Note: <888> 10/31/07 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.:  I was up at 5 P.M..  I chatted with a relative in Florida.  Apparently there is a lot of rain and wind from the storm down in Florida Tropical Storm Noel claims 48 lives, threatens Florida - CNN.com .  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 8 P.M..  I chatted with the same relative again.  I am doing two loads of laundry, and I have 40 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I am continuing to have to deal with volcanic sulfur smelling intestinal like gas syndromes.  I have the air conditioner sealed up, so I only have the Honeywell Hepa air purifier going in the apartment to deal with the smell.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/07 Wednesday 9:15 A.M.:  I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.  I will now go to bed, have a good day.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/07 Wednesday 7:20 A.M.:  GVB-Grupo de Volcanología de Barcelona

Any old timer will tell you that people who drink sulfur water or well water with sulfur tend to live a lot longer.

Note: <888> 10/31/07 Wednesday 6:10 A.M.:  Well,  the new AA Metal Hydride batteries are fully charged.  I put two in the Nikon digital camera, and I saved the other two in the camera bag.  I also have four fully charged Radio Shack AA metal hydride batteries, and I put two in the Polaroid camera and two in reserve in the camera bag.  The new ones are suppose be able to be recharged for over a thousand times.  One has to remember not to throw them away like old worn out batteries, since they cost about $3 apiece as opposed to .20 cents apiece which is what you can get regular alkaline batteries for from www.batteries.com .  It takes 10.5 hours to charge them up in my Radio Shack battery charger which I keep below the Sony television in the living room, and I have it set on Metal Hydride instead of the other setting of Nickel Cadmium.  Now you know why I washed out of the astronaut training program despite all of my advanced skills.  In the BBC film clip of the inside of the space station, they have hundreds of loose cable wires hanging around with all of their electronics, which reminds me of my home computer setup.  I don't think they would want to be shut in with me in Antarctica for the winter either.  I did fly down to Ronald Reagan's inaugural in January 1980 on a $40 Braniff airlines flight from J.F.K. to Reagan airport, and the only other person on the plane was Prince Boni Sadhir the Oil Minister from Saudi Arabia, so maybe he smells in close quarters too.  Since there is a lot of oil in the ground in Saudi Arabia, maybe because with lots of oil in the ground, the ground also has lots of sulfur, so maybe any Arab that eats lots of local food which contains sulfur smells like a toot or a fart.  However, they probably do not have problems with arthritis.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/07 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.:  Well, if I was able to get elected to congress, I could pretty much guarantee a quorum of one anytime it came to vote.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/31/07 Wednesday 2:35 A.M.:  I woke up at 1 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 5 P.M..  UPS delivered the order for 9984 Nikon Camera Case and Extended Service Coverage (2 Years) for Coolpix 7900, 7600, 5900, 5600, 4600, L1, L2, L3, L4 for $14.99 and XP4AA25/XP4AA29 Power2000 AA Rechargeable Batteries, 1.2 volt Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), 2700 mAh, Pack of Four. for $11.49 plus $5 shipping for $31.44 total.  I put the four metal hydride rechargeable batteries in the Radio Shack battery charger set at Metal Hydride, and they will be fully charged by 4 A.M. this morning.  I put the Nikon 4600 digital camera in the Nikon case in the Lowepro camera bag.  I put the Polaroid digital camera in the Polaroid case in the camera bag too.  I filled out the two years warranty card for the Nikon 4600 camera.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I threw out some garbage.  I went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two 38 ounce boxes of Pepperidge Farm whole wheat goldfish crackers for $6.99 each for $13.98 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with some of the staff.  I then went downtown, and I stopped by CVS.  I recommended to the staff that they should restock the Haines Long Underwear they use to sell.  I use to buy it there before the internet.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I chatted with two chauffeurs, and one of them was from Uruguay.  They were splicing a cable together underground at Railroad Avenue and Greenwich Avenue.  I noticed they have a bronze about 1960 Cadillac convertible with white top at Carriage House Motors.  It is one with the fins, but I think the fins got twice as big in later years.  I stopped by the Greenwich Post Office, and I mailed the Nikon warranty card.  I kept my copy and the other Nikon purchase information at the front of the file cabinet  on the right side of the bedroom desk.  About the time I was crossing the street at Starbucks about a dozen Greenwich Police cars converged on the Thataway restaurant area and Sundown Saloon.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I then stood out at the senior center, and I asked a few walkers what was going on, and everyone said nothing as far as they could tell.   I then chatted with a patron walking up the street from the Thataway restaurant, and I walked the patron back.  It is good to know the Greenwich Police has fast response capability.  I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, I bought Chiquita bananas at .54 a pound for $1.38 and a dozen Omega extra large eggs for $2.50 for $3.88 total.  I chatted with a local French Italian resident about the Winter Olympics.  I then returned home.  I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  I took off the summer weight pink and green quilt, and I put it in a protective holder on the shelf in the bedroom closet.  I took from the bedroom closet, two light weight comforters that I put on each sofa in the living room.  I also took the summer weight blue blanket off the bed, and I put it on the back on the green sofa in the living room.  I put the white electric blanket on the bed, and I connected it up.  I put the new winter comforter on the bed with the old winter comforter folded up at the end of the bed.  I cleaned the comforters last spring before putting them away, so they are clean, except the new one, which was only used for about a month last spring.   I hung out my two long john union suits on plastic hangers on the bathroom door.  From the right brass hook as one enters the bedroom door, I hung out the four light pairs of long underwear bottoms and two heavier pairs.  I hung the leisure shorts from the opened bedroom door, and I hung the pajamas from the opened bathroom door.  Thus I have the apartment back to its winter motif.  I will do laundry when I have more dirty items.  I made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/pbf.htm , and I used a 16 ounce can of B&M baked beans to make it.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/30/07 Tuesday 4:00 A.M.:  I guess not much is happening in this part of the world anymore with the higher prices of oil.  Still we manage to keep a skeleton crew of people maintaining essential services.   Since Greenwich, Connecticut is suppose to be wealthier community as are some of our neighboring communities, more people can still manage to afford the price of fuel for transportation, but I would imagine with the larger homes in the area, more people are having trouble with increased home heating fuel bills.  From what I know despite the economic news that is manufactured, it seems like we are in an unannounced depression or recession, and the only reason prices are still high is because of inflation and the weakening dollar.  I suppose from what I can see happening around me, fewer people are venturing out at night, and it was mostly the younger generation that were out at night, so more of them are obviously spending more time at home as opposed to pursuing other leisure activities.  I would imagine fewer of them are also venturing into Manhattan.  I have a Saudi Arabian flag in my apartment beneath the United States Air Force flag, and although my father worked on building oil refineries in Saudi Arabia and other places in the world, I personally never saw any family income from it.  The only people that I ever met that told me, they were from Saudi Arabia was Izi down at Louis' Patio in Key West, Florida in mid 1970s and the fellow that used to run the cigarette store in Byram told me he had worked for Saudi Arabian Airlines, and Auri who lived up on North street here in Greenwich told me he was the son of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United Nations.  I also recall when I last lived in Manhattan up until February 1982, the Saudi Arabian flag use to fly at the Waldorf Towers in Manhattan all of the time with the United States flag.  Thus just because one has met a few of them, not much money seems to come our way.  I also know that a local English family here in Greenwich the Scott Paine family were friends of T.H. Lawrence of Lawrence of Arabia fame.  I think I have a copy of the book that I have never read.  I suppose if Izi was down in Key West, Florida, there might have been other Saudi's down there, but he was the only one that told me he was from Saudi Arabia.  I guess because I am from a northern stock of people, I do not tend to run into warmer weather people, since during warmer weather it is frequently too hot for me to go outside very much.  Well have a good morning, and since I can not get around as much in my normal routines, I have less to write about.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/30/07 Tuesday 3:25 A.M.:  Oil Up, Financials Pressured Before Fed Meeting - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 10/30/07 Tuesday 1:55 A.M.:  I installed DTV4PC on the XP partition on the FIC server, but it would not install on the Vista Server RC1 beta on the FIC server partition.  I also installed it on both partitions on both the Epox and Northgate Syntax computers.  It has better resolution with video in Vista SP1.  I went outside briefly, and I picked up my  mail.  It is a bit colder out.  I will now eat a baloney and cheese sandwich with a third of a tube of Pringle low fat sour cream and onion potato chips and a sliced dill pickle and a glass of iced tea.  Since it is rather cold out tonight, I probably will not be going out for a walk this morning.  I need to watch my fuel consumption and save energy.  I saw on Sky TV the British are looking for Asian investors.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/29/07 Monday 9:15 P.M.:  I woke up at 4 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I chatted with a relative.  I watched Dr. Zhivago Doctor Zhivago (1965) on the Turner Movie channel.  They usually show it in the winter, when it is like Siberia outside here.  Tomorrow it is suppose to be 68 degrees Fahrenheit here in the daytime, so it is not exactly winter here yet.  I opened up the right living room window, and I put two new alkaline AA batteries in Oregon Pacific weather station sending unit.  I also put four new AA alkaline batteries in the base unit.  Thus the Oregon Pacific weather station is set for another winter.  Of course the comuters are also have very good weather information.  I cleaned off the window ledge while I was working at that location.  I received the registration key for DTV4PC TemplateZone by KMT Software Store DTV4PC for $30 which I purchased yesterday, and the program works quite well with all of its channels from around the world.  CIO     

Note: <888> 10/29/07 Monday 6:55 A.M.:  I heated a 18.2 ounce can of Campbell's New Clam chowder, and I put some parsley flakes on it, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I went outside, and I threw out the 9 old eggs and two old 24 ounce jars of Mott's Apple Sauce.  I emptied the outside building ash tray.  I walked around the building.  The Greenwich Housing Authority has not taken out the other tenants' air conditioners, so maybe they are going to start leaving them in.  They usually are out by this time of the year.  I have a fairly new electric blanket that I use in the winter with the comforters.  Maybe I will put it on the next time I change the linens.  Not much happening on this side of town.  The local newspaper is full of news about the local elections, but it is my viewpoint that more than half the town after they vote here in the fall go south for the winter.  It would be interesting to know how many are actually legal tax paying residents here or in some other warmer state or country.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/29/07 Monday 5:20 A.M.:  On of the reasons, I keep my web log is to keep track of things.  I was about to make some eggs, and I researched in my web log, when I bought the Nature's Promise extra large eggs, and it was August 2, 2007, so more than likely they are no good.  I probably have some other food products likes Mott's Apple sauce that is out of date too.  I will throw out the eggs.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/28/07 Sunday 10:40 P.M.:  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I chatted with a friend.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with one fourth of a 5 1/8th ounce tube of Pringle low fat sour cream and onion potato chips and a glass of iced tea.  I will now go downtown for a walk.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/07 Sunday 7:35 P.M.:  I will now make my bed, and I will wash the breakfast dishes.  I will start making up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I will then shower and clean up.  I do not plan to go out, but I think I should shower and clean up every two or three days, so I do not stink too much.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/28/07 Sunday 7:30 P.M.:  I shredded the $5 check and envelope to Greenwich Country Day Greenwich Country Day School and instead I gave them a dollar online.  Since they treat me like a dollar a year person working for the President of the United States in Greenwich, Connecticut, I have given them my entire yearly salary from the White House www.whitehouse.gov .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/07 Sunday 7:10 P.M.:  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I rested some more.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  My relative likes the Bed Bath & Beyond Product Watergard™ Bath Mat .  I have suggested over the years that www.exxon.com should send one like I sent to my relative to each stock holder, and they could have the Exxon logo printed on it.  I bought a copy of DTV4PC for $29.99 to put on my primary Vista computer.  I will now install it.  Unfortunately, I did not receive the license key, so I have to wait until they send it to me to use it.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/07 Sunday 4:35 A.M.:  I finished the Vista computer maintenance on the primary computer.  I am watching High Def TV about trying to catch the big wave HD channel 734 VOOM HD Networks - RUSH HD about surfer trying to catch an Amazon Pororoca surf wave for a 35 minute ride or more to set the world's record.  If you don't wear a Speedo, you could have something amputated.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/28/07 Sunday 2:35 A.M.:  Earlier today, I put the U.S.A. flag in the hallway over the right hallway bookcase.  I moved it over the Scottish Cross of St. Andrew's flag and the U.K. Union Jack.  I still have the U.K. Union Jack displayed in the living room.  I will now do some system maintenance, and then I will do a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/28/07:

Note: <888> 10/28/07 Sunday 2:10 A.M.:  I went through my email earlier.  I ate two scoops of Friendly low fat sugar free maple walnut ice cream.  I currently weight 202 pounds, so I am not doing too well losing weight, since I was down to 190 pounds when I was up in Kennebunkport, Maine this past summer and fall.  I guess since I am not making it downtown to exercise walk as much anymore with the higher price of fuel, I am not getting as much exercise.  Of course I have been keeping busy around the apartment, and the apartment is a bit improved in its overall appearance.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/07 Saturday 10:35 P.M.:   European Geophysics Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria April 13 -1 8, 2008

Note: <888> 10/27/07 Saturday 8:40 P.M.:  I ate a piece of pineapple cheese cake with some iced tea.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/07 Saturday 7:45 P.M.:  I took 55 pictures of my apartment with the Nikon Coolpix 4600 4.1 mp digital camera.  It takes quite good inside flash pictures, and with the wide angle lens, one gets good pictures at close up.

Here are two links to the pictures.

Note: <888> 10/27/07 Saturday 5:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  I woke up at 3 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.

Note: <888> 10/27/07 Saturday 5:45 A.M.:  I ate two 1.25 inch by .25 inch by 2.5 inch slices of New York extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I watched some high definition television.  I have so many television channels to chose from, I should really look at one of the internet television guides instead of channel surfing.

Note: <888> 10/27/07 Saturday 1:20 A.M.:  This Wednesday, October 31, 2007, the Queen Mary II is back in Manhattan again QM2 - Itinerary - 2007 .  I would not mind taking off on it to spend the winter in Barbados, but sooner of later I will get use to the colder weather.  It will visit again three more times in November 2007 and twice in December 2007, so I guess the POSH aristocracy of England is not spending too much time back home across the Pond anymore.  There are probably a lot of wet behind the ear youth keep the home fires burning.  I will now go get the white quilted throw and put it back on the Ethan Allen recliner.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/27/07 Saturday 12:50 A.M.:  Tony Blair Boards With Random House - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 10/26/07 Friday 11:30 P.M.:  This morning before going to bed, I ate two scoops of low fat sugar free Maple Walnut ice cream.  This afternoon, I also ate a 1/6th piece of pineapple cheese cake.  The weather is cooler damp and rainy today.  I moved the large Bermuda flag from the left hallway bookcase to the left living room closet.  I now have the U.S. Air Force www.af.mil flag flying over the left hallway bookcase.  The weather in Bermuda Civil Air Terminal, Bermuda Forecast : Weather Underground is warmer than here.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I moved the Buick wagon to its usual place underneath the street light.  I picked up my mail.  Earlier this afternoon, I chatted with a friend going back up to Toronto, Canada.  I shut down the Northgate Syntax computer.  I will now wash and dry the white quilted throw that is spread over the Ethan Allen recliner in the living room.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/26/07 Friday 6:45 A.M.: BBC NEWS | Technology | Apple ready to set Leopard free

Note: <888> 10/26/07 Friday 5:45 A.M.:  Microsoft Earnings Boosted By Windows Vista, Office, Halo -- Windows Vista -- InformationWeek

Note: <888> 10/26/07 Friday 4:45 A.M.:  I ate a 1/6th of a piece of pineapple cheese cake.  I will repeat my theory that pineapple or pineapple juice from pineapples that are grown on sulfur rich volcanic soil might possibly be good for arthritis, since MSM MSM & Joints | Information, Benefits, Research | MSMGuide.com that I take for arthritis has white sulfur in it.  I also take chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate.  I also take two Tylenol arthritis pain formulas a day, one when I wake up, and one when I go to bed.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/26/07 Friday 3:40 A.M.:  I went out after the last note.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I noticed at the vintage car dealership across the street from the Greenwich, Connecticut train station, they have an antique 1958 to 1963 Mercedes 220S or 220SE four seater convertible in grey with black top.  I once owned a 1961 Mercedes 220s convertible that I bought in 1971 for $750, and it had a bit of rust, but I had to sell it for $1,750 after a couple of months to get my money back after I paid $850 have a valve job done at Loeber Mercedes in Chicago, Illinois, when all it needed was a $15 fuel filter.  I sold it to a fellow from California that was going to restore it.  Still I had a few enjoyable spring days on the North Shore cruising around in it. With the money that I had left when I sold it, I bought the St. Bernard puppy at the Senior Class Auction for $300.  During my walk, I saw the trains coming and going on both sides about 10:30 P.M..  I chatted with somebody walking the third labradoodle that I have seen in two years.  It is a mixture of a Labrador and Poodle.  It is suppose to have a good sense of smell.  During my walk, I found an orange with fleur de leis pattern women's silk scarf made in Italy about 24 inches by 24 inches.  It seems to be in good shape, so I brought it back with me, and I left it on the back of the down sofa, in case anyone needs it.  After my walk, I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and not much is happening now that the cooler weather has set in.  I then returned home.  I started defragmenting the C: drive when I went out, and I just stopped it, and I am not sure whether it was working or not, although the hard drive light was flashing, I had a warning that the defragmenting module had failed. 

I tried reactivating Vista SP1 beta on the second partition on the Epox computer, but product activation came up, and I could not get to administrative privileges.  I then pressed F8 on boot up, and I selected "Last Known Good Configuration", and I got the normal boot up without product activation.

I found the script to run to reactivate it for another 30 days. 

I ran the DOS prompt as an Administrator.

I then typed in without the quotes "cscript slmgr.vbs /rearm"

It then prompted me to reboot, and I have another 30 days of usage.

I am suppose to be able to do it three times for a total usage of 120 days.

On this page Microsoft allows bypass of Vista activation , it says you can go beyond 120 days for 12 times if you reset the registry key to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SL

Step 3. Right-click the Registry key named SkipRearm and click Edit. The default is a Dword (a double word or 4 bytes) with a hex value of 00000000. Change this value to any positive integer, such as 00000001, save the change, and close the Registry Editor

,

but when I reset it just now it was set to 0, maybe after three times you need to set it to 1.

Note: <888> 10/25/07 Thursday 9:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  It is suppose to rain tomorrow, so I will now go out for walk downtown.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/25/07 Thursday 8:45 P.M.:  I woke up at noon today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I put a new Stop and Shop blue toilet tablet in the toilet tank.  I went out, and I mailed a letter at the Chase Bank on Mason street at their outside mail box.  I then use the ATM machine and teller counters at the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went to my regular 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a 35 inch diameter with round engraved dark gold frame mirror for $15.  I then went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought two 75 pound OOK three nail hanger assemblies for $2.99 each, and two 5 inch by .25 inch toggle bolt assemblies that I assembled myself with each with two 1.5 inch diameter fender washers with three nuts in between for $1.15 each assembly plus .50 tax for $8.78 total.  The toggle bolt assemblies are a good way to hang a heavy object off of a sheet rock wall.  But if sheet rock ever gets wet from a leaky roof or some other damp situation, it becomes like wet card board, and everything would fall down no matter what one hung it with unless it was hung of the stud.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Service Center Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $28 of self service premium unleaded gasoline at $3.439 a gallon for 8.142 gallons for 83.1 miles driving the last 12 days for a total odometer reading of 115,474.3 miles for an average of 10.206 miles per gallon, which is about right since I have been driving recently in heavier daytime traffic with the air conditioner going.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought three 64 ounce containers of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice for $5 all, German Wondarbar baloney at $2.79 a pound for $3.21 and $1.42, and Stop and Shop white American cheese for $5.49 a pound $5.82 for $15.45 total.  I then went by the George Weston Bakeries Arnold Bread outlet in Byram off Old Track Road near the I-95 exit two exit, and I bought two six packs of Thomas' New York Everything bagels for $1.79 each six pack and a Entenmann's 24 ounce pineapple cheese cake for $2.25 for $5.83 total.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.  One of the three discarded air conditioners by our dumpster is a Frederick 6,000 BTU model about ten years old, and it looks like it might work, but I have not tested it.  I brought up my purchases.  I took off the items from the top side of the inside of the apartment door, and I used a 75 pound OOK hook to hang the new mirror there above the picture of the Chateau of Versailles.  It looks quite nice.  I cleaned the mirror with glass cleaner.  I hung the two small bird brings from the door below the Ox Yoke above the living room closets.  I hung the picture of Prince Wilhelm of the Netherlands and Princess Maxima above the light switch.  I hung the mirror I took off the door beneath the mirror on the right side of the kitchen entrance.  I moved the framed map of Scandinavia from that location to above the Abraham Lincoln picture in the living room.  I moved the water colors of the Town Hall in Paris and the Cathedral of Notre Dame from that location to above the right side of the bedroom closet. I move the framed New York Central Stock certificate from that location to the above the Green Heron picture to the left of the bed.  I moved the Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard of North Water Street print from the lower right kitchen entrance to the wall just above the dining table below the mirror.  I moved the framed spider web from that location to the wall above the chair in the kitchen below the shelf.  I moved the picture of the Queen Mother of England from the apartment entrance door to above the kitchen entrance on the left side.  I moved the picture of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands from that location to the wall above the kitchen sink.  I moved the round barometer from the apartment entrance door to the left side of the bedroom entrance, and I moved the Putnam Lodge Masonic broken and repaired dinner plate from that location to above the handicap assist handle to the left side of the toilet as one sits down.  I put my spare Turkish change purse that I bought a few years ago from the Port Chester flea market for a couple of dollars in between the Buick wagon seats where the music tapes are to hold any spare change.  I will now eat a baloney and cheese sandwich with mayonnaise and potato chips and a slice of dill pickle with a glass of iced tea.  I also put the spare toggle bolt assemblies and spare OOK hooks in a small brown paper bag in the right top drawer of the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/07 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.:  I surfed the internet a bit.  I made and ate my burger with sautéed onions and cheese dinner, which I ate it with steamed flavored rice and steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots with a glass of iced tea.  I watched some television.  I chatted with a relative.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/24/07 Wednesday 5:20 P.M.: I woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes. I went outside briefly, and I picked up my mail.  I emptied my paper shredder, and I lubricated it.  I threw out the shredded paper.  I watched a Discovery Channel presentation on Super Volcanoes and Yellow Stone Park's history.  It has been about 75,000 years since there was the last Super Volcano there, so maybe one is long over due.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  Basically if you are high tech in Southern California, and you are displaced by the Santa Anna winds' fires, you could always sit in a 24 hours Denny's and work with your laptop.  I recall there use to be a 24 hour Denny's in Laguna Beach, California.  More than likely they would have plenty of coffee.  Denny's has very good breakfast specials as I recall in the old days.  Laguna Beach actually had the only ice cream shop that I saw in California, and it was right on the beach.  There used to be a fellow there that looked like John Wayne that would walk around downtown shaking hands with people, and Mickey Rooney use to show up at anyone's cocktail parties for $50.  Everyone I met in Laguna Beach seemed to own a $100,000 house on the hillside with a view that they could afford through Escrow, and they were always sparsely furnished with rental furniture, and they were always trying to sell them for a quick short term profit.  I saw a great deal of Laguna Beach and the hills area, since I delivered telephone books there for about two months in the fall of 1978, so it was a good way to get to know the community and the various neighborhoods.  I recall it was quite difficult driving a Subaru station wagon full of telephone books up the steep hills.  Just north of Laguna Beach use to be a trailer park on the beach where James Garner's father lived in some long forgotten television show.  Between Laguna Beach and Newport Beach which is more upscale was the Irvine Ranch which had been owned by Mobil oil.  It was just being developed into expensive California homes.  There were a lot of Jar heads around Laguna beach since Camp Pendleton was just to the south of it and El Toro Marine air station was to the northeast.  It tended to be a republican party area, since Richard Nixon had a home on the beach in San Clemente, California where I use to go surf casting along with another place that I surf cast at in Dana Point that is now a Ritz Carlton.  Donald Breem is a developer in Laguna Beach, and he is a Bush family friend, and since quite a few Texans would vacation by the cooler ocean in Laguna Beach when it was hot in Texas, there was quite a colorful group of people there in the summer.  However, there is only one coast road to the north of Laguna Beach and a narrow two lane road going to the east through a narrow ravine in the hills to the more highly populated area and the coast road to the south, so there can be a bit of traffic getting into and out of Laguna Beach.  It is serviced by the nearby Newport Beach, California airport called John Wayne airport.  One weekdays Laguna Beach has quite a few retired people, but on weekends a lot of people from Las Angeles to the north visit it.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/24/07 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.:  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  No appointments today.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/07 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.:  On Beyond Vista: First Public Demo of Windows 7 - AppScout

Note: <888> 10/24/07 Wednesday 3:15 A.M.:  On the Toshiba laptop, I have its power transformer plugged into a power strip on the floor to the right of the RTH computer desk, but I leave the power strip turned off, when the Toshiba laptop is not being used, since the transformer tends to get warm when standing for long periods of time turned on.  There is no point in leaving it on, since the Toshiba laptop battery does not hold a charge for very long. For fundamental internet and computer use, the vintage Toshiba laptop is still a useable computer, although I do not use it much at all with my faster desktops, but if I ever had to travel it would work.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/23/07 Tuesday 1:35 P.M.:  I checked to see if the mail person had arrived yet, but not yet.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a slice of dill pickle and a glass of iced tea.  CIO    

Note: <888> 10/23/07 Tuesday 12:25 P.M.:  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I watched the www.nasa.gov Space Shuttle Launch on www.foxnews.com , and I also watched the 30 second delay on NASA - NASA TV Landing Page .  About 12 minutes after the launch in the back yard of my building out by the baseball field, one could see the contrail of the Space Shuttle go by right above the tree line just southeast of the cloud line.  It might have been clearer to see if one were on the pier on Steamboat Road, but there is only one thing that would lead a contrail like that.  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Shuttle heads for space station . I chatted with some neighbors.  I am waiting for the mail to arrive.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  The Space Shuttle is launching a new connecting module made in Italy.  According to this the Italians can afford it Italy's biggest business: the Mafia - Telegraph with an income of $120 billion a year in Italy alone.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/23/07 Tuesday 10:35 A.M.:  I was awake at 9 A.M..  11:38 A.M. EDT is suppose to be a www.nasa.gov Space Shuttle Launch time, but they currently are having technical problems.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  Santa Anna winds continue to cause massive fires in southern California FOXNews.com - Deadly Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations in Southern California - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 11:00 P.M.:  On the Vista SP1 beta partition on the Epox computer, it has 4 days before it is deactivated.  I tried to reactivate it by running the Visual Basic script to reactivate it for another 30 days, which one is suppose to be able to do three times, but it did not work.  Perhaps, one has to wait until it expires to reactivate it.  I ate a bowl of white cheddar Cheese Its.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed.  Have a good night.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 7:05 P.M.:  I watched some HiDef television.  Since I am low on funds, there is not much use to do anymore bottom fishing on the internet. 

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 6:15 P.M.:  I ate three scoops of low fat sugar free maple walnut ice cream.  Unfortunately this warmer weather does not seem to be a long term trend around here AccuWeather.com - Greenwich, CT - 15 Day Weather Forecast - Local Weather Forecasts .  Maybe it is an early Indian Summer who knows.  Anyway the tree leafs are still green, so they have not yet begun to change and fall, so nobody is raking leaves yet.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 5:20 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  Recently for the last two days, I have noticed that I have had quite a lot more intestinal gas than normal, and all that I have changed in my diet is that I have been using 25% Dole pineapple juice in my breakfast juice mixture.  Since pineapples usually come from volcanic rich soil, more than likely the pineapples have higher levels of sulfur in them which tends to give one intestinal gas.  However, like MSM which people take for arthritis which is basically white sulfur which is an anti-inflammatory which also gives one intestinal gas, more than likely pineapple juice despite the intestinal gas side effects is probably good for arthritis.  On the warmer weather that we have been having this fall in New England, it might be caused by the Gulf Stream having moved further westward against the Atlantic Coast.  Since the biggest factor in our weather is the Atlantic current, possibly the current which runs down the west coasts of Europe and Africa and back around up the east coasts of South America and North America has possibly been altered by the fact that the Northwest Passage in the Artic is no longer frozen over, so possibly warmer water from the Pacific Current of Humboldt current is crossing from the Pacific ocean through the Artic waters into the Atlantic current causing our warmer weather.  It is just a theory, but it might explain why it has been warmer this fall.  If this trend continues for the indefinite future, there is really no purpose in going down south for the winter, since we have a Bermuda like climate here currently.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 4:20 P.M.:  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I threw out some garbage.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 3:05 P.M.:  On the Right Track CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 2:00 P.M.:  I finished off the box of white cheddar Cheese Its.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 1:40 P.M.:  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a slice of dill pickle and a glass of iced tea. I will now go through my email.  I picked up my mail earlier.  All I had was a promo from www.vistaisready.com .  I saw the local Bill Gates look alike downtown on Greenwich Avenue on Saturday afternoon.  I have chatted with him before, and he told me he was from Stamford, Connecticut and worked for www.ibm.com when he used to campaign for Ross Perot, and he is the only person that I have ever seen wearing an IBM name tag in the area.  However the person I saw downtown on Greenwich Avenue on Saturday afternoon is 6 feet tall, and according to Celebrity Heights - How tall are Celebrities Bill Gates is 5 foot 10 inches tall Bill Gates Height - how tall and the person I saw downtown is a lot heavier than Bill Gates.  However, he is in good company since Prince Charles if 5 foot 10 inches tall Prince Charles Height - how tall and Prince William is Prince William Height - how tall and Prince Harry is suppose to be about the same, but the Boss Queen Elizabeth II is suppose to be 5 foot 3 inches and her husband Prince Phillip is suppose to be 5 foot 10 inches.  However, a tall rich person would be Howard Hughes Height - Hughes's  is 6 foot 3.75 inches.  Myself being 6 foot tall and 200 pounds, I know people both above and below that.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 12:40 P.M.:  I ate a bowl of white cheddar Cheese Its before going to bed.  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice and pineapple juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started to go out, and I noticed my Turkish leather change purse was missing.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic, and I got my flu shot.  I found my Turkish leather change purse on the street outside CVS, where I must have dropped it last night, when I bought the RTH Chinese computer table.  RTH stands for Round The House.  I then drove downtown, and I spent 75 cents parking downtown at the Senior and the Arts center, since there were no free parking places.  It is now suppose to be 25 cents for 15 minutes, but the parking meters still say 25 cents for 20 minutes.  I chatted with a regular daytime person.  I then walked over to the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop which is closed on Mondays.  I noticed they have a 1989 Sony 5 disc carousel player in the garbage and a pair of ice hockey skates about size 9 in the garbage.  I do not know if the Sony disc player works.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  One of the regular fishermen is there.  The Polish artist from Nantucket is back painting on the waterfront.  The large yacht is no longer moored off of Indian Harbor.  I then returned home, and the contractors were looking at our building in terms of their bid for the possible Greenwich Housing Authority addition.  They also are still doing excavation work at the side of the old Maneros across from the Delamar Hotel in preparation for a new condominium complex.  CIO    

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 1:55 A.M.:  I went outside, and I got the white wicker breakfast tray out of the rear of the Buick wagon, and I put it on the living room window shelf in front of the General Electric air conditioner, which I will be closing up soon for the winter.  I open up the air conditioner from about mid April to end of October, so it basically is closed up about half the year.  I arranged the items in front of the air conditioner on the white wicker breakfast tray.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have to be up at 7 A.M. to get ready for my flu shot.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/07 Monday 12:55 A.M.:  I did some system maintenance, and then I did another Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I was asked by an Asian women this evening where the Redmen's Hall was downtown in Greenwich, Connecticut.  It is on East Elm Street on the side entrance off Greenwich Avenue on the north side of the street.  It is used for various social events in town such as Thanksgiving dinners and such.  From what I know half of the world's population probably dies at night, so we have to keep a few people awake in case anything goes wrong.  Maybe Jim Eldert is now one of those all night disk jockeys that weirdoes listen to in California.   In warmer climates there tends to be more people awake at night, since it can be hot in the daytime.  Once it gets colder around here, some of the northern Nordic populations start showing up, and they tend to be out at night more, since they do not feel cold around here in the winter compared to their northern homes.  When I was in Oslo, Norway in February 1983, there were people awake and about town until well after midnight even in six feet of snow, and the town was lighted up.  It is not much different in Scandinavia in the winter than around here, once you get use to the winter.   I suppose we now have a larger Russian population in the area now that over a half million of them have moved to the New York City area, since the wall came down.  Maybe I should apply for some sort of foreign aid from Russia, since I certainly have seen plenty of them on cold winter's nights over the years.  I know winter is coming when I see some of the local New York Ranger's hockey players around.  A lot of them are French Canadian, so they frequently are not too swift in English either.  I ate a bowl of white cheddar Cheese Its.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/21/07 Sunday 11:25 P.M.:  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  There are two old GMC air conditioners by the dumpster.  I can't think of anywhere handy where I could store the white wicker breakfast tray in the apartment, so it is in the back of the Buick wagon.  I could put it on a window ledge, but it is not necessary.  I have other smaller breakfast trays.  In the old days around Fred's http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm apartment at 420 East 49th street when he was being trained to take over Billy Baldwin's business, he was always buying breakfast trays as if they were important.  I guess rich Manhattan people can not be bothered to get out of bed for breakfast, and most of them are not even awake by lunch time.  I have to be at the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic tomorrow by 9:45 A.M. for a 10:15 A.M. appointment for a flu shot.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/21/07 Sunday 10:35 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.  I went downtown, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS during my walk.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  There is a large yacht all lighted up on Long Island Sound about a mile off shore Indian Harbor.  I then drove back by CVS, and at the front entrance of the store, they had four clearance items RTH made in China computer desks with keyboards that require assembly.  They are regularly $39.99, and I bought one for 75% off for $9.99 plus .60 tax for $10.59 total.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I brought up the RTH computer desk.  I assembled it per the instructions leaving the back brace off.  It had an inside width of 23.25 inches, and my brass and glass coffee table has a diameter of 23.50 inches, so I removed from the near end of the brass and glass coffee table, the white wicker breakfast tray supporting the Northgate Syntax computer monitor, and I placed the RTH computer desk over the near end of the brass and glass coffee table, and I assembled the rear support strut on it, so it is a snug fit over the brass and glass coffee table.  I then put the lazy Susan and the Northgate Syntax monitor and control panel on the RTH computer desk with the Kensington wireless keyboard in the sliding keyboard drawer.  I then put the other items back in place.  It is a much neater set up, and the RTH computer desk or table is a lot more stable.  It is well made item, and I would have bought another, but I have no room for another.  The RTH computer desk is 31.5 inches wide, 21 inches deep and 30 3/8 inches high.  I used duct tape to tape the Allen or L wrench used for assembly underneath the RTH computer desk top.  The only other tool needed was a Phillips screw driver.  I will now throw out the RTH computer desk packing box, and I will put the white wicker breakfast tray in the rear of the Buick wagon to give back to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I do not have room to store it.   I defragmented the C: drive while I was out.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/21/07 Sunday 6:00 P.M.:  I made and ate my burger with sautéed onions and cheese dinner, which I ate it with steamed flavored rice and steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots with a glass of iced tea.  I also added two cloves of chopped garlic, when I sautéed the burger.  About the only thing Malibu, California is famous for on the East Coast back east is there use to a transcontinental automobile race from the garage in Fred Von Mierers http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm building on East 54th street in Manhattan just east of First Avenue across country to Malibu, California.  It was made famous in the Cannon Ball or Gumball Race movies, since in the movie the secret code word to launch the race was Gumball, but I think in reality it was "Jelly Bean", which is why Ronald Reagan always kept a jar of Jelly Beans on his desk.  In later years, it started from the Lock Stock and Barrel restaurant in Darien, Connecticut, which I don't think is there anymore either.  However, we have enough exotic cars around here, if we had the fuel, we could still have the same race.  I learned when I was in California between 1978 and 1980 on five different trips out there mostly by automobile, there is also reverse race of vintage old Volvos from Santa Cruz, California to somewhere around Boston, Massachusetts.  The races are also called Rallies.  www.nasa.gov is suppose to have another space shuttle launch this Tuesday also.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go downtown for a walk.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/21/07 Sunday 4:30 P.M.:  This place is suppose to have burned down in Malibu, California Welcome to the Famous Malibu Castle Kashan .  When I first got on the internet 15 years ago, there was a member of the Scott family How A 32-man Assault Team Murdered Donald P. Scott At Trails End Ranch that owned a 200 acre ranch in Malibu, California, so I wander how that is doing.  It reads to me like it was a Land Grab, which is very typical if you can not afford proper legal representation.  Unfortunately, when it comes to the law, I know the experts.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/21/07 Sunday 4:10 P.M.:  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I walked around the building.  It is still quite dry around here with drought conditions.  Thus since it is dry around here with drought conditions, and since we live in a heavily wooded area, we should have increased fire watch 24 hours a day in case any of the wooded areas catch fire.  It is even drier down south, and with all of the wooded areas in America, it takes more energy which is more costly for increased fire protection.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/21/07 Sunday 1:25 A.M.:  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/21/07 Sunday 1:00 A.M.:  I ate the rest of the box of white cheddar Cheese Its.  I also finished off the opened bag of potato chips.  I did some regular system maintenance.  I also did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/20/07:

Note: <888> 10/20/07 Saturday 9:50 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/20/07 Saturday 4:25 P.M.: I rotated my summer shirts from the left center of the bedroom closet to the far left.  I moved the winter shirts from the far left to the left center of the bedroom closet.  I used the Slaymaker jump start system to pump up the air in the Mongoose bicycle to 65 PSI front and rear.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/20/07 Saturday 3:45 P.M..:  I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning when a friend called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener. I went back to bed until 1 P.M..  I did two loads of laundry.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I picked up my mail.  I threw out some garbage.  I put away the clean laundry.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a slice of dill pickle and a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shower and clean up.  I put the nine extra bags of coffee beans in the left living room closet. Official: International hackers going after U.S. networks - CNN.com.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/19/07 Friday 11:30 P.M..:  Well not much happening around here.  Earlier I chatted with BoomBoomRoom.com :: The Coast INN :: is just about ready to fall into the ocean, so they are closing it forever.  It was one of the older inns on the beach in California, and it had a lot of history.  I guess that means that Joel's house slightly west of it on the beach has already washed away into the ocean.  They recommend San Diego or Palm Springs for a similar get away, but some of us like the ambience of old Laguna Beach in the old days.  I suppose nothing stays the same as the sands of time have washed it all away.  Any coastal observer along the coast of California would notice a lot of erosion along the coast over the years.  Because it is so warm in Southern California, a great many people particularly the young ones like to strut their stuff.  The Coast Inn was almost across the street from another well known place called the Hotel California of the song made famous by the Eagles.  One of our local psychics just told me that Jimmy is now working in a car wash in Venice Beach, California.  In the old days, whenever you saw Jimmy it poured rain, so I guess after living out west for so many years, he learned about the sun.  I have quite a few other friends around the world, but a great many of the old guard seem to live where ever Jimmy lives, so possibly they use him to stay in touch with the younger generation.  A lot of older people live in warmer places, so some of the younger people whom live around them are their neighbors and interact with them in their daily routines.  I am a bit bushed.  I ate a bowl of white cheddar Cheese Its.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/19/07 Friday 10:15 P.M..: Back in May of 1977, when I was traveling north in Florida with Jimmy Eldert from Key West, Florida, I stopped by to visit my Commanding Officer in Florida Hurley Harris Haywood in Jacksonville, Florida, and Jimmy did not like Hurley, because Hurley knew a couple of Jimmy's cousins.  After we left Hurley's, Jimmy said he wanted to fly back home to the University of New Hampshire where he was attending college, so I took him to Jacksonville, Florida airport, and I bought him a $89 airline ticket back north to New Hampshire, and I also gave him $400 in traveler's checks, so he would not be broke when he got back home.  Other than a few meals and a beer or two and my first trip to Disney World, where Jimmy smoked a joint while waiting in line to ride the Alpha and Omega ride, I did not invest too much money in Jimmy Eldert enterprises, since he told me his family already owned the bank in Syracuse, New York, so I figured he did not really need the money.  Helen Kress Williams whom was fairly established out in Oyster Bay, Long Island owning the Kress Department stores and Williams Energy Company along with being the head trustee of Vassar College told me we had to try to keep a close eye on Jimmy, but she never explained why.  Thus I spent about $1,726.50 on keeping up appearances around Jimmy along with his entrance to Disney World back then which would have been about $20 and a few cheap meals and a couple of beers in St. Augustine, Florida at the oldest tavern there, so it was no more than $1,800, since he did not make much money working in Key West, and he was my neighbor in Nantucket, and he also happened to be Dutch, so I knew was cleaver.  He told me while working for Jacob Javitts as a secretary, he met Princess Irene of the Netherlands and that he worked at Sandringham in Queen Elizabeth's staples, so I figured since he could afford to ride horses in Nantucket, he must have some sort of back ground and breeding.  However, I never saw him much in Nantucket, since he was very protective of his privacy at India House four houses away, and since I knew Billy Baldwin lived behind him, and http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm lived three houses further up India street from me at John Rugg's, I figured some of Jimmy's 200 cousins that looked like him were in the area keeping him busy.  I once saw a picture of them all sitting on the roof of the Wauwinet House http://www.besthotelsresorts.com/wauwinet.htm , so I figured what he told me was pretty much the truth.  Since his maternal grandmother was a member of Boston's original Joy family as in Joy street on Beacon Hil, and with the Joy monument on Main Street in Nantucket, more than likely he has returned to Nantucket, since I last saw him out in California in 1980, and as I recall I last chatted with him from Greenwich around 1989, when the telephone calls to California were getting to be too expensive, but Helen Kress Williams had requested that we try to keep an eye on him, but she never told us why.  She did not ask us to keep an eye on Fred http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm her godson, which I though was sort of strange as it Fred could take care of himself.  Thus it would seem to me, since I am easy enough to find in the world, and since Jimmy was rather a private individual, more than likely he is getting along where ever he is in the world, and possibly he has settled down in life.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/19/07 Friday 6:35 P.M..:  I chatted with a relative.  I was told by two relatives that people do not shake hands on cruise ships, because it is easy to catch staff infections on cruise ships.  If you happen to have a surplus of blue fish filets, you can freeze them.  Just about everyone on Nantucket has a freezer full of blue fish, so they can survive the winter.  Of course, you would have to wrap them in some sort of good freezing packaging.  I usually use two ziplock bags with the air squeezed out.  I am making the same meal as the last four nights, but instead of fresh vegetables, I am heating a half of a 12.5 ounce can of B&M baked beans.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/19/07 Friday 4:45 P.M..:   Ubuntu 7.10 would not install on the nine year old Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT laptop computer, so I left it configured with XP home.  As long as I have Vista SP1 beta on the Northgate Syntax computer second hard drive, there is no point in putting Ubuntu 7.10 back on it.  Basically, when one is disabled living on a marginal income and working with computers, one pursues a lot of Mickey Mouse routines, that the Big Shots could not be bothered with.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/19/07 Friday 4:20 P.M..:  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I downloaded Ubuntu 7.10, and I burned it to CD.  I am now trying to install it on the vintage Toshiba laptop to see if it works faster than Windows XP Home that is currently on it.  The CD drive is spinning and flashing, and the hard drive is flashing, and it has been doing that for about 20 minutes, but there is nothing on the screen.  I am not sure if it repartitioned it or not, and there are bad sectors on the Toshiba laptop that I have blocked off, so hopefully it has not repartitioned.  I could always put Windows ME on it, which might work faster if Ubuntu 7.10 does not install.  I ate a bowl of potato chips.  There is a Weather Alert for flash floods in this area National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary . CIO

Note: <888> 10/19/07 Friday 1:25 P.M..:  I will now go through my email.   CIO

Note: <888> 10/19/07 Friday 12:35 P.M..:  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor, and I picked up my mail.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a slice of dill pickle and potato chips and a glass of iced tea.  I am still sitting by the air conditioner since it is a bit warm outside for this time of year, and they do not need me downtown as a volunteer with all of the people lingering downtown for lack of fuel, but once it gets cold, more than likely there will not be as many people lingering downtown, so I probably will be out a bit more, since I have plenty of cold weather clothing.  I will now water the plants, and I will put more white vinegar out in the scent bowl in the living room, and I will throw out the old periodical literature and the bathroom and kitchen garbage.  Traditionally we let the children play downtown in Greenwich after school on Friday afternoon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/19/07 Friday 10:20 A.M..:  I was awake at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  My friend from upstate New York won't be visiting until it gets cold around here again.   He has to go back to Toronto, Canada  before then.   I chatted with the British Embassy in the USA: Consulate websites in Manhattan, and they told me they do not have a place in the country around New York City.  I will now make my bed, and I will wash the breakfast dishes.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/18/07 Thursday 8:00 P.M..:  Now if you did not get the message, since the blue fish were running this time of year in Nantucket, they might also be running around here in Long Island Sound this time of year, so if one had some surf casting equipment, one might have a good chance of catching a blue fish or two.  The man I saw fishing on the pier on Steamboat Road this afternoon was rather fat, so it would appear that he is eating better than the rest of the general population around here.  Now you know why.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/18/07 Thursday 6:50 P.M..:  I ate the rest of the goldfish crackers.  I ate two 3 inch by 1 inch by 5/16th inch slides of New York extra sharp cheddar cheese.  It is the nature of my connections in the republican party www.gop.com  and the American Dairy Association I Love Cheese!, I tend not to run out of dairy products, although to be quite frank, I would not even know where to begin to milk a cow.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/18/07 Thursday 5:55 P.M..:  I went out after the last message.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned the Microsoft Outlook 2007 book.  I chatted with a couple of staff members.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and they have some of their clothes on sale.  The have two upholstered wooden swivel desk chairs for $45 each which would look nice at a computer desk and be practical.  I then went to the Greenwich Hospital Outpatient Clinic, and they cleaned my teeth and took X-rays.  I still need a crown on one of my rear teeth, but for Connecticut state Medicaid to pay that I would have to make a couple of trips to the University of Connecticut medical center dental clinic in Farmington, Connecticut, which I probably could afford to drive to, but with all of the traffic in that direction, it might be dangerous, particularly if the weather were not clear on the appointment days.  I have an appointment at the Greenwich Hospital Outpatient clinic to get my flu shot this Monday morning.  I went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  I do not want to hog the few free parking places at the Senior and the Arts center, so I did not stop there.  I verified that the Nantucket Light Ship is moored at the Delamar Hotel in Greenwich Harbor.  It looks pretty much the same as it use to look, when it was moored on the Strait wharf in Nantucket in the summers when I lived there in season until 1983.  They use to put it out at sea during the colder months as a floating light house, but I guess with modern navigation techniques, they no longer need it, so it is a deluxe suite at the Delamar Hotel.  I have never been inside of it, so I do not know what it looks like inside.  However, as a light ship, it would have a powerful light beacon, so they could put it further out in Greenwich Harbor and run its beacon at night, so everyone on the waterfront in this area would see the Greenwich beacon from it.  However that would cost money to keep it fueled and going.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then returned home, and I picked up my mail.  I am making up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/18/07 Thursday 11:15 A.M..:   I have a dental appointment at 1:15 P.M., and I also have my usual 3 P.M. appointment, so I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower and clean up, and get ready to go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/18/07 Thursday 10:50 A.M..: TS2 Power Series Event - AM Session

Note: <888> 10/17/07 Wednesday 1:00 A.M..:  I went out after the last message.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I chatted with a couple of people.  After my walk, I drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with a couple of fishermen.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a patron and some of the staff.  I then surfed the internet for a while. I then went by the Stop and Shop.  I then went by the Chase Bank ATM machine on Mason Street.  I then returned home.  I ate the same dinner as last night.  I chatted with a few people that I have talked with before.  It is my viewpoint that certain events worldwide have occurred because the Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma with their monopoly power in the world oil market are running a worldwide international financial cartel with their oil revenues from this century.  On the Russian volcano if it erupted it would disrupt flight patterns between the West Coast of North America and Asia.  I am tired, and although I feel I need the exercise to stay in shape exercise walking, I find that dealing with the general public downtown is distracting from my primary activities which I consider important, or I would not spend most of my time involved with them.  I am tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/16/07 Tuesday 5:45 P.M..:  I chatted with a relative.  The deer skin slippers arrived from Louisville, Kentucky.  They fit me perfectly, and they really are quite deluxe and comfortable and well made.  I ate two bowls of goldfish crackers.  I will now go out for an evening stroll.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/16/07 Tuesday 5:15 P.M..:  I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with neighbors.  I stored away some computer parts boxes, so the bedroom area is a bit neater looking.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors, and I picked up my mail.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a sliced dill pickle and a glass of iced tea.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went to my 3 P.M. appointment, but my appointment was cancelled.  I returned home.  I chatted with some neighbors.  The Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop will not be moving to their new location across from the Hamilton Avenue school for a year.  I hung up the schedule for the Greenwich Flu shot clinics in the laundry room.  I called for an appointment at the Greenwich Hospital Outpatient clinic for my flu shot, but I have not heard back from them.  My medical insurance program does not cover flu shots at the Greenwich Flu shot clinics.  I am waiting for UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Endless.com: Slippers International Men's 8018A Deerskin Moccasin Slipper: Categories in size 9 medium in antique color for $19.89 less one day free shipping discount of $5 for $14.89 total.  It seemed like it was busy downtown, so I guess the local economy is still booming.  Of course it takes a lot of people to keep Greenwich, Connecticut going whether the owners of the property actually are here or not depending on their world travels in search of greater enlightenment.  Basically it seems all of the wealthy people have to travel a lot to make ends meet, so they appear to be involved in business activities which involve crossing international borders frequently.  I was told the Nantucket Light ship has been seen in the Greenwich Harbor.  I left a message with Le Languedoc Bistro & Inn | A Nantucket restaurant for over 30 years. about it possibly getting cold up north.  The owners of the Le Languedoc out in Nantucket also own Sister Kate's in Stowe, Vermont Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe, Vermont - Skiing and Snowboarding at Vermont's best ski vacation resort, so they do not go south in the off season in Nantucket, and their winter livelihood depends on the snow season in Vermont.  They employ people in Nantucket in the summer from the Stowe Ski patrol in the off season, so since on top of the mountain in Stowe, Vermont, it can be minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, they tend to be a cold weather group of people.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/16/07 Tuesday 2:10 A.M..:  It might get colder Alaska Volcano Observatory - Current AVO Reports Russian Bezymianny Volcano might blow its top .

Note: <888> 10/16/07 Tuesday 12:15 A.M..:  BBC NEWS | Health | Why garlic is good for the heart

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Endless.com: Slippers International Men's 8018A Deerskin Moccasin Slipper: Categories in size 9 medium in antique color for $19.89 less one day free shipping discount of $5 for $14.89 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/15/07 Monday 11:45 P.M..:  I mailed in the mailroom downstairs two copies of the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop tax deduction forms to an interested relative whom keeps track of the taxes.  I kept two copies for myself.  I went outside, and I got my snow brushes out of the rear storage area, and I left them in the rear area of the Buick wagon to have available for colder weather.  Once it gets colder, I still have to close up the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with Styrofoam, and check the duct tape on the side around the Plexiglas to have it all sealed up for winter and lower the curtain over it, and move the tower fan further to the left in front of it to move the electric heat around in the winter.  I do not remove the unit in the winter, since I once removed it, and it made no difference in the electric heating bills.  It is a heavy fixed unit, and although there is room to store it in the building, I generally use it later in the season after they remove the other units, and much earlier in the spring.  After having lived at this particular location since December 1988 or close to 19 years, a lot of my seasonal routines make sense to me, if they don't make sense to newcomers.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/15/07 Monday 10:15 P.M..:  I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted mini bagels with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 9 A.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I threw out some old boxes that various computer items arrived in that I had stored above my file cabinet in the bedroom.  I put in their place the Cablevision shipping box, and the box with the spare 3 foot IDE cables, and the DVD/RW box with the spare CD/RW player.  I sorted out the paper work I had stored to the right of the bedroom desk, and I put each category in plastic paper bags in the top file cabinet.  I put the older model HP Deskjet 842C printer that needed ink cartridges in the car, along with the Sharp UX B-20 fax machine that needed an ink cartridge, and the Lexmark X1185 all purpose fax, copier, printer, and scanner inkjet that needed ink cartridges, and the Visioneer 4400 USB scanner all in the Buick wagon.  I moved the two DeLonghi oil filled radiators from the right of the bedroom desk to one in the hallway by the sweater closet and one in front of the chair in front of the stereo system, so they are ready for colder days in the winter.  In my right desk drawer open for use,  I found two rolls of Scotch tape, so I am not out of it.  I also found some U.S.A. flag decals, so I put one on the driver's side rear lower window of the Buick wagon to the right of the Bermuda emblem.  Currently the host country does not seem to know it is the host country.   I picked up my mail.  www.forbes.com offered me two free year subscriptions for anyone else, if I bought one for $60, but I know Forbes is a cheap Scottish businessman, so he will have to forgive me for not renewing my subscription whenever it runs out, unless I find another $8 a year deal. I have not have time to read it, but it makes my apartment more politically correct.  I printed out a list of the items that I would be donating to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop which were:

10 year old Hoover Upright Vacuum Cleaner in new condition

2 Hoover Upright Drive Belts

8 Hoover Upright Vacuum bags

One 15 year old Electrolux Tank Vacuum with hose and power sweeper

Two Electrolux Hoses

Three Electrolux metal extension tubes

One Electrolux floor brush

One Electrolux furniture brush

Sharp UX B-20 fax machine which needs ink cartridge

Lexmark X1185 all purpose fax, copier, inkjet printer, and scanner that needed ink cartridges

HP Deskjet 842C inkjet printer that needs ink cartridges

Epson 4400 USB scanner

I then ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a slice of dill pickle with a glass of iced tea.  I then showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I donated the above mentioned items, and I received an income tax deduction slip.  I was told that the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop bought Longo Rentals shop on Old Track Road in Byram, so they will be moving there soon.  I then went downtown, and I could not find my parking permit for the Senior center, since it seems to have disappeared, so I was issued another one.  I can not figure out what happened to it, since I always keep my car locked.  I ran into another regular walker, and I walked with that walker up Milbank Avenue, we chatted with somebody building four white condominiums on Milbank Avenue about half way up, and we were told they are going for $4.5 million apiece.  I told the builder I had lived at 100 Milbank Avenue at one time, and that I thought it was a noisy street at rush hour in the morning when the back country people drive downtown to the train station.  We walked up to East Putnam Avenue, and then we walked west as far as Christ Church, and we chatted with a local retired policeman directing traffic at the funeral there.  We then walked west to Garlick and Herbs, and my fellow walker had a cup of coffee there, while I smoked a couple of cigarettes.  We then walked back down Greenwich Avenue, and we chatted with another regular.  I then used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I chatted with the other regular.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I then sat out briefly for a while.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought four 10 ounce boxes of white cheddar Cheese Its for $1.99 each box, a 64 ounce container of Minute Maid orange juice with calcium for $2, and a 100 count box of Lipton tea bags for $3.59 and Dole green bananas for .69 a pound for $1.90 for $15.45 total.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I put a quart of Castrol 10W40 oil in my Buick wagonengine, so it is topped up.  I drive so little recently, I forget to do some regular maintenance checks.  I think the last time I added oil was in Kennebunkport, Maine in August 2007, so I use a quart in driving down and my regular driving here since then.  I chatted with my relative, and www.fedex.com finally delivered Bed Bath & Beyond Product Watergard™ Bath Mat . I opened up the package of six boneless chicken breasts, and I put four of them in a large flat Rubbermaid container.   I then rinsed off the other two in cold water, and I dried them with a paper towel.   I then put a thin coat of olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish, and on a separate plate, I rubbed the bottom side of the boneless chicken breasts with olive oil, and then I spread a thick coating of Italian seasoned bread crumbs on them, and then I did the same with the top side and the other boneless chicken breasts.   I then put them in the Pyrex pie dish, and I baked them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes.  I also made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm to which I also added two teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce and oregano Seasoning and chicken bullion seasoning.  I ate half, and I put the other half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I also steamed in a two quart Revere pot with steamer tray and lid about 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns for 15 minutes on medium high electric burner heat, and I put some olive oil on the vegetables.  I put the other baked boneless chicken breast in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with my relative again.  CIO      

Note: <888> 10/14/07 Sunday 9:05 P.M..:  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/14/07 Sunday 7:50 P.M..:  Dwight D. Eisenhower --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/14/07 Sunday 6:15 P.M..:  I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning.  I ordered a bargain no longer available from Endless.com: Slippers International Men's 8018A Deerskin Moccasin Slipper: Categories in size 9 medium in antique color for $19.89 less one day free shipping discount of $5 for $14.89 total.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted mini bagels with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I took out the two old Electrolux tank vacuum cleaners with one with a power nozzle and an old Hoover upright vacuum along with their spare parts and bags, and I put them in the rear of the Buick wagon to donate later.  I gave one of my neighbor's my last Electrolux bag.  I put the new Hoover in the bedroom closet where the old vacuum cleaners had been along with the Sears Upright.  I went downtown, and I brought my photography equipment with me.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area, and I took 204 pictures with the Nikon CoolPix 4600 digital 4.1 mp camera.  I have the picture links posted below.  I use three sets of two used alkaline AA batteries taking the pictures.  Since the Nikon has an LCD screen, it uses batteries faster.  I have rechargeable Metal Hydride AA batteries that I can use if I chose.  If one uses Metal Hydride batteries, one has to set the camera for them.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a Cash Craze scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 108 tablet box of St. Joseph 81 mg. chewable aspirin for $6.49 less my $5 coupon that I printed out yesterday for $1.49 total.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  After my photography session, I stopped by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a six pack of boneless breasts of chicken for $1.99 a pound for $7.16, buy one six pack of Thomas' English muffins, get one free for $2.99 both, a quart jar of B&G kosher dill pickles for $2.99, three 64 ounce containers of Stop and Shop cranraspberry juice for $2 each, a five pound bag of yellow onions for $2.79 for $21.93 total.   I then returned home, and I put away my purchases, and I posted the pictures.  I made and ate my burger with sautéed onions and cheese dinner, which I ate it with steamed flavored rice and steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots with a glass of iced tea.  I will now do some regular computer work.  The Nikon digital camera seems to work just fine, but I have to remember to squeeze the shutter half way to let it focus, and then press it all the way, instead of just pressing it all the way in one stroke.  CIO    

Note: <888> 10/14/07 Sunday 4:30 P.M..:  Michael Scott's Pictures of downtown Greenwich, Ct., Sunday, October 14, 2007, Kodakgallery.com Sign in to Kodakgallery.com CIO

Note: <888> 10/14/07 Sunday 2:20 P.M..:  204 pictures taken in the downtown Greenwich, Connecticut area today with the Nikon CoolPix 4600 digital camera http://mikelouisscott.com/gw1007/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/13/07 Saturday 10:40 P.M..:  Newegg.com - Gateway M685-E(400959-0) NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T5500(1.66GHz) 17.0" Wide XGA+ 1GB DDR2 667 40GB 5400rpm Dual layer DVD Burner NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 - Retail small hard drive though.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/13/07 Saturday 9:00 P.M..:  I tried to get the Via Audio drivers to work on the Northgate Syntax computer in the Vista SP1 beta partition, but they do not.  The Northgate Syntax computer is an older computer, so possibly it will not be supported in future Vista updates.  I watched some High Def television.  From what I can tell, I am pretty much caught up on all of my regular computer activity, so once I have some extra funds next month, I might try to venture downtown for a little bit of exercise walking.  Of course from what I can tell, not much has changed around here, but with the higher prices of fuel, it is a bit slower around here than in the past.  Since in the good old days of growing up in back country Greenwich, I was used to staying at home for long periods of time, I suppose it is not really necessary to go downtown for a walk every day.  Anyway I seem to be getting a bit more work done at home.  Not much available in the way of bottom fishing on the internet, since I do not have the funds to buy anything anyway.  The good old days of driving into Manhattan for a walk around the city on a few dollars of gasoline are long since gone.  Even the train costs about $20 round trip into Manhattan.  From what I can tell on local television, a lot of people are drinking a lot of alcohol and pursuing club activity in Manhattan, so I guess the Big City life style has not changed much.  Since  I have not been to a pub or ordered a drink in a long time, I do not know what they even cost anymore.  I think the last time I was in a pub about 15 years or more ago, a drink in Manhattan cost about $4, and we use to tip a dollar.  Beers might have been a dollar cheaper.  Of course now that I have become a computer nerd, everyone in Greenwich where people can still afford to drink alcohol seem to find me boring, since the liberal democrats seem to like to party a lot, which also means they pursue recreational activities in terms of drinking alcohol.  From what I can tell, since they can afford it, a great many back country people still drive into Manhattan for recreation as opposed to pursuing the local activity out here in the woods.  For the locals, they can look forward to raking or blowing leaves pretty soon, when they begin to fall.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/13/07:

Note: <888> 10/13/07 Saturday 5:20 P.M..:  I went through my email.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/13/07 Saturday 5:05 P.M..:  After lunch, I went outside, and I used ear cotton que tips and plastic bags to mix the Devcon five minute epoxy, and I secured the lose ends on the rubber side molding strips on the Buick wagon.  I also secured a small piece of plastic stripping on a neighbor's car.  I used up the Devcon five minute epoxy.  I ate another bowl of goldfish crackers.  I am currently 199 pounds, so sooner or later when I can afford it, I am going to have to get downtown to do some exercise walking.  However, I was visiting relatives in Kennebunkport, Maine for six weeks this summer, so I was behind in some of my normal routines.  I was told by FedEx, that the bath mat package was delivered to a house with a similar address, so they will have to retrieve it and deliver it to the correct address.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/13/07 Saturday 2:55 P.M..:  I was awake at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted mini bagels with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 9 A.M..  I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.  I chatted with a relative.  I went to the Splash Car wash across the street from where I lived on West Putnam Avenue Splash Car Wash Express Wash Menu , and I got the basic Express Car wash for $8, and I gave them a $2 tip for $10 total.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I then used the www.finaldetail.com spray car wax, and I waxed my car.  Basically one does one section at a time spraying and wiping the wax on, and then you use another cloth to dry it.  I came out quite well, and since one does not have to buff it, it only took me about 45 minutes to do the large Buick wagon with a lot less strain than traditional car waxes that need buffing.  I only used about a half of a 22 ounce bottle, so I have enough left to wax the Buick wagon three more times in the future.  Of course I will not be able to afford to get the Buick wagon washed very often this coming winter at $8 a wash, however after 6 P.M. at Splash, they are $5, so I might try to do it when it needs it.  I still need to use some of my Epoxy glue that I have left to glue on some of the end pieces of the rear side rubber strips where they are coming lose, but I need to get some small pop cycle type sticks for mixing it and mixing cups to use it, which I do not have.  A neighbor wants me to use duct tape to fasten on her side mirror until it is repaired, but the neighbor had left when I went out to do it.  I chatted with my relative.  FedEx still has not found and delivered the bath mat to a relative, so I will check with them in a little while.  I received the SUPER BASS High Quality Stereo Headphone w/ inline Microphone and Volume Control, 8-Foot Audio Cable, Perfect for PC, MSN or SKYPE Voice over IP for $8.99 with free shipping, and I connected it to the Northgate Syntax computer, and it works just fine for audio microphone use in Windows XP Home.  On the Northgate Syntax computer with Vista SP1 beta, the Via sound drivers do not work properly, and I might try to see if they have the Via 4 in 1 drivers in Vista update that might fix that problem.  I washed out the waxing cloths, so I can use them again.  I will now eat a baloney and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a slice of dill pickle and a glass of ice tea.  CIO     

Note: <888> 10/12/07 Friday 5:50 P.M..:  I watched the end of a Disney www.disney.com movie about Captain Nemo getting the Deep Six.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good evening.  I also ate a couple of bowl fulls of goldfish crackers.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/12/07 Friday 4:40 P.M..:  Well, I was in college during the Viet Nam war next to Great Lakes Naval Station Medical Center and next to Fort Sheridan Army Post.  Fort Sheridan back then was in charge of all of the recruiting for the United States Army www.army.mil and Great Lakes Naval Station was a medical facility and basic training facility.  As a student in the area, I was very up to date on current affairs, unlike today when I am only up to date on computer technology information as it relates to home computers.  However, I did spend quite a bit of time covering O'Hare airport watching all of the traveling personnel in that period, and it was only about 20 minutes away from www.lfc.edu , so it was not too difficult to drive down there during the early morning hours and park there and wander around the terminals observing the traveling public, a great many of whom were in military uniform.  Before modern surveillance techniques, they actually use to use people for surveillance.  For all you know, I have wall to wall cameras on Greenwich Avenue, and I am covering the Greenwich Avenue pedestrian traffic through the internet.  For over 25 years, a camera or a microphone can be as small as a pin head, so secret surveillance is very common place today.  With high speed cable modems on computers with web cams and microphones, technically anyone anywhere in the world could be monitoring other computer users.  Much is the same for Cable Television boxes, since they could hold cameras or microphones for surveillance use.  Thus we all live in glass houses.  For 50 years, spy satellites could read the fine printing on a Marlboro box, so more than likely since Greenwich, Connecticut is suppose to a Presidential and United Nations home town, the town is kept under close surveillance, so www.exxon.com can make more money, which is why we call it an Exxon company town.  The politically correct people would not be so politically correct without their American Express cards and Trust Funds from monies that their relatives seem to have accumulated in office while they controlled the country.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/12/07 Friday 3:50 P.M..:  I mailed a $5 off coupon for Tylenol to a relative.  I went outside, and it looks to be a nice day.  Normally I do not go out too much on Fridays, so the children can play downtown at the end of the school week without being bothered by adults.  They  need to learn from experience about the layout of the town, and some of the local color around town that I am all too familiar with.   I guess the liberal minority in town think I am "Not Politically Correct", but I have more experience in certain areas that I am familiar with than some of the younger population and some of the new comers whom only know what is on television.  As http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm use to say, "America Lives in a Hollywood Fantasy".  Now I will do a little bit of Bottom Fishing on the internet, but I really do not have any spare funds to buy anything for the rest of the month.  It seems certain telemarketing agencies are not paying attention to the Do Not Call List that certain people have subscribed too, thus it would seem to be another matter that the United States Government Judiciary is not enforcing.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/12/07 Friday 2:45 P.M..: ABC News: Nobel for Al Gore, Did You Know About Factual Mistakes in His Movie?

Note: <888> 10/12/07 Friday 2:05 P.M..:  $5 off Tylenol coupon http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subpcccoldmed.inc .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/12/07 Friday 1:55 P.M..:  I went outside briefly.  I picked up my mail.  On my September 2007 www.cl-p.com bill, because I was gone two weeks in September, my usage was $117 down from the monthly average of $187, which I already have paid.  I now have an $83 credit on the account.  I made and ate my burger with sautéed onions and cheese dinner, which I ate it with steamed flavored rice and steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots with a glass of iced tea.  My Buick wagon looks fine with all of the rain we had the last two days.  I was thinking instead of waxing it in the fall with the www.finaldetail.com two 22 ounce bottles or spray wax that I have already purchased, since I can not really afford to have the car washed regularly in the winter, I might not wax it this fall, and instead I will wait until the spring to wax it.  The current wax job is less than a year old, so from what I know it is fine as is.  However, I might change my mind.  Of course the wax would protect the finish from the elements in the winter.  I will now go through my email.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/12/07 Friday 12:25 P.M..:  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  The Bed Bath & Beyond Product Watergard™ Bath Mat was supposedly delivered at my relative's house front door in Florida, yesterday afternoon, but when I chatted with my relative, I guess they had not yet looked at the front door, so I do not know yet whether it was received or not.  I chatted with a friend.  If one gets fed up with the cold up north, one can fly from Westchester County Airport to Orlando, Florida on less busy week days on www.airtran.com , for $69 each way.  Of course ground transportation to one's final destination might be even more expensive.  There is bus service from the Port Chester, New York train station number 13 bus to the White Plains, New York, where one can catch Air Link to the Westchester Country airport Westchester County Airport Ground Transportation.  I called up Limousine Service of Westchester 1-914-592-8534, and it is $33 one way from my apartment building in Byram to Westchester Country airport, and the fare includes 10% gratuity.  It is $22 a day to park at the airport, if one were driving their own car.  It is sort of amusing that since I have a car Michael Scott 1992 Buick Roadmaster Station Wagon, and I know a lot of people whom travel in this area that nobody ever contacts me fro a lift, and I do not know anyone to bother for a ride for myself either, since I was primarily on a night schedule in this area for 24 years.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/12/07 Friday 10:15 A.M..:  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two pounds of baby carrots for $2.99, buy one get one free of 12.25 ounce Lay's Sour Cream and Onion potato chips for $3.49 both, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.33 for $8.81 total.  I then went by my regular meeting with the local Red Cross coordinator.  I then returned home.  I went to bed about 4 P.M..  I was awake at 1 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted mini bagels with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I then went back to bed until 4 A.M..  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants, and I added some Schultz's liquid fertilizer.  I then put out more white vinegar in a bowl in the living room for scent control.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I did my house cleaning.  The new Hoover Z 700 vacuum cleaner works just fine.  I had to empty its debris cup about four times vacuuming my apartment.  It picks up a lot of extra material that the older vacuum cleaners do not.  I had a telephone call from a www.microsoft.com representative asking me about any development projects that I might have underway, but he then hung up, since he said he was not willing or did not know anything about politics or other matters, a matter that I did not bring up.  I threw out some more garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I will now shower, and I will clean up.  Tomorrow is suppose to be sunny, so I might try to wax the car with the www.finaldetail.com car wax.  I have not seen the old King of Norway around here recently, so perhaps he is still back home in Norway, before he spends the winter here in our warmer environment.  I ate two bowls of goldfish crackers.  I put the Motorola C139 wireless telephone automobile charger in the Buick wagon glove box.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/11/07 Thursday 1:25 P.M..:

Note: <888> 10/11/07 Thursday 12:30 P.M..:

Note: <888> 10/11/07 Thursday 7:00 A.M..:  I think I will take a nap for a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/11/07 Thursday 6:50 A.M..:  I ate three bowls of goldfish crackers.  Basically having lived in Europe for about nine months, I think a bit like a European in the old days.  Alas the modern world, does not seem to be in step with the Old World way of thinking.  Thus I fine myself awake in America during the European daytime.  Alas even when I was in Europe, I was mostly on a night schedule, so I do not really feel comfortable with a lot of busy daytime activity.  I find I can get more work done on a night schedule than when I am on a daytime schedule, I just deal with a lot of traffic.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/10/07 Wednesday 4:00 P.M..:  I made a few routine telephone calls.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/10/07 Wednesday 8:10 A.M..:  I chatted with Home & Home Office Support - Symantec Corp. about how I solved my computer problems by disconnecting the www.verizon.com telephone line to the Samsung SCX-4521F connected to the primary Vista computer via USB cable.  They gave me this page http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/support/premium_virus.jsp if I suspected a virus.  I did find out this evening on the Northgate Syntax computer with Vista SP1 beta and Microsoft One Care beta, when I tried to install the Tropic Designs - Content , One Care beta showed that Weather Pulse had a Trojan problem, and it would not let it install.  However, the Norton products do not show any problems.

Note: <888> 10/10/07 Wednesday 4:50 A.M..:  I woke up at 9 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted mini bagels with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative.  I setup the new Nikon Coolpix 4600 camera, and it seems to work just fine.  It has an automatic exposureand focurs control that I will probably use most of the time.  One presses the shutter button half way to see it the green light comes on for focused and the red light for flash, and then one presses the rest of the way to take a picture.  It has a zoom wide angle and telephoto lens.  I took out the 1 gigabyte smart memory card from the Polaroid digital camera, and I put it in the Nikon.  It will hold 512 pictures.  I put the Nikon in the Polaroid case, and when I can afford it, I can always get another $10 Philips MP3 case at CVS to hold the other of the two digital cameras.  I put the older Vivitar on the shelf on the side board in the bedroom.  I put the three digital camera cables in the front pouch of the camera case, and I have the two digital cameras, spare AA batteries, and instructions also in the case.  I am charging up four Radio Shack AA Metal Hydride rechargeable batteries that I have, and they will be fully charged at noon.  I installed the Nikon software programs on the primary Vista computer.  I registered with Nikon.  I reinstalled the Samsung SCX-4521F software, so it works online now, when one turns it on.   I will now reheat and eat the same meal that I have been eating recently this past week.  That will be the last of the chicken.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/09/07 Tuesday 12:50 P.M..:  I finished configuring the Northgate Syntax computer with Vista SP1 beta on the second hard drive.  It eliminated the www.ubuntu.com install, but the XP Home Edition configuration is still on the first hard drive.  I might have room later to back it up to an external hard drive.  I was not able to get the Hauppauge generic TV card to work with Vista SP1 beta, although it did work with the RTM release last November.  However, it is a different computer I am trying it on.  I threw out the garbage and the two shipping boxes that I got last week.  I chatted with some neighbors.  The mail did not come yet, and I have not yet received my October 2007 rent statement.  I am pretty much caught up on all of my routines since I returned from Kennebunkport, Maine, and it looks like it might rain, and it is a bit cooler out.  I still have to was the Buick wagon with www.finaldetail.com car wax when I am on a daytime schedule.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/09/07 Tuesday 3:45 A.M..:  To get the Northgate Syntax computer to go online with Vista SP1 beta, I had to replace two of its more recent generic Lan cards with two identical even older 3Com Lan cards that had supported XP drivers that worked with Vista SP1 beta.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with 50% less salt potato chips and a slice of dill pickle with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shower and clean up.  I have 5 older generic Lan cards that I keep around for spare parts.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/09/07 Tuesday 1:45 A.M..:  I finished switching around the DVD drives, and I am now installing the Vista SP1 beta on the Northgate Syntax computer.  I will now shower and clean up.  I put the drive audio cable with IDE ribbon cable from the new DVD drive in the top left living room desk drawer to have in reserve.  I also lost a spare DIP pin by the chair underneath the stereo system, and I can not find it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 11:50 P.M..:   I went to bed after the last note.  About 3 P.M. www.staples.com delivered the two clamp binders, and at about 5 P.M., UPS delivered the Pacific Digital Double Layer DVD/RW drive from this order Pacific Digital Mach 16X Internal Double-Layer DVD Drive at Staples® for $49.98 less $25 instant coupon and to put the order over $50 with free shipping I ordered two Staples Clamp Binder, Clear at Staples® for $2.48 each, thus the order was $54.94 minus $25 instant coupon and $1.80 tax for $31.74 total with free shipping.  I woke up at 8 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted mini bagels with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative.  I installed the new Pacific Digital Double Layer DVD/RW drive in the third 5.25 inch drive bay in the primary Vista computer removing the Nec DVD/RW drive.  It is above the other DVD/RW drive in the fourth drive bay.  I am now installing the NEC DVD/RW drive in the Epox computer.  I will take the generic DVD/R drive from the Epox computer, and I will install it in the Northgate Syntax computer.  I will then be able to install Vista SP1 beta on the Northgate Syntax computer on the second 20 gigabyte hard drive removing the XP Home backup from that Hard Drive.  I also have www.ubuntu.com on a secondary partition on the first hard drive, so I will have three operating systems on the Northgate Syntax computer, once I have it all setup and configured.  Now you know what I will be doing in the early morning hours, while the local night shift enjoys the warmer weather.  It was suppose to rain, but I do not know if it actually rained or not, since I have not been out.  I also chatted with a local security organization about the computer problems that I had.  While Vista SP1 is installing on the Northgate Syntax computer, I will shower and clean up.  I figure that although I am not going out, one should shower and clean up at least every two days, so one feels more refreshed, despite the higher costs of hot water.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 1:25 P.M..:  I chatted with a couple of people from www.verizon.com about my problems that I had with my computer being hacked through the Verizon telephone line connected to the Samsung all purpose fax, scanner, printer, and copier.  Well now that the problem does not seem to exist anymore with being hacked because I switched it over to the Optimum Voice switch, I am trying to get back to some of my normal internet routine.  There is an interesting program I think on HiDef on channel 721 the Nature Channel about the Penguins of the Antarctica.   I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Enjoy the warm afternoon.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 11:10 A.M..:  This Greenwich Exxon is where I buy gasoline and have had my various cars serviced.  It is next to the Greenwich, Connecticut Library Welcome to Greenwich Library and a mile east of my apartment building.   CIO

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 9:35 A.M..:  Volcano in Arizona Sunset Crater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  Well they have them in Mexico and California, so why wouldn't they have them in Arizona?  CIO

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 8:30 A.M..:  Need to ship some items down south for the winter Assorted Pack #2, (3 Medium, 3 Large, & 3 X-Large Boxes) at Staples® .

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 8:15 A.M..:  I ate two bowls of goldfish crackers.  Earlier, I ran System Mechanic, so I did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  If one stays home a lot, the most dangerous thing is the bath tub. CIO 

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 7:35 A.M..:  Microsoft Wants Your Health Records and your money.

The Greenwich, Connecticut residents whom volunteer for the neighborhood watches around town apparently have enough funds, so they turned their volunteer observations duties over to Blackwater USA , so be forewarned.

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 5:40 A.M..:   I made and ate the same dinner as five of the last six nights.  Today on Columbus Day a Italian Mafia holiday in New York when their Bank of New York is closed, the Kennedy mafia democrats leave their strong hold in Nantucket to discover America down south for their ventures in the somewhat questionable import and export business, which is why they live near the ocean both north and south.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/08/07 Monday 1:25 A.M..:  I woke up at 6 P.M..  We do not get much sleep around here anymore.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted mini bagels with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I watched on the Turner Movie Channel a vintage Howard Hughes RKO movie called TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES Back from Eternity .  Apparently there are still Head Hunters in the Americas.  I know they still exist in Ecuador, so beware of any low budget travel bargains.  Those are the American Indians that cut off people's heads and shrink them.  I have seem them around Greenwich, Connecticut before on the waterfront on Steamboat Road, but I could not figure out what they were doing here.  I chatted with two relatives and a friend.  I have two friends possibly coming out tomorrow at noon to Old Greenwich, but I will probably not be awake to see them.  There is a chance of rain Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground , but they still might call me, if the come out.  I tested the two wireless Logitech computer headsets on the primary and the FIC computers, and neither of them worked.  One of the base units did not work, and the other one's headset had a bad battery, and I put in the good rechargeable battery from the other one, and it still did not work.  I tried the one that might be good on the Epox computer, but it still did not work.  I got them about two years ago for $15 apiece from www.justdeals.com .  Well, I never used them hardly at all.  I took them off the computers.  I am using their plug-in headsets on the Panasonic wireless two line telephone base unit on the brass and glass coffee table, and the other one on the Uniden Spread Spectrum connected to Optimum in the kitchen.  I put the rest of their parts in two bags that I stored on the floor to the left of the side board in the bedroom.  I am making up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .   CIO

Note: <888> 10/07/07 Sunday 9:30 A.M..:  I finished configuring the Vista Windows Server SP1 beta 2008 Enterprise on the FIC computer.  It seems to be running just fine, so I will run it for a while without the www.ibm.com footers.  I put www.openoffice.org on the two computers with Vista betas.  I have three product keys for the Vista server, so I can run it indefinitely.  However, I can do more work with the FIC server in XP Professional, since I have it on a larger partition with more programs that work with XP.   I will now back up the Vista server from the first hard drive to the second hard drive, which also backs up the XP Professional partition.  I reheated and ate the same meal as last night.  I ate two bowls of goldfish crackers.  I chatted with a friend.  The reason I got the new Hoover vacuum cleaner is that I currently own a 25 year old Electrolux tank model with power nozzle that I got for $5 at a tag sale in Millbrook, New York about 10 years ago.  I also own a 30 year old Electrolux tank model that I got about 15 years ago for $15 at the little thrift shop in Byram, where the Dive shop is now located.  I also own a Sears upright that costs about $40 new that I found discarded outside by our dumpster about two years ago, and I repaired its drive belt and light, and although it works just fine, and I have plenty of bags for it, with the extra attachments and power of the new Hoover, I can do a better cleaning job in the apartment.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/07/07 Sunday 1:50 A.M..:  While out tonight, I saw two retired visitors from Florida driving a gold www.cadillac.com .  I guess we still have guests from Florida with the warmer weather that we have been enjoying.  I also cleaned the Buick wagon windows on the outside, and I checked the front tires for 30 PSI front and 35 PSI rear.  The air hose at the Exxon station has a crack in its outer lining, so it can kink if it is twisted too tight, so one has to make sure it is working properly.  I am defragmenting the Vista SP1 beta hard drive on the Epox computer.  I took a shower, and I cleaned up.  The friend that I chatted with this evening uses www.verizon.com for their internet service.  I tried to chat with www.verizon.com about the hackers on their phone service disrupting my computer and internet activity, but their supervisor said all of their repair lines were overwhelmed, so I guess other people using www.verizon.com are having problems with hackers.  Sad news Afghan bomb kills British major - CNN.com .   I guess I will now reboot the FIC server into Vista SP1 Server 2008 to start configuring it, so my home web server will not be working for a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/07/07 Sunday 12:30 A.M..:  After the last note, I worked on configuring the Vista SP1 beta partition on the Epox computer.  I had to replace the headset on it with one from the Dell computer in the bedroom.  I thus have two headsets that do not seem to work.  I used the Y splitter from the Dell to hook up the headset to the Epox to the primary Creative Sound card jack, and the microphone jack to the onboard microphone jack.   I also did a Vista Complete PC back from the first hard drive to the second hard drive which also backed up the XP Professional partition on it.  I chatted with a relative.  I went to bed at 1 P.M..  I was awake at 8 P.M..  I chatted with a friend.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted mini bagels with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went out without cleaning up.  I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 33.5 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm whole wheat goldfish crackers for $7.99.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $18 of premium self service gasoline for $3.39 a gallon for 5.296 gallons for 10.348 miles per gallon driving locally in traffic with the air conditioning going.    I drove 54.8 miles since last Saturday, and the odometer is now at 115,391 miles.  I then returned home.  I put the www.nuance.com PDF converter on the primary Vista computer.  The Vista SP1 beta partition on the Epox computer can be reactivated ever 30 days for three times for a total of 120 days, it can be used before it expires.  Of course if Microsoft were worth its salt, it would give me another free license key for all of the work, time, and money I have spent testing their products.  I now have to configured the Vista Server 2008 beta partition on the FIC server, so the server will be down for a while.  CIO     

Note: <888> 10/06/07 Saturday 6:50 A.M..:  I ate a couple of bowls of goldfish crackers.   I finished eating the red seedless grapes.   There a few fruit flies in the apartment that they seem to have brought in.  I guess I should have left them in the refrigerator.  Have a good morning.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/06/07:

Note: <888> 10/06/07 Saturday 5:05 A.M..:   I will now go through my email.

Do we need NASA?

Note: <888> 10/06/07 Saturday 3:45 A.M..:  I worked on configuring the Vista SP1 beta partition on the Epox computer.  I am making the same meal as three nights ago, and I will eat half and refrigerate half.  I will eat it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/06/07 Saturday 2:05 A.M..:  This story about the town of Greenwich, Connecticut public housing project where I live Senior housing eyed for Byram - Greenwich Time .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/06/07 Saturday 1:50 A.M..:  I just bought Linens 'n Things - Hoover Z 700 Bagless Upright Vacuum listed at $99.99 less 20% with coupon "223823997733" of a $20 discount with free shipping worth $11.99 with sales tax of $4.80 for $84.79 total.  I will be a little lower on money this month, but I will have a cleaner apartment.  It sells here Amazon.com: Hoover U9145-900 "Z" 700 Bagless Upright Vacuum: Kitchen & Dining  for $299.89 plus shipping discounted from $549.99.  Thus I would say it is a pretty good deal.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/05/07 Friday 4:40 A.M..:  I did another Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   I ate another bowl of goldfish crackers.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Basically, I have been awake for 36 hours with a three hour nap, so I should sleep well.   Have a good morning.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/05/07 Friday 4:05 A.M..:  On the Epox computer with Vista SP1 beta full install, Norton Internet Security 2008 will install on it, but I did not install it, because it would have needed an extra license.  On my primary Vista computer with SP1 beta upgrade, Norton Internet Security 2008 would not install, but the system might have been modified since my orginal install on July 11, 2007.  Thus from what I can tell my primary computer with restore of the original install is now running much better.  I have 112 days left on my license on Norton Internet Security 2007, so I can install it on the Northgate Syntax computer, when I have the time.

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Note: <888> 10/05/07 Friday 3:30 A.M..:  I installed the Vista updates.  Possibly the hacking problems I have been having are not coming from the Cablevision TV box into the Hauppauge TV card.  On my primary Vista computer, I have a Samsung all purpose laser fax copier scanner connected to the Vista computer with a USB cable.  The Samsung unit is connected to both Optimum and Verizon telephone lines with a Radio Shack telephone switch to switch between them.  Last November 2006, in about two hours, I had somebody flash the bios on three of my computers, so I disconnected the telephone lines from them before reflashing them.  Possibly since I had the Samsung unit set on Verizon, I was being hacked through the same Verizon telephone line.  I switched the switch to Optimum, and the hacking seems to have gone away, so I will have to see if that solved the problem.  I ate two bagels and two bowls of goldfish crackers.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/04/07 Thursday 11:30 P.M..:  After the last message yesterday, the order for Final Detail S/2 Top Shelf Series Instant Spray Wax at QVC for two 22 ounce spray bottles for $17.68 both and $5.72 shipping and $1.40 tax for $24.80 total arrived.  I unpacked it, and I left the car wax at the apartment entrance to be ready for when I have time to wax the Buick wagon after I get it washed.  I went out, and I went by the ATM machine at the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then drove over to www.staples.com in Old Greenwich.  I bought a 3 license pack of Norton Internet Security 2008 www.symantec.com for $59.98 and a www.pny.com 4 gigabyte USB pin drive for $34.96 and $5.70 tax for $100.66 total.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 12 packs of mini bagels for $2.50 each 12 pack, a half gallon of Tropicana grove stand orange juice with calcium for $3, two 18 ounce containers of Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal for $2 each, a 100 package box of Splenda for $3.99 for $15.99 total.  I then returned home.  The PNY USB pin drive would not work with Vista Ready boost.  I installed copies of Norton Internet Security 2008 on the FIC server and the Epox computer.  I tried installing it on the Vista SP1 computer, but it would not install, and it prompted to install the Microsoft C++ update, which also would not install.  After talking with www.symantec.com tech support there was no way to get it to install.  I finally restored my Vista new installation and configuration backup from the external hard drive done on July 11, 2007.  With a clean configuration Norton Internet Security 2008 installed on the Vista computer.  I then restored the changed and additional files and folders to the C: drive.  I configured the monitors and I installed System Mechanic which are the only two changes in the software.  I did not install the *.pdf publisher, but I might do it sometime in the future.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I still need to install the Vista updates.  Over the work period, I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.  Also about 5 A.M., I ate the reheated boneless chicken breast and flavored rice with some iced tea.  About noon, I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a slice of dill pickle and a glass of iced tea.  The Norton Internet Security 2008 three license package had two $20 mail in rebates, so I prepared them to mail.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I picked up my mail.  The order for  Buy Faceplate Motorola C139 Black Snap-On Protector Case & Wholesale Cell Phone Accessories for $8, Buy Motorola C139 Rapid IC Car Charger & Wholesale Cell Phone Accessories for $5, and a second Buy Motorola C139 AC Home/Wall Charger & Wholesale Cell Phone Accessories for $7 and $8.93 First Class Mail for $28.93 total arrived.  I put the face place on my AT&T Go phone.  It does not cover the buttons though, so one can still accidentally dial out.  I mailed the rebates at the Valley Road Post Office.  I went to my regular 3 P.M. appointment that I had not been to in a month.  I returned home, and I went to bed from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M.. I the drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, and I tried driving I-95 East from exit 2 to 3, but that took about 45 minutes because of a backup, so I took East Putnam Avenue from exit 3.  I returned the PNY USB 4 gigabyte pin drive for $37.08 cash refund.  I then went by the Chase Bank  ATM machine on Mason Street.   I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with another walker about the price of tea in China.  I then returned home.  I ate a bowl of red seedless grapes with some iced tea.  Thus I have only had 3 hours sleep since yesterday afternoon.  I will now install the Vista updates, and I will eat some goldfish crackers.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/03/07 Wednesday 6:15 P.M..:  I woke up at noon today, when the mail man delivered my order of 7 cartons of Native Ultra Lights 100s from www.ordersmokesdirect.com .  I went back to bed until 3 P.M..  I had a computer magazine telephone call.  I defragmented the Vista computer C: drive while I was asleep.  I then did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I also installed Norton Internet Security updates and ran some other minor maintenance utilities.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with my relative stopping over in Hawaii twice, and I chatted with one of my relatives whom is back down in Florida.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I had a telephone call from MS Partner at 1-800-214-6223 with web site at www.mspartnerdirect.com/winback/ .  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out to do some errands.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/03/07 Wednesday 7:15 A.M..:  I will go to bed shortly.  I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers and some red grapes earlier.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/03/07 Wednesday 6:45 A.M..:  I installed the Windows Vista SP1 beta Server 2008 on the FIC server in a smaller secondary partition, and I did some minor configuration on it.  I still have to finish configuring it.   I have not been using the beta, since I can run more programs off the server with XP Professional, and the IIS server also supports footers, so I can run my www.ibm.com footers.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/03/07 Wednesday 4:10 A.M..:  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Home

I am not doing anything, so I guess I will install the Vista Server SP1 on the FIC server in the secondary partition to see what it looks like.  CIO

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Note: <888> 10/03/07 Wednesday 2:10 A.M..:  I woke up, and I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.  I watched a repeat on the History Channel about different events that could cause problems on the earth, so I thought I better get back to work.  Basically most of my adult life, I have been on a limited income in this area, so I suffered from the "Stockholm Syndrome Stockholm syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia of poverty of the lower classes in this area".  Although the local media promotes the affluent lifestyle of a few of our local citizens, this is really a contiguous part of the larger New York City community and as such, there are a large number of ordinary every day people whom manage to make ends meet on limited income versus, the relative few whom seem to have a more affluent lifestyle.  Having spent 24 years walking and observing on Greenwich Avenue along with living here since 1961, I am familiar with both sides of the coin.  I basically maintain my own perspective, since it helps keep my focus in terms of limiting my budget in terms of my daily affairs.  Since I have the computer equipment and internet access, and since I know how to type, I use the internet for my outlet.  Like a poor monk in some long forgotten monastery scribing away, I figure there are enough people in Manhattan to keep track of their affairs nearby without me venturing into New York City.  If anything note worthy or out of the ordinary happens there, they have ample communications to let us know about any events.  However, since it seems the Commercial Aspect of the local urban environment rules our area, I frequently use the internet for looking for bargain basement items for sale versus other more scholarly research.  Since the politicians and other political movers come and go in this area in their fund raising activities, we have neighbors whom have influence, but frequently they are busy with other activities and have their own separate political agendas based on whatever other experiences that they might have.  Since I am more technically orientated like a self trained computer engineer, I would more than likely bore a large portion of the local internet population if I went into some of the more technical details based on my historical activities and experience with the internet.  My personal viewpoint of my usage of the internet is like being a reference librarian knowing that a great deal of the reference work is available on the internet, but since we also have a good library in this area, a lot of people probably read books on various relevant subject matter as opposed to reading short summaries on the internet.  I will now go through my email.  It is the nature of beta testing that one is using unfinished software, so it is not expected to perform as well as the completed product.  Still in terms of using personal computers for 20 years and the internet for 15 years, my present daily experience is a lot easier and more useful than the historical usage I went through for many years.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/02/07 Tuesday 10:00 P.M..:  I opened up the package of six boneless chicken breasts, and I put four of them in a large flat Rubbermaid container.   I then rinsed off the other two in cold water, and I dried them with a paper towel.   I then put a thin coat of olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish, and on a separate plate, I rubbed the bottom side of the boneless chicken breasts with olive oil, and then I spread a thick coating of Italian seasoned bread crumbs on them, and then I did the same with the top side and the other boneless chicken breasts.   I then put them in the Pyrex pie dish, and I baked them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes.  I also made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm to which I also added two teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce and oregano Seasoning and chicken bullion seasoning.  I ate half, and I put the other half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I also steamed in a two quart Revere pot with steamer tray and lid about 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns for 15 minutes on medium high electric burner heat, and I put some olive oil on the vegetables.  I put the other baked boneless chicken breast in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative off the coast of Maui.  I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed early.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/02/07 Tuesday 8:00 P.M..:  I woke up this morning, and I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.  I had a couple of computer magazine telephone calls.  I finally woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I chatted with a couple of local citizens also.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the First Selectman republican campaign headquarters on Railroad Avenue.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought for $9.99 a benpeni salone platinum series rechargeable triple head shaving kit with a seperate personal groomer included with .60 tax for $10.59 total.  I then complete my walk.  I then returned home.  I had a telephone call from www.cablevision.com about the computer problems that I have been having, and they listened, but they did not have any ideas.  I will save the electric shaver to have in reserve in the bathroom.  I chatted with a relative who is flying further south tomorrow.   I spent a dollar on parking today.  CIO 

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Note: <888> 10/02/07 Tuesday 2:10 A.M..:  I had a telephone call this past morning from a relative and a friend.  I woke up at 4 P.M. this past afternoon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with one relative twice whom is currently stopping on a cruise in Hawaii.  I chatted with another relative twice.  I picked up my mail.  I installed the updates on the Northgate Syntax computer.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a sliced dill pickle and potato chips and a glass of iced tea.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage, and I also threw out some old periodical literature.  I went out, and I stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought a 33.5 ounce container of whole grain gold fish crackers for $6.99.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the ATM machine at the Chase Bank on Greenwich Avenue.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought organic bananas for .79 a pound for $2.29 and red seedless grapes for .99 a pound for $2.13 for $4.42 total.  I then drove back downtown on Greenwich Avenue, and I mailed a letter at the central Greenwich Post Office.  I then drove over to CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza.  They have a special if one buys $20 of McNeil products, you get $10 of CVS bonus bucks.  I bought three 100 capsule bottles of Tylenol arthritis pain formula caplets for $8.50 each for $25.50 total, and I got a $10 and $1.50 bonus bucks.  I then bought a 25 foot roll of Philips coaxial cable for $5.99, two 15 ounce Alberto VO5 extra body shampoo for .77 each, one Alberto VO5 Kiwi and Lime conditioner for .77, and three 5.5 ounce Pringles sour cream and onion potato chips for .88 each and my bonus bucks paid for them all including 4 cents extra for $11.46 total.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a six pack of boneless breasts of chicken for $1.99 a pound for $7.44, a 10 pack of America's Choice powdered milk for $6.99, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $3.29, and a head of organic broccoli for $3.49 for $21.21 total.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I installed my spare Hauppauge TV card in the FIC server, and I used the 25 foot Philips coaxial cable to connect it to the cable system without the cable box, and since it programs and drivers were already on the FIC server, it now has TV on the FIC server, as if we needed another TV tuner.  Thus all of the four computers in the living room have TV tuners for further entertainment enjoyment.  I will now reheat the Chinese stir fry and rice I made last night, and I will eat it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/01/07 Monday 1:05 A.M..:  I watched a bit of television.  I reconnected the Northgate Syntax computer TV card to the cable TV system, so its TV card now might work.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO