[speaker001:] so what kind of camping do you like
[speaker002:] well we uh as a little girl I used to go camping with my family and uh we'd load up our car and take tents and cots and all kinds of stuff and the place that we went the most often was uh in Oklahoma it's about a two or three hour drive and it is a little bitty national park right in the right in a town called Sulphur Oklahoma and it was real pretty had lots of trees and creeks to play in and it was a lot of fun
[speaker001:] so you like that more civilized kind of camping you got cots
[speaker002:] yeah probably so
[speaker001:] yeah well I'm I'm sort of a rough-and-ready camper I'll uh
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] whatever I can carry on a backpack
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] is is what I go with
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] um when I was in the Air Force I used to be up in South Dakota
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and there were some really nice places up in the Black Hills to go camping
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and I had this really nice place you had to uh drive in as far as I could and then park and then you had to walk in the rest of the way
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but it was across a little stream and it was sort of um uh not a big area but there was a perfectly round stand of trees
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and it had a nice little area inside that course it gave you shelter and everything
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and it was right next to a nice cold stream
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] so it was my favorite place
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and probably the worse thing that ever happened was around March the weather starts getting funny it will be warm one day and freezing the next
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] so but that's also about the time you start getting cabin fever
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] well I had cabin fever really bad so I loaded up the car and took off and I got up there and got camped or got got my camp setup
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and that night it got down to seventeen below and started snowing
[speaker002:] oh my goodness
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] did you have uh very warm sleeping bag or
[speaker001:] oh I had I had a nice sleeping bag I also had uh uh catalytic heater
[speaker002:] oh my goodness
[speaker001:] um but I woke up and the snow was halfway up the the front of the tent I'm going oh no I go out I had all my stuff set I had my little campfire thing setup and my my pots and pans and stove and all that
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] and I get everything's buried under snow so I'm out there digging around so I think well to hell with it you know I'll go I'll go play around for a while well there's this fallen tree across the stream and these streams of course are felt fed by melted snow so they're cold anyway
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah oh yeah
[speaker001:] so here I am going across this snow encrusted log
[speaker002:] oh no
[speaker001:] and I slipped and fell in
[speaker002:] oh no
[speaker001:] and crashed through the ice right up to my neck in freezing cold weather I could just feel my heart going
[speaker002:] oh oh oh no
[speaker001:] uh
[speaker002:] how did you get out of that
[speaker001:] well fortunately I had the presence of mind when I slipped I just I just went with it I didn't try to twist or anything
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and as I went I just turned and stuck my arms out and I hit the hit the log with my arms
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and that pretty much saved me from going all the way under
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] um anyway I finally pulled myself out and I mean just as soon as I got out my clothes started freezing
[speaker002:] oh man oh that's awful
[speaker001:] yeah so I I trotted back to the car rather quickly uh jumped in went home and took a hot shower and changed clothes and went back
[speaker002:] oh my goodness oh that's quite an experience I probably would have had a heart attack and died right there on the spot
[speaker001:] it was I think I almost did that was something
[speaker002:] oh that I bet
[speaker001:] yeah I I enjoy camping I like getting out especially I don't I don't understand these people people take these camper trailers and stuff I mean that's that's not camping I mean that's like
[speaker002:] yeah yeah yeah that's just like moving to another area for a while
[speaker001:] yeah I mean here you are you got you know you got showers and stoves and refrigerators and TV's and air conditioning
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] I mean good grief that's not camping
[speaker002:] I know it's kind of funny
[speaker001:] I like to rough it
[speaker002:] yeah well did you go camping by yourself then you didn't go with other people or
[speaker001:] no usually I went by myself it was sort of get away from everybody time
[speaker002:] huh yeah
[speaker001:] and you've been locked up with folks all winter it's time to get away by yourself
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] and it was so it was so nice up there that just I mean it was so quiet and peaceful
[speaker002:] yeah well that's nice
[speaker001:] yeah it's nice nice area
[speaker002:] yeah just a second uh when I uh planned my little uh schedule of when I could talk on the phone this one was suppose to be asleep and she's not cooperating
[speaker001:] yeah she fooled you
[speaker002:] yeah I think so
[speaker001:] uh I've got three kitty cats and they were suppose to be taking a nap and
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] one just crawled up in my lap and every time she hears me on the phone she's got to come sit in my lap
[speaker002:] yeah wants you to
[speaker001:] got to be got to be part of the action here
[speaker002:] my kids want a cat so bad and uh I'd I'd like to get them one but we live close to a busy street and almost everyone has a cat it's been hit run over maimed you know and I just can't stand the thought of it
[speaker001:] oh yeah all all mine are uh purebreds so I keep them in
[speaker002:] so yeah keep them in the house
[speaker001:] yeah especially
[speaker002:] well that may be our only option if we ever get one
[speaker001:] especially especially this one
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] she's a mess
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] aren't you kitty cat
[speaker002:] well this is real interesting that you're as far away as you are because I really thought this was uh uh we're
[speaker001:] sort of like TI exclusive
[speaker002:] yeah TI people yeah and so I just figured no it's just this area you know
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] well that's interesting
[speaker001:] have you had many calls
[speaker002:] well you're my third one and I have never gotten the courage to do it myself isn't that funny
[speaker001:] well I tell you it's it's easy to do it's just uh like when I started calling you it was two twenty my time one twenty your time I guess
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] and however long it took however long we've been on that's how long it took for some for the computer to find somebody
[speaker002:] for it to oh my
[speaker001:] yeah I've been sitting here and sitting here and sitting here
[speaker002:] oh I never thought about that that it would take a long time to find someone available
[speaker001:] I didn't think it would take as long as it does but like last night when I made one
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] the long that was the longest one I waited thirty five minutes
[speaker002:] oh my goodness
[speaker001:] and sometimes you'll get it on the first try I mean it's just
[speaker002:] yeah I guess it depends on the time of day too
[speaker001:] yeah this is not a real good time of day because most people listed their home numbers and of course they're gone
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] but I've got a class tonight so I wanted to get these out of the way
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] this is this is my thirtieth call
[speaker002:] oh wow
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] that's great well I got a catalog that you know shows all the gifts and things you can get and
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] I started getting inspired thinking oh we need to do this I'd like to have a few of those things
[speaker001:] yeah the only reason I'd do it is because I want to make sure that I get all my calls in before they they just up and pull the plug on the program you know
[speaker002:] yeah that's right and they probably will soon so
[speaker001:] yeah because being a student I'm doing it for the money
[speaker002:] yeah yeah I can see that
[speaker001:] I want to make sure I'm I'm my roommate does it too
[speaker002:] huh well that's pretty neat
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] well
[speaker001:] it'll be a nice little bit of money we're going to
[speaker002:] yeah yeah every time I've talked to one of them my husband said I can't believe that you made five dollars every time you do that it sounds easy so he signed up to do it but he's never done one so
[speaker001:] well of course there's this other one that I've I've talked to fairly regularly in Dallas um same thing her husband signed up for it and she's the one that does it
[speaker002:] I know yeah I know it's crazy
[speaker001:] but he'll spend the money I bet
[speaker002:] that's right yeah he'll say yeah I did that
[speaker001:] yeah we're going to take the money and get uh go out and find a nice stud for Himy Persian
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] yeah she's a she's a beauty we're going to going to get a nice litter off of her
[speaker002:] well that will be neat
[speaker001:] yeah she's she's so sweet too
[speaker002:] oh I tell you my kids would love to they'd just want any kind of a cat bless their hearts and like I said um I really would like to have one too because I know how much they want one It's just hard one my youngest daughter has asthma and uh been a little afraid to have a cat in the house all the time with a child that has asthma
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] so I thought well I need an outdoor cat but if I have an outdoor cat I'm afraid it's going to get hurt so
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I have a problem
[speaker001:] yeah that's that's bit a problem I mean you could always buy a uh you could always buy a Sphinx
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] those are hairless cats of course they're
[speaker002:] huh I don't think they'd be too fun
[speaker001:] oh they are they're they're loads of fun that's the most playful cat around
[speaker002:] are they huh
[speaker001:] but they on the other hand too they cost twenty five hundred dollars
[speaker002:] oh my land I'd be scared to death to have anything that expensive
[speaker001:] yeah my my roomy wants to buy a a Sphinx
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] and I keep saying no no no
[speaker002:] oh I've never heard of that
[speaker001:] no
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] we both decided on a Devonrex though it's sort of like a Sphinx it's a very short haired cat
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] it's almost like just fuzz
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] but uh they're substantially cheaper
[speaker002:] yeah I would hope so
[speaker001:] we're we're into this breeding business pretty heavy now and he
[speaker002:] well that's good
[speaker001:] yeah as long as you don't lose sight that they're still kitty cats
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] and they're fun to have around
[speaker002:] yeah I guess so
[speaker001:] this one here is just sweet
[speaker002:] oh that's neat
[speaker001:] she's kneading on my my stomach pushing and pushing and drooling quit drooling on me look at this I'm wet
[speaker002:] well it was nice talking to you I think I'm going to have to catch my daughter before she eats any more candy when I'm on the phone that's her sign that she can do what she wants to do
[speaker001:] oh that's it all right it was good talking to you
[speaker002:] yeah you too
[speaker001:] talk to you later Janet bye-bye
[speaker002:] okay thanks good-bye