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1DCA_int_010.5594Okay, uh,1.6700
3 2.1826do you recall what kind of games you used to play when you were a kid, around6.1554 
5 6.3838ten years old or so?7.7268 
6DCA_se3_ag3_m_018.4017Ten years old? Marbles,9.6327
8 9.9312uh,10.3182 
10 11.9129mm,12.5284 
12 14.1359/I don't know/ I guess m-15.6234 
14 15.8899Baseball, uh- uh- some basketball, uh,18.9714 
16 20.9566uh, Hide and Go Seek.22.8544 
18 23.4279Ten years old.24.3559 
19DCA_int_0124.3279<laugh>24.7289
20DCA_se3_ag3_m_0125.3153Uh-25.4645
22 25.9121n-26.1593 
24 26.4344um-27.2317 
25DCA_int_0128.4534Child's games we're interested in [especially.]31.3677
26DCA_se3_ag3_m_0130.5983[Mm-hm.]31.3024
27DCA_int_0132.0392What about marbles? How [did /we/- how did] that work?34.5513
28DCA_se3_ag3_m_0133.3296[Marbles? We-34.1270
29 34.6679we played- I played quite a36.2206
31 36.4211bit of marbles. I37.3864 
33 37.7361considered myself- Oh! Horseshoes! I played quite a bit of horseshoes at that age.41.0503 
35 41.6331Um, marbles. I thought43.0879 
37 43.2791uh,43.7174 
39 44.7375was one of my best games at [that time, yes.] Mm-hm.47.4513 
40DCA_int_0146.3228[Oh yeah?]46.8870
41 48.0714How did a kid go about playing marbles?50.2630
43 50.7421[/inaudible/]51.9218 
44DCA_se3_ag3_m_0150.8354[Well, we]51.8146
45 52.1456drew a circle, and uh,54.1328
47 54.7988I think you had to knock out the-57.0405 
49 57.3763j- break the pile- break the bunch, and then you uh,61.0739 
51 61.8200knocked out individual63.2644 
53 63.7307marbles, that you wanted. Eh- as I remember. Now, this is- been quite a little while ago, so I don't uh-69.5068 
55 70.2949[I had a favorite.]71.4186 
56DCA_int_0170.3088[Were the marbles outside?]71.4932
57DCA_se3_ag3_m_0171.6564Pardon?71.9782
58DCA_int_0171.9968Were the marbles outside of the circle?73.6242
59DCA_se3_ag3_m_0173.6708Marbles were inside the circle, yes. Mm-hm.76.1736
61 76.8917Uh, there were um-78.1181 
63 79.7396/they/ always had a favorite81.1711 
65 81.3576uh,81.8099 
67 82.8358shooter. Uh- uh-83.8616 
69 84.0761and I remember having favorite marbles that I tried to keep you know, when I put 'em in the ring.88.8924 
71 90.4584But other than that, I don't remember92.4444 
73 92.6216too much about93.3723 
75 93.5122um-93.7773 
76DCA_int_0194.0337Was there a special name for your favorite shooter?96.6310
77DCA_se3_ag3_m_0197.6370No, I remember it was blue. It- and it sparkled. Yeah (laughing), but other than that, I don't remember.103.1066
78DCA_int_01103.2884There wasn't a general name for everybody's favorite shooter /that you recall/?106.7891
79DCA_se3_ag3_m_01108.2346I can't remember, no.109.8154
80DCA_int_01110.4017How about a glass marble?111.8332
82 113.3440Is there a different name?114.4584 
83DCA_se3_ag3_m_01114.7755Yes, I did have a uh-117.0778
85 117.9405seems I did have one particular one that uh,121.5212 
87 122.2945was uh,123.1058 
89 124.0617sort of a125.0736 
91 125.2554China type126.0201 
93 126.5284marble, but I /and here again/ I don't remember what we- I called it129.9358 
95 130.1363at that time.130.9756 
97 131.5538It was very important to me at the time, but I don't remember now what it- just what it was.135.5255 
98DCA_int_01136.2342Did anybody ever use these uh,138.1787
100 139.2745m- metal ball bearings for a marble?141.9925 
101DCA_se3_ag3_m_01142.2396No, I don't remember anybody using those.144.6457
103 145.0180No.145.3724 
104DCA_int_01147.3017Around New York, they sometimes use that. Call 'em stealies.150.5564
105DCA_se3_ag3_m_01150.6869Oh. [Is that right?]151.8014
106DCA_int_01151.2791[Stealie.]151.8200
107DCA_se3_ag3_m_01152.2956No- Yeah! Oh yeah. I do remember hearing that, but I don't remember the significance of it. I didn't remember the significance /of it/.158.6309
108DCA_int_01158.5750/?/ it's a ball bearing.159.5908
109DCA_se3_ag3_m_01159.5022Mm-hm.159.8705
110DCA_int_01160.6959What about Hide and Seek? How would you /go about/ playing that?163.2045
111DCA_se3_ag3_m_01163.1905Well, we played that quite a bit, now.165.5022
112 166.1596I lived in um,167.3627
114 168.1460two areas of Washington. One uh, in the Anacostia area171.7400 
116 172.3182and also in the Northwest near Sibley Hospital off of- off Capital Street.177.6234 
118 178.2669And in Anacostia, of course, you played it one way. You had uh, open woods. You had uh,183.6195 
120 184.4627houses um,185.7357 
122 186.7763apart.187.3444 
124 187.5729You can go around the houses and around the garages and the sheds and what have you.192.5610 
126 193.1765And big trees to hide behind, but in uh,196.0664 
128 196.3322course, living in town, you198.0535 
130 198.6216hide- hid behind automobiles and um,201.3436 
132 201.9125in the alleys, and203.1622 
134 203.6051um,204.0947 
136 204.7149under the steal206.5610 
138 206.7428steps uh, you know, the iron steps. We had iron steps on our house. And-210.7623 
140 211.6195in that general area. I think uh,213.6281 
142 213.9172most of the houses had the iron stairways and the vestibules. /Up in the uh/218.1977 
144 218.5976area where you's going into the uh,220.1083 
146 220.5560basement.221.0129 
148 221.6618And uh,222.3939 
150 223.9875oh, we had these couple of big apartment houses and-227.3067 
152 227.6844that had many little shoots where the- had coal and what have you. We could hide around the behind the-232.7565 
153DCA_int_01232.7798/inaudible/233.3207
154DCA_se3_ag3_m_01233.3207yeah (laughing).234.2440
155 234.9480But um,235.9086
157 236.7841at uh, I don't know- We had a paper239.5390 
159 240.4072plant somewhere near241.7357 
161 242.3085North Capital and Elm,243.7959 
163 244.0571and uh,244.5933 
165 244.9896they had skid boxes or skids. Things of that sort in that area, and we used to use those for250.8505 
167 251.7170uh, hiding behind and what have you.254.2863 
168DCA_int_01254.9426Mm-hm.255.4602
170 256.1270Now pretend for a minute that I'm a foreigner, and I've never heard of Hide and Go Seek.259.8888 
171DCA_se3_ag3_m_01260.1779Mm-hm.260.6022
172DCA_int_01260.8307How would you tell me how you play it, s-262.6080
174 263.4333start to finish?264.4351 
175DCA_se3_ag3_m_01264.8688Well, first you um,266.7000
177 267.0592I don't remember exactly how we decided who-270.1367 
179 270.4538I think we had to race for a271.8946 
181 272.1600tree.272.6069 
183 273.0405You race for a tree, and uh,275.2321 
185 275.5911whoever hits the tree first is277.4419 
187 277.6424it.277.8289 
189 278.7038And then after the um,280.7753 
191 282.0778this beginning,283.4893 
193 283.6927um,284.3154 
195 284.6475the person hides their285.8619 
197 286.0904eyes or the-287.5233 
199 287.7225close their eyes against the tree289.8189 
201 290.5828and counts to292.0531 
203 292.5474twenty one, I believe.293.6786 
205 294.0771Or ten. I don't remember the number. And then um,297.2891 
207 298.0572from there, you299.6721 
209 300.0125would proceed to301.1167 
211 301.5277try to locate302.4690 
213 302.7222or try to find the304.5073 
215 304.7564individuals306.0225 
217 306.3131that are hiding.307.4921 
218DCA_int_01308.1511They hide while your-309.1931
219DCA_se3_ag3_m_01309.3799While you uh, holding- closing your eyes.312.1048
221 312.9905And of course, uh, if you can make it back to the tree,316.1621 
223 316.7931I- I might be wrong. But I'm- d- I'm- This is vague.319.8515 
225 320.6320Um,321.1841 
227 321.3917if you make it back to the tree before the person that uh,324.6951 
229 324.9773um,325.4298 
231 326.4178you find,327.3187 
233 327.7836you um,328.7758 
235 329.5676that person will be it next time. In other words,331.9546 
237 332.0501uh, he's out.333.1112 
238DCA_int_01333.2977Mm.333.6152
239DCA_se3_ag3_m_01333.8508And uh, if this is the- as I said- this is a-337.1528
241 337.5305long time [ago since I played it. <laugh>]339.4259 
242DCA_int_01338.0187[/It's hard to remember/.]339.2184
243 340.0269These kids game.341.2598
244DCA_se3_ag3_m_01341.3304[Mm-hm.]341.8119
245DCA_int_01341.3843[That's] good.342.1980
246 344.8870Uh, was there any- uh- uh- Did a person want to be it? Or did- was that a bad thing?349.3870
247DCA_se3_ag3_m_01350.2712Um, most351.1672
249 351.3703of the time, as far as I can remember, uh,354.3468 
251 355.1179it was more fun to hide than it was to be it.357.1686 
252DCA_int_01357.1765Mm-hm.357.7332
253DCA_se3_ag3_m_01357.9989But uh, of course, some people didn't mind as much as others, if I can remember, but uh,363.3779
255 364.4946it wasn't a s-365.2667 
257 366.1747stigma or anything of that sort. You just tried not to get caught.369.9650 
259 370.1061/?/370.5379 
261 371.0028more or less.371.5259 
263 372.6125[Mm.]372.8533 
264DCA_int_01372.6208[Did you] ever use any rhymes to decide who was it?375.6222
265DCA_se3_ag3_m_01376.8250[No.]377.8960
266DCA_int_01377.4975[One potato], two potato?379.1746
267 379.6271Engine Engine, or?381.0552
268DCA_se3_ag3_m_01381.2046Uh,381.9851
269DCA_int_01381.8429/inaudible/382.9531
270DCA_se3_ag3_m_01384.1842no, I can't remember that, you know, we might have, but- but- you know, on different occasions but I don't remember. I think it was most of the time, it was racing for the-392.4650
271DCA_int_01392.8874Racing for the-?393.3275
272DCA_se3_ag3_m_01393.8298uh, tree, or lamp post, or395.9345
274 397.5742whatever the object was that we used for399.6779 
276 401.8250base.402.3846 
278 403.9403Mm.404.3471 
279DCA_int_01404.7207Did- was there any other406.3273
281 406.7631games that you played as you grew up older than that?409.4645 
283 410.5190Was it more athletics or?411.9388 
284DCA_se3_ag3_m_01412.2667No.412.6113
286 412.7773Well I played quite a bit of basketball in uh,415.5037 
288 416.0807my416.5332 
290 416.7657growing years. We used to play in a418.9036 
292 419.8003little park up in- on New York Avenue. New York and uh422.9543 
294 423.9672First Street.424.6220 
296 425.5519And we um,426.6737 
298 426.8975played427.3993 
300 428.1672baseball and, we weren't supposed to, but we played baseball. And then we um,433.4550 
302 435.0408we played baseball in the parking lot behind the paper438.8136 
303DCA_int_01439.2798Mm-hm.439.6575
304DCA_se3_ag3_m_01439.9050uh, place. And then we played it on the playground.442.9054
305DCA_int_01443.2235[Mm-hm.]443.5965
306DCA_se3_ag3_m_01443.2541[And] then uh, we'd444.2338
307 445.0599j- I competed for track, and I think for awhile boxing was quite a thing.450.4058
308DCA_int_01450.6631Mm-hm.451.0451
309DCA_se3_ag3_m_01451.0783Um,451.6885
311 451.9407twelve, thirteen, I think uh, we went through a period of uh,455.3614 
313 455.9675learning how to box at that time. We had some /money/- um,459.4037 
315 460.8442/Mighty Mel/ I think was uh quite active at that time. And he used to uh,465.9700 
317 466.4931train. He was in a wheelchair himself and he used to train young fellas to box. He has one very famous boxer here, uh,473.4081 
319 473.7599/Mugsy Hersey/.474.7480 
321 474.8476Um, /??/475.5575 
323 476.1179you heard that name, but anyhow.477.9403 
325 478.8775Quite a few people trained under him,480.6916 
327 480.9490and he used to go around to the different playgrounds,483.4854 
328DCA_int_01483.5601Mm-hm.483.9669
329DCA_se3_ag3_m_01484.0033and484.3520
331 485.5600I remember486.6227 
333 487.7726getting socked in the eye, [/unintelligible/] something of that sort several times.491.2213 
334DCA_int_01489.0502<laugh>489.4487
335DCA_se3_ag3_m_01491.5701I didn't particularly like boxing too much. However, I did494.2725
337 494.7448uh, practice quite a bit or go up and train.497.3891 
339 497.8831Be- Use the uh,499.4648 
341 500.2608medicine ball I guess you call it. [And it] uh, strengthened the muscles in your stomach.504.6934 
342DCA_int_01501.8632[Mm-hm.]502.2617
343DCA_se3_ag3_m_01505.7104And then I did a little tumbling, and507.4042
345 507.5868little later years, I had a couple friends that were interested in tumbling, and uh, we512.5051 
347 513.1568used to tumble.514.0742 
349 515.2325I had quite a few trains, and um,517.6004 
351 518.5610and518.8221 
353 519.0755I made aeroplanes and things of that sort. I can remember doing that through the years. Uh,523.3877 
355 523.6243trains and aeroplanes, and525.4982 
357 526.0943we made the planes out of the balsa wood.528.7709 
358DCA_int_01528.8000Yeah.529.2815
359DCA_se3_ag3_m_01529.2857Things of that sort.530.3899
360DCA_int_01531.4775Did you /play in art/?532.8589
361DCA_se3_ag3_m_01532.8796Well it did, and it got quite expensive and /crazy/ (laughing).535.9101
363 536.7320But um,537.6649 
365 538.7665generally, we had540.7073 
367 542.0364uh, kites. I can remember playing with qu- quite- kites545.5722 
369 545.9276quite a bit.546.4482 
371 547.3490And um,548.3483 
373 550.1210we had an area down on um,552.1344 
375 552.9968right on Anacostia River554.7030 
377 554.8566that uh, we555.7907 
379 556.1062did quite a bit557.2851 
381 557.6504as far as kite flying and559.3498 
383 560.4681things of that sort.561.7966 
384DCA_int_01562.4039Mm-hm.562.7680
385DCA_se3_ag3_m_01562.7638Mm-hm.563.2288
386DCA_int_01563.8587Good.564.2323
388 564.8426That's quite a run down.566.1129 
389DCA_se3_ag3_m_01566.0838Mm-hm.566.5820
390DCA_int_01566.8352/Delved in/ a lot of things.568.1346
391DCA_se3_ag3_m_01568.1429Yeah.568.5621
392DCA_int_01568.6161Um,569.0146
394 569.9103do you watch television?571.1806 
395DCA_se3_ag3_m_01572.1727Occasionally. Yes, mm-hm.573.9619
396DCA_int_01574.0699Do you have any favorite programs?575.9162
397DCA_se3_ag3_m_01576.5679Mm- I don't-577.1076
398DCA_int_01577.1616Show that you particularly like?578.6353
399DCA_se3_ag3_m_01578.6685Well, I was watching Ironside there for awhile. I used to watch Perry Mason,582.3621
401 583.0922uh, regularly. I haven't watched that for quite some time now. I don't even know when it's on now.587.7785 
403 588.2767Uh, now we have the comedy shows. Jonathan Winner- Winters, that uh, I watch mainly because uh, someone else is watching them and I happen to be there.596.3418 
405 596.9467Um,597.6026 
407 599.4623the uh-600.6164 
409 602.0185overall, I don't603.1892 
411 603.4756um, have a program that I have to see every week.607.3124 
413 607.3893I used to, at one time. Gun Smoke and things of that sort.610.7199 
415 611.2583But uh, now I maybe watch about three hours of television a week at the most.615.7323 
416DCA_int_01615.6867Oh.616.0354
417DCA_se3_ag3_m_01616.7120Mm-hm.617.1442
418DCA_int_01618.1307Cut it down a little huh?619.2599
419DCA_se3_ag3_m_01619.2848Yeah. /That's right/.620.1109
420DCA_int_01619.6890Um,620.1941
421 620.9702is there an adventure story or anything that623.8670
423 624.3899with a story in it that you can /?/ relate?627.2169 
425 628.0544See, what I'm after is I would like you to tell me an episode630.6697 
427 631.7408of a- a story like Gun Smoke or Perry Mason.634.9072 
428DCA_se3_ag3_m_01637.8546No, um,639.1569
430 639.6718in uh,640.4108 
432 643.6280I remember one Alfred Hitchcock [<laugh> but uh, well, that] was I thought it was interesting because of the um,651.1357 
433DCA_int_01646.4997[Yeah? Tell me /about that one/.]648.3519
434DCA_se3_ag3_m_01651.9825irony in the653.2528
436 653.3898show. I don't know whether you remember seeing this or not but it was case of a657.6189 
438 658.5281woman who,659.4621 
440 660.1502her husband happened to be a police man (laughing). I don't know why I remember this one so well, but her husband happened to be a police man.665.0653 
442 665.8577And um,666.7866 
444 667.0943he came in, and um,668.7880 
446 669.7221he was leaving his wife671.1163 
448 671.5434for some reason or another, and his wife673.5402 
450 673.8059very uh,674.8230 
452 675.7394um,676.3828 
454 678.0765plainly, or679.0521 
456 679.1932d- very- just680.5839 
458 680.7998solemnly681.8252 
460 682.2725prepared his dinner.683.8583 
462 684.3108And then uh,685.4980 
464 686.8171preparation of his dinner, she got a lamb- frozen lamb leg out of the690.8024 
466 691.1096freezer.691.4885 
468 692.5241And he was talking to someone on the telephone telling them that he was going to meet them,696.7709 
470 697.1694and she698.0319 
472 698.2560evidently hit him over the head with the lamb leg.701.4193 
474 702.0711And when the-703.0881 
476 703.4317his704.0585 
478 704.4031co-workers, other policeman, came to investigate the case,707.6120 
480 708.3873um,709.0639 
482 709.8278she-710.6705 
484 711.1769they couldn't find the murder weapon.712.5967 
486 713.5878But,713.8743 
488 714.2479they sat down and ate lunch715.7555 
490 715.8752or dinner,716.4937 
492 717.1081and they were eating the718.3493 
494 718.5818evidence. They were eating the mur- murder weap- murder [weapon! <laugh>]722.0388 
495DCA_int_01720.9387[Oh! <laugh>]721.7607
496 722.2547/unintelligible/723.0019
497DCA_se3_ag3_m_01722.9895So, uh I do remember that one. Now, something else I- I-726.3468
498DCA_int_01726.6166/Yeah/.726.9057
499DCA_se3_ag3_m_01726.9944I like westerns, uh, generally. But I see 'em and forget 'em generally. It's just for relaxation.732.1784
501 732.5437I find that westerns are the most relaxing734.8081 
502DCA_int_01735.0625Mm-hm.735.4901
503DCA_se3_ag3_m_01735.3780of uh-736.2023
504 737.0053mm.737.3997
505DCA_int_01737.0053[Don't] have to concentrate.738.3566
506DCA_se3_ag3_m_01738.6118Takes you out of the realm of reality so to speak.740.9895
508 741.1888Mm-hm.741.7077 
509DCA_int_01743.1025/unintelligible/743.8788
511 744.4351Um, I don't wonder that you remember that one (laughing).746.6425 
512DCA_se3_ag3_m_01746.6342Yeah, that's- it's gruesome, isn't it? <laugh>748.9507
513DCA_int_01749.6522Most of his are.750.5489
514DCA_se3_ag3_m_01750.7938Mm-hm.751.2629
515DCA_int_01752.4284Have you been to a movie recently?754.2093
516DCA_se3_ag3_m_01754.3505Yes, I saw um,756.0732
518 757.8739uh, Guns of San Sebastian, uh,760.5390 
519DCA_int_01761.7875[What's that] about?]762.6967
520DCA_se3_ag3_m_01761.7917[I]-762.2193
521 762.9167Um, that was story of a765.2082
523 766.2490bandit I guess, in those days, uh,769.2671 
525 769.5536that was befriended. He was injured.772.0309 
527 772.5207He was being chased by the Mexican774.8039 
529 775.4557police I believe.776.4063 
531 777.0083Um, Mexican777.9247 
533 778.4975Guard or police,779.8260 
535 780.3532and uh, he was injured. And he was-782.5990 
537 782.8803went into a church. He rode his horse into a church to786.4919 
539 787.7207um,788.0714 
541 788.2113for looking for a sanction, and uh,790.5840 
543 791.5679a priest, an old priest, befriended him.794.0658 
545 794.2901And um,795.0872 
547 796.3284they wanted the-797.6402 
549 797.9142the police- the authorities wanted the bandit800.9644 
551 801.1429back, and the priest wouldn't802.6000 
553 802.7494uh, relinquish him because of the805.5911 
555 806.1600sanctuary- sanctuary-807.8503 
557 808.3776of the church.809.1582 
559 810.3152And uh,811.1869 
561 811.8678finally, they exiled the pr- the old priest to a815.4326 
563 816.1799area way out in the middle of the desert somewheres, but uh,819.7002 
565 820.7578with the name San Sebastian.822.5096 
566DCA_int_01822.5677Mm-hm.823.1033
567DCA_se3_ag3_m_01823.5267And um,824.4898
569 825.6843the um,826.5353 
571 827.1539priest was killed almost immediately as soon as he got there, and830.5206 
573 831.0395the831.5906 
575 832.2257people of the area833.5292 
577 833.8780were834.4591 
579 835.1275being uh,836.1653 
581 837.7874victimized, I guess, by the840.0298 
583 840.3379uh-840.8788 
585 841.2496combination of the Indians and by someone else in the area that uh, was-845.5659 
587 846.8777would take their uh, crops as soon as they were harvested.850.2891 
589 851.1567So they looked852.0700 
591 852.6377to the church for leadership.854.7475 
593 855.0247And uh, by this time, actor Tony Quinn, uh, who happened to be the bandit,860.0093 
595 860.7732uh, was, um,862.2956 
597 863.9230thought to be the priest, and he was of course867.1651 
599 867.3478uh, far from a priest.869.0903 
601 869.7545And uh, he showed the people how to uh,873.0673 
603 873.5654build. He liked being called a priest. He liked being looked up to, so consequently, he fell into the-878.8853 
605 879.8650After880.6206 
607 880.9344trying very hard882.3810 
609 883.2649to get out of it, supposedly, uh, he decided to uh,887.4069 
611 887.9424try to teach the people how to live, how to de- defend themselves.891.6028 
613 892.5120And through hook and crook, he managed to get uh,895.6368 
615 896.1309dams built and the s- crops harvested,900.0372 
617 900.6464and um,901.6220 
619 902.3152of course, there was a love scene here and there, in there, with uh,905.7644 
621 906.0442Tony Quinn.906.5984 
623 907.3331And uh, finally, um,909.2469 
625 910.7123I think he got-911.4753 
627 911.7781He blackmailed the governor, through his wife, to give them guns and when the916.6383 
629 917.1115Indians and the bandits came back in to attack them this time, he was prepared to defend the923.9276 
631 924.4334town.924.9896 
633 926.2516And of course, it has a happy ending. The b- the band- the uh, authorities were still looking for him, and he wasn't able to stay in the town. They still chased him out of town, [but (laughing)-]934.7763 
634DCA_int_01934.0748[<laugh>]934.8469
635DCA_se3_ag3_m_01935.8557But I thought that was very interesting. I have- the most recent film that I saw was um,940.7479
637 941.4879uh,942.1231 
639 944.0317Capote's um,945.4182 
640DCA_int_01946.4975In Cold Blood.947.3070
641DCA_se3_ag3_m_01947.2406In Cold Blood. Yeah, this left me kind of cold. [But uh- <laugh>]950.4361
642DCA_int_01949.8009[<laugh>]950.4693
643 950.6104You didn't like [it?]951.3210
644DCA_se3_ag3_m_01951.0629[Uh], well, um,952.5008
645 952.9269it- it- I had mixed emotions about it. It- it-955.5619
647 956.4005you felt sorry for the individual, one individual, but at the same time, you- you could see so many things in the,962.5423 
649 963.0540a family, that knowing, when they close their966.1705 
651 966.4279shades at night and lock their doors, just put-969.1014 
653 969.9929having no idea what971.6077 
655 971.8942was in store for them. And uh,974.1317 
657 974.8291so you had- I had mixed emotions about it. I th-977.0158 
659 977.2607thought that the man who did the murdering was979.7217 
661 979.8243completely sick.980.6856 
663 981.5688Course, this was supposed to have been taken from a true story, and you wonder how much Hollywood had to do with the uh,987.9524 
665 988.8366glorifying the individuals that uh,991.7082 
667 992.6133perform the murder.993.8089 
669 994.8425So I d- I uh,996.4408 
671 996.8964I'm still thinking about that moment. <laugh>999.8189 
673 1000.0929[Uh-huh.]1000.5329 
674DCA_int_011000.2548[I've only] read the book.1001.3922
675DCA_se3_ag3_m_011001.6828Yeah [I did, too.]1002.5162
676DCA_int_011001.8147[/Didn't really do anything] for me/.1002.9853
677DCA_se3_ag3_m_011003.1348Yeah, it- [it- it's-]1004.2307
678DCA_int_011003.6869[Is it close] to the book? /inaudible/1005.5775
679DCA_se3_ag3_m_011005.5550Uh, I think1006.4075
680 1006.6640the book is a little uh,1008.2260
682 1008.8625more descriptive, much more descriptive,1010.9465 
684 1011.5027than the movie. Of course, they couldn't show a lot of the things that they1015.5326 
686 1015.9602um,1016.2881 
688 1016.6036it was g- very gruesome1017.8117 
690 1018.2465uh, in the book.1019.1681 
692 1019.3757The description of the um,1021.0860 
694 1021.7461bodies and1022.6869 
695DCA_int_011022.9480Mm.1023.1700
696DCA_se3_ag3_m_011023.2156just what they did do,1024.5762
698 1025.3899and the1026.0167 
700 1026.1952movies of course, glazed over top of that1028.7195 
702 1029.3304to-1029.7034 
704 1031.0556to a certain degree.1031.9811 
705DCA_int_011034.7947Hm.1035.1019
707 1038.2278/Have to figure that one out/.1039.4026 
708DCA_se3_ag3_m_011039.2158Yeah. <laugh>1040.1446
709 1041.5436I don't do as much reading as I used to. I used to read quite a bit. I liked um,1046.8770
711 1047.2465Kenneth Roberts, uh,1048.5043 
713 1049.4342and I liked also um,1051.2099 
715 1052.7625Frank Slaughter,1053.5928 
717 1053.7630the MD that, you know, wrote about Fort Everglades, and I think he1057.3653 
719 1057.9672written several modern novels about doctors and what have you.1061.6110 
721 1062.0344I don't know why I'm1063.1388 
723 1063.6844interested1064.4879 
725 1064.9902in um,1065.6502 
727 1066.3674I think it's the life and the excitement of-1069.4601 
729 1069.9582that you see, or that you hear about in the books. And I of course, I knew1073.7141 
731 1073.9051too many doctors that don't have that type of excitement, you know.1076.7195 
733 1077.2625But, uh, of course, /there's just a/-1079.4668 
735 1080.0209I-1080.3012 
737 1080.6291his description1081.6670 
739 1081.8953was very vivid, and um,1083.8993 
741 1084.1650I liked his work very much.1085.5474 
743 1085.7633Have you ever read any Frank Slaughter?1087.1249 
745 1087.5722[Mm. You haven't?] Huh.1088.7678 
746DCA_int_011087.5930[No, I haven't.]1088.3485
747DCA_se3_ag3_m_011090.1377Mm-hm.1090.4698
748DCA_int_011090.4324My wife probably has. [She's a] great reader.1092.6270
749DCA_se3_ag3_m_011091.4246[Yeah.]1091.7650
750 1092.8765Uh-huh.1093.3249
752 1094.1510Mm-hm.1094.5329 
753DCA_int_011094.7322Forget /we're not limited/ technical stuff [these days.]1097.2520
754DCA_se3_ag3_m_011096.5421[Yeah.]1097.0071
755 1097.4056Mm-hm.1097.8705
756DCA_int_011098.5130You say you have a dog? Uh-1099.9078
757DCA_se3_ag3_m_011100.1112Yes, I have a1101.3607
759 1101.8298small mutt.1102.5940 
761 1102.8511Um,1103.3824 
763 1103.8422well he's actually, he was supposed to have been a cocker when we got him, but1107.6697 
765 1108.6618immediately when I noticed there's three colors. Uh,1111.9187 
767 1112.0068very rarely do you see a cocker with more than1114.4681 
769 1115.0030two colors. Matter of fact, I've never heard of a cocker with more than two colors.1118.2576 
771 1119.2373But uh, he's been with us for twelve years. Uh, he's like part of the family now.1124.2510 
773 1124.7948Mm-hm.1125.2503 
774DCA_int_011125.3086We had a dog thirteen years.1126.9151
775DCA_se3_ag3_m_011127.1559[Thirteen?]1127.8948
776DCA_int_011127.1932[/inaudible/]1127.7703
777DCA_se3_ag3_m_011128.0816Is that right? Oh.1129.0489
778DCA_int_011129.6840/Sad huh/?1130.3731
779DCA_se3_ag3_m_011130.7706[Mm-hm.]1131.3809
780DCA_int_011130.7789[What's his name?]1131.4764
781DCA_se3_ag3_m_011131.7794Skippy.1132.2443
783 1133.1078He's- knows how to play ball, and1135.1918 
785 1135.8840uh, shake.1137.2166 
787 1138.4287He jumps through the hoop.1139.7530 
789 1141.9148He can- He's smart little dog for- and I think this is maybe because he is a mutt that he's so smart. But he has quite a lot of um,1149.7431 
791 1150.4779sense for a little dog.1151.7316 
793 1151.9547And he's very small. Uh, not more than1154.8191 
795 1155.5580ten or twelve pounds or something of that sort.1157.3296 
797 1158.5667And,1158.9818 
799 1159.2932he's been a lot of company for the children. I have two daughters and uh,1163.4706 
801 1164.3567he's been a lot of company for the children.1166.3452 
803 1166.6441Mm-hm.1167.1132 
805 1167.4577Mm-hm.1167.8978 
806DCA_int_011168.1790He ever done anything funny or amusing?1170.3751
808 1170.9441That you recall?1171.8571 
809DCA_se3_ag3_m_011172.1726The dog?1172.7818
810DCA_int_011172.8150Yeah.1173.1513
811DCA_se3_ag3_m_011174.4797Well, uh,1175.5881
813 1176.5968/mm, other than/,1177.7083 
815 1178.2439you give him a bath, and he goes out and1179.9365 
817 1180.3003rolls in the dirt. Uh,1182.5011 
819 1183.8346he's an- a number of times,1185.5948 
821 1185.9808torn paper of course, out of the um,1188.3844 
823 1188.7321trash basket, and his1190.0066 
825 1190.1643da- soon- no sooner than you walk into the room, he knows that he's wrong. And he [cowers down] and looks up at you with his big eyes, [and you can't spank him.]1198.4119 
826DCA_int_011194.5595[Mm-hm.]1194.9871
828 1197.0752<laugh>1198.5074 
829 1199.4446/Little birdseed, huh?/1200.5011
830DCA_se3_ag3_m_011200.3869Mm-hm.1200.9971
831 1201.8814But I think he does it sometimes just to get attention.1204.5953
833 1204.8485I really do. /But/-1205.8573 
834DCA_int_011206.4011Well, they're smart [/to do/] things like that.1208.8594
835DCA_se3_ag3_m_011207.4680[Mm-hm.]1208.0575
836 1209.0372Mm-hm.1209.5893
837DCA_int_011210.9416Do you feed him, uh, canned dog food?1212.8304
838DCA_se3_ag3_m_011213.1252No, he's on um,1214.7151
840 1215.3461um,1215.8142 
842 1216.2376m-1216.4203 
844 1216.7275dry food diet. He1218.5042 
846 1218.7325uh, eats1219.4092 
848 1219.6500Purina's, um,1220.9244 
850 1222.3640Purina Dog Chow, I believe,1223.8856 
852 1224.7219And he's been eating this now for the last five or six years. We've tried Gravy Train and a few other things, but he1230.6448 
854 1231.2384leaves it, so we go back to the Purina Dog Chow. My children always uh,1236.6216 
856 1237.9334give me a hard time about feeding him the same old thing, but1241.9301 
858 1242.7603he eats it, and he seems to be thriving off of it,1245.2210 
860 1245.8480so we-1246.3917 
861DCA_int_011246.8898Worked twelve years, it can't be /harmful/.1248.9572
862DCA_se3_ag3_m_011248.9530Yeah, well he had some kidney damage some years ago. I don't know. I think he1253.3939
863 1253.7135had some difficulty with his-1255.3606
865 1255.6387one of his glands1256.6475 
867 1257.2369and um,1258.1046 
869 1258.4201the doctor told us to feed him uh,1260.4864 
871 1261.1257dry food because the1262.6201 
873 1263.0851beef or meat,1264.1810 
875 1264.6875uh,1265.1016 
877 1265.8613didn't do his kidneys any good. So,1267.8705 
879 1268.3147from that time on,1269.7510 
881 1270.0873we haven't had any difficulty with him eating or with his1272.6891 
883 1273.1997other trouble.1273.9802 
884DCA_int_011274.1213Huh.1274.4285
886 1274.6236/Is that right/?1275.2961 
887DCA_se3_ag3_m_011275.3252Mm-hm.1275.8566
888DCA_int_011278.2010Hm, that's good. Do you remember1280.0732
890 1281.1059your grammar school, the things you studied there?1284.1031 
891DCA_se3_ag3_m_011286.2110Um,1286.6884
893 1286.9416vaguely.1287.5726 
895 1287.8964We, um-1288.7308 
897 1289.2539I went to uh,1290.5657 
899 1290.7193/James D. Burnie/ out in Southeast,1292.8312 
901 1293.7196and um,1294.7118 
903 1295.5752oh, regular science,1297.2804 
905 1297.5876general science, I guess.1299.1159 
907 1299.1941The- I remember a history teacher,1301.1743 
909 1301.4857third grade, I remember.1302.7217 
911 1305.2249I remember some phases of learning to write.1307.3836 
913 1308.1672Uh, Geography, and1310.2968 
915 1312.4804some of the uh,1313.5627 
917 1314.2312/general ??/.1314.9867 
919 1315.7838It's hard right now because uh,1317.7349 
921 1318.2413I've helped my children with their homework, and I d- don't know whether some of these things I've learned in school when I was1323.8819 
923 1324.8730going to school myself, or one- some of the things that I've helped them with in recent years.1329.4218 
925 1330.1068But, I do know that we had Geography, Div- Division, Mathematics, uh,1334.9379 
927 1335.3073Handwriting,1336.2629 
929 1336.8890Physical Education. The same1338.6865 
931 1339.1971general things that they seem to be having in school now.1342.2210 
933 1342.8866Uh, we did concentrate possibly a little more on Handwriting and uh,1347.1531 
935 1347.6844maybe I'd- they- I concentrated more because-1350.6848 
937 1351.2120my father1351.9302 
939 1352.4242very rarely ever, uh1354.0681 
941 1355.0187wrote long hand.1356.0234 
943 1356.2340He printed most of the time.1357.7244 
945 1358.2018And I had a1359.1275 
947 1359.9370combination of printing and writing,1361.9535 
949 1362.1943and it was very difficult for me in school because the teachers wanted us to1366.6849 
951 1366.9631write, and I was1368.4219 
953 1368.6402constantly1369.3625 
955 1370.1181trying to print like my father, so it was a1373.1350 
957 1374.0675a struggle, right straight on through. <laugh>1376.2568 
958DCA_int_011376.2153<laugh>1376.5284
959DCA_se3_ag3_m_011377.3268Hm.1377.7295
960DCA_int_011377.9910I can remember penmanship, but in my [case, it didn't] do much [good. <laugh>]1381.9929
961DCA_se3_ag3_m_011380.0002[Yeah.]1380.3822
963 1381.1958[No. <laugh>]1381.9389 
964DCA_int_011382.5703/What use is it these days, right?/1384.3003
965DCA_se3_ag3_m_011384.2350Mm.1384.4681
966DCA_int_011384.7151/inaudible/1385.7695
968 1386.0020Do you remember what the kids would do after school was out?1388.7159 
969DCA_se3_ag3_m_011390.6961Generally? Um, well, I was on the1393.9455
971 1394.8339Patrol for awhile. I can remember that, but uh,1398.2836 
973 1398.8015generally, we ran home and changed our clothes, and1401.9938 
975 1402.8324started to going into our1405.0829 
977 1405.7310general every evening1407.6302 
979 1408.2695playing.1408.8175 
980DCA_int_011409.0044Mm-hm.1409.5266
981DCA_se3_ag3_m_011409.6758Um,1410.2362
983 1411.4277now, do you mean uh- there were a few fights [after school. <laugh>]1415.0090 
984DCA_int_011413.8645[<laugh>]1415.0547
985DCA_se3_ag3_m_011415.4380Um, I can remember that, yeah, um,1417.9689
987 1418.3093on occasion.1419.0980 
989 1419.7166Um-1420.4887 
990DCA_int_011421.3273Did kids play /unintelligible/?1423.0327
991DCA_se3_ag3_m_011423.0293Generally. Something that1424.8175
992 1425.1413maybe started in school. I remember one particular time,1428.3917
994 1429.1753I was sitting in class, and I was leaning back in the chair,1431.9318 
996 1432.2556and this was in elementary school. And,1434.3935 
998 1435.0484the guys would uh, trip the back of the chair, and knock the chair from under you, [you know.]1439.6553 
999DCA_int_011439.0450[<laugh>]1439.9500
1000DCA_se3_ag3_m_011440.1244And I think this particular day, I was caught1442.7853
1002 1443.6447w- by someone who kicked the chair out from under me, and uh,1446.6877 
1004 1447.7783we uh-1448.8784 
1006 1449.4803the teacher immediately caught me.1451.3100 
1008 1451.5965And uh, reprimanded me, and I made up my mind, well, I'm'a take care of this after [school you know. <laugh>]1457.8182 
1009DCA_int_011456.3487[<laugh>]1457.3284
1010DCA_se3_ag3_m_011458.4451And uh, so we1459.9312
1012 1460.7283had our little tussle, but, there again, it was general. By then-1464.3472 
1014 1464.6835l- later on that evening, by the time we got to the playground, we were1467.6838 
1016 1467.9619completely over it. We forgotten all about what we were fighting about.1470.5851 
1018 1471.0962Mm-hm.1471.4241 
1019DCA_int_011471.9960Kids are great [that way.]1473.3285
1020DCA_se3_ag3_m_011472.7930[Yeah.] <laugh>1474.4909
1021 1474.6943But I remember this particular time because we had visitors from uh-1478.4211
1023 1479.1020I don't know whether the1480.0651 
1025 1480.1510s-1480.5754 
1027 1480.6779s- supervisor or something of that sort was1482.9115 
1029 1483.0447visiting the school.1484.2900 
1031 1484.7799And evidently,1485.7554 
1033 1486.5899I don't remember exactly whether1488.1662 
1035 1488.5150the supervisor walked in just as1490.6571 
1037 1490.9062my chair was clipped from under me. I just /?/ but it was very close to the-1494.6597 
1039 1495.1976and it was very embarrassing to me and the teacher,1497.6053 
1041 1497.9125now that I think back on it (laughing).1499.5313 
1042DCA_int_011499.5546Mm-hm.1500.0536
1043DCA_se3_ag3_m_011500.3109Huh.1500.6804
1044DCA_int_011500.7856Mm.1501.1400
1046 1502.9917Do kids do the same sorts of things today, as far you know?1506.1217 
1047DCA_se3_ag3_m_011507.4377<ts> Well, my kids say that I'm old fashioned, and uh, I don't really-1512.0570
1049 1512.8209I don't know. Maybe they do, but th- they seem to be a little more-1516.6889 
1051 1518.1211The type of fighting that we did generally, as far as I could see, was, as I said, uh1523.1769 
1053 1524.3677taking care of something that you couldn't do during school time, and that was the end of it. But now, they seem to be a little rougher than we were. We were just1531.5474 
1055 1532.2282wanting to, you know,1533.3159 
1057 1533.5027punch each other and /laugh/, you know, in the mouth or something, that's it. But we didn't really want to hurt anybody.1537.9269 
1059 1538.1096But now, they seem to be-1539.6082 
1061 1540.1354I don't know whether they learn more from television or just what it is.1543.2063 
1063 1543.3392But when they fight now, from what I've seen, you know, in riding along after school,1547.3815 
1065 1547.7676they seem to be a little1548.7483 
1067 1549.8054more bent on destruction. [<laugh>]1552.7244 
1068DCA_int_011551.6352[<laugh>]1552.3721
1069 1552.7386/inaudible/1553.4660
1070DCA_se3_ag3_m_011553.5404Oh.1554.1156
1071DCA_int_011555.2219You ever have a teacher that hollered a lot?1557.0085
1072DCA_se3_ag3_m_011558.1229Um,1558.8949
1074 1559.1609yeah. I-1559.9589 
1076 1560.3939I've had-1561.2027 
1078 1563.4989Yeah, I had one that uh, hollered a lot, but now I can't remember1567.3597 
1080 1568.6853too much about1569.4725 
1082 1570.0477the teacher. I did have one that was very very um,1572.8042 
1084 1574.0909rough spoken, but it was a v- she was a very good teacher.1577.4125 
1086 1577.6992She was an excellent teacher.1578.9071 
1088 1579.7123And um, I got a lot from her.1582.0165 
1090 1582.5836But she- When I say rough spoken, she was v- Her voice was very heavy. She e- when she lambasted you, she1588.6723 
1092 1589.0102really tore into you.1590.1747 
1093DCA_int_011590.1606/inaudible/1590.6177
1094DCA_se3_ag3_m_011591.6659But um,1592.4677
1096 1593.3950I'm not-1593.8910 
1098 1594.4267Overall- I can't1595.7639 
1100 1597.2513remember too much about uh,1599.2176 
1102 1600.3563individual-1601.2801 
1104 1602.1501Let- There were certain teachers that I do remember1604.8641 
1106 1605.5930for certain [things.]1606.8332 
1107DCA_int_011606.6247[Mm-hm.]1606.9857
1108DCA_se3_ag3_m_011607.0740And um,1607.9763
1110 1608.1705I remember I had a grandma teacher that uh,1610.7542 
1112 1611.8147uh, we d- could never make it. I- I had to take my homework for my grandma twice1615.9514 
1114 1616.1671because- <laugh>1617.3024 
1116 1617.9412/how was it/- I think it was a combination of two things. One thing, uh, it was nine o'clock in the morning, and this particular year1623.9179 
1118 1624.5735uh, was um, I couldn't seem to make it to school on time.1627.5494 
1120 1628.2899And that number1629.5085 
1122 1630.4567two, uh, I think we- Somewhere along the line, we cross1634.3211 
1124 1634.7911each other. I crossed her evidently.1636.6712 
1126 1637.5986But, uh, the second1638.8280 
1128 1639.2621semester-1640.0530 
1130 1640.2723I took it from her again, and the second semester,1642.5729 
1132 1643.1876I had no difficulty- I mean um, I1644.9841 
1134 1645.1818went right through the course, and uh, we got to be great friends. And I've seen her since then,1649.3473 
1135DCA_int_011649.6385Hm.1649.8542
1136DCA_se3_ag3_m_011649.9656and um, we've chatted about1652.2519
1138 1652.4595what1652.7039 
1140 1652.9340you know,1653.4236 
1142 1653.8713what transpired during the1655.5870 
1144 1656.5036past ten, fifteen years or so.1658.3756 
1146 1658.8537Mm-hm.1659.2887 
1147DCA_int_011660.5541You, uh, recall1661.6037
1149 1661.8374uh, any time that you in particular1663.7957 
1151 1664.8166singled out for a lambasting?1666.8620 
1152DCA_se3_ag3_m_011668.6693Um,1669.4458
1154 1672.0978n- this particular time, the- the chair incident,1674.8155 
1156 1675.0420and um,1676.0988 
1158 1676.5473I remember one other time I was struck by a teacher.1679.7574 
1159DCA_int_011679.9479Ooh.1680.5231
1160DCA_se3_ag3_m_011680.6444And- <laugh>1682.6827
1162 1682.9056but, um,1683.9804 
1164 1684.4981here again, I've1685.4543 
1166 1685.5756seen him since then, and uh,1687.5096 
1168 1687.8799we get along very nice. Matter of fact, he reminded of it (laughing).1690.9633 
1169DCA_int_011690.9885<laugh>1691.6139
1170DCA_se3_ag3_m_011691.5888But um,1692.5058
1171 1693.7888he d- When he struck me, he didn't uh,1696.7132
1173 1697.3647hurt me. I think at that particular time, I needed to be struck. I was way out of line. I think I was1702.0011 
1175 1702.6410playing with the little girl in front of me or something of that sort, and I think he1706.6590 
1177 1707.0724hadn't1707.4463 
1179 1707.6153moved me over there because I was in trouble on that side of the room. And the- this was right /the fourth grade/.1712.1438 
1181 1713.2393And uh, I remember him coming over and grabbing me by the shoulder or something of that sort, and1718.2113 
1182DCA_int_011719.5355[<laugh>]1720.4168
1183DCA_se3_ag3_m_011719.5796[sort of] pushing me on over the other side of the room, but uh, here again. I didn't uh, hold any- and I dare not tell my father, or my parents, [because] uh,1727.6409
1184DCA_int_011726.8788[Hm.]1727.2132
1185DCA_se3_ag3_m_011728.9746uh, that was unheard of in those days. If the teacher had speaked to- If the teacher spoke to you, you were wrong1734.3371
1187 1734.4306regardless [of what you- did- you- It could] be the teacher that [was wrong] <laugh> but in this case,1739.3402 
1188DCA_int_011735.0130[/inaudible/]1736.4678
1190 1737.0934[<laugh>]1738.1611 
1191DCA_se3_ag3_m_011739.4984as far as my parents were concerned, if the teacher spoke to me, I was wrong.1743.6381
1193 1744.5445So,1745.1449 
1195 1746.0139I never said anything that wou- And I1748.1924 
1197 1748.3685somewhat feel that way to a certain degree now, but if my children- (laughing)1751.6676 
1199 1752.0235if the teacher has to speak to 'em, it's because they were generally doing something that the had no business doing.1756.5054 
1201 1757.0696But-1757.3960 
1202DCA_int_011759.7146So you think it was probably1760.8002
1204 1761.5299fair?1762.0152 
1205DCA_se3_ag3_m_011762.5185In [this particular instance, um], I probably- Now that I think back over it, uh,1766.8529
1206DCA_int_011762.7845[/inaudible/]1764.1141
1207DCA_se3_ag3_m_011767.6114I might have reacted1768.7438
1209 1769.2965myself in a little different way. I might have done little more than he [did. <laugh>]1774.0012 
1210DCA_int_011772.4563[<laugh>]1773.4485
1211DCA_se3_ag3_m_011774.1198But uh, I was disrupting his class. And I realize that now, and I think he took about as much as he could take.1780.1006
1212DCA_int_011780.5823Mm.1780.8879
1213DCA_se3_ag3_m_011780.8663And um,1781.5277
1214 1782.7203He put a end to it.1783.6801
1215DCA_int_011784.5860Can you remember the best teacher you ever had?1786.8076
1216DCA_se3_ag3_m_011788.7012Ah, I think the former Grammar teacher that I was just telling you [about], um,1792.7252
1217DCA_int_011791.8555[Hm.]1792.1580
1218DCA_se3_ag3_m_011792.9658was very good. And then I had another History teacher,1796.4610
1220 1797.1966in um,1798.1488 
1222 1798.8870high school1799.8358 
1224 1800.6952that I liked very much. And she was a very good teacher. She was a very effective teacher. I had an- Algebra, uh,1806.7719 
1226 1807.9742Geometry, or Algebra or something of that sort-1810.3014 
1228 1810.6796Must have been Algebra teacher, in uh,1812.5618 
1230 1813.5422Junior High School that was very good.1815.4466 
1232 1817.4361I don't know that she could get very much uh,1820.2253 
1234 1820.5737math over to me, but uh, she was very effective as far as uh,1824.7125 
1236 1825.1242teaching those who1826.3652 
1238 1826.6024could comprehend. [<laugh>]1829.2115 
1239DCA_int_011827.3817[<laugh>]1828.2676
1240 1829.7881[What is it that] makes a good teacher?1832.2631
1241DCA_se3_ag3_m_011829.9875[But uh-]1830.7678
1242DCA_int_011833.3490/Think back ??/.1834.3832
1243DCA_se3_ag3_m_011835.5211Well I think it's a combination of um,1837.9968
1245 1840.0166well,1840.6044 
1247 1840.8484m- to say, respect or- or- um-1843.5770 
1249 1846.5707interests that the teacher can uh,1849.3134 
1251 1852.0763get f- get from the student,1853.7127 
1253 1855.3386um, this- Sorry- uh- [they uh,] interest that a teacher can get1860.6247 
1254DCA_int_011857.1253[That's okay.]1857.9194
1255DCA_se3_ag3_m_011860.7820and the general uh,1862.6795
1257 1865.3153um,1866.0303 
1259 1867.9759display that she prov- uh- puts out- When I say display, I mean the uh,1872.2961 
1261 1872.5264way she1873.2861 
1263 1873.6539conducts her [class generally.] Uh,1876.2656 
1264DCA_int_011874.5950[Mm-hm.]1874.9800
1265DCA_se3_ag3_m_011876.5612the discipline.1877.4069
1267 1877.6475I think discipline is a very important part of a1880.3651 
1269 1880.9089classroom. Now, when I say discipline, I don't mean um,1883.8093 
1271 1884.4247the- what I was speaking of earlier. I mean1886.5594 
1273 1886.8619the uh, overall1888.5592 
1275 1889.0061conduct of the class. If everybody's eager to learn. If everybody- if the teacher can1893.9897 
1277 1894.5427uh, arouse enough interest to keep everybody interested1897.7357 
1279 1898.0451in the class. And uh, this way of course- This isn't a form of- of discipline in my opinion.1902.9022 
1280DCA_int_011903.0514/Okay/.1903.4570
1281DCA_se3_ag3_m_011903.8297And uh, I think that this is uh-1905.9154
1283 1906.3382Generally1907.1632 
1285 1907.5998the best teachers that I've had were1909.7228 
1287 1909.8884teachers that were able to do this.1912.2156 
1289 1912.9100And I did have several that I can remember very well, that uh-1916.8726 
1291 1917.5292You didn't have time- You didn't think about doing anything out of the-1921.0243 
1293 1921.9834Because you did- You were so interested in what she was saying you didn't want to miss a word that he or she was saying.1927.0420 
1295 1927.4268I had several. I had a Civics teacher like that. Uh,1930.1046 
1297 1930.5996Math teacher, History teacher,1932.4310 
1299 1932.7610and the former Grammar teacher.1934.1189 
1301 1934.6173Uh, I think in the case of the former Grammar teacher, I think it was mainly because I was late so much. I think it was tardiness played a big deal now.1941.1710 
1302DCA_int_011941.5309Mm-hm.1942.0531
1304 1943.6220You're lucky to have so many.1945.4293 
1305DCA_se3_ag3_m_011945.6871Well <laugh>1946.6462
1307 1947.1515I /had the ones as bad as I said/. But sometimes you- you, um-1950.2376 
1309 1951.1966My interests1952.2554 
1311 1952.9085were so1953.6801 
1313 1954.1933uh, varied at that particular time, I didn't uh-1957.5269 
1315 1957.6517Maybe I should have concentrated a little more in the areas that they were trying to teach <laugh>1962.3234 
1317 1962.6270or retained a little more of it. <laugh>1965.0692 
1318DCA_int_011965.0543Yeah, I think everybody feels that way.1966.9003
1319DCA_se3_ag3_m_011966.9957Yeah. Uh-huh.1967.9857
1320DCA_int_011968.4772When they think back.1969.4432
1322 1969.7079Was there ever a teacher that you just couldn't stand?1971.9586 
1323DCA_se3_ag3_m_011974.6640There were one or two that I didn't particular like,1977.4922
1325 1977.7604but um,1978.7091 
1327 1979.6983we made it through. I stayed out of1981.7058 
1329 1981.9602their way, and uh,1983.1565 
1331 1984.9810just hoped that they would leave me alone generally (laughing), but uh, it wasn't the case for, uh-1989.6542 
1333 1990.1536I never hated a teacher, as far as I- Or,1993.1718 
1335 1993.7347disliked a teacher1994.8314 
1337 1995.6735very, you know, that strongly that1997.5530 
1339 1998.6977I wanted to be moved out of the class or felt that /oh, I've/ got to go here another day or something. That's uh, no, I can't remember2005.6407 
1341 2006.2208any case of that sort.2007.4549 
1342DCA_int_012007.9946Remember any cases where the kids in the class played a trick on the teacher?2011.6444
1343DCA_se3_ag3_m_012013.9579Mm, no.2015.1120
1344DCA_int_012014.9986Put any tacks on the seat or anything of that nature?2017.6524
1345DCA_se3_ag3_m_012017.7108No.2018.3296
1347 2018.9724No, my-2019.9521 
1349 2021.2541I remember another- I2022.7047 
1351 2023.0141always had a problem with tardiness. I don't know why- well one of the reasons why- I did have to travel quite a ways to uh, school.2028.8021 
1353 2029.5197And I remember one particular time, this- uh- my section teacher,2033.7126 
1355 2034.2867used to make us stay2036.2324 
1357 2036.8374five minutes over- Well, she would make us stay the same length of time over in the evening, for the amount- length of time that we were tardy in the morning.2044.3158 
1359 2045.7630And I had been /so/ tardy several times, and uh2048.4847 
1361 2049.3613so2049.9216 
1363 2050.1553this particular morning,2051.4195 
1365 2051.9248and I saw the principal,2053.3990 
1367 2053.9152as I was coming into the school, running to get into school on time.2057.2350 
1369 2057.9534And uh, I said, uh,2060.2867 
1371 2062.3664good morning, Doctor /RD-NAME-3/. And uh,2065.1947 
1373 2066.1297the um-2067.0750 
1375 2067.7625When I got into the classroom, I was still two or three minutes late, and the teacher wanted to know why I was late2073.2300 
1377 2073.3606for class2073.9725 
1379 2074.5672before school,2075.3234 
1381 2075.7531and I told her I stopped and had a conversation with the principal.2078.9217 
1383 2079.7640So uh,2080.8811 
1385 2081.1355she wanted to know what the conversation- I said, well we stopped and a had a few words, and I didn't want to go into detail as to just what happened.2087.2282 
1387 2087.8129So finally, um, she got it out of me, just what the conversation was about. And I told her, well, I stopped and said good morning, so- [<laugh>]2094.5757 
1388DCA_int_012094.1514[<laugh>]2094.6037
1389DCA_se3_ag3_m_012095.8001So she thought that was quite uh, something. She carried me to the principal's office and uh,2100.9281
1391 2101.0381she thought, well, you know. This is one of the books, so you better here this one.2104.9320 
1393 2105.5026And I think I was given a very stern warning that if it ever happened again [that- <laugh>]2110.6959 
1394DCA_int_012109.2899[<laugh>]2110.8300
1395 2112.1534Never to use that [excuse.]2114.1910
1396DCA_se3_ag3_m_012113.0016[Yeah. Well.]2114.1360
1397DCA_int_012114.9026That's pretty good.2115.8995
1399 2118.0093When you were a kid, was there a certain n- or-2120.6184 
1401 2121.4048either as a younger child or as a2123.2473 
1403 2123.7251teenager,2124.4607 
1405 2124.8286was there a bunch of kids that-2126.3195 
1407 2126.9830that you associated with?2128.3718 
1409 2129.6429/inaudible/2130.7876 
1410DCA_se3_ag3_m_012131.2963Um,2132.1351
1412 2132.5167I was /never/- Well yes, I guess so.2134.7055 
1414 2135.2796Uh,2135.8193 
1416 2136.2455we- we- There was several of us that went around together. I had2139.2113 
1418 2139.7957several friends that I carried all the way from- Well, when I say, I carried, we2144.1227 
1420 2144.5077carried each other all the way from elementary school all the way through,2147.6557 
1422 2148.5597and um,2149.5119 
1424 2149.7133we went around together in the kindergarten, first grade, and I think when I got in about in,2153.4446 
1426 2154.3435the2154.8899 
1428 2155.6346third or fourth, one2157.3223 
1430 2158.2510uh, fella and his brother and what have you, moved away2161.7365 
1432 2162.2389and I was thrown in to with an- thrown into another group.2165.5449 
1434 2166.3053And we went around together for2168.0544 
1436 2168.9886um,2169.5912 
1438 2169.8908number of years all the way through high school, matter of fact. And /there were/ three or four of us that2173.8699 
1440 2174.0858stayed together. We'd- we'd go swimming together. We- we would go, uh-2177.6408 
1442 2177.9933We play basketball together in the evening.2179.9365 
1444 2180.5667We uh-2181.3896 
1446 2181.7862I guess you'd call it uh- s- uh- Well maybe it's2184.5050 
1448 2185.2321our gang, so to [speak. Uh,]2186.8845 
1449DCA_int_012186.2324[Uh-huh.]2186.7242
1450DCA_se3_ag3_m_012187.7687um,2188.3905
1452 2188.6725we um,2189.6860 
1454 2190.2985played whatever games we played. We went to the movies together. We went to the circus together.2195.1181 
1456 2195.9220I never will forget one particular time. Um,2198.3971 
1458 2198.6308this-2199.1252 
1460 2199.7640Two or three of us went to circus on Sunday afternoon, and uh,2203.1615 
1462 2203.8806I think we left the house around twelve o'clock.2206.1145 
1464 2206.9595And I came back around ten,2208.9971 
1466 2210.0698my father was waiting for me. He had been all over the neighborhood looking for me. <laugh>2214.6589 
1468 2214.9705And uh- and th- I th- I don't remember exactly how old I was. I think I must have been about thirteen,2219.6750 
1470 2220.5904twelve or thirteen. And- I know- My father was a2223.6708 
1472 2224.8225even- My father is an even tempered man, and um,2228.4537 
1474 2229.0629he uh,2229.9918 
1476 2230.8249didn't take too kindly to the2232.7126 
1478 2232.9823idea that I was away from home all day without telling anybody where I was.2236.9541 
1480 2237.7632And here again now, I can appreciate that /unintelligible/, [but at] that time, I thought he was being very unreasonable. I was only at the circus.2244.9103 
1481DCA_int_012241.2271[Yeah.]2241.7065
1482DCA_se3_ag3_m_012245.2740[<laugh>]2247.6500
1483DCA_int_012245.5118[/inaudible/.]2246.6916
1484DCA_se3_ag3_m_012247.8538/That's right/. Hm.2248.8965
1485DCA_int_012251.0765Was there2251.5619
1487 2251.8436a- a way that2253.0362 
1489 2253.3718new kids could have gotten into that group?2255.7210 
1491 2256.8117/inaudible/2259.2192 
1492DCA_se3_ag3_m_012259.1774Well, [um,]2259.9832
1493DCA_int_012259.6329[/inaudible/]2261.1911
1494DCA_se3_ag3_m_012261.1431we had something happen in Anacostia, for instance, that uh-2265.4760
1495 2266.1158that they built a2267.1765
1497 2267.5601project, a um- development.2269.6336 
1499 2270.3348And uh,2271.3715 
1501 2271.8989there were a number of fellows that moved into the area-2274.8340 
1503 2275.0917in to the project at that time. I d- I don't remember-2278.2070 
1505 2278.3376This must have been uh,2279.6703 
1507 2280.4074in the forties. But anyhow, a- um,2282.5813 
1509 2283.1806they came in. There were several of them that played basketball with us, and uh-2287.6154 
1511 2287.9390W- When I say that I can remember,2290.3527 
1513 2290.9700nothing happened in Anacostia for many many years, and then they built the project.2295.6804 
1515 2296.0879And when they built the project, this was2297.6386 
1517 2298.0281quite an influx of people.2299.7721 
1518DCA_int_012299.8895Mm-hm.2300.3605
1519DCA_se3_ag3_m_012300.4613And um, there were a lot of fellows that we did go around with. We played ball with, and uh,2306.0092
1521 2306.3089there were a lot of new girls that came to the school. Of course, we had- They built- At the same time, they built a project, they built a community2313.4469 
1523 2314.1401uh, center.2315.1709 
1525 2316.0399And they used to have dances and- and uh, movies on uh,2320.1391 
1527 2320.9047Friday night I believe. Friday or Saturday night.2323.2379 
1529 2324.2008And it had its good influences in some cases. In some cases, bad influences, but uh, overall I think it sort of balanced out in some2332.7392 
1531 2333.1887area.2333.7999 
1533 2334.8472Mm.2335.4465 
1534DCA_int_012335.9439Could uh-2336.6990
1536 2337.4002Did any of them, sort of, make this2339.2748 
1538 2340.1570intimate group that you have that you went to movies with-2342.9257 
1539DCA_se3_ag3_m_012343.3137Mm-hm.2343.7632
1540DCA_int_012343.8951were with all the time, did2345.0936
1542 2345.4113any of them get into that2346.5499 
1543DCA_se3_ag3_m_012347.5987[Um-]2348.2339
1544DCA_int_012347.7066[??]2348.4377
1545DCA_se3_ag3_m_012348.5276yeah, one or two of 'em. Uh, that's- If I can remember, that uh-2352.8110
1547 2353.0568Yeah- to the- Yeah. We did. One fella in particular, we used to uh-2356.7992 
1549 2357.6114He came right on in, and we uh-2359.4675 
1551 2360.5165He went just about everywhere with us for a quite a little while.2363.3587 
1553 2363.6208Matter of fact, there were a couple in later years, in high school years.2366.7895 
1555 2367.5926But then, of course, in high school, I drifted away from2371.2938 
1557 2371.5596the group, as such. Uh,2373.0171 
1559 2373.5076my father wasn't much on um,2375.3819 
1561 2376.7303traveling in crowds,2378.0008 
1563 2378.3364and uh, never allowed me- He didn't mind2380.9494 
1565 2381.1831me2381.5307 
1567 2381.9487going some place uh,2383.4469 
1569 2384.0103what have you, but he didn't ever2385.7422 
1571 2386.2576uh, approve- He never approved as far as I can remember /up/ uh,2390.3131 
1573 2391.0565traveling with a group.2392.1184 
1574DCA_int_012392.5187Mm-hm.2393.0341
1575DCA_se3_ag3_m_012393.3398And um, if there more than three or four of us, or more than two of us generally, he had something to say about it.2399.7687
1576DCA_int_012399.7028Mm-hm.2400.1942
1577DCA_se3_ag3_m_012400.8136But um,2401.6890
1579 2403.7480if we did go to2405.3526 
1581 2405.7721you know, games- Or I remember going out to uh,2408.5229 
1583 2409.1042the Canal,2409.8773 
1585 2410.1769out to Great Falls, right near Great Falls. Hiked around Chain Bridge, and we used to rent boats and go boating and things of that sort. Now this was in high school of course.2419.2487 
1587 2420.1237I didn't swim that well, but I used to- Several of the fellas that I went around with were very good swimmers.2426.4507 
1589 2427.0920And uh, they liked horseback riding. I used to horseback ride too,2430.5184 
1590DCA_int_012430.5724Mm-hm.2430.9896
1591DCA_se3_ag3_m_012431.5864but uh, th- As I said again, now this was later years. This was high school.2435.2468
1593 2436.2462L- My last year or so in high school, I drifted completely away from them because I went to work for a bookstore.2442.5807 
1595 2443.3658And uh, and I worked in a book store up until um,2446.3787 
1597 2447.5234uh, summer.2448.3324 
1599 2448.6021And then I started college, and I worked.2451.1956 
1601 2451.8728I went to school during the day time and worked in the evening,2454.6715 
1603 2455.0550and so uh,2456.3854 
1605 2456.9667here again, um, I didn't have much act-2459.2981 
1607 2459.5079time for activity2461.3041 
1609 2462.2630of the sort. Then I got married very young, too, so /this makes another/- <laugh>2466.8555 
1610DCA_int_012467.0918/I'm going to cut you off/.2467.8382
1611DCA_se3_ag3_m_012467.9428[Mm-hm.]2468.4762
1612DCA_int_012468.2579[So.]2468.4942
1613 2469.8066was- did the-2470.6756
1615 2471.1970those kids have to do anything special to get into your group, or they just start hanging around. Or how did that work?2476.0797 
1616DCA_se3_ag3_m_012477.5060M- generally it's just a matter of start hanging around, being on the basketball court when we went out in the evening to play basketball.2485.0796
1618 2486.4760Or- We had one fella2488.5194 
1620 2488.7059that um,2489.5126 
1622 2490.6875father left him a great deal of- He worked in the evenings. He lost his mother when he was young, and his2496.1890 
1624 2496.6504father2497.2737 
1626 2497.7157worked in the evenings at the Navy yard.2499.6694 
1628 2500.2028And uh,2501.0118 
1630 2501.8149he left enough work to do to keep him busy, for- up until twelve o'clock at night I guess, if he did it all by myself. But mainly, this- I- As I2509.9758 
1632 2510.3713think about it now, w- probably to keep him out of trouble.2512.8149 
1634 2513.7498But what we used to is f- three or four of us would go down, and we'd all2517.9209 
1636 2518.2625pool together and knock out the work, so that we could all go (laughing) up and play.2522.3045 
1638 2522.9535And um,2523.9183 
1640 2524.6826this uh,2525.6245 
1642 2526.0518went on for-2527.2880 
1644 2527.4559And I think this how some of the new fellas got into the group.2530.2256 
1646 2530.4774We would wanna play basketball, and we needed five or six or2533.7730 
1648 2534.2307something to2535.1252 
1650 2535.7431get up a game, so we'd go down and help this particular fella2539.1901 
1652 2539.4792um, with his work, so that we could go out and play. Mm.2543.2807 
1653DCA_int_012544.3834Do you ever see any of these guys /??/?2546.3838
1654DCA_se3_ag3_m_012546.7087Um, one /un/-2548.1889
1656 2549.4160one fella I still see occasionally. He will drive past, or I'll drive past his house.2554.6958 
1658 2555.2456He's- Matter of fact, he's the uh,2557.2772 
1660 2557.5949godparent2558.4998 
1662 2558.8594of my2559.6692 
1664 2561.2565oldest child,2562.1095 
1666 2562.6783but uh, we don't visit uh, regularly. He-2566.4401 
1668 2567.2480We did for a long time after I was married. We visited, and uh, matter fact we worked part time jobs together.2573.3727 
1670 2573.6618He taught me how to paint when I was um,2575.7205 
1672 2576.5415coming along, and uh,2578.1476 
1674 2578.8353when um-2579.7822 
1676 2580.0879In the early years when I was2581.6940 
1678 2581.9457trying to2582.7727 
1680 2583.0783buy my first home, uh,2584.7199 
1682 2585.5534and I needed money. My wife was home with the children and what have you, and I needed money, and I needed to have some extra money. So I2592.7314 
1684 2593.0551called on him to2594.3136 
1686 2595.0312let me in on some of his extra jobs, and he-2598.0157 
1688 2598.5910We used to work together doing interior decorating, and uh,2602.1748 
1690 2603.0277for a long time. I often kid my2605.3376 
1692 2605.6890family about, uh,2607.1534 
1694 2607.8966their uh-2608.4681 
1696 2608.8458Uncle Russell helping to pay off the- <laugh> the /second trestle/. <laugh>2614.0258 
1698 2614.4094But um,2615.3383 
1700 2616.1114he did, uh- and then right now, I guess, uh, you know, if it was any occasion-2621.8032 
1702 2623.0976Well, uh, /unintelligible/ when I was uh, had uh,2627.7407 
1704 2628.6923had illness and death in my family, he2630.6652 
1706 2631.4503um, was one of the first people I2633.6385 
1708 2634.7569uh, got in t- Well, got in touch with me actually, because I didn't contact him, he contacted me.2639.8265 
1710 2640.8023So, we still are friends.2642.9597 
1712 2643.3672But it's just not close as we used to be.2645.9862 
1713DCA_int_012646.5151Mm-hm.2646.9161
1714DCA_se3_ag3_m_012646.8731Mm-hm.2647.3346
1715DCA_int_012648.5676Are there, uh-2649.0710
1717 2649.3647is there a- another group of people2651.5686 
1719 2652.2913that you associate with now? /inaudible/.2654.1460 
1720DCA_se3_ag3_m_012654.6145Generally, yes. Uh, that uh-2657.0941
1722 2657.5435I don't uh,2658.6522 
1724 2659.2227uh, have time2660.7557 
1726 2660.9415for a lot of socializing, but there are a number of2663.8706 
1728 2664.5718different groups that I2666.0999 
1730 2666.5914do.2666.9713 
1732 2667.3537We play cards together occasionally. Uh,2670.3909 
1734 2671.1714there's another group that- Sometimes we go to um-2674.1137 
1736 2675.0339We've gone to concerts together. My daughters are both interested in music and uh,2679.7967 
1738 2680.4201we have friends that are interested in music so we2683.3346 
1740 2683.6051go to concerts to- s- concerts together.2686.0354 
1742 2686.8310Um,2687.3764 
1744 2687.6940I have some that like plays, generally. We might get theater tickets2692.2666 
1746 2692.5123and things of the sort.2693.6292 
1747DCA_int_012693.6432Mm-hm.2694.0074
1748DCA_se3_ag3_m_012694.4705But um,2695.5134
1750 2696.1965But I have my poker buddies. I several fellas that I've been playing poker with uh for2700.9255 
1752 2701.7040sixteen or seventeen years. We play maybe once every two or three months or something, /uh so/ generally- generally when we play,2708.2587 
1754 2708.5344we might play2709.4798 
1756 2710.1870all night long. <laugh>2711.8470 
1758 2712.3324[But uh,]2713.1535 
1759DCA_int_012712.3324[/inaudible/]2713.1535
1760DCA_se3_ag3_m_012713.4351we still do that, and we do it just as regularly. We might not call each other for2718.3059
1762 2718.7194several2719.4685 
1764 2720.4813months. Then all of a sudden, you know, just get together,2723.4427 
1766 2724.2734/smoke a few/2725.1124 
1768 2725.4300/whole cartons/. <laugh>2727.3657 
1770 2727.7313And [we-]2728.3306 
1771DCA_int_012728.0489[That's great.]2728.7479
1772DCA_se3_ag3_m_012728.6542[Mm-hm.]2729.0857
1773DCA_int_012730.9854Are there any caucasians in any of these groups?2733.4708
1774DCA_se3_ag3_m_012733.6868Um, one-2735.2210
1776 2736.7192uh- Couple- Of course now, in the neighborhood, we have a /number that we go back and forth to/2742.6632 
1777 2742.6632\ea2743.0882
1778 2743.0882each other's houses, but uh,2744.7243
1780 2745.0778in this particular group, I think we have2747.1274 
1782 2747.7267two- uh, in the overall circle [of group.]2750.7397 
1783DCA_int_012750.3142[Yes.]2750.6797
1784DCA_se3_ag3_m_012751.0393Yeah, there are a couple o- uh,2752.5555
1786 2752.7713inter-2753.2627 
1788 2753.6462racial2754.2515 
1790 2754.5152um, marriages that- In both cases, I think2758.1215 
1792 2758.9185white husbands and uh,2760.5546 
1794 2760.8662Negro wives, colored wives.2762.9817 
1796 2763.5915But um,2764.5264 
1798 2765.3774generally- Oh, one or two of my coworkers at work- Matter fact, my present uh,2771.5022 
1800 2772.6873um, director or assistant director2774.9433 
1802 2775.5160um,2776.0493 
1804 2776.2351has been a friend of mine for a number of years. We've been /his (tape distortion?)/- We2780.3568 
1806 2780.7403we have so many things in common. He's only- His birthday is in the same month as my birthday, and uh,2785.7263 
1808 2786.6673uh, his oldest child is four days older than my oldest child. And we joke about this of course, and we have visited back and forth.2794.6424 
1810 2795.2822And um,2796.2493 
1812 2796.4265and there's uh,2797.3437 
1814 2797.6613um, elderly woman that works with me, that uh,2801.5987 
1816 2802.1186I had been to her house. She's been to mine, and we2805.3188 
1818 2806.1818discuss books and2807.4823 
1820 2807.6920concerts and what have you. So,2809.5603 
1822 2809.9079I guess in that2810.7409 
1824 2810.9387area, of it, you- what you would call um-2813.6415 
1826 2814.9959I hadn't really thought about it until this day (laughing) but, until this day [<laugh>]2818.6173 
1827DCA_int_012818.0328[It's good when] you don't have [to. <laugh>]2819.6929
1828DCA_se3_ag3_m_012819.1116[Uh-huh. Yeah.] Uh, these- This case, uh, we've been knowing each other so long, I don't think that this is2825.5465
1829 2826.1997um, factor, that um,2828.1594
1831 2828.5969as far as I'm concerned it's not. I don't know how they feel about it, but I- From all the evidence, it's all-2833.1440 
1833 2833.7133outward appearances and all.2835.0138 
1834DCA_int_012835.6910What about your childhood friends?2837.6028
1835DCA_se3_ag3_m_012838.6036Well, now, uh, on Elm Street,2841.5915
1837 2841.7124we lived on a um,2843.1507 
1839 2843.4204mixed- racially mixed block.2844.9905 
1841 2845.9914And uh, I can remember one particular incident, I don't know whether I should go into it here or not, but (laughing)-2852.4003 
1842DCA_int_012852.3791/Is that so?/2852.7567