Winning Words 2/17/11
“Are we downhearted? No!” (British WW 1 military expression) A characteristic of a good leader is the ability to motivate when times are tough. Perhaps you can remember someone in your life who lifted you up and encouraged you when you needed it. I recall a song “Buckle down Winsocki, Buckle down. You can win, Winsocki, if you knuckle down.” Try replacing Winsocki with your name. ;-) Jack

FROM RJP IN VENICE: My O My you are showing your age with that song. Not sure if it is WW I or Spanish Am war. Which one were you in????? FROM JACK: They don't make songs like that anymore. Do you remember the line from a WW 1 song..."while you've a lucifer to light your fag..."? Do you know what it means without looking it up? MORE FROM RJP: I believe it means a match or cigarette lighter and a fag was a cigarette .....????? FROM JACK: Lucifer is another name for the Devil. Since fire is associated with the Devil, matches in the days of WW 1 were referred to as lucifers.

FROM NG IN MICHIGAN: I don't remember that song. Maybe you could sing it for us some Sunday. FROM JACK: If you can't pull it up on uTube, I'll ask Bonnie to play iy as a prelude. Meanwhile, here are the words.
Buckle down, Winsocki
Buckle down
You can win, Winsocki
If you knuckle down
If you break their necks
If you make them wrecks
You can break the hex,
So buckle down,
Make 'em yell Winsocki, make 'em yell.
You can win, Winsocki
If you give 'em hell
It you don't give in take it on the chin
You are bound to win, it you will only buckle down,
If you fight you'll chuckle at defeat.
If you fight your luck'll not retreat
(Shout)
Knuckle down Winsocki
Knuckle down.
You can win, Winsocki
If you buckle down
If you mow them down
If you go to town
You can wear the crown
If you will only buckle down.

FROM INDY GENIE: ok...i forget..what or who is winsocki? FROM JACK: You can Google it and even listen to the song. You might even want to march to the music.

FROM HAWKEYE GEORGE: I remember it. FROM JACK: You could even substitute Eye-Wah Hawks for Winsocki.

FROM JE IN MICHIGAN: Jack….is this appropriate for today or what??? Public schools learned our budgets will be reduced by $470 per student. For Walled Lake, that means going from anticipated cuts of $15 million for next year to $20 million for next year. The reductions have to be made and announced prior to June 30 of this school year. Swallow hard and “buckle down.” I will. This is hard for all school districts. FROM JACK: I heard that it would be bad, but not that bad. People who've had to "buckle down" know that it's more than a catchy ditty.

FROM PRCH ON CAPE COD: I’m going to put my older daughter’s name in there and put it on the door to her room (She is 10 and in 5th grade) FROM JACK: No matter how old, or young we are, we each need a boost once in a while.

FROM BLAZING OAKS: As Pastor Schuller (of Crystal Cathedral...understand they have fallen on hard times, too) used to say, "Tough times don't last, Tough people do!"or as the old saying goes, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going'. Cheerleaders certainly buoy us up when we're down and out! What a blessing not to be plagued by depression!! FROM JACK: I'm wondering....Why do teams have cheerleaders? Do players care about the cheers? I remember this cheer from high school. "There ain't no fleas on us. There ain't no fleas on us. There may be fleas on the referees, but there ain't no fleas on us."