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MARTIN: |
Good morning. |
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KELLY: |
Hi.
What can I do for you? |
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MARTIN: |
I
want to write a story about garages. May I talk to you about your
work? Do you have time? |
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KELLY: |
Sure. I have a few minutes. What do you want to know? |
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MARTIN: |
May
I record? |
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KELLY: |
OK.
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MARTIN: |
Tell me the name of the garage. |
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KELLY: |
Kelly's Cars. |
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MARTIN: |
And
your name is Kelly? |
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KELLY: |
Yes, I'm Kelly. Kelly Morgan. |
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MARTIN: |
What do you do, Kelly? |
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KELLY: |
I'm
a mechanic. I fix cars. |
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MARTIN: |
Are
you the owner? |
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KELLY: |
Yes, I own the garage. |
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MARTIN: |
When did you open the garage? |
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KELLY: |
This garage is new. It's about two years old. I had an old garage.
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MARTIN: |
Where? |
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KELLY: |
The
old garage was near the harbor. I moved. The building was too
expensive. It was big. This building is smaller. |
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MARTIN: |
What did you do there? |
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KELLY: |
I
restored old cars. |
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MARTIN: |
What do you mean -- restored? |
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KELLY: |
I
bought old cars -- |
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MARTIN: |
How
old? |
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KELLY: |
Twenty, thirty, forty years old. Sometimes older. |
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MARTIN: |
Then what did you do? |
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KELLY: |
I
made that old car look like a new car. OK? I bought an old car. I'm
going to tell you about one car. It was a Packard. They don't make
Packards now. It was black. And it was terrible. |
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MARTIN: |
What do you mean -- terrible? |
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KELLY: |
It
was rusted. It was damaged. The paint was chipped. One window was
broken. The tires were not good. |
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MARTIN: |
It
sounds like my car. |
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KELLY: |
Is
your car fifty years old? |
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MARTIN: |
No,
it's five years old. What did you do? |
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KELLY: |
It
had four doors. One door was bad. I found a good door in Michigan. I
found a new window in Mississippi. I found excellent tires in Ohio.
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MARTIN: |
What happened to the rust? |
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KELLY: |
I
repaired the rusted parts. |
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MARTIN: |
How? |
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KELLY: |
I
cut the damaged metal off. Then I put new, clean metal on. I had to
paint the car, of course. |
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MARTIN: |
What color? |
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KELLY: |
I
wanted a brown car. I painted it brown. It looked expensive. |
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MARTIN: |
What happened to the inside? |
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KELLY: |
The
inside was very beautiful. It had nice seats. It had lovely wood
panels. It was brown. I put new brown carpeting on the floor. |
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