[hankus]

Joan,

Actually, I thought quite a bit about PricePlus's post...not sure either whether he or she was the shopper. But it did sound to me like his wife was the one with the shopping bags.

I understand your reservations about having writers solicit stories on the message board. However, I found the threads here to be very helpful to me personally, so I hoped that a few of these articulate posters might be willing to volunteer their stories to help or inspire others.

My book is in the proposal stage; however, I've got a stable of world-renowned psychologists and experts on board and am confident that this book, my fourth, is a go.

I will pull my post if you like (if I can figure out how). And please know that I did not intend to ruffle any feathers or exploit anyone for the sake of this project.

Best,
hankus