Note:<888> 2/28/98 Saturday 11:59 P.M. EST: Today I was up about 1 P.M. after two morning calls. I drove up to COMPUSA in Norwalk about an hour later. I helped a young Asian girl at the entrance of CompUSA load a Toshiba 17 inch monitor into her small car which was onsale for $399, by removing it from the 4' X 4' X 4' box and placing it on the back seat. I hope she was able to remove it when she arrived home. I also stopped by at the Junior League shop called the Yellow Balloon in Darien on the way up. However, they have mostly women's and children's items there. The Southern gal at the desk is always very hospitable. I noticed at CompUSA a number of sale items that end today. 20X cdrom player $69. Compaq 166 MhZ CPU $599. Also they have the Kingston and Cyrex 486 processor upgrades to 133mhz for $99. I was told I might be able to use the 200 mhz processor upgrade in my motherboard which accepts the Pentium Overdrive size which would be $249. I did not purchase any items at CompUSA. I drove down on the Post Road through Stamford and stopped at PC Warehouse at the beginning of Long Ridge and High Ridge Roads. I was told that I could buy a motherboard, 200 mhz processor, and mini tower case for about $300, which might be the way to upgrade the system when I have the funds. I stopped by Egghead in Old Greenwich and purchased a floppy drive cleaning kit for $3.90. Today was their last day and the store is now closed. I went downtown on Greenwich Avenue in a lot of traffic. I noticed quite a few people walking around in hunting and riding outfits. I stopped by Zyn and purchased two buy two get one free of Merits for $11 total. I hopefully will quit the smokes totally when the pills take affect in about two weeks. I sat out for a while and walked around the bottom of the Avenue. I then went to the Grand Union and purchased a Purdue Chicken on sale for $5.88 at about 89 cents a pound, one 12 pack of Lipton tea for $1.99, one 12 pack of Schweppes for $1.99, and a 12 pack of Barq's rootbeer for $3.99. I also purchased 2 boxes peas at 50 cents each, two boxes corn at 50 cents each, one box brocolli for 99 cents. Also I purchased Mrs. Paul's fish fillets for $3.69, Mrs. Paul's Clams for $1.99, 2% half gallon milk $1.84, two 3 kings bacon at $1.74 each, Purex liquid detergent gallon for $2.49, large eggs 79 cents, for a total with can deposit of $32.95. It was quite a load to carry up to the apartment in one trip from the car when I arrived home. I had the fish cakes for dinner with a potatoe and afterwards a cup of coffee. I went out at 9 P.M. and walked the bottom of the avenue. I noticed a VIP party going on at Saks. I saw lots of moviegoers exiting in the rain. I returned home at 10 P.M. and tried to find something interesting to watch on television to no avail. I filed this report around midnight. I will post my www.mikescott.net/stats.htm at the same time. Lets hope tomorrow is sunny. I will be up a while reading the news on the net. CIO

Note:<888> 2/27/98 Friday 6:25 P.M. EST: Updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm .

Note:<888> 2/27/98 Friday 5:10 P.M. EST: Today I was up at 10:30 P.M.. I chatted with a neighbor planting daffodils. I had a friend stop by and we stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop to look at the HP DeskJet 500 printer for sale there without the power supply. We checked at Entree computer and they did not have the power supply. We went back to the Hospital Thrift shop and negotiated a fair price of $5 down from $15. When we returned back to my place, we checked with HP and they said a power supply would be $45. He said that he had a friend that worked for HP and he would check with him for an old power supply. I gave him an ink catridge refiller and parallel cable I had lying around. After he left I went downtown and walked around for a while. It did not seem very busy on this 55 F. degree day. I took my smoking withdrawal pill this morning. I had more turkey with mushroom gravy, potatoe, and green beans for an early dinner. I will do a little internet work after I post this. CIO

Note:<888> 2/26/98 Thursday 10:10 P.M. EST: Today was a glorious sunny warm 50 degree F. day. I was up at 10 A.M. and went out about 11:30 A.M. after breakfast. I stopped by Radio Shack in Port Chester looking for a part they did not have. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop as usual. I drove down Greenwich Avenue. I went for a short walk downtown. I drove through Bruce Park and went to Egghead Software closing their store with 75% percent off all merchandise. I picked up a Travan 3 or 4 Cirttape Tape Drive cleaner regularly $26.00 for $5.20 unfortunately I have a Travan 1 so it won't work. I picked up the 1995 Comptons Encyclopedia CDRom regulary $10 for $2.50, and I picked up a Egghead Stainless Steal insulated coffee mug regularly $20 for $5. They don't have much left, but one never knows what one might fine. While there a sales representative gave me a dealer's Evaluation Edition of Goldmine 4.0 a PIM program on CDROM, which I can't use until I get a CDROM drive. He also handed out to the Egghead employees a version of Linux UNIX program which they eagerly grabbed up. I guess Goldmine Software distributes LINUX on a CDROM. I suppose it would work with the new Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Unix browser. I chatted with him about tech. I previously stopped by Radio Shack at the Riverside shopping center and bought a Gold Soderless Stereo 1/8 inch mini phone plug for $3. I drove by Tod's Point and it was quite busy on a sunny day. I returned back to town and made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by CVS pharmacy and picked up a prescription for Wellbutrin to help me quit smoking. It is like Zantec. I hopefully with be able to gradually quit smoking. I walked up and down Greenwich Avenue enjoying the day. I noticed a couple of youngsters in Knit caps trying to blend into the crowd inconspicuously. I use to always wear knit caps on cold days, since one looses over 50 percent of their body heat through their head. They were taking photographs outside the Foreign Study Institute. I puchased a can of peanuts for $1.59 and a bag of black licorice sticks for 99 cents while picking up my prescription. I think licorice sticks are an old wives folk remedy for constipation, but I use to like them as a kid. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and returned the videotape and read the paper, and chatted with the Burns Security Guard. I returned home at 6 P.M.. I defrosted some frozen Thanksgiving Turkey and sauteed Grand Union mushroom gravy with chopped onions, olive oil, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter", two cans of canned mushrooms and a quarter cup of white wine, and a tablespoon of Jack Daniel's Whiskey making a hearty mushroom gravy for the turkey breat to go along with two small potatoes and canned green beans. I then installed the Gold Plug on my cable from the computer speakers to my amplifier by cutting the cord and screwing the three wires to the plug. I got the right configuration on the third try. I believe the black wire is the unique wire in a stereo plug at the high point. I now am able to play the computer audio through my stereo system in full stereo without the bussing sound. It works great. I downloaded the new version of www.thedj.com which sounds pretty good through my stereo system. I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . The portfolio was up today with Bank stocks doing well. I filed this report and updated my site day. I have not been doing much web surfing recently doing errands instead. I noticed in the Greenwich Times today a Swedish prep hockey team is visiting the area, so perhaps there are other foreign visitors in the area as usual. After all this is a contiguous part of New York City. I will take a short drive downtown and then do a little web surfing. CIO

Note:<888> 2/25/98 Wednesday 11:45 P.M. EST: Today I was up at 10 A.M.. After a breakfast of Kelloggs's cornflakes, Arnold Healthnut bread, Tropicana Orange Juice, A&P coffee www.mikescott.net/coffee.htm , and my usual mixture of vitamins; I proceded to scour the five major thrift shops www.mikescott.net/thrift.htm in Greenwich. Owing to their poplularity they seem to have mostly clothes anymore, and less furniture, bric a brac, and other interesting items. However, with Spring Cleaning coming up, I am sure more interesting curiosities will be showing up to amuse the frugal minded of Greenwich and our neighboring communities. I also stopped by Tod's Point and there did not appear to be any flood damage in Old Greenwich. One of our local observers in the library said he was going to attend a reception with the head of the World's largest private military. I stopped by Radio Shack and I need two sterio connectors to replace two mono connectors, I use in my sound card to speakers to amplifier setup, so I can play computer sterio sound through my apartment sound system and not just mono sound. I went up to Wilton at 4 P.M., stopping by Radio Shack there also looking for the parts. I might have to cut a cord and put the proper sterio plug on it. I had a barbeque steak dinner on the gas grill with potatoe and brocolli and watched the videotape Kissinger and Nixon which showed a lot more than I ever read in the New York Times during that period. I returned to Greenwich and took a short stroll on the Avenue. I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . It was an up day for Wall Street. I also put $10 of premium in my car today at the Exxon station across from the library and put 25 cents in a parking meter on Greenwich Avenue. I never waste my money at Starbucks' since my coffee at home tastes better. Yesterday on Tuesday I picked up a 12 pack of Schweppes Gingerale and a 12 pack of Lipton Ice Tea at the Grand Union for $2 apiece plus deposit. I also bought a head of brocolli for $1.50, Pepperidge Farm Parmesian Cheese crackers for $1.69, and Tony's 4 cheese frozen pizza for $3. Basically it is the same old routine in Greenwich. I did notice on Tuesday night that the water was within a foot of the top of the Sea Wall at Greenwich Harbor Inn and Greenwich Capital Associates www.greenwich.com which I believe is owned by National Westminster Bank of London, England. I have not had much time to surf the net, but I am sure you will find plenty to explore without my assistance. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888> 2/24/98 Tuesday 5:15 P.M. EST: Updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . Today I worked on the wiring to my amplifier that I am able to play my computer sound through. I run a cable from the computer speaker into the phono input on the amplifier. It is a little bit more complicated than it sounds, using different adapters. I can play sound fine, but for some reason, one of the cables can not be plug in all the way just half way, or I get a hum. That I can live with. I also play my television, short wave radio, CD player, tape deck, and record player thru the amplifier outputting to 15 seperate speakers around the apartment, so there are a lot of wires to fiddle with, but it all works fine. Occassionally I have to recheck the wires. I did not get much done on the net today. The Hospital thrift shop has a HP inkject printer for $15, but I think it would be risky to buy since it is missing the cord and can not be tested, not to mention ink jets can be a little messy. Have a good night, I have a dinner guest coming down, and we will watch the videotape Kissinger and Nixon. CIO

Note:<888> 2/23/98 Monday 4:45 P.M. EST: Up at 9:30 A.M.. I listened to www.ttalk.com weekend broadcast while I sifted through five days of email. I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . It was a good day for the market, but not oil. Will be shutting down in about a half hour. CIO

Note:<888> 2/23/98 Monday 3:30 A.M. EST: Read the Winter Olympic Stats. Good Show for the Team, wished I could have been there. Updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . Have a good day, I'm off to sleep and still have four days email to sift through. CIO

Note:<888> 2/22/98 Sunday 11:40 P.M. EST: Today I stopped by McDonalds' for two Big Macs for $2.12. I then went by the Greenwich Library, but the parking lot was full so I continued on to Radio Shack in Cos Cob looking for a five splitter telephone jack, but they were out. I noticed IBM monitors were on sale. I next went to Radio Shack in the Riverside shopping plaza and they had the five way splitter for $9.99 plus tax. I drove down to Tod's Point beach and it was very busy with all the publicity about the Beach lawsuit. I stayed for about fifteen minutes and drove around the point. I stopped by Radio Shack and they are just about out of merchadise in their store closing. I went by Caldors and bought a bag of Parmesian Cheese Pepperidge Farm crackers for $1.59. I next drove back down Greenwich Avenue and purchased a three pack of Merit Ultra lights for "buy two get one free" for $5.40. I sat out in front of the senior center and had a smoke. I told the proprieter of Zyn stationary that they were promoting a new Cuban cigar called the "Trinidad" which is suppose to be their new deluxe premium cigar. I noticed a local decorator carrying a broom. I returned home and started my laundry using two machines for 75 cents apiece for the washers. I made a phone call. I started the two dryers for 75 cents apiece. I munched on some of the Parmesian cheese crackers. I folded the laundry and put it away and made a cup of coffee. I remade the phone call to an exhausted friend who still needs a printer. I went out at 9 P.M. I stopped by Grand Union and returned $1.05 in cans. I purchase a dozen large eggs for 79 cents, a 12 pack of diet Pepsi for $1.99, and a half gallon of two percent milk for $1.84. I then walked the bottom of Greenwich Avenue and noticed a few deja vue people strolling around for exercise. I noticed what I believed to be Swedish and Norwegians around town. I returned home at 11 P.M. to file this report. I thought about the rug and room deodoriser and it might work better if one sweeps it into the carpet before vacuuming it up. Anyway the apartment smells better despite the omnipresent smell of cigarette smoke until I manage to quick smoking. I had two IBC root beers in frosted mugs today which were very tasty. I probably should try to do a little internet work this evening, but I have been think of taking time off from the internet or at least spending less time on it, since I don't really find it that fullfilling of an experience or an academic enhancement, and it seems to becoming more addictive activity. Still I will have to think about it. CIO

Note:<888> 2/22/98 Sunday 2:45 P.M. EST: Note while cleaning my bedroom, I noticed that two of my three phone line doublers, those little one to two connectors were defective and causing static noise on my primary telephone and computer phone connection. I remedied it by removing the two. I will look for a one to four connector to use in their stead. I will be out shortly after 3 P.M. CIO

Note:<888> 2/22/98 Sunday 12:50 P.M. EST: Saturday I got up at 9 A.M. and washed the walls with Spic and Span in the bedroom until about 4 P.M.. I also washed the black and white wool mexican poncho I hang on the wall above my bed and and one of the living couch blankets. I use woolrite in the washer machine and tumbled dry on low for 20 minutes. I also polished and cleaned the bric a brac around the apartment. Saturday evening I visited a friend's house in Wilton and watched the second half of Edward and Mrs. Simpson. We had rib eye steaks for dinner on the gas barbeque. I went to bed about midnight on Sunday morning. I got up at 9 A.M. this morning and wiped down the bathroom and kitchen with Swiss Pine cleaner. I put Glade Rug and Room deoderizer on the living room furniture and apartment rugs. I then vacuumed them all off so they smell much fresher. I also watered the plants. I will do the laundry later on today. After I surf the net briefly I will clean up and go out for some fresh air. Mother said the www.hboi.edu Harbor Branch Oceangraphic Institute has been quite modernized and expanded. They have the underwater submersable used for exploring the Titanic. It is in the mid 40's today and rain is expected for several days during midweek this week. I have been listening to music while doing house cleaning. Enjoy your weekend. CIO