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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</&>
  <&>7:20</&>
  

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      so when you did your business course where did you do that

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      at newlands college

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      oh right

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      it <.>was</.> <,>

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      was it eight weeks or ten weeks

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      oh i can't remember <,>

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      yeah a guy from the lower hutt city council

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      right <latch>

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      <O>clears throat</O> well he was on contract to them who who
      used <.>to</.> <latch>

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      why <latch>

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      on contract to do small business in the small business unit
      there

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      he um yeah he came to run the course and he'd got in everybody
      from accountants to lawyers to salespeople <,>

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      everyone we wanted

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      someone from the tax department <latch>

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      oh right

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      covered all the stuff

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      yeah cos i've got a friend um <O>tut</O> who's just left
      teaching

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      yeah

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      <O>tut</O> and she's decided <.>that</.>

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      well she <&>8:00</&> basically just had enough of teaching and
      her health and everything was not good and so <,>

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      she's setting herself up <,>

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      well she's doing gardening and <.>pet</.>

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      look after <{1><[1><.>pet</.> come</[1> and feed your pets and
      all that sort of <laughs>thing</laughs>

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      she's dotty about pets and animals and um

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      so SHE'S doing a course

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      she saw it advertised somewhere i'm not sure <,,><&>3</&>

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      yeah it's somewhere in the city it's an <.>ups</.> upstairs in
      <{2><[2>some</[2> building it's not like <.>a</.> <O>inhales</O>

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      it's not at the polytech <{3><[3>or at</[3> high school or
      anything like that <O>tut</O>

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      and she um but they do <.>f</.> two full weeks <{4><[4>of
      fulltime</[4> and then in the second two weeks it's half days

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      <[1>oh yeah</[1></{1>

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      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

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      <[3>no</[3></{3>

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      <[4>oh right</[4></{4>

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      oh <{><[>right</[>

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      <[>nine</[></{> <.>n</.> till twelve or something for the <?><.>so</.></?>
      so over a MONTH

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      oh

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      and she'd only been going three days when i last saw her <,>

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      oh no perhaps she'd had the first week there <,>

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      but she said it was really great i mean she was learning HEAPS
      and <{1><[1>they</[1> were sort of giving her ideas about
      <&>9:00</&> marketing you know you know <{2><[2>and</[2> how you
      go about marketing

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      and of course she's starting to make some contacts with <.>s</.>
      a lot of them are people who'd been made redundant from jobs and
      <,>

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      so they're looking to um <.>tr</.> er start in a new venture
      basically but with no <{3><[3>skills in that area</[3> and <,,>

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      so no she was REALLY enjoying it <latch>

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      <[1>oh <?>yeah</?></[1></{1>

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      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

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      <[3><?>that's good though eh</?></[3></{3>

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      well i found on the on the um one that I did <,> most of the
      people were in employment and <.>ei</.> either looking at going
      out on their own

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      but a virtual <.>h</.> really interesting group of people

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      one girl there has started her own business in virtual reality
      <,>

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      she is a consultant for virtual reality systems so er

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      as bright as bright as bright <latch>

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      right

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      so she started her own um business as a consultancy doing that

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      there was a guy who was in advertising but he he wants to get
      into <.>he</.> he and his wife want to get into the backpackers'
      lodge type <,> um <,> scheme of <&>10:00</&> things <latch>

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      right

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      <O>tut</O> there was a chef <,> electrician two builders a hotel
      manager ALL sorts of people <,>

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      so there's a really wide variety

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      oh a sign writer

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      and it was really interesting cos um it actually gives you a
      whole lot of contacts as well

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      <{><[>you've</[> actually got a network of people <latch>

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      <[>right</[></{>

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      well this is what SHE'D found like she just came out

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      oh it was last weekend she came <,> in and had a cup of coffee
      cos she'd come out to feed <O>inhales</O> one of the guy on the
      course's cat for the weekend <O>laughs</O>

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      but you know <.>you</.> i mean she's really starting from
      scratch and she's got no idea and <,>

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      well i was sort of saying to her you're going to have to really
      watch that you cover your costs cos like she lives in island bay
      and to come out to newlands to <{><[>feed</[> the cat

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      well that's pretty expensive in itSELF and you have to have
      cover that

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      <[>yeah</[></{>

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      you've gotta make sure you've got <{1><[1>two</[1> or three
      others

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      i mean <{2><[2>virtually</[2> by the time you start your car up
      that's ten dollars gone <&>11:00</&>

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      <[1>yes</[1></{1>

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      <[2>yes</[2></{2>

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      well he wants her to do um sort of ten days or something over
      christmas

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      so i said well you'll have <.>to</.>

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      you know you really need to put some little notices in letter
      boxes <{1><[1>around</[1> the area so that you get several

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      so yes you're coming out to do <,> three or four or something
      <{2><[2>and that would make it worthwhile</[2>

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      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

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      <[2>i ought to get her to come and do mine</[2></{2> <,> while
      i'm away

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      well it works out

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      like a friend <.>an</.> another friend in island bay's going to
      get her to do hers

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      because like she pays i think it's either nine or ten dollars a
      night for it to go into the cattery <O>inhales</O>

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      the cat HATES it <latch>

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      yeah <latch> always comes back <laughs>traumatised</laughs> or
      something

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      whereas um if she can leave it at home and sarah'll go in and
      <.>she'll</.>

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      i think she charges what is it five dollars a week or something
      extra to water your pot plants up to ten pot plants or something
      <,>

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      so she'd do that sort of a couple of times a week you know

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      so if there WAS <{><[>someone</[> away she'll

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      <[>yeah</[></{>

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      do all that

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      and she'll um do gardening

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      she's hasn't got <.>a</.> the gears to do lawnmowing and that
      sort of thing <latch> <&>12:00</&>

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      oh god i just got the mister green man to come round and give me
      a quote <latch>

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      oh yeah

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      twenty dollars each time thank you <,>

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      but i decided oh i've got to do this

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      i mean i haven't got the energy or the <{><[>time</[> to do it

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      and of course it's got away and he said to me oh he said this is
      quite long

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      he said the first time will be more expensive and i said well it
      probably needs a good weed eat and really good sorted out first
      and he said oh yeah <,>

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      so um <latch>

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      <[>no</[></{>

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      so i mean <.>how</.> what lawn are you talking about

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      this bit out here

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      yeah the front and down the driveway <{><[>there's quite a bit
      of lawn

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      no

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      but</[> there's quite a bit of lawn

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      <[>cos the back's not lawn yet is it</[></{>

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      is it <latch>

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      still takes me a good hour to mow it

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      right

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      <.>t</.> for it to be done properly and that and that includes
      the edges all being done

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      right

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      so that's once a fortnight

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      and you HAVE to have it done once a fortnight? <latch>

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      well i initially said to him once a month and i would DO it

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      just mow the lawns in between

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      and i still think i might

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      i haven't told him anything different

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      i might stick to that

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      i don't know cos i just wonder you know with <&>13:00</&> those
      sorts of people can you just ring up

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      no i don't think they'll just do it casually <latch>

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      no

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      <.>th</.> <.>ch</.> they'd obviously charge <.>m</.> charge you
      more

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      mm

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      but at at least if they're coming in <,> at a reasonable space
      of time like especially over christmas and that when i'm away

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      at least it won't be all overgrown and that when i come back

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      right <,>

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      oh yeah no <O>voc</O> um that's a good idea

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      yeah

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      yeah

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      cos like between now and christmas it's just <.>absolutely</.>

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      yes <latch>

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      chaotic i've got this big show next weekend at michael fowler
      centre

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      oh yeah what's that

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      one of the craft shows i've being doing

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      got one at the michael fowler centre

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      is it a christmas one or something

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      <{1><[1>is it a special</[1> christmas

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      <{2><[2>one who's organising</[2> it

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      <[1>well i call <.>it</.></[1></{1>

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      <[2>yeah i call it the great</[2></{2>

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      oh angela and bruce christofferson

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      craft fairs of the nineties they call themselves <latch>

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      oh yeah

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      so um got that

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      and then <,> three weeks later is <&>14:00</&> thorndon fair <,>

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      yes i think it's the <{><[>thirteenth</[> of december or
      something twelfth or thirteenth

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      <[>oh</[></{>

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      didn't that used to be january

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      no <latch>

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      no has it always been <{><[>prechristmas</[>

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      <[>yes</[></{>

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      sometimes it's been <,> end of november and sometimes it's been
      early december but <{1><[1>it's quite late this year</[1> <,,>

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      yeah i saw your friend

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      what's her name i never remember <{2><[2>her</[2>

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      yeah i always see her

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      <[1>i know i missed the last one</[1></{1>

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      <[2>susan</[2></{2>

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      yes

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      no i <.>w</.> so you think <.>it's</.> it's the thirteenth of
      december

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      yeah <latch>

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      oh i must write it on my calendar

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      i always love the thorndon fair

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      oh i do too <{><[>but</[>

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      <[>if</[></{> it's nice weather <O>laughs</O>

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      thing is i've also got a craft show in waikanae the same weekend
      i decided to do BOTH <,>

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      i've got someone to sell for me on the sunday while i'm at the
      thorndon fair

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      so i've got to have stock enough for both <,>

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      and um <,> when i go away

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      i go away on the twenty second of december and i'm doing a craft
      show in taupo <,> on the <&>15:00</&> seventh eighth and ninth
      of january <,>

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      so i've got to have all my stock done and packed before i go

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      aha <latch>

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      <O>laughs</O> <O>tut</O> well i can put through a hundred
      baskets a week

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      can you

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      really? <latch>

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      mm

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      they're beautiful i LOVE that fabric

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      it's lovely <{><[>isn't it</[>

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      <[>doesn't it</[></{> come out lovely

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      i've got some really yummy fabrics now

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      that's just <{><[>so rich</[>

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      <[><?>it's so</?></[></{> i just sent this order to auckland
      today

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      it's a four hundred dollar order there's two big boxes of stuff
      <,,>

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      to a new shop that's opening up there

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      cos i did a craft show in cambridge and um we drew people from
      auckland to do that to <{><[>come</[> to that

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      and

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      <[>right</[></{>

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      <.>this</.> these people were coming looking for stock for their
      shop

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      i mean i spent nearly an hour talking to them <,,><&>3</&>

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      and i got a order out of it so

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      oh that's good <latch>

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      well i only got the order a couple of weeks ago <latch>

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      right <latch>

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      but i mean that <&>16:00</&> makes <,> the travelling all the
      more worthwhile

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      i mean it was a very worthwhile show

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      right

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      er but that made it even better

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      yeah <,>

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      so is that all you're actually doing now <{><[>baskets</[>

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      <[>yeah</[></{> yeah

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      <{><[><?>why</?></[>

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      <[>you're not</[></{> doing any of the other things

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      oh occasional pot pourri sachet or sunglass cases but only as an
      added extra when i've got the time <latch>

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      right

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      yeah

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      oh they're lovely

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      but i think um i thought that i might have killed the market but
      <,,><&>3</&>

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      it just seems to be <,> getting better and better <,>

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      but i thought that i might be on the plateau before you start
      going down but i <.>sil</.> still seem to be on the upward <,,>

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      <{><[>but really i mean</[> the guy that sells me baskets came
      in a couple of weeks ago <&>17:00</&> and he said

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      <.>i</.> he said i've mentioned to these people there's <.>a</.>
      a shop out in waitahu road called <&>name of shop</&> <,>

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      and he said i mentioned to <.>the</.>

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      they were looking for some different ideas for stock for their
      shop and he said i mentioned your baskets and they said to go
      out and show them and they'll buy whatever they want but i just
      don't have the chance to get out there

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      <[>well that's good</[></{>

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      mm <,,>

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      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

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      no well i mean this is a really busy time isn't it with
      christmas <{><[>and</[> craft markets and all that sort of thing

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      <[>yeah</[></{>

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      i'm doing <?>gear</?> homestead on sunday but i'm not doing any
      of the smaller ones <,>

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      i did one at ngaio toy library

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      <quietly>was it</quietly> the week before last

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      i mean that was reasonable and i'm just turning DOWN the others
      <.>if</.> <O>tut</O>

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      oh there's no point in me going out to sell <{><[>a</[> hundred
      dollars <latch>

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      <[>mm</[></{>

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      no no <,,>

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      <{><[>oh that's really good</[>

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      <[>especially by the time you get</[></{> a babysitter <{><[>in</[>

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      <[>yes</[></{>

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      no if you've gotta meet those sort of costs <.>it</.> you've
      gotta make sure it's well worth <{><[>it</[> <&>18:00</&>

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      <[>yeah</[></{> you know pay a babysitter ten dollars and then
      you got to um pay <.>f</.> between fifteen and twenty dollars
      for your stall

  <WSC#DPC282:1140:FB>
      well god there's you might be making twenty dollars PROFIT <{1><[1>on
      it</[1>

  <WSC#DPC282:1145:FB>
      it's not worth it

  <WSC#DPC282:1150:FB>
      i <{2><[2>might</[2> as well be sitting at home making more
      stock for orders <.>or</.> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC282:1155:FA>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC282:1160:FA>
      <[2>no</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC282:1165:FA>
      yes <,> yeah <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#DPC282:1170:FB>
      <?>but</?> i'm a bit choosy about where i put them too who i
      sell to <,>

  <WSC#DPC282:1175:FB>
      there's a shop out in upper hutt oh in trentham they're called
      victoriana

  <WSC#DPC282:1180:FB>
      have you ever been in there

  <WSC#DPC282:1185:FA>
      no <{><[>i've</[>

  <WSC#DPC282:1190:FB>
      <[>it's quite</[></{> interesting <{><[>though</[>

  <WSC#DPC282:1195:FA>
      <[>hardly</[></{> ever <.>been</.>

  <WSC#DPC282:1200:FA>
      well you know i've never GONE near shops in upper hutt

  <WSC#DPC282:1205:FA>
      i've generally just been travelling through on the way to the
      wairarapa <&>18:42</&>
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