Note: <888> 07/31/08 Thursday 11:55 P.M.  I woke up at 4:30 A.M. today.  I went outside for a cigarette and to check the weather.  It looked promising.  I rested until 6 A.M..  I ate my usual Kennebunkport, Maine breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with butter, coffee with sugar and milk, and a 25% orange juice and 75% cold filtered water.  I cleaned up the kitchen. I made a turkey and cheese sandwich to go in a zip lock bag.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I took the linens off the bed and the bath towel, and I started a wash cycle with them.  I straightened up the bathroom.  I packed the car.  I said my goodbyes to one of my relatives.  I left my relative's house at 7:30 A.M..  I stopped at the Amtrak station in Wells, Maine.  I then got on the Maine turnpike south in Wells, and I paid a $1.75 toll, and on the New Hampshire turnpike I paid a $1.50 toll.  I took a pit stop at the Massachusetts welcome area.  I got on I-495 West.  I took another pit stop at the Lowell rest area.  I got on I-290 West, and then the Massachusetts turnpike west.  I stopped at the Charlton rest area.  I used the bathroom.  I ate my sandwich, and I drank some water from the water fountain.  I filled up the tank at the Gulf Oil pumps with $18 of self service premium at $4.279 a gallon for 4.286 gallons at 130.1 miles from the Kennebunkport fill up yesterday at odometer reading of 60778 for 30.3547 miles per gallon driving the speed limit of 65 miles per hour or slightly less.  I paid a 50 cent toll, when I got off the turnpike, and I got on I-84 West.  I took a pit stop at the Connecticut welcome center.  I then went west until I-91 South.  I got off on the Merritt Parkway or I-15 West.  I took a pit stop at the first rest area, and I called my relatives traveling north to Kennebunkport.  They were just arriving at my apartment in Greenwich to drop off another family car for another relative.  I called them at the next rest area, and they took a pit stop at my apartment without any problems and left the car.  I agreed to meet them at the Starbucks by High Ridge Road just south of the Merritt Parkway in Stamford, Connecticut, and I met up with them about a half hour later.  They gave my an automobile blue tooth device for the other car they left at my place.  I then continued back to Greenwich, and I went to the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went to the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $22 of self service premium $4.919 a gallon for 4.473 gallons at odometer reading 60909 and 261.4 miles from the fill up in Kennebunkport, Maine and 131.3 miles since the previous fill up for 29.3539 miles per gallon driving with the traffic at the speed limit.  I then returned home.  My mail for the past two weeks had been delivered in a large box outside my door that my relative placed in the apartment.  I brought up the carpets and they fit in just fine in my apartment.  I unpacked which took a while.  My relative had already started up the air conditioner.  I watered the plants.  The kitchen faucet is malfunctioning but still works, so I will have to call tomorrow to get if fixed.  I sorted out the mail.  I threw out some of the junk mail.  I got another $10 survey check.  I received a letter from a friend of http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm , who implied that Fred was living a reincarnated life from a previous existence.  The friend had served in the U.S. Navy as an air traffic controller in Montauk, Long Island.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I was told the Bushs are not throwing a fund raiser at Walker's Point, but they are just having another private family wedding.  I chatted with a fellow walker.  I was told by my neighbors that a long time neighbor had passed away, which I was sad to hear.  I microwaved and ate a 21 ounce Maria Callendar beef lasagna dinner with grated parmesan cheese and a glass of cold filter water.  I made up a fresh batch of passion punch.  I chatted with a friend for a while.  Two friends might be moving in across the street at Putnam Green.  I had a problem getting the server going, since the IP address had changed for some odd reason.  I printed out two copies of my Microsoft Money 2006 July 2008 income and spending report.  One copy I will mail to an interested relative.  I faxed the letter about Fred to a friend.  I will now work on posting my pictures from Kennebunkport, Maine

Note: <888> 07/31/08 Thursday 9:10 P.M.  I was back in Greenwich, Connecticut about 2 P.M. this afternoon.  More later.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/30/08 Wednesday 9:20 P.M.. After the last note, my relative and I ate cheese and dip and crackers with beverages. We went out to dinner at the Wayfarer restaurant in Cape Porpoise. For dinner, I ate roast turkey with dressing, mashed potatoes, green peas, mixed salad with vinaigrette dressing, rolls with butter and ice water. We then returned back to my relative's house. I have my luggage all packed. I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed around 10 P.M., and I will be up around 7 A.M., and I will leave for Greenwich, Connecticut around 9 A.M., and since I stop at every rest area along the way, it will take me 6 to 7 hours, so I figure I should be back around 4 P.M.. I will take a turkey and cheese sandwich with me to eat along the way. I have enjoyed my visit with relatives in Kennebunkport, Maine, and I am suppose to return again later in September 2008. CIO

Note: <888> 07/30/08 Wednesday 5:40 P.M.. After lunch, I went out with my relative. I went with my relative to a medical appointment in Biddeford, Maine. We then went by the Kennebunk, Maine department of motor vehicles, and I got two permanent handicap parking permits for my relative who is eligible. We then went by the Irvine Blue Canoe gasoline station, and we filled up my relative's car. We then went by the Kennebunkport post office. The order for four Maggi seasoning sauce, 6.7 oz bottle, available online from ImportFood.com for $4.89 each and $8.55 UPS ground shipping for $28.11 total arrived. My relative gave me one of the four bottles. I will use it for seasoning on the steamed rice back at home in Greenwich, Connecticut. We then went to my relative's house. I then checked my oil on the Audi, and I filled it up to the full mark on the dip stick with Pennzoil 10W40 oil that I keep in the rear right compartment of the Audi. I then went downtown to Kennebunkport to the Big Apple Mobil station, and I checked my tires all around for 34 PSI. I paid 75 cents to use the air machine. My right front tire was down to 30 PSI before I filled it up to 35 PSI. I put $17.03 of self service premium at $4.319 a gallon for 3.9436 gallons for 73.8 miles driving since this past Sunday at odometer reading of 60648 miles for 18.714 miles per gallon driving recently with most of the mileage taking my relative to the Portland, Maine airport and back. I then returned home. CIO

Note: <888> 07/30/08 Wednesday 12:45 P.M.. I woke up at 7 A.M.. I ate my usual breakfast. I watered the plants in front and back. I put water with liquid Schultz plant food on the hanging baskets in front and on the deck. I did a load of laundry. I showered, and I cleaned up. I took 158 pictures of the outside and the inside of the family house that I posted just for my relatives and a couple of friend to look at. I will eat a crab meat roll with potato chips shortly. I am bringing down tomorrow to Greenwich a carpet runner and a matching piece of carpet that my relative is not using to use at my apartment entrance. It is from the storage room in the basement, and it is the Home Depot carpet runners. CIO

Note: <888> 07/29/08 Tuesday 10:10 P.M.. I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 07/29/08 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.. World's Skin Cancer Hot Spots - Forbes.com

I went through my email. I watched some television with my relative.

The new black spot in on my right upper rear should. My relative said I should have it looked at, when I get back. CIO

Note: <888> 07/29/08 Tuesday 7:50 P.M.. I cleaned up the kitchen after dinner.

Note: <888> 07/29/08 Tuesday 6:40 P.M.. I went out with my relative after the last note. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We went by Bradbury's in Cape Purpose, and we got some Sun Light dishwashing detergent. They have a big white tent up at Walker's Point like they might be having a party soon. My relative said it is suppose to be a fund raiser. We then went by Sanborne's and we got some cracked crab, filet of haddock, and corn on the cob. They also have fresh halibut steaks today. We then returned back to my relative's house. I ate a turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a bit of orange juice with cold fresh filtered water. I put a new Brita water filter in the refrigerator water container today. I used the CD player remote control in the living room to set up the CD player, so it plays continuously. I took a nap. I went with my relative over to the Kennebunk beach for a while. We are going to sit out on the deck and have cheese and crackers with beverages, and for dinner, we are going to have baked haddock filet, with corn on the cob, and steamed fresh asparagus. I will eat my meal with my usual mixture of a little bit of orange juice with cold filtered water. CIO

Note: <888> 07/29/08 Tuesday 12:10 P.M.. For inexpensive emergency lighting, if you order three of these, you get free shipping Amazon.com: Intermatic Three-in-One Emergency Power Failure Light #PR3C: Home Improvement . CIO

Note: <888> 07/29/08 Tuesday 11:25 A.M.. Before going to bed, I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its with a 10% orange juice and 90% cold fresh filtered water. I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning. I emptied the two humidifiers downstairs last night before going to bed. I ate my usual breakfast. I cleaned up the kitchen. I brought back the garbage cans and the recycling container from the street to the garage. I checked the gutters above the deck to make sure they are clear of leaves and sticks. We looked for and found the green freshness plastic bags that my relative bought to keep fruit fresh. They sell a box of 10 large and 10 small bags at the Stop and Shop for $10. My relative gave me two of each. I showered, and I cleaned up. We have Job's plant spikes to put around the plum tree in front, but it says on the box to put them in the late fall or early spring, so I won't put them in now. I cut 15 daisies from the back garden to put on the kitchen counter in a vase with water. We chatted with a relative whom flew home yesterday, and the relative arrived safely, although the luggage was not delivered until this morning. CIO

Note: <888> 07/28/08 Monday 10:30 P.M.. Bill Gates: Looking Back, Moving Ahead

I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

CIO

Note: <888> 07/28/08 Monday 10:10 P.M.. We ate some crab meat with crackers with beverages. For dinner, I had a barbequed hamburger on a bun with ketchup and onion along with three slices of barbequed skirt steak and two ears of corn on the cob and a tossed green salad with vinaigrette dressing along with a glass of cold filtered water with a little bit of orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. I watched the television program about the British National Trust Hardwick House. We watched the Larry King interview with www.johnmccain.com . It reminded me I have a new small black spot on my left back shoulder that I have to get checked by the dermatologist when I get back to the Greenwich. I chatted with a relative. Earlier I put out all of the garbage, and the recycle materials on the street. CIO

Note: <888> 07/28/08 Monday 5:40 P.M.. After the last note, I went out with my relative, we went by the Kennebunkport post office, and we then went by the candle store in Kennebunk, and we mailed the old cable box with the prepaid slip back to Time Warner. I then went by the ACE hardware store. They have two small emergency night light type fixtures for $14.99 each if the power went off a small night light comes on, but my relative does not need them. We then went by the Stop and Shop. The Stop and Shop gives one 5 cents for each plastic bag one reuses. We then returned back to my relative's house. I took a nap from 2:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.. We watched some of the high definition television channels. We now get the Food Channel. My relative has arrived at her airport in Texas according to tracking. CIO

Note: <888> 07/28/08 Monday 12:35 P.M.. UPS delivered the Time Warner Digital High Definition Cable box. I hooked it up with the coaxial cable to the Toshiba television in the library, and I called them up to activate it. It works just fine, and the high definition channels now come in on the system. They are in the 700 numbers. I have the old cable box with its power cord and remote control packaged to return at the UPS store. I ate a turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips and cold filtered watered with a little bit of orange juice. CIO

Note: <888> 07/28/08 Monday 9:55 A.M.. We ate cheese and crackers with beverages after the last note. For dinner, we ate crab meat rolls with corn on the cob and the rest of the zucchini casserole with cold filtered water. I cleaned up the kitchen. We watched the DVD move "Let's Dance", and the electricity went off briefly, and we started the movie where it cut off. I went to bed about 10:30 P.M.. I was awake at 5:30 A.M.. I ate my usual breakfast. I showered, and I cleaned up. I loaded my relative's luggage into the Audi. We left about 7:15 A.M.. I dropped my relative off at the Portland, Maine Jetport about 8 A.M.. I returned back to my relative's house. I paid 60 cents in tolls each way on I-95 from Biddeford to the Jetport and back. I stopped by Wendy's on the way back in Biddeford to go to the bathroom, but they do not open until 10 A.M., so I had to go in the bushes. I called my relative at her house to see if she needed anything from Wal-Mart, but it was not necessary. I returned back to my relative's about 9 A.M.. I transplanted the yellow lily from the pot in front of the house to the rear railroad tie boxed in garden. I left the plastic terracotta pot and tray underneath the deck for reuse. I started a load of laundry. The other house keeper is here. I emptied the bunk room bathroom garbage can. I swept off the rear deck and its storm debris. UPS might deliver the Digital Cable box from Time Warner today, so if it arrives, I will install it. I have to sign for it, so I should be here this afternoon in case it arrives. I can return the analog box via UPS. I think there is a UPS drop center at the Candle Shop at shopping center near the Blue Canoe Irvine gasoline station in Kennebunk. President Bush www.whitehouse.gov is suppose to visit with his parents in Kennebunkport, Maine from this Thursday through the weekend. According to the local news, the expect antiwar protestors. I am leaving Thursday morning, so I will not be here at the same time. I also put the garbage on the street and the recycle material to be picked up Tuesday morning. CIO

Note: <888> 07/27/08 Sunday 4:50 P.M.. I woke up at 11 A.M. this morning. I ate my usual breakfast. I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out with a relative in my Audi, and we went by the Blue Canoe Irvine gasoline station in Kennebunk, Maine. I bought $27 of self service premium unleaded gasoline for $4.099 a gallon for 6.587 gallons for 102.8 miles driving in the Audi since Tuesday July 15 at odometer reading of 60574 miles for 15.607 miles per gallon driving mostly back country roads. Gasoline is down a quarter a gallon this week at the Blue Canoe Irvine gasoline station. We then went by the Wallingford plant nursery in Kennebunk, and my relative bought two pink orange dahlia plants for $20 each and two 12 inch diameter plastic terracotta color trays for $4 each for about $48 total. We then went by the Kennebunk Stop and Shop, and we got some more groceries. We then went by the Sandborns vegetable and seafood market in Kennebunkport, Maine, and we got some picked cracked crab and blue berries. We then returned to my relatives house. We put the two pink orange dahlia plants on either side of front porch entrance. They look quite nice. I ate a turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a glass of 20% orange juice and 80% cold filtered water. I chatted with my relative. I can hear thunder off in the distance to the west. I have to be up at 6 A.M. tomorrow to get one of my relatives to the Portland, Maine jetport by 9 A.M. for a 10:20 A.M. flight. I will drive my relative in the Audi. As my plans stand now, I will return back to Greenwich, Connecticut on Thursday July 31, 2008, and other relatives will be arriving here the same day. Another relative has to pick up another relative's car in Greenwich being left that day for transport back up here. CIO

Note: <888> 07/26/08 Saturday 11:15 P.M.. I rested until 6 P.M.. I sat out on the deck for a while with one of my relatives. I changed my clothes. I went out with one of my relatives, and we drove along the Kennebunkport shore line, and we drove over to the Ramp in Cape Purpose. We had an hour wait for a table, and we waited for two of my relative's friends to show up. I had dinner of an eight ounce hamburger with French fries, and when I returned home, I ate the other half of my relative's pulled pork sandwich. I tipped the valet parker $3 for parking my Audi. We returned home about 10:30 P.M., and I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO

Note: <888> 07/26/08 Saturday 2:50 P.M.. After the last note, I ate a bowl of Cheez-its party mix with a mixture of a little bit of orange juice and water. I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning. I ate my usual breakfast. I cleaned up the kitchen. I fertilized with Miracle Gro fertilizer the plants underneath the kitchen window, the honey suckle in front, and the flowers in the rear planter box. The regular yard person cut the grass, and the regular house keeper were here. I showered, and I cleaned up. We went downtown by the Kennebunkport post office. We then drove west along the Kennebunk beach to the western end, and then we drove along the Kennebunkport coast line as far as Cape Porpoise. We then stopped by Sandborns, and we got some crab meat and fresh Maine blue berries. We then returned to my relative's house. For lunch we had crab meat rolls with potato chips and I also had a cold filtered water with a little bit of orange juice and the last piece of three berry pie. We ate outside on the deck. CIO

Note: <888> 07/25/08 Friday 10:30 P.M.. I ordered four Maggi seasoning sauce, 6.7 oz bottle, available online from ImportFood.com for $4.89 each and $8.55 UPS ground shipping for $28.11 total to be delivered to my relative in Maine. CIO

Note: <888> 07/25/08 Friday 10:05 P.M.. We sat outside on the deck, and we ate cheese and crackers and dip and beverages. We had dinner of baked haddock with zucchini casserole and corn on the cob with cold filtered water. I cleaned up the kitchen. We watched the third DVD of the HBO John Adams series. I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 07/25/08 Friday 4:55 P.M.. I cleaned up the dishes in the kitchen. I swept off the rear deck and dumped the water off the side tables. It looks to be a nice evening for some outside deck activity. My relative also when we went out got a piece of fish at the Lobster pool. CIO

Note: <888> 07/25/08 Friday 4:00 P.M.. I ate a bowl of Cheez-its Party mix before going to bed. I woke up at 9:30 A.M.. I ate my usual breakfast. I showered, and I cleaned up. I did a load of laundry, and I also washed and dried my bed's sheets, so the bed has clean linens on it. I clipped the ends off two vases of carnations, and I put fresh water in the vases, so the carnations are still blooming. I cut 14 daisies in back, and I put them in a vase on the island counter in the kitchen. I emptied the two humidifiers downstairs which I do every day while here. I went out with my relatives, and we got groceries at the Stop and Shop in Kennebunk, Maine. I also brought back the bottles and cans for the recycling machines and deposit returns. We then went to the Blue Canoe Irvine gasoline station, and we filled up my relative's car. We then returned home. I ate a turkey and Munster cheese sandwich with potato chips and a 25% orange juice and 75% cold filtered water. My relative is making a zucchini casserole for dinner. I have to clean up the dishes shortly from the preparation. CIO

Note: <888> 07/24/08 Thursday 10:10 P.M.. We ate blueberry pancakes with bacon and a piece of three berry pie for dinner with cold filtered water. We cleaned up the kitchen. We then watched the second part of the John Adams DVD series. I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed soon. Have a good night. CIO

Note: <888> 07/24/08 Thursday 6:10 P.M.. This is the manual for the Radio Shack 5-in-one universal remote control in the bunk room http://support.radioshack.com/support_video/doc70/70588.pdf . I printed it out, and left it on the Proscan television, but one can not get the channel button to go up and down, but one has to enter each of the lower 12 of 13 channel it get individually. I guess one needs a cable box for it. We ordered a Digitial Cable box for free for the Library Toshiba television, so we can get the upper channels with Timer Warner Cable. Presently with the analog box, we only get 188 and below.

Tornado Watch in this area until 7 P.M.. National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary .

My relatives are awake, and we are going to have blueberry pancakes for dinner. CIO

Note: <888> 07/24/08 Thursday 3:50 P.M.. Microsoft's Online Chief Signs Off

http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/24/briefing-asia-midday-markets-equity-cx_jb_0724markets2.html?partner=alerts

CIO

Note: <888> 07/24/08 Thursday 3:25 P.M.. My one relative returned. I went downtown with my other relative, and we went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then went by Port Lobster in the lower village. We then returned home. I barbequed two hotdogs for lunch which I ate with grilled toasted buns and Dijon mustard and onions and potato chips and cold filtered water with a small bit of orange juice. I read part of the New York Times. We had bad weather with a lot of rain and tornado warnings come through the area. We watched the warnings on the local television. The rain for York County where we are is suppose to be over, but the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine National Weather Service Forecast Office - Portland-Gray,Maine issued a warning until 5 P.M. National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary . I went downstairs with my relatives to the bunk room to ride out the storm until a little while ago. The other relatives are now resting. I cooked a sausage on the grill for another relative which relative ate it with a grilled bun. CIO

Note: <888> 07/24/08 Thursday 11:40 A.M.. After the last note, I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its with a mixture of a little bit orange juice and cold filtered water. I woke up at 10 A.M.. I ate my usual breakfast. I cleaned up the kitchen and emptied the dishwasher. I cleaned the pine straw off the driveway with the leaf blower. I showered, and I cleaned up. CIO

Note: <888> 07/23/08 Wednesday 10:30 P.M.. I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer. Its CMOS date is the year 2000, so it is over seven years old, but it works well enough for my needs in Kennebunkport. CIO

Note: <888> 07/23/08 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.. I woke up at 6 P.M. from my nap. Our guests arrived at 6:30 P.M.. We had beverages and dip and crackers. For dinner, we ate cordon bleu chicken, corn on the cob with butter, and tossed salad with dressing, and three berry pie, and a glass of water. I cleaned up the kitchen. Our guest left. I watched a bit of television. I will now go through my email. I changed the CMOS setting on the IBM Netvista computer, so it starts up faster. CIO

Note: <888> 07/23/08 Wednesday 3:25 P.M.. I showered, and I cleaned up. My relatives, and I went out. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then went by the Blue Canoe Irvine gasoline station in Kennebunk, and my relative filled up their car. We then drove down I-95 to the New Hampshire liquor store, and my relative got some beverages. One of my relative and I each got a New Hampshire Powerball lottery ticket due to end at midnight this Saturday. We then went to the Kittery Mall. My relatives went to a woman's shop, and I went by the Black and Decker outlet. I bought two microwave covers for $2.49 each plus tax. Cambridge Sound no long has an outlet. We then stopped by a Farm Stand, and got some corn on the cob in York. We then drove back up I-95 to Kennebunk, and my relative got a homemade three berry pie. We then went back by the Kennebunkport post office. We then returned to my relative's house. I put away the purchases, and I put one of the microwave covers in the rear of the Audi for me to take home. I ate half of a burrito that my relative had bought with an orange juice and water mixture. I will now take a nap. We have guests for dinner at 6:30 P.M.. CIO

Note: <888> 07/23/08 Wednesday 9:45 A.M.. I uninstalled Norton Internet Firewall 2003 on the IBM Netvista, and I am using the XP firewall, so the system runs a little bit faster. CIO

Note: <888> 07/23/08 Wednesday 8:25 A.M.. I also had two ears of corn on the cob with butter with dinner. I watched a DVD with my relative about Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. When I lived at 700 Steamboat Road when I first returned to Greenwich, Connecticut 24 years ago, Cady Stanton's granddaughter Rhoda Jenkins was my landlady. I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its. I went to bed about 11 P.M.. I was awake at 7 A.M.. I ate my usual breakfast. The telephone still causes the wireless internet connection on the IBM Netvista to disconnect. I ran "msconfig" , and I unchecked all of the startup programs, so Norton Internet Security does not run, and I am using the XP firewall. Thus the IBM Netvista computer is running a bit faster. CIO

Note: <888> 07/22/08 Tuesday 6:55 P.M.. I dropped a relative off at another location.

For dinner, I am going to have two barbequed hamburgers on the grill with buns toasted on the grill with a slice of onion on each with ketchup and potato chips and a glass 25% orange juice and 75% cold filtered water. When my relative gets back later on this evening, we are going to watch the second part of three of the John Quincy Adams DVD series. Unless the weather changes, today is suppose to be the last clear and sunny day until July 31, 2008. CIO

Note: <888> 07/22/08 Tuesday 5:55 P.M.. I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its after the last note. I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning. I ate my usual breakfast, and I cleaned up the kitchen. I cut a dozen daisies from the back yard, and I put them in a vase. I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out with my relative. We went by the Kennebunkport drug store downtown, and I bought a pair of ear buds for $2.99 plus tax for my relative's Amazon book tablet. Thus the IBM Netvista has the Net2Phone headset back on it. We went by the Kennebunk hardware store, and I bought two cartons of Molex mole poison for $8.99 each plus tax. We went by Keys to the Kitchen, but they do not carry Maggi liquid seasoning. We drove along the Kennebunk beach. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then returned to my relative's house. I put about a 1/3rd a cup of the mole poison down each of five wood chuck holes, and I covered them with dirt. I went out with a relative, and we went by Abacus downtown, the Canvas shop and the store next to it. We then stopped by the Lower Village Lobster Pound. I returned my relative home. I then went by the Kennebunkport Library, but one can not send a fax from there. I then went by the Ocean Exposure photography shop, and I sent a fax from there. It is $2 for the first page, and a dollar for each additional page. They sell one gigabyte Kingston SD memory cards there for $18 plus tax. I then returned back to my relative's house. I used the power blower, and I cleaned out the garage floor and the driveway. I ate a ham, chicken, and cheese sandwich with potato chips with a small bit of orange juice and cold filtered water. I showed my relative some pictures off the internet. I chatted with a relative about the fact that the internet seems to disconnect when the telephone rings. All I can figure out is possibly the cordless telephone interferes with the wireless internet. CIO

Note: <888> 07/21/08 Monday 10:35 P.M.. I will now shut down the primary IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 07/21/08 Monday 10:05 P.M.. We watched the A.B.C. evening news. They showed former President Bush with John McCain at Walker's Point this morning. We had dinner of baked breaded haddock, corn on the cob and a tossed green salad, and I also drank a glass of 25% orange juice with 75% cold filtered water. We watched the first of the three DVD movie set on John Quincy Adams the cousin of Sam Adams who makes Bean Town's most popular beer. While I was outside having a cigarette, I checked out the hoot owl sound that my relative had heard. There are three hoot owls lingering in the trees around the house. One in the front yard to the east, one on the side to the south, and one in the rear to the west. We also have four wood chuck holes in the lawn around the house. My relative plans to get something from the hardware store that will gas the wood chucks and hopefully they will depart for another neighborhood. Today at the Kennebunk, Maine Stop and Shop, we also bought a round toilet brush with receptacle for $6.99 plus tax, and I put it in the downstairs bunkroom bathroom. I folded the laundry, and I put it away. The downstairs guest bedroom now has clean sheets and towels.

Women's field coat 66% off Country Field Jacket: Casual Coats and Jackets at L.L.Bean and possibly still free shipping with coupon code "7479770" . CIO

There is hurricane activity on the Texas border with Mexico

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

Note: <888> 07/21/08 Monday 6:10 P.M.. www.ctgop.org .

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWM1ZmQ1NjcxYzE2ZWY2OWZiMmVlMzQ5ODI5ZjUwM2I

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/260825/Ernest-Hemingway CIO

Note: <888> 07/21/08 Monday 5:50 P.M.. I chatted with my relatives. I gave my relative the Net2Phone headset from the IBM Netvista to use with the Amazon book tablet that my relative has to use to listen with headphones. I filled the bird feeder all three stages in the front yard. I spread a 2 pound bag of Scott's patch rapid grow grass seed around various bare spots in the lawn. I will now go through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 07/21/08 Monday 4:00 P.M.. After the last note, I helped my relative bake a meat loaf, and I watched television. I changed my clothes, and we all went out at 5:45 P.M.. We picked up a neighbor, and we all went to a nearby Yacht Club for a pot luck supper. I chatted with a few other residents. One resident had attended www.lfc.edu when Richard Widmark taught acting there. I always liked his movie the Bedford Incident. I ate some meat loaf, potato salad, and tomato salad with a glass of ice water. We dropped the neighbor off, and we returned back to my relative's house. We watched a DVD movie "Eastern Promises" about the Russian mafia in London, and it seemed quite violent. I normally do not watch many movies. A relative sent a fax, so the Samsung fax definitely works. I ate a bowl of Cheez-its party mix. I have been occasionally eating oatmeal cookies. I emptied the dish washer. I went to bed about 11 P.M.. I woke up at 7 A.M., and I brought the New York Times into the house. I went back to bed until 9:30 A.M.. I ate my usual breakfast. I cleaned up the kitchen. I went out with my relatives without cleaning up. They were setting up for a http://www.johnmccain.com/appearence at the Kennebunkport Maine Hotel, The Nonantum Resort Hotel, Inn, Resort ME . We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then went by the Stop and Shop in Kennebunk. We then went by Hanneford's market in Kennebunk. We were looking for Maggi liquid seasoning, but neither store had it. We then went by a nursery, and we got a white floss plant. We then went back by the Kennebunkport post office. When we returned on Ocean Boulevard, the Maine State Police had the road blocked in front of the Nonantum. We detoured around. We went to Chic's lobster pound and got some haddock. We then returned back to my relative's house. I noticed there was a sign that pedestrians could not walk by the Nonantum house, so I was not able to go over there and take pictures. I then planted the white floss plant in the back yard in the garden box. I ate chicken salad for lunch with potato chips and cold water ice water. I put the garbage out on the street for tomorrow's pickup along with the bags of plant trimmings. I showered, and I cleaned up. I chatted with a friend. It is very hot in Sea Island, Georgia and Amelia Island, Georgia. Apparently the Greenwich, Connecticut sidewalk sales were last week. I started a load of laundry. The IBM Netvista USB mouse seems to have malfunctioned, so I put a spare Dell USB mouse on the IBM Netvista system. CIO

Note: <888> 07/20/08 Sunday 4:00 P.M.. I installed the latest version of www.java.com on the IBM Netvista, and I set Internet Explorer to its defaults, but Yahoo Mail will not work on it, and neither did AOL mail two days ago, so I guess there is not enough memory to run it. The older IBM Netvista only has 256 megs of memory running XP Professional with a 400 MHz processor, so it is limited to what it can do. CIO

Note: <888> 07/20/08 Sunday 3:10 P.M.. I went out with one of my relative's and we went to Cape Purpose. We then went by Bradbury's market and we got a couple of grocery items. We then returned home. CIO

Note: <888> 07/20/08 Sunday 1:35 P.M.. I woke up at 11 A.M. this morning. I ate my usual breakfast. I chatted with relatives, and I watched the British Open golf tournament on television. Downstairs on the IBM Netvista computer, I put in a new black Epson ink cartridge in the Epson Stylus C60 printer, so it now works just fine in black and color, and both ink cartridges are full. I showered, and I cleaned up. I chatted with a friend. There is an article in the Sunday New York Times about the Frick Museum. CIO

Note: <888> 07/19/08 Saturday 10:30 P.M.. I slept from 3 P.M. to 5 P.M.. I chatted with relatives. We watched the evening news and ate cheese and crackers. For dinner, I ate two salmon cakes with two ears of corn on the cob with butter and sautéed zucchini and onions and a glass of a small amount of orange juice with cold filtered water. I tied up a plant in the back yard planter box. I read some magazines, and I chatted with relatives. I used Free Fax • Free Internet Faxing , and I sent two free faxes to the Samsung all purpose machine at this location. It seems the best way to do it, is to have the Samsung set on five rings, but the telephone answering machine will pick up after four rings, so one has to turn off the telephone answering machine to receive a fax after five rings. I chatted with my relatives. I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed in a little while. CIO

Note: <888> 07/19/08 Saturday 2:25 P.M.. I hung a new Christmas tree pine scent card on the driver's side rear hook of the Audi. I went downtown with two of my relatives. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then drove along west along the Kennebunk beach to the end of it. We then drove back east. We then drove as far north of just south of Kennebunk, and we went to the small General Store on the south side of town, and we bought some Progresso Italian bread crumbs. We then took the back road by the boat builder's school and along the golf course back to my relative's house. I used rose fertilizer to fertilize the two small rose bushes at the southeast corner of the house, and then I watered them. Earlier, I put the new hose shut off valve on the front hose. We had crab meat on hotdog rolls for lunch with potato chips, and I also drank about 1/4th cold orange juice with 3/4th cold filtered water. I used the Black and Deck dust buster to spot clean some small amount of debris on the carpets. We ate our lunch on the deck. I will now go through my email. We have the two air conditioners going in the house, since it is suppose to be hot today. I have been emptying the two dehumidifiers in the two downstairs bedrooms on a daily basis. I will now go through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 07/19/08 Saturday 11:20 A.M.. After the last note for lunch, I ate a couple of hotdogs barbequed on the grill along with potato salad and cold filtered water with a little bit of orange juice. I put away the laundry. I went out, and I went by the Blue Canoe Irvine gasoline station in Kennebunk, and I put $28 of self service premium gasoline in the Audi at $4.299 for 6.512 gallons at odometer reading of 60471 at 169 miles since the Mass. rest area at 26.8 miles per gallon. I also got the Blue Rhino gas tank for the grill replaced for $23.09. and I also had the Audi washed for $7. I checked the oil on the Audi, and I put a half quart of Pennzoil in the Audi to fill it up. I then returned to my relative's house. I installed the new grill gas tank. It started to rain. Later on we all went for a drive by Goose Rocks beach and Biddeford Pool. We stopped by a Gold??? general store and restaurant friends of a relative's manage. We then returned home before it rained more. For dinner we ate baked salmon and corn on the cob with butter. I cleaned up the kitchen. We watched television. I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its. I went to bed about 10:30 P.M.. I woke up at 9:30 A.M.. Our guest from Florida had left earlier. I ate my usual breakfast. I used the power blower to clean off the driveway and the front porch and walk. I swept off the rear deck. I transplanted the begonia that we bought on Wednesday at Flaherty's farm outlet in South Portland, Maine, and it is now with the other one on the right side of the garage. I tied it up with stakes. I will now shower and clean up, and I will get ready to go out. CIO

Note: <888> 07/18/08 Friday 12:55 P.M.. I woke up yesterday at 7:30 A.M.. I ate the same breakfast as the last two days. I showered, and I cleaned up. I went downtown with my relative, and I took pictures while my relative did an errand. I walked over to the Keys to the Kitchen, I bought a my relative a silicone splatter guard 10.5 inches in diameter for $15.23. It is used in the microwave oven on a bowl to cook oatmeal. We then drove up to the South Portland, Maine Volkswagen, and we returned the rental car, and we picked up my relative's Passat. There was no charge for the recall work. We then went to Wendy's at the Maine Mall, and I ate a double cheeseburger, with French fries and small iced tea. We then picked my other relative up at the Portland, Maine airport. We then went by www.samsclub.com and we bought some groceries. We then returned back to my relative's house and the other guest from Florida had arrived. We unloaded the groceries. I set up the outside deck for dinner. We all had cheese and crackers and beverages on the deck. We had dinner of a roasted chicken, spare ribs, and salad. We watched part of movie about Katie Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. I went to bed about 11 P.M.. I was up at 10:30 A.M. this morning. I ate the same breakfast. My relatives and guest went out. I uploaded the recent pictures. I showered, and I cleaned up. I chatted with two relatives. I am doing a load of laundry. CIO

****Note: <888> 07/18/08 Friday 12:45 P.M...

Note: <888> 07/16/08 Wednesday 11:15 P.M.. I chatted with my relative for a while. Apparently the New York Times Editorial section in today's paper covered this story Tesei orders Wiffle ball field shut down - Greenwich Time .

Alaska Volcano Observatory - Okmok - Eruption Page

GOP.com

Defense Department procures supercomputer for Naval Oceanographic Office Major Shared Resource Center

IBM TV

I received email from a relative, but the IBM Netvista system using my "mail.optonline.net" server does not let me send out outgoing email, so possibly I could use www.hotmail.com .

I will now shut down the IBM Netvista, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 07/16/08 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.. I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning. I ate the same breakfast as yesterday. I made my bed, and I showered, and I cleaned up. At 9 A.M. I drove up with my relative to the Volkswagen dealership in South Portland, Maine, and my relative is having their car serviced. They gave up a loaner Toyota Celica, which we will return to tomorrow, when we pick up the car, and pick up another relative at the Portland airport. We then went to Marshall's department store. I toured the Tuesday's outlet store while waiting. I chatted with a retired www.navy.mil pilot. I then went with my relative, and we went to Uno's for lunch. I ate a deep dish vegetarian pizza with a tossed salad with blue cheese dressing and a glass of water. We then stopped by a medical office, so my relative can get the form filled out right for a handicap parking permit. We then returned to my relative's house, and I took a nap until 4:30 P.M.. We then went by the Kennebunkport post office. We drove along the Kennebunkport waterfront and looked at another former neighborhood. We then returned back to my relative's house. I watered the plants in the front and the rear of the house. I sat out on the deck with my relative, and we enjoyed the sunset eating cheese and crackers with a beverage of cold filtered water and orange juice. I then barbequed on the outside gas grill a steak and a hamburger. I ate the steak with a tossed green salad and potato salad. I cleaned up the kitchen. We have to pick up my other relative tomorrow afternoon at the Portland airport. I chatted with that relative once today. We have another house guest tomorrow from Palm Beach, Florida. I chatted with a fellow walker from Greenwich, Connecticut. CIO

Note: <888> 07/15/08 Tuesday 11:00 P.M.. I chatted with my relative. I drove my relative over to the Wayfarer restaurant in Cape Purpose, Maine, and then I took pictures of Walker's Point, St. Anne's, and the Colony Beach. I chatted with someone from Lake, Florida. I then returned to my relative's house, and I made a chef's salad out of spinach, cold sliced turkey, sliced English cucumber, cherry tomatoes, quarter sliced lengthwise baby carrots, chopped onion, avocado dip, and feta cheese with some sort of Asian type dressing. My relative arrived home. I chatted with other relatives. I ate the chef's salad with a glass of cold filtered water. I uploaded the pictures. I chatted with my relative and another relative.

Dow Slips Below 11,000 - Forbes.com

I will now shut down the IBM Netvista computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have to be up at 7 A.M., so my relative can take her Volkswagon Passat to be service at 10 A.M. tomorrow. CIO

Note: <888> 07/15/08 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.. I took some pictures around the waterfront in Kennebunkport, Maine, then I posted them at www.kodakgallery.com for relatives to look at.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/15/08 Tuesday 5:45 P.M.. KeepMedicareFair.org: Tell Congress to keep medicare premiums fair: . It is very nice weather up here in Kennebunkport, Mane this week, if you enjoy the ocean, sun, sand, and surf, and it does not seem very busy. Alas, since I have been in the sun so much of my life in my younger years, I was advised by my dermatologist ten years ago, I should not go out in the sun until after 3 P.M. in the afternoon, so my beach days anymore are limited. CIO

Note: <888> 07/15/08 Tuesday 5:00 P.M.. I woke up around midnight, and I ate a bowl low fat Cheez-its. I finally woke up at 8 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal with milk, honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with butter, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee with splenda and milk. I pruned the azaela and the rhodadendrun on the north side of the driveway. I brought in the garbage cans. The pruned matterial needs to be put out next Monday night on the street. I put the light bulbs on the shelf in the basement. I chatted with a relative. The wireless internet Linksys base is in the bunk room in the basement, so the whole house pretty much has wireless. I watered the plants on the deck, and I rolled up the hose on the deck. We still have not received a test fax incoming. I set the Samsung fax to five rings, so we can get an incoming fax after the three rings of the answering machine and two more. I read an articles in the New York Times about Lyme disease. I showered, and I cleaned up. I folded the beach towels in the dryer, and I put them on the end of the center bed in the bunk room. We had lunch of quiche and cold filtered water. We went out, and we went by the Kennebunkport, Maine post office. We then went over to Kennebunk, Maine. I spent about two hours sitting in the Maine Department of Motor Vehicles waiting to get a handicap automobile parking card for my relative. When my time came up, I had to go back out to the car to have the relative sign the form, and then it turned out the doctor's form was not valid, since the doctor had not checked the box for temporary or permanent. They issued my relative a 30 day temporary handicap parking card that expires on August 15, 2008 to use until my relative can get the doctor to fill out the handicap parking form correctly. We then went by the Rite-Aid drug store, and my relative made some puchases. I have to fill out an online rebate form for an $8 rebate on an item. The Irvine gasoline station is remodeling and closed in Kennbunk, so their car wash is also closed. We then drove along the Kennebunk beach, and then returned back to my relative's house. I put away the purchases. CIO

Note: <888> 07/14/08 Monday 10:30 P.M.. Earlier I put the garbage on the street for Tuesday pickup. I said good night to my relative, and I will now go to bed shortly. I will now shut down the IBM Netvista. CIO

Note: <888> 07/14/08 Monday 9:55 P.M.. I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and a glass of orange juice with vitamins and supplements and a toasted English muffin with butter and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I watered the plants. I made two baloney and cheese sandwiches. I emptied out the produce from the refrigerator, and I threw it away along with the garbage. I showered, and I cleaned up. I turned off the air conditioner and the tower fans. I packed the Audi. I turned off the toilet. I chatted with a relative. I chatted with neighbors. I left my apartment building about 10:30 A.M.. I drove up North Street to the Merritt Parkway, and I headed East. I took a pit stop at the Orange Rest area. I got on I-91 North, and I took another pit stop at the first rest area. I got on I-84 East, and I took a pit stop in Vernon at the rest area. I got on the Massachussetts turnpike, and I took a pit stop at the Charlton, Mass. rest area. I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich. I filled up the Audi at the Gulf station there with $20.50 of self service premium at $4.389 a gallon for 4.671 gallons at 131.3 miles since the previous fill up before leaving at odometer 60301 for 28.11 miles per gallon with the air conditioner going driving with the average traffic speed which since it was not too busy which was the speed limit. I got off at I-290 North, and I paid a .50 toll. I got on I-495 East, and I took a pit stop at the Lowell rest area. http://www.lowellfolkfestival.org/ . I then got on I-95 North, and I took a pit stop at the New Hampshire rest area, and I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich. I paid a $1.50 toll on the New Hampshire turnpike and a $1.75 toll on the Maine turnpike. I got off at the Wells, Maine exit, and I took a pit stop at the Amtrak train station. I arrived at my relative's house in Kennebunkport, Maine about 5:20 P.M. for 261 miles driving door to door. I unloaded car. I put the brown runner rug in the basement running out from the bunk room. I put the Samsung all purpose fax, copier, laser printer in the library where the broken Lexmark fax had been. I set it up later in the day. I watched some news and ate avacado dip and wheat thin crackers with my relative. We had sliced roasted turkey for dinner with flavored rice and sauteed zuchinni and onions and a glass of cold filtered water. Earlier I unpacked. I put most the spare light bulbs in the far corner in the garage with some in the house utility closet. I watered the plants outside front and rear except the deck which did not need it. I left the Samsung unit turned on, since it has a power saving feature, but currently AT&T long distance service is not activated, but the local phone service works. My relative gave me a nice striped Polo short sleeve shirt and another pair of Ralph Lauren polo waist 42 inches shorts. I forgot to bring a tooth brush, but my relative has a new one to spare. It is the same old internet setup with the IBM Netvista. The new U.S.A flag looks great on the flag pole. My relative had trees and brush removed from the north side of the house this spring. Overall from what I can see, the house looks just great. CIO

Note: <888> 07/13/08 Sunday 8:35 P.M.  After dinner, I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I guess the good old days down south, when people would hang out around the General Store at night at the Coca Cola cooler are now gone forever.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/13/08 Sunday 5:50 P.M.  I will now cook and reheat the same dinner as last night.   CIO

Note: <888> 07/13/08 Sunday 5:35 P.M.   Alaska Volcano Observatory - Okmok - Eruption Page  CIO

Note: <888> 07/13/08 Sunday 5:25 P.M.  I had a telephone call from a friend this morning and a relative.  I woke up at noon.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a  English muffin with butter, orange juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage.  I walked around the building.  I packed for my trip up to Kennebunkport, Maine.  I have a short list of things to do before I leave tomorrow.  I chatted with a relative.  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I walked around the building.  I emptied the paper shredder and threw out the shredded paper.  I lubricated the paper shredder.  I will pack the Audi tomorrow morning, when I am ready to leave.  I plan to go to bed around 10 P.M. tonight and be up at 6 A.M. to be ready to leave.  CIO  

Note: <888> 07/13/08 Sunday 2:40 A.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will get up earlier to be back on a day schedule, so when I travel this Monday.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/13/08 Sunday 1:55 A.M.  I put away the laundry.  I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its.  I watched part of Henry V.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 07/13/08:

Note: <888> 07/13/08 Sunday 12:30 A.M.  Former White House spokesman Tony Snow dies - CNN.com

Note: <888> 07/12/08 Saturday 11:55 P.M.  I have 5 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I threw out some garbage.  I put clean linens on the bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/12/08 Saturday 11:05 P.M.  I woke up at 10 A.M. today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a  sandwich English muffin with butter, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went out, and I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I put a freeze on my mail until I return.  I returned home.  I went back to bed until 2 P.M..  I made my bed.  I moved the Walgreen's LCD telephone from the wicker rack in the bedroom, so it is a Verizon telephone by the Optimum to the left of primary Vista computer.  I have it connected to the Samsung all purpose telephone wire.  Currently I have the switch setup set to Verizon, but to send or receive a fax with the Brother all purpose machine one has to change the switches by the Brother machine.  I moved the white wicker rack from the bedroom mahogany bureau to on top of the small white bookcase at the bedroom entrance.  I moved the black plastic paper file shelves from that location to the mahogany bureau.  Now the bedroom door opens almost all of the way. I went outside, and I threw out garbage. I picked up my mail.  I watched part of the movie Gandhi.  For dinner, I sautéed two boneless center cut pork medallions in olive oil and butter with ground black pepper seasoning, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder with a chopped onion and a few cloves of minced garlic and towards then end I added Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce.  I also steamed a cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns which I had with butter, and I also made up a batch of flavored rice half of which I ate and the other half I refrigerated.  I ate it all with a glass of cold filtered water.  I rested from about 6:30 P.M. to 10 P.M..  I watched part of the movie Nixon.  I will now do one load of laundry and dry cycle.  CIO   

Note: <888> 07/12/08 Saturday 1:40 A.M.   I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its.  I watched part of a television program that I had seen before about meteorites.   I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Not much seems to be happening on the internet since Bill Gates retired.  I guess a lot of other people are on vacation this time of year, and they might not have access to the internet.  Of course about the most exciting thing that starts happening this time of year down south on the internet is:

http://mikelouiscott.com/weather.htm

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

I suppose I would search out other subject matter, but with the recent downturn in the U.S. economy, I suppose the internet activity has been downsized too.  In other words, they do not print as much news about failing business activity compared to when business is doing better.  I suppose the Middle East still has a bit of money with their oil revenues, but their representatives generally do not travel this far north, although this time of year, it is almost warm enough around here for them to feel comfortable, like the Greenwich Oasis.  Of course there are a lot of places further south of here trying to get their money along with Europe and the rest of the world, and they certainly are probably not needing to buy any heavy items from elsewhere here to take back with them.  I suppose with the overall picture of not much going on, it might remain that way for a while, but basically Greenwich, Connecticut is a family town, so not much ever really happens here anyway besides raising youngsters, which tends to keep the rest of the town busy for a quite a bit of time.  Once it gets colder in the north country, people tend to start to become more mentally active.  I guess the warmer weather slows down their thinking processes.  Well time to shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/11/08 Friday 11:10 P.M.  John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President Economic Plan

Note: <888> 07/11/08 Friday 10:45 P.M.  I turned off the Honeywell Hepa air purifier.  I threw out the garbage.  I closed the downstairs center stairway fire door.  Someone keeps disconnecting the closing mechanism.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/11/08 Friday 9:35 P.M.  I went out after the last note.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with some locals.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 4.5 ounce jar of CVS Gold Emblem powdered chicken bouillon for .99.  I completed my walk, and I sat out briefly.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon station, and I bought $14 of self service premium gasoline for $5.019 a gallon for 2.789 gallons for 33.3 miles driving since a week ago this past Saturday at odometer reading of 60170 miles for 11.93976 miles per gallon driving in local traffic with the air conditioner going.  I checked my tires for 34 PSI, and I checked the oil.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a six pack of Thomas' whole grain English muffins for $2.50, three 13.5 ounce reduced fat Cheez-its for $2.50 each, two 13 ounce Cheez-its party mix for $2.50 each, and two 14 ounce reduced fat Wheat Thins for $3.99 each box, a filet of boneless salmon for $5.99 a pound for $5.39, and a four pack of boneless center cut pork chops for $3.59 a pound for $5.51 for $33.88 total.  I will take the crackers to Kennebunkport, Maine to snack on, so I will not include them in my http://mikelouisscott.com/inventory.htm .  I then returned home.  I brought up my purchases, and I put them away.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now put the filet of salmon in a Pyrex pie dish with a quarter cup of lemon juice and sprinkled dried dill on it, and I will bake it in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.  I will eat it with the reheated rice from last night and a cup of steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots with butter and a glass of cold filtered water.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/11/08 Friday 5:45 P.M.  I will not be renewing my General Electric air conditioning maintenance contract which expires September 12, 2008 on the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control, since Partridge and Rockwell which sold me the unit for $600 about eight years ago told me they can condemn the unit if it fails and not fix it even if I have the service contract.  It would be cheaper in the long run to buy a new cheaper unit, since they are now cheaper, but for now and it seems for the indefinite future the unit is running just fine.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out.  I will turn on the Honeywell Hepa air purifier, since it might make the apartment smell better.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/11/08 Friday 1:20 A.M.  Well it was interesting program on the QM2, but I did not watch the following program on the Ronald Regan aircraft carrier, because I am suppose to stay focused.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Remember, the four primary directives that I have from the senior British person I have met is, "Keeping Doing What You Are Doing,"; "You Are Not Suppose To Know What Goes On"; "Get a Hair Cut"; and "Stay Focused".  Well anyway the apartment seems to be a bit more ship shape.  Bon Soir.  CIO   

Note: <888> 07/10/08 Thursday 11:55 P.M.  At midnight on channel 726 "Man Made" is an hour program about how they built the Queen Mary II QM2 .  I personally think that one should not go further out on the water than one can swim back, so more than likely I will never sail on it.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/10/08 Thursday 11:35 P.M.  I threw out the cigarette shipping box in the dumpster.  I put a 500 sheet package of paper by the Samsung unit to take up to Maine.  They calling for scattered thunderstorms this Monday July 14, when I am suppose to drive up to Kennebunkport, Maine, so I will have to see how that might effect my travel plans.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/10/08 Thursday 11:10 P.M.  I dug out the CD with the drivers for the Samsung all purpose machine.  I then disconnected the Samsung machine from its power, telephone line, and USB cable, and I put it on the floor in front of the Mongoose mountain bike.  I put its power cord and manual and CD on top of it.  I then moved the Brother all purpose machine to on top of the printer stand that the Samsung machine was sitting on.  I now have more room on the oak dining table, so I move the HP photo printer to where the Brother was sitting from the other spot on the dining table, and since it has a lower profile it fits in better.  I then put a third duck place mat on the dining table to the left of the existing two, and I put a third chair at the table in front of it.  I took the large green wooden chair from the dining table, and I put it back at the bedroom desk, and I moved the matching chair from the desk back at the dining table.  I move the brass hat rack from the left of the kitchen entrance to in front of the sweater closet for the summer.  It will probably have to go elsewhere, once I need to get at sweaters regularly in colder weather.  I stored the box of plastic storage containers away from the left kitchen entrance.   There is now more room to get into the kitchen even with the third chair by the kitchen entrance.  I moved the bric a brac around the dining table.  It all seems a bit neater to me and more roomy, but I am generally to close to the overall environment to be objective.  By Pied A Terre places, it is a nice apartment, but I suppose by McMansion perspective, it seems a bit cramped.  Of course it is cheaper to heat in the winter and cool in the summer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/10/08 Thursday 9:35 P.M.   Stingiest Sippers: The 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicles in the U.S. - MSN Autos

Note: <888> 07/10/08 Thursday 7:35 P.M.  I woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a  sandwich English muffin with butter, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out some garbage.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I went out to my usual 3 P.M. Thursday appointment.  I then returned home.  My order from www.ordersmokesdirect.com for six cartons of King Mountain Ultra Lights Kings in a box had arrived.  I also picked up my mail.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went downtown, and I walked then entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought three double D cell flash light bulbs for $1.25 each and .23 tax for $3.98 total.  I then went by CVS, and I bought buy one get one free of 60 capsule MSM 1000 mg. for $6.79 both jars.  I then completed my walk.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I returned home.  I chatted with neighbors.  I chatted with a relative.  I took the brown runner rug, and I put it in the trunk of the Audi to take up to Maine to use in the basement.  I then tried one of the new flash light bulbs, but the Lou Scott  Ray-O-Vic flash light still does not work.  I tried tinkering with it, but I still can not get it to work.  It is not a very complicated mechanism, so I can not figure out what the problem is.  I left the spare three double D flash light bulbs in a small brown bag on the battery shelf of the sideboard in the bedroom.  I will now eat the same meal as last night.  While I was downtown, I saw a GMC wagon with two mountain bikes on the rear and three on the roof with Washington D.C. license plates, so I guess it a sign of the times.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/09/08 Wednesday 11:25 P.M.  I watched a program about Henry Morgan and the pirates of Port Royal, Jamaica.  I then watched part of a program about Portland, Oregon and the tunnels underneath it along the waterfront, where they would shanghai sailors, and apparently they would also eat the sailors when they were short of food at sea.  I know there are underground tunnels around the waterfront in Manhattan in the area of the meat markets along the waterfront, so if one happens to venture into Manhattan, one should make sure one does not get eaten.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I might watch a little bit more television or just go to bed.  CIO  

Note: <888> 07/09/08 Wednesday 9:55 P.M.  I installed a few Vista updates that would install.  I am watching a program about New Brunswick in the winter.  It looks a bit cold up there in the winter.  However it is south of England, so I suppose England is even worse. 

Note: <888> 07/09/08 Wednesday 8:35 P.M.  Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

Note: <888> 07/09/08 Wednesday 7:25 P.M.  I chatted with my relative whom had visited my apartment a week ago Saturday, and the relative suggested that I take up the brown broadloom carpet that ran from the apartment entrance to the hallway which was about three feet wide and 24 feet long and bound around its edges.  I thought that was a good idea, so I took up the brown runner, and I rolled it up, and I held it together with duct tape, and I stored it away.  On the light blue wool wall to wall carpet underneath, I unfolded the corner by the doorway, which I had folded under to provide door clearance with the brown runner, and then I vacuumed it and most of the rest of the carpet.  With the light blue wool near wall to wall carpet, it works much better, and one does not risk tripping at the apartment entrance.  I still have the three larger area rugs down in the living room and the two smaller area rugs at the kitchen entrance.  I will check with my relative in Maine to see if they can use the brown runner in the garage in Maine or the basement.  I went outside, and I walked around the building.  I said hello to some neighbors.  I will now reheat the remaining seasoned rice from last night, and I will eat three half inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, and I will microwave in .75 inch of water in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid a cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns on the microwave vegetable cycle which after I drain them I will put in a bowl with some butter.  I will eat it all with a glass of cold filtered water.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/09/08 Wednesday 5:40 P.M.  I watched part of the "Tea House of the August Moon" on television.  I cleaned out the extra stuff from the tool and parts area of the floor level of the sweater closet in the hallway.  I put the extra coaxial cables with the other ones underneath the near corner of the bed.  I threw out some unneeded parts and packaging.  I also threw out an old cable box, a stereo decoder, and a wicker basket.   Thus the hallway sweater closet door opens easily now.  I also tightened the knob on the right bedroom closet door.  I chatted with a neighbor.  The neighbor told me the Greenwich RTM had only funded $90,000 for the double pane replacement windows in this building, and from what I know about modern construction costs, it would cost considerably more.  The neighbor conjectured that they might now be doing it this year anyway.  In replacing them I will have to remove the curtains and the curtain rods from the four windows.  Since I put the curtain rods up 19 years ago, I might not be in as good of shape to remove them as 19 years ago, when I installed them.  I have replaced the curtains twice in that period, so the curtains are relatively new, and I recall washing them about two or three years ago.  I also would have to move the computer server setup and the desk it sits on, the Scott family sofa, and the large heavy 27 inch Sony CRT television, and the cabinet it sit on.  I would also have to move the bric a brac on the window shelf, and the heavy General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner.  The air conditioner slides out of its cabinet housing by removing a screw on the lower inside side of the unit, and then one has to unscrew and disassemble the support struts for the outside housing.  In the bedroom, I would have to remove the items from the window shelf and the bookcase that sit on the mahogany bureau by the window, but possibly not the mahogany bureau which would be difficult.  Also the bedroom curtains and curtain rods would have to be removed.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/09/08 Wednesday 3:35 P.M.  I woke up during the night, and I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its and a 50% to 50% mixture of passion punch and seltzer water.  I woke up again around 8 A.M., and I drank some of the same mixture of passion punch.  I finally woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a  sandwich English muffin with butter, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with one relative twice and another relative once.  I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I noticed last Monday evening at 8:30 P.M. when I was out, it looked like somebody from the Middle East has returned here to their summer home.  I saw a motorcade of three long white stretch five or six doors to the side GMC limousines and a long white stretch Lincoln Continental limousine traveling down Greenwich Avenue.  If it was anyone I know they did not stop to say hello.  Maybe it is a cheaper way to travel than www.netjets.com .  I used to see about four hundred limousines parked outside of Chippendales in Manhattan, so maybe it was some rich old ladies going into Manhattan to have some fun.  CIO   

Note: <888> 07/08/08 Tuesday 10:30 P.M.  I ate a bowl of low fat Cheez-its.  I chatted with a relative.  I watched a bit of television.  I watched some more television.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO     

Note: <888> 07/08/08 Tuesday 7:55 P.M.  I took the 1.75 pound eye round of top round of beef cab roast, and I put it on a baking rack in a baking pan, and I seasoned it with ground black pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning generously.  I then covered it with A-1 Steakhouse Bull's Eye Barbeque sauce.  I baked it in the convection over at 325 degrees for 24 minutes.  I made up a batch of flavored rice, and I steamed a cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns.  I cut off three 7/16th inch thick slices of the hot beef, and I put them on the dinner plate with the beef juices.  I put the rest of the beef in a Rubbermaid container, and I refrigerated it.  I put half the flavored rice with on the dinner plate, and I refrigerated in the other half in a Rubbermaid container.  I put the steamed vegetables in bowl with some butter on them.   I ate the dinner with a glass of cold filtered water.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/08/08 Tuesday 6:20 P.M.  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa reveals final shuttle dates

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | G8 urged to do more for climate  CIO

Note: <888> 07/08/08 Tuesday 5:20 P.M.   I woke up at 12:15 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a  sandwich English muffin with butter, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.   I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  While waiting for my 3 P.M. appointment, I read the article about the Forbidden Palace in China in the Smithsonian magazine.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I donated two bags old throw pillows.  I then went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned the book on computer hacking.  I then returned home.  I will now go through my boring email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/08/08 Tuesday 1:40 A.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  I will eat another bowl of low fat Cheez-its.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/08/08 Tuesday 1:20 A.M.  Toronto Ontario Travel Information - Find Flights, Hotels, Shopping and Events in Toronto Ontario

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Note: <888> 07/08/08 Tuesday 12:25 A.M.  They have some sort of Shakespeare Festival going on in Baldwin Park this week.  The Queen Mary II QM2 - Itinerary - 2008 is suppose to be back in Manhattan today, if you need to catch a lift to England, and it will be returning on July 22, 2008 if you should need to return.  I guess the British got bored of drinking tea after all of these years and decided to travel a bit.  I finished off a box of low fat Cheez-Its, and I ate a Kashi trail mix bar.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/07/08 Monday 11:35 P.M.  After the last note, I went out, and I went downtown.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought for 90% off a floral 18 inch diameter artificial wreath in green, purple, and blue colors for .99 and .06 tax for $1.05 total.  I then completed my walk.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 13.5 ounce boxes of low fat Cheez-its for $2.50 each, a cab eye round roast for $3.99 a pound for $6.90, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, fresh broccoli crowns for $1.99 a pound for $2.43, fresh Chiquita bananas for .64 a pound for $2.01 for $19.33.  I mentioned to the grocery clerk from Indiana that that Brazil is now the largest exporter of soy beans according to U.S. News and World report this week.  I then returned home, and I put the wreath on the outside of my front door beneath the other one hanging it with a OOK nail.  I put away the groceries.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/07/08 Monday 8:00 P.M.  I ate the same three egg omelet with six strips of bacon and a large sandwich English muffin with butter and a glass of iced water. 

Bermuda better watch out National Hurricane Center 

Note: <888> 07/07/08 Monday 6:50 P.M.  The Brother MFC-8840D all purpose laser machine with the new six thousand sheet generic toner cartridge that I will keep is similar to the Samsung machine, so I do not need the Samsung machine.  The Samsung machine cost me about $130 on sale down from $230 about a year and a half ago from www.newegg.com ,so it is a very good scanner, copier, fax, and laser printer machine.  I moved from the lower left shelf of the printer stand to the right of the  primary Vista computer, the spare printer materials and forms except the spare paper and smaller photo paper, and I put them on the lower right bookcase shelf in the hallway.  I put away my laundry.  About 5:30 P.M., my relatives traveling south from Kennebunkport, Maine did a pit stop and used the bathroom, and I showed them the apartment improvements.  They picked up the family car that was left here yesterday.  I lead them over the Mobil station across the street where they filled up, and I then showed them how to get to I-95 West, where they took I-287 North to cross the Tapan Zee bridge to head south.   I then returned home, and I chatted with neighbors.  I gave my neighbor a partially full blue Bic lighter.  I picked up the mail.  I am now putting the new periodical literature on the brass and glass coffee table underneath the Northgate Syntax monitor, and I will have to clear out the larger volume of used periodical literature more frequently.  I chatted with a relative.   CIO

Note: <888> 07/07/08 Monday 4:30 P.M.  I woke up at 9 A.M. this morning, when a relative called.  I am going to take the Samsung SCX-4521F all purpose laser machine up to Kennebunkport, Maine when I go up on Monday June 14, 2008.  The Lexmark fax machine broke up there.  I printed out the manual for it which is about 120 pages to go with it, and I bound it in a clamp binder.  It has only been used 240 printouts and copies, so there is about 760 printouts on the thousand sheet starter cartridge.  One can buy a generic toner cartridge for it on the internet for about $35 plus shipping, when it needs it.  I chatted with another relative.  I went back to bed until 1 P.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a  sandwich English muffin with butter, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I went outside, and I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  The dumpster has been emptied of all of the stuff that I threw out this past weekend.  I am doing two loads of laundry with about 25 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I put clean linens on the bed.  My order from www.ordersmokesdirect.com was back ordered, so I changed it from King Mountain Ultra Lights 100s to King size, and it will ship today or tomorrow, and it should be here by the end of the week, so I will have them by next Monday when I go to Maine.  I chatted with neighbors, when I went out to do laundry.  CIO      

Note: <888> 07/07/08 Monday 2:25 A.M.  As I recall, the "Mississippi Moon" print was in the frame that is behind the bedroom door that has the Audubon Cardinal picture and the Blue Jay.  Possibly the "Good Apple Year" print came in the Stainless Steel frame that now has the Audubon Pelican and the Pink Flamingo prints.  That would mean the Jim Dine poster was possibly showing when I bought the frame for the Innsbruck poster or it was in between the white matting and the cardboard backing.  It is so long ago, it is hard to remember precisely.  In 20 years, I bought the frame, and put the Innsbruck poster in it, so I would have noticed it, and about the time I go on the internet, I think I might have put the Pelican and the Pink Flamingo picture in it until last January when I put the Antique maps prints in it.  Ergo, I would have only seen it 4 times in 20 years to remember it.  From what I recall, since I spent a great many years in Manhattan and Museums there and elsewhere, and I have seen so much art work, I do not pay much attention to art work until it becomes much older generally, and I do not know much about modern art.   Also I have seen a lot of gallery posters for openings, but if it is worth a few bucks, I guess I might as well display it as opposed to new reproductions of vintage works.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I seem to be doing a bit more apartment maintenance recently, since I am spending more time at home with the higher prices of fuel, but I will admit it is enjoyable getting out during these cooler summer days for a walk.  However, I still worry the cooler summer days mean a much colder winter.  Bon Soir.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/07/08 Monday 1:25 A.M.   This is the link to what the reproductions of the antique maps looks like framed in the same frame.

http://mikelouisscott.com/mls-apt-011708/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 07/07/08 Monday 1:20 A.M.  I reframed the Jim Dine print, so it has no Scotch tape or other pictures in the frame.  It now rests on the bottom of the frame with about six inches of white matting above it.  I removed the white fence picture which is actually a white clapboard house print with an apple tree, and it is called "Good Apple Year" by Nat Lewis.  I also took out the Innsbruck Tirola A Austria poster, and the two reproductions of antique world maps.  From behind the bed, I took out the print with the matting to protect it of "Mississippi Moon" by Georges Schreiber.  I put the unused prints and posters between the matting beneath the left side of the bed, so they lie flat.  Pictures of the items below:

http://mikelouisscott.com/mls-apt-070708/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/08 Sunday 11:35 P.M.  10-year battle with pain highlights Lyme disease debate - CNN.com.

Note: <888> 07/06/08 Sunday 8:40 P.M.  I woke up during the night, and I ate two bowls of low fat Cheez-Its.  I finally woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a  sandwich English muffin with butter, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I walked around the building.   They were having a private party in the community room.  I chatted with a relative who started driving down from Kennebunkport, Maine about noon.  I chatted with two other relatives.  I read U.S. News and World Report.  I read P.C. Shopper magazine.  I received a call from my traveling relative about 4 P.M., and he was about an hour away.   I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with 1/3rd of a tube of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips along with a dill pickle slice and a glass of cold filtered water.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I came back inside briefly to change my shorts, since they were dirty.  I wore my new Ralph Lauren Polo shorts with a belt instead of suspenders.  My relative arrived about 5:15 P.M., and he dropped off the family car.  I do not have the key for it, since my relative will be picking it up in the near future possibly while I am up in Maine from Monday July 14, 2008 to around Thursday July 31, 2008.  I drove my relative in my car to the Greenwich Train station, where he caught the 5:39 train into Manhattan.  I then sat out briefly downtown, and I chatted with a regular walker.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I walked down Arch street on the walk and back up Greenwich Avenue on the walk.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 7 ounce Gillette sensitive skin shave cream for $2 each, and two 1 liter buy one get one free of CVS Antiseptic oral rinse for $3.89 both and .47 tax for $8.36 total.  I completed my walk.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a relative on the wireless phone while downtown.  I will now reheat and eat the same dinner as last night.  CIO   

End of Scott's Notes week of 07/06/08:

Note: <888> 07/06/08 Sunday 2:15 A.M.  A couple of weeks ago, I knocked the vintage Ray-O-Vac black and red flash light on the floor in the bedroom.  I had my father's name painted on it in green paint "Lou Scott".  I tried to fix it, but it is not the bulb as far as I can tell.  I tried tinkering with it, since it is a simple mechanism, but it would not work.  I put it underneath the left side of the side board.  I then moved the purple and black Garity lantern from the kitchen night stand at the kitchen entrance to the same location on the left top side of the side board.  I put one of the walkman headsets by the Panasonic television by the French reproduction chair, so one can listen with one ear with headphones for quiet listening.  For some reason only one side plays in mono.   I think I bought the  grey frame with the white fence print with the Jim Dine print underneath it over ten years ago and possibly 15 years ago for $10 at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.

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Note: <888> 07/06/08 Sunday 12:35 A.M.  More pictures of recent changes http://mikelouisscott.com/mls-apt-070608/ .  CIO  

Note: <888> 07/05/08 Saturday 7:45 P.M.  I threw out the old 18 year old Magnavox 5 disk CD player that I had stored away and the white Rubbermaid dish rack and drain tray.  I retrieved the Jim Dine Whitney Museum 1970 poster.  It is just a print of a few balloons, and there is another print of a farm yard with white fences along with it.  I put them behind the head board of the bed in the bedroom.  I went outside again, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I walked around the building.  I chatted with a relative.  I picked up the mail when I went out.  I went through the mail.  I went back outside, and I chatted with a couple of neighbors.  Yesterday, I put the white and the blue piece of coral and the red Christmas jar candle on the top shelf of the small book case in the bathroom.  My relative in Kennebunkport, Maine does not use energy saving light bulbs, so I will take the ones in the Audi trunk up to Maine instead of donating them to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I will now make and eat the same boneless breasts of chicken and steamed vegetable dinner as the last two nights, but I will have flavored rice instead of potato.   I will eat it with a glass of cold filtered water.  CIO   

Note: <888> 07/05/08 Saturday 5:40 P.M.  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning when a friend called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I took all of the throw pillows off the bed except the two pink and blue striped ones that match the pink and green quilt, and I put them in the Audi.  I also put in the Black and Decker Professional jar opener that my relative did not need.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I donated about 10 of the big throw pillows and bolsters to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop along with the Black and Decker Professional jar opener.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then sat out briefly downtown.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then went by Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon station, and I filled up the gasoline tank with $18.01 of self service premium for $5.079 a gallon for 3.546 gallons for 44 miles driving since a week ago this past Thursday at odometer reading of 60136 miles for 12.440834 miles per gallon driving in heavy traffic recently with the air conditioner going.  I then returned home.  I then moved the computer CDs and DVDs and motherboard manuals from the CD rack on the side board shelf in the bedroom, and I put them in the lower two shelf of the small white bookcase at the bedroom entrance.  I straightened up some of the bedroom side board shelves discarding some packaging on outdated memory strips,  I no longer need.  I also threw out the 4 Acer LCD monitor boxes and all of the other computer parts boxes and packaging that I had stored away.  I also put two more bags of throw pillows in the Audi trunk to donate to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift and all of my spare regular lights bulbs about 60 of them except two eight packs of GE 100 watt bulbs.  It removed the old carpet remnants from underneath the bed, and I threw them away along with the defective Logitech wireless headset base unit, except I kept the their headsets and transformers.  I put their two transformers and headsets and the Panasonic telephone headsets and the Plantronics headset in the lower right night stand drawer.  I also cleaned out some packaging items from the right night stand and a 64 meg. memory strip.  I have spare regular coaxial cables underneath the bed, along with labels and envelopes.  I threw out some old hole printer paper.  While everything was out from underneath the bed, I vacuumed underneath it.  There is also a spare curtain rod underneath the bed.  I move the Stowe, Vermont picture from the bookcase on top of the Mahogany bureau in the bedroom to above the Sony television in the bedroom, and I moved the Northern Pacific railroad picture from that location to the same location in the bedroom.  It is easier to remove the Northern Pacific picture to get at the old software boxes in the bedroom bookcase that I have to keep for operating system product licensing.  I put a spare 3M Command Hook on the left side of the cabinet on the bedroom gigabyte computer, and I hung the new Plantronics headset from it.  I threw out two old defective headsets.  I chatted with a relative downtown on my wireless phone while I was out.  I ate the last of the sugar free Jell-o fruit mixture with a glass of cold filtered water.  I cleaned off the bedroom window shelf of some smaller items, and I emptied the silver bowl with lid of its old matches and lighters, and I put the silver bowl on a upper shelf of the left hallway bookcase.  I have three CD racks in the bookcase behind the Sony television.  I moved a Mississippi wagon print to behind the bed head board in the bedroom.  I threw out an old Whitney Museum poster by Jim Dine.  I put a new backup 9 volt alkaline battery in the NOAA weather station in the bedroom.  CIO   

Note: <888> 07/04/08 Friday 10:20 P.M.  I cleared out all the periodical literature from the bathroom bookcase, and I threw it all out.  They way I figure it with the higher price of cutting down trees anymore with the higher prices of energy anymore, recycled paper might be more useful anymore.

My actual electricity bill at www.cl-p.com for the month of June 2008 was $182.57 which is my yearly monthly average, so I figure since May 2008 was $139.10 or $43.47 more for June 2008, the air conditioning and keeping the lights on is not costing me too much more.

The Actual Usage for June 2008 for 29 days was 991 KWH or 34 KWH per day compared to

June 2007 which was 755 KWH or 24 KWH per day for 32 days.  I guess since I am staying at home more using less gasoline, I am using a bit more electricity instead of driving downtown and walking around at night in the dark.  However, as I recall I was up in Kennebunkport, Maine last year for the last two weeks of June 2007, so I was not using as much electricity in the apartment, since I was gone half the month.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/04/08 Friday 9:05 P.M.  Meet Prince Charles, The Savvy Investor - Forbes.com.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/04/08 Friday 8:35 P.M.  I reheated the same dinner as last night.  I also reheated the remaining rice from two nights ago.  I ate it all with a glass of cold filtered water.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/04/08 Friday 6:30 P.M.  I have been busy.  I figure it is better to clean house a little bit when one is younger than when one is older, so I got rid of most of the books that I had accumulated in my apartment over 19.5 years. 

http://mikelouisscott.com/authors.htm

http://mikelouisscott.com/titles.htm

I also got rid of my older 78 and 16 rpm records.  I threw them all in the dumpster.

I did keep a half dozen cook books, a few atlases and dictionaries, and the 45 year old Encyclopedia Britannica along with a few random books like the King James bible and a few other books that might be of more value.  Most of my books came from the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop over the years for less than a dollar or two, and since I smoked cigarettes in the living room until three years ago, they probably smell of nicotine, so they are not really valuable.   Thus if anyone needs some literature, they can dig through the dumpster at 71 Vinci Drive in Byram, Greenwich, Connecticut until the garbage man arrives on Monday, in which case the Greenwich dump will become more literate.   I have a bit more shelf space, but there still is some bric a brac and other items that I can get rid of over time.  I probably got rid of about 500 books mostly hard covered or about a half ton of books.  I chatted with a relative.   CIO

Note: <888> 07/04/08 Friday 2:15 P.M.  I reported the matter to the Greenwich Fire inspector answering machine at 1-203-622-3950.  I received a call back from the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I reported the matter to them, and I reported the individual that I suspect is leaving open the fire doors.  Their reply was that if they came over and closed it, the individual would just prop it open again.   What is curious is that the Greenwich Fire Department and Police department was here three weeks ago for an emergency in the apartment on the second floor next to the fire door, and they did nothing about the two fire doors on the center stairwell being propped open.   If on such a minor matter nothing can be fixed, it sort of makes me wander on more complicated matters what the situation really is.   The real fire hazard in this building despite the central fire alarm system is that the building was built in 1925 and restored to its present condition 20 years ago, so more than likely the old roof timbers in the hot attic are extremely dried out.  Also since we sit on a ridge exposed to lightning, the roof is subject to being hit by lighting, which would cause a fire.  Also since we are in the flight path of Westchester airport, we frequently get a lot of low flying jets flying over the building about a 100 feet above the roof frequently in the fog which tends to make me nervous.  However, we all have to keep a roof over our heads, and although I have electronics in my apartment, they are all relatively new with the latest safest safety features, I can not say the same for my neighbors.  However, when Tom Devlin lived here, he once threw out a 1925 Philco radio which might be considered a fire hazard.  In the old days, the biggest fire hazard twenty to thirty years ago was the Sony Trinitron television which stayed on all of the time for instant on and off, and since they were on all of the time, they would deteriorate and become a fire hazard.  Since I have not inspected my neighbors' apartment, I am not sure what the condition of their electronics are either.  From an over all viewpoint, lightning is the biggest threat to this Public Housing Building for retired people at 71 Vinci Drive.  However it has been here since 1925, so it has outlasted a lot of other buildings despite the current viewpoint of the downtown philosophers whom claim to be politicians.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/04/08 Friday 1:40 P.M.  I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.   I chatted with two relatives.  My relative made it up to Kennebunkport, Maine shortly after midnight this morning.  The new 3 foot by 5 foot Marine quality United States flag is now flying on the flag pole in front of my relative's house.  I restored the flag pole last summer after it fell down in an ice storm the previous winter.  My relative is thinking about having me come up to visit in Kennebunkport, Maine before July 16, 2008, however it is all still up in the air.   We will wait until my other relative returns this Sunday to figure out my future plans.  I watered the plants.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.  The center hallway stairway fire door is once again propped open, so it would seem one of the residents seems to think leaving the doors open for ventilation is more important than fire safety.  Obviously the fire inspector is not available today.  I called the Greenwich Housing Authority at 1-203-869-1138 to report the matter.

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Note: <888> 07/04/08 Friday 12:35 A.M.  Happy John Hancock day whomever he was.   The package of boneless breasts of chicken contained nine smaller breasts, so I froze three of them, and I have one left cooked and four more to cook in the next few days.  I chatted with a relative.  My relative should be in Kennebunkport, Maine by now.  I threw out the garbage.  I noticed in the local neighborhood, I could hear fireworks going off.  They are selling them again by the Greenwich dump.  I noticed when I came in the automatic door closer on the lower level central stairway fire door was disconnected, so I reconnected it, so the door now closes.  I took the block of wood out of the door jam on the upper level of the same stairway door to allow that door to close.  Legally the fire doors on the stairway doors have to remain close, since if there were a fire an open stairway door would act as a chimney and ventilate the fire.  I checked with the Greenwich Police department, and they gave me the telephone number of the Greenwich Fire Department complaint department at 1-203-622-3959, and they gave me the number of the daytime fire inspector at 1-203-622-3950.  I have already complained to the Greenwich Housing Authority about the stairwell fire door being left open continually this year, so hopefully if I am ever up in the daytime, I will get a chance to call the fire inspector about the problem.   Alas since recently I have been mostly on a day time schedule, I have not been awake much at night anymore recently.  I chatted with the www.geico.com agent in Buffalo, New York who was from East Aurora, New York where George Cary was from before his grandfather disinherited him for fleeing the United States of America to live in Canada to avoid the military draft during the Viet Nam war.  Knowing how hot George would have been in Viet Nam, he was probably of more use in Canada supplying horse meat for the military.  The GEICO agent reminded me that someone should look into possibly investing in EAST PENN manufacturing co., inc.: Lead-Acid Batteries; Battery Manufacturers; Thousands of Different Types of Batteries, Cable & Wire Product which I think are suppose to make very good cold weather batteries.  Maybe I will get my second wind, and I will stay up for a while more, but I am quite tired, and I will now try to go to bed soon and be on a daytime schedule.  My relative is going to drive down on Sunday afternoon to return the family car, so I will have to be here to receive him later Sunday afternoon when the car is returned.   Sometime there after other relatives will pick up the car, and return back to its home port.  The Queen Mary II was in New York on Wednesday, and it will be back in New York on Tuesday after a short voyage to Canada.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/03/08 Thursday 8:25 P.M.  After the last note, I used the Swivel sweeper to quickly clean the carpets quickly.  I had a telephone call from my arriving relative.  I went out, and I met my relative at the 7:17 P.M. arriving train from Manhattan.  While waiting, I chatted with a Brazilian taxi cab driver.   I met my relative.  I showed my relative how to get to the Merritt Parkway on North Street.  I then returned back to my apartment building, and my relative picked up the family car and departed for Kennebunkport, Maine at 7:35 P.M..  I chatted with my relative in Kennebunkport, Maine to let them know my relative was departing.  I walked around the building.  I chatted with neighbors.  I went back outside briefly to check on something.  I will now bake two of the boneless breasts of chicken with baked potatoes and steam broccoli and carrots, and I will eat half with a glass of ice tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/02/08 Wednesday 10:05 P.M.  Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

Note: <888> 07/02/08 Wednesday 9:20 P.M.  After dinner, I watched some cooking shows on the Creative Channel.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/02/08 Wednesday 6:25 P.M.  I went outside after the last note.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I walked around the building.   The tree with the black berries in back on the southwest corner of the building is a boysenberry tree.  The order for the two Bellsouth Two-Way Talk Radio - 2276GY - Buy.com for $10 each for $20 total with free shipping arrived.  I put four AAA alkaline batteries in each of them.  One has to lift up the little lever underneath the clip to remove the clip to access the battery compartment.  They have 22 frequencies, but you need an FCC license to use 1-7 and 15-22 which have a five mile range, but for 8-14 which has a two mile range one does not need an FCC license, and the lower frequency uses less battery power.  I have six AAA metal hydride batteries, and I am charging up four, and they should be fully charged at 3 A.M. or when I wake up tomorrow.  I could get another two and keep rechargeable batteries in the units.  One can charge up the rechargeable batteries with the right transformer, which I do not have or need, since I have the Radio Shack battery charger.  I left the two way talk radios on the vintage Toshiba laptop computer at the apartment entrance.   I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I will now make my sautéed burger with onions and cheese along with steamed flavored rice and steamed baby carrots and broccoli crowns.  I chatted with a friend earlier.  I have not heard from my relative, so I guess he is going to work tomorrow and pick up the family car tomorrow evening.  CIO   

Note: <888> 07/02/08 Wednesday 2:50 P.M.  I ate two bowls of low fat Cheez-its.  I called up Unclaimed Baggage Center , and they only have seven laptop computers with power supplies.  One is a Panasonic tough book for $650, and another is an IBM 17 inch laptop for $350.  That is about all I know about them.  They can not ship, so if one were interested in them, one would have to show up there.  One could fly into the nearby Huntsville, Alabama airport and rent a car to get there.  They mentioned Davy Crocket, but I mentioned Jim Bowie.  Sam Houston was not at the Alamo, but as I recall Colonel Travis was there, and there is a fourth person that was there that I am suppose to remember.  I just found it in my notes, the fourth person was Daniel Boone http://mikelouisscott.com/10013105.htm .   I chatted with a relative in Texas, and they could note remember.   The www.whitehouse.gov could not remember.  I chatted with a friend that will call me back.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/01/08 Tuesday 11:05 P.M.  I gave away three calling cards today.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/01/08 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.  Today is Canada Dominion Day dominion -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Elsevier: Caldera Volcanism: Gottsmann & Marti

CIO

Note: <888> 07/01/08 Tuesday 8:30 P.M.  I got up after the last note shortly, and the building custodian needed to have my front door opened, so he could paint it.  I chatted with a relative.  I surfed the internet.  After about an hour after the front door was painted, it was dry, so I closed it.  I ate about 1/6th of the sugar free jell-o and fruit mixture.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out.  I chatted with neighbors.  I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed a letter.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went downtown, and I went by the Merry-Go-Round mews thrift shop, but it is closed during July and August.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I walked upper Greenwich Avenue.  I stopped by CVS.  I bought two 6.5 ounce boxes of Kashi trail mix bars, six to a box for $2.50 each box, a 30 ounce jar of Hellmann's real mayonnaise for $3, a 12 double roll bundle of Kleenex cottonelle toilet tissue for $5.99 and for 75% off a 1.8 pound Miracle-Gro Shake'nFeed continuous release all purpose plant food for $1.75 and .46 tax for $16.20 total.  I then bought for 75% off a 14 inch diameter artificial vine wreath with green foliage and white flowers and white small berries for $3.25 less $2 bonus bucks that I received on the previous purchase and .08 tax for $1.33 total.  I then finished my walk of upper Greenwich Avenue, and I walked back down the Avenue.  I put my purchases in the Audi.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts Center.  I then walked over to McArdle's, and I bought a 12 inch diameter by about 1.75 inch high plastic terracotta plant tray for $3.99 and .24 tax for $4.23 total.  I put the plant tray in the Audi, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center, and I chatted with someone about computers.  I then went by Zen stationary, and I bought a dollar Double Dough scratch card, but I lost.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with another local.  I then used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then drove over to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a loaf of Stop and Shop whole wheat bread for $1.50, a 13.5 ounce box of low fat Cheez-its for $2.50, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, a two pound bag of onions for $1.79, green Chiquita bananas for .64 a pound for $2.12, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $1.97, and a bulb of garlic for $2.99 a pound for .39 for $13.26 total.  I then returned home.  I picked up my mail.  My rent bill from the Greenwich Housing Authority arrived.  I also received a town of Greenwich tax statement on my old Buick Roadmaster wagon that I sold last year, so I will have to talk with them about that.  It does not seem they can get their facts straight from the Connecticut DMV.  Last week a relative who was the previous owner of my Audi said that the state of Pennsylvania showed that he still owned it.  I removed the glass bowl and shallow drip tray from underneath the pathos plant on the window ledge, and I put the plastic drip tray underneath it.  I put the shallow drip tray and the glass bowl on on the left side of the window ledge with the vases.  I used a OOK hook, and I hung the wreath on the outside of the apartment door.  I moved the little USA flag sticker to the door bell sign on the right side of the entrance.  I will now make and eat the same chef's salad that I have been eating recently, and I will eat it with a glass of cold filtered water.   CIO

Note: <888> 07/01/08 Tuesday 10:15 A.M.  During breakfast, I watched on the Creative Channel #133 on Digital Cablevision Television, a Rick Steve's program on London, and then a Burt Wolf program on the Netherlands.  I am a bit tired still, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will rest for a while, and then I might go out later on.  Have a good day.  I did not sleep well last night, so I did not get a good night's sleep.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/01/08 Tuesday 8:55 A.M.  I woke up during the night, and I ate a bag of microwave popcorn with a glass of cold filtered water.  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  I moved the folding cart from the inside of the bathroom door to along side the Mongoose bicycle in the living room.  Now the bathroom door should close properly.  I paid my www.cablevision.com Digital Television, Optimum Online Cable Modem, and Optimum Voice long distance telephone service.  I paid my www.verizon.com telephone bill.  I paid my www.cl-p.com electricity bill.  I put another $26.50 on my AT&T GoPhone, so I now have about $75 on it until October 1, 2008 at which time I will have to renew it.  I ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com six cartons of King Mountain Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $15.49 a carton and $16.47 shipping for $109.41 total.  I printed out two copies of my June 2008 Microsoft Money 2006 income and spending report.  One copy I will mail to an interested relative.  I will now eat breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  CIO