Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  4:50 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I will head off to bed early or I might read for a bit before going to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  4:30 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I mentioned I still have from my days at Polaroid five signed Inge Reetof 8"X10" color photographs mounted on 16"X20" matt board in frames without glass.  I scanned the images and printed them out in black and white, and I will send them to the relative to see if they want them.  They are in good to moderate condition.  I have them in the false ceiling above the bed in the bedroom with a photograph of the Baker library at Dartmouth.  I called back the relative to get their address.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  2:50 P.M.:  I went outside briefly.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  2:20 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I microwaved a 13 ounce Marie Callender's one-dish classics Grilled Chicken Alfredo Bake, chicken breast chunks with fettuccini, broccoli florets, carrots, and red peppers in a three cheese alfredo sauce, topped with seasoned bread crumbs.  I had it to eat with iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  1:50 P.M.:  I went out, and I drove by the waterfront in central Greenwich.  I then drove over to Tod's Point, and I took the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point, and I sat out at various locations.  I enjoyed viewing Manhattan on a clear day.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich.  I then went by CVS in Old Greenwich, and I bought two 35 fluid ounce bottles of Lysol Disinfectant Island Breeze All Purpose Cleaner for $1.99 each bottle, a 28 load or 56 tablet box of Tide RapidAction Tabs 70 ounces for $4.97, two boxes of four CVS 60 watt light bulbs for $1.99 both boxes, two Colgate Wave medium tooth brushes one blue and one grey for $1.47 each, and a four roll 24 exposure per roll package of CVS 35mm color print film ASA 400 for $5.99 all plus $1.19 tax for $21.06 total.  I did not get my car washed since it is suppose to rain quite a bit this week maybe from the Bermuda hurricane.  I then returned to central Greenwich, and I sat out briefly.  I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a Marie Callender chicken tenders dinner for $2.50 and a Marie Callender Chicken alfredo dinner for $2.50, a 1.75 quart container of Edy's low fat caramel praline crunch frozen yogurt for $1.99, six 4.25 ounce cans of S&S chopped olives for three for $2 for $4 all, two 28 ounce cans of Goya chick peas for $1.09 each can, a 16 ounce bottle of Monari balsamic vinegar for $2.50, a six ounce dry weight can of black pearl large pitted olives for .99, a bulb of garlic at $2.99 a pound for .42, and a quart of plum tomatoes for $2.99 for $20.07 total.  I then returned home, and I used my wire cart to bring up my purchases.  I then had a glass of iced tea.  I put away my purchases.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  8:20 A.M.:  I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  This time I added 1/4 teaspoon of red cayenne pepper and for the olives I used two 4.25 ounce cans of California crushed black olives.  I had the same summer salad as yesterday along with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and then I will go out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  6:25 A.M.:  It looks like hurricane Fabian might be heading near Bermuda with winds of 125 miles per hour http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT10/refresh/AL1003W5+GIF/310853W5.gif according to http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  6:10 A.M.:  I relaxed a bit, and I read a bit about the Dutch in Java and Krakatoa.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  3:00 A.M.:  I cleaned the rollers on my Logitech cordless mouse.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/03  Sunday  2:30 A.M.:  I was up at 1 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  I watched a bit of television.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  6:05 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer.  I will have about eight Wheatsworth crackers before going to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  5:40 P.M.:  I installed and ran the latest version of Lavasoft Ad-aware 6.0 and its latest scan file http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/adaware/ .  It cleaned up a lot on the system, and the system is much more responsive without all the spyware.  I also ran Norton WinDoctor.  CIO   

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  4:35 P.M.:  I updated the latest slightly improved version of the free Real Player Basic www.real.com .  I am in the process of going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  3:05 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I drove by the parking lot of Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, but they had already closed.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library.  I filled up the tank with $4.75 of regular unleaded gasoline at $2.059 a gallon for about 32 miles per gallon.  I the went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four half gallons of Tropicana grove stand premium pineapple orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each half gallon, two quart jars of Stop and Shop strawberry preserves for $1.89 each, three cans of California large pitted olives dry weight 6 ounces for .99 each, a box of Pepperidge Farm zesty Italian generous cut croutons for $1.49, a 48 ounce box of Old Fashioned Quaker Oats for $3.99, a bag of baby carrots at $1.49 a pound for $1.69, and two red Bermuda onions at .99 a pound for $1.25 for $25.17.  I returned home.  I used my grocery cart to bring my purchases upstairs.  I put away my purchases.  I had a glass of iced tea.  I put $10 on my laundry card.  CIO  

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  11:35 A.M.:  I had the same summer salad as I have been eating recently, but instead of canned fish or beef in it, I put in 8 slices one inch sections of hearts of palm along with all the other usual ingredients.  I had it with iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and then I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  10:50 A.M.:  I finished the house cleaning and watering the plants.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  8:35 A.M.:  My guest just left.  I will now start my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I will put the computer on standby while I do my house cleaning.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  7:50 A.M.:  I read part of the beginning of the book on Krakatoa.  My guest was up at 5:30 A.M..  We both had coffee.  My guest had a bowl of oatmeal and orange juice.  My guest is just about to leave shortly.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  4:10 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  3:20 A.M.:  I am microwaving a Marie Callender beef tips with mushroom sauce meal, which I will have with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/03  Saturday  3:05 A.M.:  I fell  asleep until 6 P.M. yesterday when a friend showed up to visit.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  I cooked my friend a Stouffer's Lea Cuisine chicken and mushrooms dinner.  We chatted for a while.  About 8:30 P.M., we went out for a drive around town.  We stopped by McDonalds where my friend got an ice cream.  We drove around town again.  We returned to my place, and about 10 P.M., we went to bed.  I just go up.  I am working on the computer with the small light on next to the Danish chair, so as not to disturb my friend asleep on the day bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/29/03  Friday  10:20 A.M.:  I watched a bit of television.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will rest a bit before cleaning up and going out.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/29/03  Friday  9:25 A.M.:  I watched a bit of television.  I had two scoops of the Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat frozen yogurt finishing off the container.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/29/03  Friday  7:05 A.M.:  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will rest a bit.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/29/03  Friday  7:00 A.M.:   I took the remainder of the chilled baby spinach leaves and about six chilled spinach leaves that I peeled the stalks off of and I broke into two to three inch pieces, and I rinsed them off in the lettuce spinner underneath cold water.  I spread them across a dinner plate.  I then quartered lengthwise 8 chilled Green Giant 1/2 inch diameter baby carrots, and I spread them across the plate.  I then sliced in 1/8 inch thickness a large chilled plum tomato, and I spread the slices across the plate.  I then put three double tablespoons of the homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm across the plate in three even dabs.  I then put eight chilled large pitted California olives across the plate including one each in a dab of hummus.  I then sliced the remainder of the chilled eye round of beef into three 5/16 inch thick slices, and I cut the slices into 1/2 inch by one inch pieces, and I spread them around the plate.  I then diced one quarter of a chilled red Bermuda onion, and I spread it across the plate.  I spread about 15 Pepperidge Farm low fat large cut spicy Italian croutons around the plate.  I then rinsed three medium to large chilled mushrooms, and I sliced them into 1/8 inch thick pieces which I spread around the plate.  I then spread around a few tablespoons of the chilled Athenos herbal and garlic feta cheese.  I then sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of the chilled Stop and Shop low fat parmesan cheese around the plate.   I next spread around a couple of teaspoons of capers.  I then added about 1.5 ounces of room temperature Monari balsamic vinegar and 1.5 ounces of room temperature Italian extra virgin olive oil.  I seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and salt.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 08/29/03:

Note: <888> 08/29/03  Friday  4:50 A.M.:  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/29/03  Friday  4:45 A.M.:  I was up at midnight.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  In the period I was around Manhattan from 1973 to 1983 while I occasionally lived there, I would also have to occasionally eat.  I will now list some of the places I use to dine and eat at.  When I first arrived in Manhattan in 1973, I was on a low budget, so I would frequently cook a hamburger where I lived at the time.  I also would go to the Old Dutch deli on third Avenue around 83rd street for a roast beef sandwich.  I believe there was another deli just west of third Avenue on East 86th street.  Near the Old Dutch deli there was also a Hungarian restaurant that would serve a plate of goulash for about $3.  When I was in the midtown area, I would frequently have a bacon cheeseburger at places like Daly's Daffodil and Daly's Dandelion or P.J. Clarke's.  I would also occasionally have a croissant and coffee at the Citicorp plaza.  I occasionally dined with friends at the Isle of Capri where we had fettuccini alfredo and across the street at Yellow Fingers where there were more bacon cheese burgers.  I also would go to the A&P on second Avenue and about 52nd street for Dannon yogurt and the green grocer and delicatessen just south of there for liverwurst sandwiches.  I would frequently dine on a full dinner at the cafeteria at the Metropolitan Museum of art.  Occasionally I would use the cafeteria at Rockefeller University for lunch of an apple, yogurt, and coffee.  I also frequently had bacon cheese burgers at Melons, Churchill's and another place similar to Melons about a block away I think called Allens.  When I was in the Fifth Avenue area, it was always too expensive to eat.  There was a Greek restaurant at 50th street and First Avenue, where I frequently would have breakfast of bacon and eggs and toast and coffee.  A few times I went to the automat at 42nd street and third Avenue.  I recall eating at Mortimer's a couple of times.  I also shopped at a small Gristedes on East 49th street between first and second avenues.  When I was downtown, I ate a lot of times at the Riviera cafe on seventh Avenue and the Buffalo Road House nearby for more bacon cheese burgers and on west 7th Street the Bagel restaurant for breakfast of bacon and eggs.  I also dined a lot of times at the Spring Street restaurant in SoHo where I frequently had Dover sole.  Whenever, I had bacon cheeseburgers, they usually came with home fries.  When I lived briefly in Chelsea, I shopped at the A&P on 8th Avenue and west 20th street.  I also enjoyed frequently having bacon cheese burgers at Pete's Tavern just south of Gramercy Park.   On University Place, there use to be a souvlaki stand.  There use to be some bars on the West Side highway near the meat warehouse district that served very good bacon cheese burgers too.  I also use to have omelets at David's Potbelly on Christopher Street.  I frequently had eggs Florentine at the Greenwich restaurant on Greenwich Avenue.  I do not ever recall eating much pizza.  When I lived at the upper West Side in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I shopped at Gristedes on West 72nd street and the Fairway green grocery on Broadway along with Zabars.  At that time McDonalds had opened in Manhattan, so I would occasionally go to McDonalds at 70th street and Broadway.  There was a similar restaurant to Pete's tavern one block away in Gramercy Park.  I also would occasionally buy fresh bagels on 3rd Avenue and East 81st Street.  When I was at the CBS broadcast center on West 10th Street for two months in 1973, I ate at their cafeteria.  I occasionally would bring in food from my family's house in the suburbs.    I only recall buying an apple at Balducci's a couple of times in Greenwich Village.  I ate a numbers of times at the Old Dutch Tavern off Grove Street in Greenwich Village along with the Village Inn around Waverly Place.  I recall having pork chops at the Old Dutch Tavern and Long Island or Peking Duck at the Village Inn.  I also ate at a vegetarian restaurant "The Front Porch" just north of the Riviera Cafe and a few times at a Portuguese restaurant called "Down On the Farm" in the west village and the Pink Tea Cup south of Christopher Street just west of Seventh Avenue and a restaurant on Waverly Street just north of Christopher Street.  I think I ate once at Pearls on Second Avenue in the East Village and Max's Kansas City near Gramercy Park and Feather's on Fifth Avenue near 8th Street.  I might have had a bacon cheeseburger at Joe Allen's north of Time Square once.  I recall eating in China town a couple of times and at a couple other restaurants in SoHo near the Spring Street cafe.  I think I had tea and water kress sandwiches once at the Plaza Hotel.  I once dined at the head table of the Opera Guild at the Metropolitan Opera.  I also frequently ate at the Carnegie deli, and I enjoyed their strawberry short cake, and I recall eating at the Russian Tea room once.  I ate a number of Times at the Mayfair restaurant on First Avenue and 52nd Street.  Once I moved back to the country and I came off Nantucket, I recall eating once at a restaurant on East 58th Street called the Town House.  I think I had hamburgers at Sporters on East 52nd Street a couple of times too.  I also occasionally ate at the McDonalds on third Avenue and East 52nd street and the one in the West Village near 7th Avenue and Minetta Place.  I recall eating at a number of other restaurants just once, but not very many.  I think I ate once at the Sign of the Dove at Third Avenue and 65th street.  I have eaten a few times at the Peking restaurant at 40th Street and Park Avenue.  I never went into the Times Square area, which I thought was too dangerous.  I did have ice cream at Schrafts on Fifth Avenue a few times.  Thus although I now weight 205 pounds in Manhattan people did not eat as much, so when I lived there, I only weighed about 135 pounds.  Once or twice I might have had slices of Pizza from Ray's down on Sixth Avenue and 9th street and Third Avenue and East 80th Street.    I did eat at Trader Vics at the Plaza a few times.  I recall having lunch with a relatives at the cafeterias at Davis Polk and Wardell and Cravath Swain and Moore down on Wall Street.  I once went to a Taft Alumni dinner at the Union League Club on South Park Avenue in Manhattan.  I recall dining at the Cafe Des Artists at West 68th Street and Central Park West.  I remember a couple of small restaurants on Madison Avenue in the 60s and 70s where I had bacon cheese burgers or omelets.  I recall there use to be a cafeteria at Madison Avenue at 70th Street where I ate occasionally.  There was also a Gistedes and delicatessen on West 72nd Street where I shopped regularly.  I recall eating at the Chopping Block restaurant near Bloomingdales and a Italian restaurant near there that was popular.  However, while in Manhattan, I recall always being hungry, and those are not really that many places in ten years that I was there frequently.  As the economy improved in Manhattan we went from a staple of bacon cheese burgers to bacon blue cheese burgers and instead of hamburger buns, they came on Kaiser rolls, and instead of French fries, the home fries got larger and were peeled and were cooked in fresher oil.  I also think I ate at Asti's on East 13th Street and the Texarkana restaurant on West 9th Street and 6th  Avenue and the Elephant and Castle on Greenwich Street and the Boat House restaurant in Central Park East.  And of course, one of the places I ate the most at that I almost forgot, because I ate there so many times in the early morning hours was the Brasserie in the Seagram's Building on Park Avenue around East 54th Street where I frequently had Eggs Benedict or Eggs Florentine with home fries that tasted like they were cooked in olive oil.  I would occasionally have beer or wine with my meals and on weekends I might have a Bloody Mary.  Pete's Tavern has a very good Bloody Mary.  I most often would drink spritzers which are about two ounces of white wine with sparkling soda water occasionally on ice and a twist of lemon or lime.  I also drank a lot of Perrier in Manhattan www.perrier.com .  However, most of time after the meals, I would have a cup of coffee.  I also used a Polish bakery at west 72nd street, a French bakery at 49th street and 2nd Avenue that had fresh croissants from Paris flown in on the Concorde, Zabars bakery, and another bakery on the east side of First Avenue between 54th street and 55th street, where I once saw John and Oko Lennon besides seeing them at Zabars and the Fairway green grocery all the time.  I recall having a few sandwiches at and around Columbia University.  I think I might have once had a hot dog at Nathans at Seventh Avenue and west 8th Street and another time at the Papaya stand at Broadway and 72nd Street.  I recall going to the ice cream shop on Central Park south that is very famous a number of times, but I can not recall the name right now.  There is an all night restaurant at about East 32nd Street and Lexington Avenue where the cabs go, where I might have had a late night breakfast a couple of times.  I think I might have eaten at the visitors cafeteria at the United Nations a couple of times too.  There is an all night coffee shop on 42nd Street at Grand Central Station where I ate a couple of times.  I also use to eat frequently at Arthur Treacher's fish and chips on Third Avenue near East 62nd Street, and I think I ate nearby at a Lums frankfurter place a few times where they cooked hotdogs in beer.  I believe I also dined once with friends at the El Morroco night club.  I also bought late night or early morning sandwiches at the all night deli at around the west side of First Avenue and between 58th and 59th streets, and I recall buying snacks like Hagen Daz ice cream at a deli just south of Christopher Street on the west side of Seventh Avenue.  I also went to about a half dozen dinner parties at people's private residences besides what I dined on where I was living, which frequently was very simple like clam sauce and noodles, scrambled eggs and toast, hamburgers, yogurt, or other simple fare.  Thus I pretty much covered all of Manhattan on the east side south of 96th Street and on the west side south of Columbia University.  However late at night in that period there was not much opened in the Wall Street area, however the foreign exchange traders were always awake all night at the Citicorp complex, and they frequently could be seen dining in the wee hours of the morning at the Brasserie.  I walked through the Waldorf Astoria many times, and I saw many heads of state coming and going there, but I do not recall dining there, but I did have drinks there a few times.  I think I also would some times have a turkey croissant sandwich at the Citicorp Center plaza when not having a breakfast croissant and coffee earlier.  Basically there are so many places to eat in midtown Manhattan on a 24 hour basis that one if they can afford it can always find a convenient dining establishment on a reasonable budget.  However, one generally has to walk quite a bit to work up an appetite, and public transportation is not as frequent late at night and in the early morning hours.  Usually I ordered the bacon cheeseburgers medium rare, and they usually came on a roll or a bun with Dijon mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise with lettuce, slices of tomato, onion, and a quarter of a kosher dill pickle along with the home fries and whatever beverage I felt like having at the time.  Of course whenever I got back out to Greenwich, Connecticut on the return, the A&P now the Food Emporium was usually opened 24 hours, and my mother kept a lot of Stouffer's shrimp and lobster Newberg frozen packets with rice in the freezer.  Of course the old White Diner, formerly the Colonial Diner, now the Glory Days diner is still opened 24 hours a day 365 days a year on the Boston Post Road across from the YMCA in Greenwich, so I can imagine how many New Yorkers have come out here over the years that have ended up there after their night's ventures in this area.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  5:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I had a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will head off to bed soon.  I probably will have 8 Wheatsworth crackers before going to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  4:55 P.M.:  I went back out, and I drove down by the waterfront.  I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I next sat downtown for a while.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and P.C. Magazine.  I just now returned home.  Despite the increased price of gasoline, it seems more people than ever are driving.  I guess people will not start conserving energy until gasoline gets to $5 to $8 a gallon, then it will probably be like in Europe where people drive less.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  2:10 P.M.:  I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so I will now go out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  2:00 P.M.:  I ate two tuna fish sandwiches and a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  1:30 P.M.:  I had a cup of 50% Folger's regular instant and 50% Folger's decaffinated instant coffee before going out.  I went out, and I went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of fresh Arnold Branola bread for $2.15 total.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  Everything is 50% off, and they also have a $30 a bag sale for soft items.  I bought a mahogany framed mirror with curved top that has a small chip on one side which is about 16 inches by 27 inches for $10 half price.  It is an older mirror.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went over to Tod's Point, and I walked the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point.  It is a very nice days out there.  I sat out at various locations.  I then came back to central Greenwich, and I went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a tub of Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese for $3.24, a 10 ounce box of mushrooms for $2.19, a four pack of four six ounce cans of Bubble Bee solid white albacore tuna for $3.99 all four cans, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99 for $11.41 total.  I then returned home.  I had a glass of iced tea.  I hung the mahogany mirror on the wall to the left of the bathroom door.  I took the larger mirror that was there, and I hung it on the bedroom door.  The bird picture that was on the bedroom door, I hung on the back side of the bedroom door.  I cleaned the mahogany mirror.  

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  7:55 A.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  Art theft story Telegraph | News | Castle gang snatches £25m Leonardo stolen from Historic Drumlanrig Castle and The Queensberry Estate Scotland .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  7:00 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I had two scoops of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat frozen yogurt.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  6:20 A.M.:  I was up at 5:30 A.M..  I watched a bit of television.  I noticed that the computer temperature when it is in Standby mode goes from 93 degrees Fahrenheit to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  2:20 A.M.:  I had the same summer salad as I have been eating recently along with a glass of iced tea.  I will now put the computer on standby for a while, and I will rest for a while.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  1:10 A.M.:  Of course in Nantucket www.nantucket.net they have a lot of outdoor cafes in the summer, and I recall dining at one in June in Kennebunkport http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm , when I was up there.  Here locally in Greenwich, Connecticut on the bottom of Greenwich Avenue on the east side, they have a outdoor cafe at the Thataway Cafe, and I recall recently seeing people still smoking at the front tables at the entrance to the Thataway Cafe.  Of course a great many of the private clubs in Greenwich also have outdoor terraces.  I suppose if one were coming out of the Delamar five star Hotel http://www.thedelamar.com/ down by the waterfront, one could smoke in the parking lot by the shoreline.  However, one has to remember that I know from experience walking it for a couple of years before I had a car that the Steamboat Road area and the entire waterfront of Greenwich is inundated with large numbers of skunks.  I use to see up to a half dozen skunks just walking up Steamboat Road including the one that lived in my yard.  We also use to have a couple around my building here.  I thus keep a couple of quart cans of tomato juice around just in case I ever need them to remove the smell.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  1:00 A.M.:  The one time in the last ten years, I went into Manhattan in February about a year and a half ago, we dined at the Boat House cafe on the east side of Central Park around the mid 70s.  I recall that it looked like in the summer, they might have outdoor dining.  I just had eight Wheatsworth crackers.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/28/03  Thursday  12:50 A.M.:  Today is the birthday of a former neighbor from Key West and Nantucket who never seemed to have made it to Greenwich, Connecticut except once, and he found it boring.  Whatever, the case I remembered his birthday again, because the little old lady on Long Island said it was important to keep an eye on him, so I assume all these friends and associates are still doing that.  Anyway I tried to install the Asus motherboard program, but it did not install because I do no have an Asus motherboard.  However, the MDM motherboard stats programs works just fine.  I put a shortcut for it in my "Test" folder on the Desktop.  In remembering places in Greenwich Village last night where one can probably still smoke tobacco outside, I just remembered two other places.  On Seventh Avenue just north of Christopher Street use to be the Rivera outdoor cafe and on Seventh Avenue just south of Christopher Street use to be the Buffalo Road House.  Both had outdoor cafe areas, however they were quite noisy with all the traffic on Seventh Avenue.  Since I have only been to Manhattan once since I was mugged with a friend on July 5, 1993 which is over ten years ago, I do not pretend to be an expert on Manhattan anymore.  I do recall a number of uptown restaurants had outside patios in the backyards of their premises, so there might be some place uptown where one can still smoke a cigarette while having dinner or drinks.  I suppose one could also take a cruise around Manhattan on one of the many excursion boats, and I guess one might be able to smoke on board the boats too.  Since real estate is so expensive in Manhattan, and since it is cold there for over half the year, there are not a lot of outdoor cafes where one can smoke tobacco outdoors.  Of course in the old days, there was the outdoor cafe at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park.  I suppose Manhattan is now full of people sneaking cigarettes outside of buildings in the fresh air.  I was told by one part time Manhattan resident that one can still smoke tobacco at the United Nations Buildings, since it is a diplomatically international neutral zone not subject to the regulations of the City of New York.  I guess one place, where one could sneak a cigarette outside would be at the  east end of East 57th Street at the vest pocket park that use to be there that had the copy of the Medici boar.  Having lived down the street from the Medici Palace when I lived in Firinze, Italia, and having seen the original Medici boar in the Florence Flea Market, I use to enjoy sneaking a cigarette next to the Manhattan replica.  However, it can be cold there on mid winter nights.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  11:20 P.M.:  I looked at http://www.betanews.com/releases.php3?num=100 , and I downloaded http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1053033598 , and I will now install it along with this one http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=929820238 .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  10:55 P.M.:  I rested for a while.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  8:35 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative this morning.  I had about 20 Wheatsworth crackers before going to bed about 10:30 A.M..  I was up at 7 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  8:35 A.M.:  Well, I went through my email earlier.  I had ten Wheatsworth crackers before I went out.  Well, not much is happening.  I guess I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I received email from www.llbean.com about dog monogram tote bags they are now have available with a pictogram of your style dog and its name in their traditional coal bag tote bag L.L.Bean: Boat and Tote® Bag, Dog Breed .  One of my history teachers at Greenwich Country Day use to carry his books in such a bag when everyone else was forced to buy leather briefcases.  I guess he must have known something about the history of coal in this region as opposed to the more recent usage of oil and natural gas.  I don't think were quite at the point yet, where we will be picking up coal from along the railroad tracks, but I once commented to a friend whom I thought should go to Harvard, that he should write on his application that he was the son of a coal miner, since John Harvard's father was a coal miner.  I also having seen the statue many times in Harvard Yard thought the friend had an uncanny resemblance to John Harvard.  Of course all the new worldwide travelers they seem to have collected at Harvard recently do not seem to have much respect for a lot of the history that went on there before them.  Basically when I worked in Cambridge, Massachusetts for a couple of summers while at Polaroid, and while living in Boston while not at college in Illinois at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , I learned quite a bit about Harvard students and their personnel.  Basically they are all insecure that they are not quite as smart and brilliant as they pretend to be.  Realistically, they are more connected than academics, since a great many of them once their trust funds run out seem to become accomplished carpenters which is a worthwhile skill in New England with all the trees.  Whatever it is with Harvard, I have never tried to figure them out.  One former friend of mine whom attended Harvard and whose father had a chair named for him at Harvard once asked me to accompany him to a meeting with the Director of Admissions at Harvard explaining that he felt insecure about going alone since apparently the Director of Admissions at Harvard at that time apparently was supposedly gay.  Whatever the case knowing inbred academics, they tend to cover for each other, so I would imagine Harvard is more a private country club for some of the old guard elite, and if one attended such pre prep schools as Phesaton or Fay and such prep schools at Exeter and Andover, more than likely one would find their bills paid for at the Hasty Pudding Club.  Whatever the case, the friend of mine dropped out of Harvard and became a recluse, and I continued working around a lot of Harvard and MIT people whom were so busy working, they quite frankly seemed sexually oblivious to the realities outside of the academic world.  Basically so many of them have had their heads in books for so many years that without accurate writers to write the books they would not be to well informed.  The reason I keep writing is that at Lake Forest College, they kept saying "Publish or Perish", so I do not feel like Perishing, so I keep writing.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will probably have some Wheatsworth crackers and ice tea before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  7:45 A.M.:  I went down by the waterfront.  There was a great blue heron down by the pier on Steamboat Road, which is a sure sign of tropical weather.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue including the train station area.  I sat out for a while at various locations.  I then drove back down by the waterfront.  I just now returned home.  I left a message with a friend on his answering machine.  I had a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  5:15 A.M.:  I will now go out for a little morning activity.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  5:05 A.M.:  On has the face the nature of the New York area besides being a travel destination for many tourists, it is also a travel hub.  Thus with so many people coming through the New York area in their travels to other areas, they frequently are interrupted in their travels by the weather particularly in the winter, so many times they end up paying unexpected visits to the New York area, which due to the nature of New York can be a bit expensive, if one does not know about how to watch one's budget.  I am now going to finish off the bowl of green partially seedless grapes and blueberries.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  4:25 A.M.:  I recall around February 1983, when I had a little money from a construction project that I had finished, I took my former roommate to dinner at the Lone Star Steak House Lonestar Steakhouse  or Texarkana Restaurant on West 9th Street just East of Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, which apparently is not there anymore.  We had a good dinner sitting on the second floor tier, and I recall looking at the party sitting on the main floor in front of the fireplace, and one of the party was Texas senator John Tower.  I have been told by those in the know that near the meat warehouse district in Manhattan on West 14th Street is the Old Homestead Steak House http://www.oldhomesteadsteakhouse.com/ , and having walked by it many times, one always sees lots of stretch limousines parked around it.  I believe it is almost directly across the street from the Manhattan Salvation Army for those whom are less fortunate and can not afford a steak.  Believe it or not in the west 20s of Manhattan west of the West Side Highway, they use to store all the buses and sanitation trucks for Manhattan, thus if one wants to keep one's local Manhattan neighborhood on the up and up, one has to be on good terms with the blue collar work force in Manhattan.  It takes quite a lot of different people to keep the City going.  I once was told that just to change a light bulb in an office building, one might have to deal with more than a dozen different union contractors.  That is why the City can tend to be very expensive.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  3:25 A.M.:  I just found this story about free courses at MIT www.mit.edu , and the story is at Wired 11.09: MIT Everyware .  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  3:15 A.M.:  The building alarm system went off a little while ago, but it was turned off shortly after it went off.  I had a scoop of Ben and Jerry's chocolate fudge brownie low fat frozen yogurt and a scoop of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat frozen yogurt.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  2:35 A.M.:  One of the local fishermen asked me where to get a transponder on Monday evening.  I recommended searching the internet.  I also mentioned that if it were for older equipment that used vacuum tubes I was familiar with another place.  Back around the early summer of 1974, I lived for a couple of months in the Chelsea area of Manhattan across the street from the Anglican Seminary on West 20th street in an unrestored brownstone on the third floor as I recall with the entire building covered with ivy, since it had not been renovated.  I liked the neighborhood since one could easily park a car, which I sold the 1971 blue Volvo 240 four door sedan while I lived there, since there was not much energy in the area.  I used the apartment video camera to record the foundation digging of the World Trade Center while they were digging the pilings.  The apartment had a vintage about 1954 RCA television with a white mahogany cabinet.  It did not work, so I checked out the vacuum tubes.  As I recall, I knew the location of a television repair shop on West 9th Street between Greenwich Street and Seventh Avenue.  It was across the street from the West Village fire house, and it was next to the Ninth Circle Steak House, which became a hippie hang out.  I was able to find the old type of vacuum tubes which worked in the older RCA television, and when I left the apartment after about two months of living there, the television worked.  I also recall that the Ninth Circle Steak House was a watering hole for a lot of hippie type rock stars, because it has a Juke Box with lots of Beatles and Beach Boy records.  As I recall it was 3 records for a quarter, and a beer was .50 and a hard drink was a dollar.  I use to drink little cans of orange juice there that cost about .65.  Since there were lots of hippies there, and since Manhattan changes with the Four Seasons, in the warmer months there would be lots of people there visiting there from the tropics.  I recall they had a back patio where people could sit outside and smoke, so as not to bother the customers inside.  I guess with New York's new smoking laws, it is a more popular place.  As I recall in the old days, the visitors from the West Indies did not know the difference between Virginia tobacco and native ingredients grown in the West Indies.  However, the owner was a liberal from Vermont, and he did not seem to mind.  I recall the West Village fire house across the street from it burned down a couple of times in the 1970s too.  Anyway, it was a casual atmosphere with a cross section of people from the entertainment business trying to start off in the business.  I recall their sign did not say the "Ninth Circle" which is a take off from the book by Dante.  Instead it had a sign with this configuration,

000

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.

Anyway, it was one of many watering holes in Greenwich Village, but because it catered to the younger generation, it was more of a college bar with cheaper drinks than the tourist places.  I remember

seeing people there that looked like Margaret Thatcher and Mao Tse Tung, so it drew a large cross section of people.  One of the more popular regulars was named Sydney  from the town of the same name in Australia.  I recall the doorman seemed to know more than he pretended, and I use to see quite a few CBS personnel there.  Whatever, the case since it had a country atmosphere, it was more of a down home crowd than some of the glittery places around town.  I recall that the television repair shop in the basement next to it was frequently opened very late at night, and back around 1974, they had a large selection of vintage electronic appliances.  However, not many people watched television in Manhattan, since there are so many other diversions going on in the city.  I can remember before they built the World Trade Center, there use to be a lot of electronic shops down in the same area.  In the old days, Canal Street was a particularly good area for searching out used nautical items.  University Place had a lot of antique shops, and I remember one filled with lots of Viennese crystal chandeliers that looked like they needed dusting.   Of course the area in Chelsea around West 24th Street was the wholesale flower district.  Thus if one is trying to furnish an apartment or home in the New England suburbs, and you can not find it locally, plenty of stores seem to have similar items in Manhattan the surrounding boroughs at a higher price.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  1:45 A.M.:  I had two Stop and Shop caramel popcorn cakes.  I also opened up the box of Nabisco Wheatsworth crackers, but I did not have any.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  1:05 A.M.:  It looks like the price of oil and energy has been rising recently.  Locally up north for those people whom heat their homes with oil, one can usually lock in the price of oil at the current price early in the season before the price might go up later in the season.  However, if it went down, one would be paying a higher price.  However, the nature of so many customers locking in the price of their oil at a lower price tends to drive up the price on the commodities futures market, thus causing the future price of oil to rise.  It is one of the basic principles of economics and supply and demand.  One can also stay warmer in a colder home during the winter by wearing long underwear or other thermal type garments.  Generally if available, they are cheaper this time of year.  One could go to Marshall's in Stamford, Connecticut or Norwalk, Connecticut or T.J. Maxx has two stores in Norwalk, where they might have some warmer winter clothes that are not marked up yet.  I basically have plenty of winter clothing and being a cold weather person, I tend not to have to wear heavy winter clothing.  I hardly ever wear turtle necks underneath my sweaters, and I tend to wear a polar fleece lined winter coat shell on colder days.  I was able to buy one from Marshall's made by Columbia Sportswear  http://www.columbia.com/ and I have also seen them discounted at Modells at the Port Chester, New York shopping center.  It has been my experience with the local thrift shops that not many heavy winter coats ever show up for resale, since people in this area tend to hold on to them.  Since I was once thinner many moons ago, I also have a selection of winter garments at a thinner weight, which I keep in reserve, should I have succeed in losing weight.  I am presently 205 pounds, and my ambition is to lose another 25 pounds and to get down to 180 pounds.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/03  Wednesday  12:40 A.M.:  I had the same summer salad as the last few nights along with a glass of iced tea.  It still feels a bit hot and sultry like tropical weather locally.  One should probably study www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  Basically, the prediction was for a tropical hurricane weather season to be twice as bad as normally, but it does not seem to have developed yet.  However, it seems to have been cooler this summer locally, and basically as the summer continues, the weather and the Atlantic ocean might warm up a bit more, which could mean increased tropical weather.  Basically the Old Farmer's Almanac The Old Farmer's Almanac - Weather Center might have some useful weather information, if one studies it for one's area.  Of course one could use the natural indicators if one were familiar with those indicators to help forecast the weather.  I am advised locally we could use some rain.  Whatever, the case I have been spending so much time inside locally this summer, I am not that attuned to the local weather as I have been past summers.  Since I am keeping busy much of the time, I do not have the time to spend lots of time on a bench downtown observing the weather.  The way I figure it, I will have to deal with it when it arrives no matter what, so I am thus use to a cooler environment having spent a great deal of the summer by the air conditioner.  Hopefully once cooler weather arrives, I will not need to use as much electricity for heat.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  11:30 P.M.:  I went out, and I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I chatted with a couple of the regular fishermen.  They told me about a web site about Long Island Sound http://mysound.com/ , but it is just a music site.  I found this link with lots of links on the waterfront http://www.harborestuary.org/links.htm , however I think the fisherman was tired, and he meant this web site http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/ with this link to Greenwich Harbor http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/wlisgw_stn.html with Greenwich Harbor Weather Information http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/wlisgw_wx.html as opposed to his local weather information at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm .  I chatted about my theory that the volcanic eruption 120 years ago of Krakatoa might have been caused by increased sunspot solar activity heating up the earth's molten core with additional neutrons, which might have triggered the volcanic activity at the time.  I then went back downtown to sit outside for a while, but there was a skunk prowling around where I regularly sit, so I returned home.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  8:25 P.M.:  I tried call a few friends and relatives, but none of them were at home.  I chatted with a friend.  The sky is overcast, but Weather Pulse says it is just suppose to be cloudy, and it is not suppose to rain.  I will shut down the computer, and I guess I will clean up, and I will go out.  I also guess I am still on a night schedule, since I just got up.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  8:00 P.M.:  I was up at 5 P.M..   I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked the mail.  I rested some more until a short time ago.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  5:45 A.M.:  I finished off the bag of white corn chips.  I will not being eating any more corn chips, since they are not low cholesterol.  I looked at some of the sites at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I will now shut down the computer.  I will go to bed soon.  I had two Stop and Shop caramel popcorn cakes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  4:20 A.M.:  Of the four eruptions on Krakatoa during that eruption 120 years ago, it says the final fourth eruption was at 5:02 EDT our time that blew away the volcano.  However, the third eruption blew out about 60% of the debris of the entire four eruptions.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  3:55 A.M.:  In my notes earlier yesterday, when I mentioned the Howard Johnson's motel in Greenwich, Cos Cob, Connecticut, if I am not mistaken, when money was tight back in the 1970s, they use to hold the annual reunion there of the survivors of the Titanic, so it does have a certain cliché amongst a certain select group of travelers.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  3:45 A.M.:  This web page The Great Explosion of the Krakatau Volcano ("Krakatoa") of August 26, 1883, in Indonesia says that Krakatoa's first eruption on August 26, 1883 at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time GMT, which would be 12:07 P.M. EDT here today would be the 120th anniversary of the event.  For local time in Indonesia one could look at MapZones.com Live Time and Date , but I have already figured out the difference.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  3:15 A.M.:  I just noticed from the cover jacket of Simon Winchester's book "Krakatoa, the Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883" means that this Wednesday, but probably this Tuesday here August 26, 2003 today because of the International Date Line is the 120th anniversary of the eruption of "Krakatoa".  Well anyone around when that happened would be up there in the years.  I once use to chat with an elderly scholar, and she use to go on and on about the eruption of "Krakatoa" and how cold it was the following couple of winters, when there was a 10 foot snowfall in New York City, and it snowed in Connecticut in July.  I do not recall if the elderly scholar was alive for the event, but it was important enough with all that she knew, that it made an impression on me to remember it.  The elderly scholar was the head trustee of Vassar College, a fixture in New York Society, a world traveler, a neighbor of Sagamore Hill, and probably one of the few people in the 1960s and 1970s that knew volcanology was important, when everyone else was focused on other affairs.  Her godson that lived next to the United Nations had Edgar Cayse's complete collected works in his apartment, and he also had a valuable Renoir painting of Vesuvius erupting over Pompeii, and he happened to speak 12 different languages, and I was simply the visitor whom did not mind the cold weather and energy shortage back then, since out in Illinois in college the previous four years and during my tour of Europe the winter before, it had been very cold, and I happened to visit some volcanic locations in the Canary Islands at Lanzarote and around the Greek Isles, so I had some first hand knowledge of the historical volcanic activity in those locations.  I recall in 1975, Martinique had an eruption, so the following year, when I showed up in Key West, and I saw Jacque Cousteau and quite a few other world experts, I just stuck to my knitting.  Just because Jacque Cousteau was a bit tanned, does not mean he was a Cuban refugee, and just because French people like tanning, does not mean that they are Spanish.  I have chatted with uncounted numbers of French Canadians over the years in French in this area who have been south to the tropics, only to come north to be mistaken for Latino travelers.  Whatever, the case certain French groups might have a better overall perspective.  Moreover, my friend with a unique last name who was the godson of the elderly scholar only has that same Dutch last name show up on in the internet in reference with Tahiti.  Thus when one lives around the United Nations, there is generally more first handed information than just what is available in the local media, particularly back then before the internet was commonly available.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  2:35 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I put the ice tea in the refrigerator to chill.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  1:20 A.M.:  This article Yahoo! News - Cousin Drugs Interfere with Aspirin Heart Benefits , since when I wake up, I usually take a half of an aspirin with my morning orange juice along with vitamins and supplements.  However, frequently if I have arthritis pain, I also take a CVS extra strength acetaminophen, which I guess I should not do at the same time.  I also take a CVS extra strength acetaminophen before going to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  1:15 A.M.:  I printed out in printer friendly format this past Saturday's New York Times article on Greenwich, Connecticut A Town With a Little City at Its Heart .  It was 5 pages long in printer friendly format.  I used two first class stamps to mail it to a relative.  I mailed in the mail room letter drop downstairs.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/03  Tuesday  12:50 A.M.:  I had the same style summer salad as the last few nights.  I had it with a glass of iced tea.  I am making up a batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  I am putting in one less bag of Bigelow tea and adding a bag of Salada green tea along with the other flavors in the recipe.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  11:20 P.M.:  I put away the fresh batch of laundry.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  10:50 P.M.:  I unpackaged the Glade plug-in with fan, and I installed the Hawaiian Breeze refill bottle.  I installed it in the kitchen on the center kitchen counter power strip.  I took the old Glade Plug-in device that I filled with Renuzit air freshener, and I plugged it into the 3 outlet adaptor behind the primary computer where the two power control panels are plugged into.  I had to use a ground fault adaptor to have it stick out far enough to plug into the socket.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  10:30 P.M.:  I was up at 3:30 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by the ATM machine at the Fleet Bank in Byram, and I used it for a dollar charge.  I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then went to downtown Greenwich, and I went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription for a dollar charge , and I bought two containers of Suave invisible deodorant for $2.99 both plus .18 tax for $4.17 total. I then bought a two pack of European Mystique shampoo and conditioner for $1.29 both bottles less a .75 coupon for .54 plus .03 tax for .57 total.  I then parked further down Greenwich Avenue, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I went by CVS again, and I bought  on sale for half price a Glade Plug-in with fan and Hawaiian Breeze refill for $3.99 and a 100 yards of CVS baking soda dental floss for $1.99 less .75 coupon for $5.23 plus .31 tax for $5.54 total.  I finished my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront for a while.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned a book, and I checked out "Krakatoa" by Simon Winchester, which I had reserved.  I then returned home.  I started two loads of laundry, and I used fabric softener after 20 minutes of the wash cycle.  I am now on the dry cycle with 25 minutes to go.  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  I also put clean linens on the bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  6:20 A.M.:  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  6:10 A.M.:  I checked on the internet, and it says the Pierre Hotel is now owned by the Four Seasons Hotel chain http://www.fourseasons.com which use to be owned by the A&P heir Huntington Hartford or "Hunt" to his personal friends.  I found their address for the Pierre Hotel, and it is 5th Avenue at 61st Street in Manhattan, New York, New York, 10001.  Their telephone number is 212-838-8000.  This web site has more information http://the-pierre-hotel.visit-new-york-city.com/ .  Their rooms start at about $495 a night plus tax and gratuities.  However, Fifth Avenue and 61st Street is a very busy location, and more than likely it would be a bit noisy, and more than likely one would be tempted to spend a bit of money in that very expensive location.  I personally have always found that a cheaper location in Manhattan is the Westbury Hotel at 15 East 69th Street, and their rooms start at $265 The Westbury Hotel - New York City - Reviews of The Westbury Hotel .  If one does not need to be in the upper East side of Manhattan, the Howard Johnson's in Greenwich or Cos Cob, Connecticut starts at about $100 a night, but www.hojo.com use to have a special $69 a night plus tax rate for a limited number of rooms if one called their 800 number at 1-800-446-4656, and then one could enjoy the splendid ambience of suburban Greenwich, Connecticut.  And if one were traveling by automobile, there is a quick change oil place almost across the street.  However, it is next to Interstate 95, so it might be a bit noisy.  One can get there easily from exits 4 or 5 off Interstate 95.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  5:20 A.M.:  It says here that J. Paul Getty once owned the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan.  I wonder if the Getty family still owns it Telegraph | News | Getty helped traitors sell oil to Hitler .  Of course the manager of the Pierre Hotel was once named Michael Scott, so I guess I have a relatively common name.  I recall trying to visit the Getty Museum in Malibu on Labor Day in 1980, but it was closed for the holiday.  There was a festive beach party on the beach though of about 50,000 surfer types.  When I left the gates of the museum that day, I saw a friend from Manhattan walking down the sidewalk, but I did not want to bother the friend on his California excursion.  I recall pointing the friend out to the friend that I was traveling with.  Thus I have not visited either the old or the new Getty museums.  I guess I never will, since it would be at my advanced age of 53 a bit too tiresome to travel all the way out to California just to look at some artwork.  I have only made it into Manhattan once in about 10 years, so I guess I am becoming somewhat of a recluse.  Still most anyone whom goes downtown here in Greenwich gets a chance to see me, so it is not like I am that much of a recluse.  I am just keeping my lifestyle within limits and trying to live within my budget.  Thus I do not think I would want to spend a bit of money just to go to Manhattan, since I see so many Manhattan types coming out here to visit for a breath of fresh air.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  4:25 A.M.:  It seems that it was a bit warm in the apartment at 79 degrees Fahrenheit, which was making me feel drowsy.  I set the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, low fan, no moving louvers, and no Energy Saver, so it will keep the apartment  a bit cooler outside.  It is 62 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, and when it is cooler outside, the Energy Saver cuts off the air conditioner, and it actually gets warmer inside from the heat build up in the building.  Of course in another few months, this will not be a problem.  From about mid October to mid April in this area, it is cold enough that we need to use electric heat which we pay for.  Thus since the building is not very well insulated, and since it can get down to below 20 degrees Fahrenheit in this area on cold days, we generally most of the time are colder in this building.  Thus from being cold so much of the time, even when it is warmer like now, we tend to feel colder, since it is ingrained into our psyches.  Anyway, right now it is very nice out, and there is not much going on the internet, since I would imagine a lot of people are still away.  I should do some reading, but instead I will look at some web sites that I normally do not have time to look at.  It is cooling off fast in the apartment, but it is still 79 degrees according to the thermometers.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  3:45 A.M.:  I watched a bit of television.  I had 20 Tostitos restaurant style white corn chips.  I replaced a 40 watt light bulb in a wall lamp to the right of my primary computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  2:05 A.M.:  I reserved Simon Winchester's book on "Kracatoa" at the

Greenwich Library http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/ .  I will try to remember to pick it up later on today.  Basically as I get older with arthritis as the weather changes occasionally, I have a harder time adjusting it.  However, usually once the new weather has set in,  I adjust to it after a couple of weeks.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/03  Monday  1:40 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I watched some television.  I had the same summer salad as last night along with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  11:50 P.M.:  I had 20 Tostitos restaurant style white corn chips before going to bed.  I was up at 4 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I fell back to sleep until 8 P.M..  I watched some television.  I had ten more corn chips.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I sat downtown at two locations, and I drove around.  I did not walk.  I did drive by the waterfront.  I returned home.  I chatted with a relative.  I clipped my finger nails.  I remember, I once noticed on a Dixie Cup http://www.gp.com/dixie/  about 20 years ago that it was made in Champaign, Illinois.  I also found this web site that explains some of the history of Georgia Pacific www.gp.com and its evolvement http://www.toiletpaperworld.com/tpw/encyclopedia/navigation/manufacturers.htm as it is related to Dixie cups.  This link shows the history of Scott Paper http://www.scottbrand.com/ which was acquired by Kimberly-Clark http://www.kimberly-clark.com/ which seems to be a larger company.  I use to have friends think my family was involved in owning Scott paper, but since we were from Illinois, we were not that branch of the Scott family.  I read about ten years ago, that the lady named Scott that Katherine Hepburn portrayed in the movie the "Philadelphia Story" was the owner of the Scott paper company.  The story I read about ten years ago, said that she was cleaning out one of her mule's stalls, when she was in her 90s, and the mule kicked her and killed her.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  7:05 A.M.:  I did some regular internet work.  I went outside briefly.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  5:25 A.M.:  Right now, it is 49 degrees Fahrenheit outside, so it has cooled off quite a bit in this area.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  5:10 A.M.:  A little while ago, I had two scoops of Ben and Jerry's chocolate fudge brownie low fat frozen yogurt.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  4:55 A.M.:  Of course where my father Louis Dale Scott who died about 15 years ago was from was Champaign, Illinois http://www.city.champaign.il.us/ , which is really not quite as big as a city, but it is a university http://www.uiuc.edu/index.html town and a railway town and a farming community.  Thus since the National Center for Super Computing NCSA http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ is also located where NCSA Mosaic the first internet web browser was invented by Marc Andresen there, so there has been a bit of internet presence there from the very beginning about 35 years ago.  However, the internet was started for supercollider physics at the nearby Fermi Laboratory http://www.fnal.gov/ , so obviously the United States Government and other countries involved in the Supercollider Physics at http://public.web.cern.ch/public/ in Switzerland which also was involved with the laboratory in Grenoble, France nearby and other European laboratories http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~jac/Nuclear/labs/labs-eur.html were involved in using the internet for supercollider physics research.  Thus with European research money pouring into the projects, more than likely more French champagne and other wines became available in the scientific network, since many Europeans tend to drink wine.  Thus with all this internet activity with one focus on Champaign, Illinois, there more than likely are a group of researchers that travel around various computer outposts of research.  Since I live only about five miles south of IBM's world headquarters, I have more than likely seen most of the key players over these last 20 years.  Thus if one has not been on the internet or if one has not been aware of the activity in this area, one would figure if those involved work and travel through this area, and since they tend to be highly paid researchers, more than likely they have brought along some of their creature comforts.  Thus scientific research is a little more complex than America Online.  I dare say when people do government research they have some sort of security, and they also have some sort of substantial budget.  Not only do they work hard, more than likely they play hard too.  Still, I have a feeling that with so many hundreds of millions of people on the internet, its purpose as it was originally designed has decentralized all the locations through out the internet world.  Thus we are all grapes in the universal grape vine.  On the champagne subject, there might have been some ruling in the past, that one could call it champagne if it were produced from champagne grapes.  Since I have never been able to afford to be a wine connoisseur, I have not kept up on that subject matter.  Well, I think it fairly safe to say that both the internet and champagne are here to stay.  On the matter of Champaign, Illinois due to their location in the tornado belt, they do a great deal of supper computing weather research for which they have received funding http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/home.rxml , and since at the moment the speaker of the United States House of Representatives is http://speaker.house.gov/ is Dennis Hastert from Illinois, I would imagine the NCSA funding is fairly secure.  However, they supposedly have T-900 http://www.internet2.edu/ connections coming soon, if they do not already have them.  Thus while I sit here reading the office technology news, a lot elsewhere is going on in the scientific community as it pertains to the internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  3:40 A.M.:  A little while ago, I had ten Tostitos restaurant style white corn chips.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  3:25 A.M.:  If after 25 years, one still feels like pursuing this case to the World Court at the Hague in the Netherlands, I am sure the French people will win.  If you do not know what I am trying to explain, I am trying to explain from my reading and experience having traveled through France that only sparkling wine bottled in the Champagne region of France may be called Champagne.  Even in France sparkling wine from outside the region of Champagne may not be called "Champagne".  Any region like New York state or California labeling a bottle with the label of Champagne for sparkling wine from their region are violating international trade and patent protection laws for the brand name "Champagne".  It has been decided many times around the world in many courts, but still in America, they insist upon the trademark infringement for marketing sparkling wine as Champagne.  Whatever, the case more than likely I have neighbors nearby whom are more expert on the subject.  I am just voicing an opinion from travel and reading reference.  I do not pretend to be an international jurist, but I would imagine the only reason the French people do not continue to object is their great appreciation to the American people for their help in the two great Wars of this century.  Not to mention quite a few French expatriates live in the Americas.  Still it is like Canada Dry Club soda calling itself Canada Dry Perrier.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  2:50 A.M.:  I got a catalog with lots of interesting souvenir items from the Ronald Reagan Foundation today http://www.reaganfoundation.org/ .  When I went out to California in the summer  and fall of 1980 during the Reagan Bush campaign,  I spent quite a bit of time around Santa Barbara, California at the camp ground near Ronald Reagan's ranch.  As I recall in California paying for the mountain top camp ground sights was on the honor system, and it was $3 per night.  Since we hardly ever had that much money, we frequently would not pay.  I recall staying near Ronald and Nancy Reagan's ranch near Solvang, California quite a number of times, and in the fall nearing election time it started to get cold, so we bought a sleeping bag for $20 to open up in the car for cover.  We also would camp on earlier trips out in the mountains east of San Juan Capistrano where there were several campgrounds up in the hills.  As I recall the campground had toilets and hot water showers.  They also had barbeque grills.  We were so low on money, we would occasionally barrow some filet mignons from the local supermarkets.  I think I owe the Albertsons in San Juan Capistrano about six filet mignons, but I have not found a cow yet that wants to surrender them.  We did pay in Carmel, California about $100 for a dinner of two tornados which are the Spanish name for filet mignon.  Since we did quite a bit of volunteer work out there observing, I figured we deserved to eat occasionally.  However, about the last time I barrowed a package of two filet mignons in Santa Barbara, I think from the Safeway Store there, I was hauled into the calaboose, which had quite an interesting collection of people.  I also while being apprehended broke a bottle of California, Champaign.  Since I had given on an the same two trips an associate funds, I figured my credit was good in California.  Since in my extensive touring around on five trips to California, I got the lay of the land, and I had seen quite a few cows and steers.  Despite all the vegetarians I encountered, I figured somebody was eating a bit of beef.  Basically when one drives out to California, one gets to driving so much in the trip across country, that when one arrives out there, it is hard to keep from stopping driving.  I enjoyed driving up and down the coastal highway to see a bit of the ocean.  However, I also drove through the Imperial Valley a number of times, plus the east west parts of my journey.  I did venture into the interior to Belle Aire, California east of Malibu to see where the Howard Hughes set lived.  It looked quite prosperous with lots of European style villas, but compared to Greenwich, Connecticut and other New England mansions I have seen, the houses looked to be a bit close together.  I have heard of but not visited Hillsborough, California where William Randolf Hearst lives, and it is suppose to have more spacious real estate.  I guess since the Scotts are an original Virginia family, we are probably related already to the Randolfs, so it would be like visiting one's second cousins.  I did pass by San Simeon a number of times, but since they had a small replica of a Whaler's Village like Nantucket, and since I had already encountered a lot of Californians in Nantucket, I figured I already knew them from my network back east.  I use to go to up to over 40 bars, pubs, and cabarets a night in Manhattan checking out the local night life with brief glimpses of the places.  However, once the internet came along, I figured it was a better source of news.  Still, when one lives close to such a large tourist area as Manhattan, when one takes off in any direction, more than likely people one encounters have already been here.  I remember when I stayed in Chelsea a couple of months back in 1974 one of my roommates use to help throw parties at the Copa Cabana in Manhattan at the Pierre Hotel, and he once remarked the Reagans had been there.  Of course the old Copa and the Pierre Hotel is still next to Governor Rockefellers old triplex apartment complex, so more than likely Governor Rockefeller's political network had also frequented that location.  I remember in the old days while at CBS, I use to go to the Oak Bar at the Plaza, and I would see members of Richard Nixon's staff there, because Richard Nixon like eating downstairs at Trader Vics, which I also enjoyed eating at many times in both New York and Chicago before I discovered the Pump Room at the Ambassador East Hotel in Chicago.  Of course such fine dining and drinking can lead to lessening of one's finances, and thus one sooner or later can end up in the kitchen of a remote restaurant like the Languedoc in Nantucket trying to earn back some of the money that one has spent.  However, once one learns to cook and shop, one tends to save on meals three times a day, or however often one eats.  I remember a lot of people in Manhattan use to dine out all the time, and they never had any food in their apartments except Dannon yogurt and Hagen Daz ice cream and partially used liquor bottles.  Thus although it seems Californians do not eat much meat, they do produce wine, so they must consume wine.  Moreover, since the grocery stores in California offer pretty much the same cross section of foods that we do on the east coast except fresh and more abundant produce, I think it is safe to assume that they are not all vegetarians.  I remember the health food stores in California use to sell trail mix and corn chips in large wooden barrels.  A Dutch second cousin of mine in San Luis Obispo once told me that he sees lots of Dutch tourists studying California farming techniques at Farm stands in his area.  Basically I think it is generally accepted that most people eat universally, although in different climates and areas, they have different diets.  I enjoyed seeing the Dutch Windmills on the Van De Kamps grocery chain in California.  I also enjoyed seeing Carnation dairy products which I use to see down south.  I was even amused to see what a large selling product Borax was having seen the Borax http://www.borax.com/ mountain when I was traveling through the country.  Even though one might not buy the Borax brand name in the east, it is a large enough company that their product is used in a great many other products that do not bear its name.  I have not seen the 20 mule team around recently, but I remember there use to be somebody who was famous advertising Borax, so more than likely he owned stock in the company. 

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  1:35 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I was emailed this web link http://www.inkjetsmart.com/ which seems to have cheaper Epson ink cartridges than www.3dayinkjet.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/03  Sunday  12:10 A.M.:  I had 10 Tostitos super size white corn chips and some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  11:45 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad as last night, but this time I did not put in artichoke heart quarters.  Since the new Green Giant baby carrots are a bit large about a half inch in diameter, I cut them in quarters lengthwise.  I also only had one sliced plum tomato in the salad.  I did slice three 5/16 inch thick slices of the cold eye round, and then I cut them into about half inch by one inch strips, and I added them to the summer salad.  I had the salad with iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  10:50 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I saw a yearling deer behind the family units as I was exiting our complex.  I then went downtown.  I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by CVS.  I then went by the Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $3.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.999 a gallon for about 26 miles per gallon.  Gasoline seems to be going up in this area.  I was told that regular unleaded gasoline in Biddeford, Maine is $1.699 a gallon at the Getty station.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and also the train station area.  For those of you with deep pockets whom do not worry about sunburn, there are a number of Bentley convertibles for sale at the dealership across from the train station including a cross section of Ferraris too.  However, the property tax on them would be quite high, and they do not get good gasoline mileage.  However, I suppose there is a small market for them for a certain niche group.  On my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I bought a CVS Clorox toilet tank tablet for $1.99 and from the 50% off shelf, I bought a 60 ounce 60 uses bottle of Nice'n Fluffy Mountain Fresh Ultra Fabric softener for $1.99 half price plus .24 tax for $4.22 total.  I then completed my walk.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a super size bag 20 ounces of Tostitos white corn chips for $2.99, a 6 ounce bag of S&S baby spinach leaves $1.99, a quart of Borden Realemon lemon juice $2.75, and a red Bermuda onion that they charged a yellow onion price of .99 a pound for .79 for $8.53 total.  I then put my purchases in my Hyundai, and I sat outside the Stop and Shop briefly.  I then remembered, I needed another item.  I went back inside, and I bought a 40 bag package of Salada green tea for $3.59 total.  Green Tea is suppose to have lots of antioxidants, and it suppose to be healthy for you.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I opened the box of Salada green tea, and I put it on the kitchen sink shelf on top of the Bigelow tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  6:50 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for an evening stroll.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  6:50 P.M.:  The electricity went off about 4:45 A.M. this morning for a little over an hour.  I used my Slaymaker battery recharger light and flash lights.  I checked outside and around the building.  I went to bed about while it was still off.  I was up about 3:30 P.M. this afternoon.  I chatted with a relative.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I reset the clocks and the VCR clock.  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I found a new 15 watt small base bulb to put in the Body Basics aroma light.  I also emptied out the garbage and the waste baskets in the apartment.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  4:20 A.M.:  I did some regular internet work.  I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I will head off to bed soon.  A little while ago, I had two scoops of Ben and Jerry's chocolate brownie low fat frozen yogurt.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  4:15 A.M.:  What the New York Times article does not mention about downtown Greenwich is that although it is quite delightful, there is so much activity that it is quite a noisy area.  If one likes peace and quiet on a low budget, certain other areas of town tend to be a bit more quiet, however then once again, one would not be able to walk everywhere, and one might need an automobile.  However, when I lived at the Jenkins apartment complex at 700 Steamboat Road, it was fairly quiet except in the summer, when there is a bit of waterfront noise from the pleasure cruisers and the Island Beach Ferry.  However, usually by about 9 P.M., downtown quiets down except for a few late night revelers, and the occasional youth trying out their skills on their skateboards on Greenwich Avenue.  However, I guess as I get older my hearing might not be as good.  Where I am presently living it is so quiet, it is like living out on the Great Plains of America, where one can hear a freight train 50 miles away.  However, that could be because I am frequently on a night schedule, and in the daytime when I am frequently asleep, I do not notice any noise.  Also certain devices like the air conditioner and the air purifier, also tend to generate noise which cancels out other noise.  Also the downtown area or Greenwich, Connecticut being between the Boston Post Road and Interstate 95, since it has quite a bit of traffic and since it is due east of New York City, there tends to be quite a bit of air pollution particularly when the highway is busy.  However, realistically the air pollution goes all the way up to about 20 miles east of Hartford, Connecticut; so most everyone in the area is use to it whom can tolerate it.  When I vacation further up north on the shore, I generally feel much better with the cleaner air than around here.  However, since I am frequently on a night schedule, the air quality tends to be better at night.  Thus if one is use to midtown Manhattan pollution, one would tend to find the air quality a bit fresher here, but it is not as fresh as in the real countryside.  Of course the town does have quite a bit of essential services that one might not enjoy in the country.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  3:25 A.M.:  I just discovered this interesting article about Greenwich, Connecticut in the New York Times Greenwich, Connecticut, A Town With a Little City at Its Heart .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  2:20 A.M.:  I finished going through my email and the volcano reports.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  12:30 A.M.:  I put the cooked seasoned eye round of beef in the refrigerator.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/23/03  Saturday  12:15 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I went by the Food Emporium, and I bought an eye round roast at $2.99 a pound for $7.89, a pint of Ben and Jerry's low fat chocolate fudge brownie frozen yogurt and a pint of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat frozen yogurt for $2 each for $11.89 total.  I think this week's sale items at the Food Emporium ended at midnight, and next weeks start up.  I noticed the power was off at the Stop and Shop, the Exxon station, and the Audi dealership, but it seemed to be on elsewhere.  I called up my answering machine for .50 charge to make sure the power was on here.  I then returned home.  I had a message from a relative.  I took the eye round roast, and I put it on a baking rack in a baking pan.  I then seasoned all sides with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil, and Texas Best Barbeque sauce with mesquite flavor.  I am cooking it in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes.  Once it is done, I will refrigerate it in a Rubbermaid container to use later this week.  I will slice it cold into about 1/4 inch thick slices and half inch wide strips, and I will use portions of it in my salads.  I had a glass of iced tea when I returned, and I also left a message with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/03  Friday  8:45 P.M.:  I took enough chilled baby spinach leaves to cover a dinner plate with one thin layer, and I rinsed them off in cold water in the lettuce spinner.  I then spread them across the dinner plate.  I then spread about 10 chilled baby carrots over the plate.  I next sliced two chilled plum tomatoes about 1/8th inch thick, and I spread the slices over the plate.  I then put three double tablespoon chilled dabs of homemade hummus on the plate.  I then put eight chilled black pitted California on the plate including one in each dab of hummus.  I then put on a diced quarter of a chilled red Bermuda onion.   I then added three 1/8th inch thick sliced chilled mushrooms which I had rinsed underneath cold water.  I then added 12 Pepperidge Farm large cut low fat spicy Italian croutons.  I next put on about two ounces of chilled Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese.  I then open a six ounce can of crab, and I rinsed it underneath cold water with the lid on a half dozen time, and I then flaked it, and I put it on the salad.  I then added eight chilled artichoke quarters.  I next put on about an ounce of Stop and Shop low fat grated parmesan cheese.  I then added about two teaspoons of chilled capers.  I next put on about 1.5 ounce of Monari room temperature balsamic vinegar and about 1.5 ounces of room temperature extra virgin Italian olive oil.  I then seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and salt.  I had the salad for dinner.  I also had a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  It is suppose to be 77 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but it feels warmer.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/03  Friday  7:45 P.M.:  I took the nine medical degree frames with glass that I bought at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for .25 each, and I put in pictures of family, friends, and associates.  I left the old medical certificates in the frames behind the pictures.  Quite a few of the frames were held together by small nails, so it took a while.  I put clean sheets of paper in the frames to mount the pictures on.  I hung all nine of the frames on Ook hooks and nails above my bedroom bed three frames over three frames over three frames.  The look very presentable.  I took the picture of Bermuda that was over my bed, and I hung it on the lower half of the bedroom door entrance side beneath the bird picture.  I took the flower oil painting, and I hung it on the wall by the head of the day bed by the Parsons Lamp.  I put the Venice print above the bedroom door entrance.  The framed picture of the George W. Bush inaugural invitation from 2001 has a weak hanger, and I did not have room to display it, so I put it on top of Scott's Random notes print outs in the left hallway bookcase.  This all took some time, but it all looks very presentable.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 08/22/03:

Note: <888> 08/22/03  Friday  3:55 P.M.:  I had 15 Wheatsworth crackers before going to bed this morning.  I was up at 2 P.M., when I had a telemarketing call.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked outside, and it is very hot and sultry.  It is 90 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, and there is a severe thunderstorm watch for the area just to the north of us.  I do not plan to go out this afternoon.  I plan to stay in my cool air conditioned apartment.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  If one is downtown and needs to be the cool, the upstairs music level of the Greenwich Library Peterson wing is a lot cooler than the ground floor level.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/22/03  Friday  3:40 A.M.:  Well, I finished going through my email.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/22/03  Friday  3:15 A.M.:  Well this is a very informative computer story http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/32445.html .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/03  Friday  1:10 A.M.:  I did some minor tweaking of the apartment.  I am now updating the Red Hat Linux 9.0 partition on the Dell backup computer.  I had a bowl of the green partially seedless grapes and blueberries.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/22/03  Friday  12:05 A.M.:  I cleaned up some old mailings on the HP LaserJet IID paper cartridge holders that had been sitting there some time.  I ran Ad-aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ to clean up hidden cookies on my computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  11:05 P.M.:   I did some minor straightening around the apartment.  I have a lot of empty computer parts and electronics boxes in the television cabinet and in the left living room closet shelf that I could eventually throw out to make more room for storage.  I also have a lot of 5.25 inch computer disks in the television cabinet.  However, the television cabinet is hard to get to, since one has to lift up the Queen Anne chair from where it is placed between the day bed and the living room couch adjacent to the television cabinet, since it does not slide out.  I did lift it out once recently to store some books behind it, when I freed up the kitchen entrance blue book case for pantry storage.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  10:15 P.M.:  I put the medical diplomas underneath the left side of the bedroom bed, so the scrap paper and the bedroom window area is more easily available.  One can also more easily disconnect the AMD backup computer LAN cable, if one wanted to use a laptop computer with a LAN cable in the bedroom.  Unfortunately my old laptop computers will not work with a LAN cable.  Thus as I have told many people over the years, if one does not waste one's time watching television, one can always find activity to keep one busy.  My Microsoft Bellwether stock portfolio of about a 150 stocks has been doing well recently.  If is down about 7% from the stock market high of two years ago, but it is at about $1,180,000 from its original start about five years of a million dollars.  I do not own the portfolio, I just use it for tracking the daily activity in the stock market.  It is available for download to use with the Microsoft Internet Portfolio http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp from http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scopor01.zip .  The portfolio is not meant to out perform the stock market, but just to reflect its performance like the DOW Jones indicator.  Thus as an indicator, one would only make money if the market went up, and one would lose money if the market went down.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  9:50 P.M.:  I moved the Rubbermaid hamper with all the extra smaller pairs of pants from in front of the bedroom window to the hallway entrance by the head of the day bed.  I put in an 8 watt night light bulb in the Body Basics aroma light on the left side of the bedroom desk, and it still has the rejuvenation aroma beads in it.  I do not feel like spending the money on the 15 watt bulb it requires, since I never use it, and I have extra night light bulbs.  I moved the Radio Shack 7 channel digital weather radio to on top of the Danish end table on the left side of the bedroom desk behind the laptop computers.  It is plugged in, but I do not leave it turned on for alerts, since the alerts are two loud in my small apartment, and the other Radio Shack weather radio on the Dell backup computer in the living room is loud enough.  I moved the Omron blood pressure tester monitor to the right side front of the bedroom desk, and it is connected to power.  I dusted off the Dictaphone on the left bedroom night stand, and there is a Sony tape sitting on it.  I thus have the space leading to the bedroom window open, so one can open the mahogany bureau drawers, and access the window area with spare light bulbs and scrap paper.  I still have all the frames with medical diplomas from a retired Doctor to use for family photographs when I have the time to install them.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  9:10 P.M.:  I checked my Plantronics DSP 500 audio settings, and they are fine.  I also ran Norton WinDoctor, and it fixed one Microsoft Shared file setting.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  8:50 P.M.: I disconnected the brown speaker phone in the bedroom, and I cleaned it off as well as possible with some Ronson lighter fluid.  It had quite a few stains on it.  I reconnected it.  I strung the emergency pull cord from behind the bedroom desk across the brass and glass table and down the right side of the bedroom desk, so it is available for use, if one remembers in the dark where it is.  I should find a florescent patch to put on it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  8:05 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad that I have been eating recently.  This time I added a six ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish that I flaked.  I also added three 1/8th thick sliced mushrooms and six artichoke heart quarters along with all the other usual ingredients that I mentioned on my past Friday notes.  I also had a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  7:10 P.M.:  I glued together the goose egg.  It had broken apart when I accidentally knocked it about six months ago in pretty much the same places where I once repaired it before.  There are some small white lines that show a bit.  I put it on the center of the top shelf of the left hallway bookcase in front of the print of Alexandria, Virginia in front of some books.  I have a bit of the glue still stuck on my fingers that I will have to gradually peel off over time.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  6:40 P.M.:  I had two scoops of Edy's raspberry sorbet before going to bed this morning about 4 A.M..  I had a telemarketing call about 11 A.M..  I got up, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I then went out, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I bought a black and gold West Point coffee mug for .25 and a white RadioShack Electronic Telephone Amplifier System for $1.50 for $1.75 total.  Most everything at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop is half price.  I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought two .28 bolt and molly assemblies and four .23 bolt and molly assemblies plus .09 tax for $1.55 total.  I then stopped by CVS, and I bought a two tube package of CVS super glue gel for $1.97 plus .12 for $2.09 total.  I then finished my walk.  I then returned home.  I put the new white speaker phone on the dining room table to the left of the primary computer for easy access from the primary computer.  I put the old brown one on the left side of the bedroom desk plugged into the modem telephone port on the AMD backup computer.  I put the West Point coffee mug on the left  center back of the bedroom desk with some blue pens in it.  I use two of the .28 bolt and molly assemblies to resecure the top half of the towel rack in the kitchen to the right side front of the refrigerator.  I used two of the .23 molly bolt assemblies to resecure the right brass hook on the entrance wall of the bedroom.  I think I have already used molly assemblies on the left brass hook, since it seems secure.  I put the spare two .23 molly bolt assemblies in my computer tool kit in the wicker rack behind the HP IID laser printer.  When I have time I will use the CVS super glue gel to reassemble a broken painted green malachite color goose egg that I have on display on a shelf on the left bookcase in the hallway.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  3:05 A.M.:  I had 20 Wheatsworth crackers.  There is not much happening.  Generally when the locals start getting ready for the new school season about the third week of August, it starts to get busier around here.  However, generally during slower economic times, people do not bother returning for work until after Labor Day, since they are not making much money anyway.  Still, the only reason the stock market seems to be going up is that the prime interest rate is still about 1% which is very low.  This has the advantage of encouraging new construction with lower lending rates, but if only a few people have the money, it is really not much of an economic stimulus.  Basically, the conventional wisdom of Milton Friedman http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/bios/friedman.html economics tend to hold true, which is more supply side economics than the more liberal viewpoint of John Maynard Keynes http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Keynes.html which is more liberal economics based on more theory and statistics.  In either case without investment capital, the general economy will not pick up and increase.  However with such low yields, there is very little stimulus to risk investment capital in such speculative ventures.  Anyway, the light is at the end of the tunnel, and I guess I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO  

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  1:50 A.M.:  I had a bowl of green semi seedless grapes and blueberries.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  1:10 A.M.:  For those of you whom remember the good old days of "Green Stamps" at the grocery store, they now have evolved to http://www.greenpoints.com/account/act_default.asp , however at the rate the local economy is going, more than likely we will be looking forward to "ration coupons" in the near future as opposed to Green Stamps.  Still the old time yankees seem to be surviving, and more than likely some of them planted their Victory Gardens this summer, so more than likely we will be still eating for the indefinite future.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/03  Thursday  12:40 A.M.:  Back in 1973 when I was working at Boodles restaurant in Greenwich, Connecticut the whole country ran out of oil.  We were forced to seek refuge in Manhattan where local merchants seemed to have an ample supply of coal to heat their pied a terres.  Well, one merchant family seems to have branched out into this activity http://wmf.org/ using the funds from http://www.kressfoundation.org/kress/index.html .  I am still trying to figure out if the last Kress Department store I saw in Key West, Florida is still in existence.  However, it is rumored that the Kress Department store evolved into K-Mart.  Whatever, the case when I drove back and forth across the country about five times, I saw quite a few K-mart department stores.  I remember once buying a fuel filter for my old 1972 Subaru I bought in Nantucket at a Kress Department store near Lenox, Massachusetts when I was driving up to Williamstown, Massachusetts.  However, it is not too hard to find the old Kress family estate in Long Island from Greenwich, Connecticut.  All one has to do is sail south from the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and more than likely one will be close to it.  However, if you miss Long Island, one might indeed end up back down in Key West.  Whatever the business seems to be today, the fast moving New Yorkers seemed to have forgotten their friends to the North in their world travels.  I guess one could try to research other old information at the http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/ , but I have been advised that New Haven, Connecticut is not as safe of an area as it once was.  However, the Greenwich Hospital http://www.greenhosp.org/ is affiliated with Yale New Haven medical center, so I would imagine there is some sort of communications between them and this community.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  11:40 P.M.:  Staples has a HP 3820 Staples Special Savings color inkjet printer on sale for $69.98 with a $30 mail-in rebate, so it eventually would be about $39.98 for the new inkjet printer with the new ink cartridges.  However, when one went to service it with new ink cartridges a pair of them one black and one color would be over $50.  Thus they are selling Inkjet printers the way Polaroid use to sell cameras, where they did not make money off the camera, but they made money off the film.  Much could be said about the price of ink cartridges.  www.3dayinkjet.com does not list cartridges for the HP 3820 printer, but they might sell a similar cartridge from another HP printer.  One would have to look into it.  Still, since I have two working Epson color inkjet printers with full ink cartridges, I do not think I need to invest in another printer.   Not to mention I have the HP LaserJet IID laser printer which has a fairly new HP 95A toner cartridge from HP.  I also have the older HP LaserJet IIP laser printer and a spare HP 75A cartridge for it.  The HP LaserJet IIP is hooked up to the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.  However, it only feeds paper out from the lower level, and it tends to be wrinkled.  Since I do not print out that much, I seem to have ample printing resources.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  11:15 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went downtown.  I ran into an infrequent night walker, and we chatted briefly.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a five pound bag of S&S sugar for $2.39, two six ounce cans of Chicken of the Sea crab meat for $1.99 each can, a 8 ounce container of S&S fat free grated parmesan cheese $3.99, a tub of Athenos garlic and herbs feta cheese $3.23, a ten ounce box of fresh whole mushrooms $2.19, a 8 ounce jar of Sclafani imported capers in vinegar $3.29, a quart of fresh plum tomatoes $2.99, a 4.25 ounce of McCormack whole black peppercorns $2.69, a six ounce bag of S&S baby spinach leaves $2, and a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots .99 for $27.74 total.  I then returned home.  I had a glass of iced tea.  I took out the two 12 packs of soda cans from the lower shelf in the refrigerator to make more room.  I put the soda cans underneath the blue couch.  I put away my purchases.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  8:05 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad that I have been eating recently.  This time I put in a  quarter of a diced red Bermuda onion and a tin of sardines that I chopped into pieces and seven artichoke heart quarters.  I had the salad with a glass of ice tea.  I will now clean up, and I will go out after that.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  7:00 P.M.:  I ran Symantec update.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  6:45 P.M.:  I installed two Windows Updates.  SpeedFan says my computer is 93 degrees Fahrenheit.  The outside temperature is 85 degrees Fahrenheit.  The apartment temperature is 74 degrees Fahrenheit with the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, low fan, Energy Saver, no air circulating louvers, and no fresh air exhaust.  Thus, I am cool and comfortable, so I might wait until the sun goes down before going out.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  6:05 P.M.:  I had three scoops of Edy's tropical fruit sorbet before going to bed about 4 A.M..  I was up at 1 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked my mail.  I fell asleep again until about 6 P.M..  CIO

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  2:50 A.M.:  Meanwhile back at Scott's Byram spa as opposed to  Forbes.com: World's Best Spas life goes on.  I really do not have much to do, and since it seems we have nicer weather this week, I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  2:00 A.M.:  Well using SpeedFan, I noticed my computer does run a bit warmer than one might think.  Its basic computer temperature is 99 degrees Fahrenheit, which is good reason for using air conditioning in the summer.  I also updated Nero 5.5 www.nero.com with the latest update not the latest version which is not free.  If one needs CD/R media I noticed that at Staples this offer is available this week http://instorespecials.staples.com which after rebate would be about $5 for a 100 pack.  At the moment, I have plenty, but I might get them to have.  Staples' rebates generally come back very fast, if it is a Staples rebate and not the manufacturer's.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/20/03  Wednesday  1:10 A.M.:  I checked out www.betanews.com and these two programs caught my eye FileForum | Program Detail - Weather1 and FileForum | Program Detail - SpeedFan .  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/19/03  Tuesday  11:55 P.M.:  I went through my email except the volcano reports.  I had a bowl of the blueberries and green partially seedless grapes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/19/03  Tuesday  10:45 P.M.:  Before I made up my summer salad, I also made up a fresh batch of the homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  I also used in the regular recipe two 4.25 ounce cans of S&S crushed California olives and 1/8th of a teaspoon of Red Cayenne pepper.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/03  Tuesday  10:05 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad with a six ounce can of flaked solid white albacore tuna fish along with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/03  Tuesday  8:30 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/03  Tuesday  7:30 P.M.:  I had ten Wheatsworth crackers last night before going to bed.  I was up at noon today.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.   I received in the mail my Symantec $20 rebate from when I bought the Norton System Works 2003 and Norton Internet Security 2003 bundle for $74.19 with tax at CompUSA in Norwalk back on December 30, 2002.  I received the $30 upgrade rebate in April, and I just got the $20 rebate now, because of a delay in rebate qualification material, so the package only cost me $24.19 after all this time.  I went out, and I cashed the Symantec $20 rebate at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and everything is mostly 50% off.  I bought a 23 inch by 19 inch antique one inch wide framing wood frame with glass and matting for $2 and two 3 foot double RCA plugs for .25 each for $2.50 total.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a container of Ajax cleaner for .99 and another 16 ounce bottle of Renuzit super odor neutralizer Orchard Garden for $2.50 plus .21 tax for $3.70 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two red Bermuda onions for $1.49 a pound for $1.95 a 28 ounce can of Goya chick peas for $1.09 and a bulb of garlic at $2.69 a pound for .48 for $3.52 total.  I then returned home.  I had a glass of ice tea.  I put the two RCA cords to the right of the stereo system.  At my kitchen entrance on the lower right side of the entrance way, I have two prints of Martha's Vineyard that I bought about 14 years ago at the Darien boy scout tag sale for .50 each framed.  One is of a Martha's Vineyard street scene with old shingled and clapboard houses.  The other is of a small sail boat moored at a dock.  The print of the sail boat fell off its hook, and the glass was cracked.  I remounted the sail boat print in the glass frame that I bought today, and it looks very good with the matting and all.  I have it hanging highest underneath the mirror with the street scene hanging down by the floor.  I cleaned the frame and glass.  I mounted the print evenly in the existing matting.  I scotched taped it in.  I used to screws attached to the frame seven inches down, and a piece of wire to provide a hanging device for the wall hook.  Thus it all looks very good, but it is not very noticeable in its lower position in my apartment art collection.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/03  Tuesday  2:35 A.M.:  The email server is not working right now.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/03  Tuesday  2:25 A.M.:  I had the same summer salad as I have been having for the last few weeks in the smaller size.  I put a 6 ounce can of crab meat with it.  I had it with iced tea.  I installed the Epson C60 drivers on the two backup computers, and they both print out fine through the Siemens LAN port.  For the time being, I have the Epson Stylus C60 as the default printer.  I have the printer port box thus set to the second port for it.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/03  Tuesday  1:10 A.M.:  Before I went out after the last message, I took another empty Glade plug-in oil refill with its plug-in attachment, and I filled it with Renuzit.  I put it on the bathroom wall socket.  To make room for it on the bathroom wall socket, I moved the Coleman rechargeable flashlight to the center kitchen counter socket setup.  When I went out, I went by Smokes for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of Arnold Branola bread for $2.15 total.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I bought a Epson Stylus C60 printer for half price for $7.50.  Everything is mostly half price at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I then went downtown.  I sat out briefly.  I then made my 4 P.M. appointment.  I next walked back to the center of town, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought nine 4.25 ounce cans of California chopped olives for three for $2 for $6 all, a bag of S&S baby spinach leaves for $2, and a jar of Goya Spanish capers for $1.69 for $9.69 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I had a glass of ice tea.  I put the new Epson Stylus C60 printer on the living room desk to the left of the Dell backup computer.  I plugged it in directly to the primary computer LPT1 port, and I tested it.  I had to change parallel cables to a newer one with more pins.  I installed the driver and the status monitor.  I was able to get it working just fine.  The status monitor showed it had a full color cartridge and a 1/4 full black cartridge.  I took out the black cartridge, and I refilled it.  It all seems to work just fine.  I took it off the parallel port, and I connected it to the port switching box connected to my Siemens router port, so I can use it with any of the three online computers, but neither Epson Status monitor works on the Siemens router.  I tried refilling the black ink cartridge on the Epson Stylus color 880 printer, but it would not work once installed.  Also the color cartridge quit working when I removed it.  I tried taping the bottoms of them a number of times to get them working, but neither would work.  I chatted with a friend during this process.  I tried a number of times to get the used Epson Stylus Color 880 cartridges to work by taping their bottom outlets a number of times with scotch tape and reinstalling them, but they did not work.  The printer instructions say that if one removes the cartridge they will not work again when reinstalled, but the inkjet refill kit says taping their bottoms makes them work like new cartridges.  Maybe both cartridges were just worn out.  Anyway I had a new black and a new color cartridge in reserve that I had bought from www.3dayinkjet.com .  I installed the two new cartridges, and the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer works just fine.  I save the old cartridges in the new cartridge packaging.  I have both Epson inkjets installed on the Siemens router port along with the HP LaserJet IID laser printer.  One has to change the switch on the port box on the wicker rack to right on the wall to the right of the primary computer to change printers routed through the Siemens router.  This all took some time.  However, both inkjet printers are filled up with ink and running just fine.  I noticed the Epson C60 inkjet cartridges at www.3dayinkjet.com are about $15 apiece, which is more than the $8 to $10 for the Epson Stylus Color 880 cartridges.  Well, I now have a backup inkjet printer.  I will not order reserve cartridges for a while, until I see how both printers are functioning in use.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/18/03  Monday  1:00 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer.  I will clean up, and I will go out.  I have a 4 P.M. appointment this afternoon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/18/03  Monday  12:35 P.M.:  Before going to bed, I had 8 Wheatsworth crackers.  I also had two scoops of Edy's Tropical Fruit sorbet.  I was up at 11 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I just checked my mail.  I took the empty Glade plug-in scented oil refill in the kitchen, and I removed the lid with a table knife by prying it off.  I then filled it with Renuzit, so hopefully this might a cheaper way than buying the Glade refills.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/18/03  Monday  12:40 A.M.:  I finished going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I will now shut down the computer.  I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/17/03  Sunday  11:55 P.M.:  I had nine Wheatsworth crackers.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/03  Sunday  11:30 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I rinsed off the two pints of blueberries in a colander.  I put them in a large yellow plastic bowl.  I picked off the grapes off of about two pounds of green seedless grapes.  I then mixed the grapes and blueberries together, and I put them all in a large Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I then had a bowl of the mixture.  Quite a few of the green seedless grapes had seeds in them, so I had to eat the mixture more slowly.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/03  Sunday  10:20 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives and three friends.  Net2Phone Communications center with the Plantronics DSP 500 headset is working just fine.  It sounds as good as a regular telephone.  Amazon is selling it for $59.94 down from $150 Amazon.com: Used and New: Plantronics DSP-500 Digitally-Enhanced USB Gaming/Multimedia Stereo Headset and Software .  Well, it is good to have my 2 cents a minute communications in the United States of America back up and running fine again.  Of course one still has to have a computer and a cable modem which are additional expenses, so it is not exactly a cheap call.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/17/03  Sunday  7:45 P.M.:  I put away the laundry.  I finished running the utilities on the primary computer.  When I ran Norton Win Doctor, it fixed 18 multimedia file settings in the registry, so maybe that will improve my sound quality with Net2Phone.  I put the YAP headset on the Dell backup computer which is also connected to a set of speakers.  I have it set to the Sound Blaster AWE 32 sound card.  However, it also has Plantronics Persona on it, so one could use the Plantronics DSP 500 headset on it too.  I put another generic headset that I have on the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.  I also have that connected to a pair of speakers too.  I surfed the internet for a while on the Dell backup computer while the primary computer was running the utilities.  I had the same summer salad that I have been eating for the last six weeks in a half size portion that I have been eating for the last two weeks.  This time I added two 1/8 inch thick sliced plum tomatoes instead of one.  I also put on 12 Pepperidge Farm large cut low fat spicy Italian croutons.  I did not use artichoke hearts or capers which I am out of capers.  I did put on it 7 sliced chunks of hearts of palm.  I also used a flaked 6 ounce can of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish.  I filled the dining table salt shaker with Morton low sodium salt.  I filled the dining table pepper mill with McCormick whole black peppercorns, which I used up.  I also put out the Ducros Le Moulin black peppercorn mill, which was on the spice rack.  I had the salad with ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/03  Sunday  4:50 P.M.:  I will now run Norton Speed Disk on the C: and D: drives.  I will then run Norton Win Doctor on the system.  I will then do a C: drive to D: drive backup.  I will then run Norton Speed Disk.  This should take about three hours of more that I will not be online.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/03  Sunday  4:40 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $6.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.919 a gallon for about 30 miles per gallon.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I went by CVS, and I bought a white large Djeep lighter for  $1.89, a liter bottle of CVS yellow mouth wash for $1.99, and 16 ounce spray bottle of Renuzit super odor neutralizer Orchard Garden for $2.50 plus .38 tax for $6.76 total.  I finished my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 35 ounce bottles of Lysol disinfectant all purpose cleaner Island Breeze for $2.99 each, a 48 ounce container of Quaker Old Fashioned oats for $3.99, two 96 ounce containers of Tropicana Premium orange juice with Calcium for $2.48 each, a tub of Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese $2.68, a 5.5 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm low fat large cut Spicy Italian croutons $1.49, a quart jar of S&S strawberry preserves $2.89, two pints of fresh blueberries .98 each, and a Marie Callender Chicken Parmesan dinner for $2.99 plus .36 tax for $27.30.  I then returned home, and I used my grocery cart to bring up my purchases.  I had a glass of ice tea.  I started two loads of laundry, and I just put it the driers for a 60 minute cycle.  I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  I will put the Renuzit on the toilet wicker shelf rack.  I hear thunder and the NOAA weather warning is going off for foul weather in New Jersey west of us.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/03  Sunday  12:25 P.M.:  I was up at 11 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I chatted with two relatives.  Net2Phone Communications Center 1.60 seems to be working just fine.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  11:20 P.M.:  I am tired.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  11:15 P.M.:  I updated the USB files back to the way they were before I tinkered with them, which seems to be the default settings.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  11:00 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad as last night with a tin of sardines instead of tuna fish.   I had the salad with ice tea.  I updated my Speed Dial list with more telephone numbers that I can cut and paste in the Net2Phone Communications Center 1.60.  I chatted with an AT&T 800 operator down in Dallas, Texas with the Net2Phone Communications Center 1.60 and the Plantronics DSP 500 headset, and the operator said my connection sounded just fine.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  9:45 P.M.:  On the primary computer, I detached all my USB devices, and then I uninstalled my USB drivers.  I then reinstalled a default group of USB drivers that come from Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition instead of the Syntax USA  VIA drivers.  I then reinstalled the Plantronics USB DSP 500 headset.  I next reattached my other USB devices.  However, the Plantronics headset did not sound any clearer with Net2Phone.  Then I remembered that I have been using the older version of Net2Phone 10.0 because it has the ability to keep a speed dial list.  I also have the latest version of the Net2Phone Communications Center 1.60 on the computer.  I was not able to test it out on anyone, but I called myself up, and I listened to it on the speaker phone, and it sounded a lot clearer.  I put an icon on my desktop to my short list of phone numbers on my Columbia telephone speed dial list, so I can cut and the paste the numbers into the Net2Phone Communications Center 1.60 program.  Maybe using the old version of Net2Phone 10.0 was the problem all along.  I still have the Andrea Electronics microphone also connected to the Creative PCI Live MP3+ sound card too.  One occasionally has to adjust the Andrea Electronics connection to the Creative PCI Live MP3+ soundcard, since it is a large plug that does not seem to fit in well even though I am using a Y adaptor on the microphone plug to facilitate a better connection.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  7:35 P.M.:  I searched Google for information the Plantronics USB DSP 500 headset to no avail.  I just finished cleaning my apartment in the usual manner and watering the plants.  I just threw out the garbage.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  4:20 P.M.:   I received a second email from www.jab-tech.com that they will not accept returns after 30 days.  I will try to connect www.plantronics.com on Monday, when they are open to see if they know how to fix the problem.  There is no information on the internet about the DSP 500 headset.  I took it out of the packaging, and I put it on my Dell backup computer.  It does not work any better on the Dell backup computer either.  Hopefully Plantronics can resolve the problem.  I guess I should try to do my house cleaning now.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  2:45 P.M.:  I heard back from www.jab-tech.com , and they emailed me back that they only cover the Plantronics DSP 500 headset for 30 days, and I received it on July 7, 2003.  I emailed them back explaining the situation.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  1:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative, and they told me with the Andrea Electronics headset, Net2Phone sounds just fine.  I still have not heard back from www.jab-tech.com about returning the Plantronics DSP 500 headset.  I turn off the microphone in the volume control panel, when I am not using it.  I am just about ready to start house cleaning, and I will listen to FM 106.7 .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  1:40 P.M.:  I listened the www.kenradio.com new hourly weekly broadcast.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I looked at Microsoft's www.betaplace.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/03  Saturday  10:30 A.M.:  I was up at 7:30 A.M..  I chatted with a friend on Net2Phone.  We both agreed that the new Plantronics DSP 500 headset was not working properly.  I tried tweaking and uninstalling and reinstalling it, but it still did not work properly.  I finally reinstalled the Andrea Electronics headset into the Creative MP3+ Live sound card and the Panasonic RP HT96 headphones, and I tried calling my friend with Net2Phone again, and we both agreed it sounded a lot better.  I filled out the form at www.jab-tech.com about returning the Plantronics DSP500 headset, and I am waiting to hear from them.  I also chatted with a relative on Net2Phone, and the relative agreed the old Andrea Electronics headset sounded a lot better.  I am not sure what the problem was with the Plantronics DSP500 headset, but I had thought it was internet speed causing the problems, and I guess it was the Plantronics DSP500 headset causing the problem all along.  With the Plantronics DSP500 headset not installed, the speakers now work without having to change the settings.  I put the Plantronics DSP500 headset in its original package, and once I receive the information from www.jab-tech.com I will pack it up in its original shipping box to return.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  11:25 P.M.:  I had ten Wheatsworth crackers.  I went through my email.  I did some other internet work.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will have two scoops of Edy's Mandarin orange sorbet and some ice tea.  I will then head off to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  10:00 P.M.:  I filled out the Columbia telephone rebate information.  I mailed it in the mail room letter drop downstairs.  I also made copies of the rebate information.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  9:20 P.M.:  Today when I went out, I saw a General Electric service truck going into Putnam Green across the street.  I chatted with the driver, and he verified to me that with my General Electric service contract on my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU 115 volt air conditioner with remote control that the service contract is for "In Home" service, and if I ever have any problems, they will take care of it, and I will not have to move it myself.  I just ripped apart about ten chilled spinach leaves into 2 to 3 inch pieces, and I rinsed them off under cold water in the lettuce spinner.  I then put them on a large dinner plate.  I next spread around ten chilled baby carrots.  I next sliced about 1/8th inch thick a chilled plum tomato, and I spread the slices around the plate.  I then added three chilled double tablespoon of the homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  I next put eight large chilled Stop and Shop California black pitted olives on the salad including one in each dab of hummus.  I then added about 12 Italian style large cut Arnold croutons.  I next diced a quarter of a chilled Vidalia onion, and I added it to the salad.  I then opened a chilled 6 ounce can of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna, and I rinsed it with the lid on underneath cold water a half dozen times squeezing the water out.  I then flaked it in a bowl, and I added it to the salad.  I then added about 2 ounces of Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese.  I then added six chilled quartered artichoke hearts.  I then sprinkled about one ounce of chilled Stop and Shop low fat grated parmesan cheese.  I next added about two teaspoons of chilled Spanish capers.  I then added about an ounce of Monari Italian balsamic vinegar and a ounce of Italian extra virgin olive oil.  I finally seasoned the salad with salt and ground black pepper.  I had the salad for dinner with ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  8:15 P.M.:  I put the lithium 3 volt #2025 battery with the other ones in the top left desk drawer in the living room.  I installed the Columbia telephone on the left side of the bed in the bedroom as one faces it, where the other trim line spectra-phone was.  I put a long headset cord on the Columbia telephone from the kitchen wall phone, which was an older AT&T wall mount phone.  I put the trim line spectra-phone on the kitchen wall with a long headset cord that was on it.  I put the old AT&T wall phone with the shorter headset cord underneath the right side of the day bed.  I programmed the bedroom Columbia telephone, and I also programmed 12 speed dial numbers.  I made up a Speed Dial list that I put by the Columbia telephone.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  6:40 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then drove up to Norwalk, Connecticut to CompUSA.  I bought a Columbia Telecommunications Group, Inc. Big Button Speakerphone telephone with caller ID.  It features 70 Memory Caller ID, Date and Time Stamp, English, Spanish, and French languages, Last Number Redial, Real Time Clock, Seperate Handset and Ringer Volume Control, Ringer on/off switch, 3 Lines Display.  It was $19.99 plus $1.20 tax for $21.19 total.  It features a $20 mail in rebate, so eventually it will be close to free except the tax.  I then toured Wal-Mart.  Wal-Mart sells the same size Bissell rug cleaning bottle that I paid $22 for at the Greenwich Hardware Store for $11.  However, they did not have the Bissell Pet and Odor rug cleaner in a 48 ounce bottle, just a 128 ounce bottle, which was probably less that $20.  Thus if one has the time up to a half of day or more to go up to Norwalk, one can save money.  However, if I had waited to shampoo the rugs, I would have probably been left with wet rugs and all the stuff off the floor when the power went off, which would have been a major inconvenience.  Sometimes down here, we pay more money for convenience.  I next went to Home Depot.  They were sold out of the General Electric faucet water filters too.  Each General Electric faucet filter filters 200 gallons of water, which is twice as much as comparable brands.  I looked at the hallway throw rugs, and they were about 24 inches by 8 feet, and they ran from $30 to $100.  I decided my blue carpet pieces are good enough, so I did not get one.  I did buy a Duracell 3 volt lithium battery #2025 for $1.18 plus .07 tax for $1.25 total.  I then returned to Greenwich.  I drove around Tod's Point.  I sat out briefly at the southeast beach area.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich.  I then went by the Mobil Express Car Wash in Old Greenwich, and I got the basic $5 car wash.  I towel dried my car afterwards.  I shook out the driver's side floor mat.  I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.  CIO   

End of Scott's Notes week of 08/15/03:

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  11:45 A.M.:  I had a call from a friend at 7 A.M. this morning.  I was up at 10 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched the news on television.  Channels 5 and 9 are still off the air, and channel 7 WABC has a lot of snow or interference.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  Then I will shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  The apartment General Electric air conditioner is set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, low fan, no circulation, Energy saver, and cool.  The outside temperature is 81 degrees Fahrenheit, and inside the apartment it is 74 degrees Fahrenheit.  The apartment is all put back together, and it is all back to normal again the way it was before the toilet tank flooded a week ago Friday.  It is good to have the apartment back to normal again.  I am leaving the two box fans going on low speed to circulate the air conditioned air in the apartment.  One is at the apartment entrance, and the other is at the bedroom entrance.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  2:50 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  2:35 A.M.:  I finished sifting through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  2:15 A.M.:  I checked outside and around the building, and it seems all right around here.  Amtrak is suppose to be running south from New York City.  Power has been restored to the south Bronx.  There is suppose to be limited train commuter service today.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  1:45 A.M.:  I am microwaving a Stouffer's 13 5/8 ounce Lean Cuisine Chicken Fettuccini with broccoli for dinner, which I will have with ice tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  1:30 A.M.:  I noticed today that when the power was off here locally that Peabody's garage on Church Street just north of the YMCA was selling gasoline, so they must have a generator on their pumps.  There were quite a few office workers whom were standing out on the streets in front of various restaurants and bars without power drinking various beverages.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  1:25 A.M.:  I am now watching CNN channel 70, and it says most of power has been restored to Long Island, New Jersey, and Westerchester.  They are showing a picture of most of the Manhattan skyline which is mostly blacked out.  Local news stations have suggested that people take today off, but that might not be the case for essential personnel.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  1:20 A.M.:  WNBC and WABC channels 4 and 7 are off the air for local New York television, but channel 2 WCBS is on the air, and I am watching it.  Also CNN on channel 70 is working.  Apparently a lot of commuters are still stranded in Manhattan.  I heard on the radio about an hour ago that automobiles are only allowed to leave Manhattan, no automobiles are allowed to enter Manhattan on the bridges and tunnels.  It seems there has been partial restoration of power to Manhattan, and the radio said that about a third of New York state power has been restored.  WCBS says that 300,000 customers in New York City are without power at the moment.  Commuter train service from Connecticut to Manhattan is suppose to be limited today.  I am having a glass of ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/03  Friday  12:55 A.M.:  The power came back on here in Byram, Greenwich, Connecticut at 12:15 A.M..  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  For 50 cents, I bought a six inch square tile with a picture of Cornelius Vanderbilt's beach house the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  At 4:15 P.M., while I was sitting in front of the senior arts center, the power went off.  I continued my walk, and I reminded the Greenwich Hardware store that they sell oil lamps and their supplies.  I stood out for a while at the parking lot at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street chatting with some employees.  I was told all the power in the northeast was off.  I returned back down Greenwich Avenue.  I walked by the Greenwich train station, and the trains were not running, and there were lots of people waiting for buses.  I then sat out for a while until 6 P.M..  I then drove over to the Greenwich Hospital, and they had emergency generation power.  I had dinner at the Greenwich Hospital cafeteria of sautéed hot curry shrimp and noodles and seltzer water for $4.50 total.  I then returned back downtown, and I sat out to about 8 P.M..  I then returned home, and all my neighbors were sitting outside, since there was no power here too.  I put the Newport, Rhode Island Breakers tile on the dining table.  I went to bed until about 10 P.M., when a relative called.  I used my small brass oil lamp with http://www.lamplightfarms.com/ oil.  I listened to my Radio Shack transistor radio.  They said the power would be gradually coming on.  I chatted with another relative a couple of times.  I took out the Slaymaker Jump Start system, and it is has a light which I used instead of the oil lamp while listening to the radio.  Just as I was about to rest some more, the power came on at 12:15 A.M..  I have to reset my VCR and a few clocks.  I am watching channel 4 NBC television on local news.  It seems that lots of New York still does not have power.  I have the General Electric profile air conditioner going on high fan, moving louvers, 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and Energy saver to cool down the apartment. During the black out the temperature went to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment, but right now it is back down to 78 degrees Fahrenheit and on its way down.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  2:25 P.M.:  I clipped my toe nails with a toe nail clipper before taking a shower.  If one's toe nails are too long, it can interfere with walking.  I went outside briefly after cleaning up.  I will put the new batch of ice tea in the refrigerator to chill shortly.  I will shut down the computer now, and I will be going out soon.  My 3 P.M. appointment for today was cancelled.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  1:35 P.M.:  Recently, I have been snacking on caramel popcorn cakes from the Stop and Shop not rice cakes.  I put two more glass steins in the freezer for a total of six.  I will now clean up.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  1:20 P.M.:  It is interesting the Weather Pulse program http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html and http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830 says it is 84 degrees Fahrenheit in Greenwich, Connecticut right now, where as the http://www.weatherbug.com/aws/index.asp programs says it is 91 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, however the Indian Harbor Yacht Club weather http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm does not even seem to work.  I guess it is cooler by the water versus further in the interior.  I was once up in Hanover, New Hampshire in August 1980, and it was 98 degrees Fahrenheit at night, and I remember it use to be hotter in New Canaan, Connecticut than down here by the shore.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  1:10 P.M.:  I decided not to go out, since it is hot outside.  It is now 91 degrees Fahrenheit.  I chatted with a relative.  I am in the process of making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  It has an hour to steep before I put it in the refrigerator.  I will now have two caramel popcorn cakes with ice tea.  I then will clean up.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  12:35 P.M.:  I decided not to go out after the last message.  Instead, I put all the items from on top of the furniture back in place, and I restored the apartment to the way it looked before the toilet flood last Friday.  The carpets were dry enough to put everything back in place.  It looks pretty much the same as it did before, except there is now blue carpet in the hallway.  I also emptied the 8 ice trays in the refrigerator, and I put the ice in a triple layer plastic bag in the freezer.  I filled the ice trays with fresh water.  I have four chilled mugs in the freeze and a beer pitcher and a wine decanter in the freezer along with the other food.  I turned the refrigerator up from 3 to 3.5, so it will be a bit colder.  The apartment is still 70.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and I closed the external exhaust flap on the air conditioner, so it will stay cooler.  I have the two box fans still going.  One is at the apartment entrance and another is at the bedroom entrance.  I do not think I will go to Tod's Point, since it is a bit too hot out today.  Instead I will stay in the downtown area.  I will shut down the computer now.  I will have two caramel popcorn cakes and ice tea.  I will then clean up, and I will go out.  It is 92 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  11:35 A.M.:  I added a six pack of A&W diet root beer to the lower beverage drawer in the refrigerator where other beverages are stored.  I also put in another liter bottle of Perrier.  I still have from underneath the blue couch a 12 pack of Barq's root beer and a mixed 12 pack of diet Coke and diet Sprite that I put  into the refrigerator right now, so hopefully it will be chilled in a little while for any cool beverage consumption that might be necessary.  Since, it is a hot day, and I like hot weather, I thought I might clean up now.  I then think I might gradually work my way over to Tod's Point, and I will take a slow walk around.  I will bring along a diet Coke in a Kennebunkport foam rubber drink chiller.  I have lots of thermoses in the apartment which I never use, which I keep underneath the dining room table.  Presently they are filled with hurricane water from about three years ago.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  11:15 A.M.:  I used Microsoft Home Publisher 2000 to send out a birthday card to a relative as an email attachment.  However, my system will not accept email attachments, and I suppose my relative's system might be the same.  I do not recall setting it up that way, but I suppose it is good to have it setup that way.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  10:55 A.M.:  I had two more caramel popcorn cakes before going to bed last night.   I also shut down the computer after Norton Antivirus finished running without any problem about 2 A.M..  I was up at 8:30 A.M., and I put the items back on my bedroom bed, so the bedroom carpet could dry more thoroughly.  I have a box fan blowing air in the bedroom.  I put the kitchen items back on the floor.  I will leave the living room items off the floor, and I will let the living room carpet continue to dry today.  I have a box fan at the living room entrance to circulate the air.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I picked up the new front door pass card from the Greenwich Housing Authority official downstairs, and I turned in three old ones.  I still have the air conditioner running at 66 degrees Fahrenheit and the current outdoors temperature is 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment.  I guess this evening, once the apartment has dried out some more, I will put the items back on the floor, and I will return the apartment back to its former appearance.  I will wait until Saturday when I do house cleaning to vacuum the apartment, when the carpet is even drier.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/14/03  Thursday  12:20 A.M.:  I have been watching the television program on CNN about British royalty.  I finished running Norton Antivirus.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will try to go to bed after eating a couple of caramel popcorn cakes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  10:35 P.M.:  I am a bit tired.  I will now quit using the computer.  I just updated Norton Antivirus.  I will run it while I am asleep.  I will now start putting away the items on the bedroom bed, and I guess I will watch a bit of television, and I will then go to bed soon after that.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  10:25 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives.  I threw out the Optimum online cable modem box and a box for an out of date cable modem that were damp.  We have two large new tropical plants in the community room downstairs, which really are quite large.  I hope they make it through the winter.  The community room downstairs is air conditioned and seems comfortable.  I moved the two box fans around to get other areas drier.  Basically all the carpet is pretty much a lot drier, but it still has the dampness from when I shampooed the carpet earlier this evening.  I have a box of 500 business envelopes that got damp on the outside, but I think the envelopes will hopefully be all right.  Basically I will hopefully be busy tomorrow morning putting everything back in it place provided the fans finish drying off the carpets tonight while I am asleep.  I will probably stay up until about midnight, so the bedroom carpet can dry a bit more, before I have to take all the items off the bed to sleep.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  9:10 P.M.:  I am microwaving a Maria Callender turkey breast with stuffing and mashed potatoes and vegetables dinner, which I will have with iced tea.  I do not have room in the kitchen right now to make my usual salad, because various items off the floor are on the counter.  I chatted with a friend on Net2Phone.  I assume Net2Phone is not working well because the denial of service attacks against Microsoft caused by the W32 Blaster Worm are overwhelming the internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  8:35 P.M.:  If anyone is interested in the history of the blue wool carpet in my living room, this is it.  About 13 years ago, about two years after I moved in here, I went to the last day of the Adopt a Dog tag sale up on Lake Avenue.  I bought the carpet for half price on the last day for $40.  It had been sold by and donated by various local celebrities, and one of their names was on the carpet, since it had been freshly cleaned by the Schaffer Rug cleaners over in Stamford, Connecticut.  Thus it has been a very good piece of carpet all these years.  I never where my shoes in the apartment hardly at all, so it still is in good shape.  However, about three years ago, there was a similar size flood when the hot water tank in the neighboring apartment started leaking.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  8:15 P.M.:  It is 84 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I bought for $3 a pair of Realistic Nova 10 Stereo headphones 8 ohms made in Japan.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  During my walk, I went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I checked out the various cleaning supplies.  I then went by the ATM machine next door at Putnam Trust Bank of New York.  I then returned to the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought  for $21.99 plus $1.32 tax for $23.31 total a 48 fluid ounce container of Bissell http://www.bissell.com/ rug shampoo which contains Scotchgard by 3M in the burgundy bottle with new pet odor and soil removal formula for carpets and upholstery, advanced formula deep cleans and resists dirt and stains and deep cleaning action removes tough odors, tracked in dirt, dander, and other soils.  I then finished my walk, and I returned home.  I had a glass of ice tea.  I then put all the items in the bedroom, kitchen, and living room off the floor that could be taken easily off the carpeted area.  I used my vintage pink Bissell rug shampooer to clean all the exposed carpets.  I used four one gallon tanks of hot water.  In each tank I used 6 ounces of the Bissell rug shampoo with it.  I also cleaned the Dupont throw rug between the two couches by putting it in the hallway, and then leaving it to dry on the long green couch.  I cleaned underneath the blue couch and underneath the day bed too.  I moved the blue couch back into its normal position, and I also cleaned the area between the two couches where the green Dupont throw rug was.  Thus I have all the exposed carpet areas freshly shampooed along with most of the areas that got wet.  Hopefully, this will help remove some of the odor from the toilet flooding.  When the toilet flooded last Friday, it was fresh water from the tank behind the bowl.  There was no sewage in the flooding.  I have the two fans back in position drying out the apartment.  Right now I have one at the bedroom entrance and another at the apartment entrance.  A lot of the areas are pretty much dry, and I will move the fans as I need to dry other areas.  I will probably leave most the items off the floor that I have on the couches and beds except the bedroom bed tonight when I sleep, so the areas will more thoroughly dry.  Thus the apartment is still quite a miss with all the items off the floor in disarray.  Still, it seems to smell fresher.  I thus have half of the Bissell rug shampoo left over for future use.  I chatted with a friend.   I also went outside briefly.  I have the air conditioner at 66 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is 74 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment.  I have various edges of the carpet propped up with beverage bottles to help them dry a bit underneath.  With all the cool damp air moving around the apartment, it feels like a summer breeze in Scotland.  I put the Realistic headphones by the Queen Anne chair to be available to plug into the stereo to replace the defective ones that I had there.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  3:10 P.M.:  Well, there is not much more that I can do right now, but let the fans do their stuff.  I guess I will clean up, and I will go out and enjoy the warmer weather.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  2:50 P.M.:  I put some updates on all three online computers.  I put DirectX 9.0 B on all three computers.  I installed the Java 2 virtual machine on the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.  I installed the Blaster Worm update fix on the Dell backup computer.  I moved the two fans for drying the carpet.  I pulled out items from underneath the bedroom bed, and from underneath the day bed in the living room, and from underneath the blue couch and the Danish bar.  I have these items off the floor.  I moved the blue couch against the long green couch.  I now have one fan blowing over the area where the blue couch was and underneath the Danish bar towards the day bed.  I have the other fan blowing on the area around the end of the day bed and hallway entrance.  Thus I am now drying some of the other wetter areas.  The areas where I have been using the fan for the last couple of days in the living room walk through area and the bedroom entrance and along side of the bed are a bit more dry, but they are still a bit damp to the touch.  The building custodian gave me a new 12 inch circular florescent light, so I installed it in the hallway light fixture.  It is 93 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, and it is 73 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment.  I propped up some of the carpet edges and edges of the sofa with soda bottles, so the air circulates more evenly.  I will now throw out a few wet boxes.  I also had two caramel popcorn cakes with ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  1:05 P.M.:  News story says Blaster Worm attacks Windows Update on the 16th of every month http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142968 .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  1:00 P.M.: Dvorak internet story http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1216129,00.asp about http://www.caida.org/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  12:50 P.M.:  Microsoft TechNet Security Alert W32.Blaster.Worm .  I had already installed the patch before the news story came out, so my machine should be all right.  However, Windows Update is overwhelmed, and it is not working on my machine.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  12:15 P.M.:  I found this link for Japanese plumbing http://www.toto.co.jp/index.htm after reading this story about Japanese toilets http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59979,00.html .  Well, my old fashioned American toilet seems to be working better, and I guess I could spruce it up a bit by installing a new roll of Scott toilet paper.  I have been trying to encourage the Saudi Arabians to buy toilet paper for years instead of using oiled rags, but I guess they do not have enough water for proper sewage in some regions of their desert oasis.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  12:05 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  11:55 A.M.:  I checked my mail.  I threw out the new Lasko box fan box in the dumpster.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  11:30 A.M.:  It is 88 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and I have my air conditioner at 68 degrees Fahrenheit right now, and it is 72 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment right now.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  11:25 A.M.:  VMTU seems to speed up my cable modem connection in much the same way changing the registry settings suggested in www.speedguide.net does.  However, VMTU is in beta, and it does not seem to change the settings permanently.  I thus went to www.speedguide.net, and I installed the Windows XP Professional registry tweaks and the advanced registry tweaks.  At CNET.com - Internet Services - Bandwidth Meter , I am getting 1443 kbps using 212 area code and cable modem selection.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  9:45 A.M.:  Looks interesting http://www.vmtu.com/ .  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  9:40 A.M.:  IBM Takes Search to New Heights .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  9:40 A.M.:  BW Online | August 11, 2003 | Gates: "No Part of Tech Is Standing Still" .  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  9:15 A.M.:  CNN volcano story CNN.com - Underwater volcano discovered in Aleutians - Aug. 12, 2003 .  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/13/03  Wednesday  9:00 A.M.:  I had a rice cake before going to bed.  I was up at 7:30 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some morning business news.  I moved the bedroom fan to dry the bedroom entrance as opposed to the area along side of the bed.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  10:10 P.M.:  Well, I will now shut down the computer.  I will go to bed soon, maybe after watching some television.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  10:05 P.M.:  I am a staunch republican, but this is sort of cleaver http://www.dumbentia.com/parody_puppetmaster.html .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  9:55 P.M.:  For anyone with the travel bug, the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship is due to arrive in Manhattan on Sunday August 17, 2003 for a return trip to Southampton, England http://www.qe2.org.uk/itinerary.html as opposed to the fishing village of the same name out on Long Island.  I will have to keep a keen eye out for any Europeans whom might be arriving to or trying to escape from the Americas.  It even sails to Lanzarote, the Canary Islands on December 30, 2003 before New Years Eve in Funchal, Madeira; so I guess the experienced travelers on board the ship as well as their personnel will be coming and going in our regions for another season.  I believe they are planning to retire the ship in April, 2004 when the new Queen Mary is launched.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  9:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I had a hand full of white seedless grapes and a rice cake.  I packed the dirt up around the roots on my two miniature potted palm plants, so the roots are not exposed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  8:30 P.M.:  This satellite photo shows the effect of the Westerly winds that have caused the increased heat in north Africa and possibly caused the Atlantic tropical storm season for now to be less intense http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/meteosat/DTOT.JPG .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  8:00 P.M.:  Microsoft has issue this security bulletin about a new XP worm Microsoft TechNet Security Bulletin W32.Blaster.worm .  There is suppose to be a fix at Windows Update, but at the moment their servers are overwhelmed.  I did run Norton Antivirus update.  I checked my hallway light fixture, and it did not turn on, when I needed light for some minor rearranging in the bookcases.  I removed the fixture cover, and it came on, so I put the cover back on.  It is a size florescent light I do not have about ten inches.  Anyway, the hallway light switch is blocked by the left bookcase.  However, I have cut a hole in the backside of the bookcase for one to reach the switch by reaching into the left bookcase small center shelf above an Audubon bird book, and the switch is there.  I enlarged it with a pair of pliers since it was slightly too lower after I removed the carpeting after the toilet overflowed.  The opening has minor jagged edges, but at the moment the light is still working.  Well, anyway the bookcases are dusted for the first time in a long time, since I did that when I moved them last Friday, but I did not dust the books.  Well, the carpet seems to be drying faster with the fan in those areas where the fans are blowing.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  7:05 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad for dinner as last night, except I put a can of Beach Cliff sardines with it instead of the can of crab.  I had it with a glass of ice tea.  I finished off the old extra virgin olive oil, and I opened a new bottle of the Filippo Berrio http://www.filippoberio.com/ extra virgin olive oil.  I put about four ounces in a squeeze bottle for future salad use.  I went outside briefly to throw out a tin.  I found an old wok that I had given to a Chinese neighbor when he moved in several years ago.  The neighbor recently departed this world, so I guess his relatives threw it out.  I had bought it from a Japanese family for $2 at a tag sale in Old Greenwich about 14 years ago.  I cleaned it up, and I scoured it.  I then rubbed it with some vegetable oil.  I then hung it on my pot rack above the microwave oven to have handy for any sautéing I might do in the future.  I use to make very good stews in it.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  5:45 P.M.:  I put the Mega eye glass repair kit on the dining room table next to the empty Dom Perignon bottle.  I cleaned the cutting board, and I put it against the kitchen wall in front of the refrigerator with the other cutting boards and trays.  I put the two spare 3 volt lithium batteries in the top left desk drawer in the living room with the other one and the old ones.  I put the bent tip candelabra bulbs in the second large drawer down in the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.  I pulled off the old toilet seat bumpers that had deteriorated and I unscrewed their rusted screws with a pliers.  I then cleaned both areas.  I then nail on with my upholstery hammer the two new bumpers.  The two new bumpers are made of harder plastic instead of rubber, so the toilet seat tends to slide a little, but they should last longer.  I took off the face plate from the wall plug behind my primary computer system that has both Belkin Surge Master ground fault control panels plugged into it for the primary computer as well as the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone.  I installed the RCA Universal Surge Protector Plate, and its two small orange and green lights came on showing that it is working.  I then replugged in the cords.  Thus I have done a bit of creative maintenance today.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  4:50 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  This week books are half price.  They sold the Gateway computer that was for sale for $35 with monitor.  I bought a 2 foot by 1 foot hard wood carving board for $2 that has different layers of wood in it.  I noticed they had one of those brass Chinese bicycle oilers for a dollar that people use to mist plants.  I chatted with a Westchester country red cross volunteer, and I was told the Westchester county Red Cross was not doing too well.  I told the volunteer about the new Greenwich American Red Cross headquarters by exit 4 on the Connecticut turnpike I-95 at Indian Field Road, and it seems from the outside to be a spacious building.  I next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought two nail in toilet seat bumpers for .65 each plus .08 tax for $1.38 total.  I sat out at various locations.  I spent .75 on parking.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I checked out a book.  I next drove over to the Port Chester,  New York A&P shopping center, and I went to the Vitamin Shoppe, and I bought a 100 capsule bottle of B-Complex 100 for $11.37 total.  I then went by Odd Job, and I bought an RCA Universal Surge Protector 330 Joules Smart Plate that one replaces the electrical socket plate with for $3.99 plus .28 tax for $4.27 total.  I noticed Odd Job carries at lower prices a complete line of Roland tropical canned foods including the Roland smoked sardines that I pay $1.19 for at the Stop and Shop in Greenwich for .50 a tin.  I toured Linens and Things.  I then went by the ATM machine at Bank of New York near Home Depot.  I next went to Home Depot, and I bought two four packs of Philips 25 watt DuraMax long life bent tip frosted candelabra bulbs for $2.49 each four pack, a Mega eye glass repair kit for $1.99, and two Duracell 3 volt lithium batteries numbers 2025 and 2032 for $1.18 each plus .65 New York tax for $9.98 total.  I will keep the lithium batteries for watch and computer cmos replacements.  At $1.18 they are cheaper than the $2.99 at Radio Shack and the $3.99 at CVS for the same size batteries.  I noticed Home Depot was sold out of the small General Electric faucet filters, but they had the General Electric filtered water pitchers.  I guess a lot of people are filtering their water.  There are more advanced water filtration systems there at a higher price.  I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  10:55 A.M.:  On the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control, I have it now set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, with high fan, no Energy saver, moving louvers, and I opened the exhaust fresh air vent.  I am keeping the two box fans going on high, so hopefully the apartment rugs will dry out a bit more.  Now they are just damp as opposed to wet.  Hopefully by opening the exhaust fresh air vent, I will help get rid of the musty smell in the apartment.  I will now clean up, and I will go out to enjoy a bit of the day.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  10:40 A.M.:  I went outside briefly.  I chatted with two relatives.  They told me that Net2Phone sounded the same as it always does.  However, they said the clarity is not as good as the telephone.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  9:55 A.M.:  I took the US Robotics X2 Sportster external modem off of the Compaq laptop, and I put it back on the Dell backup computer.  I connected the Compaq Laptop via its internal 14,400 modem, and I configured it.  It works fine with Juno 1.49 for checking Juno email.  Since the laptop does not have enough resources for me to install the more advanced newer Juno dialer for web browsing, there is no point in having it connected to a faster modem.  If one had a dialup account with an internet service provider that used the Microsoft dialer, one would be able to use it with the Netscape web browser I have on it though.  Then one would probably want to use a faster modem.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  9:30 A.M.:  I finished going through the last few days email.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  8:50 A.M.: Microsoft Security update: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp . CIO 

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  8:35 A.M.:  Windows Media bonus pack http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/bonuspack.aspx .  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/12/03  Tuesday  8:15 A.M.:  I was up at 7 A.M. this morning.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some of the morning business report on CNBC, and they said 14% of U.S. households have high speed internet access.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/11/03  Monday  9:30 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend several times trying to adjust my Net2phone settings.  I finally figured out at the time that the internet might be busy, because when I called myself up, it sounded fine.  The friend also lives nearby in this busy area, so maybe when Net2phone goes through the internet to Norwalk and through the internet to Newark, New Jersey to Net2Phone and then into the central phone system, maybe there is a bit of internet traffic in the New York area.  However, my friend is a bit hard of hearing, and he had been traveling today, and the friend is using a Siemens 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone, so maybe there is a problem in the system.  I can adjust over 50 sound setting on my audio setup on the computer, so hopefully I have it right now.  It sounds fine when I call myself up and listen on the speaker phone.  Well, I am tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will watch some television before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/11/03  Monday  6:40 P.M.:  I made up a batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  In the recipe I used four large cloves of garlic instead of six medium cloves of garlic.  I also put in a can of California black pitted olives, and I mixed the olive juice with the bean juice that I added, but not all the juice, just enough for the right consistency.  I also added 1/8 of a teaspoon of Red Cayenne pepper to help reduce intestinal gas from the chick peas.  I then had the same summer salad in the smaller size that I have been eating recently with three large doubles tablespoons of the homemade hummus, a chilled six ounce can of flaked crab meat, and six chilled quarters of artichoke hearts.  I opened up another 13.5 ounce bag of Food Emporium hasslenut coffee beans, and I added them to the Braun coffee grinder, and I also put some in the jar that I keep on the left kitchen counter.  I had the salad with a glass of ice tea.  I have recently been trying to lose weight and reduce my cholesterol, so I have not been eating much meat.  I did notice today at the Stop and Shop, they have nice eye round roasts for $2.89 a pound, if one feels like having a little beef.  I suppose once it gets cold, I will eat more meat.  I guess with the warmer weather most people are not thinking about the upcoming winter, but anyone whom might be around here for the winter might study The Old Farmer's Almanac http://www.almanac.com/index.php to see what their prediction is for the upcoming winter.  It is about the only source of long term weather forecasts on the internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/11/03  Monday  5:00 P.M.:  I checked the toilet and it seems to be working just fine with no leaks.  I did a small bit of cleanup around it.  I put in a new CVS Clorox toilet tank tablet in it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/11/03  Monday  4:50 P.M.:  I received my General Electric service contract today for the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control.  I paid $73.09 for it, and it continues the policy I have in effect until September 11, 2003, and the new contract that I paid for runs from September 12, 2003 to September 12, 2004.  I put it on my bedroom desk.  I checked some settings on the Compaq Laptop and the AMD backup computer.  I ran Windows Disk Defragmenter and Windows Disk Doctor on the laptop.  I put my OEM logo on both computers with my email and telephone that I use with the Holland American picture like I have on the two computers in the living room.   

Note: <888> 08/11/03  Monday  3:20 P.M.:  I threw out the cardboard wrapper for the Kennebunkport Shipyard Ale Captains Collection 12 pack.  I had a Stop and Shop caramel rice cake and some ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/11/03  Monday  2:45 P.M.:  I just noticed the cardboard container on the 12 pack of Kennebunkport http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm Shipyard Ale, the Captain's Collection that I bought a year ago when I was up in Kennebunkport, Maine got wet, since it was underneath the yellow French reproduction chair at the apartment entrance.  I took the bottles out, and I laid them on their side underneath the chair.  I will throw out the cardboard. Once the two areas, I am drying are dry, I will have to try to dry the area underneath the blue couch adjacent to the furniture in the living room walkway.  I guess I can move the blue couch over against the long green sofa.  I do not have much room to move items around, since the apartment already has too much stuff.  I also put a small piece of foam sponge underneath my primary Braun coffee grinder, so it does not vibrate and move around on the shelf when I use it for coffee.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/11/03  Monday  2:25 P.M.:  Last night before going to bed, I noticed the MSG light was blinking on the Columbia 2.4 Gigahertz cordless telephone I keep by my primary computer.  I followed the instructions to press FUNC, 9, Edit, and Save, keys and then FUNC.  However, this did not work, and I figured out when the "MSG delete" message comes on the LCD screen after Edit, one needs to scroll through the Calls button to remove the false messages, and then use Save and FUNC.  I guess the modem on either the bedroom AMD computer or the Compaq Laptop US Robotics external modem causes the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone MSG light to come on.  It has happened before.  I do not have Caller ID or Messages from the phone company.  I was up at 6:30 A.M. this morning.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I cleaned up, and I noticed the small 4 to 6 inch puddle was still developing at the right front of the toilet.  When I was leaving, I told the building custodian about it.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift.  I chatted with a computer techie there, and he has a web site http://www.voxtango.net/ .  We chatted tech for a while.  He told me, one can make money selling items on Ebay.  I spent quite a bit of time at the Hospital Thrift shop.  I then went by Exxon next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $3.80 of regular unleaded at $1.839 a gallon for 25 miles per gallon usage this week.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by Staples in Old Greenwich, and they have lot of back to school supplies on sale.  I noticed they have lots of fancy new design printers mostly from HP too.  I then went by downtown Old Greenwich, and the Rummage Room thrift shop is closed until September.  I next went by CVS in Old Greenwich, and all of their summer supplies are half price on sale.  I bought for half price a Lasko box fan for $10.50 plus .63 tax for $11.13 total.  I then drove around Tod's Point.  I sat out briefly at the southeast beach area.  Not many people were there because of impending rain later on today.  I then returned to central Greenwich, and I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 16 ounce bottle of Molina balsamic vinegar for $1.99, a quart of S&S yellow mouthwash for $1.99, S&S medium black pitted California olives $1.39, white seedless grapes for .79 a pound $1.99, a Vidalia onion at $1.49 a pound for $1.13, and a container of Athena garlic and herb feta cheese $3.29, and a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99  for $13.90 total.  I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I next returned home.  The building custodian told me they had put a new wax ring on the wall exit to the pipe on the toilet, so the toilet leaking problem has been solved.  I put the bath mats in front of the toilet which I wash weekly.  Since I have another Lasko box fan, I put one at the living room entrance to the apartment blowing its air up the  wet walk area toward the  hallway and bathroom and another at the bedroom entrance blowing its air at the wet area along side the bed.  I have them both on high, and I turned down the air conditioner to 68 degrees Fahrenheit, high speed, moving louvers, no Energy saver to help reduce the humidity in the apartment.  Thus hopefully the rugs will  dry out faster.  A relative that had the roof leak used this method to dry out their place.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/10/03  Sunday  9:40 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon, and maybe I will watch some television first.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/10/03  Sunday  9:25 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad as Friday night without the homemade hummus and with sliced baked boneless breast of chicken.  I tried installing dialers on the Compaq laptop to dialup the Juno numbers in this area, but I had a problem with the modem being recognized.  I shut down both computers in the bedroom.  The carpet is still quite damp.  I turned off the NOAA weather radio.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/10/03  Sunday  7:30 P.M.:  The install on the Compaq laptop computer of Juno 1.49 did not work, so I installed it on the AMD backup computer.  I then copied the files to the Compaq laptop on floppy disks.  I configured it on the AMD for USR X2, and then I had to reconfigure the modem on the Compaq laptop with the same setting for USR X2.  When I tried it for sending and receiving mail, it worked just fine on the two Stamford, Connecticut number I had selected in the AMD setup.  It seems to take a long time on my Compaq laptop computer to change numbers, and I have not tried it yet, although the dialing list is updated from the install on the AMD backup.  I then made of a *.zip file of Netscape 2.0, and I installed it on the Compaq laptop.  However, although the Juno dialer 1.49 is suppose to work with Netscape 2.0, it does not automatically set it up.  I will have to figure out how to set it up to dial Juno.  Still I have made quite a bit of progress in getting the Compaq laptop set up.  I also installed WinZip 8.0 on it.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/10/03  Sunday  3:00 P.M.:  Installed some of the Windows 95 updates on the Compaq Laptop that I had on floppy disks like the TCP/IP and Winsock 2.0 updates.  I fiddled with the Network and Modem settings.  I tried installing two more recent versions of Juno Free dialup.  One was from the AMD backup computer that I copied on floppy disks.  However, neither worked for lack of system resources.  Once I got my Network setup properly and my U.S. Robotics external modem configuration,  I was able to install Juno 1.49.  I was able to connect to the 800 number and download the new list of telephone numbers.  The Compaq laptop is now processing that list.  I will have to uninstall the two versions of Juno that did not work to free up disk space.  If the Compaq laptop processes the list of numbers which seems to be taking a while, I should be able to use Juno free dialup on the Compaq laptop.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/10/03  Sunday  9:25 A.M.:  I was up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I am a bit arthritic this morning with the damp weather and the damp carpets.  I am wearing my house slippers in the apartment to prevent damp feet.  I turned the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, with no Energy Saver, High Speed, with moving louvers, so hopefully the apartment will dry out sooner.  There still appears to be a small four to six inch puddle developing at the right front of the toilet.  I took up the bath mats in front of the toilet.  I have a wash cloth on the bath tub rim to dry up the puddle which occurs whenever I flush.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I will now try to transfer Juno free dialup from the backup AMD computer to the Compaq laptop.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/10/03  Sunday  12:40 A.M.:  I am tired.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/10/03  Sunday  12:30 A.M.:  Juno 1.49 does not seem to work on the Compaq laptop, possibly because when it calls up Juno on the 800 number, it is not downloading any information from Juno, since it is no longer supported.  The later versions are two large of a file for a floppy disk.  I can try to copy my Juno files from the AMD backup in the bedroom and see if that works.  I am microwaving a 14 ounce Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selection Grilled Chicken and Penne Pasta, which I will have shortly for dinner.  I noticed there is still a tiny about four to six inch puddle of water coming out of the right front base of the toilet like the wax ring might still be leaking.  Apparently the toilet is fastened against the wall not the floor.  Still, the new internal mechanisms seem to be functioning fine enough.  I turned the air conditioner back to 72 degrees Fahrenheit and Energy Saver and Low Fan and No louver circulation.  It was a bit cold in here.  I will now eat, and I will have the meal with a glass of ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/09/03  Saturday  10:45 P.M.:  I was able to install an earlier version of Juno version 149 http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=juno .  It dialed out, and downloaded a file, and now the hard drive is flashing.  I also installed the  U.S. Robotics external modem, so both modems are installed on the Compaq laptop.  I have to wait for the computer to finish its installation or reinstall the Juno 149 dialer again selecting the U.S. Robotic external modem.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/09/03  Saturday  8:35 P.M.:  I put Windows 95 on the Compaq laptop, and it is running fine.  I downloaded the driver for the video from HP Compaq, which is similar to the driver on Windows 95, but with it, the DOS Prompt screen opens, which it did not with the Windows 95 driver.  Windows 95 recognized the Compaq 14,400 internal modem.  I could also install the U.S. Robotics external modem for faster speeds.  I am now running the Windows defragmentation program.  It says it has 35 megs of disk space free.  I removed the Windows 3.1 uninstall files and the Norton Utilities 7.0 because part of them did not work.  I am defragmenting the drive because the Juno setup says, I have less than 5 megs of free space, which is not correct.  I have the Norton Desktop for Windows that will probably work with it, which followed Norton Utilities 7.0.  There are more bells and whistles with Windows 95.  I have to remove Lotus Notes to free up disk space to install Windows 95.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/09/03  Saturday  4:30 P.M.:  I logged onto HP Compaq, and I downloaded an made Compaq diagnostics and setup disks for the Compaq system, but they do not boot, since I guess I made them with Windows XP, which does not have the same System Command Processor.  Still most of the features work from the Compaq Laptop prompt.  The Battery Power button now gives an indication of 2 hours 30 minutes charge.  Standby does not work however, and I could not find a way to enable it in the CMOS, so perhaps it is an operating system feature.  I put the two Compaq disks in the case with the other disks.  I studied the HP Compaq site for more information, but I did not find that much.  I guess from the information I saw it is about a 9 to 11 year old machine.  Still the battery costs over $130 today, the memory would cost $60 and the AC adaptor is about $120 not to mention the cases are probably worth about $50.  Thus as a portable computing device for $10 for word processing, it is an exception value.  I do not think one would want to try using it on the internet though.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/09/03  Saturday  3:30 P.M.:  The Compaq laptop computer seems to be taking a charge on its battery.  I will leave it plugged in, so maybe the battery will become full charged.  The Compaq battery utility says it has 2 hours and 45 minutes battery time, so if it is right, I would imagine it is nearly fully charged.  I put "power.exe" in the autoexec.bat, and I changed some of the battery management settings.  I also enabled hibernate on low battery which saves one's information and setup.  I could install Window 95 on it, but although it would run more slowly than Windows 3.1, it would have Windows 95 power management features which are probably more advanced.  It has a PS/2 port and two serial ports and a parallel port.  It also has a modem, but I am not sure what speed it is.  I will study HP Compaq's information on it.  I had two Stop and Shop caramel rice cakes.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/09/03  Saturday  2:55 P.M.:  I made a Norton Rescue disk for the Compaq Laptop, which I put with some other disks that came with it.  I ran some of the Norton Utilities on it.  I then shut it down.

Note: <888> 08/09/03  Saturday  2:10 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I toured the merchandise.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then returned to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  Most of the merchandise is half price.  Since I daily use my Braun coffee grinder which holds the coffee beans, I bought another one just like it in like new condition for $10.  I now have a backup Braun coffee grinder, which I use to have until, one of them got a small pebble in the coffee beans. The Braun coffee grinder new costs about $45.  I bought another glass bowl about 10 inches in diameter with cut glass and silver rim for $3 which nearly matches one of my miniature potted palms bowls, so they now are both in matching bowls.  Since no one had bought it I bought the old Compaq laptop computer for $10 which came with a black carrying case.  I thus spent $23 total.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the Greenwich Library.  I then returned home.  I put the glass bowl with the other miniature potted palm, so both of them on the window sill have matching glass bowls with silver rims to hold the clay pots.  I put the pink flowered Chinese bowl on the long mahogany bureau in the living room with the covered Paul Revere silver plate bowl in it.  I rearranged some of the candle sticks around it and the bric a brac.  I did not have room for the leather and glass ashtray, so I put it with the transistor radios in the top shelf of the blue kitchen bookcase.  I put the Compaq Laptop LTE lite 4/25 E on top of the Acer Laptop on top of the Danish end table on the left side of the Danish desk in the bedroom.  I checked it out, and it still works fine. It has a 486/25 Mhz processor with about seven inch LCD color screen.  It has 8 megs of memory.  It has a 118 meg hard drive.  It is running Compaq DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1.  It has Microsoft WinWord 2.0 C on it.  I am putting the Norton Utilities 7.0 on it.  About 50 megs of disk space are free.  It came with its AC power adaptor, and I assume the rechargeable battery probably does not work, but I have not tested it.  However, it does not turn on without the AC adaptor.  It came with a black Compaq case with carrying strap, and it fits into another smaller black internal case that has a New York Jets sticker on it.  I put the case on top of the IBM selectric typewriter on top of the bedroom side board.  The apartment smells a bit musty, but hopefully the carpet will dry out soon.  I put the Braun coffee grinder next to the other one on the side shelf in the kitchen.  The Compaq laptop starts up very quickly, and it has a track ball mouse on the right side of the LCD panel.  Well, it should be good for word processing if I ever have to travel, and I have AC power.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/09/03  Saturday  8:40 A.M.:  I read some internet headlines.  My Net2Phone account was credited with the $25 money order I sent them this week, so I now have $60.05 on the Net2Phone account.  I will now shut down the computer.  With the air conditioner set at 66 degrees Fahrenheit, the apartment is now 67 degrees Fahrenheit, so hopefully the air conditioner's dehumidifying will remove the moisture from the carpet faster.  It sort of feels like winter in the apartment.  I will now clean up, and I will go out.  I put the cleaned bath mats back down in the bathroom.  I will throw out the Slaymaker rechargeable jump start system box which got wet.  I put the new backup Sony Handycam battery to the left of the Sony Handycam case in the bedroom window, since it will not fit in the case which has the charged battery and two tapes in it.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/09/03  Saturday  7:55 A.M.:  I was up at 4:30 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I just finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I did not vacuum the apartment, since about half of the open area in the apartment where the carpet is laid is still damp.  I listened to the radio with my Emerson wireless headset while doing the cleaning.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  7:05 P.M.:  I went outside briefly.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed directly.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  6:50 P.M.:  I took eight chilled spinach leaves, and I broke into two to three inch pieces, and I put them in the lettuce washer, and I rinsed them underneath cold water, and then I spread them across a dinner plate.  I then put eight chilled baby carrots on the dinner plate.  I then sliced 1/8 inch thick a chilled plum tomato, and I spread the slices across the dinner plate.  I then added three double tablespoons of the chilled homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm , and I spread them across the dinner plate in three evenly spaced places.  I then added eight chilled small pitted black California olives with three in the hummus, and the rest spread around the plate.  Next I added a quarter of a chilled diced Vidalia onion.  I then sliced on an angle diagonally 1/8 inch thick one of the chilled boneless chicken breasts that I cooked  earlier this morning, and I cut the pieces in half, and I spread them over the plate.  I next added a few tablespoons spread about of the chilled Athenos feta herbal and garlic feta cheese made in Wisconsin.  I then added 14 Arnold large cut home-style garlic herb croutons.  I next added a couple tablespoons of Stop and Shop chilled grated low fat parmesan cheese.  I next added spreading them around a couple of teaspoons of chilled Spanish capers.  I then added about an eighth of a cup of room temperature Molina balsamic vinegar and about an eighth of a cup of room temperature Italian extra virgin olive oil.  I seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and salt.  I had the salad with ice tea.  It is a bit cold in the apartment with the air conditioner set at 66 degrees Fahrenheit, but I think keeping it going will help dry out the rugs.  CIO   

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  5:45 P.M.:  I had two remnants of the same type blue carpet underneath the bed in the bedroom.  One was six foot length and the other was about four foot length.  I cut them both to about 25 inches wide, and I laid them end to end in the hallway, so the bedroom bathroom hallway has the same type matching blue carpet as the bedroom and living room.  However, the bedroom entrance and the living room walkway carpet will be damp for a while.  I threw out some small pieces in the dumpster.  I noticed my neighbor downstairs threw out all of his area rugs in the dumpster.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  4:55 P.M.:  I went out, and I went by the Valley Road post office to mail the envelope to the Greenwich Housing authority pertaining to the pass cards for the front door.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I next returned home.  I put the Rubbermaid hamper at the end of the day bed in the bedroom by the window, so the area by the day bed dries out faster.  I also put the Slaymaker jump start system box on top of the other Rubbermaid hamper in the bedroom, so that area by the bedroom door dries out too.  I thought about putting dry towels on the carpet to soak up more moisture, but then I would just have a whole of wet towels, and the carpet would still be moist.  I figure the water vacuum got out most of the water, and the remaining moisture will take some time to dry out.  Occasionally the Hospital Thrift shop has reproduction oriental type rug runners, so I will keep my out for one of them in the future.  The vacant hallway space outside of the bathroom door is 26 inches by 126 inches, so a two foot by ten foot runner would do just fine.  I like having carpet in the apartment because during the winter the floors get awfully cold.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  1:05 P.M.:  I put away the laundry.  I left a blue hand towel by the yellow French reproduction chair at the apartment entrance, so one can dry their feet before putting on one's shoes.  I had two Jif peanut butter sandwiches with ice tea.  The living room carpet is a blue wool carpet, and since sheep get wet all the time, the dampness should not hurt the carpet.  I think the bedroom carpet is a blue synthetic carpet that I got from a relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  It is a bit cooler in the apartment trying to remove the dampness.  I am not sure I will charge up the spare Sony Handycam battery, until I start using it a bit, since its lifetime wear starts when one first recharges it the first time.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  11:55 A.M.:  After a bit of work, the apartment is back in order.  I tried to get the tenant that keeps the emergency key to give my the water vacuum, but he told me that he was not authorized to do it.  I moved everything on the floor out of the bathroom and out of the hallway.  I took towels, and I mopped up as much water as possible.  I then emptied all the hallway bookcases, and I pulled out the two layers of white Chemstrand Acrylan carpet in the hallway and bathroom, and I threw them in the dumpster.  About the time this was done the building custodian arrived at 8 A.M., and he gave me the water vacuum.  I used it to suck up as much water as possible from the carpets in the bedroom entrance, and the living room wall through area.   It probably sucked up about 20 gallons of water.  Then the Housing Authority maintenance arrived to fix the toilet.  The toilet tank mechanism was defective, and it had not cut off when flushed, and this caused it to overflow for 15 minutes to a half hour, until I discovered it, and I turned off the shut off valve.  While the building maintenance personnel were fixing the toilet, I put back all the items in the hallway bookcases, which were quite a few items and lots of books.  The building maintenance finished about 10:30 A.M., and they are now drying out the apartment downstairs.  They put in an entire new mechanism in the inside of the toilet tank.  I basically put the apartment back in order the way it was.  There is no longer carpet in the bathroom and the hallway.  The carpet was heavy white Chemstrand Acrylan carpet, and it was musty from when the hot water tank leaked about three years ago.  Since the bookcases were sitting on the carpet, I had to move them to remove the wet carpet.  The carpet in the bedroom entrance and the living room walk through area is still wet, but it should dry out in about two weeks.  I turned the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control to 66 degrees Fahrenheit and no Energy Saver and moving vent louvers and high speed to hopefully increase the drying process faster.  It will probably still take about two weeks for the carpet to dry out.  Once it is dry, I have carpet cleaner that I can sprinkle on the carpet and vacuum off to remove the musty smell.  I am on the dry cycle of two loads of laundry.  I washed the towels and bath mats too that got wet.  I have two of the bath mats hanging up to dry, since they can not go in the dryer.  One speaker cord for one of the two book case speakers is a bit too short.  I will have to lengthen it, so it is out of the way.  I have about 35 minutes on the dry cycle on the laundry.  I put fresh linens on the bed.  The rechargeable spare battery for the Sony Handycam just arrived.  Well, I feel for my neighbor downstairs, since it seems he got a lot of the water.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  6:00 A.M.:  Well the worse just happened.  I guess the toilet is defective.  It has been overflowing for the last half hour from what I can tell.  The entire bathroom, hallway, and living room area and bedroom entrance has water in it.  I turned off the toilet.  I called the Greenwich Housing Authority to let them know to get them to fix it and to bring a water vacuum.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  5:20 A.M.:  I put the baked chicken breasts in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator to cool.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 08/08/03:

Note: <888> 08/08/03  Friday  4:45 A.M.:  I was up at 3:45 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I am cooking two more halves of boneless chicken breasts the same way I did two days ago, and I will refrigerate them, and  I will use them in summer salads.  Remember this time of year, one should follow www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  5:40 P.M.:  I am a bit tired.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  5:35 P.M.:  Forbes IBM news story Forbes.com: IBM's Path From Invention To Income .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  5:10 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I have a form to mail to the Greenwich Housing Authority requesting a second pass card for the electronic front door, when they reissue the new pass cards next Thursday August 14.  CUI

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  4:00 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad as yesterday plus I added a couple of teaspoons of Spanish capers.  I also had a glass of ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  3:25 P.M.:  I went out after the last note.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I bought nine glass framed medical degrees and other medical awards for .25 each for $2.25 total.  I will use the glass frames for displaying family pictures, once I have time to insert them.  They had a Compaq 386 style laptop computer with 8 megs of memory running Windows 3.1 with a carrying case for $10.  I tested it, but I do not need it.  The battery did not work, but it worked on AC power.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a CVS Clorox toilet tank tablet for $1.99 and three 16 ounce cans of Swanson chicken broth for $1.99 all three plus .12 tax for $4.10 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought an Edy's 16 ounce raspberry sorbet for $1.99 and a Edy's 16 ounce boysenberry sorbet for $1.99, two package of S&S caramel rice cakes for $1.69 each, a 32 ounce of S&S strawberry preserves, a 28 ounce can of Goya chick peas for .99, two 16 ounce wet cans of Roland Hearts of Palm for $2.39 each, two 16 ounce wet cans of Cosmo quartered artichoke hearts for $2.19 each, four 16 ounce wet 6 ounce dry weight cans of S&S California small black pitted olives for .99 each, four tins of Roland smoked sardines for $1.39 each, a jar of Goya Spanish capers for $1.69, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99, and a quart of plum tomatoes for $2.49 for $36.09 total.  I then returned home, and I put the nine frames in the bedroom window on top of the pile of scrap paper.  I used my cart to bring up my groceries.  I met my new neighbor who is a retired business computing professional from local universities.  We chatted tech.  I decide to make more room for canned food.   I cleared out the top three shelves of books in the blue bookcase in the kitchen entrance, and I put the books on the lower bookcase shelves beneath the stereo system behind the Queen Anne chair.  I also moved the books from behind the bedroom television and the speaker it sits on to the same location.  I line up my current software behind the bedroom television that sits on a speaker.  Thus one can see the white bureau mirror better.  I put all my summer canned goods in the blue bookcase shelves at the kitchen entrance along with other food supplies and kitchen items and the portable radios.  Thus I have a bit more room in my kitchen cabinets.  I had a glass of ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  8:50 A.M.:  The Weather Pulse weather forecast http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html says it is suppose to be overcast until about 4 P.M. this afternoon, when we are suppose to have more thunderstorms.  I had two Jif peanut butter sandwiches with ice tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up.  I will then go out for some daytime activity.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  8:10 A.M.:  I checked with the building custodian, and he said the wax ring toilet repair can probably wait until this Monday.  There is a small 3 to 6 inch puddle whenever one flushes.  I called the Greenwich Housing Authority at 203-869-1138 to report the problem to the answering service, and they said they would call me back.  CIO   

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  7:35 A.M.:  For backup purposes, I was able to enable dialup networking on the Dell backup computer using the U.S. Robotics external modem and Juno Free Dialup www.juno.com by following this procedure http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822122 to restore the Dialup Networking Capability.  Thus all three computers have Dialup capabilities should the Cable Modem not work.  However, they are all on the same telephone line, so realistically if the cable modem failed, one would only be able to use the dialup method on one computer at a time.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  6:30 A.M.:  I copied some updated files to both backup computers.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  5:50 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  I also read the Volcano reports http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/ .  Kliuchevskoi volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula is still on color code Orange http://www.avo.alaska.edu/avo4/updates/kvertweekly.htm .  I read this in Yahoo News yesterday Yahoo! News - Czech Climber Dies on Russian Volcano on the same volcano.  Obviously the mountain climbers are taking risks climbing this volcano, since it has a lot of active lateral vents.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  5:15 A.M.:  The bath mats in front of the toilet had a small damp portion.  I discovered that the wax ring on the toilet is leaking just a hair.  I removed the bath mats.  I will not call maintenance.  I will keep an eye on it to see if it gets worse.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  4:55 A.M.:  I rested some more until just now.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/07/03  Thursday  2:50 A.M.:  I had a call from a relative about 9 P.M..  The relative's 12 year old standard black poodle had died.  I expressed my sympathies.  Also today another relative is having a memorial service for her husband that passed away earlier this year.  I was up at 2 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  5:25 P.M.:  The NOAA weather radio went off about fifteen minutes ago saying that some heavy rain is headed this way.  I went outside and checked the skies, and they look ominous.  I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I will either watch some television, or I will try to go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  5:05 P.M.:  I had the same half size summer salad that I have been having for the last few days.  I also took one of the boneless breasts of chicken that I cooked earlier today and refrigerated.  I sliced it on an a diagonal angle across about 1/8 inch thick, and I added it to the salad.  I had the salad with a glass of ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  4:10 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went downtown, and I went by the central Greenwich Post Office.  I obtained three money orders at a cost of .90 each for $2.70 total.  I paid my Optimum Online cable modem bill and my Cablevision bill.  I also sent a $20 money order to a relative to pay them back for the Sony Handycam rechargeable battery they ordered for me.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I picked up a prescription at a dollar cost.  I also spent a dollar parking downtown for two hours time at a quarter a half hour.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  All merchandise is still half price.  I bought for a dollar two 18 inch high by about five inch diameter curved glass candle holder globes that are meant to be put over candle holders.  They are good also in the wind, sort of like a old fashioned hurricane globes.  I  then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I next returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.  I put the glass candle globes over two candle sticks on the long mahogany bureau in the living room, and I put two candles in them, so I now have on the mahogany bureau fifteen brass candle sticks with seven with candles along with three miniature oil lamps and various other bric a brac.  Of course it all eventually becomes a dusting nightmare.  CIO   

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  12:20 P.M.:  I received my Optimum Online and Cablevision bills in the mail.  I will go out shortly and pay them.  I finished the C: to D: drive backup on the AMD backup computer.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  11:45 A.M.:  I had nine Wheatsworth crackers.  I chatted with a relative.  I have been going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  CIO  

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  10:55 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  10:40 A.M.:  I cleaned up.  I went outside briefly.  I am still waiting for the mail to arrive, so I can pay my Cablevision and Optimum online bills, if they arrive today.  I am on the third part of a four part backup on the AMD backup computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  9:15 A.M.:  I had a Jif peanut butter sandwich with a glass of ice tea.  I will now clean up.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  9:15 A.M.:  I copied data files to the AMD backup computer.  I also installed some minor programs.  I can not get the Microsoft Reader to work on it.  I reinstalled it a number of times, and I activated it, but it does not want to seem to work.  It give an error message that it can not open the book.  It also gives a "kernel32.dll" error message.  I tried some fixes to no avail.  I have a number of Ebooks on the AMD backup computer.  I am now doing a four part backup of the C: drive to the D: drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  6:15 A.M.:  I turned off and unplugged the primary computer during some local thunderstorms.  I finished defragmenting the C: drive on the AMD backup computer.  I am now installing some data files on it from the primary computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  5:35 A.M.:  I hear thunder off in the distance.  I am 93% complete on the AMD computer C: drive deframentation.  I replaced a 60 watt light bulb in the duck decoy lamp in the bedroom on top of the oak book case on top of the mahogany bureau.  The duck decoy lamp has an antique clipper ship lamp shade.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  5:10 A.M.:  I put the two cooked halves of boneless chicken breasts in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator to chill to have ready for summer salads.  The defragmentation on the C: drive on the AMD backup computer is 82% complete.  I have data CD/RW information to copy to the drive, once defragmentation is complete.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/06/03  Wednesday  4:35 A.M.:  I was up at 3 A.M..  On the AMD backup computer, I had to quit running the Norton Speed Disk program which kept restarting since the system was still doing disk writes.   I restarted the system in Safe Mode, and I am running the Windows Disk Defragmenter program which works in safe mode.  It is 45% complete and running fine.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some television.  I took the package of boneless chicken breasts, and I cut them into four halves, and I rinsed them underneath cold water.  I stored two halves in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I took a Pyrex pie disk and I added a few tablespoons of olive oil.  I rubbed both sides of the two boneless chicken breast halves in the olive oil, and I put them in the dish.  I added about one third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine and a couple of tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce.  I seasoned the tops of the chicken with chicken and meat seasoning, celery salt, garlic power, ground black pepper, Italian seasoning, Basil, and Oregano.  I am cooking them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes.  I will then refrigerate them in a Rubbermaid container without the juices to use them in my summer salads for the next two days.  I guess I will do the same with the other two halves in a couple of days.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  8:20 P.M.:  I watched the ABC evening news.  I am optimizing the C: drive on the AMD backup computer.  I will leave it running while I go to bed.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  6:30 P.M.:  The AMD backup computer in the bedroom has a PC Chips S571-LMR motherboard with an AMD 450 MHz KII processor running at 366 MHz.  It has 264 megs of a memory, 8 and 6 gigabyte hard drives, a Logicode modem, a LAN card, an OptiPlex sound card, a Diamond Stealth 32 meg video card, a 2 USB port card, a Net2Phone headset, a generic pair of speakers, a 3.5 inch floppy, and a 5.25 inch 1.2 meg floppy.  It is connected to my cable modem router with a 50 foot LAN cable.  It has a 17 inch NEC MultiSync XP17 monitor.  Also it has a standard Microsoft keyboard and Microsoft serial mouse.  I have Windows ME running on it.  It is connected to the HP LaserJet IIP Plus printer, and through the Siemens router it can work with the Epson Stylus Color 880 and HP LaserJet IID printers in the living room.  It has its own control panel.  Thus it is a very reliable backup computer that I have configured.  I went outside briefly.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  6:00 P.M.:  I have finished running the updates and configuring the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.  I am running the system maintenance utilities on it now.  For dinner, I microwaved a Stouffer's Lean Cuisine chicken and mushroom dinner, which I had with ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  3:45 P.M.:  I checked the AMD 366 MHz backup computer in the bedroom, and I installed the HP LaserJet IIP Plus driver on it.  I found out that the CMOS battery was dead, so I removed the cover, and I took out the CMOS battery which was a Lithium CR2032.  I cleaned up, and I went out about 10 A.M..  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by First Union Bank of Connecticut on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent.  They stamped the rent receipt with Wachovia Bank N.A. stamp.  I then went by the central Greenwich Post office.  I mail my State of Connecticut Social Services paper work.  I obtained two money orders for .90 each to pay my Verizon telephone bill, and I also obtained a money order for $25 to send to Net2Phone to charge up my account.  Thus I will have about $60 on my Net2Phone account shortly.  I still have not received my Cablevision and Optimum Online bills.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 90 count bottle of Tums extra strength Wintergreen flavor tablets for $2.99.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the ELDC thrift shop.  I then went by Radio Shack in Cos Cob.  They have wireless door bell sets regularly $50 for $10 on the clearance table.  However, I like the unit that I have that plays the "Blue Bells of Scotland".  I bought a Lithium CR2032 battery for $2.99, a 50 foot Category 5E Computer Network Cable with RJ-45 plugs for $26.99, and a 12 foot Stereo Audio cable with two RCA plugs on each end for $7.99 plus $2.28 tax for $40.25 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  They had a Gateway Pentium II computer with monitor for $35.  Also all merchandise is half price except for what is marked not half.  They also have behind the counter two oil painting of a dog and a horse for $300 apiece.  I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Tropicana Pure Premium pineapple orange juice for $2.50 each, a package of boneless breasts of chicken at $1.99 a pound for $5.01, and two different Stouffer's Lean Cuisine chicken style meals for $2.66 each for $14.79 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I had a glass of ice tea.  I installed the CMOS battery in the AMD backup computer, and I put the cover back on it, and I set the CMOS bios settings.  I then strung the 50 foot LAN cable through the false ceiling, so it came out by the router in the living room corner by the computers, and I connected it to the router.  I had the other end come out by the white dresser mirror in the bedroom.  It is not noticeable.  I have about 15 foot extra length in the bedroom.  I connected it to the AMD backup computer.  One could also disconnect it from the AMD backup computer easily and use it on a laptop computer anywhere in the bedroom too.  I turned on the cable modem and router.  I booted the AMD backup computer, and it works just fine online at high speed.  I am running the updates on it right now.  The sound works fine on it.  I turned off the Microphone to the headset in the volume control panel.  I need to install the Siemens router printer drivers, so the bedroom computer can print to the printers in the living room when online.  I put the new 12 foot RCA Stereo Audio cable on the Orion television, so one can hook up the Sony Handycam.  I put the RCA stereo cable back on the Stereo Technics turntable and connected it to the amplifier.  Thus I have done a bit of electronics maintenance today.  CIO  

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  8:55 A.M.:  To use the Juno dialer on the Dell backup computer, I am having problems getting the Dial Up Networking to install.   I will now shut down the computers, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  6:50 A.M.:  The U.S. Robotics external modem installed on the Dell backup computer plug and play.  I will install the Juno free dial up on it shortly.  I had the same half size summer salad that I have been eating for the last few days, but this time I put on a quarter of a Vidalia onion in stead of red Bermuda onion, and I also added a tin of King Oscar sardines.  I had it with a glass of ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  5:50 A.M.:  I disconnected the IBM Cyrix 233 MHz computer on top of the brass and glass table on top of the bedroom desk.  I put it underneath the sideboard with the keyboard, mouse, and microphone that I had with the AMD 366 MHz.  I put the AMD 366 MHz with 256 megs of memory and a 6 gigabyte hard drive in its same location on the brass and glass coffee table on top of the Danish bedroom desk.  The AMD has the Logicode modem in it, and I connected it all up, so it is all set to go, since I have it already configured.  I need to install the HP LaserJet IIP printer driver to it.  I connected a pair of generic speakers to it that I had on the living room desk.  I also used a Y splitter for the sound output, so I also have a microphone headset connected to it too.  I used the Microsoft mouse and generic keyboard which has a touch pad that is not connected.  I have it connected to the NEC 17E monitor.  I installed a power control center underneath the monitor. I have it all connected to the power control center.  I have the telephone line running through the power control center to ground fault it.  I installed the U.S. Robotics external modem on the Dell backup computer.  I will have to configure it in a while.  Thus the work area between the primary and the backup computers in the living room is a little bit more open.  I moved the Radio Shack digital alarm clock to on top of the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.  If I get the 50 foot LAN cable, I can also have the AMD online with the cable modem.  The AMD 366 computer is a very good computer, which I used until I upgraded to my current system around Christmas time this past year.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  4:25 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  3:55 A.M.:  Besides having Encarta 2002 which came with my Microsoft Works Suite 2002, I also have the IBM Worldbook Encyclopedia 1999.  It works, but with Windows XP, I can not get it to go online.  However, I am probably not entitled to updates anymore.  I guess it does not really matter, and it is not worth a call to tech support.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  2:25 A.M.:  Since I use Windows XP Professional, I ran "msconfig", and I tweaked a few items in the startup category that I do not need to start when I boot the computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  1:45 A.M.:  I received email from Symantec, and they said that I had received the $30 upgrade rebate this past April, but they  are resubmitting the information for the $20 rebate which I have not received.  They said it would take about four weeks for processing.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/05/03  Tuesday  1:35 A.M.:  I watched a bit of television until noon.  I had 15 Wheatsworth crackers before going to bed shortly after noon.  I was up at 10 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I fell back to sleep until 1:15 A.M..  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  9:05 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer.  I will probably rest a while or watch television before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  8:45 A.M.:  I am ordering from H.M. Computer www.hmcomputer.com a 50 foot Lan cable H.M. Computer 50 foot Lan cable Product Detail for $15 plus .90 Connecticut tax and .15 insurance and $5.99 shipping via UPS for $22.04 total.  I printed out the order form, and I will mail it to them with a cover letter and a United States postal money order.  It is raining out right now, so I probably will not be going out to the post office this morning.  I just finished chatting with a friend.  I will use the 50 foot LAN cable to run it from the router through the false ceiling to the bedroom, so I can have high speed internet access set up in the bedroom.  However, I might not send in the H.M. Computer order, since Staples has a similar cable for $24.99 Staples 50 foot LAN cable SKU Level Online Catalog Page .   I am thinking of setting the AMD 366 MHz backup computer on the bedroom desk instead of having the IBM Cyrix 233 MHz in that location.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  7:20 A.M.:  I finished the paper work.  I put the new batch of ice tea in the refrigerator.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  6:25 A.M.:  The Paperport 6.5 patch seems to have fixed the problem, so one can now print out from the Visioneer 4400 scanner Paperport 6.5 deluxe program to the printer without any problem.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  6:15 A.M.:  I am in the process of filling out some paper work for Connecticut social services.  I was trying to make some copies of documents using my Visioneer 4400 scanner and the Scansoft Paperport 6.5 deluxe software.  It has always printed out in the past, but this time it kept not printing, and I have to keep opening and closing the Web Page Capture setting to get it to print.  I just found this patch for the 6.5 version of the software ScanSoft - Support - Knowledge Base , which I will now install.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  4:35 A.M.:  I had the same half size summer salad as yesterday with a six ounce can of flaked solid white albacore tuna fish.  I also had a glass of ice tea.  I am making up a new batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  3:30 A.M.:  For local computer supplies from Hamden, Connecticut, try www.hmcomputer.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  3:05 A.M.:  Catch sunrise at Gooch's Beach, Kennebunk, Maine BeachCam On The Seaside Motor Inn and Cottages - Kennebunk Beach, Maine or for the more discriminating traveler http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  2:40 A.M.:  Astronaut training http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  2:25 A.M.:  In my vitamins and supplements every day, I have been taking a regular aspirin which is too much.  I took my pill cutter that I keep on the spice rack in the kitchen, and I cut 50 regular aspirin in half, and I put them in a pill bottle labeled "Half Aspirin".  Thus I have 100 half aspirin ready to use for my normal routine of vitamins and supplements.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  1:55 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  1:45 A.M.:  This device Welcome to Belkin - Hi-Speed USB 2.0 DVD Creator would probably do the job, but it only works with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.  However, for a $10 used Sony Handycam, I am not going to spend $100 for an adaptor, a couple of hundred dollars for increased hard drive space, and few hundred dollars for a DVD burner.  I guess when we get a sunny day, and when I am on a day schedule, I could try using the camera though.  Moreover, I can copy the Sony Handycam super 8 video to a standard videotape on my JVC videotape player with RCA inputs in front.  Basically one is always "Window Shopping" on the internet, but with a limit budget and with realistic ideas about what one's actual usage might be, one can not buy all the toys and gizmos available for sale on the internet, particularly if one enjoys eating.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  1:35 A.M.:  I found this site listing Video Capture USB devices USB Video Capture - Graphics and Sound - Everything USB  and Video Capture Adapters at VideoCardGalaxy.com .  I guess I also could use a Video Capture card and remove my PCI modem card.  I would use a video capture device for inputting from the Sony Handycam.  At the moment, whether I will pursue that route of development is still up in the air, because even if had a video capture device, it would mean having to install more hard drive space, which at the moment, I do not feel like upgrading.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  12:15 A.M.:  I found this Microsoft Windows XP networking update FileForum | Program Detail - Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP .  I will now install it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/04/03  Monday  12:05 A.M.:  I had ten Wheatsworth crackers half way through my sleep cycle.  I was up at 10 P.M. when the NOAA weather radio went off.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam,  pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some television until midnight.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  2:10 P.M.:  I watched a two hour program on Admiral Bull Halsey on the History Channel.  I had two scoops of Edy's raspberry sorbet.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  12:10 P.M.:  For the Vero Beach, Florida people whom might be elsewhere, this is all the news that you are missing http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/press_journal .  I have read in the Wall Street Journal that grapefruit juice can interfere with certain medications, so the local citrus industry in Indian River County are trying to come up with other uses for grapefruit.  Apparently, Indian River county produces half the grapefruit in the world including the grapefruit that are served at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan.  I guess they could research what properties of the grapefruit interfere with medications, and they could try to treat it, so those properties do not interfere.  I have always enjoyed grapefruit juice, but I was advised not to drink it when I started taking Lipitor.  Whatever the case with the higher values of real estate in Vero Beach, Florida, I would imagine the local economy is not solely dependant on the citrus industry.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  11:50 A.M.:  I went outside briefly to throw out the Stouffer's container.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  11:30 A.M.:  I microwaved a Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selection Chicken Fettuccini with broccoli, and I had it for dinner with a glass of ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  11:05 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  On the walk I sat out at various locations.  I walked by and used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I also stopped by CVS on the way up and down Greenwich Avenue.  On the way down Greenwich Avenue at CVS, I bought a 24 roll bundle of Kleenex Cottonelle toilet tissue for $4.99 and buy one get one free of CVS extra strength non-aspirin 500 mg. solid gelcaps acetaminophen pain reliever and fever reducer 400 count each bottle for $15.33 both bottles less $1.50 off bonus bucks coupon plus .30 tax for $19.12 total.  I did not go by the waterfront, since I figured there would be enough waterfront observers down there.  I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought four different types of 13.5 ounce Stouffer's Lean Cuisine chicken dinners for $2.66 each, two tins of Beach Cliff sardines .99 each, four 6 ounce cans of Bumble Bee pink crab meat for $1.99 each, and two four packs  of six ounce cans of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish for $3.56 each four pack, and a half gallon of Tropicana pure premium pineapple orange juice with calcium for $2.50 for $29.12 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases, and I had some ice tea.  I am running the room air conditioner at 72 degrees Fahrenheit to keep the apartment a bit warmer.  CIO  

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  6:05 A.M.:  I dumped out some garbage.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will either rest for spell, or I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  5:50 A.M.:  I washed the glass salad bowl that I keep on the dining room table.  I dusted off the teak pineapple, I keep in the salad bowl and the two wooden Canadian goose salad server fork and spoon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  5:45 A.M.:  I made a half size portion of my usual summer salad.  I took four leaves of chilled spinach, and I ripped them apart, and I put them in the lettuce spinner, and I rinsed them underneath cold water.  I spread them across a dinner plate.  I then put 8 chilled baby carrots on the plate.  I then took one chilled plum tomato, and I cut it in 3/16th of an inch thick slices, and I spread it across the plate.  I then added three chilled double tablespoons of homemade hummus.  I then added 7 chilled California small pitted black olives, and I put one in each dab of hummus.  I then diced one quarter of a chilled red Bermuda, and I put it on the plate.  I then added 10 Arnold large size home-style garlic herb croutons.  I next spread across about one ounce of chilled Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese.  I then opened a chilled 8 ounce dry can of Roland hearts of palm.  I used four inch length pieces, which I cut in half lengthwise, and I separated them, and I spread them over the salad.  I sprinkled on the salad one ounce of chilled grated parmesan cheese.  I then added one ounce of Molina Italian Balsamic vinegar and one ounce of Italian extra virgin olive oil.  I seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and salt.  It was a more normal size salad instead of a heaping big salad.  I had it with a glass of ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  4:55 A.M.:  I do not have any oven cleaner which also really smells, so I used some Pot Shot pot cleaner to clean the Farberware turbo convection oven on top of the refrigerator in the kitchen.  I use the Farberware turbo convection over most of the time when baking.  It is quite a bit cleaner now.  I have a spare one in the bedroom closet with a spare Krups coffee espresso maker and a spare Cuisine Art food processor.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  4:10 A.M.:  I washed the "Golf is for Birdies" ashtray that I keep on the backside of the toilet, and I dusted the bar of Texas soap, and the bar of Year 2000 soap, and the bar of Cologne, Germany soap that I keep in the golf ash tray.  I also washed and dried the Silver plate facial tissue holder from India that I keep on the back side of the toilet.  In an apartment with so much bric a brac as I have in the apartment, periodical dusting of long static items does seem to be a necessity.   I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  3:35 A.M.:  Prince Charles finds a new home BBC NEWS | UK | Prince Charles moves into Clarence House .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  3:05 A.M.:  I finished creating a free site for my friend at www.freeservers.com .  His site is http://bolton.4t.com/ .  I had to split the page into two parts, since the freeservers web site only permits file uploads of .25 meg or smaller, with a 12 meg limitation on total quantity.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/03/03  Sunday  1:40 A.M.:  I went to bed at noon yesterday.  I had two scoops of Edy's Raspberry sorbet before going to bed.  I had a call from a friend at 6 P.M., who is going to call back later this morning.  The friend wants me to set up another free web site for his content.  I was up at 11 P.M. this past evening.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange pineapple juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I started up the computer, and I uninstalled both copies of Microsoft Messenger that were running on the system, which tried to start simultaneously whenever I started the system.  I then installed the latest version of Microsoft Messenger 6.0, and it starts just fine.  I also found this site http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinME/Q_20418599.html which shows that when one is opening a second window, and it does not open to a full size, one can drag it to full size with the lower right hand corner drag button, and then one holds the CTRL button while clicking the upper right hand X icon to close the window.  Then the secondary windows opens in full mode when one opens it again.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  9:45 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer.  I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  9:10 A.M.:  I went back out after the last message.  I drove down by the waterfront, and the regular fishermen are there.  I noticed a yacht at the Delamar Hotel http://www.thedelamar.com/ called "My Way".  About 15 years ago in Newport, Rhode Island; there was a yacht with the same name on the waterfront, and it was Frank Sinatra's http://www.franksinatra.com/  private yacht.  I guess whomever owns that yacht on our waterfront had to downscale the size of the yacht to fit it into the Greenwich Harbor.  Of course on a year round basis, Greenwich, Connecticut real estate http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/gwreal.htm tends to be a more pricey affair than Newport, Rhode Island.  However, I think there are more pricey locations in California, since the big money eventually seems to gravitate towards warmer weather, unless one is a Scottish banker.  I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Exxon service station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $4.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.779 a gallon for about 27 miles per the gallon.  I forgot to reset my short trip odometer, which I do after I fill up the tank.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two half gallons of Tropicana Premium pineapple orange juice with calcium for $2.99 each, a 5.5 box of Pepperidge Farm fat free spicy Italian generous cut croutons for $1.49, a 8 ounce container of S&S low fat grated parmesan cheese $3.29, a tub of Atheno Wisconsin made garlic and herbs feta cheese $3.90, a package of Nabisco Wheatsworth crackers $1.79, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach $1.50, and two Vidalia onions at $1.49 a pound for $2.22 for $20.17 total.  I bought the Vidalia onions since they tend to be milder than the Bermuda onions.  I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Light 100s for $31 total.  I just now returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.  I just took two Tums http://www.tums.com , since I had a bit of indigestion.  CIO   

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  6:30 A.M.:  I will now go out for some morning activity.  Remember, an excellent weather program is http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  6:25 A.M.:  I finished going through the email.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  6:20 A.M.:  Roughing it at sea Upstairs, Downstairs on the High Seas .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  5:55 A.M.:  NextUp.com - WeatherAloud - The Power of Spoken Audio . CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  5:45 A.M.:  I studied the Boeing 7E7 web site.  I finished off the other half of the summer salad along with a glass of ice tea.  I am about 2/3 of the way going through my last few days email.  I reset my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control to 72 degrees Fahrenheit, since it is a bit cool in here.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  5:05 A.M.: http://www.newairplane.com/USA/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  4:50 A.M.: HollandSentinel.com -Last Beetle rolls off line 07/31/03 .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  4:40 A.M.:  Interesting list at http://tutorials.lockergnome.com/404.html from http://www.lockergnome.com/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  4:25 A.M.:  When I bought the Symantec package of Internet Security 2003 and Norton System Works 2003, there were suppose to be two rebates of $20 and the $30 upgrade rebate.  I did receive the $20 rebate around April 1, 2003, but I was asked to resubmit information on the $30 rebate around mid April, which I did.  I still have not received the $30 upgrade rebate, which I sent to Niagara Falls, New York, and which I am still waiting for.  I called the Symantec 800 number 800-494-8825, and when I keyed in the information, they do not reference the second $30 rebate.  I guess I will have to call them up some time.  I will now submit an inquiry at this form site https://support.ece.com/forms/symantec/symanteccustomerservice.asp .   I just submitted the information.  I still have a copy of my CompUSA sales receipt, but the rebate certification information has already been sent to Symantec.  We use to have a top of executive of Symantec living in Greenwich, Connecticut who use to sell beta software at tags sales from his home, of course that was about ten years ago.   This is the last rebate I have due.  I have learned only Staples tends to have speedy rebates, so recently I have tried to use Staples rebates.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  3:25 A.M.:  I looked at the television for a while, and as usual not much was on it.  If I did not like watching the news, I do not think I would subscribe to Cablevision, since so much of the television quality in the early morning hours, when I might watch television is certainly lacking.  This is one of the drawbacks of the suburbs, if one can not afford to play golf in the day time, or if one does not have a house to keep one busy, one is frequently left with a lack of recreational activity.  Of course in the big City or even the suburbs, recreational activity costs money.  Thus with an excellent library http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/  in Greenwich, Connecticut, one can always read a book.  However, at the moment, I have my usual internet activity to pursue, so I will not be practicing bookworm activity.   CIO

Note: <888> 08/02/03  Saturday  2:00 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  The usual group of young weekend revelers were at the Dome Restaurant, the Blue Cafe, the Sundown Saloon, and the Thataway Cafe.  I guess they are not into working on the internet late at night.  I have always noticed a lot of car dealers around the bars on weekends trying to sell automobiles.  It seems a peculiar way to try to sell cars.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went by the Food Emporium, but for some odd reason, they are not open this morning.  I just now returned to my apartment, and I had a glass of ice tea.  I guess I will go out at 7 A.M. when the stores are open or a little earlier.  I have plenty of food in the apartment, but I like to keep stocked up.  I guess it come from the old days in Greenwich and around the country and around the world when it was always feast or famine.  Of course having worked in a number of professional restaurant kitchens, I have a vague idea about what it takes to manage a small home kitchen.  Possibly the Food Emporium might be open at the Riverside shopping plaza, but I am not sure what their hours are.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  11:50 P.M.:  I made up a batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm, and I also used in it a 1/8th of a teaspoon of red cayenne pepper and a six ounce dry weight can of California olives.  I chatted with a relative.  I then took about 8 large leaves of chilled spinach, and I ripped them apart, and I put them in the lettuce spinner, and I rinsed them underneath cold water.  I spread them across a large dinner plate.  I then added 20 chilled baby carrots.  I next sliced in 3/16th inch thick slices two chilled plum tomatoes, and I spread them across the plate.  I then put on five chilled double tablespoons of homemade hummus equally spaced.  I then added 15 chilled black California olives including one in each dab of hummus.  I then peeled and diced on half a chilled red Bermuda onion, and I spread it across the plate.  I then spread across about 20 Arnold large garlic and herb croutons.  I then opened a chilled 8 ounce can of Icy Point Alaska salmon, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it underneath cold water squeezing out a the water a half dozen times.  I flaked the salmon in a bowl, picking through it looking for bones.  I then spread it across the salad.  I then added two ounces of chilled Athena Wisconsin made herbal and garlic feta cheese.  I next added about two ounces of chilled grated parmesan cheese.  I then added about two ounces of room temperature Molina balsamic vinegar and two ounces of Italian extra virgin olive oil.  I seasoned the salad with salt and ground black pepper.  I ate half the salad for dinner with ice tea.  I covered the other half of the salad, and I refrigerated it for eating later.  I will now clean up, and I guess I will go out.  I put the Sony Handycam in its carrying case in the bedroom window, and I put its box on top of the speaker on top of the filing cabinet in the bedroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  10:25 P.M.:  I finished the house cleaning and watering the plants.  I also cleaned the air conditioner and kitchen stove fan filters.  I rehung the Martha's Vineyard pictures in the kitchen entrance.  I knocked down the lower one of the sailboat, and it fell on the floor, and there is now a crack in the glass.  I had to resecure the frame of the Martha's Vineyard street scene with some duct tape, so it is now more securely framed together.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  8:15 P.M.:  I had ten wheatsworth crackers before going to bed.  I was up at noon, when a relative called to say they had ordered the battery http://www.atbatt.com/getItem.cfm?ItemID=5326 for the Sony Handycam for me.  I will send the relative a check for $20, since there was $5 postage.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  I went back to bed until 6:45 P.M..  I had a cup of coffee, while I was some of the news.  I chatted with two different relatives and a friend's relative.  I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 08/01/03:

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  4:30 A.M.:  There is a close out on batteries for the Sony Handycam at http://www.atbatt.com with this special price http://www.atbatt.com/getItem.cfm?ItemID=5326 .  I emailed a relative to have them order it for me.  I have finished updating the backup Dell computer.  I will now send out my weekly notes, and then I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  3:50 A.M.:  I have RCA video and sound inputs on the front of my JVC videotape machine which I have hardly ever used, so I can input from the Sony Handycam or reverse, if I want to tranfer the Handycam video to regular size videotape.  I guess if I had a video capture card or a video capture USB device, I could input content into my computer and burn it to CD/R disks.  My free Geocities server does not have room for video files at 15 meg limitation.  I guess when the weather is nice, I could practice making my own documentary of Greenwich, or I could sit out and videotape people coming and going at Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue.  With the Zoom lens one can do wide angle or zoom shots.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  3:35 A.M.:  I installed the Lithium 2025 battery in the Sony Handycam.  I set the date and time and reset the counter to zero.  I removed the tape from the camera, since I do not think one should store the camera with the tape in it, because on VCRs it can cause the recording wheel to get out of round.  However, to open the tape door, one needs to have power to the camera.  I disconnected the full charged two hour battery, and I put it in the camera case compartment for it with two tapes, the instructions and the camera, and I closed the camera case, and I left it in front of the shipping box on the end of the day bed.  I took a 15 white extension cord, and I plugged it into the power strip behind the long green sofa, and I left the socket end just below the TEAC DVD player adjacent to the Sony Handycam power adaptor and recharger which one leaves unplugged when turned off and not in use.  I put the power adaptor beneath the TEAC DVD player shelf on the television cabinet, so it is easily available with the power adaptor instructions behind it.  I left the RCA twin connecting cables plugged into the Orion television.  I thus have the Sony Handycam all set for use at any time.  It also has sound, and it seems to have very good quality video.  I put the Elgin watch box on top of the green bric a brac box on top of the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.  I also moved the Epson Style Color 880 printer information and CDrom from the bottom right night stand to on top of the other computer items to the right of the bedroom television. 

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  2:35 A.M.:  I printed out my Microsoft Money 2002 monthly report, and I mailed a copy to a relative in the mail box drop downstairs.  I also printed out 10 plain stock envelopes for that same relative.  While working on other matters, I will be running the updates on the Dell backup computer on both partitions.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  2:00 A.M.:  I went out, and I stopped by the Shell station, but they do not carry Lithium batteries.  I went by the Food Emporium, and they only carry two small Lithium batteries for cameras.  I drove over to CVS at the Riverside Shopping plaza.  On the way over there in the west bound lane on East Putnam Avenue,  just east of the Gulf station in Cos Cob, there was a two car wreck.  The police and a ambulance were there.  One smaller black car was hit in the passenger side rear end, and it was still in the road.  A brown Sport Utility vehicle had severe front end damage, and it had gone off the road in the right west bound lane, and it had crashed into a building just west of the Wicker shop.  I proceeded to CVS, and I bought an Energizer 2025 lithium battery for $3.99 plus .24 tax for $4.23 total.  On the way back by the traffic accident, there were four fire department vehicles there, and about a half dozen police officers.  Three lanes are blocked off for the accident investigation.  The ambulance had not departed yet, so hopefully no one was hurt.  I have a $1.50 CVS extra bucks slip that I forgot to use, and I will use it later.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/01/03  Friday  12:40 A.M.:  The 2 hour battery is fully charged.  The Sony HandyCam works just fine inputing into the television too.  To input it into the Orion television, one has to select from the Orion remote control "TV/AV".  The video feed comes out in color.  There was a brief part of the video showing someone having Thanksgiving dinner in 1993.  I have recorded a few minutes on the tape, and it works well in low light.  I have the one hour battery trying to recharge again.  It said in the instructions, it might take a few times, if it still workable.  I will now go out for the Lithium CR2025 battery.  CIO