Since you are not 100% on board with an article GP, you have your answer. Its great to want to help others but need to put your own well being first. If you feel benevolent, do some pro bono work or cut Bob some slack instead.

Yup, I'm with becalm. Stay focussed, tough and dangerous. Think only of yourself. When it's all over and you can say with pride 'I'm a survivor' then go public. Do not divert.

Dog knows about this.

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</i>Becalm, you <u>do</u> realize it's <b>Gpanda</b> you're talking to here, right?????

BC

<i>where were they when I was young and pretty?</i>

Campaigning for Dewey against Truman.

Oooo, Don, that was surgical!

BC

Very happy to read the good news and keeping my fingers crossed for the next test.

As for the article--is it possible to read some other articles by the writer? You have misgivings now and it certainly will be an invasion of privacy to a certain extent. Checking out the writer and where he/she publishes may tip the scales definitively one way or the other.

Their moms were campaigning for Dewey. Luckily, they all had flowers in their hair and a panda-struck look in the eyes. I was a teen-ager during the best possible time in the history of Man and Woman.

I'm talking to the magazine guy on Thursday. He will have to convince me that there's some significant benefit is an article. Good luck to him.

who are you kidding.... you can't wait till he asks you about the center fold pics...

remember, he does the interviewing....don't lead him or overpower him.... its his article...

If the magazine guy is the same one who interviewed Gen. McChrystal, make sure you don't let him talk to your entourage!

Just a larger audience for the muscle trick I am sure.....

Aloha!

The muscle trick does not ranslate well to photographs. Gladly, there is no panda entourage. They would just annoy me.

I'm so happy to hear that things are going well. Yay for planning Asia trips!

Iris and I are so happy for you both. This is the best possible news. All going well we hope to see you in October. I am not sure when I am going to Scotland.

Thanks Robmac. Give Iris our best. Hope to see you in October. Why am I hoping to go to Thailand with Bob in November? Apparently, pandas do not learn from past mistakes.

Check out the writer carefully. Is the publication reputable? Asks for clips or look his work up on Google.

You can expect to get letters and phone calls from supportive people who have gone through similar experiences (and maybe a felon or two, though they usually write women). Do you want that? Will your going public help other people? Will it increase your billable hours (sympathetic readers who need a lawyer)? Do you enjoy attention?

Oh, so glad to read this - it's great news Andy.

Take care!

Cyn

Wow GP! I logged into search for some travel advice for Turkey (we are thinking of going this winter) and of course I also searched for all Panda related threads. I am super impressed by the outpouring of Fordorite cheer.

This and a few other threads have been a great source of cheer to me in these very trying times. I am grateful that the editors have allowed these threads to continue. It fosters my sense (and perhaps some others) of community. That word is used by Fodors to describe this forum and I can feel as if I belong.

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You <u><b><i>do</u></b></i> belong Gpanda. Who else would Bob make fun of if you weren't here? (Feel free not to answer that, it's a rhetorical question.)

BC

BC for one....