I was reading through the Kacey call transcripts and noticed that in Kacey call 15, we have nearly 15 minutes of Chris and Barbara talking- a rarity. I know this is old news, but still, it's interesting to observe the Chandlers interacting on their own. Upon listening to the audio of the call itself, I realized that the original transcriber either couldn't hear, or had left out, a fair amount of content. I spent an entire afternoon going over the audio, trying to get the most accurate and most comprehensive transcript I could. This is the result.
Of note:
Barb claims to have worked for several different types of companies as a secretary or administrative assistant, and passes on a few pieces of vague wisdom and advice to Chris.
Barb considers bringing all the goodwill crap and junk into the house "hard work".
Allegedly, Barb almost killed herself twice while moving furniture.
Allegedly, Bob occasionally screamed at Barb, which she considered abusive. (I wonder if the abuse was mutual?) (or should that even be in doubt?)
Barb tries to get Chris to help out around the house, which Chris doesn't like.
As of 2009, Barb's health was poor, and she only had 2 to 4 hours of energy per day.
Overall, it seems that Barb doesn't like Bob.
Barb tells Chris is stick his sex doll, "Kimmi", (the star of the infamous JULAY video) in the utility room.
http://sonichu.com/cwcki/Kacey_Call_15
Of note:
Barb claims to have worked for several different types of companies as a secretary or administrative assistant, and passes on a few pieces of vague wisdom and advice to Chris.
Barb considers bringing all the goodwill crap and junk into the house "hard work".
Allegedly, Barb almost killed herself twice while moving furniture.
Allegedly, Bob occasionally screamed at Barb, which she considered abusive. (I wonder if the abuse was mutual?) (or should that even be in doubt?)
Barb tries to get Chris to help out around the house, which Chris doesn't like.
As of 2009, Barb's health was poor, and she only had 2 to 4 hours of energy per day.
Overall, it seems that Barb doesn't like Bob.
Barb tells Chris is stick his sex doll, "Kimmi", (the star of the infamous JULAY video) in the utility room.
http://sonichu.com/cwcki/Kacey_Call_15
Chris: [pause] Like I'm actually- like I'm you know, fe- I got started like a year or two ago you know, talking to people, getting to know people, going to church, finding social outings to go to- oh, 'scuse me, my mom.
Barbara: Yeah. [unclear]
Chris: Sure mom. [unclear] looking for you. [movement, sigh] Yeah I'm okay. Just talking to Kacey, what's up?
Barbara: Do you have your dollar(s)[unintelligible]
Chris:Uhh actually I think I put the rest that I had in my wallet in the bank before I came home but I'll see. Have enough to buy the sandwich. Oh uh I ah- I put five dollars in the bank.
Barbara: [That's too bad]?
Chris: Ahh, Okay.
Barbara: Yeah, you saved five. . .[unintelligible] . . .dollars paid.
Chris: How much money you getting tonight? Yeah I currently have like fourteen or something in the bank so. Yeah I'll check. Yeah.
Barbara: I'm not trying to be hard on you. [muffle] You read this [unintelligible] you sent out [unintelligible] his dad was not in the middle of something [unintelligible] ask him to [unintelligible] there's no hurry. Did you read this reservation, and see what you think of. I'm not trying to be harsh or anything.
Chris: Yeah it's not just the pain in my knee. I want to get my Sonichu copyright registered.
Barbara: I know, but-
Chris: Cause I can't currently enforce it, especially with the current situation.
Barbara: I don't think anybody- Christian, there will be people out there copying you, [unintelligible] you.
Chris: Yeah well I mean what if uh- this video game [unintelligible] though, is actually, is in reality a Sonichu game but I'm not getting the credit for it.
Barbara: [long pause] Sometimes you just like have to [muffle] let me tell you something. From my experience. I have worked for a lot of people in my life. In a lot of places, okay? And my role was [muffle] secretaries, administrative assistant, uhh, whatever, I've worked for cops, companies, publishers, um, I've worked for oil companies, all kinds of department managers, et cetera. And I've worked in different types of business. [muffle] Which gave me [unintelligible] The way they operate with their manufacturer and sell or if they just [unintelligible] whether it's uhh, an animate object or an inanimate object. So I've had quite a variety of experience of serving, okay. For the total benefit of the company, in all kinds of situations. So even when you want something it gives you a sense of humility if you put yourself in a humble role of serving. You're serving [unintelligible] issue. But it shows humility and caring that, y'know, this will help others, but you want to make money on it too. But there's a lot and you, you know what, you don't know all the stuff they do. I could, I tell you a lot of [unintelligible] here in a few minutes, but that's with a lot of years of my life. And each . . . . section of your life that you go through is different. So every seven years your perspective has changed somewhat. 'Cause you've learned some other things. And you learn all you can, read all you can, talk to all the people you can, uhhh. Y'know you, you learn to uh, do small work at home, um medium, house-work, outside work. It's just for your creative mind. And it makes things look nice. Okay, and that helps you live the way you live. Like having the kitchen food. I'm sorry that I got sick and I've been sick for so long. Because I enjoy all the hard work you and I did bringing stuff in here. Especially the part in which movin' it over here and then putting it back together again. And who did we think about first? You and your father. First we moved your stuff and then we moved your dad's stuff. What you all use, you got that? And you all learned to keep everything to keep that you thought you might need or that you live with everyday until the last trip. And I'm here to tell you that I almost killed myself at least twice. I mean it was just a hairline . . . thing that kept me from killing myself after that. One was that big chair of dad's downstairs I, I took it, I took it apart, so it was in two pieces, and I fell with it, going down the back steps uh, over there. And then picking it up the hill on the wagon, aaand it- it fell off- it fell off the wagon twice. I fell down the steps with one part of it. And it was like, I don't know, four or five steps. That was the worst time. Scared me, fatigued me...But see, I allowed you to go to your ga-game. [unintelligible] dad took you on those [unintelligible]. Your father took you to that last park bench and I was there by myself, and I had all the stuff, of your father's and yours. And then mine came last. And that was one [unintelligible] , day and night. And I was so fatigued and then I had to drive and drive and drive, to find gas 2 o'clock or 3 o'clock in the morning. Your father shoulda got it put in the truck.
Chris: [interrupts] Wait, wasn't I with you on that gas trip?
Barbara: Yeah, you were.
Chris: Yeah, I remember that.
Barbara: Yeah. And dad was in the car. Yeah he was driving the car. And we had a hard time finding gas. Well, realistically, when he went back to get...Although we went to get the truck initially. Or when you went back to get the thing that you took up to the truck. Um, he should have remembered gas but they sold gas up at the corner place [unintelligible] the truck.
Chris: Yep.
Barbara: Then I had to drive all the way from over there to [unintelligible] . And I was so tired I'm surprised that I made it. That we made it. And the next day. . . I was . . . trying to get some rest and your father yelled at me to get out of bed and unload that truck! Cause we had to take the truck back. By such and such a time. He should have told me the day before that we would have to take the truck back. Overall, it woulda just been some extra rental that went over the deadline time.
Chris: Yeah. Okay.
Barbara:I haven't had an opportunity since. . . we got the stuff here. . . . . . . aaand I've never had an opportunity to really do the things I wanted to do, okay. We've been back nine years. I still haven't done the things I wanted to do.[Chris tries to talk] Now wait a minute, I've tried to do what I can do for most I have [skip] every day. Because of my health and because of another thing, I only have two to four hours of energy at the most. [Chris says something] Now today I did one thing that totally put me down. That was I brought the new wagon. So we can [unintelligible] this out here and put it in the wagon in the trash cans and and take it up to be burned. And on top of that, another thing that up-upset me is that- just banging away with your father yelling at me, when I was asleep, to wake me up. Instead of coming in and being nice and being like "nah" he's like "unh". It's abusive. The way he screams at me. So I won't help ya. Well, when I tried to recharge that battery the last time I spent a long time out there.
Chris: Oh by the way uh-
Barbara: And!-and he was determined- he didn't want to help me. Okay? He wasn't interested. He is only interested in making things look like he did 'em. It was his idea and I really didn't have anything to do with it. Even when I help him. I get no credit for anything. He never gives me credit to my face. Or if he's talking to anybody else. Just like he tells you sometimes “well I don't get no help from your moma huuur.” No it's his own attitude to- which is wrong, which is absolutely wrong.
Chris: I give you credit.
Barbara: I need you to start looking around and doing what you can do because there's a lot you could do. You are healthy and young. And you get so involved with these other things that you've been involved in- [Chris: Yeah but-] I've let you ride. I've let you ride. And now it's time that I'm going to crack down on you, and I'm going to demand that you help me everyday whether I ask you to, or not. I'm expecting you to help improve the indoors of the house and the at-
Chris: I don't know what er whya-why d-you want me to do!
Barbara: ANYTHING.
Chris: I don't even- I can't even ah-
Barbara: Come here and look. What is it that you can clean up, straighten up, in-in your room? There's a lot you could do.
Chris: Okay well, when can we concentrate outside my room? Like uhyah, I know we can do the kitchen and the uh, the living room. But you know that's gonna be [unintelligible] that would require your direction on that, [unintelligible] thing.
Barbara: Downstairs right now there's vacuuming that needs to be done, there's carpet that needs to be cleaned and there are things to be...[Chris sighs] And there are looooot of things that gotta go upstairs, or go to Good Will. [Chris sighs again]
Chris: Yeah most of 'em-yeah um yeah an- most of 'em of-all mine [?] do have to go upstairs.
Barbara: And I bought two chests there's one in the kitchen, there's one in that closet.
Chris: Yeah but-
Barbara: And those have tools
Chris: Yeah but I mean where do you expect me to put- where do you expect me to put them in here, in my room?
Barbara: I didn't say put them in your room. There's a chest in that closet, there's a chest at the end of the kitchen. What- all you do is stack up stuff in the kitchen like you do in here and...We gotta, yeah neatly put things in the kitchen. But it takes two. And I have to feel like doing it. And I- I don't feel like-
Chris: B-b-buh-yut mum it's just a closet, I mean you put in the-er-whu- I already had a bunch of my stuff in there. I mean where am I gonna put that stuff downstairs? I don't know where else to put it. Especially that love doll.
Barbara: You can stick that in the utility room.
Chris: [sigh] Then it would- it- it gets hot- it gets hot in there and then it'll just [sound of Chris hitting Julay]
Barbara: Right, we need...we need to clean the tiles of the shower.
Chris: Yeah.
Barbara: In the bathroom.
Chris: Yeah we've got a lot to do, I know but-
Barbara: And re-grouting putting-the uh- removing the grout between the uh, tiles, and then re-grouting.
[unintelligible. Silence as Chris and Barb leave the room. Some mumbling. The conversation with Kacey resumes at 2:54]
Chris: Er sorry about that. Kacey, you still there?
Barbara: Yeah. [unclear]
Chris: Sure mom. [unclear] looking for you. [movement, sigh] Yeah I'm okay. Just talking to Kacey, what's up?
Barbara: Do you have your dollar(s)[unintelligible]
Chris:Uhh actually I think I put the rest that I had in my wallet in the bank before I came home but I'll see. Have enough to buy the sandwich. Oh uh I ah- I put five dollars in the bank.
Barbara: [That's too bad]?
Chris: Ahh, Okay.
Barbara: Yeah, you saved five. . .[unintelligible] . . .dollars paid.
Chris: How much money you getting tonight? Yeah I currently have like fourteen or something in the bank so. Yeah I'll check. Yeah.
Barbara: I'm not trying to be hard on you. [muffle] You read this [unintelligible] you sent out [unintelligible] his dad was not in the middle of something [unintelligible] ask him to [unintelligible] there's no hurry. Did you read this reservation, and see what you think of. I'm not trying to be harsh or anything.
Chris: Yeah it's not just the pain in my knee. I want to get my Sonichu copyright registered.
Barbara: I know, but-
Chris: Cause I can't currently enforce it, especially with the current situation.
Barbara: I don't think anybody- Christian, there will be people out there copying you, [unintelligible] you.
Chris: Yeah well I mean what if uh- this video game [unintelligible] though, is actually, is in reality a Sonichu game but I'm not getting the credit for it.
Barbara: [long pause] Sometimes you just like have to [muffle] let me tell you something. From my experience. I have worked for a lot of people in my life. In a lot of places, okay? And my role was [muffle] secretaries, administrative assistant, uhh, whatever, I've worked for cops, companies, publishers, um, I've worked for oil companies, all kinds of department managers, et cetera. And I've worked in different types of business. [muffle] Which gave me [unintelligible] The way they operate with their manufacturer and sell or if they just [unintelligible] whether it's uhh, an animate object or an inanimate object. So I've had quite a variety of experience of serving, okay. For the total benefit of the company, in all kinds of situations. So even when you want something it gives you a sense of humility if you put yourself in a humble role of serving. You're serving [unintelligible] issue. But it shows humility and caring that, y'know, this will help others, but you want to make money on it too. But there's a lot and you, you know what, you don't know all the stuff they do. I could, I tell you a lot of [unintelligible] here in a few minutes, but that's with a lot of years of my life. And each . . . . section of your life that you go through is different. So every seven years your perspective has changed somewhat. 'Cause you've learned some other things. And you learn all you can, read all you can, talk to all the people you can, uhhh. Y'know you, you learn to uh, do small work at home, um medium, house-work, outside work. It's just for your creative mind. And it makes things look nice. Okay, and that helps you live the way you live. Like having the kitchen food. I'm sorry that I got sick and I've been sick for so long. Because I enjoy all the hard work you and I did bringing stuff in here. Especially the part in which movin' it over here and then putting it back together again. And who did we think about first? You and your father. First we moved your stuff and then we moved your dad's stuff. What you all use, you got that? And you all learned to keep everything to keep that you thought you might need or that you live with everyday until the last trip. And I'm here to tell you that I almost killed myself at least twice. I mean it was just a hairline . . . thing that kept me from killing myself after that. One was that big chair of dad's downstairs I, I took it, I took it apart, so it was in two pieces, and I fell with it, going down the back steps uh, over there. And then picking it up the hill on the wagon, aaand it- it fell off- it fell off the wagon twice. I fell down the steps with one part of it. And it was like, I don't know, four or five steps. That was the worst time. Scared me, fatigued me...But see, I allowed you to go to your ga-game. [unintelligible] dad took you on those [unintelligible]. Your father took you to that last park bench and I was there by myself, and I had all the stuff, of your father's and yours. And then mine came last. And that was one [unintelligible] , day and night. And I was so fatigued and then I had to drive and drive and drive, to find gas 2 o'clock or 3 o'clock in the morning. Your father shoulda got it put in the truck.
Chris: [interrupts] Wait, wasn't I with you on that gas trip?
Barbara: Yeah, you were.
Chris: Yeah, I remember that.
Barbara: Yeah. And dad was in the car. Yeah he was driving the car. And we had a hard time finding gas. Well, realistically, when he went back to get...Although we went to get the truck initially. Or when you went back to get the thing that you took up to the truck. Um, he should have remembered gas but they sold gas up at the corner place [unintelligible] the truck.
Chris: Yep.
Barbara: Then I had to drive all the way from over there to [unintelligible] . And I was so tired I'm surprised that I made it. That we made it. And the next day. . . I was . . . trying to get some rest and your father yelled at me to get out of bed and unload that truck! Cause we had to take the truck back. By such and such a time. He should have told me the day before that we would have to take the truck back. Overall, it woulda just been some extra rental that went over the deadline time.
Chris: Yeah. Okay.
Barbara:I haven't had an opportunity since. . . we got the stuff here. . . . . . . aaand I've never had an opportunity to really do the things I wanted to do, okay. We've been back nine years. I still haven't done the things I wanted to do.[Chris tries to talk] Now wait a minute, I've tried to do what I can do for most I have [skip] every day. Because of my health and because of another thing, I only have two to four hours of energy at the most. [Chris says something] Now today I did one thing that totally put me down. That was I brought the new wagon. So we can [unintelligible] this out here and put it in the wagon in the trash cans and and take it up to be burned. And on top of that, another thing that up-upset me is that- just banging away with your father yelling at me, when I was asleep, to wake me up. Instead of coming in and being nice and being like "nah" he's like "unh". It's abusive. The way he screams at me. So I won't help ya. Well, when I tried to recharge that battery the last time I spent a long time out there.
Chris: Oh by the way uh-
Barbara: And!-and he was determined- he didn't want to help me. Okay? He wasn't interested. He is only interested in making things look like he did 'em. It was his idea and I really didn't have anything to do with it. Even when I help him. I get no credit for anything. He never gives me credit to my face. Or if he's talking to anybody else. Just like he tells you sometimes “well I don't get no help from your moma huuur.” No it's his own attitude to- which is wrong, which is absolutely wrong.
Chris: I give you credit.
Barbara: I need you to start looking around and doing what you can do because there's a lot you could do. You are healthy and young. And you get so involved with these other things that you've been involved in- [Chris: Yeah but-] I've let you ride. I've let you ride. And now it's time that I'm going to crack down on you, and I'm going to demand that you help me everyday whether I ask you to, or not. I'm expecting you to help improve the indoors of the house and the at-
Chris: I don't know what er whya-why d-you want me to do!
Barbara: ANYTHING.
Chris: I don't even- I can't even ah-
Barbara: Come here and look. What is it that you can clean up, straighten up, in-in your room? There's a lot you could do.
Chris: Okay well, when can we concentrate outside my room? Like uhyah, I know we can do the kitchen and the uh, the living room. But you know that's gonna be [unintelligible] that would require your direction on that, [unintelligible] thing.
Barbara: Downstairs right now there's vacuuming that needs to be done, there's carpet that needs to be cleaned and there are things to be...[Chris sighs] And there are looooot of things that gotta go upstairs, or go to Good Will. [Chris sighs again]
Chris: Yeah most of 'em-yeah um yeah an- most of 'em of-all mine [?] do have to go upstairs.
Barbara: And I bought two chests there's one in the kitchen, there's one in that closet.
Chris: Yeah but-
Barbara: And those have tools
Chris: Yeah but I mean where do you expect me to put- where do you expect me to put them in here, in my room?
Barbara: I didn't say put them in your room. There's a chest in that closet, there's a chest at the end of the kitchen. What- all you do is stack up stuff in the kitchen like you do in here and...We gotta, yeah neatly put things in the kitchen. But it takes two. And I have to feel like doing it. And I- I don't feel like-
Chris: B-b-buh-yut mum it's just a closet, I mean you put in the-er-whu- I already had a bunch of my stuff in there. I mean where am I gonna put that stuff downstairs? I don't know where else to put it. Especially that love doll.
Barbara: You can stick that in the utility room.
Chris: [sigh] Then it would- it- it gets hot- it gets hot in there and then it'll just [sound of Chris hitting Julay]
Barbara: Right, we need...we need to clean the tiles of the shower.
Chris: Yeah.
Barbara: In the bathroom.
Chris: Yeah we've got a lot to do, I know but-
Barbara: And re-grouting putting-the uh- removing the grout between the uh, tiles, and then re-grouting.
[unintelligible. Silence as Chris and Barb leave the room. Some mumbling. The conversation with Kacey resumes at 2:54]
Chris: Er sorry about that. Kacey, you still there?
, is that an outdated notion... Apparently Barb thought she worked at GM in the 1950s...)
Maybe Bob would have tried to do something proactive in his old age for his son.
