The "Anything Goes" thread

[TMWeddle]

This story was emailed to me...

Excuse the SHOUTING

Subject: FW: A TRUE STORY: NEIL ARMSTRONG'S SECRET

ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON. HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS. BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK, "GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY".

MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGH IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT.

HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMMES.

OVER THE YEARS MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY' STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED, AND SAID IT WAS A SECRET..!!!!

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 COULD RESPOND.

MR. GORSKY HAD PASSED AWAY AND LAID TO REST, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN , HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOUR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.

HIS NEIGHBOURS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY. AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS.GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY.

"SEX!
YOU WANT SEX?!
YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN .........
THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"

TRUE STORY!

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I checked on Snopes - see for yourself: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp

Cute story but not true.

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[Temp52]

OK. just consider that i am pouring out my grievances. I hope this is the right place to say. My company is not not doing a very good job recently. The boss feels very bothered about that. So many staffs have to lead a life but nobody quit from here even though the boss becomes to add more and more workloads and reduce our salary.
This is not good. Neither to the company nor to the staffs.

 

[KevinJS]

OK. just consider that i am pouring out my grievances. I hope this is the right place to say. My company is not not doing a very good job recently. The boss feels very bothered about that. So many staffs have to lead a life but nobody quit from here even though the boss becomes to add more and more workloads and reduce our salary.
This is not good. Neither to the company nor to the staffs.

This is the ideal place in existing threads, but you can always start another off topic thread about crap jobs if you want to. So long as the posts follow the rules, there is no problem with that.

Sorry to hear about your job. It must be hell to have to do something you don't enjoy and are not appreciated for.

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[Richard Brown]

One of those things you wish we're true. I showed the post to my dentist this morning to put him in a good mood before he started on me. He laughed and I had a painless extraction, so thank you.

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Glad to be of service, Kevin

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[Richard Brown]

It's just been reported that actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died. 54. He suffered a heart attack 3 weeks ago and never recovered.

He was an extraordinary talent. His performance in "The Green Mile" left me spellbound.

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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MichaelClarkeDuncanJan09.jpg

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That's sad news AA

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[mollysmom]

It sure is

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[skimonkey]

OK. just consider that i am pouring out my grievances. I hope this is the right place to say. My company is not not doing a very good job recently. The boss feels very bothered about that. So many staffs have to lead a life but nobody quit from here even though the boss becomes to add more and more workloads and reduce our salary.
This is not good. Neither to the company nor to the staffs.

Hope things turns out ok for you and your work.

As this thread is called..."Anything goes"...so it's alright for you to post here.

Good luck to you!

 

[AdmiralAdama]

This just happened on a highway in my city.
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[Hayles66]

Wow. That looks bad. No deaths I hope.

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[leelai]

Omg.....well you don't see that everyday.....

Yes I hope they were okay

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Paramedics just released a statement.

"The unsuspecting 48 year old lone male occupant of the car was getting off the highway when his car was swallowed by the sink hole. He was able to self-extricate himself. He was assessed and treated by paramedics at the scene for a minor leg injury. He declined transportation to hospital."

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[AdmiralAdama]

Here's a series of images taken at the scene.
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[AdmiralAdama]

You wonder how many of these are out there just waiting to go.
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[skimonkey]

This just happened on a highway in my city.
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Good grief!!

The pictures really makes you wonder really how often this occurs!

 

[Richard Brown]

You wonder how many of these are out there just waiting to go.
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I'm glad to read that the driver was OK. However, his experience will go on to haunt him, I expect.

Are there old mine workings, or an underground river in the area?

In some parts of SE London sink holes appear from time to time. The subsoil is sand and chalk. In ancient times the chalk was mined and no one knows where the workings extend to.

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