[speaker001:] hi
[speaker002:] hi this is Norma Smith
[speaker001:] I'm Jerry Crow from Dallas
[speaker002:] pardon
[speaker001:] I'm Jerry Crow from Dallas
[speaker002:] hi Jerry uh
[speaker001:] where where you from
[speaker002:] I'm in Blacksburg Virginia
[speaker001:] in Virginia golly
[speaker002:] right down uh southwestern part of the state in the mountains
[speaker001:] oh I had first had thought this was just Texas Instruments but apparently it's not just Texas Instruments
[speaker002:] oh no no they've uh got volunteers apparently any all over the country
[speaker001:] yeah I've talked to some people from Attleboro uh Massachusetts
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh several of those people
[speaker002:] are you a TI employee
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah I work in Lewisville which is just outside of Dallas
[speaker002:] I see uh-huh
[speaker001:] well our topic is uh TV shows you ready to get started
[speaker002:] well TV shows
[speaker001:] yeah what we like about them our favorites and so forth
[speaker002:] uh yeah I guess I am
[speaker001:] okay I'll go ahead and punch one
[speaker002:] okay fine
[speaker001:] Jerry okay I guess my favorites are probably the the uh news format programs like Hard Copy Sixty Minutes Twenty Twenty uh Current Affair things like that
[speaker002:] uh-huh we watch a lot of that also we watch uh CNN a lot
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] and then I think one of my favorite shows is LA Law
[speaker001:] yeah we don't have cable unfortunately so we just get but we've got plenty of local stations to look at
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but uh
[speaker002:] uh we have cable here
[speaker001:] yeah about the only reason I would want cable probably is is for some of the uh sports programs
[speaker002:] I see
[speaker001:] that they don't show local
[speaker002:] right yeah
[speaker001:] like HSEN ESPN but the music movie show uh cables or movie channels they show the same shows over and over and over
[speaker002:] well that's right and we never have signed up for those I just haven't been interested in what they generally have on and
[speaker001:] um and they're usually
[speaker002:] would be just as happy not to have them in the house
[speaker001:] yeah but uh do you have small kids
[speaker002:] no nope we uh our family's grown in fact we've just been retired for about a year we took early retirement and
[speaker001:] okay oh
[speaker002:] just really enjoying ourselves
[speaker001:] I wished I could do that I've been TI thirty two years
[speaker002:] is that right
[speaker001:] yeah but I'm only fifty seven
[speaker002:] well
[speaker001:] so I've still got a few years to go
[speaker002:] uh my husbands fifty five and I'm a couple of years older well he's fifty seven I'm a couple years older than that time goes by
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] but he was with IBM fa thirty years
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] and decided he'd had enough of it
[speaker001:] well I've had enough of it but unfortunately they don't pay enough for early retirement
[speaker002:] do you still have children do you have children at home
[speaker001:] no huh-uh no all my kids are grown married
[speaker002:] right well our daughter in Texas is working for TI uh on a part time basis so that's how we found out about this calling
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah but uh every once in a while I like to watch some of the old movies I watched a Clint Eastwood movie last night
[speaker002:] um-hum well we watched the ACC play-offs or I guess
[speaker001:] yeah oh yeah uh in in fact it's on tonight
[speaker002:] rooting for Duke University rooting for Duke University
[speaker001:] yeah yeah it ought to be a good uh good game tonight
[speaker002:] yeah that's on right it's on again tonight
[speaker001:] it it doesn't start until seven o'clock our time so we still got another hour
[speaker002:] um-hum uh
[speaker001:] are you all behind what time is it there it's six o'clock here now
[speaker002:] it's uh it's seven o'clock here right
[speaker001:] seven o'clock so you all are behind us
[speaker002:] right we've just been watching the national news
[speaker001:] yeah but uh
[speaker002:] I wish our time were like yours and then we could get I like to watch Johnny Carson and watch the eleven o'clock news but it makes it so late
[speaker001:] yeah makes it so late well we're fixing to go on daylight saving time uh next this next weekend
[speaker002:] uh-huh I think we do to
[speaker001:] so we have to run our clocks up forward an hour and I sure do hate to loose that hour of sleep in the morning
[speaker002:] I hate it too I just would rather stay the way it is
[speaker001:] yeah but uh well I guess like like like I said my favorite show what's your favorite shows or you like the news formats
[speaker002:] I like I like the I like some of the dramas
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] shows and I like mysteries
[speaker001:] yeah I like uh the true life adventures too
[speaker002:] but uh-huh we like uh we get the uh Financial News Network
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] and we like to watch that check up on what's happening with all the stocks and
[speaker001:] yeah I I don't uh watch too much of the of the uh network shows I all I like to watch uh let's see some of the the uh prime time shows that I like to watch like I said or other news formats but then every once in a while I'll watch Star Search
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh but uh not too many of the situatio n comedies do I care for
[speaker002:] no I don't care for those
[speaker001:] and I'm definitely not a soap fan
[speaker002:] too much the only crazy comedy I really like is Saturday Night Live
[speaker001:] yeah or uh I
[speaker002:] do you ever watch that
[speaker001:] yeah and I like uh Totally Hidden Video
[speaker002:] uh-huh we don't watch that much
[speaker001:] and uh Super uh what is it uh uh Bloopers and Super Practical Jokes
[speaker002:] right uh-huh
[speaker001:] but um
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] I don't know how people stay at home and watch soaps and get involved in them but
[speaker002:] no I don't either I just don't have any interest
[speaker001:] I guess plenty of people do
[speaker002:] yeah they had a program on the other day about people that were addicted to soap operas
[speaker001:] yeah in fact I think you can even uh order a magazine that keeps you up to date every day of what happened on every particular soap in case you miss it
[speaker002:] uh-huh  but uh
[speaker001:] that that's not real life to me so
[speaker002:] uh no I think it'd be an awful waste of time
[speaker001:] yeah well I enjoyed talking with you and
[speaker002:] well enjoyed it too Jerry and
[speaker001:] and how how's you all's weather up there you cold
[speaker002:] uh today it was pretty chilly and windy
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] the sun was out bright but it was kind of cold
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] I guess it was probably in the fifties but there's a strong wind
[speaker001:] well you yeah did you have a good Easter
[speaker002:] very nice we had company very nice
[speaker001:] yeah we did too I told my wife I sure do wish they'd gave us Monday off rather than Friday off
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] because Sunday was really busy
[speaker002:] uh-huh you had company
[speaker001:] yeah company and then we went and visited the daughter and and uh didn't get I don't guess we got to bed till about eleven thirty
[speaker002:] oh I see
[speaker001:] and then having to get up and go to work the next morning
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah that makes it hard
[speaker001:] well you have a good day
[speaker002:] well you too good TV viewing
[speaker001:] oh okay bye-bye
[speaker002:] bye