1 | Mrs. McGee: | I don’t like mud very much … |
2 | I don’t want them to pave our beautiful, wonderful country |
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3 | road. | |
4 | Researcher: | Yeah. |
5 | Mrs. McGee: | At this point, I wouldn’t mind if I had a paved road,1 and a paved |
6 | driveway. | |
7 | Researcher: | So, are you saying to me that in the summer- time, you do walk up, |
8 | up and down, or? | |
9 | Mrs. McGee: | Oh, yeah, well, I, in good weather, |
10 | Researcher: | Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. |
11 | Mrs. McGee: | I walk … |
12 | Researcher: | So, it is a … |
13 | … | |
14 | Researcher: | Um, okay, so then, not so much the driving, but the walking you, you |
15 | Mrs. McGee: | The walking |
16 | Researcher: | know the patch, cause you know your road well. |
17 | Mrs. McGee: | Yeah. |
18 | Researcher: | You’ve been here a long time, that, that you just know. |
19 | Mrs. McGee: | Yeah, and that, that can be hard. And, I’m, I’ve seen so many older |
20 | people who’ve had falls. | |
21 | Researcher: | Oh, yeah. |
22 | Mrs. McGee: | And, I, |
23 | Researcher: | Yeah. |
24 | Mrs. McGee: | so far, I’ve never fallen [knocks on wood], |
25 | Researcher: | Yeah. |
26 | Mrs. McGee: | and I don’t wanna fall. |
27 | Researcher: | Yeah, no that’s rough. The recovery is so … |
28 | Mrs. McGee: | It’s very, very bad. And (other dog’s name), being a dog who |
29 | throws up, even some days I take him, I have a friend who lives just |
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30 | 2 miles away on (name of road), | |
31 | Researcher: | Okay. |
32 | Mrs. McGee: | and that’s a paved road, so it’ll be 2 miles away. He can throw up |
33 | in the car going over there. | |
34 | Researcher: | Oh. |
35 | Mrs. McGee: | And, I feel, sometimes, I’ll feel guilty walking without them, and |
36 | they don’t get a walk, but I, I do that, I, um, | |
37 | Researcher: | Yeah. |
38 | Mrs. McGee: | I just drive 2 miles, and walk on her, on her road. |
39 | Researcher: | Oh, cause it’s better. |
40 | Mrs. McGee: | In the, in the winter. Yeah, ’cause it’s paved. |
41 | Researcher: | Yeah, Yeah. |
42 | Mrs. McGee: | So, yeah, |
43 | Researcher: | Okay. |
44 | Mrs. McGee: | I feel a little isolated about walking, |
45 | Researcher: | Okay so walking. |
46 | Mrs. McGee: | it is nice, just to go out your front door, and that … |
47 | Researcher: | Yeah, and when you were younger, you did more, or? |
48 | Mrs. McGee: | Well, I, I can’t, well, sometimes, I don’t wanna do it, cause I don’t |
49 | want those dogs to be fill-, particularly (dog’s name) to be really filled |
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50 | with mud, and | |
51 | Researcher: | Yeah. |
52 | Mrs. McGee: | come back in this house, and they just fill it, I’m not a great |
53 | Researcher: | Yeah. |
54 | Mrs. McGee: | housekeeper. I mean, enough is enough, you know. |
55 | Researcher: | (Laughter) |
56 | Mrs. McGee: | So, um, I can’t remember what it was like when I was younger. |