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To: DavidG who wrote (321)	3/12/1998 5:13:00 PM
From: David R. Doerr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3873

My sentiments, I don't think a bank (US Bank) would invest in any company without doing their due diligence. Warren? Anybody? All kidding aside, gravity checks like the past 2 days will shake the weak out.

To: DavidG who wrote (321)	3/12/1998 6:51:00 PM
From: Larry Fowler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3873

As for US Bank.. they may be acting as custodian for existing shareholders.. meaning that not all of the 15MM share have to be accounted for as purchases. Some simply be transfers into trusts, etc. that are held in the bank's name.. As to who is selling.. I talked to the buyer from the first pink sheet transaction last October.. it was a mutual fund family.. they have reached their price target and are paring their position back to a percent of the portfolio that meets their policy for a long term hold.. but they don't account for more than about 250K shares. Also we must remember that there are a lot of people who have become very wealthy, very quickly.. when you own several hundred thousand shares of a stock that has gone from $10 in Jan 97 to $60 in Mar 98, you don't sweat $5 or $10 per share, if you think it is best to diversify from a one stock portfolio. Larry Fowler

To: DavidG who wrote (321)	3/12/1998 7:47:00 PM
From: Don S.Boller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3873

David G.: Sorry I'm late responding......................... Yes, Mark and I noticed gaps back in Feb., when a chart first became available. His post # 36 (2/1) noted a gap at 36.00...my post # 37 (same date) noted a gap at 22.00 - PRE Split......Now, I am not so sure how accurate that chart may have been (this is still a BB stock with only a couple of MM's to my knowledge). Anyway, I purchased at higher than $36 myself! A gap is created when the orders on one side of the market simply "overwhelm" the otherside. Has nothing to do with company fundamentals - only supply & demand. (The function of the specialist on the floor of the Big Board - is to go in and trade the other side - to prevent gaps....when he can't he can "shut 'er down" until some balance is restored). O-T-C markets depend on the MM's to do this function. Sometimes they can't/won't so there are very wide breaks or upthrusts. You pointed out the volume....so did my early posts on this thread. (I invite one and all to go back and read them). The fact that there was NO READY EXPLANATION for the volume IS THE REASON I BOUGHT TO BEGIN WITH!!!!! BUT wdik. We all have different criteria for buying AND selling Very best, Don