Jack’s Winning Words 2/25/22 “Be the most dependable person you know.” (Unknown)  I like baseball nicknames – Gabby, Sparky, Pee Wee, Cool Papa, but I really like the one given to Cal Ripken, Jr (Mr. Dependable).  Ripken played in 2,632 games without taking a break - dependability!  A young person that I know never missed a day of school, K through 12 – dependability!  I still have the pin I got for perfect Sunday School attendance.  As you think about it, what are some of the characteristics of dependability?  Is it any wonder that a popular product is called, Depends?  ;-)  Jack  FROM THE CAT:    I forwarded this on to Q and congratulated him on now being world famous! That is a fun birthday present for him today.===JACK: Never having missed a day of school., K-12!!!Amazing....and to have this WWs appear on his birthday - also amazing.  FROM SK IN SJ:  I don’t have a pin, but Shirley and I got a perfect attendance award in HS. There were four of us who got the award.  For us it was go to school or help on the farm. We chose school. ===JACK:  Was there a nun who was your favorite?  What kinds of chores were those of a farm girl? FROM ST PAUL IN ZONA:  and you always want your Depends to be dependable! ===JACK:  ...but your Preacher not to be preachy.  FROM GUSTIE:  Oh my—what a comparison!!!  Ha!===JACK:  I'm sure that your choir members considered to be dependable..."Old Depends!"  On second thought, old Marlys sounds better.   FROM SB AT AG:  Rosilyn Stearnes-Brown, the choir director at Amazing Grace, is the eldest daughter of baseball Hall of Famer Norma “Turkey” Stearnes. She has written a book of memoirs about her father that has been accepted by a publisher in North Carolina and is due out in print later this year. Her book is entitled “Fans Called Him ‘Turkey,’ I Called Him Dad.” It’s available via preorder at www.mcfarlandbooks.com===JACK:  "Baseball People" in the Detroit area know of "Turkey" Stearns.  Thanks for the "new" information that his daughter is your choir director.  Sometimes we forget hat sports stars, for the most part, are ordinary people. FROM AA IN MI/FL:  HAD SEVERAL PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS AT FORD MOTOR.  ONE OF THE AWARDS WAS WHAT WE COULDN'T TELL WHETHER IT WAS A GLASS COFFEE MUG OR A BEER MUG.  SOME UNFORTUNATELY FOUND THAT IT SHATTERED WHEN YOU PUT HOT COFFEE IN IT.  I WAS NOT THAT STUPID AND USED IT FOR IT'S INTENDED PURPOSE - A SPOT ON MY THROPHY SHELF ===JACK:  It's a good thing that old Henry wasn't around to see you using the mug.  "Henry Ford was a prohibitionist who opposed any consumption of Alcoholic Beverages at all; his workers were fired if they were found to have consumed alcohol."