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Yeah .
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We 've always bought American made cars , mostly Oldsmobiles .
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Yeah ,
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well , we , we 've had , uh ,
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let 's see ,
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we had , uh , we had a , uh ,
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let me think .
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ause We had a 53
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and a , uh , we had , uh , 2 fifty - threes which is a long 30 minute story
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Uh , and we had a 65
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and then we had this 82 .
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Uh - huh .
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So we , we really ca n't complain about Oldsmobiles , really .
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Yeah ,
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we 've been real pleased with ours .
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Yeah .
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and most ,
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we have a Cutlass , we still have a Cutlass Supreme which is like , a 77 .
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Uh - huh .
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Then we have a Cutlass Sierra
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and we 've had the 98 .
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Uh - huh .
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So ,
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but I do n't know ,
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we 'll , we 're going to be in the market for a car , probably in the next year
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and the financing is always something we consider , you know , the 4 percent or when they give good financing through the , the motor company .
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Uh - huh .
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Uh - huh .
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But , I do n't know what we 're going to buy .
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I always thought I would like to try a foreign made car ,
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but , boy , with all the auto workers being laid off , makes me feel guilty
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Well
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So ,
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uh , my son over in Shreveport , uh , sold Porsches , Audis , Mazdas and Volkswagons for 10 years
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and that was one of the deciding factors in getting the Mazdas .
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Oh .
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Uh , so , uh , the 1st foreign car that we had was a , a 77 M G , M G B
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Oh the ,
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Was British racing green , with real wire wheels and a hard top and a soft top .
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Ooh , boy .
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And , uh , I drove it mostly .
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I 'll bet it was hard to part with that .
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And ,
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Yeah ,
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it really was .
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My husband was in the Air Force
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and we got transferred to Okinawa .
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Oh .
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So , uh , we had to sell it .
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which really tore me up
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Oh , yeah .
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Because , uh , it , it it was great fun .
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And then , uh , when we got to Okinawa , well , we bought a second hand ,
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we , uh , we decided that , uh ,
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we had this , uh , 65 Oldsmobile
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and it , and it was just too big ,
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so we , we sold it to a fellow who was coming back to the States
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and we got a little Fiat , uh , and a , and the little , uh , 40 horse power Mazda , 4 door sedan .
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Oh .
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So what do you think about caring for older folks Dale ?
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Well , I think , uh the elderly is a really neat population to care for .
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Uh - huh .
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They 've got a lot of special needs
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and at the same time , uh , the majority of them do n't want to give up the independence that they have .
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Right ,
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very definitely .
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And so you 've got a real balance to make there .
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Uh - huh .
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What about you ?
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Well , I 'm thinking about it more in terms of my parents that are starting to get old .
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They are n't really that old ,
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but they are , sort of wearing out .
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My mamma is a dialysis patient
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Uh - huh .
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and she is only about 64 ,
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but she 's had some pretty close calls
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and my daddy has to drive her to dialysis now
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and so she 's phasing out ounds like
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and , but she 's also a very , very , very independent person and does n't like having having people , uh , not being able to do things for herself when she wants to
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Uh - huh .
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uh , I know they certainly do n't want to be in a nursing home ,
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but my daddy keeps talking about it .
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I do n't ,
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I could n't possibly , could n't never see him in a nursing home .
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ery faint .
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And my grand daddy also does n't like , would n't want to be in a nursing home .
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He 's 90 , I think right on 90 right now
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Oh really .
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and he 's living by himself .
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My grand mamma died a couple of years ago
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Oh , okay .
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so but , he 's , you know ,
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as long as you can have the families take care of the people , I 'd like to see them stay at home .
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Yeah ,
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but it gets hard .
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My , my grandmother is in her mid eighties
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Uh - huh .
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and she 's , uh , suffering from , uh , well , uh , progressive Alzheimer 's Disease
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Uh - huh .
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so she does n't remember anybody
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