@UTF8 @Begin @Languages: eng @Participants: MARY MARY Speaker, ALIC ALICE Speaker @Options: CA, caps, bullets @ID: eng|SBCSAE|MARY|||||Speaker||| @ID: eng|SBCSAE|ALIC|||||Speaker||| @Media: 07, audio @Comment: A Tree's Life @Comment: Late-night conversation between two sisters, recorded in Montana. *MARY: (..) God 0_12700 I said I wasn't gonna do this anymore . 12640_14450 *MARY: (..) Stay up late . 14450_15850 *MARY: (..) Kinda defeats the purpose of getting up in the morning . 15850_21200 *ALIC: (..) I know . 21200_22500 *ALIC: (.) And it's a hard habit to break: . 22500_24150 *ALIC: ⌈ Usually I don't ⌉ +... 24150_24960 *MARY: ⌊ It i:s ⌋ . 24150_25200 *ALIC: s- ʔuh Usually I don't stay up late . 25200_26870 *ALIC: (..) &=in But it's like 26870_28190 if I'm up after midnight ? 28190_29520 *ALIC: &=laugh (.) &{l=@ It's just like &}l=@ . 29520_31570 *MARY: &=tsk &=tsk . 31570_32320 *ALIC: (..) &=in Hm: . 32320_33520 *ALIC: &=laugh &=laugh (..) ⌈ &{l=X Yeah yeah &}l=X ⌉ . 33520_34920 *MARY: ⌊ What can I do ⌋ ⌈2 now ⌉2 . 33970_35470 *ALIC: ⌊2 &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh ⌋2 ⌈3 &=laugh &=laugh ⌉3 . 34960_35910 *MARY: ⌊3 &=laugh &=laugh ⌋3 &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh (..) &=in . 35470_38060 *ALIC: (..) ⌈4 &=SWALLOW ⌉4 I still can't ʔuh +... 38060_43050 *MARY: ⌊4 &=SWALLOW ⌋4 . 39110_40550 *ALIC: (..) God I still can't believe Tim bitching around and 43050_46350 (.) he lied too . 46350_47400 *ALIC: (..) He said that he talked to Ron 47400_48820 and all this other shit ? 48820_49920 *MARY: About what . 49920_50570 *ALIC: (..) About ʔuh (..) the way (..) they were feeling 50570_54220 (..) of them being the only ones cleaning the house 54220_57800 and all this other shit ? 57800_59020 *ALIC: (..) &=in I mean what they don't realize 59020_61160 is like 61160_61730 (..) shit 61730_62520 when Ron gets home from wor:k 62520_64220 (..) I wanna spend time with Ro:n 64220_65970 because Ron 65970_66670 (..) usually doesn't get home till nine [% laugh] or ten . 66670_69870 *MARY: (..) Yeah: . 69870_71750 *ALIC: Unlike Tim 71750_72530 he has to w:ork 72530_73420 (..) for every little dime that he makes . 73420_75720 *ALIC: (..) You know ? 75720_77000 *MARY: (.) ⌈ Yeah: ⌉ . 77000_77820 *ALIC: ⌊ He doesn't ⌋ get any breaks . 77150_78710 *MARY: (..) Yeahʔ 78710_79410 (..) Tim is on salary: 79410_82160 and he can take lea:ve 82160_83410 and . 83410_83660 *ALIC: Mhm 83660_84010 (..) and ⌈ he earns ⌉ lea:ve . 84010_86030 *MARY: ⌊ he's ⌋ +... 85230_85680 *ALIC: (..) he gets sick leave 86030_87630 (..) we don't get shit . 87630_92580 *MARY: (..) &=tsk I don't know . 92580_94130 *MARY: (..) &=in (..) It is really hard living with another couple . 94130_98380 *ALIC: (..) I mean 98380_100080 (.) we +/. 100080_100430 *ALIC: If we set our +/. 100430_101230 *ALIC: (.) If we sit down and set some rules 101230_102880 which we never did 102880_103780 (.) ʔuh ʔuh ʔit could work . 103780_105380 *ALIC: (..) You know . 105380_107480 *MARY: (.) Mhm . 107480_107980 *ALIC: (..) &=in what it amounts to 107980_111080 is mutual r- respect 111080_112600 and l- like Tim told Ro:n 112600_114250 (..) &=in (..) he: told him 114250_116530 he goes um 116530_117280 (..) what was it he goes 117280_119280 (..) nobody fucks with my lifestyle . 119280_121680 *ALIC: (..) I [% laugh] feel the exact same way . 121680_123830 *ALIC: (..) And all those bitches and complaints that he has 123830_126280 &=in they're about my lifestyle . 126280_128080 *MARY: (..) Mhm: . 128080_130210 *ALIC: And he doesn't realize that . 130210_131580 *MARY: (..) &=THROAT . 131580_132830 *ALIC: And that's what I'm gonna tell him . 132830_134230 *MARY: &=tsk (..) We:ll 134230_136080 (.) ʔuh: you know . 136080_137080 *ALIC: (..) And the only way it's gonna work 137080_139610 is if we have respect for one another . 139610_141330 *MARY: That's right . 141330_142180 *MARY: (..) That's right . 142180_145130 *ALIC: And it doesn't mean 145130_146130 &=in going to (..) our parents 146130_148380 and (..) complaining about one another 148380_150380 (..) &=in I'm gonna tell him 150380_154580 if you have any complaints 154580_156030 you (.) talk to the person that you have the complaint about . 156030_158980 *ALIC: (..) &=in I'm also going to suggest 158980_161380 (..) &{l=MRC weekly house meetings &}l=MRC to discuss such things . 161380_164380 *MARY: (.) Mhm . 164380_165380 *MARY: (..) &=tsk Oh yeah: . 165380_167530 *MARY: (..) Yeah . 167530_168130 *MARY: You know what it would be 168130_168930 a real good lesson for them 168930_170330 too 170330_170830 (..) in self assertiveness . 170830_172780 *ALIC: Yep . 172780_173130 *MARY: (..) you know and 173130_175730 (.) especially the way um 175730_177130 (..) I mean Tim gets (.) in- (.) himself into a: 177130_181630 uncomfortable situation or whatever 181630_183830 (.) &=in and his first reaction is to blow up about it . 183830_187030 *ALIC: Mhm . 187030_187580 *MARY: (..) You know 187580_188430 cause he let +/. 188430_189030 *MARY: he lets it pile up . 189030_190280 *ALIC: (.) Yep . 190280_191030 *MARY: (..) He doesn't do nothing (..) positive about it 191030_194010 and then he just blows up . 194010_195330 *ALIC: (..) &{l=X And if &}l=X something bothers you 195330_197830 you go and you 197830_198680 (..) I was 198680_200330 like last year 200330_201030 I was really proud of myself 201030_202430 when &=in I was asked to take over (.) intermediate (.) algebra ? 202430_206430 *MARY: (.) Unhunh . 206430_206880 *ALIC: (..) ⌈ And teach it ⌉ ? 206880_208480 *MARY: ⌊ &=DRINK ⌋ &=DRINK &=ex . 207830_210480 *ALIC: (..) ⌈2 And I di:d ⌉2 . 210480_212830 *MARY: ⌊2 &=DRINK ⌋2 &=SWALLOW . 211280_214080 *ALIC: (..) And I ⌈3 also went ⌉3 . 214080_216730 *MARY: ⌊3 &=DRINK ⌋3 &=SWALLOW . 215650_217600 *ALIC: (..) and I asked for a raise 217600_219200 (..) ⌈ instead of ⌉ +... 219200_222400 *MARY: ⌊ &=SWALLOW ⌋ . 221300_222400 *ALIC: (.) cause instead of just sitting in the class and getting five dollars an hour 222400_225450 I was now gonna be up there teaching it . 225450_227200 *MARY: (..) Mhm . 227200_229450 *ALIC: (.) and instead of getting the five dollars an hour [% laugh] 229450_231630 I ended up getting fifteen . 231630_233150 *MARY: (..) Really: . 233150_234950 *ALIC: But I went and I asked . 234950_236450 *ALIC: (..) Now if i- +/. 236450_238400 *ALIC: You know if you (..) put a situation like that to Tim or Mandy 238400_241800 (..) cause not because they're (..) they're weak in character or anything 241800_247300 but because they're +... 247300_248150 *MARY: (..) They're babies . 248150_249700 *ALIC: (.) Yeah . 249700_250250 *ALIC: (..) They (..) hem and haw around 250250_252950 and somebody else would have to talk for them . 252950_254850 *ALIC: (.) You know &=in ? 254850_256250 *MARY: (..) Yeah: . 256250_257250 *ALIC: (..) &=ex . 257250_258650 *MARY: (..) I don't know . 258650_260450 *MARY: (..) &{l=X And it's &}l=X 260450_262900 (..) &=tsk Right now uh 262900_266700 (..) I don't know if I should mention it to him 266700_268850 or what 268850_269400 but 269350_269850 (..) I'm feeling like he's taking me for granted . 269750_273950 *ALIC: (..) Yep &=ex . 273950_275350 *ALIC: (..) And he's rolling in it 275350_277650 Mary . 277650_278050 *ALIC: (..) And you know what the sad thing 278050_280050 (..) the thing that really scares me ? 280150_281850 *ALIC: (..) is that they're n:- +/. 281950_284850 *ALIC: (..) &=in th- at the rate they're going 284850_287200 (..) and with all the breaks that they've (..) gotten 287200_290200 (..) &=in they're never gonna have hard times . 290200_292800 *MARY: (..) Hard times do train you . 292800_298900 *ALIC: (..) Yep . 298900_299950 *MARY: (..) They do . 299950_300950 *ALIC: (..) Like I came over here to work with Danae 300950_307500 which is what I'm going to do 307500_308850 (..) I'm going to do some (.) translations for her and stuff ? 308850_313500 *MARY: (.) Yeah . 313500_314150 *ALIC: (..) tonight ? 314150_314850 *ALIC: (..) ⌈ A:nd um ⌉ . 314850_318600 *MARY: ⌊ &=DRINK ⌋ . 314850_318600 *ALIC: (..) &=THROAT you know 318600_320800 (..) I have to make at least f:ifty ⌈ dollars or so ⌉ . 320700_323550 *MARY: ⌊ &=SWALLOW ⌋ . 322820_323550 *ALIC: to make it worth my time 323550_324900 (..) but like tonight &=ex 324850_327520 (..) well I called 327520_328350 (..) you know 328350_329030 this thing was going on with Buck and everything 329030_331150 (..) so I called um 331150_333400 (..) Mandy's 333400_336550 (..) or 336550_337650 (.) I called our house 337650_338540 and Mandy answered the phone 338540_339630 and I said where's +/. 339630_340380 *ALIC: (..) you know where's +/. 340480_342130 *ALIC: (..) where +/. 342130_342480 *ALIC: Is Ron there ? 342480_343090 *ALIC: And she said no . 343090_344080 *ALIC: (.) &=in &=lengthened When we were on our way to Tim's game 344080_346160 he was at Town Pump 346160_347180 and he asked what time (.) we'd be home 347180_348780 and we said probably about nine . 348780_350280 *ALIC: (..) And she said then we went over to (..) your grandma's 350280_354180 but &=in &=lengthened &{l=X then &}l=X we came back 354180_356010 and he wasn't here yet . 356010_357330 *ALIC: (..) So: 357330_358980 (..) I called the Town Pump 358980_360780 and asked if he was still in the casino 360780_362430 (..) &=in course he wasn't &=ex 362430_365230 (..) he was on his way home . 365230_368230 *ALIC: (..) And I said tell +/. 368230_370580 *ALIC: (.) So I called Mandy back 370580_371880 and I told her to 371880_372630 (..) have him call me . 372630_373880 *ALIC: (..) when he got home . 373880_376130 *ALIC: (..) So: 376230_378880 (..) I was in the bathtub when he called 378880_381180 (..) and I talked to him for a while and 381180_384030 (..) he went and 384030_385930 (..) he was really down about what (..) what I told (.) h:im that Tim had said to me 385930_391430 (..) and how I was (..) so upset ? 391430_394080 *ALIC: (..) He goes &{l=Q why didn't you tell him to go and wake me up &}l=Q . 394080_397530 *ALIC: (..) &{l=@ I said I di:d &}l=@ 397530_398980 and he wouldn't do it . 398980_399980 *MARY: (..) Really: ? 399980_402230 *ALIC: Mhm . 402230_402680 *ALIC: (..) &=tsk He goes 402680_404770 they w- +/. 404770_405080 *ALIC: they were sitting around getting all (..) fucked up 405080_408280 he said but 408180_409030 (..) he said I went right to bed 409030_410130 he said I didn't get done working until after nine . 410130_412480 *MARY: (..) &=tsk Oh 412480_413610 ma:n . 413610_414460 *ALIC: (..) Cause that five-car pile up they had between Hardin and Crow ? 414460_418400 *MARY: (..) Oh: 418400_419100 shit 419100_419430 really ? 419430_419800 *MARY: I didn't hear about it . 419800_421030 *ALIC: (..) Yeah . 421030_421580 *ALIC: (..) Ron was s:inglehandedly there . 421580_425480 *ALIC: (..) &=laugh (.) with one wrecker . 425480_428280 *MARY: (..) G- yeah: . 428280_431680 *ALIC: (..) &=THROAT . 431680_435130 *MARY: (..) Seems like any time I've seen a wrecker out here 435130_439210 there's always two guys in there . 439210_440730 *ALIC: Hm-m X 440730_441330 everyone [% laugh] was gone 441330_442380 when the call came in . 442380_443380 *MARY: (..) Oh: . 443380_444580 *ALIC: And Jay's not supposed to go on those anymore 444580_446730 because of his heart 446730_447750 (..) &=in &=tsk so he had to send Ron by himself 447750_450750 and Ron was s:lowly pulling everybody out of the ditch . 450750_453550 *MARY: (..) Did they all hit each other ? 453550_456780 *MARY: Or just . 456780_457350 *ALIC: (.) Kind of . 457350_458100 *ALIC: (.) Aʔ- aʔ semi (..) bumped a car 458100_461100 and then went and 461100_462000 (..) went on two wheels 462000_463500 and 463500_463950 (..) just about lost it 463950_466550 and then (..) &=tsk got back up on all (..) all its wheels again . 466550_470100 *MARY: (..) Oh: . 470100_471850 *MARY: (..) Did it land ⌈ in the ditch ⌉ ? 471850_474900 *ALIC: ⌊ But it &=ex ⌋ &=lengthened +/. 474170_475200 *ALIC: (..) Kind of 475200_476650 it was able to get out 476650_478000 &=in but all the other cars that were (..) in the (.) direct (..) vicinity 478000_482510 all hit the ditch . 482510_483550 *ALIC: (..) And then 483550_485800 (..) there was three cars (.) and the semi . 485800_487950 *ALIC: (..) &=in And then 487950_489300 (..) this uh 489300_491450 (..) this guy (..) pulled up and . 491450_493900 *MARY: &=DRINK . 493900_496050 *ALIC: (.) he was going to uh 496050_497650 (..) &=in &=lengthened Peggy . 497650_500200 *MARY: (..) &=SWALLOW . 500200_502600 *ALIC: &=YAWN &=YAWN you remember Peggy White ? 502600_506100 *MARY: (..) &=tsk Yeah . 506100_507400 *ALIC: Her husband 507400_508080 Gary Bighare ? 508080_508950 *MARY: Mhm ? 508950_509500 *ALIC: (..) Him and her pulled up 509500_511330 and they were in the van ? 511330_512330 *ALIC: (..) And they stopped to ask Ron what happened ? 512330_515140 *ALIC: (..) And here another car came and rear-ended em . 515140_518680 *MARY: (..) &=tsk &=in Oh:⌈: ⌉ . 518680_520450 *ALIC: ⌊ And they ⌋ ended up having to take um: (..) Peggy White (..) by helicopter to Billings . 520090_527380 *MARY: (..) Man that's pretty ba:d . 527380_534280 *ALIC: (..) I know . 534280_535690 *ALIC: (..) Darn 535690_537640 (..) this darn dog keeps (..) breathing 537640_541470 &{l=X and like &}l=X (..) dreaming 541470_542770 &{l=X you know &}l=X I wonder if we should wake her up ? 542770_544290 *MARY: (..) No 544240_545240 (.) she'll get scared and want to go outside . 545240_546940 *MARY: (..) Kinda nervous 546940_550070 you know . 550070_550640 *ALIC: (..) They say you can really (..) mess up a dog 550520_555270 by waking em up when they're dreaming . 555270_556770 *MARY: (.) Really ? 556770_557320 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 557320_558420 *ALIC: (..) It's so cold outside 558420_563440 but yet sometimes she insists on staying out there . 563440_566120 *MARY: I know: . 566120_567090 *MARY: (..) You know what I was thinking of doing ? 567090_572560 *ALIC: Hunh . 572560_573160 *MARY: (..) I don't know 573160_574170 she's kind of shy 574170_575110 but I was ⌈ wondering ⌉ . 575160_576310 *ALIC: ⌊ &=SNEEZE ⌋ . 575680_576310 *MARY: (..) ⌈2 what it ⌉2 would be like to (..) train her . 576310_579500 *ALIC: ⌊2 &=SNIFF ⌋2 . 577550_577820 *MARY: (..) to pull a sled . 579500_581320 *ALIC: (..) I don't know if she'd do it . 581320_584290 *MARY: (..) I don't know if she would either . 584290_585990 *MARY: (..) She's kind of timid . 585990_590680 *ALIC: (.) Mhm . 590680_591280 *ALIC: (..) She doesn't trust too many people at all . 591280_598270 *MARY: (..) Yeah: . 598270_599220 *ALIC: (..) &=SNIFF (..) &=SWALLOW Oh and you know another thing that Tim had the audacity to bitch about ? 599220_609200 *MARY: (.) What . 609200_609900 *ALIC: (..) He said um 609900_615900 (..) Mandy had to stay up all by herself and decorate the tree . 615900_619800 *ALIC: (..) until four in the morning . 619800_621900 *ALIC: (..) And I even asked if we could put our ornaments on there 621900_627950 and they told me &{l=X that &}l=X (.) there wouldn't be enough room . 627950_629900 *MARY: (..) Really: ? 629900_633190 *ALIC: Mhm 633190_633640 (.) Tim said that . 633640_634540 *MARY: (..) &=tsk &=in She was probably lonely when she was doing it 634540_644260 you know that ? 644260_644860 *MARY: (..) She probably was . 644860_647830 *MARY: (..) ⌈ X ⌉ +... 647830_650370 *ALIC: ⌊ I ⌋ sat up with her 650060_651160 and I was talking to her 651160_652260 she was doing all the decorating 652260_653760 (.) I mean 653760_654310 &=in &=lengthened (..) what was I gonna do . 654310_658260 *ALIC: She- I mean 658260_658760 she was just (.) putting up the balls and everything and 658760_661310 (..) &=in she'd say &{l=Q where 661310_662310 (..) where do you think this should go &}l=Q and 662310_663960 (..) so I was sitting there doing my Welfare application . 663960_667360 *ALIC: (..) And uh: 667360_669510 (..) you [% laugh] know [% laugh] I was just sitting there watching her 669510_674980 telling her (..) &=in where to put everything and what not . 674980_678310 *MARY: (..) Did you know Nickie wanted her own tree: ? 678310_680820 *ALIC: (..) Ye:s ? 680820_682130 *MARY: (..) And I forgot to bring it in 682130_684230 it's outside ? 684130_685130 *ALIC: (..) What are you gonna do with it . 685130_686930 *MARY: (..) She wants to set it up for her Barbies . 686930_689280 *MARY: (..) I was just gonna use a tin can and put rocks in the bottom ? 689280_692930 *ALIC: (.) Mhm . 692930_693530 *MARY: (.) And just stick it in there . 693530_694480 *MARY: (..) &=SWALLOW &=tsk &=in And you know what I did ? 694480_699650 *ALIC: Hm . 699650_700200 *MARY: I ⌈ didn't ⌉ want to waste a tree's life . 700200_701900 *ALIC: ⌊ &=tsk ⌋ . 700350_700500 *MARY: (..) so I just cut a &{l=@ branch off one &}l=@ . 701900_705150 *MARY: (..) &=in (..) God 705150_707850 &{l=X I fell up there &}l=X . 707850_708850 *MARY: (..) &=DRINK . 708850_711130 *ALIC: Where'd you go . 711130_711780 *ALIC: (..) to get em . 711780_712780 *MARY: (..) You know where Sarah and Arvela live ? 712780_714730 *ALIC: (.) Mhm . 714730_715230 *MARY: (.) Just around the corner . 715230_716130 *MARY: (..) Remember that first (.) cattle guard you go over ? 716130_719210 *ALIC: (..) Unhunh . 719210_720000 *MARY: I didn't even go over that . 720000_721100 *ALIC: (..) You mean 721100_724630 (..) kinda like (.) by the +/. 724630_726130 *ALIC: (..) by the ⌈ tunnel ⌉ ? 726130_727910 *MARY: ⌊ Right below the ⌋ tunnel . 727460_728440 *ALIC: (..) Oh: . 728440_729960 *MARY: (..) And I just walked up +/. 729960_731810 *MARY: (..) W:e just walked up around uh 731810_733560 that area 733560_734210 &=in God Alice that was f:u:n . 734210_736660 *ALIC: &=in Did you get grandma a tree too ? 736660_738360 *MARY: Hunh-unh . 738360_738810 *ALIC: (..) Does she already have one ? 738810_740310 *MARY: (..) Hm-m . 740310_740960 *MARY: (..) &=tsk That pickup could only hold like three . 740960_744420 *ALIC: (..) Mm . 744420_745620 *ALIC: (..) I wonder why +/. 745620_749740 *ALIC: (.) Did daddy say to take the pickup back ? 749740_751770 *ALIC: Or what was the ⌈ deal ⌉ . 751770_752890 *MARY: ⌊ Yeah ⌋ . 752330_752890 *MARY: (.) Yeah . 752890_753840 *ALIC: Why . 753840_754190 *MARY: (..) Cause Phoebe needs it . 754190_757120 *ALIC: (..) What's wrong with the car . 757120_759620 *ALIC: (..) &=in . 759620_761670 *MARY: Oh 761670_761880 you didn't hear about it ? 761920_762730 *ALIC: Hunh-unh . 762730_763250 *MARY: (..) Oh 763250_763690 you did 763690_764160 about how the (.) engine was on fire ? 764160_766040 *ALIC: (.) Mhm . 766040_766590 *MARY: (..) See there was oil spilling out 766590_768650 (..) leaking out from (..) the valve cover . 768650_771000 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 771000_771780 *MARY: The valve cover gasket apparently cracked or whatever 771780_774340 and there was oil coming out 774340_775460 &=in (.) and the oil got hot 775460_777340 and you know how it gets hot and smokes ? 777340_779030 *ALIC: Mhm . 779030_779490 *MARY: (..) Well 779490_780500 I guess enough came out 780500_781780 (..) because we were losing oil bad 781780_783900 (..) going from Billings to (.) Crow 783900_786660 um 786660_787110 (..) there's a lot of +... 787110_788710 *ALIC: &=DRINK . 788710_790340 *MARY: +, smoke coming out 790340_791370 and by the time we got to Hardin 791370_792610 we had to put like uh: 792610_794260 (..) three or four quarts in . 794260_796660 *ALIC: (..) Unhunh . 796660_798080 *MARY: (..) It was three . 798080_799360 *MARY: (.) &=in &=lengthened (.) An:d &=ex 799360_803030 (.) by the time we got to +... 803030_804500 *ALIC: (..) &=in . 804500_806240 *MARY: +, Crow 806240_806900 (..) it was: 806800_808800 (..) it was one quart low . 808800_810800 *MARY: (..) And there was smoke still coming from under the engine 810800_813660 I figure w- if it was losing that much oil 813660_815810 &=in then &{l=X it &}l=X caught fire . 815810_817810 *ALIC: Mhm . 817810_818200 *MARY: Cause the engine was hot 818200_819330 cause there wasn't (.) enough water in the (..) radiator . 819330_823340 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 823340_824060 *MARY: &=tsk I talked to Oscar about it 824060_825550 and he said 825550_826210 &=in well I checked 826210_827110 it was only 827110_827810 (.) it was only about 827810_828790 I'd say a half a quart to a quart short of water . 828790_831570 *MARY: (..) But that shouldn't make any difference . 831570_833550 *MARY: He goes the only thing I can think of 833550_835090 &=in is that there was an air lock in there . 835090_837250 *ALIC: ⌈ &=THROAT ⌉ . 838700_839410 *MARY: (..) ⌊ And that ⌋ running the engine out on the open road ? 837250_840990 *ALIC: (.) Mh⌈2m ⌉2 . 840990_841430 *MARY: ⌊2 C⌋2aused that air lock to come through . 841330_842990 *MARY: (..) ⌈3 flushed it out ⌉3 . 842990_844180 *ALIC: ⌊3 And bust th⌋3e (..) gasket ? 843430_845460 *MARY: (..) No: 845460_847030 (..) it would more or less um 847030_849630 (..) the engine wasn't being kept cool enough . 849630_852920 *MARY: (..) Cause there ⌈ wasn't enough ⌉ fluid (.) in the radiator . 852920_855780 *ALIC: ⌊ &=DRINK ⌋ 853550_854140 Unhunh . 855780_856220 *MARY: (..) And 856220_858470 you know how the radiator's 858470_859800 the pipe's close to other parts of the en⌈gine ⌉ ? 859800_861810 *ALIC: ⌊ Yeah⌋: . 861560_861950 *ALIC: (..) So what +... 861950_863590 *MARY: It was some ⌈ part in there ⌉ . 863590_864750 *ALIC: +, ⌊ caused the f⌋ire . 864100_865340 *MARY: (..) The engine being too hot 865340_867100 (.) and the oil leaking . 867100_868480 *ALIC: (..) So he knew that the oil was leaking ? 868480_871050 *MARY: No 871050_871540 (..) &=tsk we knew we were losing oil 871540_874700 but we didn't know where . 874700_875540 *MARY: I just figured it was from: that valve cover gasket . 875540_877920 *MARY: (..) Just from lifting up the hood and looking at it . 877920_880710 *ALIC: (..) &=in So what's he gonna do . 880710_882810 *MARY: (..) Well 882810_883780 (.) ʔand two of his wires 883780_885240 the sparkplug wires ? 885240_886400 *ALIC: (..) Unh⌈unh ⌉ . 886400_886970 *MARY: ⌊ were ⌋ fried all the way through . 886770_888680 *ALIC: (..) Unhunh . 888680_889250 *MARY: (.) So we took those off and we 889250_890940 (.) replaced them with some old ones out of the garage . 890940_893480 *ALIC: (.) I knew tha:t . 893480_894330 *MARY: And it runs . 894330_895040 *MARY: (..) It runs . 895040_896500 *MARY: There's enough uh: 896500_897850 (..) radiator fluid in there . 897850_901330 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 901230_902150 *MARY: (..) so that it will 902150_904130 (..) It's (.) it's enough . 904130_906310 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 906310_907130 *MARY: (..) &=DRINK But I think running it out on the open road 907130_910760 will cause it (..) possibly to shoot more oil out . 910760_914720 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 914720_915810 *MARY: That valve cover gasket has to be replaced . 915810_918130 *ALIC: (..) Hm . 918130_920600 *ALIC: (..) &=ex . 920600_924680 *MARY: (..) I don't know . 924680_926990 *MARY: &=in Oh I freaked Cookie and 926990_928700 (..) Rita and 928700_930260 (..) Gary out tonight . 930260_931900 *MARY: (..) Remember the Plain- (.) Plainfeather uh (.) Claypit ? 931900_935900 *MARY: (..) where that red clay is ? 935900_938160 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 938160_938830 *MARY: (..) Right there . 938830_940090 *MARY: (..) I saw my (.) my speedometer just go Brr: . 940090_943850 *MARY: (.) like that just dow:n . 943850_945280 *MARY: &=in You know 945280_946250 and I knew exactly what it was . 946250_947890 *MARY: (..) What I have to do 947890_949400 is take off the distributor wire 949400_950910 and splice it in with the fuel pump wire . 950910_952980 *ALIC: (..) ⌈ Mhm ⌉ . 952980_954250 *MARY: ⌊ Because ⌋ my: (.) fuel pump is now electric 953890_956030 (.) Never used to be . 956030_956860 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 956860_957430 *MARY: (..) Hand me that ashtray . 957430_959210 *MARY: (..) Or your light 959210_961200 I mean . 961200_961620 *MARY: (.) &{l=P Your light &}l=P . 961620_962050 *MARY: (..) &=in It's behind the sewing machine . 962050_963800 *MARY: &=in . 963800_964990 *ALIC: &=THROAT . 964990_965280 *MARY: And uh: 965280_966150 (..) sometimes it gets loose . 966150_967630 *ALIC: (..) &=YAWN . 967630_968950 *MARY: And (.) no more &{l=HI fuel &}l=HI . 968950_970350 *ALIC: &=YAWN Unhunh . 970350_971210 *MARY: So I stopped the car 971210_972540 and they said what are you doing . 972540_973370 *MARY: I said 973370_973640 &{l=Q oh 973640_973810 I gotta tighten this wire here &}l=Q . 973810_975480 *MARY: (..) &=in (..) So I had Cookie (.) turn on the ignition and turn it off . 975480_979950 *MARY: (..) So 979950_980720 (.) cause see 980720_981080 once you turn that key on 981080_982390 (..) then you hear theʔ 982390_983570 (.) the fuel pump (.) come on . 983570_984970 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 984970_985640 *MARY: (..) And if the wire's not connected right 985640_987380 (.) it doesn't come on . 987380_988310 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 988310_989030 *MARY: (..) So I did that 989030_990560 (..) and I lit a match to find out where I was 990560_993490 and 993490_993680 (..) n- after everything was hunky-dory 993680_996140 (.) then I 996140_996600 (..) shut the hood 996600_997810 and got back in 997810_998570 and I started up the engine and 998570_999980 &=in both Gary and Rita were sitting on the edges of their seat . 999980_1002990 *MARY: (..) &=SWALLOW And I turned around and I looked 1002990_1005160 (.) and I said 1005160_1005550 (..) &{l=Q did I scare you kids &}l=Q ? 1005550_1007290 *MARY: (..) &=in They wouldn't say anything 1007190_1008900 then Gary goes 1008900_1009460 (.) &=in (.) &{l=Q yeah 1009460_1010600 I was scared &}l=Q . 1010600_1011480 *MARY: &=laugh &=laugh &=laugh . 1011480_1012290 *ALIC: &=in . 1012290_1012590 *MARY: (..) &=in . 1012590_1013560 *ALIC: &=ex . 1013560_1014060 *MARY: (..) &{l=X But &}l=X I freaked em out 1014060_1015580 (..) I don't know . 1015580_1020690 *MARY: (..) Then daddy said something about the steering column on my car needing &=MATCH_STRIKE work ? 1020690_1025900 *ALIC: (.) Mhm . 1025900_1026570 *MARY: (..) Said long as I don't drive it fast 1026570_1030620 it should be alright . 1030620_1031540 *MARY: (..) But oh man I don't know . 1031540_1038020 *MARY: (..) See the thing about it is 1038020_1040020 (..) if I go after Ken 1040020_1041490 I'm not really gonna have any money . 1041490_1043430 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 1043430_1044100 *MARY: (..) to um: 1044100_1045160 (..) you know 1045160_1046590 &{l=HI do things &}l=HI . 1046590_1047730 *MARY: (..) &=SWALLOW I'm not saying I'm gonna (..) &=tsk pay for everything 1047730_1053870 but 1053870_1054210 (..) I don't want to be broke: around him . 1054210_1058750 *MARY: (..) &=in . 1058750_1065820 *ALIC: I know 1065820_1066190 that really sucks . 1066190_1067200 *MARY: (..) &=tsk Cause I wanna at least be ⌈ able to put ⌉ (..) gas in the car: . 1067200_1071570 *ALIC: ⌊ &=SWALLOW ⌋ 1068980_1069770 (..) ⌈2 Mhm ⌉2 . 1071570_1072030 *MARY: ⌊2 and go ⌋2 do something . 1071830_1072970 *ALIC: (..) &=in I don't think it's such a good idea for you to go up there in the winter . 1072970_1079560 *MARY: (..) &=tsk Mm: . 1079560_1082850 *MARY: (..) I've been thinking about that . 1082850_1084860 *ALIC: &=SWALLOW (..) We should all get some money together and 1084860_1089290 (..) is there any way he could ⌈ like . 1089290_1090490 *MARY: ⌊ &=in &=lengthened ⌋ . 1090240_1090480 *ALIC: meet us in Great Falls ⌉ or something ? 1090490_1092490 *ALIC: (..) Cause I'd like to go up there and go to the 1092490_1095420 (.) um 1095420_1095990 (..) &=in Red Lobster ? 1095990_1097330 *MARY: (..) &=tsk &=in Really ? 1097330_1098470 *ALIC: (..) Yeah . 1098470_1099090 *ALIC: (..) Cause I've been just 1099090_1101900 (..) cr:aving ⌈ seafood ⌉ . 1101900_1103360 *MARY: ⌊ That's the half⌋-way point 1102630_1103870 he could do it . 1103870_1104710 *ALIC: (..) Yeah . 1104710_1105330 *MARY: I bet he could do it . 1105330_1106590 *MARY: (..) When though . 1106590_1109340 *ALIC: (..) I don't know: . 1109340_1110480 *MARY: (..) He goes ⌈ back ⌉ to school like the secon:d . 1110480_1113050 *ALIC: ⌊ ʔuh ⌋ 1111640_1111870 (..) &{l=VOX Oh 1113050_1114810 shoot &}l=VOX . 1114810_1115430 *ALIC: (..) Well isn't there any way 1115430_1118270 like we +/. 1118270_1118730 *ALIC: (.) that we could just m:eet him up there and 1118730_1120940 (..) &=in &{l=YWN maybe &}l=YWN &=ex +... 1120940_1125160 *MARY: What 1125160_1125710 bring him down ? 1125710_1126570 *ALIC: (..) Bring him down 1126570_1128490 or 1128490_1128780 (..) I don't wanna take your car . 1128780_1131900 *MARY: (..) &=DRINK &=ex . 1131900_1136900 *ALIC: (..) I was gonna ask you and m:om 1136900_1140420 too 1140420_1140630 if you could um 1140630_1141800 (..) take care of Trace for a couple days next week . 1141800_1146870 *MARY: (..) &=tsk Oh ? 1146870_1148910 *MARY: (..) What you got in mind . 1148910_1149620 *ALIC: (..) I need to get caught up on my work . 1149620_1152480 *MARY: (..) &=DRINK Wednesday I have an appointment at nine thirty . 1152480_1156150 *ALIC: (..) Mom's off 1156150_1158280 isn't she ? 1158280_1158850 *MARY: (..) Oh 1158850_1159830 that's righ:t . 1159830_1160820 *MARY: (..) That's right . 1160820_1165030 *ALIC: (..) Yeah I think that'd 1165030_1166460 (..) I think that'd um 1166460_1171410 (..) &=tsk work out 1171410_1173500 (..) like if she had to go shopping or something maybe you could go with her 1173500_1177970 and help her with him ? 1177970_1179100 *ALIC: (..) And Nicky helps her (.) with him alot anyway . 1179100_1182900 *MARY: (..) And then of course he ⌈ adores ⌉ me . 1182900_1186920 *ALIC: ⌊ &=ex ⌋ 1186010_1186660 (..) Mhm . 1186920_1187820 *MARY: (..) &=in I remember I was pregnant with Nicky . 1187820_1192210 *MARY: (..) &=SWALLOW And uh: 1192210_1194000 Boots's little boy 1194000_1195060 (..) he really liked me . 1195060_1196690 *ALIC: Mhm . 1196690_1197340 *MARY: (..) when I was pregnant with her ? 1197340_1198440 *ALIC: Mhm . 1198440_1199130 *MARY: (..) ʔuh You know how it is when we're pregnant 1199130_1200990 we (..) get real sleepy ? 1200990_1202520 *ALIC: Mhm . 1202520_1203360 *MARY: (..) &=tsk &=in I'd fall asleep on the couch 1203360_1205580 and he'd lay by me . 1205580_1206610 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 1206610_1207230 *MARY: (.) And he'd fall asleep with me . 1207230_1208680 *MARY: (..) And I remember he would +/. 1208680_1211840 *MARY: (..) I woke up 1211840_1212530 and here he was gone 1212530_1213510 his mother carried him in the other room . 1213510_1215200 *ALIC: (.) Mhm [% laugh] . 1215200_1215770 *MARY: (..) and God 1215770_1216630 that kind of pissed me off . 1216630_1218340 *ALIC: (..) &=in Was +/. 1218340_1220050 *ALIC: Would u:m 1220050_1220820 (..) Was Nicky mad when Trace was a boy: ? 1220820_1224530 *MARY: (..) Kind of . 1224530_1226380 *MARY: (..) &=in &=lengthened She thinks I should have twins . 1226380_1233840 *MARY: (..) Twin girls . 1233840_1234950 *ALIC: (..) &=COUGH_COUGH . 1234950_1237760 *MARY: (..) But I don't think she'll realize the uh 1237760_1241420 (..) sibling rivalry . 1241420_1243680 *ALIC: &=ex . 1243680_1244410 *MARY: (..) But I don't know 1244410_1246180 (.) she's six years old now . 1246180_1247690 *MARY: (..) And they say that if there's six years between children 1247690_1250530 there's not that much rivalry . 1250530_1251960 *ALIC: (..) After four there's almost none . 1251960_1254400 *MARY: (..) Really ? 1254400_1255170 *ALIC: (.) Mhm . 1255170_1256320 *MARY: (..) ⌈ Cause they're ⌉ . 1256320_1258860 *ALIC: ⌊ Four is i⌋deal . 1258190_1259390 *MARY: (..) they're kind of in different worlds . 1259390_1261490 *ALIC: (..) Yeah . 1261490_1262160 *ALIC: (..) Because 1262160_1265350 (..) see 1265350_1266760 Trace will be 1266760_1267720 (..) the next time I have a baby 1267720_1270010 (..) Trace will probably be: 1270010_1273310 (..) about three ? 1273310_1279410 *ALIC: (.) four ? 1279410_1279980 *MARY: (..) Hm . 1279980_1280650 *ALIC: (..) That's when I'm gonna get this shit taken out . 1280650_1285420 *MARY: &=tsk &=in . 1285420_1287360 *ALIC: (..) &=in Tammy Kashen has one of these too . 1287360_1290730 *MARY: (..) What is it . 1290730_1292370 *ALIC: (..) Norplant ? 1292370_1293140 *MARY: (..) Oh really . 1293140_1294400 *ALIC: (..) Deon told me . 1294400_1296450 *ALIC: (..) Cause I asked him what (..) his intentions were with her . 1296450_1302480 *ALIC: (..) Cause I told him I thought he was too young to be (..) so involved . 1302480_1306850 *MARY: (..) &=in &=lengthened (..) Gwen was telling me that 1306850_1310550 (..) Did she talk to you lately ? 1310550_1311750 *ALIC: Hm-m . 1311750_1312240 *MARY: (..) They had a cyst on her ovary . 1312240_1314930 *MARY: (..) And they had to go in and take it out ? 1314930_1318270 *ALIC: (..) Mhm . 1318270_1318840 *MARY: (..) Take out that cyst ? 1318840_1320570 *ALIC: ⌈ Mhm ⌉ . 1320570_1320990 *MARY: ⌊ &=in ⌋ (..) &=SWALLOW And it's really screwed up her uh . 1320780_1323640 *ALIC: (..) menstrual p- +/. 1323640_1325570 *ALIC: ⌈ cycle ⌉ ? 1325570_1326190 *MARY: ⌊ her cy⌋cle 1325680_1326500 her: 1326500_1327040 (..) her: (..) hormones ? 1327040_1329560 *ALIC: Unhunh . 1329560_1330050 *MARY: &=in And they said that she might have to get pregnant again 1330050_1332590 just to straighten it out . 1332590_1333730 *ALIC: (..) &{l=WH &=laugh &=laugh &}l=WH . 1333730_1335910 *MARY: (..) &=in &=lengthened (..) So 1335910_1339060 (.) and then she goes 1339060_1339890 (..) &{l=Q so tell +/. 1339890_1340720 *MARY: tell Deon &}l=Q . 1340720_1341580 *MARY: And she really laughed . 1341580_1342920 *ALIC: &=in &=ex . 1342920_1344370 *MARY: (..) &=tsk I don't know if Tammy would be too happy with that though . 1344370_1348720 *MARY: (..) &=SWALLOW Seems to me that she's trying to straighten herself out 1348720_1355130 and 1355130_1355770 (..) pursue a family . 1355770_1357060 *ALIC: (..) Tammy ? 1357060_1358140 *MARY: (..) &=tsk What do you think . 1358140_1360830 *ALIC: (..) I don't know &=ex . 1360830_1362860 *MARY: (..) &=tsk Or do you think it might be a matter of convenience . 1362860_1368070 *ALIC: (..) I think it's a convenience for both of em . 1368070_1370730 *MARY: (..) Yeah: ? 1370730_1373300 *MARY: (..) Yeah: ? 1373300_1376130 *ALIC: (..) It's also a convenience for Cookie . 1376130_1378730 *MARY: (..) Oh yeah: . 1378730_1379790 *MARY: (..) . 1379790_1379790 @End