Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 9:40 P.M.  I  watched a Rick Steve's travel program about Eastern Turkey.  I changed the calendars in the apartment to July 2008.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 8:25 P.M.  I threw out the garbage.  I emptied the ashtray on the north end of the building.  I will now watch some television for a while.  I did not get any mail today.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 8:05 P.M.  I made and ate four egg omelet with two slices of cheese and grated parmesan cheese, six strips of fried bacon, and a toasted English muffin with butter.  I ate it all with a mixture of seltzer water and passion punch.  I refilled and recharged the seltzer bottle.  I made up another batch of three 64 ounce containers of passion punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 6:35 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors, and I walked around the building.  I checked the mail, and either it has not arrived yet, or I did not get any.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 5:05 P.M.  John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President

Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 4:30 P.M.  I made up a batch of sugar free Jell-o using one black cheery and one raspberry, and I used a 15 ounce can of DelMonte lite sliced peaches and a 20 ounce can of Libby's sliced pineapple.  I used the juice from the can along with passion punch for the cold liquid.  It takes four hours to set in the refrigerator.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 4:00 P.M.  After lunch, I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I took a walk around the building.  One of the neighbors told me, the window people were here to measure for the broken window in the community room.  I moved the two www.army.mil extreme cold weather sleeping bags good to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit from behind the bedroom door to another more convenient storage place, so the bedroom door now opens more fully.  I will now go through my email.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 2:45 P.M.  I woke up at 5 P.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 8 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I took the folding oaks TV tables out of the rear of the Audi, and I gave the two yellow folding deck chairs to a neighbor.  Now the rear trunk area of the Audi has more room.  I still have the burgundy folding nylon chairs in the rear of the Audi.  I still have my tool case in it too.   I brought up the folding oak tables, and I put them behind the French reproduction chair.  I took the pillows and green corduroy slip cover off the down sofa.  I put the slip cover folded up on the floor on the bedroom closet.  I put the two large pillows on the bed.  I stored the smaller pillows elsewhere.  I then took the pillows and cushions off the down sofa, and after moving the small computer desk and www.harvard.edu chair and Mongoose bike out in the hallway, I pulled out the frame of the down sofa, and I took it outside, and I left if by the dumpster with the cushions and pillows.  I then moved the brass and glass coffee table six inches further away from the Scott family sofa, so there is about two feet between it and the brass and glass coffee table for easier access to the stereo system and the Epox computer.  I move the oval Aubusson carpet from underneath the computer chair to the area where the down sofa was.  I put the Mongoose bike against the rear of the Epox computer setup and brass and glass coffee table.  I put the small computer table and Harvard chair back in about the same location, but with it pushed forward a bit more, so there is more space walking between it and dining table.  I threw out the Mexican terracotta painted pot from the window ledge in the living room, and I put it by the dumpster.  I moved the pathos plant from the bathroom to the same window ledge location in the living room sitting in a large crystal bowl for drainage.  I move the two pieces of coral from the small telephone table in the bathroom to underneath the bathroom sink.  I moved the new electric shaver and new hair trimmer to behind the bedroom door.  I took the small telephone table from the bathroom, and I put it on an angle into the room with the tea table to the left of the French reproduction chair.  I have the small Panasonic TV on the telephone table with the two line telephone on the tea table in front of it with the paper shredder underneath it.   I had taken down the Williamsburg candle sconces at the apartment closet wall, but I put them back up, since there is now more room.  I also moved one of the power strips from the small computer table to the floor by the French antique reproduction chair, and I moved the 1989 social register and telephone books from the small computer table to the lower shelf of the telephone table.  Thus overall the apartment has a less cluttered and more spacious appearance.  The access to the toilet in the bathroom is now fully opened.   I will now eat a baloney and cheese sandwich with dill pickle slice and 1/3rd of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringles sour cream and onion potato chips with a glass of cold filtered water.  Pictures below.   CIO  

Note: <888> 06/30/08 Monday 2:20 P.M.  New apartment arrangement:  http://mikelouisscott.com/mls-apt-063008/ .  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/29/08 Sunday 12:45 P.M.  I poked with a fork three sets of holes on each of four sides of a medium large potato.  I microwaved it on a potato cycle, and then I let it stand on the cutting board, while I microwaved for five minutes a 7.5 ounce pouch of Green Giant frozen peas and at the same time, I fried on medium high electric burner heat in a frying pan with a small bit of butter and olive oil a 7 ounce precooked Jone's ham steak which I flipped regularly.  I put butter on the potato and peas, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I poured off the ham grease into the grease jar.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap for a while.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/29/08 Sunday 11:35 A.M.  I woke up at 5:30 A.M. this morning.  I watched a vintage Interpol movie that seemed a bit dated.  I watched a vintage Las Angeles fire department promotion which seemed a bit dated.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I did some bottom fishing on the internet for UPS items that I do not really need and can not afford.

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Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 9:10 P.M.  I chatted with my relatives in Kennebunkport, Maine, and they made it up there all right, and the house is fine thanks to the other relatives up there.  On Grandma Scott's side of the family side, the Gard family were the original settlers of the George's Plantation in York, Maine, so more than likely there are a lot of relatives up in that neck of the woods, whom know there way around better than I do.  I ate the last two bowls of low fat Cheez-its.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  They're calling for showers starting soon and through tomorrow, so I probably will now be going out tomorrow.   The good news is that they will clean off the cars a bit.   The cell phone of a friend does not work in New London, Connecticut, so I no longer have contact with the military up there.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/28/08:

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 6:25 P.M.   Francis Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Treaty of Versailles (1919) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 6:25 P.M.  I went outside, and I moved the other silver family car on the right side of the Audi.  I do not plan to drive the other car, and my relative will pick it up on this Wednesday.  I walked around the building.  There is a broken upper window on the west side of the community room.   There seems to be a lot of blackberries in the bush on the south side of the community room or some other type of berries.   I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I received another $10 survey check from Knowledge Networks.  I was given a gift by my relative a pair of waste 42 inch tan Ralph Lauren polo walking shorts, which I am sure will be handy this summer.   They fit quite well.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 5:15 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I made and ate the same sautéed boneless pork tenderloin dinner that I have been eating recently, which I ate with a glass of cold filtered water.  I chatted with a friend.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 2:45 P.M.  My relatives stopped by the Mobil gasoline station across the street and were surprised by the high price of gasoline in this area, and they arrived at about 1:30 P.M..  They came up and looked at my apartment and used the bathroom.  The fed their dog some gourmet dog food.  They think I should get rid of some of the clutter in my apartment, but it makes sense to me in terms of the way it has evolved over 19.5 years.  They left about 2 P.M. for Kennebunkport, Maine.  Here are a few pictures I was able to take.  I also chatted with a friend whom used my apartment constantly until two years ago which had to do with a bit of the way it evolved.  They left the other family car for another relative to pickup on Wednesday for a trip north. 

http://mikelouisscott.com/mls-fam-062808/ CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 12:55 P.M.  The discarded Brother MFC8840-D also purpose machine that I found discarded on Greenwich Avenue came from L'Occitane USA | Natural Beauty Products | Skin Care | Fragrance | Bath & Shower , so there is another French company around besides www.perrier.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 12:35 P.M.  BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Beijing Olympic Bird's Nest ready

BBC NEWS | Technology | Internet overhaul wins approval  CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 12:05 P.M.  A relative called, and they are about an hour away.  They will call me when they are on the Merritt Parkway nearby.  They do not think they should take the Heineken, since it would get warm in the car, and it would not be any good.  Well, if George Cary ever visits, I still have beer for him.  I guess they will only get the multi packs of batteries.  I chatted with another friend earlier.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 11:35 A.M.  I chatted with one of my relatives about 11 A.M., and they were just leaving, so they should be here between 1:30 P.M. and 2 P.M..  They do not need the Black and Decker Professional jar opener in Maine, so I will have to figure out something else to do with it.  They are going to leave another family car here, for a relative to pick up later in the week to drive north for the Fourth of July holiday.  I went outside, and I sat out briefly.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/28/08 Saturday 10:55 A.M.   After the last note, I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors, and I picked up my mail.  One of my neighbors told me that he had watched the Greenwich RTM on television when they approved the funds for replacing the windows in the apartment building I live at 71 Vinci Drive with double pane windows.  The apparently do not plan to do it until November 2008, which might be a little bit cold outside to have the windows removed in a retirement home.  I went to bed, and I woke up at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 8 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I chatted with a relative, and my relatives will be leaving about 10:30 A.M. for a three hour drive here and then further up north to Kennebunkport, Maine to their summer home.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I have the Black and Decker Professional Jar opener to give them, two multi packs of CVS batteries I bought on sale in December 2007, and a 12 pack of Heineken that I bought about a year ago, but I kept cold in the refrigerator.  I put three bottles of Perrier in the refrigerator.  I also have a six pack of German Lendener beer from Cologne, Germany in the refrigerator that I bought about six years ago, and I have kept refrigerated, but I am not sure it still is good.  I saw last weekend on the Creative channel, that one can use beer to make batter for fish and chips, but I normally do not deep fat fry in oil.  I ate two bowls of low fat Cheez-its.  I also took the six 64 ounce empty ice tea jugs out of the refrigerator, so there is more room.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/27/08 Friday 5:20 P.M.  I ate two bowls of low fat Cheez-its.

Note: <888> 06/27/08 Friday 4:00 P.M.  I checked the mileage to the end of Steamboat Road from my parking place at Vinci Drive today, and it is about exactly seven miles round trip and it is five miles round trip to the Senior and Arts center.  Ergo, it costs me with an average amount of traffic about $3.25 round trip to drive from here to the bottom of Steamboat Road, and it costs me $2.30 from here round trip to the Senior and the Arts center, ergo I do not go out as much anymore in the Audi, except for when the weather permits, and I feel up to it.  I guess I am getting a bit lazy in my old age of 58 years old.  Well, if Bill Gates can retire at age 53 today, I guess I can retire and manage my life at age 58 years of age.  Trust me, I have seen just about everything there is to see on West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich Avenue, and Steamboat Road, and since I grew up in this area, when gasoline was much cheaper, I have pretty much seen the rest of the area too for what its worth.  It looks better in the summer, but in the winter it is pretty bleak and cold, and unless one has a warm comfortable home, it can become quite uncomfortable.  I will now go through my email.  I guess nobody else has two cents to add.  I watched part of a Western on television.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/27/08 Friday 2:55 P.M.  I checked out from the Greenwich Library, "Hacking Exposed, Fifth Edition, Network Security Secrets and Solutions" by McAfee and Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, and George Kurtz.  Hopefully I will have time to read it.  I was also told by a neighbor, that the Food Emporium being remodeled across the street from the Stop and Shop is going to reopen in a couple of a weeks as an A&P store with lower prices than the Food Emporium chain which is also owned by the A&P chain.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/26/08 Thursday 9:40 P.M.  I ate the same dinner as the last five days.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Note: <888> 06/26/08 Thursday 8:05 P.M.  I went to bed until about 10 A.M..  The building custodian knocked on the door, and shortly there after the window people measured the windows.  They said in about five months next fall, when they install the double pane windows, they have to move the furniture inside four feet away from the windows.  The Greenwich Housing Authority told me that the building custodian would help me move the furniture then, but the building custodian did not seem enthusiastic about the idea.  Since the state of Connecticut is $150 million in debt, I am not sure they even have the money to install new double pane windows.  I chatted with www.cl-p.com about the supposed matching energy grant, and from what they told me I would not be eligible for it, since I do not use enough energy.  I chatted with a friend.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I then sat outside downtown at the Senior and the Arts center for a while.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $6.01 of self service premium unleaded gasoline for $5.019 a gallon for 1.19 gallons for 12.4 miles driving since Monday at odometer reading of 60092 for an average of 10.420 miles per gallon driving in heavy local traffic with the air conditioner going.  I cleaned the outside windows, and I checked the tires for 34 PSI.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $3, 1.5 pounds of German Baloney for $2.79 a pound for $4.54, a 13.5 ounce box of low fat Cheez-its for $2.50, a 64 ounce container of Stop and Shop crangrape and a 64 ounce container of Stop and Shop cranraspberry juice each for $2 each, and a head of Foxy iceberg lettuce for $1.79 for $15.83 total.  I then returned home, and I picked up the mail, and I put away the groceries.  I had a telephone call from some California magazine wanting to know more about http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm , and I told them what little I seem to remember about him.  I chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/26/08 Thursday 7:25 A.M.  I ate the same chef's salad that I have been eating recently, and I also put some bacon bits with it.  I ate it with  a glass of cold filtered water.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap for a while.   CIO

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Note: <888> 06/26/08 Thursday 6:10 A.M.  BBC News | Health | Cold 'killing 50,000' each winter

Note: <888> 06/26/08 Thursday 5:45 A.M.  For those of you who want to enjoy the final summer of the Bush dynasty www.whitehouse.gov, there is always:

Note: <888> 06/26/08 Thursday 5:05 A.M.   Bill Gates Waves Goodbye Earlier Than Planned - Microsoft Blog - InformationWeek

Note: <888> 06/26/08 Thursday 3:45 A.M.  I woke up at 12:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.   I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.   I ordered for the Northgate Syntax computer , the Logitech S220 Multimedia Speaker System for $22.99 with free 7 to 9 day shipping Buy.com - Computers, Electronics, Digital Cameras, Books, DVDs, Music, Games, Software, Toys, Sports Logitech S220 Multimedia Speaker System $22.99 with free shipping and Logitech > Partners > System Builders + Integrators > Speakers > S-220™ Speaker System.

Note: <888> 06/25/08 Wednesday 7:00 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/25/08 Wednesday 6:30 P.M.  I woke up at 9 A.M., when I chatted with a relative that called.  I made my bed.  I vacuumed the apartment.  I ate 2/3rds of a package CVS ginger wafers.   I tried refilling the Glade Plug-in refill in the kitchen, but its wick broke, so I just the left the plug-in refill sitting upright on the left rear side of the sink rack shelf with a 60% English Leather and 40% isopropyl alcohol mixture.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with 1/3rd of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went to my 2 P.M. appointment.  I then went downtown, and 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 before and after my walk.  I stopped by CVS to view the store circular.  I chatted with a regular local about the price of the tea in China.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I received my Verizon telephone book for Greenwich, Connecticut.  I put it underneath the AT&T two line cordless telephone on the left side of the table at the apartment entrance.  I drank a 50% passion punch mixture with 50% seltzer water.  I ate a few more ginger wafers.  It was good to get out for a change, but it was a bit warm.  I have relatives stopping by on Saturday afternoon on their way further north.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/25/08 Wednesday 5:05 A.M.  I ate the same meal as yesterday with just one boneless center cut pork tenderloin.  I ate it with a glass of cold filtered water.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap for a while.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/25/08 Wednesday 3:55 A.M.   Billion Dollar Nanotech IPO Brewing - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 06/25/08 Wednesday 2:45 A.M.  I was called up at 1 P.M. yesterday afternoon, and my 3 P.M. appointment was cancelled until 2 P.M. today.  I woke up at 7:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 11:30 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw out some garbage, and I picked up the mail.  I did my regular house cleaning, but I still have to vacuum after 8 A.M., when I will not disturb my neighbors.  I also used a potato brush to clean the algae out of the toilet tank, and I put a new blue tablet in it.  I will now go through my email.  CIO    

Note: <888> 06/24/08 Tuesday 11:35 A.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a brief nap before getting ready to go out for my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/08 Tuesday 10:20 A.M.  I straightened up the brown runner rug that runs from the apartment entrance and behind the down sofa to the hallway.  It gets out of alignment every couple of weeks or so.  I used the swivel sweeper to clean the carpets.  I am charging up its battery pack.  I went outside, and I threw out garbage.  I walked around the building.   They are measuring the windows in the building for replacement with double pane glass in the near future.  I chatted with a smaller neighbor, and I told him about the red wolf possibly being a tan shepherd that got away for a while, since I saw a similar animal downtown on a leash on Sunday mornings at Starbucks.  With the lights on in the apartment, I can notice more easily maintenance activity that needs to be done as I go through my routines.  Plus it is more cheerful.  For some reason the emergency generator is running in back.  I have my usual 3 P.M. appointment today.  I am so use to getting out for a walk downtown every day, it is hard to get use to only getting out two or three times a week, and less for a walk, since frequently after my daytime appointments, I am too tired to take a walk.  I will now make the same dinner as the last two days, but I will only use one boneless center cut pork tenderloin.  I currently weight 215 pounds, so I could stand to lose 20 pounds or more.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/24/08 Tuesday 8:10 A.M.  I ate the 1.4 ounce Heath Candy Bar.

Note: <888> 06/24/08 Tuesday 6:35 A.M.  After the last note yesterday, I rested until about 8 A.M..  I watched some television.  I chatted with a relative around 9:30 A.M..  I decided not to try not to drink anymore iced tea anymore, since it is a diuretic, and it makes one have to go to the bathroom more frequently.  I went to bed about 11 A.M..  I had a telephone call from a relative about 4 P.M..  I went back to bed until 8 P.M..  I chatted with the same relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until midnight.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I watched some television.  I made and ate the same chef's salad as a few days ago, which I also put a bit of blue cheese dressing on.  I ate it with a glass of cold filtered watered.  I rested through out the morning, and I watched television.  I finished eating the last box of low fat Cheez-its yesterday and today.   There is not really that much on television during the early morning hours, and it is mostly reruns.  I threw out some garbage, and I said hello to a neighbor going out early.  I decided to work with the primary lights on in the living room, since I seem to be more efficient with the lights going as opposed to a few low lights, since without the lights, I tend to get a bit tired in the darkness.  I got my $10 monthly check for the survey I fill out each month.  It will pay to keep the lights on.  CIO      

Note: <888> 06/23/08 Monday 4:35 A.M.  I made and ate the same dinner as yesterday reheating the remaining flavored rice from yesterday.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go back to bed or take a nap.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/23/08 Monday 3:15 A.M.   I could order a couple of these to have for the Audi for $2.25 each and $3 shipping for $7.50 total http://www.flagline.com/id42AW019 , but although I am half Dutch from Holland, Michigan, I do not speak Dutch, so if any Dutch people tried to talk to me, it would probably be confusing.  I should wait until after the first of the month, when I pay my bills.  It is sort of strange on this link http://www.flagline.com/id41A056 , South Viet-Nam decal comes up.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/08 Monday 2:15 A.M.  BBC NEWS | Business | Oil summit calls for supply boost

I did some bottom fishing on the internet.  I emailed copies of my 1998 Audi A6 owned by Michael Scott Connecticut registration and title to two relatives in Pennsylvania who were previous owners.  Apparently the State of Pennsylvania still shows they are the owners.  Since my Connecticut license plate is "840 GXO" sometimes, the last letter "O" is mistaken for a "0".  Well, at least I have a full tank of gasoline since I am practicing energy conservation and not driving too far most of the time.  I could always buy a http://www.flagline.com/id42A240 Oval Decal for $2.25 and $3 shipping to see if anyone takes note.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/08 Sunday 11:55 P.M.  I woke up at 9:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a local security group about what is happening out in Bayville, Long Island with so many people using electricity in the morning hours.  I know Brookhaven National Laboratory is out there, and they have a Graphite Atomic Reactor built in 1948, so maybe they are getting spare electricity generating power out of that.  It would seem to me, it could be a lot of California tech people are use to being up all night, and they have settled in a group out there in high tech over the years.  I know Dave Wheatly was not high tech.  He delivered the Queen Mary I to Long Beach, California, and he use to ferry Spitfires over here.  Possibly it is some sort of British Intelligence group living out there sitting nearby the Trans Atlantic telephone cable which would carry the internet also.  More than likely since Computer Associates is out there as well as Grumman, it is a mixed bag of fish trying to exercise undue influence over the internet.  I do know Helen Kress Williams of Oyster Bay, Long Island had the same look as Dorothy Bush, and possibly the excess energy out there is coming from Williams Energy as opposed to Lilco.  It would seem to me, we have more resources here on the south shore of Connecticut with all of New England and Canada to the north of us.  I have contacts out in Long Island, so I just called them up, and I had them take a look around to see what sort of activity is happening around out there.  It would seem to me that from my experience out on the north shore of Long Island, there are a lot of Germans out there, and from what I know about the Germans, they never give you a straight forward answer like they do not even know what is going on.  Possibly it is some group of students from Post College all living out in Bayville, Long Island, and as I recall the New York Institute of Technology is nearby also.   Possibly some guru with the real satellite photographs as opposed to the fake ones might figure out what is happening out there.  I do not get much feed back out of anyone around here, since they are not too heavily involved with the internet from what I can tell.  Who knows maybe some sort of secret internet cartel is being run out of Bayville, Long Island, and they are prospering off of raising worldwide oil prices and blaming it on everyone else.  I have had a theory for a long time that all of the world's problems are caused by about fifty thousand well financed trouble makers, and the rest of the world just watches in bewilderment.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/22/08 Sunday 2:30 P.M.  I called up www.geico.com , and I gave them a lengthy briefing on local events.  I threw out some garbage, and I said hello to some neighbors.  We have a thunderstorm coming in.  I chatted with a friend.  I chatted with a local security official about my suspicions that since about three weeks ago at night, when I observed the north shore of Long Island at night from Steamboat Road, it was totally dark along the entire length of the North Shore of Long Island as far one could see, but for some odd reason there were about 500 small houses totally lighted up along the waterfront in the Bayville, Long Island area from 2 A.M. to 4 A.M. on a week day night, so obviously somebody in that section is using a lot of electricity at night, when their wealthier neighbors are not.  I know the Russia, German, and French consulates are out that way, so maybe there is a large group of Europeans or people from the Eastern Hemisphere setting the overseas markets in the early morning hours, while most people are asleep.  Dave Wheatly who I use to talk with at Tod's Point in Greenwich use to drive around in a black Volkswagen with the British Union Jack on the front plate, and he once told me his son had moved to Bayville, so maybe other younger European up and coming movers and shakers have settled out there in inexpensive beach houses in mass.  It is really none of my business, but from what I know of the area, the Old Guard out there do not keep a very close eye on matters.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/08 Sunday 10:55 A.M.  I sautéed two boneless center cut pork tenderloins in olive oil, chopped garlic, butter, and a sliced medium onion, and I seasoned them with garlic powder, ground black pepper, and Italian spices, and for the last couple of minutes, I steamed it all with soy sauce and a little bit of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, and I ate it with flavored rice half of which I put in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator and 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns with butter, and a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/08 Sunday 9:20 A.M.  I went downtown after the last note.  I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and also over to the south side of the Greenwich Train station.  On the south side of the Greenwich Train station crossover walkway, there is a notice that a 15 year old boy from Peru is missing in New Rochelle, New York.  There is a number to call on the notice.  There are no computer items in the dumpster area of the lower garage at the Greenwich Train station, but there are a lot of boxes for new items that have been purchased.  There still seems to be quite a bit of traffic on I-95.  I sat out for a while at the south office building plaza.   At Carriage House Motors, they have a vintage purple www.cadillac.com convertible about 1957 put possibly is it is a 1961.  It is the one with about six inch fins.  Maybe Wiley Middleton is around still trying to sell Cadillacs.  I sat out for a while at the post office plaza which gets the sun in the early morning hours.  I walked up Greenwich Avenue.  The new office building at Armagone Causeway is coming along just fine.  It is just south of some Swiss Bank.  I walked over to the Chase Bank on Mason Street, and I used the ATM machine there.  I then walked over to the Y.M.C.A., and I looked through the window at the new swimming pools.   They seem to be state of the art.  I chatted with somebody from Columbia who wanted to know where the Greenwich Train station was.  I gave him directions.  I walked as far East as Milbank Avenue.  There is a nice wine store next door the restaurant where Tuscon's used to be.  I walked back west on the north side of East Putnam Avenue, and then I walked back down Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out for a while.  I then walked back down Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a ACE's High scratch guard for a dollar, but the dealer had a Queen, so I lost.  I then used the bathroom at the lower level of the Greenwich Train station.  I then returned back up Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a while.  I noticed a lady walking a tan German Shepherd that looked a bit like the Red Wolf that I saw on Memorial Day morning.  Maybe it got away and was wandering in our neighborhood.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, but none of the usual fishermen were there, so I guess they no longer can afford to drive down there like myself.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $6.02 of self service premium for 1.199 gallons at $5.019 a gallon for 11.2 miles driving since last Thursday at odometer reading of 60080 at 9.341 miles per gallon.  However, I filled the Audi up to the maximum which is why the gasoline mileage is not as good.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a package of eight boneless center cut pork chops for $2.49 a pound for $7.59, a top Round London Broil for $2.49 a pound for $6.32, a half gallon of Florida Natural Orange Juice with calcium for $3, a two pound package of baby carrots for $2.99, a quart jar of Vlassic Kosher dill pickles for $2, fresh green Chiquita bananas for .64 a pound for $2.46, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.63, and a bulb of garlic for $2.99 a pound for .39 for $27.38 total.  The meat was on sale for half price or better.  I then used the ATM machine at the Chase Bank at the Stop and Shop plaza.  I then returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I put away the groceries.  I used the Cuisine Art to make five 8.5 ounce hamburgers out of the London Broil, and I froze them in double baby carrot zip lock bags.  The newest burgers in the freezer are on the lower right freezer door.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/08 Sunday 3:35 A.M.  I put away the laundry.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go downtown for a walk.  I need to stop by the Stop and Shop at 7 A.M. to get some bananas, so I will probably linger for a while downtown.  Have a good morning.  It is suppose to rain at 10 A.M..  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/22/08 Sunday 2:20 A.M.  I made and ate the same chef's salad as yesterday along with eating the rest of the pineapple fruit mixture with a glass of 50% cold filtered water and 50% iced tea.  I did two wash loads of laundry, and I am only doing one dryer load.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/21/08 Saturday 9:00 A.M.   I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go back to bed.  Have a good morning.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/21/08 Saturday 8:20 A.M.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/21/08:

Note: <888> 06/21/08 Saturday 5:35 A.M.   BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Key ocean mission goes into orbit

Note: <888> 06/21/08 Saturday 5:05 A.M.  I made and ate a four egg omelet with grate parmesan cheese on top and two slices of Kraft white cheese inside along with five strips of fried bacon and two slices of toasted dark German beer with butter and a glass of 50% iced tea and 50% cold filtered water.  I will now go through my email.  I was told that in World War II, the Dutch survived by eating tulip bulbs and the Germans survived by eating cabbages and turnips.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 7:45 A.M.  Of course for any of you urban dwellers on the waterfront, I once saw about 50 pound rat along the waterfront in the Chelsea area of Manhattan.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 7:20 A.M.  I called up the Greenville, South Carolina Sheriff's office at the non emergency number at 1-864-271-5210 Greenville County Sheriff's Office , and I briefed them on the Red wolf, but they did not tell me whether there had been any recent sightings.  I still have to deal with the primary directive of the senior British resident here which is, "Keep Doing What You Are Doing. You Are Not Suppose to Know What Goes On.  Get a Hair Cut. and Stay Focused."  Of course in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe they have Mountain Lions, so I guess a Red Wolf is not too much of a problem.  However, in the page on them, it says they are nocturnal, and I tend to be nocturnal, so more than likely we will cross paths again.  At age 58, I have arthritis on damp days, and I am a bit lame, and I know from previous wild life experience, certain wild life like to take advantage of lame animals which would include humans.  Since I do not have good marksman skills after working with computers for 20 years this time around, there is no point in taking preventive measures with some sort of firearms that I do not know how to use.  I once might have had some MACE around, but I do not think it would work on a Carolina or Texas red wolf.  I will just hope the next time it checks me out, it is not hungry.  Other wildlife sightings on land that I can remember are a 14 foot alligator outside the tent in Hilton Head, South Carolina on the beach in late April 1978.  A Grey Panther in Boca Raton in the morning by the polo fields at sunrise in February 1979.  A bob cat or similar cat like a Lynx at John's Island in Vero Beach, Florida four years ago in February, and three years ago in the same location at about the same time, a black Brazilian Jaguar type of cat.  Also about eight years ago, some sort of animal that activate my cat allergies and weighed about 200 pound jumped on the roof of my old 1976 White Volvo up by Lowell Weicker's house here in Greenwich by the reservoir.  Also up in Kennebunkport, Maine this past July 2007, I saw a large black German Shepard type dog about twice the size of a police dog outside the gate at Walker's Point, but nobody knew of any such animals in the area.  Also about 15 years ago, I saw what looked like a black dog with orange mane and blue eyes outside the Old Greenwich Train station near the Rummage Room thrift shop, which looked like a Timber Wolf when Tod's Point was flooded with about four feet of water.  Of course I have seen animals in zoos.  Also in Lanzarote in February 1972 when I was camping out on the far west side of the island in the pitch black at the location where the movie a "Million Years B.C." was filmed, I perceived some sort of large creature had come out of the ocean, but I could not tell what it was since it was so dark, one could not even see one's hand in front of their eyes.  I did not go back in the daytime to investigate for tracks.  I might have seen more wildlife in my youth down south,  which is why I seem to take a bit of notice, but I do not remember that far back, other than when I was about four years old in Pensacola, Florida, I took the small row boat out in the bayou across the street and about a eight foot long alligator kept me from coming ashore for about an hour, which made me a bit nervous.  Of course there was the Coral Snake outside Steve Salisbury's trailer in Key West at Boca Chica back in February 1982 too.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 5:25 A.M.  I would rather not be out in the early morning hours after 7 A.M. bringing back three pounds of beef with a Texas or Carolina red wolf out in the woods nearby  http://www.ryanphotographic.com/images/JPEGS/Canis%20rufus%20red%20wolf.jpg .  It is possibly a Red Wolf or Canis Rufus.  The one neighbor whom claims he was recently pinned against the dumpster by it seems to have disappeared recently, so perhaps he has more common sense than the rest of us.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 5:15 A.M.  This picture adequately represents the fact that Richard Van Marter has some sort of Swiss connection http://mikelouisscott.com/rv-ch-92.jpg besides being 14th generation Dutch New York and formerly Helen Clay Frick's next door neighbor in Bedford, New York, so I seem to manage to get by here in public housing in Greenwich, Connecticut despite the fact that my high class friends do not like being shook down by the local Mafia where ever they might be from.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 4:50 A.M.  I ate three small bowls of low fat Cheez-its.  If anyone in Switzerland think they can impersonate me, they do not know how thorough the Swiss are.  Back in February 1972 when I traveled from Florence, Italy to Grenoble, France by train, I had to change trains in Chamonix, France, which means that would have been the first time I traveled into and out of Switzerland.  I had to present my U.S.A. passport along with filling out the required documentation for the Swiss authorities, so they would have had my fingerprints on record back then in Switzerland.  I also returned to Geneva, Switzerland for a day during the Albertville, France winter Olympics back in February 1992 twenty years later.  I unwrapped a number of basic www.mcdonalds.com cheeseburgers which had paper on them, I signed a sales receipt for a basic yellow Swiss Army knife for about $7 at the most expensive gun shop in Geneva which top copy of the sales receipt the shop keeper kept, and I recall cashing a couple of American Express Traveler's Checks, so more than likely my fingerprints are well documented in Switzerland in their records, so it would be hard for any idiot to impersonate me, since they Swiss tend to be very accurate record keepers, and over there they deal with a lot of people whom look like me all of the time.  Thus from a legal perspective, your Hollywood perspective does not hold any water, and from what little I know about forensic investigations, more than likely the Swiss already have the answer anyway.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 4:00 A.M.  $500 a month, free gas to drive a billboard - CNN.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 3:55 A.M.  IRS trying to reach millions who haven't filed for stimulus checks - CNN.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 3:50 A.M.  I don't think there is any rush to go out to the Stop and Shop before it opens at 7 A.M. this morning, since it would be 3.5 miles round trip at .46 a mile or $1.61 in fuel.  Usually when London Broil is on sale, it is not a big seller, since most people do not know what to do with large chunks of meat which I made into hamburger with the Cuisine Art.  Also boneless center cut pork shops are $2.49 a pound, and with the large Jewish population in town, pork is not a big seller.  I am fine for now, and maybe later on next week, I will see if the sale items are still available.  I have three bananas left, so I do not really need to go out until Sunday or Monday.  I have plenty of food to use up at home http://mikelouisscott.com/inventory.htm .  The reason I am able to spend so much money on computers and other household items is that I watch every penny, and I generally go out when it is less busy except on Thursday afternoons, when I have a standing appointment, and every other Tuesday afternoon, when I have a standing appointment.  I have plenty of activity with the internet to keep my busy at home, and I do not need to waste my money going downtown to watch a lot of women power shoppers strut their stuff.  I ate a bowl of the pineapple fruit mixture.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 2:45 A.M.  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Meteorite could hold solar clues

BBC NEWS | Europe | Sweden approves wiretapping law  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 2:35 A.M.  I saw a half size truck in Port Chester, New York around 5 P.M. this past evening, and it was one of these Con-way: , so maybe they were able to deliver some needed supplies from the Midwest back east.  But by the time all of the Mexicans eat the food in Port Chester, New York, there does not seem to be any cheap food left for the natives in Greenwich, Connecticut anymore.  However, London Broil top round of beef is suppose to be on sale at the Stop and Shop starting today at 7 A.M. for $1.79 a pound, 3 pound minimum.  There will probably be a riot of big fat women rushing the meat counter at opening if they have gasoline.  Any local who has lived here a long time, know once one gets off Greenwich Avenue, there are a lot of big fat women in back country that one does not see downtown much with all of the trophy wives.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 1:05 A.M.  I chatted with the Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West about the current weather outlook up north for this coming winter.  They seem to be busy down there.  Basically, I have a large network up an down the East Coast of America, and I even have a neighbor from Nova Scotia, if you feel like going further north.  I even have Norwegian contacts too.  If you have the Big Bucks to travel, you could trying spending some summer time at Balmoral Castle and Estate, online shop, gift shop, holiday cottages, fishing, scotland .  They have Holiday cottages there for rent at Balmoral Castle and Estate, online shop, gift shop, holiday cottages, fishing, scotland Holiday Cottages for Let.  However, I usually make it as far north for short visits with family at:

Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist

Note: <888> 06/20/08 Friday 12:35 A.M.  I chatted with a relative.  As far as I can tell, my computers were not tampered with when I went out today.  However, when I tried the primary two line Panasonic line phone, the speaker phone was turned on, which would indicate to me that someone gained entrance to the apartment while I was out.  The motion detection camera on the FIC server showed no sign of intrusion though.  Thus going through a logical progression of advents over time, it would seem that somebody needs to gain admittance to my apartment on a weekly basis to maintain some sort of equipment like a surveillance camera or wire tap by replacing its battery.  Thus they are probably able to temporarily disable the motion detection camera through the internet.  More than likely it has been going on for a long period of time.  I chatted with a few local security officials about the fact, and I left a message with another associate.  From what I know the only local private group with a large group of surveillance people in this area is www.hughes.com , and from what I know in the old days Howard Hughes tapped everyone.  It could be some sort of third world government with mixed up priorities.  I also gave a summary to Microsoft. 

I found this link: Canadian Embassy and Consulates in the United States - Contact Canadian Embassy and Consulates in the United States , and they gave me this emergency telephone number in Ottawa, Canada 1-613-996-8885, which will accept a collect call, and they were available, when I just called.

The contact page for this web site does not work Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Gendarmerie royale du Canada .

This page did not work a half hour ago, and it now works Embassy Washington / Ambassade du Canada à Washington .

Note: <888> 06/19/08 Thursday 9:30 P.M.   I ate the same baloney and cheese sandwich as last night with the last of the potato salad and a glass of iced tea.  I checked the mileage to the Port Chester, New York A&P shopping center, and it is 4.5 miles round trip from Vinci Drive and Western Junior High drive if one takes the back road just west of the main street in Port Chester, New York to U.S. 1.  However, most of my activity revolves around downtown Greenwich, Connecticut which is 7.5 miles round trip to and from the Senior and the Arts Center to my apartment building.

If you look at Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report | , there has been volcanic activity in Russia  or possibly Guatemala that could have possibly caused our recent cooler weather for this time of year, and let us hope not a colder coming winter with increased energy prices.

Everyday, when I have breakfast I take vitamins and supplements with a glass of 1/3rd fresh orange juice, 1/3 cranraspberry juice, and 1/3 grape juice about 10 ounces total.

I take:

1 Tums Antacid or similar generic

1 Vitamin C about 500 mg.

1 CVS Senior Spectrum Multiple vitamin

1 CVS triple strength chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine

1 vitamin E 400 IU

1 RNA/DNA

1 B-Complete 150 or 100

1 Garlic pill

1 MSM

1 Niacin flush free or Niacinamide

1 B-12 2000 mcg. time released

1 81 mg. aspirin

1 Tylenol

End.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/19/08 Thursday 2:15 A.M.   The World's Priciest Burger: $185 - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 06/19/08 Thursday 1:45 A.M.  I finished the backups.  To get the Bytecc external hard drive to work properly on the Northgate Syntax computer, I have four rear USB 2.0 ports, and the top two are used.  The lower right one facing rear does not work with the Bytecc external hard drive, but the lower left one does.  I ate a four 1/32nd inch thick slice of baloney and three 1/16 inch slices of sliced American cheese on two slices of Arnold German bread with low fat mayonnaise and a 1/6th portion of the potato salad with a glass of iced tea.  I took down the Saudi Arabian flag, so the left living room closet is easier to open without having to remove it every time.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/08 Wednesday 11:30 P.M.  The two Creative Live 5.1 sound cards arrived about 6:30 P.M..  I was outside to pick them up, when they arrived.  I installed one of each on the Epox and the Northgate Syntax computers.  There driver's installed plug and play on the Vista partitions, and I installed the software also on the XP Professional partition on the Epox computer.  I installed the Creative Live MP3+ sound card from the Epox computer on the bedroom Gigabyte computer, and I installed the software on it, since it is XP Professional.  I had to take out one of the two LAN cards from the Northgate Syntax computer to fit in the new sound card.  I also install a better coaxial cable on it to its TV card which now works fine, since I installed a newer driver for it.  I backed up the Epox computer with Vista Complete PC backup both partitions to the second hard drive, and the Bytecc external hard drive.  I am doing XP Professional ASR backups of the bedroom gigabyte computer to the second hard drive and the Maxtor external hard drive.  I will also do a Vista Complete PC backup of the Northgate Syntax computer to the Bytecc external hard drive.  I put the two Creative boxes one with the extracted LAN card and one with an old Creative audio card from the bedroom gigabyte computer on the stack of boxes in the bedroom to the right of the bedroom Orion television.  I put one of the Creative Live 5.1 CDs in a jewel case on the top shelf of the CD rack on the bedroom side board.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/18/08 Wednesday 5:45 P.M.  I shook out the four rubber floor mats in the Audi.  I also straightened up the underneath carpet floor mat on the driver's side, so it does not interfere with the accelerator petal going down which it was doing.  I used the Black and Decker dust buster that I keep on the sideboard in my bedroom to pick up any other lose debris in the Audi.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/18/08 Wednesday 4:50 P.M.  I woke up in the early morning, and I ate a bowl of pineapple fruit mixture.  I finally woke up when a neighbor delivered tracking is USPS - Track & Confirm on the order for NEW WIng Chair Slipcover Green Chenille w/ Gold Accent - eBay (item 330242584442 end time Jun-14-08 11:14:54 PDT) for $23.99 and $9.80 U.S. Priority Mail shipping for $33.79 total.  It is the same on as this Casual Home Chenille Wing Chair Slipcover - Green : Target .  I installed it on the Ethan Allen recliner, and it looks quite nice, and it blends in with the existing fabric on the two sofas adjacent to the Ethan Allen recliners.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage.   I chatted with a neighbor.  UPS: Tracking Information on two Creative Labs: Products - X-Fi, Sound Blaster, MP3 Players, Speaker Systems, Web Cameras Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 for $4.99 each for $9.98 with free shipping is out for delivery. 

Picture of the recliner with the new slip cover and other recent improvements.

http://mikelouisscott.com/apt-061808/ .  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/18/08 Wednesday 3:25 A.M.  I watched some more television.  I ate the rest of the sugar free Jell-o fruit mixture with some of the fresh pineapple mixture.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.

Don't forget:

http://mikelouisscott.com/weather.htm

http://geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/18/08 Wednesday 1:25 A.M.  I peeled and diced a Costa Rican pineapple into half inch to three quarter inch chunks.  I mixed them with a 11 ounce can of Madam mandarin oranges with the juice from the can, and I added a couple of tablespoons of Angostura Bitters along with a few tablespoons of bottled lemon juice, and I mixed it all together, and I put it in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I use a serrated bread knife to peel and diced the fresh pineapple.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/08 Wednesday 12:35 A.M.  Intel, IBM Get Solar Exposure - Forbes.com  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/08 Wednesday 12:30 A.M.  When Gas Stations Run Out of Gas  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/08 Wednesday 12:15 A.M.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a 1/6th scoop of potato salad.  I use six 1/32nd inch thick slices of baloney and two 1/16th inch thick slices of store cheese along with Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise.   I was startled in the meat department at the Food Emporium in Riverside when I was there last night.  It appeared all of the meat prices had doubled in price.  Sirloin steaks were $8 a pound.  This week, they have Purdue boneless breasts of chicken in three pound packages for $1.99 a pound at the Stop and Shop, but last night they were sold out of them. 

Note: <888> 06/17/08 Tuesday 11:25 P.M.  I'm Voting Republican 

Note: <888> 06/17/08 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.  I woke up at 5 P.M. this afternoon.  I had a telephone call from www.sun.com in Sacramento, California trying to sell me an advanced server.  I had to decline.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage.  I moved my Audi to its usual parking place.  I did not feel inspired to walk around the building.  I picked up my mail.  I read the last issue of www.forbes.com and the last two issues of U.S. News and World Report.  I tested the two Logitech Freedom Headsets which seemed fully charged with their new batteries, but switching them around and testing their audio connection ports with another headset, and also testing them with another headset, and from what I can tell, although they are fully charged, neither of them works.  I removed their two new batteries, and I stored them in their packaging on the battery shelf on the side board in the bedroom.  I stored the Logitech Freedom headsets underneath the bed on the right side with the other headsets.  I ate 1.5 bowls of low fat Cheez-Its.  I will now go through my email.  From what I can tell with the national and local economic conditions in sharp decline not much is really going on around here, except a few younger people have a bit of spare time to hang out downtown.  I was told last night by one local prosperous business man, he was pulling up stakes in this community and moving to greener pastures in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, so maybe there are some old guard types up there whom manage to hang on to some money.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/17/08 Tuesday 5:45 A.M.  I watched some television.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good day.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/17/08 Tuesday 4:05 A.M.  I ate a 6 ounce lite Dannon yogurt.  I also ate two bowls of low fat Cheez-Its. 

Note: <888> 06/17/08 Tuesday 3:05 A.M.  I tried out the two Logitech Freedom Headsets, and either neither works, or either they are not yet charged up enough.  I installed the FIC sever Logitech Freedom headset on the Creative Sound card, but it still did not work.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/17/08 Tuesday 1:35 A.M.  I woke up at 5 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I picked up the mail.  The order for  http://www.zbattery.com/3-1-2aa-unmh.html for $8.49 each and $4.80 U.S. mail priority mail shipping for $21.78 total arrived.  I installed the two batteries in the two Logitech Freedom headsets.  I had to disconnect the electronics when a thunderstorm came through the area.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I then reconnected the electronics.  I went downtown, and I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought fresh Chiquita bananas for .64 a pound for $2.20 and a three pound bag of yellow onions for $2.29 for $4.49 total.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went by CVS, and I bought a 1.4 ounce Heath milk chocolate and English toffee bar for 53 cents.  I bought buy one get one free of 260 tablet CVS Spectavite Senior USP for $14.99 both bottles.  I went by the Chase Bank ATM at the top of Greenwich Avenue.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went downtown, and I chatted with two Starbucks customers.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  Midway through my walk, I used the bathroom at Starbucks.   One of their employees is from Guatemala where there are volcanoes and good coffee.  I then drove over the Riverside Shopping Plaza, and I went to the Food Emporium.  I bought two 10 quart packs of America's Choice powdered milk for $8.79 a box, a 10 ounce bar of Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $2.75, two 16 ounce package of sliced America's Choice yellow cheese for $2.20 each package, and five 6 ounce Yoplait yogurts with raspberry and five mixed fruit for .29 each for $26.70 total.  I chatted with a patron whose mother's white Mercedes Benz would not start, and I gave him tips to check the fuse box and possibly the fuel filter might need to be replaced.  On newer cars there is not much the layman can do to troubleshoot cars.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I ate a three slice of bread with baloney and cheese sandwich with low fat mayonnaise and a 1/6th portion of potato salad and a glass of iced tea.  I use six slices of baloney and two slices of cheese on my sandwiches.  I had an odd slice of bread, so I used three slices.   For some reason the mute button green light does not come on the Logitech Freedom Headset on the Epox computer.  However, their lights seem to burn out, although the units still work.  I will now turn on their computers to see if they work.  The should be charged up enough by now.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/08 Monday 4:50 A.M.  I ate a bowl of the sugar free Jell-O with pineapple fruit mixture along with some iced tea.

Note: <888> 06/15/08 Sunday 7:55 A.M.  I called up the The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C. (Norway - the official site in the United States) at their emergency number of 1-202-460-9825, and I explained to them after 40 years at night particularly during cold winter nights, that I can no longer afford to go out anymore with the higher prices of fuel.  Fred Von Mierers' apartment at 420 East 49th street in Manhattan was near the Norwegian consulate, and there was a large Norwegian flag in Nantucket at a centrally located house and there was a small Norwegian flag in Key West at the Atlantic Shores beach, and relatives of Norwegian royalty use to live on Greenwich Avenue before it became too expensive.  Since the Norwegians supposedly have over 350 billion dollars in a reserve Sovereign fund, it unfortunately is not worth anything, since the dollar is not worth anything anymore.  If it were is some sort of currency like gold or more tangible asset, it might be worth something.  Maybe the whole country of Norway is worth only 360 billion dollars.  Norwegians do not seem to know anything because they are too busy staying private all of the time.  In other words, they rest at home a lot, and they travel worldwide when it is cold in Norway, but alas nobody pays much attention to them outside of their Scandinavian friends, since they are always telling the Russians everything they know.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  There is a law in Norway, you don't have to eat salmon more than three times a week, so the Norwegian Big Bucks Bums could think about throwing us some cheap salmon this way.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/08 Sunday 7:00 A.M.  I filled out the Scarborough Research television form that I received, and I have it ready to mail.  I put the new dollar bill that they sent me in the Plexiglas frame in the bedroom with the new $2 bill and the Great Britain and the Bermuda car emblems.  The Bermuda car emblem is covered up by the one dollar bill.  It is my personal view of U.S.A. politics from 58 years of experience that no matter who wins the general elections, the money in the country will stay with those whom already have the money.  The real truth about private wealth in the U.S.A. is that 78% of the private money in this country is controlled by women over 70 years of age, so the big buck tech giants and internet gurus are just a flash in the pan if you get my drift.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/15/08 Sunday 2:15 A.M.  I tried sending out my weekly notes four times after the last note, but I did not receive my copy back, which indicates there is possibly some problem with the Optimum Mail server or with Outlook 2007.  Email to myself comes back off the FIC server with Outlook 2003.  I have been told by a relative that they get my weekly notes, so they are going through.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich and 1/6th of the potato salad I made today with a glass of iced tea.  About 8:30 P.M. a severe electrical storm started to come in, so I shut down the computers, and I disconnected the electronics.  I chatted with a relative on my wireless phone, since I could not use Optimum Voice.  I slept from 9 P.M. to midnight, and then I reconnected the electronics.  On the primary Vista computer, I restored the backup which I know sending myself a copy of my email works, but when I resent my notes, the copy did not come back to me, so it leads me to believe there is some problem with Outlook 2007 as it interfaces with the Optimum Mail servers.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/14/08:

Note: <888> 06/14/08 Saturday 6:25 P.M.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Shuttle lands despite losing clip

BBC NEWS | Americas | US teen sailor takes on the world

Note: <888> 06/14/08 Saturday 6:05 P.M.  I went ahead and put the cotton burgundy slip cover on the French reproduction chair with the New Zealand sheep skin over it, so the Ethan Allen recliner currently has its original cranberry fabric exposed.  Thus currently it looks a bit better in the apartment.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/08 Saturday 5:00 P.M.  See what is happening with the Old Guard down in Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm : Treasure Coast, Palm Beach, News Business, Homes, Jobs, Cars, & Information .  It may seem like they have a rough time in retirement down in Florida, but at least they do not have to live without electric heat up north in the winter.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/08 Saturday 4:45 P.M.   I also put a little dried dill and dried parsley with the potato salad along with the regular recipe.  It is good for about four days worth of cold meals, when one does not feel like cooking.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I picked up my mail.  I figure it costs me about 46 cents a mile for gasoline to drive the Audi in traffic downtown, and it is 7.5 miles round trip to the Senior Center where I can park for free, thus it costs me $3.45 in gasoline every time I drive down to the Senior Center and take a walk on Greenwich Avenue.  If I did that every day like I use to do, it would cost me $103.50 a month in gasoline to drive downtown everyday to take a walk.  Thus since my budget has not been increased with the higher prices of gasoline for $5 a gallon for self service premium, I can not afford to go downtown as much to exercise walk and people watch.  However, the good news is everything is running better than every in my apartment in terms of computer and home maintenance and cooking chores.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/14/08 Saturday 3:55 P.M.  The potato salad is all made up.  There is 4.25 pounds of potato salad without the weight of the flat Rubbermaid container.  It is in the refrigerator chilling.  I will now throw out the garbage.  There are suppose to be scattered thunderstorm starting about 4 P.M. according to last night's weather forecast.   There are suppose to be scattered thunderstorms until 9 P.M. and thunderstorms until 3 A.M., so I will not be going out downtown.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/14/08 Saturday 1:30 A.M.  I watched a bit of rerun television.  I ate a bowl of the Jell-O fruit mixture.  I also ate a bowl of white cheddar Cheez-Its.   I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  There are suppose be isolated thunder storms starting at about 4 P.M. today.  Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground. Traditionally in the old days, when it rained before the high tech media we have today, people would read a book.  It is always an option, if the internet does not provide one with enough literary insight into today's world's events.  Bon Soir.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/13/08 Friday 11:10 P.M.  I went through my email.  Not much happening.  I guess the younger generation whom get their vacations in June are also the ones that produce the internet content, so not much is happening until they return from vacation or whatever they are doing.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/08 Friday 10:15 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I reheated in the microwave oven on three vegetable cycles the left over fettuccini and tomato sauce mixture, which I put some grated parmesan cheese on.  I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/08 Friday 9:05 P.M.  I bid on this SureFit Elegant Stretch Merlot Wing Chair Slipcover NEW - eBay (item 360061593776 end time Jun-14-08 17:08:10 PDT) and $6 shipping which would normally cost $90 at http://www.surefit.net/shop/category/wing-chair-covers/stretch-elegance-wing-chair.cfm and $8 shipping less the current 15% code of "ASJ4".  I can not really afford it, so if you want to outbid me go right ahead, any big bucks home decorators out there, go right ahead.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/08 Friday 7:05 A.M.  I went ahead and installed the two Logitech Cordless Freedom Headsets on the Epox and the FIC computers on their motherboard video connections.  I enabled the motherboard video in both computers in their cmos setups.  I can not test the units, since their batteries are worn out, and hardly take any charge.  However, they seem like they might work all right with the new batteries.  The headset on the FIC server seems to haves its red and green lights burned out on the base unit, but the headset seems to charge.  I ate a piece of cherry pie.  On the primary Vista computer, I uninstalled Adobe Flash 9, and I installed Adobe Flash 10 beta which is more stable, although the video does not work with it at CNN.  Yesterday, when I installed Ad-aware 2008, it seemed to be unstable, and the computer crashed, so I restored the backup with Ad-aware 2007, which seems more stable.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/08 Thursday 6:45 A.M.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice and 1/5th of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle low fat potato chips.  I also ate a 1/5th slice of cherry pie.  I did some bottom fishing on the internet.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will rest until about noon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/12/08 Thursday 4:30 A.M.  I put away the laundry.  I will  now install Ad-aware 2008.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/12/08 Thursday 3:15 A.M.  I have 25 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I drank a 50% mixture of Passion Punch and 50% mixture of seltzer water about 10 fluid ounces total with vitamins and supplements.  I refilled the refrigerator seltzer bottle with water and another CO2 cartridge.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/12/08 Thursday 2:40 A.M.  I chatted with a relative after the last note.  I woke up at 12:30 A.M..  I ate a bowl of the sugar free Jell-O mixture with fruit with some iced tea.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I am doing two loads of laundry, and I am about just ready to start the dry cycle.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/11/08 Wednesday 6:35 P.M.   Amazon.com: IZOD Men's Short Sleeved Crested Solid Interlock Knit Polo: Apparel  $11.40 with free shipping on $25.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/08 Wednesday 6:30 P.M.  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I walked around the building.  Some of the local youth are still skate boarding on the back sidewalk by the stairs, and that tends to disturb the neighbors on the ground floor on the rear side of the building.  I chatted with the Greenwich Housing Authority representative last week, and she told me, it is a public thoroughfare, and there is nothing that they can do about it.  One could put up speed bumps on the sidewalk to keep them from skate boarding though.  I picked up my mail.  I ate a 1/6th piece of cherry pie.  Someone broke the pots of a neighbor on mine on the east end of the building where the neighbor had set up a garden sitting area.  It would seem the local youth should respect the seniors in the building.  I have spent 24 years walking downtown on Greenwich Avenue, and I am fairly sure, there is a much larger group of people out there in the wood work somewhere.  I heard on the Bloomberg news today, that with all of the rain and flooding in the Midwest, they have not been able to plant one tenth of the usual food crop this season, so there could be food shortages in the country starting next fall.  The person with the report was from www.princeton.edu , and he was retired from the Federal Reserve Bank, so I would imagine the speculation of upcoming food shortages in the United States of America are true.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/08 Wednesday 4:10 P.M.  I was able to get the my person email account to email to myself, by deleting the Outlook 2007 email account and reinstalling it, so now email to myself comes through.  I archived the saved email from before March 2008.  I ordered two Verizon Greenwich, Connecticut and Westchester Country telephone books to replace the ones that I mistakenly threw out, when I received two Westchester County books which I also threw out.  I backed up the minor primary Vista system changes to both the second internal the Bytecc external hard drives.  The primary Vista computer seems to be running just fine with the recent tweaks.  I did some bottom surfing on the internet.    

Note: <888> 06/11/08 Wednesday 3:20 P.M.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/08 Wednesday 12:35 P.M.  I woke up at 10:30 A.M., when I had a survey call.  I backed up the primary Vista Computer to the Bytecc external hard drive.  I could not get the www.cnn.com video to work with the Adobe Flash Player beta 10, so I uninstalled it, and I installed the current version of the www.adobe.com Flash Player 9 with which the CNN video works with, but the Internet Explorer Web Browser occasionally crashes.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I will now make up another batch of Passion Punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/08 Wednesday 4:25 A.M.  I installed the latest Vista updates on the Northgate Syntax computer, the Epox computer, and the FIC server.  I restored the backup on the FIC server before doing the updates, and then I backed it up to the second hard drive.  I also backed up the Epox computer to the second hard drive.  I tried installing the most recent Vista updates on the primary Vista computer, but most of them would not install giving an error message with no solution.  All I can figure out is possibly they are already installed, since the primary Vista computer's Vista SP1 update was installed from the Vista SP1 Windows Update versus a Vista SP1 DVD upgrade disk on the other three Vista computers.  On the primary Vista computer, I ran Service, and I disabled a few unneeded program that started up automatically.  I uninstalled and reinstall Norton Internet Security 8.0.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I ate a 1/6th piece of Cheery pie and a bowl of white cheddar Cheez-its.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/10/08 Tuesday 9:05 P.M.  Connect: WINDOWS HOME SERVER

Note: <888> 06/10/08 Tuesday 5:40 P.M.  I went out after the last note, and I went to my regular Tuesday 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four 28 ounce cans of B&M maple flavored baked beans for $1.34 each, a day old fresh baked Stop and Shop cherry pie for $2.50, a dozen jumbo eggs expire July 2, 2008 for $2.49, a 59 ounce container of Minute Maid Vitamin Enriched fresh orange juice for $2.50, 1.5 pounds of German Wondabar baloney for $2.99 a pound for $4.75, two 13.5 ounce boxes of Cheez-Its reduced fat crackers for $2.50 each box, six .3 ounce Jell-O sugar free, two raspberry, two black cheery, and two mixed fruit for .89 each, and a clearance box of Old El Paso tacos and tortillas for $1.14 for $29.06 total.  I then returned home, and I brought up my purchases.  When I put the food away, I rotate the stock, so the newer items are up front.  I also picked up the mail.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/08 Monday 9:35 P.M.  I watched some television.  I ate the last 10% of a 13.5 ounce box of low fat Cheez-Its.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/09/08 Monday 8:20 P.M.  Weather pummels school schedules, snarls roads - Greenwich Time .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/08 Monday 8:15 P.M.  I went outside after the last note, and I checked my car.  I noticed on the passenger side rear tire that a screw was in it with a half inch diameter metal cap with a Phillips screw head that was worn down.  I called up Mavis Tire in Riverside, and they were closed at 6 P.M., but they told me they had 25 people with screws in their tires today.  Perhaps the storm yesterday and high winds picked up some sort of construction screws and dropped them on our local roads.  I was told by a neighbor that in the storm yesterday, lightning hit the three butane tanks at the Arnold Bread outlet in Byram, and the Arnold Bread outlet burned down to the ground.  I guess since that is the last place for cheaper bakery products in town, we might be paying more for bakery products, until they hopefully replace the bakery outlet store by the George Weston Bakeries Arnold bread factory Fire-gutted Arnold Bakery store to come down - Greenwich Time .  I chatted with two relatives.  According to a relative, Okay, Oklahoma is where the Doppler weather radar comes from, which is why it is set to the default weather sight at www.cnn.com .  Well, I guess I have to be up earlier tomorrow to get the tire fixed.  The tire is not deflated, so I do not have to put the spare on.  I also have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/08 Monday 5:55 P.M. Costco - $399.99 After $50 OFF Royal Sovereign 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner & Dehumidifier

Note: <888> 06/09/08 Monday 5:25 P.M.  With the sun shining on the outdoor weather station temperature sensor facing the western sky this time of year over a flat black roof, it is reading 121 degrees Fahrenheit, but inside with the eight year old General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control set at 72 degrees Fahrenheit on low fan Energy Saving, it is 74.3 degrees Fahrenheit inside.  I made and ate a four egg omelet with grated parmesan cheese and two slices of Kraft white cheese along with five strips of fried bacon and a toasted English muffin with butter and a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/09/08 Monday 4:25 P.M.  I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.   I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went out, and I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I then went by McArdles's Green House at 48 Arch Street,  1-203-661-5600.  I bought a 15 inch diameter by 2.5 inch high plastic plant terra cotta plant saucer for $8.99, and a 13 inch diameter one for $6.99, and a 13.5 inch diameter by 13.5 inch high plastic terra cotta plant pot for $8.99 and three green three foot long by half inch diameter wooden plant stakes for $1.49 each, and a package of green jute twistems for $3.99 and $2.01 tax for $35.44 total.  McArdles's has a quite large supply of everything you need for your local gardening needs.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon station, and I bought $16 of self service premium gasoline at $5.059 a gallon for 3.162 gallons for 42.1 miles driving since last Thursday at odometer reading of 60027 for 13.3143358 miles per gallon driving in back country at higher speeds with the air conditioning going with three passengers.  I used the Chase ATM machine at the Stop and Shop Plaza.  The Food Emporium across the street is not closing, but they are undergoing extensive remodeling.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought green Chiquita bananas at .64 a pound for $2.05 and a 8 ounce container of Nature's Promise Wild Flower honey for $3.59 for $5.64 total.  I then returned home, and I brought up my purchases.  I put the 15 inch diameter plant saucer underneath the large six foot tall palm tree in the living room window.  I put the 13 inch diameter saucer underneath the large pathos plant on the mahogany bureau in the living room.  I transplanted the 2.5 foot high miniature palm from the Mexican green painted terra cotta pot into the larger 13.5 inch diameter plastic terra cotta pot, and I also used a three pound bag of Miracle Gro potting soil that I had.  I put it in the blue and white Chinese rice bowl for drainage on the right side of the mahogany bureau.  I tied up the two miniature palms and the large palm tree with three stakes and the jute ties.  I put the remaining jute ties in the right kitchen drawer.  I move the bumble bee lamp from the right side of the mahogany bureau to the left side of the bedroom Orion television, and I moved the smaller light from that location to behind the right miniature palm on the mahogany bureau, so there is low light at that location.  I cleaned up my work area.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with neighbors.  I have the green painted terra cotta pot on the right side of the living room window shelf with a vase in it, and it is available for  a smaller plant in the future.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/09/08 Monday 1:35 A.M.  For some reason the copy of my email notes is not coming back to me off the primary Vista computer.  It works off the FIC server.  I restored the backup which I know works, and the email to myself still does not work.  Thus I do not know if I my email is getting through or not.  All I can figure out is possibly my router settings were altered.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I ate two bowls of low fat Cheez-Its.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/08/08:

Note: <888> 06/08/08 Sunday 11:00 P.M.  I chatted with a friend and a relative.

Note: <888> 06/08/08 Sunday 7:50 P.M.  Garden Conservancy tour pictures taken in Greenwich, Connecticut on June 8, 2008.  http://mikelouisscott.com/g-g-060808/

Note: <888> 06/07/08 Saturday 11:50 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon or take a long nap for a while.  Have a good night.  Don't take any wooden nickels from Indians.  I will eat a bowl or two of low fat Cheez-Its.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/07/08 Saturday 10:00 P.M.  I made and ate the same dinner as two and three night ago.  I chatted with a friend.  My friends will call me at 11:30 A.M. tomorrow to let me know if they will be coming out for the garden tour and the www.brucemuseum.com Dutch art exhibit.  Their plans are still up in the air.  I chatted with Partridge appliances in Greenwich on West Putnam Avenue today, and they sell a www.ge.com 14,000 BTU air conditioner for about $425, and they will install it for $95.  They told me that on my GE Service contract that I pay slightly over a $100 a year for on my eight year GE Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control has a catch in the service contract.  If it ever malfunctions which it has not, and it is currently working fine, if they decided it can not be fixed, they can condemn it, and I will now get it fixed under the warranty contract that I have paid over $600 for the last seven years.  I will call them up at 1-800-626-2224 to see if that is the fact.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/07/08 Saturday 7:30 P.M.  I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 3 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw the garbage out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I made a few telephone calls.  I went out without cleaning up.  I mailed my Connecticut Evaluation form at the Valley Road Post Office.  I tried using the Chase Bank Driveup ATM machine on West Putnam Avenue, but it was broken.  I drove over to Port Chester, and I used the Chase Bank ATM machine by the BMW dealership in Port Chester, New York.  I then went by www.homedepot.com , and I bought two four packs of 2X www.ge.com 25 watt bent tip bulbs for $3.68 each four pack and a Valu-Pak of OOK hooks and nails for $8.98  and $1.21 tax for $17.55 total.  I went there to get a 13 inch diameter plastic terri cotta pot, but they only had a heavier one slightly larger for $14, and I needed a 12 inch and a 16 inch plastic terri cotta saucer, but they were out of them.  I noticed they have a selection of LG air conditioners including a 15,000 BTU unit for $329 plus tax.  I then returned home.  It was only about a 6 mile round trip.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/06/08 Friday 10:20 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice and 1/3rd of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle low fat regular potato chips.  I chatted with a relative.  There does not seem to be any aircraft traffic at Westchester County airport anymore to speak of, so possibly with the nearby Clintons becoming private citizens again, we have returned to quieter air space in this area Westchester County - AirportMonitor - by Megadata - powered by PASSUR .  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/08 Friday 7:30 P.M.  I finished the backup, and I finished the Connecticut reassessment application with copies of its supporting documents, and I have it all ready to mail at the post office the next time I go out.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/06/08 Friday 5:30 P.M.   I straightened out my old sweaters in the sweater hallway closet.  I have enough sweaters, I could wear a different one each day of the month in the colder weather.  I ate the rest of a 13.5 ounce box of white cheddar Cheez-Its with some iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  I have been thinking recently, since British Guiana British Guiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is just east of Venezuela, one could live in Western British Guiana just on the border of Venezuela, and drive across the border to get dirt cheap gasoline in Venezuela, if one likes to drive a lot.  I will now back up the Epox computer the Bytecc external hard drive to change any changes made with the additional monitor.  I also have to fill out my Connecticut review form and get the paperwork in order to send it in.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/08 Friday 3:30 P.M.  Ed McMahon explains his mortgage mess - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/06/06/anderson.uk.prince.andrew.wrap.cnn?iref=videosearch

My Flash Plugin does not work with CNN on the primary Vista computer.  The problem is possibly caused by using the Flash Plugin 10 beta which does not crash like version 9.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/08 Friday 3:15 P.M.  I was awake at 10:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw the garbage out and the old periodical literature.  I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I watered the plants.  It is easiest to water the pathos plant in the bathroom by putting it in the bath tub instead of carrying it all the way to the kitchen.  One has to have drainage when one waters it, because it overflows its smaller overflow plate.  Yesterday, I was told the Guild Antique building across from the Sundown Salon on Greenwich Avenue had sold for $13 million, and it is mostly demolished now, except for some ground level excavation.    One of the last smaller private family homes on Steamboat Road just south of the Royal Bank of Scotland on the East side of Steamboat Road was demolished.  It looks like the new condominium project across the street from the Delamar Hotel on Steamboat Road is mostly framed in, but it still has to be finished off.  The maintenance staff where I live are installing the air conditioners.  I leave my large www.ge.com  air conditioner in year round.  I have not yet received my rent statement from the Greenwich Housing Authority, so I will not be going out to pay it today.  I usually stay in on Friday afternoons, since it can be very busy downtown on Friday afternoons during the warmer months with the New York City residents coming out for the weekends to Connecticut.  Once they settle in out here for the weekend, it tends to be quieter.  I ate a one inch slice of pound cake.  CIO    

Note: <888> 06/06/08 Friday 4:20 A.M.   BBC NEWS | UK | England | Oldest veteran of WWI reaches 112 

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/06/05/washburn.230.mpg.car.kfmb

Note: <888> 06/06/08 Friday 3:00 A.M.  I woke up yesterday morning, when I received a call from a friend.  A couple of my friends from Manhattan might be coming out on Sunday for a Garden Club tour and to visit the Bruce Museum Art show.  They will call me on Sunday to let me know if they will be visiting.   I was told about this article:

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Dockers Colorblock Sweater in Onyx Marl for $4.20

Note: <888> 06/05/08 Thursday 3:30 A.M.   I ate two bowls of white cheddar Cheez-Its with some cold filtered water.  I received this email from the Taft School The Taft School headmaster:

To the Classes of 1968, 1969, and 1970,

By now, many of you have heard the terrible news:  that last week Margaux Powers '00, daughter of Mike Powers '69, was murdered.  So many of you have contacted my office or the school that I thought I would send this e-mail.

The funeral service will be held on Friday, June 6, at 2:00 p.m. at St. John's of Lattingtown, Lattingtown Road and Overlook Road in Locust Valley, NY.  Telephone:  516-671-3226.

As I shared with the faculty, to hear this news on the day of our graduation was almost more sadness that we can bear.  Margaux was a shining light in her class, and as her class dean, I recall her so vividly and fondly.  She was a fine athlete and one of our best lacrosse players, a hard-working student, and one of the most popular girls in the class.  She had an infectious smile and a twinkle in her eye, and she had the kind of spirit and energy that became the essence of her class.  She had the typical trials and triumphs all of us had in our days at Taft, and she was a beautiful and warm young woman.  The Taft family has lost someone special, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family.

We welcome by reply on this e-mail account your reflections, memories or photographs of Margaux, to be shared with her family.

At this time of unbearable sadness, we have to find solace in each other, and in our love of a beautiful young woman we will never forget.

William R. MacMullen

Headmaster

The Taft School

110 Woodbury Road

Watertown, CT 06795

I called up the Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York Police Department 1-516-573-6200.

I recall Mike Powers was they year behind me, and he was a good friend of Rob Ford's.  I also recall, Fred Von Mierers http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm knew a member of the Powers family named Ed Powers who was his Major Domo in Manhattan.

Note: <888> 06/05/08 Thursday 1:15 A.M.  I watched some television, which around here seems to repeat itself all of the time.  Since Cablevision comes out of Norwalk, Connecticut in this area, I guess the local television reflects the outlook of Norwalk, Connecticut for better or worse.  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I ate a piece of pound cake.  I mixed a 50% mixture on the cranraspberry, grape, and orange juice mixture with 50% seltzer water, and it is quite a refreshing drink with less fructose.  My total new charges on my www.cl-p.com electricity bill for the month of May 2008 is $139.10.  I have already paid the budget amount of $137.  I still have a $559.19 Credit, which is why my budget amount is $50 less than it should be, since the extra credit of $50 a month is taken out of my bill by the surplus created by the Energy Assistance Program.  My bill in May 2007 was $191.24, so I am saving a bit by not using as much air conditioning and electric lighting.  My May 2008 usage history was 735 KWH for 32 days or a usage of 23 KWH per day.  In May 2007, my usage was 1059 KWH or 33 KWH a day for 32 days.  Thus the May 2008 bill is $52.14 less than the May 2007 bill or 27.2643% less amount.  I will now go through my email.  CIO    

Note: <888> 06/04/08 Wednesday 10:55 P.M.  I showered, and I cleaned up after the last note.  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  My democrat party neighbors think the current Republican President is the worst in history, because the country is three trillion dollars in debt.  I keep trying to remind the neighbor the democrat congress is responsible for all of the spending bills that have put the government into debt, but since they have their own viewpoint, where they are comfortable on the graft of the democrat party, they do not listen to me.  The mail had not arrived by 3 P.M., so I went out.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.   I then went by Charles Stuttig Locksmith, and they were selling a 700 pound safe.  I had two keys made for the Stant gas cap for $3 each, and I bought an Audi key ring fob for $4 and .60 tax for $10.60 total. A word of parking advise in downtown Greenwich, if you can not find parking places on Greenwich Avenue, frequently the less noticed side streets have parking available.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a Green Backs scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I also chatted with Starbucks most frequent customer in the late afternoon.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a two pack of www.ge.com 15 watt light bulbs for $4.79 less 10% discount of .48 for $4.57.  I used them in my telephone light which has a brass shade which would get too hot and dangerous with anything more powerful in wattage.  I stopped by CVS to view the dynamic shoppers.  I chatted with a shopper wearing Gucci loafers about Firinze, Italia.   He reminded me the Medici used to feed their enemies to the dogs.  I completed my walk.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center of the beginning of my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  It looks like the Military Police are now working the waterfront for some unknown reasons.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with some of the reference librarians.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 13.5 ounce boxes Cheez-its low fat for $2.50 and two 13.5 ounce box of Cheez-Its white cheddar for $2.50, a pound of white Stop and Shop sliced cheese for $2.99, a bulb of fresh garlic for $2.99 a pound for .51, and five 5.5 ounce Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips for $1 each for $18.50 total.  I then returned home.  I picked up the mail.  The order for Classic Passport Travel Pouch Uncle Sams Army Navy Outfitters for $13.56 in olive drab and a Carabiner Compass Uncle Sams Army Navy Outfitters for $5.20 and a Aviator Sunglasses Uncle Sams Army Navy Outfitters in green for $6.80 less 10% off with coupon code "100" for $2.56 off for $23 total with free shipping arrived.  I put the passport pouch on the brass hat stand with the compass hanging off of it.  I put the aviator sunglasses in a Vuarnet sunglass case, and I left them on the dining table.  I put one of the Stant gas cap keys on the Valet key chain with the Audi key fob, and I put the other spare Stant gas cap key in a convenient place.  I also moved the small flash light from the valet key chain to my primary key chain.  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor about the price of tea in China.  For dinner, I ate two sautéed blacken and spiced center cut pork chops with sautéed sliced onions and chopped garlic along with steamed flavored rice and a cup of steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots with olive oil.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I put half of the remaining rice in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I am making up a batch of Formula Two http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I put the spare 15 watt GE light bulbs in the light bulb drawer in the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.  Quite frankly I have very little interest in U.S.A. politics since I read the http://news.bbc.co.uk/ and I have the British Union Jack, the Swedish cross, and the Dutch Tricolor flying in my apartment, but I do keep the small U.S.A. flag I waived at the Biathlon at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France back in 1992 which over 2 billion people saw on television.  You have to remember some of the best sharp shooters in the world are at the Biathlon, but it was pretty much a white out in the blizzard.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/04/08 Wednesday 1:35 P.M.  I woke up at 11 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw the garbage out.  The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on JDOH4GB-730 - 4GB, USB Flash Drive , USB Flash Drive from Crucial.com for $20.99 and $3.99 shipping and $1.50 tax for $25.48 total arrived.  I put the new 4 gigabyte Pen drive in the primary Vista computer, and it works fine with Ready Boost.  I moved the old 2 gigabyte pen drive to the FIC server, and it works fine with Ready Boost.  It does not work off the USB 4 port card, but it works off the USB 2.0 mother board ports just fine.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/04/08 Wednesday 4:45 A.M.  After the last note instead of going to bed, I tried installing the May 27, 2008 Vista update, and it would not install.  It gave an error message that I researched with no solution.  I tried installing the update from a direct download, and it still would not install.  I restored the May 27, 2008 backup, and the update would not install.  I restored the May 22, 2008 backup, and it still would not install.  I restored the July 2007 Vista new install and configuration backup, but SP1 would not install.  I then went ahead and restored the May 27, 2008 backup again, and I restored the few changed files.  Thus whatever the problem with the most recent Vista update, I will have to wait until a solution comes up for it.  I ate another piece of pound cake.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  If my rent comes today, I will try to get out in time to pay it.  The Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place closes at 3 P.M..  If not I can pay it on Thursday, when I go out for my usual Thursday appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/08 Tuesday 9:55 P.M.  Astronauts attach giant lab to space station - CNN.com .

Note: <888> 06/03/08 Tuesday 8:35 P.M.  I took six of the eight ice trays out of the freezer, so I could freeze the bread products I will not be using soon.  I ate a one inch thick slice of pound cake with a scoop of butter pecan ice cream along with some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/03/08 Tuesday 7:35 P.M.  Geological Sciences - University of Canterbury - New Zealand

ordered from www.kohls.com in XX Large Size:

Dockers Colorblock Sweater in Onyx Marl for $4.20

Note: <888> 06/03/08 Tuesday 5:30 P.M.  I found out from the latest issue of www.forbes.com that the old Chris-Craft boat company from Holland, Michigan was bought out, and they are now the Welcome to Grand-Craft, Builders of Fine Mahogany Boats , and they still manage to sell about 18 million dollar plus boats a year, so there is more going on around Holland, Michigan besides tulips and turkeys.  You can order their logo items here Grand-Craft Store, Grand-Craft Apparel .  I think the boats are custom made, so you would need a Marine Architect. CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/08 Tuesday 5:00 P.M.  Yesterday, I got up at 5 P.M. from my nap.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with 1/3rd of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle low fat potato chips along with a glass of iced tea.  I read the last three issues of www.forbes.com , the last two issues of U.S. News and World Report, and the last two issues of AARP.  I went to bed at 10 P.M., and I was awake at 7 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw the garbage out.  On the FIC server, I download the free copy of NTI's Shadow 3.7 Full version backup-up software linked from www.slickdeals.net .  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went by the Arnold Bread Outlet, and I bought a loaf of Arnold Dark German bread for $1.95, a 12 ounce Entenmann's pound cake for $2, two six packs of New York Everything bagels for $2 each for $7.95 total.  It seems  their prices have doubled since the last time I was there.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 64 ounce containers of Stop and Shop cranraspberry juice for $2 each, two quart jars of Vlassic Kosher dill pickle slices for $2 each, a 48 ounce container of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $4.39, a 8 ounce container of Stop and Shop grated parmesan and Romano cheese for $2.50, and package of six boneless center cut pork chops for $1.69 a pound for $3.78 for $28.29 total.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription.  I bought a 9 pack of large Charmin toilet paper for $4.99 and a 12 pack of Thomas' English muffins for $1.99 and .30 tax for $7.28 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I then went to the Greenwich Hospital Outpatient Clinic, and I had my teeth cleaned by the Hygienist at the dental clinic.  I still need to have a root canal and crown done, but I have to drive all the way to University of Connecticut dental school in Farmington, Connecticut to get that done.  I need to set up an appointment for a medical physical at the first of July 2008.  They can not set up one now, because they are booked solid.  I then returned home.  I picked up my mail.  I received the form to fill out my annual review from the State of Connecticut that I have to fill out.  The UPS: Tracking Information for  1995-2001 Audi A6 - Stant Fuel Tank Cap for $20.05 and $5.50 shipping for $25.55 total arrived.  I put one key on my spare key ring, and the other one on my primary key ring.  I will probably get another two keys made when I have time.  I put the locking gasoline cap on my Audi, and I put the regular cap in the Stant box in the passenger side rear storage compartment.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I threw out the old grease jar and three old pickle juice jars from the refrigerator.  I reheated and ate the remaining steak stew with a glass of iced tea.  I will now go through my email.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/02/08 Monday 2:15 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate one half of the remaining steak stew with a glass of iced tea.  I reheated it in the microwave oven.   I also ate two thirds of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/02/08 Monday 1:25 P.M.    I went out, and I threw out some garbage.  I picked up the mail.  My $40 EGVA rebate check arrived.  I received notification from www.ssi.gov that my disability status DOES NOT need to be redetermined.  I faxed a copy to my Social Worker.  I tried to fax my doctor, but his fax machine does not work, so I made a copy to give to my doctor.  I will now reheat and eat half of the remaining steak stew, which I will eat with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/08 Monday 12:05 P.M.  I might guests this Sunday June 8, 2008 who want to tour the art show at the Bruce Museum.  It is still up in the air at this point.  The Queen Mary II is suppose to be in Manhattan that day, so maybe we will have some British tourists.

55th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation on June 2, 1953  Welcome to the official web site of the British Monarchy .

Note: <888> 06/02/08 Monday 11:35 A.M.  I have noticed recently that the two office buildings across the street from the Greenwich Library where U.S. Tobacco and Cheeseborough Ponds used to be are being gutted and renovated, so I guess some new businesses will be occupying those locations some time soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/08 Monday 11:30 A.M.  I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw the garbage out.  I walked around the building.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I did some bottom fishing on the internet.  I have pretty much bought everything I can afford to buy this month, except for the regular expenses.  I noticed outside the lawn was not cut last week, so it is getting a bit longer.  CIO    

Note: <888> 06/01/08 Sunday 10:15 P.M.  The Geo Metro Rides Again, Sort Of of course the Green Movement does not always think about safety in vehicles.  I feel much safer in my Audi than I did in my Hyundai.   I chatted with two relatives.

Note: <888> 06/01/08 Sunday 8:55 P.M.  Think gas prices are high? Try $11 in Turkey .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/01/08 Sunday 8:40 P.M.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice and a 1/3rd of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle low fat potato chips.  Well, it seems to Presidential election might be between someone from where it is hot in Arizona and someone where it is cold in Chicago.  Having spend four years at www.lfc.edu just north of Chicago, about the only thing one is happy about in Chicago is if one's car starts in the winter, and that is after you shovel it out of the snow.  However, Arizona has its draw backs too, since there are a lot of rattle snakes in Arizona.  I guess they are the only two parties besides Walmart that have enough money to try to run for President.   Most people in America except the poor people that watch too much television are not interested in Presidential politics.  Less that 40% of the voters vote in this country, and less than 40% off the stockholders voted at the Exxon company meeting, so I guess it is what Richard Nixon used to call the "Silent Majority" that still run the country and still have the money to yield quite a bit of influence in our day to day lives.   Wal-Mart's real cost of labor | The San Diego Union-Tribune .  Well now much else happening around here as far as I can tell.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/01/08 Sunday 7:40 P.M.  I will put the older 2 gigabyte Crucial Gizmo USB pen drive from the primary Vista computer in the FIC server, and I will put the new 2 gigabyte Crucial Gizmo USB pen drive in the Epox computer.  Not much happening around here.  Nobody ever communicates with me about computers, so I guess people in Greenwich, Connecticut are only interested in real estate, home improvement and automobiles and wall street.  However, with better computers, one can have better communications, but most rich people do not know how to type on the dirty keyboards, so they do not bother with computers, it is something the clerical staff does.  Of course by typing, one can input one's own thoughts and ideas versus reading the Hebrew Press in the local media.  Of course some rich people never had an original idea, which is why over time, they tend to run out of money, and go back to picking apples are whatever else they did before they made their family fortunes.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/01/08 Sunday 11:10 A.M.  I used the microwave oven to defrost the 3 pounds of frozen steak stew.  I then heated in a separate bowl with microwave cover, one pound of the steak stew on two vegetable cycles.  I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/01/08 Sunday 9:05 A.M.  I woke up at 1:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put clean linens on my bed.  I did two loads of laundry wash and two loads of driers.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I walked by and used the ATM machine at the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I returned two displaced CVS shopping carts to the front of their store.  I finished my walk, and I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a half gallon of Florida Natural Orange Juice with calcium for $3, German Wondabar baloney for $2.79 a pound for $2.93, four 21 ounce Maria Callendar frozen beef lasagnas for $2.50 each, a two pack of Stop and Shop blue toilet drop in tables for $2.69, two 7.5 ounce Care One antibacterial soap dispensers for $1 each, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, fresh Chiquita bananas for .64 a pound $2.11, and broccoli crowns for $1.99 a pound for $1.89  and .28 tax for $27.89 total.  I then took the bag of four older smaller sweaters out of the back of the Audi, and I threw them in the Drug Prevention Clothes Collection container in the rear parking area of the Stop and Shop.  I then used the ATM machine at the Chase Bank at the Stop and Shop plaza.  I then returned home, and I brought up my groceries.  I put them away.  I took the quart container of frozen steak stew out of the freezer to defrost and microwave later for dinner.  I printed out two copies of my Microsoft Money 2006 May 2008 income and spending report.  I put one copy in a stamped envelope to mail to an interested relative.  One has to be sure if one still has 41 cent stamps to add a 2 cent stamp for the current .43 stamp postage for a one ounce first class letter.  CIO