I went to a 7-11 and asked for a 2x4 and a box of 3x5's. The clerk said, "ten-four."

Why don't they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff.

When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules?

Physical, physical, physical. Word on the street is that Big Ten is smash-mouth, hit-you-in-the-mouth physical football. They probably feel like they're going to be physical, and they will be. We have to be smash-mouth right back. If we play like we're supposed to play, there's no offensive line that can handle us.

This is something very, very different for them. One of them asked 'what is that?' when they smelled fertilizer on the bus ride.

When four of ten CEOs (40 per cent) believe that there could be a major economic downturn in the next two years, might be the proverbial canary in the mine. The strength of the Canadian dollar and its impact on manufacturing and exports plus the ascendancy of China and India as major global economic players may be putting a degree of caution into the air in what has been to date a robust outlook. Time will tell.