Note:<888>4/07/99 Wednesday 5:15 P.M. EST: I made coffee and showered and went out at 7 A.M. this morning. I drove down to Steamboat Road and observed a sea gull on the waterfront. I spent a while down there and returned to the center of town and had my coffee. I walked the lower area of Greenwich Avenue and around the train station. I returned to the center of town and at 8:30 A.M., I went to Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I deposited part of my ValueClick check. I chatted with a couple of the bank staff. I went to the Hospital Thrift shop. I noticed that they have a brass coal bucket for sale for $35. I mentioned that there use to be an antique furniture restorer in Glen Cove, Long Island that was very good. I drove back downtown. I stopped by the Greenwich Post office and obtained a money order for my telephone bill and sent it off. I walked through the park to the Greenwich town hall, and delivered some mail. I sat in the town park, and I noticed the black squirrel again. I drove down Steamboat Road again, and viewed the harbor. I went to the Greenwich library, and read yesterday's New York Times which had a lot of Dutch advertising in it. I read today's Greenwich times. I noticed the library parking lot will be closed for paving tomorrow, and entrance will be through the Deerfield Road basement entrance. I then went down Steamboat Road again, and saw somebody who looked like an African chief sitting on the pier. I drove through Bruce Park, and stopped by the ELDC thrift. I noticed they have to nice copies of French garden scenes for half price. I then went east on Putnam avenue to Old Greenwich and stopped by the Old Greenwich thrift shop. I noticed they have some hand carved either chess of nativity scene figurines carved out of wood. I then went to Tod's Point, and one of my former neighbors is back at the gate. I drove to the far side and viewed the waterfront. I noticed the caretakers garage now has a 500 gallon gasoline tank. I drove to the concession area and there were about fifty mothers with two to four year old toddlers on the beach enjoying the sunny day. I then drove back to the center of town. I stopped by the Grand Union and bought two half gallons of Florida Natural juice for $1.99 each, a half gallon of GU 2% milk for $1.72, a pound of GU mozarela $2.29, GU grated parmesian cheese $3.29, a box of NutraTaste sweetner $4.69, boneless breast of Purdue chicken at $2.99 a pound for $3.86, a jar of five brothers 4 cheese sauce for $1.99, a jar of Gold's horseradish $1.69, two packages of Luigi angelhair noodles .60 each a 4 oz. bottle of Angostorra bitters for $3.29 for a total of $28.20. I next returned home about 12:30 P.M. and put away the groceries. I had some Ramen noodles and goldfish crackers. I ran the AltaVista indexer from about 6 A.M., which slowed down my server, and I finally had it quit indexing about 2 P.M. and it is still writting the index and shutting down now. It says it found about 100,000,000 new words on my hard drive, which is somewhat confusing, unless it is the help files with various programs. I tried to rest and go to bed, but I have not fallen asleep. The sun shinning on my outdoor thermometer reads 105 degrees F. which shows I get the green house effect in the spring, I wish I got it in the winter. Well I also updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm , and bank stocks were up today. I suppose I will try to go back to sleep. It in all was pretty much a normal day in Greenwich. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/07/99 Wednesday 5:35 A.M. EST: I finished my routine internet work. There is not much to report on. I am making a Stauffers frozen lasagna, which should be ready in ten minutes. Well I suspose the day time people will be surprized to see me out in the daytime again this morning. Well since the weather is nice, I guess I can enjoy a little day light. I have to clean up before I got out after I eat. I might go out a little earlier around sun rise around 6:28 A.M.. Well all quiet on the eastern front. CIO

Note:<888>4/07/99 Wednesday 2:50 A.M. EST: Well I went to bed at 1 P.M.. I was up at 8 P.M. for breakfast of Post Oats and Almonds, toast, vitmins, orange juice, and coffee. It was thundering outside. With low blood pressure that I have whenever it rains, lowering the barometric pressure, it also makes me tired, so I went back to bed until now, and I am just finishing my reheated coffee. I also updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . I recieved a check from ValueClick for $68.40 for my internet advertising links, which will help pay some of my cable and computer expenses. Basically it costs me a lot more for my internet activity than what I make, so it is financially a net loss. Well have a good morning. By the way the Mews thrift shop has a Duncan Fife sofa for sale. CIO

Note:<888>4/06/99 Tuesday 12:20 P.M. EST:Copy of Reply from Hartford, Connecticut

Dear Mr. Scott, Thank you for your e-mail letter to Governor Rowland, which has been referred to me for electronic response. The Governor cannot tell the legislature what to do. While I believe the change in utility billing was intended to encourage residents not to waste electricity, you may want to your state senator and representative know what the actual financial impact has been. Sincerely, Nancy Ahern, Constituent Services, Governor's Office

Well Hartford is still in the dark, and out to lunch. I suppose we might just turn their lights off, or at least blink them for a while. Well I went out at 8 A.M. this morning. I drove down to the Harbor and viewed the water fowl on Long Island Sound. There were geese, ducks, malards, sea gulls, and three swans, and it was a nice pleasent morning down by the water. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop and viewed the merchandise. I went to CVS and bought a carton of Captain Black cigar cigarettes for $10.13 and a jar of dry roasted peanuts for $1.59 plus .61 CT. Sales tax for a total of $12.37. I next went down to the center of town and walked around for while. I sat in the park and noticed that amongst the grey squirrels, there is also a black squirrel. I chatted with a young gal walking her two German Sherpards about dog handling. I then drove by the Mew Thrift shop, and they were not open yet. They were spraying buy spray on all the bushes there. I then drove down to Steamboat Road and viewed the harbor. I returned to the Mews thrift shop, and told them a bit about World War II, that I had learned in Illinois. Then I went to the Exxon station and put $9 of premium in my car. I then drove by the Greenwich library and chatted with one observer. I read the Greenwich Times. They are laying what looks like the lower brick patio. I then returned home and chatted with my neighbors about local news stories. I had some Ramen noodles and peanuts for dinner. Well not much to report on, just another normal day in Greenwich, Switzerland. CIO

Note:<888>4/06/99 Tuesday 6:15 A.M. EST: Well I finished my daily internet routines. There is not really much to report on here. Pretty quiet from what I can tell, but I suppose it I go out this morning, it will be a little busier. I guess I will start cleaning up. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/06/99 Tuesday 3:40 A.M. EST: I making speghetti to use with my reheated sauce. I recieved this hint. CIO

This hint was sent to me by a friend. It is not an intuitive problem, nor is the "fix" obvious, however I think that it is probably valid. For your info. ESW A helpful hint! I bet you hadn't thought that this would be an issue for Y2K! You won't be able to use the programmed recording feature on your VCR. However, do not throw away your VCR in the year 2000. Set it on the year 1972 (with the appropriate month & day for the year 2000), because the days will be the same. Please pass this on, as you know VCR manufacturers will not share this information. They will likely advise you to buy a new one that is Y2K compliant! This is just the beginning of the subtle, though hardly devastating, problems that the year 2000 will cause! -------------------- This hint was sent to me by a friend.  It is not an intuitive problem, nor is the "fix" obvious, however I think that it is probably valid.  For your info. ESW   A helpful hint!   I bet you hadn't thought that this would be an issue for Y2K!  You won't be able to use the programmed recording feature on your VCR.  However, do not throw away your VCR in the  year 2000.  Set it on the year 1972 (with the appropriate month & day for the year 2000), because the days will be the same.  Please pass this on, as you know VCR manufacturers will not share this information. They will likely advise you to buy a new one that is Y2K compliant!   This is just the beginning of the subtle, though hardly devastating, problems that the year 2000 will cause!

Note:<888>4/06/99 Tuesday 3:10 A.M. EST: Well I was up at 3 P.M. yesterday afternoon, and made it to my 4 P.M. appointment. I returned home after checking out the waterfront. I went to bed, and I got back up about 9 P.M. and had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I went back to bed until 1:30 A.M.. I worked on reinstalling Microsoft Money 99 which was corrupted by trying to import my Microsoft Investor portfolio. I finally got it straightened away. I made a number of phone calls on unrelated matters concerning security. I also got Bell Atlantic to delete a bogus charge on my telephone bill. Well I guess I am up in the morning, and will probably be out some time or a couple of times this morning. Well have a good morning. I also updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm , which has IBM up quite a bit today. CIO

Note:<888>4/05/99 Monday 5:25 A.M. EST: I updated Scott's weekly broadcast sound.htm . CIO

Note:<888>4/05/99 Monday 5:00 A.M. EST: Well I went out after the last message, and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and since it was cold out I returned about 3 A.M. after driving down to view the waterfront. There were four young muscians jamming in the window of Thataways after it had closed. It bascially was pretty quiet and peaceful. After returning home, I finally got around to reading the past two months of issues of the Greenwich Post, which I frequently don't have time to read. Well all quiet on the eastern front, I guess the sun will be coming out an hour later with day light savings time. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/05/99 Monday 2:20 A.M. EST: I went to bed at 9 A.M. yesterday morning. I was awaken by a family member calling at 3 P.M.. I finally got up at 6 P.M., and I had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitmains. I watched the ABC evening news. I did a little computer work. About 9 P.M., I went back to sleep until 11:30 P.M.. I got up and started cleaning the apartment and watering the plants. I finished that about 1:45 A.M.. I had some speghetti and ice tea. I made a new batch of ice tea. I finished showering and cleaning up, and I filed this report. I think I will go out for a stroll. Enjoy the early morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/04/99 Sunday 4:15 A.M. EST: Happy Easter, well I guess everyone will be late for church this morning, unless they remembered to set their clocks forward an hour before going to bed. I went out at 10 P.M. last night and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue three times. I chatted with a new hospital security guard about the internet and volcanoes. I told him the most common people I see on Greenwich Avenue after 10 P.M. are hospital personnel going back and forth from the hospital to the train station at late and early hours. I also walked down to the Greenwich Harbor Inn to use the restroom and they were entertaining an Irish soccer team there, quite festive. I returned home at midnight and relaxed for a while. I had a bowl of speghetti rested for about and hour and a half until now. I guess I should start setting my clocks forward. Well enjoy the early morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/03/99 Saturday 9:45 P.M. EST: I had a spegehetti dinner about 8 A.M.. I went to bed until 2 P.M., when I recieved a phone call. I showered and I stopped by Christ Church to pick up some parcels to deliver to Westport. I paid a a visit in Westport and I also stopped by CVS there and bought toothpaste $1.39, CVS disposable razors $2.69, two packages of Odor Eaters for $4.27 for $13.18 total. I stopped by Radio Shack there and bought a AM/FM radio for $12.71, and I delivered both sets of pakages and parcles to a visitor staying in Westport. I browsed the software store where Egghead use to be. I drove down thru Norwalk and browsed the Gateway computer store there, and the CompUSA store in Norwalk. I noticed that CompUSA sells the external Sony SuperStation tape drive there for $180, and I only paid $150 for the same item at Staples, plus I also got the free $40 tape. CompUSA does sell the Sony 10G tape for $35 where as Staples sells it for $40. I returned directly home. I had a bowl of Post Almond and Oats cerial, toast, orange juice, and vitamins. I made coffee, but I got a tired spell, so I went to bed from 7 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. when a family member called me, and told me there was a Bill Gates program on biography on the Arts and Entertainment Channel. I watched it until 9 P.M., and I then reheated my coffee and started drinking it, and filed this report. Well have a good evening. After my coffee, I might go out for a stroll. CIO

Note:<888>4/03/99 Saturday 6:50 A.M. EST: I went out after the last message. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and around the train station. The street sweeper was out. It seems to be a quiet morning. I went over to CVS at the Riverside shopping plaza. I bought four packs of Dutch treat lights little cigars for $1.45 each, a jar of Gold Emblem dry roasted peanuts for $2.69, a jar of Italian spices for .99, CVS toothpaste $1.39, Gillette aftershave $1.99, Gillette shaving cream $1.99, 2 bottles of CVS pine sol disinfectant $1.99 each, Right guard deoderant stick $1.49, and a large 50 oz. bottle of CVS mouth wash for $3.49 plus $1.21 Ct. sales tax for $25.02 total. I next drove back to the center of town and drove down Greenwich Avenue and viewed the harbor. I then went to the Grand Union and bought a bag of Idaho potatoes for $2.99, 90% lean ground beef at $2.99 a pound for $3.05, a half gallon of 2% milk $1.77, two boxes of Post Almond Oats for $2 each, a can of tomatoe puree .99, 2 pounds of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter lite" $1.29 each, a can of Chicken of the Sea tuna .99, a Stauffers 20 oz. lasagna $2.99, a Tonys 4 cheese pizza $3.99, and a box of Gortons fish sticks $2.99 for $26.34 total. I returned home and put away the purchases. I started to makea speghetti sauce. I browned the ground beef, I diced three medium onions, I added four tablespoons olive oil to a gallon and a half pot. I added the browned meat and onions, I added one large can of pureed tomatoe sauce, I added 6 oz. of chopped garlic, I added a large can of plum tomatoes with sauce, I added four ounces of white wine, I added ground pepper, garlic powder, italian spices, oregano, basil, cellery salt, poutry seasoning, chilli powder, and hungarian pepperica, I added another large can of tomatoe puree, and I chopped a pound of asperagus and added them along with a can of mushrooms. I stirred the mixture and brought it all to a boil on medium high, and then have reduced it to simmer for an hour on low. I will make up a batch of speghetti noodles when it is done simming and have spegehetti in about an hour. Well have a good morning. It looks overcast, and it looks like it will be a cloudy day. CIO

Note:<888>4/03/99 Saturday 2:15 A.M. EST: I worked on the computer until noon yesterday. I chatted with a friend in the morning. I went to bed about noon. I got up at about 6 P.M. and had breakfast of Post Oat and Almond flakes, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I watched the ABC evening news. I went back to bed until midnight. I got up and watched a bit of CNN. I had a Stauffers lasagna to eat along with ice tea just now, and I am making coffee. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/02/99 Friday 7:00 A.M. EST: Well I went out and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue three times, and the entire length of the Avenue once. It was a quiet foggy morning with the usual crows out in the morning. I stopped by the Grand Union and bought Ronzzoni Fetticini Florintine noodles $1.75, a 32 oz. can of Maxwell Columbian Coffee for $5.99, two Stauffers 20 oz. Lasagnas for $2.99 each, a five pound bag of GU sugar for $2.09, a 12 pack of Diet Pepsi One $2.99 plus .60 deposit, Asparagus at .99 a pound for .94, Ziti noodles .67, 2 Post Oats and Almonds cerial $1.99 each, two half gallons of Tropicana orange juice $2 each, for a total of $29.19. Well I returned home and heated one of the Stauffer lasagnas and ate it with ice tea. I watched a little bit of the CNBC morning business news, and they said the number one job is web master, and the number three job is systems analyst, so I have a couple of fun hobbies; if you don't mind living like a prisoner. Well I like the peace and quiet, so I have a fairly quiet routine, as long as I avoid the busier parts of the day, when the frenzy begins. Well I guess my life here is more like living in the country, as long as I avoid the city folks that try to speed you up. Well enough of the Farm report from Greenwich, time to start relaxing and take another nap. Have a good morning. By the way I noticed that some youngsters left a bag of empty bottles on Greenwich Avenue, of a beer called "Blue Moon" from Belgium. CIO

Note:<888>4/02/99 Friday 3:00 A.M. EST: Note on automobile insurance. I spend about $900 a year for automobile insurance. I spend about $600 a year for gasoline, so I don't drive very much at present. The way it works out, I give Waren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway about 20 cents for every mile I drive, which is quite a racket compared to what the profits of the oil companies are on a gallon of gasoline. Steamboat Road has the office building owned by General Reinsurance that is owned by Berkshire Hathaways, so when I am covering Steamboat Road, I am also spending my own time and money to keep an eye out on Berkshire Hathaway property. Between Gates and Buffett, I think they have quite a racket going, but in the old days they never paid me for walking around Rockefeller Center at night either. I was told by a friend that just got back from Key West that a Dupont family member just bought a $2.5 million house in Key West on the Truman Annex resort development, so I guess there are a few French people down there tanning. Well us pale nordic types consider the weather warm here, so I might go out for a morning stroll about now, since it is not too busy. During the Viet Nam war there were millions of people working and awake at night, and when I use to go out to O'Haire airport at night while attending Lake Forest College, I would see tens of thousands of government and military personnel traveling at night around the clock. I suppose if the situation in Yugoslavia keeps evolving, we will have much the same situation again. Well time for a little morning drive and walk around. CIO

Note:<888>4/02/99 Friday 2:50 A.M. EST: Well I went to bed after the new and the Tony's pizza. I got up about midnight. I watched a little bit of television. I had Ramen noodles, ice tea, and a cup of coffee right now. I am doing my regular internet work. I have about three days of email to sift through. It seems pretty quiet. CIO

Note:<888>4/01/99 Thursday 6:20 P.M. EST: I was up at 1 P.M.. I configured my log analysis program with the old log and new log, so it records all previous months. Usually once it is incorporated in the program, it does not need the old log. I had breakfast of Post Raisin bran, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I showered and cleaned up. I prepared my bills that I have recieved. I went out and paid my rent at the bank at Lafayette Place. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by Putnam Trust, and there was a long line because the bank is closed on Good Friday, so I withdrew funds from the money machine. I went to the post office and obtained money orders to pay my GEICO Insurance, MCI long distance, Connecticut Light and Power and mailed them. I stopped by the Hospital thrift shop and browsed the merchandise. I stopped by CVS and bought a bottle of 100 tables of 50 mg. of Vitamin B complex for $6.75. I drove down Greenwich avenue and viewed the harbor. I stopped by the Exxon station and bought $10.25 of premium. I went to the library and read the Greenwich Times and the New York Times. I returned home and am about to watch the ABC evening news and then cook a Tony's Pizza. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/01/99 Thursday 5:40 A.M. EST: Well I downloaded the IBM Lotus R5 90 days demos. Notes, Domino, and Designer all installed, but when I installed the Domino adminstrator, it did not work, and it crippled Notes. I uninstalled all the programs, and deleted the downloads, since my system really does not have the resources to run them anyway. Well off to bed. CIO

Note:<888>4/01/99 Thursday 2:40 A.M. EST: I went out after the last message and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. It was very slow out. I sat in the post office plaza and observed the Blue Moon. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road. I stopped by the Grand Union and bought a Tony's Supreme pizza for $3.99 and a half gallon of 2% milk for $1.77 for a total of $5.76. I returned home and started my laundry. I am on the drying cycle now with about a half hour to go. I noticed when I was outside at the front door there are swarms of thousands of what look like young termites around the entrance to the building. I called the Housing Authority at 203-869-1138 about them, and the Answering service said that there had been similar complaints from Putnam Green across the street. I guess with the early spring lots of bugs are coming out of the ground. I also had to restore my Microsoft Money 99 data file from the backup, because I accidently over wrote it with an older file. Well time to finish laundry and get back to the net. I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow, so I have to be up by 1 P.M.. Well have a good morning. I also recieved a call from a friend last evening, and we chatted about old times. CIO

Note:<888>4/01/99 Thursday 12:05 A.M. EST: Happy April Fools Day, and Happy Birthday to a friend. I rested this evening. I had an omlette, bacon, toast, and ice tea for a light meal. I renamed the Apache server logs and copied them to a different directory, and I put in two blank files name the same in the Apache server log directory. Well I am cleaned up, so I thought I would go out for a breath of fresh air. I have to do laundry later this evening. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well have a good morning. CIO