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To: Rob C. who wrote (5149)	4/29/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: Doug Meetmer	Respond to of 20297

I dont know if anyone noticed, but in the press release today the company stated that they believed that THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. That may be why we are up today.

To: Rob C. who wrote (5149)	4/29/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: micny	Respond to of 20297

OT a little humor...thought you guys might enjoy this An investment banker was on the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. His boat was full of beautiful yellow tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on his catch, asking how long it took to catch. The fisherman replied "only a short time." The banker asked why not stay out and catch more. The fisherman replied, "I've enough fish to feed my family." The banker then asked what did the fisherman do with the rest of his time, he replied, "I will sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, stroll into the village each evening, sip wine with my friends, play my guitar, I have a full and busy life." The banker was not impressed. "I have a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat and from those increased proceeds you could buy several boats and soon have a fleet. Instead of selling your fish to a middleman, you could control production, processing and distribution by building your own cannery. You could leave this small coastal village and move to the city then to New York where you could run your expanding enterprise." The fisherman asked, "How long will this take?" The banker said, "Ten to 20 years." "But what then?" "Next you would announce an IPO and sell your stock to the public, making millions and millions. Then you could retire to a small coastal village where you could sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings, sip wine and play your guitar with your friends," said the banker smiling.

To: Rob C. who wrote (5149)	4/29/1999 2:44:00 PM
From: TLindt	Respond to of 20297

>>>I should have waited for the blood....next time I won't make the same mistake. I don't know about that...sometimes you just get lucky. But there is one thing I did learn in all this....and that is; You can't take a bunch of analysts behind closed doors and make some off the cuff comment about buying somebody...and expect them to keep it close to their chest. Worse then a bunch of cackling hens...they might as well got a rent a sign and parked it out on the trading floor in New York....Blinking, flashing arrow deluxe saying Yahoo! interested in CheckFree.