Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 11:50 P.M.  Steamboat Road story http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Barge-runs-aground-in-Greenwich-Harbor-3599731.php

Restoration Hardware Store moving to former Greenwich Post Office Building

I printed out two copies of a Microsoft Money 2007 Income versus Spending report for May 2012, and I will mail one copy to an interested relative. 

I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go back to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 11:25 P.M.  Windows 8 Release Preview is configured on the third IBM ThinkCentre.  It runs just fine.  At a later day, I still have to install it on the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop and the Dell Latitude 4600i Desktop computers.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 9:40 P.M.  I ate a 19.5 ounce Stouffer's lasagna with meat sauce with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and Borden's lemon juice. 

I downloaded the X86 English *.iso file for Windows 8 Release Preview.  I burned two copies.  I installed it on the third IBM ThinkCentre by the mahogany bureau in the living room.  I now have to configure it.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 8:30 P.M.  I just woke up.  I chatted with a relative.

!!!!!! Windows 8 Release Preview

!!!!!! Download Windows 8 Release Preview

!!!!!! Windows 8 Release Preview ISO formats  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 2:35 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 2:05 P.M.  I picked up the mail.

ULINE - Shipping Boxes, Shipping Supplies, Packaging Materials, Packing Supplies  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 1:45 P.M.  Microsoft's Windows 8 Release Preview looks to hit on May 31 | ZDNet

The Smarter Railroad: An opportunity for the railroad industry| Whitepapers | TechRepublic

BBC News - Splashdown for SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

BBC News - Reducing alcohol to half a unit a day saves lives

I will now take a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 1:05 P.M.  I made two tuna fish sandwiches which I ate with 1/4th of a 6.24 ounce tube of Pringles sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a 12 ounce glass of Sprite lemon lime soda.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 12:20 P.M.  I ate a few day old muffin.  I went out to downtown Greenwich Avenue.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought four 6 ounce cans of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish for a dollar each for $4 total.  On the way down Greenwich Avenue, just south of St. Mary's they are having the grand opening of a women's boutique called "Lounge Soho".  Also where "The Complete Kitchen" was, they are putting in a new store which might be a restaurant, since they have a new professional stove in the work area, they are working on.  After my walk, I sat out for a while enjoying the day.  I chatted with a local walker driving by.  I noticed over two dozen MINI of Fairfield County | Darien MINI | Stamford MINI & Norwalk MINI driving around while I was out.  I also saw a green micro cars. eco-friendly high-mpg mini cars. smart USA with a www.un.org bumper sticker on it.  Of course, since some people in Greenwich still have money, there are still people driving less economical vehicles.  I chatted with a local politician.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a loaf of day old bakery bread for $1.65, a 19 ounce frozen Stouffer's lasagna with meat sauce for $2.50, and bananas for .79 a pound for $1.46 less 40 cents can returns for $5.21 total.  I used the bathroom at the Stop and Shop.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 8:25 A.M.  I made 107 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching episode 5 of series 2 of "the Return of Sherlock Holmes".  I will now go out for a morning walk on Greenwich Avenue.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 6:55 A.M.  I threw out the garbage.  I said "Good Morning" to a health care worker.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 6:10 A.M.  I will now shower and clean up.  I will then make cigarettes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/12 Thursday 6:05 A.M.  I woke up at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

!!!!!! Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.  BBC News - Supervolcanoes 'can grow in just hundreds of years'

BBC News - Computer malware created for sophisticated cyberwarfare  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.  I made two tuna fish sandwiches which I ate with 1/4th of a 6.24 ounce tube of Pringles sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale.  I chatted with a relative.  There is a new television channel on Cablevision channel 101 called "BBC America" which seems to have British programming.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 7:35 P.M.  BBC News - Detroit: the ruins left behind when city loses half its population  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 7:30 P.M.  I made my bed.  I ate a couple of day old muffin.  I sat outside briefly.  I got dive bombed by a bird.  I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up the mail. 

I called up Main Campus (243 Charles Street, Boston, MA) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at 1-617-573-3954, and I got the answering service.  When I was there in the spring of 1977, when I was hitchhiking down from Cambridge to Nantucket, I stopped by their emergency room, and I got my ears cleaned out.   They have a big machine there that is about six feet high and three foot wide cylinder with a vacuum apparatus for cleaning out one's ears.  It works so well and gets so much wax buildup out of the ears, it is like one has been deaf all of their life.  They said they still have the machine there, but they don't know the name of it.  The hospital in Innsbruck, Austria also has the same machine.  None of the local New York hospitals ever seem to know about that type of ear cleaning machine.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 6:10 A.M.  I woke up at 5:30 P.M..  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 11:20 A.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a 16 ounce Maria Callender chicken pot pie with a 12 ounce glass of Sprite lemon lime soda.  I will now take a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 9:15 A.M.  I did some system's maintenance.   Not much to report.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 6:25 A.M.  You can prevent, and even reverse, heart disease . . . .  Well, despite the fact that I need to quit smoking cigarettes which is quite difficult, I can still go for an exercise walk which I do regularly.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.  Saint Joan of Arc (French heroine) : Introduction -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

BBC News - Mitt Romney clinches nomination in Texas primary

BBC News - Microsoft offers summer sneak preview of Windows 8  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 4:40 A.M.  I threw out the garbage.  I picked up the mail.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 3:55 A.M.  I will now shower and clean up.  My appointment this Thursday was cancelled, so I do not have any appointments until Monday June 4, 2012 at 11 A.M..  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 3:45 A.M.  I wander if Island Beach in Greenwich, Connecticut has wireless internet.  I think Grass Island park might have wireless internet or possibly just 4G.  If one is young, and need a job, this is always available French Foreign Legion - Recruiting .  Back during the recession of the 1970s and early 1980s after a through job search of the New York area and other parts of the country, I was only able to land a job as pot scrubber dishwasher out in www.nantucket.net at the Gordon Folger Hotel Welcome Gordon Folger Nantucket Island – GHIX Hotel reservation , and over the years I worked my way up to the head dish washer at the Le Languedoc Bistro a Nantucket Restaurant and Inn. Serving French cuisine on Nantucket for over 30 Years .  I also washed dishes at Captain Toby's and the India House.  I also worked at the Nantucket bakery and Henry's bakery.  I also worked for Ian Greenshield doing odd jobs.  I also worked painting a old house being restored on Lincoln Road overlooking the waterfront.  I also worked opening scallops in the spring before the summer restaurants were opened.  I also worked opening up the Rose and Crown and the Sail Loft restaurants, so I was able to manage to keep busy out in Nantucket.  However, it is so expensive out in Nantucket anymore, there is probably no place that is cheap for the help to say anymore.  The Luxury Nantucket Hotels & Resorts | The White Elephant | Historic Inns in Massachusetts use to have modest dormitories for their help.  However, the young people from down south get to Nantucket first, since the schools let out sooner down south.  The New England schools do not get out until much later, but the New England students tend to have better connections to get better jobs.  Be sure that they get your social security number, when you work summer jobs in Nantucket, so one gets credit for them on Social Security.  Apparently a lot of my jobs out on Nantucket were not recorded by Social Security for some odd reason.  However, when the summer season is over, one is left leaving Nantucket only to be homeless on the mainland.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 3:15 A.M.  Chase makes bid for new central Greenwich branch - GreenwichTime

Even police shocked by gore in face-mauling attack - GreenwichTime  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/12 Wednesday 2:55 A.M.  I woke up and ate a 9 raspberry CVS value cookies.  I finally woke up at 1:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  CIO     

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 1:45 P.M.  $59.99 with $2.99 shipping Newegg.com - Canon imageCLASS MF3010 MFC / All-In-One Up to 19 ppm Monochrome Laser Printer

I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will eat a couple of day old muffin before going to bed.  CIO

!!!!!! Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 1:10 P.M.  Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee - Slide Show - NYTimes.com

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library: Email - See and Hear President Ronald Reagan!

John F. Kennedy (president of United States) : Introduction -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Extended Federal Unemployment Benefits Begin to Wind Down - NYTimes.com

Amid Diamond Jubilee Fever, Scholars Reflect on Monarchy - NYTimes.com

BBC News - James Webb telescope's Miri instrument flies out to US

BBC News - Miami police shoot dead 'growling cannibal'

!!!!!! BBC News - Why does the UK love the monarchy?  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 10:40 A.M.  I ate the remaining linguine and tomato meat sauce with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and Borden's lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 9:00 A.M.  I went out, and I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown to the World Famous Greenwich Avenue which is supposed to be like Rodeo Drive out in California to enjoy the early morning color.  They still have lots of posters out for MyRye.com: Urgent: Rye Boy Missing and http://www.myrye.com/2012RyeOther/Rye%20Missing%20Boy%20poster.pdf .  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks after my walk.  I then walked back up to CVS, and I bought four 6 ounce cans of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish for a dollar each for $4 total.  I stopped by TD Bank - Online Banking, Home Equity Loans, Investment Planning and Wealth , and they told me they are not a Canadian Bank, but they are owned by a Canadian Bank.  I think TD used to stand for "Toronto Dominion", so there is definitely some sort of Canadian connection.  I then sat out some more.  I told the parking meter people about the broken parking meter in front of CVS.  I did not notice whether it was still there or not.  I then went by the Chase Bank at 19 West Putnam Avenue, and I chatted with a friend on my wireless telephone.  I chatted briefly with a Chase employee.  I then returned home.  I chatted briefly with neighbors.  I chatted with a local walker on the telephone. 

I had a business idea to lower the price of oil and gasoline in this area.  Since CN - Company Information - Regions has rail tracks from Montreal to New London, Connecticut they could bring down cheaper Canadian oil and gasoline in tanker cars, and since Castle Oil Corporation is in New London, Connecticut, they could distribute the cheaper fuel in this area.  Of course nobody ever listens to me.  Greenwich Gas Prices – Find Greenwich, Connecticut Gas Stations and Cheap Gas in CT at Automobile Magazine . CIO   

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 5:20 A.M.  I will now go downtown for a walk on Greenwich Avenue and see if there are any morning Mountain Lions around.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 5:00 A.M.  If one looks at CN - Company Information - Regions , there is a rail line from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to New London, Connecticut; so technically Molson Coors | Beer Company | Beer Distributor could ship a lot of beer to the www.navy.mil in New London, Connecticut if they had the money to pay for it.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 4:55 A.M.  While at www.lfc.edu , I drove a Lake Forest, Illinois taxi cab part time.  In order to drive a taxi cab in Lake Forest, Illinois; one has to be fingerprinted by the www.fbi.gov , so my fingerprints have been on record with the FBI, since about 1970.  I weighed about 135 pounds, when I drove a taxi cab in Lake Forest, Illinois, but the taxi cab dispatcher "Big B" was a large lady with arms as big as my waist.  She use to specialize in picking up drunk soldiers at the bars in Highwood, Illinois outside Fort Sheridan and throwing them in the back of the taxi cabs to return them safely back to Fort Sheridan.  Thus big people have special duties that small people can not perform.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 4:35 A.M.  Sunrise is at 5:25 A.M. Tides.INFO: Ocean and river tide predictions for Cos Cob Harbor, off Goose Island, Connecticut Current .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 4:30 A.M.  Women in the Midwest of America tend to be very large and fat in order to control their large teenagers.  They frequently are over 400 pounds in weight.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 3:55 A.M.  As if you did not know Board of Directors | JPMorgan Chase & Co. .  I will now shower and clean up.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 3:30 A.M.  A relative thinks the Scott family are a bunch of bums.  However, the Scott family is probably one of the most powerful private families in America.  Around 1974, there were three United States senators with the last name Scott.  One was from Pennsylvania, one was from Virginia, and one was from North Carolina.  Thus more than likely members of the Scott family are still out there in the wood work.  The only politician that I know of recently with the last name Scott is Florida Governor Rick Scott .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 3:10 A.M.  Dockside service at Indian Harbor honors the fallen - GreenwichTime

OG Memorial Day parade a confluence of young and old - GreenwichTime

Bear suspected in attack on dog - GreenwichTime

Hundreds of runners turn out for Jim Fixx race; Ariza the overall winner - GreenwichTime

Human error costs Greenwich taxpayers $25K - GreenwichTime  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/29/12 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.  I woke up at 9 P.M., and I chatted with a friend and a relative.  I finally woke up at 1 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 1:20 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate 10 Triscuit crackers with .20 inch by 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch slices of Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

This is where Granddad Clarence Scott's farm used to be Robinson, Illinois Marathon Oil Refinery .  I think members of Grandma Scott's Gard family now own the Farm. The Gard family were founders of the George's Plantation in York Maine, and I think they were originally from Devonshire, England.  I think the relatives on the Farm in Robinson, Illinois raised chickens, hogs, and grow popcorn, field corn and soy beans.  I recall it was about a 2,000 acre farm they bought it from my grandfather.  James Jones wrote the book "From Here to Eternity" while living in my grandfather's cabin.  I think it is the area of Illinois, they call "Little Egypt".  As I recall, my relative's children were sort of wild, and they enjoyed playing with baby wolf cubs.  The state of Illinois also has a boys' juvenile detention center in Robinson, Illinois.  The Farm was on the Illinois Indian border near Wabash, Indiana where Wabash College: Crawfordsville, Indiana is located.  I am not sure if there are still any Scott relatives around there anymore, since my Gard family relatives have always farmed the farm.  Granddad Scott was a fireman and railroad engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Central Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for 60 years.  The Illinois Central Railroad is now a part of the CN - Company Information - Regions which covers a lot of territory in North America, if one needs to move freight.  CIO     

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 11:50 A.M.  $199.99 with free shipping New ARCTIC PRO YPC-07C 7000 BTU Portable Home Electric Air Conditioner AC LED | eBay

50% off Boston Market today only http://bostonmarket.com/home?page=specialCoupons&promoCode=31634

refurbished $229 with free shipping Royal Sovereign 12,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner w/ Fan & Dehumidifier | eBay

$39.99 free shipping Wolfgang Puck Slow Cooker 6qt 1350W Gourmet Versa Cooker w/ Dual Heat Elements | eBay

Tropical Depression BERYL Tracking  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 11:25 A.M.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 10:45 A.M.  Ian Fleming (British author) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 10:30 A.M.  I ate half of the remaining linguine and tomato meat sauce with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and a 12 ounce glass of Sprite lemon lime soda and a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and Borden's lemon juice.  CIO   

!!!!!! Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 9:40 A.M.  There were posters for this missing person downtown on Greenwich Avenue MyRye.com: Urgent: Rye Boy Missing and http://www.myrye.com/2012RyeOther/Rye%20Missing%20Boy%20poster.pdf .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 9:20 A.M.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown.  They were setting up the Jim Fixx memorial race which began at 8:30 A.M..  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought four 6 ounce cans of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish for a dollar a can for $4 total.  After I finished my walk, I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Boat Road.  The SeaFair The Mega Yacht Venue is definitely at the Delamar Greenwich Harbor, a luxury hotel in Fairfield County CT in all of its glory.  There was a large party of VIPs arriving at the Veterans Day ceremonies at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club - Public .  They were running out of parking places.  I then drove down by Grass Island where there was nobody, and I sat out for a while enjoying the view.  The new temporary fire house across the street from the Boys' Club looks like it is almost completed.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four day old muffins for $2, two 19 ounce Stouffer's meat lasagnas for $2.50 each, bananas for .79 a pound for $1.21, a bulb of garlic for .50, two ears of sweet corn for .17 each for $9.05 total.  I then went by the Putnam Shell at 401 West Putnam Avenue, and I bought $9.02 of self service V-Power gasoline for a dime a gallon off with my Stop and Shop card for $4.299 a gallon for 2.097 gallons at odometer reading of 69934 miles for 26.9 miles driven Saturday May 19, 2012 for 12.828 miles per gallon in mostly local traffic.  I then returned home.  There was not much traffic on the roads.  I said good morning to neighbors.  I put away my groceries.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 6:35 A.M.  I ate a couple of day old muffin.  I will now go out for a walk downtown.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 6:15 A.M.  I made 83 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching episode 3 of series 2 of "the Return of Sherlock Holmes".  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 4:45 A.M.  I will now make cigarettes.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 4:35 A.M.  Closed New York Prisons Prove Hard to Sell - NYTimes.com

With Personal Data in Hand, Thieves File Early and Often - NYTimes.com

The Divorce Hotel, a True Weekend Getaway - NYTimes.com  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 3:15 A.M.  Prison Planet.com » Panetta Says U.S. Now Ready to Attack Iran

Prison Planet.com » House to Consider Handing Over Internet Regulation to United Nations

Prison Planet.com » Foreign Agents Creep into U.S. & Canada Under Integration Scheme

Although we get invaded here in Greenwich, Connecticut all of the time by New York state residents, we can not afford to invade New York state, since the New York state residents seem to make all of the money in this neck of the woods.  I will now shower and clean up.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/12 Monday 2:45 A.M.  Happy Memorial Day.  I woke up, and I ate a few day old muffin.  I woke up at 7 P.M., and I chatted with a friend who is getting Tropical Storm Beryl National Hurricane Center .  I woke up again at 9:30 P.M., and I chatted with a relative.  I finally woke up at 1 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/12 Sunday 10:50 A.M.  I chatted with two relatives.  I ate five CVS value oatmeal cookies.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will watch some video before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/27/12 Sunday 9:50 A.M.  I ate 8 Triscuit crackers with .20 inch by 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch slices of Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.

I noticed downtown, there was a sign for the SeaFair The Mega Yacht Venue which I guess is back in town down by the waterfront at the Delamar Greenwich Harbor, a luxury hotel in Fairfield County CT .  However, I don't drive down by the waterfront to the Pier on Steamboat Road anymore, since the Spanish speaking fishermen down there don't like seeing Northern Wharf Rats.  Besides it saves a dollar in gasoline.  Indian Harbor Yacht Club - Public might still have people that speak English, but I was never a sailor along the waterfront, but an average golfer at the GreenwichCC - Golf & Country Club until around 1976, when the family fell on hard times, and my father had to start building oil refineries again Engineering Consultancy and Project Management Services - AMEC , but since I don't know that business, I never made any money, and I ended up as dishwasher pot scrubber for minimal wage out at Le Languedoc Bistro a Nantucket Restaurant and Inn. Serving French cuisine on Nantucket for over 30 Years out on www.nantucket.net until I returned to Greenwich, Connecticut in December 1983 during a major economic recession and started collecting disability income for a long term disability.  However, I do know computers and the internet having worked with them since September 1989, when I bought an Apple www.apple.com  IIE computer at a tag sale on Round Hill Road for $100 from somebody that worked for J.P. Morgan in Belgium.  The house was near the His Highness the Aga Khan's 75th Birthday - Mowlana Hazar Imam's 75th Birthday - December 13, 2011 , so maybe the Apple IIE that I sold after a few months for $249 had good karma, but I invested the money in a Compaq 286 for about $250 at a tag sale in New Canaan.  I later sold the Compaq 286 for about $200, and I bought a generic 386 for a $1,000 from the Consignment Express downtown which was a major investment. 

I just chatted with a relative who just swallowed her new molar crown and has to wait for it come out.  CIO         

Note: <888> 05/27/12 Sunday 8:25 A.M.  I went out to the ever glamorous Greenwich Avenue.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I picked up two Metro North train schedules at the Greenwich Train Station lobby that are good until July 1, 2012.  However, I never go to Manhattan, since they only permit younger people there.  I noticed in front of CVS, there was a double parking meter that had broken off at its base and was lying on the ground.  I called the Greenwich Police non emergency number to tell them about it, but nobody responded to take it away.  At CVS I used the bathroom.  I bought two 8 ounce Mrs. Field's individual wrapped for freshness macadamia nut cookies for $2.50 each box for $5 total.  It was raining lightly as I walked down Greenwich Avenue.  There were two painters out painting fronts of stores.  The one just north of CVS was wearing a T-Shirt that said http://www.warburg.com/ that Online Trading, ETFs, Mutual Funds, IRAs & Retirement - Fidelity had given him.  After my walk, I sat out briefly in the rain.  I then returned back to my apartment complex.  I waved at a neighbor.  Not much going on in Greater Southwestern Greenwich, Connecticut.  Tomorrow morning at 10 A.M., the Byram Veterans will be in the back yard around the flag pole for their memorial day salute.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/27/12:

Note: <888> 05/27/12 Sunday 5:40 A.M.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then go downtown for an early morning walk.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/12 Sunday 4:30 A.M.  I made my bed again.  I will now shower and clean up.  I will then throw out the garbage, and I will pick up the mail from yesterday.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/12 Sunday 3:55 A.M.   I made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Tomato meat sauce to spaghetti of linguine or Michael Louis Scott's Tomato meat sauce to spaghetti of linguine .  I ate one third of it and refrigerated two thirds in Rubbermaid containers, and I ate it with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with Splendid sweetener and Borden lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/27/12 Sunday 2:15 A.M.  Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library: Email - Great Gifts for Dads and Grads from the Reagan Library.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/27/12 Sunday 1:40 A.M.  I rested until just now.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/12 Saturday 9:20 P.M.  I chatted with two friends and a relative.  I will now rest some more.  Not much happening on the internet during holiday weekends.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/12 Saturday 7:10 P.M.  I woke up at 4:30 P.M., and I chatted with a relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/26/12 Saturday 7:40 A.M.  I threw out the garbage.  I said "Good Morning" to a neighbor.  I walked around the building for exercise.  It is suppose to be up to 84 degrees Fahrenheit today 7-Day Forecast for Latitude 41.07°N and Longitude 73.65°W .  AirTran bailing on Westchester County Airport - GreenwichTime .  I will now shut down the primary work computer.  I will then eat a couple of day old muffin.  I will then go to bed for the day.

!!!!!! Live feed for West Point graduation at 9:30 A.M. from www.usma.edu from here The Pentagon Channel .  CIO        

Note: <888> 05/26/12 Saturday 7:05 A.M.  On the third IBM ThinkCentre by the mahogany bureau in the living room, I created 100 gigabytes of free space on the hard drive, and then I installed and configured Windows 8 consumer preview on the second partition.  It runs just fine.  The four IBM ThinkCentres are probably my fastest and best computers, although I rarely use them except for setting them up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/26/12 Saturday 2:20 A.M.  I ate a 18.5 ounce can of Campbell's Road House steak chili seasoned lightly with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, ground black pepper, Italian seasoning celery salt, paprika, red cayenne pepper, Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, Frank's hot sauce, and soy sauce along with a Kaiser roll with extra virgin olive oil on it and a 12 ounce glass of Sprite lemon lime soda.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/26/12 Saturday 1:30 A.M.  International Scientific Conference on Integrated Approaches for Volcanic Risk Management, 10-13th September 2012

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Note: <888> 05/26/12 Saturday 1:00 A.M.  Recently I have noticed a new trend on downtown Greenwich Avenue.  All of the garbage cans on lower Greenwich Avenue are no longer filled to overflowing with www.starbucks.com coffee cups, but they are filled to overflowing with Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt frozen yogurt cups.  Pinkberry is on lower Greenwich Avenue on the east side just across the street from Häagen-Dazs® , so they must be taking away from the ice cream business.  PinkBerry has a comfortable ice cream parlor like sitting area with very good handicap access for elderly and disabled people.  I have noticed recently in my walks downtown at night with the higher prices of fuel Greenwich Gas Prices – Find Greenwich, Connecticut Gas Stations and Cheap Gas in CT at Automobile Magazine that business downtown at night at the pubs and restaurants and coffee shop and CVS appears to be down by about 60% to 70%, so despite the daytime activity, the night time business is down substantially.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/12 Saturday 12:30 A.M.  I made 109 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching episode 2 of series 2 of "the Return of Sherlock Holmes".  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 10:20 P.M.  I watched episode 1 of series 2 of "the Return of Sherlock Holmes".  I went to bed at noon.  I woke up at 7 P.M..  I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown to CVS on Greenwich Avenue.  I picked up two prescriptions.  I drove further down Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out downtown for a while.  I then returned home.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I will now shower and clean up.  I will then make cigarettes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 10:05 A.M.  Prison Planet.com » Mass Government Surveillance Dragnet Goes Into Overdrive

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I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 9:05 A.M.  I ate the remaining double wide eggs noodles and defrosted slow cooker beef stew with a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with splenda sweetener and Borden's lemon juice.  CIO     

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 7:55 A.M.  I installed the Windows Updates on the two Dell Latitude D410 laptop computers.  When I went to install the updates on the Panasonic CF-29 Toughbook laptop computer, Windows XP Professional would not boot.  I used this method to repair the boot manager How to Fix Windows XP Boot Manager | eHow.com , and it now boots in both Windows XP Professional and ChromeOS OpenSUSE.  I will now install the Windows XP Professional Updates on it.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 7:00 A.M.  Mesothelioma Cancer | Symptoms of Mesothelioma Information

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BBC News - Google's copyright complaints flag up piracy of Microsoft  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 6:00 A.M.  I used Scotch Tape, and I installed the Romney Window Decal on the inside of the rear Audi window on the passenger side in the upper corner, so it does not interfere with visual navigation.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 5:00 A.M.  The Romney sticker sticks to the outside of a car window, so one can not install it on a wet day.

If one looks at the instructions for WN2000RPT Model and http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/WN2000RPT/Documentation/IG/WN2000RPT_IG_07SEPT2011.pdf  , I connected it up midway between my laptops and my Netgear wireless N600 router, and I placed it on the left side of the second IBM ThinkCentre behind my primary computer chair.  I have both the WN2000RPT and the Netgear Wireless N600 Router connected to the extension cord which turns on with the wireless button on the control panel on the second IBM ThinkCentre.  Once both are turned one, one presses the button on the front of the WN2000RPT and within two minutes presses the button on the top of the Netgear Wireless N600 router.  One makes a connection with one's laptop to the "_ext" wireless network, and then one opens one's laptop web browser to www.mywifiext.net to finish setting up the Netgear wireless extension connection to the laptop wireless.  I get 37 Mbps download and 7 Mbps second upload.  Of course that depends on the speed of the internet at different times of the day.

I put away the laundry.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 3:15 A.M.  I have 45 minutes to go on two dry cycles.  On the north end of the building on the second floor, they have finished painting the newly partitioned area with the steps leading up the attic.  They still have some minor detail work and cleaning to do on the project.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 2:50 A.M.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 10 minutes to go on the wash cycles.  I picked up the mail.  The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for WN2000RPT Model from Daily Steals Today Main for $14.99 and $4.99 shipping for $19.98 total arrived.  The order for Romney Window Decal for $6 total arrived.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/12 Friday 1:25 A.M.  I chatted with a friend at 4 P.M..  I chatted with a relative at 8 P.M..  I finally woke up at midnight.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 2:45 P.M.  I chatted with a relative and two friends.  I ate a 15.5 ounce can of Chef Boyardee beef ravioli with a 12 ounce can of Sprite lemon lime soda.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 1:25 P.M.  I went out, and I threw out the garbage.  I went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription.  I then drove further downtown.  I sat out for a while.  I use the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I went by Zen Stationary, and I played a Casino Kings scratch card for a dollar, and I won $2 for a dollar profit.  I then sat out for a while enjoying my winnings.  I then walked down Greenwich Avenue, and I went by the Chase Bank just south of the old Greenwich Post Office, and I did some business.  I then went by Classic Barber of Greenwich , and I got my summer hair cut for $26 and $5 tip for $31 total.  I then chatted with a regular in front of the Belgium bakery.  I then walked back up Greenwich Avenue, and I chatted with another retired person about the price of tea in China.  I chatted with the regular hot dog vendor.  There was a large group having a picnic in the Greenwich Common.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a four pack of day old muffins for $2, a six pack of Stop and Shop English muffins for $1.49, two 15.5 ounce cans of Chef Boyardee small ravioli for $1 each, a 48 ounce Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $4.79, fresh bananas for .79 a pound for $1.49 less 50 cents can deposit for $11.27 total.  I then returned home.  I helped a neighbor check his power steering fluid on his car.  I chatted with another neighbor.  I put away my groceries.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 8:35 A.M.  I have to go downtown briefly for an errand.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 8:15 A.M.  My 1984 Ford Escort with 45,000 miles that I bought for $2,900 from a party in Norwalk, Connecticut would never start in cold weather, even after the local Ford garage in Greenwich checked it out at Griffin Ford, and I even rebuilt the carburetor myself to no avail.  It might have been a faulty choke, which I did not know how to replace.  It had a lot of black soot underneath the hood like it might have had an electrical fire before I bought it.  1984 Ford Escort GL 1.6L 2BBL Carb? - Yahoo! Answers .  It did start up fine in the summer though.  I traded it in a H&L Chevrolet in Darien, Connecticut H & L Chevrolet of Darien | Greenwich Chevrolet dealer in Norwalk, CT near Danbury & New Haven for a 1976 Volvo 240 sedan with 45,000 miles on it that I recall paying $4,500 for less $450 trade in for the Ford Escort.  I think that was around 1992, but the Volvo last me ten years, until its spring mounts rusted out at about 105,000 miles, and I had it junked.

Around October 1986, after not having a car in Greenwich for close to three years after coming off Nantucket, I bought a

1977 yellow Volkswagen Dasher wagon for about $2,500.

I next had a 1978 green Volkswagen Dasher wagon which was a family hand me down, and I gave it away when the transmission failed.

I then had the 1984 Ford Escort white 2 door sedan.

I then had the 1976 white Volvo 240 4 door sedan.

I next had a family hand me down of a 1995? green Volvo 850 station wagon which got flooded in a heavy rain storm.

I then had a 1995 Buick Roadmaster burgundy station wagon which I sold to the www.fbi.gov .

I currently have the 1998 Audi A6 four door sedan which was a family hand me down which runs just fine, when I can afford gasoline.  It almost has 70,000 miles on it.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 7:25 A.M.  To report a problem to the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, this online form is available Service Request - Town of Greenwich, Connecticut  .

I ate 8 Triscuit crackers with .20 inch by 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch slices of Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 6:40 A.M.  At Daily Deals, 1 Sale A Day , I ordered Christopher Adams 1600 TC Series Egyptian Comfort Luxury Sheets in Queen Size in Sky Blue for $17.99 and $4.99 shipping for $22.98 total.

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Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 5:35 A.M.  I moved the sub woofer for the third IBM ThinkCentre further back on the bamboo platform of the fourth IBM ThinkCentre, so the wireless keyboard and mouse on the fourth IBM ThinkCentre can be moved around for right hand mouse users.  I put the White Star Line place mat propped underneath the stand of the third IBM ThinkCentre, so the keyboard has something to rest on for users.  I set the folding wicker chair to the right side on the floor of the third IBM ThinkCentre, so there is a chair available for it.  It F.V.M.'s apartment in Manhattan was "The Mouse Palace", my apartment is the "Mouse Internet Cafe" or "MIC".  It is a multimedia center, if one can figure out how to use the devices, which I obviously know how to do.  Recently I have been spending a lot of time watching British media off Netflix, so I have not been doing as many of my apartment routines such as house cleaning.  Plus it takes several hours a week at least to make cigarettes.  However, since with the higher prices of fuel, I don't go downtown as much, I am spending more time at home, and I am getting plenty of rest of up to 12 hours a day.  I do not turn on the central living room lights in the warmer weather, so they do no produce additional heat in the apartment.  I just leave on a few low level lights while working in the apartment.  Of course in the winter, when I can use the extra heat, I turn on all of the living room lights while using the living room. 

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Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 4:55 A.M.  Birthday Girl Victoria (queen of United Kingdom) : Introduction -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

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Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 3:10 A.M.  I ate one half of the remaining double wide eggs noodles and defrosted slow cooker beef stew with a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with splenda sweetener and Borden's lemon juice.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/24/12 Thursday 2:05 A.M.  I went out, and I went downtown.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I chatted briefly with someone from France.  There were a few pub crawlers out.  After my walk, I clocked my mileage for a round trip downtown, and it is only 4.7 miles.  So at $4.50 a gallon for self service premium V-Power gasoline and 11.5 miles per gallon works out to $0.392 per mile driving for gasoline and $1.84 for a round trip downtown at night when there is no traffic.  There was not much traffic on Greenwich Avenue this morning.  Of course the employees of the restaurants have to clean up after the restaurants close as do some of the other businesses.  I then went by the 24 hour CVS, and I bought two DiGiorno.com | It's Not Delivery. It's DiGiorno 32.7 ounce self rising deluxe pizzas for $5.50 each for $11 total.  I chatted with the pharmacist about the price of tea in China.  I also bought a Emerson 40 inch telescope 5X to 100X with tripod for $5 and .32 tax for $5.32 total.  I chatted briefly with the sales clerk and two other customers about astronomy.  Before the internet became commonly available in Greenwich, Connecticut, I used to use a local computer BBS on Astronomy from Old Greenwich to download files, since it was a local telephone call.  Also for the first five months, when I moved back to Greenwich in December 1983, I lived at 100 Milbank Avenue across from the Julian Curtis elementary school where there is an observatory next to the school where the astronomy club meets regularly.  They use to have a volunteer to oversee them that taught physics at www.columbia.edu for 50 years, but I think John passed away years ago.  He was not interested in the internet, and thought it was all a hype.  They still have a half dozen more Emerson telescopes available at the 24 hour CVS at 644 West Putnam Avenue.  Since there are no 24 hours gasoline stations in the downtown area anymore, I have had a few drivers asking me where there is a gasoline station at night, and I direct them to the Shell Station at 401 West Putnam Avenue.  I returned home.  I put the pizzas in the freezer.  I put the Emerson telescope to the right of the Rubbermaid hamper underneath the televisions in the bedroom.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 11:15 P.M.  I will now go downtown for a late evening stroll.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 10:15 P.M.  Rockefeller Property Temporary roadway approved at 124-acre site - GreenwichTime

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I will now shower and clean up and throw out the garbage and pick up the mail.

I guess I have become a night time Vampire Zombie being a night schedule again, but I can not afford to go downtown very much, since Greenwich Gas Prices – Find Greenwich, Connecticut Gas Stations and Cheap Gas in CT at Automobile Magazine

ConnDOT: CCTV# 4 Greenwich NB Exit 3 - Arch St.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 9:20 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 8:35 P.M.  I woke up, and I ate a dozen CVS value raspberry cookies.  I finally woke up at 7 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.

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Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 6:15 A.M.  I will now shut down the primary work computer.  I will then eat a few day old muffin.  I will then go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.  I threw out the CVS laptop stand box.  I waved good morning to a neighbor.  I walked around the outside of the building.  All quiet on the western front.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 5:30 A.M.  I assembled the second CVS laptop stand that I bought a couple of months ago.  I put it in the kitchen where the folding oak table was.  I moved the pedestal fan from in front of the mahogany bureau to the left side of the left living room closet.  I moved the Ionic Pro air purifier to in front of the hallway sweater closet.  I put the folding oak table in front of the living room mahogany bureau.  I moved the third IBM ThinkCentre setup from the right side of the FIC server setup to the folding oak table in front of the mahogany bureau.  I connected it up the internet with a spare longer LAN cable.  It all work just fine, so the third IBM ThinkCentre is easier to use in a more convenient location.  I moved the pathos plant from in front of the mahogany bureau to right side of the FIC server, and I put the mouse pad on the table where the pathos plant was to the left of the third IBM ThinkCentre.  The CVS laptop stand in the kitchen takes up slightly more room, so I moved the white plastic garbage can against the wall to the right of the refrigerator.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 2:20 A.M.  Connecticut Note:

May 22, 2012

Dear Friends,

In August and October of last year, Greenwich, Stamford and many Connecticut communities received the brunt of two remarkable storms that created major damage and left many residents without power for up to two weeks.  In response to this prolonged lack of service, the General Assembly convened a panel with the charge of assessing responsibility for the lengthy power outages, requiring the utilities to better communicate throughout crises, and establishing measures to prevent such widespread power failures going forward.

After many public hearings, testimony from all stakeholders, and extensive research, a storm response bill was crafted.  The bill requires state regulators with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to establish new performance standards for telecommunications, electric and gas utilities for emergency preparations, and a means for the restoration of service over prolonged and widespread outages.
 
In addition the bill requires a report on utility call center operations, and notification from the utilities on coordinated responses.  PURA must submit its report identifying these new standards by November 1st of this year.  Should PURA reach the conclusion that proper standards are not being met in any of these areas, civil penalties can be levied against distribution companies in an amount up to 2.5% of that company’s distribution revenue.

Both chambers of the legislature have approved this measure and it now awaits Governor Malloy's signature.

While this bill does not address monetary damages for prolonged power outages, we are hopeful it will prod the utilities into better internal preparedness and external communication when faced with damaging storms. 
 

Best regards,

Livvy Floren, State Representative, 149th District

Lile Gibbons, State Representative, 150th District

Fred Camillo, State Representative, 151st District

End of Note:

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I will now take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 1:40 A.M.  I ate one third of the remaining double wide eggs noodles and slow cooker beef stew with a 12 ounce glass of Sprite lemon lime soda and a cup of green tea with splenda sweetener and Borden's lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/23/12 Wednesday 12:35 A.M.  Prince Charles, Duchess of Cornwall land in N.B. | CTV News

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Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 11:20 P.M.  I made 135 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching episode 6 of "Legacy, Cradle of Civilization".  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.  I put the Emerson binoculars on the back seat of the Audi.  I moved the snow brushes and ice scrapers from the back seat floor of the Audi to the trunk.  I will now make cigarettes.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 8:55 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shower and clean up.  I will then throw out the garbage and pick up the mail.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.  $19.99 with free shipping Netgear WN2000RPT Universal WiFi Range Extender Repeater 606449068887 | eBay  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 7:45 P.M.  I chatted with a friend at noon.  I finally woke up at 6 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 7:55 A.M.  I watched episode 5 of "Legacy, Cradle of Civilization".

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I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will eat a few day old muffin.  Then I will go back to bed.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 6:25 A.M.  I can not afford to go to the beach anymore Internet Beach Bum by Michael Louis Scott .  I guess having lived in Pensacola, Florida from 1953 to 1954 as a youth and having vacationed on the beach in Holland, Michigan until my family moved to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1962, I developed a love of the water.  However, I don't make it to our local beach at Tod's Point much anymore, since it costs me about $9 round trip to go to the beach.  All of the years out in www.nantucket.net , and vacationing in Kennebunkport, Maine, and visiting Florida and exploring California, I did spend a lot of time at the beach.  However, I have been warned to stay out of the sun, so as not to develop melanomas.  Still I find the beach refreshing and renewing, so sooner or later, I will make it back to the beach one of these days.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 5:40 A.M.  I just woke up.  I ate 10 CVS Value raspberry cookies.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 2:25 A.M.  I will now take a nap.  For the $3.43 that the beef stew with eggs noodles meal cost along with the 28 cent for a can of soda and 15 cents for a cup of green tea, the very good meal cost me about $3.86 versus the $3.28, it cost be round trip to go downtown to Greenwich Avenue to be ignored by the Starbucks generation for 58 cents more.  Still by my standards, it is a very deluxe meal.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/22/12 Tuesday 1:35 A.M.  I am just about ready to eat 1/4th of a 16 ounce bag of America's Choice double wide egg noodles with 1/4th of the reheated defrosted beef stew with a 12 ounce glass of Sprite lemon lime soda and a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and Borden's lemon juice.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 11:35 P.M.   I did not clean up yet.  I threw out the garbage down the garbage chute, since it is raining heavily outside.  I picked up the mail.  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for WN2000RPT Model from Daily Steals Today Main for $14.99 and $4.99 shipping for $19.98 total.

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I am doing some systems maintenance on the FIC server.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 9:20 P.M.  I woke up at 11 A.M., and I watched episode 4 of "Legacy, Cradle of Civilization".  I went back to bed until 3 P.M..  I turned off the Hamilton Beach slow cooker, and I put one half of the beef stew in a Rubbermaid container with lid in the refrigerator and the other half in a Rubbermaid container with lid in the freezer.  I went back to bed until 6:30 P.M..  The Hamilton Beach slow cooker had cooled off, so I washed its lid, and I wiped out the inner stoneware liner, and I put the Hamilton Beach slow cooker underneath the chair at the hallway entrance.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shower and clean up.  I will then throw out the garbage and pick up the mail.  Having lived around the www.navy.mil in Nantucket and Key West and while at www.lfc.edu , I learned how to do simple chores in terms of maintaining one's lifestyle on lower income.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 8:25 A.M.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go back to bed.  I will wake up at 3 P.M. to put away the beef stew.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 8:15 A.M.  Indoor pools: ultimate laps of luxury | Fox News  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 8:00 A.M.  Lower Fairfield County sees decline in house prices as some U.S. cities stabilize; Stamford shows slight drop-off - GreenwichTime  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 7:35 A.M.

I am cooking up another batch of beef stew:

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 5:25 A.M.  Tunneling to Long Island - GreenwichTime  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 5:10 A.M.  I ate a 11 ounce medium rare sautéed top round London Broil of beef with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and Jack Daniels Old Number 7 barbecue sauce and one half of a 6.9 ounce box of Rice-A-Roni chicken flavored rice with baby carrots cut into quarters lengthwise and broccoli crowns on top of the Rice-A-Roni with extra Virgin olive oil and a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale with a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and Borden lemon juice.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 3:55 A.M.  BBC News - How world leaders watched Chelsea win Champions League

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Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 3:00 A.M.  I ordered Romney Window Decal for $6 total.

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Note: <888> 05/21/12 Monday 1:30 A.M.  I ate 7 Golden Oreo cookies.

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There is this self service car wash in Darien, Connecticut Self Serve Carwash , where I could probably spray the Audi from the outside without risking the passenger side window coming down in the regular car wash.  However, I would then need some place to wax the car with DuPont The Final Detail - Car Spray Wax .  Since the car might get dirty driving back from Darien that might not be an option.  Possibly I could wax the car in the ice skating rink parking lot in my back yard, since I am not allowed to work on my car in my parking lot.  However, since we are expecting rain all week, I would not be doing it this week.  Besides I can not really afford to drive all of the way up to Darien and wash the car at the moment.

I will now make my bed, and then I will shower and clean up.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/20/12 Sunday 11:35 P.M.  I ate the other half of the pizza that I made last night along with a 12 ounce glass of Sprite lemon lime soda.  I will now rest some more.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/20/12 Sunday 10:40 P.M.  I rested some more until just now.  I have noticed in my walks on Greenwich Avenue recently that at the top of Greenwich Avenue on the southwest corner the old three story Pickwick building is for sale.

Blue laws down the tubes Greenwich liquor stores open for business Sunday - GreenwichTime .  I guess the Port Chester, New York business community is not happy about that.  Of course, I think the Port Chester, New York can sell beer and liquor later at night.

Port Chester, New York has changed a lot in the 28 years since I came off Nantucket or in the 23 years I have been living near the New York border with Connecticut.  A couple of decades ago throngs of Latin American guest workers would be lined up at the pay phones in Port Chester, New York to call home to their relatives.  Now they all have inexpensive communications around the world.  When they took away the pay phones at the old Cumberland Farms which I used to use, when I did not have a telephone, I would use the pay phone in the lobby of the Port Chester police station.  Back then it was $2.50 to call Long Island from Connecticut for three minutes, where as from Port Chester it was only 35 cents.  There are also a lot of new big box stores in Port Chester, New York like www.costco.com .  However, on my limited income, I can not afford to shop Port Chester, New York because of the price of gasoline to go over there, so I am left cruising CVS on Greenwich Avenue looking for pot luck bargains.

Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s when I worked around www.polaroid.com near www.harvard.edu and www.mit.edu  , I used to have friends that lived on a Dairy Commune near St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where I stayed a few times, so that was one of my original Vermont connections.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/20/12 Sunday 8:25 P.M.  Chance of rain all week Greenwich, Connecticut 7-Day Forecast for Latitude 41.07°N and Longitude 73.65°W  CIO

Note: <888> 05/20/12 Sunday 8:25 P.M.  I woke up at 5:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative.  I did a half hour telephone survey from Grand Rapids, Michigan on local hospitals in this area.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/20/12 Sunday 3:30 A.M.  I watched the 1993 version of the movie "Robin Hood".   I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will eat a few day old muffin first.  CIO 

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Note: <888> 05/20/12 Sunday 12:45 A.M.  NASA Earth Science Division: NPP Workshop Page

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I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then watch some video.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/19/12 Saturday 11:50 P.M.  I took a Freschetta® Unsurpassed Fresh Taste in Frozen Pizza 24.62 ounce four cheese self rising frozen pizza, and I put it on a round pizza pan, and I seasoned it with garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian seasoning, oregano, grated parmesan and Romano cheese, and extra virgin olive oil, and I am baking it in the Sharp convection oven on the raised rack at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 22 minutes.  I will eat half with a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale and a cup of green tea with splenda sweetener and Borden's lemon juice.  I will refrigerate the other half in a flat Rubbermaid container.  DiGiorno.com | It's Not Delivery. It's DiGiorno. 12 inch frozen pizzas are two for $11 this coming week at www.cvs.com .  The sale is available starting tonight Saturday night.  CIO     

Note: <888> 05/19/12 Saturday 11:10 P.M.  I threw out the garbage.  I went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought two 10 ounce Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $2.50 each, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, fresh bananas for .79 a pound for $1.34, broccoli crowns for $1.99 a pound for $1.65, a 8 ounce package of fresh mushrooms for $1.99 for $12.97 total.  I chatted with someone that was darkly tanned having just got back from Florida.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with a relative on my wireless telephone.  It was moderately busy out downtown.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I used the bathroom.  From the $5 table in the rear of the store, I bought a pair of Emerson 7 X 50 Magnification Binoculars for $5 and .32 tax for $5.32 total.  I will leave them on the back seat of the Audi the next time I go out to have them available for observation.  I have a pair of Zeiss binoculars underneath the driver's seat of the Audi, but one of the eye pieces is missing, so they are awkward to use.  On the way home, I stopped by the Arab oasis better known as Putnam Shell at 401 West Putnam Avenue, and I bought $9.05 of self service premium V-Power gasoline for $4.399 a gallon for 2.057 gallons for 23.9 miles driven since Wednesday May 9, 2012 at odometer reading of 69,907 miles for 11.619 miles per gallon in mostly local night traffic.  I cleaned my outside windows and headlights.  I chatted with the regular night attendant.  I then returned home, and I picked up the mail.  I put away my groceries.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/19/12 Saturday 7:15 P.M.  I will now shower and clean up and go out for an exercise walk on the world famous Greenwich Avenue with the streets paved of jewel encrusted gold.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/19/12 Saturday 6:45 P.M.  I woke up at 5 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with extra virgin olive oil, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, a cup of coffee with Splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/19/12 Saturday 6:00 A.M.  I ate a day old muffin.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go back to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/19/12 Saturday 5:30 A.M.  BBC News - Eurozone to top agenda at G8's Camp David meeting

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Note: <888> 05/19/12 Saturday 4:35 A.M.  I woke up at 2 A.M..  I watched "Sherlock Holmes, the Master Black Mailer".  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/18/12 Friday 11:55 P.M.  I cleaned the living room air conditioner filter.  I will now take an after dinner nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/18/12 Friday 11:35 P.M.   I ate a 11 ounce medium rare sautéed top round London Broil of beef with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and Jack Daniels Old Number 7 barbecue sauce and one third of a 6.9 ounce box of Rice-A-Roni chicken flavored rice with baby carrots cut into quarters lengthwise and broccoli crowns on top of the Rice-A-Roni with extra Virgin olive oil and a 12 ounce glass of Schweppes Ginger Ale  with a cup of green tea with Splenda sweetener and Borden lemon juice.  I refrigerated the other two thirds of the Rice-A-Roni in a Rubbermaid container with lid.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/18/12 Friday 10:15 P.M.  The British Monarchy | Facebook  CIO

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I chatted with a relative and two friends.

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BBC News - Facebook shares see modest debut  CIO   

This fellow also made a bit of money today Marc Andreessen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  However, none of the internet money has ever come my way over all of these years, because all of the local www.ibm.com employees are waiting to gobble up any computer people who show up in this area.  CIO     

Note: <888> 05/17/12 Thursday 9:35 P.M.  Pictures of Kennedy family home in Bedford, New York Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s wife found dead in home - NYPOST.com  CIO

Note: <888> 05/17/12 Thursday 7:45 A.M.  I ate 10 Golden Oreo cookies.  When I grew up in back country Greenwich, this was the party house for the teenagers Fairfield County’s most expensive property - Hot Topics - Connecticut News .  It even has a dungeon where they use to hold British prisoners during the American revolution.  Last time I was there was when we threw a champagne after party after I won the Junior Club golf trophy in the summer of 1968 at the GreenwichCC - Golf & Country Club .  However, I was considered "Nouveau Riche" since I drove a 1967 Black Mustang Convertible http://mikelouisscott.com/67-ford.jpg and http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/67-ford.jpg , when most of the back country aristocrats that I knew drove British Sport cars.  Back then the Mustang cost about $2,500 and a British Sports car cost about $1,500.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO    

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Medical examiner sets autopsy for Mary Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - CNN.com  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/17/12 Thursday 3:40 A.M.  I chatted with the Key West Hotels- Florida Keys Luxury Resort- Casa Marina A Waldorf Astoria Resort and to see what is really happening down in Cayo Hueso Live Duval Street Web Cam in Key West, Florida :: Sloppy Joe's Bar :: lots of rain.  Less one forget

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I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/15/12 Tuesday 8:50 P.M.  Made in the United States of America Federal Jacks Restaurant & Brew Pub, Kennebunk, Maine , but of course one has to do a lot of maintenance to afford a beer in Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist and Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist .  Of course locally, one can always quench one's thirst at the Shop The Best and Largest Selection of Beer Online | Portchester Beer .  Although I don't drink alcohol, when I studied economics at www.lfc.edu , I learned in a recession, certain businesses like beer, movies, and fast food restaurants do well in recessions.  Also, if one knows the history of the United States of America, the Founding Fathers of the American Revolution used to meet in Pubs and drink beer and rum and discuss politics India House Club - Go To Public and Fraunces Tavern and Piping Rock Club and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club .  They North Shore of Long Island Republicans have a bit of style Sagamore Hill National Historic Site - Sagamore Hill National Historic Site .  CIO  

BBC News - Nerve rewiring helps paralysed man move hand  CIO

Note: <888> 05/15/12 Tuesday 5:15 P.M.  $99 with free shipping Shop Frigidaire 5000-BTU Window Room Air Conditioner at Lowes.com

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BBC News - Is Buckingham Palace ugly?  CIO

Note: <888> 05/14/12 Monday 5:45 P.M.  I chatted with a friend.  I showered, and I cleaned up, and I put foot cream on my feet.  I threw out the garbage.  I picked up the mail.  I had a telephone call from http://www.pcrichard.com/ , and I renewed my air conditioning contract on the Frigidaire Model FRA086A17 Frigidaire Window-Mounted Compact Room Air Conditioner for $53.11 good through May 24, 2013.  Since the unit is about the most powerful unit that will fit in my living room window opening, I feel it is important to keep up the service contract if I can afford it.  They now cost around $300, so it has gone up in price since the $220 plus tax I paid for it two years ago.  The Frigidaire is 18.5 inches by 13 2/5th inches which is the size for my living room window opening, but it might actually be 12.5 inches high, so any replacement air conditioner would have to be those dimensions.  PC Richard told me they still keep it in stock.  CIO      

Note: <888> 05/14/12 Monday 12:50 A.M.  The Queen visits the Dubin Breast Center in New York - Sveriges Kungahus

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden finds love again with millionaire Chris O'Neill | Mail Online  CIO

BBC News - Rise and fall of underwater volcano revealed

BBC News - MirageTable: Microsoft presents augmented reality device  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/13/12 Sunday 4:15 P.M.  Monday, May 14, 2012 President Barack Obama to Speak at Barnard College Commencement | Barnard College

Usually when the President of the United States shows up in Manhattan, a lot of people stay home for the day, and a lot of suspicious people come out here for the day to get away from grid lock.  It will probably be a busy day tomorrow at www.starbucks.com on Greenwich Avenue.

I will now shower and clean up and put foot cream on my feet.  I will then go out to Rodeo Drive East to stroll the Miracle Mile of Shopping Heaven.  Unfortunately besides www.cvs.com , I can not afford to buy anything else on Greenwich Avenue.  CIO

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BBC News - Sandwich celebrates 250th anniversary of the sandwich

BBC News - Germany united by nudity, divided by attitude

BBC News - Sonic device deployed in London during Olympics

BBC News - Study links biodiversity and language loss

BBC News - Facebook tests 'pay to promote post' tool  CIO

BBC News - Asteroid Vesta is 'last of a kind' rock

BBC Nature - Crows know familiar human voices  CIO

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BBC News - JPMorgan reveals shock $2bn trading loss on investments

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BBC News - Mayan art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists

BBC News - 'Save the planet', science leaders urge G8 governments

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I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon or possibly watch some video first.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/11/12 Friday 12:15 A.M.  I added $25 to my AT&T GoPhone Account Pay As You Go Online for a charge of $26.59.  I have $190.35 on the AT&T GoPhone good until Wednesday August 8, 2012.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/10/12 Thursday 5:35 P.M.  Beach-goers cautious 24 hours after shark attack in Vero Beach | Photo Gallery, Video » TCPalm.com  CIO 

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I will now shower and clean up and put foot cream on my feet.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/10/12 Thursday 3:40 A.M.  As I have explained to a few people recently, my 1998 Audi A6 1998 Audi A6 owned by Michael Scott and 1998 Audi A6 owned by Michael Scott has one slight problem.  The passenger side front electric window does not work.  One would have to go through this procedure to fix it Audi A6 Power Window Repair - YouTube .  However, I am not sure if the inexpensive plastic clip is still available.  I also do not want to risk breaking the glass in the procedure.  I have propped up the window closed with a board, and disconnected the power switch.  However, when one slams the door, the board can become unstuck and the window will gradually slide down.  Also I am afraid to put the Audi through the car wash in case the window should slide down.  I am not allowed to wash the car in my public housing parking lot, although it is a public street.  Also I do not have a water hose.  The reason for washing the car, is so that I can wax the Audi with The Final Detail - Car Spray Wax that I have which would only take about a half hour, since one does not need to buff it.  When I go up to Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist and Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist in mid June 2012 for a two week vacation, I guess I could wash it and wax it there.  The only other thing I know about the Audi is that it is suppose to have the brake fluid changed every two years, and I have not done that in the four years that I have owned it.  It would cost about $250 to have the brake fluid changed at New Country Audi of Greenwich | New Audi dealership in Greenwich, CT 06830 and about $400 to fix the window there.   According to Official Kelley Blue Book New & Used Car Values - Kelley Blue Book , the Audi in Excellent Condition which it is besides the window is worth $4,473 and very good condition $4,248, and good condition $4,148, and Fair $3,623.   It is fully maintained with recent tires also.  However, on limited income, I don't feel the need to invest anymore money in the Audi at the moment.  CIO 

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Connecticut Note:

May 8, 2012

Dear Friends,

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) and MTA Metro-North Railroad (MNR) announced today they accepted of the 100th M-8 rail car for service:

This symbolized these organizations' commitment to improve rail service on the New Haven Line with more and more M-8 rail cars being accepted and placed into regularly scheduled train service.   Customers should now be seeing nearly a third of weekday trains and half of the weekend trains operating with the new M-8 cars. 

M-8 trains operate during peak and off-peak time periods, weekdays and weekends, between New Haven, Stamford and Grand Central Terminal.      

This is an excellent milestone in the effort to provide riders with better comfort and safety as they use our state's rail system. 

Best regards,

Livvy Floren, State Representative 149th District

Lile Gibbons, State Representative, 150th District

Fred Camillo, State Representative, 151st District

End of Note:

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Note: <888> 05/10/12 Thursday 1:15 A.M.  I checked with Laguna Beach, CA - Contact Us to see if they knew anything about the person that I met out there in 1980 that said he ran PARC, a Xerox company , but they never heard of him.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/09/12 Wednesday 10:40 P.M.  I went out, and I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I stopped by CVS, but they are sold out of all of the $10 Croc Pots.  I then drove further downtown.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various places.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a Ace's High scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I stopped by the Apple www.apple.com computer store, and I checked something out.  I stopped by Starbucks, and I used the bathroom, and I chatted with a local.  I chatted with a local walker on my wireless telephone.  On the way up Greenwich Avenue, I noticed Morello Italian Bistro was busy as usual.  I chatted with TD Bank - Online Banking, Home Equity Loans, Investment Planning and Wealth which is opened until 8 P.M. on weekdays.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 34.5 Folger's Country Blend ground coffee for $6.99 each for $13.98 total.  I finished my walk, and I chatted with a local walker.  Brooks Brothers has 25% off orders through May 13, 2012 with coupon code "FNFBB1" .  I chatted with a relative on my wireless telephone.  I then went by the Welcome to A&P! Hot weekly ads, great coupons, shop online, store locator, fresh foods and delicious recipes. , and I bought Dole bananas for .79 a pound for $1.84, and a whole Woodson James Angus Woodson & James Angus Beef top round of beef eye round for $2.99 a pound for $15.64 for $17.48 total.  There is a coupon here Coupons - Woodson & James Angus Beef .  I then went by the Putnam Shell at 401 West Putnam Avenue, and I bought $9.01 of self service V-Power gasoline for $4.439 a gallon with a dime off with my Stop and Shop card for 2.038 gallons for 29.5 miles driving since Monday April 30, 2012 at odometer reading of 69883 miles for 14.475 miles per gallon in mostly local traffic.  I then returned home.  I put the eye round in the freezer to have later.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/08/12 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.  There is a bargain at CVS on Greenwich Avenue.  They have a couple of dozen of these Buy Crock Pot Classic Slow Cooker online at CVS.com for $10 each in the front of the store, and this week through Thursday, the Stop and Shop has top round roasts for $1.99 a pound.  CIO 

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I showered, and I cleaned up, and I put foot cream on my feet.  I will now throw out the garbage.  I will then make cigarettes.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/07/12 Monday 11:30 P.M.  I watched Episode 1 of Season 2 of "Sherlock" off the internet which is available for a few days from www.pbs.org .  Well, since the Western Hemisphere is pretty much isolated from the Eastern Hemisphere, we get a bit curious about how the modern world has developed over in the Eastern Hemisphere.  Since I have not been over there since the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France in February 1992, I have been in exile here for another 20 years.  However, the longer one lives here, the more one gets use to the Stockholm syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia living on the quaint edges of America.  I guess the British have been here so many times, they really do not feel they need to come here frequently anymore to practice their American dialects.  I remember some of the 1960s British television programs, and a lot of the British in those television programs were probably too cleaver, but possibly not for modern technology.  Probably the Favorite British television show of all time was The Prisoner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia which was what living in an Anglophile community in America feels like.  The Canadians are even afraid to communicate with us, since they see us more frequently than some of the people from overseas.  How we came to live in this situation is beyond me, but I guess it comes from experience.  There are so many people in Europe with skills, about the only job available in Europe for an American is living as an Unemployed American, providing they can afford to pay for it.  Of course I have seen so many British citizens come and go over the years, it is hard to tell if any new ones are showing up anymore.  I am sort of curious as to where all of the British citizens that once lived here are, if any are still alive as to where in the world they might have retired to.  Maybe they are all in retirement homes in New York City.  Still I am familiar with Greenwich, Connecticut, although it can be expensive to navigate around it.  I guess the older generation is still becoming familiar with the internet, or at least those whom were late to go online.  However, a lot of people are probably talked out or blogged out.  I have a comfortable enough life here in America, so I am not complaining, but I am sort of curious as to why people have lost interest in reading books or similar content as opposed to the chit chat on the internet.  I guess everyone is curious as to what people have done with their lives, only to find out that their friend my age and older are retiring and tend to be a bit forgetful.  So many people have lived in this area over the years along with all of the people who regularly travel through this area, it is sort of hard to stage a stroll up memory lane in terms of the downtown area.  Also a lot of the back country areas have changed with the large number of McMansions that have been built to accommodate those people whom like walking around in large homes all day.  I find living in a small apartment, once one gets use to it, involves less walking around, so I have more energy once I am rested to walk more frequently downtown which costs me about $2.75 round trip to investigate.  The commuter crowd comes and goes, but they generally do not linger downtown too long.  I have been able to save a bit of time by not going to Greenwich Library to see whom is just sitting there waiting around watching the world go by.  Of course as I get older it takes longer for me to do my household routines.  I guess I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO     

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I chatted with two relatives.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO  

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I basically prepared this recipe Slow Cooker Beef Stew I Recipe - Allrecipes.com .

I diced the CAB top round eye round of roast into 1/2 inch to 1 inch cubes, and I put them in the slow cooker.

Since I was using 2 and 2/3rds pound of meat, I used 1/3rd of a cup of flour and bit more pepper and salt to coat the meat.

I also used two large diced cloves of garlic, two bay leaves, two teaspoons of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, one large diced white onion, four peeled and diced medium potatoes, 1.5 pounds of sliced baby carrots, and a 8 ounce box of sliced mushrooms, and I also seasoned it all with Italian seasoning, basil, oregano, celery salt, and Maggi seasoning, and I also added about a quarter of a cup of extra virgin olive oil.  I also mixed a 1.5 ounce package of McCormick slow cooking beef stew ingredients with a 14.5 ounce can of College Inn Beef broth.  The recipe says to cook it on low for 12 hours.  However, the McCormick recipe says to cook it on low for 8 hours.  I also have the Reynolds liner sticking up and not folded down against the lower hot outer slow cooker, so it won't melt.   Thus I started the Hamilton Beach slow cooker on low for 8 hours which will be ready at 2:30 A.M.  I have it sitting on a wooden cutting board on the center kitchen counter with the stove fan on low.  I did not use celery.  I will check it to see if it is done at that time after 8 hours.  Since I probably won't be hungry at than hour of the morning, I will transfer the cooked stew once it is done to large Rubbermaid containers and refrigerate some and freeze some.  I will serve the beef stew on Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles.  I left the instructions on the primary Dell Latitude D410 laptop on the dining table.  CIO

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I will now shower and clean up and put foot cream on my feet.  I will then go downtown to do a few errands.  Since we might have rain, I will not be exercise walking.  CIO