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}     Yeah, the employment situation is not too 
good I hope it improves by next year 
when I'll be looking for a job  
found that females were slightly more at 
risk of sustaining serious injuries than 
males, and light trucks were more 
dangerous than any other type of motor  
A    Anyway, let's not get serious You're 
probably looking forward to experiencing 
a bit of city life You've spent most of this 
year living in the country  
vehicle As I said, the safest seating 
position was the driver's seat and the left  
J     Yeah, living so far from the city makes it 
difficult to come here as much as I'd like  
rear seat was the most dangerous  
Still I guess a four and a half hour round  
I     I'll have to remember that  
trip is not too bad That's two hours to  
Could you give some idea of level of risk 
in terms of different accident conditions'  
get here and two and a half to get back 
A    Why does it take so long to get back' 
J     Oh Because the train from the city is a  
 OK Well, just as an example of what 
could happen I'll give you some statistics 
A typical victim occupying the left rear  
mail train It stops at a few country towns 
along the way But I'm here now What 
shall we do' We've got the whole day  
seat in a 10 year old car involved in a 
head on collision at 42 km/h would have  
My tram back home doesn't leave until 
10 30 tonight  
a 10-20% chance of requiring treatment at 
the scene, a 60-70% probability of  
A    Well, I thought you might enjoy having a 
drive around the city, followed by lunch  
requiring hospital treatment and a 20%  
at Ocean Beach and then we could go to  
chance of being killed We can compare 
this with an almost zero probability of a  
an early evening movie What do you 
think'  
33 year old male driver being killed in  
J      I've been to Ocean Beach a few times but  
the same accident, a 70% probability of  
I wouldn't mind going again No lorno  
requiring treatment at the scene and a  
to think of it, I've heard that one of the  
30% chance of needing hospital 
treatment It also appears that the effects  
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Harbour and the public are allowed on  
on injury probabilities of a large increase  
board between 10 00 and 4 00 today 1 low  
in speed are surprisingly small When 
vehiclfe speed is increased from 42 to 100 
km/h, the probability of a person  
about going there and then having luin.li 
after' There's a cheap seafood cafe dose 
by We could still have time to see a  
requiring roadside treatment is 60%, that  
movie too  
of requiring hospitalisation is 40% and 
that of being killed is ^ero It's possible  
A    Sounds great Let's go My i.ir s parked 
around the corner  
that these findings may be a reflection of 
vehicle design, or it may be possible that 
drivers take defensive action to increase  
J     What sort of car do you dn\e these d.ijs' 
A    Remember the van I bought last )ear' 1 
got rid of it last month I've now got a  

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tuo door sedan It's nothing special but it
A    Yep
 
takes me where I want to go By the way,
As   Postcode
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what do you want to see tonight
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A    8590
J   I don't know What's on
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As   And what's your telephone number at
A   Um There are a few good shows on It
home
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depends what you're interested in What
A    I don't have a phone at home but you can
 
do you feel like watching, science fiction.
always leave a message with my next
 
horror, drama comedy, adventure,
door neighbour  
 
martial arts
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 There's a lot to choose from
As   And what's their number
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J   I don't mind science fiction I'm not keen
A    9211067  
 
on martial arts I quite like comedy and
As   Good I think we've got enough details
 
drama but adventure's my favourite
Now, the camera will be ready Thursday
 
Movies with a hero battling against the
1st of February  
 
odds, they're always great Horror
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I've
A    Sorry Look I can't pick it up until the
 
not seen many lately, apart from that
following Tuesday Tuesday the 6th
 
latest Dracula movie, which I must say
As   Oh, okay, that will be fine We'll see you
 
was a bit disappointing But I usually
Tuesday  
 
find them exciting  
A   Well there's a new adventure movie on
Section 2
 
tonight at the um Circle Cinema Can't
Angela           Wow, it's really crowded
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remember the name but it's set in the
Lam              Yeah There certainly are a lot
 
Amazon jungle Would that do
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of students here today How many do
J   Yeah, why not  
you think are here
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A   Before we go, would you mind if we
A    Oh, I couldn't really guess but I suppose
 
stopped off at the Panorama camera store
it could be close to fifty or sixty
 
in Long Street
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L    I hope we're not all looking for the same
J   No worries  
books
 
 
A    With a bit of luck, being the first day of
A   Excuse me I think there's something
the book sale, we should be able to find
 
wrong with my camera's film winding
at least some of the books on my list
 
mechanism I can't seem to put the film
L    Yeah There are mountains of books to
 
on any more  
look through  
Assistant         Let's take a look then Mm
A    Oh, I don't think it will be all that
 
Yeah, I think we'll need to make some
difficult With the two of us here, we
 
adjustments Um, it looks like we'll need
stand a good chance  
 
to replace the winding mechanism But
L    Well, here goes  
 
I'm afraid we won't be able to do the job
A    Great
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Guess what I've just found
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straight away Would you be able to leave
L    What
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it here for a week
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 We're very busy at the
A    Wine Science It's by Bookman' It's quite
 
moment but I'm sure we could repair it in
cheap considering it's a thick book and in
 
the next few days Is that satisfactory
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fair condition too Pity it's the 1983 and
A   Oh Okay, I guess But I was hoping to
not the 1993 edition But quite good for
 
get it done on the spot
$415
A Well we normally could manage that but
L     Not a bad start, eh
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 And we've only just
 
1 II need to order the replacement part
arrived
 
from our camera supplier in Newtown
A    Some of the books here are a little on the
 
1 m sorry That s the best I can do
expensive side, aren't they
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A   All right then That'll be okay Do you
L    Yes, but these second hand texts are
 
need any details
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much cheaper than buying them brand
A Ye.ih |usl .1 few What s your name
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new Hey Look what I've got here.
A   Alex Ursim Ursini's my family name