Note: <888> 12/31/09  Thursday 11:55 P.M..  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  I search for Dell D410 laptop batteries, but I do not really need another one at the moment.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/31/09  Thursday 9:55 P.M..  I think I had a telephone call from a relative while I was asleep.  I woke up at 6 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I picked up the mail.  It looks clear outside, but I will not be going out tonight, since I do not think it is safe to drive on New Years Eve.  I chatted with a regular walker.

I got the latest issue of www.forbes.com magazine, and it says that www.monsanto.com is the Company of the Year.  Monsanto is what brought the Scott family to Greenwich, Connecticut, and took us on our worldwide travels many moons ago.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/31/09  Thursday 11:45 A.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I faxed the Microsoft Money report to the relative.  I cancelled my 1 P.M. appointment because of the weather.  When the sun goes down tonight, and it freezes; there could be a lot of ice on the roads. 

I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.

Snow and snow showers for the rest of the day.  Morning snow showers tomorrow with a high of 41 and a low of 26 degrees Fahrenheit. 

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed.  Have a good day and watch the weather.

I am tired, since I have been awake 22 hours.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/31/09  Thursday 10:05 A.M..  After the last note, I ate the last of the Indian River Medical Center cookies and another piece of blueberry cream cake with watered down punch.  I slept until 7 A.M..  I got up, and I got dressed warmly, and I went out without making my bed.  I went to the Shell station on East Putnam Avenue and Sherwood Place, and I got my emissions tested at 8 A.M., when they opened, and I paid the fee, and the Audi passed the Connecticut emissions test.  I then went by the Chase Bank on West Putnam Avenue just west of Greenwich Avenue, when they opened at 8:30 A.M..  It started snowing when I arrived there.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf station, and I bought $21 of self service premium gasoline at $3.319 a gallon for 6.326 gallons for 75.9 miles driving since December 10, 2009 at odometer reading of 65329 miles for 11.998 miles per gallon driving in mostly local traffic.  I then returned home driving very slowly in about three inches of snow with snow falling.  There were a lot of cars skidding and there was traffic backed up heading east on the hill opposite the A&P with the cars skidding.  It was the first time, since I have owned the Audi in two years that I have driven it on snow, and it seemed to handle well enough on snow, but of course you have to watch out for the other guy.  I printed out my December 2009 Microsoft Money 2007 income versus spending report.  I will fax it to an interested relative shortly.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/31/09  Thursday 5:15 A.M..  I paid my www.cablevision.com Digital Cable Television, Optimum Boost Online, and Optimum Voice long distance, my www.cl-p.com electricity, and my www.verizon.com bills.

I ordered Amazon.com: PREMIER Supermatic Cigarette Injector Machine: Sports & Outdoors for $41.99 and Amazon.com: Premier 100mm Light Cigarette Tubes - 10 Boxes: Everything Else for $30.99 and $15.74 shipping for $88.72 total.

I will still have to able to afford to buy the $30 cans of Bugler or Tops cigarette tobacco at CVS, and one can only does a carton, so I will be smoking less until I quit.  I will check around in Port Chester, New York to see if cigarettes tobacco is cheaper, but at CVS in Rye Brook, it is actually more expensive than Connecticut.  However, I do plan to try quitting smoking hopefully some time sooner or later.  However, I do not want to go cold turkey, but at my own pace.

Also the 21 mg. CVS nicotine transdermal patches are $10 off a box of 14 patches this week for $29.99 plus tax.

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I ate a piece of the cake with watered down punch.

This time of the year as usual at the Holiday time with a lot of people out of school and out of work, the internet seems to have slowed down quite a bit particularly from the west coast of the United States of America when logging on from the east coast of the United States of America.

Since I use Outlook 2007 for my email program, when my email arrives, it tries to download the graphics from the remote servers, and because of the slowness of the internet the email program is very slow to respond and can even freeze.

One can prevent Graphics from downloading in the Outlook 2007 email program by selecting from the Menu bar, Help, Privacy Options, Automatic Download, and then check "Don't download pictures automatically in HTML email messages or RSS items".   This can save one a lot of time when going through, one's email with Outlook 2007.  If one wants to view the graphics, one can select from the email bar to download the graphics.

For example the web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/ is not evening working here at this hour of the morning or is extremely slow to load.

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

Rain and snow today with a 33 to 35 degree Fahrenheit temperature range.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/31/09  Thursday 1:00 A.M..  At Rugged Laptop Computers - Official Panasonic Toughbook Rugged Computers and Global Links | TOUGHBOOK Global Site | Notebook PC | Panasonic Global and TOUGHBOOK Global Site | Notebook PC | Panasonic Global , it says anyone can be a Toughbook Reseller Reseller Partner Program Details - Panasonic Toughbook Computers .  Of course they are expensive, and you might not like the field work compared to a store position.

Note: <888> 12/30/09  Wednesday 11:05 P.M..  I woke up at 2 P.M. this afternoon, when a relative called to tell me they were having shipped to me a box of Honey Bells from Florida Honeybells - Oranges - Ruby Red Grapefruit & Citrus Fruit Gift Baskets - Hale Groves .  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I threw out the garbage, and I picked up the mail.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  The Audi would not start the first time like it normally does.  I waited about 10 minutes, it almost started.  The battery was strong though.  I went upstairs, and I got my Slaymaker Jump Start System in case I needed it.  It did not start the third time, and I waited another 10 minutes to let the gasoline vaporize.  It started right up the fourth time.  It was 28 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but the Audi had not been started since Christmas Day.  I took the Audi for a drive to charge it up more.  I drove over by Exit 2 in Byram, but the Connecticut turnpike was real slow east bound, so I drove along the waterfront area of Greenwich including Steamboat Road as far as Staples in Old Greenwich.  I then tour the store which was not very busy.  I used the bathroom there.  I then drove back to downtown Greenwich on I-95 west bound to Exit 3 for downtown Greenwich, Connecticut.  I drove by the Shell station on East Putnam Avenue and Sherwood Place, and they test emissions from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., so one of these days I have to get it done for $20 cash.  I then went downtown, and I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I then went by Zen stationary.  I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I then sat out, and I smoked my pipe.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  The senior and the arts center was closed.  I then stopped by CVS.  I bought for 50% off three boxes of 18 Hallmark Christmas Cards all with the same picture of a Village Green in snow with sparkles for $7.49 each box and $1.35 tax for $23.92 total.  That is enough cards for the next two Christmases.  I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue.  I stopped back by CVS to use the bathroom.  I then sat out after I finished my walk, and I smoked my pipe again.  I then used the bathroom at Starbucks again.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.70, a 20 ounce half of a day old blueberry cream cake for $2.50, a half gallon of Minute Maid premium orange juice for $2, and a three pound bag of baby red potatoes for $2.50 for $8.70 total.

So far this years with my Stop and Shop card, I have saved $619.40.  With my CVS card, I have saved $745.09 for a total of $1,364.40 savings with the two cards this year.  On my limited income and budget that is a lot of savings.  Of course, you have to buy the sale items that go on the cards.

I then returned home.  I chatted with a relative.  I put away my groceries.  I will now eat the same dinner as last night.  I have a 1 P.M. appointment tomorrow, so I will have to be up at 10 A.M., which means I should go to bed earlier this morning.  CIO    

Note: <888> 12/30/09  Wednesday 5:05 A.M..  Dell Latitude D410 - Full Review - Reviews by PC Magazine

I created a second Windows 7 RC recovery disk to have in reserve.

I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

It is 17 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  It will be partly cloudy today with a temperature range of 26 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/30/09  Wednesday 4:00 A.M..  I went through the last four months of computer periodical magazines, and I then threw them out in the mixed paper recycling bin.  I will not be renewing the free subscriptions on the free computer dead wood press.  It seems rather odd with the internet that they use so much paper.  I then sorted out the other four months of magazines which include www.forbes.com , www.time.com , Popular Mechanics, and Maximum PC; and I have them ready to read when I have more time.  I ate the other half of the 10 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/30/09  Wednesday 1:20 A.M..  I ate the same dinner as last night.  CIO 

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Note: <888> 12/29/09  Tuesday 10:25 P.M..  I woke up after the last note, and I ate half of a 10 ounce can of CVS Deluxe mixed nuts.  I woke up again at 2 P.M., when the Greenwich Health Department called up about my food poisoning incident.  I gave them the particulars.  I went back to bed until 6 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a friend from Buffalo, New York who lives out on Long Island, and he was washing dishes.  I threw out the garbage.  I picked up the mail.  All I got was a big thick catalog from www.officemax.com .  I chatted with a friend in Sea Island, Georgia who says it is 32 degrees Fahrenheit down there, and not much is going on in the recession.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  It is suppose to go down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit this morning.  I chatted with a relative.

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Note: <888> 12/29/09  Tuesday 6:45 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good day.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/29/09  Tuesday 6:25 A.M..  I watched an hour episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot.  It is very windy outside.  I finished the backups of the FIC server.  Partly cloudy and windy with a high of 26 and a low of 17 degrees Fahrenheit today.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/29/09  Tuesday 4:45 A.M..  FOXNews.com - Earthquakes Can Help Forecast Volcanic Eruptions

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Note: <888> 12/29/09  Tuesday 4:25 A.M..  Save up to 75% off Food Gift Baskets and Sausage Cheese Gifts | Hickory Farms

I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard, 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.

After I finish the FIC backup to the Bytecc external hard drive, I will make another backup to the Samba external hard drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/29/09  Tuesday 1:40 A.M..  Greenwich Time has a new look GreenwichTime

Note: <888> 12/28/09  Monday 11:10 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a cold beef dinner with steamed vegetables and watered down punch and green tea.  I made up a fresh batch of punch.  I threw out the garbage.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/28/09  Monday 9:00 P.M..  After the last note, I went to bed, but I woke up, and I ate the other half of the opened 13.5 ounce box of Cheez-its.  I finally woke up at 1 P.M., when a relative called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I watched a Cary Grant movie about World War II.  I went back to bed until 7 P.M..  I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I picked up the mail.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative.  I freed up some space in the refrigerator.  I took out the bottle of Moet et Chandon champagne, and I put it in the lower cabinet of the center hallway bookcase.  I took out the 12 pack of Diet Coke with lime, and I put it to the left of the small computer desk.  I took out the 12 pack of Heineken and the six pack of German beer, and I put it on the near base leg of the oak dining table.  Thus there is a little bit more room in the refrigerator.  The beer I think is over two years old.  The Coke is a year old, and the Champagne is about nine years old, so I am not sure any of it is good anyway.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/28/09  Monday 4:40 A.M..  Rain and snow showers today with a temperature spread of 39 to 23 degrees Fahrenheit today.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go back to bed.  It is suppose to get colder tonight with a low of 16 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/28/09  Monday 3:00 A.M..  After I cleaned up the kitchen after dinner.  I used my Prince of Wales smoking pipe, and I smoked a pipe full of a mixture of Round Hill and Grand Marnier pipe tobacco.  The secret to smoking a pipe is knowing how to pack the tobacco properly.  I also cleaned the pipe with a metal rimier and pipe cleaner after I finished smoking it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/28/09  Monday 1:40 A.M..  Well, I guess we are still in Greenwich, China.  The Sherlock Holmes movie was a 1922 Silent Movie.  I watch only an hour of it.  I am now cooking the eye round of beef the way that I do it.  I will eat two half inch thick slices of it along with my usual steamed vegetable mixture with butter and olive oil and watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/27/09  Sunday 11:55 P.M..  A Sherlock Holmes movie is on at midnight on the Turner Movie channel 76 locally on Cablevision.  I will watch it.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 12/27/09: 

Note: <888> 12/27/09  Sunday 11:40 P.M..  Louis Pasteur

Note: <888> 12/27/09  Sunday 11:15 P.M..  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/27/09  Sunday 10:10 P.M..  I emailed the Greenwich, Connecticut health department about the incident Greenwich Town Departments - Health Department.  I washed the dishes, and I made my bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/27/09  Sunday 9:45 P.M..  What I had not mentioned earlier in my notes is that I got a mild case of food poisoning from the Greenwich, Connecticut Knights of Columbus Christmas meal that was delivered to me at noon on Christmas Day.  I had put it in the refrigerator before my walk, and I reheated it, and I ate it at 10 P.M. on Christmas night.  Shortly there after I felt tired, and I went to bed.  I have had major indigestion since.

After the last note, I woke up at 7 P.M. on Saturday, and I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I chatted with a relative.  I went back to bed until 3 A.M. on Sunday morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I went back to bed until 1 P.M., when a friend called to tell me a relative of his had died.  I slept until 5:30 P.M., when I chatted with a relative.  I ate a untoasted English muffin with a cup of green tea.  I went back to bed, and I woke up at 8:30 P.M., when I heard a car alarm go off in the parking lot, but it went off after a while.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I called up the Greenwich Police, and I told them about the food poisoning, and all they said I could do was call the health department in the morning.  At the moment, I am feeling better.  CIO     

Note: <888> 12/26/09  Saturday 2:25 P.M..  I am a bit tired.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/26/09  Saturday 1:55 P.M..  FREE Online Report from Stephen Sinatra, MD: New Solution From the Deep Sea for Better Cholesterol, Joints,Mental Focus and More!

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Note: <888> 12/26/09  Saturday 1:25 P.M..  I put away the laundry.  I chatted with neighbors.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/26/09  Saturday 12:20 P.M..  I woke up at 6 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I went back to bed until 10 A.M..  I had a bit of indigestion from eating the rich Christmas Day meal last night.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I put clean linens on my bed.  I started two loads of laundry.  I have 20 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/26/09  Saturday 10:15 P.M.. Rain and wind tomorrow with a high of 42 and a low of 39 degrees Fahrenheit.  I am a bit tired, so I will now rest for a while or go back to sleep.  Rainy weather tends to make me tired.  I had an enjoyable Christmas day, and I also enjoy getting out for a walk on a clear day even in the winter.  With my arthritis, I do not go out much on rainy days.  Also big Christmas dinners tend to make one tired.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/26/09  Saturday 10:05 P.M..  The movie theatre was also opened on Railroad Avenue this evening.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate the Christmas dinner delivered by the Greenwich, Connecticut Knight of Columbus Greenwich, Connecticut Knights of Columbus.  The Christmas dinner contained sliced baked white turkey meat with gravy, stuffing, baked mash yams, green beans, a roll with butter, and apple pie.  It was quite filling and delicious.  I ate it with a glass of watered down punch.  I emailed them to thank them.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/26/09  Saturday 8:20 P.M..  I woke up during my sleeping period, and I ate half of a 13.5 ounce box of Cheez-its.  I woke up again at 7 A.M., when a friend called that has an ill relative.  I finally woke up at about noon, when the Knights of Columbus rang my door bell to deliver me a Christmas dinner.  I put it in the refrigerator to eat later.   A relative called, and I chatted with my relative.  I turned on the lights on the small Christmas tree, and I listened to Christmas music.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I opened up my Christmas gift from one relative which is the National Geographic DNA test kit.  I opened up a box from another relative.  I got a pair of brown plaid flannel pajamas, a package of T-shirts, an expensive Ralph Lauren wallet, and a Braun electric toothbrush with replacement head.  I also got a Christmas tin of Indian River Medical Center Christmas cookies.  I got some chocolate Britt hand candies and a blue and a salmon hand towels.  The same two relatives has bought me the two Barbour jackets this past September for Christmas gifts at the Barbour outlet in Kittery, Maine, so those were also their Christmas gifts, so I can not wear them.  I chatted with another relative who was going out to Christmas dinner with relatives.  I then threw out the garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  The neighbor told me the cheapest place to buy cigarettes in the area is the small Gulf station just across the border in New York State on U.S.1, and they are about $65 a carton.  The neighbor does not like Frank Sinatra because he did not wave to him from his boat, when the neighbor's boat passed them on the waterfront.  I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I took a picture for four people in front of the closed Figaro restaurant with their Kodak throw away camera.  I chatted in French with an interracial family from Haiti.  They wished me "Joyeux Noel".  Starbucks closed at 4 P.M..  I played a Stocking Stuffer scratch card for a dollar at Zen stationary, and I did not win.  I drove down to the Greenwich Train station which was opened, and I used the bathroom.  I gave one of its regulars three cigarettes.  I noticed on Arch street at McArdle McMillan, the four reindeer have gone back to the North Pole.  I then returned back to the center up of town, and I walked up Greenwich Avenue.  CVS was opened until 8 P.M..  I chatted with the Round Hill fire department there about the price of tea in China.  On upper Greenwich Avenue, I chatted with a Russian family about Lake Forest, Illinois, where some of the Czar's family live in exile.  I noticed on the way down Greenwich Avenue, we have a Christmas miracle, and the Baby Jesus has been returned to the Nativity scene.  I finished my walk.  I then drove back by the Greenwich Train station, and I used the bathroom.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and the restaurant at the Delemar Hotel was busy with a full parking lot.  I was told they do not have a liquor license and can only serve wine.  I found a pair of small black suede women's gloves on the ground by the pier on Steamboat Road.  I retrieved them.  The Indian Harbor Yacht Club was not opened.  I then returned home.  I ate one of the Christmas cookies.  I chatted with a friend.   CIO 

Note: <888> 12/25/09  Friday 1:50 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a Merry Christmas.  Of course Russian Orthodox Christmas falls on January 7 Russian Christmas, so more Nordic people have to wait 13 more days. Cloudy today with a temperature range of 32 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Queen Elizabeth II's Christmas Broadcast 2009 to the Commonwealth should be posted here http://www.royal.gov.uk/ImagesandBroadcasts/TheQueensChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcast2009.aspx sooner or later.

Also in England, they do not exchange gifts until the day after Christmas which is a Bank Holiday called Boxing Day.

If you need to catch up on some of her previous broadcasts, they are posted here The Queen's First Christmas Broadcast 1952 .  Of course a lot of tall people never recognize her, since she is only 5 foot 3 inches tall, and Prince Charles and Prince Phillip are only 5 foot 10 inches tall.  I guess it comes from being related to Queen Victoria Victoria of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia who was 4 foot 7 inches tall.

Note: <888> 12/25/09  Friday 12:55 A.M..  MICINN: Guía para los investigadores principales

Note: <888> 12/25/09  Friday 12:30 A.M.. http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/ does not work right now.

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 11:55 P.M..  I worked the grapevine.  It seems to be mostly inside office types that do not worry too much about the potential weather outside, until they think about traveling.  I can not remember, when the volcano erupted next to Clark Air Force base in the Philippines about 18 years ago, whether we got the 2.5 foot snow fall the same winter or the following winter.  That same heavy snowfall winter, we also had about eight snow falls over six inches.  Needless to say, when you get more than two feet of snow, you can not move around usually in four wheel drive vehicles, since the roads are frequently obstructed with collapsed trees and power lines.  I do recall, people use to use snow mobiles on the Post Road in Greenwich in that period.  The only snow mobile shop I know of in this area is near the www.forbes.com farm in Far Hills, New Jersey, but that was back in December 1973, when I think I was there after visiting George Cary's grandfather's farm in Gladstone, New Jersey, and in that blizzard after repairing my Volvo fan belt at the snow mobile shop in Far Hills, New Jersey, we made it to http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm 's party on upper Park Avenue in Manhattan at his girl friend Sonja Van Voorhees family's apartment.  George Cary, Fred Von Mierers, Jim Eldert, and Bob Griffin, and myself were all at that party, and I recall afterwards, a few of us went over to a party at my sister's and brother-in-law's apartment on East 89th street.  Thus I also know the Yorkville area of Manhattan also.  Alfred Eisenstat use to be out after midnight doing things like standing in the middle of 86th street and 2nd Avenue taking pictures with a 4 by 5 inch Graphlix camera on a tripod.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 10:05 P.M..  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices of processed cheese with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and five strips of bacon and a toasted English muffin with butter and watered down passion punch and green tea.  I cleaned the Ionic Pro air purifier.  I put it on a Time Life book on cooking underneath it, so it is more stable sitting on top of the Dell D410 woofer speaker. 

I noticed when I was at the Stop and Shop today, the National Inquirer or some other magazine at the checkout counter said that Queen Elizabeth II was fatally ill, and she had made Prince William king.  However, there is nothing here Welcome to the official website of the British Monarchy , so somebody in England should probably use a lawyer to settle any legal problems that might arrive from such misinformation.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 8:25 P.M..  I woke up at 1 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I picked up my mail.  I got my $20 Christmas voucher for the Stop and Shop.  I went out, and I threw out the garbage.  I went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought Land-O-Lakes white slices of American cheese for $4.99 a pound for $4.89, slices of Virginia ham for $5.99 a pound for $8.95, a package of six wheat Kaiser rolls for $3.49, a 30 ounce jar of Hellmann's mayonnaise with olive oil for $4.39, and a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.50 for $24.22 total.  I then went downtown.  The Senior and the Arts center was closed today.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I gave a regular at the train station 6 cigarettes.  He told me the train station is suppose to be opened tomorrow.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks, and I was told they will also be opened tomorrow morning.  I browsed CVS, but I did not need to buy anything.  Somebody that looked Andrew Carnegie said hello to me while I was sitting across the street from the new AT&T store having a cigarette.  I also told the door keeper at the Apple Ipod store, they should try to save energy in their store, instead of heating the great outdoors.  A lot of the other shops on Greenwich Avenue have very nice Christmas window displays.  They still have not returned the baby Jesus that was stolen from the nativity display in front of St. Mary's last year.  The tree on the north side of the veterans monument is now lighted up.  After my regular walk on Greenwich Avenue, I returned home.  I chatted with a relative.  The relative got my gift of music CDs.  The building fire alarm went off for my next door neighbor who cooked a smokey hamburger.  I called 911 to tell them it was not an emergency.  They dispatched a fire truck to check it out anyway.  I saw the firemen in and watched them leave.  I chatted with another neighbor.  I showed the neighbor with the smokey apartment, my new computer setup.  I chatted with him about the price of tea in China.  I chatted with a relative and a friend of the relative from Oklahoma.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 5:35 A.M..  You can buy the tapes cheaper on Ebay Brother PT-1230PC Thermal Label Printer for $16.99 with free shipping.

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 5:15 A.M..  Eric told me he lived in a very simple house in Ridgefield, Connecticut; since the people in Greenwich, Connecticut were too snobby.  He told me his house in Ridgefield, Connecticut had the most tulips planted around it.  The last time I went to Ridgefield, Connecticut was about four years ago in April, when gasoline was close to $5 a gallon, and I had to charge up my car battery after a long winter of not driving too much.  I stopped by the Ridgefield Hardware store, and I bought a balsa wood toy plane for about $1.59, and I still have it; so that is the extent of my private air force as far as I know.  Usually when I am in Ridgefield, Connecticut, I stop by the Ridgefield Library to see what is going on.  When I first got out of www.lfc.edu , and I returned to America from Europe, and my family moved back to Greenwich, Connecticut for the third time in June 1973, I was hitchhiking up North Street to the Bum Steer bar to see what the back country youth were doing.  I got a ride with somebody from Ridgefield, Connecticut who had been sailing on Tom Watson's sail boat at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and instead of dropping me off at the Bum Steer restaurant, he took me up to Fox Hallow or some apartment complex like that in Ridgefield, Connecticut.  I was later told by a friend the place is sinking the mud, since it was poorly developed.  Also when we had the Saint Bernard dog at Cornelia Drive, we gave it away to a family in Ridgefield, Connecticut that had three young sons.  What is strange is that having been around the IBM sailing team all of these years, I still do not know how to sail.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 4:10 A.M..  What you idiots do not know think about is that I would not think about holiday travel to Hawaii to avoid the cold with a volcano about to erupt in the Philippines, unless you want to risk becoming sharky's fish stew.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 4:00 A.M..  I chatted with a few hotels.  Not much seems to be happening.  Worst case scenario is that if the volcano in the Philippines erupts with a major eruption like happened with the other volcano in the Philippines about 18 years ago, we could end up with a two to three foot snow fall here in Greenwich, Connecticut and a lot of smaller snow falls like happened back 18 years ago.  Of course back then there was more money in Greenwich, Connecticut to deal with the problem.  I am not sure that is still the case, since a lot of the people I chat with seem to be from warmer areas, and are basically inside people oblivious to the weather outside whether it is cold or hot.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 1:55 A.M..  Akihito (emperor of Japan [born 1933]) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

BBC News - Mount Mayon volcano alert level raised in Philippines  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/09  Thursday 12:40 A.M..  I noticed this past evening, when I was out the Versailles restaurant on Greenwich Avenue just south of Starbucks will be opened on Christmas Day.  Usually CVS is also opened on Christmas Day, but they might open a bit later.  I have not noticed their hours.  The Greenwich Cigar store on Railroad Avenue is also opened on Christmas Day.   I was told that the Stop and Shop grocery store on West Putnam Avenue will also be closing early on Christmas Eve at 6 P.M., so get your Christmas Eve shopping done early there. 

Note: <888> 12/23/09  Wednesday 11:00 P.M..  I woke up at 11 A.M., when the NOAA weather radio woke me up.  I went back to bed until 3 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I listened to Christmas music while doing that.  I picked up my mail.  I said hello to neighbors.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue.  I bought five 10 ounce cans of CVS deluxe mixed nuts for $3.50 each and four 9.75 cans of CVS deluxe whole cashew nuts for $3.50 each less a $5 off $30 CVS internet coupon for $26.50 total.  I put the nuts in the car.  I then went back in CVS, and I bought five 10 ounce cans of CVS deluxe mixed nuts for $3.50 each less a $5 off $15 CVS bonus bucks coupon for $12.50 total.  While at CVS, I chatted with someone from Casa Novia, New York, and from Austria and someone with a customer with an L.L. Bean Maine Guide Jacket that I had seen before.  I also chatted with the British fellow at Ritz camera across the street.  I then drove further down Greenwich Avenue to my usual parking area.  The Senior and the Arts center was closed.  I cleaned off the snow from the benches in front of the senior and the arts center and also from the benches in front of the post office and also the benches across the street from the senior and the arts center at the veterans monument.  I also cleaned off the snow from the wreath at the veterans monument, and I propped it up properly at the base of the flag pole.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  The new Peoples Bank is now opened at the bottom of Greenwich Avenue on the west side of the street.  They still have not moved the temporary Williams trailer away yet.  On the way back up Greenwich Avenue, I stopped by CVS again, and I toured the store, and I used the bathroom.  I noticed in their electronics section, they have a Plantronics Bluetooth wireless ear piece for $39.99 that might work with the Ciraco wireless Bluetooth device on a laptop computer.  After I finished my walk, I noticed the power is still off on the light on the tree on the north side of the veterans monument.  It appears, there is a timer on the base of the lamp, when the power line is connected, and obviously the timer is not working properly.  The timer is in a sealed box.  The electrical outlet that it is connected to does not have any power.  I checked to see if there was a trip switch on it to reset it, but the electrical outlet seemed to be a bit rusty.  After I finished my walk, I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  Long Island is lighted up like it always is on a clear night with the Robber Barons on the North Shore of Long Island enjoying their booty.  The Benedict house was all lighted up too.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with the staff, there were no patrons there.  I used the bathroom there.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 8 packs of Stop and Shop hot dog buns for $1.50 each 8 pack, fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.59, and a 2.3 pound top round eye round roast of beef for $2.99 a pound for $6.07 for $10.66 total.  I then returned home.  I was not able to get my usual parking place.  During the holidays, we always have guests changing the regular parking arrangement around.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now reheat and eat the same dinner as last night.  I received from UPS, the National Geographic DNA test kit that a relative bought me for Christmas.  The female relative wants to have it to get my Y chromosome.  CIO        

Note: <888> 12/23/09  Wednesday 4:45 A.M..  Well not much happening way out here in Scottsdale, Connecticut.  Sunny today with a high of 31 and a low of 21 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  According to the movie Citizen Kane about William Randolph Hearst, his money came from a gold mining fortune.  John Reed here in Greenwich whom is David Rockefeller's ambassador to the United Nations also comes from a gold mining fortune.  So if you are ever lucky enough to discover a gold mine, you might become a prominent person.  However with 6.5 billion people on the planet looking for gold and other precious materials, you might have a lot of competition.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/23/09  Wednesday 3:35 A.M..  I watched some television.  Not much seems to be on television anymore, but since I pay $87 a month for digital www.cablevision.com television, I occasionally look at it to see if there is anything worth watching, which is usually not the case.  I pretended like I was on the Exxon Mobil

Exxon Mobil

Note: <888> 12/23/09  Wednesday 1:10 A.M..  I put some more pictures here after the ones last night to reflect the current second Dell Latitude D410 laptop setup with the Eizo LCD monitor to the right and also some pictures of my small Christmas tree http://mikelouisscott.com/dell-d410-2/  .  CIO

Note: <888> 12/23/09  Wednesday 12:20 A.M..  More Dell Latitude D410 laptops without the battery, docking station, and accessories here, but it does include Windows XP Professional and power adapter, possibly without the cord that you can get from Radio Shack for $8.99 eBay Store – Deal Train Mania: Search results for. Notebooks .  Ships UPS from Stamford, Connecticut in nice box.  You can add another 1GB of memory for about $30.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 11:25 P.M..  Neweggmall.com - Men's Navy G-1 Flight Leather Bomber Jacket $79

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 10:45 P.M..  Obama Names White House Cybersecurity Head - InternetNews.com

Ex-Microsoft CFO Liddell Heading to GM - InternetNews.com

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 9:55 P.M..  I made my regular linguine and tomato meat sauce mixture, and I ate half with grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it and had it with a glass of watered down punch.  I refrigerated the other half in a Rubbermaid container.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 8:35 P.M..  For some reason the Brother Ptouch editor will now only let one print out 4 inch long labels on the Brother computer label printer instead of longer labels.  I printed out labels with my information, and I put them on the top of the second Dell D410 and a couple of smaller labels on the two Dell Latitude CS laptops.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 6:45 P.M..  Before going to bed, on the second Dell D410, I took the Eizo LCD monitor off the leather and wood case, and I moved the Eizo LCD monitor the right of the laptop.  Thus the Brother MFC-8840D all purpose machine is easy to access for copying and faxing.  I put the leather liquor case back on the top shelf in the left living room closet.  I also took the second power strip with the shorter cord off the floor, and I connected it the primary Dell D410, and I moved the power strip with the longer cord from there to the second Dell D410.  With the longer cord, I was able to place it on the table top behind the laptop, so it is easier to turn on the power to it, and the monitor, and external DVD drive, and the same power strip is also connected to the Toshiba laptop in the bookcase to the left.  Also on the right side of the base of the Eizo LCD monitor there is a switch to turn it on and off.  On the primary Vista computer, I also moved the two LCD monitors further to the right.  However to turn on the EpsonStylus C120 inkjet printer, one has to reach behind the right LCD monitor.  I also cancelled my 3 P.M. appointment for today. 

One of my Christmas cards was returned, so I put the correct address on it, and I mailed it in the mail room downstairs.  I went to bed about 8:30 A.M..  I woke up at 3 P.M., when a medic rang my outside buzzer from the phone to get in the building.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I listened to Christmas music while doing that.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I picked up my mail.  I still have not received my Renter's Rebate from the state of Connecticut.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 7:25 A.M..  New Mexico Tech Earth and Environmental Science Department

CMG 2010

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 6:35 A.M..  On the second Dell D410, I took the bluetooth device out, so it will work with the Circio and Motorola bluetooth devices.

I ate the last piece of blueberry pie with watered down punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 5:45 A.M..  Pictures of the new second Dell Latitude D410 laptop setup. http://mikelouisscott.com/dell-d410-2/ . CIO

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 5:00 A.M..  I put the new Dell battery from the primary Dell D410 docking station in the second Dell D410, and I moved the older battery from it back to the docking station.

When turning on the second Dell D410 to the left of the primary Vista computer, one has to turn on the left power strip on the floor.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/22/09  Tuesday 4:10 A.M..  The XP Professional ASR backups of the two Dell Latitude D410 laptops were taking two hours apiece instead of a half hour, because I was backing them up the LAN F: drive instead of the Samba external E: drive.  I am now backing them up to the Samba external E: drive which should take less than an hour.  I will leave the copies on the backups on the LAN F: drive, since I have plenty of room on it.  I had to restore the backup on the Abit computer, since it would not start properly.  I am just finishing up installing the Logitech web cam on both partitions.  I will then back up the changes to the second internal hard drive. 

On the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer, I took out the Staples heavy cardboard CD box that was supporting the Eizo LCD monitor which is heavy, and I put in a leather covered wooden liquor box that is more sturdy. 

However to use the Brother machine behind it, one has to move the Dell D410 laptop and its docking station from the table to the chair, and put the Eizo monitor on the table.  However, I only use the Brother machine occasionally for copying and faxing, so that should not be too much of a problem.

I transferred ownership on the second Dell D410 laptop to myself.  I also printed out four copies of the information on the bottom of both Dell D410 laptops.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/21/09  Monday 11:15 P.M..  I have 1 hour to go on the XP Professional ASR backup on the second Dell D410. 

I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of CVS sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/21/09  Monday 9:45 P.M..  I have the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer configured.  Since it is almost identical to first one with both having 80 GB hard drives, I just restored my Windows 7RC backup of the first one to the second one.  I was able to activate both partitions without any problem.  It has a separate Windows XP Professional COA than the first one.  The second one is slightly newer, in that it has the built in Intel wireless card which I installed the drivers for on both partitions.  I took the Staples CD box, and I put it on the table behind it, and I moved the second LCD monitor or Eizo LCD monitor from the FIC server, and I put it on top of the CD box in front of the Brother MFC-8840D all purpose machine, and thus the second Dell D410 laptop also has a second monitor to use when in the docking station.  The CVS Logitech web cam caused a conflict with the Audio with it in Windows 7RC, so I put on the Creative Webcam Instant that works just fine in both partitions, and I have it sitting on the CD box in front of the Eizo LCD monitor.  I am doing a Windows 7RC Complete PC backup of both partitions to the Samba external hard drive.  I will then do a Windows XP Professional ASR backup to the Samba external hard drive.  I will post some pictures after I eat.

I put the CVS Logitech web cam on the Abit computer, but I still have to configure it.

I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/21/09  Monday 4:20 P.M..  I checked tracking at www.usps.com is "0309 1830 0000 0754 5120" for the order for  $160 with shipping Dell Latitude D410 - eBay (item 290382044899 end time Dec-22-09 18:59:36 PST) for $150 and $10 shipping for $160 total.  It said it was the Valley Road post office, so I went over to pick it up.  It is busy at the post office.  It works just fine, and I am now configuring it.  Besides the docking station, DVD/R, power adapter, it also came with a fire wire Dell floppy drive.  I am now configuring it.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/21/09  Monday 3:00 P.M..  I picked up the mail.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/21/09  Monday 2:40 P.M..  I woke up at 10 A.M., when my telephone rang from the front door to tell me the snow plow was here to plow out the parking places.  I went outside, and I moved my Audi, so the snow plow could plow out my regular parking place, and then I moved it back into its usual position.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I moved the secondary Dell Latitude CS laptop computer to the left side of the bedroom Gigabyte computer, and I connected it up to the Netgear switch and power strip.  I moved the primary Dell Latitude CS laptop computer to where the secondary one was to the right of the French reproduction chair in the living room, and I have it all connected up.  I do not have a wireless card in the secondary one.  I have the Logitech PS/2 cordless mouse on the primary one.  I have the space available on the small computer desk to the left of the primary Vista computer to put the new Dell Latitude D410 laptop on it.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I said hello to some neighbors.  I answered a computer magazine telephone call.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/21/09  Monday 1:15 A.M..  I watched some television.  I ate the rest of the opened can of almonds.  Sunny today with a low of 21 and a high of 33 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Stay warm.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 11:40 P.M..  I ate a piece of blueberry pie with watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 11:05 P.M..  I burned two copies of the Dell recovery disk CD to have to work with and backup.  I do not work from the new copy to save it.

The Lexmark E238 laser printer starter cartridge, which I think was only good for a thousand sheets is used up.  I put in a new 6,000 sheet cartridge Compatible High Yield Black Laser Toner Cartridge for Lexmark 23800SW For E238 Series that I bought last May.  I have both the Lexmark E238 and the Brother mFC-8840D setup on my network as printers, but I prefer to use the Lexmark, and save the Brother unit for copy work.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 9:25 P.M..  I just discovered, I already have the XP Pro SP2 version DELL Latitude D410 Driver CD Disc Disk Recovery Restore - eBay (item 220514357704 end time Dec-21-09 15:04:42 PST) of the item below, which came with the original Dell Latitude D410, so there would be no need to buy it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 9:15 P.M..  I might buy this some time in the future, when I can afford it XP Pro SP3 - eBay (item 220525637473 end time Jan-10-10 16:21:25 PST)  CIO

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 9:05 P.M..  I ate half of a 24 ounce box Vanderkamps frozen fish filets along with horseradish and ketchup and my usual vegetable mixture with butter and olive oil and watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  I currently weigh 220 pounds, so I should try to lose some weight, but when ever I go for an exercise walk, I get hungry.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 7:15 P.M..  It says here The Dish - Princesses, gurus and judges hit Greenwich - Greenwich Time Princess Yasmin Aga Khan visited Greenwich, but I do not know if her uncle His Highness the Aga Khan's 73rd Birthday - Mowlana Hazar Imam's 73rd Birthday - December 13, 2009 offered her a job in his Starbucks coffee shop next door. 

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 5:35 P.M..  It says here Albert Memorial - London Travel and tourism information, the Victoria and Albert memorial was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott George Gilbert Scott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  Scott kept busy building workhouses Workhouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 5:25 P.M..  After the last note, I watch a movie about Queen Victoria and her family being rescued from Chinese assassins.  I also ate 75% of a 9 ounce can of CVS smoked almonds.  I went to bed around 4 A.M..  I woke up at 2 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a relative.  I went outside, and there was hardly any snow on the Audi.  I cleaned off the little bit of snow that was on it.  It looked like we had no more than six inches of snow.  I drove the Audi in and out of its parking place a few times, so it is ready to go, whenever I need to use it.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 12/20/09: 

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 1:25 A.M..

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 12:25 A.M..  During my walk this week, I picked up three copies of the new Greenwich, Connecticut Metro-North Railroad schedule at the Greenwich, Connecticut train station.  MTA Home Page.  The current schedule is good from October 18, 2009 until March 27, 2010.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/20/09  Sunday 12:05 A.M..  Free Canada Emergency Number 1-613-996-8885, and they will accept collect calls; but it is for Canadians.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 11:55 P.M..   The Weather Channel in Greenwich, Connecticut off of www.cablevision.com said at 7 P.M. this evening, that there was 15 to 24 inches of snow in Virginia and Washington D.C. and 12 to 15 inches of snow in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.  It also said that the New York airports would not be opened until this Tuesday at the earliest.  It also said there were 4,000 automobile wrecks in Virginia alone.  With the airports closed, it said a lot of people were trying to drive south for the holidays, which would seem with all of the snow in between would be quite hazardous.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 11:20 P.M..  I called 1-800-42GEICO in Georgia to work the grape vine with them.

The last time about five years ago, when Washington D.C. and Virginia got hit with a lot of snow, they had to call in the snow plows from Quebec, Canada to plow them out, since they did not have enough equipment down south.

Locally the Greenwich, Connecticut Red Cross Welcome to the Frontpage - The Greenwich Red Cross could park their mobile canteen downtown by the Senior and the Arts Center for emergency relief, if the Senior and the Arts center were open, which I do not think it is on Sundays.  It might be needed more at the Darien, Connecticut rest areas, but since they have full service restaurants there, it would probably be redundant.  Of course, they could park it in front of the lobby by the new Greenwich, Connecticut public safety building, and the lobby would offer some sort of warmth, but I think people would have to sit on the floors, and there is no public bathroom there.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 10:45 P.M.. 25% off with coupon code "YULE09" Hearst Ranch .

Of course, my relatives in Holland, Michigan have neighbors that are involved in Butterball - Celebrate Everyday

Of course, it might still be legal to dig for shell fish at Tod's Point here in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Up in Nantucket www.nantucket.net , they usually have lots of frozen blue fish in the freezers.

Down in Key West, they use to have Welcome to Singleton Seafood

Down in Vero Beach, Florida; they have Florida Oranges Grapefruit Fruit Indian River Citrus

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 10:20 P.M..  Best I can figure out the Scott family from Illinois has been selling soy beans to Asia for hundreds of years.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 9:55 P.M..  121909_applianceShowroom Sears Roast Beef recipe

Tracking at www.usps.com is "0309 1830 0000 0754 5120" for the order for  $160 with shipping Dell Latitude D410 - eBay (item 290382044899 end time Dec-22-09 18:59:36 PST) for $150 and $10 shipping for $160 total.

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 9:20 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  According to the Weather Channel, we are suppose to get 8 to 12 inches of snow in Greenwich, Connecticut.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 8:40 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I made and ate the same dinner as two and three nights ago.  I made up a fresh batch of punch.  I checked outside, and there is about two inches of snow on the ground.  I watered the plants. 

The Queen Mary II is back in Manhattan from Barbados on Sunday tomorrow  QM2 - Itinerary - 2009 CIO 

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 6:30 P.M..  I put away the laundry.  I picked up my mail.  I burned 2 copies of the 5 CD set of the 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces along with a another copy of the Bing Crosby Christmas Classics $1.99 download Amazon.com: Bing Crosby - Christmas Classics: Bing Crosby: MP3 Downloads .   I am listening to them right now on my apartment stereo system.  It is nice relaxing classical Christmas music.  I also put a copy on the Dell Latitude D410 laptop, and I did a Windows 7 Complete PC backup of both partitions to the Samba external hard drive.  I gift wrapped the extra set of 6 CDs, and I put them in a Priority Mail flat rate envelope with twelve 44 cent stamps for the $4.95 postage addressed to a relative that likes music, and I went downtown, and I mailed them at the central Greenwich Post Office mail drop inside.  I also used the Chase ATM machine just down the street.  It is not yet snowing out, but there is a www.abcnews.com truck outside Starbucks waiting to report on any snow that looks like it might arrive soon.  I then returned home.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 3:05 P.M..  I chatted with neighbors.  I started the dry cycle, and I have 10 minutes to go on the dry cycle.

I bought for $5 Amazon.com: The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive): Various Artists: MP3 Downloads , and I downloaded them.  I will burn them to CD shortly.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/19/09  Saturday 2:05 P.M..  I went to bed after the last note.  I woke up, and I ate a piece of blueberry pie and watched some television.  I finally woke up at 9 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a local walker.  I went back to bed until noon.  I put clean linens on my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 10 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I picked up the mail.  CIO      

Note: <888> 12/18/09  Friday 8:20 P.M..  I chatted with two relatives.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I might do laundry, when ever I wake up tomorrow.  Stay Warm.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/18/09  Friday 6:45 P.M..  I ate the rest of the open can of cashew nuts.

Note: <888> 12/18/09  Friday 5:55 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard, 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.

I was able to repair the white acrylic diffuser cover on the bathroom ceiling fixture above the toilet by using grey duct tape on the inside to piece it back together.

I noticed, when I was downtown today that they are finishing up installing the Chinese lime stone on the new Ralph Lauren store on the second level. They were using some sort of stain to make it darker to blend in with the darker color they had already applied.  They also had taken down half of the scaffolding with half remaining.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/18/09  Friday 3:40 P.M..  I woke up last night, and I ate a few handfuls of cashew nuts.  I also woke up, and I watched a bit of early morning television.  I finally woke up at 8 A.M..  I received email that the Dell D410 laptop computer was mailed to me last night from Ithaca, New York.  It should be here in two or three working days allowing for the weekend.  I saw on the news that the New York City area is suppose to get six to nine inches of snow.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went to the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic, and I got my H1N1 flu shot.  I then went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I picked a prescription.  With a CVS internet coupon, I got a free tube of CVS cherry Chap-Block lip balm.  I then went by the Senior and the Arts center, and I got my new 2010 parking permit.  I used the bathroom there.  I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue with another regular walker and east on East Putnam Avenue as far as Christ Church, and then we walked back west on Putnam Avenue, to Garlick and Herbs at the old bowling alley shopping plaza, and we sat outside enjoying the sun, while the other walker had coffee.  I do not drink beverages, when I am downtown, since I would have to go to the bathroom, and there are not always bathrooms available.  We then walked back down Greenwich Avenue to the senior and the arts center.  I departed walking with the other walker, and I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four buy one get one free of Nathan 16 ounce all beef franks for $5.29 for two, a 21 ounce Yesterday's blueberry pie for $3, a roll package of Arnold hot dog buns for $2.50, a half gallon of Tropicana premium orange juice with calcium for $3, a 8 ounce container of Stop and Shop Dijon mustard for $1.50, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.81 for $22.39 total.  I then returned home.  I picked up my mail.  I put away the groceries.  The white plastic ceiling light fixture cover in the fixture above the toilet in the bathroom fell out of the fixture on the bathroom floor, and broke into several different pieces, so I will have to get a replacement, when the building custodian can get one, if it is free.  If not free, I will look elsewhere for a cheaper one.  I am not paying for a whole new fixture. CIO     

Note: <888> 12/17/09  Thursday 8:45 P.M..  I chatted with a relative and a friend. 

Note: <888> 12/17/09  Thursday 7:10 P.M.. National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary  You should have your snow shovels, snow brushes, and snow boots and cold weather clothing including knit caps and warm gloves and long underwear and cold weather coats ready.  If you can not afford them in Greenwich, Connecticut, Neighbor to Neighbor at Christ Church might be able to help you out, but you have to be referred to them by the Greenwich, Connecticut department of social services.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/17/09  Thursday 7:00 P.M..  Tomorrow mostly sunny with a low of 14 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow morning and a high of 33 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow during the warmer part of the daytime.

Of course www.liveduvalstreet.com is still there for the younger generation who still have money and need a tan.  Of course the crime rate in south Florida is suppose to be higher than around here.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/17/09  Thursday 6:35 P.M.. From my perspective over 48 years living in Greenwich, Connecticut not much really ever happens except grocery shopping, maintenance, and a few other leisure activities like reading.  However, when ever one leaves this town, it can get very expensive and busy with lots of people.  Anyone that one seems to socialize with seems to always want money or volunteer unpaid work from one, so it is better to remain private here and to go about one's own private business. 

It seems like everyone is always waiting for someone downtown that they saw on television, and if they suffer from that problem, they should quit paying for television, and learn a skill that will help them to learn a living.  A lot of people around the downtown area seem to have lawyers hoping to make some sort of profit off the wealthier back country individuals, whom they think watch television all of the time.  Most back country people read a lot, and they watch very little if any television, so they tend not to be star struck, when they go out in the general public.  A lot of individuals from neighboring communities seem to be making money off the downtown area in Greenwich, Connecticut, but they do not always have the same view point or ethics that some of the better educated individuals might have in the various back country areas.  For general conversation, most of the back country people in their leisure time chat about gardening, and other household activities.  Some of the Old Guard couples spend a lot of their free time playing the card game bridge. 

Most of them are not too interested in politics, since that tends to be a low paying job that would not permit one to live in the back country area.  A lot of the urban residents whom travel a lot on business prefer the downtown area for its many conveniences.  As far as I can tell very few people pay any attention to the many out of town visitors whom have shown up over the years, since they do not know them.

Just because some group advertises the town of Greenwich, Connecticut a lot; does not mean they actually have any business connections with the town.  I know a lot of individuals have mail boxes at the post office, and whether they actually have residence here in town is opened to debate. 

Every day items tend to be more expensive to purchase here, and of course residents of private property all have to pay taxes.  A great many individuals here work in neighboring towns and Manhattan, so some of them would have some sort of professional expertise, which may or may not be relevant to the town here locally.

Being a corporate community, a majority of the residents move every five years, so frequently people that one might think live here, do not actually live here anymore.

Also since it is an older community, a lot of the elderly citizens tend to retire to the retirement communities down south, where it is warmer and life might possibly be cheaper.

CIO 

Note: <888> 12/17/09  Thursday 5:00 P.M..  I am making and will eat the same dinner as last night in about 15 minutes.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/17/09  Thursday 3:30 P.M..  I ate a couple of hand fulls of whole cashew nuts.  I picked up the mail.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/17/09  Thursday 2:25 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I then went by the Senior and the Arts center to get my new parking permit, but they are closed today for the Christmas party.  I then went to my 1 P.M. appointment.  I made an appointment for 11 A.M. tomorrow to get my H1N1 flu shot at the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic.  They give flu shots on Friday mornings.  I then returned home.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/17/09  Thursday 12:35 A.M..  I ate 1/4th of a 20 ounce can of CVS whole deluxe cashew nuts and two slices of cheese.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Thursday will be partly cloudy with a high of 27 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 18 degrees Fahrenheit.  I have to be up at 10 A.M. to get ready for my 1 P.M. appointment today.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/16/09  Wednesday 10:50 P.M..  I chatted with a relative twice.  I threw out the garbage.  It is 29.5 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  It is 71.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the living room, and I have the living room thermostat set at 74 degrees Fahrenheit with two tower fans going to blow the heat around. 

I chatted with a friend about the price of tea in China and cheap recipes that one can survive on.

Note: <888> 12/16/09  Wednesday 8:05 P.M..  I had a neighbor knock on my door asking for help with a Verizon internet connection, which I do not know anything about.  I think they use a Docis modem which is different technology.  I also received my rent statement from the Greenwich Housing Authority which I will pay tomorrow.  I also have a 1 P.M. appointment tomorrow.

I am making my usual breaded boneless breast of chicken dinner with a baked small onion and my usual vegetable mixture and watered down punch and green tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/16/09  Wednesday 7:20 P.M..  I woke up and ate 80% of a 9 ounce can of Planters digestive mixed nuts.  I later in the day ate the rest of them.  I woke up again at 10 A.M., when a relative called.  I finally woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a relative and a friend and a fellow walker.  I was told that the new parking passes are now available for members of the senior and the arts center downtown.  I received email that the individual that I bought the Dell D410 laptop computer from was going to format it and install Windows XP on it tonight, and send it to me parcel post tomorrow.  I went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I threw out the garbage, and I picked up the mail.  I brought up a black Sony TV stand with glass doors that had been discarded.  I cleaned it off.  I put it on the back side of the oak coffee table in front of the living room bureau.  I put the small Panasonic television on top of it along with the file holder.  I moved some of the other items around.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I received my CTE Energy Assistance grant letter for this coming year, and I will receive $880 in my www.cl-p.com account later on next year.  I called up www.cl-p.com to tell them.  I also faxed with a cover letter to "CLP Att: Matching Payment Department", the grant letter at fax number 1-800-558-5946.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  CIO    

Note: <888> 12/16/09  Wednesday 2:50 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Mostly sunny today with a high of 35 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 22 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/16/09  Wednesday 12:45 A.M..  I just bought $160 with shipping Dell Latitude D410 - eBay (item 290382044899 end time Dec-22-09 18:59:36 PST) for $150 and $10 shipping for $160 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/15/09  Tuesday 10:30 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.

I sautéed a 7 ounce Jones ham steak in butter and olive oil for a few minutes a side over medium high electric burner heat seasoning it with garlic powder, ground black pepper, and Italian seasoning.  I served it with Dijon mustard on it.  I ate it with my usual steamed vegetable mixture with olive oil and watered down punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/15/09  Tuesday 9:10 P.M..  I ate the opened can of premium mixed nuts over the last couple days.  I woke up at 10 A.M., when an associate called.  My 3 P.M. appointment today was cancelled.  I woke up at 1:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. 

Because of this Smoking Mad | Connecticut Cigarette Tax Increases Today , about a thousand Connecticut residents are having internet cigarette tax bill problems Connecticut Going After Online Cigarette Buyers | Internet | Financial Articles & Investing News | TheStreet.com including myself.  I was given tax amnesty, since I am legally disabled with minimal resources to pay any back taxes, but I can no longer make any tobacco internet purchases, and it will be on my tax record for 7 years.

I called around, a 12 ounce can of Captain Black pipe tobacco at CVS at the Riverside Shopping center is $43 plus sales tax, and 6 ounce can of Bugler and Tops cigarettes tobacco are about $30 to $32 plus sales tax.  The prices are the same nearby in New York State.

However, there is no Connecticut tax to order a Top Cigarette Injector Machine for $4.99 from here Other Smoking Tobacco (Page 2 of 2) | OrderSmokesDirect.com - Your online source for discount tobacco and one would need the ZigZag 200 package Cigarette tubes for $4.49, and the second option one is light kings.   Thus say if one order two injector machines for $4.99 and six boxes of light king cigarette tubes, the price would be $36.92 and $19.95 shipping or $56.87, and since say at CVS six 6 ounce cans of Tops or Bugler Cigarette tobacco would be about $35 a can with tax or $210 plus $56.87 or round up to $57 for $267 subtotal divided by six cartons worth would be $44.50 a carton or about half the Connecticut price of cigarettes.  Of course, one would still have to use the machine to make one's own cigarettes which would be time consuming.  Also a carton of King Mountain Ultra Lights 100s weighs 11 ounces, so with Zigzag king size filter light papers allowing for paper, filter and packaging weight, a 6 ounce can of Bugler or Top cigarette tobacco from CVS might be enough tobacco for a carton.  Thus it would be half the price.  Of course, if one were still smoking one could pay the Connecticut price for cigarettes and cut back their smoking in half.

I hope to quit smoking tobacco sometime soon, but I have to allow for usage during the quitting process.

Note: <888> 12/15/09  Tuesday 3:30 A.M..  I looked some more for the Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco.  The last time I recall seeing it, I recall I had put the two packages in front of the microwave popcorn in the kitchen bookcase on the top left side shelf.  Possibly it disappeared out of my apartment sometime while I was away this summer.  I could have possibly smoked it, but I had several years of dust on my pipes, so I do not think I smoked it.  I search my notes, and I found here http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote1.pdf that I bought two package of Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco at Zyn's stationary on Greenwich Avenue on June 1, 2001 for $2.49 each and .30 tax for $5.28 total, so I might have smoked it between then and now, and if not, it would probably be stale anyway.  I had a theory that since it had tiger colors of orange and black, it came from India with Tiger scent on it to keep away Mountain Lions and Cougars in America, but that was just a theory.

I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  Today is suppose to be cloudy with a high of 50 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 28 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/15/09  Tuesday 1:40 A.M..  Roald Amundsen (Norwegian explorer) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 

Note: <888> 12/15/09  Tuesday 12:15 A.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard, 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  I refilled the Glade Plug-in refill in the kitchen with a mixture of 40% English leather cologne and 60% isopropyl alcohol.  One my two little perfume funnels has disappeared.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/14/09  Monday 11:10 P.M..  I looked some more for the two packages of Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco, but I could not find it.  I used to keep it around especially since it was sealed for emergencies, so I doubt it I smoked it.  I can not figure out what happened to it, but it was at least three to five years old.  Possibly Walter Cronkite snuck into my office and barrowed it.  It is also well known detectives and CIA people smoke pipes, so maybe some of those snoopy people snuck into my apartment and barrowed it.

I have not noticed many things disappearing over the years.  I once had a brass Arabic oil lamp like Aladdin's lamp that disappeared.  I also once had a paper Mache piggy bank like they use to use to advertise www.chase.com on the internet and that once disappeared, but I might have given that to Scott Nelson since he was hard up working for the Chart House in Irvington, New York and doing catering for the Rockefellers over in north Tarrytown, New York.  I thought he might have been one of those secret Rockefellers that use other names, since he had Nelson's look.  However, he did not smoke a pipe, but I recall he smoked other products.  He lived over the bakery in Irvington, New York which was very warm in the winter.  He also was from Minnesota, so he was use to cold weather.  He did not drive a car though.  I think he moved back into Manhattan to go to Columbia University to become a dentist.  I lost track of him, when I got into personal computers 20 years ago.  The last time I saw him, he was with a very tall Hispanic fellow from Latin America that worked ConEd at the usual watering hole in White Plains, New York.  I might have seen him since at one of the two pubs behind the Natural History Museum in Manhattan where a variety of people go next to Pizza Uno or Duo.  As I recall, he spoke German, and he spent a lot of time going to Washington D.C.. He had also lived in Key West, Florida and Nantucket.  I think I first met him when I first came off of Nantucket in December 1983 at the same pubs in Manhattan, and he was staying at a Swiss Hotel just west of the Waldorf Astoria.  Thus he might still be in the area.  Having done catering at North Tarrytown, New York for the Rockefellers, he might know what they really look like.  I think they have so much money, they tend to be fat, and do not go out in public very much of the time.  Scott Nelson's family own a gourmet meat company in Minnesota.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/14/09  Monday 10:15 P.M..  I got the $15 rebate check on the new Bosch windshield wipers today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/14/09  Monday 10:10 P.M..  Somewhere in the apartment, I have two packages of unopened Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco that I can not seem to find.  I looked everywhere that I could think of.

This morning I also installed all of the updates on all of the computers.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/13/09  Sunday 8:15 P.M..  I chatted with two relatives.  I made my regular linguine and tomato meat sauce mixture, and I ate half with grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it and had it with a glass of watered down punch.  I refrigerated the other half in a Rubbermaid container.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/13/09  Sunday 5:30 P.M..  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I threw out some garbage in the garbage room next door, since it is raining cats and dogs outside.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/13/09  Sunday 1:45 P.M..  After the last note, I installed the updates on the primary Vista and the FIC server computers.  I watched the movie "The Apple Dumpling Gang" until 5 A.M..  I ate some premium mixed nuts.  I went to bed.  I had a telephone call from a relative at 8 A.M..  I finally woke up at noon.  I put the table that I repaired the leg on back in the bathroom, and I moved the mahogany tea table to where it was placed underneath the oak dining table.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I will now wash the breakfast dishes, and I will make my bed.  I will then shower and clean up.  It is suppose to rain until midnight, so I will not be going out today.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup of the primary Vista computer from the C: drive to the second internal hard drive.  CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 12/13/09: 

Note: <888> 12/13/09  Sunday 2:10 A.M..  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Recently I have setting the living room thermostat at 78 degree Fahrenheit while I am awake as well as running the two tower fans to blow the heat around.  However, when I go to bed, I turn them all off.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/13/09  Sunday 1:45 A.M..  It says here International Calling - Call Rates - Skype, I could call up Tony in Sao Paulo for 3 cents a minute with www.skype.com .  However, for all I know he went down on the Air France jet off of Brazil last summer.  His father supposedly owned the biggest grocery store in Sao Paulo, and his grandfather owned a million acres of coffee plantation, but I do not know anything about those businesses.  Wiley Middleton, if he is still alive is suppose to know something about importing coffee.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/13/09  Sunday 1:35 A.M..  I know Fred http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm use to go to birthday parties for Carol Maytag in Manhattan, so he might be the New York City Maytag repairman, which might be profitable.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/13/09  Sunday 1:30 A.M..  I ate 1/3rd of a 20 ounce can of CVS Deluxe premium mixed nuts.  Possibly mixed nuts come from Brazil, since I know they have a lot of different rainforest nut trees down there.   However, I am not sure about the pecans.  Having had extensive tropical experience in the winter in Florida and also in the summer from age 4 to 6, I would be afraid to go down to Brazil because of all of the dangerous tropical animals like Piranhas and Crocodiles.  However, southern Brazil is suppose to be cooler, but I am not sure what sort of animals they have down there.  I know Brazilian Jaguars are not too friendly.  Besides most of the Europeans down there seem to speak German, which I do not.  Although I studied Latin six years, I am not sure I could make sense out of Portuguese.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/13/09  Sunday 12:45 A.M..  Yes that is the entrance to the World Trade Center North tower before Tony and I took the elevator to the observation deck to enjoy the view.  It was the only time I ever went to the observation deck.  I do recall job hunting back in the 1970s on some of the lower levels.  I recall it had purple carpeting in the lobby.  Also I passed through the lower level many times taking the subway down to Wall Street.

The new building information is here || World Trade Center || .

As I recall that day I drove over to Valhalla, New York to pick up Tony.  We then waited for the Valhalla train into Manhattan, but it never arrived, so we drove down to Greenwich, and caught the train from Greenwich.  We went to the statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center, walked around Washington Square, and went to the Barnes and Noble bookstore at around 17th street and Fifth Avenue, and then returned to Greenwich, and I drove Tony back to Valhalla.  As I recall Tony was a Rotary Exchange student, and he was living next to the reservoir dam for the reservoirs over there.  He later moved up to Danbury, Connecticut and stayed with Bill Lawrence who had a guest cottage.  He visited me once after he returned to Brazil around the winter before I moved into 71 Vinci Drive, when I was at 700 Steamboat Road which would have been the winter of 1987 as I recall, and I drove him over here and showed him the building when it was under construction.  There were a lot of Brazilians working on the building.  As I recall, I returned to Greenwich, Connecticut from Nantucket in December of 1983, and I moved into this building at 71 Vinci Drive in December of 1988, so I have been here for 21 years if I am correct.  The first 3 years back in Greenwich, I did not have a car, and around October 1986, I got the yellow Volkswagen Dasher from somebody in Darien, Connecticut.  Thus it was probably in the winter of 1987, I met Tony, and he might have visited again in the winter of 1988.  As I recall the last I heard from him about 15 years ago, he was working for Trans Brazilian airlines as a flight attendant.  I still have his parents address in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I do know he traveled a lot.  After I was at the Albertville, France Olympics in February 1992 and back in Paris, I met somebody from Milan, Italy that looked like Tony, and he did not know English only French and Italian, so it was not Tony.  That was at the discothèque behind the Paris Opera, where a Heineken cost $10.  I did see somebody that looked like Tony this summer downtown wearing Dutch clogs, so maybe he is now running a coffee shop in Amsterdam.  His email address bounced back last week, so he no longer uses it.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/12/09  Saturday 11:55 P.M..  Showers at noon tomorrow with a high of 46 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 34 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/12/09  Saturday 11:25 P.M..  THE ANDEAN GEOTRAIL - The official website

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Note: <888> 12/12/09  Saturday 9:15 P.M..  I am just about ready to eat a 16 ounce Boston Market pot roast dinner with two pads of butter on the mashed potatoes and two pads of butter on the meat and sauce along with a glass of watered down punch.  I will then have a cup of Twinings Twinings of London - 300 years of expertise green tea with splenda and Borden lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/12/09  Saturday 8:35 P.M..  I paid my January 2010 final of four payments of www.geico.com automobile insurance, so the policy is now paid up until it expires on April 8, 2010, and it is then again renewed.  I still have to pay $20 this month to have my Connecticut emissions checked on the Audi.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/12/09  Saturday 8:20 P.M..  I put away the laundry.  A tenant is passing around a poem in the building.  The leg broke off of the telephone table in the bathroom.  I glued it back together with Elmer's glue.  I am letting it set and dry on the living room sofa.  I put another small mahogany tea table in its place, until I can put it back in the bathroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/12/09  Saturday 7:10 P.M..  I have 25 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/12/09  Saturday 6:25 P.M..  I woke up at 9 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I went back to bed until 1 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with two friends and a local security agency.  I surfed the internet.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of CVS sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.   I put clean linens on my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I am just about ready to start the dry cycle.  I picked up the mail.  I watered the plants.  I threw out some garbage.  CIO    

Note: <888> 12/12/09  Saturday 3:25 A.M..  Decade Drives, The Art of Computers

Some time in the future, when I have extra money, I might order this Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE 320GB 5400 RPM 2.5" ATA-6 Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive for the Dell D410 laptop computer primary hard drive, and then I would use the Seagate 80 GB IDE hard drive at the secondary hard drive in the docking station plug-in device.  Sunny today 34/27 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

I made a telephone call to an out of town security agency, but from what I know which is not much, the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing which is par for the course.  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> 12/12/09  Saturday 12:35 A.M..  His Highness the Aga Khan's 73rd Birthday - Mowlana Hazar Imam's 73rd Birthday - December 13, 2009

You can contact him at mailto:info@amaana.org .

Tony Pigato might be able to give him his weight in coffee beans.

I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard, 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/11/09  Friday 10:25 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  I chatted with a neighbor, and I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a Stocking Stuffer scratch card for a dollar, and I won $2 for a dollar profit.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I toured CVS.  I chatted with a couple of occasional cigar smokers downtown.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a local lawyer about the price of tea in China.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 64 ounce container of Stop and Shop cranberry juice for $1.88, a 64 ounce container of Stop and Shop crangrape juice for $1.88, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.50, a 3 pound bag of yellow onions for $1.79, a 3 pound bag of baby red potatoes for $2.50, fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.19, and broccoli crowns for $1.79 a pound for $1.97 for $13.71 total.  I then returned home. 

The package with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the return of the Seagate 300 GB IDE hard drive RMA had arrived.

I put away my groceries, and I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/11/09  Friday 5:20 P.M..  I ate half of a 24 ounce box Vanderkamps frozen fish filets along with horseradish and ketchup and my usual vegetable mixture and watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  I guess with the economy in major recession and lots of holiday shoppers still doing their thing around here, they might need a Swiss neutral observer downtown, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go out for a walk downtown.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/11/09  Friday 4:05 P.M..  I woke up at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I went back to bed until 11 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went to the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic, and I read the December 2009 National Geographic.  I got my teeth cleaned and x-rayed.  I then went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I then returned home.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I received something distressing in the mail that I will not mention.  CIO    

Note: <888> 12/10/09  Thursday 6:30 P.M..  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with neighbors.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/10/09  Thursday 5:15 P.M..  I ate a 9 ounce can of CVS smoked almonds.  I threw out the can.  I checked the mail, and it still has not arrived.  I said hello to neighbors.

The Norwegian Royal family kongehuset.no - English was on television this morning for presenting the Peace Prize.

kongehuset.no - The Royal Family

Norwegian Sweaters Online backed by a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee!  CIO

Note: <888> 12/10/09  Thursday 3:30 P.M..  Biltmore Email Newsletter

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Note: <888> 12/10/09  Thursday 2:35 P.M..  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of CVS sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.   I checked with the building custodian, and he is busy today fixing the leak in the ceiling of the building entrance, so he will not be able to work underneath my sink today.  I put the items back underneath the kitchen sink.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/10/09  Thursday 12:50 P.M..  I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I took the items out from underneath the kitchen sink, so the building custodian can later on today repair a breather tube from the hot water tank to the kitchen sink.  As of now, he has not done it, but he said he would get it done today.  Thus the kitchen with all of the stuff on the counter is not easy to prepare food in.  I next went out, and I mailed my Christmas cards and letters at the Valley Road post office.  I then went by the Chase Bank on West Putnam Avenue just west of Greenwich Avenue.  I next used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts Center.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by CVS.  I bought two 24 ounce can of Dinty Moore beef stew for $2 each, and two 12 packs of Thomas' English muffins for $2.49 a 12 pack for $8.98 total.  I then bought a 2X 12 roll pack of Scott toilet paper for $6.96 less a 75 cent coupon beneath the display and .37 tax for $6.58 total.  I stopped by the new AT&T store, and I chatted about communications.  I finished my walk, and I then used the bathroom again at the Senior and the Arts center.  I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a local Norwegian that reminded me that Norwegians do watch television, but they only use it for children's entertainment.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf station, and I bought $17 of self service premium gasoline for $3.279 a gallon for 5.183 gallons at odometer 65253 miles for 56.7 mile driving since November 24, 2009 for 10.94 miles per gallon driving mostly in local traffic.  I then returned home, and I said hello to neighbors.  The building custodian said he would work on the kitchen sink drain pipe vent this afternoon.  CIO      

Note: <888> 12/09/09  Wednesday 9:50 P.M..  I went outside briefly.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a relative.  I microwaved a 21 ounce Maria Callendar frozen meat lasagna that I put some grated parmesan and Romano cheese on, and I ate it with a glass of watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  Partly cloudy and windy tomorrow with a high of 36 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/09/09  Wednesday 8:25 P.M..  I finished doing my Christmas cards with Christmas letters.  I have 27 ready to mail. Three are international, so I used 33, 44 cent stamps for postage all together.  I chatted with a friend while doing them.  I will mail them tomorrow.

I posted my Christmas letter at:

CIO

Note: <888> 12/09/09  Wednesday 2:10 P.M..  I woke up at 11:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I went back to bed until noon.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a relative.  I threw out the garbage.  The front entry way of our building at 71 Vinci Drive is leaking water from the heavy rain storm we had earlier this morning and last night.  I will do my Christmas Cards and Christmas letter today.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/09/09  Wednesday 2:25 A.M..  I pretended I was back on the Company Jet, and I ate a 10 ounce can of Planter's Deluxe mixed nuts.  Back in the old days when my father Louis Dale Scott was still alive before he passed away in January 1989, we use to eat a lot Planter's nuts on the various company jets we traveled around on.

I got curious, so I looked up one of the last companies that he worked for out of the Hague in the Netherlands for.  All I could fine was KW Online : King Wilkinson (Saudi Arabia) Ltd. , and they had this contact page KW Contact Us .  I tried calling them with www.net2phone.com , but their servers would not work for the number.  Thus I broke down, and I put $10 on my www.skype.com account.  I then called them up at 96638010000, and the first two times nobody answered.  The third time I was transferred by the message service to the field, and an agent that spoke Arabic picked up the phone, but he hung up right away.  The call for 57 seconds cost $0.324 or $0.245 a minute.  I then called up the Casa Marina in Key West again at 1-305-296-3535, and I chatted briefly with the night agent, and it cost me $0.021 a minute for 2.51 minutes for a cost of $0.102, and I now have $9.57 left on my Skype account that is good for 180 days I think.

I leave the heat on the living room when I am awake at night, but I turn it off, when I go to bed, so it gets colder while I sleep.

Note: <888> 12/08/09  Tuesday 11:55 P.M..  I tested out the

Motorola H780 Bluetooth Headset with Cirago BTA-6210 USB 2.0 Micro Bluetooth Dongle

Motorola H780 Bluetooth Headset with Cirago BTA-6210 USB 2.0 Micro Bluetooth Dongle

on the FIC server by using www.net2phone.com by calling the Metropolitan Police in London U.K. Metropolitan Police Service , and they have an anti-terrorist hotline Metropolitan Police Service - Specialist Operations at 44-0800-789-321, but it does not work through net2phone right now, but 44-207-230-1212 did.  They suggest I call BT in the future.  I also tested it by calling up the Casa Marina in Key West, Florida Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West .  It seems to work just fine.  However, I think www.skype.com sounds clearer when calling Europe.

Before I met John Bolton in Key West, Florida in January 1978, I had been a guest in the Bahamas of Richard Mercy at Paradise Island.  He lived at Eaton Square in London, England, but I guess as I got more tanned down in Florida, the British did not recognize me, so I was left dealing with Snow Birds from up north in America.

None of the people that I knew in my life before Personal Computers have felt like keeping up with me after 20 years of personal computer activity, since I guess they are involved in other more profitable activities, and they now all seem to find me boring, since I gave up going to Pubs, when I got mugged when I was a designated driver in Manhattan about 17 years ago, and since I could never really afford to drink much alcohol anyway, since I smoke cigarettes.  The last time I bothered to drink to much alcohol regularly was when I lived in Europe in the fall and spring of 1972, when wine was cheaper than bottled water.  Nobody drank the local water, since it would give you diarrhea.  Of course in Europe, I did not do to much driving then except driving from Athens to Istanbul with both the Greek and Turkish military following me both ways on both sides of the border most of the trip.  I have found going to Europe on cheap trips is not really worth it, since the security costs can be overwhelming.   I once saw Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip in Manhattan on July 5, 1976, and during that weekend of celebrations, there were about five million people standing around, so I do not think I would want to deal with that many people if I ever went to London, England on a cheap trip.  From what I know when you are a guest in a foreign country, they expect you to try to enjoy yourself despite all of the security around.

Of course on a night time schedule, when I was in Paris before the Albertville, France winter Olympics in February 1992, I had to deal with thousands of security people in the day time, but when I went out at night, there was nobody around.  Thus I guess security people that cover people in the daytime forget about them at night, or it is some sort of con game trying to rip off poor hard working people that work at night, when they venture out into the daytime.

Maybe somebody could invite Microsoft's Security person that was at the Hauppauge, Long Island Hyatt Microsoft conference when I was there about three years ago, to show how big some people can be out in the Midwest of America, for those of you whom do not know better.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/09  Tuesday 10:25 P.M..  email : Webview Free iReagan Apple Application Launched - download it today.

Lille Gibbons note:

Dear Neighbor,
 
Just a reminder- I will be co-hosting an informational forum on H1N1 Thursday night:
 
DATE: Thursday, December 10th, 2009
TIME: 7:00PM to 8:00PM
LOCATION: Greenwich Library
 
I will be joined by representatives from the State Department of Public Health, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich Health Department, and Greenwich Public Schools to explain measures you can take to keep from getting sick, and how State and Local officials are preparing and responding to the H1N1 threat.  They will also be happy to answer any questions you may have.
 
It is my hope that this forum will serve to empower us all to stay healthy, as well as combat any fears you may have about our government's preparedness and response plan.
 
Should you need any more information on this event or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact my office at 800-842-1423 or lile.gibbons@housegop.ct.gov.  I hope to see you on December 10th!
 
All My Best,
 
Lile Gibbons

End of Note:

Note: <888> 12/08/09  Tuesday 9:30 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/09  Tuesday 8:35 P.M..  I have very sad news to report for all of those British citizens whom know Greenwich, Connecticut, since Greenwich, Connecticut was made famous by the Duke of Windsor dedicating a statue in Old Greenwich, Connecticut in the 1920s at the Electrolux factory which is long since gone.  The old Electrolux store on the first side street to the east as one comes down Greenwich Avenue seems to have been closed, and they are now remodeling the building.  I do not know whether or not it will be a new Electrolux shop or not or some other venture by the British Swedish community in town.  We will have to wait to see what develops at that location.  There use to be a vegetarian restaurant next door at the same location about five years ago too, which was very popular with the neighboring office lunch crowd.  Greenwich Avenue has become so upscale, it is only a matter of time, before some other new entrepreneurs will try their hand at some new business there in the many vacant store fronts. 

I came up with this about $50 jeeps.

Note: <888> 12/08/09  Tuesday 7:45 P.M..  I chatted with a relative briefly.  I made and ate the same dinner as yesterday.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor and a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/09  Tuesday 5:15 P.M..  I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I went back to bed until noon.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with neighbors.  The building custodian wants to install a drain vent connector tube on my kitchen sink this coming Thursday.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of CVS sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.   I went out, and I went by the Chase Bank on West Putnam Avenue just west of Greenwich Avenue.  I then went downtown, and I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I chatted with someone from Scotland, and I gave them my calling card.  I chatted with a Bluetooth ear piece wearer, and I told them that they could possibly work with laptops.  I chatted with the Russian ballet teacher at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went to the central Greenwich, Connecticut post office, and I bought a twenty 44 cent Madonna and Child stamps, twenty 44 cent Nutcracker stamps, and twenty 44 cent King and Queen stamps for $26.40 total.  I then used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then returned home.  I picked up my mail.  I have plenty of spare Christmas cards, so one of these days I need to do my Christmas cards and Christmas letter, when I have time, and I am in the mood.  CIO    

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 10:15 P.M..  I ate the other half of the 13.5 ounce box of Reduced Fat Cheez-its.  Since Cheez-its have cheese in them, some dairy farmers probably makes money off them.

Not much happening way out here in Southwestern Greenwich, Connecticut.  I have noticed in the recession a lot of the formerly rich people are now driving the Chrysler automobiles that look like Bentleys, but are cheaper.  There is also a Jeep dealership across the street from where I live, and it is practical car on the narrow roads in New England that frequently can have snow and ice. 

Back at www.lfc.edu in my period there from 1968 to 1972, a man "Pasquaisy?" who had the hot dog shop next to the thrift shop in downtown Lake Forest, Illinois would sell www.army.mil surplus jeeps for $50.   They would come in a crate with the parts covered in some sort of grease, and one would have to assemble them to have a working jeep.  Thus there is probably still some warehouse in the Midwest with a whole of crates full of old Army jeeps. 

They use to make www.gm.com cars in Tarrytown, New York, and they use to make www.ford.com cars in New Jersey, so back in my time in Manhattan, since I knew members of both Ford and GM families, I spent quite a bit of time around automobile workers on weekends, when they would come into the City.  I also think www.chrysler.com use to make cars in Syracuse, New York.  I personally can not afford to drive too much, and even if I had more money for gasoline, the highways are very busy around here, and I try to avoid driving on them most of the time. 

From what I know as an economist, the recession or depression can get even worse.  You know it is bad, when you have to quit paying for Cable Television.  Also, if one has to discontinue phone service, one can always rely on the internet for long distance phone service.  I will always keep basic Verizon service for incoming calls.  Since I spend all of my working time on the internet and have invested a great deal of money in personal computers over the last 20 years, I would never get rid of the internet, since it is what I do for better or worse.  I do not think there is any point in investing in other fields and areas that I have already checked out in the past, since I already know the internet meets my needs versus networking with strangers and reading newspapers and observing daily life downtown.  Many people read the news, but most people try to avoid being in the news.

There is an old protestant saying that the only time one should be in the news is when one is born, married, and dies.

Thus the fact that so few people of the masses are in the news so much of the time, they must be news hogs feeding off the gullible people who read and believe too much of the news.

I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.

Partly cloudy tomorrow with a high of 41 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 34 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 8:40 P.M..  I threw out the rest of the Clementines, because they were beginning to get soft and moldy.  I guess by the time, they are shipped from Spain, they do not last very long here.

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 6:40 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 5:10 P.M..  I threw out the garbage, and I picked up the mail.  I also received two Christmas cards from relatives.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 3:35 P.M..  Today is Pearl Harbor Day.

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 11:10 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out for a walk.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 10:15 A.M..  Connecticut's Interactive Travel Information Map .  CIO

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 9:50 A.M..  I posted these pages

Motorola H780 Bluetooth Headset with Cirago BTA-6210 USB 2.0 Micro Bluetooth Dongle

Note: <888> 12/07/09  Monday 9:25 A.M..  I wore one of my Two-Layer Union Suit: Underwear and Accessories at L.L.Bean over my flannel PJs to bed.  I woke up at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/06/09  Sunday 11:40 P.M..  Ronald Reagan Library Special Gift with purchase

Note: <888> 12/06/09  Sunday 11:25 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard, 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.

The apartment living room is currently 69 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is has been going down to freezing at night outside.  I turned on the living room thermostat to 78 degrees Fahrenheit, and I left the bedroom thermostat at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.  I turned on the two tower fans in the living room to blow around the heat. 

My www.cl-p.com electricity bill for November 2009 at Rate 7 Delivery was $149.42 for 34 days at 761 kWh or 22.38 kWh per day with an average temperature of 48.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

For November 2008, it was $168.98 for 35 days and 876 kWh and 25.03 kWh per day with average temperature of 42.6 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/09  Sunday 10:35 P.M..  It was a bit difficult, but I was able to get the Newegg.com - MOTOROLA H780 Bluetooth Headset Bulk Package - Bluetooth Cell Phone Accessories to work with the Newegg.com - cirago BTA-6210 USB 2.0 Micro Bluetooth Dongle support Bluetooth 2.1 - Network - Bluetooth on the FIC server running Vista Ultimate. 

First I installed the program for Cirago International Ltd. - Customer Servies, RMA and Technical Support ,  I downloaded the "BTA-6210 V2.1 for Vista 32 bit and 64 bit", and  I installed it.  When prompted, I installed the Cirago BTA-6210 V2.1 in the FIC server USB 2.0 hub.  Once the program finished installing, I rebooted the FIC server.

However, although the Motorola H780 installed, it did not work.  I finally uninstalled in Device Drivers under Sound, Video, and Game Controllers, the Bluetooth Audio and the Bluetooth Record devices.  Also Bluetooth I uninstalled all of the devices.  However, then I selected to Scan Again, it installed both the Generic and the Microsoft Bluetooth Radios, but that did not work either.  I then uninstalled them again except Generic Bluetooth Radio.  I then under drivers for Generic Bluetooth Radio,  I selected Update Driver, Browse My Computer, Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, and it showed two identical Generic Bluetooth Radio icons.  I choose the second device drive, and I let it install again installing the same devices as I began with. 

Under Bluetooth, I now had the Generic Bluetooth Radio, and Bluetooth RFBUS, Bluetooth RFCOMM, and Bluetooth RFHID.

Under Sound, Video, and Game Controllers, with the Motorola Bluetooth H780 headset turned on, I have Bluetooth Audio Device listed.

However, I first under the Bluetooth Settings program, Options, under General at the bottom of the tab, I enabled Audio Sink Device with the other defaults.

Under Bluetooth Information Exchanger, I selected Computer Places and checked Display Shortcut on Desktop and Display Shortcut on Bluetooth Settings.

Under Assistant, I chose Classic Mode, Enable Auto Search of Devices, and only selected Headphones, along with the other defaults and saved the tabs.

With the Motorola H780 Bluetooth headset turned on, from the Bluetooth Icon in the Tray, I chose Add New Connection, and the program added it to the Bluetooth Settings Window.  I then chose Connect, and I was prompted from the message down by the tray, I click on the message that Bluetooth is trying to install a device, and when the windows opens for the H780 deivce, I  entered the PIN Code "0000", and after completing that procedure, the Motorola H780 Bluetooth headset worked just fine with Vista Ultimate.  The only problem is that in the Audio Device settings with Bluetooth Record turned to 100, it could sound a little bit louder, but it is loud enough to be heard.

Since it is a complicated procedure, I will not put it on the adjacent primary Vista computer, since the server goes all of the time, it is available all of the time with whatever communications program, one might use.  I plugged the H780 power supply into the surge protector nearby on the floor, and have it connected to the H780 when charging just beneath the left side of the left monitor of the FIC server to have it available for use.  Of course the Cirago Bluetooth USB 2.0 device and the Motorola H780 Bluetooth headset can easily be transferred to the Dell D410 laptop, when needed.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/09  Sunday 7:10 P.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 used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center before and after my walk.  I noticed that at the veterans monument across the street from the senior and the arts center, the Christmas tree lights that were installed on both trees on either side of it as well as the sidewalk lights on either side of it are not turned on at night.  Somebody should fix that problem, when they have the time.  After my walk, I returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/09  Sunday 4:40 P.M..  I finished the backup, and I shut down the Dell D410 laptop.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go out for a walk.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/09  Sunday 4:25 P.M..  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I checked outside, there is no snow around from last night.  I will go out for a walk in about 15 minutes after I finish the ASR backup of the Dell D410 laptop.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/09  Sunday 3:30 P.M..  After the last note, I watched a program on the weather channel about chasing tornadoes which looks very dangerous.   I chatted with a friend.  I went to bed about 8:30 P.M..  I woke up, and I ate half of a 13.5 ounce box of reduced fat Cheez-its.  Yesterday, I also finished off the open can of mixed nuts.  I woke up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.

I have installed on the Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer the following two items that I purchased recently.

Tracking is Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more tracking ! on the order for Newegg.com - MOTOROLA H780 Bluetooth Headset Bulk Package - Bluetooth Cell Phone Accessories for $29.99 with free shipping.

Tracking is Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more tracking! on the order for Newegg.com - cirago BTA-6210 USB 2.0 Micro Bluetooth Dongle support Bluetooth 2.1 - Network - Bluetooth for $24.99 and $2.99 shipping for $27.98 total.

They worked plug and play on the Windows 7 RC partition without any problem, but I could not get them to work on the XP Professional partition.  I was finally able to get them to work on the XP Professional partition.

First I removed the Dell D410 laptop Bluetooth device that I had installed, since it was conflicting with the Cirago Bluetooth device.

Second from this page Cirago International Ltd. - Customer Servies, RMA and Technical Support ,  I downloaded the "BTA-6210 V2.1 for Win XP", and  I installed it.  Then one reboots.  In the Bluetooth Settings program, one selects options, and from the first page General at the bottom of the page, one has to enable "Audio Sink Service".  With  the Motorola H780 Bluetooth headset turned on, the program finds it, and one has to enter the device code of "0000" .  One than has to select the option to Connect it, and it works perfectly fine in Windows XP Professional.

However, DO NOT try the Win7 version on Widows 7 which is not needed.  When I tried it the Motorola H780 Bluetooth device would not work, and I had to restore my good backup of both partitions, and then reinstall it again on XP.

I am now doing a Windows 7 Complete PC backup of both partitions, and then I will do a Windows XP Professional Automatic System Recovery backup of the XP Professional partition. 

I chatted with a relative.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  CIO   

End of Scott's Notes week of 12/05/09: 

Note: <888> 12/05/09  Saturday 4:45 P.M..  I burned the "99 Most Essential Mozart Masterpieces" to nine CDs with the Windows Media Player.  I put them in the Sony Jukebox, and they are CDs 150 - 158.

Tomorrow is suppose to be a high of 40 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed.  Stay warm.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/05/09  Saturday 2:10 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.

Note: <888> 12/05/09  Saturday 1:00 P.M..  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices of processed cheese with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and five strips of bacon and a toasted English muffin with butter and watered down passion punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/05/09  Saturday 11:35 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 used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 20 ounce cans of CVS Gold Emblem deluxe mixed nuts for $8.39 and a 20 ounce can of CVS Gold Emblem whole cashew nuts for $8.39 less a $4 off $20 CVS internet coupon for $21.17 total.  I finished my walk.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I chatted with a retired person there. 

I then went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought a 12 ounce package of Kraft white singles slices of cheese for $2.50, a six pack of Kaiser rolls for $2.49, two 60 ounce containers of Adam and Eve cranraspberry juice for $2.50, two 64 ounce containers of Ocean Spray crangrape lite juice for $2.50 each, four 16 ounce packages of Barilla linguine for $1 each, a 12 ounce generic honey for $1.99, two quart jars of Vlassic kosher dill pickles for $2 each, a 48 ounce container of Quaker old fashioned oats for $4.99, a 13.7 ounce box of children's Cheez-its for $2.50, buy one get one free of 16 ounce Hormel bacon for $5.29 both, a petit sirloin steak for $3.99 a pound less a $1.50 off manager's special coupon for $2.79, fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $2.50 for $57.05 total.  I have saved $597.35 with my Stop and Shop card so far this year.  I then returned home.  I used my cart that I brought with me to bring up the groceries.  I said hello to a neighbor.  I put away my groceries.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/05/09  Saturday 7:15 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer.  I will shower and clean up.  I will then go out to get some groceries at the Stop and Shop.  I will not walk Greenwich Avenue this morning, since I have work to do at home.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/05/09  Saturday 6:50 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put away the laundry.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/05/09  Saturday 5:50 A.M..  I woke up at 4 A.M..  I put clean sheets on the bed.  I am doing two loads of laundry, and I have 40 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/04/09  Friday 10:00 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard, 1/3rd of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  I watched part of a movie "22 Charring Cross Road".  I chatted with a friend.  Afternoon rain and a chance of snow tomorrow with a high of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.   I will not shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Stay warm. 

Note: <888> 12/04/09  Friday 7:15 P.M..  I woke up at 4:30 P.M., when I chatted with a relative.  I watched the Greenwich Retired Men's Business Association Committee on Aging on the local Greenwich Community television.  They said that they will have a hard time paying for the aging population of the town as the Baby Boomers retire.  They said 20,000 people commute into town every day to work and take care of the senior population and 10,000 leave town every day to make money elsewhere.  They said more Eastern Europeans are entering the senior care activity replacing the existing Hispanic group of health care providers.  They want to change the 1983 Zoning ordinance, so that more mother in law and accessory apartments can be built in larger home built after 1983.  I also watched some of the BBC news.  The USA will be playing England in the first round of the World Cup.  Another channel from Weston, Connecticut said that you should not use a garbage disposal with a septic system, since the ground up debris tends to float threw the septic system into the leaching fields causing it to clog up.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/04/09  Friday 2:55 P.M..  I threw out the shipping box.  I picked up the mail.  I received a letter from www.ssa.gov that my Social Security Supplemental Income will not be going up with a Cost of Living Adjustment, which I already knew.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  Naps are very popular in southern Europe.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/04/09  Friday 2:35 P.M..  The order from www.ordersmokesdirect.com six cartons of King Mountain Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $26.99 a carton plus $17.47 shipping less $5 discount with coupon code "RHL-1905" for $171.41 total arrived.

The order with tracking of USPS - Track & Confirm on the order for DELL 2nd Hard drive caddy module D500 D600 D610 D800 - eBay (item 200388976905 end time Dec-27-09 12:53:39 PST) for $16.75 with free shipping arrived.  I put it by the right lower side of the Dell D410 Compaq LCD monitor.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/04/09  Friday 2:05 P.M..  After dinner, I threw out the old periodical literature and the garbage.  I then watered the plants.   CIO 

Note: <888> 12/04/09  Friday 1:15 P.M..  I woke up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I surfed the internet.  I chatted with a few local security groups.

Note: <888> 12/04/09  Friday 2:15 A.M..  Download Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 & Exchange Server 2010 | Microsoft

Note: <888> 12/04/09  Friday 12:25 A.M..  After adding the music files to the Dell D410, I am doing another Windows 7RC Complete PC backup of both partitions to the Acomdata external hard drive.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/03/09  Thursday 11:15 P.M..  After dinner, I bought $1.99 download Amazon.com: Bing Crosby - Christmas Classics: Bing Crosby: MP3 Downloads for $1.99.  I burned three copies to CD with the Windows Media Player.  I installed one copy as disk number 41 in the Sony Jukebox.  I also put two new AA alkaline batteries in the Sony Jukebox remote control.  I also put the Bing Crosby and the Mozart music I bought about a year ago on the Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer, so there is a little bit more music on it, than what is already on it.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/03/09  Thursday 8:25 P.M..  I slept until 1 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard, 1/3rd of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  I picked up my mail.  I received a Christmas card with a picture of a U.S. President which will be very helpful.  I showered, and I cleaned up.   I then went out, and I threw out the garbage.  I went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I then walked then entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.   They had a Picasso exhibit this evening.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I chatted with the friendly staff about the price of tea in China.  Since the Greenwich Hardware store has an Italian employee, and it is across the street from St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, I occasionally chat with them about church matters.  I reminded them that the archdiocese of Chicago is the wealthiest in the Catholic church, and they have a retreat in McHenry, Illinois with a golf course where the Vatican was suppose to move in World War II if they were kicked out of Rome by the Nazis.  It looks like it would be quite comfortable to live there, but of course you would have to be a Roman Catholic church official.  I next toured CVS.  I noticed some holiday parties going on downtown.  After I finished my walk, I sat out for a while, and then I walked down Arch street, and I looked at the Rein Deer in front of McArdle McMillan.  Rein deer come from Lapland, and I think in the wild they like eating moss.  I then walked east on Grigg Street.  I then toured the new www.apple.com www.ipod.com store.   A large 25 inch desktop costs about $1,400.  The computer works are contained in the screen.  It uses and www.intel.com processor, and it is not suppose to over heat.  I was told you can not yet run Windows 7 with Boot Camp.  They do not have touch screen yet either.  The new operating system is called Snow Leopard, and it is about $180, but an upgrade is only $30.  I gave three of the staff calling calls.  I also mentioned that they could use some sort of clear plastic lining on their doors to seal them in the winter.  I also stopped by the Reinfert Design shop just north of them earlier in my walk.  I then use the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went by the Greenwich Library.  They were not too busy.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now eat the same dinner as the last few days.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/03/09  Thursday 10:20 A.M..  I ate half of a 10.5 ounce can of Planter's mixed nuts.  I watched a bit of television about one of those old Merlin movies.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will rest for a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/03/09  Thursday 7:35 A.M..  I put www.skype.com on the Northgate Syntax Windows 7RC partition.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/03/09  Thursday 6:35 A.M..  I woke up at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.

The Seagate RMA shipment on the new defective Seagate 320 GB IDE hard drive was delivered back to Seagate in McAllen, Texas at 11:33 A.M. on December 2, 2009.

Tracking is USPS - Track & Confirm on the order for DELL 2nd Hard drive caddy module D500 D600 D610 D800 - eBay (item 200388976905 end time Dec-27-09 12:53:39 PST) for $16.75 with free shipping.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 6:10 P.M..  I ate a four pieces of white American cheese and a clementine. 

I personally think we might be in the British Commonwealth of Greenwich, China.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 3:55 P.M..  Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Trinidad is prelude to global climate talks - Haiti & Caribbean - MiamiHerald.com

Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 3:35 P.M..  This Dynamic Planet

Escape to Scotland’s Cities this winter  CIO

Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 3:20 P.M..  The Seagate hard drive RMA has been received in McAllen, Texas, and it is being delivered today.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with neighbors.  I chatted with a friend.  I picked up my mail, and I chatted with a neighbors and the building custodian.  I was told yesterday that I should receive my Renter's Rebate by December 15, 2009.  I can not afford to buy stamps for my Christmas cards until I receive the renter's rebate, so I will not be doing them for a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 12:50 P.M..  I ate the same meal as the last couple of days.  I think I used to do better financially before I got into personal computers 20 years ago, when I used to go over to the pub in White Plains, New York to network with the Rockefeller's neighbors.  However, I like a peaceful life, and White Plains, New York was much too busy for me.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 11:20 A.M..  To be able to use a second hard drive on the Dell Latitude D410 laptop docking station, I ordered DELL 2nd Hard drive caddy module D500 D600 D610 D800 - eBay (item 200388976905 end time Dec-27-09 12:53:39 PST) for $16.75 with free shipping.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 9:20 A.M..  Microsoft denies that its patch causes BSOD | NetworkWorld.com Community

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Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 8:30 A.M..  I put out my Christmas decorations.  I took the teak stand out from underneath the Buckingham Palace model, and I put a plate on it to raise it up.  I put the teak stand on the lazy Susan at the apartment entrance with the small two foot high artificial decorated tree on it.  I connected up its two strings of Italian lights with a power strip placed by the left base of the tree, so one can turn on and off the lights.  I put the green artificial wreath outside of the front door.  I put some small candles underneath the tree.  I hung a small green burlap wreath from the left panel of the right living room closet door.  I put four white and gold trim cheese plates with the nutcracker butter knives on top of the HP C4280 photo printer at the kitchen entrance.   CIO  

Note: <888> 12/02/09  Wednesday 7:10 A.M..  I chatted with a relative after the last note.  I went to bed.  I woke up, and I ate a 9 ounce can of CVS smoked almonds.  I finally woke up at 4 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made up a fresh batch of punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/01/09  Tuesday 7:40 P.M..  I am a bit tired.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Partly cloudy tomorrow and a high of 53 degrees Fahrenheit.   CIO 

Note: <888> 12/01/09  Tuesday 7:30 P.M..  I noticed today at the east side of the parking lot of the far West Putnam Avenue Chase bank branch, they are now selling fresh Christmas trees and other Christmas greenery.  Back in Manhattan in the old days, the friendly people from Vermont use to stand outside all night protecting and selling their Christmas trees.  I remember when I lived in Manhattan, the people from Vermont sold Christmas trees on First Avenue at Beekman Place which lies between East 50th and East 51st street, and they also sold Christmas Trees on Broadway at West 72nd Street near the Lincoln Savings Bank on the northwest corner.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/01/09  Tuesday 7:00 P.M..  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.

Note: <888> 12/01/09  Tuesday 5:25 P.M..  I went out after the last message.  I said hello to neighbors.  I went downtown, and I went by the Chase Bank on West Putnam Avenue just west of Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription.  I also bought a six pack of CVS Sensitive Skin beauty soap for $5.99 and .36 tax for $6.35 total.  I then went further downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  They have their annual Christmas display setup with lots of Christmas items for sale.  I saw a 50% off sign, but I am not sure what is 50% off.  I chatted with a local about the price of tea in China.  I then used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  In the display cases at the Greenwich Town Hall, they have a display of World War I uniforms and other military items.  I then went back by CVS, and I picked up another prescription.  I noticed in the their dumpster at the rear of the store, they have thrown out some food items that look like bottled chocolate milk or some other nutritional aid.  I then returned home. I picked up my mail.  I received a coupon from CVS for 20% discount on one item on December 12 or 13.  I also received in the same notice that I have saved $890.52 in ExtraCare Savings this past year.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/01/09  Tuesday 12:40 P.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will get ready to go out.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon, but I have a couple of errands to do before hand.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/01/09  Tuesday 12:10 P.M..  I changed the calendars to December 2009.  Judging by the pictures of the old houses in Scotland shown on the 2009 National Geographic calendar of Scotland, they have not done too good of a job maintaining some of the old homes.

Note: <888> 12/01/09  Tuesday 11:05 A.M..  I finished the house cleaning.  I also put the 2,000 flushes toilet tank tablets in the toilet tank.  I cut two 3/8th inch thick slices of the Jenie O turkey ham, and I put them on a microwave proof plate with microwave lid, and I microwaved them for two minutes.  I put some Dijon mustard on them, and I ate the ham turkey with my usual vegetable mixture with olive oil and watered down punch.  I printed out my November 2009 Microsoft Money 2007 income versus spending report.  I chatted with a relative, and I faxed it to my relative.  I threw out the garbage.  I said good morning to some neighbors.  Apparently the Sansui television was broken in the community room, when it was upset recently, so they have thrown it out, so there is now no longer a television in the community room.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/01/09  Tuesday 5:20 A.M..  I woke up at 3 P.M. yesterday afternoon, when www.nuance.com called me from Iowa.  I ate a 10 ounce can of Planters Deluxe mixed nuts.  I threw out the garbage, and I picked up the mail.  I went back to bed until 3 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.

I paid my www.cablevision.com Digital Cable Television, Optimum Boost Online, and Optimum Voice long distance, my www.cl-p.com electricity, and my www.verizon.com bills.

I ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com six cartons of King Mountain Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $26.99 a carton plus $17.47 shipping less $5 discount with coupon code "RHL-1905" for $171.41 total.

I have not done my house cleaning since the second week of August 2009, so I will now do my house cleaning this morning.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon.  CIO