[speaker001:] .
[speaker002:] Well, we have, we used to, when I was younger
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] we'd go every weekend.
[speaker001:] All right.
[speaker002:] But we haven't done m-, l-, whole lot of it lately.
[speaker001:] Yeah. I'm kind of into it. I'm, uh, kind of a sailor.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] I'm up in Minneapolis now, but I was in Florida [thumping], so, uh, [sniffing] yeah, I was kind of into it for a while there.
[speaker002:] Were you sailboating?
[speaker001:] Yeah, for the most part. Yeah
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] I had a little sail,
[speaker002:] Well, we don't get to do a whole lot of that up here [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] No [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Just motorboat's all we,
[speaker001:] What part of Texas you from?
[speaker002:] Uh, Nacogdoches.
[speaker001:] Okay, whereabouts is that?
[speaker002:] That's between Houston and Dallas.
[speaker001:] Okay, all right.
[speaker002:] It's the oldest town in Texas.
[speaker001:] Is that right?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Wow, that's pretty wild.
[speaker002:] We have, uh, Lake Sam Rayburn out here and Lake Nacogdoches, so we do a lot of boating on.
[speaker001:] Okay, so you got some lakes around you can do that on.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] You do skiing and stuff or,
[speaker002:] Yeah, little bit.
[speaker001:] Yeah? All right.
[speaker002:] Just got through snow skiing [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] All right.
[speaker002:] Just came back from Denver but,
[speaker001:] Yeah, that sounds good. Yeah, we've, uh, our, the snow up here is really kind of starting to melt now.
[speaker002:] Yeah, it, it, it was heavy when we were there though.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] I didn't see any boats there, though.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Not, not, not too many, no. But, uh, no, I just got back from a weekend. We went and, uh, had a, kind of a picnic in the woods type thing. It was pretty nice, but, uh, no, I, I have, uh, I had a boat last summer that I took out, a catamaran that I do, did a lot of sailing on and stuff.
[speaker002:] Yeah?
[speaker001:] That's a lot of fun, but, uh, my parents are pretty big sailors, too, they're kind of into it.
[speaker002:] Uh, all we, all we have up here mostly bass boats.
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah, I guess it's pretty, uh, fishing's a pretty big thing, huh?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Lot of, lot of fishing going on up here.
[speaker001:] Yeah. All right. So, where about in Texas is that? Is that centrally located or,
[speaker002:] It's, uh, well, you ever heard of Lufkin?
[speaker001:] Uh, no, what, what major city is nearby?
[speaker002:] Houston.
[speaker001:] Okay, and that's south or [thumping] north of there or something?
[speaker002:] Let me see, Houston's north.
[speaker001:] Yeah? Okay.
[speaker002:] Dallas is south.
[speaker001:] Oh, [thumping] okay, all right. Well, that sounds pretty good. Does, uh, I guess the weather, does that stay pretty constant there or,
[speaker002:] It's, it's gets cold at night, and then warm in the afternoons.
[speaker001:] Yeah?
[speaker002:] Probably seventies, eighties in the afternoon.
[speaker001:] Okay, well, that's pretty temperate. Yeah, that's not too bad. But, uh, [sniffing] yeah, have you done, uh, any other boating then or,
[speaker002:] No, I hadn't done any in a l-, uh, lately, but that's all, I used to ha-, uh, have a friend that owned, his daddy owned a boat shop.
[speaker001:] Yeah?
[speaker002:] And we used to, when I was in high school, we used to go out, go boating every day just about.
[speaker001:] Oh, that's great. Yeah, I,
[speaker002:] And we had a n-, different boat every day.
[speaker001:] Oh, that's fantastic. Yeah, I used to, uh, kind of be that way myself when I lived in, uh, north western Florida in the panhandle, I used to sail about every day. I'd work, go to work,
[speaker002:] I'd like to do some sailing.
[speaker001:] Yeah, it's a lot of fun. It's, uh, especially if you get a, a pretty fast boat like those catamarans are pretty fast.
[speaker002:] Yeah, what,
[speaker001:] You can actually,
[speaker002:] Do, if you get one like that do have somebody teach you that or they just,
[speaker001:] Well, actually, I, I've known how to sail pretty much my whole life. Uh, my family's pretty into it
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] and, uh, I took sailing lessons when I was about six and then, uh [sniffing],
[speaker002:] Is it pretty easy?
[speaker001:] Yeah, it, it's kind of a thing where you get the hang of it after a while, you know, uh, just kind of get a feel for the wind and how it works and, and the physics behind it.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] So it's, it's not too bad, it's pretty easy to get the hang of, I think and, uh, [thumping] generally, everybody I've, I've known has kind of gotten into it, but some people are more motorboaters, you know
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] which is fine.
[speaker002:] Well, that's about all we have [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah, lot of people don't, don't see the excitement in sailing, but, then, again, they may nev-, m-, they may never have tried anything like, uh, catamaran
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and, uh, that's when you really start getting into speed. You know, you actually, some catamarans you can actually pull people behind, the skiers, they get so fast, you know.
[speaker002:] I didn't know that.
[speaker001:] Yeah, they get pretty quick, but
[speaker002:] That
[speaker001:] uh,
[speaker002:] that would be something.
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah, I haven't, I haven't personally done that, but, uh, the races, I, I work with a guy right now that, uh, [sniffing] races catamarans in the summertime
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and, uh, he's pretty gassed about it. He's got a good, uh,
[speaker002:] What kind of, what lake do you all use?
[speaker001:] Well, he, uh, he's from Detroit
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] so he usually goes on one of the Great Lakes, I think, and does his sailing. Uh, for me, I, I go back to Orlando, uh, [thumping] in about a month, and so, down there, basically just go to the coast. We're about [thumping] thirty miles from Coco Beach and the east coast, and there's a lot of places there you can go, you know. So, uh, so that's a good thing.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] But, yeah, so, what do you do for a job?
[speaker002:] Uh, I build transformers.
[speaker001:] Oh, really?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Okay, is that for T I or,
[speaker002:] No, it's for Cooper Industries.
[speaker001:] Okay. Are they primarily electronic, then?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] Well
[speaker001:] Well that,
[speaker002:] they have a, you know, worldwide, but
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] w-, all we do here is make transformers
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] electronics and stuff like that.
[speaker001:] Great. Yeah, how do you like it down there in Texas?
[speaker002:] It's real nice.
[speaker001:] Yeah?
[speaker002:] Been here all my life.
[speaker001:] Oh, no doubt.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Okay. I've never been to Texas. I've been to Oklahoma, but, uh, that's about as far as,
[speaker002:] Oh, it's, n-, Oklahoma's nothing like it.
[speaker001:] Yeah? Okay, well, that's good, because I didn't like Oklahoma that well [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].