we knew we had inherited the wind and things were going to get worse before they got better. but in terms of being able to have what my dad used to say, a little breathing room -- my dad busted his neck. he didn't have a good-paying job. my dad was a well-read high sch school-educated guy who thought his greatest sin in the world was he didn't get to go to college. but my dad was one of those guys who worked like hell, come home for dinner and then he'd go back and finish up work and close the shop. and the whole point of it was that all we want to give, all he'd talk about is joey, all i need is just a little breathing room. a little space. a little space. >> let me ask you about that just in terms of inflation because you had told us at a town hall, i think it was in july, that with near-term inflation the "wall street journal" recently talked to 67 financial experts who said they saw high inflation going all the