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{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
They shuck fast, I think... Debbie shucked clam I don't know if Debbie shucked clams or not. But most of them have shuck clams, yeah

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. What do they think about it, are they still, are any of them still shucking or?

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{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
No, no... they-they like the money but uhm they do get very tired. Its very tiresome and I think
everybody that shuck clams goes through backache and the shoulders and all but uhm of course they
prefer working somewhere else. But they did alright when they were workin.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. What do people generally think of, what's their impression when you tell them that you're a
clam shucker or oyster shucker?

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{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
Well most people think, I think they, it's a thing of like the oyster think because it's damp and you're gonna catch pneumonia or go into bad health and die. I'd love to have a bed. [[?]] You know a bed [[?]] because it's damp down there but we wore classic apron you don't get wet
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Mmm hmm
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{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
And so there's nothing to really put you in bad health.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Mm hmm. Where do you usually get your equipment from and stuff, your boots and your...
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{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
Well we buy our boots, you know, you can get your boots at any department store. But uh, he sell the apron and the knives right there.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. What's the usual fee and how often do you have to buy each item?

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{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
Well an apron, it depend on how you take care of it and my apron would last me I know two years, and of course your knife until you wear that out, that lasts a long time too

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Why has the, why is there a difference in the, the oyster handle, oyster knife handle now, it used to be a wooden type handle now it's a different type material. Why is there a difference?
{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
Oyster?

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
or clam, It's now a white type?

{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
Okay, oh alright, a clam knife it used to be a steel handle. And um, I think some people had started complaining about it making their hands sore. But I used the steel handle until I wore the blade right down to nothing and it never gave me a problem. So I guess, I don't know, this plastic thing that they have now, I guess it's supposed to be better for your hand.
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It's bigger. So you can hold it, you know, better.

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. Um, how has working at the oyster clam house benefitted you and your family?

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{SPEAKER name="Christine Gray"}
Well, for the past, I'll say um