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To: TLindt who wrote (5261)	5/3/1999 10:03:00 PM
From: tktom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20297

>>This stuff is really going around, must be a type of spring flu.. Related Quotes EBAY 190 5/8 -17 1/2 delayed 20 mins - disclaimer Monday May 3, 9:17 pm Eastern Time Ebay on-line auctions down for five hours SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 (Reuters) - A portion of online auctioneer eBay Inc.'s (EBAY - news) web site crashed on Monday, preventing users from bidding for items for more than five hours. EBay first alerted users to the problem at 8:45 a.m. EDT (1145 GMT) on its announcement board on its Internet site. ''The news is not good,'' the company announced. ''We will be down a little longer.'' The company said there appeared to be a problem with the computer hardware that runs the auctions. Online auctions resumed at about 1:55 p.m. EDT, according to eBay. EBay extended all auctions that were scheduled to end between 8:30 a.m. EDT and 3 p.m. EDT. Company officials could not immediately be reached to comment.

To: TLindt who wrote (5261)	5/4/1999 5:22:00 PM
From: Brooks Jackson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20297

Tom: Glad to hear ducks can still find Michigan. Down in Indiana, where some of my family still summers, Canada Geese seem to have taken up residence in some lakes that never had any until a few years ago. But one family of geese makes about as much manure as a large horse -- and they love to roost on the swimming rafts. Ugh! Here in Washington, EVERYTHING is in bloom: dogwoods, azaleas, tulips and a lot of stuff I can't even name. It's a fairyland -- my favorite time of year around here. Oh by the way -- this is OT