End of Note for week 07/14/99 10:20 A.M. EDT:
Note:<888>07/14/00 Friday 10:20 A.M. EDT: I was awaken by another one of those annoying computer telephone calls at 10 A.M. this morning. They had stopped for a while. Well time for another day. CIO
Note:<888>07/14/00 Friday 1:30 P.M. EDT: I worked on the Microsoft Money 99 Home Invetory until about 10 P.M. when I finished it. It was about twice as high as I had estimated at current prices today. I then called Travler's agent GEICO in Fredericksburg, Virginia; and I increased my apartment insurance by 50% as of the next policy payment. I emailed copies of the inventory to relatives. I also mailed five hard copies to another relative whom will know what to do with them. I drove down by the waterfront and checked the weather on a clear pleasent evening. I returned home, and I am not doing any evening strolling anymore since in my normal routines, I seem to get enough exercise. I made up some address labels also to have handy for mailing. I watched a few minutes of television. Well I might do a little computer work or just go to bed. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>07/13/00 Thursday 5:20 P.M. EDT: I went downtown at 9 A.M., and I walked upper Greenwich Avenue. They were setting up for the annual sidewalk sales. I then made my 10 A.M. dental appointment. I am all right. I also had my 3 P.M. appointment early. I then drove downtown. I parked in the center of town. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue viewing the displays. I saw lots of merchandise for sale. I noticed the corner cornice stone on the second floor of the new Mitchell's Richard's department store is chip when it should be square. I departed downtown. I drove down by the waterfront and chatted with one local businessman reading the Boston Globe. I then stopped by the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought a Maine Blueberry pie for $1.70. I then returned home. The Microsoft rebate form and UPC symbols came back from Microsoft for the $20 rebate on the mouse and keyboard because I sent in the wrong parts of the box. I think I sent a box bottom with a UPC code while one of the box tops did not have a UPC code. I then had a half of a blueberry pie for lunch. I then rested from from about 1 P.M. to 4 P.M.. I had some refried brown rice along with the rest of the chicken salad with ice tea and coffee. I moved the family trunk out of the bedroom door behind the computer chair upright with the Gold Pathos plant on top of it, so the room and entry ways are a little bit more spacious. I believe I have some odd items stored in it. Well have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>07/13/00 Thursday 8:05 A.M. EDT: I worked on the Microsoft Money Home Inventory until about 9 P.M. last night. I made a few telephone calls with www.net2phone.com , and it seemed to work adequately. I had some ice cream and the cantalope and blueberry mixture. I watched a bit of television, and I finally went to bed about 2 A.M. after making a batch of 12 quarts of ice tea. I was up at 7:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier, and vitamins. I will now clean up. I have a 10 A.M. dental appointment today. Have a good morning. CIO
Note:<888>07/12/00 Wednesday 6:45 P.M. EDT: I worked on my Microsoft Home Inventory until about noon today. I am almost done with the living room contents. I then intalled Internet Explorer 5.5 along with its additional programs. I made a chicken salad with the remained of the Purdue chicken. I had chicken salad on letturce for lunch with ice tea. I slept from about 1 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.. I recieved a call from Microsoft that they are sending me the OEM program just before going to bed. I just had chicken salad, reheated brown rice, and a Diet Coca Cola for dinner along with iced coffee. While using the www.net2phone.com to a friend today, it was slow; possibly because IE 5.5 was just released. I will now work some more on my home inventory. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>07/12/00 Wednesday 9:15 A.M. EDT: I went out last evening about 8 P.M.. I went by the Greenwich Library. I read the local paper, and I chatted with some staff. I then drove down by the waterfront, and it looked to be the usual group of fishermen. I then returned home. I had some microwave popcorn and ice tea. I went to bed about 10 P.M.. I was up this morning about 8:30 A.M.. I set the air conditioner to 75 degrees Farenheit, so it is a little less chilly. I had Kellogg's rice crisipies, toast, orange juice and Perrier, coffee, and vitamins. I am now flying the English, Dutch, and Saudi Arabian large flags in the living room in addition to the larger United States flag in the bedroom along with the smaller British, French, United States, Norwegian flags on the lazy susan o the dining room table. I might buy a Scottish flag when I can afford it. Well I want to try to chat with www.net2phone.com and I have to continue my home inventory. Well have a good day. CIO
Note:<888>07/11/00 Tuesday 7:25 P.M. EDT: I have been entering the apartment inventory in the Microsoft Money 99 program. I am about a quarter finished. Well time for a break outside. CIO
Note:<888>07/11/00 Tuesday 5:00 P.M. EDT: I went to bed about 3 A.M., and I was up at 10:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier, and vitamins. I then went outside, and I washed my 1976 Volvo 240 DL four door sedan. I then waxed it with some Blue Coral car wax. I then washed with Windex the windows on the inside and outside. I was finished with this about 1:30 P.M. and the old Volvo looks as good as ever. I then had a Diet Sprite, and I took a nap until 3:30 P.M.. I then had some white chicken meat and reheated steamed brown rice along with ice tea. I just finished cleaning up, and now I will do a litte regular computer work. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>07/11/00 Tuesday 1:05 A.M. EDT: I cleaned up, and I went out this afternoon about 2 P.M.. I toured the Hospital Thrift shop for a while enjoying the air conditioning there. I found a 9 small muffin tin for $1 and a metal tea ball for .50. I noticed they have copper plated French cookware behind the counter. I noticed one customer was looking unsucessfully for old Bing Crosby records. I reminded him that Bing Crosby was from Coure De Laine, Idaho where a Mercedes Gull Wing collector I know lives. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I then drove over to White Plains, New York to CompUSA. I had installed www.net2phone.com , and I noticed that CompUSA sells the YAP Time Net2Phone cards in $10 and $50 increments. Since I don't have a credit card, I can not charge time over the net. I I bought 2 $10 cards for $9.99 each plus plus $1.55 tax for $21.53 or 2,000 minutes of Net2Phone time from PC to Telephone anywhere in the United States. They're also good for dialing from telephone to telephone. I am not sure whether Zyn Stationary carries them with their Phone cards, since I was looking for Net2Phone card logo and not "YAP" card logo. I toured the CompUSA store for a while. I then toured Staples in Port Chester, New York. I then stopped by at the Burger King across from the Port Chester mall, and I bought two whoppers for $1 each with .14 tax for $2.14 total. I ate them there. I then returned home, and I logged onto Net2Phone with the calling credit. A call to Texas was a little choppy. Calls to Maine and the other end of Connecticut were a little bit better considering around 8 P.M. is the busiest time of the night for the internet. I then made a Romaine luttuce, chopped onion, and chopped black olive salad with home made Dijon herbal salad dressing along with ice tea and coffee. After coffee, I fiddeled with my tuner for a while. I set up two antennas for the FM tuner, so FM sterio plays without hiss. I also connected a single wire for the AM, but I only get 1490 AM on it. It seems there might not be good reception in the building for AM. The FM sterio reception sounds very good though. I am now listening to FM sterio 88.5. I had some potatoe chips and ice tea. I won a coupon to mail in a Lays cerificate for $2.29 in Fritoe Lays product today, which I will mail it in. Well not much else happening. CIO
Note:<888>07/10/00 Monday 12:10 P.M. EDT: I installed ICQ 2000 A and I also installed www.phonefree.com . It seems like it might work better than www.dialpad.com,but one person I tried chatting with said it was breaking up. Well not much else happening. I am listening to the BBC world service linked from this page:
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Note:<888>07/09/00 Sunday 9:05 P.M. EDT: I went to bed about 12:30 A.M. this morning, and I was up about noon. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier, and vitamins. I munched on goldfish crackers last night and ice tea. I cleaned the apartment and watered the plants until 4 P.M.. I also set the Technic amplifier tuner presets to 28 of 30 presets for music. I also connected the cablevision to the amplifier hopefully for better music reception. I had chicken and brown rice with ice tea for dinner, and then I rested from 4:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.. I did a little routine maintenance, I finished off the Planters peanuts. I watched a little television. I showered and cleaned up. I am now having coffee. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>07/08/00 Saturday 11:35 P.M. EDT: After dinner, I went out for a stroll on lower Greenwich Avenue. I then returned home, and I made up six cups of herbal brown rice with other condiments for flavoring along with herbs and spices. I just finished making it up. When I returned home, I had a dish of Eddy's sugarless vanilla ice cream with the cantalope and blueberry mixture on top of it. I watched a little bit of television while making the brown rice. I am a bit tired, so I will go to bed. I also wrote a letter before going out. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>07/08/00 Saturday 6:25 P.M. EDT: I went to bed at about midnight, and I was up at about 10 A.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier, and vitamins. I did a little regular internet work until about 2 P.M.. I made up a batch of diced cantalope, blueberries, white wine, orange juice, and Angostora bitters which I refrigerated. I also had some Romaine lettuce, chopped olives, and diced onions with homemade salad dressing. For the homemade salad dressing, I added a quarter cup of white wine, a half ounce of white vinegar, two teaspoons of Bournier french mustard, black pepper, garlic powder, celery salt, Italian spices, Basil, oregano, a few dashes of Sessime Oil and about six ounces of olive oil which I shook in a salad oil bootle to mix it. I went out at 3 P.M.. I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read four computer weeklies and the local paper. I then went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought a two bottle container of European mystique shampoo and conditioner for .59, two one pound Plumrose hams for $2.69 each, a 20 oz. jar of Planters dry roasted peanuts for $1.99, and a 14 bag of jelly beans for $1.79 got $9.89 total. I then stopped by the Grand Union, and I bought two half gallon containers of Tropicana orange juice for $2 each, a pint of blueberries for .99, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Quarters" $1.33, a Purdue oven roaster chicken at .99 a pound for $6.24, a bulb of garlic .48, two dozen GU large eggs .79 each, for $14.62 total. I then returned home, and I added the second pint of blueberries to the cantalope blueberry mixture. I then started cooking the Purdue chicken which will be done in ten minutes. I am having it with two ears of steamed corn and iced tea and coffee. I had a lime rickey while doing this which is a half of lime juice, teaspoon and a half of sugar, and a can of seltzer water mixed together. Well have a good evening. CIO
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Note:<888>07/07/00 Friday 10:00 P.M. EDT: I slept until about 5 P.M.. I had the rest of the defrosted "Pot Au Few", and iced coffee. I went out about 7 P.M.. I stopped by CVS at the Riverside shopping plaza, and I bought two cartons of Phillie cigar cigarettes for $25.84 total. I then drove around Tod's Point, and I sat out at the southeast parking area and I viewed the sound. I then stopped by Staples, and I viewed the merchandise. There are pushing Poland Spring water. I then checked the air in my tires at the Texaco station in central Greenwich. I then drove down the Avenue, and viewed the town. I returned home, and I am doing a little internet work. The car is running fine with the new muffler system and is running perfectly quiet now. Well have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>07/07/00 Friday 12:15 P.M. EDT: I had breakfast of Kellogg's rice crispies, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier, and vitamins. I sent out my weekly "Scott's Notes" email. I went out at 8 P.M., and I had the Volvo muffler system at Midas Muffler on West Putnam Avenue. They replaced the rear two tailpipe mufflers and pipes from the catyltic converter on back. It cost $390.75 that a family member helped me out on. It is the first time that the rear muffler system has been replaced since I bought the car at 47,500 nine years ago and it now has 110,000 miles on it. The car is running quietly and smoothly. I returned home, and I updated my system to Internet Explorer 5.01 SP. I am now doing the usual maintenance and backup. Well have a good afternoon. CIO
End of Week's Note: 07/07/00
Note:<888>07/07/00 Friday 5:20 A.M. EDT: I stopped by the Greenwich Library and recommended gold as an investment to a regular. I made my 3 P.M. appointment yesterday. I then came home to change to more comfortable shoes. I then went by Radio Shack in Cos Cob, but they did not have a 15 Volt adaptor. I bought two cantalope for .99 each and two limes for .20 at the Korean fruit stand next door. I then went to Staples and they did not have a 15 Volt adaptor. I stopped by Radio Shack in Norwalk but no adaptor. I drove up to the Wiz, and they have lots of air conditioners, and a odd lot ben of adaptors for $2, but no 15 Volt adaptor. I then went to CompUSA, but no adaptor. I then went to Circuit City, but they did not have an adaptor. They had an "Open Box" Toshiba 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone for $100, which I could not afford. Well I then returned to Greenwich, and I bought $20 of premium gasoline at Exxon for $1.99 a gallon. I need to have my muffler repaired or replaced since it is making a bit of noise and the car sounds like an MG. I noticed while up in Norwalk on the Darien boarder that www.priceline.com has an office at the old Oxford Healthcare building. I then had some "Pot Au Feu" along with a Greek salad and iced coffee. I went back to bed until now. Well have a good morning.
Note:<888>07/06/00 Thursday 12:40 P.M. EDT: Well I installed ZoneAlarm and the system is working just fine. CIO
Note:<888>07/06/00 Thursday 12:05 P.M. EDT: Well I finished my laundry last night about 1 A.M.. I chatted with cablevision @home about the internet problems, I have been having. I wetn to bed about 3 A.M.. I was up at 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier, and vitamins. I called Cablevision @home on the local number 348-9211 and chatted with them about the problem I have been having with internet access. They told me that the Norton Firewall 30 day demo was causing the problem. I uninstall it, and my system seems to be working fine again. They suggested that I try ZoneAlarm, which I might. Well time to clean up and make my 3 P.M. appointment. Have a good afternoon. CIO
Note:<888>07/05/00 Wednesday 10:30 P.M. EDT: Well I went out about noon today. I stopped by the bank. I then stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a used Outdoor Products tote bag for $5. I then stopped by the Post Office, and I paid my apartment insurance. I then returned home. I had some chips and ice tea. I rested until about 8 P.M.. I had some "Pot Au Feu" and ice tea and coffee when I woke up. I chatted with a friend. I then started my laundry. I will now do some computer work. CIO
Note:<888>07/05/00 Wednesday 11:40 A.M. EDT: Well it was a quiet Fourth of July weekend, and I did not bothering entering reports into my log while I did routine errands. I bascially have decided to quit running the server on in Greenwich since it has no relavance to most of the town population. I went out on Friday morning, and I stopped by Bank of New York on Putnam Avenue, and I withdrew funds. I then went to the United States post office, and paid with money orders my Cablevision and Optimum online bills through June. I also paid my electricity for a lesser amount since I had a credit on the electricity bill. I also paid my May telephone bill. I also bought 20 .33 stamps of tropical flours for $6.60. I still owe the bills for Optimum Online @Home service and Cablevision for June along with June's telephone bill. I then went by the town hall and paid the property tax on my 25 year old Volvo. I then drove down by the harbor. I then paid my rent at Lafayette place. I then stopped by the Hospital thrift shop. I then headed over to the Exxon station and bought $18 of premium at $2.06 a gallon. I then went by the Grand Union and I bought two Shell Steaks for $3.99 a pound for $8.06, a 30 bag box of Glad garbage tags $3.49, a jar of Skippy peanut butter for $1.79, a pint of blueberries $1.99, a bulb of garlic .42, two Ragu 4 cheese sauce $1.99, a jar of Forelli strawberry preserves $1.49, two boxes of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" $1.33 each, 3 boxes of Jello sparling berry $2 all, a 40 bag box of GU green tea $2.59, two cans of GU fruit cocktail $1.19, 3 cans of GU tomatoe paste $2 all, GU baking powder .99, one lime .33, a bottle of McHilney tabasco $1.55, 3 Jello blueberry sugarless $2 all, Morton Lite salt $1.09, 3Barq's 12 packs of root beer $5 plus 36X.05 deposit, for $43.98 completed the rest of the order and then bought two jars of B&G dill pickles .99 each, a quart of Hellman's mayonaise $1.99, six Oneida stainless steel five piece place settings in the Amadeus pattern for $4.99 each set, two Swanson Hungry man boneless chicken breast entrees $3.99 each, two ten packs of GU powdered milk $5.89 each, two half gallons of GU not from concentrate orange juice $1.99 each, a pound of GU brown rice $1.35, a two pound bag of onions $1.99, GU four roll toilet paper .89, two GU paper towels .69 each, two GU flour $1.59 each, a five pound bag of GU sugar $2.15, three cans of GU stewed tomatoes $1.09, a head of Romaine lettuce $1.36, two ears yellow corn .63, two Citra 12 packs and one Barqs root beer $5 plus 36X.05 depost for $82.88 total. I was able to get two $5 for three 12 packs by breaking the order up. I then went by the Arnold bread store, and I bought 3 loaves of 12 grain bread and a Maine blueberry pie for $4.37 total. I then returned home, and I put away the groceries. I had a bite to eat of the rest of the Mulligan stew and ice tea. I then went by the bank again. I drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, and I bought two 25 watt round decorative bulbs for .50 each two 40 watt tubular bulbs for .50 each plus .12 tax for $2.12. I then went by Radio Shack and looked for 15 volt transformer which they did not have. I stopped by the Food Emporium also at the Riverside shopping plaza and bought a large box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers $5.29 and a jar of Bournier french dijon mustard $2.89 for $8.18 total. I went by the CVS store and bought celery salt for .99. I returned home, and I put away my purchases and some blueberry pie and crackers for dinner and then took a walk around lower Greenwich Avenue and then bought a dozen eggs at the Grand Union and went to bed. I was up on Saturday morning early and I did some routine errands around the house. I had Kelloggs' rice crispies, toast, orange juice and Perrier, and coffee. I went out in the morning and stopped by the bank and then paid my GEICO automobile insurance at post office. I then drove by Old Greenwich, and I went by CVS and then stopped by the Old Greenwich Thrift shop and bought a pair of brass candlesticks for $5.30. I then went to the ServiceStar hardware store and bought CarpetMagic professional carpet cleaner for $5.29. I then drove drove out to Tod's Point, and I went drove around the Point. I then went over to the Hyatt and withdrew funds from teh ATM machine. I then went by Staples and viewed teh store. I then went by the Riveride Food Emporium and bought Snyder tortillia chips for $1.59, and then I bought a carton of Phillie light cigar cigarettes $15.04. I then went home, and moved most of the small furniture off the carpet and shampooed my living room, hallway, bathroom, and bedroom carpet. It came out quite well. I sat outside a while while it dried. I then put back the furniture, and had some crackers and ice tea for dinner and went to bed about 10 P.M.. I was up at about 4 A.M., and I took down all my curtains, and I went to the Cos Cob laundry and washed them all with hot water and Ajax all temperature detergent for $12 total in hot water but did not dry them. I viewed the Cos Cob pound full of mosquitoes across the street while doing this. I then returned home and washed the windows and sills with a combination of Lysol, Swiss Pine cleaner, and dishwasing detergent. I then hung the crutains damp putting the curtian hangers in them. They all look quite clean and fresh. I went out after a light snack and stopped by the waterfront. I drove over to Tod's Point, and I walked around the southwest picnic area. I chatted with a few locals. I then stopped by Staples and bought tie tags for $1.06. I wetn by the Greenwich Library. I then went by the Grand Union and bought two quarts of buy one get one free of Edy's rasberry and also vanilla sugar free ice cream for $3.29 both. I returned home and I had chips and ice tea and blueberry pie. I went to bed about 10 P.M.. I was up at about A.M., and I did not feel well. I had three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier, and vitamins. I made a few calls in the early morning and people were made at me. I then went to the Hosptial Emergency room about 8:30 A.M. and stayed until about 12:30 A.M.. They checked me out and did blood tests. They gave me a shot. I made it back home and slept until the Fourth of July morning the following day. I then I might have gotten ecephalytus from all my waterfront activity. On the Fourth of July I was up and had three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier, and vitamins. I went out after watering my plants at about 12:30 P.M.. I was feeling a litle better. I chatted with a few people. I bought two bags of Lays potatoe chips for $2.99 both, a green pepper .86,two shallot bulbs .26, a box of white muchrooms $1.99 for $6.10 total. I returned home, and I made a "Pot Au Feu". I cut into strops the two shell steaks and brown them having removed the fat. I then put a little olive oil into a three quart Revere pot and added the browned meat, one chopped bulb of garlic, two chopped shallots groupings, six chopped medium onions, a box of sliced mushrooms, three cups of milk, 12 ounces of white wine, a half stick of margerine, along with all my usual spices, herbs, and condiments, and simmered it all for one an a half hours, I had a very enjoyable meal with ice tea. I froze half and refrigerated half. I went down by the waterfront for a little while and then walked downtown. I returend home after first repaying the Shell station for the Monarch cigarettes $2.50 and buying a play ticket and it gave me a free card, and I had chips and ice tea and I went to bed. I was up about about 10 A.M. this morning, and I had three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice and Perrier and vitamins. I then filed this report. Well I have to pay my apartment insurance today, so have a good day. So I guess I might have had a case of Egyptian encephalitus. CIO