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1DCA_int_010.9040Do you remember what kind of games you used to play when you were-3.3433
2DCA_se3_ag3_f_014.5695[Uh-]5.1885
3DCA_int_014.7269[when you were a child]5.6501
4 5.8709in school, about6.9378
6 7.5671eight or nine or so.8.6980 
7DCA_se3_ag3_f_019.3913Hopscotch,10.3752
9 11.1629jacks,12.0098 
10DCA_int_0112.2900<cough>13.0926
11DCA_se3_ag3_f_0113.3881Hide and Seek,14.1245
13 15.6042dodgeball,16.4972 
15 18.0408jump rope.18.7304 
17 19.8300A- That's about it.21.0173 
18DCA_int_0121.8045How'd you play Hide and Seek?23.2156
19DCA_se3_ag3_f_0124.1848Uh, well, you had uh, the one person who was it,28.5912
21 29.3596and uh,30.2563 
23 31.6968they hid their face and counted to ten while everybody else hid.35.4902 
25 36.1170And then the person who was it had to find38.7811 
27 39.3209uh, people who were hiding.40.9004 
28DCA_int_0142.2808How'd you pick the person who was it the first time?44.6023
29DCA_se3_ag3_f_0145.4805I think we just said, you're it. [<laugh>]48.2379
30DCA_int_0147.6294[Oh yeah?]48.3114
31 48.8670Did you ever use any rhymes like, One Potato, or anything like that?52.4805
32DCA_se3_ag3_f_0152.6850Uh, we did but I don't remember them now.54.9879
34 55.4501We did, especially jumping rope, but I don't remember that [now.]58.6840 
35DCA_int_0158.4751[All] those rhymes for jumping rope, [you can't remember] any of [them?]61.2920
36DCA_se3_ag3_f_0160.0278[Mm-hm.]60.5576
38 60.9773[No.] Mm-mm.62.0212 
39DCA_int_0162.9382Was it mostly girls that jumped rope, or did the boys ever jump rope?66.5281
40DCA_se3_ag3_f_0166.5364Uh, girls.67.3968
41DCA_int_0167.6615Only girls?68.3530
42DCA_se3_ag3_f_0168.2925Mm-hm.68.7869
43DCA_int_0169.5109How about dodgeball? /Who played that?/71.3761
44DCA_se3_ag3_f_0172.0235Uh, well y-72.9823
46 73.3478In dodgeball, we usually had boys and girls.76.1615 
47DCA_int_0176.2030Mm-hm.76.6596
48DCA_se3_ag3_f_0176.8423And uh, you had an-78.3417
50 78.7640sort of like somebody who was it80.6240 
52 80.9885in dodgeball, or got in the middle and two people threw the ball back and forth and you'd85.0984 
54 85.4388try to dodge the ball.86.7655 
55DCA_int_0186.8285Hm.87.1648
57 87.5259Are you supposed to hit the person in the middle?89.6099 
58DCA_se3_ag3_f_0189.6390You try to hit them.90.9135
59DCA_int_0190.9936You try to /tag/ [them, so to] speak?93.0067
60DCA_se3_ag3_f_0191.7844[Mm-hm.]92.4874
61DCA_int_0193.9347What about jacks?94.9567
62DCA_se3_ag3_f_0196.3757[Uh,]96.7950
63DCA_int_0196.5266[It] always looked confusing to me as a little kid to watch /girls/ play [jacks. <laugh>]100.6132
64DCA_se3_ag3_f_01100.1501[<laugh>]100.6222
65 101.5016It's just the usual103.2451
67 103.5016games. /Oneses/, /twoses/ <laugh> and /threeses/ on up to uh,107.6503 
69 108.0131when you could pick up108.8961 
71 109.2378ten at a time.110.2468 
73 110.4951And um,111.3259 
75 112.5952then we had something called slicing a cake.115.0913 
76DCA_int_01116.0160How did [that work?]116.8186
77DCA_se3_ag3_f_01116.3481[And uh,]117.4428
78 119.0205that was a combination of things to do with the jacks, and I don't remember anything about that.123.5476
79DCA_int_01125.0349Well what's /onesies/ and /twosies/ and all that [other-]127.6590
80DCA_se3_ag3_f_01127.2813[W- uh], w- /oneses/, you pick up one jack at a time until you have131.4726
81 131.8671all ten,132.5993
82 132.5993/twoses/, you pick up two at a time until you have- and so [forth.]136.4508
83DCA_int_01136.2001[Oh], I see.136.9723
84DCA_se3_ag3_f_01137.0387Mm-hm.137.4663
85DCA_int_01137.5784Well how did the ball work?139.1547
87 139.5202Was there something about bouncing the [ball up?]141.5959 
88DCA_se3_ag3_f_01140.9019[Well you] bounced the ball up and had to pick up the jack before the ball bounced again.146.2968
89 146.4999Mm-hm.146.9418
90DCA_int_01147.7887So you'd have to both pick up [?//] and /twosies/ you'd have to pick up two-151.4026
91DCA_se3_ag3_f_01151.3787Two. [Uh-huh.]152.3888
92DCA_int_01152.1965[Before] the-152.8441
93DCA_se3_ag3_f_01152.8015Fore the ball bounced.154.0190
94DCA_int_01154.4802/Make/ it hard.155.2832
95DCA_se3_ag3_f_01155.1979<laugh>155.9127
96DCA_int_01156.3676Could anyone pick up ten before it?157.9991
97DCA_se3_ag3_f_01158.5263Yeah.158.9539
98DCA_int_01159.2653Mm-hm.159.9046
100 160.3810It's hard to imagine.161.3145 
101DCA_se3_ag3_f_01162.1121Mm-hm.162.6061
102DCA_int_01162.8148Did you ever play tag?164.0056
103DCA_se3_ag3_f_01163.9846/Mm-hm./164.4830
104 165.2713Yeah, um,166.4554
106 167.2713I- I played tag. I don't remember too much about these things. There again, you had an it.172.6283 
107DCA_int_01172.8995Mm-hm.173.5556
108DCA_se3_ag3_f_01173.6551And uh,174.3650
110 175.9301I think you just ran around and tagged somebody and tried not to get tagged in return.180.4208 
111DCA_int_01180.6492Mm-hm.181.2594
112DCA_se3_ag3_f_01181.2885Mm-hm.181.8199
113DCA_int_01182.6399Did you ever hear of a game called Hot Bread and Butter?184.8379
114DCA_se3_ag3_f_01185.2396No.185.7211
115DCA_int_01186.6386A kid told me about that yesterday. It has to do with188.9687
117 189.8043the person who's it gets to hit everybody else with a belt. [<laugh>]193.8160 
118DCA_se3_ag3_f_01192.3001[<laugh>]193.8056
119 194.5367Hm.194.8356
120DCA_int_01195.0514I'm wondering how wide spread it was.197.0264
122 198.0269What are your favorite TV programs?200.2687 
123DCA_se3_ag3_f_01201.1114Uh, I don't see too much203.9043
125 204.1492on TV because the TV puts me to sleep.207.2835 
126DCA_int_01207.3126<laugh>207.7360
127DCA_se3_ag3_f_01208.5030Um,209.1993
129 210.9191but the only thing I really try to see, uh, are214.2287 
131 214.7332The FBI215.6450 
133 216.8048and uh,217.8063 
135 219.6225Truth or Consequences, Hazel,221.9655 
137 222.8606McHale's Navy,224.0728 
138DCA_int_01224.3406Mm-hm.224.6819
139DCA_se3_ag3_f_01225.3214and uh, that's about it cause then I'm asleep.227.5631
140DCA_int_01227.5503[<laugh>]228.8303
141DCA_se3_ag3_f_01228.0156[<laugh>]228.7831
142DCA_int_01229.0506Do you like the comedy types /better/231.0991
144 231.7924or the adventure types or?233.3102 
145DCA_se3_ag3_f_01233.6107Um,234.1213
147 234.8686I don't think I prefer any one thing over- over another thing.239.3718 
148DCA_int_01240.6660/Yes/, my wife241.8450
150 242.1781loves comedies.243.3810 
151DCA_se3_ag3_f_01243.5512Mm-hm.244.1739
152DCA_int_01244.1200I'd rather /inaudible/.246.1754
153DCA_se3_ag3_f_01246.6098Well, when I wasn't working, I uh,249.3705
155 249.9434looked at the soap operas251.5250 
156DCA_int_01251.5572[Uh-huh.]252.0512
157DCA_se3_ag3_f_01251.8769[daily.]252.4373
158 252.8192I didn't miss 'em. <laugh>254.8949
159DCA_int_01256.1487Can you remember an episode of Hazel that you've seen recently?259.5915
160DCA_se3_ag3_f_01260.5855Uh-261.0255
162 261.6690S-262.2498 
163DCA_int_01263.4353Could you tell [what happened?]264.9932
164DCA_se3_ag3_f_01264.2365[I looked at it] last night?265.8903
165DCA_int_01270.1233Or either one of the other programs.272.1326
166DCA_se3_ag3_f_01274.3318Uh, well, McHale's Navy last night, uh,277.5071
168 278.5403a little Japanese girl280.8434 
170 281.7120who thought she would be put in an orphanage,284.7207 
171DCA_int_01284.7456Mm-hm.285.2770
172DCA_se3_ag3_f_01285.4389was uh,286.1114
174 287.1161sort of like a stowaway on McHale's Navy.289.5394 
176 290.2037And they fixed up the barracks, made it into a child's room. Put a crib in and what not.295.2507 
178 295.5621So, and296.2139 
180 296.7452she was calling all the men uncle,298.8010 
181DCA_int_01299.1420[Mm-hm.]299.6299
182DCA_se3_ag3_f_01299.1821[and um],299.8029
183 300.9952McHale was about to be court marshaled by Captain Binghamton, and uh,305.9261
185 307.1092course was it was eventually straightened out in the end.309.4631 
187 309.9156Mm-hm.310.4525 
188DCA_int_01312.4926/Really is a wonder what you see./314.0636
189DCA_se3_ag3_f_01313.9497<laugh>314.9749
190DCA_int_01315.0778That's kind of far fetched, I can't imagine the Navy /really would/-318.1167
191DCA_se3_ag3_f_01317.9340No, uh-uh.318.9421
192DCA_int_01319.7897Uh, have you ever seen a movie?321.3496
194 321.9225Recently /that choked you up/.323.3481 
195DCA_se3_ag3_f_01324.1186The last movie I went to was uh,327.9243
197 328.4889The Hustler with Paul Newman, which was several years ago.331.8184 
198DCA_int_01331.8962Mm-hm.332.5812
199DCA_se3_ag3_f_01332.6933And I didn't see too much of that because I went to sleep.335.6600
201 335.9311Uh,336.4711 
203 336.7949so I haven't been to a movie since then.338.6329 
204DCA_int_01339.3013Oh that's interesting. Wes told me that was the last picture he saw, [too.]342.5217
205DCA_se3_ag3_f_01342.3391[Is that] right? [<laugh>]343.5908
206DCA_int_01342.9327[<laugh>] S- says he doesn't go much.345.4443
207DCA_se3_ag3_f_01345.7806Uh-huh,346.2248
208DCA_int_01346.5403[Can you] remember any of that? What it [was about?]348.8184
209DCA_se3_ag3_f_01346.5776[Es-]347.3996
211 348.3077[No], and I have no idea. Uh- I do know, it was about uh, a pool352.7138 
212 352.8427player. Uh,353.8696
214 354.6251Paul Newman was the hustler, and Jackie Gleason357.5892 
216 358.2732played in the movie and portrayed Minnesota Fats.361.5653 
218 362.9228But uh,363.5081 
220 364.2792as for what went on in the movie, I don't remember anything.367.3762 
221DCA_int_01367.3762/Mm-kay/.367.9989
223 368.6787Do you have a pet at home?369.7747 
224DCA_se3_ag3_f_01370.4306Hm?370.7419
225DCA_int_01370.6464A pet? Do you have a pet?371.8545
226DCA_se3_ag3_f_01371.8213No. Mm-mm.372.9256
227DCA_int_01373.0501Ever have one?374.0132
228DCA_se3_ag3_f_01374.5141[Uh, when we] were small we had guinea pigs and uh,378.7531
229DCA_int_01374.8018[/inaudible/]375.3893
230DCA_se3_ag3_f_01379.1267rabbits379.9736
232 380.3518and381.3259 
234 382.0234cats.382.6951 
235DCA_int_01383.1567Mm-hm.383.5884
236DCA_se3_ag3_f_01383.5843Mm-hm.384.0949
237DCA_int_01384.5184How did you care for the guinea pigs? What do they eat?387.1036
238DCA_se3_ag3_f_01387.2489Um,387.8011
240 388.3283mostly leafy foods. Um,390.5916 
242 391.4367lettuce,392.1756 
244 392.3292uh- anything in- in the uh, vegetable family, but more leafy foods than anything.397.3680 
246 398.0862And uh,399.0161 
248 399.5392they were kept in a400.6268 
250 401.0908cage that my father helped- had built for them.403.8681 
252 404.6028Mm-hm.405.2671 
254 405.8856And they were some dirty little things. [<laugh>]408.4875 
255DCA_int_01407.4123[<laugh>]408.4502
256 409.7412Did they smell?410.7874
257DCA_se3_ag3_f_01410.8165Uh, yeah they did.411.8294
258DCA_int_01412.1937Mm-hm.412.6296
260 413.4184I had a friend that loved guinea pigs.415.3031 
261DCA_se3_ag3_f_01415.8096Yeah and I di- I have had parakeets.418.3949
262DCA_int_01418.7643Oh?419.0578
263DCA_se3_ag3_f_01419.4618But- And they were also420.7695
265 421.1680messy.421.6489 
267 422.6324But uh,423.3963 
269 423.9941they fought a great deal,425.3433 
270DCA_int_01425.5965Hm.426.0615
271DCA_se3_ag3_f_01426.1569and uh,426.8046
273 427.0744I g- I gave it away. It was so many years ago, I don't remember to who.430.8179 
275 431.5901But uh,432.3083 
277 433.0265I just couldn't keep them.434.3871 
278DCA_int_01434.7898/Mm-hm./435.3569
280 436.9900Did they talk at all? The parakeets?438.8405 
281DCA_se3_ag3_f_01439.5213Uh, they didn't talk. They uh,442.0994
283 442.7470would make little noises from time to time, but445.4900 
285 445.9467they didn't talk.446.7936 
286DCA_int_01447.3997Hm.447.7027
288 448.4168/Hm, that's funny/.449.6155 
290 450.4333Do you remember about your school? Like what you studied say, in grade school?454.1281 
292 455.5634Or /high/ school?456.5182 
293DCA_se3_ag3_f_01457.1866Now I would457.9380
295 458.1290<clears throat> imagine459.3619 
297 459.5986uh, grade school460.7060 
299 461.2996more or less learning to read and write, and /uh/464.0603 
301 464.4962basic arithmetic.465.8319 
303 466.7172Uh,467.1811 
305 467.9201in high school,468.9039 
307 469.5474I somehow470.9091 
309 472.1576had credits towards graduation that I, to this day, don't know where I got them, so that I never had to478.4833 
311 478.8196attend a full day.480.5133 
313 481.9196My first year I got out at two o'clock.484.0202 
315 484.2984My second year I got out at one o'clock,486.3741 
317 487.0663and my last year I got out at eleven o'clock.489.6817 
318DCA_int_01489.8685Hm.490.1882
319DCA_se3_ag3_f_01491.3298And uh,492.0854
321 492.5535I was only- was taking two subjects at that time, English and History,496.1892 
323 496.9830which I had to have before I could graduate.499.4089 
324DCA_int_01499.5724Mm-hm.500.1702
326 501.0835Did you work in those afternoons or?503.1790 
327DCA_se3_ag3_f_01503.7394Uh, well I was taking uh,506.0766
329 506.4088this course called Distributive Education, and they were supposed to510.4055 
331 510.9378get a job511.6966 
333 512.1989for the uh,512.9794 
335 513.2036children.513.9207 
336DCA_int_01513.8875/Mm-hm./514.4646
337DCA_se3_ag3_f_01514.6265And um,515.5979
339 516.7478it seemed like they weren't going to get a job for me because most people wanted eighteen year olds522.0647 
341 522.4384and over, and I wasn't.523.7464 
343 525.1897So I uh, worked in the school cafeteria for awhile,529.1227 
345 529.7610<ts> and then I came to this job here and worked part time533.6036 
347 534.0062until I graduated535.1105 
349 536.0602and became full time. And I've been here ever since then.538.9620 
350DCA_int_01539.1529Mm-hm.539.6843
351DCA_se3_ag3_f_01539.7507<clears throat>540.5271
352DCA_int_01540.7336What did kids do after school was out?542.9371
354 543.6645Generally,544.2000 
356 544.9307when you were young.545.7539 
358 546.7687Little kids.547.6322 
359DCA_se3_ag3_f_01548.2009Well, I guess they just549.7992
361 550.2808played. I d- I don't remember.552.3037 
363 553.3725Uh, I suppose they played until they had to come in to do their studying and what not.557.6437 
365 557.8597And um,558.6272 
367 560.4040course television came in, along in my time. And uh,564.3509 
369 565.2518we played maybe until eight o'clock when uh, Milton Berle came on, and570.0498 
371 570.8012then it was time to go in the house to look at Milton Berle.574.1213 
372DCA_int_01574.1877Mm-hm.574.6319
373DCA_se3_ag3_f_01574.9059Mm-hm.575.4995
374DCA_int_01576.0932Do you remember the [/trains broke/?]578.2550
375DCA_se3_ag3_f_01577.2722[Yeah (laughing).]578.1329
376DCA_int_01579.0581Milton Berle was a big thing.580.5300
377DCA_se3_ag3_f_01580.4594Mm-hm.581.2440
378DCA_int_01582.8039What about teenagers? When you were a teenager, what585.3487
380 585.5771/did they usually do/?586.6896 
381DCA_se3_ag3_f_01586.7727I uh,587.6403
383 589.4991um,589.9391 
385 591.5167well, we had uh, uh, jobs to do at home, and uh,595.5467 
387 596.1362I'd- really didn't do too much as a teenager. I wasn't interested600.3073 
389 600.7349uh,600.9964 
391 601.5527in parties,602.6321 
393 602.9808dances, and whatnot.604.7067 
395 605.3460And uh,606.1722 
397 606.5666I spent the better part of my608.2105 
399 609.4061um,609.6801 
401 610.1855I'll say up until the time I started working,612.4314 
403 613.3323um,613.7391 
405 614.0339going to an occasional party, but uh,616.7894 
407 618.6285not- not dating and uh, not really wanting to go to the [parties.]622.6003 
408DCA_int_01622.1852[Mm-hm.]622.7207
409DCA_se3_ag3_f_01622.9283Mm.623.2438
410DCA_int_01624.8711Did you ever have a teacher that hollered a lot?626.8254
411DCA_se3_ag3_f_01628.1248I can't remember any.629.5487
412DCA_int_01630.2212Then you're lucky. [<laugh>]632.0053
413DCA_se3_ag3_f_01630.9882[<laugh>]632.0883
414DCA_int_01633.6244Did you ever have a teacher that sticks out in your mind as the best teacher you've ever had?637.7291
415DCA_se3_ag3_f_01638.7296Uh, no. I do remember one lady that I thought was possibly the nicest teacher644.7563
417 645.3458I had had.646.0267 
419 646.8113And uh,647.6239 
421 647.9768she was648.8361 
423 649.1600an English teacher in high school.651.1070 
425 651.8542She uh, was a very sweet person,654.8267 
427 656.1914and um,657.1753 
429 658.3532I don't think there were too many people that couldn't get along with her.661.4253 
431 662.0687I don't think she was any better than any of the other teachers, but I think she was about the nicest teacher I had.667.2113 
432DCA_int_01667.5434Mm-hm.667.9461
434 668.8293What made her nice?669.9419 
435DCA_se3_ag3_f_01670.8469Well she was just a sweet person. Her uh, personality I guess.674.7150
436DCA_int_01674.8976Mm-hm.675.4041
438 676.6827Did you ever have a teacher that you couldn't stand?678.8830 
440 679.7164For anything. <laugh>680.9701 
441DCA_se3_ag3_f_01681.7007No, I didn't. <laugh>683.7847
442DCA_int_01684.3981Sounds like you had a good experience [in high school (laughing).]686.9305
443DCA_se3_ag3_f_01685.8926[I real-] I really didn't.687.3747
444DCA_int_01689.5002Was there ever a time when the kids in your class played a trick on the teacher?692.9656
445DCA_se3_ag3_f_01694.4649Uh, not that I recall.696.3645
446DCA_int_01697.2363Putting tacks on the seat or anything?699.2497
447DCA_se3_ag3_f_01699.3867No.699.9804
448DCA_int_01700.5190Hm.701.0006
450 705.3928Is there a group of people706.7949 
452 707.2765that you used to associate with709.2401 
454 709.5431as a child? As sort of your gang?711.7590 
456 712.8051Your group.713.7807 
457DCA_se3_ag3_f_01714.9057Well, at different times. Um,716.9928
459 719.6913in uh,720.4676 
461 720.9325high school,721.8749 
463 722.4135there were two girls,723.9080 
465 724.8255and the three of us- If you saw one, you usually saw the other two.728.2037 
467 728.9759And uh, I730.2919 
469 730.9768have only731.8735 
471 732.7121seen one of the girls734.3841 
473 734.8864since graduation,736.1692 
475 737.0036and I haven't heard from uh,738.8707 
477 739.3025the other girl since then.740.5479 
479 741.1416So I don't know w- I know they're both married, and I don't know what happened744.6900 
481 745.1757after that.745.7569 
483 747.0480And uh,747.9903 
485 748.9939earlier I would have said in junior high- s- school,751.6342 
487 752.5932uh, they were the kids on the block754.4977 
489 754.9834that uh- We used to kind of go around together. If you saw one, you saw the758.7944 
491 759.6153whole [neighborhood],760.8441 
492DCA_int_01760.4124[Mm-hm.]760.9396
493DCA_se3_ag3_f_01761.3464but there again, I- I don't know what happened to these people.764.5503
494DCA_int_01765.4885In your group of three, was one of you767.3151
496 767.8091more or less the leader and the other two were /t-/770.3197 
498 770.9715not, or771.5734 
500 772.2293was it sort of [/inaudible/]773.5980 
501DCA_se3_ag3_f_01772.9125[Well, I- I] don't think we had a- a leader. This was a um-776.2386
502 776.4669We were always together in school,778.2146
503DCA_int_01778.5426Mm-hm.779.0532
504DCA_se3_ag3_f_01779.3438and uh, we just780.9120
506 781.2026ate lunch together and studied together and what not. And that was the end of it so uh,786.1179 
508 787.1422there was one- One of the three uh, who was uh,791.0528 
510 792.2599a hard learner.793.4679 
512 793.7502And794.2982 
514 794.9956we kind of stuck with her and tried to uh,797.8342 
516 798.1704help her along.799.1252 
517DCA_int_01799.4491Mm-hm.799.9472
518DCA_se3_ag3_f_01800.1672But then again, after school, we went our separate ways.803.2798
519DCA_int_01803.4790Mm-hm.803.9980
520DCA_se3_ag3_f_01804.1350Mm-hm.804.6041
521DCA_int_01804.7369How about as um, young kids in the- the neighborhood808.0902
523 808.5635group of kids? Was one of them810.0289 
525 810.8135more of a leader?811.6936 
526DCA_se3_ag3_f_01813.2665Well, uh, I think in the- in the neighborhood, my younger sister <laugh>818.0476
528 818.7821w- was about the leader, and everybody seemed to uh, kind of follow her.823.0456 
529DCA_int_01823.6258And what was there about her that824.9376
531 825.6060/gave/ her that ability?826.8141 
532DCA_se3_ag3_f_01827.2624Well she was uh,828.8399
534 829.9469<ts>830.0588 
536 830.6572uh, she was sort of like a tomboy.833.1024 
538 833.3546She wasn't afraid of anything835.0235 
540 835.4137or anybody,836.2066 
542 837.2196and uh, I was sort of on the timid-840.1038 
544 840.5313shy side.841.5360 
546 842.3538And the other kids were844.1846 
548 845.4373our age or younger, but they just seemed to go along with whatever she said.849.5472 
549DCA_int_01849.6177Mm-hm.850.2145
550DCA_se3_ag3_f_01850.7168She said, try smoking, we all tried smoking. And853.7972
551DCA_int_01853.6768Mm-hm.854.1625
552DCA_se3_ag3_f_01854.6980she said, cut your hair, we all [cut our hair. <laugh>]857.4581
553DCA_int_01856.2038[<laugh>]856.9945
554 858.6408[Well that's a] pretty good leader.859.6081
555DCA_se3_ag3_f_01858.8608[Uh-uh.]859.3756
556DCA_int_01861.6454Did any of the kids862.7829
558 863.1150either in high school or younger, speak foreign languages?865.9877 
559DCA_se3_ag3_f_01866.6011Uh, no.867.2155
561 867.4771Mm-mm.867.9918 
562DCA_int_01869.9555Is there a group of- of adults that you872.3498
564 873.6575sort of consider874.7617 
566 875.0274a special group of friends now?876.4846 
568 877.3387Sort of take the place of-878.5800 
569DCA_se3_ag3_f_01878.9578No, uh,880.3568
571 880.6972I- I-881.2743 
573 882.0298we have a- a little group here884.2041 
575 884.4989in the office.885.4018 
576DCA_int_01885.3499/Hm./885.7152
577DCA_se3_ag3_f_01886.2674And uh,887.0478
579 887.2389it's consist of about six or seven women. Sometimes we all890.4468 
581 890.8993get together and have lunch892.2526 
583 892.7591in here, but then again after work, we go our separate ways.896.2826 
584DCA_int_01896.3490Mm-hm.896.8597
585DCA_se3_ag3_f_01897.1835And uh,897.9639
587 898.5067usually I go home to sit in front of the television and go to sleep.902.2513 
588DCA_int_01902.7619Mm-hm.903.1106
589DCA_se3_ag3_f_01903.1065And now, we have gone904.6373
590 905.0608out on occasions to clubs in the evenings and out to dinner, but909.1240
592 909.4976on a whole, we don't uh,911.4155 
594 912.6443get together after work.913.9064 
595DCA_int_01915.2919Are any of these people caucasian?917.0106
596DCA_se3_ag3_f_01917.9446Uh, no.918.5466
597DCA_int_01918.7988Mm-hm.919.3343
599 924.1375In your group of-924.9750 
601 925.5023of little /fellas/ - To get back to middle /again, in your/ junior high school, along in there.929.2676 
602DCA_se3_ag3_f_01929.5291Mm-hm.929.9277
603DCA_int_01930.0387Uh,930.5743
605 930.9977if new people moved into the area, could they get into your bunch?934.6011 
607 935.4760Or was it sort of [exclusive?]937.5476 
608DCA_se3_ag3_f_01936.4267[Well, we were] uh,938.4899
609 939.0462fairly new to the area, and uh,941.6896
611 942.6154fact, everybody was new to the area.944.7990 
613 945.5836It was formed in a all white neighborhood,947.7538 
615 948.2146and Negroes were just beginning to move in.950.4813 
617 951.0666So that uh,952.3359 
619 953.0998once we got in there, the- it was the same people there.955.8231 
621 956.2704When we left, the same people957.8023 
623 958.0887were still there,959.1307 
625 959.6247and uh, too many960.7332 
627 961.2313other people didn't move- I mean, other families moved in but they didn't have children our age and966.1497 
629 966.6520what not.967.0796 
630DCA_int_01967.7760[/Because/ if] new kids had come in, you-969.4407
631DCA_se3_ag3_f_01967.9379[<clears throat>]968.4236
632DCA_int_01969.8517Would you have frozen 'em out or would you have [accepted in?]972.6747
633DCA_se3_ag3_f_01971.8568[Oh no.]972.4297
634 974.0021Uh, they would have accepted- Cause I said, I really wasn't too lo-977.6179
636 977.8380too much a part of the uh,979.7715 
638 980.3029gang. I981.0211 
640 981.8513preferred being by myself rather than984.5570 
642 984.9929being out with them.986.1678 
643DCA_int_01988.8859Sounds like I- What I used to be like.990.8993
644DCA_se3_ag3_f_01990.8993<laugh>991.6134
645DCA_int_01992.8339/Because/-993.6683
647 995.2697If you could995.8343 
649 996.1581sort of start all over again997.8934 
651 998.6324with your life, would you do anything different?1000.4621 
653 1001.5290So far.1002.0438 
654DCA_se3_ag3_f_011002.5253Well I wouldn't have gotten married.1004.5097
655DCA_int_011005.5714[<laugh>]1006.9123
656DCA_se3_ag3_f_011006.2107[<laugh>]1007.4105
657DCA_int_011007.8838Think a person's better off single?1009.6398
658DCA_se3_ag3_f_011010.3912Well not better off single, but uh- uh- happily married1014.2468
660 1014.4378which I found out I wasn't.1016.4543 
662 1017.0106<laugh>1017.4714 
663DCA_int_011019.7630What did you want to be when you- when you finished school?1022.6721
665 1022.8672/Did you/ have any dreams of being1024.6357 
667 1024.8889[/inaudible/?]1025.9341 
668DCA_se3_ag3_f_011025.1546[Well no,] I had um-1027.0051
669 1027.5614In the ninth grade, switched from1029.7284
671 1030.0564Spanish1030.7206 
673 1030.9074to a business course1032.5421 
675 1033.3142to become a- a clerk typist.1035.7054 
677 1037.0422And uh,1038.1952 
679 1039.1501that was it. That was,1040.3291 
681 1040.8687you know, just wanted to work1042.5874 
682DCA_int_011042.7773Sort of /brought you to it/.1044.0145
683DCA_se3_ag3_f_011044.0145Mm-hm.1044.5915
684DCA_int_011046.1317Here's a [question] that's gonna tax your imagination.1049.1280
685DCA_se3_ag3_f_011046.7793[<clears throat>]1047.2858
686DCA_int_011049.8711If somebody plunked down in front you all the money1052.3993
688 1052.5643you could ever want1053.4859 
690 1053.6353what would you do with it?1054.7313 
691DCA_se3_ag3_f_011055.8065Well I uh-1057.5044
693 1060.3845I suppose- Can I-1061.7212 
695 1062.0326Hold on for a minute.1062.9044 
697 1063.6184Girls-1063.9879 
698DCA_int_011065.4482Okay. Well what are you going to do with all this money?1067.7397
699DCA_se3_ag3_f_011068.6157Oh yeah. Well um,1070.2711
701 1070.9892I think if I had all the money in the world,1073.3846 
703 1073.8413I would uh-1074.9403 
705 1077.3606I'd like to do something for um, people less1080.2033 
707 1080.5852fortunate1081.1166 
709 1081.4778than I am,1082.4409 
711 1083.1342and uh, especially children.1085.2804 
712DCA_int_011085.6323Hm.1085.8565
713DCA_se3_ag3_f_011086.4958Um,1086.9649
715 1088.0401maybe something like the uh,1089.7795 
717 1091.3685something that would benefit the uh,1093.1619 
719 1093.4982S.S. Hope Hospital or uh,1095.9298 
721 1096.5982an orphanage1097.6444 
723 1097.9557uh, children and older people.1099.6702 
725 1100.8409Cause uh,1101.6619 
727 1102.1144especially sickness, you know, in older people, and uh,1105.3525 
729 1106.2326a lot of them1107.1199 
731 1107.5517uh-1107.9668 
733 1108.7390Well just the way they have to get along because they don't have the money and what not.1112.7109 
735 1114.0351And uh,1114.7533 
737 1115.1021I-1115.5006 
739 1116.3018I know I could get uh, an awful lot of satisfaction out of doing something like that.1120.8383 
740DCA_int_011122.2082/The/ S.S. Hope, that's the hospital-1124.6150
741DCA_se3_ag3_f_011124.5901The hospital ship.1125.6736
742 1125.9808Mm-hm.1126.4707
743DCA_int_011127.1463Where do they go?1128.2008
744DCA_se3_ag3_f_011129.5749[They travel around from] uh- I mean they go to different countries treating the uh,1134.7340
745DCA_int_011129.5749[/inaudible/]1131.1109
746DCA_se3_ag3_f_011135.9283people in these- in these countries. They um, American-1140.0094
748 1140.6363and I suppose other doctors1142.2636 
750 1142.7078and nurses give their time to work on the hospital ship1146.2853 
752 1146.7959And uh,1147.8296 
754 1148.2821they go to these uh,1149.9002 
756 1151.3158underprivileged countries maybe, where the children have beriberi or um,1155.9228 
758 1156.6327malaria, and uh- and they don't have the drugs there to treat them, and they go and uh,1161.5220 
760 1162.7674they treat the peoples and they also train1165.3081 
762 1165.7305people1166.1913 
764 1166.3989in these countries, uh,1167.9349 
766 1168.4165to be able to treat the people there.1170.3915 
768 1170.9395Mm-hm.1171.5497 
769DCA_int_011171.7324Do you know what- Is it just one boat or do they have a fleet or?1174.5304
770DCA_se3_ag3_f_011174.6093I think it's just the one.1176.1526
772 1176.3809Mm-hm.1177.0991 
773DCA_int_011177.3690Do you know where they are now?1178.3860
774DCA_se3_ag3_f_011178.6102No.1179.1790
776 1181.0512<laugh>1181.3128 
777DCA_int_011186.1305Could you ex- Describe for me what your job is like and what you do in a typical day.1191.4733
779 1192.5102Is that classified? <laugh>1194.4281 
780DCA_se3_ag3_f_011194.5236Well it's uh,1195.5324
782 1195.8894sort of classified. Um,1197.6112 
784 1198.9189this particular office handles American citizens1202.7257 
786 1202.9696living abroad1204.2483 
788 1204.4351at the time of registration.1206.2285 
790 1207.0837Uh, most of our work1208.5315 
792 1209.1749is done through correspondence.1211.4624 
793DCA_int_011211.4624Mm-hm.1211.9771
794DCA_se3_ag3_f_011212.2013Um,1212.7410
796 1213.1925and there are quite a few things to be done with these [registrations]1217.3605 
798 1218.1108[so that uh-]1219.4434 
800 1221.2867[so that you don't work] on any one particular thing all day long. You're doing1226.6326 
802 1226.8734different types of things. Um,1228.3471 
804 1229.0695making registration cards, answering mail, uh,1232.3647 
806 1232.6594you have1233.1285 
808 1233.3527quite a few long distance phone calls, and um,1236.3282 
810 1237.0464quite a few things to be done. It's quite interesting work.1240.0219 
812 1240.7858Uh, I have worked1242.2056 
814 1242.5128in the1242.9777 
816 1243.6586regular local boards with the1245.5506 
818 1246.3684uh,1246.7379 
820 1247.2859traffic all day long. Eighteen year olds1249.7227 
822 1250.4648registering for the first time, and uh,1252.4741 
824 1252.9805other boys who've lost their cards or come to find out why they got a physical notice,1257.2638 
826 1257.7910but I find this uh,1259.4142 
828 1259.9082far more interesting than working in the boards, and I certainly do not miss the traffic.1264.7435 
829DCA_int_011264.7975Mm. [<laugh>]1265.9391
830DCA_se3_ag3_f_011265.3870[So (laughing)],1266.0886
831DCA_int_011266.8597Yeah.1267.3579
832DCA_se3_ag3_f_011267.3787Mm-hm.1268.0180
833DCA_int_011268.3542Yeah, it sounds like you have an interesting job.1271.1025
834DCA_se3_ag3_f_011271.1191It's quite interesting. Mm-hm.1273.1605
835DCA_int_011275.2902How does your family celebrate Christmas?1277.4655
836DCA_se3_ag3_f_011278.3612Well, the family uh,1280.6112
838 1281.4042sometimes1282.5043 
840 1282.7617during the day, we'll all get together.1285.0896 
842 1285.6417Um,1286.0278 
844 1287.0822we usually start1288.1944 
846 1289.0988with our mother and father for breakfast,1292.0297 
848 1292.5777and then we travel from uh,1294.4614 
850 1294.9844one home to the other. There are eleven of us,1297.2466 
851DCA_int_011297.4006Hm.1297.6662
852DCA_se3_ag3_f_011298.0565and we go from one home to the others,1300.1851
854 1300.4176and uh,1301.0569 
856 1302.0159we usually accomplish all that1303.6972 
858 1304.0002on Christmas day.1305.1575 
859DCA_int_011305.5020Oh that's quite a lot of running.1307.3882
860DCA_se3_ag3_f_011307.6151Oh yeah.1308.1216
861DCA_int_011309.7894Do you decorate1310.5206
863 1310.8314the house?1311.4375 
864DCA_se3_ag3_f_011311.5537Oh, mm-hm.1312.5293
866 1313.0939We uh,1314.0570 
868 1314.4805had been decorating1316.1483 
870 1316.8914just about a week1318.0912 
872 1318.8592um, before Christmas.1320.5768 
874 1321.6479And course, there's all the foods to be prepared, uh,1325.0188 
876 1325.6654before Christmas.1326.8610 
877DCA_int_011327.8822What kind of foods do you usually-1330.1572
878DCA_se3_ag3_f_011330.1313Well,1330.5940
879 1331.2521there's always the turkey and then ham, and uh, we have1335.9225
881 1336.3376about three or four different types of cakes. And three1340.3053 
883 1340.9654different pies,1342.2845 
885 1343.1438and uh,1344.1651 
887 1345.3067the usual fare that goes with a turkey, and then uh,1348.0622 
889 1348.5936mm-hm.1349.1416 
890DCA_int_011349.2038I'm hungry just thinking about it. [<laugh>]1351.7071
891DCA_se3_ag3_f_011350.3330[<laugh>]1351.6407
892DCA_int_011353.8316What was the best most exciting Christmas present you ever got?1357.2316
893DCA_se3_ag3_f_011358.3183Oh, gee.1359.1610
895 1362.6679Well uh,1363.8718 
897 1364.0752my father,1365.1795 
899 1366.8899I think when I was in eleventh grade1368.9521 
901 1369.4544got me a portable typewriter.1371.6048 
903 1373.0661And that was1374.0739 
905 1374.4433probably the best1375.6556 
907 1376.1247Christmas present I've ever had1378.0135 
909 1378.8054because uh,1379.8184 
911 1380.0841as I said, we're the family of eleven children.1382.5500 
913 1383.3886Uh, I know he1384.9568 
915 1385.3968had to push himself and sacrifice a great deal to1388.2198 
917 1388.4522get me that tel-1389.3863 
919 1389.7506the typewriter.1390.5311 
921 1391.8761And I don't think I've enjoyed anything uh,1394.5206 
923 1395.7276as much as I did the typewriter.1397.4463 
924DCA_int_011397.8988What make was it?1398.8536
925DCA_se3_ag3_f_011399.6050It was uh, a Royal I think.1401.7336
927 1402.0118A Smith Royal or something like that.1404.3656 
929 1404.7060Mm-hm.1405.2250 
930DCA_int_011408.8855Now sort of a more a serious /thing/. Were you ever in a situation where you thought1412.9943
932 1413.7125that you were going to be killed or you were going to die? That this was it.1416.9413 
934 1417.7383/That's the end/.1418.6641 
935DCA_se3_ag3_f_011419.3657No, uh, I've been in uh,1421.7060
937 1423.0843several automobile accidents uh,1426.1605 
939 1426.8455where the other people in the car were hurt,1429.2273 
941 1429.6674and I was not.1430.8505 
943 1431.8676But I never had any1433.2324 
945 1433.5936fear or-1434.7933 
947 1435.4326I've been in the hospital several times for major operations, and there again, I never had any fear bu-1441.8995 
949 1442.1652that anything would happen.1443.1729 
950DCA_int_011443.7002Hm.1443.9700
951DCA_se3_ag3_f_011444.4889So uh,1445.1532
953 1445.4230can't say that I have.1446.5978 
954DCA_int_011446.5524Mm-hm.1447.1375
955DCA_se3_ag3_f_011447.2662Mm-hm.1447.8474
956DCA_int_011449.4696Do you- When people say something like,1451.5121
958 1452.2012well, whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen, so there's no sense in /doing much/ about it,1455.9506 
959DCA_se3_ag3_f_011456.2703Mm-hm.1456.7311
960DCA_int_011456.6314would you tend to agree with that?1458.1093
961DCA_se3_ag3_f_011458.4985I would.1459.1461
963 1459.4617Mm-hm.1459.8976 
964DCA_int_011461.7449/Is it/-1462.3303
965DCA_se3_ag3_f_011462.8201I think everything is uh-1464.6499
967 1465.9617/Well it's already/ in the cards, anything that happens1468.2038 
969 1468.3856happens, and- and that it was supposed to happen.1471.0046 
970DCA_int_011471.7228Mm. You don't believe in fighting it, huh?1473.8691
971DCA_se3_ag3_f_011474.8810No.1475.4207
972DCA_int_011476.9775Hm. Good.1477.6790
973DCA_se3_ag3_f_011477.8243Mm.1478.0983