Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.:  Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Pansonic 2 Line 2.4 GHz cordless Phone with caller ID Factory Reconditioned and OverStock Coupon Details - 15% off any purchase for new customers ends today.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.:  I would say I am about 90% sure what I saw was a Common gray fox North American Mammals: Urocyon cinereoargenteus which is native to this area.   I have seen red foxes here before, so now we have a grey fox.  One can look at this to identify other animals, that one might find in this area North American Mammals .  I have seen it before about two weeks ago, so it visits us regularly, or it lives out in our small patch of woods.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 10:15 P.M.:  I went outside by the east door of my building after the last  message.   As I was exiting the building about 15 feet in front of me some animal ran by that looked like this Marsupial Mammals, but it was black and grey and it had a bushy tail black tail about half of its length.  It was about 3 feet to 4 feet long and about two feet high.  Perhaps it was some sort of badger BADGER information (Canadian Animals) .  My neighbor said that it was probably a raccoon, but I was very close to it, and it stopped to look at me for about 30 seconds.  It was near dark, and it could have been some sort of cat.  While chatting with my neighbor, we heard some animal making noise in the woods.  I just put a 12 ounce can of Dinty Moore beef stew in a plastic microwave pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven twice.   I will now eat it in a soup bowl with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 8:30 P.M.:  I went to http://www.shutterfly.com/ , and I uploaded and ordered 15 free 4 inch by 6 inch digital photographs from my trip down Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm: Press Journal the first two weeks of this May, and I only paid $1.99 USPS postage.  When I tried to log onto http://www.bnyonline.com/ , and it is not working at the moment.   I called 1-800-CALLBNY, and I chatted with their operator, and they told me it was working from their site.   It seems strange that it is not working.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 6:50 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   All merchandise continues to be on sale for 50% off.   I bought a 14 inch square by 4 inch thick Navy blue satin pillow with white petit point small dots for a dollar.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.   I chatted with one long time Greenwich Avenue observer, and a couple of customers outside Baker Furniture Baker Furniture .  About 15 years ago, I met the owner of Baker Furniture in Manhattan, when I was having dinner at the Mayfair restaurant on First Avenue and 53rd Street.   He explained to me that his family had once owned the three bricks in Nantucket and the Hope diamond.   Since my mother's family is from Holland, Michigan, and since Baker furniture is made in Grand Rapids, Michigan 20 miles away from Holland, Michigan, more than likely other members of my mother's family know Baker furniture people.  I also stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store to look at their 70% off shelf.   After my walk, I drove down by the waterfront.   I chatted with a British couple studying music.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a relative.  My speaker phone on the Panasonic 2 line telephone works just fine with the AC power adapter installed.  The order on my full/queen size quilt Rose Garden Embellished Quilts and Shams is anticipated for delivery on June 02, 2005 according to www.parceldirect.com tracking.  I put the Navy blue pillow on the bent oak chair just to the left of the primary computer, so all three chairs at the dining table now have cushions, but I could get another one for the fourth bent oak chair behind the other one to the left of the bedroom desk.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 2:55 P.M.:  I put the contents of a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on reheat.   I put it in a large Cobalt Blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   Around 2:30 P.M., I received UPS Package Tracking Panasonic KX-A09 AC adapter for $2.49 from www.primelec.com for the eBay Store - : Panasonic 12 Volt 200 mA Power Supply New P/N KX-A09 which I bought for $2.49 plus $4.99 UPS shipping for $7.48 total.   I installed it on my Panasonic KX-T3155 two line telephone, so it now has more power than just battery power, so the speaker phone function will work just fine without draining the batteries which also power the LCD and line indicator lights.   I connected it up to power with a white 12 foot extension cord from the box containing cables underneath the living room desk, and I connected the extension cord to the power strip underneath the chair at the apartment entrance by the telephone tea table.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I have a friend whom might be stopping by about 6 P.M. this evening.  I had a nobody on the line telephone call.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 2:10 P.M.:  I picked up mail, and I chatted with the building custodian and some neighbors.   I received the free beta offer of three beta CDs from Microsoft for the Visual Studio Beta 2 that I ordered for free with free shipping at www.microsoft.com/getthebetas .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.:  I posted Michael Louis Scott's Online Coupons and Discounts List , and I included it in the downloadable directory at Download Scott's Internet Directory "scott008.zip" 2.34 megs and open "scotlist.htm" in web browser 06/01/05 .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 12:45 P.M.:  If you search www.google.com for coupon discounts, one will find sites with coupons such as http://www.edealinfo.com/ and http://www.alexscoupons.com/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 12:40 P.M.:  Homevisions Shop by Style at HomeVisions. 12 Distinct Styles - Find Yours Today!  has this coupon code for $15 off a $100 that expires today HomeVisions.com Coupons - HomeVisions Coupon Codes @ eDealinfo.com and HomeVisions Coupons, HomeVisions Coupon, HomeVisions Coupon Codes, Home Visions Coupons, Home Visions Coupon, Home Visions Coupon Codes - Alex's Coupons , but they expire today, but more than likely there will be others available soon.   HomeVisions is just www.searsshowplace.com , so possibly their items would be available at your local Sears store www.sears.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 12:25 P.M.:  If anyone down south does not want to weather the hurricane season, I have a friend in Real Estate at Country Living Associates in Wilton, Connecticut Country Living Associates Wilton, Connecticut  Richard Van Marter sales associate , and he tells me that since Fairfield County has extremely low mortgage rates, lots of people are buying homes, so there is a listing of rental problems as large as a telephone book of available rental properties in this area.   Of course, more than likely rental properties might be for a year, and not just for the hurricane season.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 12:05 P.M.:  I once bought a chair like this for $20 at the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop, so they have gone up in price a bit Max Leather Club Chair , but even if I had the money, I don't have room for it in my apartment.   I chatted with a relative.   My order for UPS Package Tracking Panasonic KX-A09 AC adapter for $2.49 from www.primelec.com is out for delivery.  My quilt still has not left the Sortation Center in Edison, New Jersey, where it has been since 7:46:11 on May 26, 2005.   I also have to sign for my first  cigarette order from http://www.ordersmokesdirect.com/  when it is to be delivered by the post office some day soon.  Thus I have to linger around the apartment waiting for shipments.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 11:40 A.M.:  I chatted with a relative down in Florida, and they are having this product installed on their house for additional hurricane protection Armor Screen and Metro! Armor Screen: the Best Hurricane Protection , which is made from the same material used for bullet proof vests.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/05 Tuesday 11:30 A.M.:  I was awake at 7 A.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I went back to bed until 10:30 A.M., when I had a nobody on the line telephone call.   I threw out some garbage.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   These interesting news stories this morning CNN.com - 'Very active' hurricane season forecast - May 31, 2005 ,  CNN.com - NOAA predicts two or three hurricanes to hit U.S. - May 17, 2005 , The Tropical Meteorology Project: [FORECASTS] , and what the news story is about EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2005 .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 10:25 P.M.:  I ate about 4 ounces of dry roasted peanuts.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 10:05 P.M.:  There might still be time to use this web site Canada Goose to make it down to Antarctica Observatory Operations: SPO and South Pole Live Camera before they are shut in for their winter.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 10:00 P.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 9:45 P.M.:  I watched some television.   I chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 7:20 P.M.:  Inexpensive software 5DollarSoftware.com with Microsoft Money 2005 & Picture It! 10 Premium for $5 .   CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 7:10 P.M.:  For the local weather around the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, try http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm , which is linked from www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .   I frequently go by Steamboat Road and the Indian Harbor Yacht club, because before I moved here in Byram 16 years ago, I lived at 700 Steamboat Road for five years, so I know my way around the area.   I also happen to know, there is a Yacht Club at Byram Shore Beach, the Belle Haven Club, Grass Island with marina and the Greenwich Yacht Club, several marinas around the Mianus River, the Riverside Yacht Club, and the Old Greenwich Yacht Club, and a much larger professional marina at Yacht Haven in Stamford, Connecticut, but in terms my normal traffic pattern, it still is more convenient and cheaper to drive down Steamboat Road, when I happen to be downtown.  I also happen to know and recognize a lot of my former neighbors, but with the new five star Delemar Hotel there http://www.thedelamar.com/ , there tends to be more of an upscale crowd in that neighborhood, besides the usual waterfront watchers and fishermen.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 7:00 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I had 10 digital prints made for free with my CVS card.   It took about 10 minutes to have them processed.   I then drove down to the center of town and not much was happening, and I chatted with a town resident.   I next drove down by the waterfront, and they were flying the Commodore's flag at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, but since I spent most of my younger years around the Greenwich Country Club, the nautical types do not appreciate my interest in the weather around the waterfront.   I then returned home.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 4:35 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .   For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Helluva-A-Good muenster cheese, and I also used 10 grape tomatoes on top of the salad.   I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.   I was chatting with a relative on the Panasonic 2 line telephone with Optimum Voice, and I received an incoming telephone call with Verizon from a relative, so I put the Optimum Voice line on Hold, and I answered the Verizon call, and I then pressed conference, and all three of us were able to talk together, which is quite a nice feature with two telephone lines in the apartment and with Optimum Voice being toll free in the United States and Canada.  Thus I could receive or make a local telephone call on Verizon, put it on hold, and call for free with Optimum Voice long distance, and then press conference, and the local call would be connected to long distance on my Optimum Voice line, and they would not have to pay for long distance charges, but of course they might not want me to be able to listen in on the conversation.  This telephone is a newer model of the one that I bought, and it has two lines and conferencing such as Panasonic Consumer Electronics Model Listing or Buy Panasonic KXTS208W Phone at the Lowest Price with BizRate or Panasonic Model Details or Buy Panasonic KX-TSC14B Phone at the Lowest Price with BizRate or , and it is available at a reasonable rate.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out after that.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 2:35 P.M.:  I went out, and I checked the Volvo ABS light.   It would stay on after starting the car the second time or more.   I replaced the fuse with another 15 Amp fuse, and I used a small screw driver to make sure the fuse contacts were tight.   However, I do not think it is a problem with the ABS control unit.   I discovered after starting the car, if the ABS light stays on, I can turn the ignition key backwards counter clockwise about 1/8th of an inch, and the Tracs light goes on briefly, and the ABS light then goes off normally.  Perhaps it is something to do with the wiring in the steering column or the ignition switch or the onboard computer module.   Anyway for now that is a good enough simple fix, since it is quite simple way to get the ABS light to go off.  I will see if it continues to work that way without any problems.  I noticed next to the brake cylinder brake fluid container, there is a new part which is made in the Philippines, and it has a wiring harness connected to it, so perhaps if it has something to do with the ABS system, the new part might have something to do with the ABS light staying on.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 1:25 P.M.:  I have a 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo wagon.   It occasionally has the ABS light stay on when one starts the car, and when it stays on the headlights and the blinkers also do not work.   This is a page on a similar problem in newer Volvos Volvo ABS Control Unit Computer General Information Volvo ABS Home Page and Volvo_ABS_removal.  I will go down and check it a bit now to see if there are any lose wires.   I might try starting the car to see what happens without the ABS fuse is not installed.   It might be wearing out gradually.   According to www.rockauto.com , it is about a $400 part plus installation, but for now the car works most of the time.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 12:50 P.M.:  I found a Roosevelt dime in the washing machine today, when I cleaned my shower curtain, liner, and bath mat with two cups of CVS bleach on the wash cycle.  One does not stick them in the dryer, or they would melt and damage the dryer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 12:45 P.M.:  On the Panasonic 2 line telephone, I labeled buttons 1 -15 with 15 marked as "15 low".  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 12:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   For the Panasonic Two line telephone, I made up a Speed Dial and Memory Dial List of 15 Speed Dial and 28 Memory Dial telephone numbers, and in Speed Dial Mode and Memory Dial Mode, the first 15 telephone numbers are the same in each mode.   I printed out two copies of the list, and the first list is just to the right of the Panasonic 2 line telephone by the French Reproduction chair, and the second copy is with the Panasonic 2 line telephone manual in front of the French Reproduction chair on the end of the down sofa.  I also programmed the Panasonic 2 line telephone with the numbers according to the list.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 10:15 A.M.:  I reinstalled the shower curtain, liner, and bath mat now that they are clean from mold and soap scum.   I now have to program my speed dial numbers on my Panasonic 2 line telephone, which might take a while, since they have two levels of programming that don't make much sense in the instructions.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/05 Monday 9:50 A.M.:  I went to bed after the last message.   I was up at 7 A.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I took down my shower curtain, liner, and bath mat, and I am washing them in a couple cups of CVS bleach.  I have three minutes until they are washed.  I threw out my garbage.   I washed my breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 11:20 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 10:15 P.M.:  I watched some television.   I ate three ounces of lightly salted dry roasted peanuts.   The reason for the big food order today was that I once read that World War II was started when a Monkey and a Parrot took over a top secret observation post in the South Pacific.  The money could operate the radio, and the parrot could talk, and possibly the money could fly an airplane, and the parrot could use the radio.   Whatever, the case maybe that is what really happened on "911".   Thus I have bananas for the monkey and peanuts for the parrot.   If any British came out here from the Queen Mary II today, I did not notice any of them, but I did notice somebody in the Greenwich train station that looked liked they were about to "Up Chuck" or "Throw Up" or "Blow Their Cookies".   Whatever the case, it seems to be perfectly normal around here, but there is less traffic, so people do not seem to be driving as much.   I also noticed that people do not seem to be coming out on the train as much.   Anyway I lived here many years ago, when the town was equally slow, so perhaps it has just gone back to its normal pattern of living compared to recent years.   Whatever the case, I suppose we have to see how busy it is on work day after the holiday.   I wrote in the dust on the outside window of the Chase Bank at the top of Greenwich Avenue, "$8.88 a gallon".   They seem to have television programming on Cablevision from more southern parts of the United States, so perhaps people from down south have come up here, and started broadcasting their own television content.   It sort of makes me curious as to whom is left back down south, and since I have seen the programs before, I call it "Tourist Television".  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 8:25 P.M.:  Climate Prediction Center - Expert Assessments: Atlantic Hurricane Outlook .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 8:20 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I was going to get 10 free digital prints made with my CVS card, but I brought the wrong CD.   I found a quarter in the parking lot by the Japanese restaurant across the street and behind Greenwich Avenue.  I then drove down Greenwich Avenue, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by CVS on my way down Greenwich Avenue, and I bought a 16 ounce jar of CVS dry roasted lightly salted peanuts for $1.99.   I chatted with a family from the Ivory Coast.  I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then went by Stop and Shop, and I bought Chiquita bananas at .69 a pound for $1.70.   While starting my Volvo, I had problems with the ABS light staying on again, and it is not damp out.  Perhaps, I will look into cleaning the fuse contacts, but one should be careful doing that with fork fuses, since they might be life if one used a points file, and one could create a short.  It would probably be best to clean the fork fuse contacts with the battery disconnected which would take a bit longer.   I then returned home.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 3:05 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is 70 degrees Fahrenheit with a chance of a thunderstorm  Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast starting about 4 P.M., so I may not take a walk.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 2:45 P.M.:  I put a new black ink cartridge in the EpsonStylus Color 880 printer, and now both the black and the color ink cartridges are new.   I printed out 57 calling cards, and I put 10 in my wallet, and I saved 47 to carry later.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 1:50 P.M.:  I microwaved and ate a Pepperidge Farm 16 ounce frozen turkey pot pie, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 12:55 P.M.:  I uploaded the few minor changes to Download Scott's Internet Directory "scott008.zip" 2.34 megs and open "scotlist.htm" in web browser 06/01/05 .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 12:30 P.M.:  I put away the laundry.  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  Large California computer supply outfit 24X7pc.com .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 11:10 A.M.:  I have 40 minutes to go on the dry cycle.   I have $20.35 left on my MacGray laundry card.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 10:40 A.M.:  I am doing two loads of laundry, and I will start the dry cycle in ten minutes.   I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/05 Sunday 10:05 A.M.:  I was up at 8 A.M., and I chatted with a relative.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I went outside briefly, and I threw out some garbage.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/28/05:

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 11:00 P.M.:  I will now send out my weekly notes.   I will then shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 10:40 P.M.:  I went through my email.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 9:40 P.M.:  I did some research on motherboards, and if I needed 5 PCI slots with my current 3 PCI slot motherboard Syntax SV266M, I could possibly try this motherboard ASUS A7V880 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail at Newegg.com , but this motherboard is half the price and similar to my current motherboard, so it probably would not require me to reinstall the operating system SYNTAX SV400 with WHQL Socket A (462) VIA KT400 Chipset 333/266/200MHz w/SOUND/8X AGP/DDR/WHQL - ATX , but it might not be available.  This is an attractive option Chaintech 7NJL6 nVidia Socket A ATX Motherboard AGP 4X8X 10100 Ethernet LAN Support USB 2.0 Serial ATA RAID at TigerDirect.com or Chaintech SKT600 VIA Socket A Motherboard AGP 8X4X Audio 10100Mbps Ethernet LAN USB 2.0 Serial ATA at TigerDirect.com , but it will expire before I have funds to spare, but it is almost just as cheap here without the rebate CHAINTECH SKT600 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail at Newegg.com.  Since I still smoke cigarettes, I invested in cigarettes.  Also currently I do not need 5 PCI slots, and currently my primary computer is running just fine.  I think I should wait another year before considering motherboard replacement at which time, I might want to upgrade to other faster components.  One consideration is the ASUS motherboard comes with a rear case plate to fit into the case, where as it looks like the Syntax motherboard would fit into the rear case plate that I installed from my Northgate computer case.  If I were doing it, I might try the ASUS, but is it really worth the hassle of possibly having to reinstall the operating system and configuring the computer to just have two extra PCI slots, which I don't need at the moment.  Currently in the event of a motherboard failure, I could replace the Syntax SV266 motherboard without having to reconfigure the computer for about $25 and shipping Syntax SV266AD Motherboard - PriceGrabber.com  or pricewatch® - Syntax Motherboard , but any of these inexpensive motherboards would work if I needed another one, which I don't at the moment pricewatch® - XP Motherboard.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 6:25 P.M.:  Well, if they close the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, I guess some of our local Navy personnel will be heading to the Trident submarine base in Bangor, Oregon called   Naval Base Kitsap internet with this reference Bangor .  However, from what I know having been on the west coast of the United States on about four or five trips in southern California is that everything seems different looking the other way at the ocean, but it is good for sunsets.   The term "Back East" is very common out there.   However, if one were in Oregon, one might have the chance to explore Crater Lake Crater Lake, Oregon which historically is probably one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the last 50,000 years, but it does not mean it will erupt anytime soon.   However, the lake in the caldera is over a mile deep, so if it ever did erupt, it would put up a lot of moisture and mud.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 6:05 P.M.:  I watched some local television, and it is pretty much the normal Saturday afternoon television selling grass seed and steaks, if you can afford real estate and don't have to worry about your cholesterol.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 4:40 P.M.:  Good prices on surplus PC hardware http://www.isellsurplus.com/ .    

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 4:00 P.M.:  Of course if one is into cooler construction projects, it was reported to me recently that this project is still under way MTA - The Big Dig , but alas if there is no oil or gasoline for transportation, there will not be much need for it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 3:50 P.M.:  I made Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks , which I used a 16 ounce can of B&M baked beans with bacon and onion flavor along with it instead of the Campbell's, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I left a message with a friend who knows a lot about cold weather.   I turned on my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control made in Korea to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, exhaust louver shut, no moving vents, no Energy saver, and on low speed, so the apartment is quite comfortable which is the way I like it.  Also a cooler environment is better for the electronics in the computer.   Back in the summer of 1971 when I did some Cobol programming as independent contractor for Polaroid in Boston, Massachusetts using IBM manuals, punch cards, and IBM 360 main frame computer with chain link printers, they use to keep the computer rooms at the Interstate 128 Polaroid film factory at 65 degrees Fahrenheit to cool the computers, and they forced a lot of cold air into the sub floors and the areas around the computers and tape drives.  Thus in the earlier days of computers besides the millions of dollars for hardware, there was a lot of money spent on cooling.  I also know if one has to cool a large building, the Carrier Air Conditioning Carrier Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Systems in Syracuse, New York which is owned by United Technologies UTC makes the large air conditioning cooling units that one puts on top of large buildings to cool them in the warmer climates.   I learned this while at the Daniel Construction Company in Greenville, South Carolina, and I was doing expediting for them in the first six months of 1976, and we could never get the Carrier Air Conditioning roof top industrial units for the pharmaceutical plants in Manati, Puerto Rico.  Daniel Construction was bought out by www.fluor.com which is one of the larger construction companies in the world headquartered in Newport, California.   It employs a lot of retired United States government personnel.  Also while I was at Daniel construction, they were having major problems with the cement in tankers being sent to Saudi Arabia going bad while they waited in the hot ports which were no yet fully developed.   I suggested to them that one could import cement plants more cheaply than cement, since plenty of the raw materials for cement are already available in Saudi Arabia, and it would be easy to make it there.   The next thing they had so much cement, they wanted me to go over there to help build the Air Force base in Rydah, Saudi Arabia, and I felt it would be too hot there for me since it was over a 120 degrees Fahrenheit on the tarmac there.   Instead after the Tall Ships Bicentennial Celebration in New York Harbor on July 4, 1976, I went back up to Nantucket and worked on simpler projects.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 2:30 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went by the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop, and I bought a 16 inch square by 3 inch thick multi color striped chair pillow for $2.50.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store.   I sat out at various locations.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then returned home.   I received from the state of Connecticut notification that I have to have my Volvo emissions checked by July 22, 2005 for $20 cost.  I think one gets it done at the Shell station at East Putnam Avenue and Sherwood Place, and one has to make an appointment.   I show a neighbor who is computer savvy what I had done with my computer systems and the apartment.   I moved the paper work from the bent wood chair to the left of my primary computer, and I put the paper work on top of the paper stack to the right of my primary computer chair 90 degrees stacked crosswise, and I put the spare printer items on the printer stand.  I put the multi color chair pillow on the bent wood chair that is available to the left of my bedroom desk.   I still could put a chair pillow on the bent wood chair to the left of my primary computer, but I always leave it shoved in at the corner of the dining table, and there is no room to use it.  I might have one for it somewhere in the apartment.  There is another bent wood chair behind the one to the left of the bedroom desk with some items in a box stored on it.   The fourth one with a chair cushion is at the second eating place at my round oak dining table.  I also use the large oak chair with the new chair blue Palo Alto chair cushion at my primary eating place at the dining table which a substantial piece of furniture and I also have two leaves for it where it would stretch out to about eight feet and could seat about 12 people, but I do not have room to do that in my apartment.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/28/05 Saturday 9:40 A.M.:  I went to bed after the last message.   I was up at 7:30 A.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toasted English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I rehung the Saudi Arabian flag on the center hallway bookcase, since the Saudi Arabians have been good friends over the years.   I have met Saudi Arabian citizens over the years, and although they are somewhat reserve with their great wealth, when they are around the local area seems to get improved, however they also cause the prices of goods and services to go up, so basically they do not seem to understand too much about the economics of great wealth.   I will now wash my breakfast dishes and make my bed.  The quilt that I ordered is still waiting to be transferred to the United States post office for delivery, and it is still in Edison, New Jersey waiting to be transfered here, so I guess they are still waiting for Thomas Edison to invent the light bulb.  I will then shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 11:40 P.M.:  The British and the Canadian case badges shipped via United States mail.  I will now shut down my computer, and I will go to bed soon.  BBC NEWS Middle East Saudi uncertainty over sick king .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 11:15 P.M.:  I was looking for a Dutch flag decal case badge for my computer, and I found this site for U.S. flags http://www.pcdecals.com/ , however after an extensive search I could not find a Dutch flag computer badge.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 10:25 P.M.:  Of course if anyone needs high tech electronics, an old classmate from prep school who looks a bit like me and whom might be a relative and whom lives in a nearby town is part of a family that owns this interesting electronics company Tucker Electronics - Sales of New, Refurbished, and Used Electronic Test Equipment  .  Thus if you see Tommy Tucker around, see if he still looks a bit like me.  Everyone use to think that I was living at my grandmother's house in Nantucket, but alas back then I must have looked more like him.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 10:05 P.M.:  The Panasonic 2 line telephone AC adapter via UPS from Farmingdale, New York at 8:27 P.M. this evening UPS Package Tracking Panasonic KX-A09 AC adapter for $2.49 from www.primelec.com , and it shipped from http://www.primelec.com/ , and the item was eBay Store - : Panasonic 12 Volt 200 mA Power Supply New P/N KX-A09 , which was cheaper than the $19 at the other web sites, but I did pay $4.99 for UPS shipping.   Their ebay web site is eBay Store - Prime Electronic Components: Computer Equipment, Telecom Related, Networking .  Although the Panasonic 2 line telephone works with AA batteries, one needs the AC adapter for the extra power to use the Speaker Phone feature, which is quite faint when one only uses the batteries.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 9:40 P.M.:  Earlier before I went out, I put a new 25 watt torpedo bulb in the left side of the picture light above the Rembrandt print of the Polish rider.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 9:15 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I used the Black and Decker 12 volt AutoVac to clean the driver's side floor of my Volvo.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.   I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 7 ounce bag of black licorice for $1.19 plus .07 tax for $1.26 total.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then returned home.  There was a bit of lightning to the north when I returned home, which is common at sun set this time of year.   I chatted with my relative whom has returned up north.   I chatted with three other relatives.  Another relative's family will not be returning up north for a few weeks, but one relative stays down south most of the year except for vacations in Maine.   I suppose with the price of fuel so high, some people down south will not be able to afford to drive their Recreational Vehicles north this summer.   Also with all of the work down south repairing hurricane damage, I suppose some people are sticking with the higher wages down south.   Locally the economy seems to be pretty much the same for the Wall Street types, but for the rest of the people with the higher costs of living, many people are just getting by, particularly those living on fixed incomes.  There was not much of a rush hour this evening, so I suppose some people are taking a long weekend and did not work today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 4:05 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .   I used all of the regular ingredients.   I am still using Pepperidge Farm croutons instead of Arnold croutons, since they have not had any recently at the Arnold bread store outlet.   I think the Pepperidge Farm croutons are more tasty.  I put ten grape tomatoes on top of the salad along with the eight pitted California black olives.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 2:10 P.M.:  I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.   The three 27 inch shams arrived here in the mail about noon.   I put them on the two large pillows Navajo pillow pattern pillows on the bed, and I brought the third large pillow from the green living room couch, and I put the third sham on it.  I move orange and tangerine pattern hand made throw from the base of the bedroom bed to the back of the down sofa, and I put the pink flower bolster on top of that.   I put the two large blue and white bolsters at the base of the bed in the bedroom on top of the light blue wool blanket, and I put the two large pillow shams on top of the pillows with the third one in the center resting against the pillow.   It will look much better when I get the new quilt probably tomorrow in the mail.  Of course, I will wash the linens on the bed before I put the new quilt on the bed.  I move from the bed the two smaller orange and the two smaller blue flower pattern pillows on the long green living room couch to add more color.  I  put a longer blue LAN cord on the IBM Netvista computer on top of the coffee table, so there it lies flat, one should not trip on it.   I changed my larger miniature potted palm with the smaller on, so the larger one is over the coffee table at the far end.  I also poked the soil around in their pots, so they water more evenly.   I threw out the garbage including the waste paper.   I chatted with some neighbors and a relative whom is traveling today.  Everyone in the building received gifts from www.unilever.com of two 18 ounce Suave Seasonals winter snowfall moisturizing body lotions with vitamins E, two Suave cleansers foaming face wash 6.7 ounces, two Rave create and control bodifying spray gel ultra hold 14 ounce, and two Suave uplifting aromabenefits ginger and lily shampoo 14.5 ounces.  I removed the sugar from the sugar jar in the kitchen, which I do not use any more, and I put it in the larger sugar container, and I washed the sugar jar, and I put the packets of Splenda http://www.splenda.com/ sugar substitute that a relative gave me while I was down in Florida.   One of my relatives in Florida is going North today, and that relative always brings the warmer weather with her.    I have the air conditioner on in the apartment with the exhaust vent open to bring some fresh cool air into the apartment.   The windows are two heavy and awkward to open to air out the apartment, and the air quality is frequently not good.  The best time for that is early Sunday morning.  Of course, since I walk so much all the time, the apartment always smells like dirty sneakers.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 10:20 A.M.:  www.fedex.com delivered my two blue Palo Alto chair cushions Palo Alto Chair Cushions which is the first part of my order from Decorating Styles – Furniture Styles – Interior Design Style .  I have been billed for them.   I put one on the larger green and oak chair at my dining room table, and I put the other on my wooden bedroom desk chair, and I move the yellow striped one from there to my kitchen smoking chair.   The back on the kitchen smoking chair which was thrown out by Best and Company on Greenwich Avenue because it had a broken back, a large piece of it finally broke off, but I will continue to use it because it is a comfortable chair.   I took the 15 inch long brass marlin from above the kitchen entrance, and I hung it above the bathroom door entrance, and I moved the Putnam Lodge 100th anniversary 1854 to 1954 Masonic Lodge dinner plate No. 338 F. & A.M. from above the bathroom door entrance to above the kitchen entrance.  I will now continue my house cleaning.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/27/05 Friday 7:55 A.M.:  I was up at 6:30 A.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   Apparently the aircraft carrier John Fitzgerald Kennedy is at port in Manhattan.   I saw some sailors walking around downtown in Greenwich, Connecticut, and they looked quite fit and healthy.   I saw one sailor studying the window of Victoria's Secret, but he was probably more interested in the sale's staff.   Back in the old days in Key West, Florida around the United States Navy, I used to have a joke, "What is Carrier Air Conditioning", and I would reply, "It is when one takes an aircraft carrier out of the Persian Gulf, and puts it in the Bering Sea, and it is suddenly air conditioned."   Of course when I went to Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu near Great Lakes Naval Station, our most famous alumnus was Richard Widmark, who made the movie The Bedford Incident Comprehensive Movie Review about navy life in Greenland.   I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.    According to tracking my quilt Rose Garden Embellished Quilts and Shams is still in Edison, New Jersey, but the shams departed Edison, New Jersey at 1:02:00 this morning.   CIO  

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 10:05 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I have to do house cleaning when I wake up tomorrow, which should be a more quiet day for me.   I guess I could get one of these BBC NEWS Technology UK company launches in-car toilet to go with my working cigarette lighter in the Volvo which now will work with the adaptors that fit into it.   I do not smoke in my Volvo, so I did not notice that it did not work until I tried the Black and Decker AutoVac in it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 9:55 P.M.:  My order for the quilt and shams arrived at the Sortation Center Arrival at Edison, New Jersey at 7:46:11 today which since would be this morning in Edison, New Jersey, so perhaps they will get it into our local postal system tomorrow, and maybe we will get delivery on it Saturday.  I have been billed for them on my debit card, but they still have not billed me for the two blue Palo Alto chair pillows.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 9:40 P.M.:  I printed out the Panasonic two line telephone manual, and I put it in one of my three spare metal clamp binders.   I set the time on the telephone, and I studied the manual.   I will set the memory dial numbers at a future day.   I received a telephone call on it, while I was sitting next to it, and it works just fine.  I left the manual on the end of the down sofa by the French reproduction chair where the telephone is located on the 1989 Social Register.    It is the nature of the Social Register which I do not need to be in, but a lot of their established listings do not move too much, so their telephone numbers might still be the same after all of these years.   Of course with Caller ID today, they might not answer your telephone calls.   Since I am on the low economic scale of the latter, I do not get many people calling me up for odd reasons.   

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 8:30 P.M.:  I microwaved on reheat in a microwave proof plastic pot with plastic lid a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's Chunky soup, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.   I found the manual for the Panasonic KX-T3155 two line telephone at this link along with a lot of other Panasonic telephone manuals http://www.support.panasonic.co.nz/manuals.asp .   CIO  

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 7:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed my IRS W-9 tax form to Commission Junction.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a Black and Decker 12 volt automobile dust buster vacuum for $3.  I tested it in my Volvo, but it did not work.  I checked my cigarette lighter, and it did not work, so I checked my fuses on the Volvo.   There was a burned out red 10 volt fuse in the Volvo for the cigarette lighter which I never use, and I replaced it with the correct blue 15 volt fuse.  I then tested the Black and Decker dust buster, and it worked just fine.   I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I next went by Gateway Auto Supply, and I bought a 5 pack of 15 volt fuses for $2.50.  I replaced the spare 15 volt fuse in the fuse box.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with one of the regular fishermen who is a mechanic.  On my ABS light problem on damp days, he suggested it could be a fuse terminal that needs to be cleaned free of corrosion.  I then went downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop, and I bought for $5 a Panasonic KX-T3155 EASA-PHONE with two lines.  It did not come with its KX-A09 power adapter.   I then put the telephone in my car, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and then I walked up Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store.   Gateway Auto Supply only sells the spare auto fork type fuses in package of 5, so I bought at the Greenwich Hardware store a 5 volt, 10 volt, 20 volt, 25 volt, and 30 volt fork type fuses for .80 each for $4 total.   I then walked up to CVS, and I toured the store briefly.   I then walked down Greenwich Avenue, and on the west side of Greenwich Avenue just south of Banana Republic where there is an alley to a parking area behind Greenwich Avenue, a blue green fairly new Volvo station wagon came out with a blond house wife, and it almost ran me down.  I prepared myself to jump on the hood, but the driver stopped just in time.  The driver did not seem to think one has to look for pedestrians when coming out of that alley.  I suppose they should put a speed bump at that alley just before the sidewalk about 20 feet to keep people from zooming out on the sidewalk.   The alley is surround by walls on both sides, so there are no warning signs.   I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment.   I next returned home.  I washed the filter on the Black and Decker 12 volt AutoVac, and I cleaned it housing, and I put it back in the rear of my Volvo station wagon.   I left all of the new fuses in the fuse packaging box in small brown paper bag in the glove compartment.   I then put three AA Walgreen alkaline batteries in the Panasonic 2 line telephone.   I then took the Northwestern Bell corded phone by the French Antique reproduction chair, and I took off its long receiver cord, and I put the shorter cord from the Panasonic on it, and I put the longer receiver cord on the Panasonic.   I took the AT&T telephone in the kitchen that has faulty buttons, and I replace it with the Northwestern Bell telephone, and I put the malfunctioning AT&T telephone with the faulty buttons underneath the night stand to the right of my bed.   I then connected the Panasonic 2 line telephone to both Optimum Voice at the French Reproduction chair location, and I connected two 8 foot telephone cables with a cable connector and a two splitter to the junction line by the tea table at the apartment entrance to hook up the second line to Verizon.   Both lines work fine on the 2 line Panasonic telephone, and it has one nice feature that one can do conferencing with both lines, so technically someone could call me locally on Verizon, and I could place a long distance telephone call for them with Optimum Voice, and just not listen for free long distance calling for any friends or family whom might be local.  Of course I have not tried it out yet.    On Ebay I found the Panasonic KX-A09 power adapter for $2.49 plus $4.99 UPS shipping from Deer Park, New York for $7.48 total.  I ordered it.   The other sites on the internet wanted about $19 for it plus shipping.  With it I can use features like the Speaker Phone on the Panasonic two line telephone without the power running out.   I still have to figure out how to program it.   I chatted with a friend and a relative.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 9:50 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will show and clean up and go out.  Local weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast with a few showers in the area at the moment at 53 degrees Fahrenheit.  The seven day forecast predicts a change of rain through the weekend with partly cloudy conditions on the Monday holiday Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast .  If one spends as much time outside as I do, it is important to know one's local weather.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 9:05 A.M.:  After the last message,  I slid out the Enermax fan speed controller, and I tried putting in the dip pin at the 2000 rpm setting, and it causes the Enermax fan speed controller to set off an alarm, if it falls below 2000 rpm.   I reset it with the dip pin removed to 1000 rpm.   I also labeled the Enermax fan speed controller fan control knob A1 with the stickers that come with it to CPU for the CPU cooling fan and the fan control knob A2 as HDD for the hard drive fan.  I went to back to bed at 3:30 A.M., and I was awake at 7:00 A.M..   I chatted with a friend who is not away fishing, but just visiting with a nearby relative.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I rested a little bit more, and I just got up for good.  I will now wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed.  According to this 2005 Federal Holidays , this three day weekend coming up is Memorial Day weekend.  Fleet Week is going on this week through the holiday Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - .  The local so called powerful people usually like me to be financially broke during the end of May, so they hog the beach at Tod's Point, and they do not have to deal with my presence, and since I have also spent so many years at the beach in the sun, I really do not need to go to the beach for Memorial Day weekend.   Thus the Office jocks tend to hog it.  Also the local political hogs also don't like me to have money to show up at Graduation at West Point, New York United States Military Academy at West Point ,which was founded by a relative.   However, since as usual for this time of year, since I am low on money, and I can not afford to go over there, I can always invite them over here, and possibly I might see some of them around.  Since basically, Greenwich, Connecticut is a Rockefeller controlled republican politics town, if any of the so called Republican big wigs object to my presence anywhere, I can always call up the Rockefellers in North Terrytown, New York and object, since I still have their private telephone numbers in the 1989 Social Register.  However, since Greenwich, Connecticut is on Long Island sound which is on the ocean, more than likely we have some United States Navy personnel around also.  Whatever the case it takes money for me to show up at government functions, and since the military is controlled by the civilian politicians, they frequently do not pay much attention to me.   However, many of the cadets are always happy to see me, and the last time I showed up at Graduation at West Point, New York quite a few of the cadets were surprised to see me.  Alas, I don't' have any enough money to drive all the way over there to that grey stone fortress on the Hudson River, but of course Nelson Rockefeller supposedly served in the United States army, so if his people don't want me to show up, and they can't afford to pay for me to show up, I guess he could to do the diplomatic thing and throw a reception for the cadets and their families and visitors at some convenient place like the Thayer Hotel West Point, New York Hotel - Hudson Valley Resort Lodging Accommodations – New York Hotels .  However, from a security point of view depending on what one's pocket book or wallet contains and what one's personal position is, I have to remind people that while attending graduation at West Point, New York, one is in the presence of the United States Army military police from nearby Fort Montgomery, New York which a quite formidable group of people.  CIO         

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 2:50 A.M.:  I can tell from the front intake fan monitor on my computer that it is 69.9 degrees Fahrenheit at my computer work area at 1800 RPM, and the CPU fan is exhausting air at the top of the CPU cooling fan at 76.1 degrees Fahrenheit at 2100 RPM, and the rear computer fans are 84 and 82.7 degrees Fahrenheit, and they both are running at 1900 RPM.  The three Antec Smart Cool fans Antec 80mm SmartCool Thermally Controlled Case Fan, Retail box. - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $9.99 vary their speed with temperature as does the Enermax UC-A8FATR4 Aluminum 5.25" Fan Speed Controller, 4 Fan RPM & Temp. Display, Retail box - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $35.99 also vary their speeds.  I could reposition the temperature sensors to monitor the temperature at the rear of the hard drives or closer to the CPU, but for now I think it is fine.   There is a weather warning out Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT and today weather is Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast  .  I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon.  The Queen Mary is due in Manhattan this Sunday May 28, 2005 QM2 - Itinerary - 2005 , so we will have to keep up our anglophile appearances locally in case any of their visitors are around.  Maybe they will bring some warmer weather with them from Jolly Old England.  Well, I will now shut down the computer, and I will go back to bed.   CIO      

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 2:25 A.M.:  I tried faxing my IRS W-9 form to Commission Junction, but the fax would not go through, so I will mail it to them.   One has to file a IRS W-9 form for the www.homevisions.com advertising which is handled by Commission Junction.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/05 Thursday 12:20 A.M.:  I woke up at 11 P.M., and there is a vintage David Niven James Bond movie on the Turner Movie Channel.  I guess the Old Guard are back from their southern journeys since the television programming is changing again.   I went to www.directron.com, and I ordered *Free USPS Shipping* Case Badges - UK Flag, stickers, labels, tags, #R9 - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $2.99 and *Free USPS Shipping* Canadian Flag Case Badge (stickers, labels, tags), FL-2 - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $2.99 with free USPS shipping for $5.98 total.    If the front of my Antec computer case is flat enough, I will add them on either side or above and below the U.S. flag to make my primary computer Antec compuer case look more International English speaking computer.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 4:25 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I am a bit tired after the long day yesterday.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 3:00 P.M.:  I napped for a while.   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I picked up the mail.   I answered some questions on the telephone to a federal computer magazine subscription to renew it.  I received in the coupon circular an advertisement for Mallory Kotzen discount tire center 111 West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, Connecticut, which is my Greenwich Automotive Exxon gasoline station.   Of course one needs to be able to pay the price they charge.   My orders from www.homevisions.com for the quilt and the shams departed New Berlin, Wisconsin today at 12:00:46 from the Sortation Center.  The order Rose Garden Embellished Quilts and Shams  links for the  three 27 inch shams is  and for the full queen size quilt is.   They have the United States Post Office www.usps.com make the final delivery.  The tracking link does not work, when I post it, but it is at www.parceldirect.com .  It seems like www.homevisions.com might be a front for www.sears.com , since the same item shows up at Rose Garden Embellished Quilts and Shams .  I think Sears might also sell Michelin tires, but the last time I went to White Plains, New York for a new battery in February at the new Sears store, there they were out of them.  I guess with the war on, we have to accept shortages in America.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 1:00 P.M.:  I reheated the remaining spaghetti sauce and noodles from yesterday, and I added grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 12:15 P.M.:  Good deal on a barebones upgrade computer, if you don't need a hard drive or operating system, if you are will to take the time to wait for the rebates and fill them out.   However, I was advised by www.compusa.com that the state of Florida where TigerDirect is located has very poor Product Liability Laws, so one had to use one's own discretion Chaintech 7NJL6 Socket A Barebone Kit AMD Sempron 2800+ CPU 256MB DDR CPU Fan ATX Mid-Tower Case with 400 Watt PS Keyboard Mouse at TigerDirect.com  .   CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 12:05 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   I signed up with www.homevisions.com to be an advertiser.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 9:00 A.M.:  Hacker Hunters .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 8:45 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 7:45 A.M.:  BBC NEWS Business Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 7:25 A.M.:  Well, it rains in Redmond, Washington about 215 days a year, and they produce excellent software with all the work they do in the rainy weather, and it rains in England a lot, and they produce a lot of books, so since it seems to be raining here a lot recently, we might as well get smarter and do some more work inside.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/05 Wednesday 5:50 A.M.:  When I shut down the computer last night with the new case fan monitor, it rebooted to the password.   Thus I guess it does not completely shut down with the case fan monitor.   I was awake at 5:30 A.M..   I will now have breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   Moisture continues in this area Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast .   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 10:10 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 9:40 P.M.:  I went outside briefly.   I chatted with a relative.   I microwaved a Swanson's 7 ounce chicken pot pie, which I am about to eat with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 8:55 P.M.:  The reason, I invested in the larger Antec computer case for $58 with a $30 mail in rebate for $28 total after I receive the rebate, and the computer case fans and case fan speed controller for about $72 plus USA flag $3 for $103 upgrade after I receive the rebate, is that with the additional cooling and monitoring on the computer, I hope to save money on air conditioning this summer by running my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control at 2 to 4 degrees warmer, hopefully saving a bit of money on my air conditioning bills.  Thus instead of setting it at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, I hope to try 74 degrees Fahrenheit, which would leave the apartment at about 76 degrees Fahrenheit.   Also I now have an alarm if the any of the fans including the CPU cooler fail.   Although, they are Chinese and Taiwanese parts, the computer is assembled in the good old U.S.A., which provides me substantial assistance with a bit of help from family.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 8:35 P.M.:  I posted this picture http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-primary-computer-cpu-with-enermax-uc-a8fatr4-4-fan-speed-controller-052405.JPG .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 8:15 P.M.:  I rebooted to my CMOS Bios setup in my Syntax SV266M motherboard, and there is a setting for CPU health status, and I enabled it to shut down the computer at the medium setting of three at 65 degrees Celsius, and the CPU right now is currently 58 degrees Celsius, and the lower setting is 60 and the upper setting is 70.   Thus if the AMD Athlon 2000 XP CPU got too hot, the computer will automatically shut down.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 7:55 P.M.:  I chatted with two friends and a relative.  I went outside briefly, and I took a nap until 4 P.M., when UPS arrived with the www.directron.com order.   I disconnected the primary computer CPU, and I put it on my bed in the bedroom, since that is about the only work area I have left in my small apartment.   I opened up the case.   I put one of the two new Antec Smart Cool fans Antec 80mm SmartCool Thermally Controlled Case Fan, Retail box. - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $9.99 in front of the hard drive housing in the front of the computer with the fan blowing air into the computer from the front over the hard drives.  I put the other new Antec Smart Cool fan in the rear of the computer with the Antec Smart Cool fan that I already had with both fans blowing air out of the computer.   I put the new Antec Blue LED fan in the lower fan bay in the front of the computer, so its blue light shows out of the lower front of the CPU.  I also have its fan blowing air into the front of the computer.  Once one has the fans connected one can check to see which way the air is blowing by holding a piece of light tissue in front of the fan.  I think they should put air direction arrows on the fans.   I then put the Antec case side rails on the Enermax UC-A8FATR4 Aluminum 5.25" Fan Speed Controller, 4 Fan RPM & Temp. Display, Retail box - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $35.99 , and I extended its wires, and I left the dip pin setting at 1000 RPM, and I installed it in the top 5.25 inch drive bay in the Antec case.   I did not need to use the power cable Y connectors, since one uses the three pin connectors on the fans.  I did not connect the Antec Blue LED fan to the fan monitor since it only monitors four fans.   I use the motherboard splitter cables that come with it connected to the A1 and A2 cables with the A1 splitter connected to the CPU connector on the motherboard and the CPU fan and the A2 splitter connected to the motherboard fan connector and the hard drive enclosure fan, and the remaining two fan cables B1 and B2 connected to the two rear case fans.   I set the temperature probes in front of each fan securing them to the fan case enclosures by looping them around the fan enclosure or in the case of the hard drive fan sliding it through the case in front of the hard drive enclosure and the CPU fan temperature probe, I dangled from a wrapped it around a secure wire above the CPU fan.   One has to make sure the temperature probes are not pulled into the fan or dangle too much.  I tested the CPU without it connected, and the case fan monitor worked just fine showing the RPM and temperatures.   I turned all four RPM knobs to the maximum.   The CPU fan is A1, the hard drive fan is A2, the top rear fan is B1, and the lower rear fan is B2.  I set the temperature setting to Fahrenheit, and the alert level to the lowest temperature which is 113 degrees Fahrenheit.  I use the aluminum face plate that came already attached.  I checked each fan control to see that it worked, and its alarm went off if the fan was too slow or non functional.  One has to be very careful not to turn down the CPU fan, since it should go at top speed, although an alarm would sound if it were malfunctioning.  I then checked the cables in the case..  I the put the case cover back on.  I then attached to the front top door of the CPU the white case badge *Free USPS Shipping* Case Badges - US National Flag, stickers, labels, #R12 - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $2.99.  I then carried the CPU back to the living room, and I reattached it, and I was sure that all of the USB cables were attached the same.   I tested it, and it all works just fine.  I then cleaned up my work area.  The spare screws and the black face plate are in my Syntax motherboard box to the right of the bedroom television with the three power cable Y splitters.   I put the instructions to the fan monitor on the dining room table.  The fan monitor box and the fan packaging are in a bag on the back of my down feather sofa.   With all four knobs set to the maximum, the CPU fan A1 is running at 2200 RPM at 77.5 degrees Fahrenheit, the Hard Drive fan A2 is running at 1900 RPM at 72.3 degrees Fahrenheit, the top rear fan is 86.3 degrees Fahrenheit at 2000 RPM, and the lower rear fan is 84.5 degrees Fahrenheit at 2000 RPM.  There is switch to switch between the blue LCD A fans, and the green LCD B fans.  All three of the case fans attached to the fan monitor are Antec Smart Cool fans.   One can leave the Antec case door open all the way 180 degrees to see the LCD fan control display easily, and if one hears an alarm from the A1 CPU fan, one would shut down the computer right away, and the other three fans would have to be replaced if their alarms went off.   Of course, one has to make sure all four controls are turn up to the maximum.   I don't think this time of year, one would want to turn them down any, but possibly in the winter.  I have a stack of books on the speaker on the floor of the CPU to support a right mouse, and I keep them four inches away from the lower front of the case to allow air flow to the lower front case fans.   In the dark, there is blue glow from the lower front of the CPU as well as the fan monitor with blue and green LCD lights.   Thus my computer upgrade spring cleaning is "Mission Accomplished".  I also was advised by one of my best friends in the horse business to take down the Saudi Arabian flag, which I did.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 1:30 P.M.:  I saw this web site advertised on the Fox News this morning http://www.one.org/ .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 1:30 P.M.:  I went outside after the last message, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I picked up my mail.   I put three quarts of water in a four quart Revere pot, and I also put in a dash of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil, and I brought it all to a boil.  I boiled a 16 ounce package of Ronzoni spaghetti noodles for 10 minutes, and I drained the water off into a colander sitting in a six quart Revere pot.  I poured the discarded hot water down the bathroom sink drain to clean it out.   I put half the contents of a Franceso Rinaldi no salt added tomato sauce in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and halfway through the spaghetti boiling process, I reheated on the General Electric microwave proof oven the tomato sauce, and I put the tomato sauce on half of the spaghetti on a dinner plate, and I added grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I put the remaining jar of tomato sauce in the refrigerator along with the remaining half of the spaghetti in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will take a nap until UPS arrives with my package.   CIO   

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 11:20 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went downtown briefly.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.   I gave them the three old used laser printer cartridges for recycling.   I bought a 500 sheet package of Staples printing paper for $3.94, two 50 sheet packages of Staples 4 inch by 6 inch photo plus gloss paper for $3.94 each, and a 30 sheet package of Staples 8 inch by 10 inch photo basic gloss paper for $3.94, and a Antec 80mm Blue LED fan Antec.com - Illumination for $7.99 for $23.74 sub total less a $5 off Staples coupon plus $1.12 tax for $19.86 total.  I can only use the Staples $10 off copy center card on copies at Staples, they do not have photographic processing at Staples copy center.   I noticed that the Antec SmartCool fans that I ordered from www.directron.com for $9.99 are $19.99 at Staples.   I would have ordered a third one instead of two, but I did not have enough funds.   Staples did not carry a power supply Y splitter.  They suggested Radio Shack next door.   I went over to Radio Shack at the Riverside shopping plaza, and I had a 45 minute wait until they opened at 9 A.M..  I went by CVS, and I bought a 6 pack of Thomas' English muffins for .99 and a 80 capsule bottle of Advil Liqui-Gels for $8.99 less a $3 off CVS coupon that I had for $6.98 total.  I noticed that Starbucks at the Riverside shopping plaza has wireless internet.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I browsed their shopping brochure.   I notice in front of the Food Emporium, they have Scott's mulch chips.   I then browsed the post office stamp machine.   I then went to Radio Shack, and I bought a RadioShack 5.25 inch disk drive Y-adapter power cable for $5.29 plus .32 tax for $5.61 total.  I showed them my web site on their computer.   I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Service Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $15.75 of premium unleaded gasoline  at $2.699 a gallon for 100.3 miles total driving at 17.3 miles per gallon at an average of 16 miles per hour.  It is higher because I drove up to New Canaan, Connecticut a week ago Sunday.   I then returned home.   My UPS order is due for delivery after 5 P.M. today.   I will probably rest a little bit in between now and then, so I will be prepared to put the case fans and case fan monitor in the new Antec case.   I am basically getting ready for warmer weather, which should arrive here sooner or later.  I called up UPS about the delivery, since their tracking was a bit ambiguous.   My www.homevisions.com order for the quilt and the shams was picked up yesterday by Sortation in Cudahy, Wisconsin at 15:59 and it arrived at the Sortation Center in New Berlin, Wisconsin at 17:51.  It would be nice if they sent some cheese along with it.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 6:45 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out over to Staples.   I probably will not be walking since it is suppose to be raining outside Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast .  I will then return home and wait for UPS,  they usually come as early as noon, but usually come after 4:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M., so I will just stay home and rest and work on the computer.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 6:05 A.M.:  Today is Queen Victoria's Birthday a British Holiday which is May 24, 2005 which happens to be Queen Victoria's 186 birthday Queen Victoria: A Who2 Profile  .  I went to http://www.ordersmokesdirect.com/ , and I placed an order for 10 cartons of  New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes in a box for $11.49 a carton plus $19 first time USPS signed shipping and $5 first time order discount for $128.90 total, and their web site debits it from one's bank account which can take 4 days, since they do not accept credit or debit cards, and then it takes 4 to 5 days to ship them, so they should be here in about 10 days, and I will have to sign for them with the postal delivery person.  I need to go to Staples in Old Greenwich this morning when they open, and I need to get another Antec SmartCool Case fan for $11.99 plus I have two drive power Y cables, but I do not know if I connect the Antec SmartCool case fans to the power supply or use their separate motherboard signal connectors and plug them into the case fan monitor.   In other words, I might need another drive power Y cable which would be about $8, and I also need to get a package of 4 inch by 6 inch and another 8 inch by 10 inch of Staples photo plus gloss paper for $3.94 a package Staples Circular Savings Photo Gloss paper $3.94 ,and I also need to return the used laser cartridges, and I also have a $5 discount card to use another $10 discount card good for digital photo prints, so I though I might have some of my prints from Florida printed up at their photo center.  I need to copy some to a CD to take with me.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/05 Tuesday 3:30 A.M.:  I was awake at 3 A.M..   I looked at UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Directron.com case fans and case fan and CPU fan monitor , and the shipment arrived at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts at 1:33 A.M. this morning, so possibly it will be down to Norwalk, Connecticut this morning to be out for delivery.  There is no news on my www.homevisions.com orders.   I guess they take their time in Iowa, but some of the items are imported, so maybe they have to wait to import them.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 8:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative, and I left a message with a relative and a friend.  Microsoft Investor http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp changed its portfolio, so it does not show up in the web browser the way it use to, but my index portfolio still shows up properly in Microsoft Money 2002.  Interesting news BBC NEWS UK Costly victory for chastened Blair .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO     

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 7:05 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, and I cashed my Staples $10 rebate check.   I then went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription, and I bought the two bottle package of two 16 ounce bottles one each of European Mystique shampoo and conditioner for $1.79 both and a six pack of Thomas' English muffins for .99 plus .11 for $2.89 total.    I then went downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round mews thrift shop, but it is closed on Monday.  I chatted with a couple of regulars downtown, and I observed the pace of the downtown activity, and it seemed pretty normal for a sunny day this time of year, although it has been cooler, and it is suppose to rain for the next few days.   I  spent a $1.25 parking while downtown.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for the second time today, and I bought a like new black Austin HealthMate Junior Allergy Machine for half price for $12.50 Austin Air HM-200 HealthMate Jr. - Total Air Treatment System .  I then returned home, and I took the bottom four screws off the Allergy machine, and it hardly had been used.  I vacuumed clean the outer filter, and the inner filter.   The outer filter does not look like it should be washed.  I then reassembled the machine.   I took the items off the coffee table, and I place it underneath the brass and glass coffee table centered, so it covers the Aubusson navy rug rose pattern.   It is about a quarter inch lower than the coffee table with the coasters.   I put a polarized three plug adaptor on my long orange extension cord that the IBM Netvista computer is plugged into, and I also plugged in the allergy machine, and I set it at medium speed.  It supposedly changes the air in a 10 foot by 12 foot room six times an hour, and I still have the Honeywell Hepa air filter going.   I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  There is no new news on my other orders.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 1:15 P.M.:  I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks which I had with a glass of iced tea.  Instead of Campbell's pork and beans, I used 16 ounce can of B&M baked beans with bacon and onion flavor.  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I picked up my mail.   I got my Staples $10 rebate on the Northwestern Bell 2.4 gigahertz telephone, so it only cost me $10 and tax.   I chatted with a relative.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go back out.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 11:55 A.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   The new elevator on the train station cross walk is not yet finished.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.   Everything is half price.   The have a nice twin size bed spread there for $7.50, and I also noticed they have a nice oak desk there for $12.50.   I tried to buy a used Electrolux vacuum cleaner there, but they had not priced it yet.  I bought a 8 inch by 10 inch brass framed photograph of a Siberian tiger for .50.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time, and I chatted with a regular.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought six buy one get one free of 16 ounce cans of B&M baked beans maple flavor for $1.59 each two cans, a 5.5 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm fat free large cut Caesar croutons for $1.59, a .75 ounce container of Stop and Shop dried parsley flakes for $2.19, two gallons of Stop and Shop white vinegar for $2.59 each gallon, two pounds of onions for $1.99, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99, fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.41, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $1.37,  a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $1.99, a pint of grape tomatoes for $2.99 for $27.46 total.  I then returned home.   I brought up and put away my purchases.   I hung the picture of the Siberian tiger on the inside of my bathroom entrance above the bathroom door.   I went back outside, and the mail has not arrived yet.   CIO    

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 7:00 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 6:40 A.M.:  I just finished going through my email.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 6:05 A.M.:  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 4:55 A.M.:  I have finished configuring the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.   I am now running the maintenance utilities on it.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/23/05 Monday 3:45 A.M.:  I am still configuring the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.  I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  For the olive portion, I used two 4.25 ounce tins of chopped black olives.   I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .   I used all of the usual ingredients, but I used a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and Helluva-A-Good muenster cheese.   On top of the salad I used 10 grape tomatoes and 8 pitted California black olives.  I am making up a fresh batch of iced tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 11:55 P.M.:  BBC NEWS UK Camilla on first solo engagement .   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 11:50 P.M.:  I was awake at 7 P.M., and I chatted with a relative.   I moved the Navy aubusson carpet and coffee table five inches further towards the far wall in the living room, so there is more room to pass into the green couch area.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I went back to bed until now.   I now have to wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed.   I will start configuring the AMD backup computer once again.  Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is 48 degrees Fahrenheit with light rain Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast .   CIO   

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 11:55 A.M.:  I chatted with www.homevisions.com , and they told me that my order is still being processed, however it now does not show up on my debit card account.   I still have more configuration work to do on the AMD backup computer, but I shut it down for now.   I chatted with a relative.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 10:15 A.M.:  I had to reset the AMD backup computer KII 450 MHz processor back down to 366 MHz, since it froze again as usual.  Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is 51 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is misty, and it is suppose to be damp for the first part of the week Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast .  My www.directron.com order being delivered via www.ups.com arrived at Chelmsford, Massachusetts at 8:42 A.M. this morning, and it is still scheduled for delivery on Tuesday May 24, 2005 UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Directron.com case fans and case fan and CPU fan monitor .  CIO         

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 8:15 A.M.:  I ate a Swanson's 7 ounce chicken pot pie and 13 Town House crackers with .5 inch by 2 inch by .10 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese along with a glass of iced tea.   I am still configuring the AMD backup computer.   I raised its processor speed to 450 MHz which is the normal speed of the processor, and I frequently thought when it was my primary system the problem with the processor was the Diamond Stealth PCI 32 meg video card which I am using as the second card now in my primary computer.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 6:00 A.M.:  One reason I like keeping the old AMD backup computer going is that besides having an AMD 450 MHz processor which only runs without crashing at 366 MHz with certain operating systems, and a 128 meg and a 64 meg for 192 megs total memory, with 4 megs onboard video, and a 8 gigabyte and a 6 gigabyte hard drives, along with SoHo LAN card, and the IBM USB keyboard with 2 USB ports, and the two port USB card with an IR and PS/2 mouse ports, it also has a 3.5 inch floppy drive, and 28X CD drive, and if one thinks like an archivist, it still has a hardly used 1.2 megabyte 5.25 inch floppy drive, which occasionally comes in handy for transferring data from old 5.25 inch floppy disks to newer media.  It also has a 19 inch Dell monitor.   I have room to put the 5.25 inch floppy drive in my primary computer, but I have not gotten around to it yet, but I might do so in the future, but of course there are also front audio plug-in devices that would also fit into the fourth 5.25 inch housing on my Antec case which already contains the DVD and the CD R/W drives and will contain as of this Tuesday the case and CPU fan monitor.   Since I hardly every use the current Creative Live MP3+ sound card on my primary computer with all of its speakers, but instead I use the Plantronics DSP 500 headset, I do not think I will need to install a audio port device in the front of the computer, but I am sure if I look, there is probably some device that might come in handy.  If one were not using it one could always install a front case fan, but that would be redundant with four case fans I will have, and I will replace the older non Antec case fan, once I have the funds.  Of course once I put the new pink and green and yellow quilt on my bed with the three 24 inch pillows with matching shams, I will not be able to use the bed as a computer work area without putting some sort of protective covering on it which is available at the end of the bed in terms of a light blue wool blanket.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 5:10 A.M.:  The AMD backup computer in the bedroom is running just fine.   When it boots the IBM USB keyboard will work with the CMOS setup, but it does not work with the boot option screen, and one has to wait for it too boot naturally after about 20 seconds.  Plug and play recognizes the IBM USB keyboard, and its hub, and it is all working just fine.   I am back to configuring it again.   I basically am configuring it like the IBM Netvista computer on the living room coffee table, but of course the AMD backup computer does not have onboard or a sound card, so I will not install the audio options on it.   I basically do not feel the need to invest in a more expensive backup computer, since most of the components in my primary computer are fairly new, and if any malfunction I can replace them at an inexpensive price compared to the cost and depreciation of a new low level backup computer.   I have done so much of this type of computer system configuration over 14 years, it is pretty much routine, although at today's costs, it is not very cost efficient, but it is not costing me anymore money to keep it running.  And of course I have three better backup computer, and the AMD backup computer is my least powerful computer.  However, it sort of has sentimental value after all of the years that I used it in its prime, and it is still good for word processing and web browsing in an emergency if a larger number of people had to use my systems in an emergency.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 3:55 A.M.:  I reflashed the CMOS Bios on the AMD backup computer with a copy of the bios that I have saved.   The download from www.pcchipsusa.com for the Socket 7 M571LMR motherboard bios does not work, but the one that I had saved worked just fine.   However, the regular keyboard connector to it finally malfunctioned.  However, the old black IBM USB keyboard that I bought from the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop for $2 a couple of years ago works just fine with it.  While I have the AMD backup computer case opened, I will replace the CMOS battery and check its contacts.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 1:40 A.M.:  http://www.ordersmokesdirect.com/ is cheaper for Seneca cigarettes than www.smokers.com , and they seem to both come from the same Indian reservation.   CIO   

Note: <888> 05/22/05 Sunday 1:05 A.M.:  As I recall the friend that I visited Kennebunkport, Maine with a friend whom's mother was a Mellon family member, his father was the first Marlboro man in advertising, and he later went on to become the President of Phillip Morris and the other friend's father was the treasurer of Wolfson construction company which built the Pan Am building in Manhattan and also built Hoover dam, so I showed up with some respectable friends.   I just chatted with a relative, and I explained to the relative for lack of funds, I am just sitting home doing some routine maintenance on my least powerful backup computer.   Of course to some of the Old Guard down south still switching floppy disks on an old IBM XT, it would seem like a more powerful computer, particularly when one has it hooked up to a cable modem.   Of course, I would have to take it apart again to check the CMOS battery to see if it is making contact or not.  Perhaps there is some other power drain on the CMOS battery, but first I will try clearing the CMOS by pressing the End key when booting to see if that fixes the problem.   Perhaps, it is caused by a faulty CMOS which I upgraded sometime ago, and I could always try installing the original CMOS Bios.  It is hard to troubleshoot, because the problem only occurs when the computer is turned off for an extended time, and it does not occur when one reboots or shuts it down briefly.  Thus one has to reset the computer Bios, if one shuts it down overnight at the moment.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 11:50 P.M.:  Of course, my grandmother Scott's maiden name was Gard from Robinson, Illinois, and they were a founding family of the George's plantation in York, Maine, so obviously other family members had been there earlier.  The Gard family are an English family from Devonshire, England, and in Europe Gard can be French, English, German, or Swedish, and it is probably a family name in other countries.   On my mother's maiden name family Boven, they are Dutch from Groningen in the Netherlands having settled in Holland, Michigan, so with the President in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he would more than likely being seeing some relatives of mine there today, and of course the Scott family that I am from is the Windfield Scott family that founded the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, but they were an established Virginia family, and the Scott family name appears up and down the east coast of North America and the Carribean as a founding family, so more than likely they were involved in some sort of Navy or shipping business to have been here so early.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 11:30 P.M.:  The first time, I visited Kennebunkport, Maine was not with my family or stepfather's family, it was way back in 1970 give or take a year, and I visited with a couple of prep school classmates, one of whom is now supposedly diseased, but he was a member of the Mellon family, so obviously they had homes elsewhere.   I do not recall exactly whom we visited, but it was in the waterfront area of Kennebunkport, Maine, thus when I returned in 1978 when my mother married into a Kennebunkport, Maine family whom also lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, I was already familiar with the area.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 11:10 P.M.:  Currently in Republican political events, the Rockefellers are still key players besides having a democratic senator from West Virginia in the family who would be the oldest heir in his generation, and a republican Lieutenant governor of Arkansas, as I recall when I was at former President Bush's #41 inaugural in Washington D.C. in January 1989, I did not actually attend because of a warmer luncheon engagement with some friends, and we watched it on a small portable television, and I recall seeing Happy Rockefeller sitting behind George and Barbara Bush on the outdoor inaugural platform, so beside being a cold weather person who supposedly has money, she also is on the board of the Archer Daniel Midland company that supplies grain to our local bakery the Arnold Bread factory in Byram, Connecticut, and the last I heard Archer Daniel Midland is located in Decatur, Illinois, one of those towns in the Midwest of the United States surrounded by farms.  I put a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I reheated on the reheat cycle, and I ate it in a large cobalt blue soup bowl with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 10:25 P.M.:  I guess with the colder weather up north despite the hurricane problems, people are gravitating to the warmer areas of the country TCPalm : 59% population growth expected .  Of course Exxon www.exxon.com started this trend when they moved from New York city to Irvine, Texas where Bill Gates' wife was from.   However, the Greenwich Time reported ten years ago that the William Rockefeller family had moved from Greenwich, Connecticut to Lakeville, Connecticut, and I was told by a Scottish golfer that they had built an authentic Scottish golf course in Lakeville, Connecticut.   I checked with the Greenwich Country Club at 1-203-869-1000 a old Rockefeller and Vanderbilt golf course, and they told me that not many people have shown up north to play golf, since it is still cold up here.  It is currently 52 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast , so I guess since the oil people do not seem to be spending money around here, one could always try going up to Canada or the Yukon to look for gold, but one would have to be alert to Grisly Bears.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 10:15 P.M.:  Well, I am pretty close to flat broke.   Since nobody other than immediate family help me out financially in the Christian community, and since the Christians never really have that much money other than what they barrow from the Germans, and since the Germans earn their money by working in Saudi Arabia, and since with the colder weather and the increase price of fuel, more than likely Saudi Arabia has money, and since I own a Saudi Arabian flag, I will start flying it again on the center hallway bookcase in hopes of making money off all my efforts over the years.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 9:10 P.M.:  Thus I think I am smarter than Einstein who showed the United States Government how to kill lots of people, I showed the United States Government how to save more lives through better communications.   Since North America is surrounded by water, we frequently have lousy communications with the rest of the world.  I am configuring the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.  Since still when one boots it, the F1 CMOS utility appears as if the CMOS battery is dead, although I have replaced it a number of times recently, either there is a drain on the CMOS battery or the CMOS battery is not making contact with the motherboard.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 8:20 P.M.:  I was awake at 1:30 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I went back to bed until 6 P.M..  I put the three used laser printer cartridges in the back seat of my Volvo to return to Staples, when I have a chance.   On a minor port of dispute, back in 1970 when I was working in the Polaroid research laboratory on Osborne Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I designed a laser printer which worked with real lasers, but the technology was not available back then to produce it cheaply.   I also in the same laboratory came up with the concept of X-ray lithography back in July 1969, so whatever Polaroid did with my ideas were taken up by other interested parties when newer technologies became available.  Thus since I have never made any money off of high technology ideas, but since I am around people whom have made money off high technology ideas, more than likely I have been USED by the status quo people for their own personal profit, and at the same time, they have not seen fit to pay me for my efforts or ideas.  I think in the corporate world, we call these types of people pirates or raiders.  Of course other people claim to have had similar ideas at the time, but how many were working in high technology laboratories next to MIT www.mit.edu .  Thus more than likely I was the originator of the ideas instead of the people whom profiteered off of them.  Since back then NASA had its backup computer systems in Technology Square near MIT and Polaroid's Osborne Street research laboratories, and since people working in Polaroid's research laboratory would move between the laboratory and the Harvard and MIT campuses as well as other laboratories in the area, more than likely what ideas that I came up with were grabbed by other people including various governments, but they were not that smart, or it would not have taken them that long to finally develop them.  I chatted with a relative and two friends.   CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/21/05:

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 2:10 A.M.:  I did some regular computer work.   I will now send out my weekly notes.   I will then shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/21/05 Saturday 1:15 A.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .   I used all of the regular ingredients.   For the cheddar cheese portion, I use Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.   I put 10 grape tomatoes on top of the salad.   I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.   I noticed underneath my dining table, I have a new HP #75A toner cartridge for the older HP IIP laser printers that they made.   I also have a used #95A generic cartridge along with the used HP #95A cartridge and the used Minolta QMS PagePro 1250 W cartridge that was good for 1250 sheets when the printer was new.   I guess I will turn in the three used laser cartridges at the Staples return for ink and laser cartridges instead of mailing them to http://infinityimaging.com/ with their free UPS shipping option.  Of course http://www.866imaging.com/ was cheaper for the 95A cartridge.  There is no news on the other orders.  If you want to keep an eye on your tax dollars try http://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/metrosquare/ .  It is currently 46 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast .   Usually summer does not arrive here until about the first of June.   In the old days when we lived outside of Boston,  Massachusetts in Weston, Massachusetts,  I was used to colder weather having gone to college in northern Illinois at www.lfc.edu , and I use to wear a sweater in Boston during the evening until the first of July.   Thus I have plenty of time to install my case fans and computer fan monitor before the warmer weather sets in.  Since having been to Florida recently, I know how warm it will soon be here.  Of course in North America, I tend to be a cold weather person, and I tend to know more people from Vermont experience than any other state in the nation.   Even in Florida, I knew people from Vermont and Maine.   I guess if spent more time outside in hot weather, I would know more people from warmer parts of the world.   Of course Canadians can not afford to travel down here, so we do not see many of them enjoying our warmer weather during the winters.   The largest newest ethnic minority in this area seem to be the Swedish whom started moving here in large numbers in the mid 1970s to avoid the high taxes in Sweden.   Even in Key West, Florida when the Queen of Denmark was there, I also noticed the Swedish Winter Olympic team was there with their vehicle before the Lake Placid, New York Winter Olympics.   I suppose since the Canadians do not have much money, they fly over us to less expensive warmer areas on their vacations.   Of course I do not feel like working for the Cuban minimal wage.   CIO        

Note: <888> 05/20/05 Friday 11:20 P.M.:  I was awake at 2 P.M. this afternoon.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I did my apartment cleaning and watering the plants.   I chatted with an acquaintance.  I showered and cleaned up.  I threw out some garbage.   I went downtown, and I went by CVS, and I bought buy one get one free of 60 capsule bottles of CVS 1000 mg. MSM for $6.39 both.   I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I cleaned some sea gull droppings off my left side mirror on my Volvo.  www.hastens.com was having an opening party up on the top of Greenwich Avenue on the west side of Greenwich Avenue.   I told them there were a lot of tall Swedish people in the Midwest of the United States whom might need their beds.   I completed my walk, and then I drove down by the waterfront.  I then returned home.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I drank some iced tea.   I changed the two Aubusson SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com rugs around, so the Navy pattern one is now underneath the living room coffee table, and the Plum pattern one is in the kitchen.   The Plum pattern one goes better with the wood cabinets and rose tone Berber carpet in the kitchen, and the Navy pattern one looks better with the blue wool carpeting in the living room.   I posted the two pictures of the carpets

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-living-room-navy-aubusson-carpet-052003.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-kitchen-plum-aubusson-carpet-052003.JPG

.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/20/05 Friday 5:05 A.M.:  I went through my email.   I will now shut down the computer.   I will do my house cleaning when I wake up later on today.   My next package delivery is suppose to be the computer fan monitor and case fans this Tuesday, April 24, 2005.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/20/05 Friday 4:50 A.M.:  I posted this picture http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-kitchen-navy-aubusson-rug-052005.JPG  and General Electric Power Failure Light .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/20/05 Friday 4:05 A.M.:  I could not get the onboard sound and modem to work with the current operating system on the AMD backup computer, so I took them out of the case.   When they were installed, they also caused the Network adaptor to not install, so there probably was a conflict.  Still it is working just fine for web browsing.   I connected the bedroom desk computer speakers and headset to the Gateway backup computer on the bedroom desk.  I will configure the AMD backup computer, when I have the time.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/20/05 Friday 1:30 A.M.:  I microwaved and ate a 7 ounce Swanson's frozen chicken pot pie, and I had it with a glass of iced tea.   I also ate a four ounce bowl of Planter's dry roasted peanuts.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/20/05 Friday 12:50 A.M.:   I put away my laundry.   I am still working on the driver installation on the AMD backup computer.   I chatted with a relative.   I put the Compaq PS/2 Mouse on the AMD backup computer because there serial port Microsoft mouse was freezing.   Working with a 5 year old computer reminds me of the good old days, when installations were nightmare.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 10:15 P.M.:  I laid the navy pattern Aubusson rug in the kitchen, and it looks quite nice.   I collected my dried laundry, but I have not put it away.   I chatted with two relatives.   I am trying to find the right drivers for the onboard sound and onboard modem for the AMD backup computer.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 8:15 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   I went outside briefly, and I picked up the mail.  The Aubusson navy pattern rug arrived via www.ups.com at 6:30 P.M..   I have not laid it in the kitchen yet.   I went outside, and I moved my Volvo from the skating rink parking lot to the front of the 71 Vinci Drive parking lot.   I started two loads of laundry, and I have 50 minutes to go on the dry cycle.   On the AMD M571 LMR backup computer, I took out the non compatible sound card and telephone modem, and I installed the onboard sound device and the onboard modem, and I enabled them.   Plug and play did not recognize them, but I am trying to install the drivers for them.  I cut a piece of a plastic bread package tab, and I slid it underneath the keyboard connector where it joins to the motherboard to make it a tighter connection.  The computer is 5 years old, but it is a good backup computer.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 5:05 P.M.:  Eastern Pacific hurricane coming into the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane ADRIAN .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 4:50 P.M.:  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I had a telephone call from http://www.beddingandbeyond.com/ about the regular size pillow case covers I had thought about returning, but instead I decided to keep.   I put clean linens on my bed.  I am still waiting for UPS.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 3:25 P.M.:  I  had a telephone call while I was asleep, but the person hung up because I did not make sense while tired.   I woke up at 2:30 P.M..   The HP 92295A Premium Compatible Laser Jet II, IID, III, IIID for $15.95 plus $8.85 United States Postal Mail Service shipping of $8.85 for $24.80 total that I ordered was outside my door.   I installed it according to the instructions setting it to setting number 7.   The HP LaserJet IID printer is now working just fine once again.   I left a small amount of paper in the top paper tray, but I normally do not leave large amounts of paper in, so as to keep the paper from getting moist.   I normally add the paper as I use it.   The UPS delivery www.ups.com on the  navy pattern Aubusson SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com 3 foot by 5 foot carpet is out for delivery UPS Package Tracking UPS Mike Scott Aubusson Carpet .  I put the box with the old HP laser toner cartridge underneath the chair at the apartment entrance to be dropped off at the Staples recycling toner and ink drop off at some future time.   I still have the old Minolta cartridge that I need to ship back to http://infinityimaging.com/ which has free UPS return shipping.  It is underneath my dining table.  I have been turning the air conditioning on in the afternoon to keep the apartment cool, when the sun hits the westerly facing windows.   The www.homevisions.com quilt and shams are suppose to ship 05/22/05 , but the two Palo Alto chair pillows will not be shipping until 06/06/05.  UPS tracking on my Directron UPS order tracking UPS Package Tracking for Antec Case Fans and Case Fan Monitor from Directron.com for Mike Scott .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 5:15 A.M.:  I finished installing an operating system on the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.   I still have to configure the computer probably tomorrow evening.   I might change sound card from the Gateway backup computer with the AMD backup computer sound card to get both sound cards working on both computers.   I will now shut down primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 3:55 A.M.:  I  went through my email.   The pictures that I ordered from http://prints.picturecenter.kodak.com/kodak/ were delivered to my relative in Florida on Wednesday.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 3:35 A.M.:  I received two emails with tracking links for my two www.homevisions.com orders, however I will not post them since they are not delivery order links, and people could tamper with the process if they had the purchase order numbers.   It I get tracking links, I will post them.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/19/05 Thursday 3:25 A.M.:   I am reinstalling the operating system on the old AMD backup computer in the bedroom at 366 MHz.   I will then have to configure it.   I can not get the telephone modem or the sound card to work on the AMD backup, but that does not really matter.   Around midnight, I reheated in the microwave oven the spaghetti noodles and tomato sauce left over from last night, and I put some grated parmesan cheese on them, and I ate them with a glass of iced tea.  I just ate about 4 ounce of Planter's Dry roasted peanuts.  The old AMD backup computer is pretty slow, and it only has 184 Megs of memory, but I do not have a better one to replace it with in the bedroom, and I never use it, but I figure I should keep it going for backup purposes should a larger group need to use the internet in my apartment in some unplanned event.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 10:10 P.M.:  I was up at 4:30 P.M. this afternoon.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I installed updates on the Dell, IBM, and AMD backup computers.   I also raised the MHz on the AMD backup computer from 366 MHz to 450 MHz.   While working on it a month ago, I might have messed up the keyboard plug on the motherboard, since one has to press down on it towards the motherboard bottom to make connection, but it is working fine now.   I am in the process of deleting the 75,000 Favorites from the AMD backup computer, so it works a little bit faster.   I also installed a update on the primary  computer.   I went out when I first woke up, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I telephoned another neighbor.   I chatted with a relative.   I just moved my Volvo from the front parking lot to the rear skating rink parking lot, so it will be out of the way when they do drive and parking lot cleaning tomorrow.  Real-Time Forecast of Earthquake Hazard in the Next 24 Hours .   No news on my two www.homevisions.com orders.   I guess they are not as fast at processing orders in Iowa.  I also assume my HP LaserJet IID replacement toner cartridge has shipped via the United States Postal Service Priority Mail.   CIO   

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 7:25 A.M.:  I went outside briefly, and I chatted with a couple of neighbors a little while ago.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 7:20 A.M.:  ABC News: Predicting the Next Big One .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 5:40 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 5:30 A.M.:  My Directron UPS order tracking UPS Package Tracking for Antec Case Fans and Case Fan Monitor from Directron.com for Mike Scott .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 4:50 A.M.:  West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center - Palmer, Alaska and http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/old_msg.txt .   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 4:45 A.M.:  This is probably what they're worrying about TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 4:15 A.M.:  I called up the Coast Inn in Laguna Beach, California http://www.boomboomroom.com/inn.html where old California life guards hang out looking for new talent and left a message.  Of course Laguna, California also has a Hughes Boulevard where there is some high technology.   My last visit to the Coast Inn was on the night Ronald Reagan was first elected, and I figured some Californians would be celebrating.  Alas, when I met Joel there, and he said he was the Head of Xerox Parc, I figured he was in charge in terms of the people that I was dealing with.   I guess it would take about a week for all of them there to drive here, and some time to get ready to leave, and more than likely it would be too cold for them here, but we could try to recreate that ambience here, and they could probably be here by Memorial Day.   The Coast Inn is across the street from Hotel California made popular by the Eagles song.  This seemed to be the place where most of the European visitors were held prisoner in California surround by the United States Marine Corps for security and a touch of Hollywood for decoration.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 3:40 A.M.:  In a five quart Revere pot, I brought three quarts of water to a boil with a dash of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil in the water.   Once the water boiled, I put a 16 ounce box of Ronzoni #9 spaghetti noodles in the water, and I boiled them for ten minutes.  With five minutes to go, I put half a 26 ounce jar of Fracesco Rinaldi tomato, mushroom, pepper, and onion sauce in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, which I heated on the reheat cycle for about the same time as the spaghetti has to cook for the last five minutes.  I put half the cooked spaghetti in a Rubbermaid container and the other half of the tomato sauce in a jar in the refrigerator, and I put the other half on a large dinner plate along with the heated sauce and with a thin layer of grated parmesan and Romano cheese.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I watched a program on the travel channel about the world's 10 greatest bridges, but I am personally no big fan of heights.   My favorite bridge from my extensive travels is the The Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts Concord, Massachusetts, USA - Free Pictures - FreeFoto.Com , and there is actually a very nice brick colonial home on the far west side of the bridge.   I photographed that area many times when I was a Polaroid photographer, because it was nice getting out of crowded Cambridge, Massachusetts and spending a summer day in the country taking photographs for the company.   I do not know if the house on the west side of the bridge was a private home or not, but it looked like a comfortable quiet gentleman's house in the country.   I once knew members of the Perry family that had a farm across from the Middlesex boy's school in Concord, Massachusetts, but I think the spelling of their family name might have been different than Admiral Perry, and possibly Parry.   However, living around the British for so many years, I have become more accustomed to the anglophile perspective of America as it relates to the Royal Court of the King Edward VIII History of the Monarchy > The House of Windsor > Edward VIII whom visited  Old Greenwich, Connecticut around 1926 and dedicated a statue at the Electrolux factory here.   I have not checked recently to see if it is still there or not.   Another resident whom died a few months ago whom worked for Electrolux was in the United States Navy in World War II an was part of the review guard when the Duke of Windsor visited Newport, Rhode Island.   Thus we have had British Royalty visit Greenwich, Connecticut in the past.  Since besides being King of England, like Queen Victoria, he was Emperor of India, he might have chosen not to pay much attention to England, and instead to be Emperor of India which is a much more populous country, and more than likely its Emperor would not have the problems that he did in England.   Thus with that many people taking care of him, he might indeed still be alive today, and I think he would be 111 in June.  I think about this, because I thought I saw him and Wallis Simpson entering the Waldorf Towers private entrance in Manhattan in January 1973 seven months after he supposedly died in Europe.   I also use to know a younger fellow that looked like him when he was younger in Bedford, New York whom was a neighbor in Nantucket.   CIO      

Note: <888> 05/18/05 Wednesday 1:20 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.   There are signs posted in the building parking lot that say there is NO PARKING in the 71 Vinci Drive parking lot on Thursday morning May 19, 2005 from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. for parking lot  clean up.   There is a $50 fine if one does not move one's car to the skating rink parking lot behind the building.   I then went by the Greenwich Library, where I had not been in two months, since I was busy on other chores.   I chatted with some of the staff.   I then went downtown, and I chatted with two dog walkers.   One of them was blind from a motorcycle accident ten years ago, and the other one had been mugged on Greenwich Avenue recently.   I walked one of the dog walkers back to their cross street.   I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.  There are lots of flowers on display on Greenwich Avenue.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, four Swanson's 7 ounce microwaveable frozen chicken pot pies for .50 each, and fresh Dole bananas for .69 a pound for $1.06 for $8.06 total.   I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com still has not billed me on my debit card for the Navy blue pattern 3 foot by 5 foot Aubusson carpet that I bought from them for $24.99 plus $6.95 shipping for $31.94 total.  According to UPS Package Tracking UPS Mike Scott Aubusson Carpet it is still on its way back east.  The Directron order is scheduled for delivery May 24,2005, and it departed from Stafford, Texas at 10:36 P.M. this past evening.   No news on the www.homevisions.com orders.   CIO  

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 7:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 7:20 P.M.:  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I threw out some garbage, and I picked up my mail.  The www.directron.com order shipped, but UPS tracking on it does not show anything yet.   There is no new tracking information on the other orders.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 5:50 P.M.:  I was awake at 5 P.M., and I received a telephone call from http://www.cleanupconnecticut.org/ , and I explained that Connecticut is not corrupt, they just don't have the money the way they use to.   I chatted with a friend.   I turned on the air conditioner since in the evening sun the apartment was getting warmer.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 8:10 A.M.:  I turned the computer back on, and I did some research on cooling items.   I then went to www.directron.com , and I ordered two Antec 80mm SmartCool Thermally Controlled Case Fan, Retail box. - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $9.99 each and a Enermax UC-A8FATR4 Aluminum 5.25" Fan Speed Controller, 4 Fan RPM & Temp. Display, Retail box - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $35.99 http://www.enermax.com.tw/products_per2.php?Tid=3&gon=239&Gid=1&Gid2=21 and a case badge *Free USPS Shipping* Case Badges - US National Flag, stickers, labels, #R12 - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $2.99 plus $7.42 UPS shipping for $66.34 total.   I will put the new case fans in the front and rear of my computer replacing the old one in front, or possibly two in front and one at the rear, and I will mount the fan controller in the upper drive bay.  I have one of the Antec SmartCool fans already installed in the computer.  Thus I should have a cooler running computer, when it starts to get warm this summer.  The fan controller controls four fans including the CPU fan, so if there is a malfunction an alarm goes off before system damage can occur.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon after going outside briefly.   I guess I am back on a night schedule.   I have just enough funds to make it to the end of the month.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 5:50 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 5:10 A.M.:  According to Staples Easy Rebates for Mike Scott $10 rebate my $10 rebate check has been mailed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 5:05 A.M.:  Basically, since I am of Scottish origins, and since I am a cold weather person, and although I am unemployed in Greenwich, Connecticut, and since I also have studied French for four years, I could be a volunteer Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman http://www.rcmp.ca/  in Greenwich, Connecticut, and although I would not have the legal authority to enforce the law, having spent a great deal of time in this area, I might know some other Canadians whom might know some United States citizens whom do have legal authority.   However, if it were just me and a Mountain Lion, I am not sure how I would make out in such a situation.   Basically when I lived in Alabama, before moving here in 1961, one of the most popular television programs in Alabama was Sergeant Preston and the Royal Canadian Mounted police, however having lived in tropical areas, I find this area a little bit more comfortable, and I figure when the world begins to run low on energy in the future, there might be more Canadians seeking comfort here.  Of course Jolly Old England is much further north than Canada, but although they get the Gulf Stream Weather pattern, it can be a bit cold up in their neck of the woods too, but they tend to be use to it.  I figure by ordering wool carpets, I am helping to support the wool industry which is a large business in the Commonwealth Countries around the world.  More information on Canada Prime Minister of Canada: Welcome! .  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 4:30 A.M.:  The Navy blue SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com 3 foot by 5 foot Aubusson carpet shipped from www.smartbargains.com from Cincinnati, Ohio this past evening at 11:13 P.M., and it is scheduled for delivery via UPS www.ups.com on Thursday May 19, 2005 UPS tracking Mike Scott Aubusson Carpet order .   I guess I will be around the old apartment on Thursday, until the order arrives.  My two www.homevisions.com orders have not been processed, and they take a little longer since they are shipped out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where I believe there are some creative Dutch people waiting for tulip time, since it is colder in the Midwest of the United States of America.  Well for those of you whom missed tulip time in Holland, Michigan http://www.holland.org/ , they might still be out a bit a week later.  I think the Netherlands tulip time is a bit later, since it is colder in the Netherlands.   CIO           

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.:  The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names  from Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs'and Heroes' Remembrance Authority .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 3:50 A.M.:  CNN.com Specials Hurricane Season .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 3:45 A.M.:  I ran Windows Update, Office Update, Norton Update, WinDoctor 2003, Ad-awareSE, System Restore backup, CCleaner, Norton Disk Doctor, and then I did a C: drive to D: drive backup with Windows XP Backup Automatic System Recovery, and then I ran Norton SpeedDisk on the C: drive.   Thus all of the maintenance utilities are done on the computer except for running Norton AntiVirus 2004, which I will do at a later time, such as when I am getting ready in the morning.   I cleaned out some of the disgarded paperwork in the Chinese rice bowl on the dining room table.  I watched some television while the maintenance utilities were running.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 12:40 A.M.:  I received a free beta offer from Microsoft for the Visual Studio Beta 2 that I ordered for free with free shipping at www.microsoft.com/getthebetas .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/17/05 Tuesday 12:15 A.M.:  I posted Scott's Notes from June 1997 through April 2005, 4.47 Mbytes http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/mlsnote1.zip contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 January 1997 to December 2001 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through December 2003 pages 1583 - 2855" and "mlsnote3.doc" January 2004 through December 2004 pages 2856 - 3605" and "mlsnote4.doc" January 2005 though April 2005 pages 3711 -4001" .  The reason that the pages numbers are not continuous is that I post the notes in True Type Fonts, but I print them out in PostScript fonts, and the PostScript files are slightly longer pages.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 11:35 P.M.:  I printed out a hard copy of my notes for January through April 2005, pages 3711 through 4041, and I bound them in two clamp binders, which I placed on the near side of the back side of the down sofa.   I used the Minolta PagePro 1250W laser printer for the last 40 pages, in other words, the HP LaserJet IID printer cartridge is out of toner.   Although it is an older printer, it was about $7,500 new, and it is quite reliable for bulk printing.   I have used it for several years to print out my notes, and I only bought it for $40 at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and at the time, I put in a new HP 95A cartridge in it that I bought at Office Depot in Scarsdale, New York for about $100.   I ordered from this link at http://www.866imaging.com/ a replacement cartridge HP 92295A Premium Compatible Laser Jet II, IID, III, IIID for $15.95 plus $8.85 United States Postal Mail Service shipping of $8.85 for $24.80 total.  Thus I intend to keep using it for heavy postscript printing jobs which it print out at a fast speed, and I will save my Minolta QMS PagePro 1250W printer which has a fairly new 6,000 sheet toner cartridge in it for every day use.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 9:15 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .   I used all of the regular ingredients.   For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Helluva-A-Good muenster cheese.   I also used 8 grape tomatoes on top of the salad.   I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted with a friend and a relative.  Another Bad Hurricane Season Predicted - Yahoo! News and The Tropical Meteorology Project: FORECASTS .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 7:25 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I mailed my Antec $30 rebate at the Valley Road Post Office.   I then went to my 4 P.M. appointment.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts Center.   I chatted with some locals about horses, and I told them I could never afford to ride horses in this area, but when I lived in Alabama as a youth, I used to ride horses at General Joe Wheeler's plantation on the Tennessee River about 20 miles west of the Chemstrand Acrylan plant in Decatur, Alabama http://www.wheelerplantation.org/ .  I am still irritated that I did not know a horse with Pink and Green racing colors was running in the Kentucky Derby, or I might have bet on it.  While downtown, I stopped by Zen stationary, and I cashed in my #28 scratch PayDay card for a dollar, and I got another one, but I did not win anything.   I then returned home, and I did not walk upper Greenwich Avenue, since I did not have much rest this morning.   I noticed while downtown, I saw a www.scotts.com lawn care truck which is working locally in the area, and they have a local 888 number 1-888-270-3714 or 1-888-8SCOTTS if one wants to contact someone with the name Scott that might actually earn money Scotts: Contact Us.   Needless to say the lawn in front of the Senior and the Arts center does not look too good, but the little league baseball field behind my apartment building here in Byram, Connecticut always looks quite nice.  I guess it has more intensive care.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 3:15 P.M.:  I passed my apartment inspection.   I will now go out to my 4 P.M. appointment.   I will now shut down the computer.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 2:30 P.M.:  Bad news CNN.com - Forecasters predict active hurricane season - May 16, 2005 and Michael Louis Scott's Tropical Weather Links .   I will proof the tropical weather links when I have the time.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 2:15 P.M.:  The 59 pictures that I uploaded to Kodak at http://prints.picturecenter.kodak.com/kodak/ shipped to my relative via United States mail today.  The Aubusson rug from SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com shipped today, but UPS tracking is not available on it yet.  The two orders from www.homevisions.com have not shipped yet.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 2:05 P.M.:  I took down the Saudi Arabian hospitality flag from the hallway bookcase, since I figure if they visited this time of year, they would not be cold, and more than likely they could afford heat.  Since I come from a matriarchal family, I was also advised to take it down, since women have no legal rights in Saudi Arabia.  Whatever the case, I will probably put it back up, once it gets cold again.   Also when it is not hanging in front of the center hallway bookcase, the items displayed in the bookcase are more easily viewed such as the Norwegian chocolate cups and vintage books and photo albums and other interesting items such as the family bible and my volcanic reference material.   If the Saudi Arabians want the flag hung, they can raise the price gasoline another quarter or two, and I will probably be force to rehang it.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 1:55 P.M.:  I had a call from a friend at 7 A.M. this morning.   I was awake at 11:30 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   The Greenwich Housing Authority inspector is coming over to inspect my apartment at 2:30 P.M..   I also have a 4 P.M. appointment later.   I threw out the Antec computer case box in the dumpster.   I picked up my mail.   I showered and cleaned up.   I chatted with two relatives.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 5:50 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I have a 4 P.M. appointment today.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 5:15 A.M.:  I am just about to eat a 14 ounce Boston Market country fried chicken dinner that I microwaved, and I will eat it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 4:55 A.M.:  I posted this picture of my primary computer setup with the Antec www.antec.com  case http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-computer-setup-with-new-antec-cs600-soho-atx-tower-case-051606.JPG .   The Antec case has a removeable washable air filter that pulls out from the bottom front of the case.  One is suppose to check it once a month for dust built up.   Like everything else the Antec case was made in China.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 4:35 A.M.:  I finished cleaning up.  I put the empty Northgate computer case on the back chair to the left of the bedroom desk.   I put the metal and plastic blanks and the original case back and screws from the Antec case in the Syntax USA motherboard box to the right of the bedroom television.   The Antec case has its spare rails installed in the bottom inside of the case.  I used four of the eight rails.  I put the CD/RW player on the lower bay, and I put the DVD drive in the second bay from the top of the four large bays, so there is a space between the two CD drives, and there is room to install and instrument cluster in the top bay should I do so in the future, but I am not sure my motherboard would support one or not.  I did not put the Antec logo on the case.  I put the Antec instructions on the Chinese rice bowl on the dining room table.   While changing cases, I also put a new Duracell #2032 3 Volt CMOS battery in the Syntax SV266M motherboard.  It all seems to be running fine.  To use the Visioneer One Touch USB 7600 scanner sitting on top of the Antec case, one has to move the headsets hanging off the right side of the right monitor.   CIO     

Note: <888> 05/16/05 Monday 3:35 A.M.:  I  have the primary computer installed in the Antec case, and it all seems to be running just fine in the same setup and configuration.  I am not sure if I have all the USB cables installed or not, but initially it looks like I do.   I installed an older case fan on the front of the computer in front of the hard drives.   I have the Antec case fan on the rear of the computer.   It was pretty much a straight forward process, and with the larger case which locks, it should be cooler running.  I switched the rear plate on the Northgate case to the Antec case, so the Syntax motherboard fits with it.  I still have to clean up the work area in the bedroom on the bed where I assembled it.   I did not install the Defcon cable lock.   The new case weighs 25 pounds.  I am most pleased with the results.  Since the case sits higher and is larger, it looks like a more formidable computer, but it is still basically the same old primary computer.   CIO  

Note: <888> 05/15/05 Sunday 10:05 P.M.:   I will now start seeing if I can transfer my primary computer system to the Antec case, so I might have the computer down for an hour or two.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/15/05 Sunday 10:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   I have the $30 Antec mail in rebate ready to mail in.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/15/05 Sunday 9:15 P.M.:  I was up at noon.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I clean up, and I went out.   I drove downtown briefly, and I mailed the two photo CDs to relatives at the central Greenwich Post Office.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then drove up North Street to the Merritt Parkway, and I headed east on the Merritt Parkway to New Canaan, Connecticut at the exit for 124 North.  I noticed while driving by the New Canaan High School, there were about 500 teenagers playing lacrosse.   I then parked in downtown New Canaan.  I walked the downtown area.  I chatted with one lady with two pug dogs about dogs, and I chatted with someone sitting in front of Bank of America.  I walked around the New Canaan train station.   They have a have a change machine there that dispenses dollar coins from bills, so I got six dollar Indian squaw coins.  I took out six of the quarters from my Volvo change holder, so I now have six dollar coins in it and five quarters for $7.25 total available change in the Volvo.   I then drove over to CompUSA in Norwalk, Connecticut, and I bought about the last Antec CS600 SOHO ATX Tower Case - CompUSA.com $54.99 after $5 instant rebate plus $3.30 tax for $58.29 total.   It also has a $30 mail in rebate to Antec, so it will eventually cost $28.29.   I then drove back down to Old Greenwich, Connecticut, and I used the ATM machine at the Bank of New York branch in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.   I then drove around Tod's Point, and I used the bathroom at the southeast beach area.  I then returned to central downtown Greenwich, and I used the bathroom at Starbucks.   I then returned home, and I brought up the computer case.  I drank some iced tea.  I will probably transfer the contents of my Northgate computer to the Antec case, but first I will have to figure out if the rear components of the Syntax SV266 motherboard will fit into the rear openings of the Antec case.   It will give me more room to grow with my current computer system, although at the moment I only have the 3 PCI slot motherboard.  It will be a cooler housing for my hard drives, and I have a fairly new 500 watt power supply that I can transfer into the Antec case along with all of the other items.  If I don't use it, I will use it for some future upgrade path.   I will now fill out the $30 rebate information to have ready to mail.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/15/05 Sunday 6:10 A.M.:  I was not able to print out the notes because I had a problem with the computer that I am familiar with.   The Hard Drive IDE cable malfunctioned.   I replaced it with one of several spare ones that I keep around for that purpose.   The computer is now running fine again.  That is the second one I have replaced in six months.  I also noticed that the computer speaker's cables were not plugged into the sound card, so I plugged them in, but I have the system set to use headphones.   I was able to place the second order below to www.homevisions.com , just as I posted if below, and the expected arrival date is May 24, 2005 which happens to be Queen Victoria's 186 birthday Queen Victoria: A Who2 Profile .  I guess when one is an Empress, they live longer.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I have a friend coming by this afternoon unless the plans are changed.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/15/05 Sunday 3:40 A.M.:  From www.homevisions.com , I am trying to order from Rose Garden Embellished Quilts and Shams three 27 inch square shams for $9.99 each, and two Palo Alto Chair Cushions in sky blue for $14.99 each less the $10 discount with code "HVEM55" plus $10.99 shipping and handling for $60.94 total.   However, the Bank of New York server is down for maintenance until 6:15 A.M., so I can not transfer money into my account to make the purchase until then.   I guess I will now start printing out my last four months of notes which should use up some time.  I have three 27 inch pillows that I can put the shams on, and I can put them on the bed with the new quilt, and along with the two large blue and white bolsters and the long round pastel color bolster.  I will put one of the pillows on my kitchen chair and the other on my dining chair for more comfort.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/15/05 Sunday 2:20 A.M.:  I ordered Rose Garden Embellished Quilts and Shams in full/queen size quilt for $59.99 plus I used Coupon code "HVEM55", which I found by searching "Homevisions Coupon Code" at Google, and I got an extra $10 off on an over $50 purchase which is good until May 19, and I paid $10.99 shipping and handling for $60.98 total.   It is due for delivery around May 24, 2005.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/15/05 Sunday 1:50 A.M.:  For $59.99 this is a nice quilt Rose Garden Embellished Quilts and Shams , but going into summer, I do not really need a quilt, and I have a comforter for winter.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/15/05 Sunday 1:15 A.M.:  I was searching around for a new bed spread like a Martha Washington bed spread, and this site caught my eye Bates Mill Store , and I could afford this one Bates Mill Store: Antoinette , however I think I will stick with my old orange quilted bed spread.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/14/05 Saturday 11:50 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .   For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Helluva-A-Good munster cheese, and I also used 8 grape tomatoes on top.   I used all of the other regular ingredients.   I found my Technics AV Control Stereo Receiver SA-EX300 manual on the internet http://www.support.panasonic.co.uk/sys/ttips/Panasonic/Audio/Tuners_Receivers/SA/EX300/Bex300.pdf , although I have not used it much in the five or more years that I have owned it.   I bought it for a $100 as a clearance item at the Wiz over five years ago.   I printed it out, and I put it by the chair by the Technics receiver.   I thought I had about 5 clamp binders, but I only seem to have 2 left.   I still have to print out my last four months notes sometime soon.   CIO  

Note: <888> 05/14/05 Saturday 9:00 P.M.:  I zipped the 59 pictures, and I emailed them to a relative.  On my computer, Microsoft Office 2003 Outlook Email program does not seem to be able send attachments to Outlook Express that my relative uses, so I send them with my copy of Outlook Express, but one has to make sure they are less than 20 megs, since email servers are usually limited to 20 megs.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/14/05 Saturday 8:30 P.M.:  I went through the 500 digital pictures that I took while I was in Vero Beach, Florida, and I selected 59 of them, and I adjusted some of them with the Microsoft Photo program that comes with Windows XP, and I then uploaded them to http://prints.picturecenter.kodak.com/kodak/ , and I paid .25 a print to have them printed on 4 inch by 6 inch photo paper for $14.75 plus $1.95 United States Post Office shipping and handling in 3 to 5 days delivery and $1.04 sales tax for $17.74 total to have them delivered to my relative in Florida.  I will print out my own copies on my photo printers when I have the time.   I chatted with two relatives.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/14/05 Saturday 4:30 P.M.:  I put together two more photo CDs to send to relatives.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/14/05 Saturday 3:25 P.M.:  I was awake at noon.   I chatted with a friend, and I chatted several times with several relatives.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I threw out some garbage, and I picked up my mail.  I will now wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed.   I might have a friend coming over to visit tomorrow afternoon.   I have the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control turned on to 70 degrees Fahrenheit at low fan with no moving louvers and no Energy Saver to cool off my apartment, since although it is still cool outside at 68 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast , the afternoon sun still hits my westerly facing windows adding heat to the black roof beneath them, so it had warmed up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit inside my apartment, and I usually like keeping it at 72 degrees Fahrenheit.   I actually enjoy warmer temperatures, but computer equipment generally needs cooler conditions.   I also have the General Electric maintenance contract paid up on the air conditioner until September 12, 2005, so it should be another cool summer here at my apartment inside anyways.  I received my NEON Energy Assistance grant of $340, and it is in my www.cl-p.com account, so I should not have any electricity payments for the next three months of June through August 2005.   I have paid it already for May 2005.   I have a $329.51 surplus in my electricity account, and I average spending a $111 a month on electricity which also includes my heating and cooling.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/14/05 Saturday 4:50 A.M.:  I looked for bargains without any results.   I ate about 5 ounces of Planters dry roasted peanuts with some iced tea.   TCPalm : Intense hurricane season is forecast .   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/14/05:

Note: <888> 05/14/05 Saturday 2:00 A.M.:  I zipped some digital pictures together that I took in Florida, and I email them in two groups to a relative.   I will have to send the second group, once the first group is downloaded, since email servers are usually limited to 20 megs.   I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/14/05 Saturday 12:40 A.M.:  I posted these two pictures:  

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-vero-beach-florida-may-2005-2.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-vero-beach-florida-may-2005-1.JPG   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 11:55 P.M.:  I took up the dark blue and the medium blue carpet remnants from the kitchen, and I folded up the medium blue remnants, and I put them underneath the left side of the bed in the bedroom.   I put the dark blue bound remnant on floor of the rear luggage compartment in the Volvo station wagon underneath the beach chairs.   I put $20 on my laundry card, so I now have $27.55 on my MacGray laundry card.  I took the Radio Shack AA Metal Hydride rechargeable batteries out of the Radio Shack battery charger, and I put them back in my Vivitar digital camera with the battery compartment held shut with a broccoli rubber band.  I will put the new navy blue aubusson carpet that I order today in the kitchen when it arrives.   It is just the right size at 5 foot by 3 foot.   Hopefully it will not slide on top of the older Berber carpet that I keep in for sound insulation.   I could always take the Berber carpet out, but I would have to slide out the dining table in the living room with all of the items on it, then remove the bookcase from the kitchen with all of its food items first and then pull the refrigerator out of the kitchen to remove the Berber carpet part of which is underneath it.  This would be very time consuming and require quite a bit of effort since other items would also have to moved in the process.   Today when I was downtown, I went by Zen stationary, and I bought a #28 PayDay scratch card for a dollar, and I won a dollar with it for a net profit of zero.   I will cash it in tomorrow and not buy another.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 10:55 P.M.:  Base Realignment and Closure 2005 - U.S. Department of Defense and Pentagon Plans Massive Overhaul of Bases - Yahoo! News .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 10:45 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went downtown, and I mailed at the central Greenwich Post Office the photo CD to a relative.   I received email today that http://picturecenter.kodak.com/cvs is going out of business, so if one has pictures stored there, one will have to save them for future use.  I then went for my usual walk of the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 96 tablet bottles of CVS antacid tables in tropical fruit and wild berry flavors for $3 both.   I then completed my walk.  I next drove down by the waterfront.   I then by the Greenwich Exxon gasoline and service station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $7 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.699 a gallon for 39 miles total usage at 15.1 miles per gallon averaging driving 13 miles per hour around town.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought three half gallons of Minute Maid fresh orange juice with calcium for $1.48 a half gallon, a 16 ounce bar of Stop and Shop New York extra sharp cheddar cheese for $3.99, two Maria Callender 14 ounce turkey dinners for $2 each, a Maria Callender 16 ounce boneless white chicken meat dinner for $2, two Pepperidge Farm 16 ounce frozen chicken pot pies for $2.99 each, two 16 ounce jars of Planters dry roasted peanuts for $1.99 each, a 6 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm spicy Italian croutons for $1.59, a 48 ounce container of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $3.99, a 16 ounce bottle of Rienzi Italian Balsamic vinegar for $2.99, a box of 10 quart packages of Stop and Shop dried milk for $6.99, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99, fresh bananas at .69 a pound for $1.52, fresh broccoli crowns at .98 a pound for .96, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.39, a pint of organic grape tomatoes for $2.99 for $51.79.   I then returned home, and I used my cart that I brought with me to bring up the groceries.   I put away the groceries.   I then chatted with a relative.  I then made Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks which I used a 16 ounce can of B&M baked beans instead of Campbell's baked bean.   I ate them with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 4:45 P.M.:   I went through my email from when I was away.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is 61 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast .  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 4:20 P.M.:  I put the contents of a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on reheat, and I put it in a large cobalt blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I copied my "My Pictures" photos to a CD, and I put in a thin CD holder, and I wrapped it with a sheet of white laser paper with the address centered on it, and I put three .37 U.S. postage stamps on it, and I have it ready to send to a relative.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 3:15 P.M.:  I tried installing the beta for the Microsoft Investor online service http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp which works with www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scopor01.zip , but I did not like the betas features, since it did not show the totals and changes.   I uninstalled it.  However, the old version would not work, so I ran a System Restore to yesterday.  However, Norton WinDoctor 2003 would not work, so I ran it in several parts, and it fixed a number of problems with Active X, and now it works just fine.   I ran Ad-aware SE, and it removed more spyware.   The computer seems to be running just fine.  I reinstalled the current version of Microsoft Investor.  I checked the information on Smart Bargains for returns, and they are only good for 30 days.   I can send the Vivitar digital camera with the broken battery case cover to Vivitar for repair in 4 to 6 weeks, but more than likely it would break again, and I would like to be using it during that period, so I probably will keep using it with the brocolli rubber band to secure the battery case closed.   I am charging up the Radio Shack AA Metal Hydride batteries that I normally use with it, and they will be fully charged at 11 P.M..  I am not doing my house cleaning today, since the apartment was cleaned the day before I left.  I went to SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com, and I ordered the last Navy pattern Aubusson rug in 5 foot by 3 foot for $24.99 plus $6.95 shipping for $31.94 total.   Since the two new carpet remants in the kitchen are slipping on top of the old berber rug, I will put the Navy Aubusson rug in the kitchen in their place.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 12:30 P.M.:  FREE Avery New Products Kit Offer .  PC Chips M811LUMB Socket A Barebone Kit AMD Duron 1.8GHz 256MB DDR CPU Fan ATX Mid-Tower Case with 400 Watt Power Supply at TigerDirect.com .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 12:10 P.M.:  I was awake at 9 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I threw out some old periodical literature and some waste paper.   I picked up my mail.   I chatted with a relative and a friend.   I was given an older Smith Corona portable electric typewriter when I was down in Florida, and I brought it up with me, and I now have it on the bedroom floor by the left side of the bedroom desk.   CIO

Note: <888> 05/13/05 Friday 12:20 A.M.:  I left last Sunday May 1, 2005 to visit relatives.  That morning, a friend drove me to Kennedy Airport JFK, and I left on at 7:45 A.M. flight on Delta Comair direct to Melbourne, Florida arriving at 11 A.M., where I was picked up by a relative.    We went by the Publix supermarket in Melbourne, Florida on A1A on the beach, and I got a roast beef wrap for lunch.   We then went to my relative's house at John's Island, Indian River Shores, Vero Beach, Florida, where I unpacked.  We spent the rest of the day at my relatives house visiting and two other relatives came over to visit.   The follow Monday, we went by Sam's Club, and my relative bought me a pair of white Reebok XX cross trainer sneakers for $25 and a lime green LaCoste polo shirt for $20.  They were early birthday gifts.   We then went to Wal-Mart's where I use the Kodak digital photo machine to print out 5 digital pictures from my digital camera card.  We also bought 8 small green shrubs some with red berries.   We returned to my relatives house, and I planted them along the back patio along with soil from a 55 quart bag of MiracleGro potting soil that we had bought at Sams for $8.88.  We had dinner at home most nights.   I also picked up some twigs and other items from around the yard.  I usually slept until about 9 A.M. to 10 A.M. visiting with relatives until 9 P.M. or 10 P.M..   I usually ate breakfast of fresh Florida orange juice from www.halegroves.com , Cheerios with bananas and milk, coffee, bacon, vitamins, supplements, and English muffin with butter.  On Monday it was up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.   However, it rained Tuesday and Wednesday.  We went to the T.J. Maxx on Wednesday, and my relative bought me a khaki pair of Columbia summer shorts with big pockets for $20 and three 2 packs of white colored cotton boxer shorts for $7.99 a two pack.   We also visited various Publix grocery stores in Sebastian and Vero Beach on various occassions.  On Thursday May 5, we picked up another relative from the Melbourne airport.  On Friday, we went back to T.J. Maxx, and my relative bought me another pair of the Columbia khaki walking shorts with big pockets for $20, and another relative bought me a new black leather Reaction Kenneth Cole standard wallet for $15.  We went to the Steins outlet, and my relative bought me another two pack of white cotton boxer shorts for $9.  Through out the week the week, I did some minor shores around the house, and I helped with the meals and minor house cleaning details.   On that Friday, we also went by Lowes, and we got 5 Mexican heather plants and a 16 inch square paving block along with 3 three inch hose clamps.  I put the paving block underneath a piece of metal trellis that was not properly supported on the patio, and I secured it to an adjacent secure pole with the hose clamps.   We planted the Mexican heather with the eight other small bushes, and also three flower plants that we had obtained at Lowes.  I had a problem with the Digital Vivitar camera, and its battery case lid latch broke, so I was able to secure it tight with a broccoli rubber band wrapped around it twice.   While down in Florida, I took about 450 digital pictures mostly around the house and of relatives.  I also took a 24 exposure roll of film.  We watched the evening news most evening along with reading the local Vero Beach Newspaper  http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/press_journal and the New York Times.  On Saturday evening we watched a DVD video http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/nationaltreasure/ which we rented at Block Busters.  It was a quite entertaining movie.   We went for a drive most days, and two afternoons, I walked the beach with a relative.   I also watered the new plants.   I did some other minor chores like cleaning light fixtures and putting in new 60 watt bulbs in the fixtures.   A lot of home remodeling and reconstruction is going on at http://www.johnsislandrealestate.com/  as well as at http://www.orchidislandrealestate.com/index.html and through out the Vero Beach, Sebastian, and Melbourne, Florida areas.  It is no longer just a citrus community.  On the local news, they reported on the hurricane conference in Tampa, Florida, and they said we were in the 10th year of a 25 year hurricane cycle http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  I would say at least half the shore line buildings are still undergoing roof and other renovations following last season's hurricanes.  However, the weather is great this time of year, and the tourist season is not as busy, and the flowers are all out in full bloom.  I enjoyed visiting with my relatives.  On Saturday night we went to Mr. Manatee's restaurant for seafood dinners, and it is located on the mainland along the Indian River.  On the second and last Tuesday night we went to Pasta night at the Beach club.  We celebrated mother's day with my mother, and celebrated my 55th birthday on May 9.   Gasoline is about 30 cents a gallon cheaper in Vero Beach, Florida than it is in Greenwich, Connecticut.  Vero Beach, Florida has 18 golf courses, so there is a lot of golf activity in the area.   Northrop Grumman was advertising itself at the Melbourne airport along with Harris Electronics, NASA, and General Electric.   There is a Starbucks coffee shop near the beach in Melbourne, Florida on the bridge access road.   Disney's Vero Beach Resort looked active, but we did not go in.   This week the weather was nice, but it is suppose to rain next week.  My relatives are in good humor planning their summer adventures.   I left from the Melbourne airport at 11 A.M. this morning 45 minutes after another relative, and I arrived at JFK airport in New York at 1:30 P.M. at the Delta terminal 3 which is different than the Delta Florida terminal 2 that one departs from.   I was picked up by a friend at 2 P.M., and I arrived back at my apartment at 3 P.M..  My new Volvo car battery was dead probably from an electrical drain from the alarm system, so I jump started it with my Slaymaker jumpstart system, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I picked up my mail that was on hold.   I went for about a 30 mile drive locally to charge up my car battery over a couple of hours, and I also go the $5 car wash at the Mobil Express car wash in Old Greenwich.   I drove downtown briefly, and I went by the waterfront briefly, and I returned home.   I chatted with a relative twice.   I ate for dinner a Maria Callender 16 ounce turkey pot pie along with iced water.  I unpacked.   I sorted through the mail.  I made up a fresh batch www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .   I tweaked some items in the apartment, including refilling the Glade plug-in refill in the kitchen with the English leather mixture.   I uploaded my digital photos to my computer.   I downloaded my email.  I installed the software updates.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Over all, I had a most enjoyable trip to John's Island, Indian River Shores, Vero Beach, Florida, and I enjoyed visiting with my relatives, and I enjoyed the warmer Florida weather.   However, on the rainy days down there in the warmer weather, my arthritis was just about as bad as up north.   Still, it is always amazing to see how much that area in Florida has changed over the years.   Back in 1978, when I was hitchhiking out of the Florida Keys back up north, I camped out for a night along the shore with a friend where the Disney Vero Beach resort is now located.   Since the Vero Beach area is further north in Florida, it is not as busy as south Florida, and it is still known as the "Treasure Coast".  The first Sunday night while sitting at my relative's back yard on  the patio, a 3 foot long 2 foot high Bob Cat type wild cat walked by the property line along the waterfront.    The black dolphins were also in the Lagoon.   CIO         

Note: <888> 05/12/05 Thursday 9:25 P.M.:  I returned back to my apartment in Greenwich, Connecticut this afternoon at 3 P.M..  CIO