Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  10:15 P.M.:  I was up at 8 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I chatted with a relative in Kennebunkport, Maine and apparently the waves coming off Hurricane Juan which pasted to the east of Maine were so large in Kennebunkport that they were breaking over the breakwater.  The Kennebunk beach road was closed because of rocks washed up on the road.  Parsons beach road was also flooded. Walker's Point is suppose to be all right since it was not a storm day just large waves.  I then chatted with two other friends.  I watched a bit of the CNN special about the British royals.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  10:00 A.M.:  I went back out, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I chatted with a local about Greenwich events.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with another local about long term weather and past historical weather happenings.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I just now returned home.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  7:25 A.M.:  I read for a while.  I had two peanut butter sandwiches and a glass of iced tea.  

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  5:50 A.M.:  I ate a Quaker lightly salted rice cake.  I think I will now read a bit more of Krakatoa.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  5:30 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I watched a bit of television.  I ate 20 smoked almonds.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  4:45 A.M.:  Forbes.com Walgreen versus CVS .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  4:45 A.M.:  I ate 15 smoked almonds, and I put the ice tea in the refrigerator.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  4:25 A.M.:  I have a relative whom has had foot problems again recently, and I recommended to the relative to soak her feet in epsom salts and warm water.  I noticed today in Walgreen's in Old Greenwich, they only had one container of epsom salts left.  I suppose with all the walking people do in this area, it goes fast.  I remembered that I had a container underneath the kitchen counter for a long time, so I got it out, and I opened it up.  They come in half gallon type milk cartons.  I used the end of a long stirring spoons to break up the espon salts into smaller pieces, since the powder had clumped together.  It says on the carton that one can use two cups in a hot bath to relieve arthritis pain.  I put it on the floor to the left of my bathroom sink to have easily available.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  4:00 A.M.:  I ate 15 smoked almonds.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  3:50 A.M.:  The LCD clock I have on my Hyundai dashboard attached with velcro malfunctions when the car gets too hot in the summer.  Also, it appeared that the new battery that I installed while visiting Kennebunkport in the last week of June had worn out.  I had a spare battery for it that I had bought at Home Depot in Port Chester about six weeks ago, so I decided to install it.  It turned out that the battery I installed in Kennebunkport was good, it was the pressure contact inside where the battery makes contact was too far depressed, so I raised it up with a needle, and it now works fine.  I set it to the correct time and date, and I installed it back in the Hyundai.  I think that this time of year, it is cool enough that the LCD clock should not get too hot and quit working.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  3:00 A.M.:  I made the same summer salad with a mixture of spinach and pieces of Romaine Hearts and two 1/8th thick sliced plum tomatoes and a six ounce can of flaked solid white albacore tuna fish which I had with the other usual ingredients along with a glass of iced tea.  I am making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm , and this time I am using one each of the five different types in the Twinings five mixture box, four Lipton Green tea, six Master Choice orange pekoe, and five Bigelow tea bags.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/03  Tuesday  1:55 A.M.:  I had three scoops of Edy's boysenberry sorbet before going to bed.  I fell asleep about 10 A.M. this morning.   I was up at 6 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I fell back to sleep until 9 P.M..  I cleaned up, and I went out about 10:45 P.M..  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  It is 51 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, so we are starting to get cool fall weather.  I am worried it is going to be a colder winter.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then drove over to the new Walgreen's in Old Greenwich at the old Caldor's shopping plaza which is opened 24 hours a day.  I bought two packages of Basic Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes for $3.72 each, a blank Sony videotape for $1.99, a replacement roll of 3M Magic tape scotch tape 3/4 inch width for $1.99, a 9 ounce can of Walgreen's smoked almonds for $2.99, and with the Walgreen's store circular coupon a six pack of Walgreen Heavy Duty AAA and a six pack of Walgreen Heavy Duty AA batteries for $1 each six pack for $16.41 total plus .81 tax for $17.22 total.  I then drove over to the Food Emporium in central Greenwich, and I bought a 12 ounce package of Earthbound organic hearts of Romaine lettuce for $3.99 total.  I then returned home.  I ate five almonds.  I am not sure if the batteries are alkaline or just regular.  It does not say.  I had a glass of iced tea, and I put away my purchases.  I will now install the new roll of Scotch tape in the my scotch tape dispenser on the bedroom desk.  I put the almonds on the blue bookcase shelf, and I will put the blank Sony video tape with the other tapes to the left of the stereo system. CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  8:40 A.M.:  Well, I have thought about going out, but I would imagine that on a nice Monday morning all the retired people would be out doing their errands, and I would be in the way.  Moreover, I have been awake since 7 P.M. this past evening, so I do not feel like speeding up when I would rather be slowing down.  It is the nature of a late night schedule that after a long night one tends to avoid the faster morning people whom are going about their appointed rounds.  I think I will now shut down the computer, and I will relax a bit before going to bed.  Well have a good day in Golf country, except I think the private clubs are still closed on Mondays in Greenwich.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  7:30 A.M.:  I did some internet research.  Of course one has to remember when one reads information on the internet, it is just another writer's version of what may or may not be true.  Since larger publishing organizations have legal liability since they have assets, it would seem to me that information posted by "Fly By Night" internet operators is subject to question, since they are not always fully briefed, and moreover the real people seem to have good memories of facts and circumstances as they relate to history and their own personal experiences.  It is the nature of this area, we tend to get the real people showing up and even living here occasionally, so when any groups from the Circus or other theatrical groups try to impersonate the real people, frequently the friends and associates of the real people know the difference immediately.  Basically since I do not live in a Hollywood reality, since I infrequently go to movies, and since I do not have much time to watch television which seems to reflect larger metropolitan areas, I tend to be curious why so many visitors linger in this area whom are not residents and whom are not working here unless they are up to mischief or some other sort of inquisitive activity.  Basically, from what I know not much really happens in this area, except people read a lot in their spare time when they are not working on what ever happens to be their profession.  It is the nature of this area, since there are so many professionals in the various fields on endeavor that their networks are far more extensive than the professional public media organizations which are generally advertising soap or other similar products.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  5:30 A.M.:  I also had two scoops of Edy's boysenberry sorbet.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  5:10 A.M.:  I went out, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  There is a nice sailboat lit up in the harbor.  I guess it is some sailor heading south for the winter.  I then returned home.  I just finished microwaving a Stouffer's Lean Cuisine 8 1/8 ounce chicken fettuccini with lemon pepper dinner which I will now have with iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  3:55 A.M.:  I am charging up the old Compaq Laptop computer, its battery was down to 45%.  I have three $2 off coupons for CVS good on different weeks during the next month.  I put them in my wallet to have available when they are good.  They are $2 off purchases over $10.  I updated Weather Pulse.  Well, the weather is clear, so I think I will go out for some early morning fresh air.  News on Hurricane Juan in Nova Scotia http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ns_juanrain20030928 .  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  3:20 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  I had two Quaker lightly salted rice cakes with iced tea.  Since I spend so much time reading off of the computer with email and the internet news, I have not had time to finish the book on Krakatoa, so I renewed it, and it is now due October 20, 2003.  When I read material that I am interested in, I tend to read it slowly, unlike the speed reading I do on the internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  2:55 A.M.:  According to this article Greenwich Time - Vital maintenance for highway span they are going to be working on the I-95 Bridge between Connecticut and New York, so maybe construction backups will generate a little additional business for the local area.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  2:45 A.M.:  I finished going through the Smithsonian Volcanology Reports http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/ .  There is mention in July of activity around Krakatoa or Krakatau as the natives prefer to call it.  Of course the volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia seems to still be on orange alert too.  For neutral volcanology sources http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/ , not that there is anything such as a neutral volcano, since the results of their activity tend to go anywhere they please.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/03  Monday  12:25 A.M.:  I checked out my food cupboards and bookcase pantry, and with the food in the refrigerator and freezer,  I have about a month's worth of food left along with a lot of coffee and tea and condiments, and of course the first of the month is on this Wednesday, so providing the Social Security administration was not wiped out by the hurricane, I am doing just fine.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  11:50 P.M.:  Well, if one wants to learn from experience as it starts to get colder this time of year, the economic climate also tends to become more severe, so generally people begin to get ready to pull in their belts, since the prosperity in this area tends to be during the warmer months when there is more activity.  With the additional costs of heating one's environment when it gets colder along with the costs of other items which tend to stay static, one should not expect the economic climate to be improving much until next spring when the southern people bring a little extra money back up north.  Since Canada is much poorer than we tend to be, more than likely if any of them come down this way, they will not be bringing any extra money.  I thus figure once the southern people return south to their winter homes, the money tends to go south with them.  I still have about 12 pounds of Carolina enriched white rice for leaner times, and I think I put on all the weight that I have been trying to lose by eating rice with the China Village microwave rice steamer that I bought at the Food Emporium for $15 a couple of years ago.  However, on Sunday night and early Monday morning both the Food Emporium and the Stop and Shop are closed, however if one has extra money the Glory Days diner across from the YMCA is usually open, but they tend to be expensive, and the Cumberland Farms on U.S. 1 or West Putnam Avenue on the Greenwich - Port Chester border is usually open, and they have a small amount of food items along with milk.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  11:35 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad with a 6 ounce can of flaked crab meat and a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  10:40 P.M.:  I had two Quaker lightly salted rice cakes this morning before going to bed about 6 A.M..  I was up at 3 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until about 7 P.M..  I then cleaned up, and I went out, and I drove down by the waterfront.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS on the walk, and I bought a Christmas Tree new car scent air freshener for $1.25 plus .08 tax  for $1.33 total.  When I completed my walk, I installed the Christmas Tree new car scent air freshener in the back driver's side of the Hyundai on a hook that is available.  I then drove back down by the waterfront again.  Since I had the additional expense this month of $55 for replacing my driver's side orange front blinker lens when a customer of the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop backed into me, I am shorter on my budget than normal, so I will wait until the first of the month to fill up my Hyundai at Exxon.  I met the wife of the person who ran into my Hyundai on Thursday at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and the person that backed into me in his black Jeep Cherokee said not to mention it, so I guess he does not want me to bring it up again.  I guess I was fortunate that there was not more damage.  I guess I could write a letter to the British consulate in Manhattan to see if he could help me receive redress of my grievances, but since I use to keep an eye on the two black Daimlers parked on East 49th Street in Turtle Bay around the corner from the British Consulate and in the neighborhood where Katherine Hepburn and Howard Hughes' townhouse is for sale at the moment for $4.5 million, I suppose the British consulate would probably side with the British Citizen, and wonder why I am no longer walking around that neighborhood anymore and parking outside his residence on Mitchell Place that runs into East 49th Street off Beekman Place, but since the parking is now reserved for diplomats there and the parking on the north side of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt post office building is now reserved for government employees, there is no free place I know of to park in Manhattan anymore that might be available.  Also driving into Manhattan is too much wear and tear on one's car, since the roads frequently have huge pot holes and with all the traffic, one has to be very alert.  Thus the old days of driving into Manhattan at 11 P.M. are over, since no one chooses to give me credit for the 42 years that I dealt with that area and the other places they also go to such as Key West and Nantucket and and Long Island and Fairfield County.  I guess I could send a bill to some institution like the Federal Government or the Morgan Bank and see if they are willing to pay for my effort at contributing to Manhattan, but I think it would be far simpler to let them all continue to come out here and walk around 20 to 40 miles a day and eat practically nothing and to be very cold, thus I am more comfortable in Greenwich, and since I never hear from anyone that I use to deal with in Manhattan, I will stay in touch with the last two old friends that I know of that are living there part time, and they can let any of my other friends know my web address and web log about what I am currently doing.  I sincerely doubt the Manhattan people are really private, since by the nature of living in Manhattan, there is no privacy.  More than likely I have seen a few people from Manhattan and elsewhere on Greenwich Avenue for the last 20 years, since I left Nantucket.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  4:35 A.M.:  Well, there is not much happening on the computer, so I think I will read more about Krakatoa.  I will now shut down the computer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  4:15 A.M.:  Learn more about the Presidents http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/presidentsp1.html .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  4:10 A.M.:  I looked at my email a bit, and I watched a bit more television.  I guess I have to learn to stay focused on the computer on weekends, however it is the nature of the internet that not much happens on the internet on weekends, since people are not working.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  3:00 A.M.:  I watched a little bit of the television.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  1:25 A.M.:  I finished of the Tostitos bite size round corn chips.  I was reviewing this page http://www.wedgeworld.com/rum.htm , and it says all the Coca Cola in the United States except Sacramento is now made with corn syrup instead of instead of sugar.  Since with the Midwest of the United States having so much corn, I guess an enterprising Midwestern entrepreneur instead of wasting their time with the Caribbean and other sources of sugar syrup could start making rum with corn syrup.  I am sure there would be a large demand for it, and it would keep the money in the United States instead of going south of the border.  Thus we could have Old Chicago rum in much larger quantities than they are able to produce in the Caribbean or other warmer ports of call.  One could imagine buying rum for the price of corn flakes.  Thus there is still room for American enterprise to expand and grow within its borders, and more than likely we would be able to export some Old Chicago corn syrup rum to other places in the world to earn foreign exchange to buy foreign items from abroad.  Of course it might already exist, but the old timers might call it Corn Liquor.  Keep a lid on it in case any revenuers are around.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  12:30 A.M.:  I sent this message to Captain Morgan at www.rum.com

"Captain Morgan was just a wimpy pirate that did not know how to make rum. He more than likely stole it from Bacardi, Meyers, and Mount Gay and other premium rum makers, but I am sure in a pinch Captain Morgan's rum would do just fine. I am from the Scott family that were the original Rum Runners in New Amsterdam and we once owned all of Long Island, until we found Jamaica was more profitable for business. I do not drink alcohol at the moment because I drive a car, but lots of people around me do. They kicked me out of Key West for good in 1982 for not drinking and being broke. I think Bacardi once made a rum called Anjoh that was about 150 proof or more. Of course plenty of people in the cold country to the north of me still enjoy a nip or two. I enjoy watching  www.liveduvalstreet.com  , but those in the know, know that I always hung out at Captain's Tonys because they had a fire place when it was cold in Key West, besides Tony did not kick me out for not drinking.

Have a grog on me.

Mike"

Note: <888> 09/28/03  Sunday  12:15 A.M.:  Pink livery vehicles for hire http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  11:55 P.M.:  One of the local fishermen told me this evening that the area south of Captain's Island is full of blue sharks  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/species/Blueshark.shtml this time of year, and that today he lost 15 lines while fishing because the blue sharks bit off the lines with his tackle.  I suppose the sharks migrate south this time of year, while they are heading south.  I had the same summer salad for dinner with a flaked 6 ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish along with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  11:05 P.M.:  I was up at 5 P.M. this past evening.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went outside briefly.  I then cleaned up, and I drove downtown.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next sat out briefly at the Greenwich Library.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  8:40 A.M.:  I went outside, and I put an umbrella back in the car.  I chatted with a couple of neighbors.  A friend called me up on the telephone, and we chatted.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will next have a bowl of small round corn chips and some ice tea.  After that I will go to bed.  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  6:55 A.M.:  I had a Glade Plug-in with fan in the kitchen with Hawaiian Breeze scent, and I removed the Hawaiian Breeze scent, and I capped it with its top, and I put it back in the second left blue bureau drawer in the kitchen.  I then filled an empty Glade plug-in refill with the remaining English Leather that I had in another bottle and the other half English Leather Cologne, and I put it in the Glade Plug-in with fan in the kitchen.  I think one gets about 12 refills to an 8 ounce bottle, so it might actually cost a little over $1.50 a refill, since the Glade oil scent plug-ins come about 3/4 full.  This web site sells 8 ounces of English Leather Cologne for $13.56 http://everycomfort.com/fw.html?item=ENGLISH+LEATHER+by+Dana , so it would be closer to a $1.25 a refill.  However, there are stronger scents if it does work, and one could chose ones own preference within one's own budget.  I think Glade should just put a screw cap on the plug-in refill, and they should sell a quart bottle of scent for a few dollars, but then there would not be any profit.  However, we will now have to see if it will work, or it is just the smell from pouring it.  It seems like there is a strong scent of English Leather Cologne in the apartment.  These other scents for men are available Walmart.com - Men's Scents .  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  6:20 A.M.:  If one is looking for unusual scent oils, this place is near Greenwich, but I think one has to order http://www.kicgroup.com/ .  On the internet a 6.8 ounce bottle of English Leather Cologne costs about $19, so it is about $2.75 an ounce about the same price as the regular Glade Oil refill, so it is not cheaper, but is an equal cost alternative.  I will see if it gradually is used up by the Glade Plug-in refill to see if it is working over time.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  6:05 A.M.:  Of course when I drove through Long Beach, California a number of times back in 1978 to 1980 and originally in a Subaru which was originally designed by Howard Hughes, Long Beach was such an industrial looking neighborhood, I did not know where to go for the tourists sights, so I never have seen the Spruce Goose as I recall.  However, while in Santa Barbara in the summer of 1980 while I was waiting for Ronald Reagan to be elected, I recalling flying into Santa Barbara airport from Monterey, California, and I recall seeing a very large plane called a Guppy, which was use to service the oil rigs off the coast of California.  Speaking of which, while I was in Santa Barbara, California and that area, they used lemon oil to scent the air, so one would not smell the sulfur gases from the oil rigs.  I tried using both lemon oil and Renuzit in my Glade Plug-In scented oil refills, and neither works.  If one were a chemist, I suppose one could come up with a similar concoction to put in them.  I thought about using a 50% mixture of lemon oil and 50% mixture of rubbing alcohol, but since they are plugged into wall outlets, that mixture might be a fire hazard.  I guess one could try pure bleach in the oil refill, but I do not think that would work either, since it is mostly water.  I found this web site, but it did not help me http://www.mindfully.org/Sustainability/Alternative-Recipes-LA-Co.htm .  However, I happened to have bought for $5 about 5 years ago a eight ounce bottle of English Leather Cologne which I have not used except for once or twice.  Since the Glade Oil refills cost about $3 and $2 on sale, and since I already have the English Leather Cologne, I took the Glade scent plug-in from behind the computer and from the bathroom, and I emptied them of the Renuzit which did not work, and I put the Renuzit back in the Renuzit bottle on the wicker shelf above the toilet.  I then filled the two Glade oil refills with English Leather Cologne about one ounce to each refill each using a small perfume funnel that I cut the tip off of to pour more fluidly.  I keep the perfume funnel on the lower level of the Danish bar for filling two ounce liquor bottles such as people use on airplanes from bigger liquor bottles which is an economy.  I put one of the English Leather Glade plug-ins back in the bathroom to the left of the bathroom sink and the other one behind the long green sofa.  I can smell the English Leather cologne, but I am not sure it is from funneling it and getting it on my hands or from the two Glade Plug-ins with English Leather working properly.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  5:10 A.M.:  I printed out two pictures on in sepia and one in black and white 8 inches wide by 5.75 inches high of Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose.  I took the sepia print, and I put it in the Plexiglas frame from the left upper side of the bedroom wall as one enters the bedroom, and I hung it over the inside of my apartment entrance.  I put the black and white photo in the picture album.  The pictures that were in the Plexiglas frame before, I put in the album.  Thus I now have a picture of another famous aviator beside Lindbergh in the apartment in keeping with my apartment's theme as a Pan AM or TWA or Frequent Flier VIP rest area.  I will keep an eye out for a photo of the Wright Brothers or the Red Baron, but I do not want to use up to much ink on my printers, and at the moment I do not have extra frames or room.  CIO    

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  4:35 A.M.:  If you ever wandered what happened to the Spruce Goose, here it is http://www.sprucegoose.org/ .  I remember when I traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the fall of 1976 and early 1977, I was near the Florida Branch of Hughes Medical http://www.hhmi.org/ , and although I do not recall seeing Howard around, I saw a lot of people whom were affiliated with TWA, and I dealt with a secretive person that might have known Howard.  However, the person I dealt with was 5 foot 10 inches tall, and Howard Hughes was suppose to be 6 foot 3 inches tall.  I did have dealings in that period with someone that tall, but the person was not as old as Howard, but the person had a habit of surfacing in different locations with lots of secretive tall people.  Of course if one wants to see a lot of tall people all one has to do is go up to Canada.  Howard Hughes with the Spruce Goose http://www.famousfoto.com/621.htm .  Of course one does not have to be Howard Hughes to make model airplanes, I use to assemble planes out of kits of molded plastic, and I also used balsa wood kits which actually flew a bit, and of course I once knew how to make paper airplanes.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  3:20 A.M.:  I am in the process of going through my email.  I had two small bowls of round corn chips along with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  2:00 A.M.:  I had two six inch PS2 to Serial adaptor cables in my left top living room desk drawer.  I took out one of them.  I then moved the Queen Anne chair from in front of the stereo system, and I opened the TV chest doors.  I took out two serial Kensington and one Microsoft serial mouse and one Compaq PS2 mouse.  I also took out a yellow, a PC World, and a Citicorp mouse pad, and several mailing envelopes.  I then put the Queen Anne chair back in place.  To move it, I had to move a few other smaller items.  I then installed the PS2 to serial adaptor on the HP backup computer along with the Microsoft serial mouse, and in between them I put the PC World mouse pad on top of another PC World mouse pad.  I put both sideboard computer mice on the same mouse pad in between them.  I put the other two mouse pads behind the oil filled radiator on the right side of the sideboard along with the mailing envelopes.  I thus have the HP backup computer set to go, if one connected the NEC monitor from the IBM Cyrix computer adjacent to it.  One could also have both of them online if one connected the LAN cable to either from the AMD backup computer which is also in the bedroom on the brass and glass table on top of the Danish desk.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  1:05 A.M.:  I had the same summer salad with two 1/8 inch thick slices of two plum tomatoes and a flaked 7.5 ounce can of Icy Point Alaska salmon along with other usual ingredients along with a glass of iced tea.  For the more fortunate people whom can afford to be on the internet, one can always send free advise to Bill Gates at mailto:billg@microsoft.com .  He actually responded to my first two emails about seven years ago that pertained to volcanology and the radar imaging satellite that NASA was using at the time to x-ray the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia, and I suggested to him that they should also x-ray the Cascades Range near him in Redmond, Washington which also includes Mount Rainier about 40 miles from Bill's home.  I did not know how to use PGP encryption at the time, so I was not able to decode the second message.  I also sent him a real estate advertisement from Caldwell Brokers for a particularly expensive house for sale in Greenwich at the time.  I guess since there are so many computer experts in this area because of IBM in nearby Armonk, New York, he did not need any further advise from me.  Also since he has had legal problems despite his immense wealth, I suppose IBM is dealing with him when he comes into this area, which he obviously does occasionally since Manhattan would be his biggest software market.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/03  Saturday  12:10 A.M.:  I went out, and I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two half gallons of Tropicana Grovestand orange juice with calcium for $2 each, a 43 ounce container of Clorox ultra concentrated bleach for $1.99, a 28 ounce can of Goya chick peas for $1.09, a quart of fresh plum tomatoes for $2.99, a 15.5 ounce bag of Tostitos bite size corn chips for $2.50, and a bulb of garlic at $2.99 a pound for .51 for $13.20 total.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I walked part of the way with a local who likes keeping an eye on the Christian Science Reading room http://www.csmonitor.com/ since he is a Christian Scientist.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 each for $4 total.  I then returned home, I put away my purchases, and I had a glass of iced tea.  Bill Gates story World's richest man's imprint on Africa | csmonitor.com .  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/26/03  Friday  8:40 P.M.:  I put a CVS Clorox toilet tablet in the toilet tank before going to bed.  They are suppose to last four months, but since I flush more, they usually only last two months or less.  I was up at 4:30 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I just finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I will put the computer on standby, and I will go out after I clean up.  I just finished chatting with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/26/03  Friday  6:05 A.M.:  I had two scoops of Edy's raspberry sorbet.  I will now shut down the compute, and I will rest some more.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 09/26/03:

Note: <888> 09/26/03  Friday  5:25 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then shut down the computer, and I will try to rest some more.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/03  Friday  5:10 A.M.:  I finished running the updates and utilities on the Dell backup computer, and I also reorganized some of the icons and some of the start menu.  I am running the Red Hat Linux 9.0 updates on the Linux partition on the Dell backup computer.  I had two Stop and Shop caramel popcorn cakes with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/03  Friday  4:20 A.M.:  I rehung the cleaned shower curtains, and I installed the clean bathtub mat.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/26/03  Friday  4:00 A.M.:  I am washing the bathtub bath mat, shower curtain and shower curtain liner with a couple of cups of bleach.  One does NOT put rubber of plastic items like the bath mat or shower curtains in the dryer after washing.  I am running the updates on the Dell backup computer along with RegSupreme, Ad-aware 6.0, Norton WinDoctor and Spybot.  I will then run the Red Hat Linux 9.0 updates on the Linux partition on the Dell backup computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/03  Friday  3:05 A.M.:  I took the blue IBM selectric typewriter from the left side of the sideboard in the bedroom, and I put it underneath the left side of the day bed.  I put the HP backup computer in the center of the bedroom side board to the left of the IBM Cyrix backup computer.  I connected a PS2 keyboard to the HP backup computer.  I connected a power cord to the HP backup computer, but I do not have a PS2 mouse for it.  I will look in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for one.  I do have a PS2 mouse on my Dell backup computer that I could use if I needed to run it.  Thus I have the two computers on the sideboard next to the NEC monitor, and they both have LAN cards, so either of them could be used one at a time, if I disconnected the LAN cable from the AMD backup computer.  I now have five desktop computers.  Four of them are a bit old.  I have four monitors, Three are 17 inch and one 19 inch.  I have two old laptop computers also along with the two professional electric typewriters.  Thus I have a bit of spare backup office equipment in my apartment.  One of the few people whom have visited me over the years with his wife worked for Disaster Services in Manhattan after 911, and I have a picture of him with President Bush, so if God forbid another disaster happened, I might be somewhat prepared to lend him some assistance if he had to come out here to work in a disaster.  I have also worked in a news bureau in the past, so I have a backup news bureau office too, since I also have three color televisions with cablevision along with eight telephones on one line in the apartment along with a Sony HandyCam and a stereo system with 15 speakers and two headphones along with the primary computer microphone headset.  I also have an older laser printer and two inkjet printers.  Thus I am a bit prepared, but as we all learned on August 14, 2003 none of this would work without electricity.  I have a four port router on the cable modem, so two computers can be run in the living room that are adjacent to each other along with one in the bedroom and I also have a short LAN cable on the spare port.  I also have two NOAA weather radios one that is plugged in the living room, and one that I am not using at the moment, since it is too loud.  Now with the nature of the internet being everywhere, if more civilians did this, we could have an unlimited number of backup facilites, not to mention from my perspective there seems to be a lot of old used computer equipment around.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/03  Friday  1:40 A.M.:  I watched some television.  I chatted with two relatives.  I rested until just now.  I put a new Glade Hawaiian Breeze oil refill plug-in in my Glade plug-in device in the kitchen.  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/25/03  Thursday  7:30 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad as last night with a flaked 6 ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish along with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/03  Thursday  6:45 P.M.:  I was up at 1 P.M. today.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I made my 3 P.M. appointment.  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, and I sat out at various locations.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a 5.5 ounce box of Arnold homestyle zesty Italian larger cut croutons for .99, a fresh loaf of Arnold Healthnut bread for $2.39 and a loaf of Arnold country classics wheat bread for $2.39 less 10% senior discount of .58 for $5.19 total.  They were out of fresh bread except for the two loaves that I bought, but they still have the older bread and the fresh English muffins.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I put the HP backup computer underneath the right side of the sideboard in the bedroom, and I reconnected the Dell backup computer in the living room.  I had two calls from Microsoft today about a demonstration in New Jersey at a Hilton Hotel, where they will also give away some software, but it is too far for me to travel, since it is about 27 miles in lots of traffic to the location.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/03  Thursday  6:45 A.M.:  I watched some television.  I had two scoops of Edy's chocolate swirl low fat frozen yogurt.  I am done with Norton Speed Disk on the HP backup computer.  For one's listening pleasure http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/ .  I am finished setting up the HP backup computer, and I will leave it connected for now.  I shut it down.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/03  Thursday  5:45 A.M.:  I finished configuring the HP backup computer.  I ran Norton Win Doctor and Norton Disk Doctor on it.  I am now doing a C: drive to D: drive in one part, since the C: drive contains about 2.8 gigabytes of information.  I will then run Norton Speed Disk.  I had seven Wheatsworth crackers.  I went through my email earlier, and I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/03  Thursday  2:55 A.M.:  Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark engaged to marry Australian lawyer http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ and Danish Royal Family web site http://www.kongehuset.dk/ and Kongehuset - Kongefamilien - H.K.H. Kronprinsen  and http://hkhkronprinsen.dk/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/03  Thursday  2:45 A.M.:  I moved the Panasonic electric typewriter from beneath the ride side of the sideboard in the bedroom to underneath the ride side of the day bed in the bedroom.  I am still configuring the HP backup computer.  I will put it underneath the right side of the side board in the bedroom once I am done.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/25/03  Thursday  1:10 A.M.:  I listened to President Bush's speech at the United Nations this past Tuesday which was a most excellent speech President Bush Addresses United Nations General Assembly .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  11:25 P.M.:  I downloaded and installed the 30 day demo of  FileForum | Program Detail - RegSupreme .  I did a deep scan, and I removed 700 bad registry entries.  I then ran Norton Win Doctor.  I next ran Ad-aware 6.0, and then I ran Spybot.  I thus have the system a bit cleaner running.  I rebooted.  I will now start configuring the HP computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  10:45 P.M.:  I was up at 3 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I chatted with a relative.  I received a prize in the mail.  I was one of a thousand people to win from Microsoft a free copy of the $30 book "Revival of the Fittest" by Donald N. Sull, which came in a box from the Harvard Business School.  I will have to read it after I finish the book about Krakatoa.  I rested some more until 9 P.M..  I watched a bit of television and as usual not much was on.  I had the same summer salad with spinach, chopped sardines with their oil, and a few tablespoons of crumbled Danish blue cheese.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I will not be going out for a walk, since it is a bit damp and cool out.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  9:35 A.M.:  I finished the Windows updates on the HP computer.  I shut it down.  I had two scoops of Edy's chocolate swirl low fat frozen yogurt and a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  8:05 A.M.:  Before the HP XP installation, I tried installing three 32 meg PC 100 memory modules that I have, but they did not work in the HP, so it only has 128 meg. memory, but it seems to be working fine.  The dual processor module is loaded, so both processors are working.  It would still be a good machine for a server, if I were able to run a server with Optimum Online.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  7:55 A.M.:  The HP is up and running fine and is online.  I am now configuring it a bit.  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  7:25 A.M.:  Windows XP Professional is installing on the HP Vectra XU 6/200 server.  I will not activate it, so it will be good for 30 days to try.  I will configure it with other programs, and I will keep it for backup, since it is still a very good computer of quality manufacture, I would not like to see trashed.  I am in the process of going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  5:30 A.M.:  I was able to remove the partitions by low level formatting the HP Server SCSI partitions, and I then booted my Windows ME disk, and I installed one 4 gigabyte partition for each of the two drives.  I am now formatting the C: drive.  Windows ME does not support dual processors, so I might installing temporarily Windows XP to see if it installs and runs.  Of course I will not be able to use it since I can only use one copy.  Still, it will give me something to do.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  4:55 A.M.:  Since IBM cut back in Vermont, the enterprising Vermonters have gone into other businesses http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  4:30 A.M.:  It says low level formatting will take several minutes to several hours.  One can not install Windows ME on the C: partition since it is FAT16.  I guess I could try installing Windows 98 second edition which I think would work on Fat16.  However, I will first try low level formatting the first SCSI hard drive.  However, I am not sure if there are any drives on it that I need or not.  Of course I could always download the drivers again.  It also has an Intel 10/100 LAN card and CD drive.  It is quite a well built machine, although probably slower than my other four desktops.  Since I do not have much to do, and it is towards the end of the month, it gives me something to do.  I am beginning to feel less like Boo Radley and more like Max Headroom.  The second drive is low level formatted, which took about an half hour, so I am now low level formatting the first drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  4:00 A.M.:  The HP Vectra XU 6/200 Pentium two server has two SCSI 4 gigabyte hard drive, four 32 meg. for 128 meg total memory, and two twin Pentium II 200 processors, and 2 megs of video memory and onboard sound.  It boots fine, and it is running Windows NT server, but I do not have the password.  I can not remove the partitions on the first SCSI drive using Fdisk, so I am doing a low level format from the SCSI utility on the 2nd SCSI drive and after it is complete, I will do a low level format on the first drive.  I will then try booting my Windows ME disk and running Fdisk again.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  2:20 A.M.:  I went out, and I mailed the envelope at the Valley Road Post Office.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I then drove by the train station office park dumpster at the lower level of the parking garage at the Greenwich Train station office park.  I have been told in the past that I can take used computer equipment that the dump out there.  I found an HP Vectra XU 6/200 Pentium II desktop server that came with its case keys.  I put it in the car.  They also have two 20 inch 1998 Sony Trinitron monitors there, but I have no room for them, and I do not know if they work.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought the last two 34 ounce bottles of Rienzi  olive oil for $4.29 each, a container of crumbled Danish blue cheese for $4.67, a Bermuda red onion for .89 a pound .56, a box of Pepperidge Farm low fat zesty Italian generous cut croutons for $1.49, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots $1.79, and a 10 ounce bag of Master Choice fresh spinach for $2.49 for $19.58 total.  I then returned home, and I brought up the groceries and the server and a power supply that was discarded too.  I will now check out the server.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/03  Wednesday  12:20 A.M.:  I put my laundry away.  I went downstairs to the back entrance of the community room where there is a clothes rack, and I got six extra hangers to hang my clothes.  I took one set of the photographs, and I have them ready to mail to relative.  I will now go out and mail them at the Valley Road Post Office.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/03  Tuesday  11:25 P.M.:  When I returned home this evening, I found a tropical type of bark colored cricket on my computer monitor.  I also have a couple of moths in the apartment.  This could be interpreted as a sign from God that we still have impending hurricane activity this year, but tropical bugs and allergies usually show up with hurricane winds such as came with Isabel.  I flushed the bug down the toilet.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/03  Tuesday  11:20 P.M.:  I am on the dry cycle of the laundry  with ten minutes to go.  I had the same summer salad with a can of flaked solid white albacore tuna fish, and I am out of Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese, so I did not use it in the salad.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I also made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm using a 1/4 teaspoon of Red Cayenne pepper and two 4.25 ounce cans of chopped black California olives along with the regular recipe.  I read in P.C. Magazine this month in John Dvorak's article that the United States government considers Bill Gates a "National Security Threat", since he would not let the United States Government write back doors into his operating system which other countries would not like.  I know IBM does business in every country in the world, and for some reason the United States government does not consider IBM a security threat.

Note: <888> 09/23/03  Tuesday  10:05 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I started two loads of laundry.  Earlier I put clean linens on my bed in the bedroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/03  Tuesday  9:10 P.M.:  I was up at noon today, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until 4:30 P.M..  I had two scoops of Edy's chocolate swirl low fat frozen yogurt.  I went out, and I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I picked up my photographs of 24 double prints for $9.14 plus .55 tax for $9.69 total.  The pictures came out just fine.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times, and I read P.C. Magazine.  I then returned home, and I had a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/23/03  Tuesday  5:00 A.M.:  Well, I am tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  Needless to say, no one pays one for research that other wiser men and women already know.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/03  Tuesday  4:35 A.M.:  It may be a little known fact to recent arrivals in the United States of America that the United States is a democracy, but it is also a capitalist economy, so people thus own private property, and it is up to the owners of private property to maintain their premises as they may chose to do so and can afford to do so within the laws of the United States of America.  Also there is a great deal of public property in America, and their are volumes of material on the rules and regulations that govern that property.  Thus we are a somewhat structured society.  Since I live on public property I observe the rules and regulations of my lease as it is explained to me and I have read it.  However, the rules and regulations of the lease do not override my constitutional rights as they are explained in the constitution of the United States.  Basically some of the newer arrivals to this country are not United States citizens, so they are governed by the laws of visa entry and guest entry and must conduct themselves accordingly.  As a disabled United States citizen, I am also protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act which has severe penalties for people whom violate it.  I have lived peacefully in this community since 1961, and I have a great many friends and acquaintances most of whom chose to remain private, since as property owners, they feel secure within the community and many of them like my family have lived here for many centuries and indeed some of them are probably distant relatives.  The nature of Greenwich is that we have always been hospitable to guests, but we also work very hard, so we do not always have the time to be out an about to be seen by every new arrival.  Also over 50,000 non residents work in this town every day, so they obviously have a great deal of experience in dealing with visitors.  Also the business community here and in neighboring communities have millions of stockholders, so the general public tends to keep a close eye on this area to make sure their investments are all right.  As an economist I am aware the largest investors in the United States of America for close to 400 years are the English, so obviously we have strong relations with the British business community whom have invested heavily here.  Moreover, a great many of the founding families in the prosperous United States of America business community received financing from the well funded Rothschild Bank in Europe for their numerous investments.  Also since the Rothschilds are bankers, they have been lending money from other people.  From my research, the original lender to the Rothschild bank was the Kaiser of Germany whom leant money to them at 1/4% interest and they in turn leant it out to wealthy United States business people at 1% interest, so thus the economy grew.  Also today  Greenwich Capital http://www.gcm.com/ owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland http://www.rbs.co.uk/ has financed trillions of dollars of United States government debt selling a great deal of it to the Japanese business community.  Of course the Royal Bank of Scotland having been in business since 1699 has a far flung business network, and I have a feeling that a lot of the so call new arrivals are long term partners in their far flung enterprises.  I guess much could be said of the other financial institutions represented here in town.  It is the nature of economics and finance, there is not one super trillionaire whom owns it all, but it just represents the investments of millions if not billions of people whom have chosen to invest in the security of the United States of America economy as a hedge against more volatile conditions elsewhere.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/03  Tuesday  3:50 A.M.:  I searched the keyword "hurricane" in the text of my past Scott's Random notes, and I reviewed a lot of observations from past years.  Recently with the sailboat race at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, there has been no place to park on Steamboat Road for weather observation, so I only have been driving down there and turning around.  I suppose I could drive over to Grass Island or Tod's Point, but I have a feeling the hurricane season is not over until the end of November which is what the old time Floridians say.  Some more recent arrivals in Florida have to go down there earlier because the outdated tax laws in the state of Florida require that Florida residents reside in the state for six months and a day to maintain their legal Florida residency.  I suppose some more practical minded individuals should look into this matter, since many seniors although they love Florida might not want to return during hurricane activity to maintain their legal residency.  Besides being a life long republican, I am also a member of www.aarp.org which has a substantial lobby for seniors.  We tend to see the younger seniors up north in the summer.  A lot of the older seniors tend to remain down south, where they are more comfortable, since their blood thins out, and they tend to be a bit chilly up north.  I remember one senior I use to talk to in Florida in 1975, and he talked a lot about Claude Pepper, and the Florida "Gray Panthers".  Since my father use to be the largest employer in Florida back in 1954 and 1955 when he was the assistant plant manager for Chemstrand in Pensacola, Florida, I would imagine we still have one or two friends down in Florida.  However, certain relatives never received their pensions from Chemstrand after my father died, although a director of Monsanto lives here in Greenwich, Connecticut, but he is a very private individual whom everyone knows, and since he is very senior, I would not want to bother him.  Still the last time I saw him about a year ago, he looked very fit exercise walking on Greenwich Avenue.  I believe his family is also hurricane aware since they have a winter place in Jeckle Island, Georgia.  A lot of his friends and associates seem to be involved with the Mews nursing home on Arch Street in the center of town.  Since the old timers have been through the hurricane drill so many times, they tend to sit back and enjoy the fresh breezes and let the younger generation trim the trees.  Whatever, the case I am not very good at debris clearing, but I suppose if one did not have electricity and were worried about hurricane activity, they could study and learn about the habits of various waterfront birds.  With so many affluent people around the ocean anymore, there is always somebody out there at sea not worrying about the weather or trying to meet a schedule.  I believe the Queen Elizabeth II http://www.qe2.org.uk/itinerary.html is due back in Manhattan on this Thursday September 25, 2003, so thus they are in the process of crossing from South Hampton, England.  Of course there are many other vessels and cruise ships out there in the ocean all the time.  I saw one interesting show on the weather channel during the Hurricane Isabel broadcasts, and that was about the hurricane that hit Palm Beach and Lake Okeechobee in 1928 as I recall, and it was called the "Forgotten Hurricane" and many thousands of people died because there was an 18 foot tidal surge in Palm Beach and the flooding was quite extensive in the Lake Okeechobee area.  Thus I would say it would be safe to say there is not much high ground along the coast of Florida, and with all the millions of residents, they have to keep a close weather eye in case a severe storm develops again, which is very possible.  I recall reading when Columbus first tried to establish a colony in the Bahamas his colony was wiped out by a hurricane, so maybe the Spanish have some historical information that they are not sharing with us.  I see large numbers of Spanish up here like they are running away from tropical storm activity down south.  I recall when I attended college at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu north of Chicago from 1968 to 1972, the second largest Cuban community in the United States was in Chicago after Miami and before Union, New Jersey.  Thus there are large numbers of people up north, whom have chosen not to live in the tropical storm environments by their own choosing.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/03  Tuesday  1:15 A.M.:  I had two scoops of Edy's fat free chocolate swirl frozen yogurt.  I read a couple of years ago in the Greenwich Times that the town of Greenwich, Connecticut budgets $4.5 million dollars a year for the Greenwich Library http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/ which works out to close to $14,000 a day to run the Greenwich Library.  Also they use income from the Peterson grant, so possibly the daily budget of the Greenwich Library might be closer to $20,000 a day which is quite a lot of money for even a prosperous town like Greenwich, Connecticut.  Since the local town people and the library users from adjacent communities reflect a diverse group of people, I would imagine that the Greenwich library strives to present an even handed viewpoint of the community.  Still, when one enters the Greenwich Library all that is displayed is democratic and liberal publishing, so thus there is no effort to present the more conservative or republican viewpoint.  Since a great many tax payers in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut are Not liberal democrats, it would seem that if the library wants to continue to prosper off the charity of the tax payers and donors, they should try to reflect a more even handed viewpoint.  Without the backing of the more conservative tax payers in the town, I would doubt that the Greenwich Library would even exist.  Still, since a great many of the poorer general public tend to be of the democratic persuasion, I would imagine the democratic operatives in the Greenwich library are trying to encourage favor with their constituents.  Still, it seems rather bizarre that the tax paying republican majority in this town has to pay for the democratic party education and propaganda.  I am just reflecting a personal viewpoint.  On the hurricane weather front http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm , I have been on the internet for about seven years or more as I recall.  I have studied the weather patterns in tropical weather, and it seems each year recently that the tropical storms are pushing further north up the eastern seaboard of the United States of America.  If this trend should continue and if the ocean water which was colder this season should warm up more in the next year or two, it is conceivable and even most likely that the New Jersey, New York, Long Island, and New England areas could see increased hurricane activity in the next year or two.  I am not sure how aware the local population is of this fact, but the recent trend seems to be holding true.  I would imagine the former democratic administration knew this, so possibly since they were not prepared to deal with hurricane weather in the Washington D.C. area, they let the republicans win whom were more experienced in dealing with hurricane weather from their experiences in Houston, Texas.  It is just a theory, but we all know there is inside information that is different from the public relations machine.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/03  Monday  11:40 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I chatted with a friend.  I chatted with a relative.  I watched some United States television, since that is all we tend to get in this area.  It seems a bit violent for children's entertainment but such is life.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/03  Monday  8:15 P.M.:  I had a call at 9 A.M. this morning, but they hung up because I was tired.  I was up at 12:30 P.M., and 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 Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I then made my 4 P.M. appointment.  I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, but I did not read the Greenwich Times newspaper, because the library was virtually empty, so I did not feel inclined to read.  I then returned home, and I had a glass of iced tea.  I then had the same summer salad as before with chopped sardines and the sardine oil too.  I then had a 50% Folger's decaffeinated instant and 50% Folger's regular instant coffee.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/03  Monday  4:20 A.M.:  Well, I am a bit tired, so I will have a half dozen Wheatsworth crackers, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/03  Monday  4:00 A.M.:  The cable modem is out.  Also the cable television was not working for a while, but it is now working.  I was trying to research French Franc notes which supposedly have been replaced by the Euro.  There was just a banging sound in the building.  The reason I was trying to research the French note is that on my last trip to France about 12 years ago for the winter Olympics in Albertville, France most people just used Franc Notes up to about 500 Franc denomination which would be about $100 U.S..  However, after the Albertville, France winter Olympics, when I returned to Paris, I visited a discothèque behind the Paris opera where a lot of the media people were gathering after the Olympics, and I noticed someone that looked like a well known United States citizen from a supposedly wealthy family.  What caught my eye was that the individual was holding a large stack about four inches thick of about 6 inch by 12 inch 50,000 Franc notes, which would supposedly be a lot of money.  I would imagine that such notes would be mostly be used for government transfers like bonds.  The individual was using them for bar money.  However, the individual might not have been a look-alike since lots of the real people show up at the Winter Olympics, and there was plenty of money being spent there.  Why the individual needed to carry so much cash instead of electronic currency such as credit cards is beyond me.  I was able to read before the internet went out that a company called Forbes printed Francs for the French after World War II, and they are located in Massachusetts.  However, since the 50,000 French franc notes looked authentic, I would imagine the individual in question was trying to conceal his financial activities.  However, so many media people were there, it was an open secret.  Since at a three foot distance the notes looked authentic, I would imagine the individual was preparing to pay a lot of cash expenses or the individual was planning to purchase goods or services.  Since the French are well known for avoiding taxes and even hoarding gold, I would imagine that something was amiss.  Needless to say since it was a media group of people with many Americans, it could have been some sort of staged activity, and since the United States citizen in question was of part French descent more than likely other people in France would look like the same individual or even in Europe.  Generally the real people whom are wealthy do not carry cash, they have other individuals handle those details for them.  Even here in America, an individual can transfer a trillion dollars cash on the money wire network located on the west side of Manhattan in midtown for less than the cost of a postage stamp providing someone has that type of real money.  Whether it was funny money or the real item, I am sure the French and Interpol more than likely sorted it out, since with the overwhelming security in Paris at the time and at the Winter Olympics, and since the French are well know for sifting and sorting, more than likely they came to the same conclusion that I came to, which is generally large amounts of cash are generally flashed for some sort of dope deal which people do not want to be traced.  However, since I know how thorough French security and Interpol are, more than likely the person was truly stupid and out to lunch.  I called Optimum Online tech support, and they reset my cable modem, and it is all working just fine now.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/03  Monday  1:25 A.M.:  It says in the Russian fish story that the Loch Ness monster is a http://www.prehistory.com/plesiosa.htm , so maybe since Scotland is up in the far north country, maybe when it gets bored with being bothered by tourists, it swims over to Russia for a little privacy.  Since I have haunted the shores of America all of these years, maybe it is has come over to spy on me, and maybe it is keeping away giant sleeping sharks, which I did not know existed.  Thus the Russians like the Spanish know news that the American news since it is orientated towards Sports and Politics does not cover.  Of course when one lives near the ocean, it is always interesting to know whom one's neighbors are in the sea.  Still giant squids and 180 foot long sleeping sharks might explain why the ocean is still a mysterious place, and more than likely the United States Navy has heard similar fish stories, but they have not published them as much.  I would imagine since my nautical travel has been limited to about a dozen trips on the Island Beach ferry, a couple of trips on the Staten Island Ferry, a boat to and from Piraeus, Greece to Crete, a ferry to and from Hydra http://hydra-island.com/ in Greece, and many trips from Woods Hole and Hyannis to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, I am not a well traveled sailor.  Of course having an interest in the ocean, I have read many stories and heard similar rumors over the years, and of course I have seen many simulations in movies.  Of course I have occasionally sailed on pleasure boats in my younger years, and I am more of an experienced wharf rat than I am a sailor.  There was a new volcano program on the National Geographic special this past evening that I missed.  I recall when I visited Hydra in Greece, it was a very rocky shore that cut my bare feet, when I was trying to find a sandy beach, and possibly Hydra is of volcanic origin too.  I remember a lot of the rocks were black pumice.  A Greek friend of mine was always suggesting to me in Nantucket that I should visit Santorini http://www.travel-to-santorini.com/ , which is suppose to be the lost continent of Atlantis, which Greek philosophers talked about so much.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/03  Monday  12:40 A.M.:  Fish story Researchers Uncover Mystery of the Mariana Trench - PRAVDA.Ru , and if one wants to read the Russian News in English http://english.pravda.ru/ .  Of course since I am very poor, and since the communists have all become capitalists in Russia, I guess I will now ever be able to afford to visit Russia.  In Greenwich, Connecticut we always have lots of Russians visiting particularly in the colder time of year.  I usually see lots of Russians walking around on Sunday evening.  Having worked Manhattan for a decade in my younger generation, they are well use to seeing me, and they are wondering why I never visited, but I guess since they have their own networks, they do not visit the same places that I visit.  Still, I have a look that is common in Russia and other northern countries, and I suppose I am confused with other look-alikes.  However, I do have 53 years experience in the good old United States of America, so it would seem to me, my viewpoint would differ from Hollywood and the Public Relations Information that is published.  I remember when I returned from the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France 12 years ago give or take, it seemed that the Russian television media was in Kennedy airport at the arrivals terminal, and they seemed keen on photographing me for some unknown reason, although when I was at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France nobody paid any attention to me, since I was speaking French, and people must have assumed that I was French, until I returned to the United States of America.  However, to no great surprise of Americans, the further north one goes in the northeast, more people speak French, since it is the general language in French speaking Canada, and lots of French speaking Canadians tend to travel south in this area in colder months.  Thus as all the cheap motels use to post signs along the beach in Florida in the old days, "Nous Parlons Francais Ici, un peu".  CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  11:40 P.M.:  I was chatting with a distant relative tonight whose family also owns railroads, and I mentioned that railroads usually own coal mining and timber operations due to the nature of running a railroad in the old days.  I reminded the distant relative not to sell one's coal stocks since coal is ultimately what we can rely on for energy here in America.  I recall a retired coal miner use to live in the apartment building where I am presently living, and I remembered that the head of the coal miners union then use to show up to visit us, and at that time the electricity for heat in our building was included in the rent, and we were always warm and comfortable the first ten years we were here.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  11:25 P.M.:  Tim Berners-Lee broadcast tomorrow http://www.w3.org/News/2003#item153 .  Basically, the reason not that many people left the hurricane region is most people have their money tied up with their mortgages on their homes, so they prefer not to abandon their homes for travel despite the situation that finally did occur.  This is much the same situation that occurred with the Queen Mum of England whom did not abandon the palace in World War II, but instead took up target practice.  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  11:15 P.M.:  I have some good news to report.  I have lost a bit more weight on my summer salad diet, and I am down to 202 pounds.  However, this does not seem to be too significant of a amount of weight after I saw lots of people in Maine weighing 200 to 500 pounds or more including the women.  Thus I guess one could make money in Maine by starting a Weight Watchers clinic, but I have a feeling in cold climates people like to have a little bit more extra body fat to stay warm or fight off bears in the woods.  However, most of the immediate group in Kennebunkport were a lot thinner and leaner Yankee types whom watch their weight.  Of course some people in northern resorts go south for the winter, so they do not need as much body fat.  I suppose elsewhere in America people tend to be very heavy too.  I recall going to Jone's Beach on July 4, 1974, and I was one of the thinnest people there at about 140 pounds and six feet tall, when the other 2 million people there tended to be a lot heavier, so I guess there are still a lot of heavy people out there in America in the Hinterlands whom because they are so rotund do not tend to travel easily, so they stay home near their ice boxes providing they have electricity.  For the people in the Washington D.C. area whom do not have electricity, there are lots of good foods that come out of cans, and they tend not to perish as fast.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  10:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I took about seven leaves of hearts of Romaine lettuce, and I broke them into two to three inch pieces, and I rinsed them underneath cold water in the lettuce spinner, and I spread them across a dinner plate.  I then sliced into quarters lengthwise eight chilled baby carrots, and I spread the pieces across the plate.  I then sliced one chilled plum tomato into 1/8 inch thick slices, and I spread it across the plate.  I then added three chilled large double tablespoons of homemade hummus across the plate in three equally spaced dabs.  I then put eight chilled pitted black olives on the plate including one in each dab of hummus.  I then diced a quarter of a chilled Bermuda red onion, and I spread it across the plate.  I then opened a chilled six ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish, and I rinsed it underneath cold water a half dozen times with its lid on squeezing out the water.  I then flaked it in a bowl, and I spread it across the salad.  I then spread across the plate 15 generous cut low fat Pepperidge Farm Caesar croutons.  I then spread across three tablespoons of chilled Athenos herbal and garlic feta cheese across the plate.  I then spread across the plate two tablespoons of Master Choice grated parmesan and Romano cheese across the plate.  I then added about 1.5 ounces of room temperature Monari balsamic vinegar and 1.5 ounces of room temperature Italian extra virgin olive across the plate.  I then seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and a small amount of salt.  One should not use too much salt as one gets older because it can cause one to lose one's hearing.  I had the salad for dinner with iced tea.  I then chatted with a relative.  I next chatted with the same friend.  I then chatted with another friend.  I left a message with another relative.  I chatted briefly with another relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  8:15 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $8.25 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.949 a gallon for about 40 miles per a gallon.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I dropped of a roll of film to be developed of 24 prints double 4 inch prints.  The prints will be ready Tuesday afternoon after 3 P.M..  I then returned back to my apartment briefly.  I then went back to CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought two bottles buy one get one free of CVS Glucosamine Chondroitin double strength 180 caplets to a bottle sodium 95 mg., Glucosamine Hydrochoride 1,500 mg., and Chondroitin Sulfate 1,200 mg. for $39.99 for both bottles.  I also bought from the half price shelf Okinawa Pure Coral Calcium minerals plus vitamins and magnesium 60 tablets for half price for $4.99 plus .30 tax for $5.29 total.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought two red Bermuda onions for .89 a pound for .68 and .62 and a 8 ounce containers of Master Choice grated parmesan and Romano cheese for $3.79 plus a 13.5 ounce Stouffer's lean cuisine chicken Florentine dinner for $2.39 for $7.48 total.  I then returned home, and I had a glass of iced tea, and I put away my purchases.  With the 100 tablet bottle of Chondroitin Sulfate Glucosamine double strength that I bought a Wal-Mart recently, I now have 458 capsules of it, which I only take once a day instead of three times, so I now have a year's supply or more.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  2:55 P.M.:  I put two new pictures in the gold picture frame behind the long green sofa, and I put the old pictures in the photo album.  One does not have to be Sherlock Holmes to know that Virginia occasionally floods from tropical storms.  All the old time families know that the eastern half of Virginia is traditionally called the "Tide Water Region of Virginia" which would tend to lead one to believe that it would flood.  Also there is an interesting landmark in the Isle of Wight, Virginia county Historic St. Luke's Church where hurricane Isabel struck. http://www.co.isle-of-wight.va.us/ is not working either.  I believe since my branch of the Scott family has historical roots in that location from when we first settled in Virginia, our karma must have known about the potential threat to that area where Hurricane Isabel struck.  Also Smithfield Hams www.smithfieldhams.com , which is not working at this time come from that area.  I remember after the hurricane in North Carolina a few years ago, I got a bad Smithfield Ham from that area, so one has to keep an eye out for people dumping Smithfield Hams.  For tourist information into that flood torn region, there is http://www.smithfield-virginia.com/ , which does work.  I guess one would have to keep an eye out with flooding in case any old grave sites had their occupants surface to the surface in the flooding.  It would be like releasing the Ghost of Flanders in this area.  I suppose Virginia has its old ghosts too.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I will first have two scoops of Edy's low fat Vanilla Chocolate Swirl frozen yogurt.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  2:20 P.M.:  I was up at 9:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I fell back to sleep until a short while ago.  I watered my plants.  I do not need to do house cleaning, since I was not home this week.  When I returned yesterday afternoon, the microwave oven clock was off and the TEAC DVD player was on.  This usually happens when the power goes off, however the other clocks were working just fine.  Thus while I was away, there must have been a very quick power spike, which caused the problem.  I also found the second hand or an alarm time hand to a clock on my sofa, which I put on the ink pen plate to the left of the computer.  It must have gotten there when I placed the duffel bag on the sofa before leaving for Maine on this past Tuesday.  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  1:15 A.M.:  I did some regular computer work.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  1:05 A.M.:  George Washington's last tree hurt by hurricane Isabel BBC NEWS | Americas | Massive clean-up after hurricane .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/03  Sunday  12:35 A.M.:  I filled out some paper work.  I have about 600 miles before I need an oil change on the Hyundai.  I found a $3 off coupon for Oil Star in the coupons that I am regularly sent.  I will put it in my glove compartment to have available.  I have a nice print about 5 inches by 7 inches of Alexandria, Virginia behind my painted goose egg in the left hallway bookcase.  Apparently they had about six feet of flood water there.  I found this story about the after effects of Hurricane Isabel Thousands Still Without Power in Region (washingtonpost.com) .  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/20/03  Saturday  11:35 P.M.:  I installed the Microsoft Windows XP updates.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/20/03  Saturday  11:10 P.M.:  I went through the last five days email.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/20/03  Saturday  10:15 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives.  I chatted with a friend.  I previewed on my television the 20 minutes of video I shot up in Maine, and it came out just fine.  I should have shot some video of downtown Kennebunkport, but with the movie production going on, I did not think I should be shooting video, since they might have objected.  Well, I will try to use up the remaining 40 minutes on the videotape taking video around Greenwich.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 09/20/03:

Note: <888> 09/20/03  Saturday  8:20 P.M.:  I was up this past Tuesday morning at 8 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I cleaned up, and then I loaded the car. I brought up to Kennebunkport http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm  the duck decoy lamp and the Bermuda water color print.  I left here at 10:30 A.M., and I drove up King Street to Interstate 684 East to I-84 East.  I took a rest stop at the Danbury, Connecticut welcome center and rest area.  I then headed east on I-84, and I took another rest stop at the rest area in Southington, Connecticut.  I then continued east past Hartford, and I rested again at Vernon, Connecticut.  I then got on the Massachusetts turnpike, and I stopped at the rest area.  I filled up the car with regular unleaded gasoline at the Exxon pumps there for $1.799 a gallon for $6.55 total or about 43 miles per gallon.  I then got off at the next exit paying a .50 toll, and I took I-290 east to I-495 east, and I stopped at the rest area around Lowell, Massachusetts.  I then continued to I-95 North, and I paid a $2 toll at the New Hampshire turnpike, and I stopped at the rest area just after the toll.  I then paid a $1.50 toll at the Maine Turnpike, and I continued north to Wells, Maine, where I exited.  I then drove into Kennebunkport, and I arrived at my relative's house at 4:30 P.M. for about a six hour journey or 275 miles total from door to door.  I was happy to see my relative.  I unpacked, and we chatted for a while.  We then drove over to the Kennebunk Beach, and we watched the ocean.  We then drove to the Maine Diner in Wells, and I had a lobster roll with potato salad and ice tea for dinner.  Lobster rolls in Maine are now $12 to $13.  Apparently the ocean water was colder in Maine this past summer, so there were less lobsters available to harvest.  We then went to the Wells, Maine Amtrak railroad station, and we met a relative arriving via airport limousine from Manchester, New Hampshire airport.  We then returned to Kennebunkport, Maine. We had coffee at the grocery store in Kennebunkport.  We all chatted the rest of the evening.  The next morning, I had breakfast of Cheerios, toast with jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I then used a ladder, a bucket, and plastic gloves, and I cleaned out the gutters on the front and rear of the house.  I also cleaned the first parts of the side gutters, where I could reach them.  I also swept off the deck.  We had lunch of crabmeat and shrimp salad outside on the deck.  We then went downtown, and we walked around.  They were in the process of filming the movie with Paul Newman called "Enterprise Falls", and lots of people with "Enterprise Falls" identifications were walking around.  We drove over to the Kennebunk Beach for a while.  We then drove over to Cape Porpoise, and we drove out to the point, and we had coffee at the caterers, and went to Bradbury's grocery store.  We returned back to my relative's house, and we chatted.  We had dinner of a shrimp, scallop, and seafood Newburg on seasoned rice.  We chatted later in the evening.  The new morning I had breakfast of Cheerios, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I took out two air conditioning units in the house, and I put them on plastic on the floor in front of their window locations.  I washed a front porch light fixture, and I put in a new 75 watt light bulb.  I framed a picture.  I adjusted the float in the powder room toilet.  My visiting relative and myself drove over to Biddeford Pool to visit some friends of hers.  They own the Lobster Pool, and we chatted about Maine.  We then toured downtown Kennebunkport, Maine, and there were about 300 people lined up across from the Post Office trying to be extras in the movie.  We then returned back to my relative's house.  We had a cocktail party that evening with friends of my relatives.  My relatives and I went to Wayfarer restaurant in Cape Porpoise, and we met the friends from Biddeford Pond, and we all had dinner and wine that the friends brought.  I had baked haddock with rice and a few ounces of California chardonnay.  We said good bye to my relative's friends, and we returned back to my relative's house.  We chatted for a while.  The next morning, I had breakfast of Cheerios, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I drove with my relatives around Kennebunkport and over to downtown Biddeford, where my relative did an errand.  We then went to Shaw's supermarket and then to Wal-Mart.  We then drove by New England College, and we had lunch on the waterfront in Saco, Maine at Buffleheads.  I had a baked chicken sandwich with home fries and slaw and ice tea.  We then drove back to my relative's house, and I put a new lockable door handle on an inside basement door.  The door handle had already been acquired by my relative.  I also washed off the basement humidifier air filter.  I wound and set the antique grandfather's clock.  We had dinner of seasoned baked halibut and ratitue.  We chatted through out the evening.  This morning, I was up at 8 A.M., and I had breakfast of cheerios, English muffin, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I loaded the car.  I said goodbye to my relatives.  I then went to the Kennebunk Big Apple Mobil gasoline station, and I bought $7.25 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.739 a gallon for about 38 miles per gallon.  I then drove out towards the Maine turnpike in Wells.  I stopped for a break at the Amtrak station opposite the Wells entrance to the Maine turnpike.  I then headed south on the Maine Turnpike, and I paid a $1.50 toll.  There was no toll going south in New Hampshire on the New Hampshire turnpike.  I stopped at the Massachusetts Welcome center on I-95 south for a rest.  I then took I-495 west.  I rested at the Lowell rest area.  I then took I-290 west to the Massachusetts turnpike west, and I rested at the rest area on the Massachusetts turnpike.  I bought at the Exxon station there $6.60 of regular unleaded at $1.799 a gallon for about 40 miles per gallon.  I got off at the next exit for I-84 west paying a .50 toll.  On I-84 west, I stopped at the Connecticut welcome center and rest area.  I then traveled west on I-84 through Hartford and Waterbury.  I got off I-84 west at Watertown, and I followed the signs on the off road to I-84 West, and I took a break in a parking area there by the entrance to I-84.  I then drove west on I-84 west through Danbury.  I noticed a nice Hilton Hotel in Danbury near I-84.  I then drove to I-684 west, and I rested at the Katonah rest area.  I then exited I-684 west at Exit 2, and I drove by Westchester County airport, and I drove south on King Street to Greenwich, and south on Weaver Street back to where I live.  Once again it was six hours and at 275 miles door to door.  I had a chilled diet A&W root beer in a frosted mug.  I unloaded my car.  I made and ate the same summer salad with flaked solid white albacore tuna fish and iced tea.  I am in the process of making up a fresh batch of iced tea using 8 Master Choice tea, 4 Lipton green tea, one each of the five different types of Twinings tea in the five variety pack, and four Bigelow tea on a variation of my recipe at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .   I put away my clothes.  I finished a roll of film in Kennebunkport that I have to have developed, and I also took about 20 minutes of Sony HandyCam video 8.  I put the ice tea in the refrigerator.  I had a most enjoyable visit with my relatives.  I will now send out my weekly notes a day late.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  10:00 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will not being posting any more notes until I get back from Kennebunkport, Maine, probably around this Saturday afternoon.  I will read briefly before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  9:50 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives and a friend.  I will probably being getting up tomorrow morning at 7 A.M. and leaving here for Kennebunkport, Maine about 9 A.M..  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  9:10 P.M.:  On of our local friends when I returned to Greenwich 20 years ago off of Nantucket retired to Figure Eight Island, North Carolina Figure Eight Island/index1 and Figure Eight Realty - Sales and Rentals .  I suppose if they have not already done so, they should close down the Mobil gasoline station and get off the island as soon as possible.  Possibly they still have a home to return to in Greenwich.  Anyway, if they retired there, more than likely other people from Greenwich also retired there too.  "Je me souviene", which is French for "I Remember".  One should still keep track of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  9:00 P.M.:  I installed the www.weather.com desktop weather program on my computer.  I went outside briefly.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  8:00 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad for dinner as last night along with a glass of iced tea.  There is program starting now on the Weather Channel about a dangerous hurricane in the past.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  7:10 P.M.:  I finished packing except my toiletries.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  6:15 P.M.:  I am charging up the rechargeable battery for the Sony Handycam which I will take with me along with the charging apparatus and my other regular camera.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  5:55 P.M.:  I read until 3 A.M..  I was up at 1 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 Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then returned home.  I took the water color painting of Hamilton, Bermuda harbor off the bedroom door, and I set it by the apartment entrance to take up to Kennebunkport, Maine tomorrow http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm .  I hung the George W. Bush inaugural invitation in its place.  I also took the antique duck decoy lamp off the oak bookcase on top of the mahogany bureau.  It has a clipper ship lamp shade.  I dusted it, and I will also take it up to Kennebunkport, Maine tomorrow.  I put the pineapple lamp from the right side of the backup computer on the brass and glass table on top of the Danish table on top of the bedroom desk up where the decoy lamp was, and I put a 100 watt light bulb in it.  I will also take up my luggage.  I looked at the weather, and it is suppose to be clear here tomorrow, but it might rain around Massachusetts up to Maine.  The weather forecast says it will rain here and Maine on Friday, so I will probably drive down on Saturday.  Hurricane Isabel is still on the same track as last night due to make land fall in North Carolina on Thursday at 2 P.M. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT13/refresh/AL1303W5+GIF/152058W5.gif as it is tracking at the moment.  CIO    

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  1:25 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I will now read a while before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  12:55 A.M.:  This map would show the potential effected area Maryland Map , and I believe there is a tunnel that could flood that goes under the Delaware Bay on Interstate 95, but however Interstate 95 runs on the northwest side of the Chesapeake Bay towards Washington D.C., so more than likely it would be hard driving during Hurricane Isabel, if it came ashore at that location.  There are a lot of poultry farms in that location along the waterfront in Maryland and Delaware, so maybe that is why the Purdue chicken was on sale at the Food Emporium, if they are trying to unload their stocks.  Poultry farms tend to be messy at the best of times, I am not sure how they would fare in a hurricane.  Also the Carolinas has a lot of pork farms along their shores.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  12:35 A.M.:  Well, if one does not trust super computers, one could check the indigenous water fowl of the Chesapeake Bay like the ducks to see if they are staying or to see if they have flown out of the area, which also might be a good indicator.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/03  Monday  12:30 A.M.:  What little I know about the Chesapeake Bay tunnel bridge http://www.cbbt.com/ , it might be a good place to put a news truck to monitor hurricane Isabel, however it might be dangerous.  The Chesapeake Bay bridge and tunnel does have tunnels, and I believe a small island in between them.  However, tunnels could flood.  Also during the summer and probably during this time of year a lot of the boats and yachts from Florida might be moored in the Chesapeake Bay area hoping to avoid hurricane activity further south.  Also the United States Navy has a tremendous amount of ships in Newport News, Virginia including the mothballed fleet which would not be sea worthy.  Traditionally the United States Navy when threatened in an area puts all of its prepared ships out to sea to ride out a hurricane.  It is early enough, they might be able to sail out of harms way.  However, if the hurricane should change course which it could to a more easterly direction, more than likely those same ships would be threatened at sea, which they might not be in port.  Thus it is six of one and a half a dozen of another whether to put the ships out to sea or not.  I would dare say in the next couple of days, they might know more, but it might be too late then to put out to sea a safe distance.  I suppose they should at least be prepared to put out to sea in case the hurricane does indeed come their way.  Of course if the hurricane tracked further east, it would effect the New Jersey shoreline and Long Island, New York, so it will need to be watched very closely.  For the present tracking http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT13/refresh/AL1303W5+GIF/150258W5.gif and for more in depth analysis http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  The United States Navy is suppose to have a super computer in Monterey, California with the most state of the art weather forecasting, so possibly they might know more than the National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml . However, this story says the NOAA weather computer is one of the fastest computers New Weather & Climate Supercomputer Helps Advance NOAA Weather Service Forecasts .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  11:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  The friend I chatted with in Manhattan said that they had heard of renewed volcanic activity in Yellowstone National Park on New York talk radio, but I have not read any internet reports on the subject.  As far as I know there has not been any volcanic activity in Yellowstone park in about a quarter of a million years besides the geyser activity such as Old Faithful http://www.nps.gov/yell/technical/geology/ and http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  11:40 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad with sliced baked barbequed boneless chicken breast slices, and I used Romaine Hearts of lettuce instead of spinach.  I chatted with a relative.  I watched the weather channel while eating dinner.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  10:30 P.M.:  I went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by the ATM machine on Greenwich Avenue and Putnam Trust Bank of New York.  I then went to CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought two packages of Arm and Hammer baking soda for .99 both, two Glade Plug-in oil refills Hawaiian Breeze scent for $1.99 each, from the half price shelf two Right Guard Active Sport antiperspirant deodorant sticks for $1.49 each, and also from the half price shelf a 60 tablet bottle of Okinawa pure Coral Calcium marine grade minerals plus vitamins and magnesium for $4.99, and eight tins of Beach Cliff sardines in Soy Oil for two for .99 plus .72 tax for $17.62 total.  I completed my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a tub of Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese for $2.70, a package of Mother's egg noodles for .50, a 12 ounce package of organic romaine lettuce hearts for $2.49, a 8 ounce Stouffer's lean cuisine chicken alfredo dinner .99, three 4.25 ounce cans of Stop and Shop chopped olives for $2 all, and a 28 ounce can of Goya chick peas for $1.09 for $9.77 total.  I then returned home.  I put away my purchases.  I chatted with a friend and two relatives.  Right now Hurricane Isabel is tracking up the east coast to make Land Fall around 2 P.M. on Thursday around Virginia Beach, Virginia which would mean more than likely the outer banks of North Carolina, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Newport News, Virginia, possibly Washington D.C., and track up the Chesapeake Bay wiping out Maryland and Delaware and heading over Pittsburg, Pennsylvania towards Lake Erie http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  Thus one should continue to track the storm.  Of course a lot of flooding will occur from such a large violent slow moving hurricane in the areas it passes over besides the wind.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  5:55 P.M.:  I read a bit.  I rested a bit.  I read some more.  I chatted with a friend who has just returned to Manhattan.  I will now have two scoops of Edy's low fat vanilla chocolate swirl frozen yogurt.  I will clean up, and  I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  2:00 P.M.:  I was up until 6 A.M. reading.  I had a call from a friend at noon.  There is a Home Show at the Wilton High School today.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  3:45 A.M.:  I think I will now shut down the computer, and I will read a while before going to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  3:15 A.M.:  The dinner was most enjoyable to eat, although I am a little full.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  2:30 A.M.:  I made up a batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  This time with the regular recipe, I used two 4.25 ounce cans of chopped olives, 1/4 teaspoon of Red Cayenne pepper, and a half of a cup of lemon juice.  I put away the laundry.  I will now make the same summer salad that I have been making with the cold sliced chicken sliced on an angle and a diagonal 1/4 inch thick slices and then cut the slices into thirds, and I will have it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/03  Sunday  1:30 A.M.:  I went to bed at about 6 A.M..  I was up at 1 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I then went back to bed, and a friend called about 5 P.M..  The friend told me that he would not be able to lend me his Buick station wagon, so I will be driving my Hyundai up to Kennebunkport, Maine on Tuesday.  I will thus not be bringing up the day bed.  I slept until about 6 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I had two scoops of low fat caramel and praline frozen yogurt.  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by the Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $6.65 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.999 a gallon for about 30 miles per gallon.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a quart of plum tomatoes for $2.99 and a 15.5 ounce bag of Tostitos small round corn chips for $2.50 for $5.49 total.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a package of three halves of Purdue boneless breasts of chicken for $2.99 a pound for $5.41 and a 19 ounce bottle of Texas Best Barbeque sauce mesquite flavor for $3.19 for $8.60 total.  I then returned home.  I had a glass of iced tea.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have about 20 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  I rinsed underneath cold water and dried with a paper towel the three Purdue halves of boneless breast of chicken.  I put about four tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in the Pyrex pie dish, and I rubbed the chicken breasts in them.  I then poured on about a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine and about 1/8th of a cup of La Choy low sodium soy sauce, and I seasoned both sides with Old Bay Seasoning, ground black pepper, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, garlic powder, oregano, Italian spices, and basil.  I then spread on the tops sides of the chicken Texas Best barbeque sauce with Mesquite flavor, and I am cooking the breasts in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes.  I will put one of them in the freezer to chill for 45 minutes and then slice it into quarter inch diagonal angle slices and then cut the slices into thirds and put it with my same summer salad, and I will refrigerate the other two in a Rubbermaid container.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/13/03  Saturday  4:25 A.M.:  Well, I will now shut down the computer, and I will read a while before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/13/03  Saturday  3:50 A.M.:  I am now microwaving a Stouffer's 16 ounce Home-style beef pot roast dinner, which I will have shortly with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/13/03  Saturday  3:30 A.M.:  Speaking of the Food Emporium, it is part of the A&P Food Company http://www.aptea.com/company/company.htm and www.aptea.com , however there is not much mention about Huntington Hartford anymore, so I do not know if he is still associated with the company ownership or not.  However, he is suppose to be still alive having been born in 1911, which would make him about 92 years old.  This article says his family sold 53% to the Haub family of Germany in 1979 http://www.cio.com/archive/021501/erp.html for $125 million.  Of course back in 1979, that was a lot of money, so maybe he invested wisely, and possibly the family still might have stock in A&P.  From the New York press in the old days, it said that Hunt had been married five times with children from each of his five marriages, so more than likely he has heirs.  Since from what I also read that he was Lord Hartford of England's heir, possibly he has assumed an English lordship and is living in some baronial family manor in England.  Of course since he was involved in other properties like Paradise Island at one time, he more than likely would not want to live in cold damp England at his age.  The last report I remember reading about him in the New York press about five years ago was that he was seen pushing a shopping cart through Greenwich Village.  However, coming from one of New York's long time premier merchant families, he probably knows New York better than just about anyone, and he used to have other properties like the Four Seasons Restaurant the Art Gallery at Columbus Circle, so more than likely he is still living at his old digs on the East side of Manhattan nearby where I use to park my vehicle as well as where other prominent Manhattanites also lived, and more than likely he trusts New York hospitals which surround that area.  Thus since he is in his 90s, he could have older children that people do not pay much attention to.  Whatever, the case I dare say he is still eating.  This is an interesting link to some of his associates http://www.namebase.org/main2/Huntington-Hartford.html , so just because the new employees of the Food Emporium do not seem to know whom he is, long time A&P customers surely remember him.  There do not seem to be any pictures of him on the internet, so I guess he is now more private, but I am sure one could look at the old New York Press photos in magazines and newspapers in the archives in libraries, and one would see a familiar face from the good old days gone by, when America liked to eat a lot.  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/13/03  Saturday  2:50 A.M.:  I went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I noticed at the top of Greenwich Avenue in front of the entrance to the United States Trust Company that one of the sprinkler heads is broken, and the water is gushing out all over the sidewalk payment at the entrance to the building.  I did not see anyone around to tell about.  I drove down by the waterfront.  The wind is still out of the northeast.  I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York.  I went by the Food Emporium, but the store is presently closed for waxing the floors, however once they finish waxing the floors later, they might be opened.  

Note: <888> 09/13/03  Saturday  1:00 A.M.:  Well, I did not wake up until 5 P.M. this past evening, so I  think I will go out and pull a little night time duty.  I will put the computer on standby.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/13/03  Saturday  12:50 A.M.:  Well this graphic shows where Hurricane Isabel is tracking towards the east coast of the United States http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT13/refresh/AL1303W5+GIF/130258W5.gif , and if it keeps on track on the same rate, it should make landfall next Friday, about the time I plan to drive down from Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm , unless I change my plans and stay longer.  At that point it might still be clear driving from Kennebunkport to Greenwich.  I will not have the internet there, so I will have to check the television weather.  Of course from what I know, there is nothing that says that the hurricane could not change course in either direction in a week's time or sooner and make landfall elsewhere, so if I were in Florida or Georgia, I would most definitely keep a "Weather Eye".  CIO

Note: <888> 09/13/03  Saturday  12:25 A.M.:  Well for the more mobile affluent groups whom might be in jeopardy , Chicago, Illinois is suppose to have lots of Hotel Rooms, and this time of year, the weather is a bit chilly, but still comfortable.  However, one should be forewarned, it is the nature of this capitol of the Midwest, that Chicago people tend to be tall and fat, so they generally do not like being pushed around by know it alls, however they tend to accept American Wampum when offered, and more than likely since they have all visited the potentially affected regions, they would tend to be somewhat hospitable.  However, one should not be lulled into a false sense of security in Chicago and extend one's stay, unless one can afford a very cold winter, which can also be expensive.  I guess, since most of the affected people along the shore line can not afford to travel since a lot of them are elderly retirees, more than likely they will just weather out the storm.  There are other alternatives like fall foliage tours of Vermont  and New England or even venturing up to Toronto or Montreal, Canada, but more than likely one would need a sweater and a jacket, but the dollar is suppose to be stronger there.  Areas like the southwestern United States, more than likely are not expensive yet either.  Of course Greenwich, Connecticut is always opened for business http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/greenw.htm however, it tends to be an expensive town, and it will probably raining here too.  The cheapest lodging I know of in Greenwich, Connecticut is Howard Johnson's http://www.hojo.com/HowardJohnson/control/home in Cos Cob, which I was once told on their 800 telephone number 1-800-406-1411 is suppose to have a few rooms for the cheaper rate of $69 a night plus tax, instead of a $100 plus tax.  There are also other equally cheap motels in neighboring towns, if one searches the travel and hotel web sites.  I noticed in one of the Greenwich Avenue stores tonight, they are displaying full length down coats which use to be very popular during the winter of 1982 when it was down to minus 24 degrees below zero Fahrenheit here, and I suppose that means they are expecting a colder winter here too.  I think stores like Marshall's in Stamford and Norwalk, Connecticut and T.J. Maxx's in Norwalk at two locations more than likely might have them more cheaply.  Basically they are just full length parkas stuffed with duck down feathers or whatever modern substitute that they use now.  I suppose some thrift shops might still have some hanging around too or maybe in the back of someone's closet.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  11:55 P.M.:  A slow moving hurricane like Hurricane Isabel usually carries a lot of water, so even if it did not directly make land fall, at one's location, more than likely the surrounding rain clouds would carry a lot of rain, which would produce a lot of rain fall.  Even an area like Port Chester, New York which I am adjacent to could have flooding which has happened before.  A lot of rain on the interior of the country tends to overflow the watersheds particularly since they are already saturated, and one can see a lot of flooding in more remote areas away from the ocean on the Eastern side of the Appalachian Mountain chain.  Still, with so many people living in that region, not all of them can evacuate, so one has to make the decision as to what one's odds are on the road versus staying at home.  I do know that there is now a conference center that hold about 500 people at Biltmore House and Gardens http://www.biltmore.com/ , and I do know it is up in the mountains, but I do not know if it is near a stream or river that might flood.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  11:40 P.M.:  Well, there is a relative of the Scott's from an equally old Virginia family who lives in retirement within spitting distance of the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables, Florida http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml , and since he is a retired United States Army officer who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York http://www.usma.edu/ , he would have more historical familiarity with the situation, since his family home overlooks Washington D.C. from the south shore of the Potomac River across from Washington D.C., he might know more, since his famous relative was involved in flood control projects and levy building on the Mississippi River, more than likely they know something about the Washington D.C. flood control projects.  However, I have a feeling if he moved from his retirement home, most of south Florida would follow with him, which might not be advisable.  I can not give you his name, but most everyone in the know knows whom it is, and more than likely, if he did move at the present moment, he would not be inclined to visit Virginia, since at this juncture, it is too late, but one could consider sand bagging, which generally does not work too well.  The American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/home/ reserve fund is down below $1.5 million dollars, so there is not much they will be able to do if a disaster does occur.  Still, they do have experience.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  11:20 P.M.:  Well, since the Scott's are one of Virginia's earliest families, I would imagine someone in the Scott family would know something of the region's history.  I have not had much time to visit Virginia over the years.  I have heard a rumor recently that the area where Washington D.C. is located is a flood plain, and if a lot of rain falls in the area to the west, a lot of water can come rushing down the Potomac River, which is named for an Indian not a Scott.  Anyway the rumor is that the only think Bill Clinton left at the White House when he departed was Franklin D. Roosevelt's hip wader boots, which he kept handy.  Of course, one could also invest in rubber Zodiac boats to get around if it flooded.  However, since that is a tropical area, if it flooded, more than likely a lot of reptiles would be coming out of the ground.  I do not know how far north alligators and crocodiles go, and I do not know if they swim away during severe storms or not.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  11:10 P.M.:  Well, the good news is that September 18, 2003 is the last quarter moon, so the tides should not be too extreme, but the surf more than likely will be a bit rough.  If the winds of Hurricane Isabel keep up at 160 miles per hour, it is extremely dangerous, and it will remain a category five hurricane.  As I have said many times before when sea water is driven by hurricane winds, it is denser than cement.  Sailors take warning.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  11:00 P.M.:  I put two new Polaroid AA alkaline batteries in the Panasonic remote control for the 13 inch Panasonic television in the kitchen.  I rinsed about a dozen chilled spinach leaves in the salad spinner underneath cold water, and I spread them across a large dinner plate.  I then quartered lengthwise 8 chilled baby carrots, and I spread them across the plate.  I then took a chilled plum tomato and I sliced it into 1/8th inch thick slices, and I spread it across the plate.  I then put three chilled double tablespoon dabs of chilled homemade hummus, and I spread it across the plate.  I then put eight chilled black pitted olives, and I spread them across the plate including one in each dab of hummus.  I then spread across the salad a quarter of a diced chilled Bermuda red onion.  I then spread across the plates a third of a cup of chilled rinsed sliced mushrooms that I rinsed.   I the opened the lid of a chilled 6 ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish, and I rinsed it underneath cold water squeezing the water out about a half dozen times with the lid.  I then flaked it in a bowl with a fork, and I spread it across the salad.  I then spread across the salad about 20 Pepperidge Farm generous cut Zesty Italian croutons.  I next spread across about three tablespoons of Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese.  I then spread across about two tablespoons of chilled Master Choice grated parmesan and Romano cheese.  I then spread over it about 2 ounces of room temperature Monari balsamic vinegar and about 2 ounces of room temperature Italian extra virgin olive oil.  I seasoned it with ground black pepper and salt.  I had the salad for dinner with a glass of iced tea.  I watched the weather channel about Hurricane Isabel while making the salad and eating it.  The Weather Channel made one mistake by saying that the hurricane might go out to sea, when the National Hurricane Center shows it tracking towards the Carolinas www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm , of course I would still recommend to people there to prepare for it making landfall.  One could always use one's frequent flier miles to go elsewhere, if one felt insecure down in the Carolinas.  Technically, it could track a bit northward and even hit Virginia and Washinton D.C. to verify the old British status of Washington D.C. that it is a tropical climate before they discovered air conditioning.  More than likely, the hurricane will bring up some warmer weather too .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  9:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then drove down by the waterfront, but there was no room to park, since the Indian Harbor Yacht Club employees were using all the parking spaces down there, where a party was going on.  Thus I did not have much of a chance to observe the weather front.  The wind right now is out of the northeast, so maybe we have a northeastern storm coming in.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  While on my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I paid a dollar to pick up a prescription.  I also bought four cans of Star-Kist solid white albacore tuna fish for .88 a can for $3.52 total.  I then completed my walk.  I just now returned home, and I had a glass of iced tea.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 09/12/03:

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  6:20 P.M.:  I rested until 4:30 P.M., when I chatted with a relative.  I had two scoops of Edy's low fat praline and caramel frozen yogurt along with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with my relative again.  If I get the station wagon to take up to Maine next Tuesday, I will take the day bed in it, and the bolster pillow on the day bed, and its two large throw pillows.  Either way with my Hyundai or the station wagon, I will bring up the Bermuda print and a old decoy duck lamp with clipper ship shade that I have in the bedroom on top of the book case on top of the mahogany bureau.  I tried calling the name that the person gave me whom ran into me at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop this past Tuesday, and it turned out to be a wrong name.  Thus, since I did not get a traffic report since the police did not show up, since the People's Bank was being robbed at that time, and since I did not get the person's license plate, I do not have anyway of having the person repay me for the $55.12 cost of the replacement blinker lens housing that I got at Norwalk Hyundai.  Thus next time if anything happens like it again, I will have to get the person's license plate number and hope the Greenwich police show up.  It was a dark green jeep Wagoner station wagon, and the person driving it was a dark skinned British fellow whose wife was from Barbados.  Since we have international contacts, and since the person might be using an alias, we will have to keep an eye out.  Maybe the person is a real British spy.  Of course so many British come and go in this area, he could be just one of the many coming and going.  However, the person told me he lived by the Byram veterans club, but I do not feel like prowling through that neighborhood looking for that person.  However, I have very good contacts with the Byram veterans, so I will check with them.  However, the person since he was English could be back in England already or could be on his way to Barbados or other commonwealth ports.  Well whatever, the case at the moment, I am out $55.12, but when I stayed in old Paradise Island in the Bahamas, which might be brushed by Hurricane Isabel http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm , it was for a few days in January 1978, it was all for free, so I am still ahead of the deal with the British.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  2:15 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will get ready to go out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  2:10 P.M.:  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I was thinking about waxing my car, but it is overcast, and hurricane Isabel might be heading up the Atlantic Coast, so we will probably get more rain http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  1:00 P.M.:  I had ten Wheatsworth crackers.  I am listening to http://www.powerfmradio.com/listen.htm to the radio station from the Canary Islands.  For the weather in Lanzarote try http://www.powerfmradio.com/weather/weather_lanzarote.htm .  One can request songs at http://www.powerfmradio.com/request.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/03  Friday  12:05 A.M.:  I made up a list of items, I am considering hauling up to Maine.  I renewed the book on Krakatoa, and it is now due on October 3, 2003.  I am a bit tired, so I will read a bit, and then I will go to bed.  I will now have two scoops of Edy's low fat praline and caramel frozen yogurt before I read.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/11/03  Thursday  10:35 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives a couple of times and a friend.  I will still be driving up myself on this Tuesday morning to Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm , however I might be driving a friend's station wagon up, if his insurance allows another driver.  Then I would take up the day bed.  If not I will drive up my Hyundai, and I would take the day bed up at a later time, maybe later in the fall, when the friend had time to go up.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/11/03  Thursday  9:40 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad with tuna fish and a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/11/03  Thursday  8:35 P.M.:  I was up about 11 A.M. today.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until about 2:45 P.M., and I then cleaned up, and I went out.  I made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I noticed they have a 1995 HP laser printer there for $35, if anyone needs one.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I ran into a local who had just picked up a very nice copy of a picture of the World Trade Center taken in 1993 with St. Paul's Church in between the twin towers.  I suggested that she show it to the Greenwich Times.  I showed her where their office was, and then I completed my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and the usual fishermen were there.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then returned home, and I received a call from a friend, and he can not drive me up to Kennebunkport next week, so I am not exactly sure what my plans are now.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  11:25 P.M.:  Well, I will now have a couple of scoops of Edy's low fat praline and caramel frozen yogurt.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will read a bit before going to bed.  I also ran the Microsoft updates on the computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  11:25 P.M.:  Well, I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I still think it is a shame that a great news organization like the Times of London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ does not provide its internet content for free.  How can we modest people living out in the hinterlands of the English speaking world know what is going on in the broader aspect of the English speaking tradition without being permitted a chance to glimpse the content of the Times of London.  I guess the British are becoming more private, and if one wants to know what the English are reading in England, one has to reimburse the Times for the opportunity, so truly the "Free Press" is not free anymore, not to mention high speed internet connections also cost quite a bit of money.  Well, I guess one could always read www.lemonde.fr translated into English Translated version of http://www.lemonde.fr/ for a viewpoint on what is happening on the other side of the pond to learn how to live longer in Okinawa, Japan  Monde.fr: Eat goyas and you will live more than one hundred years! .  I hear tell some old Scottish people live to a ripe old age on mutton and scotch whisky.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  10:20 P.M.:  The old broken blinker for the Hyundai and its parts I put in the new blinker box in the hatchback area of the Hyundai.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  10:15 P.M.:  Milestones Edward Teller, father of H-bomb, dies - SEPT 11, 2003 .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  9:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  8:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I went outside, and I put the black luggage cart in the back of the Hyundai.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  7:40 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.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  6:40 P.M.:  I was up a little after 11 A.M. when the weekly test of the NOAA weather radio went off.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I called Norwalk Hyundai at 203-846-8810, and they told me they had the driver's side front blinker lens housing for my 1999 Hyundai Accent.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then sat out briefly at Bruce Park.  I then drove up to Norwalk Hyundai, and I bought the blinkers lens housing for the driver's side front part # HYU 9230522250 for $52 plus $3.12 tax for $55.12 total.  The regular service manager told me they are moving down to a locations next to Bonjournos in Stamford this December.  The parts manager was from nearby in Greenwich.  Norwalk Hyundai is a owned by a dealership network that has several dealerships in Greenwich.  I next toured CompUSA, but nothing was on sale.  I then went to Wal*Mart , and I bought a 120 tablet bottle of Spring Valley Glucosamine 500 mg. and Chondroitin 400 mg. double strength for $17.84 and a bottle of NuFinish the once a year car polish for $4.74 plus .28 tax for $22.86 total.  I noticed Wal*Mart is selling a Compaq desktop computer with 17 inch monitor for $500.  Also Wal*Mart sells a car battery for my Hyundai for $40 when I need one.  Sears sells one for the Hyundai for $60 to $70, and Norwalk Hyundai sells one for $80.  However, in batteries, one tends to get what one pays for in terms off usage, and although the Wal*Mart battery is an excellent value at $40, it only has a two year warranty.  I might consider it when I need a battery, and of course I would have to install it myself.  I next returned home.  I took out the broken blinker housing on the Hyundai, and I removed the broken plastic support bracket that was held on with a Phillips screw, and I installed the new blinker assembly which came with a new electrical fitting and new orange bulb, and I fastened it with the Phillips screw.  It is also secured by two plug-in mounts.  I also pulled out the bumper a little bit to align it with the blinker housing.  I tested the blinker and its parking light, and they work just fine, and it looks just fine.  When I get a clear cooler day, I will take my Hyundai to the Old Greenwich Car Wash, and then I will bring it back to my apartment building, and I will wax it with the NuFinish car polish.  I will contact the person whom ran into me yesterday tomorrow about paying for the replacement blinker housing.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  4:05 A.M.:  Well, I am tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  For the latest information on yesterday's events in Greenwich, Connecticut try http://www.greenwichtime.com/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  3:45 A.M.:  According to this web site http://www.housefabric.com/categorysubview.asp?CategorySubID=194&CategoryID=97 silk damask goes for $30 for a one yard by 54 inch piece or $60 for two yards which would be 27 square feet.  Thus if my three damask pillows if they are damask are two foot by two foot with two sides time three pillows, I have 24 square feet of damask cloth in them, so I have about $60 value of cloth on my damask pillows plus the cost of the stuffing inside of them and making them.  Thus I got an excellent value at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop without having to search all over tar nation.  Of course if one made the pillows one would not be able to get six 2 foot by 2 foot sections out of a two yard by 4.5 foot piece and one would actually need three yards to make them with left over cloth, so it would cost $90 in fabric plus the makings.  However, I am not that good on material, so I am not exactly sure it is damask or not.  I remember, I once was moving a friend's godmother from her modest three room waterfront cottage on 40 acres in Oyster Bay, Long Island to a modest house by the fire station in Locust Valley, Long Island nearby on a few very cold February nights in 1975, and while moving his godmother, he found a box full of damask material of vintage age, and he thought it was very valuable, so he brought it to her attention, and she seemed to think it was just waste cloth.  Also the main house on the property in Oyster Bay had burned down around 1926, and since it was more of a summer house, they never bothered rebuilding, so it was a park like setting in a rather opulent area.  One could imagine individuals like the Duke and Duchess of Windsor having enjoyed that location on visits.  Also the Duke of Windsor is suppose to have been born on June 23, 1894, so more than likely if he is still alive, he is at one of those locations where they do not bother older people.  I bring this point up, since the Duke of Windsor supposedly died in the late spring of 1972 ON THIS DAY June 5 1972 Duke of Windsor laid to rest , but around  October 1973, while I was standing on the court yard of St. Bartholomew's Church Saint Bartholomew's Church - Manhattan - 50th St. at Park Avenue, NY NY in Manhattan viewing the Waldorf Towers, I recognized him going into the Waldorf Towers, so more than likely it was him, since only he would have access to his apartment at the Waldorf Towers, unless he had a relative that looked like him at the time.  Also the friends on Long Island also attended St. Barts.  Thus either it was him or a ghost.  If he were alive today, he would thus be 109 years old, which is conceivable, since thin people tend to live longer.  Thus I always remembered that damask was not too common or inexpensive.  I think they use to use it for the drapery material in the old royal palaces too, since it is a heavier material, and it kept out the drafts on cold nights.  Also the lady's home in Locust Valley was near a small pub I think called Sporters where the local youth would gather on cold nights after skating at the Winter Club, so it definitely was a Nordic group of people, and possibly Dutch since a number of them were always wearing orange parkas.  I remember that they use to sell Norwegian Ringness beer in Oyster Bay as well as in North Salem, New York at the delicatessen by I-684 at around exit 6 near the sons of Oslo meeting house or just east of the Horse and Hounds pub.  Now that the rich and famous can afford to travel to the tropics, they do not seem to worry about keeping their homes up north warm and comfortable in the winter.  I suppose since the Harriman family that helped get the Bushs started in business, and since the Harrimans were well known for having a house in Barbados amongst other places, more than likely the Bushs will turn off the heat sooner of later in the White House to go to warmer locations, and the Harriman's more than likely will not heat Arden House, since for the cost of heating Arden House, they can be very comfortable in the tropics.  Whatever, the case the old time northern people whom have to weather the colder winters are use to spending the warmer summer months getting ready for the colder winters.  Thus when I lived in Key West, I saw lots of people with large homes up north, whom had modest size houses in a warmer climate where they were more comfortable.  Since nobody ever looks me up when they visit Greenwich except a few people from further north of me during the colder months, I guess my apartment here is more of a place for cold weather people, because in the winter, it can be very cold in my apartment, since I only spend about a dollar a day on average for electric heat to stay warm above the other electricity costs, and the apartment tends to be a bit cool and drafty, although the temperature inside is usually between 68 degrees Fahrenheit and 72 degrees Fahrenheit, it always seems colder.  Of course on colder days, which we occasionally get here, the heat can be $2 to $4 a day.  On my electricity bill which averages $91 a month on a yearly basis, I think the most I have paid on the coldest winter months is $240 for particularly cold months, which would mean about $5 a day on electric heat to keep it at the regular temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit to 72 degrees Fahrenheit.  Thus with electricity going up 10% in this area, and with what looks like a colder winter coming, I will have additional costs for electric heat, which I will have to cover.  I have solved part of the problem by keeping a warm comforter on my bed in the winter.  I also run an electric fan on the window shelf in the living room to circulate the heat away from the window wall and into the room instead of letting it all rise into the false ceiling area.  I also tend to wear sweat pants to stay warmer with a jersey shirt, and I keep long underwear for the colder days.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  2:05 A.M.:  I always keep forgetting that I have Hypoglycemia http://www.hypoglycemia.org/ , so I need to watch my diet.  I guess I should read up more on the subject.  Recently for the last 11 years, I have not drunk alcohol except a couple of times.  However, when I wake up, I put two teaspoons of sugar in my coffee and two teaspoons of sugar on my oatmeal, and I also have a 12 ounce glass of orange juice which has fructose.  Thus I am probably getting too much sugar in my first meal of the day, which tends to make me tired.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  1:45 A.M.:  This could be handy for commuting from the North Shore of Long Island to the South Shore of Connecticut for those of you whom can not afford the toll or the time to go back and forth across the great divide Forbes.com: A Car That Runs On Water .  Of course, one would need to use the boat ramp at Grass Island here in Greenwich to get the car out of the water.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/03  Wednesday  12:25 A.M.:  I went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  The fire on the uppermost east block of Greenwich Avenue in the old building complex that use to be a livery stable started in the upper parts of the building.  The building is owned by Sutton real estate.  From the outside, it is hard to tell whether the building can be restored or not, since I am not aware of the damage inside.  From the outside, it pretty much looks the same.  The fire and electrical departments were still there.  As I was departing the bench by the veterans monument, the skunk was just approaching the area.   I believe the skunk lives in a hole behind the veterans monument.  I next drove down by the waterfront, and it was high tide during a full moon in the beginning of the fall season, which usually means higher tides than normal.  However, the tide chart shows it is just a normal tide http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/sepgrw03.htm .  The tide was about 2.5 feet from the top of the pier at the end of Steamboat Road.  The conventional wisdom of the old timers whom watch that area is that when the pier is flooded, the tide is also overflowing into the streets of Manhattan.  I am not sure if that is still correct with the newer breakwaters in Manhattan.  I stopped and chatted with some regular fishermen at the Royal Bank of Scotland.  I next went to the Food Emporium, and I bought two 1.75 quart containers of Edy's low fat frozen yogurt vanilla chocolate swirl and vanilla black cherry swirl at buy one get one free price of $5.49 both, two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $1.89 each, and two Stouffer's 16 ounce dinner style hearty portion pot roast meals for $1.80  each for $14.34 total.  I then returned home, and I had a three scoops of Edy's low fat frozen yogurt praline and caramel flavor.  I have had three crank fax phone calls this evening, and when I dial *69, they say that the number can not be identified that method, so it is some prankster that is able to shield their telephone number.  This has been a constant irritation to people in this building over the years, and the telephone company never seems to have been able to resolve the problem.  My theory is that like in the spring when the so called travelers come up north from Murphy, North Carolina and cause havoc in this area as they swindle their way up north, they might be back on their return journey south up to the same tricks.  The FBI keeps a close tab on this well known group of con artists and swindlers, and I have a feeling more and more of them are being apprehended in their travels with modern surveillance techniques.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/03  Tuesday  9:20 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I will now dress a little bit more warmly, and I will go down and check out the remains of the day.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/03  Tuesday  8:50 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad with a six ounce can of flaked crab meat along with a glass of iced tea.  Before dinner, I also chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/03  Tuesday  7:10 P.M.:  I had 20 Wheatsworth crackers before going to bed this morning.  I was up at 11 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I fell back to sleep until 2:30 P.M..  I cleaned up, and I went out about 3:30 P.M..  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  As I was entering the parking area, and I was at a stand still, a patron backed in the driver's side front of my car, and broke the driver's side orange blinker light.  We called the police, but the police did not respond.  I was able to straightened up the head beam light, and the broken blinker light lens had come out of its housing.  I was able to reinstall the broken blinker lens assembly, and it looks all right, but I will have to replace it when I have time to get a replacement part.  A slight edge of the housing around the blinker lens assembly is bent in about a quarter of an inch.  Still, it looks all right for now.  This all took about a half hour.  The person that ran into me was from England and Barbados, and he offered to pay for the damage, but I could see that he was in a rush, so I let him go for goodwill between the British and the Americans.  He was buying a bicycle for his grandson.  We discussed British American affairs for a while.  I went into the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought three 2 foot by 2 foot stuffed beige damask pillows for $7.50 each for $22.50.  I departed the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop about 4:35 P.M., and I quickly learned why the Greenwich Police had not responded, although after 15 minutes we had cancelled the call.  At the top of Greenwich Avenue in the store and apartment complex across from Marx Brother's where the delicatessen is there had been a major three alarm fire this morning.  No one was hurt, but the fire department trucks and the hazardous waste trucks were still on the scene.  The building complex looked badly damaged.  I went down to the center of Greenwich Avenue, and I parked, and I went for my usual walk.  I walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and there were a large number of police cars at People's Bank at the bottom of Greenwich Avenue on the west side had just been robbed.  It looks like the were starting their investigation.  I decided not to complete my walk because of the karma of the day, but I guess I was fortunate to have gotten into the small traffic accident at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, or I could have been easily walking by the People Bank, when they were robbed.  I next went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 ounce box of sliced fresh mushrooms for $1.50, a bag of baby carrots for $1.50, Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese for $3.87, and a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.50 for $8.37 total.  I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then returned home, and I sewed up a small two inch opening on the seem of one of the throw pillows.  I then put them on either end and the center of the long green couch with the two small darker green pillows in between.  I put the large beige flowered pillow on top of the other two pillows on the day bed.  I had a glass of iced tea.  I will check with Norwalk Hyundai tomorrow what the replacement cost is for the lens on my 1999 Hyundai accent passenger side blinker lens.  It just snaps in without nuts or bolts.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/09/03  Tuesday  1:10 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I will now shut down the computer.  I guess I will either read or go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/03  Tuesday  12:30 A.M.:  I finished off the bag of corn chips with a glass of iced tea.  I also had a Stop and Shop caramel popcorn cake.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/03  Monday  11:25 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad with a six ounce can of flaked white solid white albacore tuna fish and a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a friend and two relatives.  I finished running the updates on the IBM Cyrix backup computer.  I have previously set it up to work with the U.S. Robotics external modem, which at the moment is connected to the Dell backup.  I also installed the Siemens LAN printer driver, and I set it up for the three printers in the living room, which it will work with, if it is  connected to the LAN cable.  I tried installing the Hard Disk monitoring program on it, but it does not work on it.  I am running Norton Speed Disk on it now.  I chatted with a jogger outside the Hospital Thrift shop about arthritis today.  The jogger claimed that Hyaluronic Acid works very well for his arthritis.  I searched it at Goggle, and I came up with story on it by ABC news yesterday ABCNEWS.com : PrimeTime: Japanese Fountain of Youth .  I also found a couple of sites which sell it for about $30 for month's supply at 3 pills a day or about a dollar a day.  Arthritis Research & Therapy  Abstract  Intra-articular hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid) and hylans for the treatment of osteoarthritis: mechanisms of action .  There are these sites which sell it Synthovial 7 - Hyaluronic Acid and Ultimate H.A. (Hyaluronic Acid) Formula by Purity Products - 90 Capsules from this search Google Search: hyaluronic acid .  Well, I will have to look into it.  I am not sure it the VitaminShoppe carries it.  Their web site has to back order it.  On the IBM Cyrix backup computer, I put the keyboard on top of the monitor, and I put the mouse on top of the CPU.  I have reconnected the AMD backup computer to the LAN cable.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/03  Monday  7:35 P.M.:  I was up at 9:30 A.M. today.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to sleep until 1 P.M..  I then cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  They had the fall merchandise on display and lots of people were shopping the new items.  I bought for $20 a like new Dell 17 inch color monitor model 1028L.  It was made about four years ago.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I made my 4 P.M. appointment.  I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue.  I then returned home.  I installed the Dell 1028L monitor with my backup Dell computer.  The Windows drivers installed plug and pray, and I also installed the Linux driver for the monitor.  I also ran the Red Hat Linux 9.0 updates.  I took the Royal 17 inch monitor, and I put it with my AMD backup computer on the brass and glass coffee table on top of the Danish desk in the bedroom.  Its drivers also installed plug and play.  I moved the Panasonic electric typewriter below the side board in the bedroom.  I then put the Nec XP17 17 inch monitor on the right side of the sideboard.  I connected the IBM Cyrix 233 MHz backup computer to the left of the Nec Monitor in the center of the sideboard.  I connected a power strip with ground fault interrupter to the left of the IBM Cyrix backup computer.  I put the keyboard on top of the CPU, and I have the mouse pad and the mouse on top of the monitor.  It has a Lan card, but no telephone modem.  I installed the Nec XP17 driver on it.  I connected the LAN cable from the AMD backup to the IBM backup, and I am running the updates on the IBM backup right now.  The IBM Cyrix 233 Mhz, I believe has 128 megs of memory, and a six gigabyte hard drive.  It uses on board video and sound.  I do not have speakers or a microphone installed on it.  I just have it set up in reserve.  I will configure it to work with the Siemens routers for the printers.  I adjusted all three of the monitors' settings.  The new Dell 1028L monitor goes up to 100 MHz, but I just have it set at 85 Mhz.  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/08/03  Monday  12:15 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer.  I will read a while before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/03  Monday  12:05 A.M.:  I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I had a bowl of white corn chips and a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  10:30 P.M.:  I took about 7 ounces of water, and I heated it in my microwave pottery cup with a sail boat on it by pressing the "beverage" button on the microwave.  I then put 1.5 teaspoons of sugar in another cup and a Salada green tea bag, and I poured the water over it.  I am letting it steep for three minutes.  I will then put in about about 1.5 ounces of lemon juice, and I will have a warm cup of green tea for a change.  Well, I guess I can pretend I am in "Jolly Old England" on a cool evening.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  10:20 P.M.:  Cup of tea Tea Time - Move over, gourmet coffee. Make room for artisanal loose leaf tea. .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  9:50 P.M.:  I had four ounces of white corn chips and a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  9:30 P.M.:  I finished the C: drive to the D: drive backup in seven parts.  I also ran the utilities.  While doing this, I had dinner of the same summer salad with flaked solid white albacore tuna fish and a glass of iced tea.  I also watched President Bush's speech on television.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  6:30 P.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.  I stopped by CVS on my walk, and I bought four 6 ounce cans of Star Kist solid white albacore tuna fish for .88 a can and a 26 ounce spray bottle of Windex original glass cleaner for $2.50 plus .15 tax for $6.17 total.  I then completed my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 13.5 ounce bag of Frito-Lay Tostitos 100% white corn restaurant style chips for $2.50.  I then returned home.  I have quite a bit of food, cleaning supplies, toiletries, and paper products stocked up in my apartment, which I buy when they are on sale to save money.  I will now run Norton Disk Doctor.  I will then run Norton WinDoctor.  I then will do a C: drive to D: drive backup.  I then will run Norton SpeedDisk.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  3:05 P.M.:  I read a bit.  I rested a bit.  I chatted with a relative.  I had two scoops of Edy's low fat frozen yogurt caramel and praline flavor.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up.  I will then go out.  It is rumored that it is a nice day.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  1:40 P.M.:  I was up at 8 A.M., and I went back to sleep.  I had a call from a friend at about 10 A.M..  I finally woke up at noon.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some news.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  1:40 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer.  I will go to bed soon.  I will have a couple of Stop and Shop caramel popcorn cakes and some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  1:30 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  1:20 A.M.:  The Dalai Lama Begins 16-Day U.S. Tour -- Beliefnet.com .  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  1:00 A.M.:  I installed Fresh UI: Free tweaking tool. Configure and optimize your Windows system (Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98, 95, NT).  I used it to change two settings.  I set the Level 2 cache to 256, and I enabled UDMA.  The system rebooted all right, but I do not notice any differences at the moment.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/03  Sunday  12:20 A.M.:  I ran Spybot, and it removed more spyware.  I also selected the "immune" option in Spybot.  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  11:45 P.M.:  I am about to install and run Spybot - Search & Destroy - Download.com - Free downloads, shareware, and more. .  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  11:35 P.M.:  More tunes Story: How to turn your PC into a super radio - ZDNet .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  10:50 P.M.:  Well that fixed the problem.  I now get the default Internet Explorer MSN search page when I enter a nonexistant URL.  I also removed the C:\Programs\IncrediFind\ folder.  Well, it took a while to figure out, but as usual with a little bit of patience and searching, one can usually resolve problems on systems using the internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  10:45 P.M.:  I found this page about Internet Explorer hijacking http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/ .  I downloaded and installed "HijackThis" linked from the page.  In running it, I found this entry for Internet Explorer ".02-BHO:NavErrRedir Class ......... C:\Programs\IncrediFind\BHO\BHO.dll".  I will now select it for removal, and see if that fixes the www.sirsearch.com redirection problem.  One should NOT remove all the "HijackThis" entries, since they are part of the Internet Explorer configuration.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  10:05 P.M.:  I chatted with another friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  9:25 P.M.:  The fireworks from Playland in nearby Rye, New York seem louder tonight.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  9:15 P.M.:  I created a weather folder on my desktop, and I put the five weather program icons in the weather folder.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  9:05 P.M.:  I installed Registry Mechanic http://www.winguides.com/regmech/ , and it found 600 registry problems, but it will not fix them since it is just a demo.  I then installed System Mechanic http://www.iolo.com/sm/ 30 day demo, and it fixed about 200 registry entries, and it cleaned up a lot of hard disk space of useless files.  It freed up about 65 megs of space.  I ran Norton WinDoctor.  I made a backup with System Restore, and then I erased all my system restore backups except the most recent.  One can do this by right clicking on the C: icon, and selecting properties where there is disk cleanup tool.  However, it normally takes a while, but there is a registry entry one can change to make it work faster Brian Livingston Disk Cleanup Tip .  I have about 3 gigabytes of free space available on the C: drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  7:45 P.M.:  Other side of the planet books in English http://home.freeuk.com/russica4/ .

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  7:20 P.M.:  I chatted with two different friends and two relatives.  I watched some of the evening news while I made the same summer salad that I have been eating recently.  I also made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  This time in the homemade hummus, I used two 4.25 ounce cans of crushed olives and 1/8th teaspoon of Old Bay seasoning, and 1/4 teaspoon of red cayenne pepper along with all of the other usual ingredients.  On the salad, I used a can of chopped Roland sardines along with the sardine oil for the fish in the salad.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  5:10 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Arnold bakery outlet, and I bought a loaf of Freihofer's 100% wheat bread for $1.29 less senior discount of .13 for $1.16 total.  I then went downtown, 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 then went by Exxon, and I bought $7.35 of regular unleaded gasoline at $2.059 a gallon for 26 miles per gallon.  I just now returned home, and I had a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  2:05 P.M.:  I had two peanut butter sandwiches and a glass of iced tea.  I will now turn off the music.  I will shut down the computer.  I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  1:30 P.M.:  I am now listening to "American Pie".  I remember when I was in Bermuda in the spring of 1968, the song by Otis Redding, "The Dark of the Bay" was very popular.  I have a few DVDs that I burned with vintage Beatles and Elvis music along with a few other songs.  I keep them by my TEAC DVD player underneath the Orion television.  One has to press VCR on the amplifier to enable the TEAC audio.  I also have the same songs on my primary and Dell backup computers for listening enjoyment.  I have the Plantronics DSP 500 headsets audio drivers loaded instead of the Creative Live MP3+ drivers, but it is easy to switch between them with the "Sounds and Audio Devices" icon I have on my desktop in case one wanted to listen with the computer speakers setup.  I normally do not listen to much music, except on Saturday when I do my house cleaning, so I do not disturb my neighbors.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/06/03  Saturday  1:10 P.M.:  I was up at 8 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I just finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I have been listening to some vintage Elvis and Beach Boys music while doing my house cleaning.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/05/03  Friday  10:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I watched the news on Bermuda.  I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/05/03  Friday  9:30 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I took about ten chilled spinach leaves, and I broke them into two to three inch pieces, and I rinsed them underneath cold water in the lettuce spinner, and I spread them on a dinner plate.  I then took eight chilled baby carrots, and I split them lengthwise into quarters, and I spread them across the plate.  I then sliced into 1/8 thick slices a chilled plum tomato, and I put it on the plate.  I then put three double tablespoon dabs of the homemade chilled hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm on the plate.  I then put eight chilled pitted California black olives on the plate including one in each dab of hummus.  I then put a quarter of a diced chilled red Bermuda onion on the plate.  I then added about 20 Arnold regular seasoned cheese and garlic croutons to the plate.  I then thin sliced into 1/8 inch thick slices three chilled mushrooms, and I spread them across the plate.  I then rinsed a six ounce can of chilled pink crab meat, and I drained it with the lid on several times.  I then flaked it, and I put it on the salad.  I then added about three tablespoons of the chilled Athenos grated herb and garlic feta cheese.  I then added about two tablespoons of the chilled Stop and Shop low fat grated parmesan cheese.  I next added about 1.5 ounces of the room temperature Monari balsamic vinegar and about 1.5 ounces of the room temperature Italian extra virgin olive oil.  I seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and salt, and I had it for dinner with a glass of iced tea.  I adjusted my Nvidea video card color settings.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 09/05/03:

Note: <888> 09/05/03  Friday  6:55 P.M.:  Well, I analyzed the web site redirect problem, and it looks like it did not come from CNN, but it first showed up when the CNN Fortune web site was not working, and I was redirected to www.sirsearch.com .  Somehow a few days ago, I logged onto a web site or installed a program that added the Sir Search toolbar to my web browser beneath the Google tool bar.  I am not sure how it got there exactly, but it might have come from a redirected download that I installed.  Anyway, once it installed it changed my default web browser "DNSERROR" search page from http://search.msn.com to www.sirsearch.com .  I removed the Sir Search Tool Bar, and I also removed the spyware it includes with Ad-aware 6.0 www.lavasoftusa.com .  However, it still left the SirSearch page being redirected by euniverse.com coming up instead of http://search.msn.com for "DNSERROR".  Well, I tried to fix this by reinstalling Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, but it will download, but it will not install on my computer for some reason, and I get a Windows XP compatibility error on installation.  After trying to install it a number of times I gave up.  I reinstalled the Nvidia Media center again and updated the video card driver with the recommended Microsoft driver.  Well, anyway this all took some time, and the system is basically running fine.  I finished off the Danish cookies about five of them.  I also had two Stop and Shop caramel popcorn cakes.  Thus I now do not think the Time Warner AOL CNN Fortune was responsible for the redirection, but its sight just showed the effect when their site did not work.  The SirSearch toolbar had already appeared on my computer before this error.  Although, the SirSearch toolbar looks interesting, it has a lot of spyware attached to it, so I would not recommend it.  I can not find out or figure out how to return Internet Explorer to return the default http://search.msn.com web page for a "dnserror".  I do think euniverse is up to mischief.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/05/03  Friday  2:45 P.M.: http://lists.insecure.org/lists/microsoft/2003/Jul-Sep/0004.html information on cross scripting problem.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/05/03  Friday  2:45 P.M.:  I was up at 8 P.M. today, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until 1 P.M..  I had two scoops of Edy's low fat frozen yogurt caramel and praline flavor.  I studied the Internet Explorer problem which now does not redirect  "dnserror" errors to http://search.msn.com , but instead redirects to a "euniverse.com" Url and then to a "sirsearch.com" url.  I found this web page which might have some information on the problem, but not the fix http://www.scip.ch/publikationen/advisories/2003-01-msn_search_cross_site_scripting/scip_advisory_2003-01_msn_search_cross_site_scripting.txt .  I tried deleting my cookies and running Ad-aware.  However, the problem still persists.  Basically, I can not find any reference to the problem at Microsoft's web site.  Possibly CNN was the victim of a hoax, but since it seems CNN would control its web page content, possibly they inserted the script into their web page to redirect traffic away from http://search.msn.com to "euniverse.com" and to "sirsearch.com" , which would imply an AOL Time Warner CNN Fortune collusion on the script included in their web site.  When it happened the link from CNN to the Fortune article would not work.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  11:35 P.M.:  Well, I am done with my evening's work.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  11:15 P.M.:  Here are weather links to Hamilton, Bermuda http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=6251&links and http://www.weather.bm/ .  Somehow, when I tried to log onto www.fortune.com I got a cookie or some other bug in my web browser, and this page now comes up http://www.sirsearch.com/ .  It was actually a CNN web page linked to a Fortune article on young people http://www.fortune.com/fortune/40under40/richest whom seem to have money.  Whatever, the case it still pops up occasionally in my web browser instead of the usual page for non existent web sites, which I think should be investigated by CNN about the web site operator it directs traffic too.  I have not read any stories about it.  Particularly it comes up for non existent web addresses. A whois search at www.netsol.com does not tell me anything about the web site operator.  It also seems CNN got around to looking around up north and noticed the hurricane heading towards Bermuda http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/09/04/hurricane.fabian/index.html .   CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  10:10 P.M.:  This is a good link to the current situation in Bermuda vis a vie Hurricane Fabian http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/watl-vis-loop.html .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  10:00 P.M.:  According to this link http://www.sharkoil.bm/satellite , it might be to late to leave Bermuda, since the NOAA satellite photo shows Hurricane Fabian approaching Bermuda.  I guess one could study my tropical weather page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm for more information. 

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  9:40 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I had the same summer salad as I have been eating recently with a 6 ounce can of flaked white solid white albacore tuna fish.  I noticed at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT10/refresh/AL1003W5+GIF/042253W5.gif that Hurricane Fabian is suppose to pass over Bermuda with 125 mile per hour winds on Friday evening.  I suppose it is a rough sea out there.  If someone wanted to leave Bermuda whom has already not done so, there use to be some veteran retired pilots around here whom could probably do the job.  It is less than an hour to Bermuda by private jet to pick up any old fishermen who do not want to weather the storm.  I have a feeling this is a very intense storm, since it looks like it will pass directly over Bermuda.  There is probably more information on Bermuda's current situation at http://www.bermuda.com .  Bermuda originally got very popular when one of Queen Victoria's daughters married a wealthy Canadian, and it was too cold in Canada, so she spent most of her time in Bermuda.  I suppose various relations to Queen Victoria still visit Bermuda and keep homes there.  I believe also wealthy United States families like the Rockefellers, Forbes, Perots, and many other more private families have homes there.  More than likely there are some "Old Guard" British or Commonwealth retirees there.  Of course a lot of the British commonwealth people have sea faring experience, so they are not afraid to weather out the storm.  Still, today with modern transportation, it would probably still not be too difficult to get anyone off the island, if they should chose to do so.  I will keep a keen eye out in this area this area in case I see anyone that looks like relatives of Queen Victoria having escaped Bermuda.  However, owing to the world situation of political unrest more than likely more private people have other areas to escape too and probably would not want to come to this area, since it might rain here too.  Of course there are probably some people on vacation there, and there are probably some native residents of Bermuda whom might feel uncomfortable.  I use to know a man here that wore a red and white checkered shirt to symbolize his affiliation with the International Red Cross, so maybe he would know more.  It seems very calm and peaceful here locally, since the children are returning to school.  Well, anyway I guess one could study the Bermuda web site to see what is exactly the situation there.  I remember the British and the United States Navies use to maintain bases in Bermuda, so more than likely the military might have some sort of capabilities.  I also recall knowing people whom sailed in yachting races to Bermuda.  Whatever, the case maybe they are choosing to enjoy the fall weather in Mackinac Island http://www.mackinac.com/ where Henry Ford's family use to enjoy summer vacations.  However, since the economy is tight, more than likely people are just sitting home and reading a book and weathering out the storm.  Of course, when I lived in the Florida Keys, I was constantly reminded by the locals that sea water when driven by hurricane winds is denser than cement, so maybe Bermuda might have a problem.  It is hard to tell.  Still, it is not very busy here, so maybe they might want to visit here.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  7:50 P.M.:  I installed Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com  on the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.  I am running it now.  I will update Ad-aware on the Dell backup, and I will run it.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  7:30 P.M.:  I installed PanteraSoft HDD Health on the two backup computers and their hard drives are fine.  I had to reboot the AMD backup computer in the bedroom to get it to work.  The C: drive on the AMD backup computer does not have that many boots.  However, the D: drive on the primary computer, and the D: drive on the Dell backup and the C: and D: drives on the AMD backup have about 400,000 to 500,000 minutes.  The C: drive on the Dell Backup has over a million minutes.  However, the C: drive on the primary computer has only about 50,000 minutes and about 650 boots.  However, although the D: drive on the backup computer has a bit of usage, it has only been used as a backup drive, which means every two weeks to a month, I make a backup on it, so it does not actually have that much usage, other than being turned on.   I think all of my drives are Maxtor.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  6:40 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went downtown, 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 read P.C. Magazine.  I found this web site http://www.panterasoft.com/ that has a free hard disk monitoring program that lets one know if their hard disk is close to failing and lots of other information on one's hard drives.  I installed it on my primary computer, and both hard drives are fine.  I will shortly install it on the two backup computers.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  2:30 P.M.:  I will now go back out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  1:50 P.M.:  I went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, but they are closed until this Monday when they put out their new display of merchandise.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  The great heron was down by the waterfront.  I could not tell whether it was blue, grey, or brown, but it is taking refuge here.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought four 36 ounce bags of Eight O'clock Hazelnut coffee beans for $4.99 each bag, a 8 ounce jar of America's Choice low fat peanut butter for .99, a 40 bag box of Lipton green tea $3.29, two packages of low fat Quaker rice cakes lightly salted for $2.19 each, McCormick ground cumin $4.19 1.5 ounces, McCormick ground coriander 1.25 ounces $3.99, a eight ounce container of Master Choice grated parmesan and Romano cheese $3.79, a 100 bag package of America's Choice tea bags $2.19, a 6 ounce package of Arnold Cheese and garlic regular cut croutons .99, a 100 count box of Militta naturally brown unbleached #4 coffee filters for $3.99, two red Bermuda onions at .99 a pound $1.39, a bulb of loose garlic at $2.99 a pound  for .63, plus .24 tax $50.08 total.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 package box of 10 one quart packages of S&S dry milk for $6.99, a 1.75 quart container of Edy's low fat praline and caramel frozen yogurt for $1.99, a box of Twinings five bags per package of five different types of tea 25 total for $3.19, two six ounce cans of Star-Kist solid white albacore tuna fish .78 each, and two 18 ounce jars of Jif low fat peanut butter for .78 each for $15.29 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I had two peanut butter sandwiches with a glass of iced tea.  I will now have a cup of coffee.  I also have two 13 ounce bags of Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee beans I bought a couple of months ago.  I should have enough coffee to last me almost through the winter, unless a lot of people show up visiting drinking coffee.  I will now have a cup of coffee the way I make it when I wake up.  When I have my first cup of coffee of the day, I put in about 10 ounces of water or the carafe mostly full into the black Krups espresso cappuccino machine and I fill the coffee holder with ground Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee from the Braun coffee grinder, and I brew a cup of coffee in the carafe which I have with 1.5 teaspoons of sugar and milk. 

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  10:00 A.M.:  Well, I will now put the ice tea in the refrigerator.  I will shut down the computer, and I will go out shortly.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  9:50 A.M.:  I cleaned up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  9:45 A.M.:  According to this http://www.qe2.org.uk/itinerary.html , the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship is out there in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ahead of hurricane Fabian http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm , so they more than likely are all right.  They are not due back here until September 25, so one has to watch the hurricane season, and see how it relates to their travels to see if they might be in any danger.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  9:10 A.M.:  I have only been to Bermuda once in the spring of 1968 for three weeks during spring break.  I flew to Bermuda on a British Overseas Airways 707 jet that I was the only passenger on, so I felt like a VIP.  However, on the return I took a crowded Pan AM 707 jet.  I bought four colorful wool sweaters in Bermuda that trip at Triminghams for about $20 apiece.  I still might have one of them that is a bit small.  A relative lived in Bermuda a number of winters.  The relative knew several United States consulates to Bermuda.  I knew an architect and also a designer in Manhattan and the architect also lives in Greenwich, and they built a nice house in Bermuda for a prominent American whom shall remain nameless.  I recall seeing sketches of the house, and it looked like a simple two room cabana type of arrangement.  Since Bermuda is so small, people tend to down size their living accommodations, and since Bermuda is an island, a lot of the goods and services have to be imported to the island.  I try to help their foreign exchange rate by buying red Bermuda onions.  The government of Bermuda still has a law suit with Texas for growing red onions that they call Bermuda onions.  In the British commonwealth network that is connected with Greenwich, we frequently get a lot of visitors from Bermuda.  Also a number of people tend to have island fever, and they occasionally leave the island and enjoy living here, since we are near the ocean on the calmer waters of Long Island sound on the south shore of Connecticut.  I recall when I was in Bermuda, we stayed in the Glyndon Guest house in the center  of the island half way from Hamilton to Elbow Beach.  We use to enjoy watching the rugby matches and sitting on the field sidelines drinking Heineken beer.  We rented mopeds to tour the island.  We held "High Tea" cocktail parties every afternoon, where we would entertain a couple of hundred guests on a BYOB, "Bring Your Own Booze" basis.  I do not think I ever made it St. George's.  I also had a standing golf date at the Country Club every day, which I never seemed to make.  Basically the night life was a little busy in Bermuda.  One had to wear a coat and tie to gain admission into the Elbow Beach hotel dining room, and since the girls staying there never ate, they would frequently invite guys there to eat their meals which were included in their hotel packages.  We rented our mopeds from the Elbow Beach hotel, and we would use the beach facilities at Elbow Beach.  As I recall we started every afternoon a bit hung over, and we would gather all the partially used liquor bottles from around the guest house, and we would combine them all together, and we would mix the liquor with orange juice in a large vat to make a concoction we called "Passion Punch", which we started our days with.  We also ate a lot of ham and Swiss cheese sandwiches on the native bread, since there was a small store near the rugby field that sold those items.   One friend seemed to end up his night every night by driving his moped off the end of the Hamilton harbor pier.  In that period when we were all networked in the prep school network of schools, we use to buy fake Bermuda draft cards and driver's licenses which we used to gain admission into local bars and pubs in Manhattan and elsewhere we traveled where we were under aged.  Thus when I was younger I used a lot of Bermuda identification in my journeys.  I believe now Bermuda has the second largest worldwide reinsurance company as a business there.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  8:35 A.M.:  I put away the laundry.  I had a message on my answering machine from a friend.  I put $5 on my laundry card.  I am now making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  Apparently the fire alarm went off in the building early this morning, and the fire department responded.  I can not hear the fire alarm bell in my apartment when I am asleep in the bedroom, but I do keep two smoke detectors in my apartment besides the building the system alarm.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/03  Thursday  7:30 A.M.:  I was up at 6 A.M..  I started two loads of laundry.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I have 20 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  7:50 P.M.:  I am tired.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  7:40 P.M.:  One can find relevant hurricane information for Bermuda at www.bermuda.com .  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  6:55 P.M.:  I had the same summer salad, and this time I added a tin of Roland sardines that I chopped including the oil.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  5:50 P.M.:  I installed the Microsoft Office security updates and one Windows XP security update.  The Microsoft Office Security updates require the installation disks as usual, which is probably a pain for people whom travel and are online.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  5:25 P.M.:  I went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of Healthnut bread for .99 less 10% senior discount of .10 for .89 total.  I then drove down by the waterfront in central Greenwich.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I bought eight spoons, two serving spoons, and two ice tea spoons for .25 each for $3 total.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I was a bit slower today on a rainy day, and I spent a dollar for two hours parking.  I stopped by CVS on my walk, and I bought buy one get one free of four packs of CVS 100 watt light bulbs for $1.99 both packs plus .12 tax for $2.11 total.  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 a container of Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese for $3.80, two 18 ounce containers of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for .99 each, a Marie Callender beef tips dinner for $2.50 and a Marie Callender Chicken parmesan dinner for $2.50, a 10 ounce box of mushrooms for $1.99, a 28 ounce can of Goya chick peas for $1.09, and a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99 for $15.85 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I washed the spoons, and I put them in the kitchen silverware and utility drawer in the center kitchen counter area.  I put the light bulbs with the other light bulbs in the bedroom window.  According to the Stop and Shop printout, by using my Stop and Shop savings card, I have saved $337.66 year to date.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  11:50 A.M.:  I checked the mail earlier, and it has not arrived yet.  I had two scoops of Edy's low fat praline and caramel frozen yogurt and a glass of iced tea.  I went through my email earlier too.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up.  I will then go out to do some errands.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  11:35 A.M.:  On Monday September 15, I will take apart the day bed, and I will put it out in the hallway with its box spring and mattress.  A friend is coming down to spend the night that night, and I will put it in his Buick Roadmaster station wagon.  That Monday,  I will put the two stacked Danish end tables on the left side of the wall where the day bed was, and I will put the mahogany bureau on the center of the same living room wall, and I will put the antique reproduction French chair on the right side of that wall.  I will then slide back the blue corduroy couch, so it is about five feet apart from the long green sofa.  I will put the two brass and glass end tables on either side of the corduroy couch, and I will put the four foot by two foot brass and glass coffee table between the two couches.  That means I will have to store elsewhere the items stored underneath the day bed along with the items like the AMD backup computer on the brass and glass coffee table on the Danish Desk in the bedroom.  It will probably take a good part of that Monday to do it.  My friend with the Buick station wagon will spend the night, and we will leave Tuesday morning September 16 to drive up to Kennebunkport, Maine to visit a relative, and we will put the day bed in the basement of the relative's house.  I will also take up the bolster pillow and two large throw pillows, and the Bermuda water color print.  My friend and I will stay up in Kennebunkport, until we drive back down on Friday, September 19.  I will also get a chance to visit with another relative whom will be visiting there at the same time.  I guess I will either put the AMD backup computer on the Danish desk in the bedroom or on the bedroom sideboard.   I should have room to store some of the bulkier items underneath the bedroom bed.  Since I have so many bric a brac items on the items that I will be moving, it will take some time to move it all.  I am not sure where I will put the second Rubbermaid storage hamper and the magazine rack with all the magazines on it.  Thus once I get into the process, I will have to do some creative rearranging to make the apartment more presentable.  Still without the daybed, the apartment living room should look a bit more spacious and less cramped.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  11:05 A.M.:  The NOAA weather radio test from Upton, New York went off at 11:03 A.M., so I guess Long Island and Rockefeller Center are still there.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  10:55 A.M.:  I still have the NVidia control panel installed, but I installed the latest Windows XP driver update for it.  I also tweaked the settings, so the video should be a bit better.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  9:50 A.M.:  I sifted through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  9:40 A.M.:  I was able to update the RedHat 9.0 partition on the Dell backup computer.  I had to go to http://rhn.redhat.com/ to download and install two updated files for the  RedHat network automatic updates to work.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  8:45 A.M.:  I was up at 7 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  I watched some morning television.  Well not much is happening.  I will do some regular computer work.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/03  Wednesday  12:20 A.M.:  I installed these hurricane weather programs linked from Story: Want to track tropical storms? Here's how to do it on your PC - ZDNet .  However, the Eye of the Storm Screen Saver is not linked anymore, but it is available for download from http://www.starstonesoftware.com/downloads.htm along with the Eye of the Storm demo.  Thus I have three hurricane programs and a hurricane screen saver on the computer.  I also found this updated download for the NVidia Media center for my Mad Dog Prowler MX 440-SE 4x 64 meg AGP video card http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23.html which I installed.  I set some of the settings with it.  The system video seems a bit more responsive with the new NVidia settings.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I probably will eat about eight wheatsworth crackers.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/03  Tuesday  10:05 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative and two friends.  I noticed today when I was out at the southeast beach area at Tod's Point that I saw the most sea gulls about 300 to 500 sitting on the shore that I have seen there in twenty years including a lot of the old grey sea gulls.  I have a feeling that they are all taking refuge here from hurricane Fabian out at sea.  I guess one should keep a close eye on www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  Of course if one were in Europe, the same hurricane weather front when it crosses the Atlantic ocean could effect Europe too.  CIO  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/02/03  Tuesday  8:55 P.M.:  I installed updates on the two backup computers.  At this early hour in the day, I can not run the updates on the Red Hat 9.0 partition on the Dell backup computer.  I guess they are busy out there in Linux land.  I microwaved a Marie Callender chicken tenders dinner, which I had for dinner along with iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/03  Tuesday  7:35 P.M.:  I went out, and I put the black luggage cart in the back hatchback area of the Hyundai underneath a blue towel.  I now have it available to use for hauling any heavy items to and from the car, and I can always bring it up inside to use for inside.   I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went by the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained three money orders at .90 cost apiece to pay my Verison telephone bill, Optimum Online cable modem, and my Cablevision bills.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went over to Old Greenwich to the "Hair Cut Place", and I got my hair cut for $18 cost plus $5 tip for $23 total.  Since I only get my hair cut every two months, I give a generous tip, since it usually is a bit longer after two months.  I then walked over to the Rummage Room thrift shop, and they had just opened their beginning of the season today, so they had lots of inventory and lots of customers.  I then drove around Tod's Point, and I stood out briefly at the southeast beach area.   There were lots of sea gulls on the beach, so I guess they know we have inclement weather in this area.  I next used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich.  I next went by Staples, and I bought a Stockwell Office Products package of three clamp binders with clear folders for $5.99 and a 500 sheet package of HP LaserJet paper for $8.49 plus .87 tax for $15.35 total.  I recommended to the staff that they should sell paper safes, so one can keep their paper dry in this humid area which is important for laser printers.  On my older HP LaserJet IID printer, it is important to keep the paper dry and not let too much humidity get into it.  I could not find a container to keep the paper dry in.  I use a card board paper box to keep the open paper in.  I bought the last package of HP LaserJet paper that had free inside 10 sheets of HP LasetJet premium choice laser paper plus a $5 rebate coupon.  However, I will not open it up probably until the first of the year, when I next print out my "Scott's Notes".  I keep my spare paper wrapped in sealed plastic bags to keep it drier.  I next returned back to my place, but before going inside I remembered another errand.  I went over to the ATM machine at the Fleet Bank in Byram, and I used it for a dollar charge.  I then went to Smokes for Less nearby, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes for $31 total.  I then returned home.  I put the clip binders with my Scott's Notes printouts on the left hallway bookcase shelf.  I keep my computer paper underneath the EpsonStylus Color 880 printer table.  I put the new HP LaserJet paper unopened in the paper cardboard box, and sealed it in a plastic bag.  I now have the HP LaserJet paper unopened.  About 150 sheets of the same HP LaserJet paper in the HP LaserJet IID printer.  I also have about 450 sheet of premium quality legal type paper that is sort of beige.  I think it is rag paper.  I also have an unopened package of 500 sheets of IBM inkjet paper and about 250 sheets of IBM inkjet paper in an opened package and in my inkjet printers.  Thus I am stocked up on paper.  I also have about four boxes of IBM premium envelopes and two boxes CVS generic envelopes and a box of Staples 500 count envelopes that got slightly wet when it flooded.  I keep the Staples envelopes underneath the blue couch.  I think I also have some packages of pin feeder envelopes that I never used.  I had a glass of iced tea when I returned.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/03  Tuesday  1:35 P.M.:  I had my usual summer salad.  I did not put capers or hearts of palm with it.  However, I did put in a flaked chilled six ounce can of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish with it.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I will now go out and pay some more bills.  I am going to put my black luggage cart in the Hyundai to have available in case I need to move something heavy into the car.  I turned off the air conditioner since it is a bit damp and cold out.  It is presently 58 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/03  Tuesday  12:45 P.M.:  I went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent.  I then went by the central Greenwich Post Office, and I mailed two letters.  I obtained a money order at .90 cost to pay my AT&T phone bill.  I also bought 20 USA flag stamps at .37 each for $7.40.  I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  I then stood out briefly in the rain.  I do not usually walk on rainy days, since it is hard on my arthritis.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  Everything is 50% off, and there is a $20 a bag sale for clothing and soft goods.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and Smart Computing magazine.  I then returned home.  I prepared my Cablevision, Optimum Online, and Verizon bills to pay, which I will pay after lunch.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/03  Tuesday  8:45 A.M.:  I read some.  I rested some more.  I watched some television.  I had two scoops of Edy's low fat caramel and pralines frozen yogurt.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/03  Tuesday  5:30 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/03  Tuesday  5:10 A.M.:  I read and went to bed about 5 P.M..  I had a telephone call from a friend about 8 P.M..  I was up at 4 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some of the morning news.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/01/03  Monday  2:40 P.M.:  Well, if one is interested in tropical weather disturbances, one can study my Tropical Weather web page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  I had two scoops of the Edy's low fat caramel and praline frozen yogurt.  Well, not much is going on today because it is raining, and it is a holiday.  Since I do not watch much television, the television is not too much of a distraction for me.  In the old days during rainy days in Manhattan, an enjoyable past time was going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/ , especially on cold rainy days.  I probably miss not having it available of all the activities in Manhattan that I no longer enjoy while living the quiet life in the suburbs.   I use to not have very much money when I lived in Manhattan, and in the ten years from 1973 to 1983, the entry fee for the Metropolitan Museum was just a suggested donation, so instead of paying the full donation price, I would give them a nickel.  I spent so much time at the Metropolitan Museum, I felt like a volunteer floor walker, and I knew the art collection so well, I actually spent more time watching the visitors and people watching.  Since I had done a minor in the fine arts in college and since I had been to museums in Florence, Italy, Greece, and Turkey at the time along with the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois http://www.artic.edu/ , I knew a little bit more about art than your average visitor.  Back in those days, the Metropolitan Museum was not very busy except on weekends, so I frequently would have the galleries to myself to explore.  I visited it again a year and a half ago, and it did not seem to have changed too much.   In the old days, one could smoke a cigarette in the Engelhard court yard adjacent to the early American furniture gallery.  I suppose with so many people moving out to the suburbs, whom once lived in Manhattan, we are left to our own devices culturally.  I noticed unfortunately last week that the art supply store on Greenwich Avenue next to CVS was going out of business.  However there is a Michael's Art supply store at the Port Chester, New York shopping center and another one at the Ridgeway shopping center in Stamford next to Marshall's.  Thus if one has the time and the budget for art supplies, one could try to produce one's own art in the suburbs.  I have seen a number of people painting landscapes on dry days at Tod's Point.  I suppose one could also look at the Greenwich Library Flinn art gallery http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/   and http://www.flinngallery.com/ .  The library also has a large collection of opera CDs for music lovers.  The Bruce Museum http://brucemuseum.com/ is also a handy community resource.  Thus for Culture Vultures, we have ample diversion in this town, not to mention in a town with so many professionals, a lot of people read for enjoyment and self fulfillment.  Whatever, the case I think I am doing better living in the suburbs than I would be at my age walking around a lot of traffic in Manhattan.  Since I moved back to Greenwich 20 years ago, I have managed to make it to the Louvre http://www.louvre.fr/ in Paris, Reich Museum in Amsterdam for the Rembrandt exhibit, and the art museum in Innsbruck, Austria, yet I have only been back to the Metropolitan Museum twice, and I have been to the Bruce Museum about three times.  I guess since I have a comfortable apartment, I do not feel compelled to spend so much time walking around museums.  Thus instead of spending my spare money on art supplies to become an artist, instead 11 years ago I started investing in computer equipment, and over the 15 years I have been in my present apartment, I have invested in upgrading it too.  My private art collection in the apartment is limited and very modest.  I do have a small copy of Rembrandt's Polish Rider, and the original is at the Frick Museum in Manhattan http://www.frick.org/ which I have visited about twice in 20 years.  Thus although art can be stimulating, it costs too much money to go to Manhattan, and I prefer to invest the funds in my own existence out here in the suburbs.  Well, I will now shut down the computer, and I will read a bit before going to bed.   CIO

Note: <888> 09/01/03  Monday  1:25 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives.  This shows the Atlantic satellite weather photo NRL Monterey Satellite Photos .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/01/03  Monday  12:50 P.M.:  I read a bit.  I rested.  I watched some television.  I had eight Wheatsworth crackers.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/01/03  Monday  10:35 A.M.:  I watched television while having my cappuccino.  I will now put the computer on standby and do some reading.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/01/03  Monday  9:50 A.M.:  I had my same summer salad, but this time I put in two 1/8th inch thick sliced chilled plum tomatoes, five sliced one inch hearts of palm chunks, and a flaked can of pink crab meat.  I just threw out some garbage.  It is raining outside, and since I do not have any place inside to go to at the moment, I will stay here for now.  I will now make a cappuccino with Italian espresso beans and frothed milk and sugar and cinnamon with my Braun cappuccino machine, and I will sit down and sip it afterwards.  Thus I am at my own deluxe version of Starbucks in Byram, Greenwich, Connecticut.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/01/03  Monday  8:30 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/01/03  Monday  6:55 A.M.:  I printed out the last four months of "Scott's Notes" in Times PostScript font on the HP LaserJet IID printer.  I put the printout in two Oxford Clip binders, and it runs from pages 2283 to 2581.  I put the two new binders on the right side of the group of 20 binders with my printouts in the left hallway bookcase on the third shelf from the bottom.  Thus the right binder is the most recent, and the left binder is the beginning.  The HP LaserJet IID laser printer prints out fast in postscript font, but one has to make sure one fans the paper, so it feeds evenly, and it does not get paper jams.  Usually when the paper is fresh with less humidity, it feed more evenly.  I have about 150 sheets of HP LaserJet paper left and one Oxford clip binder.  I need to go to Staples and get more of each.  I always use the HP LaserJet paper, since it is designed for the HP LaserJet IID printer.  I dusted off the feed plate inside the printer.  Despite a number of paper jams, where I refanned the paper, it still seems to work perfectly well.  I would say the cartridge in it has printed out about 700 pages, so it still has at least 2,000 pages to go.  I rezipped my compressed file of the two Microsoft Word 2002 documents that compromise my notes, and it is available for download from Scott's Notes from June 1997 through December 2002, 2939 Kbytes "http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/mlsnote1.zip" contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 -1582 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through August, 2003 pages 1583 - 2456 .  I moved some old folders on the same shelf as the printout folders to the top of the bookcase on top of some books along with the George W. Bush framed inaugural invitation.  Thus I freed up area on the printout bookcase shelf, and I also opened up the area where the hallway light switch inside the same bookcase in the narrower shelf area is located.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/01/03  Monday  4:30 A.M.:  I had two Stop and Shop caramel popcorn cakes before going to bed.  I was up at 2:30 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched a bit of television.  I read a bit of "Krakatoa" by Simon Winchester.  I will now print out my last four months of my "Scott's Notes".  CIO