Note:<888> 5/5/98 Tuesday 11:15 P.M. EST: I went out about 1:30 P.M.. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop and bought a Borun plunger coffee maker for $4 that I gave to a friend. I went by the ELDC thrift and bought a Scoville Hamilton Beach 17 speed blender for $10.60. I went down Greenwich Avenue and paid my telephone and cablevision bills at the Greenwich post office. I drove down by the water. I went by the library and read two of the weekly computer publications I normally read. I drove over to CompUSA in White Plains about 5:30 P.M. and toured the store. They don't sell WebTV at CompUSA anymore. They have 16 meg and 32 meg memory chips on sale this week for $29 and $59 final after instant discounts and mail in rebates, but they were all sold out in White Plains. I might check Norwalk later in the week. CompUSA in White Plains is also selling factory refurbished computers at a discount this week. MarketPro computer fairs are going to be at the White Plains Civic Center this Saturday, which I might check for memory. I stopped by Val's liquor pantry and bought 2 one litre bottles of dry white French wine for $14.92 to use for cooking. My dinner guest arrived when I got home at 7 P.M.. I made sliced ham, corn on the cob, and steamed asperagus. We watched the video movie "Junior" and then I filed this report. I will go to bed about midnight. CIO

Note:<888> 5/5/98 Tuesday 11:25 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . It is just about time to cleanup and face the Russian Army. CIO

Note:<888> 5/5/98 Tuesday 9:25 A.M. EST: I worked on the bookmark a bit yesterday, but I have not edited it yet. I spent quite a bit of time using MSN yesterday. Unfortunately on my machine which is slow and during the day time when the net is slow, it is painfully slow; and it crashed quite a bit. I set it up to work with MS IE. I went to bed last night at 7 P.M., and did not get up until 8 A.M. this morning. I guess I was tired. I found an interesting link You Bet Racing Network. Online horseracing and real time interactive wagering. for you horse players, which seems to have plenty of interactive content, once it is up and running. Well back to the net. No sign of Russian paratroopers landing yet, but I have several acres in the backyard baseball field where they might fit in. I have not cleaned up in two days, so I probably smell like last weeks garbage. Once I finish the bookmark I might go out for a spell. I have a 4 P.M. appointment this afternoon. Back to the web, I wonder if Jack Webb or Peter Weston Webb have internet companies, not to mention Webco. CIO

Note:<888> 5/4/98 Monday 11:25 A.M. EST: Well, I am up and have had breakfast. It seems that we have survived any attacks from Russian Subs. Rumour has it that the survivalists if there are any in a future attack are planning to setup emergency headquarters at a "New Age" cult site in Sadona, Arizona. Well they did not invite me, so I will have to stay here and fight it out with the Russians. Back to the net. CIO

Note:<888> 5/4/98 Monday 1:15 A.M. EST: Well today was an exciting day. I got up and chatted with a family member, and had breakfast and then went back to bed. I then woke up and cleaned my apartment and watered the plants and listened to the first two hours of www.ttalk.com . I went out about 5 P.M. and stopped by Tod's Point and chatted with a young French fellow about Anglo French policy. I then returned downtown and observed the crowd. I noticed quite a few out of town visitors. I also heard quite a few Russian accents which is the norm for Sunday afternoons and evenings. I walked around a bit. I stopped by the Grand Union about 9 P.M. and bought GU raisin bran for $2.19, 2% milk gallon $2.29, Tropicana OJ half gallon $1.79, Lite and Lively Cottage Cheese $1.99, Kahns Ham at $3.99 a pound for $6.98, two ears yellow corn .40, box of 100 Lipton tea bags $1.99, Aperagus at $1.49 a pound for $1.01, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $1.29, and a 75 cent off coupon off the cottage cheese for $19.93. I went home and put away the groceries, and then returned to the Exxon station and filled up the car with premium at $1.45.9 a gallon for $13.00. I returned downtown and had a slice of Sicilian pizza at Planet Pizza for $1.70. I returned home after walking a bit and stopped by Grand Union again for a dozen eggs for $1.39. I then returned home. I was thinking about the Russian submarine problem we have been having and came up with a recording of one which I placed at www.mikescott.net/russsub1.htm . There is no evidence that the reason that both the President and the Speaker of the House evacuated the Capitol because they were worried about Soviet Launches. Realistically there are just as many Russian submarines on the west coast of America as the East Coast. No notice in the press about it. I suppose they have impossed military censorship. I suppose if the star wars program really works, they could fake a successful hit by igniting a large amount of flash powder in the intended target. We have no real communications here, so we just as well must maintain ordinary routine and regular work schedule. Well I have to go fold my laundry. I think I will go to bed shortly. I also noticed the power was out between the Food Emporium and the Mobil station in Byram. CIO

Note:<888> 5/2/98 Saturday 10:35 P.M. EST: I went out at 10 A.M. this morning. I drove up to Norwalk and stopped by Computer Renaissance in Norwalk down from the WIZ. I noticed not many people were on the highway. I chatted with the properieter that runs the store with his family and he is a gentleman from Austria. He admitted that not many people were making much money in the computer resale business. I did not see anything I could afford in the store. I next went to CompUSA and I noticed that they had sold out of the special on Microsoft Office 97. They did not have any sales on. I was given a demo of he new Canon printer for $400 that prints photographic quality documents. It costs $2 a sheet for the paper and $45 for the ink cartridge, but it prints a glossy photograph type document. I was also given a Demonstration of the 8X8 camera telephone device for $350. It works pretty well and one uses it over regular telephone lines if the party at the other end has the same device. I then did something foolish. I went to OTB in Norwalk and bet on the Kentucky Derby. I bet $10 to win on the number 8 horse Rock and Roll which was 30 to 1. I also bet on six other long shots. I put $2 each to win on 1, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14 all of which were over 20 to 1 for a total of $22 bet. I had hoped to win, so I could upgrade my computer equipment. I then returned back to Greenwich and walked around Tod's Point the three miles. It was a cloudy warmish day. I noticed one young gal on Roller Blades that looked like my niece, but I don't think it was her since she was taller than I am. I then returned home and had some Ramen noodles and Pineapple Cheese Cake for lunch. I then went out with my thermos of coffee to the library and read the article in the Greenwich Times about the Derby. Apparently the favored horse to win Indian Charlie was suppose to be number 8, but a horse was scratched. Thus for the last two days the numbers of the horses in the Greenwich Times did not match the actual numbers of the horses in the Derby. I then went downtown and bought three buy two get one free of Camel lights for $16.80 . I sat out in front of the senior center and observed the shoppers and drank my coffee. I mentioned to a couple of people the numbers in the Derby were wrong. I mentioned it to the desk sargent at the police station, and he said everything is being run by the mafia. I then went down by the water on Steamboat Road and noticed the Indian Harbor Yacht Club was having its opening season cermonies. All the senior members were out on the patio raising the Yacht Club penants and saluting the flag. I noticed Congressman Christopher Shays in the crowd along with First Selectman Thomas Ragland, along with a great many other dignitaries as I observed from the Steamboat Road wharf. I chatted with a former neighbor who has worked at the Yacht Club for 40 years, and he seemed to enjoy the opening ceremonies. I also noticed in today's Greenwich Times people have been abandoning boats and sailboats at Grass Island and several of them will be destroyed if not claimed. They showed the picture of a nice sailboat that is going to be destroyed since its owner has abandoned it. I then returned home and my dinner guest had arrived down from Wilton. We watched ABC evening news to find out that none of my bets had won. I cooked a dinner of poached salmon steaks in garlic, herbs, and wine with poached onion quarters, steamed zuchinni, and herbal white rice. We chatted a while and then he left, and I did the dishes and then filed this report. I will update my final monthly stats www.mikescott.net/stats.htm shortly after filing this report. CIO

Note:<888> 5/2/98 Saturday 4:10 A.M. EST: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . For some reason for the first time in a long time the program actually balenced. I guess the program has that capability, but it usually does not balence. I went out at 8:30 A.M. this past morning. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I went down by the post office and paid my electricity, MCI telephone, and GEICO insurance. I got my hair cut at Subway barbers for $13 plus $2 tip. The Italians there seem to know a bit about volcanoes. I went down and sat down in front of the senior center, and had some coffee out of my thermos. It began to rain a bit, so I went down by the Sound on Steamboat Road and had my coffee. I chatted with a nautical fellow about the oceans, basically wondering if a Tidal Wave ever struck on the Atlantic Coast. I also mentioned the map of Magellan does not show Long Island. I went uptown and paid my rent at First Union Bank. I drove by the Hospital Thrift Shop and bought a Pyrex pound cake dish for $1. I went by the library and read the paper. I drove by ELDC and toured their inventory. I went by St. Catherine's Thrift and they have an old 486/30 there. I went by Old Greenwich thrift. I drove out to Tod's Point and in the overcast weather, it was not busy except for six busloads of little kids studying the Pilgrims and the Indians which seemed unusual for May Day. I chatted with one of the Indians. I returned and toured Staples. I went downtown by the Mews thrift and toured it. I returned to the library and chatted with three regulars. One of them said the Bessimer Trust has not performed well recently, but Wilmington Trust and Northern Trust has. He also said the United States closely monitors the thousands of Russian submarines. I went by the Grand Union and bought two half gallons of Tropicana Orange Juice for $2.50 each, two Salmon Steaks for $4.55 for both, and a $1.33 of fresh Zuchinni. I went by the Arnold Bread Store and bought two loaves of Healthnut Bread, three pineapple cheese cakes, and one rasberry strudel for $6.17 most of which I put in the freezer when I returned home. I had some ice tea and a bowl of noodles. I went to bed at 5:30 P.M. and got up at 2:30 A.M. this morning. Well off to the net. CIO

Note:<888> 5/1/98 Friday 5:00 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I noticed the United States Coast Guard has a military extension www.uscg.mil , however last I heard it was still part of the Department of Transportation. Shows how up to date I am. Well I might take a long nap since I only got five hours last evening. CIO

Note:<888> 5/1/98 Thursday 1:45 A.M. EST: There were two reports on the internet yesterday that were largely ignored by the printed media, they both relate to the possibly of a Nuclear Threat on the Americas from Russia as reported to the internet press by a group calling itself the Physicians for Nuclear Responsiblity in Boston, Massachussetts . The two links are BBC News | Americas | Greater risk of accidental nuclear strike and Yahoo Risk of accidental nuclear attack said rising . Having grown up in the cold war era and having read dozens of books on Cold War Atomic strategy in the 1950s and early 1960s, it is my synoposis that the reports are probably accurate. Moreover the fact that the U.S. Navy has placed many of its fleet of Trident submarines carrying Nuclear weapons off the coast of Russia has lead the Russians to retaliate by placing many of its Nuclear Submarines off the coasts of the the Americas on constant standby, which indeed could lead to a nuclear accident as stress reduces morale and judgement. Moreover it is common knowleged that both sides through their surveilennce operations with sonar and sartillites knows the exact location of their various fleets. It has been my general understanding for the last thirty years, the Russian Empire has maintained a fleet of nuclear missle equiped submarines off our shores about fifty to a hundred miles offshore fully combat ready and constantly serviced, maintained, and repaired. I believe they all come out of some hidden underground facilities off the northern artic coast of the Russias, which because recently U.S. submarine fleets have been invading their home territory, they have increased the amount of their fleet operations off our shores. More than likely there are over 100 a hundred nuclear missle equiped Russian submarines off U.S. waters with each having 100 to 200, 50 to 500 megaton missles on board, which would be sufficient fire power, to eliminate the entire North America infrastructure as we know it. The U.S. efforts off their shores are more modest about a tenth the Russian capacity. I am not sure of what the specific classes of Russian submarines are off our shores, but if one studied Janes in the Greenwich Library or looked at their site, you might learn more. At my age, I am not too worried, since all the tiny kids and grandparents seem to still be here, and generally the government would evacuate them if they thought there was a real threat. Well back to net surfing. CIO

Note:<888> 5/1/98 Thursday 12:15 A.M. EST: Happy May Day. I posted Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . The market was up quite a bit yesterday. I went downtown at about 9:30 A.M. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrifts Shop. I noticed a nice used IBM typewriter and a Panasonic wide carriage printer for $35. I went down the Avenue and surveyed Long Island Sound. I stopped by the Greenwich Libray and read the four regular computer newsweeklies and the Greenwich Times. I noticed IBM is advertising a lot in the four computer newsweeklies. The Greenwich Times had a very good article on the Kentucky Derby ChurchillDowns - VirtualChurchill . I noticed the number 8 horse Indian Charlie is favored, but it's odds are only two to one. I also noticed four horses were going off 50 to 1. If I were betting one $2 ticket I would bet on the number 9 horse Rock and Roll which is at 50 to 1. If I could spare $8 I would bet on all four 50 to 1 horses. I was doing something and the number 9 came up twice, like the number 8 golfball I found last night. The psychic projections get a little confusing. I suggested to one horse person, ask a little kid and see what they think. I chatted with a fellow with Connecticut License Plate "KEN" or "KENNY" several years ago who was a timer on the backside of Belmont and he told me "Go For Gin" was going to win then, but I have not seen him around recently. I believe he use to drive a blue cadillac and have a beer occassionally at the Homestead Bar in Port Chester, New York. After the library I came back home and recieved a birthday card which is May 9, which had a nice picture "The Long Leg" by Edward Hopper which is in the Huntington Library in San Marino, California in the Virgina Steele Scott collection. I belive Virginia Scott might have been married to the actor Randolf Scott and was Pierre DuPont's daughter and inherited 25% of the entire DuPont Fortune. I guess only the Wilmington Trust Company knows for sure. I had a tuna fish sandwich for lunch. I went out to Putnam Trust Bank of New York at 2 P.M. and I noticed one of the senior clients was driving a thirty year Oldsmobile wagon which still has the New York blue and orange license plates, probably somebody "Old Guard" from Bedford, New York. I chatted with the receptionist and she was excited that Bank of New York had tried to buy Mellon Bank last week. I explained to her that both Bank of New York and Mellon Bank represented only branches of certain families. Basically from what I know the Bessimer Trust Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvannia holds the lion's share of the old Carnegie, Mellon, Fricke, and many other industrial age fortunes, and they are so conservative they don't give interest or take accounts off the street. It is basically like Northern Trust, but probably more stoggy. I next made my 3 P.M. appointment. I went back by the library and checked out the videotape "Junior". Greenwich was out in Full Force today with a large contingent of the "Old Guard" and tiny grandchildren out and about town today. I toured the Art Gallery in the Greenwich library and they have a great modern stainless steel sculpture of a wolf that might scare the Cayotes away in back country. I also noticed some young dudes in the library today wearing what seems to be the occassional fashion. I think it is derived from sailors in the British Navy who use to sport ear rings depending on which of the various oceans they had sailed. Yeh pretty much like the pirates on the Spanish Main not to mention I think Gypsies still sport ear rings, so you can tell Greenwich gets a diverse crowd as usual. I went to bed about 6 P.M. and was up at 11 P.M.. I still need to have breakfast. CIO