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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (21372)	12/24/2001 3:54:43 PM
From: limtex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

AB - 1. Have you heard of a service where I can e-mail a photo file and they will print it out and put it in the mail or hand delvier it to a local address? 2. What ever happened to that British business of printing booths that SNDK was supposed to get involved with a couple of years ago? Best, L

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (21372)	12/25/2001 9:15:43 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Art (and others), I haven't participated in the thread in a long time but I've been following it. One item jumped off the monitor at me: If they can improve their margins in the coming year (should be possible if the glut in flash cards is finally ended), they might be able to use their positive cash flow from operations to purchase shares of common. To put that in context, a significant turnaround would be required. SanDisk's operations produced negative cash flow of $47 million in the last nine months. After accounting for capital expenditures, free cash flow was a negative $65 million. --Mike Buckley

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (21372)	12/26/2001 5:04:55 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

OT: A suicidal terrorist recently appeared with 1/3 pound of C4 explosive in his shoes and was caught in-flight trying to set fire to his shoes ablaze with matches. Several news sources are now reporting that as many as half of all air travelers are being required to remove their shoes and place them into the scanners before they are allowed to enter the boarding area. This may be well and good except the next suicidal terrorist might be caught attempting to set fire to his underwear while retaining a similarly small charge of C4 in his rectum. Considering how airline security responded to the last threat, in the future air transportation could become ... exceedingly unpleasant. Craig