It wasn't easy at first. I'm more of a kinetic learner - I tend to remember the part as I move through it. It does work well with this show, however.

There were patterns we didn't run correctly and our execution was uncharacteristic in the first half, ... Our running game wasn't executing well. It was an all-around deal where we didn't execute well.

So now we have got some problems created and how do you take care of it with equitable way of doing that?

It is because of people like Gary Paxton that Hormel Foods enjoys its reputation as a top-tier manufacturer, ... The efficiency and safety of our world-class operations owes much to Gary, who has been such a critical part of our success. More recently, he has been instrumental in establishing and growing the newest business unit, specialty foods. We wish him, his wife Lynda and his family the best in his well-deserved retirement.

I have had extraordinary good luck with refurbished products, electronics specifically. If there isn't a moving part in the product, or a minimum of moving parts, then the chances of getting a good-quality refurbished unit are pretty high.

Maybe a crisis isn't apparent to all of us, but it is to them, ... Decisions are perhaps unpopular, but they're the sentries to see what's coming before the rest of us.

Maybe a crisis isn't apparent to all of us, but it is to them. Decisions are perhaps unpopular, but they're the sentries to see what's coming before the rest of us.

The outlook for our business looks good going into the fourth quarter.