in the town's riverside park, was held to promote black pearl wax apples and celebrate the local volunteer spirit.


Input: It was a scorching hot day, and heavily perspiring visitors were to be seen wandering among the stalls, lugging bags of wax apples and commenting on their remarkable sweetness.


Input: " There's a lot more than you'd think to growing wax apples, " says local farmer Chen Sheng - tzung.

Chen Sheng - tzung


Input: " How you take care of the orchards, which equipment you use - it all has an affect on the shape and texture of the fruit. "


Input: Prices for wax apples range widely, from around 3 pounds for NT$ 100 to NT$ 150 a pound.

3 pounds

NT$ 100

NT$ 150


Input: Fruit that shows a hint of black through the red color of the skin fetches the best price.


Input: Huang Wan - fu, whose family farms two hectares of orchard with more than 700 wax apple trees, and who has over 30 years' experience as a fruit grower, says that while other parts of Pingtung County also grow wax apples, " Linpien stands out for its growing techniques, developed through trial and error by the growers themselves, and for vernalization rates of up to 90%. "

Huang Wan - fu

two hectares

more than 700

30 years

Pingtung County

Linpien


Input: Ugly duckling no more


Input: The wax apple is a tropical fruit originating from the Malay peninsula.

Malay


Input: The Dutch brought it to Taiwan from Java, in the 17th century, and it became commonly grown as a shade - giving tree.

Dutch

Taiwan

Java

the 17th century


Input: Old folk in the South remember when wax apples were " just something to munch on " - the kind of fruit that grew freely and that you could help yourself to.

South


Input: But wax apples have increased in value during the past 30 years, thanks to advances in the way that they are grown.

the past 30 years


Input: For example, the " bag - wrap " method was originally a way of protecting budding fruit from birds, but once it was introduced to Linpien, in around 1994, farmers found it enabled them to grow more lustrous, shiny - looking wax apples, with less pesticide on the skin.

Linpien


Input: The method soon caught on throughout the district.


Input: Another popular technique involves covering the trees with black mosquito nets to improve yields.


Input: This reduces the amount of sunlight reaching the trees, causing nutrients from the leaves and branches to be diverted into producing fruit.


Input: The net - covered trees blossom earlier and produce more fruit.


Input: As a result of this technique, black pearl wax apples are now available throughout most of the year.

most of the year


Input: The " black pearl " tag didn't originate in Linpien, but it was Linpien wax apples that made the variety famous and prompted the dramatic growth of its market.

Linpien

Linpien


Input: In 1983 the then - provincial governor Lee Teng - hui visited the town and praised the quality of its black pearl wax apples, so assuring the renown of the fruit.

Lee Teng - hui


Input: Subsequently, as president, Lee Teng - hui often gave gifts of black pearl wax apples to foreign dignitaries.

Lee Teng - hui


Input: Green hills


Input: The success of black pearl wax apples gave Linpien a much - needed boost, bringing some of the younger generation back to the area to grow the fruit.

Linpien


Input: The credit for putting wax apples at the heart of the town's revival and for mounting the Wax Apple Festival belongs with a group of volunteer workers - local people committed to the town's regeneration.

the Wax Apple Festival


Input: How does a small town like Linpien come to be home to such a well - organized volunteer effort, and just how did the volunteers set about giving their town a make - over?

Linpien


Input: The story begins with the town's riverside park.


Input: The road linking the town's main street with the riverside park, where locals like to stroll and chat at the beginning and end of the day, used to be overgrown and lined with trash.


Input: Now, however, thanks to a coordinated effort involving volunteers, residents and landlords, the verges are planted with sunflowers and lantana, while a former mud patch, donated rent - free by its owner, has been converted into a carp - filled lotus pool.


Input: The revamping of Linpien started eight or nine years ago, when schoolteacher Tsao Chi - hung - now a DPP deputy in the national legislature - along with fellow members of the Linpien Residents' Democracy Association launched a program to sweep the streets and keep the riverbank clean.

Linpien

eight or nine years ago

Tsao Chi - hung

DPP

the Linpien Residents' Democracy Association


Input: Wu Wu - ta, a plumber who runs the Democracy Association, says: " People were already doing their bit for the community over ten years ago, but not openly.

Wu Wu - ta

the Democracy Association

ten years ago


Input: They swept the streets before dawn because they didn't want people to see them and call them crazy. "


Input: It was only three years ago, with the founding of the non-political Linpien Natural History Conservation Association, that residents began to publicly support the project.

three years ago

Linpien Natural History Conservation Association


Input: The flood - prone Linpien River has been dyked and dredged since the Japanese colonial era, but the bare concrete embankments never did much for the scenery.

Linpien River

Japanese


Input: In 1999 Tsao Chi - hung learned that the Water Conservancy Bureau was planning to renovate the flood defenses, and he proposed a scheme for " greenification " of the riverside area.

Tsao Chi - hung

the Water Conservancy Bureau


Input: Objections were raised, however, with some pointing out that the site, if left untended, could easily get overgrown and become a breeding ground for snakes and vermin.


Input: The issue was discussed and finally the Bureau agreed to let volunteers maintain the riverside area for two years.

Bureau

two years


Input: If the scheme didn't work out then the Bureau would concrete over the site as originally planned.

Bureau


Input: Following the lead of the conservation association and the Democracy Association, various volunteer groups in the district - including the senior citizens' club, members of Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation, the Presbyterian Church, and followers of the I - Kuan Tao sect - signed up to share responsibility for the riverside park, which was divided into 90 - meter - long plots for the purpose.

the Democracy Association

Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation

the Presbyterian Church

I - Kuan Tao

90 - meter


Input: Turf was laid, flower beds appeared, and the embankment soon became a 1.2 km - long " green Great Wall. "

1.2 km

Great Wall


Input: Dreaming by the river


Input: " You can't go about community work in a standoffish way, and you certainly can't operate effectively from behind the scenes - you have to be out there at the front of things.


Input: When local people see teachers and doctors coming out to collect trash, they feel encouraged to join in, " says Chen Chin - chao, a dentist who chairs the Linpien Natural History Conservation Association.

Chen Chin - chao

the Linpien Natural History Conservation Association


Input: Chen frets about the way the media has focused the spotlight on him alone, when numerous other individuals are also involved, all chipping in what they can.

Chen


Input: " The biggest achievement is that the flowers haven't been stolen, " says Tsao Chi - hung.

Tsao Chi - hung


Input: " As more people volunteer to help, disruptive behavior becomes less and less likely. "


Input: The riverside area used to be a teenage hangout, known for its drinking and fighting, but since greenification the town's residents have been coming here to stroll and enjoy the scenery: green hills to the East, the sunset in the West, and the dreamy river alongside the park.

East

West


Input: " The more that people get involved the greater their sense of accomplishment, " says Tsao.

Tsao


Input: " It's not just about tidying up the environment.


Input: We also hope to foster the commercial interests of the community so as to bring practical benefits for people's lives. "


Input: This was the thinking behind Tsao's gathering together of various groups for the Wax Apple Festival.

Tsao

the Wax Apple Festival


Input: According to the archives, 400 years ago Linpien was a plains - aborigine settlement called " Fang - suo - she. "

400 years ago

Linpien

Fang - suo - she


Input: In the middle of the 17th century the Ming dynasty loyalist Zheng Chenggong -LRB- also known as Koxinga -RRB- brought an influx of settlers to Taiwan from the Fujian and Guangdong regions of China.

the middle of the 17th century

Ming dynasty

Zheng Chenggong

Koxinga

Taiwan

Fujian

Guangdong

China


Input: Some of the Fang - suo - she aborigines stayed and intermarried with Chinese, while others moved away.

Fang - suo - she

Chinese


Input: The oldest recorded use of the name " Linpien " is on a stele, erected in 1762, next to the town's Sanshan King Temple.

Linpien

Sanshan King Temple


Input: The name, which means " beside the forest, " indicates that the early settlers must have had a tough time clearing land for their crops.


Input: Moving to center - stage


Input: In the past half century or more Linpien has concentrated on a series of different forms of produce, from rice, to bananas, to prawn and eel farming, to wax apples - today's main crop.

the past half century

Linpien


Input: With Taiwan's imminent accession to the WTO, the next big change could be just around the corner.

Taiwan

WTO


Input: For example, will wax apples lose their market to imported fruit?


Input: And what does Linpien have to offer that other districts in the county can't easily duplicate?

Linpien


Input: Yang Hung - jen, a PhD student at National Taiwan University's Graduate Institute of Sociology, came to Linpien a year ago to research his thesis on the renewal of the local community.

Yang Hung - jen

PhD

National Taiwan University's

Graduate Institute of Sociology

Linpien

a year ago


Input: " I had come to what was said to be the worst county in Taiwan for factionalism and corruption, " says Yang, " a place where the ground had sunk as much as three meters due to subsidence.

Taiwan

Yang

three meters


Input: But the contrast between that image and what I actually found here was quite something. "


Input: For Yang, the way that those most active in the renewal effort routinely pass the credit to others is itself impressive.

Yang


Input: Linpien rose to prominence on the strength of its celebrated wax apples.

Linpien


Input: But can it now push its way to center - stage as a tourist attraction?


Input: Says Chen Chin - chao: " We can't yet say how things will turn out for Linpien.

Chen Chin - chao

Linpien


Input: But that's not to be pessimistic about the town's prospects; it's simply a case of not building castles in the air. "


Input: Development of the long - promised Tapeng Bay Scenic Area is due to begin, and in 2003 the 2nd Southern Freeway will open.

Tapeng Bay Scenic Area

the 2nd Southern Freeway


Input: Will this bring more prosperity to the area?


Input: Construction of a bypass around the town has already boosted property values, but what other benefits may it bring?


Input: A golf course is mooted, but will that mean the loss of birdwatching zones and the mangrove woods?


Input: Can the wax apple orchards be adapted to serve as a setting for family outings?


Input: And can fish farms in the locality be converted to provide housing and accommodation, and a recreation alternative for visitors?


Input: Can this little town make an asset of its scenic location and historical roots to attract more visitors?


Input: Linpien used to be little more than a brief stop for travelers on their way to the seaside resort of Kenting, but now its residents are wondering if they can turn the town into a destination in its own right.

Linpien

Kenting


Input: Linpien Facts and Figures

Linpien


Input: Linpien Rural Township is in Pingtung County, located on the Pingtung Plain at the mouth of the Linpien River.

Linpien Rural Township

Pingtung County

the Pingtung Plain

the Linpien River


Input: It is adjacent to the planned Tapeng Bay Scenic Area, and marks the point where the 2nd Southern Freeway will terminate.

Tapeng Bay Scenic Area

the 2nd Southern Freeway


Input: At 15.6 sq. km in area, it is the second smallest of Pingtung County's 33 townships, and has a population of around 23,000.

15.6 sq. km

second

Pingtung County's


Input: Wax apples and aquaculture products are the main commodities, with betel nut and coconut also grown.


Input: One - third of the township's land is below sea level.

One - third


Input: Visitors are recommended to try the local seafood and also not to miss the opportunity for bird - watching among the nearby estuaries, wetlands and mangrove woods.


Input: There are also cultural relics including traces of the original plains - aborigine inhabitants.


Input: Linpien can be reached along Provincial Highway 17.

Linpien

Provincial Highway 17


Input: The town has a railway station and can also be accessed by public and private bus services.


Input: For more information check out: www.taconet.com.tw/cstudio/


Input: p. 45


Input: Using special growing techniques, the farmers of Linpien control the quantity of blossoms on the trees so as to optimize the production of their treasured black pearl wax apples.

Linpien


Input: p. 46


Input: Aquaculture provides for full nets and full bellies, but it is also the culprit behind Linpien's severe subsidence problem.

Linpien


Input: The acreage of fish farms has halved in recent years, due to the combination of falling profits and environmental degradation.

recent years


Input: p. 47


Input: Subsidence has been caused by the over-extraction of ground - water for aquaculture.


Input: Some of the houses on the Linpien - Chiatung coastal strip have sunk to the degree that their windows are level with the street and their rooves are within easy reach.

Linpien

Chiatung


Input: p. 48


Input: The gardens of the riverside park, laid out and maintained by local volunteers, cover land that used to be overgrown and strewn with rubbish.


Input: The people of the town now come here to stroll and enjoy their free time.


Input: p. 48


Input: The river is blessed with fine scenery, and is good for fishing and birdwatching.


Input: Linpien residents see this as an important asset for attracting tourism.

Linpien


Input: %um, how are you guys?


Input: How is Chris

Chris


Input: and how are you?


Input: Well pretty well.


Input: Chris is not here at the moment.

Chris


Input: She's been away with her class oh. up around Blandenburg for about two weeks on a, what they call Feldmessen.

Blandenburg

about two weeks


Input: Feldmessen is, %um, surveying.


Input: %hm.


Input: %uh, so she's been away for two weeks.

two weeks


Input: She's coming back tonight.

tonight


Input: ha.


Input: So we're looking forward to that.


Input: oh, I'm sorry we're going to miss her.


Input: yeah,


Input: oh gosh. I bet you're getting lonely.


Input: yeah,


Input: well. Claudia's been here

Claudia


Input: and we've been doing okay.


Input: %mm.


Input: And I'm actually waiting for Claudia to show up because we were supposed to go into town and meet some people in town.

Claudia


Input: I've got a student here who's checking out rooms and stuff.


Input: %mm.


Input: She's coming in the fall,

fall


Input: but she was in a place called Taiwa.

Taiwa


Input: You know Tufts yeah. sent her to Taiwa

Tufts

Taiwa


Input: I had friends there. She did a course in Taiwa

Taiwa


Input: and then she came over here, and %um, checked out a room here.


Input: And so it's


Input: and the end semester is still going.


Input: Of course it ends on the twenty second of July.

the twenty second of July


Input: mhm.


Input: So, %uh oh, yeah. things are busy.


Input: yeah,


Input: gosh.


Input: yeah.


Input: You still got another month.

month


Input: And then, are you coming over to the States at all this summer?

States

this summer


Input: No.


Input: No.


Input: No, no. %uh


Input: Not even Chris?

Chris


Input: No, no, no. %uh


Input: Not enough relatives left here anymore?


Input: Well the relative scene is kind of sad.


Input: You know everybody's kind of passed away, almost.


Input: yeah,


Input: I remember when I talked to you in the fall yeah. yeah. that %uh

the fall


Input: It's just about


Input: oh did your sister die?


Input: My sister passed away,


Input: yeah.


Input: I don't know if you spoke to me before that or when it was that was happening. Or


Input: I guess not


Input: When was it?


Input: It may have been right after.


Input: Well


Input: My father died right after we talked.


Input: oh god.


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah,


Input: we're getting old.


Input: No, it's,


Input: I don't know what it is.


Input: It's just, %uh, people get sick,


Input: and they get sick pretty young,


Input: and,


Input: yeah.


Input: And you know my sister wasn't that old


Input: and she just had bad luck I guess is all you can say.


Input: yeah.


Input: I'm going to put you on after fifteen minutes.

fifteen minutes


Input: I've got to


Input: And there wasn't anything anybody could do.


Input: So.


Input: And then an aunt of Chris's Aunt Mamie up in Maine passed away.

Chris

Mamie

Maine


Input: that hadn't happ-,


Input: had that happened already?


Input: No


Input: No that had not happened, no.


Input: She passed away in about March or

about March


Input: yeah, I think that there was some concern about her when I talked to you in September or October.

September

October


Input: yeah.


Input: No, she was not doing well.


Input: She had a brain tumor.


Input: And then they operated on


Input: and things weren't going well,


Input: and.


Input: I actually got to see her I guess a day before she died.


Input: oh.


Input: I mean she didn't know that I was there.


Input: if that was you, yeah. yeah, she was just not in


Input: So it was a blessing, I guess.


Input: But, %um.


Input: Anyway, weird stuff.


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah.


Input: And how about you?


Input: Because, I r-


Input: oh I'm han-


Input: how are your eyes?


Input: yeah.


Input: Well, I don't know.


Input: I have to go next week you know to see again.

next week


Input: I, %um, not exactly convinced that. It's okay. You know,


Input: I'm not sure.


Input: %hm.


Input: %uh, it's been pretty good.


Input: It was about eighty percent for a while.

eighty percent


Input: And then %um, I'm not exactly sure what it is now.


Input: But I'll know in a couple of days.

a couple of days


Input: So are you having blurred vision?


Input: Or


Input: oh yeah, yeah.


Input: Sure.


Input: The right eye is %uh, not so great.


Input: %hm.


Input: %um, and it got back to about eighty percent.

about eighty percent


Input: You know it was a detached retina.


Input: Right.


Input: And then they operated on it once,


Input: and they operated on it twice.


Input: And, then things seemed to be doing pretty well,


Input: and at the moment I'm %um, not quite so sure.


Input: %hm.


Input: So, who knows. %um.


Input: %hm.


Input: But you know it'll never be more than about seventy or eighty percent. Which is fine.

about seventy or eighty percent


Input: Eighty percent is fantastic.

Eighty percent


Input: Right.


Input: Right.


Input: %um


Input: So we'll just see. You know


Input: %hm. we'll see what happens.


Input: Frustrating.


Input: %uh, yeah.


Input: Annoying.


Input: And that thing that came up recently,, you know I had, oh, a kind of a knee problem a couple of years ago.

a couple of years ago


Input: And my right knee,


Input: and now it's my left knee.


Input: you know, it's just a pain in the ass.


Input: And yeah. %um, I went to the doctor


Input: and they do a Punktion. Ich weiss nicht wer.


Input: Anyway they take, %uh fluid out of it.


Input: uh-huh.


Input: And if it gets irritated take some pills and stuff.


Input: And, it's just a pain in the ass.


Input: So it's just, l-.


Input: is that like water on the knee?


Input: Is that what that is?


Input: %um, well that's what happens.


Input: It develops because of irritation, because of a %um, inflammation.


Input: %hm.


Input: Is that from the running?


Input: And how the inflammation d-


Input: yeah,


Input: maybe.


Input: I mean they don't know.


Input: mhm.


Input: They don't


Input: It just came overnight practically.

overnight


Input: Wow.


Input: %um, and %uh, we'd been up in Berlin

Berlin


Input: and we had a big trip up there and did a lot of walking, a lot of fast walking and stuff.


Input: But you know, I mean that mhm. shouldn't be a big deal. %um


Input: Was this last crop of **Tuftees** good?


Input: So.


Input: Was your last crop of students from Tufts good?

Tufts


Input: How's that?


Input: yeah


Input: well they're still here.


Input: Right,


Input: but they're winding down, so you know them really well by this point.


Input: They're winding down.


Input: yeah,


Input: they're very good.


Input: they learned a lot of German.

German


Input: They learned an amazing amount of German.

German


Input: Before I forget, I saw George Silinas a couple of days ago.

George Silinas

a couple of days ago


Input: oh. How's he doing?


Input: And he's had


Input: Well he's working for an American firm over here,

American


Input: and he's doing very very well. %um,


Input: and his wife just had their fourth child.

fourth


Input: Wow.


Input: A little boy. Benjamin.

Benjamin


Input: yeah.


Input: Wow.


Input: %um, about, %uh, two weeks ago maybe.

about, %uh, two weeks ago


Input: %huh.


Input: Tops.


Input: And I got a card from,


Input: you remember Amy Gleason?

Amy Gleason


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah.


Input: Well she just had a baby a couple of


Input: heard that.


Input: Well this is number two.

two


Input: okay.


Input: I just got a card from Ron and Doris,

Ron

Doris


Input: oh.


Input: and they see Amy Gleason on occasion.

Amy Gleason


Input: And so I think they told me that.


Input: yeah.


Input: Have you heard from Ron and Doris?

Ron

Doris


Input: Not in a while, no.


Input: They are now living in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island


Input: You probably knew that.


Input: Well. yeah.


Input: And she's teaching at U R I.

U R I


Input: yeah.


Input: And it was a very nice letter, because it sounded like she went through very similar things that I did.


Input: You know, I went from Chicago to U C S G to here.

Chicago

U C S G


Input: Right.


Input: And it's just such an intellectual letdown.


Input: Right.


Input: And she went from Penn, %um To Columbia. to Columbia to U R I.

Penn

Columbia

Columbia

U R I


Input: Well Columbia's okay.

Columbia


Input: yeah.


Input: And she said the students are just,


Input: you know, they don't care,


Input: and they're not very good,


Input: and all of a sudden she's getting conference papers rejected


Input: and she thinks it's the affiliation.


Input: yeah.


Input: Because she doesn't think the quality of her work has changed.


Input: Now I haven't submitted a conference paper with the Missouri %um, you know, affiliation yet.

Missouri


Input: Because the last one I submitted, %um, was in the fall,


Input: and I still had my San Diego affiliation.

San Diego


Input: yeah.


Input: %um, in fact I'm still officially on leave.


Input: If anything came up in the next year we could still go back. uh-huh. %uh you know, for Sam.

the next year

Sam


Input: Wow.


Input: But I think it's very very very very yeah. unlikely.


Input: yeah.


Input: But at any rate it was nice to hear from her because she said after two years there now, she %um has come to terms with this,

after two years


Input: and yeah. she's accepted that there's a lot of good things in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island


Input: And, %um, you know, their life is a lot less complicated,


Input: and she has more time to be a parent.


Input: yeah.


Input: Good.


Input: And she's just not going to have the same kind of career that she had thought about.


Input: Ron is working as a financial consultant for, %um, Meryl Lynch.

Ron

Meryl Lynch


Input: And he


Input: oh.


Input: yeah, he had been doing work for some environmental firm, as a consultant.


Input: uh-huh.


Input: And, it didn't work out.


Input: %um He was changing projects every couple of weeks

every couple of weeks


Input: and he said he couldn't keep on top of it.


Input: He couldn't learn the whole new area %mm. that fast each time.


Input: %mm.


Input: %um, and he says he went in and had some tests,


Input: and he was diagnosed as having attention deficit disorder.


Input: Which you know, given how far he's gotten, you know, he got his degree at Tufts and all, I found that surprising that for the first time as an adult they're diagnosing this. %um

Tufts

first


Input: %mm. I wonder about it.


Input: But anyway.


Input: yeah,


Input: but that's what he said.


Input: And %um


Input: yeah.


Input: He %um


Input: Whatever's helpful.


Input: Right.


Input: So he found this new job as a financial consultant and seems to be happy with that.


Input: Good.


Input: And then we saw Leo and Julie at Christmas time.

Leo

Julie

Christmas


Input: uh-huh.


Input: And they're doing great.


Input: %um, they had just moved to He's in New York now, right? a really nice house in Westchester.

New York

Westchester


Input: yeah, Good. an older home that you know Julie is of course carving up and making beautiful. %um

Julie


Input: uh-huh.


Input: Now she had a job with an architectural group when she first got out to New York,

New York


Input: and that didn't work out.


Input: She said they had her doing things that she really wasn't qualified to do %ah. and that she really didn't feel competent doing.


Input: And, they mutually agreed that she should leave.


Input: And so she was looking for another job.


Input: And, %um, I'm sure she'll find one.


Input: She's so talented.


Input: She may have found one by now. %um


Input: yeah,


Input: oh yeah.


Input: Amazing,


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah,


Input: and so we met, %um, %uh Adrian, their kid, who was three uh-huh. and just a really lovely little boy.

Adrian

three


Input: right


Input: yeah


Input: He's so big.


Input: Well,, Leo's big. You know,

Leo


Input: he's got Leo's genes.

Leo


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah.


Input: And %uh Ron and Doris sent us a picture of theirs

Ron

Doris


Input: and he has Ron's expressions.

Ron


Input: He really looks like Ron.

Ron


Input: oh that's life.


Input: %um, and he looked really big too.


Input: In this picture, he's three and a half.

three and a half


Input: yeah.


Input: %huh.


Input: %um, but Leo and Julie just seemed, %um sort of happy with the decisions they've made.

Leo

Julie


Input: And


Input: Good.


Input: %um, like every


Input: now is he with a publishing house now?


Input: Which one is he with.


Input: Yes which one %um


Input: Well I can


Input: yeah


Input: It's one of these sort of universi- the public university book stuff.


Input: It might be Hard Core Brace.

Hard Core Brace


Input: I'm not sure.


Input: oh yeah.


Input: I have two friends in publishing.

two


Input: It may be the other one that just took the job with Hard Core Brace

Hard Core Brace


Input: I don't remember which one.


Input: yeah.


Input: Anyway, he's enjoying it and liking it


Input: and they're doing okay.


Input: yeah


Input: he seems to feel really like he's doing the right thing


Input: and he is Great still in academic publishing.


Input: My other friend just moved to trade publishing after years in academic publishing

years


Input: and mhm %um you know. It feels like maybe she made a compromise


Input: but it's like three times the money as with everything else

three


Input: so


Input: wow wow


Input: industry and academics %um


Input: Terrible


Input: yeah it's amazing


Input: and %um You know ages ago I got a card from Liz Gana.

Liz Gana


Input: I told you this.


Input: because %uh you showed us her picture.


Input: yeah


Input: yeah


Input: Crazy


Input: %um and I keep thinking maybe I'd get in touch


Input: but I haven't done it.


Input: and then I saw in the %um Tufts thing that Ginny Totta you know in the alumni thing is living in the

Tufts

Ginny Totta


Input: yeah


Input: So, anyway, how are you doing these days?


Input: Things are going very well.


Input: I think I had mentioned before %uh, that there's a company now that I'm working with %um, %uh, which is very much just myself and Guss.

Guss


Input: oh.


Input: And that %um


Input: No, you hadn't mentioned that.


Input: %eh, oh, okay.


Input: okay, so %um


Input: %eh you told me that you were leaving the company that you were at,


Input: and you were entertaining offers.


Input: And, %uh


Input: well it seemed to make sense since I had a client to just kind of set up my own company, of sorts.


Input: %um oh. So things are going extremely well.


Input: So, I had one client who said that he'd pay me a minimum amount.


Input: You know, he, %uh,


Input: there would be a minimum amount of work, of about %uh, a day a week for the next two three years. mhm. Which is sufficient to pay all my bills then

the next two three years


Input: so I decided that it would make sense to do this.


Input: %um and, %um, I've been getting substantially more work than then.


Input: %mm.


Input: So I'm quite pleased.


Input: Well that's good.


Input: %um, so I have a bunch of %uh work that I need to do on my flat this year.

this year


Input: I've been telling you that I needed to do that roof atrium for quite some time.


Input: But, %uh, it should come out this year.

this year


Input: oh, well that's good.


Input: It should be done in a few months.

a few months


Input: oh, yeah


Input: I remember So you talking a little bit about it at one point.


Input: yeah,


Input: yeah.


Input: So you have no intentions of coming over this way any time soon?


Input: %um. I don't see the finances occurring uh-huh, right. for a while.


Input: %um, actually right at the moment finances are not going real well.


Input: But %ah well. I am working on that one.


Input: %uh.


Input: It's just But %um %uh, %uh, the main reason for that is I had not really anticipated a few expenses that recently came up %ah. %uh, related to a couple of burglaries that I had.


Input: oh, harsh. Harsh.


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah,


Input: and.


Input: Not a whole lot I can do about that now.


Input: Indeed. Indeed.


Input: have to deal with the situation.


Input: And


Input: So that's what I'm doing.


Input: Sounds good.


Input: But %um Anyway, %uh One of the main reasons that I've been such a pathetic, %uh, correspondent has been work.

One


Input: I've actually been doing a lot of it.


Input: oh wow.


Input: And %uh, I turned in my Master's thesis back in May,

May


Input: and I'm actually presently working on, %um, several, %uh, articles oh, okay. Impressive. from it.


Input: yeah,


Input: actually it turns out that one thing, one little bit in what I was doing, %uh, is going to turn out to be very important in the end. %uh, from what I had been reading in the literature.

one

one


Input: You see the one very annoying thing about all of this, was my advisor has been in France for a year and a half.

France

a year and a half


Input: yeah.


Input: And this made writing my thesis very annoying because you know there wasn't much discussion.


Input: yeah.


Input: yup,


Input: yup.


Input: But, %um Anyway, I had been kind of telling him that, you know, from my reading of the literature, I thought that this one little alteration I had made in my model was kind of clever and unique.

one


Input: mhm.


Input: And it made the one type of solution occur, which was seen experimentally,

one


Input: but none of the other models %uh, had?


Input: Yes.


Input: the-,


Input: I'm looking at, %um, multi mode lasers.


Input: And one of the things that they find experimentally are what they call anti phased, %uh, states, where if you look at the total intensity uh-huh. of the laser, you get an oscillation which is characterized by one frequency.

one


Input: Yes.


Input: okay.


Input: if you separate out the different modes of the laser mhm. and look at one of those, you get more than one frequency.

more than one


Input: okay.


Input: So what's happening is that the modes are oscillating out of phase so that they completely mask each other's Exactly. %hm. oscillations on these other frequencies.


Input: And %uh With a pretty simple model you can find that frequency in a transient,


Input: but you can't find that frequency in a driven, %uh, frequency.


Input: You can't find so that it will sustain.


Input: okay.


Input: Yes.


Input: So yeah, that particular frequency according to most models damps out very quickly.


Input: And so you shouldn't actually really be able to ever see it.


Input: %hm.


Input: The only thing is, that, when you do the experiment you see it.


Input: Got it,


Input: got it.


Input: I see.


Input: So, %um, I found a simple modification of the original formula, which unfortunately makes the solutions horrendously nasty. And in most cases, %uh, insoluble.


Input: But yeah. it gives a driving term.


Input: oh, okay.


Input: So, it actually creates a situation where you get the right sort of answer, you just can't always write it down very easily.


Input: Exactly.


Input: oh wow.


Input: so you're pushing forward the bounds of theoretical laser, %uh, whatever it is science.


Input: But


Input: which, %um, is kind of interesting considering that that's not really my thing.. Indeed. Indeed. being an experimentalist, not a theorist.


Input: %um Indeed. oh wow. oh, impressive. But


Input: so are you going to get an article in Nature or something?

Nature


Input: %um, actually, I'm not sure if we're shooting for op-,


Input: I think Optics Letters is probably the one that we're shooting for, or else, perhaps, though I don't think it's quite that significant, would be Phys Rev Letters.

Optics Letters

Phys Rev Letters


Input: %hm.


Input: But, %uh, we want to write a letter, and then a couple articles.

a couple


Input: yeah.


Input: %hm. impressive.


Input: And I don't know how much you know about scientific literature,


Input: but letters are much more prestigious than, articles.


Input: oh, okay.


Input: oh, I didn't realize that.


Input: okay.


Input: yeah,


Input: so that's why it's actually a big deal is


Input: I mean, you know, writing a couple of articles based on your Master's thesis, is, not at all unusual in Physics


Input: and yeah. %uh, it's the fact that I would be writing a letter that is the impressive part of it all.


Input: And what's actually kind of interesting is I kept telling Neil that I thought that this was kind of significant.

Neil


Input: And Neil kept writing back that I should tone this part of the thesis down that You know, people see the anti phased motion,

Neil


Input: and it's true


Input: they do in the transients


Input: And I was having a lot of trouble getting across to him that all of the literature has this frequency in the transients Yes. %eh and not driven.


Input: And, %uh, what happened was after I had turned in my thesis but before I saw Neil again, he went to a conference in Rochester and there this was a big issue among the people who were doing this work, was, that their models couldn't show this as a driven frequency,

Neil

Rochester


Input: yet their experiments showed it as a driven frequency.


Input: oh cool.


Input: and so Neil then -- Said oh just a second I -- like a week later came to Bryn Mawr

Neil

second

a week later

Bryn Mawr


Input: and he said, hey Lowell, we got to write this up.

Lowell


Input: Exactly.


Input: And I was like, well I've been telling you that Neil.

Neil


Input: Indeed.


Input: So Cool. Cool. that's mostly the sort of stuff that I'm spending a lot of time on now. %um


Input: Well it'll look good on your C V, your resume.


Input: so you might as well spend the time.


Input: Yes, well,


Input: %uh, no, it's definitely worth doing. %um,


Input: and I would have been spending more time on it if it weren't for %uh dealing with the burglary issues oh yeah but that I've been dealing with.


Input: So are you still living in that house in the middle of the park.


Input: Yes.


Input: yeah, okay.


Input: yeah.


Input: I mean the thing that i-


Input: this place is incredibly easy to break into if you want to.


Input: oh.


Input: It's not a question of whether or not, %uh you know, that was easy,


Input: it was just that no one really knew it was worth breaking into.


Input: Exactly.


Input: Exactly.


Input: yeah.


Input: And so the problem is that now they found out that it's worth breaking into.


Input: yeah.


Input: And unfortunately.


Input: Well, it's kind of odd.


Input: They've stolen very weird things for the most part.


Input: %hm.


Input: as far


Input: yeah


Input: as a.


Input: The first time they broke in, what they stole was just bizarre,

first


Input: mostly worthless stuff.


Input: And, %uh %huh the most worthwhile thing as far as monetary value went that they stole was the pre-amplifier of my stereo. Unfortunately, because it's a nice pre-amplifier,


Input: it has an off board power supply which they didn't steal, which makes the thing that they **stoled** absolutely worthless.


Input: %huh.


Input: So.


Input: That's bizarre. Bizarre.


Input: so when they broke in the second time did they steal the %uh offboard amplifier?

second


Input: Actually, no,


Input: all they stole the second time was my bike.

second


Input: %huh.


Input: Which was actually where the major problem came. Exactly. Exactly. yeah. Is that I suddenly had no transportation.


Input: And so, I then had to go bike hunting and eventually get another bike,


Input: and %mm. that cost me a lot of time.


Input: yeah.


Input: Exactly.


Input: Because,


Input: yes


Input: Spending a lot of time hunting for bikes, and nah well. then getting one purchased, and then having to, you know, go get it and things like that.

one


Input: But, that's dealt with at least.


Input: And so %uh, that's yeah at least dealt with.


Input: Now I just have to work on the financial aspects of all of this.


Input: But yeah. yeah.


Input: At least Well that would make sense during the summer %uh according to the stipulations of my fellowship, I can actually earn money during the summer.

the summer


Input: But %um, guessed what happened.


Input: What?


Input: %um The %um


Input: Again?


Input: %um 118.91_120.82_B: Let's see,


Input: two weeks ago

two weeks ago


Input: I know Sue is going to Rhode Island.

Sue

Rhode Island


Input: %eh Right.


Input: Right.


Input: Did she see her mom?


Input: Yes she did.


Input: And?


Input: Yes she did.


Input: And?


Input: %um, %um, which we had already anticipated that it was going to happen.


Input: I spoke to her mom on Thursday

Thursday


Input: %um and I asked her


Input: I said listen


Input: I said %um please come to Shabbat


Input: things have come to a point where I may have to relinquish my, %uh parenting.


Input: %uh would you mind %uh taking her back


Input: and she said no.


Input: She said %uh she'd be more than happy to.


Input: Really?


Input: This girl has everything in her dreams you know.


Input: it is as my husband says %uh, %uh al kadir the destiny.


Input: Selema I'm telling you,

Selema


Input: it is like Allah has just painted the road


Input: and all I had to do was get on it and follow it.


Input: I mean things have been happening that has just scared the heck out of me.


Input: I told mom


Input: I said mom it is when you believe in Allah, when you have faith and know when you truly give your heart to Allah, only Allah can make the way clear for you.


Input: %uh.


Input: I believe that by her birthday she will be living with her mother.

her birthday


Input: Really?


Input: mhm mhm.


Input: and is she seem like she's together enough?


Input: she's in a two year program.

two year


Input: She's in the program now.


Input: She's doing very well.


Input: When I talked to her I'm talking to her like I'm talking to you.


Input: I wrote her a letter and told her


Input: I said I feel like I know you even though I never met you.


Input: They seemed surprised that,


Input: I mean most women you lose your baby that's it.


Input: But almighty God is


Input: You never even get a chance to see them again.


Input: That's true.


Input: That's true.


Input: But that's what she had wrote me.


Input: she said it is just awesome to her what is happening.


Input: yup.


Input: mhm.


Input: aw I've heard of that.


Input: yup.


Input: So Francis

Francis


Input: Did she say how she felt about what had happened?


Input: No.


Input: we haven't really talked about that


Input: but I'm planning on making a trip down to visit her.


Input: Well, how does Akina feel?

Akina


Input: she's, very happy about it.


Input: Very ha-


Input: Well did she come home and say I saw her, I look like her or what?


Input: we talked on the phone


Input: and you know she talked about %um her sisters you know and things


Input: we've spent the night with her sisters and things

night


Input: and %um it's just been quite interesting although when she was in Rhode Island she was very disruptive, %um down there and really caused Francis a lot of stress

Rhode Island

Francis


Input: and %um Francis was very worried about me because she came home two weeks before you know %um because she just was acting like a total nigger child.

Francis

two weeks


Input: uh-oh!


Input: Hope the research didn't hear that!


Input: uh-oh!


Input: wait


Input: wait


Input: Alita I'm telling you nobody can handle her but you, okay.

Alita


Input: And %um,


Input: but she was very concerned about me and everything %um because %um the child had told some lies about me and about you.


Input: oh.


Input: oh 296.72_297.91_A: oh no.


Input: And about


Input: oh yeah mhm


Input: oh goodness.


Input: yeah.


Input: That we were abusing,


Input: that %um you know,


Input: oh yeah


Input: she did some %eh,


Input: and it was very, very bad.


Input: My daughter - in - law Barbara got on her case real serious yesterday.

Barbara

yesterday


Input: Told her that she couldn't talk to Jasmine play with Jasmine because she said she hurt Jasmine's Jetta you know

Jasmine

Jasmine

Jasmine

Jetta


Input: and she said that if it wasn't for Jetta you know Jasmine's daddy wouldn't be

Jetta

Jasmine


Input: oh she'd


Input: oh man %uh it was


Input: aw.


Input: You know that has always been very scary to me even after.


Input: I said to Mark oh my god. What's she going to say

Mark


Input: because I knew what she would do if I took her somewhere you know what she would say


Input: and I,


Input: you know in the climate of today, Yes. people saying something like that.


Input: That well,


Input: you know that's


Input: and Francis was very concerned in reference to you know she was in school and things

Francis


Input: and she was very, very concerned.


Input: Alita she said this little girl has a serious problem.

Alita


Input: She wrote me a letter mhm. you know about her needing a lot of love, a lot of %um help and different things like this,


Input: but you know you've heard the saying I'm sure from your grandmother


Input: the sins of your parents will be waged back at you, %hm. you know,


Input: %um and again my husband said we were going to give it a month, you know and said he was even going to have to sheik pray over her, you know for the jen.

a month


Input: %hm.


Input: You know, I mean, we're d-, you know,


Input: and I think we're still going to be doing that


Input: but I think he's at a point now where he's reserved us of that %um, you know that she may end up going %um to %uh t-


Input: oh well the thing is your whole life has been around her mhm. more or less


Input: mhm. mhm.


Input: I mean it is you know I mean absorbed


Input: mhm. mhm.


Input: where is, you know


Input: mhm %mm.


Input: and you know, I mean


Input: this is a lousy


Input: %eh I truly believe that **Salem**


Input: I don't think,


Input: you think she'll be better with her mother?


Input: I have no idea.


Input: I really have no idea.


Input: But


Input: %um, but you know the,


Input: if this does happen and I do believe it may happen, %um you know we will have an agreement, she and I, you know,


Input: %um she will become the legal guardian and that %um


Input: %uh you know I just want her to understand everything that has happened in the last several years yeah. and things like that.

the last several years


Input: She needs to be clear about that because this child won't be like the other two.

two


Input: %eh %eh You know, %um Well, she said that she was.


Input: Andre said that she was.

Andre


Input: oh yeah.


Input: She was like her two daughters,

two


Input: yeah.


Input: mhm.


Input: yeah.


Input: they had the same, maybe just


Input: problems and different,


Input: she hasn't been with her children for ten years.

ten years


Input: Her, or her two girls.

two


Input: %ah.


Input: And they're twelve and,

twelve


Input: no they're nine and thirteen or something like that.

nine

thirteen


Input: yup,


Input: but she's working very hard.


Input: She's trying to become a counselor in this drug program, and things


Input: and she sounds like she's really trying hard.


Input: and I just believe it's you know time, you know


Input: and, who would have ever thought it though,


Input: you know what I mean?


Input: Does she know that you're Muslim?

Muslim


Input: mhm.


Input: mhm.


Input: uh-huh


Input: yup.


Input: yup.


Input: yup


Input: %um So that's been my most interesting things in the last three weeks.

the last three weeks


Input: oh that's some deep,


Input: that's just too deep.


Input: yup.


Input: yup.


Input: mhm.


Input: yup.


Input: Been very, very, very, heavy.


Input: like mom said she said even if it was going to be in September, she said the little things I can tolerate you know if that happens you know.

September


Input: But you know I always worried


Input: you know even after you left I said, I just hope Arlita knows that you know I tried my best you know

Arlita


Input: and Everybody has to keep them, Selema, everybody, everybody You know,

Selema


Input: and I told her


Input: I said you know it's a shame that you can't go no place and I can get a good report on you you know, %um, and by her going to Francis and things, and Francis seeing for herself,

Francis

Francis


Input: she was like whoa.


Input: did Francis feel she had changed a lot?

Francis


Input: oh yes.


Input: t-,


Input: oh yes.


Input: You know, mhm, mhm.


Input: a-,


Input: %ah.


Input: %um, %um, but you know I feel very at peace about everything.


Input: uh-huh.


Input: I feel very at peace you know.


Input: Well it's good to hear from Francis who's had a lot of child-

Francis


Input: Yes.


Input: Over six hundred.

Over six hundred


Input: oh.


Input: Over six hundred foster children.

Over six hundred


Input: oh.


Input: Yes.


Input: mhm.


Input: You know she would've seen it all.


Input: She called mom to talk to mom


Input: let's see she bought,


Input: I met her in Albany

Albany


Input: mhm.


Input: and she bought her


Input: %um she caught,


Input: that was on Friday last Friday

Friday last Friday


Input: she called mom Monday And talked to mom for two hours

Monday

two hours


Input: uh-huh.


Input: %mm.


Input: She talked to mom here in Rochester.

Rochester


Input: oh you're kidding


Input: I was sick up in Syracuse.

Syracuse


Input: She talked to mom.


Input: something must've been on her mind.


Input: she told mom


Input: she said she was so concerned that this little girl was going to just get out here cause I wasn't going to send back to the school, the Muslim school.

Muslim


Input: uh-huh.


Input: And she was just really concerned about you know everything. mhm you know. What the possibilities of like


Input: Sure.


Input: Sure.


Input: yep.


Input: mhm.


Input: mhm.


Input: Well you know or luck making a way and making it at ease for you to


Input: Well you know why Allah is doing this.


Input: I'm going to tell you why


Input: because my daughter - in - law is pregnant again.


Input: oh no!


Input: She said she was going to call you.


Input: She said she was going to call you.


Input: %ah


Input: I said well you call Selema

Selema


Input: and you tell her.


Input: I said oh and I don't have your number in my other phonebook I said.


Input: I said you just call her and tell her


Input: yup she sure is.


Input: oh my goodness.


Input: Goodness.


Input: Wait,


Input: wait,


Input: did they do like %uh the same thing they had to do last time?


Input: No.


Input: You know what?


Input: That same thing happened to Aliah.


Input: No.


Input: She had to take all that stuff the first time

first


Input: but then the second time

second


Input: Nope.


Input: She


Input: yup.


Input: yup.


Input: j-, j-,


Input: %uh, and mom said,


Input: I mean Jasmine was about two months old

Jasmine

two months old


Input: mom said oh goodness.


Input: %eh, I mean cause Jasmine is not nowhere like my other little babies.

Jasmine


Input: She is not cuddly sweet.


Input: %mm, %mm, no w-


Input: She don't have time for that %uh.


Input: She does not sit still or lay still for you to change her Pampers.

Pampers


Input: This little girl moves.


Input: I mean you lay her down on the bed


Input: she gets up


Input: and she runs from,


Input: well she doesn't run


Input: but she crawls real fast.


Input: And she has t- aw


Input: And you're like okay.


Input: And she's not a cuddly sweet little thing,


Input: she,


Input: and she climbs up the stairs, Selema.

Selema


Input: She's seven months old

seven months old


Input: and she's climbing up the stairs.


Input: Climbs down the stairs


Input: and mom said so we found out,


Input: when did we find out Barbara was pregnant?

Barbara


Input: Last week, we found out

Last week


Input: and mom told her


Input: mom said, Barbara, Jasmine is just moving

Barbara

Jasmine


Input: she's moving out the way too quickly


Input: she just was not a little sweet little cuddly you know,


Input: no way


Input: %uh lay there let me look at my grandmother kind of thing


Input: No no way


Input: not one bit.


Input: oh oh Amway is probably going to have a rule though I could just

Amway


Input: I just got back from the gym.


Input: oh good.


Input: uh-huh.


Input: How's it going?


Input: oh pretty well.


Input: It was really crowded today.

today


Input: yeah.


Input: I kind of assumed everyone would be at the shore.


Input: uh-huh.


Input: I was wrong.


Input: Well it's the middle of the week or whatever

the middle of the week


Input: so.


Input: But it's the fourth of July.

the fourth of July


Input: %mm.


Input: So.


Input: yeah.


Input: People have to work tomorrow.

tomorrow


Input: Do you have to work tomorrow?

tomorrow


Input: yeah.


Input: Did you have off yesterday?

yesterday


Input: Yes.


Input: oh that's good.


Input: And I was paid too.


Input: oh.


Input: Is it paid today?

today


Input: No.


Input: oh.


Input: But %uh


Input: yeah,


Input: so the gym's going well.


Input: oh.


Input: But I still need to go more often.


Input: Well how often are you going?


Input: Only four days a week.


Input: yeah.


Input: Got to get that up to five.

five


Input: %mm.


Input: But, I don't really like going with Anne Marie because she doesn't like to stay very long.

Anne Marie


Input: Why?


Input: I don't know.


Input: She kind of,


Input: well unfortunately for some reason she's not like into cardio vascular.


Input: So when I'm still riding the bike she's completely finished her weight lifting routine.


Input: mhm.


Input: And like I haven't even started mine. mhm. You know


Input: and I kind of hinted to her that really the only way to lose weight is cardio vascular. mhm. It's true. And that lifting the weights won't lose weight.


Input: %mm %mm.


Input: You won't lose it, you know,


Input: but


Input: No


Input: I mean you might lose some


Input: but that's only when yo-.


Input: For a woman who is lifting not that much I don't think yeah. You would.


Input: I mean yeah


Input: I mean the only thing is %um just getting your heart rate up for extended periods of time.


Input: yeah,


Input: So I don't know


Input: maybe she'll catch on soon.


Input: You do burn a lot of calories an hour though, lifting weights.


Input: uh-huh.


Input: But %uh


Input: yeah


Input: I mean I don't think you're going to lose that much.


Input: and also lifting weights at Bally's means you're standing on line for as much time as you're actually lifting.

Bally's


Input: Really.


Input: yeah.


Input: That's too bad.


Input: yeah.


Input: So is it really overcrowded?


Input: Well, I mean obviously since I work I can't get there until about six o'clock at night which is when everyone else gets there.

about six o'clock


Input: mhm.


Input: mhm.


Input: But I'm sure for people who go in the daytime it's probably dead. yeah. You know

the daytime


Input: and %um, like when I go Saturday and Sunday mornings it's totally dead.

Saturday and Sunday mornings


Input: mhm.


Input: So


Input: But you know the weeknights is pretty crazy.

the weeknights


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah


Input: I found a gym yesterday here that's only eight pounds a month which is like twelve dollars, twelve fifty

yesterday

eight pounds

twelve dollars

twelve

fifty


Input: oh yeah.


Input: Wow.


Input: yeah.


Input: It's at the hospital nearby.


Input: Well that's a deal.


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah.


Input: So uh-huh. I think %um tonight Charlie and I are going to go over and join up.

tonight

Charlie


Input: Even Charlie's going to join?

Charlie


Input: No,


Input: but it has to be debited from a bank account so it's got to be debited from his.


Input: yeah.


Input: In your letter you said that he eats constantly.


Input: oh my god.


Input: Really?


Input: Alice, I've never seen anybody eat as much as he does

Alice


Input: and he's so skinny.


Input: mhm.


Input: I mean the amount of cereal he eats like between meals and after meals


Input: yeah.


Input: and we go through a box of cereal every two days.

every two days


Input: Really?


Input: yeah.


Input: Wow.


Input: He eats at least like four of cereal a day like in addition to like meals.

four


Input: uh-huh


Input: And when he goes to work he brings four sandwiches with him, uh-huh. a bag of potato chips uh-huh. %um you know and then little sweetie things chocolates and **cakies** and stuff like that.

four


Input: uh-huh


Input: And then you know before he leaves every morning he has like two fried eggs mhm on toast with cheese %um vegetarian sausages %um and like fruit

two


Input: and oh my god it's just crazy.


Input: mhm.


Input: It's crazy how much he eats.


Input: He was probably starving when he was here.


Input: yeah.


Input: I think what we got to do is just when he comes just have lots of cereal.


Input: He likes Cocoa Pops.

Cocoa Pops


Input: oh boy.


Input: Wow.


Input: That's pretty crazy.


Input: yeah.


Input: It's all about being a blue collar man.


Input: I guess so.


Input: They're the ones who can eat all day.

all day


Input: Really?


Input: Well I mean he does work his ass off


Input: so


Input: yeah.


Input: But %uh 291.01_291.28_B: %hm.


Input: %hm.


Input: So, I assume it's hard for you not to eat as much as he does.


Input: No.


Input: I learned quick fast in a hurry because I've gained so much weight.


Input: oh really?


Input: yeah.


Input: Actually in the first week I was here -- mhm. -- I gained a lot

the first week


Input: so.


Input: Well it's hard to you know not eat when somebody else is eating.


Input: Well I'm figuring it out fast because -- okay -- with not working out and all yeah. it's pretty miserable my crunch tape.


Input: %mm.


Input: So I called this woman today

today


Input: and %um, she's a dressmaker


Input: and we're going to go see her next Thursday and talk about her making my wedding dress.

next Thursday


Input: Slate green.


Input: yeah.


Input: %uh.


Input: See, that way I can have exactly what I want.


Input: Exactly.


Input: And it's only going to be about two hundred and fifty pounds which is about three hundred and fifty dollars.

about two hundred and fifty pounds

about three hundred and fifty dollars


Input: uh-huh.


Input: So it's pretty good I mean comparatively.


Input: yeah.


Input: And it'll be exactly what I want


Input: and it'll look good on me, you know like fit me, Sure. which is necessary at the moment because I'm plump


Input: so.


Input: mhm.


Input: Now, daddy got %um the invitations together for you today.

today


Input: uh-huh.


Input: And in it I put, %um paint samples from Sherwin Williams uh-huh. of all the different like shades of what color I thought you might be thinking of for the bride's maids.

Sherwin Williams


Input: uh-huh.


Input: oh I already told them all black


Input: but dad doesn't want black he said.


Input: Mom and dad won't have black.


Input: They don't want black?


Input: They're really opposed to it.


Input: Did you call Sharon and tell her that?

Sharon


Input: No.


Input: Could you do that?


Input: okay.


Input: Could you call Kate and tell her that?

Kate


Input: yeah.


Input: Just say you know my parents are really opposed to black.


Input: yeah.


Input: They won't buy me a black dress.


Input: They won't?


Input: Here wait.


Input: Let me look for my phonebook.


Input: No.


Input: Never mind.


Input: I can just open the thing here.


Input: Now wait.


Input: What,


Input: god we got so much furniture in this tiny apartment.


Input: It's crazy.


Input: There's drawers everywhere, to figure out where everything is.


Input: okay.


Input: Let me give you Kate's phone number.

Kate


Input: You can just leave a message.


Input: okay.


Input: okay.


Input: two one, two one two uh-huh. two two six uh-huh. O one two five.

two

one

two

one

two

two

two

six

O

one

two

five


Input: okay.


Input: okay.


Input: I'll do that.


Input: But %uh,


Input: yeah,


Input: apparently like at Lisa Manachi's wedding like the whole night people were talking about how bad the black dresses were.

Lisa Manachi's

the whole night


Input: Really?


Input: Like everyone at mom and dad's table.


Input: yeah.


Input: Who was at mom and dad's table?


Input: Weirdo


Input: just all of Lorraine's friends. mhm. Who you know of course most of them mom and dad had at least met once before.

Lorraine


Input: mhm.


Input: But %uh


Input: yeah,


Input: and Adele still talks about the black dress.

Adele


Input: What?


Input: How hideous they were.


Input: Adele wasn't at Lisa Manachi's.

Adele

Lisa Manachi's


Input: Adele went to the mass wedding.

Adele


Input: She did?


Input: uh-huh.


Input: oh.


Input: And she wanted me to take her


Input: and I refused to go


Input: and she got mad.


Input: Really?


Input: Well I said I would not feel comfortable going.


Input: I was not invited. mhm. You know


Input: and mom and dad were like well you know a wedding that's a mass is open to everyone.


Input: I was like well that's fine


Input: but I would not feel comfortable going.


Input: mhm.


Input: I think that would be obnoxious


Input: and I think they would then feel guilty for not inviting me.


Input: Right.


Input: To -- -- you know the other thing, the reception.


Input: I just wouldn't go.


Input: %mm.


Input: So they had to take it down and drive her home.


Input: %mm.


Input: So they're always kind of pissy at me.


Input: %mm. That's okay.


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah.


Input: I mean I've been thinking about it


Input: and the black's not going to be so hot you know


Input: but


Input: mhm.


Input: yeah.


Input: Apparently they were also carrying lillies which is kind of goofy.


Input: yeah.


Input: Well I guess she did that because someone suggested that to her because you know the lillies the symbol of the virgin Mary.

Mary


Input: mhm.


Input: White lillies?


Input: White lillies and black dresses.


Input: %mm, my goodness.


Input: That's funny.


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah.


Input: Adele was carrying on that she thought she was at a funeral

Adele


Input: and she had to keep reminding herself.


Input: %mm.


Input: So now you think my wedding's going to be pretty tasteful right?


Input: But


Input: oh yeah.


Input: Now what about the matchbooks?


Input: Well I'll work on it.


Input: I still think about the matchbooks.


Input: yeah.


Input: I'll tell dad that you still think about the


Input: I haven't forgotten those


Input: and they'll still be enough time when I come home for me to order those.


Input: yeah.


Input: I'll have remind him of that little -- -- item.


Input: yeah.


Input: %huh how fun-.


Input: You know I was talking to my friend Heather from Wisconsin the other day --

Heather

Wisconsin


Input: -- and she's telling me about you know her sister's wedding.


Input: And at her sister's wedding %uh, they provided champagne and beer.


Input: But if you wanted any other kind of drink you had to pay for it.


Input: mhm.


Input: yeah.


Input: that's actually kind of common


Input: but -- oh it is. it's pretty de classe.


Input: Well I kind of thou-,


Input: I mean of course I didn't say anything to her.


Input: yeah.


Input: You know I said as far as I knew we weren't charging people.


Input: yeah.


Input: Now


Input: But %uh,


Input: yeah


Input: Dad and I went to buy the wine the other day.


Input: And there were having a sale on the wine dad wanted.


Input: Are you talking to me?


Input: Of course I'm talking to you.


Input: I can hardly hear you.


Input: oh.


Input: I thought you were talking to somebody else and like put the phone down or something.


Input: I'm talking to you.


Input: oh.


Input: yeah.


Input: No dad told me that.


Input: oh he did tell you.


Input: It's all Chilean.

Chilean


Input: yeah.


Input: yeah.


Input: Walnut Crest or Walnut Creek or -- %mm. -- something like that.

Walnut Crest

Walnut Creek


Input: I don't know.


Input: %mm.


Input: There's a pretty good sale. %mm. So now we have to keep our eyes open for a champagne sale.


Input: An-,


Input: do you know if Jack called Spencer yet?

Jack

Spencer


Input: I told him this morning to do it this week.

this morning


Input: uh-huh.


Input: And he just keeps forgetting.


Input: yeah.


Input: But o-


Input: How's he doing?


Input: Much better.


Input: yeah?


Input: yeah.


Input: he's often chipper.


Input: He went for a walk this morning at five seventeen.

this morning at five seventeen


Input: Pe-


Input: oh my god.


Input: Is that because he's not sleeping and


Input: Well because he couldn't breathe because all the cats were in the bedroom.


Input: oh.


Input: So I think it's time to give all the cats a bath.


Input: %mm.


Input: yeah


Input: and the-,


Input: you should do that.


Input: I know.


Input: It's a two person job though.

two


Input: I'll have to get somebody to help me.


Input: %mm. yeah.


Input: %hm.


Input: But %uh, yeah,


Input: it's still a fairly expensive call


Input: %uh but it's a lot less expensive if we do it that way than if we actually make my parents in law pay it,


Input: then it


Input: the Dutch have such high taxes on those

Dutch


Input: they consider it a luxury to call around the world


Input: so they tax it really high.


Input: Anyway %um


Input: So you guys will be in either the eighteenth or the nineteenth

the eighteenth

the nineteenth


Input: and you're going to go to %uh Amsterdam.

Amsterdam


Input: Well I would say is once you're at a hotel uh-huh %um, why don't you call me at work and let me know where you are,


Input: and then we can make arrangements that day %um, that I can meet you in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam


Input: And maybe I'll come by, public transport.


Input: It's probably easier for me to come by public transport in Amsterdam than it is for me to come by car to be honest.

Amsterdam


Input: mhm.


Input: The streets are small


Input: and there's no parking.


Input: So I probably will come by public transport


Input: but I don't know.


Input: We'll see where you're staying


Input: %um


Input: and there's a lot more for you guys if you want to see stuff


Input: you can see stuff in Amsterdam

Amsterdam


Input: and %uh since the days are really long,


Input: I mean it stays light here till about ten thirty eleven o'clock mhm. at night.

ten thirty

eleven o'clock

at night


Input: So if you want we can take a ride and go see stuff at night

at night


Input: and I can take you to some places,


Input: we can %uh go see some stuff.


Input: %um, depends on what you guys want to see.


Input: So you guys should pick out the things you want to see and let me know.


Input: okay


Input: %um and I'll sit and talk with Anya about some things that maybe we think that it would be neat for you to see.

Anya


Input: So if you don't have any ideas we'll just put something together for you.


Input: okay.


Input: %um but yeah


Input: but I can pick you up th-,


Input: you know I'll probably be there some time around six

around six


Input: and we can like do a quick dinner or something yeah and go see whatever you want to see,


Input: if you want to stay in Amsterdam that's fine.

Amsterdam


Input: If you want to go %uh off into the countryside somewhere and see a little bit of, echte Holland, real Holland and we can do that too.

Holland

Holland


Input: Actually I've been up to Holland before.

Holland


Input: Spent about two weeks up there.

about two weeks


Input: yeah.


Input: So %um,


Input: but that was years and years ago.

years and years ago


Input: With your parents when your father was stationed over here, right?


Input: yeah.


Input: But we got to see Den Haag and places like that too which we're obviously not going to see this time.

Den Haag


Input: But %um


Input: has Kim been here before?

Kim


Input: And, an-


Input: No.


Input: oh good.


Input: But then again I'm not sure that Kim would be interested in seeing Shape Headquarters and you know all that kind of stuff. those military things.

Kim

Shape Headquarters


Input: Would you be interested in seeing Shape Headquarters again.

Shape Headquarters


Input: No. Not really.


Input: yeah.


Input: I didn't think so.


Input: Somehow I had this feeling that the military taste had been beaten out of you.


Input: yep.


Input: I'm,


Input: the mil-,


Input: I can't say too bad things about the military though.


Input: They still have my goods


Input: and they'll probably hold them hostage.


Input: And they own my body and soul for like another four years

another four years


Input: so I just got to pray that they


Input: oh do they?


Input: yeah.


Input: I owe four years in active reserve time.

four years


Input: aw great.


Input: Do they do that to everyone?


Input: Milo, get out of there


Input: yeah -- -- %eh everyone %uh who hasn't been like you were


Input: you went through like the thirty six two process.

thirty six

two


Input: mhm.


Input: So you don't have it


Input: but yeah if you just separate normally and you haven't served at least eight years, then you owe it.

at least eight years


Input: And that's one of those things they just never tell you up front.


Input: No.


Input: They never said anything


Input: I figured there was something like that because


Input: And I was in the inactive reserves the entire time I was in college too.


Input: So.


Input: yeah.


Input: I mean that's the military.


Input: I have my discharge papers and everything


Input: uh-huh.


Input: and I've said that yeah I will give a urine sample or a blood sample if they call me back for those, but they're going to have to pay my trip back to the states. because there's no bases in Holland and I'm not going to pay out of my own expenses to go to Germany or something for them.

the states

Holland

Germany


Input: If they want me they can pay,


Input: bring me back active duty and pay me for the day if they're going to drag me off somewhere.


Input: But %uh, first they have to find me.

first


Input: yeah, that's the other


Input: it was i-,


Input: if you're in another country I mean and you're not planning on coming back to the U S what are they going to do even if you don't.

the U S


Input: yeah.


Input: Well I mean I'm still American citizen

American


Input: and I still would like to be welcome in my own country.


Input: Although g-


Input: %uh I mean if they denied my citizenship and I became a citizen here I probably wouldn't be a horror either,


Input: but %uh yeah


Input: right now I mean I do want to keep my American citizenship

American


Input: so.


Input: I kind of want to


Input: Are you going to become a dual citizen?


Input: What's that?


Input: Are you going to try and become a dual citizen?


Input: Have dual citizenship?


Input: You can't do that,


Input: %um, the only way to be a dual citizen is if you're born in a foreign country


Input: like if I were born in Holland and then had American parents. Then I could be a dual citizen.

Holland

American


Input: But you can't


Input: If I would to ask to become a citizen in Holland I would automatically lose my American citizenship.

Holland

American


Input: As far as the Americans are concerned, yeah.

Americans


Input: yeah.


Input: The Dutch could care less.

Dutch


Input: The Dutch would say fine

Dutch


Input: want to be a dual citizen,


Input: that's fine,


Input: but the Americans as soon as you ask for another citizenship that act of asking for it takes away your American citizenship.

Americans

American


Input: I mean it's kind of stupid.


Input: yeah.


Input: So I'm an expatriot.


Input: An American expatriot.

American


Input: An American living abroad.

American


Input: I still have to file a tax return.


Input: Do you?


Input: yeah.


Input: But my first seventy five thousand dollars worth of income is tax free.

first

seventy five thousand dollars


Input: Good grief.


Input: As long as I don't bring it back to the states.


Input: Good grief.


Input: I R S for you, %huh?

I R S


Input: yeah.


Input: oh they want their share.


Input: They want their piece of meat.


Input: But all foreign taxes are deductible,


Input: and my taxes here are fifty percent of income.

fifty percent


Input: So the taxes here are so much higher that, yeah I would never have to worry about it.


Input: Unless you became C E O of the company then maybe like a thousand dollars would be taxable, right?

a thousand dollars


Input: yeah.


Input: Somehow it raises a small amount.


Input: the problem's going to %uh be Anya's American salary is taxable here and at fifty percent

Anya

American

fifty percent


Input: so we're going to owe some money to the Dutch government on her salary.

the Dutch government


Input: aw.


Input: Some amount that has to be deducted a certain amount


Input: and the amount we pay the American government is deductible,

the American government


Input: but we'll still owe some taxes.


Input: Th-,


Input: see I don't know how it works.


Input: we're going to be in need of some sort of accountant do it cause I have no clue how that all works.


Input: They don't have the Quicken Dutch version?

Quicken

Dutch


Input: yeah.


Input: %ah, you know I wouldn't trust it because it's so complicated with this international garbage or else the Turbo Tax with the Dutch modules. that I just wouldn't trust it.

the Turbo Tax

Dutch


Input: I don't know, %eh.


Input: yeah.


Input: So complicated when you're dealing with a Dutch tax form.

Dutch


Input: Anya had to read it

Anya


Input: and Anya and her father didn't understand the damn thing.

Anya


Input: How am I supposed to understand it?


Input: I'm really looking forward to moving to Oregon and dealing with,

Oregon


Input: Oregon you pay state tax

Oregon


Input: Washington you don't.

Washington


Input: I'm looking forward to that cause %uh


Input: yeah


Input: but You'll be a student


Input: so you,


Input: I mean you're


Input: what is your income?


Input: oh, well


Input: See I think y-, %um,


Input: it'll probably be about five thousand dollars the portion of this year that I'm in Oregon

about five thousand dollars

the portion of this year

Oregon


Input: and then next year it'll be eleven thousand.

next year

eleven thousand


Input: yeah.


Input: But I mean you're below the poverty line at that level.


Input: yeah.


Input: So I mean any income that y-


Input: Well


Input: But then I've already made say like fifteen thousand or whatever here in Washington

like fifteen thousand

Washington


Input: but


Input: That should be non taxable out of state income.


Input: It should


Input: but you know it's not going to be a fun tax return year.

year


Input: I had that when I went into the military.


Input: But then again.


Input: I had Kans-,


Input: I had to file three taxes.

three


Input: I had to file Georgia, Kansas yeah and then my federal.

Georgia

Kansas


Input: So.


Input: Well, %um actually I think this phone call's just about to end cause it's only half an hour,

half an hour


Input: but %um


Input: So let's see.


Input: I'll give you a call when we arrive in h-,


Input: or maybe I'll just call you when we get in Holland just to let you know we're there,

Holland


Input: so if we get in the eighteenth or the nineteenth and then call you back %um when we get to a hotel or something like that.

the eighteenth

the nineteenth


Input: okay that's a great idea.


Input: as soon as you get into Holland and get yourself settled you can call me

Holland


Input: and %uh if it's at night, just call Anya's parents

night

Anya


Input: okay so


Input: and remember that if you dial in Holland you need to add a zero

Holland

zero


Input: so like right now okay it's one eight one zero area code.

one

eight

one

zero


Input: If you dial in Holland, it's zero one eight one zero. okay in Holland

Holland

Holland

zero

one

eight

one

zero


Input: and then yeah you can just call up


Input: if it's during the work hours, fine, call me at work.

the work hours


Input: If not, call Anya's parents if you don't have a new phone number for me.

Anya


Input: And if you do, I'll send it by email okay if I get it before this weekend

before this weekend


Input: we'll email you something


Input: but if you don't get email then just call Anya's parents

Anya


Input: If we have a phone by then, they'll be able to give you the number


Input: okay


Input: and just remember to ask for her mother.


Input: and it's Goode, right

Goode


Input: Bode

Bode


Input: Bode

Bode


Input: Bode as in abode

Bode


Input: abode


Input: minus the A


Input: okay


Input: great


Input: and


Input: yeah


Input: and I think %uh %uh it's not Frau


Input: %uh %ah %uh It's Mifrau


Input: is


Input: it's Frau in German

German


Input: it's Frau


Input: mhm


Input: and then Dutch it's Mifrau

Dutch


Input: I'll probably never remember that


Input: so hope they won't be offended.


Input: nah don't worry about it.


Input: You can just call her Missus


Input: you can just call her Missus and speak English to her.

English


Input: she understands


Input: just talk slowly and clearly.


Input: okay


Input: and once you're in Holland the line will be really clear.

Holland


Input: I mean the phones here are pretty good. once you're in the country.


Input: It's just these to America

America


Input: it's always kind of iffy