THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700





October 30, 1998                                                                     03 00050 61 98103001



Mr. Ross H. Armstrong
Manager
U.S. Sales Development
IBM Credit Corporation
Remarketer Financing Center
P.O. Box 5157
5000 Executive Parkway #450
San Ramon, CA  94583

Subject:  Thanks for help with car
                Armstrong Sacks Stymie Mustangs in Falcon Win

References:

  1. Telecon Larry/Rod Oct 29, 1998
  2. Visit with Ross on Oct 24, 1998

Dear Ross,

Thanks very much for help with the car last weekend. If you have time to click around a bit, you can see the follow up with the vendor, which may turn out okay. Yesterday there was a report on the Reuters wire that 3rd quarter labor costs are up strongly, which seems to reflect this small car repair project you helped with. Andy Grove calls this little cat feet creeping up on management.

Also, jotted some notes on our day at the football game. Might be fun to share with the kids and Claudia. I had good time. Was inspired to do 20 pushups. I had planned to do 50 on my 50th birthday, but missed; so, now I am aiming for 60 on the 60th. Gotta get back in the weight room. Thanks.

This weekend I am backed up with creating a new SDS feature to provide a quasi-intelligent document log on the web. Seems like you were going to be out of town until next weekend, so maybe we can visit again then. Keep in touch.

Sincerely,

THE WELCH COMPANY



Rod Welch