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1DCA_int_010.0022What kinds of games you used to play as a kid?2.3666
2DCA_se3_ag3_m_022.9146Marbles,3.5920
4 4.1232mumblety peg,4.7995 
6 5.5238checkers,6.1001 
8 6.6659chess,7.0621 
9DCA_int_017.9944I uh- what kind of uh- what's mumblety peg?10.5757
10DCA_se3_ag3_m_0211.2714Uh it's with of uh icepick.12.5567
11DCA_int_0113.6463What do you do with it?14.3796
12DCA_se3_ag3_m_0214.5587You throw it in the ground15.5811
14 15.9651and uh16.6171 
16 17.2097when it's your chance to come in,18.6404 
18 18.8183it sticks19.4569 
20 19.5962if not you lose your chance and someone else goes.21.9456 
21DCA_int_0123.0935Hm.23.4509
23 23.8137How do you win or lose?24.8910 
24DCA_se3_ag3_m_0226.0264Well it's just of uh,27.1157
26 28.0993say about28.5556 
28 28.6636nine29.1974 
30 29.2415or ten different moves in the hand of different ways to throw it.31.4865 
31DCA_int_0132.7247Mm-hm.33.2687
33 34.1733Once you get the move /inaudible/ there different points to it or?37.0507 
34DCA_se3_ag3_m_0237.1483Mm,38.0287
36 39.1808no it's just the one point is just to- to use an icepick.41.8714 
37DCA_int_0142.6619Mm-hm.43.2285
39 44.0385What about marbles, how does that work?45.8305 
41 46.1712Say I was a foreigner and I've never seen it.48.0440 
42DCA_se3_ag3_m_0248.0360Well,48.6482
43DCA_int_0148.6058What would you say?49.4403
44DCA_se3_ag3_m_0249.5007you'd have a bumper,50.5367
46 50.6787and you would have say51.7392 
48 53.5240maybe ten54.2363 
50 54.4861maybe put five in the- a circle,56.3194 
51DCA_int_0156.4750Mm-hm.56.9430
52DCA_se3_ag3_m_0257.2913and what57.7287
54 57.9597you try to do is take the other man's marbles60.0605 
56 60.8442by knocking 'em out the circle.61.8749 
57DCA_int_0162.1048I see.62.6650
59 64.8236Did you ever- what did you- do you get to keep the marbles that you [/knock out?/]67.9371 
60DCA_se3_ag3_m_0267.5409[Yes] you do.68.1636
61DCA_int_0170.6578Ah that's good.71.4152
63 72.6205What was uh73.4645 
65 73.8250/???/ wha- what's ch- checkers? /inaudible/76.7017 
66DCA_se3_ag3_m_0275.9771Checkers? Uh that's um77.8543
67 78.7027round disc,79.6146
69 79.7388black and red80.5361 
71 80.5912on a checker board,81.4476 
73 83.4280the object is to84.4365 
75 84.6886take84.9406 
77 85.9012all the other man's checkers87.1732 
78DCA_int_0187.2732Mm-hm.87.8025
79DCA_se3_ag3_m_0287.9895and keep him from taking yours.89.2060
80DCA_int_0189.3781Mm-hm.89.8515
82 90.8423And you take a checker by what?92.8112 
83DCA_se3_ag3_m_0292.8753Jumping.93.3875
84DCA_int_0196.4406Okay uh,97.6699
86 98.1449have you ever played a game where one kid has to chase everybody else?101.0302 
87DCA_se3_ag3_m_02102.7885Um,103.4392
89 105.2216just blind man's106.2541 
91 106.3701bluff I think it is.107.6115 
92DCA_int_01107.6330How does that work?108.4930
93DCA_se3_ag3_m_02108.5665Th- that is the one you uh109.8518
95 110.9276close your eyes and count a certain amount,112.6716 
97 112.8800and then uh113.5907 
99 113.7324everybody hides and114.7489 
101 115.4828you try to find that one person or116.9993 
103 117.0796whoever is /happy to explain/.118.2782 
104DCA_int_01118.7000Mm-hm.119.2906
106 119.9565What happens when you catch him?121.1651 
107DCA_se3_ag3_m_02121.6173He's it.122.2253
108DCA_int_01123.5856What about the first time you start playing a game like that how do you pick the guy that's gonna be it?127.7155
109DCA_se3_ag3_m_02128.2030/??/128.8469
111 128.9540that129.2118 
113 129.3791I don't remember, I couldn't say.131.2030 
114DCA_int_01131.9062Did you ever use any rhymes that you remember like engine engine number nine?135.8155
115DCA_se3_ag3_m_02135.8080Um,136.6013
116DCA_int_01136.6100Hot potato or hi spy?138.5193
118 139.0231Stick 'em in the oven what are you gonna get?140.8132 
119DCA_se3_ag3_m_02142.0000Not that I can recall.143.2093
121 144.9226Might have but I couldn't say for sure.146.7476 
122DCA_int_01147.6680Did you ever play tag?148.5667
123DCA_se3_ag3_m_02148.9720Yes.149.5002
125 149.6483Mm-hm.150.0525 
126DCA_int_01150.6407How does that work?151.5172
127DCA_se3_ag3_m_02152.9456Well,153.4536
129 155.4425I would run after you156.4710 
131 156.8031and157.1913 
133 157.2553tag you and uh158.4818 
135 158.9017you would run after someone else,160.0590 
137 160.1783and tag them and they would run after someone else and162.5794 
138DCA_int_01163.3533So [uh-]163.7810
139DCA_se3_ag3_m_02163.5894[it's] in a cycle, so.164.8641
140DCA_int_01166.7184How about hide and seek?167.8757
141DCA_se3_ag3_m_02168.9168It's the same thing169.8893
143 170.2174as uh blind man's bluff as you say.172.2481 
144DCA_int_01172.3943Mm-hm.172.9289
146 173.1306You ever n- heard any other names for it?175.3746 
147DCA_se3_ag3_m_02178.1539No that's the only two.179.8686
148DCA_int_01180.6027Some people say hide and go seek, some say hide and seek, some- some call it hi spy.185.6891
149DCA_se3_ag3_m_02185.6931Mm.186.3744
150DCA_int_01186.8533Okay uh,187.8466
152 188.1419what's your favorite TV program?189.9179 
153DCA_se3_ag3_m_02190.6946Uh191.2547
155 191.7709right now I like The Outcasts.193.3736 
156DCA_int_01193.9394Mm-hm.194.4794
158 195.2280Uh do you remember an episode of that?196.9707 
159DCA_se3_ag3_m_02197.3770Uh198.0549
161 201.7721well I- I just like the way the story's based.204.0841 
163 205.6877This [one uh]206.7690 
164DCA_int_01206.1839[/Do you remember/] a story?207.2684
165DCA_se3_ag3_m_02208.8328[about the um]209.9355
166DCA_int_01209.0409[First talk about]209.8468
167 210.0275how it's based.210.9356
168DCA_se3_ag3_m_02211.2855well it's the uh212.2828
170 212.5781black fella and white fella,213.9274 
172 215.1245and they are always216.4312 
174 216.8035against each other but help each other out all the time219.0155 
176 219.3782<laugh>220.5227 
178 220.5667and that's how th- each story is based on,222.4475 
180 222.5475th-222.8236 
182 222.9156one of 'em get in trouble and the other one goes after him.225.0967 
184 225.7626They're bounty hunters.226.5109 
185DCA_int_01229.6778Do you remember a230.7231
187 230.8342particular time when they went after somebody?233.0858 
188DCA_se3_ag3_m_02234.8453No I couldn't say.236.4580
190 237.2224It's been discontinued you see <laugh>238.9984 
191DCA_int_01239.1090Oh, okay no uh it used to be one of my [favorites] too.242.0504
192DCA_se3_ag3_m_02241.0294[Yeah.]241.5254
193DCA_int_01242.4941Did you see the one about the-243.7874
195 245.3207about the nitroglycerin?246.6425 
196DCA_se3_ag3_m_02251.4451No I don't recall that one.252.9002
197DCA_int_01254.1038What others do you like?255.1763
198DCA_se3_ag3_m_02255.6405Uh Mission Impossible256.8410
200 256.9211when I get a chance to see that.258.2337 
201DCA_int_01260.3681Probably don't remember a lot of those?261.9768
202DCA_se3_ag3_m_02261.8728Mm.262.5011
203 266.7003It /?/ up267.2625
205 267.4626when um268.3480 
207 268.7912they were going to this foreign country,270.3112 
209 271.6602and they were trying to uh272.9768 
211 273.1369uh, liberate273.6251 
213 274.7152I think this w- wa- a prince,276.5019 
215 276.6357/if I'm not/ mistaken and278.8528 
217 282.0054they had to go over a wall,283.6334 
219 284.3065climb a roof,285.1149 
221 286.2672and go down through a um,287.9179 
223 288.7138this- the uh289.5565 
225 290.3225ceiling.290.7627 
227 294.0015And uh294.7215 
229 301.3960that was it, really <laugh> you know.303.2008 
230DCA_int_01304.0772They have any gimmicks or /??/305.9052
231DCA_se3_ag3_m_02306.1537Um306.6579
232DCA_int_01306.6539/Of any kind of ?/308.0352
233DCA_se3_ag3_m_02309.5287They had a- a little gun that shoots311.5913
235 312.0378uh312.5592 
237 313.0103a rope313.4823 
239 313.6906across314.3039 
241 314.9809a w- you know a certain length of distance.316.8129 
243 318.2000And they have uh319.2574 
245 319.3362all types of um320.4282 
247 320.4888electrical321.0661 
249 321.6373uh plans that they use,322.7693 
251 323.4637make ups.324.0800 
252DCA_int_01327.3090Okay good.328.1854
254 328.8536Do you have a pet now?329.9642 
255DCA_se3_ag3_m_02330.3222Yes.330.8199
256DCA_int_01331.2801What is it?331.8095
257DCA_se3_ag3_m_02332.0565It's a collie,332.7485
259 333.1650his name is Rex.334.1117 
260DCA_int_01334.3591Mm-hm, what does he do it's- did he ever do anything funny?337.3005
261DCA_se3_ag3_m_02337.5142No, he's uh about a year old,339.5992
263 340.6316I bought him in New York.341.7529 
264DCA_int_01341.8636Mm-hm.342.4596
265DCA_se3_ag3_m_02342.5959I have him343.3666
267 343.6484registered344.1006 
269 344.1811at the uh American Kennel Club.345.8499 
270DCA_int_01346.0055Mm-hm oh is he a347.1140
272 347.7023pedigree?348.2742 
273DCA_se3_ag3_m_02348.1621Mm-hm.348.5903
274DCA_int_01348.6584Really?349.1506
276 349.5428Great.349.9947 
278 350.6069Have you taught him anything?351.7475 
279DCA_se3_ag3_m_02352.3037Nah, ju- lay down and <laugh>354.8871
281 355.1214s-sit up that's about it.356.7413 
282DCA_int_01356.7488Mm-hm.357.5088
284 358.1935Did you have pets as a kid?359.3860 
285DCA_se3_ag3_m_02359.9818Uh no.360.6701
287 361.1544I didn't live in a neighborhood where I could have one.362.6711 
288DCA_int_01365.8299Good.366.3714
290 368.0908What about when you were in school, what did you study?370.3799 
291DCA_se3_ag3_m_02370.7556Commercial art.371.4169
292DCA_int_01373.3904Did you ever do anything with that?374.7350
293DCA_se3_ag3_m_02375.0071Uh well I had an opportunity to go to school for it377.2378
295 378.6264but I379.1547 
297 379.2987gave that up379.9601 
299 381.0872went to refrigeration382.1326 
301 382.3816and air conditioning.383.0819 
302DCA_int_01383.4797Mm-hm.384.0237
304 384.8083Do you like that better?385.6190 
305DCA_se3_ag3_m_02385.7047Yes.386.2610
306DCA_int_01388.8436What about when you were in grammar school or elementary school, what did they have then?392.6814
307DCA_se3_ag3_m_02395.5681Uh all I can remember is the regular courses that they would have398.2694
309 398.3750you know uh399.1030 
311 400.5000reading and writing and401.6414 
313 402.0622arithmetic <laugh> you know.403.2947 
314DCA_int_01403.5709Mm-hm.404.1709
315DCA_se3_ag3_m_02404.7834Going to high school well I uh406.0360
317 406.1730was on the drill team407.1285 
318DCA_int_01407.6484Oh really?408.2431
319DCA_se3_ag3_m_02408.0526and swam.408.7649
320DCA_int_01409.9730What- what uh411.2023
322 411.7874drill team with the rifles and [stuff?]413.8421 
323DCA_se3_ag3_m_02413.5483[Right.]413.9709
324DCA_int_01414.4967No kidding, I did that in college.416.1594
325DCA_se3_ag3_m_02416.1350Oh yeah? <laugh>417.3676
326DCA_int_01417.3836Ours was no good, was yours any good?419.1143
327DCA_se3_ag3_m_02419.1003No. <laugh>419.9936
328DCA_int_01420.4089Did you compete?421.2182
329DCA_se3_ag3_m_02421.4948Yes we did,422.2592
331 422.9715but it was uh-423.7678 
333 423.8319like424.1120 
335 424.2321it was segregated schools at the time,425.9008 
337 426.5967it was just the uh427.4130 
339 427.4838black schools428.1864 
340DCA_int_01428.2855Mm-hm.428.7521
341DCA_se3_ag3_m_02428.7777competing.429.2139
342DCA_int_01430.5819Did you win?431.2432
343DCA_se3_ag3_m_02431.5543No we never did.432.4587
345 432.5626<laugh>433.1786 
347 433.7393<laugh>434.4420 
348DCA_int_01434.4830I remember ours came in next to last [/inaudible/]438.0746
349DCA_se3_ag3_m_02436.2257[<laugh> Yeah that's /alright/ that's] what I did- that's what we did too. <laugh>440.5593
350 441.2436We had the best swimming team for about442.7203
352 442.8363eight years though.443.6207 
353DCA_int_01443.4406Oh really?444.1409
354 444.8368What- uh445.5967
356 445.9333what do you swim?446.7599 
357DCA_se3_ag3_m_02447.2659Uh [freestyle.]448.0272
358DCA_int_01447.6896[What] events?448.4566
359 448.8861Freestyle.449.6368
361 450.8310Good.451.2124 
363 451.9391That's terrific.452.7976 
365 453.8119What did kids do when you were a kid after school was out?456.6933 
366DCA_se3_ag3_m_02457.7092<laugh>458.2039
368 458.9818We- well it depends on what season it was.460.8867 
370 461.6645Like it was uh football463.1252 
372 463.2310if it was football season, baseball if it was baseball season, or basketball.466.5605 
373DCA_int_01466.9141Mm-hm.467.4475
375 467.9426What about little kids, about ten?469.5713 
376DCA_se3_ag3_m_02469.7314Well I'd say we would play in the alley and play ball there you know.472.9364
377DCA_int_01473.0365Mm-hm.473.5311
379 474.6852Good.475.0506 
381 475.9833Did you ever have a teacher that hollered a lot that you remember?478.5094 
382DCA_se3_ag3_m_02479.3168I had one teacher in um480.9808
384 481.0590junior high481.7857 
386 482.8839I think his name was /RD-NAME-1/,484.1492 
388 485.1665he used to have a ruler and had a bad habit of hitting everybody on the hands you know <laugh>488.7079 
390 489.5721and he used to take us in the bathroom if we didn't like it and fight us you know and win.492.8355 
391DCA_int_01492.8193[No kidding.]493.6327
392DCA_se3_ag3_m_02492.8355[<laugh> Yeah.]493.6288
393 493.6924<laugh>494.1199
395 494.2640and [win.]494.7653 
396DCA_int_01494.4037/?/494.9651
397 495.5523Win too [huh?]496.4520
398DCA_se3_ag3_m_02496.0845[That's] right <laugh>497.0185
399DCA_int_01497.3347What grade was that?498.3320
400DCA_se3_ag3_m_02498.4432This was about the um499.5077
402 500.2836eighth grade, something like that.501.8889 
403DCA_int_01503.4545Well what set him off? /inaudible/505.0832
404DCA_se3_ag3_m_02505.4234I mean like if uh506.5967
406 507.9005he says keep quiet508.7565 
408 509.7409and somebody says something and511.2416 
410 511.3937he'll say stand up,512.2462 
412 512.6622so you stand up.513.4586 
414 514.4567So he says, stick your hand out515.8300 
416 516.3031now if you don't stick your hand out517.4471 
418 517.5717you have to go to the bathroom and fight him [<laugh>] yeah <laugh>521.5934 
419DCA_int_01519.4479[No kidding.]520.1385
420 521.9792Can parents ev- did parents ever complain?524.0201
421DCA_se3_ag3_m_02523.9817No,524.5179
422 524.8421they wanted it525.4664
424 525.5448because if he ever526.3397 
426 526.6208went back they found out about it you would get whipped anyway528.8901 
428 528.9480<laugh> so what's the difference [<laugh>]532.2709 
429DCA_int_01530.1277[<laugh>]531.1461
430DCA_se3_ag3_m_02533.1490So <laugh>533.8693
431DCA_int_01534.1214Mm that's great, did you ever have to /get hit?/536.3507
432DCA_se3_ag3_m_02536.4881No [I haven't had that problem, no] <laugh>539.2121
433DCA_int_01536.8982[/inaudible/]538.6435
434DCA_se3_ag3_m_02541.0595But I've seen what they do with some of the bigger boys /unintelligible/ <laugh>543.6247
435DCA_int_01545.2027That's how he kept order.546.2653
436DCA_se3_ag3_m_02546.2913Mm-hm.546.7473
437DCA_int_01549.1222Uh549.5424
439 550.2908well did you ever uh551.3441 
441 551.8971get hollered at by a teacher?553.4784 
442DCA_se3_ag3_m_02554.8945Yes I have been bad.556.0885
443DCA_int_01557.4531Was it usually fair or558.7937
444DCA_se3_ag3_m_02559.3663Yes559.8516
445DCA_int_01559.8865do you think that they were-560.9665
446DCA_se3_ag3_m_02560.5922they were /??/ and I was562.3046
447 562.6789doing something wrong so I knew I- it was really my fault so.566.0865
448DCA_int_01566.3121What kinds of things567.5227
450 568.0609did kids [/get into?/]569.2715 
451DCA_se3_ag3_m_02568.6027[Mm well,]569.2670
452 569.7698like throwing a eraser at somebody571.1879
453DCA_int_01571.4205Oh.571.6850
454DCA_se3_ag3_m_02572.0000you know <laugh> s- something like that or a piece of chalk.574.9253
455DCA_int_01575.1030Mm-hm.575.6312
457 577.4641What about the best teacher578.6041 
459 578.9104you ever had?579.5917 
460DCA_se3_ag3_m_02579.6827Uh she was my um m-581.6873
462 583.4041art teacher.584.1244 
464 584.4881Her name was /RD-NAME-1/ I think it was.585.9568 
466 587.1053and she was about the best teacher I've had.588.8693 
467DCA_int_01589.2817Mm-hm what did she do that was-590.8497
468DCA_se3_ag3_m_02590.6463She was teaching commercial art591.9949
469 592.0710to me592.5472
471 592.6512and uh593.2395 
473 593.7514she uh could understand the kids.595.0800 
475 595.6083We had a small class anyway597.0376 
477 598.1589and she really just598.9673 
479 599.4115chipped in and600.1198 
481 600.9122put her time out601.6925 
483 601.7406for it.602.0761 
484DCA_int_01602.3562Mm-hm.602.9815
486 604.2331What are the ingredients of a good teacher to you?606.6382 
487DCA_se3_ag3_m_02606.9479Uh I think understanding.608.3066
488DCA_int_01611.0474You think many teachers aren't that way?612.7668
489DCA_se3_ag3_m_02612.9678Right <laugh>613.7543
491 614.0581And I found that out in New York.615.5617 
492DCA_int_01615.8291Oh really?616.5712
494 617.3192Was this in DC that this art teacher was?619.8819 
495DCA_se3_ag3_m_02619.8699Yes uh-huh.620.8097
496DCA_int_01622.2649New York was worse or what?623.9129
497DCA_se3_ag3_m_02623.8656Well I am-624.7430
498 625.8065went to school,626.5709
500 626.6869a private school in New York628.0476 
502 629.0976for air conditioning.629.8780