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Narrator: In this telephone call, Lisa calls Carol. Lisa is having trouble with her wireless laptop. She asks Carol for her advice.
Carol: Hello
Lisa: Hi ya Carol, it’s me.
Carol: Hi ya.
Lisa: We’re having
trouble with us laptop, like, it’s working upstairs, do you know, internet’s working upstairs.
Carol: Yes.
Lisa: And we’ve got
router and that but it’s not working downstairs, you know, on laptop downstairs? So we’ve rang em up and he's told us to find the
wireless capability button. And we
sez well we don’t know what ... “well ring up so-and-so and find out what it is or look through your manual then ring us back” ... Do y’know which button it is?
Carol: No.
Lisa: Oh, don’t you?
Carol: Not without Stephen being home. He should be home soon but ...
Lisa: He’ll know won’t he?
Carol: Yes, he’ll know.
Lisa: Well, like, what does it look like? He says it looks like three circles and we’re like ... and
he got right funny then saying “well ring us back when you know more about” ... and all this stuff.
Carol: What does he want you to do?
Lisa: Push the wireless capability button ... But
I ain't got a clue what that is ... I was turning on and off and
all sorts me and pushing all these buttons. I didn’t know what it was.
Carol: I don’t know. I’d have to have a look on mine
cos we’ve got a wireless router.
Lisa: Yes.
Carol: I’ll have a look and
see what I can figure out and then I’ll give
ya a ring back.
Lisa: Cheers.
Carol: Alright.
Lisa: Thank you.
Carol: Alright.
Lisa: Bye.
Carol: Talk to you soon. Bye.
Narrator: Later in the day, Lisa has solved the problem with her wireless laptop and telephones Carol to tell her.
Carol: Hello.
Lisa: Y’alright?
Carol: Yes.
Lisa: Bloody found it.
Carol: What is it?
Lisa: Paul’s
come in and moved one button and that were it.
Carol: Oh, you’re joking.
Lisa: Do you know where ... where’s that ... what’s that ... part of your computer called? Whereabouts is it? On front? Shut up! Yes, but do you know front on bottom, like ...
Carol: Yes.
Lisa: There. There’s a little button says on/off, with picture of a wireless thing. It’d been switched to off.
Carol: Oh, right, so that’s why
it couldn’t pick up your
wireless thingy?
Lisa: Yes.