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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</&>
  <&>11:52</&>
  

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      right that's got it

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      right

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      i have to plug this microphone thing into my EAR

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      oh okay

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      sometimes it falls out yeah <,>

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      okay so how <.>long</.> <.>you</.> you just down for easter
      <&>12:00</&>

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      yes yes just for easter yeah but it's quite a good break this
      year isn't it

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      you know well not like it usually is

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      you know thursday through <.>to</.> we're not going back till
      tuesday

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      right yeah

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      so that's um <,> yeah

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      yeah

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      it's quite you know it's really nice and they're <,> um <,>
      they're not really wanting to be moving around too much and come
      up

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      it's much easier for the two of us to come down for them to move
      the household <laughs>up to new plymouth</laughs>

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      i guess so <{><[>yes</[>

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

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      yeah

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      how are YOUR family <,>

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      oh um <,> okay <.>as</.> as far as <,> i know

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      i haven't heard from joy for a long time

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      yeah right

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      um the little ratbag <O>laughs</O>

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      right <O>laughs</O> she's in christchurch is she <latch>

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      no no she's in sydney

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      oh okay <O>laughs</O>

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      yeah

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      right

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      no i've had a couple of letters from her this year but she's um
      it's been a long time but she tells me she's got seventeen
      people on her <,> letter writing list but I think I should be on
      the TOP OF IT

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      right

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      well danielle usually RINGS you know from LONDON

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      <.>we</.>

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      gosh <{><[>does she</[>

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      <[>letter</[></{> writing's way down the bottom somewhere of the
      list of what happens in households these days and <.>she's</.>
      <&>13:00</&>

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      yeah

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      oh we're all too parsimonious <laughs>and joy's not really
      hurting that much cos she's</laughs> paying off these HUGE great
      debts

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      <drawls>oh right</drawls>

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      and <.>she's</.> she took <.>l</.> <.>l</.> BORROWED a LARGE
      amount of money

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

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      <[>and <.>sh</.></[></{> she's NEVER told me but it's like i
      think <,> it's for good reason

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      i'd just hit the roof if i knew how much it <laughs>was</laughs>

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

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      <[>and</[></{> you know it's like paying off a huge great
      mortgage or something

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      yeah yeah yeah

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      so i don't think she's actually got that much to spend and

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      no no

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      and i'm not <laughs>prepared to fork out</laughs> <{1><[1>every
      week</[1> sort of <{2><[2>thing</[2>

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      <[1>right</[1></{1>

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      <[2>yeah</[2></{2> yeah <{><[>no</[> oh no

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

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      um

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      less special occasions yeah

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      yeah <{><[>that's</[> right

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      yes well we had um craig's father <.>died</.> <,>

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

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      oh <latch>

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      beginning of the month and i'd rung her so she got phoned three
      times in two weeks or something <{><[>so</[> one thing and
      another cos i just <,> rang her the week before and then <,> oh
      was her birthday <&>14:00</&>

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

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      <{><[>yeah</[>

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      <[>then</[></{> he died <,>

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      <{><[>then</[> we rang and told her how things went

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

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      oh sorry to hear that

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

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

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      you know we had been expecting it really you know <,> um <,>

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      his heart <.>was</.> we knew it was failing and he had about
      three major heart attacks so

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      oh gosh

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      it was sort of on borrowed time from then on

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      yes

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      <sighs>yeah</sighs> so um when he went he went downhill quite
      quickly and went you know <,> sort of went suddenly

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      he arrested and they just put him into hospital and <,> he
      arrested and they tried to revive him but <.>y</.> you know his
      kidneys and everything i think had failed <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

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      he'd seen a specialist just before

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      he said his heart was enlarged so there wasn't anything they
      could do by then <,> but craig's mum's now managing on her own
      and adjusting to that

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

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      mm

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      that's sad for them isn't it i <{><[>think</[>

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      <[>yes it is</[></{> yes

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      yeah

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      yeah how old is SHE <&>15:00</&>

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      um she's seventy <,>

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      no when was she that <,> seventy six

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      oh yeah

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      yeah yep <{><[><?>so</?> <unclear>word</unclear></[>

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      <[><?>it's just <.>a</.></?></[></{> yeah

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      yeah you know the adjustments that are demanded of us as human
      beings at all stages of life aren't there

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      there ARE <laughs>yes</laughs>

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      yeah at seventy six start again and you sort <.>of</.>

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      mm

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      mm

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      i suppose one must have it in the back of your mind when you're
      <,> get to that stage

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      yep yep

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      oh yes i think she had been preparing herself yeah yeah mm

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      yeah

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      mm

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      yep

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      yeah so but anyway <,> um <,> <{><[>you're busy</[> painting

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      <[>are you are you <.>g</.></[></{>

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      yes

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      mm

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      yes <.>w</.> <.>w</.> would you like to come up

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      we're actually <{><[>here</[>

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      <[>well</[></{> <.>wou</.> yeah

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      today and tomorrow

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      <{1><[1>we're</[1> off to the south island on monday <{2><[2>but
      we're</[2> taking a few days well the <{3><[3>rest of</[3> the
      week off and we're going <&>sighs</&>

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      it's going to be beautifully fine you see

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

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      <[2>right</[2></{2>

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      <[3>yeah</[3></{3>

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      oh okay <O>laughs</O>

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      yes <,> it's just getting it over with NOW <O>laughs</O>

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      yes right okay <{><[><O>laughs</O></[> <&>16:00</&>

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      <[>so we can</[></{> go walking

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      yes <O>laughs</O>

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      whereabouts are you going to go

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      we're doing the saint james walkway

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      right <{1><[1>right

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      whereabouts</[1> is that <{2><[2><unclear>word</unclear></[2>

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      <[1>mm

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      <.>so</.></[1></{1>

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      <[2>er lewis pass</[2></{2> area

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      it's just it's just a LOOP track <latch>

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      oh okay <latch>

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      through the saint james station which is just <.>off</.> off the
      lewis pass road

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      oh okay right

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      yeah

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      um

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      so <.>wh</.> what are <.>you</.> what are <{><[>your plans</[>

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      <[>well</[></{> oh well we're just um got no no plans

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      you know just sort of messing around and <,> you know <,>
      wanting to go out and i don't know go to some art galleries and
      museums <laughs>something you can</laughs> you know do INside
      things seeing the weather is <{><[>like it is</[> but we'd LOVE
      to pop round and see you you know when <.>you're</.> when you're
      not so busy <,> with your painting

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

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      well um <,> <.>d</.> <.>w</.> <.>l</.> we DON'T mind if you
      don't mind <.>us</.>

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      mm we don't mind at all

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      <.>w</.> <.>w</.> don't want to interrupt you

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      i mean we've got yeah

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      well what say well what about dinner <,>

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      would you like to come up to dinner

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      <{><[>i'll cook</[> <.>a</.> a roast and <&>17:00</&>

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

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      oh

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      we'll sort of pig out in the living room which is full of all
      the stuff <{><[>from the dining room</[>

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      <[>oh that would be really lovely</[></{>

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      <laughs>okay</laughs>

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      yeah yeah that would be nice

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      yeah okay we'll do that

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      okay <O>laughs</O>

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      and um i'm despatching george off to do the the tramping shop so
      he can get a bit of <,> get some provisions yes

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      right okay that'll be really nice

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      um so would all of you how many are you there

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      well <,> well we're um teresa and david and tony and <,>
      jonathon

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      <.>how's</.> well if we <,> did that maybe we could <,> you know
      bring you know sort of have make it more potluck or something

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      what do you think <unclear>word</unclear> <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>
      <unclear>word</unclear>

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      <[>okay</[></{>

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      you know that's easy when you do that isn't it <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

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      <[>look well i'll see to the mains</[></{>

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      <.>i</.> i'll see to the dinner

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      okay all right

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      and if you like to bring anything else <laughs>that you think
      you might like to eat</laughs>

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      how would that be <&>18:00</&>

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      yep yeah jonathon just walked <.>b</.> past just as you said
      that so i missed it

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      you'll prepare the main <.>and</.>

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      and if you like to bring anything else that you think you might
      like to eat

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      okay that will that'd be lovely <{><[>yeah</[>

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      <[>okay</[></{>

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      <.>wh</.> what time ngaire would <.>be</.>

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      um <O>voc</O> i don't know

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      we'll have jonathon on board so it can't be too late can <{><[>it</[>

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      <[>no</[></{> right right yep

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      so what so about <,> six oclock?

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      yeah that sounds about the normal sort of time i think they eat

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      that would be great <{><[>yeah</[> oh well it'll be lovely
      <laughs>yeah</laughs>

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

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      okay <latch>

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      okay <latch>

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      yeah we'll catch up

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      mm

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      with everything then

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      okay

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      lovely to hear <{><[>from you <O>laughs</O></[>

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      <[>yeah yeah</[></{> bye bye ngaire

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      bye

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      ta ta <&>18:47</&>
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