[speaker001:] I would say Arlington Texas now because I talked to one night to somebody in Arlington Virginia
[speaker002:] oh my yeah and well uh Plano Texas rather than Plano Illinois
[speaker001:] oh do they have one
[speaker002:] yes they do
[speaker001:] oh I didn't know that well I learned something already
[speaker002:] yeah well let's see the three questions are what um
[speaker001:] how much time do you spend with your children
[speaker002:] very little because they're grown they're grown and gone
[speaker001:] oh what oh yeah well mine's are down at UT Austin in college and the other one's in high school so you do spend less time then because
[speaker002:] yeah because they don't want to know they almost don't want to know us
[speaker001:] they wanna be with their friends well how old are your kids are they married or what
[speaker002:] yeah uh yes I have uh two married two almost and then two almost married and the other two oh I'm not sure well two single two two uh uh for sure single
[speaker001:] oh boy you have a lot of kids you
[speaker002:] yeah we have between the spouse and myself we have six
[speaker001:] oh that's kind of nice though you
[speaker002:] because I came with a split family and she had one
[speaker001:] you shouldn't be lonesome on a holiday huh
[speaker002:] well no there's so much of them are gone and they're doing their own things and
[speaker001:] well that's true
[speaker002:] and a lot of times they they've got you know uh on the holidays a lot
[speaker001:] they have to see their other parent I guess too
[speaker002:] yeah and sometimes they want to do their own thing so sometimes it's just spouse and me and and you know what
[speaker001:] I know right
[speaker002:] sometimes that's okay
[speaker001:] I know that's what my mother said one time
[speaker002:] because you know right because who says that they just must got to come over to see us all the time
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] for the holidays
[speaker001:] no that's true and if they force them to you know that's not good either
[speaker002:] yeah that becomes a drudgery and when you
[speaker001:] well do they all live in the area
[speaker002:] well let's see I've got of the six we've got four around here
[speaker001:] um-hum oh wow
[speaker002:] uh you know well we're talking like North Texas and then one is in Vermont uh Montpelier Montpelier Monteplier Montpelier Vermont and the other one's in Everett Washington
[speaker001:] um-hum golly how'd they end up so far away
[speaker002:] well that is that's the the the my little pair
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and my second marriage um and uh
[speaker001:] those are the youngest ones
[speaker002:] yeah yeah well the second the the the the fourth and fifth child of the the of the uh six are the two that are scattered like that
[speaker001:] um-hum boy that those are a long way how'd
[speaker002:] and well they wanted to go uh JR my my my least son or my middle son excuse me fell in love with Washington state and the the the third daughter fell in love with uh
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] uh Vermont so yeah that's where they've gone to make their homes
[speaker001:] Vermont so they wanted to make their homes there huh my goodness are they are those two married
[speaker002:] no
[speaker001:] are they uh just working up there or going to school or what
[speaker002:] well uh let's see yeah I guess you'd say JR is working and going to school trying to go to school
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] I wish to God he would go back
[speaker001:] oh they do eventually if they have if they're meant to I think
[speaker002:] yeah well I certainly hope so
[speaker001:] I mean I've got a daughter that's a sophomore at UT and I'm I'm going to UTA right now myself so it's never too late
[speaker002:] uh-huh well it's oh I agree it's never too late
[speaker001:] right especially in some of these schools around here I think they have about twenty percent older students
[speaker002:] and yeah and when you're saying older we're talking fifty up
[speaker001:] oh yeah I've seen some people that are really really quite up there you know they look like in their very late sixties and I say that's great why not you know
[speaker002:] uh-huh oh my uh-huh yes why not because that's a a lot of times well it's I I believe that uh we in that category and I'm not in that category quite yet
[speaker001:] but no
[speaker002:] but we are seasoned minds
[speaker001:] oh yeah you're really ready to learn finally finally I mean I don't know why I even went to college when I was seventeen it was a complete waste of money
[speaker002:] yes uh-huh yeah it was yeah settle down we know what we're wanting to to uh study and uh
[speaker001:] right right now we're
[speaker002:] we know our limitations
[speaker001:] right and uh
[speaker002:] and we don't try to burn the candle at both ends and then the middle altogether
[speaker001:] no we don't go out drinking beer till three and then you try to go to class in the morning we're past yeah we're past that age
[speaker002:] at seven yeah yes we're we're smarter than that
[speaker001:] we know what we can do oh
[speaker002:] yack right um so let's see so mine and I don't spend a whole lot of time because they're not here
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and so the second question I forgot what the second question
[speaker001:] what was it what uh how what do the trends in families and do we approve of what other families do
[speaker002:] well uh the trends in the families were to spread apart do your own thing but I have seen lately yes I am seeing
[speaker001:] that's right a change I was gonna say the same thing
[speaker002:] I'm seeing a change that whoops government can't do it schools are not able to and between a person's religion
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] uh their their faith in their maker whether whether you know uh whether you're Christian or Jewish or whatever uh and the family
[speaker001:] right right
[speaker002:] those are the two that can that that have the wherewithal and of course
[speaker001:] or gonna have sauce on the bone huh
[speaker002:] Judeo-Christianity uh and the the Jewish folks too believe that the family unit is the one that was given the uh um mission by the Lord to do this very thing so when another group of of uh people step in try to do it they're they're tromping on our territory so to speak so I firmly believe that uh
[speaker001:] um-hum oh