Steadies talk/argue
From the Robert Hopper Collection, UT Austin Digital Repository
Keyword: “Dating Couples (Unmarried)”
Circa 1980
File name: d02-a-xxx.mp3
12.32Mb – 12:51 minutes
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/6491
Retrieved 10/15/2014
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° Tom was coming today
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° Tom was there?
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mm
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(2.0)
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° You think we're gonna go?
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° Yeah, I'm sure we're gonna go.
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He's kind of a spoiled brat you know
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Is he?
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(1.0)
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He doesn't do anything, you know, we got that truck stuck that night
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=un huh
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and we're trying to
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=I was trying to dig the mud out from
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=like cl:ay mud
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=out from behind the tires, y'know, cause it had built up
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=yeah
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=And, um, I'm out there with a hatchet
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=trying to dig the mud out from the back of
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= you know on my hands and knees getting all dirty and everything—
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(.) He never got out of the truck.
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Are you kidding?
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Never got out of the (f--king)
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What, did you say anything to him?
[ hhhh .hh ((breath in)) ]
Steadies Talk/argue 2
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nnnn
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I would:'ve.
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I'm mean °obvious obviously he was (being a pussy about it).
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(1.0)
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°He did admit it.
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So he killed those two turk-
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he killed another deer today.
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He killed one yesterday and another one today and those two turk-
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(keys)
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(.)
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(.)
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(0.5)
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But today?
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hmm nnh?
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Last night?
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(1.0)
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You told me that you: killed one yesterday mornin' (.)
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I killed one yesterday mornin'.
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He killed one yesterday.
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(4.0)
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°that's great
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It was a beautiful eight-point
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=and it had a point (.) chipped off of it.
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Part, it's uh, horn had a chip on it?
So.
I mean, that's why he didn't get out.
[I know] I
=guess some of Tom's.
Tom's weird.
Tom killed a deer.
I told you (.)
Steadies Talk/argue 3
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point?
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Uh-huh
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They have you know
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They have (----- like this)
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you know eight of them?
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Well the last one was broken off
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it had gotten into a fight
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uh huh
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broken off
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Over a doe, I bet
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F: (----)
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M: (---) ° about territory.
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No:o.
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No >it's not.<
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° It's snooot. ((softly, a joke?))
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Well, um, why didn't you call me and tell me you were gonna be late?
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ts .hhhh
Chipped off.
You know how they come up like this, they come up to a
[Yeah]
(----)
° Land is only important.
Kinda like you, huh?
# Nah.
° Better not be.
Steadies Talk/argue 4
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aha
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Tracy, I've been trying to get out of there,
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=buddy,
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=alright:
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I didn't get off the deer lease until six
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I thought I'd done a hell of a job.
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W-well I know but
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(1.0)
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you know I told you I was gonna be done with school at 3:00
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=and you said you'd be home right around then (.) [cause I wanted to
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s::ee you]
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=There aren't any phones at the ranch.
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Yes there are.
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(2.0)
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°Yeah.
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I just was really starting to worry because nobody's heard from you.
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You're calling around (.)
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I went over, and everything.
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=I went over at like
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=I called when I got home from school
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=And then I kept thinking I'll meet him.
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°I know at three
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(---) °but then four and five and six o'clock (.)
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Well you should have to:ld me
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= you were gonna be home at six o'clock.
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I said after three.
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(.)
[There aren't any]
You've called me be:fore::
°I know.
Steadies Talk/argue 5
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I said after three.
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=>ten is a little bit after three<
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Well I really planned on leaving the deer lease at three instead of
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leaving at six.
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Well I know (.)
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Well..
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tshhhh
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You should have called me.:::
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IIIII:::I was trying to get out of there and
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he didn't call Jennifer so I didn't call you.
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Ah well, let's just do what TOM does then, okay that makes it
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alright.
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Sure.
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Yeah.
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Maybe Jennifer doesn't get worried, but I worry.
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So would you call me next time?
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Yea
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hft! ((lip smack)) D-darryl!
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Ye:s, you'll call me?
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hahahaokay.
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I'll call you.
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I said I'm gonna be in and I'd come by and see you.
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hh hh hh
So there goes my three hours right there.
Well, he doesn't have to live with it.
You do. So.
So there.
I didn't think I made a promise to see you.
But I know you wanted to see me.
Steadies Talk/argue 6
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Of course you do.
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Been a long time.
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Mm humm.
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(kiss)
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(2.0)
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°I've got a lot of shit
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I've got to get my life together (.)
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You are back at school
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There are two and half weeks of school
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(1.0)
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Is that all?
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Three weeks.
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You got anything due at school?
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I got a quiz on Thursday I can come up nights
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from on Tuesday's class
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Have you done any?
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Some of it.
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Why are you running this all the way backwards?
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Oh it's recording all this bullshit.
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(-----break in tape-----)
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So, did you have a good time.
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Yeah, I had a real good time.
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the weather was real good
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The wind started blowing real hard last night
°I've got a lot of shit to do.
Finals are in two weeks
This week?
I got a paper due tomorrow and a paper due Thursday
The weather was
Steadies Talk/argue 7
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Mmm [to bad]
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[It was]
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We had a tornado watch.
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Yeah, hmmm I heard about that.
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Tom, Tom called it a hurricane watch
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but no, it's not a hurricane
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I don't think you're having a hurricane in Central Texas.
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I don't kn:ow
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But it was (.)
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it was good.
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in Santa Ana Texas.
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Mmm
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Population two hundred and three
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But of course I wan't looking, right?
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yeah, right
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yeeeah
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I'm sure you weren't
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There was this one little girl at Best fried chicken place
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Mmm hmm.
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Had a couple hickeys on her neck.
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that's usually a dead give away.
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For what?
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Huh, huh nothing.
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(kiss)
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Okay.
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Just one of those things.
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Did you kill anything.
It was really bad
Lots of wild and crazy women (.)
((starting over? Contrived?))
Steadies Talk/argue 8
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Yeah, we killed two turkey, and a couple of dear
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Believe it or not, we shot a bunch of stuff.
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We shot you know, some cats.
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You killed a cat?
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We killed a cat.
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Did you really?
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yeah
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nah,
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yeah haha
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just a real dog
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a regular [dog]
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[Why?]
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Because it scares off the deer
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and it eats the quails
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Daryl, that is awful.
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(1.)
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Tracy.
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Are you serious, did you really kill a de- dog?
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Yes, we really killed a dog.
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That is aw-ful.:
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We had to [Tracy, alright?]
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[No you] didn't have to.
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For the lease, we had to for the le:ase.
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That's bu:ll.
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To keep - It it disturbs up the wild animals
(cat.
Some dogs.
cat.)
You killed a dog?
And a ca- : That is gross.
Steadies Talk/argue 9
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[and keeping you from (hunting)]
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[Yes it does]
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I promise you it does.
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It it stirs up the qu-, the quail, it ruins their nest, it eats their
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eggs and stuff.
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kill it.
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to shoot 'em.
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What, so it's just a wild dog, it just is like a coyote?
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I'm sure it is, I mean you're millions of miles
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=from any civilization it's just out there wondering around
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=usually they're in like a pack
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=a pack of dogs and they're just running around scaring up everything
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=eating eating you know chasing the cougars and the bobcats
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I think you'all are °probably just bored because
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°you couldn't kill anything
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Well, pro:bably, a little of that t:oo.
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But still, they have to be exterminated.
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(1.0)
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'kay.
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They do.
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You're the official exterminator now, I [guess.]
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[mm] hmm.
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That dog does not go out in the fields and start scaring up the deer
So you just kill it.
You don't take it somewhere else.
We just kill it. You can't catch 'em, Tra::cy.
You just
(0.3) You just have
Steadies Talk/argue 10
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And the cats eat the quail.
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Oh (.)
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The baby quail, alright?
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So what you do this weekend?
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Well, you know.
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Just trying to keep myself busy
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Doing what?
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I don't know.
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uhhhh Can't remember?
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=were you like hungover and something all day, and [went out at
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night?]
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and busy without you being around =
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(1.0)
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No Daryl.
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=You went out?
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=To bars. With friends=
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=Who'd you see?=
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=And socialized. And had a life without you being here.
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Male or female: friends?
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Well, both - does it matter?=
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=Both?
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[friends (---)]
Sure.
Were you (.) =
[No, I mean just did] other things.
I mean I can keep myself happy
Needlepoint, I guess. Alright.
I went out=
Was this like, [is this like] a double date, or something?=
Steadies Talk/argue 11
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to you about Chris Green, all those guys [that you] hang around with?
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understand that=
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alright?=
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[I mean I don't understand]
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=Oh [you don't]=
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[No] [I don't]=
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=[Well then] why did I find a letter from a girlfriend in your house
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the other day?
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(.) I was going to see if you were home today
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=I walk in your room and I see this cute little note
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=from some girl name Patsy
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=That I've never heard you talk about before
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(.) Is there something going on I should know about? =
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=Daryl?
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I don't know. [I, I, I]
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[You] don't know?
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I haven't been home. I haven't [been home.]
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[Well who's] Patsy?
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Well, the only Patsy I know is an old old girlfriend.
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An old, old, girlfriend.
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[Yeah]
=No, Daryl, this was friends, going out together.
Now, Tracy, you know we've had this conversation before.
I've talked
[Well,] and I've told you that they're friends, and you should
Well, [you know, I don't] hang around too many girl friends,
Steadies Talk/argue 12
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[Isn't that] a coincidence.
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Funny. Let me tell you what the letter says.
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Oh Please.
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Dear Daryl.
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=I just came to town and Floyd was showing me
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=points of interest In Austin. °In quotations.=
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I'm flattered.=
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=Thought I'd stop by one and leave a little note.
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=Love always Patsy something.
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[Oh, excuse me,] I guess that's [in comparison to you] =
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[Wa--]
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=going out for margarita's [with Chris Green.]
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[Wait a] minute Daryl why are you such a point of interest to some
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girl that's a old old girlfriend?
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Hey, she's in Austin, she came outta Conroe, alright? =
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[Well how did she know where you live?] =
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=[I'm probably the only person she] knows, uh, in Austin.
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(.)
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Shruck.
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No, I'm serious.
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She's really- =
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=°it's all lovey.
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She just came by to say hello. Don't worry about it.
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Don't worry about it, Daryl?
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Don't worry about it.
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I mnhh, you just act so mysterious about it that maybe something
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could be going on that I don't even have any clue that's going on.
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mean (.) [if there's some-]
I was just stopping by =
[I'm just saying] =
I
Steadies Talk/argue 13
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[If some]thing was going on I would tell you, okay?
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Why would you tell me?
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Tracy, I don't have any spare ti:me.
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minute upon the minute.
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>Oh no, that's not true.<
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I have no time to cheat on you.
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there's no way, I'm not fooling around on you.< (.) >Tracy is an old girl
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from Conroe that stopped in to say hello, I was not there so she left a
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note.> (.) It's no big deal, alright.
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know, comments about me going out with friends when you're getting little
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love notes (.)
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going out and spending hours with some guy drinking in a bar< (.)
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>there's<
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=Now >wait a minute Daryl< (.)Daryl
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=You know how you act after two or three margaritas =
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=>Daryl<
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=You DO!
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>[Daryl.]<
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[there's n:o tell:ing] what you might do.
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=Calm down. (.) >Now wait a minute < [here.]
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[hahaha] I'm serious.
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First I'm gonna talk, and you're just gonna listen.
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went out with four girls and two guys that were friends from high school.
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I went home to Dallas, haven't seen these people, some of them I didn't
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see all Summer long, haven't seen them in a long time.
Mnh.
You know I I cl-check in every
>So just forget it.
There's no way,
Well I don't think that you have any right to be making, you
No, >°little love notes< I didn't even see her, >okay and you're
You (.) never know.
First of all I
(.) Friends go
Steadies Talk/argue 14
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out, Daryl. (.) Did you have friends in high school, girls and guys?
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you?
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No, I had a girlfriend, and- and male friends.
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You didn't have any, you didn't have any girls that were just
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friends?
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The only time that you ever (.) you know.
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Maybe one.
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Maybe one friend that's a girl.
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weird.
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that are > just like a girl that's a friend of mine, and we all went out,
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and we had a good time, and we play, it's just like going out with the
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girls but only < some of them are of a different sex.
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M:
>Are they kind of feminine?
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>No, they're not feminine, they're friends, Daryl.
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[Oh.
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There's nothing to worry about.
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to make you doubt me. Unlike you. (.) °Unlike you.
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that subject absolutely.
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Alright, [alright.
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[Maybe you're feeling guilty.] Are you feeling guilty?
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NO!
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Well >is there something else you're feeling guilty about that I
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don't know about?< =
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you doing walking around my room snooping through my room looking for
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notes like that?
Did
That you had not any type of romantic relationship with at all?
Okay.
(.) Well, you're a little
But that's another story. (.) So I have friends, that were guys,
[Friends, okay?]
Oh.]
I've never done anything in the past
So let's just close
You're just looking for trouble.
That's fine.]
The note, the note from Patsy is no problem, okay?
=No, I'm kind of mad about something else (.) What in the hell are
Steadies Talk/argue 15
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leave you a little note asking you to call me when you got in telling you
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how much I missed you and wanted to know what had been going on and I
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find that there's already a cute little note there for you
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(.)
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(.)
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I wasn't Daryl, for your information I was trying to be sweet and
Next time, just put it in the mailbox, okay.
I think you can just go to hell Daryl Woods.