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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side one</&>
  <&>15:49</&>
  

  <WSC#DPC181:0005:RW>
      oh barry's trying VERY hard to persuade paul to mow our lawn <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0010:RW>
      i mean there's not a great deal of it to mow

  <WSC#DPC181:0015:RW>
      <{1><[1>and</[1> paul has been VERY reluctant <,,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0020:RW>
      <{2><[2>despite</[2> the offer of a financial reward for doing
      so <&>16:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:0025:FG>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC181:0030:FG>
      <[2><?>yes</?></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC181:0035:FG>
      the problem possibly might be <,,> taking it from the point of
      view that he needs persuading instead of it being a task that
      when he's big enough he might be allowed to do <,,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0040:FG>
      i realise <{><[>that that's a <unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0045:RW>
      <[>in the first three weeks</[></{> the first three weeks he was
      pleased <{><[>he</[> was big enough to do it

  <WSC#DPC181:0050:RW>
      then he decided it was a chore <O>laughter</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:0055:FG>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0060:RW>
      all interest ceased <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0065:FG>
      i have to sympathise

  <WSC#DPC181:0070:FG>
      i can remember when i was heading out one morning aged ten or so
      up to the swimming pool where i spent a lot of summer days <,>
      <O>tut</O> being <,> stopped on my way out to learn how to cook
      something <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0075:FG>
      and i was VERY slow to learn <,> EXCEEDINGLY poor learner <,>
      such that that the effort wasn't made again for some time

  <WSC#DPC181:0080:FG>
      and i remember being very conscious that <,> i didn't want to do
      it

  <WSC#DPC181:0085:RW>
      mm <,> yep

  <WSC#DPC181:0090:FG>
      and it wasn't the right moment

  <WSC#DPC181:0095:RW>
      no <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0100:FG>
      it should've been a wet day when i was perhaps a little bored
      <{><[>and</[> <?>it was</?> an exciting new activity

  <WSC#DPC181:0105:FG>
      not a FINE day when i was about to head off and meet my friends
      <&>17:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:0110:RW>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0115:RW>
      that's right yes definitely bad strategy there mm

  <WSC#DPC181:0120:MJ>
      <O>tut</O> mm i never got the choice about mowing <,,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0125:MJ>
      hm <O>tut</O> mind you i did notice when i went to varsity about
      two weeks later my father bought a motor mower <,,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0130:MJ>
      <{><[>hand</[> mowers suddenly weren't good enough

  <WSC#DPC181:0135:RW>
      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0140:RW>
      mm interesting <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:0145:RW>
      and how are your plans for your trip

  <WSC#DPC181:0150:RW>
      are they all falling into place nicely <,> besides the problem
      of choosing your seats

  <WSC#DPC181:0155:MJ>
      have to choose seats

  <WSC#DPC181:0160:FG>
      it's not a problem it's a privilege

  <WSC#DPC181:0165:RW>
      is it not a problem as well

  <WSC#DPC181:0170:FG>
      don't think so particularly

  <WSC#DPC181:0175:MJ>
      no i want space with <,> room for my legs

  <WSC#DPC181:0180:RW>
      mhm

  <WSC#DPC181:0185:MJ>
      <?>but um</?>

  <WSC#DPC181:0190:FG>
      it's only because we enrolled in the united airlines <.>special</.>

  <WSC#DPC181:0195:FG>
      what's it called

  <WSC#DPC181:0200:MJ>
      <O>tut</O> mileage plus <&>18:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:0205:FG>
      mileage <{><[>plus</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0210:RW>
      <[>oh so</[></{> you actually go with united

  <WSC#DPC181:0215:FG>
      yes yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0220:RW>
      that's very brave isn't it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0225:FG>
      glen tells me that statistically it's not brave at all <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0230:FG>
      that if you compare the number of planes they have flights they
      have we're probably safer that way than we would be with air new
      zealand or <{><[><O>tut</O> some other airline that</[> doesn't
      have so many planes <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0235:RW>
      <[>oh that's an interesting an interesting <?>thing to have</?></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0240:RW>
      do you BELIEVE the statistics

  <WSC#DPC181:0245:FG>
      <{><[>well</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0250:MJ>
      <[>er</[></{> united fly i gather as many flights a day as air
      new zealand does a year

  <WSC#DPC181:0255:RW>
      <O>tut</O> well <O>laughs</O> that's a lot yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0260:MJ>
      and <,> they featured in the news recently <{><[>because they'd</[>
      just <,> i think it was sixteen BILLION dollars worth of
      aircraft they'd just ordered

  <WSC#DPC181:0265:RW>
      <[>mhm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0270:RW>
      <O>tut</O> that's a LARGE sum of money yes <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0275:RW>
      <O>tut</O> <,> so you're going via the states?

  <WSC#DPC181:0280:FG>
      both ways this time <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0285:RW>
      both ways mhm

  <WSC#DPC181:0290:MJ>
      san francisco going new orleans coming back <&>19:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:0295:RW>
      aha have you been <,> either of those places <{><[>before</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0300:RW>
      they're both new?

  <WSC#DPC181:0305:FG>
      <[>no</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0310:FG>
      both new

  <WSC#DPC181:0315:RW>
      oh that's nice

  <WSC#DPC181:0320:FG>
      san francisco we'd heard very well of

  <WSC#DPC181:0325:FG>
      we have some friends who come from there <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0330:FG>
      and what's more we're going to drive <,> to a little place
      called paradise

  <WSC#DPC181:0335:RW>
      aha

  <WSC#DPC181:0340:FG>
      four hours' journey to the northeast where <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0345:RW>
      right

  <WSC#DPC181:0350:FG>
      we'll be staying with the woman i've corresponded with <,>
      through the soroptomists

  <WSC#DPC181:0355:RW>
      aha

  <WSC#DPC181:0360:FG>
      and <,> that should be <,> <{><[>should be</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0365:FG>
      interesting yes <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0370:RW>
      <[>different</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0375:RW>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:0380:FG>
      you have the possibility of getting a greater understanding of
      life in another country

  <WSC#DPC181:0385:RW>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0390:FG>
      if you view the world from a hotel room

  <WSC#DPC181:0395:RW>
      yes <.>it</.> <.>it</.> it's <{1><[1>VERY</[1> different <{2><[2>isn't
      it just</[2> yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0400:FG>
      <[1><.>not</.></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC181:0405:FG>
      <[2>not <.>just</.></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC181:0410:RW>
      and new orleans?

  <WSC#DPC181:0415:FG>
      oh that's just a stopover on the way back

  <WSC#DPC181:0420:RW>
      right <{><[><.>how</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0425:FG>
      <[>it wasn't</[></{> intended

  <WSC#DPC181:0430:FG>
      we were looking to visit washington

  <WSC#DPC181:0435:RW>
      aha

  <WSC#DPC181:0440:FG>
      but the flights didn't work out <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0445:RW>
      right <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0450:FG>
      so we said well never mind <,> where can we go

  <WSC#DPC181:0455:RW>
      right <,> <{1><[1>and how long</[1> will you get there? <,>
      <&>20:00</&> in <.>new</.> in new <{2><[2>orleans?</[2>

  <WSC#DPC181:0460:FG>
      <[1><?>if we <.>ch</.></?></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC181:0465:MJ>
      <[2><O>tut</O> about</[2></{2> two nights isn't it

  <WSC#DPC181:0470:FG>
      yes um three nights <{><[>three days</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0475:MJ>
      <[>three nights</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0480:RW>
      mhm

  <WSC#DPC181:0485:FG>
      we choose to travel by day in spite of the <,> apparent lack of
      time because we neither of us sleep on the plane

  <WSC#DPC181:0490:RW>
      <O>voc</O> don't blame you

  <WSC#DPC181:0495:FG>
      so well <,> if you're not going to sleep <,> while travelling
      overnight <{><[>well</[> <?>then you'll</?> be sleeping in the
      daytime

  <WSC#DPC181:0500:RW>
      <[>right</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0505:RW>
      yep

  <WSC#DPC181:0510:FG>
      so you'll miss that day anyway <,> and you MIGHT as well arrange
      to spend your nights in BEDS <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:0515:RW>
      yes i er HATE night flights on <{><[>aeroplanes</[> especially
      with small children

  <WSC#DPC181:0520:FG>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0525:FG>
      well yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0530:MJ>
      ah mm

  <WSC#DPC181:0535:RW>
      doesn't help <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:0540:MJ>
      first time i went to singapore i travelled overnight coming back
      because i thought i'd get a WHOLE extra day at no cost

  <WSC#DPC181:0545:RW>
      <O>tut</O> oh yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0550:MJ>
      by doing the night flight and that was the <.>f</.> first and
      only time i did it by choice

  <WSC#DPC181:0555:RW>
      <O>tut</O> mm

  <WSC#DPC181:0560:MJ>
      but er problem with singapore is almost every flight leaves <{><[><,>
      in</[> the evening <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0565:RW>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0570:RW>
      every evening yes it doesn't matter what you do no <&>21:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:0575:FG>
      we had a real problem when we went to perth <,> via <{1><[1>singapore
      because</[1> <,> we did not want to arrive in perth at an
      uncivilised hour

  <WSC#DPC181:0580:FG>
      we knew we would be met <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0585:FG>
      <{2><[2>there</[2> was NOTHING we could do <,> to persuade the
      woman we were staying with NOT to come and <{3><[3>meet us</[3>

  <WSC#DPC181:0590:FG>
      and she's getting on in years

  <WSC#DPC181:0595:FG>
      <{4><[4>we did</[4> NOT want her getting up at two in the
      morning or <,> being the person she is STAYING up till two <{5><[5>in
      the morning</[5>

  <WSC#DPC181:0600:FG>
      and we really based our whole trip round the best possible
      flight we could get from singapore to perth

  <WSC#DPC181:0605:FG>
      all the other timings fitted round that

  <WSC#DPC181:0610:RW>
      <[1>that's right</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC181:0615:RW>
      <[2>right</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC181:0620:RW>
      <[3>right</[3></{3>

  <WSC#DPC181:0625:RW>
      <[4>mhm</[4></{4>

  <WSC#DPC181:0630:RW>
      <[5>two in the morning yes</[5></{5>

  <WSC#DPC181:0635:RW>
      <drawls>mm</drawls>

  <WSC#DPC181:0640:MJ>
      <O>tut</O> <{><[>the previous time</[> we er didn't

  <WSC#DPC181:0645:RW>
      <[>well what time did you manage?</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0650:FG>
      it was about eleven <,> in the evening <,> <{><[>so it wasn't
      too bad</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0655:RW>
      <[>oh <drawls>that's</drawls> yes</[></{> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0660:FG>
      but the previous time it had been three in the morning <{><[><,>
      and</[> we'd thought we'd be able to persuade her to not to meet
      us <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0665:RW>
      <[>mhm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0670:RW>
      mhm

  <WSC#DPC181:0675:FG>
      we said by the time we get through customs and <,> get a cab <,>
      get to the house it'll be breakfast time <{1><[1>won't that</[1>
      be lovely <{2><[2>we said</[2>

  <WSC#DPC181:0680:RW>
      <[1>right</[1></{1> <&>22:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:0685:RW>
      <[2>yes</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC181:0690:MJ>
      we'll see you at breakfast <{><[>but</[> no way

  <WSC#DPC181:0695:RW>
      <[>right</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0700:FG>
      <[>yes</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0705:MJ>
      there she was sitting in the airport at

  <WSC#DPC181:0710:RW>
      three <{><[>in the morning</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0715:MJ>
      <[>three</[></{> thirty in the morning <{><[>or</[> something

  <WSC#DPC181:0720:RW>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0725:FG>
      mm <,> not good

  <WSC#DPC181:0730:RW>
      no <,,> oh there are some people you just cannot help

  <WSC#DPC181:0735:FG>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC181:0740:RW>
      i i have the same problem in singapore

  <WSC#DPC181:0745:RW>
      my friends in singapore insist on coming to the airport to see
      you OFF even although it might be midnight or whatever and you
      know they're going to have to be teaching at six o clock in the
      morning

  <WSC#DPC181:0750:FG>
      <drawls>oh</drawls> yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0755:RW>
      because they teach morning school

  <WSC#DPC181:0760:FG>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC181:0765:RW>
      and so they start at six

  <WSC#DPC181:0770:FG>
      <O>tut</O> and you would be quite happy to <{><[><,> go</[> to
      the airport unaccompanied

  <WSC#DPC181:0775:RW>
      <[>yes</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0780:RW>
      that's right

  <WSC#DPC181:0785:FG>
      wait for the plane <{><[>alone</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0790:RW>
      <[><O>tut</O> that's right</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0795:MJ>
      <O>tut</O> it's hard to get LOST anyway <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0800:MJ>
      actually in singapore you just about could get lost it's getting
      so big

  <WSC#DPC181:0805:FG>
      the airport?

  <WSC#DPC181:0810:MJ>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC181:0815:FG>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0820:RW>
      it's amazing the airport

  <WSC#DPC181:0825:MJ>
      worst one is chicago <&>23:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:0830:RW>
      <O>tut</O> yes <.>barry</.>

  <WSC#DPC181:0835:MJ>
      i walked about a mile there

  <WSC#DPC181:0840:RW>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0845:MJ>
      and i was only on one airline <,,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0850:MJ>
      <?>if <{1><[1>i'd been</?></[1> switching to another airline
      <{2><[2>it would've been further</[2>

  <WSC#DPC181:0855:RW>
      <[1><?>yeah</?></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC181:0860:RW>
      <[2>it would've been THREE miles</[2></{2> yes

  <WSC#DPC181:0865:MJ>
      <?>cos</?> united had about sixty gates at chicago

  <WSC#DPC181:0870:FG>
      perhaps it's meant to make up for compulsory sitting still for
      hours while you're in the air <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0875:FG>
      <{><[>just</[> building the exercise into the day

  <WSC#DPC181:0880:MJ>
      <[>mm?</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0885:RW>
      er yes i doubt it <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:0890:MJ>
      unfortunately it's an impossible airport to avoid

  <WSC#DPC181:0895:RW>
      in the united states yes it is isn't it

  <WSC#DPC181:0900:MJ>
      <slowly>denver <,,> denver chicago <,,> um</slowly> <,> atlanta
      isn't it?

  <WSC#DPC181:0905:FG>
      i don't know

  <WSC#DPC181:0910:MJ>
      all their flights seem to sort of go boom boom <{><[>boom boom</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:0915:RW>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:0920:MJ>
      boom

  <WSC#DPC181:0925:RW>
      well barry was amazed when he went through ohare to find that um
      <O>tut</O> that people in the <&>24:00</&> united states were
      sort of going to destinations like that <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0930:RW>
      you know there were no sort of flights this way

  <WSC#DPC181:0935:RW>
      <{1><[1>they</[1> all had these sort of radial patterns <{2><[2>and
      to</[2> get anywhere you had to go <&>inhale</&> <,> somewhere
      strange

  <WSC#DPC181:0940:MJ>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC181:0945:FG>
      <[2>yes</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC181:0950:FG>
      well certainly when we found out <,> the places we'll be
      stopping at on our way home from new orleans it didn't make us
      very happy <,,>

  <WSC#DPC181:0955:FG>
      i've forgotten what they <,> are now

  <WSC#DPC181:0960:MJ>
      you said it was new orleans to denver to los angeles <.>to</.>

  <WSC#DPC181:0965:RW>
      good god

  <WSC#DPC181:0970:FG>
      san francisco <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0975:MJ>
      san francisco or something

  <WSC#DPC181:0980:FG>
      or san francisco to los angeles i've forgotten which way <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:0985:RW>
      amazing

  <WSC#DPC181:0990:FG>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC181:0995:RW>
      how long's it going to take? <,,> to do all that sort of

  <WSC#DPC181:1000:FG>
      <drawls>oh</drawls> it's not too bad

  <WSC#DPC181:1005:FG>
      they <,> slot together quite neatly

  <WSC#DPC181:1010:RW>
      mhm

  <WSC#DPC181:1015:FG>
      but i hadn't realised that or i don't think we would've been
      going to new orleans <O>laughter</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1020:RW>
      no <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1025:FG>
      seeing the objective was to <,> have a SIMPLE trip back

  <WSC#DPC181:1030:RW>
      right <&>25:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:1035:FG>
      and the reason we chose not to go to washington was we would've
      had to backtrack <,> to do it

  <WSC#DPC181:1040:RW>
      mhm

  <WSC#DPC181:1045:MJ>
      <O>tut</O> fly to chicago and then come BACK to washington

  <WSC#DPC181:1050:FG>
      so we said oh no that's silly

  <WSC#DPC181:1055:RW>
      right <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1060:FG>
      and to <,> get to new orleans we have to go via chicago again
      but new orleans is <,> more or less directly south

  <WSC#DPC181:1065:RW>
      right

  <WSC#DPC181:1070:FG>
      that seemed reasonably sensible

  <WSC#DPC181:1075:RW>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC181:1080:FG>
      and we thought we would then go over to los angeles and HOME

  <WSC#DPC181:1085:RW>
      right

  <WSC#DPC181:1090:FG>
      not too much out of the way at all <O>laughter</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1095:RW>
      no not <,> mm

  <WSC#DPC181:1100:FG>
      when i originally made the arrangements <,> i don't think that
      denver was in there <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:1105:FG>
      certainly <,> the flight's changed <{><[>between</[> then and
      now

  <WSC#DPC181:1110:RW>
      <[>aha</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:1115:RW>
      oh that's nasty isn't it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1120:FG>
      and with these special fares <,,> you have to pay in advance if
      you want to make <,> the saving <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1125:RW>
      right <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1130:FG>
      you don't actually have to PAY <,> in advance but the fare goes
      up progressively the <{><[>later you pay</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1135:RW>
      <[>oh right</[></{> mhm

  <WSC#DPC181:1140:FG>
      so we paid by the end of march and after that you can't change
      your flights <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1145:FG>
      <{1><[1>and if</[1> THEY change them you're stuck with what <{2><[2>they
      do to you</[2>

  <WSC#DPC181:1150:RW>
      <[1>and <.>what</.></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC181:1155:RW>
      <[2>with what they</[2></{2> do

  <WSC#DPC181:1160:RW>
      oh that's a bit rotten isn't it

  <WSC#DPC181:1165:RW>
      they could do what they pleased <&>26:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:1170:FG>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC181:1175:RW>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC181:1180:FG>
      they still can <O>laughter</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1185:RW>
      so you'd <.>y</.> you go via <,,> <{><[>san francisco</[> and
      then you get a direct flight <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1190:FG>
      <[>san francisco</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:1195:FG>
      to amsterdam

  <WSC#DPC181:1200:RW>
      oh right and you're having a stopover in amsterdam?

  <WSC#DPC181:1205:FG>
      oh yes very much so

  <WSC#DPC181:1210:RW>
      well how many how many days <O>laughs</O> are you reading up on
      the on the art museums

  <WSC#DPC181:1215:FG>
      well we've made a rather unfortunate discovery <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:1220:FG>
      the two that we want to see the <?>wax</?> museum and the van
      gogh <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1225:RW>
      are both closed on the days you're there

  <WSC#DPC181:1230:FG>
      they're both closed on monday

  <WSC#DPC181:1235:FG>
      we arrive on sunday morning

  <WSC#DPC181:1240:FG>
      we DO have sunday afternoon <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1245:RW>
      right

  <WSC#DPC181:1250:FG>
      they're open from one to five

  <WSC#DPC181:1255:RW>
      yep <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1260:FG>
      both exactly the same hours

  <WSC#DPC181:1265:RW>
      yep

  <WSC#DPC181:1270:FG>
      so we have to divide our time <O>laughs</O> <,,> between the two
      of them

  <WSC#DPC181:1275:RW>
      <O>tut</O> yeah i discovered that in amsterdam <laughs>too

  <WSC#DPC181:1280:RW>
      i was in amsterdam on the wrong days of the week</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC181:1285:MJ>
      <O>tut</O> and you've got to get tickets in advance to go to the
      van gogh this year <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1290:FG>
      we just learnt that today

  <WSC#DPC181:1295:FG>
      <{1><[1>i had a letter from</[1> someone i've corresponded with
      in hilversum <,> <&>27:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:1300:FG>
      similarly it's <{2><[2>er a</[2> soroptimist friendship link

  <WSC#DPC181:1305:FG>
      <drawls>and</drawls> <,,> she said <,> that some days are booked
      out already

  <WSC#DPC181:1310:RW>
      <[1>oh <drawls>really</drawls></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC181:1315:RW>
      <[2>right</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC181:1320:RW>
      good <{><[>lord</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1325:FG>
      <[>i think</[></{> she was talking <.>ab</.> about days at the
      time she was writing

  <WSC#DPC181:1330:RW>
      right <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1335:FG>
      so she wasn't talking about days at the time <{><[>we're</[>
      looking at <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:1340:FG>
      but i hadn't THOUGHT of that <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1345:RW>
      <[>right</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:1350:RW>
      so they're actually LIMITING the number of people <{><[>who can
      <.>see</.></[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1355:MJ>
      <[>no it's</[></{> the centennial year

  <WSC#DPC181:1360:MJ>
      they've probably <{><[>collected up paintings all over the place</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1365:RW>
      <[><slowly>oh i see yes they</[></{> probably <{><[>have mm</slowly></[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1370:FG>
      <[>they have yes</[></{> all round the world

  <WSC#DPC181:1375:FG>
      it makes it all the more worthwhile going but <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1380:RW>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1385:FG>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC181:1390:RW>
      mm yeah only if you can get a ticket

  <WSC#DPC181:1395:FG>
      so we might have to think about how we're going to organise
      ourselves cos we are going BACK via amsterdam as well

  <WSC#DPC181:1400:RW>
      aha <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1405:FG>
      this is associated with travelling with k l m

  <WSC#DPC181:1410:RW>
      oh right yes

  <WSC#DPC181:1415:FG>
      you travel via k l m you go to amsterdam

  <WSC#DPC181:1420:RW>
      of course you do

  <WSC#DPC181:1425:RW>
      well schiphol is <{><[>a wonderful</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1430:FG>
      <[>they offer you a free</[></{> night to encourage you <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1435:RW>
      oh really that's nice <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:1440:RW>
      it's the <{><[>it's the</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1445:MJ>
      <[>you fly in and out</[></{> of amsterdam <{><[>and they give
      you a free night</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1450:RW>
      <[>it's the BEST</[></{> airport in europe

  <WSC#DPC181:1455:FG>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC181:1460:RW>
      i <{><[>think</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1465:FG>
      <[>oh well</[></{> we're entirely happy with <{><[>the whole
      arrangement</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1470:RW>
      <[>WONDERFUL</[></{> duty free shopping there <&>28:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:1475:FG>
      but er the way back <,,> it's sunday again <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1480:RW>
      <drawls>mm</drawls>

  <WSC#DPC181:1485:FG>
      so <,,> we've got another sunday afternoon and we could say just
      two afternoons <{><[>the one for each</[> museum

  <WSC#DPC181:1490:RW>
      <[>right</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:1495:RW>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC181:1500:FG>
      but i've written to these people in hilversum and suggested that
      a sunday afternoon might be a nice time to go and see them

  <WSC#DPC181:1505:RW>
      right

  <WSC#DPC181:1510:FG>
      so we have to work out how to handle all of that

  <WSC#DPC181:1515:FG>
      one possibility <,> would be <,,> visiting hilversum on the
      monday when the museums <{><[>are closed</[> <,> and we could
      visit the woman i've corresponded with <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1520:RW>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:1525:RW>
      right

  <WSC#DPC181:1530:FG>
      but she was suggesting gathering some others from the club
      together and a sunday would be a better time to do <{><[>that</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1535:RW>
      <[>obviously</[></{> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1540:FG>
      how many of them work

  <WSC#DPC181:1545:FG>
      well that i don't know

  <WSC#DPC181:1550:FG>
      she doesn't she's retired <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:1555:FG>
      there would be other retired people but the majority would work

  <WSC#DPC181:1560:RW>
      mm so <O>tut</O> so it's just a case of wait and see still
      really <{><[>mm</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1565:FG>
      <[>well</[></{> we have to decide <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1570:RW>
      yes <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1575:FG>
      because we'll write to her

  <WSC#DPC181:1580:RW>
      right mhm

  <WSC#DPC181:1585:FG>
      she's given us her phone number <,>

  <WSC#DPC181:1590:FG>
      i'm not quite <.>sure</.>

  <WSC#DPC181:1595:RW>
      oh you could have all the joys of <laughs>telephone
      conversations in foreign languages</laughs> <latch> <&>29:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:1600:FG>
      oh glen's had a little experience of ringing from amsterdam
      already haven't you <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1605:MJ>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC181:1610:FG>
      last time we were there <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1615:MJ>
      ringing london every day saying i'm not going to make it today

  <WSC#DPC181:1620:FG>
      we were booked to spend two nights in amsterdam and that's when
      i fell ill

  <WSC#DPC181:1625:RW>
      oh

  <WSC#DPC181:1630:FG>
      and i kept thinking i would get better

  <WSC#DPC181:1635:RW>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC181:1640:FG>
      and that i would <,> be <,> okay to travel the next day <O>tut</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1645:FG>
      so glen would ring and say well we won't be here <.>tomo</.>
      today but we will tomorrow

  <WSC#DPC181:1650:RW>
      oh

  <WSC#DPC181:1655:FG>
      and he did that four days in a row <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1660:RW>
      dear <{><[>me</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1665:MJ>
      <[>persuading</[></{> k l m to change the flights too

  <WSC#DPC181:1670:RW>
      of <{><[>course yes</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1675:FG>
      <[>four times in a row</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:1680:MJ>
      which you're not meant to do

  <WSC#DPC181:1685:FG>
      so he didn't have much fun in amsterdam

  <WSC#DPC181:1690:RW>
      <O>tut</O> <{><[>oh dear</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1695:FG>
      <[>he was perfectly</[></{> <{><[>happy</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1700:MJ>
      <[>oh i saw</[></{> the <{><[>museums</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1705:FG>
      <[>he</[></{> saw the museums <,,>

  <WSC#DPC181:1710:FG>
      but <{><[>er</[>

  <WSC#DPC181:1715:RW>
      <[>yes</[></{> well these things illness while you're travelling
      is nobody's pleasure

  <WSC#DPC181:1720:FG>
      well that's true but if it was to happen i certainly chose the
      best place <,> because we were travelling without wishing to
      spend money unnecessarily but the k l m special offer allowed us
      to stay <{><[>in a</[> very nice hotel <latch>

  <WSC#DPC181:1725:RW>
      <[>right</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC181:1730:RW>
      right <&>30:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC181:1735:FG>
      and

  <WSC#DPC181:1740:MJ>
      <O>tut</O> and the insurance paid the rest <O>laughter</O>

  <WSC#DPC181:1745:RW>
      oh yes well that was well done <&>30:10</&> <&>discussion of
      tape recorder not transcribed</&> <&>30:30</&>
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