<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 11:45 P.M. On Nantucket, Surf’s Up, if You’re Part Penguin - NYTimes.com
Bionic eye to 'restore sight', Newcastle scientists say
Is this whale-shaped plane the future of airliners?
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<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 11:10 P.M. I ate a 18.25 ounce Stouffer's five cheese lasagna with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of green tea with Equal sweetener and America's Choice lemon juice. I sorted through the two white plastic bags of old computer parts on the floor underneath the stereo system in the living room. I tied the various cables with twist ties. I found the four port Netgear switch with its power supply which I put underneath the mahogany night stand that the Lenovo ThinkCentre sit on to the right of the FIC server. I found the Andrea Electronics headset that I put on the front audio ports of the Dell Optiplex 740 mini tower in the bedroom. I found an international power adapter that I put on the middle white bookcase at the kitchen entrance. I found a generic Plantronics 3.5 mm headset that I put on the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop. I sorted out the paper work that was sitting on top of the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer. CIO
<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 7:50 P.M. I chatted with a friend and a relative. I chatted with neighbors. I picked up the mail. The order with tracking of Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more - Newegg.com and https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=92612999967134551501302245 on the order for JBL J55i On-Ear Headphones with Mic-Black for $24.99 with free shipping arrived. The headset has a 3.5 mm jack, so it works just fine on my Nokia Windows 8.1 GoPhone. In order to use it on my Panasonic KX-TS4300 telephone, I ordered three http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5mm-Male-to-3-5mm-Female-Stereo-Headphone-Headset-Adapter-Converter-Cable-Cord-/360723975200?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53fcd30c20 for $6.99 total with free shipping. I also found a spare 3.5 mm audio Y-Splitter, so I now have the speakers on the Hannspree monitor on the primary computer hooked up the same audio card jack as the 7.1 speaker system. I chatted with a relative. CIO
<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 4:20 P.M. Two to six inches of snow coming our way http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CTZ009&warncounty=CTC001&firewxzone=CTZ009&local_place1=Greenwich%20CT&product1=Winter+Weather+Advisory&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VPIwjI6GMYc . CIO
<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 3:20 P.M. I went downstairs, and I chatted with a neighbor. I started up the Volvo wagon, and I ran it for five minutes.
<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 3:20 P.M. I used this method https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them to restore my Firefox web browser Bookmarks. CIO
<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 2:10 P.M. I tried some other fixes to try fix the webcam problem in Skype to no avail. Somehow all of my Firefox web browser favorites have been deleted. I think the Norton Utilities cleanup programs that I ran early this morning deleted them. I can get by without them. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 11:00 A.M. I woke up at 9:30 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. CIO
<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 1:20 A.M. I did some system maintenance. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat a blueberry muffin. I will then go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/28/15 Saturday 12:10 A.M. Tracking is https://www.ups-mi.net/packageID/#9274896900561203751985 for the order for Microsoft T4H-00002 LifeCam HD-3000 for Business USB 2.0 WebCam for $31.99 with free shipping. CIO
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BBC News - Scientists find evidence of wheat in UK 8,000 years ago CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 10:55 P.M. I tried Webcam Video Capture to try to enable my primary computer web cam with Skype, but it did not work. I went ahead and installed Yahoo Messenger https://messenger.yahoo.com/ which works just fine with my web cam. I chose the Custom Install for Yahoo Messenger, so as not to install the Yahoo Tool Bar and other settings. One can import one's Gmail and Outlook Contacts, but that feature is not working at the moment. CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 7:15 P.M. I chatted with a relative. I called up www.staples.com in Old Greenwich, and they don't carry the Microsoft LifeCams in their store, but I guess one could order one from them.
I told them about the Windows 10 Technical Preview Enterprise Edition not expiring until October 2015 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-enterprise-technical-preview . CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 6:25 P.M. I picked up the mail. The order with tracking of https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9400110200882519825359 on the order for in Tortoise Columbia Bridger Polarized Wayfarer Sungalsses Tortoise for $22.99 with free shipping arrived. They fit and look just fine. I put them in my soft eye glass case that I carry with me, when I go out, and I put my old pair of CVS sun glasses in the hard Columbia case which I put on the Chinese vase on the white book case at the kitchen entrance.
!!!!!! I also got a Christmas 2014 Christmas Letter from Queen Elizabeth II http://www.royal.gov.uk/ that I put with the previous Christmas letters from her in the frame on the back side of the bedroom door. CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 5:40 P.M. I ate a ham and American cheese sandwich on toasted 15 grain bread with Hellmann's olive oil mayonnaise and a dill pickle slice and Lays low salt potato chips, and a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of coffee with Equal sweetener and milk. Apparently computer people drink lot of coffee, so maybe if I have a second cup of coffee I will be more productive today. CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 3:45 P.M. I have my Greenwich Housing Authority Section 8 inspection, and the apartment is fine, but once again, they suggested I should down size some of the stuff, but I need my current computers for my present work. CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 3:30 P.M. $59.99 with free shipping Microsoft LifeCam Studio 1080p HD Webcam for Business - Gray CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 3:10 P.M. Microsoft LifeCam Cinema Webcam $44.99 CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 2:20 P.M. I chatted with a friend. The friend bought a used 2008 Burgundy Chrysler Aspen with 60,000 miles for about $14,000. The friend wants to move to Horse Country in Chester County, Pennsylvania where the taxes are cheaper than New York State. CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 1:00 P.M. www.meritline.com refunded me the $8.99 on the 3.5 mm Y-Splitters that don't work, and I don't have to send the defective ones back. I have a Greenwich Housing Authority Section 8 Inspection at 3:20 P.M. this afternoon. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 12:35 P.M. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed.
I ordered Microsoft T4H-00002 LifeCam HD-3000 for Business USB 2.0 WebCam for $31.99 with free shipping. Hopefully, it will work with Skype on my primary work computer. CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 11:10 A.M. I woke up at 10 A.M., when a neighbor rang my wireless door bell. I sold the neighbor another pack of three year old Seneca 100 mm ultra light cigarettes for $5. I can not afford to sell anymore, since they are my spare cigarettes. I chatted with a friend. I paid my http://optonline.net/ Digital Cable TV, Optimum Boost Plus, Optimum Voice, and my http://www.cl-p.com/ electricity bill and my www.verizon.net bill. My current Optimum bill was about $198, which is about $65 for high speed Cable Modem, $35 for Optimum Voice long distance and about $98 for premium Cable TV. However that includes $25 in discounts for all three packages which covers the two cable boxes which are about $12 and taxes other fees. CIO
<888> 02/27/15 Friday 12:50 A.M. I ate a bowl of sour cream and onion potato chips and two slices of deli ham rolled up with four slices of white American cheese. I worked trying to get the Skype video to work on the primary computer. I do not think it is the web cam, or the Skype version. It is something else that I can not figure out. I am not going to buy a Microsoft web cam for $30 to test it, since I never use Skype anyway. I will now shut down the primary work, and I will eat a blueberry muffin, and then I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 10:45 P.M. It is not warming up http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VO_mhY7lzQA . I think those volcanoes in northeast Russia did us all in. It looks like we won't be planting any tomatoes in the first week of May. The tulip season will also probably be later this year. It is surprising none of the news organizations have not tried to explain why we are experiencing colder weather. Also when we get our February 2015 utility bills for our electric heat, we will feel a lot poorer. The colder weather might mean a colder summer which might effect food production which means next winter, there will be less food. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 10:10 P.M. I ate four ounces of mixed nuts.
Tracking is Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more - Newegg.com and https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=92612999967134551501302245 on the order for JBL J55i On-Ear Headphones with Mic-Black for $24.99 with free shipping.
Microsoft now allowing downloads of retail Windows 7 copies
Ronald Reagan's Ideals Are Alive and Well
Global Volcanism Program | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
Prehistoric caiman's bite 'twice as strong' as T-Rex's
Net neutrality rules passed by US regulator
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<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 8:30 P.M. I chatted with a relative. I took the remaining half of shell noodles that I boiled last night that were in the flat Rubbermaid container with lid, and I seasoned them with garlic powder, celery salt, oregano, Italian Seasoning, four tablespoons of Smart Balance extra virgin olive oil spread, two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, and a eighth of a cup of grated Parmesan and Romano cheese that I mixed up thoroughly in the shell noodles, and I put the lid on, and I microwave the mixture at 60% power for eight minutes. I ate pasta al dente meal on a large dinner plate with a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 8:00 P.M. On of the last times I was in Boston, I saw members of the Boston Symphony practicing at a MTA station in downtown Boston, so there is a long history of street performers in America. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 7:40 P.M. I chatted with a neighbor. I put away the clean laundry. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 6:30 P.M. Check out a VIP Boeing 747-8 CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 6:20 P.M. I have 50 minutes to go on two dry cycles. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 6:00 P.M. I put clean linens on the bed. I showered, and I clean up. I started two loads of wash that are just about done. I picked up the mail. I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature. I watered the plants. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 4:20 P.M. A neighbor rang my new wireless door chime. I sold the neighbor a a three year old package of Senca Ultra Light 100 mm cigarettes for $3, and I chatted about the price of tea in China. I only paid $1.50 for the cigarettes a number of years ago, so I made a $1.50 profit, but the cigarettes are probably stale. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 3:10 P.M. I chatted with a relative. I woke up at 2 P.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 2:50 A.M. Ramnit cybercrime group hit by major law enforcement operation
I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed after eating a blueberry muffin. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 2:30 A.M. I think this music evolved out around Las Angeles around 1978 and was blasted all over the New York City area until around 1992 give or take. They still have disco in some places, but I am not sure what the more modern disco music sounds like. I think it came from when they developed the Moog Synthesizer to make those sounds. Alas, they probably forgot how to use the machine. I guess the tourists still like it in Paris. Alas, I am using it right now with my Lenovo Wireless headset to tune out something that has been bothering me recently. I don't watch much national or international news, so it might be something I last read or saw on the news that made me a bit nervous. Alas with limited funds, I have to stay here with my 25 million neighbors protecting me, so I think I will survive. When I returned from the West Coast in November 1980, I lived near Lincoln Center and the Julliard School of Music until February 1982, so possibly there is other music in the New York City area, if you know where to look. Of course the younger generation have their own distractions, and with over a million tunes or more on the internet, there is no telling what they are listening too all of the time. I used to see John Lennon in the subway station entrances in Manhattan playing for spare change. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 2:15 A.M. I think this music is over 30 years old https://soundcloud.com/queenclubparis/new-disco-queen-february-2015-danny-wild-jeff-cortez . I guess the young French kids think it is new. However, it was my generation used to jump around too, until the internet came along. Probably why a lot of old people have joint pain. CIO
<888> 02/26/15 Thursday 12:05 A.M. I chatted with a friend.
Prime Minister of Canada Public Event: http://pm.gc.ca/ .
Public event for February 25, 2015
PM Harper and Bill Gates renew call to advance global Maternal, Newborn and Child health priority
February 25, 2015
Ottawa, Ontario
Introduction
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today met with Bill Gates in Ottawa to discuss how to further leverage the strong leadership that Canada has demonstrated in promoting maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in order to ensure that it remains a global development priority and a prominent feature of the global post-2015 development agenda. They were joined by Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie, as well as global health leaders representing Canadian and international organizations that are committed to advancing significant progress and achieving results on MNCH.
While tremendous progress has been made to save the lives of the world’s most vulnerable citizens – women and children – much work remains to be done. To this end, the Prime Minister and Mr. Gates together renewed the call for focused global political leadership and sustained financial commitments to ensure that MNCH remains a central development priority as the world moves beyond 2015.
The Prime Minister also reaffirmed Canada’s commitment to support immunization as a key pillar of Canada’s MNCH strategy by announcing new investments toward improving access to vaccines for mothers and children. These investments are aimed at eradicating polio and eliminating tetanus, as well as providing support to 20 implementation research teams, made up of African and Canadian researchers, who will contribute to improving maternal and child health in Africa.
During a moderated discussion, the Prime Minister and Mr. Gates discussed the unprecedented global progress that has taken place since the establishment of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals in 2000. Fifteen years later, the world stands on the verge of ending the preventable deaths of mothers and children under five within a generation, in large part due to the leadership and commitment of international partners such as the Government of Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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“Canada’s top development priority remains eliminating the preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children in developing countries. While significant progress has been made, more can and must be done to sustain the momentum and end these preventable deaths within our lifetime. Our Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have been steadfast partners in championing this cause, and remain committed to ensuring that all women and children can live healthy and productive lives. Together, we will continue to call on the international community to renew their commitment and support to ensure our global efforts remain focused on eliminating preventable maternal and child deaths.” – Prime Minister Stephen Harper
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Offerta didattica - Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia - Perugia
Brain-controlled drone shown off by Tekever in Lisbon CIO
<888> 02/25/15 Wednesday 9:50 P.M. What the young French students do in Paris, France http://www.queen.fr/fr/ . Of course it helps, if you know a little bit of the French language.
!!!!!! French Disco Music http://www.queen.fr/fr/le-son-du-queen . Well, the old people could use it for exercise class. CIO
<888> 02/25/15 Wednesday 9:00 P.M. Rarest big cat on Earth starting to make a comeback
I boiled up a 7 ounce box of Ronzoni #21 shell noodles, and I put half of them on a large dinner plate, and the other half in a Rubbermaid container with lid in the refrigerator. I heated up in the microwave oven the last cup of beef stew that I put on the shell noodles, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and America's Choice lemon juice. I dumped the hot water that I boiled the shell noodles in down the bathroom sink to clean out the bathroom sink drain. I just happened to notice that I have about 200 baby carrot bags underneath the kitchen counter in the cupboard that I saved. Normally when I make and freeze hamburgers, I put them in double baby carrot bags. I chatted with a relative twice. CIO
<888> 02/25/15 Wednesday 6:05 P.M. I ordered JBL J55i On-Ear Headphones with Mic-Black for $24.99 with free shipping. I will use them with my Panasonic KX-TS4300 4 line telephone by my primary work computer for hands free talking. CIO
<888> 02/25/15 Wednesday 4:50 P.M. I threw out the garbage. I sat outside for a while. I said "Hello" to a new neighbor. I picked up the mail. The order with tracking of http://www.newegg.com/Info/TrackOrder.aspx?TrackingNumber=1ZX79947YW26777304&type=1 on the order for LITE-ON DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model iHAS124-14 - OEM for $13.99 with coupon code "EMCANNK26" with free shipping arrived. CIO
<888> 02/25/15 Wednesday 3:50 P.M. I cleaned up the bathroom. I cleaned the bathroom sink area with Windex surface cleaner. I cleaned the toilet and toilet area with Clorox toilet bowl cleaner and Windex surface cleaner. I put a new 9 ounce blue automatic toilet bowl cleaner in the toilet tank. I clean the shower and bathtub area with Windex surface cleaner and Ajax scrubbing powder. I will now shower and clean up. I sprayed CVS disinfectant spray around the bathtub area and the toilet. CIO
<888> 02/25/15 Wednesday 1:40 P.M. I woke up at 10 A.M., and I chatted with a relative. I went back to bed until noon, and a neighbor rang my new wireless door bell with the "War of 1812" chime, and the neighbor gave me an envelope with $12 from another neighbor that I previously sold 8 ounces of Turkish pipe tobacco to. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I will make up a fresh batch of punch. I made my bed. CIO
<888> 02/25/15 Wednesday 12:30 A.M. I one saw a www.mobil.com refinery in Greece, if you ever need gasoline there. It usually warms up in Greece around Easter time. I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon. It is 19 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VO1cCizlzQA . Meanwhile back in the Hinterlands, it is 24 degrees Fahrenheit in Lake Forest, Illinois http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.23987729600151&lon=-87.85712908383937&site=all&smap=1#.VO1cTCzlzQA , but Friday night is suppose to be minus one degrees Fahrenheit below zero there, and 8 degrees Fahrenheit here, so the cold weather is not going away anytime soon. In other words, today Wednesday is the warmest day of the week. The President of the Midwest Bank of Lake Forest, Illinois where I worked for a while as a bank teller used to vacation in Acapulco, Mexico. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 11:55 P.M. I ate a blueberry muffin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire .
http://ancient-greece.org/history/minoan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos
http://scott-mike.com/mike-scott-greece-3-1972.jpg . CIO
Well I once made a sea voyage with a www.lfc.edu classmate from Piraeus, Greece to Crete and back. That was the only major sea voyage I ever made, besides the Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket ferries from Woods Hole and Hyannis. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 10:20 P.M. I figure in the New World Order, where people are not allowed to make a profit, if http://www.drambuie.com/ costs https://www.varmax.com/websearch_results.html?kw=drambuie&button=Search $47.99 and $3.54 New York Sales Tax http://www8.tax.ny.gov/JRLA/jrlaGateway for that area of Port Chester, New York is 7.375% for a liter $51.53 total, and there are 33.81 ounces to a liter, a ounce of Drambuie should cost $1.524. Of course the Scottish probably make a profit off the $48 as does the alcohol tax. In England Drambuie costs 25.50 pounds for 700 ml http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/brands/drambuie_in_tesco.html . That means it is 3.64 pounds sterling per 100 ml. There are 3.3814 ounces in 100 ml, and 3.64 pounds sterling equal $5.61, so an ounce of Drambuie in England costs $1.66, so that means it costs 13.6 cents an ounce more in England than the U.S.A.. Thus a New World Order Bar should charge about $3.05 for a two ounce glass of Drambuie with or without ice, but a real Scotsman would never water down his drink with ice, and in the New World Order tipping is not allowed. I don't know if there is a sales tax on alcohol in England or not. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 9:10 P.M. I reheated in the microwave oven on 60% power for 9 minutes the eight ounces of cooked Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles with a cup of beef stew on top of them on a microwave proof dinner plate with microwave plate lid, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of Lipton green tea with Splenda sweetener and America's Choice lemon juice. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 8:00 P.M. Prime Minister of Canada Public Event: http://pm.gc.ca/ .
Public event for February 25, 2015
February 24, 2015
Ottawa, Ontario
Public event for Prime Minister Stephen Harper for Wednesday, February 25th is:
Ottawa
2:50 p.m. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper will participate in a moderated discussion with Bill Gates.
Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegation_of_the_Ismaili_Imamat
199 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
*Open to media
NOTES:
PMO Press Office: 613-957-5555
PMO Staff Onsite: Carl Vallée, Press Secretary, and Anna Tomala, Deputy
Press Secretary
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US sea level north of New York City 'jumped by 128mm' CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 6:55 P.M. "$99 Buffalo Outdoor 16 ft. 500 lb. Metal Deluxe 2-Person Deer Hunting Ladder Tree Stand" Bag Your Own Food. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 5:45 P.M. I ate four ounces of mixed nuts. I chatted with a friend.
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 5:45 P.M. I picked up the mail downstairs. I chatted with a neighbor. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 5:15 P.M. If one is down south, one can get Duty Free here http://www.ahriise.com/ . CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 4:45 P.M. I checked with the bar at http://www.21club.com/ , and they told me a 2 ounce glass of Drambuie http://www.drambuie.com/ today would cost about $20 today before tip. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 4:15 P.M. One can call up 1-202-456-1111 at www.whitehouse.gov and give them suggestions about how to run the country. I chatted with a friend that has had intestinal problems for the last two days. I suggested that he wash his hands with antibacterial soap every time he wipes himself after doing a bowel movement. Also frequently restaurants to save money do not use enough hot water which is expensive for sanitary purposes such as washing the dishes. I threw the garbage down the garbage chute. I chatted with neighbors. When I lived in Florence, Italy in the winter of 1972 at the Pensione Adria by the Santa Trinita Bridge near the Medici Palace, one had to put a 100 lire coin which is about 20 cents for every minute of hot water from the gas hot water heater for the shower sprayer in the bath tub. Also the Italians like eating bone marrow which is very healthy for one. It does snow in Italy. When I skied at Carerra north of Pisa where the marble comes from, we had two feet of fresh powder snow up in the mountains that day. Chianti wine is cheaper than bottled water. The Italians only drink bottled water, since the local water has bacteria in it than give one diarrhea. Since Chianti wine is cheaper than bottled water, a lot of Italians prefer to drink Chianti wine. They even return the fiascos for bottle deposit. The more expensive Italian wine is also available for those whom can afford it. In Italy and France, they have had coffee shops like Starbucks for a long time, but they also serve liquors and liqueurs besides coffee, if anyone needs a pick me up. The coffee is also stronger in Europe. Nescafe owned by Nestle is the largest coffee importer into Europe, so with a half billion Europeans drinking coffee, somebody must be making money off of it. Of course the European coffee machines in coffee bars are very expensive and highly developed, but because they are under high pressure steam, one needs to know how to maintain it for safety reasons. In Spain where they did not have too much refrigeration, they used sterilized milk that came in triangle shaped cartons. Thus in Europe the lifestyle is different than more modern America. I guess when Europeans come here, they like to investigate how we manage to get by in our over developed country that we frequently take for granite. Also the toilet paper in Europe is like waxed paper for some odd reason. The French like eating horse meat. The Spanish have a lot of food, that is not too expensive. Of course the old days of Europe on $5 a day are now gone, but if one were careful, one could probably get by on $50 a day, if one knew where to go. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 1:50 P.M. I ate four ounces of mixed nuts before going to bed. I woke up at noon. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I will make up a fresh batch of punch. I made my bed. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 3:40 A.M. It is minus one degrees Fahrenheit below zero http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOw3LizlzQA , but my weather indicator says it is 6.8 degrees Fahrenheit and 50% humidity. Of course my weather remote is near the building, so it might pick up a bit of heat off the building. I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed. Stay Warm! CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 3:00 A.M. I chatted with York University Security at 1-416-650-8000 http://site.info.yorku.ca/ , and they agreed with me that nobody knows what is going on anymore. York University used to be next to a http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/index.page with a large http://www.adidas.com/ warehouse next to it. I guess the large group of Canadians who used to be in this area can no longer afford to live in this area, so they all returned to Canada. From what I know, the group of engineers that somebody is looking for got old, and they are now retired to other parts of the small planet earth. I ate a blueberry muffin. CIO
<888> 02/24/15 Tuesday 1:45 A.M. It is currently 2 degrees Fahrenheit before the wind chill factor http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOwaTyzlzQA
It is 7 degrees Fahrenheit in Mongolia https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=769&noj=1&site=webhp&source=hp&q=Mongolia+weather&oq=Mongolia+weather&gs_l=hp.3..0l10.4545.9157.0.10026.17.17.0.0.0.0.394.2424.1j13j1j1.16.0.elfrh...0...1.1.62.hp..2.15.2161.0.Z3tyIwVk9G8
However, it is minus 24 degrees Fahrenheit below zero in Siberia "http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/RU/Dzalinda_(Siberia).html" , so it is a bit colder there.
It is minus 15 degrees below zero Fahrenheit in Stowe, Vermont http://www.bing.com/search?q=Stowe+Vermont+Weather&qs=n&form=QBLH&pq=stowe+vermont+weather&sc=8-21&sp=-1&sk=&ghc=1&cvid=91f8fddc719a419d9bba9a01e13387de
Nanook of the North http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanook_of_the_North . CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 10:35 P.M. I called up http://www.starbucks.com/store-locator/search/location/Greenwich%2C%20CT%2C%20USA/detail/13569 , and I worked the Grape Vine. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 9:45 P.M. Not much going on out here in the sticks of Connecticut, but as opposed to networking with people that I never see again, I have been getting a bit of work done out here over the years to no avail, since the local Manhattan people out here seem to have a different perspective than whomever actually controls the area. From what I can tell, which is not much, we have to wait until around the first of June, when the movers and shakers from down south return up north to their Country Club Play Grounds in this area. There is no aviation traffic from what I can tell, so we are just maintaining the local community until we thaw out in the spring. It costs money to explore this area, and the younger people seem to have different programming from their educations versus the poorer older generation whom no long freely move around this area. I have not been in Manhattan, since the www.microsoft.com conference about six years ago or more, and then they were hostile toward me, because I smoked cigarettes. I guess there is nothing to do out here but continue to be a keyboard jockey as best as I can afford to do on my limited income. I guess after ten years around Manhattan, until I moved away in February 1982, none of the people that I once knew ever got further ahead in life, so there is a new group of adventurers in Manhattan, whom have different perspectives. I guess the high tech people are mostly on the west coast, and what few people www.ibm.com has in the area have some sort of monopoly going that does not permit outsiders to invade their local Armonk turf. I used to talk to somebody in Manhattan about thirty years ago who was excited about selling wireless laptops for IBM, so more than likely a lot of people that I once knew have retired to warmer areas or where ever old computer people hang up their hats in retirement. It is sort of confusing that the Manhattan people do not seem to know much about their local business community, and seem to expect the money to keep flowing in like they were the U.S. Mint. Obviously since a lot of the people in the suburbs around Manhattan work in the City, the people in the suburbs have a bit of influence that some of the younger generation do not know. More than likely a few people my age still have some influence, so I let them move around the City for better or worse, and nobody ever bothers me out here, since I am yesterday's news. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 9:00 P.M. Tracking is https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9400110200882519825359 on the order for in Tortoise Columbia Bridger Polarized Wayfarer Sungalsses Tortoise for $22.99 with free shipping.
Tracking is http://www.newegg.com/Info/TrackOrder.aspx?TrackingNumber=1ZX79947YW26777304&type=1 on the order for LITE-ON DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model iHAS124-14 - OEM for $13.99 with coupon code "EMCANNK26" with free shipping.
33% off with coupon code "ARROW" and free FedEx shipping at www.arrowdirect.com . CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 8:15 P.M. My neighbor from Nova Scotia told me today, her grandson right now is hitchhiking across Canada to try get a job in Seattle, Washington; so I guess there are some real cold weather people further north of us. About the only thing we are missing here, is that they are not yet showing "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Preston_of_the_Yukon_(TV_series)" on the local television yet. There used to be a bar next to the www.nantucket.net airport called "Preston's , so maybe there are still Canadians out on Nantucket. When I used to travel up from Key West to Nantucket in April, I would run into Scottish Life Guards from Nova Scotia, and when they saw me in Nantucket, they would return back up north to Nova Scotia, after spending the winter in Nantucket. I chatted with a friend. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 7:25 P.M. I chatted with a relative. It is going down to minus 2 degrees below zero degrees Fahrenheit tonight, before the wind chill factor. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 7:10 P.M. I boiled up a 16 ounce bag of Pennsylvania Dutch eggs noodles, and I put half of them on a large dinner plate, and the other half in a Rubbermaid container with lid in the refrigerator. I heated up in the microwave oven 1 cup of beef stew that I put on the egg noodles, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and America's Choice lemon juice. Back in the old days during secret conflict in America, one could use lemon juice to write a letter, and it would not show up until held up against a warm light bulb, and the lemon juice writing would appear as brown ink on the paper. So much for secret intelligence. Thus if any clandestine organizations get blank pieces of paper in the mail, they should do that to see if there are any secret messages on the blank paper. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 6:00 P.M. I sat outside briefly in the frigid weather. I picked up the mail. I have my annual Greenwich Housing Authority Section 8 inspection this Friday February 27, 2015 at 3:20 P.M.. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 5:40 P.M. I threw out the garbage. I went downtown to CVS on Greenwich Avenue. I paid 50 cents to park downtown. At CVS, I bought two 17.5 ounce Gold Emblem Deluxe mixed nuts for $7.99 each for $15.98 total. I then picked up a prescription. I then bought a 7.2 ounce Edge Shaving Gel for $2.99, a buy one get one 50% off of Degree men's dry 2.72 ounce deodorant for $3.99 and a $1.99 both, buy one get one 50% off of Crest 7 ounce #D whitening toothpaste for $6.79 and $3.39 both and two CVS 100 yard dental floss for $2.50 each, and $5 off $15 dental products coupon from the coupon machine and two 12.5 ounce Alberto VO5 Kiwi and Lime shampoo for $1.27 each and two Alberto VO5 Kiwi and Lime Conditioner for $1.27 each and $1.54 tax for $25.77 total. I then sat out for a while at the top of Greenwich Avenue. I then went further downtown. I sat out for a while in front of the Senior and the Arts Center. I swipe my card, so they know I was there. They are finishing construction on the new office there. I then walked down to Zen Stationary. I chatted with a local walker. I played an Ace's High scratch card for a dollar, but I lost. I then sat out for a while more downtown which was not very busy on a cold day. Mostly there were younger people moving around whom do not seem to mind the cold weather. I then went to the Stop and Shop. I bought a four pack of blueberry muffins for $2.99, a 15 ounce Smart Balance Spread with extra virgin olive oil for $3.89, a 64 ounce Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice for $3.79, a 64 ounce crangrape juice for $3.79, two 42 ounce Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal for $4.59 each, two 16 ounce Pennsylvania Dutch wide Egg Noodles for $1.99 each, a 12 ounce generic honey for $2.50, two 26 ounce Prego meat tomato sauce for $1.50 each, bananas for .49 a pound for $1.23, three sweet potatoes for .99 each for $1.57 for $39.26 total. I chatted with a neighbor. I then went by the Putnam Shell at 401 West Putnam Avenue, and I bought $8.60 of self service V-Power premium gasoline for $3.149 a gallon for 2.73 gallons for at odometer reading of 110014 miles for 28.3 miles driven since January 15, 2015 for 10.367 miles per gallon in mostly local traffic. I then returned home, and I carried up my groceries and other purchases, and I put them away. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 1:30 P.M. The relative I chatted with just got back from a cruise on https://www.oceaniacruises.com/ of the Eastern Caribbean. It is suppose to be very busy down there in south Florida. Locally it is 20 degrees Fahrenheit http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOtxOCzlzQA out here in the tundra of greater southwestern Connecticut. After I shower and clean up, I will go downtown to do errands. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 11:55 A.M. I woke up at 11:30 A.M.. I chatted with a relative. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I will make up a fresh batch of punch. I made my bed. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/23/15 Monday 2:20 A.M. I went some routine maintenance on the primary computer. I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
!!!!!! <888> 02/23/15 Monday 12:05 A.M. Automatically diagnose and fix Skype audio and webcam issues CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 11:55 P.M. Chinese feast: Year of the Kennebunkport lobster? CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 11:50 P.M. Queen Victoria: The real story of her 'domestic bliss' CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 11:20 P.M. 7 Surprising Things That Can Affect Rheumatoid Arthritis CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 11:15 P.M. I filled out the Connecticut Department of Social Services EBT Food Stamp form, and I mailed it in the mail room downstairs. I ate a few Necco Candy wafers. Back in the period when I worked in the Polaroid Research Laboratory on Osborne Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Necco Candy Wafer factory was across the street near www.mit.edu . Alas exiles from Massachusetts do not get too far ahead in the rough and tumble world of New York City Big Business, but still I manage to survive. CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 10:20 P.M. I watched "Downton Abbey". Next week is supposed to be the final episode. CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 8:40 P.M. While napping, I chatted with a relative. I ate a 8.5 ounce can of CVS barbecue almonds. CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 4:25 P.M. In our small local Christian Community, Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest. I will now take a nap. It is a balmy 36 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, but tonight it is supposed to go down to 13 degrees Fahrenheit with a high of 18 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow and a low of zero degrees Fahrenheit on Monday night http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOpGSSzlzQA , so Siberia Sam's Social Club will probably stay active in our local community. Traditionally during the cold months of Winter in February in the New York City area, the Turner Movie Channel runs "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_(film)" to show what a real Siberian Winter is like. Unfortunately Dr. Zhivago was filmed in Spain with artificial snow, so a real Siberian Winter is probably a lot worse. CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 3:45 P.M. I am reheating in the microwave oven on 60% power for 9 minutes the eight ounces of cooked Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles with a cup of beef stew on top of them on a microwave proof dinner plate with microwave plate lid, and I will eat it all with a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of Lipton green tea with Splenda sweetener and America's Choice lemon juice. CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 3:15 P.M. I ordered in Tortoise Columbia Bridger Polarized Wayfarer Sungalsses Tortoise for $22.99 with free shipping. CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 2:15 P.M. 25 most generous donors of 2014 CIO
!!!!!! <888> 02/22/15 Sunday 1:30 P.M. I posted:
Michael Louis Scott's Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Michael Louis Scott's Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Michael Louis Scott's Slow Cooker Beef Stew
CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 12:15 P.M. My neighbor left the Pyrex casserole bowl outside my apartment door. I cleaned off about five inches of loose snow off the Volvo wagon. I chatted with neighbors. I will now shower and clean up. There is no point going downtown on a warmer day, since I figure on a Sunday when the Town of Greenwich has to pay overtime, they have not cleaned the snow off Greenwich Avenue. There is no point in risking breaking a hip just to "People Watch" downtown on Greenwich Avenue. CIO
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 10:55 A.M. I woke up at 9:30 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I will make up a fresh batch of punch. I made my bed. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week of 02/22/15
<888> 02/22/15 Sunday 12:05 A.M. I ate a 7 ounce box of white cheddar Cheez-its crackers. I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed directly. I put a 6 ounce Glade White Linen scent refill in the Glade Automatic Scent machine in the bathroom. CIO
<888> 02/21/15 Saturday 11:10 P.M. I did a Windows Complete PC backup of the first hard drive of the Dell Optiplex 740 mini tower to its second hard drive. I am now doing another Windows Complete PC backup to the Western Digital 160 GB SATA hard drive that is held in either SATA external USB hard drive holder.
Black hole's blast stunts birth of stars
DNA screening kit given the go-ahead by US regulator
Evolution 'favours bigger sea creatures' CIO
<888> 02/21/15 Saturday 9:35 P.M. I made 303 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching series 3 episodes 6 of the Netflix production of "Borgia" and series 5, episode 6 of "Downton Abby". CIO
<888> 02/21/15 Saturday 6:15 P.M. I boiled up a 16 ounce bag of Pennsylvania Dutch eggs noodles, and I put half of them on a large dinner plate, and the other half in a Rubbermaid container with lid in the refrigerator. I heated up in the microwave oven 1.5 cups beef stew that I put on the egg noodles, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and Stop and Shop lemon juice. I will now make cigarettes. CIO
<888> 02/21/15 Saturday 5:10 P.M. I picked up the mail. I got my state of Connecticut Social Service redetermination form, which I will fill out later. CIO
<888> 02/21/15 Saturday 4:45 P.M. I hooked up the Logitech C270 web cam to the Dell Optiplex 740 mini tower in the bedroom. I installed the Logitech software with face tracking for Windows 8. It all works just fine and with Skype.
I ordered LITE-ON DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model iHAS124-14 - OEM for $13.99 with coupon code "EMCANNK26" with free shipping. CIO
<888> 02/21/15 Saturday 3:25 P.M. Three to seven inches of snow expected http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CTZ009&warncounty=CTC001&firewxzone=CTZ009&local_place1=Greenwich%20CT&product1=Winter+Weather+Advisory&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOjkmSzlzQA .
I threw out the garbage out down the garbage chute outside my door.
I chatted with a relative. CIO
<888> 02/21/15 Saturday 1:35 P.M. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I will make up a fresh batch of punch. I will next shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/21/15 Saturday 12:40 P.M. I connected the Logitech C270 web cam into the USB hub to the right of the primary computer keyboard, and the computer now boots with it installed there. I did a System Restore restore to February 2, 1015, but Skype still does not recognize either web cam. Internet Explorer would not work. I ate a blueberry muffin, and then I went to bed at 3:30 A.M. I woke up at 11:45 A.M..
I used this method http://www.howtogeek.com/136193/how-to-troubleshoot-internet-explorer-crashes/ , and I ran "iexplore.exe -extoff" to start internet explorer without the add ins, and then I repaired it by setting the defaults. I guess I will put the Logitech C270 web cam on the Dell Optiplex 740 mini tower computer in the bedroom. CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 11:10 P.M. I installed the wireless door bell sending unit on the right outside of the front door, and I removed the old sending unit. One configures the door bell chime unit by plugging it into an electrical outlet. Then one presses the volume button for five seconds. Then one uses the other button to select one of over 50 chimes. I selected the "War of 1812 Overture". One then presses the outside sending unit to set the chime on the base unit, and then one removes the base unit from the electrical outlet, and then one plugs it back in. I placed the base unit on the hallway floor power strip by the sweater closet, with the highest of four volume settings. I tried the Logitech C270 web cam on the primary work computer, and the primary work computer will not boot with it plugged in. It does not work with Skype either. Possibly when I can afford it, I might get a better Microsoft web cam. However, I never use Skype, so it is not that important. I will put the Logitech C270 web cam on the Dell Latitude E6400 laptop, when I have the time. I ate 8.5 ounces of CVS barbecue almonds. It is 11 degrees Fahrenheit outside. CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 5:55 P.M. I chatted with a neighbor. I went down to the neighbor's apartment. The neighbor had hauled the chair back to the other neighbor's apartment for that neighbor to get rid of it. The neighbor and bought an Internet Telephony Device from www.cvs.com for $9.99, but it will not work without a router, which the neighbor does not have, since the neighbor uses the community room wireless for his computer. I told the neighbor about www.magicjack.com which I think should work off a wireless computer. The mail arrived. The order with tracking of USPS.com® - USPS Tracking™ on the order for B-100 Vitamins B Complex 500 capsules for $22.99 and $3.95 shipping for $26.94 total arrived. The order with tracking of USPS.com® - USPS Tracking™ on the order for http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Logitech-HD-Pro-C270-3-0MP-Webcam-with-Microphone-from-japan-/151584448727?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item234b2320d7 for $14.89 with free shipping arrived. The order with tracking of https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9374869903500305531569 on the order for $15.29 with free shipping Smart Wireless Door Bell 600Feet Range 52 Optional Music Chimes 4-Level Volume arrived. CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 4:25 P.M. I checked downstairs, and I looked outside, and it seems quiet around here. The ice skating rink parking lot is about half full. I don't drink liquor or use alcohol, but some of the back country Anglophile aristocrats do. All I can suggest is that one might drive over to https://www.varmax.com/ , and one could make an investment in https://www.varmax.com/websearch_results.html?kw=drambuie&button=Search and http://www.drambuie.com/ . Of course amongst the "Old Guard" in quiet well behaved company, they are known for enjoying their cocktail hour, or whatever the occasion might be. CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 3:20 P.M. I reheated and ate the cooked Dutch eggs noodles with the defrosted beef stew, which I ate with a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of Lipton green tea with splenda sweetener and Stop and Shop lemon juice. CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 2:05 P.M. I went downstairs, and I checked out the local environment. I chatted with neighbors. I moved the chair back from the one neighbor's apartment to outside the other neighbor's apartment. I chatted with a relative. CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 12:35 P.M. I chatted with a friend. CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 12:30 P.M. I put a new 6 ounce Air Wick Tropical Breeze refill in the Glade Scent machine in the living room. CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 12:10 P.M. Warren Buffett’s autographed Cadillac sold for over $100,000 more than its value CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 10:55 A.M. I chatted with a friend. It is now 4 degrees Fahrenheit out here in the tundra of greater southwestern Connecticut http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOdXlizlzQB . CIO
<888> 02/20/15 Friday 9:25 A.M. I woke up at 8 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I will next shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 11:40 P.M. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat a blueberry muffin, and then I will go to bed. It is currently 6 degrees Fahrenheit outside at the moment http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOa2_yzlzQA . It is minus 7 degrees Fahrenheit below zero in Holland, Michigan http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.787518073000456&lon=-86.10892671599964&site=all&smap=1#.VOa3UyzlzQA ; so my Holland Dutch heritage comes from a cold and frigid part of the world. Well, I guess I will be staying inside for the next few days or more. It does seem like we are having a colder winter this winter, but since I do not go out much in the winter anymore, I have not noticed it too much. I suppose once I get this month's electricity bill, I will notice it a bit. They are expecting a low of 48 degrees Fahrenheit tonight in Key West, Florida http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=24.555698790000463&lon=-81.78258771299966&site=all&smap=1#.VOa4OyzlzQA , and I was told the old Casa Marina Hotel still does not have heat. http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/ . Captain Tony's bar around the corner from Sloppy Joes to the left used to have a fire place besides the two pool tables for a quarter a play. The Casa Marina Hotel was built by the Spotswood Family from Vermont, so they did not think, one needed heat that far down south. I guess one could always bring one's own electric blanket there or go to the local convenience store and buy an oil filled radiator for heat, if the hotel would allow it. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 11:05 P.M. It says here http://celebrity-height.com/bill-gates-height/ , William Henry Gates III is five feet 10 inches tall, and judging from his photographs he weighs between 165 and 185 pounds give or take. Not that it is any of my business, but I frequently see someone around here that is 6 feet tall and about 190 pounds that looks like him, so possibly there are other people in this area whom also look like him too. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 10:35 P.M. If one looks at this https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Fort+Stockton,+TX/San+Francisco,+CA/@34.2786154,-117.3870707,6z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x86f07c20e88d6ac5:0x8b89ea870c3ff014!2m2!1d-102.8793222!2d30.8940431!1m5!1m1!1s0x80859a6d00690021:0x4a501367f076adff!2m2!1d-122.4194155!2d37.7749295!5i2 , it shows the northern route from Fort Stockton, Texas to San Francisco. If one looks at https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Champaign,+IL/Fort+Stockton,+TX/@35.4236929,-100.296744,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x880cd08dde97691b:0x30f57847b475bfcf!2m2!1d-88.2433829!2d40.1164204!1m5!1m1!1s0x86f07c20e88d6ac5:0x8b89ea870c3ff014!2m2!1d-102.8793222!2d30.8940431 , it shows Champaign, Illinois to Fort Stockton, Texas, and if one looks at https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Greenwich,+CT/Champaign,+IL/@40.4054496,-85.6693683,6z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c298110f4c2e97:0x831ae27600430e2!2m2!1d-73.6281964!2d41.0262417!1m5!1m1!1s0x880cd08dde97691b:0x30f57847b475bfcf!2m2!1d-88.2433829!2d40.1164204!5i1 , it shows Champaign, Illinois to Greenwich, Connecticut. Although it is not the most direct of the most southerly route, it is better than driving through the Rocky Mountain in the Winter, and although it seems to zig zag across the country, I found it an easy driver compared to the direct route Interstate 80 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/San+Francisco,+CA/Greenwich,+CT/@38.2448969,-117.0240843,4z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x80859a6d00690021:0x4a501367f076adff!2m2!1d-122.4194155!2d37.7749295!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c298110f4c2e97:0x831ae27600430e2!2m2!1d-73.6281964!2d41.0262417 which goes through some wild country in the Winter. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 9:40 P.M. There is Interstate Highway from Champaign, Illinois through Arkansas to Oklahoma down Interstate 10 in Texas
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 9:40 P.M. Lets see if I can remember this by date:
Leave Greenwich, Connecticut first week of January 1976 for Greenville, South Carolina via Eastern Airlines to work for Daniel Construction.
Visit Atlanta, Georgia on weekends. Other side trips to Plains, Georgia, Hilton Head South Carolina, Summerville, South Carolina, Aiken, South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina, Ashville, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Duke University, Calhoun College, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Return to Greenwich, Connecticut with 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne first week of July 1976 and stop by tour Washington D.C. on the way up north.
After seeing the Tall Ships in New York harbor and Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip during the bicentennial. I drove up to Nantucket. After a couple of weeks in Nantucket, tour Provincetown, and I return to Greenwich.
I leave Greenwich third week of September 1976, and I drive down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Halloween 1976, I first visit Key West with a Fort Lauderdale friend from Cheshire, Connecticut.
First part of January 1977, my 1996 Chevrolet Biscayne is impounded in Fort Lauderdale for too many parking tickets at the park in front of the Swimming Hall of Fame.
I hitchhike down to Key West. About two more times, I hitchhike back and forth between Key West and Fort Lauderdale.
February 1977, Jim Eldert shows up in Key West out of the University of New Hampshire after having visited Moscow, Russia.
March 1977, Jim Eldert, and I hitchhike to Naples, Florida a day and back to Key West.
April 1977, I take the bus from Key West to Fort Lauderdale, and I get my old Chevrolet out of the pound. I returned to Key West, and I picked up Jim Eldert, and we drove up to Fort Lauderdale. We then drive and tour Disney World. We visit St. Augustine, Florida. We stop by Jacksonville, Florida, and we visit Hurley Harris Haywood. I put Jim Eldert on an Eastern Airline plane to Boston. I then drive to Plains, Georgia and tour. I then stop by Atlanta, and visit relatives. I then return to Greenwich, Connecticut. I pack up a U-Haul Trailer, and I move my belongings in Greenwich to a barn in Norwich, Vermont. I visit Jim Eldert at the University of New Hampshire. We tour Dartmouth College and stay at White River Junction, Vermont and Exeter, New Hampshire. I returned to Nantucket, and I give away the 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne. I leave Nantucket, and I visit Jim Eldert again at the University of New Hampshire, and I travel as far north at Bowden College, Maine with a night at the Y.M.C.A. in Portland, Maine. I go to the Seabrook Demonstration. I hitchhike back to Greenwich, and then I hitchhike down to Williamsburg, Virginia for a few days. I then return to Greenwich and then back to Nantucket. I then leave Nantucket for Boston, then Cambridge, Stowe, Vermont, Cambridge, and back to Nantucket. Before the season gets busy, I once leave Nantucket for a couple of days in Provincetown. Thanksgiving Time 1977, I leave Nantucket with a friend for Woods Hole, where I rent a U-Haul pickup truck. We stop by Cambridge, Hanover, pick up my belongings in Norwich, Vermont, stop by New Haven, Princeton, and unload the U-Haul truck at a relative's house in the Philadelphia area and stop by Manhattan, and leave the U-Haul truck in New London, Connecticut part company, and I hitchhike down to Key West around the first of December 1977.
April 1978, I leave Key West with a friend from Manhasset, Long Island, we hitchhike to Atlanta, Georgia, and we take a bus to Ashville, North Carolina, and we walk the Appalachian Train for four days. We then hitchhike to Hilton Head, South Carolina and Huntington Island, South Carolina, and we get a ride with Jimmy Buffet back to Key West. We leave Key West at the first of May 1978, and we camp out at Sebastian Inlet, Florida, and we hitchhike to Washington D.C.. We take an Amtrak to Stamford, Connecticut. We stay a few days in Greenwich, Connecticut and take the Amtrak to Providence, Rhode Island and the bus to Hyannis and the boat to Nantucket.
I leave Nantucket for a Taft Tenth Reunion that I take the bus and train to Waterbury and hitchhike back to Hyannis to Nantucket. I leave a second time to take the bus and train to Greenwich to have a sebaceous cist removed at the Greenwich Hospital, and then return the same way to Nantucket.
I leave with the same friend from Nantucket the first week of October 1978 in a 1971 yellow Subaru station wagon. We drive down to Greenwich and Manhasset, Long Island, Philadelphia to visit with relatives, Champaign, Illinois to visit with relatives, Tulsa, Oklahoma to visit with relatives, and across Interstate 10 via Houston, Midland, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, San Diego, to Dana Point, California where we rest for a week. We then drive up the coast arriving in San Francisco on Columbus Day. We drive as far north as Fort Bragg, California. We return to Laguna Beach, on the Pacific Coast Highway. We camp out in the mountains east of Dana Point, and tour San Clemente down to San Diego and as far north as Huntington Beach. We leave Laguna around the first week of December 1978, and we head East to Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and drive through the Rocky Mountains in a blizzard to Vail, Colorado. We stop at the Denver airport for a day and drive across country across Colorado and Kansas to Tulsa and down through Louisiana and Florida to Key West, and back up the east coast to Manhasset, Long Island and Greenwich, Connecticut for Christmas 1978. After Christmas 1978, we drive back down to Key West for a few days, and then spend the winter in Daytona Beach, Florida, with one side trip back down to Key West. We returned back up north to Port Washington, Long Island in May 1979 until the Fall of 1979 with a few side trips to New Canaan. We return back to Nantucket for a couple of weeks in May 1979, and then return to Greenwich in June 1979 until August 1979. We then visit Kennebunkport, Provincetown, Hanover, New Hampshire, Burlington, Vermont, Montreal, Canada, Toronto, Canada, Detroit, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, Lake Forest, Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, Denver, Colorado, Laramie, Wyoming, Reno, Truckee, Squaw Valley, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Santa Cruz, Carmel, Santa Barbara, Laguna Beach to San Diego and up and down the coast a couple of times. We drive back east the same way, as I recall stopping by in Champaign, Illinois and Philadelphia and returning to Port Washington, Long Island in the mid Fall 1979. I then built the basement playroom at a relative's house in Philadelphia in October 1979. I then drove back west by myself across country in the yellow Subaru stopping in Champaign, Illinois, and down across Interstate 10 to California taking Interstate 40 West into San Francisco and visiting Pala Alto, Santa Cruz where Jim Eldert was, Carmel, and as far down the coast highway as Laguna Beach and back up to San Francisco. I then drove down the inland highway to Interstate 10 back east picking up two hitchhikers from Byram near Las Alamos and getting arrested in Fort Stockton, Texas for a night and onto San Antonio, and back down to Key West for a few days and back up to Port Washington, Long Island. We spent the winter in Port Washington, Long Island with side trips to Manhattan and New Canaan, Connecticut. I drove up once to the Canadian border on the New York State Thruway, and I stopped by Lake Placid on the way down. We spent some time house sitting in New Canaan too. I visited Kennebunkport, Maine in July 1980. I then flew out to Newport Beach, California, and I visited Laguna Beach, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Hawaii, and Maui. I flew back east that same month at the end of August 1980. I then drove with my friend from Manhasset in a 1971 Burgundy two door Volvo sedan up to Provincetown, and then up to Hanover, New Hampshire, Montreal, Canada, and down to Key West, Florida, and across Interstate 10 to San Diego, California, up to Santa Cruz, California on the Pacific Coast Highway. We drove that route a number of times stopping in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, and Laguna Beach. We camped in the camp ground east of Santa Barbara. On the week after election day in 1980, we sold the Volvo, and we flew back east to Manhattan from Las Angeles.
I made a three day trip to Frankfort, Germany in December 1980.
January 1981, I attended Ronald Reagan's Inaugural.
February 1981, I flew down to Washington D.C. for a day.
I stayed in Manhattan until February 1982 living at West 74th Street near Riverside Park.
I then flew down to Key West in February 1982 returning in April 1982 to Plandome Manor, Long Island where I built the Garage Apartment until February 1983. I then visited Newport Richey, Florida, Vero Beach, Florida, Washington D.C., New Haven, Connecticut, and Oslo, Norway returning around Easter 1983. I returned to Nantucket then.
I stayed in Nantucket until around the week before Halloween 1983, when I drove down to Vero Beach, Florida with a relative from Kennebunkport, Maine, and then to Fort Lauderdale, Newport Richey, Fort Lauderdale, Vero Beach and back to Nantucket. I finally left Nantucket in the end of November 1983, and I flew from Hyannis to Manhattan, and I took the train to Toronto, Ontario, Canada for a couple of weeks. I returned to Manhattan, where I was homeless for a couple of weeks in early December 1983. I came out to Greenwich twice with swollen ankles and for a weeks stay twice at the Greenwich Hospital, and after the last Greenwich Hospital visit, I settled back into Greenwich just before Christmas 1983.
Thus I was traveling quite a bit when I was younger. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 7:20 P.M. I reheated and ate half of the cooked Dutch eggs noodles with half of the defrosted beef stew, which I ate with a 12 ounce glass of A&W root beer and a cup of Lipton green tea with splenda sweetener and Stop and Shop lemon juice. As I recall, when I attended the Boston Science Fair in the spring of 1977, after I spent the night with the www.harvard.edu student that lived west of Kenmore Square, when I was next in Stowe, Vermont for a couple of weeks, when I cleaned up the bar Sister Kate's after the ski season, I stayed in the basement bunk room at Sister Kate's. At the time there was no snow on the ground in April 1977 in Stowe, Vermont. I just remembered on the way back to Nantucket, I spent the night at Harvard again, and as I recall I slept on a cement bench at Corbusier Design Center which was left opened all night long. I think I might have returned to Nantucket, and then gone up the Seabrook demonstration and visited Jim Eldert at the University of New Hampshire, but I think that was before I went to Stowe, Vermont. I hitchhiked to Stowe, Vermont, and when I went to see Jim Eldert, I still had the old 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne, which I gave later to the Nantucket Hospital Thrift Shop. Thus on the trip to the University of New Hampshire, the first time, I also visited www.dartmouth.edu , and we stayed at the Wilder Motel just south of Norwich, Vermont. We also stayed at the Exeter Inn at Exeter, New Hampshire. Thus it is after that trip that I returned to Nantucket and got rid of the old Chevrolet. From what I know, the Boston Science Fair was later. In the season of 1977, I worked briefly at a number of Nantucket restaurants, but mostly at the Gordon Folger Hotel as a pot scrubber next to a very hot cast iron stove. I think it was in the summer of 1978, after working for a while at the Gordon Folger Hotel again, I quit, and I started working at Le Languedoc restaurant. Also in that period, I also worked briefly at the India House. In Nantucket, depending on the visitors, sometimes people switch jobs around to avoid conflict. I left Nantucket in October of 1978, with a friend from Manhasset, Long Island on our first trip to California. I returned briefly in the spring of 1979 with the same friend, where we worked carpentry. I then spent the summer in Greenwich for two months, until August 1979, when we visited Kennebunkport, Cape Cod, Hanover, New Hampshire, Burlington, Vermont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Chicago, Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, and drove out west through the Rocky Mountains on another trip of California. I think we toured the west coast, and returned back east stopping by Champaign, Illinois again, and back into the New York area again. I recall driving down to Key West with the same friend, but we spent that winter in Daytona, Florida with the friend's sister. I think it was the Christmas of 1978 that I was in Greenwich with the same friend before returning to Florida. I recall one fall building a basement playroom in Philadelphia during Three Mile Island, but with the funds from that job I drove to California by myself. I returned during the Iran Contra Hostage rescue on Interstate 10, and drove down to Key West, and back up north to the New York City area to stay with the same friend. It is so long ago, I get the various trips mixed up. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 5:45 P.M. In December 1983, when I had no place to stay in Toronto, Canada; I found a comfortable sofa at the library lounge of the Anglican Seminary at the University of Toronto. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 5:45 P.M. I moved a chair from one neighbor's apartment to another neighbor's apartment. The neighbor reminded me, he has to return a Pyrex cooking bowl, when he finds it. I picked up the mail. CIO
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<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 4:50 P.M. I put away the clean laundry. I also put in a partially used 9 volt battery in the motion detector light on the toilet tank in the bathroom. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 4:15 P.M. Bill is going to be cold up there in Ottawa https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=ottawa+canada+weather . CIO
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that Bill Gates will visit Ottawa on February 25, 2015.
The visit will provide an opportunity to take stock of the productive and longstanding partnership between the Government of Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and to discuss opportunities for future collaboration, especially in the area of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH).
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<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 3:30 P.M. I have 50 minutes to go on two dry cycles. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 3:10 P.M. It is 49 degrees Fahrenheit in Redmond, Washington http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=47.67398986000046&lon=-122.12150731599968&site=all&smap=1#.VOZBuyzlzQA . I guess Microsoft is not used to cold weather. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 2:55 P.M. I chatted with a neighbor and the building custodian. I started two loads of wash, and I have 15 minutes to go on two wash cycles. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 1:20 P.M. I chatted with a relative. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 12:45 P.M. I was told by the FedEx delivery person that it is 50 degrees Fahrenheit in Florida. Back in the 1970s, when I was left sleeping outside in the jungle in Florida in cold weather, I used an https://www.etsy.com/listing/202903975/canvas-rain-poncho-in-green-genuine-army?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_vintage-clothing-jacket-mid&ione_adtype=pla&ione_creative=54864804155&ione_product_id=202903975&ione_product_partition_id=89248929155&ione_store_code=&ione_device=c&ione_product_channel=online&ione_merchant_id=101380328&ione_product_country=US&ione_product_language=en&gclid=CJzTn5TG7sMCFYI6gQod9KcAxw which kept me warm enough on cold nights, and since it did not breath too well, I actually sweated in it. Still it was light and easy to carry in my ditty bag. I think I bought it at the Fort Lauderdale Army Navy store for $5, but I am not sure about that or not. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 12:35 P.M. I readjusted the left living room closet, so it swings open more freely. I put clean linens on the bed. I showered, and I cleaned up. I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature. I chatted with the FedEx delivery person. He was having problems reinstalling Windows XP on his Pentium 4 computer, and it gives him a Master Boot Record error message. I told him about www.opensuse.org and www.ubuntu.com which are alternative free Linux operating systems. I watered the plants. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 10:10 A.M. I ordered B-100 Vitamins B Complex 500 capsules for $22.99 and $3.95 shipping for $26.94 total. CIO
<888> 02/19/15 Thursday 9:40 A.M. I woke up at 8 A.M.. I chatted with a friend. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. CIO
<888> 02/18/15 Wednesday 8:55 P.M. The beef stew finished at 8 P.M.. Before that I boiled up a 16 ounce bag of Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles, and I put one third on a large dinner plate, and I refrigerated the other two thirds in Rubbermaid containers. I then put about 1.5 cups of the beef stew on the egg noodles, and refrigerated half of the beef stew in a Rubbermaid container, and I put the other half in a Rubbermaid container that I froze. I ate the beef stew with Dutch egg noodles with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. It is going to get cold again http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOVB1CzlzQA . I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed directly. CIO
<888> 02/18/15 Wednesday 6:40 P.M. I requested an RMA for the Y-Splitters from www.meritline.com .
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<888> 02/18/15 Wednesday 5:20 P.M. I threw out the garbage. I went by the A&P Fresh, I bought two 12 ounce Ronzoni pasta shells for $1 each, a 59 ounce Simply Orange orange juice with calcium for $3, bananas for .79 a pound for $2.66, a four pack of blueberry muffins for $3.99, a Bermuda red onion for $1.99 a pound for $1.27, a bulb of garlic for $3.99 a pound for .60, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $3, and 55 cent can return for $16.63 total. I then went downtown. I walked upper Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I picked up a prescription. I bought two 7 ounce white Cheez-its crackers for $2 each and buy one get one free of 8.5 ounce Halipinno barbecue almonds for $7.79 both and a roll of Necco candy wafers for $1.25 for $13.04 total. After I finished my walk, I sat out for a while. I then walked over to Zen Stationary, and I played an Ace's High scratch card for a dollar, but I lost. I then returned home. I picked up the mail. The order with tracking of https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9405511699000580627126 on the order for 10x Boxes 2000 ct - Premier 100mm Light Tobacco Cigarette Tubes Blue RYO for $39.44 with free shipping and the order with tracking of USPS.com® - USPS Tracking™ on the order for 3.5mm Y Splitter Adapter Cable, Audio Aux Extension Y-Splitter Cable 1 Male to 2 Female. Headphone, Hearphone Splitter Adapter Cable Black Color for $8.99 with free shipping arrived. I put away groceries. The Y-splitters do not work for both left and right speaker, so I guess I should return them. I hooked up the Hannspree monitor speaker to the motherboard speaker jack, so it does work. I stirred the beef stew twice. CIO
<888> 02/18/15 Wednesday 1:00 P.M. I will now dress up warmly, and I will go out to get a bit of food. I am not sure whether I will sit downtown and people watch or not. CIO
<888> 02/18/15 Wednesday 12:40 P.M. I have the Hamilton Beach Slow Cooker on Low for Eight hours cooking the beef stew, and it should be ready at 8 P.M. today.
I put a Reynolds slow cooker bag in the Hamilton Beach slow cooker.
I then added 3 pounds of eye round of beef cut into one inch cubes.
3/4ths of a pound of baby carrots
2 large peeled Bermuda Red Onions cuts into eighths
about 2.5 pounds of potatoes cut into one eighth chunks
two beef bullion cubes
three chicken bullion cubes
five diced cloves of garlic
and I seasoned it with one teaspoon of paprika, dashes of celery salt, dashes of ground black pepper, generous dashes of garlic powder, one teaspoon of Italian Seasoning, one teaspoon of Oregano, generous dashes of Old Bay Seasoning, dashes of Lawry's Seasoned Salt, dashes of Montreal spicy steak seasoning, dashes of cumin, dashes of Chinese Five spice, dashes of curry powder, and dashes of coriander.
I also added the McCormick beef stew mix with a 15 ounce can of College Inn beef broth and five ounces of milk.
I also seasoned it with on tablespoon of Frank's hot sauce, teaspoon of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, 1/4th cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1/8th cup of Kikkoman soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of Monari balsamic vinegar, one teaspoon of sesame oil, one teaspoon of Maggi Seasoning, and one tablespoon of Angostura Bitters.
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<888> 02/18/15 Wednesday 11:05 A.M. I threw out the garbage. I went downstairs, and I signed another piece of paperwork with the Greenwich Housing Authority. I chatted with neighbors. Today is Ash Wednesday, so I think that means six weeks until Easter, when it might still be cold. I am not going to give up beef for Lent. In fact today, I am going to make up a batch of homemade Beef Stew in the Slow Cooker, which will take a while to cook. CIO
<888> 02/18/15 Wednesday 9:55 A.M. I chatted with a friend. It is 14 degrees Fahrenheit outside at the moment http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOSk5CzlzQA . It is minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit below zero in Stowe, Vermont at the moment http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.46532915400047&lon=-72.68455723499966&site=all&smap=1#.VOSlXizlzQA . Back in the mid 1970s, when I came out of Key West in the spring, I used to work with the Stowe, Vermont ski patrol at the Le Languedoc restaurant in Nantucket. They told me in the winter it was minus 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit on top of the mountain in Stowe, Vermont. It is next to the Smugglers Notch ski resort that the Watson family of www.ibm.com started, so there are some cold weather people around IBM. When I used to drive up to Armonk, New York to IBM in the winter, a couple of times I saw the big white helicopter at the entrance which is like Marine One. Since it was white, I called it the "Flying Milk Truck". I guess that is why Tom Watson got to be Jimmy Carter's ambassador to Russia which attracted all of the Russians to Greenwich, Connecticut over the years. Of course IBM is not the only Fortune 500 Company in the area. CIO
<888> 02/18/15 Wednesday 9:05 A.M. I woke up at 8 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I will next shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 10:45 P.M. I ate four ounces of Rosemary and Extra Virgin Olive oil Triscuits and a blueberry muffin. I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed. Stay Warm. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 9:40 P.M. It is a well known fact that China only has six thousand years of history, where as India has ten thousand years of history, so since www.yale.edu was started by a wealthy Englishman from India, possibly there might be something in Yale's reference library about how to fix the planet and make it warmer. However, from my viewpoint this is the normal weather for this area, if we are in truly in the New York City area. I do know Ben Franklin went to www.harvard.edu and his mother was a Folger from www.nantucket.net , so possibly there is something to prove the normal weather in this area at the https://www.fi.edu/ and http://learn.fi.edu/weather/data/ and http://learn.fi.edu/weather/data2/index.html . CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 9:00 P.M. If our associate that taught physics were still alive somewhere on the small planet Earth, one would have to look for someone that smoked Tiporela cigars and wore an old olive green tweed jacket and looked a bit like Gerry Ford. He knew a lot of the scientists that invented the modern computers, and he pretty much thought the internet was a waste of time, one of the last times I spoke with him. He was of German back ground, and I think he knew a few things he never told other people. I do know he volunteered at the local astronomy club, and when I first returned to Greenwich in December 1983, I lived at 100 Milbank Avenue for four months across from the local observatory, before moving to Grigg Street for two months and then to 700 Steamboat Road which was warm for 4.5 years with a Swedish family, and for over 26 years here at 71 Vinci Drive. I guess even with www.ibm.com in this area, not many people are interested in computers, and they are more preoccupied with more ordinary daily events. With all of the complicated homes in this area, it does take quite a few people to build and maintain them, if you have not noticed. My best guess since people whom smoke cigars frequently have Latino connections, and since olive tweed jackets are common around the www.army.mil more than likely if the physics associate were still alive, he might be working at http://lanl.gov/ which a lot of people used to know about. However, that is just a theory. I have another theory as to why it might be colder this time of year. The sun solar flares have gone into remission in their fifteen year cycle, and this is just the normal weather. Also the planet earth's orbit might widening further away from the sun making it become a dead planet sooner or later, but that usually takes a long time. Another theory is that based on what I know Greenwich, Connecticut in the United States of America was just a Potemkin Town like many others around the world, and we are now in a similar place like Greenwich, Connecticut; but somewhere in the world, where it is cooler and more secure, like Greenwich, Siberia. With the Aga Khan hanging around Greenwich, Connecticut a lot, we might be in Greenwich, Mongolia, since the Aga Khan is supposed to be the King of Mongolia. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 8:10 P.M. I have not been over to Old Greenwich, Connecticut to get a hair cut since around April 2014, although I did get a hair cut in late August 2014 in Kennebunk, Maine. Although my hair is a bit long, the way I figure it, the longer hair that I am lucky to have keeps my head warm when it is cold, so I will not be going to get a hair cut which I can not afford anyway anytime soon. Somebody should check out the Weather Station at Tod's Point though, since it is an important piece of equipment in this area. For all I know somebody is living in the new restroom at the southwest picnic area. I figure it is probably heated to keep the pipes from freezing, but it might be a bit drafty out there. It is the responsibility of the younger coastal observers in this area to keep an eye on the waterfront in this area on a year round basis, so I imagine there are some young fit individuals still moving around this area keeping an eye on things. One could always call up Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue and see if any of the local gurus whom hang out there know anything that we have not figured out. Nobody in this town communicates with me, so I am pretty much out of touch with their way of thinking. I know since a lot of the police personnel have local connections with the Greenwich Hospital personnel, perhaps some expert at the Greenwich Hospital knows more than I presently know. I do not want to bother the Greenwich Police Station to see if anyone is stranded in their lobby during this extended period of cold weather. Alas with a busy office environment, I am not prepared to put up any guests, since I no longer have any sofas in my apartment, and the apartment is a quite complex working environment, which I would prefer not to be disturbed, by somebody hoping to have a cocktail and watch television. I think I have expressed my viewpoint many times in that television is just a short summary of world events, and one has to read more to know what goes on. I do know with the internet one can read more content that is recent, but as usual one is powerless to change the course of events, unless one has money or some sort of political influence, neither of which I have. Even during the two years that I used a friend's apartment near the www.un.org at 420 East 49th Street, I was pretty much ignored and left starving and walking around in circles on very cold nights being ignored by most everyone. I have been told by a diseased professor from www.columbia.edu that had a PHD in Physics from www.harvard.edu and taught physics at Columbia University for 50 years that people in this area, do not like people with my look, so that might be the problem. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 7:20 P.M. I picked up the mail. The order with tracking of tracking of https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9400115901539039020708 on the order for NEW DURACELL PROCELL AAA ALKALINE BATTERIES BOX OF 24 EXPIRES 2021 for $9.98 with free shipping arrived. I chatted with neighbors. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 6:45 P.M. I chatted with a friend.
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<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 4:25 P.M. I woke up at 4 P.M.. I threw out the garbage in the garbage chute. I checked the mail downstairs, and it is not here yet. It seems that what little snow we had has blown off the Volvo wagon. I don't think it melted. It is currently 24 degrees Fahrenheit outside http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOOwrSzlzQA . CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 1:45 P.M. I ate 14 ounces or three Oncore beef patties with beef gravy and a baked sweet potato with steamed baby carrots with Smart Balance Spread and extra virgin olive oil on the vegetables and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with Splenda Sweetener and Stop and Shop lemon juice. I will now take a nap. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 11:55 A.M. I chatted with the www.greenwichhardware.com about the weather. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 11:45 A.M. Now if you think it is cold here, one can always try out http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.2702759660005&lon=-71.30332832999966&site=all&smap=1#.VONvASzlzQA CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 11:25 A.M. I once saw in an old James Bond 007 movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Another_Day that in Iceland they controlled a satellite system called "Icarus" that could reflect the sun's rays and make all of the snow and ice disappear real quickly. Of course that was in a movie. I am not sure it really exists. I do know when I first arrived in Oslo, Norway in February 1983, there was six feet of snow on the ground which quickly melted when it became warm and sunny, and Ronald Reagan and Casper Wineburger were at the West Hotel in Oslo, Norway, behind the Norwegian Royal Family palace, so maybe the California people control such a satellite system that people do not believe exists. I do not know for sure. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 10:55 A.M. I called up www.harvard.edu at 1-617-495-1000, and I gave them some information, they might know. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 10:15 A.M. I chatted with neighbors. I made change for a neighbor. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 9:35 A.M. I chatted with http://www.greenwichlibrary.org/ , and I told them about the volcanoes in northeast Russia might be causing the cold weather. I chatted with the Greenwich Country Club, and they are closed this time of year. The person that answered the telephone was from South America. A local associate just called me up, and we cancelled my appointment for this Friday, so I do not have to go outside for a while. I am defrosting a year old piece of eye round of beef, so I might try to make beef stew tomorrow, if it is defrosted by then. CIO
<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 9:00 A.M. I called up the http://www.bing.com/local?lid=YN873x130552028&id=YN873x130552028&q=George+W.+Bush+Presidential+Center+Dallas+TX at 1-214-346-1557, and I left them a very polite message about what I am doing, and what I think is happening in this area. CIO
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<888> 02/17/15 Tuesday 6:50 A.M. I chatted with a friend at 9 P.M.. I woke up at 6 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I will next shower and clean up. If one were traveling in Boston without a place to stay, one could hang out on the Charles River Bridge between Boston and Cambridge and hope some pedestrian from www.harvard.edu might put you up. Of course the student apartments in Cambridge are not too glamorous, but the students seem to manage to survive in them. One can easily sneak into a Harvard cafeteria and help one out to a good meal, and give them some excuse like you are a Rhodes Scholar from England. If one needed a lawyer in Boston, an old www.lfc.edu classmate in Boston http://cbaconlaw.com/ might be able to help one out. I think he went to the University of Virginia Law School after sailing around the world on his father's sail boat. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 7:20 P.M. http://www.pomfretct.gov/about-pomfret and http://www.pomfretschool.org/ . I have heard about this place in quiet whispers. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 7:10 P.M. I ate 14 ounces or three Oncore beef patties with beef gravy and a baked sweet potato with steamed baby carrots with Smart Balance Spread and extra virgin olive oil on the vegetables and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with Splenda Sweetener and Stop and Shop lemon juice. I will now take a nap. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 5:30 P.M. I chatted with a relative who is traveling down south. The last paying office job that I had was as an expeditor for Daniel Construction out of Greenville, South Carolina now a part of http://www.fluor.com/ one of the world's largest construction companies. However, that was before the Bicentennial in New York harbor on July 4, 1976, when I saw Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip the Duke of Edinburgh the following day. From what I read on British information, the Duke of Edinburgh has the World's largest private military, so it helps if you take the British seriously. CIO
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I use to know somebody from Sao Paulo, Brazil http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-and-friend-new-york-1987.jpg that knew the His Highness the Aga Khan's 76th Birthday - Mowlana Hazar Imam's 76th Birthday - December 13, 2012 Salgirah Khushiali Mubarak! , but he has not visited me since I moved to 71 Vinci Drive 26 years ago, but he did tour the building with me the summer, before I moved in. Thus there has been a real Brazilian in this building at one time, not that it makes it any warmer.
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<888> 02/16/15 Monday 4:10 P.M. I threw out the garbage. I chatted with a neighbor. I chatted with a relative.
The cheapest place I know to stay in Caribbean is on the government state park on St. John's in the Caribbean is http://www.cinnamonbay.com/ , but it is probably fully booked this time of the year, and the St. Thomas airport is the second most dangerous airport in the world. Of course one has to get along with local natives. When I went to www.lfc.edu , there was an alumnus who owned the Yacht Club in St. John, and he had two sons that were on the United States Olympic Sailing Team. Also locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut I used to talk to Roy frequently who was from Jamaica, and he was the most frequent walker in Greenwich, frequently in a snow suit in the winter, but I have not seen him recently. My Caribbean connections are somewhat limited having not been down in Key West, since February or March 1982, but I have visited Vero Beach a number of time since then. Alas, I just keep busy in my warm and comfortable apartment in the winter. Since the New York City area with over 25 million people always has people moving around, there is more than likely a few people stranded on I-95 at the two Darien rest areas with car problems or financial problems or lack of direction in this very frigid cold weather. If one were without funds, there is a Shelter in Stamford, Connecticut that the town of Greenwich gives $50,000 a year to, and there is a small shelter in Westport that fills up fast next to the Westport police station. There is also a shelter in Norwalk and the Volunteers of America used to have a shelter at the Westchester County airport, but one is supposed to be referred by Westchester County Social Services to stay there. There probably still is the red leather couch in the basement of the www.yale.edu law school which is quite comfortable, if one can sneak in. Stamford, Connecticut has a Y.M.C.A. with inexpensive accommodations, and there is always the Vanderbilt Y.M.C.A. near the United Nations in Manhattan or the McBurney Y.M.C.A. in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on West 23rd street, but those cost money. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 2:40 P.M. My weather indicator outside my apartment window is messed up. It says it is 36 degrees Fahrenheit outside, when it is currently 16 degrees Fahrenheit outside http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOJGRCzlzQA . I think the sun in the afternoon reflecting off the white snow on the roof outside warms up the weather station, so it gives a false reading. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 2:35 P.M. I chatted with a local friend that has a relative in Stowe, Vermont, where it was 25 degrees below zero Fahrenheit last night. I am not sure if that was actual or wind chill. The local friend wants to go to Cayo Hueso this March with a friend from Brazil, so I guess he has cabin fever. Even at Easter Time, it can be a bit cold in this area. It does not start to warm up in this area until the first week of May, when I put my air conditioners in the apartment windows. I still have not found any big strong individual to help put in my bedroom air conditioner for free, but I manage by a simple step process of leverage movements, and sooner or later after about an hour and a half I get the bedroom air conditioner back in the window for the warmer period of the year. I think the local younger people are so affluent, they don't like helping out the older people whom have worked hard all of their lives. The Greenwich Housing Authority will not put the air conditioners in until the first week of June, and I don't feel like living in a hot apartment for a month. I guess the Italians in Greenwich politics get hot later in the season than the Nordic people whom have lived here much longer for centuries. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 1:05 P.M. I woke up at 10 A.M.. I chatted with a friend. The friend told me there is a sale of 50% off at www.llbean.com in Orange, Connecticut. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I will next shower and clean up. CIO
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I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will then go to bed. I will let the early morning shift regain control of the New York City Metropolitan Area, if they are able to work on the Monday Presidents Holiday. They are supposed to get overtime for working during a Holiday. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 3:20 A.M. I ate a blue berry muffin. Basically, the primary computer does a lot of weird things sometime, so I have learned to maintain it based on my experience as I know it and built it. It would seem to be that even newer computers which would be faster would even have more extreme problems, since they would process the information and errors and defaults faster. I do not intend to ever change my routine based on what some fly by night individual may think. If one lives in an area for a long time, one has built up a large number of friends and associates that I would rather not leave behind for new terrain out in the wilderness somewhere. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 3:10 A.M. I checked with the http://www.thedelamar.com/ , and they do take people with dogs for the Dog Show. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 3:05 A.M. I used to try to be friends with and keep the cold weather people I knew in this area around for colder weather in the winter, but the local Palm Beach crowd in the summer kept getting rid of them, because they did not have Palm Beach Etiquette. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 2:25 A.M. I hear a lot of advertising news which is not always the real story, but meant to try and sell someone something. From what little I know based on my little experience, the reason the north country here is having colder weather and more snow further up north is that if one looks at this http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports_weekly.cfm , there are two active volcanoes on the Kamchata Peninsula in northeast Russia, which might make it colder in this area of the small planet they call Earth. Alas if the Star Trek Enterprise is anywhere in this galaxy, they are probably too many light years away to help us out anytime soon. I have my second wind after having a cup of coffee. If one ever read the credits on the Star Trek Enterprise productions, it said it was produced by "Norway Productions". Alas there are other theories which might also make sense, such as the earth's axis changing and this part of the planet is up around Hudson Bay where the Polar Bears are. Also there might be some ancient engineering that is out of whack. I have a theory that the Skull and Bones Society at www.yale.edu control some ancient mechanism such as some sort of water lock that controls the colder water into Long Island Sound from the Connecticut River that makes Long Island Sound Current effect the Gulf Stream thus changing its flow and warming some areas and cooling other areas. Of course that might also happen down in Cayo Hueso, but that is all theory. Perhaps, some well read inexperienced individual is messing with someone else's systems unknown to the chief engineer that is busy elsewhere in the world. I do not have the answer at this moment. Of course from my experience in this part of the country, this is pretty much the weather I observed this time of year in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s, until it seem to get warmer for a while during the winter. However, I am so busy on systems works on my 17 active computers, I do not look at much content on the internet, but just maintain the systems that nobody seem to use anyway. I am not sure how accurate the information is anyway. All I know nobody likes using the telephone around here, so maybe the large group of www.ibm.com people in this area are using some sort of other communications besides telecommunications as we know it today. Batteries on cell phone might not be too good in extremely cold weather, but I am not familiar with their battery technology. CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 1:05 A.M. It is 1 degree Fahrenheit at the moment http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOGG1SzlzQA . My weather indicator outside my apartment living room window says it is 4.2 degrees Fahrenheit and 49% humidity. I am not sure if I should try to stay up through the long cold winter's night or turn over control of the New York City environment to the younger inexperience locals whom only know Hollywood. Should I or Should I not try to have a cup of coffee and stay away. I will toss a Washington Quarter. Heads I stay awake, and Tails I go to bed. It is "Heads", I stay awake and have a cup of coffee and wait until "Hell Freezes Over." CIO
<888> 02/16/15 Monday 12:45 A.M. I chatted with www.llbean.com up in Freeport, Maine. They are very smart up there. The reason I plan to survive here at 71 Vinci Drive in Byram, Connecticut is one of the former house men looked like a relative of George Washington working for an old Dutch lady; so more than likely he has other friends. CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 10:00 P.M. Its warmer in Oslo, Norway; since they get the Gulf Stream waters like England http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/NOXX0029:1:NO . CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 9:55 P.M. Dangerous snowstorm slams New England, with bone-chilling blast of cold on the way CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 9:25 P.M. I have known this for forty of more years Let there be light: Helping people through dark days , but like heat is costs a lot of money. CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 9:20 P.M. It is two degrees Fahrenheit http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOFRKizlzQA . It is suppose to just as cold for a while, so don't even think about venturing outside in the local tundra.
Just as cold in Kennebunkport, Maine http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=43.40579869155749&lon=-70.48001823705118&site=all&smap=1#.VOFRrSzlzQA . I guess a lot of the local people are just staying home and trying to stay warm. Since I have lived here most of my life, I am used to our relatively short winters compared to other parts of the country. Winter is actually very peaceful around here, and one gets a lot more inside work done, instead of people watching downtown during the warmer time of the year. Actually it is so hot here in the summers, I spend more time by the air conditioners than most people realize. The fall and the spring have moderate weather, so I try to get out a bit more. CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 8:10 P.M. I chatted with a local computer person. I think I will put on my http://www.llbean.com/llb/search/?freeText=union+suit&init=1 over my sweat pants and turtle neck to have a little bit warmer clothing on. CIO
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<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 6:55 P.M. It say here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area , 23.5 million people live in the New York City Metropolitan Area, so if one looks closely and quits watching television from other parts of the world, I think we have enough help in this area.
I ate five baked Gorton's fish filets, a baked large sweet potato and steamed baby carrots with Smart Balance Spread and extra virgin olive oil and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and Stop and Shop lemon juice. CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 5:40 P.M. I chatted with a relative.
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 4:25 P.M. http://www.canada-goose.com/ . CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 4:20 P.M. It is 19 degrees Fahrenheit outside at the moment. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VOEJryzlzQA . I threw out the garbage, and it is extremely cold outside. I let a neighbor know there were packages for the neighbor. I looked outside from the community room, and the ice skating rink parking lot is full of automobiles of Nordic people braving the extreme cold weather. I chatted with another neighbor. I have cold weather clothing, but I have limited funds, so there is no point in going downtown to sit in the Greenwich Library or Starbucks looking at the more affluent people braving the cold weather. I guess if one were elderly and frail and in distress, one could sit in the lobby of the Greenwich Hospital, which I have seen people do on cold days, if one could make it there. People tend to become disorientated in extreme cold weather, and as one's body gets colder, one gets a sense of euphoria that one is all right, when one is not. Back during the winter of 1980 or 1981, I took the train from Manhattan with a friend to Darien at night, because the trains were not running to New Canaan, and there were no taxi cabs in Darien, so on a minus 20 degree below Fahrenheit night, we walked from Darien to New Canaan, and we hitchhiked the whole way and dozens of British Land Rovers passed us by not giving us a ride, but we made it to New Canaan, so the local population in this area are not always as sensitive to cold weather situations, as one might think. My friend's father was once posted in the www.state.gov embassy in Saudi Arabia, so they might have had other friends that could afford to travel, and his grandfather on the mother's side was a geologist from the http://www.utoronto.ca/ that explored North America for the oil companies, so they were a bit established. At least in Greenwich, Connecticut, we have more facilities available in extreme cold weather, that can be useful, particularly if one is not familiar with the area. It takes money and experience to move around the North Country in the winter, and only the foolish would try to travel on low budget. I once picked up a hitchhiker in this area at the I-95 entrance ramp, when they allowed hitchhiking, and the hitchhiker was from Bangor, Maine, and I drove the hitchhiker to the Stamford train station, and I gave the hitchhiker $20 that I could ill afford. Coming down from Kennebunkport, Maine this fall, I gave two United States Navy www.navy.mil personnel from New London in distress on the Merritt Parkway $10 gasoline money, so they could make it to Rye, New York, which I could ill afford. CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 3:05 P.M. In extreme cold weather the wildlife in the area will probably be foraging around, and they can be dangerous, when they are that cold. We should probably activate the Russian Wolf Hounds in the area. We also have some Alaskan Samoan dogs, Huskies, St. Bernard's, Newfoundland, German Shepard, Scottish Elk Hound, Labrador, Golden Retriever and a few other cold weather dogs in this area. We used to also have some Inuit Indians in the area too. The http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/ is always on one of the coldest days of the year. Of course 77% of the private money in the United States of America is controlled by little old ladies over 70 years old, and a lot of them like tiny lap dogs. CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 2:20 P.M. I chatted with a local Scottish walker, and we agreed it is too cold for the Scottish to be walking around in a wind-chill factor of minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit below zero this evening. I guess we have to turn the town over to the local Norwegians, Swedish, Finish, Danish, Polish, Russians, Canadians, and Koreans whom are used to the colder weather. I walked downtown on cold weather in this town for 31 years, so I know there are always a few cold weather people around. Vermont usually comes out of the wood work on cold nights. Of course the electric company employs a lot of French Canadians. Well, later on this evening, we will see how cold it actually gets. One should be prepared in case we lose electricity in the high winds. More than likely, if one loses electricity, if one has a car, if might not start up, when one is trying to make it to the cold weather warming station at the Greenwich Police Station to take refuge. Of course Big Buck people could always seek refuge in one of our many local hotels. This time of year, we are never too busy up here in the tundra of Greenwich, Siberia. Of course there are a lot of old cheap Yankees who will just throw another log on the fire place and go back to drinking whatever they drink to stay warm. CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 1:00 P.M. I woke up at 11:45 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I will next shower and clean up. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week of 02/15/15
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 4:00 A.M. Town of Greenwich, Connecticut USA, I still think it is USA here, Extreme Cold Weather Advisory:
Good evening. This is an important weather advisory for all Town of Greenwich residents. Today is Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2015.
The National Weather Service has issued a mix of wind, winter weather and wind chill advisories for various periods between now and Monday morning for areas in southern Fairfield County, including Greenwich.
Temperatures are predicted to drop well below freezing overnight tonight and remain only in the high teens all day tomorrow. Winds will steadily increase during the day tomorrow and Sunday afternoon and evening will be bitterly cold.
The overnight period tomorrow night into Monday morning will be even colder with gusty winds and dangerous wind chills. Temperatures Sunday night are predicted to be just below zero with wind chills of 30 below zero considered likely.
While it will snow on and off during the next 48 hours, accumulations in Greenwich are not predicted to be more than a few easily managed inches, however the bitter cold and gusty winds tomorrow afternoon and overnight into Monday morning will be truly dangerous for those outdoors without proper protection.
There is a small possibility that localized power outages could occur due to the wind. Eversource Energy (formerly Connecticut Light and Power) will have crews on standby to resolve any problems quickly.
Officials from the Town's Public Works Department and all three of Greenwich's Emergency Services Agencies will be monitoring this extreme cold weather event and the Town is fully prepared for any problems the bitter temperatures may bring.
The Greenwich Public Safety Complex lobby will remain open 24 hours a day for use as a warming center. Residents are encouraged during this period of extreme cold to remain indoors and avoid any prolonged exposure to the outdoors.
Routine weather related problems can be reported to the Police Department's non-emergency number at 203-622-8000 and, as always, any emergencies should be reported promptly by calling 9-1-1.
Please stay warm and stay safe.
Capt. Mark Kordick
Greenwich Police Department
End of Note:
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I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed. Earlier I ate a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 2:50 A.M. Not much happening around here, so I worked the Grape Vine telling some people that New York City on Sunday night and Monday morning is suppose to be zero degrees Fahrenheit with very high winds, and a wind chill of minus 30 degrees below zero Fahrenheit as if anyone cared. I remember back in February 1982, it was actually minus 26 degrees Fahrenheit in Manhattan without the wind-chill factor, and I did not even have winter clothes, so by that standard, I would be a cold weather person. In February 1983 after I was escorted out of Key West the previous winter, I was give the honor of walking the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway with the King of Norway http://www.royalcourt.no/ . CIO
<888> 02/15/15 Sunday 1:15 A.M. I made 256 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching series 3 episodes 3 and 4 and 5 of the Netflix production of "Borgia".
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<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 8:10 P.M. I chatted with a friend in the long lost settlement of New Amsterdam that does not matter too much anymore in the so called new world order as we view it from New England. CIO
!!!!!!<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 6:45 P.M. I just got the Greenwich Police Emergency Warning Message. We are only expecting less than three inches of snow. However, on Sunday night and Monday morning in this area, it is supposed to be 0 degrees Fahrenheit and with the high winds expected, there will be a wind chill factor of minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit in this area. All people are suppose to stay inside particularly the elderly and the younger people and people with heart conditions. The Greenwich Police Public Safety Building on Greenwich Avenue just north of Starbucks will continue to be opened 24 hours a day to the general public whom need a warm place to stay inside. CIO
<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 6:10 P.M. Minus temperatures expected; residents told to stay indoors . I will now make cigarettes. CIO
<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 6:00 P.M. I picked up the mail. I got a St. Valentine's Day card from a relative. CIO
<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 5:45 P.M. I ate a 13.1 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 5:00 P.M. I checked the mail, and it is not here yet. I chatted with a friend. In the old days, when this area had a lot of snow, people used to put snow tires on their cars with metal studs for better traction, but they had to take them off in the warmer weather. Studs on the cars can also cause heavier road wear, but they are safer. CIO
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This web cam is suppose to work with Skype, so I ordered http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Logitech-HD-Pro-C270-3-0MP-Webcam-with-Microphone-from-japan-/151584448727?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item234b2320d7 for $14.89 with free shipping. Its instructions are probably in Japanese. CIO
<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 1:50 P.M. I threw out the garbage. Not much happening around here. CIO
<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 11:30 A.M. I woke up at 10 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I will next shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/14/15 Saturday 3:40 A.M. I threw out the garbage. I picked up the mail. I chatted with a relative and a friend. I installed the Lenovo wireless headset on the primary work computer. Its speakers are loud enough, but the microphone is not loud enough to use for communication or other microphone functions. While testing it with Skype, I noticed the video did not work with Skype. I tried to no avail a half dozen other older web cams and uninstalling and installing Skype and even an older version. There were no tech notes for the solution, other than the web cam drivers might be out of date. However, the other web cams work on all of the other computer with Skype. I put the web cams back on the various computer as I felt would be better setups. I have the power USB cable for the Lenovo headset plugged into the front of the FIC server, which is on all of the time and available for charging. I ate a blueberry muffin, a 16 ounce Hungryman boneless fried chicken filet dinner with Smart Balance Spread and extra virgin olive oil on the vegetables, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed directly. It is currently 6 degrees Fahrenheit of separation outside at the moment, and there is supposed to be a 1 to 2 foot blizzard in Kennebunkport, Maine today; and we are expecting 3 to 7 inches of snow http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CTZ009&warncounty=CTC001&firewxzone=CTZ009&local_place1=Greenwich%20CT&product1=Winter+Weather+Advisory&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VN8JECzlzQA . CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 4:00 P.M. $79.99 with free shipping SAMSUNG D3 Station 2TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive STSHX-D201TDB Bal CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 3:50 P.M. The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the Lenovo Wireless Headset W770(B) for $19.99 with free shipping with coupon code "USP1FE155782" and $1.27 tax for $21.26 total arrived. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 3:45 P.M. I don't need an extra external hard drive at the moment. However, with my two SATA external USB hard drive holders, I could order this $50.99 with free shipping Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare DriveSeagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive , when I need more storage. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 3:00 P.M. See What is Happening at Ship Wreck Charlie's' http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/ . "The Plane Boss! The Plane Boss! Welcome to Fantasy Island." When I was down in Cayo Hueso back during the winters of 1976 - 1977 and 1977-1978, there were a lot of long haired hippie types in cut off blue jeans with holes in them. They told me that if one did not watch oneself, one could be killed for $5, so I decided to maintain a low key presence. Back in February 1983, when I was last down there for a month of two, it was minus 26 degrees Fahrenheit in Manhattan, when my roommate with the State Department Connections asked me to move out, but it was busy in Key West, and since I did not recognize anyone that I knew, I had to stay with a few strangers or sleep on the beach, until I returned up north under Federal Protection of the Old Guard, whom did not approve of me roughing it down there, once it had become more affluent. I heard on Bloomberg News yesterday that the Hilton Hotel chain bought two more hotels in Key West besides owning the vintage Casa Marina Hotel. A lot of people prefer to not have a single retirement or winter home, and they prefer to move around with the seasons or economy or whatever motivates them, so they like having brief stays in comfortable places as opposed to the expense of maintaining a year round residence, which they might not use very much. Of course a lot of people live in the State of Florida, so they do not need to go to Key West to escape the winters, but plenty of them venture up north during their hot summers down south. A real Florida person never goes out in the daytime, but sits by the air conditioning all day, and ventures out during the cooler evenings. It all depends on what one is use to. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 2:25 P.M. I ate 18 wheat thin crackers with .75 inch by .75 inch by 1/4th inch thick slices Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese on them. On the IBM ThinkCentre in front of the mahogany bureau, I tested the Seagate 1.8 TB external USB hard drive, and it is recognized from a cold startup, but not reboot startup. However, when trying to do a Windows Complete PC backup, only the Dell Latitude E6400 laptop original install backup is recognized, and none of the other Complete PC backups are recognized. However, on the primary work computer, the two Complete PC backups for it on the Seagate external USB hard drive are recognized, and nothing else. Also on the primary work computer in the CMOS, I reset the MTU to 184, which recognizes its AMD Sempron 3000 CPU. I will test the Seagate 1.8 TB external USB hard drive on other computers at a later date, to if any of their backup are recognized. CIO
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<888> 02/13/15 Friday 11:50 A.M. If one looks at this http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VN4pzizlzQA , one should plan to stay inside as much as possible for the indefinite future. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 11:20 A.M. Today is Friday the 13th, and the last I looked about an hour ago, it was 13 degrees Fahrenheit outside, so although I don't have much to do, I am staying inside in the warmer environment of my apartment keeping busy on the internet. I have not heard anything from the local Eskimos, so I guess they are using the free heat in the Greenwich Library or own local Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 10:10 A.M. I chatted with a relative.
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<888> 02/13/15 Friday 8:30 A.M. In my younger teenage years, when my family lived off Round Hill Road here in Greenwich, Connecticut, we had a gravel driveway and after a long winter in the spring, I would spend a lot of time raking the gravel back on to the driveway after the snow plow in the winter had pushed a lot of the gravel off the driveway. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 8:30 A.M. I took four extra large Eggland eggs expire February 6, 2015, and I broke them in a large metal mixing bowl. I added two tablespoons of milk, two tablespoons of grated parmesan and Romano cheese, and I seasoned it with ground black pepper, celery salt, a tablespoon of bacon bits and Italian seasonings, and I used a whisk to mix it together. I then put in two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and a tablespoon of Smart Balance extra virgin olive oil spread in my seasoned omelet pan, and I heated it over medium high electric burner heat, and once the fat was hot, I added the egg mixture, and I lowered the heat to medium. Then once the egg mixture became a little bit solid underneath on the bottom, I mixed it up off the bottom with a large plastic cooking spoon several times over a few minutes, until I had soft scrambled eggs. I then put the hot pan on the dinner plate to warm it, and then I put the scrambled eggs on the warm dinner plate, with a toasted English muffin with olive oil, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale and a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 7:35 A.M. https://www.sling.com/devices . When I used to drive up to North Salem, New York regularly years ago to visit a friend, I would see lots of people ice fishing on the reservoirs on the north side of I-684. The Sons of Oslo have a lodge in North Salem, New York near exit 7 off I-684 for Hardscrabble Road. There is a deli there that used to sell a Swedish Beer called "Nordic Wolf". In nearby South Salem, New York, there is not much but a deli and an a antique shop, but I once saw a sign there for a place that breeds "Captive Wolves" . Thus I guess we are in the wild country out here in the sticks of Connecticut. The same friend moved to Wilton, Connecticut for a while, and he had a large pack of Coyotes in his back yard all of the time. Wilton, Connecticut has a road called "Wolf Pit Road". CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 7:15 A.M. I woke up at 7 A.M.. I made my bed. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 1:50 A.M. I ate a ham and American cheese sandwich on toasted 15 grain bread with Hellmann's olive oil mayonnaise and a dill pickle slice and Wise sour cream and onion potato chips, and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. I will now take a nap. CIO
<888> 02/13/15 Friday 1:05 A.M. I ordered a three pack of 3.5mm Y Splitter Adapter Cable, Audio Aux Extension Y-Splitter Cable 1 Male to 2 Female. Headphone, Hearphone Splitter Adapter Cable Black Color for $8.99 with free shipping. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 11:35 P.M. http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-western-digital-my-book-essential-1tb-external-hard-drive?deal_option=42d81393-ec20-473f-8499-ebb591cca1ab&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=45-28084469-2&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=US_DT_SEA_GGL_TIM_TTT_PADS_CBP_CHP_NBR for $49.99 and 10% off with coupon code "PREZ10" plus tax of $2.84 for $47.84 total for Western Digital My Book Essential 1 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (Manufacturer Refurbished). CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 9:20 P.M. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I will next shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 8:20 P.M. Before going to bed, I ate 15 wheat thin crackers with .75 inch by .75 inch by 1/4th inch thick slices Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese on them. I woke up at 6 P.M., and I chatted with a relative. I rested for about another hour. I then went outside, and there was no snow on the Volvo wagon. I picked up the mail. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 1:00 P.M. I chatted with a relative. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat a blueberry muffin, and then I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 11:00 A.M. I have the IBM ThinkCentre (SC0TT26) in front of the mahogany bureau in the living room fully configured, and it also has all of my historical files on it. It has a fairly new 400 GB hard drive configured in a 200 GB partition of which 85 GB is used. I was able to get the Rosewill SATA USB External Hard Drive to be recognized in the CMOS at bootup, but changing some of the CMOS settings, so it can be used for an Aomei backup restore. I just happened to have a spare Western Digital refurbished 160 GB SATA hard drive, so I am now doing an Aomei backup of the machine to save all of my work. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 8:15 A.M. Slippery Conditions Outside ! http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CTZ009&warncounty=CTC001&firewxzone=CTZ009&local_place1=Greenwich%20CT&product1=Special+Weather+Statement&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VNymUCzlzQA . CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 8:10 A.M. I have been copying a lot of my old redundant files from the PNY 32 GB thumb drive to the IBM ThinkCentre in front of the mahogany bureau. However, I just remembered I have the same files on the Rosewill 1 TB external hard drive, which would be faster to copy them. So for the remaining files, I will use that. It is actually a little bit faster than the other IBM ThinkCentres, since it has 3 GB or memory, where the others ones only have 2 GB of memory. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 6:15 A.M. I have the IBM ThinkCentre in front of the mahogany bureau configured. I will not be able to back it up to an external hard drive, until I free up some space on another external hard drive, or I buy one that will work on older IBM ThinkCentre machines. I backed up a lot of files to the 32 GB PNY pen drive on the primary computer. I removed it, and I put in a spare 16 PNY pen drive for readyboost and backing up files. I have about 6 GB of space left on the 32 GB PNY pen drive. The 75,000 or more favorites use up a lot of space. Back in the old days before Google and other search engines like Bing, I used the long list of Favorites to make my downloadable internet directory which was time consuming and never very much used. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 2:25 A.M. I ate a 13.1 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 1:55 A.M. I put away the clean laundry. It is supposed to be three degrees Fahrenheit on this Friday night and Saturday morning. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VNxNByzlzQA . CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 1:15 A.M. Art connection | Communications and Marketing | Lake Forest College
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<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 12:30 A.M. I have 50 minutes to go on two dry cycles. CIO
<888> 02/12/15 Thursday 12:05 A.M. I put clean linens on the bed. I showered, and I clean up. I started two loads of laundry, and I have 10 minutes to go on the wash cycles. I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature. I watered the plants. CIO
<888> 02/11/15 Wednesday 10:25 P.M. I woke up at 8:30 P.M., when I had a telemarketing call. I picked up the mail. The order with tracking number of "1ZR1238XYN10029594" at www.ups.com on the order for PNY - Compact Attaché 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - Blue/White for $8.99 with free shipping and .57 tax for $9.56 total arrived. It does work for ReadyBoost on the primary work computer. I chatted with a relative. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. CIO
<888> 02/11/15 Wednesday 2:15 P.M. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat a blueberry muffin. I will then go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/11/15 Wednesday 1:55 P.M. I ate 15 wheat thin crackers with .75 inch by .75 inch by 1/4th inch thick slices Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese on them. I am working on the IBM ThinkCentre in front of the mahogany bureau to see if I can make an Aomei backup of it. Unfortunately, I do not have enough free external hard drive space that would work, but I will keep looking for a backup that I might delete, but I have not found one yet. CIO
<888> 02/11/15 Wednesday 12:30 P.M. The Lexar pen drive is not fast enough to be used for ReadyBoost, so I will just use it for storage. CIO
<888> 02/11/15 Wednesday 12:15 P.M. The order with tracking number of "1Z1241450338890237" at www.ups.com on the order for Lexar® 16GB JumpDrive® S50 USB 2.0 Flash Drive, Blue for $7.99 and .51 tax with free shipping for $8.50 total arrived. I will use it for a ReadyBoost drive on the primary work computer.
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I finished configuring the first partition on the IBM ThinkCentre on the oak dining table. The older Rosewill 279 GB external IDE USB hard drive is recognized on boot up on the IBM ThinkCentre machines, so I did an Aomei backup of the IBM ThinkCentre on the oak dining table to the Rosewill 279 GB external IDE USB hard drive. In trying to put Windows 10 Technical Preview on it, Windows 10 Technical Preview created a Restore partition that I can not delete, and as such it keeps the Windows Complete PC backup from being able to make a backup from the remaining first partition. CIO
<888> 02/11/15 Wednesday 10:15 A.M. I ate a 15 ounce www.hungry-man.com beef pattie dinner with Smart Balance Spread and extra virgin olive oil on the vegetables and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. I am just about done configuring the first partition on the IBM ThinkCentre on the oak dining table. Once I have it configured, I will test one of my older external USB external hard drives to see if the IBM ThinkCentre recognizes it with an Aomei DVD restore boot. If so, I will do a Aomei backup of the first partition, once I delete the second partition of the Windows 10 Technical Preview that would not work in dual boot. CIO
<888> 02/11/15 Wednesday 5:40 A.M. I showered, and I cleaned up. I threw out the garbage. I picked up the mail from yesterday. CIO
<888> 02/11/15 Wednesday 4:20 A.M. After the last note, I installed the Windows Updates on the primary work computer. I ate 20 wheat thin crackers. I went to bed at 7 P.M.. I woke up at 3 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed.
On the IBM ThinkCentre machines, when trying to restore a backup; the Rosewill 1 TB external USB hard drive and the Seagate 1.8 TB external USB hard drive are not recognized by the Restore programs, so I can not use the backup on those drives on those machines. I restored another backup to the IBM ThinkCentre on the oak dining table, and I am now installing the updates. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 5:00 P.M. http://blog.ctnews.com/weather/2015/02/10/the-sun-breaks-out-today-more-snow-thursday/
I went downstairs, but the mail is not here yet. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat a blueberry muffin, and then I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 4:40 P.M. http://www.zdnet.com/article/hands-on-with-windows-10-installing-the-windows-technical-preview/ CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 4:30 P.M. Microsoft Patch Tuesday News Story
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I just tried it, and it did not work with Windows 10. Obviously the latest version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview Boot Manager is different than the earlier versions. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 3:15 P.M. I ate 15 wheat thin crackers with 1 inch by .75 inch by 3/16th inch thick slices Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese on them. With the latest release of Windows 10 Technical Preview 32 bit for enterprise, I am having the same problems with dual booting with Windows 7 that I had on the IBM ThinkCentre in front of the Mahogany bureau. Thus I will not be able to use the Windows 10 Technical Preview partition, and continue to use the Windows 7 partition. I used to be able to dual boot, but now there is File Signature Recognition that keeps it from dual booting both operating systems, as I had them configured. CIO
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<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 11:50 A.M. I chatted with a relative. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 11:30 A.M. I am updating the IBM ThinkCentre on the oak dining table on its second partition with the earlier version of 32 bit Windows 10 Technical Preview to the 32 bit version of Windows 10 Technical Preview Enterprise Edition. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 10:45 A.M. I bought NEW DURACELL PROCELL AAA ALKALINE BATTERIES BOX OF 24 EXPIRES 2021 for $9.98 with free shipping. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 10:20 A.M. I took four extra large Eggland eggs expire February 6, 2015, and I broke them in a large metal mixing bowl. I added two tablespoons of milk, two tablespoons of grated parmesan and Romano cheese, and I seasoned it with ground black pepper, celery salt, and Italian seasonings, and I used a whisk to mix it together. I then put in two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and a tablespoon of Smart Balance extra virgin olive oil spread in my seasoned omelet pan, and I heated it over medium high electric burner heat, and once the fat was hot, I added the egg mixture, and I lowered the heat to medium. Then once the egg mixture became a little bit solid underneath on the bottom, I mixed it up off the bottom with a large plastic cooking spoon several times over a few minutes, until I had soft scrambled eggs. I then put the hot pan on the dinner plate to warm it, and then I put the scrambled eggs on the warm dinner plate, with a toasted English muffin with olive oil, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 9:30 A.M. After the last note, I dressed up warmly. I went outside, and I started up the blue Volvo wagon with the defrosters going full blast. I scraped the ice and the snow off the front windows and rest of the vehicle. I then went to the A&P Fresh. I bought buy one get one free of 6 six packs of Thomas' English muffins for $4.29 each three packs, a dozen America's Choice extra large eggs expire March 15, 2015 for $2.49, two 13.1 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs for $3 each, two four packs of blueberry muffins for $3.99 each four pack, a Bermuda red onion for $1.99 a pound for $1.21, three yams for $1.49 a pound for $3.64, bananas for .79 a pound for $2.90 and 45 cent can return for $32.35 total. I then returned home, and I carried up my groceries, and I put them away. The road on West Putnam Avenue is cleared just fine, and the traffic is moving normally. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 7:25 A.M. On the primary work computer, I booted the Vista partition. It has the Brother P-Touch label printing program. I used my Brother P-Touch label maker hooked up the primary work computer, and I printed out 17 labels naming each of the different 17 computers on my network with their network names. I then attached each label to front of each computer, and I removed the Post-It notes with the same label names. I also printed out five labels with my personal address and telephone information, and I attached one each to back of each of the two Iview tablets, one on the top of Asus Netbook, one on the top of the Dell Latitude E6400 laptop, and one on back of the Nokia Windows 8.1 GoPhone.
I posted pictures of the recent computer changes here:
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and I updated:
http://scott-mike.com/computer.htm . CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 4:10 A.M. I showered, and I cleaned up. I threw out the garbage. There is about a third of an inch thick of ice on the cars with about a half of an inch to an inch of snow on top of that. I will wait until daylight to clear off the Volvo wagon. I picked up the mail. I got my Energy Assistance Grant Letter, and I will be getting $550 in Energy Assistance this year. The roads should be very slippery this morning. CIO
<888> 02/10/15 Tuesday 3:00 A.M. A neighbor rang my doorbell at 6 P.M., but I was too tired to chat with the neighbor. I woke up again, and I chatted with a relative at 9 P.M.. I finally woke up at 1:45 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. CIO
<888> 02/09/15 Monday 3:50 P.M. Queen's wedding visit at Manchester Town Hall 'the best present'
I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will try to go back to bed. CIO
<888> 02/09/15 Monday 3:20 P.M. I did an Aomei backup of both partitions of the primary work computer to the Rosewill 1 TB external USB hard drive. While doing that I cat napped for a while. I ate an apple and 10 Rosemary and extra virgin olive oil Triscuit crackers. I chatted with a relative. When I was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the fall of 1976, I met an elderly lady I chatted with once, and she told me her name was Mrs. Triscuit, which I thought was sort of a strange name. Since on that first trip to Florida on my own back in the fall of 1976, I drove down in my 1966 Chevrolet blue 4 door Biscayne sedan with South Carolina license plates on my car, since I had worked the first half of the year in Greenville, South Carolina for Daniel Construction. Thus instead of appearing as a "Snow Bird", with some recent Southern experience, I appeared to be just another Southern person in Florida, and even my Southern Accent started to come back. Alas, the Yankee money did not follow me down to Florida, so I went from 185 pounds to 125 pounds on that trip below the Mason Dixon Line. I guess I am better off up north, where I can keep busy with my computer network as opposed to bird watching or wave watching, or whatever one does, when one is stuck on the beach during a cold winter in Florida. I did meet a few other people in the same predicament as myself. I remember the headlines in the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel were always about how much snow there was up in Buffalo, New York. There were a lot of yachts around Fort Lauderdale, but people did not appear to use them during the colder weather. Key West was quite a bit warmer than the mainland of Florida. Back then they were just introducing the heat pump into homes into Florida, so people could have both central air conditioning and heating. When I came north in mid April 1977, it was quite cold up north outside, but after spending the winter outside in Florida, I had a bit of tolerance to the cold. I am having a problem falling asleep. CIO
<888> 02/09/15 Monday 12:05 P.M. I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go back to bed. CIO
<888> 02/09/15 Monday 11:40 A.M. I ordered PNY - Compact Attaché 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - Blue/White for $8.99 with free shipping and .57 tax for $9.56 total. CIO
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<888> 02/09/15 Monday 10:30 A.M. I ate 12 rosemary and olive oil Triscuit crackers with 1 inch by 1 inch by 3/16th inch thick slices Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese on them. CIO
<888> 02/09/15 Monday 9:35 A.M. I woke up at 9:15 A.M.. While I was a asleep, I did a Windows Complete PC backup of both partitions on the primary work computer to the 1 TB Rosewill external USB hard drive. CIO
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I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/09/15 Monday 6:00 A.M. I ate a ham and American cheese sandwich on toasted 15 grain bread with Hellmann's olive oil mayonnaise and a dill pickle slice and Wise sour cream and onion potato chips, and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
<888> 02/09/15 Monday 4:50 A.M. I ordered a Lexar® 16GB JumpDrive® S50 USB 2.0 Flash Drive, Blue for $7.99 and .51 tax with free shipping for $8.50 total. CIO
<888> 02/09/15 Monday 4:20 A.M. I did some routine maintenance on the computers. Nothing to write home about. The ReadyBoost pen drive has quit working on the primary work computer, so I have to replace it when I have a chance. I think it is an old 2 gigabyte Crucial pen drive. CIO
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<888> 02/09/15 Monday 12:10 A.M. Windows 10 to get 'holographic' headset and Cortana CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 10:15 P.M. Conyers Farm home asks $28 million CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 10:10 P.M. I woke up at 8 P.M.. I chatted with a relative. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I will now shower and clean up. While having breakfast I watched "Downton Abby". CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 11:55 A.M. I reheated the linguine, tomato sauce and meatball mixture, and I put grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. I will now take a nap. CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 11:00 A.M. I setup Norton Internet Security on a neighbor's computer, and I also setup a Gmail account for the neighbor. I chatted with other neighbors. CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 8:45 A.M. I ordered Lenovo Wireless Headset W770(B) for $19.99 with free shipping with coupon code "USP1FE155782" and $1.27 tax for $21.26 total. I will install them on the Dell Optiplex 740 mini tower in the bedroom. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week of 02/08/15
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 7:15 A.M. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 6:50 A.M. I chatted with a friend.
Prince Charles says radicalisation of young people 'alarming' CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 6:05 A.M. I threw out the garbage. Is slightly misty outside and a bit moist. It is slightly above freezing. CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 5:15 A.M. I put two new 40 watt torpedo bulbs in the picture light about the Rembrandt picture of "The Polish Rider". I put another 25 watt bent tip bulb in the sconce to the up left above the primary computer setup. CIO
<888> 02/08/15 Sunday 4:45 A.M. I chatted with a friend about 9 P.M.. I woke up at 3:15 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. After I have my coffee, I will shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 8:15 P.M. A neighbor rang my door bell and wanted me to help install Norton Internet Security, and I told the neighbor, I would do it later. For dinner, I boiled a 16 ounce box of linguine for 13 minutes, and I strained it in a colander. While doing that I brought to a boil and simmered for about 25 minutes in a sauce pan with lid a 24 ounce jar of Prego garlic tomato sauce which I added a chopped medium Bermuda red onion, garlic powder, Old Bay Seasoning, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian seasoning, and Frank's hot sauce. Toward the end of the time, I microwave a 24 ounce Mama Mancini cheese stuffed meatballs with tomato sauce. Once they were all done, I put half of the linguine on a dinner plate, along with four of the eight meatballs, and I mixed the meatball tomato sauce with the Prego sauce, and I put half of the sauce on the meatballs and linguine. I put the other half of the food in a flat large Rubbermaid container with lid in the refrigerator. I put grated Parmesan and Romano cheese on the dinner plate meal, and I ate it all with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. I chatted with a relative. I will now take a nap. CIO
<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 6:35 P.M. RadioShack: Here’s a Map of All the Stores It’s Closing
Men's Reebok Royal Glide Casual Shoes
$59.99 with free shipping Seagate 1.5TB USB 3.0 2.5" Portable External Hard Drive STBX1500401 Black
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<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 4:25 P.M. I threw out the garbage. I chatted with neighbors. I picked up the mail. The http://www.stjo.org/ has to spend over $300,000 a year on heat in North Dakota, where they produce a lot of energy. CIO
<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 3:50 P.M. http://blog.ctnews.com/weather/2015/02/07/winter-storm-watch-to-snow-for-days/ CIO
<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 3:40 P.M. I chatted with two relatives. CIO
!!!!!! <888> 02/07/15 Saturday 2:20 P.M. Good sites for refurbished computers:
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http://stores.ebay.com/BLAIR-TECHNOLOGY-GROUP
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<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 1:35 P.M. I woke up at noon. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. After I have my coffee, I will shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 5:55 A.M. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat a blueberry muffin, and then I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 5:50 A.M. I made 257 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching series 3 episodes 1 and 2 of the Netflix production of "Borgia". I put the new 5 pound bag of Turkish pipe tobacco in 22 quart Ball mason jars with a little bit less than four ounces in each jar. I ate 10 rosemary and olive oil Triscuit crackers with 1 inch by 1 inch by 3/16th inch thick slices Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese on them. CIO
<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 1:45 A.M. 'Wild birds may spread flu virus'
I will now make cigarettes. CIO
<888> 02/07/15 Saturday 12:35 A.M. I reheated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder lite with ground black pepper, which I ate with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 11:55 P.M. The kids in back country used to use this place http://blog.ctnews.com/propertyrounds/2015/02/06/want-to-hang-at-helmsleys-mansion-itll-cost-you/#30357101=0 back in the mid 1960s as their haunted play house. The key to front door was hidden underneath the front door mat. The place stood empty for many years. It was on the market with its original 80 acres for a quarter of a million dollars, but nobody was interested in it. It is actually not that large. Although the building is long, like a lot of the Great Estates of Greenwich, it is very narrow from front to back. CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 11:50 P.M. I woke up at 11 P.M.. I went outside, and I moved the Volvo wagon to its usual place which is a bit icy. However, I figured an older frail person might want to park closer to the building in a clear spot. I picked up the mail. The order with tracking of https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9400110200830593526853 on the order for Norton Internet Security 1PC CD Version 2014 1 Year protection for 2015 for $19.99 arrived. I slid the thin envelope with the CD underneath the neighbor's door that had ordered it. All quiet on the western front. CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 5:25 P.M. I went downstairs at 4 P.M., and I chatted with a neighbor and the building custodian. I ate two 3 ounce Perdue chicken Italian cutlets, steamed baby carrots and a microwaved potatoe with Smart Balance spread and extra virgin olive oil on the vegetables and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with Spenda sweetener and Stop and Shop lemon juice. I will now take a nap. CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 3:55 P.M. Well, I guess Greenwich, Connecticut is like the Hotel California. You can check out, but you never can leave. I took the cable Y-Splitter off the sound card on the primary work computer, so the Hannspree monitor speakers will only work if plugged into the 5.1 speaker system for now. I put the Y-splitter on the SIIG audio card on the Dell Optiplex 740 mini tower, so both the Logitech 2.1 speaker system and the Lenovo headset are plugged into it, instead of using the Dell motherboard audio for the Lenovo headset. That way one does not have to switch audio settings around.
I noticed under "Preinstall Information" for http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-enterprise-technical-preview , there is a product key, if it does not install automatically. One can cut and paste it to activate it under settings. I also noticed the Windows 10 Technical Preview Enterprise Edition does not expire until October 1, 2015; so I can use it for a while. Thank You, Microsoft. CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 2:05 P.M. I chatted with a relative. Not much happening out here in the frontier of New England. I had an idea a few years ago to make money in this area. We could let Canada annex New England, and then this area in Byram would be full of Duty Free shopping from all of the New Yorkers nearby. Another thing we could do, is make Greenwich a sovereign country like Monaco and make it a tax free investment area like "The City of London" in England, where people put their money safely. Since the residents of Greenwich pay over $3 billion a year in Federal and State taxes, it would seem we would get better services and money back from the larger governments that get the money, but I all I ever see is a lot of traffic and people from out of town trying to make more money off of us. Thus the poor residents of Greenwich bare the brunt of our neighbors whom are more opportunistic. CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 11:25 A.M. http://blog.ctnews.com/weather/2015/02/06/sun-today-snow-through-monday/ CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 11:15 A.M. I woke up at 10 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. After I have my coffee, I will shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 3:15 A.M. It is 9 degrees Fahrenheit http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VNR2OCzlzQA . Anybody here from Texas, Florida, or California in the old days, it is probably too late in one's lifestyle to return to the warmer lifestyles of your former climates. Once one becomes used to the routines of a colder climate, it is hard to adjust to a lifestyle in a warmer climate again. Also the people in the warmer climates generally do not like to see their former residents return, unless they have quite a bit of money or wampum, which is rarely the case after adjusting to a lifestyle up in the North Country. Much could be said for people trying to return back up north after finding out the hard core facts of southern living. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat a blueberry muffin, and then I will go to bed. Stay Warm! CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 1:55 A.M. Buy the 12-inch Surface Pro 3, the tablet that can replace your laptop. - Microsoft Store
Email - Is America poised for greatness again? - Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library
Office universal apps land in Windows 10 technical preview | ZDNet
Global Volcanism Program | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
Planck telescope puts new datestamp on first stars CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 1:15 A.M. I have the printer drivers installed on the two laser printers mentioned in the previous note. CIO
<888> 02/06/15 Friday 12:05 A.M. I ate a ham and American cheese sandwich on toasted 15 grain bread with Hellmann's olive oil mayonnaise and a dill pickle slice and Wise sour cream and onion potato chips, and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
Birthday Boy http://www.reaganfoundation.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 11:00 P.M. I setup the Ricoh laser printer to the right side of the bedroom desk on the small CVS laptop table, and I connected it to the Dell Optiplex 740 mini tower. I still have to install the drivers. I dusted around it, and I put the white AT&T loud volume phone connected to Optimum Online Long Distance on top of it along with the vintage Dictaphone. I sorted out the paper work that was in the metal file holder behind it, and I put the metal file holder on the bedroom window shelf underneath the Premier cigarette tubes. I dusted the little leather desk caddy. I found my ticket to the Louvre, when I went to Paris, France and my program from when I attended the Saratoga Travers horse race along with some other ticket stub and a quarter and a penny for 26 cents total. From that location, I move the Dell Laser Printer to on top of the Samsung Color laser printer on the rear top of the white bookcase at the kitchen entrance connected up to the Dell E6400 laptop computer. I still have to install the drivers on both of its partitions. I put the Glade Scent device on top of the Brother All Purpose machine just to the right. I threw out the Ricoh shipping box with some of the old papers. It is 12 degrees Fahrenheit outside at the moment http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VNQ6iCzlzQA . CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 8:00 P.M. I went outside, and I threw out the garbage. My Volvo wagon did not have any snow on it. However, a neighbor had parked within a foot of the driver's side door, so I could not get in it. I climbed into the passenger side front door and with a bit of effort for a fat person like myself, I was able to climb over the hump in the center and moved the Volvo wagon over about 18 inches, so one can not get in and out of the driver's side. I picked up the mail. I chatted with a neighbor. I chatted with a relative. I will now shower and clean up. When in the Volvo wagon, I heard on National Public Radio that Boston got 40 inches of snow this week. They have moved 7,500 truck loads of snow off the streets of Boston at a cost of $10 million 2/3rds of their snow budget. In the snow removal area, they have a machine from the Port Authority of Boston that they are using to melt the snow to make room for more snow that is removed. CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 5:30 P.M. The order with tracking of http://wwwapps.ups.com/etracking/tracking.cgi?tracknum=1Z0X118A0375409107 on the order for $26.99 $27 with free shipping Ricoh SP 112 Low Profile Monochrome Laser Printer arrived. I woke up at 4 P.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I chatted with a friend. CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 8:40 A.M. I chatted with a friend. Some more light and fluffy stuff this Sunday and next week http://blog.ctnews.com/weather/2015/02/05/forecast-light-snow-bitter-cold-then-more-snow/ , and of course it is suppose to be one degree Fahrenheit tonight. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat a blue berry muffin, and then I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 7:05 A.M. My www.cl-p.com electricity bill for January 2015 is $286.61 for 1404 kWh for 30 days for 46.80 kWh per day with an average temperature of 24.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
For January 2014, it was $233.38 for 1374 kWh for 28 days for 49.07 kWh per day with an average temperature of 28.2 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cunard® CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 6:25 A.M. This says there is another Michael L. Scott in the Justice Department that got an award for prosecuting the manufactures of LCD screens http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/attorney-general-holder-recognizes-department-employees-and-others-for-their-service-at-annual-awards-ceremony , but I did invest a lot of money LCD screen over the years. Bill O'Reilly said on www.foxnews.com this past evening that tens of millions of United States of America residents smoke marijuana, which I had never heard before. It would seem that whom is ever selling it could be taxed for non payment of taxes like Al Capone in the old days. CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 5:10 A.M. I ate two 3 ounce Perdue chicken Italian cutlets, steamed baby carrots and two medium microwaved potatoes with Smart Balance spread and extra virgin olive oil on the vegetables and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with Spenda sweetener and Stop and Shop lemon juice. CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 3:10 A.M. I put away the clean laundry. I sat outside briefly between different dryers being done, and I could hear the sound of heavy equipment removing the large piles of snow in this area nearby. I think they dump it all at Grass Island, because they are not allowed to dump it into Long Island sound, but for real when it melts it is still going to run off into Long Island Sound. Perhaps they do not want home made icebergs in Greenwich Harbor with all of the nautical traffic, we have this time of year. CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 2:30 A.M. Two inches of the white powdery stuff from the heavens is suppose to arrive in the morning at Rush House, so everyone should take another day off in this area and keep their vehicles safe from the hazardous highways and roads in this area http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CTZ009&warncounty=CTC001&firewxzone=CTZ009&local_place1=Greenwich%20CT&product1=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VNMXeCzlzQA . Myopic business people who are not used to snowy and hazardous conditions are taking a big chance. If you don't believe me, one can look at http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/state-by-state-overview . One can always call up their automobile insurance person and chat with them, if you do not believe me. They obviously have a vested interest in keeping one safe and off the road. Of course insurance money is not going to do one any good, if one is pushing up tulips so to speak. When I used to know the founder of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, he knew how dangerous driving can be, and he did not own a vehicle, and he preferred to push a Publix grocery store cart around Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and if he had to travel he took a dog better known as a Greyhound Bus. I am very cautious in my driving habits, and I wait for the roads to be cleared no matter how long it takes. Also for local pedestrians in this section of Byram, the sidewalks on West Putnam Avenue are not always plowed right away, since the snow from the roadway covers them deeply, so pedestrians have to risk their lives walking on the snowy roadway, which is too dangerous for common sense people. CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 1:50 A.M. I have 45 minutes to go on two dry cycles. The regular size Maytag washer as usual became unbalanced with the whites load, and it took a while for it to unbalance itself. CIO
<888> 02/05/15 Thursday 1:10 A.M. I have 20 minutes to go on two wash cycles. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 11:35 P.M. Tracking is http://wwwapps.ups.com/etracking/tracking.cgi?tracknum=1Z0X118A0375409107 on the order for $26.99 $27 with free shipping Ricoh SP 112 Low Profile Monochrome Laser Printer CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 11:25 P.M. I called up Cablevision at 1-203-348-9211, and they told me I should called the Optimum Security Department in the daytime at 1-516-803-2770. The primary computer seems to be running fine, so at the moment there is no point in calling them. I probably will not be up in the daytime anyway. I threw out the garbage. The parking lots looks like it might be set up for more elevator construction, since there are no cars parked on my side of the building with orange cones blocking the parking and the other side of the building four cars are parked parallel instead of perpendicular to the curb. Maybe it has to do with future snow conditions, I don't know. I picked up the mail. I will now water the plants and put clean linens on my bed. I will then shower and clean up and start my laundry. Night time people pretty much have to do the same time as daytime people do, so there is not anything strange about being awake at night, other than it is less crowded. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 9:55 P.M. I could not fall asleep this morning. I ate a blueberry muffin. At around 10 A.M., I chatted with a friend who was stuck in traffic in the maze of roads somewhere I do not know about. I chatted with a relative around 11 A.M.. I finally fell asleep around 1 P.M.. A neighbor who has had car trouble recently knocked on my door to tell me that Microsoft is working on a new Contact Program. He wanted a ride to work tomorrow morning, but I might not be awake, and I do not go out in this cold weather unless I absolutely have to, so I am not going to drive him. I chatted with a relative. Apparently www.costco.com sells chicken salad made with rotisserie chickens. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I chatted with a relative. When I tried to log onto my remote Optimum web site, it would not upload. When I browsed the remote web site, I got a warning from Optimum that my remote web site was infiltrated with some sort of system problem, and they send me to a Optimum web page telling me to reinstall my personal computer operating system, which I did not. When I clicked on the next page, it restarted my cable modem. Now the Connection icon in the tray says I am disconnected and off line, but I am still online. There is some sort of monkey business going on with Optimum. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 7:40 A.M. Well not much happening out here in the Tundra of Greater Southwestern Connecticut. As a sign of the cold weather in this area, I saw a famous Norwegian at the A&P Fresh yesterday that none of the local people whom are from warmer climates working here recognized. He probably knows a few things that he is not telling us, while he smells the orchids, which certainly are not from Norway. However, since the famous Norwegian is in the transport business, more than likely he has taken off to some place else. From what I know about Norway which is not too much, is that they have a lot of their culture based on old folk lore which might not be relevant to this area. I did not noticed whether Norwegian salmon was any cheaper or not, but the last time I saw it, it was $8.99 a pound for filet of Atlantic salmon, but I think Norwegian salmon is about twice as expensive, and even more if it is smoked. Thus I learned, when I visited Oslo, Norway in the winter of 1983, and I did not eat any food for two weeks, that the Norwegian are not really that hospitable at home. I lived off Swedish Wasa Crips which were the cheapest thing that I could buy in Oslo. Possibly with the cheaper prices of oil, also the Norwegian and the Scottish oil tycoons are coming back down to earth in reality versus their long run at higher priced oil. I will now shut down the primary work computer. I will eat an old apple, and then I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 7:00 A.M. Commuter train accident is latest problem for Metro-North CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 6:45 A.M. Basically I run my home office based on my budget and my experience. I do not focus my home office on a couch with a television to watch, but lots of networked computers, so I can keep busy on the internet. The television is meant for relaxation and not to keep busy. Much of what one sees on television is paid advertising based on somebody else's business viewpoint. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 6:15 A.M. I chatted with Scotland Yard at 011442072301212, and I chatted briefly. They told me they are handling a lot of life and death situations in London, but it is currently not the weather that is a problem over there http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/London+United+Kingdom+UKXX0085:1:UK . It is probably a lack of experience help in dealing with certain situations that the old time people whom are retired would know how to deal with. I guess with all of the people in London from warmer parts of the world, they might not be used to the British way of life which is quite frugal and simple. All I can figure out, if one were in a life or death situation in London, one might try to have a cup of tea and relax and think about it in a more calm perspective, which is why I prefer to stay at home and not travel at an older age. I ate 13 rosemary and olive oil Triscuit crackers with 1 inch by 1 inch by 3/16th inch thick slices Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese on them. In the old days in Greenwich, Connecticut, the rich people could afford to keep a lot of Norwegian help around to deal with the colder weather problems, but now that the Norwegians are so rich, they are no longer available for cold weather duty. When I paid my rent today at the Wells Fargo Bank on Havemayer Place to the Greenwich Housing Authority, the woman bank teller was from the island of Jamaica, which is suppose to be warmer than this area, but I have never been there, since when Michael Manley was Prime Minister, he confiscated all of the private property from the white people that once lived there. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 5:10 A.M. Now if one looks at this picture nine years ago of me http://scott-mike.com/mike-scott-vero-beach-florida-february-2006.JPG , I probably look older today http://scott-mike.com/resumee.htm . Thus nobody is interested in me, and they are just living off what little bits of money they have left and their past glories. The town motto of Greenwich, Connecticut is, "Frugality and Fortune". That means not to spend money like a drunken sailor. I do things based on my experience and not based on the local Chamber of Commerce experience. Frequently a lot of the people around here are from other parts of the area or the world, so we don't share the same experiences. I can remember when the stock market collapsed in the fall of 1973, and stockbrokers were working as bus boys for $20 a day. In the recession of 1978, I remember a Saudi Arabian resident down in Key West that drove around in an old rusted out www.gmc.com Jimmy convertible with three other friends, but they did not have much money, so the Saudi hung around Mel Fisher's children at Louie's Patio windsurfing dock while Mel Fisher looked for the Treasure of the Atocha http://www.melfisher.com/ . CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 4:00 A.M. I just chatted with http://www.superpages.com/bp/Greenwich-CT/Putnam-Shell-L0001260689.htm about the price of tea in China. CIO
!!!!!! <888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 3:35 A.M. If one is having problems locally in Greenwich, Connecticut in the colder weather, the local police non emergency number is 1-203-622-8000 and follow the prompts. The Greenwich, Connecticut Public Safety Building at the center of Greenwich Avenue is now opened 24 hours a day as a Public Warming Center if anyone is too cold http://blog.ctnews.com/realtime/2015/02/03/greenwich-is-weathering-winter-storm-warming-center-is-open/ . CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 3:05 A.M. I called up www.microsoft.com Global Security at 1-425-882-8080, and I explained we are having cold weather in this neck of the woods. It is currently 13 degrees Fahrenheit outside in Greenwich, Connecticut and Thursday night there is suppose to be a low of 3 degrees Fahrenheit http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Greenwich&state=CT&site=OKX&lat=41.0613&lon=-73.6368#.VNHQ9yzlzQA . A lot of electronics like batteries do not work well in very cold weather and do not last as long, so one's mobile devices might not work if out in the cold too long. When I traveled around in the cold when younger, I found out the www.army.mil Cold Weather Studies Program was at www.dartmouth.com college. If anyone is out in this cold, it must be Nanook of the North. Nobody communicates with me, so I assume everything is all right. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 2:30 A.M. Actually I visited the http://taftschool.org/ in the spring of 1977 for my ninth class reunion after having spent the winter in Key West and south Florida, so I might have been darkly tanned at that reunion, and there might be a photograph of me at that reunion. I recalled talking to an African American Federal Judge from Washington D.C. at that reunion who was in my class, and I also chatted with Senator Bob Taft who was a couple of classes before me. Maybe I was so darkly tanned, nobody recognized me. I was back living in Nantucket by that spring, so I might have paled out. I had visited Jim Eldert at the University of New Hampshire and the Seabrook demonstration and I also visited Exeter, New Hampshire and Dartmouth College and afterwards Williamsburg, Virginia. I had gone to the Science Fair at the Prudential Center in Boston at the time of the Boston Marathon. That is where I met the www.army.mil major that looked like Ronald Reagan recruiting for the army, and the www.harvard.edu student that looked like Bill Gates that lived west of Kenmore Square in Cambridge put me up for the night. I also spent a couple of weeks in Stowe, Vermont cleaning up the Sister Kates bar after it had closed for the season. The Stowe Ski patrol have to endure temperatures of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit on top of the mountain. I also recall visiting Portland, Maine, and traveling to the gate of Bowden college. After the Taft Reunion, I returned to Nantucket, but later that spring, I went down to the Greenwich Hospital to have a sebaceous cist removed from my right forehead that was bulging, and it was removed by a Jamaican intern at the old Greenwich Hospital outpatient center. I then returned to Nantucket that same day in time for work, and I bumped my head on the ceiling of the Languedoc restaurant back steps ceiling which messed up the stitches, so the scar still shows. Later in the summer of 1977, I worked at the Gordon Folger Hotel, and there is a staff photo of me taken that summer. In the spring of 1978, I returned from Key West to Nantucket with a friend from Long Island that I met in Key West, and I resumed work in the various restaurants that I worked at. The Taft reunion and the out patient surgery might have been in the spring of 1978, but at the moment, I do not recall having left the island back then. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 1:45 A.M. When my United States passport and travel funds were stolen in August 1980, I was told a couple of years later by American Express that somebody was using my passport in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. I did visit Frankfort, Germany in December 1980 with the new passport that I had gotten recently at the United States State Department at Rockefeller Center. The passport that was stolen I had gotten in August 1980 at the United States State Department at Stamford, Connecticut. From what I know about my own investigations into the matter, someone locally in this area was impersonating me in Europe, and the matter was covered up, either by the Europeans or someone here locally. Possibly the individual was a foreign national that never returned back to this country. I do know that Europeans keep a lot closer track on visitors than most visitors realize, so somebody out there in the wood work knows something, they are not telling us. If somebody were using my passport, they would have to have looked something like me back then, so possibly the individual still looks like me somewhere in the world and is still impersonating me. Not many pictures of me were taken in that period as I recall. There was a picture of me in the Key West Citizen sitting in the Monroe County Library back in the winter of 1978. The only other picture that was taken of me in that period was three years later in Kennebunkport, Maine http://scott-mike.com/mike-scott-kennebunkport-maine-august-1983.jpg . Thus since I have a Dutch, Scottish, English look, it could be somebody that used my passport and funds to flee the country. All I know is that I never got any feed back on the situation. I was told by the United States State Department that they have no way of tracking lost passports. At the time I was living with a United States State Department family, so possibly somebody with Federal Government connections used my identification for some other purpose. Since I am a relatively private individual with neighbors who have other contacts, it is still a mystery to me. At the time, I was about six feet tall and 135 pounds, and not tanned, since I was living up north, but I had been to Laguna Beach, California and Hawaii earlier that summer, so maybe I was a bit more tanned than I realized. Just like when I came off Nantucket in December 1983 shortly after that picture, and I visited Toronto, Ontario, Canada after visiting Fort Lauderdale, Florida and returning to Nantucket. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 1:05 A.M. I ordered with free shipping for $26.99 $27 with free shipping Ricoh SP 112 Low Profile Monochrome Laser Printer . I will put the new Ricoh black and white laser printer on top of the Samasung color laser printer on the white book case at the kitchen entrance. I never used the Samsung color laser printer except for my Christmas Card letters, so it does not get much usage. Four replacement color toner cartridges cost about $200, so I never print out in color regularly. CIO
<888> 02/04/15 Wednesday 12:20 A.M. BBC News - Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'
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<888> 02/03/15 Tuesday 11:20 P.M. www.cl-p.com has become www.eversource.com .
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I once bought the original Radio Shack Tandy Computer setup with Basic language disks at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop for $40. It was made around 1976 and had a monitor, hard drive, CPU, and lots of Basic Language programs. I put it out by the dumpster here about 20 years ago. CIO
<888> 02/03/15 Tuesday 9:30 P.M. I reheated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder with dried parsley, which I ate with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
<888> 02/03/15 Tuesday 8:40 P.M. Facing the crocodile that 'ate my wife' CIO
<888> 02/03/15 Tuesday 8:25 P.M. I woke up at 7:30 P.M., when a neighbor rang my door bell. The neighbor needed help with his Philips TV remote control. I told him one has to push the TV button first, and then the power button for on and off. I went downstairs, and I picked up the mail. The order with tracking of https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9400111899280821030440 on the order for New USB 3 Fan Blue LED Light Laptop Notebook Cooling Cooler Pad Stand for $9.69 arrived. I will put it underneath the second Dell D410 laptop to the left of the primary work computer. I chatted with a relative.
<888> 02/03/15 Tuesday 2:40 P.M. When I went downtown and back this morning, the odometer on my 10 year old Volvo wagon just turned to 110,000 miles. I reheated and ate the hot and spicy fried chicken tenders dinner with macaroni and cheese along with a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. I will now take a nap. CIO
<888> 02/03/15 Tuesday 1:50 P.M. I threw out the garbage. I went by the A&P Fresh, and I bought four blueberry muffins for $3.99 and 95 cent can return for $3.04 total. I then went by the new www.chase.com bank west of the Greenwich Library. I then went by the Wells Fargo Bank on Havemayer Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority. I then went by the Greenwich Senior Center. I reregistered in the computer data base, and I paid $5 for another yearly parking permit number 15228. I put the yellow parking permit underneath the old orange parking permit on the lower driver's side inside front window of my Volvo wagon. I then went by the Stop and Shop. I bought a loaf of Pepperidge Farm 12 grain bread for $2.87, A 59 ounce Minute Maid Premium orange juice with calcium for $2.89, deli sliced Stop and Shop white American cheese for $4.99 a pound for $5.09, deli sliced Stop and Shop ham for $4.99 a pound for $5.14, a 16 ounce Hungry Man beef pattie dinner for $2.50, a 16 ounce Hungry Man chicken filet dinner for $2.50, two 9 ounce Triscuit Rosemary and Extra Virgin Olive oil crackers for $3 each, a five quart package of Stop and Shop powdered milk for $7.29, a 42 ounce Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal for $3.84, two 18 ounce Campbell's New England clam chowder for $1.25 each, two 12 ounce generic honey for $2.50 each, buy one 9.5 ounce Lays lightly salted potato chips get one free for $4.29 both, a prepared fried chicken bits and macaroni and cheese dinner for $2.99, bananas for .49 a pound for .96, and a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.50 for $59 total. I then returned home, and I carried up my groceries, and I put them away. I chatted with a relative. CIO
<888> 02/03/15 Tuesday 9:00 A.M. I woke up at 8 A.M., when a friend called. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I will now shower and clean up. I will then go downtown for errands. CIO
<888> 02/03/15 Tuesday 1:25 A.M. On the primary work computer, I installed the Windows Updates. I did some other system's maintenance. I then did a Complete PC backup of both partitions to the second backup hard drive. While doing that I watched Series 3, Episodes 4 and 5 of "Jeeves and Wooster". I also ate a 7.5 ounce bag of Cheddar Cheese Chex Mix. I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 9:15 P.M. I chatted with a relative.
Tracking is https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9400110200830593526853 on the order for Norton Internet Security 1PC CD Version 2014 1 Year protection for 2015 for $19.99.
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<888> 02/02/15 Monday 8:10 P.M. I ate a 19 ounce Stouffer's tomato and meat lasagna with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 7:30 P.M. I cleaned another four inches of powdery snow off the Volvo wagon which makes about nine inches of snow and ice we got all together. I got my Greenwich Housing Authority rent statement today. On the Lenovo ThinkCentre to the left of the FIC server and the Dell Optiplex 740 mini tower on the right side of the bedroom desk, I have the two older heavy Dell 20 inch LCD monitors hooked up with DVI cables, so that means when one starts up either system, one has to use the monitor input button to select the second setting for DVI, since it is not an automatic setting. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 6:45 P.M. I chatted with a friend. I installed the new video card in the Lenovo ThinkCentre to the right of the FIC server. The video card did not come with a low riser slot adapter, but I had a spare one that I installed. I installed the drivers for it on both partitions, and it seems to work just fine. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 4:40 P.M. A neighbor who makes their own cigarettes knocked on my door, and I sold the neighbor four ounces of Turkish pipe tobacco for $1.46 an ounce. The neighbor already owes me for another four ounces, so now the neighbor owes me $11.68, when the neighbor can make it outside in better weather. I ran the Norton Utilities, and the computer seems to boot up faster. I am not sure if Internet Explorer 8 is working any better or not. I picked up the mail. The order with tracking of https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction.action?tRef=fullpage&tLc=1&text28777=&tLabels=9205590106531505024369 on the order for http://www.pipesandcigars.com/pipe-tobacco/40011/peter-stokkebye-84-turkish/#p-106299 for $1.46 an ounce for $116.80 total with free shipping arrived and the order with tracking of http://www.newegg.com/Info/TrackOrder.aspx?TrackingNumber=61299998266820505750&type=0 on the order for PNY RVCGG2101D3XXB GeForce 210 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card for $21.99 with free shipping arrived. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 3:10 P.M. I bought Norton Utilities (For 3 PCs) [Download] for $17.18. I will now install it and run it on the primary work computer. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 2:50 P.M. The palace of shame that makes China angry
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<888> 02/02/15 Monday 1:15 P.M. I threw out the garbage. I cleaned about five inches of snow and ice off my Volvo wagon. I moved it to a plowed parking space, and I ran it for five minutes. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 12:20 P.M. Yesterday and today while I woke up, I ate 6 ounces of Cheez-its twice. I finally woke up at 11 A.M.. I chatted with a relative. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 3:55 A.M. I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 3:35 A.M. http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/tech/mci-robot-parking-valet/index.html
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<888> 02/02/15 Monday 2:50 A.M. I went downstairs, and I checked outside. There is about 1.5 to 2 inches of snow accumulation outside. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 2:35 A.M. I ate a ham and American cheese sandwich on toasted 15 grain bread with Hellmann's olive oil mayonnaise and a dill pickle slice and Wise sour cream and onion potato chips, and a 12 ounce glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. CIO
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<888> 02/02/15 Monday 1:20 A.M. Local web cam picture on I-95 http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=2354&q=415220 . CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 1:05 A.M. I updated the drivers and the monitor settings on the three other computers, that I changed the monitors around on. All systems good to go. However, for what purpose other than Microsoft beta testing, I have no idea. CIO
<888> 02/02/15 Monday 12:05 A.M. I mailed the Microsoft Money Sunset report for January 2015 in the mail room downstairs. It is currently snowing outside with about an inch of new snow accumulation on the ground. CIO
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 10:20 P.M. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with equal sweetener and milk. I made my bed. I watched the most recent episode of "Downton Abbey". Since there are only 4 million people in Scotland, there are not many people of Scottish background in this country. Besides being one fourth Scottish, and I am also one fourth English or which there are more people. Also since I am half Dutch American, there might be some other Dutch Americans in this neck of the woods, but they do not pay much attention to me, since I do not have a Vanderbilt fortune connection like some of the other Dutch Americans in this area. Alas, I will have to make do with whatever comes my way. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 8:35 P.M. My neighbor stopped by and gave me $20 for the software that I ordered for him. CIO
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 8:20 P.M. For my neighbor, I ordered Norton Internet Security 1PC CD Version 2014 1 Year protection for 2015 for $19.99. I called the neighbor, and let the neighbor know. CIO
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 8:05 P.M. I woke up at 7:30 P.M.. A neighbor rang my door bell. The neighbor wants me to help him update Norton Internet Security. The neighbor will come back at 10 P.M.. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week of 02/01/15
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 9:05 A.M. http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Yet-another-snowstorm-bears-down-on-Connecticut-6054199.php
The heavy Dell 20 inch LCD monitor that I put on the Lenovo ThinkCentre to the right of the FIC server developed a line on it earlier this past evening, which is why I moved the heavy Dell 20 inch monitors.
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I printed out two copies of my Microsoft Sunset Income versus Spending report for January 2015, and I have one copy ready to mail to an interested relative. I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the primary work computer. I will eat 8 ounces of Dannon vanilla yogurt, and then I will go to bed. CIO
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 7:45 A.M. I have the other monitors moved around and setup. I turned on the computers to make sure they work, but I did not boot them up to install the new drivers, but they should do that plug and play. CIO
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 6:20 A.M. From the IBM ThinkCentre along side the Ethan Allen recliner, I moved the Hannspree 23 inch LED monitor to the right side of the primary computer setup and the Acer 22 inch LCD monitor to the left side of the primary computer setup for easier regular working conditions. I used a RCA Y-splitter to connect the sound on the Hannspree monitor. I put 3M Command Plastic hooks on the far right and the far left side of the monitor setup for headphones. I will now install one of the big heavy 20 inch LCD Panasonic monitors on the Lenovo ThinkCentre to the right of the FIC server, and the other one on the Panasonic Optiplex 740 setup in the bedroom. I will move the 23 inch AOC LED monitor from the bedroom and the 19 inch Acer LCD monitor from the Lenovo ThinkCentre to the right of the FIC sever to the IBM ThinkCentre along side the Ethan Allen recliner with the larger AOC monitor on the right side for web browsing. This all will take about an hour. CIO
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 3:50 A.M. When I make a ham and cheese sandwich, I use four layers of 3/64th inch sliced deli ham interlaced with four 1/8th inch thick slices of various deli cheese on two slices of Pepperidge Farm toasted 15 grain bread with Hellmann's mayonnaise covering both inside slices, and I cut it in half on the long square side. CIO
<888> 02/01/15 Sunday 3:25 A.M. I made 303 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching episodes 8 and 9 and 10 of "Marco Polo" on Netflix. CIO
