June 15, 2008 

Hi MBBP Subscribers, 

Some of my long-term subscribers have asked me why I repeat some of my messages and "Take-a-Break" stories? That’s a good question that deserves a good answer. 

There are three reasons:  

First, some of my long-term subscribers may have missed the initial email. 

Second, Our turnover rate is 400+ subscribers per month and at that rate 4800+ subscribers will be seeing the repeated email subject for the first time. 

And finally, any email message or "Take-a-Break" story that I repeat is considered well worth a second read by older subscribers. 

So, now that we have answered the question, let's take a break from the stress of the day and enjoy a "repeat" take-a-break story. 

Have a nice day, and stay connected.

  

Bill Gaw

Business Basics, LLC
6003 Dassia Way
Oceanside, CA 92056
bg@bbasicsllc.com 
760-945-5596

P.S. If you have a good story, feel free to email it to me at:

bg@bbasicsllc.com

If it's better than one of my reoccurring 12 stories, I'll replace one of them with yours.

THE NEIL ARMSTRONG STORY 

On July 20th 1969, Neil Armstrong commander of the Apollo-11 Lunar Module step onto the moon and said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."    

When reentering the module, he made a brief statement, "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky." When back in the USA many reporters kept asking him what was the significance of the Gorsky statement.   

Many speculated that it was a message to a Soviet astronaut. On July 5th, 1995, when once again he was asked the 26 year old question, he finally replied: In 1938 when I was a kid in a small Midwest town, we used to play baseball in a field in the back of my house.  

One day, one of my friends hit a ball over the fence into my neighbor's yard. I jumped the fence to retrieve the ball that had landed up against Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky's house. When I stooped to pick up the ball, I could hear Mrs. Gorsky yelling at Mr. Gorsky, "Sex! You say you want sex! You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"  

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