Note:<888>10/21/00 Saturday 5:15 P.M. EDT: Long Day. I went out about 8:30 A.M.. I stopped by downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then went over to the Hospital Thrift Shop. They had a bread machine there. I next stop by Putnam Trust Bank of New York to get laundry change and parking change. I have begun to notice that I look like Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. I then drove through town. I stopped by the library, but I could not fine mine glasses, so I went back home. It was the perfect warm autumn day. I looked for my reading glasses, but they wer not at home. I finally found them on the side of the seat in the car. I then went out again. I drove through town, down by the waterfront. I then headed out to Tod's Point. I walked around Tod's Point. I also walked balencing along the tops of the parking telephone pole rails in the southwest area and the boat storage area. I sat out at the beach once around for about an hour. I noticed an albatros and a white heron. I chatted with a couple of beach goers about winter beach resorts. I then stopped by downtown Old Greenwich. I toured the Old Greenwich Thrift shop and I bought a carton of Philly Natural cigar cigarettes at the CVS store in Old Greenwich for $15.04. I chatted about economics with one customer. I then went over to downtown Greenwich. I stopped by the Episcopal church tag sale and chatted with one patron for a while. I then went over to the central part of Greenwich, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. It was as I said before a perfect fall day, and for arthritis sufferers, the wind was out of the southwest which is a dry wind. I chatted with a few local downtown. It was quite busy. I then returned home just now, and had a chilled Citra soda in a frosted mug and goldfish crackers. Well have a good evening, I am off to bed. CIO

Note:<888>10/21/00 Saturday 7:00 A.M. EDT: I read a bit, and I finished watching the video, "The Year of Living Dangerously." Well time possibly for some fresh air after some ice cream. CIO

Note:<888>10/21/00 Saturday 3:50 A.M. EDT: I had a shell steak, steamed asperagus, and a microwave potato along with ice tea and coffee. I listened to a bit of the BBC World broadcast "http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index_stat.shtml" which does not tell one much about Great Britain, but it always has a very international outlook. Well I might read a little bit more of the "Perfect Storm". CIO

Note:<888>10/21/00 Saturday 2:20 A.M. EDT: Well I weent out for a walk. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. It was very slow out. I read the last four issues of the Greenwich Post, which I have not had time to read regularly. I am now doing a little regular internet work. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/20/00 Friday 11:35 P.M. EDT: Well I relaxed a bit this morning, and I checked the mail around noon. I had some ice cream. I finally fell asleep until about 9:30 P.M.. I got up had three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, cafe latte, and vitamins. I watched the ABC news program at 10 P.M.. I might go out for some fresh air, I guess. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/20/00 Friday 9:25 A.M. EDT: I had a glass of ice tea and a frozen pizza. I rested a bit. I had an inquiry from a local business person inquiring what Scott's Random Notes are all about. I explained it was my way of being my own layer keeping life really simple and advising people how they can save money, so if and when the stockmarket should crash again, there might be some reserve funds in the town of Greenwich. After all the town motto is "Furgality and Fortune" translated into American English, "Penny Thrift and Pound Foolish." Well have a good day. I might go out for some fresh air in a little while. CIO

End of Scott's Notes Friday 10/20/00

Note:<888>10/20/00 Friday 4:30 A.M. EDT: I simplified my homepage "http://mrscott.com", so that there are only seven links to seven directory lists off of it. I also did not include the ValueClick advertising on the homepage, since I have only made $1.20 so far this month, but I left it on the sub pages. Thus the homepage is a lot easier on the eyes. From looking at many major homepages, the trend is to simplify them. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/20/00 Friday 1:40 A.M. EDT: I was up at midnight. I had breakfast of Cheerios, toast, orange juice, cafe latte, and vitamins. Back to regular internet work. CIO

Note:<888>10/19/00 Thursday 5:30 P.M. EDT: Well I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then stopped by at the library and read four computer newsweeklies, the Wall Street Journal, and the Greenwich Times. I came home, and I had a bowl of ice cream and a glass of ice tea. Well time for bed, have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/19/00 Thursday 1:25 P.M. EDT: I tried to rest a little bit, and then I had a couple of bowls of goldfish crackers and ice tea. I checked the mail. It is sunny out, but it seems a bit damp. I have to get ready for my 3 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note:<888>10/19/00 Thursday 9:40 A.M. EDT: I was trying to relax, and I got to crank telephone fax calls. I figured out a way to stop the annoyance without getting caller I.D.. I put the answering machine in the living room, and I turned off the volumne. I turned off the ringers on all the other telephones inclucing the bedroom phone. I set the ringer on the lowest setting in the kitchen, so if I happen to be awake I might hear it. Since I get very few regular incoming calls, this should solve the problem of two dozen or so crank telephone calls a week, and still permit me to have access to my telephones. Well it is a nice day, and I have a 3 P.M. appointment, and I am relaxing this morning. I had a bowl of ice cream. CIO

Note:<888>10/19/00 Thursday 8:40 A.M. EDT: I tweaked the system a bit this morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/19/00 Thursday 6:15 A.M. EDT: I was up at 9 P.M. last night. I chatted with a friend. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee latte and vitamins. I went back to bed until 2:30 A.M.. I watched CSPAN until just now. Around 4:30 A.M., I broiled a shell steak, steamed asperagus, and microwaved a potato and had them with ice tea and coffee latte. As a small note, I use powder milk which seems to be less expensive and is easy to store. When frothing milk with dissolved powder milk it froths very well. Well have a good morning. Time for some regular internet routine. CIO

Note:<888>10/18/00 Wednesday 2:15 P.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York and cashed my ValueClick advertising check of $31.44. I then stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down Greenwich Avenue and stopped by the Mews Thrift Shop. They still have quite a bit of furniture there. I then drove down by the waterfront and viewed the weather. I next bought $18 of premium at Exxon at $1.999 a gallon. I then stopped by the library and read the local paper. In quickly looking at the internet about 11 A.M., IBM was down 18 points and the overall market was down 450 points, and now it is down 150 points, and IBM is down 16 points. I then drove by ELDC thrift and toured the shop. I saw about a half dozen fire engines heading down the road where the Brunswick Boys school is. Someone told me a house roof was on fire. I then went by St. Catherines Thrift. I next drove over to Old Greenwich and went by the Old Greenwich Thrift shop. They had a 18 year old JVC video camcorder there for $25. I then went by CVS in Old Greenwich and bought a carton of Philly cigar cigarettes for $15.04. I then drove around Tod's Point. I saw a grey heron on the inner side of the drive. I then stopped by Staples. I then drove back to town, and drove down the Avenue and returned home. I had some icetea and goldfish crackers. Well have an enjoyable rainy afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/18/00 Wednesday 9:35 A.M. EDT: I rested until 8 A.M., and I had some Ramen noodles and a peanut butter sandwich with ice tea and coffee. I cleaned up, and now I will go out for errands. CIO

Note:<888>10/18/00 Wednesday 5:35 A.M. EDT: I updated ZoneAlarm and Microsoft MSN Explorer beta to version 2. Well time to go back to reading. CIO

Note:<888>10/18/00 Wednesday 3:25 A.M. EDT: I had anothe crank call about 6 P.M. this evening, and *57 says its blocked. According to the telephone office, I could get caller ID for about $7 a month which I really can't afford, let along the device. I could just unplug the telephones where they all connect from the bedroom wall, but the kitchen phone would still ring unless, I took it off the wall. Well I went to the library, and I read the local paper. I checked out the videotape, "The Year of Living Dangerously". I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went to the Food Emporium and bought two boneless shell strip steaks at $4.99 a pound for $5.99, a 38 oz. box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.29, two half gallons of Americas choice butter pecan ice cream for $1.49 each for $14.26 total. I then went to the Grand Union across the street, and I bought two half gallons of GU orange juice for $1.69 each, and asperagus at $1.99 a pound for $2.43 for $5.81 total. I then returned home. I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea, and I stated watching the political debate on television. Towards the went I cooked a Tombstone pizza and had it for dinner. When I cook a frozen pizza, I add garlic powder, celery salt, groud pepper, Italian spices, and olive oil to it, to give it more flavor. I then got a tired spell after the debate and fell asleep until about 2:30 P.M.. I then read a bit of the "Perfect Storm". As I have said before the Northeasterner storm, we having tends to make me tired like all rainy weather. Well time for some regular internet work. CIO

Note:<888>10/17/00 Tuesday 6:00 P.M. EDT: I was up at 4:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and caffe latte. I listened IBM's presentation of its 3rd quarter results and read the summary "http://www.investor.ibm.com/investor/3q00/3q00earnings.phtml" . Well I will clean up and head to the library. CIO

Note:<888>10/17/00 Tuesday 4:05 A.M. EDT: I read up to page 96 of the "Perfect Storm". They have a web site www.perfectstorm.org . I did a little internet news reading, and I will now begin to relax and go to bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/17/00 Tuesday 1:40 A.M. EDT: I finished watching the video, "The Man Who Knew Too Little." I just finished rewinding it with the rewinding device, so I don't wear out the VCR. I will now read a bit. CIO

Note:<888>10/16/00 Monday 9:55 P.M. EDT: Well for dinner, in a large sautee skilet I half covered the bottom with a layer of Italian olive oil, peeled and thinly sliced three cloves of garlic, heated the pan on medium high, added two boneless center cut pork chops and the chopped garlic around them, seasoned the up side with celery salt, garlic powder, ground pepper, and Italian spices, and flipped the chops immediately to season the other side the same, diced three quarters of a medium onion and added it to the pan, and six pads of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter", and mixed it all around cooking the tree quarter inch chops about two minutes on each side, at the same time, I reheated some old speghetti in the microwave, and after the chops were lightly cooked on both sides, I added about a quarter cup of French white wine, and a little of the same seasonings, which stops the cooking process, a small bit of milk, and let it all come back to a simmer, adding the speghetti to one half the pan, and mixing it in the juices while it all simmer down flipping the chops half way through again, about three or four minutes depending on the amount of wine, and once it is mostly simmer down, I add a small bit more of wine and shredded parmesian cheese on the speghetti and mix it up again quickly while it heats up. I then served the two chops on one side of the plate, with the sauteed speghetti on the other side of the plate, covering the chops with a little sauce with bits of onion. I had this for dinner with ice tea, and afterwards cafe latte. I also clean up after eating each course if short preparation time or as I go if long preparation time. I relaxed a bit with the cafe latte. I will now sift through my email. CIO

Note:<888>10/16/00 Monday 7:45 P.M. EDT: I did some regular computer work. I updated Scott's Weekly broadcast "http://mrscott.com/sound.htm" . Time to start thinking about cooking dinner. CIO

Note:<888>10/16/00 Monday 6:10 P.M. EDT: I am making up a batch of ice tea. I also recieved my ValueClick advertising check for $31.44. CIO

Note:<888>10/16/00 Monday 5:55 P.M. EDT: Well I had another crank telephone call at 9 A.M. this morning. *57 said it could not be traced. I slept until 3 P.M.. I had breakfast of cheerios, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. When putting on my new yellow wind breaker to go out that I bought for $3 at the Presbyterian tag sale on Friday, I noticed it was Gor Tex, so I now have a yellow Gor Tex windbreaker which when worn with a sweater should be comfortable on damp night. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I then went to the library, but I thought I had forgotten my glasses. I drove down by the waterfront, and it looks like a Northeastern. I returned home. I found my glasses in my jacket pocket. Well I will do a little internet work. My 4 P.M. appointment told me that I am lucky to have electric heat this winter implying that there might be oil shortages. CIO

Note:<888>10/16/00 Monday 5:35 A.M. EDT: I read 30 more pages of the perfect storm after having some ice tea and goldfish crackers. I then sifted through a month's worth of mail and other paper work. I got the paper work read for my 4 P.M. appointment today. I also filled out an annual form I have to fill out. I went out to Kinko's and made 11 copies of various paper work for .93, and then I mailed the form at the Post Office. I then drove down by the waterfront. There were about a dozen morning joggers out, and I returned home. Early morning joggers in the dark should wear reflectors, so the early mornign automobile and truck traffic can see them. It is still very nice weather out. I will do a quick read of the morning headlines, and then I will go to bed. I have a 4 P.M. appointment. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/16/00 Monday 1:10 A.M. EDT: I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a while; and then I walkeed lower Greenwich Avenue again. It was very slow out with hardly anyone out on a delightful evening. I returned home, and I had a Elio's frozen pizza with ice tea. I then watched two hours of National Geographic specials. I made up two cans of my 50% Savarin ground coffee mix, with 25% A&P five bean mixture, and 25% Hawaiian Kona mixture. Well I guess I will do a little reading now. CIO

Note:<888>10/15/00 Sunday 8:20 P.M. EDT: I was up about 4:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of Cheerios, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and cafe latte. I then watered the plants and did my house cleaning. I chatted with one family member, and they told me that since Gor Tex is made in the Philadelphia area, they have a Gor Tex factory outlet there where one can obtain various Gor Tex products from different manufacturers. Well time to go out for some fresh air. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/15/00 Sunday 4:25 A.M. EDT: Well I slept until 2:30 A.M.. I then had some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I read up to page 29 in the "Perfect Storm". I guess I might try to go to bed now, so I can get up earlier this morning. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>10/15/00 Sunday 12:20 A.M. EDT: I went out at 6 P.M.. I had to reset driver's side car window allignment quickly by removing the door panel and realligning it. It took about fifteen minutes. I then drove down by the waterfront and returned to town. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and sat out for a while. I then returned home and watched a bit of television. I sauteed in olive oil, butter, Italians herbs, garlic powder, chopped garlic, ground pepper, celery salt and sliced onion two boneless center cut pork chops for dinner, along with microwave potato and steamed asperagus, which I had with ice tea and coffee. At 9 P.M., I watched a HBO movie. I then watched a little television. I will now rest a bit and then maybe read some of the "Pefect Storm". Well have a good morning. CIO