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@Languages:	eng
@Participants:	MARY MARY Speaker, ALIC ALICE Speaker
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@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
