Note:<888>06/21/01 Thursday 1:10 P.M. EDT: I went out, and I stopped by the waterfront. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I went by Gateway Auto Supply, and I bought 4 feet of 1/2 inch emissions hose for $4 and two hose clamps for $1.30 for $5.30. I will put this on my car from the air filter to the clyander head breather when the weather is clear. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper and the Wall Street Journal. I then had my teeth cleaned and xrayed. I will go back in another month to see the dentist. I next stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Tropicana tangerine with calcium and ruby red with calcium for $2.50 each, Dawn dishwashing detergent $1.59, fresh green beans at $1.29 a pound for $1.43, 4 ears of corn for .40 each, two package of Louis Rich bun size turkey franks for $1.19 a package, eye round beef roast at $2.49 a pound for $6.82 for $18.90 total. I next stopped by the Arnold factory bakery outlet, and I bought 3 loaves of Healthnut bread and a 8 pack of hotdog buns for $3.56 total. I then returned home. I seasoned the eye round beef with garlic powder, ground black pepper, Italian spices, and oregano, and Master Choice barbeque sauce, and I cooked it in the convection oven at 325 degrees farenheit for 50 minutes. I then put it in a rubbermaid container to cool in the refrigerator. While cooking the beef, I had a cold Barq's rootbeer in a frosted mug, two hotdogs with buns and condiments, and ice tea. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:<888>06/21/01 Thursday 7:00 A.M. EDT: I rested and also watched a bit of TV thoughout the evening and morning. About 4 A.M., I had three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I just had some of the jell-o mixture. I have a 10:45 A.M. dental appointment. I will now clean up and go out for some daylight activity. CIO
Note:<888>06/20/01 Wednesday 9:10 P.M. EDT: I was awaken at 7 P.M. by the NOAA weather warning for a thunder storm. I turned off the computer. I had dinner of two fried boneless center cut pork chops with fried onions and steamed frozen brussels sprouts and ice tea. I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:<888>06/20/01 Wednesday 2:05 P.M. EDT: I slept until 5 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I watched morning news until 7 A.M., and then I slept until 1 P.M., when I got a telephone call. I just had some of the Jell-o mixture and ice tea. Since it is hot outside, I will continue to rest by the General Electric Profile 14,500 BTU air conditioner, I bought at Partridge and Rockwell last June 2000. CIO
Note:<888>06/20/01 Wednesday 1:10 A.M. EDT: I did a bit of computer maintenance. I upgraded the Apache server to 1.3.20. I upgraded Word 2000, Napster, MusicMatch, RealPlayer Basic to 8.0, and Creative Live MP3 Drivers. I deleted all Netscape browers. I ran Norton Disk Doctor, WinDoctor, SpeedDisk, and Antivirus and also WinOptimzer deluxe 99. I just finished all this. I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea for a meal. CIO
Note:<888>06/19/01 Tuesday 5:30 P.M. EDT: I was finally up at 4 P.M. today. I had one telephone call. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toasted French bread slices, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I watched a bit of the business news. CIO
Note:<888>06/19/01 Tuesday 1:05 A.M. EDT: I watched a bit of TV. I slept a short bit. I had some dry roasted peanuts and ice tea. Time for bed. CIO
Note:<888>06/18/01 Monday 9:15 P.M. EDT: I chatted with a relative. I installed Windows ME secrets. CIO
Note:<888>06/18/01 Monday 8:50 P.M. EDT: I had some dry roasted peanuts, and I finally fell asleep at 7 A.M.. I was up at 1 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, sliced French bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I had the building custodian check my kitchen light which some times fails to come on. It will be next week before a replacement is found. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by the library, and I checked out Windows ME secrets. I will install the Cdrom version shortly. I relaxed a bit. I had dinner of two fried boneless center cut pork chops with fried onions and steamed frozen peas and ice tea. I fried the chops in olive oil and "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" along with ground pepper, garlic powder, Italian spices, and oregano. I finished off the last bit of frying with a few dashes of Lea and Perrins worchestershire sauce and soy sauce. CIO
Note:<888>06/18/01 Monday 5:50 A.M. EDT: Well I relaxed a bit. Time for bed. CIO
Note:<888>06/18/01 Monday 3:40 A.M. EDT: I had the rest of the bottle of Perrier with orange juice and a couple of dashes of Angostora bitters. I channel surfed the TV, and I have been relaxing. CIO
Note:<888>06/18/01 Monday 2:20 A.M. EDT: I had a couple of hot dogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. CIO
Note:<888>06/18/01 Monday 1:30 A.M. EDT: The two loaves of French bread are cooling. I also took two packages of Jell-o sugar free sparkling wild berry, and I boiled 3/4 cup of water for each package, 1 1/2 cups total. I then put the Jell-o mixture in a two quart pyrex container and stired it with the boiling water two minutes. I opened a 15 oz. can of fruit cocktail, and I poured out the juice about 4 oz. , I added this and two cups of cold Perrier about 1 1/4 cups of colder liquid for each Jell-o package or 2 1/2 cups total cold liquid to the hot jell-o mixture and stirred and then added the fruit cocktail and mixed. I then stirred and chilled fifteen minutes, and I then stirred it gently five seconds. I then put the mixture in the refrigerator in the covered Pyrex bowl to set for at least four hours or until ready later today. CIO
Note:<888>06/18/01 Monday 12:10 A.M. EDT: I was up at 5 P.M.. I had three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I chatted with a relative and a friend. I found an older AudioVox cell phone disgarded in the dumpster when I was throwing out the garbage. I drove downtown, and I stopped by the waterfront. I sat downtown a while, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the Grand Union, and I bought S&S 16 oz. frozen green peas $1.59, 4 boneless center cut pork chops at $2.89 a pound for $3.85, and a 48 bag box of Lipton Green Tea for $1.99 for $7.43 total. I then returned home, and I watched TV. I had a dinner of the rest of the eye round beef, steamed corn on the cob and steamed frozen peas, and ice tea. I am now making two loaves of French bread. CIO
Note:<888>06/17/01 Sunday 7:05 A.M. EDT: I still have not fallen asleep. I had a can of French's Onion rings. CIO
Note:<888>06/17/01 Sunday 5:35 A.M. EDT: Well, I checked outside; and it is drizzling lightly. The morning crows were out. Off to bed. CIO
Note:<888>06/17/01 Sunday 5:15 A.M. EDT: I watched a bit of TV including a show about Haunted Scotland. The NOAA weather warning device keeps going off with warnings about heavy rain, but as usual inside; I don't hear any rain. Well time to start winding down for the day. CIO
Note:<888>06/17/01 Sunday 2:10 A.M. EDT: I went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat out for a while. I chatted with a local. I walked up to the top of the Avenue, and I sat out for a while. Somebody from Brazil asked me where there was a hotel in town, and I told the person in slow English about the Howard Johnsons and the Hyatt on east Putnam Avenue. I then walked down the Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I returned home, and I had microwave popcorn and a frosted Barq's rootbeer in a frosted mug. I watched a bit of TV. CIO
Note:<888>06/16/01 Saturday 9:10 P.M. EDT: I chatted with a couple of relatives. I had a couple of half inch slices of eye round beef with steamed corn on the cob and steamed fresh green beans along with ice tea. I guess I will clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:<888>06/16/01 Saturday 7:10 P.M. EDT: Today is Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday. I was up at 4 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, sliced French bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I am just finishing up the house cleaning and watering the plants. I did a C: drive to D: drive backup. CIO
Note:<888>06/16/01 Saturday 3:50 A.M. EDT: I had some of the pineapple mixture and some dry roasted peanuts. I skimmed the Microsoft book. I sifted though my email. Time to start possibly ending the day. CIO
Note:<888>06/16/01 Saturday 12:50 A.M. EDT: I went out, and I stopped by the Exxon gasoline and service station next to the Greenwich Library. I put the Valvoline fuel system cleaner in the gasoline tank of the Volvo. I then put in $10.45 of premium gasoline at $2.099 a gallon. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then sat out a while. I then walked up to the top of the Avenue, and I sat out briefly. I then walked down the Avenue. I drove by the waterfront. I returned home, and I watched a bit of TV. For dinner, I had four 1/4 inch slices of the cold eye round beef, steamed green beans, steamed corn on the cob, and ice tea. I then watched more TV. CIO
Note:<888>06/15/01 Friday 7:25 P.M. EDT: I was up at 4 P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then took the Valvoline Pyroil 3 container performance pack, and I used the spray can part of it to clean my 1976 Volvo 244 fuel injection linkage parts. The Volvo fuel injection system does not open up for air intake plates cleaning. Afther the linkage parts dried, I sprayed them with WD 40. I then used the vacuum intake home from distributor to suck up the contents of the internal combustion chamber cleaner from the bottle. I also used another vacuum hose from the emissions blower. I then cut off the ends of the air filter chamber hose to valve cover hose and reattached it. I need to replace that hose when I buy another one. I will add the fuel additive container to my fuel tank when I go out for gasoline in a little while. I watched the ABC evening news. I will now have a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and iced coffee before going out. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 06/15/01:
Note:<888>06/15/01 Friday 4:00 A.M. EDT: I have been foresaking any late night strolls in case any hazardous wildlife is still lurking in the area. I had some of the pineapple mixture along with some dry roasted peanuts and ice tea. Time to send out the weekly notes, and then call it a day. CIO
Note:<888>06/15/01 Friday 1:35 A.M. EDT: I was up at 1 P.M. yesterday. I had breakfast of oatmeal, sliced French bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop, and they have lots of bar glassware for .25 each. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich. I drove around Tod's Point. I returned to central Greenwich, and I stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $1.99 each half gallon, fresh green beans at $1.29 a pound for $1.17, 4 ears of corn $1.34 for $6.49 total. I then returned home, and I had a Barq's frosted rootbeer in a frosted mug. For dinner, I had three slices of cold eye round with Lea and Perrins worchestershire sauce, steamed corn on the cob, steamed fresh green beans, and iced coffee. I then drove over to Odd Job in Port Chester, New York, and I bought an IBM 6 outlet computer and modem surge protector for $4.99, a Coleman two light rechargeable power failure light and rechargeable flashlight combo for $9.99, a Valvoline Pyroil 3 container performance pack $1.99, two Zenith 6 foot cable TV cables .99 each with gold threads, and a can of Ajax cleaner .59 pluz $1.32 tax for $20.86 total. I stopped by the Port Chester, New York Bank of New York ATM, and I then toured Home Depot. They have Hampton 10,000 BTU air conditioners for $300. I then returned to downtown Greenwich, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with some locals. I gave on local a lift up the Avenue after driving down by the waterfront. I returned home. I then installed the IBM six outlet fixture on the center kitchen wall. I put one of the new 6 foot cables between the cable box and the VCR input for clearer reception. The old cable had been worked on by unknown parties with a spliced connector that I don't recall having installed. I then put the new Coleman rechargeable flash light on the right kitchen wall with the First Alert rechargeable and the Coleman emergency power light on the power strip on the bedroom bureau with the other First Alert rechargeable. Both First Alert rechargeable flashlights don't come on instantly, but they come on after being turned on a minute or two. Perhaps, they need new rechargeable batteries, but the First Alert rechargeable lights are five years old, and the rechargeable batteries two years old. Well time for a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. CIO