Panbo: surveys, comments, & Paris

I'm headed to Boston and then a flight to Paris where my wife and I hope to enjoy the sights and also see our son Curran, crack drummer for Today is the Day, help marry "metal, noise and psychedelic rock" at le Nouveau Casino our last night there. Panbo entries may be scarcer than they've ever been during my six years here (birthday last week). But there will be an interesting new product announcement next Monday, and I have a few other entries more or less in the can, including some written by the market research team who surveyed us a year ago, before market conditions caused a hiatus in their plans. Frankly, my growth plan for Panbo has been slow going too, but I did recently compose some guidelines that might help make the comments even more valuable than they've been. And I'd appreciate your feedback on my draft, which follows. If all goes well, I'll be reading your comments about commenting on my iPad while sitting in a Montparnasse sidewalk cafe...
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Good luck to your Son Ben, Jeez I wish I was young again, theres nothing like the exitement of a gig to get you going, but alas too old to rock and roll, and am slowly selling off my much loved gear on Ebay (under pressure I may add).
Looking forward to the new announcements coming and hope that one of them is that little gadget that I told you about. Have a good break chap, and don't forget the ear plugs, dont want to make the tinnitus or frequency loss any worse now.
Steve