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Note: <888> 09/30/09  Wednesday 12:30 A.M..  I received in the mail recently Herrington: The Enthusiasts' Catalog. Call Today at (866) 558-7467 , and they just so happen to have Classic Coco Mats , if you happen to drive a classic old car.  CIO

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I will now make and eat a 8 ounce cheese burger on a English muffin with ketchup with my usual vegetable mixture and watered down passion punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/09  Monday 10:05 P.M..  At The Finest Men's Clothing at JoS. A. Bank Clothiers - The Expert in Men's Apparel, this is the blue blazer that my relative bought me I think JoS. A. Bank Clothiers - Executive 3-Button Wool Blazer- 2nd for $99  CIO

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However, I have a pair of these Bean Boots by L.L.Bean, 8" Thinsulate: Bean Boots at L.L.Bean , so I do not need any.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/09  Sunday 4:35 A.M..  BBC - Earth News - Eel reveals its migration secrets

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I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Rain today and a high of 64 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/09  Sunday 3:05 A.M..  I watched a movie about Genghis Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  His relative the His Highness the Aga Khan's 72nd Birthday - Mowlana Hazar Imam's 72nd Birthday - December 13, 2008 has a small house in Greenwich, Connecticut in a top secret location, which they have owned since 1922, when his grandfather started the www.un.org .  I have a feeling they tend to keep an eye on him, since he is suppose to be important.  I think he also has an apartment on Central Park West in Manhattan.  He is suppose to have some sort of house in Kenya where he was raised.  His villa in Geneva, Switzerland made the world press when Ronald Reagan and Mikail Gorbashav held a conference there.  He is also suppose to have a 600 room palace on the Isle of Capri in Italy.  He has a large palace in France where his family was photographed for a wedding last summer a year ago.  He also has a palace in New Delhi, India. He also has a house near Bombay, India that is a traditional English style house.  He has stud farms in Ireland and Scotland.  His family are buried in a pyramid in Egypt.  He also has a public park in Cairo, Egypt.  He has a religious studies institute in Old Westbury, Long Island.  He has a Toyota car dealership in Western Canada and also a Honda car dealership in Western Canada.  He is suppose to have over 600 homes worldwide, so he probably he has a hard time figuring out where he is all of the time.  The doorman at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan also looks like him, so possibly he has some involvement with them.  The Waldorf Astoria also owns the Casa Marina Hotel in Key West, Florida, so he might be involved there too. He has a Canadian Bombardier jet to travel around.  He has a degree in medicine from www.harvard.edu , and he was the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees about 20 years ago.  He visited Atlanta and San Antonio earlier this summer, so he might still be in this country, but he tends to be a relatively private individual.  He is going through a divorce, so where ever he is, he might be looking for a wife.  He has two sons and one daughter, and they went to Harvard, Yale and Williams.  More than likely since he is legally a Swiss citizen, he is political neutral like all Swiss, but since he is suppose to have a large fortune, he obviously is involved in some sort of geo politics.  More than likely if he were here in Greenwich, Connecticut at the present moment, there would be a few more people around than there are, but with the U.N. events in Manhattan, he might be there.  From what I know, I only know one person that claims to have ever met him and that was Tony Pigato from Sao Paulo, Brazil, so possibly he has a house in Brazil too.  I do know his grandfather used to steal the Duke of Windsor's girl friends, and his father who weighed over 600 pounds use to get his weight in diamonds on his birthday every year, and all of the proceeds would go to his charities.  More than likely they have some sort of group of business managers who keep track of things for them, while they travel.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/09  Sunday 12:10 A.M..  I watched a bit of television after the last note.  I went to bed about midnight.  I woke up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I programmed the large Sharp remote control for the living room television and stereo setup.  I went back to bed until 1 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I watched a bit of the History Channel.  I ate two hot dogs with buns with ketchup and mustard and dill pickle slice and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and watered down passion punch.  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out about 5:30 P.M..  I threw out some garbage.  I went downtown.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by Zen stationary, and I played and Amazing 8's scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I stopped in at Peter Tesei's new republican first selectman campaign office, and I chatted with the volunteer setting up the office on Railroad Avenue across the street from the movie theatre.  I stopped by the Senior and the Arts center, and I chatted with a visitor that use to live in Greenwich.  I use the bathroom there.  The Greenwich Board of Health sign in front of the Senior Center about flu shots being available soon at the Eastern Greenwich Civic center had its letters rearranged on the south side of the placard, so I put them back in the right order.  There seemed to be a couple of the telephone numbers missing.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought three cans of CVS 9.5 ounce smoked almonds for $10 all, and four 6.38 ounce Pringle vinegar and salt potato chips for $6 all for $16 total.  I then bought a 15 ounce Alberto VO5 Kiwi and Lime herbal shampoo for .99 and a similar conditioner for .99 and .12 tax for $2.10 total.  I noticed when walking upper Greenwich Avenue, that the new AT&T store looks like it is just about ready to open.  I finished my walk, and I sat out for a while.  I chatted with somebody from Irvine, California.  I then used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I recommended to them that since they work in the general public, they should wash their hands frequently with antibacterial soap to avoid the flu.  They are thinking about using rubber gloves to handle the money.  I next drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and I chatted with the most frequent fisherman there.  He is cold, and he is going to Islamarda in the Florida Keys this winter.  I next went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought buy one get one free of packages of Purdue boneless breasts of chicken for $7.63 for one, and the $7.49 one free.  I also bought 80% lean hamburger meat for $1.99 a pound for $3.39 and $3.36, and one of them had a manager's special dollar off coupon.  I also bought a 8.5 ounce box of Triscuits rosemary and olive oil for $2.99 and a 24 ounce container of Progresso Italian bread crumbs for $2.99 for $19.36 total.  I then returned home.  I put away my purchases.  I made six hamburger patties out of the ground beef, and I froze them as well as one of the packages of Purdue boneless breasts of chicken.  I chatted with a relative.  I made my usual breaded boneless breast of chicken meal with my usual steamed vegetable mixture with olive oil, and I ate it with watered down passion punch.  CIO   

Note: <888> 09/25/09  Friday 9:25 P.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  High tomorrow 66 degrees Fahrenheit and partly cloudy.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/09  Friday 9:10 P.M..  I ate a 9.75 ounce can of Planter's Hearty Healthy mixed nuts with some watered down passion punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/09  Friday 8:15 P.M..  They're back again next Friday QM2 - Itinerary - 2009 .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/09  Friday 8:10 P.M..  Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library

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I chatted with a local walker.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/09  Friday 6:55 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.

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While up in Kennebunkport, Maine, I watched a program on the History Channel that said all life on earth is descended from algae, so I guess one should be nice to one's kin folk algae.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/09  Friday 4:50 P.M..  The night before last, I ate a 11 ounce container of Emerald almonds.  I watched television on TNT until 2 A.M. this morning.  I woke up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I surfed the internet.  I went out, and I went by the new Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop on Old Track Road across the street from the Hamilton Avenue school.  It is a very nice new shop, and they have their usual variety of various merchandise, none of which I needed.  I then drove around the waterfront at Grass Island and Steamboat Road.  I next parked downtown.  I walked upper Greenwich Avenue with a regular walker.  We walked as far east on East Putnam Avenue as Milbank Avenue, and then we walked back down Milbank Avenue to the center of town, and departed company.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  They have a large variety of items.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the ATM machine at the Chase Bank just south of the post office, and I put my $10 survey check in the bank.  I walked around the train station area.  I returned back to the center of downtown Greenwich, and I sat out briefly.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a six pack of Freiroffer bulkie rolls with seeds for $3.19, a loaf of Stop and Shop 12 grain bread for $2.50, a one pound package of white Stop and Shop processed cheese slices for $3.79, a half gallon of Stop and Shop premium orange juice with calcium for $2.50, a dozen extra large eggs that expire October 23, 2009 for $2.39, a pound of Stop and Shop sliced American cheese from the deli for $4.96, 1.5 pounds of Stop and Shop sliced Virginia ham for $8.93, a 12 ounce container of generic honey for $2.49, a 30 ounce container of Hellmann's mayonnaise with olive oil for $4.29, a 48 ounce container of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $4.99, a 64 ounce container of Stop and Shop cranraspberry juice for $3, two 7 ounce Jone's ham steaks for $1.99 each, two 16 ounce Nathan's buy one get one free of beef franks for $5.29 both, two buy one get one free of Plumrose 16 ounce bacon for $4.99 both, a 2 pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, a three pound bag of baby red potatoes for $2.99, fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.42, broccoli crowns for $1.79 a pound for $1.83 for $66.52 total.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I used my folding cart that I brought with me to bring up my groceries, and I put away my purchases.  I also picked up the mail.

I will now eat a three egg omelet with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and three slices of processed white cheese and five strips of bacon and a toasted English muffin with olive oil and watered down passion punch.

My Water Pik in the bathroom started leaking at the pik, but I had a spare one just like it that I replaced the unit with.  I kept the old unitl in case I might be able to fix it with a rubber washer. CIO     

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Well, I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed.  Mostly sunny tomorrow with a high of 67 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/09  Thursday 10:15 P.M..  I uninstalled the copy of McAfee Internet Security 2008 from the Abit computer, and I installed the updates, and then I installed McAfee Internet Security 2009 on it.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup of it from the first hard drive to the second hard drive and then to the Bytecc external hard drive.  I also installed all of the updates on all of the various partitions of the other computers.  I chatted with a relative.

I am just about ready to eat a Maria Callendar 21 ounce lasagna with grated parmesan and Romano cheese on top of it along with a glass of watered down punch.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/09  Thursday 6:30 P.M..  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up the mail.  I got my $10 survey check.  On the primary Vista computer, I did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive, and then I did one to the Maxtor external hard drive.

I went ahead and made the first payment of four payments on my next six months automobile insurance policy with www.geico.com that starts this October 7, 2009, when the old policy expires.  The payments have gone up about $10 a payment for about $80 a year increase, so I made a $122.45 payment which works out to about $979.60 a year.  I have full coverage on the Audi including comprehensive insurance.  Thus the insurance on the Audi costs me about $2.69 a day, which is quite a bit on my budget.  Also this year, although I have driven about 3,000 miles since the last oil change in November 2008, I made three round trips to Kennebunkport, Maine, so that works about to about half the mileage, so I really only drive a little over 1,500 miles a year locally, which works out to $979.60 divided by say 3300 miles a year to $.2969 a mile for insurance driving the Audi or to make it simple, insurance on the Audi at my rate of driving costs about 30 cents a mile.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 09/24/09: 

Note: <888> 09/24/09  Thursday 3:45 P.M..  I posted some pictures of my trip to Kennebunkport, Maine this month http://mikelouisscott.com/kpt-0909/ .  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/24/09  Thursday 2:40 P.M..  I went outside briefly.  I finished configuring the FIC server.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup of it to the second internal and the Bytecc External hard drives.  I cleaned up my email inbox folder.

I ate two tuna fish sandwiches with 1/4th of a 6.2 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and watered down passion punch.  I used an English muffin for one of the tuna fish sandwiches.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/09  Thursday 12:30 P.M..  I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors, and I threw out some garbage. I emptied the ashtray on the north end of the building.  I uninstalled McAfee Internet Security 2008 on the primary Vista computer, and I installed McAfee Internet Security 2009 on it.  I am doing the same thing on the FIC server, but first I restored my backup from May 28, 2009, and installed the Windows updates and the other changes.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/09  Wednesday 8:45 P.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer and go to bed soon.  Cloudy tomorrow and a high of 78 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/09  Wednesday 8:25 P.M..  I microwaved a 21 ounce Maria Callendar frozen lasagna dinner which I put grated parmesan and Romano cheese on, and I ate it with a glass of watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/09  Wednesday 7:25 P.M..  Yesterday after the last note, I reheated and ate the baked haddock, scalloped potatoes, and I also had left over salad and watered down orange juice.  I finished most of my packing, and I loaded the car.  I watered all of the plants around the house including the deck and the new grass in back.  I finished reading PC World magazine.  I went out with a relative, and we went to dinner at the Ramp in Cape Porpoise at 5 P.M..  I had a 8 ounce hamburger with cheese and French fries and a glass of water.  I returned to my relatives' house, and I went to bed at 7:30 P.M..  I woke up a couple of times, and I chatted with another relative that returned at 9:30 P.M..

I finally woke up at 4:15 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with sugar and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I said good bye to a relative.  I finished packing the Audi.  I left with another relative at 5:30 A.M..

We drove out of Kennebunkport, Maine on Route 9 North to U.S. 1 west to the access road to the Maine turnpike.  I took a pit stop at the Amtrak train station.  We drove south on the Maine Turnpike, and I paid a $2 toll at the end.  We got off the New Hampshire turnpike at exit 2, and I paid a .75 toll, and I took Route 101 west to Manchester, New Hampshire.  We then got on I-293 west and got off shortly there after at Brown road south access to the Manchester, New Hampshire airport.  I helped my relative bring her luggage into the terminal.  I used the bathroom, and I said good bye.  I paid the $2 parking fee for less than an hour.  I then got back on I-293 east to I-93 south to I-495 west.  I took a pit stop at the Lowell, Massachusetts rest area.  I then drove west on I-495 west to I-290 west, and I passed the first Massachusetts turnpike exit in Worcester, and I took the second Massachusetts turnpike exit just after the Webster exit, and I got on the Massachusetts turnpike west.  I stopped at the Charlton rest area.  I use the bathroom, and I ate half a sandwich that I had brought with me.  I chatted with a relative on my wireless telephone. 

At the Gulf pumps, I bought $19.20 of self service premium at $2.919 a gallon for 6.578 gallons odometer reading of 65766 miles for 175.7 miles driving since filling up yesterday for 26.71 miles per gallon driving mostly at highway traffic speeds.  I then got off the Massachusetts turnpike, and I paid a .50 toll, and I took I-84 west.  I stopped at the Connecticut welcome center.  There were a lot of Asian tourists there taking pictures of the Connecticut welcome center with expensive professional cameras.  I then took I-84 West to I-91 South to I-15 west on the Wilbur Cross parkway.  I took a pit stop at the North Haven and the New Canaan rest areas.  I got off the Merritt parkway at North street, and I drove south into downtown Greenwich.

I went to the Chase Bank just west of the top of Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf station, and I bought $14.20 of self service premium at $3.219 a gallon for 4.412 gallons at odometer reading of 64896 miles for 148 miles since the last fill up for 33.545 miles per gallon.  It has been 3,000 miles since my last oil change last November 2008, so I need to get the oil and filter changed at Oil Star in Stamford, Connecticut some time soon.  My relative also bought me a Joseph Banks blue blazer in size 50, and I need to exchange it for about a size 46 at the Stamford store too.  I then went by the Valley Road post office, and I picked up the last two weeks of mail.  I then returned back to my apartment.  I brought up my luggage.  I turned on the air conditioner, hot water, air purifier, and toilet water.  I took down the items from the Audi trunk that I had store in the apartment and put them in the Audi trunk.  I unpacked my belongings.  I ate the other half of the ham and cheese sandwich with cold filtered water.  I also brought down four Maine apples.  I watered the plants.  I made up fresh batch of punch.  I sorted out the mail.  I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with neighbors.  I move the Audi to its usual place.  I chatted with a friend and two relatives.  I started the primary work and the FIC server computers.  I installed the updates.  McAfee Internet Security 2008 expires on them today, and I have two three license copies of McAfee Internet Security 2009, so I will install it on three of the computer soon.  I put the Boston Red Sox mouse pad on the left side of the Epox computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/09  Wednesday 5:45 P.M..  I was back home today at 1:20 P.M..  More to come later.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/09  Tuesday 12:30 P.M.. I woke up at 9 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with sugar and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I showered, and I cleaned up. I brought the garbage can and recycle bin in from the street. I washed the two garbage cans out with Clorox and water. I showered, and I cleaned up. I started a load of laundry, and I am now on the dry cycle. I went to downtown Kennebunkport to the Big Apple Mobil station, and I paid .75 to check my tires at 32 PSI all around, and I also checked the spare tire for 60 PSI. I put $10.01 of self service premium gasoline in the Audi at $2.879 a gallon for 3.477 gallons for 44.7 miles driving in the past week at odometer 64598 for 12.86 miles per gallon in local driving. I have begun to pack and load the car. I will go to bed at 8 P.M. Tonight, and be awake at 4:15 A.M. Tomorrow. We have to leave here at 6 A.M., and I will drop my relative off at the Manchester, New Hampshire airport around 8 A.M., and I will take I-93 South down to I-495 West and continue my journey back to Greenwich, Connecticut. I will now shut down the computer and pack it up. I am going out to dinner at 5 P.M. Tonight, and I will probably go to bed early at 8 P.M.. CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/09  Monday 9:45 P.M.. Partly cloudy tomorrow and high of 77 degrees Fahrenheit. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed in a little while. Today is the first day, the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop opens in its new location across from the Hamilton Avenue school on Old Track Road. CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/09  Monday 9:30 P.M.. I showered, and I cleaned up again. Our relatives arrived at 6 P.M.. I ate dip and crackers and orange juice and fruit and nut mix. For dinner, we had baked breaded haddock, potatoes au gratin, mixed green salad, and I also drank watered down orange juice and ate the last piece of berry pie. I cleaned up the kitchen and started the dishwasher. We said good bye to the visiting relatives. Earlier I put the garbage and the recycle material and papers out by the street for pickup tomorrow. CIO

Note: <888> 09/21/09  Monday 5:20 P.M.. I woke up at 10 A.M. Today. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I showered, and I cleaned up. I read part of PC World magazine. We went out, and we drove along the Kennebunkport waterfront to Bradbury's grocery store in Cape Porpoise, where we got some supplies. We then went by Chick's fish monger in the lower village. We then returned to my relatives' house. I reheated and ate the last five ribs of rack of lamb and two pieces of toast with butter with watered down orange juice. I chatted with a friend on my wireless phone. We went out. I went directly to the east end of the Kennebunk beach, and I took some pictures, and I waited for my relatives to arrive. We sat out at the beach for a couple hours enjoying the sunny day at the beach, and I took some more pictures. We returned back to the family house. I peeled five large potatoes and sliced them with the Cuisinart along with two thirds of a large peeled onion. My relatives are making scalloped potatoes out of them. We have other other relatives coming over at 6 P.M. Tonight for dinner. CIO

Note: <888> 09/20/09  Sunday 10:15 P.M.. I watched the first half of Mission Impossible III, and I quit watching it once I reached the end part that I had already seen. I emptied the dishwasher. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. Sunny tomorrow and high of 76 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 09/20/09  Sunday 8:10 P.M.. For dinner, I ate two barbecued hamburgers on toasted buns with ketchup and sliced onions and two ears of corn on the cob with butter and a glass of watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. CIO

Note: <888> 09/20/09  Sunday 6:10 P.M.. I went out with my relatives, and we drove along the Kennebunk beach to the far west end, and then I stood out briefly at the west end of the beach enjoying the view. We then drove along the Kennebunkport waterfront as far as the Cape Arundel Inn, and then we returned to my relatives' house. CIO

Note: <888> 09/20/09  Sunday 4:30 P.M.. Organ music in Greenwich http://greenwich-gossip.blogspot.com/ . CIO

Note: <888> 09/20/09  Sunday 4:20 P.M.. I woke up at 10 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I showered, and I cleaned up. I walked around the outside of the house. I went out with my relatives, and we went by T.J. Maxx in Biddeford, Maine. I toured www.bestbuy.com next door, but there was nothing that I could afford. They have a 40 inch LCD Proscan television for $500, but I do not know anything about it. We next drove west on Route 111 to west to Route 4 and Route 202 north to Alfred, Maine, where we bought a half peck of McIntosh apples for $5.85 at the Giles family orchards. They also have fresh herbs and spices there in large quanities and lots of apples. We then took went back down to Route 4 West to Sanford, Maine, and we drove south down Route 109 south and just before the rotary, we filled up the Volkswagen Passat at the Irvine gasoline station. Near the Sanford airport, we stopped at Shane's homemade ice cream parlor, and my relatives got Maple Walnut ice cream cones. We then took Route 99 back into Kennebunk, and we pass a bird conservation area in wild blueberry fields to save some endangered sparrow. We then stopped at CVS in Kennebunk, and I used the bathroom. They did not have the model Water Pik 100 that I have a $5 off coupon for, and I also have a good through today $5 off $25 coupon at CVS, so I did not get anything. We then returned to my relatives' house. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with Pringles and a piece of berry pie with watered down orange juice. CIO

Note: <888> 09/19/09  Saturday 10:50 P.M.. I read the www.nytimes.com . I read Architectural Digest. I emptied the dishwasher. One wine glass broke in the dishwasher. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly. Sunny tomorrow with a high of 76 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 09/19/09  Saturday 8:45 P.M.. We watched some television. I ate cheese and dip with watered down passion punch. For dinner, I ate 6 barbecued ribs of rack of lamb, flavored rice, steamed broccoli with butter, and lettuce, tomato, and mozzarella cheese with vinaigrette dressing and watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. CIO

Note: <888> 09/19/09  Saturday 6:10 P.M.. We took some pictures. We went out after the last note. We drove along the waterfront in Kennebunkport passed Walker's Point. There are still lots of tourists visiting the area to see the Bush compound. We drove out to the end at Cape Porpoise. We then went by Sanborne's fish monger, and we got four ears of fresh Maine corn on the cob. We then drove along the Kennebunk beach. We then went by Old Vines, the new wine bar in the lower village next to the Kennbunk bakery, and we looked at the menu in the window. We then returned to my family compound. I started the dry cycle on the laundry. I took a nap. I put away the laundry. I swept off the deck. CIO

Note: <888> 09/19/09  Saturday 1:10 P.M.. I woke up at 9 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I cleaned up the kitchen. I made my bed. I went out with a relative to the Kennebunkport post office, we then returned back to my family's house, and then went to Chick's seafood shop. I put a half dozen of the Miracle Gro tree spikes in the ground around the plum tree in front of the house. I watered the plants all around the house and the new grass. I also watered the plants on the deck. I took down the U.S.A. Flag, and I folded it properly, and I put it in the tool cabinet at the garage entrance inside the house. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with pringles and watered down orange juice. I will now shower and clean up and start a load of laundry. I will then go out with my relatives. CIO

Note: <888> 09/18/09  Friday 10:40 P.M.. I watched some television with relatives. I will now shut down the computer and go to bed. Sunny tomorrow and a high of 67 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 09/18/09  Friday 8:30 P.M.. For dinner, I ate two ears of corn on the cob with butter, the reheated baked breaded fillet of Icelandic haddock, sliced tomatoes with slices of mozzarella cheese and vinaigrette dressing, a slice of berry pie, and watered down orange juice. Last night, I also ate a piece of berry pie. I cleaned up the kitchen. My relative returned from going out to dinner around 7 P.M.. CIO

Note: <888> 09/18/09  Friday 5:15 P.M.. I woke up at 9 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, four cinnamon sticks, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I cleaned up the kitchen. I made my bed. The housekeeper and yard person arrived. The yard person brought a ladder to check out the attic for an opening in the upstairs dryer duct. There is a disconnection that will be fixed at a later date. I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out with my relatives, and we went to T.J. Maxx in Biddeford, Maine. I toured www.bestbuy.com next door to see the latest computer equipment which is more expensive than what I use at home. From T.J. Maxx, my relative bought me a Sharper Image universal remote control for $5, and a XL Ralph Lauren sleepware plaid bottoms for $7.99 and a XXL plaid sleepware top for $9.99. Also my relative bought a full queen size light blue bed spread for the bunk room bed that I sleep in at night, so I will be a bit warmer. We next went to Lowes, and we go a box of Miracle Gro tree spike fertilizer spikes and a box of Miracle Gro fertilizer. We then went by the Kennebunk Stop and Shop, and we returned the DVD from last night. It costs a dollar a day to rent the DVDs from the Stop and Shop DVD machine. We then went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then returned to my family house. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with watered down orange juice. I then took a nap. Another relative has gone out to dinner with friends. CIO

Note: <888> 09/17/09  Thursday 11:10 P.M.. Before dinner, I ate dip and crackers with watered down orange juice. After dinner, I cleaned up the kitchen. We watched the British movie about hard times after World War I called “Easy Virtue” which was written by Noel Coward. I emptied the dishwasher. I will now go to bed shortly. Sunny tomorrow with afternoon showers and a high of 71 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 09/17/09  Thursday 6:25 P.M.. I ate some Red Sox peanuts with the shells that I had to peel off on the deck out back. I cleaned the green three level bird feeder, and I put it away for the winter in the garage at the right rear. I shucked three ears of native Maine corn that came from Mrs. Sanborne in Cape Porpoise. We are also having hadock from Iceland that my relative got from her along with a tossed green salad. I will eat it with watered down orange juice. CIO

Note: <888> 09/17/09  Thursday 5:25 P.M.. My relatives have all returned. We are not going to T.J. Maxx in Biddeford today, but we might go late tomorrow morning. I am going out to dinner tomorrow night with a relative and two of the relative's friends. I washed the wheels on the Volkswagen Passat, since they got dirty last night, when I parked by the Ramp restaurant at Cape Porpoise.

The reason, I do not swim in the ocean anymore is that I had a bad experience the last time I was living out in Nantucket. It was the third week of October 1983, and I was swimming on the south shore of Nantucket where I regularly swam, but I had gone further west on the South Shore out by the Mount Vernon Farm. I was swimming all by myself about a 100 yards out from shore, and I got caught in an extremely strong Rip Tide. I had always been told that if you get caught in a Rip Tide, you have to swim with it, so that is exactly what I did instead of swimming across it back into shore. It felt like a whale had swam up along side of me, and I was dragged about a mile further east down the beach, and not any closer to shore. However, at about that point a sand spit sticks out from the sewer beds at the Jetties beach, so although the rip tide did not bring me into shore, it brought me into a very shallow water spot, where I could walk back into shore. There are no other sand spits sticking out from the south shore of Nantucket after that to the east, so I would have been dragged out into the open ocean by the strong rip tide current pulling me towards Portugal. After that I was more reserved about my ocean swimming. Besides back then I weighed about 150 pounds, and today I weigh about 210 pounds, so I am not as good a swimmer as I was back then, particularly since I have not done much swimming since then. CIO

Note: <888> 09/17/09  Thursday 4:00 P.M.. I went out with a relative, and we went by Chick's seafood shop, and a relative got some cracked crab. We then went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then returned to my relatives' house. We then went downtown by the Colonial Pharmacy for a relative to get something. I took a few pictures. We then went to the east end of the Kennebunk beach, and we chatted with locals. We walked out by the breakwater. I took some pictures of the relative and two boats in the water at a very low tide. The tide was so low you could land a plane at Kennebunk beach. We sat out for a while. We then drove back by St. Ann's and I took pictures of some red and white hydrangeas. We just now returned to the relatives' house. We are waiting for another relative to return. CIO

Note: <888> 09/17/09  Thursday 1:50 P.M.. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with mayo and potato chips and watered down orange juice. CIO

Note: <888> 09/17/09  Thursday 1:20 P.M.. My relatives are back with the groceries. One of my relatives had a telephone call that I gave a message to.

The Barbour warehouse outlet store in Kittery, Maine is listed at http://www.thekitteryoutlets.com/store_display.cfm?storeID=278&entrypoint=fromlist .

If you want to look at the regular price of Barbour items, you can look here http://www.bestgear.com/barbour or http://www.barbour.com/ . My quilted jacket I got for $50 is regularly $149, and the quilted vest, I got for $25 is regularly $110, and the Country shirts, I got for $25 are regularly $100, so the Barbour outlet store is a good deal, if they have the item you need in your size. They have men's leather jackets for $300 and men's and formal and field coats for $150. CIO

Note: <888> 09/17/09  Thursday 12:15 P.M.. I woke up at 9 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I cleaned up the kitchen. I made my bed. I watered the plants all around the house, and I also watered the new grass in back of the house. I showered, and I cleaned up. My relatives went to the Stop and Shop in Kennebunk. I will go to the beach with one of the relatives this afternoon, and then we will go to T.J. Max in Biddeford, Maine late this afternoon. The primary wireless internet access from a neighbor is not working this morning, but lower baud internet access from another neighbor is still working. CIO

Note: <888> 09/16/09  Wednesday 9:45 P.M.. I watched some television with my relatives. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. Mostly sunny tomorrow with a high of 66 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 09/16/09  Wednesday 8:45 P.M.. After the last note, I ate a bacon, cheese and tomato sandwich with watered down orange juice. At 12:40 P.M., we left, and we went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then drove west out of town on Route 9 to Route 1 West into Wells, and we got on the Maine turnpike south in Wells, and we drove to the end and paid a $2 toll. We then got off at exit 2 of the New Hampshire turnpike, and we paid a .75 toll. We took Interstate 101 west to I-93 South to I-293 South to the Manchester, New Hampshire airport. We did not pay to park in the hourly parking since one of my relatives have a handicap parking permit. They had a wheel chair at Southwest air for my relative on a cane to use. We met the arriving relative, and we picked up the luggage. I also used the bathroom. We went back the same way. When I drive my relative back to the Manchester, New Hampshire airport next Wednesday morning, I will take I-93 South to I-495 West to return back to Greenwich, Connecticut. At the Maine turnpike, we got off at exit 3 for Kittery, Maine, and we went by Barbour British clothing outlet store. My relatives bought me for early Christmas presents, two medium weight long sleeve XX Large wool shirts in small plaid pattern for $25 each, a white quilted vest for $25, and a baby blue quilted jacket for $50 and both in XX Large. I used the bathroom at Eddie Bauer next door. We stopped by the Comfort bedding store next. We then drove up U.S. 1 back to Kennebunkport, taking Route 9 back into town. I saw three different thrift shops along U.S. 1 while we were driving the 20 mile stretch of road. We went to the Ramp restaurant in Cape Porpoise. I had fried clams, with French fried potatoes and cole slaw and ice tea with a splenda and wedge of lemon. We returned back to my relatives' house. I put away the laundry, and I will now chatted with my relatives for a while. CIO

Note: <888> 09/16/09  Wednesday 12:15 P.M.. I swept off the deck. I started the dry cycle on the laundry. I saw on of Maine's biggest businesses drive by Poland Spring http://www.polandspring.com/ . I will now shut down the computer. We have to leave about 12:30 P.M. To pick up a relative at the Manchester, New Hampshire airport who is coming in about 2:40 P.M.. It is a 75 mile drive there with local roads to get to the Maine turnpike. CIO

Note: <888> 09/16/09  Wednesday 11:35 A.M.. I woke up at 9 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I cleaned up the kitchen. I made my bed. I showered, and I cleaned up. I am starting a load of laundry. I used to leaf blower to clean off the front driveway and front sidewalk. I chatted with a friend on the wireless. A relative who reads the local newspapers told me that a lot of the Catholic churches in Maine are going to have to shut down for lack of donations. The local newspaper article mentioned that St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church in Saco, Maine is having financial difficulties. I noticed when we drove by it yesterday, they have a computer repair shop across the street from its entrance. Also Saco, Maine has an Amtrak train station, a www.army.mil recruiting station, and a social security office. Thus like a lot of other economically depressed communities, they might have a bit of infrastructure to help them recover from the Obama recession. CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/09  Tuesday 11:20 P.M.. I watched a bit of television. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. Partly cloudy tomorrow with a high of 62 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/09  Tuesday 8:05 P.M.. After the last note, we went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then drove up U.S. 1 to http://primevw.com , and my relative had the oil changed on the Passat. I read the www.nytimes.com while they were doing the work. They also have Prime Toyota and Hyundai and another dealership Subaru in the same area. We then returned via U.S. 1 south which has construction. A relative called on the wireless whether to bring a hair dryer. Apparently there is one in the house. We stopped by CVS at Kennebunk. We then returned to my relatives' house, and I took a 2.5 hour nap. We then watched the evening news. We ate dip and crackers, and I had watered down orange juice. For dinner, I had the reheated spaghetti with tomato meat sauce and a reheated barbecued boneless center cut pork tenderloin with grated Parmesan cheese and a tossed green salad and watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. There is not too much happening this time of year in downtown Kennebunkport, except a few buses a day of retired senior citizens visiting off the cruise ships that arrive in Portland, Maine this time of year. We have to pick up another relative at the Manchester, New Hampshire airport tomorrow afternoon about 2 P.M.. It is 70 miles away, so will have to leave about two hours before that. CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/09  Tuesday 12:10 P.M.. I removed the air conditioners from the windows in the library and the master bedroom. The gutter cover person was here to make some minor adjustments. The yard person supervised those adjustments. I watered the hanging and new plants in front and the flower box and new grass in back. I ate a turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a glass of watered down orange juice. We will go out to get the oil changed on the Volkswagen Passat in Saco, Maine soon. CIO

Note: <888> 09/15/09  Tuesday 10:00 A.M.. I was awake at 8 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I showered, and I cleaned up. I brought in the empty garbage can from the street, and I put it in the garage. CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/09  Monday 11:25 P.M.. I watched some television. Last night, I woke up, and I ate a bowl of potato chips. I just now ate a bowl of potato chips and a oatmeal cookie. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. High tomorrow of 74 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny. CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/09  Monday 8:25 P.M.. I uploaded some pictures to https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en_US&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Flh%2Flogin%3Fcontinue%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fpicasaweb.google.com%252Fhome&service=lh2&ltmpl=gp&passive=true for relatives to look at.

I washed my Audi with a bucket of soapy water and wet towel and the hose, and then I dried it with a towel.

I went out with a relative, and we went by the Stop and Shop in Kennebunk, and I returned some bottles for recycling. We then went by the Irvine gasoline station, and we filled up a relative's car. We then went by CVS.

On the CVS blood pressure machine, I am 134, 78, 80 which is not too bad. English muffins there are $1.99 for a dozen.

We then returned to my relatives' house. We had heated triscuts with cheese and chutney, and I also had some watered down orange juice. We watched the evening news.

For dinner, we ate spaghetti with tomato meat sauce and grated Parmesan cheese, and I also had watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen, and I started the dishwasher. I threw out another bag of kitchen garbage that I put in the trash can out by the road. CIO

Note: <888> 09/14/09  Monday 3:45 P.M.. I woke up at 10:30 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and half of a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I put bone meal around the two plants in the southeast corner of the property. I sprayed the two rose bushes with rose spray. I emptied the kitchen garbage. I put the big garage garbage can out by the street to be picked up tomorrow. I showered, and I cleaned up. The gutter cover people are coming tomorrow instead of today. I watched some television. We have to get a relative's oil changed tomorrow afternoon up at the Volkswagen dealership in South Portland, Maine. Wednesday afternoon we are picking up a relative at the Manchester, New Hampshire airport. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then sat out at the eastern end of the Kennebunk beach. I walked east to the breakwater, and I took some pictures. I walked west about halfway west on the Kennebunk beach. I chatted with a relative and other beach goers. I walked back east the breakwater, and I took some more pictures. Starting on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, anyone in the world can park on the Kennebunk beach parking road along side of it. We drove along the Kennebunk beach to the far end to the west. We drove back to my relatives' house after looking at some waterfront cottages on the west side of the harbor. http://www.franciscanguesthouse.com/ is about the least expensive place to stay around the Kennebunks. I walked around the house a couple of times today. We have had a grey heron on the tidal marsh pond in the back yard. CIO

Note: <888> 09/13/09  Sunday 11:20 P.M.. I read the Sunday New York Times www.nytimes.com . I watched a few different channels of television. I finally watched the James Bond film “Moon Raker”. High tomorrow 75 degrees Fahrenheit and mostly sunny. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I will also eat two oatmeal cookies. CIO

Note: <888> 09/13/09  Sunday 7:25 P.M.. I ate two oatmeal cookies before going to bed last night. I woke up at 10:30 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of two scrambled eggs, three strips of microwaved bacon, a toasted English muffin with butter, and watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements. I showered, and I cleaned up. I took some pictures of the family house, and I walked down by the waterfront, and I took some pictures. I took some pictures of a relative on the deck. We went out, and I took some pictures by St. Ann's episcopal church by the sea. We the drove over to the eastern end of Kennebunk beach, and we sat out in the sun by the ocean for about an hour. I took some more pictures. I saw a former Presidential boat leaving the harbor. We then drove by the waterfront on Kennebunkport. We looked at new neighborhood on the left as one passes Walker's Point. They have built a lot of new houses around here out in the woods as the area has become more developed over the years. I then upload the pictures at https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en_US&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Flh%2Flogin%3Fcontinue%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fpicasaweb.google.com%252Fhome&service=lh2&ltmpl=gp&passive=true , so other relatives could look at them and save them.

I ate dinner of two boneless center cut pork tenderloins barbecued on the grill, steamed broccoli and baby carrots with butter, and a microwaved mixture of brown and wild rice along with watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/09  Saturday 11:10 P.M.. We watched a TCM Paul Newman movie filmed down south years ago. I emptied the dishwasher. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/09  Saturday 9:00 P.M.. I woke up at 5 P.M.. I read the www.nytimes.com . I watched the CBS evening news. I watched the last quarter of the University of Michigan wolverines beating the fighting Irish of Notre Dame. For dinner, I ate seasoned baked haddock, two ears of corn on the cob with butter, a tossed green salad, and watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. It has quit raining for now. CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/09  Saturday 3:15 P.M.. I will now take a nap. CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/09  Saturday 2:55 P.M.. I ate a turkey and cheese sandwich with a bowl of fish chowder and a glass of watered down orange juice. I put away the laundry, and I put clean sheets on my bed. CIO

Note: <888> 09/12/09  Saturday 1:45 P.M.. I was awake at 10 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and half of a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and coffee with sugar and half and half. I showered, and I cleaned up. I stripped the bed, and I am doing a load of laundry, and I just started the dry cycle. I went out with a relative, and we drove around the back area of Kennebunkport near the waterfront. We then went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then drove along the Kennebunk beach. We looked at the nice houses on Country Club Road just north of the Kennebunk beach. We sat in the car watching about two dozen surfers surfing the rough surf in the rain at the Kennebunk beach. We then returned to my relatives' house. There are a lot of tourists downtown in the rain. The gutter covers on the rear deck area of the house and the south side seem to be working just fine in the heavy rain.

http://www.flaminggourmet.com/ Is in downtown Kennebunkport.

http://www.nonantumresort.com/ Is near my relatives' house

After today, it is suppose to be clear until next Wednesday with highs between 77 and 66 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 09/11/09  Friday 11:40 P.M.. I watched some television, and I ate two oatmeal cookies.

Few showers tomorrow and a high of 67 degrees Fahrenheit. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 09/11/09  Friday 10:15 P.M.. Dutch Island experience Dutch Island Experience CIO

Note: <888> 09/11/09  Friday 9:55 P.M.. I woke up at 10 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and half of a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and a coffee with sugar and half and half. The housekeeper and lawn person were here this morning. The lawn person sometime in the future is going to check the upstairs drier vent in the attic to see if possibly a mouse ate through the hose, which is how it possibly got into the drier during last winter.

I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out with a relative, and we went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then by Irvine gasoline station in Kennebunk. We were driving my Audi, and my relative bought me $16 of self service premium gasoline at $2.879 a gallon for 5.559 gallons at odometer reading of 64544 for 155 miles driving since the Massachusetts turnpike rest area driving up here for 27.883 miles per gallon driving. We then went by the Stop and Shop, and we got groceries. Earlier in the day, I checked the oil in Audi, and I put in about 1/3^rd of a quart of Pennzoil 10W40 oil in it. When we returned back to my relatives' house, I brought in the groceries. I ate a turkey and cheese sandwich and a cup of popcorn chicken nuggets and some potato chips and watered down orange juice. I took a nap from 4 P.M. To 6 P.M.. We watched the evening news. I chatted with a friend on the wireless. I ate the reheated baked Scottish wild salmon and two ears of corn on the cob with butter and watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. While watching www.foxnews.com, we watched the Space Shuttle land at Edwards air force base in California. I read today's New York Time www.nytimes.com , and there is a bit more about the 400^th anniversary of the Dutch discovering Manhattan. CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/09  Thursday 11:10 P.M.. I watched some television, and I read the www.nytimes.com .

I will now shut down the computer and go to bed soon. Have a good night. Partly cloudy tomorrow here in Kennebunkport, Maine with a high of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/09  Thursday 8:00 P.M.. I took some pictures outside around the house of the new improvements at sunset, but in the lower light, I am not sure they will come out. We watched the local and national news, and we ate some crackers with cheese and hummus, and I had a glass of watered down orange juice.

We ate dinner of baked filet of Scottish wild salmon, corn on the cob with butter, a tossed green salad, and I drank a glass of watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen.

The flags at half staff at Walker's Point might be in commemoration of 911.

CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/09  Thursday 5:25 P.M.. http://shop.seagate.com/store/sgateus/Content/pbPage.OnSalePage Seagate Outlet sale today at 8 P.M. EDT. Free shipping on $60 with promo code “outletfreeship”.

Dutch Royalty in Manhattan http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/ . CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/09  Thursday 5:15 P.M.. I watered the plants all around the house and the new grass too. A relative returned at 3:30 P.M., and we drove along the Kennebunkport waterfront passed Walker's Point to Sanborne's seafood and organic produce. My relative bought two nice ears of Maine organic corn and 1.5 pounds of Scottish wild salmon for $10.99 a pound. They also have 1.5 pound lobsters. We then returned back along the waterfront. I noticed all of the flags are at half staff at Walker's Point I guess for Senator Kennedy from Massachusetts. I tried on the new blazer, but is a size 50 which is too large for me, so I will exchange it for about a size 46 at the Joseph Banks store in Stamford, Connecticut next to the Stamford mall. I took five pictures of a relative with a new hair style. I sat out on the rear deck for a while. It is a very nice day. There might be a few showers here on Saturday, but it basically is suppose to be nice for the next five days. There are a lot of people in downtown Kennebunkport whom have come up for the nice weekend. I would be willing to bet the clam shack by the Kennebunkport draw bridge is one of the most profitable businesses in town. All of the tourists from the tour buses line up there for seafood on the go. CIO

Note: <888> 09/10/09  Thursday 2:40 P.M.. I read the most recent issue of www.time.com until 10 P.M. Last night. I ate three cookies. The bunk room Magnavox television did not have a remote control. In the other downstairs guest room, I found a Radio 5-in-1 Universal Remote control #15-2135.

At this page http://www.hifi-remote.com/manuals/manual.shtml?15-2135, I followed the instructions to press the setup button until the light flashed on the remote control and then the TV button, and then I entered code “062” , and now the RadioShack remote control works on the Magnavox television, so one can turn it on and off and change channels.

I went to bed until 10 A.M. This morning. I had a bit of a digestive problem with getting a mild case of diarrhea several times, which all I can figure out, is the Kennebunkport water does not agree with me.

The gutter cover people were here, as well as the house keeper and yard person, and the gutter people said they would be back here on Monday to fix the problems with the gutter covers, and they also said they would give a written guarantee.

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and half of a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and a coffee with sugar and half and half.

I showered, and I cleaned up. I started a load of laundry, and I am now on the dry cycle. I found the bunk room bath tub rubber mat by the sink next to the basement washer machine, so I now have anti slip protection in the bath shower.

I went out, and I went to the Kennebunk beach. One can park there in the daytime after September 15, 2009. My relatives have a parking space there, so I walked the entire length of the Kennebunk beach in both directions. There were a few para sailors on surf boards. There was a bag piper on the eastern breakwater. After my walk, I drove down to far end of the beach and back. There is property for sale by the eastern end of the Kennebunk beach.

I noticed at the Kennebunk information center http://www.visitthekennebunks.com/ .

I parked across the street from the Kennebunkport post office, where there are a few free one hour parking spots. I went by the Colonial Pharmacy, but they do not carry mouse pads. I forgot the Dell Latitude CS laptop mouse pad, when I brought it up here, and I have been using the IBM Netvista mouse pad. At the tourist shop on the south side of the street heading west just before the Kennebunkport bridge, I found a Rico Industries Boston Red Socks mouse pad regularly $14.99 for $10 and .45 tax for $10.45 total. I used the new public bathroom downtown by the public parking area. I then returned back to my relatives' house. I put the new mouse pad by the Dell Latitude CS laptop computer, and I returned the other one to the IBM Netvista computer in the downstairs guest room. UPS delivered a new blue sports blazer for me from Joseph Banks http://www.josbank.com/ that a relative sent me. I have been wearing a size 50 tall Ralph Lauren wool blazer made in Canada from Filenes which is a bit large for me. I will open it, when a relative returns.

I ate the other half of the ham and cheese sandwich with potato chips and watered down orange juice. CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/09  Wednesday 9:05 P.M.. I will now shut down the computer, and I will read for a while before going to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/09  Wednesday 8:30 P.M.. Why there was hardly any traffic on the Merritt Parkway east, when I got in yesterday morning at North Street at 8:30 A.M..

Trucks shuts down Merritt Parkway East

There was also an oversize truck stopped at the bridge going west after Den Road before North street. CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/09  Wednesday 8:20 P.M.. After the last note, the Internet slowed down quite a bit. I could not get many of the web sites that I normally look at. It seems to happen around here at about 4 P.M. After Labor Day. I went out to dinner with a relative and we met two other relatives at the Wayfarer restaurant in Cape Porpoise. I had the regular Wednesday night turkey special for $14.95 which came with baked white turkey meat with stuffing and gravy and mashed potatoes and peas and a sour dough roll, and I also had a glass of water. We said good bye to the relatives, and then we drove out to Cape Porpoise point after sunset, and then we returned to my relatives' house. CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/09  Wednesday 4:15 P.M.. Today is a lucky day in Japan with all nines. I woke up last night, and I ate three cookies. I woke up this morning at 10 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and half of a sliced banana, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, a toasted English muffin with butter, and a coffee with sugar and half and half. I watered the plants in front of the house and the side of the house. I then watered the flower box in back of the house and the new grass which has grown up quite well. I then watered the plants on the deck. Last night I emptied the two dehumidifiers downstairs. I chatted with a relative. I showered, and I cleaned up. The rubber bath tub mat is missing from the bunk room bathroom. I went out with a relative, and we dropped by a letter nearby. We went by the Kennebunkport post office. We then went to Best Nails in Kennebunkport, and a relative had her toe nails done which took 1.5 hours. We then returned back to the house. I ate a half of the ham and cheese sandwich I brought up with potato chips and watered orange juice. We are going out to dinner at 6 P.M. This evening and meeting up with other relatives. Today would be a relative's 100^th birthday if he were still alive. It is another relative's 98^th birthday. CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/09  Tuesday 9:00 P.M.. I registered a relative's new Stop and Shop card www.stopandshop.com/mynewcard . I will now shut down the computer, and I will read for a while before going to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/09  Tuesday 8:25 P.M.. I took an hour nap. I went out with a relative, and we went by the Kennebunkport post office to mail some letters. We then drove along the Kennebunk beach, and I stood out for a brief period looking at the view at low tide on a warm evening. We then drove along the Kennebunkport waterfront, and then we returned to the family house. For dinner I ate two hot dogs cooked on the grill with mustard ketchup and diced onion, a ear of corn on the cob with butter, and a bowl of fish chowder and watered down orange juice. I cleaned up the kitchen. I chatted with a relative.

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Note: <888> 09/08/09  Tuesday 4:10 P.M.. Arrived at relatives' house in Kennebunkport, Maine at 2:20 P.M.. More to come later. I have to unpack. CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/09  Tuesday 4:40 P.M.. I woke up at 6 A.M. This morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, watered down passion punch with vitamins and supplements and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I showered, and I cleaned up. I lightly watered the plants. I turned off the air conditioner, air purifier, toilet water, and electricity to the hot water tank. I left a couple of low lights going in the apartment. I had already packed the car, and I brought down a few other items. I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with neighbors. I left at 8:15 A.M.. I drove east on Putnam Avenue to North Maple, and I took North Maple to North street up to the Merritt Parkway or I-15 east. West bound traffic was backed up until Fairfield. There was a commercial truck stuck at a bridge between North Street and Den road. Traffic east bound was moving with out any problems. I stopped at the Fairfield and the North Haven rest areas. I got on I-91 North, and I stopped at the rest area. I got on I-84 East, and I stopped at the Vernon rest area. I chatted with a couple of people, one from Florida. I got on the Massachusetts turnpike East, and I stopped at the turnpike rest area. I ate one of the two ham and cheese sandwiches that I brought with me. The former welcome center is now a Massachusetts Department of Motor Vehicles office on the turnpike. I drank some water from a fountain. At the Gulf oil pumps, I put $14 of self service premium in at $2.949 a gallon for 4.747 gallons at odometer reading of 64389 miles and 134.2 miles since I filled up last Saturday for 28.27 miles per gallon. I got off at the first exit I-290, and I paid a .50 toll. I took I-290 north to I-495 east. I stopped at the Lowell rest area. I chatted with a relative on the wireless. I took I-95 north the New Hampshire turnpike, and I stopped at the New Hampshire rest area and chatted with a relative again, and I paid a $2 toll. I got on the Maine turnpike north, and I paid a $2 toll. I got off at the Saco Wells exit, and I headed south to Route 9 east. I took Route 9 east to the Kennebunkport turn off, and I drove into Kennebunkport arriving at my family's house at 2:20 P.M. For 260 miles driving from Greenwich. I unpacked the car. I put the bent wood oak chairs in the basement. The deck with the grey stain looks great. The new grass seed in back has grown up fine enough. There are new gutter covers that apparently were not installed improperly. The garden in front looks to have been mostly completely redone, and it looks much better. I went downtown with a relative to the Kennebunkport post office. We then drove along the waterfront passed Walker's Point, and then we returned to my family's house. The wireless internet is working at 24% connectivity with the Hawking wireless receiver which is good enough. They are putting a new roof on the neighbor's garage in front. I unpacked. I will now take a nap. CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/09  Monday 8:25 P.M..  Make a Nomination :: Geochemical Society 

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BBC NEWS | Business | First floating turbine starts generating  CIO

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BBC - Earth News - Elusive UK dolphin re-emerges

I will now send out my week's notes.  CIO

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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Exclusive new Beatles clips unveiled

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft overturns Word sale ban

BBC NEWS | Technology | UK's 'oldest' computer rebuilt

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Have a good night.  Mostly sunny and high tomorrow of 81 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

I suppose there are some people whom have been reading books in the same period.  However, I find the local Greenwich Library Welcome to Greenwich Library is mostly filled full of liberal propaganda, which may or may not be relevant to the real world of business and capitalism.  From what I can tell, the library continues to be a good resting place for those people traveling out from Manhattan and navigating around this area, but the news is only one part of the information in the world, and sometimes people are more involved in the more scholarly research surrounding some of the subject matters that other people do not pay much attention too.  I suppose in the long run, with all of its computer books and magazines, the Greenwich Library has been useful to me, but I have a feeling the younger generation travels so much, their impressions of the new world are much more different than mine from when I use to travel more up until about 26 years ago, when I settled back in Greenwich, Connecticut.  I suppose with more modern communications more people are exploring the world looking for new adventures, but since I am legally disabled, I prefer to stay at home in this area, except for a few trips to visit with relatives in the summer up in Kennebunkport, Maine.  Since I chat with them regularly, I am pretty much familiar with their routines, but I am not necessarily experiencing the same weather on a year round basis that they are experiencing down south of me.  Well anyway, I would advise people whom are planning to stay in this area this winter, they should get ready for winter, and possibly be prepared for a colder winter like last winter.  Last winter, I only got outside once or twice a week because of the colder snowy weather conditions, and from my experience here, the periods of colder weather here are longer than the periods of warmer weather.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/09  Thursday 1:55 A.M..  Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Ancient wall found in Jerusalem

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Galaxy's 'cannibalism' revealed

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon. Partly cloudy and a high of 78 degrees Fahrenheit.

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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Shuttle Discovery arrives at ISS

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Spaceship passes critical review

BBC NEWS | Technology | The hidden costs of home printing  CIO

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.  Sunny tomorrow with a high of 76 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Old Manero's parking lot a prize - Greenwich Time

I noticed today opposite the Greenwich Hospital emergency room entrance driveway, there is an unrestored house for sale by owner with a local telephone number on the sign.

Might still be available two pairs of L.L. Bean union suits such as two L.L.Bean: union suit of Two-Layer Union Suit, Men's in tall XX-Large in Red for $54 each with free shipping with promotion coupon of "3012422" and $6.48 tax for $114.48 total.  CIO

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I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed.  I have to be up at noon today for a 3 P.M. appointment.   CIO