[speaker001:] Okay, it's pressed. Are you still there?
[speaker002:] I'm ready [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Okay [LAUGHTER]. So what's, uh, things that you look for when you go out to dinner?
[speaker002:] Oh, I just like a nice, quiet, nice atmosphere
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and of course good food [LAUGHTER]. That's always, that's always a concern, but just a nice quiet easy place
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] maybe candlelight something
[speaker001:] Um, that sounds pretty.
[speaker002:] just to relax, you know
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] because I don't really go out to dinner that much, so.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. Well, we don't go out to dinner that much either. We try to get out maybe like once every month and a half or
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] something like that, but I definitely want to go to a place that's nice and clean, you know.
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] Um, I've been to some that's been terrible. You know, you see cockroaches crawling around and
[speaker002:] Oh [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] everything, you know. But I try to get one that's nice and clean and then I like to, you know, good food and good service.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] So.
[speaker002:] Yeah, where you don't feel rushed, you know
[speaker001:] Yeah, right.
[speaker002:] and you can just relax, and
[speaker001:] Right, right.
[speaker002:] stay as long as you want.
[speaker001:] So is there some nice places to go to eat in Plano?
[speaker002:] Well, nearby. We're almost in Dallas. We're just north of Dallas.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] So we have quite a bit between us and there. It's about ten miles
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and there is all kinds of restaurants and, I had one that was a favorite for a long time, and then it changed hands and doubled the prices and then it finally went out of business.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] So, but it was really nice. It had a fireplace.
[speaker001:] Um, that sounds beautiful.
[speaker002:] Yeah, it was really nice. They had entertainment sometimes and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] you could just really relax there and enjoy it.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh. Well.
[speaker002:] But it's gone [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] This is only a little small city. Uh, we have, uh, [cough] excuse me, [cough] I didn't think my coughing would come back. Anyhow, we have only like one, uh, restaurant that's kind of nice. You know, they have prime rib on, uh, weekends
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and then they have about six miles from here is called, a little city called Wesley, and they have a Wesley Hotel there that they serve food, and the atmosphere there is really, really nice.
[speaker002:] Oh, that's nice.
[speaker001:] So, and then if we really want to, you know, something different we go to Modesto
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] which is like twenty minutes away.
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] But, uh, we don't have any fast foods here in this small city [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] That is probably very fortunate for you. Do you have kids?
[speaker001:] Do I have kids?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Well, I have a son, but he's grown up.
[speaker002:] Oh, because I have a twelve year old that would eat a happy meal every night, you know, and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] now's she's graduated to two cheeseburgers, [LAUGHTER] so something's happened here, but, but, um, you know, McDonald's is definitely at the top of her list, and I hate these places.
[speaker001:] Yeah. All the kids seem to love McDonald's don't they, you know.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, they do, and I don't think there's an ounce of [LAUGHTER] nutritional value in anything they have.
[speaker001:] No, no, I'm sure there isn't.
[speaker002:] Well, we have all kinds of fast foods everywhere around
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and it's really, it's tempting when you come home from work and you're tired and, you know, you just are tempted to give in to that, and it costs a lot of money to do it too.
[speaker001:] I know.
[speaker002:] You know, it adds up and it's not healthy, and I really got into that habit for a while, but I got out of it again because
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] I just felt like
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] it was just too unhealthy.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] So.
[speaker001:] Well, let's see, what else can we talk about? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] Well, how's California today? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Oh, it's foggy and cold here.
[speaker002:] Is it? That's what I've heard, yeah.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh. Yeah and it's.
[speaker002:] Have you always lived there?
[speaker001:] I came from Iowa when I was sixteen
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] so I've lived out in California for a long, long time.
[speaker002:] And you like it?
[speaker001:] Yeah, I like it real well.
[speaker002:] Yeah, we've been.
[speaker001:] We used to live in Oakland, so we used to have a lot more restaurants to go to there
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker001:] you know, but, uh, then I quit work and everything and I bought a house. I had a condo in Oakland, so, right in Chinatown, so we went to lots of restaurants
[speaker002:] Oh, that would be fun.
[speaker001:] Chinese restaurants, and they were really good, I really miss them. You know.
[speaker002:] Yeah. Do you miss living there?
[speaker001:] Uh, no, I really don't miss
[speaker002:] No.
[speaker001:] living there. I just like to go in there and have a nice Chinese
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] dinner once in a while, you know.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] But, uh, as far as missing living there, no.
[speaker002:] Um.
[speaker001:] It's close enough if I wanted to go there, to San Francisco for dinner or something, why, you know, an hour and fifteen minutes we could be there and
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] you know, have dinner and then come on back. But, uh, have you ever been to California?
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah, I go all the time.
[speaker001:] Oh really?
[speaker002:] Yeah, well I have a twenty-one year old daughter in college there
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] and she, um, is a world champion twirler
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and her coach is in California. So she went there for six years.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] So I went out a lot with her.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And, uh, yeah, I know California pretty well.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And I love it, and
[speaker001:] .
[speaker002:] we tug back and forth who's going to move, but I think he's going to move because I'm the person with more to lose here.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I have my twelve year old in school
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and she's happy. She always lived here in the south, and I have my house, so
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I have too much to lose,