[speaker001:] All right. Well, [NOISE] uh, quite a few and they're varied. They don't, uh, uh, encompass, uh, many handcrafts like knitting and that kind of thing.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But, I do, uh, quite a bit of wreath making and my dogs are my hobbies. I do a lot of gardening. I go to estate sales, which takes up a lot of time.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Now, what do you mostly do [NOISE]?
[speaker002:] Well, mostly right now I'm a, [NOISE] I do a lot of sports and stuff like that is my hobbies and do a lot of things with my family as much as possible. We're, uh, we're about to take the kids to [NOISE] go roller skating and a birthday party and stuff,
[speaker001:] Oh,
[speaker002:] so.
[speaker001:] boy [NOISE] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] That should be fun.
[speaker002:] Yeah. Fun for them.
[speaker001:] Yeah. How old are they?
[speaker002:] Uh, I've got a little girl who's six and a little girl that's three.
[speaker001:] Well, I think that's better than having that party at home [NOISE].
[speaker002:] Yeah. Well, uh, this is a friend's party and they, they rented, or, you know, they, the party, they, uh, just rent skates and stuff for the kids.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] So, uh [NOISE]
[speaker001:] And,
[speaker002:] they're,
[speaker001:] the
[speaker002:] they're looking forward to it.
[speaker001:] the, the skating rink does the rest practically,
[speaker002:] Yeah,
[speaker001:] I guess.
[speaker002:] yeah. Uh-huh [breathing].
[speaker001:] Boy, what a help that is.
[speaker002:] Yeah [breathing]. So, uh,
[speaker001:] What kind of,
[speaker002:] how long have you lived in North Carolina?
[speaker001:] Well, not that long.
[speaker002:] Really?
[speaker001:] Uh, just since October. We moved here from Enid, Oklahoma.
[speaker002:] Oh. Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So, uh, [NOISE] we are, we're originally from Virginia, this part of the country.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But, we did spend twenty years in Norman [NOISE] and Enid
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and loved it.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But, we needed to get back, uh
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] to our older parents.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But, I am loving it [NOISE]. The weather is divine.
[speaker002:] Really?
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] W-, uh, [NOISE] did you like Oklahoma,
[speaker001:] Oh, yes.
[speaker002:] while you were there?
[speaker001:] Very much. Yeah.
[speaker002:] Um, what did you all do?
[speaker001:] Well, my husband was with, uh, [tape begins to be much clearer, a lot less back ground noise and fuzz] University of Oklahoma and,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Phillips University in Enid.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And then he went with, uh, [NOISE] [a squealing] a family corporation that had, uh, has oil and ranching and varied enterprises.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh, he just quit a perfectly good job and came, we [talking] came East [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Really?
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] So, is, uh, is he working there then or [talking],
[speaker001:] Yes. Uh-huh. He's doing, uh, quite a bit of consulting work and,
[speaker002:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] has been offered a permanent position and he's contemplating [talking].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] He, he's liking this free time actually [NOISE].
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker001:] It's just wonderful after all,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] these years of working.
[speaker002:] Yeah. Well, how did, how did you get, uh, hooked up with the T I switchboard thing?
[speaker001:] Um, [talking] [NOISE] [lipsmack] a gal who works, uh, with T I on this project [NOISE].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] [Bird squawk] I think she's a temporary worker [bird squawk]. Uh, [NOISE] mother is my best friend [NOISE],
[speaker002:] Oh, I see.
[speaker001:] in Virginia [breathing]. So [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] I see.
[speaker001:] we have spread the word a little bit [NOISE] in this part of the country.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh [NOISE]. W-, my wife has talked more than I have, uh, she's talked to [NOISE] four, five different people. It seems like she hasn't talked to anybody from Dallas. In fact, she's talked to a couple of people from North Carolina, I think.
[speaker001:] Really?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Uh, [NOISE] what is her name?
[speaker002:] Her name's Tina [NOISE].
[speaker001:] Yeah. Well, [NOISE] I haven't talked to her. I haven't,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] I haven't [talking] talked to a Tina yet [talking].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. W-, uh, the, the call was probably for her. They wouldn't accept my, uh, T I N number, so we put hers in. But, uh, uh, like I said, we're getting, [talking] getting the kids ready to go to the birthday [NOISE] party,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] so.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But, uh, some of [NOISE], yeah, I, [child talking] I've only talked to one or two [child talking] and they've, they've all been in Dallas. But, she hasn't talked to anybody,
[speaker001:] Yeah. Yeah.
[speaker002:] in Dallas, yet. So, that's interesting.
[speaker001:] Well, you haven't told me, uh, what sports that you are active in.
[speaker002:] Well, the sport I like best probably is basketball. But, uh, I guess I'm probably better at softball. And so I'd, like during the summer months it's, occupies quite a bit of my,
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] time. But, I play in a couple of leagues and, and occasionally in a tournament or something on a weekend. But, my family usually goes with me. We try to do everything we can together.
[speaker001:] Well, I think that's, uh, easy entertainment for a,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] family, too.
[speaker002:] Yeah. Well, they, uh, a good friend of mine that plays on one of my teams, we, uh, that's usually the team I play on with the tournaments and stuff, and they have a couple of kids that are almost my kids age. So they play together,
[speaker001:] Under the stands.
[speaker002:] pretty well and,
[speaker001:] Under the,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] bleachers.
[speaker002:] Yeah,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER]. * slash error
[speaker002:] pretty much. And, uh, Tina enjoys, uh, [NOISE] the other lady,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. *slash error should be 'b'
[speaker002:] real well. So they, you know, that's kind of nice. It's like getting together with,
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] them.
[speaker001:] Well, it's getting,
[speaker002:] So to speak.
[speaker001:] a little hot, isn't it? It,
[speaker002:] Yeah. Well, it's been raining a lot here so far. So we haven't really had any kind of real heat. I think it's going to be warm enough this afternoon, we were noticing a while ago it's already eighty in, in the house. So, it looks like an air conditioner,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] day. But,
[speaker001:] It sure does. Or maybe this evening anyway.
[speaker002:] Yeah. It, yeah, but, you know, I'm sure you're familiar with that living,
[speaker001:] Very,
[speaker002:] here.
[speaker001:] much so.
[speaker002:] We go, we go through Enid, you know, quite a bit. We go to Tulsa from time to time. And my, my parents live in southern Illinois. So, we drive,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] up there. And, well, l-, lot of times we take seventy-five and, uh, it seems like, seems like that goes through Enid,
[speaker001:] No.
[speaker002:] I know,
[speaker001:] No it doesn't.
[speaker002:] I've either seen the signs or,
[speaker001:] Enid is, uh, it's in the northwest. It's, uh, directly across the straight, uh, state from Tulsa. Uh,
[speaker002:] Um. I know I've seen,
[speaker001:] Sure you have.
[speaker002:] the sign somewhere.
[speaker001:] Yes. Well, Enid is,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] not, uh, an unknown little city. It, uh
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] an awful lot of people know where it is, or have been there. And it,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] was, uh, a very, uh, self-sufficient, uh, wealthy [NOISE], uh, town,
[speaker002:] Uh.
[speaker001:] for a long time, anyway [LAUGHTER]. You know [NOISE],
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] until, uh, everything happened, the bottom fell out. But,
[speaker002:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] it's beginning to do well. But, there's a lot of, uh, [talking] old time wealth there that,
[speaker002:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] has helped to stabilize things.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. So, uh, [NOISE] how l-, you said you've just lived in North Carolina just like,
[speaker001:] Si-,
[speaker002:] six months then is,
[speaker001:] Yes. Something like that.
[speaker002:] And you really like,
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] it there, huh? I've heard so many people talk about that area. I've never been there
[speaker001:] Well
[speaker002:] but they sure,
[speaker001:] it's, it's [talking] [female and children in the background],
[speaker002:] say it's pretty.
[speaker001:] pretty. The weather is wonderful. Uh, this winter [NOISE] we, it was just, we had so many wonderful days. And,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] uh, I, if it got to be forty degrees, I decided it was too cold to, to walk the dogs [LAUGHTER]. Isn't it,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] funny how [LAUGHTER], how,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] your standards change [LAUGHTER]?
[speaker002:] Yeah. It really does. My wife and I spent a couple years, uh, [NOISE] doing church work up in the state of Washington right,
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] on the coast. And it rains,
[speaker001:] Sure.
[speaker002:] you know, a lot there. But, you get used to it. I mean, it's like a fine mist all the time and it doesn't really, it gets to where it doesn't bother,
[speaker001:] Well,
[speaker002:] you.
[speaker001:] Carolina, this part, is very much like that, too. Very, *two utts?
[speaker002:] Really?
[speaker001:] foggy and,
[speaker002:] It,
[speaker001:] misty. The moss grows,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] on the trees [talking] in the woods up,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] eight, ten,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] feet.
[speaker002:] Yeah. That's the way it is, was, there, too.
[speaker001:] Yeah. I think, however, that's like February. Uh, I know it did it all February. And some people said to me, "Well, that's our wintertime."
[speaker002:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Well, I know you,
[speaker002:] But,
[speaker001:] need to go. And I've enjoyed talking to you.
[speaker002:] Well, I have enjoyed talking to you, too. It was nice,
[speaker001:] Thanks so much.
[speaker002:] to talk to you.
[speaker001:] Have a,
[speaker002:] I hope you enjoy,
[speaker001:] Oh, thank you.
[speaker002:] North Carolina.
[speaker001:] And I hope you enjoy,
[speaker002:] , *slash error
[speaker001:] and get through that birthday party.
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER]. *slash error Well, I hope,
[speaker001:] Yeah. I do,
[speaker002:] I live through it.
[speaker001:] too [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] That's what I hope. Okay. Thanks a lot.
[speaker001:] Bye-bye.
[speaker002:] Good-bye.