The other thing that I will caution in reading about the stages is that as I say in my welcome post - they are best viewed in retrospect.
Most MLC'ers are in REPLAY, escape and avoid, even when you think you see touch and go's it is still NOT a further stage down the road.
That advice is from someone who thought he saw every stage and now realizes his error.
The six stages are also re-written from Jim Conway's version, although HB writing skills I believe were far superior to Mr Conway. I would still highly suggest that people read his book, Men in MLC. I read it in about 2 or 3 days.