Note: <888> 06/30/09 Tuesday 8:40 P.M.. I got up at 5 P.M.. I watered the hanging plants in front. We ate cheese and crackers, and I had watered down orange juice while we watched the evening news. We drove along the waterfront in Kennebunkport, and we went to the Wayfarer restaurant in Cape Porpoise, and I had broiled sword fish, mashed potatoes and sautéed green beans and sour dough rolls with butter and a glass of water. We then drove out by the point in Cape Porpoise, and we returned to my relatives' house. I will now shut down the Dell laptop computer, and I will pack up everything and get ready to leave to return to Greenwich, Connecticut tomorrow. I will probably wake up around 7 A.M., and I will eat breakfast and load the car, and I will leave about 9 A.M.. I should take about six hours to get there, because I stop at most of the rest areas. After I pack, I will chat with my relative for a while. CIO

Note: <888> 06/30/09 Tuesday 2:30 P.M.. We went out after the last note. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then went by the Irvine gasoline station in Kennebunk. My relative bought me $26 of self service premium for $2.839 a gallon for 9.158 gallons for 220.7 miles driving since the Massachusetts turnpike rest area a week ago Sunday for 24.099 miles per gallon driving. We had a coupon for a $5 gar wash with a 8 gallon purchase, so we got the car washed. We then went by the Kennebunk pharmacy, and then we went by the Garden Street Market, and we got some groceries and the New York Times. I stopped by the Kennebunk dime store, but they did not have rubber bands that I was looking for. We then drove along the Kennebunk beach, and I used the bathroom port-o-potty, and I stood out briefly. I chatted with two women from Glastonbury, Mass.. We then returned to my relatives'. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a blueberry muffin and a glass of watered down orange juice. I filled up the bird feeder with wild bird seed. I put the remaining bird seed in the plastic container in the side cupboard in the garage. I put away the laundry. I will now rest for a while. They have prepared the foundation for the steps, and they are putting down gravel right now. They still have to build the forms and pour the concrete sometime in the near future. CIO

Note: <888> 06/30/09 Tuesday 10:30 A.M.. We are going out shortly. CIO

Note: <888> 06/30/09 Tuesday 10:20 A.M.. Is Queen going broke?

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Note: <888> 06/30/09 Tuesday 9:55 A.M.. I woke up at 7:30 A.M.. The two masons were here to start working on the rear steps to the lower level of the property. This morning. I ate a breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a whole wheat toasted English muffin with butter, coffee with splenda and half and half, and a glass of watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements. They are going to start delivering the New York Times this Thursday July 2, 2009, so it was not here today. I cleaned out the three tier bird feeder hanging from the front tree, and I am now letting it dry before, we put bird seed in it. I weeded out the yellow weed flowers from the flower box in back. I showered , and I cleaned up. I am doing one load of laundry. The painter is coming at 10 A.M. To paint the front guest bedroom radiators. I will go out with a relative to do errands after that. We are going out to dinner tonight at the Wayfarer in Cape Porpoise, so I will have to pack before or after that. CIO

Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 10:40 P.M.. I ordered two books for a relative. I watched a bit of television with a relative. I will now shut down the Dell Laptop, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 8:05 P.M.. After the last note, I went out with a relative, and we went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then went to Wal-Mart in Biddeford, Maine. We got groceries. We also got a 10 pound bag of bird seed and a gallon plastic container to hold the bird seed. We also got a 40 pound bag of Timberland Dark Mulch. My relative also had a watch battery replaced. We then returned to my relatives' house. I brought in the groceries. I have to clean out the bird feeder before filling it up. I put the garbage out by the road including the recycle material. I took a nap from 4:30 P.M. To 6 P.M.. We watched the news and ate cheese and crackers, and I also drank some watered down orange juice. For dinner I had the remaining shrimp marinara and brown rice reheated and two ears of corn on the cob with butter and watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. CIO

Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 1:25 P.M.. I ate a spinach chef's salad with chicken salad and potato chips and watered down orange juice for lunch. I will now go out with a relative to Wal-Mart in Biddeford, Maine. CIO

Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 12:25 P.M.. http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/

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Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 12:25 P.M.. Greenwich Police ponder encrypting radio network

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Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 12:15 P.M.. The emergency push button call device is installed for my relative that needs it.

The housekeeper told me that the chipmunk has been gnawing its way into the garage. The painter left.

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Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 11:50 A.M.. The painter is here too. I ran the cleaning cycle on the Epson Stylus C60 printer connected to the IBM Netvista in the guest bedroom downstairs, and it seems to work well enough. When I leave, I will leave the HP LaserJet 1018 and its CD and USB cable and the Phillips squid in the bunk room in case any other laptops users need to use it, when I am not here. CIO

Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 11:10 A.M.. With the recession on in full swing worldwide, and with everyone having desktop and laptop computers, people could use their free time to write more books to record their various concepts, and even publish them on the Internet. It is continuing to rain a lot here, and as scheduled now, I will be driving down back to Greenwich this Wednesday on July 1, 2009 on Canada Day. I guess since the www.greenwichtime.com sold their offices in downtown in Greenwich on East Elm Street, and they are now over on East Putnam Avenue in Old Greenwich, they have a harder time covering downtown Greenwich.

I was told they had at least 120 inches of snow up here in Kennebunkport this past winter, so we were lucky in Greenwich, Connecticut not to have that much.

Well, it should be summer down there by the time I return. There is suppose to rain all week until this weekend in Kennebunkport, and Greenwich is suppose to start having sunny weather this Saturday, so I guess a lot of people will be heading to the beach. There are not any computer parts that I need to order, and I am well setup computer wise. I can not figure out any weather phenomena that would explain all of the rain that we have had the last two months. I guess umbrella sales people are making lots of money. I know out in Nantucket they weave lightship baskets in the winter, so maybe people there could take up basket weaving in all of this rainy weather. I have my regular appointment this Thursday afternoon and next Thursday, and then because of funding cuts, they end after 26.5 years. I guess other basic programs are being cut back on. I can always spend more time in the Greenwich Library, if I get tired of blogging on the Internet. It is still hot down south, if anyone needs a change of weather, but I like the cooler weather up north. The way I figure it, there is plenty of water available for Poland Spring bottled water after all of the rain.

They had to scrape the snow of the sky lights this winter and the deck when there was over 5 feet of snow, so the winters are a lot rougher in Maine, but I guess the locals are use to it. With 30 vacant stores on Greenwich Avenue, we do not see as many shoppers anymore, so I guess the New York City people are spending more time in Manhattan and not coming out to the suburbs. I stay in touch with a diverse group of family and relatives, but a lot of my relatives are down south, so we do not always have the same outlook. I guess the Microsoft people would be quite comfortable in Maine recently with all of the rain, but alas having never been in the Pacific Northwest, I am not sure what it is like out there.

I guess there is still profit to be made in maintaining essential services despite the local economies. At least gasoline is $2 a gallon cheaper this summer than last summer, so people find it cheaper to travel if they have any money.

I have not seen any herons on the pond in back of the house in Maine, so maybe they did not come up from down south this summer. I figure quite a few people from down south are spending the warmer summers down there, since it is too expensive for them to travel up north like they use to do in more prosperous times. I do not see any tour buses passing by on the way to Walker's Point, so I guess not as many tourists are coming to Maine, the way they use to. Still with the recession there are probably cheaper guest rates at some of the local lodgings if people feel the need to travel. I chatted with a friend. CIO

Note: <888> 06/29/09 Monday 9:40 A.M.. I woke up at 8 A.M. This morning. I ate a breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a whole wheat toasted English muffin with butter, coffee with splenda and half and half, and a glass of watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements. The New York Times did not arrive this morning. I showered, and I cleaned up. The house keeper is here this morning. The emergency push button people are suppose to be here at 11:30 A.M. This morning. I saw on a morning television news show that the world's best surfer rode bicycle across country to raise money for children's charities. CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/09 Sunday 11:25 P.M.. I finished reading the Sunday New York Times. I was surprised to see it now costs $6 and the week day edition is $2. It seems like a lot of money for parrot cage floor paper. There was a picture of Happy Rockefeller.

Bill Gates involvement in Four Seasons, maybe they will have the Microsoft conferences there.

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I watched a bit of television with a relative. I chatted with a friend. We are going to Wal-Mart in Biddeford, Maine tomorrow to get a metal container to hold wild bird seed, so the mice can not get at it. I will now shut down the Dell Latitude laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/09 Sunday 8:25 P.M.. I put a half quart of Castrol 10W30 oil in the Audi after the last note. I went for a drive with my relative. We drove along the shore in Kennebunkport passed Walker's Point and then up Route 9A along Fortune Rocks Beach, and we then toured Biddeford Pool. The General store was opened, and I saw a friend of a relative in the window. We then returned back to my relatives' house. I fixed the vanity bench for the Master bedroom that needed some screws tightened on it. I took a nap from 4 P.M. To 5 P.M.. We ate cheese and crackers and watched some news. For dinner, I ate a barbecued rib eye steak medium rare, two ears of corn on the cob, and sautéed yellow squash and zucchini along with a glass of watered down orange juice. I will now watch television with my relative and read the rest of the New York Times. CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/09 Sunday 2:05 P.M.. I ate a chef's salad with chicken salad, potato chips and a glass of watered down orange juice. We are going to Wal-Mart in Biddeford, Maine shortly. CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/09 Sunday 12:45 P.M.. Bill Clark Greenwich Gossip, Greenwich Avenue ghost town

Alas although the number of tourists in Kennebunkport seems to be limited, I have not noticed any vacant store fronts. They are tearing down the old garage downtown in Kennebunkport where the Sinclair oil pumps use to be across from Ben and Jerry's, and they are building a new building there, if anyone needs a store front. CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/09 Sunday 12:35 P.M.. I once read in the local weekly Kennebunkport newspaper that the Old Guard like having Bloody Mary's after church on Sundays. Of course some people have to stay sober to keep track of things, for example Microsoft VP details 'sea change" . CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/09 Sunday 12:10 P.M.. I read the first section of the Sunday New York Times. There is this story ‘Moveable Feast’ Is Recast by Hemingway Grandson . I use to go to Daly's Dandelion at First Avenue and 59^th street in Manhattan back in 1973. It was a local pub next to the Ford Modeling agency. I knew two of their waiters. I use to occasionally have a drink with Sean Hemingway there who had gone to school in Switzerland. However, the Sean Hemingway that I knew was my age 59 about and not 46 as mentioned in the article. As I recall about the last time, I went there regularly was when they had John Lindsay's Going Away Party there. Of course there are a lot of pubs with stories in Manhattan. I showered, and I cleaned up. Not much seems to be happening on an overcast day with a small bit of rain. There were some people playing tennis at the tennis club out back, so some people have braved the elements. More than likely we would have some French Canadians around, so they would think this is reasonable weather. CIO

Note: <888> 06/28/09 Sunday 10:20 A.M.. I woke up at 8 A.M.. I ate a breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a whole wheat toasted English muffin with butter, coffee with splenda and half and half, and a glass of watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements. The Sunday New York Times arrived. I planted the small basil plant from the kitchen window in the small terracotta pot with drip tray. I chatted with my relative. CIO

Note: <888> 06/27/09 Saturday 11:20 P.M.. After the last note, I went out with a relative. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We went by another relative's house. We then went by the Super Stop and Shop in Kennebunk, and we got some groceries, and I also returned the emptied bottles. We then went by ACE hardware, and we got some mouse stickem catchers, and a small clay pot and drip tray and a 40 pound bag of potting soil. We then returned back to my relatives' house. I ate two ham, turkey, and Swiss cheese sandwiches on pita bread with potato chips and watered down orange juice. I took a nap from 2:30 to 5 P.M.. We then went out for a drive along the Kennebunk beach. I sat out briefly on a bench. We then returned to my relatives' house. We ate cheese and crackers, and I also had some watered down orange juice. For dinner, I had shrimp marina on brown rice with streamed broccoli with butter and watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. We watched a Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock movie. I read part of the New York Times. I will now go to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 06/27/09 Saturday 11:35 A.M.. I will now get ready to go out with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 06/27/09 Saturday 11:25 A.M.. The other night, when I barbequed the boneless breasts of chicken, I hooked up the Blue Rhino gas tank to the barbeque grill. CIO

Note: <888> 06/27/09 Saturday 10:40 A.M.. I was awake at 7:30 A.M. This morning. The www.nytimes.com arrived. I ate a breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a whole wheat toasted English muffin with butter, coffee with splenda and half and half, and a glass of watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements. I planted three herb plants in a small planter out front by the entry to the sidewalk. I also put part of the basil plant in a small pot for the kitchen. I fertilized the plants front and rear and on the side. I showered, and I cleaned up. I started a load of laundry. I put the bottles to be returned for deposit return in the rear of a relative's car. CIO

Note: <888> 06/26/09 Friday 11:10 P.M.. I read last week's www.time.com magazine. I read the August 2008 issue of National Geographic. The www.nytimes.com did not arrive today. I chatted with an out of town relative. I chatted with my relative here. I used https://faxzero.com/ to send a fax to the Samsung fax machine, and it works just fine with the new Uniden telephone system. I had to disconnect the three splitter telephone line splitter which was not needed. I put the three splitter in the file cabinet beneath the Samsung fax machine. I am a bit tired after a busy day, so I will shut down the Dell laptop computer soon, and I will go to bed soon. As usual I emptied the two dehumidifiers downstairs again tonight. Chance of rain through out the coming week.

Note: <888> 06/26/09 Friday 8:35 P.M.. I showered, and I cleaned up after the last note. My relative and I drove up to www.samsclub.com in Scarborough, Maine. My Audi has a set of Michelin MXV4-Plus tires on it with 34,000 miles on them. According to Michelin MXV4 Plus , they are 60,000 mile tires, so I only have used half of their available tread life. I am using size 205/55R 16. Thus there is no rush to get new tires. At Sam's Club, they have in that size a Goodyear Eagle for $70 plus $15 a tire mounting and balancing, a Dunlap all season for $87 plus mounting and balancing of $15, and a Michelin for $139 less a $70 instant rebate on a set of four plus $15 mounting and balancing. Plus one would also have to pay tax. We next went to T.J. Maxx in South Portland, and my relative bought me a XX Large U.S. Polo lime green polo shirt for $10 and a XX Large Polo cotton blue plaid shirt sleeve shirt for $15. We next went to Pizza Uno, and I ate a deep dish pizza with tomato and cheese on it and a glass of water. We next went to Chico's in the Maine Mall. They have an www.apple.com Ipod store in the Maine Mall. We next went back to Sam's Club, and my relative got some groceries. We then stopped by the Farm Stand in Kennebunkport, and we got three ears of corn for .55 each. We stopped by the Kennebunkport post office. We then returned to my relatives' house. I unloaded the car. The lawn person cut part of the lawn while we were out. I took a nap from 3:30 P.M. To 6 P.M.. We watched the news and ate cheese and crackers. I had dinner of a baked chicken leg and thigh along with a green salad and two ears of corn on the cob with butter and watered down orange juice. I helped clean up the kitchen, and I threw out the garbage. CIO

Note: <888> 06/26/09 Friday 8:50 A.M.. I woke up from my nap yesterday at 5:30 P.M.. I watched the news with a relative and ate cheese and crackers and watered down orange juice. I ate dinner of six blue berry pancakes with butter and Vermont maple syrup along with four strips of microwaved bacon and a glass of watered down orange juice. We went for a drive along Kennebunk beach, and I sat out briefly watching the waterfront as the tide was going out. We returned to my relatives' house, and I watched the movie “The Game”. I went to bed at 11 P.M.. I woke up at 7:30 A.M.. I ate a breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a half of a sliced banana, a whole wheat toasted English muffin with butter, coffee with splenda and half and half, and a glass of watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements. The www.nytimes.com did not arrive this morning. CIO

Note: <888> 06/25/09 Thursday 2:00 P.M.. I ate a breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a half of a sliced banana, a whole wheat toasted English muffin with butter, coffee with splenda and half and half, and a glass of watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements. I planted the white floss plant in the flower box in back, and I watered it. I then spread a big bag of dark mulch over the open areas in the flower box in back. I reset a couple of wood screws in the far fence post to hold the fencing upright. I used the blower to clean off the driveway and the garage. I swept off the deck with a broom. I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out with a relative. We went by the nail salon in Kennebunk. While waiting for my relative, I toured downtown Kennebunk, and I toured the Tom's of Maine outlet, and I went by the Heath Food Store, and I bought fresh almonds for $4.99 a pound for $4.17 total. My relative was ready after about an hour. We went by Herb's nursery, and we bought a basil plant for $2.99 and tax. We went by the Wallingford nursery, and we bought a Chinese parsley plant for $4.23. We then went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then returned back to my relatives' house. While out, I chatted with a friend on the wireless. I ate lunch of a chef's salad with sliced chicken and salad items with Dijon vinaigrette dressing, and a bowl of chowder, and watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. I was called by Life Line, and they will be here at 11:30 A.M. On this Monday morning to install their device. I will now shut down the Dell computer, and I will take a nap. CIO

Note: <888> 06/25/09 Thursday 6:50 A.M.. Stunning pictures of volcano eruption from space

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Note: <888> 06/25/09 Thursday 6:35 A.M.. I woke up at 6 A.M.. I use a blanket last night, and I slept a little bit better because I was warmer. I ate a oatmeal cookie. I emptied the dishwasher. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.. I hooked up the Samsung fax machine in the library with the 25 foot telephone cable. I will test it tomorrow to see if it works with the Uniden answering machine. I have been emptying the two dehumidifiers downstairs every day. I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the Dell laptop, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 8:55 P.M.. I went out with a relative after the last note. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then went by T.J. Maxx in Biddeford, Maine. I went next door to Best Buy, and I bought a 25 foot telephone cable for $4.99 and a modular in-line coupler for $3.49 and .42 tax for $8.90 total. I will use the telephone parts to hook up the Samsung fax machine tomorrow. My relative bought me a cordovan color Perry Ellis wallet at T.J. Maxx for $12.99 and tax. We then went to Lowe's , and my relative bought a bag of dark mulch, a pruning and saw cutting tool that goes from 6 feet to 12 feet and a couple of plants. We then went back to my relatives' house. I took a nap from 4 P.M. To 6 P.M.. I watched the evening news and ate cheese and crackers with watered down orange juice. I barbequed some boneless breasts of chicken with marinade, and I had one for dinner with 1.5 ears of corn on the cob with butter and steamed baby carrots with butter and a glass of watered down passion punch. I cleaned up the kitchen. I will now watch some television. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 12:35 P.M.. I ate the remaining ravioli and tomato sauce mixture with grated Parmesan cheese and watered down orange juice. I will start the dry cycle. I will put the items back in the garage storage cupboard. I will shut down the Dell laptop. Will go out to do some errands shortly. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 12:05 P.M.. I am doing a load of laundry downstairs. UPS delivered the new upstairs drier lent filter. I installed it, and I put the old one with the mouse holes on the top shelf above the Maytag unit. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 10:30 A.M.. The mason was here to tell my relative about the steps out back. They decided they will put in new concrete steps in back down to the lower level. They will start next week. While looking at the job, the mason got some dirt on the rugs in the upstairs area, and I cleaned up the dirt with hot water and parsons cleaner, and then I vacuumed the spots. While I had the bucket of hot water with cleaner out, I cleaned the garage storage cupboard, after removing the items again, and it is now clean. It should be dry in a couple of hours, and I will put the items back in. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 10:30 A.M.. I can wash out the storage cupboard in the garage if we ever get a dry day, while I am here. The electricity bicycle pump in the cupboard runs off a automobile cigarette lighter. It does run off a wall plug. There is a foot air pump with gauge in the basement by the bicycles. We are waiting for the mason who might put in granite steps in the back yard leading down to the lower level of the property. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 9:45 A.M.. I cleaned out the left cupboard as one enters the garage. On the top shelf to the right there was a dead mouse probably killed by eating the rose potting soil it gnawed into. I threw the dead mouse out in the woods. I cleaned out the shelves and reorganized them. There is a barbeque grill cover that has been chewed up a bit, but I saved it. Besides a few odd items there are various rose feeding supplies, the large sprayer, and on the second shelf there is a car battery charger and a electric bicycle tire pump. The threads on the big green push broom in the garage were worn off from where the handle attaches, so I secured it by drilling a hole and inserting a wood screw, so now the big green push broom is usable. I planted the two white and one medium pink begonias in a large plastic pot with soil, and I watered them, and I put them at the sidewalk entrance to the front door. I will now shower and clean up. It looks like another day of rain. Maybe we should start building an ark. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 8:20 A.M.. I ate a breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a half of a sliced banana, a whole wheat toasted English muffin with butter, coffee with splenda and half and half, and a glass of watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements. I was able to get the second screw in the piece of cherry wood patch by the lower right side of the garage door. I will now clean out the cabinet on the left side of the garage that the mouse got into this winter and left debris around. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 7:15 A.M.. I cut out about a six inch strip of trim wood that was rotten where the mouse was able gnaw its way in by the right hand side of the garage door, and I put in a .75 inch thick by 4 inch by 6 inch piece of hardwood cherry flooring left over from the library flooring project last summer. I have it held in by one screw, and I will put a second screw in, once the drill power pack charges up. It can be painted at a later date when it is dry. Thus the garage should be mouse proof at the large garage door entrance, except for when it is left open. The www.nytimes.com arrived. CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/09 Wednesday 6:05 A.M.. I was awake at 5:30 A.M.. I tried programming the bunk room Proscan TV, but the channels will not change with the up and down arrows, and one needs to enter the channel number directly with the remote control. When I was out in the garage, I noticed at the right side of the garage door as one enters the door at the base by the floor, a mouse or other rodent has eaten the wood trim, so it can get into the garage from the outside. I will try to find a small piece of wood to repair it today. CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.. I went through my email, and I will now shut down the Dell laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon. I plan to try to sleep later, and not get up too early in the morning. CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 10:55 P.M.. I hung the two purple flower hanging plants from the hooks on the front porch, when we returned today. I read the Vanity Fair article about Nancy Reagan. In seeing the news reports of Ed McMahon passing away, it reminded me that I stood next to him on Pennsylvania Avenue during Ronald Reagan's first inaugural. I also read the www.nytimes.com . CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 8:55 P.M.. After my last note, I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out with a relative, and we went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then drove over to Route 9A in Ogunquit, and we went to Grey's nursery, and we got two purple flower hanging plants for $19.99 less 10% discount and two smaller red and a smaller white flower plants. We then drove over to Kennebunk, and there is a new www.cvs.com across the street from McDonald's. My relative got some items, and my relative also got me a Revlon toe nail clipper for $3.99 and tax. I have one at home, so my relative will keep it here. We then went by the Super Stop and Shop, and we got groceries. We then returned to my relative's house, and we unloaded the purchases. A shipping box had also arrived via UPS. For lunch I had a reheated piece of baked haddock and a reheated piece of fried chicken along with a tossed salad and watered down orange juice. I clipped my toe nails. I then took a nap from 3 P.M. To 6:30 P.M.. We watched the evening news and ate cheese and crackers, and I also drank watered down orange juice. For dinner, we ate boiled ravioli with spinach and ricotta in them with a tomato and onion and sliced mushroom sauce with grated Parmesan cheese on it and a tossed salad and watered down orange juice. I helped my relative clean up the kitchen. We will now watch some television. CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 10:20 A.M.. My relatives have a Maytag washer dryer model number LSE7804ACE combination upstairs, and it looks like a mouse or other rodent came down the vent stack and ate holes through the filter and filter grate. You can not order the filter grate, but I ordered Maytag Lint Filter 33001003 for $9.95 and .50 tax and $7.95 UPS shipping for $18.40 total. It will be delivered to the house. I will now shut down the computer, and I will get ready to go out with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 9:00 A.M.. At www.samsclub.com in Scarborough, Maine, they show these various tires for my Audi Samsclub 1998 Audi A6 Tires , but they do not show any winter or all season tires in stock.

I brought in the www.nytimes.com for a relative. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a half of a sliced banana, a toasted English whole muffin with butter, coffee with splenda and half and half, and a glass of 25% orange juice and 75% cold filtered water. My relative is just finishing breakfast. I am now going to shower and clean up, and we are going out this morning to get two hanging flowering plants for the front porch. CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 6:40 A.M.. Family Loyalty Anchors Ford in Risky Times

4 People and Firm Sued in Madoff Case

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Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 6:20 A.M.. It started rain some more, but it is just a slow drizzle. In England, they read a lot more because it rains all of the time BBC News like in Seattle, Washington where www.microsoft.com is from. OpenOffice write does not have automatic hyper linking. I drank some 25% orange juice with 75% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements. CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 5:50 A.M.. Norwalk CC, Housatonic receive Gates funds . CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 5:45 A.M.. Last summer or the summer before last, we had a mouse eat through the dryer exhaust hose and get into the basement and electrocute itself on the high voltage wires of the clothes dryer. We now have a metal dryer exhaust hose with chicken wire mesh about a quarter inch grid opening over the outside opening to keep any other rodents from entering the house. However despite the dryer lent trap, the outside chicken wire mesh was clogged with about a .75 inch thick of lent to prevent the basement dryer from exhausting properly. I removed the two screws that held on the chicken wire mesh, and I cleaned out the built up lent, and I replaced the chicken wire mesh and screws, so now the basement dryer exhaust should function properly. It looks like it should be done once or twice a year. The exhaust vent is underneath the front outside kitchen windows. There does not appear to be any mouse entrance into the metal exhaust hose or through the chicken wire outside. CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 5:15 A.M.. I got back up at 4 A.M., and I ate two more oatmeal cookies. I had a cigarette outside, and it is not quite daylight yet. I am going to use the OpenOffice writer for my Kennebunkport web notes, so I have spell checking.

It is warmer outside, and there are suppose to be more showers today with a high of 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

Since I have been visiting family in Kennebunkport, Maine since about 1979 or 30 years, I have learned how to find my way here. I always try to help out a bit around the house. Since we have the Internet today, we can stay in touch with the outside world more quickly than waiting for the New York Times or the Cable TV to report the news.

We tend to get quite a few Canadian visitors here, and frequently one can hear French Canadian spoken downtown in Dock Square. Of course sunny weekends are busier when more people visit here. Since we are in Maine, I do not think most people think our recent weather is too cold. However, people coming from down south where it might be a 100 degrees Fahrenheit might feel that it is a bit cool. The ramp pub at the end of Cape Porpoise was not busy last night at 5 P.M.. They have very good hamburgers there. There is a more expensive restaurant next to it.

I have been taking long naps in the afternoon, and getting up early in the morning the last couple of days. I find I have less writer's block first think in the morning. I suppose most people are worried about the economy and making ends meet, but one also has to learn to keep busy as best one can.

We actually do not have much back ground noise like in Greenwich, Connecticut with the turnpike and traffic, so one can actually hear the sounds of nature, which we frequently forget. Of course the sound of the distant surf is always a reminder that we are near the ocean.

The famous writer Booth Tarkington use to live in Kennebunkport, but I do not think I have read anything by him. Having lived around the ocean in other places before personal computers, I missed a lot of chances to do my own writing. Of course I do not think I have the experiences of Hemingway to be a great writer like him, but I do know Hemingway use to write first thing in the morning.

I never have time to check out Boston, when I drive north in the summer, so I would imagine there is a lot of new activity down there. I am so focused on computer technology that I frequently forget about the other new activities in the last 20 years. I just see a little bit of the Boston news on television up here.

There is a interstate highway that leads from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Canada for anyone wanting to have an international experience without going to Europe.

The winter Olympics is in western Canada next winter, but in the winter, it will be a lot colder up there. Currently I still have Michelin Florida tires on my Audi with about 28,000 miles on them. Thus with the higher prices of fuel and with Connecticut winter conditions I have been spending more time inside in the winter, but the computers are running fine at home. CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/09 Tuesday 3:00 A.M.. I woke up at 2 A.M.. I ate two oatmeal cookies.

I went through my email. I will now go back to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/09 Monday 10:15 P.M.. I watched a biography on the film maker George Stevens on the Turner Movie Channel. I chatted with relatives. I will now shut down the Dell Latitude CS laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon. Have a good night. CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/09 Monday 8:05 P.M.. I woke up at 4 P.M.. I went out with a relative, and we drove along the waterfront by Walker's Point. We drove out to Cape Porpoise. We enjoyed the view of Goat Island where the British attacked during the American revolution. We then went by Bradbury's, and my relative got some grated Parmesan cheese and 1.5 pounds of haddock at $6.99 a pound. We then drove back along the waterfront, and we drove along the length of Kennebunk Beach. It was a wide beach at low tide, and we stopped to enjoy watching about three dozen surfers surfing the high waves along the beach. The water must be a bit cold, they were all wearing wet suits. We chatted with two relatives via wireless. We returned to my relative's house. For dinner, we ate baked haddock, tossed mixed salad with mustard dressing, and I also had steamed broccoli and carrots and broccoli with butter. I ate it all with a glass of 20% orange juice and 80% cold filtered water. I cleaned up the kitchen. I emptied the kitchen garbage. I put the big garbage can out by the street for tomorrow pickup. CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/09 Monday 1:00 P.M.. My relative claimed that he put new batteries in the kitchen TV remote control this morning, but when I tried it, its batteries were dead. I put in two new AA alkaline batteries, and I reprogrammed it with code 062 from these instructions for the RCA Universal remote control on the Phillips Magnavox TV RC: Programming Your RCA Remote Control , and now it works just fine. Possibly the batteries were not new. I saved the batteries in case they are good. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with potato chips and watered down lemon aid for lunch. I will now take a nap. It has been raining so heavily, we are not going out. The wind is out of the northeast, so possibly it is a Northeastern. I have to put the garbage out tonight for pickup tomorrow, and the recycle garbage is picked up next Tuesday. CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/09 Monday 11:05 A.M.. Two of my relatives left. I put the laundry on the dry cycle. I folded some other laundry. CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/09 Monday 9:55 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a half of a blueberry muffin and coffee with splenda and half and half and a glass 50% orange juice and 50% cold filtered water along with vitamins and supplements. I helped a relative prune some fur trees in front and move the limbs out back to where they are not conspicuous. I pruned the suckers off the flowering plum tree. I planted a flowering plant in the front display pot. I weeded the flower box in back. I connected up the hoses front and rear. I showered and I cleaned up. I am doing a load of laundry. Two of my relatives are leaving shortly. CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/09 Monday 7:05 A.M.. Yesterday morning, when I drove through downtown Kennebunkport, Maine; it was not busy at all. There were hardly any people downtown. The forecast calls for rain until next Monday, so one has to expect to be busy with indoor routines. Two of my relatives are going to leave this morning. The wireless internet at the family house has a 26 digit password. The Hawking device also picks up neighboring internet besides the house. I am running both the Hawking device and the Netgear Wireless card.

When I was driving up yesterday, I saw lots of retired people on the road coming north from the warmer temperatures down south. It was a 258 mile trip from Byram to Kennebunkport, Maine. There was not much traffic on a rainy Sunday. I will be staying until July 1, 2009. I will then come back up after the fourth of July weekend for a while and then in mid September. Rainy weather is suppose to be good for fishing, so one could always try their hand at fishing up here.

I will be bringing down the Dell Latitude CS laptop computer and its accessories, since most of the relatives have their own laptop computers. I will bring them back up each trip. Before I leave this trip, I will setup the HP Laser Jet 1018 laser printer on the IBM Netvista computer in one of the other guest bedrooms. I have not checked it to see if it is setup with the house wireless password.

It feels good to get away from Greenwich for a change of pace. The dehumidifier in the bunk room makes a bit of noise, but one gets use to it.

One of these trips my relative said they would get me new tires for the Audi at www.samsclub.com in Scarborough, Maine. I only have about a quarter inch tread on the tires, so for next winter in Connecticut, I need more tread.

The New York Times www.nytimes.com is delivered each morning. Two of my relatives are living on the Boston Waterfront where the old Howard Johnson's chocolate factory use to be that I helped restore in 1971 near Union Wharf. They are suppose to have a Tall Ships festival in Boston harbor this coming fourth of July. I am not sure if they have restored Old Irons Sides or not. I think there was a problem with it last year.

There was also a dead deer and a dead possum on the road during my drive up to Maine. I got an early enough start that I did not deal with much traffic. Typing on the Dell Latitude CS laptop computer is easier than the desktop keyboards.

The HP Laser Jet 1018 is a new laser printer that I have only used about a half dozen times, but the last three times I tried it when it prints out, a bit of smoke or dust comes out when the printout comes out, but I do not think it is a problem.

A lot of Boston people vacation in Maine, and there are a few New York area people around. Boston people tend to be more conservative having endured longer winters. From the desk in bunk room, I have a view of the Kennebunk harbor which does not seem to have much traffic this morning. One of my relatives likes going downtown in the morning to Dock Square to have coffee to enjoy the local color.

Even though the Bushs are no longer in political office, Kennebunkport, Maine is still an enjoyable vacation spot. My family has been coming here since 1978, when a relative married my stepfather whose family were coming here since the 1870s.

Weather permitting, I still have to do some gardening around the house. CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/09 Monday 6:20 A.M.. I was awake at 5:30 A.M. this morning.

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Note: <888> 06/21/09 Sunday 9:50 P.M.. I will finish watching a western movie with my relatives, and then I will go to bed. I will shut down the Dell laptop computer. CIO

Note: <888> 06/21/09 Sunday 9:00 P.M.. I woke up at midnight this morning, and I had a hard time sleeping until I finally got up at 3:30 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey, a toasted English muffin, passion punch, and coffee. I showered and I cleaned up. I did the last things on my To Do list. I carried the last items down to the car. There was a skunk in the parking lot, which did not spray me. I left at 5 A.M.. I drove east on Putnam Avenue to North Maple to North Street, and I got on the Merritt Parkway east. I stopped by the New Canaan rest area, and I checked the air in my tires for 32 PSI all around, and I used the bathroom. When I just cross the bridge after Sikorsky, there was a dead mountain lion or cougar on the east bound right side of the road, so they are in that area. I used the rest area at Orange. I got on I-91 North, and it quit raining. I used the rest area. I then got on I-84 East, and I used the Vernon rest area. Troop 61 of the boy scouts were setting up to give away free coffee, hot dogs, hamburgers, and sodas later in the day. I got on the Mass. Turnpike east bound. I ate one of two ham and cheese sandwiches that I had brought with me. I used the bathroom. I chatted with a relative on the wireless phone. At the Gulf pumps, I bought $19.52 of self service premium gasoline at $2.949 gallon for 6.619 gallons. At that I point I had driven 126.3 miles at odometer reading of 62925 miles for 23.25 miles per gallon highway driving. I then got off at the Worcester I-295 East exit, and I paid a 50 cent toll. I drove east on I-295 to I-495 East and I took a pit stop at the Lowell rest area. I then got on I-95 North, and I used the New Hampshire rest area. I paid a $1.50 toll on the New Hampshire turnpike, and then I used the Maine rest area. I paid a $2 toll on the Maine turnpike. I got off at the Wells Ogunquit exit, and I drove south to Route 1, and then I headed east to I-9 south to Kennebunkport, Maine. I arrived at my relative's house about 11 A.M.. I unpacked the car. I chatted with relatives. I set up the Dell laptop on the bunk room desk, and we have wireless internet in the house that I set up on the Dell laptop. I unpacked my luggage. I took a nap from 2:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.. Two of my relatives left while I was asleep. We watched the NBC evening news. We ate cheese, crab dip and crackers, and I had lemon aid. For dinner, we ate spare ribs, fried chicken, corn on the cob, steamed broccoli, and I drank some lemon aid. I helped my relatives clean up the kitchen. They are watching a movie, so I might watch part of it now. CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/09 Saturday 9:05 P.M..  I did some more things on my To Do list.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer and the FIC server.  I will go to bed shortly.  I will leave after breakfast tomorrow.  I will take my time driving in the rain.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/20/09: 

Note: <888> 06/20/09 Saturday 6:45 P.M..  UNAVCO Bulletin Board • Index page

Note: <888> 06/20/09 Saturday 6:05 P.M..  I woke up at noon, and I chatted with a friend.  I finally woke up at 2 P.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I checked the oil on the Audi.  I found my Vuarent eyeglass case.  I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I chatted with a relative.  I finished packing, and I just have some of the list of To Do things to do tomorrow before I leave.  I will go to bed between 10 P.M. and midnight, and I will get up between 6 A.M. and 8 A.M..  After I eat breakfast and pack the car, I will be leaving for the six hour drive to Kennebunkport, Maine.  It takes me longer, because I stop at most every rest area to go to the bathroom.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/20/09 Saturday 5:00 A.M..  Greenwich High School graduates 670 - Greenwich Time

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will rest for a while and get back on a day schedule in case I have to travel tomorrow.  Showers at 1 P.M. today with a high of 74 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/09 Saturday 2:40 A.M..  Right now I am planning to go up to Kennebunkport, Maine on Sunday in the daytime.  Thus I might go to back to bed in a little while and get back on a daytime schedule.  However, it is suppose to rain on Sunday through the week here and there, so the plans could change depending on the weather.  I am taking up the HP LaserJet 1018 printer that I never used to have up there.  I am also taking up the second Dell Latitude CS laptop computer and its accessories that I might leave up there for the summer.  I have it all packed up and ready to go.  I am also taking the Brother P-Touch printer and a spare tape, a new Black and Decker iron, and two new American Telecom Digital cordless telephones.

I will now cook my breaded boneless breast of chicken meal with steamed vegetables with olive oil and a glass of watered down passion punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/20/09 Saturday 1:05 A.M..  I put away the laundry.   CIO 

Note: <888> 06/20/09 Saturday 12:20 A.M..  I woke up at 1:30 P.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went back to bed until 4:30 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  The building fire alarm went off.  The fire department responded, and I guess in waxing the floors on the ground floor today, the fumes set off the fire alarm.   The mail was also not delivered today, because the access to the mail room was blocked by the floor waxing.  I went back to bed until 9 P.M..  I chatted with a friend.  I ate two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I am doing two loads of laundry, and I have 20 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I threw out the garbage.  I made up a fresh batch of passion punch.  I watered the plants.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/18/09 Thursday 11:10 P.M..  I made up a "To Do" list of things to do before going to Kennebunkport, Maine.  I chatted with two friends and a relative.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed shortly.  I will eat the last piece of pound cake before going to bed.  Weather tomorrow and high of 74 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/18/09 Thursday 8:55 P.M..  Free shipping on $50 with coupon code "outletfreeship"  Seagate: FreeAgent™ Outlet Center .

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Note: <888> 06/18/09 Thursday 8:20 P.M..  I made a three egg omelet with processed slices of cheese and grated and parmesan and Romano  cheese and five strips of fried bacon and a toasted English muffin with olive oil and watered down passion punch.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/18/09 Thursday 6:30 P.M..  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I went downstairs, and I chatted with two neighbors and the building custodian.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/18/09 Thursday 5:05 P.M..  I ate a 9.5 ounce can of Planter's bits and pieces cashew nuts the night before last.  I woke up at 10 A.M., when the building custodian rang my door bell to tell me that I could not go out for three hours, because they were stripping and waxing the upstairs hallway floors.  I went back to bed until noon.  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I put four new AA alkaline batteries in the door bell in the bedroom that rings "Blue Bells of Scotland".  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went to my regular 3 P.M.. appointment which will be ending on July 9, 2009.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned the DVD.  I saw Bill Clark, but I did not chat with him.  Judging by the rain, it seems like he brought back the whole Atlantic Ocean with him from England.  I dare say there is probably flooding somewhere around town.  I guess Bill is now in the RAF, since he was wearing a brown leather bomber jacket.  He has not updated his web log Greenwich Gossip.  The Queen Mary II is back in Manhattan tomorrow QM2 - Itinerary - 2009 , so he did not take the boat.  Maybe he flew over there in one of those Spitfires that Dave Wheatly use to bring over here.  I returned home, and I picked up the mail.  The floor outside my apartment was dry from being waxed.  I put the door mats outside the door.  I lost my Vuarnet sunglasses case, so I am now using a Carrera case for my sunglasses.  CIO    

Note: <888> 06/18/09 Thursday 2:30 A.M..  I finished watching the movie.  It was a little bit more violent than I expected.  I normally do not watch violent movies.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I will eat a 1/5th piece of pound cake before going to bed.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/17/09 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.. Biltmore Email Newsletter

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Note: <888> 06/17/09 Wednesday 10:35 P.M..  I woke up at 4:30 P.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  Depending on the weather, I might be going to Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm this Sunday or Monday instead of Tuesday.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  During my walk, I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought Aces High scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I chatted with a regular walker.  I stopped by the entrance of CVS.  I finished my walk, and then I went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with three reference librarians and a regular patron.  I checked out "No Country for Old Men" on DVD.  The upper level of the eastern library parking lot is closed for maintenance.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor doing laundry.   I will now reheat and eat the same dinner as last night.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/17/09 Wednesday 3:35 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Shuttle scrubbed NASA - Space Shuttle.  Mostly cloudy today with a high of 67 degrees Fahrenheit.

At www.cl-p.com , the amount for April 2009 for 32 days was $161.36 or 819 kWh or 25.59 kWh a day with an average temperature of 51.9 degrees Fahrenheit.

For April 2008, it was 634 kWh for 30 days or 21.13 kWh per day for $122.09 with an average temperature of 51.9 degree Fahrenheit.

For May 2009 it was 1090 kWh for 31 days  for 35.15 kWh per day for $211.20 with an average temperature of 60.1 degrees Fahrenheit.

For May 2008, it was 735 kWh for 32 days for 22.97 kWh per day for $139.10 with an average temperature of 59.7 degrees Fahrenheit.

I have been using the air conditioner about half the day to keep the apartment at 70 degrees Fahrenheit instead of about 76 degrees Fahrenheit, which it would be without the air conditioner in the spring, but it is costing me about $50 more amount to keep it going half the day.  CIO    

Note: <888> 06/17/09 Wednesday 3:05 A.M..  I tried out the strobe light, and although it works, it is not bright enough to use with the small camcorder inside.  It came with two metal hydride batteries that I am charging up.  I put three new AAA alkaline batteries in the camcorder.  I ate a 1/6th piece of pound cake.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/17/09 Wednesday 1:55 A.M..  IBM System z - Myth vs. Truth

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Note: <888> 06/17/09 Wednesday 12:55 A.M..  I drank a cup of Salada green tea with splenda and lemon juice after dinner.  I put the six copies of the Oxridge horse show article and the Wellington polo pony article in a large tan envelope, and I addressed it, and I put a $1.05 in stamps on it, and I mail it in the outgoing mail slot in the mail room downstairs.  A neighbor was by the mail room.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/16/09 Tuesday 10:45 P.M..  I ate a 1/6th piece of pound cake after the last note.  I woke up at 9:30 A.M., and I chatted with a relative.  I went back to bed until 4 P.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with another relative.  I went out, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I made two bad copies and 7 good copies of a story in yesterday's Stamford Advocate about the Oxridge hunt show last weekend.  I will mail 6 copies to a friend along with an article from www.tcpalm.com about the polo ponies that died from a bad prescription at Wellington.  I was told by the Greenwich Library security guard that Bill Clark has returned from England.   I guess they did not have any jobs for him.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  There were a half dozen limousines parked in front of the office building in front of the Greenwich Train station to the north where the KKR: Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts: Henry Kravis & George Roberts: Who Are We is suppose to be in Greenwich, Connecticut.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a Magnivision  black glasses case for $2 and .12 tax for $2.12 total.  I finished my walk of the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a while.  I chatted with a local White Plains, New York accountant.  I then returned home.  I will now make up my regular linguine and tomato meat sauce mixture, and I will put some grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it, and I will refrigerate the other half in a Rubbermaid container.  I throw the boiling water that I use to make the linguine down the bathroom sink to clean out the shaving soap scum that accumulates.  I put the new glass case with a spare set of aviator sunglasses to the right of the bed in the bedroom, and I am now using a an old Vuarnet glass case for my regular sunglasses.  I picked up the mail, when I came in.   CIO    

Note: <888> 06/16/09 Tuesday 7:10 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Have a good morning.  I ate some peanuts.

My www.cl-p.com electricity bill is finally posted since March 2009.  For the month of May 2009, my bill was $137.13, and that is with using the air conditioning. The usage history on the bill for March 2009 billed April 2, 2009 was 683 kWh for 28 days or 24.39 kWh per day for $137.13 which is the same as the recent bill, so I am not sure if it is May or March 2009, but it says the average temperature was 41.6 degrees Fahrenheit, so it is probably March 2009.  No further information is posted.  Thus the April and May 2009 bills are not yet posted, and the night rate meter was not installed until sometime in May 2009.  The usage history for March 2009 was 690 kWh for 28 days and 24.64 kWh per day for $131.17 with an average temperature of 40.6 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/09 Tuesday 5:40 A.M..  Maybe it is Apple Records Apple to liven up avenue - Greenwich Time.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/09 Tuesday 5:35 A.M..  When I was asked direction for the historical area of Greenwich today, I forgot the General Israel Putnam Cottage (Knapp's Tavern), 243 Boston Post Road, Greenwich, CT 06830 across from Christ Church Christ Church Greenwich, and the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich with Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich - Bush-Holley Historic Site and the Bruce Museum and the few old books at the Welcome to Greenwich Library on the mezzanine level of the older section and the The First Congregational Church of Greenwich and the The Second Congregational Church, Greenwich - CT .  There are probably some other historical sites that I have forgotten too, but a lot of the older houses were torn down in the last 30 years to make room for McMansions.  However, when I was asked the question about older historical areas in Greenwich, Connecticut; I was waiting for the traffic light to change at the top of Greenwich Avenue by a passenger in the car parked along side of me, and since there was an unmarked police detective car behind me, I could not take my time to chat about what I might know.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/16/09 Tuesday 3:30 A.M..  Of course you could always be eaten by a shark Russian Oil Magnate Launches $490 Million Luxury Yacht - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News - FOXNews.com  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/09 Tuesday 3:15 A.M..  Well, it was a cool spring here, and I guess with the cooler weather the wild animals migrating north could still be traveling north in the back country area, so be careful when out at night.  I was told years ago, if one keeps a horse in a stable in the woods, the best thing to do is to leave a radio going at night to scare away any wild animals, but it should be a fire proof radio in a stable.  I ate a 1/6th piece of chocolate pound cake with some watered down passion punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/16/09 Tuesday 12:45 A.M..  Space shuttle launch now set for Wednesday - CNN.com

Note: <888> 06/16/09 Tuesday 12:05 A.M..  I made and ate the same dinner as last night.  I also had cup of Salada green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/15/09 Monday 10:50 P.M..  Before going to bed, I ate 2/3rds of a 16 ounce jar of Planter's lightly salted peanuts.  I woke up at 5 P.M., when I chatted with a friend for a half hour.  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time www.greenwichtime.com .  I chatted with one of the staff.  I went by the Chase Bank ATM just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.   I was asked by a couple tourists in a car where the historical area of Greenwich is, and I directed them down Greenwich Avenue.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with a relative on my wireless AT&T Go Phone.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 1.06 ounce jars of Italian spices for .99 each, a 200 count box of Splenda packets for $5.99, and buy one get one free of Planter's lightly salted peanuts with sea salt for $3.99 both for $11.96 total.  I finished my walk, and I sat out for a while.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a day old type of pound cake for $2, a six pack of Freihoffer's bulkie rolls for $3.19, a 59 ounce container of Simply orange orange juice with calcium for $3, a pound of Stop and Shop sliced ham for $4.99 a pound for $5.77, a quart jar of Vlassic kosher dill pickles for $2, a quart of Borden's real lemon juice for $2.69,  a gallon of Stop and Shop white vinegar for $2.99, a pound of John Morrell bacon for $2.69, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, and broccoli crowns for $1.99 a pound for $2.39 for $29.71 total.  I then returned home.  I brought up my purchases and the mail.  I put away my purchases.  They are converting the WAMU branch just south of the Greenwich Post Office on Greenwich Avenue into another Chase Branch.  I guess Chase customers do not like walking to far to the other nearby branches.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/15/09 Monday 2:00 A.M..  I read the last two issues of www.time.com and the last three issues of www.forbes.com .  There is suppose to be rain tomorrow afternoon with a high of 66 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/14/09 Sunday 11:25 P.M..  I opened up a new three liter can of extra virgin olive oil.   I threw out the old can and some other garbage.  It is a bit cool out, and it is currently 60.1 degrees Fahrenheit outside.  I will now read some of my recent magazines.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/14/09 Sunday 11:10 P.M..  Alaska Volcano Observatory Webcam - Redoubt - DFR

Alaska Volcano Observatory  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/09 Sunday 11:05 P.M..  I watched an NBC program about an earthquake on the Midwestern fault line.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/14/09 Sunday 10:00 P.M..   Costa Rica Vulcanologia Eliecer Duarte

Note: <888> 06/14/09 Sunday 8:35 P.M..  I chatted with two relatives.  I am now going up to Kennebunkport, Maine to visit with relatives on Tuesday the 23rd of June until the first of July.  I will then go back up to Kennebunkport from the 14th of July for a couple of weeks.  I will then probably go back up to Kennebunkport in September for a period of time.   I will now make and eat a sautéed 7.5 ounce London Broil with my usual steamed vegetable mixture and watered down passion punch.   CIO 

Note: <888> 06/14/09 Sunday 7:25 P.M..  I woke up at 3 P.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   The train station was closed which for some odd reason they do in the summer.  I stopped by CVS, and I browsed their circular.  The have CVS vitamins on sale this week for buy one get one free.  St. Mary's was selling religious art from the Holy Land.  I sat out for a while after my walk.  I then returned home.  I could see somebody's nice lawn facing north on the North Shore of Long Island around Locust Valley from the bench on Greenwich Avenue in front of Credit Suisse.  CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/14/09: 

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 10:45 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I watched the James Bond movie "The World is Not Enough".  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 10:45 P.M.. I put www.bing.com in http://mikelouisscott.com/search.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 10:20 P.M..  Back around the winter of 1980, when I left house sitting at a relative's in New Canaan, Connecticut while they were in Bermuda, I began to get thirsty, so I took my $150 Subaru from Nantucket that I had already driven back and forth across country a couple of times, and I drove up the New York State Thruway, and I did not contact George Cary, and I snuck across the Canadian Border into Canada, and I went to the Duty Free shop across the border, and for about $28.99, I bought a 1.5 liter bottle of Welcome to Grand Marnier website , and on the way back down the New York Thruway, I drove by Lake Placid, New York, and then I returned to New Canaan, Connecticut all in one day.  I never did make it to the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, since I could not afford it.   I left most of the bottle of Grand Marnier in the house in New Canaan to replace the smaller bottle that I had been nipping off that winter.  It inspired me to great things, and by the following winter Ronald Reagan was President.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 9:30 P.M..   Streetscapes - Former Garages - A Mansion for Me, Another for My Cars - NYTimes.com

Contact Information – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Hard times BBC NEWS | Europe | Saudi pays up in Paris shop row

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 8:50 P.M..  I put away the laundry.  I chatted with some neighbors.   CIO 

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 7:40 P.M..  I ate 75% of a can of a 9.5 ounce can of CVS smoked almonds along with watered down passion punch before going to bed after the last note.  On Thursday, I rotated my winter shirts to the far left of the bedroom closet, and I put my summer shirts on the left center of the bedroom closet.  I woke up at 3 P.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with two friends and two relatives.  I am just about ready to start the dry cycle on two loads of laundry, and I have 30 minutes to go on the dry cycles.  I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  I threw out the garbage.

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 3:40 A.M..  Trooping the Colour 2009 - British Army Website .  You are allowed to toast the Queen with a drink of alcohol on her birthday.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 3:35 A.M..  Hulu - NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: Jumping for Joy: Bush 41 in Freefall .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 3:25 A.M..  NexSat, NRL/NPOESS Next-Generation Weather Satellite Demonstration Project .  Looks like Moon Doggy lives in the Dark out west.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 2:40 A.M..  Margaret Clayton Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, Monash University Science

Anak Krakatau eruption June 2009: photos

Note: <888> 06/13/09 Saturday 1:45 A.M..  Noodles this week are also on sale at the Stop and Shop, but I already have enough stocked up on them.  A relative told me that recently retired President Bush has gotten fat from sitting in front of the computer writing is memoirs. 

I ate two tuna fish sandwiches with 1/4th of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I watched a bit of television.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/12/09 Friday 11:45 P.M..  I woke up at noon today.  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I went back to bed until 5 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I watered the plants also with some Schultz liquid plant foot.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I cleaned the Ionic Pro Air Purifier.  I ate two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a relative.  I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor's relative.  I went downtown, and I went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought ten 26 ounce jars of various Francesca Rinaldi tomato sauce for a $1 each, a top round London Broil for $2.99 a pound for $4.63, a bulb of garlic at $2.99 a pound for .36, and fresh Chiquita bananas at .68 a pound for $1.92 for $16.91 total.  I then drove over to Greenwich Avenue, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I chatted with a local with a window sticker on his grey Ford Taurus wagon that said spirituality.com | from The Christian Science Publishing Society .  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I finished my walk of upper Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf station, and I bought $8 of self service premium gasoline at $3.199 a gallon for 2.50 gallons for 31 miles driving since last Saturday at 62,771 odometer miles for 12.4 miles per gallon driving this week.  I then returned home.  I used my folding cart that I brought with me to bring up my groceries, and I put them away.

Note: <888> 06/12/09 Friday 3:40 A.M..  Total of 41 bodies recovered from Air France 447 crash - CNN.com .  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Isolated thunderstorms today with a high of 78 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/09 Friday 2:50 A.M..  Of course if I went into Manhattan again, they would expect me to wear Adidas Country sneakers like I use to, but they do not have size 9.5 here adidas - Country 2 - Shoes , but they have lots other items on sale here adidas - Official Store for adidas shoes, clothing, Originals, and more .  Alas have plenty of dress shoes that I hardly ever wear along with a new pair of Reebok walking shoes and a new pair of Clark Bass Wegons along with many other pairs of shoes, so the last thing I need to do is buy a new pair of shoes.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/09 Friday 2:05 A.M..  Of course when a neighboring New York family discovered that I was half Dutch http://mikelouisscott.com/mlshpny-1992.JPG , I started putting on weight, and I began to look more like them.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/12/09 Friday 1:45 A.M..  If you look at Philadelphia Weather Data @ Franklin's Forecast .  If you look at February 26, 1990 http://www.fi.edu/weather/data2/1990.txt , it was 10 degrees Fahrenheit in Philadelphia, so more than likely it was on that day I visited the White House, and the temperature with the Wind Chill was probably zero degrees Fahrenheit in Washington D.C..   CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/09 Friday 1:30 A.M..  In the United States of America, we are really cheap.  They last time I was in Washington D.C. http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsdc.jpg when former President Bush #41 was in the White House, he was out of town in Argentina, and it was a zero degree Fahrenheit morning, when I started exploring around the area.  I still have that red and white umbrella, but it is now broken.  I gave one of my two turquoise jackets like I am wearing the picture to George Cary who is still thin.  It would be nice to get that thin again, but you have to remember in 1989, I was only about 40 years old, and I would still go out all night and chat with people and be on my feet all of the time, which was good exercise.  I even would go to discothèques late at night for a bit of exercise.  I have not been back in Washington D.C. since then, so they obviously do not need me anymore for observation in the New York City area, since I can not afford to drive to Manhattan and observe anymore.  From what I know they replaced me with a more dignified group of people who only know the right people, or should I say the parents of the kids that I used to hang out with.  I do recall, they had a rather ornate Steinway piano in the White House lobby on the north side or back side.  The White House is a traditional southern house which means the front faces the south to be warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.  I guess they think I bring cold weather down south, when I visit down south.  Washington D.C. is a timeless city, so it does not change very much, only the people that work there.  I did get a chance to see Scott circle, and most of the people seemed to be hanging out at DuPont circle.  Alas, since they help me pay my bills up here, I try to communicate, but they seem to think they know it all based on their educations, and I have a different experience, where I probably have seen a lot more people than most people in Washington D.C. having lived in the New York Metropolitan area since 1961.   The White House is not a very large house, so they have other office buildings in the area for other administrative functions.  About the only new thing I noticed in Washington D.C. was the new Canadian Embassy that I visited, and it was quite an impressive building facing the Capitol.  Needless to say on a zero degree morning, not many people were visiting the White House.  The east and west rooms were vacant, and they appeared to be undergoing cleaning.  The Van Buren tea room looked comfortable to sit down in, but there was a tall 6 foot 8 inch man that was wearing blue jeans with a star on his belt buckle looking like he was in charge to discourage loitering.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/09 Friday 12:35 A.M..  I ate 2/3rds of a 11.5 ounce can of Planter's mixed nuts along with some watered down passion punch.  I have to watch my snacking or I will get fatter again. 

Note: <888> 06/11/09 Thursday 10:55 P.M..  Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

Note: <888> 06/11/09 Thursday 9:45 P.M..  http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2009/06/11/qmb.bill.gates.g8.aid.cnn?iref=videosearch .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/09 Thursday 9:20 P.M..  I woke up at noon today.  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went to my regular 3 P.M. Thursday appointment which are suppose to end on Thursday July 9, 2009 because of budget cut backs.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and everyone was complaining about getting older.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with a couple of locals.  I stopped by CVS, and I chatted with a local about what I knew about Scandinavians and Germans.   I stopped by Ritz camera, and they are not going out of business.  I bought for 70% off two Maximo Football PC Web Cameras for $2.16 each for $4.32 subtotal and .26 tax for $4.58 total.  I then finished my walk.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a couple of staff members, and I read P.C. Magazine.  I looked at the new DVDs, but there was nothing I needed to check out.  I then returned home.  I picked up my mail.  I put the web cams to the left of the bedroom gigabyte computer.  I made and ate a sautéed London Broil 8 ounce burger with processed cheese  on a Kaiser roll with brown mustard and ketchup and sautéed onions along with my usual steamed vegetable mixture with olive oil and watered down passion punch.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/11/09 Thursday 1:30 A.M..  I ate two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I ordered 16.0 MEGA Pixel USB Web Cam Webcam PC Video Camera 16M - eBay (item 320360550876 end time Jun-14-09 06:15:59 PDT) for $13.99 with free shipping.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.   CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/09 Wednesday 11:20 P.M..  I chatted with a relative whose land line is out of order until tomorrow evening at 6 P.M..  The relative's cell phone still works.

I read the recent issues of computer and construction magazines.  I threw out about a foot high stack of them and other old magazines.  I chatted with a neighbor.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/09 Wednesday 8:55 P.M..  Stay Safe This Summer

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Note: <888> 06/10/09 Wednesday 6:55 P.M..  I finished updating the Northgate Syntax computer.  I shut it down.  I watched the www.abcnews.com evening news.  I will now make a three egg omelet with processed slices of cheese and grated and parmesan and Romano  cheese and five strips of fried bacon and a toasted English muffin with olive oil and watered down passion punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/10/09 Wednesday 6:00 P.M..  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with the Optimum service representative who paid a visit to the building.  I walked around the building, and I chatted with neighbors.  I chatted with the CCI representative.  I have not gotten any mail today, so I do not know if the mail arrived yet or not.  I am still installing updates on the Northgate Syntax computer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/10/09 Wednesday 4:05 P.M..  I ate a 9.5 ounce can of Planter's cashews bits and pieces before going to bed.  I woke up at 1 P.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  I installed the Windows Updates on all nine computers.  I am just waiting for the Northgate Syntax computer to finish installing its updates.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/10/09 Wednesday 12:15 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/09/09 Tuesday 11:35 P.M..  Almost out, today only  $50 Swiss Army Men's Military Watch - Classic Black Dial + Leather Strap!  The leather strap along is worth $30.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/09 Tuesday 10:00 P.M..  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  

Note: <888> 06/09/09 Tuesday 6:50 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/09 Tuesday 6:35 P.M..  I ate 80% of a 9 ounce can of CVS smoked almonds before going to bed after the last note.  I woke up at 11 A.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I surfed the internet briefly.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with www.cl-p.com , and they still have not gotten my electricity bill sorted out.  I waited for the mail.  My rent statement from the Greenwich Housing Authority arrived.  I went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I had about a 12% rent increase.  I then went to my appointment.  The Swedish flag was flying in front of the Greenwich Town Hall, so possibly some Swedish people are around.  I then sat out downtown, and I chatted with another regular who just got back from spending the winter in Montgomery, Alabama.  I said hello to Royal Caledonian Airlines relative.  I remembered when I camped out at Conyers Farm in the spring of 1975, just to west of the dam in a marshy bamboo grove area, we found the original mill stone from the mill that was once there.  I wander if anyone else ever found the mill stone and retrieved it to a more glamorous setting.  Mill stones are not light, so it would take a group effort.  I then drove the regular from downtown to the Greenwich Hospital to drop him off at the cafeteria for dinner.  I noticed at Peabody's garage, they seemed to have removed the Exxon gasoline pumps.  I then returned home.  I helped a neighbor drag out a carpet runner that was dirty from cat hairs and a toilet overflow.  I said hello to other neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/08/09 Monday 11:35 P.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow.  Two days ago, I ate two bowls of reduced fat Cheez-its.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/08/09 Monday 11:15 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I took the Creative Vibra web cam off the server, and I installed it on the Abit computer on both partitions, and I also installed its drivers and software.  I had to use three rubber bands strung together to mount it on top of the Abit computer LCD monitor, but it works just fine. I am now backing up the changes to the second hard drive.  I moved the Creative Live Web Cam from the Abit computer to the FIC server, and I installed its drivers and its software.  Now one can more easily use the web cam on the FIC server.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/08/09 Monday 8:05 P.M..  Ronald Reagan Father's Day Gifts

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Note: <888> 06/08/09 Monday 7:20 P.M..  The Benrus watch seems to be keeping time all right.  I chatted with a relative.  I got a survey call that I did not chat with.  I reheated the remaining linguine and tomato meat sauce which I put grated parmesan and Romano cheese on, and I ate it with a glass of watered down passion punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/08/09 Monday 5:50 P.M..  I woke up at 9 A.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I surfed the internet briefly.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  The mail arrived at about 2 P.M..

The Men's Timex Rubber Compass Sport Diver 18mm Watch Band - eBay (item 120364628173 end time Jun-15-09 12:21:02 PDT) for $5.99 with free shipping arrived.  My first issue of www.time.com magazine in the year's subscription also arrived.  The rent statement from the Greenwich Housing Authority has not arrived yet, so I can not pay my rent yet.  I went downtown, and I toured the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop, but they are closed on Mondays.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I showed them the picture of Prince Albert on my web site.  I think it might be Guy De Rothschild who looks distinguished in the picture.  I stopped by Ritz camera again.  They have a Samsung 8 megapixel 5X camera there for $86.99 half price.   I think it is like this refurbished one for $120 plus shipping Samsung S850B 8MP 2.5" LCD Screen Digital Camera Black - eBay (item 270398416644 end time Jun-26-09 16:52:07 PDT) , so the Ritz camera one is new and not refurbished.  SAMSUNG's Digital World - Digital Camera | STW-S850B .  It sells here refurbished for $84.99 Samsung S850B 8.0MP Digital Camera - Black , but I would imagine the Ritz camera one is new.

I finished my walk.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with someone from England.  I then returned home.  I put the new watch strap on the Benrus watch.  The Benrus watch costs about $20 at the old Grand Union grocery store at Christmas Time about 10 years ago, and it has a florescent dial which might be handy at night.  It now seems to running fine.  I am just checking it against the computer clock to make sure it keeps accurate time.   CIO  

Note: <888> 06/08/09 Monday 1:15 A.M..  I watches some television.  I no long seem to get some of the upper 700s channels that I used to get.   I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  With Swine flu around, one should remember what I read about a year ago which is, "A Computer Keyboard Can Be Dirtier Than a Toilet."  Thus somebody should invent some sort of spray like Lysol that one can spray on the keyboard and mouse occasionally to sanitize it.  I think if one used Lysol, it would be too sticky.  Of course washing one's hands frequently can help, particularly if one uses antibacterial soap.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/07/09 Sunday 11:55 P.M..  CTFLUWATCH: CT Towns with Confirmed Swine Flu Cases

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Note: <888> 06/07/09 Sunday 10:50 P.M..  After dinner, I threw out the garbage.  I found a package of Marlboros on the smoker's bench outside, and I left them outside the apartment of the tenant that probably lost them.  I drank a cup of Salada green tea with lemon juice and splenda sweetener. 

To preface my note last night that I had covered Manhattan for 20 years that is basically the truth.  I was mugged in Manhattan with a friend on July 4, 1993, so after 20 years of covering the city, I figured I was getting too old to cover the city at night, so I have only been into Manhattan about three times since then.  It turned out the mugger was not a serial killer, but it took the New York City police department 14 years to figure that out.

Needless to say I have had a lot of free time in the suburbs to watch the world go by and watch a new generation venturing into nearby Manhattan.  However, at my advanced age of 59, I do not think it would be to easy to find a free parking place in Manhattan and some place to go to for free to network with people.  Moreover, I do not want to risk my car which I need in the suburbs with all of the traffic in Manhattan.  Thus as far as I am concerned Manhattan does not really exist anymore.  Other than a few free meals, I was never paid for the twenty years that I covered Manhattan, so as far as I am concerned anyone from Manhattan that comes out here can cover this area for 20 years for free.  I think most of the people I knew probably moved away from Manhattan, since it is suppose to have gotten very expensive.  The one couple that I know for sure are still in Manhattan live in a 650 square foot apartment near the Metropolitan Museum of Art, so when they are in New York, I rely on them to tell me what is going on.  I no longer buy the New York Times or read it, and I just get their email and I read a few of their headlines.

Most of the people I see out here in the country seem to be too busy going back and forth to pay attention to anyone living out here.  They seem to come and go in massive waves two or three times a week.  Today there were not many people downtown in Greenwich today, but yesterday it was full of people.  I suppose there are quite a few people out here like myself whom seem to be able to live without Manhattan.  Nobody that I know there seems to know how to communicate, so they must all be lost in the Big City Life, and they are not interested in the viewpoint from the suburbs.  It is my viewpoint on a limited income that I live better and eat better out here, and I am more relaxed and less stressed out than the Manhattan people whom seem to think they know it all.

Unless one has a job in Manhattan, I do not feel for myself personally any need to go into Manhattan, since after 20 years of covering the city, I pretty much have seen most of it.

Greenwich, Connecticut is not the only suburb with modest size McMansions of various vintages.  If one were able to gain access to the Avery Architectural Library at Columbia University, one would find lots of books showing all sorts of modest size houses built in the New York Metropolitan area over the centuries. 

Thus having seen some of those books, it is my viewpoint the houses today are smaller than they use to be in the good old days, when New York City was a center of commerce.

I guess from what I am able to tell from my viewpoint, it is not relevant to those people trying to make a living in Manhattan and commuting to other suburbs which there are plenty of in the New York Metropolitan area.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/07/09 Sunday 7:55 P.M..  I woke up at 7 A.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went back to bed until 1 P.M..  I made my bed.  I chatted with a friend.  I watched a bit of television.  I ate two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I drove around Grass Island, and I viewed the Concours D'Elegance from a distance.  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 stopped by CVS, and I bought six 6.5 ounce tubes of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips for $1.50 each, two 3.25 ounce Old Spice High Endurance deodorant sticks for $2.99 each, and a CVS Red Cross travel kit for $2 less a $3 off $15 CVS internet coupon and .30 tax for $14.28 total.  I put the Red Cross travel kit in the passenger side front seat door pocket.  I finished my walk.  I saw a car with a family from Canada, so I guess people are traveling north this time of year.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 8 pack of Stop and Shop hot dog buns for $1.67, a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice for $3, two 16 ounce packages of Kraft white sliced cheese for $2.50 each, and two 16 ounce packages of Nathan's all beef hot dogs for $5.29 both, and a bulb of garlic for $2.99 a pound for .42 for $15.38 total.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I put away my groceries. 

I will now make a linguine and tomato meat sauce dinner with grated parmesan and Romano cheese which I will eat with watered down passion punch.  I will refrigerate half for tomorrow.  CIO     

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/06/09:

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 11:20 P.M..  I will now send out my weekly notes.   I will then shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 10:45 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 9:25 P.M..  RadioShack Weekly Ad

I chatted with a friend.

I chatted with a relative.

Normandy Invasion (European-United States history) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 6:40 P.M..  I found a note card at the Greenwich Post Office saying there will be "A Haydn Spectacular" with Eine Lkeine Nachmusik at Christ Church in Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 4 P.M. at 1415 Pelhamdale Avenue, Pelham Manor, New York with tickets $20 for more information see Christ Church Pelham Manor, New York .  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 6:10 P.M..  I was wandering if this picture would be Prince Rainier and Prince Albert of Monaco http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-picture-of-visitors-at-courchevel-1550-albertville-france-winter-olympics-1992.jpg .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 6:00 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  I went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I played a Fast Cash scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I stopped by CVS, and I picked up a prescription.  I stopped by Ritz camera, and they have various items for 50% to 80% off. I bought a Digital Camcorder Light and Slave Flash for $7.20 and .43 tax for $7.63 total.  I think I should be able to use it with my little digital camcorder.  I finished my walk, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts centers.  I sat out for a while.   There were a lot of people downtown on a nice day.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf Station, and I bought $10 of self service premium at $3.099 a gallon for 3.227 gallons for 36.6 miles driving since last Sunday at odometer reading of 62740 miles for 11.34 miles per gallon driving in local traffic this past week.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a package of eight hot dog rolls for $1.67, a dozen extra large eggs for $2.39 expire July 1, 2009; two five packs of Stop and Shop quarts of dried powdered milk for $5.59 each, a 8 ounce container of Parmesan and Romano grate cheese for $2.99, buy one get one free of Nathan's all beef franks 16 ounce packages for $5.29 both, fresh Chiquita bananas at .68 a pound for .85 for $24.37 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my groceries.  I put the strobe light on the right hallway bookcase shelf with some of my other photo items.  I will examine it sometime later, when I get a chance to use the digital video camera.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 2:30 P.M..  I put away the laundry.  I ate two tuna fish sandwiches with Pringles and a dill pickle slice and watered down passion punch.  The Philips Universal Learning Remote SRU4105WM/17 NEW SALE - eBay (item 180353395689 end time Jun-02-09 18:23:35 PDT)  for $1 and $9 shipping for $10 total arrived in the mail.  I programmed it for the bedroom televisions setup.  CBL turns on the Orion, and TV turns on the Panasonic that plays off the Orion.  I put the other one back in the living room, and I reprogrammed it the way it was before.  I put the Cablevision remote control by the primary Vista computer to play the Kworld setup.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go out.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 12:50 P.M..  Official: Missing plane sent 24 error messages - CNN.com  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/09 Saturday 12:20 P.M..  I woke up at 7 P.M. last night, and I chatted with a relative.  I ate two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I watched the second part of the NBC special on the White House.  I went back to bed at 11 P.M..  I woke up at 7 A.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went back to bed until 10 A.M..  I watched the D-Day ceremonies from France on www.foxnews.com .  I put clean linens on the bed.  I am doing two loads of laundry, and I have 50 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I threw out the garbage.  The mail is being put out now.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/05/09 Friday 3:40 P.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/05/09 Friday 2:20 P.M..  Microsoft Plans Hefty Patch Tuesday

Note: <888> 06/05/09 Friday 11:55 A.M..  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.

I called up http://www.pfaltzgraff.com/ about the order for four Richmond Park Rim Soup Bowl | Pfaltzgraff Bowls and Dinnerware , and the order is still being processed. 

Note: <888> 06/04/09 Thursday 11:45 P.M..  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Rain on Friday with a high of 60 degrees Fahrenheit.  I still have not received my rent statement from the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I have plans to go to Kennebunkport, Maine on July 10, 2009 to visit with relatives, but that might change depending on other relative's plans.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/04/09 Thursday 11:25 P.M..  I heard on www.foxnews.com this morning that $5,000 a night suites at the Waldorf Towers were being sold for $199 a night.  I called them up at 1-212-355-3000 The Waldorf=Astoria® , and they told me all of their rooms were the same size, and they cost $249 a night.  It sort of makes one think about how accurate the news is that we get off the television is.

Note: <888> 06/04/09 Thursday 8:55 P.M..  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I went back to bed until 10 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I surfed the internet.  I ate lunch of two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I went out a couple of times to check the mail.  I chatted with a relative.  I went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then returned home.  The order from Amazon.com: 16 PC Deluxe Watch Opener Tool Kit Repair Pin Remover: Watches for $11 and Amazon.com: Waterproof Watch Case Back Wrench Opener For Most Waterproof Watches: Everything Else for $6.25 for $17.25 total with free shipping arrived.  Also the order for seven cartons of King Mountain Ultra Lights 100s in a hard pack arrived from www.ordersmokesdirect.com .  I chatted with a relative.  I used the watch wrench opener, and I put a new 395 button battery in my Gruen watch that looks like a Rolex, but I only paid $40 for it at Caldors about 20 years ago.  I also put a new 377 button battery in my Benrus watch that I pried open with a small screw driver.  Thus all of my watches work.  I need to order a rubber watch band for the Benrus watch about 18 to 20 mm wide at the pins, since the Benrus watch band is broken.  I put the smaller watch repair tools in the watch wrench box.  I put the larger tools in a Zip lock bag, and I put them all to the right side of the bedroom Gigabyte computer.  I threw out the shipping boxes.  I chatted with a friend and two relatives. 

I put $25 more on my www.att.com/gophone .  I now have $88.77 left on it until September 2, 2009.

For the Benrus watch, I ordered Men's Timex Rubber Compass Sport Diver 18mm Watch Band - eBay (item 120364628173 end time Jun-15-09 12:21:02 PDT) for $5.99 with free shipping.

I will now make and eat the same three egg omelet with processed cheese and grated parmesan and Romano cheese and three strips of fried double thick bacon and a toasted English muffin with olive oil and a glass of watered down passion punch.  CIO        

Note: <888> 06/03/09 Wednesday 8:20 P.M..  I ate dinner of two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch.  I went out, and I went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription.  I sat out briefly downtown.  I then returned, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO    

Note: <888> 06/03/09 Wednesday 4:50 P.M..  I watched a bit of the movie "Ice Station Zebra".

I checked, the mail which has arrived, and I did not receive any mail.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/03/09 Wednesday 3:35 P.M..  I went downstairs, and the mail is still not here.  I chatted with neighbors.

Note: <888> 06/03/09 Wednesday 2:25 P.M..  More debris found from Air France plane crash - CNN.com

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Origin of Antarctic ice revealed  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/09 Wednesday 2:05 P.M..  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I gave the neighbor five cigarettes, since the neighbor was out of cigarettes.  One of the other neighbors had two rear flat tires, and the neighbor had just come from having his oil changed in Port Chester, so possibly there is some construction debris on the road.  I could hear heavy equipment drilling nearby down by the Port Chester border.  On Monday they had two EPA hazardous waste trucks at the People's Bank construction site at the bottom of Greenwich Avenue, I guess removing the old gasoline from the gas tanks that were still underground there from when it was a Gulf station before it became the Ronald Reagan and George Bush campaign headquarters in 1980.  In the old days, Greenwich use to be a fairly quiet town, until the Time magazine people living here gave everyone White House fever.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/09 Wednesday 11:55 A.M..  More debris found in Atlantic from Air France plane crash - CNN.com

I chatted with a tech person from Austin, Texas.

I am watching the dedication of the Ronald Reagan statue at www.cnn.com .  From my viewpoint, the Republicans have left town in Greenwich, Connecticut, and they have taken all of their money with them.

I will now make and eat the same dinner as yesterday.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/09 Wednesday 10:00 A.M..  Swine Flu - Greenwich Time .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/09 Wednesday 9:50 A.M..  After the last note, I watched the NBC special on the White House, and I went to bed at 10 P.M..  I woke up at 5 A.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out with my grocery cart, and I went by CVS.  I then sat out briefly downtown.  I then went by the Stop and Shop. 

I bought a 64 ounce container of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $3, a 12 ounce container of generic honey for $2.49, two 48 ounce containers of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $4.99 each, three Stop and Shop 64 ounce containers of Cranberry juice for $2.50 each, three Stop and Shop 64 ounce containers of Crangrape juice for $2.50 each, and Chiquita bananas for .68 a pound for $1.06 for $31.53 total.  I then returned home.  I brought up the groceries with my cart, and I put them away.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/02/09 Tuesday 7:25 P.M..  I did some http://mikelouisscott.com/bf.htm .

I played https://www.bigredgiveaway.com/returning_visitor.jsp with my game ticket, and I also put four of the game tickets stamps on the game card.

I ate lunch of two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down passion punch and a cup of Salada green tea with spenda and lemon juice.

I chatted with two relatives.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/09 Tuesday 4:25 P.M..  I posted some pictures of a few minor improvements in the apartment recently http://mikelouisscott.com/mls-apt-060209/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/09 Tuesday 3:20 P.M..  Reconnect with President Reagan Online

Microsoft Action Pack Subscription

Note: <888> 06/02/09 Tuesday 2:40 P.M..  I sautéed two boneless cut pork chops, which I ate with my usual vegetable mixture and watered down passion punch.  I threw out the garbage.  I tested the Kworld tuner device that the building custodian ordered on my system, but its power light does not come on, so it is defective.  He will have to send it back to Kworld for a replacement.  I gave him the information.  I picked up the mail.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/02/09 Tuesday 10:45 A.M..  I fiddled with the bedroom television setup, and I tried the Analog converter to Digital, but the tuner on the Panasonic television does not work with it, so there is definitely something wrong with the tuner.  Still it works fine with the patch cable setup from the Orion television.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/02/09 Tuesday 7:35 A.M..  I woke up at 4 A.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.

The Phillips Universal Remote Control that I bought from www.buy.com for $10 with free shipping is the model SRU4105WM/17.  I have it setup to work with the bedroom Panasonic television, and I just set up its SAT/Cable button to turn on and off the Orion television in the bedroom that controls the bedroom Panasonic television, so both can be controlled by the same remote control.  The original Panasonic remote control would cost about $50.

I ordered another Philips universal remote control SRU4105WM/17 Philips Universal Learning Remote SRU4105WM/17 NEW SALE - eBay (item 180353395689 end time Jun-02-09 18:23:35 PDT)  for $1 and $9 shipping for $10 total.  I will return the one in the bedroom back to the living room, when I get the new one, and I will program the new one for the bedroom televisions.  The one I have in the bedroom now is already programmed for the other stereo devices in the living room.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/01/09 Monday 7:35 P.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/01/09 Monday 7:10 P.M..  Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

The June 2009 issue of Software

I chatted with a friend.

Note: <888> 06/01/09 Monday 6:15 P.M..  I ate 85% of a 11.5 ounce can of Planter's mixed nuts with sea salt along with some watered down passion punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/01/09 Monday 5:20 P.M..  After I ate, I tried programming the Emerson jumbo universal remote control, but it would not work with the Cablevision Scientific Atlanta Digital cable box.  I packaged it back up, and I went downtown, and I returned it at CVS on Greenwich Avenue for $15.89 refund.  They have a Philips universal remote control there model #SRU3004/27 for $10.99, but I am not sure if that would work either.  The Emerson unit was three digits, and I think I need a four digit unit.  Actually, I can use my Sony television remote control and Cablevision remote control in the living room, and I can bring in the Philips four digit unit I am using with the bedroom Panasonic television in the living room to use on the Daewoo DVD/VCR and the Philips DVD carousel player.  If a similar Philips unit like I already have goes on sale again at buy.com for $10 with shipping I might get it.  I then sat out briefly downtown.  I then returned home.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/01/09 Monday 1:25 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, but they did not have English muffins.  I went by CVS at the Cos Cob shopping center, but they did not have English muffins.  I went by the Cos Cob hardware store, and their owner is from India.  I bought a 12 ounce bottle of Gumout fuel injector cleaner for $2.99, a six pack of plastic steel prong corn on the cob holders from Heuck Classics for $1.99, two Royal Pine automobile air fresheners for .99 each, a Heuck Classics real-a-peel apple corer and peeler for $3.99 and .66 tax for $11.61 total.  I viewed the clearance items in Radio Shack's store front.  I then went over to the Riverside Shopping Center to CVS, and they did not have English muffins.  I bought a Emerson smart jumbo universal remote control with luminescent touch pad controlling 8 devices for $14.99 and .90 tax for $15.89 total.  I then toured the Radio Shack at the Riverside Shopping center.  They have some clearance items there.  I then went by the A&P Fresh, and I bought three 12 packs of Thomas' English muffins for $1.88 for $5.64 total.  I got two game cards to play.  I then went by the Mobil Express car wash, and I used the windshield cleaner to clean off some bird droppings off the Audi.  I removed the Audi antenna, and I got it washed for $5.99.  I then towel dried a few wet spots, and I wiped the inside of the door jams, and I dusted the dashboard, and I shook out the front floor mats. I reinstalled the antenna.  Earlier at the Cos Cob shopping plaza, I had put the Gumout fuel injector in the Audi, and I hung the Christmas tree Royal Pine scent card off the clothes hook on the driver's side rear seat.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various places.  After my walk, I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a relative.  I will program the jumbo Emerson remote control for my living room devices later.  I put the corn on the cob holders in the center kitchen drawer, and I hung the apple peeler from the hanging rack in the kitchen.  I will put the spare scent card in the Audi glove box.  I ate an English muffin while I was downtown.  I will now make and eat a three egg omelet with processed cheese and grated parmesan and Romano cheese, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, and four strips of fried double thick bacon, which I will eat with a glass of watered down passion punch.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/01/09 Monday 7:05 A.M..  Air France Jet Carrying 228 Missing Over Atlantic - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News - FOXNews.com

Note: <888> 06/01/09 Monday 6:20 A.M..  Ivy Cup kicks off Greenwich polo season - Greenwich Time

Note: <888> 06/01/09 Monday 6:00 A.M..  I woke up  at 4 A.M..  For breakfast I ate a bowl of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a glass of 50% passion punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.

The National Hurricane Season begins today.

http://mikelouisscott.com/weather.htm

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

The way I figure it, the reason www.gm.com is going bankrupt is that everyone is cruising the Cyberhighway instead of driving cars.  I guess we should also replace the government in Washington D.C. with a Cybergovernment, which would probably save some money.  CIO