51.   That means in just the time that it takes to read this column and then wait for the leaves to change color, another flag will be burned.

52.   Taste Buddy Chrystine Dimitry called after reading my column discussing old Sunbeam Mixmasters.

53.   That comes through to anybody who spends some time with him, reads his columns in Sports Business Journal, and recognizes his grasp of many things beyond sport.

54.   The fact that you read this column and in some cases took the time to write or e-mail me was, for me, the highest compliment.

55.   The real inventors of the Internet are reading this column.

56.   There are probably any number of people reading this column whose personal situation is pertinent.

57.   These experts are the folks who read this column.

58.   This caller obviously has been reading my columns.

59.   Two copy editors who read the column alerted senior editors, according to their depositions.

60.   Which happens to be where I connected with Fred B. Eiseman Jr. months ago after he read a column of mine on the Internet.