[speaker001:] I say Arlington, Texas now because I talked one night to somebody in Arlington, Virginia.
[speaker002:] Oh, my, yeah. Well, and Plano, Texas rather than Plano, Illinois.
[speaker001:] Oh, do they have one?
[speaker002:] Yes, they do.
[speaker001:] Oh, I didn't know that.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, I learned something already [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah. Well, let's see, the three questions are what, uh,
[speaker001:] How much time do you spend with your children?
[speaker002:] Very little.
[speaker001:] Oh [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Because they're grown.
[speaker001:] What?
[speaker002:] They're grown and gone.
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah, well, mine is, uh, down at U T Austin at college and the other one is in high school.
[speaker002:] Huh.
[speaker001:] So you do spend less time then?
[speaker002:] Yeah
[speaker001:] C-,
[speaker002:] because they don't want to know, they almost don't want to know us.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] They want to be with their friends. How old are your kids? Are they married or what?
[speaker002:] Uh, yes, I have, uh, two married, two almo-, and then two almost married and the other two, I'm not sure. Well,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Two s-, two, two, uh, uh, for sure are single.
[speaker001:] Oh, [LAUGHTER] boy, you have a lot of kids.
[speaker002:] Yeah, we have, between the spouse and myself we have six.
[speaker001:] Oh, well, that's kind of nice, though. You
[speaker002:] Because I came with a split family and
[speaker001:] you shouldn't be
[speaker002:] she had,
[speaker001:] lonesome on a holiday, huh?
[speaker002:] Well, no, there is 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 [breathing], when the holidays,
[speaker001:] They have to see their other parent, I guess
[speaker002:] Yeah
[speaker001:] too.
[speaker002:] and sometimes they want to do their own thing, so
[speaker001:] I know.
[speaker002:] sometimes it's just spouse and me. And, and you know what?
[speaker001:] What?
[speaker002:] Sometimes that's okay.
[speaker001:] I know [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Because,
[speaker001:] That's what my mother said one time.
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] that's not good either.
[speaker002:] That becomes a drudgery and,
[speaker001:] Well, do they all live in the area?
[speaker002:] Well, let's see, n-, got, of the six, we've got four around here.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, oh, wow.
[speaker002:] Uh, you know, well, we're talking like north Texas.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And then, one is in Vermont, uh, Montpe-, Mont-, Montpelier
[speaker001:] Golly.
[speaker002:] Montpelier, Vermont and the other one is in Everett, Washington.
[speaker001:] How did they end up so far away?
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] Well, that is, that's, the, the, my little pair.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And my second marriage. Uh, and, uh,
[speaker001:] Those are the youngest ones?
[speaker002:] Yeah, well, the s-, the, the, the, the fourth and fifth child of the
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] of the, of the, uh, six are the two that are scattered like that.
[speaker001:] Boy, that's, those are a long way.
[speaker002:] And,
[speaker001:] How,
[speaker002:] Well, they wanted to go, uh, J R, my, my, my last son
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] or my middle son, excuse me, fell in love with Washington state
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and the, the, the, third daughter fell in love with, uh, uh, Vermont.
[speaker001:] Vermont.
[speaker002:] So,
[speaker001:] So they wanted to make their homes there.
[speaker002:] Yeah, that's where they've gone to make their homes.
[speaker001:] My goodness. Are they, are those two married?
[speaker002:] No.
[speaker001:] They, uh, just working up there or going to school or what?
[speaker002:] Well, uh, let's see, yeah, I guess you'd say J R is working, going to s-, trying to go to school.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I wish to God he would go back.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Oh, they do.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Especially if they, if they're meant to, I think.
[speaker002:] Well, I certainly hope so.
[speaker001:] I mean, I've got a daughter that's a sophomore at U T and I'm, I'm going to U T A right now myself so [LAUGHTER]
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] it's never too late.
[speaker002:] Well, it's, oh, I agree it's never too late.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] And,
[speaker001:] Especially in some of these schools around here, I think they have about twenty percent older students.
[speaker002:] Yeah, and when you're saying older, we're talking fifty up.
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah, I've seen some people that are really quite up there [LAUGHTER] you know
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] they look like in their very late sixties and I say
[speaker002:] Oh, my, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] that's great, why not, you know.
[speaker002:] Yes, why not because that's a, a lot of times, well, it's, I believe that, uh, we in that category, and I'm not in that category quite yet
[speaker001:] No.
[speaker002:] but, we are seasoned minds.
[speaker001:] Oh, yeah, you're really ready to learn finally.
[speaker002:] Yes, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I mean, I don't know why I even went to college when I was seventeen.
[speaker002:] Yeah, it was,
[speaker001:] It was a complete waste of money.
[speaker002:] Yeah, settle down, we know what we're wanting to, to, uh, study and, uh
[speaker001:] Right, right. We,
[speaker002:] we know our limitations.
[speaker001:] Right and, uh,
[speaker002:] And we don't try to burn the candle at both ends and in
[speaker001:] No.
[speaker002:] the middle altogether.
[speaker001:] We don't go out drinking beer till three and try to go to class in the morning [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] At seven, yeah.
[speaker001:] We're past, yeah, we're past that age [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yes, we're, we're smarter now.
[speaker001:] We know what we can do [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah, right, uh, so let's see. So mine I don't spend a whole lot of time because they're not here.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] [Lipsmack] And so the second question, forgot what the second question,
[speaker001:] What was it, uh, h-, what do the trends in families and do we approve what other,
[speaker002:] [Breathing].
[speaker001:] families do.
[speaker002:] Well, uh, the trends in the families were to spread apart, do your own thing.
[speaker001:] That's right.
[speaker002:] But I have seen
[speaker001:] A change?
[speaker002:] lately, yes, I am seeing,
[speaker001:] I was going to say the same thing.
[speaker002:] I'm seeing a change that, whoops, government can't do it, schools are
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] not able to
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and between a person's religion, uh, their, their faith in their maker
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] w-, whether, you know, uh, whether you're Christian or Jewish
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] or whatever, uh, and the family
[speaker001:] Are going to have to solve some of the problem, huh.
[speaker002:] those are the two that can, that, that have the wherewithal and, of course, Judeo-Christianity, uh, and of the Jewish folks, too, believe that the family unit is the one that was given the, uh, uh, mission by the Lord
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] I firmly believe that, uh,