Note:<888> 4/9/98 Thursday 6:10 P.M. EST: I went out today about 11 P.M. after a short nap. It was a cloudy day that turned cold rainy and blustery, typical northsea weather. For any of you who like that sort of weather the The British Royal Navy is looking for 5,500 new recruits. Of course some of the Royal Navy gets to serve in more tropical ports of call, I guess it depends on the luck of the draw. I noticed the QE II will return form its around the world cruise to Manhattan soon and leave there April 15 for South Hampton QE II Virtual Cruise Consultant . I noticed Carnival Cruise has made an offer for the Cunard Cruise Line of $500 million including the QE II. I think that is pretty cheap and I would rather see a Norwegian or Holland American cruise line purchase it and keep a mostly European crew and officers on board such an historic group of ships. The investment bankers, Swiss bankers, and other off shore bankers should look into such an arrangement. I think it is important to maintain the tradition of British Seamanship on board the Cunard lines. You know Britaniana Rules the Waves and All That. I stopped by the library. I went by the Hospital Thrift Shop and then the ELDC thrift shop and then St. Catherine's Thrift shop and then the Old Greenwich thirft shop and then by Tod's Point when it started raining very hard. I returned stopping by Staples to look at office equipment and then I went by the Hospital Thrift Shop and bought an seven year old Hitachi Color TV with remote cable ready with 181 channels made in China television for $40 to put in my bedroom. I stopped by the Library and read the computer press and checked out the video tape "My American Cousin". I stopped by the Grand Union and bought a seven pound Purdue Chicken for 99 cents a pound, a Tombstone Pizza for $2.99, two boxes of Post Cerial Oats and Almonds for $2.50 apiece, and a half gallon of two percent milk for $1.84. I returned home and put the groceries away and installed the television. It works great and I am running it off the living room cable box, so it gets all the channels when you change them on the living room cable box. I had dinner of rib eye steak, potatoe, aperagus, ice tea, and coffee. I worked on this report. I updated Scott's Index www.mkescott.net/scopor01.htm . It was a good day for the market and the Bulls were at it again. I believe today is a relgious holiday as is tomorrow and Sunday, however the protestant faith allows one to eat meat during the easter holdiays unlike the Catholic faith which abstains from meat during the Lynton period. I advised a financial advisor in the library that pizza restaurants do very well on Good Friday. I will file this report and go out again in this bad weather that looks like a Northeastern. Lets hope there is no flooding once again along the shore in Old Greenwich which could happen depending on how full the moon is. Enjoy you Easter holidays. CIO

Note:<888> 4/9/98 Thursday 8:40 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . CIO

Note:<888> 4/9/98 Thursday 7:15 A.M. EST: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . Let's see which way the Bulls go today. CIO

Note:<888> 4/9/98 Thursday 7:00 A.M. EST: I did not get to bed until 4:30 P.M. yesterday because of the racket created by the workman outside my window. I got up about 10 P.M. and had breakfast and then did a little computer work and listened to www.dailybriefing.com and then went to bed and just got up. Thus I am in a little better mood, and won't have to face trying to sleep through the adjacent racket which I have dealt with for the last three days. The local birds at the housing authority can't seem to find the leak around the roof area outside my window. They have redone the roof and flashing and it still leaks in the apartment below. I tried to tell them that the problem might be that the drain pipes that drain the water off the roof are probably glogged since the outside pipes around the building are definitely glogged since water always overflows out of them whenever it rains. I surmize that the rain patio drain pipes outside my window run through first floor walls and then into a central sump area or other drainage connnection which is more than likely glogged. Thus either the pipes from the rain patio roof drains in the middle of the roof are glogged or the pipes that they feed into are more than likely glogged. It could also be that one absent minded tenant across the way is always overflowing her sink, and letting water leak down below. Whatever the case it is not worth making a federal case about it. Basically it is my viewpoint before the DOJ investigates Microsoft, they and the Securities and Exchange Commission should investigate the Wall Streeters here, particularly for their inside trading dealings and other illegal practices. I was told that all they do is sit out at the country clubs drinking heavily and thus they obviously don't have the correct judgement for making sound financial decisions and more than likely are the pawns of more sinister financial forces, thus the robber barons still exist in town; and they have made so much money recently that they are basically non functional from their heavy alcoholic binges. Well that shows why smart cleaver people make money on Wall Street, since they have the wisdom to do their home work, and not just follow the heard mentality of the heavy drinkers on Wall Street. Thus Wall Street basically has the same atmosphere as a casino, and I remember in the mid 1970s when Wall Street brokers were lucky to get jobs as waiters, and this will probably all happen again, what goes up sooner or later has to come down. Well have a good day. CIO

Note:<888> 4/8/98 Wednesday 11:11 A.M. EST: I took a three hour nap and am having coffee. I was thinking about an interesting situation in town. My family use to have a residence on Cornelia Drive off Husted Lane which was directly adjacent across from a swampy ravene from Mrs. Peterson who donated the recent $25 million donation to the Greenwich Library. It is more than likely the swampy ravene called the "Bird Sanctuary" was a great source of ergot poisoning in the neighborhood as investigated by the Pasteur Institute of France. Thus in dry spells whenever the swampy ravene dried out neighbors were exposed to ergot poisoning sympthoms. It is more than likely that Mrs. Peterson was a long time sufferer of Ergot poisoning or some sort of Swamp Dust Feaver. Although she did not live in her residence in her latter years, it is safe to believe that her judgement was affected by this condition, and more than likely the bequest to the Greenwich library is invalid and the rightful heirs to her estate should be contacted and the bequest returned to them. It is unfortunate that this chain of events had to evolve and more than likely local authorities were informed of the situation and covered it up so that the community could benefit off the bequest. Obviously such an esteemed institute as the Pasteur Institute is beyond reproach, but the proof of the investigation has been filed in all the necesssary legal jurisdictions worldwide, so it is a matter of public record and the local community has no capability of continuing the coverup. Thus we have the sort of picture of what our respectable establishment really is, and more than likely other similar events have been covered up and rewritten, so as to maintain the image and personal profitable position of the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. Basically nasty little secrets come out sooner or latter. Thus this is the view through the "Looking Glass" as observed over an extended period of time. Have a good day, any more hidden secrets more than likely will be exposed sooner or later. Well, I don't think the Greenwich Library is going to return the Peterson Grant, but any responsible lawyer would win the case, and it is more than likely the town has so much money that nobody really cares anyway. More than likely that explains the case of the homicide by Wilson in that neighborhood recently, and what caused him to behave so irrationally, which was also caused by the same condition of irgot poisoning or Swamp Dust Feaver. It could also explain the so called bizarre behavior of some of the other local neighbors in that area, of course it could be just the bad spirits of the local adjacent cemetary comng back to haunt us or the psychic kharma of the old folks at Nathaniel Witherall Nursing Home, who knows. In another similar situation the deathbed legal transaction concocted by Roy Cohn in the purchase of Conyers Farm from Lewis Rosenstiel probably has similar underworld or shady dealings involved with it. Basically the Italian Hebrew Mafia establishment in cahoots with the Russian mafia agents are trying to take over the establishment of the town, but before they challenge me, I advise them to take a look at the defense fortifications that the Scott family establishment has built elsewhere around the country, so they know how feable their attempt really is which is basically why I sit and watch it all come and go, since they don't have a Tinker's Chance in Hell of getting away with it. Once they realize that most substancial property owners in the country are heavily armed and protected by the U.S. military and once they know they are outnumbered considerably by a perjorative force, it is like watching the Russian circus come to town. In other words U.S. government and military intelligence knows the whole truth of the activity and are just waiting to see what happens next. Thus the town motto should not be "Frugality and Cheapness", but lets, "Lets Wait and See What Comes Next." Remember one of the old Czar's grandsons Nicky has visited Greenwich many times, and he and his off spring are very mischievous. And of course we don't know anything about all the Hemp that the town gardeners raise at Tod's Point we all think it is just oceanfront weeds. Of course this all might be an exercise in creative writting, so lets see what you think is the real story. Basically each generation completely reinvents history to manifest its egos, and the sad truth is that where you live and work, is where you're stuck and will be remembered after it is all over. This is why so many old people like traveling all the time, to see what their counterparts have been up to. Basically the old guard is always conspiring against the whims of the younger generation, so as to exercise its influence whether real or ill percieved. CIO

Note:<888> 4/8/98 Wednesday 5:35 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I think I will take a nap. I just had Stauffer's Lasagna for lunch. CIO

Note:<888> 4/8/98 Wednesday 2:55 A.M. EST: I updated Volcanoes Page www.mikescott.net/volcanos.htm . CIO

Note:<888> 4/8/98 Wednesday 1:40 A.M. EST: 1998 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Forecasts April 1998 Report is available for you folks in Florida and the Carribean. CIO

Note:<888> 4/8/98 Wednesday 12:30 A.M. EST: Today I went out and checked out the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I purchased a Hallmark birthday card for mother at the card shop across from St. Marys. I mailed the card at the post office and purchased 20 stamps with artist Merian paintings from Surinam. I sat in front of the senior center and observed the pedestrian crowd. I stopped by the MEWS thrift shop and they still have the billards que for $30. I noticed the Daffodils don't look as good this year as previous years, so I decided to take a drive up North Street to see how the crop was doing up there. They don't look as hearty this year, and I think they must have been hit by a Spring frost with this earlier spring. The Tulips should be just about out by Good Friday. I noticed a large new house had been built on Upper Cross Road overlooking Conyers Farm Resevoir. It is another sprawling barn style house. While atop Round Hill Road, I noticed another new stone house across from the Helmsley estate which has gone up. I drove down Round Hill Road and noticed the tree surgions were at work. I got to thinking about my experience in living in back country in places like Round Hill Road and other more distant back country areas of New England. There has been a phenomina in New England since before earliest European settlement called Ergot Poisoning causing Ergotism.

Definitions: er.got (ur'gat, -got), n. !. Plant Pathol, a. a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, esp. C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, hornlike, dark-colored , scierotial body. b. the scierotial body itself. 2. Pharm, the scierotium of C. purpurea, developed on rye plants; used chiefly to prevent or check postpartum hemorrhage.

Definitions: Ergotism (ur'e tis'am), n. Pathol, a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain, that is infected with ergot fungus or by taking an overdose of an ergot medicinal agent: characterized by cramps, spasms, and a form of gangrene.

This was the medical condition that caused the Salem, Massachussetts women to be diagnosed as witches in colonial days. I was thinking about the large number of people living near wet lands and tidal marsh areas in this region, when these damps areas dry out during dry spells, it is probably true that the remaining dry spores, fungi, and molds in the swamplike wetland areas can cause and airborne infection in neighboring populations, since the various spores, fungi, and molds would infect the food and water supplies of people living near the infected regions. Basically as opposed to Swamp feaver which is mosquito born, one would possibly be exposed to allergy like sympthoms from the residual spores, fungi, and molds in these swampy areas whenever they dried out in non rainy times. I believe the French know quite a bit about this phenomina since they have done extensive research in the areas of bacteria, enzymes, molds, and yeasts which are used in their cheeses and wines and other food products. I dare say the Ergot poisoning sympthoms can be eliminated by taking Niacin or Niacimide which I belive is basically Vitamin B2 and is commonly added to flour and bakery products for such purpose. However, the "Swamp Dust" phenomina might be another problem totally unrelated, such as the Radon deposits in the area which are constantly monitored. Basically for some people breathing "Swamp Dust" particles of molds, spores, and fungi might have an allergy affect which could produce certain disease like sympthoms.

I next stopped by the library and it was not very busy on a sunny day. I came home and went to bed until 9:30 P.M.. I got up and had breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, coffee, and orange juice and then filed this report. I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . CIO

Note:<888> 4/7/98 Tuesday 8:20 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . Quite a few Australian Government Information links. I will clean up and go out about 9 A.M. this morning. CIO

Note:<888> 4/7/98 Tuesday 5:00 A.M. EST: I updated www.mikescott.net/nasa.htm NASA page to reflect the Space Shuttle STS-90 Columbia Launch on Thursday April 16, 1998 at about 2:19 P.M. EDT at www.mikescott.net/nasa-90.htm . I also wrote a couple of letters to be mailed down to Florida. Not much work done on the net yet. I am about to have a pizza for lunch. Maybe NASA might like donating me some old computer equipment or whatever else they have lying around since the frugal people at IBM and Microsoft can't seem to come up with any and prefer to recycle it. CIO

Note:<888> 4/6/98 Monday 10:00 P.M. EST: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . It was a good day for Wall Street up over one percent. I will write a couple letters this evening while listening to www.dailybriefing.com and then surf the net. CIO

Note:<888> 4/6/98 Monday 10:50 A.M. EST: I backed up my computer this morning and watched the movie "The Highlander". I went downtown at 8 A.M. and puchased a pack of buy two get one free Winston lights for $5.50. They now just have Winston regular and Camel promotions left. I noticed downtown has a new unsightly attraction, some free Newpaper "Employment Journal" has installed 25 bright purple plastic newspaper boxes downtown particularly concentrated in the Post Office, Senior Center areas. They are most gaudy and clash with the general decor of the downtown atmosphere. Hopefully some civic minded attorney will have them quickly eliminated. It does seem like we have too many newspaper vending boxes downtown, perhaps they should just get rid of them all, since we have plenty of news stands downtown. Downtown is looking particularly derelict, and it is about time the town considered improving some of the features of the downtown area. I stopped by the Hospital thrift shop and they have their usual inventory. I went down by the water and it is slightly overcast on the skyline today. There is suppose to be rain later in the week. I noticed a number of houses along the water are ungoing major renovations. Anyone who has lived along the water knows there are a lot of rats and skunks, so hopefully the new renovations will include anti rat and skunk protection. I went by the Greenwich library and the new parking garage is just about ready to be opened. Construction on the steel frame of the Peterson addition is just about done, and they are installing the metal flooring frames. The Helmsley addition of the Greenwich Hospital is just about closed in. I read in the Greenwich Times that one of Greenwich's foremost yachtsmen Grant Simmons passed away in the Bahamas. The library was not too busy this morning. I checked out a QUE Platinum Edition of Using HTML 3.2 1,500 pages which comes with two CD disks. I stopped by the Arnold Bread Store and purchased three loaves of Healthnut bread for $3.87. I have a 4 P.M. appointment this afternoon. I will try to stay up until then. I might have a rib eye steak and asperagus and potato for lunch. They are doing more flashing and chimney sealing in the roof area outside my apartment today, so there is a bit of noise out there. Back to the net. CIO

Note:<888> 4/6/98 Monday 4:00 A.M. EST: I updated Text File of Scott's Random Notes from start June 1997 thru March 1998 about 193 pages or 588 Kbytes , and also printed out a hard copy pages 151 thru 193. I have to reinstall a printer drive which should take a couple minutes. CIO

Note:<888> 4/6/98 Monday 2:30 A.M. EST: I deleted the MSN program, since it asks for the pasword on an unregistered account frequently. I am finishing up the laundry. I tried to help a family relative setup an MS TCP/IP dialer with AOL this evening, and I guess it can't be done. One must need to install the AOL program. CIO

Note:<888> 4/5/98 Sunday 2:30 P.M. EST: I installed the Microsoft MSN Network software on my computer, to tinker with, but I did not register for an account since I already have two ISP accounts. However, one can use it with the free content on the MSN site. I also noticed the Win95 CDROM and the MSN CDROM have games on them. I have 48 icons on my desktop, I will have to delete one when ever I add another one or create folders, Microsoft should make a way to make smaller icons on the desktop. I am quite bushed, don't know whether I should go to bed or get out and enjoy the sunshine, probably will go to sleep. CIO

Note:<888> 4/5/98 Sunday 10:40 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . Time to log off. Earth Summit run the Grand National. CIO

Note:<888> 4/5/98 Sunday 9:10 A.M. EST: I cleaned my aparment and watered the plants. I had a ham and smoked chicken sandwich with mayo and mustard. I went downtown and had a cup of www.mikescott.net/coffee.htm out of my thermos. I had to borrow some half and half from Starbucks because I was out of milk. I picked up buy two get one free Winston lights at Zyn stationary for $5.50. I walked the bottom of Greenwich Avenue. No disgarded computer equipment at the train station office park. I went by the Grand Union and bought two pounds of Asperagus at 99 cents a pound for $2.05, a Tombstone Pizza for $2.99, two Velvetta Cheese and noodle mix for $1.50 each, two percent half gallon of milk for $1.89, Kraft low fat mayo for $1.49, two stove top stuffing corn bread mix for 99 cents each, extra large dozen eggs for $1.49, two one pound packages of Oscar Myer bacon for $1.99 each, and a package of two boneless club steaks at $5.99 a pound for $6.65 for a total of $28.86 after $1.15 can return. I am back home and the headlines in today's Sunday paper are about the Tod's Point Beach lawsuit. I was wondering while walking downtown who won the Grand National over in Liverpool. It is a big horse race and there were no reports on the race results in the morning British press, seems rather strange. It is a bit nippy out this morning, and slightly cloudy. The daffodils seem a bit tinged by cold and the tullips still have about a week to bloom. I saw three swans down by the water, so I guess one of them lost their mate unless I did not see it. Swans mate for life, and if one dies they don't remate. I conversed briefly with the counter attendant at Starbucks about the lack off Canadians visiting the area anymore. Grand Union at 8 A.M. on Sunday morning is not too busy. Maybe people forgot about daylight savings time jumping forward. I have to make my Sunday MCI five cents a minute phone calls. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888> 4/5/98 Sunday 3:45 A.M. EST: I updated my stats page www.mikescott.net/stats.htm to reflect the new stats format on the server. I listened to www.ttalk.com . My system updated me to daylight saving time set ahead automatically one hour, now I have to do all my clocks. I still have not cleaned up myself this morning. I was up at about 10:30 P.M. last night, I am not sure whether I should start cleaning my apartment now, or wait until I get up tomorrow night. CIO

Note:<888> 4/4/98 Saturday 5:50 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I want to make a note that when I installed the CDROM player I connected it to my SoundBlaster SW32 card, not the IDE controller, I also used the black and white tip cable for the audio connect part, used the slave dip pin setting on the CDROM player, and the four screws for mounting the drive did not come in the package, but I had some. Also I had a power lead spliter, taking one of the leads from the power supply and splitting it into two leads. One should make sure they have power source lead when installing a CDROM player. I downloaded Music Master Pro from D i g i t a l - U n d e r g r o u n d © 1998 - Fastest updated mp3 resourse on the Net! to try with the CD Player. The CD Player has a play button with Music CDs that plays when you push it without starting a software CD player. Time to rest. CIO

Note:<888> 4/4/98 Saturday 1:10 A.M. EST: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . I went up to COMPUSA in Norwalk this past evening. I found a couple of bargains on sale. I purchase a Akamai 24 X cdrom drive for $40 down from $80. I bought another Kensington mouse in a box for $10. I installed the CDROM drive per instructions and Win95 plug and play recognized it no problem. I don't have any CROM software except Win95 and MS Tech Net Demo, and the player works with the Soundblaster CD Music Player too. I chatted with a relative about her new computer. I had dinner of and ham and chicken sandwich. I am making www.mikescott.net/icetea.htm . If you are interested in the CDROM player at CompUSA in Norwalk, they only had about seven left. I will take a quick cruise shortly. CIO

Note:<888> 4/3/98 Friday 5:35 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I also downloaded and installed Netscape Communicator Professional Edition from the link at New 32-bit Apps at Stroud's CWSApps List . It is about 19 meg download and compared to earlier versions on a 16 meg memory system, it seems a little bit more responsive. I like it and was thinking of using it regularly, but unfortunately the bookmarks sort feature for some odd reason does not work. Seems sort of queer for Netscape, so I will continue using version 3.04 for now. Any Arabic speaking individuals that need an Arabic web browser, it is finally here at Internet Products - Sindbad . I hope they keep sending oil our way, not that I plan to use much. Back to the net. CIO

Note:<888> 4/3/98 Friday 12:25 A.M. EST: Apparently the local parishoners at the Presbyterian Church decided to get rid of the Norwegian Spruce because it was too tall. They are going to put in a garden there, hopefully not another one of those stone walls full of the disceased peoples' ashes. I drove down by the water and chatted with a local Danish couple who work in the area in the food industry. I told them what I knew about Denmark in the area. I stopped by the library and chatted with one of our local financial gurus, and told him from my viewpoint in Econmics, the Microsoft case scenario tends to make me little nervous, because although they may have about six billion dollars or more in cash stimulating their stock value to over $120 billion dollars, I am not sure what Microsoft's actual tangible negotable assets are, and for all I know they're sitting on a few hundred million dollars in real estate in Redmond, Washington and the gross value of their assets are $120 billion dollars in intellectual capital rights, which are not worth that much if the economy takes a tail spin. I reminded the guru about Allegany Power on the New York Stock exchange right before the stock market crash of 1929, and I said from every economic scenario I have read over the years, Microsoft reminds me of that case. I also stated that sooner or later the economy is due to go down and town funds like retirement funds should look into investing in financail agents like bonds, which might not go down as much. I also stated that even with computers and Swiss banking and international investment, it is hardly unlikely that the sustained financial growth in the economy particulary in the computer and software industry will be sustained. I basically asked him how one would make money off say five million unemployed software and computer engineers and technicians working at home in a depressed economy. I stated that since 40 million Americans work outside the country, one probaly could make money exporting their services to where they are needed worldwide, providing other world economies had the funds to pay for their services. Basically the Japanese have been doing this for the last ten years. As I stated before the Japanese give away the hardware and software product and sell the computer services that are needed to operate them. Eventually we might be headed in the same direction on a worldwide basis, particularly as we approach a glut of product in the industry. Well that is my viewpoint from West Greenwich, Connecticut better known as Byram. I went to bed at 6 P.M. and got up at 11 P.M., and I will do a little internet work before sleeping once again this morning. I heard quite a few planes arriving about 11 P.M., so possibly one of our local celebrity visitors is in the area or just the usual business group winding up their weekday workweek adventures. I will update Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm before I post this note. CIO

Note:<888> 4/2/98 Thursday 1:35 P.M. EST: Today a great trajedy befell the town of Greenwich, for some odd reason the Presbyterian Church downtown had the stately Norwegian Spruce at least 100 feet tall chopped down. A local friend of mine told me there was nothing wrong with it and he should know. Since one local family that belongs to that Church donate a tree to Rockefeller center every year, I would imagine that they should find a suitable replacement. Of course tall trees are prone to falling over and maybe the church's insurance company would not cover it. It seems strange that the Town's tree warden did not alert the town and suitable debate taken up. In other news I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York and took out most of my money and went down to the Post Office and got money orders to pay my automobile insurance, electricity, cablevision, telephone; and then I walked around downtown and said hello to Tom Ragland our first selectman and joked they still say that somebody that looks like me lives in Oyster Bay. He also has seen the guy. I suppose coming from an Old Manhattan family I might look like one of those Dutch hill billies around Sagamore Hill, we all do tend to have the same family look. There were only 2,000 people in Manhattan in 1700 so they were sort of inbred and probably still are. One old gal Hellen I knew in Oyster Bay was always trying to encourage the youngsters along the sound to sail, so that in traversing the sound youngsters in Greenwich and neighboring communities would meet youngsters in Oyster Bay and neighboring communities, which they have been doing for centuries. A lot of the old grand parents are very traditional, so I have always tried to keep an eye on the waterfront for arriving guests from across the sound, although everyone know I myself am a lousy sailor. Since President Clinton's main supporters seem to come from the North Shore of Long Island, I suggested a way of diplomacy would be to run the Island Beach Ferry from Greenwich over to Oyster Bay and let the citizens from both competing factions conduct diplomacy and see what results. Still since certain families have been running rum off this coast for close to 400 years, we always out manuver the different competing factions when it comes to nautical trade, commerce, and diplomacy. Thus keep a keen eye to the Sound and remember the old Boston Expression when dealing with the British, "One If By Land, Two If By Sea". I went to the Mews thrift shop and they have a nice personal billards kew for $30 that spits in half and goes into a smaller case. It does not seem warped. I enquired as to one of their senior guests, who I have not seen in more than a year, but he is a quite formidable gentleman and commands a great deal of respect. I then went asked the local traffic officer about the new police cars, and he said they are taking delivery of the new dark blue Fiords about one a week. I then stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop and most everything is half price. I purchased a nice setting of four game bird place mats for $8.75. I next went by the Union Trust Bank or what ever it is called now, and paid my rent. I then noticed they had cut down the Norwegian Spruce, and everyone there seemed perturbed. I next went by the library and they are working on opening up the new parking garage which is still not open. I read the paper and looked at the art exhibit of flower paintings. I then told a local European citizen I though it would be about three weeks until all the tullips are out in the Netherlands and he should take a group of our traveling citizens to look at the tullips. He said that having a family from Freizeland, there is either West or East Freizeland and Gronigan is in West Freizeland. I told him that a friend of mine that lived with the Krumps said that Frederick's Palace was an artistic delight. I've seen pictures of the restoration and it did seem a place of refuge, much like the Hermitage. I told one of the library's senior patrons about the Norwegian Spruce being cut down. He seemed fit and fine. I returned home and conferred with a local landscaping expert and he said that tree was just fine. O'Brien tree company cut down that tree, and I feel like sending Scott's team of lumber jacks, which if you don't believe they exist check out Canada, over to Ireland to cut down the oldest tree to see what they would think. They Norwegian Spruce was only about 70 years old, but one should not recklessly cut down older trees in landscaped environments without consultation with the experts. Of course Malcom Pray will now save $5,000 a year not having to donate money for the Christmas Tree lights, so if he wants to send it my way, I will gratefully except it, the Presbyterian Church like Christ Church obviously has more money than God, but they like to maintain a low profile. Rumour on the Street has it after all the inflated money on Wall Street collapses, the Bank of Scotland will be the last solvent bank in the World, of course the North Sea Oil helps out a bit there. I have a 3 P.M. appointment and I am getting a little tired. CIO

Note:<888> 4/2/98 Thursday 4:30 A.M. EST: Listened to Loch Ness button BBC news reports. Trying Clicking on the Loch Ness or Dino button icons of my homepage for BBC news reports. With all the old timers in Greenwich, there is not that much news, since most of them are getting ready for their summer gardening and golf games. The daffodils are just about out and should look great with this rain, and the tullips are half way up. Believe it or not in a town the size "Area Wise the size of Washington D.C.", there is a tremendous amount of gardening going on to care for the town and maintain its parks and other natural habitats. It all does not happen by magic. Still it keeps a lot of people occupied. I believe I spent a lot of years here maintaining my family's properties, and most of my friends are competent gardeners. Of course one has to own property to garden, and I recently have not had the good fortune of having my own plot, but I do observe others' endeavours. For a breath of spring downtown, visit the McArdle McMillan greenhouse downtown, or if you are into more heavy duty landscaping Schemins Nurseries on King Street have large amounts of trees, shrubs, bushes, and the necessary items to landscape one's environment. I always enjoy the plantings around the Post Office and the verterans monuments downtown, and Christ Church's grounds were designed by Olmstead of Central Park fame. Of course local experts would know whether certain transplanted items would survive, and more esoteric individuals who can afford the energy costs maintain greenhouses with tropical varieties such as orchids. I still remember visiting Planting Fields Arboretum at Locust Valley, Long Island when the Azellias were out for a botanical wonder. So lets here it for Greenwich's cleaver gardeners. The rain was very useful for keeping Greenwich green. CIO

Note:<888> 4/2/98 Thursday 3:00 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . Check out www.oohoo.com . CIO

Note:<888> 4/2/98 Thursday 2:30 A.M. EST: I went out at about 11:30 P.M. and bought three three packs of buy two get one free of Winston lights. I still have to quit smoking some time soon. I sat out after midnight and had a cup of coffee out of my trusty thermos and took a walk around downtown. All the office equipment in the dumpster is getting wet with the rain, but who cares. I suppose the elves at IBM can come up with some more. I noticed a new Greenwich police car around town. It looked to be dark blue instead of light blue, so maybe we have a new fleet of cars coming in. I did not see many lights on down by the harbor. I noticed one of our local scuba experts and his wife coming back from an event. The Dome restaurant was not busy, and the yuppie crowd seems to have floated bach to Tuscons. The water did not accumulate in front of the Nat West building on Steamboat Road as usual, so they must have fixed the storm drain. I will be out about 8:30 A.M. to pay my monthly bills. I will then have to consult with the printing department about printing up more currency, by the time D.C. spends it on all its world travels, it is pretty old money by the time it gets back to us. I voted for the Alumni Trustee at the Taft School that is on the board of directors of the Marblehead Yacht Club. I believe Lipton Tea use to be represented at the Marblehead Yacht Club as well at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club. I have not seen any sites on the America's Cup, so I suppose no one is interested in it anymore. With the economy doing so well, one would think the Wall Street investment bankers could do a better job of trying to win back the cup for Newport, but I hear tell the Newport establishment does not care to have the Americas Cup rif raff messing up their historical village of oceanside cottages. Well it is too early for the summer social season, so don't forget to get ready for the Easter and plan your Mother's Day adventures. Back to net activity. CIO

Note:<888> 4/1/98 Wednesday 7:20 P.M. EST: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . I was up at 5 P.M. and listened www.dailybriefing.com while having breakfast. It is raining outside. I guess I will go out after cleaning up for a short while. I probably will be back surfing the net this evening. CIO

Note:<888> 4/1/98 Wednesday 9:00 A.M. EST: I have been updating the OS/2 and Win 3.1 dialer and web browsers on the backup 386 machine. I have the dialers updated and working. I installed the OS/2 Netscape 2.02 web browser on the backup OS/2 386 system. I setup the other 386 which is missing the serial LPT card on the left side with the primary backup 386 on the right. I put my directory on the primary 386 backup. I am a little bushed and will go to bed shortly. Today looks like it will be a nice day. CIO

Note:<888> 4/1/98 Wednesday 2:45 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . CIO

Note:<888> 4/1/98 Wednesday 12:20 A.M. EST: Today I went out and stopped by Entee Computer Store. They did not have the computer serial - LPT card which runs about $8. I will have to check out COMPUSA later for it. I drove down by the water and met up with my dinner guest. One the way back I stopped by the Grand Union and bought a half gallon of 2 percent milk and a dozen eggs for $4.29, talk about no inflation. We came back home and I fixed him a ham sandwich. We watched a videotape of Paul Newman in "Nobody's Fool". I went out at 9 P.M. after my guest left and walked around the train station and the full length of Greenwich Avenue. I noticed a telephone call center computer in the dumpster at the train station. They have a nice white Bentley Convertable in the Roll Royce showroom. I noticed a couple having a domestic dispute at Lewis Street and the avenue. I stopped by the Food Emporium and bought a Swanson Hungry Man Dinner Sirloin Tips for $3.69. I also puchased two Tropicana Grove Style half gallons for $1.69 each, two Bournier Dijon mustards for $1.79 each, Ruffles Barbeque potato chips for 99 cents, Birds Eye pearl onions $1.29, two buy one get one free Hormel cold cuts for $2.99. I also noticed they have London broil for $4.69 a pound, buy one get one free. I stopped by the Shell station for a pack of Marlboro lights for $2.75. I was told while down town that the Clinton scandle is much more extensive, and that he openly admits to over 300 affairs. It seems rather odd the Justice Department special prosecutor is wasting $50 million on the Paula Jones case. At that rate per gal, it will cost justice $15 billion to investigate the Clinton sex scandle. The real scandle is the way the government employees are wasting the tax payers money on such nonsense. Back to the net. CIO