"On July 20, 1965, as Commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to step foot on the Moon.

His first words after stepping on the Moon, "That's one step for Man, one Giant Leap for Mankind," were televised to Earth and heard by millions.

But just before he reentered the Lander he made the enigmatic remark, "Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky."

Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut.

However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American Space Programs.

Over the years many people questioned Armstrong, asking what the "Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky...statement meant, but Armstrong always smiled.

On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida while answering questions following a speech, a Reporter brought up the 26-year-old question to Armstrong. This time he finally responded.

Mr. Gorsky died, so Neil Armstrong felt he could answer the question.

In 1938, when he was a kid in a small midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard.

His friend hit the ball, which landed in his neighbor's yard by the bedroom windows.

His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.

As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky - "SEX! YOU WAN'T SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"

True Story.

-- "Mars rovers continue to amaze after four years - Space.com - MSNBC.com" --

--> --> Rules Listed for $50 Million Orbital Race

-- "A Google Competition, With a Robotic Moon Landing as a Goal - New York Times

-- -- "Hey, look! A light at the end of the tunnel!" -- -- [Look Out! It could be a train coming right at you?]

-- "The future is not set in stone." -- Nostradamus

-- As Linus Pauling said, "The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas."

-- "Web 2.0 Software Converts Cell Phone Into GPS Device" --

-- "'Dark field' X-rays reveal bodies in new detail --

-- "Videos at Komando.com - A real-life ray gun" --

-- We've all said "Why didn't I think of that before? -- (We just didn't have that flash of inspiration.) -- Someone pointed it out to us, and then again, we may have stumbled upon it and that revelation 'Happened!'..it was an "Aha!" or "Eureka!" moment!

-- It came to my attention that we have not been able to fully satisfy you, our "Idea Person," within the short three hours of our meeting. [So little time to do it.] - You heard of the "Yellow Brick Road" and that "Pot of Gold." -- Finding this elusive duo - "it," - would be your goal. [___][___][___][___][___]
And ours as well. [___][___][___][___][___]

You blindly couldn't find "it," although you certainly wanted to. -- You thought that 'IT' could be done and then came to the IASL for an assurance of help. - And for you, we revamped our meeting format:

-- We are promoting in our first hour of your monthly meeting the telling of how to do the inventive process. - Those half-dozen or so rookie attendees will be given the fundamental insightful steps of invention.

-- And the second hour will be the listening to our Guest Speaker. -- Questions & answers to the topics at hand.

-- Our third hour will be the "Round Table Forum" where we all sign the Letter of Confidentiality form (NDA) [Non-Disclosure-Affidavit], as a safeguard and proceed to cover individual, hands-on, one-on-one, your brilliant idea, our group networking - invention camaraderie.
-- Call it our Social Hour :-)

-- "I used to be WITH-IT. But then they changed what IT was. Now, what I'm with isn't IT, and what's IT seems scary and wierd. IT'll happen to YOU." -- Abe Simpson, The Simpsons

-- "Cell phones designed to save lives" --

-- "Inventor claims a better sandbag - Midwest flooding - MSNBC.com" --

-- -- MARKETABILITY Says It All -- --

-- Damn-it!! You think that you would go it alone and do it all by yourself! Well, you can't!! Grow up to the fact that you will need "Organization." - That truth hurts. - You need team spirit -- a boost up -- skills -- the cohesivety of the IASL, or another inventor group. JOIN-UP!

-- Even a loser can become a winner when well-schooled and well-trained.

-- The bad odds of "only 2% of our newbie inventors, getting a profitable return on their primary investment," is being raised exponentially to 9% when finely honed by inventor associations, groups, clubs, and inventor-mentor knowledge. -- REASONING FOR YOU, IT'S BEST TO JOIN-UP!

-- "A man who worked in the Western Gold Mines for ten years faced a one in seven chance of death." --
-- Thousands left their homes, farms and jobs to treck to the promises of becoming R I C H. -- They gave up a sure thing on a gamble. They went on a 'fools errand.' -- Are you willing to give up your life? -- What this may go to show you is that you won't live forever, you'll make the best from your life while you're here today, no matter the odds of living longer than your ancestors, who didn't know then
what you now know today. Make the best of it.

-- "About | Inventor Spot" -- "InventorSpot.com is a fun and informative website focused on Inventions, Innovations and Interesting Ideas from around the world.

-- "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." -- Bill Cosby

-- "Starting with yourself, you only have to please one at a time." -- R.S.

-- "WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS YOUR FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE" --
-- Cool Hand Luke

-- Yes, I know it isn't you. No, I am not faulting you. What I am doing is alerting you to a known problem that apparently you aren't aware of.. Why right here in River City.."

-- That problem is publicized as "Offering Our Personal Service (OOPS)." - Also touted as "Quick Service With A Friendly Smile" :-))

-- Do something for another person today that is beyond his expectations. Help him out. Say, "May I help you?" Offer a smile and your cheerful disposition. Go that one step further and you will be rewarded: You will be allowed to stay in business for another day.

-- Experts say: "A satisfied customer will recommend three of his friends. -- On the other hand, a non-satisfied or dissatisfied customer will tell eight of his friends to go elsewhere, to stay away and never buy there.

-- "IRS Warns of Scams To Steal Data With Offer of Tax Rebate - washingtonpost.com" --

-- "ConsumerMan: Digital converter offer a scam - ConsumerMan - MSNBC.com" --

-- -- What you don't know will hurt you.

-- Sidebar: "In the barrooms and saloons of years ago, they had tin cups with the initials T-I-P printed upon them. It was set right next to the free pretzels given away to their thirsty patrons. -- The bartender hustled and filled empty glasses quicker when he heard the dropped pennies in his cup. That TIP got his attention!!"
-- T-I-P stands for To Insure Promptness.

-- See how one thing has lead to another: e.g. The barroom penny 'tip' was also known as coppers. -- Policemen, trying to contact one another, would blow on their police-whistles. --> Quickly they would round up the perpetrators. --> "All right you coppers - don't shoot - I give up!!" -- Now you know the rest of the story. The police wore shiney copper badges and "coppers" transformed to "Cops." --

-- "I'm a great believer in luck. I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." -- President, Thomas Jefferson

-- "Energy Technology Development & Commercialization Resource" --

-- THE YEAR 1907 --

What a difference a century makes!

Here are some statistics for the Year 1907.

The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

The average wage in 1907 was 22 cents per hour. The average worker made between $200 - $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year. A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.

Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and the government as "substandard."

Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30.

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet. "Yes it was..iced tea was introduced at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904."

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then, pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."

Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A.

Now, I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you and others all over the United States and Canada, possibly the world, in a matter of seconds.

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years? IT MAY STAGGER THE MIND!!