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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</&>
  <&>3:37</&>
  

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      but there's no <O>voc</O> there's no way that you could spend
      that amount of time together as a crew you imagine if WE did it
      without having the odd little tiff and

  <WSC#DPC291:0010:WL>
      yeah <{><[>exactly</[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0015:OR>
      <[>fall out and</[></{> things is there <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0020:WL>
      yeah yep that used to happen down here anyway like um <,> like
      with er <,,> oh it happened oh with birdie

  <WSC#DPC291:0025:WL>
      i used to have little bits of fallings little spinnings and that

  <WSC#DPC291:0030:WL>
      but that's just natural but was because what was happening with
      um with <&>4:00</&> the ladder and um i wanted to start getting
      trained on it after thumper and they said oh he and birdie said
      well you know that er snoopy's going into town and i says yeah
      and he says so that leaves us without an instructor i says oh i
      said nah nah i said but you're an instructor aren't you

  <WSC#DPC291:0035:WL>
      he says yeah

  <WSC#DPC291:0040:WL>
      he says but i can't because i got too much paperwork to do

  <WSC#DPC291:0045:WL>
      so i just went off the rails a little bit <laughs>you know</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC291:0050:OR>
      oh it's understandable

  <WSC#DPC291:0055:WL>
      yeah <{><[><?>it was just <.>that</.></?></[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0060:OR>
      <[>because the ideal</[></{> situation is to have everybody here
      trained isn't it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0065:WL>
      yeah yeah well to me it was just oh he was just pissing around
      and that's and that's the thing that annoyed me more than
      anything else cos i was keen to get there and get it done

  <WSC#DPC291:0070:WL>
      get into it you know while while the the keenness was there

  <WSC#DPC291:0075:WL>
      but then you sort of feel a little bit deflated afterwards and
      and he took the message

  <WSC#DPC291:0080:OR>
      well i've had a big talk with um gareth lampey cos he's a senior
      instructor as well

  <WSC#DPC291:0085:WL>
      yep

  <WSC#DPC291:0090:OR>
      and it'll either be him or i think birdie's a senior instructor
      wasn't he

  <WSC#DPC291:0095:WL>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC291:0100:OR>
      so one of those has got to come and make ME up eventually

  <WSC#DPC291:0105:OR>
      but what's <.>hap</.> but gareth's opinion is the same as mine
      in reality is that you go out and you take somebody out in the
      back yard <&>5:00</&> maybe for a start off and spend a couple
      of hours or so going over all the basics of things <{1><[1><.>so</.></[1>
      until what we'd like to call it a preliminary certificate's
      passed <{2><[2>where</[2> we know that YOU can operate the
      ladder

  <WSC#DPC291:0110:OR>
      and from then on it should be able to i should just be able to
      just go out with you and nobody else on the ladder

  <WSC#DPC291:0115:WL>
      <[1>until</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC291:0120:WL>
      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC291:0125:WL>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC291:0130:OR>
      and do a training

  <WSC#DPC291:0135:WL>
      yep

  <WSC#DPC291:0140:OR>
      i <.>want</.> because the only way you get to know how to work
      the thing is by getting out there and working it and the <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0145:WL>
      yeah <latch> worst thing about it is with the senior station
      officer being the instructor is that the pump crew's got to go
      everywhere the ladder is while we're doing our training

  <WSC#DPC291:0150:WL>
      <&>sighs</&> yeah oh yeah like i was going to say because that
      changed <.>with</.> mind you when snoopy was made up to
      instructor cos thumper just used to go out and um <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0155:OR>
      with snoopy <latch> with snoop and if they had a fire call he
      just drove off to the fire call

  <WSC#DPC291:0160:OR>
      yeah well <{1><[1>that's</[1> what <.>we</.> hopefully we will
      be able to do

  <WSC#DPC291:0165:OR>
      <{2><[2>although</[2> it's going to be a hassle with me

  <WSC#DPC291:0170:OR>
      what i want to do is get clearance from clark to say <{3><[3>look</[3>
      let wilbur take the pump

  <WSC#DPC291:0175:OR>
      what's <.>wrong</.> i mean there's two other <{4><[4><?>s s os</?></[4>
      that end of town

  <WSC#DPC291:0180:WL>
      <[1>he <.>was</.></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC291:0185:WL>
      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC291:0190:WL>
      <[3>yeah</[3></{3>

  <WSC#DPC291:0195:WL>
      <[4>YEAH</[4></{4>

  <WSC#DPC291:0200:WL>
      exactly <&>6:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC291:0205:OR>
      um let wilbur take the pump and we'll be going along anyway if i
      mean if it's a working job i'll take my crew back whatever
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0210:WL>
      yeah yeah

  <WSC#DPC291:0215:OR>
      it's not a problem i don't <.>s</.>

  <WSC#DPC291:0220:OR>
      i don't really see it as a problem but for some reason the
      hierarchy in town or <.>e</.> <.>f</.> worse than that it was
      probably just clark

  <WSC#DPC291:0225:OR>
      you should've heard his performance yesterday for us to go down
      to this parade

  <WSC#DPC291:0230:OR>
      you know he <latch> <.>line</.> <latch> got all the crew
      together here

  <WSC#DPC291:0235:WL>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC291:0240:OR>
      and says now when we go i want a firefighter walking either side
      of the appliance watching the jewels

  <WSC#DPC291:0245:OR>
      you got to keep all the kids back

  <WSC#DPC291:0250:OR>
      it's helping safety you know

  <WSC#DPC291:0255:OR>
      and went on all this <{><[><.>to</.></[> well in the end we we
      really went there and had a ball we just

  <WSC#DPC291:0260:WL>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC291:0265:WL>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC291:0270:OR>
      well <.>i</.> it's like last year's one <.>o</.>

  <WSC#DPC291:0275:OR>
      i did it with blue watch and um it was brilliant

  <WSC#DPC291:0280:OR>
      i mean i was amazed about the amount of people that turned out
      to it

  <WSC#DPC291:0285:WL>
      oh so was i

  <WSC#DPC291:0290:OR>
      i mean there just every street was just stacked all the way
      through

  <WSC#DPC291:0295:WL>
      i just didn't realise there were that many children in
      wellington

  <WSC#DPC291:0300:OR>
      yeah yeah and everyone wanted to touch it of course <{><[>everyone
      wants</[> to touch the fire engine and there was only <,>
      probably eighteen inches two feet at times between the crowd and
      <&>7:00</&> the fire engine as it goes through

  <WSC#DPC291:0305:WL>
      <[>yeah i know</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC291:0310:WL>
      the thing about i've always noticed about you know like a like a
      fire truck it just seems draw people

  <WSC#DPC291:0315:OR>
      it does doesn't it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0320:WL>
      yeah it's like a magnet <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#DPC291:0325:OR>
      yes but never mind

  <WSC#DPC291:0330:WL>
      <O>tut</O> yeah well putting the cheerleader girls in front of
      <{><[><?>all our boys</?> wasn't a good idea</[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0335:OR>
      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{> <O>both laugh</O>

  <WSC#DPC291:0340:OR>
      we tried to get them <.>s</.> to fit in between the two fire
      engines but they decided they didn't want that either because
      the z b cheerleader girls

  <WSC#DPC291:0345:OR>
      they had their z b car making the music with them and of <{1><[1>course</[1>
      between the fire engines and we were flicking sirens on and off
      and doing all sorts of other things <{2><[2>so that</[2> was
      putting them off the the band but the sights were <whispers>really
      worthwhile</whispers>

  <WSC#DPC291:0350:WL>
      <[1>mm</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC291:0355:WL>
      <[2>right</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC291:0360:WL>
      well you miss out on a good one sometimes don't you

  <WSC#DPC291:0365:OR>
      mm i said to clark you know afterwards about you know er <.>what</.>
      what about some stand down or something for the guys afterwards
      you know as <.>the</.>

  <WSC#DPC291:0370:OR>
      has that been thought about and he said oh oh yeah you can knock
      them off a bit early on the two nights

  <WSC#DPC291:0375:OR>
      but i go in there and i read the <&>8:00</&> letter and it says
      er for compensation of time work will be taken in lieu at a
      later stage so <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0380:WL>
      oh is that right <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0385:OR>
      so that's why i've decided on the two nights and then we'll just
      do the job and finish and just <{1><[1>give it</[1> a clean <{2><[2>and</[2>
      put dinner on

  <WSC#DPC291:0390:WL>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC291:0395:WL>
      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC291:0400:WL>
      sounds <{><[>good</[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0405:OR>
      <[>both</[></{> nights

  <WSC#DPC291:0410:WL>
      yep

  <WSC#DPC291:0415:OR>
      and then kath has the cheek to get ring up and ask clark whether
      she gets <.>s</.> <.>s</.> gets to stand down because she was
      the last <{><[><?>downstairs here</?></[> <O>voc</O>

  <WSC#DPC291:0420:WL>
      <[>oh WHAT</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC291:0425:WL>
      did he say no

  <WSC#DPC291:0430:OR>
      he <.>didn't</.>

  <WSC#DPC291:0435:OR>
      he just laughed at her <O>both laugh</O>

  <WSC#DPC291:0440:OR>
      just so so naive eh

  <WSC#DPC291:0445:WL>
      oh she is <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0450:OR>
      it's unbelievable

  <WSC#DPC291:0455:OR>
      i mean <?>as you're saying</?> that that night that we had that
      lady i couldn't believe it

  <WSC#DPC291:0460:WL>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC291:0465:OR>
      she <.>do</.> definitely goes overboard <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0470:WL>
      she needs <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0475:OR>
      she's pissed me by the end of the day yesterday <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0480:WL>
      yeah she needs um she really needs to be pulled into line
      because down there i mean it's it's like a really sensitive
      situation

  <WSC#DPC291:0485:WL>
      i mean this guy was just about in in the throes of karking it um
      cos he was pretty well banged up

  <WSC#DPC291:0490:WL>
      but the way she was going i mean <.>i</.> it was like it was
      like some big joke

  <WSC#DPC291:0495:OR>
      well the next morning she was still going cos she was on here
      <{><[>with you</[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0500:WL>
      <[>yeah</[></{> yeah saturday <&>9:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC291:0505:OR>
      yeah she was going on about i went to my first cut out and i
      said was it a bit gory

  <WSC#DPC291:0510:OR>
      didn't seem she didn't seem to have noticed anything like that

  <WSC#DPC291:0515:WL>
      no <{><[>no</[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0520:OR>
      <[>i said</[></{> what er what did did you do any of the cutting
      out

  <WSC#DPC291:0525:OR>
      what did you actually do

  <WSC#DPC291:0530:WL>
      yeah she <{1><[1>did</[1> some cutting

  <WSC#DPC291:0535:WL>
      saw <{2><[2>her do</[2> some cutting yeah

  <WSC#DPC291:0540:WL>
      but um i mean the guy <.>w</.> he <.>w</.> he was spewing all
      over the place <?>and everything</?>

  <WSC#DPC291:0545:WL>
      it wasn't you know and he he had some pretty good cuts on him
      and he had a broken femur

  <WSC#DPC291:0550:WL>
      and once we once we did the roll you know to get the roof er
      flipped back

  <WSC#DPC291:0555:OR>
      <[1><.>cos</.></[1></{1> <[2><.>she's</.></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC291:0560:OR>
      what was it a van or a car <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0565:WL>
      no no it was a car

  <WSC#DPC291:0570:OR>
      car

  <WSC#DPC291:0575:WL>
      yeah um <{><[>and</[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0580:OR>
      <[>for some</[></{> reason i thought it was a van

  <WSC#DPC291:0585:OR>
      i don't know why

  <WSC#DPC291:0590:WL>
      no and so um but once we got him out they just really ran quite
      quite fast to get him to the ambulance and put him in

  <WSC#DPC291:0595:WL>
      he was that bad

  <WSC#DPC291:0600:WL>
      um if that's the <.>k</.> situation they should really have got
      a chopper on

  <WSC#DPC291:0605:WL>
      <{><[>probably <unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0610:OR>
      <[>where was it</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC291:0615:WL>
      it was at the er b p service station down the hutt road

  <WSC#DPC291:0620:OR>
      had a couple down there haven't we

  <WSC#DPC291:0625:WL>
      yeah yeah i remember going there um when they wiped out this
      wiped out two pumps down there <&>10:00</&> one time

  <WSC#DPC291:0630:OR>
      mm i went there when there was a pump wiped out too from er
      petone

  <WSC#DPC291:0635:WL>
      yeah <,,><&>4</&> they just it was interesting like it's <,,>

  <WSC#DPC291:0640:WL>
      they seem to work pretty well together yeah

  <WSC#DPC291:0645:OR>
      i thought that she might've er gone to the pack a wee bit at the
      first gory one because some of those people that are that are um
      you know talky talky bubbly <{1><[1>bubbly</[1> talky when the
      crunch comes quite often they will <O>voc</O> <{2><[2>put the
      brakes on</[2>

  <WSC#DPC291:0650:WL>
      <[1>yeah yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC291:0655:WL>
      <[2>well i don't think she</[2></{2> i don't really think um she
      saw the person you know as it was going cos she was just
      spinning too much at the <{><[>time</[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0660:OR>
      <[>on a</[></{> high

  <WSC#DPC291:0665:WL>
      i mean <.>y</.> you have a look at you can see the differences
      between um her and mary and mary is is a lot more professional

  <WSC#DPC291:0670:OR>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0675:WL>
      there's no doubt about it yeah <{><[>you know</[>

  <WSC#DPC291:0680:OR>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC291:0685:OR>
      she's almost immature isn't she

  <WSC#DPC291:0690:WL>
      yeah yeah

  <WSC#DPC291:0695:OR>
      you know for twenty eight years old

  <WSC#DPC291:0700:WL>
      nah there's something wrong there

  <WSC#DPC291:0705:OR>
      christ

  <WSC#DPC291:0710:WL>
      because i'm sure if she gets to her first house fire i hate to
      imagine what she's going to be like afterwards

  <WSC#DPC291:0715:OR>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0720:WL>
      won't be able to keep her quiet

  <WSC#DPC291:0725:WL>
      but i <&>11:00</&> know that um a lot of the guys tend to
      especially the brown watch guys that if they got a job going
      they'll whip the <?>branch</?> off her anyway

  <WSC#DPC291:0730:WL>
      not let her have a <laughs>chance with it at all</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC291:0735:WL>
      it's probably not the right thing to do otherwise she'll never
      learn

  <WSC#DPC291:0740:WL>
      <{><[>i just think she's</[> got to grow up a bit first

  <WSC#DPC291:0745:OR>
      <[>i still</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC291:0750:OR>
      yeah i still wouldn't like to um <,,><&>5</&> i still <laughs>i
      wouldn't</laughs> like to put my life in her hands as my number
      two

  <WSC#DPC291:0755:WL>
      mm <,> i'd think twice about it too because <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0760:OR>
      it'd be all right going into a house fire maybe because a house
      fire you usually aren't going to get into serious shit

  <WSC#DPC291:0765:OR>
      <{><[>but</[> you imagine going into the that apartment fire

  <WSC#DPC291:0770:OR>
      how'd you like to have have have HER for your number two down
      there <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0775:WL>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC291:0780:WL>
      i wouldn't i wouldn't like to you know for for this reason

  <WSC#DPC291:0785:WL>
      one is that if you have a look at upper body strength she hasn't
      got any

  <WSC#DPC291:0790:OR>
      no

  <WSC#DPC291:0795:WL>
      she's not that strong and you compare her to mary

  <WSC#DPC291:0800:WL>
      mary's built like a brick

  <WSC#DPC291:0805:WL>
      she's she's really solid and she IS strong and um you know
      <&>12:00</&> if you got into trouble you'd have to seriously
      think about well can i get myself out of this situation <,>

  <WSC#DPC291:0810:WL>
      you know it CAN be a bit frightening

  <WSC#DPC291:0815:WL>
      you're gonna have to hope that somebody else is with you as well

  <WSC#DPC291:0820:OR>
      yeah she's <.>ver</.> very petite up top

  <WSC#DPC291:0825:WL>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC291:0830:OR>
      got a big arse though <O>both laugh</O>

  <WSC#DPC291:0835:OR>
      <O>voc</O> or didn't you notice that

  <WSC#DPC291:0840:WL>
      no i didn't <&>12:21</&>
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