Michael Louis Scott
June 1997 to Date
http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/
Email: mikescot@optonline.net
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Note: <888> 01/25/02 Friday 2:50 P.M. : I went to bed about midnight , and I was up at 8 A.M. . I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins.
I then went back to sleep. I got up at 1 P.M. , and I checked the mail. I watched a bit of television. I had two
hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup, potato chips, dill pickle, ice tea,
and a deluxe cappuccino. I will now send out my weekly notes.
Note: <888> 01/24/02 Thursday 10:50 P.M. : I chatted with a relative. After dinner I relaxed. Well have a good night, I will head off to
bed shortly. CIO
Note: <888> 01/24/02 Thursday 8:10 P.M. : I went back out, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York Mason Street Greenwich
Note: <888> 01/24/02 Thursday 3:20 P.M. : I went out after the last message. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York Mason Street Glenville Road King Street Westchester county airport, and west on I-684 and west on I-287 to exit 2 in Elmsford , New York White Plains , New York Marshall Hartsdale , New York
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<888> 01/24/02 Thursday
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<888> 01/22/02 Tuesday 8:00 A.M.: I finished my sifting through the email
and my regular computer routine. I wrote a relative a letter. I will now have a couple of hotdogs with buns
and ketchup and mustard a dill pickle and ice tea. I will then clean up and go out for some
fresh air. CIO
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<888> 01/22/02 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.: I was up at 3 A.M.. I put a new 60 watt
light bulb in the Decoy lamp in the bedroom. Yesterday, I replaced the 8 watt
light bulb in the center living room lamp with a 40 watt bulb which I leave on
all the time. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I will now do a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
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<888> 01/21/02 Monday 7:30 P.M.: I finished my regular internet routine
after dinner. I also watched the ABC evening news. I guess I will head off to
bed now. CIO
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<888> 01/21/02 Monday 5:35 P.M.: I watched a bit of television with my
visitor. We had some cheese and crackers and ice tea. My friend left about 3 P.M.. I relaxed a bit.
I just noticed that the redirect at DNS2GO for “mrscott.com” works pointing to www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ . However there is a java script debug
problem with it caused by the advertising link. However, at least former users
will now find what remains of my old web site. I noticed that www.tigerdirect.com offers an interesting $300 barebones system, but
when one considers the memory difference it is pretty much the same as www.accessmicro.com. I also uninstall and reinstalled Client for
Microsoft Networks. My network logon has occasionally been spotty when starting
up. It seems to work fine now. I noticed two items enabled in the XP Firewall,
possibly caused by the new Microsoft Messenger. I disabled them. I also locked
out two more Trojan Horses from Optimum’s network. I will now have a Stauffer’s
20 ounce lasagna for diner and an ice tea. CIO
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<888> 01/21/02 Monday 11:40 A.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering
the plants. I also ran Norton AntiVirus 2002, Norton Disk Doctor, Norton
WinDoctor, Norton SpeedDisk. I fixed the power connector on the power nozzle on
the Electrolux vacuum cleaner. It is about 20 years old, and the connector
tends to get loose some times. If the part were available, I could probably buy
a new part for less than $10 and install it. It can be annoying when vacuuming
and having the power nozzle cut in and out. I made up a batch of ice tea using
five Bigelow bags, five Lipton bags, two Lipton Green tea, one Twinings Prince
of Wales, Earle Grey, Black Currant, and Ceylon breakfast bags using the
formula at http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I had two hotdogs with
buns and mustard and ketchup a dill pickle and the rest of the pineapple cantaloupe
fruit salad. I just finished cleaning up. A friend just stopped by to visit.
CIO
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<888> 01/21/02 Monday 5:40 A.M.: My friend and I went out yesterday after
the last message. We drove down by the waterfront. We then drove over to Tod’s
Point, and we walked the shoreline along the eastern beach area for a while in
the morning. Quite a few people were out
there walking dogs. I viewed a large ship heading westward along Long Island’s
north shore. We returned back to my place about 11 A.M.. My friend then ran out
briefly to the Food Emporium and bought two shell steaks with bones for $3.99 a
pound. I broiled these for dinner, and we had them along with steamed white
rice and steamed broccoli and ice tea. After dinner I rested a while. We went back
out about 3 P.M., and we walked lower Greenwich Avenue. We returned back to my
place, and I made my friend a cappuccino.
We then watched television until 8 P.M., when my friend left. I headed
off to bed. I was up at 2 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
strawberry jelly, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I then went back to bed
until just a short while ago. I will now start my weekly house cleaning routine
after checking out a couple of news web sites.
I received a post card from a relative this weekend from the volcanic
island of Bali in Indonesia. CIO
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<888> 01/20/02 Sunday 7:30 A.M.:
A friend showed up yesterday about 5 P.M.. We split a Red Baron extra cheese pizza along
with having ice tea. We stayed up until
11 P.M., and my friend stayed down because of the snow. I chatted with a
relative twice yesterday. I had some of the Pepperidge Farm layer cake. I was
up at 4 A.M.. I cooked breakfast of 3 scrambled eggs apiece, toast with
Smuckers strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. We have been
watching television. My friend went out to clean off the 3 inches of snow off
our cars. I am feeling a bit better. CIO
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<888> 01/19/02 Saturday 5:45 A.M.:
I cleaned up, and I went out after the last message yesterday. I stopped
by the Outpatient Clinic at the Greenwich Hospital, and they said I should take
Nyquil or Tylenol. I then went by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I then drove down by the waterfront.
I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by the Stop
and Shop, and I bought two buy one get one free of Red Baron four cheese pizzas
both for $4.99, two Pepperidge Farm chocolate layer cakes $1.99 each, a
Stauffer’s 20 ounce lasagna for $3.49 for $12.46 total. I returned home. I
continued resting. I had some cheese and
crackers around midnight. Earlier in the
day, I finished off the carrot cake. I just had breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, and vitamins. I guess I will continue resting again today. A
friend called, and said he would be down to visit tomorrow. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 01/18/02:
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<888> 01/18/02 Friday 7:30 A.M.: The mail server was down until now. I
checked with Optimum and they told me it was down. Gibson Research www.grc.com has information about recent internet security
alerts. I checked with Symantec’s
security site, and my site is safely secure. I downloaded the latest Norton
AntiVirus updates. I will now send out my weekly email. I feel pretty much the same. I am not sure
whether I should go out or not. Flu information at http://flustar.com/ and http://www.fluwatch.com/index2.html . I am not sure if I am getting over the flu
or just an ordinary cold. CIO
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<888> 01/18/02 Friday 5:45 A.M.: I rested until 3 A.M., and then I
watched some television until 4 A.M.. I had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup
and mustard, the rest of the herbal rice reheated, a portion of the pineapple
and cantaloupe mixture, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I then made my bed. I just finished cleaning
up and showering for the first time since Monday. I guess I had the three day
Asian flu, and I am just getting over it. I took another CVS extra strength
pain reliever gel cap and a Echinacea and Goldenseal complex pill when I had
the last meal. I am feeling a bit better, although I am still a bit under the
weather. I guess I will go out later this morning for some food. I have only had a half dozen cigarettes in the last four
days, so I will try to quit for now. I will now do a little bit of regular
computer work, and I will send out my weekly note. CIO
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<888> 01/17/02 Thursday 11:35 P.M.: I continued to rest all day trying to
shake off the flu bug. Around 6 A.M., I
had two hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup and reheated herbal rice and
ice tea. Around 11 A.M., I had a bowl of the cantaloupe and pineapple
mixture. About 6 P.M., I had three
medium boiled eggs, toast, vitamins, and orange juice. I just now had two cold
slices of eye round and with reheated herbal rice, two slices of Pepperidge
Farm carrot cake, and ice tea. I have been taking a CVS extra strength pain
reliever gel cap about every five to six hours. I also am taking the Echinacea
and Goldenseal complex pill about three times a day. I am beginning to feel a
little bit better, but I am not sure whether I will be recovered or not
tomorrow. I will continue to rest until the flu goes away. CIO
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<888> 01/17/02 Thursday 3:00 A.M.: I did a bit of regular computer work.
I checked the mail. I guess I will try to rest some more to shake this cold.
CIO
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<888> 01/17/02 Thursday 1:55 A.M.: I have continued to stay in bed
resting trying to shake off this cold or flu. I did have some Carr’s crackers
and Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese yesterday after the last note. Around noon I had some Wise potato chips. I
was up at 6 P.M., and I had oatmeal, two slices of toast with margarine and grated
parmesan cheese on it, vitamins, orange juice, and no coffee. I watched the ABC
evening news. I continued to rest through the evening. Besides taking my
vitamins, I have been taking every six hours a CVS extra strength pain reliever
gel cap and an Echinacea and Goldenseal complex pill. I had some wheat crackers
about 9 P.M.. I just had some reheated herbal rice with two slices of cold eye
round with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and ice tea. I will now check
the mail, and maybe do a small bit of computer work before going back to bed. CIO
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<888> 01/16/02 Wednesday 5:35 A.M.: I went through my email. I went
through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I went through some XP
newsgroups. I looked at the XP Ebook with Microsoft Reader. I created a
bootable XP MS DOS disk with the format command and Partition Manager on it. I
have been using my glasses while working on the computer which at this point
seems easier on the eyes. I am a bit tired, so I will rest a while. CIO
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<888> 01/16/02 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.: I have come down with a bit of a
cold or flu. I was up at 6 P.M., and I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I went back to bed until midnight. I just finished off my coffee with
some ice. I had two slices of cold eye round with horseradish and Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce along with reheated herbal rice and ice tea. I
took another Echinacea and Goldenseal complex pill which I also take with my
vitamins. I will now do a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
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<888> 01/15/02 Tuesday 2:40 A.M.: I went through my normal computer
routine. I emailed a couple of friends. I am feeling a bit tired, so I might go
to bed early. Perhaps it is because I
did not have a second cup of coffee earlier. CIO
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<888> 01/15/02 Tuesday 1:45 A.M.: I had two slices of cold beef with
horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce along with reheated herbal
rice and ice tea and a piece of cake. I blocked another IP address. The five IP addresses I have blocked that are
attacking my computer with Trojan Horse entrance are “24.93.241.97”, “24.116.63.100”,
“24.127.116.193”, “24.185.227.139”, “24.101.48.161”. I assume that either these
are the source of the Trojan Horse attacks, which would assume they are not
very proficient hackers or that someone is spoofing these IP address. Most
hackers hide their IP addresses, so these might not actually be the real source
of the Trojan Horse attacks. CIO
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<888> 01/15/02 Tuesday 12:35 A.M.: I signed up for the AT&T one rate
plan of 10 cents a minute and $5 minimum per month. I will have to check when I
can get a person instead of a computer about whether this is the rate for
interstate calls as well as intrastate calls. CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 11:35 P.M.: I watched a little bit of
television. There is not much going
on. I refrigerated the ice tea. CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 10:45 P.M.: I relaxed a bit, and I had some ice tea
and some Wise potato chips. CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 10:15 P.M.: I was up at 6 P.M.. I had a crank fax
call and a wrong number call. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I watched the ABC evening news. I chatted with a friend.
I cleaned up, and I went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper and the Wall Street Journal. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I returned home. I received a letter from AT&T, I have to sign up
for a new rate plan. I tried calling them, and they said it is a Holiday, and
they would be closed until Wednesday. I am not sure what Holiday it is. I am making
up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . When I returned home, I had some of the
pineapple cantaloupe fruit salad, and I also had a slice of the Pepperidge Farm
chocolate layer cake. I also had a slice of it this morning before going to
bed. CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 6:35 A.M.: I finished my regular computer routine.
I had to block a fourth IP address Trojan Horse that the Symantec Firewall
detected. Well, I suppose some of these early morning risers like to do a
little bit of hacking before going to work. Let me remind any hackers that professional
corporations take a dim view of such activity, and this could lead to the
termination of their contracts of employment if caught, since at my level it
does not really matter, but on a higher professional level, most professional
employers would take a dim view of such activity, particularly when directed at
an individual like myself. I suppose, it is like throwing a rock through a
window, anyone can do it, but few people do it under recently. Well have a good
morning, I am off to bed. CIO
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01/14/02 Monday 5:40 A.M.: Having trouble on the internet, this could be why Chris Pirillo - C:\PIRILLO.EXE . CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 5:25 A.M.: I found this link on Lockernome email No More Popup Ads . CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 4:50 A.M.: I had a minor technical problem. I was
trying to make my long list of Favorites available to Guest login, by putting
my Favorites in a temporary e:\webroot\favhold folder and then tranfering the
empty Favorites folder into the C: folder for All Users, and hopefully thus
enabling it, and then transferring the empty folder back into the E:\webroot
directory to enable it for both logins, however it was going to take to long,
so I cancelled the operation after the !First and Bookmarks folders were
transferred, but when I tried to open the temporary folder it was Access
Denied, so I restored the !First and Bookmarks folder from the backup back into
the e:\webroot\favorites directory. I then noticed they were all attributed
with the Read attribute, so I cleared this attribute in all my favorites. I
then for some reason can not delete the favhold folder which is still access denied.
I also tried doing this with a Safe boot to no avail. Well anyway the Favorites
are back to normal, except for any in those two folders I might have added in
the last month since the backup which would not be many. Possibly interrupting
the operation which is tied to a Windows System folder caused the problem. Well
it is back to normal computer routine. The enabling of the Favorites on the
system does not seem to slow it down at all. Well, I suppose out there in the
world, there might be one or two spiders that miss the favorites on the web,
but I have not received any email from users to that effect. I also had 12
Carr’s crackers with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheese and some ice tea. CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 2:50 A.M.: I adjusted some of my settings in Guest
Login. I can not enable my long list of Favorites in Guest Login. CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 2:20 A.M.: I enabled my long list of Microsoft
Favorites by cutting and pasting the Favorites folder into the Favorites folder
on the E: drive where my Favorites are kept for the server from when I ran the
server. I cleaned up the Favorites folder a bit, so mostly Folders show when
one opens the Favorites folder. I will continue my normal internet routine. CIO
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<888> 01/14/02 Monday 1:20 A.M.: I had an enjoyable dinner. I will now a
little bit of computer work. I added some of the music icons to my desktop. CIO
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<888> 01/13/02 Sunday 10:40 P.M.: I cleaned up, and I went out. I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat out briefly. I drove down by the waterfront. I
went by Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $5.40 of premium at $1.549 a
gallon. I went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a large bag of Wise potato
chips for $1.99, a box of S&S saltines .67, by mistake not on sale a
Pepperidge Farm deluxe frozen carrot cake $4.59, a Pepperidge Farm chocolate
fudge cake $1.99, a eye round roast at $2.29 a pound $6.96, a large jar of
Smuckers grape jelly $1.50, a large cantaloupe .99 for $18.67 total. I guess
the Pepperidge Farm carrot cake was not on sale since it is deluxe. I then
returned home. I put away my purchases, and I had some ice tea. I use a melon
ball scooper, and I hallowed out balls of the cantaloupe, and I then peeled and
diced the Del Monte pineapple, and I mixed the pineapple and cantaloupe
together, and I added a tablespoon of Angostura bitters, one a half ounces of
Mount Gay rum from Barbados, and two tablespoons of Master Choice lemon juice,
and I mixed it altogether, and I put it all in a large Rubbermaid container in
the refrigerator. I will now cover the eye round with garlic powder, celery
salt, ground black pepper, poultry and meat seasoning, Italian spices, Basil,
Oregano, and Bull’s Eye barbeque sauce, and I will cook it in the convection
oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 minutes. I will then make up my herbal
rice mixture, and have a couple of slices of eye round for dinner with herbal
rice mixture, and steamed fresh broccoli, ice tea, and a cappuccino. It was not
too bad out when I was out, the wind had died down. I suppose the weather will be heading across
the Atlantic Ocean in a day and a half, and some area like Scotland and points
east will be covered with the blizzard that hit Nova Scotia. CIO
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<888> 01/13/02 Sunday 6:05 P.M.: I finished vacuuming and polishing some
glass and mirrors. I also ran Norton Disk Doctor and Norton Speed Disk on the
C: drive while I was asleep. I will now clean up, and go outside in the quite
blustery weather. I suppose there will be a few Canadians around thinking it is
a tropical breeze wearing shorts and out to enjoy the night air. Well for those
of you less fortunate from warmer climates with thinner blood that find this
weather more severe, I would recommend taking shelter from the elements. CIO
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<888> 01/13/02 Sunday 5:10 P.M.: I had two pieces of toasted slice bread
with margarine and grated parmesan cheese before going to bed about 9 A.M.. I
was up at 4 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, two slices of
toasted slice bread with margarine and grated parmesan cheese, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I listened to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio5live/live/output28.ram and now I will listen to www.radio10.fm . I will do the vacuuming and then I will clean up
and go out for a bit of windy and blustery fresh air. CIO
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<888> 01/13/02 Sunday 8:05 A.M.: I checked the Microsoft Security CD, and
it is not for XP. I checked the driver for my SOHO Lan card, and it uses the
default XP driver. I installed the Creative Windows XP driver for my Creative
MP3 Live card, and the audio quality is much better. The computer system is running fine. I have
been receiving Trojan Horse attacks on my Symantec Firewall since I installed
it, and I have blocked three of the IP addresses that appear to be from users
on the Optimum Online Network. I have been advised by Optimum that they monitor
such attacks, but it does not seem they are capable of doing anything about it.
CIO
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<888> 01/13/02 Sunday 7:05 A.M.: I
decided not to have the can of Campbell’s New England Clam chowder, since the
date on it, I believe is the expiration date, so I will throw it out. I had a
can of Progresso New England clam chowder that I believe is less than six
months old. Progresso does not label its cans with expiration dates that I can
figure out. I had the can of Progresso
New England clam chowder with 10 Carr’s crackers with slices of Vermont cheddar
cheese on them along with a glass of ice tea.
There is a wind advisory on the National Weather service bulletin that I
get from www.weatherbug.com of winds around 45 MPH today. I chatted with a neighbor
last night who had read the local paper, and I was told the power outage on
Friday night was caused by a raccoon chewing on a power cable that got
fried. A couple of times in the recent
history of the town, it has been squirrels gnawing on the power cables. I
noticed that CompUSA sells a barebones system without a processor for $250, but
it only has 3 PCI slots. My viewpoint is that www.accessmicro.com offers some of the best wholesale OEM prices on the
internet for Barebones systems which include the processor. Since my computer
after formatting and reinstallation from scratch of Windows XP Professional
Upgrade is running so well, I will not be having to upgrade anytime in the near
future. I put the Holland America picture as my OEM logo, since it was the only
jpg that came up off my hard drive that fit. I received the Microsoft Security
CD several days ago. I might take a look at it. CIO
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<888> 01/13/02 Sunday 5:30 A.M.: I had a bag of Lays KC Master Choice
barbeque potato chips yesterday morning before going to bed about 6 A.M.. I was
up at 2 P.M. yesterday. A friend stopped by. I got a loaf of bread from the
bread donation table downstairs along with some rolls. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toasted roll with margarine and Smuckers strawberry jelly, coffee,
orange juice, and vitamins. My friend
also had a roll with jelly. I cleaned up.
We chatted a while. We went out for a short drive down by the
waterfront, and we sat downtown a while. We returned home, and we had ice tea
and chatted a while. About 8 P.M., I had dinner of two hamburgers with rolls
and AC Dijon mustard, Heinz ketchup, Bulls Eye barbeque sauce, Gold’s
horseradish, and Hellmann’s mayonnaise and slices of Vermont extra sharp
cheddar cheese on the burgers along with a dill pickle slice and ice tea and a
cappuccino. My friend had two rolls with Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Vermont
cheese. My friend left about 8:30 P.M.. Yesterday I received a letter from the
Connecticut State police that they had performed an investigation, and there
was no security threat as far as my former internet web site was concerned and
the Terrorist hotmail address that I received five threatening emails from. I
still do not know why Microsoft allows that Hotmail address to be used. After my guest left, I watered the plants and
did my apartment house cleaning. I still have to vacuum later in the day. I
rested from 1 A.M. to 4 A.M.. I put some more folders in my documents folder on
the computer. I installed Harley Hahn’s 1999 Internet web guide on my computer.
I am not sure how current it is. I put
the OEM logo program on my computer desktop. I tried booting the computer at
450 MHz, but it still crashes like it always did, so it remains at 366 MHz. I
did change the Memory Multiplier in the CMOS from 4 to 0. I guess I will now
have a can of Campbell’s chunky New England Clam chowder. It has a date on it
of November 2001. I am not sure if that was when it was made or when it
expires. I will have some ice tea with it. CIO
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<888> 01/12/02 Saturday 4:30 A.M.: I finished the laundry a while ago,
and I will put it away. I relaxed a bit. I went through my email and my work
list. I will head off to bed shortly. CIO
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<888> 01/12/02 Saturday 1:55 A.M.: Right after I wrote the last message,
the power went off in my building and all of southwestern Greenwich,
Connecticut all the way to Greenwich Avenue. I got out my beam lanterns, and I
checked to see if anyone was stuck in the elevator which was not the case. I
chatted with some neighbors that had communications. I checked with the Housing
Authority answering service, and they told me that the electricity was off in
this part of town. I got out my Free Play windup radio, and I listened to the
local radio station 1490 AM, and they said that it was in this part of town.
They continued a feed of an internet show.
The fire department showed up in response to one of the neighbor’s
concern. I set out one of the Lamp Light Farms Lamplight Farms oil lamps on the coffee table, and it
provided a very even light. I noticed that at night without the solar cells
working, one has to wind up the Free Play radio a bit more than I thought to
keep it playing. Still the reception from our local radio station was fine. I
relaxed a bit. I made a couple of telephone calls. The electricity finally came on at 12:30 A.M.
about the time I was ready to go out for a break. I started my laundry doing
three washer machine loads, and I am now on the dry cycle doing three dryer
cycles. They will be done in about 45
minutes. I am not using the elevator at the moment in case the electricity
should fail again. Microsoft Word 2002
had saved the previous note when the power failed, so I did not have to rewrite
it. Well, the computer is all running
fine, and it is back to normal routine. One has to remember to be prepared for
when the lights go out. The Coleman emergency light worked in the bedroom. I
put a new lantern battery in the smaller lantern. Well back to normal routine. Somebody discarded
an Ericsson DH668 Digital Cellular Phone down by the mail room which I
retrieved. CIO
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<888> 01/11/02 Friday 9:30 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M.. today. This morning
before doing the backup, I noticed that Microsoft Internet Explorer works
better without the JAVA virtual machine enabled, since on sites with lots of
JAVA advertising, it takes quite a long time to download the JAVA applets in
the web pages, and if the internet is slow like it can be at certain times of
the day, downloading the additional JAVA script advertising applets slows down
and sometimes freezes the web browser. Thus I disabled the JAVA virtual machine
in Internet Explorer. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then put clean sheets on my bed. I will
do my laundry shortly. After cleaning
up, I went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then
drove by the waterfront. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then stopped
by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper and P.C. magazine. I then
went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 pound bag of S&S enriched
white rice for $2.99, a bag of La Moi spinach noodles $1.79, a Del Monte golden
pineapple $3.99, a 32 ounce jar of Smuckers strawberry jam $2.50, Hell of a
Good horseradish $1.99, S&S Vermont extra sharp cheese $1.99, S&S 50
ounce apple sauce, a large bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce
$2.29, Five Brothers garlic alfredo sauce $2.99, a dozen large eggs .84, Lays
KC masterpiece barbeque chips .99, two bulbs of garlic at $2.49 a pound .85
both bulbs for $25.50 total. I then stopped by Val’s Liquor store, and I bought
a liter of Gordon’s London Dry gin for $13.99 plus .81 tax for $14.80 total. I
do not drink alcohol myself, but I keep it around for hospitality beverage for
older relatives should they ever need to entertain. I will put the Gordon’s Gin
with the other bar supplies. I then went by the Port Chester beer distributor,
and I noticed that the price of beer has doubled in the last five years. The
last time I was there about five years ago, a case of Coors was $8.99 now a 12
pack is $7.99. I bought a six pack on special of Hannover, Germany’s Lindener
Spezial beer for $3.99 plus .35 tax for $4.30 total. I then returned home.
End of Scott's
Notes week 01/11/02:
Note: <888> 01/11/02 Friday 4:50 A.M.: I
sifted through my email. I enabled the
animated features of XP, and I also enabled Clear Type. I just finished making
a backup of the C: drive to the D: drive. My C: drive has 10 gigabytes of files
and 5 gigabytes of free space. I also ran Norton Disk Doctor and Norton Win
Doctor before starting the backup. I had some Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers
and ice tea while performing the backup. I will now send out my weekly notes. I
had to recreate the weekly notes mailing list of about 26 individuals from my
address book. I will then head off to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 01/11/02 Friday 1:30 A.M.: I
installed some more updates. I updated the Internet Explorer security fix. I am
sifting through http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm. I figured out how to put the Internet Explorer Icon in the correct
position on the desktop by searching Help with the term “Internet Explorer
Icon”. One wonders how many other little tricks there are in Windows XP that it
takes time to figure out. I have “Guest” enabled on boot up login. From the Desktop settings for ALL Users, I
put all my desktop icons in the Desktop folder, so that as opposed to my
individual login setting desktop folder, all the icons appear on login either
way one logs in. Basically the computer seems to be responsive enough for
regular use. One item when I switched from “Guest” login into “Administrator”
login, it seems that both logins were running at the same time slowing down the
system a bit. I was prompted on Windows Update to install the Epson Stylus
Color 880 printer driver and Creative Sound Blaster Live MP3 drivers again. I
had already once installed them. I will now run System Restore, and create a
backup. Then I will go back to regular computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 01/10/02 Thursday 11:30 P.M.: I
installed the Microsoft Reader ebooks in the proper folder, so they display in
Microsoft Reader. I will have to study the Windows XP Ebook that Microsoft
makes available from its Reader site. I restored a number of files from the old
backup, so I have everything I need from the previous installation. I will wait
to do another backup for a day or two to make sure I have everything I need. I
also restored all my saved Email and its address book. I installed a couple of
programs from the backup that I have enabled. I had dinner about 8 P.M. of two
fried hamburgers on buns with mustard and ketchup and Hellmann’s mayonnaise and
ice tea and a cappuccino. I chatted with a friend. I installed some other
programs after dinner. I rearranged my “My Documents” folder with the contents
from the backup and other Document folders on the computer. I have Net2Phone
installed and working. Well, I basically
have done all that I can think of as far as restoring my system, so I guess I
will do a little bit of regular computer work now. I also organized my desktop
icons better. I can not get the Internet Explorer Icon to be in its right place
though. I am sure there are some other minor details I will have to take care
off. Well back to the computer. CIO
Note: <888> 01/10/02 Thursday 5:30 P.M.: I was
up at 9:30 A.M.. Norton Speed Disk was completed. I installed the Microsoft
Reader and its dictionary and its Windows XP manual. I also installed the Net
Library EBook reader. I have to restore the books I downloaded to my hard
drive, since Microsoft does not make them available anymore. I chatted with a
relative. I went back to bed from 10:30 A.M. until 1 P.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, a piece of toast with margarine and parmesan cheese, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I just now returned home. I will not restore the Ebooks and
search the backup files for other information to restore. I have to enable icons
on my desktop, and I have organized them. CIO
Note: <888> 01/10/02 Thursday 4:15 A.M.: I
installed Real One and its additional programs and plugins. I installed three
other music programs, Win Amp, Music Match, and Music City Morpheus. I setup
the programs. I ran Norton Disk Doctor. I ran Norton Win Doctor. I installed
the latest version of WS-FTP. I will now run Norton Speed Disk, and leave it
running while I go to bed. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note: <888> 01/10/02 Thursday 1:40 A.M.: I installed the other
software I have. I still have to install the Music and Real programs which I
will download again. I also have to install the PostScript fonts from my backup
file. I installed the Logitech cordless mouse driver and the Microsoft Internet
Pro keyboard drivers. I installed the drivers for the Ezonics Ezcam USB and the
Visioneer 4400 USB scanner. I also installed the programs that came with these
items. I installed the Office XP updates. I installed the Epson printer driver
update. This all took some time. I have selected the option to not have icons
on my desktop, and I will start programs from the Start Menu. I just had dinner
of two fried hamburger with buns and Hellmann’s mayonnaise and ketchup and
mustard and ice tea. I removed the Cue Cat from my computer. I put a copy of
the Windows XP Professional Upgrade CDROM on my C: drive. The computer is all
running fine, and I am most pleased with the results of the reinstallation. CIO
Note: <888> 01/09/02 Wednesday 8:10 P.M.: I was up at 6 P.M.. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went out; and I stopped by the ATM machine at
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought buy one get one
free of 93% lean ground sirloin $5.88 and a free $5.63 package. I also bought
four half gallons of Tropicana orange juice with Calcium at $2.50 each, a box
of Carr’s crackers $2.29, a dozen large eggs $1.69, and a bag of 8 Freihoffer’s
hamburger rolls $1.99 for $21.85 total. I returned home, and I let a neighbor
know that they had left the interior light on in their car. I have the
Slaymaker jump start system if I ever need to jump start somebody. I then put
away my purchases. I will now continue setting up the computer. CIO
Note: <888> 01/09/02 Wednesday 11:30 A.M.: I have been up all
night and morning since the last message. I went through my email and regular
internet routine earlier in the evening. About 1 A.M., I decided to uninstall my C:
drive partition and then I reinstalled it using the Windows ME boot disk. I
then had to add the Format command to the disk which is not put on it from my
back up computer, and I formatted the C: drive. I then booted the Windows XP
Professional Upgrade CDROM, and I did a clean installation using the NTFS file
system. I installed the Windows Updates. After some system tweaks, I
installed the Norton System Works 2002, Norton Symantec Personal Firewall 2002,
and I then installed the Microsoft Works Suite 2002. The computer is running much better without
any problems. I would say it is running twice as fast. I also disabled in the
My Computer Properties, the special effects. I also restored about 600 Megs of
files from my backup to the C: drive. I installed the printers. I am quite
tired right now, so I will head off to bed shortly. Still the system is running
so much better, it was worth the effort. I will install the rest of the
programs and camera and scanner when I wake up early this evening. Well have a
good day. And of course hyper linking
works www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ . CIO
Note: <888> 01/08/02 Tuesday 8:55 P.M.: I was
up at 10:30 A.M. this morning. A friend called, and said he would be coming
down to visit at 12:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, two slices of toast
with margarine and parmesan cheese, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I
cleaned up and checked the mail. My friend arrived promptly at 12:30 P.M.. We
chatted a while. We went out, and we stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. We then drove down by the waterfront. We then drove over to
the Port Chester shopping center. If one has not noticed it recently, they’re
demolishing a good portion of downtown Port Chester for new projects including
a Costco warehouse. We stopped by Modells,
but they did not have jeans in my friend’s smaller size. We then went over to
the VitaminMart. I bought a 300 capsule bottle of Echinacea and Goldenseal
complex for $15.97. My friend bought the liquid version for preventing
colds. We then toured Odd Job. I bought
a Woods power strip there for $2.99 plus .20 tax for $3.19 total. We then returned back to my place. I noticed
Odd Job is selling stainless steel kitchen garbage cans for $20. We each had a cappuccino and a slice of
toasted bread with margarine and parmesan cheese. We watched television until
dinner. Around 6 P.M., I heated up the rest of the spaghetti noodles and tomato
meat sauce, and we had this for dinner with a hotdog apiece with a bun and
tomato meat sauce on them with ice tea. I then had a 50% - 50% instant coffee
of Folgers regular instant and Folgers decaffeinated coffee. We chatted a while
after dinner. My friend left at 8 P.M.. I hooked up the Wood power strip
underneath the living room desk, and I plugged the backup computer into it
along with the floor lamp and one of the DeLonghi electric radiators. I will
now do a little bit of regular computer work. I started using Microsoft Word
2002 for these notes again, since I figure it is more important to have the
spell checker than to be able to hyperlink.
I will contact Microsoft some time in the future about the problem. CIO
Note: <888> 01/08/02 Tuesday 1:10 A.M.: I
sifted through my email, and I also went through http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I had some Pepperidge
Farm goldfish crackers and ice tea. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 01/07/02 Monday 11:00 P.M.: I
reformatted my Notes Page with FrontPage Express. CIO
Note: <888> 01/07/02 Monday 10:40 P.M.: I
worked on repairing the Hyper Link problem, but at Microsoft Tech Support, it
says that it is a problem with Word 2002, and the fix offered does not
work. Basically Hyper Linking worked
until Friday or Saturday, and then it quit working, so obviously since it
worked all this time, there must be some reason now for it not working. Perhaps
Microsoft is trying to sell me FrontPage. CIO
Note: <888> 01/07/02 Monday 6:40 P.M.: I was
up until 5:30 A.M. working on the computer. I was up at 1 P.M.. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, two slices of toast with margarine and grated
parmesan cheese on it, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I fiddled with the
computer, and I started running Norton Antivirus 2002, which was finished when
I just now returned without any problems. I cleaned up, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then made my 4 P.M. appointment. I then drove over to Port
Chester, and I stopped by Levine’s Army Navy store. Lee Jeans there were $28,
but they did not have my size 40” X 30”. I then drove over to the Port Chester
shopping center. I stopped by Modell’s http://www.modells.com , and Wrangler Jeans were $14.99 a pair. I bought
two pairs one dark blue and one medium blue casual fit in size 40” X 30”, one
pair of long underwear bottoms $3.99 plus .93 tax for $34.90 total. I then
walked over to the VitaminMart, and I bought a jar of VitaminMart 100 tablets
of garlic 500 mg. for $4.77. I then toured Staples. I then toured Odd Job. I bought
a pair of two steel scouring pads for .69 both plus .05 tax for .74 total. I
then returned home. I tried on the jeans and they fit just fine. I am wearing a
pair right now. I took a garlic pill. I
am listening to http://www.radio10.nl . I will now have for dinner a broiled Porterhouse
steak with reheated herbal rice and steamed fresh broccoli, ice tea, and a
cappuccino. CIO
Note: <888> 01/07/02 Monday 3:45 A.M.: For
some reason hyper linking is not working in Word 2002. I tried fiddling with it
for a while. Finally I uninstalled it, and then I reinstalled it, and then I
installed the update. Well when I type a hyperlink, it still does not automatically
hyperlink. I am not sure what the problem is. Perhaps the document is too long.
I am tired now, so I will go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 01/06/02 Sunday 11:50 P.M.: I am
making up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . This time for the
dilute mixture which I pour into the jugs, I am using 5 Bigelow orange peako
and China black tea bags, 4 Lipton orange peako tea bags, 2 Lipton green tea
bags, 1 Prince of Wales Ashram tea bag, 1 Twinings Prince of Wales black tea
bag, 1 Twinings Earle Grey tea bag, 1 Twinings black current tea bag, 1 Twinings
Ceylon breakfast tea bag in the usual mixture of four teaspoons of Angostura
bitters and a cup of sugar into the Revere gallon pot which I dilute into the
four 96 ounce orange juice jugs and fill with water. I am letting it steep for
an hour now before diluting. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/02 Sunday 10:30 P.M.:
After the last message, I had reheated spaghetti noodles with tomato
meat sauce and ice tea. I chatted with a
relative about 3 P.M.. I rested a
bit. I then had some Pepperidge Farm
goldfish crackers with ice tea. I chatted with a relative about 6 P.M.. I
rested until about 9 P.M..I watched some cooking shows on television. I just
had two hotdogs with buns and tomato meat sauce on them with a dill pickle and
ice tea. I will now do a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/02 Sunday 1:05 P.M.: I was up at 10:30 A.M.. I received a telephone call from a relative.
I had breakfast of two slices of toasted bread with margarine and grated
parmesan cheese, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and oatmeal. I chatted with
another relative. I looked at some web sites. The DNS server list is not yet
updated to see if “mrscott.com” forwards to DNS2GO to http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ . Well I
guess I will clean up shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/02 Saturday 11:00 P.M.: I finished off the French cheese
cake. I sifted through my email and my daily list. I went to Add Remove
Programs, and I uninstalled and reinstalled Internet Explorer. It seems to be
working a bit better. I also used Tweak XP to block popups and advertisements.
I have had a problem recently with Internet Explorer freezing when some page
content such as advertisements are slow to download. It could just be internet
congestion which possibly as always existed, but since I have been on an
earlier schedule the last few months, it has become more noticeable to me.
Well, it is time to head off to bed shortly.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/02 Saturday 8:40 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and
I stopped by the ATM at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I then
stopped by the library, and I read three computer newsweeklies. I then walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by Zyns stationary, and I bought a scratch
card for a dollar #31 “Instant Payday Doubler”, but I lost. I sat outside for a
while. I went by Exxon, and I bought $11.35 of premium gasoline at $1.499 a
gallon. I then went by Stop and Shop, and I bought buy one get one free of
Khan’s Jumbo beef franks for $3.69 both and a head of broccoli at .99 a pound
$1.37 for $5.05 total. I then went across the street, and I bought buy one get
one free of 93% lean sirloin for $4.75 both at $3.99 a pound on sale for $2 a
pound for $4.75 both about 2.5 pounds total. I then returned home, and my
computer was just finishing running Norton SpeedDisk on the C: drive. I then
had a diet Coke in a frosted mug. I then browned and drained the 2 ½ pounds of
93% lean sirloin, and I put it in the large Revere pot with four tablespoons of
olive oil, plus four peeled and diced medium onions, eight peeled and minced
gloves of garlic, three 28 ounce cans of TuttoRosso crushed tomatoes with
basil, dashes of sesame oil, Angostura bitters, Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce, McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, La Choy low sodium soy sauce, and a I
sprinkled dashes of garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Chinese
five spice, India hot curry, Italian spices, Basil, Oregano, tarragon,
rosemary, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, Hungarian paprika, parsley, chili powder, three
bay leaves, and two beef flavored bouillon cubes. I mixed it all together, and
after bringing the pot to a boil, I simmered it for an hour. I made up a box of
spaghetti noodles shortly before the sauce was done. I had some of the noodles
and spaghetti tomato meat sauce for dinner with grated parmesan cheese along
with ice tea. I put one container of the spaghetti sauce in the refrigerator
and two in the freezer. Basically for an
alternative, one could put the spaghetti meat tomato sauce on a hamburger and
have a sloppy Joe or one could put it on a hotdog on a bun and have a chili
dog. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/02 Saturday 1:25 P.M.: Last night before going to bed at
midnight, I logged onto Network Solutions again, and I tried to delete
“mrsco-hst” the host server for “mrscott.com”. This morning when I woke up, I
had received a message from Network Solutions that it will be deleted. I
changed the setting from “individual” to “role” to get it to work this time. This
means that when one types “mrscott.com” it will now be redirected to www.dns2go.com which will
then redirect to www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ . Hopefully this will all work. One should
know in a day or two when the DNS files on the computer servers are updated. I
checked the mail. I picked up a loaf of bread from the supply usually left
downstairs on Saturday morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I received a telephone call from a
relative that has returned from a voyage. I just finished doing my house
cleaning and watering the plants. I backed up the C: drive to the D: drive
while doing the house cleaning. I will now have two hotdogs with buns and
ketchup and mustard and reheated herbal rice and ice tea. I will then clean up and go out for some
fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/02 Friday 9:40 P.M.: I discovered at GeoCities that one can
have 15 Megs of space, so I put my entire directory on the site at http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotlist.htm . I also added a link from the homepage http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/to download the entire file of my Random
Notes from June 1997 through December 2001 in HTML format in a ZIP 1865 Kbytes
long and 1584 pages if you dare print it out http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsnote1.zip . Well, I am tired. I will head off to bed
shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/02 Friday 7:25 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop looking for a blanket. I then stopped by ELDC thrift shop, and when
I arrived, they were throwing out in the dumpster two cotton comforters which I
retrieved. One is black and white and the other is a black and white checker
pattern with color patches. I toured ELDC. I then drove downtown, and I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by
Smokes for Less in Byram, Connecticut; and I bought three cartons of Seneca
Ultra Lights 100s for $19 a carton for $57 total. I returned back to the
apartment. I had a frosted Citra soda in a frosted mug. I put the comforters at the end of each sofa.
I relaxed a bit. I then had dinner of a Stauffer’s pot roast dinner with
reheated herbal rice and ice tea and a piece of cheese cake. I watched some
television. I will go to bed about 9 P.M.
or shortly thereafter. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/02 Friday 1:20 P.M.: I studied Barebones Systems at www.accessmicro.com, but alas I can only afford to stick with my
present system. I sifted through my
email. I picked up my mail downstairs. I will now have a couple of hotdogs with
buns and ketchup and mustard and a dill pickle and reheated herbal rice and a
slice of cheese cake and ice tea. I will then clean up and go out. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 01/04/02:
Note:
<888> 01/04/02 Friday 11:00 A.M.: I had some cheesecake last night and
Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers. I watched a bit of television. I went to bed
at midnight. I was up at 9 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I checked the mail. It has not arrived yet. I took
down the Audubon Flamingo and Pelican Prints from above the left hallway
bookcase, and I hung them above the bedroom desk. I put the Unicorn tapestry to
the left of the hallway bookcase and to the right of the bathroom door. I moved
the picture of Moulin rouge below it. I put the George Bush and Richard Cheney
inaugural invitation to the left side of the bathroom door. I move the extra
books to the top of the left hallway bookcase held in place by steel book ends.
I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/02 Thursday 7:55 P.M.: I was up at 9 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I went back to bed until 11:30 A.M.. I watched some of the news.
About 1:30 P.M., I had two hotdogs with buns, ketchup, mustard, horseradish,
and ice tea. I cleaned up, and I went out about 2 P.M.. I stopped by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I
dropped off the shopping bags there. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went downtown, and I went to the
Greenwich central post office, and I obtained a money order for .90 to pay my
Verizon telephone bill. I also bought ten flag stamps for .34 each for $3.40
total. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then went by the Arnold Bread
outlet, and I bought two packages of eight hotdog buns for .99 each and a French
deluxe cheese cake for $1.89 for $3.87 total. I then returned home. I had a
Diet Coke in a frosted mug. I then made up a batch of herbal rice using the
same recipe as mentioned earlier in these notes. I had a broiled Porterhouse
steak for dinner horseradish and Lea and Perrins worcestershire sauce with some
of the herbal rice and steamed fresh broccoli, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I
watched the ABC evening news. I straightened up the left bookcase in the
hallway. I have a stack of books behind the bathroom door which I will
eventually put elsewhere. I took the Putnam Lodge Greenwich Masonic plate down
from the bathroom wall, and I put it on the bedroom desk. I put the plate with
the Great Seal of the President of the United States back up on the bathroom
wall. I will now do a little bit of computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/02 Thursday 1:35 A.M.: I printed out Scott’s Random Notes
from September 2001 through December 2001. I also reprinted out May 2001
through August 2001 with the HP LaserJet II D printer with Times Roman
postscript fonts, so the pagination in the notes is similar and consecutive
with the previous printouts. I put them
in an Oxford clip binder. I have to keep the HP LaserJet II D printer sheet feeder
tray relatively full, so it does not jam. I am tired. I will head off to bed
shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/02 Wednesday 8:55 P.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and
mustard and ketchup and a dill pickle along with ice tea before going out. I
then went out, and I mailed the letter at the Valley Road post office. I then
went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop which was closed. I next stopped by
the Mews Thrift shop. I then walked the upper Greenwich Avenue area. I stopped
by CVS, and I bought a blue Djeep lighter for $1.69, CVS 1000 mg 100 count
vitamin C $3, and two CVS Balanced B-100 60 count for $4.80 apiece plus .10 tax
for $14.39 total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I returned
a book and two videotapes. I paid a .30 fine on the book. I read the Wall
Street Journal and the local paper. I then stopped by the Food Emporium, and I
bought a 36 ounce bag of Hasslenut coffee beans for $8.79, a five pound bag of
sugar $2.39, MC squeeze Dijon mustard 8
ounces $1.69, Twinings Prince of Wales 25 bags tea $2.89, two Porterhouse
Steaks at $3.99 a pound for $3.91 each for $23.58 total. I then stopped by the
Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two loaves of Freihofers twelve grain bread
for $1.29 each $2.58 total. I then returned home. I mixed the bag of Hasslenut
coffee beans with the existing coffee beans, and I stored them in the glass
jars I keep my coffee beans in. I had a Stauffer’s Pot Roast dinner for dinner
along with the rest of the herbal rice, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I watched
the ABC evening news and the BBC evening news and the BBC antiques road show. I
cleaned out the plastic and paper bags from my right living room closet, and I
put them in the back of my car to give to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I
threw out a number of small shipping boxes. I put the Christmas pine cone
wreath in a large plastic bag, and I put the small artificial Christmas tree in
another plastic bag, and I stored both of them above the false ceiling above
the bar. I will now do a little bit of
regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/02 Wednesday 1:05 P.M.:
I went to bed around 11 P.M. last night after working on the
computer. I was up at 9 A.M. this
morning, and I had breakfast of two slices of toasted rye bread with grated
parmesan cheese and margarine, oatmeal, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I went back to bed until 11:30
A.M.. I just finished writing a letter to a relative. I will now clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/01/02 Tuesday 8:45 P.M.: This morning after the last message, my
guest and I went out for a walk of the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. We
stopped by CVS. My guest bought 2 boxes of nicotine patches on sale for $35
down from $50 for a box of 12. We sat out at various locations. We drove down
by the waterfront. We returned and watched some television. I reheated the
cooked boneless breasts of chicken from two nights ago along with the herbal
rice and we had this for dinner along with steamed fresh broccoli and ice tea.
I also had a coffee. We watched the New Years concert from Vienna. We then went
for a drive. We drove back down by the waterfront, and then we stopped by the
Hyatt Hotel in Old Greenwich, and I used the Bank of New York ATM there. My
guest bought gasoline at the Mobil gasoline station across from the Hyatt. We
returned back to my place. We watched more television having some ice tea. We
had some Carr’s crackers with Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. My guest left
at 8 P.M.. I will probably go to bed shortly. Stay warm. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/01/02 Tuesday 9:10 A.M.: Happy New Years. I had a friend come
down and visit after the last message yesterday. I gave my friend a
cappuccino. We went out to dinner at 5
P.M. to the Thatawayrestaurant on Greenwich Avenue. We both had a Prime Rib dinner with garlic
mashed potatoes and vegetable and salad. For beverage I had a Perrier and my
guest had a glass of red wine, and we also had coffee. After dinner, we walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. We returned back
to my place, and watched the videotape “Simon Birch”. I went to bed at 10 P.M.. I was up at 7 A.M..
I cooked three scrambled eggs each for breakfast with dashes of oregano,
Italian spices, and basil and we each a slice of toasted Rye bread with
margarine and grated parmesan cheese along with orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. We are watching a bit of television. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/02 Thursday 8:05 P.M.:
I went out after the last message, and I dropped a neighbor off in Port
Chester. I then stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. Everything is half price. I
then went by the Mews Merry Go Round Thrift shop, and they have a full stock of
items. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next drove over to Old Greenwich
to Off Center Hair Stylists, and I got my hair cut for $16 plus $4 tip for $20
total. I then went to the Rummage Room thrift shop, and I toured the shop.
Everything is half price. I next went to the Old Greenwich Food Mart, and I bought
a roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onion,
and horseradish for $3.95 plus .24 for $4.19 total and it came with a small bag
of potato chips. I then went out to the
Southwest parking area at Tod’s Point, and I ate the sandwich and potato chips
for lunch. I noticed a large container ship coming down Long Island sound
towards New York, which one normally does not see. I then went to Staples, and
from the Clearance area, I bought two Outdoor Products 24” X 36” one blue and
one green duffle bags regularly $30 for $4.50 each plus .54 tax for $9.54
total. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop again, and I bought
an Epson Color Photo 870 printer that supposedly worked and needed new ink
cartridges for $14.75. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then made my 3
P.M. appointment. I next returned a video DVD to the library. I then returned
home. I set up the Epson 870 printer, and I installed the drivers. I turned it
on, and it came on with lights showing it needed new ink cartridges. However,
the print head would not slide to open up the ink cartridge holders. I
unscrewed the lid and open the print cartridge holders, and the print head was
broken with a piece broken off. Thus it is no good. I will return it tomorrow.
I put the Compaq IJ200 printer back on top of the backup computer. I will now
have two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and potato chips and a dill
pickle slice and ice tea. I will then relax, and I will head off to bed a
little while after that. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/02 Thursday 9:50 A.M.: I listened to some music. I cleaned
up, and I will go out shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/02 Thursday 7:50 A.M.: Well I finished my regular internet
work. I guess it is time to clean up and go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/02 Thursday 5:10 A.M.: Yesterday before going to sleep, I had
a couple of hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup, potato chips, a dill
pickle slice, and ice tea. I went to bed about 11 A.M., and I received a
telemarketing call about 3 P.M.. A
friend show up about the same time. The friend watched television while I went
back to sleep until 7:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
poppy seed bread toast, orange juice, and coffee. I gave my guest coffee. My
guest left about 9:30 P.M., and I was tired, and I wanted to be on a day
schedule, so I went back to sleep until just now. I will now have two half inch
slices of cold eye round with horse radish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce, steamed white rice, and steamed frozen mixed vegetables, ice tea, and a
cappuccino. I will then do some computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/02 Wednesday 10:15 A.M.: Well, I went out, and I stopped by
the waterfront. I then parked downtown. I walked up to the Greenwich Hardware
store, and I bought two packs of two each of 15 watt frosted candelabra bulbs
for $3.20 each two pack plus .39 tax for $6.79. I then returned to the car, and
I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a large bag of Lays sour cream and onion
potato chips for $1.99 plus a five pound bag of S&S sugar for $2.49 for
$4.48 total. I then returned home, and I relaxed a bit. I will now head off to
bed. Well have a good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/02 Wednesday 6:25 A.M.: I finished my daily internet routine.
I will now run Norton AntiVirus 2002 on the C: drive. I will also go out for
some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/02 Wednesday 4:05 A.M.: Well, I had dinner of two slices of
cold eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed frozen mixed
vegetables, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I listened to a bit of the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram chatting about the
Commonwealth of Nations apparently quite a few countries belong to it. I will
now go back to regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/02 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.: I sent out an email to some friends.
I am making a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I will now do some
regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/02 Tuesday 10:20 P.M.: I tried watching the movie, but I
stopped it after a while. I was up until 9 A.M.. I had a hard time falling
asleep. I received a telephone call from a relative about noon. I slept until 9
P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, poppy seed bread toast, orange juice, coffee,
and vitamins. I just finished cleaning up. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/02 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.: Well, I am done with my normal computer
routine. I think I will watch a DVD video movie. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/02 Tuesday 1:05 A.M.: I had the same meal for dinner as last
night. I have received over a 100 Trojan Horse attacks on my computer within
the last month, usually several a night, which the Symantec Norton Firewall
2002 has detected and blocked. Over two thirds of them are from Optimum Online
users. Thus, it is my opinion that even with the Norton Symantec 2002 Firewall,
and the Windows XP firewall, that online users with Optimum Online probably do
not have secure connections with Optimum Online, so thus when they are online,
their private information is not secure. It would seem that Optimum should have
the capability of monitoring such activity and curtailing the accounts of the
abusers. Still with about a third of the hackers coming from elsewhere on the
internet which could be anywhere else in the world, it would seem that local
hackers with their abusive behavior are incurring the wrath of other
hackers. The Optimum online tech support
person I chatted with a few nights ago told me that hackers place Trojan Horse
programs on computers, and then other hackers scour the internet looking for
these Trojan Horse programs, so they can hack into the computers. Thus, if one
were trying to maintain secure information or communications in terms of
documents and databases, I would recommend not to have computer systems online
for those secure systems. Basically in cryptology and hacking it has always
been my belief if one person can write a security system, another person can
break it. Well time to go back to some normal computer routine. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/02 Monday 11:00 P.M.: I posted my NASA page at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm . The next shuttle launch page is at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-109.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/02 Monday 10:30 P.M.: I was up at about 5 P.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, poppy seed bread toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went over to Port Chester, New York.
I stopped by the ATM machine at Bank of New York on Midland Avenue in Port
Chester. I then drove over to the Vitamin Shoppe at the A&P shopping
center. I bought Vitamin Shoppe MSM 1000 mg. 300 capsules for $32.37 plus I had
a $10 discount coupon from my Vitamin Shoppe card for $22.37 total. I then
returned to central Greenwich, and I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 12 roll
pack of double roll Cottonelle bathroom tissue for $4.99 plus .30 tax for $5.29
total. I then went to the Greenwich Library, and I returned a book and two DVD
video disks, and I checked out two more DVD video disks. I then walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home,
and I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/02 Monday 7:10 A.M.: I am listening to the BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I finished sifting
through my email. I also went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I found this link if
one is interested in translating foreign languages http://www.teletranslator.com:8080/ . I finished the backup of the backup
computer of the C: drive to the D: drive. I had two hotdogs with buns and
mustard and ketchup, Lays onion and sour cream potato chips, a dill pickle
slice, and ice tea. If one has a microwave, one can microwave hotdogs usually
by pricking them with a fork lengthwise on two sides, and then I put them on a
microwave proof plate, and I cover them with a microwave cover, and I cooked
them on high for 90 seconds. At gourmet specialty stores one can buy specialty
microwave hotdog cookers, but sometimes they do not hold the large hotdogs. I
generally take frozen hotdog buns, and I microwave them for 30 seconds to
defrost them. Well, I guess I will shut down for now. Have a good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/02 Monday 4:55 A.M.: The 6 gigabyte Maxtor hard drive, I
salvaged is successfully installed in the upper bay of the backup computer as
the D: drive. I put on side rails on it that I had. I connected it with an IDE
controller cable I had from the secondary IDE controller as the primary drive.
I ran FDISK, and I deleted its old partitions, and I then formatted it. I put
Microsoft Backup on the backup computer which is available for install as an
ADDON from the Windows ME CD. I am now doing a C: drive to D: drive backup on
the backup computer. I will now do a little bit of regular computer work on the
primary computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/02 Monday 2:40 A.M.: I went to bed about 9 A.M. yesterday. I
was up at about 6:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, Poppy seed bread toast,
orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went out at 8 P.M.. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then drove over to the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I then stopped by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two
cans of Progresso New England clam chowder for .99 each, four half gallons of
Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 each, Lysol pine cleaner
$1.99, S&S parmesan cheese $2.49, two replacement sponges for the O Cedar
dishwashing wand $2.49, a dozen large eggs $1.69, two large bags of Lays onion
and sour cream potato chips $1.99 each for $22.89 total. I then drove downtown.
I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I then sat out
downtown for a while. I then walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I
sat out for a while. I then walked back down the Avenue. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I had noticed around the train station dumpster two discarded
Dell Optiplex GxA workstations, which I retrieved. I then returned home about
midnight. I put away my groceries. Both Dell Optiplex GxA workstations have
been stripped of their memory and processors. Thus they are not of any use. One
did have a Maxtor Model #9065OU2 six gigabyte hard drive which I will put in
the backup computer. There are no other salvageable items on either unit,
unless one had a similar Dell desktop and could use the floppy drives or power
supplies. I will put both of them out by my dumpster before installing the
Maxtor hard drive on the backup computer. I had dinner of two 1/3 inch slices
of cold eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed frozen Brussels sprouts,
ice tea, and Brazilian instant coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/02 Sunday 7:30 A.M.: I just had two hotdogs with buns and
mustard and ketchup and ice tea. I will
now shut down for the day. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/02 Sunday 4:15 A.M.: I had an enjoyable dinner. I am doing
some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/02 Sunday 1:35 A.M.: I went back downstairs and I checked the
mail after the last message. I went to bed yesterday about noon. About 1:30
P.M., I got a call from one of Robert Schuler’s people soliciting contributions
for his church ministry. I explained to them that on my limited income, I can
not afford to give to his church, but I encourage my wealthier friends to give
to his church. I also discussed certain Dutch matters and Reform church matters
on the east coast. I went back to bed until 8 P.M., and I received a telephone
call from a relative that they received the book I sent them. They explained to me that in the reused
wrapper I sent it in that I had enclosed another relative’s Christmas card with
a $20 gift. The relative is returning it to me. I got up, and I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, two croissants I got from the table downstairs,
vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I watched the Winter Olympics until about
11:30 P.M.. I then cleaned up. I then took the three pound eye roast, and I
seasoned it on both sides with ground black pepper, garlic pepper, celery salt,
chicken and meat seasoning, oregano, basil, and Italian spices, and then I
covered its entire surface with Texas Best barbeque sauce, and I am cooking it
in the convection oven for 45 minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit. I will let it
stand about ten or fifteen minutes to let the meat absorb the juices after
cooking before slicing some off for dinner. I will put on the eye round Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, and McHilney’s Tabasco sauce. I will
have it with steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed
frozen green beans, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will then do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/02 Saturday 10:15 A.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
waterfront. Believe it or not Long Island Sound still seems to be there.
Despite our local rain fall shortage and drought conditions, we can still look
at the moist waterfront. Maybe we should start thinking of building a
desalination plant. I recall Dupont makes reverse osmosis water desalination
plants. I then drove downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by Zyns, and I played number 28
scratch card for $1, but I did not win. I sat out for a while. I then went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. They still have the $20 bag sale on. Today
is the last day of $20 a bag. I suppose it is cheaper next week. I bought a chipped 8 inch glass bowl for $1.
I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a package of expire hotdog buns
for .79, two 32 ounce Heinz ketchups for $3 both, Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce large bottle $2.29, and an eye round roast at $2.99 a
pound for $9.21 for $15.29 total. I then returned home. I picked up a loaf of
poppy seed bread from the bread donation table. I then relaxed a bit. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/02 Saturday 7:20 A.M.: I took my omelet pan which I do not
wash, but I leave seasoned. I sliced four 1/6 inch slices of mozzarella cheese,
I then broke three extra large eggs, and I mixed them with two tablespoons of
milk with a fork but not too thoroughly. I also added dashes of Basil, Italian
seasoning, and oregano. I heated the omelet pan on the large electric burner at
medium heat adding two tablespoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine.
Once the fat was heated, I added the egg mixture and let it heat. Once it began
to be cooked on the top side, I loosed it with a spatula and I flipped the
omelet to cook on the other side, and I added the slices of mozzarella and once
it began to puff up, I folded it and I placed the mozzarella cheese omelet on a
plate and I added dashes of parmesan cheese on top of it. I had it with two slices
of Italian bread toast and ice tea. I will now go out for some day light
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/02 Saturday 6:35 A.M.: I finished some regular computer work.
I guess I will relax a bit. I might have a bite to eat.
Note:
<888> 02/23/02 Saturday 4:30 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I
drove down by the waterfront. The police were towing a car by Greenwich
Capital. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. The Dome
Restaurant left their front window open. I noticed quite a few stores are empty
on Greenwich Avenue. I then drove by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street. I then stopped by the Shell Station, and I bought a
dozen eggs for $2.59 which is a bit higher than usual, but I did not feel like
going to Cumberland Farms across the border in New York where they would be
cheaper. Both the Food Emporium and the Stop and Shop appeared to be closed. I
then returned home. I am having an ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/02 Saturday 1:35 A.M.: I finished doing two loads of laundry.
I changed the sheets on my bed. I did my house cleaning and watering the
plants. I still have to vacuum in the morning when I will not disturb my
neighbors. I watched the Winter Olympics while doing this. Earlier in the week, I put on a new 6 foot
cable from the cablevision wall outlet underneath the living room windows to
the first splitter. Hopefully this will eliminate lines on the television
screen. I had a meal of two hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup and ice
tea and Brazilian instant coffee. I ran Symantec Live Update and Windows Update
installing the latest updates. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh
air. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 02/22/02:
Note:
<888> 02/22/02 Friday 9:30 P.M.: I was up until 11 P.M. last night
watching a bit of television. I had some Danish cookies. I went to bed then,
and I was up at 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I guess I was tired because I fell asleep until 7:30 P.M.
this evening. I just had a broiled boneless shell steak with Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed frozen green beans, microwaved steamed white rice
with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will now send
out my weekly computer notes. I will then do my laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/02 Thursday 9:45 P.M.: I did a little bit of regular computer
work. I will now relax for the rest of the evening, and maybe I will watch a
little television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/02 Thursday 8:35 P.M.: I fell asleep until 1:30 P.M.. I had
two hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup and ice tea. I then cleaned up,
and I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop. They have a $20 a bag of
clothing sale going on. I then drove downtown. I noticed all the parking meters
on Greenwich Avenue are now a quarter for a half hour. They do not accept
nickels and dimes. I did notice all the parking meters in the Board of
Education parking lot are the same, but about the last 15 in the northwest
corner west of the tree on the north side of the parking lot are a quarter for
an hour. Thus the parking bargains on Greenwich Avenue seem to have been
eliminated. I suppose the off street parking lots like next to the Town Hall
might offer better rates. I also suppose
that Old Greenwich still does not have parking meters. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I then drove by the waterfront. I next stopped by the Greenwich
Library, and I returned a DVD video. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $8 of
premium at $1.499 a gallon. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two
boneless shell steaks at $4.99 a pound for $7.29 total. I then returned home. I
relaxed a bit. I then had dinner of a Stauffer’s 20 ounce Lasagna with parmesan
cheese, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will now do a bit of regular computer
work. The procedure for remedying with the Symantec Firewall preventing Windows
XP from logging on to Optimum Online works fine. I tried it just now. Simply
when one boots, and the computer does not log on, disable from the lower right
side icon the Symantec Norton Firewall, then on the networking icon click
repair, and then enable the Symantec Norton Firewall, and one should be on line
with Optimum. I am not sure if Symantec has a cure, but at least this
works. Back to the internet. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/02 Thursday 9:05 A.M.: I was up at 6:30 A.M.. I chatted with
a friend. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast,
orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I relaxed a bit. On the computer when I
start up the computer, and it logs onto Optimum Online, sometimes because of
the Symantec Internet Firewall, it does not log on properly. With the icons in the lower right side of the
screen, one can temporarily disable the Symantec Firewall, and then on the
networking icon, one can click to repair the network, and then one is back
online again properly. Of course then one enables the Symantec Firewall to
protect against Trojan Horse intruders and other malicious hackers. I also forgot to mention on Sunday evening, I
made up another batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . Well, although it is a
bit warm outside, it is also damp, so I guess I will remain inside a while to
stay more comfortable. I really do not have much to do when I go out on damp
days besides stopping by the Hospital Thrift Shop and the Library. I guess on
Tuesday when it is free, one could always visit the Bruce Museum. Well, I am
plenty comfortable at home, and when it is damp like today, I can climb back
into bed underneath the comforter, and I can read more of the Windows XP
manual. I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/02 Thursday 1:35 A.M.: I had a piece of cake. I finished my
regular computer routine. The system is running just fine. Well I have a 3 P.M.
appointment today, so I will start getting ready to go to bed. Have a good
morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/02 Wednesday 11:45 P.M.: I was up until 2 A.M. this past
morning. I was up at 11 A.M. today, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian
bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I was cold and tired, so I
fell back asleep until 3 P.M. when a friend showed up to visit. We chatted a
while. I cleaned up, and we went out. We walked from the center of downtown
Greenwich Avenue down by the waterfront and down to the end of Steamboat Road
and back to the center of town. We then stopped by the Food Emporium, and my
friend bought a rib eye steak at $3.99 a pound. We then returned back to my
place. My friend started watching television, and asked me to turn on the computer
to try to get stock quotes. The computer would not log onto Optimum online. So
after rebooting a few times, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the TCP/IP
stack to no avail. I tried from the Command Prompt “ipconfig /release” and
“ipconfig /renew” to no avail. I checked
with a neighbor to see if they were having the same problem. My backup computer worked just fine. I
finally shut down about 8 P.M.. I cooked
dinner of broiled rib eye steaks, steamed white rice, steamed frozen green
peas, ice tea, and a cappuccino. My guest left about 9 P.M., and after I
finished my cappuccino about 10 P.M., I tried to get the computer to go online,
by uninstalling and reinstalling the TCP/IP stack again along with the “Qo S
packet scheduler” . I do not install Client for Microsoft Network, since I am
not networking with other computers. I then called Optimum Online, and while I
was waiting for tech support, I tried disabling the Symantec firewall, and I
was able to get online with Optimum. I then ran “Ipconfig /release” and
“Ipconfig /renew” from the command prompt, and the system was back up and
working just fine, and I enabled the Symantec firewall. I then chatted with
Optimum Online tech support for about 45 minutes, so I could brief them on the
problem, and I chatted a bit of tech. Of
course my tech fixes apply to my particular system with Windows XP
Professional. I will now do a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/02 Tuesday 11:05 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I finished my
regular internet routine. I will now watch a DVD movie. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/02 Tuesday 9:15 P.M.:
This morning before falling asleep, I had some Marachaun shrimp lunch
noodles, potato chips, and ice tea. I eventually fell asleep about 7:30 A.M.. I
was up at 2 P.M., and my new RCA clock radio woke me up just fine. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went out, and I mailed the Monsoon
audio speaker system $30 rebate information at the Valley Road post office. I
then made my 4 P.M. appointment. I next went downtown, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I noticed a black squirrel in the park. I have not seen gray
ones yet. I was thinking about the
weather, and I was thinking that perhaps with the warmer than normal winter, we
will have a warmer than normal summer, which would mean warmer Atlantic ocean
waters, which might mean an increased tropical storm season for the folks down
south. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I checked out three DVD video
disks including one opera. I then returned home. I had some ice tea. I relaxed
a bit. I then had a broiled rib eye steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed frozen
green peas, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I then watched a bit of television. I
will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/02 Tuesday 5:00 A.M.: Well, I finished some of my regular
computer routine. I will now head off to bed. Have a good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/02 Tuesday 3:20 A.M.: I put together the $30 Monsoon rebate
information, and I have it ready to mail to British Columbia, Canada. It says
it takes 8 to 10 weeks for the rebate. I had to reinstall PaperPort for the
Visioneer 4400 USB scanner to get it to print out a copy of my CompUSA receipt.
I enabled web capture to print out from PaperPort. I registered the Monsoon
Audio System – MH502 at their web site. I put the 6” shielded audio cable with
1/8” stereo miniplugs and In-Line 1/8” mini-jack coupler in my lower right
living room desk drawer since I am not using them right now. I will now do some
regular computer work. I have a 4 P.M. appointment today, so one I get tired in
a couple of hours, I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/02 Tuesday 1:30 A.M.: I was up at 4 P.M. yesterday. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins.
I cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I drove downtown, and I drove by the waterfront. I
then drove over to Radio Shack in Cos Cob. I bought a 4” Stereo Headphone Cable
Y-Adapter for $5.49, a 6” shielded audio cable with 1/8” stereo miniplugs
$3.99, a In-Line 1/8” mini-jack coupler for $3.49 plus .78 tax for $13.75
total. I then went to the Food Emporium,
and I bought two Rib Eye steaks at $3.99 a pound for $3.71 and $3.23 for $6.94
total. I then returned home. I then installed the three parts from Radio Shack,
so I could hook up my stereo input more conveniently from the computer at the
input plug on the TDK speaker system. I noticed that the input jacks on the TDK
speaker system were way too loose, so I decided to return the TDK speaker
system. I packed it up in its box. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove up to Costco in Norwalk,
and I returned the TDK speaker system for a cash refund for $55.35. I then
drove over to CompUSA in Norwalk which has a larger selection of computer speakers.
I bought the Monsoon Audio System MH-502 Monsoon Audio Systems - MH502 which regularly sells for
$99.99 for $79.99, plus it also has a $30 mailin rebate, so it will eventually
cost me $49.99. I also bought at $5 off a 3.5 inch floppy drive for $14.99 and
both items came to $100.68 with $5.70 tax.
I then returned home. I put the new 3.5” floppy drive in my primary
computer. I then hooked up the Monsoon MH502 Audio System. It is a heavier
system than the TEAC system that I returned with the same 60 watts. I put the
right side speaker on top of the corner room speakers by the Motorola cable
modem, and I put the left speaker on the CD stand to the left of the monitor. I
put the amplifier subwoofer on the shelf beneath my computer coffee table. I
also put the large power supply behind the amplifier subwoofer. I have the
power supply plugged into the same extension cord that controls my other
speakers and turns off and on from the control panel. I plugged in the input to
the amplifier subwoofer into one of the two Y plugs coming off the first sound
card speaker jack. The Monsoon Audio
System - MH502 has a power on/off switch
and volume control dial on its input cable that I placed on the keyboard shelf
to the right of my keyboard. The sound
is most excellent. I have the amplifier subwoofer at ¾ volume, and the speaker
volume switch on the cord about half way as well as the computer sound at half
way. I then took the 4” Stereo Headphone
Cable Y-Adapter, and I plugged it into the second speaker jack on my Creative
MP3 Live sound card, and from it I hooked up another pair of older speakers as
well as a cable leading to my input cable for the input into my stereo system
amplifier. I have both ends hanging off the orange and gold mirror on the wall
to the left of my computer for easy connection when one wants to play through
the room stereo system. As usual to do that, the amplifier has to be set to
Phono. I then had a Marie Callendar beef
tips dinner with ice tea and a cappuccino. I then installed my old 3.5” floppy
drive I took out of the main computer on my backup computer to replace the
defective 3.5” floppy drive on it. This all took some time. However, the over sound is quite superior and
comfortable to listen to, particularly when listening at low volume late at
night. I will now fill out the $30 rebate form on the Monsoon Audio System –
MH502 to have ready to mail. I took the aroma lamp that was on the corner room
speakers where I put the right Monsoon speaker, and I put the aroma lamp on the
window shelf behind and to the right of the backup computer. I will then do
some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/18/02 Monday 5:55 A.M.: Well, I finished my regular computer
routine. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/18/02 Monday 3:20 A.M.: Since I have not been using the
EpsonStylus Color 880 printer much in the last two months, I cleaned its
nozzles and checked the pattern just to keep the ink in the machine fluid. It
is just fine and ready for use. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/18/02 Monday 3:10 A.M.: Since the older Terayon TeraPro cable
modem on the backup computer does not seem to want to work probably since it is
not a DOCIS cable modem, I unplugged it from the power control center on the
backup computer. I placed the backup computer LAN cable near to the primary
computer Motorola Surfer Pro cable modem, so it is easy to exchange between LAN
cables for either computer should someone need to use the backup computer. Of
course without a cable router, one can not use both at the same time which
would be difficult anyway, since they are adjacent to each other sharing the
same chair. I also connected on the backup computer the Compaq IJ200 printer to
the power control switch for printer, and I have both speaker systems on the
backup computer on the power control center AUX1 and AUX2. I also enabled my
74,000 Favorites on the backup computer, which I did by moving the system
folder C:\Windows\Favorites to the Favorites folders containing my bookmarks. I
also turned the Compaq IJ200 printer across the top of the backup computer CPU,
and I am using the plastic cutting board to support it, so it is stable and has
room for paper to feed out of it. I might surf the net a bit instead of reading
the Windows XP manual right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/18/02 Monday 2:10 A.M.: I went out for a drive after the last
message. I drove downtown. I noticed the old computer monitors are still in the
lower level train station dumpster.
Unless one was very strong, they would be extremely heavy to lift. I
drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to CVS in Riverside which is
open 24 hours. I bought two six packs one chicken and one shrimp of Maruchan
instant lunch cups for $1.49 each six pack and a bottle of cinnamon for $1 for
$3.98 total. I then drove back downtown, and I then returned home. On Sunday
nights the Food Emporium is not open 24 hours. I put the Maruchan instant lunch
cups on the right living room closet shelf. I then took a can of Progresso
chicken broth penna soup, and I put it in the microwave pot with lid, and I put
it in the GE microwave and pressed the reheat button. I had the soup with a
half dozen saltines and ice tea. I then had a cup of Brazilian instant coffee.
I then took the JVC VCR and the TEAC DVD player off the small dark oak table,
and I moved the small dark oak table back between the desk and the Epson
printer stand. I took four 3 inch thick yellow pages, and I stacked them two
high side by side on the TV chest, and I put one of the unused entertainment
center shelves 28” by 14”, and I put it on top of the telephone books. I then
put the TEAC DVD player on the shelf and then I put the JVC VCR on top of the
TEAC DVD player. I put the tape rewinder on top of the VCR. To the right of the
stacked components, I put the Emerson wireless headphones which I put
rechargeable batteries in. I also put the Radio Shack battery recharger in the
same location. On the left side and on top I spread around my various remote
controls. Thus the TEAC DVD player and the JVC VCR are stacked lower in front
of the Orion television. This also gives remote control users a direct line of
sight to the Orion television with out having to raise the remote control
higher. I put the plastic cutting board the VCR was sitting on the lower level
of the oak table back with the other cutting boards in the kitchen. For now I
have left the dark oak table in between both computers empty, but I am sure
over time it will fill up with odds and ends. I will now read some of the
Microsoft Windows XP manual. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/17/02 Sunday 10:35 P.M.: I videotaped the latest version of
National Geographic’s Volcano Hunters. I have it on the same tape that I
recorded another National Geographic volcano special on last week. I put the
tape by the Smithsonian volcano book on the top shelf of the center bookcase in
the hallway. I will now go out for some fresh air. I had some potato chips and
Carr’s crackers with Vermont cheddar cheese and ice tea while watching the
Volcano special. I just ran Symantec
Live Update. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/17/02 Sunday 7:35 P.M.: I was up at 4 P.M. when a relative
called. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast,
orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I have been watching a bit of television. I
chatted with another relative. I cleaned up. I am watching television. At 8
P.M., I will videotape the National Geographic special on MSNBC about Volcanoes
at 8 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/17/02 Sunday 5:55 A.M.: I sifted through my email. I went
through my daily work list www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotlist.htm , and I noticed the Times
of London no longer publishes the Court Circular or at least I can not find it.
I imported my music files into the Windows Media Player. I also created a
separate Music folder on my desktop, and I placed in it 17 short cuts to my
music play lists on the E: drive of some vintage music for quick click
enjoyment. I had a piece of cake. I will now head off to bed. Have a good day.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/17/02 Sunday 1:00 A.M.: I cleaned up after watching some of the
Winter Olympics. I went out. I returned the DVD video at the library drop. I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out for a while. I then
went by the lower level train station dumpster, and I noticed they have about a
dozen six year old 20 inch monitors they have discarded that weigh about 100
pounds apiece. I do not need one, so I left them there. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then returned home. For dinner I had the rest of the eye round
roast with horseradish, McHilney Tabasco sauce, and Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, steamed frozen green peas, and ice
tea. I moved the Terayon cable modem to the left side of the backup computer,
and I put a shorter and heavier cable from the splitter to it. I put the Compaq
IJ200 printer lengthwise on top of the backup computer CPU. I have not been
able to get the Terayon cable modem to go online recently, but the instructions
says it takes up to seven minutes for it go online, so I will just leave it on
and see if it eventually goes online. The instructions say to leave it on all
the time, but since I hardly ever use it, I do not leave it on all the time.
Perhaps since it is not the Motorola Surfer Pro I have registered with my main
computer, Optimum has blocked it. Well, I will now do a little bit of regular
computer work. A relative while on
vacation sent me a post card of the Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand volcano erupting
at sunset in the mid 1990s. It is located at Tongariro National Park. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/02 Saturday 9:00 P.M.: I tightened the antenna connections on
the amplifier tuner, and I adjusted the antennas, and the reception is a bit
better. Possibly some radio stations do not come in as strongly anymore since
the antenna on the World Trade Center is not there anymore. I can still input
from one of the right speakers on the computer into the stereo system, but the
feed is weak. I should find a female connector to plug into the input in the
TDK woofer that has a split female connector that could connect to the cable
imputing into the stereo as well as the TDK speaker system. On the primary
output jack on the computer sound card, I have a two way Y splitter with the
output to the TDK speaker system on one of the two outputs, and the second
output has a three way connector with another speaker system connected to it,
and the earplug from the microphone and the headphones thus the system audio
feed weakens a bit. I had my cappuccino. I am now watching the Winter Olympics.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/02 Saturday 7:15 P.M.: I watched the DVD movie until midnight
last night. I chatted with a friend during the movie. I went to bed after the
movie, and I was up at 9:30 A.M.. I picked up a loaf of Italian bread and two
croissants downstairs. One of the local building tenants has a source of day
old bread. I then had breakfast of two croissants, oatmeal, orange juice,
vitamins, and coffee. I fell back asleep until 4 P.M.. I had two hotdogs with
buns and mustard and ketchup, potato chips, dill pickle slice, and ice tea. I
just finished house cleaning and watering the plants. I also did a C: drive to
D: drive backup of the computer while doing house cleaning. I have to adjust
the antenna connection on my amplifier for the tuner. I will then have a
cappuccino and clean up, and I guess go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/02 Friday 8:00 P.M.: I read some news. I sent some messages.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch a DVD video. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/02 Friday 6:45 P.M.: I
received two shirts in the mail from a relative. I went out after the last
message. I stopped by the Valley Road post office, and I mailed some mail; and
I also mailed the book to a relative for $3.13 book rate. I then stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I had received a call earlier in the day that my
account slips from Deluxe check printers had the wrong account number on them,
so I got that matter sorted out. I should be receiving a new batch of slips
soon. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a new
Cuisine Art original food processor without the blade for $7.50. I have the
Classic model at home with a set of blades, so now I have a backup Cuisine Art.
I then went downtown, and I stopped by the Merry Go Around Mews thrift shop,
and I bought a bolt of white brocade cotton cloth 12 feet long by four feet
wide for $5. I walked around the center of town a bit. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then drove over to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought three
cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $19 apiece or $57 total. I then returned home. I put the new Cusine
Art in the bedroom closet. I put the new piece of white cloth on the lower half
of the long green pattern sofa against the living room window wall. I had some
ice tea, and I relaxed a bit. I then had dinner of three 1/3 inch thick slices
of cold eye round beef with horseradish, McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy
sauce, steamed frozen peas, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I watched a bit of
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/02 Friday 12:20 P.M.: I was up until 5:30 A.M., and I woke up
at 10:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I did some paper work. I have been listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . The new TDK Tremor S60
speakers sound great with the existing other two pairs of speakers. The sound is much clearer and easier to
listen to at a distance. I will now clean up. I will then go out and mail the
book. I will do some other day time activity. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 02/15/02:
Note:
<888> 02/15/02 Friday 2:00 A.M.: I installed the old Advent speaker
system on the backup computer connecting it to the second SoundBlaster AWE 32
speaker plug in hole. I connected the power to the printer switch on the power
control panel with the other pair of speakers on AUX1. Of course the right
speaker does not work with the Advent system, but the left and the woofer works
fine. One has to plug in the Compaq IJ200 printer into the floor power control
strip to use it. I put the Compaq IJ200 printer on the Terayon cable modem on
the CPU. I adjusted sound settings. I ran Symantec Live Update and Windows Update
on the backup computer. I will now send out my weekly notes and then after some
Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and Carr’s crackers and ice tea, I will head
off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/02 Friday 12:35 A.M.: After the last message when I had my
snack, I relaxed a bit. I then went out at 7:30 P.M.. I stopped by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove up to
Costco in Norwalk. They are open until 8:30 P.M. on weekdays. I bought a TDK TDK:Tremor S60 Speaker system
regularly $75 for $49.99, and I also bought a RCA AM/FM clock radio RP3721 for
$19.99 plus 5% non member charge of $3.50 plus $4.41 sales tax for $77.89
total. I then drove back to Greenwich, and I drove by the waterfront. I then
stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then went to the Exxon station next to the library, and I bought $7.25 of
premium at $1.499 a gallon. I then returned home. I took out the old Advent
speaker system that was defective, and I installed the new TDK Tremor S60
system. I put the bass woofer on the floor to my left side next to the box that
holds my left side mouse pad, so it can reverberate off the wooden box. I put
the right speaker on the right side of the CPU in front of the other two
speakers, and I put the left speaker on the left side on the monitor on the
keyboard drawer shelf holder. I connected them to the SoundBlaster Live MP3
audio card as the front speakers on the fist audio output jack, and I have
another pair with splitters on the same jack along with the microphone ear
piece and the headphones. I have another pair of Jensen speakers on the second
jack set up as the rear speakers. I
adjusted the TDK woofer audio to midrange, and I adjusted the other audio
settings, and it all sounds just great. I installed the RCA clock radio next to
my bed, and I set it up. I put the older Panasonic clock radio on my older Sony
color television in the kitchen. This all took a while. Since the Advent
speaker system I took off the computer does not work on the right side, but the
woofer and left side works, I will probably connect it to my backup computer. I
will start doing that now. After I do that, I will probably head off to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/14/02 Thursday 6:30 P.M.: I watched television this morning.
About 6 A.M., I had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard, a dill
pickle slice, potato chips, and ice tea. I rested until noon. I checked the
mail. I had a Marie Callander beef tips meal, ice tea, a slice of cake and an
instant Brazilian coffee. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
returned a DVD video disk. Downstairs in the snack bar area, they have
discarded library books for sale for .25 apiece. I bought two for .50. I then
went by Var Max liquor pantry just across the Greenwich, Connecticut and the
Port Chester, New York border on U.S. 1, and I bought a 1.5 liter bottle of
Rene Junot white wine for $5.99 plus .40 tax for $6.39 total. I returned home.
I put the Rene Junot white wine in the refrigerator to chill to have it in reserve
for hospitality occasions. I then package up one of the books to send to a
relative book rate, when I have a chance to mail it tomorrow. I relaxed a bit.
I will now have some Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese with Carr’s crackers
and ice tea.
Note: <888>
02/14/02 Thursday 2:55 A.M.: I will shut down the computer now. I will now read
the Windows XP manual or I will watch some television or I will rest and get
back on a day schedule. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/14/02 Thursday 2:15 A.M.: I noticed in the finals of the
Westminster Kennel Club dog show, there was a Corgi from Volcano, California. I
did a little research, and I came up with this web site of a local hotel there
with reference information The St. George Hotel . It says that the place was named Volcano,
California since it looked like a Volcano, but it does not say whether there is
actually a volcano there. Still judging from the locality it would be a nice
place to sip a glass of wine. It says the hotel charges an extra $150 if one
smokes in their room. I have sifted
through my email, and I will now start working on www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 02/14/02 Thursday 1:15 A.M.:
*****************************
Volcano Hunters documentary
*****************************
From: "Stephen James O'Meara" <someara@interpac.net>
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
For all those who inquired the National Geographic Society Explorer program
entitled VOLCANO HUNTERS will air in its entirety on Sunday, February 17,
2002 on MSNBC at 8PM EST. Earlier to the west.
The program details our work with active volcanoes and an investigation
into a possible lunar tidal influence at particular volcanoes.
Check local listing on the west coast for earlier times.
Sincerely, Donna and Steve O'Meara
--
Volcano Watch International
Donna and Stephen O'Meara
P.O. Box 218
Volcano, Hawaii 96785
808.985.7186
someara@interpac.net
donna@post.harvard.edu
http://volcano.und.edu/
==================
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRESS RELEASE
A DATE WITH DISASTER:
VOLCANO HUNTERS RACE TO PREDICT
DEADLY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
National Geographic EXPLORER's Volcano Hunters Premieres
Sunday, February 17 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT only on MSNBC
(Washington, DC February 12, 2002) In the aftermath of Congo's current
Nyiragongo volcano crisis, scientists and researchers from all over the
world are racing to find clues that will help predict future deadly
eruptions. On Sunday, February 17, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on MSNBC,
EXPLORER joins two courageous volcano hunters, Steve and Donna O'Meara, for
two perilous weeks atop one of the world's most active hot spots,
Stromboli, in Italy's Aeolian Islands. Supported by the National
Geographic Society, the husband and wife team set out to investigate an
ancient and controversial lunar theory that they believe will contribute to
the science of predicting eruptions and may save lives.
Off the northern coast of Sicily, Stromboli's summit is a
forbidding
landscape of craggy rocks frequently shrouded in clouds of toxic gas. Hot
ash rains down as sulfuric vapors overtake the fresh air. EXPLORER
follows
the O'Mearas through smoke and ash to collect hard data to prove that some
volcanic eruptions follow a pattern based on the moon's gravitational pull,
much like the ebb and flow of the ocean's tides. Ascending the
smoking,
belching Stromboli volcano takes courage, tenacity, and perhaps a touch of
madness. Ignoring critics who doubt such a lunar correlation exists, the
O'Mearas push on, determined to find out if the moon is indeed tugging at
the earth's molten core.
Volcanoes have killed close to a quarter million people in
the past 500
years. The most catastrophic events can not only level entire towns -- as
Nyiragongo did in Congo last month -- but can also wipe out animals large
and small in the surrounding areas -- as Mount St. Helens did here in the
United States in 1980. If the O'Mearas' observations at Stromboli are
viable, their continuing work could impact crisis aid and conservation
efforts while forever shifting the study of volcanoes.
The eruption last summer of Europe's tallest active volcano is the
subject of "Etna Ignites," the cover story of the February 2002
issue of
National Geographic magazine.
For programming information and updates for National
Geographic
EXPLORER, please log on to www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/explorer.
NGT&F is a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Geographic Ventures, which
also manages National Geographic's businesses in interactive, online,
merchandising, travel expeditions, and related businesses. Building on
its
reputation for remarkable visual and compelling stories, National
Geographic Television & Film (NGT&F) augments its award-winning
documentary
productions (winner of 116 Emmys and more than 800 other industry awards)
with feature films, large-format, and long-form television drama
programming. Worldwide, NGT&F's programming can be seen on the
National
Geographic Channel, MSNBC, and PBS, home video & DVD, and through
international broadcast syndication. The National Geographic Channel is
received by more than 130 million households in 23 languages and 136
countries, including the U.S. More information about NGT&F is
available on
www.nationalgeographic.com.
MSNBC is a joint venture between NBC, a leading provider of news and
information, and Microsoft, the leader in personal computer software and a
major provider of Internet online services. Built on the worldwide
resources of NBC News, MSNBC is a 24-hour cable news network available in
68 million homes and Internet news service at http://www.msnbc.com/.
# # #
Contacts:
Terry Smith National Geographic Television
202-775-6146
Eileen Campion Dera &
Associates
212-966-4600
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Note:
<888> 02/14/02 Thursday 12:25 A.M.: I installed this patch Microsoft TechNet. Yesterday morning I
videotape off PBS channel 10, the National Geographic special on volcanoes. It
runs about 50 minutes. I put the volcano videotape on top of the Smithsonian
volcano book on the top shelf of my center hallway bookcase. I noticed in the Westminster Kennel Club dog
show, the Corgi in the finals was from Volcano, California. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/02 Wednesday 11:40 P.M.: I went to bed at 6 A.M. this morning
after watching some television. I had a telephone call from a family member
about noon. About 4 P.M. I got up, and I dressed, and I went to the Valley Road
post office, and I mailed the Westminster Kennel Club dog show video tape
priority mail to a relative for $3.50. I then returned to my apartment, and I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I fell
back asleep until 9 P.M.. I started watching the Winter Olympics. I also had
dinner of three half inch slices of cold eye round beef with horseradish,
McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed
white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed frozen peas, ice tea, and
a cappuccino. I just finished watching the Winter Olympics. I will now do some
regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/02 Wednesday 1:55 A.M.: I finished reading for the night. I
will now head off to bed briefly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/02 Wednesday 12:05 A.M.: I had a piece of cake. I sent out an
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/02 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.: I finished watching the dog show. I
chatted with a friend. I packaged the
dog show videotape to mail to a relative. One can not put Priority Mail
packages in the mail box at the post office, so I will have to mail it
tomorrow. I guess I will start reading the Microsoft Windows XP manual. Yesterday, when I went out, I also ran Norton
AntiVirus 2002 on the C: drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/02 Tuesday 9:10 P.M.: I was up until 5 A.M. yesterday. I got
up at 1:30 P.M. this afternoon. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went out,
and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove downtown, and I stopped by the
waterfront. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then went to the Greenwich
Library. I checked out one of two copies of Microsoft Windows XP Limited
Edition manual. I then returned home. I chatted with a friend. I then read some
of Microsoft Windows XP manual. About 7
P.M. for dinner I had four 1/3 inch thick slices of cold eye round beef with
horseradish, McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce, and steamed white rice, and steamed frozen Brussels sprouts, ice tea,
and a cappuccino. At 8 P.M., I started watching The Westminster Kennel Club , and I am also
videotaping it for a relative who is busy this evening. I will go back to
watching the dog show. I remember in February 1983 on my way back from Florida
before going up to Norway, I walked through Pennsylvania Station, and in New
York then after about two feet of snow, I saw the Westminster Kennel Club dog
show letting out, and the train station was full of dogs. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/02 Tuesday 1:00 A.M.: I finished watching the Winter
Olympics. I watched a bit of other television. I will now watch a DVD video
movie. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/02 Monday 10:30 P.M.: I went out, and I mailed the letter at
the Valley Road post office. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library. I
returned two DVD video movies, and I checked out two DVD video movies. I also
read the Wall Street Journal and P.C. Magazine. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then stopped by the Stop
and Shop. I bought two half gallons of Tropicana orange juice with Calcium at
$1.99 a half gallon, four 28 cans of TuttoRosso crushed tomatoes .50 a
can, two Marie Callander beef tips
dinner $2 each, a eye round roast $2.99 a pound $9.12, and Lays Wavy potato
chips large bag $1.49 for $20.59 total. I then returned home. I coated both
sides of the eye round roast with ground black pepper, garlic powder, chicken
and meat seasoning, celery salt, Italian spices, Basil, oregano, and Texas Best
barbeque sauce, and I am cooking it at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 minutes in
the convection oven. I will have a few 1/3 inch slices of the eye round for
dinner with steamed white rice and steamed frozen Brussels sprouts, ice tea,
and a cappuccino. I am watching the Winter Olympics also. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/02 Monday 7:35 P.M.: I finished the letter. I will now go out and mail it, and I will
also stop by the library. When updating this note on the remote server with the
older version of FTP Pro, I have to temporarily disable the Symantec Firewall
to get it to work. This was not the case with the latest version of FTP Pro
which I do not feel like buying after the trail period ended. Remember to stay
warm this evening. I turned up the
apartment thermostat two degrees to 74 degrees Fahrenheit to warm up the
apartment on this cold evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/02 Monday 6:25 P.M.: I went to bed at 4:30 A.M., and I was up
at 4:30 P.M.. I had a telemarketing call from a resort in Florida about noon. I
checked the mail, and my check from the Greenwich Hardware store came for the
coffee machine I returned. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I watched some of the Winter Olympics for a while. I
cleaned up. I put another 15 watt candelabra bulb in the right part of the
right sconce on the living room wall adjacent to the hallway. I also changed
the center living room lamp bulb from 15 watts to 40 watts. I will now write a
Valentine’s letter to a family member. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/02 Monday 2:25 A.M.: I relaxed a bit. I watched some
television. I sifted through my email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now watch a bit
of television, and then possibly I will try to go to bed. It is interesting in
that my computer says it is 53 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and the weather
report on television this afternoon says we are suppose to go down into the
teens tonight. I guess we must be on the edge of a weather front. Well have a
good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/02 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I have been watching the Winter
Olympics. For dinner, I had a Stauffer’s Salisbury steak and macaroni dinner
and a fish filet and macaroni dinner with ice tea and a slice of cake. I
noticed while watching the opening ceremonies, I have the Dutch flag hanging
vertically backwards in my apartment from the curtain rod on the living room
windows, so I changed it around, so when it hangs vertically the orange stripe
is on the left and the blue stripe is on the right with the white stripe in the
center. Well, I now will do a bit of computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/02 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: After the last message, I napped until
3 P.M.. I got up and I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and ketchup and
mustard, potato chips, dill pickle slice, slice of cake and ice tea. My guest and I went for a drive. We walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. We drove down by the waterfront. We stopped by Staples
in Old Greenwich. We came back to my apartment. We had cappuccino. We have been
watching the Winter Olympics. My guest just left. I will go back to watching
the Winter Olympics. I tied up the Cablevision cord coming out of the living
room wall, so I do not get video lines on the television. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/02 Sunday 9:40 A.M.: I
had a friend stop by yesterday after the last message. We went out for a drive
down by the waterfront. We stopped by
the Food Mart in Cos Cob, and we bought two salmon steaks for $3.99 a pound. We
then returned back to my apartment. We
watched some of the Winter Olympics on television. I rubbed the Salmon steaks in olive oil, and
I put them in a Pyrex baking disk. I added about a third of a cup of lemon
juice, and I seasoned them with Italian spices, Oregano, and Basil. I baked
them at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
About 7 P.M., we had the salmon steaks for dinner with steamed white
rice and steamed frozen mixed vegetables and ice tea. We then watched the DVD
video disk “Broadcast News”, and then we watched some more of the Winter
Olympics. We went to bed about 10:30 A.M., and I was awake at 7:30 A.M.. We had
breakfast of three scrambled eggs each, French bread toast with margarine,
orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. It
is a bit damp today, but we will figure out something to do. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/09/02 Saturday 2:50 P.M.: I was up at 9:30 A.M.. I checked the
mail, and I picked up a loaf of French bread from downstairs. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I just
finished watering the plants and cleaning the apartment. I am just about ready
to put away a new batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I just had lunch of two
hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard, dill pickle, potato chips, piece of
cake, and ice tea. I am throwing out the rest of the Purdue oven stuffer
roaster chicken since it is over three days old. After I put away the ice tea, I will have a
cup of cappuccino. I will then clean up and go out for some fresh air. This
should be in about an hour. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/09/02 Saturday 1:45 A.M.: I was up at 2:30 P.M. yesterday. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I checked the
mail. I moved the oil filled electric radiators back into the bedroom since I
have not been using them this warmer winter. I also put the Radio Shack battery
charger to the right side of the TEAC DVD Multi Player. I cleaned up, and I
drove downtown. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the
waterfront. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned the four DVD
videos I checked out yesterday, and I checked out two more and I also checked
out a book. I stopped by Exxon, and I bought $9.50 of premium at $1.499 a
gallon. I returned home. I did three loads of laundry. I started watching the
Winter Olympics 2002 from Salt Lake City, Utah and its opening ceremonies. I
started videotaping them about 9 P.M. until the end at midnight. It took one
and a half videotapes. I had some two plates of Vermont cheese and Land O Lakes
cheese and crackers while watching them along with ice tea. I had a bit of
tummy trouble or indigestion, so I took a Tums antacid pill. I found these
internet links from the Wellcome Trust on the Human Genome Project Ensembl Genome Server , Human Genome Working Draft, EBI, the
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL Outstation, Hinxton, UK) serving the
bioinformatics community , NCBI , DDBJ . Well, I am tired, so I guess I will go to bed
shortly. Have a good morning. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 02/08/02:
Note:
<888> 02/08/02 Friday 4:35 A.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. yesterday. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went down, and I signed my lease for the next
year. I then went over to my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went by the Hospital
Thrift shop. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by the ATM at
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next stopped by the Greenwich
library. I then went by the ATM again at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then drove up to Costco in Norwalk, Connecticut. I use the ATM
machine at Costco. I the bought two packages of five boxes of Carr’s crackers
for $5.59 each package. I also bought a major purchase. I bought a TEAC 5 disk
carrousel DVD Multi Player model DV-M5000 for $149.99 plus I paid a 5%
surcharge of $8.06 since I was using a one day Costco card plus $9.45 tax for
$178.68 total. I then returned to Greenwich, and I stopped by the Greenwich
Library, and I checked out four DVD videos. I then returned home. I had dinner
of two slices of cold chicken with Tabasco sauce, steamed white rice, steamed
green beans, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I then proceeded to install the TEAC
DVD player. First I removed the old Zenith short-wave radio from the TV chest.
I took out the small dark oak table from the right of the primary computer, and
I put it on top of the TV chest. I put the old Zenith short-wave radio in the
bedroom closet. I put the blood pressure tester machine on the right side of
the bedroom desk. I put the JVC videotape machine on a piece of plastic on the
lower level of the dark oak table. I put the new TEAC DVD machine on top of the
dark oak table underneath the television. I hooked up the TEAC DVD Multi Player
to the Orion 25 inch television with the yellow, red and white audio and video
RCA jack cables that came with the TEAC DVD Multi Player. I plugged it in, and
it turned on. It took me some time and fiddling to figure out that I needed to
use the remote control on the Orion TV to select “TV/AV” to have the TEAC video
feed go into the Orion TV. I connected the red and white audio cables with RCA
Y male to two female adaptors, and I plugged the other set of cables into the
VCR input on the Technics amplifier, so I can play audio through my stereo
system. I setup the Setup on the TEAC DVD Multi Player. Basically this all took
some time, since I had to search for certain items, and I had to move other
items around. I put the large button telephone on the arm of the couch adjacent
to the television. I moved the tape rewinder on top of the JVC VCR. I moved the
Emerson wireless headphone on top of the VCR. I tested the TEAC DVD Multi
Player, and it works just fine. Since it has a five disk carrousel, one can
listen or watch five different disks. I then put the 50 CD rack in between the
day bed and the blue couch. I put the nine boxes of Bigelow tea on the shelf in
the right living room closet. This all took some time, and I was finally done about
3:30 A.M.. I then had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard, potato
chips, dill pickle slice, slice of cake, and ice tea. I will now send out my
weekly notes and go to bed. Have a good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/07/02 Thursday 3:00 A.M.:
I did a little bit of regular computer work www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I did not have time to sift through my email
yet. I decided to clean my primary
computer. I opened up the case, and I cleaned the interior with the air duster
as well as the CD player and the 3.5” floppy drive. I then disconnected the
Primary computer CPU, and I cleaned the case in the kitchen with bleach and
then rinsed it with water. I reattached the Primary computer CPU to the rest of
the system, and it is all running fine, and it looks a bit better. I did not
clean the 19” monitor since it is difficult to lift, and also it is much more
difficult to clean the monitor with the delicate circuitry which through the
vents could be exposed to moisture. I sent out a couple of emails to friends.
Well, I have to be up about 11 A.M. today, so I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/06/02 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.:
I went out after the last message, and I stopped by the Greenwich
Hardware store. I gave them my receipt for returning the coffee maker, and they
said they would send me the check. I have copies of the receipt. I bought a
package two sets of two inch by four inch Velcro patches for $3.99 plus .24 tax
for $4.23. I will use some to install the paper holder fork on the backup
computer monitor. I then drove by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then drove around Tod’s Point. I then went to
Staples in Old Greenwich and the HP LaserJet paper is the same price I paid for
it two weeks ago, $7.99 minus a dollar for $6.99. Thus if I saw right, they
have a good sale on it at Staples in Port Chester, New York for $3.99. I then
stopped by Radio Shack at the Riverside shopping center. I then went to CVS at
the Riverside shopping center, and I bought two round tins of Danish Absolute
Divine cookies for $1.99 each tin, a two pack of Dove soap for sensitive skin
for $2.37, and two white Djeep lighters for $1.89 each plus .37 tax for $10.50
total. I then returned home. I had a frosted Diet Coke in a frosted mug. I
watched the ABC evening news. I had dinner of cold slices of Purdue chicken
with McIlHenny Tabasco sauce, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy
sauce, steamed frozen green beans, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I then chatted
with a friend. I will now put on the paper holder clip on the backup computer monitor
with the Velcro strips. I will then do a little bit of regular computer work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/06/02 Wednesday 1:55 P.M.: Well today is the beginning of the
celebration of the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s
coronation. One can email congratualations at Welcome to the Official Web Site of the British Monarchy . Also today is Ronald
Reagan’s 91st birthday, and one can email Mrs. Reagan at Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation &
Library-Welcome . I was up at 11 A.M. when I had breakfast of
orange juice, French bread toast, coffee, vitamins, and oatmeal. I watched a
bit of television. It said on Burt Wolf’s cooking show that Donald Trump’s
grandfather use to run a restaurant in the Klondike. I called the Greenwich
Hardware store about getting the check for $111.30 for the coffee machine I
returned two weeks ago, and they called me back and said they had lost the
receipt. They want me to bring in the receipt, so they can copy it. I made
extra copies of the receipt to have myself which I can do with the Visioneer
scanner and Epson printer. I guess I will now clean up and go out for some
daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/05/02 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.: I had a delicious dinner. I guess I
will watch a little television, and I will head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/05/02 Tuesday 9:20 P.M.: I went out, and I drove down by the
waterfront. I stopped by the Greenwich Library. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street, and I used the ATM machine. I next stopped by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought a 42 ounce container of Quaker old fashioned oats
for $3.99, a large 12.25 ounce bag of Wise potato chips for $1.99, a quart jar
of Vlassic kosher dill pickle spears for $1.99, a Stauffer’s regular Salisbury
steak dinner and a fish filet dinner for $2 each, two dozen large eggs $1.69,
Land O Lakes 10 ounce bar of sharp cheddar cheese $1.99, two jars of S&S
Manz Spanish olives .99, buy one get one free of Khan’s beef franks $3.69 both,
S&S 10 package of dry milk $5.49 for $28.50. I then went across the street, and I bought
two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each,
buy get one free of Pepperidge Farm frozen layer cakes for $3.69 both, two AC
frozen green beans, two AC frozen peas, two AC frozen mixed vegetables for $4
all or .66 each, four packages of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter light .99
each, two Louis Rich turkey franks .99 each, a 5 ounce bottle of McIlHenney Tabasco
sauce $2.99, and a Purdue oven stuffer roaster at .79 a pound for $6.29 for
$29.66 total. I then returned home, and I put away my groceries. I then rinsed
off and dried the Purdue oven stuffer roaster removing the giblets from inside
which I throw away outside right away since I do not use them, and I don’t want
them to stink. I put the chicken rack in a roasting pan, and I seasoned the top
side of the chicken with ground black pepper, garlic powder, celery salt,
poultry and meat seasoning, Italian spices, Oregano, and Basil. I then covered
the chicken with the rest of the Bulls Eye barbeque sauce and some more Texas
Best Barbeque sauce about a half cup all together. I then put it in the
convection oven for about one hour and a half to one hour and forty minutes
until the bird water thermometer pops up. It should be ready in about a half
hour. I will have slices of it for dinner with reheated steamed rice and
steamed frozen peas, and ice tea. It is
a bit nippy out, so stay warm. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/05/02 Tuesday 4:50 P.M.: I finished sorting out the paper work
for my lease signing on Thursday afternoon. I made up a grocery list. I will
now go out and do some grocery shopping after I clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/05/02 Tuesday 3:25 P.M.: I had a 3 liter container of Bertolli
olive oil that I opened, and I used for filling my olive oil containers. I am
listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I will now do the paper work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/05/02 Tuesday 2:15 P.M.: This morning before going to bed, I
sifted through old newspapers and periodicals throwing out old ones. I move the ceiling panel with the First Alert
smoke detector over one panel away from the kitchen to keep the smoke detector
from going off when I use the toaster oven. I disconnected the center living
room window wall lamp with the 15 watt bulb, and I connected it to the control
panel that controls the other two adjacent lamps, so it comes on and off with
the entry light switch. With the lava mood lamp on all the time, I do not need
the other lamp on all the time. The lava mood lamp gives off a redish rose
light. Before going to bed, I had two hot dogs with buns and ketchup and
mustard, potato chips, dill pickle, and ice tea. I cooked them in the microwave
cookware I bought. I finally went to bed about 6:30 A.M.. I was up at 11 A.M..
I checked the mail. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, French bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins.
I noticed it is cooler today. While at Wal-Mart on last Saturday in
north Norwalk on Route 7, I noticed they have the oil filled electric radiators
for $40. I made a telephone call about a
matter to do with the building. I have some paper work to do today before going
out. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/05/02 Tuesday 2:50 A.M.:
I just printed out my Microsoft Money 2002 and report for the last 11
years. It has been pretty much the same
old financial routine for the last 11 years. There is not much going on, so I
think I will shut down for the night. Have a good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/05/02 Tuesday 1:05 A.M.: Today, while I was in Staples in Port
Chester, New York a nice couple were asking about page holders for the side of
the computer monitor. I showed them at the clearance area there was a package
that was on sale for $10 that came with a page holder, cable separators, air
duster, and 15 inch glare screen. This evening, I remembered that I had a
Kensington page holder for the side of the monitor. I got it out, and I had a
piece of Velcro to attach it to the upper right side of my primary computer
monitor. It seems to on there quite
securely, since I can not even separate the two pieces of Velcro easily to take
it off should I need to. It would probably also hold a magazine or other light
publication for typing from. I have a fork page holder that I thought about attaching
to the backup monitor, but I do not have anymore Velcro. Velcro strips are
available at the Greenwich Hardware store. I then sorted out my recent print
outs, and I put them all underneath the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer. I
sorted out the scratch paper from the print outs, and I added it to the
existing pile of scratch paper. All together I have about three to four reams
of scratch paper, usually with one side used. I put the large pile of scratch
paper on the square Danish table on my bedroom desk. I move the unused ream of
HP LaserJet paper underneath my Epson printer on top of the old HP95 cartridge
that I saved. I put the package of regular paper there also, with a note in it
saying it is not HP LaserJet paper, although it is wrapped in a HP LaserJet
wrapper. I am out of empty boxes to put paper in. I still have the open box of
HP Laser Jet Paper in a box wrapped in plastic wrap in the same location. I ran
Symantec Live Update to update my antivirus file and other Symantec files. The lava mood lamp seems to be working fine.
While at Staples in Port Chester today, I noticed they have 600 page reams of
HP LaserJet paper on sale for $3.99 down from the $6.99 apiece I paid for two
reams of the same paper at Staples in Old Greenwich about two weeks ago. I also
labeled the open HP LaserJet paper in the Southworth box I have in a plastic
bag underneath the Epson printer. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/04/02 Monday 10:05 P.M.:
I went out this afternoon about 2 P.M.. I stopped by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next drove over to the central
Greenwich Post Office. I obtained three money orders at .90 apiece to pay my
Verizon telephone, Optimum Online, and Cablevision bills. I also bought twenty
U.S.A. flag stamps at .34 apiece for $6.80.
The postal clerk commented the number 888 had been coming up in her mind
quite a bit recently. I then made my 4:30 P.M. appointment. I next drove down
by the waterfront. I then went over to Port Chester, New York to the shopping
center, and I stopped by Staples, and I bought a Holmes Mood Lava lamp silver
base with red lava affect marked down from $20 for $6 plus .41 tax for $6.41
total. I stopped by Odd Job. I noticed they have the large First Alert fire
extinguisher on sale down from $40 for $25.
They have a large selection of different items. I bought a four
container 20 bag per container package of Ceylon Tea of Raspberry Herbal,
Peppermint Herbal, Chamomile Herbal, and Serendip Green tea for $4.99 for all
four containers, five containers of 3.52 ounce Golden Brazil Classic Arabica
instant coffee at $1.19 a container, two 19 ounce containers of Texas Best
Cajun sauce for $1.99 each, a three pack of Sahara Club white men’s crew socks
80% cotton, 16% polyester, 4% Elastic for $3.99 and a 3 pack of the same crew
socks white, gray, and black pairs for $3.99. They are made in Pakistan. I also
bought a three pack of men’s Empire dark dress socks 70% Acrylic 30% polyester
made in India for $2.99 plus .30 tax for $26.19 total. I then returned home. I
put the mood lava lamp in front of the air conditioner underneath the lamp with
the Victorian lamp shade. I relaxed a bit. I then had dinner of reheated
boneless chicken breast from two nights ago, steamed white rice, steamed frozen
green peas, ice tea, and some of the Brazilian instant coffee. I chatted with a
friend. Earlier in the evening, I
unpacked the microwave cooking ware I got last Saturday, and I put it on top of
the microwave oven. I noticed at the
Clearance section at Staples in Port Chester, New York they have a number of
computer items I do not need. They have
the $400 automobile CD guidance system for $100 for example. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/04/02 Monday 1:15 P.M.: I had a bowl of reheated white rice with
La Choy low sodium soy sauce and ice tea during the night. My guest left at 8
A.M.. I was up at 11 A.M.. I chatted with a relative. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, French bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I checked the
mail. I will look at a few computer pages, and then I will get ready to go
out. I have a 4:30 P.M. appointment. I
noticed yesterday that Staples has a store on Park Avenue on the east side of
the street around 55th Street, so I guess one can get office
supplies in Manhattan. CIO
Note: <888>
02/03/02 Sunday 11:00 P.M.: I had a busy
day today. My guest, and I were up at 8 A.M.. We had breakfast of French bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, 3 scrambled eggs apiece, and vitamins. We cleaned
up, and we departed for Manhattan about 11 A.M.. We drove into Manhattan on
I-95 and we got off the Bruckner Boulevard, and we took the Willis Avenue
Bridge into Manhattan. We got off the 71st
exit of the FDR drive, and my friend made a stop at 72nd Street on
the East side. We then parked on 81st just west of Madison Avenue
facing the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We walked down Madison Avenue, and we
stopped by at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and we attended the end of
the Sunday service. The United States Navy choir was there for the service. It was
most enjoyable to hear the music. We then walked down to 70th street
and we toured some of 70th street, and then we walked over to Fifth
Avenue, and we walked back up to the Metropolitan Museum. We met our friends at
1 P.M., and we toured the Metropolitan Museum and its various exhibits until
about 2:30 P.M.. It was most enjoyable since I had not been there in about 12
years. We then all headed down Central Park and we went to the boat basin to
the boat house restaurant for coffee and a half of roast beef sandwich. We then walked around the miniature sailboat
pond, and we then walked over to Park Avenue down to 70th street,
and we toured the John D. Rockefeller art gallery at the Asian institute. We
then toured some more of 70th street, and then we toured the Frick
Museum. We listened to a guitar recital.
I noticed they have the original Rembrandt Polish rider painter at the Frick
museum that I have a copy of in my apartment.
About 6:30 P.M., we headed walking down Madison Avenue viewing the shops
and the offices. Around 55th street we headed east to Park Avenue,
and we saw the large security presence around the Waldorf Astoria for the World
Economic conference. There was only
security and no protestors. We had to detour back to Madison Avenue, and we walked
down to Biltmore Street and Vanderbilt Avenues opposite Grand Central Station,
and we toured the Yale Club. In the reception room upstairs at the Yale Club,
they have the portraits of the four former Presidents that have attended Yale
University. I did not see a picture of
the current president whom I believe attended Yale University also. We then walked through and toured Grand
Central station including a pub called Campbell’s on the southwest corner of
the station. We walked south to 41st Street and Park Avenue, and
then walked west a half block to the Peking restaurant and we all had a very
enjoyable dinner of four different Chinese meals along with tea and rice. After dinner, we then walked back through Grand
Central Station, and we viewed the Missing Persons pictures posted after 911 on
the concourse. We went down to the Subway, and we got MTA passes, and then we
walked over to Madison Avenue and 42nd street. We said good bye to
our friends, and we caught the M1 bus uptown to 79th street, and we retrieved
the car, and we drove back out to Connecticut via the FDR drive north to the
Willis Avenue bridge to Bruckner Boulevard to I-95 east and back to Byram area
of Greenwich, Connecticut. I had a frosted Diet coke in a frosted mug when I
returned, and my guest headed off to bed. I washed my feet to get the salt off
of them. I will now head off to bed myself.
In all it was a very enjoyable day, and a healthy change from the
country, although it involved quite a bit more walking than normally in Greenwich.
Well have a good night. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/02 Saturday 10:05 P.M.: My guest and I left at 4:30 P.M.. My
guest discovered he had lost a car molding part at a car wash in Norwalk, so we
drove up to Route 7 in North Norwalk, and we retrieved the part. We then went
to Wal-Mart on Route 7 on the Norwalk – Wilton border. I bought a pair of Farah
white khaki pleated pants waist 40” by 30” length for $15.97 and I also bought
a 10 piece Amberware microwave cook set for $9.97 plus .60 tax for $26.54
total. My friend bought epoxy glue for
the car molding part. We then returned to Greenwich, and I stopped by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. We then went to the
Food Emporium, and I bought two 13 ounce bags of A&P regular coffee beans,
and two of balanced blend each for $1.69 a bag for $6.76 total. We then
returned back to my place. I mixed the coffee beans with my existing batch of
coffee beans, and I now have 7 quart jars of coffee beans for my regular blend. I put the Avocado seed in the jar in water in
the community room. I noticed that the Avocado plant I put down there some time
ago is no longer there anymore. We
watched television. My friend at the
Food Emporium bought Purdue boneless breast of chicken for $2.99 a pound and
several packages of frozen peas. I cooked the chicken the same way I had
earlier in the week along with steamed rice and steamed frozen peas, and we had
it all for dinner with ice tea. We then watched television. I finished off a
bag of potato chips. I called a friend in Manhattan to verify meeting them in
the City tomorrow. Well my guest will stay down tonight, and I will probably
head off to bed in another hour. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/02 Saturday 3:35 P.M.: I finished the house cleaning and
watering the plants. A friend showed up
about 1 P.M. and is taking a nap. I used four tooth picks, and I pushed them
into the avocado seed I saved, and I have it sitting in a jar of water above
the kitchen sink. I will try to start an avocado plant. I have a nearly dead
plant in the community room that I can put the avocado seed in its pot should
it successfully geminate. I will now clean up, and my guest I will go out for
some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/02 Saturday 12:30 P.M.: Well, I guess Willem and Maxima are
hitched. I guess CNN could not afford to
cover the event. More than likely since
Willem is a member of the International Olympic committee, he and Maxima might
be coming to the United States to Salt Lake City for the Winter Olympics. Perhaps they will be stopping by New
Amsterdam on their way. I will be going to New Amsterdam tomorrow Sunday to
visit some friends. We will probably go
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is an afternoon concert at the Frick
museum. Possibly we will have coffee at
the boat house in Central Park and maybe stopped by the Yale club for a drink.
I have not been in New Amsterdam in the day time for about 12 years. Of course
up until nine years ago, I use to go in their at night as part of the New
Amsterdam Dutch night watch, so possibly old wooden shoe makers and wind mill
watchers might remember me. I was up at
11 A.M.. I checked the mail. I picked up a loaf of French bread from the
donations left out at the front hallway table. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, French bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I am listening to www.radio10.fm to keep up with the events in old Amsterdam. Alas,
I do not understand Dutch, but I enjoy listening to the music on the 22
speakers in my apartment hooked up to the computer internet music. It says on
the Royal Dutch household site, that Willem regularly goes to Aruba and the
Netherlands Antilles, so perhaps they might go down there before the Winter
Olympics. I have a Holland flag displayed in my apartment between the United
States of America and the British Union Jack. Well, it is Saturday like any
ever efficient Dutch boy house cleaner, I have to do my weekly house
cleaning. Keep an eye on the ground hog.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/02 Saturday 1:45 A.M.: Royal Dutch Household site http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/ and Congratulations to the Royal Dutch Household
site http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/UK/congratulations/congratulations.html . I guess I will head off to bed now. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/02 Saturday 12:55 A.M.: Send Congratulations to Prince Willem
and Maxima http://www.koninklijkhuwelijk.nl/en/felicitatieregister.html . CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/02 Saturday 12:15 A.M.: I went out, and I mailed the letter
at the Valley Road post office box. I drove down by the waterfront. There was construction debris blowing around
in the high wind on Steamboat Road at the Del a Mar Hotel construction site. It
is rather confusing on the exterior of the new façade in that some of the rooms
have full length opening doors on the upper floors on the exterior, but there
are no balconies. So unless they plan to install balconies, guests more than
likely would be able to fall out of their room windows should they venture out
the glass door windows unless they are for appearances and do not open. It
looked like both the Food Emporium and the Stop and Shop were both closed. I
relaxed a bit when I got back, and I am now having an ice tea. Well Happy Ground Hogs Day. Also today is Prince Wilhelm’s of the
Netherlands of the House of Orange wedding to his Argentinean bride Nationaal Oranje Comité . I suppose they will be
partying and having lots of festive activities in the Netherlands today. Possibly the wedding might be on CNN in the
early morning hours. Well I will now do
a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/01/02 Friday 10:55 P.M.: I finished writing the letter. I will now go out and mail it. I chatted with
a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/01/02 Friday 9:45 P.M.: I researched the Terayon TeraPro cable
modem for the backup computer. I researched Optimum’s web site www.optonline.net . I just had dinner of a Red Baron extra cheese
pizza with ice tea. I will now write a letter to a family member. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/01/02 Friday 6:50 P.M.: I went to bed at 4:30 A.M.. I was up at
11 A.M.. I checked the mail. I had breakfast of oatmeal, rye toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went back to bed until 3 P.M.. I had a couple of
hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup, potato chips, dill pickle, ice tea,
and a cappuccino. I cleaned up, and I went out. I drove by the waterfront. I
stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
went by Exxon, and I bought $8.60 of premium at $1.499 a gallon. I went over to
Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought three cartons of Seneca ultra lights
100s for $19 a carton for $57 total. I noticed they have buy three get two free
of Marlboros for $12 a five pack or $24 a carton. I returned home. I finished
running Norton SpeedDisk on the backup computer. It takes time because of the
74,000 favorites. I also enabled the telephone modem on the backup computer, so
if the cable modem is down, I could dialup to Juno. Juno has a local number in
Greenwich for its free access. I am watching the ABC evening news now. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 02/01/02:
Note:
<888> 02/01/02 Friday 3:15 A.M.: I sifted through my email, and I went
through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I noticed that the
Terayon cable modem on the backup computer does not go as fast as the Motorola
surfer modem on the primary computer. I finally figured out it goes about a
third to a fourth as fast which is fast enough. I tried fiddling with the
cables to no avail. I put a longer cable on the Terayon modem, so it can sit on
top of the backup computer CPU. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the
backup computer LAN card driver. I also disabled the Logicode telephone modem
on it. I removed the Network Dialup Adaptor in the Network settings. I also
uninstalled Client for Microsoft Networks, and just left it at Windows Login. I
also tried the tweak setting at www.speedguide.net . Still the Teryaon cable modem on the backup
computer is fast enough for my needs. I also installed the Microsoft Word 2002
updates on it. I ran Symantec Live Update on it. I installed Juno 5 on it. I
tried fixing the Compaq IJ200 printer that is attached to it, but I think the
cartridge has just about had it. I will not be getting another one, since I
have the two good printers on the primary computer. I ran Norton Disk Doctor,
Norton WinDoctor, and I am now running Norton SpeedDisk on the backup computer.
I deleted the Microsoft Windows XP Professional Beta RS2 download files from
the backup computer. Well, I am a bit tired, so after sending out my weekly
email, I will head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/02 Sunday 7:00 P.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at a couple of different locations. I
then drove down by the waterfront, and I checked out the cloud formations. It
looks like we might get some rain. I then returned home. I had a call on the
answering machine from a relative. I reheated a bowl of the pasta Alfredo
mixture, and I had it with about 10 Carr’s crackers with mozzarella cheese and
ice tea. I will now watch some television for a while before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/02 Sunday 1:50 P.M.: Dinner was just fine. The lamb came out
perfect. I will now go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/02 Sunday 12:15 P.M.: I had to reposition the meat
thermometer. It needs to be in the main portion of the meat which would be the
least done. It seems to working all right.
Note:
<888> 03/31/02 Sunday 11:50 A.M.: I watched a little bit of morning
television. I cleaned up. I went outside briefly. I chatted with a relative. I
started cooking the three pound semi boneless Australian leg of lamb in the
convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about one hour and fifteen
minutes. I put a meat thermometer in, but I am not sure whether it works or
not. It should be done at interior temperature of the meat at 135 to 140
degrees Fahrenheit. Before cooking on a
meat rack in a baking pan, I rubbed the entire leg of lamb with olive oil. Then
on both sides and the wide end, I covered it with garlic powder, celery salt,
ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, Old Bay seasoning, Italian
spices, Basil, Oregano, Thyme, and Rosemary. I then minced five large cloves of
garlic, and I spread them on top of the lamb. I will have a some slices of it
with steamed fresh asparagus and reheated green spinach noodles with alfredo
garlic sauce, ice tea, and a cappuccino.
I have about 50 minutes and ten minutes of resting until it is done. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/02 Sunday 9:10 A.M.: I read the news in the British press
about the passing of the Queen Mother. I
sent my condolences at http://www.royal.gov.uk/ . I found this link for cooking the Easter leg of
lamb http://www.australian-lamb.com/ . I am guess in my convection oven which
cooks faster, I should cook the 3 pound half of a leg of lamb at 350 degrees
Fahrenheit for about an hour and then let it stand for about 10 minutes. I am not sure whether I will use one of their
recopies or not. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/02 Sunday 7:00 A.M.: I was up at 5:30 A.M.. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toasted halves of a roll, orange juice, coffee,
and vitamins. I watched the news on the BBC television about the Queen Mother
passing away. They said they are saying prayers for her in England and around
the world. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/02 Saturday 6:50 P.M.: I have been listening to tributes to
the Queen Mother of England on her passing away on the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I am sure the British
people will dearly miss her as well as the Scottish people. I suppose she had
been part of the Old Guard’s life for most of this century. I remember once
attending a horse race at Fort Erie race track in Ontario in Canada in 1972,
where she presented the winning trophy.
I have seen many people over the years that reminded me of the Queen
Mother. Well, we should all pray for her departed soul, and I am sure Queen
Elizabeth will be most grieved on the passing of her mother. I had some potato
chips and French onion dip along with 7 Carr’s crackers and slices of
mozzarella cheese. I am tired, so I will head off to bed. I also chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/02 Saturday 4:50 P.M.: I just heard the news on the passing
away of the Queen Mum. I am most grieved to hear of the beloved Queen Mum
passing away. I am making a simple dinner of spinach pasta and alfredo garlic
cheese sauce. I will continue listening to the BBC. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/02 Saturday 4:15 P.M.: I went out, and I parked downtown. I
walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I then went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times. One of the patrons was looking for the copy of the Greenwich Post, which
the library was missing; so I returned to my apartment and I fetched my this
week’s copy of the Greenwich Post, which I had not read, and I returned to the
library, and I gave it to the patron. I will have to remember to read it in the
library. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a half of leg of fresh
semi boneless Australian lamb for $1.99 a pound for $5.83, two half gallons of
Florida Natural orange juice for $2.50 each, a 8 ounce bar of Cracker barrel
Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese $2.50, thin fresh asparagus at $1.99 a pound
$2.17, and two large 12.5 ounce bags of Lays potato chips for $1.99 each for
$19.48 total. I then returned home. I was quite hot since it was 68 degrees
Fahrenheit, and I had dressed for cooler weather. I had a 28 ounce bottle of
Perrier with Angostura bitters to quench my thirst. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/02 Saturday 12:05 P.M.: I finished house cleaning. I went
downstairs, and I picked up a loaf of poppy seed bread and two rolls. I just
had lunch of two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and a couple of
small dill pickles and Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers and ice tea. I will
now have a Brazilian instant coffee. Then I will clean up and go out for some
fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/02 Saturday 8:45 A.M.: I am listening to Cnet Radio talking
about www.datavor.com a new search
engine. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/02 Saturday 8:00 A.M.: I relaxed and watched television until
2:30 P.M. yesterday. I had some Carr’s crackers and mozzarella cheese about
noon. I chatted with a relative. I slept until 2:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went back to bed until
about 7:30 A.M.. I will now have some Carr’s crackers with mozzarella cheese
and ice tea. I threw out the Rib eye steak I bought a week ago. I will then do
some house cleaning and watering the plants.
I will listen to Cnet Radio while doing this. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/02 Friday 9:15 A.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup
and mustard, a dill pickle slice, a bowl of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers,
ice tea, and a cappuccino. I relaxed a bit.
CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 03/29/02:
Note:
<888> 03/29/02 Friday 7:30 A.M.: I sifted through my email. I will now
send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/02 Friday 5:50 A.M.: I rotated the paper trays in the HP LaserJet
IID printer, so the full lower tray is now in the top position, and I filled
the current lower tray with HP LaserJet paper. Thus both paper trays now have
150 to 200 sheets of paper in them. I keep my HP LaserJet paper in a plastic
bag to prevent moisture accumulation. I also keep it the side up that it goes
into the HP LaserJet II D printer. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/02 Friday 5:35 A.M.: I went to bed at 8 P.M. last night, and
I received a telephone call from a friend about 9 P.M.. I slept until 2:30 A.M..
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast with raspberry jam, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I refilled my EpsonStylus 880 Color printer’s
black ink cartridge with the black ink refill kit that I have. I now have a
full black ink cartridge, and the existing color cartridge is about half full.
I also cleaned my Que CD/RW drive with the AT&T CD lens cleaner that I
have. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/28/02 Thursday 6:00 P.M.: I relaxed a bit, and then I made my 3
P.M. appointment. I gave my 3 P.M. appointment #5 copy of my Internet Directory
Cdrom. I have made 2 master CD/R, 2 master CD/RW, and 23 CD/R copies of the
directory. After my 3 P.M. appointment,
I went downtown, and I sat out for a while. I then drove down by the
waterfront, and I checked out the Sea Gull population. I then returned home. I
am a bit tired, so I guess after some Carr’s crackers and mozzarella cheese
slices and ice tea, I will head off to bed. I have been awake for quite a
while, so I guess I need some rest. Have a pleasant evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/28/02 Thursday 1:40 P.M.: I ran Norton Disk Doctor on the C:
drive, and then I ran Norton SpeedDisk on the C: drive while I was out. I went
out at 8 A.M., but the Valley Road post office does not open until 8:30 A.M.. I
went to the central Greenwich Post Office, and I mailed the Imation rebate and
one of the Favorites CD envelopes that had eight 34 cent stamps on it. I had to wait to mail the other 5 Favorites
CD envelopes since the central Greenwich post office does not open its windows
until 8:30 A.M. I was able to mail first class domestically three of the
Favorites CD envelopes for $1.72 each and one $1.95 and one air mail to Great
Britain for $5.60 for $12.71 total. I then walked around and sat out downtown
for a while. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I returned 15 music
CDs and I read the Wall Street Journal and the Greenwich Times. I then stopped
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next went downtown, and I stopped by the
Mews Merry Go Round Thrift shop, and I bought a two level wicker rack for $5. I
then sat out for a while. I then walked up Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by
the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a three pack of 30 pound
Professional picture hangers for $2.49 plus .15 tax for $2.64 total. I then
walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I then
walked down the Avenue, and I sat out in the center of town. I then returned
home. I had a can of Progresso chicken, rice, and vegetable soup with 7 Carr’s
crackers and mozzarella cheese and ice tea. I then hung the wicker rack with
two of the 30 pound Professional picture hanger hooks on the wall to the right
of the main computer. I put two of the speakers on the top level and the Imation
100 CD/R bundle and on the lower level, I put the Sony 50 CD/R bundle with my
extra Epson color ink cartridge and the Office Depot air spray can. Well, it neatens up the work area around the
primary computer a bit. I checked the speakers to make sure they are working
properly. The lucky recipients of my Favorites CDs internet directory will be
able to surf the internet to their heart’s content especially if they were not
fortunate to download it while it was freely available for download over the last
seven years until I had to quit running my server. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/28/02 Thursday 5:40 A.M.: I made 18 copies of my Favorites CDrom
to send to six parties. I first printed out a letter and CD labels. I then put
the letters in the mailing envelopes and put address labels on them. I put the
numbered labels in the thin CD jewel cases. I then burned 18 Favorites CDroms
on the Sony CR/R 24X disks. I assembled
3 CDs into each of the six packages. I had a problem getting my computer to
read my Favorites CDrom which interfered with my entire system. I finally
figured out that I had to disable the Real One auto play, and the system worked
fine. I also did a System Restore back to March 26, 2002. My computer is a bit slow starting, and I
need to run Norton Speed Disk to get the startup files at the start of the
computer C: drive. I will mail the disks at 8 P.M. this morning at the Valley
Road post office. I will now have two hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup
and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea and Brazilian instant
coffee. I will then clean up and do some more computer work before going out at
8 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/28/02 Thursday 12:15
A.M.: I went to bed after the last message. I received a telephone call from a
friend while asleep. I was up at 10:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast
with raspberry jam, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I will now do some
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/02 Wednesday 2:15
P.M.: I did a little bit of routine computer work. I filled out the Imation CD
$20 rebate information. I had some cheese and Carr’s crackers with ice tea. I
guess I will relax for a while. I feel a bit tired, so maybe I will take a nap.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/02 Wednesday 10:35
A.M.: I drove downtown, and I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I then drove downtown. I drove by the waterfront.
I drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich. I bought a 100 pack of Imation 24X
CD/R disks for $29.94 plus there is a $20 mailin rebate. Also I bought a 12
pack of 6” X 9” of Jiffylike cushioned mailers
for $5.49 plus $2.13 tax for $37.56 total. I then stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. Next I drove downtown, and I stopped by the
central Greenwich Post Office, and I bought 20 U.S.A. flag stamps for $6.80. I
sat out briefly. It is still a bit damp out. I then stopped by the Greenwich
Library, and I checked out one video DVD and 15 music CDs. I now will fill out
the Imation $20 mailin rebate. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/02 Wednesday 7:20
A.M.: I finished writing the letter. I will go out shortly. I will head over to
Staples in Old Greenwich some time this morning to get a package of the 100
Imation CD/R 24X disks for $30 down from $50 plus the $20 mailin rebate
card. I will now shut down. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/02 Wednesday 6:05
A.M.: I checked the mail. I had a meal of two hotdogs with buns and mustard and
ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice with ice tea and a Brazilian
instant coffee. I just finished cleaning up. I will now write a letter to a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/02 Wednesday 4:15
A.M.: I am going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I found this link for
Whose Watching Me? From http://Trapware.com/ . The 90 day demo did not detect any snoopers. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/02 Wednesday 3:20
A.M.: I watched a bit of television until noon yesterday. I fixed the
television cable by jiggling it where it comes out of the wall. Frequently when
the television has lines on Channel 2 it is because of a badly adjusted cable.
Anyway it is working fine now. I rested from noon to 9 P.M.. I had three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then rested more
until about 2:30 A.M. this morning. I will now do some regular computer work.
Frequently when it rains, the low barometric pressure makes my low blood
pressure even lower, so I tend to be tired.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/02 Tuesday 7:45 A.M.:
I did a little bit of computer work. I think I might relax a bit or watch
television. A little bit later this
morning, I might go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/02 Tuesday 6:25 A.M.:
I chatted with a friend until about 10:30 P.M. last night. I was up at 4:30
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast and raspberry jelly, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I will now pursue some regular computer activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/02 Monday 9:25 P.M.: I
chatted with my guest. We drove down by the waterfront. We chatted some more. We had dinner of two Stouffer’s hearty meals
with ice tea. When cooking two Stouffers meals in the microwave, I cooked them
about a third longer, and I stack them perpendicular to each other and rotate the
stack half way through the cooking time, and then two Stouffer’s microwave
meals come out fine. I also had coffee earlier this afternoon. I chatted some more with my guest. My guest just left. I will now head off to bed, but I will now be
back on a day schedule. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/02 Monday 1:35 P.M.: I
rested from after the last message until 7 A.M.. I had two hotdogs with buns
and ketchup and mustard and ice tea. I went out, and I stopped by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove over to Oil Star in Cos Cob, and
I had my oil changed. They put in Castrol 15W40 and a Fram oil filter plus
checked the other fluids, and I also got an air freshener for $1 for $33.92
plus $2.04 tax for $35.96. They have noted the last several oil changes, I have
a torn boot on my front steering rods that needs to be replaced. Also my
starter motor which Exxon has fixed twice recently still occasionally makes a
grinding noise which if not a missing tooth on the fly wheel might be a bad
solenoid. Still the 1976 Volvo is running just fine at 117,000 miles. I then
drove over to Old Greenwich, and I toured the Old Greenwich rummage room. I
next drove around Tod’s Point. I then went by Staples, and I bought a 2002
Calendar of the National Parks for $2.50 plus .15 tax for $2.65. I then went to
Oil City, and I got the Express car wash for $5. I next went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. I then drove downtown. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I
bought a raspberry Danish at the St. Moritz bakery for $1.25, and I ate it in
the park. I then stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I returned a video DVD disk. I have just now returned
home. Staples has a 100 pack of Imation CD/R 24X disks regularly $49.99 minus
$20 instant rebate for $29.94 plus a $20 mailin rebate for $9.94 total. I will
pick up a bundle later in the week. A friend just called and is coming down.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/02 Monday 2:50 A.M.: I
did a little bit of regular computer work. I just had some potato chips and
S&S French onion dip and ice tea. I feel like relaxing, so I will now shut
down watch some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/02 Sunday 11:15 P.M.:
I was up to 7:30 A.M. this past morning. I watched http://hourofpower.org/ . I was up about 5 P.M.. I had breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, the last of the Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee,
and vitamins. I chatted with a relative. I went out for a drive. I stopped by
the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove
over to Exxon next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $11 of premium at
$1.679 a gallon. I guess gasoline has gone up 18 cents a gallon since I last
bought gasoline. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at a couple of
locations. I drove down by the waterfront. On the way back home by the Mercedes
Benz dealership, I brushed a bug off my ear. By the Shell station, I noticed it
was on my windshield and it was a wasp or a yellow jacket. Then it hopped on my
steering wheel. I tried not to panic, I pulled off at Old Post Road, and I
drove down a bit and pulled over, and opened the car door, and I brushed the
wasp or yellow jacket off my steering wheel out of the car. I then returned
home. I relaxed a bit. I just had dinner of a broiled rib eye steak with Lea
and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium
soy sauce, steamed fresh asparagus and broccoli, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I
will now do a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/02 Sunday 3:55 A.M.: I
surfed the web a bit. I had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard,
potato chips, and a dill pickle slice along with ice tea. I keep my hotdog buns
in the freezer, and I microwave them before use for 30 seconds. I microwave the
hotdogs for 90 seconds on a microwave proof plate with a cover to keep them
from splattering. I also prick the length of two sides with a fork. I checked
the sale ads, and CompUSA has a Belkin four port router for $50 that I could
use if I want to run both computers on the internet at the same time. One could listen to music or news on one and
web browse on another. I am not sure if it is necessary, but it supposedly
provides additional firewall protection. Of course, I might want to keep some
funds in reserve to pay bills in April since I have my first primary GEICO
payment of the four month billing cycle for the every six month policy. It is getting to be a trade off technology
versus lifestyle. I bet some realistic
people without the internet are able to actually save money without all the
shopping temptation the internet brings.
I will have to check what the regular price is for the four port Belkin
router. I think I will head off to bed
shortly. CIO
Note: <888>
03/24/02 Sunday 2:25 A.M.: I went out,
and I drove downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the
train station area. It was not too damp tonight. I then drove down by the
waterfront. On the way home, I stopped by the Shell Station; and I checked the
air in my tires including the spare by pressing on it. I put 28 PSI all around.
My driver’s side front tire was down four pounds, so I put a couple extra
pounds in it around 30 PSI. It has been about a month since I last checked
them. I stopped in to see the station attendant to thank him for the air. I
then returned home. I am having a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 11:35
P.M.: I finished cleaning up. Today, I
also took the First Alert rechargeable flashlight out of the right side of the
kitchen, and I put it in the bedroom where the First Alert rechargeable lantern
was. The First Alert rechargeable lantern has not worked very well for two
years since I put in a new rechargeable battery. I put it on the floor underneath
the backup computer plugged into the power strip. I put the old CDrom drive in the box in the
bedroom window. Well time to go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 10:55
P.M.: I just finished dinner. I renewed Microsoft Windows XP Step by Step over
the internet at http://pac.greenwichlibrary.org/screens/mainmenu.html . Today, when vacuuming,
I also put in a new Electrolux vacuum bag.
I will now have a smoke. Then I will clean up and go out to enjoy some
brisk spring air. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 10:25
P.M.: I put number labels on my music CD/Rs and Jewel cases, so one can
identify them when out of the case. I finished house cleaning and watering the
plants. I listened to some MP3 CDs on the TEAC DVD player while house cleaning.
Although it is five disk, it does not play continuously from disk to disk. One
has to prompt it to play the next disk. I have not read the instructions to see
if there is anyway to do so. I also made up a batch of ice tea. I just finished
doing my laundry, and when I do my laundry I change the sheets on the bed. I
disconnected the gold plug from the computer to stereo amplifier input line,
and I unscrewed and reattached the wires in a different configuration. It did
not work at first, but when I put the cap on the gold plug, it is now playing
sound on both sides of the speaker system when hooked up. I am not sure if it
is stereo or mono though. I have about six wire pieces in the strand from the
computer to amplifier, and I could probably improve on it by using the right
adaptors and line. I am now making a Stouffer’s 20 ounce lasagna, which I will
have for dinner with ice tea. I will then take a shower and clean up. I am
thinking about going out for a short drive, since I have to go out to throw out
the garbage anyway. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 4:30 P.M.:
I started house cleaning. I was playing music from the computer through my
stereo amplifier, and I noticed one of the channels was not working. I checked
the cables, and I figured out I have the gold plug behind the backup computer
soldered wrong, so I will have to resolder it correctly to get both right and
left sides working correctly. I am surprised I never noticed it before. I also
put the computer input wire on the CD channel of the amplifier. I also noticed
the music CDs that I have recorded have no way off telling the generic CD from
other CDs once they are out of the CD jewel case. I will stop house cleaning
briefly and put labels on each jewel case and CD with matching numbers, so one
knows which CD goes with which jewel case. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 3:20 P.M.:
After the last message this morning, I took the cover off the backup computer.
I changed the rails off the 3.5 inch floppy drive with the rails which were
different off the E: drive. I put both the 3.5 inch floppy drive and the E:
drive back into the computer with the exchanged rails. I also put more black
electrical tape on the 3.5 inch floppy blank, so it looks more uniform. I
cleaned the backup CPU with bleach to clean the case. I then put it all back
together, and it looks much nicer with the uniform blank and the 3.5 inch drive
properly spaced. I had some potato chips and French onion dip along with the
rest of the Danish cookies. I did not fall asleep until about 7:30 A.M.. I did
not make the Italian bread pickup downstairs this morning. I had calls from two
friends. I was up at 2:30 P.M.. I just had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I will now do my weekly house
cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 3:05 A.M.:
I am tired. I will now go to bed. I turned up the living room thermostat two
degrees, but there is still a chill in the air. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 2:30 A.M.:
My Favorites CDrom works just fine on the new backup computer 45X CD player.
One just has to press the play button next to the eject button to get it to
work. It might be because the CD is not
fully written. Well that is a relief. I
will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 2:20 A.M.:
After dinner, I ran Live Update. I now have to reboot the machine. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/02 Saturday 1:25 A.M.:
I went out after the last message. I
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read three computer newsweeklies. I
stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then drove up to CompUSA in Norwalk, and I was looking for a face plate for my
backup computer where I have fit the 3.5 inch floppy drive in the top 5.25 inch
bay. They only had a bay fitting for $15
with a USB port on it that would not work on my computer motherboard although it would have held the
drive fine. I toured the store looking at other merchandise. They had a lot of different cables on clearance.
I chatted with a couple. I decided to buy a Clearance Prime Peripherals 45 X
Cdplayer down from $30 for $9.60 plus .58 tax for $10.18 total. Since the couple was looking for a CD audio
cable that the store wanted $15 for, I gave them the four pin audio cable in
the clearance CD player, since I have a spare one at home that came with the
QUE CD/RW player. I then toured Circuit City. I then toured Staples up by
Costco. They have a generic 95A
cartridge on the clearance table for $50. I then returned to Greenwich. I drove
downtown, and I drove by the waterfront. I then went to the Food Emporium, and
I bought asparagus at $1.99 a pound for $3.40, two rib eye steaks at $3.99 a
pound for $2.75 and $2.23 for $8.38 total. I then returned home. I took off the
case off my backup computer. I measured the 3.5 inch floppy drive against a
case 5.25 inch blank. I then drew lines on the blank. I cut small 1/8 inch
holes with a drill every 1/8 inch along the outline. I then broke off the
piece. I filed it with a knife sharpener. I then wrapped the rough edges with
electrical tape. I put it in front of my 3.5 inch floppy drive, so the bay is
closed off. I had a problem with the rails on the floppy drive adjusting them,
so it sits back slightly since I did not have a small pair of rails. I put the
Clearance 45 X Cdplayer in the backup computer replacing my 24X cdplayer that
might have been faulty. I hooked up the sound with the existing four pin cable.
The 45X CDplayer works fine with music cds. However, it does not display my
Favorites CD, although it works with other CDs. It was recognized plug and
play. I fiddled with it a while. I took my backup data CD, and I copied its
data files to the backup computer. I am not sure why the Favorites CD will not
play on the 45X CD player, but since I have the Favorites on the C: drive it
does not matter. I put the 24X cdplayer
in the 45X box. I will now have the same dinner as I had last night finishing
off the cold eye round roast slices with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, and horse radish along with reheated brown rice and
steamed asparagus and broccoli and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/22/02 Friday 5:00 P.M.: I
fell back to sleep until 3:30 P.M.. I checked the mail. I just had a Stouffer’s
Hearty pot roast dinner, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will now clean up and go out
for some fresh air. I just heard at the Cnet radio site about a clever web site
www.dvdeastereggs.com which lists the Easter Eggs hidden on DVDs. On the
backup computer, the C: and D: drives are 6 gigabyte and the E: drive is 8
gigabytes, so I have a little over 20 gigabytes of storage on the backup
computer. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 03/22/02:
Note:
<888> 03/22/02 Friday 7:45 A.M.:
Winter has returned, it is 19 degrees Fahrenheit right now. I was up at 2:30
A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then decided to take my old E: drive I had in
the Fire Sentry Case and put it on the backup computer. From the backup computer, I removed the 5 ¼
floppy drive that I do not really need anymore and put it in the bedroom right
night stand. I put my 3 ½ inch floppy in the top 5 ¼ “ bay. I put the C: and D:
drives in the lower 3 ½ inch bays. On the two lower 5 ¼ inch bays, I put the E:
drive and the 24X CDrom drive. I have the C: and D: drives on IDE1 as master
and slave. On IDE 2 I have the 24 X
Cdrom drive as master and the E: drive as slave. In this configuration, my IDE
cables reach the respective drives. I tested the system. Since the E: drive with the old server
information was formatted in NTFS, I had to run Fdisk on it and reformat it. I
had a problem originally having the computer run smoothly which turned out it
was over heating because one of the IDE cables was keeping the CPU fan cooler
from spinning. Once I got the system tested, I put the case cover back on with
the face plates. I do not have a face plate for the top bay with the 3 ½ “drive,
so there is open space around it. I ran Norton Live Update on the system and
updated it. It is all running fine. However, I know longer have a copy of my
old server directory. I will now send
out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/02 Thursday 9:10 P.M.:
I finished dinner. I had to put in the primary audio card outlet splitter plug
in further to get sound on both of the Monsoon speakers. It needs to be pushed
in all the way. I am tired, so I will head off to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/02 Thursday 8:00 P.M.:
The first copy of my Favorites on a Sony 24X CD/R disk was done about 7 A.M.
this morning. I then burned another one from the original group of files on the
computer which took about 50 minutes. I then burned two CD/RW from the same source.
I thus have two Master CD/R and two Master CD/RW disks #1 - # 4. I rested a bit
while doing this. I was finally up at 1:30 P.M.. I had two hotdogs with buns
and ketchup and mustard and ice tea. I cleaned up, and I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and they have a
new collection of spring items for sale. I then drove downtown, and I walked
from the center of town up to the Greenwich Hardware store. They have the $250
Broehm cappuccino espresso machine on sale for $75 since the regular price on
it is about $150 now. I then drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. I
then made 5 copies on Sony 24X CD/R disks from one of the CD/R master
disks. The copy process show an
erroneous error message since the disks are not completely written. However,
they work just fine. I printed out a front CD label picture of myself in front
of the Louvre ten years ago and a rear CD disk information label. I assembled
the disks in the large CD jewel cases with the labels. I put one CD/R and CD/RW
master in the First Sentry case and the other two masters in another safe
place. I labeled each front label 1 – 9. Since the 75,000 Favorites are
somewhat dated, I am not sure if there is any interest in them. However, at
least now I have them in more useable format that one can use on any
computer including a library computer
with a web browser and CD player without having to copy all of them to one’s
hard disk. I will now have the same dinner as last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/02 Thursday 6:10 A.M.:
I finished copying the Favorites and the Favorites *.zip files, and the
Interactive directory to the E: CD write able drive. I will now write them to a
Sony CD/R disk. This will probably take a while, so I will go to bed now. I
have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/02 Thursday 2:35 A.M.:
I was up until about 7 A.M. yesterday morning. I had to prompt the file copying
process a few times. I woke up at 4 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian
bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I rested a bit until about 7
P.M.. I chatted with a friend. I cleaned up, and I went by the library, and I
returned nine music CDs, and I read the Greenwich Times and the Wall Street
Journal. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront.
I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two packages of S&S hotdog
rolls $1.19 each, a 5.5 ounce bag of Wise potato chips .89, a ten pack of
S&S powdered dried milk $5.49, and a large container of Quaker old
fashioned oats for $3.99 for $12.75 total. I then returned home. They file
copying process had reached a prompt. I have to copy smaller groups of folders
on the “Government Military” category folder since there are prompts that stop
the process on a larger collection. I tried once again by changing the
preferences to use Nero Burning Rom for the process without success. I quit
copying the Government folder, and I copied the IBM, folder. I had dinner about
1 A.M. while doing this of the same meal as last night without the coffee. I
will do some minor computer work, and then start working on copying the
government category and continue on. The copying process to the E: drive CD
burner seems to be into another temporary folder from which after I am done
copying I will burn the CD/R. I would imagine this all will still take a bit of
time. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/02 Wednesday 3:10
A.M.: I finished sifting through my email. I am now going to try to copy my
75,000 Favorites to a CD/R disk which I could then copy. This could take a day
or two, so I will be limited to the activity that I can do on the computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/02 Wednesday 2:10
A.M.: After dinner, I rearranged some of my music CDs in the 50 CD music rack,
so I can put three thin jewel case CDs in one slot, so technically it can hold
a 150 of the thin jewel case CDs. Actually the CD jewel case rack is one that I
bought for 40% off at about $22 at the Al Franklin music store going out
business sale. I think it might actually be designed to be a videotape rack
which I use for a CD jewel case rack. I also made copies of the CDs for my
Microsoft Works Suite 2002, Norton 2002 System Works and Norton 2002 Firewall.
When printing out Music CD labels with the Nero Burning Rom program, I get the
remains of a sheet of paper after I cut it, where I can cut it again, and get a
small sheet of note paper and another about twice the size, so as not to waste
scrap paper. I will now do a bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/19/02 Tuesday 9:10 P.M.:
I was up at 2 P.M. today. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian
bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I made my 4
P.M. appointment. I then went to the Greenwich Library, and I returned 9 music
CDs, and I checked out 9 music CDs. I then went to the ATM machine at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove down Greenwich Avenue, and
I stopped by the waterfront. I then went to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I
bought three cartons of Seneca Lights 100s for $19 a carton $57 total. I then
returned to my apartment. I had some ice tea. I then drove back by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove over to
Staples in Old Greenwich. Their weekly sales brochure did not show the Sony
CD/R 24X fifty bundle on sale, but they checked the sale advertisement at
Staples, and they found out they are suppose to be $10 off for $17.94. I also
bought a 50 pack of thin CD jewel cases for $9.94 plus $1.67 tax for $29.55
total. The thinner CD jewel cases allow
one to put in more CD jewel cases in a CD rack. Staples in Old Greenwich has an
internet terminal in their office furniture department. I then returned home. I
chatted with a neighbor. I had dinner of four 1/3 inch thick slices of cold eye
round beef with horseradish, Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, and
McHilney’s Tabasco sauce along with reheated brown rice with La Choy low sodium
soy sauce and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and fresh cut asparagus along with
ice tea and a cappuccino. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/19/02 Tuesday 5:40 A.M.:
I did a little bit of regular internet work. I am tired, so I will head off to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/19/02 Tuesday 3:50 A.M.:
After the last message and dinner, I worked on making some Audio CD/R from some
vintage MP3 files I had on my computer. This took a while. I also labeled them
with the label maker, and I put them by my TEAC DVD player. I also reorganized
my 50 CD wire rack by the day bed. I put the German Classical CDs in the
bookcase next to the records, and I added some new CD/Rs to the wire rack. I
put the big button telephone in the long couch arm to make room on the video
chest for the CD/Rs of MP3s. I made a copy of Nero Burning 5.0, and I put it on
the lower level of my computer table. I put the original in the Que CD/RW box
on the left living room closet shelf. I updated my list of blocked IP addresses
that I have blocked with the Symantec Norton Firewall. The link for the list is
www.geocities.com/mikelscott/blockip.txt . I will now have a
couple of hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup and a dill pickle slice,
potato chips, and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/02 Monday 9:10 P.M.: I
was up at 4 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I drove down Greenwich Avenue,
and I stopped by the waterfront. Long Island Sound is still there on a rather
bleak raining evening. I then stopped by the library, and I read P.C. Magazine.
I toured the music CDs for the first time in a while. I know the collection
fairly well since I use to regularly check out music CDs until a couple of
years ago. I recently have not been listening to music at night since it
disturbs my concentration when working on the internet. I did check out one DVD
video and 9 music CDs. I then stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought a two
dozen large eggs at $1.79 a dozen for $3.58 total. I then returned home. I
chatted with a friend. I then took the slightly less than two pound eye round,
and I seasoned both sides with ground black pepper, garlic powder, celery salt,
poultry and meat seasoning, Italian spices, Basil, and Oregano. I then also
covered both sides with Baby Ray’s barbeque sauce. I am cooking it fat side up
in the convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. I will have it
with steamed brown rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and asparagus slices
and ice tea and a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/02 Monday 4:45 A.M.:
Earlier around midnight, I had potato chips and S&S French onion dip. I
just now had about ten Carr’s crackers with slices of mozzarella cheese and ice
tea. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/02 Monday 3:25 A.M.: I
just finished listening to the MP3 CD/R, and it was quite enjoyable to listen
to some vintage music. I also noticed a vintage circa 1937 Cadillac downtown
today with an antique license plate from Florida. I guess some old timer got
tired of the hot sweaty weather down in Florida and decided to come up north
and enjoy the invigorating spring days.
I remember once in Florida, I met the first Cadillac dealer in New York
City, and he told me if I have nothing better to do, to try to sell some
Cadillacs. Well, I have tried that angle over the years, and I guess no one has
bitten. This old time Cadillac dealer also started General Motor Acceptance
Corporation, and he told me they would beat any dealer’s price on a General
Motors product at http://www.gmacfs.com/ , of course one would have to have some sort of
credit rating. Well, I have seen a lot of Cadillacs in my day. I remember at
tea time in Florida, one would see thousands of new yellow or white Cadillacs
and Lincolns cruising along A1A going to various social occasions. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/02 Monday 2:25 A.M.: I
made a CD/R of the collection of various songs from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I am
listening to it on the TEAC DVD player since they are MP3 files. I printed out
CD covers for the copy of the CD/RW and the CD/R. I am listening to it on my
Emerson wireless headphones connected to my amplifier with the TEAC DVD player
through on the VCR1 selection. For your
reading amusement I will list the 21 songs which run a bit more than 70
minutes. Since I am user friendly with ASCAP, I do not think they will mind me
listening to them in my own apartment. I can also listen to them with the
headphones next to my computer, if I plug them into the cable by the left lower
desk drawer, so as to save my Emerson wireless headphone batteries. I believe
Odd Job is selling the Emerson wireless headphones for $16.99 this week, but
one would still have to go to Radio Shack for a battery recharger and
rechargeable batteries. The link to my
current listening that I just recorded on the Que CD writer is
http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/music001.jpg . CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/02 Monday 1:10 A.M.: I
just finished watching Silicon Valley III summit on MSNBC. It was most
interesting since I had seen the previous two broadcasts. I just happened to
catch it. I will now fiddle with the Que CD/RW player some more. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/02 Sunday 10:40 P.M.:
I finished my computer work. I will now shut down and watch some television.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/02 Sunday 10:00 P.M.:
I sifted through my email. For dinner, I
had a Stouffer’s Home style meatloaf dinner with ice tea and a cappuccino. I relaxed a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/02 Sunday 7:30 P.M.:
Last night I put $10 on my McCray laundry card. I ran Norton Speed Disk on the
C: drive before going to bed about 6 A.M.. I was up at noon and Speed Disk was
done, and I took the AAA rechargeable batteries out of the battery charger, and
I put a pair in my Emerson wireless headphones, so they work now. I went back
to bed until 3 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, 3 slices of
Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then cleaned up, and
I went out about 5 P.M.. I went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue
and the train station area. I drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by the
Food Emporium, and I bought two bags at $1.50 each of A&P balanced blend
50% less decaffeinated coffee, and two bags at $1.50 each of A&P regular
red bag coffee for $6 total. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
fresh heads of broccoli at .79 a pound for $1.34, three S&S premium
margarine for $2 all, a eye round roast at $2.99 for $5.53, and it was the last
one out at that time, fresh garlic at $2.49 a pound .35, and a gallon of
S&S bleach for .99 for $10.27 total. I then returned home. I put away my purchases.
I mixed the four new bags of A&P coffee beans with the existing supply of
coffee beans I had, and I now have about 7 quarts of mixed coffee beans. I keep
the quart jars of coffee beans underneath my dining room table next to the
kitchen entrance. I keep them in resealable quart glass jars similar to mason
jars. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/02 Sunday 5:30 A.M.: I
tried twice to copy the CD/RW disk to a CD/R disk, but it did not work. I was
able to copy one of my regular music CDs to a CD/R disk, so that feature does
work. It takes about 9 minutes to copy a music disk. Perhaps, there was a bad
track in the CD/RW disk, or perhaps one can not do that. I am tired, so I will
go to bed shortly. I have to wake up at noon to take the batteries out of the
charger. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/02 Sunday 3:15 A.M.: I
encoded with the Real One Roxio plugin some of the music from my hard drive
onto a CD/RW disk. This takes a bit of time, about as much as it does take to
listen to the music. There is a little bit over 70 minutes on the disk. The MP3
music files encoded this way as opposed to copying, play on my TEAC DVD player
which is suppose to support MP3 music formats along with other CD formats. I
hooked up an old pair of head phones to my amplifier that have a lose wire on
one side that some times work properly and some times do not. I am recharging
the AAA Nickel Cadmium rechargeable batteries I have for my wireless
headphones, and they should be charged by noon today. I will now make a CD/R copy of the music I
just encoded. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/02 Sunday 2:15 A.M.: I
had a Stauffer’s Hearty pot roast dinner along with a couple of slices of
Italian bread toast and ice tea. I tried to burn my Favorites on a CD/RW disk,
but at the rate it takes to transfer each one, it would take two and a half
days to put them all on a disk. I guess, I will wait until I have some time. I
updated the Roxio plugin on Real One, and I imported my C: drive songs into its
media library. I am now encoding a CD/RW disk with some vintage music of my
generation. I went downstairs, and I put $10 on my laundry card. It will take
anther 40 minutes for the CD/RW disk to be completed. I am just relaxing. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/16/02 Saturday 10:50
P.M.: The Nero Burning program froze again when I was trying to burn all my
75,000 Favorites at one time. I have been able to copy them in Zip format
though. I will now try to burn them on one disk one sub folder at a time. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/16/02 Saturday 10:30
P.M.: I had reheated steamed rice with the meal I had after the last note. I
did my house cleaning and watering the plants.
I also ran Norton Clean Sweep along with Disk Doctor and Win Doctor. I
finished the backup of the C: drive to the D: drive. I imported my Favorites
into Nero Burning, but on the first CD write attempt it froze. I will try it
again shortly. I emptied all my garbage cans. I went out, and I stopped by the
West Putnam Avenue postal facility and I mailed my Que rebate forms along with
a Forbes cancel invoice. I did get the two free Forbes magazine. I read their
web site regularly anyway at www.forbes.com . I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went to Exxon, and I bought $10 of
premium at $1.499 a gallon. I next stopped by the library, and I dropped off a
DVD video disk at the outdoor video drop. I noticed while at the Post Office my
driver’s side rear bulb was going off and on like it was just about worn out. I
stopped by the Stop and Shop, and they do not carry car bulbs. The Exxon
station did not have them either. The Shell station carries car bulbs for more
recent models. I stopped by the Mobil station, and they did not have car bulbs.
I returned back to my residence, and I had a spare bulb in my tool case in the
trunk. I installed the new smaller driver’s side rear bulb, and I checked the
other lights. They are all fine. I put another snow brush from the trunk in the
back seat to replace, the one that broke some time ago. I will now try to burn
a Favorites CD again. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/16/02 Saturday 4:10 P.M.:
I went to bed at 11 P.M. last night, but I was unable to fall asleep until
about 4 A.M.. I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I received a telephone
call from a relative about 9 A.M.. I went downstairs, and I picked up a loaf of
Italian bread from the table now in the community room. I ate breakfast of
oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I fell back
asleep until 3:30 P.M.. I will now the delete the E: drive backup off the D:
drive. I will then run Norton Disk Doctor on the C: drive and Norton WinDoctor.
I will then start a backup of the C: drive to the D: drive. I will have a Stauffer’s lean cuisine Beef
portabella for lunch along with ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee. I will
then start my weekly house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/02 Friday 11:30 P.M.: I
did a bit of regular computer work sifting through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will wait until
tomorrow for my email. I am a bit tired, so I will head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/02 Friday 10:50 P.M.:
I cleaned up, and my guest arrived at 4:30 P.M.. We chatted a while. About 6
P.M. we had the same dinner I had earlier this week of spiced barbeque boneless
breast of chicken with steam asparagus and steamed white rice and ice tea. This time besides adding margarine to the
white rice, I also added sesame oil, La Choy low sodium soy sauce, and Medina
balsamic vinegar. After dinner, we watched the ABC evening news. We then
watched the a DVD video movie. My guest left about 9:30 P.M.. We had thought
about going up to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York www.usma.edu tomorrow Saturday March 16, for the 200th
anniversary celebration. However with my rather severe arthritis, I would not
be very comfortable out in the rain expected tomorrow. Well, I guess I will
have to make it to the 250th anniversary. They are selling First Day issues of stamps
and Eisenhower silver dollars at Eisenhower Hall tomorrow for $35 each. I think
an ounce of silver is only worth about $7, so one pays a premium to have
Eisenhower’s picture on the silver dollar. If one ever runs out of money making
such neumistic investments, one could always use it as a lucky silver dollar at
a casino. Well, I then relaxed a bit. I then took off the cover off the
computer case, and I inspected the IDE cables. It is just as I suspected. They
are two short for rearranging them to have one IDE cable on each CD player.
Well, the Que CD/RW player copies fast enough for me from the 50X CD player
with both of them on the same IDE cable. Well, I guess it is the story of my
life at middle age. When ever I think something is fast enough, others think it
is too slow. I guess time is relative as to the speed of events. Well, I will
now do a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 03/15/02:
Note:
<888> 03/15/02 Friday 3:25 A.M.: I
was up at 10:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian
bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I made up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I was able to get the
Que CD/RW working successfully. I copied my Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98
Second Edition Upgrades, Windows ME, and my Windows XP Professional disks. I
keep the copies by my computer, and I keep the original disks in their boxes
they were sold in. I made five archive copies of my primary computer data
files, 4 on CD/R and one on CD/RW, and I put one of each in the Sentry Fire
Storage box. I probably will store one or two others off site. On copying CDs, my computer would be even
faster doing it, if I put each CD player on a separate IDE cable. I am not sure
in the present configuration if the existing cables would be long enough. I
will look into it later. I will now send out my weekly notes. I have a guest
coming down for dinner about 5:15 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/02 Friday 1:15 A.M.: I
zipped my Favorites into sub folders, and I copied them to a CD/R disk. I tried
to add additional folders to the disk, but some how I had them in a different
format. I also can not get my ACER 50/X drive to read the CD/R disk, so I am
still in the learning curve about using the QUE CD/RW drive. I will now relax
and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/02 Thursday 8:05 P.M.: I fixed some short cuts on my desktop.
I filled out the rebate information for the Que CD/RW drive, and for both of
them they want the original UPC code from the box along with a copy of the
receipt, so I sent the UPC code with the $20 rebate, and I copied it, and I
sent that with the $15 rebate. CompUSA advertised two rebates, so hopefully QUE
will honor both of them. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/02 Thursday 6:40 P.M.: I was up at 1:30 P.M.. I had a
Stauffer’s lean cuisine honey chicken meal with peppers, and I also finished
off the pineapple grape mixture along with ice tea. I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then drove downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue on the
nice warm spring day, and I also sat out at various locations. I then drove
down by the waterfront. I then returned back to my apartment. I relaxed a bit.
I just now ate a Stauffer’s hearty turkey breast meal with stuffing and ice
tea. I will now do some regular computer work. I also have to fill out the
rebate forms for the Que CD RW drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/02 Thursday 10:00 A.M.: I installed the Nero Burning Rom 5.0
software, and I tired using it. I had trouble getting it to format a RW disk,
but I found at the Que web site an update to Nero Burning Rom 5.0 for XP, and
the formatting and copying to a RW disk work fine. I still have to figure out
other bits of the software. I did make one RW disk with 15 Beatles songs on it
which plays from the computer CD players, but I can not get it to load on my
DVD player. I made a CD R disk, and it records them very quickly. I will study this all later. I need some rest.
I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so I have to be back up at 1 P.M.. I had some ice
tea and goldfish crackers. Time for rest. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/02 Thursday 3:50 A.M.: I did a little computer work, and I
went back out last night at 7 P.M.. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove up to CompUSA in Norwalk.
I toured the store looking at the 18th anniversary specials. I
bought the QUE CD-RW Drive 24X/10X/40X for $84.99 which included a $15 instant
rebate plus $5.10 tax for $90.09. The
QUE drive also has two mailin rebates for $20 and $15, so it will eventually be
$50 and tax. I also bought a 10 pack of Smart Buy CD-RW 4X-10X recording disks
for $6.99, a bundle of 50 CompUSA CD-R 24 X recording disks for $14.99 and a
box of 50 CompUSA jewel cases for disks for $14.99 plus $2.22 tax for
$39.19. I started down the road, and I
remembered that I might need a Y cable splitter for my power supply, so I
returned to CompUSA. I bought a Y cable splitter for $10.99 off $2 because I
was short of cash and a CompUSA pack of 6 computer case thumb screws for $3.99
plus .90 tax for $15.88. I then returned home driving through central Greenwich
on the way back home. I first disconnected my computer case, and I looked at
the wiring situation. I only have two double IDE cable connectors, so I decided
I would have to remove the E: hard drive. I reconnected the computer, and I
copied from the E: drive to the C: drive my 74,000 Favorites, some Music, some
small programs and other files. This took some time, so I had same dinner as
last night around midnight. I then took
apart the computer. I removed the E: drive, and I put it in my Fire Sentry Case
next to the front door in a plastic static bag. I put in the new QUE drive in
the same location, setting it as a slave drive. The wires were already set up
there from the E: drive, and I did not need to use the Y power cable splitter.
I connected the two wire connector from the SoundBlaster Live MP#+ sound card
to the QUE drive leaving the 4 wire connector on my Acer 50X cdrom player. I
then tested the system, and sound plays out of both the ACER CD drive and QUE
CD/RW drive. I reassembled the case and connected all the cables in back of the
computer. It all seems to be working fine. I now have to install the software,
and I guess I will do a test record with the QUE CD/RW drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/02 Wednesday 5:40 P.M.: I went to bed at about 1 A.M. last
night, and I was up at 1 P.M. today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went out. I
stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then drove downtown, and I went by the
waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times and the Wall Street Journal. I returned a DVD video, and I checked out
two DVD videos. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two bundles of
fresh asparagus at $1.49 a pound for $1.45 and $1.43 each bundle, three
Stouffer’s hearty meals at $2.15 and a Stouffer’s 20 ounce lasagna at $2.57.
All of the Stouffer’s regular meals are 40% off. I also bought a bulb of garlic
at $2.99 a pound for .75 for $12.65 total. I then returned home, and I put away
my purchases. I will now listen to some Cnet radio. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/02 Tuesday 11:30 P.M.: After dinner, I watched a DVD video. I
will shut down the computer shortly and relax a bit before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/02 Tuesday 7:35 P.M.: I was up at 12:30 P.M.. I checked the
mail. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I chatted with a friend. I listened to a bit of Cnet radio www.cnet.com to hear about technology happenings on the west
coast. I worked on the backup computer. I installed the Real One final product
and updates and plugins. I had to set its video in Real One preferences on the
backup computer to a lower level by unchecking a box since the backup computer
only has four megs of onboard video. I tried updating the video drivers on the
backup computer, but I kept the old one. I updated the Symantec firewall and
Norton Antivirus 2002. I also installed Microsoft MSN 7.0 and the latest Java
Virtual machine. I downloaded from Real and listened to Paul McCartney’s
“Freedom”. I am cooking the same
boneless breast of barbeque chicken the same way with a little lemon juice
added to the previous recipe. I will have it with steamed white rice and
steamed asparagus, ice tea, and a cappuccino. It is damp out, so I will
probably be staying inside tonight. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/02 Tuesday 12:30 A.M.: I finished sifting through my email
and going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I noticed that CompUSA
has the Lexmark E210 Laser Printer for $99.99 after rebates Welcome to CompUSA.com - Products , about $100 off. I will now shut down for the night. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/02 Monday 11:30 P.M.: I had the same boneless breast of
barbeque chicken, steamed white rice, steamed asparagus, and ice tea as last
night for dinner. I am going through my regular computer routine. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/02 Monday 9:20 P.M.: I went downtown, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. World
magazine. I returned back to my apartment, and I relaxed a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/02 Monday 6:15 P.M.: The Logitech cordless mouse was getting
erratic, so I replaced the batteries in it, and it seems to run better. I moved the Logitech cordless mouse base
station to the left of the power control centers. I put the left Monsoon
speaker behind the computer to the left on top of the HP LaserJet IID manual. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/02 Monday 6:10 P.M.: I listened to some internet broadcasts.
I had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and a dill pickle slice and
potato chips and ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee. I cleaned up, and I
will go out shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/02 Monday 4:00 P.M.: I reinstalled the Creative SoundBlaster
Live MP3+ drivers for Windows XP. When I was checking the speaker on
quadraphonic speaker setup, I noticed the left Monsoon speaker and one of the
other pair of speakers was not working. I checked the back of the computer, and
on the first speaker output jack the double splitter was not plugged in all the
way affecting the Monsoon speakers, and I also changed the setting on one of
the other pair of speakers to surround, so both speakers work. Thus I now have
all speakers set up and tweaked properly. I will now clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/02 Monday 1:50 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M.. I checked the mail.
I listened to some internet news. I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins.
For the interested parties that read my notes, I will list the vitamins
and supplements that I take every day.
Following is a list: one 325 mg. aspirin, either a balanced B-100 or
B-50 tablet, 500 mg. of Niacinamide, a multiple vitamin such as Centrum Silver,
400 IU USP vitamin E, 1000 mg. or 500 mg. of Vitamin C, 500 mg. of Deodorized
Garlic, 1000 mg. of MSM, Echinacea 150 mg. and Goldenseal 100 mg. complex, and
Glucosamine Sulfate 500 mg. and Chondroitin Sulfate 400 mg. and MSM 500 mg.
combination. Before going to bed, I take
a Tylenol and a MSM 1000 mg. Well, it
all seems to help me a bit with my over all health and joint pain. I plan to stay inside and do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/02 Monday 1:45 A.M.: Well, I finished my regular internet
routine. It is time to call it a day.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/02 Monday 12:50 A.M.: I had the same barbeque boneless
chicken breast dinner I had a couple of nights ago. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/02 Sunday 11:05 A.M.: I analyzed the IP addresses with http://www.arin.net/whois/arinwhois.html , and judging from the
returns if it is one hacker, it is a Asian from Taipei who travels all the time
to Canada and down the east coast to Georgia going through Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Georgia, and Florida frequently, and visits California
frequently and might work for Intel in California and made one trip to
Australia. Of course if it is more than
one hacker, then other users IP addresses besides Optimum Online start with
“24.”. However, I bought my motherboards from somebody from Taipei, so maybe
they are monitoring my computer use hoping to sell me an Intel product. So much
for my Sherlock Holmes skills. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/02 Sunday 10:25 P.M.:
I made up a list of the IP addresses that I have blocked in the last two
months with Symantec Norton Firewall 2002 mostly for trying to attack my
computer looking for Trojan Horse access. Most of them are from Optimum Online
Users. Following is a link to the list http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/blockip.txt . CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/02 Sunday 8:55 P.M.: I went out after cleaning up. I drove
downtown, and I drove around the train station area. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought three Stauffer’s
hearty pot roast dinners at 40% off for all Stauffer’s for $2.15 each, and
boneless breast of chicken at $1.99 a pound for $5.77, and fresh asparagus at
$1.49 a pound for $1.55 for $13.77 total. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and
I bought three 96 ounce jugs of Tropicana orange juice with calcium at $2.99 a
jug for $8.97 total. I then returned
home, and I put away my purchases. I chatted with a relative. I noticed
yesterday when I was down at Grass Island that the park there on the waterfront
has about three to five Canadian goose droppings per square foot which is quite
dirty. I suppose if other people with waterfront lawns have the same problem,
they have a major health problem. I read
that they have reduced the Swan population on the waterfront by curdling their
eggs in the nests. Perhaps since the Swan population is down, the Canadian
Geese population is up. I am not sure or not if the Swans will run off the
Canadian geese or keep them from hanging around one’s lawn. Well time for some
regular computer work. It was quite blustery outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/02 Sunday 6:25 P.M.: I finished two loads of laundry. I
change the bedroom sheets when I do laundry. I had to leave the socks out on
the day bed to dry more. I did a bit of regular computer work. I just had a
Stauffer’s lean cuisine Chicken scaloppini with lasagna meal and some of the
pineapple and grape mixture along with ice tea and a cappuccino. I will now
clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/02 Sunday 3:45 P.M.: I was up at noon. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I put my laundry together, but the machines were busy. I went back to
bed until 2 P.M.. I am now on the dry cycle of the laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/02 Saturday 9:45 P.M.: We finished watching the DVD video. My
guest left about fifteen minutes ago. I will now relax before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/02 Saturday 6:35 P.M.: I finished the house cleaning and
backing up the computer about 1:30 P.M.. I ran Norton Disk Doctor and Norton
Win Doctor before the backup. I had lunch of two hotdogs with buns and ketchup
and mustard and potato chip and ice tea and Brazilian instant coffee. I had a
guest stop by at 2 P.M.. I cleaned up. We went by the library, and I returned a
DVD video, and I checked out 2 DVD videos.
We drove down by the waterfront and took a drive through Bruce Park. We
stopped by the library again to sit outside briefly. We stopped by the Stop and
Shop, and my guest bought fillet of salmon and fresh asparagus. We stopped by Smokes of Less in Byram. We
returned to my place. I ran Norton Speed Disk while I was out. We chatted a
while. I am now cooking the same baked fillet of salmon meal with steamed
asparagus and steamed white rice and ice tea. We will then watch a DVD video.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/02 Saturday 10:50 A.M.: I was up at 9:30 A.M.. I fetched a
loaf of Italian bread and four rolls downstairs from the bread table. I had
breakfast of Italian bread toast, oatmeal, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee.
I will now start a backup of the C: drive to the D: drive. I then will start my
weekly house cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/02 Saturday 12:30 A.M.: I sifted through my email. I went
through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I updated the Java
Virtual machine. I will now shut down, and I will relax a bit before going to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/02 Friday 11:05 P.M.: My sheep skin from New Zealand is made
by Bowron Sheepskin .
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/02 Friday 10:55 P.M.: My guest and I watched the DVD video.
My guest just left. I will now do a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/02 Friday 8:00 P.M.: A friend stopped by, and we chatted for
a while. We had the same dinner as last night. I just cleaned up. We will now watch a DVD video disk. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 03/08/02:
Note:
<888> 03/08/02 Friday 3:05 P.M.: I was up at 9 A.M., and I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I went back to bed until about 2:30 P.M.. I had some spice drops. I
will now send out my weekly email notes. I will then have two hotdogs with buns
and mustard and ketchup and potato chips and dill pickle slice and ice tea and
a cappuccino. I noticed in today’s Greenwich Times that Vice President Cheney’s
wife Lynne Cheney was in town for a fund raiser last night. I was over at
Staples about that time, and I had thought about using the ATM machine over at
the Hyatt at that time, and I would have run into them all, but I decided not
to buy anything at Staples, so I did not need to use the ATM machine at the
Hyatt. Greenwich Time link http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-award2mar08.story?coll=green%2Dnews%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines . After my meal, I will
do a little regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/07/02 Thursday 9:35 P.M.: I sifted through my email. I now will
relax a bit and channel surf the television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/07/02 Thursday 8:20 P.M.: After the last message, I gave one of
my neighbors a ride to Port Chester, New York. I then returned to central
Greenwich, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned a DVD video
disk, and I read P.C. Magazine. I stopped by the Grand Union, and I bought
White Gem boneless breasts of chicken at $2.99 a pound for $4.49. I then
returned back to my apartment, and I had lunch of a Stouffer’s lean cuisine
hearty meal Chicken Picone with rice, pineapple grape fruit salad, ice tea, and
Brazilian instant coffee. I then went out, and I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I
then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next went downtown, and I
walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out in the town common. The black
squirrel is still there, and I also saw a Mocking Bird. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I cleaned my car windows with glass cleaner. I chatted with a
resident. I drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, and I toured the store. I
then returned to my apartment. I relaxed a bit. I then oiled the Pyrex pie dish
with olive oil, and I rubbed one chicken breast in the oil and I diced four
gloves of garlic, and I put them on the chicken breast. I the seasoned the
chicken breast with garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and
meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, and Basil. I then covered the chicken
breast with Texas Best barbeque sauce, and added dashes of McHilney’s Tabasco
sauce, Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, and La Choy low sodium soy sauce,
and I cooked it in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35
minutes. I had it with steamed white rice and chopped fresh asparagus spears
and ice tea. By the way, I made up a new batch of ice tea last night. I will
now do some regular computer work. Also
my left shoulder has been hurting today like it might have Bursitis, and since
my 1976 Volvo does not have power steering, it was a little painful driving
today. Still, I am sure the pain will go away soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/07/02 Thursday 10:30 A.M.: The apartment inspection went
fine. They need to fix the sheet rock
above the bathroom sink where the hot water heater was replaced a few years
ago. It was also suggested that I move my Rubbermaid laundry hamper back into the
bedroom, so there is more hallway entrance space. Well, it is a nice day, so I
will go out for some daytime activity. Have a good day. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/07/02 Thursday 9:00 A.M.: I went to bed at midnight. I was up at
7 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee,
and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went out and threw out some garbage. It is a
very nice day. I have an apartment inspection at 9:15 A.M. today. I guess I will do a little computer work this
morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/02 Wednesday 8:55 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift Shop. I next went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then
went by Exxon, and I bought $9 of premium at $1.499 a gallon. I then went over
to the Food Emporium, and I bought two packs of four General Electric 40 watt
lights bulbs for .99 each and two packs of four General Electric 60 watt light
bulbs for .99 each, four packs of Stauffer’s hearty light meals for two for
$3.99 or $7.98 all, two packages of Master Choice mozzarella skim cheese $2.50
each, and a bar of Cabot’s Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $2.89 plus
.24 tax for $17.56 total. I then returned home. I relaxed a bit. Then I had the
same meal as last night. I chatted with a relative, and thanked them for the
sheep skin. I will now watch a DVD movie video. Have a good night. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/02 Wednesday 2:00 P.M.: I went over to Odd Job in Port
Chester, and I returned the Eureka steam cleaner for $53.36 cash refund with
tax. I then bought an Oneida wire cheese slicer for $1.99, an Oneida sliver
cheese slicer for $1.99, a pound of spice drops $1.99, 2 Tuff Pot Shot cookware
cleaner .99 each, a Oneida spatula .99, a set of three Chef’s Helper jar
openers $1.49 minus 10 percent senior discount on Wednesday for $1.04 Senior
Discount with my AARP card plus .63 tax for $10.02 total. I then went to Smokes
for Less in Byram, and I bought two cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $19
each $38 total. I was told that April 3, when the new Connecticut cigarette tax
increase goes into effect that they will go up $6 a carton to $25 a
carton. I will now have two hotdogs with
buns and ketchup and mustard and a dill pickle slice and potato chips and ice
tea and a cappuccino. I will then go out for some more daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/02 Wednesday 11:45 A.M.: I tried the Eureka steam cleaner,
and it does not work very well, so I will return it after I clean up. I guess
it is not a very heavy duty item. It just blows a little steam for about ten
minutes before having to be refilled, and the items I tried cleaning did not
really change very much. I also received
a sheep skin from a relative that visited New Zealand, so I put it on my day
bed. It is a Bowron sheepskin very white and fluffy. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/02 Wednesday 10:25 A.M.: I watched television until midnight.
I was up at 9 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I sent out an email. I will now try
out the Eureka power steamer to see how it works. I will listen to www.radio10.fm for relaxing music while I clean. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/02 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and
I put a half of quart of Pennzoil oil in my car. I also filled the antifreeze
overflow container to half way full. I sprayed WD-40 on the front passenger
side door latch, and I worked it a bit. It shut properly when one slams it
harder, but it is still suspect, so one has to be wary when sitting on that
side, and should test that it is secure by pushing out on the door to make sure
it is securely latched. I also sprayed WD-40 on some of the ignition contacts
and wires along with the battery terminals and some of the throttle linkages. I
then drove over to the Gateway Auto Supply, and I bought two quarts of Pennzoil
10W-40 oil for $1.99 a quart or $3.98 total. I then put another third of a
quart of Pennzoil in my car. I put the two containers in the trunk. I then made
my 4 P.M. appointment. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then stop by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought a dozen large eggs for $1.69, buy one get one free
of Ball Park beef franks for $3.79 both, fresh fillet of salmon at $3.99 a
pound for $1.70, asparagus at $1.49 a pound for $1.47, S&S lemon juice
quart $1.89, and a jar of Classico alfredo garlic sauce $2 for $12.54 total. I
then returned home. I relaxed a bit. I then took a round Pyrex pie dish, and I
put a couple of teaspoons of olive oil in it. I then rubbed the fillet of
salmon I had left over from Sunday in it, and I put about a half inch of lemon
juice and orange juice in the dish. I then seasoned the fish with Old Bay
seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, and Basil. I peeled and halved a small
onion and halved about ten asparagus, and I put them in the dish. I covered the
Pyrex dish with a Pyrex lid, and I cooked it all in the convection oven at 325
degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I had it all for dinner with steamed white
rice which I added some of the juices too along with the salmon, and I also had
a glass of ice tea. I chatted with a
friend. I then updated the beta of Real One to the finished product with the
plugins also. I will now start relaxing before calling it a day. I might watch a little television before
going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/02 Tuesday 3:05 P.M.: I put the rest of the air freshners in
the bedroom bureau drawer. I will now go out. I will check my car oil and spray
some WD-40 on the car door lock. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/02 Tuesday 1:55 P.M.: I dropped my neighbor off at the
Pathmark in Port Chester, New York. I then went to the ATM machine at Bank of
New York. I then went to Staples, and I bought from the Clearance center a
three pack of 500 sheets each of IBM Ultimate white heavy duty inkjet paper
regularly $23 all for $10 all, and a Coleman three pack of electronic mosquito
repellers for $4 all plus .95 tax for $14.95. I then went over to Odd Job, and
I bought two 64 ounce containers of Bissell glass cleaner refill with ammonia
for $1.79 each, two Bissell disinfectant spray antibacterial 12 oz. .99 each,
two McAuley’s carpet and room deodorizer with baking soda Mulberry .79 each,
TurtleWax extreme 2001 Protectant $1.99, 8 Sierra heavy duty room
fresheners 6 oz. .49 each plus .88 tax
for $13.93. I then returned home, and I left my purchases in my apartment. I
then went back to the ATM machine at Bank of New York in Port Chester. I then
went back to Odd Job, and I bought a Eureka Enviro Steamer hotshot regularly
$79.99 for $49.99 plus $3.37 tax for $53.36 total. The Eureka Enviro steamer
comes with a few attachments. It is made in Italy, and it is refurbished in
Mexico. It will be handy for heavy duty cleaning. It also kills germs. I then returned home. I
put one of Sierra room fresheners behind the window fan and another one
underneath the bathroom fan. I will now have two hotdogs with buns and mustard
and ketchup and potato chips and dill pickle slice and ice tea and a
cappuccino. Also my passenger side front
door seems to not close properly, but I think I fixed it. I have a 4 P.M.
appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/02 Tuesday 10:25 A.M.: I have cleaned up. I put new 15 watt
frosted candelabra bulbs in the sconces on the far wall in the living
room. I am now going to give a neighbor
a ride to Port Chester, and then I will do some other outdoors activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/02 Tuesday 9:05 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and pineapple grape
mixture. I will now clean up, and then I will do a little computer work. It
seems a bit cold out at 21 degrees Fahrenheit, so I guess the artic birds had
common sense in flying down here. I
notice it is 51 degrees Fahrenheit in mid state Florida, so I guess the oranges
are all right. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/02 Monday 8:30 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift Shop. I next went downtown, and I stopped by the central Greenwich Post
office, and I obtained a money order to pay my Verizon telephone bill. I then
stopped by the Greenwich Tobacconist briefly. I next drove down by the waterfront.
I went by the ELDC thrift shop in Cos Cob, and I bought a brass plant mister
for $2.12 with tax. I then returned a DVD video at the library, and I checked
out three DVD videos. I also read the local paper and the Wall Street Journal.
I then went by Stop and Shop, and I bought a fresh Del Monte pineapple for
$3.99, white seedless grapes at $1.99 a pound for $2.61, Vlassic snack kosher
dills $1.99, two containers of S&S French onion dip $1.29, La Choy light
soy sauce $2.19, Old Bay Seasoning $2.99, Asto sesame oil $3.59, Gold’s
horseradish $1.50, two medium bags of Wise Ridge sour cream potato chips $1.09
each for $23.31 total. I then returned home. I peeled and diced the pineapple,
and I cleaned and picked the grapes, and I mixed them together. I then added
three tablespoons of Angostura bitters, a jigger of Mount Gay rum, and two cups
of fresh orange juice, and I mixed it all together. I then put it all in a
Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator to chill. I then relaxed a bit. I put the brass plant mister
on the lower shelf of the bookcase in the kitchen entrance. For dinner I had the rest of the spaghetti
and tomato meat sauce with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. I chatted with a friend. I think I will relax a bit and maybe channel
surf the television and then head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/02 Monday 1:15 P.M.: After lunch, I moved the Holmes lava
mood lamp from the living room window shelf to the Danish bar table, so
hopefully if it is warmer, it might work instead of freezing up. I will now
clean up and go out. I am listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/02 Monday 11:55 A.M.: I went downstairs after the last
message, and I checked the mail which was not here yet. I then came up, and I
watched some of the History Channel. I noticed when I switched to channel two
that I had interference lines in the television reception. This is generally
caused by the connections at the splitter where the cable comes out of the
wall. I had hung it up on a stretched rubber band on a hook, and I switched
from the rubber band to a more secure piece of heavier blue electrical wire to
secure the various cables in relative position, so they do not have pressure on
them. Right now the reception on the
television is near perfect. This might
have also been causing interference on the cable modem causing it to disconnect
from being online. Hopefully I have
remedied the problems. I checked the mail, and I received my Verizon telephone
bill, so I will pay it later on this afternoon. I also had a toasted roll. They supposedly are going to move the large
table out of the front entrance hall, since the Housing Authority does not
allow tenants to place furniture in the hallway. I will now have some reheated
spaghetti noodles with tomato meat sauce and grated parmesan cheese, ice tea,
and a cappuccino. I will then clean up and go out for some outdoor activity. I
should be out about 1:30 P.M. or a little before. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/02 Monday 9:30 A.M.: I finished sifting through my email. I
also went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I guess I will now shut down, and I will
clean up and go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/02 Monday 7:45 A.M.: I was up at 6 A.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I started up the computer, and I uninstalled and reinstalled the
networking. Occasionally when I start
the computer, I have problems with the computer logging onto Optimum Online, so
hopefully this solved the problem. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/02 Sunday 8:30 P.M.: Instead of going out after the last
message, I relaxed a bit, and I took a nap from 9 A.M. until 11:30 A.M.. I then
had a cappuccino, and I cleaned up. A
friend stopped by about 12:30 P.M., and we drove down by the waterfront. We
then walked the lower Greenwich Avenue area. We stopped by the Stop and Shop,
and I bought three packages of S&S margarine for $1 all, four packages of
Muller thin spaghetti for .50 each, fresh fillet of salmon at $3.99 a pound for
$6.62, fresh asparagus at $1.49 a pound $1.61, S&S hotdog buns $1.19, a 16
oz. package of frozen Brussels sprouts $1.89, and two 16 ounce packages of
frozen green peas $1.89 each for $18.09 total.
We then returned back to my place.
We had some Carr’s crackers with mozzarella cheese and ice tea. We
watched a DVD movie. I then put a light layer of olive oil in a Pyrex baking
dish, and I cut the fillet of salmon in three pieces about a half pound apiece.
I cooked two fillets adding about a half cup of lemon juice in the dish with
salmon and seasoning the Salmon filets on top with Basil, Oregano, and Italian
spices. I cooked them at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. We had the
salmon with steamed white rice and steamed asparagus and ice tea. We then
chatted a while. My guest left about 8 P.M.. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/02 Sunday 7:45 A.M.: I sifted through my email. I went
through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I renewed the Microsoft
Windows XP book at http://pac.greenwichlibrary.org/patroninfo at http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/
. I was emailed about finding pictures on the
web, and I suggested http://www.corbis.com/ and for art there is always www.getty.edu . Well I will now have a can of Progresso beef and
mushroom soup with a roll with margarine, potato chips, ice tea, and a
cappuccino. I will then clean up and go out in about an hour of more for some
fresh air probably around 9 A.M. or so. Have a good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/02 Sunday 6:05 A.M.: I finished writing the letter. I noticed
that CompUSA www.compusa.com has good sale prices on hard drives this week. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/02 Sunday 4:30 A.M.: I went to bed at 8 P.M., and I was up at
3:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I will now write a letter to a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/02 Saturday 6:20 P.M.: I had an enjoyable dinner. I think I
will now shut down the computer, and I will watch a bit of television before
going to bed. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/02 Saturday 5:35 P.M.: I put the PCI USB 2 Port card in the
backup computer. I had to move the Logicode EISA modem card and the
SoundBlaster SW32 EISA cards down one slot, so as to make room for the PCI USB
2 Port card to fit into the case. The
PCI USB 2 Port card was a little bit short for my case, but by curving the
backside slide holder, I was able to fit it in.
The PCI 2 Port USB card works fine in the backup computer, although at
the moment I do not have any USB devices to attach to it. I cleaned the inside
of the backup computer with the Cleaning Duster air. I opened up the old power
supply, and I cleaned it, and I attached the new power switch to it, and I
packaged it up in the new box. I will keep it for emergency needs. However,
realistically at the $20 cost, it is better to use a new one in an emergency if
available. I am defrosting some tomato meat sauce, and I will make up some
spaghetti noodles and have some it with parmesan cheese for dinner along with
ice tea and a roll. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/02 Saturday 3:45 P.M.: I went out, and I gave a ride to a
neighbor to Port Chester. I then drove through downtown Greenwich, and I drove
by the waterfront. I then drove up to Norwalk, and I stopped by the Wiz, and I
paid my this month’s Cablevision and Optimum Online bills. I the went to
CompUSA, and I bought a PCI USB 2 Port Card for $14.99 and a CompUSA 250 watt
AT Power Supply for $19.99 plus $2.10 tax for $37.08 total. I then returned home
to Greenwich. I just finished installing the new CompUSA 250 watt AT Power
Supply on my primary computer. I did not use the CPU switch that came with the
power supply, but I continue to use my old one, since it was a bit tricky to
install a new switch. I never use the switch since I turn on the computer with
the power control center, so the old switch should be just fine. I also keep the existing power cord. The primary computer is working just fine,
and it is quieter, since the old power supply was a little louder. Since the first year and a half I had the
original power supply in the AT case, I ran a server which means the CPU was on
all the time, there would have been a bit of wear and tear on the original power
supply. I will now install the PCI 2 Port USB card in the backup computer, so
the backup computer will have USB capability. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/02 Saturday 10:35 A.M.: I finished the house cleaning and
watering the plants. I picked up a loaf of Italian bread and four rolls
downstairs from the bread donation table.
I just had two hot dogs with buns and mustard and ketchup, a dill pickle
slice, potato chips, ice tea, and I am just about to have a cappuccino. I will
then clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/02 Saturday 7:45 A.M.: I was up at 6:30 A.M.. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I will
now do some house cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/01/02 Friday 10:00 P.M.: After the last message, I went out and
I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I returned the Epson
Stylus Photo 870 printer that was broken for a full refund of $14.75. I then
bought a roll of cloth for half price for $10. It was 30 feet by 54 inches. It
is upholstery material that is a medium Williamsburg Blue with lighter blue
stripes and petit point red and green flowers. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I went by St. Moritz bakery,
and I bought a round pastry with pecans and apples and rectangular pastry with
raspberry filling for $2.75 both. I sat out in the cool fresh air, and I ate
them. I then returned home. I cut the upholstery material in three six foot
lengths and a twelve foot length. I draped the three six foot length vertically
across the long green sofa since that is the way the pattern ran. It looks
quite sharp, and a lot cleaner. I left two sets of blue pattern pillows on the
sofa. I draped the 12 foot length of upholstery material over the Queen Anne
chair folding it, so it fits neatly. I put the down comforter on the end of the
sofa on the end of the day bed. Thus my sitting area in the living room looks a
bit neater and sharper. I also brought back to the apartment the Slaymaker
jumpstart system, since I did not need it. I went back downtown at noon. I
stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went to First
Union National Bank on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent. I then paid my
AT&T telephone bill with a money order at the central Greenwich Post Office.
I sat out for a while. I walked a small section of Greenwich Avenue. I then
stopped by Exxon, and I bought $11 of premium at $1.499 a gallon. I also
checked the air in my tires to 28 PSI. I then returned home. I had the rest of
the cold eye round in a sandwich with mayonnaise and horseradish, potato chips,
dill pickle slice, ice tea, and a cappuccino.
A friend stopped by at 2:15 P.M., and we chatted a while. I then took a
nap from 3 P.M. to 5 P.M.. We then went out to the Cos Cob Food Mart, and we
bought four ears of Florida corn for .33 each and a pork tenderloin for $3.99 a
pound. We then drove down by the waterfront. We then stopped by Smokes for Less
in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $19. We then
returned back to my place, and we chatted and had ice tea. I then broiled the
pork tenderloin for 5 minutes a side seasoning with ground black pepper, garlic
powder, celery salt, and poultry and meat seasoning. We had it for dinner with
the steamed corn on the cob and ice tea. We chatted a while, and my guest left
at 9:15 P.M.. I will now head off to bed since I am a bit tired. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/01/02 Friday 8:05 A.M.: I cleaned up. I went downstairs briefly.
I have been listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I will now go out for
some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/01/02 Friday 6:20 A.M.: I just heard on the BBC that the Tate
Gallery in London have just put 30,000 paintings from the Turner collection
online http://www.tate.org.uk/home/default.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 03/01/02 Friday 6:00 A.M.: I sent out my weekly email notes. I
sifted through my email. I am charging
up the Slaymaker Jumpstart system to have it fully charged. I might take it
with me today in case anyone needs a jumpstart. I sent out this message.
Message follows:
Friday 5:45 A.M. 03/01/02
Yesterday about noon, I saw about
four snow geese in Bruce Park.
When I was down in Old Greenwich
shortly thereafter, I was told
there was a Snowy Owl on the
second building after entering Tod's Point.
They last time I saw Snow Geese
in Bruce Park about 12 years ago,
we had a two and a half foot snow
fall. I guess with the drought, we will
not be getting the snow, but it
certainly is cooler.
The snow geese I saw were not all
white, but were partially brown tan and white.
Mike Scott
Greenwich, Connecticut
End of Scott's
Notes week 03/01/02:
Note:
<888> 03/01/02 Friday 4:05 A.M.: I went to bed at 9 P.M., and I was up at
3 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins.
I will now do some regular computer work.
CIO
Note: <888> 04/30/02 Tuesday 10:10 P.M.: I
printed out a birthday card for a relative. I finished making the ice tea. I
got some bills ready to pay tomorrow. I chatted with a friend. I watched some
television. I will now shut down for the night. CIO
Note: <888> 04/30/02 Tuesday 7:15 P.M.: I had
an enjoyable dinner. I am in the process of making up a batch of ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/30/02 Tuesday 5:20 P.M.: I was
up at 10 A.M. this morning. For
breakfast I had two slices of sunflower seed bread toast, orange juice, coffee,
vitamins, and oatmeal. I took a Benedryl before going to bed last night and one
this morning. I figured with the increased pollen in the air, it might help me
feel better. I cleaned up. I then went out. I drove over to the VitaminShoppe
in Port Chester, New York, and I bought 100 capsules each of deodorized garlic
$4.47, E 400 IU $7.97, B-Complex 100 mg $9.47, daily multiple with luten
$10.47, Niacimide $3.97, C-500 mg $4.47 plus I had a $10 off coupon for $30.82
total. I then toured Staples and Odd Job. Odd Job has lots of various teas. I
then stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, and I cashed my
$20 Staples rebate check. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop,
and I bought a size 40 inch waist pair of dark navy cotton shorts for $6 and a
size 42 inch waist pair of baby blue linen shorts for $6 for $12 total. I then
toured the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. At the moment they do not have any
used clothing for larger people. I sat out briefly. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then stopped by the library, and I returned the day late video
disk with a $1 fine that I paid, and I also checked out another one. I then
went by Stop and Shop, and I bought four half gallons of Tropicana Premium with
calcium for $2 each, a 5 pound bag of Domino sugar $1.99, Morton Light salt
.99, two Swanson dinners for $2 each, a eye round roast at $3.99 a pound for
$9.38, two dozen large eggs at $1.69 a dozen for $27.74. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. The shorts fit fine. I had some ice tea. I will now season the eye
round with garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery salt, Old Bay seasoning,
Italian spices, Basil, Oregano, and Sweet Baby Ray barbeque sauce and cook it
in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 minutes. I will have a
couple half inch slices of it for dinner with reheated pasta Alfredo mixture
and steamed fresh asparagus and broccoli and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/29/02 Monday 9:40 P.M.: I had a
can of Progresso minestrone soup along with ice tea. I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note: <888> 04/29/02 Monday 7:45 P.M.: I
rested until 6 P.M.. I had reheated Alfredo sauce and spinach pasta mixture
with ice tea. I have not been doing that
much food shopping recently. Normally this time of year after the winter
season, I start using up some of the can goods I keep in the apartment in case
of winter snow emergencies. I still have quite a few of these items to use up,
so I have been eating them instead of shopping for fresh food. I threw out the
garbage. I received a Staples $20 rebate on the 50 disk CD/r pack I bought. I
am just relaxing. CIO
Note: <888> 04/29/02 Monday 1:40 P.M.: I was
up at noon. I had a toasted roll and a slice of sunflower seed bread, oatmeal,
orange juice, and vitamins. I am just relaxing.
I feel a bit better today. CIO
Note: <888> 04/28/02 Sunday 6:15 P.M.: I
chatted with a relative. I had my meal. I will now watch some television and
relax. CIO
Note: <888> 04/28/02 Sunday 4:30 P.M.: I was
up at 9 A.M. today. I had three medium boiled eggs and a toasted roll with
orange juice and vitamins. I watched a bit of television, and I relaxed today.
I will have some of the spinach pasta and Alfredo sauce mix, steamed fresh
broccoli along with ice tea. I am
feeling a bit better, and hopefully I will make it outside tomorrow. CIO
Note: <888> 04/27/02 Saturday 4:35 P.M.: I
continued to rest to get over my cold. I was up at 9 A.M. this morning, and I
got three rolls and a loaf of oat bread from the bread table downstairs. I went
back to bed until noon. I had oatmeal and a toasted roll with orange juice and
vitamins. I rested until about 4 P.M.. I made up a batch of Mollina Italian
spinach noodles, and I put on a heated jar of Five brothers creamy garlic
Alfredo sauce. I had a portion of this with grated parmesan cheese sprinkled on
it. I will now relax some more. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 04/26/02:
Note: <888> 04/26/02 Friday 4:00 P.M.: I
rested some more. I chatted with a relative. I cleaned up, and I checked the
mail. I just had a Tombstone pepperoni pizza with ice tea. I will now send out
my weekly notes. CIO
Note: <888> 04/26/02 Friday 10:55 A.M.: I have
had the flu or a fever since Tuesday evening. I stayed in bed continually with
chills and fever. I had 3 medium boiled eggs and toast on Wednesday along with
glasses of orange juice and vitamins. On
Thursday I had oatmeal and toast, and I had a Marie Callender chicken parmesan
meal. I also had orange juice, and I took vitamins and CVS extra strength non
aspirin pain reliever. I will now have three medium boiled eggs, toast,
vitamins, and orange juice. I guess I will continue to stay inside since I have
not fully recovered yet. CIO
Note: <888> 04/23/02 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: I
watched the DVD video. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/23/02 Tuesday 6:20 P.M.: I went
out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a new
AT&T white council telephone that has a built in speakerphone for $10. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I weather watched for a while. I then sat
out downtown for an extended period of time. I chatted with a local. I next
made my 4 P.M. appointment. Afterwards I returned home. I put the new AT&T
telephone on the left front of the bedroom desk, so there are now two
telephones in the bedroom. I relaxed a bit with an ice tea. For dinner I had a Maria Callender lasagna
dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/23/02 Tuesday 1:05 P.M.: I sent out a couple of emails. I checked the
mail. I received my AARP card information. I did a little bit of computer work.
I had lunch of two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard, potato chips, two
small dill pickles, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will now clean up and go out.
I have a 4 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note: <888> 04/23/02 Tuesday 10:25 A.M.: My
guest was up at 4 A.M. this morning, and he left at 5 A.M. to catch his flight.
I had breakfast of oatmeal, raisin bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I went back to bed until 9:30 A.M.. I checked the mail, and it is not
here yet. It is a bit chilly out this
morning at 41 degrees Fahrenheit. I will now do some regular computer work. I
have a 4 P.M. appointment this afternoon. CIO
Note: <888> 04/22/02 Monday 9:15 P.M.: My
guest showed up at 4 P.M.. We chatted and had some ice tea. At 6 P.M. I made
dinner of filet of salmon which I cooked in a Pyrex pie dish coated with olive
oil, and about a half cup of lemon juice with a pad of margarine on each filet
seasoned with Old Bay seasoning, oregano, basil, and Italian spices. I baked it
at 325 degrees Fahrenheit in the convection oven for 20 minutes. We had this for
dinner with steamed white rice and steamed fresh asparagus and broccoli and ice
tea. We then watched some television. My guest has to be up at 4 A.M., so I
will shut down for the day now. CIO
Note: <888> 04/22/02 Monday 3:45 P.M.: I went
out, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a Queen Elizabeth II
Silver Jubilee dish for $2. I then went downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue including the train station area. I did not sit out at various locations
because it was raining. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went to the
ELDC thrift shop. I ran into a school classmate there checking out the
bargains. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned two DVD video
disks, and I checked out double video disk “Victoria and Albert”. I then went
by Exxon, and I bought $12.20 of premium at $1.799 a gallon. I then went to the
Stop and Shop, and I bought filet of salmon at $3.99 a pound for $4.43, fresh
California asparagus at $1.99 a pound for $2.41, fresh broccoli at .79 a pound
for .99 for $7.83 total. I also received .75 credit for returned soda pop cans
for $7.08 total. I then returned home. I put the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee
dish next to the Queen Elizabeth II whiskey jug on the Danish bar. I had some
ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/22/02 Monday 11:00 A.M.: I
rested until 10 A.M.. I watched some television, and I had a dozen Carr’s
crackers with Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I checked the mail. I got the
Abercrombie and Fitch catalog which shows a warmer tropical resort. Well, it is
cold and damp here. I guess I will clean up and go out and face the English
weather. CIO
Note: <888> 04/22/02 Monday 6:00 A.M.: Today
is “Earth Day”, so one should try to save energy today. I went to bed after the
last message yesterday. I had a call about 7 P.M.. I was up at 5 A.M., and I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, raisin bread toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. CIO
Note: <888> 04/21/02 Sunday 3:50 P.M.: I
finished my meal. I finished making the ice tea. I chatted with a relative. I
am just relaxing on Sunday. CIO
Note: <888> 04/21/02 Sunday 1:35 P.M.: I
chatted with a friend. Apparently his daughter broke her themor recently, and she
is in a complete body cast. My friend was also in a severe automobile wreck on
April 11, and was almost killed. He will be taking a long time to recover, but
he seems to be on the road to recovery. I did not know until I just called. I
am making up a batch of ice tea. I will now have two hotdogs with buns and
ketchup and mustard, potato chips, two small dill pickle slices, ice tea, a
piece of Pepperidge Farm cake, and a cup of Brazilian instant coffee. CIO
Note: <888> 04/21/02 Sunday 11:55 A.M.: I was
up at 5:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I watched http://hourofpower.org/
. I chatted with a friend. I went back to bed until just a bit of time ago. CIO
Note: <888> 04/20/02 Saturday 9:40 P.M.: I
chatted with my guest. About 6:30 A.M., I fried four ½ inch thick pork chops in
olive oil and margarine for two minutes a side or slightly more seasoning them
with ground black pepper, celery salt, garlic powder, oregano, basil, and
Italians spices and adding a few tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce
with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce while they fried. We each had two
chops with steamed white rice and steamed fresh asparagus and broccoli and ice tea.
We watched a bit of television and then we chatted. I will now go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/20/02 Saturday 4:50 P.M.: I
went out after the last message, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a
pine wall rack for $5. I then went downtown. I walked up the Avenue to CVS from
mid avenue. I then went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a package
of three 30 pound Professional wall hangers for $2.49 plus .15 tax for $2.64. I
the picked up a free copy of Friday’s Wall Street Journal in front of Saks
Fifth Avenue. I then drove down the Avenue. I then walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I checked out a DVD video
disk. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought two packages of S&S
hotdog rolls for $1.19 each package, a package of four pork chops at $2.59 a
pound for $2.56, two Marie Calander meals for $1.49 and $1.99 each for $8.42
total. I then returned home. I polished the pine wall hanger with lemon oil,
and I hung it with the 30 pound hangers to the right of the bathroom sink with
various items stored in it. I took the wicker wall rack hanger that I had
hanging there, and I put it on the wall to the left of the primary computer. I
put my left side computer speakers on it along with my inexpensive digital
camera and computer tool kit and some extra eye glasses. I had my guest arrive
at 3:30 P.M.. I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note: <888> 04/20/02 Saturday 9:55 A.M.: I
finished house cleaning and vacuuming. I chatted with a friend who will be
visiting at 3:30 P.M. today. I had a meal of a Swanson’s Hungryman boneless
breast of chicken dinner with ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee. I picked
up a loaf of raisin bread from the bread table downstairs. I will now clean up
and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note: <888> 04/20/02 Saturday 7:25 A.M.: I
went to bed at 8 P.M., and I was up at 2:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I
just finished the house cleaning except for vacuuming, which I will do after 9
A.M., so as not to disturb my neighbors. CIO
Note: <888> 04/19/02 Friday 4:25 P.M.: I did a
little bit of computer work. I will not shut down for the day. CIO
Note: <888> 04/19/02 Friday 2:45 P.M.: I
relaxed a bit. About 6 A.M., I had two hotdogs with buns and mustard and
ketchup, potato chips, two small dill pickles, ice tea, and a Brazilian instant
coffee. I rested until 11 A.M.. I went out, and I put new silver duct tape on
my right rear tail light which has a couple of cracks in it. The duct tape
should keep the moisture out. I relaxed a bit more. I had two ½ inch slices of
cold eye round beef with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white
rice, steamed fresh broccoli and asparagus, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I just
got the NOAA weather warning for a severe storm front moving over this area
from Westchester Country airport on north and east. We are right on the
southern edge. I would imagine IBM in Armonk will shortly be experiencing an
intense electrical storm. I just told my neighbors. I also just cleaned the
inside of my car windows. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 04/19/02:
Note: <888> 04/19/02 Friday 4:50 A.M.: I
scanned yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article about the French Volcano
tourist park . The link to their web
site is http://www.vulcania.com/ . I will now send out my weekly
notes. CIO
Note: <888> 04/19/02 Friday 3:00 A.M.: I have
only been in Manhattan once in the last ten years about two months ago. Some
friends showed me a bar in the Campbell Apartment just off Vanderbilt Avenue on
the south west corner of Grand Central Station. I do not drink alcohol anymore,
but I think some people still do to relieve themselves with alcohol refreshment
from the temperature variations of Manhattan.
The steps into the Campbell Bar are very steep, and if one were drinking
alcohol or were frail, one would have to exercise caution descending and
ascending the steps. Still it is a pleasant atmosphere from what I saw,
particularly for commuters whom no long have access to the Brasserie coffee
shop in the basement of the Seagram’s building. I posted a link to their
brochure I picked up when I was there www.geocities.com/mikelscott/campapt.jpg
. CIO
Note: <888> 04/19/02 Friday 2:45 A.M.: I was
up at midnight. I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. When cooking breakfast with oatmeal, I use the GE
microwave, DeLonghi toaster oven, and Krups espresso cappuccino machine all at
the same time off the same kitchen wall socket on an orange extension cord. I
guess the DeLonghi toaster oven has more wattage since I had to reset the
circuit breaker behind the living room mirror leading towards the hallway. Thus
I should make the coffee first then do the oatmeal and toast. Still the
DeLonghi toaster oven worked fine. I took off the top of the toaster oven the
Danish cookie tin that I keep cigarette butts in, and I put it on the large
coffee soup cups in the blue kitchen hallway bookcase. I also took off the
steel coffee cup tree, and I washed the six coffee mugs, and I put the steel
coffee mug tree and the mugs on top of the Danish bar in the living room. I did
some research on the internet. CIO
Note: <888> 04/18/02 Thursday 4:50 P.M.: I
went to my 3 P.M. appointment, but it was cancelled for today. I returned home.
I chatted with a neighbor. I relaxed a bit. I will now go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/18/02 Thursday 1:40 P.M.: I
went out after the last message. I stopped by the Free Wall Street Journal
Newspaper box in front of Saks Fifth Avenue on Greenwich Avenue, and I obtained
yesterday’s and today’s Wall Street Journal. I then walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out for a while. I then walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue.
I sat out for a while. I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store on the way
down the Avenue, and I viewed their top floor merchandise. They have a few 70%
off items. I then sat out in the park, and I read the two issues of the Wall
Street Journal. The last inside page of today’s Wall Street Journal has an article
about a new volcanic amusement park they built in the volcanic region in France
for $87 million dollars. It is suppose to quite an interesting adventure park,
and it is suppose to attract 500,000 people a year to the volcanic region of
France. I will copy and post the article when I have time. I then went to the
Mews Merry Go Round Thrift Shop. A skunk
apparently let loose in front of their door, so there is a bit of an odor
entering the shop. Skunks are very common on Greenwich Avenue and the waterfront
area. It is generally wise not to startle them. If one should be unfortunate
enough to be sprayed with a skunk, generally tomato juice in quantity will help
wash away the smell. I bought a dark navy pair of size 44 inch waist shorts for
$2 and a pair of khaki size 38 inch waist shorts for $2 for $4 total. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I next went to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop, and I bought a black DeLonghi Alfredo Ultima toaster oven for $5. I then
returned home. I put the DeLonghi toaster oven behind the General Electric
microwave oven where the Welbilt toaster oven was. I put the Welbilt toaster
oven beneath the lower left cabinet, and I threw out my old spare General
Electric toaster oven. I also threw out a popcorn popper. I put the DeLonghi
toaster oven broiling pan on top of the GE microwave oven with the other
frequently used cooking utensils. I did not get the broiling pan handle with
it, but it did come with instructions. I had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup
and mustard and potato chips and two small dill pickles along with ice
tea. The size 44 inch shorts fit me, but
the size 38 inch shorts do not fit. I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon.
I guess I will now listen to some BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. CIO
Note: <888> 04/18/02 Thursday 7:10 A.M.: I
finished my regular computer work. I had two 1/3 to ½ inch thick pieces of cold
eye round beef with horseradish sauce and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
reheated steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed fresh
asparagus and broccoli, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I watched a bit of
television. I will now clean up and go out for some cooler morning air. CIO
Note: <888> 04/18/02 Thursday 4:05 A.M.: I ran
Windows Update, and I installed a Critical Update. I also installed an Internet
Explorer Security Update. CIO
Note: <888> 04/18/02 Thursday 3:15 A.M.: I
finished the laundry, and I put it away. CIO
Note: <888> 04/18/02 Thursday 1:45 A.M.: I
received a telephone call from a friend at 9 P.M.. I was up at midnight. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, Italian bread toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I am on the wash cycle of my laundry. I also put clean
sheets on the bed which I do whenever I do laundry. I will now do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 04/17/02 Wednesday 2:15 P.M.: I
watched a bit of television. I am a bit tired, so I will go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/17/02 Wednesday 12:50
P.M.: Before going out, I put the two
living room sofa comforters in plastic bags, and I put them in the false
ceiling above the bedroom bed. I put the Bodum lambs wool throw on top of the
Queen Anne chair in the living room. I put a 12 pack of Barq’s root beer in the
lower drawer of the refrigerator. I went out at 7 A.M.. I figure by that time
of the day, it is daylight, and there should not be any predator cats around. I
stopped by the free Wall Street Journal box in front of Saks Fifth Avenue, and
I picked up yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. I then walked lower Greenwich
Avenue and the train station area. I bought a raspberry Danish at St. Moritz
bakery for $1.25. I ate it in front of the senior center. I then walked up to
the top of the Avenue, and I sat out a while. I then walked down the Avenue,
and I went to the rear entrance of the Greenwich Hardware store which opens at
8 A.M., and I bought a Frost King air conditioner filter for $1.99 plus .12 tax
for $2.11. I then sat downtown for a while. About 8:30 A.M., I drove down by
the waterfront, and I chatted with a local. I then went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned and
checked out a DVD video. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 96
ounce containers of Tropicana premium with Calcium for $2.99 each, S&S 10
pack of dry milk for $5.49, three S&S premium margarine for $2 all, and a
head of broccoli for .99 a pound for $1.15 for $14.62 total. I then went by the
Food Emporium, and I bought two bunches of asparagus for $1.49 a pound for
$3.28 total. I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought two cartons
of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26 a carton for $52 total. I then returned
home. It is quite comfortable and cool in my apartment with the General
Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control that I bought
two years ago at Partridge and Rockwell for $589. I put the new Frost King air
conditioner filter over the original air conditioner filter replacing the old
one. I put the Frost King filter in because it makes the original GE last
longer, and it is easily replaced. I
remember last year that the Wiz had a 15,000 BTU Panasonic air conditioner with
remote control for $450, and I recall that Home Depot had a 15,000 BTU Hampton
air conditioner without remote control for $359. All of these units used 115
Volt. Usually if one goes any higher in BTU, one needs a special 220 Volt plug
receptacle. I had lunch of two hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup, potato
chips, two small dill pickles, and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/17/02 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.: I
sorted through the paper work on the bedroom desk. Now it looks a bit neater. I
also went through the periodicals on the magazine rack, and I sorted out the
old flyers. I also glanced through the issues of the Greenwich Post since last
mid October. Well, although I do not have time to read all the information that
I get in the mail, since I am on the internet quite a bit reading mostly
technology news, I have done my best to catch up. I will now clean up and go
out for some morning air. CIO
Note: <888> 04/17/02 Wednesday 3:35 A.M.: I
finished my meal. I know in the North Country, they frequently have problems
with predatory cats. I have six Norwegian chocolate cups that have mountain
lions seals on them. I believe they have also used the mountain lion on the
flags in Scotland and Switzerland historically. In the North American region, I
believe we have to deal with mountain lions, bob cats, lynx, cougars, pumas, jaguars,
leopards, panthers and other such feline animals. From my experience they hunt
in the early morning hours. I do not know if they are common this time of year,
but I have not seen rabbits out crazing recently during the evening and morning
hours which might be an indicator that such feline predators might be around.
If one keeps horses, I was advised the best thing to do is to keep a radio
going in the stable to scare away any cats. Well it was 90 degrees Fahrenheit
in Chicago yesterday, so more than likely the heat wave will continue our way
today. In looking at pictures, the last time I was at the dentist last summer,
I believe, I saw a picture in National Geographic of a Brazilian Jaguar, an
animal one definitely would not want to run into on an early morning stroll.
Anyway I think I will sort out and clean up the paper work on my bedroom desk,
and then I will sort out and clean up the periodicals on my magazine rack. This
should keep me busy until later in the morning.
I also turned the air conditioner down to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, so the
apartment should be about 72 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO
Note: <888> 04/17/02 Wednesday 1:55 A.M.: I
have been sleeping a bit. I went to bed after the last message, and I had a
call from a friend at 5 P.M.. I then chatted with another friend at 8:30 P.M..
I had breakfast of oatmeal, Italian bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I watched some television. I fell back asleep until 1:30 A.M.. I
guess although it is cool in my apartment, I have subconsciously been avoiding
facing the heat of the day. I will shortly have two 1/3 inch thick pieces of
cold eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed fresh broccoli,
ice tea, and a cappuccino. Possibly then I will clean up and go out for some
fresh air. However, since Mountain Lions and other predatory cats seem to hunt
in the early morning hours, I will have to think about whether I want to take
an early morning walk. CIO
Note: <888> 04/16/02 Tuesday 9:15 A.M.: I went
through Monday and Friday’s Wall Street Journal. I will now try to rest a bit.
CIO
Note: <888> 04/16/02 Tuesday 7:50 A.M.: I
slept from after the last message to 5:30 A.M.. I had a piece of Pepperidge
Farm cake, two slices of Italian bread with margarine, and three 1.5” X 1.5” X
¼” slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I relaxed a bit more. I got
two crank Fax phone calls. I chatted with a friend. I turned the air
conditioner back on to 72 degrees Fahrenheit. It is suppose to go up to 80
degrees Fahrenheit today. I am thinking about going out for some fresh air, or
perhaps I might relax some more. Maybe I will read the yesterday’s and Friday’s
Wall Street Journal. CIO
Note: <888> 04/16/02 Tuesday 3:00 A.M.: I watched
the DVD video “The Perfect Storm”. I
watched some other television. I had dinner of two 1/3 inch thick slices of
cold eye round with horseradish sauce and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
reheated steamed white rice, steamed fresh broccoli, and ice tea. I watch a bit
more television. I will now rest for a bit.
I turned the air conditioner back to “Fan”. CIO
Note: <888> 04/15/02 Monday 10:30 P.M.: I was
up at 6 P.M.. I watched the ABC evening news. I turned on my General Electric
Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control to 72 degrees Fahrenheit
since it was 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment. It is 68 degrees
Fahrenheit right now. This warm spell is suppose to continue through Wednesday
or Thursday. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, three halves of
toasted rolls, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I put away my comforter in
the top shelf of the bedroom closet. I cleaned up. I went to the Greenwich
Library, and I checked out the DVD video disk “The Perfect Storm”. I picked up a copy of the Free Wall Street
Journal in front of Saks Fifth Avenue. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out for a while. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home.
I am having a glass of ice tea. Usually when I set the air conditioner at 72
degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature in the apartment stays at about 74 degrees
Fahrenheit. CIO
Note: <888> 04/15/02 Monday 5:50 A.M.: I
watched some television including a Connecticut Public Television on Channel 10
presentation on the history of the Rockefeller family up until about 1980. It
showed some vintage film clips. I guess I will relax a bit before going to bed.
Have a good morning. CIO
Note: <888> 04/15/02 Monday 1:55 A.M.: I did
some regular computer work. I watched some public media cable television. They
are now broadcasting on the PBS station the vintage television series “The
Prisoner”. I have told many people over
the years living in Greenwich, Connecticut is like the television series the
“The Prisoner”. One can always try to escape or depart to other regions, but
they will always return you back to Greenwich.
I am not sure what my number is, but I suppose we are slightly a more
modern version of “The Prisoner” since we have modern devices like computers
and the internet along with labor saving devices like microwave ovens. Unfortunately in the setting of my apartment
they have not made room for other newly discovered inventions like dish washer
machines, so I have to live with stained dishes. There is no room in my apartment
for a dish washer machine. On a more
routine basis, there is not much happening; so I will do a little bit more
computer work. I also had dinner of two
1/3 to ½ inch thick slices of cold eye round with horseradish sauce and Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce along with steamed white rice with La Choy low
sodium soy sauce and steamed fresh broccoli along with ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/14/02 Sunday 9:50 P.M.: I was
up at 4 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, three toasted roll halves,
orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I fell back to sleep from about 6 A.M.
until about 6 P.M.. I had two hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup, potato
chips, two small dill pickles, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I cleaned up, and I
went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned two DVD videos and a book. I then
went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought buy get one free of two dozen large
eggs for $1.69 both. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat
out at various locations. I noticed in front of Saks Fifth Avenue, they are
giving out free copies of the Wall Street Journal, so I retrieved a copy. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I next returned home, and I had a glass of
ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/14/02 Sunday 12:25 A.M.: I
finished watching the DVD video. I watched the BBC news. I will now head off to
bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/13/02 Saturday 9:10 P.M.: I had
a delicious dinner. I will now watch a DVD video disk. CIO
Note: <888> 04/13/02 Saturday 7:55 P.M.: After
lunch, I clean up. I went out and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat
downtown for a while. I then drove around a couple of locations around the
downtown waterfront. I then drove over to Tod’s Point, and I sat out for a
while at the southwest picnic area. I then returned home. I took a nap from
3:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.. I am now cooking a three pound eye round roast in the
convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 fifty minutes. I covered it
with garlic powder, poultry and meat seasoning, celery salt, ground black pepper,
Italian spices, Basil, oregano and Sweet Baby Ray’s barbeque sauce. I will have
a couple of slices of it for dinner with reheated steamed white rice with La
Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed fresh broccoli, and ice tea and a piece of
Pepperidge Farm cake. CIO
Note: <888> 04/13/02 Saturday 11:15 A.M.: I
finished the house cleaning and watering the plants. I also finished the backup
of the C: drive to the E: drive. I also cleaned the front of the GE Profile air
conditioner with the remote control, and I cleaned its filters. I cleaned the
Lasko fan, and I took it off the window shelf, since I do not need it to blow
the heat around anymore. I put it behind the Orion television in the living
room. I also cleaned the two Honeywell Hepa air filters. Actually, I just
cleaned the outer charcoal filter, and I do not wash the Hepa part of the
filter since it looks like it might be paper and might be damaged by moisture.
I picked up a loaf of Italian bread and three rolls from the bread table down
in the community room. I chatted with a relative. I will now have two hotdogs
with buns and rolls and mustard and ketchup and potato chips and two small dill
pickles with ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee. I will then clean up and
go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note: <888> 04/13/02 Saturday 6:00 A.M.: Happy
Birthday to a relative. A friend called up at 11:30 P.M. last night and we
chatted. I was up at 4 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I will start a C: drive
to E: drive backup. I will also start my house cleaning. CIO
Note: <888> 04/12/02 Friday 7:35 P.M.: After
dinner, I relaxed a bit. I am a bit pooped, so I guess I will go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/12/02 Friday 5:30 P.M.: I
called up Midas at 1 P.M., and they told me my Volvo was finished being
repaired. I then walked back east on West Putnam Avenue, and I picked up my
Volvo at Midas. The total bill was $155.74. The charges were $31.99 for a valve
cover gasket, $5.99 for exhaust system hangers, $64.80 to reinstall and reseal
the exhaust system, $43.20 to install the valve cover gasket $1 shop supply for
$146.98 plus $8.76 tax for $155.74. I
then drove by the Hospital Thrift shop and I toured the store. I then tried
exiting their parking lot very slow, and the exhaust system did not seem to
scrape on the ground, so hopefully it is hung properly now and high enough off
the ground. I then drove downtown. I stopped by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift
shop, and I toured the store. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went
to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a bunch of broccoli at $1.49 a pound for
$1.76, eye round roast at $3.29 a pound for $9.54, two 12.5 ounce bags of Lays
potato chips $2.99 both, and a three quart container of Tropicana calcium
orange juice for $3.99 for $18.28 total. I then returned home. I relaxed a bit,
and I had some ice tea. I will now have a Boston Market sirloin chunks and
pasta meal along with ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/12/02 Friday 12:25 P.M.: I went
out at 8:30 A.M., and I stopped by Midas Muffler on West Putnam Avenue. They inspected my car. It will be about $45
to rehang and tighten the exhaust system. Also they are replacing the leaky
valve cover casket which will be about $70 or $80. I left the car there, and I
walked downtown. I sat out for a while. I then walked down to the bottom of
Greenwich Avenue. I then walked up to the top of the Avenue, and I walked over
to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street. I then walked over to the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper. I then stopped back at Midas about 11 A.M.. They said
they had to call around for the valve cover casket, and for me to check back
with them about 1 P.M.. I then walked home. I had some ice tea. I will check
with them at 1 P.M.. CIO
Note: <888> 04/12/02 Friday 7:40 A.M.: I had
dinner of two 1/3 inch thick slices of Butterball turkey breast with Boston
Market turkey gravy, steamed white rice, steamed fresh broccoli, ice tea, and a
Brazilian instant coffee. I will now clean up. I will then go out for some
fresh air, and I will also have Midas check the leak on the front connection of
my exhaust resonator. CIO
Note: <888> 04/12/02 Friday 6:05 A.M.: I made
two copies of the historical Midas paper work I have on my 1976 Volvo 244
DL. I will now relax a bit. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 04/12/02:
Note: <888> 04/12/02 Friday 4:00 A.M.: I
jugged the ice tea. I will now send out my weekly note, and then I will relax
and possibly watch some television. If
one is worried about Gray Panthers or Mountain Lions are other such cats from
my experience they hunt at first light, so thus it is better to wait for later
in the day. CIO
Note: <888> 04/12/02 Friday 3:45 A.M.: I
sifted through my email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I will now put the ice tea mixture in the four 3 quart jugs. My ice tea
recipe is www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. Recently, I have been using a mixture of different teas to make ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/12/02 Friday 1:35 A.M.: I
relaxed and watched television yesterday until about 7 A.M.. I went to bed, and
when my alarm went off, I failed to wake up, so I missed my 3 P.M. appointment.
I rested until 4 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I rested some more, and I received a telephone call from
a friend about 8 P.M.. I finally got up about midnight. I watched some
television. I had a meal of a Hungryman boneless pork dinner. I watched some
more television. I checked the mail. I am now making up a batch of ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 04/11/02 Thursday 2:50 A.M.: I did
a little bit of computer work. I searched Gray Panther at www.google.com . It is confusing; the Gray Panther I saw,
they call the Florida Panther down in Florida, but as I recall the one I
actually saw was gray not the color of a mountain lion. Anyway they say it is
extremely rare, and there are only about 50 in Florida. I suppose it was
unusual to see one on the eastern side of the state. Well anyway with all the
deer around here, any gray panther would have plenty to eat. I suppose, they could try breeding them and
reintroducing into the south western United States where they once were
plentiful. I always suspected that amongst all the stray cats in Key West,
there might have been some gray panther kittens hiding out. Well, I am trying
to rest my eyes a bit, so I am not doing too much on the computer. I will shut
down now for the night, and maybe I will watch some television. CIO
Note: <888> 04/11/02 Thursday 12:40 A.M.: I
was up about 3 P.M. today. I received three crank fax calls this afternoon. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, a toasted poppy seed roll, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went out, and I checked my muffler system on my
1976 Volvo 244. It appears sound. I have had the entire system replaced over
the last few years. However, when I started up the car, I noticed a little
condensation moisture dripping out at the exhaust system at the front of the
second muffler in from the rear where it joins with the pipe coming from the
catalytic converter. It looks as if the
U clamp is a bit loose causing some minor exhaust leakage and a slight increase
in sound. I have all the warranted paper work from Midas. When I have some time, I will take the Volvo
into Midas to have it tightened. I have also noticed since I had the exhaust
and brake work done last August that the rear tail pipe bends down a bit more
than it should, so when I exit from the Hospital Thrift shop and the Board of
Education parking lots, it scrapes a small bit, which is why I exit both of
those areas very slowly, so it does not hit hard. However from what I can tell,
the over all exhaust system seems sound. I brought in the Midas paper work to
review. I will also make copies of it to have in reserve. I chatted with some
neighbors. I then cleaned up. I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the local paper. I went downtown, and I
walked around the train station area. I then walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with some locals. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I then returned home. For dinner I
diced two 1/3 inch thick slices of Butterball turkey breast and I put the cubes
on a bed of rice and I added four tablespoons of Boston Market turkey gravy and
I reheated it all. I had this with steamed broccoli and ice tea and a
cappuccino. I was chatting with one local this evening, and I told the local
about seeing a gray panther around the polo grounds in Boca Raton, Florida one
early 1979 winter morning at sunrise when I was sleeping in my old Subaru with
a friend. It was about 150 feet in front of us staring at us, and I recall it
stood about four and a half feet high. I recall hearing stories about the Grey
Panther use to pick up stray cats and bring them down to the Florida Keys for
save keeping which is why all the cats were down there. I remember finding
areas inside palm groves and palmetto tree groves that look like the gray
panther slept in them, although they were surrounded by populated areas. I once read that a gray panther can range
over 50 miles a day. Last June, I recall
a mountain lion or some other cat like creature jumping on my Volvo roof when I
was driving in the early morning around the dam at the Greenwich reservoir. I
recall at that time having my cat allergies activated. I also remember reading
about Mountain Lions jumping on trucks and trains out west and hitching rides.
I recall when I camped around Ronald Reagan’s ranch just east of Santa Barbara,
California next to Hidden Valley and near Solvang; I remember suspecting that
there were Mountain Lions or possibly cougars around. It is my theory that this time of year as it
begins to warm up that the migratory game migrate up and down the mountain and
ridge areas, so thus this time of year as it begins to warm up, they could be
coming through our way again. I will now
do some regular computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 04/10/02 Wednesday 7:10 A.M.: I
did a little bit of computer work this morning. I watched television. I relaxed
a bit. I replace the same bulb that I replaced earlier with a used bulb with
another used bulb. I had some potato chips with S&S French onion dip and a
few slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I guess since it is damp out,
I will stay inside this morning and possibly rest. CIO
Note: <888> 04/10/02 Wednesday 12:30 A.M.: I
rested until 9 P.M.. A friend called me
about 8 P.M.. I watched a bit of television. I just had a meal of two 1/3 inch
slices of Butterball turkey breast, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium
soy sauce, steamed fresh broccoli, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will now do
some regular computer work. Since it is warmer out, I turned down the
thermostat, and I turned on the fan on the air conditioner to bring in some
fresh air. CIO
Note: <888> 04/09/02 Tuesday 5:35 P.M.: I
finished recording the Queen Elizabeth II Queen mother’s funeral about 9 A.M..
I ran Norton Disk Doctor. I then started Norton SpeedDisk on the C: drive
before going to bed at 9:30 A.M.. I received four crank fax telephone calls
during the morning. I was up at 4 P.M.. I replaced a 15 watt frosted candelabra
bulb in the third sconce light to the right on the kitchen living room wall. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, a toasted roll, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins.
CIO
Note: <888> 04/09/02 Tuesday 8:35 A.M.: Since
the last message, I have been watching the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Queen
Mother. I started recording it on CNN when the funeral started in Westminster
Cathedral. The tape stopped briefly for
a couple of minutes before I caught it.
I will let it run another 15 minutes for the full two hours of the tape.
I chatted with a friend. I am a bit tired, so when the tape finishes, I will
probably go to bed. I also finished running Norton Anti Virus. CIO
Note: <888> 04/09/02 Tuesday 6:05 A.M.: I ran
Windows Update, and I installed the latest updates. I ran Cnet Catchup www.catchup.com , and I installed a number of smaller
program updates. I will now start Norton AntiVirus, and I will head off to bed
while it runs. CIO
Note: <888> 04/09/02 Tuesday 4:15 A.M.: Well I
think I will head off to bed. I figure
the Queen Mother’s funeral would be about 8:30 A.M. here since it is 12:30 P.M.
there, and they probably are not on daylight savings time yet. However, the
U.S. media probably will not be broadcasting it in its entirety. My CPU fan is making a bit of noise, and I
think I replaced it last fall. Also my
muffler system on the Volvo is beginning to make a bit of noise, and I had it
fixed last August. All of the parts are warrantied by Midas, so I will have to
take it in some time and have them check it.
It is just a slightly louder noise, so maybe they need to tighten a
clamp. Well have a good morning. CIO
Note: <888> 04/09/02 Tuesday 3:15 A.M.: I
relaxed a bit. I just ran the print head clean utility on my EpsonStylus Color
880 printer. CIO
Note: <888> 04/09/02 Tuesday 2:25 A.M.: I took
the www.realage.com test, and despite the fact that I have
smoked for 30 years, it says at age 51.9, I am actually 52.6 years old. Thus I
guess all my other healthy activities are paying off. CIO
Note: <888> 04/09/02 Tuesday 12:55 A.M.: I did
some regular computer work. I had dinner of two one third inch thick slices of
Butterball turkey breast with Boston Market turkey gravy, reheated steamed
white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed fresh broccoli, ice tea,
and the last piece of Pepperidge Farm coconut cake. I will now go back to some regular computer
work. CIO
Note: <888> 04/08/02 Monday 10:55 P.M.: I
replaced the CMOS battery on my primary computer, and it is back up and running
fine. Hopefully now my primary computer clock will not lose time when it is
turned off. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 04/08/02 Monday 10:25 P.M.: I went
out at 7:30 P.M., and I stopped by at CVS, and I bought an Energizer CMOS
battery #2032 for $2.99 plus .18 tax for $3.17.
I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I returned two DVD videos,
and I checked out two DVD videos. I then went downtown, and I mailed the letter
at the central Greenwich Post Office. I then walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations enjoying the warmer evening. I
have put on 15 pounds this winter, since I have not been walking regularly in
the evening, and I am up to 215 pounds. I figure I better try walking a bit
more now that it is warmer, so hopefully I lose some weight. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
stopped by Exxon, and I bought $11 of premium at $1.739 a gallon. I then went
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two Swanson Hungryman dinners for $2.50 each
one boneless pork and the other boneless chicken breast, fresh broccoli at
$1.49 a pound for $1.79 and a 12 ounce bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce for $2.29 for $9.08 total. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice
tea. I used my eye glass screw driver, and I tightened the screws on the two
pairs of reading glasses and my primary pair of sun glasses. I will now shut
down the computer and replace the CMOS battery on it. I have to pull the case
cover to do this. CIO
Note: <888> 04/08/02 Monday 6:25 P.M.: I
finished writing the letter. I watched the NASA launch on the computer and on
television. On the computer NASA television feed, there is about a 20 second
delay. I went outside to see if I could see the shuttle flying overhead, but
there was cloud cover. I came back in, and I had to reboot the computer. I ran
the CMOS utility to checked my drives, and when I rebooted it put my first hard
drive as the C: drive, my second hard drive as the E: drive, my CD/RW CDplayer
as the D: drive, and my CD 50X as the F: drive. This really does not matter,
but I guess it is how I have it set up, so the operating system reassigned the
drives. Since I only have backup programs on the E: drive, the drive letter
designation does not matter. I then printed out my letter with Microsoft Home
Publisher 2000. I print out one copy in color and another file copy in black
and white on the HP laser printer. I
will now have two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and potato chips
and two small dill pickles and ice tea. I will then clean up and go out and
mail the letter and enjoy some fresh air. CIO
Note: <888> 04/08/02 Monday 3:50 P.M.: I
received a telephone call at 8 A.M.. I finally got up at 2:30 P.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, two halves of a toasted roll, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I will now write a relative a letter. NASA might
be launching the shuttle at 4:39 P.M. www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm
and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-110.htm
. CIO
Note: <888> 04/08/02 Monday 12:40 A.M.: I
sifted through my email. I also went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I watched a bit of television. I looked at CompUSA, Staples, and Circuit City
sale ads. I will now shut down and relax before heading off to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/07/02 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: I went
to bed at 9 A.M., and I was up at 3 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, a toasted
roll, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up. A friend arrived to visit at 4:30 P.M.. We went
for a drive down by the waterfront. We then drove in back country and on the
way back we viewed the Daffodils along North Street. At 7 P.M. we had dinner of two 1/3 inch thick
slices each of Butterball turkey breast with Boston Market turkey gravy, steamed
white rice, steamed broccoli and ice tea. I also had a slice of Pepperidge Farm
coconut cake. We then watched a DVD movie. The DVD video disk was defective, so
it was not as enjoyable. My guest left at 9:30 P.M.. Friends called while we were out, and they
want to visit tomorrow, but I suggested that they visit on a warmer day. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 04/07/02 Sunday 8:30 A.M.: I
watched and listened to the 2 hour and 37 minute BBC broadcast of the Queen
Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s funeral procession this past Friday http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/events02/uk/queen_mother/smil/procession_index.ram
. I had some Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and Carr’s crackers and ice tea
and Carr’s crackers while listening to the broadcast. I also received a morning
telephone call from a friend. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/07/02 Sunday 5:05 A.M.: Well, I
guess daylight savings time sprung forward an hour. I will now set my clocks
forward. I went out, and I mailed the four envelopes at the Valley Road Post
office. I noticed after I put them in the mailbox in the lobby that there is no
pickup on Sunday. I should have mailed them downtown. I drove downtown and by
the waterfront, and I just returned home. I just reset my clocks. I still have to reset the car clock. I keep
my watch, microwave, and VCR at exact time. I keep the living room wall clock
and the living room window ledge clock 15 minutes fast. I keep the bedroom
clock radio a half hour fast. I will now
do some more computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 04/07/02 Sunday 4:00 A.M.: I
started reading my email. I updated Nero Burning with the latest version www.nero.com
. I found a link in a Locker Nome newsletter to Netslideshow - Easy image presentation www.netslideshow.com . I downloaded and installed the
program. I edited its *.ini file, and I copied it and the program along with
218 photographs mostly of me with other people at various stages in my life,
and I burned them to five copies on CD/R disks. I then made labels and packaged
them in thick CD jewel cases, and I am now going to mail four copies to
relatives. The disk auto plays when put in the CD player, and I set it up to
play a picture every ten seconds without sound. This all took while. I used
four 34 cent stamps on each mailer. Well time to bundle up to go out and mail
them at the Valley Road Post Office. It is 28 degrees Fahrenheit at the moment.
CIO
Note: <888> 04/06/02 Saturday 9:35 P.M.: I
finished the laundry. I chatted with a couple of relatives. I had dinner of a
Boston Market sirloin and pasta dinner with ice tea. I watched some television.
I now will do some regular computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 04/06/02 Saturday 6:50 P.M.: I
watched another movie on television last night called “Journey to the Center of
the Earth” until about 2 A.M.. Seeing Pat Boone in his younger days gave me the
answer to another question that I had forgot. “Who were the four famous people
that died at the Alamo when Santa Ana attached with his superior force?” The
answer is Davy Crocket, Jim Bowie, Colonel Travis, and Daniel Bonne. A relative
of mine from Texas told me to always remember this. I was told by a relative in
Texas that Ron Howard is making a new movie on the Alamo. I was up at 10:30 A.M. this morning, and I
got two loaves of French Bread and three rolls from the bread table. I then
rested until 12:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, French
bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then did my house cleaning
and watering the plants. I sorted out my boxer shorts, and I put the older
pairs in the second bureau drawer in the living room. I put some of the larger
older pairs and the new pairs in the lower left bureau drawer in the living
room. I also removed the tags. After
house cleaning, I had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard, potato
chips, two small dill pickles, ice tea, and Brazilian instant coffee. I then
went out, and I returned and checked out a DVD video from the library. I then
went to CVS on Greenwich Avenue. I bought a 1.5 liter bottle of CVS yellow
mouth wash for $3.99, two Gillette sensitive skin shave cream gels for $1.99
each, two Crystal Shine antibacterial dishwashing liquid for .99 each, and a
CVS Clorox drop in bowl tablet for $1.99 plus .72 tax for $12.66 total. I then
walked lower Greenwich Avenue. We had a brief snow flurry. I then returned
home. I am on the washing cycle of two loads of laundry. I need to buy and install a new CMOS battery
for my main computer. The clock is losing time, but the CMOS settings are still
saved. CIO
Note: <888> 04/05/02 Friday 10:20 P.M.: My
guest and I went out at 4 P.M.. We drove down by the waterfront. We then
stopped by the library, and I checked out two DVD videos. We then went to the
Stop and Shop, and my guest bought filet of salmon and fresh broccoli for
dinner. We then went by Smokes for Less in Byram where my guest bought
cigarettes. We returned back to my place. We watched television. About 6:30
P.M., we had dinner of filet of salmon baked in lemon juice and I sprinkled the
filets with Old Bay seasoning, oregano, Italian spices, and Basil. Also we had
steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce and fresh broccoli along
with ice tea. I also had a piece of Pepperidge Farm coconut cake. We then
watched a DVD movie. Afterwards we watched a bit of television. My guest left
at 9:30 P.M.. I will now have another piece of cake. I will then relax a bit
before going to bed. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 04/05/02:
Note: <888> 04/05/02 Friday 3:15 P.M.: I woke
up at 6 A.M. and 8 A.M., and there was no live coverage on television of the
Queen Mother’s funeral. I finally got up at 11 A.M., and I had breakfast of
orange juice, coffee, vitamins, poppy seed bread toast, and oatmeal. I rested
more until 1 P.M., when I chatted with a relative. I rested more until 2 P.M.,
when a friend called to say he was coming down. I cleaned up, and my guest
arrived at 2:30 P.M.. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note: <888> 04/04/02 Thursday 9:30 P.M.: I did
a little bit of regular internet work. I will now relax for a bit before going
to bed. I will be up a little before 6 A.M. to see if there is any coverage of
the Queen Mother of England’s funeral procession on television. CIO
Note: <888> 04/04/02 Thursday 7:30 P.M.: I was
up until 3 A.M. this morning watching the DVD movie. I was up at 10 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, poppy seed bread toast,
orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I chatted with a friend. I cleaned up, and
I went out. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I made a copy of my automobile registration
and my beach card. I also returned a DVD video. I then went by the Greenwich
Town Hall, and I obtained the form for applying for an automobile beach
sticker. I made a copy of my driver’s license. I then filled out the form, and
I left it at the beach card mailing box. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop. I bought two white 16 ounce cups and saucers for $4 both. They are
soup mugs. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library. I then went by the Stop and
Shop, and I bought a Butterball boneless breast of turkey at $3.99 a pound for
$7.10 and Boston Market turkey gravy for $1.99 for $9.09 total. I then returned
home. I washed the soup cups and saucers, and I put them on top of the
convection oven on top of the refrigerator. I had some ice tea. For dinner, I had the rest of cold slices of
the leg of lamb, steamed white rice, steamed asparagus and broccoli, ice tea,
and a cappuccino. I will now do some
regular computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 04/03/02 Wednesday 11:35 P.M.: I
went out, and I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then drove over to Marshalls in Stamford. I bought nine pairs
of Joe Boxer boxer shorts extra large 42” to 44” www.joeboxer.com for $4.99 each for $44.91 total. I bought
four green and blue plaid, four purple and blue paid, and one green and white
plaid. I toured Odd Job and Staples at
the same shopping center. I then drove back to Greenwich, and I read the local
paper in the Greenwich Library. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then
went to Stop and Shop, and I bought a ten pound bag of Carolina Gold parboiled
rice for $4.49, a five pound bag of S&S sugar $2.49, two half gallons of
Tropicana premium orange juice with calcium for $2 each, S&S premium
margarine .67, S&S 8 ounce of French onion dip $1.89, two Boston Market sirloin
and noodles dinner $2.99 each, a Tombstone pepperoni pizza $3, a 12.5 ounce bag
of Lays potato chips $1.99, Lysol Island Breeze scent disinfectant $2.99, a 2
pound bag of onions $2.99, S&S Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese $1.99,
S&S Italian Espresso beans at $7.99 a pound for $7.27, La Molisana spinach
noodles $1.79, buy one get one free of Oscar Meyer beef franks $3.69 both for
$46.08 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. The boxer shorts fit fine in the larger size,
and they comfortable when one relaxes without tight elastic band on my older
smaller size boxer shorts. I relaxed a bit. I then had dinner of cold slices of
lamb, reheated white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed fresh
asparagus and broccoli, and ice tea. I relaxed a bit more. I will now watch a
DVD video. CIO
Note: <888> 04/03/02 Wednesday 5:10 P.M.: I
had my meal. I noticed on my web sites at GeoCities, I can not FTP anymore. I
have to use their upload web page. I received a call that my life time beach
pass is probably still good without having to renew it. I decided, I will try
going to Marshall’s in Stamford first to look for the boxer shorts. I will now
clean up and go out. CIO
Note: <888> 04/03/02 Wednesday 4:00 P.M.: I
went to bed at about midnight. I was up at 10 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
poppy seed bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I made a telephone
call. I fell back to sleep until 3 P.M.. I updated my NASA http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm
and the current launch page http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-110.htm
. I looked at Kohl’s website www.kohls.com . I am
thinking about going over to Kohl’s in Port Chester and getting a half dozen
pairs of boxer shorts for $6 a pair. I guess I would take waist 40 inches to 42
inches. However, in measuring my waist higher up around my belly button, it is
about 43 inches. I had a pair of boxer shorts rip recently when I was bending
over, so I guess I need some larger boxer shorts. I will now have two hotdogs
with buns and mustard and ketchup and potato chips and small dill pickles and
ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee. I will then clean up and go out. It is warm out, so it made me feel tired
today. CIO
Note: <888> 04/02/02 Tuesday 8:50 P.M.: I went
out about 2:30 P.M.. I stopped by the Fashion Light Center on West Putnam
Avenue. I bought a sunlite 25 watt intermediate flood light for $4.29 and a
Westinghouse 15 watt T-7 candelabra base bulb for $1.69 with .36 tax they were
$6.34. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
went to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then drove over to Tod’s Point in Old Greenwich, and I sat out at
the southwest picnic area. I remembered, I was suppose to have a 4 P.M.
appointment downtown, and so I drove over to the southeast concession area, and
I called my 4 P.M. appointment at 4 P.M., and I cancelled. The SNET pay phone
at the southwest concession area costs 50 cents for unlimited time local phone
call. I then sat out for a while at the beach. I next drove over to Staples in
Old Greenwich, and I bought a 50 pack of thin CD jewel cases for $9.94 plus .60
tax for $10.54 total. I then drove downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I then drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. I put the 25 watt
flood bulb in the lava lamp, so it works now. It is frosted not a clear bulb. I
then relaxed a bit. I had dinner of cold slices of Australian leg of lamb with
Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, steamed fresh
asparagus and broccoli, and ice tea. I relaxed a bit. I will now relax a bit and
maybe watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 04/02/02 Tuesday 1:05 P.M.: I am
just finishing making up a batch of ice tea. I just had lunch of two hotdogs
with buns and mustard and ketchup, potato chips, two small dill pickles, ice tea,
and a cappuccino along with a slice of Pepperidge Farm coconut cake. I have
been listening to some CD music to relax. I chatted with a telemarketer for
handicap people that sells household products at 1-800-640-4109 #2940 ask for
Bill if you need to order any household products. They sell light bulbs with a
ten year warranty and many other products. I will now clean up and go out and
do some errands. CIO
Note: <888> 04/02/02 Tuesday 10:40 A.M.: I was
up at 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, poppy seed bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I checked out the Brookstone www.brookstone.com
web site for the radio I found at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for
$2 yesterday. This is the link to the radio Brookstone.com - 1-800-926-7000
. It costs $75 new. However, the hour and down band button does not work. One
sets the minutes by pressing the memory button, and I guess one could reset the
hour button by pulling a battery and starting it up when the time was right. It
says that it is waterproof, so I guess one could listen to it in the rain. I also set the radio presets. My bulb in the
lava lamp burned out, so I have to get another one today. I just had a
telephone call, and I chatted a while.
Since I have quite a few electronics in the apartment, I spend a
considerable amount of my time and spare funds for maintaining the electronics.
Well, I guess I should clean up. Maybe I will go out now. I am not sure. CIO
Note: <888> 04/01/02 Monday 9:05 P.M.: I
finished making the 4 CD emergency CD disks. I put them in the quad CD case
with labels, and I put the case in a plastic Ziploc bag, and I put six blue
rubber bands around it. I then put the Emergency CD kit in a place, which I can
fetch quickly if I had to leave quickly. However, it would only be good on a
computer that could run Windows XP, since I would need the Windows 98 disk to
upgrade Windows ME disks in a relocation emergency. However, there is really
nothing critical in my computer setup or my files. It is mostly just archival
work. Well, I will now have some Carr’s crackers with mozzarella cheese slices and
ice tea. Then I will relax a bit and go to bed.
When I worked on computers for a company called Polaroid in 1971, I read
a book called “Report from Iron Mountain” about computer security. Thus I tend
to try to be prepared for technical problems. CIO
Note: <888> 04/01/02 Monday 7:40 P.M.: I went
out after the last message. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the central Greenwich post office. I obtained three
money orders to pay my Verizon, Optimum Online, and Cablevision bills. I made a
mistake, and I sealed the receipts in two of the bills instead of the checks,
and I had go across the street to Zyn stationary, and I bought a roll of 3M
Scotch magic tape for $1.79 plus .11 tax for $1.90 total. I then went back to the
post office, and I resealed the two envelopes with the Scotch tape, and I
mailed all three of the bills. I then sat out for a while. I walked up to the
Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought from the 70% off rack a AT&T CD Quad
Case for $1.50 plus .09 tax for $1.59. I then sat out for a while longer. I
then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Post. I next
returned home. I chatted with a friend.
Earlier today, I put the new Brookstone AM/FM portable radio in the blue
kitchen bookcase with the other portable radios. I put the new small claw
hammer with the other tools in the sweater closet in the hallway. I plan to use
the four CD quad case to hold copies of Windows XP Professional Upgrade CD,
Windows ME Upgrade CD, my backed up data files CD, and my favorites CDs, so I
can keep them all together handy should I have to leave my current computer
setup in a hurry. I will now make the copies for the Quad CD case. CIO
Note: <888> 04/01/02 Monday 3:00 P.M.: I went
out at 9 A.M.. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then stopped by the Greenwich Housing Authority, and I gave them some paper
work. I next stopped by First Union National Bank on Havemeyer Place, and I
paid my rent. I then went to the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained
money orders to pay my GEICO automobile insurance and AT&T long distance. I
also obtained a $12.50 money order to renew my annual AARP “American
Association of Retired Persons” membership. I then sat out for a while. I
walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I chatted with a local. I stopped
by the Greenwich Hardware store, and they have a few 70% off items. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I next
stopped by the EDLC thrift shop in Cos Cob, and I bought a small claw hammer
for $2 plus .12 tax for $2.12 total. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop, and I bought a Brookstone AM/FM portable radio for $2. I then went
by the Greenwich Library, and I renewed a DVD video. I then went by Exxon, and
I bought $10.65 of premium at $1.699 a gallon. I then went to the Stop and
Shop, and I bought dozen large eggs $1.69, S&S Vermont extra sharp cheddar
cheese $1.99, buy two get two free of Progresso New England clam chowder for
$2.39 each two, two S&S hotdog rolls $1.19 each package, two Pepperidge
Farm frozen cakes $2 each, 10 ounces of La Choy low sodium soy sauce $2.19, a
bunch of broccoli at .99 a pound for .88 for $16.72 total. I then went by
Smokes of Less in Byram. The state tax goes up .60 a package on cigarettes this
Wednesday. My brand of Seneca cigarettes
were just raised from $19 to $20.50 a carton by the manufacturer. I bought
three cartons of Seneca ultra lights regular for $20.50 a carton for $61.50
total. They will go up to $25.50 a
carton when the new tax goes into effect. I returned home. I had some ice tea.
I then had a couple of slices of cold lamb with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce with reheated spinach pasta and alfredo sauce and steamed fresh broccoli
and asparagus, ice tea, and a Brazilian instant coffee. I put four new AA batteries in the
Brookstone portable radio and it works
fine, but I can not figure out how to set the time. I will now go out to pay
some more bills. I noticed today that the long time jeweler on Greenwich Avenue
near CVS is installing a new pedestal street clock. CIO
Note: <888> 04/01/02 Monday 7:15 A.M.: I
watched television until 9:30 P.M. last night. I was up at 5 A.M. this morning.
I had breakfast of oatmeal, two halves of a roll toasted, orange juice, coffee,
and vitamins. I organized some of my bills to pay today and other paper work. I
will briefly check out a few internet sites. Then I will go out after cleaning
up. About 6 A.M., I also called the
Greenwich Police non emergency number at 203-622-8000, and I reported that the
cross walk light button has not worked in front of Thataway café’s patio for
about a month. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 05/31/02:
Note:
<888> 05/31/02 Friday 11:55 P.M.: I finished the laundry. I had the rest
of the Chinese mixture on white rice with ice tea and a cappuccino. I cleaned
up. I went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I returned
home. I will now send out my weekly note. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/31/02 Friday 8:00 P.M.: About 3 A.M. this past morning, I had a
roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll with Hellmann’s mayonnaise, horse radish,
salt, and pepper along with ice tea. I went to bed about 4 A.M. this past
morning. I think I was up about 3 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I relaxed a bit. About 6 P.M.
NOAA weather radio started going off with warnings for this area. I started my
laundry, and I am on the dry cycle with about 45 minutes to go. I checked the
outside weather conditions, and it sounds like the weather front might be
arriving shortly. I checked the Volvo
mechanics manual I have, and it said that if the noise I am getting from the
underneath of the car is a transmission noise, that the car might need to have
90 weight oil added which is what it uses for the manual transmission gear
box. I will have it checked on Tuesday
at Exxon station next to the library. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/31/02 Friday 1:35 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I still have some
individual sending me daily an email virus that Norton Anti Virus 2002 catches,
and its origins daily or a different spammed email address each day. I suppose
somebody with my email address might have an email worm on their machine. Well,
I guess I will shut down for the night and watch some television. I checked out
www.lanzarote.com . Apparently they now get 1.7 million visitors a
year. CIO
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<888> 05/31/02 Friday 12:05 A.M.: I put the ice tea in the refrigerator.
I went out, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the
waterfront. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then drove part way down the Avenue, and I tried driving up the
steep hill at Indian Field Road, and the car went up it fine in second gear.
However, I still have the rattling noise at lower idle which might be coming
from the gear box or clutch. Another remote possibility might be that one of
the cylinders is not firing properly, but it sounds like it is running
smoothly. I will have Exxon next to the Greenwich Library check on it next
week, if I get on an earlier schedule. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought four Tropicana half gallons of orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each,
a 38 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.29, AC five pound
bag of sugar for $2.49 a boneless chicken breasts at $1.99 a pound for $4.30.
However, the total came out to $20.77 since the cash register computer only took
of the discount on two orange juices instead of four, so the cashier voided one
of the orange juices to lower the price. I then returned home. I guess I will
do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/02 Thursday 10:00 P.M.: I went out about 1:30 P.M.. I stopped
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a eight ounce bottle of
English Leather men’s cologne for $5. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then went by Gateway automotive, and I bought 3 feet of 5/16”
hose for $2 and four hose clamps for $3.40 for $5.40 total. I then drove down
to by the waterfront, and I sat out for a while. I then drove to another
location on the waterfront. I then drove downtown. I stopped by the Greenwich
Hardware store, and they gave me a ¼” by 1” bolt, ¼” by 1.25” bolt, two ¼” inch
nuts, and two ¼ inch lock washers which normally would have been .35. I told
them that Gateway Automotive sells Nu Finish car wax for $9.99. I then walked
up to CVS, and I bought a Glade Plugin Scented Oil refill Mystical Garden scent
for $2.99 and a green apple car air freshener for $1.19 plus .25 tax for $4.43.
I chatted with a local. I complete my walk of the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue, and I put the car air freshener in the car. I bought a medium size pineapple from the
Greenwich Avenue vegetable market for $2. I then returned a DVD disk to the
Greenwich Library. I the went by Val’s liquor, and I bought a four ounce bottle
of Angostura bitters for $4. I then returned home. I put the new glade plugin
in the kitchen to scent the apartment. I then put part of the 5/16 inch hose
with two clamps from the Volvo fuel injection chamber to the PCV valve, and I
put another part of the hose with two clamps from the radiator to the radiator
overflow tank. I also cleaned the PCV valve, and I put a larger 2 inch clamp
around the PCV valve hose that connects to the valve cover. The car is a lot peppier and runs smoother
with the tighter vacuum system, but there is still a slight rattle at low idle.
I do not think it is the exhaust system, but I have the bolts to try to secure
the manifold pipe to the body bracket when the car is cold. I checked the Volvo
by wedging a screw driver in the space between the manifold pipe and body
bracket, and the car still had the rattle.
Two days ago, I checked the clutch clearance, and it is fine. The car clutch and gear box work fine when
driving and do not make any noise. I am not sure what is causing the rattling
sound. I will have to wait until I am on an earlier schedule to have Greenwich
Exxon check it out. I have not had Greenwich Exxon check the rear end and gear
box fluid in eight years, but I thought the Oil Star lube garage checked those
fluids whenever I have the oil changed.
Since the car seems to be running fine, I do not intend to make any
major expenses on a 26 year old Volvo 244 DL. I then went upstairs, and I had a
chilled Barq’s root beer in a frosted mug. I then made up another batch of
rice, and I reheated some of my Chinese beef vegetable mixture, and I put it on
top of the rice. I had this for dinner with ice tea and a cappuccino. I am
simmering a 3 quart pot of concentrated tea to make 12 quarts ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm right now. I will now peel and chop up the pineapple and
season it with orange juice and angostura bitters. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/02 Thursday 1:00 P.M.: I watched television and slept last
night. I was up at noon today. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
oatmeal toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I had to throw
out one of the cooked eggs since it was no good. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/02 Wednesday 10:25 P.M.: I rested until 6 P.M.. I had ten Carr’s crackers with mozzarella
cheese and ice tea. I then rested until 9:30 P.M.. I had some of the Chinese
mixture from last night with rice and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/02 Wednesday 4:10 P.M.: I was up at noon today. had breakfast of oatmeal, oatmeal bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I went out, and I
checked my Volvo’s exhaust system, and the slight rattle I hear when I start up
the car does not seem to be coming from the exhaust system. I think the problem
might be that since I have it set on a lower idle, the car runs a little
rougher when starting until it warms up. However, on a lower idle, one does not
have to worry about it getting too hot in traffic in the summer. I touched up a
few spots with touch paint. I came back inside, and I relaxed a bit. I had a
relative call. I tried out Net2Phone, and it works quite well, and I chatted
with a few people. I will now do some regular computer work instead of going
out in the heat of the day. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/02 Wednesday 2:40 A.M.: I sifted through my email. I will now
shut down and relax before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/02 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations for a while. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to Grass Island, and I sat out
by the waterfront for a half hour with the Coleman electronic mosquito repeller
clipped to my shirt collar. There tend
to be a lot of bugs at Grass Island in the evening. The Coleman electronic mosquito repeller was
effective, and no mosquitoes or gnats bit me, although I could see some close
by. Since the package comes with three,
the idea way to wear them might be one clipped to the collar and one clipped to
either pocket of ones pants. I then went back home. I readjusted my Volvo idle
downward, so the car does not overheat on the warmer days. I notice from inside
the hood when one looks down on the manifold pipe that connects to the exhaust
system, one can easily see the clamp it is suppose to connect to with what looks
like it would take any nut and bolt and possibly a lock washer and washer. I
will have to check it out when it is cold. I checked my oil too. I then went by
the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went
to the Greenwich Library, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I also read the
Wall Street Journal and P.C. Magazine. I then went by Stop and Shop, and I
bought a 12 pack of Northern quilted tissue for $3, 10 pack of S&S dry milk
for $5.49, a Marie Callender boneless chicken breast dinner for $1.99, a four
ounce container of sun dried tomatoes .99, a Stouffer’s 21 ounce lasagna $2.87,
two four ounce cans of Sunny Deli portabella mushrooms .75 each, a green pepper
at .99 a pound .41, a Vidalia onion at .79 a pound .58 for $17.01 total. I then
returned home. I relaxed a bit. I chatted with a friend about 9:30 P.M.. I then
started preparing a more elaborate dinner. I first too my China Village rice
cooker. I washed a cup of white rice in a bowl, and then I strained it with a
strainer. I then put it in the China village rice cooker with a cup and a half
of water and five pads of margarine. I put the steamer insert and lid on, and I
put it in the microwave oven. I set it for 11 minutes, but I did not start it
yet. The China village rice cooker for a cup of white rice takes 11 minutes in
microwave and five minutes standing covered afterwards. I then started
preparing the ingredients for the meal. I took a 10 ounce shell steak, and I
cut off the fat and bone. I cut it into ¼” by 1” by 1” chunks for about a cup
of steak chunks which I put in a small dish. I then peeled and sliced eight
cloves of garlic. I next peeled and diced ¾ of a Vidalia onion or about a cup.
I put this in another small dish. I sliced on an angle half inch lengths of a
half pound of asparagus. I cut off about a cup and a half of broccoli florets
in smaller pieces. I opened and drained the two four ounce cans of Sunny Deli
portabella mushrooms. I cleaned and diced a green pepper. I diced the four
ounce container of sun dried tomatoes. I cut off the corn off an ear of corn on
the cob. I rinced a half pound package of snow peas. I put all of these
ingredients in separate small dishes for holding. I then took my 12 inch Griswold cast iron fry
pan with glass lid. I put it on the large electric burner on medium high. I
added six tablespoons of olive oil and four pads of margarine. Once it was
heated, I added the eight sliced cloves of garlic, the cup of shell steak
chunks, and the cup of diced Vidalia onions. I sautéed these about five minutes
adding ground black pepper and garlic powder.
I also started the rice cooking for 11 minutes in the microwave
oven. After sautéing the beef, garlic,
and onions for five minutes, I added the broccoli florets, diced green pepper,
sliced asparagus, and corn. I stirred and continue cooking on medium high
another five minutes seasoning the mixture with ground black pepper, garlic
powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Basil, Oregano, Italian
spices, ginger, nutmeg, Old Bay seasoning, and Chinese five spice which I mixed
into the mixture. I then added a tablespoon of sesame oil, a tablespoon of Lea
and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, two tablespoons of Modena, Italy balsamic
vinegar, four tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce, a teaspoon of
Angostura bitters and three quarters of a cup of Rene Junot French white table
wine, and I mixed this all together, and I continue to cook covered with the
glass lid on medium high stirring occasionally for ten minutes. When the ten minutes were up, the rice was
ready to stand for five minutes. I then added to the mixture, the diced sun
dried tomatoes, the two four ounce cans of drained Sunny Deli portabella
mushroom, and a half pound package of rinsed snow peas along with another
quarter of a cup of white wine. I continued to steam this mixture over medium
high heat covered for five minutes stirring occasionally. I then put about half
the rice on a plate, and I put the rest of the rice in a container in the
refrigerator. I then put about a cup and half of the seasoned vegetable beef
mixture on top of the rice, and I put the rest in a container in the
refrigerator. I had it for dinner with ice tea and a cappuccino. I then watched
the BBC evening news. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/02 Tuesday 4:45 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M. this morning. I
watched the morning news. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, oatmeal
bread toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I fell back to
sleep until 2 P.M.. I got up, and I went out, and I checked my car. I noticed
that the rattle the car is making might have been that it was idling two
slowly. I increased the idle on the car, and I adjust the airflow intake. The car runs more smoothly with the increased
idle, and it does not seem to rattle. Still, when I have the time, I should go
over to Stamford Volvo, and see if they have the bolt for attaching the exhaust
manifold pipe to the under body of the car. Still, I am not sure if the
threaded opening is there or not, and possibly when they installed the exhaust
manifold pipe last August, they just cut if off with a torch. Well at the
moment the car seems to be running smoothly. I came back inside, and I picked
up my AT&T bill out of the mail box. They now seem to be charging a minimum
of $7.50 instead of $5.00 plus tax, still I tend to talk that much. I had another roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser
roll with Hellmann’s mayonnaise, horse radish, Vidalia onion, salt and pepper. I
had it with Lays potato chips and sliced dill pickles with ice tea and a
Brazilian instant coffee. I just clipped my toe nails and my finger nails,
since they were getting a bit long. The
NOAA weather radio just went off saying there might be heavy showers this
evening. I will now clean up and go out. CIO
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<888> 05/28/02 Tuesday 12:10 A.M.: Well, I finished for the day. I will
now shut down and relax before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/02 Monday 11:50 P.M.: Preview Paul McCartney’s “Driving Rain”
http://store.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,1571086,00.html . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/02 Monday 10:10 P.M.:
Scott’s Random notes is now working at the GeoCities web site. I updated
http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm and http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-111.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/02 Monday 9:10 P.M.: I went downtown. I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I then went to another location along the waterfront, and I
sat out in my beach chair for about a half hour. The mosquitoes are beginning
to come out again. I then returned home.
I got out my package of three Coleman electronic mosquito repellers made
in China, and I put a battery in the gray one. I attached it to my key chain. I
now have it ready to turn on the next time I go down by the waterfront. I then
watched a television program on the History Channel about the World Trade
Center done the January before 911. A friend called and we chatted. I will now
do a bit of regular computer work. I noticed last night the large files at the
GeoCities web site do not come up. Hopefully, they will have it fixed after the
holiday weekend. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/02 Monday 5:45 P.M.: I heard the honor guard salute outside
this morning about 7 A.M.. I was up about noon.
The nicotine patch came off during the night, so I put another one on,
since I could not fine it in the bedding right away. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, oatmeal bread toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements.
I went out, and I washed the car with the hose I have in the trunk and a bucket
of water with dishwashing detergent in it.
I cleaned the white walls with an S.O.S. pad. I dried the car. I then
waxed the 1976 Volvo 244 DL with Nu Finish once a year car polish. I cleaned
the windows inside and out with Windex. I cleaned the inside vinyl with Turtle
Wax Extreme 2001 Protectant. I wiped the door openings with a damp cloth. I was
able to get the passenger side rear door to open and close properly. I put all
five beach chairs on that side of the car. I vacuumed the interior of the
car. Thus the car looks a lot better
with its annual spring cleaning done. This took about four hours. I was able to
vacuum using three extension cords out the front of the building. I had three
diet Cokes while doing all of this. I came inside, and I had a roast beef
sandwich on a Kaiser roll with Hellmann’s mayonnaise, horse radish, slices of
Vidalia onion, and salt and pepper, along with a dill pickle slice and potato
chips, ice tea, and a Brazilian instant coffee. I cleaned up, and I took off
the nicotine patch while showering. I watched some of the Memorial Day events
on television. I will now go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/02 Monday 12:35 A.M.: I finished watching the DVD video. I
watched a bit of television. I will now go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/02 Sunday 9:15 P.M.: I watched a bit of television. I took
the new lamp shades from the bedroom night stand lamps, and I put them on the
pineapple lamps on the brass coffee table on top of the bedroom desk. I took
the shades from the pineapple lamps, and I put them on the bedroom night stand
lamps. They are thus fit better relative to the size of the lamps. I tested
Scott’s Random Notes on the backup computer, and they do not come up from the
GeoCities web site on the backup computer either. Thus there must be something
wrong with the GeoCities web site, or Optimum has blocked my notes. Well, I
will now watch a DVD video disk. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/02 Sunday 7:35 P.M.: After dinner, I closed the window and
finished airing out the apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/02 Sunday 6:40 P.M.: I opened all my closets to air out with
the window opened before I went out. I went out, and I walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two half price Sure
Advantage regular deodorants for $2 each, and Gillette shaving gel sensitive
skin for $1.99 plus .36 tax for $6.35 total. I then went by the Greenwich
Hardware store, and I bought Nu Finish Once a Year Car Polish for $6.99 plus
.42 tax for $6.41 total. They told me
they were going to raise it to $9.99. I also stopped by Pier One and looked at
all the scented candles. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by
the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went
by Radio Shack in Cos Cob, and I bought a one foot 75 Ohm video cable with gold
plated connectors $2.99 plus .18 tax for $3.17. I then went to the Cos Cob
Farmer Market next door, and I bought asparagus at $1.99 a pound and a package
of snow peas for $3.28 total. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought
two Vidalia onions at .79 a pound for $1.12, a package of Bernadinos’ six water
Kaiser rolls $1.99, S&S rare roast beef at $5.99 a pound for $7.07, two
Marie Calendar meals at $1.99 each, one beef tips and one meat loaf for $14.16
total. I then returned home. The
apartment smelled a lot fresher with the window open and the fan blowing in
fresh air. I sprayed Bissell Air Freshener deodorizer in the closets and around
the room. I took off the face plate off the wall cable plate and tightened the
cable connector. I put on the new one foot cable I bought at Radio Shack
connecting to the four splitter. Now Channel 2 seems to come in clear. I will
now take a Kaiser roll and split it, and put mayonnaise on both sides. I will
then put slices of rare roast beef on it, and I will put horse radish on the
roast beef, and then I will put a few slices of Vidalia onion on it, and I will
season it with salt and pepper, and I will have the roast beef sandwich with a
dill pickle slice and potato chips along with ice tea and a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/02 Sunday 2:45 P.M.: I rested until 2 P.M.. I chatted with a
relative. I took off the old shades of the bedroom lamps, and I put the new
shades on. I will throw out the old shades. I opened the left living room
window. I disconnected the air conditioner, and I plugged in the fan and turned
it on medium. I am now airing out the apartment. I will take a shower and put
on the nicotine patch. Then I will go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/02 Sunday 12:30 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, oatmeal bread toast, orange juice,
coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I watched some of the morning news. Last night when I was out for a walk, I
bought from Zyn stationary a #29 Cold Cash Doubler scratch card for $1, but I
did not win anything. I will start using the nicotine patch today. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/02 Sunday 12:25 A.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the Exxon
station next to the Greenwich Library. I bought $10.50 of premium gasoline at
$1.779 a gallon. I then dropped off a
DVD video disk at the video drop at the Greenwich Library. I then went
downtown. I first walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I then
walked lower Greenwich Avenue again. I sat out at various locations. I noticed
that the mobile art exhibit at the senior and arts center has flood lights
shining on it. However, the flood lights also shine out into Greenwich Avenue
which interferes with the night time vision of divers in that location. When I returned home, I called the Public
Safety department, and I gave them my viewpoint. I also noticed that the
mobiles have wires attaching them to the ground to keep them from swinging
which people in that location can not see at night. When I was first out, I saw the full moon rising
and at the same time I saw a shooting star.
The wind was out of the southwest, so it was a dry night and easy on my
arthritis. I drove down by the waterfront afterwards. I next went to the Stop
and Shop, and I bought a bottle of Lysol Island Breeze cleaner for $2.99, a
Tombstone Pepperoni pizza for $2.99, a dozen large eggs $1.69, three S&S
premium margarine $2 all, a bulb of garlic .35, buy one get one free of B&G
Kosher dill spears $2.69 both, for $12.89 total. I then returned home about 11
P.M., and I relaxed a bit. I will now
watch some television before going to bed. I will probably try to quit smoking
when I wake up today using the nicotine patches. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/02 Saturday 8:05 P.M.: I watched the ABC evening news. I had
a broiled shell steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed
broccoli and corn on the cob, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will now go out for
some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/02 Saturday 6:20 P.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering
the plants. I cleaned up. I finished listening to the Oldies count down.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/02 Saturday 2:50 P.M.:
I am listening to www.warx.com for some vintage Oldies music. I am playing the internet music through my
amplifier stereo system. It is now for time for house cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/02 Saturday 2:00 P.M.:
Last night I watched BBC programming on PBS channel 21 before going to bed
at 11 P.M.. I was up at 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, orange juice,
toast, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I picked up a loaf of bread from the
bread table. I have been taking Benedryl recently for allergies which make me
sleepy when I wake up. I fell back asleep until 1:30 P.M.. I think the allergy
season now might be less severe, so I will quit taking Benedryl. I had a
telephone call from a relative. I
checked the mail. I will now have a
Boston Market beef pot roast dinner with ice tea and a Brazilian instant
coffee. I will then start my house cleaning. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 05/24/02:
Note:
<888> 05/24/02 Friday 8:20 P.M.: It appears that the GeoCities upload is
not working at the moment, so I can not update my “Scott’s Random Notes” . I
did notice in the Greenwich Times today that water restrictions have been
lifted locally. Thus I can hose and bucket wash and wax my car some time in the
future when I have time, and when I get around to buying some car wax. I will
now send out my weekly notes. I will then watch a DVD video disk. I will try to go to bed around midnight. I
will do house cleaning in the morning. I have a friend coming to visit at 1:30
P.M. tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/02 Friday 7:30 P.M.: The note still does not work without the
HTML format. It is like
GeoCities has
it blocked. The other pages at the site seem to work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/02 Friday 7:25 P.M.: For some odd reason, my web page of
"Scott's Random Notes" will not display from the GeoCities web site.
I am trying to post using the text editor instead of Microsoft Word 2002 with
all the HTML content. I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/02 Friday 6:10 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this morning. I
watched the morning news and relaxed. About 10 A.M., I had breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, oatmeal toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then
cleaned up, and I went out. I decided not to try the nicotine patches today,
since it would be a busier day. I drove over to “Smokes for Less” in Byram, and
I bought three patches of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $8.25 for three
packages. I then on the way to town gave a neighbor a ride from the bus stop on
the Post Road to town. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then stopped by Midas, but they only had two people on today, so they
could not check out the rattle on my Volvo. I then went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop and lamps were $2 and lamp shades were .50. I bought a
pair of lampshades with a small blue stripe for .50 each $1 total. I then drove
down by the waterfront and I chatted with some waterfront locals. I then drove
to another part of the waterfront, and I chatted with a local while I searched
my car for about a half hour looking for a DVD video disk that I thought I had
brought with me, but later turned out to back at home. I chatted with some
other locals. I could not get the passenger side rear door to open from the
outside, so I moved the child lock latch on the door jam, and now it will not
open from the outside or the inside, which I suppose is just as well since it
occasionally would come open when closed. I then drove back to the other part
of the waterfront. I then went by the ELDC thrift shop. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I checked out two DVD video disks. I then returned home.
I had a frosted diet Coke in a frosted mug. Then for a meal, I had two hotdogs
with buns and ketchup and mustard and potato chips and two small dill pickles
and ice tea and a cappuccino. I put the new lamp shades on top of the existing
lamp shades on the bedroom nightstand tables on either side of the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/02 Friday 1:40 A.M.: I watched the DVD video. The TEAC DVD
system is working just fine. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/02 Thursday 10:20 P.M.: I read the smoking patch information.
I started to watch the TEAC DVD system, and once again it would not start
properly. I disconnected it and reconnected it a number of times. I finally
figured out the weight of the JVC videotape machine on top of it was causing it
to malfunction. I moved the JVC videotape machine to the bookcase stereo rack,
and the TEAC DVD video disk machine now starts properly. I will now watch a DVD
video. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/02 Thursday 8:55 P.M.: I was up at 6 A.M. this morning. I
watched some morning news. I had breakfast of oatmeal, oatmeal toast, orange
juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I then fell back to sleep until 11
A.M.. I checked the mail. I had lunch of a Stouffer’s hearty turkey dinner with
ice tea and Brazilian instant coffee. I then went out, and I returned a book to
the Greenwich Library. I read the local paper and a Time Magazine special issue
about “911”. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.
I read another Time Magazine while waiting. I then stopped by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went to the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop. I next went downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware
store, and I viewed their 70% off shelf in the front of the store. I went by
CVS, and I bought a box of the CVS Nicotine Transdermal System of 14 patches
Step One 21 mg. stop smoking aid with behavior support program for $38.99. The wind was out of the southwest today, so
it was dry which is good for arthritis.
After my walk, I drove by the waterfront. I have noticed in the last
couple of days that my 1976 Volvo 244 DL has a slight exhaust rattling. I
looked underneath the car, and the system is secure, but there is a bolt
missing from the exhaust manifold pipe that is suppose to connect it to the
under body of car. I will have it
checked soon. It does not appear to be anything major, and hopefully this will
stop the slight rattling. After the waterfront,
I went by Stop and Shop, and I bought buy one get one free of large bags of
Lays Barbeque potato chips for $2.99 both. I then went by the Food Emporium,
and I bought two shell steaks at $3.99 a pound for $5.91 and buy one get one
free of Edy’s sorbet pints, one raspberry and the other mandarin orange. I then
returned home. I had a chilled diet Coke in a frosted mug. I relaxed a bit. I
then had a broiled shell steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
steamed corn on the cob, steamed broccoli florets, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I
will try the stop smoking patches starting tomorrow morning after I
shower. I think I will watch a DVD movie
now. On my TEAC DVD video disk system, sometimes one has to unplug the machine
to let the programming reset itself whenever it gets messed up. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/02 Wednesday 11:00 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I had two hot dogs
with buns and ketchup and mustard and three small dill pickles and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/02 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.: I finished the laundry. I hung the
new shirts in my bedroom closet. I put the larger shorts in the top white
bureau drawer with the other larger shorts. I put the Harry Potter mouse pad on
the right side of the primary computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/02 Wednesday 8:45 P.M.: I went out, and I made my 1 P.M.
appointment at the Greenwich Hospital Dental outpatient clinic to have my teeth
cleaned. I noticed they were serving barbeque hamburgers outside. I then went
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought for $4 an extra large white
Greenwich Ducks Unlimited 50th anniversary shirt for $4. I then went
by the Mews Thrift Shop. For $10 I got 10 extra large polo and crews and leisure shirts of various
colors about half from the GAP including an Izod, an extra large blue boxer
Speedo swim suit, a Ralph Lauren polo sweat shirt, and a pair of waist 40
inches denim shorts. I thanked them for the bargains. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then drove over to the Old Greenwich Rummage Room Thrift shop,
and I bought a waist 40 inch pair of long white Bermuda style shorts for $4.
While looking at their pants, I found $8 cash in a pair of pants pockets that I
gave to the staff. I then drove around Tod’s Point, and I sat out at the
southeast beach area for about 45 minutes.
I found a quarter. I then went by Staples in Old Greenwich. They have 80
gigabyte Maxtor 5400 rpm hard drives for $120 plus a $40 mailin rebate for $80
which is very reasonable. They also have a 2.4 gigahertz AT&T cordless
phone for $50 with a $10 AT&T phone card. I bought a Harry Potter mouse pad
from the clearance table for $1.50 plus .09 tax for $1.59. I then went back
downtown, and I drove around the waterfront. I then stopped by the Greenwich
Library, and I returned a DVD video disk, and I read the local paper. I then
returned home. I am on the dry cycle of washing the clothes that I bought that
needed washing. I made room in my bedroom closet for the new clothes by moving
about 10 smaller polo shirt to the closet shelf to the right on the paper products
making room for the new larger clothing items to hang along side the other
clothes. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/02 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.: I rested until 11 A.M.. I checked
the mail. I had a Marie Callender meat loaf dinner with ice tea and a Brazilian
instant coffee. I will now clean up. I have a 1 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/02 Wednesday 6:15 A.M.: I watched a DVD video disk until 11
P.M. last night. I then went to bed. I was up at 4:30 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, oatmeal bread toast, orange juice,
coffee, vitamins and supplements. I watched a bit of television, and I checked
my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/02 Tuesday 8:00 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. A friend called me up.
I just had dinner of a Stouffer’s hearty pot roast dinner and ice tea. I will
relax a bit more before going to bed later on. I will now shut down the
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/02 Tuesday 4:00 P.M.: Well, I chatted with a relative and
another individual. I did some computer work. It seems a bit damp out, so I
will stay inside today. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/02 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.: I was up at 5 A.M., and I watched a bit
of the morning news. I had breakfast of oatmeal, oatmeal bread toast, orange
juice, coffee, vitamins and supplements. I then chatted with a friend. I have
been thinking about this Marine coral calcium from Japan that I am taking.
Perhaps if the Florida Keys is made out of the same substance they could grind
up the Florida Keys and sell it for 50 cents a pill. Apparently this substance was very popular
with the first pharmaceutical shops in Barcelona, Spain 300 years ago, and
perhaps this is what leads to the legends of Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of
Youth. I have a feeling it also might be the ingredients in Gator Aid, a well
known sports drink from Florida. Whatever the case, it might explain why in
theory some of the old alligators and crocodiles live to be 200 years old in
Florida hanging around the coral deposits along the shores of Florida. Moreover
from what I know and from what I saw on Dr. Robert Barefoot’s infomercial,
there might be some truth to the validity it helps the body rejuvenate itself,
and it is good for warding off diseases like Parkinson’s syndrome, cancer, and
tired blood. Still, it is too early to tell whether it is doing any good for me
or not. However, for all I know the Coral Calcium from Japan might be different
from other coral deposits around the world. It is suppose to have a lot of
electrolytes and enzymes that are suppose to be good for the body. Still
locally it is cold and damp which is not good for my arthritis. Also despite
taking the benedryl my allergies seem to be activated in this most severe
allergy season. Well, when I got up at noon, I checked the mail. I then had a
Marie Callender’s breaded fish fillet with macaroni and cheese meal along with
ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee. The Greenwich Times on Sunday said
there are 1750 people from South America living in Greenwich, Connecticut and a
lot more in the neighboring towns of Port Chester, New York; Danbury,
Connecticut; and Stamford, Connecticut. Alas I do not speak Spanish or
Portuguese, so I do not network with that community. Well, I guess I will clean
up and go out for some routine activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/02 Monday 11:10 P.M.: I finished watching the television
movie. I had some ice tea. Well, there
is not much going on, since it is cooler out, and the people with the so called
money to spend in this area prefer warm weather, so until it gets warmer, the
general local economy will remain in recession.
Of course maybe some Canadian found a gold mine, and maybe that so
called Canadian will spend some money in this area, while it is still cooler.
Of course for all I know the moon is made of Swiss cheese. Thus for all I know
with the threats of terrorism in this area, the people whom normally spend
money in this area have fled the area to spend their ill begotton gains in
other deluxe areas that are less threatened. Well, the real story is not much
ever happens here, so people whom like to read books enjoy reading books here
while nothing is happening. Cheerio.
Also on Dr. Robert Barefoot’s infomercial about Coral Calcium, they said
they are also giving it to horses, which might explain why certain horses are
winning unexpectedly. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/02 Monday 7:50 P.M.: I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and
ketchup and mustard and potato chips and ice tea. I will watch a television
movie at 8 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/02 Monday 7:30 P.M.: I rested from 3 P.M. until 6 P.M.. A
friend called, and we chatted. I watched the ABC evening news. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/02 Monday 1:45 P.M.: Today I decided to have my primary meal
of the day at noon. I had a medium rare
broiled shell steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white
rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed fresh corn on the cob, steamed
fresh broccoli florets, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I then relaxed and listen to
some of the chit chat from BBC radio 5 http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/ . They mentioned that Queen Elizabeth II,
Prince Phillip, and Prince Charles visited the Chelsea Flower Show and were
describing the garden of holistic medicine plants that Prince Charles had
patronized. Well, I guess this time of
year the foliage would be coming out in England, and they probably would have
an allergy season problem. On a lesser note, I tend to have busy weekends, so I
frequently relax the Friday before weekends and the Monday after. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/02 Monday 11:10 A.M.: I rested until 10:30 A.M.. I checked
the mail. I will now listen to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram and there are other BBC
listening links at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ . I believe the British humorously call the BBC
“Aunt B”. Alas I have never been to the United Kingdom. Like parking on
Greenwich Avenue, it is too expensive to go there. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/02 Monday 5:35 A.M.: I went to bed at 4 P.M. yesterday. I had
two calls from relatives. I was up at 4 A.M. this morning. I watched a bit of
morning television. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, oatmeal bread
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins and supplements. I will now do some
regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/02 Sunday 2:55 P.M.: I went back downtown at noon. I drove
down by the waterfront. I then sat out for a while. I then walked with a local,
and I walked up to the Greenwich Library.
We then walked along the Boston Post Road as far as Christ Church. We
then returned to Greenwich Avenue, and we parted company. I then walked back down the Avenue, and I sat
out for a while. I then drove down by the waterfront. The Greenwich Crafts
festival is going on at the Bruce Museum. I then returned home. I will now have
some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I then will go to bed. I will now before going to bed take a Tylenol,
MSM, and a Coral Calcium pill along with another pill I take to relax. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/02 Sunday 11:45 A.M.: I went over to the Port Chester, New
York shopping center at 9:45 A.M.. The VitaminShoppe does not open until 11
A.M. on Sunday. I waited and toured Odd Job. I bought a “As Seen of TV” 301
piece Titanium coated drill bit set for $4.99, two Polaroid 9 volt batteries
for $1.49 apiece, and two packages of 10 Ultra Plus twin blade disposable
razors for .99 a package, a large tube of Crest tartar control toothpaste gel
$1.59 plus .79 tax for $12.43 total. I then toured Staples. When the
VitaminShoppe opened, I bought the last two bottles of 60 capsules each bottle
of Natures Benefit, Inc. Professional Products Marine Coral Minerals which
contain 100% pure ocean bed coral calcium from Okinawa, Japan. One is suppose
to take two capsules a day with purified water, and two capsules contain 1000
mg. of Coral Calcium, 240 mg. calcium, 120 mg. of magnesium, and they also
contain a lot of marine trace minerals. I paid $23.96 per bottle plus I had a
$10 discount card for the VitaminShoppe for $37.92 total. I then returned home.
I took one of Marine Coral Mineral coral calcium pills with a half of glass of
orange juice. I will now go out for some more fresh air. I put the drill set in the sweater closet
with the other tools. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/02 Sunday 9:10 A.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
waterfront. There were the usual fishermen fishing. I then drove downtown. I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various
locations. I then drove by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then went to the Food Emporium. I bought two shell steaks at
$3.99 a pound for $6.06, four ears of corn for .67 total, and a dozen extra
large eggs for $1.79 for $8.52 total. I then returned home, and I had some ice
tea and watched a bit of television. I will now have a Swanson’s chicken
teriyaki dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/02 Sunday 5:00 A.M.: I watched Robert Barefoot’s program on
Coral Calcium. It looks interesting. It is available at the VitaminShoppe VitaminShoppe.com - Product Details for Marine Coral
Minerals by Natures Benefit . I might go over there
at the Port Chester shopping center later this morning. I had a Tony’s
pepperoni pizza with ice tea and a cappuccino. I make the Tony’s www.tonys.com frozen pizza, by cutting the frozen pizza into
quarters and putting it on a cookie sheet. I then season it with celery salt,
garlic powder, ground black pepper, Italian spices, oregano, and basil and
sprinkle a few tablespoons of olive oil on it.
I then cook it in the convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 13
minutes. I will now clean up, and I guess I will go out for a chilly morning
walk. I will keep a keen eye out for
Mountain Lions and Cougars and whatever cats might be prowling around in the
early morning hours. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/02 Sunday 3:30 A.M.: I watched a program about the Concorde
which is older than my Volvo. Apparently they fly it down to Barbados a lot. I
am now watching a program about Firenze, Italia. They showed Bertolloci’s dome
that I once climbed which was quite a hike considering when I got to the top at
it noon on Saturday, it was just closing, and we had to walk down which was
much harder without really having time to enjoy the view. Now the program is
lecturing on Cosmo Di Medici and his family’s art works. The GeoCities web site
is back up and running. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/02 Sunday 1:50 A.M.: I went back to bed until 1 A.M.. I am
watching a program on Egyptology on the Travel channel. I finished making a
batch of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/02 Saturday 7:55 P.M.: I ran WinDoctor before going to bed. I
ran Norton SpeedDisk on the C: drive while I was asleep. I just got up. I will
have breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/02 Saturday 12:30 P.M.: I did a C: drive to E: drive backup.
I had dinner at 8 A.M. of a Stouffer’s hearty Salisbury steak dinner with ice
tea. I picked up a loaf of oatmeal bread from the bread table downstairs. I
went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by
the Greenwich Hardware store. I bought four Satco flame tip 15 watt frosted
bulbs for $2.49 each plus .60 tax for $10.56 total. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local
paper, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I then went by Exxon, and I bought
$12 of premium at $1.819 a gallon. I then went by the Stop and Shop. They now
carry General Electric flame tip 15 watt frosted bulbs in a two pack for $2.79
both. I bought two of the GE two packs for $2.79 each, three Land O Lakes 8
ounce bars of cheese for $5 all, a head of broccoli at .99 a pound for $1.17, a
Tony’s Pepperoni pizza $2.50, and two Marie Calendar’s dinners for $2.50 each
plus .33 tax for $19.58 total. I then returned home. I put the Satco flame tip
bulbs in the sconces above the dining room table, and I put the GE bulbs with
the other bulbs in the bedroom bureau. I vacuumed the apartment, and I finished
my house cleaning. I finished the C: drive to E: drive backup at noon. I will
now relax a bit and have some goldfish crackers and ice tea before going to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/02 Saturday 5:45 A.M.: I sifted through my email. I am
listening to www.wqxr.com for some relaxing classical music on my new
computer headphones. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/02 Saturday 4:50 A.M.: I am finished with the house cleaning
except for vacuuming which I will do later when I will not disturb my
neighbors. I enjoyed listening to the Beatles music with the wireless
headphones while house cleaning. I can replace the rechargeable batteries in
the wireless headphones after recharging them in my Radio Shack battery
charger. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/02 Saturday 3:35 A.M.: The www.geocities.com site where I have my site at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ is down for maintenance until Sunday, so it
will not be running. I listened to the music clips at http://www.paulmccartney.com/ . I can buy his new CD for less than $20 or $14 at www.amazon.com . I will now do my weekly house cleaning while
listening to some vintage Beatles Music on MP3 on my TEAC DVD player with my
Emerson Wireless headset, so I do not disturb the neighbors. I hope I do not
drop the headphones in the toilet while I am cleaning the bathroom. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/02 Saturday 2:10 A.M.: After I finished putting the laundry
away, I cleaned up. I went out about 11:30 P.M., and I walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue in the rain with an umbrella. I sat out at various
locations. There were the usual number
of pub crawlers at the Bleu Café http://www.bleu-cafe.com/ , the Dome restaurant, the Sundown saloon, and the
Thataway café. They were playing a bit of music. I then drove down by the
waterfront. On weekends the Food
Emporium is not open at night, but the Glory Days diner is now open 24 hours
for late night dining. I returned home, and I had two hotdogs with buns and
ketchup and mustard, potato chips, two small dill pickles, a frosted diet Coke
in a frosted mug, and a cappuccino. I then watched a bit of television. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 05/17/02:
Note:
<888> 05/17/02 Friday 10:15 P.M.: I watched television until 4 A.M. this
morning. I watched the CSPAN replay of the Ronald Reagan presentation of the
Congressional Metal of Honor to Nancy Reagan. I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea. I slept until 8 P.M. this evening. I had oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I am on the dry cycle on my laundry. I chatted with a
friend. I will now send out my weekly note. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/02 Friday 1:30 A.M.: I went through my regular computer
routine. I put Yap Gear Net2Phone 10 on my computer. It works with the YAP
card. I have about $13 of YAP time on the cards I have. I set up Net2Phone 10
and its speed dial. The later version does not seem to work with the YAP cards.
Well, I will shut down for the night. I will relax a bit and maybe watch some
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/02 Thursday 11:45 P.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and ice
tea before going to bed this morning about 7 A.M.. I was up at 1 P.M.. For breakfast I had three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I
returned home, and a friend had arrived to visit. We went down by the waterfront and sat out by
the waterfront for a while. We then drove around the waterfront. We then
stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store. I was looking for 15 watt frosted
candelabra bulbs, but they were out of them.
We then stopped by Smokes for Less in Byram for my friend to get some
smokes. We then drove over to the Port Chester, New York shopping center. We
toured Odd Job and Lenins and Things. I checked out Staples, and I met up with
my friend at Vitamin Shoppe where he made a purchase. On returning home, I
noticed my exhaust system was making a rattling sound. I checked it out later
after dinner, and it was slightly touching the body, so it rattled. I turned it
down a bit, and it is fine. I hit a stick on the way to Port Chester which
might have knocked it up a bit. We watched the BBC evening news. I made the same
dinner for us as last night. I also had a cappuccino. My friend left about 9
P.M.. I went out and fixed the rattling exhaust tail pipe. I dropped off a DVD
video disk at the library video drop. I then went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I just now returned home, and I had some ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/02 Thursday 6:05 A.M.: I listened to a bit of music with the
new headphones. I will now relax for a while. I have a 3 P.M. appointment
today. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/02 Thursday 4:05 A.M.: I ran Windows XP Professional Update,
and I updated Internet Explorer 6.0. The
web site in the movie is www.govworks.com. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/02 Thursday 3:20 A.M.: I watched the DVD video “Startup.com”.
It is pretty apropos about the way the internet has gone. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/02 Thursday 1:15 A.M.: I had goldfish crackers yesterday
morning before going to bed about 7 A.M.. I was up at 7 P.M.. For breakfast I had oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went by the library, and I returned two and
checked out two DVD video disks. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. There was a star or planet on either
side of the crescent moon. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. I
relaxed a bit. I had the same dinner as last night without the cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/02 Wednesday 5:00 A.M.: I watched a DVD video disk. I watched
a bit of television. I will now have some Carr’s crackers with mozzarella
cheese and ice tea. I then will relax a
bit before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/02 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.:
I finished going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I sifted through my
email. Yesterday, I ran Norton Anti Virus and my system is clean. However,
every day since April 11, 2002; somebody sends me an email virus worm to my
address from different email addresses. Since my system is clean, it appears
that somebody with my email address has an email worm or an individual is
deliberately trying to send me an email worm spoofing various email addresses.
It is a minor annoyance, but Norton AntiVirus 2002 catches it every time. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/02 Wednesday 12:25 A.M.: For any fisherpersons or nautical
people this site might be handy listing Tide times http://www2.primushost.com/~mcmorran/tide/tideform.html . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/02 Wednesday 12:05 A.M.: I slept until midnight on Tuesday. I
watched a long television movie and other television until 6 A.M.. I had some
potato chips and ice tea. I went to bed at 6 A.M., and I was up at 6 P.M.. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I then cleaned up, and I went out. I drove by the waterfront, and I
chatted with the regular fishermen and a local. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper and P.C. Magazine. I also checked out a DVD
video disk. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a 34 ounce bag of
Food Emporium hazelnut coffee beans for $8.79, and I also bought a 38 ounce box
of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.29 for $14.10 total. I then
returned home. I had some ice tea. I then mixed the new hazelnut coffee beans
with the existing batch of Food Emporium red and blue bag coffee beans. I now
have six mason jars of coffee beans which I keep underneath my dining room
table. I opened up the Indiana Kitchen pork tenderloin package, and it had two
one pound whole pork tenderloins in it. I cut off about two thirds of one, or
about two thirds of a pound. I took a Pyrex pie dish, and I added a couple of
tablespoons of olive oil, and a couple of tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy
sauce, and a tablespoon of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, and I rolled
the pork tenderloin in it. I seasoned it on both sides with ground black
pepper, celery salt, garlic powder, Old Bay seasoning, Italian spices, and
Oregano. I added two quartered onions. I cooked it in the convection oven at
350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. I had it with steamed white rice with La
Choy low sodium soy sauce, and steamed slices of fresh zucchini, sliced fresh
asparagus, and fresh broccoli florets, along with ice tea, and a cappuccino. I
will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/13/02 Monday 6:30 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I made my 4:30 P.M.
appointment. I returned home, and NOAA weather radio went off again saying
there would be about two inches of rain this evening. They also said there was
a tornado watch extending from Philadelphia up into Pennsylvania and the New
Jersey area until 7 P.M.. I just had a Swanson turkey breast stuffing dinner
and ice tea. I am a bit tired, so I guess I will relax a bit and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/13/02 Monday 2:50 P.M.: In the mail, I received my Greenwich Parks
car sticker which one sticks above the emissions sticker in the left front
inside window. I went out, and I stopped by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I
bought two cartons of Seneca Lights 100s for $26 each carton or $52 total. I
then went to the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought two loaves of
Freihofer’s 12 grain bread for $1.29 each and with senior discount $2.32 total.
I then stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went to
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I checked out their vast selection of
merchandise. I then drove down by the waterfront, and one of the regular
fishermen were there. I then went by the ELDC thrift shop in Cos Cob, and I
bought Panasonic Stereo headphones RP-HT96 for $15 plus .90 tax for $15.90 total. I next went to Radio Shack in Cos Cob, and I
bought two gold stereo headphone cable Y-Adapters for $5.99 each plus .72 tax
for $12.70 total. I then went to the
Greenwich Food Mart, and I bought Indiana Kitchen whole pork tenderloin for
$3.59 a pound for $7.08 total. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
returned a DVD video disk, and I checked out one. I then went to the Stop and
Shop, and I bought a bunch of broccoli for .99 a pound for $1.20, a Tony’s
Pepperoni pizza for $2.50, and four Tropicana orange juice half gallons with
calcium for $2 each for $11.70 total. I then returned home. I used one of the
gold stereo headphone Y adaptors to connect a set of speakers and the ear plug
to the microphone headset on the backup computer. I disconnected the stereo
headphones on the primary computer, and I plugged them into the cable on the
lower left side of the desk by the computer that is connected to the stereo
amplifier. I then took off the cable they were connected to the primary
computer, and I put it in the lower right desk drawer. I connected the new
Panasonic stereo headphones to the primary computer. I will save the second
gold Y-adaptor for future use, and I put it in the left top desk drawer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/13/02 Monday 10:05 A.M.: I had a cappuccino. I checked the mail,
and it is not here yet. I guess I will clean up and go out for some daytime
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/13/02 Monday 8:55 A.M.: The groin hernia was probably aggravated
over the years when I did things like build the garage apartment in Plandome
Manor, Long Island in 1982 and when I worked in the Lanqueduc restaurant in
Nantucket and other restaurants from 1978 to 1983 lifting many heavy items like
hundred pound bags of onions and garbage on a regular basis along with other
construction work not to mention all the times I have moved furniture items.
Thus since I am getting older and I have put on weight my abdomen wall is
probably weaker allowing part of my intestinal region to slip down into the
groin area. CIO
Note: <888>
05/13/02 Monday 8:45 A.M.: I have actually had the groin hernia since about
February 1979 when there was an ice storm in New Canaan, Connecticut. I showed
up at the apartment there, and a pipe had frozen in the basement, and I moved a
trunk of mine with about 200 pounds of books to keep them from getting wet
before fixing the frozen pipe. However, recently since I put on the weight the
groin hernia seems to have gotten worse.
When I lie down, it goes away, but when I stand up it falls back down
into the groin area. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/13/02 Monday 8:25 A.M.: I researched “groin hernia” at www.google.com , and I came up with http://www.medbroadcast.com/health_topics/health_conditions/hernia/index.shtml . I have a bad groin
hernia. I have not lifted that much heavy stuff recently besides the 85 pound
HP laser printer and the Orion 25 inch television which weighed about 85 pound
too. I use to move my furniture more frequently, but I have not done so in six
month. From reading the hernia site
information, it says a groin hernia can be caused by being overweight. I am
presently 217 pounds which I would say is 30 to 50 pound overweight for my six
foot height and small bone frame. I have thought about having the hernia
operated on, but I thought it might first be better to lose some weight which I
have not succeeded in doing since I have not been walking as much recently in
the colder weather damp weather. Well, I guess it is hard to stop the aging
process. I just had a Boston Market chicken teriyaki with rice dinner with ice
tea. I guess I will relax a bit now. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/13/02 Monday 7:15 A.M.: I was up at 7 P.M. last night. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I watched
television and rested until about 6 A.M. this morning. I chatted with a friend
and a relative. About midnight I had two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard,
potato chips, two small dill pickles, ice tea, and a Brazilian instant coffee.
I threw out the garbage a little while ago. My Volvo runs fine, but for the
last three to five years, I have had one or two ripped rubber boots on the
front steering arms which I have been told I should have replaced. Maybe I will
look into it this week. I have a 4:30
P.M. appointment this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/12/02 Sunday 8:55 A.M.: I finished watching the DVD video. Some
of the Greenwich Library DVD videos are defected and can cause playing problems
when watching them. I watched a bit of other television, and I relaxed. I guess
I will head off to bed now. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/12/02 Sunday 3:45 A.M.: I had dinner of the last of the cold eye
round with horseradish sauce and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed
white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed fresh asparagus, and ice
tea. I will now watch a DVD video. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/12/02 Sunday 2:45 A.M.: I sifted through my email. There is a
group of people in Greenwich, Connecticut stuck with old cars whom can not
afford to go anywhere. Their web site is http://www.greenwichconcours.com/ .
Note:
<888> 05/12/02 Sunday 12:55 A.M.: I fell asleep yesterday morning about 8
A.M.. I had a bowl of potato chips and ice tea before going to bed. I did not
wait to get bread from the bread table, since I figured I would start eating
the multiple grain bread from the Arnold Bread outlet which would be healthier
and less fattening. I was up at 4 P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium
boiled egg, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I started house cleaning,
and I got a tired spell, so I fell back to sleep until 9 P.M.. I had a
Stouffer’s Hearty pot roast meal along with ice tea and Brazilian instant
coffee. I then watched a bit of television. I just finished house cleaning. I
still have to vacuum during a time I will not disturb my neighbors. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/02 Saturday 4:00 A.M.: I did some regular computer work. I
went out at 2:30 A.M.. I drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to the
Riverside Shopping Plaza to CVS. I bought two full length marine blue vinyl and
steel beach chairs for $9.99 each, and two CVS ground black pepper .99 each, Italian spices $1, Ground Cinnamon $1,
and Garlic Powder $1 plus $1.20 tax for $26.16 total. I then drove back through
downtown, and I returned home. I put the two full length beach chairs in the
right passenger side rear seat area of the Volvo since I do not have room in
the trunk. The last one I had like them
lasted about 12 years. They are made in China. I will now shut down for the
night. I will try not to have a snack. I will go to bed once I am tired. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/10/02 Friday 11:00 P.M.: When I installed the Bosch Platinum
spark plugs in the Volvo, I used the factory preset gap on the plugs of about
.032 mm. I went out, and I put in $5 of premium gasoline at $1.819 a gallon at
Exxon along with the Chevron Techron fuel injection system cleaner. I lowered
the air in my tires which had gone up in the warmer weather from 34 PSI to 30
PSI. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue,
and I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and the Wall
Street Journal. I then went to Stop and Shop, and I bought S&S hotdog rolls
for $1.19, B&G kosher dill spears for $2.69, Lays large bag of potato chips
$1.99, La Choy low sodium soy sauce $2.39, and a large bottle of Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce for $2.29 for $10.55 total. I then returned home,
and I had a ice tea. I relaxed a bit. I then had dinner of three 1/3 inch to ½
inch thick slices of cold eye round beef with horseradish and Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce,
steamed fresh cut asparagus, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will now do some
regular computer work. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 05/10/02:
Note:
<888> 05/10/02 Friday 5:20 P.M.:
About 3 A.M. this past morning, I had a dozen Carr’s crackers with
Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and ice tea. I went to bed about 4 A.M., and
I was up at 3 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee,
and vitamins. I then went out, and I tuned up my 1976 Volvo 244 DL. I put in
the new Mann air filter, Bosch distributor cap rotor, Bosch distributor cap,
and four Bosch platinum spark plugs. This all took about an hour. I saved the
old parts. The car runs just fine. I also sprayed WD40 on the ignition system
to prevent corrosion. I checked the oil. I will put the Chevron Techron fuel
injection system cleaner in the gas tank when I go downtown, and I fill up at
Exxon. I also put on some gray duct tape on the passenger side rear tail light
to prevent moisture leakage where it is cracked. I will now send out my weekly
note. I will then clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/02 Thursday 11:10 P.M.: I enjoyed dinner. I relaxed a bit. I
will now watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/02 Thursday 9:25 P.M.: I was up until about 6 A.M. this
morning. I watched a bit of television. I had a dozen Carr’s crackers with
Cabot’s Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese about 6 A.M. along with ice tea. I
was up at 1 P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toasted
roll, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then
drove over to Stamford Volvo, and they did not have the tune up parts for my
car. I toured the showroom, and they did not have the new Sport Utility Vehicle
on display, but they did have a blue convertible. I then went to International
Car Parts a couple blocks west of Stamford Volvo. I bought Chevron Techron fuel
injection system cleaner for $7.95, WD-40 $2.95, a pine scent air freshener for
.83, 4 Bosch BSP 4216 Platinum spark plugs for $3.95 each, a Bosch 04038 rotor
for $5.71, a Bosch 03010 Distributor Cap $8.05, a Mann BEC 042-1107 air filter
$7.62 plus $2.93 tax for $51.89 total. I will tune up my 1976 244 DL Volvo
tomorrow when it is cold if the weather is clear. I then drove over to Staples
in Old Greenwich, and from the clearance table I bought a Net2Phone YAP headset
for $9 plus .54 tax for $9.54 total. Staples is reorganizing their store
putting the aisles north to south instead of east of west. It looks like a lot
of work. I then drove downtown, and I walked upper Greenwich Avenue, and I sat
out at a couple of locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 12 packs of
Benedryl for $3.77 each package and two white Djeep lighters for $1.89 plus .23
tax for $11.55 total. I noticed I can
get boxes of 14 nicotine patches for $40 which means they would cost about $80
a month and would be about $50 a month cheaper than smoking. I am considering
trying them again. I returned home. I
put the Net2Phone YAP headset on the primary computer. It works fine. I hung it
on the right side of the speaker to the right of the computer chair. I took the
old Andrea Electronic microphone, and I put it on the backup computer. The
Net2Phone YAP headset came with a $10 YAP card which I have not installed yet.
I chatted with a relative and a friend. I will now have three 1/3 “ to ½ “ inch
thick slices of cold eye round with horse radish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, steamed fresh asparagus,
and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/02 Thursday 12:35 A.M.: I finished my regular internet work.
I will now put the ice tea in the refrigerator. I will then either read or
watch television or both. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/02 Wednesday 11:40 P.M.: I was up at 4 P.M. today. I received
telephone calls from a relative and a friend. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toasted roll halves, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I
went out. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at
various locations. I drove down by the waterfront, and the usual fishermen were
there. They did not seem to be having very good luck fishing. Still it is fun
to see them again. I noticed at the exit 3 entrance east bound a Red Cross
disaster services semi truck heading east. I went by the Greenwich Library, and
I read the local paper, and I checked out a book. I then went to the Stop and
Shop, and I bought a large container of Old Fashioned Quaker oatmeal for $3.99
and buy one get one free of Kahn’s beef franks for $3.69 both for $7.68 total.
I returned home. I had a frosted diet Coke in a frosted mug. My 52nd
birthday is tomorrow May 9, and a relative sent me a package. It contained an
Olympus SuperZoom 3000 35mm camera with instructions and a roll of Kodak ASA
200 24 exposure film and a Radio Shack traveler’s alarm clock. The camera was used, and I had to put a piece
of black electrical tape on the back where a small part was missing. I
installed the film, and the batteries are in good condition. I read the
instructions to figure out the features on it. I now can take some pictures in
my spare time providing I can afford the processing. However, people tend to be
very camera shy in Greenwich, so one has to be careful taking pictures. Still it is a most excellent camera, and I
will enjoy using it in the future. Last summer while up in Maine, my old Canon
camera malfunctioned on the scenic shots. I had dinner of three ½ inch thick
slices of cold eye round beef with horse radish and Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce,
steamed fresh asparagus, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I am also making up a batch
of ice tea. I put two AA batteries in the Radio Shack alarm clock. I will now
do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/02 Wednesday 3:10 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I looked at my email.
Then from midnight until now, I watched cooking shows on the Food TV network.
Well, I guess I will head off to bed now. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/02 Tuesday 11:20 P.M.: I went back to sleep until 4 P.M.. I
was up a few times watching television. It was a bit warm in the apartment, so
it made me sleepy. I turned on the air conditioner to 70 degrees Fahrenheit
when I got up. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toasted roll
halves, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went out, and I returned a DVD
video disk at the library, and I checked out another one. I went downtown, and
I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I used the ATM machine at the
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at a couple of
locations. I went down by the waterfront, and the regular fishermen are back
again this year. I went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a eye round roast at
$1.99 a pound for $5.79, asparagus at $1.49 a pound for $4.19, two Boston
Market dinners for $2.50 each, Hell of a Good Horseradish $2.19 for $17.17
total. I then went across the street to the Food Emporium, and I bought four
Stouffer’s hearty dinners at $1.79 apiece and Texas Best barbeque sauce for
$2.89 for $10.05 total. I then returned home. I had a Barq’s frosted root beer
in a frosted mug. I seasoned the eye round on all sides with ground black
pepper, celery salt, garlic powder, Italian spices, and Sweet Baby Ray’s
barbeque sauce, and I cooked it in the convection oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit
for 50 minutes. I had three ½ inch slices of the eye round for dinner with
steamed fresh yellow squash slices and fresh sliced asparagus and steamed white
rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, ice tea, and a Brazilian instant
coffee. I chatted with two friends while I was cooking dinner. I will now do
some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/02 Tuesday 2:25 A.M.: Yesterday morning about 3 A.M., I had a
dozen Carr’s crackers with slices of Cabot Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.
I then rested, and I had a telephone call at 7 A.M.. I rested until 3 P.M., and
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toasted roll halves, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I chatted with a relative. I went back to sleep until 9 A.M.. I
watched some television. About 11 P.M., I had a Swanson boneless chicken dinner
with ice tea. I watched television and rested until now. I am now having some ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/05/02 Sunday 11:35 P.M.: I compiled the last four months of my
random notes, and I put them in one long Microsoft Word 2002 document, and I
printed them out. I bound them in an Oxford Clip binder, and added it to the
other bound copies of my notes which I keep in the left hallway bookcase. The
notes are now 1712 pages long. I am able to print them out fast with the HP
LaserJet II printer using Postscript fonts which with the printer font
cartridges print quite rapidly. I chatted with a friend for a while also. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/05/02 Sunday 9:20 P.M.: A friend called at 1:30 P.M. today, and
said he would be down at 2:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled
eggs, toasted halves of a roll, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned
up, and when my friend arrived we went down by the waterfront and sat out for a
while. We then went to the Knights of Columbus flea market. For $10 I bought a
package of three Braun Oral B replacement brushes. We then drove around the
waterfront. We then sat downtown for a while and walked lower Greenwich Avenue.
We then returned to my place and had ice tea and watched television. I replace the brush on my Braun Oral B
device. I seasoned the pork tenderloin with olive oil, ground black pepper,
garlic powder, celery salt, and chopped garlic, and I cooked it with two
quarter onions in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
We each had half of the pork tenderloin with onion quarter, with steamed fresh
yellow and green squash slices, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy
sauce, ice tea, and I had a Brazilian instant coffee. We then watched a DVD
video. My guest just left. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/04/02 Saturday 9:25 P.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at a couple of different locations. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I went by Exxon, and I bought $10 of premium
at $1.849 a gallon. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a whole pork
tenderloin for $3.99 a pound for $5.07, and yellow and green squash at .99 a
pound for $1.97 for $7.04 total. I then returned home. I chatted with a
relative. I will now watch a DVD video. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/04/02 Saturday 6:35 P.M.:
I was up at 9 A.M.. I picked up 7 rolls from the bread table downstairs.
For breakfast I had oatmeal, a toasted roll, orange juice, coffee, and
vitamins. I then rested until 2 P.M.. I then had a Swanson fish stick dinner. I
cleaned the apartment and watered the plants.
For dinner I had two 1/3 inch thick slices of cold eye round with horse
radish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, two steamed sliced green
squash, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I then watched the Kentucky Derby. War
Emblem the Saudi Arabian #5 horse green and white colors won the race and paid
over 21-1 odds. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/03/02 Friday 10:25 P.M.: I finished my laundry. I did a bit of
computer work. I watched the ABC evening news. I had three 1/3 inch thick
slices of cold eye round for dinner with horseradish and Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed slices of yellow squash, and steamed white rice
with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I then watched
the BBC programming on PBS channel 21. I will now relax a bit for before going
to bed. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 05/03/02:
Note:
<888> 05/03/02 Friday 5:35 P.M.: I watched television until midnight. I
was up about 10 A.M. this morning. I received a telemarketing call for SNET
ADSL service. I had breakfast of toast, three medium boiled eggs, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I then went by First Union National Bank on Havemeyer Place, and I paid
my rent. I then sat out for a while downtown. Since it is so expensive to park
downtown now, I do not walk the Avenue much in the afternoon anymore. I drove
down by the waterfront. I then drove over to the library, and I returned and
checked out a DVD video. I also read the local paper and PC Magazine. I then
went by Stop and Shop, and I bought La Mollina spinach noodles for $1.79, two
Swanson dinners for $2 each, three S&S premium margarine for $2 all, Lysol
Island Breeze cleaner $2.99, a two pack of GE 15 watt light bulbs for $3.29
both, Gold’s hot horse radish $1.50, two green and one yellow squash at .99 a
pound for .89 and $1.01 for $17.51 total.
I then returned home, and I had some potato chips and a Barq’s frosted root
beer in a frosted mug. I then started my laundry and it should be done in 25
and 40 minutes. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/02/02 Thursday 10:05 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M. this morning. I
had breakfast of two slices of sunflower seed bread toast, oat meal, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the central Greenwich Post Office, and I bought 10
postage stamps at .34 each for $3.40, and I obtained a money order for .90 cost
to pay my Verizon telephone bill. I then went by the Mews Merry Go Round Thrift
shop, and I bought a LandsEnd blue polo shirt extra large with the logo
“Banker’s Trust Chairman’s Championship 1994” for $2. I then went by the
Greenwich Library and I returned a DVD video and checked out a DVD video. I
then went to “Smokes for Less” in Byram, and I bought two cartons of Seneca
Ultra Lights 100s for $26 each carton for $52 total. I then returned home, and
I had a glass of ice tea. I made my 3 P.M. appointment, and then I returned
home. A friend stopped by to visit at 4 P.M.. We chatted. We went back by
“Smokes for Less” for the friend to buy some smokes. We drove by Costco in Port
Chester, but it is not open yet. We went downtown, and my friend bought a gift
at Simon Pierce. I helped a local with jump start cables while waiting. I
admired the tulips at the central post office plaza. We then drove down by the
waterfront. We then went by Stop and Shop, and my friend bought a loin of pork
back strap at $3.99 a pound for $4.63.
My friend and I returned to my place, and we chatted. I then put a
little olive oil in a Pyrex dish and I seasoned the loin of pork with ground
black pepper, garlic powder, and celery salt. I cooked it in the convection
oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. We each had half for dinner with
steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce, and steamed fresh
asparagus and fresh broccoli, and ice tea. After dinner we watched a DVD video disk.
My guest left at 9:30 P.M.. I guess I
will relax a little bit, and watch a bit of television, and then I will head
off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/01/02 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I watched a
DVD video disk. I chatted with a relative. I send out an email. I will now go
to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/01/02 Wednesday 7:35 P.M.: Well, I was up about 9 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, two slices of sun flower
seed bread toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went to
the central Greenwich Post Office. I obtained ten .34 stamps. I am not stocking
up on stamps since they go up in price at the end of June. I obtained four
money orders, and I paid my GEICO automobile insurance, AT&T, Cablevision,
and Optimum Online bills. I then drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with a
former neighbor. We drove over to another waterfront location, and he did
chores on his boat. We then drove along the waterfront to Old Greenwich. We
both got hair cuts at Off Center hair cuts in Old Greenwich. They are opened on
Wednesday afternoon. I paid $16 and a $4 tip. We then drove out to Tod’s Point,
and we drove around the Point. We sat out at the southeast beach area. A local
school was having a field trip. About 3:30 P.M., we headed back. We stopped by
the Rummage Room, and I bought an extra large dark green Fruit of the Loom
“Athletics” polo shirt for $1.50. We
then drove back along the waterfront, and I showed the former neighbor my
apartment. I then returned the neighbor to the waterfront area, and I chatted
with another former neighbor. I then returned home. For dinner, I had two 1/3
inch thick slices of cold eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice with La Choy low sodium soy sauce,
steamed fresh asparagus and broccoli, and ice tea. I will now do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/30/02 Sunday 8:00 P.M.: My guest departed at 2 P.M.. I rested
until 7:30 P.M.. I had some goldfish crackers and an iced coffee outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/30/02 Sunday 12:25 P.M.: I was up at 3 A.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and I had
a coffee outside. I went back to bed about 6 A.M., and I slept until about
11:30 A.M. when a friend showed up. I just had low fat small curd cottage
cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries along with an iced coffee. My guest brought down two cantaloupes and a
quart of blueberries. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/02 Saturday 8:35 P.M.:
My guest arrived while I was outside. We came upstairs and had ice tea.
We went out for a drive. We stopped by Gateway Auto Parts looking for metric
license plate bolts for my guest’s SAAB. We finally found them at Greenwich
SAAB and attached his new license plates. We drove down by the waterfront. We returned to my place and chatted. I
chatted with a relative. For dinner we
had low fat small curd cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries
and ice tea. We then watched a DVD video
disk. My guest just left. I will now head off to bed. I am a bit tired. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/02 Saturday 2:05 P.M.: I discontinued charging the batteries
in the charger. I will go outside briefly. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/02 Saturday 12:45 P.M.: I finished vacuuming and house
cleaning. I dumped out the paper and bathroom garbage that had accumulated. I
am expecting a friend to come by and visit at 3 P.M.. I am listening to Radio 10
http://www.radio10.nl/live20.ram .
Well the old Dutch Boy has finished his house cleaning and other chores.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/02 Saturday 11:55 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I
stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then drove over to Off Center Hair Stylists in Old Greenwich, and I had my hair
cut for $16 plus $4 tip for $20 total. I then went out to Tod’s Point, and I
walked around the entire Tod’s Point area about a 2.5 mile walk. I then drove
back to central Greenwich. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I
next went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went downtown. I went to the central
Greenwich Post Office, and I bought the new higher rate postage stamps 20
antique toy car stamps at .37 each for $7.40 total. I then went by the Merry Go
Round Mews Thrift shop, and I browsed the store. They close in July and August,
and they have a 50% off sale right now. I then went by the waterfront. I next
went by Exxon, and I bought $11.35 of premium gasoline at $1.779 a gallon. I am
getting about 14 miles per gallon. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought a rib eye steak with bone in at $3.99 a pound for $4.55, Hellmann’s
mayonnaise 32 ounces for $1.99, and two Edy’s 48 ounces ice cream one Snickers
and one Mars for $2.50 each for $11.54. I then returned home. I had a cold
A&W root beer in a frosted mug. I sat outside having it. I then had three
scoops of the Edy’s Mars ice cream. I will now vacuum my apartment and finish
the house cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/02 Saturday 6:45 A.M.: I finished making the ice tea. I also
finished the house cleaning except for vacuuming which I will do later when I
won’t disturb my neighbors. I changed the rechargeable batteries in the
wireless headphones. I am charging up the used pair, and they need to come out
of the charger at 2 P.M. after eight hours charging. I will now clean up and go out for some
morning air. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/02 Saturday 4:35 A.M.: I had the Brazilian instant coffee
outside. I occasionally get a rattling noise in my bedroom wall from some
oddity in the wall. I usually fix it by pushing on the wall where the tern
picture is. I thought it might be caused by the air purifier on the living room
side of the wall. I checked the Honeywell Hepa air purifier, and I noticed it
was off. I guess whenever the electricity goes off, it needs to be restarted. I
started it up. I suppose it has been off a month or two, since the electricity
has gone off several times in the last couple of months. I am not sure what
causes the bedroom wall rattling. I started making up a batch of ice tea. I
will now start my house cleaning. I will listen to some music while doing it
wearing the wireless headphones with the apartment speakers turned off. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/02 Saturday 3:10 A.M.: I rested a bit, and I watched some
television. I guess I will now have some small curd low fat cottage cheese with
cantaloupe chunks and blueberries along with ice tea and a Brazilian instant
coffee. After the meal, I will try to
start my house cleaning. I feel a little lackadaisical, maybe the coffee with
get me up to speed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/28/02 Friday 10:35 P.M.: I had the same salad for dinner at last
night. I also had ice tea and a iced coffee outside. I watched some BBC British
comedy on Channel 21 PBS. I guess I will take a short nap now. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/28/02 Friday 8:35 P.M.: There is a little weather activity to
the north of us still and NOAA weather radio went off again and we seem to be
getting hit with some more rain right now. One can look at http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/ . I just updated www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm. Well, I guess I will
stay inside and avoid this storm. It seems to be more severe than predicted by
the weather service.
End of Scott's
Notes week 06/28/02:
Note:
<888> 06/28/02 Friday 6:45 P.M.: This past morning, I was up until 4:30
A.M. watching a bit of television. I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I
woke up at 3:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I went back to sleep until 6
P.M.. I am up for the evening. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/28/02 Friday 12:55 A.M.: I went out, and I drove downtown. I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various
locations. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue again. I then drove down by the
waterfront. The car is running a bit
better with the adjustments I made this morning. I still think it might be the
timing. I just now returned home. I guess I will now watch a bit of television
before going to bed. I will now also have some low fat small curd cottage
cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 11:05 P.M.: I finished off the pint container of
Edy’s raspberry sorbet. I will now go out for some fresh air. Remember when
around this building in the evening hours to keep an eye out for the skunk. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 10:40 P.M.: Where the British Royal Household
Budget goes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2002/06/28/nqueen28big.gif . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 10:10 P.M.: You can use http://www.measure.demon.co.uk/Acoustics_Software/speed.html to determine the speed of
sound in a hot weather rain storm. At about 350 meters per second, and about
1750 meters to a mile, it would take sound about five seconds to travel a mile
give or take 25%, so if one saw lightning, every second from the thunder would
be about a fifth of a mile, so if it took five seconds to hear the lightning,
it would be about a mile away. Depending on the direction of wind, one could
judge the arriving and departure of the lightning. I went out, and I checked
the weather, and it is letting up a bit, just a lighter shower now. Just as I went
out the front building door, I spotted a skunk about ten feet in front of the
building entrance, but it did not spray. Thus we have another skunk for a
neighbor this year. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 9:30 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. this afternoon. I
received a post card from Austria. Yesterday, I moved the NOAA weather warning
radio from the hallway bookcase to on top of the backup computer in the living
room, so its liquid crystal display is easier to view, and it is less noisy
when sleeping in the bedroom. This
evening we have a lot more rain and electrical storm activity. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I
had iced coffee outside. I cleaned up, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought for $2 the Reader’s Digest Great
World Atlas published in the early 1950s.
It has some interesting maps. I have bought two other copies of this
Atlas, and friends have barrowed it from me. I put it in the hallway bookcase
on top of the family photo albums. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
returned a DVD video disk, and I read the local paper. I then returned home. I
noticed that I had another wasp in my apartment. I was able to spray it a
couple of times with Lysol, but it kept flying around for about an hour during
which time I was unable to catch and do it in. I finally went out, and I went
to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 25% more of Hotshot wasp and hornet spray
with a range of 20 feet for $3.99 and a 10 pack of S&S powdered milk for
$5.49 plus .24 tax for $9.72 total. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
checked out two DVD video disks. I then returned home. The wasp was no where to be seen. I sprayed
the area around the curtains rods and the pull down shades were the wasp had
been lingering earlier. The Hotshot container says not to use it inside, but I
sprayed a small bit. I also sprayed the air intake duct on the air conditioner
where the wasp possibly got in through. I have not seen the wasp again. I had
dinner of the same green salad I had earlier in the week, plus I washed the red
lettuce more thoroughly with the salad spinner, and I also added a bit of parmesan
cheese. I had it with iced tea. I had an iced coffee outside. The storm is a bit intense right now. I
chatted with a friend. I just finished
making up another two quarts of coffee to chill for iced coffee. I put the Hotshot wasp spray on top of the wall
clock behind the entrance door, so it is high up. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 7:50 A.M.: I went outside, and I checked the
Volvo fuel pump. It looks all right, and I figure since the car has enough
power, it is all right. I checked the fuse box, and the fuses look all right. I
smoothed out the engine idle by increasing the RPMs or increasing the idle
speed, and I increased the air amount in the air fuel mixture. The car is
running more smoothly at a slightly higher idle speed. I will now get some
sleep until 1 P.M. when I have to get up for a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 6:50 A.M.: I tried to sleep. I had some goldfish
crackers with ice tea. I got to thinking about the rough running on the Volvo,
and I remembered that I made note on May 16, I hit a stick with the car. As I
recall it was a larger stick and it made noise around the rear driver side
wheel well. That is also where the fuel pump is located. Possibly the fuel pump
malfunctioning could be the problem I am having with the car. When I have time,
I will look at it. I replaced the fuel pump at about 50,000 miles shortly after
I bought the car. I also replaced the fuel pump on a similar car owned by a
friend. I should inspect the fuel pump wiring since when the car is wet it
seems to run better. Possibly I dislodged the fuel pump wiring when I hit the
stick. I also should check the fuse box. I first noted that I had heard the
rattle for a couple of days on May 23. A
new external fuel pump would cost about $100. Well, I should try to get some
sleep after going outside briefly.
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 3:20 A.M.: I finished sifting through my email. I
guess I will go outside and view the night sky before going to bed. I will now
shut down and relax and then go to bed. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 2:15 A.M.: For anyone who has not figured out how
to make cantaloupe chucks, there is an easier way than a melon ball scooper. I
first cut the cantaloupe in half lengthwise. I then scoop out the seeds from
each half and put them in a large bowl. I then cut each half into lengthwise
quarters and then eighths lengthwise. I then cut the rine off each eighth
sections and then one cuts each skinless eighth in juicy sections of one’s
preferred size. I store the chunks in a sealed Rubbermaid container in the
refrigerator. I put the rines in the
bowl with the seeds and then dumps them into several small plastic grocery bags
for disposal without dripping. I
finished going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/27/02 Thursday 1:25 A.M.: I went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove
down by the waterfront. There is a rumor there is another Dutch trading post
west of Greenwich at the end of Long Island sound about 25 miles away. We might consider sending out an exploration
party to see what they are doing for entertaining the summer visitors. Still we
pride ourselves on running a quite town here, so even if something is happening
we always say nothing is happening. When I returned home, I had a bowl of low
fat small curd cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries and ice
tea. I guess I will try to do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/26/02 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.: I had a cup of 50% Folgers’s instant
decaffeinated coffee and 50% Brazilian instant coffee. I just finished putting
away the laundry. I will now go out for a walk since it is not raining, but it
is a bit damp and humid. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/26/02 Wednesday 11:05 P.M.: I was up at 3 P.M.. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. A friend
called and came down to visit at about 5 P.M.. We sat out the electrical storm.
We went out about 6 P.M., and we drove down by the waterfront. We stopped by
Maneros butcher outlet, and we got a steak sandwich for $4.95 plus .30 tax for
$5.25. We split it to eat in the parking lot. We then returned back to my
place. We watched a DVD video disk. My guest left about 9:15 P.M.. I started my
laundry which will be done in a half hour. When I do the laundry, I change the
sheets on the bed. I had the same style roast beef sandwich with ice tea,
potato chips, and a dill pickle slice. I peeled and diced and refrigerated the
two cantaloupes. I cleaned a pint of blueberries. I straightened the slip cover
on the long living room couch. I am now
on Step Two 14 mg. nicotine patches. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/26/02 Wednesday 2:45 A.M.: I had some small curd low fat cottage
cheese with blueberries and ice tea. I watched a television movie. I had
goldfish crackers and ice tea while watching the movie. I guess I will now head
off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/25/02 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I went for a walk. I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue, and then I walked lower Greenwich Avenue again. I
sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then went by the Food Emporium to visit the cheerful night crew. They are open
all night on week days. I bought two large Cantaloupes for $3 both, two pints
of blueberries for $3 both, Pepperidge Farm 38 ounce box of goldfish crackers
for $3.97, two quarts of America’s Choice low fat small curd cottage cheese for
$3.50 each quart, a five pound package of AC sugar for $2.49, a container of
Morton light salt $1.19 for $20.63 total, less $1.35 returned beverage cans for
$19.28 total. I then returned home. I am having a glass of ice tea right now.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/25/02 Tuesday 8:45 P.M.: I chatted with a few relatives and
friends. I watched a bit of the financial news on television. I relaxed a bit
more. I made up a batch of salad dressing. I took an 8 ounce salad dressing
holder. I put in about ¼ teaspoon each of ground black pepper, garlic powder,
celery salt, oregano, basil, and Italian spices. I added two tablespoons of
Tameraire Dijon French mustard, and 1.5 ounces of Italian Medina balsamic
vinegar, an 1.5 ounces of Rene junot white wine, a couple of dashes of
Angostura bitters and I shook it. I then added about six ounces of regular
Bertolli olive oil, and I shook the salad dressing holder. I then made a salad.
I have a lettuce spinner which I should have used that I now set out on top of
the microwave oven. I washed the red lettuce once, when I should have washed it
several times to get the sand out. I put about five torn leaves of red lettuce
on a large dinner plate. I then diced two plum tomatoes and added them. I diced
one fourth of a Vidalia onion and added it. I cut in half inch thin squares 1/3
of an 8 ounce bar of Land O Lake Monterey Jack cheese and added it to the salad
along with a third of an 8 ounce jar of pitted stuffed olives which I diced. I
added a dill pickle slice and I diced about a quarter of a red pepper which I
added. I then added the salad dressing to the salad, and I had it for dinner
with ice tea. After dinner I went
outside, and I had an iced coffee. I chatted with a friend. I guess I will now
go out for a walk downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/25/02 Tuesday 3:35 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M., and I went out, and
I checked the idle air fuel mixture on the car. It seems to be all right. The grounds crew are cutting down brush and
tree limbs on the north side of the baseball field adjacent to the building. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had a coffee outside. I guess I will now clean up and do some
regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/25/02 Tuesday 3:10 A.M.: I went out. I started to walk Greenwich
Avenue, but it started to rain, so I took a short drive. Driving without
traffic, the car still seems to be running a bit rough, more so than I have
noticed recently. Well unless it is the emissions charcoal canister that needs
replacing for the $150 cost of the canister at Stamford Volvo, there is not
much that I can do about it. As mentioned before, if it is the timing, I would
need Exxon to adjust it, since I do not have a timing light, and since when one
loosens the distributor hold down bolt, it will not move anyway since the
distributor seems frozen in place. Perhaps a mechanic with a loop chain or pipe
wrench might be able to free it up to adjust the timing if that is the problem.
Well for now it will remain the same. I noticed two raccoons in the front drive
when I was just sitting out just now. I am a bit tired. I had some goldfish
crackers and ice tea. I will now have some cottage cheese and blueberries with
ice tea. Then I will relax a bit before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/25/02 Tuesday 2:10 A.M.:
An unusual event happened this evening after I had ended my walk. I was
sitting out on the bench next to the veterans monument in front of where I had
my white Volvo parked, and four teenagers whom had been making a lot of noise
shouting at civilian passerbys on Greenwich Avenue approached the rear of my
Volvo, and they had their hands on the rear and the trunk or in England the
boot of my car. When I looked around and saw them lingering around my Volvo, I
got up and approached the car a dozen feet away. As I approached the car, they
took off running down Greenwich Avenue at full pace. I inspected the car at
that point to see if any mischief had been performed, and it looked all right.
I just checked the trunk lock, and it is all right too. Since I keep a Ship to
Shore radio in the car with a two foot portable antenna in the rear car window
for emergency communications around the waterfront to the Coast Guard Channel
16, perhaps the two foot antenna attached to the inside of the back window attacked
their attention or perhaps they were just hiding out from other kids. Well, it
is warm out, and I am bored, so I will go for a short drive and perhaps a walk
to lose some weight. Basically despite the terrorists alerts in the news, being
overweight for me is more of a threat to my health, so perhaps if I walk more I
will lose some weight. I will keep a keen eye out for any Mountain Lions or
Cougars lingering in the trees, and since it is a full moon, I should keep an
eye out for any ware wolves or other nocturnal beings. I finished sifting
through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/25/02 Tuesday 12:50 A.M.: Check your browser security http://browsercheck.qualys.com/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/25/02 Tuesday 12:30 A.M.: I am doing a little bit of regular
computer work. I noticed this story in the Electronic Telegraph from the U.K.
that the U.S. press has not picked up on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2002/06/25/cndoll25.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/06/25/ixport.html . I hope the U.S.
government does not default. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/24/02 Monday 10:25 P.M.: I went back out for a walk. I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I
drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. I am having a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/24/02 Monday 8:05 P.M.: This morning before going to bed, I had
some small curd low fat cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and ice tea. I
went to bed about 4 A.M., and I was up at 1 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and I had my coffee outside. I went
out about 3 P.M.. I stopped by the library, and I returned two DVD video disks.
I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, but they were closed because their air
conditioning system was broken. They are supposed to be opened tomorrow. I then
made my 4 P.M. appointment. I next drove by the waterfront. I then went back by
the library, and I read the Wall Street Journal newspaper and P.C. magazine. I
then went by Stop and Shop, and I bought two S&S premium margarines for .67
each package, two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice buy one get one
free for $3.59 both, a quart of Hellmann’s mayonnaise for $3.59, six plum
tomatoes at .99 a pound for $1.31, a Vidalia onion at .99 a pound .91, a Red
Pepper at .99 a pound for .97, a head of Red leaf lettuce for .99, two Kaiser
rolls at .45 each, two large bags of Wise ridges potato chips buy one get one
free $2.99 both for $16.15 total. I then went to Val’s liquor store, and I
bought a four ounce bottle of Angostura bitters for $4 total. I then returned
home. I had a cold diet Coke in a frosted mug. I watched the ABC evening news.
I had a roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll with Vidalia onion, red leaf
lettuce, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, horseradish, salt, and pepper along with potato
chips, dill pickle slice, ice tea, and I went outside to have an iced
coffee. I threw out four ears of old
corn and two old moldy Kaiser rolls. I guess I will go out for an exercise walk
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/24/02 Monday 1:50 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I went
outside briefly. I will now shut down for the night and go to bed early if I
can fall asleep. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/24/02 Monday 12:05 A.M.: I watched a DVD video. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/02 Sunday 8:45 P.M.: I went to bed about 4 A.M. last night
after having some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I was up at 1 P.M. when a
relative called. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements and iced coffee outside. I rested some more
until about 4 P.M.. I had a roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll with
horseradish, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Vidalia onion, salt and pepper, ice tea,
and then I had an iced coffee outside. I
cleaned up, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out
at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a liter of CVS yellow
mouthwash for $1.99 plus .12 tax for $2.11 total. I drove down by the
waterfront. I sat out at the library. I then stopped by Exxon, and I bought buy
three get two free of Marlboro Lights 100s for $16.50 all. I then returned
home. I had a chilled Citra soda in a frosted mug. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/02 Sunday 12:45 A.M.: I downloaded and followed the
instructions from Symantec to run W32.Klez.gen@mm and W32.ElKern.gen removal tool on my computer.
Neither of the viruses or their variants are on my computer. I do however have
someone regularly trying to email them to me which my Norton AntiVirus 2002
program catches. I also ran the Office Updates on my computer updating Word
2002. I guess I will shut down not and
watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/02 Saturday 11:05 P.M.: I made up two quarts of iced coffee
which I put in the refrigerator. I had
friend call who came down to visit at 5:30 P.M.. We chatted. We had dinner of
low fat small curd cottage cheese with blueberries and cantaloupe and ice tea.
We watched a television movie. A
relative called and we chatted. My guest
just left. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/02 Saturday 4:40 P.M.: I went to bed at midnight, and I was
up about 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee,
vitamins, and supplements. I had my coffee outside. I then fell asleep until
about 3:30 P.M.. I just had a roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll with
Hellmann’s mayonnaise, horseradish, salt, pepper, and slices of Vidalia onion
along with ice tea. I had my Brazilian instant coffee outside. It is a bit hot
out. It is 89 degrees Fahrenheit. However, in the apartment with the General
Electric 15,000 BTU air conditioner with remote control going it is about 72
degrees Fahrenheit. I have a friend coming down, so I will put off house
cleaning. I guess I also should brew up
a large pot of coffee for iced coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/02 Friday 8:55 P.M.: I went out, and I drove along the
waterfront over to Old Greenwich. I stopped by the Old Greenwich Second
Congregational Church Rummage Room, and I bought an extra large salmon colored
GAP polo shirt for $3 and an extra large long sleeve cotton twill Lord and
Taylor purple and blue and other colors plaid shirt for $6 for $9 total. I then
drove out to Tod’s Point. I walked the 2 ½ mile walk around Tod’s Point. I then
sat out for a while at the southeast concession area. I then drove back to
central downtown Greenwich, and I sat out for a while. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local
paper, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I then went by Exxon, and I bought
$12.30 of premium gasoline at $1.779 a gallon. I had 78 miles on the trip
odometer and I put in close to 7 gallons, so I am now only getting 11 miles per
gallon as usual puttering around town in slow stop and go traffic. I then went
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought S&S sliced roast beef at $5.99 a pound
for $6.32, a package of S&S margarine for .67, and two Kaiser rolls for .67
both for $7.66 total. I then returned home. I had low fat small curd cottage
cheese with blueberries and cantaloupe along with a glass of ice tea. I guess I
will now watch some television and shut down the computer. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 06/21/02:
Note:
<888> 06/21/02 Friday 2:25 P.M.: I went to bed last night about midnight.
I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea before going to bed. I was up at 8
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and
supplements. I went out to the Greenwich Hospital Dental clinic for my 10 P.M.
appointment. The dentist said I need a #14 DOL filling, #13 MO filling, and a
#30 MOBL possible filling with a crown in the future. The clinic is booked up
through the first of the year, so unless I can get it done in private practice
which would be expensive, I will have to wait until after the first of the
year. The dentist recommended having it done sooner. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift
shop. They have a $10 a bag of clothing sale going on. They gave me a tan canvas 20”X15”X6” zipper
bag which normally would have been $5. I then drove down by the waterfront. I
chatted with a resident. I drove the resident over to Grass Island to get an
anchor out of his boat, and then I returned him to his house. I then returned
home. I was sitting in my apartment, and I noticed a wasp in my apartment
climbing on the Victorian lamp shade. I doused it with Lysol to immobilize it,
and I then I flushed it down the toilet. I had the same style roast beef
sandwich for lunch with a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I then sat outside,
and I had a Brazilian instant coffee. It is a bit warm out, so I guess I will
stay inside this afternoon. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/20/02 Thursday 8:25 P.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and ice
tea last night before going to bed. I was up at 10 A.M. this morning. I was
told by a neighbor the fire alarm went off at 3 A.M., but since I was asleep, I
did not hear it. I can not hear the fire alarm bell in my bedroom when I am
asleep. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I sat outside a bit in the day time. I
cleaned up, and I went out about 2 P.M.. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I
bought a gilt framed print of dogs playing poker called “A Friend in Need” for
$5. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a bag of
Starburst jelly beans 14 oz. for $2.19 and a bag of Lifesaver jelly beans 14
ounce for $2.19 plus .26 tax for $4.64 total. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I chatted with a local resident. I gave the resident my silver
Coleman electronic mosquito repeller. I have a blue and a green one in the
apartment. I will put the blue one back in the Volvo. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I returned a DVD video disk, and I checked out one. I returned home. I had a cold Citra soda in a
frosted mug. I hung the dog print on the wall to the right of the toilet. I
mixed both bags of jelly beans together, and I put them in a bowl in another
bowl on the dining room table. For
dinner, I had the same style roast beef sandwich with a dill pickle slice along
with ice tea. I also had a dish of Edy’s fruit raspberry sorbet. After dinner I
had a 50% - 50% Folgers decaffeinated instant coffee and Brazilian instant
coffee which I drank outside. I have a 10 A.M. appointment tomorrow, so I will
go to bed about midnight tonight. I will now watch a bit of television and
maybe a DVD video disk. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/20/02 Thursday 12:05 A.M.: I watched a DVD video disk. I guess I
will shut down for the night and relax a bit before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/02 Wednesday 9:10 P.M.: I went out, and I forgot to wear my
nicotine patch. I went down by the waterfront and parking down at the end of
the road was filled up, so I parked by Greenwich Capital, and I walked over to
the waterfront there. There was a boat
at the Delamar Hotel stopping for sandwiches at Maneros. I walked down to the
end of the road. I chatted with a local resident. I walked down to the end of
the road. I returned to my car. I went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the
Wall Street Journal and the Greenwich Times. I went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought two pints of New Jersey blueberries at $1.50 a pint for $3 total. I
returned home, and I put the nicotine patch on. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/02 Wednesday 6:05 P.M.: I went outside a couple of times. I
chatted with a relative’s relative. I found out at www.expedia.com that the new Delamar Five Star Hotel is opening on
Steamboat Road on September 16, 2002 for $355 to $385 a night. To verify that information, check the dates
at expedia.com for September 16 to September 17 for the Delamar Hotel. I guess
I will now have the same roast beef sandwich with potato chips and ice tea.
Maybe I will clean up and go out for a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/02 Wednesday 4:15 P.M.: I have a bit of intestinal turmoil. I
hope the cottage cheese I got is fresh. I went through my email. I received
this link for a New York Times summer reading list Books for Summer Reading . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/02 Wednesday 3:10 P.M.: I rested until 1:30 P.M.. I went
outside briefly. I had low fat small curd cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks
and ice tea. I then had a cappuccino outside. I found a Silver Shield baseball
cap on the bench in the backyard, so I put it in the back seat of my Volvo. My
groin hernia has been causing a bit of discomfort, so I have been less active
and resting more recently. I guess I
will do some regular computer work. CIO
Note: <888>
06/19/02 Wednesday 11:10 A.M.: I rested last evening until about 9 A.M. this
morning. I went outside this morning. I then had breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I went outside and had my
coffee. I tested my new Columbia 2.4 gigahertz telephone, and it works around
the front of the building. It does not work inside downstairs or in back of the
building. The NOAA weather radio alarm system test just went off. The weather
seems nice and clear today, but this time of year in the late afternoon or
early evening we can occasionally get an afternoon shower. Well, I guess I will clean up and try to
pursue some daytime activity. The NOAA weather radio just said there is a 30%
chance of showers this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/02 Tuesday 10:00 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by CVS, and
I bought two rolls of CVS 5 yards by one inch adhesive medical tape for $2.39
each roll plus .29 tax for $5.07 total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I
then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by Zyn stationary,
and I bought a scratch card for $1 #29, but I lost. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Wall Street Journal and the Greenwich Times.
I then went by Stop and Shop, and I bought four pint containers of low fat
small curd cottage cheese for $1.50 a pint for $6 total. I then went by the
Food Emporium, and I bought a 38 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers
for $5.29. I then returned home. I chatted with a couple of friends. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/02 Tuesday 5:25 P.M.: Another event happened in 1640 when the
Dutch arrived in New Amsterdam; they also started the New Amsterdam Night
Watch. Today it is more of an honorary
society since not much of New Amsterdam is made of wood buildings anymore.
Still having been on a night schedule for the better part of 37 years, it seems
I am back on a late schedule today. I went to bed about 4 A.M. after watching a
show on the history channel about private jets. I was up at 10 A.M., and I went
outside briefly. I then had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, coffee, cantaloupe chunks, vitamins, and supplements. After
breakfast I fell back to sleep until about 4:30 P.M.. I went outside briefly. I
just had a roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll with Hellmann’s mayonnaise,
horseradish, Vidalia onion slices, salt, and pepper. I had the sandwich with
Lays barbeque potato chips and dill pickle slice along with ice tea. I had a
Brazilian instant coffee outside. Well, I guess I will clean up and go out
shortly. Although I use tape to tape on
my nicotine patches, they keep falling off while I am asleep. I think the CVS
nicotine patches do not have enough adhesive on them. Perhaps I should try the
more expensive regular brand of nicotine patches, I think called Nicoderm. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/02 Tuesday 12:35 A.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and ice
tea. I relaxed a bit. I am a bit tired of focusing on the computer, so I will
shut down for the night. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/02 Monday 11:45 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I sat outside
briefly. I noticed in the news recently that NOAA reports that El Nino has been
developing off the coast of Peru recently, and the ocean temperature off the
coast of Peru is 6 degrees warmer, which does not mean that Kevin Bacon is in
Peru, but that El Nino might change the current hurricane season forecast and
make it less intense than predicted. About five years ago when we had El Nino,
there was flooding on the west coast of the United States, and we had drought
on the East Coast and there was a lesser hurricane season. I am not sure what
the future long term weather forecasts might be, but it seems about the regular
weather pattern here to me for this time of year. There is not much else happening as far as I
know. I guess with arthritis, I would prefer drier weather, but many of the
local gardeners probably prefer damper weather. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/02 Monday 9:30 P.M.: I went out. I drove downtown, and I
stopped by the waterfront. I checked out the weather and chatted with some
locals. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library. I read Arthritis Today
magazine, and I used the library terminal to email myself these links to myself
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm , www.ava.org, www.arthritis.org, www.jointsinmotion.org , www.RAacademy.com . I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
six Kaiser rolls for $2.29, a dozen large eggs $1.69, 2 Vidalia onions at .99 a
pound for $1.42, Gold’s Horseradish $1.50, Boar’s Head sliced roast beef at
$8.49 a pound for $7.90, and four ears of sweet corn for .40 a ear for $1.60
for $16.40 total. I believe the same year the Dutch first arrived in New
Amsterdam. I meant to buy the store brand of sliced roast beef for $5.99 a
pound, but the deli clerk accidentally sliced the Boar’s Head roast beef, and
it looked so good I bought it. I also noticed that blue berries which they were
out of are $1.50 a pint as well as strawberries which they had, and cottage
cheese is two pints for $3, so I will have to get some later in the week. I
then returned home. I had the same dinner as last night with two ears of corn
on the cob. The last three nights when I had the pork tenderloin, I also cooked
a half of Vidalia onion with the pork. I sat outside to have my Brazilian
instant coffee. I noticed the Brazilian instant coffee that I got at Odd Job
this past winter has sort of a licorice taste to it which is quite good. The
last time I was at Odd Job when I went to the Vitamin Shoppe for the Coral
Calcium, I noticed they had some gourmet coffees on sale. Well I guess I will try
to do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/02 Monday 3:55 P.M.: I sat outside briefly. I took the two
long stretch beach chairs out of the back seat of the Volvo, and I put them in
the trunk. I took out the other three low short sit up beach chairs, and I put
them in the bedroom false ceiling. I now have the entire back seat of the Volvo
opened up and free for passengers.
However, the trunk is pretty much full.
I guess I might as well clean up and go out to see what is happening in
the rest of the world, but I have to refrigerate the ice tea before I
leave. The Volvo was running just fine
yesterday, so hopefully I am done with all the maintenance for the season. I
only drive about 5,000 miles a year, so since my Volvo could easily go 250,000
miles from its present 117,800 miles, I might have the Volvo until the year
2025. Of course sitting outside all the time year round, it is subject to the
weather and elements of the area. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/02 Monday 3:20 P.M.: I was up at 8:30 A.M. this morning. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and
supplements. After going outside briefly, I went back to bed until about 1
P.M.. When I woke up, I had low fat small curd cottage cheese, with cantaloupe
chunks, and blueberries along with ice tea. I also had a Brazilian instant
coffee outside. As it starts to get
warm, I will quickly summarize what I learned about air conditioners a year or
two years ago. I bought the General Electric Profile 15,000 BTU remote control
air conditioner from Partridge and Rockwell in Greenwich for $589. I noticed
that the Wiz also sells a similar 15,000 BTU with remote control Panasonic
model for $450. I also noticed that Home Depot sells a generic Hampton 15,000
BTU air conditioner without the remote control feature for $350. Well, I was thinking about going to Tod’s
Point this morning, but I decided I better avoid the sun, since in the last few
years; I have not been getting too much sun. It is an enjoyable 3 mile walk
around Tod’s Point, but it costs me about $4 to drive over there. Living in Byram, where I do, I can walk
downtown to Greenwich Avenue and back which is also about a three mile walk on
a noisy U.S. 1. However, one can view all the new cars, and there are generally
places to rest and go to the bathroom such as Wendy’s, McDonald’s, the
Greenwich Library, Exxon, the Greenwich Hospital, Starbucks, the Senior Center,
the Greenwich Train Station, or whatever catches one’s eye along the way. For the physical fitness enthusiasts we have
a quite a steep long set of stone stairs in our back yard that one could hike
up and down. I have heard the usual air traffic recently. I suppose if one did
not have a car or one did not want to pay to park at the airport, one could
take the local Westchester County Bus from where it stops by Cumberland Farms,
and ride it through Port Chester, and up King Street to the Westchester County
airport and view that air traffic. Of course, one would have to make sure they
get on the right bus, or they might end up in White Plains or one of the
boroughs of New York. Well, there is not much happening here, so I am making up
a batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm to enjoy for the rest of
the week. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/02 Sunday 9:30 P.M.: My guest, and I chatted. We had the same
dinner as last night. We watched a DVD video disk movie. My guest just left. I
will go outside for a moment, and then I guess I will head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/02 Sunday 5:50 P.M.: I cleaned up, and a friend arrived to
visit. We went by Smokes for Less, and I bought four packs of Seneca Ultra
Lights 100s for $2.75 a pack for $11 total. We drove downtown, and we walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
noticed they have taken the renovation construction scaffolding down from
around the Senior and Arts center. It looks quite nice now that it is
completed. We then sat out by the waterfront for a while. We returned to my
place just before a down pour of rain. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/02 Sunday 1:25 P.M.: I received a telephone call from a
relative. I went outside, and I checked out the car. It seems to be running
fine. I did notice that when running rough when starting up cold that the
engine fan seems to come close to one of the fan shield and makes a slight
scraping sound, so I pulled it out a bit. I checked the three vacuum hoses on
the carbon canister container, and only one seems to have a vacuum on it. Since
the car seems to be basically running fine, at the moment, I do not feel like
putting any more money into it, so I guess I will just leave it as is. I came
back upstairs. I cleaned and diced the two cantaloupes and put the pieces in a
Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.
For lunch, I had low fat small curd cottage cheese with blueberries and
cantaloupe chunks along with ice tea, and I will now have a Brazilian instant
coffee. Since it is a nice day, I guess
I will next clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/02 Sunday 11:55 A.M.: I was up at 8:30 A.M. this morning. I
went outside briefly. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, cantaloupe, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I watched a bit of
television. I then rested a bit. I went back outside again briefly. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/02 Sunday 2:15 A.M.: After dinner, I relaxed a bit. From
about 10 P.M., I watched television including until now a series of programs on
the Travel channel about volcanoes. I am tired, so I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/02 Saturday 5:45 P.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering
the plants. I sat outside briefly. I watched a bit of television. I cut one of
the two Hatfield pork tenderloins in half, and I put a little olive oil in a
Pyrex pie dish and rubbed the tenderloin in it. I seasoned it with garlic
powder, ground black pepper, and celery salt. I am cooking it in the convection
oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. I will have it with steamed corn
on the cob and fresh broccoli, ice tea, and a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/02 Saturday 2:25 P.M.: I was up at 8:30 A.M. this morning
when a friend called. I went outside briefly. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I went back to sleep
until 1 P.M.. I went outside briefly. I had lunch of the same roast beef
sandwich I have been eating earlier in the week along with potato chips and
dill pickle slice and ice tea and an instant coffee. I sat outside briefly. I
will now do my weekly house cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/02 Friday 9:15 P.M.: I watched channel 21’s program on Dr.
Perricone’s http://www.drperricone.com/ from Yale
University lecturing on dermatology. I watched two of the three segments. I am
tired, and I will go to bed now. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/02 Friday 7:45 P.M.: I watched the ABC evening news and the
BBC evening news. For dinner I had a
bowl of low fat small curd cottage cheese with blue berries and cantaloupe
chunks along with ice tea. I guess I will watch the BBC comedy shows on Channel
21 PBS this evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/02 Friday 6:25 P.M.: I cleaned up, and I went out about 2
P.M.. I mail the Columbia cordless telephone $20 rebate at the Valley Road post
office. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a pleated 10”
lamp shade for .50 and a pair of 72” boot laces for .25 for .75 total. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the first couple of pages of a U.S.
News and World Report article about the U.S.A. Secret Service, but I got a
nicotine fit, since I had forgot to wear my nicotine patch. I drove down by the
waterfront for a break. I then went to Porricelli’s Greenwich Food Mart in Cos
Cob, and I bought a Hatfield whole pork tenderloin at $3.99 a pound for $7.24,
two 96 ounce containers of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each,
two Del Monte cantaloupe for .99 each, a Tony’s Supreme pastry pizza for $2.50,
four ears of corn for .20 each for .80, a head of broccoli for .89 for $18.43
total. I then returned home. I put away my groceries. I put on the patch. I had
some ice tea. I put the new 10 inch pleated lamp shade on the small lamp
between the two computers. I put the lamp shade from that lamp on top of the
orange colored glass globe on the brass lamp on the Danish bar to prevent
glare. I chatted with a relative on the Columbia cordless telephone with the
headset, and the reception was just fine.
Whether lifting groceries, my car tool box, or laundry has caused my
groin hernia to return. I guess it tends to fall down and pull back up into my
intestinal cavity. I am a bit arthritic with all the damp weather. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 06/14/02:
Note:
<888> 06/14/02 Friday 12:20 P.M.: I woke up during the night, and I had
goldfish crackers and ice tea. I finally woke up this morning about 8 A.M.. I
watched the David Bowie performance on the NBC morning show. I went outside
briefly. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I just finished my laundry. I programmed my
Columbia 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone with the Directory Speed Dial
numbers. I tested it calling up a relative, and it sounds just fine. I put the
base plate on the base unit, so it stands more upright. I filled out the $20
rebate information for the Columbia cordless telephone. I will send out my
weekly notes shortly. I will then have the same type of roast beef sandwich as
before along with barbeque potato chips, dill pickle slice, cantaloupe chunks,
ice tea, and a cappuccino. I will then clean up and go out. It is suppose to
rain through out the weekend. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/13/02 Thursday 9:35 P.M.: Before going out for my 3 P.M.
appointment, I installed the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz telephone on the Danish bar
next to the AT&T answering machine. I also took the AT&T regular
speaker phone from the bedroom desk, and I put it next to the Columbia cordless
telephone. I put the General Electric cordless telephone on the bedroom desk. I
then went out to my 3 P.M. appointment. After my 3 P.M. appointment, I went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I
adjusted my idle fuel mixture with the car warmed up. I then went by Exxon, and
I bought $12 of premium gasoline at $1.779 a gallon. I then returned home. I
put another ½ inch hose clamp on another hose running over the valve cover to
the air intake chamber, and I cleaned its inline valve with carburetor cleaner.
I readjusted the idle downwards, and I adjust the air fuel mixture again. I
loosened the distributor timing nut, but it has been so long since the
distributor has been moved it seems to frozen in position. I tried to spraying
WD40 on the swivel housing to no effect. I had a new timing belt put in about
four years ago, but from the way it looks, they could not have possibly moved
the distributor to readjust the timing. I did clean the interior contacts of
the new distributor cap and new rotor with fine metal sandpaper. I got about 14
miles per gallon when I filled up. If one of the cylinders or spark plugs were
not firing properly, I would think I would get fewer miles per gallon. Anyway the Volvo is running pretty much the
same it has for the last six weeks since I first got the rumbling sound. Still
when one is driving and accelerating it runs fine. It is just at idle it makes
the noise. I then chatted with a neighbor who waiting for a ride. About 7 A.M., I gave the neighbor a ride over
to Port Chester, New York to get groceries at Pathmark. The neighbor gave me $5
for the trip. We then returned back to
my building around 8 P.M.. I checked the range on the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz
cordless telephone. It does not play in back of the building out by the
baseball field, but it does play down in front of the building by the entrance
below my windows. The Columbia cordless
telephone also came with a headset that works with it and also with my other
cordless telephones. I left the head set near the Columbia telephone. I had the
same roast beef sandwich for dinner with barbeque potato chips and a dill pickle
slice and chunks of cantaloupe and ice tea. I went outside again briefly. I am
a bit tired, so I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/13/02 Thursday 2:15 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove over to Stamford Volvo,
and I picked up the S hose that I had ordered. They told me if I wanted to buy
the emissions charcoal canister it would be $150. I then drove by International
Car Parts, and they did not have a Bosch ignition coil for the Volvo, but they
could order it in a day for $40. I then went by Autozone, and they did not have
the ignition coil either. I drove up to Norwalk on a test drive, and the car
basically was running normally. I stopped by Gateway Computers. I then went by
the other International Car Parts store, and they did not have an ignition coil
either. I went by an auto parts store near Stew Leonard’s. I then went by
CompUSA, and I bought the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone for $39.99
plus $4.99 for a year’s replacement warranty plus $2.70 tax for $47.68. The Columbia 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone
also has a $20 mailin rebate, so it basically $20 plus the $5 years warranty
from CompUSA. I then drove back to Greenwich. I went back by Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I then went by Gateway Auto Supply, and they did
not have the ignition coil. They told me that an ignition coil works or it does
not, so it would not improve the car’s performance to replace it. I was just
thinking of doing some preventive maintenance. I bought 4 one inch hose clamps
for .60 each for $2.40 total. I went by the auto supply store across from
McDonalds on the Post Road, and they did not have the ignition coil either. I
then returned home. I was checking out the charcoal emissions canister, and I
noticed a short four inch connecting vacuum hose to it had a crack in it. I
replaced that one quarter inch hose, and the car seemed to be running smoother.
I locked the keys by mistake in the car, so I went upstairs to get my backup keys.
I then took the car for a test drive over to the Arnold Bread store. It seemed
to be running much better with the charcoal canister emissions vacuum hose
replaced. I bought two loaves of Arnold Branola 12 grain bread for $1.78 both.
I then returned home, and I installed the S hose from the valve cover chamber
attachment to underneath the air manifold. I also put two one inch hose clamps
on it. I adjusted the air fuel mixture idle giving the car more air. The Volvo
seems to running much more smoothly. I will still have to see what it is like
in regular driving and when it is cold. I will now connect the Columbia 2.4
gigahertz telephone. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. I am also having some ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/13/02 Thursday 8:40 A.M.: I had a meal of a Swanson’s Hungryman
Veal Parmesan dinner with ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee that I drank
outside. I will now clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/13/02 Thursday 6:45 A.M.: Well, I guess I was tired. I slept
through until about 2:30 A.M.. I had three crank fax type phone calls. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I
went outside a couple of time, and I watched some television. I fell back
asleep until just now. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/02 Wednesday 12:25 P.M.: I peeled and diced two large
cantaloupes, and I put the pieces in a large Rubbermaid container in the
refrigerator. I sat outside briefly, and I threw away the cantaloupe remains. I
watched a bit of television. I had the same roast beef sandwich as yesterday
with a dill pickle slice and a dish of cantaloupe and ice tea. Like they do in
some parts of Europe, I will now take my afternoon nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/02 Wednesday 10:20 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the Bagel shop, and I bought a bagel
and butter for $1.17, and I ate it in front of the senior center. I then drove
down by the waterfront. The car is running fine. I went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the
local paper and the Wall Street Journal. I then returned home. I just had a
cold Citra soda in a frosted mug. It is a bit warm out for me, so I will be
staying inside by the air conditioner today. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/02 Wednesday 7:40 A.M.: I did my regular computer work. I
looked at my Chilton Volvo manual. I went outside, and I worked on the car. I
can not adjust the fuel pump mixture since I do not have the right tool
although I know where the little hole is. I also need to replace the charcoal
emissions canister which is suppose to be replaced every 45,000 miles. When I go over to Volvo, I will see if they
have it. I took off the rubber air manifold intake, and I cleaned the air intake
plate with carburetor emissions cleaner. I increased the idle speed, and I
adjusted the air fuel mixture to be a little bit more air and less fuel. The
car seems to running fine at idle and cool, so I will go out now and test
it. When I was showering and cleaning
up, I noticed that my groin hernia has disappeared, and I guess it has
retracted back into my intestines. All I can figure out is the walking helped
it, or bending up and down while working on the car, or I have not been eating
so much rice recently or quiting smoking made me more vigorous and it fixed
itself. Still, I hope it stays in place and does not fall back down again.
Threre is probably still a tear in the intestinal wall, or possibly with the
additional weight I have put on, there is not as much room in my belly cavity.
Still I need to lose some weight. I will
now go out for a walk. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/02 Wednesday 3:55 A.M.: About 3 A.M. the central building
fire alarm system went off. I checked the system, and nats or small bugs or
insects were attracted by the center back stairway light, and they got into the
smoke detector and set it off. I reset the central building fire alarm system,
and I call “911”, and I told them it was probably a false alarm. The same thing
happened two days ago. Four fire trucks arrived, and they told me I should not
reset the fire alarm system which I did not know. They checked the smoke detector on the back
stair way, and they closed the window whose screen lets the small bugs in. I
later turned off the center back stairway light, so as not to attract more
insects. Three fire trucks left, and one stayed behind with a supervisor. They
are waiting for a key holder for the alarm company to come, so they can lock
the central alarm system boxes. I frequently can not hear the alarms in my apartment
when I am asleep, since my bedroom is away from the alarm box. However, I was
sleeping lightly, so I heard the alarm.
About 20% of the residents responded to the alarm. The rest remained
asleep in their apartments. Well, I will now have breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I guess I
am on an earlier schedule. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/02 Tuesday 7:35 P.M.: I watched some television including the
ABC evening news. I now will head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/02 Tuesday 5:40 P.M.:
I just had a cold roast beef sandwich made with a Kaiser roll,
Hellmann’s mayonnaise, horseradish, Vidalia onion, salt, and pepper along with
a dill pickle slice and barbeque potato chips and ice tea. I will now go
outside for a short spell. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/02 Tuesday 4:15 P.M.:
I went back out at noon. I drove down by the waterfront. I then drove
over to Old Greenwich going from exit 4 to exit 5 on the turnpike. The car is
running much better, but it still has a slight rumble at very lower speed.
Still what I did this morning seemed to have improved it. I think it is fine
for regular driving, and unless something develops, I do not plan to do anymore
on it beside put in the S hose. I stopped by the Old Greenwich Rummage Room
Thrift shop, and I bought two Billy Baldwin or Cole Porter white pleated butler
lamp shades for $5 apiece plus .60 tax for $10.60 total. I use the ATM machine
at First Union across the street from the Old Greenwich Rummage Room which cost
me a $1. I then went out to Tod’s Point.
I walked the entire 2.5 mile walk around Tod’s Point from the south concession
area and around the shore and back down the access road. It was a little bit cooler out at Tod’s
Point. I did a brisk walk hoping to lose a bit of weight. I then stopped by
Staples in Old Greenwich. I next went to Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by
CVS, and I bought a Glade oil scent Meadow Breeze refill for $2.99 plus .18 for
$3.17. I then went by Stop and Shop, and I bought a 12 pack of Citra soda cans
for $3.34 plus .60 can deposit, a six pack of Kaiser rolls for $2.29, 3 Vidalia
onions at .99 a pound for $2.18, a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice
$2, two large California cantaloupes for .99 each, sliced roast beef at $5.99 a
pound for $6.18, 2 lime, 2 cheery 2 orange S&S gelatin for $2 all for
$20.78 total. I then returned home. I had a cold A&W frosted root beer in a
frosted mug. I relaxed a bit. I went outside briefly. I put the lamp shades on
the butler lamps in the living room replacing the old shades I had on them, and
I put the old shades in the false ceiling in the bedroom. I will now relax a
bit and listen to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . It is 86 degrees
Fahrenheit outside, and about 70 degrees Fahrenheit in my apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/02 Tuesday 11:40 A.M.: After cleaning up, I went out, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with a fisherman who is a
mechanic. He checked out the sound of my car and gave me a bit of information
since he was familiar with the car. He told me the Bosch Platinum plugs are
factory preset. They came at .035” and I
had reset them to .030”. He also suggested that using the Volvo tool one can
reset the air fuel mixture on the fuel pump chamber, which is an Allen or “L”
wrench type tool. He said possibly I should have that done and maybe the
timing. I told him I wanted to wait until I had installed the new S hose I have
ordered that is coming tomorrow. I then
went by the Hospital Thrift shop. I next returned a DVD disk and checked out
another DVD disk from the library. I then returned home. I took out the Bosch
Platinum spark plugs and I regapped them to .035” and then I reinstalled them.
The car seemed to be running more smoothly. I then took out the PCV valve and
cleaned more thoroughly the backfire break with carburetor cleaner. I also
installed a hose clamp on a hose on top of the valve cover to make it tighter.
I redirected the ignition wires over another vacuum hose to give more clearance
above the valve cover. I tightened the clamp around the four ignition wires
that keep them from touching the air manifold. I adjusted the idle air fuel
mixture knob to slightly more richer. I noticed all the spark plugs seemed fine
when I took them out except for the one closest to the passenger compartment
which looked a bit fouled which it had before. I cleaned it before putting it
in. I took the car for a short test drive, and it seemed to be running
normally, and better than it has in a long time. Still, I have to take it for a
longer test drive later. I then came upstairs, and I had a cold Diet Coke in a
frosted mug. I relaxed a bit. It is nice and cool in the apartment. I will now
have some cottage cheese and blueberries along with ice tea. I am not sure if I
will go out again since it is quite hot out. I might just stay inside in the
cool apartment and work on the computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/02 Tuesday 6:30 A.M.: I was up at 8 P.M., and I went outside
briefly. I then had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee,
vitamins, and supplements. I then went outside briefly again. I then fell back
to sleep until midnight. I went outside briefly. I then watched a DVD video
disk until about 3 A.M.. I then went outside briefly. I then rested until 5
A.M.. I went outside briefly. I finished the rest of the herbal chicken and
rice along with ice tea and a cappuccino. I then watched some morning
television. The morning news said it is going to be up to 95 degrees Fahrenheit
today, so I turned the air conditioner down to 68 degrees Fahrenheit to cool
off the apartment while it is cool out. I guess I will go outside briefly. I
then will clean up, and I will go downtown for a morning walk. Usually when I
go outside briefly, I am sneaking a cigarette since I am trying to quit, I have
not been smoking in the apartment. Hopefully once I put the new nicotine patch
on this morning I will not have as much as an urge to smoke. They say you are
suppose to relax when trying to quit smoking. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/02 Monday 12:10 P.M.: I received in the mail from Bank of New
York my Monsoon Speaker check which was returned because it was off of a
Canadian Bank. I went out, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street, and they said they would send the check in for collection and
return the $10 return fee, which should be done in a few days. I then went by
the ELDC thrift shop, and I viewed the merchandise. I next returned home, and I
chatted with a neighbor. I just talked with a relative. I will now go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/02 Monday 10:25 A.M.: I went out. The car seems to be running a lot better, but
there is still the slight rumble from underneath that I hear at lower speeds
and when shutting off the car. I drove downtown. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I stopped by St. Moritz bakery, and I bought a raspberry Danish for
$1.25. I ate it in front of the Senior and Arts Center. I drove down by the
waterfront. I noticed at the end of Steamboat Road there is a sign limiting
parking to two hours. Also there is no
parking from 9 P.M. to 6 A.M.. Having observed the weather from Steamboat Road
for 19 years and having lived there five years, I guess I am familiar with the
location. I suppose the parking regulation depends on whether local law
enforcement enforces it. I next went to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and
they gave me a black and a white milk crate. I then went by Exxon, and I bought
$8.20 of premium at $1.779. Since I
tuned the car, locally it seems I have gone from getting 11 miles per gallon to
14.5 miles per gallon. Since I keep a lot of stuff in my trunk, I have a bit of
weight in the trunk. Well, I then returned home, and I sorted out the items in
two old cardboard boxes in my trunk, and I put them in the plastic milk crates,
and I threw away the cardboard boxes. Just about the time I was about ready to
go inside the building fire alarm went off, and the fire department arrived
shortly there after. It was a false alarm.
Apparently some insects had gotten into the stairwell smoke
detector. I finally returned to my
apartment. I just had some low fat cottage cheese with blue berries and ice
tea. I guess I will relax a bit and go to bed.
However, first I will check the mail. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/02 Monday 7:35 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I drove down by
the waterfront. I then returned home about 5 A.M., and I had some goldfish
crackers and ice tea. I studied my Chilton’s Volvo manual. I went out about 6
A.M., and I studied the engine on the car. If I have a EGR valve, I can not
find it. I did notice that the lower secondary wire on the ignition coil was
loose. When I tried to tighten the connector it broke. I had another similar
electrical connector, so I installed it on the wire, and reattached it back to
the ignition coil. I adjusted the idle again increasing it slightly. I tried
tightening the exhaust pipe bracket bolt some more, but I broke the head off
the bolt, but it is still holding the pipe tighter in place. I also put a
couple drops of oil in the center rotor of the distributor rotor. I just had an
A&W root beer in a frost mug. I will now go out for a test drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/02 Monday 3:05 A.M.: I watched the CNN program about
hurricanes. I had some Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers with ice tea. I
remember in the old days in Key West occasionally from 1976 to 1983, and I did
not have much money for food, I use to survive off Pepperidge Farm Goldfish
crackers which were freely available at many hotel bars for the grabbing. Well
at 220 pounds, I am not starving, so I guess I suppose a little outside
exercise will not hurt me. I use to say down in Key West living off sea
biscuits or Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers were a way of proving that I was
from Connecticut where they came from. I also knew quite a few people in the
United States of America cheese business since my family had Midwestern
connections with the American Dairy association. Of course if I ever had to swim, I would sink
like “Bubba the Beached Whale”. Since it is a nice night, I might go out
again. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/02 Monday 1:35 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then returned home. I sat out briefly. I will now do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/09/02 Sunday 11:20 P.M.: I had my Brazilian instant coffee
outside in my Starbucks travel mug. When I got back inside, CNN was showing a
program about hurricane forecasting. They said it is an inexact science. They
also said 83 million people live along the coast from Maine to Texas. Well, I
guess it is that time of year to start tracking hurricane activity. I still
have the tropical weather page posted at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm for one to make their own
best guess about tropical storm activity.
Although I live near Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, I am on
relatively high ground compared to some of my neighbors. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh
air. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/09/02 Sunday 10:30 P.M.: I received a telephone call from a
relative about 9 A.M. this morning. I was up at 4 P.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and
supplements. I went outside a couple of times, and once I walked around the
building. I went back to bed until 10 P.M.. I went outside briefly. I am now
cooking herbal chicken cooked in wine along with steamed white rice and steamed
frozen green peas, ice tea, and a Brazilian instant coffee. I bake the herbal chicken by taking four
small boneless chicken breasts and rubbing them in several tablespoons of olive
oil in a Pyrex pie dish. I then added a half cup of Rene Junot white wine and
seasoned the top of the breasts with celery salt, garlic powder, ground black
pepper, oregano, Italian spices, Basil, and a pad of margarine on each breast.
I cook them in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes
since they are thinner than regular breasts which I do for 35 minutes. I will
then clean up and go out for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/09/02 Sunday 3:00 A.M.: I finished my regular computer work. I
stepped outside briefly. I will now watch some television before going to bed.
I guess I will have some blueberries and low fat cottage cheese with ice tea
also. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/09/02 Sunday 1:50 A.M.: The Times of London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ has started charging 40 Pounds a year for overseas
subscription readers. However, the Court Circular at the moment still comes up,
but the primary stories want one to pay 40 pounds for the privilege of reading
the Times of London. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/09/02 Sunday 1:25 A.M.: I cleaned my ears with the Debrox ear
cleaning system. I opened a new bottle of Debrox. I put 20 drops in the right
ear, and then I relaxed keeping my head tilted with the ear upwards for about
ten minutes. I then used a rubber ear wash syringe, and I flushed the ear with
medium hot water flushing out the loosened wax. Two big clumps of wax came out
of the right ear. I did the same procedure twice on the left ear, and about
four big clumps of wax came out. The second time was just to clear it up. In
the old days before going to Nantucket after spending the winter on the beach
in Florida where lots of salty fine sand would mix in with the ear wax, I would
stop by the Boston Eye and Ear clinic attached to Massachusetts General
Hospital and have them clean out my ears, so I would have clean ears for the
summer. In the late 1970s they had an advanced machine that I believe would
suck out the wax out of one’s ears. About five years ago when I had it done at
the Greenwich Hospital, they were still using a metal water syringe. Well, I
should be a little bit more sound aware with my ears cleaned out. I watched a
bit of television. I had some gold fish crackers with ice tea. I went outside
briefly. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/08/02 Saturday 11:20 P.M.: I went back downtown. The Volvo is
running better. It still has a slight rattle or muffled rumble sound. I also
noticed a slightly higher pitched vibration sound occasionally from the exhaust
system. I was not able to tighten the
exhaust pipe bracket bolt all the way, so maybe it makes a slight vibration. I
could try putting some WD40 on it and try tightening it some more once it has
seated in. Still for local driving the Volvo is just fine. There are a couple
of emissions components that I have never serviced in the 70,000 miles I have
owned the car in the last ten years. I guess I could study my Chilton Volvo
manual about servicing them. Well still it runs fine for regular use. Maybe the noise has always been there and
possibly my hearing got better. This
reminds me that I have not cleaned out my ears with the Debrox ear wax removal
system in about a year. Maybe I will do that now. I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at a couple of different locations. I drove down by
the waterfront. I then returned home. I sat out briefly. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/08/02 Saturday 8:15 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I checked
outside, and I checked the mail. About 6
P.M. I finished house cleaning and watering the plants. I then went outside,
and I was able to get the stove bolt tightened from the exhaust body bracket to
the front exhaust manifold pipe, so at least the system is more secure. I was
not able to put on the washer and nut, but the bolt is plenty secure and won’t
fall off. I then took out my fuel injection noozle plugs and I cleaned them
with WD-40, and I reinstalled them. I
started the car, and it seems to run more smoothly. I opened up the air intake
on the air valve on the combustion intake manifold a little bit. I have not
test driven it yet. I just had a cold A&W root beer in a frosted mug. I
took the other ¾ pound piece of pork tenderloin, and I put two tablespoon of
olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish and rubbed the pork in it, and I seasoned both
sides of the pork with garlic powder, celery salt, and ground black pepper. I
am cooking it in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
I will have it with steamed corn on the cob and steamed frozen green peas, ice
tea, and a Brazilian instant coffee. I will then clean up and go out for some
fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/08/02 Saturday 3:05 A.M.: After dinner, I went outside briefly.
I then watched some television. I will now go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/08/02 Saturday 12:30 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I watched the BBC late
evening news. I then watched some BBC comedy on Channel 21 PBS. I am cooking
dinner now. I took half of the pork tenderloin about ¾ of a pound. I put three
tablespoons of olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish. I put the half of pork tenderloin
in, and I rubbed both sides with olive oil. I seasoned both sides with Old Bay
seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, oregano, Italian
spices, Basil. I put in about a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine. I
minced two large gloves of garlic, and I spread it on top of the pork
tenderloin. I am cooking it for 25 minutes in the convection over at 350
degrees Fahrenheit. I will have it with fresh steamed corn on the cob and
steamed frozen green peas and a baked half onion in the pyrex dish and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/07/02 Friday 10:45 P.M.: I cleaned up, and I went out. The car
is running more smoothly, but it still has the same rattle. I will try to put
the exhaust bolt on tomorrow. I noticed it also makes a bit of extra noise when
accelerating in first gear. My attitude is that it is still reliable local
transportation, so I suppose I will see how it continues to run. Even though
the clutch might be reasonable to fix if that were the problem which I don’t
think it is, if one had to repair the gear box that would be additional cost.
Well, I’ll see when I attach the exhaust bolt. I drove downtown, and I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down by the waterfront. I went by the Stop
and Shop, but they do not carry quarts of cottage cheese, and blueberries there
are $3.50 a pint. I went across the street to the Food Emporium, and I bought
two quarts of Master Choice low fat small curd cottage cheese for $2.79 a
quart, two pints of blue berries for $1.50 a pint, and Gold’s hot horse radish
for $1.50 for $10.08 total. I then returned home. I sat outside briefly, and
one can hear a lot weekend traffic on the highway. I will now do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/07/02 Friday 7:15 P.M.: I had a call from a relative about 11:30
A.M.. I went out, and I checked the weather and the mail. I went back to bed
until 2:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, coffee, vitamins and supplements. I did not clean up, and I went out,
and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove
over to International Car Parts at 134 Jefferson Street, Stamford, Ct. 06902
(203) 327-9022, and I bought a set of Bosch 09232 ignition wires for $38.19 and
3 feet of 3/8” fuel line for $2.55 plus $2.44 tax for $43.28 total. I then went
over to Stamford Volvo parts, and I got exhaust x-muffler bracket flange screw
for $2.84, washer $1.04, hexagon screw $2.43 plus I ordered the S hose for
$12.01 plus $1.10 tax for $19.42 total.
The S hose will be in next Wednesday. I was told they will be getting
the new 2003 Volvo XC90 SUV in about two months. They gave me a catalog. I then
returned home. I put the 3/8” fuel hose in place of the 5/16” hose from the PCV
valve to the air manifold. I installed the new ignition wires using the
silicone lubricant that came with them grease the wire boots. I started up the
Volvo, and it is running much better with only a slightly noticeable rattle
occasionally. I topped up the oil with Pennzoil 10W 40. I adjusted the idle air
intake. I put a hose clamp on the ignition wires with two of them insulated
with pieces of hose, so they do not rest on the hot air manifold. I took the
car for a test drive over to Smokes for Less in Byram, and it is running just
fine. I am smoking a few cigarettes a day, so I bought buy three get two free
of Marlboro Lights 100s for $15 total. I then returned home. I noticed in my
Volvo records of the previous owner at 45,000 miles Stamford Volvo replaced the
clutch and master brake cylinder for $630, so thus a clutch job would probably
be about $500 if the car ever needed it.
One can take out the transmission and replace the clutch without
removing the engine. I still have to install the exhaust nut and bolt, and
possibly I might have Midas check the exhaust system for a possible rattle and
have them do the bolt. I am going to have some cold herbal garlic boneless
chicken breast with McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, along with steamed corn on the
cob, small carrots, broccoli, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I am making a batch of ice tea. I will then
clean up and go out for some fresh air in about an hour and a half. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 06/07/02:
Note:
<888> 06/07/02 Friday 5:25 A.M.: I relaxed a bit. I had some goldfish
crackers and ice tea. I watched a bit of television. I got to thinking about
the rattle on the Volvo. I reviewed my notes. The original rattle that I fixed
on 05/16/02 was just the tail pipe was turned up a bit against the body frame,
which I fixed by pushing it down a little. However on 05/23/02, I made a note
about the rattling sound I had heard for a couple of days which would have
started around 05/21/02. I have not had Midas check the exhaust system yet
since then, since they were busy the one time I took it in. However, the sound
does not seem to be from the exhaust system, and I have looked underneath a
number of times to verify that. There is the possibility that vacuum
irregularities could be causing problems with the timing at low idle
speed. Yesterday, I reconnected the S
hose from the valve assembly attached to the valve cover which leads to the
fuel injection system. This might have been one of the problems. However, on
05/30/02 I attached a new 5/16” diameter hose from the Volvo fuel injection
baffle air chamber to the PCV valve. The hose I took off had perhaps a third
larger interior opening, so perhaps I am getting less of a vacuum in the timing
system. I guess I should try putting on a larger diameter hose on that particular
junction. Moreover having sealed up two major vacuum leaks and having replaced
the regular Bosch spark plugs with Bosch platinum spark plugs, possibly I have
effected the over ignition timing of the car, and once I get the proper vacuum
hoses and possibly replace the ignition wires, I should have the timing
checked. This is still predicated that there is not some odd vibration coming
from the exhaust system. Still on an older car, it could be any of a number of
items. Still from my experience in owning the car for ten years, it usually has
been some sort of simple item which is difficult to troubleshoot. I took the car for a drive about 4 A.M. down
by the waterfront. In gear driving there is no noise. I drove up the steep hill
at Indian Field road, and the car performed smoothly. Thus when I am up today,
I should get the larger vacuum hose for starters. If I have time, and I am up
early enough I could try to go to Stamford Volvo and order a new S hose, unless
Gateway auto parts has a hose is that diameter that one can shape in an S and
not kink. Well, I still have reliable transportation. The S hose seems to be
staying in place. I am a bit tired, so I will send out my weekly note and go to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/07/02 Friday 12:50 A.M.: I zipped through my email deleting most
of it quickly. Some times one gets tired of reading tech newsletters. I did
notice http://chef2chef.net/ . I will now have some low fat cottage cheese with
fresh blue berries and some ice tea. I will shut down and relax for a while
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/02 Thursday 11:45 P.M.: I looked at some car prices for used
car prices at www.kbb.com and one can find a number of cars listed such as
Subaru, Geo, Hyundai, Susuki for about $2,500 with 50,000 miles about year
1995. Of course one would have to find one for sale. A 1995 Buick Century with
50,000 miles would be about $4,000 private party trade. Of course, one would
have to know where to look for such car, and they might be more difficult to
find in this area. I noticed a 85 Volvo with 50,000 miles is worth about
$2,400. I went out to my car and got the registration, and I checked my Vin
Number at www.carfax.com , but alas they do not list 1976 cars. I put the
registration back in the car. It is still raining outside. Basically for now,
my 1976 Volvo 244 DL is running just fine for my regular use. When I have the time, I should probably go
over to Stamford Volvo and check on the metric bolt for the exhaust manifold
pipe where it attaches to the body. I also should check on the S hose that
comes off the valve assembly chamber on the valve cover and attaches to the
fuel injection combustion chamber. I should also check on the ignition
wires. Well, there are not many
inexpensive places to drive to in this area anyway, so I mostly stay locally in
my less expensive routine. Of course we
do have some public transportation in this part of town http://www.cttransit.com/content/routesStamford.asp . I printed out 10 copies
of the weekday and weekend bus schedule. I put 3 on the brass coffee table on
my bedroom desk. I put one on the mail room bulletin board and one on the
laundry room bulletin board, and I put 5 copies on the laundry room cabinet.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/02 Thursday 9:25 P.M.: I had herbal garlic chicken for dinner
along with a baked half of onion, steamed small carrots, corn on the cob,
asparagus, ice tea, and a cappuccino. I cooked a second boneless chicken breast
which I refrigerated. I chatted with a friend with Net2Phone. I checked the
weather, and it is raining quite a bit outside.
Note:
<888> 06/06/02 Thursday 6:20 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I cleaned up.
I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I then went by Gateway Auto Supply. I bought a quart of Pennzoil 10-40 W
oil for $2.10, Pennzoil Gumout KTRA concentrated fuel injector cleaner $3.99,
two ¾ “ hose clamps for .65 each, two 1.5” hose clamps .70 each, one 2” hose
clamps .80 each, two 2.5” hose clamps .80 each, and two .5” hose clamps .60
each for $12.39 total. I then drove over to Grass Island. I attached one of the
¾” hose clamps where I took it off yesterday. I noticed that the S hose that I
fixed yesterday had slipped off. I put it back on and I retightened the hose
clamp, but tried not to tighten it too tight, so it will not slip off. I guess
I need to replace the S hose when I have a chance to go to Stamford Volvo. When I returned home, the S hose had stayed
on. I then drove by another location on the waterfront, and I chatted with a
local fisherman. I then went by Exxon, and I put the Pennzoil Gumout KTRA
concentrated fuel injector cleaner in the fuel tank, and I filled the Volvo up
with $2.50 of premium gasoline at $1.779 a gallon. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought boneless breasts of chicken at $1.99 a pound for $4.58 total. I then
returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/02 Thursday 3:50 A.M.: Last Saturday, I did not make it up to
West Point to see the graduating class and the President and the other
dignitaries which I occasionally do. It apparently was a sunny day. I just
listened to the President’s speech at West Point which is posted at www.whitehouse.gov . Still when one has the time, it is a short trip
from this area over to West Point. I did not go either for the 200th
anniversary celebration since it was a cold damp February day which would have
been hard on my arthritis. When I was younger around 1964, I first visited West
Point with some friends for a football game. Afterwards we were invited aboard
the Forbes Yacht “The Highlander”, and I signed my name in the guest book along
with a great many other interesting names. Over the years I have visited West
Point a number of times, and I have been frustrated that as a civilian I can
not use the library. Still it is an interesting historical attraction. I was
told by my grandmother Scott that I am related to Winfield Scott. Alas my
grandfather Scott was a railroad engineer and not in the military. My father
was a chemical engineer and not in the military. I guess myself, I am now a
computer engineer, and as far as I know I am still not in the military,
although I have lived around military facilities. So unless I signed up, and I
forgot, I do not think I am in the military. Still it is interesting to have
the family heritage. I believe the Winfield Scott townhouse on west 13th
street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York is across from the Forbes
building, and it is now the Italian studies center for New York University. Still
it is amusing that with such a large clan in the Scott family, one never hears
from other relatives. I remember looking once at the memorial plaque I believe
for the class of 1944 that there were two officers with the last name Scott
killed during the last year of World War II. However, there was another Scott
named Jim Scott that survived the war and made the most relief missions flying
to Berlin after the war, and was killed in the effort. Also there were several
Scotts killed at Pearl Harbor. Thus the family over the years has taken its
share of causalities in defending the United States of America’s freedom. I
believe there is a small street in Washington D.C.’s section of Georgetown
named Scott street as well as Scott circle with the statue of Fuss and Feathers
Winfield Scott. Well, I suppose since my branch of the Scott family was out in
Illinois for a number of generations it is hard to tell how we are really
related. However my father looked a bit like Winfield Scott, and as I get
older, I have a bit of the same appearance. Well not to dwell on history, but
today is the anniversary of D Day, so I imagine a great many old timers will be
remember that period not so long ago. I
had some gold fish crackers and Carr’s crackers with Land O Lakes cheddar cheese
along with ice tea. I will now shut down for the night and go to bed. I have a
3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/02 Thursday 1:45 A.M.: I went out, and I mailed the letter at
the central Greenwich Post Office. There is quite a bit of lightning but no
rain yet. I drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I had the rest
of the pineapple mixture on low fat cottage cheese along with some of the blue
berries along with ice tea. I will now do some more regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/02 Thursday 1:00 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I sat
outside briefly. I wrote a letter to a relative. I will now go out and mail the
letter at the central Greenwich Post office. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/02 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.: I went out. The car is running
smoother, but it still has the slight rattle from underneath the car. Well
anyway it runs fine enough, and I do not feel like spending any more money on
it. I went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper and P.C. magazine.
P.C. magazine had an article saying that cars after 1995 have computer
diagnosis. I then stopped by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought another box
of 14 patches of Step 1 21 mg. patches on sale for $34.99. I then drove down
the Avenue. I walked the entire Avenue. I chatted with a local. I stopped by
the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue. I also
stopped by CVS again, and I bought a box of 14 patches of the Step 2, 14 mg.
for $34.99 on sale. They did not have Step 3, 7 mg. patches in a 14 patch box
on sale. After walking the Avenue, I
drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to CVS in Riverside, and they
did not have a Step 3, 14 patch box. I then returned to central Greenwich, and
I went to the Exxon station, and I bought $7.75 of premium at $1.779 a gallon.
I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a 38 ounce box of goldfish
crackers for $5.29, two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with
calcium for $2.50 each half gallon, a pint of blueberries $1.50, and two boxes
of frozen peas and one of frozen cut green beans for $2 all for $13.77 total. I
then returned home. I read my owner’s manual in the car about some
details. I am about to have a Swanson’s
hungryman boneless pork dinner with ice tea and a 50% Brazilian instant coffee
and 50% Folgers’s decaffeinated instant coffee. I will then do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/02 Wednesday 6:55 P.M.: I listened to some of the NASA TV
broadcast www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm about the Shuttle launch http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-111.htm . I cleaned up. I will
now go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/02 Wednesday 6:05 P.M.: There was intense lightning about 7
A.M. this morning, so I unplugged the computer and disconnected the cable
modem. I was up at 4 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. I went outside, and I checked
the exhaust manifold bolt area, but I would need a metric bolt from Volvo to
hopefully try to install it in its particular location. From what I can tell it
was not rattling there anyway. I then decided to uninstall the Bosch Platinum
Spark plugs and put in the old regular ones to see if it made a difference. The
Volvo still had the same muffled rattle sound inside, so I reinstalled the
Bosch Platinum 4216 plugs. However, while working on the car, I noticed there
was an ¾ “ diameter S shaped hose about 15 inches long that connected from a
valve attached to the valve cover to the fuel injection chamber. I noticed the
hose at the valve attached to the valve cover was split, so it was not a sealed
hose line. It probably became split when they replaced the valve cover gasket a
month ago at Midas. I took off another ¾” hose clamp from another hose that was
tight, and I put it on the split at the valve on the S hose to tighten and seal
it off. When I started the car, it seemed to be running normally and smoother.
I open up the air intake valve next to the throttle assembly since the mixture
seemed a bit rich. I did not test drive the car, but it seems to be idling a
lot smoother. I am having a cold A&W root beer with in a frosted mug. I
tried calling a relative to wish them Happy Birthday. Since it is warm outside,
I am just relaxing by the air conditioner. I will clean up shortly, but I might
go out a little bit later when it is less hot. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/02 Wednesday 3:55 A.M.: I did a little bit of routine
computer work. I sat outside for a while. I will now shut down and go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/02 Wednesday 2:15 A.M.: I had a cup of the low fat cottage
cheese with about a quarter cup of the fresh pineapple chunks and juice. Earlier in the evening, I also put $10 more
on the laundry card. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/02 Wednesday 1:40 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I
drove downtown, and I drove by the waterfront. Unfortunately the Volvo still
seems to have the same rattle at low speed idle, although it runs fine at
higher speeds. I circled around through town, and I stopped by the ATM machine
at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Food
Emporium, and I bought a 32 ounce container of Master Choice cottage cheese for
$3.49 and a 12.3 ounce jar of Temeraire Old Fashioned Dijon Mustard for $2.91
for $6.40 total. I then returned home. I checked the internet for any
information on what might be causing the rattle in my car. According to Bosch’s web site, I am using the
right Platinum spark plugs. I did not find any relevant information. From my
Chilton’s Volvo manual, I learned to test the clutch by putting it fourth gear
with the brakes on and letting out the clutch which stalled the car which
indicated the clutch is all right. All I can think of is returning to square
one, and trying to use the nut and bolt and lock washer to attach the manifold
exhaust pipe to the body hanger which was not done last August. Still from my
investigation it does not seem like the exhaust system is causing the problem.
Before I got the 1976 Volvo 244 DL ten years ago, I had a problem with the 1984
Ford Escort I had. I took it to a transmission place in Stamford, and they
rebuilt the transmission only to find out the problem was either a fouled spark
plug or bad spark plug wire. I could try to buy a new set of spark plug wires
for about $55 AutoZone.com | Shopping Bosch Spark Plug Wires . I looked in my notes,
and the last time I replaced the ignition wires was in August 1997 at about
95,000 miles for about 23,000 miles ago. Still, since I am on limited income
with a less expensive car, I have not done much of the routine Volvo
maintenance that the car might require, so possibly it is caused by some other
mechanical difficulty. Thus the game plan tomorrow weather permitting to try to
put in the nut and bolt and lock washer on the exhaust manifold pipe to the
body frame point where it is suppose to be attached. Then I will think about
the ignition wires. I also stopped by Shell Oil on West Putnam Avenue this past
evening, and I checked all of my tires for 30 PSI. None of them had changed
pressure in the last month since I last checked them. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/02 Tuesday 10:20 P.M.: The Swanson’s hearty Mexican fiesta
meal was very good. After my coffee, I think I will go for a drive downtown.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/02 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.: I watched some television, and I went
to bed about 4 A.M. after having some Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers and ice
tea. I was up at noon. I had oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins,
and supplements for breakfast. I chatted with some neighbors outside. I cleaned
up. I called Exxon about 2:30 P.M., and they said my car was ready and it was
$54.21. I walked downtown to Exxon. I noticed that there are now buses running
both ways on West Putnam Avenue. I picked the Volvo up at Exxon. It was $19.75
for a gear box oil change, $19.75 for rear end oil change; the clutch clearance
is O.K., $4.88 for 1.5 quart of Dextron
and $6.75 for 1.5 quart of 80/90 gear oil for $11.63 parts and $39.50
labor plus $3.08 tax for $54.21 total.
They told me I had a slight leak in one of my differential oil
seals. When I started the car, I noticed
it still had the rattle or rough sound. I drove over to the Hospital Thrift
Shop, and I toured the store. I then drove back to Exxon, and I asked them
about the rattle or rough sound, but they did not know anything. I then drove
down Greenwich Avenue, and I went to Gateway automotive, and I bought a 1.5
inch hose clamp for .70. I then drove over to Grass Island, and I installed the
hose clamp on the larger hose leading off the valve cover , so it has a
complete vacuum. I checked the car for the rattle or rough sound, and I could
not figure it. I then drove by the waterfront, and I chatted with a local until
5 P.M.. I then drove downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 24 pack of Charmin quilted toilet
tissue for $4.99 plus .30 tax for $5.29. I then completed my walk of Greenwich
Avenue after putting the toilet tissue in the car. I then drove by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, and I checked out a DVD video
disk. I then went to Stop and Shop, and I bought a 12 pack of A&W root beer
for $3.79 plus .60 deposit on cans, a Red Barron 4 cheese pizza $3.50, four
Swanson’s hungry man dinners for $2.50 each, turkey, pork rib, hearty Mexican,
and veal parmesan; Lysol disinfectant spray $2.99, X14 Clorox toilet bowl
cleaner .99, two pounds of onions $1.29, a bulb of garlic .45, two dozen large
eggs for .84 a dozen, a Hormel pork tenderloin at $2.99 a pound for $4.54, and
two ears of sweet corn .67 both. I then returned home. I cut off the $1 off
coupon off the A&W root beer, and I put the cans in the refrigerator. I put
the X14 toilet cleaner tab in the toilet. I then went out, and I checked my
car. I increased the idle, and it still made a rattle or rough sound. I finally
took out the new Bosch platinum spark plugs I installed a couple of weeks ago,
and I checked them. They were slightly oil fouled. I checked the gap, and they
were about .035 inch gap which was the Bosch preset. I checked my mechanics
manual, and the gap for my Volvo for Bosch spark plugs is suppose to be .030
inch. I believe inch not millimeter. I took out all four Bosch Platinum spark
plugs and regapped them to .030 inch, and I reinstalled them. The 1976 Volvo
244 DL is running much smoother and it seems to back to its normal running
condition. I took it for a short test drive, and I am pleased with the present
performance. I will leave the idle up at its present setting for now. Thus a
combination of increased idle and changing the spark plug gap seems to have
eliminated the rough idle sound of the car. I finished this all about 9 P.M.. I
will now have a Stouffer’s hearty Mexican meal along with ice tea and a 50%
Folgers Decafinated coffee and 50% Brazilian instant coffee. I had a cold Barq’s root beer in a frosted
mug earlier. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/02 Tuesday 1:10 A.M.: I watched some television. I worked on
some email. I sat outside briefly. I printed out a birthday card and custom
envelop with Microsoft Home Publishing 2000, and I mailed it in the letter drop
downstairs. I ran the print head clean utility on my Epson Stylus Color 880 printer 3 times. I have not used it
in a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/02 Monday 9:35 P.M.: I had a Tony’s pepperoni pizza along
with ice tea for dinner. I downloaded and installed three free games for Real
Arcade. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/02 Monday 7:00 P.M.: I was up at noon today. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and
supplements. I cleaned up. I checked my mail. I went downtown, and I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then by First Union Bank of
Connecticut on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent. I then went by the central
Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained money orders to pay my GEICO automobile
insurance, AT&T, Verizon, Cablevision, and Optimum online bills for .90 a
money order plus amount of the money order. I also obtained ten .03 stamps for
.30 since I have ten .34 stamps which I might not use before the postage rate
goes up .03 at the end of June from .34 to .37 . I then sat out downtown for a while. I next
drove over to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought for $8 a pair of
Dutch Delph blue Bermuda shorts from Triminghams in Bermuda waist 41 inches. I
then went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned a DVD video disk. I then
made my 4 P.M. appointment. I next went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I then went by Greenwich Exxon next to the
Greenwich Library, and I left my 1976 Volvo 244 DL to have the transmission
gear box oil changed, the rear end axle oil changed, and the clutch adjusted. I
also asked them to check on the transmission rattling sound which changing and
filling up the gear box oil hopefully will fix. I told them I would call them
tomorrow afternoon about the car. I then walked home which was an enjoyable
walk looking at all the more deluxe cars along the route. I chatted with a
neighbor. I tried calling a relative whom I will try calling again shortly.
Well, I guess I am in for the evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/02 Monday 2:30 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I had two
sliced boneless breast of chicken sandwiches on Kaiser rolls with Hellmann’s
mayonnaise, horseradish, McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper, a dill
pickle, and ice tea. I prepared my bills to pay today. I gathered together
other paper work for my 4 P.M. meeting today. I will now shut down and try to
rest to get on an earlier schedule. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/02 Sunday 11:15 P.M.: I had a dozen Carr’s crackers with
moserella cheese, some Lays K.C. Masterpiece barbeque potato chips, some of the
pineapple mixture, and ice tea. I will now sift through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/02 Sunday 10:35 P.M.: I watched a bit of television, and I
went to bed about 4 A.M. this past morning.
I watched a bit of television about 7 A.M.. I had some goldfish crackers
and ice tea. A relative called about 9 A.M.. I went back to bed. A friend
showed up about 1:30 P.M.. We chatted. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, coffee, vitamins, and supplements. My guest left about 3:30 P.M..
I went back to bed until about 6 P.M.. I watched the BBC news. I had a Marie
Callender beef tips dinner with ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee. I then
cleaned up, and I went for a walk of the entire length of Greenwich Avenue from
8 P.M. to 9 P.M.. I then returned home.
I chatted with a friend with Net2Phone. I will now do some regular computer
work. I will try to go to bed earlier this morning, so I can get up tomorrow
early enough to pay bills. I have a 4 P.M. appointment tomorrow afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/02 Sunday 1:45 A.M.: I
watched a bit of television, a most enjoyable show. Yesterday, I also received the $30 mailin
rebate from Monsoon for the computer speakers I bought about two months ago. I
will now shut down, and I will relax before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/02 Sunday 12:20 A.M.: I had a call from a relative yesterday
morning. A friend stopped by at about 1:30 P.M.. I chatted with a relative. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee,
vitamins and supplements. I cleaned up,
and we went out. I drove downtown and drove by the waterfront. I saw all the
old cars around Baldwin Park. I drove over to Oil Star in Riverside, but they
do not service gear box oil. I then drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, but
they did not have anything on sale. I then drove back to Greenwich Avenue, and
I went to CVS, and I bought a 12 pack of Diet Coke and a 12 pack of Sprite for
$2.25 each 12 pack plus $1.20 can deposit, and a roll of Johnson and Johnson
one inch by five yard waterproof First Aid tape for $2.99 plus .45 tax for
$9.14 total. I will use the Johnson and Johnson First Aid waterproof tape to
keep the nicotine patches from falling off my body particularly when I am
asleep. We then drove back down by the waterfront.
We sat out for a while, and we walked around a bit. Next we went by Exxon, and
I bought $10.50 of premium gasoline at $1.779
a gallon. My guest went by the
Stop and Shop and bought four ears of corn on the cob, a bag of small carrots,
and broccoli florets for about $3. We then returned back to my apartment. I had
a cold Barq’s root beer in a frosted mug. We watched a bit of television. For
dinner, we had the same herbal garlic boneless chicken breasts as last night
along with steamed corn on the cob, broccoli florets, small carrots, and ice
tea. I also had a cappuccino. From 8 P.M. to 10 P.M. on Channel 13 PBS we
watched Queen Elizabeth II’s BBC broadcast of her 50 anniversary jubilee prom
musical garden party which was very enjoyable.
Afterwards my guest left. I then
went for a walk of the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I noticed they now
have the cupola back on top of the senior and arts center with a flag pole and
United States of America flag lit up flying.
I then returned home. I chatted briefly with a friend. CIO
Note: <888>
06/01/02 Saturday 3:50 A.M.: After dinner, I watched a bit of television. I
will now head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/01/02 Saturday 2:40 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I had
some Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers with some ice tea. I just opened the
package of boneless breasts of chicken I bought last night. I split each of the
two pairs of breast and rinsed them and dried them. I put one pair in the
refrigerator for another time. I then took a Pyrex pie dish, and I added a few
tablespoons of olive oil to the Pyrex dish, and I rubbed the two halves of
boneless breast of chicken in the oil. I then on the under side, I put garlic
powder, ground black pepper, celery salt, poultry and meat seasoning, Old Bay
seasoning, Italian spices, Basil, and Oregano. I then flipped the two pieces,
and I added about ¾ of a cup of Rene Junot white wine to the dish with the
chicken breast. I then added the same spices on the top side of the chicken. I
also added four peeled and chopped cloves of garlic to both pieces or two
chopped cloves for each piece of chicken. I am now cooking them in the
convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I will have one of
the pieces with steamed sliced fresh asparagus and ice tea. I will save the
other piece for another meal. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/02 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.: I have reinstalled the default Red
Hat Linux 7.3 installation and it all seems to work fine now. The printer function seems to be working too. I will have to upgrade the updates later when
the server is not busy. I will have some
more jell-o now and ice tea. Earlier I
had some Carr’s crackers with Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I will now shut down, and I will probably go
to bed in a little while. I have the EPO
58 X Cdrom player $20 rebate ready to mail in.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/02 Wednesday 4:05 P.M.: I am having a bit of trouble getting
the Red Hat Linux 7.3 to do a default installation. I made a few minor adjustments in the CMOS,
so I will once again see if it runs through installation to completion. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/02 Wednesday 12:30 P.M.: After the last message, I went out,
and I stopped by the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought two loaves of
Healthnut bread for $1.78 both. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned a DVD video disk. I next went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I then drove up to the
Wiz in Norwalk, and I paid my Cablevision and Optimum online bills. I then went to CompUSA, and I bought an EPO
58 X CDrom player for my primary computer for $39.99 plus $2.40 tax for
$42.39. It had a $5 instant rebate, and
it also has a $20 mailin rebate, so eventually the total cost will be
$22.39. I then returned home. I took out the Acer 50 X CDrom player from
the primary computer, and I put it in the backup computer. I put the new EPO 58 X Cdrom player in the
primary computer. They both work
fine. On the new 58 X Cdrom player, one
can push the play button for 3 seconds to slow it down incrementally for slower
CDs. I am reinstalling Red Hat Linux on
the backup computer. I will now fill out
the $20 rebate form on the EPO 58 X cdrom player. I will then have two hot dogs with buns and
mustard and ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice with ice tea and
then I will have an iced coffee outside.
I guess I will go out after that for some more activity once I have
Linux installed again on the backup computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/02 Wednesday 8:00 A.M.: I fiddled with Linux system, and I
was not able to get the menu bar to work in the “root” login, but it still
works fine in the “scott” logon. I will
have some of the Jell-o I made last night.
Then I will clean up and go out for some day time activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/02 Wednesday 4:35 A.M.: I was sitting outside on the bench
before going to bed after the last message, and the skunk walked right
underneath the bench that I was sitting on.
It then walked in front of my neighbor sitting at the other end of the
building. Alas, it did not spray either
of us. I guess the best thing to do in
that situation is to remain calm, and not to startle the skunk. I was up at 3:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements. I had coffee outside. When I make oatmeal, I put a half cup of Quaker
old fashioned oatmeal in a microwave proof bowl, and I add a cup of water. I then microwave it on high with the bowl
covered with a microwave cover for one minute and forty seconds. One covers it and does not microwave it too
much or it will splatter over the microwave interior. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.: I will now shut down and rest. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 9:30 P.M.: I fiddled with Red Hat Linux 7.3, and
in the “root” logon, I lost my desktop menu bar for some odd reason. I still
have it in the “scott” logon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 6:15 P.M.: I watched some television about ghosts
in Hawaii. I remember once reading that
Captain Cook was eaten by cannibals, so I guess his ghost still haunts the
Sandwich Islands. I am making up a batch one carton of Cherry Jell-O and one
carton of Blueberry Jell-O together. I
add to the Jell-O mixture of two cartons two cups of boiling water into the
Pyrex bowl, and after stirring two minutes, for the cold liquid I am adding a
cup of orange juice and a cup of Rene Junot white wine with dashes of Angostura
bitters. One has to chill it four hours. Alas, I do not have any fruit to add
to it. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 4:00 P.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and mustard
and ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I then had an iced coffee outside. I am making up two quarts of coffee to
refrigerate to use for iced coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 2:05 P.M.: I had a few scoops of Edy’s Snickers
ice cream. I went to bed, and I just got
up now. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 8:10 A.M.: I disabled the “LPD” print system on
the Linux system. I studied the CUPS
print system, but I did not figure out how to use it. I will try to rest a bit
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 6:30 A.M.: I fiddled with the backup computer Red
Hat Linux. I get a start and shutdown error for “LPD” which I assume interferes
with the print operation. It does recognize
the Compaq IJ200 printer, but the same as the Epson it does not print. I will
research it some on the primary computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.: The backup computer works fine on
Windows ME now. I guess it was a
temporary problem. I reinstalled the
Epson Stylus Color 880 driver on it. The printer works fine on it when it is
connected. I am not sure what the problem is with the Linux printer operation,
but I get an “LPD” error when shutting down.
I will now have some reheated spaghetti and tomato meat sauce with ice
tea. I will then have an iced coffee
outside. I went outside briefly by the
side door, and there is a new brighter light there, so hopefully one can spot
the skunk. When I lived down on
Steamboat Road for five years before moving here 15 years ago, there was a
skunk that lived in the yard and I saw plenty more when walking around the
Steamboat Road area. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 3:35 A.M.: I worked on the backup computer in
Linux. I could not get the printer to
work on it, although it recognized the printer from the printer configuration
utility. Also the free office suite will
not start up with the printer turned on.
I decided to test the Epson printer on the backup computer with Windows
ME, but I can not get it online at moment, although the primary computer works
fine online. I need to install the Epson Stylus 880 color drive for the backup
computer Windows ME partition. Well, I will get to it shortly, now that I know
the cable modem service is working. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/02 Tuesday 12:10 A.M.: I chatted with a relative with my
Net2Phone YAP card. I just now installed
my last YAP card with $10 credit on it.
Note:
<888> 07/29/02 Monday 11:25 P.M.: I went to bed at 2 P.M. after having
some potato chips. I was up at 10 P.M..
I went outside, and I saw a hound dog being warned away by the skunk clicking
sound. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I went outside to have my coffee. As I was
exiting the side door, Pepe Le Peu was moving around in the side yard, but it
just hurried off into the woods. Three boys jogged by shortly thereafter. Well, I guess Pepe is learning its territory. Let us hope we do not have any close
encounters of the other kind. I will now
do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/02 Monday 12:35 P.M.: I watched a bit of television. I
checked the mail. My General Electric
Service contract on the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner
with remote control arrived, and it is good through September 11, 2003. I will now shut down the computer and go to
bed after having some Carr’s crackers with slices of Vermont extra sharp
cheddar cheese. Stay cool. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/02 Monday 10:25 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I drove down by the waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove by the waterfront. I was
told by an Indian Harbor Yacht Club employee that they use channel 68 on the
ship to shore radio. Since I have a ship to shore radio in my 1976 Volvo 244 DL
with a two foot emergency antenna, I took it off channel 1 for NOAA weather
radio, and I put it on channel 68, so I can hear some harbor chatter. I then went back downtown. I sat out a bit. I
then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I walked from there to Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then returned to the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a Today’s Computer Power Control Center with
five plug switches for $5. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the
local paper. I returned home, and I had
a Bombay Virgin Mary outside. I then
install the power control center on top of the similar power control center
underneath the backup computer monitor. I plugged into it the old Terayon cable
modem that does not work with Optimum Online.
I now have several extra plugs for the backup computer. The Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop is closing
early today at 3 P.M. because of the heat. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/02 Monday 5:40 A.M.: Since it is going to be very hot out
today, I am going out to enjoy some of the cooler morning air. I noticed at CompUSA’s web site that they
have a 58X CD drive for $20 after a $20 mailin rebate. I might get it later
this week. However, I tried a music CD on my 24X drive on the backup computer,
and it worked.
Note:
<888> 07/29/02 Monday 5:35 A.M.: On the Linux system, I installed the
printer drivers that came with OpenOffice, which may or may not work. I could
not find a Linux drive at the Epson site for my Epson Stylus Color 880 printer.
I decided not to install JAVA. The sound
works fine on the Linux system. At the
real site, I can not find a Real Player version in Linux. Also Microsoft does not seem to have any
Linux programs. I shut down the backup
computer. I keep the Linux boot disk on
the speaker to the right of the monitor. I made two other copies. I will now do some regular computer work on
the primary computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/02 Monday 4:40 A.M.: I had some defrosted tomato meat sauce
on reheated spaghetti with ice tea. I
refilled my ice trays. I put the ice
from the trays in a large Rubbermaid container in the freezer. One’s ice trays in the freezer tend to
evaporate over time, and one has to remember to refill them, in case on a day
like today one needs them. I will now go
outside and have some iced coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/02 Monday 4:10 A.M.: I downloaded and installed www.openoffice.org for Linux on the backup computer Linux partition. I
followed the instructions at http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html for installing. However,
it could not find the Linux Java files. I might have to install the JAVA from
Sun and then reinstall OpenOffice, so it is java enabled. I created a new Paw menu on the desktop bar
menu with the links to OpenOffice and the other programs on the system. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/02 Monday 12:55 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at
various locations. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I next went by the Shell
station, and I checked the air in my tires to 30 PSI. They are all fine, and they do not appear to
have any leaks. I then returned
home. I will now do a little bit of
regular computer work. I guess I will
also download Microsoft Internet Explorer Linux edition to the backup computer
D: drive Red Hat Linux 7.3 partition.
Today is suppose to be up to the mid 90s, so enjoy the cooler evening
air. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 11:00 P.M.: On the backup computer, when one boots
one gets the boot manager, that for Red Hat Linux 7.3 it prompts one to insert
the Red Hat Linux 7.3 boot disk to boot. I have the CMOS set up this way. Then
when Red Hat Linux 7.3 boots from the disk, one is prompted for a logon which
is for the administrator “root” or for my own personal logon “scott”. Then one
enters the password, and when one receives a prompt, one enters “startx” and
the Red Hat Linux 7.3 Gnome desktop interface starts. Of course one gets this logon when one has it
connected to the cable modem, but it is a different interface when not
connected to the cable modem. Now it is
off to the shower. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 10:50 P.M.: I sewed the button on my walking
shorts. My sewing kit is missing the
needle threader, so it was a bit difficult threading the needle. I have some flannel shirts that need buttons
sewn on, but alas I do not have the buttons. I noticed when I was outside
briefly that there is a bit of heat lightning.
I will now clean up and go out for some cooler night air. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 10:00 P.M.: I was up at 8 P.M., and I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. When I downloaded Red
Hat Linux 7.3 on Friday all the sites were busy, but I tried Swedish download
since Linux originally came from Sweden, and sure enough the Swedish site
worked fast enough. The link to the Red Hat Linux 7.3 mirrors is http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html and download and
installation information is at www.redhat.com/download/ . I
suppose one could try to install another boot manager to try to manage three
partitions separately, but for my test purposes the floppy boot for Linux is
just fine. Since I did not experiment
with the Red Hat Linux boot manager, I am not familiar with its capability and
alternative settings. While installing
this morning, I watched Cspan book review, and they mentioned this internet
site for blind people http://bookshare.org that has scanned books to use with text
readers. I just chatted with a friend. I
have to sew a button on a pair of walking shorts. I probably will shower and
clean up shortly and go out in a while.
I will be putting on my last nicotine patch this evening. I am down to 5 to 10 cigarettes a day instead
of quitting, but it is a significant reduction from two packs a day. I also have not smoked inside in two months. I am cool and comfortable in the
apartment. Tomorrow is supposed to be
hot. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 12:40 P.M.: With the CD drive from my primary
computer in the backup computer, I was able to do a basic install of Red Hat
7.3 on the D: drive. I put the CD drive
back in the primary computer, and I put the old 24X drive that is spotty in the
backup computer. I updated the upgrades on the Red Hat Linux 7.3 drive. I will now make a copy of the Linux boot
floppy that one has to use to boot the backup computer to Red Hat Linux 7.3. I then will have some more spaghetti with
tomato meat sauce. I will shut down and go to bed. I watched television while
doing the basic install. I also went outside a couple of times. I did the basic
install since I will have room for other Linux programs that I might test. Thus
I have about 4 gigabytes left on the D: drive.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 7:00 A.M.: I will temporarily take out the CD drive
out of my primary computer and install it in the backup computer to install Red
Hat Linux 7.3 on the D: drive of the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 6:10 A.M.: The Red Hat Linux 7.3 full install
froze. It appears the CD Player is defective and it will not work at all now. I
removed the partition from the D: drive
and I am about to reformat it. I am just finishing up sifting through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 5:15 A.M.: The Red Hat full installation is 35
minutes under way and one hour and fifteen minutes to go. It seems to be running fine. I went out and
had an iced coffee outside with a smoke after my spaghetti and tomato meat
sauce meal. The skunk seems to have gone
away. I will do a little bit of regular
computer work while the install runs. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 4:30 A.M.: I rebooted and this time when I booted
with Windows Me boot up disk, I did not enable the CDrom support, but when I
run “autoboot.bat” from the E: drive it
enables Linux CDrom support. I am trying
a full install again with “Microsoft Intellimouse serial” 2 button selected as one of the options. If it completes, it will take about 90
minutes. I am using the EXT3 instead of
EXT2 file system too. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 4:10 A.M.: The full Red Hat Linux 7.3 installation
just froze, so I guess I will start installing the Default installation again
before I have my meal. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 4:05 A.M.: I went outside for a smoke. I could
smell the skunk as I came down the side door stairway. I carefully exited the
door, and I did not see the skunk. I walked around the parking area having a
smoke. I still sneak a few cigarettes outside.
On returning to the side door, I almost ran into the skunk which was
lurking behind some plantings along the walkway. I reentered the building
through the front door. I guess when
Skunky is around one can smell it besides the loud clicking noise it give out
when scared. I will now have some spaghetti with reheated tomato meat sauce and
ice tea and an iced coffee. I have an hour and ten minutes to complete the Red
Hat Linux 7.3 software. I should have about 1.5 gigabytes free after
installation which should be enough to put the Microsoft Internet Explorer for
Linux and Real Player for Linux and a Windows Media player for Linux if there
is one. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/02 Sunday 3:45 A.M.: I was able to successfully install the
default Red Hat Linux 7.3 program to my D: drive. I had copied the install disks to the E:
drive, but the Red Hat installation programs looks to a hard drive for *.iso
files, and it possibly did not recognize my E: drive file system anyway from
the installation boot. I booted the Red Hat 7.3 installation program by booting
Windows ME emergency disk, and then from the first Red Hat CD copy on the E:
drive, I ran “autoboot.bat” which started the installation program. Anyway by this method, I had no problem with
the CD Player installing the files. However, since Red Hat Linux 7.3 uses a
different file system on the D: drive, one can not boot from the backup
computer XP boot manager, since it can not read that file system. When I
rebooted with the Linux bootup disk, I had to enter “Logon” as “root” and then
my password. I then had to enter the
command “startx” to get the x interface going. I looked at the installation,
and I was very pleased with what I saw. I decided to however, reinstall it with
the first choice file system beginning with a 2 instead of the second choice
file system beginning with a 3. I
initially thought I would be able to install it on a VFAT32 system, but
although that is an option, one needs to mount Linux on a Linux file system. I
did not select the Linux multiboot option since it did not recognize my E:
drive, but only the C: and D: drives. I
am also doing a complete reinstall of all the contents on the three cdroms
instead of just the default. It all seems to be going fine. The default settings logged onto my internet
connection through the cable modem just fine for web browsing. I will then use Red Hat update to update the
files I have installed. This all takes a
bit of time. I will set up my XP boot
manager to prompt for a Red Hat Linux boot disk, when one tries to boot it from
the boot manager, of course I will have to change the Cmos setup to floppy boot
sequence then IDO0 hard drive with
floppy seek activated. Possibly by changing the CMOS to IDO2 boot for the D:
drive, one might be able to boot Linux that way bypassing the C: drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/02 Saturday 10:40 P.M.: I was up at 9 P.M.. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had coffee outside. I watched a bit of television. I could hear
the skunk off in the distance making a loud clicking noise. I have 2.5 gigabytes of space left on my
backup computer on the E: drive. Thus I
have room to put Red Hat Linux 7.3 there and can install it from the E: drive to
the D: drive. I will look at the Red Hat page for the procedure. It is suppose to be hot tomorrow, so maybe
later on when it is quieter, I might go for a walk. I now know how to set up the “boot.ini” on
the backup computer, so I can boot Red Hat Linux 7.3 from the D: drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/02 Saturday 12:05 P.M.: I guess I will shut down the computer
now and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/02 Saturday 12:00 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I had a meal of two hotdogs with bun and mustard
and ketchup and potato chips and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/02 Saturday 10:15 A.M.: Alas, one can use the “convert” tool
for changing FAT and FAT32 to NTFS, but not the other way round. I am not sure if I changed the D: drive to
FAT32, it once after installing Windows ME to the D: drive, if it would
recognize the NTFS files on the C: drive, probably not or visa versa. Thus, I will not be doing it. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/02 Saturday 9:30 A.M.: I went for a walk on the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at
various locations. I drove down by the
waterfront. I stopped by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I returned home. I vacuumed the apartments, and I
polished the mirrors and picture glass.
I am running the Norton Utilities on the backup computer. I got to thinking that since I have a 15
gigabyte C: drive on the primary computer with 12 g. used and a 20 gigabyte D:
drive with the 12 g. backup from the C: drive. I have about 8 g. free on the D:
drive. If I can alter the “boot.ini” on the C: drive after backing it up with
the correct settings, I could install Windows ME on the D: drive if the
“boot.ini” can be set up for that configuration. I would first have to also
changed the C: and D: drive from NTFS file system to FAT 32 which one can do
with an XP utility. I then would have to
delete the C: drive backup on the D: drive and move the other files temporarily
to the C: drive. I then would probably reformat the D: drive. I next would have
to boot with the Windows ME emergency disk, and see if the Windows ME Cdrom
could install Windows ME on the empty D: drive.
If all of this worked, I would have a much faster system option for
Windows ME from the boot menu. I would put on about 5 to 8 g. of files on the
D: drive, and then I would backup the C: drive to the D: drive again. I guess I will start working on this
now. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 07/27/02:
Note:
<888> 07/27/02 Saturday 7:00 A.M.: I finished reinstalling Windows ME on
the backup computer. The boot manger recognized and boots Windows ME. The lines of code in my C:\boot.ini file are:
----------------------
[Boot
Loader]
timeout=30
Default=C:\
[Operating
Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft
Windows Millennium Edition"
-----------------------
Thus although,
it took the better part of the night and morning to get the backup computer
boot manager fixed, as usual the solution is really simple. The rdisk setting of (2) for Windows XP is
for my E: drive which is the third drive. C: would be 0 and D: would be 1. I am running the updates on my backup
computer. I will now send out my weekly
email a day late. I will then go out for
some fresh air.
Note:
<888> 07/27/02 Saturday 5:05 A.M.: On the backup computer, I reinstalled
Windows XP Professional to the E: drive. However, the boot manager still does
not recognize Windows ME on the C: drive. While doing this, I did my house
cleaning and watering the plants. I
still have to vacuum. I am now reinstalling
Windows ME to the C: to see if that fixes the problem. Conceivably, I could try copying the Red Hat
7.3 disks to a hard drive, and then installing from the hard drive, if I have
enough disk space. I would need about 2
gigabytes of hard drive space on the C: or E: drives, which I am not sure I
have. I had some reheated spaghetti with
tomato meat sauce and ice tea. I just
had some ice coffee outside. There is no
sign of the skunk. I will now clean up
and take a shower. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/02 Saturday 1:20 A.M.: I was up at 8 P.M.. I received a call
from a friend about 5:30 P.M.. I installed the 45X cdrom player in the backup
computer. I tried reinstalling Red Hat
7.3 onto the backup computer, but I think both the 28X and the 45X cdroms I
have for it are temperamental. I left
the 45X cdrom in the backup computer. I tried working on the backup computer
boot manager, and at first I just had Windows ME booting, and then I got
Windows XP working, but Windows ME would not boot. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements. I had coffee outside. I chatted
with a friend about 8:30 P.M.. On working on the computer, I found out from the
Microsoft Knowledge base that “boot.ini” is a hidden file on the C: drive. I used the attrib command to change the
attributes, and then I started editing it. I studied this page http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q314081 , and I have the Boot
Menu coming up, but only XP boots. I have to fiddle with the settings to
hopefully get Windows ME to also boot.
This all takes a bit of time. I re Fdisked my D: drive and formatted it
removing Red Hat 7.3 from the system.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/02 Friday 11:20 A.M.: I tried installing Red Hat Linux 7.3 on
the backup computer D: drive again doing a minimal install, but it crashed
about 2/3 of the way through copying the files. I thought it might be bootable,
so I tired changing the XP boot manager file “boot.ini” to try to boot the
Linux D: drive. Unfortunately I messed up the boot manager, so only Windows ME
boots. I tried to fix it, but I am too tired right now to continue. I will go
to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/02 Friday 6:20 A.M.: I had trouble installing Red Hat Linux
7.3 on the D: drive of the backup computer. Besides other minor problems, it
give me a message the first disk might be corrupt. I will try to download it
again later from another site. I will
have some goldfish crackers and ice tea and then go to bed after shutting down. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/02 Friday 12:55 A.M.:
After dinner this evening, I chatted with a relative. I downloaded the three *.iso files and the
documentation *.iso file for Red Hat Linux
7.3 from the Swedish web site which worked. This took a bit of time. I
just finished burning and check summing the *.iso files to CD/R disks. The
first disk is bootable. While doing
this, I went outside, and once, while sitting on the bench by the baseball
field, I heard a chittering sound which I thought was a big cricket. About 15 minutes ago when I went outside
again, I heard the same chittering sound, and about 25 feet away I saw the
skunk staring at me. It did not spray,
and I am fine. I guess I should use the front door at night in the future. I never realized a skunk made a chittering
sound like a big cricket to forewarn people away. Since people exit the side
door rather fast, if the skunk happens to be walking by, they obviously are in
for trouble. Well, I still have some tomato juice left over. I will now boot my
backup computer with Windows XP, and try to use Norton Speed Disk to move the
system backup files to the back of the D: drive. If I can’t do that, I
supposedly would have to remove and reinstall the D: partition with Fdisk to
install the Red Hat Linux 7.3 on the D: drive. I guess, I really do not need
the backup system files on the D: drive.
Then possibly, I might be able to get the Windows XP boot manager to
recognize the D: Linux partition, by starting a new XP installation or
searching the XP Help site to see if there is way to show all three
partitions. First I will first make some
labels for the Red Hat Linux 7.3 disk cases.
Don’t forget about the skunk. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/02 Thursday 6:35 P.M.: I had spaghetti with tomato meat sauce
with parmesan cheese on it for dinner along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/02 Thursday 5:25 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. For fifty cents, I bought a book “Margaret
Thatcher, the Downing Street Years”. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went downtown, and I sat out for about
a half hour. I then drove by the
waterfront, and I viewed Long Island Sound. I then stopped by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper. I next returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/02 Thursday 1:35 P.M.: The last couple of weeks, I
occasionally have seen a large black eagle or a condor flying overhead. If one were in Russia it might be a
Vulcan. However, it basically is a big black
bird several times the size of a crow. I
will now clean up and head out. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/02 Thursday 1:05 P.M.:
I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor. I finished making up the batch of ice
tea. Along with my usual mixture, I used
one each of the herbal teas which I opened up.
I went outside, and I checked the car. Recently, the car has been making
a noise which I discovered was caused by the engine fan slightly scraping the
radiator engine fan’s shielding. I pushed on the shielding to slightly move it,
so it does not scrape. Right now the car
is running smoothly. Of course the car
is 26 years old, so it is not a new car, and it has its own its own
personality. I will now have two hotdogs
with buns and ketchup and mustard and potato chips and an iced coffee outside.
I will then clean up. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/02 Thursday 10:35 A.M.: A friend called up and chatted last
night before I went to bed. I was up at
9 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I will now make up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/02 Wednesday 8:40 P.M.: I relaxed a bit, and I went outside
and chatted with neighbors a couple of times. I will now shut down and go to
bed. I had some ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/02 Wednesday 4:00 P.M.: I relaxed around the apartment this
afternoon watching television. I chatted
with some neighbors. I took a little bleach in a bowl, and I cleaned the old
Technics tape player, so it looks a little bit better. Well as far as I can
tell, we need a bit more rain in this area, since the grass is beginning to
turn brown. In the old days, there were
some people whom had a constant cloud over their heads, and whenever they
showed up, there were monsoon showers. I noticed a story http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s938.htm about El Nino recently
that has El Nino links. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/02 Wednesday 1:15 P.M.:
I will now have an iced coffee outside.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/02 Wednesday 12:45 P.M.: I went out, and I went downtown. I
walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out for a while. I then drove by the
waterfront. I then returned a DVD video
disk and a book at the drops at the Greenwich Library. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a Crown 2 tape cassette player
with high speed dubbing for half price for $2.50. It is made in Taiwan. I then
went back down by the waterfront, and I chatted with a local sportsman. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper. I then went by
Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought eight packs of Omni Lights 100s
cigarettes for $20 and an automobile apple scent Christmas tree for $1. I put
the scent tree on the dash board. I then returned home. I installed the Crown
tape player in my stereo rack, and I removed the old single deck Technics
player and put it underneath the blue sofa near the day bed. The Crown tape
player works fine, and I now can dub tapes at high speed. My neighbor had barrowed the Regina rug
cleaner again, and it has been returned and put underneath the day bed. I had a
Bombay Virgin Mary. I will now have two
hotdogs with mustard and ketchup and buns along with potato chips and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/02 Wednesday 6:45 A.M.: I had my cappuccino outside after
eating the omelet. I cooked the omelet
in my omelet pan which is an eight inch pan I keep seasoned that I have hanging
above the microwave oven. For making an
omelet, I break three large eggs and I add a couple of tablespoons of milk and
whisk lightly. I heat the omelet pan on the large electric burner on medium
heat with a few tablespoons of olive oil and a few pads of margarine. Once hot, I put in the eggs, and I heat one
side until thick enough to flip without breaking. I then flip and cook the
other side. Once puffed up a bit, I add
the internal ingredients such as cottage cheese on one side, and I fold it, and
slide it onto a plate. I then wipe the omelet pan with a paper towel, so it
stays seasoned. I had some potato chips
and ice tea when I first woke up. If one
needs to order parts for working on watches, I found this web site http://www.zantechinc.com/ . I will now
clean up and go out for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/02 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.: I have a Pulsar EXP 018 watch that a
relative gave me several years ago as a Christmas gift. I never wore it waiting for my other watch
Gruen Rolex style watch which I bought at Caldors for $40 fifteen years ago to
give out which it never did. However, the battery in the Pulsar EXP 018 watch
has run down. I could either have it replaced or buy this tool http://www.easycarts.net/ecarts/ShoppingCart/LED_Pulsar_Accessories.html#20LED610 for removing the back of
the watch. I guess once I get the
battery replaced, I will wear it too. I will now have a cottage cheese omelet
with toast and ice tea and a cappuccino.
I am listening to classical music on channel 21 PBS. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/02 Wednesday 3:15 A.M.: Alas it costs $99 to play internet
bridge. I have not played bridge since prep school, so I do not really remember
how to play it anymore. I just put in a new CVS Clorox toilet tablet in the
toilet tank water holder. It says, they are suppose to last four months, but I
am usually lucky if they last me two months. http://www.tropicsweather.com/chat/chat.html weather chat room no body
is using at the moment. Their web site
is http://www.tropicsweather.com/ and of course my small web page of weather
links is www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/02 Wednesday 2:20 A.M.: I rested until 2 A.M.. I went outside
briefly, and the smaller skunk was roaming around. I will now do some regular
computer work. I saw on a television program that Warren Buffet likes playing
Internet Bridge, maybe I should try to play Internet Bridge to network with the
more profitable part of the internet.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/02 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.: My guest and I had spaghetti sauce and
spaghetti for dinner with ice tea. We
chatted a while, and we watched the ABC evening news and the BBC evening news
on television. My guest left at 8 P.M.. I rested until 11 P.M.. I just had
orange juice with vitamins and supplements. I just finished an iced coffee
outside. I saw three raccoons pass by in
the parking lot. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/02 Tuesday 5:20 P.M.: I went back to bed until 3 P.M.. A
friend called and then came down to visit. I made up a batch of spaghetti
sauce. I browned two pounds of 75% lean ground beef in a large Griswold frying
pan. I put in a few tablespoons of olive oil in a 3 quart Revere pot. I added
the drained browned ground beef. I then added two diced large onions, eight
peeled and diced gloves of garlic. I added three 28 ounce cans of Tuttorosso
crushed tomatoes, two diced green squash, one diced yellow squash, two diced
green peppers, one third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine, and I mixed it all
together. I then added dashes of garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery salt,
chicken and meat seasoning, Old Bay seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil,
three bay leaves, Chinese five spice, India hot curry, Hungarian paprika, a
teaspoon of sesame oil, and one beef bouillon cube. I mixed this all together. I am simmering the
pot of ingredients for an hour. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/02 Tuesday 7:20 A.M.: I finished the laundry. I sifted through my email. I updated the
Advertisements page with more links www.geocities.com/mikelscott/adv.htm . I went outside briefly,
and I chatted with a neighbor. There
were two small baby fawns out on the ridge behind the parking lot. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/02 Tuesday 3:55 A.M.: I went to bed after the last
message. I had two telephone calls from
a relative and a friend. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee
outside. I am now doing my laundry. I just put clean sheets on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/02 Monday 8:05 P.M.: I
had a dish of cottage cheese for dinner along with ice tea. I chatted with a couple of relatives and a
friend. I watched some television. I
will shut down the computer and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/02 Monday 6:40 P.M.: I relaxed a bit this afternoon. I went
out at 4 P.M. for my 4:15 P.M. appointment.
I then sat out a bit downtown. I then drove by the waterfront. I next
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I then returned
home. I just now sat outside, and I had a Bombay Virgin Mary. To repeat for this week, a Bombay Virgin Mary
is simply a few dashes of India hot curry, with Italian spices, and Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce in a glass of chilled tomato juice. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/02 Monday 1:15 P.M.:
Before resting this morning, I had a dozen Carr’s crackers with slices
of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese with ice tea. I rested from 4 A.M. to 8 A.M. this
morning. I then went out. I stopped by
Marx Brothers Office Supply on Greenwich Avenue, and they told me the 399
battery was probably the same at the 395 battery. I went down to CVS, and I looked at the
Duracell battery chart, and it said the Duracell 399 was the same at the
Energizer 395. I bought the Energizer
395 for $2.99 plus .18 tax for $3.17. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I
chatted with a local. I chatted with a fisherman who is a mechanic about my
car. He recommended using some Marvel
Mystery Oil. I went to Gateway Auto
Supply, and I bought a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil for $4.99. I put half of it or a pint in the crankcase
with the oil. I then drove over to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I next went to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $15.30 of
premium gasoline at $1.839 a gallon. I
am getting 14 miles to the gallon still.
I put the other half of quart or a pint of Marvel Mystery oil in the
gasoline tank before filling up the Volvo.
I drove the car for a short drive down the Post Road to Valley Road, and
back around towards town. I then went by Euro Chasse, and they told me since
the Swiss Army knife and watch were sidewalk sale items, they could not give me
receipts for warranty use, and they were not sure whether Swiss Army would
honor the warranty at the lower price or not. I then went by the Stop and Shop,
and I bought two half gallons of Tropicana Grovestand Premium orange juice with
calcium for $2 each, a dozen jumbo eggs $1.99, three boxes of extra thin
S&S spaghetti noodles for $1 all, 75/25% ground beef at $1.99 a pound for
$4.34 less a $2 off coupon on the package for $2.34 and two green peppers at
.99 a pound for .65 for $9.98 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I installed the Energizer 395 battery in the Swiss Army watch, and
it works fine. I closed the back making
sure to align it properly with the indentations on the back for the light button
and the dial knob. One has to use a bit of pressure to snap it shut. Initially,
I did not think the dial light worked, but on holding the button longer in the
dark, indeed the dial light flashes on, but it does not stay on continually, I
guess to preserve battery life. The
Swiss Army watch has florescent hands, so one does not really need the dial
light. Still it runs fine and looks fine. I had a Bombay Virgin Mary outside. I
then had two hotdogs on buns with mustard and ketchup and potato chips and ice
tea. I then had an iced coffee outside.
I next cleaned up. I have a 4:15
appointment this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/02 Monday 3:35 A.M.: I did some regular computer work. I watched a bit of television. I will now shut down the computer for the
night and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/02 Monday 2:00 A.M.: I researched more on the Swiss Army
watch. I found a sight that told me that one uses the short stubby one inch
blade on the Swiss Army knife to pop open the back. I tried it, and sure enough the back popped
right off without scratching the case no problem. It had a Varta V399 German battery in it. I
checked a battery table, and either the Eveready or Duracell 399 battery will
work in it fine. I went out, and I drove to CVS in Riverside, and although they
have a selection of watch batteries, they do not have a 399. I then drove by
downtown Greenwich and by the waterfront.
I then stopped by the Shell station, and they do not carry watch
batteries. I then went by Cumberland Farms, and they do not carry watch
batteries. I next went by the Texaco gas station on U.S. 1 in Port Chester, and
they sell reproductions of expensive watches, but not the batteries. I then
went by Path Mark in Port Chester which is open 24 hours, but their pharmacy
section that might have had the battery was closed. I just now returned
home. It will give me something to do
later on today. I have to go by EuroChasse some time this week and pick up
receipts for the Swiss Army knife and watch, since they will be part of the
warranty needs. The Swiss Army watch has a button to light up the face at
night, which will be handy when I am out at night. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/02 Sunday 11:30 P.M.: I found the Swiss Army watch that I
bought for $40 at this web site for more http://www.watches-etc.com/default.asp?brand=5.Starlight&item_id=36080 . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/02 Sunday 10:20 P.M.: I went to bed at 5 A.M., and I was up
at noon. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. While I was having coffee outside, there was
a young fawn running around on the backyard baseball fields. It was confused by
the fences and could not get back into the woods adjacent. It was still out
there when I went back inside. I went back to bed until 4 P.M., when a friend
showed up to visit. We chatted for a
while. We went out for a drive. We went over to Smokes for Less in Byram, and
my friend bought a carton of cigarettes.
We then went downtown, and we walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. The store next to Starbucks had
go-go girls in the window performing.
They normally sell cashmere. We
sat out in the park briefly watching the dog walkers. We then drove down by the waterfront. We next stopped by the Stop and Shop, and we
bought a half pound of sliced Italian roast beef for $3.14 at $5.99 a pound. We
then returned back to my apartment. I
made the same style chef salad as last week for each of us, but this time I
added slices of cold roast beef along with the same other ingredients. We had ice tea with the chef salad. We then went outside, and I had iced
coffee. I then made up two quarts of
coffee, and I refrigerated it for more iced coffee. We watched television. My guest just
left. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/02 Sunday 3:05 A.M.: I finished sifting through my email. I
will now shut down and go to bed shortly.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/02 Sunday 2:30 A.M.: I had a Tombstone Pepperoni pizza with
ice tea. I looked at Swiss Army’s web site www.swissarmy.com , and the Swiss Army Fisherman knife, I bought for
$25 retails for $40 not $89 like on the box.
Still it is a good deal. The watch I got is not listed, but its instructions
say it is part of a Marlboro promotion in 1999. The watch has a dial light
button on it. From what I can tell, the so call list price of $180 would be
about right, and thus at $40 it was a bargain, I would hope. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/02 Sunday 1:05 A.M.: I created an Advertising page with all
the Be Free advertisers, I was able to subscribe too. It is linked from the homepage at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/adv.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/02 Saturday 9:15 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had
coffee outside. I then did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I chatted
with a relative. I finished house
cleaning about 6 P.M.. I had some low fat cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks
and then I had an iced coffee outside. I
then cleaned up, and I went downtown. I
walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I went by EuroChasse, and I used the ATM machine
next door at People’s Bank twice at $1.25 charge a time. At EuroChasse just
before they were closing, I bought an $89 Swiss Army Knife with a dolphin on it
for $25 plus $1.50 tax for $26.50 total. I then bought a $180 Swiss Army
stainless steel waterproof watch for $39.95 plus $2.40 tax for $42.35 total. I
have to take the Swiss Army watch back to EuroChasse when they open next week
to have a battery installed. Still, both
items were most excellent values. The Swiss Army watch needs a special tool I
believe to open it. I did check the battery display at CVS, but I can not
determine which battery it uses. I drove down by the waterfront before stopping
by CVS. I then returned home. I had a
Bombay Virgin Mary.
Note:
<888> 07/20/02 Saturday 3:55 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I sifted through some
email. I received notice that Value Click bought Be Free, so I signed up for
it, but it looks like one has to use different script for each advertiser,
instead of having all of the advertisers come up on one link. Well, I will now
go outside briefly. I am now shutting down, and heading off to bed
afterwards. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/02 Saturday 2:10 A.M.: Instead of working on the computer, I
watched a bit of television. I had a dozen Carr’s crackers with slices of
Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese along with ice tea. I guess I will now do some computer
work. CiO
Note:
<888> 07/20/02 Saturday 12:20 A.M.: After the last message, I went
outside with my guest. The NOAA weather
warning system had been going off indicating an impending thunder storm. There was some lightning, so my guest and I
came back in, and I shut down the computer. I then unplugged the cord from the
wall for the primary computer and then disconnected the cable modem LAN
cable. From the backup computer, I
disconnected the telephone modem cord and the power cord from the power strip
underneath the desk. My guest, and I
chatted a while. We went outside briefly again. I prepared two of the same type
chef’s salads as last night using a half of can of tuna fish on each one
instead of cold beef. We had this for dinner with ice tea. I went outside with
my guest, and I had the iced coffee outside.
We then watched BBC British situation comedies on Channel 21 Long Island
PBS. I had 3 scoops of Edy’s Snickers ice cream. My guest left at 9:30 P.M.. I watched the
same programming for another hour. I chatted
with a relative. I then went
downtown. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue, and I sat out briefly. I then
returned home. I reconnected the
computers. If I ever wanted to try to network the two computers together, I
could connect each computer together with a Lan cable to their Lan cards, and
hopefully plug and play networking would work. I can not install a second Lan
card in the primary computer because of a lack of a PCI slot, but I could run
the primary computer off the USB port to the cable modem, so theoretically it
is all possible. I will now do a little
bit of regular computer work. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 07/19/02:
Note:
<888> 07/19/02 Friday 4:55 P.M.: I
went to bed about 5 A.M. this past morning.
The younger skunk was outside when I last went outside before going to
bed. I had a meal of low fat cottage cheese and cantaloupe chunks along with
iced tea. I also had nine Carr’s crackers with Vermont extra sharp cheddar
cheese. I received a call from a friend about 3 P.M. who has arrived to visit.
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had my iced coffee outside. I chatted with my friend when he
arrived. I just finished cleaning up.
There is suppose to be a thunderstorm on it way to this area according
to NOAA weather radio. I will now send
out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/19/02 Friday 1:20 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I will now shut down the computer for the
night and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 11:35 P.M.: I reinstalled the clean shower
curtain and liner along with the bath mat. I had three scoops of Edy’s Snickers
ice cream. I opened up another two pack of European mystique shampoo and
conditioner. I seem to use twice as much shampoo as conditioner. I put the new
bottle of shampoo in the shower. I also put out some more toilet paper above
the toilet in the wicker shelf. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 11:05 P.M.: I saw this web site on a car downtown
www.swissarmy.com for those of you interested in Victorinox products.
As I mentioned earlier, their products were on sale for half price at
Eurochasse at the bottom east side of Greenwich Avenue. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 10:55 P.M.: I was outraged to see in the local
Stop and Shop that fresh corn was five ears for three dollars. Tonight there
was an explanation by the price saying the weather had been so bad down south,
it was affecting the harvest. However, the sign said local produce is due in
about two weeks. I thought produce
prices were a bit high for this time of year.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 10:45 P.M.: I took down my bath tub shower liner
and outside shower curtain and along with the bath mat, I put them all in the
washing machine downstairs with about a quart and a half of Clorox bleach, and
I am running them on the normal wash cycle to clean off the mold and soap scum
from them. One does not dry them in the dryer though, since they would melt.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 10:30 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I
went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at
various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two CVS medium tooth brushes
for .97 each, three boxes of Arm and Hammer baking soda for .97 all, and a CVS
Clorox toilet drop-in for $1.99 plus .24 tax for $5.14 total. While I was sitting at the bench on the north
side of the veterans’ monument, another skunk walked about two feet in front of
me. Traditionally there is a skunk that
has a hole behind the veterans’ monument. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I next went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought four 48 ounce cans of tomato
juice for $1.39 each, four packages of Blue Bonnet margarine for .59 each, a 16
ounce container of Kraft French onion dip for $2.19, and a dozen extra large
eggs for $1.89 for $12 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I sat outside, and I had a
cold Citra soda in a frosted mug. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 8:10 P.M.: I made up a batch of salad dressing by
taking my 10 ounce salad bottle. I added dashes of garlic powder, celery salt,
ground black pepper, Italian spices, oregano, basil, two teaspoons of Tameriere
Dijon mustard, two teaspoons of grated parmesan cheese, 1.5 ounce of Rene Junot white wine, 1.5
ounce of Medina Italian balsamic vinegar, and I shook it. I then added about
six ounces of Bertolli olive oil, and I shook it again. Thus I had a container
of homemade salad dressing. I then tore off the green part from the stalks of
five leaves of Romaine lettuce, and I shredded them to bit size pieces. I then
rinsed them in the lettuce spinner. I put them on a large dinner plate. I then
diced two plum tomatoes and added them to the plate. I next diced about 4
ounces or the remainder of the eye round roast, and I added it to the plate. I
then added slices of a half of a peeled cucumber, 1/6 th of a diced Vidalia
onion, about six quarter inch slices diced of Vermont extra sharp cheddar
cheese, one quarter of a diced green pepper, four sliced fresh mushrooms, and
about 1/3 of a jar of diced manz stuffed olives. I then added a couple of
tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese, and I put the homemade salad dressing on
the chef’s salad. I had it with ice tea. I then went out, and I had an iced
coffee outside. I picked up my Regina rug shampooer from my neighbor along with
the remainder of the rug shampoo which I put underneath the sink. I put the
Regina rug cleaner underneath the day bed. I will now go out for some fresh
air. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 6:35 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had an iced coffee outside. I cleaned up,
and I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then
went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove downtown, and I parked
down in the center of town with the Sidewalk Sales going on. I walked down Arch
Street, and I went to Outdoor Traders’ display.
They have Pantagonia and North Face and Marmot winter jackets on sale
for half price. I then walked down to lower Greenwich Avenue, and at
Eurochasse, I bought a made in England 100% cotton coated in wax dark green
Wellington jacket that was normally $300 for $79 plus $4.74 tax for $83.74 total. It is a very nice classical
outdoor jacket such as Queen Elizabeth II wears on the moors at Sandringham. I
have seen photographs of her wearing the same jacket. A friend of mine has one
too. Of course I got mine in an extra
large size. They have other outdoor
sporting wear along with Swiss Victorinox products. I then walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue touring all the sidewalk sale’s displays. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
returned and checked out a DVD video disk. I then returned home. I sat outside
for a while chatting with a neighbor, and I had a Bombay Virgin Mary to ward of
the heat. I just now started up the computer, and I upgraded weatherbug 3.0 to
4.0. When upgrading you have to disable
the firewall. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 6:05 A.M.: I could not put the Norton Utilities
on the laptop, since I do not have the right version on 3.5” disks. I did
however reinstall Windows 95 on it from my 3.5” inch disks. I am running Speed
Disk on it. I will now shut down and go to bed. I went out briefly, and the
skunk had disappeared and the morning bunny rabbit was in its place. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 3:05 A.M.: I went outside briefly to have a
smoke. I happened to look over my shoulder and up the walk was our old friend
“Pepe Le Peu” the skunk. It seems to have a very nice coat and has grown
larger. I guess I should stock up on some extra tomato juice in case, Pepe
decides to express itself. I once saw a much larger skunk around here a couple
of years ago. It was about the size of a raccoon, and it was a regular visitor
that summer. I think I will put the Norton Utilities on the laptop computer and
run them. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 2:50 A.M.: I finished making the ice tea. I
watched a DVD video movie. Since I am not smoking in the apartment anymore, I
put the air conditioner on “Energy Saver” where it cuts on and off instead of
running continually hopefully to save some money on my electricity bill. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/02 Thursday 12:10 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I
stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I returned and checked out DVD video
disks. I also read the Wall Street Journal and the Greenwich Times. I then went
downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. They have set
up tents for the Greenwich Avenue sidewalk sales starting today through
Saturday. I guess this will bring out
all the “Shop Till You Drop Crowd”. I chatted with a local. I then drove by the
waterfront. I next went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 24 ounce container
of S&S low fat cottage cheese for $2.79, a 10 ounce box of mushrooms $1.99,
two jars of S&S manz stuffed olives .99 each, a four pack of General
Electric 40 watt light bulbs $1, two cucumbers at $1.29 a pound $1.38, two
green squash at $1.29 a pound $1.24, two yellow squash at $1.29 a pound $1.19,
a quart container of plum tomatoes $2.49, a green pepper at .99 a pound .64, a
head of Romaine lettuce .79, buy one get one free of Lays 12.25 ounce bags of
Classic potato chips $2.99 both for $18.54 total. I then returned home. I had
slices of cold eye round for dinner with horseradish and Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce on them, microwaved steamed white Carolina rice with margarine,
hot curry, and sesame seed oil seasoning, steamed slices of a yellow squash,
and ice tea. I then had an iced coffee outside. I am in the process of making
up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I will now do some
regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/02 Wednesday 6:55 P.M.: I had a Bombay virgin Mary. I took a
nap. I walked around the outside of the building a couple of times. The most
popular air conditioner of the tenants here seems to be Frederick air
conditioners. I will now have some cantaloupe chunks with cottage cheese. I
will then clean up and go out for some cooler evening air. There is really not much going on, since so
many people have gone away. Of course some people have air conditioning and
just wait until it cools off. My viewpoint on daytime activity is there no
point wasting energy heating up an automobile engine when the same energy can
keep one’s apartment cool and comfortable.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/02 Wednesday 3:15 P.M.: I had some cottage cheese and
cantaloupe chunks along with 9 Carr’s crackers with Vermont extra sharp cheddar
cheese before going to bed last night. I was up at 1 P.M. today. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I also had a cup of coffee outside. I leant my neighbor that had
the toilet overflow on Sunday my old Bissell rug shampooer with rug shampoo and
some carpet deodorizer. I received my
electricity bill today, and my bill for July is as high as January with the air
conditioner running all the time. In my apartment with the western exposure in
the summer above the flat black tar roof, it would be over 110 degrees
Fahrenheit in the afternoon without the air conditioner. Thus the air conditioner is a necessity, and
since I am paying for it, I might as well stay inside and enjoy my cool apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/02 Wednesday 3:05 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I will
now shut down the computer and go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: I watched a couple of programs on the
FoodTV www.foodtv.com cooking channel. I just finished off the container
containing a couple of scoops of Edy’s Mandarin orange sorbet. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 9:25 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I went out,
and I stopped by the Greenwich Library. I read the local paper, and I checked
out a DVD video disk. I drove downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I drove
around another section on the waterfront. I sat out at the library viewing the
evening planets. I just now returned home.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 6:25 P.M.: I had the same dinner as last night. I
had an iced coffee outside. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh air.
I would imagine today with the increased wind that some people were sailing as
opposed to the large number of becalmed days we have had recently. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 4:40 P.M.:
Listen to what they’re listening to in Tulip town http://www.radio10.nl/live20.ram . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 4:30 P.M.: Well, if anyone is missing locally from
this region, you might find them at http://www.nantucket.net/live/index.html . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 3:44 P.M.: I was just looking through Value
Click’s web site, and only .6% of users on my site actually click though on the
advertising links at 12 cents a click though. I am trying to get enough click
throughs to reach the payment threshold, and then maybe I will remove the Value
Click advertising banners. It is 85
degrees outside, so I am staying home close to my air conditioner. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 3:40 P.M.:
I was up at noon. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee
outside. I chatted with some neighbors. I rested until 3:15 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 1:40 A.M.: I put the ValueClick advertising link
on my homepage. According to the statistics, 83% of the people whom arrived at
my site searched Google for the term “stuffing recipie”. I have had about 10,000 hits on the homepage
since February, and I have had about 45,000 all together since February. Well, it is time for bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/02 Tuesday 1:00 A.M.: To make the XP boot disk, one has to
follow Microsoft’s instructions at the support site. It is necessary to first
Format the floppy disk with Windows XP to get the disk to work. The existing format on the disk will not
work, but it needs to be an XP formatted disk. I was able to get the XP boot
disk to work, and of course the CMOS setting had to be for a floppy boot drive.
I just now had some cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries. I
will now shut down and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/02 Monday 10:35 P.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm and I sifted through my
email. I made a XP bootable disk. I will now try it, to see if it works. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/02 Monday 8:15 P.M.: I started making up two quarts of fresh
drip coffee to chill to use for iced coffee.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/02 Monday 7:25 P.M.: I am having the same dinner as last
night. With the cold eye round slices, I season them with Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce and horseradish.
After dinner, I will have an iced coffee outside. I am listening to the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/02 Monday 6:50 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. this afternoon. I had
three eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements for breakfast. I had a cup of coffee outside. I cleaned up,
and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by the central
Greenwich Post Office. I obtained a money order to pay my bill for the General
Electric Service Protection Plus maintenance contract on my General Electric
Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control. I paid the contract up
through September 10, 2003. It costs $58.25
a year for the in home service contract. I sat out a bit downtown. I then drove
by the waterfront. I next drove out to Tod’s Point, and I walked the 2.5 mile
walk around Tod’s Point. I then returned to central Greenwich to the Greenwich
Library. I read the local paper and P.C. Magazine. I then returned home. I just
had a Bombay Virgin Mary along with some potato chips and a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/02 Monday 1:25 A.M.: I was sitting outside, and I heard
somebody scream. Then one of the downstairs apartment lights came on near the
front entrance and the emergency pull alarm went off. I investigated, and the
tenant had opened their apartment door. The toilet was overflowing, and the
tenant was unable to turn it off. I was able to turn of the toilet shut off
valve, but water had already overflowed into the tenant’s bathroom, hallway,
and bedroom. We woke up the tenant with the master key, and got a mop and
bucket. We called the housing authority answering service, and they said they
would page the night emergency maintenance worker. One of the other tenants had
locked themselves out of their apartment in the emergency. We could not turn off the emergency pull
alarm, so another tenant called the fire department non emergency number since
they have a key. The night key holder found a key to turn off the alarm,
however the fire department later arrived. We finished mopping up the water.
The night emergency maintenance arrived and cleared the toilet with a
snake. Then the night emergency maintenance
worker vacuumed up the residual water in the carpet with a water vacuum. All
seems quiet now and is back to normal. I was just about to rest before this
happened, so now since I am bit worn out, I will try to rest for a while. I
will now shut down the computer and go to bed.
CIO
Note: <888>
07/14/02 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I had the same dinner as last night, but I did not
have the coffee. I am just doing a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/02 Sunday 9:20 P.M.: I went downtown. I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I went by CVS, and I bought a package of four 60
watt CVS light bulbs for .97 plus .06 tax for $1.03 total. I sat out at various locations. Local citizen Bill Clark told me he has
written a new book about Greenwich. It is available at the local bookstores for
$20. I drove down by the waterfront. I
sat out briefly at the Greenwich Library. I returned home. I relaxed a bit. I
had a plate of a dozen Carr’s crackers with Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese
along with ice tea. I chatted with a friend
for an hour with my YAP card with Net2Phone. For some reason, it only charged
me a penny a minute instead of the advertised 2 cents a minute. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/02 Sunday 5:05 P.M.: I peeled and chunked two cantaloupes,
and I then put the chunks in the refrigerator.
I will now clean up and go out.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/02 Sunday 4:10 P.M.: I was up at noon. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements. I had my coffee
outside. I looked at the computer briefly.
I fell back asleep until 3:45 P.M.. I will now have cottage cheese with
cantaloupe chunks and blueberries along with ice tea. I will then have an iced coffee
outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/02 Sunday 3:20 A.M.: I chatted with a relative. I watched some television. I had some
goldfish crackers and ice tea. I will now shut down and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/02 Saturday 10:05 P.M.: I am watching a History Channel
program on American Food. I just had two scoops of Edy’s Mandarin orange
sorbet. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/02 Saturday 7:35 P.M.: I installed Client for Microsoft
Networks on my primary computer XP system network, which I had not been
running. I was up at 10 A.M. this morning.
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I started house cleaning and
watering the plants while listening to CD music on my stereo system. I fell asleep half way through the process
from about 1 P.M. to 3 P.M.. I woke up, and I had cottage cheese with
cantaloupe chunks and blue berries along with ice tea. I then had an iced
coffee outside. I finished my house cleaning. I cleaned up, and I went out. I
drove over to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Omni Lights
100s for $24. I am on the Step 3 of the patch, 7 mg., but I am still smoking
about five or slightly more cigarettes a day. I then drove downtown. I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at a couple of locations. At Zyn
stationary, I bought for a dollar a #29 scratch card “Stars and Stripes
Doubler”, but I lost. I then returned
home. I took the eye round roast, and I put it on a wire rack in a baking pan.
I coated both sides with garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper,
chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, basil, oregano, and Sweet Baby
Ray’s barbeque sauce. I am cooking it in
the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 minutes. I will have it
with microwave rice. I added margarine, a few dashes of hot India curry powder,
and a small amount of sesame oil to the rice before microwaving it in the China
village rice steamer that one can buy at out local Food Emporium. I will also
have steamed broccoli and ice tea. I
guess after dinner, I will have a 50% Brazilian instant coffee with 50% Folgers
decaffeinated instant coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/02 Saturday 1:45 A.M.: I am tired, so I will shut down and
head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/02 Saturday 1:05 A.M.: I relaxed a bit. I tried to speed up
my primary computer a bit by disabling some startup programs and also setting
Windows XP Professional from its more cosmetic appearance to best
performance. Unfortunately one of the
main system performance slowdowns beside the older motherboard and slower
processor is caused by the fact that I am using 66 Mhz memory on my 128 meg
memory chip and I believe the 64 meg chip is 100 Mhz. Also I run the AMD 450
MHz K6-2 processor at 366 MHz since it crashes on my motherboard when set at
450 MHz. I once tried removing the video card and using the onboard 4 meg.
Memory, and I believe it still did not perform at 450 MHz. Since the system is
very stable at its present settings, and I have not had any problems with it, I
do not see any reason to try to tweak it anymore. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/02 Friday 11:00 P.M.: I sifted through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/02 Friday 10:15 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I returned a DVD video disk. They are closed at 5 P.M. in the summer on
Friday night. I drove by the waterfront,
and I chatted with a native. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then went
to the Stop and Shop, and I bought two half gallons of Minute Maid Premium
orange juice with calcium for $1.50 each, a eye round roast at $2.79 a pound
for $8.34, two pints of Friendship low fat cottage cheese $1.59 each, a 12
ounce bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce for $2.29, a eight ounce
bar of S&S Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $1.99, a bunch of
broccoli at $1.49 a pound for $2.19, two large California Del Monte cantaloupes
for .89 each, a 12 pack of Scott 1,000 single sheet rolls of toilet paper for
$5 for $32.06 total. I have quite a bit
of toilet paper stocked up. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/02 Friday 7:15 P.M.: I listened to the Habitrol Nicotine
Patch CD. I had the same dinner as last night except I had a steamed slice
green squash instead of a yellow squash. I had the same instant coffee
outside. I heard on the local television
news that there is a computer hacker convention going on in New York, so watch
your computers. I have thought about putting Windows 3.1 on the Acer 486/33 Mhz
4 megs of memory laptop computer, but I would have to copy the Windows 3.1 5 ¾
inch disks to 3.5 inch disks, which means I would have to remove the cover on
my backup computer and remove the E: drive and install the 5 ¾ inch floppy
drive I have which could be done. However with the laptop, once it is booted
Microsoft Word 6.0 seems fast enough for word processing, so there is really no
point in doing it. As one gets older, it helps to have some quieter days at
home as opposed to always going downtown everyday. I do not have a DVD video disk to watch, so I
could clean up and go out and get one which I probably will do. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/02 Friday 4:45 P.M.: I sifted through my left living room
closet, and I threw out a couple of boxes and restacked the upper shelf
contents on the left side. I pulled out the Queen Anne chair, and I reconnected
the wires on the Emerson wireless headphones, so the sending unit could be
mounted on top of the television with a direct line of sight outside the right
living room window. I then tested the Emerson wireless headphones in front of
the building, and they do work with a small amount of static. One of my
neighbor’s telephone conversations was picked up though. I threw out a few
other boxes from underneath the television chest. I found my 5 ¾ inch floppy
disks of Windows 3.1 that I had stored in the television chest, and I put them
in the briefcase underneath the Queen Anne chair. I also set out the Zoom 28.8
VFP modem in its box underneath the right side of the day bed. In a small apartment when one moves one item,
one frequently has to move quite a few other items. With my hernia, I really should not be
lifting the Queen Anne chair or other heavy items. Well, it was just a little
bit of make work, while I am having a quiet day at home. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/02 Friday 2:55 P.M.: I enabled the ports on the Acer Laptop
computer, and I disabled the power sharing features, since I will not be using
it with the battery for now. I went outside, and I had my iced coffee outside.
I put a third of a quart of Pennzoil 10W-40 oil in the Volvo. The Volvo does
not burn much oil, I only use about a quart every 3,000 miles at which time I
change the oil. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/02 Friday 1:55 P.M.: I sat outside talking to my neighbors a
bit. I guess I will now have some
cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries and ice tea and then I
will have a glass of iced coffee outside. I tried checking the battery outside on the
1993 Acer Laptop computer, but it does not hold a charge, but it works fine
plugged inside. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 07/12/02:
Note:
<888> 07/12/02 Friday 10:45 A.M.: I chatted with a relative before going
to bed. I was up at 9 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements. I went outside, and I had coffee. I will now
send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/02 Thursday 10:50 P.M.: After dinner, I had my coffee
outside. I chatted with a relative. I watched a DVD video. I will now shut down
and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/02 Thursday 7:20 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I mailed the letter at the
Valley Road post office. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I ran over quickly to Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street, and I returned to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. For $10, I bought a Nikon L35 auto
focus camera. I then drove downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I then sat out briefly. I drove
by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local
paper. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $11.50 of premium gasoline at $1.779
a gallon. I am still getting 14 miles per gallon. I then returned home. I
checked out the Nikon camera, and I put batteries and film in it, and I fiddled
with the buttons and levers, and it all works just fine. I used up the first
five pictures on a roll of film testing it.
It has built in auto flash that works fine. I went outside, and I took a
picture of my Volvo. I then washed the two boneless breasts of chicken halves,
and I put some olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish, and I rubbed the chicken breasts
in the olive oil. I then seasoned the top halves with garlic powder, ground
black pepper, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian seasoning,
oregano, and basil. I then put Sweet Baby Ray’s barbeque sauce on them and I
added a quarter of a Vidalia onion. I am
cooking them in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I
will have one of the chicken breast and
Vidalia onion quarter with a steamed ear of corn on the cob and steamed slices
of fresh yellow squash along with ice tea. I guess afterwards, I will have a
50% Brazilian instant coffee with 50% Folgers’s decaffeinated instant
coffee. This past morning before going
to bed, I had a dozen Carr’s crackers with Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/02 Thursday 1:45 P.M.: I finished writing the letter. I sat
outside a couple of times. I had some
cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks, blueberries, raspberries, black berries,
and ice tea. I then had an iced coffee
outside. I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so
I will clean up and go out shortly.
Durante construction is fixing the street drain in front of the
building, so it does not puddle up and freeze in the winter causing slippery
conditions in front of the building. On
Yahoo News, there is a report about El Nino saying that we will have a warmer
winter next winter, which means that the oil companies will not be making as
much money. I noticed yesterday on the
U.S. 1 on the Stamford Darien border, there is a Morris Mini Cooper showroom selling
the tiny cars that I think get over 50 miles per gallon. Although, safety wise
the size of the small cars would be troublesome in this area with all the
larger vehicles, it is a very sporty looking economical car. I think they cost around $17,000. Darien also has a Land Rover Jaguar dealership
for the well heeled. In the old days,
Darien had a garage on the Boston Post Road with lots of old MGs and Triumphs
and Austin Healy’s. I guess the carriage
trade is getting more upscale in Darien. Of course not everyone is not down and
out in Greenwich, since we have to two Rolls Royce and Bentley showrooms that I
believe also sell Aston Martins. I
suppose they could also come up with a Daimler, not to mention all the other
various cars for sale in town. Of course
if you want a Buick or Chevrolet, alas Greenwich does not sell them
anymore. Living over in this neck of the
woods on Automobile Row, one occasionally is aware that some people do make
living selling cars. We even have a Jeep
Chrysler dealership across the street. I think Mercedes Benz which is across
from McDonalds bought Chrysler, and in the old days Daimler Benz was half owned
by Saudi Arabia, and I read recently that Daimler Chrysler credit was financing
half of the new Delamar Hotel on the waterfront, so possibly we still have investors
coming into the area. Of course there is
a big pit across from the United Jewish Appeal office where the local BMW
dealership can no longer afford to build a new showroom. Maybe we could get some other outfit to build
in the pit. Well, I have to hit the shower. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/02 Thursday 10:10 A.M.: I was up at 9 A.M., and I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had my coffee outside. I will now write a letter to a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/02 Wednesday 11:35 P.M.: Well, I did a little bit of computer
work. With all the walking I have been
doing, I still weigh 220 pounds. Well maybe I should develop a split
personality, and then each half of me would only weigh 110 pounds. Well, I
suppose one can not stop the ageing process when one’s metabolism slows down,
and it is harder to keep weight off. Still, I will continue to try to exercise
walk in the fair weather to keep weight off. I am a bit tired, and I will go to
bed early, so I can be up earlier tomorrow.
I will now shut down. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/02 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.: I finished the laundry. I tested the Slaymaker 6.5 inch rechargeable
spot beam outside. It is a very intense
beam, and it shines a bright spot light across the playing fields in the back
yard. I suppose one could use it for
signaling across Long Island Sound to Long Island, but alas I do not know
Moore’s Code. I cut up two Cantaloupes into chunks and refrigerated them in a
Rubbermaid container. I also put $5 on
the MacGray laundry card. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/02 Wednesday 9:20 P.M.: I was up at 9 A.M. this morning. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had
coffee outside. I went back to bed until
2 P.M.. I had a meal of cottage cheese, cantaloupe chunks, blueberries,
raspberries, and blackberries with ice tea. I then had an iced coffee
outside. I cleaned up, and I went out at
3:30 P.M.. I stopped by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
drove up to Costco in Norwalk, Connecticut on U.S. 1. I got a day card which one pays 5% more
with. I bought a three five package
boxes of Carr’s crackers for $4.99 each five pack, a 14 patch box of NicoDerm
CQ Step 3 seven mg. for $39.99, and a two pillow bundle of Dupont standard
queen Comforel Ultima down alternative Hollander model pillow for $16.79 both
plus $1.59 surcharge for the day card and $1.06 tax for $74.30 total. I noticed
they have a Sharp 12,000 BTU air conditioner with remote control for $279. I
was thinking about buying some New York Strip steaks for $6.49 a pound, but the
ATM machine did not work with my bank card.
As usual Costco has a large selection of wholesale items. They told me their store in Port Chester, New
York would be opening around September 1. They said they had a problem with the
ground being a bit soft along the waterfront in Port Chester, New York, and
they are shoring up the building. I then
returned to Greenwich, and I walked around the entire 2.5 mile walk around Tod’s
Point on an enjoyable evening stroll. I
next drove by the waterfront in central Greenwich. I then returned home. I had a Bombay Virgin
Mary. For dinner, I had another of my
Vidalia onion roast beef sandwiches with potato chips and ice tea. I am on the dry cycle of the laundry. I put
the new Dupont pillows on the bed along with clean sheets. I took off the old
down pillows, and I put them on the day bed in the living room. I finished
charging the Slaymaker 6.5 inch rechargeable spot beam, and I put the
transformer back in the Slaymaker packaging, and I put the package on the
software next to the bedroom television. I put the Slaymaker 6.5 inch
rechargeable spot beam on the living room dresser bureau next to the day bed on
top of the Buckingham Palace candy tin.
The Volvo was running fine today in the long distance driving on the
highway and around town.
Note:
<888> 07/9/02 Tuesday 10:20 P.M.: I have to charge up the Slaymaker 6.5
inch rechargeable spot light for 14 to 20 hours. I have it charging now. On a full charge it lasts about a half hour
providing a million candle power. I went
outside briefly. I will now shut down
and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/9/02 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.: I went back out, and I was sitting
downtown, and the weather started to look ominous. I drove down by the
waterfront, and it was pouring rain heavily and lightning. I worked my way over
to the underground parking garage at the Greenwich Library, and I waited out
the thunder storm there. It was a quite severe thunder storm with lots of
intense lightning and heavy rain. When the rain let up a bit, I went inside the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, and I checked out a book and a
DVD video disk. I then drove by CVS. The Step 3 box of 14 nicotine patches is
$50, but I can get them at Costco in Norwalk for $42. I then sat out downtown a bit. I next drove
by the waterfront. I then drove over to
Port Chester, New York, and Costco is still not open there. I went to Odd Job,
and I bought a Slaymaker made in China 6.5 inch rechargeable spot light for
$9.99 plus .67 tax for $10.66. I noticed
they have Commonwealth tea there in 50 bag cans of five different varieties
Earle Grey, English Breakfast, Mint, Lemon, and Green Tea for $2 each can. They
also have a $130 Polaroid Digital camera for $70. I then returned home. I sat outside briefly,
and I had a cold A&W root beer in a frosted mug. I then put Hellmann’s
mayonnaise on each side of a cut Kaiser roll, and I put slices of the white
meat boneless chicken breast that I cook and chilled yesterday. I added salt
and pepper, McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and sliced Vidalia
onion. I had the sandwich with potato
chips and ice tea. I will now check out the Slaymaker rechargeable spot
light. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/9/02 Tuesday 4:30 P.M.: I listened to some of the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I sat outside briefly in the 92 degree
Fahrenheit weather. I remember on hot
days one can try putting a little India hot curry in one’s food or beverage to
not feel the heat. I just opened a chilled 32 ounce can of tomato juice, and I
put it in a frosted beer mug. I put a few light dashes of India hot curry,
Italian spices and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce to taste in an Irish
coffee glass or other type of tulip glass, and I filled it with chilled tomato
juice stirring it with the other ingredients. I guess we can call it a Bombay
Virgin Mary. Well, it is hot out, but I
occasionally like people watching to see people from warmer regions that I have
visited in the past, so I guess I will sneak downtown, since after 5 P.M. one
does not have to pay to park. Stay
cool. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/9/02 Tuesday 2:25 P.M.: I was up at 6 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I had a cup of coffee outside. I cleaned up, and I went out. I drove
down by the waterfront. I then drove
over to Tod’s Point in Old Greenwich. I
walked the 2.5 mile walk around Tod’s Point. I then sat out briefly. I then stopped by the Old Greenwich Thrift
Shop. I next stopped by Staples. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
I walked over to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then walked
back to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a new solid oak curved
back with spindles chair in natural and dark green finish for $15. I put it in
the back of the car. I then drove back down by the waterfront. I chatted with some locals. I then went by
the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought three loaves of Branola nutty grain
bread for $2.67 total. I then returned home. I put the new solid oak chair at
my bedroom desk. I discarded the old brass plated chair out at the
dumpster. The new chair looks quite good
at the desk. I then sat outside, and I
had a cold Citra soda with the rest of the bottle of Perrier and angostura
bitters in a frosted mug. I then had low fat small curd cottage cheese with
cantaloupe chunks, blueberries, raspberries, and black berries along with ice
tea. I then had an iced coffee outside. I guess I will now take a nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/8/02 Monday 11:30 P.M.: I fully discharged the laptop battery. I
will now leave it charging over night to see if it takes a full charge. I am
tired, and I will now shut down and go to bed. The laptop also came with a LPT
printer cable. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/8/02 Monday 10:10 P.M.: I
optimized the laptop computer a bit. I disabled PCMCIA and CDrom and I ran
memmaker with the lines in the config.sys with rem added. I saved the original
autoexec.bat and config.sys as *.old files.
I rearranged the desktop icons. I enabled Microsoft controlling virtual
memory. I set screensaver to five minutes. I did a few other minor tweaks. I
ran diskscan and disk optimization. Thus
the laptop is running a bit better. Well for $5 it is a pretty good
laptop. I will now have my usual roast
beef sandwich with potato chips and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/8/02 Monday 7:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop, and I bought an AcerNote 735C laptop computer for $5. It was made in 1993 and has a 486/33 MHz
processor with 4 megs of memory and a color LCD screen with Windows 95 running
on it. It came with its power pack. It runs although a bit slow with 4 megs of
memory. I could buy an 8 meg memory
upgrade to the maximum of 12 megs for $50, which I do not think is worth
it. It came with the manual. I am right now charging it up to see if the
battery will hold a full charge. It is
suppose to last 2-4 hours on a charge.
Since I have never had a laptop computer, it is a novelty, although a
bit out of date. I made my 4:15 P.M.
appointment. I sat out downtown briefly. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. I plugged in the AcerNote 735C laptop to
charge it up. It seems to work fine, but I need to add smartdrv.exe to the
config.sys to improve its performance. I did some research on it on the
internet. I sat outside, and I had a diet Coke.
I will now have my usual roast beef sandwich with potato chips and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/8/02 Monday 2:40 P.M.: I finished sifting through my email. I
went outside briefly. I will now clean
up and go out. I have a 4:15 P.M.
appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/8/02 Monday 1:30 P.M.: I did some regular computer work. I went
outside a couple of times. We seemed to need a bit of rain. It was reported a month ago that El Nino
would start affecting this area in the second week of July, which as it
happened last time about five years means this area might experience some
drought. I took two boneless chicken
breast halves, and I rubbed them in a bit of olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish, and
then I added about 1/3 cup of Rene Junot white wine, and then I seasoned them
with ground black pepper, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat
seasoning, oregano, basil, Italian spices, and I put a few cloves of chopped
garlic on them, and I baked them in the convection oven at 350 degrees
Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I had one of
the boneless chicken breast halves with steamed corn on the cob and steamed
green beans along with ice tea. I just
had a glass of iced coffee outside. I refrigerated the other boneless chicken
breast half. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/8/02 Monday 10:00 A.M.: I was up at 3 A.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had a cup of coffee outside. I went back to bed until 8:30 A.M.. I had
some small curd low fat cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks, blueberries,
blackberries, and raspberries along with ice tea. I had an iced coffee outside. I am now making up two quarts of coffee to
put in the refrigerator for iced coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/7/02 Sunday 5:35 P.M.: I sat outside for a while. I watched some
television. I finished off the Carr’s poppyseed crackers with some Vermont
extra sharp cheddar cheese and ice tea.
I guess I will shut down and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/7/02 Sunday 3:15 P.M.: I watched a bit of television. I finished
making the ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/7/02 Sunday 1:25 P.M.: At the moment, the GeoCities web site
does not appear to be working, so I will not be able to update the note. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/7/02 Sunday 1:15 P.M.: I rested until 9 A.M.. I chatted with a
relative. I cleaned up, and I went
downtown. I drove by the waterfront. I sat out downtown briefly. I went to the
ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I went to Exxon, and I bought $9.10 of
premium gasoline at $1.779 a gallon. I am getting about 14 miles per
gallon. I went to the Food Emporium, and
I bought two half gallons of Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for
$2.50 each, two pints of blueberries for $1.99 each, buy one get one free of
Edy’s pints of sorbet for $3.29 both, boneless breasts of chicken at $1.99 a
pound for $4.24 for $16.51 total. I then
went across the street to Stop and Shop, and I bought a bulb of garlic at $2.69
a pound for .40, two ears of sweet corn for .40 each, a green and a yellow
squash at .99 a pound for $1.22 both, S&S bar of Vermont extra sharp
cheddar cheese $1.99, a Tombstone Pepperoni pizza $2.99, three pints of
Friendship cottage cheese $1.59 each, a half pint of blackberries and a half
pint of raspberries for $1.50 each and two large cantaloupes for .89 each for
$16.95 total. I then returned home. I relaxed, and I watched television. I just had the same roast beef sandwich as
yesterday with potato chips and ice tea, and then I went outside, and I had an
iced coffee. I will now start making up
a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/7/02 Sunday 6:55 A.M.: I watched some television. I had a meal of low fat small curd cottage
cheese with cantaloupe chunks and the rest of the blueberries along with ice
tea, and then I had a glass of iced coffee outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/7/02 Sunday 4:05 A.M.: I fell back to sleep until 3:45 A.M.. The
baby bird possibly a robin is not longer out front, so possibly it learned how
to fly. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/7/02 Sunday 12:50 A.M.: I was up at midnight. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I had a cup of coffee outside.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/6/02 Saturday 2:45 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. World magazine. I also returned a DVD video
disk, and I paid a $1 fine for being a day late. I then went by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went downtown, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I went to St. Moritz bakery, and I bought a pastry for $1.25,
and I ate it in the park. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went to
the Stop and Shop, and I bought a dozen large eggs for $1.69, a six pack of
Kaiser rolls for $1.99, sliced roast beef at $5.99 a pound for $6.86, Hell of a
Good Horseradish $2.19, S&S Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese $2 and two
Vidalia onions at .99 a pound $2.06 for $16.79 total. I then returned home. I
relaxed a bit, and I had an ice tea.
There is what appears to be a baby robin waiting to learn to fly in
front of the building. I just had a meal of sliced roast beef on a Kaiser roll
with sliced Vidalia onion, horseradish, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, salt and pepper
along with three dill pickles slices and potato chips and ice tea. I might
either relax now or take a nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/6/02 Saturday 8:50 A.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering
the plants. I had a meal of low fat
small curd cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries and ice tea
and then I had an iced coffee outside. I
will now clean up and go out and enjoy the pleasant summer weather around the
local area of Greenwich, Connecticut.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/6/02 Saturday 6:10 A.M.: I fell back asleep until 5:30 A.M.. I
had ten Carr’s crackers with Land O Lakes Monterey Jack cheese along with ice
tea. I guess I will now start my house
cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/6/02 Saturday 1:40 A.M.: I was up at 12:30 A.M.. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I also had a coffee outside. When I was having the coffee outside, the
skunk was by the front entrance of the building. Let us hope it does not decide to let loose
with a little bit of odor. Generally when threatened by skunks, it is wise to
keep a few large cans of tomato juice around for removing the stench should the
skunk strike. If you should not need to
use them, one can always use them for Bloody Marys. On the waterfront on Steamboat Road near the
soon to be opened deluxe Delamar 5 star hotel, there is a large population of
skunks, so the well heeled guests will have to keep an eye out for skunks once
the place opens September 16, 2002. One
can book at www.expedia.com starting September 16, 2002. I will either relax now or do a bit of house
keeping. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/5/02 Friday 3:55 P.M.: I relaxed a bit, and I watched a bit of television. I am a bit tired, so I will head off to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/5/02 Friday 2:35 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went
downtown, and I sat out for a while. I played a #28 $1 quick pick at Zyn
stationary. I then went by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next
paid my rent at First Union Bank on Havemeyer Place. I then drove down by the waterfront. I drove through Bruce Park. Just before exit
4 on the turnpike, there was an empty 50 pound plaster pail in the road that I
did not see, and it started being dragged in front of my right front wheel. I
stopped at the thruway bridge, and I looked at my car underneath, and I finally
found the pail at the wheel. I removed
it. I then went by the ELDC thrift
shop. I next drove over to Old
Greenwich, and I went to the First Congregational Church Rummage Room thrift
shop. Pants are half price today, so I bought a pair of Ralph Lauren Polo size
40 inch waist by 30 inch length khaki pants for $5. I then drove over to Tod’s Point, and I sat
in my car at the southwest parking area.
I then sat out at the southeast parking concession area. I then returned to central Greenwich, and I
sat out for a while. At noon I returned home.
I had about 80% percent of a chilled liter bottle of Perrier with a few
dashes of Angostura bitters in a frosted mug.
I relaxed a bit. I then had a
Marie Callender meat loaf dinner. I have been up since 9 P.M. last night, but I
am trying to stay up longer to be on a daytime schedule. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 07/05/02:
Note:
<888> 07/5/02 Friday 7:10 A.M.: I rested until 6 A.M.. I had a meal of
low fat small curd cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries with
iced tea and iced coffee. I will go out
this morning in a little while and pay my rent and pursue some daytime
activity. I will now send out my weekly
notes. It is a bit cooler this
morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/5/02 Friday 5:10 A.M.: I had some potato chips. I also had a
dozen Carr’s poppy seed crackers with Land O Lakes Monterey Jack cheese. I guess I will relax a bit before going out
later this morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/5/02 Friday 4:40 A.M.: I watched a little bit of television this
morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/5/02 Friday 1:25 A.M.: I fell asleep yesterday at 10 A.M.. I
woke up this past evening at 9 P.M.. I had two telephone calls from relatives
while asleep. I went outside, and I
watched the Port Chester, New York fireworks from the hill in back with my
neighbors. I then had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and I had an iced coffee outside. I then watched
some television. I fell asleep from
midnight until now. I just had some ice tea and goldfish crackers. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/4/02 Thursday 7:05 A.M.: I went back downtown, and I drove by
the waterfront. I then walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I then returned home. I had some goldfish crackers and ice
tea. I will now shut down and head off
to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/4/02 Thursday 4:20 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I just
had some low fat small curd cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and
blueberries and ice tea. I also sifted
through my email.
Note:
<888> 07/4/02 Thursday 2:40 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I went
outside briefly, and the young skunk was prowling around the knoll in front of
the parking lot. Well, it has cooled off to 78 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/4/02 Thursday 1:25 A.M.: I cleaned up after the last message. I
chatted with a relative. I then went
downtown. I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then returned home. It has cooled off a bit, and it is 80 degrees
Fahrenheit. If you feel hot down around
the New York City area, one could always try visiting http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm . However, it does get hot there, and last
summer the state of Maine sold out of air conditioners. Of course the ocean is always so cold there,
one could always take a dip. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/3/02 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.: I just started cooking a four cheese
Red Baron pizza. I prepared it by cutting it into quarters and putting the
pieces on a cookie sheet. I then season it with ground black pepper, garlic
powder, celery salt, oregano, basil, and Italian spices, and then I pour a bit
of olive oil over it, and I cook it in the convection oven at 400 degrees
Fahrenheit for 15 to 17 minutes. I will have it with iced tea and iced coffee.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/3/02 Wednesday 10:05 P.M.: I finished adding programs to the E:
drive on the backup computer. I have the backup computer partitioned with XP on
the E: drive. I also disconnected the backup computer printer cable from the
Compaq IJ200 that does not work with XP, and I set the end of the cable on the
left side of the backup computer desk, for easy attachment to the Epson Color
Stylus 880 printer. I also installed the Epson Stylus 880 Color printer drivers
on the E: drive partition on the backup computer. I just shut down the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/3/02 Wednesday 6:50 P.M.: My rent bill came today, but I did not
wake up until 5:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and I had a iced coffee outside. I put a new Glade plug-in refill in my
kitchen air freshener. Since it is 94 degrees
Fahrenheit outside, I will be staying inside and doing a little bit of computer
work. Tomorrow evening a cold front is suppose to come into the area. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/3/02 Wednesday 7:55 A.M.: I was up all night and early this
morning. I worked on the backup computer. I tried to install some other
programs from the CD player to the E: drive, but the CD player did not work. I
finally took out the 45X CD player I bought as a clearance item for $10, and I
put in the original 24X CD player. I also changed the CD player to Slave on the
second IDE controller with the E: drive as the Master on the second IDE
controller. With the 24 X CD player
working, I installed software on the E: drive of the backup computer. I also
cleaned the CD player with my laser disk cleaner. This all took some time configuring and
tweaking. Still, I have the backup computer running better. I had the rest of
the Edy’s Mars ice cream with ice tea. I
went outside a few times. I will now go outside briefly. I should rest, but probably around noon I
will check the mail to see if the rent bill and AT&T bill came. If so, I
will probably go out and pay them, since with the Fourth, I will not be able to
pay them on Thursday, but I could always pay them on Friday, if I do not do it
today. It is suppose to be very hot, so I will have to see how I feel at noon when
the mail comes and if the bills arrive.
I will probably rest until then.
Well stay cool today. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/2/02 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: I showered and cleaned up. Since it is very hot outside, I will do a
little bit of regular computer work. It is important to keep computers cool in
the hot summer heat. Needless to say it
is nice and cool at Scott’s Ice Palace with my General Electric Profile 15,000
BTU air conditioner going with its remote control. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/2/02 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.: I chatted with a relative at 2 P.M.. I
then fell asleep until 8 P.M. when
another relative called. I then chatted with a neighbor outside. I had a meal
of low fat small curd cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and blueberries,
ice tea and a coffee outside. I made up two quarts of coffee, and I put it in
the refrigerator for iced coffee. I peeled and cut into chunks two cantaloupes.
I chatted with a neighbor outside. I showered and cleaned up. I will stay
inside by the air conditioner since it is 86 degrees Fahrenheit outside right
now and no wind. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/2/02 Tuesday 1:55 P.M.: For lunch I had a broiled rib eye steak
with steamed green beans and steamed corn on the cob with ice tea, and I had an
iced coffee outside. I will now shower and clean up, since I did not do so
before going out today. Since it is 94
degrees Fahrenheit, I will be staying inside this afternoon next to the air
conditioner avoiding the sweltering heat. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/2/02 Tuesday 12:45 P.M.: I was up at 7 A.M.. I had breakfast of orange juice, three medium
boiled eggs, toast, vitamins, supplements, and an iced coffee. I went out, and
I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the central Greenwich Post Office,
and I obtained money orders at .90 each to pay my Verizon telephone bill, GEICO
automobile insurance bill, cablevision bill, and Optimum online bill. I then
walked over to the town hall, and I paid the property tax for the year on my
Volvo. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I viewed the 70%
off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store.
I stopped by CVS, and I bought Turtlewax Zip car wash $2.99, two Dove
soap bars $2.37 both, a five pack of BIC lighters $2.50 plus .47 tax for $8.32
total. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with a local. I then
went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop and everything is half price. I
bought a 6” X 7” inch maple framed water color picture of Braton Parish Church
in Williamsburg, Virginia by V. Carlson about 4” X 5” for $3.75. As I was leaving one of the staff ladies fell
behind the counter, however she appeared to be all right. I then went by Exxon
and Shell looking for Marlboro buy three get two free cigarettes, but they were
sold out of them. I went to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Omni Ultra Lights 100s for $24 total. I then returned home. I had a cold Citra soda in a frosted mug. I
hung the Braton Parish church picture to the right of the right sconce on the
living room bedroom wall. I put the
Turtlewax zip car wash in the sweater closet with the other car care products.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/2/02 Tuesday 1:10 A.M.: For any Canadians around yesterday was
Dominion Day. I watched some television. I had some goldfish crackers and ice
tea. I will now go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/1/02 Monday 11:55 P.M.: I prepared my bills to pay. I also have
not received my AT&T bill. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/1/02 Monday 11:25 P.M.: I started a backup of the XP partition
on the backup computer from the E: drive to the D: drive. I then went out. I
stopped by the book and video drops at the Greenwich Library, and I returned a
book and a DVD video. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various places. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought fresh green beans
at $1.49 a pound for $1.13, two ears of corn for .67 both. 38 ounce boxes of Pepperidge Farm goldfish
crackers have gone up .50 to $5.79 from $5.29, and I bought one box, and two
quart containers of AC small curd low fat cottage cheese for $3.49 for each
container, and a box of Carr’s poppy seed crackers for $2.29 for $18.65 total.
I then returned home. I had a bowl of three scoops of Edy’s Mars ice cream and
ice tea. I shut down the backup computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/1/02 Monday 8:05 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M. this morning. I have
received all my bills except my rent bill. Thus I will wait until tomorrow to
pay my bills when hopefully after the mail comes, I have my rent bill. I spent
all day configuring the backup computer with Windows XP Professional with the
boot option with Windows ME also as a boot option. Since I never use the backup
computer, I have it in reserve should I have a system or hardware problem on
the primary computer. I put the Norton System Works 2002 and Norton Internet
Security 2002 along with Real One Basic and Weather Bug on the XP partition along
with the Windows Update. I am just finishing running on the XP partition Norton
Disk Doctor, Norton Win Doctor, and Norton Speed Disk is running on it now. I
will now have some low fat small curd cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and
blueberries along with ice tea. I guess
after that I will clean up and go out for some brief errands. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/1/02 Monday 3:40 A.M.: I decided to try the multiple boot
feature of Windows XP, so I installed it on my backup computer as a new
installation, and put it in the E:\Windows directory on the E: hard drive which
was empty. It installed without any problem, and it runs fine giving the prompt
for Windows XP Professional or Windows at startup boot. Alas, since I need
Windows XP on my primary computer, I can not activate it on the back up
computer. I guess once it expires after 30 days, I will uninstall it. I just
had a Swanson’s Hungryman sliced turkey dinner with ice tea. I went outside
briefly a few times, and the last time, the ominous skunk was out there. I
guess I will rest for a while now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/02 Saturday 11:50 P.M.: I am a bit tired, so I will shut down
the computer and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/02 Saturday 11:40 P.M.: I did some routine computer
work. I had a bowl of Progresso New
England Clam chowder with four Carr’s crackers with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/02 Saturday 9:35 P.M.: Of course if the wind keeps up the way
it was, it would be cheaper for a plane to fly from Europe this way, but it
looks like the Atlantic Ocean might be a bit choppy. I suppose one could check cruise line
schedules to see if any interesting cruise ships were arriving in the port of
New York. We have quite a few waterfront
experts in the area, and I tend to leave my expertise to a bit of bird
watching. There was a warning in today’s
Greenwich Times www.greenwichtime.com about a victim of West Nile Egyptian Encephalitis
living in the Old Greenwich, Connecticut area; so obviously the users of Tod’s
Point are exposing themselves to the recent outbreak of the mosquito born
disease. I am not sure whether individuals
whom have tropical exposure would be immune or not, and nobody seemed to
know. I have lived near swamps in
tropical parts of Florida, but since 1956, I have not been in Florida in the
summer when it is more tropical, just in the winter when it runs 30 degrees
Fahrenheit to 60 degrees Fahrenheit in places like the Florida Keys, and of
course up north in northern Florida it is much cooler. Thus in the winter down in Florida, although
there is usually not frost, there could have been mosquitoes around when I was
down there, but I never really seemed to notice. Anyway today with the heavy wind at Tod’s
Point, I do not think there were any mosquitoes lighting on anyone for very
much time. There tend to be a group of Old
Greenwich experts whom tend to be courteous, but are very territorial since
they tend to keep an eye on the point on a full time year round basis. Of course, since parts of Old Greenwich as
well as other waterfront shore properties are low to the shore line,
individuals tend to keep a weather watch, in case they have to evacuate in a
minor flood situation. From an interior decoration point of view, I always
suggested the ideal floor décor for a house on the waterfront might be slate
floors with sysle carpeting, or simply a mop and a bucket a folding lawn chair. Of course some individuals enjoy the
waterfront, so they get use to oddities like storm flooding, extra bugs,
various reptiles, and tourists enjoying the shoreline during the warmer
weather. Of course if one is fair skin,
one has to worry about over exposure to the sun, particularly with eye care,
since one can get increased glare off the waterfront, unless one’s eyes are
properly protected. Thus, as I get
older, I am spending less time on the waterfront, and more time in the shade and
inside. Particularly with arthritis,
once it gets damp, I am not very useful outside in the damp weather. Still, I see a younger more vigorous group of
people around, so perhaps they might have some more skills and expertise. Still, once my schedule permits or after the
frost if West Nile is still a threat, I might try to venture out to the
waterfront more often, but of course then one might have more of the northern
game animals around the nature preserve.
Still if there were any warm water crocodiles or alligators migrating
south, they might still be around, since although the air is cooler, the water
is still warmer. Well, I was not too
hungry, so I just had about nine Carr’s crackers with slices of Vermont extra
sharp cheddar cheese and a small bowl of potato chips. There is not much else happening on this the
far side of town from the down east folks on the other side of town, not to
mentions those out north in the boon docks.
Since we are one of the closet properties to the New York State line, I
will keep a close eye out when out at night to see if the lights are still on
in this section of New York. Apparently,
Connecticut is the most bankrupt state in the nation, and since New York shares
much of the same socio economic condition as Connecticut, I would assume much
is to be said for the finances of the state of New York. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/02 Saturday 6:30 P.M.: I went downtown, and I walked up the
Avenue a bit, and I stopped by CVS, and I bought a container of Ajax cleaning
compound and a container of Comet cleaning compound each for .99, a four pack
of CVS 8 watt clear night lights for $2, and a CVS Clorox bleach toilet tank
drop-in tablet for $1.99 plus .36 tax for $6.33 total. I then returned down the Avenue, and I went
to Gateway automotive, and I bought two quarts of Castrol GTX 10W-30 oil for $2
each quart for $4 total. I then went
drove around the waterfront. I noticed
local people putting away their boats for the winter. I would advise any older
people not to try to hoist their boats themselves unless they want to end up
with a groin hernia like I have from hoisting too many bags of groceries at one
time and other various items I move around occasionally. I then drove over to Old Greenwich, and I
stopped by Off Center hair stylists, and I got my hair cut for $16 plus $4 tip
for $20 total. I then drove over to
Tod’s Point, and I observed the weather from the southwest parking area and
then from the southeast parking area.
The wind is due out of the east at about 60 knots. It looks a storm front out of the southeast
and a storm front out of the northeast might be converging, while it is clear
over Greenwich and slightly overcast. I would imagine anyone trying to fly to
Europe in these conditions would use considerably more fuel if they made it at
all. Perhaps they would have to refuel
in Iceland. I then toured Staples, and
they have lots of back to school supplies.
I just now returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/02 Saturday 12:50 P.M.: I finished house cleaning and
watering the plants. I received in the
mail my new GEICO insurance card for the Hyundai. I put the automobile copy in the Hyundai
glove box. I also put the GEICO
emergency number sticker in the driver’s side back seat window in the lower
left side on the inside looking at it from the outside. For lunch I had two hotdogs with buns and
mustard and ketchup and ice tea, and I just had an iced coffee outside. I guess I will now shower and clean up and go
out for some errands. It looks like we
have a weather front coming in from the southeast; I believe they call it a
Bermuda low. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/02 Saturday 9:10 A.M.: I had a call from a friend at 7 A.M.
this morning. I had breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I chatted briefly with a friend. I made two
copies of my Sears Michelin Tire receipts.
I will keep one set of copies in the Hyundai glove box. I put the other copy and the original on the
bedroom desk with the other receipts. I
also made another copy of the tire receipt, so I can send it in to the Michelin
“Get Rolling” Promotion for a free Michelin Atlas and a free Samsonite Carry On
Upright Suitcase. I filled out the
Michelin promotion information for that offer.
I will now do my house cleaning.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/02 Friday 8:35 P.M.: I had dinner of the barbeque boneless
chicken breast that I reheated with reheated spaghetti noodles with parmesan
cheese and margarine on it along with ice tea.
Sears told me that they will rotate the tires every 5,000 miles for
free. I decided to buy the tires at
Sears since they were on sale and because they are a nationwide chain, so if
one should ever have to travel which in my case I doubt, one would have the
option of getting tire service at any of the many Sears Auto Service centers.
Well not much else is happening. My arthritis is acting up, so although it
seems like the weekend will be clear, generally when my arthritis acts up, it
means it is going to rain. Still, it might be from the effect of going from the
cooler air conditioned apartment to the warmer weather outside. I am tired, so I will now shut down the
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/02 Friday 6:45 P.M.: I had a busy day. After the last message this morning, I drove
downtown, and I sat out by the park a bit. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then walked lower
Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.
I next returned to my apartment.
I then drove over to the Sears Automobile Center in White Plains, New
York arriving about 8 A.M.. I bought four Michelin Weather Wise Sport 175/70R13
tires http://www.sears.com/sr/product/summary/productsummary.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0732464743.1030744511@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfgadcgdiehmilcehgcemgdffmdfin.0&vertical=AUTO&fromAuto=YES&bidsite=null&pid=09576711000 regularly $71.99 each for
$49.99 each. I paid $10.99 a tire to have them performance balanced, $2.50 for
each valve stem, $7.20 for each tire for Road Hazard, Plus Agreement, and $2
for each of the four tires to be disposed of plus $22.53 tax for $313.25. I then was advised I should have the front
end aligned, so I paid $59.99 for a front end alignment, plus $8.99 for a All
Season WeatherHandler black rubber floor mat for the driver’s side of the car,
$2.99 for a gallon of Peak Windshield washing fluid plus $5.58 tax for $77.55
total. The Sears Auto Service department
was done about 10 A.M. , and I spent $398.80 total. I got the larger size tires
since the Hyundai would run more smoothly and be safer. The Michelin Weather Wise Sport Tires have a
65,000 mile warranty and were $22 off each tire. With a copy of my sales receipt, I can order
for free a Michelin suit case on wheels and a Michelin road atlas. Wearing my Columbia jacket this past winter
which is blue and yellow, I have looked a bit like the Michelin Man logo. I had to walk next door to the Citibank ATM
twice to get extra funds. I was told
that Sears is moving over to the Galleria area.
After thanking the cheerful Sears Auto Parts store staff, I departed. I
put the new mat on the car floor before leaving the store. I then drove over to CompUSA, and I toured
the store, and I found out they no long sell Net2Phone YAP cards. I was told
lots of sales items starting this Sunday would be free after rebates. I then started driving back home, and while I
was along side the Galleria, my left front hubcap spun off the car. I heard
something, and three long blocks down the street, another driver told me. I parked on a side street in front of the
Verizon building, and I walked back west three blocks, and across the street
south in front a big brick building with diagonal steps on the corner for an
entrance I found the hub cab. I returned
back to my car, and I reinstalled it.
That HUB cap is tricky since it does not have a notch for the valve
stem. I then drove back to my apartment
on the back roads. The Hyundai with the
new Michelin Weatherwise Sport Tires and Front End Alignment is running just
great. I had lunch in my apartment of two hotdogs with rolls and mustard and
ketchup and potato chips and ice tea and an iced coffee. I then got my bills that I have received ready
to pay. I went downtown by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by First Union National Bank on
Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent. I then went by the central Greenwich Post
Office, and I obtained four money orders to pay my electricity, AT&T,
cablevision, and Optimum Online. I then sat out for a while. I next went by the waterfront. I then drove over to Riverside to the Oil
Star Oil Change Center, and I had my oil and oil filter and general service
check done for $34.90 total. They put in
a Fram oil filter, Castrol GTX 10W30 oil, and they checked the other fluids and
some general maintenance items. Since I
spent so much at the Sears Tire Center, I will not be going to Hyundai in
Norwalk in the near future for their 30,000 mile $250 service check. Still for now the car is running fine. I then went to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop, and I bought a 33 inch by 40 inch gold framed with glass oil painting of
a harbor scene with many pastels similar to the artist Caldwell, but I can not
recognize the signature for $65 total. I
walked over to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street to get the
funds. I then went by the Greenwich
Hardware store, and I bought two packages of one each of 100 pound test OOK
carbide steel and brass hook and nail assemblies. I then returned home. I had a cold A&W root beer in frosted mug
outside. I then took down the white wool
Mexican poncho hanging over my bed, and I hung the pastel harbor scene above
the bed with the two 100 pound test hook assemblies. It looks very cheerful. I sat outside for a while. I threw out some of the old unfolded boxes, I
had saved behind my bed head board. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 08/30/02:
Note:
<888> 08/30/02 Friday 5:35 A.M.: I checked out www.sears.com, and I found out the Michelin WeaterWise car for my
Hyundai is $20 off this labor day weekend http://www.sears.com/sr/product/summary/productsummary.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0345256245.1030699736@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccheadcgdiehmmicehgcemgdffmdfin.0&vertical=AUTO&fromAuto=YES&bidsite=null&pid=09573403000 , so I will head over to
Sears White Plains, New York this morning when they open at 10 A.M., and get a
set of the tires. I will not bother having the front end of the aligned since
it seems all right. I will now send out
my weekly notes. I will then go out for
some morning air after I clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/02 Friday 4:50 A.M.: I went to bed at 7:30 P.M.. I had a call
from a relative at 10 P.M.. I was up at 3:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I just filled out the Hyundai’s owner’s
manual transfer of ownership form to mail into Hyundai. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/02 Thursday 6:15 P.M.: I took the three halves of boneless
breast of chicken, and I rinsed them in cold water and dried them. I put a few tablespoons of olive oil in a
Pyrex pie dish, and I seasoned both sides with garlic powder, black pepper,
celery salt, Old Bay seasoning, Italian spices,
chicken and meat seasoning, Basil, and Oregano. Then on the top sides, I put Texas Best
barbeque sauce. I then cooked them in
the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. My guest and I each had one of the boneless
chicken breast, and I refrigerated one.
We had them with two ears of sweet corn each and steamed slices of
yellow squash along with ice tea. I will
now shut down and watch some television before my guest leaves, and then I will
go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/02 Thursday 4:00 P.M.: La Blanc wreckers arrived from
Norwalk, Ct. to tow away the Volvo at 1:30 P.M.. I paid the driver the $50 cash
for the charge for the service, and I explained the nature of the vehicle. I also made copies of the Volvo title and
some of the Hyundai paper work to keep in my records. My guest, and I then drove downtown in the
Hyundai. We stopped by New Country
Motors Volkswagen, and I went to their parts department, and I bought six
metric Phillips head stainless steel license plate bolts for $1.47 each plus
.53 tax for $9.35 total. We then went to
Exxon, and I put in the STP fuel injection cleaner in the tank, and I filled
the tank with regular unleaded gasoline at $1.699 a gallon for $17.40
total. I think I only had about a gallon
left in the tank. We then went to the
library, and I reinstalled each license plate with then new license plate bolts
using two bolts for each plate, and keeping two in reserve along with the other
ones in the tool chest. We then went to
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and they have a $15 a bag sale. Next we went downtown, and we walked around
the center of town. Then we drove down
by the waterfront. The next stop was the
Stop and Shop, and my guest bought two boneless breasts of chicken at $3.99 a
pound. We just now returned back to the
apartment. The Hyundai seems to run just
great, and I am most pleased with its performance. Perhaps on a nicer day, I will take a little
longer day. We the Volvo served me
faithfully for over 10 years, so it will be sad to no longer see it in the
parking lot. Well, I guess it has gone
to Valhalla. My 3 P.M. appointment was
cancelled today because their electricity was out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/02 Thursday 10:40 A.M.: The Hyundai registration came in the
mail just now, so I am all set to drive the Hyundai. I will continue to wait for the tow truck to
take away the Volvo. I will clean up
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/02 Thursday 10:30 A.M.: My guest and I had breakfast of
scrambled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I called up Branford Hyundai, and they called
me back, and they said the last time they serviced the Hyundai was at 13,000
miles. I checked with Norwalk Hyundai, and they said a 30,000 mile maintenance
check would be $250 where they do all the regular maintenance. Hyundai under the warranty will also fix the
outside passenger side door handle for free. I checked with Milford Hyundai,
and it was last serviced there about three months after the car was purchased
there. I called La Blanc wrecking
service in Norwalk, Connecticut; and they are coming down later this morning to
tow away my old 1976 Volvo 244 DL for $50.
I chatted with the seller of the Hyundai to me, and she did not know
anything about the service record. She
told me she mailed me the registration papers from Stratford, Connecticut
yesterday, so they may or may not be here in the mail today. My guest and I are just relaxing around the
apartment waiting for the mail man and the tow truck. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/02 Thursday 6:05 A.M.: I am thinking on the Hyundai, instead
of having the oil changed right away and the air filer and spark plugs, I
should check with the seller to see if she knows if the previous owner had the
30,000 mile service check done by a Hyundai service center, since the vehicle
has 31,800 miles. Also possibly a local Hyundai service center would know
possibly from the vehicle VIN number.
Since I have not maintained a newer car in many years, I am not quite
sure of what the procedures and costs might be. I suppose possibly the Hyundai
service center in Norwalk, Connecticut might be able to help me out. If I should need new spark plugs, I plan to
have NGK platinum spark plugs put in the vehicle. Still, there is no point spending money, if
it is not necessary. A couple of
telephone calls should let me know today.
I noticed while looking at the NGK spark plug site, it mentioned it is
important to torque the spark plugs correctly when installing them. Since I do not have a torque wrench, this
might be difficult for me to do. Anyway,
the Hyundai as far as I can tell is running just fine, so if the registration
arrives today, I intend to put in the STP fuel injector cleaner and fill up the
car with regular unleaded gasoline at Exxon, and take it for a drive
locally. I am not sure whether having
someone else or myself work on the Hyundai would void the five year 60,000 mile
warranty still in effect. Also, there is
a Hyundai dealership in White Plains, New York; so although I live 100 feet or
so from the New York – Connecticut boarder, since I live in Connecticut, I try
to be user friendly to Connecticut business.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/02 Thursday 5:50 A.M.: I rested through out the night. I also
read the first chapter of the Que book on Windows XP Professional. My guest should be awake shortly. I turned off the NOAA weather radio, so as
not to disturb the guest’s sleep on the guest bed in the living room. I will have to remember to turn it back
on. I will do some regular computer work
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/02 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.: We watched a bit of television. I will now shut down the computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/02 Wednesday 6:50 P.M.: A friend called at 4 P.M., and he
said he would be coming down to visit.
I got up, and I had orange juice with vitamins and supplements. My friend arrived, and since my Hyundai
registration has not arrived in the mail yet, we drove downtown in his car. I
went to Charles Stuttig’s lock smith, and I had four Hyundai keys cut with the
plastic tops on the keys for $25.26 total.
We then drove down by the waterfront. One of the regular fishermen just
bought a new 2002 Hyundai at White Plains, New York Hyundai regularly $14,750
for $12,000 with all the accessory features. We then returned to my apartment,
and I checked out the keys to make sure they work. I just checked the Hyundai,
and I sprayed WD-40 on the hood latch lock. I put some windshield washer fluid
in the windshield washer fluid container.
My guest and I are about to have some reheated tomato meat sauce with
spaghetti noodles and ice tea. My guest
is going to stay down for the night, so I will try to rest from about midnight
to about 6 A.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/02 Wednesday 5:05 A.M.: I did a little bit of computer work.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/02 Wednesday 4:25 A.M.: I went out, and I checked what number
bulb the Hyundai rear tail light and brake light uses. In the manual it said
28/8. I started walking east to the Shell Station which is open all the time. I
bought for $1.69 each package, two packages of two of Victor auto bulbs turn
signal-stop-tail light #2057 heavy duty pre-tested 12 volt which have two
dimples on the base and two filaments in the bulb for combination brake and
tail light made in China. I also bought a Medo Ultra Norsk clean surf smell
auto deodorizer for $1.39, an Eagle electric grounding adapter for $1.89, and a
12 ounce bottle of STP super concentrated Fuel Injector cleaner with advanced
clean technology for $6.79 plus .81 tax for $14.26 total. I then chatted briefly with the regular
proprietor and told him about the Hyundai.
I then walked back. On the way to the Shell station, the regular skunk
around our building crossed in front of me on the sidewalk along the Post Road,
so the skunk covers a wide range. When I
returned back I put two of the brake tail light bulbs in on each side of the
rear lights. The rear lights are
replaced from inside the trunk area turning the turn knobs on the housings and
removing the covers, and then replacing them in their sockets. All the lights work fine on the Hyundai
now. I then put the scent leaf on the
hanger on the driver’s side rear passenger compartment to freshen up the scent
in the car. I returned to my apartment,
and I had some of the remainder of my spaghetti and tomato meat sauce dinner
with ice tea. I used the Eagle 3 prong
electrical adaptor to put the Coleman rechargeable flash light which was in the
bathroom sink area back on the power strip on the bedroom dresser. It has to be elevated by the 3 prong adaptor
to clear the Coleman emergency light on the same power strip. The other 2 bulb package of brake tail
lights, I put in tool case in the Hyundai.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/02 Wednesday 2:05 A.M.: I went out, and I checked the side
and rear view mirrors settings on the Hyundai.
The list of items I have to do on the Hyundai as soon as I have the
registration in the mail hopefully today is:
1: Buy Fuel
Injection System additive cleaner.
2: Buy two
brake rear tail light bulbs and install them.
3: Fill up the
tank with gasoline adding the fuel injection system additive cleaner.
4: Have four
copies of the key cut.
In the near
future:
5: Have oil
and filter changed.
6: Buy and
Install new air filter.
7: Buy and
Install four new spark plugs.
8: Buy four
new tires, possibly the next size larger, and have new valve stems installed
and have them balanced.
9: Have the
front end aligned when the new tires are installed.
10: Have
passenger side outside door handle repaired.
11: Try to
obtain scratch remover for some minor scratches.
12: Touch up a
few paint spots.
13: Wash car.
14: Possibly
wax car once touchups are done.
15: I probably
will not go to the ding doctor for a few minor dings since in the nature of our
environment,
dings can occur frequently.
16: Buy black
floor mats.
Item for
consideration: One could have the Volvo repaired, and then try to see if
somebody wants
it for a mud
and snow car. However, on my limited budget this is not an option, I would
probably
end up having
to give it away anyway, so why spend the money. The Texaco station here in town
said they might be able to take a look at it in about a week and a half, but
once again it is not an option
for me. I will do some regular computer work
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/02 Wednesday 1:15 A.M.: I went outside, and I took most
everything out of the Volvo trunk, and I pulled out the rubber floor mat trunk
covering, and I shook it out. I put the
various items back in the trunk. In the trunk besides the General Tire, I use
as a spare that I bought at Walmart in Scarborough, Maine about nine years ago,
I have the original Volvo jack and the Volvo took kit for removing the lug
nuts. I also have the original Volvo AM
radio along with another Blaubunt AM/FM radio in the trunk besides the
inexpensive tape deck with radio in the car. I left the rear window speaker
that I installed. I took out the towels
that I had on the front seats and the rear window and put them in the rear of
the Hyundai. In the Volvo trunk in a box are various used distributor rotors,
distributor caps, old fuel filter, a half dozen or so fan belts, old spark
plugs, ignition wires, and two Phillips Halogen beam head lamps with one of two
beams burned out. I put the third Halogen beam lamp in the back of the Hyundai
to use with a repair light that it will fit with. I also put the half container
of Pennzoil 20W50 and a full container of Pennzoil 20W50 and a full container
of Pennzoil 10W40 in the back of the Volvo, since if someone should try to
drive the car even a short distance, it would need a bit of oil. I think the
original alternator resistor wire harness is also in the parts box. I have the Connecticut title for the Volvo,
and I have two sets of keys in the apartment, and there is a third set in the
Volvo glove box. The door key in the
glove box that I kept hidden underneath the chassis of the car is a bit
rusty. The Volvo has an ignition key,
front doors key, glove box key, and gasoline fuel cap key. I left the three air freshener Christmas
trees on the dash board. I put an old floor mat beneath the driver’s seat. I am
using an old blue rubber mat on the Hyundai driver’s side along with the
passenger blue floor mat for the Volvo on the passenger side of the Hyundai
along with the two smaller blue floor mats in the rear of the Hyundai from the Volvo. The four General Tires on the Volvo have
about 60% ware and 40% to go, and they were rotated last spring. All the tires seem not to leak. Thus the Volvo could possibly be repaired and
driven by some sort of farmer in the cold country for a mud and snow car when
one might not want to drive more deluxe cars.
The 1976 Volvo 244 DL was part of the original series Volvo that was
introduced as a much safer design, and it has such safety features as heavy
metal steel rods in the side door panels to reinforce them against
collision. It is a stately car, and one
would not have been surprised by its performance capabilities when it was in
better repair. Well, I will do a bit of
computer work now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/02 Wednesday 12:10 A.M.: This afternoon, while I was working
on the Volvo, I also made up at new batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm using 21 various tea
bags. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/02 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.: I chatted with a relative and a
friend. I adjusted the cable on the
cablevision system, so the living room television does not have lines in
it. Today, when I was working on the
cars, I put the coal shovel I use for a snow shovel on the right side of the
left living room closet to have it in reserve for a snow storm some time in the
future. I sorted out all my receipts for the entire 26 year service records of
the Volvo including the previous owner’s receipts. I put them all in a folder
on the back seat of the Volvo along with the Chilton’s Volvo service manual. I
also left all the old tune up parts in the trunk of the Volvo. I put the cross
tire iron with the Hyundai in its spare tire compartment. I also put the spring
coil mount plate needed to fix the Volvo on the back seat in a Volvo parts box.
Of course the Volvo also needs to have the front right motor mount replaced,
and as I mentioned before it still might need other work mentioned earlier in
my notes. There is a local employee that
works at a local business that might take the Volvo, so once I have the Hyundai
registration documents, and I am permitted to drive the Hyundai, I will stop by
that establishment, and see if they want the Volvo. On the plus side of the Volvo, if one were an
experienced mechanic and able to service the Volvo, the Volvo has started every
day for ten years even on the coldest dampest weather. If one were a farmer or a rancher in the
north country, more than likely the Volvo would start on one’s coldest days.
Also with the weight in the trunk, and with a four speed stick shift and mud
and snow radial tires, the Volvo always had good traction even during our
recently infrequent snow storms. Thus some Canadian or old Vermonter might be
interested in the Volvo, if they knew how to do repairs. Alas, in my present situation, I will leave
it at the discretion of the local merchant if they want to take it off my hands
for free. Of course they would have to
transport it to whatever location they want it, since the Volvo is no longer
registered. I remembered, I once was out
in Santa Cruz, California for periods of time between 1978 and 1980, and the
Royal Swedish orchestra and the King of Sweden were supposedly out there some
time during that period, and there were over 2,000 vintage Volvos around the
University of California at Santa Cruz. At the time, I had the 1974 Burgundy
Volvo Coupe that I bought at John Delia’s Subaru dealership locally here in
Greenwich for $1,750. I believe I sold
that Volvo several months later in December 1980 with 20,000 more miles
totaling around 95,000 outside the gates of Disney Land in Anaheim, California
at a cash for your car place for about $1,250, and the car also had a flat
spare tire and a burned out clutch.
Still, I was told that Volvos are more valuable the further away one
gets from Sweden. If any interested readers want to see what the old Volvo
looks like, try clicking www.geocities.com/mikelscott/volvo001.jpg . Well, I guess I will do
a little bit of regular computer work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/02 Tuesday 7:45 P.M.: I was up at 2:30 A.M. this past
morning. About 4 A.M., I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I fell back asleep until noon. I had one phone call from the appointment I
missed yesterday. At noon, I had
reheated spaghetti and tomato meat sauce with ice tea, and then I had an iced
coffee outside. I called up GEICO, and I
changed my insurance to cover the Hyundai.
I got comprehensive collision coverage, so the Hyundai is covered. I pay about $300 more a year for it or about
$700 total for a year. I have preferred
customer status since I have never had any claims. In a six month billing
cycle, in the first four months, I will get four bills for about $90. Hopefully the lower cost of operating the
Hyundai will offset the cost of the increased insurance. I then started sorting the items in the Volvo
trunk, glove compartment, interior compartment, and side door pockets. I put
those items that I need in the Hyundai.
I left the items that go with the Volvo in the Volvo. I also threw out
some old maintenance containers. This all
took a bit of time. I put the two beach
lounge chairs on the floor of the back seat of the Hyundai. I was able to peel
off the Greenwich Parks sticker and put it in the Hyundai wind shield. I put my
Volvo floor mats in the Hyundai. I have all my tools in the trunk of the
Hyundai. I took the ship to shore radio
and antenna and stored it in the trunk of the Hyundai. I used Velcro to attach
the little LCD clock on the Hyundai dash board.
I checked the lights, and the combination rear tail and brake light
bulbs need to be replaced. I am leaving
the old nautical compass in the Volvo. I
have the garden hose on top of all the items in the trunk. With the beach chairs in the back seat, there
is plenty of clearance view out the back window. I removed part of the passenger door panel,
and it appears fixing the outside passenger door handle will have to be a job
for the Hyundai shop. Since I still have
the five year 60,000 mile warranty, I wander if it is covered. I am not sure whether the spark plugs were replaced
at the 30,000 mile interval along with the air filter. In addition to the oil and filter change, I
will put in some fuel injection system cleaner when I fill up the tank with
gasoline. I need to get some duplicate
keys made for the Hyundai. I have three
sets of keys for the Volvo. I will put
the Volvo service manual with service papers I have in the back seat of the
Volvo shortly. For dinner I had
spaghetti with tomato meat sauce and ice tea.
This afternoon since I was hot, I had a cold diet A&W root beer in a
frosted mug, and later I had a cold diet Coke in a frosted mug. I put some more
ice cubes in the plastic bag in the freezer.
I will now call up a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/02 Monday 8:50 P.M.: I was up at 4 A.M. today. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I then had coffee outside. I
searched used cars on the internet. I had a call from a friend saying he would
be down after noon. I found a 1999
Hyundai Accent L Hatchback 2 door for $3200 with 32,000 original miles www.bargainnews.com and this link too http://www.kbb.com/kb/ki.dll/kw.kc.ur?kbb;507398&;p&722;Hyundai;1999%20Accent&4;HY;AB& . I called up the seller and we chatted. I told
the seller I would call when my ride arrived.
I had lunch of two hotdogs with rolls and mustard and ketchup and potato
chips and ice tea and iced coffee. My
friend arrived about 1 P.M. and we chatted with the seller. We drove up to
Wilton first, and then we drove up to Stratford, Connecticut where the car was
located near the waterfront. I
immediately liked the car. Both I and my
friend took it for a test drive. I told
the seller I wanted to buy the car. We agreed on the $3200 price. The seller sells other cars, so she offered
to do the purchase tax and title work. I
gave her a copy of my registration and insurance certificate. She filled out all the forms and had me sign
them. The tax on the car is about $150
and the registration is about $50, so all together I paid $3,400. I then transferred my Volvo license plates to
the Hyundai. The car is like new with
31,800 miles was originally purchased 09/21/99, so it is about three years old. It still has the remainer of its six years
60,000 mile warranty. The Hyundai has a
5 speed stick shift and it does not have air conditioning. It has dual air bags
and a cassette stereo radio. It needs
new tires, and the passenger side door latch does not work from the outside. It
has several minor dings, but overall it is in excellent condition, and it is
painted black. It looks like new in the
engine compartment. I drove the Hyundai
down following my friend back to my apartment.
The completed registration paperwork should be received by me in a
couple of days by mail. I will not drive
it until I receive the registration in the mail. I checked the Hyundai over when I returned. I called a relative. I checked with a relative whom checked it out
at www.carfax.com , and the car came back with out any problems on
the report. We had reheated tomato meat
sauce with spaghetti for dinner with Perrier.
I chatted with the relative again.
I know of a foundation that I can call up that will pick up my old Volvo
for free once I have transferred its trunk contents to the new car. I will wait until I receive the new paper
work on the Hyundai. Well, it was a long
day; my guest is resting before returning back to his home. I will shut down now, and I will be going to
bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/02 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I chatted with another friend. I chatted with a relative. I chatted with another friend. I looked at web sites for used cars. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/02 Sunday 9:15 P.M.: I rested a bit after dinner. A relative called and suggested that I go to www.shockwave.com and download the game “Collapse”. I just chatted with a friend. I guess I will download and install the game
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/02 Sunday 6:15 P.M.: For the tomato meat sauce, I browned two
pounds of 90% lean ground beef in the Griswold frying pan with a few
tablespoons of olive oil. I then added a
few tablespoons of olive oil to a 3 quart Revere pot. I added the browned ground beef, 8 chopped
cloves of garlic, two minced medium onion, three 28 ounce cans of Tuttorosso
crushed tomatoes, two chopped green squash, one chopped yellow squash, and then
I seasoned the mixture with garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper,
Old Bay seasoning, Hungarian paprika, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian
spices, oregano, basil, ground ginger, India hot curry, Chinese five spice, a
few tablespoons of Italian Medina balsamic vinegar, a tablespoon of sesame oil,
dashes of McHilneys Tabasco sauce, dashes of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire,
four bay leaves, and dashes of Angostura bitters. I stirred the mixture, and I brought it to a
simmer over medium heat, then I reduced it to medium low heat, and I am
simmering the mixture covered for 50
minutes. I will have some of it on
spaghetti topped with grated cheese along with ice tea and then I will have an
iced coffee outside. I will refrigerate
and freeze the remainder of the sauce. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/02 Sunday 5:05 P.M.: I fell asleep about 8 A.M. until a short
time ago. I will now cook up a batch of
tomato meat sauce for spaghetti. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/02 Sunday 5:55 A.M.: I saw a few interesting prospects at www.cars.com . I watched some television. I will now do some computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/02 Sunday 3:55 A.M.: I was up at 2:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had
coffee outside. I studied the car advertisements
in Friday’s Greenwich Times. I will
study www.cars.com . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/02 Saturday 7:45 P.M.:
I watched some television about modern engineering. I had the rest of the tomato meat sauce with
spaghetti and grated cheese and ice tea.
I am a bit tired, so I will be going to bed early. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/02 Saturday 5:00 P.M.: I had some Carr’s crackers with
Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and ice tea.
I just burned two copies of the QUE CD that came with their book on
Windows XP. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/02 Saturday 2:40 P.M.: I finished the house cleaning and
watering the plants. I listened to the
first five chapters of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” from
www.audiobooksforfree.com . I
have that book and Tarzan saved on my hard drive. I went out for a break, and I jacked up the
passenger front side of the Volvo. It
appears that the center core of the lower spring mount on that side rusted
through and gave way permitting the spring to expand pushing the spring mount
plate downward against the wheel, and since the additional weight was
transferred from the engine on the frame it appears the rear right side motor
mount collapsed and the oil filter is resting on it askew. What other parts in
that location that might be damaged is hard to determine. Since the Volvo has 119,000 miles on it, it
has other problems like the starter motor occasionally skips because of a
missing tooth on the fly wheel, the driver’s side window does not go down
because the window frame crank mechanism is broken, the fuel and temperature
gauges are not accurate because a electrical regulator is needed behind the
dash board. Some of the brake lines have
small leaks. The clock does not work. At
the present milage, one could expect to have clutch or gear box problems. The differential is supposedly leaking. On the plus side in the last few years, all
brakes have newer calipers except one front brake, along with all new pads and
rotors. They exhaust system is all new
in the last few years. I put in new
tuneup parts and filters. However, the suspension system has never been worked
on. Probably the fuel filter is in need replacing in the next years. Thus the
Volvo has all the problems one would expect from a 26 year old car. Some of the
tail light lens and front lens are a bit worn too. Before I did the house cleaning, I checked my
primary computer sound system, and rear channel does not play with most
broadcasts, so I took one of the splitters off the backup computer, and I
diverted all my audio lines from the primary sound card plug, and I set the
computer to two stereo speakers setting.
Thus all the computer speakers work including the various headphones and
the line in cord to the Stereo amplifier that plays when CD is selected on the
amplifier and the two cables are plugged together hanging above the orange
mirror between the two computers. I will
now go outside for a break. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 08/24/02:
Note:
<888> 08/24/02 Saturday 11:15 A.M.: Yesterday I was up at 6 A.M. when a
friend called. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and then I had a coffee
outside. I rested from about 8 A.M. to
10 A.M.. A friend came by to visit at
noon. I had called around about Volvo
repairs, but World Class auto repair is no longer in business. With a friend
following me in his car, I drove my Volvo over to Autohaus on McGee Avenue in
Stamford, and the mechanic looked at my Volvo.
He said that the strut housing assembly, the strut, and the motor mount
would need to be replaced which would cost easily over $600. Since my Volvo is not worth that much, I
decided not to have it repaired. We drove over to Stamford on U.S. 1, and
apparently every time I went over a bump, the car leaked a bit of oil. We drove
back slowly on I-95 in traffic since there were less bumps. The round trip used about a third of quart of
oil. I need to find a new used car at a
reasonable price hopefully with lower mileage, not quite so old. We looked in the local paper, and then we
went out. We went by the Greenwich Hospital, and we looked at their bulletin
board. We went by Peabody’s garage and
looked at the cars there again. Next we
went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. We drove down by the waterfront. We returned to my place. I looked for cars on the internet. Ebay does not have cars listed by
locality. The dealer networks are too
expensive. We had dinner of defrosted
tomato meat sauce with spaghetti noodles and ice tea. After dinner, we went downtown and walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. We then returned
to my place, and we watched part of a DVD video disk. About 10:30 P.M., we went to bed. We were up at 7 A.M. this morning. We had scrambled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and then we had coffee outside. After cleaning up, we drove downtown by the
waterfront. We then drove over to the Riverside shopping plaza, and we looked
at their lots, but they did not have any cars there. We looked at the bulletin board at the Food
Emporium. We then went by the Greenwich
Library returned a DVD video disk. Next
we went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought 90% lean ground beef at $3.59 a
pound for $6.94 less a $2 off package coupon, S&S 8 ounces of grated
toppings with parmesan cheese $3.79, a 96 ounce container of Tropicana premium
with calcium for $3.99, a dozen large eggs $1.69, 3 packages of Rienzi #10
spaghetti noodles $2 all, five pounds of S&S sugar $2.39, four ears of
sweet corn .25 each, green squash at .99 a pound $1.38, yellow squash at .99 a
pound $1.23 for $22.41 total. We then
returned back to my place. My guest left
about 10 A.M.. I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then do my weekly house cleaning. I guess once I find a new used car, I will
donate my car to one of the charities that pick them up. My neighbor knows of a place that will pick
up the car even if it does not run. I
will be able to use it for two or three local trips a week until; I find a new
used car. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 9:45 P.M.: I just finished dinner. I found the old receipt for having the
driver’s side spring mount plate replaced on October 12, 1993. I was able to have World Class Auto Repair in
Stamford, Connecticut do it. They
charged me $41.80 for the pair of spring mount plates, $175 to remove the left
side strut housing and weld in the new spring mount with an arc welder plus $13
tax for $224 total. I would assume after nine years, they might have gone up a
bit in their price. I will call them up
tomorrow. I just went outside briefly,
and the skunk was taking another one of its evening strolls on our front
sidewalk. I am a bit tired, so I will go
to bed shortly maybe after watching a bit of television. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 8:45 P.M.: I examined the Volvo more closely, and
by the passenger side front tire, the McPherson strut spring lower plate which
was partially rusted through ten years ago when I got the Volvo finally has
rusted through, and the plate has sprung down and is resting near the passenger
side front tire. I replaced the part on the driver’s side ten years ago, and I
have the part for replacement on the passenger side front since they came in
pairs, however the only place that can do it is a truck repair place near
Stamford Volvo which has arc welding equipment.
I will have to find out their name from Stamford Volvo and see if I can
get them to fix it, providing there is no other damage. I have the old repair
bill in my file cabinet and about 10 years ago it was $200 to have the piece
welded in. As I say, one gets so good on
computers and gets the computer running so fine, that everything else starts
falling apart for lack of attention and funding. Well, I will now have the same
dinner as last night. Since I am a bit
tired, I will probably not be up late tonight.
I will try to get up earlier tomorrow to deal with the automobile repair
problem. I will probably need to have
the oil filter replaced also and the oil changed. However, since I can not get
underneath the car to access the extent of the damage, it hard to see if there
is any other damage. It sure does
explain the mechanical problems I have been having. There is less than a
quarter inch clearance between the broken spring plate and the passenger front
tire. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 7:55 P.M.: I was checking out underneath my
Volvo, and I was looking at the oil filter, and I discovered the motor mount
just beneath the oil filter has worn out and collapsed. It appears to be a piece of hard rubber that
has collapsed. Thus the engine on the
passenger side has collapsed an inch or so, and the oil filter is resting on
the motor mount. I would assume this is
why the motor fan is scraping against the fan shielding and is the reason the
car is leaking oil. I guess if Exxon can
take it tomorrow morning, I will drop it off there for them to inspect it. Of
course they might not be able to get the part right away. If not tomorrow, I will take it by on Monday
morning. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 6:25 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. today. I had breakfast of orange juice, three medium
boiled eggs, toast, vitamins, supplements, and then I had a cup of coffee
outside. I went out, and I stopped by
the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought 3 loaves of Freioffers 7 grain bread for
$3.48 all. I next stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then
made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went
down, and I sat out briefly. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then
went by Peabody’s garage, and I checked out their used car inventory. I was told by the proprietor that I might
check the fire break on my Volvo’s emission system. I just cleaned it a couple
of days ago. However, I returned home,
and I took it out again, and I cleaned it more thoroughly with some spray solvent
I had in the trunk. It was about 50% blocked.
I then cleaned another emissions valve also. I pushed much harder on the motor fan
shielding to hopefully realign it and have it stop scraping. Well, I will have to see how the car performs
for the next few days. I could not
tighten the oil filter, since I do not have the right wrench. It seems like maybe some oil was falling on
the exhaust system and smoking. Possibly
cleaning the fire break in the emissions system solved the problem. I just had a cold diet A&W root beer in a
frosted mug outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 7:25 A.M.: I finished the backup of the backup
computer. I will now shut down the
computers and head off to bed shortly. I
have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 6:25 A.M.: On the backup computer, I just started
the second part of two parts backup of the C: drive to the E: drive. With the backups on the backup computer, I
will not have much spare space on the three hard drives, but the backups are in
place, in case I want to do a quick restore if one of the drives needs to be
restored. I have enough space left on
the drives to run the systems as they are presently configured for backup use. I am watching a bit of morning television for
diversion. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 4:30 A.M.: I finished the backup of the E: drive
on the backup computer. I am now doing
the backup of the C: drive on the backup computer. I went outside briefly, and the skunk is
still lingering around the front sidewalk.
I am watching a bit of television while doing the backups on the backup
computer. I finished sifting through my
email and I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 2:50 A.M.: I am just about done with the first
part of the backup. I went outside
briefly, and the skunk was out on the front sidewalk. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 1:50 A.M.: On the backup computer when I boot the
full XP partition which is the E: drive with C: as the Windows ME drive, D: and
the CDplayer, and F: as the XP simple partition, I am backing XP full partition
E: drive except its E:\Windows directory to the F:\backupe1 folder. I will then
backup the E:\Windows to the C:\backupe2 folder. I then plan to try to backup the C: Windows
ME drive to the E:\backupc1 and E:\backupc2 folders if compression gives me
enough space. Windows XP backup does not use compression, but Windows ME backup
does. I will now do some regular work on the primary computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 1:20 A.M.: After dinner, I had the cappuccino
outside. The smaller skunk was out by
the power transformer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/02 Thursday 12:30 A.M.: For dinner, I am having cold slices
of top round of beef with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
steamed sweet corn on the cob with a steamed slices of green squash, and ice
tea. I guess since I will be up a while,
I will have a cappuccino afterwards. I
went outside briefly about ten minutes ago, and the smaller skunk was on the
sidewalk in front of the building. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/02 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.: I ran Norton Speed Disk on the E:
drive on the backup computer while I was out. I had a bit of a problem getting
the backup computer E: drive with XP and programs to boot, but with it
optimized it boots just fine. I drove
downtown and took a swing through town. I stopped by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought a white General Electric 3 outlet adaptor for $2.99, a Tony’s Pepperoni
pizza for $2.50, three S&S margarine for $2 all, two dozen large eggs $1.69
a dozen, four ears of sweet corn for .25 each, yellow squash at .99 a pound for
.90, green squash at .99 a pound for $1.33, and I returned .95 in cans and
bottles for $13.33 total. I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought two
half gallons of Tropicana premium orange juice at $2.99 each and a pint of
Edy’s mandarin orange sorbet for $1.99 for $7.97 total. I chatted with a local outside the Food
Emporium about what I have been up too, since he did not appear to be on the internet. I then returned home. I put the General Electric 3 plug adaptor on
the bathroom sink outlet, so I can plug in my Braun electric toothbrush and my
waterpik and also have the Coleman rechargeable flashlight plugged in at the
same location. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/02 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.: I was up at 3:30 P.M. this
afternoon. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplement, and then I had a coffee
outside. I fell back asleep until 8
P.M.. I had some of the Jell-o mixture with ice tea. I had an iced coffee outside. The smaller skunk was behind the wall next to
the front door. I just chatted with a
friend. I ran the Norton Utilities on
the backup computer C: and D: drive. I
am now running Norton Speed Disk on the E: drive on the backup computer. I will clean up and go out shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/02 Wednesday 5:35 A.M.: I had some of the Jell-o mixture and
ice tea. I watched some television. I
had some goldfish crackers with ice tea.
I will now shut down and go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/02 Wednesday 3:20 A.M.: I have finished everything I can
think of doing on the backup computer. I
am now running Norton Disk Doctor on all three drives. I will then setup the email account for
Outlook Express on the Windows ME partition. I then will run Norton WinDoctor
and Norton SpeedDisk on the Windows ME partition. I will then do the same on the Windows XP
simple boot partition. I might not finish this activity before going to bed in
which case I will do it when I work on the computers later today after
sleeping. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/02 Wednesday 3:00 A.M.: I finished installing the Favorites
in the Windows ME partition on the backup computer. I installed some other programs on the backup
computer Windows ME partition. The
Microsoft Hotmail login for the Microsoft Reader does not work which I think it
should. It still works on the primary
computer. I sifted through my email and
went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/02 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.: I am extracting to the C: Windows ME
backup computer partition my 74,000 Favorites from the backup of the Favorites
I made last May and put in *.zip format and saved on a CD/R. This will take a bit of time since it takes
WinZip a while to extract them. I will
do some regular work on the primary computer while I do this. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/02 Tuesday 10:30 P.M.: I finished putting away the
laundry. I am adding additional programs
and tweaking the Windows ME partition on the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/02 Tuesday 8:50 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M. this afternoon. I had oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
and supplements. I had a cup of coffee
outside. I cleaned the PCV valve on my Volvo, but it looked all right. I
cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by
Gateway Automotive, and I bought two quarts of Pennzoil 20W-50 and one quart of
10W-40 for $2.10 each for $6.30 total. I
put a half quart of 20W-50 in the car. I
think the Marvel Mystery oil might have thinned out my oil too much, so I am
trying to increase the viscosity. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I next
went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then stopped by Exxon, and I bought $13.55 of premium gasoline at $1.879 a
gallon. I am getting about 14.5 miles
per a gallon. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I then returned home. I had the same meal as
last night, but I had steamed frozen green peas. I had an iced coffee outside afterwards. I am about half way through the wash cycle on
my two loads of laundry. I put clean
sheets on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/02 Tuesday 3:25 A.M.: I put the Symantec Norton Firewall and
Norton System works on the backup computer XP simple boot partition. I ran the Norton Updates too. I tweaked some registry settings on the
backup computer Windows ME partition suggested by www.speedguide.net , but the internet speed on it is still about half
the speed of XP according to the broadband speed meter at www.circuitcity.com http://www.circuitcity.com/frame1.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1492164134.1029827983@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccddadcfmkighhdcfngcfkmdffhdffk.0&upper=head.jsp&lower=frame2.jsp&left=leftchilddept.jsp&right=departments.jsp&department=Broadband , however on both systems
after the first try I get from about 350 to 450. I went out, and I mailed the Siemens $40
mailin rebate at the Valley Road post office.
The car seems to be running pretty much the same as today. I guess I
will drive it for a number of days and check oil consumption and see if there
is any simple fixable solution. I still
need to somehow get the motor fan shielding not to slightly scrape against the
motor fan. Still the car seems reliable
enough for local transportation for the indefinite future. I will now shut down, and I will have some of
the Jell-o mixture with ice tea. Before going to bed, I will study the Chilton’s
Volvo manual that I have to see what they suggest. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/02 Tuesday 1:30 A.M.:
I have the Siemens $40 mail in rebate ready to mail. I installed the Siemens printer drivers
on the primary computer and the three
operating system partitions on the backup computer. I set the port on the
printers to use the Siemens printer drivers. Thus both computers can access all
three printers, except of course the Compaq IJ200 will not work with XP. I put the Compaq XP IJ200 on the box of IBM
inkjet paper between the two computers.
I tested the setup, and they work fine. However, the Epson status
monitor produced and error in XP, so I might disable it, but the printer still
prints. I am installing Norton Firewall and System Works on my backup computer
basic XP simple install. I made a mistake while installing, and I just now
remembered with two computers online, one can work on the other computer while
waiting for the tedious process of installation. I have to remember tomorrow that I should try
to tighten my oil filter with the oil filter wrench that I have in the
trunk. Hopefully the car will be all
right. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/02 Monday 9:55 P.M.:
I went to bed at 5:30 A.M. this past morning, and I was up at 1 P.M.. I
had a call from a friend this morning. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements, then I
had an iced coffee outside. I cleaned
up. I then stopped by the Greenwich
Library, and I returned two books and one DVD video disk. I had a 40 cent fine on one of the books. I
then stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove up to CompUSA in Norwalk. I
noticed while driving up at about 55 MPH, that my car was emitting a white oil
type smoke. I checked the car when I arrived
at CompUSA, and it looked like it might have a slight oil leak. At CompUSA, I bought the Siemens 4-Port
DSL/Cable Router with Built-in Print Server http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=288801 by www.speedstream.com for $69.99 plus $4.20 tax for $74.19 total. The product also has a mailin rebate of $40,
so it will eventually cost me $34.19. I
got the Siemens' rebate slip also. I
then drove back towards Greenwich along U.S. 1 avoiding high speed
driving. In Stamford, I stopped by
International Car Parts, and I bought two TRI 16 inch wiper blades for $8.66
each plus $1.04 tax for $18.36 total. I
then stopped by Feinsod Hardware store in Old Greenwich, and I bought a one
plug to three plugs with ground adaptor for $4.49 plus .27 tax for $4.76 total.
I then stopped by Charles Sudig lock smith on Greenwich Avenue, and I had two
copies made of my building entrance key for $5.36 total. I then returned home.
I checked out the car, and it had some leaking oil underneath the engine around
the splash plates. I decided to let it cool down. I had a diet A&W root beer in a frosted
mug outside. I then installed the three
plug adaptor wall plug behind the primary computer, and I plugged the two
control panels into it. I then opened up
the Siemens router. It came with a six
foot LAN cable. I plugged its power
transformer into the top control panel.
I then connected the power cord to the router. I put the router to the
left of the cable modem. I connected the cable modem to the router on the back
side. I connected my two computers to
two of the four front port connectors. When I turned on the cable modem, router
and primary computer, it all worked on line just fine. The backup computer
works fine online at the same time. I went through the basic setup of the
router, and it all seems to be working just fine. I will set up the print
server in a little while, so all my printers work from both computers. I went outside, and I checked with a
neighbor, if they needed a spare key, but they did not. I checked my Volvo once
it had cooled down. It needed two quarts
of Pennzoil 10W-40 oil which I put in. I tightened the valve cover, which had
its gasket replaced at Midas about three months ago. I will have to monitor the Volvo’s oil
consumption to see if I have a problem, of it was a loose valve cover. I also
tried adjusting the motor fan cowling, so it does not scrape. Anyway at fast idle the car seems to run fine.
Possibly when I put in the Marvel Mystery oil into the crankcase, it thinned
the oil out too much causing increased consumption. I came upstairs, and I had the same dinner as
last night except I had steamed frozen Brussels sprouts instead of squash. I had an iced coffee outside. I will now set up the printer server to my
printers. I will then start tweaking and
configuring the backup computer Windows ME partition. I put one of the two building keys I purchased
on my backup key chain and another key is one the wooden pineapple on the
dining room table. I first will fill out
the Siemens $40 mail in rebate. I just
finished chatting with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/02 Monday 3:15 A.M.: I worked on the backup computer Windows
ME partition. I am tired, so I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/18/02 Sunday 9:20 P.M.: My guest and I went out after the last
message. We drove down by the
waterfront. We then went to another
location down by the waterfront. We
returned back to my apartment. My guest
set up his Siemens’ 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone and answering machine. It
took a while since it is a complicated interface on the LCD display. It has good range to over 500 feet front and
back of the building. We tested it by
calling up my telephone number through the internet. We had the same dinner as last night except
the beef was cold with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce. My guest just left. I will now do a little computer work setting
up the Windows ME partition on the backup computer. My guest did not keep the Siemens’ telephone
box, so I put it in the false ceiling in panel between the front entrance and
the right living room closet. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/18/02 Sunday 3:30 P.M.: I put the tea mixture in the
refrigerator www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I opened up the packing
on a three pack of year 2000 Perrier that is chilled in the refrigerator. I put ten bottles of St. Pauli Girl dark beer
in the refrigerator to have along with
the 12 pack of Kennebunkport shipyard ale and a six pack of Lindener
Special beer that I keep in the refrigerator along with other cool beverages. I
keep a little beer around the house for guests.
This morning at 9 A.M., I put the Siemens’ 2.4 gigahertz cordless
telephone with answering machine batteries that my guest bought in the Radio
Shack battery charger. They are AA
Nickel cadmium. They should be fully
charged at 5 P.M.. Normally they would charge up in the phone. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/18/02 Sunday 3:00 P.M.: My guest and I were up at 7 A.M. this
morning. We had breakfast of scrambled
eggs, toast, orange juice, cantaloupe chunks with white grapes, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee outside. We went
out, and we drove down by the waterfront.
We went over to Tod’s Point, and my guest tried fishing at the southwest
area. The fish were not biting. We walked the 2.5 mile walk around Tod’s
Point. We sat out at the southwest area
for a while. We then drove back to
town. We stopped by the ATM machine at
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
We then stopped by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought two cartons of
Omni Ultra Lights 100s for $24 a carton for $48 total. We then returned back to my place. I had a cold diet Coke in frosted mug with
ice cubes and my guest had a cold A&W root beer in a frosted mug. We had the soda outside. We saw a red tail hawk around the building.
At Tod’s Point we saw baby Asian Pacific Japanese crabs in the tidal pools along
with a great grey and a great white herons and some egrets. For lunch we had Star-Kist solid white tuna
with Hellmann’s mayonnaise on Arnold’s Healthnut grain bread along with Lays
potato chips and ice tea. I also had an iced coffee outside. I am making up a batch of ice tea. For the dilute three quart mixture in heated
boiled water that I steep for an hour that I mix into the four three quart
jugs, I am using 13 types of tea or 21 tea bags total. I am using two Twinnings Earle Grey tea, one
Twinnings Lady Grey Tea, one Twinnings English breakfast, one Twinnings Irish
breakfast, one Twinnings Prince of Wales, two Lipton green tea, three Lipton
orange peako tea, one Ceylon green, one Ceylon peppermint herbal, one Ceylon
raspberry herbal, one Ceylon chamomile herbal, one Prince of Wales ashram tea,
and six Bigelow orange peako and cut black China tea along with a cup of sugar
and two teaspoons of Angostura bitters to be mixed with cold water for the 12
quart finished product. I make the ice
tea mixture more dilute since one tends to drink quite a bit of it particularly
during the hot summer days. Tomorrow
there is supposedly cool weather coming back into the area. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/02 Saturday 11:20 P.M.: I slept until 4 P.M. when a guest
showed up to visit. We went out, and we
drove over to the Cos Cob Food Mart. My guest bought green and yellow squash at
$1.29 a pound for $1.77. a top round roast at $2.59 a pound for $8.69, and four
ears of sweet corn for $1 for $11.46 total.
We then went drove down by the waterfront. Next we returned back to my place. I seasoned the roast with garlic powder,
ground black pepper, celery salt, Old Bay seasoning, Italian spices, oregano,
basil, and Texas Best barbeque sauce, and I cooked it at 350 degrees F. for 60
minutes in the convection oven. We had
it for dinner with steamed corn on the cob and steamed slices of yellow and
green squash along with ice tea. We then drove over to Staples in Port Chester
looking for the Siemens’ 2.4 gigahertz cordless phone with answering machine
with call ID for $40 on sale through today , but they were sold out. However, they checked their computer, and the
store in Stamford had 14, so we went over there and my guest bought one. We then returned back to my place, and we watched
a DVD video disk. My guest is staying
down for the night, and I am going to bed shortly. I just went out the side door, and there was
a skunk the size of a raccoon on the side yard.
I am using my spare key for the side entrance door key, since my usual
one does not seem to work anymore. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/02 Saturday 11:35 A.M.: I added most of the programs to the
C: Windows ME drive on the backup computer. I still have a few more to add and
some minor configuration work. I had
some of the Jell-o fruit mixture with ice tea.
I will now shut down and go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/02 Saturday 4:25 A.M.: While I was just out in the parking
lot, I accidentally stepped on one of those Zacadas, and it made quite a
racket. I am recharging the second set of Nickel Cadmium AAA batteries for the
wireless headphones, since I put in a fully charged set while I was house
cleaning and listening to music. The
pair on charge will be done at 9 A.M.. I guess, I will install some accessory
programs on the backup computer now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/02 Saturday 4:10 A.M.: I finished installing the second copy
of XP on the backup computer in the D: drive.
The boot manager works and recognizes Windows ME on the C: drive, a
basic XP installation on the D: drive, and the configured XP installation on
the E: drive. I think I might relax a
bit now. After having the cottage cheese and fruit, I got a bit of stomach gas.
I just recently bought the items, however I checked the temperature settings on
my refrigerator and it was set at “1” the lowest level, so I raised it to “4”
to be colder, with the maximum “6” as the coldest. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/02 Saturday 3:00 A.M.: On the backup computer after the last
install of Windows ME, the boot manager would not come up. I thus formatted both the C: and D: drives. I then installed Windows ME on the C:
drive. I did my house cleaning and
watering the plants while it was installing.
I am now installing Windows XP on the D: drive of the backup computer. It has about a half hour to go. I had a meal of cottage cheese, cantaloupe
chunks, and white grapes with ice tea. I
then had an iced coffee outside. Another
one of those two inch flies was by the side door. I think they might be Zacadas?. I just finished showering and cleaning
up. I am making up two quarts of coffee
for iced coffee. Once I have XP installed on the backup computer on the D:
drive, I will probably tweak the system a bit and install some other accessory
programs and files. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/02 Saturday 12:00 A.M.: I went outside briefly. A local raccoon seems to have replaced the
skunk. I have less than a minute on the
Windows ME installation in the D: drive on the backup computer. I will then have to rewrite the “boot.ini”
file on the C: drive to recognize the other partitions which is simple. Whether
the C: and E: drive XP partitions will work, I will have to wait and see. If
they work, I will install a few drivers and programs. If they do not work, it
means I will have to reinstall XP again to activate it. However, that might
cripple the D: drive Windows ME which seems to rely on files in the C: drive
for booting. I guess the ideal way would be to put Windows ME on the C: drive,
and install Windows XP to the D: and E: drive, but maybe in trying to save the
existing C: and E: installations I am creating more work. Anyway the E: drive XP partition should work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/02 Friday 11:25 P.M.: I was up at 8 P.M.. It looks like we
finally had some rain. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. On the backup computer, I turned off the CMOS
setup for the first C: drive and the third E: drive. I then installed Windows
ME in the D: drive. It boots fine with
the other drives turned off, but it does not boot with the two other drives
turned back on in the CMOS. I have the
boot manager “boot.ini” file setup properly. Now with all three drives turned
on in the CMOS, I am trying a Windows ME upgrade install to the D:\Windows
directory. I know it will work, but I am not sure whether it will cripple the
C: drive Windows XP Professional simple install or not. I guess I will see after installation to see
if all three drive boots works from the XP boot manager. Well this is what it is all about, trial and
error. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 08/16/02:
Note:
<888> 08/16/02 Friday 1:00 P.M.: I installed XP Professional on the C:
drive of the backup computer. I was able
to enable the backup computer E: drive boot of XP also with its fully
configured setup. Thus the C: drive boot up on the backup computer is a simple
XP boot up. I will use the D: drive for
backup. I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea while doing this. I will now
send out my weekly note, and then I will head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/02 Friday 8:15 A.M.: On the backup computer, after doing the
low level format of the C: drive, Fdisk now recognizes it. I installed Windows
ME on its C: drive, and then when I tried to install Windows 98 on the
d:\windows directory, the boot is off the C: drive erasing Windows ME. I guess, I could try to disable the C: drive
in the CMOS with Windows ME installed, and try to do a fake C: drive of the D:
drive of Windows 98 and then update it to 98SE.
However, I am tired. I just formatted the C: and D: drives again. I will
go to bed shortly. I guess I will eventually put ME on the C: drive and XP on
the E: drive, and use the D: drive for backup. I do not want to go through the
cumbersome process of trying to install Red Hat Linux 7.3 on the D: drive again
fiddling with the boot managers that may or may not conflict with XP when I
install it. Well have a good day. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/02 Friday 4:30 A.M.: Well first the bad news. While working
on the backup computer trying to make the Red Hat Linux partition bootable from
the D: drive, I somehow destroyed the Master Boot Record on the C: drive, so
none of the three drives would work. Fdisk did not recognize the first
drive. I am now running Maxtor PowerMax
to low level format the first hard drive.
I have already deleted the Red Hat Linux Partition on the D: drive. I
only have the XP partition on the third drive that will not work. I guess the way to go is once I get Fdisk to
recognize the first drive hopefully after doing the low level format, I will some
time in the future install Windows ME, the Red Hat Linux 7.3 bootable from the
D: drive then hopefully when I reinstall XP, it will recognize all three system
in the boot manager or be able to be configured in the “boot.ini” on the C:
drive to do so. This will all take some
time, and the Red Hat Linux 7.3 is still buggy when installing from the CD and
occasionally fails. I guess I will now
have some cottage cheese with cantaloupe chunks and white grapes along with ice
tea. The primary computer works just
fine, which is why I keep the backup computer for such ventures. I am a bit tired, so I might go to bed before
completing the attempt to Fdisk the first drive on the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/02 Thursday 11:20 P.M.: I looked at the section of the Que
Windows XP Professional manual about installing Linux on a second partition in
the XP boot manager, but after fiddling around with the idea, I finally figured
out that since I made my Linux partition on the backup computer bootable from
the Linux boot floppy, the procedure would not work. This took a bit of
time. Still there is lots of other
information in the XP manual to fiddle with.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/02 Thursday 8:00 P.M.: I had the same dinner as two and three
nights ago, but along with the sautéed boneless center cut pork chops, I had
sliced green squash and steamed corn on the cob, and I sautéed a peeled and
sliced onion with the pork chops. I had the dinner with ice tea, and I just had
an iced coffee outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/02 Thursday 6:55 P.M.: I napped until about 2:15 P.M.. I then
cleaned up, and I went out, and I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop, and they were closed at 3 P.M. in the hot weather. I then drove downtown. I walked the central
area of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by
the 70% off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a Black and
Decker Quick ‘N Easy X340 steam iron regularly $31.99 for $9.60 plus .58
tax for $10.18 total. I then walked up to CVS, and I bought five 6
ounce cans of Star-Kist chunk white tuna in water for .99 each for $4.95
total. I then walked back to my car, and
I sat out briefly. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I next stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I finished reading the last article in PC magazine about
computer research, and then I read the Greenwich Times. I checked out the Que book “Special Edition
Using Microsoft Windows XP Professional”.
I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two green squash at .99 a
pound for $1.01, and one yellow squash at .99 a pound .80 plus a two pound bag
of onions for $1.49 for $3.30 total. I
then returned home. I had a diet A&W
root beer in a frosted mug. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/02 Thursday 1:15 P.M.: I had some potato chips and Kraft
French onion dip before going to bed last night. I was up at 11 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, orange juice,
toast, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.
I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/02 Thursday 1:40 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular computer
work. I will now shut down and go to bed
early. I will first have some Edy’s
Mandarin orange sorbet. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/02 Thursday 1:15 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I noticed when I went outside for a smoke,
there appears to be what looks like a dead two inch long bee by the east side
door. On returning inside by the front
door, I saw the same two inch long horse fly that was there last night. The two inch long horse fly seems to return
every year when it is hot. I have seen it many times before. Maybe the two inch long horse fly did in the
two inch long bee. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/02 Wednesday 11:20 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I read part of PC magazine. I then went downtown, and I
walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then returned home. I watched some television. I had some goldfish crackers with ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/02 Wednesday 7:30 P.M.: For dinner, I had a couple of scoops
of cottage cheese, with cantaloupe chunks and white grapes along with ice tea,
and then I had an iced coffee outside. I
will now clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/02 Wednesday 6:30 P.M.: I updated my advertisements www.geocities.com/mikelscott/adv.htm . I still have not earned any income from advertising. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/02 Wednesday 4:35 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M.. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I watched a bit of television. It is 93 degrees Fahrenheit outside. I
am making up a Jell-o mixture. I am using two packages of black cheery Jell-o,
and I am adding two cups of boiling water which I will stir in a Pyrex bowl for
two minutes with the boiling water. I will then put in two cups of orange
juice, and I will add some of the cantaloupe chunks and white grapes to the
mixture, and I will chill it all in the refrigerator for a half dozen hours
until it sets. Be careful, the Jell-o
can stain white formica counter tops. Well, it is a bit hot out, so I am just
staying next to the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with a
remote control to stay cool http://www.geappliances.com/shop/prdct/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/02 Wednesday 3:00 A.M.: I just had some cantaloupe chunks and
white grapes with ice tea. Try this www.google.com translation link for French news in English http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Flemonde.fr&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools . I will now shut down and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/02 Wednesday 2:20 A.M.: I just fixed the click through links
on the www.geocities.com/mikelscott/lang.htm page. When you click through from one of Scott’s
Homepages in the foreign language the sub pages come up in that language, and
some of the click through links in the directory seem to come up in the foreign
languages. Sacre Bleu! Nous sommes tres internationale. CIO
Note: <888>
08/14/02 Wednesday 1:05 A.M.: I made up a page of other language links www.geocities.com/mikelscott/lang.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/02 Tuesday 11:25 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I returned back to my apartment.
I chatted with a friend. I
watched a bit of television. I had some
Edy’s Mandarin orange sorbet. I also had some goldfish crackers with ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/02 Tuesday 8:00 P.M.: I had the same meal as last night
except I had steamed sliced green squash instead of yellow squash. I will now
clean up and go out for some outside activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/02 Tuesday 6:55 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I fiddled with Red Hat Linux 7.3 on the
backup computer partition. I can not get
the Epson or Compaq printers to work with it. I tweaked some settings. I will now do some regular work on the
primary computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/02 Tuesday 4:05 P.M.: I had some goldfish crackers before
going to bed last morning. I was up at
2:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins and supplements. I had an iced
coffee outside. I adjusted the motor fan shield on my Volvo, so it does not
make a slight scraping noise. I also topped up the oil. I just chatted with a
relative, and I am about to call back.
It is 98 degrees Fahrenheit, so stay cool. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/02 Tuesday 5:05 A.M.: I installed Star Office 5.3 for Linux
on the backup computer Linux partition. I was not able to copy a CD/RW disk on
the backup computer with Linux running to copy my directory on to the Linux
partition, although other CDs including audio work on it. I will now shut down
and go to bed shortly. I just had some
cantaloupe chunks with grapes and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/02 Tuesday 1:50 A.M.: I searched the phrase “Linux Download”
at www.google.com . and I came up with these Linux links www.geocities.com/mikelscott/linux.htm . I also noticed that
StarOffice 5.3 for Linux is still available for download from http://linux.tucows.com/toppicks.html if one is not satisfied
with www.openoffice.org . I will now download and install the Star Office
5.3 on my backup computer Linux partition.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/02 Monday 11:20 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper. I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out briefly. I then went down by the waterfront, and I
chatted with a regular fisherman. The
fish were not biting. I then went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought a 48 tea bag package of Lipton Green Tea for
$3.19. I the went back downtown, and I
walked the upper part of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I just now returned back to my apartment, and
I am having a glass of ice tea. I have
enough varieties of different teas to make up my usual mixture of various teas
when I blend up a large batch of tea for ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/02 Monday 8:00 P.M.: After dinner, I cut into chunks the two
cantaloupes and picked off the seedless green grapes from the stems, and I
mixed them together. I put the mixture
into Rubbermaid containers in the refrigerator.
I will now go out for a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/02 Monday 6:35 P.M.: I was up at noon. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had an iced coffee outside. I went out about 2 P.M., and I went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a Defcon 1 Notebook Computer Security
System for $1.50. The box has not been
opened. I think it has a steel cable with an alarm for attaching to a Laptop
computer. I do not think I need to use it with my $5 laptop at the moment. I
then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next sat out
downtown in the park. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then made my 4:15
P.M. appointment. I then drove over to the Cos Cob Foot Mart, and I bought two
pints of low fat Hood cottage cheese for $1.50 each pint, two packs of three
boneless center cut pork chops for $2.49 a pound for $2.89 and $2.89 each three
chop pack, four ears of sweet corn for .25 each for $1, and two extra large Del
Monte cantaloupes .99 each for $11.76 total.
I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a bulb of garlic at $2.69
a pound for .48, white seedless grapes at .79 a pound for $1.87, a quart of
Island Breeze Lysol $2.99, a 8 pack of S&S hotdog rolls .89, two 25 bag
packages of five varieties of Twinnings tea for $2.50 each box, Khans Jumbo
franks buy one get one free $3.79 both, S&S lemon dish washing detergent
quart $1.99, a dozen large eggs $1.69 for $19 total. I then returned home, and I had a chilled
diet A&W root beer in a frosted mug outside. I will now sauté two boneless center cut pork
chops in olive oil, margarine, and chopped garlic seasoned with garlic powder,
ground black pepper, celery salt, Old Bay seasoning, Italian spices, oregano,
basil and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce. I will have them with two ears
of steamed sweet corn and steamed slices of yellow squash, and ice tea. I will then have an iced coffee outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/02 Monday 1:55 A.M.: I watched a DVD video disk. I had some
goldfish crackers and ice tea. I will
now rest for a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/02 Sunday 10:35 P.M.: I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and
mustard and ketchup, a dill pickle slice, potato chips and ice tea. I rested until about 10:15 P.M.. I just had
some goldfish crackers. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/02 Sunday 8:00 P.M.: I downloaded an installed the RealOne
alpha Linux I386 player on to my backup computer. It did not install the Netscape plugin
properly, so it would not play without entering the URL directly. I finally put
on the Linux I386 Real Player 8 on to the backup computer Linux partition, and
it works fine from Netscape playing the Audio or Video files linked in
Netscape. This all took a bit of
tinkering. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/02 Sunday 3:50 P.M.: I was up at 11 P.M., and I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins and
supplements. I had an iced coffee
outside. I rested some more until 3 P.M.. I just had a Mrs. Paul’s stir fry
meal which is mostly rice along with ice tea.
I am now having an iced coffee. I
will now fiddle with Linux on the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/02 Sunday 1:05 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular computer
work. I will now have a couple of scoops of Godiva Belgium chocolate ice cream.
I will shut down now and go to bed shortly.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/02 Saturday 11:30 P.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at
a couple of locations. I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea earlier this
evening before dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/02 Saturday 10:25 P.M.: I watched a bit of television. I read a bit.
I had the same meal as last night except, I had green squash instead of
yellow squash. I also finished up the
eye round. I think I will go downtown
for a change at night. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/02 Saturday 6:35 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I then went by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went by Exxon, and I bought $13 of
premium gasoline at $1.779 a gallon. I got about 12 miles per a gallon on the
last tank. I then stopped by CVS, and I bought a 1.5 liter of CVS yellow mouth
wash for $3.99, a two 16 ounce bottle pack of 25% more of European Mystique
shampoo and conditioner for $1.79 both, and two packs of Dove sensitive skin
soap for $2.37 plus .49 tax for $8.64
total. I then walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I next drove down by the waterfront.
I next sat out briefly at the Greenwich Library. I then returned home. I had a diet A&W
root beer in a frosted mug outside. I am
making up two quarts of coffee for iced coffee.
It is suppose to be hot the next five days, so stay cool. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/02 Saturday 4:05 P.M.: I finished house cleaning. I also finished backing up the computer from
the C: drive to the E: drive. I just had
lunch of two hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard and potato chips and ice
tea. I had an iced coffee outside. I just chatted with a relative. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh
air. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/02 Saturday 12:15 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M.. I had a
telephone call from a friend about 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I will now start my house cleaning. I will do a C: drive to E: drive backup while
doing the house cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/02 Saturday 1:05 A.M.: I finished making the ice tea. I went
through my daily routine www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm and sifting through my email. I will now shut
down and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/02 Friday 11:35 P.M.: For dinner, I had three one quarter
inch thick slices of cold eye round with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce
and horse radish, steamed sliced yellow squash, steamed corn on the cob, and
ice tea. I am making up another batch of
ice tea. I am out of the Twinnings Prince of Wales tea, and the Twinnings
Ceylon Tea, and the Twinnings Black Current tea, and the Lipton Green Tea.
However, I still have the four types of Ceylon tea, about a 100 count box and a
half of Lipton tea, about 20 bags of Twinnings Earle Grey tea, and six 100
count boxes of Bigelow tea, along with about ten bags of Prince of Wales Bombay
tea. Thus, in this most recent mixture,
I used one each of the four Ceylon tea, one Twinnings Earle Grey, Prince of
Wales, and Ceylon, five Lipton orange peako, one Lipton green tea, eight
Bigelow, and one Prince of Wales Bombay along with the usual two teaspoons of
Angostura bitters and a cup of sugar for the solution to make 12 quarts of ice
tea. The Ceylon mixtures of tea are green tea, chamomile, raspberry, and
peppermint. I am using a few more tea
bags to make the mixture slightly stronger.
I hope Twinnings does not mind.
I will now have a couple of scoops of Godiva Dark Belgium chocolate ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/02 Friday 10:05 P.M.: I went out, and I returned a DVD video
disk at the library drop. I then walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four ears of corn for .20 each for .80, two
green squash at .99 a pound for .94, and two yellow squash at .99 a pound for
.94 for $2.91 total. I then went to the
Food Emporium, and I bought two 38 ounce boxes of Pepperidge Farm goldfish
crackers for $5.79 each box, and two pints of Godiva ice cream for $1.99 each
for $15.56 total. I then went by Var Max Liquor pantry in Port Chester, New
York, and I bought three 1.5 liter bottles of Rene Junot white wine for $5.99
each minus .60 discount on each bottle plus $1.09 tax for $17.26 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I am watching a bit of
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/02 Friday 4:45 P.M.: I found this site www.audiobooksforfree.com that has free downloadable audio books. I downloaded “Tarzan” and “A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”. With
Real One Player, I created audio play lists to play the chapters sequentially.
I created shortcuts in my desktop audio folder to play the books. I thought about burning the books to CD, but
in the audio MP3 format they are in, it would take quite a few CD/Rs to burn
them. Well, I guess I will now have a
couple of hotdogs with buns and ketchup and mustard along with potato chips and
ice tea. I will then have an iced coffee
outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/02 Friday 1:35 P.M.: I
setup the CMOS on the backup computer, so the boot manager loads on
startup. To do this, I have the first
boot drive as Floppy A: with floppy
drive seek enabled and the IDE0 or the C: drive to boot second, so when the
boot manager appears one can boot Windows ME from the C: drive, Windows XP from
the third drive, and with the A: drive Linux boot disk, one can boot D: or the
second drive into Redhat Linux 7.3. I
also ran Norton Win Doctor on the XP partition, and installed some updates from
Windows update. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 08/09/02:
Note:
<888> 08/09/02 Friday 12:25 P.M.: I received a telephone call from a
relative at 7 P.M. this morning. I slept until 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements. I had coffee outside. I will now send out my weekly notes and do a
little bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/02 Thursday 10:55 P.M.: My guest and I went out after the
last message. We stopped by the
Greenwich Library and returned a DVD video disk. We went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop and dropped off the old Hoover vacuum cleaner. We sat down by the waterfront for about an
hour. We went by another location on the
waterfront. I gave several locals copies
of the Greenwich Tide chart. We went back by the Greenwich Library, and I
checked out a DVD video disk. We returned
back to my apartment. We walked around the playing fields in the back yard. We
had Carr’s crackers and Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. We had the same
dinner as last night along with coffee outside.
We watched half of the DVD video disk. Then we started watching a
television movie. My guest left at 9:15 P.M.. I just finished watching another
television movie. I guess I will shut
down the computer and head off to bed shortly.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/02 Thursday 12:45 P.M.: I finished sifting through my
email. Yesterday evening, I put a third
of a bottle of CVS drain cleaner in the bathroom sink drain, and I left it in
several hours. I then ran hot water and
used the plunger, and I now have the bathroom sink drain cleared out. Since I shave with shaving cream and a throw
away razor, the bathroom sink drain tends to build up a soap and facial hair
build up over time clogging it. I just
finished cleaning up. My guest just
arrived. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/02 Thursday 11:35 A.M.: I just used the new Hoover upright
vacuum cleaner to vacuum the apartment.
It works perfectly fine. It seems
to do a better job than the vintage Electrolux power nozzle system that might
not have as much suction. I just picked
up the mail. I have a guest coming to
visit at noon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/02 Thursday 10:50 A.M.: I had some Carr’s crackers and
Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese last night before going to bed. I went
outside briefly, and the skunk was by the front entrance. I went to bed about 3
A.M., and I was up at 9 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins and
supplements. I had coffee outside. I will now test my new Hoover upright vacuum
cleaner to see if it works properly by vacuuming the apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/02 Thursday 12:35 A.M.: I went through my normal computer
routine. I will now shut down and go to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/02 Wednesday 11:25 P.M.: I finished the laundry, and I put it
all away. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/02 Wednesday 10:40 P.M.: I printed out ten copies of the
Greenwich, Connecticut tide chart for August 2002 in black and white on the
Epson Stylus Color 880 printer. It will
not print out on the HP LaserJet II D printer.
I also just now put in a new color ink cartridge in the Epson Stylus
Color 880 printer. I will post one copy
on the bulletin board in the laundry room, and I will keep about 6 copies in
the car for handing out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/02 Wednesday 10:10 P.M.: I put the laundry in the dryers. If
one should be interested in local tide charts, this link would prove useful http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/tidectw.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/02 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I just started
three loads of laundry. I also changed
the sheets on my bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/02 Wednesday 8:30 P.M.: After the last message, I went
downtown, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a green and beige like new Hoover
upright vacuum cleaner for $20. It is
similar to the one I have that is worn out.
I will donate the old one tomorrow to the Hospital Thrift shop. I put
the new one in my bedroom closet next to the two vintage Electrolux vacuum
cleaners. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next
paid my rent at the First Union National Bank on Havemeyer Place. I then drove down by the waterfront. I
stopped by the ELDC thrift shop, and I bought a 6 foot shielded stereo audio
cable with 2 pairs of RCA male plugs for a dollar. I next drove over to Tod’s
Point, and I sat out briefly and then I drove around. I then went by Staples. I
next went by Radio Shack at the Riverside Shopping Plaza. They carry a USB to USB cable for $45 that
one could use to network two computers together. It seems a bit expensive, but it has some
sort of in line electronics. I viewed the store’s merchandise for future
reference. I then drove downtown, and I walked the central Greenwich area. I
stopped by Zyn Stationary, and I bought a #29 quick pick scratch card for a
dollar. I will scratch it shortly. I
then sat out briefly. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then drove to
another location on the waterfront. I was told that the Greenwich Marine patrol
use channel 12 on the ship to shore radio. I next stopped by the Greenwich
Library. I then went by the Stop and
Shop, and I bought fresh green beans at .99 a pound for $1.07, four ears of
sweet corn at .20 each for .80, four half gallons of Tropicana Premium orange
juice with calcium for $2 each, two Mrs. Paul’s Shrimp frozen stir fry for
$2.50 each, a eye round roast at $1.99 a pound for $4.56, Five Brothers creamy alfredo
garlic sauce for $2 for $21.43 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I had a cold A&W root
beer in a frosted mug outside. I then
used the stereo cable to reconnect my old Zenith shortwave radio to my
amplifier. It plays through the
amplifier when one selects “phono”. I connected the plug-in electric antenna to
it. I set it to the right of the TEAC
DVD player. Thus one can listen to
conventional shortwave broadcasts in case the internet should not work. I then sat outside briefly. I am now cooking at 350 degrees Fahrenheit
for 50 minutes the eye round. I seasoned both sides with garlic powder, ground
black pepper, celery salt, and Texas Best barbeque sauce. I will be having it with steamed fresh corn
on the cob and steamed fresh green beans along with ice tea. I chatted with a friend who will be down at
noon tomorrow. I will now scratch the
scratch card. I just scratched it, and I
did not win. I also put $10 on my
laundry card. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/02 Wednesday 12:40 P.M.: I had lunch of the rest of the
cantaloupe chunks with blue berries and the remainder of the Jell-o mixture
along with ice tea. I had an iced coffee outside. I will now go out downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/02 Wednesday 12:00 P.M.: I went over to the Vitamin Shoppe http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/ at the Port Chester, New York A&P shopping
center. I bought Vitamin Shoppe products
of Glucosamine and Chondroitin with MSM 240 capsules for $34.77, deodorized
garlic 500 mg. 100 capsules $5.37, B-Complex 100 mg. 100 capsules $11.37, B-12
500 mg. 100 capsules $4.77, Echinacea Goldenseal complex 300 capsules $20.37,
Niacinamide 500 mg. 100 capsules $4.77, one daily multivitamin with lutein 100
tablets $10.47, MSM 1000 mg. 300 capsules $32.37, E-400 IU 100 tablets $6.38,
C-500 complex 100 tablets $4.77, and Natures Benefit Marine Coral Minerals
ocean bed coral calcium 60 capsules $20.97 plus I had a $10 off Vitamin Shoppe
mail coupon for $146.38 total. I will
now put the vitamins and supplements away.
I decided to start taking B-12 again too. I take all of these vitamins and supplements
every day along with one aspirin and one other prescription medication. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/02 Wednesday 10:45 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this morning when
I received a telephone call from a friend.
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had a coffee
outside. I checked my email. I received five crank fax calls and one crank
call in the last hour. I will now clean up and go to the Vitamin Shoppe in Port
Chester, New York to restock my supply of vitamins and supplements. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/02 Tuesday 10:50 P.M.: My guest, and I were up last Saturday
morning at 4 A.M.. We had breakfast of
scrambled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements, and then we had
coffee outside. We left for Maine about
5:30 A.M.. We stopped at a rest area between New Haven and Hartford on
I-91. We also stopped at the
Massachusetts turnpike rest area after one gets on the Massachusetts turnpike
after I-84. Then to I-295 to I-495, and
we stopped before Lowell, Massachusetts for gasoline at a Mobil station. We drove on until the shopping Malls at
Kittery, Maine arriving at 10:30 A.M.. We toured the Eddie Bauer warehouse
outlet where merchandise was 50% to 70% off.
I went to the Cambridge Sound outlet, and I bought a Creative Labs
Cambridge Sound computer sound system in black with two satellite speakers and
a bass sub woofer for $39.99 plus $2 tax for $41.99 new Creative Labs : like this item link but
new not refurbished. They had much more
expensive audio items which I could not afford.
We finally arrived in Kennebunkport about 11:30 A.M.. I tried finding a
relative we were going to stay with, and I tracked them down by about 1:30 P.M.
with help from another relative. We
relaxed on the beach while waiting. We
stopped by the place where we stayed, and then we drove over to Cape Purpose
and viewed the harbor. We then returned back to the place where we were
staying, and we changed into swim suits and went to the beach. We returned back to our place and
visited. For the next few days through
Tuesday, I visited with relatives and friends.
I went to the beach in the mornings and afternoons. Several times we had lobster or crab salad
for meals. We also ate at Bennett’s
sandwich shop. I took a few
pictures. We had a bad thunderstorm on
Monday night. I helped prepare some
meals. We had scrambled eggs and toast
and coffee for breakfast along with orange juice. We left at 1 P.M. on Tuesday. We stopped at Kittery on the way down. I browsed
Cambridge Sound again. We went to the
Rockport Reebok store, and they have buy one pair get one pair 50% off. On the way down, we stopped at the rest area
on the Massachusetts turnpike, and another rest area between Hartford and New
Haven. We returned back to my place
about 7:10 P.M.. We split a Stouffer’s
20 ounce lasagna and had it with cantaloupe chunks and blue berries and ice
tea. My guest left at 8:30 P.M.. I
installed the new Creative Sound speakers, and the sound quality is much
better. They all turn on with the same
switch as before on the primary computer control panel. I unpacked my bags. I will have to do laundry tomorrow or the
next day. I am a bit tired, so I will be
going to bed in a little while. While in
Kennebunkport, I also bought a 12 pack of Shipyard’s Captain’s collection of
beers from KBC Coffee and Dry Goods for $14.97, which I put in my refrigerator.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/02/02 Friday 6:55 P.M.: I went downtown after the last
message. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. The friend I am traveling with tomorrow has
arrived. I will be gone from tomorrow
morning until Monday. We have a severe
thunderstorm coming in, so I might shut down shortly depending on the intensity
of the storm. If so this would be the
last message for the evening. I plan to
have for dinner the cantaloupe and blueberry mixture along with a tuna fish
sandwich and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/02/02 Friday 2:40 P.M.: I went downtown, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I walked around the middle part of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out briefly. I went down by the waterfront. I stopped
by the local Greenwich Library, and I ran into a local author, and I bought a
copy of his book about Greenwich for $20 to give to a relative for a gift. The author signed the book to them. I
returned home because it was a bit warm. I had a diet A&W root beer in a
frosted mug. I chatted with a neighbor. I had some reheated rice and a dozen
Carr’s crackers with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese along with
ice tea. I guess I will do some regular computer work now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/02/02 Friday 10:45 A.M.:
I had an early lunch of cantaloupe chunks with blueberries and ice
tea. I then had an iced coffee
outside. I will now go out for daytime
activity. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 08/02/02:
Note:
<888> 08/02/02 Friday 9:20 A.M.: I was up at 5:30 A.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had a cup of coffee outside. I finished upgrading the updates on Red Hat
Linux 7.3 on the backup computer. I also
installed Open Office for Linux http://openoffice.org/ on the backup computer Linux partition. I then went outside, and I washed my car with
Turtle Wax car wash using a hose and bucket, and I cleaned the white wall tires
with an SOS pad. I also cleaned the interior of the car windows with glass
cleaner. One of my neighbors two nights
ago had her car catch fire from spontaneous combustion from a piece of paper
that she left in the front seat of the car.
The fire department responded, and the car was a total loss. In the summer it can get very hot in a closed
car, and depending on the angle of the sun’s rays coming into a car, one can
get spontaneous combustion on items like paper.
This is why down south in the warmer climates they tint windows
darker. I have been keeping a roll of
paper towels in my back window of my car, and they were very dry, so I moved
them to the trunk, so they would not have the same effect of spontaneous
combustion. Also in one’s house if one
has a glass vase in the window with water depending on the angle the sun
reflects through the vase and the water, one can get spontaneous combustion
like the same effect when a camper uses a magnifying glass to start a fire in
the sun. I just had some ice tea and I
took a shower. Well, I will stay in
until the mail arrives. I will now send
out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/02 Thursday 9:15 P.M.: I chatted with a neighbor. I had dinner of the cantaloupe and blue
berries along with the Jell-o mixture. I
will now shut down and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/02 Thursday 7:30 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and
I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went to the
central Greenwich Post office, and I obtained two money orders for .90 cost
each to pay my Verizon and my North East Utilities bills. I then sat out briefly downtown. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went back by Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I then went by the
library. I next went by the Food
Emporium, and I bought four more 13 ounce bags of Hassle nut coffee for $1.50
each bag, plus buy one six pack and get one free of A&W diet root beer for
$2.99 both packs, and .60 can deposit for $9.77 total. I then went by Stop and Shop, and I bought a
10 quart pack of S&S dry milk for $5.49, two bars of Vermont extra sharp
cheddar cheese for $1.99 each bar, a Marie Callander beef tips dinner for
$2.50, and a jar of Hell of a good horse radish for $2.19 for $14.16 total. I
returned home, and I put away my purchases.
I then had a frosted diet Coke in a frosted mug outside. I am just finishing up making up a three jug
batch instead of a four jug batch of ice tea. I should be ready to refrigerate
it shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/02 Thursday 1:00 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and
I stopped by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought two cartons of Omni Lights
100s for $24 a carton for $48 total. I
then went by Exxon next to the library, and I bought $12.75 of premium at
$1.779 a gallon. I am getting closer to
15 miles per gallon now. I then went
downtown, and I mailed the EPO 58 X CDplayer $20 rebate at the post office, and
I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by at CVS, and I bought two Glade
plugin refills Hawaiian scent at $1.99 apiece plus .24 tax for $4.22
total. I then bought a quart container
of CVS drain cleaner for $2.99 plus .18 tax for $3.17 total. I sat out briefly. I then went by the waterfront. I next stopped by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop, and I bought two cut glass crystal globes for .50 each for $1
total. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I checked out a book and a DVD video disk. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought four 13 ounce bags of Hazelnut coffee beans for $1.50 each, $2.39 off
each one, two pints of blueberries for $1.50 each, two six packs of A&W
diet root beer buy one get one free plus .60 deposit plus .18 tax for $12.77
total. I then went by the Stop and Shop,
and I bought S&S Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $1.99 each, a dozen
large eggs $1.69, two eight packs of S&S hotdogs rolls $1.19 each pack,
Lays potato chips large bags buy one get one free $2.99 both, and two large
cantaloupes for .89 each for $10.83 total.
I then returned home, and I had an A&W root beer in a frosted
mug. I put the crystal globes in the
Williamsburg scones. I then broiled a
shell steak and I had it for lunch with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
steamed white rice with India hot curry, margarine, and sesame oil seasoning,
and steamed frozen Brussels sprouts, along with ice tea. I then had an iced coffee outside. I next peeled and cut into chunks the two
cantaloupes and I added the two pints of blueberries, and I put the mixture in
the refrigerator in Rubbermaid containers.
I put a new Glade plugin Hawaiian scent in the kitchen Glade
holder. I have a 3 P.M. appointment this
afternoon. I might go out a little bit
earlier and pay a couple of minor bills.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/02 Thursday 7:15 A.M.: I sifted through my email and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I was able to download install most of the
Red Hat Linux 7.3 updates to my backup computer before their server was
restricted to subscription users again.
I have cleaned up, so I will now go out for some day time activity
shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/02 Thursday 5:15 A.M.: I noticed in today’s Greenwich Time http://www.greenwichtime.com/ that yesterday, a dump truck up by the Merritt
Parkway bridge on North Street knocked down the telephone wires and optic
fibers that service the area north of that area. Thus there might be some high baud users up
that way whom are without telephone or high speed optic fiber service according
to the article. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/02 Thursday 5:05 A.M.: I will be leaving early Saturday
morning with a friend to drive up to Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm to visit with relatives
through Monday. I was not able to
upgrade Red Hat Linux 7.3 on the backup computer since their server is busy right
now and restricted to subscribers. I
received an alert this week from Volcano listserv that a volcano in Alaska was
on orange alert, but there is nothing on their server http://www.avo.alaska.edu/avo4/updates/updates.htm to indicate any
activity. I will now do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note: <888>
08/01/02 Thursday 3:55 A.M.: I was up at 3:30 A.M.. I will now have breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins and
supplements. I will have coffee outside. I will start the upgrades on the backup
computer of Red Hat Linux 7.3. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 7:35 P.M.: I
had two 1/3 inch thick slices of cold eye round with Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce and reheated green peas and reheated rice along with ice
tea. I have to pay bills tomorrow, so I will be shutting down the computer now
and relaxing before I go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 6:10 P.M.: I
went out, and I mailed a letter at the Valley Road Post Office. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I went by CVS. I next went downtown, and I went to the
central Greenwich Post Office, and I bought twenty 37 cent U.S.A. flag stamps
for $7.40. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.
I noticed they are offering subscriptions to “Friends of the Greenwich
Library”. I next went to Exxon, and I
bought $4.25 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.699 a gallon for 24 miles per
gallon. I then returned back to my
apartment. I put $5 on my laundry
card. I just chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 12:45 P.M.:
I checked my mail. I did some
paper work. I will go out to mail a
letter in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 11:50 A.M.:
I was up at 8:30 A.M. when one of the painters knocked on my apartment
front door to paint the hallway side of the front door. I now have to wait for it to dry before I can
go out. For the last week or so they
have been painting the hallways in the building. I am not having them paint my apartment interior,
since there is way too much stuff to move.
I just had a cold eye round sandwich with Hellmann’s mayonnaise and
McHilney Tabasco sauce along with salt and pepper and potato chips and a dill
pickle slice and ice tea. I then had a
50% Folgers decaffeinated instant coffee and 50% Brazilian instant coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 4:20 A.M.: I
am getting tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed in a
little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 3:15 A.M.:
Guess Where http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&scale=5000&X=529068&Y=179676&gride=0&gridn=0 ? CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 3:05 A.M.: I
sifted through my email. I had a piece
of pumpkin pie. I watched some
television. I will do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 1:35 A.M.: I just received email from www.dns2go.com that they are going to start charging $10 a year as
of October 1, 2002 to forward my web address http://mrscott.com/ to http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ . I
do not plan to pay for this service, so as of October 15, one will have to use
the web address http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ to access my web site. I will probably let the Internic name
“mrscott.com” lapse in March 2003 when it expires. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 1:20 A.M.:
For those of you whom are not afraid of getting a sun tan and have a few
extra bucks kicking around, try this link http://www.forbes.com/2001/06/07/0607feat.html . For the rest of you whom might like to get a
sun tan on a lower budget try http://www.navy.mil/ or http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/ if you happen to be on the other side of the
pond. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/30/02 Monday 12:45 A.M.:
I was looking at Microsoft’s annual report http://www.microsoft.com/msft/ar.htm , and presently as of June 2002, they have
$38,652 millions in cash and short term investments. That is $38.652 billion. Maybe Microsoft should open up a bank. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/29/02 Sunday 10:55 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the Stop
and Shop. I bought a Black Angus eye
round regularly $4.69 a pound for $2.99 a pound on sale for $6.16, and a dozen
large eggs for $1.69 for $7.85 total. I
then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I noticed as usual on Sunday night they had
live music at the Thataway Café. I drove
down by the waterfront. It does not look
like the Delamar Hotel will be open tomorrow.
I checked www.expedia.com , and the first date it takes for a Delamar Hotel
reservation is October 12 through October 13, 2002. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street, but their machine only allows increments of
$50 withdrawals, so I went to the Putnam Trust Bank of New York ATM machine on
Greenwich Avenue which allows $20 increments.
I then returned home. I put away
the ice tea. I took the Black Angus eye
round, and I seasoned it on both sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder,
ground black pepper, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices,
oregano, basil, and Texas Best Barbeque sauce.
I am cooking it in the convection microwave oven for the two pound eye
round at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes.
I will have a couple of slices of it for dinner with steamed white rice
with six pads of margarine and a teaspoon of sesame oil in the cup of white
Carolina rice mixture with a cup and a half of water cooked in the China
village rice steamer in the GE microwave oven for 11 minutes and let stand for
five minutes along with steamed frozen green peas and ice tea, and then I will
have a cappuccino outside. I also left
eight quarters in the Hyundai change receptacle for parking. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/29/02 Sunday 7:55 P.M.: I
had a slice of pumpkin pie and ice tea.
I will clean up shortly, and I will go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/29/02 Sunday 7:35 P.M.: I
rested until 12:30 P.M. until when a relative called. I called back the relative. I slept until 4 P.M., when I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements. I then had a coffee outside. I then rested until 7 P.M.. I am now making
up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm using 22 tea bags of 13
different types. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/29/02 Sunday 1:35 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. Today is Michaelmas http://web.onetel.net.uk/~gedburnell/michaelmas.htm a holiday in the
Christian calendar. I will shut down the
computer shortly. I will go to bed in a
little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/28/02 Saturday 11:10 P.M.:
I watched some television. I had
two slices of Pumpkin pie. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/28/02 Saturday 9:55 P.M.:
The pumpkin pie is cooling. I
watched a bit of television. I saw on
the travel channel about three months ago that Dubai http://www.city-of-gold.com has a large gold market, so I guess they will make
more money if the price of gold goes up.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/28/02 Saturday 8:35 P.M.:
Well, my bellwether portfolio of 156 stocks I use to track the stock
market with is back to where it started six years ago. Steve Forbes said about
a year ago that the break out point for gold is $320 an ounce, http://www.goldline.com/ which is where it is at now. Generally with gold the French tend to horde
gold to avoid taxes. Also in a country
like India with a large population people tend to horde gold, so if a country
like India starts buying gold, it can cause a dramatic increase in price. Well let us wait and see. Locally in the Westport, Connecticut area one
can buy gold at Sam Sloat’s http://www.coinnet.com/dealers/ct01/ or out at the major international airports
or in the financial or currency exchange areas they might have Deak gold
dealers, but I am not sure that is still the case. Of course if one obtained the precious metal,
one would have to pay for a safe deposit vault to hold it, unless one invested
in other precious metal hedge funds.
About all I can afford is one of those imitation gold foil covered
chocolate candy coins. CIO
Note: <888> 09/28/02 Saturday 8:00 P.M.: I had some reheated spaghetti noodles with
chicken and rice stew on them along with grated parmesan cheese and ice
tea. I then had a cappuccino
outside. I just started cooking in the
convection oven a Mrs. Smith’s frozen pumpkin pie which will take about 65
minutes. I am gradually emptying out the
freezer which I do twice a year, so I do not have any food that is too
old. I also need to use up some of my
cans of soup and Campbell’s pork and beans before they get too old too. I generally keep extra frozen and canned
foods around in case there is a blizzard in the winter when one might get shut
inside for a period of time. Still one
has to use up one’s reserves before they get too old. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/28/02 Saturday 6:45 P.M.:
I was up at 1:30 P.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I then had a coffee
outside. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I stopped by the Greenwich Library,
and I returned a DVD video disk. I
checked out another one, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then drove down Greenwich Avenue, and I
cruised by the waterfront. I then drove
over to Tod’s Point. I sat out at the
southwest picnic area, but I left shortly thereafter since there were lots of
sand flies biting me. I then went over
to the southeast concession area, and I found a dollar bill by the concession
stand. I then went to the northeast
beach area, and I noticed somebody had left a Verizon cell phone on a bench, so
I asked various sunbathers if they had left it.
The sand flies were also bad at the northeast area. I eventually found somebody that knew about
cell phones, and the owner of the cell phone just then called up on the left
Verizon cell phone. The third party knew
how to answer it told the owner he would leave it at the gate entrance. As I was exiting Tod’s Point I noticed one of
those stretch 40 foot white Lincoln Continental limousines trying to make it
out to Tod’s Point. I am not sure they
were able to navigate the rather winding narrow road out there, particularly if
there were outgoing traffic. I then
returned to the center of town. I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at a couple of locations. I just now returned home. I had a message from a relative on my
answering machine. I had a cold diet
Coke in a frosted mug outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/28/02 Saturday 5:05 A.M.:
I watched a bit of television. I
will now shut down the computer and go to bed.
Earlier I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/28/02 Saturday 4:00 A.M.: Well I finished going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm , and I also finished
sifting through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/28/02 Saturday 1:05 A.M.:
It is raining out, so I will not be going out. I will do a little bit of regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/28/02 Saturday 12:15 A.M.:
I put away the laundry. I had
some reheated spaghetti with chicken and rice stew on it with grated parmesan
cheese. I will now have a cappuccino
outside. Depending on the weather I
might go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/27/02 Friday 10:50 P.M.:
I have finished cleaning up. I
have a half hour until the laundry is dry.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/27/02 Friday 9:55 P.M.: I
finished the house cleaning and watering the plants. I changed the sheets on the bed. I had the Hoover Vacuum cleaner bag break, so
I put a new C Hoover bag in the Hoover vacuum cleaner. I just started the wash cycle of my laundry. I will take a shower and clean up during the
longer dry cycle. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 09/27/02:
Note:
<888> 09/27/02 Friday 6:20 P.M.: I
was up at 1:30 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee
outside. I fell back to sleep until 6
P.M.. I will shortly have a couple of hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup
and potato chips and ice tea. I will
then have a Brazilian instant coffee outside.
I will now send out my weekly notes.
Remember to follow www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . We have a high wind advisory for this
evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/27/02 Friday 1:30 A.M.: I
chatted with a relative. I watched a DVD
video disk. I had some goldfish crackers
and ice tea. I will now shut down the
computer and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/26/02 Thursday 8:35 P.M.:
I chatted with a friend. I am
listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I had dinner of spaghetti noodles with tomato
meat sauce and grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. I will now have a Brazilian instant
coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/26/02 Thursday 6:05 P.M.:
I was up at noon. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I cleaned up, and I drove
downtown by the waterfront. I then went
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I
next made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. magazine and the Greenwich
Times. I returned home, and a friend had
arrived who works nearby. My friend was
traveling from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania although he lives across Long Island
sound. He had to clean up for work. I gave him the small Scottish and British
flags he had asked me to acquire for him last December at the GreenwichHardware
store. We chatted for a while, and I
showed him around the apartment. My
friend left at 5:30 P.M. for work. I
leant him a turquoise Eisenhower golf jacket to wear on a damp day. We had Pepperidge Farm three cheese goldfish
crackers and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/26/02 Thursday 3:15 A.M.:
I finished my regular computer work, and I will now shut down. I will go to bed some time soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/26/02 Thursday 1:05 A.M.:
I sifted through my email. I went
through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 09/25/02 Wednesday 8:55 P.M.:
I had a telephone call from a relative about 10 A.M. this morning. I was up at 2 P.M.. I had friend arrive about
then. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, vitamins and supplements.
I had a coffee outside. I cleaned
up. My friend an I drove over to
Mercedes-Benz of Greenwich http://www.greenwich.mercedescenter.com/mbcenter/b/index.jhtml , and the parts
department gave me a pair of Mercedes-Benz Greenwich, Ct. license plate frames
for free. I then returned to my
apartment building, and I installed them on my Hyundai. I then drove over to Smokes for Less, and I
bought a carton of Liggett Select lights 100s cigarettes for $27. I then drove by the Greenwich Library, and I
returned a DVD video disk. I witnessed
in the east parking lot upper level a car sideswipe the metal rail divider and
I brought it to the attention to library security that they should make it more
visible, so other people do not hit it again. I suggested they put one of the
large orange cones in front of it or a metal warning sign like they use in
traffic direction. The metal divider
rail is in such a low position that people whom are not familiar with the
parking area can easily hit it, although it is probably ideal height for skate
boarders. I then drove down by the
waterfront to a couple of different locations.
My guest and I then sat out downtown.
We then stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought two 12 ounce boxes of
Pepperidge Farm three cheese goldfish crackers for $2.50 or $5 total. We then returned back to my apartment. We had spaghetti with reheated tomato meat
sauce and grated parmesan cheese and ice tea.
I then had a cappuccino outside.
We then watched a bit of television.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/25/02 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.:
Well, I watched a bit of television.
I will now shut down the computer and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/24/02 Tuesday 10:35 P.M.:
For dinner, I had a Mrs. Paul’s Shrimp Stir Fry dinner and I also
finished of the pint container of Godiva caramel nut ice cream, and I had some
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/24/02 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.: It looks like people down south should
still study www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm and this link shows that
tropical storm Lili is threatening the east coast of Florida and the Bahamas as
well as the islands to the south, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_astorm13.html and it looks like
tropical storm Isadore http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_astorm10.html might work it way up
through New Orleans, for people living further north the storms could converge,
and more than likely there would be tremendous rainfall and flooding. Possibly in the New York area and the northeast
we could get a lot of rain in about four days since Isadore is a very slow
moving storm accumulating lots of moisture.
Thus we all along the eastern seaboard should keep a very close weather
eye. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/24/02 Tuesday 8:40 P.M.: I went out after dinner, and I drove
downtown. I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and
they have CVS brown or white 15’ or 12’ or 6’ extension cords for .99 each. I bought three white 15 foot extension cords
for .99 each plus .18 tax for $3.15 total.
I then sat out at various locations.
I then drove down by the waterfront.
I next stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times. I then went by Exxon, and I
bought $7.75 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.699 a gallon for about 27 miles
per gallon local driving. I then went by
Stop and Shop, and I bought an 8 ounce container of S&S grated parmesan
cheese for $3.79. I then returned home,
and I am having an ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/24/02 Tuesday 5:05 P.M.:
I went out after the last message.
I stopped by briefly in town. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I met
up with one of my former neighbors, and I drove him over to Gateway Auto Supply
to get battery terminal connectors for his boat. I then drove him over to Grass Island, and he
worked on his boat a while. I then drove
the neighbor back to his residence, and I viewed the waterfront for a
while. There was no sign of the shooting
from yesterday, just the usual fishermen and lunch time crowd. I was told that Greenwich Capital had bought
its building from General Reinsurance, so they own the building they are in on
at 600 Steamboat Road, of course they are owned by National Westminster Bank
which is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, the seventh largest bank in the
world. The Delamar Hotel looks like it
might be ready in a week. I drove my
former neighbor along the waterfront over to Tod’s Point. We briefly visited the southwest parking
area. One could see two large 100 foot
plus schooners off Belle Haven hidden from view from Steamboat Road. We then drove over to the southeast parking
area, and one could see three 70 foot racing sailing yachts racing down Long
Island Sound from east to west. My neighbor
had a bite of lunch at the concession stand.
We sat out briefly. I then drove
my former neighbor back to his house. I
then drove by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next went by the Greenwich Library. I then went by Delia Auto Parts on West
Putnam Avenue, and I was told that according to the Greenwich Times, the shooting
down on Steamboat Road yesterday was a self inflicted gunshot suicide from
someone driving out from New York City.
I then checked with the auto parts store as I did the previous one, if
they sold Greenwich, Connecticut license plates frames with “Greenwich,
Connecticut” on them, but alas they do not either. One of my neighbors has one without a dealer
name on it. I then returned home. I had a cold A&W root beer in a frosted
mug outdoors. I then for an early
dinner, I had reheated spaghetti with tomato meat sauce and grated parmesan
cheese and cantaloupe chunks and ice tea.
I will now have a Brazilian instant coffee outside, and then I will
probably go back downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/24/02 Tuesday 10:00 A.M.:
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I just had a
coffee outside. I will now clean up and
go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/24/02 Tuesday 9:15 A.M.:
I went to bed about 1 A.M. this morning.
I received a call from a former neighbor on Steamboat Road, and the
neighbor told me there was a shooting down on the end of Steamboat Road
yesterday about 3 P.M. and about ten Greenwich Police cars responded. The neighbor indicated the shooting was at
the day sailing marina down on the east side end of Steamboat Road. The former neighbor needs a battery clamp for
his boat battery, so I will go down there in a couple of hours to see if I can
help him out. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/23/02 Monday 11:35 P.M.:
Well, I am tired, so I will shut down the computer. I will relax a bit before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/23/02 Monday 11:30 P.M.:
I had a couple of scoops of Godiva carmel pecan ice cream. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/23/02 Monday 10:45 P.M.: I relaxed a bit, and I watched the
Travel Channel presentation on the World Cruise ship. If one obtains a free Forbes www.forbes.com password, one can obtain and read this article on
the World Cruise ship http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0902/208.html?_requestid=3261. Alas, some people like
me whom do not travel very much would be prone to motion sickness, so I guess I
am one of the local arm chair travelers.
It seems to be getting a bit cooler in the evening. It is down to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Traditionally in the last few years when the
weather starts to change in the fall with my arthritis, I experience a bit of
discomfort until I get use to the cooler weather. However, I tend to enjoy cooler weather once
I get use to it. There was this recent
article about arthritis in the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2269296.stm. I suppose if hurricane Isadora comes up this
way, I will be experiencing a bit of discomfort from the dampness. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/23/02 Monday 8:20 P.M.: I had a relaxing afternoon. I rested a bit. I chatted with a couple of relatives. Earlier I finished off the carton of Edy’s
Mandarin Orange ice cream, and I had some potato chips. I am about to have some Progresso Beef and
Potato soup and ice tea. The good news
is that I have gone down from 220 pounds to 213 pounds, so I have lost seven
pounds. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/23/02 Monday 12:10 P.M.:
I had some Carr’s crackers and cheddar cheese last night when I woke up
for a break. I was up at 10:30 A.M., and
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had a coffee outside. With the tropical weather activity in the
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, I suggest interested users study www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . I
found this satellite photo that pretty much sums up the situation Naval Research
Laboratory Satellite Photos . Well, I will now do some regular computer
work. I made an interesting discovery
last night that I will not report on.
CIO
Note: <888>
09/23/02 Monday 12:20 A.M.: I am a bit
tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/22/02 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I sent out some emails. I chatted with a relative. I chatted with a friend. I noticed today, there was a dead skunk on
the road in front of Greenwich Capital http://www.gcm.com/ on Steamboat Road, so perhaps it might stink over
there, if they have not removed it yet.
From my experience there tends to be quite a few skunks in this area and
on the waterfront, so when driving at night, one should keep a keen eye for
skunks, unless one feels like washing their car with tomato juice. I believe Exxon across the street from me on
the New York border on U.S. 1 use to have a steam cleaning apparatus which
might also do the job of removing skunk odor.
My Hyundai is fine, and I avoided hitting the skunk remains. I am up to about 32,200 miles, so I have
driven about 400 miles since I got the Hyundai.
I normally drive about 7,000 to 8,000 miles a year, but recently I have
been driving less, since I have not been going downtown in the evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/22/02 Sunday 5:05 P.M.: I cleaned up, and I went over to the
Greenwich Train station to meet my guests at 1 P.M.. The train came in at 1:29 P.M. with a lot of
passengers, and I did not see my guests.
I tried calling my answering machine, but I did not know how to retrieve
its messages. I returned to my
apartment, and I got the message off the machine that my guests were on the
other side of the train station. I
returned to the train station, and I picked up the guests. I drove them around the waterfront. I then gave them a tour of the new Greenwich
Library. I next drove them by the new
Greenwich Hospital. I then drove them up
North Street showing them the sights, and I then drove them across Upper Cross
road, and down Round Hill Road showing them the sights. I dropped them off at their next
appointment. I then sat outside briefly
downtown. I then returned back to my
apartment, and I had a cold A&W root beer in a frosted mug outside. I am about to have some reheated spaghetti
noodles with tomato meat sauce and ice tea, and then I will have a cappuccino
outside. I have to find my AT&T
answering machine instructions and figure out how to retrieve messages off my
answering machine. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/22/02 Sunday 11:00 A.M.: I had a call from a friend at 7 A.M.
this morning. I was up at 9 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had a coffee
outside. I have to pick up some friends
arriving from Manhattan at 1:29 P.M. at the Greenwich Train station. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/21/02 Saturday 10:40 P.M.: I sifted through my email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I guess I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed in a little while after watching some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/21/02 Saturday 9:55 P.M.: I just posted this bit of information
from my old server http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/resumee.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 09/21/02 Saturday 9:25 P.M.: I listened to a bit of http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I found this Royal Engagement leaves out
Connecticut http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-421790,00.html . CIO
Note:
<888> 09/21/02 Saturday 7:30 P.M.:
When I do apartment cleaning every Saturday my normal routine is as
follows. I water my three plants by
putting them in the kitchen sink and dousing them. I clean the bathroom sink, toilet, and shower
bath walls spraying Lysol or other suitable cleaner. I clean the bath tub with Comet or Ajax. I use a damp cloth, and I wipe all the
surfaces in the apartment that might gather dust. I put in diluted Lysol in a dish with water
in front of the air conditioner for air freshening. I clean the surfaces in the kitchen with
Lysol or other cleaner. I empty the
kitchen garbage. I vacuum the
apartment. I clean all the glass and
mirror surfaces with glass cleaner. This
usually takes about 2.5 hours to three hours.
I also generally straighten up items around the apartment. I am just about to have some spaghetti
noodles with reheated tomato meat sauce along with parmesan cheese and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/21/02 Saturday 6:45 P.M.:
I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and Time
magazine. I then walked lower Greenwich
Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I
next drove down by the waterfront. I
then returned home. I chatted with a
relative and a friend. I have guests
coming out to visit tomorrow that I am picking up at the train station at 1:29
P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/21/02 Saturday 3:35 P.M.: I had some Edy’s mandarin orange
sorbet around 2 A.M. this morning. I had
a call from a relative around 9 A.M.. I was up around 11 A.M.. For breakfast I had oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had
a coffee outside. I did my house
cleaning and watering the plants. I also
washed and cleaned the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with
remote control air filter, so it is now clean.
I will clean the air cleaner filters in a few weeks. I just had lunch of two hotdogs with buns and
mustard and ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I then had a Brazilian instant coffee
outside. I will now clean up and go out
in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/20/02 Friday 11:25 P.M.:
I watched a bit of television. I
will now shut down the computer. I will
have some Carr’s crackers with slices of Land O Lakes cheddar cheese along with
ice tea before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/20/02 Friday 9:00 P.M.: I
listened to some http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I am making up another batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I am using 22 tea bags of 13 different
types. I am a bit tired, so maybe
instead of doing computer work, I will listen to some of the Channel 21 PBS
sitcoms that they run on Friday evening.
I suppose they are rolling up the streets in downtown Greenwich about
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/20/02 Friday 7:30 P.M.: I
went out after the last message. I drove
downtown, and I sat out for a while. I
went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.
I then drove by the waterfront. I
next went by the ELDC thrift shop. I
then drove over to Old Greenwich, and I toured the Rummage Room thrift
shop. I then went out to Tod’s Point,
and I walked the 2.5 mile walk around Tod’s Point. I sat out at various locations. On the way back, I stopped by the Feinsod True
Value Hardware store in Old Greenwich, and I bought two three prong to two
prong electrical adaptors for .69 each plus .08 tax for $1.46 total. I then returned to downtown Greenwich, and I
stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.
They have a set of La Moge china there for $2,000 if one does not feel
like eating on paper plates. I then went downtown, and I sat out for a
while. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I chatted with some visitors
from Germany in slow speaking English. I
then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I next returned home. I had a cold A&W root beer in a frosted
mug outside. I then had some reheated
spaghetti noodles with tomato meat sauce and cantaloupe chunks and ice
tea. I put one of the three prong to two
prong electrical adaptors on the Coleman rechargeable flashlight in the
bedroom, so I could plug it into the power strip where it has clearance above
the other plugs. I used one last night
to plug the HP LaserJet IIP Plus into the extension cord, I have plugged into
the lower control panel on the primary computer. I now have a spare which I put in the top
left drawer of the mahogany bureau in the bedroom. I guess I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 09/20/02:
Note:
<888> 09/20/02 Friday 11:40 A.M.:
I had some goldfish crackers and Carr’s crackers when I woke up
briefly. I was up at 10 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I then had a coffee outside. Today I will probably go out to Tod’s Point,
since they sprayed for mosquitoes with encephalitis last night in Old
Greenwich, I would imagine it would be relatively safe to venture out to Tod’s
Point. I put an HP printer tray cover on
the paper feed for the HP LaserJet IIP plus printer, so when paper comes out of
the front exit, it will not fall into the paper feed. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/19/02 Thursday 11:40 P.M.:
I will now shut down the computer.
I will go to bed in a little while.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/19/02 Thursday 11:10 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I happened to have an extra HP 75A laser
toner cartridge if I ever need one for the HP LaserJet IIP Plus, however its
installed cartridge seems just fine now.
I set it to 150 X 150 DPI, and it prints out the tide charts at www.maineharbors.com . If one
happens to be down around the Gulf of Mexico, one probably should be studying www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . It looks like Hurricane Isadora might hit
between Houston and New Orleans at this moment.
I will now have some cantaloupe chunks and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/19/02 Thursday 9:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and
I sat out downtown. I then made my 3
P.M. appointment. I next went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then
went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat
out at various locations. I then drove
by the waterfront. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper and the Wall Street Journal. I then drove downtown, and I retrieved a
Hewlett Packard LaserJet II P plus printer that had been thrown out in the
trash with and instruction manual. I then
walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then
returned home. I put the HP LaserJet II
P Plus printer on the oak table between the backup computer desk and the Epson
Color Stylus 880 Printer. I put the old
Compaq IJ200 printer in the bedroom. I
put the IBM inkjet paper box underneath the gold chair at the apartment
entrance. I connected it to the printer
port box with and an LPT cable. I have
it set to be turned on and off from the lower control panel on the primary
computer. It works just fine, but if one
sets it to eject the paper on top, it crinkles the paper, but when it is set to
eject from the front, the paper comes out just fine. It prints out just fine. It has been used about 72,000 times. I put in my extra Microsoft Font cartridge,
and I set it up with the printer driver on the primary computer. It has 512 Kbytes of memory. I will now set it up on the backup
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/19/02 Thursday 2:05 P.M.:
I had some reheated spaghetti with tomato meat sauce and grated parmesan
cheese with ice tea. I then had a
Brazilian instant coffee outside. I have
cleaned up. I have a 3 P.M. appointment,
so I will go out now. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/19/02 Thursday 12:30 P.M.: There are a couple of tropical storms
in the Caribbean www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 09/19/02 Thursday 11:40 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I then had a coffee outside. I fell back to sleep until 11 A.M.. I had a
dream about roaming around downtown Florence, Italy where I use to live in the
winter of 1972, or perhaps it was “Little Italy” in Manhattan. I guess I was thinking about the spaghetti
and tomato meat sauce, I will be having for lunch in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/18/02 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I sifted through my email. I went outside,
and I had a call on the answering machine from a relative. I will now shut down the computer, and I will
go to bed in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/18/02 Wednesday 7:10 P.M.: I had some Pepperidge Farm goldfish
crackers while watching the evening news.
I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/18/02 Wednesday 6:30 P.M.:
I went out, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. They have lots of
new items out on display. I next went by
downtown, and I sat out in the center of town.
I then drove down by the waterfront.
I next went by the Greenwich Library.
I read the Greenwich Times. I
then read Forbes magazine. I then returned home. I had a bowl of cantaloupe chunks with ice
tea. I will now watch the ABC evening
news. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/18/02 Wednesday 2:05 P.M.: Lunch was delicious. I will now clean up and go downtown. The Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop has put out
their new fall merchandise today. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/18/02 Wednesday 1:00 P.M.: I went to bed at 10 P.M., and I was
up at 6 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I then had a
coffee outside. I then fell back to
sleep until 11 P.M.. I next browned the two pounds of ground round in a couple
of tablespoons of olive oil in the 12 inch Griswold frying pan. I put in a few tablespoons of olive oil into
the three quart Revere pot, and I drained and added the browned ground
round. I added three peeled and diced
medium onions, one diced green pepper, eight diced gloves of garlic, and then I
added two 28 ounce cans of crushed tomatoes and one 28 ounce can of whole plum
tomatoes. I mixed this all together, and
I added dashes of garlic powder, Old Bay seasoning, poultry and meat seasoning,
celery salt, ground black pepper, Hungarian paprika, Italian spices, basil,
oregano, Chinese five spice, and India hot curry. I also added a teaspoon of sesame oil, a few
tablespoons of Italian Medina balsamic vinegar, dashes of Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, La Choy soy sauce, Angostura bitters, and McHilney’s
Tabasco sauce, along with five bay leaves.
I mixed this all together, and I brought it to a boil, and then I
reduced it to a simmer for fifty minutes.
I will have some of this tomato meat sauce on spaghetti noodles with
grated parmesan cheese in a little while.
I also peeled and diced two large cantaloupes. I put the cantaloupe chunks in Rubbermaid containers
in the refrigerator. I will refrigerate
about 60% of the tomato meat sauce, and I will freeze about 40%. I also put in two new AAA batteries in the
General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner remote control. I will have my lunch with ice tea and a
Brazilian instant coffee afterwards.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/17/02 Tuesday 9:00 P.M.:
I am tired. I guess I will shut
down the computer for the night, and I will head off to bed in a brief spell. Maybe, I will watch some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/17/02 Tuesday 8:45 P.M.:
I chatted with a neighbor. I had
a Marie Calandar chicken fried boneless chicken breast for dinner with mashed
potatoes and corn on the cob in the dinner and a iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/17/02 Tuesday 7:25 P.M.: I
went out, and I stopped by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton
Doral Lights 100s for $25. I then went
by the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought two 8 packs of hotdog buns and a
loaf of 12 grain bread for $2.67 total.
I then went by Exxon, and I bought 4.4 gallons of regular unleaded
gasoline at $1.699 a gallon for $7.45 total for about 27 miles per gallon local
driving. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I
spent some time visiting with a former neighbor. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at
various locations. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Wall Street Journal. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought 75% lean ground beef at $1.99 a pound for $3.98, four half gallons of
Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for $2 each, three 28 ounce cans of
S&S crushed tomatoes for $1.09 each, two large cantaloupes for .99 each, a
green pepper at .99 a pound for .49, two packages of Rienzi #10 noodles for .89
each for $19.49 total. I then returned
home. I chatted with a friend. I just had a cold Citra soda in a frosted mug
outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/17/02 Tuesday 12:50 P.M.:
I had two hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup and potato chips and
a dill pickle slice and ice tea, and then I had a Brazilian instant coffee
outside. I will clean up and go out
shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/17/02 Tuesday 11:25 A.M.:
I slept until 10:45 A.M.. The black Samsonite carry on suitcase on
wheels and Michelin road map arrived from Michelin via UPS shortly after 11
A.M.. I will check with a relative to
see if they want it. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/17/02 Tuesday 6:35 A.M.: I was up at 6 A.M.. I will have
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I will then have a coffee outside. I have to be around the apartment this morning,
when the Samsonite suitcase on wheels from Michelin is due to be delivered by
UPS around 11 A.M.. I guess I will do a little bit of regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/16/02 Monday 9:40 P.M.: I
chatted with a friend. I will now shut
down the computer. I guess I will go to
bed in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/16/02 Monday 7:35 P.M.: I went out, and I drove downtown. I stopped by CVS. I then made my 4 P.M. appointment. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I
sat out for a while. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, the Wall Street Journal, and
Popular Mechanics. I just now returned
home. I had a cold diet Coke outside in
a frosted mug. I will now cook a Tony’s
Pepperoni Pizza and have it for dinner with an iced tea. I guess I will then have a Brazilian instant
coffee. I am a bit arthritic today with
the dampness. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/16/02 Monday 2:00 P.M.: I
had lunch of the rest of the cold eye round in a cold eye round sandwich with
Hellmann’s mayonnaise and McHilney’s Tabasco sauce, potato chips, a dill pickle
slice, ice tea , and then I had a cappuccino outside. I installed the language support for the
Windows ME partition on the Dell computer.
There does not seem to be language support for XP. Possibly it is part of the install
program. I received a post card from
UPS, so I called the 800 number, and they will be delivering my Samsonite
suitcase on wheels from Michelin tomorrow around 11 A.M.. I have a 4 P.M.
appointment today, so I guess I will clean up in a little while and go
out. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/16/02 Monday 10:50 A.M.: I went back to sleep until 10
A.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/16/02 Monday 5:30 A.M.: I was up at 4 A.M.. I went outside to
sneak a cigarette, and while I was sitting on the bench in front, the skunk
walked up to about ten feet away from me and slightly raised its tail, but it
did not spray. Then it moved to the
other side of the parking lot. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I will now do
some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 7:30 P.M.: I
chatted with a few relatives. A friend
came down, and we chatted. I made eye
round sandwiches with McHilney’s Tabasco sauce and Hellmann’s mayonnaise on
them which we had with potato chips and dill pickles slices and reheated rice
and ice tea. My guest just left. I will shut down the computer and head off
to bed briefly. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 2:45 P.M.: I watched a bit of television. I repacked the Slaymaker Jumpstart system in
its box after charging it up. I watched
some television. I chatted with a
relative. I finally got around to using
my Hoover Vacuum to vacuum the apartment.
I need to go by the Electrolux Parts Store on Armagone causeway and see
if they have the power noozle power cord that needs to be replaced on my 20
years old Electrolux system. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 10:35 A.M.: I rested a bit. I had some goldfish crackers and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 8:40 A.M.: While watching the church service on
television, I had two 1/3 inch thick slices of cold eye round with Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice with margarine an a bit of
sesame oil in it, steamed green beans, and ice tea. I will now try to take a nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 7:40 A.M.: I went outside, and I checked the oil on
the Hyundai. It is fine. I just checked out www.hourofpower.org and I believe Robert Schuler should be starting his
new broadcast season by now, and according to their site, they are on the
Discovery Channel channel 27 here on our local cablevision system. I enjoy following Dr. Schuler’s program,
since his broadcast church is part of the Reform Church of North America, one
of the earliest churches in North America, except some Pilgrims before them, or
any survivors from the Jamestown settlement of 1607 or Williamsburg 1633. I believe Peter Minute established the Dutch
Reform Church in the New Amsterdam Colony around 1640 when Jamestown was 1607
and Colonial Williamsburg was 1699, but I thought is was 1620 and if I am not
mistaken Plymouth Rock was 1620 and the net says St. Augustine was settled in
1567, so thus unless some Christian Viking had sailed over earlier from
Greenland, it is fairly well documented what the earliest churches were. Of course Columbus in his expeditions set up
churches before St. Augustine, Florida.
The Encyclopedia Britannica says Williamsburg was settled as the
scattered settlement of the Middle Plantation in 1633, but it does not
necessarily say whether there were other settlements there between Jamestown’s
demise shortly after 1607 which is just a stones throw away. So, I think it is safe to say Williamsburg
was discovered in 1607, since Jamestown is the settlement slightly closer to
the James River, and more than likely some of Jamestown’s settlers made it the
short distance to Williamburg. However,
I believe the Kings of England changed in this disputed periods, so they
renamed the settlerment after Jamestown’s demise on their second return. This
all gets involved with Pocahontas and Captain John Smith who reportedly
returned to England. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 6:00 A.M.: I
noticed yesterday while I was exiting Bruce Park about 7 A.M. by exit four on
the turnpike, there was a dead black and white cat in the right hand lane
heading towards the turnpike. I suppose
there are some people whom drive too fast through Bruce Park, so perhaps the
town should institute some sort of speed controls in Bruce Park. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 5:35 A.M.: With GEICO www.geico.com automobile insurance for more than 12 years, I have
had free Emergency 800 number road side assistance 1-800-42-GEICO
(1-800-424-3426) which I never have had to use. I also have never filed a claim which is why
I am in their preferred driver’s pool.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 5:30 A.M.:
The Slaymaker Jump Start system was on yellow, so I am charging it now,
so it is back to green which takes about four hours. It will cut off automatically, and can remain
plugged in. I had to move the Coleman
emergency light from the bedroom power strip to the bathroom fixture. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 5:20 A.M.: I sent out a couple of emails. I went
outside, and I checked the Hyundai. I
folded down the rear seat back, and I fished out the two side rear seat seat
belts, and I put them on the rear side hooks that keep them from retracting
into the back hatch back area, so all three rear seat belts are available. I took out the two long folding beach chairs,
and I put them underneath the hose on the back right side of the hatch back
area, so the hose is on top, and there is plenty of rear window
visibility. Thus the Hyundai is set up
for four or five passengers, but of course the back seat might be a bit cramped
since it is a smaller car. I also put my
old straw hat on the back seat with the two other baseball caps and the
binoculars and kids in crisis water bottle and the October tide chart and a few
extra pairs of sun glasses. The back
seat back does fold down, but it does not seem to lie perfectly flat, but it is
on a slightly inclined angle. I think to
get it to lie flat, one has to take out the back seat cushion, but I do not
think one would be able to easily store it in the Hyundai. I looked briefly at the manual to see what it
said about the back seat folding down, but I did not have my glasses, so I just
looked at the pictures. I also put the
three snow brush ice scrapers on top of the hatch back contents, so they are
more easily available once colder weather comes. As I mentioned earlier in my notes a couple
of weeks ago, I took out the coal shovel, I use as a snow shovel, and I put it
on the right side of the left living room closet. I have lots of cooler weather clothes for
somebody about six feet tall and 140 pounds to 220 pounds waist 32 inches to
about waiste 44 inches inseam 30 inches, since I have not thrown out my clothes
from when I was thinner hoping that some day I might lose weight, and I have
quite a few 9 ½ American size C width shoes, and a number of shirts from size
15 to 16 ½ inch collar sleeve length 32 to 34 inches. Thus as far at the ward robe department, I am adequately supplied. Of course some of my formal clothes like
suits and sport jackets no longer fit me, but I never wear them much anyway,
but I do think I have a few items that might fit still including a black suit a
couple of sports jackets and the
Scottish Game Hunters suit which looks like an Alpine Mountains suit. Of course, I only have one pair of knee socks
to wear with my Alpine suit since it has knee britches. It never really has been cold enough in this
area when more formal attire was required except one of the last times I went
into Manhattan on a sub zero degree Farenheit late evening, when I chatted with
some visitors from Green Farms, Michigan outside the Waldorf Astoria whom
thought it was not too cold since they have a green Ford Taurus to drive
in. At that time the doorman at the
Waldorf Astoria was a Swiss citizen.
Thus if any visitors are here from warmer climates planning to spend the
winter, they might think about getting ready for the winter. I still have the Slaymaker Jump Start system
in my bedroom that I have only used twice.
I have to remember to check the charge on it. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 4:05 A.M.: If look at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/meteosat/DTOT.JPG , there seems to be a
Tropical Depression forming about 800 miles off the west coast of Africa. I have my Tropical Weather Links at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 3:40 A.M.: This links show this race is leaving
today from the Intrepid Museum in Manhattan for a around the world solo sail
boat race http://www.aroundalone.com/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 09/15/02 Sunday 1:55 A.M.: I
had some goldfish crackers and ice tea before going to bed yesterday afternoon
about 3 P.M.. I chatted with a neighbor before going to bed. I forgot to vacuum, which I will do later
today. I was up at about 12:30 A.M.. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I just had coffee outside. As a point of reference, about cars I have
used in my life, I first started driving in 1966 in a 1966 black Mustang
convertible. In college I obtained and
drove, 1952 Mercedes 300 B touring car, 1961 Mercedes 300 C touring car, 1962
Mercedes 220 S with a sun roof, a 1961 Mercedes 220 S four seater convertible,
and I also drove a family 1970 Oldsmobile Jetstar in college in Illinois. In Greece in the spring of 1972, I drove a
1962 Opel station wagon. I used a family
1971 Monte Carlo in the early 1970s, and around 1973 I had a 1970 Volvo 240 for
a brief spell. In South Carolina in
1975, I obtained and drove a 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne which I eventually gave
away in Nantucket. Later in Nantucket
around 1978, I obtained a 1972 Subaru station wagon. I eventually traded this
in around 1980 for a 1974 Volvo 242 DL which I sold after a few months in
Anaheim, California. I then did not have
a car until 1985, when I obtained a 1976 Dasher wagon, which I eventually replaced
with a 1978 Dasher wagon. Around 1988, I
had a 1984 Ford Escort, and in 1991 I obtained the 1976 Volvo 244 DL which I
just replaced with the 1999 Hyundai Accent.
Of course I did occasionally drive other family cars when living around
home. However, that basically is my
automotive repertoire. I will now do
some regular computer work.
Note:
<888> 09/14/02 Saturday 2:25 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I had a telephone call from a relative, but I
was outside. I will now go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/14/02 Saturday 12:05 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I drove downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next stopped by CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza, and I bought
with my $7 CVS coupon a Glade Plug In refill Hawaiian Breeze scent for $2.99,
19 ounces of Ajax dishwashing detergent for $1.19, a two bottle set of European
Mystique shampoo and conditioners about 16 ounces each $1.79 both, two boxes of
ten CVS Band-Aids .50 each, a roll of Necco Candy wafers .55 plus .52 tax for
the price of the $7 coupon and .55 cash.
I then walked around the entire 2.5 mile walk around Tod’s Point. I wore
my Coleman electronic mosquito repeller to ward off any mosquitoes. I then drove back to central Greenwich, and I
stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.
Today is the last day of their $5 a bag sale closing I believe at 1
P.M.. I believe Monday and Tuesday they will be closed, and on Wednesday they
will put out their new Fall collection.
I next sat downtown for a while.
I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I returned home. I had two hotdogs with buns and mustard and
ketchup and a dill pickle slice and potato chips and ice tea. While I was out, I ran Norton Speed Disk on
the primary computer C: drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/14/02 Saturday 4:35 A.M.: I threw out the garbage and polished
the glass work and mirrors. I still have
to vacuum after 9 A.M., so I will not disturb my neighbors. I had a meal of two 1/3 inch thick slices of
cold eye round with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed green beans,
reheated rice, ice tea, and then I had a Brazilian instant coffee outside. I just put in a new Glade plug-in Hawaiian
Breeze air freshener in the kitchen. I
will now clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/14/02 Saturday 3:05 A.M.:
I was up at 11 P.M. when a relative called. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I then
had a coffee outside. I have finished my
house cleaning and watering the plants except for vacuuming, throwing out the
garbage, and polishing the glass and mirror work. While doing this, on the primary computer, I
backed up the C: drive to the E: drive in four different parts. On the Dell computer, I also finished on all
three drives running Norton Disk Doctor, Norton Speed Disk, and Norton Win
Doctor. I have already backed up the
Dell computer. Also while doing this I
did three loads of laundry. I put clean
sheets on the bed. The third load of
laundry was all my automobile towels that I washed and dried, and I then put in
the back of the Hyundai. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/13/02 Friday 1:25 P.M.: Well, I guess I will shut down the
primary computer which is an AMD K6II 450 MHz running at 366 MHz with 194
megabytes of memory, 15 gigabyte hard drive and 20 gigabyte hard drive, 58X CD
player, and 24X CD/RW player, with a Sound Blaster Live MP3+ card, and the new
Netgear LAN car running on a www.pcchips.com S-571 LMR motherboard, and all three computers are
connected through the Siemens router to the Motorola cable modem. I am bit tired, so I will go to bed now. I will leave the Dell computer going
optimizing the Windows ME drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/13/02 Friday 12:55 P.M.:
I went outside, and I used the little $10 WWF camera to snap a couple of
blurry pictures of the Hyundai www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hyundai1.jpg and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hyundai2.jpg . I am running Norton SpeedDisk on the C: Windows
ME partition on the Dell Dimension 300 computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/13/02 Friday 11:45 A.M.: I finished washing the Hyundai with
Turtlewax car wash and waxing it with NuFinish car wax. It looks quite nice. I also cleaned the windows with glass cleaner. I have a lot of dirty car wash towels I have
to wash sometime. I sat out chatting
with a neighbor. I called La Blancs, and
I am having them send me a receipt to show that I junked the old Volvo for some
state of Connecticut paper work. I am
89% through optimizing the XP full drive on the Dell Dimension 300 Mhz
computer. I just had two hotdogs with
buns and mustard and ketchup and a dill pickle slice and potato chips and ice
tea. I think the Queen Elizabeth II
cruise ship www.cunardline.com is leaving South Hampton, England today for
Manhattan arriving on September 19, so I would imagine with the recent
hurricane winds out in the Atlantic, the first day or two of their crossing
might be a little bit rough. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/13/02 Friday 8:10 A.M.: I am finished optimizing the drive on
the IBM Cyrix 233. After Win Doctor
finishes running, I will optimize the XP full drive on the Dell Dimension 300
MHz. I guess while that is going on, I
will go outside and wash and wax the Hyundai.
CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 09/13/02:
Note:
<888> 09/13/02 Friday 6:05 A.M.: I will probably go back downtown at
first light which is in about a half hour http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830 . I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/13/02 Friday 6:00 A.M.: Dinner was delicious. For reference, the old backup computer now is
an IBM Cyrix 233 Mhz computer with 64 megs of memory and a 8 gigabyte hard
drive using the onboard sound system and onboard video from the PC Chips S-571
motherboard, and it has the SoHo LAN card in it. Considering this time around, I have spent 11
years on PCs, it is a very reliable system for word processing, web browsing
and email. The audio quality is a bit tinny.
I went to www.driverguide.com to get the audio driver, since the one on the Cdrom
that came with the motherboard did not install in Windows Me properly. I use both the IBM Cyrix 233 and the Dell
Dimension 300 both as backup computers, and I can only use one at a time since,
they both sit on either side of the Nec XP17 monitor that I use for a backup
monitor. Both systems are completely
hooked up; I just have to change the monitor cable on the back of the either
computer to use either one. The IBM
Cyrix 233 is 55% optimized with Norton SpeedDisk. I have all the same programs on all three
computers except, the Microsoft Reader does not work on the two backup
computers. I think I would have to open
new hotmail account email addresses to get it to work. Also I have Nero Burning on the primary
computer and other programs since I have 15 gigabyte and 20 gigabyte hard drive
in the primary computer along with the CD/RW and the 58X Cd player. I also have a nine year old Acer laptop with
four megs of memory whose battery does not hold a charge, so all together I
have four computers, along with an IBM selectric typewriter, a Panasonic
selectric type typewriter underneath the day bed, and an older Panasonic laptop
portable electric typewriter in my briefcase.
Thus for writing and word processing, I am well prepared. Of course I still have the old IBM 24 pin
printer, the Epson Stylus color 880 printer, the HP LaserJet IID, and the older
Compaq IJ200 printers. Thus I have a bit
of useful office equipment around the apartment to keep me busy in my internet
publishing efforts. Of course compared
to the newer equipment, my equipment is older, but for what I do primarily, it
is more than adequate. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/13/02 Friday 4:35 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue. Someone had left a
container of six slices of cheese cake in front of Starbucks, but I decided not
to help myself to them, since maybe someone else would want them. I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought
two 12.5 ounce boxes of Pepperidge Farm cheese trio goldfish crackers for $2.24
each for $4.48 total. I then stopped by
the Shell Station, and I showed the Hyundai to the regular night
proprietor. I then returned home. I had to restart Norton SpeedDisk on the old
backup computer. It is still
running. I took the eye round beef, and
I seasoned it
on both sides with Old Bay seasoning, ground black pepper, celery salt, chicken
and meat seasoning, Italian spices, Basil, Oregano, and then I covered it with
a thin layer of Texas Best Barbeque sauce.
I am cooking it in the convection oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes
instead of 50 minutes, so it will be slightly rarer. I will have a couple of slices of it with
fresh steamed green beans, and I am using the China Village rice cooker to make
Carolina rice. I rinse one cup of
Carolina rice in a bowl in warm water, and I strain it and rinse it with a wire
strainer. I then put the cup of Carolina
rice in the China Village cooker along with a cup and a half of water and six
pads of margarine, and a half teaspoon of sesame oil, and a teaspoon of Medina
Italian balsamic vinegar. I cook the
China Village container in the General Electric microwave for 11 minutes, and then
I let it stand for five minutes. This
makes two to four portions of rice depending one whether one is small or
large. I will have some of the rice with
dinner, along with ice tea, and then I will have a Brazilian instant coffee
outside. CIO
Note: <888>
09/13/02 Friday 2:05 A.M.: I am in the process of making up a batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I am using 22 tea bags in 13 different
flavors. I showered and cleaned up, so I
will go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/13/02 Friday 1:10 A.M.: I
had some Carr’s crackers with slices of Monterey pepper jack before going to
bed about 2 P.M.. A friend called at 8
P.M.. I was up at 10:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I then had a coffee outside. I
fell back to sleep until midnight. On
the old backup computer with Windows ME, I ran “msconfig”, and I used selective
startup to disable most of the startup items.
I then ran Norton Disk Doctor. I
am now running Norton SpeedDisk on it. I
will then run Norton WinDoctor. Norton
SpeedDisk would not run with some of the selective startup items running since
they performed disk operations in the back ground that interfered with Norton
SpeedDisk. I will now take a shower and
clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/12/02 Thursday 1:35 P.M.:
I finished configuring the old backup computer. I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the
computers, and I will go to bed. I will skip
my 3 P.M. appointment. I might have a
quick snack. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/12/02 Thursday 9:00 A.M.:
I am still uncompressing Favorites on to the old backup computer. I had some Edy’s Mandarin orange sorbet. I am listening to the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram for diversion. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/12/02 Thursday 8:15 A.M.: I finished installing most of the
software on the old backup computer. I
am now configuring it and installing my Favorites. I am a bit tired, and I have a 3 P.M.
appointment this afternoon. Perhaps, I
will stay up and go to the appointment tired.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/12/02 Thursday 5:10 A.M.:
I am still installing programs on the old backup computer. I received in the mail yesterday a $7 off
coupon from CVS on my next purchase over $7 which comes from using the CVS card
when I make my purchases. I forgot to
use the card when I bought the CMOS battery last night, but I will try to
remember to use it in the future. I will
do a little bit of regular computer work while I finish installing
programs. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/12/02 Thursday 4:00 A.M.:
I am just putting some of my programs on the old backup computer. I took time to refill the black ink cartridge
on the EpsonStylus Color 880 printer.
Basically both color and the black cartridge are now full. I also ran the print head cleaning utility. Basically the EpsonStylus Color 880 printer
after a year of use is running just fine.
I finished off the Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/12/02 Thursday 12:55 A.M.: I have been doing a little
maintenance on the Dell backup computer.
I will then do some work on the old backup computer. I am listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I finished off the Dutch Apple pie. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 11:25 P.M.: I registered the Siemens 4 port
router online, and I now should have a two year warranty. I will now start working on configuring the
old backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.: I installed the new Cmos battery in
the primary computer. I reset up the
cmos settings on the primary computer, and it all works fine. I think I replaced the Cmos battery less than
a year ago, so I guess they do not last the two to three years, they are
suppose to. I will now fill out the
warranty card on the Siemens router, which if I do so, I get a second year’s
warranty. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 10:10 P.M.: I went out, and I went by CVS. I bought an Energizer #2032 computer CMOS
battery for $3.99 plus .24 tax for $4.23 total.
I will put it in my primary computer shortly, since its CMOS battery
seems to not be working since the computer clock is off when I turn it on. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I then went by the Food Emporium, and they do not seem to carry the 38
ounce boxes of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers anymore. They just have the smaller boxes. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and they
only have the smaller boxes of goldfish crackers too. However, do not despair; one can buy a 52
ounce box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for about $6 at Costco, which is
now open in Port Chester, New York. One
can get for 5% more a day card at Costco without paying the membership
fee. At the Stop and Shop, I bought the
last eye round roast at $1.99 a pound for $4.52 and fresh green beans at .99 a
pound for $1.35 for $5.87 total. I then
returned home. I will make a computer
Net2Phone call, and then I will put the CMOS battery in the primary
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 8:05 P.M.: I was awaken by a telephone call from
a friend at 11 A.M. who came down to visit a half hour later. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements.
I then had a coffee outside. I
chatted with my friend a while, and while my friend watched television, I fell
back asleep until 4:30 P.M.. I cleaned up, and we went out. We went to the “911” memorial ceremony behind
the Greenwich Town Hall. We then
returned to my place, and I made tuna fish sandwiches for us with minced olives
in the tuna fish, and we had this with a dill pickle slice and potato chips and
ice tea. My guest just left. I am about to have a cappuccino. I figured out I am owed a $20 and $15 rebate
from CompUSA on the CD/RW drive I bought around May1, a $20 rebate from CompUSA
for the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz telephone around June 1, $20 rebate around the
first of August mailed in for the 58X Cdplayer, a $40 rebate for the Seimens
router this month, and then the two $10 rebates I mailed in today. I believe that will be $135 I have saved in
rebates recently whenever they finally arrive.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 4:05 A.M.: I looked at some of the sights at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now shut down the computers for the
night. I will have some Monterey Pepper
Jack cheese and Carr’s crackers along with ice tea before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 3:45 A.M.: I took a small knife blade, and I
cleaned the rollers on the inside of my primary computer cordless mouse and my
Dell computer scrolling mouse. The mice
are much more responsive. I put a new
generic mouse on the old backup computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 3:25 A.M.: I installed all the downloadable
updates and downloadable free programs on the old backup computer. I installed the Siemens printer port driver
on the old back up computer along with the HP LaserJet IID and Epson printer
drivers. I am done working on the old
backup computer for the night. I
reconnected the backup NEC XP17 monitor to the Dell backup computer, and I
booted XP with the full install of programs.
With 224 megs of memory now the Dell backup computer seems a lot more
responsive, and it seems like it might be faster than my primary computer. I just installed some updates on it. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 1:40 A.M.: I put the old backup computer to the
left of the backup computer monitor with the Dell backup computer on the right
side of the backup computer monitor. I
have all its own items hooked up to the old backup computer, so it works when
one turns it on with the cable modem with its own speakers, mouse, keyboard,
LAN connection, microphone. When one
wants to switch between either backup computer, one has to switch the monitor
cord from the back of one computer to the other. I have the power for the old backup computer
hooked up to the top control panel computer switch and the speakers on the top
left most switch. Of course the Dell
backup computer is on the lower control panel along with the monitor. I will have to check my cords before I turn
the heat on in the future to make sure they are not near the electric
radiators. I straightened up the slip
cover on the long sofa. I am putting the old cable modem that I bought for $10
in the Hospital Thrift shop that does not work with Optimum online in a new
cable modem box underneath the day bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 12:45 A.M.: While installing the programs on the
old backup computer, I filled out the two Staples $10 rebates, and I have them
ready for mailing. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/11/02 Wednesday 12:05 A.M.: I am installing the updates on the
old backup computer. I will then install
some other programs. I can not get the
sound drivers from the motherboard CD to install properly, but the sound
works. The motherboard provider does not
seem to keep old drivers updates on its web site at www.altonpc.com or www.pcchips.com . I might
try installing my sound blaster pro drivers.
I am thinking of setting up the old backup PC to the left of my backup
monitor with keyboard, mouse, microphone, speakers, LAN cable hooked up to it,
so it one wanted to use it one would just need to transfer the monitor cable
from the backup Dell to the old backup.
It might be a little cluttered on the desk though. On the old backup PC besides the other
updates, I also installed all the different languages provided for download for
Internet Explorer. I had a meal of the
rest of the cantaloupe chunks and a slice of Dutch Apple pie and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/10/02 Tuesday 10:25 P.M.: I have installed the new NetGear Lan
card in the primary computer, and it works fine plug and play install including
the cable modem network. I did not try
to install the new PC100 memory in the primary computer since I knew it would
not work. However, I did install it in
the Dell, and the Dell backup now has 224 megs of memory. I put the old SoHo Lan card in my old backup
along with another 32 megs of memory. It
is working fine, and I have it online with the cable modem to configure
it. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/10/02 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, and I looked at the store
brochure. I then went to the Hyatt
Regency in Old Greenwich, and I was going to use the ATM machine there, but
they do not have a Putnam Trust Bank of New York ATM machine there
anymore. Instead they have a travel
orientated ATM machine there with two of the languages in Chinese and
Japanese. They charge $2.95 for a
transaction there, so I did not use their ATM machine. I then drove out to Tod’s Point, and I viewed
the skyline from the southwest parking area.
I noticed a long narrow band of clouds stretching out as far as one
could see to the southwest just passing north of New York City. I then went to the southeast parking area,
and the same band of clouds was stretching as far one could see to the
northeast. I thought it might be a
volcanic flume from the southwest, but there have not been any reports of
volcanic activity recently. I then went
by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich. I next drove over to Staples again. I bought a Netgear 32 bit PCI adapter 10/100
Mbps Fast Ethernet FA311 card regularly $25 for $19.99 plus $1.20 tax for
$21.19 total. I also bought a RK-byte
128 mb sdram PC100 regularly $39.94 with instant $10 rebate $29.94 plus $1.80
tax for $31.74 or $52.93 total. Both
items also have $10 mail in rebates, so they will eventually cost me about
$33. Staples prints out the rebate slips
and now and gives copies of the receipts for mailing in the rebates. I then drove down by the waterfront in
central Greenwich. I just now returned
home. I will now install the new Netgear
LAN card in my primary computer. I will
test the 128 meg memory chip to see if it works in the primary computer, but
the last time I tried one it needed PC66 sdram.
I thus will probably be taking out one of the 32 meg PC100 chips out of
the DELL backup computer, and installing the new 128 meg. memory sdram in it
along with the 64 meg chip and 32 meg chip already in it for 224 megs of memory
total in it, which should be fast enough for using XP. Technically my backup Dell computer with an
Intel Pentium II 350 Mhz processor and 224 megs of PC 100 memory, might be
faster than my primary computer with the AMD K6 II 450 Mhz processor running at
366 Mhz with one 128 meg PC66 sdram and one 64 meg PC100 sdram. Still, I have to deal with the existing
configurations and how they work together with the individual parts. I will then take the old SoHo LAN card from
my primary computer, and put it in the old backup computer along with the
second 32 meg memory chip from the DELL for 64 megs memory total. I then will upgrade the software and
configure the old backup computer. This
will take some time, so I will work on it until I need to head off to bed. Thus I will be doing minor work on all three
computers. I just had a glass of
ice. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/10/02 Tuesday 5:05 P.M.:
The ten year old 3COM LAN card does not work in the old backup computer
that I put Windows ME on, so I can not install the updates. I could use the LAN card from one of my other
computers if I ever need to do it. I put
the old backup computer back underneath the side board in the bedroom along
with the old ACER laptop computer.
About 2:30 P.M., I had the rest of the cold bottom round of Angus beef
with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce along with steamed corn on the cob
and steamed cauliflower with parmesan cheese and ice tea. I then had a cappuccino outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/10/02 Tuesday 12:55 P.M.: I was up at 5:30 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had a coffee outside. I sorted out the periodicals on the magazine
rack in the living room, and I threw out a lot of the old periodicals. I cleaned up, and I went out at 9 A.M.. I
went by the New Lebanon school, and I voted in the probate judge primary. I then went by the Arnold Bread store outlet,
and I bought two loaves of Arnold Branola bread for $1.78 both. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went downtown. I toured the Mews thrift shop. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper, the Wall Street Journal, and P.C. Magazine. I then returned home, and I had a cold Citra
soda in a frosted mug outside. I then
put the old backup computer on top of the current Dell backup computer, and I
connected up the old backup computer. I
reformatted the C: drive on the backup computer, and I am now installing
Windows ME on it. I am not sure whether
I will be able to get the old EISA 3COM card to work with it. I believe it worked before with Windows 98,
but it might not work with Windows ME.
Once Windows ME is installed, I will download the driver for it to see
it works. I will not be putting any
other programs on it unless, I get it online in which case I will put on the
basic free Microsoft Internet downloads and updates. Since more than likely I am just saving the
old backup computer for parts, I will probably not be using it. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/10/02 Tuesday 12:45 A.M.: I finished the backup of the backup
computer of the C: drive to the E: drive.
I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I watched a bit of television. I will now shut down the computer and I will
go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/09/02 Monday 11:10 P.M.: I installed the XP updates and Internet
Explorer updates on the primary computer.
I installed the Internet Explorer updates on all three drives on the
backup computer. I have the backup
computer configured with the three partitions again with Windows ME, Windows XP
full install, and Windows XP simple install on the three drives. On the backup computer, I backed up the E:
drive to the D: and C: drive. I am in
the process of backing up the backup computer C: drive to the E: drive. I ran Disk Cleanup on the three different
partitions on the backup computer. I am
in the process of running disk cleanup on the primary computer. While doing all this, I put all the paper
work from my bedroom desk on the side board in the bedroom. I sorted through the paper work, and I threw
out what I did not need to save. I
emptied my paper trash and bathroom trash cans.
I just had some cantaloupe chunks and a slice of Dutch Apple pie along
with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/09/02 Monday 6:20 P.M.: I did not go to bed after the last
message. I worked on the backup computer
Dell Dimension V350 installing another copy of Windows XP on the E: drive. I
chose the new installation option, and from the next options, I chose to
install to the E:\Windows directory, and also to prompt me for the drive and
partition. Thus when the installation reaches the prompt for the drive and
partition, I chose the E: drive with the “R” restore options, so as to keep my
settings. I finished installing it about
1:30 P.M. after installing the XP updates. I cancelled my 4 P.M. appointment
because I was tired, and I went to bed until 5:30 P.M.. I started the same XP
installation but the “simple” installation on the D: drive when I got up, and
it is running now. I went to Smokes for
Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Omni Lights 100s for $24. I am just about to have a Swanson’s Hungryman
turkey breast dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/09/02 Monday 8:55 A.M.: I had a busy night and morning. I was sitting outside about midnight and the
old skunk almost walked right up to me.
What kept me busy is that one of my neighbors threw out and old Dell
Dimension V350 computer that I retrieved.
I checked it out, and it had a Pentium II 350 Mhz processor. I took the case off, and I cleaned the
processor and cooling condenser with the air duster and other parts of the
interior case. I decided to transfer my
backup computer to it. The Dell had two
32 meg memory chips, so I was able to add a 64 meg memory chip from the backup
computer to it for a total of 128 megs memory.
I then took out the 8 gigabyte hard drive in the Dell, and I put in the
3 hard drivers from my backup computer in the same configuration, and I also
put in the ACER 50X CDrom player. I
added to the DELL the two USB port card, and it already had two USB ports. I also put in my SoundBlaster AWE32 EISA
card, the Logicode X2 Modem, and the Linksys LAN card. I put another Microsoft keyboard with it that
had a PS/2 plug. I tested it with the
Windows ME partition, and it worked fine after adding some drivers. However the Windows XP partitions will not
work in regular or safe mode. I might
have to reinstall the XP partitions. I
took the remaining parts that I took out of the DELL computer, and I put them
back in the old backup computer, so it has the 8 gigabyte hard drive with 32
megs of memory along with the old IBM Cyrix 233 processor. I also added an old 3Com EISA LAN card that I
had. I will have to configure it
sometime later. However the DELL
Dimension V350 as I have it configured for my backup computer is at least twice
as fast as the old backup computer. I
also retrieved a 15 inch by 4 foot oak side board that I put on my bedroom wall
opposite the end of the bed. I put the
old backup computer on it. I had to move
the hamper to the end of the day bed. I
threw out the Brass hack rack. This all
took a bit of time. I just now had some
cantaloupe chunks and a slice of Dutch apple pie and ice tea. I will go to bed shortly. I have a 4 P.M. appointment this
afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/08/02 Sunday 11:15 P.M.: I watched a bit of television this
morning until 6 A.M. before going to bed.
There was a large swarm of a couple hundred wasps by the east side door
light swarming around the light to stay warm.
I was up at 5 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I had a coffee outside. I then
cleaned up, and I went for a drive. I
drove up North Street to Banksville, New York.
I noticed the Greenwich Hardware store in Banksville, which might be
called the Banksville Hardware store had a large selection of John Deere garden
equipment http://www.deere.com/en_US/deerecom/index.html. They were not open today. I noticed they had had a polo tournament at
Conyers Farm today. I tested the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York in Banksville. The door is a bit slow to work with the
card. I noticed they have two equine
saddler shops at the Banksville shopping plaza where the IGA supermarket is
along with another one at the Banksville Hardware store. Across from the Banksville Hardware store
they sell beer and also sell wild game.
The IGA shopping plaza Banksville Pizza place was open. I then drove back down North Street a bit,
and I turned west on Upper Cross Road. I
drove over to Round Hill Road, and I drove down Round Hill Road to central
Greenwich passing by the Greenwich Hospital.
I noticed they are in the process of building and have built quite a lot
of stone houses. I guess the stone
masons in this town are making a bit of money.
Next they probably will be building marble homes, but sometimes like the
Czar learned in Russia, marble can crack in very cold weather. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue one and a half times. I sat out
at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next sat out at the
library. I then went to the Stop and
Shop, and I bought two Xtra lemon cleaners for $1.19 each, a fresh Dutch Apple
streusel pie for $2.99, a 42 ounce container of one minute Quaker oats for
$3.99, two 12.25 ounce bags of Lays regular potato chips $2 each, 3 pounds of
onions $1.99, a bulb of garlic at $1.99 a pound for .32 a 46 ounce jar of
Vlassic whole kosher dill pickles for $3.59 plus .14 tax for $19.40 total. I then returned home. I had a message on the answering machine from
a relative. I had a cold Diet Coke in a
frosted mug outside. I will now have the
same dinner as last night, but instead afterwards I will have a cappuccino outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/08/02 Sunday 4:35 A.M.: I did some regular computer work. I checked out the www.net2phone.com web site, and if one does not have a credit card,
one can mail a $25, $50, or $100 check to Net2Phone to recharge one’s Net2Phone
account. I guess I will do this some
time in the near future. I printed out
the form to have it ready. At http://www.totallyofftherecord.com/ at http://www.totallyofftherecord.com/occupation/?sid=432&rsid=377 they posted my complaint
about the skunk. Just now when I went
outside for a break, I was surprised by the skunk feeding on the central
traffic island in our parking area. I
have to be careful going out the side door at night. Well, I am a bit tired, so I will shut down
the computer and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/07/02 Saturday 11:55 P.M.: I had cantaloupe chunks and ice tea
before going to bed last night. I was up
at 3:30 P.M. today. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I did my regular weekly house cleaning and
watering the plants. About 6:30 P.M. I had some cantaloupe chucks and
ice tea. I then cleaned up and I went
out. I stopped by Radio Shack in Cos
Cob, and I bought a gold headphone cable y-adaptor for $5.99 plus .36 tax for
$6.35 total. They have a Compaq CPU
there for $700. I then went by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went to the Exxon service station next
to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $7.55 of regular unleaded gasoline at
$1.69 a gallon. My Hyundai had about 115
miles on the trip mileage meter, so filling up the car with 4.5 gallons of
fuel, I am getting about 25.5 miles per gallon driving locally stop and go
driving. Thus since it has a 11.5 gallon
tank, I technically have about a 300 mile range on the car on a full tank of
fuel doing local driving. However, on
the highway in fifth gear, I might get another ten miles per a gallon or about
35 miles per gallon, then I would have about a 400 mile range on a full tank of
fuel. Of course all of this depends on driving conditions and at what rate of
speed. I next drove down town. I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue one and a half times. I sat out at various locations. I chatted
with a local about general matters and other technical ideas. I stopped by CVS, and I bought Gold Emblem brand jars of garlic powder,
ground black pepper, ground cinnamon, Italian seasoning, and oregano leaves for
.77 each for $3.85 total. I then drove
down by the waterfront. I returned
home. I put the cable y-adaptor on the
backup computer primary speaker outlet on the sound card, so both sets of
speakers work along with the Andrea electronics headset. I then had two 1/3 inch thick slices of cold
cooked bottom round Angus beef with horse radish and Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce along with steamed corn on the cob and steamed cauliflower
with grated parmesan cheese on it and ice tea.
I generally put margarine on my vegetables. I will now have a 50% Brazilian instant
coffee and a 50% Folgers decaffeinated instant coffee. I always take my coffee with milk and sugar.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/07/02 Saturday 4:50 A.M.: Well, I am a bit tired, so I will shut
down the computer; and I will go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/07/02 Saturday 4:15 A.M.: I checked www.expedia.com , and they show that the nearby Doral Arrowwood http://www.arrowwood.com/ is busy most of the time for the next six months,
so I called them at 1-914-939-5500 or 1-800-22DORAL and I chatted with the
desk. They told me they occasionally
have vacancies, but they mostly do corporate conferences for local
businesses. I believe they have a golf
course and other amenities. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/07/02 Saturday 3:30 A.M.: I searched www.expedia.com , and it shows the first availability for rooms at
the new 500 Steamboat Road, Greenwich, Connecticut, Delamar Five Star Hotel as
being the night of September 30 to October 1, 2002. At $355 to $385 a night, one should get a
good nights rest close to the ambience of Greenwich Avenue. I have seen modest size 100 foot yachts there
moored on the waterfront, so technically one could rest there while the crew
squabs down the decks. It is within
walking distance of downtown Greenwich and the train to Manhattan that is if
one is up to a quarter mile or more walk.
Of course the local taxi station is nearby at the train station. I am not sure whether the Connecticut Airport
Service will be resuming livery service at that location. Of course a five star hotel might have its
own transportation. The building now
looks a bit like a Mediterranean Villa.
I am sure from what I have read about it, it probably has a posh décor for
the moderate size building. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/07/02 Saturday 2:20 A.M.: I had five Carr’s crackers with slices
of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese along with ice tea. I sifted through my email. I am not updating
the advertising links www.geocities.com/mikelscott/adv.htm since so far, I have not
made any revenue. I received a wrong number telephone call. I checked outside,
and a skunk was prowling around the east side knoll along the parking
area. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/07/02 Saturday 1:25 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular computer
work. I turned the air conditioner up to
72 degrees Fahrenheit, so it would not be too chilly in the apartment, and so
the air conditioner would not come on during the cooler days. Right now it is 78 degrees Fahrenheit in the
apartment with no air coming in since the air conditioner is staying off, and
it is 55 degrees Fahrenheit outside. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 09/06/02:
Note:
<888> 09/06/02 Friday 11:20 P.M.: I will now send out my weekly
notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/06/02 Friday 9:55 P.M.: I had some cantaloupe chunks and
goldfish crackers and ice tea before going to bed along with a few Carr’s
crackers. I was up about noon, and I
checked the mail. I then went back to
sleep until 4 P.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements, and
then I had a coffee outside. I cleaned
up, and I went downtown. I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with the security guard at the
Delamar Hotel, and he told me they are not scheduled to open until mid
October. I went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper. I
then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 pound bag of Carolina Premium
rice for $4.49, three packages of S&S margarine for $2 all, four ears of
sweet corn for $1.33 all, a head of cauliflower for $1.99, and a Black Angus
bottom round roast at $1.99 a pound regularly $4.49 a pound for $4.04 for
$13.85 total. I then returned home. I
had a cold A&W root beef in a frosted mug outside. I chatted with a relative. I seasoned the Black Angus bottom round roast
on all sides with garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery salt, chicken and
meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil, Old Bay Seasoning, and I then
spread Texas Best Barbeque Sauce on it. I am cooking it in the convection oven
at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 minutes. I will have a couple of slices of it
with steamed corn on the cob and steamed cauliflower and ice tea, and then I
will have a cappuccino outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/06/02 Friday 3:35 A.M.: I finished the computer updates. There is a story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/ that has not yet been reported in the U.S.A.
press. I will now shut down the computer
and go to bed in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/06/02 Friday 2:30 A.M.: I installed an Office update for
Microsoft Word 2002 on the primary computer, and I am now installing it on the
two partitions on the backup computer that have Word 2002. I will also update Microsoft Messenger on all
computers. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/06/02 Friday 1:35 A.M.: I installed the Windows Media Player 9
beta on all three partitions on the backup computer. I imported my media on the primary computer
into the Media Library. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/05/02 Thursday 11:40 P.M.: For any of you interested in trying
out Windows Media Player 9 beta, here is the link http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player.asp . I received a post card today from Rhodes, in
Greece, so maybe that means I am now a Rhode’s scholar, but I think I might be
a bit old for that honor. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/05/02 Thursday 11:10 P.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work. I had some Carr’s
crackers with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/05/02 Thursday 8:50 P.M.: Before going to bed this morning, I
had some Carr’s crackers with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I
was up at 1 P.M. today. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. They have a $10 a bag sale going
on. I then made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I also sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next stopped by the Greenwich Library, and
I read the local paper. I then returned
home. For dinner, I had a Swanson’s
Hungryman boneless pork filet dinner with ice tea. I then had a cappuccino outside. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/05/02 Thursday 3:25 A.M.: I installed the Microsoft Windows
Media Player 9 beta on the primary computer.
It seems to work fine. I will
shut down the computer and head off to bed in a little while. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/05/02 Thursday 2:05 A.M.: I had some cantaloupe chunks with ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/05/02 Thursday 1:20 A.M.: I updated the *.zip file containing my
entire random notes up to date www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsnote1.zip . It contains two
Microsoft Word Documents “mlsnote1.doc” and “mlsnote2.doc”.
Note:
<888> 09/05/02 Thursday 12:45 A.M.: I printed out on the HP LaserLet IID
printer, my Scott’s Random Notes from May 1, 2002 through August 31, 2002 which
are pages 1713 – 1874. I bound them
together in a black Oxford Clip Binder.
CIO
Note:
<888> 09/04/02 Wednesday 10:15 P.M.: After having my iced coffee outside,
I peeled and chunked the two large Chiquita cantaloupes, and I put the chunks
in Rubbermaid containers in the refrigerator.
I will now go out and throw away the seeds and rinds. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/04/02 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.: I watched a movie on television until
about 4 A.M. this morning. I was up at 1
P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee
outside. I fell back to sleep until 4
P.M.. I had two scoops of Edy’s mandarin orange sorbet. I cleaned up, and I drove downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue one and a half times. I stopped
by CVS, and I bought a jar of beef and chicken bouillon cubes for $1 each and a
jar of chicken and meat seasoning for .99, a 1.5 liter of CVS yellow mouthwash
for $1.99, two green apple Christmas tree car fresheners for .59 each, and a 56
tablet box of Tide detergent for $5.49 plus .52 tax for $12.17 total. I put the car fresheners in the Hyundai glove
box. I then drove down by the waterfront
after my walk. I next stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Wall Street Journal. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought two large cantaloupes for .99 each, three packages of Rienzi linguine $2
all, two 28 ounce cans of S&S crushed tomatoes $1.09 each, a Swanson’s
Hungryman turkey and boneless pork dinner $2.50 each, two bars of Land O Lakes
Monterey jack and pepper jack for $2 each, and a 10 pack box of S&S
powdered milk $5.49 for $21.32 total. I
then returned home. I chatted with a
friend. I had a cold Citra soda outside
in a frosted mug. I am about to have the
same dinner as last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/04/02 Wednesday 2:15 A.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and ice
tea. I will now shut down the computer
and head off to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/04/02 Wednesday 12:35 A.M.: While, I was researching the Yorba
Linda earthquake, I noticed in my
Presidential Library list www.geocities.com/mikelscott/041.htm that one of the original
Richard Nixon library links had been spoofed by an ISP bringing up hardcore
pornography. I eliminated the link, and
I updated the list. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/03/02 Tuesday 10:55 P.M.: If one logs onto www.latimes.com and signs up for a free account, one can read this
story http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-090302quakes_wr.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dcalifornia about the 4.8 Richter
earthquake that hit Jorba Linda, California today where the Nixon Library http://www.nixonfoundation.org/index.shtml is. I believe this link http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ and http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/qed/qed.html and http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/ would also have useful information. Frequently when one seismic event occurs, it
can be followed by other events. I believe locally here in Greenwich,
Connecticut the local http://www.greenwichtime.com/ is owned by the Times Mirror Company. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/03/02 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.: I put the free version of Netzero
available from www.juno.com on the backup computer Windows ME partition that
the Logicode modem works with, although it does not work with XP. I selected the Greenwich, Connecticut and the
Stamford, Connecticut numbers which I think are toll free. Thus I will have NetZero available for use
should Optimum online cable service fail. I need to get a cable Y adaptor from
Radio Shack for the second pair of speakers on the backup computer, since I
took off its Y adaptor to use on the primary computer when I hooked all the
speakers up to the primary output jack instead of using the secondary output
jack which did not work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/03/02 Tuesday 8:10 P.M.: I just finished dinner. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/03/02 Tuesday 6:40 P.M.:
I was up at 7 A.M. this morning.
I had oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I fell back asleep, and I was up at 1 P.M.. I
made up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm ice tea.
I used 22 teabags of 13 varieties of tea. I went out about 3 P.M.. I stopped by Smokes
for Less, and I bought a carton of Omni Lights regulars for $24. I then drove by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I next stopped by the
Greenwich Housing Authority, and I gave them some paper work. I then stopped by the central Greenwich Post
Office, and I obtained money orders to pay the rest of my GEICO and Verizon
bills through September. I then sat out
for a while. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich
Library, and I checked out a DVD video disk, and I read the Greenwich Times and
the Wall Street Journal. I then returned
home. I had a cold diet Coke in a frosted mug.
I took some Ronson lighter fluid and a paper towel, and I cleaned a bit
of white paint off my right rear bumper where there is a minor scratch. It was reported to me by a local fisherman a
month ago that they found a half dozen dead crows on the Byram River nearby, so
West Nile encephalitis virus has probably been born by mosquitoes in this area
for a while. One obviously needs to take
protection against the mosquitoes when out and about. I will now bake the same barbeque chicken as
last night and have one of the two breasts for dinner with steamed corn on the
cob and steamed fresh broccoli along with ice tea. I will then have an iced
coffee outside. CIO
Note: <888>
09/02/02 Monday 11:05 P.M.: My guest and I watched some television. My guest
left at about 10 P.M.. I watched some more television until just a little while
ago. I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea. I will now shut down the
computer and go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/02/02 Monday 8:15 P.M.: My guest and I went out after I finished
my laundry. We went downtown. We stopped by Zyn Stationary, and I bought a
package of Basic Lights 100s for $3.90.
We then sat out for a while. We
then drove by the waterfront. Next we
stopped by briefly at the library park.
Then I went to the Food Emporium, and I bought four half gallons of
Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, two dozen eggs at
.79 a dozen, boneless breasts of chicken at $1.99 a pound for $4.70, four ears
of corn on the cob for .67, a head of Foxy broccoli $2.49, and a 38 ounce box
of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.79 for $25.23 total. We then returned back to my apartment. I washed two halves of the boneless chicken
breasts, and I dried them. Then I put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in
Pyrex dish, and I rubbed both sides in the olive oil. I then seasoned both
sides with garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery salt, chicken and meat
seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, Basil, and Old Bay Seasoning. Then I put Texas Best Barbeque sauce on the
top side, and I cooked the chicken at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35
minutes. We had the chicken with steamed
corn on the cob and steamed broccoli and ice tea. I had an iced coffee outside after
dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/02/02 Monday 3:40 P.M.: I fell asleep about 4 A.M.. A friend
called about noon and arrived to visit about 1:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. My friend and I drove by the
Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed two letters. We then drove downtown, and my friend had a
slice of Sicilian pizza at Planet Pizza.
We toured the railroad waiting room.
We then drove down by the waterfront.
We next stopped by Smokes for Less in Byram, but they were closed. We went by Costco in Port Chester, New York; but although the new store is now
in operation, it was not open on Labor Day.
We returned back to my apartment.
I am about half way through the dry cycle on my laundry. I put $5 on the laundry card. I put clean sheets on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/02/02 Monday 12:50 A.M.: I wrote a letter to a relative. I had 13 Carr’s crackers with slices of
Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and a glass of ice tea. I will now shut down the computer and head
off to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/01/02 Sunday 10:00 P.M.: I am recharging the Slaymaker
Rechargeable flash beacon, since it seems to be discharged. It only lasts about
25 minutes on a charge. I will now do
some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/01/02 Sunday 9:45 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I took some pictures of the scenic painting I
bought on Friday. I also used up the film in the Nikon AF camera taking about
five pictures of the apartment. The
Nikon AF camera’s flash only pops up when one tries to take a picture, and
there is not enough light. So one could
get it to pop up, by trying to snap an exposure in a low light or no light
situation. I have left the camera empty,
and I have the flash down for the moment.
I will get the pictures developed when I have the funding. I still have some pictures to use up on the
film in the Olympus camera.
Note:
<888> 09/01/02 Sunday 8:35 P.M.: I filled out some paper work, and I got
my Verizon and GEICO bills ready to pay on Tuesday. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/01/02 Sunday 6:45 P.M.: Well, my arthritis a day ago was right
about it being a damp holiday weekend. I
watched some television this morning. I
rested from 2:30 P.M. to 6 P.M.. I just had a Maria Callendar Beef Tips dinner
with ice tea. I then sat outside, and I
had an iced coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 09/01/02 Sunday 10:45 A.M.: I was up at 9 A.M. when a relative
called. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I then had a cup of coffee outside. I checked out some computer
sites. CIO
Note:
<888> 10/31/02 Thursday 11:55 P.M.:
I rotated my winter shirts back to the center left of my bedroom closet
putting the summer shirts further left.
Most of the right center of my bedroom closet contains pants that fit
me, while most of the further right area contains pants that do not fit me
along with the suit pack. The far left
of the bedroom closets contains lots of shirts that do not fit me. I.E. clothes that do not fit me are
smaller. At the present moment, I do not think I have any clothes that are
too big for me. Thus I feel like “Bubba
the Beached Whale”. I do not think they
would want to see me on the beach in Florida.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/31/02
Thursday 11:40 P.M.: I watched some
television. I chatted with a
relative. I rotated my winter suits and
sports jackets with my warmer weather sports jackets in my left living room
closet. I also have a suit pack of
smaller suits in my bedroom closet right side.
I have quite a lot of clothes which looked very nice and fit me when I
weighed 155 to 175 pounds.
Unfortunately at 6 foot tall, 215 pounds, waist 40 inches, shirt size
extra large; some of my older clothes do not fit me, so they continue to be in
as good as shape as they ever were. I
guess if I have any thinner relatives or friends whom need smaller people
clothes at my height and former weight, I might be able to help them out. However, I keep hanging on to them since I
notice as one gets older, one tends to lose weight, so perhaps some time in the
future, my classic old guard clothes might once again fit me. One winter set of clothing that might fit me
now is the medium green heavy wool tweed grouse hunting suit with the knee
britches. I thought about wearing it for
Halloween, but I do not want to start an expensive fashion trend in Greenwich. I paid $17.50 for it at the Merry Go Round
Mews Thrift shop over ten years ago. I
bet today it might cost over $1,000 if anyone needs an expensively dressed game
keeper or grouse hunter. I have one pair
of wool knee socks to wear with it and my Alpine snow boots. It looks a little bit like the suits they
wear in the Austrian Alps, except I do not have one of those Alpine Hats with
the flume and pins. I just have a dark
green Australian bush hat that is presentable with it. I think the suit was for a large man, so it
might fit me today. I last wore it about
seven years ago when I sneaked into Manhattan on a zero degree Fahrenheit night
in February, and I stood outside the Waldorf Astoria chatting with the Swiss
doorman. I believe that is when I also
chatted with two young ladies from Green Farms, Michigan driving a pea green
Ford Taurus whom seemed to be having a good time at the hotel. They were being followed by two Park Avenue
type body guards or bounty hunters, so I did not try to bother them. I recommended to them they put on some blue
jeans and try meeting some nice young preppies in the Greenwich Library the
following summer. That following summer,
I saw one of them around in the library, but nobody paid any attention to
them. I guess the thin gaunt Greenwich
preppies are not interested in the wholesome “Farmer’s Daughter” look. Well, I guess the closer to the Atlantic
Ocean one gets, the people tend to be thinner in case they have a chance to
swim. I look like I should be leading a
Weight Watchers Clinic in Omaha, Nebraska.
I think they would think I am skinny there at 215 pounds, since people
there are commonly over 300 to 400 pounds.
I notice whenever, I go out of Greenwich, people start getting bigger
and bigger that I happen to run into.
Thus I am content to be on the heavy side around the thinner
people. Unfortunately, one does not find
that many used clothes my size in the thrift shops anymore. Generally I go through a cycle of putting on
weight and losing weight. With the groin
hernia, I am not doing much heavy lifting anymore, so maybe if I was able to
lose some weight, it would be easier on the hernia. I did have a bowl of goldfish crackers and
ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/31/02
Thursday 9:15 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I prepared my bills to get
ready to pay tomorrow. Today, I received the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz
telephone rebate for $20 that I will cash tomorrow. I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note: <888> 10/31/02
Thursday 6:35 P.M.: Happy
Halloween. I had a telephone call at 10
A.M. this morning. I finally got up at 1
P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and then I had coffee
outside. I stopped by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I walked the upper
Greenwich Avenue area. I stopped by CVS,
and I bought a 12 rolls of package of
Scott Toilet Paper 1000 sheets per roll for $4.99 plus .30 tax for $5.29
total. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich
Library, and I checked out one DVD video disk, and I returned another. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought an eye round roast at $2.29 a pound for $4.58. I then returned home. I seasoned both side of the eye round with
garlic powder, Old Bay Seasoning, celery salt, ground black pepper, poultry and
meat seasoning, Italian Spices, Oregano, Basil, and I coated all sides with
Texas Best Barbeque Sauce. I am cooking
it in the convection at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes, and I will have
a couple of half inch thick slices with reheated steamed white rice and steamed
fresh broccoli and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/30/02
Wednesday 11:05 P.M.: I sifted through
my email. I watched a bit of
television. I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note: <888> 10/30/02 Wednesday
8:55 P.M.: We had dinner, and it was
most enjoyable. After dinner, we tried
to watch a DVD video disk, but it was defective. I tried cleaning it, but it still did not
work. My guest just left. It is a bit nippy out and starting to
sleet. I gave my guest my smaller on me
blue Woolrich windbreaker jacket that I had outgrown. CIO
Note: <888> 10/30/02
Wednesday 5:10 P.M.: My guest, and I
arrived, and we drove down by the waterfront.
We went over to Old Greenwich, and we stopped by the Old Greenwich
Thrift shop. I bought an extra large
rugby sailing shirt faded red and faded blue for $4 that said G.E. Capital Real
Estate – Cowles. We then went to CVS in
Old Greenwich, and I bought three bars of CVS moisturizing soap for .33 each,
and a 72 tablet bottle of Tums cool relief antacid/calcium supplement pills
cool mint flavor for $2.88 plus .06 tax for $3.93 total. We then toured around Tod’s Point. Next we went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop. All merchandise is half
price. We then sat out downtown
briefly. We then went by the Stop and
Shop and bought filet of farmed raised salmon for $3.99 a pound for $4.37. We then returned back to my place. We had some ice tea and Carr’s crackers with
slices of Dutch Edam cheese, and finished off the open bag of potato
chips. I will cook the filet of salmon
by lightly oiling a Pyrex pie dish with olive oil and adding lemon juice and
orange juice and seasoning the top non skin side with Old Bay Seasoning, celery
salt, ground black pepper, Italian spices, oregano, and basil, and cooking it
in the convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. We will have the filet of salmon with steamed
white rice and steamed fresh broccoli and ice tea. We will then watch a DVD video disk. CIO
Note: <888> 10/30/02
Wednesday 11:25 A.M.: I was awaken by a
telephone call at 10 A.M. by a representative from Microsoft about a
presentation they’ve having in this area in the near future. I am not sure whether I will be attending or
not. I asked them to email me the
information. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. A friend called and will be arriving down
here to visit at 1 P.M.. I will now clean up.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/30/02
Wednesday 12:15 A.M.: I watched a
History Channel presentation about the real Dracule . Since this is Halloween eve, I noticed a
local URL that the local ghouls in the community might find interesting. For Halloween tomorrow night, one might find
this URL goes beyond the pale, try Maximum Terror - Fear Factory, Greenwich,
Connecticut Teen Center . I will now
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed briefly. CIO
Note: <888> 10/29/02 Tuesday
10:25 P.M.: I also put out the three
pairs of long underwear bottoms I have on the bedroom entrance hooks, but only
one pair really fit me, the other two are a bit two small since I put on
weight. I wore the one pair that fit me
today and that tends to help with the cooler weather. With the weather this cool already, I sort of
wonder what the long term weather forecast is for the winter. I guess one could look at the “Old Farmers’
Almanac”. CIO
Note: <888> 10/29/02 Tuesday
10:05 P.M.: With the solar powered
rechargeable flash light in the hatchback area of the Hyundai, I now have four
flash lights in the car. I put out my
Icelandic knit ski cap and leather gloves and scarves on the little wall rack
behind the apartment entrance door. I
put out the two comforters on the ends of the living room sofas. I put away the orange bed spread in the
bedroom closet, and I put out the heavy winter comforter on the bed in the
bedroom. I have the bedroom thermostat
set at 62 degrees Fahrenheit, but plenty of warm air is blown from the living
room by the box fan into the bedroom. I
have a number of scarves, but I frequently forget to wear them. I also have a pair of blue mittens on the
lower shelf of the sweater closet, and another pair of leather mittens in the
driver’s side rear hatch back area of the Hyundai. I still have the Alpine ski boots, but the
zipper on one of the boots some times comes apart. I took out the three ice scrapers and snow
brushes from the back hatchback area of the Hyundai, and I put them on the
floor of the driver’s side back seat area to have available for ill weather. I checked the electrical cables above the
electric radiators to make sure they are not too close when the heat is
on. Anyway I am warm and comfortable at
the moment in the apartment, and the outside temperature is 39 degrees
Fahrenheit and 60% humidity, so it is bit hard outside when one has a bit of
the old arthritis. CIO
Note: <888> 10/29/02 Tuesday
9:20 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M.
today. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements and coffee inside. I cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop, and I bought four for $5 each silk shades five inch high by three inch
top diameter by four inch bottom diameter for $20 total. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I
gave a neighbor a ride over to Rizzi Marine on Hamilton Avenue, but they were
not there, so we drove along the waterfront all the way to Old Greenwich
looking at all the marinas to see if they were there. We drove around Tod’s Point. I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York in Old Greenwich. We stopped
by the Old Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a yellow flash light for
$1.99 and a Excell Home Fashions Deluxe Vinyl opaque shower liner for $3.99
plus .36 tax for $6.34 total. My former
neighbor reimbursed me for the Radio Shack flash light I got for him last
night. We then returned along the
waterfront, and we stopped by Rizzi Marine, and my former neighbor bought a
rebuilt Michigan Propeller for his boat which he is going to put back in the
water tomorrow. I then drove him back
to his apartment to drop off the propeller.
I then drove him by Maneros and then we went by St. Moritz bakery. I then dropped off my former neighbor at his
apartment. It was a bit cold out, so I
did not walk Greenwich Avenue. I did get
a bit of fresh air while waiting at various locations today. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper. I next went by
Exxon, and they were out of regular gasoline, so I bought $4.25 Exxon Plus
gasoline for $1.799 a gallon for about 30 miles per gallon. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought a 10 pack box of S&S dried milk for $5.49, a 42 ounce package of
Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal for $3.99, heads of broccoli at .79 a pound for
$1.53, a 12.5 ounce bag of Wise potato chips for $1.99 for $13 total. I then
returned home. Above the dining room
table on the wall, I put in four new General Electric 15 watt frosted
candelabra bulbs with the new small silk lamp shades. They look very nice in the sconce fixtures,
and one does not get a glare from the bulbs now. I installed the new shower curtain
liner. I put the new yellow flash light
in the back seat floor of the Hyundai. I
also have an orange flash light in the back seat floor and a black rubber flash
light on the front seat passenger side floor.
I had the same dinner as last night.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
11:10 P.M.: Well I sifted through my
email. I will now shut down the
computer. I might watch a bit of television
before going to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
10:05 P.M.: I resent out the CompUSA
rebate information as an attachment instead of incorporating it in the
message. I sent out another email. I moved the laundry hamper from the hallway
to in front of the white bedroom dresser.
I put the brass hat rack with the hats at the end of the day bed at the
hallway entrance. CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
8:35 P.M.: I went out, and I picked my former neighbor up on the
waterfront and gave him a ride to another location on the waterfront. We spent some time down on the
waterfront. I then returned my former
neighbor home. I then walked lower
Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a while.
I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper and the
Wall Street Journal. I then drove over
to Port Chester, and I toured Odd Job, Jimbo, and then Odd Job, and then
Staples. I was looking for an
inexpensive flash light that my former neighbor said he needed. I finally found the last one for $1.47 plus
.10 tax for $1.57 at Radio Shack in Port Chester. I returned home, and I put two new Fuji Novel
long life D batteries that I had in the flash light. I called the former neighbor and told
him. I will deliver it next time I see
him. I am cooking dinner of reheated
white rice, steamed fresh broccoli, and a half pound of quarter inch thick
sliced fried in margarine Plumrose Holland ham with Dijon mustard, and ice
tea. A friend called, so I will call
back shortly. CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
3:25 P.M.: I had a recorded telephone
conversation from President Bush reminding me to vote on Election Day the first
Tuesday of November. I just had a
telephone call from a former neighbor. I
am going to give him a ride around the waterfront when I go out in about a half
hour. CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
2:55 P.M.: I had two hot dogs with buns
and Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and two quarter length
dill pickles and ice tea. I will now
have a cappuccino outside. I need to
clean my espresso cappuccino machines sometime in the future by using two
tablespoons of white vinegar and water and running it through the machine and
then running through clean water. I will
clean up shortly, and I will go out in a little while. I am listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
2:05 P.M.: I chatted with CompUSA in
Dallas, Texas, and they are going to send me a $35 gift certificate for the $35
rebate I did not get from Que. The $20
CD player rebate was sent in August is to another manufacturer, so maybe it
will still come, since it is more recent.
I emailed CompUSA in Dallas, Texas a copy of the Que sales receipt from
last March. CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
1:25 P.M.: I checked with the CompUSA
rebate center in New Rochelle, New York 1-800-390-2344, and the said the $20
rebate on the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz telephone was sent out and returned, and
they would send it out again. However,
the $20 and $15 rebates from May on the Que CD/RW player and the $20 rebate in
August on the Que CD 58X player were referred to this telephone number
1-714-692-5573 Ext. 335, which said the Que Company was in Chapter 11
bankruptcy and one had to email them about any rebate information. I left a message with the CompUSA store in
Norwalk about the $55 owed to me on the three rebates. The Que web site http://www.qps-inc.com/ does
not say anything about the bankruptcy problem or give any information about
trying to obtain the rebates. It seems
since the rebate information was sent to CompUSA’s rebate center, it should be
CompUSA’s rebate problem, and they should honor the rebates. I will now clean up and go out in a short
period of time. CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
12:10 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I scanned copies of my recent Hyundai paper
work, and I printed them out. I put the
original and two copies on my right side of the bedroom desk in the metal paper
separator. I will now scan
www.compusa.com , www.staples.com , and www.circuitcity.com looking for weekly
bargains. CIO
Note: <888> 10/28/02 Monday
12:35 A.M.: I did a little bit of
regular computer work. I will now shut
down the computer, and I will go to bed in a brief spell. CIO
Note: <888> 10/27/02 Sunday
10:30 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I had two ¼ inch thick slices
of Dutch Edam cheese. CIO
Note: <888> 10/27/02 Sunday
9:35 P.M.: I listened to a bit of the
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I
guess nothing much ever happens in England, since the BBC is always reporting
on other worldly matters, but does not seem to cover England. I went outside briefly, and the skunk was on
the knoll by the garbage cans. It seems
to be getting bigger. CIO
Note: <888> 10/27/02 Sunday
8:00 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I fell back to sleep until 2 P.M.. I had two hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard
and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and two dill pickles quarter length slices
and ice tea. I had a 50% Brazilian instant
coffee and 50% Folgers decaffeinated instant coffee outside. I then went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I checked out a DVD video disk. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations
for extended periods of time since one does not have to pay to park on
Sunday. I set back an hour my wrist
watch and car clock. I then drove by the
waterfront again. I then returned
home. I set back the clocks in my
apartment. I had the same dinner as last
night of blacken boneless center cut pork chops with steamed broccoli and
steamed white rice and ice tea. I
chatted with a friend. CIO
Note: <888> 10/27/02 Sunday
1:25 A.M.: From my limited professional
experience, I know some professional typists can type over 250 words a minute
until they eventually come down with caporal tunnel syndrome which I believe is
a swelling of the muscle and nerve tendons in the wrists. Thus if one happened to have gone to one of
those schools where the motto was “Publish or Perish”, I would advise internet
publishers to consider the length versus the content of their publishing. In my own endeavors, I simply maintain a
short daily log that is not really relevant to anyone else but me. I try to respect other people’s privacy, and
I try to keep a legal eye to the content of what I do publish. Thus living in a fish bowl type of community
there is not anything really worth publishing of merit, since quite frankly
compared to fiction, I have usually preferred non fiction such as text books which
seem to be more informative. Thus
although we pay expensive premiums for public media access, it is really not
that educational at an advanced level.
Needless to say in a community such as this I would dare say there are
probably some professionals with advanced degrees whom have published such text
books and other literary efforts. I am
aware of quite a large number of New York City professors whom seem to be able
to afford to live here considering their professional expertise in the fields
they have chosen to endeavor in before they assumed teaching positions. Thus although the grass is always greener on
the other side of the tracks, the view from this distance from Manhattan is
limited to what is currently available in our local library and thrift
shops. If one has extra funds, one can
try to educate oneself by going to such resources at the Yale University of
Columbia University book stores to see what books they offer for various
courses offered that one might not be eligible to take. I remember about 25 years ago, at the Yale
Coop; they had lists of text books and required reading for each course offered
by the university. Of course if one
pursued this educational approach, one would be assuming that the professors
did not have anything else worthy to add to their courses, and one would not
have the diverse associations of other various interested classmates. Well, I am a bit tired, so I guess I will
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed some time soon. CIO
Note: <888> 10/27/02 Sunday
12:45 A.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I watched a bit of
television. The television programming
seems to be a bit more entertaining, so maybe the media people are trying to
avoid losing any more money by trying to make the media more entertaining. It is rather difficult to figure out the media
anyway. CIO
Note: <888> 10/26/02
Saturday 10:55 P.M.: The Delamar Hotel
which is under renovation is nearing completion on Steamboat Road here in
Greenwich. At www.expedia.com they show
the first available dates available, I assume the opening date as Election Day
Tuesday November 5 to Wednesday November 6, 2002. Maybe the parties involved are waiting to see
whom controls congress to see if there will be any guests or not or whatever
happens in local elections. Maybe if the
democrats lose, they plan to travel away on exotic foreign vacations, so there
will not be any well heeled guests here, but what comes back on the
rebound. CIO
Note: <888> 10/26/02
Saturday 10:40 P.M.: I made dinner. I took the 10 inch Teflon skillet, and I put
in three pads of margarine and three tablespoons of olive oil, and I heated it
over medium to medium high heat, and I added three diced gloves of garlic. I added two three quarter inch boneless
center cut pork chops and I sautéed them 2.5 minutes on each side, and I
seasoned them on both sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt,
chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, oregano, and
basil, and I flipped them about every half minute for the five minute cooking
cycle. For the last two minutes, I added
a couple tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce and a couple tablespoons
of lemon juice. Once they were done, I
sifted out the bits of cooked garlic and added the bits of cooked garlic on top
of the pork, and I added a couple tablespoons of the cooking fat to each piece
of pork. I had them reheated white rice and steamed fresh broccoli florets and
ice tea. I buy most of my seasonings
from CVS for a dollar a jar. CIO
Note: <888> 10/26/02
Saturday 9:30 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M.
this morning. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I am out of coral calcium. I had coffee inside. I started my house cleaning and watering the
plants. I took a two hour nap in the
process. I finished house cleaning and
watering the plants about 5 P.M.. I also
realigned the Audubon prints of the cardinal and the blue jay in the frame on
my bedroom door entrance. I also put new
holes in three of the shower curtain liner places where holes had ripped and
rehung them with the hooks. One can buy
a new shower curtain liner at the Old Greenwich hardware store for about
$3. I am not sure what the Greenwich
Hardware store charges or if CVS has them.
I dusted off the floor mats in the Hyundai. The rear seat passenger side seat belt hook
broke on the side panel, so I will have to buy a new one and install it when I
have the time. I went out, and I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I stopped
by CVS, and I bought two CVS Clorox drop-in toilet bowl cleaners for $2.99 both
plus .18 tax for $3.17 total. I then
drove down by the Long Island Sound and as far as I can tell the old Scott
property is still across the way now called Long Island. Apparently someone with the last name Scott
use to own all of Long Island, but it was not very profitable, so around 1700
he moved to Jamaica and made a fortune in the Rum trade and wrote a book about
his experiences called Tom Cringles’ Log which I have a copy of, but I have
never read it. Of course at that same
time and earlier two members of the Scott family had farms in Manhattan,
another member of the Scott family had a farm in Princeton, New Jersey. Another member of the Scott family owned half
the land grant of the colony of Virginia from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It would be interesting to know what other
properties the Scotts owned such as up in Canada or the Indies. Thus the Scotts have always been land poor
and prosperous as a large family. More
than likely a few of them still own property in Scotland, England, Ireland,
Northern Ireland, or Wales or elsewhere in the commonwealth maybe even India
since a Scott served with the last viceroy Lord Mountbattan. There was a young fellow walking around
downtown in Highland dress this evening.
I told him the Duke of Athol was suppose to be a tall man with a private
regiment. After checking out the
property across Long Island sound, I stopped by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
a five pound bag of sugar for $2.39. I
then came home. I put one of the CVS
Clorox tablets in the toilet bowl tank.
It says it is suppose to last four months, but since I flush more
frequently, they usually last less than two months. Well, I hope environmentalists do not object
if I add a little bit more chlorine to the ocean. It is hard to tell it the ocean has any
chlorine in it, since although it has a lot of sodium chloride better know as
salt, I am not sure about the amount of chlorine in the ocean. CIO
Note: <888> 10/25/02 Friday
9:35 P.M.: I sifted through my email
while listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I will now shut down the computer, and I will
watch a bit of BBC comedy television on channel 21 PBS from Long Island. Then I will go to bed in a little while. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week
10/25/02:
Note: <888> 10/25/02 Friday
8:35 P.M.: Dinner was most
enjoyable. I will now send out my weekly
notes. CIO
Note: <888> 10/25/02 Friday
7:30 P.M.: I went back out after the
last message, and I gave a former neighbor a ride from one location on the
waterfront to another location. I then
went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and
I read the local newspaper. I then
stopped by Exxon, and I bought $4 of regular unleaded for $1.679 a gallon at a
usage recently of 30 miles per gallon.
I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought three packages of S&S
margarine for $2 all, broccoli crowns at $1.29 a pound for $1.59, boneless
center cut pork chops at $1.99 a pound $2.61,
bay scallops at $3.99 a pound for $2.55, Kahn’s jumbo beef franks buy
one get one free $3.79 both, two Tropicana 96 ounce fresh orange juice jugs one
double C and one Calcium for $2.99 each for $18.52 total. I then returned home. I left a message with a friend, and I chatted
with a relative. For dinner I plan to
make up a batch of steamed white rice, then I will sauté the 2/3 of a pound of
bay scallops for three minutes in a 12 inch skillet on medium heat five pads of
hot margarine, five tablespoons of olive oil, four gloves of chopped garlic,
with small amounts of Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, ground black pepper,
celery salt, Italian spices, oregano, and basil for seasoning added in the
heated fat before cooking, and a half minute before the three minutes are up
add two tablespoons of lemon juice and I will put the bay scallops on the rice
and have it along with steamed fresh broccoli and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/25/02 Friday
4:20 P.M.: I had a telephone call from a
relative last night at 10 P.M.. I was up
at 5:30 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had coffee outside. I cleaned up, and I went out. I sat out briefly downtown. I then drove up to Norwalk, Ct. Ralley Hyundai, and I dropped my car off to
have the 30,000 miles service check and the passenger side outside door handle
repaired. I then walked over to Stew
Leonard’s, and I had a 10 ounce cup of Kuhea coffee. I then walked east, and I toured
Staples. I then walked further east, and
I stopped by McDonalds, but they did not serve a Big and Tasty $1 hamburger
until 10:30 A.M.. I checked out Gateway
computer, but they were not open until 10 A.M..
I walked back to the Hyundai dealership, and my car was ready at 11
A.M.. The total for the bill was $243.80
which I paid in cash. They fixed the
door handle for free under the warranty.
For the 30,000 mile service checkup, they did not change oil and oil
filter since I had that done recently, and they did not rotate the tires since
I have new tires. They did inspect and
replenish fluids, lube hinges and chassis, check horn, wipers, and lights,
check set tire pressure, check tire wear pattern, inspect brakes and hardware
adjustment if necessary, add injector cleaner, service battery, lube and adjust
linkage, replace engine coolant, service transmission, inspect exhaust system,
inspect belts and hoses, and fuel injection service. That service is normally $259.95 with the
items I did not have done included. Thus
they charged me $163.59 labor for about two hours at $80 an hour, $1.47 for
windshield washer fluid, $4.99 for oil treatment, $4.99 for fuel treatment, $16
for antifreeze, and four Champion? Platinum spark plugs 18826-11101 at $9.74
each for $38.96 for $66.41 parts for $230 total plus $13.80 tax for $243.80
total. The PCV valve, fuel filter and
air filter are fine. They said the car
should be fine for the next 12,000 miles or do for service around 45,000
miles. I then went by the Pepperidge
Farm outlet store nearby, and I bought two 38 ounce boxes of Pepperidge Farm
goldfish crackers for $3.99 each for $7.98 total. I then toured CompUSA. I next went by the Darien thrift shop, and I
bought two new Rally Series One 13 inch wheel covers for $7.50 both. I put them in the back of my Hyundai to have
them in reserve should a hub cab fall off.
I then drove back down to Greenwich, and I drove around Tod’s
Point. I stopped by the Old Greenwich Rummage
room thrift shop, and I bought two Madras style extra large long sleeve shirts
one an Arrow and one a Lord and Taylor in burgundy and dark green plaid and
dark blue and dark green plaid for $5 each plus a “Victorian Days” 2003
calendar for .53 for $10.53 total. I
then toured the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
I next drove down by the waterfront.
I then drove to another part of the waterfront. I have to pick up a former neighbor there at
4:30 P.M.. I then returned home. I had
two chicken franks with buns and Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup, potato chips,
two dill pickle quarter slices, and ice tea. I then had a 50% Brazilian instant
coffee and 50% Folgers’ decaffeinated instant coffee outside. I will now head out again. CIO
Note: <888> 10/24/02
Thursday 9:35 P.M.: I did a little bit
of regular computer work. I will now
shut down the computer. I have to go to
bed shortly, and I will be up at 5:30 A.M. to take the Hyundai up to Norwalk,
Ct. Hyundai to be serviced tomorrow. CIO
Note: <888> 10/24/02
Thursday 8:30 P.M.: I went back out, and
I gave a former neighbor a ride from one part of the waterfront to another part
of the waterfront. We spent some time
around the waterfront. I then drove my
former neighbor back home. I then walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I then went by
the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then returned home. I chatted with a friend. I will now have a Stouffer’s Hearty Home
Style turkey dinner with ice tea.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/24/02
Thursday 5:00 P.M.: I received my
Renters Rebate in the mail. I went out
to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then returned home, and I chatted with
Norwalk Hyundai and they said to call back later about the door part. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $5.40 of
regular unleaded gasoline at $1.679 a gallon at about 29 miles per gallon. I then went down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I next made by 3 P.M.
appointment. I returned home. I tried contacting the previous owner of the
Hyundai about the service record, but they have a non published number. I then called Norwalk Hyundai, and the door
handle part has arrived. I scheduled an
appointment tomorrow morning to have the door handle replaced for free under
the warranty, and I also scheduled the 30,000 mile maintenance check up for
$250 less not having the oil changed and additional to have Platinum spark
plugs put in. I just got a call from a
former neighbor, and I am going to give him a ride down by the waterfront. CIO
Note: <888> 10/24/02
Thursday 12:15 P.M.: I went to bed about
11:30 P.M.. I was up about 11 A.M.. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had coffee outside. I will clean up shortly and go out and do
some errands. CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 9:50 P.M.: Well, I guess I
will shut down the computer. I will put
the ice tea in the refrigerator. I will
watch a bit of television before going to bed.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 9:30 P.M.: Well the television
seems to have a bit of violent content on it, so maybe I should do more
computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 8:00 P.M.: Somebody left a
half dozen Architectural Digest interior decorating magazines on the community
room round table downstairs. I had some
jelly beans. I am in the process of
making www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 7:30 P.M.: I broiled the rest
of the London Broil steak about a pound, and I had it for dinner with Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, reheated steamed white rice, steamed fresh
cauliflower, and ice tea. I listened to
the BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02 Wednesday
5:55 P.M.: I went out, and I went by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a bag of
Starburst jelly beans for $2.29 plus .14 tax for $2.43 total. I then sat out for a while. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the George Weston bakeries
Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two 8 packs of hotdog rolls for .99 each and
two loaves of Freihofers 12 grain bread for $1.29 each minus .46 senior
discount for $4.10 total. I then went by
Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for
$26. I returned home. I put the jelly beans in the glass Steuben
style dish. I noticed when I was reading
PC Magazine yesterday; there was an advertisement for a free carton of American
Spirit cigarettes. One calls an 800
number in New Mexico, and they send you the information that one signs to
verify they are over 18 years old, and then one sends $4.95 shipping charge,
and they will send you a free carton of American Spirit cigarettes in 6 to 8
weeks which Smokes for Less sells for $45.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 3:00 P.M.: I also unplugged
the slaymaker rechargeable 1,000,000 watt flashlight from the charging adaptor,
and I put it back on top of the Buckingham Palace candy tin next to the day bed
on top of the living room bureau. Also
the DNS2GO referral service for the link http://mrscott.com/ is no longer
available since I do not have a credit card to pay $10 a year, so to access my
site in the future one will have to continue to use
www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ . CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 2:50 P.M.: I took out the
bottle of Moet and Chandon champagne that I got for the New Years 1997 from the
liquor cabinet in the hallway bookcase, and I put it in the refrigerator door
compartment to chill. Although I do not
drink myself, I keep alcoholic beverages for potential entertainment. Basically I planned to have a party for a
relative around 1997, but the relative never appeared, so I have been keeping
the entertainment beverages around should that relative ever appear since that
relative paid for the beverages. I
remember in the old days in Manhattan whenever I was hungry, and I looked in a
New Yorkers’ refrigerator there was never any food because they always ate out,
but there was always a bottle of champagne which is part of New York
hospitality. Well, it is now time to
clean up. Champagne I saw on television
is not suppose to be aged, and it supposedly does not get any better with
age. Well at least now it will be
chilled for a while. CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 2:25 P.M.: I threw out the
empty boxes for electronics equipment I had stored in the bedroom windows. I saved the paper work, and I put it in the
right bedroom nightstand drawer. I put
up the Saudi Arabia flag over the bedroom window curtain symbolizing the warmth
of southern hospitality. I also have a
confederate flag in the paper weight on the bedroom desk. Basically since I have a Pan Am flight bag
hanging at the entrance of the apartment, I feel it is still necessary to run
my apartment like Pan Am VIP services guest suite presently owned by Johnson
Controls. Presently with the living room
thermostat set at 76 degrees Fahrenheit, the interior living apartment
temperature is 74 degrees Fahrenheit according to the large round thermometer
hanging below the exterior windows above the electric radiators. However, the wall thermometer in the hallway
indicates about the same temperature. I
will have to see how much this costs me when I receive my next electricity
bill. Perhaps keeping it at 74 degrees
Fahrenheit instead of 72 degrees Fahrenheit will not be to much more expensive,
since the electic box fan going tends to work like a convection oven
circulating the heat and preventing it from rising into the false cieling. I also took out from the back seat of the
Hyundai the three hats, the water bottle, the sun glasses and cases, and I put
them in the bedroom. I left the flash
light and the binoculars on the back floor center of the Hyundai. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh
air. CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 1:25 P.M.: I chatted with
www.net2phone.com ,and they restored the $4.14 to my Net2Phone account. However, now they are charging 3.9 cents a
minute for PC to telephone calls within the United States up from 2 cents a
minute thus it has gotten more expensive to talk with Net2Phone. I will charge up the account at the first of
November with an additional $25 in funds, so I can continue using it. Well, I guess I will clean up and go out and
enjoy this cooler day. CIO
Note: <888> 10/23/02
Wednesday 12:25 P.M.: I was up at 10
A.M. when a friend called to say his home telephone was not working. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had
coffee outside. It is a bit nippy right
now about 45 degrees Fahrenheit. I have
seen a large number of squirrels recently, so I was hoping we would not have a
cold winter, since squirrels tend to migrate south when they expect colder
weather. I just received a telephone
call from a commodities broker in Fort Lauderdale, Florida trying to sell me
oil futures which he thinks will go up with a colder winter up north. I chatted with him for a while about
economics. Since it is warm and
comfortable inside my apartment, I might not be going out in the colder
weather, however, I might go out a little later on. It depends on how my mood strikes me. CIO
Note: <888> 10/22/02 Tuesday
10:30 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I will now shut down the computer, and I will
go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 10/22/02 Tuesday
9:15 P.M.: I finished the laundry, and I
put it away. I chatted with a
friend. CIO
Note: <888> 10/22/02 Tuesday
7:55 P.M.: I put the laundry in the
driers. CIO
Note: <888> 10/22/02 Tuesday
7:30 P.M.: I started two loads of
laundry. I put clean sheets on the
bed. CIO
Note: <888> 10/22/02 Tuesday
6:35 P.M.: I am cooking a Stouffer’s 15
ounce stuffed peppers dinner for dinner.
I will have it with ice tea. I
also am recharging the Slaymaker rechargeable 1,000,000 watt flashlight which
should be charged up by 3 P.M. tomorrow.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/22/02 Tuesday
5:55 P.M.: I went back out, and I drove
down by the waterfront. I then sat out
for a while at Bruce Park. I then drove
by the waterfront again. I then went by
the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper and the rest of PC
magazine. This month’s issue has 104
useful tips for Windows XP. I then sat
outside at the library a bit. I noticed
they are fixing the brick work on the Cole auditorium addition which has become
lose from the local salt corrosion rusting the steel straps that fastened the
brickwork to the masonry. I suggested
that they replace the dark red burgundy color bricks with Indiana Limestone
bricks, so the Cole Auditorium wing matches the Indiana Limestone on the
Peterson wing. Of course like everything
I say, they only took it with a grain of salt.
Well, next I walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a
while. I returned back to my
apartment. I just had a cold diet Coke
in a frosted mug outside. CIO
Note: <888> 10/22/02 Tuesday
1:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative at
11 P.M. last night. I was up at 5:30
A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had a coffee inside after I felt it was a
bit too nippy to have coffee outside. I
cleaned up. I left for Norwalk,
Connecticut Hyundai, and I arrived there about 7:45 A.M.. I dropped off the Hyundai to have the
passenger side outdoor door handle repaired.
I walked over to Stew Leonard’s just west down the road, and I toured the
store, then I sat out by the petting zoo.
I then went back in the store, and I bought a Hawaiian Kona coffee 10
ounces for $1. I then sat outside by the
petting zoo, and I had the coffee. They
have lots of Halloween and harvest products.
I returned back to the Hyundai dealer, and about 9 A.M. they told me,
they would have to order the new door handle.
They gave me back the Hyundai with the door handle removed and the
inside door levers removed. I was told
the repair would be for free covered underneath the 5 year 60,000 mile
warranty. I will call them up on
Thursday afternoon to see if they have the part, and if so reschedule the
service to have then new door handle put in on Friday or next week. I browsed Barnes and Noble, they have a nice
coffee shop down the way from CompUSA. I
miss the old days of browsing books before the internet. I then went over to CompUSA, and I toured
their store. I then returned to
Greenwich, and I went by the Old Greenwich Rummage room thrift shop. I then sat out for a while at Tod’s
Point. I then stopped by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I then returned
home. I then put three silver strips of
duct tape over the Hyundai door handle opening to cover the opening should it
get wet. For lunch I had two chicken
franks with Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and two dill pickle
quarter slices with ice tea. I will now
go back out to enjoy the day. CIO
Note: <888> 10/21/02 Monday
8:55 P.M.: I watched some
television. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed. I will get
up about 5:30 A.M. tomorrow to get ready to go to Norwalk Hyundai to get my
outside passenger door handle fixed.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/21/02 Monday
8:05 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I had a Stouffer’s Home-style Salisbury steak
dinner. I am now watching
television. CIO
Note: <888> 10/21/02 Monday
6:30 P.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I went downtown. I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I drove down by the waterfront. I then sat out in Bruce Park. I then drove back down by the waterfront, and
I chatted with some locals. I then went
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I
next went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, and I read part
of PC Magazine. I then arrived early for
my 4:30 P.M. appointment. From the
vending machines I had a half Italian sub with mozzarella cheese, salami, and
pepperoni for $2 a cappuccino for .75.
After my appointment, I sat out downtown for a while. I then drove by the waterfront. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I
bought two 12.25 ounce bags of Wise potato chips for $1.99 each for $3.98
total. I then returned home. I am having a glass of ice tea and some jelly
beans. CIO
Note: <888> 10/21/02 Monday
11:35 A.M.: I was up at 10 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins and supplements. I had coffee outside. I called Norwalk Hyundai, and I made an
appointment to take my Hyundai up there tomorrow morning at 7:30 A.M. to have
the outside passenger side door handle fixed under the warranty. I guess I will read up there while I
wait. I will now clean up and go
out. CIO
Note: <888> 10/20/02 Sunday
11:15 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I chatted with a relative.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 10/20/02 Sunday
8:20 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. Well, it is a bit nippy out,
but it is a full moon, so any night strollers can probably see their way around
in the dark. I just chatted with a
relative who was suppose to have received a package via UPS, but it is probably
still at the package receptacle place.
On the WE channel 42 at 10 P.M., there is suppose to be a program about
what the young royals are doing for entertainment. Since I am older and tend to get tired, I am
not sure I will be able to stay up that late.
I guess I will do some channel surfing on the television right now. CIO
Note: <888> 10/20/02 Sunday
5:55 P.M.: Basically the reason I try to
walk a bit is to stay fit and lose weight.
Also since I played a lot of golf in my earlier years, I am use to
walking. Thus when one can not afford
the old links, there are other alternatives for walking. Another amusing occupation while walking is
bird watching. CIO
Note: <888> 10/20/02 Sunday
5:40 P.M.: I listened to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I munched on some jelly beans. I guess I will now watch some
television. CIO
Note: <888> 10/20/02 Sunday
4:35 P.M.: About three nights ago, I
opened up the 2 pound ball of Dutch Edam cheese, and I had some of it with
Carr’s crackers. I also put the jelly
beans in a Steuben style dish and put them on the glass coffee table in the
living room. CIO
Note: <888> 10/20/02 Sunday
4:05 P.M.: I dropped off a DVD video
disk at the library drop. I went
downtown, and I sat out for a while. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I
next went over to Tod’s Point, and I walked the 2.5 miles around the park. I sat out at a couple of places. I then went downtown to Greenwich Avenue, and
I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.
I sat out at various locations. I
went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I stopped by CVS, and I bought 4 cans of
Starkist solid white tuna in water for .99 a can plus a bag of Starburst jelly
beans for $2.29 plus .14 tax for $6.39 total.
I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper and checked out a DVD video disk. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $5.90 of
regular unleaded gasoline at $1.679 a gallon.
I then returned home. I had a
cold A&W root beer in a frosted mug.
I am about to have reheated barbeque chicken with steamed white rice and
steamed fresh cauliflower and asparagus and ice tea. I will then have a cappuccino outside. CIO
Note: <888> 10/20/02 Sunday
10:00 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of a cottage cheese omelet,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I then had a coffee outside. I
will clean up shortly and head out.
Possibly I will go over to Tod’s Point and enjoy the day. CIO
Note: <888> 10/19/02
Saturday 10:05 P.M.: I think I will shut
down the computer and rest or go to sleep.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/19/02
Saturday 10:00 P.M.: My guest arrived at
4 P.M.. We drove down by the
waterfront. Then we walked around lower
Greenwich Avenue. We next went by the
Food Emporium. My guest bought boneless
breasts of Purdue chicken for 50% off and two dozen eggs for .79 a dozen. We then returned back to my apartment. I washed the three halves of boneless Purdue
chicken breast and dried them with paper towels. I then put several tablespoons of olive oil
in a Pyrex pie dish, and I rubbed the boneless chicken breasts in them. I then seasoned both sides with Old Bay
seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian
spices, oregano, basil, and Texas Best barbeque sauce. I cooked them in the convection oven at 350
degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. We
each had one for dinner with steamed white rice and steamed cauliflower along
with ice tea. We then had coffee
outside. We then watched a DVD video
disk. My guest just left. CIO
Note: <888> 10/19/02
Saturday 3:50 P.M.: According to UPS tracking the package I sent four days ago
was delivered at 3:22 P.M. today to my relative. I hope they enjoy the Samsonite carry on
suitcase from Michelin as well at the Michelin road atlas. However, I am not sure if they will open it
right away or save it until Christmas to open.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/19/02
Saturday 3:05 P.M.: I had a call from a
relative around 11 P.M. last night. I
went to bed shortly thereafter. I was up
at 7 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I had a coffee outside. I then
fell back to sleep until noon when a friend called. I had two chicken hotdogs with buns and Dijon
mustard and ketchup and potato chips and dill pickle quarter slices and ice
tea. I then had a cappuccino
outside. I just finished cleaning my
apartment and watering the plants. I
cleaned up. I have a guest arriving for
dinner at 4 P.M.. CIO
Note: <888> 10/18/02 Friday
9:15 P.M.: Well, I chatted with a
friend. I will now shut down the
computer. I tried the apple corer sectioner,
and it works pretty well, but one has to clean out some of the interior seed
rind when one uses it. I will go to bed
in a little while. CIO
Note: <888> 10/18/02 Friday
7:30 P.M.: I had $4.14 left on my
Net2Phone YAP card, and Net2Phone took out the money from my account and
disabled the YAP card, so I can not now use it.
I guess Net2Phone might be having financial problems if they are taking
away money from people’s accounts without their permission. It makes me hesitant to recharge the
Net2Phone account. Their customer
service number is 1-877-627-4663. When I
called them, they said eventually they would call me back, but they were
basically giving me the run around. It
sounds like something is rotten in Columbus, Ohio where the Net2Phone service
operator said they were located.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/18/02 Friday
5:15 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I
bought an apple sectioner and corer for $1.
I then got my flu shot at the outpatient clinic at the Greenwich
Hospital. I then went downtown. I walked about 2/3 of the length of Greenwich
Avenue. I stopped by the Greenwich
Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and I obtained parking
change. For the uninformed Greenwich
Avenue parking meters no long take Thomas Jefferson nickels and Franklin Delano
Roosevelt dimes, but only George Washington quarters. In walking around the street, I have noticed
slugs on the street about the size of a quarter, so I guess some of the more
frugal citizens are using slugs. I also
stopped by the Merry Go Round mews thrift shop.
I then went down by the waterfront, and I chatted with a local
waterfront observer. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Wall Street Journal. I noticed there was an article in the Wall
Street Journal that Sears and Roebuck stock was way down since many of its 100
million credit card holders are not paying off their credit card bills. I suppose this could be a precursor of other
similar economic events to happen in the future. I then returned home, and I had a cold diet
Sprite in frosted mug outside. I then
had a Stouffers Hearty pot roast dinner along with ice tea. I then had a cappuccino outside. CIO
Note: <888> 10/18/02 Friday
9:25 A.M.: I will now clean up. I will shut down the computer. CIO
Note: <888> 10/18/02 Friday
8:30 A.M.: I burned the 3 Red Hat Linux
8 *.iso files to CD/R disks, and I labeled the jewel cases I put them in. Since I have perfectly good Microsoft
operating systems installed on my three desktop computers, I will not be
installing the Red Hat 8 Linux operating system on any of them to see what it
is like, since I feel the Microsoft product is superior. However, if I should stumble across an old
computer that needs an operating system, I might install it on it. However, again I really do not have room for
another computer in my apartment. I will
now clean up shortly. I have an 11 A.M.
flu shot appointment. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week
10/18/02:
Note: <888> 10/18/02 Friday
7:00 A.M.: I ran Norton Disk Doctor
before going to bed last night. I ran
Norton Speed Disk while asleep. I was up
at 5:30 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of a cottage cheese three egg omelet, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
and supplements. I then had a coffee
outside. I will now send out my weekly
notes. CIO
Note: <888> 10/17/02
Thursday 8:15 P.M.: Well, I am a bit
tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed in a little
while. I have to get a flu shot tomorrow
morning. CIO
Note: <888> 10/17/02
Thursday 7:40 P.M.: I was told that
there is potentially increased volcanic activity at the Montserrat Volcano
observatory http://www.mvo.ms/ .
CIO
Note: <888> 10/17/02
Thursday 7:20 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then drove to another part
of the waterfront, and I chatted with a former neighbor. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then returned to the waterfront, and I gave
my former neighbor a ride home. I then
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various
locations. I then returned home. For dinner I had a one pound piece of London
Broil broiled four minutes on a side, steamed white rice, steamed cauliflower
and asparagus, and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/17/02
Thursday 12:10 P.M.: I went out, and I
stopped by the Valley Road post office to mail the letter. I then went downtown, and I drove down by
the waterfront. I next walked lower
Greenwich Avenue downtown, and I sat out at a couple of locations. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper, and I returned and checked out a DVD disk. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought four Stouffer’s Hearty meals two pot roast, one turkey, and one
Salisbury steak for $2.15 each, one Stouffer’s Lasagna 20 ounce $2.75, a
Stouffer’s 15 ounce stuffed peppers $2.27, a head of cauliflower $1.99, a top
round London Broil steak at $1.99 a pound $3.96, two packages of Kunzler
chicken franks $1.19, and a package of Hebrew National beef franks $2.59 plus
.95 in returned cans and a Perrier bottle for $23.59 total. I then returned home. I had a cold diet Coke in a frosted mug
outside. I then had two chicken franks
with buns and Dijon mustard and ketchup and potato chips and two dill pickle
slice quarters for lunch with ice tea. I
will now have a cappuccino outside. I
guess since it is a nice day, I will go out in a little while. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note: <888> 10/17/02
Thursday 7:45 A.M.: I had a call from a
relative about 11 P.M. last night. I was
up at 5 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I just finished writing a letter
to a relative. I will clean up, and I
will go out a in a little while. CIO
Note: <888> 10/16/02
Wednesday 6:55 P.M.: My guest just
left. I am going to shut down the
computer and go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 10/16/02
Wednesday 5:55 P.M.: My guest and I
chatted. We had dinner of the rest of
the cold eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce,
steamed white rice, steamed frozen green peas, and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/16/02
Wednesday 3:00 P.M.: My guest and I went
out. We drove by the waterfront. We went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. We next went by the ELDC thrift
shop. We just now returned and are about
to have a cup of coffee. CIO
Note: <888> 10/16/02
Wednesday 1:30 P.M.: My guest
arrived. We will go out shortly. CIO
Note: <888> 10/16/02
Wednesday 12:40 P.M.: I sifted through
my email. I chatted with a former
neighbor. CIO
Note: <888> 10/16/02
Wednesday 11:20 A.M.: I scanned about 23
pictures, and I sent them to a relative.
I just had lunch of Progresso New England clam chowder along with potato
chips and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/16/02
Wednesday 7:40 A.M.: I did some regular
computer work. I downloaded the three Red
Hat 8 *.iso files from Sweden. However,
I will not install them on the backup computer, but I might burn the *.iso
files to CD. I just chatted with a
friend whom will be over to visit about 1 P.M.. My Optimum Online email service
is not working this morning. I will
start scanning my photos I picked up yesterday shortly. CIO
Note: <888> 10/16/02
Wednesday 5:35 A.M.: I was up at 4
A.M.. I had breakfast of a cottage
cheese omelet, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I am downloading Red Hat Linux 8.0 from
Sweden. I am not sure whether I will try
to check it out on one of my backup computers or not since the Microsoft
products I already have seem superior. I
need to scan my photo I picked up yesterday, so I can email them to a relative
and other interested parties. Today is
suppose to be a good day for ducks. I am
expecting a guest later on this afternoon.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/15/02 Tuesday
8:05 P.M.: I had a Stouffer’s Lean
Cuisine Chicken Florentine dinner for dinner with ice tea. I chatted with a relative. I chatted with a friend. I turned the thermostat in the living room up
to 76 degrees Fahrenheit, so the room temperature is about 72 degrees
Fahrenheit. I also put the Lasko fan in
front of the window air conditioner, so it circulates the heat on low fan speed
saving money by preventing the heat from rising into the false ceiling but
instead circulating it into the room. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 10/15/02 Tuesday
6:45 P.M.: I went out, and I cashed my Siemens router $40 rebate check at
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I then went downtown, and I walked half the length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I dropped off my 2
rolls of 24 exposure film for one hour processing. I then sat out for a while downtown. I then drove by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I next went to the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper. I
then went by CVS, and I picked up my pictures. The cost for 2 rolls of 24
exposure film was $14.18 and .85 tax for $15.03 total. I then sat out for a while downtown. I just now returned home. I had a cold A&W root beer outside in a
frosted mug. I have been getting the
NOAA weather warning all day from my NOAA weather warning radio and on the
computer weather warning for heavy rain tonight and tomorrow with possible
flooding and possibly up to three inches of rain. I just chatted with a relative and they are
at their southern destination. A piece
of paper fell out from underneath my dashboard, and I now have the name of the
previous owner of the Hyundai, so I can check on the service record on the car
to see if it had the 30,000 mile service check done. CIO
Note: <888> 10/15/02 Tuesday
2:15 P.M.: I rested from after the last
message to 8 A.M.. I had some goldfish crackers and apple chunks and ice
tea. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I
bought a carton of Eve Lights 100s for $25.
I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went by the Greenwich Town Hall, and I
checked with the health department. They
do not give flu shots at their location, but will be holding immunization
clinics starting later in the month into November. I then went to the Greenwich Hospital
outpatient clinic, and I made an appointment to have flu shot later this
week. I then went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. I next returned
home. I labeled the Samsonite carry on
suitcase to send to a relative. I then
went to Pak Mail at the Stop and Shop shopping center, and I mailed the
Samsonite carry on suitcase via UPS for $19.40.
I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought
two cans of Campbell’s extra chunky soup for $2.99 both and a stick of Gillette
Right Guard deodorant for $1.60 from the clearance shelf for $4.59 total. I then sat out at a couple of locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I
returned the Windows XP Que book. I then
returned home. I had lunch of a tuna
fish sandwich with potato chips and dill pickle slice and ice tea. I used up a roll of film photographing the
interior of my apartment. I will now
take two rolls of film to CVS to have developed. I also received my $40 rebate check for the
Siemens router which I will cash shortly.
I will now go out. CIO
Note: <888> 10/15/02 Tuesday
4:05 A.M.: I watched a little bit of
television, and I read a bit. CIO
Note: <888> 10/15/02 Tuesday
1:35 A.M.: Well, I was thinking of going
out, but I just checked outside, and the skunk was feeding right behind my
car. I guess I will read for a while
before maybe I clean up and go out later.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/15/02 Tuesday
1:00 A.M.: I set the thermostat in the
living room to 72 degrees Fahrenheit and the bedroom thermostat to 66 degrees
Fahrenheit, however the thermostats tend to run four degrees cooler. After dinner, I downloaded and installed the
latest version of Real One and its add ons from the beta that I had
installed. I put away the ice tea in the
refrigerator. I guess I will now clean
up, and then I will dress warmly since it is 39 degrees Fahrenheit
outside. I might go out for a drive and
some fresh air, but first I want to check the computer store sale sights at
www.compusa.com , www.staples.com, and www.circuitcity.com to see if they have
any needed sale items this week. While I
was just outside chatting with a neighbor, some sort of night bird flew away
from the entrance roof, so maybe the old night owl is on the prowl. CIO
Note: <888> 10/14/02 Monday
11:05 P.M.: I am just about ready to have two 1/3 inch thick slices of cold eye
round beef with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and
reheated steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli and fresh sliced
asparagus along with ice tea. I guess I
will then have a cappuccino inside. It
is 69 degrees Fahrenheit inside the apartment.
I have checked the cords to make sure they are away from the electric
radiators, so I am prepared to turn on the heat when necessary. CIO
Note: <888> 10/14/02 Monday
10:35 P.M.: I was up at 9:30 A.M. this
morning, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I then had a coffee
outside. I then fell back to sleep until
4 P.M.. I had a tuna fish sandwich with potato chips and dill pickle slices
along with ice tea. I then had a
cappuccino outside. I fell back asleep
again until just now. I had a call from
a friend around 8 P.M.. I was told there
is suppose to be frost outside tonight.
I am in the process of making up another batch of
www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .
I am using 22 tea bags of 13 different varieties. I just opened up the new 8 ounce bottle of
Angostura bitters that I use in ice tea.
Angostura bitters comes from Trinidad and Tobago. I visited Tobago during the winter of 1971
and 1972 and I had many enjoyable planters punches made with Angostura
bitters. I think the old guard still use
it for “Old Fashions”. Well, a few years
ago I was told by Liberty Travel across from the Greenwich Library that in
February one can fly round trip to Tobago to the Mount Irvine Club for a weeks
stay per person double occupancy for $850 apiece which during January or
February might be enjoyable. Well, I
guess I have to try to get use to the colder weather. I still have not turned on the heat in the
apartment, but at the moment it is plenty warm.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/14/02 Monday
12:55 A.M.: I watched a bit of public media entertainment on the
television. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed in a brief spell. CIO
Note: <888> 10/13/02 Sunday
11:10 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I went outside briefly, and the
medium size skunk does not seem to be afraid.
It is having dinner on the ridge about 10 feet behind my car and does
not seem to want to move. CIO
Note: <888> 10/13/02 Sunday
10:40 P.M.: Maybe it was this owl
http://www.iwrc-online.org/kids/Facts/Birds/ghow.htm , the skunk family better
watch out. CIO
Note: <888> 10/13/02 Sunday
10:35 P.M.: If anyone has small children
or animals, I did see a two to three foot tall owl land in the trees in my back
yard across the way on the far side of the baseball field to the west
side. I initially thought it might be a
large eagle, but it from 1000 foot distance with the naked eye looked more like
a big barn owl. CIO
Note: <888> 10/13/02 Sunday
10:15 P.M.: Speaking of Cougars and other wild predatory wild cats, more than
likely some of them might be migrating south through this area during their
annual migration south to their warmer feeding grounds. Of course some cats are territorial, so it is
hard to tell how many of them there really are in the wild or migrating through
this area. I am not a cat expert. CIO
Note: <888> 10/13/02 Sunday
10:05 P.M.: I left a message with one
friend. I chatted with another friend. I
talked to two relatives. I went outside,
and I noticed that the rear view window of my Hyundai hatch back has the garden
hose and beach chairs showing when one looks in. I took out my gold towel, and I put it over
the rear items in the hatch back area, so they are not apparent. I put the
rechargeable solar powered flash light on top of the towel, so it can keep
recharging. I guess when one looks at
the back of the car now one gets the impression of black and gold which reminds
me the last time I was on my own in Florida in October of 1983 during some
heavy rain, I rented a gold Ford Cougar from Hertz, and the windshield wipers
did not work, so when I was driving after the storm, I exchanged it for a black
Ford cougar. This reminds me that I
joked then that black and gold were the colors of the Russian cigarettes Balkan
Sabrone which had the crest of the Czar of Russia on the cigarette
package. At about $12 a package they are
quite expensive. I suppose also that if
I recall from my extensive reading black and gold was the color of the Imperial
Czarist Army which at one time was a formidable force. Of course all of that is history, but I
recall black and gold was favored by what ever group that General George S.
Patton worked with, so the United States Army had its version of black and gold
also. Also I believe a number of notable
sports teams use the colors black and gold.
However, if the czar’s cigarettes were black and gold more than likely
the czar was one of the first people to start using black and gold up north,
however more than likely it was popular in earlier times down south when they
did not have much lighting, and they used gold candlesticks to light the dark
night, thus more than likely that was the origins of black and gold. Well, enough of a history lesson. Needless to say this time of year when one
goes south, one sees what looks like what appears to be an army on the move
settling in for the winter. Judging from
the scarcity of squirrels in this area, I predict a colder than normal winter,
since believe it or not squirrels do migrate during colder winters when they
expect a colder winter, unlike people whom listen to weather forecasts from
their energy provider. You better check
with your head squirrel person. CIO
Note: <888> 10/13/02 Sunday
7:25 P.M.: For dinner, I had two cold ½
inch thick slices of eye round with horse radish and Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, a medley of steamed fresh vegetables
of sliced asparagus, sliced yellow squash, and a couple of sprigs of broccoli,
and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/13/02 Sunday
5:25 P.M.: I was up about 8 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I then had coffee outside. I next
cleaned up the apartment and watered the plants. I then had a bowl of apple chunks and ice
tea. I then cleaned up. I then went downtown, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went to the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper. I next went by the
ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
decided to go for a long drive. I drove up North Street. I then went west on Clapboard Road, and I
crossed Lake Avenue, and I headed west on Clapboard Road, and then I went north
on Round Hill Road, and I turned left on Porchuck Road heading west. I then
went north a bit on Riversville Road, and I turned left west on Cliffdale Road,
but the bridge was out on the Byram River gorge, so I returned back east on
Cliffdale Road, and I went north on Riversville Road to John Street. I then went west on John Street to the
connecting road in New York that heads south to King Street, and I turned west
at the traffic light to go over to Westchester County Airport. I drove by the
airport entrance, and I checked out the private parking spots, and a friend of
mines private parking spots are still there.
I then chatted with the security guard at Signature Aviation about
aviation. I then returned back to
Greenwich via King Street turning left after the Merritt Parkway on the
Glenville Road connector. I then went to the Glenville Stop and Shop, and I
bought asparagus at $1.99 a pound for $1.77 total. I then drove over via Weaver Street to the
Boston Post Road, and I drove over to Smokes for Less in Byram, but they were
closed today. I then went back via the
library, and I chatted with a local. I
then went by Exxon, and I bought a $5 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.679 a
gallon for about 27 miles per gallon with about a third of the driving at
higher speeds than local in back country.
I also bought Marlboro Lights 100s buy two get one free for $11
all. I then returned home. CIO
Note: <888> 10/12/02
Saturday 9:10 P.M.: After dinner, my
guest and I watched television. I will
now shut down the computer and go to bed in a little while. CIO
Note: <888> 10/12/02
Saturday 7:00 P.M.: I slept until 6
P.M.. I then took the eye round of beef,
and I seasoned it on both sides with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery
salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil, and then I
also coated it with Texas Best Barbeque sauce.
I am cooking it in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45
minutes. We will have a couple of slices
of it for dinner with steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli and ice
tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/12/02 Saturday
2:25 P.M.: My guest and I drove
downtown, and we went by the waterfront.
They have the Art in the Bruce Museum Park for $5 per person. We toured the lobby of the new Delamar
Hotel. It has a mixed pattern marble
lobby with European style art. It seems
to be a first class hotel. They will
not be open for another couple of weeks and the restaurant will not be open for
another month. However, boat slips are
available according to the Dock Master.
Next we went to the Farmer’s Market at the Greenwich Train Station
southwest parking lot, and my guest bought organic broccoli for $2 a
pound. Then we went to the Stop and
Shop, and my guest bought an eye round roast for $2.49 a pound for $6.50. Then we went to the Food Emporium, and I
bought four 32 ounce bags of A&P Hazelnut coffee for $3.99 a bag for
$15.96. We just now returned back to the
apartment. I think I will take a
nap. CIO
Note: <888> 10/12/02
Saturday 12:35 P.M.: My guest and I had
breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. We cleaned up. We dropped off a DVD video disk at the video
drop at the library. We drove down by
the waterfront. We went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. We went by the
Presbyterian Church tag sale. I bought a
green flannel extra large shirt for $3.
Next we went to the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop, and we viewed the
old tree in the Greenwich Common. My
guest suggested they should cable the old tree, so it does not fall apart. Of course that might mess up its karma. We went by the library, and read the local paper. I checked out a DVD video disk and a book
called “Arthritis for Dummies”. We then
returned back to my apartment. I chatted
with a relative. We will now go back out
to explore the rather moist environment of Greenwich this weekend. CIO
Note: <888> 10/12/02
Saturday 6:05 A.M.: I was up at 4
A.M.. I watched a bit of
television. I read some of “Dot.con”. My guest is just waking up now. CIO
Note: <888> 10/11/02 Friday
10:55 P.M.: My guest arrived about 5:30
P.M.. We had broiled shell steaks for dinner with steamed white rice and
steamed frozen green peas and ice tea.
We watched a DVD video. I will
now shut down the computer. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week
10/11/02:
Note: <888> 10/11/02 Friday
5:55 P.M.: I was up at 4 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of a cottage
cheese omelet, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements and coffee. I then fell back to sleep until 1 P.M.. A former neighbor called who needed a ride
over from one part of the harbor to another part of the harbor to run the pump
on his boat to bail out his boat. I went
out without cleaning up, and I drove over to the former neighbor’s resident and
gave him a ride to his boat. He ran the
electric pump to bail it out. We then
went for a drive. I went by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. We
then went to the First Presbyterian Church Tag sale at the top of Greenwich
Avenue on Lafayette Place. I bought a
pair of Williamsburg candle sconces with crystal globes for $6 all, a ceramic
blue, white, and yellow Chinese style bowl about 18 inches in diameter with
curved sides and about 7 inches high for $18 and a Perrier Group of America
dark green extra large jacket for $10 for $34 total. We toured the various display rooms. I also used the ATM machine at the First
Union bank on Lafayette place. I next
drove my former neighbor back home, and I chatted with another former neighbor. I then returned home. I put the Chinese style large bowl underneath
the large terracotta plant pot with the pythos plant that I have on the dining
room table removing the brass tray. It
looks very good holding the plant pot. I
put the Perrier coat in my right living room closet with some of my other
coats. I hung the Williamsburg sconces
on either side of the Cosby painting of the west coast of the USA or Hawaii
over the bed in the bedroom. It all
looks fine. I just finished cleaning up. I am expecting a guest for dinner
shortly. I will now send out my weekly
notes. CIO
Note: <888> 10/10/02
Thursday 10:55 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I watched a bit of
television. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed in a little while. CIO
Note: <888> 10/10/02
Thursday 8:55 P.M.: I just finished
doing my laundry. I changed the sheets
on my bed. I also washed my yellow Eddie
Bauer gortex jacket. I am cooking a
Stouffers lean cuisine Salisbury steak dinner which I will have with ice
tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/10/02
Thursday 5:45 P.M.: I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next
drove downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then drove by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper. I checked out “The
New American Heart Association Cookbook 25th Anniversary Edition”. I then returned home. I have to remember some day in the future to
go to the Greenwich Town Hall Health Department and to get a flu shot for
$15. They offered them in my building
yesterday, but I missed the notice. I
filled out the form to mail for the free “Greenwich Citizen” newspaper. The Greenwich Times warned that groups of con
artists are working the town again offering chimney sweeping and other type
scams. I have received a number of
telemarketing calls recently including one that inquired about my bank account,
so the general public should be on the look out. CIO
Note: <888> 10/10/02
Thursday 2:10 P.M.: After breakfast I
slept until 1 P.M.. I had two hotdogs
with buns and mustard and ketchup and potato chips and ice tea. I then had a 50% Folgers decaffeinated
instant coffee and a 50% Chock Full of Nuts instant coffee outside. I will now clean up. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note: <888> 10/10/02
Thursday 6:25 A.M.: I was up at 3:30
A.M.. I was sitting out front having a
cigarette and the skunk pop out from underneath the car in front of me. I quickly dashed away. I then went upstairs, and I had a bowl of
apple chunks and ice tea. I then went
downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I next went to the Food Emporium.
I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium
for $2 each, a dozen large eggs $1.79, a Stouffer’s low calorie Chicken
Florentine and Salisbury steak dinner for $2.39 each, and two shell steaks with
bone in for $3.99 a pound for $4.27 and $4.31 for $20.80 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I will make a cottage cheese
omelet shortly and have it with toast and vitamins and supplements and orange
juice and then I will have a coffee outside.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/09/02
Wednesday 10:00 P.M.: I watched some television. I will now shut down the computer and try to
go to bed early to be on a day schedule.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/09/02
Wednesday 8:55 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M.
today when a relative called. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had coffee outside. An early Christmas present from a relative
arrived by UPS. I fell back to sleep
until 2:30 P.M. when a friend came to visit.
I cleaned up. We went for a drive
by the waterfront at various locations, and we viewed the waterfront at various
locations. We sat out briefly downtown
and at the library. We returned back to
my place. I went out briefly to the
Arnold bread outlet, and I bought three loaves of 12 grain bread for $3.48
total. I then returned back to my
place. We watched a bit of
television. I cooked the same style
barbeque chicken that I cooked earlier in the week, and we had it for dinner
with steamed white rice and steamed frozen peas and ice tea. We watched a bit of television. My guest just left. I picked up a copy of a new newspaper this
weekend in front of Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue called the “Greenwich
Citizen”, and it has a slip inside of it for a free weekly mail subscription
which I will mail in. CIO
Note: <888> 10/09/02
Wednesday 5:10 A.M.: I watched some more
television. I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note: <888> 10/09/02
Wednesday 12:30 A.M.: I had a cappuccino
outside. I watched some television. I put away the ice tea in the
refrigerator. CIO
Note: <888> 10/08/02 Tuesday
9:55 P.M.: Of course if one is more
ambitious, one could try www.geocities.com/mikelscott/pizza.htm . CIO
Note: <888> 10/08/02 Tuesday
9:50 P.M.: For anyone whom needs good
quality used clothes, the Presbyterian Church
at the top of Greenwich Avenue is having its annual tag sale this Friday
and Saturday October 11 and 12 from 9 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.. In previous years, I have purchased like new
cashmere overcoats for $20, so if one needs some winter clothes, more than
likely they might have some available for sale. In cooking a frozen pizza, I unwrap it, and
I put it on a cookie sheet. I then
season it with garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian spices,
oregano, and basil, and then I drizzle on it olive oil, and then I cook it the
recommended cooking time. Thus I get a
more favorable frozen pizza. CIO
Note: <888> 10/08/02 Tuesday
9:30 P.M.: I went to bed about 6 A.M. this morning after watching some
more television. I was up at 5 P.M.. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I then had a coffee outside. I then cleaned up, and I went downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local newspaper and PC Magazine and PCWorld. PC Magazine mentioned a definitive library
reference site at www.mel.org which looks very interesting. I noticed the library has a few new generic
computers for the internet users besides the IBM PCs. The new ones are in the west row. I then returned home. I am making up a batch of
www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm , and I am using 22 tea bags of 13
varieties. I will start cooking a
Tombstone pepperoni pizza shortly.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/08/02 Tuesday
3:35 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down. I will go to bed briefly. CIO
Note: <888> 10/08/02 Tuesday
3:20 A.M.: I watched some
television. I had the rest of the
pineapple chunks with the remainder of the Hood cottage cheese along with ice
tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/08/02 Tuesday
1:05 A.M.: I took seven Macintosh
apples, and I quartered them, and then I cut out the seeds and the hard parts
around the seeds, but I left the peel on them.
I then diced them into about half inch chunks. I added about a third of a cup of lemon juice
to keep them from turning brown, and I stirred them together with the lemon
juice. I then put it all in a Rubbermaid
container in the refrigerator for future eating. CIO
Note: <888> 10/08/02 Tuesday
12:35 A.M.: I watched some
television. I had some goldfish crackers
with ice tea. I got to thinking today
about Florence, Italy better known over there as Firinze, Italia, since the
Carapelli olive oil I bought on sale last night was from there. Actually on New Years Day in 1972, when I was
a student at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, I traveled from
Boston to Paris, France; and I changed planes at Orly airport, then flew on to
Rome without seeing Paris, and then I caught a train in Rome to Florence
without seeing Rome. I arrived in
Florence, and it was not only winter there, but it was a bit cold. The only movies I had seen of Italy at the
time were taken during the warmer summer, so I expected it to be a bit
warmer. I eventually stayed at the
Pension Adria adjacent to the southwest corner of the Santa Trinita Bridge with
a number of other classmates. I believe
I paid about 40,000 lire about $80 a week for a small inside room without bath
and continental breakfast and dinner with wine extra. Since it was a most beautiful city and since
I did not have a car, I spent a great deal of time in the evenings and the
morning hours exploring the beautiful city when there was less automobile
traffic. I had classes several days a
week which I frequently missed because of my late night activity. In Italy they have the main meal of the day
during afternoon siesta, and they have a lighter meal later at night. I frequently would have my lighter meal after
midnight, since a regular dinner was served about 7 P.M. at the Pensione
Adria. At siesta we would have a more
traditional Italian meal at many nearby restaurants nearby. Also when I woke up after the continental breakfast
was served I would have a cream filled pastry better known as a canolli and a
café a late or coffee with milk. During
the three months I was scheduled to be in Florence, I took off for about a
month to visit a friend in Grenoble and also ride my U-rail pass down the coast
of Spain and explore Barcelona and Mallaga.
I even took a flight for a couple of weeks to Lanzarote thinking it
would be warmer there. Spain was a bit
warmer, but most of the days in Florence were 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. I was attending the University of Grenoble in
Florence sponsored by my college. Since
a great deal of the class work was just lectures viewing projection slides, I
thought it would be more interesting to see the real art work available in the
city. Since the Uffizi and the Medici palace were nearby, I had ample time to
explore. Also the Ponte Vechio was the
next bridge east where local street vendors sold gold jewelry. I would take off in different directions
every day going to some of my more favorite spots more often. I enjoyed strolling along the Arno River
despite the loud traffic in the day time.
Walking in the gardens of the Medici palace was always an enjoyment, and
once a friend and I climbed the back 12 foot wall to explore the gardens at
night. I enjoyed drinking the Chianti
wine in the evening which came with the red rooster on the label from the
Frescobaldi region of Tuscany. I learned
the yellow and then the black rooster were even more premium vintages. I believe a 1.5 liter fiasco of Chianti
ordinary in the wicker bottle cost about 575 to 1200 lire plus deposit on the
bottle. I would occasionally visit the
flower market along with the other outdoor markets. Friends of mine would explore the curio
shops, but I was on a limited budget saving my money for travel. I did make it to Fiezole and my host also
took us all skiing one weekend in Carrara when we had about two feet of fresh
powder snow. That was when I skied of a
cliff at the end of the run and fell quite a distance onto a road into a snow
plow blade full of snow to break my fall.
I was not good at navigating moguls.
Still, I had a most enjoyable time in Florence, and I always remember
the delicious meals cooked with nutty tasting olive oil which was part of
Etruscan cooking. Basically as I recall
Etruscan cooking is composed of heating butter and olive oil along with chopped
garlic and sautéing the food until partially cooked and then cooking more with
lemon juice and white wine. I also had
quite a few pizzas which in Italy are mostly thin cracker type crusts with a
thin layer of tomato sauce. I once
climbed the steps of the dome of the Duomo, only to reach the top at closing at
noon on Saturday to have to return down immediately the steep winding
steps. I was lucky to have an inside
room, so I did not hear the street traffic during the day. Since my Italian was not too good, I spoke
French a lot. I also never did make it
to the opera which Florence is famous for.
I did visit the United States consulate.
We also use to go to a Dixie land jazz clubs with peanut shells on the
floor and drank pitchers of beer. There was also a sedate piano bar with carpet
on the walls, along with our neighborhood bar which was like a labyrinth and
there was a Frederico Fellini style discothèque. Lots of my classmates suggested that I visit
Venice, but I headed over to Spain looking for warmer weather along the
coast. I spent the night staying up in
Rome before flying on to Athens for the next semester. Well, although it was a cold winter, I greatly
enjoyed myself although I did do a lot of walking. Well, now you know why I am amused by the
olive oil from Florence, Italy which is a most excellent value. CIO
Note: <888> 10/07/02 Monday
9:30 P.M.: I watched President Bush’s
speech on television. I found a cover
for an office typewriter discarded on a broken typewriter outside. I had two office typewriters an IBM selectric
and a similar Panasonic model underneath the day bed. I took out the IBM selectric, and I put it on
the left side of the side board in the bedroom, and I moved the ACER laptop to
on top of the brass coffee table on top of the bedroom desk. I put the office typewriter cover on top of
the IBM selectric, so I now have a typewriter available for use. In the briefcase underneath the Queen Anne
chair, I also have a portable Panasonic typewriter that needs a ribbon that
runs off batteries or a voltage adaptor.
I am cooking the same dinner as last night reheating the chicken I made
last night and cooking up a new batch of white rice and steamed slice yellow
squash to have with ice tea. I do not
think I will have coffee, so I can go to bed earlier. CIO
Note: <888> 10/07/02 Monday
7:40 P.M.: I was just very sad to read
the news that Prince Claus of the Netherlands has passed away
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-439443,00.html . The Dutch Royal Family web site is
http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/UK/welcome.html .
CIO
Note: <888> 10/07/02 Monday
7:05 P.M.: I was up until 6 A.M.. About 11 A.M., I received a telephone call
from a relative whom had arrived back to the United States of America on the
Queen Elizabeth II www.cunardline.com via the Port of New York. The relative had to catch a plane back home
so was unable to visit. I had a
telephone call from another relative. I
rested until about 2:30 P.M., and then I had breakfast of three medium boiled
eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements and coffee. I then cleaned up, and I made it to my 4:15
appointment. I then sat out downtown,
and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I
then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local Greenwich Times
www.greenwichtime.com . I checked out a
DVD video, and I checked out the book “Dot.Con” “The Greatest Story Ever Told”
by John Cassidy. I then returned
home. I have just about consumed the
jelly beans munching on them the last couple of days. I saw a Mylar balloon floating in our
airspace in the flight path of the local airport. CIO
Note: <888> 10/07/02 Monday
4:45 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I had some goldfish crackers
and ice tea. I will now shut down the
computer and go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 10/07/02 Monday
12:55 A.M.: I updated
www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-112.htm
. CIO
Note: <888> 10/06/02 Sunday
11:55 P.M.: I fell asleep about 6:30
A.M. this morning. I was up at 3:30
P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, orange
juice, toast, vitamins, and supplements.
I had a coffee outside. I fell
back asleep until 7:30 P.M.. I cleaned
up, and I went out. I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at
various locations. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by the Stop and
Shop, and I bought a 3 liter container of Carapelli extra virgin olive oil $13
off for $7.99, 3 packages of Ronzoni Linguine for .99 all, a six ounce bottle
of China bowl sesame oil $3.29, a package of Birds Eye leaf spinach .79, four
28 ounce cans of Red Pack tomatoes 2 whole and 2 crushed for .50 each can for
$15.05 total. I then returned home. I took an eight inch Pyrex pie dish and I put
a few tablespoons of olive oil in it, and I rinsed and dried two boneless
chicken breast halves, and then I placed them in the Pyrex dish and I rubbed
them in the olive oil. I then added a
third of a cup of lemon juice and about three tablespoons of La Choy low sodium
soy sauce, and then I seasoned both sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic
powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian
seasoning, oregano, basil, and Hungarian paprika. I then on the top sides added two peeled and
diced cloves of garlic to each chicken breast.
Since they are smaller, I am cooking them in the convection oven at 350
degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. I
will have one of them on top of reheated white rice with the cooking juices
also on top of the rice topped with grated parmesan cheese and steamed slices
of yellow squash in a side dish along with ice tea. I will then have a cappuccino outside.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/06/02 Sunday
4:45 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I had some ice tea and
goldfish crackers. I went outside to
sneak a smoke, and the old skunk was outside by the side door when I went to
return inside, so I went inside the front door.
They skunk has pretty much been around regularly feeding on grubs on the
lawn in the morning hours. I have not
yet had any close encounters of the wrong kind.
I guess I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. I have a friend that might show up at 3 P.M.
today. CIO
Note: <888> 10/06/02 Sunday
2:55 A.M.: I put Morpheus 2.0 on my
primary computer. I did some other
regular computer work. CIO
Note: <888> 10/06/02 Sunday
1:20 A.M.: I sifted through my
email. I watched a program on Cspan
about a book “A Thread across the Ocean” about the first Trans Atlantic cable.
Well believe it or not across the street from the Mobil gasoline down the
street from me is an orange sign on a post saying not to dig because of a
“Transatlantic Cable crossing”. Well
after 135 years, we now have excellent communications so we can see what our
old disco friends from 30 years ago are still doing overseas. Try http://www.radio10.nl/live20.ram . Well, it seems my Dutch cousins in Tulip town
whom make Phillips products seem to be mostly into music. I heard some new sounding music coming from
the Bleu Café on Greenwich Avenue that sounded like a remix of music I use to
listen to 30 or more years ago. I still can
not afford to buy Elvis’ new reissue of his old songs, but I am sure I have
heard them before. CIO
Note: <888> 10/05/02
Saturday 11:25 P.M.: I reheated the
barbeque style boneless chicken breast that I cooked last night, and I had it
for dinner with steamed white rice and steamed yellow squash and ice tea. I then had a cappuccino outside. CIO
Note: <888> 10/05/02
Saturday 9:55 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.
I sat out at various locations. I
stopped by CVS, and I bought three one pound canned Plumrose hams for $1.79
each and a bag of Starburst jelly beans for $2.19 plus .13 tax for $7.69
total. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I sat out briefly at the
Greenwich Library park admiring the view of the new Peterson Addition and the
Lever Brothers building and the U. S. Tobacco building. U.S. Tobacco had their annual meeting this
week at the movie theatre downtown since the Greenwich Library auditorium is
not safe for occupancy since the exterior brick work façade is falling off the
walls. Apparently the strapping strips
that hold the exterior brick façade to the interior walls has rusted through
from the salt air in this area, so clusters of the brick work might fall
off. I then went to Exxon, and I bought
$4 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.679 a gallon for about 25 miles per a
gallon. I then went to the Stop and
Shop, and I bought two 96 ounce jugs of Tropicana Premium with calcium for
$2.99 each, a ten pound bag of Carolina enriched Uncle Ben’s style rice for
$2.99, a three pound bag of Macintosh apples for $2.49, four boxes of S&S
extra thin spaghetti noodles for .50 each box, a 32 ounce bottle of Extra Lemon
cleaner $1.19, a 8 pack of S&S hotdog buns for $1.19, a bulb of garlic at
$2.69 a pound for .43, a 16 ounce bottle of La Choy lite soy sauce for $2.39, a
12 ounce bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce with a dollar off
coupon on the bottle for $1.29, three packages of S&S margarine for $2 all,
a 10 package box of S&S dry milk for $5.49, a 20 ounce bag of Utz ripple
potato chips for $2.99 for $29.50 total.
I then returned home. I used the
grocery pull cart in the community room kitchen to carry up my purchases since
it was a heavy load. I put the jelly
beans in a Steuben like candy dish next on the dining room table next to the
primary computer. I noticed while at
Costco that they sell gallon jugs of McHilney’s Tabasco sauce which if one does
a lot of Cajun cooking or drinks a lot of Bloody Marys would come in handy. I read this week that the Hurricane Lili went
right over Cameron, Louisiana causing them to have to shut down the McHilney’s
Tabasco sauce plant. McHilney’s Tabasco
sauce is basically the same as red pepper sauce. Southern people usually drizzle it on hickory
smoked pork barbeque and chicken. When I
first moved up north in 1961, I was very disappointed they did not have
authentic barbeque. I believe there is a
Texas style barbeque place which would probably be mesquite barbeque on the
U.S. 1 on the Stamford – Darien border across from the World Wrestling Federation
headquarters and the British Mini Cooper car dealership that recently was
trying to sell British Taxis in this area.
CIO
Note: <888> 10/05/02
Saturday 5:40 P.M.: I had a relative
call at 2 P.M., and we chatted. I got up
at 4 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I had coffee outside. I just chatted with a friend. I will now vacuum. Then I will clean up and go out for some
fresh air. CIO
Note: <888> 10/05/02
Saturday 5:50 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer and go to bed. I had some
goldfish crackers and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/05/02
Saturday 5:00 A.M.: I went back out
after my meal, and I returned a DVD disk at the Greenwich Library outside video
drop slot. I then walked three quarters
of the entire Greenwich Avenue circuit before I returned to the car because of
the rain. I also sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I just now returned, and I
changed out of my wet clothes. CIO
Note: <888> 10/05/02
Saturday 2:55 A.M.: I cleaned up, and I
went out. I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I next went to the Food Emporium.
I bought a 32 ounce container of Americas Choice cottage cheese for
$3.49, a five pound bag of AC sugar $2.49, a 12 ounce box of Ronzoni spinach
fettuccini $1.85, a package of boneless breasts of chicken at $1.99 a pound for
$4.08, a box of Twinnings five types of tea bags 25 total for $2.89, a 16 ounce
bottle of Texas Best Cajun barbeque sauce $2.89, four yellow squash at $1.29 a
pound for $2.03 for $19.72 total. I then
returned home. I washed and dried the
boneless breasts of chicken. I split one
in two halves, and I put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a Pyrex pie
dish and I rubbed the two halves of boneless chicken breasts in them. I then seasoned both sides with Old Bay
seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, poultry and meat seasoning, ground black
pepper, Italian spices, Basil, oregano, and I coated both sides with Texas Best
Barbeque sauce, and I drizzled a little La Choy low sodium soy sauce over
them. I am cooking them in the
convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes, and I will one half
of a boneless breast with reheated steamed white rice and steamed slices of
green squash with ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 10/04/02 Friday
11:50 P.M.: I finished the house
cleaning except I have to water the three plants. I will vacuum tomorrow when I will not
disturb my neighbors. I will now shower
and clean up. I am recharging the wireless
headphone batteries. CIO
Note: <888> 10/04/02 Friday
9:45 P.M.: I had some Hood cottage
cheese and pineapple chunks and ice tea.
I will now have a cappuccino outside.
CIO
End of Scott's Notes week
10/04/02:
Note: <888> 10/04/02 Friday
8:25 P.M.: I was up at 3:30 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee outside. I fell back to sleep until 7:30 P.M.. I will
now send out my weekly notes. I will
then do my weekly house cleaning. CIO
Note: <888> 10/04/02 Friday
5:15 A.M.: I finished going through
www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .
I will now shut down the computer and go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 10/04/02 Friday
4:25 A.M.: I watched some
television. I had some Hood cottage
cheese and pineapple chunks and ice tea.
Later I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I finished sifting through my email. CIO
Note: <888> 10/04/02 Friday
1:00 A.M.: I fell asleep until 1 A.M..
CIO
Note: <888> 10/03/02
Thursday 8:20 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M.,
and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
and supplements. I had a coffee
outside. I then cleaned up, and I went
out for my 3 P.M. appointment. I then
went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I next went downtown, and I
stopped at the Central Greenwich Post office, and I obtained a money order to
pay my Verizon telephone bill. I then
sat out for a while downtown. I then
went by the waterfront. I chatted with some locals. I then drove by Smokes for Less in Byram, and
I bought a carton of Liggett Lights 100s Specials for $27. I then went to Costco in Port Chester, New
York, and I obtained a day pass, and I bought a 2 pound ball of Dutch Edam
cheese for $6.89, a 2 pound container of Sorrento grated Parmesan cheese for
$6.99 and a 58 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish cheddar cheese crackers
for $5.79 plus .98 surcharge for $20.65 total.
I then returned to my apartment.
I just had a Tony’s pepperoni pizza with ice tea. I will now have a Chock Full of Nuts instant
coffee. CIO
Note: <888> 10/03/02
Thursday 4:40 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. Earlier I had some Carr’s
crackers with ice tea. I will shut down
the computer. I will have some pineapple
chunks and ice tea. I will then go to
bed. CIO
Note: <888> 10/03/02
Thursday 1:00 A.M.: A friend showed up
after the last message. We chatted a
while. We had the same dinner as last
night. I also had a cappuccino
outside. After my friend left about 9:30
P.M., I watched a show on the Discovery Channel about Mount St. Helens erupting
in May 1980. I then fell asleep until
now. CIO
Note: <888> 10/02/02
Wednesday 5:55 P.M.: I was up at 4 P.M…
I had some Carr’s crackers before going to bed along with ice tea. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I had coffee
outside. Well, it is warm outside, so
for now I am staying by the air conditioner.
I checked my email program and with Optimum, and the Optimum mail server
is still down. Well there is really not
much going on in Greenwich with all the retired and younger people. We have a number of people from out of town
whom do work whom think they are the movers and shakers, but alas the old guard
based on their infinite wisdom seem to think there is really no need to change
the town very much since it has always been a successful family town. I guess despite the shifts of the stock
market economy, the town will continue to survive. I was just thinking for the $4 price of the
Costa Rican pineapple I bought yesterday, I could have bought for less a bag of
native grown apples. Who knows perhaps
there is a resale market for apples on Greenwich Avenue? Of course one would have to obtain a town
vending license. Anyway my bellwether
portfolio is pretty much back to where it started six years ago. If you want to track my bellwether portfolio
in Microsoft Investor portfolio, it available for download from
http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scoport1.txt ,and save it as “scoport1.inv”, and one
restores it to the Microsoft Investor Portfolio http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp
. Of course historically only the old
grey foxes make money in the stock market usually the eager beavers end up not
doing as well. CIO
Note: <888> 10/02/02
Wednesday 4:35 A.M.: Well my internet
service provider mail server is down, so I can not check my email. I am tired, so I will shut down the computer
and go to bed shortly. CIO
Note: <888> 10/02/02
Wednesday 4:05 A.M.: I swept up some
goldfish cracker crumbs from the Dupont Orlon throw rug I have between my two
sofas. CIO
Note: <888> 10/02/02
Wednesday 2:40 A.M.: I had a dish of
pineapple chunks. CIO
Note: <888> 10/02/02
Wednesday 1:20 A.M.: I studied the
SpeakerLab sight in their day those were very expensive speakers, of course
today they are probably over ten years old.
Still they sound great, but in my apartment, I can not turn the volume
up too high, so as not to disturb the neighbors. I peeled and diced the pineapple, and I put
the chunks in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. I threw out the remains. In the old days, a friend of mine told me
that the Pineapple which was used as an emblem on the cap stones of many
estates in New England was the symbol of Christian Hospitality taken from the
missionaries that went from the Boston area and Christianized Hawaii. Of course one of the original European
explorers to Hawaii, Captain Cooke was not so lucky. I once was told that some of the largest
people in the United States military are from Samoa, and they tend to be as
wide as they are tall. I guess eating
all that tropical food they get to be quite large. I once heard that Queen Ka Mai a Mai of
Hawaii had a formidable presence too. In
August 1980 when I went to Hawaii else wise known as the Sandwich Islands, I
stayed at the Hyatt Hotel in Kanapulai, Maui.
It was so hot, I only left the hotel to go to the swimming pool, and I
strolled the interior grounds during the evening. I had to spend quite a bit of time by the air
conditioner. That following winter which
I believe was quite cold after Mount St. Helens that May, it was down to below
20 degrees below Fahrenheit or more in New York City, so I guess I got to
Hawaii a little to early. I remember
while at the hotel the American District Attorney’s association was having a
convention there, so it was a sedate atmosphere. I spent some time lifting weights in the
underground gymnasium next to the pool.
Since the coral was so rough, I did not venture into the ocean. I wore my Pilipino shirt with the tail out
along with my Greek fisherman’s shirt both of which seem to have disappeared
along with my Hawaii Lily Pulitzer jams.
I did not know that Paul McCartney had a bar in L’Haina called the “Blue
Max” until later. Still, it was
enjoyable visiting the tropics in the Pacific, and I took a $100 taxi ride out
to drive around Pearle Harbor while waiting for my plane back to the
mainland. I actually did not see much of
the island, since I had been advised some of the Royal Hawaiians might be
hostile, so I stayed mostly in the hotel.
I did also pay for another place for a night that I never used on the
beach in case I wanted to become a native beach bum. I remember lots of fresh fruit and ample
helpings of corn beef hash for breakfast.
Maybe they were trying to fatten me up.
I once paid $85 for five shrimp scampi.
Thus it was a bit expensive in Hawaii, since a lot of items have to be
imported. I did not have a credit card
or a check, and I did not have enough traveler’s checks, so I paid my hotel
bill with as I recall was around $900 for a week at $85 a night for the
cheapest room plus meals I charged with a one or two Canadian Maple Leaf one
ounce gold coins which on the spot market at the time were worth $820 a coin,
since Canadian Maple Leaves are 99% pure gold unlike U.S.A. gold coins that are
only about 93% pure gold. I recall when
I settled the bill, I think they gave me a $100 cash, and I bought a plane
ticket back to Hawaii, and I stopped by a coin store near Pearl Harbor and
bought a 2.5 ounce Kaiser Wilhelm coin with some lesser valued coins I
had. Thus when I left a tennis court
somewhere up further north with some ambious people, I got as far away from
them in the USA as possible, so they could see as many people as possible on
the rebound until I returned the following summer. Unfortunately the American Judicial society
all showed up for a convention at the same place, and they were worried about a
major hurricane approaching Houston, Texas.
Unfortunately there was not much on television beside Hawaii 5 O, so I
did not really know what was going on.
That is really the only time I have ever taken a deluxe vacation on my
own in my life. I was told I might enjoy
being a hermit on Molokai which we could see from the hotel. I noticed back in 1980 that Hawaii and Maui
were quite modern, and I did not have a chance to see the less deserted far
side of Maui. Trust me wearing a three
piece Brooks Brothers wool suit in Hawaii airport in August is not
comfortable. However, the following
winter when I was isolated up in New Canaan, Connecticut when not in Manhattan,
I noticed that the fellows working at the Mobil station on the Merritt Parkway
in New Canaan were quite large and they were from Hawaii. That winter I did venture down to Ronald
Reagan’s inaugural, but most every one was very cold, and I think I returned
once or twice to Washington D.C. to see what the government was up too. Since it was a cold winter, people were not
very comfortable, but by Illinois standards where I had gone to college, it was
not too bad of a winter. I think it was
that following winter in 1982 when everyone had seemed to have left Manhattan
that I ventured down for the last time to Key West, and with all the cold up
north, there was no place to stay down in the Keys. Thus the second year after Mount St. Helens
was even colder. I recalled the New York
weather man on cable TV saying it was 50 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, and the
only thing on cable TV was they kept rerunning Dr. Zchavago. Thus I guess any people from down south or
warmer regions were really cold that winter.
As I recall at the time, I did not own a winter coat, and I just wore a
sweater and wool sports jacket. Thus for
any new comers in the area, major volcanic activity has made this area
extremely cold in my recent memory. My
only knowledge at the time was a small six inch long column I read in the New
York Times about Mount St. Helens erupting.
Of course it might have been published more widely elsewhere. Thus I have never seen Kilauea on the Big
Island. Still one has to remember that
having lived in Nantucket before and after that period; I was probably around
personnel from the Woods Hole Oceanographic observatory. Thus even in the period on that trip in
California when I did not have a car, I would spend one night sleeping on the beach
and another night in a $20 a night room on the beach in Laguna to clean
up. Thus from my perspective with all
the work that I have done in my life, I kept those trips on a reasonable budget
considering what real world prices are.
I recall, I bought the ticket to Hawaii on World Airways from my former
employer in Nantucket whom was bankrupt at the Las Angeles airport gate with
two tickets he was trying to sell for about $100 each way. Unfortunately on my return I l landed in San
Jose with no transportation, and I walked half way to Santa Cruz until a family
friend happened to pick me up. Thus I
would advise unless there is reliable public transportation when one travels,
it is generally necessary to have a credit card, so one can rent a car, or invariably
one will be left standing at the side of the road. I did take two short flights from John Wayne
airport to Las Angeles airport, since there was no other transportation. I normally do not carry gold, but in that
period from June 1980 to August 1980, I believe gold doubled in price. Alas that August, thieves took one 5 ounce
Swiss Krugerand and three Canadian Maples leaves along with my passport which
ended up in Amsterdam, so although the thousands of people around me on the
west coast never bothered my personal property as soon as I returned to his
area I was relieved of it. I reported
the incident to a number of local police departments, and at the time the 8
ounces of pure gold at $820 an ounce would have been worth about $6,500. I actually had something else in the back
pack which they probably got a get out of in wet Amsterdam which was waterproof
matches from Australia which comes in handy when trying to light a cigarette
around the ocean. Thus whom ever used
the gold had to look enough like me to use my passport. I think the case is solved pretty much as far
as we know it, since I was not ever in Amsterdam until I traveled there before
the Albertville Olympics. Apparently the
United States government does not track lost passports, but American Express
does. I also made one trip to Frankfurt,
Germany in December 1980 to let some Europeans know that another person was
using my passport, so although someone might think they have local political
clout, I doubt they have pulled the wool over the eyes of Interpol. On the trip to Frankfurt, I stayed in a YMCA,
and I paid $100 each way on Capital airways.
On all these trips I also worked the same way I work in the this area if
you get the picture. Well enough of old
gossip, I do have a degree in economics, and I do not think the price of gold
will go up until the hedge funds and the gold mining companies start to move
up. CIO
Note: <888> 10/01/02 Tuesday
11:00 P.M.: I had some goldfish crackers
and ice tea when I woke up last night. I
was up at 9 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I also had a coffee
outside. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street. I then went by
the central Greenwich Post Office. I
obtained money orders to pay my GEICO automobile insurance, my Northeast
Utilities electricity bill, my Cablevision bill, and my Optimum Online bill. The United States Post Office sells money
orders for .90 each. I then walked over
to the First Union National Bank on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent. I then went over to the Merry Go Round Mews
thrift shop, and I toured the store. I
then sat out for a while. I drove down
by the waterfront, and one of the local fishermen who fishes about the most has
a bad right eye possibly from being bit by a tropical bug or some other
insect. His eye does not lubricate
itself. The doctor said it might clear
up in three to six weeks, so he probably will not be fishing since he has to
manually move his right eye lid frequently so as to moisturize it. I then drove by the ELDC thrift shop in Cos
Cob. I next went by the Rummage Room in
Old Greenwich. I then sat out at the
southwest parking area at Tod’s Point, and then I sat out at the southeast
parking area at Tod’s Point. It was
quite a nice day and with the wind the insects were not bothersome. I then went back by the Old Greenwich Rummage
Room, and I bought a pair of 75 watt Speakerlab 15 http://www.speakerlab.com
speakers for $15 each plus $1.80 tax for $31.80 total. They are about a foot deep, four feet high
and about 15 inches wide. I then
returned back to my apartment, and I installed one on the night stand on the
right side of the bed and another on top of the file cabinet to the left side
of the bed. They sound just great. I had to fiddle with a lose speaker cable
plug on the floor in front of the mahogany bureau. I took off the smaller pair of Sony
speakers. I received in the mail two $10
rebates from Staples for the Ethernet card and the Memory I bought two weeks
ago, so Staples rebates come very quickly unlike the ones I have been waiting
for from CompUSA since May and June and August.
I had a cold A&W root beer in a frosted mug outside before I
installed the speakers. I then returned
back uptown, and I cashed my two $10 rebates at Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital thrift shop, and I donated the pair of Sony speakers which
had been donated when I bought them from a well known local celebrity whom will
remain nameless. They had nice cherry
wood cabinetry. The new Speakerlab 15
speakers have inexpensive wooden veneer and they weight about 60 pounds
apiece. I next went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.
I sat out at various locations. I
then chatted with some locals. I noticed
an NBC news truck from the local Connecticut channel, and I talked with one of
their technicians about technical matters.
Apparently the technician was from Key West, and he had covered the
Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. I
told him another former resident of Key West sits up all night at the Astria?
Bookstore four blocks from the White House towards the Capitol on Pennsylvania
Avenue. Although there are many visitors
to places like Key West and Nantucket, there really are not that many people
whom are born and raised there. I then
drove back by the waterfront. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I next stopped by Val’s Liquor store at the
Stop and Shop plaza, and I bought a ten ounce bottle of Angostura bitters for
$8.79. I then went to the Stop and Shop,
and I bought a Del Monte from Costa Rica pineapple for $3.99, a 16 ounce container
of Hoods cottage cheese $3.19, a 10 ounce jar of Hell of a Good Horseradish
$2.19, a dozen large eggs $1.69, two yellow squash and two green squash at
$1.29 a pound $2.77 for $13.78 total.
The Hoods cottage cheese although a bit more expensive has expiration
dates on it unlike the Stop and Shop generic brand. Also a week ago Tuesday I saw a Hoods blimp
flying over Greenwich. I then returned
home. I put 10 more dollars on my
laundry card, so I have $15.65 on it. I
then chatted with a relative. I then had
dinner of two 1/3 inch thick slices of cold eye round beef with horseradish and
Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce along with the same style of steamed rice
that I made mentioned this weekend, and steamed slices of yellow squash, and a
glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/30/02 Saturday 10:35 P.M.:
I chatted with a friend. I
finished restoring the backups to the C: drive, but when I rebooted the system
would not boot. Probably overwriting the
restore from the first group of files caused the problem. I am now reinstalling Windows XP Professional
on the C: drive. Hopefully the system
will be back to normal, although I probably will have to do some tweaking. I just had a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped
cream and ice tea. I am watching some
television. CIO
Note: <888>
11/30/02 Saturday 8:50 P.M.: The primary
computer motherboard has three pins next to the CPU for connecting the
fan. I forgot to mention, I did my
housecleaning and watering the plants this afternoon while running the computer
install. CIO
Note: <888>
11/30/02 Saturday 8:35 P.M.: After
trying to reinstall Windows XP Professional on the new Maxtor drive, the system did not boot properly since the
boot drive was the D: drive and the second drive was the C: drive. I tried fixing this to no avail. I finally put the original C: drive back in
the computer as the D: drive and the new Maxtor drive as the C: drive. Before going to bed at 6 A.M., I ran the
Maxtor utility to transfer the files from the old drive to the new drive. I woke up at noon, and the utility had
finished running. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee outside. I
reinstalled Windows XP professional again, and this time the system had the
same problem. I put in the new Maxtor
drive as the C: drive and the old D: backup drive. I then reinstalled Windows XP Professional on
the reformatted new Maxtor drive, and Windows XP Professional is now running on
the primary computer fine. I started
restoring my mid September 2002 backup from the D: drive to the C: drive. My system has not changed much since then,
and more than likely since the backup is newer, it is better. While it was running, I cleaned up, and I
went out. I drove over to Smokes for
Less, but they were closed. I then drove
by Entrée computer, but they were closed.
I then drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, but they do not carry CPU
fans. I then drove up to CompUSA in
Norwalk. I bought a CompUSA Pentium III
FC-PGA series AMD Athalon/Duron Series CPU cooling fan/heat sink up to 1.2 GHz
which works with my AMD K6II 450 MHz processor for $14.99 plus .90 tax for
$15.89 total. It does not have a power
supply connector Y, but a three receptacle socket plug for the motherboard. If it does not work with my motherboard, I
will splice the cooling fan to one of the old cooling fan power supply cables
that connect to the power supply. I
returned to Greenwich, and I drove down by the waterfront. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I returned back to my apartment, and I
started the second of four restores.
Windows XP prompted me to install the Windows XP disk, so it could put
back the right files which I just restored.
I did this, which may or may not be right. I had the same dinner as last night. I am about ready to start the 3rd
part of the restore. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/30/02 Saturday 1:30 A.M.:
I removed the D: drive, and I put the new Maxtor 20 gigabyte drive in
its place. I did not use the Maxtor
utility for disk partitioning, instead I used Windows XP disk manager and I
also formatted it. I also set it as the
D: drive instead of the F: drive by temporarily disabling the CD and the CD/RW
drives. I was not able to get the
Maxtor disk utility to boot since it used DR. Dos, so I booted my machine with
Windows ME enabling the CD drive. I then
from the Maxtor Cdrom enabled the mouse, and I started its disk utility. I chose the advanced option, and I copied the
contents of the original C: drive to the D: drive. This took about three hours. I had dinner of reheated slices of turkey,
wild rice, with mushroom gravy on both along with stuffing and cranberry gel
and ice tea. I watched some
television. Once the C: drive was copied
to the D: drive, I removed the old C: drive, and I put the new Maxtor drive in
its place as the C: drive, and I put the old D: drive back in. I had to change
the dip pins doing this. I also put on a
new IDE cable. I had to replace my CPU
fan with an older fan since the current one was going very slowly. When I rebooted, I had to run Fdisk from the Windows
ME boot disk, so as to enable the first hard drive partition which is the new
Maxtor 20 gigabyte 7200 rpm drive. Still
when I booted, the system would not boot all the way stopping just before the
logon screen. After trying safe boot, I
decided to install from the Windows XP Professional disk using the System
Recovery option. I am now in the process
of that running it with five minutes to go.
I just had a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream and ice tea. I am writing this on the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/29/02 Friday 2:30 P.M.: I
was up at 7 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I then cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then went to the central
Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained money orders to pay my GEICO automobile
insurance, Northeast Utilities electricity, AT&T long distance, and a $80
money order for the Connecticut Department of Motor vehicles to renew my
Hyundai registration for the next two years.
I also bought fifty 37 cent Frosty the Snowman Christmas Holiday stamps
for $18.50. I then went over to the
First Union National Bank on Havemayer Place to pay my rent. I next drove up to the Wiz in Norwalk, and I
paid my cablevision and Optimum online bills.
I then went to CompUSA, and they had special sales from 7 A.M. to noon
today. I bought a CompUSA Maxtor 20
gigabyte 7200 RPM hard drive for $59.99 plus $3.60 tax for $63.59 total. I paid $35 of it with the CompUSA gift card
they sent me for a rebate. The Maxtor
drive also has a $40 mailin rebate from Maxtor, so ultimately it will cost me
about $23. I then returned to Greenwich,
and I drove down by the waterfront. I
then sat out downtown for a while. I
next went to Exxon, and I bought $6.25 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.679 a
gallon for about 24 miles per gallon. I
then returned home. I researched
Maxtor?s web site www.maxtor.com , and they have a bootable utility Max Blast Plus
II 1.30 that one can use to make a drive image copy of one?s old C: drive with
the new drive installed as the D: drive temporarily to copy it which works with
NTFS file format and for Windows XP. I
will now install the new drive temporarily as the D: drive and copy the
contents of the C: drive to it. If all
goes successfully, I will then install the new Maxtor 20 gigabyte drive 7200
RPM as the C: drive keeping my old D: Maxtor 20 gigabyte drive for
backups. The Maxtor C: drive 15 gigabyte
drive I will be removing is three years old, and I think I will just keep as a
hard drive backup of my system. I will
first have a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream and ice tea before
starting this procedure. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/28/02 Thursday 11:35 P.M.:
I watched some television. I will
now shut down the computer. I will be
going to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/28/02 Thursday 9:50 P.M.:
After a bountiful Thanksgiving meal, I turned on television and on
Channel 21 PBS, they have a period show about World War II rationing in
England, which makes one appreciates one?s benefits today. I chatted with a couple of family
members. I had a piece of Pumpkin pie
with Reddi Wip whipped cream. I will now
prepare my bills for paying tomorrow.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/28/02 Thursday 7:45 P.M.:
I had a delicious Thanksgiving dinner.
Last night before going to bed, I had a piece of pumpkin pie and Reddi Wip
whipped cream topping. For Thanksgiving
dinner, I had two one third inch thick slices of the Butterball honey roasted
turkey breast. I heated the slices in
the microwave oven for two minutes. I
made up a batch of stuffing www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuff2.htm . I also took three cans of Franco American
mushroom gravy and added a half box 6 ounces of sliced mushrooms which I
heated. I boiled the Canada Lake wild
rice in 4 cups of water simmering for 60 minutes with a third of a box of
sliced mushrooms 4 ounces added. I
strained the rice and mushrooms in a wire strainer. I had the wild rice with the mushroom gravy
on it and also on the turkey with the same mushroom gravy. I also had steamed slices of fresh yellow
squash and broccoli florets. I had a
dish of the Ocean Spray cranberry gel too along with ice tea. The stuffing was delicious, and I also added a
few dashes of Angostura bitters and one smaller apple for three total and
instead of four cloves of garlic, I used eight cloves of garlic and three
chicken bouillon cubes. I also added the
dashes of seasoning to taste. I have
plenty of leftovers in the refrigerator.
I will have a slice of pumpkin pie and Reddi Wip whipped cream topping
in a little while once I have digested my dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/28/02 Thursday 5:25 P.M.:
I was up at noon. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I went out, and I drove down by
the waterfront. I met three visitors
from 1.5 hours drive south of Florence, Italy.
I gave them a ride to the Glory Days diner. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue one and a half times. I sat out
at various locations. I then drove back
down by the waterfront. I then sat out
briefly at the Greenwich Library. I just
now returned. I chatted with a new
tenant that will be moving in soon. I
will now cook my Thanksgiving Day dinner.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/28/02 Thursday 12:05 A.M.:
I watched a bit of television. I
will now shut down the computer. I will
go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/27/02 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.:
Well, I have been exposed to colder weather than this before. I remember temperatures in this area down to
20 degrees Fahrenheit below zero before.
Also it was cold out at Lake Forest College where I went to
college. It was also cold when I lived
in Boston. Also when I was living
outside in Florida in 1976 to 1978 during the winter, it would occasionally go
down into the 20s and the temperature in the daytime when one was outside would
not go into the 50s. When I drove across
country in the fall and winter, I was exposed to cold weather. When I initially arrived in Oslo, Norway in
February 1983 it was cold, but it warmed up a bit after a week. Also on trips to Canada and Europe in the
winter, it was a bit chilly. Thus I am
basically a cold weather person as long as I have an indoor home with
heat. Of course during the colder
weather it tends to get drier which is easier on the arthritis. Still all the years I was on a night
schedule, it tended to be colder at night.
I try to go out every day in the winter during the dry days to get a bit
of fresh air. Of course if people came
from warmer climates they might be a bit uncomfortable out in this
weather. Well, I suppose we should have
the ?Freezing Norwegian? patrol out and about to make sure no one is in
distress. My apartment has a northwest
exposure with the western part of the building blocking the wind from the west,
but when the wind is out of the north, it comes howling around the roof outside
my window, and it can get colder. I keep
a heavy comforter on my bed so as not to get cold when I sleep. Anyway, I suppose there are much colder areas
around the country and the world right now.
This is still early in the winter season, so it might get colder as
winter progresses. If the ponds freeze,
one should be careful not to venture out on to them; until one is sure the ice
is thick enough. Still, it seems a bit
cold for this time of year. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/27/02 Wednesday 10:00 P.M.:
I had some pretzels and ice tea.
I chatted with a relative. I put
away the new batch of ice tea. It is 26
degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. My
relative suggested that I put out my two DeLonghi oil filled radiators. I put one on either end of the glass coffee
tables in between the two living room couches.
I have them ready to turn on during colder weather. I also turned the living room thermostat up a
degree, so it is set at 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and right now the living room
temperature is 73 degrees Fahrenheit. Of
course it might get colder later on this winter. I have the bedroom thermostat at 61 degrees
Fahrenheit, but the box fan above the living room electric radiators blows some
of the living room heat into the hallway, bedroom, and bathroom. I got an $80 bill today I have to pay to
renew my automobile registration at the first of the year. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/27/02 Wednesday 8:10 P.M.:
I had two hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and
potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I am now having some pretzels and ice
tea. I am making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm using 23 tea bags of 13 varieties for 12
quarts of ice tea total. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/27/02 Wednesday 7:15 P.M.:
I modified my recipe for the Arnold Premium stuffing www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuff2.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/27/02 Wednesday 6:45 P.M.:
I was up at noon. I scraped a light
coating of snow off my car. I also
brushed off the benches in front of the building with a broom, so hopefully
they would dry. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. They will be closed until next
Monday. I bought eight Christmas tree
ornaments. I bought for a little wooden
nutcracker soldier for $1, a little wooden snow covered house for a dollar, a
little bird on a perch for a dollar, and for a quarter each an drum, penguin,
snowman, sled with gifts, and angel for $4.25 total. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I
chatted with some locals. I then went by
the Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper, and I checked out a DVD
video disk. I then walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by
CVS, and I bought a tin of low cholesterol Danish cookies for $1.99. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought buy one get one free of UTZ sourdough pretzels for $1.99 both bags and a
can of Swanson?s 14 ounce chicken broth for .99 for $2.98 total. I will now put the ornaments on my little two
foot tall artificial Christmas tree. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/27/02 Wednesday 12:30 A.M.:
I finished the updates on the backup computer of all three partitions of
the RealOne 2.0 player and the other updates necessary for other programs. I listened to http://www.warx.com/ while doing this.
I will now shut down the computer.
I will go to bed shortly after having some pretzels and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/26/02 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.:
I downloaded and installed RealOne Player 2.0 on the primary computer,
and I am in the process of putting it on the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/26/02 Tuesday 8:10 P.M.:
I watched some television. I had
a bowl of pretzels. I had a call from a
relative who got another call from another relative on another line and will be
calling back. I wrapped up the pumpkin
pie. I saw on Dr. Robert Barefoot?s
infomercial on Coral Calcium that it helps one sleep better, and sure enough
since I have been taking the Vitamin Shoppe generic brand of Coral Calcium, I have
been sleeping better. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/26/02 Tuesday 7:00 P.M.:
They saying the snow might not develop.
I chatted with a friend. For
dinner, I had a Stouffer?s 21 ounce lasagna with grated parmesan cheese on it
along with ice tea. I am letting the
pumpkin pie cool for two hours. I am not
sure whether I will have some now or keep it until Thanksgiving. I watched the ABC evening news. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/26/02 Tuesday 5:35 P.M.:
I had a telephone call from a friend at 8 P.M. this morning. I slept until noon. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went out about 2 P.M., and I went by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich
Library, and I returned a DVD video disk, and I checked out a DVD video
disk. I then went by the Stop and
Shop. I bought buy one get one free of
Mrs. Smith?s 37 ounce frozen Pumpkin pies $4.99 for both, buy one get one free
of 10 ounce boxes of sliced mushrooms $2.19 both boxes, a 12.5 ounce bag of
Wise potato chips $1.99, broccoli crowns at $1.69 a pound $2, a red pepper at
$1.99 a pound $1, a Butterball boneless honey roasted turkey breast at $3.99 a
pound $9.22, 6 ounce box of Canadian
Lake Wild rice $3.69, three 10.5 ounce cans of Franco American mushroom gravy
$2 all, a 14 ounce container of original Reddi Wip whipped cream $2.99 for
$30.76 total. I now have my Thanksgiving
dinner. I am not having Yams this year,
but I also have a can of Ocean Spray cranberries in the refrigerator and a big
bag of Arnold Herbal stuffing to use to make my stuffing recipe www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuffing.htm . I returned home, and I am cooking one of the
Mrs. Smith?s pumpkin pies, since I do not have room for two in the
freezer. My dental appointment was
cancelled tomorrow because of the impending snow. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/25/02 Monday 11:05 P.M.:
I am a bit tired. I will shut
down the computer. I guess I might head
off to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/25/02 Monday 10:50 P.M.:
I watched a DVD video disk. I had
a bowl of pretzels and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/25/02 Monday 7:30 P.M.: I
went out after the last message. I drove
down by the waterfront. I spent some
time down there chatting with waterfront viewers. I then drove downtown, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, and I returned and checked out
video DVD disks. I then returned
home. I had a bowl of pretzels. I ate about ten Danish cookies. For dinner I had a half box of boiled
spaghetti noodles with the rest of the reheated tomato meat sauce with grated
parmesan cheese along with ice tea. I
watched a bit of television. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/25/02 Monday 2:05 P.M.: I
rested for a while. I had four Danish
cookies. I will now clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/25/02 Monday 11:30 A.M.:
I was up at 10 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and then coffee outside. I will clean up and go out enjoy the warmer
day shortly. The Livingston family that
the Bush family is related to is an old New York family that I believe signed
the Declaration of Independence. I
believe they have their family seat in Livingston county up the Hudson River
near Hyde Park. I believe they restored
the Livingston family manor recently. Of
course after producing so many generations of missionaries, there might not be
many left in this country. Of course as
anyone knows in the New York area, there are plenty of the Jay family members
still around. As for the Scotts, I would
imagine they are still around, but they were more venturesome, so they spread
out around the country and the world.
Whether any ever went back to Europe, it is hard to say. They last two days I have awaken to a dream
about a web site link to earthquakes in California. Let?s hope nothing is about to happen. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/25/02 Monday 12:30 A.M.: Well for the few of us remaining on this side
of the pond, there is http://www.bbcamerica.com/bbcamerica.jsp which I found at this
useful list http://www.worldvillage.com/sitereviews/family.html which should keep your
mouse happy for a while. I am a bit
chilly, so maybe I will take a nap.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/25/02 Monday 12:10 A.M.:
There is a new ?W? page http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/cousins/georgebush/index.htm which indicates he is
related to the ?Livingston? family.
Coincidentally about ten years ago or more, I sent a small book to his
father?s WH about the history of missionaries from Yale College published
around 1812 listing the first two hundred years of missionaries sent out by
Yale, and the most common family name was Livingston. The web site also mentions John Jay?s wife
was a Livingston, but I once read John Jay?s mother who had the property was a
Scott. Well in all the literature over
the years I have read there is lots of reference to people immigrating to this
country from Europe, but there is not much mention of people traveling back
from here to Europe to return. Well
generally travel is two ways, so more than likely a few people have returned
back to their roots. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/24/02 Sunday 9:55 P.M.:
Of course when I was engaged in the restaurant business, it was during
the depressed economic cycle in the New England economy before venture
capitalists discovered computers and technology. In 1968 to 1972, I obtained a liberal arts
bachelor of arts degree in Economics, and I read probably close to 2000 books
on the subject of economics to obtain the degree. Basically quite a few of my economics
professors were from McGill University http://www.mcgill.ca/ in Montreal,
Canada teaching at Lake Forest College, so when I interviewed with many New York
businesses and banks, they were not interested in my economics degree. However, the last person I worked for in
Nantucket painting had a family bank called Greenshield Bank in Montreal,
Canada which appears to be something else today http://www.greenshield.ca/ or http://www.freedomdomain.com/bankfed.htm or which case it might be
the Rothchild Bank or maybe Richardson Greenshield. Whatever the case, I had a Canadian
connection.
Note:
<888> 11/24/02 Sunday 9:25 P.M.: I
went out after the last message, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. The new ?007? film is playing
at the train station movie theatre. I
stopped by CVS, and I bought two 12.5 ounce bottles of Joy antibacterial dish
washing detergent for .79 each plus .09 tax for $1.67 total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought buy one get one free of UTZ sourdough pretzels 14.5 ounce bags for $1.99
both. I then returned home. I chatted with a friend, and I chatted with a
relative. I had a bowl of pretzels and
some ice tea. Speaking of dishwashing
when I was younger and more energetic, I worked as a waiter here in Greenwich
at Boodles restaurant in 1973. When I
went to Nantucket in the spring of 1977, I worked at the Nantucket bakery
baking for about a month, Captain Toby?s chowder house for about a month
dishwashing. I then worked at the Gordon
Folger restaurant for about four months pot scrubbing. I next worked for a couple of months at
Henry?s Bakery baking for a couple of months, then the India House
dishwashing. I then worked for the rest
of the season in 1978 the following season at the Languedoc restaurant dishwashing
and pot scrubbing up to 80 hours a week, and I returned I believe in 1983 for
the same occupation. It is hard to
recall the exact dates, but the restaurant kitchen activity was very hard, and
it was not what would imagine a working vacation to be about. Basically working in a kitchen one loses ones
appetite for food. I recall also house
painting one season, which I think was 1978, so maybe I did the kitchen work in
1979 too. It is a while ago, so it is hard
to recall. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/24/02 Sunday 5:10 P.M.: I
had two hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips
and a dill pickle spear and ice tea. I
am now going to have a 50% Brazilian instant coffee and 50% Chock Full of Nuts
instant coffee. I will then clean up and
go out to enjoy the brisk evening.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/24/02 Sunday 4:20 P.M.: I
had a call from a friend last night before going to bed. We chatted for a while. There was a line connection problem and we
kept getting disconnected. I was up at
10 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back to sleep until 3
P.M.. I had 16 Danish cookies and ice
tea. I will look at the sale sights for
computers such as www.compusa.com , www.staples.com , www.circuitcity.com . I will
then clean up and check out in the cooler late afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/23/02 Saturday 10:05 P.M.:
I watched some television. I
finished off the pretzel rods, and I had about six Danish cookies. I will now shut down the computer. I will probably go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/23/02 Saturday 6:55 P.M.:
I finished the laundry and put it away.
I had dinner of reheated spaghetti noodles and tomato meat sauce with
grated parmesan cheese and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/23/02 Saturday 5:20 P.M.:
I have 40 minutes left on the dry cycle.
I wore my long Chinese made down filled overcoat today which was
comfortable on a windy day. I have left
if out on the valet rack by the end of the day bed, so it is convenient to put
on when I go outside to sneak a smoke.
Well, there were plenty of people out today not very warmly dressed, but
they were just dashing between automobiles and shops. I did see quite a few kids out not wearing
jackets, so they must be used to colder weather. I also wore my long underwear bottoms and my
Polar Bear cap and my Burberry scarf and leather gloves. Since I spent a couple of hours out in the
cold, I felt it necessary to dress more warmly.
Of course if it were down to zero degrees Fahrenheit, I would be wearing
the same clothes, since they are about as warm as my clothes go on a colder
day. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/23/02 Saturday 4:45 P.M.:
I was up at 9 A.M. this morning.
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements,
and coffee. I had a call from a
relative. I did my house cleaning and
watering the plants. I had a bowl of
Progresso New England clam chowder and ice tea and a cup of Brazilian instant
coffee. I went out about 1 P.M., and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.
I sat out at various locations. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I
next went by the Greenwich Library. I
returned home. I am on the wash cycle of
two loads of laundry. I put clean sheets
on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/22/02 Friday 8:10 P.M.: I
had six Danish cookies after dinner. I
watched a bit of television. I will now
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/22/02 Friday 6:05 P.M.: I
went out after the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local newspaper. I then went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I
next drove down by the waterfront. I
then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I just now returned home in a heavy rain
storm. I am going to boil a box of
spaghetti noodles, and I will have half of them with tomato meat sauce that I
am defrosting and grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. I should be ready to eat in about 25
minutes. I have charged up the Slaymaker
1,000,000 watt rechargeable lantern beam.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/22/02 Friday 2:10 P.M.:
I saw my relative and friend right at 2 P.M. with the red sweater on the
starboard bow of the upper level of the Crown Odyssey. I wish I could be there. Well, I will finish watching the ship go
through the lock. I have cleaned up, and
I will go out afterward. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/22/02 Friday 1:30 P.M.:
This is the boat my relative will be on http://www.orientlines.com/fleet/cr/index.htm , however the relative is
on the starboard side and the camera is on the port side, so maybe I will now
be able to see the relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/22/02 Friday 1:05 P.M.: I
watched some television. I had seven
pretzel rods and seven Danish cookies. I
put a container of frozen spaghetti tomato meat sauce to defrost in the
refrigerator. I want to watch my
relative pass through the Panama Canal at 2 P.M. EST http://www.pancanal.com/ . The
relative said they would hang a red sweater from the side of their balcony, so
they might be more easily recognized.
CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 11/22/02:
Note:
<888> 11/22/02 Friday 11:50 A.M.:
I will now send out my weekly notes.
I will then clean up and go out for some downtown activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/22/02 Friday 11:40 A.M.:
I put the pine cone wreath with the CVS ornaments on my front door. I put the little two foot artificial tree by
the day bed on the Buckingham Palace candy tin.
I am in the process of charging up the Slaymaker 1,000,000 watt lantern
beam light. It should be fully charged
about 6 P.M. this evening. It seems to
gradually lose its charge without recharging every few months. For those of you interested in an alternative
Greenwich news source, the Greenwich Citizen www.greenwichcitizen.com is available online. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/22/02 Friday 10:45 A.M.:
I was up at 9 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. It is one of
those overcast days that are so typical of New England this time of year. Still, it is not too cold out only 48 degrees
Fahrenheit. I listened to a bit of the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I have a relative cross through the Panama
Canal today, and at 2 P.M. EST, I can view the relative going through a lock in
the canal on their live camera. I have
noticed a lot more new faces in Greenwich recently, but maybe it is just more
unemployed people working at home whom have time to go downtown and try to network
outside of their former work environments.
It is my viewpoint; a lot of the news organizations can not afford news
offices anymore particularly overseas, so they just sit in any old Starbucks
and write the news from there. Of course
here in Greenwich, we have the Greenwich Library, where one can hook up their
laptop computers if one has a network LAN card in the laptop and a LAN
cable. Thus the traveling laptop
community is probably somewhat comfortable in Greenwich. There is not a lot to report on. Since it is towards the end of the month, I
am on a more limited budget. Of course
it does not cost that much to go down by the waterfront and observe, but
usually on overcast and rainy days, there are not too many people around down
there, and I am just left with the sea gulls.
Of course out in Nantucket they have rainy foggy overcast days all the
time. I suppose this weather is a bit
like northern Europe, so people from that area whom happen to be in our area
are relatively comfortable. One can
always go out and browse the shops in Greenwich, but since over half the shops
are women?s shops, there is not much for the guys to do but browse the library,
book shops, or read the newspaper in Starbucks.
Richards is a large men?s shop in Greenwich, but they tend to be
pricey. I some times see people slipping
into a movie in the daytime. One could
always walk West Putnam Avenue and browse the automobile showrooms. For the computer geeks here in downtown
Greenwich, we do have one small computer shop Entrée computer on Mason
Street. Of course one could sit in the
train station and just watch people coming and going. On a day like today, it is not much fun
sitting on a bench downtown. I suppose
if one were older, they could go to the senior and arts center in the
town. The Bruce Museum usually has
exhibits, but it is only free on Tuesday.
Of course some people have a bite to eat out at one of the many local
restaurants. Of course on a limited
budget, one has to keep a little change in one?s pocket, so one does not get
arrested for loitering or vacancy. Of
course the nature of the news business, one has to be out there observing the
pulse of the community to see what is happening. However, this time of year, it is more than
likely early Christmas shoppers. I think
I will now put out my Christmas wreath and put my small artificial Christmas
tree up on the Danish bar. Of course if
one did mind the damper weather, one could take a nature walk at Tod?s
Point. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/21/02 Thursday 10:20 P.M.:
I chatted with a relative. I will
now shut down the computer. I will watch
a bit of television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/21/02 Thursday 9:50 P.M.:
I did a little bit of regular computer work. I had a piece of cheese cake, and I finished
off the container of Edy?s toffee ice cream.
For any nautical types this link http://www.pancanal.com/ has a live camera on the Panama Canal to see ships
passing through one of the locks. Well
not much happening here on the far side of town. I suppose there are a few people like me
walking when the weather is nicer trying to shed a few pounds. I suppose the people whom one never sees have
gotten too big to be able to go outside and walk around. I wore my new green Wellington jacket today
for that English Country look to go with the English Country look of my
apartment décor. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/21/02 Thursday 7:35 P.M.:
I went out after the last message.
I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I bought an Eveready Steel
sportsman 3 D battery flashlight for $1.
It has the blinker signal switch on it.
I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.
I next went by the waterfront. I
then went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by
CVS, and I bought a 16 ounce can of Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce for .79
and a 1.5 liter bottle of CVS mouthwash for $1.99 plus .12 tax for $2.90. I also stopped by the Greenwich Hardware
store, and I bought a green and black Eveready flashlight for $2.99 plus .18
tax for $3.17. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove by Exxon, and
they were out of regular unleaded gasoline, so I bought Exxon Plus unleaded
gasoline at $1.799 a gallon for $7.55 total or about 20 miles per gallon. There must be heavier traffic driving in the daytime
this week in Greenwich. I then went by
McDonalds, and I bought two Big and Tasty hamburgers for $1 each plus .12 tax
for $2.12. I then returned home. I put long life Fuji Alkaline D batteries in
the two new flashlights, and I put them in the back seat of the Hyundai. I now have five flashlights in the Hyundai
and seven flashlights and lanterns in the apartment. I never hardly use them, but maintaining them
on an annual basis does cost money. I am
having a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/21/02 Thursday 12:40 P.M.:
I updated the dates on www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-113.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/21/02 Thursday 12:35 P.M.:
I was up at 8 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I watched some television. I fell back to sleep until about 11:30
A.M.. I had nine pretzel rods, four
Danish cookies, and a slice of cheese cake.
I will now clean up and go out. I
have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 9:10 P.M.:
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 8:20 P.M.:
My guest and I split an 18 ounce box of Van De Kamps fish tenders along
with about 12 ounces of Americas Choice potato slices with Heinz tomato sauce
mixed with horseradish and also glasses of ice tea. We then watched some television. My guest just left. I gave my guest the yellow flashlight from
the Hyundai to have for his car. I also
had a few pretzel rods. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.:
After the last message my guest and I went out. We did not go to Tod?s Point. Instead we went by Levine?s Army Navy store
in Port Chester, New York. My guest was looking for a pair of thin glove
liners. We next looked for them at
Kohl?s, Modells, and then Odd Job at the Port Chester shopping center. On Wednesday, Odd Job has 10% senior citizen
discount. We finally found them at
Feinsod Hardware on Main Street in Port Chester. We next drove by the waterfront in one
location in Greenwich and then we went by the waterfront in another
location. We then went by Dunkin Donuts
for my guest to get a cup of coffee.
Next we went downtown, and we walked lower Greenwich Avenue and sat out
for a while. We just now returned. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 2:05 P.M.:
My guest arrived. I had two
hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a
dill pickle slice and ice tea. I will
now have a Brazilian instant coffee outside.
We will then go over to Tod?s Point.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 1:30 P.M.:
I went out after the last message.
I drove by the waterfront. I then
went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.
I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I then went by the Mews
Merry Go Round thrift shop on Arch Street.
I bought for $20 down from $35 a men?s two piece double breasted black
medium weight pin stripped wool suit.
The jacket size is about 44 and the pants are about waist 42 inches
inseam 30 inches. The suit has a label
in the collar that says ?Made in Sweden?.
It fits me very well, and the shop manager gave me a deal on the
suit. I now can dress up a bit should
the need arise. I put it in my left
living room closet. I drove back down by
the waterfront. I then returned home,
and I had some ice tea. I then went to
Smokes for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for
$26. I am expecting a guest at 1:30
P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 8:25 A.M.:
I chatted with a friend. I will
now clean up and go out and enjoy the bright sun shiny day. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 7:55 A.M.:
I was just trying on some of my more formal dress clothes, but since I
have gone from 155 pounds to 220 pounds in the last few years none of my suits
or sports jackets seem to fit, except maybe a couple of sports jackets
barely. I think I have a pair of dark
wool trousers that do fit. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 7:15 A.M.:
Of course if I were selecting exceptional properties in Greenwich, I
always liked the Christopher Wren house on the south shore in Field Point Park
in the Belle Haven part of town for waterfront property the house is not too
large for the size of the lot. On the
old satellite photos of Greenwich, they use to show a 200 to 300 acre estate on
Doubling Road just north of the Greenwich Country Club that had formal French
gardens that could be seen in the satellite photos. One local prominent family still has a couple
of thousand acres in a Christmas tree farm that would make a most excellent
executive business park, but more than likely none of these properties will be
available any time soon. I was told by
one local lawyer that one could still buy two to three hundred acre parcels of
land here in town, but I am not sure where they would be located. Of course, the last thing Greenwich needs is
another golf course, but it is a most excellent way to conserve property. I have a theory that a gigantic magnetic
asteroid crashed into Greenwich in ancient history, and its geomagnetic
properties keeps the earth?s polar alignment in synchronization as we know it
today, and if certain developers tried to displaced the magnetic asteroid
remains in Greenwich, the earth would assume a new orbit. Of course that might be all science fiction. Since if we had large magnetic anomalies in
this area, more than likely all the computers would not be functioning. Of course in real estate Nassau County, New
York is the wealthiest county then Fairfield County, Connecticut then Nantucket
Island county, Massachusetts as third.
Thus it gives one a good idea as to where the wealth is piled up in this
country. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/20/02 Wednesday 6:45 A.M.:
I was up at 5 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. When I was at
Sotheby?s real estate on the Boston Post Road yesterday, I inquired as to what
the Grand List value was in Greenwich, Connecticut. I told them about 15 years ago there use to
be a sign in the Greenwich railroad station saying it was $5.5 billion. I told them I though today that Greenwich
real estate was probably under valued, and the grand list valuation would
probably be over $15 billion. I
mentioned an employee in Belle Haven had told me that someone had bought a
piece of property there for $40 million and torn down the house the following
week and then built a $20 million house on the property making it worth about
$60 million. However, Sotheby?s
confirmed the Greenwich Times story that the highest valuation property
transaction on record as having been sold was $24 million over in Byram on
Byram Shore Road. Sotheby?s did tell me
that a vacant piece of property across from family friends in north Greenwich
had been sold for $17 million, and I had noticed they are building a house
there. It seems like there is a bit of
inflation going around because my father bought a piece of property next to the
same family in Florida in 1965 for $20,000.
Thus the grass is always greener on the other side of the tracks. However, with the higher real estate valuations,
it probably means that higher prices will eventually mean higher taxes. I told them I knew of a 200 acre farm in
Concorde, Massachusetts that had been in the same family for over 200 years. Well, there is one draw back to the
heightened real estate speculation in the area.
Indian Point?s twin nuclear reactors are only about fifteen miles away
as the crow flies. Thus if terrorists
should attack those reactors, more than likely the price of local real estate
would probably go down dramatically since people generally do not want to pay
inflated prices for radioactive contaminated properties. One prominent family lives in North
Terrytown, New York and they are exceptionally close to those twin reactors, so
depending on what they do will probably effect what other people do in this
area. Of course just because they are
prominent, it does not mean they have common sense. I told Sotheby?s from my view point; I would
not sell any of the old properties in the area that old established families
have managed to accumulate over the years.
It seems to me that possibly a new group of real estate speculators are
trying to scare established people in hopes of getting cheaper prices which
more than likely would never happen in this area, since historically New York
real estate prices tend to be constantly inflated and rising. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 8:50 P.M.:
I chatted with a relative. I had
a piece of cheese cake. I will now shut
down the computer. I will watch some
television, and then I will head off to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 8:15 P.M.:
I laid out the white and multicolor comforter along the back of the long
green couch. I took all the pillows on
the day bed, and I laid them out flat on the day bed, so they all fit together
patch work fashion. I then laid the long
white and dark tan Mexican poncho on top of the pillows on the day bed, so it
all has a more uniform appearance with three matching throw pillows on top of
it all. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 6:45 P.M.:
I went out after the last message, and I stopped by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought two
Navaho pattern pillows about 20? by 20? in red and blue stripped pattern for $2
each for $4 total. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I returned a book, and I paid a $2 fine on a
DVD video disk I returned last Friday. I
then drove downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by Sotheby?s real estate, and they
gave me some information I was curious about.
I sat out downtown for a while. I
then drove back by the waterfront. I
then stopped by the Greenwich Library.
There was a fire in old stone building just north of St. Mary?s, so I
viewed the fire department responding.
It seemed to be out. After the
library, I returned home. I put the two
new pillows on either end of the long green sofa with the one the same size in
a different pattern in the center. I put
the other pillows with the other pillows on the day bed along with the
comforter. I will now have a Stouffer?s
Home-style pot roast dinner with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 1:15 P.M.:
I had to call up Net2Phone last night to have them set up my account to
get the 2 cents a minute rate for PC to domestic telephone call instead of the
3.9 cent rate they were charging me. It
is now 2 cents a minute. I found a
Roosevelt dime outside. Well with all
this global communications on the internet, I guess there is really nothing of
substance to communicate. I suppose I
should clean up and go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 12:15 P.M.:
I had four more pretzel rods. I
am listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . I
will now have a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 11:20 A.M.:
Any Anglophile royalty followers can always log onto to http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ and select the ?The Register? at the bottom of the
page, and then select ?Court Circular? or ?Today?s Royal Engagements? to see
what the Royalty are up to. They seem to
keep them busy. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 11:10 A.M.:
I had a piece of cheese cake too, and I am now having ice tea. I am staying in this morning since my right
knee is a bit sore. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 10:45 A.M.:
I rested some more this morning.
I had nine pretzel rods and eight Danish cookies. I watched the CSPAN presentation of the
opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield,
Illinois from yesterday evening http://www.alincoln-library.com/Apps/default.asp . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 6:35 A.M.:
For James Bond ?007? information try www.007.com . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/19/02 Tuesday 6:20 A.M.:
I went to bed last night after the last message. I had a call from a relative about 10
P.M.. I was up at 5 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.
I will now do a little bit of regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/18/02 Monday 7:30 P.M.: I
watched the ABC evening news. I will now
shut down the computer. I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/18/02 Monday 6:10 P.M.: I
went out after the last message. I drove
down by the waterfront and around another waterfront area. It is a very low tide. I guess because of the full moon. I guess that means a higher high tide. One can check out the Greenwich, Connecticut
tide charts at www.maineharbors.com or http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/novgrw02.htm . I printed out a few copies of this and next
month?s tide charts at the library today.
I then sat out for a while downtown.
I made my 4:15 P.M. appointment.
I then sat out some more downtown.
I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I checked out a DVD video
disk. I returned one there this
morning. I then went by McDonalds and I
had two Big and Tasty hamburgers with cheese for $1.30 each plus .18 tax for
$2.78 total. I then returned home. I put $5 on my laundry card, so I have $11.65
on my laundry card. A regular user at
the library commented me on my red Woolrich jacket. I told him I bought it two years ago at
Marshall?s in Stamford, Connecticut for $75.
I am now having a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/18/02 Monday 2:45 P.M.:
In my primary computer a PC Chips S571-LMR motherboard running an AMD
K6II 450 MHz processor at 336 MHz, I have a 128 meg. PC-66 memory chip and I
believe a 64 meg PC-100 memory chip. I
tried a 128 meg PC-100 memory chip before, and it did not work, but I noticed
that a PC-100 256 meg memory chip has a $15 mail in rebate for $30 after at
CompUSA, but I think I have determined it would not work in my machine although
the manual says it will take two 256 meg chips, I think they need to be PC 66
and not PC 100. Well, it is nice day,
maybe I will float around a while before my 4:15 appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/18/02 Monday 1:00 P.M.: I
broiled a one pound London Broil for five minutes a side, and I had it for a
meal with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce with steamed sliced green squash
and steamed white rice and ice tea. I am
just about ready to have a cappuccino outside.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/18/02 Monday 11:55 A.M.:
I went out after the last message.
I walked lower Greenwich Avenue.
I drove down by the waterfront. I
stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, the Wall
Street Journal, and PC magazine. The
Wall Street Journal today has a series of articles about the internet. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I next went by CVS, and
I bought two tins of low cholesterol Danish cookies for $2.99 both. I then sat out downtown for a while. I then went back by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought two packages of Snyder?s pretzel rods for $1.69 each or $3.38
total. I then went by the Arnold Bread
outlet, and I bought an Entenmanns Deluxe French cheese cake for $1.89 and a
loaf of Arnold 12 grain bread for $1.29 for $3.18 less 10% senior discount of
.32 for $2.86 total. I just now returned
home. I called a relative down south to
have them check on a house up north since the area around Boston has 80,000
homes without electricity and northwestern Connecticut has 25,000 homes without
electricity. It is nice and sunny here
though. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/18/02 Monday 7:25 A.M.:
This morning?s New York Times says the electricity is off in
northwestern Connecticut. I will now
shower and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/18/02 Monday 6:55 A.M.: I
fell back to sleep until 6:30 A.M.. I
had the last piece of cheese cake.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/18/02 Monday 3:55 A.M.: I
went to bed after the last message. I
was up at 3 A.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I have a 4:15 P.M. appointment
today. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/17/02 Sunday 3:05 P.M.: I
rested until 2 P.M.. I finished off the
pretzel rods and had a cup of Edy?s toffee ice cream. I watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/17/02 Sunday 9:25 A.M.: I
had a Boston Market chicken with Barbeque sauce meal along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/17/02 Sunday 8:50 A.M.: I
put away the ice tea in the refrigerator.
I had four Danish cookies and eight pretzel rods. I watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/17/02 Sunday 6:35 A.M.: I
am making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/17/02 Sunday 5:50 A.M.: I
was up at 4 A.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I watched a bit of television. I will now do some computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/16/02 Saturday 8:05 P.M.:
My guest arrived at 2 P.M.. We
went out and drove by the waterfront. We
then toured the ELDC thrift shop. Next
we returned back to my place. We watched
a DVD video movie. We then watched some
television. We had a couple of pretzel
rods. My guest just left. I will have some cheese cake and ice tea and
then head off to bed after shutting down the computer. I also chatted with a relative this afternoon
and two relatives this morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/16/02 Saturday 1:20 P.M.:
I had four pretzel rods to eat.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/16/02 Saturday 12:35 P.M.:
We all know Queen Victoria was 4 foot 11 inches tall. The present Queen of England is 5 foot 3
inches tall. Prince Phillip is 5 foot 8
inches tall. Prince Charles is 5 foot 10
inches tall. Prince William of Wales is
6 foot 3 inches tall. However, if one is
interested in the heights of Presidents of the United States this link might
come in handy http://www.campvishus.org/PresRelHtAff.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/16/02 Saturday 12:15 P.M.:
I reprogrammed two of the telephone numbers of relatives since they had
changed area codes on three of my telephones with speed dial. I finished vacuuming and polishing the mirror
work and glass. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/16/02 Saturday 10:30 A.M.:
I went out, and I went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then
went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought two half gallons of Tropicana Premium with Calcium for $2 each, two shoulder steaks for London Broil beef
chuck at $1.59 a pound for $1.83 and $1.84, Snyder?s pretzel rods $1.69, two
dozen large eggs $1.69 each, two Land o
Lakes 10 ounce cheese one Pepper Jack and one Monterey Jack $2 each, three green squash at .99 a pound for $.89,
two yellow squash at .99 a pound for .78, and a bulb of garlic at $2.49 a pound
for .42 for $18.83 total. I then returned
home. I put away my purchases, and I
broiled one of the shoulder steaks, and I had it for a meal with Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, steamed yellow and green
squash, ice tea, and I will now have a cappuccino. I am expecting a guest at 2 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/16/02 Saturday 6:15 A.M.:
I went to bed after the last message.
I had a call from a friend and we chatted about 9 P.M.. I had a piece of cheese cake. I fell back asleep, and I had a call from a
relative about 11 P.M.. I then slept
until about 3:30 A.M.. I had breakfast
of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I just finished watering the
plants and cleaning my apartment. I
still have to vacuum and polish the mirrors and glass later when I will not
disturb my neighbors. I will now clean
up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/15/02 Friday 4:40 P.M.: I
had a busy day. I went out after the
last message. I drove downtown, and I
mailed a letter to a relative at the central Greenwich Post Office. The spot where I frequently park by the veterans?
monument recently has had several 2 ounce Bacardi rum bottles left on the
ground. This morning there was also a
Coca Cola can. I cleaned them up, and as
my reward I found on the bench a package of American Spirit all natural
cigarettes like the carton they?re send me in about six weeks that I order for
free. They are a most excellent
cigarette. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next returned to the
center of town, and I walked the lower Greenwich Avenue area. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I then drove over to Tod?s Point
in Old Greenwich, and I walked around Tod?s Point for the 2.5 mile walk. I then stopped by the Old Greenwich Thrift
shop. I bought three long sleeve large
and extra large shirts for $4, $4, and $5 for $13 total. One is a dark green cotton shirt light
weight. Another is a blue and white plaid flannel shirt. The third is a red patch work plaid cotton
flannel shirt. I then drove back to
central Greenwich, and I parked downtown.
I went back by the Mews Merry Go Round thrift shop. I sat out for a while. I stopped by the senior center to use the
bathroom. Seniors are offered lunch
there for $3. I then drove back down by
the waterfront. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I then returned home. However, I forgot to return a DVD video disk
that was due, so I returned to the library, and I returned it, and I checked
out another. I then stopped by Exxon,
and I bought premium unleaded gasoline by mistake at $1.879 a gallon for $4.80
or 33 miles per gallon. I get better
gasoline mileage driving at night. I
then returned home. I relaxed a bit. I had a dozen Carr?s crackers with slices of
Dutch Edam cheese along with ice tea. I
chatted with some neighbors. I guess I
will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed some time soon. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 11/15/02:
Note:
<888> 11/15/02 Friday 6:20 A.M.: I
will now send out my weekly notes. I
will then clean up and go out for some morning activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/15/02 Friday 5:50 A.M.: I
watched some television. I had a meal of
a can of Progresso New England clam chowder, a bowl of goldfish crackers, ice
tea, and a piece of Entenmann?s cheese cake.
I will now have a Chock Full Nuts instant coffee outside. I generally take my coffee with milk and
sugar. My telephones have been making a
low beeping sound occasionally all night.
There might be a line problem.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/15/02 Friday 3:35 A.M.: I
watched some television. CNN reported
this link http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/ has President Bush?s tour
of the Oval Office. I also wrote a
letter to a family member. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/15/02 Friday 12:40 A.M.:
I was awaken at 8 P.M. when a friend called. Apparently the friend was deer hunting and
was only able to obtain a grouse.
However, the friend told me when he returned inside he was covered with
deer ticks. This was in the western
Massachusetts area, so if one is out in the brush, one still has to watch out
for deer ticks. I continued to sleep
until about midnight. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and then I had coffee
outside. I just noticed that my
Net2Phone account received and now shows the $25 U.S. Post Office money order
deposit that I sent them. Thus it takes
about 2 weeks for one to make a check deposit to Net2Phone. I was told yesterday that they are going to
recover the surface area of the Cole Auditorium at the Greenwich Library with
Indiana limestone, so it matches the Peterson addition. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/14/02 Thursday 10:00 A.M.:
I went out after the last message.
I drove down by the waterfront. I
then walked lower Greenwich Avenue area, and I sat out for a while. I then drove and stood around a couple of
waterfront areas. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I just now returned home. I had a slice of French cheese cake and ice
tea along with four Danish cookies. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed in a brief spell. Well, it looks to be a nice day, but enjoy
it, it is suppose to then rain until Monday.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/14/02 Thursday 6:05 A.M.:
I watched a bit of television. I
will now go out downtown for a while.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/14/02 Thursday 5:05 A.M.:
There are geology programs on channel 21 PBS right now. Watching one of them and remembering recently
when I drove from Athens, Greece to the Bosporus in the spring of 1972 from
Thessalonica, Greece to the Bosporus the area surrounding the road away from
the coast line was mostly surrounded by low rising hills and small mountains
and most of the landscape was covered with rocks and boulders. It is just a theory that all those rocks and
boulders might have been put there by some Atlantis type of volcanic eruption
in the Mediterranean sea area or on what was land in that area that was so
tremendous that it covered the area for thousands of square miles with rocks
and boulders and possibly the area where it occurred might not have been sea as
we know it today, but when the eruption occurred depositing all those boulders
and rocks in that area the land plateau subsided allowing the ocean to run in
and flood it. Thus in some sort of
prehistory event in the Mediterranean region there was such a large eruption
and explosion of tectonic forces that the debris is seen in vast areas along
the shores of the Mediterranean.
However, it could have been a series of eruptions over a prolonged
period of time and not just one cataclysmic event. Thus from a military point of view from even
before Alexander the Great?s time, it is more than likely that traversing those
regions was quite difficult not to mention with modern mechanical machinery
today except on the established roads.
It basically is an ideal environment for goats and not much else. Still historically it is a significant area,
so perhaps the legends of San Turrini or other such volcanic activities were
much more extreme over the entire area oven the prehistory period that is not
well documented. Unless in some sort of
melting of an ice age ice cap with significant glaciers that came that far
south, they deposited much of the geological formations. I have not read up on much of the geological
historical record of that area. Well
still it makes one wonder. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/14/02 Thursday 3:45 A.M.:
Since occasionally we get visitors from warmer climates whom are not use
to our cooler weather, I think we have
reinstated the ?Freezing Norwegian? patrol for colder weather people to keep an
eye out for warmer weather people whom might not be acclimated to our cooler
climates. As one goes further north from
here into the more northern zones, this is much more of a regular
practice. Generally in very cold harsh
climates the locals do not leave individuals outside in the extreme cold. Of course at the moment it is not very cold
here for the locals. So says Nanook of
the North. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/14/02 Thursday 3:30 A.M.:
I had the cappuccino outside. I
had two ten year old jars of ground coffee in my freezer that I kept for
emergency coffee in case there was no electricity and the coffee grinders did
not work, so I put them in the community room freezer since I needed the room
in my freezer. The community room is
warm and comfortable at night, but they should put it on some sort of time
thermostat and turn down the heat at night when no one is using it since it is
such a large room to heat. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/14/02 Thursday 2:35 A.M.:
Today when I was coming out of the Arnold Bread store outlet, I saw one
of those very long stretch Rolls Royce limousines being test driven on Old
Track Road. I guess it was coming and
going from our local Rolls Royce dealership.
I think BMW might now own Rolls Royce, so I guess since some Germans
tend to be bigger, they are making the larger model limousine which looked
quite roomy and comfortable. Of course
like the other stretch automobiles on narrow windy roads it might be harder to
navigate. I went out after the last
message, and I drove down by the waterfront.
The lights are still on out on Long Island. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.
It was a quiet night. Not much
seems to be happening down at the new Delamar Hotel on the waterfront. I guess it will be busier when its new
restaurant opens managed by the same people than run La Galoue in
Manhattan. I have nicknamed it the
?Heart Break Hotel?, but maybe we should nickname it the ?Hotel California?. I am sure during the Holiday period and the
warmer months it will be busier, and it the economy picks up it will probably
be busier. After my walk, I drove back
down by the waterfront. I then went by
the Food Emporium. One of its night
staff ran into a buck deer at 70 miles per hour on I-84 demolishing his old
Ford. Another former neighbor had his
sister in law hit a deer in New Jersey.
Thus when driving around in this area particularly at night, one has to
be a bit careful since we have a large deer population that stray onto our
roads. I bought a 16 ounce bag of Americas Choice potato wedges for $1.79, a Boston Market grilled dill potatoes for
$1.49, a Boston Market barbeque chicken filet dinner for $2.74 and a Pepperidge
Farm apple turnover for $1.99 for $8.01 total.
I will cook some of the potato wedges with the Van Da Kamps half package
of Crispy Tenders for a more authentic Fish and Chips dinner and have them with
50% - 50% Heinz Ketchup and Horseradish sauce along with ice tea and a
cappuccino inside. I will cooked them in
the convection oven a bit longer at 425 degress Farenheit for 18 minutes, since
the potatoes need a bit more time. I will then do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 10:15 P.M.:
I went to bed at 2:30 P.M.. I was
up at about 9 P.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I put two new AAA Energizer
batteries in my Logitech cordless mouse.
I remembered today, I think I have also been in the Buffalo, New York
and Syracuse, New York airports during my earlier travels. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 1:15 P.M.:
I went out, and I arrived at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop early,
and I got a parking place. It was full
of shoppers browsing their Christmas displays.
I bought a silver bottle holder with a stags head on it for $12.50. The silver stags head bottle holder is
similar to one I have seen in the window of Bitteridge Jewelers on Greenwich
Avenue many times. I had to spend some
extra time there since my car was blocked for a while. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street and they have their new IBM computers installed. I noticed one customer was trying to get the
new dollar coins, and they only had three in stock. I then went downtown, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the Marry
Go Round Mews Thrift shop, and I bought a British Airways coffee mug for a
dollar. Unfortunately an ill omen
happened, and I was departing the shop and putting on my sun glasses, I dropped
the mug on the slate sidewalk and it broke into several pieces. I was offered another mug, but I explained I
had wanted that particular mug. Well
some day I will find another. It was
made in England. I then sat out for a
while. I next drove by the
waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local newspaper.
I also returned seven music CDs.
I was thinking when I was mentioning my travels in my notes when I
visited Turkey in the spring of 1972, I stayed on the western coast of Turkey
about two hours on the road south of the Bosporus around Troy at a new very
pleasant resort hotel with white sandy beach.
At the time there was only one other guest party. However, that location would be about eight
hours drive north of Iraq, so any media people trying to cover any potential
Iraq confrontation might find that particular resort hotel complex a safe
distant away yet close enough to cover the story. As I recall it was about a half day?s drive
north of Izmir or Selchuck. The hotel
resort was pretty much situated on its own on the coast with just fields
around. I recall back in 1972 we only
paid about $10 a night for a pleasant large room and the meals were very
enjoyable not to mention the beach and vistas.
Looking at the map in the old Reader?s Digest atlas, Selchuck is located
near Izmir, so more than likely the hotel was some where between Izmir and
Troy, closer to Troy. As I recall we
drove all night after crossing the border from Greece to Turkey and in the
early morning hours we crossed the Bosporus on the Ferry, and at the first town
we had car problems with the alternator, and a mechanic in the town fixed it
rewinding the coil in a few hours and charged us a modest sum. We then drove a distance out into the country
down the coast, and tired with exhaustion we parked in a field and fell
asleep. When we awoke after our nap, we
discovered the new hotel just down the coast road, and it was not busy since it
did not open in time to make that year?s Michelin guide. The roads in that part of the world then were
just narrow two lane roads. I am not
sure how far it would be from Iraq at today?s driving times, but one would have
Syria in between and Turkey was effectively secure when I crossed the border
that evening and saw about a hundred miles of soldiers elbow to elbow with
machine guns just standing there on either side of the road. I guess that was why the entire Greek
National Guard was on maneuvers on the other side of the border we had just
come from. Well, it was a Red and White
Opel like in the International Red Cross, and we had met with the head of the
International Red Cross in Athens whom we tried to look up in Istanbul, but he
did not show up. I think in Turkey it is
called the Red Crescent. Well any way we
all had a very enjoyable tour of Greece and Turkey. One eats a lot of lamb when one is in those
countries along with salads. Thus having
briefed the reference librarian about a safe place for the media, I departed
the library. I then drove by the Arnold
Bread outlet, and I bought a package of Arnold Herbal stuffing for $1.99, a
Deluxe French Bread cheese cake for $1.89, a 8 pack of hotdog buns for .99, and
three loaves of Arnold 12 grain bread for .99 each for $7.84 each minus 10%
senior discount of .78 for $7.06 total.
I then went by the Smokes for Less store in Byram, and I bought a carton
of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26. I
next returned home. I had a chilled
A&W root beer in a frosted mug. I
put the silver stags head bottle holder on the Danish bar next to the Queen
Elizabeth II whiskey jug with a bottle of French white wine in it. I think it is made for a bottle of Scotch,
but I do not have any regular size bottles of Scotch just a half gallon of
Dewars Scotch which would not fit in it.
I threw out the two old containers of Romanoff caviar. I am a bit tired, so I will probably shut
down the computer directly and head off to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 7:35 A.M.:
I will go out shortly to pursue the more mundane routine activities of
daily life in our quiet hamlet of Greenwich.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 7:00 A.M.:
I enjoyed the state opening of parliament and the Queen?s speech. The BBC on the internet had complete
coverage, and the American broadcast company CNN covered part of it, but their
commentary was not very useful or relevant compared to the BBC coverage. I am still watching the internet
broadcast. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 5:50 A.M.:
One can fallow the State Opening of Parliament in ten minutes at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2448027.stm and 35 minutes into the
broadcast one can listen to the Queen?s speech.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 5:05 A.M.: Well since my web address
?mrscott.com? no longer refers to my geocities web site that is harder to
remember. One can find it easily by
searching www.google.com for either ?Scott?s Notes? or ?Michael Louis
Scott?. Since I get no feed back from
any of the random users, I really do not try to evaluate my web site
usage. I will now have two hot dogs with
Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and buns and potato chips and a dill pickle
spear and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 4:15 A.M.:
I found .26 in one of the washing machines when I did laundry. The laundry downstairs now costs .90 a
machine instead of .85, and one has to put $5 increments of amounts on the
laundry card to use it. I have $6.65 on
my laundry card at the moment. I just swept off the wet leaves off the two
wooden benches in front of the building.
Basically sometimes one gets tired of reading the internet news spam
since frequently it does not seem relevant to my immediate situation. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 3:50 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I just deleted 400 emails without reading
their contents. I did look at the topics
to see if there were any personal messages.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 3:10 A.M.:
I put away the laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 2:20 A.M.:
I have .17 left on my Net2Phone account, so hopefully they will credit
the $25 U.S. postal money order I sent to them 11 days ago to my account
soon. I suppose once it gets cold enough
with all the rain we have been having recently, we might get a bit of extra
snow this winter in this region depending on whether it is freezing or
not. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 2:10 A.M.:
Well I am cleaned up and am fresh as a daisy. The big excitement starting at 8:30 A.M. this
morning is the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop is opening up its annual Holiday
display of gift items and other various items donated for sale by the general
public. I will probably go by at
opening, but since I do not need anything, I will just browse. I have 35 minutes left on the dry cycle. Before Thanksgiving I need to buy a little
Butterball boneless precooked turkey breast, yams, cranberries, vegetable,
Heinz turkey gravy, and stuffing for my Thanksgiving dinner. I will wait for a few days before
Thanksgiving. Well the modern aviation
generation is amongst us with many of their modern devices, so whatever they
discard is frequently new to other people.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 1:30 A.M.:
Well the Hartwick Radio company coal stove that I bought 14 years ago
when I moved in here for $50 at a tag sale on Mayflower Lane is now thanks to a
friend who traded it for appliances in the president of Maytag appliances
office down there in eastern Tennessee which the Hartwick Radio company evolved
into. Meanwhile before I clean up, I am
doing my laundry, and I am on the wash cycle, and I also put clean sheets on
the bed. Of course if we ever get a cold
winter, and one needs an old caboose coal stove to travel around the country in
like Eleanor Roosevelt use to travel around during World War II visiting the people
that type of stove still might come in handy if one still had a caboose and a
railroad all hypotheticals, and one would probably need someone strong enough
to mine coal and shovel it. For the
moment I am warm and comfortable. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/13/02 Wednesday 12:50 A.M.:
I had the cappuccino outside. It
is like an English drizzle outside. They
use to say the English rain was good for the complexion, unless of course one
caught pneumonia. I guess I will now
shower and clean up. I am not sure
whether I will go for a drive or not since I do not think there is really need
to waste energy driving when the same cost of energy keeps the apartment warm
and comfortable. I guess all of these
high energy people flying over my heads can afford to have warm accommodations
when they arrive. I believe in
Greenwich, Connecticut one of the more reasonable priced motels is the Howard
Johnson Motor Lodge in Riverside, Connecticut is $69 a night with the HoJo
spirit America 30% discount if available and one asks for it when booking ones
reservation. One can book it at www.expedia.com . They only
allow a certain number of Spirit America discounts per motel, so sometimes they
are used up. I just checked with Howard
Johnson?s reservation number 1-800-446-4656 in Eastern Tennessee and they said
the rate was available for today?s check in this morning the 13th, but
otherwise according to their desk with tax it would be $102. I guess it is time to clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 11:50 P.M.:
If one gets hungry around here, I was told by a friend that never seems
to run of food that the deer hunting season starts this Monday in Massachusetts,
but I am not sure it is starting in Connecticut or not. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 11:45 P.M.:
I mixed in a little dish a 50% - 50% mixture of horseradish and Heinz
ketchup to have as a sauce for the fish fingers. It is similar to shrimp sauce. In the old days in Greenwich where the
Chinese restaurant is on West Putnam Avenue next to Wendy?s we had an Arthur
Treachers Fish and Chips which I always found most enjoyable. I believe there was also one on Third Avenue
in Manhattan around 64th street, and when I could occasionally
afford it, I would have their fish and chips.
They served their fish with a malted vinegar instead of shrimp
sauce. I will now make my cappuccino. I am not sure whether I will have it inside
or outside depending on the rain.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.:
I am cooking a half box 9 ounces of Van De Kamps frozen fish fingers in
the convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. I will have them for a meal with some potato
chips and ice tea and a cappuccino. I
guess I am on a later schedule. It is
suppose to rain until Monday according to one source. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 10:55 P.M.:
I watched some television, and I fell back to sleep. One interesting story was when I left
Nantucket in October 1978 with a 1972 Subaru that I bought there for $150 which
had been in Dillon, Colorado with a Polaroid Company ID on it. I put in a new clutch in the car which was a
bit difficult particularly lifting the engine out of the car. It shows what one can do when one is young at
age 28. Anyway on the first trip across
country to the west coast I was driving on Interstate 10 in West Texas, and I
got off the interstate in Midland, Texas to get gasoline at a general store
there that sold gasoline. There were
some young girls on the porch practicing ballet. Anyway the service station attendant checked
my oil, and when he closed the hood on the Subaru, he did not shut it all the
way, so shortly on the way down the highway; the hood flew up and cracked the
windshield across the entire windshield.
Thus for about the next few months, I drove threw out all of California
exploring it for the first time with a cracked windshield, and I explored many
salvage yards without finding a replacement one. Eventually around that December in a salvage
yard in Fort Lauderdale, I found a replacement windshield which I
installed. Apparently the Subaru was
originally designed by Howard Hughes and when they first introduced them into
this country, they had a race track in Fort Lauderdale where people could rent
them and run them at high speed. Thus
there were quite a few old Subarus of the 1972 vintage in the Fort Lauderdale
salvage yard which were not apparently available on the west coast. Since the Howard Hughes medical institute was
in Fort Lauderdale also besides the primary location in Texas http://www.hhmi.org/ apparently Hughes or some of his associates were in
Fort Lauderdale also. One local
fisherman here bragged that he once broke into Howard Hughes? penthouse in the
Bahamas. Thus with these popular people
in the news from Texas recently, it seems that Howard Hughes? personnel are
also involved. When I first came back to
Greenwich off from Nantucket, one of my original contacts was someone that was
involved with Howard Hughes? family?s Episcopal church in Houston, Texas. Thus despite the other popular financial
czars in the area, once one travels out of this area, it seems that the Hughes
network is also in existence whether Howard is or not is another question. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 7:20 P.M.:
I was up at 6 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I noticed in a small article in
the Greenwich Times last week that Westchester County is NOT going to spend $30
million for an airport deicing facility for Westchester County Airport
nearby. Thus if we get any ice conditions
in the future winters which occasionally we do, travelers will have to use the
larger metropolitan airports in the New York area. Apparently the facility would also cause
environmental problems with the ethanol glycol run off into the local ground
water. It is a general rule of thumb if
one has ice on the plane, one should not try to take off without deicing. Well, I guess I will clean up and explore our
local library if it is still open by the time I get out. I guess I am on a night schedule which is not
unusual for me. Also I saw on the
Discovery Channel how herds of Killer Whales in Argentina come out half way on
the beach and eat sea lions and seals. I
was wondering if any Killer Whales occasionally along our shores in North
America come out of the water on shore and eat swimmers, sun bathers, beach
walkers or fishermen. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 7:00 A.M.:
I had eight more Danish cookies.
I watched some television. I will
now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 4:15 A.M.:
I had four Danish cookies and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.: I would have been at the Bermuda
airport in spring of 1968, the Santa Barbara, California airport where the
guppy was around 1978 to 1980 flying in once, driven by the Rockford, Illinois
Air Force Base a number of times, by the Marathon, Florida Key airport a number
of times, Düsseldorf and Munich, Germany on the Innsbruck trip. I recalled seeing the entrance to Pope Air
Force base once driving across country around Louisiana. I visited the Schipol airport in Amsterdam
when I visited there on the Albertville trip.
I exited Oslo, Norway in 1983 via the civilian airport different from
the military one I arrived in. I have
driven by the Danbury, Connecticut airport a number of times. I also recall there was an air strip next to
the Mount Vernon and Bartlett Farms on Nantucket. I lived near the Great Lakes, Illinois Naval
air station while in college. I recalled
that Fort Sheridan south of Lake Forest College had an air strip. I believe I might have had a stop off in
Pittsburg once or twice going to the Midwest and possibly in Ohio on other
trips during my college years. When I
lived on Long Island, I lived near the Grumman manufacturing family, and of
course here in Greenwich a lot of the original Pan Am people once lived nearby,
and I have family in Vero Beach, Florida where Piper Cub is, and I have flown
in there before too. Thus I treat my
apartment like a Pan Am VIP suite which the Pan AM flight bag symbolizes. Of course I still have my KLM, Air Canada, and Gucci flight bags. I gave away the British Air flight bag to
someone whom had never flown before. I
still have a size 38 too small for me men?s Brooks Brother?s brown Leather
bomber jacket made in New Zealand. While
in San Francisco, California airport around 1979, I saw the reinauguration of
the Pan Am Clipper Flight to Shanghai, China take off, and I viewed the guest
book, but I do not recall signing it. I
recall the name of a prominent electronics family from Wellesley, Massachusetts
in the guest book though. Thus my own
personal select Pan AM guest suite is still functional and maintained. I am trying to remember another airport, I
just remembered and then forgot. As
yes, I visited a family relative and flew in and out of the Tulsa, Oklahoma
airport around 1971 coming and going from and to O?Hare in Chicago,
Illinois. The last time, I flew I was
arriving back from Paris, France from the Albertville Winter Olympics trip
about 10 years ago arriving at JFK airport in Manhattan where they photographed
me for Russian television for some odd reason.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 2:45 A.M.:
On the two trips to Tobago in 1971 and 1972, the BWIA jets stopped off
also in Trinidad and Barbados, so I have been in those airports also. I recall in the old days of frequently
traveling on the Chemstrand Monsanto company jets, I flew in and out of
Huntsville ? Decatur, Alabama airport, Raleigh Durham, North Carolina,
Chatanooga, Tennessee, Atlanta, and Dalton, Georgia, Pensacola, Florida,
Washington D.C. National airport now Reagan airport, Teterboro airport near
Trenton, New Jersey, McArthur airport on Long Island formerly or presently
Roosevelt Field, Westchester county airport in White Plains, New York. I also while living in Boston and going to
school north of Chicago flew in and out of Boston Logan airport, Chicago O?Hare
airport, Chicago Midway airport, Detroit airport, Colorado Springs airport,
Denver airport. While living in
Nantucket, I flew out of New York LaGuardia airport, Hyannis, Massachusetts
airport, Martha?s Vineyard airport, JFK airport in New York. I also have flown to Florida in the last 20
years out of Newark airport though Balimore, and the trips to Norway,
Washington D.C. National for Reagan?s 1980 inaugural, Frankfurt, Tobago,
Düsseldorf, and probably changing between Chicago and Boston were out of JFK in
New York. I also flew out of Bradley Field in Windsor Lockes, Connecticut once to
Chicago. I flew into Toronto airport
twice from New York Laguardia around 1983 and from Boston in 1973 and maybe one
other time from New York, but some times I took the train to Toronto. I also have been in the Rome, Italy Leonardo
Da Vinci airport coming from Boston in 1972 and the Athens, Greece airport
coming and going in the spring of 1972 along with the Lanzarote airport and the
Malaga, Spain and Seville, Spain airports coming and going from Lanzarote. Thus
with the stops in the Bahamas, Copenhagen, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Key
West, Florida, San Juan, Purto Rico, Hawaii, Maui, San Francisco, Las Angeles,
and Orange County airports have also been parts of my itinerary. I might have landed once at Stuart airport
further up the Hudson River and also at the Rochester Utica, New York airport
around 1969. I might have also been in
some other airports that I have forgotten over the years, because it is hard to
remember a lot of the stops on the Chemstrand Monsanto company plane like
possibly Birmingham or Mobil, Alabama, or Nashville, Tennessee or Knoxsville,
Tennessee. Thus I have a bit of
experience in aviation. I also recall
traveling by jet from Westchester County airport to Greenville, Spartanburg
South Carolina airport when I lived down there for six months in 1976. I also have traveled in or out of the Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Melbourne, West
Palm Beach, Tampa, Jacksonville, Coco Beach and Orlando airports in my travels. I once visited the Tucson, Arizona airport,
but I did not travel into it. I also
have visited Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Andrews Air Force
Base and Dulles airport outside Washington D.C., Kelly Air Force Base in San
Antonio, Texas, Homestead Air Force Base in Homestead, Florida, Patrick Air
Force Base near Coco Beach, Florida, Pease Air Force Base in Dover, New
Hampshire, Frankfurt Rhine Mien Air Force Base in Frankfurt, Germany, Offutt
Air Force Base, in Omaha, Nebraska. I
have driven near McDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida, and more than
likely in my travels around the Midwest, I drove by Scott Air Force base in
Illinois not to mention there was another Air Force base near Champaign,
Illinois I think called Chanook or Rantool Air Force base which I can not
recall if I ever flew in and out of, but I think I once did from Champaign
besides the train. Thus if I have a good
memory, the game would be to remember what other airports like Stratford,
Connecticut airport or Virginia Beach, Virginia airports which I also have
flown into along with Portland, Maine.
Let?s see what I can remember. There is
San Jose, California on the way back from Hawaii, Grand Rapids, Michigan coming and going from
Holland, Michigan, Atlanta Hartsdale
coming or going from Florida and the old Atlanta airport while in Alabama, Baltimore,
Maryland going to Greenville, South Carolina.
Still more than likely I changed planes somewhere a long time ago, and I
forgot about it like Paris Orly or Chales De Gaul airport when I went to the
Albertville Olympics or Monteray, California airport while vacationing in
Carmel, California. Still, this is a
good summary of my aviation experience.
I once spent the night at Denver?s old airport during a blizzard while
driving back from California. I also
drove by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory airport once, plus when one drives
around the country one tends to see a lot of other municipal airports.
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 1:45 A.M.: In my note last night, I mentioned a
few places around the waterfront I had been.
When I was around the Mediterranean sea, I was actually an art student
in Florence, Italy; but since it was cold there that winter in 1972, I got a
U-rail pass after about six weeks, and I travel over to Pisa and up the Italian
coast and through Switzerland to Grenoble, France where I visited some
friends. I then occasionally headed down
the eastern Spanish coast to Barcelona and toured there along with going to
Malaga, and eventually catching a jet to Lanzarote on Iberia airlines where I
stayed a couple of weeks. After about
three month in Europe, I participated in another art program out of Athens,
Greece with another Lake Forest College group, and we toured most of mainland
Greece, and I also acquired a 1962 Red and White Opel station wagon, and I
drove with a classmate to Turkey to join up with the rest of the group that
flew. Thus I saw most of the mainland
Greece coast line along with the islands of Crete and Hydra, and much of the
western coast line of Turkey to Selchuck and back up the Bosporus to
Istanbul. I never crossed the large
bridge into Asia. Also on the trips to
California, I spent most of the time when I had a car driving up and down the
California coast line between Fort Brag, California about a day?s drive north
of San Francisco and as far south as San Diego with frequent stops in Laguna,
Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and Palo Alto.
Of course in driving to California from the east coast of the United
States I crossed the country on Interstates I-80, I-70, and I-10 on different
trips. While in Florida in 1976 to 1983
period during the winters that I was there, I was in Fort Lauderdale, Boca
Raton, Key West, and Daytona; however I spent a good deal of the time traveling
the coast south from Flagler to Key West and up the west coast to Tampa. Thus I saw a great deal of the Florida
coast. I made the side trip in January
of 1978 to Paradise Island in the Bahamas where I met up with the British. During the summers in Nantucket, I would
frequently stay from around the first of April or May until December when I was
there between 1975 and 1983 getting to enjoy the full season. On the trip to Oslo, Norway in February 1983,
I actually had a round trip ticket to Stockholm, Sweden and a week?s stay at
the SAS hotel there for about $700 entire package, but the plane arrived at the
military airport in Forneburg, Norway outside Oslo, and everyone departed the
plane, and took a bus to the SAS hotel in Oslo near the palace. However, when I arrived at the desk at the
SAS hotel in Oslo, I was told the ticket agent at JFK airport in New York had
only sold me a one way ticket to Stockholm for $700, so the rest of the package
tour was not included. Thus I was
swindled by SAS. A family member paid
for the stay in Oslo and the return fare.
One can verify the fare offered by SAS in the New York Times, by looking
at its sale advertisements in the New York Times that winter in February and
January of 1983. The SAS jet back did
stop in Copenhagen, but I did not leave the terminal, but only bought two
cartons of Prince Cigarettes. I have also
been to Canada close to 10 times. I
believe coming back from Michigan a time or two we drove through Canada and
reentered via Niagara Falls. I also had
a classmate from college that lived in Canada for while. Also I visited on my own a few times to enjoy
the Canadian outlook on life. I believe
on two trips to California or one, I went via Canada as far as Michigan. Thus visiting Toronto and Montreal could be
considered waterfront visits. On the
Albertville, France winter Olympics trip, I visited Paris, France; Amsterdam,
Holland; Lyon, France; Chamonix, France and Geneva, Switzerland besides the
areas around Albertville, France plus going to Amsterdam and leaving, we drove
through Belgium and Luxemburg. I also
once took a three day trip to Frankfurt, Germany and toured the city around
December 1981. Capital Airlines had $100
one way trips to Germany. When I went to
Innsbruck, Austria in February 1987, we flew into Düsseldorf and transferred to
Munich before heading to Innsbruck. On
the trip to the Virgin Islands in October 1972, I changed planes in Porto
Rico. I drove through Texas a couple of
times coming and going to California.
Thus I have seen a good deal of the eastern Atlantic coast from as far
north as Bowden College, Maine to Key West and the western Pacific Coast from
San Diego to Fort Bragg, California.
Thus I have traveled enough to have a general feeling of the world and
having lived around the New York area for so long, I pretty much have seen
tourists and representatives from most everywhere in the world over 41 years
not to mention also in the other destinations I have visited. When I have traveled, I have always tried to
behave myself and conduct myself as if I were at home. Well, I guess since Greenwich is not much of
a travel destination and since most people read books here a lot, we are sort
of off the beaten path. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/12/02 Tuesday 12:45 A.M.:
I watched a bit of television. I
am in the process of cooking a Stouffer?s Home-style Pot Roast dinner which I
will have with ice tea. Well, there is
not much happening here as far as I can tell.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/11/02 Monday 10:35 P.M.:
I went out, and I drove downtown.
I sat out for a while. I drove
down by the waterfront. I just now
returned. I will now do a little bit of
regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/11/02 Monday 9:45 P.M.: I
was up at 3 P.M. when a friend dropped by.
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and I had coffee outside. My guest had the rest of the cold eye round
with Hellmann?s mayonnaise in a sandwich.
We went for a drive down by the waterfront. We walked lower Greenwich Avenue. We returned to my place. We had some potato chips. We watched some television. We had dinner of two hotdogs each with buns
and Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and dill pickle spears and ice tea. I also finished off the pint container of
cashew and praline ice cream. My guest
just left. I just chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note: <888>
11/11/02 Monday 5:45 A.M.: I will now
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/11/02 Monday 5:10 A.M.: I
have been watching http://booktv.org , and there was an author Kevin Phillips author of
?Wealth and Democracy? that mentioned that the United States of America has two
trillion dollars of debt. Thus if we
still have 288,475,392 million population
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock give or take nine million
illegal aliens, it mean that each resident of the United States of America owes
about $6932.99 in debt. Thus even if one
is not personally in debt, one?s share of involvement of the country?s debt
tends to be sizeable. Well, I will now
put the ice tea in the refrigerator. CIO
Note: <888>
11/11/02 Monday 3:25 A.M.: Well, I
watched a bit of television. I had a few
more dried apricots. I took a nap until
just now. Well, today is Veterans
Day. I will try to explain my limited
knowledge of the military. I was born in
Alton, Illinois where my family lived on the banks of the Mississippi River
across the river from St. Louis, Missouri.
I thus probably developed a fondness for the waterfront. Until my family moved to this area in 1961,
we use to vacation in Holland, Michigan where once again the view of the
waterfront of Lake Michigan was available.
After two years in Alton, Illinois we lived outside Washington D.C. in
Martinsville, Virginia where possibly there was the view of another river. We then lived in Pensacola, Florida from 1954
to 1956 where supposedly the U.S. Navy has activities along with a view of the
waterfront. Next we lived in Decatur,
Alabama from 1956 to 1961 which was near the Redstone Arsenal and the Tennessee
River. We moved to this area about 1961
where we still have a view of Long Island Sound. We also lived outside Boston from 1968 to
1972 which has the views of Boston harbor along with many trips to Cape Cod and
other shore locations in New England.
During those same years, I was in college in Lake Forest, Illinois on
the other side of Lake Michigan from Holland, Michigan. While in college, I visited the Mediterranean
for six months and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. When I was out of college, we moved back to
Greenwich, and I was around Manhattan Island a good of the time until 1994 when
I quit going into the city every night.
I also lived out on Long Island in that period on the so called North
Shore gold coast, as well as summers in Nantucket from 1975 to 1983. I also was down on the Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts of Florida for several winters in that period. I also visited the California Coast line
about five times. About ten years ago, I
visited the North Sea in Amsterdam, Holland and in 1983, I saw Oslo,
Norway. I also visited Bermuda in 1968 ,
the Bahamas in 1978, St. Thomas and St. Johns in 1972, and Tabago in 1971 and
1972 and Maui and Hawaii in 1980. Thus I
have been around the waterfront quite a bit of my life. Still at my weight, I am not a very good
swimmer, and I do not know how to handle a boat or navigate. Thus my experience around the waterfront is
more than most people, but I do not pretend to be the expert. I am now in the process of making www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/10/02 Sunday 10:55 P.M.:
It is not like I am under house arrest, but on some days in order to relax
and catch up on one?s rest, it is necessary to stay home all day, thus breaking
up the routine of going out every day.
Of course this time of year we could have wild cats migrating south in
the ridge areas, so I guess it is necessary to stay vigilant when out in the
evenings. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/10/02 Sunday 10:55 P.M.:
I had some cashew and praline ice cream.
I watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/10/02 Sunday 9:40 P.M.: I
had some dried apricots before going to bed this morning. I was up at 3 P.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and then I had a coffee
outside. I fell back to sleep until 6
P.M.. I watched some television for a
while. I chatted with a former neighbor
who told me it is going to reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow. I guess I will be on a night schedule. I just had the same meal as last night, and I
had a 50% Brazilian instant coffee and 50% Folgers? decaffeinated instant
coffee outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/10/02 Sunday 3:30 A.M.:
Well, I searched the sale ads for Sunday. I did a little bit of other computer
work. I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/10/02 Sunday 2:50 A.M.: I
just went outside briefly, and the skunk was on the side lawn, but it quickly
took off into the woods. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/10/02 Sunday 2:40 A.M.: I
downloaded and installed www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-aware program, and I ran it. I eliminated 66 problems, and the system
seems a bit more responsive. I watched
some television while doing this. I also
had two scoops of toffee ice cream. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/10/02 Sunday 12:15 A.M.: I am in the process of consuming 10
apricots. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/10/02 Sunday 12:05 A.M.:
I chatted with a relative. I had
the same dinner as last night. I watched
some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/09/02 Saturday 10:00 P.M.:
I went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I just now returned home. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/09/02 Saturday 6:35 P.M.:
I had a half dozen apricots before going to bed last night. I was up at 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplement and the I had coffee outside. I just finished my house cleaning and
watering the plants while listening to some CD music. I just now chatted with a relative. I will now have two hotdogs with buns and
Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and two quarter length dill
pickle slices and ice tea. I will then
have a cappuccino outside. I will then
clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/09/02 Saturday 4:35 A.M.:
I have the backup computer squared away and running fine. I will now shut down the primary computer,
and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/09/02 Saturday 2:45 A.M.:
I have been doing a little bit of regular computer work. I have to reinstall the Norton Personal
Firewall on one of the partitions on the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/09/02 Saturday 12:10 A.M.:
After dinner, I had two scoops of toffee ice cream. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/08/02 Friday 11:00 P.M.:
I went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Library. I read the Greenwich Times. I also read this month?s PC Magazine. I was disappointed to learn that Jim Seymour
had passed away http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,613919,00.asp having read his column
for many years. I checked out four
McCartney and three Elvis CDs. I then
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.
I sat out at various locations. I
drove down by the waterfront. I stopped
by the Food Emporium, and I bought buy one get one free of Edy?s Dreamery ice
cream caramel toffee and cashew praline for $3.59 both. I returned home, and I had a message from a
relative on the answering machine. I
will now have four 1/4 inch thick slices of cold eye round beef with
horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, reheated steamed white
rice, steamed fresh broccoli, asparagus, and cauliflower, and ice tea. CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 11/08/02:
Note:
<888> 11/08/02 Friday 6:35 P.M.: I
had a call from a relative at noon today.
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements,
and coffee outside. I fell back to sleep
until 5 P.M.. I had a meal of three
hotdogs on two buns with Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup, potato chips, two
dill pickle quarter slices, ice tea, and a cappuccino outside. I checked with Net2Phone 1-877-627-4663, and
they said they would look into why my account has not been credited the $25 I sent
via U.S. postal money order last Friday.
I updated www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-113.htm . I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/08/02 Friday 12:55 A.M.:
I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I watched some television. I will now shut down the computer, and I will
go to bed in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/07/02 Thursday 10:55 P.M.:
I had a call from a relative. I
chatted with a friend. I finished off
one of the containers of Edy?s dreamery toffee ice cream. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/07/02 Thursday 9:40 P.M.:
I had my cappucinno outside. I
updated WeatherBug. I will now do some
regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/07/02 Thursday 8:35 P.M.:
I had goldfish crackers and ice tea before going to bed last night. I was up at 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. They will be closed
tomorrow at 3 P.M. and on Saturday since they are installing new IBM computer
equipment. I then drove over to the
Mobil Express Lube Car wash, and I got my Hyundai washed for $5 for the Express
Wash. I then drove out to Tod?s Point
and parked in the southwest parking area.
I noticed a car from Montana, so maybe they brought the cooler
weather. I then drove over to the
southeast parking area. I gave two
regulars tide charts. I then toured
Staples in Old Greenwich. They were out
of the Oxford Clip binders I use for binding the printouts of my notes. I then went to downtown Greenwich, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.
I stopped by CVS, and I bought a box of 28 two packs of Tide tablets for
$4.99 and a can of Danish cookies for $1.99 plus .30 tax for $7.28 total. I sat out for a while. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next stopped by the Greenwich Library, and
I read the local newspaper. I then
stopped by Exxon, and I bought $6 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.699 a
gallon for 26 miles per gallon. I next
stopped by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 16 ounce package of Kosher
apricots for $2.99, a head of cauliflower for $1.99, two 18 ounce boxes of Van
de Kamp?s fish tenders for $2.64 each, Angus Eye round roast at $3.29 a pound
for $7.29, a 12 ounce bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce $2.29,
three package of S&S margarine $2 for $21.84 total. I then returned home. I seasoned on all sides the eye round with
Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, poultry and
meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil, and Texas best barbeque sauce. I am just about done cooking it in a roasting
pan on a meat rack in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45
minutes. I will have two half inch
slices of it with steamed white rice and steamed fresh cauliflower, asparagus,
and broccoli crowns along with ice tea.
I will then have a cappuccino inside.
I chatted with a friend. It is 29
degrees but suppose to be in the mid 50s tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/07/02 Thursday 1:05 A.M.:
I printed out four copies of the November tide chart. I watched some television. Well, I guess I will shut down the
computer. I will probably watch a bit of
television or go to bed directly. It
feels cold out. www.weatherbug.com says it is 41 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/06/02 Wednesday 11:20 P.M.:
Any waterfront observers here in town might have noticed that the tides
with the new moon this time of year are very extreme. This links is to the November 2002 Greenwich,
Connecticut tide chart http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/novgrw02.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/06/02 Wednesday 10:40 P.M.:
If one should be getting the cold weather blues and one has reached
middle age, one might enjoy listening to some oldies such as available through
the internet at http://www.warx.com/ . One can
search the term ?Oldies? from the Radio station menu on the Microsoft Windows
Media Player 9. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/06/02 Wednesday 9:55 P.M.:
Dinner was delicious. I had my
coffee outside, so I could sneak a couple of cigarettes. I took the big new throw pillow on the long
green couch, and I put it on the left side of the couch, so can one can relax
against it while watching television. I
spread the smaller throw pillows along the rest of the back of the couch. Although, it is not symmetrical, it is more
comfortable for any couch potatoes using it.
Net2Phone still has not added the $25 to my Net2Phone account that I
sent in last Friday. It would seem it
would have been added by now, since it was only sent to Newark, New
Jersey. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/06/02 Wednesday 9:10 P.M.:
I will have dinner in a few minutes.
I think I will have my coffee inside, since it is a bit cool 44 degrees
Fahrenheit outside. I received my
CompUSA $35 gift certificate today. I
will wait until next week when they have more items on sale to use it. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/06/02 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.:
I took the double thick 2 inch thick pork chop, and I cut the bone off
it. I then took the Pyrex pie dish, and
I added a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, and I rubbed the chop in the
oil. I then seasoned each side with Old
Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, poultry and meat seasoning, Italian
spices, Oregano, Basil, and then I spread on Texas Best Barbeque sauce. I am cooking it in the convection oven at 350
degrees Fahrenheit for a half hour. I
will have the chop with reheated steamed white rice, and steamed fresh broccoli
and sliced asparagus, along with ice tea, and 50% Folgers decaffeinated instant
coffee and 50% Brazilian instant coffee.
I will probably have the coffee outside.
I put a new sponge refill on the dishwashing wand. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/06/02 Wednesday 8:15 P.M.:
I dug through about every drawer and storage area in my apartment
looking for my soldering iron and solder.
I missed it where I first looked in my yellow plastic tool box on the
floor of the sweater closet, but after looking everywhere else; I found it in
the tool box. I need it to solder my
copper bracelet which since it is solid brass rapped with a copper strand, the
strand was starting unravel, so I soldered it at the end, so hopefully it will
be fine now. I wear the copper bracelet to
help with my arthritis. I found a Glade
Hawaiian Breeze refill which I installed in the kitchen. I just chatted with a friend. I will put the lemon oil refill I made with
the empty Glade refill in the bathroom to see if it works. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/06/02 Wednesday 7:15 P.M.:
I watched television and had some goldfish crackers and ice tea until 3
A.M. this morning. I was up at 2 P.M.,
and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
then I had coffee outside. I went out,
and I stopped at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop. I next walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I checked
out a DVD video disk, and I read the Greenwich Times. I noticed in the election results that over a
thousand people voted absentee ballots, so quite a number of residents must be
elsewhere. I then drove over to the
VitaminShoppe http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/ in the Port Chester, New York shopping center, and
I bought Vitamin Shoppe brands of One Daily with Lutein multivitamin 100
tablets $12.57, E-400 IU 100 count $9.57, Niacinamide 500 mg. 100 count $4.76,
C-500 Complex 100 count $4.76, B-12 500 mcg. 100 count $4.76, Deodorized Garlic
500 $5.37 100 count, Coral Calcium 1500 mg. 90 count $16.17, B-Complex 50 100 count
$7.17 plus a $10 discount for over $50 purchase with the certificate I received
in the mail for $55.13 total. The
VitaminShoppe brand of Coral Calcium is about 50% cheaper than what I bought
several months ago. I wander if there is
any Coral Calcium in the Florida Keys or if it has to come from Japan. I then returned to my apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/06/02 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.:
I watched a bit of television. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed after watching a little
bit of television. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/05/02 Tuesday 10:50 P.M.:
I had two scoops of Edy?s toffee ice cream. I did a little bit of regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/05/02 Tuesday 9:55 P.M.:
I watched some national election coverage. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/05/02 Tuesday 8:10 P.M.:
I had my cappuccino outside. I
noticed the skunk outside on the sidewalk before I went to bed last night. It seemed be out for an evening stroll. I am listening to the local election returns
on 1490 AM radio. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/05/02 Tuesday 7:05 P.M.:
I took one of the double thick 2 inch thick pork chops, and I cut off
the bone. I then took a Pyrex pie dish,
and I put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in the dish, and I rubbed the
chop on all sides in the oil. I then
seasoned one side with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground
black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, Oregano, and Basil on
one side, and I turned that side down on the oiled dish. I then put about six tablespoons of La Choy
low sodium soy sauce on the chop and the dish along with a couple of
tablespoons of lemon juice, dashes of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and
I put the same seasoning on the top side of the chop along with two chopped
cloves of garlic. I am cooking it in the
convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 17 minutes a side or 34 minutes
total. I will have it for dinner with steamed
white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and sliced asparagus and ice
tea. I then will have a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/05/02 Tuesday 6:30 P.M.:
I had some goldfish crackers and ice tea before going to bed last
night. I was up at 1 P.M. this
afternoon. I had breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and then I had
coffee outside. I then cleaned up. I went out and voted at the grade school in
Byram by the Byram library. I then
stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I bought a beige pattern throw
pillow about 18 inches by 18 inches for $2.50.
I then drove down by the waterfront.
I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought four half gallons of Florida Natural Orange juice with calcium for $2.50
each, two Stouffer?s Hearty pot roast dinners for $2.15 each, one Stouffer?s 21
ounce lasagna for $2.75, two Edy?s Dreamery toffee ice cream pints buy one get
one free for $3.59 both, Lysol Lemon cleaner 52 ounce bottle $4.29, Borden?s
quart of real lemon juice $2.29, a pint of La Choy low sodium soy sauce $2.19,
a five ounce bottle of China Bowl Sesame oil for $3.69, and a 15.5 ounce bottle
of Bornier whole grain mustard for $2.89, fresh asparagus at $1.99 a pound for
$2.09, and double thick center cut pork chops two count package at $1.99 a
pound for $3.70 plus .26 tax for $42.04 total.
I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I put the pillow on the center of the long
green sofa. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/05/02 Tuesday 12:35 A.M.:
I did a little bit of regular computer work. I will now shut down the computer. I will check out the television briefly. I will then go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/04/02 Monday 11:45 P.M.: I was trying to find out if they still
sell Hudson River sturgeon eggs, but apparently the Atlantic Sturgeon is
endangered, so I do not see reference to them selling their eggs anymore. However, I did come across these Caviar links
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/caviarinc/ or http://www.caviar-house.com/ or http://www.caviar.com/ or https://secure.galisteo.com/pro-src/scripts/caviar-direct/ or http://www.freshcaviar.com/ or http://www.caviarassouline.com/ or http://www.justcaviar.com/ or http://www.justcaviar.com/ or http://www.icaviar.com/ or http://www.urbani.com/ , and once you have finished with your Caviar
dreams, you can go over to McDonalds when it is open and get a ?Big and Tasty?
hamburger for a dollar http://www.mcdonalds.com . Of course
this week at the Stop and Shop 18 chicken eggs are a dollar too. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/04/02 Monday 10:50 P.M.:
I had 13 Carrs? crackers with slices of Dutch Edam cheese. I was checking my apartment supplies, and I
have an eleven year old two ounce jar of Romanoff black lumpfish caviar and a
two year two ounce jar of Romanoff Red Lumpfish caviar. I am not sure if caviar like other food
products goes out of date or not.
According to http://www.herbalhut.com/ they cost about $6.75 apiece when they?re fresh,
but this site http://www.paramountcaviar.com/ has the stuff the Czar?s probably had with
their smoked salmon. However, http://www.herbalhut.com/mfrs/romanoff_caviar.asp says it only has a shelf
life of six months, so I better not eat it.
Maybe the Romanoffs would want me to serve it to some communists. Needless to say, I do not think there are
many communists left in Greenwich, Connecticut these days. I would think since caviar is salty it would
last longer. Well, I will leave it out
on display on the Danish bar, but I do not think I would be tempted to eat
it. As far as I know the rest of the
canned goods in the apartment are less than a year old. I do have some soup and baked beans that
should be eaten soon since they are nearing a year old. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/04/02 Monday 8:45 P.M.: I
chatted with a friend. I updated www.geocities.com/mikelscott/greenw.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 11/04/02 Monday 8:40 P.M.:
After dinner, I had a 50% Brazilian instant coffee and 50% Folgers
decaffeinated instant coffee outside. I
was told by one of the staff that the Delamar Hotel on the waterfront in
downtown Greenwich is now open. For information on the Delamar Hotel try http://www.thedelamar.com/ and http://profiles.hospitalityonline.com/207166/ and http://www.travelhero.com/prophome.cfm/id/5341/hotels/reservations/ . C?est tres cher, n?est pas? CIO
Note:
<888> 11/04/02 Monday 7:40 P.M.: I
had goldfish crackers before going to bed last night, and I also finished off
the Edy?s dreamery ice cream. I was
awaken at noon today by a relative calling.
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements,
and coffee. I went out, and I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I then drove over to Old Greenwich, and I got my hair cut at Off Center
Hair Stylists for $16 plus $4 tip for $20 total. I then went by the Old Greenwich Rummage Room
Thrift shop, and I bought an extra large Eddie Bauer long sleeve blue navy work
shirt for $3 and a pair of black L.L. Bean wool trousers waist 40 inches length
30 inches for $4 for $7 total. I then
walked back to my car. I then used the
ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich. I then drove my car closer to the Old
Greenwich Rummage Room Thrift shop. I
went back there, and I bought a pair of Advent Audio Prodigy II speakers with solid
oak cases about 2 foot by one foot by one foot for $20 both plus $1.20 tax for
$21.20 total. All merchandise there was
half price. I then put the speakers in
the back seat of the Hyundai. I next
drove around Tod?s Point, and I stood out at the southeast parking area. I then drove back to central Greenwich, and I
toured the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.
I then drove downtown, and I sat out for a while, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I checked out a couple
of office buildings to see whom is renting them. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next returned home. I installed the new Advent speakers in the
bedroom with one underneath the Proscan television on the left on top of the
white bureau, and the other on the right in the window opening. I thus have four most excellent speakers in
the bedroom. I left the old pair of
speakers out by the dumpster since I do not think the thrift shop would want
them. I also threw out two old cell
phones. The sound from the over audio
setup in the apartment is quite excellent.
I am cooking a Stouffer?s Hearty Pot Roast dinner which I will have for
dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/03/02 Sunday 11:15 P.M.:
After dinner, my guest and I watched television. We had the same combination of ice cream as
last night. My guest left around 9:45
P.M.. I finished watching a television
movie just now. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed directly.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/03/02 Sunday 6:20 P.M.: I
read until 1 A.M.. I was up about 9
A.M.. We had breakfast of 3 scrambled
eggs apiece, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. We went out, and we stopped by CVS, and I
bought CVS shave gel sensitive skin for $1.85 plus .11 tax for $1.96
total. We then drove down by the
waterfront. We next went out to Tod?s
Point, and we viewed the waterfront from the southeast point. We then drove back to the center of town, and
my guest treated me to two Big and Tasty hamburgers for $1 apiece at McDonalds
on West Putnam Avenue. We then returned
to my apartment. I rested until 4
P.M.. We then drove downtown, and we
walked lower Greenwich Avenue. We then
went down by the waterfront. We next
toured Whole Foods, and I bought a pint of Heinz distilled vinegar for
.89. We next went to Stop and Shop, and
my guest bought me a pound of Italian espresso coffee beans and he also
purchased a pound of Irish Atlantic Farm raised salmon filet at $4.99 a
pound. I will rub the salmon filets in a
couple tablespoons of olive oil and place them in a Pyrex pie dish and put in
about a third of a cup of orange juice and about a sixth of a cup of lemon
juice and season the top sides of the filets with Old Bay seasoning, celery
salt, ground black pepper, Italian seasoning, Basil, and Italian spices and place
a couple pads of margarine on them and cook them in the convection oven at 325
degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes and have them along with steamed white rice
and steamed fresh broccoli and ice tea.
I will now start preparing dinner.
CIO
Note: <888>
11/02/02 Saturday 10:15 P.M.: We watched
a bit of television. My guest is going
to bed early. I will do a bit of
reading. I will now shut down the
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/02/02 Saturday 9:45 P.M.:
After dinner, my guest and I started watching the DVD video disk, but it
was in Italian with English subtitles, so halfway through we quit
watching. We then went out for a
drive. We drove down by the waterfront. We sat out downtown for a while. We went by Exxon, and I bought $5 of regular
unleaded at $1.679 a gallon for about 20 miles per gallon. There must have been a lot of traffic
recently where I was idling more. We
then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought buy one get one free of pints of
Edy?s Dreamery www.edys-dreamery.com one pint of Dulce de Leche and one of Caramel
Toffee Bar Heaven for $3.59 both. We
then returned back to my apartment, and we each had a dish of ice cream with a
scoop of each flavor. The Food Emporium
is open until midnight on Saturday night.
We will now watch some television.
CIO
Note:
<888> 11/02/02 Saturday 6:45 P.M.:
My guest arrived, and we went for a walk of lower Greenwich Avenue. We then stopped by the waterfront. We next went to Stop and Shop, and I bought
crowns of broccoli at .79 a pound for $1.48, two dozen Land O Lakes all natural
eggs $1.99 each dozen, Hell of a Good Horseradish $2.19, and a jar of Vlasic dill
spears $2 for $9.65 total. We then
returned back to my apartment. We are
going to have the rest of the cold eye round slices of beef with horseradish
and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed fresh broccoli crowns, and
steamed white rice, and ice tea. We will
then watch a DVD video disk. My guest is
going to be staying down for the night, so we will be pursuing daytime activity
in Greenwich tomorrow such as going to Tod?s Point.
Note:
<888> 11/02/02 Saturday 3:50 P.M.:
I had some goldfish crackers this morning before going to bed about 1
A.M.. I had a call from a friend at noon
who is coming down to visit at 4:30 P.M..
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements and coffee. I just
finished my house cleaning and watering the plants. I also just finished showering and cleaning
up. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 10:55 P.M.:
I sifted through my email. I had
a bowl of goldfish crackers with ice tea.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch a bit of television
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 9:55 P.M.: I
ran water and two tablespoons of white vinegar through the Krups espresso
cappuccino machine and the Braun espresso cappuccino machine and then water
again and four tablespoons of white vinegar and about a quart of water through
the Regal coffee machine and then water again, so I have decalcified the entire
three machines. I put the ice tea away
in the refrigerator to chill. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 8:45 P.M.: I
cashed my Columbia 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone $20 rebate check today, so
it only cost me $20 total with the headphone included. I have a weather warning that it is suppose
to get colder below freezing tonight.
Right now it is 39 degrees Fahrenheit outside and damp after a brief
shower. I have not been taking regular
evening walks now for about 14 months since with my arthritis I am more
comfortable at home. Occasionally when
the evenings are dry, I sneak out for a brief stroll. I have enough comfortable winter jackets and
coats to wear on colder days. I should
get another pair of long underwear bottoms that fit me, so I have a second pair
that fits. I will be needing to restock
some of my vitamins and supplements in the near future. Thus it is pretty much the same old routine
as I start to go into winter. Usually
when it gets colder, I spend more time on the computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 8:15 P.M.: I
put away the laundry. I am in the
process of making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm with 22 tea bags of 13 types for 12
quarts. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 7:05 P.M.: I
am on the dry cycle. I put $5 more on
the laundry card. I am going to have
dinner of two half inch thick slices of cold eye round beef with Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, steamed fresh broccoli, and
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 6:25 P.M.: I
started two loads of laundry. I just put
clean sheets on the bed. I am listening
to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram . CIO
End of Scott's
Notes week 11/01/02:
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 5:35 P.M.: I
had some Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers and Carr?s crackers last night
before going to bed. I was up at 11 A.M.
this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and then I had coffee outside.
I cleaned up, and I went out. I
went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the central Greenwich post
office, and I obtained money orders to pay my GEICO automobile insurance,
Verizon telephone, Connecticut Light and Power electricity, Cablevision, and
Optimum Online. I also sent money orders
for $4.20 to get a free carton of American Spirit cigarettes since I received
the paperwork from the advertisement in P.C. magazine this month I called about
last week. I also sent $25 to Net2Phone
to recharge up my PC to Telephone account that costs 2 cents a minute. I then walked over to First Union Bank on
Havameyer Place, and I paid my rent. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I
next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then walked back from there to Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then
walked back to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought for $29.75 half
price an extra large Rainforest down lined full length about six inches below
my knees overcoat with removable down liner in tan brown color. It will be a quite comfortable overcoat on
the colder days that might develop this winter.
It was made in China. I then
stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I returned two books, and I paid .30 in
fines. I then went to Smokes for Less,
and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26. I then returned home. I put the new overcoat in my right hand side
living room closet. I put some of the
jackets I do not wear in the left hand side living room closet to make
room. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 12:50 A.M.:
I just turned the living room thermostat down to 74 degrees Fahrenheit
since it is 74 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment. More than likely when the King of Saudi Arabia
turns the thermostat on at night downstairs below me, it warms up my apartment
above a bit. If it is too warm in here,
I tend to get a bit drowsy. I just threw
out the Slaymaker 1,000,000 watt rechargeable flashlight container it came
in. I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 11/01/02 Friday 12:35 A.M.:
Happy ?All Saints? Day?. However,
I am not sure this is a holiday in the protestant church. I doubt if it is. I sorted out some paper work. I signed my Energy Protection slip, and I
have it ready to send in to Connecticut Light and Power. I have the thermostat in my living room set
at 76 degrees Fahrenheit, and the apartment living room temperature is 72
degrees Fahrenheit. However, it is more
efficient with box fan blowing the air around above the electric
radiators. I have my bedroom thermostat
at 62 degrees Fahrenheit, since I am only there when I sleep underneath the
heavy comforter. Also the box fan blows
air into the rooms. I guess I can leave
my bathroom door open, since I do not have the heat turned on in the
bathroom. I use to keep it closed,
however since I have not smoked in the apartment since May 2002, I do not had
to worry about cigarette smoke entering the bathroom vent fan and bothering my
neighbors. Besides cleaning my coffee
machines with a couple tablespoons of vinegar and water mentioned earlier, I
also need to clean the outside foam rubber filters on my two air cleaners that
I run all the time. I would imagine the
two air cleaners cost over $100 a year in electricity, if one believes the
infomercials on television. Still, they
probably keep the air fresh in the apartment, although a bit of fresh air does
seems to leak into the apartment around the air conditioner which I keep in the
winter, since it is a fixed unit type model.
Thus when one does not watch television continually or surf the internet
continually, one can dream up other activities and chores to keep one busy. A relative told me that eating Ramen noodles
raises cholesterol since they use higher cholesterol causing types of
fats. I have two 12 box cases of Cup of
Noodles which is a similar product, but for the time being, I think I will keep
them. Not that I am expecting the
Blizzard of 1882, but since the building is an evacuation center for about 100
people, I figure it is useful to have some extra supplies on hand, but I figure
in such a situation, the Red Cross might come through unless they should be on
vacation in Barbados. CIO
Note: <888> 12/31/02 Tuesday 10:35 P.M.:
We watched the DVD video disk. We had some fruit cake and cool
whip. I chatted with a relative. We watched some television.
I will now turn off the computer. I will try to go to bed early. My
guest is staying down for the night. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/31/02 Tuesday 7:30 P.M.: My guest arrived after the last
message. We went out to the Thataway restaurant at the bottom of
Greenwich Avenue for dinner. I had rib eye steak au pouvre with garlic
mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables and my guest who treated me had rack of
lamb. I had a Perrier to drink and my guest had a glass of red
wine. We just now returned and my guest is having a cappuccino. We
will now watch the DVD video disk. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/31/02 Tuesday 5:25 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I went out, and I stopped by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I
bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100 for $26 total. I then sat out
briefly downtown. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by
the Greenwich Library, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I just now
returned home. I am suppose to have a guest arrive shortly, and we are
going out for an early dinner. We will then watch the DVD video disk.
The guest is suppose to stay down for the night, so I will not be on a late
schedule. I am due $105 in computer rebates for parts and software I
bought in the next month or two. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/31/02 Tuesday 3:40 A.M.: I finished installing the
Symantec System Works 2003 and Firewall 2003 and the updates. I sifted
through my email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now
shut down the computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/31/02 Tuesday 1:45 A.M.: On the IBM Cyrix backup the
Norton Firewall 2003 would not install probably because of low resources.
I am reinstalling the Norton Firewall 2002 on it. I am continuing to work
on the other partitions on the Dell backup. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/31/02 Tuesday 12:50 A.M.: I have installed on the primary
computer Norton Systems Works 2003 and Norton Firewall 2003 and the
updates. I have also installed them on the first C: partition on the Dell
backup and the IBM backup also. I still have to install the programs on
the D: and E: partitions on the Dell backup. I chatted with a
friend. We are going out to dinner tomorrow night early. I had a
couple of slices of pound cake with cool whip. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/30/02 Monday 10:05 P.M.: I went out, and I mailed the two
Symantec rebates at the Valley Road Post Office. I then sat out briefly
downtown. I drove by the waterfront. I then went to the Food
Emporium and as usual at this time of year after Christmas fruit cakes are half
price. I bought a Jane Parker made in Canada four pound fruit cake in a
tin for $8.49 plus a 31 ounce tub of Kraft Cool Whip lite for $2.99 for $11.48
total. I then returned home. I keep the Cool Whip in the freezer
since the grocery store keeps it in the freezer. I will now install the
Symantec System Works 2003 and Symantec Firewall 2003 software, one I make
copies of the CD disks, and I will install from the copies to preserve the
original disk quality. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/30/02 Monday 8:50 P.M.: I finished putting together the
two Symantec rebates. I had dinner three ¼ inch thick slices of cold eye
round beef with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce along with
reheated white rice and reheated steamed frozen green peas and ice tea. I
will now go out and mail the rebates. I will install the Symantec
software when I return. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/30/02 Monday 7:40 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I then made my 4:15 P.M. appointment. I next drove by the
waterfront. I next went up to CompUSA in Norwalk, Connecticut, and I bought
the Symantec Bundle of Norton Systems Works 2003 and Norton Personal Firewall
2003 for $69.99 plus $4.20 tax for $74.19 total. The bundle comes
with a $30 mail in upgrade rebate which I am eligible for since I have the 2002
version of the software and another $20 manufacturer’s mail in rebate, so
eventually the software will cost me about $24 with tax, so I will have the
latest Symantec updates for the following year including antivirus
protection. I returned back to my apartment. I am now getting the
rebates ready to mail in with accompanying documentation. I will then
install the new Symantec software. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/30/02 Monday 1:25 A.M.: Well, I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/30/02 Monday 12:45 A.M.: I checked downstairs in the
community room, and the avocado plant seems to have migrated elsewhere on its
own, but the miniature palms and other tropical plants are doing well. It
is very simple to start raising an avocado plant. One takes the seed from
inside an avocado and puts three toothpicks into it about two thirds of the way
up. Then one places it in a container of water with the top fourth out of
the water and wait for it to germinate. Someone once recommended to me to
place tin or aluminum foil around the water container to keep it dark.
Once it germinates, one can transplant it to a container with soil, but more
than likely one might need a room with sunlight that is a bit warmer. The
community room in my building seems to fit that criteria. Although the
apartments with electric heat are cold in this building, I believe the
community room has natural gas heat, so it is a bit warmer and with all the
large windows, it is a bit sunny. I have recommended that they put the
community room thermostat on a timer, so money is not wasted heating the room
on cold nights when no one is using it. I noticed someone left a
Greenwich Times from Sunday on the steps outside my apartment, and the
headlines are that the state of Connecticut is having financial difficulty
which is different than the internet version of the Greenwich Times for
today. Since this building is state of Connecticut public housing managed
by the Greenwich Housing Authority, possibly our building’s budget will be
affected by the current fiscal crisis in the state of Connecticut. Since
at the moment, I do not want any more stress, I will not pinch the paper to
read the story. As one philosopher once said, “Ignorance is Bliss.”
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/30/02 Monday 12:15 A.M.: Conversely the Tribune Company http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TRB&d=c&t=my&l=on&z=b&q=l
that owns the Greenwich Times seems to be solvent, but unfortunately they do
not seem to realize that avocados do not grow well in this area. I tired
raising avocados here, but the few that grew inside did well initially, and I
put the last one in the community room downstairs, but I am not sure whether it
is still there or not. I had thought of trying to plant it down in
Florida. From the weather viewpoint, I am pretty sure that different
groups of squirrels migrate depending on the climate they expect, and all the
black squirrels that have been in this area recently came from the country
north of us anticipating a colder winter. Possibly our local grey
squirrels are living further south. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/29/02 Sunday 11:00 P.M.: For Microsoft http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT&d=c&t=my&l=on&z=b&q=l
,
IBM http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=IBM&d=c&k=c1&t=my&a=v&p=s&l=on&z=m&q=l
,
Exxon
Mobil http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=XOM&d=c&k=c1&t=my&a=v&p=s&l=on&z=m&q=l
,
Royal
Dutch http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=RD&d=c&k=c1&t=my&a=v&p=s&l=on&z=m&q=l
. Thus steady growth was better than the virtual liquidation of some
internet stocks. I have a feeling that some internet stocks might be
dumping their computer equipment to make a fast exit, so possibly there is
potentially salvage profit from discarded computer equipment. As a word
of caution, although I am very poor living on disability income, I have few
debts, and the only stock I ever owned was five shares of Polaroid when I
worked for them around 1969. Thus I personally feel a lot of the internet
activity that I witnessed on the internet the last ten or more years was
similar to ponsi scheme type of activity that the United States government
failed to prosecute and investigate. I have a feeling today that quite a
few people would agree with me. CIO
Note: <888>
12/29/02 Sunday 10:45 P.M.: As proof of the pudding try this link http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PCLN&d=c&t=5y&l=on&z=b&q=l
. At the moment, although I consumed my two pound fruit cake in four
days, I am waiting to see if possibly the Food Emporium or some other store
puts them on sale for half price if they have any left. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/29/02 Sunday 10:15 P.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea. I noticed in walking around when I see the Greenwich Times www.greenwichtime.com
in the newspaper boxes on Greenwich Avenue, and when I read the headlines on
the internet or read the printed edition in the Greenwich Library, the printed
edition seems to be different from the internet edition particularly as far as
headlines are concerned. Basically with so many media companies in the
area trying to promote over priced items, a vigilant reader tends to take them
all with a grain of salt and uses old fashioned common sense as to what items
are really worth. With the internet, one can compare prices on various
items. Thus from what I can tell, the Greenwich Times is still part of
the conspiracy to sell the Brooklyn Bridge or some other similar item.
Basically since my family has lived here close to 400 years, I use an old
fashioned Scottish pragmatism. If enough people can not afford to
purchase what other people publish for profit, more than likely they will have
to change their viewpoint or go out of business. I remember the Greenwich
Times touted the IPO of Priceline.com with headlines along with other
stocks. If the Greenwich Times were subject to the same regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission as brokerage firms are, they would not
have been allowed to tout speculative stocks or other items. Still, since
I have read the local press for 42 years, I am somewhat amused that no one
caught them up on it, so perhaps since they pursued that practice a number of
times even though they present themselves as level headed journalists, perhaps
they are not aware that some of their more elderly readers are more gullible
and have unfortunately made faulty investments based on their reporting.
As one can tell from my internet site, the only four stocks I have recommended
during my internet presence are Microsoft, IBM, Exxon, and Royal Dutch Shell
petroleum, and one does not have to be a financial genius or internet guru to
recognize and know the value of those stocks since they are widely held and
analyzed. Still holders of other similar stocks might have their own
preferences. Basically as far as energy stocks, the colder weather tends
to drive them up. Still, if one wants to be an Economist and understand
the more refined nature of economics and finance, one would have to take a
degree in that field, but that still would not guarantee one would make money
in that field, because traditional finance is suppose to be heavily regulated
with a prejudice to the private sector. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/29/02 Sunday 8:45 P.M.: I was up at noon today when a
friend called. My friend arrived to visit shortly thereafter.
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. We went for a ride up North Street to
Banksville, New York; and then we enjoyed the scenic ride down Round Hill Road
into town. We walked lower Greenwich Avenue. We then drove down by
the waterfront. Next we went to Stop and Shop, and my guest paid for me
to buy Hell of a Good Horseradish for $2 and a head of broccoli at $1.69 a
pound for $1.19 for $3.19 total. We then returned back to my place and
chatted. We each had dinner of two ¼ inch thick slices of cold eye round
with horseradish sauce and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce steamed white
rice and steamed fresh broccoli and ice tea. We then chatted after
dinner. My guest just left. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/29/02 Sunday 12:05 A.M.: I watched some television.
I will now shut down the computer. I will probably go to bed right
away. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/28/02 Saturday 10:40 P.M.: I watched some
television. I had the rest of the fruit cake with the rest of the whipped
cream along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/28/02 Saturday 8:50 P.M.: I had two anisette cookies and
three Danish cookies. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/28/02 Saturday 8:35 P.M.: I went out, and I remailed the
Christmas card at the Valley Road post office. I then went by the
library, and I returned a videotape. I next went downtown, and I drove by
the waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a CVS twelve roll thousand sheets
per roll package of toilet tissue for $3.99 plus a tin of Danish cookies for
$1.99 plus .24 tax for $6.22 total. I then sat out for a while. I
next went by Exxon, and I bought $6.55 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a
gallon for about 22 miles per gallon. I then went by the Food Emporium,
and I bought a Coleman eye round roast for $2.79 a pound for $8.09 plus a 6.4
ounce tube of Crest tartar protection tooth paste gel for $1.69 for $9.88
total. I then returned home. I put away my purchases. I
cooked the Coleman eye round roast by seasoning all sides with Old Bay
Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat
seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil, and then coating all sides with
Texas Best Barbeque sauce. I cooked the eye round in the convection oven
at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. I chatted with a relative while
cooking the roast, and the relative recommended that I see the movie
“Chicago”. I had three 1/3 inch thick slices of the eye round roast with
steamed white rice, the rest of the stuffing reheated, and steamed frozen Birds
Eye deluxe peas and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/28/02 Saturday 4:10 P.M.: I finished house cleaning and
watering the plants. I listened to www.warx.com while doing the house
cleaning. I will now have a bowl of pineapple chunks with ice tea.
I will then clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/28/02 Saturday 2:05 P.M.: I was up at noon. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I got a Christmas card to a family member
returned in the mail. I had the zip code wrong and one character in the
city name. I readdressed the card and restamped it, and I have it ready
to mail. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/27/02 Friday 10:55 P.M.: I watched some television.
I chatted with a relative. Since, I am not doing much on the computer, I
will shut it down, and I will either watch some more television, or I will go
to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/27/02 Friday 9:45 P.M.: I watched television. I
sifted through my email. I had two slices of fruit cake with whipped
cream and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/27/02 Friday 8:30 P.M.: My guest and I watched
television. I had two slices of fruit cake with whipped cream. My
guest just left. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/27/02 Friday 7:25 P.M.: My guest and I had the same dinner
that I had on Christmas Day. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/27/02 Friday 6:00 P.M.: My guest arrived about 2:30
P.M.. We drove down by the waterfront. We drove over to Tod’s
Point, and we sat out at the southwest parking area. We stopped by
Staples, and they do not have the Oxford Clip binders. We then went by
Marx Brothers, and they did not have them. My guest got coffee at
Starbucks. We sat out for a while. We then went by Smokes for Less
in Byram. We just now returned. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 12/27/02:
Note:
<888> 12/27/02 Friday 2:10 P.M.: I was up at noon. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I have a guest arriving soon. I will now
send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/27/02 Friday 1:10 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/27/02 Friday 12:15 A.M.: I ran the Office updates on
Microsoft FrontPage 2002. I ran System File checker. I sewed on the
waist fastening button on a pair of my khakis. I had some ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/26/02 Thursday 10:50 P.M.: I removed the advertising links
page from my web site. According to the stats, although I served up
87,000 links, no one ever bought anything, so I never got any
commissions. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/26/02 Thursday 10:00 P.M.: I put away the laundry. I
had a couple of pieces of fruitcake with whipped cream and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/26/02 Thursday 9:20 P.M.: I chatted with a friend.
The friend is coming down to visit tomorrow afternoon at about 1:30 P.M..
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/26/02 Thursday 8:40 P.M.: I started the dry cycle on the
laundry. I put $10 on the laundry card. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/26/02 Thursday 8:25 P.M.: Try this link for New Yorkers
having a good time. http://headshot.us/
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/26/02 Thursday 8:15 P.M.: I started two loads of laundry.
I put clean sheets on the bed. I think tonight is the International
Debutante Ball at the Waldorf Astoria starting at 10 P.M. and going all
night. Alas, as usual I was not invited to attend the festivities.
Sorry, it is in two more nights http://societyballs.com/ . Alas I still
will not be attending. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/26/02 Thursday 7:35 P.M.: I took two Rubbermaid containers
about 11 inches by 6 inches by 2.5 inches, and one side of each, I put two ¼
inch thick slices of the boneless Butterball hickory smoked turkey breast, and
then I put some Franco American turkey gravy with mushrooms on the turkey, and
then I put on the other side, I filled it with my special holiday stuffing, and
then I put the mixture of Canadian Lakes wild rice with white rice on top of
the turkey with more gravy on the rice, and after leveling both
containers, I put their lids on them, and I froze them in the
freezer. I also had the same meal for dinner reheated in the microwave
oven along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/26/02 Thursday 6:50 P.M.: I had some more fruit cake with
whipped cream before going to bed last night. I also cleaned the snow off
the Hyundai again. I went to bed around 1 A.M. after watching television.
I was up at 11:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. The remaining ice
and snow had melted off my car in the morning sun. I went out about 2
P.M., and I stopped by the Fashion light center, but they were closed. I
then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next went by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then drove downtown, and I stood
out for a brief spell since all the benches were covered with snow. I
then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I next
went by the Stop and Shop, but they did not have General Electric 15 watt
frosted chandelier bulbs. I went by the Cos Cob hardware store and
Porticellis Food market looking for them. I finally bought the more
expensive Value Bright Arana two packs of 2 chandelier 15 watt frosted bulbs
for $3.70 a two pack plus .38 tax for $6.78 total. They’re made in China
manufactured for TruServ. I then returned home. I installed the new
bulbs in the Williamsburg sconces above the day bed. I then took all the
throw pillows off the day bed except putting the long round bolster pillow at
the head with the Mexican poncho spread out on the day bed above the silk
damask spread with a blue and a white blanket and a grey and blue afghan at the
foot of the bed. It is now available for relaxing on or watching
television and it is very a very comfortable day bed. It can be unmade for
a guest to sleep on. I put all the throw pillows except two pairs in
plastic bags in the false ceiling above the bedroom bed. I put the two
big blue and white bolster pillows on top of the bedroom bed pillows removing
the other throw pillows for a comfortable relaxing back rest. I put the
two pairs of throw pillows on the long green sofa with the other pair of large
throw pillows, so pillows are along the back side of the long green sofa.
I put a Scottish Stewart wool plaid throw on the French sitting chair at the
end of the Danish bar at the apartment entrance. This afternoon before
leaving, I also took the black IBM 50th anniversary selectric
typewriter off the sideboard in the bedroom, and I put it underneath the day
bed. Thus I have my apartment a little better organized. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.: I sifted through my
email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now
shut down the computer. I will watch a bit of television before going to
bed. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.: I bundled up, and I went out
and cleaned the snow off my car. There is about five inches of accumulation
so far, but it is drifting a bit. They have plowed the driveway out
front. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 7:55 P.M.: I changed the colors on my
homepage www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ . There is not a lot I
can do with FrontPage 2002 since I am not running my own server, but it might
prove useful in the future. I will now have a piece of Master Choice
fruit cake with RediWhip cream and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 7:15 P.M.: I watched the NBC evening
news. I will now fiddle with the computer a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 6:15 P.M.: I started cooking my Christmas
dinner after the last message. I just finished eating, and it was
delicious. To my stuffing recipe, I changed it slightly, and I added two
red peppers total and a cup of pineapple chunks and three chicken bouillon cubs
total to the regular recipe, and I simmered it for a half hour before adding
the stuffing www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuff2.htm. I
had some of the stuffing with two ¼ inch thick slices of the boneless
Butterball hickory smoked turkey breast that I heated in the microwave oven for
two minutes with a microwave cover on. I made up four cans of Franco
American turkey gravy that I put a half box about 5 ounces of sliced mushroom
in. I made up the Canadian Lakes wild rice by simmering it in water 55 minutes
with a half box 5 ounce of mushrooms, and I drained it and mixed it with the
China Village white rice that I make per the recipe posted earlier this
week. I had the mushroom turkey gravy on the wild white rice mixture and
the turkey slices, and I also had steamed fresh asparagus and a portion of
Ocean Spray cranberries and ice tea. I have finished cleaning up.
It has snowed two to three inches outside so far. Maybe I will have some
of the Food Emporium Master Choice fruit cake with RediWhip whipped cream, when
I am a bit hungry later on. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 3:25 P.M.: Well, the rain changed to snow
and sleet in the last half hour, and it is very slippery out and about an inch
of slush and ice, so I will not be going out for a drive. I will start
cooking Christmas dinner about 4 P.M., and it will take about an hour to
prepare. I will check out Microsoft FrontPage 2002 while I am waiting to
cook dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 3:05 P.M.: I cleaned up. I chatted with a
couple of relatives. I installed Microsoft FrontPage 2002 on the primary
computer. I will now go out for a drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 1:20 P.M.: I put away my Christmas
gifts. I will now clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 12:20 P.M.: I listened to Queen Elizabeth
II’s Christmas message http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2604079.stm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/25/02 Wednesday 12:10 P.M.: Merry Christmas. We seem
to have a Northeastern rain storm though out today. I received a call
from a relative when I woke up. My indigestion is gone. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I opened up my Christmas gifts. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/24/02 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.: I watched some television.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/24/02 Tuesday 10:05 P.M.: I rested a bit because I had
indigestion. I took another tums along with an aspirin with ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/24/02 Tuesday 8:05 P.M.: I had some Pepperidge Farm
goldfish crackers with ice tea after dinner. My stomach was bothering me
from eating too much, so I took two Tums antacid pills. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/24/02 Tuesday 7:10 P.M.: I am microwaving a Stouffer’s 20
ounce lasagna to have for dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/24/02 Tuesday 6:55 P.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I
then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various
places. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then drove across
the Connecticut – New York state line near my apartment, and I went to Var Max
Liquor Pantry on U.S. 1 in Port Chester, New York www.varmax.com,
and I bought for $5.99 each plus .81 tax for $12.79 total two 1.5 liter bottles
of Rene Juno dry white table wine “mis en bouteille pour R. Junot et Fils
Negociant En Vins par Caves Des Closieres Sete, France” imported by “21” Brands,
New York, New York. I do not drink liquor or wine very much anymore, but I keep
it around for cooking and hospitality. I remember in the early to mid
1970s that the same bottle of Rene Juno 1.5 liter white wine was about the same
price at the liquor store on 3rd Avenue on the east side between 51st
street and 52nd street near the British Consulate and also near the
bakery on second Avenue on the southeast corner of 49th street where
the Concorde delivered the fresh French croissants every day. I was told
that the French Consulate in Manhattan served Rene Junot at the consulate.
Well, I will store it in the apartment, and I will have it available. I
just chatted with some friends, and they had a tornado in Sea Island,
Georgia. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/24/02 Tuesday 2:35 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up. When I was putting on my khakis, I
pulled off the button; so I had to change to a pair of white khakis. I
will sew the button on later. I went out, and I stopped by the Arnold
Bread outlet, and I bought a 15 ounce bag of Arnold premium stuffing seasoned
for $1.99. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 6 ounce
package of Canadian Lake wild rice for $3.59, two ten ounce boxes of mushrooms
for $3 both, two McIntosh apples at $1.49 a pound for $2, a Butterball boneless
hickory smoked breast of white turkey meat at $3.99 a pound for $7.14, a 34
ounce bottle of Lysol Island Breeze all purpose cleaner $1.99 with dollar off
coupon, four 10.5 ounce cans of Franco American turkey gravy for $3 all, a 14
ounce can of Swanson chicken broth .99, a 16 ounce can of Ocean Spray whole
cranberries $1.19, asparagus at $2.99 a pound $3, a two pound bag of
onions $2, two red peppers at $2.99 a pound $3 for $29.65 total. I will
now put away my purchases, and I will go downtown for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/24/02 Tuesday 1:30 A.M.: I finished installing Direct X 9
on all three computers. I put away the ice tea in the refrigerator.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/24/02 Tuesday 12:40 A.M.: I put Direct X 9 on the primary
computer, and I am in the process of installing it on the Dell backup
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/23/02 Monday 11:25 P.M.: I made up a shopping list for my
Christmas meal that I will fill tomorrow. For those of you whom like
stuffing, I post two versions of my stuffing recipe on the internet at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuffing.htm and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuff2.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/23/02 Monday 10:55 P.M.: I peeled and diced the pineapple
with one of those serrated bread knives that seems to do the job well. I
had a bowl of pineapple chunks. I will now throw out the pineapple stem
and peels. Traditionally when I buy a pineapple in the winter it snows,
so let’s keep an eye out for the white flakey stuff. In the old days when
the Christian missionaries from Boston went to Hawaii and returned, they would
display stone pineapple symbols or statuary on the gate entrances to their
estates which was suppose to be a symbol of Christian hospitality. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/23/02 Monday 10:15 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. Magazine. I then went downtown, and I
sat out briefly. I next drove by the waterfront. I then went to the Food
Emporium, and I bought two Master Choice packages of six granola bars variety
pack for $1.24 each package, two dozen large eggs for .79 a dozen, a package of
Bird’s Eye deluxe broccoli florets .94 and a package of Birds Eye deluxe peas
.94, a Del Monte pineapple $3.99, and a 12 ounce bottle of Master Choice Dijon
mustard $1.69 for $12.02 total. I then returned home. I had a glass
of ice tea. I am making up a new batch of ice tea using 23 tea bags of 12
different flavors www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/23/02 Monday 7:05 P.M.: I had the same dinner as last
night. I watched the ABC evening news. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/23/02 Monday 5:55 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I went by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went downtown, and
I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various
locations. I stopped by Grannicks Pharmacy, and I bought a three ounce
container of Pearl Drops Toothpolish for $3.99 plus .24 tax for $4.23
total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a wood framed piece of cloth with
a picture of a Chateau I believe on the Loire for $3. They gave me the
2003 World Wildlife Fund calendar which I now have with the Americas Victorian
houses calendar for 2003. The Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop closes at
noon tomorrow. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the
local newspaper. I just now returned home. I put the picture of the Loire
Chateau up high to the left of the bathroom door, and I put the small picture I
moved of a canal in Venice above the bathroom door. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/23/02 Monday 12:25 P.M.: I ran Norton Speed Disk on the
primary computer C: drive before going to bed. I was up at 11 A.M..
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. To make oatmeal, I put a half cup of Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal in a
microwave proof bowl with a cup of water. I put it in an 1100 watt General
Electric microwave oven with a microwave cover on it, so it does not splash,
and I microwave it on high for one minute and 45 seconds. I then add two
teaspoons of sugar along with three pads of margarine and a few dashes of
cinnamon and splashes of milk and mix it around for an enjoyable hot
cereal. I got a Christmas note today from Vice President Richard Cheney.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/23/02 Monday 12:05 A.M.: I watched some more
television. I had some goldfish crackers with ice tea. I will now
shut down the computer. I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/22/02 Sunday 11:15 P.M.: I have been watching television
Channel 26 the Travel Channel about volcanic activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/22/02 Sunday 9:45 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. Well, the Christmas Day forecast is Cloudy with a chance of
snow. Brisk. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow 50 percent, http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
. I suppose today was a bit warmer than normal, but we all enjoyed
it. I suppose if you look at http://www.wunderground.com/NORMS/DisplayNORMS.asp?AirportCode=KHPN&SafeCityName=Greenwich&StateCode=CT&Units=none&IATA=BDR
, one can study the seasonal average weather. I spent so many years walking
around at night that it was actually a bit cooler for me than the people out in
the warmer weather in the day time. Still, I enjoy the weather as long as
it is not too damp which affects my arthritis. Well, there is not much else to
report on. I suppose in the next day or two I will have to purchase my
Christmas dinner which should be pretty much the same as my Thanksgiving
dinner. I still would rather lose a bit of weight, but a great many
people that I see in my daily walks seem to be comfortably larger than my
current 220 pounds. For most of the years of my adult life I averaged 155
to 175 pounds, so recently in my more sedentary state, I seem to have put on a
few pounds which is harder on the joints with my arthritis. Well, maybe I
should try walking around at night again, but when I walked at night, I would
get up later in the afternoon. When I am on a day schedule, I walk in the
afternoon. Thus from what I can tell, the extra weight does not help me
feel any warmer. I suppose some day in the future, I will lose the
weight, but it will probably mean that I will have to be a bit more
active. Working on the computer for the last 12 years has lead to a more
sedentary lifestyle. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/22/02 Sunday 8:15 P.M.: I sifted through my email. I
chatted with a friend. I had four Christmas anisette cookies that a
friend gave me. I sent out an email, and I got a Christmas message from
Denmark in PowerPoint format that does not work with the Microsoft PowerPoint
viewer. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/22/02 Sunday 5:35 P.M.: I went out after the last message,
and I went to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra
Lights 100s for $26 total. I then drove downtown. I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store
across from the train station, and I spent a $1 to buy a quick pick Powerball
ticket. I sat out at various locations during the walk. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper, and I returned and checked out a videotape. I then
went by Exxon, and I bought $5.70 of gasoline at $1.739 a gallon for about 24
miles per gallon. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a top
loin pork roast at $2.99 a pound for $4.84, fresh green beans at .79 a pound
for .79, three packages of S&S margarine for $2 all for $7.63 total.
I then returned home, and I had some ice tea. I will rub half the pork
tenderloin roast in a three teaspoons of olive oil, and then season it with Old
Bay seasoning, and CVS spices garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery salt,
chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil on both sides and
then spread some Texas Best Barbeque sauce on both sides and cook it in the
convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I will have it
with steamed fresh green beans and steamed white rice. When I use the
China Village rice steamer I bought for $15 at the Food Emporium, I first rinse
a cup of Carolina white rice in a large bowl of running hot water, and then I
strain it through a wire strainer, and I rinse it with hot water. I then put
the cup of rinsed white rice in the China Village steamer with 14 ounces of
water and six pads of margarine and a teaspoon of sesame oil and then I put the
steam release top on and then clamp on the primary top. In my General
Electric 1100 watt microwave oven, I cooked it on high for 11 minutes, and then
I let it stand sealed in the China Village steamer for five minutes, and I get
about two large portions of white rice. I generally steam my fresh
vegetables in a two quart Revere pot with lid on it with a folding steamer tray
inside with about ¾ inch of water covered for 15 minutes from the time I turn
the heat on. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/22/02 Sunday 1:05 P.M.: I finished house cleaning and
watering the plants. I moved the little two foot decorated artificial
Christmas tree onto the glass coffee table between the two sofas. I had
two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup with potato
chips and ice tea. I then had a Chock Full of Nuts instant coffee
outside. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/22/02 Sunday 10:15 A.M.: I was up at 8:30 A.M., and I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I will now do my weekly house cleaning. I
will listen to www.warx.com
while doing it. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/21/02 Saturday 10:15 P.M.: After the video, my guest
left. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/21/02 Saturday 6:15 P.M.: I am cooking the same dinner as
last night. We will be having two ¼ inch thick slices of the Hormel ham
each with Bornier whole grain style mustard and steamed fresh broccoli and
steamed white rice and ice tea. We will then watch a videotape. I
am giving the brass ships bell to my guest to take to a relative in the north
country far away from the ocean, so they can call the lamas home for
dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/21/02 Saturday 4:55 P.M.: I was able to fix the Christmas
tree lights outside. The two socket plugs up by the outdoor light have a
ground fault interrupt buttons that needed to be reset for the lights to
work. They are now working fine. I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/21/02 Saturday 3:40 P.M.: I had a telephone call from a
relative last night before going to bed. I was up at 9 A.M. this morning.
I found a generic 17 inch computer monitor discarded in our dumpster. I
connected it to the IBM backup computer, and I placed it on top of the CPU to
the left of the primary Dell backup computer monitor. I connected
speakers to the CPU, thus the IBM backup computer is completely connected and
ready to use, should it be needed. I had to take down the ship’s bell off
the wall behind it. I put the ship’s bell on the coffee table on top of
the bedroom desk. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. A relative called up. My guest and I
went out. We returned a DVD video disk at the Greenwich Library, and we
checked out a videotape. We then went by the Compete Kitchen, and my guest made
some purchases. Next we went by Garlick and Herbs. Next we went by
Fresh Fields. Next we went by Hay Day, and my guest found the French 8
ounce jars of Pomiere mustard that he was looking for $9.99 a jar. Next
we went downtown, and we walked lower Greenwich Avenue. We stopped by the
new Monogram shop. Next we drove down by the waterfront. We then
went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a bottle of Americas Choice deodorizer
cleaner country scent for $1.79 plus .11 tax for $1.90. We split a cup of
hot chocolate from the coffee machine at the Food Emporium. We then gave
a neighbor a ride home. My guest is taking a nap. The Christmas
Tree lights are not working outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/20/02 Friday 11:35 P.M.: My guest and I had the same
dinner as the last few nights. We watched television. I will now
shut down the computer. My guest is staying over for the night.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/20/02 Friday 5:30 P.M.: My guest and I went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought for $3.50 a Chinese made
Woodworker named Swiss Army style knife similar to the Swiss Army knife I
bought yesterday, and I put it in my driver’s side door map holder to have
available for any minor maintenance I might have to do on the car. We
then went by the consignment and antique shop behind the Greenwich Hardware
store, and my guest viewed their selection of merchandise. We next went
by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. Next we drove down by the
waterfront. We then had to go back to the Mews thrift shop since I
forgot my umbrella. Next we drove down to another location on the
waterfront. We then went over to Costco in Port Chester, New York; and my
guest dropped me off there while he got his oil changed at the Mobil Express
lube oil change place at the Port Chester Byram bridge. My guest
showed up at Costco about a half hour later. My guest bought me two
packages of five packs of Carr’s crackers for $4.99 each five pack, a 58 ounce
box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.99, and a large chunk of Gouda
Cheese for $7.32 at $3.19 a pound for $23.29 total. We then returned back
to my apartment. I had some ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/20/02 Friday 12:55 P.M.: My guest arrived. We will
be going out soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/20/02 Friday 11:35 A.M.: I sent out another Christmas
card. I guess I will now clean up. I will listen to some http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 12/20/02:
Note:
<888> 12/20/02 Friday 10:30 A.M.: I was up at 9 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.
Earlier this week, I had one of those out of town telemarketing phone calls
from an individual claiming to be fund raising for a law enforcement
agency. When I explained to the individual that I could not afford to
give, I was told by the individual that, “I had better watch my back.” I do not
think this telemarketing group represents our local police agency, since I have
spent 19 years walking on Greenwich Avenue, and it generally has not been a
life threatening experience. To be honest, I do not see most of our
local policemen in uniform walking around very much, but perhaps they do so
undercover. I have a guest coming down to visit at 1 P.M.. I will now
send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/19/02 Thursday 10:25 P.M.: Well, I am tired. I will
shut down the computer. I will go to bed soon. My Columbia 2.4
gigahertz cordless telephone was not working for a while. It was off the
cradle, so it was not fully charged, and it had a loose telephone jack
connector. It seems to be working perfectly well now. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/19/02 Thursday 10:05 P.M.: To put it in more polite terms,
the petroleum reserve is about 4 gallons a week for each citizen for forty
week, should something happen to the regular supply of fuel. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/19/02 Thursday 9:25 P.M.: I read in the Time Magazine
today that had the cover of “Lord of the Rings” that the United States
government has built up its petroleum reserve to 40 weeks worth at a 4 million
barrels a day which works out to 44.8 billion gallons of fuel, which works out
to about to about 156 gallons of oil for every citizen. Well, my
electricity bill that I received today which includes my heat was up about 40%
this month, so I guess with the colder weather, we should try to think about
conserving energy. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/19/02 Thursday 8:15 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then returned home, and I had lunch of two hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard
and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and ice tea. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought an older 12 device Swiss Army
knife www.swissarmy.com
for $5. I next made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went downtown,
and I sat out for a brief spell in the damp weather. I next went by the Antique
and Consignment shop behind the Greenwich Hardware store. They have a
nice pair of malachite candle sticks there for $8,500. I once heard of a family
in Wisconsin that had a whole staircase made of malachite, and I believe Queen
Elizabeth II has a large urn made of malachite, and I think they have a whole
palace made of Malachite in Russia. Malachite I believe is a substance
that is green and blackish since it has copper in it. I next went by the
Greenwich Hardware store, and they do not have the automobile scratch remover
that one sees advertised on television. They do have tinted Turtle
Wax. I next went by the Greenwich Library. Next I went by the Food
Emporium, and I bought a jar of Bornier Dijon style mustard for $2.89 and a 2
pound deluxe Master Choice fruit cake for $8.99 for $11.88 total. I then
returned home. I chatted with a friend. I will now have the same
dinner as last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/19/02 Thursday 11:25 A.M.: Well, I relaxed a bit. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up and go out shortly.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/19/02 Thursday 10:00 A.M.: On an interesting Dutch note, I
noticed on the television program about the Lusitania last night that there was
a member of the Vanderbilt family on board, and I believe much was the same
situation with the Titanic. Thus twice great ships have sunk carrying members
of the Vanderbilt family to and from Europe. Thus although the
Vanderbilts are supposedly related to Duke of Marlboro’s family, it might be
safer to stay on this side of the pond. I hear tell that down in
hillbilly heaven in Ashville, North Carolina that they put out quite a
Christmas spread at Biltmore House and Gardens http://biltmore.com/ Of course since
it is now open to the general public one might have to pay money for any
hospitality, when in the old days when it was private, people were considered
guests. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/19/02 Thursday 9:25 A.M.: Well I was up at 8 A.M., and I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I was just thinking that in the mid 1970s when we had the oil
embargo in North America, a local pilot told me that he flew around a director
of Texas Gulf industries, and he still has the director’s hard hat. The
pilot also told me that there was actually no oil shortage, but all the oil was
sitting in tankers off New York harbor. It just goes to show how far the
oil tycoons will go to make people feel uncomfortable. I remember in that
period, I used a friend’s apartment at 420 East 49th street in
Manhattan near Beekman Place and the United Nations. I explored that
neighborhood thoroughly along with most of the rest of Manhattan through
extensive walking. At least the small apartment had plenty of heat from
the steam generation plant just south of the United Nations which during the so
called oil embargo was powered by coal brought in the underground railroad line
from across the Hudson River. I remember about the only major police
presence in that neighborhood was when Yasar Arafat would come to visit the
United Nations and there would be wall to wall police from the Waldorf Astoria
to the United Nations along 49th street. Beekman place was
where so called important people lived, but they were never there since they
were using their residences in warmer locations. Basically, the friend
whose apartment I used spoke eight different languages, so he was able to
communicate with the various people whom we came in contact with in that United
Nations neighborhood. The biggest business in that neighborhood around
that area is publishing houses. Well, basically although there is a great
deal of celebrity in that neighborhood if one is sound sensitive, it is a quite
noisy neighborhood with all the traffic coming and going to points further
downtown and uptown. Also with all the traffic, there is quite a bit of
air pollution in that area. Still people seem to make a living in that
neighborhood off the traffic. Basically it was my viewpoint from the
people in that neighborhood on the east side that no one read the newspapers or
watched television, but they did manager to eat out meals in various
restaurants once or twice a day. Thus although the United Nations and
various other diplomatic missions are in that neighborhood, they are not the
only presence since many other businesses seem to thrive there also. It
was my viewpoint since the proximity of the eastside Manhattan neighborhood to
the borough of Queens; most of the people that one actually saw and dealt with
in that neighborhood were from Queens. Much the same could be said for
the west side of Manhattan that many people were from New Jersey. Around
Penn Station many people were from Long Island, and I guess it could be said
that around Grand Central Station many people were from Connecticut and
Westchester County. Thus when one is Manhattan, besides the international
community, one tends to deal with other neighbors from various surrounding
areas. Since most of these people whom are in that area are trying to
make a buck, I really do not have much need to deal with them since it would be
too expensive for me to go into the city to see what they are trying to sell
me. Basically, although I can not afford to buy the Brooklyn Bridge, they
might try to take advantage of the situation. As John Lindsay said when I
last saw him speak at Yale University in 1982, there is a distinct lack of
ethics in this country and the world in general. Basically in the
intelligence business, they use to say a, “gentleman does not read another
gentleman’s mail.” Still that is still predicated on the situation
that there are still gentlemen around. I remember from my reading that
when countries like England in the early 20th century had large
numbers of gentlemen in their ranks, most of them were killed on the fields of
World War One. Well, man whom does not read history is bound to repeat
themselves. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/18/02 Wednesday 11:30 P.M.: I watched some
television. Normally when watching the old television or boob tube as we
use to call it when we were kids, I channel surf until I see some interesting
content, then I watch some more. Recently Cablevision has changed the
channels around, so one has to get use to finding one’s old favorite
stations. Well, not much happening on the old television. I suppose
the media organizations are so low on funds, they can not afford to provide
quality content and more and more of the public media seems like home
movies. Well, so much for my commentary on communications. Although,
I might not have the most interesting content, at least I make an effort to
communicate which is more than I can say for some of the other near sighted
individuals around me trying to use this technology. Maybe they are so wired
out from the coffee shop, they are spending all of their time gaming. I
hear tell that television might be a game too. When you watch it, they
monitor the usage through computers, and thus provide more of the same for
hopefully increased ratings for advertising. Thus what you see is what
most of the general public wants to see. Well, I am bit tired, so I will
go to bed shortly. I will now shut down the computer before going to
bed. “CIO” at the end of each of my notes stands for “Chief Information
Officer”, not “Chief Intelligence Officer”. Well no news is good
news. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/18/02 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.: I disconnected the charging
transformer from the Slaymaker rechargeable lantern when I returned this
afternoon. It seems to lose its charge in about six weeks.
CIO
Note: <888>
12/18/02 Wednesday 8:45 P.M.: I was mentioning to the library information
staff that I noticed a not yet prominent member of the public in the Greenwich
Library about 14 years ago wearing a proper brownish colored tweed jacket with
a New England preppy look which we do not see much here anymore.
Moreover, although I use to wear that look, unless I lost about 50 pounds and
went down below 180 or 170 pounds, I do not think that my preppy clothes would
fit me too well, but the moths really have not gotten them yet. It is the
nature of old guard New Englanders, they tend to smell of moth balls, but since
I live in a more confined space, I do not use moth balls, although, I think I
still have saved some in a cookie tin somewhere in the apartment. Yes, I even
save moth balls, along with rubber bands, ramen noodle flavor packets, wine
corks, pie tins and other various assorted items that might come in useful in
the future. I remember one friend of mine’s grandmother had saved just
about everything including lots of string from the old days when they use to
conserve during the Great War. Thus when I discard useful items like
slightly outdated computer equipment; I generally expect them to end up back in
circulation at some other locality. Basically since I arrange the items in my
apartment tastefully, it is a pleasant homey feeling, but if the same items
were randomly displayed in a thrift shop, I do not think they would command too
much value. Still, it is my home, and I have become use to the comfortable
familiar atmosphere that they create. I guess so many people are in a
rush anymore, they do not appreciate what they have, so if they have the time,
and they are not pleased with the current configuration, they could always
rearrange the geometry of their local setting. Still, I have
rearranged the items in my apartment so many times; I now have a groin hernia
from exerting too much effort that seems to be underappreciated.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/18/02 Wednesday 8:30 P.M.: I filled out the Staples rebate
information, and I mailed it downstairs in the mail room. I took out one 32 meg
probably PC 100 memory chip from the Dell backup computer since there are no
more spare memory slots in my three computers, and I put it in the PNY plastic
holder, and I placed it in the night stand drawer next to the closet side of
the bed. Surprisingly enough the memory was made by Hyundai. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/18/02 Wednesday 7:55 P.M.: I had the same dinner as last
night. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/18/02 Wednesday 6:30 P.M.: I went out after the last
message, and one of the three Compaq servers had already disappeared.
When I returned a second one or both the Prolexas were gone, and the old
Prolinea is still there. I first went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I
next drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to Old Greenwich to
the Mobil Express Lube car wash, and I had them wash my car for $5. I had
them remove the radio antenna this time to be on the safe side. When I
was drying the car with a towel and polishing it, I noticed about a four foot
long curving scratch on the driver’s side rear quarter panel. I checked
with the car wash personnel, and they did not think their equipment did it. They
put a piece of blue tape over it, and we ran it through the car wash a second
time, and it did not appear to scratch the car this time. Perhaps since
the car was dirty, I did not notice the scratch earlier. Maybe I can get
it to disappear with some of that scratch remover I see advertised on
television. I also have a scratch on the hood and three small dings on
the car. Well, it looks like someone took a key and ran it along the side of
the car. I can not figure out why, but frequently vandalism has no
rationale. I dried the car off a second time after the second car
wash. I then drove out to Tod’s Point, and I sat out at both the
southwest and southeast areas. I used the ATM machine at the Old
Greenwich Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I next went by the Old Greenwich
Rummage room thrift shop, and I bought a yellow ceramic “Harry’s Bar Venezia”
for .80 with tax. I then went by Staples, and I bought a PNY PC100 128
memory chip for $26.94 plus $1.62 tax for $28.56 total. It has a $15 mail
in rebate, so it will eventually be about $14. I then went downtown, and
I sat out for a while. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then
went by the Greenwich Library. I then returned home. I took out the
128 PC 100 memory from the Compaq backup, and I added it to the primary
computer along with the new memory for 256 megs total. I had tried PC 100
memory in the primary computer about a year ago, and it did not work, but I
guess this time I got it properly seated, and it works just fine. I put
the PC 66 128 meg memory chip and the PC 100 64 meg memory chip I took out of
the primary computer, and I put them in the Dell backup with another 64 meg PC
100 memory chip, so the Dell backup also has 256 megs of memory. Both
systems are working just fine. I put the Harry’s Bar ash try on the right
side of my bedroom desk. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/18/02 Wednesday 10:50 A.M.: I will now clean up, and I
will go out in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/18/02 Wednesday 10:30 A.M.: I went to bed at 11 P.M. last night.
I was up at 8:30 A.M.. I chatted with a friend. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I threw out
the three dumpster Compaq servers, and I put them to the right of our large
dumpster for anyone to grab and pick up. I took the mirror that I had on
the side of one of the Compaq servers, and I put it to the left side on the
wall of the bathroom entrance wall. I put the framed George W. Bush
inaugural invitation on the bedroom door entrance below the Audubon bird
pictures. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 9:20 P.M.: I sifted through my email.
I had some cookies. I will now shut down the computer. I will
channel surf the television, and in a little while I will go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 8:40 P.M.: Well, I finished the laundry and
put it away. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 7:55 P.M.: Well, it is 24 degrees Fahrenheit
here and going down into the teens this morning. In International Falls,
Minnesota it is http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=International+Falls%2C+Minnesota
32 degrees F. and in Calgary, Canada it is 36 F. degrees http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Calgary%2C+Canada
and in Moscow, Russia it is 13 degrees F. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Moscow%2C+Russia
, and in Seoul, Korea it is 34 F. http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/47110.html
, so maybe some warmer weather is headed our way. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 7:15 P.M.: I am on the dry cycle with 50
minutes to go. I am preparing the same dinner as last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 6:45 P.M.: I have to recharge the Slaymaker
rechargeable million watt lantern for the next twenty hours. It should be fully
charged around 3 P.M. tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 6:40 P.M.: I started two loads of
laundry. I put clean linen on the bed. Although the wintry weather
this early in the season is enjoyable, it also costs one money for extra
heat. I wonder what mid January to mid March will be like.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 6:10 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I stopped by the Vitamin Shoppe in Port Chester, New York, and I
exchanged the defective bottle of 400 IU vitamins for a new bottle with out any
problems. I then checked the clearance section at Staples. I next
toured Odd Job. I then went by the George Weston Bakeries Arnold bread
store outlet in Byram, and I obtained three loaves of Freihofer’s 12 grain
bread for $1.29 each less .39 senior discount for $3.48 total. I next
went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I
just now returned home, and I am having a glass of ice tea. I keep the
bread frozen in the freezer until I need to use it. Before I went out
today, I put about one third of a bottle of CVS Professional drain cleaner in
the bathroom sink drain to clean it out. When I returned I filled the
sink with hot water, and I used the toilet plunger to free up any dissolved
substance in the drain. Since I shave with shaving gel and a throw away
razor, the sink drain tends to build up crud over time. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 1:30 P.M.: I have finished configuring the
IBM Cyrix backup computer. I will now reconnect the Dell system.
Basically both backup systems are connected except I change the power cord and
the monitor cord between systems, since I do not have room for a third
monitor. All the other cables for each system are full time attached
except I do not have speakers connected to the IBM Cyrix onboard sound
jacks. I will then shut down the primary computer, and I will clean up
and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 1:20 P.M.: I put salt and pepper corns in
the salt and pepper mill on the dining room table. I installed the
Logicode X2 modem in the IBM Cyrix backup computer and configured the
modem. I installed the Juno software and dialer www.juno.com ,
so I can access either the two numbers in Greenwich or two in Stamford if the
cable modem does not work. I am now installing the Windows updates.
I noticed that since I added language suppose for Internet Explorer with all
the different languages, German was not one of the languages added, very
strange. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 11:40 A.M.: I took the frozen steins out of
the freezer and put in the cupboard to the right of the sink. I threw out
some jars from the cupboard. I put a new fat jar in the
refrigerator. I put in new Arm and Hammer boxes of baking soda on the
freezer door and the refrigerator door. I took out the frozen wine carafe
and pitcher and I put them on the leg of the round dining table by the kitchen
entrance. I emptied the ice trays, and I put the cubes in a bag in the
refrigerator. I refilled the eight ice trays. I now have a bit more room
in the freezer. I put the two boxes old Arm and Hammer baking soda down the
kitchen, bathroom sink, and bathtub drains to freshen them. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 11:15 A.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and
French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle
slice and ice tea and a Brazilian instant coffee. I have used up the last
of the Brazilian instant coffee, but I still have lots of Food Emporium
hazelnut beans and Chock Full of Nuts Instant and Folgers’s decaffeinated
instant and Italian espresso beans. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 10:25 A.M.: I got a good deal on the
Microsoft FrontPage 2002 new user software. Microsoft’s web site says it has a
$169 retail value http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/ . Of
course www.amazon.com
is now selling it for $99. I removed the Logicode X2 telephone modem from
the Dell backup computer, and I will install it in the IBM Cyrix backup
computer since it works with Windows ME. I will then install Juno, so I have
emergency telephone connection on the internet should the cable modem fail. I
am just about done with the second part of the three part backup of the IBM
Cyrix backup. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 9:30 A.M.: Forbes list of favorites http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/favorite.jhtml?id=8
. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 8:45 A.M.: I am making a C: drive to D:
drive backup on the IBM Cyrix backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 8:15 A.M.: I tried switching the drives on
the IBM Cyrix backup computer, but Red Hat Linux 8.0 still would not
install. I switched them back to where Windows ME is now the C: boot
drive. I will leave the D: drive as an empty formatted drive. I
will then reconnect the Dell backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 7:05 A.M.: I opened up a new bottle of
Vitamin Shoppe 400 IU vitamin E, and the tablets were all stuck together and
would not come unstuck. I will have to go over to Port Chester, New York
today to exchange them. I am now going to exchange the C: and D: drives
in the IBM Cyrix backup computer and see if Red Hat Linux 8.0 will install on a
C: drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/17/02 Tuesday 6:25 A.M.: I had a call from a relative last
night. I was up at 6 A.M.. I am going to have breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. It is 22 degrees Fahrenheit this morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 8:30 P.M.: I heated two ¼ inch thick slices of the
Hormel ham for two minutes in the microwave oven on a microwave proof plate
with a microwave lid, and I had them for dinner with Bornier Dijon mustard on
them with steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and ice
tea. I listened to the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
for a while. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch a bit
of television, and I will go to bed a bit there after. It is a bit chilly
out http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 7:15 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought an unopened box of Microsoft
FrontPage 2002 for $15 with the book Sams “How to use Microsoft FrontPage 2002”
and a SoHo LAN card in an unopened box for $2 for $17 total. I then went
back by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next made my
4:15 appointment. I then drove down by the waterfront. I went by
the Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper and the checked out a DVD
video disk. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and bought two half gallons
of Tropicana pure premium orange juice with calcium for $2.79 each, a Hormel
cured sliced ham at $3.49 a pound for $11.24, a Tony’s Pepperoni pizza for
$2.99, a bulb of garlic at $2.49 a pound for .42, S&S hotdog buns 8 pack
$1.19, broccoli crowns at .89 a pound for $1.79, a five pound bag of Pillsbury
for .99 for $24.20 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I chatted with a friend. I called three relatives, but
they were either on the other line or not home. I printed out another
envelope for another Christmas card. I will save the FrontPage 2002 to
open for a Christmas gift. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 1:50 P.M.: I tried install Red Hat Linux 8.0
on the IBM Cyrix backup D: drive a half dozen times, and it froze at the
formatting stage each time, although Fdisk shows it correctly partitioned the
non dos partitions. I will now shut down both systems. I will
reconnect the Dell backup. I will have to fiddle with Red Hat Linux 8.0
installation at a later date. I will then clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 11:55 A.M.: Well, it is sort of a blah day
outside, but I have a 4:15 P.M. appointment. I am now going to install
Red Hat Linux on the D: drive of the IBM Cyrix backup computer. It will give me
something to do that does not cost money. I will wait a while to go
out. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 11:45 A.M.: I was up at 10 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
called the CompUSA rebate 800 number 1-800-390-2344, and they said I would have
to resubmit the rebate information on the EPO 58X CD drive that I bought for
$40 July 30, 2002 and mailed in the rebate on August 1, 2002. Since I do
not have a copy of the rebate form, and I can not find a copy of the sales
receipt and since I do not have a copy of the SKU number that I mailed in from
the box, I can not do this. It seems strange that the last four rebates I
have mailed into CompUSA have had problems. I would imagine they have some sort
of problem with their rebate operation. I will now clean up, and I will
go out. I have a 4:15 appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 6:55 A.M.: Basically my primary computer is a
PC Chips S-571 LMR motherboard with a AMD K6II 450 MHz processor running at 366
MHz with a 128 meg 64 Mhz, 64 meg 100? Mhz memory chips with two Maxtor 20
gigabyte hard drives and SoundBlaster Live MP3 card and LAN. I use the second
hard drive for backup. The Dell backup computer is a 333 Mhz Intel Pentium two
processor Dell Dimension V350 with a 128 meg 100 Mhz 64 meg 100 Mhz and 32 meg
100 Mhz memory with a Maxtor 15 gigabyte drive, Maxtor 6 gigabyte drive and
Maxtor 8 gigabyte drive with a Sound Blaster AWE 32 card and LAN card.
The second backup computer is a PC Chips S-571 motherboard with and IBM Cyrix
233 processor running at 188 Mhz with two 32 meg 100 Mhz memory chips and two
Maxtor 8 gigabyte hard drives with LAN car and onboard sound. I also have
the Compaq Prolinea server in the window behind the two backups; I have the two
Compaq Prosignia 200 and 300 that I found in the dumpster yesterday. I
also have the Acer 486 processor 4 meg memory laptop that the battery does not
work on. I had to use 64 Mhz memory in the primary computer since it
would not run a 128 meg 100 mhz memory chip. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 6:25 A.M.: I was able to get the IBM Cyrix
233 processor backup computer going. I reseated the memory in it. I
noticed the IDE0 cable to the C: drive was connected backwards at the
drive. I fixed this and the system worked fine. I have the D: drive
in it which is the old C: drive from my Dell backup. I have Windows ME on
both drives. I do not think I will put Red Hat Linux on it just yet in
case I want to put in the D: drive back in the Dell. However, the D:
drive was the C: drive in the Dell, so it might not work as a D: drive which I
tried already on the Dell to no avail. I have the 5.25” floppy also
installed. The IBM Cyrix 233 processor in it runs at about 188 Mhz, and it has
two 32 meg memory strips for 64 megs total. It is connected to the web through
a LAN card. I still have my old Logicode modem in the Dell which only
works with Windows ME or lower. I could put it in the IBM some time. The C: drive
is 8 gigabyte and the D: drive is 6 gigabytes, so I could thus try to partition
it with Red Hat Linux boot manger and install it on the D: drive, but for now I
will just think about it. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 5:35 A.M.: I put the ice tea away in the
refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/16/02 Monday 5:10 A.M.: I rested from after the last
message until now. I installed the Microsoft Intellimouse driver on the
Dell backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 11:55 P.M.: On the Dell backup C: partition,
I ran Norton Disk Doctor. I am now running Norton SpeedDisk. I am
also making a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 11:05 P.M.: I have the Dell backup computer
C: drive up and running fine again. All three drives are still
bootable. I ran the updates on it. I am doing some routine
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 10:25 P.M.: I am done installing the
operating system on the C: drive on the Dell backup. I backed it up with
“system restore”. I am now running the updates. I had dinner of a
Stouffers hearty pot roast dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 9:45 P.M.: Networking would not work on the
C: partition on the Dell backup, and I tried to fix it by reinstalling
it. It would work on the first boot, but not on the second boot and
following boots. I am now reinstalling the operating system on the C:
partition on the Dell backup. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 7:10 P.M.: I rested after the last
message. I installed the updates on the backup computer. I had to
reinstall the networking. The Dell backup computer is working fine.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 12:30 P.M.: I put the original D: drive back
in the Dell backup computer, and I am running the updates on the C:
drive. I put the WinME drive in the IBM Cyrix 233 Mhz PCChips S-571
motherboard backup as the D: drive, but the IBM Cyrix processor computer still
does not work. Possibly I do not have the memory seated in it properly.
It worked when I last used it. I will not work on it today. I put
it underneath the sideboard in the bedroom with the keyboard and mouse. I
thus have the desk area to the left of my Dell backup cleared. I will now
have two hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips
and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I then will have a Brazilian instant
coffee outside. I next will clean up and go downtown for some fresh air
which should be in a little over an hour. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 11:15 A.M.: The Compaq Prosignia 200 gives an
imminent SCSI controller error, but it does boot the C: drive. The Compaq
Prosignia 300 is a 90 Mhz processor with 64 megs of memory and a 1 gigabyte
SCSI drive and tape drive. It has a SCSI CDplayer that I probably could
put in the big Compaq Prolinea server. I formatted the drive on it.
I put both in the bedroom underneath the side board. All three Compaqs
probably should be junked, but I hate throwing out good equipment. Still
I read there is a place in Chicago, Illinois that scraps five million computers
a year. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 9:45 A.M.: I am doing a little bit of
computer work this morning. I took out the D: drive from the Dell backup
computer, and I installed the Windows ME D: drive from the IBM backup computer
which before was in the Dell computer as the C: drive. I could not get it
to boot from boot manager. It says it needed the c:\windows\system32\hall.dll
file. I tried to boot the IBM backup to get this file, but its video does
not work for some reason. I had installed the D: drive from the Dell in
it as a D: drive. Also earlier I had installed the 5.25 inch floppy I had in
it. Well, I will have to check it out. I went outside to have a
smoke, and while I was emptying the ashtray in the dumpster, I noticed that one
of my neighbors that works in the hospital thrift shop had dumped out a Compaq
Prosignia 200 server and a Compaq Prosignia 300. I boot the Prosignia 200
and ran Fdisk and it recognized and created a 2.5 gigabyte C: drive, and it is
a 133 Mhz processor with 133 megs of memory. I am running a surface scan
on it now with scandisk. It has a SCSI controller error when booting.
I created a CMOS boot disk for it. I will have to do the same for
Prosignia 300 also once I boot it and check it out. Thus I am working on
configuring four computers this morning along with running the primary
computer. I guess one could say this is a continuation of dumpster
therapy. Well, it is a nice day, I should clean up and go out and do this
on a rainy day. I will have to wait and see. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/15/02 Sunday 5:35 A.M.: I was up at 4 A.M.. There
was a program on television about crime in Bermuda. Apparently Bermuda
has the highest number of churches per capita in the world. I
accidentally knocked a Bermuda onion on the floor in the Stop and Shop
yesterday and that made me think about Bermuda. Apparently Queen
Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise when she was married to the Royal Governor
of Canada use to winter in Bermuda. I was last in Bermuda in the spring
of 1968 when I stayed at the Glendon Guest house with three Taft school friends
and four students from Middlesex boys’ school in Concord, Massachusetts for
spring break. We spent about two weeks there renting mopeds and touring
the island and going to the Elbow Beach resort beach. We had high tea
every day. We use to go to the soccer matches and drink Heineken beer on the
side lines. I recall buying four wool sweaters from Triminghams for $20
apiece. I might still have them. There were lots of students
there. A friend of my mother’s sister use to be the United States
conciliate to Bermuda. Still, I had a very good time. Relatives of
mine have returned frequently. I received email yesterday that Maxtor has
approved my $40 rebate on the hard drive, and they will be mailing it to me in
30 days. I think CompUSA still owes me a $20 rebate on the 58X CDplayer
that I bought for $40 during the first week of August 2002. Possibly the
company the rebate is coming from is having financial problems like Que, so
maybe I should call CompUSA on their 800 rebate number and find out. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/14/02 Saturday 8:25 P.M.: My guest just left after the DVD
video. I chatted briefly with a friend. I confirmed that when we
were in Greece in the spring of 1972, we had small pox shots. Also, I believe I
had one when I was seven. I will now shut down the computer, and I will
go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/14/02 Saturday 5:40 P.M.: For dinner, I sautéed the four
boneless center cut pork chops for three minutes a side over medium heat
turning regularly in olive oil, margarine, two chopped gloves of garlic,
seasoned on both sides with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt,
ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, oregano, basil, and Italian
spices and a eighth of a cup of La Choy low sodium soy sauce. We had them
with steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns, and ice tea. We will
now watch a DVD video disk. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/14/02 Saturday 4:40 P.M.: My guest and I went out.
We drove by Smokes for Less again. Next we drove downtown and by
the waterfront. Then we went by the ELDC thrift shop in Cos Cob.
Next we went by the Stop and Shop, and my guest is treating us for our dinner.
He bought four boneless center cut pork chops at $2.79 a pound and several
bunches of broccoli crowns. We then returned to my apartment.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/14/02 Saturday 2:10 P.M.: I rested from after the last
message until 6 A.M.. I did my house cleaning and watering the
plants. I had a meal of two hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard and
ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea and a Brazilian
instant coffee outside. I then cleaned up, and I went out. I went
by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I drove down by the waterfront.
There was a computer person signing copies of his book at Richard’s until noon
today. I then went to the Greenwich Library, and I checked out a DVD video
disk, and I read the local paper. I then went to Exxon, and I bought $6
of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.679 a gallon for about 25 miles per
gallon. I then went to Smokes for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca
Ultra Lights 100s for $26. I then returned home, and my guest had
arrived. I had a frosted A&W root beer in a frosted mug. I
chatted with my guest. My guest is now taking a nap.
CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 12/14/02:
Note: <888> 12/14/02 Saturday 1:45 A.M.:
I enabled power management in both the primary and the primary backup computer
cmoses. I also enabled Advanced Power Management in the software.
On the Dell backup, I ran Win Doctor on the D: and E: drives. I
also ran some updates. I just had a Stouffer’s 20 ounce lasagna with ice
tea. I will not being doing house cleaning at the moment. I might
rest after I send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note: <888> 12/14/02 Saturday 12:35
A.M.: I did not put the WinME drive back in the Dell backup
computer. I will leave it as the D: drive unchanged in the IBM backup. It
will not be bootable in that device. Since I do not want to change it, I will
not install Linux on the IBM backup. I am amused by the configuration on
the Dell backup computer. I have the C: drive full version, D: drive
small version, and E: drive medium version. However, I did not delete any
backup files yet to free up space, which I might do eventually. I think I
might have the previous C: drive as the E: drive and the current D: drive might
have been the E: drive, so maybe some of the program drive letters are mixed
up. I have not tested it for that. However, for the moment it seems to be a
usable backup system. I will take a look at it some more when I have
time. I put the Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console on the primary
computer. I did some tweaking on the C: drive on the Dell backup
computer. CIO
Note: <888> 12/13/02 Friday 10:05 P.M.:
Basically what I am doing is using my old backup computer to practice on
Windows XP installations without messing up my primary computer. The
reason I could not get Windows ME to boot was I removed the wrong hard drive
when I changed hard drives, and I took out the Windows ME hard drive and put it
in the IBM backup computer as the D: drive. It is still intact, and I
could try to put it back in the Dell backup system. I now have three
various copies of the primary operating system on the backup Dell system. I
installed the Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console on the backup computer, and
I was able to use the “bootcfg” command http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291980
to get the Dell backup system to recognize all three hard drives. I then
edited out the faulty information in the “boot.ini” file, so it looks proper
when booting. Now I am just tweaking the backup Dell system.
However, since I never use the backup system, it will just sit there until, I
decide to do something else on it or need it for use as a backup should the
primary computer fail. Basically since my primary purpose on the computer
is systems work after reading news, I have to practice when I have the time to
learn how to use the system should I ever need to do any more advanced or
challenging work with it. Unfortunately for me nothing much ever goes wrong
with Windows XP, so I just leave it running normally on my primary computer
most of the time. Still this is how one learns. Basically since it
is cold and rainy and damp outside which is not comfortable for my arthritis, I
am violating a cardinal rule of computers “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”,
and I am just tinkering with the old Dell backup computer, since I have nothing
else do to at the moment. CIO
Note: <888> 12/13/02 Friday 7:40 P.M.: I
fell asleep about 11 A.M.. I had a call from a friend around 4 P.M.. I
got up, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I am now trying to get the Windows ME partition
to work on the Dell backup computer. I have a guest showing up tomorrow afternoon,
so I might do house cleaning tonight. CIO
Note: <888> 12/13/02 Friday 8:35 A.M.:
Well for those of you with tristodectophobia, today is Friday the 13th.
After considerable effort, I got the old 15 gigabyte C: drive in the Dell
backup computer and working properly. I had a bit of problem with the boot
manager with the three partitions. I have two partitions booting, but the
Windows ME partition still does not boot properly. The C: drive is pretty
much a duplicate of the primary computer C: drive. I never use the Dell
computer, but when one uses old computer equipment, it is good to build
redundancy into the backup machines in case anything ever happens to my primary
well used and well maintained computer. I put the old 6 gigabyte E: drive from
the Dell backup in the IBM backup, but I have not formatted it yet in case some
untold eventuality should happen. I have not yet had a chance to check
out the Dell system closely either. I am a bit tired. I will have
some Land o Lakes Monterey jack cheese with Carr’s crackers and ice tea.
I will then go to bed directly. CIO
Note: <888> 12/12/02 Thursday 11:00
P.M.: I am now going to put the old 15 gigabyte C: drive in my Dell
backup computer. I will take the 8 gigabyte C: drive out of the Dell, and
put it in my IBM Cyrix 233 MHz backup computer and use it as D: drive. I will
then install Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the IBM backup on the D: drive with its boot
manager. I have to save the “boot.ini” file from the Dell C: drive on the
D: or E: drive, so I have it available to boot multiple partitions on the Dell
backup computer. This will have take a bit of time and probably get me
back on a later schedule. CIO
Note: <888> 12/12/02 Thursday 9:55 P.M.:
I cleared out the excess food in my kitchen cabinets, and I put it in bags down
by the food collection box for the needy in the front entrance
downstairs. There are about eight bags of various food items, I do not
need. I am now going to have two clementines and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 12/12/02 Thursday 6:50 P.M.:
I went out after the last message. I went down by the waterfront. I
next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then had my teeth
cleaned. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I
bought two CVS 9 volt alkaline batteries for $4.99 both less a $1.25 bonus
bucks coupon plus .22 tax for $3.96 total. After my walk, I went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I then returned
home. I had the same dinner reheated as last night without the
coffee. I installed the two new 9 volt batteries in the smoke detector in
the living room and the one in the hallway. CIO
Note: <888> 12/12/02 Thursday 10:05
A.M.: I had a call from a friend last evening. I was up at 2 A.M.,
and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 8:30 A.M.. I
just had lunch of two hotdogs with buns with Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup
and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea and coffee. I have a
2 P.M. and a 3 P.M. appointment today at the same location. CIO
Note: <888> 12/11/02 Wednesday 5:55
P.M.: I watched some more television. I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 12/11/02 Wednesday 4:15
P.M.: I watched a bit of television. CIO
Note: <888> 12/11/02 Wednesday 1:35
P.M.: On Internet Explorer, I changed the text size from medium to
larger. I noticed in P.C. magazine this week, John Dvorak’s article www.pcmag.com
that he said www.mozilla.com
web browser has interesting features including enhanced printing and much
larger uniform fonts on web pages. Still, I prefer to have Internet
Explorer on my system since it works well with Windows XP, and not to many
years ago, other web browsers would change key system files. CIO
Note: <888> 12/11/02 Wednesday 1:30 P.M.: I
had supper of two hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and
potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I was told by a
relative that if one has an electronic watch, and one is not using it for
extended periods of time, one can pull out the time set stem, and it quits
working, so one can save the battery life on the watch. CIO
Note: <888> 12/11/02 Wednesday 12:25
P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift Shop. I next went by the waterfront. Next I went to the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper and Time magazine. I
next went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop on Arch Street, and I bought
for $3 a framed print of Commodore Perry’s flagship of the Gulf Fleet the “U.S.
Frigate Cumberland”. I then returned home. I hung the ship print
with my other two ship prints in the bathroom above the wall mirror opposite
the bath tub. CIO
Note: <888> 12/11/02 Wednesday 7:45 A.M.: I
broke my Braun cappuccino espresso machine carafe a week ago, but I had a spare
one with my Krups backup cappuccino espresso machine which I keep in the
bedroom closet plus I have one with my regular Krups. I watched some
morning news. Well, I guess I will clean up shortly, and I will go out
for some day time activity. CIO
Note: <888> 12/11/02 Wednesday 6:05 A.M.:
I did a little bit of regular computer work. I am making up
the same dinner as the last couple of nights. I will finish it off with a
cappuccino. I noticed on television they are selling cheap property in
north Florida better known as the scrub pine lands. I guess all of the
state must have been like that at one time, so the last cheap place for
property on the Atlantic coast is now in north Florida. Still there is a
lot of cheap land north of there until you get into the New York City
suburbs. CIO
Note: <888> 12/11/02 Wednesday 4:45
A.M.: Meanwhile back in Ice Station Zebra, it is beginning to warm up a
bit. It is now 31 degrees Fahrenheit. I watched some
television. I had ten pretzel rods. I slept a bit. I watched
some television. I had a bowl of goldfish crackers. CIO
Note: <888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 11:50 P.M.:
I installed the Win95 updates on the Compaq server. I put the two cards
one a port card and the other some sort of old networking card in the right top
desk drawer in the bedroom. I ran scandisk and disk defragmenter. I
then shut down the system, and I disconnected it. I reconnected my
primary Dell backup computer. CIO
Note: <888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 10:50 P.M.:
I was up at 8 P.M.. I watched Jimmy Carter’s speech on Cspan for the
acceptance of the Nobel Peace Price in Oslo, Norway http://www.nobel.se/peace/
. I believe I was at the Peace Hall for a concert in Oslo, Norway in
February 1983 when I went to a concert there. I fiddled with the Compaq
Proliant 1500 server adjusting some CMOS configuration and SCSI CMOS settings,
but it still would not boot the Red Hat 8.0 installation disk. I finally
discovered that this particular model is not on the Red Hat Hardware
compatibility list. More than likely the two SCSI controllers for the two
SCSI drives are causing the problem. Thus the computer will not run it. It is
still a most excellent Win95 machine with 6 gigabytes of hard disk space, 114
Megs of memory, and a Pentium 133 processor along with the 3COM LAN card that
hooks it up to my cable modem. Thus I will leave it in place for now running as
it is. I will install the Win95 updates shortly. I will also delete
the Red Hat Linux 8.0 downloads from the drives. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.
CIO
Note: <888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 12:50 P.M.:
I tried removing a couple of unneeded cards from the Compaq server, but I still
have the same problem. I will leave the cards out, since they are not
necessary for Win95. From what I can tell from searching web sites there
is no mention of the problem, but possibly trial and error with some of Linux
boot options might solve the problem. I will now have the cheese and
crackers. I will also shut down the computer. I am tired, and I
will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 11:15 A.M.:
The error messages I am getting are:
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
cramfs: wrong magic
FAT: unable to read boot sector
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=09:02,
iso_blknum=16, block=32
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount roots fs on 9:02
Then the system stops. I found this link for
linux boot options http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/ch-bootopts.html
none of which have helped yet. I also tried removing the 3Com LAN card
and booting, and that did not make a difference. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 10:05 A.M.: I transferred the *.iso files
from the E: drive to the D: drive. I extracted the first *.iso file back to the
E: drive with a free utility. I tried running “autoboot.bat” from the
extracted file, but I was prompted I did not have enough memory. The
system has 114 megs of memory which should be enough. I tried booting the
system with the boot disk, and it still prompted I did not have enough memory.
I tried a number of linux boot parameters including setting the memory to 110
megs, but even when the system started to boot further it would crash as what
looked might a driver crash for the SCSI hard drives. I downloaded a
Linux driver from Compaq, but I can not install it, since one has to be in a
root directory for Linux. Well, I am tired, so I will shut down the
computer, and I will probably go to bed soon. I will have some Carr’s crackers
with Monterey Jack cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 5:35 A.M.: I am done with the Red Hat Linux
8.0 download. I downloaded it fast from the University of Indiana.
Also Georgia Tech was equally fast. The links to these download sites are
at http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html . Of course
it depends on where one is in the world and the time of day. I had three
Clementines and six Danish cookies. I will now install Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the
Compaq server on the D: drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 4:40 A.M.: I sent out an email to a
friend. I am on the third and final *.iso download with 40 minutes to
go. I guess I will go ahead and start the installation of Red Hat Linux
8.0 on the Compaq server, once it is all downloaded. I sifted through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm and I also went
through my email. I had three pretzel rods with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 2:40 A.M.: I had to restart the download of
each *.iso file separately since, my C: hard drive got filled up with large
temporary files. I am now doing one *.iso file at a time which takes
about 45 minutes to an hour for each *.iso file. I can install from the
*.iso files, so I am placing them in the 2 gigabyte E: drive. I have a
boot disk made up to start the installation once I have the three *.iso files
downloaded. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 1:55 A.M.: I started downloading the other
two *.iso files from two other faster sites, so hopefully all three *.iso files
should be downloaded in about an hour. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 1:35 A.M.: After dinner, I took a piece of
extension cord, and I tied it around the Compaq server to hold the mirror
against the open side tightly. The first *.iso file is about 75%
downloaded. I should look for a faster sight, but previously I have not
found one. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/10/02 Tuesday 12:20 A.M.: To keep the open side of the Compaq
server from being exposed towards the windows curtains, I took out the
large “cougar prevention” mirror from in front of the Plexiglas to the left of
the air conditioner, and I put it along the back open side of the Compaq
server. The “cougar prevention” mirrored worked on the premise that it a
wild cat jumped up on the rain roof outside my window, it would see its image
and be frightened away. Thus the backside of the Compaq server is not
exposed to the curtains. While I had the Plexiglas area to the left of
the air conditioner exposed, I put more duct tape along the edges sealing out
any drafts. I then put the two one inch thick sheets of Styrofoam back over the
Plexiglas area and pulled the curtains back over that. Thus it should be
a little less drafty in the apartment. The first *.iso download is about
a third done. I will now have the same dinner as last night reheating the
cooked chicken and rice and having it with steamed fresh broccoli along with
ice tea and instant coffee mixture. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 11:35 P.M.: I figured out a way to install
the Compaq Prolinea 1500 server around the desktop area. I moved the left
window lamp and plants further to the right. I then put the Compaq server
on the far right window ledge behind the backup computer monitor behind the
desk. I put it with the back of the server facing the into the room
adjacent to the Dell backup computer, so it is easy to transfer the cables when
switching between CPUs. I put the white and blue piece of coral on top of
the Compaq server with the round Swedish ball of glass. I moved the scent
light into the bedroom window. I downloaded WinZip onto it for extracting
the Red Hat *.iso files. I am now downloading the Red Hat 8.0 *.iso files
to the D: drive on the Compaq server which will take a bit of time. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 10:55 P.M.: Last Saturday when I got my
Connecticut license plate sticker for the registration for the next two years,
I put it on the rear plate of the Hyundai that evening. I was just
looking at the www.redhat.com
site, and I could download each of three *.iso files to the D: drive on the
Compaq server an extract them to the E: drive. I then could probably
install the bootmanager for Win95 on the C: drive, and install RedHat Linux to
the empty D: drive, and once installed have room for programs on the E:
drive. However, I do not really have room to put the Compaq server around
my three other desktop computers in my work area. I just chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 10:30 P.M.: I was up at 6 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by the Greenwich Library. I returned
a DVD video disk. I read the Greenwich Times, and I read P.C. Magazine. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue. It is
a brisk 18 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. I then went by the Food
Emporium, and I bought two dozen large eggs at .79 a dozen, a 38 ounce box of
Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.79, a quart of AC lemon juice $2.19, a
25 tea bag box of five types of Twining tea for $2.49, a quart of Heinz ketchup
for $2.99 for $15.84 total. I then returned home. I chatted briefly
with a relative, and I call a friend whom was not in. Well, meanwhile
here on the cold front, let’s hope this cold spell does not continue through
out the winter. However, I noticed that Time Magazine this week has a front
page story on arthritis, and it is my viewpoint when it is very cold, it is
also drier, so it is easier on the old arthritis. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 8:30 A.M.: I had 12 Carr’s crackers with
slices of Land O Lakes Monterey Jack cheese along with ice tea. I will
now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 8:05 A.M.: After I installed Win95 on the
Compaq server, it still would not boot up. I figured out the 3Com LAN
card was causing the problem, so I removed it and it booted properly. I
then deleted it in the hardware devices and rebooted. I then shut down
and reinstalled it, and followed the prompts for reinstalling it from
disk. When I finally rebooted the system, it worked fine. I just now
installed Internet Explorer 5.5. I thus have the system back to where I
started last evening. Well, I will disconnect the Compaq Prolinea 1500
server and store it underneath the sideboard in the bedroom. I will
reconnect the Dell backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 6:20 A.M.: Win95 did not boot on the Compaq
server. I did figure out the problem. When I started today, I
enabled the SCSI bios in the SCSI cmos which has caused all the problems.
I disabled this feature, and the hard drives switched around again where the 1
gigabyte removable drive is now the C: drive. I had to run Fdisk again
and reformat the C: drive. I started installing Win95 again, and it is
installing without any problems. Since the C: drive is the 1 gigabytes, I
probably will not have room to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the smaller
drive. I tried booting the computer with the removable drives not
install, but the SCSI system did not recognize the 4 gigabyte drive.
Well, it is a lot of work for a minor error to end up back where I
started. I guess once I have the system and Internet Explorer installed
again, I will disconnect it, and put it underneath the sideboard in the
bedroom. I probably could do a minimal install of Red Hat Linux
8.0, but it is not that important to me. Thus I will have a spare big
clunky computer. I put the small dark oak table on the left side of the
desk. I will now put the HP LaserJet IIP printer back on it. I sifted
through my email. Well this is like what it use to be in the old days
before more advanced systems that work well with Windows XP. Well at
least my primary computer, backup computer and second backup computer are
working just fine beside the Compaq server. It is 17 degrees
Fahrenheit right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 4:50 A.M.: On the Compaq server, I had to
reinstall Win95 again. This time I chose not to install the SCSI
controller when it searched for hardware devices, and the program is installing
normally. Well, I will have to wait to see if the system boots
properly. I am watching a bit of morning news. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 3:25 A.M.: I tried installing an IDE
controller in the Compaq server, but the IDE controller was defective, so I can
not use a CD player. I moved the Compaq server away from the left side of
the desk, and I have it sitting on the Delonghi oil filled radiator to the
right of the desk. No I do not have the radiator turned on. I tried
reinstalling Win95 again, and when it failed, I turned off the computer and restarted
Win95 setup, and I selected safe restore installation. When prompted for
what devices to search for, I deselected a number of devices that are not on
the computer, and the system is now in the process of copying the files to the
hard drive. Thus I might have a bootable system soon. I guess
technically I could download each of the three approximate 650 meg. files for
RedHat Linux, and uncompress them to the 2 gigabyte partition on the E: drive
on the first hard drive. I then could try to install it over the C: drive
with out changing the partitioning and using the existing FAT partitions and
use part of the one gigabyte D: drive for the swapper. However, I read
that for some reasoning Red Hat Linux 8.0 does not have disk partitioning. Still
it would not be able to print probably if successful on the install, so maybe I
will leave it as an existing Win95 install with Internet Explorer 5.5
SP1. However, I really do not have the room for the large Compaq server,
since it is about 30 inches by 10 inches by 24 inches weighing about 60
pounds. I guess we can call this “Dumpster Computer Therapy”. It
keeps one in practice on system configuration when one has nothing to do.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 1:25 A.M.: On the Compaq server what probably
changed my SCSI drives configuration is that I ran the SCSI select utility that
comes up at boot up. I changed its settings for all the selections to
default. Anyway during dinner, I ran Scandisk on the C: drive and it is
all right. I just ran the Compaq configuration utility again, and it ran
successfully. I am formatting the C: drive. I will then try to
install Win95 again. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/09/02 Monday 12:20 A.M.: Red Hat Linux 8.0 will not fit on
the Compaq server. Also when I reconfigured the CMOS, although it boots
from the first drive which was the second drive, the system crashes when trying
to install Win95. I will put it out by the dumpster after dinner. I took
two halves of boneless chicken breasts, and I washed and dried them. I put
a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish, and I rubbed the two
chicken breasts in them on both sides. I then put on them about an eighth of a
cup of La Choy low sodium soy sauce, and then seasoned the tops with garlic
powder, ground black pepper, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Old Bay
Seasoning, Italian spices, basil, and oregano. I then spread on the top
sides Texas Best barbeque sauce. I am cooking them in the convection oven
at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I will have one of the chicken
breasts with steamed white rice and steamed broccoli and ice tea. I will
then have a 50% Brazilian instant and 50% Folgers’s decaffeinated instant
coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/08/02 Sunday 11:30 P.M.: On rebooting the Compaq server
with Win95, it did not boot properly, and apparently the disk partitioning had
changed. I ran Fdisk from a Win95 boot disk again, and this time the
first drive is the 4 gigabyte drive with 2 gigabytes as the C: drive and 2
gigabytes as the E: drive, and the removable 2nd hard drive is the
D: drive with 1 gigabyte. I guess this will work when reinstalling
Windows 95. I think the problem was caused by running the CMOS
configuration utility. Still, I think I have it setup now, so the
installation should be straight forward. However, on installing Red Hat
8.0, I can download each of the three *.iso files to the D: drive, and extract
them to the E: drive, however to try install them to the C: drive which is the
same drive as the E: drive, I might run into disk partitioning problems and
lose my extracted download before installing. Possibly the three extracted
*.iso files might fit on the D: drive the second drive. Still, I am not
sure whether it is worth all the bother. Moreover, I do not need a fourth
computer for backup running Windows 95, if I can not get Linux on it.
Thus I might eventually chuck it. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/08/02 Sunday 10:50 P.M.: I had a call from a former
neighbor who needed a ride to check out his boat at 11:30 A.M. this morning.
I explained I was on a night schedule, and he said he would get someone else to
drive him. I was up at 4:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I had to throw out my
old Palm Beach, Florida straw hat since it ripped in several places while on
the brass hat rack in the apartment. I used to keep it in the back window
of the Volvo, so I guess over the years it dried out. I moved the Compaq server
from the bedroom to the left side floor of the living room desk, and I hooked
it up to the backup computer monitor, mouse, keyboard, power cord, and LAN
cable. I chatted with a relative. I reran the Compaq CMOS utility
on the Compaq server, but when I booted Windows 95, it would not boot. I
tried safe boot and deleting devices, but it still would not boot. I guess the
CMOS reconfiguration effected the Windows 95 configuration. I
chatted with a friend. I am now reinstalling Windows 95 on the Compaq
server. If all goes well once Windows 95 runs again. I will
download Red Hat Linux 8.0 from Sweden, and I will install it on the Compaq
server. This will keep me busy this evening. I guess a 2 gigabyte
C: drive will be enough for Red Hat Linux 8.0. Thus I will have a backup
computer with Linux too. I have the HP LaserJet IIP on top of the Compaq
server. I put the small dark oak table that was where the Compaq
server is in the bedroom windows to have out of the way for now. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/08/02 Sunday 7:20 A.M.: I installed Windows 95 on the Compaq
server with networking. It recognized the network card. I installed
Internet Explorer 5.0 SP1, and the system works fine online with the cable
modem, but it does not have a sound card or telephone modem. The C: drive
is the 1 gigabyte drive and with Win95 partitioning, it has a 2 gigabyte D: and
E: drive partitions for the second hard drive. Well, I decided not to
toss it out just yet. I put it underneath the sideboard in the bedroom.
Technically, I could try to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 on it from download, but
with a 1 gigabyte C: drive, I do not think it would be worth it. Well, I
will shut down shortly. I will have some Starbucks Java Toffee ice cream
with ice tea before going to bed in a little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/08/02 Sunday 4:20 A.M.: I can not install a CD player in
the Compaq server since it has no IDE connectors. It is all SCSI. It has
two removable and one fixed SCSI drives. The fixed is 4 gigabyte and the
removable are 1 gigabytes. One of the removable does not work. I booted
my Windows ME emergency disk on it, and I ran Fdisk and I deleted the Linux
partitions, and I installed DOS FAT32 partitions, and I formatted both of the
working drives. I guess I will now install Windows 95 from floppy on
it. I have a feeling, I am going to toss it out once I get it running,
since it takes too much room. Perhaps somebody else will want to tinker
with it. I had a bowl of pretzels and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/08/02 Sunday 2:55 A.M.: On the Compaq Proliant 1500, I
over rode the case switch, so the server turns on with the regular switch with
the front case top removed. I downloaded and ran the Compaq setup utilities
which are on four disks. The server boots into Caldera Linux 2.4, but it
end at logon and password. I am now restarting it to see if it will accept
“root”. I think there is a CD player cable and room to install one, but
first I would have to take the CD out of my other backup. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/08/02 Sunday 12:50 A.M.: I finished the C: drive to D:
drive backup. I did it in 5 parts, since the Windows XP Professional
backup program limits backup file size to 4 gigabytes. For the first
backup, I backed up the C: directory without the Documents, Favorites,
Program Files, Windows, Upload, System State, 000000009, xpprog. In the
fifth backup, I included the Documents, Favorites, System State, Upload,
xpprog, 000000009. On the second backup I backed up the C:\Windows directory.
On the third backup, I backed up the C:\Program Files without the Microsoft programs.
On the fourth backup, I backed up the C:\Program Files with the Microsoft
programs. I went out while doing the backup, and I stopped by the Food
Emporium, and I bought two 20 ounce Stouffer’s lasagna for $2.75 each, two
Stouffer’s Home-style pot roast dinners for $2.15 each, boneless breast of
chicken at $1.99 a pound for $3.50, a box of clementines for $3.99, and Texas
Best mesquite barbeque sauce for $2.89 for $20.18 total. I then walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I kept the heat off in my car, so it would not
defrost the groceries. I then went by the lower level train station
parking garage dumpster. I found an old server that I brought home.
I then drove down by the waterfront. I next returned home. I
brought up my groceries, and I started the third section of the backup. I
went out with a grocery shopping cart, and I moved the old Compaq 3124 server
into the apartment. It must weight about 60 pounds. I did not get
the side panel and front panel for the Compaq server, so I have to use a screw
driver to override the removed panel shut off switch. However, it does boot and
it has six memory strips with about 100 megs of memory, and it is a socket 5
Intel Pentium probably 133 mhz. I went back out while doing the last
backup, and I checked the dumpster area for the missing panel parts, but they
were not available. I then drove down by the waterfront. I just now
returned home. I will override the power shutoff, and I will see if the
Compaq server boots properly. Besides a hard drive, it looks like it has a
couple of RAID or SCSI drives. If bootable I might be able to install
temporarily a CD drive and install Windows ME which would probably be a more
advanced system that might recognize the other accessories. Well, it
basically is a piece of junk. It is just something to do, since I have a
bit of idle time on my hands. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/07/02 Saturday 7:50 P.M.: I finished the house cleaning
and watering the plants. I will now start a C: drive to D: drive
backup. I will also have a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream and
ice tea. I will clean up and go out while the backup runs.
CIO
Note:
<888> 12/07/02 Saturday 5:50 P.M.: I fell back asleep after the
last message. I slept all day until 4:30 P.M. when a relative
called. I just had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I received my new automobile
registration for the next two years. I will put the sticker on the rear
license plate of the Hyundai when it is a bit warmer. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/07/02 Saturday 1:40 A.M.: I had eight pretzel rods and
eight Danish cookies after dinner. I just now finished resting. I
just had a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 12/06/02 Friday 9:00 P.M.: I was up at 4:30 P.M. today.
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the Greenwich Times and P.C. World magazine. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought a 48 ounce container of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $3.99, a 10
ounce bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce for $2.29, a ten pack of
S&S dried milk $5.49, a five pound bag of S&S sugar $2.39, a 12.5 ounce
bag of Wise potato chips $1.99 for $16.15 total. I just now returned
home. I will now season a double thick center cut pork chop on both sides
by rubbing it in olive oil and seasoning it with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic
powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian spices, oregano, and basil,
and Texas Best Barbeque sauce, and I will cook it in the convection oven at 350
degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. I will have it with steamed white rice
with mushroom gravy and steamed fresh broccoli florets and ice tea and a
cappuccino. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 12/06/02:
Note: <888> 12/06/02 Friday 5:45 A.M.: I
will now send out Scott’s weekly notes. I will then shut down the
computer. I will relax a bit and then head off to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 12/06/02 Friday 5:25 A.M.:
After my meal, I put together one more Christmas card that I will mail later on
today. I will now have a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream and some more
ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 12/06/02 Friday 5:05 A.M.: I
went out, and I mailed the Christmas cards at the Valley Road post
office. I then drove downtown. I next drove down by the
waterfront. The downtown area is pretty well cleared, and the plowmen are
still working at it. I just now returned home. I am just about
ready to have a can of Progresso New England clam chowder with ice tea.
CIO
Note: <888> 12/06/02 Friday 3:45 A.M.: I
wrote a Christmas Letter, and it is posted at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/xmas2002.htm . I also put
together the letter in 21 Christmas cards that I will send out to family and
friends. I will go out shortly to mail the cards at the Valley Road post
office. Then I will go for a short drive. CIO
Note: <888> 12/06/02 Friday 12:40 A.M.:
Dinner was delicious. I tweaked my notes page, so I only have this
month’s notes on it. CIO
Note: <888> 12/05/02 Thursday 10:45
P.M.: We had five to seven inches of snow. I was up at 4 P.M., and
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements and coffee. I went back to sleep until 7:30 P.M. when the
snow quit. A friend called, and we chatted. I cleaned off my car,
and I went out without cleaning up. They Hyundai with the Michelin all season
radial tires runs quite well in the snow. I drove mostly in second and
third gear at slower speeds. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue wearing my Italian Alpine snow boots and long rainforest down coat,
Polar Bear hat with scarf and gloves and long underwear bottoms besides my
casual clothes. I used my snow brush to clean off the snow off the
benches in the center of town in case any one wants to sit comfortably and view
the winter wonderland. There were quite a few plows and snow shovelers
out. Starbucks was closed. It looks like the Food Emporium might be open.
The board of education parking lot is plowed, but I would say there is still
quite a bit of snow on the roads despite the downtown area being relatively
cleared. I drove down by the waterfront. I just now returned
home. I tried calling two people. I will now season a double thick
center cut pork chop on both sides by rubbing it in olive oil and seasoning it
with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper,
Italian spices, oregano, and basil, and Texas Best Barbeque sauce, and I will
cook it in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes.
I will have it with steamed white rice with mushroom gravy and steamed fresh
broccoli florets and ice tea and a cappuccino. I guess it is up all night
with Michael. My 3 P.M. appointment was cancelled today. CIO
Note: <888> 12/05/02 Thursday 4:00 A.M.:
I put away the ice tea in the refrigerator. I had eight pretzel rods and
four Danish cookies and ice tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I
will go to bed. Well keep a close eye on the snow developing.
CIO
Note: <888> 12/05/02 Thursday 2:25 A.M.:
I installed updates on the primary computer. I am in the process of
updating the backup computer. CIO
Note: <888> 12/05/02 Thursday 1:35 A.M.: On a
more local homey note, I was just outside and that mother of all skunks about
the size of a raccoon and mostly white was lingering behind my Hyundai.
CIO
Note: <888> 12/05/02 Thursday 1:35 A.M.:
Howard Johnson’s in Riverside, Connecticut part of Greenwich, Connecticut has a
free 800 reservations number 1-800-446-4656, and they told me earlier this month,
they keep a number of rooms available for the $69 plus tax discount rate which
regularly would be $89 plus tax about $102. I am making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO
Note: <888> 12/05/02 Thursday 12:55 A.M.: As
far as I can tell, the forecast is for it to start snowing all day today
Thursday and for us here in Greenwich to have six to seven inches of snow, so I
hope you all are prepared. I feel sorry for any stranded travelers whom
might come off the Interstate 95 and try to seek refuge at the Delamar five
star hotel on Steamboat Road only to find out it is $335 to $1,500 a
night. Who knows maybe I could make a little extra Christmas money trying
to provide shelter to snow bound visitors, but I generally enjoy my privacy,
and I do not think the local Housing Authority would allow me to take in paying
guests at my apartment, but I am allowed to have visitors for three to four
days. My apartment is sort of like one of those suites at the Ritz
Carlton in Manhattan that people maintain for personal pied de terres while in
the city. For the frugal traveler if one books Howard Johnson through www.expedia.com on the internet one can occasionally get $69 a night rooms plus
tax. I suppose the Greenwich American Red Cross will have to make some
sort of provision for stranded travelers should the storm turn out to be worse
than expected. Perhaps they could set up a Red Cross relief station in the warm
Greenwich train station with plenty of inside parking nearby and proximity to
I-95. Let’s hope it does not come to that, but the Greenwich Hospital and
the Greenwich Library and Greenwich Capital, Pickwick Plaza, and St. Mary’s
also have sheltered parking. I guess today might end up being a snow day
for schools and the business community. More than likely my 3 P.M. appointment
will be cancelled. While downtown this evening, I found a smaller blue
knit cap that just barely fits on my head, but I will keep it handy for anyone
with a smaller head. CIO
Note: <888> 12/05/02 Thursday 12:30
A.M.: Yesterday while I was watching the heroic rescue of the seagull, I
noticed another vigilant watcher. There was a large grey, blue, or brown
heron by the day sailing pier observing the sea gull’s dilemma. This to
me was an unusual water bird to be seen in this weather around here this time
of year. Perhaps the impending snow storm and snow storm activity down
south caused it to venture into our colder waters. Also since the new
Benrus watch is water resistant to 100 feet below sea level and has a plastic
band, more than likely it would be ideal to wear whenever I have the chance to
pursue damper waterfront activity. However, I have no plans to go that
deep in the water anytime soon in the near future. CIO
Note: <888> 12/05/02 Thursday 12:25
A.M.: I had a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream and ice tea.
CIO
Note: <888> 12/04/02 Wednesday 11:55
P.M.: I went out after my cappuccino. I stopped by the Stop and
Shop, and I bought broccoli crowns at .79 a pound for $1.45, and three packages
of S&S margarine for $2 all and a famous maker Benrus florescent dial date
and 100 foot water resistant with plastic band and brushed chrome face sweep
hand watch regularly $150 for $19.99 plus $1.20 tax for $24.64 total. I
took out two $20 bills separately from the EDS ATM machine at the Stop and Shop
which cost me $1.25 each transaction for $2.50 transaction fees. I then
walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I next drove down by the waterfront.
I just now returned home. I will adjust the time and date on the Benrus watch,
and I will put it with my other purchases to be wrapped for Christmas. I
have noticed on my tours downtown for the last month that someone is leaving
empty small 2 ounce bottles of Bacardi rum by the veterans bench downtown that
they buy in little ten packs at some convenient liquor store like Quinns or
Vals. Anyway, since the rum ration was traditional amongst British sailors in
the British Navy, I do not object as long as the individual is not
driving. However, being part frugal Scotsman, I have a more frugal
solution that they should save their 10 little empty bottles instead of
discarding them in the Board of Education parking lot, and for about $18.75
they can buy a 1.75 liter about 50 ounces bottle of Bacardi, and then they
could use a little miniature perfume funnel with the tip cut off to be wider
which you can buy at some food stores of gourmet food stores, and the
individual could save money by refilling the small Bacardi bottles providing
they had a safe place to store it and would not drink it all if they bought
it. CIO
Note: <888> 12/04/02 Wednesday 9:20 P.M.: I
was up about 3 P.M. today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. The merry elves that live in the
building were busy putting up a Christmas tree display in the entry way and
another in the community room. I cleaned up, and I went out. I drove
by the waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I
bought a 500 count bottle of CVS aspirin for $6.49, Gillette series shaving gel
for sensitive skin for $1.99 with store coupon, and two Oral-B Advantage angle
medium tooth brushes for $4.99 both plus .42 tax for $13.89 total. I next
stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, and I checked out
a DVD video disk. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $4.70 of regular
unleaded at $1.679 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon. I then
returned home. I gave one of the building volunteers an extension cord to
use on the community room Christmas tree. I helped briefly arrange the
community room plants that the Christmas tree displaced. I then came upstairs,
and I had the rest of the Butterball honey cooked turkey breast about two ¼
inch thick slices with steamed white rice and Franco American gravy along with
the rest of the stuffing and steamed fresh broccoli and ice tea. I will
now have a cappuccino. CIO
Note: <888> 12/04/02 Wednesday 3:25 A.M.:
Well, I had four pretzel rods and ice tea. It is a bit nippy out 17
degrees Fahrenheit, and I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the old computer,
and I will go to bed soon. I did a little bit of regular computer
work. I am wearing my new long underwear bottoms all the time now, since
I have extra pairs to wear when one pair gets dirty. I do not wear them
to bed, but I am now wearing them when I go outside for cigarettes at
night. Basically the “Freezing Norwegian Patrol” is sort of like the old
“New Amsterdam Dutch Night Watch” since it is part of regular activity for the
Nordic people during cold weather to keep a watch. For the cold weather
types whom are looking for cold weather travel destinations there are http://www.icehotel-canada.com/ and http://www.scantours.com/ice_hotel.htm . Well, I guess the
Polar Bear club members will be out exercise walking today. CIO
Note: <888> 12/04/02 Wednesday 1:20 A.M.: I
went out, and I drove down by the waterfront. I walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I used the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue. I noticed
they have a thermostat on the wall of the ATM kiosk. However, it seems
when one turns it down to 40 or 50 degrees Fahrenheit a fan comes on which
might be blowing heat, but when one turns it to 80 or 90 nothing seems to
happen. Thus they might have their thermostat install upside down.
I next drove back down by the waterfront. I then returned a DVD video
disk at the Greenwich Library video drop. I next went to the Food Emporium. I
bought a quart of Starbucks Java Toffee ice cream for $2.99, two half gallons
of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 each, two 12 ounce packages
of Frito Lay Rold Gold pretzel sticks $2.19 each, two packages of Oscar Meyer
bun size beef franks $2.49 each, and a package of two double thick center cut
pork chops at $1.99 a pound for $3.94 for $20.29 total. I then returned
home and put away my purchases. CIO
Note: <888> 12/03/02 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: After
dinner, my guest and I watched a DVD video disk. We had some pretzels and
ice tea. My guest just left. I just had a piece of pumpkin pie with
whipped cream and ice tea. Well, it is down to 18 degrees Fahrenheit
which I think is quite cool for this time of year. I took the new gold
ornament off the wreath on the front door, and I put it with the other on the
small two foot tall Christmas tree. Since it is a little bit cool out, I
might go out for a short drive just to check the local terrain. CIO
Note: <888> 12/03/02 Tuesday 6:40 P.M.: I was
up at noon. A friend arrived to visit at 12:30 P.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. My guest and I went out. We went by Smokes
for Less. We went to the Port Chester flea market, and my guest checked
out leather gloves. He did not get any. Leather gloves there
for men are $15 to $30. Across from where I bought the long underwear, a
fellow from India still sells the copper bracelets like I where for arthritis
for $10. We then went to Odd Job, and my guest bought boxes of Christmas
cards. We next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought
a bag of four gold ornaments for $1. My guest went across the street to
the Greenwich Women’s exchange and bought a gift for a relative. We next
drove down by the waterfront to the pier on Steamboat Road. We were
observing the waterfront during the very low tide, and my guest observed a sea
gull stranded in a fishing line on the second large rock out from the pier. It
looked like it was pretty well stuck on the nylon fishing line. We went
to the Greenwich Police Marine dock, but no one was there. We drove over
to the Greenwich Police station, and I told the desk sergeant. I then
used the senior center bathroom which is convenient to use if one is downtown
in the day time. We next drove back down to the pier on Steamboat Road,
and there were two Greenwich Police cruisers were there. They were not
sure how to deal with the situation since it would have been too cold to wade
out into the water and slippery on the rocks along with the 20 degree
Fahrenheit weather. I went over to the marine dock at the Indian Harbor
Yacht club and two staff were there. They came out and checked out the
situation. One police officer and one yacht club staff went out in a
small boat and came out to the rocks by the pier having to paddle in the
shallower water. They snagged the line the sea gull was stuck on with an oar
were eventually able to retrieve the sea gull into the boat. They cut the
line, and they put the sea gull back on the rock out cropping. The sea
gull walked over to the other side, and it hopped into the water and swam
off. Thus one of the last remaining cold weather sea gulls survived near
tragedy thanks to the help of the Greenwich Police department and the Indian
Harbor Yacht club staff. We thanked the police. Then we went to the
Greenwich Library for a DVD video disk. Next we went by the Stop and
Shop, and my guest bought for dinner a pork loin roast at $2.99 a pound for $4.49.
We then returned to my place. I gave my guest a cup of coffee. I
seasoned the pork loin roast with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, ground
black pepper, celery salt, Italian spices, Oregano, Basil, and Texas Best
Barbeque sauce. I am cooking it in the convection oven at 350 degrees
Fahrenheit for 40 minutes, and we will have it with steamed white rice and
steamed fresh broccoli florets and ice tea. I will then have a cappuccino. My
guest put three of the gold ornaments on the Christmas tree and one on the
front door wreath. CIO
Note: <888> 12/03/02 Tuesday 4:30 A.M.: Well,
it seems to be 23 degrees Fahrenheit right now. I had some pretzels and
ice tea. I guess I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. It seems a bit nippy out. It would be nice if I could sneak
cigarettes in the building entry way anti chamber between the two sliding glass
doors since it is heated. Someone put some pink poinsettias there which
might get cold whenever the doors open and close since they tend to be a
tropical plant. Of course the green house next to the United States
Capitol is usually full of poinsettias which make for a tropical environment
this time of year. Until the advent of air conditioning the British
classified Washington D.C. as a tropical posting, so I suppose it is much
colder in jolly old England. I noticed an obscure bit of trivia while
looking at http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp today, and another site
mentioned that Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. The BBC have posted
this link to his interview today on the web http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2512151.stm . I wonder if in
all my pub crawling in Manhattan in the old days around the Greta Garbo home
for wayward British youth, if I ever ran into him exploring Manhattan in his
youth. Well, I suppose we have to keep a stiff upper lip, and not let any
Americans know that occasionally the British come over to explore this side of
the pond. Well Odd Job had three 50 bag tins of British Royal tea for
$7.99 all three for any tea drinkers during this cool weather. Give my
best to any holiday travelers and visitors whom I may miss while on a later
schedule. CIO
Note: <888> 12/03/02 Tuesday 2:55 A.M.: Well
the light snow flurries seem to have stopped. I use to go for drives at
night even when it was cold too. Since my Hyundai gets better gasoline
mileage than the Volvo, it would not be too expensive to drive around at
night. There is a very good heater in the Hyundai too. However,
since not much of anything happens at night in the wee hours of the morning, it
is just as well to save the energy, which equivalent energy would keep the
apartment warmer. I did use to shop in the early morning hours at the old
Grand Union, but the new Stop and Shop closes at 11 P.M.. However, the Food
Emporium is open all night on week days. However, I am towards ending my
day, so I will not be going out. CIO
Note: <888> 12/03/02 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.: I
browsed some web sites. I sifted through my email. I ran Norton
WinDoctor. CIO
Note: <888> 12/03/02 Tuesday 1:30 A.M.: My
primary computer is running just fine. I browsed www.accessmicro.com to see what barebone
systems are going for. Well for those of us up north fortunate enough to
be around the white fluffy stuff that is just beginning to fall, all we have to
worry about is slippery roads and the other drivers. Of course further
north one might worry about bears or even further north about yeti or polar
bears, but the way this winter is developing so far, it seems like it might be
a cooler winter, unless some orange juice salesman shows up with sunshine karma
and warms us freezing snow birds up north. Still once one gets use to
winter, it really is not all that bad, since in my particular case, I tend to
spend a bit more time inside. Since I am inside more, I seem to be a bit
more productive on the computer in the winter. CIO
Note: <888> 12/03/02 Tuesday 12:35 A.M.: I
failed to mention here and in the tropics, there are also big predator
cats. CIO
Note: <888> 12/03/02 Tuesday 12:30 A.M.: For
any of Scott’s notes readers whom are contemplating tropical voyages or
vacations, I was told by a fellow from Australia last summer while I was bird
watching on the pier on Steamboat Road that crocodiles and alligators have the
capability of leaping 20 feet high into the air. Thus if one is pier
watching or hanging on the lower railing of a boat, there is a probability that
one of them big reptiles could snatch one from your perch. My most recent
experience in the tropics of Florida in the 1970s and early 1980s was during
the colder winter months when the gators or crocs might have been more
dormant. Still in those days when I use to cruise the shoreline of
Florida in my old Subaru designed my Howard Hughes during the winter, I would
occasionally have a feeling that crocs and gators were lingering around, but I
guess they were not hungry when I was frequently camping out. Maybe that
is why those wise old timers whom are homeless in Florida prefer to sleep
outside on a bench in public surrounded by concrete as opposed to some more
secluded hideout. Frequently along the shoreline of Florida, they would
fine abandoned cars when someone would go for a night swim when it was hot, and
either the crocs, gators, sharks, or tides subdued the unwary swimmer.
Thus when one goes to the tropics as a vacationer one should stay in the
tourist areas or rely on an experienced guide. I have spent so many years
along the shore lines that I frequently am off my guard when I am around the
waterfront enjoying the natural beauty. Still one frequently has natural instincts
that when occasionally a predator is around, one might instinctively react to
them and get out of harms way. Of course in the tropics there are also
various snakes and insects that can be equally dangerous. CIO
Note: <888> 12/02/02 Monday 11:55 P.M.: I put
away the laundry. I had a piece of the Stop and Shop bakery pumpkin pie
with whipped cream. It is delicious. I am going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . When I was at the
Port Chester flea market, I checked out a small computer kiosk. They sell
a CPU unit for $799, and one can get their rather novel looking ATX case for
about $55. CIO
Note: <888> 12/02/02 Monday 10:30 P.M.: I
started the dry cycle on the two loads of laundry. CIO
Note: <888> 12/02/02 Monday 10:05 P.M.: I had
dinner of two ¼ inch thick slices of boneless turkey breast, stuffing, steamed
white rice all with mushroom gravy, steam fresh broccoli florets, cranberry
gel, and ice tea. I started the laundry. I put clean sheets on the
bed. I put the two pairs of long underwear bottoms that are too small for
me on the second to the bottom shelf in the sweater closet in the hallway. CIO
Note: <888> 12/02/02 Monday 8:35 P.M.: I was
up at 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the central
Greenwich post office, and they had a long line, so I went across the street to
Zyn stationary, and I obtained a Western Union money order for .79 to pay my
Verizon telephone bill. I then mailed the bill and my Maxtor rebate
information at the post office. I then made my 4:15 P.M. appointment.
I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I returned two DVD video disks. I drove over to Smokes for
Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26 total. I
next drove over to the ATM machine at Bank of New York near Home Depot in Port
Chester, New York. I then went to the Port Chester flea market at the
Port Chester shopping center beneath Odd Job. From a Russian vendor, I
bought two pairs 35% polyester and 65% cotton of made in Taiwan Jet’s Idea
men’s ankle length thermal drawer thermal bottom warm-n comfort long underwear
extra large 42” to 44” waist for $5 each plus a three pack of Premium Great
Value made in USA fully cushioned for athletic and casual wear cushion knit in
heel and toe for a perfect fit 10 – 13 85% combed cotton 15% combed nylon socks
for $5 for $15 total. Then from a vendor from India, I bought a change
purse made of black leather with three pockets with four key holders for
$2. From a vendor from Korea, I bought a men’s bi-fold dark brown leather
wallet with lots of card space and divided bill holder brand ILI for $10. Thus
I spent $27 at the Port Chester flea market. I then went to Odd Job, and
I bought two boxes of 18 Christmas tree cards for $3.99 each box plus .54 tax for
$8.52 total. I then returned home. I put $5 on my laundry
card. I plan to do laundry this evening after dinner, but the elevator is
broken, so I will have to carry the two loads up and down the stairs. The
old Maxtor 15 gigabyte C: drive with my previous computer operating system,
programs, and data, I put in the Fire Sentry box by the front door to have for
computer backup. I do not need to use the drive in my other backup
computers. CIO
Note: <888> 12/02/02 Monday 11:25 A.M.: Before
going to bed I ran Norton Disk Doctor and then I started Norton
SpeedDisk. I just woke up when a relative back from a trip called.
I rebooted my machine. CIO
Note: <888> 12/02/02 Monday 4:35 A.M.: I put
the Windows Media 9 player and the Real Player One 2.0 update on the
computer. I also imported the play lists for each audio program. I
am listening to a channel 21 PBS program on folk singing. I will now shut
down the computer. I guess I will be going to bed in a little
while. CIO
Note: <888> 12/02/02 Monday 1:50 A.M.: I had
some pretzels, goldfish crackers, Danish cookies and ice tea. CIO
Note: <888> 12/02/02 Monday 12:25 A.M.: For
your reading pleasure http://etext.virginia.edu/ and http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ and http://etext.virginia.edu/washington/fitzpatrick/ . CIO
Note: <888> 12/01/02 Sunday 11:55 P.M.: After
four hours of charging, I unplugged the Slaymaker jumpstart system. CIO
Note: <888> 12/01/02 Sunday 11:45 P.M.: I
prepared my Maxtor $40 mailin rebate information to mail in. I had to
reinstall the Visioneer Paperport software. It is 27 degrees Fahrenheit
outside, so one can feel a bit of cool air inside my apartment despite the
electric heat. Since the electric heat costs money, I keep it at an
affordable comfort level. The last few nights I have heard an owl in the
woods. My guest suggested it is a great horned owl, but it makes sort of
a screeching sound. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 12/01/02:
Note: <888> 12/01/02 Sunday 10:35 P.M.: My
guest and I chatted. We had the same dinner as last night along with
steamed fresh broccoli and ice tea. My guest left at 8 P.M.. I went
out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at
various locations. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought three half gallons of Florida Natural orange
juice with calcium for $5 all, broccoli crowns at .79 a pound for $1.22, a
dozen large eggs $1.69, Franco American mushroom gravy $1.09, a day old fresh
bakery pumpkin pie half price for $4, buy one get one free of Progresso New
England clam chowder $2.39 both for $15.39 total. I just now returned
home. I had two messages on my answering machine, but it is too late to
call back. I just had a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream. I will
now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note: <888> 12/01/02 Sunday 6:15 P.M.: I
was just looking at this link http://www.tourism.org.fk/ and I stumbled across
this link if one wants to try to visit an area a little bit colder than this
area http://www.quarkexpeditions.com/ . Of course down in
Antarctic it would be summer now for any Penguin club members. CIO
Note: <888> 12/01/02 Sunday 6:10 P.M.: I was
up at noon. I had three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. A friend arrived at 1:30 P.M.. I fell back to
sleep until about 4 P.M.. We went for a drive down by the waterfront. I
just finished cleaning up. I am charging up the Slaymaker Jump start
system which takes about four hours. CIO
Note: <888> 12/01/02 Sunday 5:40 A.M.: I was
not able to send out my weekly email since the email server is down. I
updated Windows XP Professional with all the updates. I basically have
the system back up and running in top shape. I guess I will run the utilities
in the future. I will now shut down the computer and go to bed
soon. I had some pretzels and ice tea this morning. I watched
television while doing the installations. CIO
Note: <888> 12/01/02 Sunday 2:30 A.M.: I
successfully installed Windows XP Professional, and it booted properly
recognizing the backup programs, I had reinstalled on the C: drive. Thus
the Maxtor 20 gigabyte 7200 rpm hard drive is successfully installed and
running fine. I have been doing some minor tweaking, and I had to reinstall
Norton System Works 2002. I also installed the new CPU fan. It was almost two
large to fit in, but I was able to fit it in with a hair’s clearance. The
overall system is running much better since the copy I restored is a copy of
the original installation. I will now send out my weekly notes two days
late. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 10:45 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television. I will then go to
bed. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/31/03:
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 9:30 P.M.: On the Dell backup Red Hat Linux
8.0 partition, I stopped the updates, and I put the case back together. I
strung a bunch of large rubber bands together to hold the case front cover on
tightly. I am now continuing to run the updates on the system. It
all seems to be working fine. However, I do not know that much about
Linux, but the interface seems easy enough to use. Earlier in the
evening, I watched the ABC evening news. I had about a half dozen old
fashioned Dutch pretzels with ice tea. I just had two hotdogs with buns
and Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard and Wise garlic and herbs potato
chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I need to replace the CMOS
battery on my primary computer, since the time is off when I restart it after
shutting down. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 7:55 P.M.: I have successfully installed and
have running Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the D: partition of my Dell Dimension v350
backup computer with the Grub boot manager also booting my Microsoft C:
partition. I have the Microsoft boot drive as HDA and the Red Hat Linux
at HDB and the CDrom player as HDC. Installation proceeded without any
problems. I am now running the updates on it. I also finished the
C: drive to D: drive backup on my IBM Cyrix backup computer. I had to
reburn the third CD disk of the installation from the *.iso file.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 5:45 P.M.: On the Dell Dimension V350 backup
computer, I changed the 8 gigabyte E: drive to the D: drive, and I took
out the 6 gigabyte D: drive. I am now doing a full Red Hat Linux 8.0
install with all the different languages and programs on the disks. I
will see in a while if it boots. I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 4:20 P.M.: I was up at 11:30 A.M.. I had a
telephone call from a friend. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a Filene’s Chaps Ralph Lauren
light wool navy blue blazer size 46 made in Canada with four brass buttons on
the sleeves that fits me just fine with a sweater on for $32.50. I then
made my appointment at the outpatient clinic at the Greenwich Hospital.
The new mole is apparently just a mole. However, I have to go back on
Monday morning to be checked by the surgeon to schedule surgery for my groin
hernia. I will then have a follow up checkup in April after the
surgery. I then drove by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. Their
clothes are half price. I did not find anything I need since I tend to be
a larger size. I gave two of the shop volunteers rides to their
destinations. I returned home. I will try to install Red Hat Linux
on the backup Dell Dimension V350 computer by disconnecting the E: drive which
with the “HDC” setting on booting which is that drive causes a problem.
Maybe that will work. I have deleted the partition on the E: and D:
drives already. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 3:10 A.M.: I tried reinstalling Red Hat Linux
on the Dell Dimension V350, and it still would not boot. Red Hat does not
show it on its compatibility list. However, the error on booting seems to
be caused by the E: drive not being recognized. I tried disabling it in
the CMOS, but it shows up in the disk partition information. I guess I
could disconnect it physically, and then remove it from the disk partition and
then maybe the installation would work. The E: drive is a smaller copy of
the C: drive. I still have one part of the IBM Cyrix C: to D: drive
backup to finish. I had six Old Dutch pretzels and ice tea. I will
now shut down. I will go to bed now. I have a 2 P.M. appointment
today. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 12:40 A.M.: I put the ice tea in the
refrigerator. I am making a backup of the C: drive of the IBM Cyrix
backup computer C: drive to the D: drive. I have copies of the Red Hat
Linux 8 *.iso files on the D: drive of the primary computer. I had to
reburn the second disk to complete the installation. I finished the
installation of Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the Dell backup computer D: drive, but it
would not boot Red Hat Linux although the grub boot manager worked. There
was a problem with partition recognition when it booted. However from the
Grub boot manager both the Microsoft partitions on the C: and the E: drive
booted fine. I am now reinstalling Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the D: drive, and
this time I am installing the default desktop packages in the
installation. Also, I did not set Grub to try to boot the E: drive since
one selects the E: drive from the Windows Boot Manager which one selects from
the Grub boot manager. Hopefully it will work this time. I can
always install other programs for Red Hat Linux 8.0 later.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 10:40 P.M.: I gave up trying to install Red
Hat Linux 8.0 on the IBM Cyrix backup computer. However, it is in the process
of installing just fine on the D: partition of the Dell Dimenison V350 backup
computer which a more robust computer with 256 megs of memory. I set it
to use the GRUB boot manager. Well, I will let you know in a little while
how it is running. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 9:10 P.M.: The reason Red Hat Linux might
not be installing on the IBM Cyrix backup computer is that I have only have 64
megs of memory in it. This page http://www.europe.redhat.com/software/linux/hardware.php3
recommends 128 to 192 megs of memory. I could either increase the memory,
or try installing it on the D: partition on the Dell backup computer, but I
worry about messing up its boot manager. Thus I guess I will hold off
from trying to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 for now. Since I have very good
Microsoft operating systems on all three computers doing so is not really
necessary. However, I might now try installing it on the IBM Cyrix backup
computer in text mode instead of graphical mode. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 8:55 P.M.: After dinner, I chatted with a
relative. I am in the process of making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
using 21 tea bags of nine different varieties. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 7:35 P.M.: I am cooking a box of six
America’s Choice fish filets with 15 America’s Choice frozen onion rings in the
convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes a side. I will
have them with a condiment mixture of a third of a cup of Heinz ketchup and two
tablespoons of Gold’s horseradish mixed together along with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 7:15 P.M.: Last night I had some old Dutch
pretzels and ice tea when I woke up. I was up at 1 P.M. today. I
made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I bought three malachite and white Tree of Life place mats for $1
each for $3 total. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper, and I checked out a
book. I then returned home. I took off the four Audubon place mats off
the dining room table, and I put them on the end of the side table in the
bedroom. I put the three new Tree of Life place mats on the dining room
table. One of my neighbors wants me to reproduce sixty songs from a
Christmas song booklet, which I will do in the future when I have the time to
scan the text with the Xerox Optical Character Recognition software I
have. I will then print out 15 to 20 copies. I had a telephone call
from unknown people on my answering machine. I did “*69” to see what the number
was. I searched www.anywho.com
reverse number lookup to see whom might be calling using the local area code
here since “*69” which costs .75 did not give me an area code. However,
the reverse number lookup did not produce any results. I guess it was a
wrong number, but one of the voices in the background on the phone sounded like
a relative while the other voice was one of those slow southern draw voices
that men have. I could have had “*69” redial the number, but that would
cost me even more money. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 12:50 A.M.: I tried installing Red Hat
Linux 8.0 on the backup IBM Cyrix computer again, but it freezes when it goes
to install at the formatting stage. I was able to install Red Hat Linux
7.3 on the same computer with a bit of difficulty about six months ago.
Well, it did repartition my D: drive, so I no longer have the C: drive backup
on it. Possibly, I might try a more minimal install at some future time.
I will now have the last piece of Canadian fruit cake with a glass of ice
tea. I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed in a little
while. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 9:40 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I sifted through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 7:55 P.M.: I tried installing Red Hat
Linux 7.3 on the backup IBM Cyrix computer, but it would not install no matter
what options I selected. I can not figure it out. I had dinner of a
broiled shell steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed
cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese, steamed white rice, and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 5:55 P.M.: This morning before going to
bed, I had a yogurt. I did not fall asleep until about 5:30 A.M.. I
had a bowl of pretzels and ice tea before going to bed. I put the two
large southwestern style pillows from the long sofa on the day bed, and I put
the more formal pillow from the day bed on the center of the long couch with
the new slip cover with two other traditional pillows at each end. I was
up at 1 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I went out. I mailed an envelope to a relative
at the Valley Road post office. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned and checked
out DVDs, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then went to the Stop and
Shop, and I bought three S&S margarines for $2 all, four half gallons of
Tropicana grove stand for $2 each, and two 18 ounce containers of Quaker Old
Fashioned oatmeal buy one get one free for $2.49 both for $12.49 total. I
then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a 16 ounce bag of Americas Choice
frozen onion rings for $1.79, a dozen large eggs .79, and two boxes of AC 6
fish filets for $2.19 each box, and a jar of Gold’s horseradish for $1.50 for
$8.46 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I
had two Old Fashioned Dutch pretzels with ice tea. I think I will try to
install Red Hat Linux 7.3 on the D: drive of the IBM Cyrix Backup computer
which I have done before, and then I will try to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 over
it, which I could not get to install before. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.: I left the old Clarence House
green and orange floral pattern slip cover on underneath the new slip
cover. Today earlier I also put clean sheets on my bed. I am tired,
so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 1:20 A.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and
French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle
slice and ice tea. I looked at the www.surefit.net web site, and I can not find the
exact item I purchased from Linen ‘N Things, however the package says the
fabric is 100% nylon face 65% polyester and 35% cotton back. The fabric
is like a heavy corduroy in possibly a sage color. It was a “Special
Value” promotion #105627213 970 with a manufacturer’s scan
number of 47293 10839. I noticed instructions that suggested that one
place the slip cover in a dryer on a low setting with a damp cloth for a few
minutes. I took the slip cover off, and I put it in a dryer on the
delicate fiber setting with a damp dish towel for six minutes to enhance the
fabric and remove any wrinkles. I then put the slip cover back on the
sofa, and it looks even better. The item I purchased is similar to this
item in sage http://www.surefit.net/cart/product.cfm?prrfnbr=2671&cgrfnbr=43&merfnbr=1&crow=2
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/28/03 Tuesday 11:10 P.M.: I put away the laundry. I
moved the black comforter from the back of the blue love seat to the end of the
day bed, and I moved the white patterned comforter to the back of the blue love
seat. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/28/03 Tuesday 9:55 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. today. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements and
coffee. I went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went down to the central Greenwich Post office, and I
obtained a money order at a cost of .90 for $25 to send to Net2Phone to charge
up my account. I sent the money order to Net2Phone. I then
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I went by CVS, and I bought
a tube of Right Guard gel for $1.50 and two boxes of Old Dutch pretzels for
$1.39 both plus .09 tax for $2.89 total. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went to the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then went by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went
over to the Port Chester, New York shopping center. I toured Kohl’s
looking at sofa slip covers which were $150. They did have comforters in the
downstairs clearance section for 70% off. I then went to Linens ‘N
Things, and they carry www.surefit.com slip covers. They had
about a half dozen sofa slip covers normally $150 on sale for $69.99. I
decided to buy the Surefit heavy corduroy sofa cover in a greenish closer to an
olive drab gold. I first had to go to the Maselli super deli which had an
ATM machine that cost $1.50 to use. I bought the Surefit sofa cover for
$69.99 plus $4.72 tax for $74.71 total. I then returned home. I
took the green petit point fabric and a piece of blanket cloth off the long
sofa, and I put the Surefit sofa cover on it. The Surefit sofa cover fits
sofas up to 96 inches length which was the sofa length. It fits quite
well, and the sofa looks quite good. I left four of the throw pillows on
it that match. I also left the sofa a foot out from the wall, so the heat
from the electric radiators circulates better around the apartment. I
took the same petit point green fabric off the Queen Anne chair, and I left it
with its original cover and the New Zeeland sheep skin. I put the fabric
I took off the sofa, and I put it in the Surefit package, and I stored it on
the top bedroom closet shelf with the blanket cloth also. I put the light
comforter I had along the back of the sofa at the end of the day bed. I put the
two blue pillows from the long sofa on the bedroom bed. It all looks a
lot better. The long sofa was obtained by may parents when they were
first married in 1946, and it is a formal heavy horse hair sofa with steel
reinforcement, and it is like a family heirloom. It is quite comfortable
and looks quite a bit less lumpy with the new slip cover. I chatted with
a relative. I chatted with a friend. I started two loads of
laundry, and I am on the dry cycle using three dryers. I am watching President
Bush’s State of the Union Message. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 11:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed directly. It is 6 degree Fahrenheit, so
stay warm. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 10:40 P.M.: I had the second to last piece of
Canadian fruit cake with the rest of the cool whip and a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 9:50 P.M.: I put the yellow piece of French
cloth back over my French Antique reproduction chair in the apartment
entrance. I found this web site if anyone needs slip covers www.surefit.com
. I put the blue electric blanket back on my bed in the bedroom with a
blue summer blanket and comforter. I did not attach the electric blanket
controls since one of the two controls shorted out which is why I removed it,
and I could put one on my side, but since one shorted out, I figured one should
not risk using the other control. I have thought about getting rid of the
day bed to make the apartment seem more spacious, but it is a very comfortable
bed for naps and guests. I checked the thermostat in the bedroom, and the
bedroom temperature with the thermostat set at 60 degrees Fahrenheit is about
67 from the living room fan blowing the warmer air from the living room into
the bedroom and bath and hall area. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 8:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 8:25 P.M.: I chatted with my guest. My
guest just departed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 6:50 P.M.: My guest arrived after the last
message. I cleaned up and we went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I cashed my Maxtor $40 rebate check.
We then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a 15 inch
brass marlin for $3. Next we went by the Greenwich Hospital, and I made
an appointment to have my new mole checked out on Friday afternoon. My
guest had some soup at the hospital cafeteria. We viewed the model in the
lobby of the new Watson pavilion they will be building soon. We next
drove down by the waterfront. We then went to the Greenwich Library, and
I read the Wall Street Journal and returned a book. I left my guest
there, and I made my 4:15 P.M. appointment. Next I went back to the
library, and I picked up my guest, and we drove over to Smokes For Less in
Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26 total.
We then returned back to my apartment. I took down the Coca Cola tray from
above the kitchen entrance, and I put the brass marlin above the kitchen
entrance. I put the Coca Cola tray with the other trays to the right of
the refrigerator. I then rehung the iodine thermometer on the bedroom
wall. I put the Venice picture above the bathroom door on the left side
wall of the hallway entrance with the Williamsburg picture. I turned on
both oil filled radiators to take off the coldness in the apartment. It
is 9 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. I am cooking up a batch of
Ronzoni spinach fettuccini which I will have it mixed with heated Bertolli
garlic alfredo sauce flavored with ground black pepper, garlic powder, celery
salt, Italian spices, oregano, basil and all mixed with a half cup of grated
parmesan cheese along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 12:20 P.M.: I ran Norton Speed Disk on the C:
drive while I was asleep. I had a call from a friend about 9 A.M. who
just arrived to visit. I also had a call from a relative. I was up
at 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I received my Maxtor hard drive
$40 rebate on the Maxtor hard drive that I bought during the first week of
December 2002. I just cleared the ice off my Hyundai. I have a 4
P.M. appointment today. It is 14 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 11:40 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed in a brief spell. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 11:30 P.M.: I went to www.download.com
, and I selected “Most Popular”, and I downloaded AD-Aware, and I installed and
ran it on the primary and all partitions on the backup computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 9:05 P.M.: I played five games of
solitaire on the computer. I lost all five games. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 8:00 P.M.: I watched the NBC evening
news. I had dinner of a broiled shell steak with bone in with Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed fresh broccoli crowns with fresh
cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese and reheated white rice with ice
tea. With my vegetables I usually have margarine also. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 6:05 P.M.: I sifted through my
email. If anyone should be so drawn to be watching the Superbowl in San
Diego, California, they might check out this diversion http://www.sandiegozoo.org/
and see the Brazilian Jaguar there http://www.sandiegozoo.org/virtualzoo/phototrek/jaguar.html
, of course the picture of the Brazilian Jaguar in National Geographic about
four years ago was better because it showed it has teeth like a Saber Tooth
tiger. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 5:05 P.M.: I went out, and I drove down
by the waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and Audubon magazine. I
then returned home. I had eight Carr’s crackers with Dutch gouda cheese
and a few potato chips and ice tea. I chatted with a relative. I
have several moles on my back that I have had for a long time. Today, I
in the center top middle of my back, I just noticed a half inch in diameter
black mole with a scab type feeling which I do not think was there
before. I will have to see the dermatologist to check it out some time in
the near future. One of my neighbors threw out a 15 inch computer monitor
which is by the dumpster getting snowed on. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 1:15 P.M.: I rested a bit. I will
now clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 11:20 A.M.: I was up at 9:30
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. Tomorrow is suppose to be colder again with
highs around 15 degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 11:15 P.M.: Local Scottish information http://www.nycaledonian.org/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 11:00 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 10:40 P.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work. I tried to improve http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/resumee.htm
. I had a piece of Canadian fruit cake with cool whip and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 7:55 P.M.: I had a Boston Market home-style
beef sirloin and noodles dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 7:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove over to Old Greenwich to
the Mobil Express Car wash, and I got my Hyundai washed for $5. Their
machines dry the car, but I also towel dry the car to make sure it is extra dry
and polished. I also emptied off the front floor mats and dusted the dash
board. I then drove over to the southwest area at Tod’s Point, and I
enjoyed the sunset in the west. I next went to Staples, and I bought a
three pack of Staples Clamp binders for $5.99 plus .36 tax for $6.35. I
then drove downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I next drove
down by the waterfront. I then went by Exxon, and I filled up the
gasoline tank with regular unleaded at $1.749 a gallon for $4 total at about 27
miles per gallon. I next went to Val’s liquor store in the Stop and Shop
shopping center, and I bought a 10 ounce bottle of Angostora bitters for $8.79
plus .56 tax for $9.35 total. I then returned home. I am having a
glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 2:50 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and watering the
plants. I just had two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and
Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I
then had a 50% Folgers’ instant coffee and 50% Folgers’ decaffeinated
coffee. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/24/03 Friday 10:50 P.M.: Well tomorrow is Robert Burns
birthday http://www.almanac.com/redletter/redletter.0103/rl25.html
not to be mistaken with Burns Security. I suppose if one were up in
Scotland one could enjoy http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/006.htm a
good stiff Scotch whisky to take the chill away. Of course up in
Scotland, they walk quite a bit, so they do not have to be bothered with
Drinking and Driving. I suppose Scotch whisky is one of those items
native to Scotland that help the local residents there endure the harsher
climate of the North Sea. Well, I guess it is time for me to shut down
the old computer, and I will go to bed soon. I keep my bedroom thermostat
at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, but I have a heavy comforter that keeps me warm through
the cold night. Cheerio from the far side of Greenwich,
Connecticut. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/24/03 Friday 10:20 P.M.: I went out after dinner, and I
stopped by the Greenwich Library. I looked at the 2003 Old Farmer’s
Almanac www.almanac.com
. They predict that in the second week of February 2003 New England will
have a blizzard and New York will have snow, so we have been forewarned.
They also predict that February and March 2003 will be colder than usual and
colder than January 2003 with more snow. The good news is they predict
the summer in this area will be cooler. There is also an article on the
volcano eruption in Dutch Indonesia islands in the 16th century http://www.almanac.com/tour.2003/blasts.ca.html
. I noticed www.accuweather.com was one of their advertisers. I
then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train
station area. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and
I bought two Djeep hot body florescent orange lighters for $1.99 apiece plus
.24 tax for $4.22 total. I also stopped by the ATM machine at the Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue. Their thermostat in the lobby
still seems to be messed up, since when one turns it to 40 it seems to activate
and nothing happens at 90 they have it set at. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then returned home. I put $20 on my MacGray laundry
card. I will now have a piece of Canadian fruit cake with cool whip and a
glass of ice tea. It is 19 degrees Fahrenheit right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/24/03 Friday 6:50 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital thrift shop. I then walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went to the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C.
World magazine and the Greenwich Times. I then went by the Food Emporium,
and I bought two shell steaks with bone in for $3.99 a pound for $3.23 and
$3.35, head of cauliflower for $1.99 and dozen extra eggs for $1.79 for $10.36
total. I then returned home. I had the same dinner as last night of
broiled steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed fresh broccoli
crowns with steamed fresh cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese, steamed
white rice, and ice tea. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/24/03:
Note:
<888> 01/24/03 Friday 1:05 P.M.: I had a call from a relative last
night at 10 P.M.. I was up at 11 A.M. today. I received in the mail
a Holiday greetings letter from the White House from President Bush and Laura
Bush. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements,
and coffee. I tried using my DeLonghi oil filled radiators in the living
room, but the power strip they were plugged into tripped. I reset the
power strip interrupt button. I put the DeLonghi oil filled radiator
nearest to the computer on a different power strip plugged into the air
conditioning power cord. I unplugged the air conditioner. Now each
of the two DeLonghi radiators is on a separate circuit breaker. I tested
them and I turned the apartment thermostat up to 76 degrees F. from 74 degrees
F., and it took the chill out of the air. I just turned them off, and I
returned the thermostat to 74 degrees F., but the apartment warmed up, and is
more comfortable. However, this procedure uses a considerable amount of
electricity, so I do not do it that often. I am also recharging the
Slaymaker Jump Start system which was down. It takes up to 12
hours. The instructions say I can leave it plugged in charging all the
time, and it will automatically cut off charging when charged. Thus I
will leave it plugged in charging to keep it fully charged. I will now
send out my weekly notes. I will then clean up, and I will go out for
some daytime activity. Remember to stay warm. Locally here it is 20
degrees Fahrenheit right now. CIO
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<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 9:15 P.M.: I watched some television.
I chatted with a friend. I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I
will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 8:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 7:20 P.M.: This web page says the lowest
temperature recorded in Key West, Florida was 41 degrees Fahrenheit in 1981, I
assume during the winter,
http://www.uniquetravelstories.com/key-west/key-west1.htm
, however http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Key+West%2C+Florida
warns that they might have record low temperatures during tonight or the next
night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 7:05 P.M.: I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
They sold the prints of the Breakers. I then drove downtown, and I walked
the lower Greenwich Avenue and train station area. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read Time
magazine. I checked out a DVD video disk. I then returned
home. I had a broiled shell steak with bone in for dinner with Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, and steamed fresh broccoli
with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 1:40 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I rested for a couple of hours. I had some goldfish crackers
and a slice of Canadian fruit cake with cool whip and a glass of ice tea.
I will now clean up, and I will go out for my 3 P.M. appointment.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 9:55 A.M.: It is 9 degrees Fahrenheit right
now. I was up at 8 A.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled
eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. It is a bit
cold out, so I will stay inside. I have a 3 P.M. appointment this
afternoon. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 7:25 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 6:45 P.M.: I read some computer
news. I had a piece of Canadian fruit cake with cool whip and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 6:15 P.M.: I went back out after the last
message. I drove down by the waterfront. I then walked the lower
Greenwich Avenue and train station area. I next went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. They have two nice prints there of the
Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island for $7.50 apiece, but I guess this time of
year Newport, Rhode Island is out of season. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read this week’s Economist magazine which had an article on
volcanoes. I then read a very interesting article in the February 2003
Discover magazine also on volcanoes. I then went back down by the
waterfront. I next went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a shell steak
with bone in for $3.99 a pound for $3.35 for $3.35 total. I then returned
home. I am having a glass of ice tea. It is 14 degrees Fahrenheit
right now. Supposedly this cold weather here and the other unusual
weather worldwide is being caused by El Nino again. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 1:35 P.M.: For lunch, I had a broiled one
inch thick shell steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce. I broil
my steaks in the electric boiler in the General Electric oven for a four
minutes a side on the broiling pan on the upper rack. I also had steamed
fresh broccoli crowns and steamed white rice and ice tea. I am just about
to have a cappuccino. I will then go out to enjoy some more of this
vigorous fresh air. Maybe all those young people with extra body weight
whom might not feel the cold as much should try to stay more vigilant.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 12:15 P.M.: I went to bed after the last
message last night after chatting with a friend. I talked to another
relative about 10 P.M.. I was up at 7 A.M. this morning. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out about 9 A.M.. I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. It is 16 degrees
Fahrenheit right now at noon. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two packages
of Hanes crew neck top long underwear tops extra large for $4.99 each for $9.98
total. After my walk, I walked over to the Merry Go Round Mews thrift
shop, and I toured the shop. They have a nice computer chair there for
$125. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local newspaper. I then went by Exxon, and I
bought $6.30 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon for about 20 miles
per gallon. I guess in the colder weather, I am not getting better gas
mileage. I think if one wants to travel up into the North Country into
colder areas of Canada, Canada Air out at Westchester County airport sells one
of the best private cold weather jets. I returned home, and I put on one
of the Hanes long underwear shirts which I am wearing with my Stewart dress
quilted plaid shirt. I was warm enough during my walk since I bundled up,
and I wore two pairs of long underwear bottoms along with the other winter
clothing. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 7:40 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will relax and watch some television
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 7:10 P.M.: I am cooking the same fish and
chips dinner as last night except for the sauce I am having a mixture of about
a half cup all together of 50% Heinz ketchup with 50% Texas Best Mesquite
barbeque sauce with a few dashes of McIlhenney Tabasco sauce for the fish and
chips sauce along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 6:50 P.M.: I am watching CSPAN 2 on channel
66, and the United States Senate just passed the Reed Amendment to provide $2
billion of low income energy assistance by a vote of 88 to 4. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 5:05 P.M.: Before taking my nap, I had seven
Carr’s crackers with Holland Dutch gouda cheese slices. I took my
nap. I woke up half way through my nap, and I had about 10 Carr’s
crackers. I also watched a bit of television while taking my nap.
It is still a bit chilly out at 19 degrees Fahrenheit. I suppose the
world has gotten colder. I suppose this weather will be with us for a
while. I am not sure why it is so cold, but I remember times in the past
when it was this colder or colder, but not for this extended period of
time. I suppose this does not give much credence to the Global Warming theories
we have heard tossed about recently. I remember in the past about hearing
about the harbor in Nantucket freezing solid, and the residents of the island
being stranded without fuel and other necessities. I suppose during this
cold spell the residents of Nantucket could be experiencing a similar
experience again. Well at least we have everything we need here if one
can afford it. Since I am anticipating a colder winter as witnessed
already, I am trying to conserve my reserves and funds to make it through the
winter. I have seen lots of young people out walking around as if the
cold does not bother them, and they do not seem to be that warmly dressed, so
maybe younger people do not notice the cold as much. Well from what I can
tell, we have to get use to it. I suppose since at the moment we seem to
have enough energy in the area if one can afford it, people are not worrying
about conserving energy. Anyway I have enough body fat to stay a bit
warmer in this colder weather. I am not sure whether I am going to
venture out today or not since it seems so cold out, I prefer to stay inside
more. However, sooner or later I will get cabin fever, and I guess I will
have to venture out into this colder weather. If I do go out I am not
sure whether I will be going for a walk or not. One could always check on
friends to make sure they are all right in this colder weather. Well, I
am not sure what to do next, but a hot shower would feel pretty good about
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and
Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard and potato chips and a dill pickle
slice and ice tea. I think I will now take a nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 12:55 P.M.: I called Optimum Online
technical support. They suggested that I turned off the cable modem and
the router. I turned on the cable modem separately and then the router,
and the system came back online. I guess one needs to turn each on
separately to reset the system. I will leave the Speedguide XP tweak
installed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 11:55 A.M.: Summary of events leading to
online cable modem connection not working. I looked at some news. I
followed the link to http://www.kevinmitnick.com/ from there to http://www.2600.com/
. I then downloaded from www.speedguide.net the XP tweak, and I installed
it. I backed up my registry before installing the tweak. When I
rebooted, the system would not go online. I tried restoring the registry
from the backup, but the system would not permit it. I started the Dell
backup computer, and it would not go online either. I was going to
download the XP Tweak restore patch from www.speedguide.net . Thus there is
something wrong with my online cable modem connection. Possibly I could
try installing the cable modem install disk to see if that works reregistering
the cable modem again. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 10:35 A.M.: I had a 6 ounce container of
homemade yogurt and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 10:10 A.M.: Well, it is 15 degrees
Fahrenheit this morning. I suppose the colder weather we have been
experiencing recently is more the normal weather for this time of year.
We had some warmer winters recently, but not this winter. Anyway, I am
spending more time inside where it is warmer. However, when I go out I
see plenty of people enjoying the colder weather. Once one gets use to
the colder weather and learns to bundle up more warmly, one can pursue one’s
normal routines. I personally do not waste money sitting in Starbucks
inside where it is warm to watch the world go by through their front window,
since I have plenty of coffee which is cheaper at home. I have noticed
the inner part of the Greenwich Harbor is freezing a bit. On Sunday at
the Indian Harbor Yacht club, a local group of sailors were practicing their
ice sailing. It is free this time of year to go out to Tod’s Point, and
on days when it is not to windy, it can be a brisk walk. I have two
DeLonghi electric oil filled radiators in my apartment living room, but I do
not use them, since the electricity they use tends to be more expensive than
the wall electric radiators. Basically on a limited income the only
refuge from the cold besides home is the Greenwich Library. However, I am
warm enough and comfortable enough at home. Since I smoke about 15 to 20
cigarettes outside a day, I have to go outside that many times through out the
day to sneak a smoke. Maybe, it has always been this cold here, but I
never noticed it since I used to smoke tobacco inside. In the days when I
lived in Manhattan last in the early 1980s, on even colder days, I used to
enjoy walking through the Central Park children’s zoo, and seeing Scandia the
Polar Bear whom seemed to enjoy this weather. Of course on a cold day,
one can tour one of the many enjoyable museums in Manhattan. If one is
traveling through this area, I believe the rest areas along I-95 offer a bit of
a relief from the cold. I use to go to the Stamford, Connecticut mall,
but I have not been there in about five years. I enjoy the outdoor
ambience of the outdoor Greenwich, Connecticut mall called Greenwich
Avenue. There are also indoor malls at the Galleria in White Plains, New
York and Danbury, Connecticut. However, the nature of a mall, one might
be tempted to spend money. Costco in nearby Port Chester, New York is a
large spacious building, and one could take an exercise walk there. I
live next door to the Dorothy Hammil skating rink, but I am not sure what their
hours are for ice skating for the general public. The only time I have
used the facility in the last 19 years, I have been back in Greenwich is that I
took a Brazilian friend there a couple of times to go ice skating. Of
course if one is in Manhattan, they probably still have ice skating in
Rockefeller Center. Sitting on a bench on Greenwich Avenue watching the
world go by in cold weather gets a little old, so I am enjoying being in my
relatively warm and comfortable apartment here on the far side of town. I
think the Greenwich Train station lobby is also heated for anyone walking
around this area. Besides Starbucks across from the Post Office downtown,
we also have many other coffee shops around town along with a collection of
restaurants and other dining establishments. I suppose one could always
browse the stores downtown, but since so many of the stores are women’s shops, they
do not offer the diversity of items that men enjoy looking at. I suppose
one could always browse Home Depot in Port Chester, New York or if one wanted
to take an extended trip one could always go to Sears in White Plains, New York
or Wal-Mart in Norwalk, Connecticut. Still such ventures would involve
spending money which is something I am trying to avoid doing. I suppose
if at home, one could do some cooking. I generally try not to watch too
much television, but with the same amount of time, I try to do other chores and
activities. I suppose if one has internet access, one could start trading
stocks on the internet, but that might risk money. If one were in a
sporting mood, one could play the horses on the internet. I suppose with
all this computer equipment I have, I could run a secretarial service.
However, I am not too good on dictation, and I am much better at dictating
myself. It is my perspective that when one dictates into a recording
device the content flows more fluidly than when one types it on the word
processor on the computer. I suppose with all the internet terminals at
the library, a large group of people are trying to use the facility as a second
office. Since I live by myself at home, I do not have the problem of other
relatives kicking me or driving me out of the house. If on a cold day,
one does not have anything to do, one can always read a book. I remember
in the period from October 1978 to December 1980 when I use to drive around
America, I would frequently use libraries all over America in my travels.
Thus I dare say we have a number of travelers whom come through our way and
whom use our local library facilities. I always see out of state license
plates at the Greenwich Library. However, just because someone has a Connecticut
plate does not mean they have not traveled a bit since it can take over two
hours to drive from one part to another part of Connecticut. We also get
quite a few travelers off the train in Greenwich, whom could be traveling from
even further points before they got on the train. I suppose people could
also be traveling out of our local airport or bus stations. The Greenwich
Library has a large travel section for reference reading and research. If
one is tired of walking up and down Greenwich Avenue, U.S. 1 through out the
whole state of Connecticut seems to have local bus service. A friend of
mine invited me to go into the Metropolitan Museum this Thursday, but I told
the friend, it would probably be too cold for me. Still the friend plans
to venture into the city. It is important to avoid the winter doldrums by
keeping busy. I suppose yesterday when I was looking for buttons, I could
have gone east on U.S. 1 just east beyond Harvard Street in Stamford, there is
a millinery shop that has everything one would need for sewing projects and
other similar types of activity. Well, right now I am keeping busy by
doing a bit more writing. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 9:00 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I will now do some regular computer work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 8:05 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer. I will relax a bit and
maybe watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 7:20 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
think we could safely say it was “Fish and Chips”. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 6:45 P.M.: I am cooking a package of Americas
Choice 6 fish filets in the convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 12
minutes a side for 24 minutes total along with a third of a bag of Americas
Choice frozen potatoe wedges which I also will flip halfway through, and I will
have them with a third of a cup mixture of Heinz ketchup and horseradish along
with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 6:30 P.M.: I went out, and I drove by the
waterfront. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
briefly. I just now returned home. It is 21 degrees Fahrenheit
outside and with a 25 mile per hour wind the wind-chill is about 4 degrees
Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
, so unless one is bundled up warmly and use to cold weather, one should try to
stay inside where it is warmer. I did notice today at CVS on Greenwich
Avenue, they sell long underwear. Well stay warm. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 5:05 P.M.: I just sewed four buttons on the
quilted lined Stewart dress shirt and I tightened two more buttons on that
shirt. I sewed on two buttons on the red and green plaid flannel shirt,
and I also sewed one button on the burgundy flannel shirt. I also mended
three ¼ inch diameter cigarette burn holes on my long down filled Rainforest
overcoat that are not really noticeable since they are down around the
bottom. I put the new sewing items in the box with my other sewing items
in the left top bureau drawer in the mahogany dresser in the bedroom. The
self threading needles do not work very well since the thread tends to pull
out. I used the regular needles I already had since they permit one to
pull tighter on the thread. I will now go out for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 2:35 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by the Greenwich Library which is closed today, and I
tried to use the video drop to return a DVD disk, but it was overflowing.
I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue sitting out at various
locations. I next drove by the waterfront. I then drove over to Cos
Cob and returned to the Greenwich Hardware store on Greenwich Avenue. I
bought a Singer card item # 00038 of 17 white shirt buttons for $1.29, a
Singer card item # 00056 of 3 needle threaders $1.79, a Singer card item #
00290 of 15 self-threading hand needles assorted $2.99, and a Singer card
item # 00036 of 50 assorted buttons $1.99 plus .48 tax for $8.54 total. I
then drove by the Greenwich Library, and I was able to cram in the DVD video
disk into the video slot. I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought
two shell steaks with bone in at $3.99 a pound for $3.51 and $3.31 for $6.82
total. I then went to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26. I then returned home. For lunch,
I had two hotdogs with buns and Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard and
potato chips and a dill pickle slice with ice tea. I am now having a 50%
Folgers’ instant coffee and 50% Folgers’ instant decaffeinated coffee.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 10:35 A.M.: I will now clean up, and I will
go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 10:10 A.M.: I finished making the ice tea,
and I put it in the refrigerator to chill. I listened to some of the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. Speaking of chilling, it is suppose to go down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit
tonight http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
, so maybe one should put in some hot coco or Nestle’s chocolate if one does
not drink hot coffee or tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 9:40 A.M.: I sorted out the various
periodical literatures that I had received in the last few months, and I threw
out the old periodical literature. I also put my last few months of
receipts in the lower drawer of the two drawer file cabinet on top of the four
drawer file cabinet. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 8:55 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I am in the process of making www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
using 21 tea bags in 9 different flavors. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/19/03 Sunday 10:00 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I sifted through my email. I will now shut down the computer. I
will go to bed soon thereafter. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/19/03 Sunday 9:30 P.M.: The Opti sound card is working
fine on the IBM Cyrix backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/19/03 Sunday 8:20 P.M.: I put the Opti sound card in the
IBM Cyrix backup computer, and I disabled the onboard sound in the cmos.
I was in the process of installing the drivers, when my guest arrived about
1:30 P.M.. We went for a drive down by the waterfront. We then went
over to Tod’s Point, and we sat out at the southwest parking area. We
next drove back to Byram, and we went to Smokes for Less, but they close at 2
P.M. on Sunday. We then went to the Food Emporium, and my guest bought
two shell steaks with bones at $3.99 a pound for $6.66 total. We then
returned back to my place. We watched a bit of television. About
5:30 P.M. we had dinner of broiled shell steaks with Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, steamed fresh broccoli crowns, and
ice tea. We watched television for the rest of the time. We had
slices of fruit cake with cool whip. My guest just left. I will now
install the Opti sound card drivers I downloaded on the IBM Cyrix backup
computer. I also chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/19/03 Sunday 11:55 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M. this
morning. I watched www.hourofpower.org on television. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, cantaloupe chunks,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. The cantaloupe chunks gave me
indigestion, so I am throwing the rest of them out. I found an Elite computer
in our dumpster that someone had dumped out. I brought it up to
investigate later. I went downtown, and I drove by the waterfront.
I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. The obituary of the husband of the
relative that passed away on this past Monday is in the New York Times
today. I returned home. I checked out the Elite computer. It
was a 486DX with 16 megs of memory and a 1 gigabyte hard drive. I decided
not to keep it, and I put it out by the dumpster. I did salvage from it
an OPTI sound card which I sometime will put in my IBM Cyrix backup
computer. I also took out an EISA modem, but I do not think it would work
with XP on my primary or other computers. I will keep it in
reserve. I have a guest coming down at 2 P.M. today. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 10:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 9:55 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
put away the laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 7:50 P.M.: I talked with another
relative. I watched the ABC evening news. I just started a load of
laundry. I put clean linens on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 6:15 P.M.: I had the rest of the cold eye
round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and reheated
white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns with grated parmesan cheese and
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 5:35 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue.
There were about 200 people having a peaceful anti war protest at the Greenwich
Post Office. It would have been better if they had not been continually
beating a drum since there is a retirement home across the street, and they
probably disturbed the retired citizens. Still they did not seem to mind
the very cold weather. I then drove down by the waterfront. In
observing Long Island, I noticed two very large plums of white smoke coming
from across the way from two different large power plants. I guess they
are consuming a lot of electricity on Long Island. I believe about 20
years ago, they built a gas pipeline underneath Long Island sound to bring
Canadian Natural gas out to Long Island, so I assume that is what is powering
the power plants producing the white smoke that is clearly visible across the
sound. I next went to the Greenwich Library, and across the street from
the library at Cheeseborough Ponds, they had a two hundred foot crane to lift a
large piece of ventilation equipment onto the roof of the building. I
believe they went through the same procedure last summer. I read the
Economist magazine at the library, and even though the news in it is probably
two weeks old, as usual it is well written and informative. Since they
write longer stories, they tend to draw one’s attention to certain subject
matter that one normally might not notice. I then returned home. I
just finished chatting with a relative. It is 16 degrees Fahrenheit
outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 11:05 A.M.: I guess we could call the
Greenwich Library, “Siberia Sam’s Refugee Retreat”. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 10:55 A.M.: I had a call from a relative
about 9 P.M. last night. I was up at 4 A.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
fell back to sleep until 7:30 A.M.. I just finished my house cleaning and
watering the plants. I chatted with some friends. I had two hotdogs
with buns and Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard with potato chips and a
kosher dill pickle and ice tea and a Folgers’ instant coffee. I will
clean up, and I guess I will go out and enjoy the colder day. It is 9
degrees Fahrenheit right now, so I imagine it was colder this morning.
Stay warm. If anyone sees Nanook of the North, let me know.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 6:25 P.M.: I went back out. I sat out
downtown for a while. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the Greenwich Times, and I read Smart Computing magazine. I then went
back downtown, and I walked the lower Greenwich Avenue area. I then drove
down by the waterfront. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
buy one get one free of Oscar Meyer lite beef hotdogs $3.69 both packages of 8
franks, broccoli crowns at $1.29 a pound $1.91, buy one get one free of Wise 5
ounce onion and garlic potato chips $1.49 both, and two Pepperidge Farm frozen
layer cakes $4 for both for $11.09 total. I then returned home. I
had a meal of cantaloupe chunks and a slice of fruit cake with cool whip.
I will now shut down the computer, and after the ABC evening news, I probably
will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 1:30 P.M.: I put a new 9 volt super alkaline
battery in the NOAA weather radio. It runs off electricity and has
battery backup. It was not working, and I had to reset it. I am
just about to have dinner of three ¼ inch thick slices of cold eye round with
horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and steamed white rice and
steamed fresh broccoli with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea and a Folgers’
instant coffee. I will then go back downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 12:50 P.M.: I had some Carr’s crackers with
slices of Gouda cheese and some ice tea about 8 A.M.. I went out, and I
stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by Betteridge Jewelers, and I took my Pulsar
watch that was given to me as a Christmas gift about five years ago by a
relative, and in 20 minutes they were able to replace the watch battery for $6
and .36 tax for $6.36 total. I will now start wearing it some of the
time, since it is working. While, they were replacing the watch battery,
I went to CVS, and I bought two Glade scent oil refills Hawaiian breeze for
$1.99 each plus .24 tax for $4.22 total. I then picked up my Pulsar watch
and thanked them for the service. I next went down to the center of town,
and I was just about to walk lower Greenwich Avenue, and I noticed someone in
Starbucks with a Greenwich Hardware store bag, so I decided to walk up to the
Greenwich Hardware store instead. I checked out their 70% off rack at the
front of the store, and I bought a Seth Thomas weather station with oak case
holding the three instruments of thermometer, barometer, and hygrometer which
was regularly $79.99, and I bought it for 70% off $23.70 plus $1.42 tax for
$25.12 total. I add to use the ATM machine next door at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York before making my purchase. I told the staff in the bank that
their thermostat in the ATM lobby was probably installed backwards since once
when I tried the thermostat on a cold night the heat came on at 40 degrees F.
setting and it did not come on at 90 degree F. setting. I then walked
down the Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I next started to returned home,
and I remember something I forgot, so I parked behind the Greenwich Hardware
store, and I bought a package of two OOK 50 pound picture hooks and a package
of three 30 pound picture hooks for $2.49 each package plus .30 tax for
$5.28 total. I then returned home. I adjusted the band on my Pulsar
watch in five holes, so it fits tighter. I hung the Seth Thomas weather
station vertically on a 50 pound hook on the left side of the hallway entrance
just above the brass butler lamp on the living room wall, and I had to put the
Williamsburg church picture a little bit higher. I also have a Jensen
barometer and hygrometer on the inside side of my apartment door. Since
the Seth Thomas weather station is on a hook, one could take it off the hook
and get accurate weather readings outside, if one were so inclined.
CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/17/03:
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 7:45 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. It
is suppose to get down to five degrees Fahrenheit tonight http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
. I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then clean up and go
out and enjoy the day. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 6:25 A.M.: Forbes’ www.forbes.com Microsoft www.microsoft.com
stock story http://www.forbes.com/home/2003/01/16/cx_aw_0116microdiv.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 5:00 A.M.: I went to bed after the last
message. I had a telephone call from a friend about 9 P.M.. I had a
snack in the middle of the night of goldfish crackers and ice tea. I was
up at 4 A.M.. I cleaned off one inch of snow off the Hyundai and the
benches in front of my apartment building. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 5:40 P.M.: I went out for my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by
the Greenwich Library. I returned home, and I had a homemade yogurt and
ice tea. I am a bit tired, so I think I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 1:55 P.M.: I went out, and I went by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then
went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I next drove over to Old
Greenwich, and I went by the Old Greenwich Rummage Room. I bought a pair
of Docker gold corduroy pants waist 42 inches length 30 inches for $6, a pair
of Lee Khakis waist 42 inches length 30 inches for $3 and an extra large like
new Jon Lauren made in China 65% polyester and 35% cotton Stewart plaid heavy
quilted lined shirt for $10 for $19 total. I got three hangers to go with
the items. I then sat out at the southwest and the southeast parking
areas at Tod’s Point. I next drove back to central Greenwich, and I went
back by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then sat out
downtown for a while. I bought a copy of the Greenwich Times from the newspaper
box in front of Starbucks for .50. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $7
of regular unleaded at $1.759 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon gasoline
average. I then returned home. For my meal, I had two hotdogs with
buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a dill
pickle spear and ice tea. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 8:20 A.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I had some Carr’s crackers with gouda cheese slices and ice tea. I am
just about ready to have a can of Progresso New England clam chowder with ice
tea. I will then have a Chock Full of Nuts instant coffee. I next
will clean up, and I will be on a day schedule. I have a 3 P.M.
appointment this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 7:10 A.M.: I rested for a while.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 5:05 A.M.: Link to obituary of husband of
relative that passed away this past Monday http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/obituaries/scn-gt-obitagnewjan16,0,1605451.story?coll=green%2Dobits%2Dheadlines
.CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 4:55 A.M.: I had a slice of fruit cake with
Cool Whip and ice tea. I watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 3:10 A.M.: If Tobago should be all booked
up, one could try The Crane in Barbados http://www.thecrane.com/ . Of course my
deluxe suite here will be booked up for the indefinite future, since I am an
experienced arm chair traveler. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 2:20 A.M.: After dinner, I made up my bed,
just in case I decided to get back into it, it will be warm and
comfortable. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 1:55 A.M.: When I go outside for a
cigarette, it is a bit more comfortable if I wear my long red heavy terrycloth bathrobe
underneath my long down overcoat to fell a bit warmer. I am preparing the
same dinner as last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 1:30 A.M.: I finished installing the
updates on the two backup computers. I also uninstalled “INCD” on the
primary partition on the Dell backup, so as to prevent any floppy A: drive
access problems. I am wearing my large red terry cloth bathrobe to stay a
bit warmer. I suppose I could consider wearing two pairs of socks to keep
my feet warmer or at least wear two pairs when I go out for a walk.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 1:00 A.M.: I finished updating the Dell
backup computer. I will now update the IBM Cryix backup computer. I
tasted a teaspoon of the yogurt, and it is delicious. I heard on the
MSNBC news Brian Williams telling people to turn up the thermostat, but he
works out of the RCA building which has connections to Exxon and maybe he has
connections to the Williams Energy company, so he can afford to tell people to
turn up the heat. I decided it was a bit warm in the apartment, and in
order to save money, I turned the living room thermostat down to 74 degrees
Fahrenheit, where I keep it most of the time. It is 19 F outside right
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M., and I put
the yogurt in the refrigerator to chill. It seems to have come out all
right. I fell back to sleep until 7 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I fell back to sleep
until 10:30 P.M. without drinking my coffee. I got up, and I reheated and
drank my coffee. I have a bit of cabin fever and the winter blues, since
it is 20 degrees Fahrenheit outside. I am installing the Windows Media
Player 9 on the Dell backup computer. I do not think I will be going
downtown for a walk, but that option is always open. It sure would wake
me up. At the moment, it is warm and comfortable in the apartment.
I have the thermostat set at 76 degrees Fahrenheit, and the thermometer above
the electric radiators on the outside living room says 80 F., and the one on
the dining room table says 66 F., and the one in the hallway says 72 F., thus
the heat directly below the thermometer on the outside window makes it read a
bit warmer than it actually is. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 6:20 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.: I had some goldfish crackers
which was the only free food I ever got the entire time I was down in Key West,
Florida supposedly where NASA astronauts train. I guess they try to
starve people to death, so they are less of a payload. Needless to say at
222 pounds, I will not be applying for any jobs in space anytime soon. I
went out for a drive, and I drove down Greenwich Avenue, and I drove down by
the waterfront, and I viewed the scenic night sky. I then drove by the
train station, and I noticed an out of state license plate that said something
like “COCOBCH” which reminded me I should update my NASA page. I then sat
in my car downtown for a while with the engine and heater running to stay
warm. I hope the Saudis do not mind if I burned a little extra oil.
I returned to my apartment. I updated the NASA page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm
and the impending shuttle launch page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-107.htm . Sometimes
on a clear day or a clear night about 10 to 15 minutes after the shuttle
launch, one can see it with the naked eye pass by in the sky here overhead
going from southwest to northeast. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 3:45 A.M.: If one wants to research real
cold weather environments try www.siberia.com . However, it is as cold
as -29 degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/global/CA_QB.html
in some places in Quebec. Maybe a few French Canadians would like to come
down to Greenwich, Connecticut to warm up. Nous sommes parlons de
Francais ici. It is only 21 degrees F. here. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 2:30 A.M.: I am just doing some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.: I had a slice of fruit cake
with cool whip along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 12:40 A.M.: I took my Revere 6 quart pot,
and I added two packages of S&S dried milk along with two quarts of
water. I heated it to boiling. I then cooled the pot of liquid in
the kitchen sink half full of cold water until it reached the desired
temperature on my yogurt thermometer. Instead of adding two yogurt spoon
measures of yogurt to the liquid, I added an eight ounce container of Dannon
plain yogurt and four teaspoons of Vanilla extract, and I mixed it all
together. I then filled and covered the ten yogurt containers for my two
yogurt warmers along with two other containers, I placed on top of the yogurt
warmers. I have to let the yogurt warm in the yogurt warmers for about 12
hours, so about 12:30 P.M. today it should be ready for refrigeration. I
put a towel over the yogurt warmers to keep the two extra containers a bit
warmer since they are not in the yogurt warmer. If one does not have
yogurt warmers, one can put a pot of the yogurt mixture in an oven covered on
the lowest setting possibly for 12 hours and then refrigerate the pot. I
think the temperature for mixing the yogurt after boiling the milk is about 140
degrees Farenheit, but one should double check that. My yogurt
thermometer does not have temperature markings on it just two lines.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/14/03 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 2
P.M.. I had two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz
ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea and a Chock Full
of Nuts Instant coffee part of which I drank outside. I then made my 4
P.M. appointment. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went
by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, and I read P.C. World
magazine. I then returned home about 6 P.M., and I rested until 8
P.M.. I then had dinner of three 1/4 “ thick to 1/3” thick slices of cold
eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed
fresh broccoli crowns, and steamed white rice and ice tea. I then went
out, and I drove down by the waterfront. I next walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then went by
the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange
juice with calcium for $2 each and a dozen extra large eggs for $1.79 for $5.79
total. I then returned home. Well, it is suppose to be cold like it
is presently for the next week and a half, so one might as well get use to
it. It is 22 degrees Fahrenheit right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 11:40 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 11:30 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I had a piece of fruit cake with cool whip and ice tea. I chatted with a
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 9:45 P.M.: I went out after dinner, and I
returned a DVD video disk to the Greenwich Library, and I checked out another
one. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then
went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought an eight ounce jar of Folgers’ instant
coffee for $4.69. I returned home. I had a message from a relative
on the answering machine. I chatted with another relative. I
chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 6:20 P.M.: I took the eye round, and I
seasoned it on all sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt,
ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano,
basil, and I also liberally covered it with Texas Best Mesquite barbeque
sauce. I cook it on a roasting rack in a baking pan in the convection
oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. I will have it with
reheated steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli with grated parmesan
cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 6:00 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went to CVS on Greenwich Avenue. I next went to
the Stop and Shop, and I bought an eye round roast at $3.59 a pound for $7.75
and buy two get two free of Progresso New England clam chowder for $4.58 all
four cans for $12.53 total. I then went to the Arnold Bread outlet, and I
bought two packages of 8 hotdog buns for .99 each package and two loaves of
Arnold 12 grain bread and one loaf of Arnold Healthnut bread for .99 each minus
.50 senior discount for $4.45 total. I then returned home. I
chatted with a friend. I also turned the living room thermostat up to 76
degrees Fahrenheit, so hopefully it will be a little bit warmer in the
apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 2:00 P.M.: I was awaken at 11 A.M. this morning
by a telephone call from a relative. I was told that the husband of a
relative had passed away after a recent illness. He had a good long life,
and we will all miss him. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I ran Norton Speed Disk on the
computer while I was asleep. I just finished running Norton Disk Doctor
and Norton Win Doctor. I will now clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 4:30 A.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea. I will now shut down the computer. I will probably watch a
bit of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 3:10 A.M.: I watched some television. I
was just thinking when I was down in Key West, Florida during the winters of
1977 and 1978, there were not many people there. I spent most my time
walking around a fairly deserted town wondering why so many people preferred
being up north freezing. Well, now that I have been north all these
years, I suppose it is more peaceful during the winter time here than dealing
with tourists down south trying to have a good time. Well, basically I
can not take too much sun, so I suppose it would not be too healthy sunbathing
in the tropics. On the television here, since people whom work inside
tend to be warm weather people, all they do is advertise the tropics.
Even myself with all the years I have lived in the north country, I have not
done that much exploration besides Manhattan and my immediate area here.
It takes money to travel around during the winter in the north country, and
even if one has a car, one does not want to end up in rest area along the
highway for lack of lodging expenses. Thus since I have my own home here,
I tend to stay local. Having traveled around America, when I was younger,
I do not think it probably has changed very much. Well, I suppose since
not much is happening around here at night, I should try to get back on a
daytime schedule. Anyway, I do spend a lot of my time reading the news on
the internet, and from what I can tell, it seems since the internet revolution
has come to a downturn, there is not that much internet news to read
anymore. Basically I am getting a lot of public relations and indirect
sales pitches from the media content. However, since I have invested 11.5
years into personal computers not to mention the financial expenses, I will try
to stick with the technology. I suppose I could search the net for other
programs to use or other web sites to explore. However, after all these years
on personal computers and the internet, my eyes were getting a bit tired, so I
have been trying to take it easy on them, and not spend as much continual time
on the computer. Well, now I will do a little bit of regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 1:00 A.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
threw out the pork chop bones in the garbage receptacle outside.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 12:15 A.M.: I threw out the cantaloupe
remains. I am cooking the same dinner that I had two nights ago. It
will be ready in fifteen minutes. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 11:20 P.M.: A friend called at 1:30 P.M. this
afternoon and woke me up. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. My friend arrived
about 3 P.M.. We chatted a while. I fell back to sleep until 7
P.M.. My guest and I watched some television. We had Carr’s
crackers with slices of gouda cheese. I also finished off the bowl of mixed
fruit with ice tea. My guest left at 9 P.M., and I went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various
locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought two large cantaloupes for .99 each, broccoli crowns
at $1.29 a pound for $2.32, and a 14 ounce container of Ajax for .79, and a 14
ounce container of Comet for .79 plus .09 tax for $5.97 total. I then
returned home. I chatted with a relative. I will now clean and dice
the cantaloupes and put the cantaloupe chunks in a Rubbermaid container in the
refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 5:35 A.M.: I will have five Danish cookies
and ice tea before going to bed. I will now shut down the computer.
I also moved the magnifying glass from the bedroom desk to on top of the ash
tray of the Charles W. Morgan whaling ship on the dining room table.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 4:50 A.M.: One important note during times of
colder weather is that the human body loses 50% of its body heat through one’s
head if it is not covered up, so it is important during colder weather to wear
a warm hat to stay warm and preserve one’s body heat. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 4:45 A.M.: After dinner I had four pretzel
rods, and I finished off the pretzels. I watered the plants before going
out. I also turned off the older Honeywell air purifier, and I am just
running the newer Honeywell HEPA air purifier. I put the Glade Hawaiian
Breeze scent oil in the Glade plug-in in the kitchen. I also have to
remember to wear my heavy red terry cloth robe when I am inside to stay
warmer. One thermometer by the living room windows says 72 degrees F.,
one in the hallway says 70 degrees F., and one on the dining room table says 65
degrees F., so the temperature varies through out the apartment.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 4:15 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. It is a bit nippy out. It is 22 degrees Fahrenheit.
I went by the Putnam Trust Bank of New York ATM machine on Greenwich
Avenue. I then drove down Greenwich Avenue. I then drove over to
CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza. I bought an Energizer 395 battery
for $3.99 which is a little bit thicker but the same diameter as the 371
battery, since they did not have a 371 battery. I also purchased two tins
of Danish cookies for $2.99 both, a CVS Clorox toilet drop-in tablet for $1.99,
a two 16 ounce bottle set of shampoo and conditioner package of European
mystique for $1.79, a 13 ounce bottle of Palmolive antibacterial detergent for
.99, a Glade oil refill Hawaiian breeze smell $1.99, and a bottle of Italian
spices .99 plus .65 tax for $15.38 total. I then drove back
downtown. I sat out briefly. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next returned home. I was able to get the Energizer
395 battery in my Gruen watch by adjusting the battery fittings, so it
fit in. The time and date work, but the day is stuck between Friday and
Saturday. Still it is back in operational order. I am just about
ready to have a Stouffer’s hearty pot roast dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 1:00 A.M.: I was up at 2 P.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back asleep until 6 P.M.. I then had a bowl of mixed
fruit and ice tea. I next did my house cleaning. I forgot to water
the plants, which I will do shortly. I cleaned up, and I had another bowl
of mixed fruit. I went out about 9:30 P.M., and I drove down by the
waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I then drove the length of Greenwich Avenue again, and I then returned
home. I took the back off my Gruen Rolex style watch, and I was able to
turn off the back of the watch. It has a Maxell SR 920 SW battery in it
that needs to be replaced. I tried taking off the back of the Pulsar that
was given to me a number of years ago, but I was not able to get it off.
On the Gruen, the www.energizer.com
site says that the Energizer 371 is the replacement battery. I guess I
will go out to CVS in Old Greenwich and see if they have it. However,
first I will water my plants. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 5:10 A.M.: I did a little bit more of
regular computer work. I watched some television. Night time
schedules are not too exciting, but they do tend to be peaceful. I will
now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 3:55 A.M.: Well, I watched a bit of
television. I put away the ice tea in the refrigerator. I guess for
people not familiar with this area, they are finding out this area tends to get
a bit cold in the winter. I have seen it colder though. I guess I
should be grateful for having a comfortable apartment, but I do work hard in my
own way to keep things going. I have not been driving around much at
night recently, although my Hyundai has a warm heater. I feel that the
same energy that one uses to propel the automobile can keep me warmer and more
comfortable at home. Well since I go outside every hour or two for a
cigarette, I am well aware of the colder temperatures outside recently. I
have been wearing my long underwear bottoms underneath my pants all the time to
stay warmer. I did get my energy assistance grant letter this week, and
the total grant this year was down about 30% from last year. Still once
it comes through and is deposited to the electricity company, it is better than
nothing. I am still keeping my thermostat in the living room at 74
degrees Fahrenheit which keeps the room at a drafty 72 degrees
Fahrenheit. I have the heat turned off in the bathroom, and the bedroom
thermostat set at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. I also keep a box fan going above
the electric radiators in the living room so as to blow the heat out into the
room and circulate it around the apartment instead of having it all go up the
outside window wall into the false ceiling area. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 2:45 A.M.: I had the last piece of Canadian
fruit cake with cool whip from one tin, and I put the empty tin underneath one
of the vases on top of the center hallway bookcase. I still have a
complete four pound Jane Parker Canadian fruit cake to enjoy for the next couple
of weeks. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 2:40 A.M.: Well, I guess since I did
not drink alcohol while I was down in Key West, Florida; the regulars down
there whom seemed to drink a lot of alcohol did not like me. Still, I had
my own separate peace observing the local nature down there. I still
think a grey panther migrates down to the Florida Keys bringing in all the
stray cats which were in large abundance. Well, I guess so many people
from south of the Mason Dixon line have come up north over the years and been
uncomfortable up north in the cold weather that they try to get revenge when
they see snow birds going down south. Well anyway it is 63 degrees
Fahrenheit down in Key West, Florida http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Key+West%2C+Florida
, so the cold spell we are experiencing here has not gone that far south
yet. The coldest I remember it there in the period I was there was about
42 degrees Fahrenheit, and not many people had heat in their homes.
However, plenty of people had sweaters and liked sitting next to the fireplace
at Captain Tony’s. I suppose the Canadians whom were in ample supply down
that way were never really cold. Still, it is only 25 degrees Fahrenheit
here, so there is not much to report on. In Ottawa, Canada it is about
zero degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Ottawa%2C+Canada
, so more than likely sooner or later this winter, they will me venturing south
to explore warmer regions. I have only counted 94 Canadian license plates
in Greenwich, Connecticut in the 19 years I have been back here when I returned
here from Nantucket after a brief trip to Toronto, Canada. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 1:55 A.M.: I am making up a new batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
, and I am using 21 teabags of 9 different varieties. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 1:10 A.M.: Dinner was delicious. The
apartment is reasonably warm and comfortable. However, it does tend to be
a bit drafty on cold nights. I decided to wear my heavy red terry cloth
bath robe that I bought a year ago at the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop for
$15 over my clothes to stay a little bit warmer. Of course in the winters
of 1976 – 1977 and 1977 – 1978 when I lived outside most of the time down in
Key West, it would get cold at night too, and it would frequently go down into
the low 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and I did not have any warmer clothes then
beside blue jeans and a red flannel shirt and Addidas sneakers, so I was very
cold down in south Florida. Thus I think I am doing better up here in the
north country where I am a bit more comfortable. Of course my apartment
is heated by electricity which is costly, and if it ever gets really cold up
around Niagara Falls and the hydroelectric power plants freeze over, we might
have a bit less electricity in this area. One year, down in Key West, I
also had a U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command NORAD colonel’s flight suit
that I found in the bushes while I was hitchhiking along the Florida Keys
highway. It was not very warm, but it looked official with my long waist
length blond hair and straw hat. I also came across a U.S. Army poncho
that kept the drafts out at night, but it was a bit humid and damp since it did
not breathe. When I had the Subaru down in Key West, I could also sleep
in my car at the Key West airport and use the bathroom there to clean up in the
morning. Still roughing it in south Florida is not my cup of tea anymore
and at my age, I enjoy my comforts. Thus to be honest, I did not receive
much southern hospitality when I was down south on my own, although I did get a
good wind burn. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 12:15 A.M.: Somebody lost a pullover cap
that is frozen solid by the front entrance to our building. I put it in
the heated glass antechamber to thaw out. I took the Pyrex pie disk and I
put a few teaspoons of olive oil in it. I rubbed both sides of the two
center cut pork chops in the oil. I seasoned both sides with Old Bay
seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat
seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, and basil. On the top side before
seasoning I added a few tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce and two
peeled and diced garlic cloves on each chop. I then spread a couple of
tablespoons of Texas Best barbeque mesquite sauce on the top of each
chop. I am cooking them in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit
for 25 minutes. I will have the two chops with reheated white rice and
steamed fresh cauliflower and broccoli and a glass of ice tea. Well in
the cold weather it is good to keep one’s body weight up a bit to help ward off
the effects of the cold winter air. The weather site http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
says that it might be a bit warmer with the highs in the mid 30s degrees
Fahrenheit for the next five days. Still in the recent cold weather, I am
not spending that much time out in the cold, so I would imagine those
individuals whom do spend more time out in the cold would have to bundle up
more warmly. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/10/03:
Note:
<888> 01/10/03 Friday 10:55 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M., and I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 6:30 P.M.. I
had two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato
chips and a dill pickle spear and ice tea. I then had a cappuccino
outside. I cleaned up, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the local newspaper. I then drove downtown, and I drove by the
waterfront. Across Long Island sound, Oyster Bay, Long Island was all lit
up brighter than normal like they have extra money to party or have bright
lights out that way. Speaking of bright lights while I was asleep, I
charged up my Slaymaker million watt rechargeable beam for 20 hours. I
next walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out briefly. I then went by
Exxon, and I bought $5 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon for
about 23.5 miles per gallon. I next went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought two packages of two pork chops each package at $1.99 a pound for $2.39
and $2.27 for $4.66 total. They still have a large selection of fruit
cakes for half price. I then returned home. I will now send out my
weekly notes. It is only to be highs in the mid 20s degrees Fahrenheit for
the next five days through Wednesday, which means it will probably get colder
at night, so remember to stay warm. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/10/03 Friday 12:05 A.M.: I did some computer work. I
had one pretzel rod, and I also had a slice of fruit cake with cool whip along
with some ice tea. I will now shut down the computer. I will
probably watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 11:40 P.M.: I had eight Danish
cookies. I went outside briefly, and I noticed that one of my neighbors
is shinning his car lights on the trees on the side along the Post Road because
some animal or a cat is making a lot of noise in the woods like the same sound
last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 10:10 P.M.: Even though I have lots of old
floppy disks, the reason I got some new floppy disks is that floppy disk media
tends to deteriorate after about two to three years. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 10:00 P.M.: Dinner was enjoyable. I
chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 8:40 P.M.: I had a spare Green Apple auto
air freshener in my Hyundai glove box, so I installed it in the rear driver’s
side area, so the car will smell fresher. I no longer smoke tobacco in my
car, so I have a better smelling car as well as my apartment. Of course I
still smell like tobacco. I will now cook the same dinner as last night,
but the pork tenderloin tails are smaller around, so I will only cook them
seasoned for about 20 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit in the convection
oven. Besides the regular seasoning, I will also had some fresh chopped
garlic and La Choy low sodium soy sauce to the pork tenderloin. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 7:50 P.M.: I was up at noon when a
telemarketer called today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up. I stopped
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I next drove over to Old Greenwich, and I used the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and then I got my hair cut at Off
Center Barbers for $16 plus $4 tip. I then drove out to the southwest
parking area at Tod’s Point, and I enjoyed watching the sun set over the
Manhattan skyline. I then stopped by the ATM machine again at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich. I next went to the Mobil Express
Lube car wash, and I got my Hyundai washed for $5. I finished dried it
myself with a towel, I keep in the back of the car. I also shook out the
driver’s side floor mat and dusted the dashboard. I then went to Staples,
and I helped a customer get unstuck a table he was trying to push through the
turnstile. I bought two packages of 10 Sony 2 HD 1.44 MB floppy disks for
$2.50 each box of ten plus .30 tax for $5.30 total. I then went back to
downtown Greenwich, and I sat out briefly. I then drove by the
waterfront. I next stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local
newspaper. I also read P.C. Magazine. I just now returned home, and
I had four pretzel rods with ice tea. Last night I had about seven
pretzel rods when I woke up for a snack. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 1:50 A.M.: I had a piece of fruit cake with
cool whip along with a few pretzel rods. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 1:20 A.M.: Well, I did a little research at
www.libertytravel.com
and http://mtirvine.com/
, and I could not find the cheaper rate still available. On a local note,
I was just outside having a smoke, and I heard what sounded like the Great
Horned Owl doing in a rabbit or squirrel out in the woods. I have not
seen members of the skunk family in a couple of months. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 12:50 A.M.: I was looking at Alaska
temperatures, and they range from minus 26 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees
Fahrenheit. I have a theory that when the colder artic winds start
swirling around the top of the globe that they like a ball in a roulette wheel
that depending on their velocity and interactions with other weather fronts,
they can coming spinning down into our regions occasionally. About the
coldest I remember in this area is minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit in 1982 two
years after Mount St. Helen’s eruption. If one looks at http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
starting Saturday through next Wednesday, the highs are only suppose to be in
the 20s degrees Fahrenheit. I remember about four years ago, one could go
to Liberty Travel across from the Greenwich Library, and a week’s vacation for
two including air fare to Tobago and staying at the http://mtirvine.com/
Mount Irvine Club was about $850 per person double occupancy. My family
stayed there in 1971 and 1972 in golf villas adjacent to the ocean, and it was
most enjoyable, but I hear tell it has gotten more expensive and more built up,
and possibly with revolutionary activity in nearby Venezuela it might not be so
secure as in previous years. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 12:10 A.M.: I decided not to have the
instant coffee. I peeled and sectioned 10 Clementines, and I added to the
Clementine sections a cup of pineapple chunks I prepared before Christmas, and
then I peeled and diced two McIntosh apples, and I mixed the three types of
aged fruit together and refrigerated it for eating some time in the
future. I will now throw out the fruit peels. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 11:10 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I am cooking the same dinner as last night, but I am having a
mixture of cauliflower with broccoli and parmesan cheese along with the pork
tenderloin with half onion and reheated white rice and ice tea. I think I
will have a Folgers’s decaffeinated instant coffee after dinner.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 10:15 P.M.: I was up at about 4 P.M.
today. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went
downtown. I chatted with a local. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront. I went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper. I checked out “Hughes, the private
diaries, memos, and letters” by Richard Hack. It is suppose to be the
definitive biography of the First American billionaire, which does not make
sense, since I thought John D. Rockefeller was suppose to have been the first
American billionaire. Needless to say both men had enough spare change to
go around. I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a container of
Dannon plain yogurt for .99 a dozen extra large eggs $1.79, 2 packages of
Master Choice fish fillets $2.19 each, a head of organic broccoli $1.99, a bag
of AC frozen potato wedges $1.79, a half price Jane Parker four pound Canadian
fruit cake $8.50, and a 32 ounce tub of Cool Whip low fat whipped cream $2.99
for $22.43 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I got the Dannon yogurt to use for a starter in case I make my
own yogurt. I also printed out three copies of the January 2003
Greenwich, Connecticut tide charts from www.maineharbors.com on the library laser
printers. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 4:35 A.M.: I installed the final version
of Windows Media Player 9. I also imported the music files into the play
list. I will now shut down the computer. I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 3:35 A.M.: I had a slice of fruit cake
with cool whip and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 3:05 A.M.: I updated the *.zip file http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsnote1.zip that
contains my entire “Scott’s Random Notes” from June 1997 through December
2002. The *.zip file contains two Microsoft Word files “MLSNOTE1.doc” and
“mlsnote2.doc”, and the second file “mlsnote2.doc” has the Year 2002. The
*.zip file seems to be a popular download for some reason. I can not
figure out why. I printed out the last four months of Scott’s Notes, and
I bound them in one of the Staples clamp binders. I put it with the other
clamp binders containing earlier printouts in the left hallway bookcase.
The package I bought yesterday contained three clamp binders for about
$6. The Microsoft Word Files are in PostScript Times Roman Font 12, but
anyone with Microsoft Word could change them. At that font, they print
out to 2047 pages for five and a half years of my logs. I had five
pretzel Rods while printing out the last four months of the document about 177
pages. I mistakenly used my regular paper instead of the HP LaserJet
paper, but the printout came out fine. I open up a new package of HP
LaserJet paper, and I filled the top cartridge on the HP LaserJet IID
printer. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.: I installed Direct X 9 on the
primary computer. I opened up the package of Brookfield pork
tenderloins. I took each of the two tenderloins, and I cut off about one
third of it of the tail part to use for a third meal. I rinsed them off
and dried them. I took one of the two thirds pieces, and I placed it in a
Pyrex pie dish rubbed it in a couple of teaspoons of olive oil, and I seasoned
it all around on all sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt,
chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, oregano,
basil, and also spread over it Texas Best mesquite barbeque sauce. To the
Pyrex dish I am cooking the tenderloin in, I also added a half peel onion that
I put a small bit of olive oil and La Choy low sodium soy sauce on, and I am
cooking it all in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
I will have it for dinner with steamed cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese
and steamed white rice and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I put away the laundry. I also changed the sheets on my bed
earlier. I also vacuumed up the sand, gravel, and salt from my entrance
area that comes in when I go outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.: It is 81 degrees Fahrenheit in
Barbados http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/78954.html
, 61 degrees Fahrenheit in Key West, Florida http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Key+West%2C+Florida
, 47 degrees Fahrenheit in Vero Beach, Florida http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Vero+Beach%2C+Florida
, 73 degrees in Sao Paulo, Brazil http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/83780.html
, 79 degrees F. in Honolulu, Hawaii http://www.wunderground.com/US/HI/Honolulu.html
, 87 degrees F. in Fiji http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Fiji
, 68 degrees F. in Christ Church, New Zealand http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/93780.html
, and 22 degrees F. in Stockholm, Sweden http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Stockholm%2C+Sweden
, so the weather seems to be about normal for this time of year.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.: Well, it is minus 15 degrees
Fahrenheit in Moscow, Russia http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Moscow%2C+Russia
and in Calgary, Canada it is 55 degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Calgary%2C+Canada
, so I guess the weather coming around at the moment might be a bit warmer for
now hopefully. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 9:25 P.M.: I have 50 minutes to go on the
dry cycle. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 9:00 P.M.: I was up at noon, and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back to sleep until about 5 P.M.. I had a couple of
hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips
and a dill pickle slice and ice tea and a Chock Full of Nuts instant
coffee. I went downtown about 6:30 P.M., and I walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then drove
down by the waterfront. The Delamar Hotel has a presidential suite with a
fireplace for about $1,500 a night. I then went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the Time Magazine Year in Pictures edition. I just now
returned. I started two loads of laundry. I had two pretzel rods
with ice tea. Last night before going to bed, I had a piece of fruit cake
with cool whip and ice tea. Well, it is 23 degrees Fahrenheit outside, so
it is a bit nippy. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.: I finished the Windows XP
Professional updates. I will now shut down the computer in a few
minutes. I will then go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 12:30 A.M.: I tried reinstalling Windows XP
Professional, but I still had problems with the floppy drive A: not being
accessible. I finally searched out a note that said uninstall “Nero
INCD”, which I did and now the floppy drive works fine. While
reinstalling Windows XP professional, I took a Tony’s pepperoni pizza, and I
cut it in quarters, and I put it on a cookie sheet. I then seasoned it
with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, celery salt,
Italian spices, oregano, and Basil. I then sprinkled on some parmesan
cheese and a bit of olive oil. I cooked it in the convection oven at 425
degrees F. for 15 minutes, and I had it for dinner with ice tea. I now
have to install the Windows XP updates, and I should be back to normal.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/03 Monday 8:35 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then went by the First Union bank on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent.
I then went to the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained four money
orders to pay my electricity, Verizon telephone, cablevision, and optimum
online. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I went by the
ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next
returned briefly to my apartment. I went over to Medallion auto parts in
Port Chester, New York, and they do not carry the ding repair kit that one sees
advertised on television. I then toured Odd Job. Next I went to the
Vitamin Shoppe, and I bought a bottle of 300 tablets of 1000 mg. of VS MSM for
$32.36 and a 90 capsule bottle of 1500 mg. VS Coral Calcium for $16.17 for
$48.53 total. I then went by Staples, and I bought a two pack Staples
clamp binder for $5.99 plus .40 tax for $6.39 total. I then returned
home. I was trying to use my A: floppy drive on the primary computer, and
it does not work. I took it apart and checked the cables, and the cables
are fine. I was able to get the floppy drive to work from a boot
disk. Thus there is something wrong with my Windows XP setup possibly.
I tried fixing it by uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers to no
avail. I do not use the floppy drive very much. I chatted with a
friend. All, I can think of is disabling the power saving features in the
CMOS, and see if the floppy drive works then. My floppy controller shares
resources with motherboard resources, and one can not change either of them,
but it has worked fine until recently. The only other possibly problem
might be with the Symantec Firewall 2003 program, I recently installed is
causing the problem. I will try that now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/03 Monday 1:30 P.M.: I watched television, and I rested
until 7 A.M. this morning. I had five pretzel rods and two scoops of
Starbucks toffee ice cream. I fell asleep until 12:30 P.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I will now clean up, and I will go out and pay
bills and other day time activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/03 Monday 2:35 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work. I watched a bit of television. I will now rest
some. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/03 Monday 1:00 A.M.: I watched some television. I
had a slice of fruit cake with cool whip. I will now prepare my bills to
pay today. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 11:45 P.M.: I went out, and I dusted the
light bit of snow off the outside front benches with my car snow brush. I
am reheating the same dinner that I had last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I went out, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I cleaned off one bench and sat out
for a while. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought a Tony’s Pepperoni pizza for $3, a bag of Snyder’s
pretzel rods $1.69, B&G kosher dill pickle spears $2.69, Texas Best
barbeque rib sauce $2.99, a Brookfield Farms pork tenderloin packet with two
pork tenderloins at $3.99 a pound for $7.70, a 12 pack of Barq’s root beer
$3.34 plus .60 can deposit for $22.21 total. I then returned home, and I
put away my purchases. I had two pretzel rods with ice tea. Last
night when I woke up, I had 7 seven pretzel rods for a snack. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 9:10 P.M.: I had a call from a relative at 3
P.M.. I continued to rest until 6:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
chatted with a friend. I just finished watching some television. I
cleaned up. I guess I will go out for a while. We have some light
snow out. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 3:45 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 3:40 A.M.: I put a couple of icons at the top
of my web homepage. I had a slice of fruit cake with cool whip.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 3:15 A.M.: I tried to figure out how insert a
tulip icon in my geocities url link, but it does not work with geocities.
It took a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 12:35 A.M.: Today, before I started my house
cleaning, I put away my little two foot tall Christmas tree and my pine cone
wreath in the false ceiling above the Danish bar in the living room.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 12:20 A.M.: For a Midwestern Dutch viewpoint,
try http://www.hollandsentinel.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 11:25 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 10:55 P.M.: I went out, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by
Exxon next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $5 of regular unleaded
gasoline at $1.759 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon. I
checked all my tires for 30 PSI. They have not changed. I then went
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a package of Snyder pretzel rods for $1.69,
three packages of S&S margarine for $2 all, a 10 pack box of S&S dry
milk for $5.49, a head of cauliflower for $2.49, and two packages of two
General Electric bent tip 15 watt frosted candelabra bulbs made in China for
$2.79 each package, a 25 bag box of Twining tea five different blends of five
each for $2.99 plus .33 tax for $20.57 total. I then returned home.
I am cooking two boneless breasts of chicken halves that I rubbed in a few
teaspoons of olive oil, and I seasoned both sides with Old Bay seasoning,
garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning,
Italian spices, oregano, and basil. On the top side before seasoning I
poured on about an eighth of a cup of La Choy low sodium soy sauce and then I
seasoned the top side with Texas Best mesquite barbeque sauce. I am
cooking them in the Pyrex dish in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit
for 35 minutes, and I will have one of them with steamed white rice and steamed
fresh cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. Dinner will be
ready shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 7:55 P.M.: I finished the house cleaning
and watering the plants. I will now shower and clean up and go out for
some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 5:50 P.M.: I had my Chock Full of Nuts
instant coffee outside enjoying the cool winter weather. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 5:05 P.M.: I rested until about a half hour
ago. I cleaned the ice off the Hyundai windshield. I opened up a
package of the American Spirit all natural cigarettes, and I tried a
couple. I will now have a couple of hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard
and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and ice tea and a cup of Chock Full of Nuts
instant coffee. I guess I will then start my house cleaning.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 9:15 A.M.: Well not much happening up here
at Ice Station Zebra. I chatted with a relative. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I will rest a bit before I do my house cleaning. I will
have to clean the ice off the car some time today. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 6:25 A.M.: I just had some goldfish
crackers and a bowl of pineapple chunks and ice tea. I think in the
United States military according to an expert I use to know in Laguna Beach,
California; the biggest people in the United States military come from American
Samoa. Of course, the biggest people in the United States may not be in
the military. I remember Sam Walthrop from Alton, Illinois used to eight
foot nine inches tall, and he simply sold shoes. Of course up in Canada,
there might still be Paul Bunyon, and all he does is make pancakes. I was
offered a Christmas present of Vermont maple syrup, but I turned it down since
I have 14 year old bottle of Log Cabin pancake syrup in my kitchen. I do
not consume much syrup with pancakes, since the high sugar content messes up my
blood sugar metabolism. Well, I suppose the movers and shakers are all
down south with their money enjoying the warmer weather. However, there
is rumor that after their extended holidays, they will have to be back at work
on Monday or more than likely they will not have jobs. I guess with
Christmas and New Years falling in the middle of the week, people took a little
extra time off. Well no news is good news. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 5:50 A.M.: Well since the United States
government is contemplating going to war in the middle east again, I decided to
remove the Saudi Arabian flag from hanging in the window of my bedroom in front
of the curtains. I am not Saudi, but since it is very cold and damp here,
I figured the Saudi flag might symbolize potential warmth from oil in the
Middle East. However, since I am not of Middle Eastern extraction, I dare
say they would not be that friendly to me anyway. I picked up the Saudi
Arabian flag for $10 at the Greenwich Hardware store for 75% off, so I guess no
one in Greenwich wanted it at full price. However, having lived in this
area during the oil embargo of the 1970s, I remember when New York City had
very little energy, the Waldorf Astoria was always flying the Saudi Arabian
flag, and it was very warm inside that hotel. However, if I am not
mistaken, the Waldorf Astoria is heated by steam which comes from the
generation plant south of the United Nations which can probably be powered by
either coal, oil, or natural gas. Thus as the pilot for Texas Gulf industries
told me, there was not actually an oil embargo in the 1970s. All the oil
was sitting in tankers in New York harbor waiting to be off loaded. I
guess the New Yorkers did not have the money to pay for it, so thus there was
an oil shortage. Well, anyway I do happen to be half Dutch as in Holland,
and I believe the Dutch have a little interest in Royal Dutch Shell as well as
a number of other businesses around the New York area. Maybe I should go
into Manhattan and start drinking Heineken beer and see if any big fat Dutchmen
with a lot of energy show up to our rescue. I remember when I toured the
Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, New York a number of years ago, there were large
Dutch people there, but I think the Roosevelts of Hyde Park were involved in
coal mining. However, the Roosevelt families of Oyster Bay, Long Island
were not as large and formidable, and they were only about my size. Thus
if any Dutch oil people need Dutch security, they can go looking for the
“Cheese Man” in Matrich in the Netherlands. When he was here about 12
years ago, he was over 7 foot tall selling large wheels of Dutch Gouda cheese
probably weighing over 500 pounds. As a Dutch American citizen, I have
been advised the largest people in the world are the Dutch, and having been to
Amsterdam and seen the kids who were bigger than me at 220 pounds, they
actually might be. Well, if we get any energy shortages because I
took down the Saudi flag, I guess a few cleaver Dutch people can start up their
old windmills. Needless to say with the traffic around here, I do not
feel like riding a bicycle. I remember, the Dutch supposedly have a
government in the Hague, so perhaps on this international situation with talks
about war in the middle east, someone should confer with the Dutch government
instead of listening to the limeys on the BBC. Well, I do not have all
the answers, but I know it is a bigger world out there than just tiny little
CNN from Atlanta. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 4:15 A.M.: After dinner and the last
message, I slept until now. I ran Norton AntiVirus 2003 scan on the C:
drive while I rested. There are no virus infections. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 10:20 P.M.: I watched some television.
I chatted with a friend. I am reheating the same dinner as I had last
night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 7:50 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I
rested since the last message. One button checkup for the Symantec
program ran while I was asleep. I had a slice of fruit cake with cool
whip and a few slices of Land-O-Lakes pepper jack cheese. The sleet,
slush, and icy conditions are still prevalent outside. I watched a bit of
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 3:30 P.M.: I went to bed at 3:30 A.M., and I
was up at 2 P.M.. Locally here we have a bit of sleet and freezing rain,
so I do not think I will be going out today in the slippery conditions. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I received the free carton of American Natural cigarettes from
New Mexico that I ordered about six weeks ago for only postage. Well, it
looks like we are in for a colder and wintrier winter this year if the present
pattern continues. I suppose if one gets tired of looking at the
internet, one can always read a book. Basically the United States of
America government is two trillion dollars in debt, so despite what the media
says, I do not think the United States government has the money to do anything
about the current world political situations that the media is constantly
reporting and do not seem relevant to this area. Well, I guess locally we
should hunker down and get ready for a long cold winter. Anyone whom has
lived here for a long time knows that in the last fifteen years or so we have
had warmer winters, so the weather we are having now is more the normal that
long term residents are use to dealing with. I suppose living near the
shore here we do not get too much snow accumulation compared to residents
living further in the interior. Well stay warm, and remember on limited
funds, there would not be much to do anyway besides taking a walk which we can
forgo in this weather. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/03/03:
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 2:10 A.M.: CNN Solomon story http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/02/solomons.cyclone/index.html
, ABC Australia http://www.abc.net.au/asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_757381.htm
. Well, I guess with all the major world news, this story because of its
remoteness is hard to follow. However, since we have 75 million people in
the United States living along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Texas to
Maine, it shows how devastating hurricane, tropical storm, or typhoon activity
can be http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon there after. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 1:40 A.M.: Best site information I
found, http://www.rambocam.com/sitedir.html
. Well since it is the Holiday season, we could have had wealthy
travelers from this area on that remote resort island in Fiji which was
missed. The area affected by typhoon Zoe of Tikopia and Anuta islands,
Temotu province is a thousand miles east of the Solomon Islands capitol, and
with rough seas between the area and New Zealand the relief boat coming from
New Zealand will have problems, and more than likely after a typhoon of 250
miles per hour, the ocean would be too rough to land a sea plane, and more than
likely no fuel would be available for refueling. More than likely we
could have some adventuresome yachtsmen in the area. It is really one of
the most remote parts of the planet. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 1:20 A.M.: Montserrat smoking http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/VOLsouf365_MOL.jpg
, Western Pacific satellite photo http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat-bin/display10?PHOT=yes&AREA=global/western_pacific&PROD=ir&NAV=global&CGI=global.cgi&ARCHIVE=Latest&MOSAIC_SCALE=15&CURRENT=LATEST.jpg
, ZOE http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_display?ATCF_NAME=sh062003&PROD=vis1km&PHOT=yes&ARCHIVE=Latest&DIR=/data/www/tropical_cyclones/tc03/SHEM/06P.ZOE/ssmi/vis1km&SIZE=thumb&TYPE=ssmi&NAV=tc&DISPLAY=all&CURRENT=20030103.0424.gms-5.vis2.x.06PZOE.45kts-991mb-214S-1752E.jpg&YEAR=2003&MO=Jan&BASIN=SHEM&STORM_NAME=06P.ZOE&ACTIVES=03-SHEM-07S.NONAME,03-SHEM-91S.INVEST,03-WPAC-94W.INVEST,03-SHEM-99S.INVEST,
affected area each block is about 500 miles square, area affected is just
northwest of “20S” http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_display?ATCF_NAME=sh062003&PROD=vis1km&PHOT=yes&ARCHIVE=Latest&SIZE=full&TYPE=ssmi&NAV=tc&DISPLAY=all&DIR=/data/www/tropical_cyclones/tc03/SHEM/06P.ZOE/ssmi/vis1km&CURRENT=20030103.0424.gms-5.vis2.x.06PZOE.45kts-991mb-214S-1752E.jpg&YEAR=2003&MO=Jan&BASIN=SHEM&STORM_NAME=06P.ZOE&STYLE=frames&ACTIVES=03-SHEM-07S.NONAME,03-SHEM-91S.INVEST,03-WPAC-94W.INVEST,03-SHEM-99S.INVEST,
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 12:20 A.M.: Apparently Typhoon Zoe occurred
Sunday December, 29, 2002. CIO
Note: <888>
01/03/03 Friday 12:20 A.M.: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Tikopia+and+Anuta+islands%2C+Temotu+province&btnG=Google+Search
, http://www.peoplefirst.net.sb/Library/All_Library.asp?keyword=tradition
, http://www.peoplefirst.net.sb
, http://ca.news.yahoo.com/021229/5/r3ff.html , http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/569654
. CIO
Note: <888>
01/02/03 Thursday 11:55 P.M.:
From: http://www.sibconline.com.sb/main.asp
18:22 hrs
02 January 2003
Member of Parliament for West Kwaio, John Martin Garo had criticised the
government for what he call its inhuman treatment of cyclone stricken victims
of Tikopia and Anuta islands, Temotu province.
GOVERNMENT APPEALS
FOR HELP
18:23 hrs
02 January 2003
The government is appealing to the general public for assistance of every kind
to help the victims of Cyclone Zoe.
http://www.commerce.gov.sb/Tourism/maps.htm
, Solomon Island map. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 11:50 P.M.: Of course in that part of the
world South Seas pirates still operate freely. I had a slice of fruit
cake with Cool Whip. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 11:30 P.M.: Of course it is a big world out there
http://www.embassyworld.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 11:25 P.M.: Local Solomon Islands links http://www.sibconline.com.sb/
http://www.solomon.com.sb/
, http://www.commerce.gov.sb/
, http://www.solomons.com/
, http://www.solomonairlines.com.au/
, http://www.moon.com/catalog/south_pacific.html
, http://www.solomon.emb.gov.au/index.html
, http://www.commerce.gov.sb/Tourism/getting.htm ,
http://www.escapeartist.com/solomon/solomon.htm
, of course with all the fish they probably have in the area, there might not
be any need for cannibalism. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 10:55 P.M.: The CIA fact book on the
Solomon Islands http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bp.html
does not say anything about cannibals, but the map does show how close it is to
New Guinea. Apparently the United States has no diplomatic representation
in the Solomon Islands, maybe that is why. However, the Queen Elizabeth
II is the head of state, but it is suppose to be a government close to anarchy
and English Common Law is rarely observed, so maybe they do have a problem with
cannibals. Well, they also have volcanic activity. I think it was
not too many years ago that New Guinea was hit by Tsunami, so I would imagine
whomever may have survived the typhoon might have some capability of
communicating. They do indicate internet presence there. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 10:40 P.M.: After dinner, I chatted with a
friend. I then went out, and I went by CVS. I bought a 1.5 liter of
CVS yellow mouthwash for $3.49 and a CVS Clorox toilet tablet toilet tank
cleaner for $1.99 plus .33 tax for $5.81 total. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Economist magazine. Apparently
according to the Economist magazine the supply of snakes in China was going
down because too many people were eating them, and the rat population was
increasing. The Chinese government tried to encourage people to eat fewer
snakes, but instead the general population started eating more rats to solve
the problem. I also noticed the Gianelli family of Italy whom own stock
in Fiat motors is thinking of selling the Club Med chain of over a 100
resorts. Apparently it was not profitable because Club Med does not offer
free liquor but the competing American outfit Sanels offers free liquor.
It got me to thinking about the recent news stories about the typhoon in the
Solomon Islands. As I recall the Salomon Islands saw major fighting in
World War II. I believe that might have been where one of the last
Japanese soldiers surrendered about ten years ago. I think the Solomon
Islands is part of the same apellago that New Guinea is part of. Thus since
we have heard that there are still cannibals on the New Guinea islands,
possibly there might still be cannibals on the Salomon Islands, so any relief
workers from New Zealand going to the Solomon Islands should be careful.
I mentioned to one of the library users that in this whole environmental
rainforest network, I once saw a picture in National Geographic of a Brazilian
Jaguar that had teeth like a saber tooth tiger, which leads me to believe in
tropical and subtropical ventures, individuals from the north country should be
somewhat vigilant of local tropical inhabitants. I next walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 pound bag of Carolina parboiled white
rise similar to Uncle Ben’s rice for $4.49 and a five ounce bottle of China
Bowl select Sesame oil for $3.29 for $7.78 total. I then returned
home. I put the CVS Clorox toilet tablet in the toilet tank for continued
cleaning while I flush. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 6:10 P.M.: I rinsed in cold water the four
boneless chicken breast halves, and I put two of them in a Pyrex pie dish and
rubbed them in a few teaspoons of olive oil, I then seasoned both sides with
Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian
seasoning, basil, and oregano. On the top side before seasoning I poured
on about an eighth of a cup of La Choy low sodium soy sauce, and then I rubbed
the top sides with Texas Best barbeque mesquite sauce. I am cooking the halves
in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I will
have one of them with steamed white rice and steamed frozen green peas and ice
tea. I will then have a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 5:10 P.M.: I was up at noon today. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I then went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then went by the central Greenwich post office, and I obtained
a money order to pay my GEICO automobile insurance. I then drove down by
the waterfront. Next I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the local paper. I next went by the Food Emporium, and I
obtained two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2
each, a Boston Market sirloin tips and noodles meal for $3.29, a 32 ounce bag
of Americas Choice frozen peas for $2.59, a 16 ounce bottle of Texas Best
Mesquite barbeque sauce $2.89 and a package of boneless breasts of chicken at
$1.99 a pound for $3.54 for $16.31 total. I then returned home, and I put
away my purchases. CIO
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<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 1:15 A.M.: I sifted through my email.
I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I chatted with a relative. I watched some television. I had
some Land-O-Lakes Pepper Jack cheese with Carr’s English crackers and ice
tea. We have been having a nice English rain all day, so most of the snow
is melting fast. I will now shut down the computer. I will go to
bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/01/03 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.: My guest and I watched
television. My guest left at 9:05 P.M.. I put away the ice tea in
the refrigerator. I had two slices of fruit cake with cool whip and ice
tea. CIO
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<888> 01/01/03 Wednesday 7:40 P.M.: My guest and I watched
television. We had the rest of the eye round beef with horseradish and Lea
and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed broccoli, steamed white rice, and ice
tea. I am now making a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/01/03 Wednesday 5:05 P.M.: Happy New Years! I
watched the CNN Times Square broadcast at midnight. I was up at 2:30
P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. My guest and I went out, and we drove
by the waterfront. We stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought four
half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 each for $8
total. We then returned back to my apartment. We are watching
television. CIO
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<888> 01/31/03 Friday 10:45 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television. I will then go to
bed. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/31/03:
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 9:30 P.M.: On the Dell backup Red Hat Linux
8.0 partition, I stopped the updates, and I put the case back together. I
strung a bunch of large rubber bands together to hold the case front cover on
tightly. I am now continuing to run the updates on the system. It
all seems to be working fine. However, I do not know that much about
Linux, but the interface seems easy enough to use. Earlier in the
evening, I watched the ABC evening news. I had about a half dozen old
fashioned Dutch pretzels with ice tea. I just had two hotdogs with buns
and Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard and Wise garlic and herbs potato
chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I need to replace the CMOS
battery on my primary computer, since the time is off when I restart it after
shutting down. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 7:55 P.M.: I have successfully installed and
have running Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the D: partition of my Dell Dimension v350
backup computer with the Grub boot manager also booting my Microsoft C:
partition. I have the Microsoft boot drive as HDA and the Red Hat Linux
at HDB and the CDrom player as HDC. Installation proceeded without any
problems. I am now running the updates on it. I also finished the
C: drive to D: drive backup on my IBM Cyrix backup computer. I had to
reburn the third CD disk of the installation from the *.iso file.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 5:45 P.M.: On the Dell Dimension V350 backup
computer, I changed the 8 gigabyte E: drive to the D: drive, and I took
out the 6 gigabyte D: drive. I am now doing a full Red Hat Linux 8.0
install with all the different languages and programs on the disks. I
will see in a while if it boots. I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 4:20 P.M.: I was up at 11:30 A.M.. I had a
telephone call from a friend. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a Filene’s Chaps Ralph Lauren
light wool navy blue blazer size 46 made in Canada with four brass buttons on
the sleeves that fits me just fine with a sweater on for $32.50. I then
made my appointment at the outpatient clinic at the Greenwich Hospital.
The new mole is apparently just a mole. However, I have to go back on
Monday morning to be checked by the surgeon to schedule surgery for my groin
hernia. I will then have a follow up checkup in April after the
surgery. I then drove by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. Their
clothes are half price. I did not find anything I need since I tend to be
a larger size. I gave two of the shop volunteers rides to their
destinations. I returned home. I will try to install Red Hat Linux
on the backup Dell Dimension V350 computer by disconnecting the E: drive which
with the “HDC” setting on booting which is that drive causes a problem.
Maybe that will work. I have deleted the partition on the E: and D:
drives already. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 3:10 A.M.: I tried reinstalling Red Hat Linux
on the Dell Dimension V350, and it still would not boot. Red Hat does not
show it on its compatibility list. However, the error on booting seems to
be caused by the E: drive not being recognized. I tried disabling it in
the CMOS, but it shows up in the disk partition information. I guess I
could disconnect it physically, and then remove it from the disk partition and
then maybe the installation would work. The E: drive is a smaller copy of
the C: drive. I still have one part of the IBM Cyrix C: to D: drive
backup to finish. I had six Old Dutch pretzels and ice tea. I will
now shut down. I will go to bed now. I have a 2 P.M. appointment
today. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/31/03 Friday 12:40 A.M.: I put the ice tea in the
refrigerator. I am making a backup of the C: drive of the IBM Cyrix
backup computer C: drive to the D: drive. I have copies of the Red Hat
Linux 8 *.iso files on the D: drive of the primary computer. I had to
reburn the second disk to complete the installation. I finished the
installation of Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the Dell backup computer D: drive, but it
would not boot Red Hat Linux although the grub boot manager worked. There
was a problem with partition recognition when it booted. However from the
Grub boot manager both the Microsoft partitions on the C: and the E: drive
booted fine. I am now reinstalling Red Hat Linux 8.0 on the D: drive, and
this time I am installing the default desktop packages in the
installation. Also, I did not set Grub to try to boot the E: drive since
one selects the E: drive from the Windows Boot Manager which one selects from
the Grub boot manager. Hopefully it will work this time. I can
always install other programs for Red Hat Linux 8.0 later.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 10:40 P.M.: I gave up trying to install Red
Hat Linux 8.0 on the IBM Cyrix backup computer. However, it is in the
process of installing just fine on the D: partition of the Dell Dimenison V350
backup computer which a more robust computer with 256 megs of memory. I
set it to use the GRUB boot manager. Well, I will let you know in a
little while how it is running. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 9:10 P.M.: The reason Red Hat Linux might
not be installing on the IBM Cyrix backup computer is that I have only have 64
megs of memory in it. This page http://www.europe.redhat.com/software/linux/hardware.php3
recommends 128 to 192 megs of memory. I could either increase the memory,
or try installing it on the D: partition on the Dell backup computer, but I
worry about messing up its boot manager. Thus I guess I will hold off
from trying to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 for now. Since I have very good
Microsoft operating systems on all three computers doing so is not really
necessary. However, I might now try installing it on the IBM Cyrix backup
computer in text mode instead of graphical mode. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 8:55 P.M.: After dinner, I chatted with a
relative. I am in the process of making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
using 21 tea bags of nine different varieties. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 7:35 P.M.: I am cooking a box of six
America’s Choice fish filets with 15 America’s Choice frozen onion rings in the
convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes a side. I will
have them with a condiment mixture of a third of a cup of Heinz ketchup and two
tablespoons of Gold’s horseradish mixed together along with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 7:15 P.M.: Last night I had some old Dutch
pretzels and ice tea when I woke up. I was up at 1 P.M. today. I
made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I bought three malachite and white Tree of Life place mats for $1
each for $3 total. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper, and I checked out a
book. I then returned home. I took off the four Audubon place mats
off the dining room table, and I put them on the end of the side table in the
bedroom. I put the three new Tree of Life place mats on the dining room
table. One of my neighbors wants me to reproduce sixty songs from a
Christmas song booklet, which I will do in the future when I have the time to
scan the text with the Xerox Optical Character Recognition software I
have. I will then print out 15 to 20 copies. I had a telephone call
from unknown people on my answering machine. I did “*69” to see what the
number was. I searched www.anywho.com reverse number lookup to see whom
might be calling using the local area code here since “*69” which costs .75 did
not give me an area code. However, the reverse number lookup did not
produce any results. I guess it was a wrong number, but one of the voices
in the background on the phone sounded like a relative while the other voice
was one of those slow southern draw voices that men have. I could have
had “*69” redial the number, but that would cost me even more money.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/30/03 Thursday 12:50 A.M.: I tried installing Red Hat
Linux 8.0 on the backup IBM Cyrix computer again, but it freezes when it goes
to install at the formatting stage. I was able to install Red Hat Linux
7.3 on the same computer with a bit of difficulty about six months ago.
Well, it did repartition my D: drive, so I no longer have the C: drive backup
on it. Possibly, I might try a more minimal install at some future
time. I will now have the last piece of Canadian fruit cake with a glass
of ice tea. I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed in a
little while. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 9:40 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I sifted through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 7:55 P.M.: I tried installing Red Hat
Linux 7.3 on the backup IBM Cyrix computer, but it would not install no matter
what options I selected. I can not figure it out. I had dinner of a
broiled shell steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed
cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese, steamed white rice, and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 5:55 P.M.: This morning before going to
bed, I had a yogurt. I did not fall asleep until about 5:30 A.M.. I
had a bowl of pretzels and ice tea before going to bed. I put the two
large southwestern style pillows from the long sofa on the day bed, and I put
the more formal pillow from the day bed on the center of the long couch with
the new slip cover with two other traditional pillows at each end. I was
up at 1 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I went out. I mailed an envelope to a relative
at the Valley Road post office. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned and checked
out DVDs, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then went to the Stop and
Shop, and I bought three S&S margarines for $2 all, four half gallons of
Tropicana grove stand for $2 each, and two 18 ounce containers of Quaker Old
Fashioned oatmeal buy one get one free for $2.49 both for $12.49 total. I
then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a 16 ounce bag of Americas Choice
frozen onion rings for $1.79, a dozen large eggs .79, and two boxes of AC 6
fish filets for $2.19 each box, and a jar of Gold’s horseradish for $1.50 for
$8.46 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I
had two Old Fashioned Dutch pretzels with ice tea. I think I will try to
install Red Hat Linux 7.3 on the D: drive of the IBM Cyrix Backup computer
which I have done before, and then I will try to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 over
it, which I could not get to install before. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.: I left the old Clarence House
green and orange floral pattern slip cover on underneath the new slip
cover. Today earlier I also put clean sheets on my bed. I am tired,
so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/29/03 Wednesday 1:20 A.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and
French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle
slice and ice tea. I looked at the www.surefit.net web site, and I can not find the
exact item I purchased from Linen ‘N Things, however the package says the
fabric is 100% nylon face 65% polyester and 35% cotton back. The fabric
is like a heavy corduroy in possibly a sage color. It was a “Special
Value” promotion #105627213 970 with a manufacturer’s scan
number of 47293 10839. I noticed instructions that suggested that one
place the slip cover in a dryer on a low setting with a damp cloth for a few
minutes. I took the slip cover off, and I put it in a dryer on the
delicate fiber setting with a damp dish towel for six minutes to enhance the
fabric and remove any wrinkles. I then put the slip cover back on the
sofa, and it looks even better. The item I purchased is similar to this
item in sage http://www.surefit.net/cart/product.cfm?prrfnbr=2671&cgrfnbr=43&merfnbr=1&crow=2
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/28/03 Tuesday 11:10 P.M.: I put away the laundry. I
moved the black comforter from the back of the blue love seat to the end of the
day bed, and I moved the white patterned comforter to the back of the blue love
seat. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/28/03 Tuesday 9:55 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. today. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements and
coffee. I went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went down to the central Greenwich Post office, and I
obtained a money order at a cost of .90 for $25 to send to Net2Phone to charge
up my account. I sent the money order to Net2Phone. I then
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I went by CVS, and I bought
a tube of Right Guard gel for $1.50 and two boxes of Old Dutch pretzels for
$1.39 both plus .09 tax for $2.89 total. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went to the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then went by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went
over to the Port Chester, New York shopping center. I toured Kohl’s
looking at sofa slip covers which were $150. They did have comforters in the
downstairs clearance section for 70% off. I then went to Linens ‘N
Things, and they carry www.surefit.com slip covers. They had
about a half dozen sofa slip covers normally $150 on sale for $69.99. I
decided to buy the Surefit heavy corduroy sofa cover in a greenish closer to an
olive drab gold. I first had to go to the Maselli super deli which had an
ATM machine that cost $1.50 to use. I bought the Surefit sofa cover for
$69.99 plus $4.72 tax for $74.71 total. I then returned home. I
took the green petit point fabric and a piece of blanket cloth off the long
sofa, and I put the Surefit sofa cover on it. The Surefit sofa cover fits
sofas up to 96 inches length which was the sofa length. It fits quite
well, and the sofa looks quite good. I left four of the throw pillows on
it that match. I also left the sofa a foot out from the wall, so the heat
from the electric radiators circulates better around the apartment. I
took the same petit point green fabric off the Queen Anne chair, and I left it
with its original cover and the New Zeeland sheep skin. I put the fabric
I took off the sofa, and I put it in the Surefit package, and I stored it on
the top bedroom closet shelf with the blanket cloth also. I put the light
comforter I had along the back of the sofa at the end of the day bed. I put the
two blue pillows from the long sofa on the bedroom bed. It all looks a
lot better. The long sofa was obtained by may parents when they were first
married in 1946, and it is a formal heavy horse hair sofa with steel
reinforcement, and it is like a family heirloom. It is quite comfortable
and looks quite a bit less lumpy with the new slip cover. I chatted with
a relative. I chatted with a friend. I started two loads of
laundry, and I am on the dry cycle using three dryers. I am watching
President Bush’s State of the Union Message. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 11:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed directly. It is 6 degree Fahrenheit, so
stay warm. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 10:40 P.M.: I had the second to last piece of
Canadian fruit cake with the rest of the cool whip and a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 9:50 P.M.: I put the yellow piece of French
cloth back over my French Antique reproduction chair in the apartment
entrance. I found this web site if anyone needs slip covers www.surefit.com
. I put the blue electric blanket back on my bed in the bedroom with a
blue summer blanket and comforter. I did not attach the electric blanket
controls since one of the two controls shorted out which is why I removed it,
and I could put one on my side, but since one shorted out, I figured one should
not risk using the other control. I have thought about getting rid of the
day bed to make the apartment seem more spacious, but it is a very comfortable
bed for naps and guests. I checked the thermostat in the bedroom, and the
bedroom temperature with the thermostat set at 60 degrees Fahrenheit is about
67 from the living room fan blowing the warmer air from the living room into
the bedroom and bath and hall area. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 8:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 8:25 P.M.: I chatted with my guest. My
guest just departed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 6:50 P.M.: My guest arrived after the last
message. I cleaned up and we went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I cashed my Maxtor $40 rebate check.
We then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a 15 inch
brass marlin for $3. Next we went by the Greenwich Hospital, and I made
an appointment to have my new mole checked out on Friday afternoon. My
guest had some soup at the hospital cafeteria. We viewed the model in the
lobby of the new Watson pavilion they will be building soon. We next
drove down by the waterfront. We then went to the Greenwich Library, and
I read the Wall Street Journal and returned a book. I left my guest
there, and I made my 4:15 P.M. appointment. Next I went back to the
library, and I picked up my guest, and we drove over to Smokes For Less in
Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26 total.
We then returned back to my apartment. I took down the Coca Cola tray from
above the kitchen entrance, and I put the brass marlin above the kitchen
entrance. I put the Coca Cola tray with the other trays to the right of
the refrigerator. I then rehung the iodine thermometer on the bedroom
wall. I put the Venice picture above the bathroom door on the left side
wall of the hallway entrance with the Williamsburg picture. I turned on
both oil filled radiators to take off the coldness in the apartment. It
is 9 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. I am cooking up a batch of
Ronzoni spinach fettuccini which I will have it mixed with heated Bertolli
garlic alfredo sauce flavored with ground black pepper, garlic powder, celery
salt, Italian spices, oregano, basil and all mixed with a half cup of grated
parmesan cheese along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/27/03 Monday 12:20 P.M.: I ran Norton Speed Disk on the C:
drive while I was asleep. I had a call from a friend about 9 A.M. who
just arrived to visit. I also had a call from a relative. I was up
at 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I received my Maxtor hard drive
$40 rebate on the Maxtor hard drive that I bought during the first week of
December 2002. I just cleared the ice off my Hyundai. I have a 4
P.M. appointment today. It is 14 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 11:40 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed in a brief spell. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 11:30 P.M.: I went to www.download.com
, and I selected “Most Popular”, and I downloaded AD-Aware, and I installed and
ran it on the primary and all partitions on the backup computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 9:05 P.M.: I played five games of
solitaire on the computer. I lost all five games. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 8:00 P.M.: I watched the NBC evening
news. I had dinner of a broiled shell steak with bone in with Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed fresh broccoli crowns with fresh
cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese and reheated white rice with ice
tea. With my vegetables I usually have margarine also. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 6:05 P.M.: I sifted through my
email. If anyone should be so drawn to be watching the Superbowl in San
Diego, California, they might check out this diversion http://www.sandiegozoo.org/
and see the Brazilian Jaguar there http://www.sandiegozoo.org/virtualzoo/phototrek/jaguar.html
, of course the picture of the Brazilian Jaguar in National Geographic about
four years ago was better because it showed it has teeth like a Saber Tooth
tiger. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 5:05 P.M.: I went out, and I drove down
by the waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and Audubon magazine. I
then returned home. I had eight Carr’s crackers with Dutch gouda cheese
and a few potato chips and ice tea. I chatted with a relative. I
have several moles on my back that I have had for a long time. Today, I
in the center top middle of my back, I just noticed a half inch in diameter
black mole with a scab type feeling which I do not think was there
before. I will have to see the dermatologist to check it out some time in
the near future. One of my neighbors threw out a 15 inch computer monitor
which is by the dumpster getting snowed on. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 1:15 P.M.: I rested a bit. I will
now clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/26/03 Sunday 11:20 A.M.: I was up at 9:30
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. Tomorrow is suppose to be colder again with
highs around 15 degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
. CIO
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<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 11:15 P.M.: Local Scottish information http://www.nycaledonian.org/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 11:00 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 10:40 P.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work. I tried to improve http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/resumee.htm
. I had a piece of Canadian fruit cake with cool whip and ice tea.
CIO
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<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 7:55 P.M.: I had a Boston Market home-style
beef sirloin and noodles dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 7:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove over to Old Greenwich to
the Mobil Express Car wash, and I got my Hyundai washed for $5. Their
machines dry the car, but I also towel dry the car to make sure it is extra dry
and polished. I also emptied off the front floor mats and dusted the dash
board. I then drove over to the southwest area at Tod’s Point, and I
enjoyed the sunset in the west. I next went to Staples, and I bought a
three pack of Staples Clamp binders for $5.99 plus .36 tax for $6.35. I
then drove downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I next drove
down by the waterfront. I then went by Exxon, and I filled up the
gasoline tank with regular unleaded at $1.749 a gallon for $4 total at about 27
miles per gallon. I next went to Val’s liquor store in the Stop and Shop
shopping center, and I bought a 10 ounce bottle of Angostora bitters for $8.79
plus .56 tax for $9.35 total. I then returned home. I am having a
glass of ice tea. CIO
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<888> 01/25/03 Saturday 2:50 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and watering the
plants. I just had two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and
Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea. I
then had a 50% Folgers’ instant coffee and 50% Folgers’ decaffeinated
coffee. I will now clean up and go out for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/24/03 Friday 10:50 P.M.: Well tomorrow is Robert Burns
birthday http://www.almanac.com/redletter/redletter.0103/rl25.html
not to be mistaken with Burns Security. I suppose if one were up in Scotland
one could enjoy http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/006.htm a
good stiff Scotch whisky to take the chill away. Of course up in
Scotland, they walk quite a bit, so they do not have to be bothered with
Drinking and Driving. I suppose Scotch whisky is one of those items
native to Scotland that help the local residents there endure the harsher
climate of the North Sea. Well, I guess it is time for me to shut down
the old computer, and I will go to bed soon. I keep my bedroom thermostat
at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, but I have a heavy comforter that keeps me warm
through the cold night. Cheerio from the far side of Greenwich,
Connecticut. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/24/03 Friday 10:20 P.M.: I went out after dinner, and I
stopped by the Greenwich Library. I looked at the 2003 Old Farmer’s
Almanac www.almanac.com
. They predict that in the second week of February 2003 New England will
have a blizzard and New York will have snow, so we have been forewarned.
They also predict that February and March 2003 will be colder than usual and
colder than January 2003 with more snow. The good news is they predict
the summer in this area will be cooler. There is also an article on the
volcano eruption in Dutch Indonesia islands in the 16th century http://www.almanac.com/tour.2003/blasts.ca.html
. I noticed www.accuweather.com was one of their advertisers. I
then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the
train station area. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by
CVS, and I bought two Djeep hot body florescent orange lighters for $1.99
apiece plus .24 tax for $4.22 total. I also stopped by the ATM machine at
the Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue. Their thermostat
in the lobby still seems to be messed up, since when one turns it to 40 it
seems to activate and nothing happens at 90 they have it set at. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I put $20 on my
MacGray laundry card. I will now have a piece of Canadian fruit cake with
cool whip and a glass of ice tea. It is 19 degrees Fahrenheit right
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/24/03 Friday 6:50 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital thrift shop. I then walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went to the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C.
World magazine and the Greenwich Times. I then went by the Food Emporium,
and I bought two shell steaks with bone in for $3.99 a pound for $3.23 and
$3.35, head of cauliflower for $1.99 and dozen extra eggs for $1.79 for $10.36
total. I then returned home. I had the same dinner as last night of
broiled steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed fresh broccoli
crowns with steamed fresh cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese, steamed
white rice, and ice tea. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/24/03:
Note:
<888> 01/24/03 Friday 1:05 P.M.: I had a call from a relative last
night at 10 P.M.. I was up at 11 A.M. today. I received in the mail
a Holiday greetings letter from the White House from President Bush and Laura
Bush. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I tried using my DeLonghi oil filled radiators
in the living room, but the power strip they were plugged into tripped. I
reset the power strip interrupt button. I put the DeLonghi oil filled
radiator nearest to the computer on a different power strip plugged into the
air conditioning power cord. I unplugged the air conditioner. Now
each of the two DeLonghi radiators is on a separate circuit breaker. I
tested them and I turned the apartment thermostat up to 76 degrees F. from 74
degrees F., and it took the chill out of the air. I just turned them off,
and I returned the thermostat to 74 degrees F., but the apartment warmed up,
and is more comfortable. However, this procedure uses a considerable
amount of electricity, so I do not do it that often. I am also recharging
the Slaymaker Jump Start system which was down. It takes up to 12
hours. The instructions say I can leave it plugged in charging all the
time, and it will automatically cut off charging when charged. Thus I
will leave it plugged in charging to keep it fully charged. I will now
send out my weekly notes. I will then clean up, and I will go out for some
daytime activity. Remember to stay warm. Locally here it is 20
degrees Fahrenheit right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 9:15 P.M.: I watched some television.
I chatted with a friend. I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I
will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 8:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 7:20 P.M.: This web page says the lowest
temperature recorded in Key West, Florida was 41 degrees Fahrenheit in 1981, I
assume during the winter,
http://www.uniquetravelstories.com/key-west/key-west1.htm
, however http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Key+West%2C+Florida
warns that they might have record low temperatures during tonight or the next
night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 7:05 P.M.: I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
They sold the prints of the Breakers. I then drove downtown, and I walked
the lower Greenwich Avenue and train station area. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read Time
magazine. I checked out a DVD video disk. I then returned
home. I had a broiled shell steak with bone in for dinner with Lea and
Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, and steamed fresh broccoli
with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 1:40 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I rested for a couple of hours. I had some goldfish crackers
and a slice of Canadian fruit cake with cool whip and a glass of ice tea.
I will now clean up, and I will go out for my 3 P.M. appointment.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/23/03 Thursday 9:55 A.M.: It is 9 degrees Fahrenheit right
now. I was up at 8 A.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled
eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. It is a bit
cold out, so I will stay inside. I have a 3 P.M. appointment this
afternoon. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 7:25 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 6:45 P.M.: I read some computer
news. I had a piece of Canadian fruit cake with cool whip and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 6:15 P.M.: I went back out after the last
message. I drove down by the waterfront. I then walked the lower
Greenwich Avenue and train station area. I next went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. They have two nice prints there of the
Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island for $7.50 apiece, but I guess this time of
year Newport, Rhode Island is out of season. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read this week’s Economist magazine which had an article on
volcanoes. I then read a very interesting article in the February 2003
Discover magazine also on volcanoes. I then went back down by the
waterfront. I next went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a shell steak
with bone in for $3.99 a pound for $3.35 for $3.35 total. I then returned
home. I am having a glass of ice tea. It is 14 degrees Fahrenheit right
now. Supposedly this cold weather here and the other unusual weather
worldwide is being caused by El Nino again. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 1:35 P.M.: For lunch, I had a broiled one
inch thick shell steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce. I broil
my steaks in the electric boiler in the General Electric oven for a four
minutes a side on the broiling pan on the upper rack. I also had steamed
fresh broccoli crowns and steamed white rice and ice tea. I am just about
to have a cappuccino. I will then go out to enjoy some more of this
vigorous fresh air. Maybe all those young people with extra body weight
whom might not feel the cold as much should try to stay more vigilant.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/22/03 Wednesday 12:15 P.M.: I went to bed after the last
message last night after chatting with a friend. I talked to another
relative about 10 P.M.. I was up at 7 A.M. this morning. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.
I cleaned up, and I went out about 9 A.M.. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat
out at various locations. It is 16 degrees Fahrenheit right now at
noon. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two packages of Hanes crew neck top
long underwear tops extra large for $4.99 each for $9.98 total. After my
walk, I walked over to the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop, and I toured the
shop. They have a nice computer chair there for $125. I next drove
down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the local newspaper. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $6.30 of regular
unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon for about 20 miles per gallon. I
guess in the colder weather, I am not getting better gas mileage. I think
if one wants to travel up into the North Country into colder areas of Canada,
Canada Air out at Westchester County airport sells one of the best private cold
weather jets. I returned home, and I put on one of the Hanes long
underwear shirts which I am wearing with my Stewart dress quilted plaid
shirt. I was warm enough during my walk since I bundled up, and I wore
two pairs of long underwear bottoms along with the other winter clothing.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 7:40 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will relax and watch some television
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 7:10 P.M.: I am cooking the same fish and
chips dinner as last night except for the sauce I am having a mixture of about
a half cup all together of 50% Heinz ketchup with 50% Texas Best Mesquite
barbeque sauce with a few dashes of McIlhenney Tabasco sauce for the fish and
chips sauce along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 6:50 P.M.: I am watching CSPAN 2 on channel
66, and the United States Senate just passed the Reed Amendment to provide $2
billion of low income energy assistance by a vote of 88 to 4. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 5:05 P.M.: Before taking my nap, I had seven
Carr’s crackers with Holland Dutch gouda cheese slices. I took my
nap. I woke up half way through my nap, and I had about 10 Carr’s
crackers. I also watched a bit of television while taking my nap.
It is still a bit chilly out at 19 degrees Fahrenheit. I suppose the
world has gotten colder. I suppose this weather will be with us for a
while. I am not sure why it is so cold, but I remember times in the past
when it was this colder or colder, but not for this extended period of
time. I suppose this does not give much credence to the Global Warming
theories we have heard tossed about recently. I remember in the past
about hearing about the harbor in Nantucket freezing solid, and the residents
of the island being stranded without fuel and other necessities. I
suppose during this cold spell the residents of Nantucket could be experiencing
a similar experience again. Well at least we have everything we need here
if one can afford it. Since I am anticipating a colder winter as
witnessed already, I am trying to conserve my reserves and funds to make it
through the winter. I have seen lots of young people out walking around
as if the cold does not bother them, and they do not seem to be that warmly
dressed, so maybe younger people do not notice the cold as much. Well
from what I can tell, we have to get use to it. I suppose since at the
moment we seem to have enough energy in the area if one can afford it, people
are not worrying about conserving energy. Anyway I have enough body fat
to stay a bit warmer in this colder weather. I am not sure whether I am
going to venture out today or not since it seems so cold out, I prefer to stay
inside more. However, sooner or later I will get cabin fever, and I guess
I will have to venture out into this colder weather. If I do go out I am
not sure whether I will be going for a walk or not. One could always
check on friends to make sure they are all right in this colder weather.
Well, I am not sure what to do next, but a hot shower would feel pretty good
about now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and
Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard and potato chips and a dill pickle
slice and ice tea. I think I will now take a nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 12:55 P.M.: I called Optimum Online
technical support. They suggested that I turned off the cable modem and
the router. I turned on the cable modem separately and then the router,
and the system came back online. I guess one needs to turn each on
separately to reset the system. I will leave the Speedguide XP tweak
installed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 11:55 A.M.: Summary of events leading to
online cable modem connection not working. I looked at some news. I
followed the link to http://www.kevinmitnick.com/ from there to http://www.2600.com/
. I then downloaded from www.speedguide.net the XP tweak, and I installed
it. I backed up my registry before installing the tweak. When I
rebooted, the system would not go online. I tried restoring the registry
from the backup, but the system would not permit it. I started the Dell
backup computer, and it would not go online either. I was going to
download the XP Tweak restore patch from www.speedguide.net . Thus there is
something wrong with my online cable modem connection. Possibly I could
try installing the cable modem install disk to see if that works reregistering
the cable modem again. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 10:35 A.M.: I had a 6 ounce container of
homemade yogurt and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 10:10 A.M.: Well, it is 15 degrees
Fahrenheit this morning. I suppose the colder weather we have been
experiencing recently is more the normal weather for this time of year.
We had some warmer winters recently, but not this winter. Anyway, I am
spending more time inside where it is warmer. However, when I go out I
see plenty of people enjoying the colder weather. Once one gets use to
the colder weather and learns to bundle up more warmly, one can pursue one’s
normal routines. I personally do not waste money sitting in Starbucks
inside where it is warm to watch the world go by through their front window,
since I have plenty of coffee which is cheaper at home. I have noticed
the inner part of the Greenwich Harbor is freezing a bit. On Sunday at
the Indian Harbor Yacht club, a local group of sailors were practicing their
ice sailing. It is free this time of year to go out to Tod’s Point, and
on days when it is not to windy, it can be a brisk walk. I have two DeLonghi
electric oil filled radiators in my apartment living room, but I do not use
them, since the electricity they use tends to be more expensive than the wall
electric radiators. Basically on a limited income the only refuge from
the cold besides home is the Greenwich Library. However, I am warm enough
and comfortable enough at home. Since I smoke about 15 to 20 cigarettes
outside a day, I have to go outside that many times through out the day to
sneak a smoke. Maybe, it has always been this cold here, but I never
noticed it since I used to smoke tobacco inside. In the days when I lived
in Manhattan last in the early 1980s, on even colder days, I used to enjoy
walking through the Central Park children’s zoo, and seeing Scandia the Polar
Bear whom seemed to enjoy this weather. Of course on a cold day, one can
tour one of the many enjoyable museums in Manhattan. If one is traveling
through this area, I believe the rest areas along I-95 offer a bit of a relief
from the cold. I use to go to the Stamford, Connecticut mall, but I have
not been there in about five years. I enjoy the outdoor ambience of the
outdoor Greenwich, Connecticut mall called Greenwich Avenue. There are
also indoor malls at the Galleria in White Plains, New York and Danbury,
Connecticut. However, the nature of a mall, one might be tempted to spend
money. Costco in nearby Port Chester, New York is a large spacious
building, and one could take an exercise walk there. I live next door to
the Dorothy Hammil skating rink, but I am not sure what their hours are for ice
skating for the general public. The only time I have used the facility in
the last 19 years, I have been back in Greenwich is that I took a Brazilian
friend there a couple of times to go ice skating. Of course if one is in
Manhattan, they probably still have ice skating in Rockefeller Center.
Sitting on a bench on Greenwich Avenue watching the world go by in cold weather
gets a little old, so I am enjoying being in my relatively warm and comfortable
apartment here on the far side of town. I think the Greenwich Train
station lobby is also heated for anyone walking around this area. Besides
Starbucks across from the Post Office downtown, we also have many other coffee
shops around town along with a collection of restaurants and other dining
establishments. I suppose one could always browse the stores downtown,
but since so many of the stores are women’s shops, they do not offer the
diversity of items that men enjoy looking at. I suppose one could always
browse Home Depot in Port Chester, New York or if one wanted to take an
extended trip one could always go to Sears in White Plains, New York or
Wal-Mart in Norwalk, Connecticut. Still such ventures would involve
spending money which is something I am trying to avoid doing. I suppose
if at home, one could do some cooking. I generally try not to watch too
much television, but with the same amount of time, I try to do other chores and
activities. I suppose if one has internet access, one could start trading
stocks on the internet, but that might risk money. If one were in a
sporting mood, one could play the horses on the internet. I suppose with
all this computer equipment I have, I could run a secretarial service.
However, I am not too good on dictation, and I am much better at dictating myself.
It is my perspective that when one dictates into a recording device the content
flows more fluidly than when one types it on the word processor on the
computer. I suppose with all the internet terminals at the library, a
large group of people are trying to use the facility as a second office.
Since I live by myself at home, I do not have the problem of other relatives
kicking me or driving me out of the house. If on a cold day, one does not
have anything to do, one can always read a book. I remember in the period
from October 1978 to December 1980 when I use to drive around America, I would
frequently use libraries all over America in my travels. Thus I dare say
we have a number of travelers whom come through our way and whom use our local
library facilities. I always see out of state license plates at the
Greenwich Library. However, just because someone has a Connecticut plate
does not mean they have not traveled a bit since it can take over two hours to
drive from one part to another part of Connecticut. We also get quite a
few travelers off the train in Greenwich, whom could be traveling from even
further points before they got on the train. I suppose people could also
be traveling out of our local airport or bus stations. The Greenwich Library
has a large travel section for reference reading and research. If one is
tired of walking up and down Greenwich Avenue, U.S. 1 through out the whole
state of Connecticut seems to have local bus service. A friend of mine
invited me to go into the Metropolitan Museum this Thursday, but I told the
friend, it would probably be too cold for me. Still the friend plans to
venture into the city. It is important to avoid the winter doldrums by
keeping busy. I suppose yesterday when I was looking for buttons, I could
have gone east on U.S. 1 just east beyond Harvard Street in Stamford, there is
a millinery shop that has everything one would need for sewing projects and
other similar types of activity. Well, right now I am keeping busy by
doing a bit more writing. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/21/03 Tuesday 9:00 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I will now do some regular computer work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 8:05 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer. I will relax a bit and
maybe watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 7:20 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
think we could safely say it was “Fish and Chips”. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 6:45 P.M.: I am cooking a package of Americas
Choice 6 fish filets in the convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 12
minutes a side for 24 minutes total along with a third of a bag of Americas
Choice frozen potatoe wedges which I also will flip halfway through, and I will
have them with a third of a cup mixture of Heinz ketchup and horseradish along
with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 6:30 P.M.: I went out, and I drove by the
waterfront. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
briefly. I just now returned home. It is 21 degrees Fahrenheit
outside and with a 25 mile per hour wind the wind-chill is about 4 degrees
Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
, so unless one is bundled up warmly and use to cold weather, one should try to
stay inside where it is warmer. I did notice today at CVS on Greenwich
Avenue, they sell long underwear. Well stay warm. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 5:05 P.M.: I just sewed four buttons on the
quilted lined Stewart dress shirt and I tightened two more buttons on that
shirt. I sewed on two buttons on the red and green plaid flannel shirt,
and I also sewed one button on the burgundy flannel shirt. I also mended
three ¼ inch diameter cigarette burn holes on my long down filled Rainforest
overcoat that are not really noticeable since they are down around the
bottom. I put the new sewing items in the box with my other sewing items
in the left top bureau drawer in the mahogany dresser in the bedroom. The
self threading needles do not work very well since the thread tends to pull
out. I used the regular needles I already had since they permit one to
pull tighter on the thread. I will now go out for some fresh air.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 2:35 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by the Greenwich Library which is closed today, and I
tried to use the video drop to return a DVD disk, but it was overflowing.
I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue sitting out at various
locations. I next drove by the waterfront. I then drove over to Cos
Cob and returned to the Greenwich Hardware store on Greenwich Avenue. I
bought a Singer card item # 00038 of 17 white shirt buttons for $1.29, a
Singer card item # 00056 of 3 needle threaders $1.79, a Singer card item #
00290 of 15 self-threading hand needles assorted $2.99, and a Singer card
item # 00036 of 50 assorted buttons $1.99 plus .48 tax for $8.54 total. I
then drove by the Greenwich Library, and I was able to cram in the DVD video
disk into the video slot. I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought
two shell steaks with bone in at $3.99 a pound for $3.51 and $3.31 for $6.82
total. I then went to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26. I then returned home. For lunch,
I had two hotdogs with buns and Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard and
potato chips and a dill pickle slice with ice tea. I am now having a 50%
Folgers’ instant coffee and 50% Folgers’ instant decaffeinated coffee.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 10:35 A.M.: I will now clean up, and I will
go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 10:10 A.M.: I finished making the ice tea,
and I put it in the refrigerator to chill. I listened to some of the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. Speaking of chilling, it is suppose to go down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit
tonight http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
, so maybe one should put in some hot coco or Nestle’s chocolate if one does
not drink hot coffee or tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 9:40 A.M.: I sorted out the various
periodical literatures that I had received in the last few months, and I threw
out the old periodical literature. I also put my last few months of
receipts in the lower drawer of the two drawer file cabinet on top of the four
drawer file cabinet. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/20/03 Monday 8:55 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I am in the process of making www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
using 21 tea bags in 9 different flavors. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/19/03 Sunday 10:00 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I sifted through my email. I will now shut down the computer. I
will go to bed soon thereafter. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/19/03 Sunday 9:30 P.M.: The Opti sound card is working
fine on the IBM Cyrix backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/19/03 Sunday 8:20 P.M.: I put the Opti sound card in the
IBM Cyrix backup computer, and I disabled the onboard sound in the cmos.
I was in the process of installing the drivers, when my guest arrived about
1:30 P.M.. We went for a drive down by the waterfront. We then went
over to Tod’s Point, and we sat out at the southwest parking area. We
next drove back to Byram, and we went to Smokes for Less, but they close at 2
P.M. on Sunday. We then went to the Food Emporium, and my guest bought
two shell steaks with bones at $3.99 a pound for $6.66 total. We then
returned back to my place. We watched a bit of television. About
5:30 P.M. we had dinner of broiled shell steaks with Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, steamed fresh broccoli crowns, and
ice tea. We watched television for the rest of the time. We had
slices of fruit cake with cool whip. My guest just left. I will now
install the Opti sound card drivers I downloaded on the IBM Cyrix backup
computer. I also chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/19/03 Sunday 11:55 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M. this
morning. I watched www.hourofpower.org on television. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, cantaloupe chunks,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. The cantaloupe chunks gave me
indigestion, so I am throwing the rest of them out. I found an Elite
computer in our dumpster that someone had dumped out. I brought it up to
investigate later. I went downtown, and I drove by the waterfront.
I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. The obituary of the husband of the
relative that passed away on this past Monday is in the New York Times
today. I returned home. I checked out the Elite computer. It
was a 486DX with 16 megs of memory and a 1 gigabyte hard drive. I decided
not to keep it, and I put it out by the dumpster. I did salvage from it
an OPTI sound card which I sometime will put in my IBM Cyrix backup
computer. I also took out an EISA modem, but I do not think it would work
with XP on my primary or other computers. I will keep it in
reserve. I have a guest coming down at 2 P.M. today. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 10:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 9:55 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
put away the laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 7:50 P.M.: I talked with another
relative. I watched the ABC evening news. I just started a load of
laundry. I put clean linens on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 6:15 P.M.: I had the rest of the cold eye
round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and reheated
white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns with grated parmesan cheese and
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 5:35 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. There were about 200 people having a peaceful anti war protest at
the Greenwich Post Office. It would have been better if they had not been
continually beating a drum since there is a retirement home across the street,
and they probably disturbed the retired citizens. Still they did not seem
to mind the very cold weather. I then drove down by the waterfront.
In observing Long Island, I noticed two very large plums of white smoke coming
from across the way from two different large power plants. I guess they
are consuming a lot of electricity on Long Island. I believe about 20
years ago, they built a gas pipeline underneath Long Island sound to bring
Canadian Natural gas out to Long Island, so I assume that is what is powering
the power plants producing the white smoke that is clearly visible across the
sound. I next went to the Greenwich Library, and across the street from
the library at Cheeseborough Ponds, they had a two hundred foot crane to lift a
large piece of ventilation equipment onto the roof of the building. I
believe they went through the same procedure last summer. I read the
Economist magazine at the library, and even though the news in it is probably
two weeks old, as usual it is well written and informative. Since they
write longer stories, they tend to draw one’s attention to certain subject
matter that one normally might not notice. I then returned home. I
just finished chatting with a relative. It is 16 degrees Fahrenheit
outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 11:05 A.M.: I guess we could call the
Greenwich Library, “Siberia Sam’s Refugee Retreat”. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/18/03 Saturday 10:55 A.M.: I had a call from a relative
about 9 P.M. last night. I was up at 4 A.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
fell back to sleep until 7:30 A.M.. I just finished my house cleaning and
watering the plants. I chatted with some friends. I had two hotdogs
with buns and Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard with potato chips and a
kosher dill pickle and ice tea and a Folgers’ instant coffee. I will
clean up, and I guess I will go out and enjoy the colder day. It is 9
degrees Fahrenheit right now, so I imagine it was colder this morning.
Stay warm. If anyone sees Nanook of the North, let me know.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 6:25 P.M.: I went back out. I sat out
downtown for a while. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the Greenwich Times, and I read Smart Computing magazine. I then went
back downtown, and I walked the lower Greenwich Avenue area. I then drove
down by the waterfront. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
buy one get one free of Oscar Meyer lite beef hotdogs $3.69 both packages of 8
franks, broccoli crowns at $1.29 a pound $1.91, buy one get one free of Wise 5
ounce onion and garlic potato chips $1.49 both, and two Pepperidge Farm frozen
layer cakes $4 for both for $11.09 total. I then returned home. I
had a meal of cantaloupe chunks and a slice of fruit cake with cool whip.
I will now shut down the computer, and after the ABC evening news, I probably
will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 1:30 P.M.: I put a new 9 volt super alkaline
battery in the NOAA weather radio. It runs off electricity and has
battery backup. It was not working, and I had to reset it. I am
just about to have dinner of three ¼ inch thick slices of cold eye round with
horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and steamed white rice and
steamed fresh broccoli with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea and a Folgers’
instant coffee. I will then go back downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 12:50 P.M.: I had some Carr’s crackers with
slices of Gouda cheese and some ice tea about 8 A.M.. I went out, and I
stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by Betteridge Jewelers, and I took my Pulsar
watch that was given to me as a Christmas gift about five years ago by a
relative, and in 20 minutes they were able to replace the watch battery for $6
and .36 tax for $6.36 total. I will now start wearing it some of the
time, since it is working. While, they were replacing the watch battery,
I went to CVS, and I bought two Glade scent oil refills Hawaiian breeze for
$1.99 each plus .24 tax for $4.22 total. I then picked up my Pulsar watch
and thanked them for the service. I next went down to the center of town,
and I was just about to walk lower Greenwich Avenue, and I noticed someone in
Starbucks with a Greenwich Hardware store bag, so I decided to walk up to the
Greenwich Hardware store instead. I checked out their 70% off rack at the
front of the store, and I bought a Seth Thomas weather station with oak case
holding the three instruments of thermometer, barometer, and hygrometer which
was regularly $79.99, and I bought it for 70% off $23.70 plus $1.42 tax for
$25.12 total. I add to use the ATM machine next door at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York before making my purchase. I told the staff in the bank that
their thermostat in the ATM lobby was probably installed backwards since once
when I tried the thermostat on a cold night the heat came on at 40 degrees F.
setting and it did not come on at 90 degree F. setting. I then walked
down the Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I next started to returned home,
and I remember something I forgot, so I parked behind the Greenwich Hardware
store, and I bought a package of two OOK 50 pound picture hooks and a package
of three 30 pound picture hooks for $2.49 each package plus .30 tax for
$5.28 total. I then returned home. I adjusted the band on my Pulsar
watch in five holes, so it fits tighter. I hung the Seth Thomas weather
station vertically on a 50 pound hook on the left side of the hallway entrance
just above the brass butler lamp on the living room wall, and I had to put the
Williamsburg church picture a little bit higher. I also have a Jensen
barometer and hygrometer on the inside side of my apartment door. Since
the Seth Thomas weather station is on a hook, one could take it off the hook
and get accurate weather readings outside, if one were so inclined.
CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/17/03:
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 7:45 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. It
is suppose to get down to five degrees Fahrenheit tonight http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
. I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then clean up and go
out and enjoy the day. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 6:25 A.M.: Forbes’ www.forbes.com Microsoft www.microsoft.com
stock story http://www.forbes.com/home/2003/01/16/cx_aw_0116microdiv.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/17/03 Friday 5:00 A.M.: I went to bed after the last
message. I had a telephone call from a friend about 9 P.M.. I had a
snack in the middle of the night of goldfish crackers and ice tea. I was
up at 4 A.M.. I cleaned off one inch of snow off the Hyundai and the
benches in front of my apartment building. I had breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 5:40 P.M.: I went out for my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by
the Greenwich Library. I returned home, and I had a homemade yogurt and
ice tea. I am a bit tired, so I think I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 1:55 P.M.: I went out, and I went by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then
went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I next drove over to Old
Greenwich, and I went by the Old Greenwich Rummage Room. I bought a pair
of Docker gold corduroy pants waist 42 inches length 30 inches for $6, a pair
of Lee Khakis waist 42 inches length 30 inches for $3 and an extra large like
new Jon Lauren made in China 65% polyester and 35% cotton Stewart plaid heavy
quilted lined shirt for $10 for $19 total. I got three hangers to go with
the items. I then sat out at the southwest and the southeast parking
areas at Tod’s Point. I next drove back to central Greenwich, and I went
back by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then sat out
downtown for a while. I bought a copy of the Greenwich Times from the newspaper
box in front of Starbucks for .50. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $7
of regular unleaded at $1.759 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon gasoline
average. I then returned home. For my meal, I had two hotdogs with
buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a dill
pickle spear and ice tea. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 8:20 A.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I had some Carr’s crackers with gouda cheese slices and ice tea. I am
just about ready to have a can of Progresso New England clam chowder with ice
tea. I will then have a Chock Full of Nuts instant coffee. I next
will clean up, and I will be on a day schedule. I have a 3 P.M.
appointment this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 7:10 A.M.: I rested for a while.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 5:05 A.M.: Link to obituary of husband of
relative that passed away this past Monday http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/obituaries/scn-gt-obitagnewjan16,0,1605451.story?coll=green%2Dobits%2Dheadlines
.CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 4:55 A.M.: I had a slice of fruit cake with
Cool Whip and ice tea. I watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 3:10 A.M.: If Tobago should be all booked
up, one could try The Crane in Barbados http://www.thecrane.com/ . Of course my
deluxe suite here will be booked up for the indefinite future, since I am an
experienced arm chair traveler. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 2:20 A.M.: After dinner, I made up my bed,
just in case I decided to get back into it, it will be warm and
comfortable. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 1:55 A.M.: When I go outside for a
cigarette, it is a bit more comfortable if I wear my long red heavy terrycloth
bathrobe underneath my long down overcoat to fell a bit warmer. I am
preparing the same dinner as last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 1:30 A.M.: I finished installing the
updates on the two backup computers. I also uninstalled “INCD” on the
primary partition on the Dell backup, so as to prevent any floppy A: drive
access problems. I am wearing my large red terry cloth bathrobe to stay a
bit warmer. I suppose I could consider wearing two pairs of socks to keep
my feet warmer or at least wear two pairs when I go out for a walk.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/16/03 Thursday 1:00 A.M.: I finished updating the Dell
backup computer. I will now update the IBM Cryix backup computer. I
tasted a teaspoon of the yogurt, and it is delicious. I heard on the
MSNBC news Brian Williams telling people to turn up the thermostat, but he
works out of the RCA building which has connections to Exxon and maybe he has
connections to the Williams Energy company, so he can afford to tell people to
turn up the heat. I decided it was a bit warm in the apartment, and in
order to save money, I turned the living room thermostat down to 74 degrees
Fahrenheit, where I keep it most of the time. It is 19 F outside right
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M., and I put
the yogurt in the refrigerator to chill. It seems to have come out all
right. I fell back to sleep until 7 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I fell back to sleep
until 10:30 P.M. without drinking my coffee. I got up, and I reheated and
drank my coffee. I have a bit of cabin fever and the winter blues, since
it is 20 degrees Fahrenheit outside. I am installing the Windows Media
Player 9 on the Dell backup computer. I do not think I will be going
downtown for a walk, but that option is always open. It sure would wake
me up. At the moment, it is warm and comfortable in the apartment.
I have the thermostat set at 76 degrees Fahrenheit, and the thermometer above
the electric radiators on the outside living room says 80 F., and the one on
the dining room table says 66 F., and the one in the hallway says 72 F., thus
the heat directly below the thermometer on the outside window makes it read a
bit warmer than it actually is. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 6:20 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.: I had some goldfish crackers
which was the only free food I ever got the entire time I was down in Key West,
Florida supposedly where NASA astronauts train. I guess they try to
starve people to death, so they are less of a payload. Needless to say at
222 pounds, I will not be applying for any jobs in space anytime soon. I
went out for a drive, and I drove down Greenwich Avenue, and I drove down by
the waterfront, and I viewed the scenic night sky. I then drove by the
train station, and I noticed an out of state license plate that said something
like “COCOBCH” which reminded me I should update my NASA page. I then sat
in my car downtown for a while with the engine and heater running to stay
warm. I hope the Saudis do not mind if I burned a little extra oil.
I returned to my apartment. I updated the NASA page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm
and the impending shuttle launch page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-107.htm . Sometimes
on a clear day or a clear night about 10 to 15 minutes after the shuttle
launch, one can see it with the naked eye pass by in the sky here overhead
going from southwest to northeast. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 3:45 A.M.: If one wants to research real
cold weather environments try www.siberia.com . However, it is as cold
as -29 degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/global/CA_QB.html
in some places in Quebec. Maybe a few French Canadians would like to come
down to Greenwich, Connecticut to warm up. Nous sommes parlons de
Francais ici. It is only 21 degrees F. here. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 2:30 A.M.: I am just doing some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.: I had a slice of fruit cake
with cool whip along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/15/03 Wednesday 12:40 A.M.: I took my Revere 6 quart pot,
and I added two packages of S&S dried milk along with two quarts of
water. I heated it to boiling. I then cooled the pot of liquid in
the kitchen sink half full of cold water until it reached the desired
temperature on my yogurt thermometer. Instead of adding two yogurt spoon
measures of yogurt to the liquid, I added an eight ounce container of Dannon
plain yogurt and four teaspoons of Vanilla extract, and I mixed it all
together. I then filled and covered the ten yogurt containers for my two
yogurt warmers along with two other containers, I placed on top of the yogurt
warmers. I have to let the yogurt warm in the yogurt warmers for about 12
hours, so about 12:30 P.M. today it should be ready for refrigeration. I
put a towel over the yogurt warmers to keep the two extra containers a bit
warmer since they are not in the yogurt warmer. If one does not have
yogurt warmers, one can put a pot of the yogurt mixture in an oven covered on
the lowest setting possibly for 12 hours and then refrigerate the pot. I
think the temperature for mixing the yogurt after boiling the milk is about 140
degrees Farenheit, but one should double check that. My yogurt
thermometer does not have temperature markings on it just two lines.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/14/03 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 2
P.M.. I had two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz
ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea and a Chock Full
of Nuts Instant coffee part of which I drank outside. I then made my 4
P.M. appointment. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went
by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper, and I read P.C. World
magazine. I then returned home about 6 P.M., and I rested until 8
P.M.. I then had dinner of three 1/4 “ thick to 1/3” thick slices of cold
eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed
fresh broccoli crowns, and steamed white rice and ice tea. I then went
out, and I drove down by the waterfront. I next walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then went by
the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange
juice with calcium for $2 each and a dozen extra large eggs for $1.79 for $5.79
total. I then returned home. Well, it is suppose to be cold like it
is presently for the next week and a half, so one might as well get use to
it. It is 22 degrees Fahrenheit right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 11:40 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 11:30 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I had a piece of fruit cake with cool whip and ice tea. I chatted with a
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 9:45 P.M.: I went out after dinner, and I
returned a DVD video disk to the Greenwich Library, and I checked out another
one. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then
went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought an eight ounce jar of Folgers’ instant
coffee for $4.69. I returned home. I had a message from a relative
on the answering machine. I chatted with another relative. I
chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 6:20 P.M.: I took the eye round, and I
seasoned it on all sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt,
ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano,
basil, and I also liberally covered it with Texas Best Mesquite barbeque
sauce. I cook it on a roasting rack in a baking pan in the convection
oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. I will have it with
reheated steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli with grated parmesan
cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 6:00 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went to CVS on Greenwich Avenue. I next went to
the Stop and Shop, and I bought an eye round roast at $3.59 a pound for $7.75
and buy two get two free of Progresso New England clam chowder for $4.58 all
four cans for $12.53 total. I then went to the Arnold Bread outlet, and I
bought two packages of 8 hotdog buns for .99 each package and two loaves of Arnold
12 grain bread and one loaf of Arnold Healthnut bread for .99 each minus .50
senior discount for $4.45 total. I then returned home. I chatted
with a friend. I also turned the living room thermostat up to 76 degrees
Fahrenheit, so hopefully it will be a little bit warmer in the apartment.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 2:00 P.M.: I was awaken at 11 A.M. this
morning by a telephone call from a relative. I was told that the husband
of a relative had passed away after a recent illness. He had a good long
life, and we will all miss him. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I ran Norton Speed Disk on the
computer while I was asleep. I just finished running Norton Disk Doctor
and Norton Win Doctor. I will now clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 4:30 A.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea. I will now shut down the computer. I will probably watch a
bit of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 3:10 A.M.: I watched some television. I
was just thinking when I was down in Key West, Florida during the winters of
1977 and 1978, there were not many people there. I spent most my time
walking around a fairly deserted town wondering why so many people preferred
being up north freezing. Well, now that I have been north all these
years, I suppose it is more peaceful during the winter time here than dealing
with tourists down south trying to have a good time. Well, basically I
can not take too much sun, so I suppose it would not be too healthy sunbathing
in the tropics. On the television here, since people whom work inside
tend to be warm weather people, all they do is advertise the tropics.
Even myself with all the years I have lived in the north country, I have not
done that much exploration besides Manhattan and my immediate area here.
It takes money to travel around during the winter in the north country, and
even if one has a car, one does not want to end up in rest area along the highway
for lack of lodging expenses. Thus since I have my own home here, I tend
to stay local. Having traveled around America, when I was younger, I do
not think it probably has changed very much. Well, I suppose since not
much is happening around here at night, I should try to get back on a daytime
schedule. Anyway, I do spend a lot of my time reading the news on the
internet, and from what I can tell, it seems since the internet revolution has
come to a downturn, there is not that much internet news to read anymore.
Basically I am getting a lot of public relations and indirect sales pitches
from the media content. However, since I have invested 11.5 years into
personal computers not to mention the financial expenses, I will try to stick
with the technology. I suppose I could search the net for other programs
to use or other web sites to explore. However, after all these years on
personal computers and the internet, my eyes were getting a bit tired, so I
have been trying to take it easy on them, and not spend as much continual time
on the computer. Well, now I will do a little bit of regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 1:00 A.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
threw out the pork chop bones in the garbage receptacle outside.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/13/03 Monday 12:15 A.M.: I threw out the cantaloupe
remains. I am cooking the same dinner that I had two nights ago. It
will be ready in fifteen minutes. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 11:20 P.M.: A friend called at 1:30 P.M. this
afternoon and woke me up. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. My friend arrived
about 3 P.M.. We chatted a while. I fell back to sleep until 7
P.M.. My guest and I watched some television. We had Carr’s
crackers with slices of gouda cheese. I also finished off the bowl of
mixed fruit with ice tea. My guest left at 9 P.M., and I went downtown,
and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.
I drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by the Stop and Shop, and
I bought two large cantaloupes for .99 each, broccoli crowns at $1.29 a pound
for $2.32, and a 14 ounce container of Ajax for .79, and a 14 ounce container
of Comet for .79 plus .09 tax for $5.97 total. I then returned
home. I chatted with a relative. I will now clean and dice the
cantaloupes and put the cantaloupe chunks in a Rubbermaid container in the
refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 5:35 A.M.: I will have five Danish cookies
and ice tea before going to bed. I will now shut down the computer.
I also moved the magnifying glass from the bedroom desk to on top of the ash
tray of the Charles W. Morgan whaling ship on the dining room table.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 4:50 A.M.: One important note during times of
colder weather is that the human body loses 50% of its body heat through one’s
head if it is not covered up, so it is important during colder weather to wear
a warm hat to stay warm and preserve one’s body heat. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 4:45 A.M.: After dinner I had four pretzel
rods, and I finished off the pretzels. I watered the plants before going
out. I also turned off the older Honeywell air purifier, and I am just
running the newer Honeywell HEPA air purifier. I put the Glade Hawaiian
Breeze scent oil in the Glade plug-in in the kitchen. I also have to
remember to wear my heavy red terry cloth robe when I am inside to stay
warmer. One thermometer by the living room windows says 72 degrees F.,
one in the hallway says 70 degrees F., and one on the dining room table says 65
degrees F., so the temperature varies through out the apartment.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 4:15 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. It is a bit nippy out. It is 22 degrees Fahrenheit.
I went by the Putnam Trust Bank of New York ATM machine on Greenwich
Avenue. I then drove down Greenwich Avenue. I then drove over to
CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza. I bought an Energizer 395 battery
for $3.99 which is a little bit thicker but the same diameter as the 371
battery, since they did not have a 371 battery. I also purchased two tins
of Danish cookies for $2.99 both, a CVS Clorox toilet drop-in tablet for $1.99,
a two 16 ounce bottle set of shampoo and conditioner package of European
mystique for $1.79, a 13 ounce bottle of Palmolive antibacterial detergent for
.99, a Glade oil refill Hawaiian breeze smell $1.99, and a bottle of Italian
spices .99 plus .65 tax for $15.38 total. I then drove back
downtown. I sat out briefly. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next returned home. I was able to get the Energizer
395 battery in my Gruen watch by adjusting the battery fittings, so it
fit in. The time and date work, but the day is stuck between Friday and
Saturday. Still it is back in operational order. I am just about
ready to have a Stouffer’s hearty pot roast dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/12/03 Sunday 1:00 A.M.: I was up at 2 P.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back asleep until 6 P.M.. I then had a bowl of mixed
fruit and ice tea. I next did my house cleaning. I forgot to water
the plants, which I will do shortly. I cleaned up, and I had another bowl
of mixed fruit. I went out about 9:30 P.M., and I drove down by the
waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I then drove the length of Greenwich Avenue again, and I then returned
home. I took the back off my Gruen Rolex style watch, and I was able to
turn off the back of the watch. It has a Maxell SR 920 SW battery in it
that needs to be replaced. I tried taking off the back of the Pulsar that
was given to me a number of years ago, but I was not able to get it off.
On the Gruen, the www.energizer.com
site says that the Energizer 371 is the replacement battery. I guess I
will go out to CVS in Old Greenwich and see if they have it. However,
first I will water my plants. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 5:10 A.M.: I did a little bit more of
regular computer work. I watched some television. Night time
schedules are not too exciting, but they do tend to be peaceful. I will
now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 3:55 A.M.: Well, I watched a bit of
television. I put away the ice tea in the refrigerator. I guess for
people not familiar with this area, they are finding out this area tends to get
a bit cold in the winter. I have seen it colder though. I guess I
should be grateful for having a comfortable apartment, but I do work hard in my
own way to keep things going. I have not been driving around much at
night recently, although my Hyundai has a warm heater. I feel that the
same energy that one uses to propel the automobile can keep me warmer and more
comfortable at home. Well since I go outside every hour or two for a
cigarette, I am well aware of the colder temperatures outside recently. I
have been wearing my long underwear bottoms underneath my pants all the time to
stay warmer. I did get my energy assistance grant letter this week, and
the total grant this year was down about 30% from last year. Still once
it comes through and is deposited to the electricity company, it is better than
nothing. I am still keeping my thermostat in the living room at 74
degrees Fahrenheit which keeps the room at a drafty 72 degrees
Fahrenheit. I have the heat turned off in the bathroom, and the bedroom
thermostat set at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. I also keep a box fan going
above the electric radiators in the living room so as to blow the heat out into
the room and circulate it around the apartment instead of having it all go up
the outside window wall into the false ceiling area. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 2:45 A.M.: I had the last piece of Canadian
fruit cake with cool whip from one tin, and I put the empty tin underneath one
of the vases on top of the center hallway bookcase. I still have a
complete four pound Jane Parker Canadian fruit cake to enjoy for the next
couple of weeks. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 2:40 A.M.: Well, I guess since I did
not drink alcohol while I was down in Key West, Florida; the regulars down
there whom seemed to drink a lot of alcohol did not like me. Still, I had
my own separate peace observing the local nature down there. I still
think a grey panther migrates down to the Florida Keys bringing in all the
stray cats which were in large abundance. Well, I guess so many people
from south of the Mason Dixon line have come up north over the years and been
uncomfortable up north in the cold weather that they try to get revenge when
they see snow birds going down south. Well anyway it is 63 degrees
Fahrenheit down in Key West, Florida http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Key+West%2C+Florida
, so the cold spell we are experiencing here has not gone that far south
yet. The coldest I remember it there in the period I was there was about
42 degrees Fahrenheit, and not many people had heat in their homes.
However, plenty of people had sweaters and liked sitting next to the fireplace
at Captain Tony’s. I suppose the Canadians whom were in ample supply down
that way were never really cold. Still, it is only 25 degrees Fahrenheit
here, so there is not much to report on. In Ottawa, Canada it is about
zero degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Ottawa%2C+Canada
, so more than likely sooner or later this winter, they will me venturing south
to explore warmer regions. I have only counted 94 Canadian license plates
in Greenwich, Connecticut in the 19 years I have been back here when I returned
here from Nantucket after a brief trip to Toronto, Canada. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 1:55 A.M.: I am making up a new batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
, and I am using 21 teabags of 9 different varieties. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 1:10 A.M.: Dinner was delicious. The
apartment is reasonably warm and comfortable. However, it does tend to be
a bit drafty on cold nights. I decided to wear my heavy red terry cloth
bath robe that I bought a year ago at the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop for
$15 over my clothes to stay a little bit warmer. Of course in the winters
of 1976 – 1977 and 1977 – 1978 when I lived outside most of the time down in
Key West, it would get cold at night too, and it would frequently go down into
the low 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and I did not have any warmer clothes then
beside blue jeans and a red flannel shirt and Addidas sneakers, so I was very
cold down in south Florida. Thus I think I am doing better up here in the
north country where I am a bit more comfortable. Of course my apartment
is heated by electricity which is costly, and if it ever gets really cold up
around Niagara Falls and the hydroelectric power plants freeze over, we might
have a bit less electricity in this area. One year, down in Key West, I
also had a U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command NORAD colonel’s flight suit
that I found in the bushes while I was hitchhiking along the Florida Keys
highway. It was not very warm, but it looked official with my long waist
length blond hair and straw hat. I also came across a U.S. Army poncho
that kept the drafts out at night, but it was a bit humid and damp since it did
not breathe. When I had the Subaru down in Key West, I could also sleep
in my car at the Key West airport and use the bathroom there to clean up in the
morning. Still roughing it in south Florida is not my cup of tea anymore
and at my age, I enjoy my comforts. Thus to be honest, I did not receive
much southern hospitality when I was down south on my own, although I did get a
good wind burn. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/11/03 Saturday 12:15 A.M.: Somebody lost a pullover cap
that is frozen solid by the front entrance to our building. I put it in
the heated glass antechamber to thaw out. I took the Pyrex pie disk and I
put a few teaspoons of olive oil in it. I rubbed both sides of the two
center cut pork chops in the oil. I seasoned both sides with Old Bay
seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat
seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, and basil. On the top side before
seasoning I added a few tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce and two
peeled and diced garlic cloves on each chop. I then spread a couple of
tablespoons of Texas Best barbeque mesquite sauce on the top of each chop.
I am cooking them in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25
minutes. I will have the two chops with reheated white rice and steamed
fresh cauliflower and broccoli and a glass of ice tea. Well in the cold
weather it is good to keep one’s body weight up a bit to help ward off the
effects of the cold winter air. The weather site http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
says that it might be a bit warmer with the highs in the mid 30s degrees
Fahrenheit for the next five days. Still in the recent cold weather, I am
not spending that much time out in the cold, so I would imagine those
individuals whom do spend more time out in the cold would have to bundle up
more warmly. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/10/03:
Note:
<888> 01/10/03 Friday 10:55 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M., and I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 6:30 P.M.. I
had two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and
potato chips and a dill pickle spear and ice tea. I then had a cappuccino
outside. I cleaned up, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the local newspaper. I then drove downtown, and I drove by the
waterfront. Across Long Island sound, Oyster Bay, Long Island was all lit
up brighter than normal like they have extra money to party or have bright
lights out that way. Speaking of bright lights while I was asleep, I
charged up my Slaymaker million watt rechargeable beam for 20 hours. I
next walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out briefly. I then went by
Exxon, and I bought $5 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon for about
23.5 miles per gallon. I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two
packages of two pork chops each package at $1.99 a pound for $2.39 and $2.27
for $4.66 total. They still have a large selection of fruit cakes for
half price. I then returned home. I will now send out my weekly
notes. It is only to be highs in the mid 20s degrees Fahrenheit for the
next five days through Wednesday, which means it will probably get colder at
night, so remember to stay warm. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/10/03 Friday 12:05 A.M.: I did some computer work. I
had one pretzel rod, and I also had a slice of fruit cake with cool whip along
with some ice tea. I will now shut down the computer. I will
probably watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 11:40 P.M.: I had eight Danish
cookies. I went outside briefly, and I noticed that one of my neighbors
is shinning his car lights on the trees on the side along the Post Road because
some animal or a cat is making a lot of noise in the woods like the same sound
last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 10:10 P.M.: Even though I have lots of old
floppy disks, the reason I got some new floppy disks is that floppy disk media
tends to deteriorate after about two to three years. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 10:00 P.M.: Dinner was enjoyable. I
chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 8:40 P.M.: I had a spare Green Apple auto
air freshener in my Hyundai glove box, so I installed it in the rear driver’s side
area, so the car will smell fresher. I no longer smoke tobacco in my car,
so I have a better smelling car as well as my apartment. Of course I
still smell like tobacco. I will now cook the same dinner as last night,
but the pork tenderloin tails are smaller around, so I will only cook them
seasoned for about 20 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit in the convection
oven. Besides the regular seasoning, I will also had some fresh chopped
garlic and La Choy low sodium soy sauce to the pork tenderloin. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 7:50 P.M.: I was up at noon when a
telemarketer called today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up. I stopped
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I next drove over to Old Greenwich, and I used the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and then I got my hair cut at Off
Center Barbers for $16 plus $4 tip. I then drove out to the southwest
parking area at Tod’s Point, and I enjoyed watching the sun set over the
Manhattan skyline. I then stopped by the ATM machine again at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich. I next went to the Mobil Express
Lube car wash, and I got my Hyundai washed for $5. I finished dried it
myself with a towel, I keep in the back of the car. I also shook out the
driver’s side floor mat and dusted the dashboard. I then went to Staples,
and I helped a customer get unstuck a table he was trying to push through the
turnstile. I bought two packages of 10 Sony 2 HD 1.44 MB floppy disks for
$2.50 each box of ten plus .30 tax for $5.30 total. I then went back to
downtown Greenwich, and I sat out briefly. I then drove by the
waterfront. I next stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local
newspaper. I also read P.C. Magazine. I just now returned home, and
I had four pretzel rods with ice tea. Last night I had about seven
pretzel rods when I woke up for a snack. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 1:50 A.M.: I had a piece of fruit cake with
cool whip along with a few pretzel rods. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 1:20 A.M.: Well, I did a little research at
www.libertytravel.com
and http://mtirvine.com/
, and I could not find the cheaper rate still available. On a local note,
I was just outside having a smoke, and I heard what sounded like the Great
Horned Owl doing in a rabbit or squirrel out in the woods. I have not
seen members of the skunk family in a couple of months. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 12:50 A.M.: I was looking at Alaska
temperatures, and they range from minus 26 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees
Fahrenheit. I have a theory that when the colder artic winds start
swirling around the top of the globe that they like a ball in a roulette wheel
that depending on their velocity and interactions with other weather fronts,
they can coming spinning down into our regions occasionally. About the
coldest I remember in this area is minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit in 1982 two
years after Mount St. Helen’s eruption. If one looks at http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
starting Saturday through next Wednesday, the highs are only suppose to be in
the 20s degrees Fahrenheit. I remember about four years ago, one could go
to Liberty Travel across from the Greenwich Library, and a week’s vacation for
two including air fare to Tobago and staying at the http://mtirvine.com/
Mount Irvine Club was about $850 per person double occupancy. My family
stayed there in 1971 and 1972 in golf villas adjacent to the ocean, and it was
most enjoyable, but I hear tell it has gotten more expensive and more built up,
and possibly with revolutionary activity in nearby Venezuela it might not be so
secure as in previous years. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/09/03 Thursday 12:10 A.M.: I decided not to have the
instant coffee. I peeled and sectioned 10 Clementines, and I added to the
Clementine sections a cup of pineapple chunks I prepared before Christmas, and
then I peeled and diced two McIntosh apples, and I mixed the three types of
aged fruit together and refrigerated it for eating some time in the
future. I will now throw out the fruit peels. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 11:10 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I am cooking the same dinner as last night, but I am having a
mixture of cauliflower with broccoli and parmesan cheese along with the pork
tenderloin with half onion and reheated white rice and ice tea. I think I
will have a Folgers’s decaffeinated instant coffee after dinner.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 10:15 P.M.: I was up at about 4 P.M.
today. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went
downtown. I chatted with a local. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront. I went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local paper. I checked out “Hughes, the private
diaries, memos, and letters” by Richard Hack. It is suppose to be the
definitive biography of the First American billionaire, which does not make
sense, since I thought John D. Rockefeller was suppose to have been the first
American billionaire. Needless to say both men had enough spare change to
go around. I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a container of
Dannon plain yogurt for .99 a dozen extra large eggs $1.79, 2 packages of
Master Choice fish fillets $2.19 each, a head of organic broccoli $1.99, a bag
of AC frozen potato wedges $1.79, a half price Jane Parker four pound Canadian
fruit cake $8.50, and a 32 ounce tub of Cool Whip low fat whipped cream $2.99
for $22.43 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I got the Dannon yogurt to use for a starter in case I make my
own yogurt. I also printed out three copies of the January 2003
Greenwich, Connecticut tide charts from www.maineharbors.com on the library laser
printers. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 4:35 A.M.: I installed the final version
of Windows Media Player 9. I also imported the music files into the play
list. I will now shut down the computer. I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 3:35 A.M.: I had a slice of fruit cake
with cool whip and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/08/03 Wednesday 3:05 A.M.: I updated the *.zip file http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsnote1.zip that
contains my entire “Scott’s Random Notes” from June 1997 through December
2002. The *.zip file contains two Microsoft Word files “MLSNOTE1.doc” and
“mlsnote2.doc”, and the second file “mlsnote2.doc” has the Year 2002. The
*.zip file seems to be a popular download for some reason. I can not
figure out why. I printed out the last four months of Scott’s Notes, and
I bound them in one of the Staples clamp binders. I put it with the other
clamp binders containing earlier printouts in the left hallway bookcase.
The package I bought yesterday contained three clamp binders for about
$6. The Microsoft Word Files are in PostScript Times Roman Font 12, but
anyone with Microsoft Word could change them. At that font, they print
out to 2047 pages for five and a half years of my logs. I had five
pretzel Rods while printing out the last four months of the document about 177
pages. I mistakenly used my regular paper instead of the HP LaserJet
paper, but the printout came out fine. I open up a new package of HP
LaserJet paper, and I filled the top cartridge on the HP LaserJet IID printer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.: I installed Direct X 9 on the
primary computer. I opened up the package of Brookfield pork
tenderloins. I took each of the two tenderloins, and I cut off about one
third of it of the tail part to use for a third meal. I rinsed them off
and dried them. I took one of the two thirds pieces, and I placed it in a
Pyrex pie dish rubbed it in a couple of teaspoons of olive oil, and I seasoned
it all around on all sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt,
chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, oregano,
basil, and also spread over it Texas Best mesquite barbeque sauce. To the
Pyrex dish I am cooking the tenderloin in, I also added a half peel onion that
I put a small bit of olive oil and La Choy low sodium soy sauce on, and I am
cooking it all in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25
minutes. I will have it for dinner with steamed cauliflower with grated
parmesan cheese and steamed white rice and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I put away the laundry. I also changed the sheets on my bed
earlier. I also vacuumed up the sand, gravel, and salt from my entrance
area that comes in when I go outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.: It is 81 degrees Fahrenheit in
Barbados http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/78954.html
, 61 degrees Fahrenheit in Key West, Florida http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Key+West%2C+Florida
, 47 degrees Fahrenheit in Vero Beach, Florida http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Vero+Beach%2C+Florida
, 73 degrees in Sao Paulo, Brazil http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/83780.html
, 79 degrees F. in Honolulu, Hawaii http://www.wunderground.com/US/HI/Honolulu.html
, 87 degrees F. in Fiji http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Fiji
, 68 degrees F. in Christ Church, New Zealand http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/93780.html
, and 22 degrees F. in Stockholm, Sweden http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Stockholm%2C+Sweden
, so the weather seems to be about normal for this time of year.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.: Well, it is minus 15 degrees
Fahrenheit in Moscow, Russia http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Moscow%2C+Russia
and in Calgary, Canada it is 55 degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Calgary%2C+Canada
, so I guess the weather coming around at the moment might be a bit warmer for
now hopefully. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 9:25 P.M.: I have 50 minutes to go on the
dry cycle. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 9:00 P.M.: I was up at noon, and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back to sleep until about 5 P.M.. I had a couple of
hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips
and a dill pickle slice and ice tea and a Chock Full of Nuts instant
coffee. I went downtown about 6:30 P.M., and I walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I then drove
down by the waterfront. The Delamar Hotel has a presidential suite with a
fireplace for about $1,500 a night. I then went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the Time Magazine Year in Pictures edition. I just now returned.
I started two loads of laundry. I had two pretzel rods with ice
tea. Last night before going to bed, I had a piece of fruit cake with
cool whip and ice tea. Well, it is 23 degrees Fahrenheit outside, so it
is a bit nippy. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.: I finished the Windows XP
Professional updates. I will now shut down the computer in a few
minutes. I will then go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/07/03 Tuesday 12:30 A.M.: I tried reinstalling Windows XP
Professional, but I still had problems with the floppy drive A: not being
accessible. I finally searched out a note that said uninstall “Nero
INCD”, which I did and now the floppy drive works fine. While
reinstalling Windows XP professional, I took a Tony’s pepperoni pizza, and I
cut it in quarters, and I put it on a cookie sheet. I then seasoned it
with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, celery salt,
Italian spices, oregano, and Basil. I then sprinkled on some parmesan
cheese and a bit of olive oil. I cooked it in the convection oven at 425
degrees F. for 15 minutes, and I had it for dinner with ice tea. I now
have to install the Windows XP updates, and I should be back to normal.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/03 Monday 8:35 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then went by the First Union bank on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent.
I then went to the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained four money
orders to pay my electricity, Verizon telephone, cablevision, and optimum
online. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local paper, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I went by the
ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next
returned briefly to my apartment. I went over to Medallion auto parts in
Port Chester, New York, and they do not carry the ding repair kit that one sees
advertised on television. I then toured Odd Job. Next I went to the
Vitamin Shoppe, and I bought a bottle of 300 tablets of 1000 mg. of VS MSM for
$32.36 and a 90 capsule bottle of 1500 mg. VS Coral Calcium for $16.17 for
$48.53 total. I then went by Staples, and I bought a two pack Staples
clamp binder for $5.99 plus .40 tax for $6.39 total. I then returned
home. I was trying to use my A: floppy drive on the primary computer, and
it does not work. I took it apart and checked the cables, and the cables
are fine. I was able to get the floppy drive to work from a boot
disk. Thus there is something wrong with my Windows XP setup
possibly. I tried fixing it by uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers
to no avail. I do not use the floppy drive very much. I chatted
with a friend. All, I can think of is disabling the power saving features
in the CMOS, and see if the floppy drive works then. My floppy controller
shares resources with motherboard resources, and one can not change either of
them, but it has worked fine until recently. The only other possibly
problem might be with the Symantec Firewall 2003 program, I recently installed
is causing the problem. I will try that now. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/03 Monday 1:30 P.M.: I watched television, and I rested
until 7 A.M. this morning. I had five pretzel rods and two scoops of
Starbucks toffee ice cream. I fell asleep until 12:30 P.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I will now clean up, and I will go out and pay
bills and other day time activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/03 Monday 2:35 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work. I watched a bit of television. I will now rest
some. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/06/03 Monday 1:00 A.M.: I watched some television. I
had a slice of fruit cake with cool whip. I will now prepare my bills to
pay today. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 11:45 P.M.: I went out, and I dusted the
light bit of snow off the outside front benches with my car snow brush. I
am reheating the same dinner that I had last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I went out, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I cleaned off one bench and sat out
for a while. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought a Tony’s Pepperoni pizza for $3, a bag of Snyder’s
pretzel rods $1.69, B&G kosher dill pickle spears $2.69, Texas Best
barbeque rib sauce $2.99, a Brookfield Farms pork tenderloin packet with two
pork tenderloins at $3.99 a pound for $7.70, a 12 pack of Barq’s root beer
$3.34 plus .60 can deposit for $22.21 total. I then returned home, and I
put away my purchases. I had two pretzel rods with ice tea. Last
night when I woke up, I had 7 seven pretzel rods for a snack. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 9:10 P.M.: I had a call from a relative at 3
P.M.. I continued to rest until 6:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
chatted with a friend. I just finished watching some television. I
cleaned up. I guess I will go out for a while. We have some light
snow out. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 3:45 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 3:40 A.M.: I put a couple of icons at the top
of my web homepage. I had a slice of fruit cake with cool whip.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 3:15 A.M.: I tried to figure out how insert a
tulip icon in my geocities url link, but it does not work with geocities.
It took a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 12:35 A.M.: Today, before I started my house
cleaning, I put away my little two foot tall Christmas tree and my pine cone
wreath in the false ceiling above the Danish bar in the living room.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/05/03 Sunday 12:20 A.M.: For a Midwestern Dutch viewpoint,
try http://www.hollandsentinel.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 11:25 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 10:55 P.M.: I went out, and I walked lower
Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by
Exxon next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $5 of regular unleaded gasoline
at $1.759 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon. I checked all my
tires for 30 PSI. They have not changed. I then went by the Stop
and Shop, and I bought a package of Snyder pretzel rods for $1.69, three
packages of S&S margarine for $2 all, a 10 pack box of S&S dry milk for
$5.49, a head of cauliflower for $2.49, and two packages of two General
Electric bent tip 15 watt frosted candelabra bulbs made in China for $2.79 each
package, a 25 bag box of Twining tea five different blends of five each for
$2.99 plus .33 tax for $20.57 total. I then returned home. I am
cooking two boneless breasts of chicken halves that I rubbed in a few teaspoons
of olive oil, and I seasoned both sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder,
celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices,
oregano, and basil. On the top side before seasoning I poured on about an
eighth of a cup of La Choy low sodium soy sauce and then I seasoned the top
side with Texas Best mesquite barbeque sauce. I am cooking them in the
Pyrex dish in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes, and
I will have one of them with steamed white rice and steamed fresh cauliflower
with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. Dinner will be ready shortly.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 7:55 P.M.: I finished the house cleaning
and watering the plants. I will now shower and clean up and go out for
some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 5:50 P.M.: I had my Chock Full of Nuts
instant coffee outside enjoying the cool winter weather. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 5:05 P.M.: I rested until about a half hour
ago. I cleaned the ice off the Hyundai windshield. I opened up a
package of the American Spirit all natural cigarettes, and I tried a
couple. I will now have a couple of hotdogs with buns and Dijon mustard
and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and ice tea and a cup of Chock Full of Nuts
instant coffee. I guess I will then start my house cleaning.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 9:15 A.M.: Well not much happening up here
at Ice Station Zebra. I chatted with a relative. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I will rest a bit before I do my house cleaning. I will
have to clean the ice off the car some time today. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 6:25 A.M.: I just had some goldfish
crackers and a bowl of pineapple chunks and ice tea. I think in the
United States military according to an expert I use to know in Laguna Beach,
California; the biggest people in the United States military come from American
Samoa. Of course, the biggest people in the United States may not be in
the military. I remember Sam Walthrop from Alton, Illinois used to eight
foot nine inches tall, and he simply sold shoes. Of course up in Canada,
there might still be Paul Bunyon, and all he does is make pancakes. I was
offered a Christmas present of Vermont maple syrup, but I turned it down since
I have 14 year old bottle of Log Cabin pancake syrup in my kitchen. I do
not consume much syrup with pancakes, since the high sugar content messes up my
blood sugar metabolism. Well, I suppose the movers and shakers are all
down south with their money enjoying the warmer weather. However, there
is rumor that after their extended holidays, they will have to be back at work
on Monday or more than likely they will not have jobs. I guess with
Christmas and New Years falling in the middle of the week, people took a little
extra time off. Well no news is good news. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 5:50 A.M.: Well since the United States
government is contemplating going to war in the middle east again, I decided to
remove the Saudi Arabian flag from hanging in the window of my bedroom in front
of the curtains. I am not Saudi, but since it is very cold and damp here,
I figured the Saudi flag might symbolize potential warmth from oil in the
Middle East. However, since I am not of Middle Eastern extraction, I dare
say they would not be that friendly to me anyway. I picked up the Saudi
Arabian flag for $10 at the Greenwich Hardware store for 75% off, so I guess no
one in Greenwich wanted it at full price. However, having lived in this
area during the oil embargo of the 1970s, I remember when New York City had
very little energy, the Waldorf Astoria was always flying the Saudi Arabian
flag, and it was very warm inside that hotel. However, if I am not
mistaken, the Waldorf Astoria is heated by steam which comes from the
generation plant south of the United Nations which can probably be powered by
either coal, oil, or natural gas. Thus as the pilot for Texas Gulf
industries told me, there was not actually an oil embargo in the 1970s.
All the oil was sitting in tankers in New York harbor waiting to be off
loaded. I guess the New Yorkers did not have the money to pay for it, so
thus there was an oil shortage. Well, anyway I do happen to be half Dutch
as in Holland, and I believe the Dutch have a little interest in Royal Dutch
Shell as well as a number of other businesses around the New York area.
Maybe I should go into Manhattan and start drinking Heineken beer and see if
any big fat Dutchmen with a lot of energy show up to our rescue. I
remember when I toured the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, New York a number of
years ago, there were large Dutch people there, but I think the Roosevelts of
Hyde Park were involved in coal mining. However, the Roosevelt families
of Oyster Bay, Long Island were not as large and formidable, and they were only
about my size. Thus if any Dutch oil people need Dutch security, they can
go looking for the “Cheese Man” in Matrich in the Netherlands. When he
was here about 12 years ago, he was over 7 foot tall selling large wheels of
Dutch Gouda cheese probably weighing over 500 pounds. As a Dutch American
citizen, I have been advised the largest people in the world are the Dutch, and
having been to Amsterdam and seen the kids who were bigger than me at 220
pounds, they actually might be. Well, if we get any energy shortages
because I took down the Saudi flag, I guess a few cleaver Dutch people can
start up their old windmills. Needless to say with the traffic around
here, I do not feel like riding a bicycle. I remember, the Dutch
supposedly have a government in the Hague, so perhaps on this international
situation with talks about war in the middle east, someone should confer with
the Dutch government instead of listening to the limeys on the BBC. Well,
I do not have all the answers, but I know it is a bigger world out there than
just tiny little CNN from Atlanta. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/04/03 Saturday 4:15 A.M.: After dinner and the last
message, I slept until now. I ran Norton AntiVirus 2003 scan on the C:
drive while I rested. There are no virus infections. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 10:20 P.M.: I watched some television.
I chatted with a friend. I am reheating the same dinner as I had last
night. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 7:50 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I
rested since the last message. One button checkup for the Symantec
program ran while I was asleep. I had a slice of fruit cake with cool
whip and a few slices of Land-O-Lakes pepper jack cheese. The sleet,
slush, and icy conditions are still prevalent outside. I watched a bit of
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 3:30 P.M.: I went to bed at 3:30 A.M., and I
was up at 2 P.M.. Locally here we have a bit of sleet and freezing rain,
so I do not think I will be going out today in the slippery conditions. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I received the free carton of American Natural cigarettes from
New Mexico that I ordered about six weeks ago for only postage. Well, it
looks like we are in for a colder and wintrier winter this year if the present
pattern continues. I suppose if one gets tired of looking at the
internet, one can always read a book. Basically the United States of
America government is two trillion dollars in debt, so despite what the media
says, I do not think the United States government has the money to do anything
about the current world political situations that the media is constantly
reporting and do not seem relevant to this area. Well, I guess locally we
should hunker down and get ready for a long cold winter. Anyone whom has
lived here for a long time knows that in the last fifteen years or so we have
had warmer winters, so the weather we are having now is more the normal that
long term residents are use to dealing with. I suppose living near the
shore here we do not get too much snow accumulation compared to residents
living further in the interior. Well stay warm, and remember on limited
funds, there would not be much to do anyway besides taking a walk which we can
forgo in this weather. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 01/03/03:
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 2:10 A.M.: CNN Solomon story http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/01/02/solomons.cyclone/index.html
, ABC Australia http://www.abc.net.au/asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_757381.htm
. Well, I guess with all the major world news, this story because of its
remoteness is hard to follow. However, since we have 75 million people in
the United States living along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Texas to
Maine, it shows how devastating hurricane, tropical storm, or typhoon activity
can be http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon there after. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 1:40 A.M.: Best site information I
found, http://www.rambocam.com/sitedir.html
. Well since it is the Holiday season, we could have had wealthy
travelers from this area on that remote resort island in Fiji which was
missed. The area affected by typhoon Zoe of Tikopia and Anuta islands,
Temotu province is a thousand miles east of the Solomon Islands capitol, and
with rough seas between the area and New Zealand the relief boat coming from
New Zealand will have problems, and more than likely after a typhoon of 250
miles per hour, the ocean would be too rough to land a sea plane, and more than
likely no fuel would be available for refueling. More than likely we
could have some adventuresome yachtsmen in the area. It is really one of
the most remote parts of the planet. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 1:20 A.M.: Montserrat smoking http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/VOLsouf365_MOL.jpg
, Western Pacific satellite photo http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat-bin/display10?PHOT=yes&AREA=global/western_pacific&PROD=ir&NAV=global&CGI=global.cgi&ARCHIVE=Latest&MOSAIC_SCALE=15&CURRENT=LATEST.jpg
, ZOE http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_display?ATCF_NAME=sh062003&PROD=vis1km&PHOT=yes&ARCHIVE=Latest&DIR=/data/www/tropical_cyclones/tc03/SHEM/06P.ZOE/ssmi/vis1km&SIZE=thumb&TYPE=ssmi&NAV=tc&DISPLAY=all&CURRENT=20030103.0424.gms-5.vis2.x.06PZOE.45kts-991mb-214S-1752E.jpg&YEAR=2003&MO=Jan&BASIN=SHEM&STORM_NAME=06P.ZOE&ACTIVES=03-SHEM-07S.NONAME,03-SHEM-91S.INVEST,03-WPAC-94W.INVEST,03-SHEM-99S.INVEST,
affected area each block is about 500 miles square, area affected is just
northwest of “20S” http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_display?ATCF_NAME=sh062003&PROD=vis1km&PHOT=yes&ARCHIVE=Latest&SIZE=full&TYPE=ssmi&NAV=tc&DISPLAY=all&DIR=/data/www/tropical_cyclones/tc03/SHEM/06P.ZOE/ssmi/vis1km&CURRENT=20030103.0424.gms-5.vis2.x.06PZOE.45kts-991mb-214S-1752E.jpg&YEAR=2003&MO=Jan&BASIN=SHEM&STORM_NAME=06P.ZOE&STYLE=frames&ACTIVES=03-SHEM-07S.NONAME,03-SHEM-91S.INVEST,03-WPAC-94W.INVEST,03-SHEM-99S.INVEST,
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/03/03 Friday 12:20 A.M.: Apparently Typhoon Zoe occurred
Sunday December, 29, 2002. CIO
Note: <888>
01/03/03 Friday 12:20 A.M.: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Tikopia+and+Anuta+islands%2C+Temotu+province&btnG=Google+Search
, http://www.peoplefirst.net.sb/Library/All_Library.asp?keyword=tradition
, http://www.peoplefirst.net.sb
, http://ca.news.yahoo.com/021229/5/r3ff.html , http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/569654
. CIO
Note: <888>
01/02/03 Thursday 11:55 P.M.:
From: http://www.sibconline.com.sb/main.asp
18:22 hrs
02 January 2003
Member of Parliament for West Kwaio, John Martin Garo had criticised the
government for what he call its inhuman treatment of cyclone stricken victims
of Tikopia and Anuta islands, Temotu province.
GOVERNMENT APPEALS
FOR HELP
18:23 hrs
02 January 2003
The government is appealing to the general public for assistance of every kind
to help the victims of Cyclone Zoe.
http://www.commerce.gov.sb/Tourism/maps.htm
, Solomon Island map. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 11:50 P.M.: Of course in that part of the
world South Seas pirates still operate freely. I had a slice of fruit
cake with Cool Whip. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 11:30 P.M.: Of course it is a big world out there
http://www.embassyworld.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 11:25 P.M.: Local Solomon Islands links http://www.sibconline.com.sb/
http://www.solomon.com.sb/
, http://www.commerce.gov.sb/
, http://www.solomons.com/
, http://www.solomonairlines.com.au/
, http://www.moon.com/catalog/south_pacific.html
, http://www.solomon.emb.gov.au/index.html
, http://www.commerce.gov.sb/Tourism/getting.htm ,
http://www.escapeartist.com/solomon/solomon.htm
, of course with all the fish they probably have in the area, there might not
be any need for cannibalism. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 10:55 P.M.: The CIA fact book on the
Solomon Islands http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bp.html
does not say anything about cannibals, but the map does show how close it is to
New Guinea. Apparently the United States has no diplomatic representation
in the Solomon Islands, maybe that is why. However, the Queen Elizabeth
II is the head of state, but it is suppose to be a government close to anarchy
and English Common Law is rarely observed, so maybe they do have a problem with
cannibals. Well, they also have volcanic activity. I think it was
not too many years ago that New Guinea was hit by Tsunami, so I would imagine
whomever may have survived the typhoon might have some capability of
communicating. They do indicate internet presence there. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 10:40 P.M.: After dinner, I chatted with a
friend. I then went out, and I went by CVS. I bought a 1.5 liter of
CVS yellow mouthwash for $3.49 and a CVS Clorox toilet tablet toilet tank
cleaner for $1.99 plus .33 tax for $5.81 total. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Economist magazine. Apparently
according to the Economist magazine the supply of snakes in China was going
down because too many people were eating them, and the rat population was
increasing. The Chinese government tried to encourage people to eat fewer
snakes, but instead the general population started eating more rats to solve
the problem. I also noticed the Gianelli family of Italy whom own stock
in Fiat motors is thinking of selling the Club Med chain of over a 100
resorts. Apparently it was not profitable because Club Med does not offer
free liquor but the competing American outfit Sanels offers free liquor.
It got me to thinking about the recent news stories about the typhoon in the
Solomon Islands. As I recall the Salomon Islands saw major fighting in
World War II. I believe that might have been where one of the last Japanese
soldiers surrendered about ten years ago. I think the Solomon Islands is
part of the same apellago that New Guinea is part of. Thus since we have
heard that there are still cannibals on the New Guinea islands, possibly there
might still be cannibals on the Salomon Islands, so any relief workers from New
Zealand going to the Solomon Islands should be careful. I mentioned to
one of the library users that in this whole environmental rainforest network, I
once saw a picture in National Geographic of a Brazilian Jaguar that had teeth
like a saber tooth tiger, which leads me to believe in tropical and subtropical
ventures, individuals from the north country should be somewhat vigilant of
local tropical inhabitants. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I
then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and
I bought a 10 pound bag of Carolina parboiled white rise similar to Uncle Ben’s
rice for $4.49 and a five ounce bottle of China Bowl select Sesame oil for
$3.29 for $7.78 total. I then returned home. I put the CVS Clorox
toilet tablet in the toilet tank for continued cleaning while I flush.
CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 6:10 P.M.: I rinsed in cold water the four
boneless chicken breast halves, and I put two of them in a Pyrex pie dish and
rubbed them in a few teaspoons of olive oil, I then seasoned both sides with
Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian
seasoning, basil, and oregano. On the top side before seasoning I poured
on about an eighth of a cup of La Choy low sodium soy sauce, and then I rubbed
the top sides with Texas Best barbeque mesquite sauce. I am cooking the
halves in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I
will have one of them with steamed white rice and steamed frozen green peas and
ice tea. I will then have a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 5:10 P.M.: I was up at noon today. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I then went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then went by the central Greenwich post office, and I
obtained a money order to pay my GEICO automobile insurance. I then drove
down by the waterfront. Next I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I next went by the Food
Emporium, and I obtained two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with
calcium for $2 each, a Boston Market sirloin tips and noodles meal for $3.29, a
32 ounce bag of Americas Choice frozen peas for $2.59, a 16 ounce bottle of
Texas Best Mesquite barbeque sauce $2.89 and a package of boneless breasts of
chicken at $1.99 a pound for $3.54 for $16.31 total. I then returned
home, and I put away my purchases. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/02/03 Thursday 1:15 A.M.: I sifted through my email.
I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I chatted with a relative. I watched some television. I had
some Land-O-Lakes Pepper Jack cheese with Carr’s English crackers and ice
tea. We have been having a nice English rain all day, so most of the snow
is melting fast. I will now shut down the computer. I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/01/03 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.: My guest and I watched
television. My guest left at 9:05 P.M.. I put away the ice tea in
the refrigerator. I had two slices of fruit cake with cool whip and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/01/03 Wednesday 7:40 P.M.: My guest and I watched
television. We had the rest of the eye round beef with horseradish and
Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed broccoli, steamed white rice, and
ice tea. I am now making a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 01/01/03 Wednesday 5:05 P.M.: Happy New Years! I
watched the CNN Times Square broadcast at midnight. I was up at 2:30
P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. My guest and I went out, and we drove
by the waterfront. We stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought four
half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 each for $8
total. We then returned back to my apartment. We are watching
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 9:45 P.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I installed
this fix for XP http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/28/09winman_1.html
. I ran Norton Clean Sweep, and I removed all my System Restore backups
except the most recent. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go
to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 8:05 P.M.: I had two hotdogs with buns and
Heinz ketchup and French’s Dijon mustard and potato chips and a dill pickle
slice and ice tea.
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 7:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 7:20 P.M.: I used OEM logo to enter my
information and the computer information in the OEM logo programs which
displays in “My Computer, properties” display. I used for the picture the
Holland America picture. I put $5 on my laundry card. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 6:50 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local newspaper, and I checked out a DVD video
disk. I then drove over to Port Chester, New York; and I went to
Costco. One can not get a day pass for shopping anymore just for
browsing. I browsed the computer department. I then went over to
the Port Chester shopping center, and I toured Staples. I then went to
the Vitamin Shoppe, and I bought Multivitamins Mega-Vites 75 for $12.57 100
tablets, E-400 100 tablets $9.57, Niacimide 500 mg. 100 tablets $4.77, C-500
Complex 100 tablets $4.77, B-12 500 mcg. 100 tablets $4.77, Garlic 500 100 tablets
$5.36 for $41.79 less $10 from my Vitamin Shoppe points discount card for
$31.79 total. I then went to Odd Job, and I bought four packages of four
40 watt Polaroid light bulbs for .99 each package, 2 packages of four Polaroid
AA batteries for $2.98 both packages, and two six ounce cans of Consul crab
meat from Thailand for $1.50 each can plus .47 tax for $10.41 total. I
then returned home. I had a glass of ice tea. I will put away my
purchases. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 1:50 P.M.: I listened to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
while having my meal. Instead of a cappuccino, I had 50% Folgers’ instant
coffee and 50% Folgers’ decaffeinated instant coffee. I will now clean up
and go out for some daytime activity. I will shut down the computer,
while I am out. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 12:50 P.M.: I am cooking the same meal as
yesterday, except I am cooking the half pound of boneless center cut of pork
for 30 minutes instead of 35 minutes in the convection oven at 350 degrees
Fahrenheit. I am also having steamed frozen peas with the fresh
asparagus. I also charged up the Slaymaker million watt rechargeable
lantern over night. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 11:30 A.M.: I copied My Documents to a
CD. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 11:00 A.M.: I sifted through my email.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 10:15 A.M.: I printed out three sets of forms
and envelopes for mailing in my Net2Phone payments. I refilled the black
ink cartridge for the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer with my black ink
cartridge refill kit. For the color cartridge, I order on from http://www.3dayinkjet.com/
. Since I do not use much color, I only replace the color cartridge about
once a year. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 02/28/03:
Note:
<888> 02/28/03 Friday 9:10 A.M.: I had a call from a relative at 9
P.M. last night. I had a call from a friend at 7:30 A.M. this
morning. I was up at 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now send out my
weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 8:05 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I chatted with a friend. Everyone I chat with says the Andrea
Electronics microphone sounds much better than the YAP headset. I will
now shut down the computer. Starbuck’s web site www.starbucks.com
says that the Riverside Shopping Center has wireless internet. I will go
to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 7:05 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I had a snack of three pretzel rods, a honey bell orange, and a 1.5” X 1.5” X
1” chunk of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese along with a glass of ice
tea. I have been doing some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 5:35 P.M.: I printed out two copies of my
primary Northgate computer backup procedure. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 5:20 P.M.: I just finished the backup of
the C: drive to the D: drive in seven different parts. Backups on the new
Northgate system are a lot faster. I also updated the systems on the Dell
backup computer. When I do backups of my Windows XP Professional System
on the Northgate computer, I backup to the first backup file all the files
except C:\000000009, C:\Documents and Settings, C:\System Volume Information,
C:\Crexp, C:\XP, C:\XPProg, C:\Winxp, C:\upload, System State, C:\Program
Files, C:\Windows. For the second backup, I backup C:\Crexp, C:\System
Volume Information, C:\XP, C:\WinXP, C:\XPProg, C:\upload, System State.
For the third backup, I backup C:\000000009. For the fourth backup, I
backup C:\Documents and Settings. For the fifth backup, I backup all
C:\Program Files except the Microsoft ones. For the sixth backup, I
backup all the Microsoft Files in C:\Program Files. For the seventh and
final backup, I backup C:\Windows. Since Windows XP Professional has a
backup program, I can do this. Although, my D: drive for the backups is
several years old. I have only used it for backups about once a month, so
it should be in good shape. I would restore the system, if I had to by
installing Windows XP Professional on a formatted C: drive, and then to the
restore from the backups on the D: drive. I will now run System Restore
and do a backup of the system. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 3:45 P.M.: I went out, and I went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought an Abercrombie and Fitch orange,
white, and blue flannel plaid shirt extra large size for $3. I then went
by my 3 P.M. appointment, but it was not scheduled this week. I next sat
out downtown briefly. I did not go for a walk, since I did not have my
cap or sneakers on. I next drove by the waterfront. I just now
returned home. Norton Speed Disk has finished running on the C:
drive. I will now run Norton Disk Doctor, Norton Win Doctor, and then I
will do a C: drive to D: drive backup. As far as I can tell, I have the
new computer all configured the way I want it. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 1:20 P.M.: I will clean up and go out
shortly. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. I will run Norton SpeedDisk
while I am out. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 12:40 P.M.: On the SoundBlaster Live MP3+
card, I do not use the digital out plug, however I had to unplug the input plug
which comes from the stereo amplifier, since the Andrea Electronics microphone
plug on the next microphone plug and the Y splitter 3 plug adaptor on the first
audio out plug are large diameter plugs, so the input plug has no room.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 12:20 P.M.: I checked the mail. I
took the Pyrex pie dish, and I put in a couple tablespoons of olive oil, and I
cut off about one fourth or about a half pound of the center cut boneless pork
roast, and I rubbed the piece in the olive oil. I then seasoned it on top
and the sides with Old Bay Seasoning, ground black pepper, garlic powder,
celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil, and
Texas Best Mesquite barbeque sauce. I am cooking it in the convection
oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I will have it with
reheated white rice and steamed fresh asparagus and ice tea and a cappuccino.
I am listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 11:50 A.M.: I have Microsoft Word 2002
Speech Recognition working and configured. It runs just fine. I
printed out a list of the dictation and voice commands. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/27/03 Thursday 10:40 A.M.: I was up at 6:30 A.M.. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I then started working on the Microsoft Word 2002 Speech
Recognition program. I uninstalled it, and I reinstalled it with all the
updates. I finally found the fix at the Microsoft Knowledgebase. It
said having “Text Bridge Install” in my startups would cause the problem.
I ran “MSCONFIG”, and I unchecked “Text Bridge Install”, and now the Microsoft
Word 2002 Speech Recognition program is working just fine. I am now going
threw the process of training the program with all the different training files.
I also turned off the box window fan temporarily to reduce background
noise. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 10:40 P.M.: I tried deleting the Microsoft
Dictation settings in the registry and then repairing the Microsoft Word 2002
installation. However, Microsoft Dictation still does not work. I
am a bit tired. I will have a yogurt, and I will go to bed shortly.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 9:05 P.M.: I forgot to mention the sound
quality is much better with the Andrea electronic microphone ear piece.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 8:45 P.M.: I chatted with two relatives,
and I also chatted with a friend. I checked with Staples and CompUSA
about the Plantronics www.plantronics.com DSP500 headset that on the
internet one can buy for about $77 from Staples or Amazon. I then got
thinking that my old Andrea Electronics headset that I bought for $50 four
years ago is probably a better headset than my YAP headset that I bought for
$10 that is on the primary computer. I took off the Andrea Electronics
headset from the Dell backup computer, and I installed it on the primary
new Northgate computer. I can also use it with the Panasonic
headphones for extra audio. The sound quality is much better since it has
noise cancellation. Thus I do not really need another headset. I
put the YAP headset on the Dell backup computer. I will now put the ice
tea in the refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 6:10 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. They are still 50% off. I
bought three Oxford shirts for $13 total. They’re all 16.5” neck by 34”
sleeve. One is a Stafford blue and white pin stripe for $5. They
other two are Abercrombie and Fitch solid blue and blue and white pin stripe
for $4 each. I next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the
Greenwich Times. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a center
cut boneless pork roast regularly $4.99 a pound for $1.99 a pound for $5.53
total. I then returned home. I had a glass of ice tea. I am
making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 2:20 P.M.: During lunch and coffee and for
a while afterwards, I listened to the MP3 file on my computer of the “The
Greatest Hits of the War Years” from Telehouse Marketing that I encoded some
time ago. I have cleaned up, so I will now go out directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 12:50 P.M.: I am cooling six Master Choice
fish filets with 15 onion rings in the convection oven at 425 degrees
Fahrenheit for 12 minutes a side. I will have them with a third of a cup
of Heinz ketchup mixed with three tablespoons of Gold’s horseradish along with
ice tea and a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 12:40 P.M.: I turned on the amplifier with
the 15 speakers connected to it with the input line from the computer connected
over the orange mirror to the right of the computer leading into the amplifier,
so I am now listening to www.warx.com with 25 speakers going at a moderate low level
sound. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 12:25 P.M.: Both of the output jacks work
on the Creative Labs Live MP3+ card. I put the Cambridge Sound System
with one of the other pairs of speakers on the primary output along with the
headphones and microphone headset and output wire, and on the second output
jack I have the Monsoon speaker system with the other pair of speakers.
The over all sound quality with the Creative Mixer set to four speakers and the
XP Sounds and Audio Devices set to four speakers is much better. I
adjusted all eight speakers and two woofers sound level, so it is a much better
sounding system. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 11:45 A.M.: I installed the Syntax Ultra
DMA drivers. Now my new Maxtor 20 gigabyte C: drive is running at Ultra
DMA 6, my older Maxtor 20 gigabyte D: drive is running at Ultra DMA 4, my CD
player 58 X is running at Ultra DMA 4, and my CD/RW 24X is running at Ultra DMA
2. Both hard drives benchmark at the same speed at about a 35% faster
with the Ultra DMA IDE drivers. Also the Y 3 splitter plugged into the
back of my primary audio output of my SoundBlaster Live MP3+ sound card was not
plugged in all the way, so with it plugged in all the way sound should be
better. I did not try the second audio out jack which before did not
work. Maybe I will try it. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 11:05 A.M.: I setup Microsoft Word 2002
Dictation, but when the language bar comes up it does not work. I tried
fixing it, but I can not get it to work. I also noticed when I press TAB
at boot up to see the postings, I had an error message that IDE0 did not have
an IDE80 cable. I had not installed the original IDE80 cable that came on
IDE0, since I use one that was slightly larger. I fixed this by
installing the IDE80 cable that barely stretches between both hard
drives. When I was installing my system, I noticed that when one released
the cage release lever, the floppy drive would not slide out. I removed a
screw on the open side, but it still would not come out with the cables
removed. It is not a problem, unless I have to replace the new floppy
drive in the future. There might be a bolt on the underside. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/26/03 Wednesday 8:30 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplement, and
coffee. I got out my Syntax motherboard manual, and I checked a couple of
CMOS settings. Enabling “boot antivirus protection” keeps my system from
booting. However, on “Init AGP”, I changed the setting from PCI to AGP to
reflect my onboard AGP. Basically, I left the other default
settings. Judging from the information on the Syntax motherboard site at
AccessMicro, all six USB ports on the system are USB 2.0. It is 14
degrees Fahrenheit right now, so I am staying inside. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 8:25 P.M.: I had six pretzel rods and ice
tea. I will have a homemade yogurt shortly. I will now shut down
the computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 7:45 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I chatted
with a relative. It is a bit nippy out at 22 degrees Fahrenheit.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 6:10 P.M.: I went back out after the last
message. I went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned a book with a 50
cent fine owed on it and also a DVD video disk. I read the Greenwich
Times, PC Maximum, PC World, and National Geographic. National Geographic
has an article about an area in Idaho north of Jackson Hole where Paul Allen
has a home. I use to have a neighbor in my building who once was an Idaho
sheriff, and he moved out of Idaho because he had to many run ins with
cougars. I next sat out briefly downtown. I then went by the
waterfront. I then went by Exxon next to the library, and I bought $5.50
of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.899 a gallon for about 22 miles per
gallon. I also found and item there which I have been looking there which
a generic wooden handle snow brush with scraper on the other end which is now
made in China for $2.50. I put it on the driver’s side back seat floor
with my other snow brushes. I have always like that style of snowbrush
since it has good leverage for scraping ice and go action for brushing off
snow. I then returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 2:10 P.M.: I listened to the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. I guess I will go out shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 12:55 A.M.: For my primary meal of the
day, I had a broiled shell steak with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire
sauce, steamed white rice, steamed fresh asparagus, and ice tea. I will
now have a cappuccino. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 11:55 A.M.: I tweaked the guest logon
settings for Windows XP Professional. I went out, and I stopped by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. Their parking lot was filled up,
so something must be up today, since not many people were on the ground
floor. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. All of
their shop merchandise continues to be 50% off. I bought three extra
large size shirts, a Ralph Lauren 100% cotton medium dark green small pattern
plaid flannel shirt for $2.50, a Savile Row 60% cotton and 40% polyester
purplish and blue and green summer weight long sleeve plaid shirt $4, and a
Savile Row same type summer weight plaid shirt in a red and blue and yellow
plaid for $4 for $10.50 total. I then went downtown, and I sat out a bit.
I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews
thrift shop. All of their clothes are 75% off. I bought a burgundy
extra large turtle neck for $1.25. I then walked upper Greenwich
Avenue. At the top of Greenwich Avenue in front of Pickwick plaza, they
had lots of heavy equipment moving the snow away from the area. I then
walked back down the Avenue. I drove by the waterfront. I then
returned home, and I had some ice tea and a pretzel rod. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 8:15 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go out shortly for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 8:00 A.M.: I downloaded and installed http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2086-10185630.html?tag=list
, and the Benchmark on my AMD Athlon 2000 XP + processor is 4 times
faster on “MWIPS” than an Intel Pentium IV 1.6 Ghz, but on speed it is
about 7% faster. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 7:35 A.M.: I did a little bit of computer
work. I chatted with a friend. Net2Phone is working even better on
my computer. It is a cool 25 degrees Fahrenheit this morning.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 6:30 A.M.: Well, I made a mistake in
thinking the Net2Phone 10.1 SpeedDialer software was the download. It is
on my YAP CD. I thus have both versions setup on my computer for
Net2Phone use. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 6:05 A.M.: I put away my laundry. I
checked out Net2Phone, and I can redownload and install their communications
center software from www.net2phone.com . However, it does not
have the Speed Dial capability that Net2Phone 10.2 or 10.4 http://web.net2phone.com/products/commcenter/reseller.asp
has. I will now install the Net2Phone Communications Center, and then I
will reinstall Net2Phone 10.2. I might have to reinstall my Speed dial
numbers. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 5:00 A.M.: I finished showering and cleaning
up. With the surgical tapes off my hernia incision, I am now able to see
the heeled incision where the surgeon operated. It still has scabs on it,
but it seems to have heeled very well. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/25/03 Tuesday 4:25 A.M.: I was up at 3 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I am doing two loads of laundry, and I about
ready to start the dry cycle. I put clean sheets on the bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 8:15 P.M.: I relaxed listening to internet
music. I chatted with a relative. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 6:45 P.M.: I chatted briefly with one of our
local asphalt joggers today. I mentioned that in the good old days in
Nantucket in the 1970s and early 1980s when I was a slim 135 to 145 pounds, I
use to jof from the center of Nantucket out to the airport beach via the pine
woods where Camp Richard was, and then west on the beach down to the Mount
Vernon Farm, and back on the asphalt road past the Maria Mitchell observatory
and back through town out to the Jetties beach. It was usually on hot
summer days, and since I walk so much it was not too difficult in my Adidas
Country sneakers. However, I frequently did it after working the 10 A.M.
to 2 P.M. lunch shift, and I would have to be back at the restaurant for
another 12 hours on my feet from 4 P.M. to 4 A.M. doing pot scrubbing and
dishwashing and general kitchen cleanup. Still it was very good exercise,
and I had to work my way up to that distance. I also frequently walked
it. I generally over the summer would walk most of the island; however I
never walked the circumference. I was told by a visitor from
Massachusetts who visits one of my neighbors that the old Languedoc restaurant
is still out in Nantucket. After the various kitchens I worked in
including the large ship like Gordon Folder and Vielle Mason kitchens, I enjoyed
the small close quarters of the Languedoc kitchen, so one did not have to walk
so much. Still, it was a lot of hard work helping serve up to 250 meals a
night. Of course at that point, I already had traveled a bit and had my
formal education, and I had lived in several large cities along with adjacent
suburbs, so I was basically getting away from it all on working
vacations. I guess I would enjoy working on a cruise ship for a working
vacation, but after all my years around the ocean, I am basically afraid of the
ocean. Thus besides being the Pan Am VIP apartment in Greenwich, I could
also be the state side Queen Elizabeth II or Queen Mary II suite for visitors
on cruise ships. I have been informed the new Queen Mary II is due to
make its maiden voyage in March 2003, and it is suppose to be the world’s
largest cruise ship. Of course so was the Titanic. I like treating
Nantucket, Manhattan, and Key West like one large cruise ship that was less
susceptible to sinking, but they were like floating ships surround by
water. Since I read quite a few sea novels from the Decatur, Alabama
Carnegie library, I was a bit acquainted with the sea by the time I was living
full time around the ocean. I have been advised to try to eat more fresh
fish, but since the price of fresh fish is so expensive in this area, I can not
always afford it. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 6:05 P.M.: I am listening to www.warx.com
to see what is happening in the Washington D.C. area. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 5:55 P.M.: I went out, and I drove by the
waterfront. If one is careful, one can work their way over the snow pile
and around the dumpster to get out on the pier. I then made my 4:15 P.M.
appointment. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local
newspaper. I then returned home. I am cooking a box of 6 Master
Choice fish filets and 15 frozen onion rings at 425 degrees Fahrenheit in the
convection oven for 12 minutes a side. I will have them with a 1/3 of a
cup Heinz ketchup and three tablespoon of horseradish mixed together along with
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 3:00 P.M.: Interesting article on Rolls Royce
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2003/02/21/emfrolls22.xml
. I will now shut down the computer and get ready to go out for my 4:15
P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 2:25 P.M.: I chatted with a couple of
friends. There is a story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2793253.stm
that the Dutch Food giant Ahold has its stock down 65% because of accounting
irregularities in its United States subsidiaries which include the Stop and
Shop chain of food stores. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 1:35 P.M.: I received email that the $25
check I sent to Net2Phone 24 days ago has been credited to my account, so I
have $34 on the account to use at 2 cents a minute. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 1:05 P.M.: I have finished configuring the
AMD backup. It basically consists of a AMD KII 450 MHz processor running
at 366 MHz, along with two 128 meg PC100 memory chips for 256 megs total, an
OPTI generic sound card, the Logicode modem, Macronics LAN 10/100 card, a 24X
CD player, 4 USB ports, an 8 gigabyte and 6 gigabyte hard drive, a 3.5” and
5.25” floppy drive, the Diamond Stealth Multimedia 32 meg. video card along
with generic mouse, generic pair of speakers, generic keyboard, with 17 inch
monitor, all running with Windows ME. It is an equally fast as the Dell
backup computer. So I basically have to equally powerful backup
computers. I also put the 6 gigabyte hard drive in the old IBM Cyrix, it
has on board sound, but no CD player for software installation, no modem or LAN
card. The book stacking procedure for moving the backup computer 17 inch
monitor worked just fine, where I did not have to lift the monitor. CIO
Note: <888>
02/24/03 Monday 10:55 A.M.: After the last message, I cleaned up, and I
went over to the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic for my follow appointment
with the surgeon who did my hernia operation. The doctor thought it was
heeling properly. The doctor removed the surgical tapes that held the
incision together. I was advised that some time in the future, I need to
have the smaller hernia on the left side taken care. I asked if it would
be all right to wait until after summer, and the doctor said it would be.
I was advised not to lift any items that strain my abdomen muscles, and if I
have to lift, I should lift with my legs. I thanked the doctor for the
most excellent treatment. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop, and all merchandise if 50% off. I then went downtown, and I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. There is no ice to speak of, and a
few slippery spots have been sanded. At the top of Greenwich Avenue at
the sidewalk intersection with Pickwick Plaza and East Putnam Avenue, there is
a slippery spot where the ice has formed at the curb where one crosses the
street to the west side of Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down by the
waterfront, and the pier is still blocked by some snow. I then returned
home. For lunch I had two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard
with Heinz ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice tea.
I figured out how to move the 17 inch monitor on top of the IBM Cyrix backup
computer. I will first change the video setting on the IBM Cyrix to VGA, and
then I disconnect the cables to it and the monitor. I then put a board
from the bedroom window on top of the HP LaserJet IIP printer to the left of
the IBM backup Cyrix computer. I then will pile about 15 inches of
Encyclopedia Britannica two books at a time until, they are level with the base
of the monitor. I will then slide the monitor on top of the books, and I
will remove the computer that was underneath it. I will then install the
hard drives and 24 CD player and Logicode modem and LAN card and sound card and
5.25 inch floppy drive from the IBM Cyrix into my AMD KII 366 MHz computer with
256 Megabytes of memory. I will then put the AMD computer back where the
IBM Cyrix was and put the monitor back on top of it. I will then connect
it all and boot and configure the AMD computer. I have an extra 6
gigabyte hard drive to put in the IBM Cyrix computer, but I will not bother
configuring it at the moment since it is fourth computer running at 233
MHz. However, I might do that in the future. I do have a LAN card
for it, and it has onboard sound and video. Maybe after I configure it, I will
put it up for grabs at a thrift shop. However, I am not sure they will
want it. I have seen them toss out better computers. Well, I will
get busy now. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 6:45 A.M.: A Friend called up, and we
chatted. The friend lives about 25 miles northeast of me, and he warned
me with the colder weather after all the moisture, we have lots of ice on the
roads in the area. Thus when I go out this morning, I will stay on
the primary roads. I will check the conditions after my morning
appointment to see whether I will take an exercise walk downtown, since the
sidewalks could be slippery. I will now shut down the computer, and I
will start cleaning up and getting ready to go out for my 8 A.M.
appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 6:25 A.M.: I installed the Microsoft Internet
Pro Keyboard software. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 6:10 A.M.: I did some research on www.accessmicro.com
and www.northgate.com
. I also reinstalled and reactivated World Book 1999, however it will not
go online, so I can not get the updates. I also have Encarta 2002 from
the Microsoft Works Suite 2002. I went through my menu items and checked
them out. I did the Direct X 9 tests, and the sound and video are working
just fine. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/24/03 Monday 4:10 A.M.: I went to bed about 5:45 P.M. last
night. I had two calls about 9 P.M. from a friend and a relative. I
did not chat much since I was sleepy. I was up at 3 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I will now do some regular computer work.
I have an 8 A.M. medical appointment this morning for follow up on the hernia
surgery. I also have a 4:15 P.M. appointment this afternoon. On my
Windows XP Professional installation, the Microsoft Internet Keyboard special
buttons work without installing the special drivers for it. After the
installation besides configuring the software, I also had to remember to
install the Direct X 9 drivers. It is 23 degrees Fahrenheit right now, so
I guess winter is still with us. The Old Farmers Almanac for 2003 also
said that March would be colder than normal in this area. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 3:10 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will probably watch television and relax until about 6 P.M.,
when I will go to bed. I have an 8 A.M. medical appointment tomorrow
morning to follow up on my hernia surgery. I also have a 4:15 P.M.
appointment tomorrow afternoon. With the cool damp weather, it is a bit
hard on the arthritis. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 3:00 P.M.: I have been listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. I had two hotdogs with buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz
ketchup and potato chips and a dill pickle and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 12:50 P.M.: Following is a list and costs of
my present primary computer CPU setup.
Northgate
Barebones Computer System with Syntax SV266M motherboard, AMD Athlon 2000+
processor, Kingston ValueRam 512 MB, PC 266, Alps 3.5 “ floppy drive,
ThermalTake A1492 CPU Heatsink and Fan, APEX/Foxconn TM-124 case, generic case
cooling fan, UPS ground shipping and burn in $297.05;
CD/RW 24
X $50,
58X CD
$22,
Linksys
10/100 LAN card $10
Maxtor
20 gigabyte hard drive $24
Maxtor
20 gigabyte hard drive $105
Creative
PCI Sound Blaster Live MP3+ audio card $84
Windows
XP Professional Edition Upgrade $160
Symantec
Norton Systemworks 2003 and Norton Firewall 2003 $35
Microsoft
Works Suite 2002 $55
Microsoft
FrontPage 2002 $15
Microsoft
Home Publishing 2000 $5
Microsoft
Internet Keyboard $20
Logitech
cordless mouse $25
Visioneer
4400 scanner USB $25
Cambridge
Lab Speaker System $43
Monsoon
Speaker System $50
2 pairs
generic speakers $30
Various
other software ?
Siemens
router $40
Motorola
Cable Modem with LAN cable $50
Printer
Port Box $10
HP
LaserJet IID printer $40
HP
LaserJet IIP printer free
Epson
Stylus Color 880 printer $70
3
printer cables $30
Net2Phone
Microphone Headset $10
Panasonic
headset $15
2 mouse
pads $5
2 Belkin
Power Control Centers $44
19 inch
CompUSA Monitor $420
Ezonics
USB computer camera $22
Computer
Keyboard Drawer $22
One gold
stereo Y 3 splitter $7
Two gold
stereo Y 2 splitters $10
Andrea
Electronics Microphone Ear Piece $50
Total Costs
Michael Scott’s Primary Computer Setup:
$1910.05
plus many hours of computer toil
Of
course, a great many of the items were sale items or had rebates, and it took a
lot of time to search out the best values not to mention travel and
gasoline. Items like the monitor and one of the hard drives, I have had
for several years. I also have the backup systems.
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 12:15 P.M.: I just finished vacuuming the
apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 11:45 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I had two pretzel rods with an orange and some ice tea.
In retrospect, the only draw back in the assembly of the Apex/Foxconn TM124
case that came with the barebones system is that the case is really designed
for snap in installment of the hard drive, cd players, and floppy drive.
The floppy drive snaps in with the sliding plastic lever on the inside of the
case. However, since the case only opens on one side, I was able to slide
the CD players in on the sliding rails, and screw them in with two screws on
the open case side. However beneath the floppy drive where the C: drive
is, there is only room for attaching one screw bolt to the hard drive, since
the sliding plastic lever blocks the other bolt. Still the devices are sitting on
rails, so they are securely positioned. The lower D: drive fit into the
removable cage which I was able to use 4 screws on. I guess the case is
really made for factory snap in hard drives. Still the system components
are securely enough installed. I suppose the nut and bolt guys in Asia
assembling these CPUs are being replaced by the snap in component
assemblers. However, I am using standard replacement hard drives. I
technically could try to reach into the inch space on the far inside of the case
and hand screw in another bolt, but if tightened it would be hard to remove in
the future. Still the overall upgrade barebones system was an excellent
value. One could order the Snytax motherboard with 5 PCI slots with the
same AMD Anthalon XP 2000 processor with 512 megabytes of memory in a slightly
different case with more openings for $300 http://www.accessmicro.com/bto/index.phtml?kitid=KTAXPDDR#product
or about $35 more than the barebones configuration that I ordered.
However the Apex/Foxconn TU124 case has the same side panel arrangement with
snap in slider release and lock mechanism. Anyway my new system is fine
for me; I consider it excellent value in its present configuration.
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 10:05 A.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 9:55 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations in the dampish weather.
There was a slight mist and drizzle. I then drove down by the
waterfront. Most of the huge pile of snow down by the pier is gone.
I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I next went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a boneless shell
steak at $4.99 a pound for $3.44, two half gallons of Florida Natural orange
juice with calcium for $2 each, and a bunch of fresh asparagus at $2.49 a pound
for $1.68 for $9.12 total. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
a bag of Bachman pretzel rods for $1.50, a Stouffer’s home-style Salisbury
steak and meatloaf dinner for $2.50 each, a jar of B&G kosher dill pickles
for $1.99 for $8.49 total. I then drove over to Smokes for Less in Byram,
and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26. I just now
returned home, and I put away my purchases. I had a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 7:05 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I think I will go out and do some errands. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 6:40 A.M.: I installed JAVA for my system http://java.sun.com/getjava/index.html
, and now the http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/sotu2003-ipix.html
Panoramic pictures from www.whitehouse.gov works. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 6:05 A.M.: On a rainy day, one can always
read part of an Ebook http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 5:55 A.M.: At the www.circuitcity.com
broadband test site, I am getting 3 to 3.2 megabytes a second speed on my
system with Optimum Online www.optonline.net . CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 5:45 A.M.: I downloaded from Microsoft
“BootVis” for Windows XP. I ran the program to increase boot speed.
From CMOS password to Login screen is 30 seconds and after five seconds logging
in, I get the Windows Desktop in about 50 seconds total. However, since I
load Symantec Firewall 2003 and Norton Antivirus 2003, it takes about another
30 seconds for those, and with completion of loading Weather bug which takes
time, the total boot time for my system is about 2 minutes and 30
seconds. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 5:10 A.M.: When one has the rainy day blues,
a little bit of vintage Elvis always cheers up the old timers. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 5:00 A.M.: It is raining heavily out, so I
will be staying inside. I really liked the Boston Market Swedish
meatballs. I just noticed that the similar memory as my Kingston ValueRam
512 megabytes chip that came from www.accessmicro.com with my barebones system
cost $69, but I noticed CompUSA charges $200 for the same memory. I guess
AccessMicro is excellent value on the internet, if one is inclined to do it
themselves. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 4:20 A.M.: I am just about ready to have a
Boston Market dinner of Swedish meatballs with creamy noodles and ice
tea. I am listening to some Elvis tunes, I have on the computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 3:55 A.M.: I went through my email. I
went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I cleaned up and organized the items in my Menu Start Menu. I
have been listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. Well, I am very please with the overall performance on my new computer
system. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 2:45 A.M.: One nice new feature about the
added system resources on my new computer is that I can do my regular computer
work while listening to audio at the same time. At the moment, I am using
the headphones, so as not to disturb my neighbors. And of course I can do
a lot of multitasking. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 2:35 A.M.: I reset up the email program, and
it is now working just fine. I sent out two emails. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 2:10 A.M.: The Optimum Online mail server is
not working in my email. It has worked since I reinstalled the system, so
maybe the Optimum mail server is down. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/23/03 Sunday 1:35 A.M.: I finished house cleaning except
for vacuuming. I threw out the Peterson grove orange box, and I have the
last six honey bell oranges in the refrigerator. I also just finished
cleaning up. I can not set up the old AMD KII 366 Mhz computer because; I
need the hard drives and other parts from the IBM Cyrix backup computer.
However, I have about a 40 t0 50 pound 17 inch monitor sitting on the IBM Cyrix
CPU case, which at the moment I do not think I should lift. I will wait
until a friend is down to visit to help me lift it. I will now do some
regular computer work now. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/22/03 Saturday 11:55 P.M.: I finished a six part backup
from the C: drive to the D: drive. On the faster new computer system,
backups are a lot faster. I deleted the Red Hat *.iso files from the D:
drive. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now do my house cleaning.
I already have watered the plants. I will vacuum later in the day, when I
will not disturb my neighbors. On the new computer system, it will not
turn on from the control panel, one has to press the on and off button on the
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/22/03 Saturday 10:00 P.M.: I ran Norton Speed Disk on the
C: drive. I woke up at 9 P.M. when the NOAA weather radio went off.
I chatted with a relative. I finished updating the new computer
system. As far as configuring it, I think I have it all done. I
guess I will start a C: drive to D: drive backup. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/22/03 Saturday 2:15 P.M.: I rested for about an hour after
the last message. I chatted with a relative. I was able to restore
“My Documents” files in their desktop folder. I was also able to import
the old email. I installed the rest of the programs and other
updates. I did some system configurations. I basically as far as I
can tell have the system restored back to the way it was before. It is
all running just fine. I ran Norton Disk Doctor and Norton Win
Doctor. I will now run Norton Speed Disk. I am not sure whether I
want to do a backup yet or wait a day or two. I had the last piece of
Pepperidge Farm layer cake with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/22/03 Saturday 9:15 A.M.: I setup my email. I
finished installing Microsoft Works Suite 2002. I tried restoring “My Documents”
from the backup, but the system properties will now allow it. I will have
to tinker with it later. I had a Boston Market roast pork and garlic
mashed potatoes dinner with ice tea. I will now shut down the computer,
and I will head off to bed.
Note:
<888> 02/22/03 Saturday 7:10 A.M.: I have been busy. The
Barebones Computer System made by Northgate from www.accessmicro.com
came with the cabling all connected. I checked the manual and the cables
to make sure they were installed properly. I then install the 58X CD
player and the CD/R player, and the Creative Soundblaster Live MP3+ card with
the connections to the CD players and also the LAN card. I have one
free PCI slot. The system came with two IDE cables. However,
the two 20 gigabyte hard drives do not fit in parallel to each other, but
perpendicular. This gave me barely enough room to connect the cable since
it was a further distance. I solved the problem by putting the C: drive
in upside down. In the CMOS I accepted the defaults, but I disabled the
onboard sound, LAN, and modem. The system comes with four USB2 ports on
the back and two in front. Anyway about 5:30 P.M., I got the system all
put together and connected. I tried installing a Windows XP restore, but
it would not work, so eventually I had to do a new install of Windows XP
Professional losing my program settings from the old computer. It was a
straight forward installation without any problems. I installed the
onboard AGP driver and the camera driver. Anyway the system is working
just fine. I had problems with the Norton System Works 2003 and Norton
Firewall 2003 which after a long time, I fixed with registry tweaking that I
found at the Symantec tech support site. Thus they are working
fine. I installed the printers and Siemens printer drivers along with
Weatherbug. I just install Microsoft Word 2002 and the updates. I
also installed the Windows updates. I had two yogurts and ice tea and ten
Carr’s crackers with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I did
sleep from midnight to 3 A.M.. I am bit tired, but I will work at
reconfiguring the computer for a bit more time. Anyway the overall system
is running just fine without any problems. It is substantially must
faster. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 1:10 P.M.: I watched television. I had
a yogurt. The Barebones Computer system just arrived from UPS. I
will now assemble the system. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 12:35 P.M.: I watched some television.
I sat outside and enjoyed the warmer weather for a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 10:50 A.M.: I rested a bit. I watched
some television. I am still waiting for UPS. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 8:20 A.M.: I rested a bit. UPS tracking
reports as of 7:49 A.M., my barebones computer system is “Out for Delivery”, so
hopefully it will arrive soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 6:25 A.M.: I just finished my meal. I
will now rest a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 5:35 A.M.: I am doing a little bit of regular
computer work. I am defrosting one of the two Christmas dinners I saved
and froze at Christmas. It consists of boneless breast of turkey breast
with gravy, Scott’s stuffing, and Canadian wild rice. It is on the
defrost cycle in the microwave. I assume after defrosting it, I have to
reheat it. I will have it with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 4:45 A.M.: UPS tracking shows that the
Barebones computer system arrived at Norwalk, Connecticut at 9 P.M. last
night. Thus since our UPS trucks locally come from Norwalk, it should
arrive today. I will have to wait here all day for it to arrive, until it
arrives. I saw a UPS truck on Steamboat Road at 8 A.M. yesterday morning,
so they do start delivering early. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 02/21/03:
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 2:45 A.M.: I went through my email. I
did some other regular computer work. I probably will not be going out
for a walk at first light this morning since there tends to be black ice out
during the colder night hours until it melts. I should receive my
barebones computer system today, so I will stay home and wait for it to arrive
hopefully this afternoon. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/21/03 Friday 1:30 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
went back to bed until midnight. I had breakfast of an orange, three
medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 9:40 P.M.: I rested some more. I
chatted with a relative. UPS tracking shows the barebones computer system
left Shrewsbury, Massachusetts at 6:53 P.M., so maybe it will arrive here
tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 6:10 P.M.: I just woke up from my
nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 12:50 P.M.: I watched some
television. I picked up my mail. I had a meal of two hotdogs with
buns and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup and potato chips and ice
tea. I will now take a nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 11:05 A.M.: UPS tracking shows that my new
barebones system arrived at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts at 4:50 A.M.. That
is near Worcester, Massachusetts. Let’s hope it arrives on time tomorrow.
Of course tomorrow is suppose to be a nice day. I am not sure I want to wait
inside all day for it. Well, I went out at 6:30 A.M., and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. It was an enjoyable walk, but in the
cooler morning temperatures, there were still slippery icy spots, so one had to
be careful. I drove down by the waterfront, and the pier on Steamboat
Road is plowed in, so one can not walk out there. I drove over to Grass
Island, and they are not dumping the snow there this year. I wonder where
they are dumping it. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Forbes article
about Microsoft’s activities in China. I also read the Greenwich
Times. I checked out a DVD video disk. I then went by the Arnold
Bread store outlet, and I bought two loaves of Arnold 12 grain bread for $1.78
both. I just now returned home. It is a nice and warm 42 degrees
Fahrenheit out, and the snow is melting fairly fast. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 5:50 A.M.: I will now clean up. I
will shut down the computer. I will go out for some daytime
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 5:10 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I had the
same dinner as last night, but instead of fried onions on the burgers, I had
horseradish instead. I will now have a 50% Folgers’ instant coffee with
50% Folgers’ decaffeinated instant coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 4:20 A.M.: I went through my email. I
rested a bit and watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 2:50 A.M.: The Greenwich Times www.greenwichtime.com
says that we had 20 inches of snow. The Homeland Security Department
posted this new web site www.ready.gov with hints to prepare in an
emergency. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/20/03 Thursday 2:25 A.M.: I had a dozen Carr’s crackers
with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and ice tea. I watched
television and rested until 8 A.M.. I went to bed. I woke up around
1:30 P.M. when I heard people shoveling off the roof outside my windows.
I rested until 7:30 P.M. when I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to sleep when a friend
called about 9 P.M.. I had a called from a relative about 10:15
P.M.. I tried resting and watching a bit of television until 2 A.M. when
I got up. I took the two port regular USB card from the Dell
backup, and I have it in reserve to put in the new barebones system in the
third PCI slot. I can use regular USB ports for the keyboard double USB
ports, camera, and scanner. I will save the barebones USB 2.0 ports for
faster devices in the future. The Dell backup has two other onboard USB
ports. There is no update at UPS tracking. I had an orange and ice
tea. I am trying to get on a day schedule, since there is not too much to
do at night. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/03 Wednesday 5:30 A.M.: I watched some
television. I will now shut down the computer. I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/03 Wednesday 3:40 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/03 Wednesday 3:15 A.M.: British Royal Marines run out
of toilet paper in Kuwait http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-583093,00.html
. With the name Scott lots of people over the years think I am in the
toilet paper business and use to call me “tish” as in “tissue”. However,
I think that is a different branch of the family. However, I once was
told that the Saudis do not use toilet paper because of a lack of water in the
middle east. I think they use oiled rags. Also in Saudi Arabia they
wipe with one particular hand and eat with the other, so one has to be careful
what hand one shakes hands with. Maybe this same situation would be
relevant to Kuwait. Obviously to use toilet paper one generally needs
lots of water for sewage treatment unless one is using chemical toilets or an
out house. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/03 Wednesday 2:45 A.M.: I sifted through my
email. Microsoft stock split 2 for 1 yesterday. I took the 1.5
pound package of Coleman 75% lean ground round, and I split it into four parts
and shaped them into burgers. I covered two and refrigerated them for use
later. I took my 12 inch Griswold frying pan, and I put in a few
tablespoons of olive oil and four pads of margarine, and I heated it for five
minutes over medium high on the large burner. I put in the two burgers along
with a half of sliced onion, and I cooked them four minutes a side turning them
every two minutes over medium to medium high heat, and I seasoned both sides
with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery salt,
poultry and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, and basil. When they
were done I had Hellmann’s mayonnaise on the bottom side of the buns then the
burgers, and French’s Dijon mustard and Heinz ketchup with the fried onions on
top then the top bun. I had the two burgers with steam fresh broccoli
crowns with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/19/03 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.: I had goldfish crackers and
ice tea, and I watched television until about 8 A.M. this morning. I was
awaken about 1:30 P.M. by a knock on my door, but no one was there. I
later figured they were probably moving cars for plowing, but my car was
already in a plowed place. I put in four new AA batteries in my door
chime apparatus in the bedroom that plays “Blue Bells of Scotland”, so I can
hear when someone is at the door. I then slept until 6 P.M., and I had
orange juice and vitamins and supplements. I slept more until 8:30
P.M.. I had breakfast of a Florida orange, three medium boiled eggs,
toast, the rest of the glass of orange juice, and coffee. I cleaned
up. I checked the parking lot outside, and it was all plowed, and there
were plenty of spaces. I chatted with a relative. I went out, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. One has to be careful,
because there are lots of spots with slippery black ice. They are suppose
to start removing the snow from the top half of Greenwich Avenue at
midnight. Still if one is careful, the Avenue is passable for
walking. I wore my Alpine boots with vibram soles. I did fine one
place to sit out without snow, and it was one of the benches at the post office
with a newspaper on it that said “Movers and Shakers”. I next drove down
by the waterfront. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street. I next went to the Food Emporium, and I bought
a 38 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.79, a five pound bag
of America’s Choice sugar for $2.49, ground beef at $2.49 a pound for $4.06, a
box of Ronzoni spinach fettuccini for $1.85, a bulb of garlic at $2.99 a pound
for .36, an eight pack of Freihoffer’s hamburger rolls for $1.99 for $16.54
total. The gave me a new Food Emporium application to fill out for a new
card. I returned home, and I put away my purchases, and I am having a
glass of ice tea. I checked UPS tracking, and there is no update since
last Saturday, when it was last tracked, so I guess the barebones computer
system is on a truck coming across country. It is suppose to be here on
Friday. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/18/03 Tuesday 4:20 A.M.: I did some more computer
work. I watched some television. I had a piece of Pepperidge Farm
layer cake with ice tea. I will now shut down the computer. I will
try to go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/18/03 Tuesday 12:45 A.M.: I sifted through my email.
I did some regular computer work. I watched some television news. I
had the same dinner as last night finishing off the cold eye round beef.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/17/03 Monday 9:50 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I
cleaned up. I threw out the garbage in the garbage chute. I watered
my three plants by carrying water to them instead of lifting the plants.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/17/03 Monday 8:55 P.M.: I had a dozen Carr’s crackers with
slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese before going to bed about 7 A.M.
this morning. I watched a bit of television before going to bed. I
had a call from a friend about 10 A.M.. I was up at 6 P.M.. I had
breakfast of a Florida honey bell orange, three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went out and I checked
the snow accumulation. It looks like we got about 18 inches of
snow. I was able to open my Hyundai driver’s side door, and I pulled the
Hyundai out of the drift into the cleared driveway. I cleared the snow
off the car, and I then backed it into a cleared parking place. Thus the
Hyundai is free and clear of snow. I chatted with a relative. I
chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/17/03 Monday 3:55 A.M.: I did some computer work. I
watched some television. I will now shut down the computer. I will
try to go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/17/03 Monday 1:50 A.M.: No word from UPS tracking since my
barebones computer shipment left Vernon, California on Saturday February 15,
2003 at 7:31 A.M.. Maybe it is winding it way along the highways in the
Rockies or the Great Plains. I watched some television. I had some
goldfish crackers and a piece of Pepperidge Farm layer cake along with ice
tea. There has been about three inches of snow, and at the moment the
rate of downfall is slow. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 11:40 P.M.: I will now do some regular
computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 11:10 P.M.: Any intrepid four wheel drivers
here in town could check out the Glory Days diner on east Putnam Avenue to see
if there are any stranded travelers having a meal. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 11:05 P.M.: For dinner, I am having three ¼
inch thick to 1/3 inch thick slices of cold eye round with horseradish sauce
and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce with steamed white rice and steamed
fresh broccoli crowns with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 10:40 P.M.: We have an inch of powdery snow
already, and it is coming down at a moderate rate. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 10:25 P.M.: NOAA weather radio just went off
with a “Blizzard Warning” until midnight Monday night with a foot to a foot and
half of snow with winds over 35 miles per hours with white outs. They
advise against people trying to travel. I believe the Howard Johnson’s in
Cos Cob is one of the most reasonably priced hotels in the area.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 10:15 P.M.: The red light is on my NOAA
weather warning radio with “Blizzard Warning” on the LCD indicator. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=District+of+Columbia
is suppose to have 16 to 24 inches of snow and the same for Baltimore, Maryland
http://www.wunderground.com/US/MD/Baltimore.html
. Friday and Saturday are suppose to have highs 45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, so
hopefully the snow will melt fast. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 9:45 P.M.: I was up at 6 P.M.. I had
calls from a relative and a friend. I had breakfast of a honey bell
Florida orange, three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by
the Greenwich Library, and I returned a DVD video disk at the video drop.
I stopped by CVS, and I bought Edge sensitive skin shaving gel for $1.49 and a
package of 10 large eye Singer sewing needles for $1.25 plus .16 tax for $2.90
total. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue for the first time since my surgery, and I sat out at various
locations. It is 15 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. I drove
down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
three packages of S&S premium margarine for $2 all, a jar of Hell of a Good
Horseradish $2.19, two S&S Vermont extra sharp Vermont cheese $1.99 each,
Twinings five blends of tea package $2.49, and a loaf of Arnold Branola 12
grain bread $2.89 for $13.55 total. I returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I chatted with a relative. I will put the Singers
needles with my other sewing items in the top mahogany bureau drawer in the bedroom.
The internet weather alert says we are suppose to get 10 to 15 inches of snow,
but the NOAA weather warning radio warned of up to 24 inches of snow. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
say 8 to 12 inches of snow. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/16/03 Sunday 12:45 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I will now shut down the computer. I will try to go to
bed sooner. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/03 Saturday 10:50 P.M.: I chatted with a friend.
I listened to President Bush’s weekly radio address at www.whitehouse.gov
. I just put the ice tea in the refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/03 Saturday 10:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. It has been 15 days since I sent in $25 to Net2Phone for my
Net2Phone telephone account. It should be updated with the existing
account on Monday. I sifted through my email. It is 10 degrees Fahrenheit
outside right now. Weatherbug just issued a snow alert for Sunday night
and into Monday with accumulations of six inches expected. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/03 Saturday 9:35 P.M.: My guest just left. We
watched some television after dinner. I am making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/03 Saturday 8:10 P.M.: UPS tracking shows my barebones
computer system departed Vernon, California this morning. I had a couple
of calls this afternoon that a friend would be coming down at 5:30 P.M..
I was up at 3:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of a honey bell orange, oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned
up. I chatted with a relative. My guest arrived about 6 P.M..
I went out, and I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought broccoli crowns at
$1.49 a pound for $2.89 and a eye round roast at $3.59 a pound for $6.49 for
$9.38 total. I sat in my car downtown briefly. I drove down by the
waterfront. I went by Exxon, and I bought $3 of regular unleaded at
$1.899 a gallon for about 21 miles per gallon. I returned home. I
seasoned the eye round on both sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder,
ground black pepper, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices,
basil, oregano, and Texas Best Mesquite barbeque sauce. I am cooking it
in the convection at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. It will be
ready in about ten minutes. We will have several 1/3 to ½ thick slices of
it with steamed fresh broccoli crowns and steamed white rice and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/03 Saturday 4:05 A.M.: P.C. Magazine has an interview
with Bill Gates http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,889423,00.asp
. Brian Livingston posted this new web site on Windows http://www.briansbuzz.com/
. I guess I will now shut down the computer, and I will try to go to bed
now to be up a little earlier. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/03 Saturday 3:25 A.M.: I just looked at UPS tracking
and the barebones system is scheduled for delivery Friday February 21,
2003. It weighs 26.5 pounds, so I think I should be able to lift it by
then. I noticed that I could have order a slightly better case and a
Syntax motherboard with 5 PCI slots instead of 3 for about $20 more, but I
probably will only be using two PCI slots for the SoundBlaster PCI live card
and the LAN card. Thus it should be a most useable system for my immediate
needs. I had a slice of Pepperidge Farm layer cake with ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/03 Saturday 2:20 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I watched a bit of television. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/15/03 Saturday 12:40 A.M.: UPS tracking is working on the
barebones computer system from AccessMicro. At the moment the package is
in Baldwin Park, California. Since it is going by ground, let’s hope it
does not run into any blizzards. I sifted through my email.
CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 02/14/03:
Note:
<888> 02/14/03 Friday 11:55 P.M.: After dinner, I had a Florida
honey bell orange. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/14/03 Friday 11:35 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives. I put away the laundry. I have the new sweat pants I
have been wearing cleaned. I am cooking a Boston Market oven glazed white
chicken meat boneless breast with mashed potatoes and gravy meal which I will
have with iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/14/03 Friday 10:05 P.M.: I started the dry cycle on the
laundry. I put a new dishwashing wand cover on the dishwashing
wand. I checked AccessMicro, and my barebones computer system shipped
today. However, the UPS tracking number does not work yet. UPS
ground is suppose to take three to five days. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/14/03 Friday 9:35 P.M.: I put together two loads of
laundry. I carefully rolled it out in the Rubbermaid laundry bin with
wheels with the laundry basket on top of it. I lifted each load carefully
down the six flights of stairs at the landing just down the
hallway. I started the two loads of laundry. I put clean
sheets on the bed. I have to make sure I do not do any heavy
lifting. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/14/03 Friday 9:05 P.M.: Happy Valentine’s Day. I was
up at 6 P.M. this evening. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, a honey bell orange, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I chatted with a relative. I went out, and I drove by the
ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then sat
in my car downtown for a brief spell. I then drove by the
waterfront. I next went to the Food Emporium, and I bought four
half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 each, four
Boston Market dinners, Roasted Pork, Oven Glazed White Chicken Meat, Home Style
Chicken with Noodles, and Swedish Meatballs for $2.29 each, two dozen large
eggs for .79 each, and two packages of Master Choice frozen green peas for .37
each for $23.48 total. I then returned home. I used the cart in the
community room to carry my purchases from the car to my apartment.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/03 Thursday 10:35 P.M.: I watched some
television. I chatted with a relative. I did some regular computer
work. I had two scoops of Godiva Belgium chocolate ice cream. I
will now shut down the computer. I will watch some more television,
and I will go to bed sooner or later. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/03 Thursday 8:05 P.M.: The good news is that on my
smaller diet since I had surgery I have lost eight pounds, and I have gone from
222 pounds to 214 pounds. However, I would imagine there are easier ways
to lose weight besides hernia surgery. Since with all the able bodied so
called strong people in Greenwich, I do not know any other them, everything in
my apartment I have had to move in myself and move around over the years.
This is more than likely what caused me to develop the groin hernia from a
regular hernia which I originally got around 1980 when I lifted a trunk full of
books weighing about 200 pounds when the ice storm in New Canaan that year
caused a pipe in the basement of the townhouse to break and stark leaking
water. Thus I have done more than my share of heavy lifting, and I use to
even frame houses in back country Greenwich when I was a teenager. Thus
to paraphrase the motto over Rockefeller Center “Knowledge is Power”, I prefer
to say “Knowledge is Power, Until One Gets a Hernia Lifting the Books.”
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/03 Thursday 7:30 P.M.: I rested a bit. I had a
call from a relative. I had a telemarketing call, and I told them to take
my name off the list. I am now cooking a Stouffer’s homestyle pot roast
dinner which I will have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/03 Thursday 6:05P.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/03 Thursday 5:35 P.M.: I had a homemade vanilla
yogurt. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/03 Thursday 5:10 P.M.: I went out, and I went by Smokes
for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Senaca Ultra Lights 100s for $26
total. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next
drove downtown, and I sat out briefly. I then went by the
waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library. I read the local
paper, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I then returned home. I
have an appointment Monday February 24, 2003 for the outpatient clinic to
follow up on my surgery. They told me the succors are strips that will
come off with showering. I have read articles about stocking up on
plastic sheeting and duct tape. I have a lot of plastic sheeting that I
bought, when I thought about covering my apartment windows to keep the apartment
warmer. I also have a roll of duct tape in the apartment sweater closet and
another one in the Hyundai hatchback area. In an emergency, I could
conceivably cover up the bathroom fan, and put the plastic and duct tape over
the bathroom door interior. I have orange juice jugs for ice tea for
water. I guess I should save the granola bars. However, I am not
sure I would want to sit in the bathroom for several days, and since I smoke I
would probably run out of oxygen sooner or later. Anyway, we will have to
wait and see what happens. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/13/03 Thursday 1:45 P.M.: I was awake on and off watching
television until 6 A.M. this morning. I had some goldfish crackers.
I had a call from a relative about 9 A.M.. I was up when I received a
shipment of a quarter bushel of honey bell oranges from the Peterson Groves in
Vero Beach, Florida. I had one for breakfast with oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I turned the refrigerator cooler from
zero to two setting. It is 21 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.
I do not have my weekly Thursday appointment until the first week of
March. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 11:30 P.M.: I ran Symantec updates.
I spent a lot of the evening reading news. I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 10:45 P.M.: I straightened up the slip
cover on the couch. I opened up a 10 pound bag of Carolina rice, and I
put about 60% of it in the rice container holder. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.: I chatted with a friend.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 9:05 P.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I
repositioned my car in the parking lot. I finished off the Starbuck Java
toffee ice cream along with a scoop and a half of Godiva Belgium chocolate ice
cream. I rechecked with AccessMicro earlier today, and they reconfirmed
that my barebones computer order was being processed. Thus it should take
10 to 13 days from today to arrive. AccessMicro www.accessmicro.com
is in city of Industry, California near Las Angeles. I am not sure
whether the computer is coming from AccessMicro or Northgate computers www.northgate.com
that is building it, but they are both in the same location. I suppose it
will be a sunny day when it arrives. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 8:15 P.M.: I had a granola
bar. I installed some Windows updates. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 7:05 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I had dinner of a Stouffer homestyle turkey dinner with ice
tea. I chatted with a relative. Today is Abraham Lincoln’s
birthday. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 4:15 P.M.: I had a granola bar and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 3:45 P.M.: I signed my lease for the next
year. I then went out for the first time in a week, and I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I obtained a bank money
order at a cost of $5 for $297.05 to mail to a relative to repay the credit
card payment for the barebones computer system, I ordered from
AccessMicro. I also cashed my $15 PNY memory rebate. I then drove
downtown, and I drove by the waterfront, and I enjoyed the rather frigid view
of Long Island Sound. I then drove over to the Valley Road Post Office,
and I mailed the money order. I just now returned home, and I had a glass
of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 12:45 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M.. I
called the Hospital outpatient clinic, and they will call be back about
scheduling the appointment for the surgical staples removal next week. I
called AccessMicro, and they said there was a problem with the credit card
information. I called the relative whom had the credit card, and they
called AccessMicro with the right credit card information, and the barebones
computer system order has now gone through. It will be 10 to 13 days from
today when it arrives here. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I just finished
cleaning up. I have to sign my lease in about 50 minutes. I will
then go downtown to Putnam Trust Bank of New York and obtain a money order to
reimburse my relative for the barebones computer order. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/12/03 Wednesday 1:10 A.M.: I sifted through my email and
did some regular computer work. I had some potato chips and ice
tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I finished watching the dog show. I had a granola bar. I will now
do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 9:00 P.M.: I had a granola bar. I
chatted with a friend. I am watching the Westminster dog show on
television. I am cooking a Stouffer’s HomeStyle meatloaf dinner which I
will have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 6:50 P.M.: I was just reviewing my patient
information slip, and I have to call to make an appointment for Wednesday
February 19, 2003 to have my surgical staples removed I guess. It also
orders “No Heavy Lifting”. I printed out an envelope to send a relative a
money order to reimburse them for the barebones computer order.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 6:25 P.M.: I was up at 3 P.M. today when I
had a telephone call from a friend. I also talked to another friend at
noon today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I have my lease information ready to sign here
tomorrow afternoon. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 7:40 A.M.: I added up the prices separately
at www.accessmicro.com
for the barebones system that I ordered, and they were $20 more
separately. Of course AccessMicro is a low price OEM wholesaler with the
lowest prices already. Thus I should have a very good computer system
that will be more than usable for the next two to three years. I will now
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. The barebones system parts
have a two year warranty. I believe organizations like NASA, Lawrence
Livermore Labs, and Scandia labs frequently use AccessMicro. I will now
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 6:35 A.M.: Instead of goldfish crackers, I
had a yogurt and ice tea. I tried to sleep, but I was not tired. I
just had a Stouffer’s www.stouffers.com HomeStyle slow roasted
beef and
gravy meal with ice tea. Instead of walking outside daily to dump garbage
items, I am using the garbage chute next to my apartment. It is 17 degrees
Fahrenheit outside right now. Instead of going outside for a smoke, I am
occasionally sneaking a cigarette by the kitchen stove with the fan on. I
also closed the bathroom door, so any residual smoke would not go through the
adjacent bathroom fan to the apartment next door. Earlier I sifted
through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 4:25 A.M.: When I get the new CPU, I
will not be trying to lift any heavy components like the old Dell backup or the
17 inch monitors that sits on the IBM Cyrix backup. I think I have
learned my lesson. I will try to get a friend to help me. I also
will not be trying to carry up heavy loads of groceries or double loads of
laundry. I should start considering using the cart available downstairs
or buying one myself. I have lifted so many heavy items over the years
that now after having the hiatal groin hernia fixed on my right side, I do not
want to damage the repair. I still have the hernia on my left side which
is not as noticeable. I am not sure if I want to go through the same
procedure in the near future. Lifting items like my General Electric
Profile air conditioner and other items like moving furniture around my
apartment over the years have not helped matters. The HP LaserJet IID
printer was also very heavy. Still, I have a comfortable apartment with
very serviceable computer equipment. I sifted through my email. I
will now shut down the computer. I will have some goldfish crackers and
ice tea, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 3:25 A.M.: Since my primary computer system
is nearly three years old, I just ordered over the internet from www.accessmicro.com
this barebones computer system with 512 megs of PC266 memory and an AMD XP
Athalon 2000 processor with a Syntax motherboard for $297.05 with ground
shipping to arrive in 10 to 13 days http://www.accessmicro.com/bto/index.phtml?kitid=KTAATHIINWIN#product
. It will be built by http://www.northgate.com/ . I will
transfer my two 20 gigabyte hard drives and 58XCD drive and my 24 CD/RW drive
to it along with my LAN card or the onboard LAN card, SoundBlaster PCI Live
card, along with all the other accessories I have connected. It has AGP
32 megs of shared onboard video or I could use my old S3 Savage PCI 32 meg
video card. I will put my two 128 meg PC100 Sdram memory chips in the Dell
backup computer. I guess I will be able to use other memory from the Dell
to keep the old AMD 366 K6II and other hard drives from the IBM Cyrix backup
configured. What remains of the IBM Cyrix, I could probably configure and
donate away. Well, it will keep me busy in a week and a half. With
Windows XP Professional when transferring a system like this, one has to boot
the XP disk, and select to restore the operating system, which I have done
before. Still it saves all the settings and installed programs. It
is fairly routine. Windows XP professional will run quite a bit better on
the new system and overall system performance should be greatly enhanced.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/11/03 Tuesday 1:25 A.M.: I watched some television.
I have to resign my lease on Wednesday February 12, 2003 in the
afternoon. Maybe after I do that I might try to go out. I got my
PNY memory $15 rebate today. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/03 Monday 11:30 P.M.: I watched the dog show for a
while. I chatted with a friend. I had some goldfish crackers, and I
finished off the Dutch Gouda cheese, and I had two scoops of Starbuck’s java
toffee ice cream along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/03 Monday 9:05 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
am watching on http://www.usanetwork.com/USA.blue.html the http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/
. I guess the earlier part of the night will go to the Dogs.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/03 Monday 8:20 P.M.: Well, the snow seems to have
quit. It looks like we had about three inches of snow. I cleaned
off the snow of the Hyundai. I also cleaned the snow off the benches in
front of the building. Although I was not able to do the house cleaning
this past weekend, I did water the plants, by pouring water into them instead
of lifting them. Some energetic volunteer downtown should take a snow
brush or broom and clean the snow off the benches at the Greenwich Post office
plaza, in front of the senior center, and the veteran’s monument. Maybe
the Greenwich Parks department should assume the responsibility of cleaning the
snow off the benches in the downtown area, since a great many elderly people
living in the downtown area like sitting on those benches, and if they are
covered with snow or ice, they are not very usable. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/03 Monday 7:30 P.M.: I was awake until about 6:30 A.M.
this morning. I had some potato chips and ice tea. I chatted with
someone at 10:30 A.M., and I cancelled my 4:15 P.M. appointment today. I
rested until about 4 P.M. today. I started up the Hyundai, and I ran it
for a while. I am recharging the Slaymaker million watt rechargeable
flashlight light since about 6 P.M., so it should be fully charged about 8 A.M.
tomorrow. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up. I chatted
with a friend. I guess I will do a bit of regular computer work all
night. I have to check with the Greenwich Hospital whether my stitches
are the ones that dissolve, or if they have to be removed some time soon.
I am feeling fine with minor surgical discomfort pain that I stop with CVS
generic extra strength Tylenol taking one about every four hours. Still,
I really can not do too much walking at this point, and in this weather I am
most comfortable at home. I am not suppose to do any heavy lifting, so I
can not be hoisting computer CPUs and monitors. I guess the light weight
computer items are easier to deal with. Still, I have a lot of very heavy
items in my apartment most of which I installed myself over the years, so as I
get older, I will have to rely on stronger individuals to move or remove them
when out of date and when I do not need them. Maybe they should invent
robots that move heavy items for people who can not move them; of course
everything is maintained and pretty much up to snuff now. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/03 Monday 2:00 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/10/03 Monday 1:30 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I had the rest about four old fashioned Dutch pretzels and I also
had about six one inch by 1.5 inch by 3/16 inch slices of Dutch gouda
cheese. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/09/03 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: After dinner, my guest and I
watched some television. My guest just left. I just finished
chatting with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/09/03 Sunday 7:25 P.M.: I rested, relaxed and watched
television until 8:30 A.M. this morning. I chatted with a relative.
I had a piece of Pepperidge Farm layer cake. I rested until 3:30
P.M.. A friend arrived to visit and keep an eye on me. I had a
piece of Pepperidge Farm layer cake. I removed the surgical Band-Aid
covering my succors. I took a shower and cleaned up. My friend and
I went for a drive around the waterfront. We drove over to Portocellis at
the Cos Cob shopping center, and my friend got fresh Atlantic salmon filet at
$5.99 a pound plus fresh broccoli. We then sat out in his car downtown
briefly. We next returned to my apartment. My friend cooked the
dinner of baked filet of salmon cooking it for 25 minutes in the convection
oven since it was thicker about a half pound filet apiece in a Pyrex baking
dish with about a half cup of lemon juice seasoned with Italian spices, basil,
and oregano at 350 degrees Fahrenheit in the convection oven, with steamed
white rice, and steamed fresh broccoli with grated parmesan cheese and ice
tea. We have a Winter Storm advisory for snow on Monday afternoon and
evening with accumulations up to six inches according to the weather alert from
www.weatherbug.com
. We will now watch some television. I am taking CVS generic
Tylenol for my surgical pain now. I am doing all right, and I seem to be
getting around a lot better. I am still not using the back steps but just
the elevator to the second floor plus the six steps I have to my landing.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/09/03 Sunday 2:35 A.M.: I sifted through my email. I
will now shut down the computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/09/03 Sunday 1:45 A.M.: The web sight for the United
States Department of Homeland Security is www.dhs.gov . CIO
Note:
<888> 02/09/03 Sunday 1:15 A.M.: My apartment has been cool since
the day before I had my surgery since I turned off the box window fan that
blows around the heat coming up the wall, so my guest would not get a chill on
the day bed from the draft from the fan. I just noticed that the
thermometer was 65 degrees Fahrenheit in the living room. I turned on the
box fan, and I increased the thermostat from 74 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit.
I also turned the bedroom thermostat from off to 66 degrees Fahrenheit.
Maybe I will feel a little bit better with it warmer in the apartment. I
am updating the root directory on the backup Dell computer of Red Hat Linux 8.0
with the most recent updates. It is 19 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.
I had ten Carr’s crackers with slices of Dutch gouda cheese and ice tea.
My guest use to live in upstate Vermont, so he probably did not notice the
chill. CIO
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<888> 02/08/03 Saturday 11:05 P.M.: I sent out my weekly
notes. I chatted with a relative. I put the ice tea away in the
refrigerator. I will now shut down the computer. I guess I should
rest some more. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week 02/08/03:
Note:
<888> 02/08/03 Saturday 9:45 P.M.: I was up at 7 A.M. this past
Wednesday morning. I did not have breakfast. I made it to Greenwich
Hospital Helmsley pavilion for the surgery by 8:30 A.M. My friend dropped
me off there, and he was suppose to pick me up at 2 P.M.. They began
prepping me for surgery with a surgical gown, intravenous drip, and shaving me
in the hiatal groin hernia area on the right side. However, they soon
discovered that surgery was not scheduled until 1:30 P.M.. I relaxed the
morning lying in the presurgery room. The Helmsley Pavilion of the
Greenwich Hospital is very clean and state of the art. At 1:30 P.M., they
moved my bed into preop, and they briefed me on the procedure. Since I
take other medications, they decided to do a general anesthetic. I was
wheeled into the operating room, and the anesthesiologist started injecting
some of my anesthesia into the intravenous drain. I was out until point
at 1:45 P.M. until about 5:30 P.M. when I came to in the recovery room. I
remember seeing a NEC computer monitor, so I started talking incoherently about
computers. After an hour in the recovery room, I was moved into the preop
room for an hour where I got dressed, and before leaving I had to urinate which
I was successful at. My friend arrived from my place about 7 P.M., and I
was wheel down to his car in a wheel chair. We then stopped by CVS
pharmacy on Greenwich Avenue, and I got my prescription filled for Oxycodone
w/apap5/325 tab mck. Also I got a general stool softener called Colace
100 mg 10ct for $5.99. My Greenwich Hospital wrist band number is
G00023974447 Scott, Michael MR #MO149861. I then returned back to
my apartment, and I had a bowel movement as I recall. I was still drowsy
from the anesthetic, so I rested in bed. My friend gave me a Stouffer’s
Home-Style turkey dinner along with ice tea. They next three days I
continued resting. I would take one of the pain pills every four to six
hours as needed. I chatted with a number of friends and family
relatives. My friend stayed down and helped me getting out of bed to the
bathroom and with meal. We had breakfast of oatmeal with orange juice and
vitamins. Thursday night I had a Stouffer’s home-style meat loaf dinner.
On Friday night, my friend made beef stroganoff which was very
good. He did not try to go to work on Friday in the snow. He told
me cleared off my car. Tonight a friend familiar with medicine encouraged
me to be more active. I am just finishing making up a batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. For dinner I had the rest of the beef stroganoff and ice tea. I
need to clean up when I feel more stable, and I can get in the shower.
Supposedly after the second day, I can take the tape off my succors and clean
up. From what I can tell there was very little bruising around the
surgery sight. I am not suppose to do any heavy lifting for a week or
two. Since I got home until this evening, it has been painful getting in
and out of bed, so mostly I just rested in bed. Another relative
encouraged me to be more active today. We supposedly have a National
Security Red alert for this area, so I will try to catch up a bit on the
news. I had another bowel movement this evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/04/03 Tuesday 9:15 P.M.: I chatted with two different
relatives. I finished the laundry. We had dinner of a Stouffer’s
family-style pot roast dinner and my guest had a Stouffer’s family-style turkey
dinner along with ice tea for both. I went out, and I sat downtown
briefly. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went to Exxon,
and I bought $4.75 of regular unleaded at $1.799 a gallon for about 23
miles per gallon. I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought two
Stouffer’s family-style turkey dinners, one pot roast, and one meat loaf for
$2.15 each for $8.60 total. I returned home. We are now watching
television. I will now shut down the computer. I will not be
updating “Scott’s Notes” until I am significantly recovered from my hernia
surgery. I guess I will be recovering at home for a number of days.
Well, I will back online soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/04/03 Tuesday 6:20 P.M.: I have a half hour on the second
drier. I chatted with my guest. I paid for my guest to buy me
at Modell’s in the Port Chester, New York shopping center a pair of
Russell sweat pants double XX large http://www.modells.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=1124591&cp=702126.702129
which he got for me for $15.99 plus .44 tax for $16.43 total. They fit
comfortably, and I will wear them over to the Greenwich Hospital tomorrow, and
they should be loose enough not to aggravate my stitches. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/04/03 Tuesday 5:00 P.M.: I rested most of the day. I
had two calls from the hospital about my surgery tomorrow. I chatted with
a friend whom is staying down here tonight and taking me to and from the
hospital tomorrow. I have to be at the Greenwich Hospital at 9 A.M., and
hernia surgery will start about 11 A.M., and I should be ready to return home
about 2 P.M.. I need to get a pair of large sweat pants to wear, so I
will not hurt my stitches. I will do that when my friend arrives later
this evening. I can not eat or drink after midnight. I had
breakfast at 1:30 P.M. of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I rested until about 3:30 P.M.. I made
another telephone call. I am in the process of doing two loads of
laundry. I will have to wait a little extra time for one of the dryers.
I put clean sheets on the bed. I thus will not have to lift any laundry
loads for a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/03/03 Monday 11:15 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television. I will then go to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/03/03 Monday 10:50 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I saw someone with a
royal blue turban, so I guess people from India are here besides the usual
folks at Zyn stationary. The Scott family besides their presence in
America also served on the last viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten’s staff, so
someone in the family has a familiarity with India. Besides when I use to
live in Florida, it was a bit like India. I next drove down by the
waterfront. There is a new restaurant open at the new Delamar Hotel
called “L’Escale”, which seems to be very popular, but it is probably
pricey. I next stopped by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 pack of
S&S dried milk for $6.09 total. I then went by the Food Emporium, and
I bought two Stouffer’s home-style pot roast dinners, one turkey, and one meat
loaf for $2.15 each, Gold’s hot horseradish for $1.50, Master Choice Dijon
mustard $1.69, two boxes of America’s Choice fish filets $2.19 each, AC 14
ounce frozen onion rings $1.79, and two pints buy one get one free of Godiva
Belgium chocolate ice cream for $3.49 both for $21.45 total. I then
returned home, and I put away my purchases. I will now have a slice of
Pepperidge Farm layer cake with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/03/03 Monday 8:55 P.M.: I rested until 7 P.M., when I had
a telephone call from a relative. I then chatted with a friend. I
had the same dinner as last night, but I also had a mixture of steamed
cauliflower with steamed frozen green peas with grated parmesan cheese.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/03/03 Monday 4:20 P.M.: I was up at 6 A.M. today when a
friend called. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I then cleaned up, and I made my 8 A.M.
appointment at the surgical outpatient clinic. The doctor said that I
should have surgery on my groin hernia. I then went back home, and I
prepared some bills to pay. I then went to Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I next went to the central Greenwich Post Office, and I
obtained money orders to pay my Northeast Utilities bill and my Verizon
telephone bill. I then went to First Union National Bank on Havemeyer
Place, and I paid my rent. I noticed they were off loading from a truck
into the parking lot across the street from the police station a couple of
Aston Martins that were special editions. They were not there later, so
maybe they took them to the Aston Martin dealership or someone is showing them
elsewhere or a local connoisseur bought them. I then walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I
bought a raspberry Danish for $1.25 at St. Moritz bakery, and I ate it at the
Greenwich Common. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next went to the Greenwich
Library, and I returned a DVD video disk, and I read the Greenwich Times.
I then returned home. I had a message from the doctor’s secretary to call
if hernia surgery on this Wednesday would be fine. I called and left a
message that it would. I took about an hour nap, and the doctor’s
secretary called, and told me I would have to have some laboratory work
done. I went to the Cohen building across from the Greenwich hospital,
and I got the laboratory slip from Greenwich surgical associates and then I
went down to the Benhem cancer center laboratory in the same building, and I
had the blood drawn. I was told they would call me tomorrow to tell me
what time on Wednesday, I would have the hernia surgery. I was told it
would be a one day procedure, and I would not be staying in the hospital over
night. I might be able to have a friend come down and drive me back from
the hospital and stay with me Wednesday night. I was told I would be in
pain for a week, but they would give me pain killers. My groin hernia is
about the size of a grapefruit, and I have had it in this condition for about a
year now, so I guess I should have it operated on. I next went to Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove downtown, and I went
to the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained and mailed money orders to
pay my Optimum online cable modem service, and my cablevision service. I
then sat out downtown for a while. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then returned home. It was a very nice warm day
today. It is about 48 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I have to be up at 6 A.M.
tomorrow since I have an 8 A.M. appointment. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 11:10 P.M.: Earlier I sifted through my
internet email. I played five hands of solitaire, and I lost all five
hands. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 10:45 P.M.: If you are bored with the
internet, one can go back to the way it was with Windows 3.0 about ten years
ago, when one spent a lot of time playing solitaire http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/ks.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 10:40 P.M.: I was just outside for a
cigarette, and I spied a large red fox darting by on the hill across from the
parking lot. It is 36 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, so it has
warmed up a bit, but it is still a bit windy. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 10:15 P.M.: Well I found this interesting
site that gives information on Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington secret location
as if we could not find it ourselves http://poweredby.10best.com/Guides/location.process/ID_eb600cc2d361/
. It says they have a large Buddhist temple. Well, I learned going
to Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu
in Lake Forest, Illinois from 1968 to 1972 which is 20 miles north of Chicago,
Illinois and has a similar cold climate of ten months of winter and two months
of summer that there is a BHai Temple in Wilmette, Illinois that sort of looks
like the Taj Mahal overlooking Lake Michigan, but it does not have as much real
estate, but it is surrounded by upper income suburban real estate. Still,
one does not expect to find it there. Also if one is further interested
in India, one could try http://www.tribuneindia.com/ where I believe a
large number of people speak English. I have heard mysteries of a secret
Maharaja there called “Raj Mikan”, but since India is a very old subcontinent
their population tends to be superstitious of the northern hordes.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 9:40 P.M.: I had a piece of Pepperidge Farm
layer cake with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 9:15 P.M.: My guest arrived after the last
message. We drove down by the waterfront. We then went over to
Tod’s Point and we sat out at the southeast parking area. We then drove
around Tod’s Point. We next drove over to Grass Island and viewed the
harbor. We then went by another waterfront location. We then went
by the Stop and Shop, and my guest bought a package of six center cut pork
chops at $2.79 a pound for about $4.50. We then returned back to my
apartment. We chatted for a while. I sautéed four or two apiece of
the center cut pork chops for three minutes a side over medium heat in olive
oil, margarine, four cloves of chopped garlic, seasoned with Old Bay seasoning,
garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian spices, oregano, and
basil. We also had steamed cauliflower with grated parmesan cheese and
steamed white rice with ice tea. Afterwards we watched television news
coverage. My guest left about 9 P.M., and I just finished chatting with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 2:50 P.M.: Happy Ground Hog’s Day. I
was up at 1 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I have cleaned up.
I have a guest coming down to visit shortly. The Cmos time is now working
fine on the primary computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 3:10 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work. I will now shut down. I will have about five old
fashioned Dutch pretzels and a glass of ice tea before going to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 2:05 A.M.: I installed the new CMOS battery
in the primary computer, and I reset the CMOS properties. I tested the
system when I reconnected the wires after putting the case cover back on.
CIO
Note:
<888> 02/02/03 Sunday 12:50 A.M.: I installed the Real Player 8.0
for Linux on the Dell backup Red Hat Linux 8.0 partition. I had dinner of
a six America’s Choice fish filets and 15 onion rings that I cooked in the
convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes a side with a
condiment of one third of a cup of Heinz ketchup and two tablespoons of
horseradish and ice tea. I started on the primary computer a C: drive to
D: drive backup. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by the Stop
and Shop, and I bought two 5.5 ounce bags of Lay’s potato chips for .99 each
and two bags of 8 S&S hotdog buns for $1.19 each for $4.36 total. I
then drove over to CVS in Old Greenwich, and I bought an Energizer 2032 cmos
battery for $3.99 plus .24 tax for $4.23 total. I then stopped by Exxon
next to the library, and I bought $4.50 of regular unleaded at $1.799 a gallon
for about 21 miles per gallon. I then returned home, and I put away my
groceries, and I started another section of the backup. I then went out,
and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I returned
home. I just finished the primary computer backup from the C: drive to
the D: drive. I switched the speakers around between the Dell and the IBM
Cyrix backup computers. I am listening to a rebroadcast of the NASA press
conference on the backup Dell computer at http://www.broadcast.com/learning_and_education/science/space/nasa/nasa_television/
. I will now install the new Energizer Cmos 2032 battery in the primary
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/01/03 Saturday 6:05 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I will now clean up and go out for a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 02/01/03 Saturday 5:50 P.M.: I was awaken by a call about
8:30 A.M. this morning. I went back to sleep until 2 P.M.. I
received a telephone call from a friend informing of the NASA space shuttle
disaster http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm and
http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa-107.htm
and http://www.nasa.gov/
. I wish to express my deep condolences to the families of the astronauts
and NASA. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I listened to the CNN broadcast of the NASA
press conference. I finished my house cleaning and watering the
plants. CNN just said there is a huge debris field still in orbit from
the shuttle disaster which might effect commercial aviation. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/03 Monday 10:40 P.M.: I watched some television.
I had four Dutch pretzels and some goldfish crackers. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/03 Monday 9:05 P.M.: I watched some television. I
chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/03 Monday 7:05 P.M.: I listened to some technology news
at www.kenradio.com
. I chatted briefly with someone. I will now put the ice tea in the
jugs and put it all in the refrigerator. I am watching the BBC evening
news. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/03 Monday 5:50 P.M.: I went out, and I went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a Tommy Hilfiger waist 40 inches
blue and green canvas and brown leather and brass belt for $3. I next
went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat
out at various locations. I cashed in my $4 winnings on the Fat Cat
scratch card from Zyn stationary. I drove down by the waterfront. I
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and National
Geographic Traveler magazine. I returned home. I had a dish of
potato chips and two Dutch pretzels. For dinner, I had a Boston Market
chicken teriyaki dinner. I am making up a batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
using 21 tea bags of eight different types. I am using 10 Bigelow orange
pekoe and pekoe cut black tea bags, four Lipton orange pekoe bags, two Lipton
green tea, and one bag each of Twinings Prince of Wales, Irish breakfast, Earl
Grey, Lady Grey, and English Breakfast. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/03 Monday 1:35 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer,
and I will clean up. I will then go out for some outside activity.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/03 Monday 1:15 P.M.: Since Microsoft no long offers for
download the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, I searched out http://www.filesearching.com/cgi-bin/s?q=msjavx86.exe&t=f&d=&l=en&x=31&y=15
, and I downloaded and installed version 5805 on my machine. I already
have Sun Java on the machine. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/03 Monday 12:15 P.M.: I added a download for Scott’s
Interactive Directory download at http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/scott008.zip
. It is a 2.17 meg file, and one opens the file “scotlist.htm” in one’s
web browser. I have not worked on the directory much in two years, but
still for some people they might find it useful. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/31/03 Monday 11:25 A.M.: I was up at 10 A.M.. I had a
telephone call canceling my 4 P.M. appointment today until next Monday.
Microsoft called me up wanting me to go to a Windows Server 2003 presentation
at the Stamford Sheraton on April 15 from 8:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M., but I
declined since I do not run a server anymore. A friend called, and we
chatted. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I turned up the living room
thermostat from 70 degrees Fahrenheit to 74 degrees Fahrenheit last night,
since it is a bit cooler outside. Right now it is 34 degrees Fahrenheit
outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/03 Sunday 10:55 P.M.: I watched some television.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will rest soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/03 Sunday 10:15 P.M.: I had the first European Union http://europa.eu.int/
sticker in this area on my old Volvo, but alas when I disposed of the old
Volvo, the European Union sticker went with it. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/03 Sunday 9:40 P.M.: I put away the laundry. I
had a glass of ice tea. I was just watching a bit of BookTV. I
originally ended up in Key West, Florida in the mid 1970s thinking I might want
to be a writer, but having an interest in computers, I thought it might be
interesting to work for NASA, but about the time I got down to Florida, NASA
laid off about fifty thousand people. Thus I ended up in the Monroe
County Library in that period reading the periodical press, and drifting around
the waterfront in the afternoons. Well, although it is cooler in this
area in Connecticut, one can still use the library and drift around the
waterfront. I have a feeling that Hemingway when he was suppose to be in
Marbella, Spain writing might have actually have been in Lanzarote, since
Lanzarote seemed like an ideal writer’s hideout. However, all of that was
years ago. I am so caught up in the modern intricacies of personal
computers; I have not had much time to try to do any creative writing. I
have a $5 laptop computer, a vintage 486 Mhz with 4 megs of memory, so I guess
I could try to sit in some spot like the library or a local coffee shop and
record my observations on the run, but since I am so comfortable at home around
my new desktop computer, I have not thought about trying to be a laptop
voyeur. I remember in the early 1970s when I was in Europe, I use to buy
a blank lined book, and I would keep a long hand journal of my travels and
experiences. Since I do not travel much anymore, I do not have much to
report on beside the local economy as it relates to the grocery stores and
thrift shops. Still, I have a pleasant mundane life which seems to
revolve around reading computer technology stories on the internet. Since
over 2.5 million people now visit Lanzarote each year now, I am not sure it
would be the secluded hideaway it once was. I have a feeling much could
be said about Key West too. Still, locally here in Connecticut if one can
afford to travel, there are a great many secluded communities in other parts of
the state where people tend to be more bookish. However, although
recently I have not had the time to read many books, I enjoy the convenience of
the Greenwich Library while I pursue the technological press. Well, with
so many options in this area, I suppose maintaining a routine like I do has its
creative drawbacks, but it is still better at my age than sleeping in one’s car
with their laptop on a beach in California, when the technological road runs
out. Of course some people whom are more cleaver seem to cultivate
lifelong connections around colleges and universities where they can pursue their
bookish ideals at their own leisure. Still, since I have a degree in
Economics, it is convenient in this area to keep an eye to the larger economy
while pursuing other activities. Well, as you can tell, there is not
really a lot of new wisdom to be published at the moment. I suppose with
all the writing going on, not many people actually have the time to review or
read much of the content available on the internet. Still, some people
might be trying to learn a bit of another language, so I would imagine I should
try to keep the grammar somewhat correct in my writing. Well, for now I
am at a standstill in my web log publishing. Perhaps, a sunny day will
make me feel more creative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/03 Sunday 7:25 P.M.: I started two loads of laundry.
I also put clean sheets on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/03 Sunday 6:55 P.M.: I went out, and I went by the
Greenwich Library, and I returned a videotape. I read the Greenwich Times
and PC World Magazine. I also read InfoWorld and Eweek and the Business
Week 500 top companies edition. In PC World, there was an article that
one could display a list of volcanoes in the Windows screen saver, but on
further examination, it is for Windows NT. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then walked the center area of town. I bought a
number 28 “Fat Cat” scratch card for a $1 at Zyn stationary. I then
returned home. I chatted with a relative. I had a box of America’s
Choice six fish filets along with 16 AC frozen onion rings and 20 AC frozen
tater tots which I cooked in the Farberware convection oven at 425 degrees
Fahrenheit for 12 minutes a side. I had them with a third of a cup of
Heinz ketchup mixed with three tablespoons of horseradish along with a glass of
ice tea. I won $4 on the Fat Cat scratch card for a $3 profit.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/30/03 Sunday 1:35 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
went to bed about 11 P.M.. I was up at 8:30 A.M.. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplement, and coffee. I fell
back to sleep until 1 P.M.. I watched some television. I will now
clean up, and I will go out in a short time. It is bit cold and damp
out. It is 38 degrees Fahrenheit right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 9:55 P.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now
shut down the computer. I will watch a bit of television before going to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 9:45 P.M.: I downloaded and ran the
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/tools/tools/mbsahome.asp
. I also decreased the Internet Explorer web browser cache to 80
megabytes. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 9:15 P.M.: I ran http://www.pcpitstop.com/
, the system seems fine. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 8:30 P.M.: The Microsoft Hotfix for Windows
XP SP1 memory loss problem is available from http://hotfix.microsoft.com/winnt/Windows_XP/sp2/Q815411/Q815411_ENU_i386_MID126148_zip.exe
. I will now install it. Unfortunately this did not work without the
password, may be this link will have it soon http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1048644448
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 8:10 P.M.: After dinner, I chatted with a
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 7:25 P.M.: I am cooking the same dinner as
last night without the green beans and grated parmesan cheese. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 6:50 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I am going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 6:15 P.M.: Prince of Wales had hernia
operation too http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/29/ucharles.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/03/29/ixportaltop.html
. I finished sifting through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 5:25 P.M.: I went out, and I went by Smokes
for Less in Byram, and I bought four packs of Pall Mall Lights 100s for $10
total. I then went by Exxon next to the library, and I bought $6 of
regular unleaded gasoline at $1.899 a gallon for about 25 miles per
gallon. I next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the local
newspaper. I just now returned home. I had two old fashioned Dutch
pretzels with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/29/03 Saturday 2:15 P.M.: I fell asleep after the last
message last night. I had a call from a relative about 9 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast around 8 A.M. of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back to
sleep until about 11:30 A.M.. I did my house cleaning and watering the
plants. I just had lunch of two tuna fish sandwiches with potato chips
and a half of dill pickle and ice tea. I will now clean up, and I will go
out after that. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/28/03 Friday 7:15 P.M.: I am cooking a box of six Stop and
Shop fish cakes in the Faberware convection oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for
20 minutes. I will have them with the homemade tartar sauce made from ¼
th chopped dill pickles and ¾ ths mayonnaise along with steamed white rice and
steamed fresh green beans and sliced asparagus with grated parmesan cheese and
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/28/03 Friday 6:50 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next drove downtown, and I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I gave one of my
former neighbors a ride home. I then went to the Greenwich Library, and I
read the local newspaper, and I read part of Business Week magazine. I then
went to the Food Emporium, and I bought fresh asparagus at $1.49 a pound for
$1.61 and a dozen extra eggs for $1.79 for $3.40 total. I then returned
home. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/28/03 Friday 2:20 P.M.: I had four Old Dutch pretzels with
ice tea. I move one of my bent wood dining room chairs from the dining
room table to in front of the garbage can in the kitchen, so when I smoke a
cigarette underneath the kitchen stove fan, I can sit down. I will now
clean up, and I will go out for some daytime activity. CIO
End of
Scott’s Notes week of 03/28/02:
Note:
<888> 03/28/03 Friday 1:45 P.M.: I had a call from a friend last
night about 9 P.M.. I was up at 11 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went to back to
bed until 1 P.M.. I watched some television. I will now send out my
weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 8:20 P.M.: I did a little bit of computer
work. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 7:25 P.M.: I had the same dinner as last
night, but I also added a little Old Bay seasoning in the mixture. I
watched the ABC evening news. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 6:30 P.M.: Instead of resting after the
last message, I had a cappucinno. I then cleaned up, and I went
out. I went downtown, and I sat out for a while, and I walked the central
downtown area, and I sat out. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a PNY PC100 64
meg memory chip in its wrapper unopened for a dollar. I then made my 3
P.M. appointment. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue,
and I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I drove a former neighbor over to Grass Island to check on
his boat. Then we drove back to the other part of the waterfront. I
then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I
just now returned home. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 11:55 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I had lunch
of two tuna fish sandwiches with potato chips and a dill pickle slice and ice
tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will probably rest a while
before going out. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 11:25 A.M.: Of course what little I know
about horse racing, I do know the weather and racing conditions have a lot to
do with outcome. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 11:05 A.M.: Of course if one were playing a
horse, these links might help you http://www.drf.com/ , http://www.brisnet.com/
, http://www.racingpicks.com/index2.asp
, http://espn.go.com/horse/drfstatic.html
, http://espn.go.com/horse/drfstatic.html
, http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2003/
, http://www.ca.uky.edu/agcollege/vetscience/report.htm
, http://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/shopping_and_services/animals/horses/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 10:45 A.M.: Of course if one were not
making any money off Wall Street on the internet, one could always try www.nyra.com
which lets one bet on the races at http://www.interbets.com/ . Usually people
whom own horses tend to own property, so more than likely they can occasionally
afford a small wager within reason. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 10:30 A.M.: When I went to Lake Forest
College www.lfc.edu
out in Lake Forest, Illinois from 1968 to 1972, a lot of the teachers whom were
more academic than myself were always saying “Publish or Perish”, thus by
maintaining my own web log of “blog” at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/note02.htm
, I have attempted by maintaining the log to explain to internet users my basic
routines. Since I am basically a not for profit volunteer operation, it
is a lot cheaper than hiring a lawyer, since non internet users might be
confused as to what I really do. Since like a lot of people in our local
community whom live in the fish bowl have varied experience, I would imagine
some of the old time more traditional writers are still writing on their
vintage Royal typewriters many of which I have seen in our local thrift shops
over the years. Of course the Laptop gurus we see using our local
facilities here in town, more than likely travel more, so they have a wider
experience in their internet travels which is reflected in their
publishing. We all know that a lot of the technology people come from the
west coast of America or further west in Asia; still there are some technology
operations in this area which most people seem to forget about reading the west
coast internet press. I would imagine that IBM is still in Armonk,
although they are heavily involved in activities further west and east of us,
and I would imagine the techies are still around at the various technological
schools in the area and further east. I suppose General Electric still
knows something about electricity. Thus although, it appears that
technologically, not a lot is happening in the area, I would imagine a great
many of the more advanced personnel in this area are working on more advanced servers
and their applications. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 9:35 A.M.: I downloaded and ran BurnInTest
V3.1 Pro Evaluation available for download from http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm
and these are the test results www.geocities.com/mikelscott/BurnInTestLog.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 9:05 A.M.: I downloaded and installed the
30 day demo of Passmark Performance Test 4.0 http://www.passmark.com/download/index.htm
and I am posting the *.gif file of the performance of my computer which is
linked from www.geocities.com/mikelscott/PerfRes.gif .
Click on *.gif to enlarge to full size. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 8:40 A.M.: I put Direct X 9.0 A on the
computer http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.asp
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 7:45 A.M.: I sifted through my email.
I subscribed to a free subscription to Eweek http://www.omeda.com/ziff/ewk/ewk.cgi?&t=whback&p=ecfrb2
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 7:35 A.M.: Monitor test program http://www.construnet.hu/Nokia/Monitors/TEST/monitor_test.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/27/03 Thursday 6:35 A.M.: I was up at 5:30 A.M. this
morning. Last night I had some Old Dutch pretzels and ice tea in the
middle of the night. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 8:05 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 7:55 P.M.: I watched the BBC news and some
of the USA news. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 6:50 P.M.: I prepared an interesting
meal. I will call is Etruscan scallop scampi. In a 10 inch frying
pan I put about four tablespoons of olive oil and five pads of margarine, and I
heated it over medium heat on an electric burner. I added about five
diced gloves of garlic and seasoned it with garlic powder, ground black pepper,
celery salt, Basil, Italian spices, and oregano. I sautéed the mixture over
medium heat for about four minutes until the garlic was a bit cooked, and then
I added about a half cup of Rene Junot white wine and four tablespoons of
Borden lemon juice, and I stirred it around over medium heat for a few minutes,
and then I simmered it for about five minutes to reduce it. I then
brought the heat up to medium, and once the mixture was bubbling again, I added
a half pound of bay scallops, and I constantly stirred the mixture for cooking
the bay scallops for three minutes. I then added the bay scallops and
cooking juices to a bed of white rice, and I had this for dinner with a mixture
of steamed fresh green beans and cut asparagus with grated parmesan cheese and
margarine along with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 5:30 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
the Arnold Bread outlet owned by George Weston bakeries. I bought three
loaves of Freihoffer’s seven grain bread for $1.29 each for $3.87 total less
10% senior discount of .39 for $3.48 total. I then drove down by the
waterfront and another local coastal observer showed up for the beginning of
the warmer season. I then drove by the ELDC thrift shop, and I toured the
store. They have some nice bird pictures there. I next went by the
Porricelli’s Food Mart, and I found out that Kraft mayonnaise is not on sale
this week. The sign at the Old Greenwich store must have been left over
from last week. I then bought bay scallops at $4.99 a pound for $4.79 and
asparagus at $2.99 a pound for $3.41 less club $, so I guess they were $1.70
for $6.49 total. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
They have a nice large pair of copper alligator sculptures there for $250, if
one has gator karma. I next went downtown, and I walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with another local. I then went by
the Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I just now
returned home. I put the bread in the freezer like I always do.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 12:15 P.M.: I listened to the two CD
collection that I made of the “The Greatest Hit’s of the War Years” from
Telehouse RCA that I burned to CD from the MP3 that I encoded from the
LPs. It sounds better than the LP’s since the Nero wave editor has a
setting to remove LP scratching sound. I wonder if the Greenwich Hospital
thrift shop is playing the copy that I gave them. I chatted with some
neighbors. I listened to the President of the United State’s live
broadcast on the internet from www.whitehouse.gov . I took a chilled 6
ounce can of Counsel crab meat, and I opened it, and I rinsed it with the lid
on. I then separated it in a bowl with a fork, and I added two
tablespoons of mayonnaise, and I mixed it all together. I made two sandwiches
out of it using the Arnold 12 grain bread, and I cut the sandwiches in
half. I had them with a half of a kosher dill pickle slice and Wise
vinegar and salt potato chips and ice tea. I am just about to have a 50%
Folgers’s instant and 50% Folgers’s decaffeinated instant coffee. I
usually have my coffee with milk and sugar. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will clean up. I will then go out for some daytime
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 10:05 A.M.: I watched a bit of television
on the Discovery Channel. I had a bowl of vinegar and salt potato chips
and ice tea. I still have to go through my work list. I am not
running out yet today, but it is suppose to rain this afternoon.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 9:05 A.M.: I sifted through my
email. I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor. I will now go
through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. If one is into the British Monarchy, one can always read http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
and select the “The Register” and then select the “Court Circular” and “Today’s
Royal Engagements” to see how hard the British Royals work maintaining their
presence in their Kingdom. On a lighter note, the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift Shop yesterday had ceramics of Balmoral Castle, Buckingham Palace, and
Windsor Palace which were quite large over a foot square and very detailed for
$20 each behind the counter. However, they were so detailed they were a
bit dusty and hard to keep dust free, as I imagine the real places are a bit of
a dusting nightmare too. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 8:15 A.M.: The New York Times says a
subscription now costs $10.30 a week, a Wall Street Journal subscription costs
about $7 a week, a Greenwich Times Subscription costs about $4.20 a week, so
for about $21.50 a week, one could subscribe to those three local publications,
which would be about $1,118 a year, whereas my computer internet activity costs
about $844.80 a year a $273.60 savings. Of course, although I get all the
world’s internet content, I do not get the in depth news analysis in the
printed media. Of course, I also know how to configure and maintain my
own computers. If one were paying $50 or more for tech support calls or
up to $120 an hour for computer maintenance, the costs could sky rocket above
the initial computer cost savings. So thus if one were not
technologically savy, one might be better off to stick with buying the
newspaper, and if one were even more frugal like I am basically, and since I
tend to go downtown every day most of the time, one could stop by the Greenwich
Library and read the newspapers there where there is also internet access,
however some people live further than a mile from the library, and it does cost
money for transportation. So basically beside the fact that “Knowledge is
Power” until one gets a hernia lifting the books, obtaining Knowledge generally
tends to cost money. Of course besides all of this computer activity, I
have also been paying for the same 150 month period and longer about $45 a
month for television cablevision access and also maintaining all the other
electronics and devices in the apartment. So thus although I have a
simple apartment from outward appearances, it is truly a media center
maintained on a simpler budget. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 7:30 A.M.: Since October 1990 when I
bought my first PC computer after briefly owning an Apple IIe, I have had these
expenses and income.
Income:
Internet
Advertising Revenue $604.44
Computer
Items Sold $2,507.80
Computer
Rebates $660.52
Total
Income: $3,772.76
Computer
Hardware Expenses $7,910.85
Internic
Registration $220
Telephone
Internet Connection $480
Cable
Modem Online Expenses $1,951.28
Software
$1,385.59
Computer
Items $2,291.57
BBS Long
Distance Telephone Calls $1,000
Total
Computer and Online Expenses: $14,353.31
Balance
Computer Online Activity: $10,560.55
Over 150
month period:
Average
Cost Per Month of Computer Internet Activity: $70.40
Thus
Computer Internet Activity for these last 12.5 years has cost me most of my
free time and most of my spare expense money. Also the costs of
maintaining my apartment, electricity, automobile, and my person are not
free. I suppose this is why some people prefer not to get a computer and
prefer to spend their free time and spare funds on other activities such as
reading printed texts which would take about the same funds and time.
Thus if in Academia, it takes two years to gets a Masters Degree, and three
years to gets a PHD, I have at least 3 PHDs in Personal Computers and Internet
Technology not to mention my activities before I ever bought a personal
computer in August 1990. With all this time and expertise, it is rather
amazing that I never hear much from anyone on the internet.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 6:30 A.M.: Following is a list and
costs of my present primary computer CPU setup.
Northgate
Barebones Computer System with Syntax SV266M motherboard, AMD Athlon 2000+
processor, Kingston ValueRam 512 MB, PC 266, Alps 3.5 “ floppy drive,
ThermalTake A1492 CPU Heatsink and Fan, APEX/Foxconn TM-124 case, generic case
cooling fan, UPS ground shipping and burn in $297.00;
CD/RW 24
X $50, after $35 rebate
58X CD
$22, after $20 rebate
Linksys
10/100 LAN card $10 after $10 rebate
Maxtor
20 gigabyte hard drive $24 after $40 rebate
Maxtor
20 gigabyte hard drive $105 after $50 rebate
Creative
PCI Sound Blaster Live MP3+ audio card $84
Windows
XP Professional Edition Upgrade $160 after $50 rebate
Symantec
Norton Systemworks 2003 and Norton Firewall 2003 $35 after $50 rebate
Microsoft
Works Suite 2002 $55 after $30 rebate
Microsoft
FrontPage 2002 $15 regularly $150, so $135 discount
Microsoft
Home Publishing 2000 $5 regularly $40, so $35 discount
Microsoft
Internet Keyboard $20, regularly $50, so $30 discount
Logitech
cordless mouse $25, regularly $50, so $25 discount
Visioneer
4400 scanner USB $25 after $50 rebate
Cambridge
Lab Speaker System $43 regularly $80, so $37 discount
Monsoon
Speaker System $50 after $50 rebate
2 pairs
generic speakers $30
Various
other software ?
Siemens
router $40 after $50 rebate
Motorola
Cable Modem with LAN cable $50 regularly $100, so $50 discount
Printer
Port Box $10
HP
LaserJet IID printer $40
HP
LaserJet IIP printer free $20 value
Epson
Stylus Color 880 printer $70 after $10 rebate and $50 discount
3
printer cables $30
Panasonic
headset $15
2 mouse
pads $5
2 Belkin
Power Control Centers $44
19 inch
CompUSA Monitor $420
Ezonics
USB computer camera $22 regularly $42, so $20 discount
Computer
Keyboard Drawer $22
One gold
stereo Y 3 splitter $7
Two gold
stereo Y 2 splitters $10
Andrea
Electronics Microphone Ear Piece $50
Gold
Cable Modem 12 foot cord $14
Mad Dog
AGP 4X 64 Meg video card $45 after $30 rebate and $20 discount
PNY 2100
256 Meg memory chip $17 after $30 rebate
17 inch
Royal monitor free $50 value
Total
Costs Michael Scott’s Primary Computer Setup:
$1956
$907 in
mail in rebates and discounts
$70 value
free items
Total
Value at Cost of my primary computer system:
$2933
plus many hours of computer toil
Of
course, a great many of the items were sale items or had rebates, and it took a
lot of time to search out the best values not to mention travel and
gasoline. Items like the monitor and one of the hard drives, I have had
for several years. I also have the backup systems.
Note:
<888> 03/26/03 Wednesday 5:55 A.M.: I had a telephone call from a
friend about 8 P.M. last night, and I had a telephone call from a relative
about 9:30 P.M.. I was up at 4:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 7:40 P.M.: I watched the ABC evening news,
and I watched the BBC news. I will now shut down the computer, and I will
go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 5:40 P.M.: I took a box of six Stop and Shop
fish cakes, and I cooked them in the convection oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit
for 20 minutes. I had them with the homemade tartar sauce which consists
of one fourth part chopped dill pickles with three fourths parts
mayonnaise. I also had them with reheated steamed white rice and steamed
fresh broccoli crowns, cuts asparagus, and green beans with grated parmesan
cheese and ice tea. I am listening to some of the BBC radio news.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 4:35 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then drove over to Old Greenwich to the Mobil Express car wash,
and I got my Hyundai washed for $5. I then towel dried the car what small
bit of moisture remained, and I shook out the front floor mats. I then
went out to Tod’s Point, and I walked the entire 2.5 miles around Tod’s Point
starting from the southeast concession area, and walking the shore line south
then west then heading back north at the southwest picnic area, and back along
the road to my starting point. It is most enjoyable walk. It took me 50
minutes for the 2.5 mile walk, and the conditions are dry on the path and not
muddy. I noticed on the western most tern island sand bar, the tide was
so low that people were walking out to the tern nesting area, and clammers were
digging clams. I then went to downtown Old Greenwich, and I stopped by
the Old Greenwich thrift shop. I next went by the Old Greenwich
Porricelli’s Foot Mart, and I bought a quart jar of Kraft mayonnaise that was
suppose to be on sale for $1.99 but they rang it up at $3.69, so I will have to
check with them, buy one get one free of 11.5 ounce bags of Lays Onion and Sour
Cream potato chips for $2.99 both, two half gallons of Tropicana Premium orange
juice with calcium for $2 each, and a box of green beans at .99 a pound for
$1.58 for $11.73 total. Next time I head over that way, I will check with
them about the Kraft mayonnaise price error. All of these items were
available with their discount card. I next drove over to downtown
Greenwich, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went
downtown, and I stopped by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I found a
pair of bright red cotton slacks originally from Richard’s like new waist 40
inches by 32 length for $7. I had to walk up to the ATM machine at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue, and then I returned to the Mews
thrift shop, and I bought the pants for $7. I next drove down by the
waterfront, and the fire hydrant on Steamboat Road at the end is now
fixed. I then went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the local
newspaper. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 9:25 A.M.: While I had my lunch, I
listened to a bit of http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go
out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 8:45 A.M.: I went outside, and I chatted
with some neighbors. I took a cold 6 ounce can of Bumble Bee white tuna
in water, and I flaked it a mixing bowl with a fork. I then added three
large tablespoons of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, and I mixed it all together.
I then put half on two slices of bread, and I covered the tops with another
slice of bread, and I cut the two tuna fish sandwiches in half, and I had them
for lunch with a half of kosher dill pickle, and some Wise vinegar and salt
potato chips, with ice tea. I think I will now make a cappuccino.
It seems to be warming up a bit, so I guess after my cappuccino, I will clean
up, and I will go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 7:55 A.M.: If I ever need to free up a PCI
slot on my motherboard with three PCI slots, I also have a CNR slot which I
could replace my LAN card with this Intel CNR card http://www.pcdirect.com/product.asp?Sku=NCCNR
. However, the only reason, I could see for doing this might be to use
the existing LAN card for networking the other backup computers. However,
it is slow to start a network from what I know, and I prefer my present setup
with the Siemens router. I also do not have case room for another
device. The system seems more responsive with the swapper on the D: drive.
I checked out some of the Zinio Ezines. My barebones Northgate System
that I assembled from www.accessmicro.com for $300 is similar to this
much more expensive system http://www.asseenontvpc.com/ with the same
motherboard. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 6:30 A.M.: I set Windows XP Professional
Virtual Memory performance to be managed by the system on both the separate C:
and D: drives, so most of the swapping of virtual memory will be managed by the
second hard drive D: drive which Windows XP automatically selects in this
configuration setup. Thus the C: drive first hard drive will primarily be
used for programs. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 5:55 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 4:50 A.M.: I sifted through my email.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 4:35 A.M.: If one is interested in tulips or
the Dutch this link for Holland, Michigan http://www.allaboutholland.org/
should be informative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/25/03 Tuesday 4:15 A.M.: I was up at 3 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. A couple of nights ago, I recharged the
Slaymaker million watt halogen beam light. I have noticed that when I
start up the primary Northgate computer, I occasionally get a fan noise.
However, when I take off the case cover none of the fans on the CPU, case,
video card, or power supply seem to be making any noise other than regular
operation noise. It usually happens when it does happen the first time,
one turns it on. I took off the case cover, and checked it the first time
I turned it on this time, and it did not make the noise. However, the
case cover has a wind tunnel baffle that goes over the CPU fan. However,
although it does not touch the fan, it is not directly alligned up over
it. Perhaps since the wind tunnel baffle is off center, there is a slight
air pressure difference when first starting up the system. However, just
now when I put the case cover back on, it did not make any noise.
Whatever, the case I will have to see if it does it anymore or not. If it
does do it, one simply turns off the system and then turns it back on, and it
seems to go away. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 8:00 P.M.: I downloaded 8 free digital ezines
from www.zinio.com
. I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to
bed now. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 7:35 P.M.: I went through a length form
process to get a free year’s digital subscription to P.C. Magazine and some
other computer zines http://www.zinio.com/main .
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 6:45 P.M.: Of course http://www.maritimetrading.com/
seems to have an ample supply. And for die hard down easterners whom
travel to or live in Maine, and enjoy watching the local maritime activity
there is http://www.capeporpoiselobster.com/
near to Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm
and nearby in Kennebunkport, Maine there is http://www.portlobster.com/
, either place I can assure you have ample supplies of the red cessations and
occasionally a blue lobster which I have seen once in a blue moon. If you
should fancy shrimp http://store.yahoo.com/freshchoiceseafood/index.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 6:25 P.M.: For extra fish resources http://ats.agr.ca/seafood/home-e.htm
and this is the first internet lobster company coming out of Canada where they
seem to have ample supply http://www.lobsterdirect.com/home.html .
There use to be link for the Graham Lobster and Seafood Company up in New
Brunswick, Canada which had a large wholesale operation, but I can not find it
anymore. Also locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut which does not seem
to have many lobsters in our local waters anymore, there is http://www.lobsterscanfly.com/
which seems to have high quality merchandise which they must obtain from
another location. We also have the Lobster Bin and Fjord Fisheries here
in Greenwich, Connecticut which have seafood besides our local grocery
stores. Thus the fish business with the Fulton Fish market in nearby in
Manhattan seems to still be thriving. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 6:00 P.M.: When I had my hernia operation
around the second week of February this year, and in the following couple of
weeks, I lost weight going from 226 pound to about 218 pounds, and about three
weeks ago, I was back up to 220 pounds, but eating fish for dinner for the last
three weeks, I have dropped five pounds, and I am now 215 pounds. Thus if
I were not snacking, I probably would have lost more weight. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 5:40 P.M.: I went back out. I drove
downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I drove by the waterfront. Some of the regular fishermen
were around, but the fish do not seem to be biting. The fire hydrant at
the end of Steamboat Road still needs replacing, since it was knocked over by a
snow plow. I then returned home. I had a dish of Boston Market
garlic potatoes with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 12:15 P.M.: Well, I did not get any mail, but
I always get email. It is a nice day, so I think I will go back out.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 11:50 A.M.: I called:
Account
Representative
1-800-800-2467 x 361
Mon-Thurs 8:30-7:30
Friday 8:30-5:00 EST
http://www.esupport.com
and http://www.powerleap.com/
They
told me they could provide me with a bios replacement should I ever need it for
$70 which is expensive, since I only paid $53 for my motherboard, but they said
they would give me a $20 discount if I ever needed one. Of course in an
emergency, it is always good to know one can get a replacement bios. I
have the latest bios. They provide a kit with the chip, chip puller and
information along with their tech support. They have me on file in case I
ever need a bios replacement. Of course at that price, I would probably
just order a new motherboard. At the moment, I have two good backup
computers. I am waiting for the mail and after it arrives, I might go out
again. I also put a new Glade Hawaiian Breeze plugin refill in my Glade
scent plugin in the kitchen. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 11:15 A.M.: I restored the music MP3 files to
the C:\000000009 directory, and I also recreated the shortcuts to the play
lists in the Music folder on the desktop, and I backed up those
shortcuts. I now have 5.15 gigabytes of free space on the C: drive.
I had to fix the play list, so Bolero by Ravel works. I do not listen to
MP3 music very frequently on the computer, since I have most of the music on
CDs for my stereo system, however it took a long time to encode all the MP3
files, so I like to have them available. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 10:45 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
With my new SAS shoes, I did the entire length of Greenwich Avenue including a
pit stop at the Greenwich Train station in 35 minutes. I next drove down
by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and
I gave them the two CD collection of the “Greatest Hits of the War Years,
1945”, so they can add it too their vintage music collection. They had an
older RCA Victrola there, the kind that one cranks. I then went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and this month’s P.C.
Magazine. I checked out a videotape. I just now returned
home. Since I have the extra space on the computer, I will restore the
two gigabytes of music MP3 files that I have backed up. I will have to
recreate the shortcuts to my play links in the Music folder on the
desktop. It is a very nice day, and although it was cool out this
morning, and I was overdressed to go out, it has already warmed up to 54
degrees Fahrenheit. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 7:30 A.M.: Earlier this morning, I also ran
Norton Disk Doctor and Norton Win Doctor. I will now shut down the
computer. I will clean up, and I will go out for some daytime
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 6:50 A.M.: I finished running Norton Speed
Disk on the C: drive. I now have 6.63 gigabytes of free space on the C:
drive. I am just about to have the same dinner as last night along with a
50% Folgers’s decaffeinated instant coffee and 50% Folgers’s instant
coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 5:45 A.M.: I was able to delete a number of
large *.tmp files from a hidden directory, so I now have 5.1 gigabyte free
space on the C: drive. I remade the backup on the section where I deleted
the files. I seem to have a copy of some my files in an “access denied”
directory that I can not access. I think it is about 350 megs of files,
but I can not delete them or examine them. I did restore some files to
another directory when I first installed Windows XP when I configured the
computer initially, so perhaps the permissions on the files from Windows XP are
different. I will now run Norton Speed Disk again on the C: drive.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 3:35 A.M.: I finished the backup of the C:
drive to the D: drive in six parts. I also have the music files most of
which I removed from the C: drive in a backup file on the D: drive. I
seem to have some files in “C:\Documents and Settings\Michael Scott.Scott1”
that are hidden from access, but the system backs up. I will try to
remove them from a safe boot or dos window. This is the format that I
backed up the current system in.
Microsoft
Windows XP Professional Backup
Procedure
for Michael Scott’s Primary Northgate Computer.
03/24/03
First
Backup: Backup all files except:
C:\000000009
C:\Documents
and Settings
C:\System
Volume Information
C:\Upload
C:\Winxp
C:\XP
C:\Xpprog
System
State
C:\Program
Files
C:\Windows
Second
Backup: Backup:
C:\System
Volume Information
C:\Upload
C:\Winxp
C:\XP
C:\Xpprog
System
State
Third
Backup: Backup:
C:\Documents
and Settings
Fourth
Backup: Backup:
C:\Program
Files
Fifth
Backup: Backup:
C:\Windows
Sixth
Backup: Backup:
C:\000000009
Note:
<888> 03/24/03 Monday 1:10 A.M.: I went to bed at 4 P.M., and I was
up at midnight. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now do a C: drive to D: drive
backup. I have television going in the back ground right now.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/03 Sunday 2:50 P.M.: I ran Norton SpeedDisk on the C:
drive. I have 3.35 gigabytes of space free. I ran the Klez fixklez
command available from Symantec to check for any klez viruses. I am
watching a vintage western movie on the Turner Movie channel, “The Big Country”.
I will now shut down the computer. I might finish the movie, or I might
go to bed sooner or later. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/03 Sunday 11:10 A.M.: I uninstalled a number of
programs, and I deleted a number of files to free up disk space on the C:
drive. I now have 2.75 gigabytes free on the C: drive. I think the
virtual memory file is using a bit more space with the extra memory than it
reports. The system seems more responsive. I will now run Norton
Speed Disk. I might rest while it is running. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/03 Sunday 9:05 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
was getting a bit of static on my headphones when using the microphone
headset. I reinstalled the full installation drivers for the Creative
SoundBlaster Live MP3+ sound card, and this solved the problem. I guess
one of the two updates that I did recently messed it up. I will now shut
down the system, and I will get ready to go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/03 Sunday 8:05 A.M.: I went through my email. I
did my regular computer work. I used the Nero Wave Editor to create from
my MP3 file of “The Greatest Hits of the War Years, 1945” a 1 hour 22 minute
file two 41 minute *.wav files which I used the Nero Burning program to write
to CDs. Thus I have three sets of two CDs each of the recording “The Greatest
Hits of the War Years, 1945” by Telehouse RCA. The MP3 file was
originally encoded from the original two record set, so it is a bit scratchy in
fidelity. I put the copies in CD jewel cases with labels. I have
one set in my center living room desk drawer, one set on the CD rack, and I
will give one set of the vintage music to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop to
play on their stereo system, since they like playing vintage music. It
took a while to figure out how to use the Nero Wave editor properly. I
had the same dinner as last night about 6 A.M.. I watched television most
of the time I was doing all of this. I will now shut down the computer,
and I will clean up, and I will go out for some day time activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/23/03 Sunday 2:50 A.M.: A relative called me just as I was
going to bed after the last message. I woke up and had six pretzels and
ice tea. I had a call from a friend about 3 P.M.. I was awake about
10 P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back sleep until 2 A.M..
I have intermittently watched a bit of news coverage of the war. I will
now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/22/03 Saturday 11:35 A.M.: NOAA weather warnings from www.weatherbug.com
is still putting out flood warnings for the Connecticut rivers. I
received my Greenwich Beach Parking permit. I cleaned the inside windows
on my car and the outside windshield. I put the new beach parking permit
on the lower left front inside of the windshield. I vacuumed the
apartment earlier. I had the last scoop of Starbucks cappuccino caramel
swirl ice cream and a scoop of Starbuck’s coffee ice cream. I am a bit
tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will head off to bed soon.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/22/03 Saturday 10:30 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by Exxon, and I bought $5.35 of regular unleaded gasoline
at $1.899 a gallon for 28 miles per gallon. I drove down by the
waterfront. I viewed the waterfront. I then went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove back down by the waterfront. I next went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a Sony Walkman AM/FM with
mega bass for $1. I then went by the Greenwich Library. I next went
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought filet of salmon for $3.99 a pound for
$3.49. I then returned home. I had a message from a relative on the
answering machine. I put two Polaroid AA batteries in the Sony
Walkman. I tested it and both radio and tape work fine. I had a
headset on my backup computer desk. I set the time on it. I put it
on the videotapes next to the VCR in the entertainment cabinet. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/22/03 Saturday 5:50 A.M.: I went through my email. I
did some other computer work. I watched a bit of television. The
Brits have this address www.mod.uk
. I had six old Dutch pretzels with ice tea. I turned off the
bedroom thermostat, and I turned the living room thermostat down from 74
degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degress Fahrenheit, since it is warmer out, and we do
not need much heat at the moment. I will also turn off the box fan, since
there is not much heat on at present to blow around. Earlier this week,
my electricity bill reflected that I have received my energy assistance
allotment from the energy assistance program. I also received a form that
the electric companies will provide new air conditioners if one’s is not energy
efficient. I have only used my General Electric Profile 14,500 BTU unit
with remote control for two summers, so I do not need to replace it. I
think I will go out shortly for some morning air in the fog. At the
moment it is 52 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/22/03 Saturday 4:10 A.M.: I put a “AA” battery in the
Bulova wall clock behind the apartment entrance door, since the other battery
ran out about a half hour ago. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/22/03 Saturday 3:45 A.M.: I finished the house cleaning
except the vacuuming which I will do in the daytime, when I will not disturb my
neighbors. I put away the laundry which is done. I took the two
oiled filled radiators out of the living room, and I put them in the bedroom by
the desk. I moved the box that the computer came in into the false
ceiling above the bed with other items. The Syntax motherboard box that
was in the computer box now contains the motherboard manual and other assorted
items for the system that I am not using, and it is on top of the software next
to the bedroom television. I put the 25 foot orange extension cord that
was plugged into one of the oil filled radiators on the lower level of the
sweater closet. I also put $5 on my laundry card. I am now having a
glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/22/03 Saturday 2:05 A.M.: I have the laundry on the dry
cycle. I put clean sheets on the bed. I also took off the winter
comforter, and I put on the lighter orange bed spread. I put the winter
comforter on the left shelf in the bedroom closet. I will now start my
house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/22/03 Saturday 12:55 A.M.: I fell back to sleep until 9:30
P.M.. I chatted with a relative. I cleaned up, and I went out. I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by the
Food Emporium five minutes before midnight, and I got the sale specials that
were on until midnight. I bought two half gallons of Tropicana orange
juice with calcium for $2.50 each, and a bunch of fresh asparagus at $1.99 a
pound for $1.81 for $6.81 total. I returned home. I rinsed off the
half pound filet of salmon, and I put in the Pyrex pie dish with a third of a
cup of Rene Junot white wine with three tablespoons of Borden’s lemon juice,
and I put the salmon filet top side down in the mixture to soak it, and then I
put it skin side down. I seasoned it with Italian seasoning, basil, and
oregano. I am cooking in the Faberware convection oven at 325 degrees
Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I will have it with steamed white rice and
steamed fresh cut asparagus and broccoli crowns with grated parmesan cheese and
ice tea. After dinner, I will start two loads of laundry, and I will then
have a 50% Folgers’s decaffeinated instant coffee with 50% Folgers’s instant
coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 6:25 P.M.: I was up at 5 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplement, and
coffee. I will now shut down the computer since a thunderstorm is coming
in. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 5:55 A.M.: I some old Dutch pretzels and ice
tea. I watched some television. I will now rest a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 5:15 A.M.: I had two scoops of Starbuck’s
cappuccino caramel swirl ice cream and ice tea. CIO
End of
Scott’s Notes week of 03/21/02:
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 4:45 A.M.: I finished making the ice
tea. I continue to watch the war on CNN. I will now send out my
weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 4:05 A.M.: I found another update at Windows
Update for the Creative Live MP3+ card. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 3:55 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I still
have CNN on listening to the war news in the background. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 3:15 A.M.: I am making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 2:40 A.M.: I have not edited it, but the
D.O.D. directory I have posted on the internet for a number of years is
available from http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/dod02.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 2:25 A.M.: I updated the Red Hat Linux 8.0
partition on the Dell backup computer. I sifted through my email.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 1:10 A.M.: I will now do some regular
computer work. I have the television on CNN listening to the war
news. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/21/03 Friday 12:05 A.M.: I rested until just now. I
took half of the pound of salmon filet, and I rinsed it. I put in the
Pyrex pie dish a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine with several
tablespoons of lemon juice, and I rinsed the top side of the salmon filet in
the mixture, and then I put it skin side down in the mixture. I seasoned
the top of it with Italian seasoning, oregano, and basil. I am cooking it
in the Faberware convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20
minutes. I will have it with reheated steamed white rice and steamed
fresh broccoli crowns with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. I guess I
will have a cappuccino after dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 7:10 P.M.: I will now rest a bit.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 6:30 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I watched some television. I chatted with another relative. I will
now watch the ABC evening news. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 5:10 P.M.: I went out, and I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Town Hall, and I turned in the
form for my beach parking permit. I next went by Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital thrift
shop. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a filet of salmon at
$3.99 a pound $4.21 and broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.77 for $6.98
total. I next went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31. With newly increased Connecticut
cigarette tax, my cigarettes went up $5 a carton. I would have preferred
them to raise the liquor tax in Connecticut since they just raised the
cigarette tax in Connecticut about 9 months ago. It seems an undue burden
on cigarette smokers that in Connecticut they should have to bear an unjust
share of the taxes. Why not raise the gasoline tax that would affect more
people across the board. Well, I just now returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 1:40 P.M.: I rested until 12:30 P.M..
I just had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements,
and coffee. I will now clean up. I have a 3 P.M. appointment.
I watched a bit of television. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 7:20 A.M.: I rested after the last message
until 6:30 A.M. this morning. I watched some television. I chatted
with a friend. I woke up while resting, and I had about ten Danish
cookies. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 2:25 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I might rest a bit now. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 1:55 A.M.: After dinner, I watched a bit of
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 1:00 A.M.: I chopped four dill pickle
slices with the Braun chopper and added them to the empty dill pickle jar along
with the remains of the dill seeds and added about 60% of a quart of Hellmann’s
mayonnaise, and I mixed it all together for a new batch of tartar sauce.
I am cooking a box of six Stop and Shop fish cakes in the Faberware convection
oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I will have the fish cakes
with a tablespoon of tartar sauce on each fish cake along with steamed white
rice and steamed fresh cut asparagus with grated parmesan cheese and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/20/03 Thursday 12:25 A.M.: I installed some updates on the
primary Northgate and the backup Dell computer. I went through my email.
I am listening to the news on CNN. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/19/03 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.: NOAA weather warning from www.weatherbug.com
has put out a flash flood warning for Fairfield Country for Thursday night.
I guess the near full moon will bring higher tides. Before going to bed
about 6 A.M. this morning, I had two scoops of Starbuck’s cappuccino caramel
swirl ice cream along with a dozen Danish cookies. I received a package
from a relative at 2:30 P.M. this afternoon from UPS. I chatted with a
friend about 3 P.M.. I was up at 7:30 P.M., and I had breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I opened up the package, and I got a pair of brown SAS shoes, an
Eddie Bauer lacrosse hat, a pair of white cotton waist 42” Levis shorts, about
eight pairs of dress socks, and a shaving kit. I chatted with the
relative that sent them to me and thanked them. I then went out, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. There are computer
monitors at the train station office park dumpster. I just now returned
home. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/19/03 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.: I finished my regular computer
work. I watched a bit of television. I will now shut down the
computer, and I guess I will head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/19/03 Wednesday 3:45 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I watched a bit of television. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/19/03 Wednesday 1:35 A.M.: After dinner, I rested a
bit. I four pretzel rods with ice tea. This is a link to the story
about Australia Aborigines’ weather patterns http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/03/18/offbeat.weather.aborigines.reut/index.html
and http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/
. I wonder if American Indians have such knowledge about weather patterns
over the long term. For any long time internet users, one might check out
what is happening here http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ and their weather page
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/home.rxml
which the United States government helps fund. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/03 Tuesday 11:20 P.M.: I had two pretzel rods and ice
tea. I am cooking a box of six fish cakes in the Faberware convection
oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I will have them with the
homemade tartar sauce along with reheated white rice and steamed cut fresh
asparagus with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/03 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: I was up until about 8 A.M. this
morning watching television and resting. I had ten Danish cookies and
four pretzel rods with ice tea. I also had two scoops of Starbuck’s
cappuccino caramel swirl ice cream. I was up at 6 P.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I cleaned up, and I went by the Greenwich Library. I read
the local newspaper, and I discovered P.C. Magazine is now at the east end of
the library in the business magazine section. I read this month’s P.C.
magazine. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I next drove down by the waterfront.
I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a ten pound bag of Carolina rice
for $4.49 and four boxes of Stop and Shop fish cakes each containing six fish
cakes similar to cod cakes for $1.59 a box for $10.85 total. I next
returned home, and I had an ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/03 Tuesday 3:35 A.M.: I finished my regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/03 Tuesday 1:15 A.M.: I studied the AMD www.amd.com web
site about my AMD Athlon XP 2000+ version 6 processor. I updated the
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live MP3+ drivers. I had five Danish cookies
with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/18/03 Tuesday 12:20 A.M.: I had four pretzel rods with ice
tea. I rested a bit. About four days ago, I put a new CVS Clorox
tablet in the toilet tank to cleanse the system. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/03 Monday 10:20 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
chatted with a relative. Today, I stopped by the Town Hall, I picked up
the application for my beach parking permit. I need to present my
automobile registration showing I am a town resident, so when I have time, I
will go back by the Town Hall with the form to apply for my beach parking
permit. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/03 Monday 9:40 P.M.: Dinner was most
enjoyable.
Note:
<888> 03/17/03 Monday 9:10 P.M.: I watched the President of the
United State’s speech on CNN. I chatted with a relative. The CNN
news network said that the United States of America alert level has been raised
to the second highest level orange right after the President’s speech.
They are expecting terrorist activity. I rinsed off the half pound filet
of rainbow trout, and I put in a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine in the
Pyrex pie dish with several tablespoons of Borden lemon juice, and I soaked the
top of side of the filet in the juice before placing it skin side down in the
juice. I seasoned the filet with Old Bay Seasoning, Italian spices,
oregano, basil, and grated parmesan cheese. I am cooking it in the
convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for twenty minutes. I will have
it with steamed white rice, and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and steamed fresh
cut asparagus with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. It should all be
ready shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/03 Monday 8:00 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. today. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. They have their spring collection out
for sale. I then made my 4:15 P.M. appointment. I next walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two
family size boxes of Kleenex for $2.99 both and a can of Edge sensitive skin
shaving gel for $1.49 plus .27 tax for $4.75 total. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. The fire hydrant at
the end of Steamboat Road is broken, and the “One Way Do Not Enter” sign across
from Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue is broke and off kilter. I next went
by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I then went by
the Stop and Shop, and I bought a dozen large eggs for $1.79. I returned
home, and I had a glass of ice tea. I enabled four settings in the CMOS
on the primary computer, and it is running a bit faster. The settings I
enabled are two video settings and a video and ram bios write to ram
setting. I will now watch the President’s speech on television.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/03 Monday 2:45 A.M.: I went through my email. I
went through and also updated www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now
shut down the system. I will possibly watch a bit of television before
going to bed. I have a 4 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/03 Monday 12:45 A.M.: I enjoyed dinner. I will
now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/17/03 Monday 12:20 A.M.: I went out, and I mailed the two
$30 rebate envelopes at the Valley Road post office, and then I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
There is quite a bit of refuge left over from the St. Patrick’s Day parade
yesterday. I chatted with one regular night person. I drove down by
the waterfront. I just now returned. I am cooking a box of Stop and
Shop six fish cakes for 20 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit in the convection
which I will put the Hellmann’s mayonnaise dill pickle tartar sauce on. I
will have them with reheated white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns with
steamed fresh cut asparagus both with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/16/03 Sunday 9:50 P.M.: I chatted with a relative and a
friend. I filled out the rebate information for both $30 mail in
rebates. I also made copies of the rebate information. I will now shut
down the computer. I will clean up, and I will go out and mail the rebate
information. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/16/03 Sunday 8:15 P.M.: I woke up at 3 P.M.. I had
orange juice and vitamins and supplements. I then put on my clothes
without cleaning up, and I went out. I drove over the ATM machine at
Fleet Bank in Byram, and I used the ATM machine. I then drove up to
CompUSA in Norwalk. I bought the Mad Dog Prowler MX 440-SE 64 MB AGP 4/2
GeForce4 video card with a $20 instant rebate for $69.99 plus it has a $30
mailin rebate for eventual cost of $39.99 plus tax. These are the links
to it http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=performics&product_code=298834&pfp=ADPRODUCTS
and http://www.maddogmultimedia.com/products/graphicscards/nvidia_prowlerMX440-SE_AGP.html
and a PNY 256 MB DDR 32X64D2100-CUSA DIMM, DDR, 2100 for $44.99, and it too has
a $30 mailin rebate, so it eventually will be $15 plus tax. The links for
this are http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=performics&product_code=295499&pfp=ADPRODUCTS
. Thus with $6.90 tax, the entire purchase was $121.88. I then
returned home. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, and coffee. I
then installed the new PNY 256 MB DDR 2100 memory in my second memory slot on
the Syntax motherboard, so I now a 512 MB and 256 MB memory chips for 768 MB
total memory. I then installed the Mad Dog Prowler MX 440-SE 64 MB AGP
4/2 GeForce 4 video card in the AGP 4 video slot on my motherboard. I had
to disconnect the monitor connected to the onboard AGP socket for it to
work. I plugged the primary 19” monitor into the new AGP card and the
secondary 17” monitor into the PCI video card. Before doing this, I also
had to enable AGP video boot in the CMOS and disable PCI video palette
snoop. When I booted the system, it installed the new AGP card video
drivers plug and play. I then downloaded and installed the latest AGP
video driver from http://www.maddogmultimedia.com/ . I
configured the setting on both video cards, and I set up the system for dual
monitor support with the 19” monitor as the primary monitor. I ran the
color correction program that came with the Mad Dog AGP card. I installed
the other programs that came with it. I changed the virtual memory
setting in my hardware settings to let the operating system control it. I
also reinstalled Direct X 9. Overall the system upgrades are working just
fine, and with the increased video performance from the new Mag Dog Prowler MX
440-SE 64 MB AGP 4/2 GeForce4 video card along with the increased system
memory, the system is even faster and more responsive. I now have to
register the Mad Dog video card over the internet and prepare the information
to mail for the two $30 mail in rebates. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/16/03 Sunday 4:05 A.M.: I finished my regular computer
work. I had two pretzel rods with ice tea. I might have a couple
more. It is time to shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/16/03 Sunday 12:45 A.M.: According to this link http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/fish/rainbow.htm
Red Rainbow trout and Steelhead trout are pretty much the same. They
taste a bit like salmon, but I guess since they are not farmed raised like some
Atlantic salmon which are fed on liver pellets, they have a more natural
taste. I also had two pretzel rods and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/03 Saturday 11:45 P.M.: I did a little bit of regular
computer work. I had two pretzel rods and the last scoop of Godiva
Belgium chocolate ice cream with a scoop of Starbuck’s caramel cappuccino swirl
ice cream along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/03 Saturday 10:20 P.M.: I cut the pound of Rainbow
trout across in half. I took the Pyrex pie dish, and I put in a third of a cup
of Rene Junot white wine and several tablespoons of lemon juice. I rubbed
the top side of one half of the trout in the wine lemon juice mixture and then
I put the skin side down in the dish. I season it with Old Bay seasoning,
Italian spices, oregano, basil, and grated parmesan cheese, and then I added
several pads of margarine, and I am cooking in the Faberware convection oven at
325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I will have it with steamed white
rice and steamed fresh cut asparagus and broccoli crowns with grated parmesan
cheese and ice tea. Dinner should be ready in about ten minutes.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/03 Saturday 10:00 P.M.: I was up at about 3 P.M.
today. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and watering
the plants. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Radio Shack,
and I returned the three eight foot computer audio cords for a cash
refund. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat
out at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought buy one get one
free of Old Fashioned Dutch pretzels for $1.40 both. I next drove down by
the waterfront. I then went by Exxon, and I bought $5.50 of regular
unleaded gasoline at $1.939 a gallon for about 24 miles per gallon. I
next went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a filet of Rainbow trout at $6.99
a pound for $8.11, fresh asparagus at $1.99 a pound $2.13, and buy one get one
free of Starbucks quarts of ice cream coffee and caramel cappuccino swirl for
$4.99 both for $15.23 total. I just chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/03 Saturday 3:20 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to
bed. I had three pretzel rods and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/03 Saturday 2:05 A.M.: I finished going through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/15/03 Saturday 1:45 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I am
listening to some vintage Elvis, while I start sifting through my new
computer. The audio is much better on the new computer. The check
for $25 that I sent into Net2Phone on the first of March was applied today, so
I now have $51.45 on my Net2Phone account. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 11:35 P.M.: I went out, and I went by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason street. I then went by
Radio Shack in Cos Cob. I bought a 12 foot gold shielded video cable for
$12.99 and three eight foot computer speaker cables for $6.99 each plus $2.04
tax for $36 total. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I started two
loads of laundry. I then took a good four foot audio cable that I had,
and I ran it from the living room wall cable connector to the four way
splitter. I then ran a new 6 foot gold cable that ran from the wall
before from the VCR out to the other four way splitter that connects to the
Orion television. All lines and waves and interference on channel 2 CBS
are no long there, and the reception is much better. I next disconnected
the cable that ran from the first four way splitter to the cable modem. I
then connected the new 12 foot gold shielded cable from the first four way
splitter to the cable modem. The internet connection seems better and
smoother, but the speed is pretty much the same. I next tried connecting
the three 8 foot computer speaker cables to the outputs on my SoundBlaster Live
MP3+ card, since the microphone cable and the two Y connectors that I had
connected are bit jammed together since they are larger plugs. However,
with the extra length the microphone did not work and the speakers were not as
loud. I returned the setup to the way it was without the 8 foot
cables. The computer system is working just fine. I will return the
three 8 foot computer speakers tomorrow after house cleaning or when I have the
time. Thus the total expense at Radio Shack will eventually be $13.78 for
the 12 foot gold shielded video cable. I put away my laundry, and I put
clean sheets on the bed. I will now cook a box of the fish cakes for 20
minutes in the convection oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, and I will have them
with the homemade tartar sauce of Hellmann’s mayonnaise and chopped dill
pickles along with reheated steamed rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns with
steamed cut fresh asparagus with grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. It
is time to cook dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 6:25 P.M.: I completed the search of music
files for the Windows Media Player. I cleaned up, and I will now go
out. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 5:50 P.M.: I was up at 3:30 P.M.. I
checked out the channel 2 CBS setting on my living room Orion television, and
it was still fuzzy. I had new cables, so I installed a new 6 foot gold
cable from the living room wall cable plug to the four way splitter, and I also
installed a 24 foot gold cable partially unraveled from the four way splitter
to the Optimum cable box input. This pretty much fixed my reception problem
on Channel 2 CBS, and all the channels now work fine. I guess the
original cables installed by cablevision since they splice them are not that
reliable. I also could put a new cable when I have it from the VCR output
to the other four way splitter input, but for now it is all right. I just
now reinstalled the Windows Media Player 9, since I had tried to uninstall it
this past morning, I want to make sure it is all there. I will now run
the search for music files function on it. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 7:05 A.M.: I found out what the problem was
with the Windows Media Player switching between screens. I was testing it
with World TV watching the Dutch Television NOVA Channel, and apparently that
is the only channel that causes the problem. On the other channels, it
switches back and forth between screens just fine. I did try to uninstall
the Windows Media Player in the Control Panel Add Remove Programs for Windows,
and although it uninstalled the Windows Media Player 9 was still on my
machine. Thus it seems to be all right, and overall the system is running
just fine. I wonder how one does uninstall the Windows Media Player
9. Well, I am tired, so it is off to bed after a couple pretzel rods and
ice tea. CIO
End of
Scott’s Notes week of 03/14/02:
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 5:45 A.M.: I tried to resolve the two screen
problem moving the Windows Media Player from the primary center screen to the
right secondary screen, but it still does not work, unless one starts it in the
desired monitor. I tried this by reinstalling the AGP onboard video
drivers. I switched the Diamond Stealth 32 Meg PCI card back to the
primary monitor, and I have the onboard AGP on the secondary monitor. I
enabled the CMOS to boot the PCI card. I also tried reinstalling the
Windows Media Player 9. From what I can tell the Real One player permits
one to move between screen while playing video. Well, I am tired, so I
will now send out my weekly notes, and then I will shut down and go to
bed. I also head two pretzel rods and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 3:25 A.M.: With the AGP onboard video on the
primary 19” monitor, when one moves a Real One or Windows Media player to the
right 17” monitor, the video is blurred. When I had the primary 19”
monitor on the Diamond Stealth 32 meg PCI video card and the 17” monitor on the
onboard AGP video, this did not happen. However, at the moment, I am not
viewing much video, so I will not worry about it, and of course one can still
view it fine on the primary monitor. Still it use to be amusing to view
video on the right monitor and web browse on the primary monitor. Still,
since I do now have a credit card, and I do not feel like paying for Real
Premium video content, I am not much of a computer video watcher. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 3:00 A.M.: Dutch Radio 1 http://www.omroep.nl/radio1/live20.asx
and http://www.hippocrates.nl/newsgeneral.html . CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 2:50 A.M.: Read Dutch News in English http://www.dnd.nl/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 2:40 A.M.: I checked out some audio and video
programs, and I am once again listening to www.radio10.fm , still only the Dutch would make
it hard to figure out how to play. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 1:25 A.M.: I changed the Windows XP
Professional setting for the system from “Best Appearance” to “Best
Performance” to try for while. My personal feeling on computer systems’
speed is that it is all relative, since once one gets use to a certain speed,
one feels it is just normal after a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/14/03 Friday 12:50 A.M.: I did a little research. I
looked at the pictures of my Syntax motherboard and the BioStar motherboard,
and they are indeed different, so I do not think they would share the same
bios. I did find these sites http://www.biosupgrades.com/ and this http://www.biosupgrades.com/biosagent/
and http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/
and http://www.motherboards.org/biosup.html
with link to BiosWizard thus there are two different bios identification
programs. I suppose if I ever needed a bios upgrade or to reflash the
bios, I could email www.syntaxusa.com for tech support. However, since my
bios is 11/07/2002, it is more than new enough. There is not really much
information on Syntax on the search engines. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 11:25 P.M.: I went through my email.
I also did my other regular computer work. I checked out www.accessmicro.com
and if one wanted to buy a complete Intel System with the best of everything
including double processors, it would be about $5,000, and for the best AMD
single processor system with the best of everything, it would be about
$3,000. Thus OEM systems can get quite expensive, if one has the bucks to
write off against the tax man in depreciation. Still, I am very content
with my $300 barebones upgrade, and the overall system is running just
great. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 8:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 8:25 P.M.: Well, we only had about a half
inch of snow. However, since it is a bit damp out tonight, I will stay in
and work on the computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 7:40 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
just finished watching the BBC evening news on channel 21 from Long Island
which claims to be the only foreign perspective in America. I will now
listen to some of http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. I will now have a cappucinno. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 7:00 P.M.: I am cooking the same dinner as
last night. I think I will also have a cappuccino after dinner too.
I am watching the ABC evening news. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 6:35 P.M.: I finished the C: drive to D:
drive backup in seven parts. Windows XP Professional backup limits backup
file size to 4 gigabytes which is why I back up the system in seven
parts. The backup took a little bit over an hour which is a lot faster
with the new computer. I watched television while doing the backup.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 5:25 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
will now backup the C: drive to the D: drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 4:55 P.M.: I was up at 12:30 P.M.. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. The building custodian replaced the florescent
light in the kitchen. I cleaned up, and I went out to my 3 P.M. appointment.
I then toured the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. They do not have much
left, but they are $15 a bag and half price on other items. They are
putting out their new display merchandise on Monday. I next went by
CVS. I then went by the waterfront. Next I went by Smokes for Less
in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $26
total. I just now returned home, and I am having a glass of ice
tea. I came home early since it is snowing outside right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 4:00 A.M.: I watched some television.
I finished running Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive. I will now shut
down the computer, and I will head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 2:55 A.M.: I finished going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now
run Norton Disk Doctor and Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive. I might
watch a bit of television before going to bed. I have a 3 P.M.
appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 1:45 A.M.: I was just looking at www.viacom.com
to see what the parent company of www.cbs.com is up to. It reminded me that
the CBS channel 2 does not always work on my cablevision system. One has
to adjust the short cable that comes out of the wall in the living room that
connects to the four way splitter to get proper reception. However, it
some times is out of adjustment, and then CBS channel 2 comes in with
static. At the moment, it is working just fine. All of the other
channels that I get work just fine all the time otherwise. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 1:10 A.M.: The florescent ceiling light in
the kitchen that I leave on all the time seems to be burning out. I can
still use the stove light until it is fixed. I went through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 1:05 A.M.: Food for thought http://www.closeindianpoint.org/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 12:35 A.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
also had four pretzel rods while I was relaxing before dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/13/03 Thursday 12:05 A.M.: I chopped four dill pickle
spears with the Braun food chopper to make about a third of a cup of chopped
pickles, and I added about a cup of Hellmann’s mayonnaise that mixed with the
chopped pickles to make a tartar sauce. I put it all back in the empty
Hellmann’s mayonnaise jar and labeled it. I am cooking a box of six fish
cakes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 18 minutes in the convection oven. I
will have them with the tartar sauce on top of them along with steamed fresh
broccoli crowns and steamed fresh sliced asparagus with grated parmesan cheese and
reheated steamed white rice and ice tea. I also put pads of margarine on
my vegetables. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/03 Wednesday 11:30 P.M.: We have lots of fresh shrimp
from down south in our local grocery stores that is over $12 a pound, which
folks on limited budgets like myself can not afford. In the mid 1950s
when I lived in Pensacola, Florida; one could buy five pounds of fresh shrimp
for about $1, but prices have gone up. Also at the deep fat fried shrimp
places, they use to serve fried dough, which I believe they called Hush Puppies
http://www.foodtv.com/foodtv/recipe/0,6255,26182,00.html
not to be confused with the shoes of the same name, and the adults in the hot
sultry weather use to wash it all down with a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer www.pabst.com
which makes quite a few other beers, which at the time was not too
expensive. The kids would of course wash it all down with a cool lemon aid.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/03 Wednesday 10:55 P.M.: I worked more on the computer
until 8 A.M. this morning. I read the two motherboard manuals that came
with my Syntax motherboard, and I double checked the CMOS settings for the
motherboard. All the settings seemed fine. I also read up on some
of the details of the motherboard. I had a call from a friend at 5:30
P.M., and we chatted. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went to the Greenwich
Library. I read the Wall Street Journal, the Greenwich Times, and Forbes
magazine. I have been looking for P.C. magazine recently, but the library
copy seems to have disappeared. I still can read their web site. I
next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I
sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I next went to the Food Emporium, and I bought a 24 ounce bag of America’s
Choice frozen tater tots for $1.69, a 16 ounce bag of America’s Choice frozen
onion rings for $1.79, two boxes of America’s Choice six fish filets for $2.19
each box, a bulb of garlic at $2.99 a pound for .69, broccoli crowns at $1.49 a
pound for $2.03, a bunch of asparagus at $1.49 a pound for $1.91 for $12.49 total.
I then went across the street to the Stop and
Shop,
and I bought eight Stop and Shop boxes of six fish cakes each box for $1.07 a
box for $8.56 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases,
and I had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/03 Wednesday 4:50 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I also went
through my email. I will now shut down the computer, and I will head off
to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/03 Wednesday 4:30 A.M.: http://secretguide.net/
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/03 Wednesday 3:45 A.M.: In the primary 19” monitor
setup from its menu button, I changed its color temp setting to 9600K, so it is
brighter. I also exchanged the monitor cables on the back of the computer
again, and I changed the Cmos setting, so the AGP video boots first to the 19”
monitor. I was able to eliminate the lines that I got before by lowering
the 17” monitor to 75 mhz setting. I still have the 19” monitor at 85
mhz. I prefer the AGP to boot first, since if something happened to the
PCI video card, I am not sure one would get video to change the Cmos back to
AGP were it not set to AGP. I think the AGP video is also a bit
faster. I also got the registration code for Fresh Diagnose.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/03 Wednesday 2:35 A.M.: I had four pretzel rods and ice
tea. I ran BootVis, and my system takes 50 second to boot from the CMOS
password to the logon screen password and another 10 seconds to show the
desktop icons, and then it takes another 40 seconds to load the Symantec Norton
AntiVirus 2003 and Norton Personal Firewall 2003 and Weatherbug, so thus the
complete boot up cycle for Windows XP Professional on my computer loading the
extra programs takes one minute and 40 seconds. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/12/03 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.: I updated the Video and IDE and
USB 2.0 basic drivers for my motherboard available from www.syntaxusa.com
and http://www.biostar.com.tw
. The system seems to running just fine. Although the Biostar
motherboard is similar to my Syntax SV266M motherboard , mine has four USB 2.0
ports on the backside, where the “m7viq” at Biostar seems to have 2.
Although the drivers seem to be the same, I would not recommend trying to flash
the bios with their bios, since it might not be exactly the same, unless it
were the last resort. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/03 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I did a little bit of research,
and my Syntax motherboard is made by Biostar. This is a link to the
motherboard I am using http://www.biostar-usa.com/products/socketA/m7viq/m7viq_specs.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/03 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/03 Tuesday 10:20 P.M.: I watched television until about
3 A.M. this past morning. I had a telephone call from a friend about 9
A.M.. I was up at 2:30 P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled
eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back
to sleep until about 6 P.M.. I had four pretzel rods. I cleaned up,
and I went by the Greenwich Library. I returned a DVD video disk. I
read the Greenwich Times, P.C. World, and Wired magazines. I noticed in
Wired, they had an article that the CERN http://public.web.cern.ch/public/
supercollider physics accelerator will be ready in 2005. It lies on the
Swiss and French borders. I suppose that is why they have so much gravel
around there. I drove down Greenwich Avenue, and I drove down by the
waterfront. I did not walk tonight because it is so damp. I stopped
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two bags of Snyder pretzel rods for $1.79
apiece for $3.58 total. I returned home. I chatted with a friend
and a relative. I am just about ready to have the same dinner as last
night. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/11/03 Tuesday 12:35 A.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I sifted through my email. I had two pretzel rods and ice tea. I
will now shut down the computer. I will watch a bit of television before
going to bed. I will also have a couple of scoops of Godiva Belgium
chocolate ice cream. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/03 Monday 10:50 P.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I had two
pretzel rods with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/03 Monday 9:05 P.M.: I had three pretzel rods with ice
tea. I think the Snyder pretzel rods are a little bit easier to eat, since the
Bachman pretzel rods are a lot harder. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/03 Monday 8:30 P.M.: I chatted with a friend.
Dinner was delicious. I put the ice tea in the refrigerator.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/03 Monday 7:45 P.M.: I took my Pyrex pie dish, and I
added a third a cup of Rene Junot white wine and a few tablespoons of lemon
juice. I then rinsed a half pound filet of the Steel Head trout, and I
rubbed both sides in the wine lemon juice, and I placed it skin side
down. I then seasoned it with Old Bay Seasoning, Italian spices, oregano,
and basil. I put several pads of margarine on it along with grated
parmesan cheese, and I am baking it in the convection oven at 325 degrees
Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I will have it with steamed fresh broccoli
crowns and steamed fresh cut asparagus with grated parmesan cheesealong with
reheated steamed white rice and ice tea. I put the juices that I cooked
the Steel Head trout with on the fish and the rice. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/03 Monday 7:25 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M. today. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. When I make oatmeal, I put a half cup of Quaker old fashioned
oatmeal in a microwave proof bowl, and I add a cup of water. I then put
the bowl with the oats and water in the microwave oven with a microwave cover
on it, and I microwave it on high for one minute and 40 seconds. I then
add three pads of margarine, two teaspoons of sugar, and dashes of cinnamon,
and a bit of milk, and I mix it all together for a hot cereal breakfast.
I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop. They now have a $15 a bag sale going on with other merchandise 50%
off. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out
at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 28 two tablet
packages of Tide detergent for $4.99, a jar of Basil seasoning for .77, and a
two belt package of Rubbermaid Hoover vacuum cleaner belts for $1.25 plus .37
tax for $7.38 total. I use the Tide tablets, so when I go down to the laundry
room, I do not have to carry a heavy jug of detergent. CVS frequently has
them on sale. I once knew somebody who knew the first Tide salesman in
Europe who later became the president of Proctor and Gamble. Also I
believe Proctor and Gamble owns a lot of the television soap operas. I
put the Rubbermaid Hoover belts with the vacuum bags on the right side of the
bedroom closet. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by
the Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I next went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought a dozen large eggs for $1.69, a bottle of Lysol
Island Breeze household cleaner with a .50 off store coupon for $2.49, two half
gallons of Tropicana Grovestand orange juice with calcium for $2 each, four
packages of S&S margarine for .50 each, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound
for $1.67, a filet of Steel Head trout at $4.99 a pound for $4.89, a bag of
Snyder’s pretzel rods $1.79, and a 12 ounce bag of Lays Classic potato chips
for $1.99 for $20.67 total. I then returned home, and I retrieved my new
cart from the apartment, and I used it for bringing up my purchases. I am
making a batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
using 21 tea bags, one each of Twinings Earle Grey, Irish Breakfast, Prince of
Wales, Lady Grey, and English Breakfast, two of Lipton Green Tea, four of
Lipton Orange Peako tea, and ten of Bigelow tea for 21 tea bags of eight
different types. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/10/03 Monday 2:25 A.M.: I tried to rest for a while, and I
watched a bit of television. I decided to change my primary Northgate
computer setup by switching the primary 19” monitor to the Diamond Stealth 32
meg PCI video card, and I put the 17” monitor on the onboard 32 meg AGP 4X
video connector. Both video connections are about the same speed, so
basically the purpose is to have the primary computer boot and show the icons
on the primary number one 19” monitor. The second 17 inch monitor will
show the programs, I move over to the right. Basically the system
performance seems pretty much the same according the Win Bench video
test. I will now shut down again, and I will try to go back to
sleep. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/03 Sunday 11:10 P.M.: I did some regular computer work.
I watched some television. I will now shut down the computer. I
will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/03 Sunday 7:05 P.M.: After dinner, I chatted with a
friend and a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/03 Sunday 6:15 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I am
cooking a box of America’s Choice six fish filets, and 16 America’s Choice
frozen onion rings, and 25 America’s Choice frozen tater tots in the convection
oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes a side for 24 minutes total.
I will have them with a half cup of Heinz ketchup mixed with three tablespoons
of horseradish along with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/03 Sunday 5:40 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I stopped by the Exxon Automotive Service Station next to the
Greenwich Library, and I bought $5.30 or regular unleaded gasoline at $1.939 a
gallon for about 22 miles per gallon. I then went downtown, and I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
went to the Greenwich Train station, and I picked up my guests off the
train. I toured them around Greenwich. We toured the Delamar hotel
and the L’Escale restaurant. I drove them around the Belle Haven
neighborhood. We then went to the Moon Struck chocolatier café at the upper
west side of Greenwich Avenue, and we had coffee and hot chocolate. We
then toured Waldenbooks. We next toured a number of women’s dress stores
and departments stores, since one my guests was looking for a flannel night
gown, which no one seemed to have available on Sunday. We walked most of
the length of Greenwich Avenue in both directions. I toured my
guests a little bit in back country, and then I dropped them off at their next
destination. I just now returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/03 Sunday 1:10 P.M.: Well, it is a nice day, I will go
out a little bit ahead of time before picking up my guests. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/03 Sunday 12:50 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M. today.
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up. I have guests coming out
today on the 2:29 P.M. train arriving from Manhattan. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/09/03 Sunday 12:10 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 11:10 P.M.: I used the “Standby” feature
while I was watching the volcano movie. I had some goldfish crackers with
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 9:20 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I am watching a volcano movie “Terror Peak” on our local
cablevision channel 23. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 6:50 P.M.: I went out, and I went by the
Greenwich Library. I read the local newspaper, and I checked out a DVD video
disk. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat
out at various locations. I then drove by the waterfront. I next
returned home. I had a message from a friend. I am cooking the same
dinner as last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 3:55 P.M.: I fell asleep about 5:30 A.M.
this morning. I had a call from a friend about 8 A.M.. I was up at
noon. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.
I will now clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 3:40 A.M.: I plugged in the computer power
cord into the lower control panel computer on off switch, so one has the option
off leaving the master power off when not using the CPU. I moved the
Speakers on off switch to the next switch to the left, and I labeled it.
I am now done for the night. Thus one also besides turning on all five
switches on the upper control panel to start the computer system, one also has
to turn on the lower control panel master power switch and the computer switch
and then turn on the CPU switch. I figure for ground fault protection,
this is probably a better setup. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 3:00 A.M.: I did one final adjustment in
the over all system setup. I unplugged the computer power cable from the
computer switch on the upper power control panel, and I put it on the plug on
the lower power control panel that is always on. Since the computer needs
to be turned on by the switch on the computer, the power control panel switch
is redundant. However, one has to remember to turn it off too, once one
shuts down. I then plugged in the right 17 inch monitor to the upper control
panel computer switch, and I left the left 19 inch monitor plugged into the
upper control panel video switch. I label each switch “left monitor” and
“right monitor”, and I put scotch tape over the labels. Thus one turns on
the computer by turning on all five switches on the upper power control panel,
and then one turns on the power on the CPU case. I will now shut down and
go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 2:30 A.M.: I was able to fix the video
refresh problem. In the CMOS setting for “Video Init”, I changed it from
“AGP” to “PCI”, and I also enabled “PCI Video Palette Snoop”. Now when
one boots the computer, one does need both monitors turned on. The right
17 inch Royal monitor initially shows the CMOS screen and boot password prompt,
and then at Windows XP Login the Left 19 inch monitor comes on for the login
screen. However, once the entire system is booted there are no slow
refresh lines running on the monitors. Thus the 19 inch monitor is the
second monitor and the 17 inch monitor is the first monitor, but all the icons
and computer information comes up on the 19 inch second monitor. It works
much better this way. I guess loading the PCI video card first before the
onboard AGP video gives better results. I can change monitor one and two
from being the primary monitor which effects where programs open. I will
now shut down and head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 1:35 A.M.: With two display adaptors and
two monitors going on the primary Northgate computer, the refresh or write rate
seems a bit slower, but for the advantage of two monitors it is not noticeable
enough to worry about, unless it might cause eye strain. Still, I like
the overall effect. I am tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and
I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/08/03 Saturday 12:35 A.M.: The dual monitor configuration
is working just fine on the primary Northgate computer system. I
disconnected the HP LaserJet IIP backup laser printer, and I put it in the
bedroom window. I put the Visioneer 4400 USB scanner on an extension
cord, and I put it on top of the oak table between the primary and backup
computer systems. It works off the same power control panel switch.
I installed the onboard video adaptor in the AMD backup computer, and I enabled
it. I booted it up using the Nec 17 inch monitor that I normally have connected
to the Dell backup computer. The video drivers installed plug and play
with out any problems. However, the SoHo Lan adaptor card did not work,
so I switched it with the new SoHo card that was in the IBM Cyrix backup
computer. I also had to remove the USB port card from the AMD backup
computer which I put in the IBM Cyrix backup computer. I put the new SoHo
Lan card in another PCI slot in the AMD backup computer, and I installed the
SoHo drivers for it instead of the Windows ME Macronix drivers, and it works
fine. I disconnected the Nec 17 inch monitor from the AMD backup
computer, and I reconnected it to the Dell backup computer. I also
chatted with a relative about 11 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/07/03 Friday 9:50 P.M.: I just improved my primary
computer system. I took the Diamond Multimedia Stealth 32 Meg PCI video
card out of my old AMD backup computer, and I installed it in the Northgate
Primary computer 3rd and last PCI slot. I then connected one
of my two 17 inch monitors to it. I booted the primary Northgate computer, and
Windows XP Professional recognized the second video card beside the onboard
video. It installed the plug and play drivers. I then right clicked
on the desktop, and I enabled the second computer in my video properties.
Thus I have both a 19 inch and 17 inch monitor attached to my primary computer
working just fine. I put the 17 inch monitor on top of the CPU to the
right of the 19 inch monitor. I am writing this file on the 17 inch monitor
while I have the 19 inch monitor opened for web browsing. I also plugged
in the 17 inch monitor power to the monitor plug on the lower of the two
control panels, so to turn it on; one just starts the power on the lower
control panel and turn on the monitor switch. Since I probably will not
be opening up the primary computer CPU very much, it does not hurt to have the
monitor there. I will enable onboard video on the AMD backup computer,
and I will set it up later on. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/07/03 Friday 7:30 P.M.: After dinner, I watched the BBC
world news on channel 21 on our local cablevision system. I had two
pretzel rods. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/07/03 Friday 6:30 P.M.: I opened up a 1.5 liter bottle of
Rene Juno white French wine, and I put about a third of a cup in the Pyrex pie
dish, and I added about a sixth of a cup of lemon juice, and I rinsed one of
the Scrod filets, and I put in the Pyrex pie dish soaking it on both
sides. I seasoned it with Old Bay seasoning, Italian spices, and oregano.
I put on the filet three pads of margarine, and then I coated it with a thin
layer of grated parmesan cheese. I am cooking it in the convection oven
at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. I will have scrod for dinner
with steamed fresh sliced asparagus and reheated steamed white rice with a
glass of ice tea. I put some of the lemon wine juices on the scrod and
rice. I left the open bottle with cork in it of Rene Junot French white
table wine on the inside rack of the refrigerator door. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/07/03 Friday 6:00 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next went downtown to
the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained a money order to pay my
Verizon telephone bill. All my bills are now paid. I next browsed
the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I then walked lower Greenwich
Avenue, and I started walking up to the top of the Avenue, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hardware store, and I browsed the 70% off rack in front. They
had two Seymour Tote Carts regularly $34.99 for 70% at $10.35 each plus .62 tax
for $10.97 for one. I then went to the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York next door on Greenwich Avenue. I then bought one of the
Seymour Tote Carts for $10.35 plus .62 tax for $10.97 total. The one I
bought already had its wheels on it, so I rolled it back down the Avenue to my
car. It is a heavy duty two 9.5 inch wheels large heavy gauge wire cart
basket size 16.5” Width X 14.5” Depth X 21” height with a sturdy steel frame
which folds for storage with a handy wire lock and hanger hook. It is
made in the U.S.A. by Seymour Housewares, 885 North Chestnut Street, Seymour,
Indiana 47274. I got model number 46-706-11 in a plate finish. I
then finished my walk back up to the top and down Greenwich Avenue. Since
all the benches had snow on them, but the bus bench across from Starbucks, I
did not sit out. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went
by the Greenwich Library. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
a 96 ounce jug of Tropicana Premium with Calcium for $2.99, a Boston Market
Chicken Teriyaki dinner for $2.99, two filets of fresh scrod at $5.99 a pound
for $6.65, a fresh bunch of asparagus at $2.99 a pound for $2.05, a four can
package of Bumble Bee solid white tuna fish in water for $2.99 all, a bottle of
Lysol Island Breeze all purpose cleaner less a dollar off store coupon for
$1.99 for $19.78 total. I then returned home. I put away my
purchases. I unpacked the Seymour tote cart, and I folded it up, and I
put it behind my entrance door adjacent to the blue bookcase at the kitchen
entrance. I will use it for carry heavier loads up in the future.
Of course I have six steps outside to reach my landing. I might leave it
on the backseat of the Hyundai for ready use coming from the grocery store, but
I have guests coming out on the train this Sunday afternoon, so I will need the
back seat. CIO
End of
Scott’s Notes week of 03/07/02:
Note:
<888> 03/07/03 Friday 11:50 A.M.: I was not able to post the
notes before I went to bed last night because the internet was too slow.
I was up until midnight watching television. I was up this morning at 10
A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now send out my weekly
notes. I will then clean up and go out for some daytime activity.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 9:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer.
I will watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 8:30 P.M.: I sifted through my email.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 8:05 P.M.: I watched some television.
I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 6:30 P.M.: The Greenwich radio station said
that we will have about eight inches of snow all total when it is all
finished. School is still scheduled for tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 6:20 P.M.: I am listening to 1490 AM radio
about what is happening in Greenwich. All the plow crews are out.
Most everything is cancelled. I am cooking a box of America’s Choice six
fish filets along with 15 America’s Choice frozen onion rings and 25 America’s
Choice tater tots in the convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 12
minutes a side or 24 minutes total. I will have them with a mixture of
two tablespoons of horseradish with a half cup of Heinz ketchup along with ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 6:00 P.M.: They’re plowing the driveway out
in front of the building. I had three pretzel rods with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 5:10 P.M.: Well, we have had about six
inches of snow, and the NOAA weather alert on Weatherbug says we might get one
to two inches more this evening. The driveway is not plowed out front
yet, so it is a bit slippery. One of my neighbors coming back from the
hospital in a taxi cab had a hard time since the taxi cab could not make it up
the hill, and he had to transfer to a front wheel drive vehicle. Since my
Hyundai is front wheel drive, I could probably make it out of here, but since
one has to watch out for other vehicles having problems, it is not worth it to
go out, and the Greenwich Library closed at 2:30 P.M., so there really would
not be anywhere to go anyway. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 5:00 P.M.: I adjusted the clocks in my
apartment, so they are exact time, except the bedroom alarm clock which I keep
a half hour fast. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 4:55 P.M.: I ran “Msconfig”, and in
“Startup”, I disabled 18 startup programs that were loading when I boot my
computer. It now should start and run a bit faster. I only have
four startup programs enabled, two Symantec for Norton Antivirus 2003, Norton
Personal Firewall 2003, Windows Messenger, and Weatherbug. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 4:05 P.M.: I put away my laundry. I
am listening to the BBC Scotland’s 80th anniversary http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/aboutus/wirelesstoweb/
and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/default.stm
and http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/reporting_seq.ram
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 3:30 P.M.: I cleaned the lent traps on the
dryers half way through the dry cycle. It seems to have quit snowing for
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 3:00 P.M.: My laundry is on the dry cycle
with 45 minutes to go. I received a Net2Phone calling card which I put in
my wallet. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/06/03 Thursday 2:30 P.M.: I was up at noon. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. We have about six inches of snow. I cleaned my car
off. My 3 P.M. appointment called, and I told them I would not be coming
in. I started two loads of laundry. I put clean sheets on the bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/03 Wednesday 10:45 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/03 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.: I chatted with another
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/03 Wednesday 10:00 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. Another friend called, and I tried calling back, but they were
not there. I had two pretzel rods, two scoops of Godiva Belgium chocolate
ice cream, and four Danish cookies. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/03 Wednesday 8:20 P.M.: My guest and I drove downtown
by the waterfront. We chatted with a former neighbor. We then drove
over to Old Greenwich, and we went to the Old Greenwich Rummage Room. I
bought for $6 a pair of Eddie Bauer khaki pants waist 42 inches length 30
inches. We then went out to Tod’s Point, and we stood out at the
Southeast and the Southwest parking areas. We then returned back to my
apartment. We watched a bit of television and had a couple of pretzel
rods and ice tea. I cooked the same dinner for us as last night without the
broccoli and grated parmesan cheese. We then watched some more
television. My guest just left. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/03 Wednesday 2:05 P.M.: My guest has arrived. We
will now go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/05/03 Wednesday 12:40 P.M.: I had a call from a friend at
7:30 A.M. this morning. I was up at 10:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I have a friend coming to visit at 1:30 P.M. this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 11:45 P.M.: Well, I am a bit tired, so I
will shut down the computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 11:10 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I ate
five pretzel rods. It is interesting that since Switzerland won the
America’s Cup from New Zealand, where Switzerland which is a land locked
country will hold the America’s Cup when they next defend the Cup. I
suppose Lake Geneva which would be odd since traditionally the America’s Cup
was an Ocean Race. Well, maybe they will hold it in Monte Carlo.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.: While I was out, I ran Norton One
Step Checkup and I scanned my system with Norton Antivirus 2003.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 9:40 P.M.: I went out, and I went
downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by
the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and P.C. Shopper
magazine. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 38 ounce
bottles of Heinz ketchup for $1.50 each, a 7 ounce bottle of Kame sesame
oil for $3.59, a Boston Market sirloin beef tips and noodles dinner for $2.99,
two filets of salmon at $4.99 a pound for $5.31, and a 48 bag box of Lipton
green tea $3.19 for $18.08 total. I then returned home. I chatted
with a relative. I chatted with a friend. I had a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 5:25 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
will now shut down the computer. I will clean up, and I will go out for
some evening activity in about a half hour. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 4:50 P.M.: I am cooking the same dinner as
last night. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 4:20 P.M.: I listened and watched to some
various broadcasts listed by WorldTV. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I had three
pretzel rods. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 2:20 P.M.: I reinstalled the Ezonics USB
camera driver for XP, and although it is not specifically designed for XP, the
camera seems to work perfectly well. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 1:40 P.M.: I signed up to be Microsoft Software
Advisor http://msa.one.microsoft.com/guide/
and http://members.microsoft.com/partner/default.aspx
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 1:05 P.M.: I installed WorldTV http://www.mywebattack.com/gnomeapp.php?id=106028
. In the options one has to select Windows Media player instead of
Netshow for better presentation. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/04/03 Tuesday 12:40 P.M.: I had about a dozen Danish
cookies the last two nights before going to bed. I was up at 8:30 A.M.
this morning. For breakfast I had oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I watched some television until 10:30 A.M., and then
I fell back to sleep until noon. I chatted with a former neighbor about
local waterfront activities. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/03 Monday 9:05 P.M.: I did some regular internet
computer news reading. I had four pretzel rods and ice tea. I will
now shut down the computer. I might watch a bit of television before
going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/03 Monday 7:35 P.M.: Dinner was delicious. I
chatted with a relative. I went through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/03 Monday 6:45 P.M.: I took a half pound of the fresh
filet of salmon, and I put it in the Pyrex pie dish and added a third of a cup
of lemon juice, and I seasoned it with Old Bay seasoning, Italian spices, and
oregano, and I am cooking it in the convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit
for 20 minutes. I will have it with steamed fresh cut asparagus and
steamed fresh broccoli with grated parmesan cheese and reheated steamed white
rice with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/03 Monday 6:20 P.M.: I chatted with a friend.
CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/03 Monday 5:40 P.M.: I went out, and I mailed a package
to a relative at the Valley Road Post Office. I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/03 Monday 4:15 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went downtown to
the central Greenwich Post Office. I obtained money orders to pay my
electricity, cablevision, Optimum online, and AT&T bills. I also
obtained a $25 money order that I sent in to Net2Phone. I also obtained 20
United States of America flag stamps for $7.40. The five money orders
cost .90 apiece for $4.50 total plus the value of the money orders. I
then went over to First Union National Bank on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my
rent. I returned to my car, and I picked up my gloves. I then
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a can of spray Lysol for $2.99
plus .18 tax for $3.17 total. I also stopped by the post office again,
and I obtained a 5” X 7” mailer for .99. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. They
have a $30 a bag sale going on. Since I am large not many of the men’s
clothes fit me there. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the Greenwich Times. I next went by Stop and Shop, and I bought a 32
ounce jar of B&G whole kosher pickles for $1.99, a filet of fresh salmon at
$4.99 a pound for $4.92, fresh asparagus at $1.99 a pound for $2.41, two five
ounce bags of Wise salt and vinegar potato chips for .99 each, and two 10 ounce
bags of Bachman pretzel rods for $1.50 each for $14.30 total. I noticed
two television trucks downtown and there were three more by the Hamilton Avenue
stationary store covering the attempted robbery attempt by teenagers this
weekend www.greenwichtime.com
. I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet store, and I bought two loaves
of 12 grain bread for .99 each less .20 for senior discount rate for $1.78 total.
I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra
Lights 100s for $26. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I had three pretzel rods with ice tea. It is 18 degrees
Fahrenheit outside right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/03 Monday 11:55 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now go out and pay some bills. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/03/03 Monday 9:35 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M.. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I watched some morning news. I showered
and cleaned up. My new hair cut is a bit shorter than it normally
is. It is 11 degrees Fahrenheit outside. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 9:50 P.M.: Well, I am tired. I will now
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 9:20 P.M.: I finished setting up the IBM
Cyrix backup computer, and I put it away back in the bedroom underneath the
sideboard. I reconnected the cables to the other backup computers.
I chatted briefly with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 8:35 P.M.: After dinner, I chatted with a
friend. After, I finish the system configuration on the IBM Cyrix, I will
move the 3.5 inch floppy drive from the upper 5.25” bay into a 3.5” bay and
move the hard drive to make room for it. Thus I will not be using the
face plate I made for the 5:25” bay. They system will have a neater
exterior appearance. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 7:50 P.M.: I am cooking the same dinner as
last night. I will put away the IBM Cyrix backup computer shortly after
Speed Disk quit running. I am not installing any printer drivers on
it. I will then reconnect the other backup computer devices. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 6:35 P.M.: I used the AT&T CD lens
cleaner to clean the two CDs on my primary Northgate computer and also the IBM
Cyrix backup. I am in the process of installing the Word 2000
updates. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 6:00 P.M.: Basically the IBM Cyrix backup
computer is a PC Chips S-571 motherboard with onboard sound and video running
an IBM Cyrix 233 processor with two 32 meg sdram chips for 64 megs total of
memory. It has a 6 gigabyte hard drive and a SoHo Lan card for cable
modem connection. It also has a 24 X CD player drive. It does not
have a phone modem. I have put Windows Me operating system on it with
Norton Symantec Personal Firewall 2003 and Norton System Works 2003 along with
the Microsoft Works Suite 2000. I could make it available for use or any
other of the other backup computers, but it takes time to maintain them, and
more than likely anyone needing to use them would not have a cable modem, and I
do not have the capability of moving monitors to go with them anymore.
Still it is a way of keeping busy. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 5:50 P.M.: I am just finishing installing the
Microsoft Works Suite 2000 on the IBM Cyrix backup computer. I will then
see if there are any updates. I will probably be not using the IBM Cyrix
computer, since I have two other better backup computers, but since I have the
time, I thought I would configure it. I will next install Weatherbug, and
that should complete the configuration of the IBM Cyrix backup computer.
I will then run Norton Disk Doctor, Norton Win Doctor, and then Norton Speed
Disk. I will then disconnect it and put it underneath the sideboard in
the bedroom. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 4:10 P.M.: On the IBM Cyrix backup, I
installed Norton System Works 2003 and Norton Personal Firewall 2003. I
am now running Norton Live Update. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 3:10 P.M.: On the IBM Cyrix, I have installed
the RealOne Player basic free software, and I am now installing the
updates. I went through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 2:50 P.M.: On the IBM Cyrix backup computer,
I have installed all the Windows updates. I also have installed DirectX 9
and Sun Java. I had a honey bell orange with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 2:15 P.M.: The IBM Cyrix backup computer is
running just fine. I installed the device drivers for the onboard sound
and onboard video from the motherboard CD. The SoHo LAN card was
recognized by Windows ME plug and play. It is online, and I am installing
the Windows updates. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 1:00 P.M.: I took the Diamond Multimedia
Stealth 32 meg PCI card out of my AMD K2 366 MHz backup computer, and I tried
it in my new Northgate primary computer, but it did not work, so I put it back
in the AMD computer. I lost one of the case cover bolts for the Northgate
computer behind the case on the floor where it is hard to find, so I put two of
the large case cover bolts on the Northgate computer. I then installed
the spare 24 X CD player in my old IBM Cyrix 233 backup computer that I do not
have connected. I temporarily connected with the backup computer cords
and cables. I enabled onboard video and sound. I Fdisked and
formatted the 6 gigabyte C: drive. I am in the process of installing
Windows ME on it. It has 64 Megs of memory. I have a spare SoHo LAN
card; I can use to install the updates on it. I will do this after
installing Windows ME. Thus the old IBM Cyrix 233 MHz backup computer will be
configured for use. I might install some software on it too. It is
a rainy day, so I am just keeping busy inside. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/02/03 Sunday 9:40 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/01/03 Saturday 9:15 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will relax and possibly watch some television before going to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/01/03 Saturday 8:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I sifted through my email. I did some other regular computer work.
I updated Adobe Acrobat Read, Win Amp, and Morpheus all available from www.download.com
. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/01/03 Saturday 5:50 P.M.: I took a half pound of the
boneless center cut of pork roast, and I put in a couple of tablespoons of
olive oil in the Pyrex pie dish, and I rubbed the pork in it. I then
seasoned it on all sides with garlic powder, Old Bay Seasoning, ground black
pepper, celery salt, poultry and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano,
basil, and Texas Best barbeque sauce. I am cooking it in the convection
oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. I will have it with
reheated white rice and steamed fresh broccoli and steamed fresh sliced asparagus
with grated parmesan cheese along with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 03/01/03 Saturday 5:15 P.M.: I was up at 7 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and
watering the plants. I threw out the Styrofoam I had in my bedroom closet
from the Orion television packaging that I had stored for a year and a
half. I clean up, and I went out about 11 A.M.. I went by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
thrift shop. I next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I went by the St.
Moritz bakery, and I bought an apple turnover for $1.25, and I ate it in front
of the senior center. For people downtown when it is open, the senior
arts center has restrooms open to the general public. I then drove down
by the waterfront, and I saw a former neighbor whom had returned from a
trip. I then drove over to Old Greenwich, and I got my hair cut at Off
Center Hair Stylists for $16 plus $4 tip for $20 total. I then toured the
Village Ewe needlepoint studio www.thevillageewe.com , and they told me they
will ship their needle point products anywhere. I have relatives that do
needlepoint. I next used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York
in Old Greenwich. I then drove around Tod’s Point, and I sat out at the
southeast parking area. I then toured Staples and Radio Shack.
Starbucks at the Riverside Shopping center does indeed have wireless internet
set up. I went to the Food Emporium at the Riverside Shopping center, and
I bought a dozen jumbo eggs for $1.79, two 28 ounce bottles of America’s Choice
all purpose lemon scent cleaner for $1.89 each, a head of Foxy broccoli for
$1.29, and a bunch of fresh asparagus at $1.49 a pound for $1.58 for $8.67
total. I then went by the Greenwich Library. I next went by Exxon,
and I bought $3.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.899 a gallon for about 27
miles per gallon. I have not been idling downtown as much, so my gasoline
mileage is better. I then went to the Food Emporium in central Greenwich,
and I bought two boxes of Americas’ Choice six frozen fish filets for $2.19
each box, a 24 ounce bag of Americas’ Choice frozen tater tots for $1.69 and a
16 ounce bag of Americas’ Choice frozen onion rings for $1.79 for $7.86
total. I also filled out the form to receive my new Food Emporium gold
card which they activated and gave me along with a key chain card, and I saved
the old Food Emporium card since it is good at the A&P. I then
returned home, and I put away my purchases, and I had an ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/30/03 Wednesday 9:40 P.M.: For any interested parties
that remember the president’s father try http://www.georgebushfoundation.org/
, maybe he will share it with his son some day. I will also put it on www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm
. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch television
briefly before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/30/03 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.: I chatted with another
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/30/03 Wednesday 8:50 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I talked with a friend.
Note:
<888> 04/30/03 Wednesday 6:50 P.M.: The Radio Shack weather
radio works fine in the bedroom although the alert alarm is a bit loud. I
had a call from Winnipeg, Canada about a new woman’s television show. As
usual the Canadians are very polite. I am cooking a box of six Stop and
Shop fish cakes in the Farberware convection oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for
fifteen minutes, and I will have them with homemade tartar mayonnaise and
pickle sauce along with steamed fresh broccoli crowns with margerine and
reheated white rice and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/30/03 Wednesday 6:10 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I first mailed an envelope with a picture to a relative at the
Valley Road post office. I then went downtown. I stopped by the
Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop, and I found an Eddie Bauer extra large long
sleeve flannel shirt in various greens, yellow, and white plaid for $3. I
had to walk up to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue next to
Saks Fifth Avenue to get some money out of the bank. I then walked back
down. I bought the shirt for $3. Clothes were half price there
today. I noticed they have quite a large number of size 40 and smaller sports
jackets regularly $20 on sale for $10, if one feels like dressing more
formally. However, they did not have them in my larger size of size 44 to
46 long. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat
out at various locations. I used up $1.25 parking which is more than I
normally spend at 25 cents a half hour. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went to the ELDC thrift shop at the Cos Cob shopping
plaza. I bought a Radio Shack 7 Channel digital weatheradio alert system
for $10 plus .60 tax for $10.60 total. I then drove by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a collapsible Mighty Mini Car Cart model 747
for $7. It will come in handy for moving heavier items. I normally
use the custodian’s skate board to move heavy items. I next went by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. They now do not give
receipts for saving’s account withdrawals anymore, but one can always make up
one’s own receipt on a saving’s slip to remember one’s transactions. I
next went down by the waterfront for a period of time. One local gave me
this web address http://nativesale.com/catalog/ where one can buy
cheaper cigarettes over the internet. Supposedly one can buy Lewiston
cigarettes for $12 a carton plus postage. Premium brands are $30 a carton
plus postage. I next went over to Smoke for Less, and I bought a carton
of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I next returned home. I
put the new collapsible cart behind the grocery cart behind the apartment
entrance door. I will now check out the new weather radio. I have one in
the living room, so I will put the second one I just bought in the bedroom I
guess. I had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/30/03 Wednesday 10:15 A.M.: As a matter of note, I
only send my notes once a week to only 18 individuals. I just noticed
this story which bulk emailers might find interesting http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/30/technology/30SPAM.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/30/03 Wednesday 10:00 A.M.: I was up at 8:30 A.M.
this morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. In examining my web site log,
it seems nobody looks at my notes as far as I can tell besides myself.
However, I am beginning to feel like Tokyo Rose of Lord Ha-Ha. I suppose
Yahoo which was started by Japanese students at Stamford University and also
had as one of its original investors Colin Powell whom is now U.S. Secretary of
State might not like me publishing long web notes. Perhaps they are over
ruled by some titan like General McArthur whom use to only like short one page
reports. Anyway I can only post about a page at a time at Yahoo Geocities
now. I do have an option in that with Microsoft FrontPage I got three
free months of web server usage at another internet service provider, but after
that I would have to pay for it. Perhaps since Colin Powell is originally
from Jamaica and Yahoo founders are from Japan, they are not use to English
writers writing long notes. However, if one were in England, there are
plenty examples in English libraries of long winded writers pouring out the
pulp. All one has to do is look at any set of English encyclopedias, and
one would quickly learn that they are quite prolific in publishing. I was
once told by one local writer here in physics, it is easier to dictate into a
recording device and then have it transcribed. Well anyway, I am managing
to keep my web log going for now. However, in the event that it should be
suddenly cut off, I will refer any questions or inquiries to the reference desk
at the Greenwich Library. Needless to say, the purpose of my web site and
directory was not to focus attention on myself, but to provide reference
information links that one normally might not know to look for in one’s search
engine searches. Since I have not worked on the directory in over two years, I
just leave it for any longtime users whom still might find it useful.
Thus I will try to limit my notes to about a page a day or less, so I can keep
posting them. Needless to say there are so many publishers on the
internet whom seem to have lots of content; it is not my purpose to try to out
do them. Well, it is a nice day, so I think I will try to clean up, and I
will go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/29/03 Tuesday 11:10 P.M.: I am tired. I will
now shut down the computer. I will watch some television before going to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/29/03 Tuesday 11:00 P.M.: As a point of trivia, if one can
remember whom was born on June 23, 1894, one can treat themselves to a free if
one can afford it Bell’s whisky and Perrier on the rocks. Answer: “The
Duke of Windsor”. As another point of trivia, apparently when the Duke of
Windsor supposedly abdicated, he also took with him his private fortune, which
left the current Royal family without any money to speak of. Since at the
time the British Commonwealth of Nations consisted of about half the world’s
peoples and countries, the off shore assets that the Duke of Windsor controlled
were considerably vaster than what was kept in the Privy Purse back home in
England. Thus although we read history as it is reported by the penny
press, it seems that those whom have the money are also able to write the
history. For all I know Wallace Simpson was the Empress of China.
Needless to say in the United States of America, no matter whom one is, if one
has to remain here for an indefinite period of time, one sooner or later will
have to learn how to pay one’s bills. I dare say some of the off shore
colonial wealth of the British Empire is still intact, thus more than likely
someone in the vast network of 2.5 billion people in the Commonwealth probably
has a penny or two leant by the Duke of Windsor. Needless to say when one
pursues a degree in economics, one learns quite a bit about the history of
money and how it is allocated and reallocated. In the old days in the
Netherlands, they used tulips bulbs for money, so at the moment with the tulips
in bloom, one can figure out where the money is, and if one feels like stealing
any tulip bulbs more than likely, there are more from where they originally
came from which is not the Netherlands. The tulip is a wildflower with
its origins supposedly in Persia, so thus the wealthy Dutch were hoarding
Persian wildflowers. Needless to say if one searches the word “tulip” on
any of the internet search engines, one might find out more.
Cheerio. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/29/03 Tuesday 10:25 P.M.: I chatted with two friends
and a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/29/03 Tuesday 8:05 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. They have
a number of vintage items for sale. I next went downtown, and I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I then went downtown
again, and they had the whole fire brigade at the Mews Retirement home, since
there was a smoke fire which they had contained. I went by Zyn
stationary, and I bought a copy of the Greenwich Times for .53. I bought
the copy of the Greenwich Times, since it has a picture of a family
friend. I then sat out for a while. I next returned home, and I
chatted with a neighbor. I am cooking a Tony’s frozen pepperoni
pizza in the convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 13 minutes. I
seasoned it with garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and
meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil, and olive oil. I will now
have it with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/29/03 Tuesday 2:25 P.M.: I have updated the Red Hat
Linux 9.0 D: partition on the Dell backup computer. The forecast is for
clearing and cooler by mid afternoon http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
, so maybe I will go out in a little while after cleaning up. I will now
have some Carr’s crackers with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheedar cheese and
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/29/03 Tuesday 1:55 P.M.: I watched television until
about 2 A.M. this morning. I was up at 8 A.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell
back to sleep until 1:15 P.M.. It is starting to rain outside, so I am
staying inside for now. I booted both the primary and backup computers.
I will do some regular work. I also am running the updates for Red Hat
Linux 9.0 on the backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/28/03 Monday 11:35 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. Yahoo Geocities does not seem to let me upload large pages anymore,
so I am editing my notes, so they are on smaller pages. I will now shut
down the computer, and I will watch a bit of television before going to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/28/03 Monday 10:20 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I put the ice tea in the refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/28/03 Monday 9:25 P.M.: After dinner, I
chatted with a relative. I put away my laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/28/03 Monday 8:15 P.M.: I went back out after the
last message. I sat out downtown until about 3:45 P.M., when I walked
over to my 4 P.M. appointment. After my 4 P.M. appointment, I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
I then drove down by the waterfront. I next read the local newspaper in
the Greenwich Library. I then returned home. I started two loads of
laundry which are on the dry cycle and will be ready in about 45 minutes.
I put clean sheets on the bed. I took the heavy blanket off the bed, and
I left the summer blanket and the orange bed spread along with fresh
linen. I put the light blue heavy blanket on the top closet shelf in the
bedroom. I hung up my long heavy Rainforest winter jacket in the right
living room closet. I keep it available on the brass coat rack in the winter.
I use it for smoking outside in the winter and on exceptionally cold
days. I broke a wooden hanger hanging it up, so I threw the hanger out in
the dumpster. I am also in the process of brewing up another batch of ice
tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .
For dinner I am microwaving a Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner which I
will have with ice tea.
Note:
<888> 04/28/03 Monday 2:35 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee outside. It is up to 77 degrees Fahrenheit this
afternoon. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went down by the
waterfront, and I chatted with some locals. I went over to another location
on the waterfront with a former neighbor to watch him fix his boat. His
Evanrude motor would not start. Another friend of the neighbor checked
the fuel and the fuel line, and the engine was getting fuel, and he replaced
the spark plugs. Still the engine would not start when I left them down
by the waterfront. I gave my former neighbor my old ship to shore radio
and two foot whip antenna that I use to keep in my old Volvo. I next went
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. They now have a table in the
center of the shop with various computer items. I next went to the Arnold
Bread outlet, and I bought three loaves of Arnold 12 grain bread for .99 each
less 10% senior discount of .30 for $2.67 total. I then returned
home. The Solarverter solar cell flash light that I keep in the back
window of my Hyundai would not work. Either it was turned on and totally
discharged or the solar cells burned out. I put in two new AA Polaroid
alkaline batteries, and it now works. I will leave it in the back window
in case the solar cells work too. I have opened and rinsed a six ounce
can of Chicken of the Sea whole white tuna. I flaked it with a fork, and
I mixed it together with two tablespoons of mayonnaise. I had two tuna
fish sandwiches with onion and sour cream potato chips and ice tea. I
will now go back out to enjoy the day. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/27/03 Sunday 11:55 P.M.: I sifted through my email.
I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I was checking a search engine for my web site, and I came up with this
old directory of mine still posted in Romania http://www.eed.usv.ro/misc/graphics/html_misc/scott/scotlist.htm
. I think I originally went online with Netcom way back in October of
1994, so I have been online for eight and a half years. Of course the web
browser is now ten years old. I will now shut down the computer and after
watching some television, I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/27/03 Sunday 9:25 P.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea. I rested from 1 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.. I cleaned up. I
chatted with a relative. My guest arrived at 5:30 P.M.. We went for
a drive. We drove down by the waterfront. We next drove up North
Street looking at all the daffodils along the road. We went west on
Clapboard Ridge road and we drove up Lake Avenue and over to Round Hill
road. We drove down Round Hill road, and we toured through Baldwin Farms
Road where my family use to live. We then sat for a while downtown.
We then returned to my place. I cooked the salmon filets by putting them
in the Pyrex pie dish with about a half cup of Rene Junot white wine and a few
tablespoons of Borden lemon juice along with seasoning them with Italian
spices, oregano, and basil. I cooked them in the convection oven at 325
degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. We had them with steamed fresh
broccoli crowns with margarine and steamed white rice with the fish cooking
juices on the rice and fish. We also had ice tea. We watched a bit
of television. My guest left about fifteen minutes ago. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/27/03 Sunday 10:55 A.M.: I will now shut down the primary
computer. I will rest a bit before going out. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/27/03 Sunday 10:00 A.M.: I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
downloaded the Red Hat Linux 9.0 updates on the Dell backup computer, but they
would not install. I put Real on it, but I have not configured the
plug-in with the web browser. I chatted briefly with a friend. The
same friend is coming down today at 5:30 P.M. for dinner. I shut down the
Dell backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/27/03 Sunday 8:30 A.M.: I was up until 1 A.M. this morning
watching television. I reinstalled Red Hat Linux 9.0 on the Dell backup
computer using the full install instead of upgrade with all the
languages. When I went to reboot after installation, it would not reboot,
so I shut down the computer. I was up at 7 A.M. this morning. I
checked out the CMOS settings on the Dell backup computer, and by changing the
setting for IRQ7 from “available” to “reserve”, I was able to get the Dell backup
computer to boot Red Hat Linux 9.0. I am now running the Linux updates on
the Dell backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 10:55 P.M.: I have been watching
television. After installing the upgrade of Red Hat Linux 9.0 on the Dell
backup computer, but it would not boot. I am now installing it as a fresh
install instead of an upgrade. It has 35 minutes to go. I will now
shut down the primary computer, and I will watch a bit more of television
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 8:05 P.M.: After dinner, I watched some
television. I have 35 minutes remaining on the Red Hat Linux 9.0
installation on the Dell backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 6:20 P.M.: I took a box of Stop and Shop
fish sticks, and I laid them out on a baking pan with 12 America’s Choice
frozen onion rings which I am baking in the Farberware convection oven at 400
degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes each of two sides. I also mixed three
tablespoons of horseradish with between a third and a half cup of Heinz ketchup
which I will have with the fish sticks. I also will have ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 6:00 P.M.: I finished chatting with a
friend. The Red Hat Linux 9.0 installation on the Dell backup computer
has two hours and 35 minutes to go. I am upgrading a full installation
with all the languages. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 5:25 P.M.: Red Hat Linux 9.0 is in the
installation process on the D: drive of the Dell backup computer. It says
it had two hours and 45 minutes remaining to complete the installation. I
chatted with a friend whom I am calling back at 5:30 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 4:55 P.M.: I burned the three Red Hat Linux
9.0 Cds. I set the Dell backup computer to boot the CD drive. I
booted the first Red Hat Linux 9.0 disk, and I did a media check on all three
disks. They all passed. I am now doing installing Red Hat Linux 9.0
to the D: drive of the Dell backup computer as an upgrade over version
8.0. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 4:05 P.M.: I installed the Diamond Stealth
32 meg PCI card in the AMD 366 MHz backup computer. I left in the onboard
video, and I switch the dip pin to use the PCI card. While doing this I
downloaded the three *.iso files ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/
needed to install Red Hat Linux 9.0 on the Dell backup computer which has 8.0
on the D: partition. I will now burn the three *.iso files to CDs.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 2:50 P.M.: For lunch I had 12 Carr’s
crackers half with slices of New York extra reserve cheddar cheese and half
with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and ice tea. I chatted
with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/26/03 Saturday 2:10 P.M.: I watched a movie last night
until about 11 P.M.. I was up this morning about 7:30 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements,
and coffee with milk and sugar. I did my house cleaning and watering the
plants. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop. I next drove downtown by the waterfront. I did not walk today
because it was raining. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the Greenwich Times and P.C. Magazine. I checked out a videotape. I
next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four half gallons of Tropicana
orange juice with calcium for $2 each, a 48 ounce container of Quaker old
fashioned oats for $3.99, three packages of S&S margarine for $2 all, a
dozen extra large eggs for $1.79, a fresh filet of salmon at $4.99 a pound for
$5.21, a 16 ounce bottle of La Choy low sodium soy sauce for $2.39, fresh
broccoli crowns at $1.79 a pound for $2.22 for $25.60 total. I then went
by Exxon, and I bought $4 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.839 a gallon for
about 26 miles per gallon. I then returned home, and I used by shopping
car that I had brought down to the car to bring up my grocery items. I
put away my purchases. I am having a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 7:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 6:40 P.M.: I upgraded the Zinio reader.
I had a Marie Callender Swedish meatball dinner along with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 5:45 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the
local newspaper. I just now returned home, and I am having a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 12:05 P.M.: I will have the same dinner as
the last few days in a little while, but first I might rest a bit more. I
will then probably clean up and go out. I will now shut down the computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 11:45 A.M.: I rested a bit. I watched
some television. I had about ten Danish cookies. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 9:40 A.M.: I chatted with a relative whom is
not on the internet, and the relative thinks I should take up a volunteer
job. I tried to explain that the internet is my volunteer job for what it
is worth, and I do not have anymore time for another volunteer job. Since
I spend quite a bit of time surveying and moving around the town, and since in
the course of such activity, I spend quite a bit of time chatting with others
about my internet activity, I consider myself involved to the fullest extent of
my abilities. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 9:05 A.M.: Geocities seems to have changed
their server file settings. At the moment the large compressed files
linked in *.zip format from my homepage will not download. Thus more than
likely I would not be able to upload them again. Basically Yahoo
Geocities wants to try to force their free customers to start buying server
space instead of using the free server space. The matter is not that
important to me, and I do not intend to buy server space. Since I get no
feed back on my server, if they continue to change their server setup, so it is
hard to use or not available, I will just not post my useful server
information, and I will continue to send out my notes via email to a dozen
people or so. Basically we have free speech in America, as long as the
internet service provider continues to offer free disk space, but being
capitalists, sooner or later they want money. Since I put quite a bit of
effort into my web log, I suppose those whom take it for granted, may find out,
that I am not willing or unable to pay for server space. One can always
read someone else’s web log. If one wants the weekly notes sent to them,
they can always email me at mailto:mikescot@optonline.net . CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 8:45 A.M.: Well smaller file pages seem to
upload all right to geocities. I chatted with a friend this
morning. I went through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 8:15 A.M.: Apparently this note page was too
large to upload to geocities, so I edited it putting the earlier version of
this month at http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scottpre.htm
. I never had a page size problem before. CIO
End of
Scott’s Notes week of 04/25/03:
Note:
<888> 04/25/03 Friday 6:10 A.M.: I went to bed after the last
message. I had a call from a relative about 10 P.M.. I woke up this
morning about 5 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. When I boot the primary
Northgate Computer now, I leave the cable modem and router turned off.
Once the computer is fully booted with the Siemens Router firewall, Windows XP
firewall, and Symantec Internet Security Firewall 2003 enabled, I then turn on
the cable modem and router. This I do in case the computer is being
probed while it is booted up. Geocities upload to my web site is still
not working. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/24/03 Thursday 6:50 P.M.: I watched some television.
I had a bowl of goldfish crackers with ice tea. I will now shut down the
computer. Geocities as been slow to upload today. I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/24/03 Thursday 5:30 P.M.: I went by the Greenwich
Library. I returned a DVD video disk. I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I drove downtown, and I sat out for a while. I then
drove down by the waterfront for a while. I just now returned home, and I
had two slices of New York extra reserve cheddar cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/24/03 Thursday 1:45 P.M.: Another tropical hideaway for
well heeled pirates http://www.forbes.com/2003/04/24/cx_cv_0424dow.html
. I listened to some of the http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. I still have a 50 year old Zenith shortwave radio in the apartment that
I use to use to listen to the BBC. Thus over the years, I have listened
to the BBC quite a lot not to mention it also has its local television shows on
Channel 21 and Cspan. I suppose they have a large worldwide network of
correspondents to report all the diverse stories that they report. Well,
it is warmer out, so I will go back out and enjoy some of the warmer
weather. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/24/03 Thursday 12:50 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. Next I went downtown,
and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then walked about halfway up the
Avenue, and I returned back down the Avenue with a local. We went by the
Merry Go Round Mews Thrift Shop and toured the merchandise. They have
several bread machines. I then completed the walk up the top of the
Avenue, and I sat out at a couple of places. I then drove down by the
waterfront, and I chatted with some locals. I noticed on the roof of the
Indian Harbor Yacht Club the weather instruments http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm
. I then drove over to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I next returned home. I
opened up a cold six ounce can of Chicken of the Sea small shrimp, and I rinsed
them with the lid on in cold running water. I then mixed them in a mixing
bowl with two large tablespoons of mayonnaise, and I made two sandwiches out of
the mixture which I cut in half. I had the shrimp sandwiches with onion
and sour cream potato chips with ice tea. I have a 3 P.M. appointment
today. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/24/03 Thursday 7:55 A.M.: I had the same dinner as
yesterday. I chatted with a friend. It is suppose to go up to the
mid 50s Fahrenheit today, and it is 40 degrees Fahrenheit right now. I
will now clean up, and I will go out after that. I have a 3 P.M.
appointment today. I will now shut down the computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/24/03 Thursday 6:25 A.M.: I installed the patches for
Microsoft IE and Outlook linked from this article http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1040401,00.asp
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/24/03 Thursday 5:50 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. The internet quit working about 4 A.M., so I rested until
now. The net is now working. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/24/03 Thursday 2:40 A.M.: I chatted with a relative before
going to bed after the last message. I had a call from a relative about
10 P.M.. I was up at 1:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now do some
regular computer work. I checked my CMOS settings before booting
up. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 4:50 P.M.: The Windows XP firewall is now
working properly. I will now install the security update mentioned
earlier. I am tired, so I will now shut down the computer. I will
relax a bit before going to bed, and possibly I will have something to
eat. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 4:05 P.M.: I had to enter the last three
weeks Microsoft Money information from the Dell backup computer to the primary
Northgate computer. Still, it all seems to be working just fine. I
put the shipping box back in the false ceiling above the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 3:00 P.M.: I have the primary Northgate
computer system back up and running, and it seems to be just fine. It is
the same system that I had before. I called them, and they said they
replaced the AMD Athlon 2000+ processor. I did not put in the PCI video
card to run a second monitor, since I never used it. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 1:20 P.M.: My barebones computer system
just arrived from www.accessmicro.com via UPS. I will not put it back
together. It is not the same box that I sent it in, so maybe they sent me
a new system. It basically took UPS 6.5 days to ship it back to me, which
I think is very good. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 1:05 P.M.: IP Job hunting? Your not alone http://news.com.com/2100-1022-997499.html?tag=fd_ots
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 12:10 P.M.: Crocodile Vacation http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2003/04/19/etmaur.xml
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.: I got my new AARP American
Assoication of Retired Persons http://www.aarp.org/ today. I put the two
stickers on my card I keep in my wallet and on the card I leave on my bedroom
desk. I use it for senior discounts at Odd Job Trading in Port Chester,
New York on Wednesday, and I think it is also good for senior discounts at the
Food Mart on Tuesdays. I am still waiting for UPS to arrive. I am
going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. CIO
Note: <888>
04/23/03 Wednesday 11:20 A.M.: I guess when we had all that rain in
September 1975, it was Hurricane Eloise http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/Science/Nature/Disasters/Hurricanes/75Sept27-Eloise.asp
. That was the most rain, I remember in Greenwich, Connecticut. I
remember a relative returned home from Texas in that storm. After the
storm when the flood waters were still high here, I barrowed an aluminum canoe
from the Second Congregational Church with someone I knew, and we carried it
down to the pond in Cos Cob through the water cross the post road in Milbrook,
and we started paddling. When we forded the road underneath the Mianus
River Bridge, the canoe capsized, and we had to swim out into the harbor with
the current. We nearly drowned, and I lost my Frye boots which I had
taken off. We carried the canoe back to the church. I went to the
Greenwich Hospital to have my feet checked out which were cut from rocks in the
fast moving water when we capsized. It was quit and exhausting day
carrying the canoe and such. In retrospect I think there were only a
couple of feet of higher water around the Bruce Park ponds, but of course during
the storm when people did not go out, there could have been more. I think
the Greenwich High School at the time was at its present location, so there was
quite a bit of water in that area. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 10:25 A.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I watched some television. I guess since Port Chester, New York is quite
a bit closer to sea level that area would be prone towards flooding if there
were ever any major tropical storm activity. The relative I chatted with
said Hudson Bay blankets are scratchy. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 8:45 A.M.: I had ten Danish cookies and
some ice tea. I tend to drink ice tea continually through the day when I
am at home. I watched a bit of television. I was just remembering
in thinking about tropical storms in this area. I remember around
September 1975 we had about a 12 inch rain fall. I am not sure if it was
a tropical storm. However, I remember the stream bed that runs through
Milbrook area of town around the Greenwich high school was about four feet
above the Post Road, and the network of ponds that feed through Bruce Park
flooded the area with several feet of water. I guess one could read the
old stories in the Greenwich Times about that event. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 6:30 A.M.: UPS tracking www.ups.com
says that my Barebones Computer system was sent out from Norwalk, Connecticut
for delivery at 6:15 A.M.. I am not sure whether, I should go out or not
since I have seen UPS trucks downtown as early at 8 A.M.. I guess I will
stay home, and I will relax and wait for it to arrive whenever. I had the
same dinner as last night. I will now clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 5:00 A.M.: For those of you whom find down
comforters in the winter too warm, I noticed that the Hudson Bay Company www.hbc.com up
in Canada still offers their classic Hudson Bay blanket for $250 to $450
Canadian dollars which would be 69% percent of a USA dollar or about 31%
discount on the USA dollar http://www.bch.com look at bedrooms and
blankets. It is 45 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 4:35 A.M.: My fixed or new barebones
computer system from www.accessmicro.com arrived at Norwalk,
Connecticut at 12:15 A.M. today, so if more than likely will arrive
today. I guess, I could go out in the morning, but I would have to be
back by 9 A.M. to wait for it to arrive. UPS usually arrives in the
afternoon here. I finished sifting through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 4:20 A.M.: For Windows XP users, I noticed
this important article about a defective Microsoft Update that slows systems to
a crawl http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,1037305,00.asp
. When I put my new system together, I will have to make sure the
update is not on it. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 3:55 A.M.: I noticed when I was last out
at the southwest parking lot at Tod’s Point last Saturday morning when the sun
was out of the east that someone is building a new house on the waterfront at
sea level in central Greenwich. My suggestions for interior decoration as
I have said many times before is all one needs is slate floors, sizzle
carpeting, folding beach lounge chairs, hammocks, a bucket and a mop, and maybe
a shovel to shovel out any sand that might wash in and maybe an oil lamp since
electricity is dangerous in water and one probably can get by without the
sizzle carpeting. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 3:40 A.M.: Well, if any of those pirates
down south need to fly a flag of convenience try http://flagspot.net/flags/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 3:20 A.M.: The Nantucket Yacht Club http://www.nantucketyachtclub.org/
still has not gotten its act together. Maybe the web master is still away
in school. Of course maybe with this cooler weather some of the sailors
are still down in Antigua http://www.aycmarina.com/ and of course some of
the sailors might be from http://www.nyyc.org/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 2:55 A.M.: If any of the wharf rats down
on Steamboat Road who frequent the area are interested in the adjacent Indian
Harbor Yacht Club, this link is their information site http://www.indianharboryc.com/
. Also they have a most excellent real time weather link http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm
. Although I have lived near the ocean most of my life, I have never been
able to afford or have the inclination to try to sail. Since I am a bit
overweight, I am more like “Bubba The Beached Whale”. However, as a youth
when my family use to vacation in Holland, Michigan before we moved here in
1961, I use to sail a sunfish on Lake Michigan and practice rowing an old
wooden row boat. I was never a good swimmer, and except for the period in
the Florida Keys when I had a bit of time and I was thin and during the same
period in Nantucket were the only times I tried to swim a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 2:45 A.M.: On the new barebones computer
that is being returned the Windows XP firewall would not work. It might
be caused by the Symantec Internet Security Firewall 2003 that does work.
However in the past it did work. I can not find any tech or help notes on
the subject. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/23/03 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.: I went to bed about 11 A.M.
yesterday, but I did not fall asleep until about 2 P.M.. I had a
telephone call from a former neighbor about 1 P.M.. I got up about 12:30
A.M. today. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. UPS package tracking says my
new barebones computer system departed Shrewsbury, Massachusetts at 7:17 P.M.
yesterday for Norwalk, Connecticut. Maybe they will deliver it
today. However, that would mean that I will have to stay inside all day
waiting for delivery. I could go out for an early morning walk before UPS
delivers. When it was first sent out here, it was delivered the next day
after leaving Shrewsbury. Of course I would have to be rested before
reassembling the system, so if it arrived in the late afternoon, I would probably
reassemble it the next morning when I woke up. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 10:30 A.M.: I relaxed thinking about some
current events. UPS tracking www.ups.com shows that my returned new Northgate
barebones computer system arrived at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts at 9:22 A.M.
this morning. Thus although it took Fedex 50 hours to go across country,
it takes UPS 128 hours to come back across country. Of course this could
be some sort of high technology joke like in Route 128 the old tech highway
around Boston in the old days. At this rate, it might be delivered
tomorrow afternoon instead of Thursday as scheduled. I am getting a bit
tired, so I will shut down the computer shortly, and I will go to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 8:45 A.M.: I monitored the television for a
while. It seems most of the programming on our local Cablevision is from
the warmer southern areas of the country. I guess people in the northern
areas are so busy working, reading or pursuing other activities, they do not
have the time to pursue southern television. Still, when one considers a
lot of these people working inside are warm weather people, perhaps the
television serves a purpose for those whom do not enjoy the colder climate
outside. I have frequently tried to get the cable company to put on some
European or Canadian television programming, but since the cable company is not
financially very solvent, they can not afford the other diverse
programming. Still we have to make do with what is available.
Needless to say with all the big grocery stores in Norwalk, I doubt if anyone
up there is starving. Since we have a lot of older thinner people here in
Greenwich, the grocery stores are not a focal point except for the younger generation
whom still need to eat and are growing fast. As I have mentioned before
the largest person, I have seen here in close to 20 years was from Mattrich in
the Netherlands selling Dutch gouda cheese. I believe he was over seven
feet tall and weighed at least six hundred pounds and had on Dutch pantaloons
and wooden shoes that were over two feet long. He was selling gouda
cheese at the Food Emporium in central Greenwich, so any long time shoppers or
employees there probably saw him. I would imagine such a large fellow
would have children whom were the size of some of our full grown adults.
I was once told that some of the largest people in the world are the Dutch
dragoons around Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands, and they are supposedly as
big around the waist as they are tall. Alas, although I am half Dutch, I
only know a few words of Dutch such as “your eyes are bigger than your
stomach”. Still I keep the Netherlands national flag proudly displayed in
my living room in between the United States of America flag and the British
Union Jack. Since it is damp out today, and I do not have much to do, I
will probably be staying inside to conserve fuel unlike all the millions of
commuters whom keep on maintaining normal routines just to keep on moving whether
the economy justifies the activity or not. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 6:40 A.M.: I had the same dinner as last
night. I am charging up the Slaymaker million watt rechargeable
lantern, which will be charged at 8 P.M.. When I was down in St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands in the fall of 1972, I arrived on the island from Jacksonville,
Florida via San Juan, Puerto Rico after having helped drive down a cigarette
boat and Porsche from Chicago to Jacksonville, Florida. I was looking for
a job in banking, but none were offered. One of my roommates at the Farm
I rented in college was teaching in St. Thomas. His house had a cistern,
so when ever using the bathroom, one only flushed after number 2. When I
arrived on the island, I did not know where my roommate was, and I took a taxi
from the airport to the other end of the island via the ferry to St.
John’s. I found my college roommate having a beer at a marina bar.
I explored quite a bit of the island by walking on foot since I did not have a
car. I visited St. John’s, and I applied for a job at Caneel Bay
Plantation resort, and I viewed the idyllic national park there with camp
grounds. I toured a number of the hotels and resorts job hunting, but
since it was still the tropical storm season, they were not busy yet. In
fact the island was experiencing a drought, so lots of people were having to
pay extra money to have water trucked to their homes. In fact water bills
could be as expensive as heating bills in homes up north. However,
Chicago is a much colder environment than the east coast, so I returned up
north to my family’s house outside of Boston, and that following summer we
moved down to Greenwich, while I had been living in Manhattan at my
sister’s. Thus having briefly thought about working in the Caribbean, I
was back up in the colder climate, until I went down to Greenville, South
Carolina in December of 1975 followed by returning further south the following
September 1976 when I went to Florida. In that period up north we had the
oil embargo, so there was not much oil in this area, so one became use to doing
without excess energy. I had a friend in Manhattan whom had a small rent
controlled apartment adjacent to the United Nations heated by steam heat from
the coal fired generation plant south of the United Nations. However,
when I use our house in Greenwich frequently we did not have much heat if
any. In fact there was so much heat in the apartment near the United
Nations that we kept the Frederich air conditioner going all the time in the
winter. Of course there was so little gasoline in the area, I had to sell
my 1972 blue Volvo shortly after I bought it, and it did not fetch a good price
since I had dented the entire driver’s side when I skidded out into a guard
rain during a blizzard on the Connecticut turnpike coming back from one of the
few gasoline stations opened in the area at the Darien rest area. Thus we
have seen harder times than the years of plentiful energy we have been
experiencing recently. I remember the refinery in St. Croix was supplying
the Hess gasoline stations with oil from Venezuela and a couple of Shell and
Exxon gasoline stations were open. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 4:45 A.M.: Of course if one wants to keep
U.S.A. money in the good old U.S.A. one might find cold weather clothing at http://www.llbean.com/
, but obviously the Canadians would be a colder group of people. Of
course with warmer weather coming, more than likely one would be safe to kick
around in an old pair of blue jeans http://www.leejeans.com/ such as are frequently
available in the U.S.A. since last I heard we still grow cotton. When I
use to come up north from the south back in the late 1970s a flannel shirt was
handy to wear on the summer evenings http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=21280&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=3502&shop_method=pp&feat=ln&sc1=unknown&sc2=unknown&sc3=Casual_Clothing&sc4=Shirts&sc5=Chamois_Flannel_Shirts
. Of course in the last fifteen years, we had warmer summers. At the rate
the weather is developing this spring, I am not sure if we will be having warm
evenings or not. I remember in the late 1960s and early 1970s, we use to
wear sweaters outside of Boston, Massachusetts up until about the first of
July. I am still wearing long underwear when I go out at this time of
year which one was able to buy this winter at CVS. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 4:15 A.M.: It is the nature of shipping and
commerce that one should not try to ship the same commodities back to their
point of origin. Thus if one were in the Caribbean, more than likely one
would bring commodities such as rum back to northern Europe, and if there were
a shortage of liquor in Europe more than likely one could acquire it from
Canada along with meats and other grains. More than likely so many people
might be leaving Canada for warmer ports during the colder months, there might
not be as many people up there, and no one knows whom might be running the
store. For cold weather provisions more than likely www.hbc.com
might have plenty of previsions. Of course when looking at the Hudson Bay
company, remember the Canadian dollar is worth .69 U.S. dollars http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/en/exchform.htm , so thus
the prices would be 31% less in U.S. dollars. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 3:50 A.M.: If one looks at http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/
, http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/news/pr20030331.html
the Seaway was opened for business on March 31, 2003, so more than likely all
those products from Canada, can now make their way around the oceans of the
world. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 3:35 A.M.: I sifted through my email.
As I recall years ago, they use to have sugar and rice plantations in the
southeast United States, so maybe if manufacturing is in decline they should
start producing rum and sake for export. I would imagine they still
produce Kentucky and Tennessee bourbons, so maybe some of those products will
find their way into the hull of the Queen Elizabeth II. More than likely
when they travel down in the Caribbean, they will pick up some rum at various
ports of destination. When I graduated from Lake Forest College in 1972,
and I was out in Chicago campaigning for the Nixon campaign, I made a side trip
down to the Virgin Island to St. Thomas, and I met with a former Polaroid
computer associate whom was managing Riise’s Liquors in St. Thomas http://www.vacation-stthomas.com/guides/shopping.cfm?ShopID=1574Shop
. Apparently with up to a dozen cruise ships a day visiting St. Thomas,
with each passenger entitled to buy four liters of duty free liquor, Riise’s
Liquor was one of the busiest liquor operations in the Americas. They had
a vast collection of all sorts of liquors and wines, and it truly looked like a
pirate’s treasure trove of booty. Of course if a major hurricane ever hit
St. Thomas, they would have to secure their operations against flooding and
high winds. I would imagine there are other similar ports of call in
tropical waters. I remember in the old days in Florida, they had the “Bid
Daddy’s” chain of liquor stores which seemed to have vast collections of bonded
liquors and wines for the elderly retired people to fend off the winter cold
that frequently people in that area with thin blood have to tolerate. Of
course the people up north, I believe are well stocked up on such provisions
since it is colder most of the time, and it is rumored up in Canada they still
produce large quantities of such provisions. I remember reading in the
old days of boot legging on the Detroit River between Windsor, Canada and
Detroit, Michigan, they use to use Henry Ford’s yacht unknown to him for such
purposes. I once visited Sue St. Marie area of a Thousand Islands between
Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, and they had 10 gallon earthenware crocks of
Corby’s Whiskey that the locals drank out of similar devices to water coolers.
Of course in areas where in the winter it goes below minus 50 degrees
Fahrenheit on cold days, they need ample supplies of such provisions.
Thus when those northern people go south on holiday, they generally look for
such similar provisions in their holiday locations. Since my system can
not tolerate alcohol very well, but since it is part of my family heritage, I
have studied up on it a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 1:40 A.M.: I finally got around to reading
the Colorado State Forecast for the 2003 Hurricane Season http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/2003/april2003/
. It does not look good for the upcoming season. I guess some of
the people down in the southeastern United States should start thinking about
battening down the hatches and making preparations for the upcoming hurricane
season. Of course it is still cool up north. I guess once the
hurricane season starts, they might want to look more at my web page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
which has lots of useful links to tropical storm weather information. We
have a member of the community who is a retired army officer from a prominent
southern family who lives in Coral Gables, Florida in the winter where the
National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml is located,
and I would imagine if there are any major problems down there, he will be
returning to this area. I remember he had a relative living on the
waterfront, and he use to enjoy chatting with people at the Merry Go Round Mews
thrift shop. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 12:45 A.M.: Of course on Friday the 25th,
the Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where possibly some
of its cargo might be desired, since there are a lot of retired people down in
Florida. For the ship itinerary schedule try http://www.qe2.org.uk/itinerary.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 12:35 A.M.: I mentioned earlier in my notes
that the cruise ship the Queen Elizabeth II arrives back in Manhattan from its
around the world trip this Wednesday. If I am not mistaken, their primary
cargo is bonded liquor, so more than likely there would be enough trucking
transportation on the east coast to import it into the interior, if anyone in
the interior of the country still drinks imported liquors or wines or whatever
items they might have picked up on their trip around the world. I
remember the captain once told me that the only thing he bought in Manhattan
was toilet paper, since obviously they could buy other items at closer points
of origins. I believe they also have room for 40 automobiles that they
transport, so more than likely they will have 40 new Rolls Royces or
Bentleys. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/22/03 Tuesday 12:20 A.M.: I went to bed at 2 P.M., and I
was up at 10 P.M.. I had a couple of slices of New York reserve aged
cheddar cheese before going to bed. For breakfast I had oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. It is my theory that
since it only took two days by FedEx for my new barebones computer system to be
sent to California, and it is taking eight days for the system to be returned
from California by UPS that because of the war in Iraq the shipping ports on
the east coast and the highways and railways leading to them are backed up a
bit waiting for ships to move the increased material needs overseas.
However on the flip side that means that more than likely on the east coast
there is a surplus of transportation waiting for loads going back from east to
west, so if anyone east of us such as in Europe or producing desirable items on
the east coast, more than likely there is a surplus of transportation waiting
for loads going backing from east to west. However, I am not sure that
means that someone in Texas might want to buy 5000 Mercedes Benz or other
imported cars or other imported items, but I would imagine the transport would
be available. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/21/03 Monday 11:20 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. I drove downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. Somebody found the
blue plastic Easter egg at the Greenwich Common. I chatted with some
locals. I told one local town employee whom picks up the cigarette butts
around the center of town with long tongs that in Paris when I was there about
12 years ago, they had mechanized machinery to do the same job. I believe
they had back pack type of devices that sucked up the cigarette butts. I
advised the town employee that I squeeze out the ash on my cigarette butts, and
I then put the butts in the trash receptacle. Of course, I know how to squeeze
out the ash out of the end of a cigarette butt. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I mentioned to two individuals about the crows possibly
stealing items from people’s cars down there. I walked out to the end of
the pier, and I noticed the same two individuals throwing lots of paper out of
their car. I next walked over, and I chatted with a local, and I told him
about the possibility of the crows taking items from people’s cars. I
then noticed the two people drive off whom had thrown the paper out, and run
over by one of the car wheels was a six inch by five inch plastic bag. I
picked up the plastic bag, and it seemed to have a substance in it that looked
like shreds of old rope or ripped up hemp upholstery fiber. I smelled it,
and it smell rancid. It could have been a plastic bag of dog poop that
was run over. I threw the item in the dumpster at the parking area.
I then noticed the same two individuals returned to the same parking spot they
were parked in before. I drove back up the road, and I chatted with a
local parking lot attendant familiar with Florida, and he told me there are
suppose to be 14 tropical storms this season. I noticed a police vehicle
heading down to the end of the road. Whether the substance down
there was contraband is hard to tell, but since it could have been left by a
previous visitor, I do not consider the individuals that were down there
culpable. I told the parking lot attendant at Greenwich Capital which is
owned by Royal Bank of Scotland that Queen Elizabeth II awarded the Queen’s
Award in Industry today to the Royal Bank of Scotland. I next went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and they had a nice sectional sofa there for
$250 which was L shaped. Also they had two HP black cartridges for $5
along with lots of the other usual items. I then went to the Greenwich
Library, and the new “Krakatoa” book http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/books/review/20ELLIST.html
already has had five people reserve it. I decided to wait for it to
become available instead of reserving. I read the Greenwich Times.
I just now returned home. I guess I will now shut down the computer, and
I will watch a bit of television before going to bed. I might have some
Danish cookies and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/21/03 Monday 5:30 A.M.: I will now clean up, and I will go
out for some morning activity. I believe it is suppose to rain later
today http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/21/03 Monday 5:10 A.M.: Happy Birthday to Queen Elizabeth
II of England http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2963349.stm
. Send the Queen a birthday message http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page249.asp
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/21/03 Monday 4:35 A.M.: This morning when I woke up
briefly, I had some Lays sour cream and onion potato chips with ice tea.
For dinner just now, I had three ¼ inch thick slices of cold eye round with
horse radish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, reheated steamed white
rice, steamed fresh broccoli crowns and cut asparagus with margarine and ice
tea. I have mentioned before when I make white rice, I use the China
Village microwave rice cooker that I bought at the Food Emporium for $15.
I use Carolina white rice which is like Uncle Ben’s. One can buy it at
the Stop and Shop for $4.99 for a ten pound bag. I rinse a cup of the
rice in a mixing bowl in water. I then strain it with a wire strainer and
rinse it. I then put the cup of rinsed rice in the China Village
container, and I put in 14 ounces of water. I had five pads of margarine
and a teaspoon of sesame oil. I then put on the inner container lid with
the steam hole, and then I put on the clamped lid. I put it in the General
Electric microwave oven on high for 11 minutes, and then I let it sit for five
minutes. This makes about three cups for very good rice. I usually
have half with one meal and refrigerate and then reheat the second half for the
next day’s meal. I quit eating baked potatoes as frequently, because the
way I cooked them in the microwave oven they did not cook evenly. I guess
if I had cooked them on a lower setting longer, they would cook more
evenly. Also I have been enjoying rice for a change. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/21/03 Monday 3:30 A.M.: I sifted through the volcano
reports, I get emailed to me from http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/ . I
went through the other email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/21/03 Monday 1:10 A.M.: Somebody left a few bags of canned
food up for grabs in the laundry room. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/21/03 Monday 1:05 A.M.: I rested a bit. I woke up
from the smell of something burning. I checked my apartment, and nothing
is wrong. The smell is in the hallway outside my apartment, but the
building smoke detector alarm has not gone off. Possibly it is just from
someone cooking. I checked outside too, and the building fire alarm panel
indicates it is operational, but it has not gone off. Some times, when
they burn at the nearby Holly Hill dump we get the same smell. I also
checked the garbage chute. My next door neighbor’s apartment light is on,
so maybe they just burned something on the burner. Generally during
cooking smoke, the alarm will come on, if the smoke is strong enough.
Maybe somebody broiled a steak. The smell seems to be decreasing.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 11:10 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 9:15 P.M.: I had a call about 2 P.M. from a
relative. I was up at 8 P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled
eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I chatted
with a relative. This morning when I was down by the waterfront at
sunrise by the Indian Harbor Yacht club on Steamboat Road, I noticed a crow was
down there. When I was down there later, I noticed that the same crow was
building a nest. I once saw a Sherlock Holmes program on television where
a lot of items were disappearing, and it turned out to be a crow or a raven
that was taking them. So if one drives down by the waterfront, one should be
sure to lock one’s car and windows when getting out, so the crow does not
snatch any items. Possibly other people in this area might be losing
items from the omnipresent crows in this area. Tomorrow is Queen
Elizabeth II’s 77th birthday, and I believe the cruise ship the
Queen Elizabeth II is due back in New York on April 23 http://www.cunard.com/
and http://www.qe2.org.uk/
returning from her winter’s cruise around the world. Traditionally in the
United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth of Nations on the Queen’s Birthday,
they toast the picture of the Queen with a cocktail on her birthday.
However, I think officially they might celebrate her birthday in June when they
have the Trooping of the Colors. However, it would not hurt to celebrate
it on both days. Also I heard rumors on the BBC that the House of Lords
has been abolished and replaced by an elected group of people, but I have not
read any stories to that effect. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 9:05 A.M.: Send a card to a relative or
friend http://www.thegreetingcardcenter.com/
. I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch some television
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 8:50 A.M.: I went back out after the last
message. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I then sat
out some more downtown. I found a plastic blue Easter egg, and I put in
my Jimmy Fund coupon for a free Kool Aid packet in it, and I hid it on the Greenwich
Common. Unfortunately I did not win the super prize, I just had two $5000
and one $1000 scratch off numbers on the card, and one needs all three to
win. I next drove down by the waterfront for some more time bird
watching. I just now returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 5:10 A.M.: I put the ice tea in the
refrigerator. Brian Livingston’s column http://www.briansbuzz.com/
will now be available in newsletter form instead of from www.inforworld.com.
Speaking of the Livingston family, I once found a small book in the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop that I bought for a dime. It was published at the
200th anniversary of Yale College, and it listed the first 200 years
of missionaries to be sent out from Yale College around the world. In
those days frequently they were gone for a life time or many generations.
I noticed the most common family name in the book was the “Livingston” family
originally a founding family of New York. I thought the book was of
historical interest, so I sent it down to former President Bush’s White House
during his term. I will now go out for the morning light or what remains
of the evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 4:05 A.M.: New York Times book review www.nytimes.com
of Krakatoa book http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html?th
and http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/books/review/20ELLIST.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 3:45 A.M.: I do not drink alcohol anymore,
but I once read in a national publication that the Old Guard Yankees like
having a Bloody Mary after church. A good recipe for such a mixture is in
a 12 ounce or larger glass such as a tulip glass filled three fourths of the
way with ice. Then add 1.5 ounces of Vodka, dashes of ground black
pepper, celery salt, and McIlhenny Co. Tabasco brand pepper sauce to taste, and
a teaspoon of horseradish, then fill the glass with chilled tomato juice or V8
juice and mix it all together with a cut celery stalk. This will put them
in a good mood for Easter dinner, but afterwards one would need a designated
driver. I am using to make my ice tea mixture of about 12 quarts when
done a variation of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .
I am using one each of Earl Grey tea bag, Lady Grey, English Breakfast, Prince
of Wales, and Irish Breakfast along with four Lipton orange pekoe bags, two
Lipton green tea, and 10 Bigelow orange pekoe and pekoe cut black tea bags
along with the other ingredients in my mixture. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 3:10 A.M.: Well Happy Easter. I enjoyed
my Easter dinner. I also opened up a new ten pound bag of Carolina
enriched rice to start using. I am just about ready to start making www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 2:35 A.M.: I installed the Windows updates on
the Dell backup computer. I took the eye round roast, and I seasoned it
on all sides with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery
salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, basil, and Texas
Best Barbeque sauce. I am cooking on the meat rack with roasting pan in
the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes.
I will have four 3/8 inch thick slices with the meat juices with steamed white
rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns with steamed cut asparagus with
margarine and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 1:25 A.M.: Of course the salt and sandy
conditions of northern roads in the winter months can also cause premature wear
on vehicles. I filled out a voter registration form, and I mailed it
downstairs. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 12:55 A.M.: In other words, if one were
looking at a used car with a Nantucket off road beach sticker, one more than
likely would have large repair bills for wear and tear caused by sand in the
mechanics of the vehicle, not to mention that vehicles around the salt air
environment of the ocean tend to have increased rust. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 12:40 A.M.: On an engineering note that old
1966 Blue Chevrolet Biscayne four door sedan, I bought in January 1976 from a
fellow employee at Daniel Construction whom was a retired marine from
Texas. It was like one of those Texas dust cars that the locals have in
Texas or Oklahoma when there is a dust storm. They car was fitted with an
oil bath air filter instead of a paper air filter. When I obtained it, I
put on a small air filter apparatus, and I left the oil bath assembly in the
trunk since it had rusted through the housing. Basically in a dust storm
situation, one would rinse the oil bath filter in a solvent about every fifty
miles and put in fresh oil in the housing to filter out the dust. In the
spring of 1977 when I returned to Nantucket, I gave it to the Nantucket
Hospital Thrift shop along with a large number of personal items in the trunk,
since I could not afford to maintain the Chevrolet at the time. Since
there is quite a bit of sand and dust out in Nantucket it would have been an
excellent car if the oil bath filter had been repaired. Needless to say
in dusty conditions or sandy conditions, one can experience excess wear on a
vehicle’s mechanics if the filter devices are not proper for such conditions.
I believe whom ever designed the rallies in Daytona Beach, Florida knew the
fine sand on Daytona Beach was prone toward causing premature wear on
automobile or other mechanisms. I once had a 1972 Subaru wagon in Daytona
that I bought in Nantucket, and when I went to replace the brake shoes, the
aluminum brake drums one inch thick bodies were entirely worn through from sand
and grit. In other words do not buy somebody else’s dust car, unless one
knows about its wear history or how to maintain it. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/20/03 Sunday 12:20 A.M.: On this past Friday evening, I
was awaken by a call from Symantec regarding my $20 rebate. I gave them
the information, and I told them I had sent in the CompUSA sales receipt.
Since I received the $30 rebate this past week, the eventual cost on the
software package will be $20 and tax. Symantec said it might take five to
six weeks for the $20 rebate to arrive. Basically like the old story
about Bill Gates making people wait in line in the grocery store for a half hour
while he looked for a discount ice cream coupon. It is the nature of
computers being so exacting that one tends to get more precise in one’s own
personal conduct. We all know many Happy Go Lucky individuals whom do not
share the same philosophy, but the home computer does help one manage one’s own
home affairs. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 11:55 P.M.: I went for a walk on lower
Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I did not stay out as long,
since I had to return home to go to the bathroom. I had a call from a
relative on the answering machine. I set the time on the General Electric
answering machine to daylight savings time. I am having a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 9:40 P.M.: I had a call from a relative
about 2 P.M.. I was up at 8 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I just now chatted with
a relative. While I was out today, I had a call from a friend. On
computer matters as the story goes, I went down to Florida when we had the
energy shortage back in mid September 1976. I believe I had been out in
Nantucket previously that summer. I was thinking about trying to work for
NASA when I was down in Florida, but about the time I got down to Florida, NASA
had just laid off 50,000 people. I drove past Coco Beach, and I started
spending time in Fort Lauderdale, Florida exploring the neighboring area.
I met a venture capitalist whom did not fund me, but whose family fortune was
based on importing all the coffee into this country for over 200 years.
His name was Wiley Middleton, and he had been involved in General Motors during
his professional career. He also had built Port Everglades, since the
Middletowns owned the Middleton shipping lines that imported the coffee.
They are the same family that owned the Middleton Plantation http://www.middletonplace.org/
in Charlestown, South Carolina. I believe Wiley originally chatted with
me since I had South Carolina license plates on my 1966 Chevrolet
Biscayne. Anyway the economy was in recession then, and after New Years
in 1977, I spent more time in Key West, Florida returning to Nantucket for that
summer. In the fall of 1977, I went back down to Fort Lauderdale, and I
found work in La Vielle Maison in Boca Raton, Florida. People were not
user friendly to computer people down in Florida then, and when ever I talked
about computers, the bible belt fundamentalists said that I was going to the
devil. Anyway as I recall about a week before Christmas 1977, I had a bit
of money from having gotten a pay check, so I bought a new pair of Adidas
Country sneakers for about $40. I had been sleeping in a tent off the
beach at the Boca Inlet. Wiley Middleton apparently had a presence in
Boca Raton, since his name was on an outpatient clinic on the beach
there. I figured he was some sort of Howard Hughes type individual.
Anyway, one evening because it was cold and since I did not have a car then, I
walked west from La Vielle Maison to U.S. 1, and there on the northeast corner
was a strip shopping mall, and about midway down the strip was a coffee
shop. Since it was cold that evening, I spent a number of hours talking
with someone whom represented to me to be an IBM employee. I had
familiarity with IBM 360s, so I basically drew out on a standard size coffee
bar napkin, my idea of what a personal computer should look like describing it
to the IBM employee. Basically the personal computer is still the same
design today, but back then although similar parts existed, they were not small
enough to make a personal computer, so it took until about 1983 that they were
able to make the parts small enough for a personal computer. As I recall
the IBM employee was about five years older than me, and he had that standard
IBM appearance which is sort of like Peter Norton’s look. I recall
letting him have the napkin with the personal computer design on it. It
might have been Christmas Eve, which was why I was not working. Around
New Years, I went to Paradise Island in the Bahamas, and I met a British banker
whom was surrounded by 5,000 employees of RCA global communications. I do
not recall if I talked about a personal computer with him or not. Anyway,
after that there were a lot of years of ordinary jobs, until about 1990, a
personal computer was more affordable where one could actually use one.
As I recall IBM had offices in Boca Raton at that time, and they developed OS/2
there, and Bill Gates use to confer with them at the Boca Raton facility.
I will now clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 12:05 P.M.: Well it is time to shut off the
computer. I will now go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 11:25 A.M.: I finished vacuuming the apartment.
I mentioned to someone today that in the summer of 1968, I described to a
colleague at Polaroid’s Cambridge, Massachusetts laboratory next to MIT my
concept of X-ray Lithography, but apparently Intel came up with the idea in
1963. I also mentioned that I designed a Laser Printer after I left
Polaroid around 1971. I also mentioned that around December 1977, I
designed a Personal Computer on a coffee shop napkin that I gave to an IBM
employee that I was chatting with while I was in Boca Raton, Florida.
Well, I did not develop these ideas, I just presented my concepts.
Another concept that I am surprised they have not manufactured in the last ten
years is that since they have RW DVD disks, why have they not come up with
Laser Optic hard drives which might be faster than current hard drives which
tend to be the slowest unchanged parts of personal computers. I guess
since the manufacturing facilities are so expensive, they do not try new
technologies until they have written off existing facilities. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 10:50 A.M.: I went back out after the last
message. I drove down by the waterfront. I then drove through town
again. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I next drove over to the Mobil Express Car Wash in Old
Greenwich, but they were not open until 8 A.M.. I drove out to Tod’s
Point, and I sat out at the southeast parking area. I noticed the tide
must have been high, since it looked liked it washed debris right up to the parking
area. I then drove over to the southwest parking area. I scanned
the shoreline with my binoculars that I keep in my car. A new house that
I thought was completed is just beginning construction from what I can
tell. I then drove back to the Mobil Express Car Wash ten minutes before
it opened, and I was the first in line to get the basic car wash for $5.
I towel dried the car after I drove out of the car wash. I then went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next sat out briefly
downtown. I then drove by the waterfront again. I next went to
Exxon, and I bought $7.40 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.859 a gallon for
about 26 miles per gallon. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought
a Marie Callender Swedish meatball dinner for $1.89 and a Marie Callender
chicken parmigiana dinner for $2.29, fresh asparagus at $1.99 a pound for
$2.98, a 10 ounce bottle of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce for $2.79, a
dozen large eggs $1.69, two quart jars of Hellmann’s mayonnaise for $1.99 each,
two 10 ounce jars of Heluva Good horseradish for $1.50 each, a eye round roast
at $2.29 a pound for $7.44 for $26.06 total. I also bought a Jimmy Fund
scratch card for a dollar. I won a 2 quart kool aid package. I then
returned home, and I put away my purchases. On the backup Dell computer
before going out, I ran Norton Disk Doctor, Norton WinDoctor and I did a System
restore backup. I also ran Norton SpeedDisk while I was out. I am
having a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 6:05 A.M.: I had 12 Carr’s crackers with
slices of Cracker Barrel New York Aged Reserve cheese and ice tea. I will
now go back outside to enjoy a bit of daylight. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 5:30 A.M.: I had three Danish cookies and
some ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 5:10 A.M.: New York Auto Show on http://www.autoshowny.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 4:50 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I
studied the new street lamps in front of the Senior and Arts center, and it is
my view that they are about four feet too tall. However, being taller
they probably provide more light, and they also are less subject to
vandalism. One of the lights across the street at the veterans’ monument
is off as is one of the lights at the front entrance of the senior and arts
center. Also the old sidewalk street clock in front of Charles Schwab
entrance is not functioning. After my walk, I drove down by the
waterfront. I just now returned home. I will go back out once it is
light. I have to do some shopping at the Stop and Shop once it opens at 7
A.M. Also the daffodils and some of the tulips seem to be out despite the
cooler weather. It is 39 degrees Fahrenheit right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 1:50 A.M.: I am just about to have a
Folgers’ 50% instant and 50% decaffeinated instant coffee with milk and
sugar. I will then clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 1:25 A.M.: I am microwaving a Stouffer’s
HomeStyle Salisbury steak dinner which I will have with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 1:10 A.M.: The Ronald Reagan Presidential
foundation http://www.reaganfoundation.org/
has books on sale signed by Nancy Reagan http://www.reaganfoundation.com/store/products.asp?subcat_id=40
, http://www.reaganfoundation.com/store/products.asp?subcat_id=39
, order form http://www.reaganfoundation.com/welcome/graphics/NR%20offer%2003.pdf
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/19/03 Saturday 1:00 A.M.: I had a lot of stomach gas this
past week, and possibly it was from the cantaloupe chunks. With the
Mexican free trade agreement, we are now getting a lot of produce from Mexico,
and I hear that their water is not as clean that they use in farming, also I
was advised they still use DDT. Thus what we use to call Montezuma’s
revenge might be coming from certain produce that we get out of season in this
area. I had eaten some vinegar and salt potato chips, so maybe that is
what relieved my serious diarrhea that I got from the cantaloupe chunks.
However, the chunks were a week old, so maybe they do not last that long.
I think in the old days, they use to use a teaspoon of vinegar and a glass of
water for diarrhea. Well, I finished all of my house cleaning and
watering the plants except for the vacuuming. I retaped the back of the
frame holding the Audubon picture of the Louisiana Heron that hangs on the
lower left side of the hallway as one enters the bathroom. I also
finished off the bag of salt and vinegar potato chips with ice tea. CIO
End of
Scott’s Notes week of 04/18/03:
Note:
<888> 04/18/03 Friday 10:35 P.M.: I went to bed after the last
message. I woke up, and I had some vinegar and salt potato chips and five
Danish cookies. I had a call from a friend about 9 A.M.. I had
another call from the same friend about 3 P.M.. I was up at 4:30
P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, cantaloupe chunks,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I only ate half of the
remaining cantaloupe chunks, and I threw out the rest. I guess they had
gone bad, and they gave me indigestion. I decided not to go out, since I
had indigestion, and I went back to bed until 9:30 P.M.. I did watch a
bit of television. I received in the mail from the Food Emporium a
sample of Lavazza coffee and a dollar off coupon. I just now chatted with
a relative. My indigestion is gone. I will now send out me weekly
notes. I will then do my house cleaning and watering the plants except
for vacuuming. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/18/03 Friday 12:50 A.M.: This story http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-650618,00.html
says Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 77th birthday on Monday April
21. I suppose if one has forgotten, one can follow the royals’ work
routine by logging onto http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ and then select
the Register, and then from there go to the Court Circular or Today’s Royal
Engagements when they are published. Indeed it does seem they work, when
the American press does not give them much credit for such strenuous activity.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon after watching
television briefly. I also had two granola bars with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/17/03 Thursday 11:55 P.M.: I went outside, and I threw out
the old air conditioner filter, and I emptied my waste paper basket. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/17/03 Thursday 11:20 P.M.: The Times of London obituary on J.
Paul Getty II http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-650321,00.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/17/03 Thursday 10:05 P.M.: I had dinner of the rest of the
cold eye round with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and horse radish along
with reheated steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and
cauliflower with margarine and grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. I
chatted with a relative. I sent out some email. I sifting through
my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/17/03 Thursday 7:10 P.M.: I watched television until 3
A.M. this past morning. I had a call from a friend about 8 A.M.. I
was up at 1 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, cantaloupe chunks, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and I had coffee outside. I turned
the living room thermostat back up to 72 degrees Fahrenheit since at the moment
it is 38 degrees Fahrenheit outside. I cleaned up, and I headed off to my
3 P.M. appointment. My 3 P.M. appointment told me that men over 50 years
old when they take vitamins and supplements should make sure they do not take
any Iron in their vitamins and supplements, since in older men it can cause
liver damage. I will have to check my vitamins and supplements to see if
they have Iron. I noticed this URL http://www.dentwiz.com/ which might come in
handy if I should ever try to have about four or five minor dings removed from
my Hyundai. I will have to look into it some time. I went to the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought the National Geographic MAPS, the
complete collection 8 CD set for $5. I then went downtown, and as usual,
I parked in the Board of Education Parking lot. I noticed on a Town of
Greenwich teal green Chevrolet Astro Van Connecticut License Plate “174-GW”
that is frequently parked in that same location, some one had scratched in
large eight inch letters on the front hood offensive graffiti and a
swastika. I mentioned it to the local traffic officer. Someone
scratched my Hyundai in that same parking lot three months ago. Since the
scratches were done with what must have been a sharp instrument, more than
likely the individual is armed and dangerous, perhaps an “Agent
Provocateur”. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I
stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought for $1.99 plus .12 tax
for $2.11 total a Frost King Polyurethane Foam air conditioner filter 15” X 24”
X ¼” #F1524. I then completed my walk, and I mentioned to a
supervising constable the scratched vehicle, and he informed me that it
happened a couple of days ago. I next drove down by the waterfront.
I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I
checked out a book and a DVD video disk. I then returned home. I
put the new air conditioning filter in front of the factory installed filter on
my air conditioner. I will not install the National Geographic maps on my
Dell backup computer since it is low on disk space. I will probably put
it on the new computer once I receive it. I checked out UPS ground
tracking, and my Northgate barebones computer being returned from www.accessmicro.com
is due to arrive here on Thursday April 24 in a week. It was shipped from
Baldwin Park, California at 8:19 P.M. yesterday, and it departed Vernon,
California at 5:18 A.M. this morning for the trip across country. There
was billing information received on it at 1:18 P.M. this afternoon. I
have a 3 P.M. appointment next Thursday afternoon, so if the computer has not
arrived by then, I will probably miss the appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/17/03 Thursday 12:15 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch some television
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/17/03 Thursday 12:10 A.M.: Of course a new poly foam air
conditioner filter can usually be bought at the Greenwich Hardware store or
other hardware store for two or three dollars, and one can cut of fold it to
size. I believe Frost King makes them, and if one searches “Frost King
air conditioner filter” at www.google.com , one will find out they should
only cost .69. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/16/03 Wednesday 11:45 P.M.: For the Pollen Count in this
area, try http://www.wunderground.com/DisplayPollen.asp?Zipcode=06830&SafeCityName=Greenwich&StateCode=CT
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/16/03 Wednesday 11:30 P.M.: Of course enjoying the fresh
air of island paradises, one always has to be aware of predator fish such as
sharks that might also be enjoying the environment. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/16/03 Wednesday 11:15 P.M.: I just discovered that Norton
Firewall 2003 that I have also has Ad and Pop Up blocker features. I
finished my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/16/03 Wednesday 10:45 P.M.: I put away the laundry.
I cleaned the air conditioner filter and polyfoam filter that I put over it by
rinsing it in the kitchen sink with water and wringing it out and then shaking
off the excess dampness. Thus my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air
conditioner with remote control is ready for its third season. I have a
service contract on it from General Electric through August that I pay about
$53 a year for. I like the remote control feature, so one can select the
desired temperature and cooling conditions. It is similar to this model http://www.geappliances.com/
AGM14AA model available from GE for $549. I bought my unit from Partridge
and Rockwell locally in Greenwich, and they will install it for about
$85. I also have seen that Panasonic makes a unit with remote control,
and of course the Frederich models are probably still the best, but in a larger
unit one has to make sure it runs on 115 volts if one does not have 220
volts. Also the most reasonable price units use to be from Home Depot for
the Hampton air conditioner for about $350 for 15,000 BTU. When it gets
hot in the New York City area, one really needs air conditioning, if just to
maintain a better air quality, particularly considering the air quality on hot
humid days, not to mention the Pollen Season is just starting, so http://www.benadryl.com/
might come in handy or a number of other similar products. Claritin http://www.claritin.com/intro.html
is now available without prescription. Of course in the old days, I
avoided smog and allergies by living in Nantucket and Key West, but as one gets
older, one needs a more staple year round environment. I am going through
my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/16/03 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.: My Northgate barebones computer
system was repaired or replaced by www.accessmicro.com today, and it was sent back
to me by UPS Ground www.ups.com
at 4:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time. It does not show up on UPS tracking
yet. It should take about six days to receive, so it should be here next
Tuesday or Wednesday probably. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/16/03 Wednesday 9:10 P.M.: I took a nap from after the
last message to 7 P.M.. I had dinner of three one third inch thick slices
of cold eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and
steamed fresh rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and cauliflower with
margarine and ice tea. I started a load of laundry, and I am on the dry
cycle. I chatted with a relative. I put clean sheets on my
bed. I also put $5 on my laundry card. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/16/03 Wednesday 4:00 P.M.: I was up at 6 A.M. this
morning. I chatted with a relative last night before going to
bed. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, cantaloupe chunks, and I had a coffee outside.
I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next stopped
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a Symphony 7 inch color
television with VCR without the cord for $10. I then had my medical
physical and laboratory work at the Greenwich Hospital. I need to go back
in a month for follow up. I next returned home, and I tested the Symphony
color television using my old Compaq printer cord, and it did not work. I
then had two tuna fish sandwiches for lunch with potato chips and ice
tea. In the mail, I got my Symantec $30 rebate from my purchase of Norton
System Works 2003 and Norton Internet Security 2003 for $70 both back just
before New Years. I then went back to the Hospital Thrift shop, and they
gave me back the $10 that I had paid for the TV. I next cashed the $30
Symantec rebate check at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then drove downtown, and I went to the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I
then chatted with a local for a while downtown. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a
carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I just now returned
home. I had a diet A&W root beer. I need to put a couple of
steins in the freezer, so I can have frosted mugs. It was a bit hot out
today. It is up to 86 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and I was too hot to
walk. I turned off the thermostats in the apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/15/03 Tuesday 9:55 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have an appointment tomorrow
morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/15/03 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.: I chatted with an old friend whom
I had not chatted with for a while. The old friend is interested in
manufacturing laser cartridges and inkjet cartridges. I advised the
friend to look at my web site. I tried calling a few other people, but no
one was there. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/15/03 Tuesday 8:10 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went over to Tod’s Point, and I took the 2.5 mile walk
around Tod’s Point. I sat out at a few locations. I then stopped by
the Old Greenwich Rummage Room thrift shop. I next drove back down by the
waterfront in central Greenwich, and I sat out for a while. I then drove
downtown, and I sat out for a while. I next went to the Greenwich
Library, and I read the local newspaper. I then returned home about 4:30
P.M.. I parked the car in back since tomorrow they are cleaning the front
parking lot at 9 A.M.. I relaxed a bit, and I watched some
television. I sat outside for a while, and I chatted with a
neighbor. For dinner, I had five one third inch thick slices of cold eye
round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and reheated
steamed white rice and ice tea. I have a 10:30 A.M. appointment tomorrow
for a physical. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/15/03 Tuesday 11:30 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this morning
when a high school classmate whom I had not heard from in over 30 years called
this morning. We chatted briefly, and the high school classmate said he
would call back this evening. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and cantaloupe chunks. I called up
Northgate, and they said they would email me once the computer was ready in a
few days. I jump started a neighbor’s car. I will now clean up, and
I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/14/03 Monday 11:50 P.M.: There use to be an IP address http://196.27.0.22/iraq/
for wishing Saddam Hussein a Happy Birthday. It no longer works, but a
WHOIS search of the IP address says it came from Jordon registered out of
Virginia. I use to get crank mail from a similar hotmail address.
Well, I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will watch some
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/14/03 Monday 11:25 P.M.: Remember Baghdad Bob got more than his
fifteen minutes of fame http://64.39.15.171/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/14/03 Monday 11:05 P.M.: I heard it might be up to 80
degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow, but http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
says the high 60s. I found this cool Volvo advertisement http://autos.msn.com/advice/standardart.aspx?contentid=4021888
yes literally cold or frigid. I am in the process of sifting through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/14/03 Monday 9:50 P.M.: I am watching a bit of
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/14/03 Monday 9:05 P.M.: I noticed this Greenwich web site
in the Greenwich Times today http://www.lincolnwhitehouse.org .
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/14/03 Monday 8:50 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
took the eye round roast, and I put it on the meat rack with a drip roasting
pan underneath. I seasoned it on both sides with Old Bay seasoning,
garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning,
Italian spices, oregano, basil, and Texas Best barbeque sauce. I am
cooking it in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45
minutes. I will have four three eights inch thick slices of it with the
meat juices, and steamed white rice, and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and
cauliflower with margarine and grated parmesan cheese, and ice tea. It
should be ready in about 25 minutes. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/14/03 Monday 8:10 P.M.: According to www.fedex.com
my new barebones computer system was delivered to Northgate Computer for repair
by FedEx today at 10:46 A.M. west coast time. I went out after the last
message, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then drove
down by the waterfront. I next made my 4 P.M. appointment. Next I
drove down by the waterfront. I then went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
I also stopped by CVS, and I bought two 16 ounce cans of buy one get one free
of Danish cookies for $2.99 both, two seven ounce boxes of cheese crackers for
$1.79 both, 4 six ounce cans of Bumble Bee premium tuna solid white albacore in
water for .99 each can, four 2.5 ounce cans of King Oscar finest Norwegian
sardines in olive oil for .99 each can, and two 16 ounce cans of Danish
Plumrose premium ham for $1.79 each can for $16.28 total. I then drove
back down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the Greenwich Times. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
fresh broccoli crowns at .79 a pound for $1.65 and a eye round roast at $2.29 a
pound for $4.21 for $5.86 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I have not received email from Northgate about my computer,
and with the RMA number one can not track its progress. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/14/03 Monday 1:50 P.M.: I went to bed after the last
message. I did watch a bit of television. I was up at noon
today. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
cantaloupe chunks, vitamins, and supplements. I called Norwalk Hyundai since
I received a notice from them that the next service is at 41,500 miles.
They said that was wrong, and I am due at 35,000 miles. I have 34,500
miles on the Hyundai now. I will do it around the first of
May. I checked at FedEx and my barebones computer being returned
for repair is on the FedEx truck in Pomona, California as of 3:19 A.M. today
scheduled for delivery. I will now clean up and go out. I have a 4
P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/13/03 Sunday 11:55 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch some
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/13/03 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. For dinner, I had a medium rare broiled shell steak with Lea
and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed white rice, and steamed fresh
cauliflower with margarine and grated parmesan cheese and ice tea. I then
watched a bit more television. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/13/03 Sunday 8:40 P.M.: I went to bed about 6 A.M. this
morning. The last few nights, I have had granola bars and slices of
Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese before going to bed. I was up at 4
P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, cantaloupe chunks,
vitamins, and supplements. I chatted with a relative. I watched
some television. I went out. I returned a videotape at the library
videotape drop. I drove down by the waterfront. I then walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out for a while. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I just now returned home. I had a few
slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/13/03 Sunday 3:45 A.M.: I watched the videotape.
After the movie, I watched some television. I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/13/03 Sunday 12:40 A.M.: I will now watch a
videotape. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/13/03 Sunday 12:10 A.M.: Happy Birthday to a
relative. I watched some television. I am cooking a Boston Market
home style chicken with noodles dinner which I will have with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/12/03 Saturday 11:00 P.M.: I was up until 6 A.M. this
morning watching television. I had a few slices of Vermont extra sharp
cheddar cheese. I went to bed about 6 A.M.. A relative called about
10 A.M., and then a friend called. I slept until about 5 P.M.. I
had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, cantaloupe
chunks, vitamins, and supplements. I chatted downstairs with a neighbor,
and the neighbor told me that a neighbor downstairs whom had been sick for a
while passed away last night watching television. I then did my house
cleaning and watering the plants. I next cleaned up, and I went
out. I went by Exxon, and I bought $4.90 of regular unleaded gasoline at
$1.859 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon. I then went downtown, and
I noticed that I had lost my orange Djeep lighter, so I went back to Exxon, and
I picked up two books of matches. I then went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
I next drove down by the waterfront. I just now returned home. The
Fedex tracking site says my new barebones system being returned for repair left
the Rialto, California sorting facility at 1:18 A.M. this past morning. I
tried calling a relative. I opened up another orange Djeep lighter to
have to use. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/12/03 Saturday 1:45 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I watched some television. I will now shut down the computer,
and I will try to go to bed early, so I can get up earlier and do some house
cleaning later on today. This is basically what I call, “The Never Ending
Routine”. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/12/03 Saturday 12:15 A.M.: I am cooking a box of six Stop
and Shop fish cakes in the Farberware convection oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit
for 20 minutes, which I will have with the homemade chopped dill pickle and
mayonnaise tartar sauce along with steamed white rice and steamed fresh
broccoli crowns and cauliflower with margarine and grated parmesan cheese and
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/11/03 Friday 11:30 P.M.: I chatted with Optimum Online
tech support about the problem I had with the new computer, and they think it
was probably a hardware problem and not a hacker since I use several
firewalls. However, they think Linux is a much more secure operating
system than Windows, but I enjoy the convenience of Windows for all the
programs offered and its relative ease of use. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/11/03 Friday 10:50 P.M.: I am trying to contact Optimum
Online through their Connecticut 800 number 800-783-8885 to chat with
them. I am on hold now, but since it is an 800 number, I have it on the
speaker phone waiting for them to pick up. CIO
Note: <888>
04/11/03 Friday 9:35 P.M.: I was up at 5:30 P.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, cantaloupe chunks, vitamins, and
supplements. I watched the ABC evening news. I cleaned up, and I
went out. I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times
and P.C. World magazine. I checked out a videotape. I then drove
down Greenwich Avenue, and I swung by the waterfront. I did not walk
Greenwich Avenue, since there is still a bit of light rain. I checked out
www.fedex.com
and the new barebones computer system I am returning to Northgate computers for
repair arrived at the Rialto, California Fedex sort facility at 9:12 A.M.
today, and it was scanned at 4 P.M.. It is near San Bernardino, California.
It thus took Fedex 49 hours and 51 minutes to go from Woodbridge, New Jersey to
Rialto, California by ground. I think that is pretty good time. I
think that was a pretty fast trip out to the west coast. Of course,
Northgate might not be open on Saturday in which case, they will probably not
get it until Monday. I will now do some regular computer work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/11/03 Friday 1:05 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television. I will go to bed a bit
after that. CIO
End of
Scott’s Notes week of 04/11/03:
Note:
<888> 04/11/03 Friday 12:40 A.M.: I sifted through my email.
I did a little bit of regular computer work. I had a bowl of potato chips
and ice tea. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 11:05 P.M.: Now if the quaint folk living
in various Atlantic Ocean resorts quit going to so many cocktail parties and
took some time to study these links, they might realize they might have
something to worry about in the upcoming hurricane season http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/04/05/hurricane.forecast.ap/index.html
, http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/ , http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. Of course supposedly 75 million people live along the coast line from
the southern coast of Texas to the northern coast of Maine, so I do not suppose
they are all going to pull up stakes and move to the interior, but from an
economic point of view, it might effect insurance company stocks and the price
of oil from the Gulf of Mexico. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 10:55 P.M.: A relative called me up to tell
me about the New York Times story. I had a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 10:40 P.M.: New York Times prints story
about Greenwich http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/nyregion/10GREE.html
. Well, I guess if the glacier 50,000 years ago had cut the Byram River
gorge about 100 yards further east, I would be living in Port Chester, New
York. It is the nature of living on the border of such a megalithic state
such as New York, that the more reserve people on the Connecticut side tend to
prefer the more quaint Yankee viewpoint. Although, I read the www.nytimes.com
for many years before the internet, since it is hard to find in the Greenwich
Library, I rarely ever read it for the last 12 plus years. Thus I have
missed out on all their literary content. I did use to enjoy reading the
Tuesday science section along with other general interest topics available in
the Times of New York. In the old days when I was just out of college,
and I had just been fired by the Columbia Broadcast System, I use to drive into
Manhattan every night to buy the New York Time when it was first available at
53rd street and 2nd Avenue at the corner newsstand
there. Since I worked briefly at CBS, I knew a few media people
too. However, since I was mugged in Manhattan about 10 years ago, and
since the local Manhattan police did not respond to the crime call, I figured
it was time to get out of the city for good. I have only been back
once. I recall making the crime telephone call down the street from the
east side precinct at the pay telephone in front of the United States consulate
to the United Nations. Since the mugger claimed to be from Bermuda, I did not
consider it to be a major international incident, but I did file reports with
the FBI, the Greenwich Police Department, and a local real estate venture
capitalist in Manhattan whose family owned the second largest law firm in
Manhattan. Thus since I usually only went into Manhattan late at night,
most New Yorkers probably thought I was still a hermit out in Nantucket.
Thus from an international perspective, Nantucket is still at war with
Bermuda. Since such a major international conflict would require
substantial naval reserves, I have kept a close eye on one of our local yacht
club in case any friendly types from either the disputed island territories
should sail into our local waters. Needless to say after such a
frightening experience, I chose to keep my distance, which is why I am so out
of touch with Manhattan. As I recall the mugger said he owed a bookie
money. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 9:35 P.M.: I installed DirectX 9A on the
Dell backup computer. I chatted with a relative. I will now put the
ice tea in the refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 8:45 P.M.: I had a telemarketing call, and
I asked them to take my name off the list. One has to remember this time
of year in this area, we get that group of “Travelers” out of the western
Carolinas whom tend to perpetrate con jobs and other illegal activities in the
area http://fraudtech.bizland.com/travelers.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 8:00 P.M.: I am making a batch up of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 7:30 P.M.: I microwaving for dinner a
Boston Market Swedish meatballs in creamy sauce with noodles, which I will have
with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 6:45 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. today.
I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, cantaloupe
chunks, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went by
the Greenwich Housing Authority to drop off some paper work. I then made
my 3 P.M. appointment. I next stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I next drove by the
waterfront. As far as I can tell Long Island Sound is still there, and it
looks like the Scott’s old potato patch called Long Island is still there
too. I next went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two loaves of
Healthnut bread for .99 each less 10% senior discount for $1.78 both. I
then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights
100s for $31. They use to be made in Grove, Oklahoma; but now they are
made in Canada. I guess Indians that make them moved up to Canada.
I just now returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 4:35 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch a bit of television before going to bed. I
will have some Carr’s crackers and Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and ice
tea before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 4:25 A.M.: I printed out a birthday card
with Microsoft Home Publishing 2000, and I put it in an envelope that fit
it. I then went out, and I mailed it at the Valley Road post
office. I then went downtown, and I sat out briefly. I next drove
down by the waterfront. I then drove home. I do not go out as much
at night as I use to. I had to use the defroster to a get a little bit of
frost off the windshield. Well, I will continue my regular work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 2:55 A.M.: I do not have the capability of
installing Red Hat Linux 9.0 on the Dell backup system which has 8.0 on it
since, I do not have the CD/RW on it. However this link seems to work for
a download here if anyone wants it ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/
and http://www.redhat.it/download/
since the www.redhat.com
site seems to be overwhelmed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 2:05 A.M.: I went through my email. I
am in the process of going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I took time
off from the computer, and I hallowed out the two cantaloupes of their seeds,
and I cut the skins off, and then I cut the cantaloupe into small one inch to
two inch pieces which I put in two large Rubbermaid containers. I threw
out the seeds and skins in the dumpster. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/10/03 Thursday 12:20 A.M.: Last night after the last
message instead of going to bed, I sorted out my last six month’s paper work,
mail, and receipts that I had on the bedroom side board. I put most of it
in the top drawer of the four drawer file cabinet and on top of the milk crate
underneath the desk. I also threw a lot of it in the paper waste basket
from the bathroom. I still have out all the alumni news from three
different schools that I went to that I have to go through. I left the
alumni news on the side board. I also put the IBM Cyrix backup computer
on the side board with the NEC 17 inch monitor. I do not have it all
hooked up, since it is not accessible to the cable modem at that
location. Plus I do not need the extra backup computer hooked up at the
moment. I put the parts for the primary computer out for repair on the
CPU and monitor awaiting the return of the primary Northgate computer from
Access Micro. According to www.fedex.com , it departed the FedEx sort
facility in Woodbridge, New Jersey at 7:31 A.M. this past morning. I went
to bed about 7 A.M. after watching some television. I was up at 3 P.M.,
and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back to sleep until 6:45 P.M.. I watched the BBC
evening news. I chatted with a relative. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and
the Wall Street Journal. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two half
gallons of Tropicana double vitamin C orange juice for $1.99 each, two Boston
Market Swedish meatball dinners for $2.99 each, two 10 ounce bars of Cracker
Barrel New York aged reserve cheese for $1.99 each, a dozen large eggs for
$1.69, a head of cauliflower for $2.49, and two large cantaloupes for .99 each
for $20.10 total. I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought two
shell steaks with bone in for $4.99 a pound for $4.64 and $4.34 for $8.98
total. I then returned home, and I used my grocery cart to bring up the
groceries. For dinner, I had a broiled shell steak. I put it on the
broiling pan underneath the General Electric oven broiler on the top rack and
set the oven to broil, and I did the first side for four minutes and the second
side for three minutes and I seasoned it with garlic powder and ground black
pepper for a delicious medium rare steak which I had with Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire sauce. I turn on the air conditioner fan, bathroom fan,
and stove fan when broiling to eliminate any smoke or heat. I had it with
reheated steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and cauliflower
with margarine and grated parmesan cheese along with ice tea. I will now
do some regular computer work. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/09/03 Wednesday 1:15 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I watched some television. I will now shut down the computer,
and I will head off to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/09/03 Wednesday 12:30 A.M.: I tweaked the system a bit,
and I freed up some space. The primary computer was scanned at Fedex in
Woodbridge, New Jersey at 10:35 P.M.. At this rate my primary computer is
going to be better traveled than most people. I put a “Sounds and Audio
Devices” icon on the desktop, so one can enable the speaker icon and microphone
quicker. For tracking with Fedex which is a long number, one can create a
desktop icon with notepad with the number in it, so one can copy and paste it
into the Fedex tracking program. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.: Everytime I boot on the Dell
backup computer, the speaker icon does not come up. I have to go to
Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices to enable it everytime I boot.
Since I leave my microphone turned off in the microphone properties of the
speaker icon, I have to turn it on when I use Net2Phone. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 11:45 P.M.: I cleaned up my email address
book. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 11:25 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 11:00 P.M.: I reinstalled the Live Express
program for the Ezonics USB camera, so it now works with the Windows 2000 drivers
and Netmeeting works now too, not that I ever use it. I put together the
Symantec post card and the Symantec CompUSA register receipt, and I will mail
it to them, so they can mail my $20 rebate. I will post it in the mail
downstairs. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 10:35 P.M.: I sifted through my email.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 10:15 P.M.: At 10 P.M. the barebones
computer that I am returning to be repaired departed on the truck from the
White Plains, New York sorting facility. It is due to arrive at Northgate
computer repairs in City of Industry, California on Monday April 14,
2003. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 10:10 P.M.: I put away the laundry. I
called back the relative, but the relative was out. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.: I enjoyed dinner. I had a
call from a relative whom I will call back after I fold my laundry
shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 9:00 P.M.: I started the dry cycle on the
laundry. I am baking a box of six Stop and Shop fish cakes in the
Farberware convection oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I
will put the homemade dill pickle and mayonnaise tartar sauce on them, and I
will have them with steamed white rice and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 8:35 P.M.: I started two loads of
laundry. I am just about ready to start the dry cycle. I put clean
sheets on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 7:40 P.M.: While cleaning up before going
out, I opened up a package of Ultra razors, and they were as dull as butter
knives. I had bought them as a discount item at Odd Job. I went
out. I brought the computer down to the car with my grocery cart. I
then went to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went
to PakMail at the Stop and Shop shopping plaza. Before mailing the
computer, I had to use the ATM machine at the Stop and Shop for a $1.50 charge
to get some extra cash. I shipped the computer at PakMail via Fedex ground
www.fedex.com
at a scale weight of 26 pounds for $2 in store service, $300 insurance coverage
for $2, plus FedEx charge of $40.92 for $44.92 total. I guess FedEx is
more expensive than UPS. I had asked for UPS, but they wrote it up on
FedEx. I was charged $26 for UPS from California when it was shipped to
me. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. Next I went
to CVS, and I bought a package of 10 Twin Blade Plus razors for $3.69 plus .22
tax for $3.91 total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
went to the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. magazine and the Greenwich
Times. I then returned home. I chatted with a friend on the
internet with the Dell backup computer using Net2Phone, and it works
fine. I moved the Royal monitor on to the desk with the AMD backup
computer, and I put the NEC monitor on the floor in the bedroom. I put
the Visioneer scanner on the Dell CPU. I restored and recreated the last
week of my Microsoft Money 2002 file, so it is on the Dell backup
computer. I checked FedEx tracking, and it was recorded at FedEx, I guess
they picked it up at 4:48 P.M. from PakMail. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 2:00 P.M.: I rested and watched television
through the early morning hours. I had a bowl of goldfish crackers and
ice tea. I was up at 12:30 P.M.. I called AccessMicro, and I
received via email a return authorization number. I packed up the
computer system in its original box with the RMA number and address on the box.
I will ship it via UPS when I go out. I will now have breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I will then clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 1:25 A.M.: I think I will try to rest a bit,
and then I will be back on a daytime schedule. I will shut down the
computer, and I will now rest. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 1:05 A.M.: I tried booting the new computer
with the PCI card and the onboard AGP again, and it still does not display
video. I have it back in the box in the bedroom ready for shipping
back. I am microwaving a Boston Market Sirloin beef tips and noodles
dinner which I will have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/08/03 Tuesday 12:05 A.M.: I moved the backup Dell computer
to where the primary computer was, and I connected it up to the primary
computer connections. I have the AMD backup computer setup up on the desk
adjacent to the primary computer setup. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/07/03 Monday 11:30 P.M.: I cleaned the snow off the
car. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/07/03 Monday 10:45 P.M.: I had some goldfish crackers and
ice tea when I woke up this morning for a while. I had a call at noon
canceling my 4 P.M. appointment. I chatted with a friend at 3 P.M.., and
I was up at 6 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I checked the mail, and I received a
noticed from Symantec for the $20 rebate, I need to send them my original
receipt. I then turned on the computer, and it was running fine. I
rebooted it, and the computer quit running properly. The primary computer
is not displaying any video. I tried the onboard AGP and the other
monitor, but still I do not get video. I checked my memory by changing
it, and I removed all the cards and plugged in devices, but still no
video. I tried clearing the CMOS, but still no video. I tried
called www.accessmicro.com
and www.syntaxusa.com,
but they were not there. Basically after checking the system, it looks
like the motherboard has malfunctioned. I disassembled the computer
leaving it as it was shipped to me, and I put it in the shipping box, so I have
it ready to return to Access Micro, once I contact them tomorrow. I
chatted with a relative. I chatted with a friend. We only had about
two inches of snow, and the roads are clear. I am posting this note with
the backup Dell Computer. I can not figure out what caused the system to
malfunction. Hopefully I will get a replacement or get if fixed
soon. I guess I will not being doing as much computer work for the next
couple of weeks. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/07/03 Monday 3:20 A.M.: I did some regular internet
work. I watched some television. I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/07/03 Monday 1:55 A.M.: To get to Lanzarote from New York
JFK, one would take http://www.iberia.com/
which would cost about $1881 round trip this time of year. Then one would
of course need accommodations on Lanzarote plus other vacation activity like
meals, so at that price quite a number of other destinations might be
considered. I can not find any cheap package tours from the Americas to
Lanzarote. I had a bowl of potato chips, seven Danish cookies, and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/07/03 Monday 1:20 A.M.: When they go on air at 9 A.M.
their time about 3 A.M. our time, one can listen to http://www.powerfmradio.com/
for what European vacation music sounds like. I think the Queen Elizabeth
II also visits Lanzarote around June. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/07/03 Monday 1:10 A.M.: It seems that http://www.lanzarote.com/
has gotten a bit built up since the only time I was there in February
1972. I still have not found out what happened to Rhone whom I met on the
island. Maybe he is still living in the two bedroom bungalow at the end
of the airport runway. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/07/03 Monday 12:15 A.M.: I changed a few CMOS settings as
suggested by http://www.mdmm.com/support/faqs/support_faqs.html
for my Mad Dog AGP 4X 64 meg video card. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 11:15 P.M.: My guest arrived after the last
message. We drove down by the waterfront. We then spent some time
at another location around the waterfront. We next returned back to my
apartment. I chatted with a relative. We watched some
television. I took the two remaining boneless chicken breasts, and I
rinsed them off in cold water. I then dried them with a paper towel. I then
took the Pyrex pie dish, and I put in a couple tablespoons of olive oil.
I rubbed both sides of the chicken in the olive oil. I seasoned both
sides with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper,
chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, and basil. Before putting
the spices on the top side, I peel and cut a medium onion in half, and I put
the halves in the pie dish. I put in about a fifth of a cup of La Choy low
sodium soy sauce over the chicken and onions before sprinkling the herbs and
seasoning on the top sides. I then spread a layer of Texas Best Barbeque
sauce on the top side of the chicken. I cooked it in the Farberware
convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. For dinner we had the
chicken with steamed white rice with the cooking juices on the rice and chicken
and steamed fresh broccoli crowns with margarine and grated parmesan cheese and
ice tea. We watched more television after dinner. My guest suggested that I put
the Buckingham Palace ceramic model on the living room window shelf underneath
the air conditioner where it is more visible, so I did. It looks much
better there. I moved the Nantucket ash tray to right side of the bureau
where the palace model was. I am charging up the Slaymaker million watt
rechargeable lantern. This morning in the middle of my sleeping, I got up
and I had a bowl of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers and ice tea. I also
put a new O Cedar sponge refill on the dishwashing wand. My guest left
about 9:30 P.M., and I went back out, and I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I drove down by
the waterfront. I just now returned home. I have a 4 P.M.
appointment tomorrow, but it might be cancelled because of the snow or
blizzard. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 5:40 P.M.: http://www.rock103.com/bin.html
Osama Bin Laden game. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 5:30 P.M.: I ran Norton Speed Disk on the C:
drive before going to bed this morning about 6 A.M.. I ran Norton Anti
Virus 2003 on the entire system while I was asleep. I had a call from a
friend whom is coming down shortly for dinner. We are suppose to have a
blizzard tomorrow with from six to twelve inches of snow. I was up at 2
P.M., and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I drove downtown by
the waterfront, and I chatted with some locals until about 5 P.M.. I am
waiting for my guest to arrive. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 4:55 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 4:10 A.M.: The Atlantic Hurricane Season is
suppose to be twice as worse than last year http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/04/05/hurricane.forecast.ap/index.html
, http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/ , http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 3:40 A.M.: It says here http://www.cunard.com/news/default.asp?View=ViewArticle&Mode=News&ContentID=2927
that both the Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mary II will depart together
from New York on April 25, 2004. I guess shortly before or a day before,
the Queen Mary II will arrive in New York on its maiden voyage. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 3:35 A.M.: The Queen Elizabeth II http://www.qe2.org.uk/itinerary.html
will be back in New York on April 23 from her around the world cruise.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 3:10 A.M.: Happy Daylight Savings Time.
We have jumped ahead an hour. I sifted through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 1:25 A.M.: For any vintage flower children http://www.beatles-discography.com/index.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/06/03 Sunday 1:15 A.M.: I have the Dell and IBM Cyrix
computers back together, and I put the IBM Cyrix back underneath the sideboard
in the bedroom. I went ahead and set my clocks and my watches ahead one
hour. I believe at 2 A.M., we spring ahead one hour. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/05/03 Saturday 11:55 P.M.: I finished the C: drive to D:
drive backup in six parts. I put the two 128 Meg Kingston memory chips
from the dumpster in my Dell backup computer, so I now have 384 megs of memory
in the Dell backup computer. I will put the two 64 meg memory chips from
the Dell in the IBM Cyrix backup, so I will have 128 megs in that
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/05/03 Saturday 10:55 P.M.: I ran Norton Clean Sweep,
Norton Disk Doctor, and Norton Win Doctor. I also did a backup with
System Restore. I will now backup the C: drive to the D: drive. This
should take about an hour. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/05/03 Saturday 10:25 P.M.: I went out, and I went by the
ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went
by CVS, and I bought a 1.5 liter of CVS mouthwash for $3.69 plus .22 tax for
$3.91 total. I then returned a DVD video disk at the Greenwich Library.
I next went to Exxon, and I bought $6.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.899
a gallon for about 21 miles per gallon. I then went to Stop and Shop, and
I bought broccoli crowns at $1.79 a pound for $2.04, Twinings five types of tea
25 bag count for $2.50, a twin pack of O�Cedar dishwashing wand refill
for $2.49, and a three pack of Christmas Tree new car scent for $1.50 for $8.77
total. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I next drove by the lower
level office building parking lot at the train station, and their construction
dumpster 40 feet long and 8 feet high is full of discarded computer
items. Since I have no room for anymore computer items in my apartment,
and since I should not be lifting heavy items, I did not try to retrieve any of
the items, most of which were damp anyway. I did pull out two 128 meg
Kingston memory chips from an open Dell computer http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/PartsInfo.asp?ktcpartno=KTD-GXA/128
which might work in my IBM Cyrix backup computer. I then drove down by
the waterfront. I next returned home. I chatted with a
relative. Shortly, I will start a C: to D: drive backup. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/05/03 Saturday 7:00 P.M.: After dinner, I had a Folgers�
50% instant decaffeinated coffee and a Folgers� 50% instant
coffee. I just finished watching the ABC evening news. I will now
clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/05/03 Saturday 6:15 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M., and I
chatted with a friend. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and supplements. I fell back to sleep until 3 P.M.. I
just finished my house cleaning and watering the plants. I will now have
the same dinner as last night. I will then clean up, and I will go out
for some damp evening activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/04/03 Friday 11:20 P.M.: I finished watching the DVD
movie. I will now shut down the computer. I will head off to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/04/03 Friday 9:05 P.M.: After dinner, I had three Danish
cookies. Instead of working on the computer tonight, I think I will watch
a DVD movie. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/04/03 Friday 8:25 P.M.: I also checked out a DVD video
disk today, and yesterday I put $10 on my laundry card. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/04/03 Friday 8:20 P.M.: I ran the first three of the four
test programs. I created a folder �test� on the desktop to
hold the test program icons and their results. I watched the ABC and the
BBC evening news. I opened up the package of four boneless chicken
breasts halves, and I rinsed all four in water and I dried them, and I put two
in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. I then put about four
tablespoons of olive oil in the Pyrex pie dish, and I rubbed both sides of the
two halves of chicken breasts in it. I seasoned both sides with Old Bay
seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat
seasoning, Italian spices, oregano, and basil. On the top side on each half, I
put two chopped gloves of garlic, and then I covered them with a layer of Texas
Best barbeque sauce. I then sprinkled on a few dashes of McIlhenny Co.
Tabasco pepper sauce and a couple of tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy
sauce and a fifth cup of Rene Junot white wine and a couple of tablespoons of
Borden lemon juice. I am cooking the chicken in the Farberware convection
oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I will have one of the
barbeque chicken Florentine breasts with steamed white rice and steamed fresh
broccoli crowns and cuts asparagus with grated parmesan cheese and ice
tea. Dinner with be ready in about 15 minutes. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/04/03 Friday 5:40 P.M.: I watched television news until
about 6 A.M. this morning. I was up at 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I first went by Pickwick Shoe
repair at the Stop and Shop plaza. I dropped off my SAS shoes to have the
plastic heel wear preventers put on. I paid the $4.25 charge ahead of
time. I was told they would be ready by closing at 3 P.M.. I then went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought an Arora Compact Office Paper
Shredder with waste basket which sold at Bradlees for $35 for $5. I then
went downtown, and I sat out for a while. It was a cold and damp day, so
I did not walk. I then drove by the waterfront. I next went back to
pick up my shoes a little bit before 3 P.M.. Now my SAS shoes should last
even longer. Of course the more one wears them, the more often one might
have to replace the heel wear preventers on them. I then went to the Greenwich
Library, and I read the Greenwich Times, and I read PC Shopper. In PC
Shopper, they mentioned the best value buy on a computer system is http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/home.htm,
however I can not find the particular model they mentioned. They also
recommended in the article about building one�s own PC to use the PC
test programs available from http://www.download.com/ �Hot CPU
Tester Pro� http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=Hot+CPU+Tester+Pro&tg=dl-20&search=+Go%21+
, �PCMark2002� http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=PCMark2002&tg=dl-2001&search=+Go%21+
, �SANDRA Standard 2002� http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=Sandra+Standard+2002&tg=dl-2001&search=+Go%21+
, and �ToolStar Test� http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=ToolStar+Test&tg=dl-2001&search=+Go%21+
. I next returned home, and I installed the paper shredder in the bedroom
underneath the side board in front of the Slaymaker jumpstart system. It will
shred up to five sheets of regular paper, and one turns it to �Auto�
to shred, and reverse if it should jam. Of course one should make sure there
are no staples in the paper. It works just fine. I will next check
out the four test programs. CIO
End of
Scott’s Notes week of 04/04/03:
Note:
<888> 04/04/03 Friday 1:15 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now send out my weekly computer notes. I will then
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed directly after that.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/04/03 Friday 12:40 A.M.: I went out, and I mailed the letter
to a relative at the Valley Road Post Office. I bought five U.S.A. flag
stamps at 37 cents each for $1.85 total from the post office vending
machine. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out
briefly. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the
Food Emporium. I bought eight 13 ounce bags of Food Emporium Hazlenut
100% Arabica beans for $2.59 a bag, a five ounce bottle of McIlhenny Co.
Tabasco pepper sauce for $2.99, a quart of Borden lemon juice for $2.79, two six
ounce cans of Chicken of the Sea shrimp for $1.49 each, and boneless breast of
chicken cutlets for $1.99 a pound for $4.28 for $33.76 total. I next
returned home, and I put away my purchases. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/03/03 Thursday 10:15 P.M.: I wrote a letter to a
relative. I am going out to mail it now. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/03/03 Thursday 9:00 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/03/03 Thursday 7:45 P.M.: I am preparing the same dinner
as last night. It will be ready in ten minutes. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/03/03 Thursday 7:15 P.M.: I had a bowl of goldfish
crackers and ice tea midway through the night last night. I was up at 10
A.M. this morning. I watched President Bush’s speech at Camp La Juene,
North Carolina. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice,
vitamins, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by the
Valley Road post office, and I mailed first class the five CDs to a relative
for $2.90 postage. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue.
I next drove down by the waterfront. I then made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I gave two people at my 3 P.M. appointment copies of the �Greatest
Hits of the War Years, 1945�. I next went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by at CVS, and I
bought two 14.7 ounce bottles of Sunlight lemon dishwashing detergent buy one
get one free for $1.79 both plus .11 tax for a $1.90 total. With my CVS card, I
got a $2 off coupon for pain relievers, so I bought a 50 tablet bottle of CVS
generic Tylenol equivalent on sale for $3.49 less the $2 off coupon for $1.49
total. I stopped by Charles Stuttig Locksmith, and I bought a secret item
for $4 plus .24 tax for $4.24 total. I noticed there for $6 they have the
leather squeeze octagon change purses like my grandfather use to use, and I use
to get at Wagner�s. Next time I need a change purse I will get one
there. They are hard to fine. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by Pickwick Shoe repair at the Stop and Shop
shopping plaza, and they can install hard plastic heel wear preventers for about
$4 a pair of shoes. I will take my SAS shoes to have them put on
tomorrow. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 12 roll
package of thousand sheet rolls of Scott toilet paper for $5, two half gallons
of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $1.79 each, three boxes of
S&S margarine for $2 all, a five pound bag of S&S sugar for $2.49, a
quart jar of Hellmann�s mayonnaise for $4.19, a quart jar of B&G
whole kosher dill pickles for $2.69, a 10 ounce bar of Sargento Vermont extra
sharp cheddar cheese for $2.50, two boxes of S&S fish cakes for $1.59 each
box, two boxes of S&S fish sticks for $1.50 each box, a 42 ounce container
of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $3.99, a ten pack box of S&S dried milk
for $6.49, two pounds of onions for $1.79, a dozen extra large eggs $1.79, two
packages of two General Electric bent tip 15 watt frosted bulbs $2.23 each package
of two for $47.72 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/02/03 Wednesday 11:15 P.M.: I finished my regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.
CIO
Note:
<888> 04/02/03 Wednesday 10:55 P.M.: I sifted through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/02/03 Wednesday 10:15 P.M.: I burned five 2 cd copies of
the Greatest Hits of the War Years 1945, and I put them in cases with
labels. I held each two cd copy together with a rubber band. While
doing this, I listened to a bit of television. I chatted with a friend
and a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/02/03 Wednesday 7:25 P.M.: I cut the filet of salmon in
half into about a .6 pound piece. I rinsed it in water, and I put in the
Pyrex pie dish with about a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine and three
tablespoons of Borden lemon juice. I soaked the top side and placed it
skin side down in the liquid. I seasoned it with Old Bay seasoning,
Italian spices, basil, and oregano, and I put on three pads of margarine. I
cooked it in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20
minutes. I served it with the cooking juices. I also had steamed white rice
with the fish cooking juices and steamed fresh broccoli crowns with steamed
fresh cut asparagus with margarine and grated parmesan cheese along with ice
tea. I watched the ABC evening news, and I am now watching the BBC evening
news. I will now start burning five two disk copies of the
�Greatest Hits of the War Years, 1945�. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/02/03 Wednesday 6:05 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M., and I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplement, and I did not have the coffee I made since the milk I put in it was
spoiled and curdled. I turned the refrigerator to the colder setting of
4. I cleaned up, and I went out. I first went by Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I next went to the Greenwich Hospital outpatient
clinic to see the dermatologist. They have a crane with a wrecking ball tearing
down the center back section of the old Greenwich Hospital to make way for the
construction of the new Thomas and Olive Watson pavilion. They have built
a passage way to get from the Helmsley Pavilion to the South Wing, but at the
moment one still walks through the ground floor of the old middle section which
is under demolition. I suppose once they get to demolishing the front
ground floor hallway; they will not let one walk through that way anymore. The
dermatologist told me that the new mole on my back is harmless, and I do not
have any new melanomas like the one that I had removed from my back about five
years ago. I next had a cup of coffee at the Greenwich Hospital cafeteria
for 87 cents. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I
chatted with an audiophile, and they were playing the �Greatest Hits of
the War Years, 1945� at the time, and he said he liked the music, so I
gave him the copy I had in the car, I was about to mail to a relative. I told
him I would help him out if he needed any other recordings. I will make
extra copies tonight to send to the relative and have available to give away. I
next went to the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained money orders to
pay my Cablevision and Optimum Online. I had a special contract with
Optimum Online for the last two years to get the Cable Modem service for $29.95
a month, but now that contract has expired, so I now am paying $44.95 a
month. Since I was averaging $70.40 a month for computer and internet
access for the last 150 months, I can now add $15 more to that average, and I
also will be paying $47.25 a month for cablevision, thus my total media costs
per month are $132.65 on average, which is quite a lot on my limited
income. Still the computers and internet activity is what I do all the
time in my spare time, and since I have invested all this time and money in the
activity, I plan to continue with it. I next walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the
local newspaper. While I was just about to leave another patron hit the low
parking barrier rail which is to the left as one enters the east parking
area. I have seen several other people hit it and damage their
cars. I think the library should place some sort of bumper on the rail,
so people do not damage their cars when they can not see the low parking
barrier rail. I next went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought filet of
salmon at $4.99 a pound for $6.11 and broccoli crowns at $1.79 a pound for
$2.38 for $8.49 total. I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I
bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I just now
returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/01/03 Tuesday 10:55 P.M.: I called Symantec about the $30
upgrade rebate and the $20 rebate on the Norton System Works 2003 and Norton
Internet Security 2003 bundle I bought for $70 from CompUSA just before New
Years. They said one was paid in mid February, which I should have
received, and they say the other was missing some sort of verification.
As I remember, on the $30 upgrade rebate, I send a copy of the previous version
manual cover and UPC code, and on the $20 rebate, I sent the product star
requested from the package inside flap. I left my number on the automated
system, and they are suppose to call me back within 24 hours. The CompUSA
rebate sight says my $30 rebate on the PNY 256 Meg. 2100 memory chip I bought
10 days ago is being processed. I did some regular computer work. I
will now shut down the system, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/01/03 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.: I sifted through my email.
I put Microsoft Messenger 5.0 on the computer. I watched the Channel 21
presentation at 9 P.M. of Mrs. Pataki�s presentation on the
governor�s Albany, New York mansion. There is a lot of history in
those old bricks. I only live about 100 yards from New York state, so
unlike other people in Connecticut, I feel a certain kinship with my New York
neighbors. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/01/03 Tuesday 8:40 P.M.: I chatted with another
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/01/03 Tuesday 8:30 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I
had two scoops of Starbuck�s cappuccino ice cream. I put five CDs
including the �Greatest Hits of the War Years 1945 two CD collection in
a mailer to mail to a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/01/03 Tuesday 7:05 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives. For dinner, I had a Stouffer�s home-style meatloaf
dinner along with ice tea. I just watched the ABC evening news, and I am
now watching the BBC evening news. CIO
Note:
<888> 04/01/03 Tuesday 4:35 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I next went by First Union Bank of
Connecticut on Havameyer Place, and I paid my rent. I then went by the
Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained money orders to pay my GEICO automobile
insurance, my Verizon telephone bill, and I also sent $12.50 to the American
Association of Retired Persons to renew my annual membership which includes a
seniors discount card and their magazine. I went by the Merry Go Round
Mews thrift shop, and I bought a six inch Dutch Delft style ceramic shoe made
in China for $3. I sat out for a while downtown. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and
I bought for $20 the Buckingham Palace one square foot by about two inches high
ceramic model made in China by the Danbury mint for their �Palaces of
the British Monarchy� collection. They were playing the CD
collection the �Greatest Hits of the War Years� while I was
there. I next had an appointment at the Greenwich Hospital outpatient department
with a general practioner, and it went fine. I have another appointment
tomorrow afternoon to see a dermatologist about a new mole on my back and a
skin scan. I also have an appointment in the middle of April for a
physical. Since we had snow showers, I did not walk the Avenue today. I
next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times, the Wall
Street Journal, and the Economist magazine. I returned home. I put
the Buckingham Palace model on the right side of the bureau in the living room
next to the day bed, where I had the Buckingham Palace candy tin. I put
the Candy tin in the right side bookcases in the hallway with the Dutch shoe,
and I put the million watt rechargeable beacon light on top of the back of the
HP LaserJet IID printer. I had a bowl of goldfish crackers and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/31/03 Saturday 11:20 P.M.: I answered a telephone
survey about Connecticut politics over the telephone this evening. In the
mail today, I had a recall notice from Hyundai about needing to inspect my 1999
Hyundai Accent for a cracked exhaust manifold. It said if they need to
replace, it they will replace it free, and they are putting a ten year warranty
on the exhaust manifold. I will check with Norwalk Hyundai to see if they
inspected the exhaust manifold when I was up there for the 35,000 mile
maintenance check up two weeks ago. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/31/03 Saturday 11:10 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the
Greenwich Library, and I bought $5.80 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a
gallon for about 30 miles per gallon. I then went downtown, and I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought a bag of Snyder's sourdough pretzels for $1.50,
boneless center cut pork chops at $2.99 a pound for $4.13, a head of
cauliflower for $2.49, and a bulb of garlic at $2.69 a pound for .43 for $8.55
total. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/31/03 Saturday 8:20 P.M.: I watched some television
after the last message last night. I had some Carr's crackers. I
had a telephone call from a relative about 9 A.M. this morning. I was up
at noon, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 5
P.M.. I had a six ounce can of Council crab meat which I made into two
crab meat sandwiches with two tablespoons of low fat Hellmann's mayonnaise
which I had with ice tea. I put in a new 38 watt 12 inch circular
florescent bulb in the bathroom light fixture above the bathroom sink. I
did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I installed a new Hawaiian
Breeze oil scent Glade plug-in in the kitchen. I will now clean up and go
out for a drive. It is raining outside lightly. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 11:45 P.M.: I had three pieces of Swiss
Cheese 1/4 inch thick by 2 inches by 1.5 inches. The temperature low in
St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday was 44 degrees Fahrenheit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=St.+Petersburg%2C+Russia
. I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch a bit of television
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 11:05 P.M.: It looks to me like some
cadet has put a bit of ice water over the weather station, since http://www.usma.edu/dops/GraduationWeek2003.htm
. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=West+Point%2C+New+York
says it is 64 degrees Fahrenheit right now. Of course, it so long since I
have been there, they might have moved it up to Canada or Alaska who
knows. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 10:55 P.M.: For some odd reason, it
says it is 31.4 degrees Fahrenheit at West Point right now http://www.dean.usma.edu/geo/weather/weather.htm .
Maybe it is cooler up in those hills about 40 miles away. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 10:40 P.M.: I had two scoops of Edy's
low fat low sugar strawberry vanilla swirl ice cream with three large rinsed
California strawberries that I quartered lengthwise along with a glass of ice
tea. On my Bellwether Portfolio index it is meant for tracking the stock
market performance. It is not meant to outperform the market, like a
serious investor would try to do. Thus when the market goes up it goes
up, and when the market goes down it goes down. That is the nature of an
index. Tomorrow on Saturday May 31, at the United States of America
Military Academy at West Point, New York http://www.usma.edu/ they will hold graduation
exercises, and the Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney will address
the Class of 2003 http://www.usma.edu/dops/GraduationWeek2003.htm
. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=West+Point%2C+New+York
calls for late morning showers, so more than likely the ceremonies will be held
at Michie Stadium unless severe weather should develop, in which case the
ceremonies are held in Eisenhower Hall, which are limited to guests of the
class of 2003. Needless to say, I will probably be sleeping and getting
up around noon and doing my house cleaning. Since it might be raining
later Saturday afternoon, I will try to make it out to people watch depending
on the weather. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 10:00 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. They're blocking the Court Circular again. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 9:35 P.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I checked out a DVD video disk, but I just remembered that I have
seen it on television before. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I stopped
by the Senior Arts Center to use the bathroom, and I bought a lottery ticket on
a quilt raffle for a dollar. I then drove down by the waterfront. I
then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four 12.5 ounce Stouffer's Lean
Cuisine chicken and mushroom dinners for $1.69 each for $6.76 total. I
just returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 6:30 P.M.: Dinner was enjoyable.
I will now go out again. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 6:25 P.M.: If one wants to track
Scott's Bellwether Portfolio index in Microsoft's Investor Portfolio at http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp
, one can download it at http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scopor01.zip
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 6:05 P.M.: I went through my
email. I am microwaving a Stouffer's 15 ounce lean cuisine Salisbury
steak dinner, which I will have shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 5:30 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then drove
down by the waterfront. Judging from the sky, it looked like it was going
to rain, so I did not walk Greenwich Avenue. Generally this time of year
when it starts to get warmer, we get heat storms, which generally means a
shower about 4:30 P.M. in the afternoon. I went to the Greenwich Library,
and I read Scientific America and the Greenwich Times. http://www.country-living.com/
is listing in the Greenwich Times a 2 bedroom apartment at the stately
Greenwich Lodge for $615,000. Of course there would probably also be a
maintenance charge of a couple thousand dollars a month too. For downtown
living comfort for individuals, the Greenwich Lodge is about the best apartment
complex, since it is older, it has more spacious grounds near the Greenwich Hospital
and convenient to downtown if one does not mind all the traffic.
There was an article about computers in Scientific America. I just now
returned home after the rain storm while I was at the library, and the sun is
now out. I had three slices of Swiss cheese and some ice tea.
CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 05/30/03:
Note:
<888> 05/30/03 Friday 1:25 P.M.: I was up at noon, and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/03 Thursday 11:00 P.M.: I went through my email,
and I did some regular computer work. I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/03 Thursday 10:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/03 Thursday 9:55 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I had two scoops of Edy's low fat low sugar strawberry vanilla
swirl ice cream with three large California strawberries that I rinsed in cold
water, and I sliced lengthwise into quarters. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/03 Thursday 9:15 P.M.: I went back out, and I
drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with a local, and some of the
regular fishermen were down by the waterfront. At sunset, the Indian
Harbor Yacht Club http://www.indianharboryc.com with its weather
page at http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm fired
its small signal cannon to signal sunset. I hope the young dock boys whom
fire the signal cannon have learned how to clean it properly and polish it,
because like all artillery pieces, they can explode if not properly
maintained. I then sat out downtown briefly. I just now returned
home, and I had ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/03 Thursday 7:05 P.M.: Well, it is a warm
evening, so I think I will go downtown and people watch. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/03 Thursday 6:55 P.M.: The Times of London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
has made the Register and the Court Circular free again, so I guess they
decided that knowing the Queen and her family's business should be free for the
general public to know. I enjoy keeping an eye on them, since it was
probably her relatives that threw us out of there about 400 years ago, and
since I still speak English, I feel it is important to keep and eye on their
activities in the English speaking language, but I am sure my Dutch and French
relatives good not give a hoot. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/03 Thursday 6:35 P.M.: Windows update tried to
install the 811493 security update which slows down the system significantly,
so I declined to install it. I had the same scallop dinner as the night
before last, but this time in the olive oil garlic wine herb juices I cooked
the scallops in, I added a small bit of lemon juice, and I had sliced green
squash instead of yellow squash. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/29/03 Thursday 5:40 P.M.: I was up at 11 P.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. They are
closed for renovation, but they are suppose to be back open tomorrow. I
then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the Greenwich Times. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought two Stouffer's Lean Cuisine 15 ounce Salisbury steak dinners and two 15
ounce Lean Cuisine Turkey dinners for $1.69 each for $6.76 total. I then
went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights
100s for $31 total. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 11:25 P.M.: I can not read the Times
of London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
Court Circular now, since it seems to be now part of the subscription package
that one has to pay for. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go
to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 11:15 P.M.: When my roommate and I
left Nantucket in October 1978, a couple weeks before while I was still working
at the Languedoc restaurant and after I had the new clutch put in the Subaru, I
bought a surf casting rod blank that split in half. I put on the
ferrules, and I bought a reel and line at the tackle shop that was next to the
A&P. Once I had it assembled, I went out with another friend to the
south shore of the island by Lyon Farm Road where the old Navy Quonset hut was,
and that evening I caught 78 blue fish and two striped bass. I filleted
them on the beach, and I sold the filets to the Languedoc restaurant for about
fifty cents a pound. Needless to say at that point I though fishing was
easy, but it was beginners luck. On the first trip to the west coast, the
surf casting rod fit into the Subaru, since it split in half. When I
first arrived in Laguna, I would try fishing just north of Dana Point near
where we staying. I went to a tackle shop, and I bought some clear primer
and lacquer. I then wrapped both halves of the blank fishing pole
entirely with some of the Heminway thread I bought at Hood Sails in Nantucket
that came from Steamboat Road in Greenwich that the previous summer, I had used
to make my blue canvas nap sack. After, I wrapped it entirely, I
coated it with about four layers of lacquer, but I only waited two days between
coats and lightly sanding it with fine steel sand paper. After if was
finished, and it looked like a very strong fishing rod, the lacquer bubbled
because it had not dried properly in the damp California ocean
atmosphere. Anyway in my trips up and down the coast of California in the
two different cars, I would always have my surf casting rod with me. I
would frequently try my hand at fishing in San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna
Beach, Huntington Beach, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Carmel, and my favorite
location was Surf, California just north of Point Conception just north of
Santa Barbara just west of Vandenberg Air Force Base. There was a small
train station depot there that said Surf, California. In all the fishing
attempts, I never even go a nipple, I guess the surf drops off too fast.
Needless to say on election day in 1980, when Ronald Reagan won by a land
slide, I was low on money, so I traded my surf casting rod and reel at the
Santa Barbara Royal Dutch Shell gasoline station on the highway running through
town for $10 in gasoline, and I drove south to Laguna. I have never
fished since then. I can not remember if I kept the yellow plastic tackle
box with the Hopkins lures from St. Louis, Missouri that worked so well out in
Nantucket. Since I sold the Volvo at the end of that trip in California,
more than likely since I did not have the surf casting rod, I would not have brought
back the tackle box or other heavier items like tools on the jet back to the
east coast, so either I ditched them, left it at the Shell station, or left it
and other items in the Volvo that I sold. I used the surf casting rod
down in the Florida Keys and Daytona and at Junes Beach, and I would have had
it in Nantucket in the spring of 1979, but I did not return back to Nantucket
as I recall until the spring of 1983 after finishing the garage apartment and
going to Norway. I might have gone out to Nantucket briefly in the summer
of 1979 with the same friend before the trip to California, but I can not
recall whether I did or not. I recall the last time I was in Nantucket
was around the summer of 1987 with another friend for a few day visit. CIO
Note: <888>
05/28/03 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.: I think in the spring of 1979, my
friend and I also went up to Nantucket for about a month. We bought four
hundred dollars of carpentry tools, which we used to do some carpentry up
there. I used some of them on the playroom in Chestnut Hill, in the fall
of 1979, and I believe I sold some of them in Carmel on the trip out there on
my own in the fall of 1979, and I use some of them and more that I bought for
the garage apartment in Long Island in 1982 and 1983, and I eventually gave
them to my brother in law in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania; since the arthritis
bothered me so much. I think I used them down there for another project,
and I used them once again on Long Island some time later to cut an opening
from the main house to the garage apartment bathroom to connect them and frame
in a door and put in steps. As I recall, there was not too much activity
at that time in computers out in California, and other than terminals at the
University of California of Santa Cruz computer lab, I did not have access to
any. There were quite a few people in Santa Cruz from Nantucket, so maybe
some of them possibly were from Wood's Hole oceanographic institute monitoring
Mount St. Helens before it erupted. I did not hear about it being active
while out there, but then again I did not see much media. I remember a
lot of people wearing Bog Whan metals around their necks. On the last trip in
the Volvo, the University of California at Santa Cruz had about 2,000 vintage
Volvos on campus, and the Royal Swedish symphony was in residence on campus,
and I believe the King of Sweden was touring San Francisco.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 9:55 P.M.: On the first trip to
California in October of 1978, I mentioned that the gasoline attendant at the
gas station in Midland, Texas did not close my hood properly on the 1971 yellow
Subaru wagon, so it flew up when I went back on the highway, and it put a long
double cracker the full length of the windshield. While touring the west
coast beach resorts on that trip, I also went to about a dozen junkyards
looking for a replacement windshield. I think as I recall when I returned
back east on the first trip after the lousy weather across country, I found a
junk yard on the west side of Fort Lauderdale that had lots of junked Subarus
of that vintage. Apparently Howard Hughes had designed the original
Subaru, and it when it first came out, it had been test driven in large numbers
at a track in Fort Lauderdale. As I recall, I traded for a windshield and
a air conditioning system my Panasonic waterproof floating radio that I had
bought in Nantucket a couple of summers before. I installed the
windshield right away, and that upcoming Christmas while in Greenwich house
sitting for a friend of my mother's I installed the air conditioning system in
the Subaru. However, it never worked since it had a leak in the
system. Also in the trip to California that I flew into John Wayne
airport, I think I also flew into Monterey airport from John Wayne airport and
from there flew into Santa Barbara airport before returning to John Wayne or
Las Angeles airport. I think I replaced the Subaru starter motor in Port
Washington, Long Island when I was staying there in the winter of 1980. I
recall I also drove up to the Canadian border that winter, and I bought my
limit of duty free liquor, and I returned via Lake Placid before arriving back
in New Canaan, Connecticut. The problem with flying to California is that
without a credit card, they will not rent you a car even if one has the
money. In touring areas when I traveled instead of eating at fast food
restaurants which we did occasionally we usually ate out of grocery
stores. Since the dairy sections were easy to fine, we usually drank
orange juice or milk, and ate Colby cheese and yogurt. Once in Santa
Barbara when we were on the last trip, I was low on funds, so I tried to steal
a package of two filet mignons from a grocery store there to cook on a beach
grill, but I was caught, and I spent several days in jail, until my bail was
wired from Manhattan. Another time when the Volvo needed an oil change in
Carmel, I walked out of a grocery store with four quarts of Castrol oil, but I
was not caught. Basically in my travels, I stayed very honest. I
think on the trip to California with the Subaru in the fall of 1979 with my
friend, we were in Malibu on Labor Day weekend, and we saw a lot of people at
the beach which was very festive, and we tried to go to the Getty Museum, but
it was closed, so we drove down to Laguna Beach. Also while around Santa
Cruz, California we would make side trips to Palo Alto, California and spend
time at Stamford University. On the last trip to California in the Volvo,
we picked up a Key Palm coconut in Key West, and they sprayed it at the
California border. We left it outside the Stamford University botanical
gardens entrance in case they wanted to grow it. I hope we did not cause
the med fly invasion. I think once or twice we toured Belle Air,
California, and it sort of looked a bit like Greenwich or Palm Beach. A
number of times we drove the Pacific Coast highway between San Luis Esposito
and Carmel, which is easy to do in a small car. We did not have that many
deluxe meals. On my own, I ate restaurant meals at the restaurant at the
Hyatt in L'Haina. I think we ate at a steak house in Carmel, where I
stayed twice at the Normandy Inn, and I believe we ate once at a good
restaurant in Laguna across from the Laguna Hotel. Also when I was robbed
in New York before the last trip, we also ate that night with my friend's
mother in SoHo. I had my identification stolen when I was robbed
including a United States passport which according to American Express ended up
in Amsterdam before I was ever there. Thus the bulk of about 70% of the
traveling funds were stolen from me that night. Thus all those trips were
basically done on a shoe string budget and wing and a prayer. We
frequently when traveling used college facilities to clean up and shower and
would relax reading in the library. I remembering seeing lots of
traveling craft fairs around colleges and Jane Fonda always seemed to be
speaking. On the last trip in Santa Barbara, we bought an inexpensive
sleeping bag to sleep under over the reclining seats in the Volvo since it was
cold at night in the mountains east of Santa Barbara. I always thought
that there might be Mountain Lions around. We never did pay the fee for
the campgrounds since they were always empty, and it was out of season.
We frequently would grill on the campground grills or some of the public beach
grills. The campgrounds usually had hot showers and toilets. Since
there was so much traffic in Las Angeles, we did not try touring it. We
did tour Huntington Beach and the Long Beach areas, and I think we made several
trips to San Franciso after our original trip. I remember once viewing
the rare book collection in the old Episcopal Church on Nob Hill. On the
first trip across country a pope died, and while we were touring the Santa
Barbara Mission, it was announced that John Paul II had been elected Pope,
although neither of us was catholic, it was amusing. A number of times in
Florida and California we would stop at Farmer's Market or stalls to get fresh
food to eat. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 8:55 P.M.: In my life time, I have
made five trips to the west coast of the United States of America. The
first was in October of 1978, after working in restaurants and house painting
in Nantucket that summer, I bought a 1971 yellow Subaru station wagon, and I
put a new clutch in it. My roommate, and I left Nantucket, and we stopped
by mother's in Greenwich, and then we started west. We visited my middle
sister in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. We stopped by my youngest sister's in
Chicago, and then we visited my grandparents in Champaign, Illinois, and then
we visited my eldest sister in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We then drove down
towards Arizona, and we visited the Grand Canyon, and we eventually arrived in
San Diego. The first week to rest, we stayed in a motel in south Laguna
Beach. We then drove up north along the coast highway through Santa
Barbara, Carmel, and Santa Cruz. We arrived in San Francisco on Columbus
Day, and the who city was closed to vehicle traffic since the Queen of Spain
was there. I noticed the American railroad society convention was going
on in the Hyatt Hotel. We toured San Francisco and the waterfront.
We then headed back south to Carmel and down to Laguna Beach. We stayed
at camp grounds west of San Juan Capistrano in the mountains. For a
couple weeks before Thanksgiving we delivered telephone books in Laguna.
We stay in a motel on Laguna Beach for a couple weeks, and on Thanksgiving Day
we were evicted for non payment of rent, since the telephone book job had not
paid us yet. I remember taking the cooked turkey out of the oven at the
motel, and we ate it on the beach where the Ritz Carlton is now located in
Laguna Beach. The following day we got our pay for delivering telephone
books, so we headed back east through Las Vegas. I remember hearing
Tsunami warnings for the west coast of California on the radio. We drove
from Las Vegas, Nevada to Salt Lake City, Utah, and we cleaned up at the
University of Utah gymnasium. We then started driving east into the Rocky
Mountains. Once we were at altitude it started snowing heavily. We
kept going in the blizzard through out the night, and there were only a few
stopping areas along the way. The next day we kept driving through the
blizzard reaching Vail, Colorado. We drove back west looking for a room,
but we could not find a cheap one. We then pulled over in Dillon,
Colorado, and I went through a tire dump at a Sears, and I found two good
Continental snow tires with studs for the car. I went to an Amoco
gasoline station in Vail, and I had them put on the front of the front wheel
drive Subaru. We then were able to make it through the blizzard over
Eisenhower Pass down to Denver. We spent the night at the Denver airport,
and I called a second cousin in Chicago who had a condo in Vail, and he thought
I was nuts for driving in that weather. We rested the following day
touring Denver, and after another night at the airport, we headed east over the
great plains in an ice storm with a layer of ice on the highway. Around
six hours west of Russell, Kansas we found a garage to repair a leaking
radiator hose. That morning around sunrise we stopped by Russell, Kansas,
and the famous coffee shop there was closed that early in the morning. We
drove east taking a diagonal route in Oklahoma down to Tulsa, where my sister
was, and we knocked on her door in the middle of the evening on a Sunday
night. She did not recognize us, and she thought we were tramps, so she
gave us some money and sent us on our way. When we reached Arkansas and Louisiana
there was a lot of flooding, and in the Florida pan handle, there were
tornados. We eventually reached Key West, and there was a Hurricane Watch
on, so after that first trip, I was determined the United States of America has
the worst weather in the world. We eventually stayed for about a week at
my friend's sister's apartment in Daytona Beach, Florida, before returning
north for Christmas in Greenwich and Long Island. We then went back down
to Daytona Beach for the winter after Christmas for the winter of 1979 with
various side trips around Florida. When we returned north, we stayed at
my mother's whom was recently married and had vacated an apartment in Greenwich
that we used for about six weeks. Around August 1, 1979, we drove up to
Nantucket, and after a few days in Nantucket, we went to Hanover, New
Hampshire, and we stayed there for a few days. We then went to Montreal
and after touring Montreal, we went to Toronto and after touring Toronto, we
drove down to Chicago to my youngest sister's. We then visited my
grandparents again in Champaign, Illinois. We then drove west on Route
70, and we spent a night at a camp ground in the Rockies, and then we drove
over the same road in the summer that we had driven through in the blizzard the
previous winter. This time, we headed west from Salt Lake City to Reno
and passing over the Sierra Nevadas, we encountered snow in August in Truckee,
California. We stopped by briefly at Squaw Valley, California arriving in
San Francisco, and then going down to Santa Cruz, California and Carmel,
California. We toured up and down the coast as far south as San Diego
with stops at all the different coast beach resorts like San Diego, La Hoya,
San Clemente, Laguna, Santa Barbara, Carmel, and Santa Cruz. We stayed in
camp grounds in the mountains east of San Juan Capistrano and around Santa
Barbara, and we also stayed on the grounds of the University of California at
Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz. As I recall we spent a bit of time out
there, and we then drove back in October going east from Laguna to Las Vegas
and back over to Salt Lake City and through the Rockies in fairer weather, and
we toured Colorado Springs, and then drove east to Champaign, Illinois, and we
visited my grandparents again, and then back to the New York area and Long
Island. For about six weeks that fall, I built a playroom in the basement
of my sister's house in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and then I drove out to
California on my own. It was probably in mid November, I left Chestnut
Hill, and I then visited my grandparents again in Champaign, Illinois for the
last time, and I drove west on Route 80 to Denver, and then I went north to
Laramie, Wyoming not wanting to drive through the higher Rockies. I drove
from their to Salt Lake City to San Francisco, and then to Santa Cruz,
California where another friend was. I visited the campus at the
University of California at Santa Cruz. I spent some time around Carmel,
and I think I went down to Laguna for a while. I was in San Francisco at
the San Francisco airport at the Pan AM VIP lounge when a lot of passengers
left on the Shang Hai clipper to Shang Hai, China starting the Pan AM clipper
service again to China. I remember a Mrs. Honeywell from Wellesley,
Massachusetts had signed the guest book. The government then went on
alert because of the Iran Hostage rescue situation in the Iranian desert, so I
drove south to Arizona and across the country east on Route 10. I picked
up to hitchhikers in New Mexico from Greenwich. We stopped in Fort Apache,
Texas to get gasoline, and I gave one of the hitchhikers the money to pay for
the gas, but he must have pocketed it, because I was stopped by the police down
the road. I was arrested for not paying for the gasoline at a Texaco
gasoline station, and the two hitchhikers took off. I spent the night in
jail, and I called my Uncle in Dallas, and I was set free the next morning when
I paid for the gasoline. I then drove east, and I toured San Antonio and
the Alamo. I drove into Kelly air force base to see what was happening
with the alert, and all the troops were carrying automatic weapons. I
checked with the operations center to see if it was safe to travel. Along
Route 10 there were a lot of Department of Defense stickers on cars, and I had
seen important government officials in San Francisco airport. I also
stopped at Tucson airport. I eventually drove into Florida and down to
Key West. I spent about a week or two there sleeping in my car at the Key
West airport and enjoying the community. One problem with the Subaru was
the starter motor quit working about the second trip to California, so it had
to push started whenever I started it, which without the hills in California
was sort of a pain. I also had a broken windshield which I think I
fixed with a replacement one from a junk yard in Fort Lauderdale. The
windshield was originally broken when the gasoline station attendant in
Midland, Texas on the first trip did not close the hood all the way. However, I
might have replaced the windshield after the second trip. Anyway, I then
drove north, and I stayed out in Port Washington, Long Island at a friend's
father's house and New Canaan, Connecticut at my mother's house. Around
the fourth of July weekend in 1980, I was with my family and the Bush group in
Kennebunkport, when George Bush got the vice presidential nomination.
When I returned to New Canaan, I left the Subaru at the Greenwich Country Club,
and I caught and airport limousine to La Guardia airport, and I flew out to
John Wayne airport in Newport Beach, California. I spent a couple of
weeks in Laguna vacationing at the beach staying alternate nights at an
inexpensive motel and staying up all night the other alternate nights. I
also flew up to San Francisco, and I visited with a friend in Santa Cruz.
I then went back to Laguna, and I flew from Las Angeles to Hawaii to Maui, and
I stayed for about 10 days at the Hyatt in L'Haina. I did not leave the
hotel, and I had a good time swimming in the pool and using the hotel
facilities. I then flew from Maui to Hawaii, and I took a taxi cab ride
out to Pearl Harbor which was quite expensive. I then returned from
Hawaii to San Jose, California airport, and I spent the Labor Day weekend with
a fourth generation Californian in Santa Cruz, California whom had gone to
MIT. I caught up with my friend there, and then I stayed in Carmel,
California for a while. I then flew from Monterey airport to Laguna
Beach, and after about a week there, I flew back to New York, and I came out to
Greenwich, and I picked up the Subaru at the Greenwich Country Club, and I
returned to New Canaan. I then spent some time in New Canaan.
Towards the end of September, I was robbed of traveling funds, so with
remaining funds, I bought at John Delia Subaru in Greenwich, a 1974 2 door Burgundy
Volvo for $1,700, and I gave them the Subaru which was worn out. Then the
same friend and I drove out to Provincetown, Massachusetts and then we drove up
to Hanover, New Hampshire and up to Montreal. We then drove over to
Toronto and down the New York thruway back to New York. We toured the
various locations in that phase of the trip. We then kept driving down to
Florida, and we drove down the east coast of Florida stopping for a while in
Palm Beach, before spending a couple of days in Key West. We then drove
up the west coast of Florida, and we went west of Route 10 to San Diego,
California in rather hot weather, since the Volvo did not have air
conditioning. We returned back to Laguna, and we then drove up to Santa
Cruz, and we visited with another friend. We spent quite a bit of time in
Santa Barbara, and we stayed in a campground next to Ronald Reagan's ranch
touring the area in the daytime. We also spent some time in Carmel.
Around election day when it looked like Reagan was going to win, we stopped by
the Montecito Inn south of Santa Barbara, and I ran into a lawyer from
Greenwich that worked for my father's former company. That night I went
down to Laguna Beach for the Reagan victory party. Since funds were
getting low, the following week, I sold the Volvo at a Cash for Your Car place
next to the entrance of Disneyland for $1,250 since the clutch was nearly
gone. We then caught a jet back to New York, and spent the fall at my
friend's mother's apartment, and my friend went back out to Long Island to help
his grandmother whom was hurt in a fire around Christmas Time. Thus that
accounts for five trips to California, three and half by land and one and a
half by air. Well, on the road with the Reagan Bush campaign was a lot better
than staying home in Connecticut, and the Volvo did have a Reagan Bush bumper
sticker on it that I picked up at the campaign headquarters on Greenwich Avenue
where People's Bank is now where the Gulf Station used to be across from the
train station. I think in the winter of 1980 before his election, Ronald
Reagan marched in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Greenwich. Thus in
those two years of moving quite a bit, I enjoyed coming back to a rest in this
area. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 7:10 P.M.: I had the Stouffer's Lean
Cuisine chicken with mushrooms dinner with ice tea for dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 6:40 P.M.: I mentioned Miami,
Florida in my notes last night. I did actually tour Miami Beach in the
fall of 1976 a number of times while I was centered in Fort Lauderdale.
The beach on Miami Beach was mostly washed away and was very small in
depth. There were a number of vintage 1950s style high rise hotels along
the ocean front up to Hollywood, Florida. On the west side of the beach
strip, there were a large number of three and four story art deco hotels, and
one would see thousands of older people sitting in lawn chairs in front of
those older hotels. Downtown Miami had parks were there were also lots of
older people taking naps in the day time. It seemed to be a timeless
peaceful environment back then. I have heard that since then the yuppies
have modernized the strip and increased tourism, so I guess the older people
that are still around have moved elsewhere. Still, it was frequently
windy and in the 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the day time in the fall of 1976, so
it was not exactly beach weather. Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano,
Boca Raton, and Delray Beach were traditional Florida retirement
communities. Palm Beach, Florida was very traditional and peaceful in the
fall before the winter residents arrived around Christmas Time for the
season. Worth Avenue had all of its deluxe shops and boutiques, but it
was not very busy until after Christmas. The beach in Palm Beach was also
very shallow and at high tide the ocean came up close to the sea wall. It
seemed like the mansions in Palm Beach were a bit close together. Hope
Sound, Florida looked like a peaceful tropical resort with small Bermuda type
villas on well manicured grounds with lots of towering palm trees and other
types of tropical trees. It seemed to be more anglophile, I remembered
reading in the Florida newspapers that the former British Prime Minister Harold
McMillan was retired there along with the presence of some of the more notable
industry baron families. The beach in Hope Sound was quite deep like most
of the sand from Palm Beach had drifted further north there. However,
unlike Palm Beach and Miami Beach, they did not seem to spray as much
insecticide in Hope Sound, since there were lots of "noseeims" tiny
little insects that bit and seem to get through screens. Vero Beach,
Florida was first being developed in the 1970s, and I have not seen it since
about 1988. It had a large deep beach with many large Bermuda style homes
being built. Coco Beach had a lot of modern 1950s style homes as did
Melbourne, Florida. Daytona Beach, Florida had a lot of high rise hotels
along the ocean and lower rise motels on the inward side. It had the large
wide beach that is well known for driving on. St. Augustine, Florida had
a timeless southern charm of an old historical southern city with many charming
old homes. Flagler Beach was a lot more rustic with homes built along the
road on the dunes over looking the ocean. Jacksonville, Florida was a
modern metropolis with expensive homes around the Ponte Vedra Club along the
ocean. Thus I have seen most of the east coast Florida coast line from
Key West to Jacksonville, Florida many times. On the west coast there are
many Bermuda style homes in Naples, Marco Island and Venice, Florida, and as
one goes north towards Tampa, there are many traditional style Florida
homes. I never drove north from Tampa to the Pan Handle, except I think
once in August of 1980, when I was driving from Key West to California in my
1974 Burgundy 2 door Volvo. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 6:05 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped
by the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought two loaves of fresh Arnold 12
grain bread for .99 each less 10% senior discount of .20 for $1.78 total.
They charged me the price of old bread for the fresh bread. I then drove
down by the waterfront, and I sat out for a while. I then went by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went downtown, and I sat
out briefly until, it started lightning and thundering. I went by the
Greenwich Library, and I stood out in the underground parking area while there
was a down pour of rain with lightening and thunder. I walked over to the
library with my umbrella while it let up for a while. I read the
Greenwich Times and P.C. World magazine. In the Greenwich Times there was
a good article about snapping turtles in a swamp in Old Greenwich. I
believe there is suppose to be a big old snapping turtle or more than one in
Conyers Farm lake. I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 48
ounce box of Quaker Old Fashioned oats for $3.99, a 25 bag of five each of five
blends of Twinings tea for $3.19, a five pound bag of S&S sugar for $2.39,
a Stouffer's light chicken and mushrooms dinner for $1.69, a package of four
Hoover size C upright vacuum bags for $1.99, and a double pack of an Ocedar
Dishwashing Liquid Dispenser refills for $2.49 for $16.01 total. I then
returned home, and I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 2:40 P.M.: I put away the
laundry. I will now shut down the computer. I will go outside
directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 2:10 P.M.: I put the ice tea in the
refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 1:40 P.M.: I have the laundry on the
dry cycle with 35 minutes to go. I had two tuna fish sandwiches for lunch
with ice tea. I will now clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 1:05 P.M.: I am also on the wash
cycle of two loads of laundry. I put clean sheets and pillow cases on the
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 12:25 P.M.: I am making a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/28/03 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M., and
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 11 A.M. when the
weekly test of the NOAA weather radio came on both NOAA weather radios.
The test in the bedroom is a bit loud, which one can not adjust the test
sound. I checked my mail, and the package from JAB computers http://www.jab-tech.com/
arrived with the 36 inch copper Primary IDE 133 cable. I opened it up,
and the length of the cable was only about an inch longer between the secondary
slave connector and the primary drive connector, despite its overall
length. Still that was more than enough to give my the extra stretch room
between the two hard drives. I left the primary IDE C: drive up side down
in the bay beneath the floppy drive, and I have the secondary slave drive
in the criss crossed bay holder beneath the primary drive. I installed
the new cable the same way, and folder the length between the motherboard and
the secondary slave drive. When I booted the system, it all worked as
before, and I guess it is an 80 cable IDE cable, since I got no error
message. I will put the ribbon IDE 80 wire cable in the Syntax
motherboard box on top of the software to the right of the bedroom
television. One would think that on a 36 inch cable, they would make the
length between the secondary IDE slave connector and the primary IDE connector
a bit longer, but still it works just fine on my system by leaving the C: drive
upside down. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/03 Tuesday 11:00 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I relaxed a bit. I had two pretzel rods with ice tea.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will now go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/03 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.: Maybe this is a more
accurate list of World War II casualties, but it does not seem to mention many
of the 2.5 billion people in the Commonwealth that participated http://www.valourandhorror.com/DB/BACK/Casualties.htm
. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/03 Tuesday 9:00 P.M.: Similar stories to these
have been printed in various media around the world for many years. Thus
when visitors come to this country should they risk it, they do so at some
risk. This is why certain more advanced countries still consider the
United States of America despite its advanced economy a less developed
country. Still even worse stories are supposedly graphically displayed on
satellite media from within less developed countries, so overall at least here,
we have a relatively safe environment, and from an insurance actuararial point
of view, the highways of America are probably more dangerous. Still,
since I lead a rather sheltered existence, I prefer to stay in this more
sheltered and secure environment. Basically even in the more advanced
nations with two major wars this century, there have been far more equally if
not more extreme happenings. Supposedly in World War II alone, 60 million
people died about 20 million in Russia, 20 million in China, 7 million in the
concentration camps of Europe, and that means about another 13 million in other
areas of the conflict. Thus although we enjoy relatively secure stable
lifestyles here, the old guard know and are aware of more severe times in
recent history that people easily forget. This is why I prefer to be an
armchair traveler. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/03 Tuesday 8:45 P.M.: About the most scary
experience in dealing with the African American culture down south was when I
lived in Greenville, South Carolina, I went down to Atlanta regularly on
weekends, since one could have an alcoholic drink there and go to a
discothèque. On Saturday afternoon around March 1976, while I was passing
time in downtown Atlanta, I thought I recognized a friend go into a movie
theatre, so I bought a ticket and went inside the movie theatre. I did
not see the friend, but the entire movie theatre was full of African
Americans. They were watching a movie which showed dozens of white women
on meat hooks in a meat warehouse being slaughtered in graphic detail.
What small part of the movie I stayed to watch before exiting, was the primary
scene of on woman being slaughtered, she looked like Happy Rockefeller, Nelson
Rockefeller's wife, and the scene looked very real. I generally do not go
to violent movies, and I suppose people whom watch that sort of content would
be considered suspect. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/03 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.: I watched the ABC evening
news. I just remember another Pan Am Clipper Club VIP lounge story.
Back around January 1979, I drove down from a friend's in Daytona, Florida; and
I went to Key West, Florida with a friend for a few days in my 1971 yellow
Subaru wagon. We slept in the car at the Key West airport while down
there, so we did not have to pay for a motel room. However, one of the
most reasonable motels in Key West is the Best Western motel next to the Key
West airport, if one can afford it, and we may have actually stayed there, I
can not remember. Anyway, on the way back up from the Florida Keys, I
wanted to toured Miami. Since it was cooler out, I stopped by the Pan AM
VIP lounge at Miami International airport and I cleaned up, and I changed from
my resort clothes to a 3 piece Brooks Brother's medium weight suit. I
returned to the car, and I started exiting the airport, and I remembered I left
my flight bag in the Pan AM lounge. I returned to the same parking spot,
where I had just parked for about an hour. I then started for the Pan AM
VIP lounge. It was busy at the airport, and I noticed a large African
American rent a cop yelling at a crowd of arrivals. I was about halfway
through the airport terminal to the Pan AM VIP lounge, when the same large
African American tackled me to the ground with a full body tackle and slammed
my head to the hard cement floor, and said I was under arrest. I
asked what the problem was, and he said I had parked in an illegal parking
zone. I explained to him I was not familiar with the airport, and I
thought his arresting procedure was a little bit extreme. I weighted
about 130 pounds, and the rent a cop that tackled me weighed over 500
pounds. My head was repeatedly slammed on the concrete floor, and I was
somewhat dazed. They hauled me off to the Miami jail, and I was quite
irritated. Since I did not know anyone in Miami, I called my former
employer at Fluor Daniel in Greenville, South Carolina. They threw me in
the lock up overnight with about 500 African Americans, so I stayed up all
night watching them, since they seemed to be a somewhat suspect group.
The next morning, they let me go, and I took the bus back to the airport, and I
found my friend had moved the car to another parking area and had waited for
me. The arresting officer thought there was something wrong with my
friend and suggested I take him to a hospital for disabled children. My
friend was about 19 years old fully healthy and quite well educated, but he spoke
in a slow distinct methodical Long Island accent which the south Florida rent a
cop did not understand. I retrieved my flight bag from the Pan AM VIP
lounge, and I avoided touring Miami at that time, and I returned up the coast
to Daytona, and I never went back to Miami again except one time. In
February of 1983, when it was 20 degrees Fahrenheit below zero in Manhattan, I
had to move out of the apartment that I was staying in on the west side of
Manhattan. I stayed for a week with a friend from Hollywood, Florida on
the east side of Manhattan in that cold spell. Two of his friends were
going to Maui, Rio Di Janeiro, and Acapulco, when I chatted with them in
Manhattan. They were pale British aristocrats from England. I did
not think much about it, but after a week of the severe cold weather, I caught
an Eastern Airlines Jet to West Palm Beach, and from there to Miami. In
Miami I caught a local airlines into Key West airport. I spent about two
months down there, but only about two weeks before I had less freedom of
movement. That was the time of the fake computer report on the federal
crime computer system. About the second week, I met the same two British
aristocrats and after going to Maui, Acapulco, and Rio Di Janeiro, they were so
darkly tanned they looked like they were African Americans. Thus I guess
some people do tan more darkly than others. I remember in Manhattan
chatting with French Canadians returning from the tropics that people in
Manhattan thought were Mexican or Puerto Rican, so thus when people tan too
darkly, people up north might not recognize them when they return. I
guess experienced flight personnel and travel personnel are use to seeing
people tan in more tropical climates. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/03 Tuesday 6:25 P.M.: I took 13 sea scallops
about half a pound, and I rinsed them in cold water in a wire strainer. I
then towel dried them with two paper towels. I added five tablespoons of
olive oil to a 10 inch stick free frying pan four gloves of peeled chopped
garlic, and I heated it over a medium high electric burner for four minutes
until the oil started bubbling. I added the scallops and I seasoned them
with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black
pepper, celery salt, Italian spices, Basil, and Oregano. I lowered the
temperature, and I cooked the scallops on the first side for two minutes, and
then I flipped them. I cooked them for a minute, and I added a sixth of a
cup of Rene Junot white wine, and I cooked them simmering in the juices for another
two minutes. I had the cooked sea scallops on a bed of steamed white rice
along with a steamed ear of sweet corn and a steamed sliced yellow squash with
olive oil on the vegetables along with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/27/03 Tuesday 5:15 P.M.: I was up at 8 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I then cleaned up, and I went
out. I went by the Greenwich Hospital, and I had the first of two blood tests
for my cholesterol monitoring the Lipitor that I am taking. I then went
by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went downtown,
and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then went down by the waterfront. I next drove
east. I stopped by the ELDC thrift shop in Cos Cob. I then went by
the St. Catherine's thrift shop, and all their merchandise is 50% off. I
next went to Old Greenwich, and I went by the Old Greenwich Rummage room thrift
shop, and I bought a stainless steel 12 ounce ladle with an 18 inch handle for
half price since Bric a Brac is half price for $3 and .18 tax for $3.18.
I then went out to Tod's Point, and I sat out for a while at the southeast
beach area, and then I sat out for a while at the southwest parking area.
I also drove around Tod's Point. I next drove back along the shoreline,
and I spent some time along the waterfront in central Greenwich. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then
went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought fresh from George's Banks sea scallops
for $5.99 a pound for $7.22 total and a can of Old Bay seasoning for $2.99 for
$10.21 total. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 11:40 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I will now shut down the computer. I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 9:10 P.M.: I chatted with another
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 8:35 P.M.: Of course if the group of
Rolling Thunder motorcycles was venturing this far north, I think the Danbury
Mall could only hold about 5,000 motorcycles, however about two hours north
northwest of here, Stewart International Airport could hold 350,000
motorcycles, and it would provide additional security for the graduates at West
Point, New York nearby this coming weekend. However, I think there is
only one individual that could probably bring them all up here, and he is from
Spartanburg, South Carolina, and I have seen somebody that looks like him in
this area before, but I have a hard time telling him apart from his father who
is physically bigger. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 8:20 P.M.: I chatted some more with the
same relative. I saw on television on Cspan, they are having a motorcycle
rally at the Pentagon for a group called "Rolling Thunder" . If
any of those veterans make it this far north, there use to be a Leather bars on
the west side of Manhattan in the west 20ths. In Port Washington, Long
Island there use to be Ghost Motorcycle, and I believe there use to a Harley
Davidson shop in Stamford, Connecticut near the railroad yards, and there use
to a motorcycle rally at the Danbury Mall in the old days. That is about
all I know about motorcycles, except I use to know somebody that worked at
Brumos Porsche in Jacksonville, Florida that knew how to ride a
motorcycle. Also, a friend claims that he knows how to ride a motorcycle,
and he is the "Crimson Ghost" which was some sort of 1950s television
show. Also he told me there is a biker bar in Daytona, Florida, called
the "Boot Hill Saloon" http://www.damnbikers.com/bars/flbars.htm
. Since I am near sighted and very clumsy, I do not think I would be very
good on a bike. When I lived in Greenville, South Carolina where some
veterans lived, it was a dry town. However, apparently some veterans do
still drink, so if they make it this far north the Port Chester, New York beer
distributors is still there. However, Greenwich, Connecticut is a family
town with many young children and older people, so I do not anticipate
"Rolling Thunder" showing up here, however we still do fly a number
of POW-MIA flags downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 7:00 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 6:45 P.M.: After dinner which was quite
delicious, I sifted through my email. I received notification from Jab
Computers http://www.jab-tech.com/
that my 36 inch IDE copper cable is shipping tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 5:10 P.M.: I took a little over a half
pound of filet of salmon, and I rinsed it cold water, and I dried it with a
paper towel. I then put it flesh side down in a Pyrex pie dish, and I
poured in about a quarter of a cup of Rene Junot white wine with and a few
tablespoons of Borden's lemon juice. I soaked it flesh side down for
about five minutes, and then I put it skin side down. I seasoned the top flesh
side with olive oil, Old Bay Seasoning, Italian Spices, Oregano, and
Basil. I am cooking it in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees
Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I will have with steamed fresh sliced green
squash and a ear of sweet corn both with olive oil, and reheated steamed white
rice, and a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 4:40 P.M.: I went out, and I drove down
by the waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue,
and I sat out at various locations. I next drove back down by the
waterfront. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two quart
container's of Edy's low fat low sugar strawberry vanilla swirl ice cream buy
one get one free for $3.79 both and four ears of sweet corn for .89 for $4.68 total.
I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea. I stood out in the
rain down by the waterfront, and I walked Greenwich Avenue part way in the
rain, since it is not too cold this time of year about 56 degrees Fahrenheit
right now, it was not too uncomfortable getting out in our spring
environment. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 1:15 P.M.: Thus I always refer to my
apartment as my own personal Pan AM VIP lounge. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 1:05 P.M.: When I returned back east
from exploring California in December 1980 after my last trip there, I
stayed with a friend of mine's mother on the west side of Manhattan. My
friend had been staying with his grandmother since she was injured in a fire in
Long Island. I pursued my normal routine in Manhattan of walking around
the city and going to various points of interest. I would spend quite a
bit of time gong to the Metropolitan Museum of art. I would walk my
roommate's dog which was a white German shepherd frequently. One evening,
I walked the dog over to the east side, and I walked the dog to the Waldorf
Astoria. I was greeted by some secret service agents whom were protecting
president elect Ronald Reagan. They liked the dogs looks, and they took
some pictures with a Polaroid camera of the dog. The dog was very smart
and frequently would lead me away from trouble on many walks. When I was
walking back through Central Park that night, I arrived by West 74th Street and
Central Park West. There were a lot of police there, and I was told by an
onlooker that John Lennon had been shot. Since I was a enthusiastic
Beatles fan, and I had seen John and Yoko many times in that
neighborhood, I was very upset. I noticed in mid December that one
could fly to Frankfurt, Germany on Capital Airlines for $100, so I flew over to
Frankfurt, and I stayed there for several days. When I first arrived
there in the airport, there was a woman who looked Princess Margaret trying to
carry two empty turquoise suitcases into the Pam AM VIP lounge. She was
dressed in tortoise feathers, and I helped her carry her suitcases. She
thanked me, and she gave me her card, and it was an address on the Rue St.
Michel in Barbados. I stayed at a YMCA for several days touring
Frankfurt. I returned back to America before Christmas. I bought my
roommate a set of six of Rosenthal crystal goblets. Later that following
year in January 1981, I went down from where I was staying in New Canaan, Connecticut
to Ronald Reagan's inaugural. I caught a Braniff airlines jet from JFK
which the only passenger on was a Saudi Arabian diplomat. I toured
Washington D.C., and I was watching the inaugural procession when some large
black people knocked me to the ground, and I was rescued by the secret
service. I later saw the President again when he showed up at the Hyatt
Hotel for the Medal of Honor reception. I was shown a hotel to stay at by
a taxi driver on Thomas Jefferson Street, which is now the Thomas Jefferson
Inn. At the time it was called the Dutch Inn. The following day, I
flew back into Westchester Country Airport on the Time Magazine Jet, so I did
not have to pay for a flight back. However, I did have to pay for a taxi
from Westchester Country Airport to the Greenwich Train station, and a train to
New Canaan, which was a bit more peaceful than Washington D.C.. I stayed
in New Canaan for a while, and I occasionally would also stay in Manhattan at
my friend's mothers, Long Island at his grandmother's where I later built the
garage apartment, and at his father's in Port Washington, Long Island where I
had stayed an earlier winter around 1979 and 1980. Thus I was staying at
different places. I believe that summer when my mother and her husband
returned to New Canaan, I stayed in Manhattan at my friend's mother's walking
the white German Shepherd. That was a hot summer, and it was the only
summer I every spent in Manhattan. I continued to stay there until
February 1982, when I had to move out. I spent a night at the George
Washington Hotel in Chelsea, and I then came out to Greenwich on the
train. I spent the morning watching people that I knew go to work, and
most of them I knew as Canadians. I then tried to check in the YMCA in
Greenwich, but they were filled up. It was a rainy day, so I read most of
the day in the Greenwich Library. I called a relative in New Canaan about
4 P.M. that afternoon, and the relative told me that President Reagan had been
shot, and nobody knew what was going on. I decided to take some security
action, so I took a taxi cab to Westchester County airport, and I caught a
shuttle van to Kennedy Airport. I spent the evening until it closed at
the Pan AM JFK VIP center on standby alert watching the television and playing
a computerized chess game. I then called my roommate in Manhattan, and
she told me I had better come back and stay, since there was a bit of chaos in
the country. I returned to the west side of Manhattan. Thus it is
my personal opinion when one changes one's normal routine, it alters the order
of the cosmos, and everything else gets out of whack. Needless to say
when one was traveling in the old days, the Pan AM VIP lounges for $40 a year
were a quiet place in the chaos of traveling. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/26/03 Monday 12:20 P.M.: I watched television last
night until about 9 P.M.. I was up this morning at 8 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I fell back to sleep until now. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 7:35 P.M.: I chatted with
some relatives. I am a bit tired. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 6:45 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I am
microwaving for 13 minutes a Stouffer's 15.5 ounce stuffed peppers with ground
beef and tomato sauce frozen meal which I will have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 5:15 P.M.: I ran Symantec Update on the
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 5:05 P.M.: I went downtown, and I drove
down by the waterfront. I spent time chatting with a local
fisherman. I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I then returned home. I chatted with some neighbors.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 12:40 P.M.: Thus when one gets involved
in exploring, maintenance, remodeling or evening working on the computer, the
agony is in the details. I had two tuna fish sandwiches for lunch with
ice tea. I will now clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 11:55 A.M.: The owner of the house in
Plandome Manor, Long Island at the time was from a family related to the German
consular staff in New York before World War One, and was a world
traveler. She frequently went to the tropics including Tobago and other
warmer Asian areas. Thus when I built the garage apartment, I put a foot
of Owens Corning fiberglass in the roof along with two layers of 5/8"
thick sheet rock on the walls. One the north wall where the garage door
was, I sealed and attached the original garage door to the wall removing the
hardware for sliding it open. I built out the north wall a foot, and put
in a foot thick pink fiber glass there. I also put storm windows on all
the windows that I found on sale at Sears in Hempstead, Long Island. I
sealed all the storm windows with caulk, as well as the original windows
reglazing them. The apartment had a 25 foot long cast iron radiator
attached to the main house boiler which I put a new breather valve on, and it
put out quite a bit of heat for the apartment. The other walls were
standard internal depth of 3.5 inches which I put regular fiberglass thickness
in. I also had to rebuild the sill plates at the base of the 2X4 studs
since they were eaten away by termites. I put in 4X4 pressure treated
lumber for the rebuilt sills. I also installed a lot of electrical
outlets with heavy duty voltage cable about 18 to 20 type cable, since the
intended owner was into computers and word processing. I put a six foot long
electric radiator in the bedroom, and I installed a vent from the main house
basement which was very hot with the furnace to blow heat from the basement
into the bathroom area and the kitchen area. Thus if any of the family
members returned from warmer tropical areas like they were familiar with, they
more than likely would be warm and comfortable in the winter. Since I
worked on the apartment during a long hot summer, I also installed a 10,000 BTU
Sears Air Conditioner which kept me a bit cooler. I also put a vent
in the attic end roof opening, and I built smaller doors that could be opened
and closed with the seasons for ventilation or to keep the heat in. Thus
it was a more detailed project than it may appear to have been from the initial
observation. I also built up the floor with 2X4 joists, and put in two
inch Styrofoam to insulate the floor. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 11:30 A.M.: One interesting job a
friend and I had in the summer of 1978 in Nantucket was based on the book
"How to Hold Up a Bank" about dune restoration out on Long
Island. A summer family in Nantucket that had a house on the northwest
shore about half way to Madaket had us read the book. They had a house
with aluminum siding which was unique for Nantucket, and I recall the owner was
the head attorney for Bethlehem Steel whose family were the family that bought
Alaska for the United States from Russia. Anyway after cleaning their
house with bleach and water to remove the mold that accumulated in the winter,
we started on bluff restoration for the house since it was on a high bluff, and
the house had been moved back once before. First we had to go out to
Nantucket Harbor around the boat yard, and with a sickle, we cut bundles of
reeds from along the shoreline for a number of days. We then would work
our way down the steep bluff creating about 15 inch deep levels with boards at
the front held in by stakes, and we would mix the reeds with sand and straw to
create a mixture behind the boards, and then we planted dune grass in the
mixture. It took several weeks to work our way down the bluff. I
always wonder how the bluff held up, or if they had to move the house back
again. Later that summer we worked on stripping paint and painting
with white Epoxy paint the second oldest house on Nantucket that was being
restored. I stripped off about eight coats of paint off the detailed
front door entrance that took several weeks. I noticed above the doorway,
when I got down to the wood, there was the impression of numbers of a different
street address, like the street address had been changed at some time.
The house was on the bluff on Lincoln Road overlooking the harbor. Of
course from April 1982 to February 1983, I worked for $2.15 an hour building a
garage apartment seven days a week for about 18 hours a day with only Christmas
off. It was out in Plandome Manor, Long Island at a friend's house
converting a garage into a mother in law apartment. I earned about $7,500
for the entire project. Thus it took a bit a longer than the original two
months that was expected. I learned with my arthritis on that project
that I was taking up to 12 Tylenol a day. Needless to say, I was fed up
with the so called social welfare system at that point, so I tried to move
Norway after I finished the project, but Ronald Regan and Casper Weinberger
showed up my hotel at the West Hotel there, and I was encourage to return to
America, since I eventually ran out of money. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 11:00 A.M.: I think part of the time in
the winter of 1978 in Key West, I had Food Stamps, and maybe in 1977 which I
used at Faustos, the Herb Garden, and the Bodega. I recalled we might
have gotten about $50 in Food Stamps every two weeks. There was a catch
that one had to have a legal address to obtain food stamps, so I think I used a
friend's address. However, one could get piece work down there, picking
off heads off shrimp at the Singleton's seafood shrimp operations, but the
locals seemed to need the jobs, and since I eventually had unemployment coming,
I stuck with reading periodical literature in the morning at the library and
going to the beach in afternoon. Occasionally when we had money, we would
have bacon, eggs, toast and coffee at the diner downtown for about $1.50
. I recall eating a number of Cuban bread sandwiches with ham and cheese
or avocado sandwiches with sprouts. There use to be one Cuban restaurant
where one could get a plate of beans and rice for $2. Another restaurant
served a plate of pancakes for about $2. In the winter of 1977, I
had a fishing rod and reel that I bought at Sears in Key West, so I would try
my hand at fishing. However, the only time I caught any fish was at the
26 mile marker bridge, when I caught a baby hammerhead shark which I used for
bait to catch about an 18 inch long red snapper, which I cooked up there on the
shore with my camping cook kit. In 1978, I did not have a fishing
rod, so I went to a local store, and I bought some large Mickey Mouse balloons,
and some 50 pound test line, and some three inch hooks, and a Cuban reel, and
then I went to the Publix Market, and I got about 20 pounds of meat fat from
the dumpster, and then I went out on the dock south of Mallory Square, and I
tried my hand at shark fishing. I would let the breeze blow out the
balloon and the line far enough into the deep water, and I would wrap the line
around a large ship mooring, and in case I caught the big one. However, I
never even got a nibble in that the deep water channel. I guess since the
shrimp docks dump so many shrimp off in the water north of there, the fish are
not really hungry. Once in 1978, I went to the charter docks north of
town, and I bought a 18 inch red snapper for about $5, and I cooked it up at a
friend's house. I gave away the fishing gear that I bought in 1977 when I
gave away the car in Nantucket. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 10:30 A.M.: Of course when one looks at
Live Duval
Street. Com Key West Cams Florida in the early morning hours, one
sees them hosing down the streets after the bar closes to keep it clean.
When I was down there, water was very expensive, since most of it had to be
piped in from Miami along the Florida Keys highway. I remember walking
around in the early morning hours, and one would see the bug control trucks
driving the local street spraying the street every morning with insecticide to
keep down the population of eight inch long palmetto bugs which are very common
down there. The Florida mosquito district use to also fly up and down the
Florida Keys spraying from the air to control the mosquito population.
Thus in developing the tourist resort, they have done quite a bit to alter the
traditional tropical environment. Thus although Monroe County is a liberal
democratic county, as far as the natural environmental ecosystem is concerned,
they seemed to be a bit more conservative with all the insect control they
practice. I remember the Clarence Higgs beach south of Smather's beach
was mostly surround by breakwater and pier, so when one swam in the water with
the sandy bottom unlike Smather's beach, one could see any fish that might be
in the water with one. Another place, I once stayed after we were
encouraged to leave the Casa Marina, since they were covering it with a tent to
fumigate it for termites was just south of Mallory Square, the four story brick
Admiral's Operations quarters which was empty. It had large glass
windows, and a view of Tank Island. Still I recall, it seemed to have
better breezes from the west on a warm day than the Casa Marina did on the east
side of the island. Local Key West conchs pride themselves on having the
local well water, if the are so fortunate. Ernest Hemingway's house and
the Key West police station had well water. I think possibly the Monroe
County Library had well water too. One can taste the difference between
the local well water which might be high in Coral Calcium which could be
healthy for you than the imported water from Miami. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 10:10 A.M.: My battery level was low on
the Logitech cordless wheel mouse, so I put in two new AAA batteries. I
also removed the mouse ball, and I cleaned the three internal mouse roller
bearings, so the mouse is now more responsive. I use a skinny steak knife
to clean the crud of the mouse ball bearings. That seems to have fixed
the restoring from Standby problem. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 9:50 A.M.: I just tried to wake the
computer from Standby, and it would not wake up, so I rebooted it. I was
just thinking that when I worked at Le Vielle Maison from November 1977 to
January 1978, they only paid me minimum wage, so I could not afford to rent my
own apartment. The chef at the restaurant leant me a tent, and I use to
sleep at night on the beach in the palm grove on the north side of the Boca
Inlet where the current hotel The Excelsior The Excelsior -
Boca Raton, Florida is now located, so maybe when I camped out
there, that Florida grey panther was my roommate. It was a nice
location. After work, when I was hot, I use to go for a swim in the ocean
at night. I use to see the local sea scouts snorkeling in the Boca Inlet
looking for tropical fish. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 9:05 A.M.: Of course when I was down in
Florida in the 1970s, I had certain instincts and experience from having lived
in Pensacola, Florida during 1954 and 1955 while my father worked at
Chemstrand. Thus I was a little bit more leery of the wildlife in Florida
than an ordinary northern tourist might be. Years later, after having
seen the Florida Grey panther in Boca Raton around the Polo Fields during the
winter of 1979 while I was waking up from sleeping in my Subaru one morning, I
got to thinking that old Florida Panther might work its way down to the Florida
Keys, and it might have dropped off all the stray cats that were at the Casa
Marina Wyndham
Casa Marina - Resort and Beach House - Key West, Florida when I
stayed there in the winter of 1978 when it was under construction.
Possibly one of the stray cats might have been a baby grey panther, so maybe
there is still a grey panther down in the Florida Keys. Who knows maybe
that same grey panther use to camp out with me, when I was camping out in the
wilds of Florida. Maybe it even migrates up north this time of year, but
after all these years, I do not think it would be the same panther. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 8:45 A.M.: I remember one afternoon, I
left Fort Lauderdale about sunset, and I hitchhiked by Lester's diner, and I
caught a ride on the Florida Turnpike as far south as the Homestead rest
area. I took some time to clean up at the Homestead rest area, and I got
a ride as far as Key Largo. It was late at night, and I recall standing
on the highway for a long time. I was very cold, and there was a all
night Howard Johnson's restaurant, so I went inside, and I had a bowl of
oatmeal to warm up. About 4 A.M. that morning, I got a ride with a young
fellow from Chicago in a black Buick sedan who was driving all the way straight
through down from Chicago. He was driving very fast along the Florida
Keys highway about 95 miles per hour, and about the time we were coming off the
bridge entering Marathon, his car spun out of control and did a 360 degree spin
and came to a rest. Shortly there after, a Florida Highway patrol officer
showed up, and told us we were lucky to be alive. He did not ticket the
driver, and we arrived in Key West about sunrise that morning. As I
recall the driver was living on Whitehead Street. I can not recall
whether that was the winter of 1977 or 1978, but it might have been when I was
coming down from Fort Lauderdale in January 1978 after returning from the
Bahamas. Thus one has to be careful when hitchhiking. The rest area
on the Florida Turnpike in Homestead was modern and clean, and I enjoyed
cleaning up there when traveling through. I recall possibly in the winter
of 1977, while hitchhiking along the Florida Keys highway north, I found a
United States Air Force flight suit with a SAC colonel flight insignia on it
and a NORAD patch. It was lying in the bushes off the road. I use
to wear it all the time that winter in Key West with my straw hat. I
would hang around the Key West airport in it. It had lots of
zippers. I would wear it when doing laundry, and once when hitchhiking
from Key West to Fort Lauderdale, I stopped by the Laundromat at the entrance
to Homestead Air Force base. I was doing my laundry wearing my flight suit
with long hair, and all these military personnel would come in and see me in
the flight suit. You could tell, they did not know whether to salute me
or shoot me. The following summer in Nantucket, I gave the flight suit to
a skier from Fairfield, Connecticut who skied in Stowe, Vermont who worked part
of the time in the same Languedoc restaurant as I did. The owner of the
Languedoc restaurant was a retired United Air Force staff sergeant, and there
were quite a few personnel from Otis Air Force base on Nantucket, so hopefully
the flight suit was more comfortable in Nantucket. I had advised the
skier from Stowe, Vermont to try skiing in the flight suit around Colorado
Springs, Colorado. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/25/03 Sunday 8:15 A.M.: I was up at 6 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I was just remembering when I
stored my personal belongings in the barn in Norwich, Vermont or during the
other storage locations, I also lost my Taft School class of 1968 ring.
When I first arrived down in Fort Lauderdale in the third week of September
1976, I had one item in my 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne 4 door sedan that was
handy. I had a coconut machete in a red pig skin sheath that I had
obtained in Tobago while there in the winter of 1970 and 1971. When I was
hungry, I would use it open coconuts on the beach for a bite to eat. I
believe I left it in the Chevrolet when I gave it to the Nantucket Hospital
Thrift Shop. When I gave the Chevrolet to the Nantucket Hospital Thrift
shop, I had an address book with all my friends and contacts to date including
all the people I had met in Europe, New York and elsewhere. I threw away
the address book in the garbage of the Nantucket Hospital Thrift shop, so
nobody would bother my friends should they take the address book. I also
had a set of golf clubs and golf clothes, but nobody ever invited me to play
golf. While in Florida in the fall of 1976 and the winter of 1977, I also
had another item that came in handy particularly when my car was impounded in
Fort Lauderdale in early January of 1977. It was a regulation green
Unites States Army poncho. It came in very handy when sleeping
outside. I use to carry it in a green canvas duffle bag that I only kept
half full. I would tie one end to the other end folding it in half with
the contents in one half of the bag, so it was like an Australian ditty bag
slung over my shoulder. I recall when I woke up in the mornings, the
poncho was a bit damp, since on the cooler nights it did not breath. One
place I found to stay outside in Key West beside others mentioned earlier was a
group of palmetto trees on the property across the street from the Catholic
church. The group of palmetto trees were hallow in the center, so there
was room to lie down and rest. I frequently in the winter of 1977 would
hitchhike back and forth from Key West to Fort Lauderdale, so I could enjoy the
scenery along the Florida Keys highway. It was usually about a four to
six hour hitchhike. I once went as far north as West Palm Beach, but the
bank temperature sign by the Florida Turnpike said 32 degrees Fahrenheit, so I
went back south. In Fort Lauderdale, when I camped outside there was a
park across the street from the Bahia Mar with bushes to hide in just south of
the park. As I recall, I did not take down to Florida the blue canvas nap
sack that I had made in Nantucket until the fall of 1977. I think when I
was working at Le Vielle Maison in Boca Raton in November 1977 through January
1978, I had the blue canvas back pack stored at the Fort Lauderdale bus
station. Since it was heavy to carry, I checked it in a pawn shop in Fort
Lauderdale around January 1978 when I got back from the Bahamas, and when I
went north that year, I did not take it with me. I later paid the pawn
ticket, and I had it shipped by Greyhound Bus up to Greenwich around May of
1978. While I hitchhiked the Florida Keys route regularly, I recall one
Episcopal priest that was always driving from Key West to Palm Beach in a
Mercedes sports car. I also remember seeing one man that looked
suspicious in a white Volkswagen beetle with a milk crate for the passenger
seat who lived around Deer Key. He gave me a ride once, and although he
was a regular fixture in the Florida Keys, I thought he might be dumping hitch
hikers off of Deer Key in the ocean. I thus saw quite a bit of the
Florida Keys going back and forth. It was fun looking at all the
birds. Around April of 1977, a friend and I hitchhiked out of Key West to
Naples, Florida, and we got to see all the birds along Alligator Alley.
We returned back to Key West before heading up north. Tennessee Williams
was a celebrity in Key West, and I had met him earlier in Manhattan. It
was hard to tell where he lived, since so many of the houses looked liked his
which was prominently shown in post cards. I recall seeing Tennessee
Williams at the Atlantic Shores Beach Club every afternoon usually around the
cabana pier bar, so he must have written in the morning like a lot of famous
writers do. Of course like Hemingway, there were a lot of Tennessee
Williams and Ernest Hemingway look-alikes in Key West. I usually wore Lee
blue jeans, a red flannel shirt, and Adidas Country running shoes. Most
of the time I was in South Florida from September 1976 to April 1979, I had
long blond hair down to my waist. I spent the winter of 1979 with friends
around Daytona, Florida, and we drove down to the Florida Keys once or twice in
our explorations in the vintage 1972 yellow Subaru station wagon, which I
nicknamed the "Yellow Submarine". Of course that year was lean
too, since all we had was food stamps for a couple of months and that was about
it. I tried my hand at fishing off of the south point of Daytona Beach,
but I never caught anything. I remember that winter the standard recipe
was diluting a four ounce can of tomato paste with two parts water, and using
it for spaghetti sauce on spaghetti noodles. Basically when one is poor
in Florida not much happens, and one spends a lot of time bird watching.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/03 Saturday 8:15 P.M.: I broke the programs items
in my "Start Menu", "All Programs" into four sub groups
with alphabetical names which I copied the program icons into, so it is easier
to scroll through the list of programs. I will now adjourn.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/03 Saturday 8:00 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch a bit of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/03 Saturday 6:50 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I took half of the filet of salmon that I bought today, and I
rinsed it in cold water, and I dried it with a paper towel. I then put it
in a Pyrex pie dish, and I added several tablespoons of Borden lemon juice and
a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine, and I soaked the flesh side down for
about ten minutes. I then put the skin side down, and I seasoned the
flesh side with a little olive oil, Basil, Oregano, and Italian spices. I
am cooking it in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for
20 minutes. I will put the fish juices on the fish and the rice. I
will have it with steamed sliced yellow squash with olive oil, and steamed
white rice with a bit of olive oil and sesame oil along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/03 Saturday 5:30 P.M.: For any of you whom have
forgot today is the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday Victoria
Day, thus I think traditionally for those of you whom still drink alcohol,
in the British Empire they drink a toast to Queen Victoria, the former Queen of
the British Empire. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/03 Saturday 5:20 P.M.: I finished the backup of
the C: drive to the D: drive. I had two pretzel rods. Earlier while
I was out, I also stopped by the Exxon station after the first trip to the Stop
and Shop, and I bought $6 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon for
about 27 miles per gallon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/03 Saturday 4:15 P.M.: I went out, and I went by
the Stop and Shop, and I exchanged two quart jars of Hellmann's regular
mayonnaise for two quart jars of Hellmann's Just2Good low fat mayonnaise.
The Stop and Shop has free cooked Sabrett's hotdogs today, and I believe the
Food Emporium is also giving away hamburgers and hotdogs off their grill.
I am not sure how late. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. There
was a fire department response around the Barcelona restaurant at the top of
Greenwich Avenue just west on the Post Road. I next drove by the
waterfront. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
filet of salmon at $4.99 a pound for $6.34, green and yellow squash at .99 a
pound for $2.68, a pound of California strawberries for $1.49, two six ounce
cans of Three Diamond crab meat for $2.50 each, and a four six ounce can pack
of Starkist solid white tuna for $4.99 for $20.50 total. I just now
returned home. I will now do a C: drive to D: drive backup of the
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/24/03 Saturday 12:15 P.M.: I chatted with a relative
before going to bed last night about 8 P.M.. I had another call from a
relative about 10:30 P.M.. I was up at 5:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. I went back to bed until 9 A.M.. I just finished house
cleaning and watering the plants. I had two tuna fish sandwiches for lunch
with ice tea. I have to exchange at the Stop and Shop another two jars of
Hellmann's regular mayonnaise for Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise. I will
clean up shortly, and I will go out soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 6:30 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 6:25 P.M.: Here is an excellent value
in a home computer, but it does not seem to have an operating system, so it is
cheaper. http://www.accessmicro.com/productinfo.php3?ProductId=SYSBUNEC2000XPDT
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 5:45 P.M.: I was able to send of my
weekly email. The Optimum Online mail server is now working. I
guess it slowed down with so many people working at home. I took the last
of the boneless breast of chicken, and I rinsed it in cold water, and I dried
it with a paper towel. I then put it in a Pyrex pie dish, and I then
added two tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce and a quarter cup of Rene
Junot white wine, and I seasoned it with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder,
celery salt, ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian spices,
oregano, basil, and I put two gloves of chopped garlic on it. I am
cooking it in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35
minutes. I will have it with the cooking juices on it along with two ears
of steamed sweet corn, fresh broccoli, and a sliced green squash with olive oil
on the vegetables along with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 4:45 P.M.: Usually local politically
motivated groups in this area try to bankrupt me in the end of May, so I do not
show up for graduation at West Point which is opened to the general
public. Since I know my way there, and I am generally given a good
reception for some odd reason, if I really wanted to make it to graduation
there, I could. However, I am not very good sitting out in the rain or
too much hot weather, and some times during graduation there, I am on a night
schedule. So whatever, the case the movers and shakers in that neck of
the woods ought to have a little respect for the past, since frequently I do
not show up at the same time other curious visitors show up. I am so
close to the academy about 40 minutes, I could make it there any time I want,
but I have been there so many times that I do not feel the need to interfere
with those that might only see it once in a life time, and whom have traveled
great distance to see the graduation festivities. Whatever, the case when
one lives here long enough, one knows the routine of the four seasons. I
remember the last time I was there for graduation when Secretary of Defense
Perry spoke, he spoke on the new high technology military. Of course
there is a fat army veteran in North Tarrytown that seems to have a bit of
influence there, but the last time I saw him he looked skinny like he was
worrying about his cholesterol. Whatever, the case I try not to get
involved in other people's family feuds. Moreover, since the army guys
play a bit of golf more than likely they have been here playing golf over the
years. Still having lived around all the different military services, I
know a little bit about all of them. Frequently in the military families,
different generations join different services, so theoretically a cadet
graduating from West Point might have a father show up that is an Admiral and a
grandfather show up that is an Air Force general. However, the nature of
military duty recently just after a conflict, more than likely they would not
all show up at the same time. In other word, do not put all of your eggs
in one basket. Of course, I just know about all of this from my reading
experience. I never was in the military, so I do not have first hand
experience as to how they actually operate in today's complex world. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 4:20 P.M.: Optimum Online's pop email
server has not been working all day, so I can not send out my weekly notes.
I had three pretzel rods with ice tea. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 05/23/03:
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 3:45 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by
Pickwick Shoe Repair at the Stop and Shop plaza, and I picked up my left Ecco
white shoe with the heel wear preventer put back on it. There was no
charge. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, but they are
closed for remodeling until May 30, 2003. I then went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I then went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 pound bag of Carolina enriched white rice for
$4.99, and a 10 quart pack package of S&S dried milk for $6.49, and a bag
of Snyder's pretzel rods for $1.79 for $13.27 total. I just now returned
home. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 11:25 A.M.: I received the grocery
store circulars in the mail for next week. I chatted with some
neighbors. I had a two tuna fish sandwiches for lunch with ice tea.
I noticed this web site for people whom are too skinny and do not need to worry
about high cholesterol like myself Ruth's Chris Steakhouse . I will now shut
down the computer, and I will go downtown after cleaning up. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 10:00 A.M.: As I recall when I worked
at the Gordon Folger Hotel in the summer of 1977, I could not remember my
social security number exactly, so on the employment form, I did not get credit
from social security or unemployment compensation the following winter.
There is documentary evidence, since the Gordon Folger Hotel every year took a
staff photograph around the middle of the season. I would have been a bit
heavier than 125 pound having worked at that point for a couple of months at
the hotel. I would have been the darkly tanned skinny individual in the
photograph compared to the other rather pale and plump individuals in the
photograph from up north. Since Folger was Benjamin Franklin's mother's
name, one could say I was still involved in the electrical engineering process,
although at the time PCs did not exist, since I did not design one in Boca
Raton until December 1977. I recall in the summer of 1983 while I was
last working at the Languedoc restaurant, the book keeper had an earlier model
of the Apple computer. In the fall of 1977 around Thanksgiving, I left
Nantucket with a friend, and we drove to Harvard University, and then up to
Dartmouth College where in nearby Norwich, Vermont, I had stored my belongings
in Greenwich in a barn thinking I might want to live in Hanover, New
Hampshire. I think I did this when I first returned into area from
Florida, and I still had the Chevrolet Biscayne to pull a Uhaul trailer from
Greenwich to Norwich. When I left Nantucket at that time, I rented a
Uhaul truck for the journey in Woods Hole. In Norwich, I loaded my
personal items into the Uhaul truck, and I drove them down south. We
stopped by for lunch at the Calhoun dormitory at Yale College, and we made a
stop at Princeton University. We eventually arrived outside of
Philadelphia in Chestnut Hill, where I stored the personal items in the
basement of a family member's house. Either while the personal belongings
were stored in New Hampshire or Chestnut Hill, my vintage nearly new 1955
Schwinn bicycle with the Bendix brakes disappeared along with my Rolex
chronometer watch I received for college graduation and the autograph of Harry
Truman. I suppose other items disappeared too. After storing the
items, we spent the night, and then we drove up to Manhattan the following day
on Thanksgiving 1977, and we had beers at McSorley's old ale house, and we
closed it down at 4 A.M.. We then drove as far as New London, Connecticut
where we ran out of money for gasoline, and I dropped the Uhaul truck off at a
Uhaul dealership there losing my deposit for not returning it to Wood's
Hole. My friend hitchhiked back to Nantucket, and I hitchhiked back down
to Greenwich stopping at home briefly before hitchhiking down to Florida
again. I was carrying a large blue canvas back pack that I had made while
out in Nantucket. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 9:25 A.M.: What got me to thinking
about all of this was that I read an article about migrant workers in Florida
in a back issue of the New Yorker magazine. They also do not treat
unemployed people very well in Florida either. From the third week of
September 1976 to about April 1977, for lack of funds, I ate so little food
that I went from 185 pounds to 125 pounds, which when one gets use to it is
actually a very good swimming weight, so I actually at the lower weight I was a
pretty good swimmer in Florida, not to mention when at six feet one is so
skinny, one is not very attractive shark bait when swimming in those tropical
waters. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 9:10 A.M.: I rested a bit. When I
went down to Key West in January 1977 after having been there around Halloween
in 1976, it had changed since Halloween. When I visited it briefly around
Halloween in 1976, there were only about six shops opened on Duval Street, and
the entire town was boarded up. By January 1977, it looked like they were
trying to run a tourist resort, since a number of northern people were down
there. I had had my car towed in Fort Lauderdale at the Swimming Hall of
Fame, since it had too many parking tickets. I thus could not sleep in my
car. I remember one person living next to the Swimming Hall of Fame was
the head life guard on Fort Lauderdale Beach who had a new Porsche with
Colorado license plate "COORS". Maybe it was a member of the
Coors family who was use to the colder weather on the beach that year. A
friend had told me that it is so hot in the summer down there that he use to
walk the entire length of the entire beach and stop to cool off at each public
shower about 100 yards distance from each other. Well, it was a cool
winter down in Florida, and I found myself for lack of shelter sleeping
underneath the community house of the primary Episcopal church in the center of
Key West. I got mail from General Delivery at the post office. I
received a post card from a friend attending the University of New Hampshire
who had just returned from a tour of Russia, and a couple of days later the
friend showed up. The friend was more familiar with Florida since his
grandfather had the house next to Richard Nixon's in Key Biscayne,
Florida. He found us a place to stay in a trailer with friends on Boca
Chica next to the United States Navy station adjacent to a ground to air SAM
system. I was worried that the missiles might go off and start the trailer
on fire with their energy blasts. Still, it was cold down there in Key
West, and after having camped out for a bit, I was somewhat claustrophobic
being inside. I still spent a lot of time walking around downtown in the
historical area observing the activities in Key West. At the time the
Casa Marina was an abandoned hotel. Around April of 1977, I received
$2,500 of back unemployment compensation, so after the rough time I had been
experiencing camping out in Florida, I went up to Fort Lauderdale, and I paid
to get my Chevrolet Biscayne out of the pound. I then drove down to Key
West, and I picked up the friend and we drove north to Fort Lauderdale.
It was still cold there, and not many people were around. We then drove
to Orlando, and we toured Disney World, which was a change of pace. We
then went by St. Augustine, and we toured the old town area. We stopped
in Jacksonville, Florida, and we visited a friend whom back in 1972, I had
driven with down to Florida from Chicago. My friend from the University
of New Hampshire had to get back to school, so he caught a jet from
Jacksonville back up north. I drove west from Jacksonville, and I stopped
around Dalton, Georgia; and I had steering joint work done and shocks put on
the 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne at a Firestone garage. I then toured Plains,
Georgia where the current President of the Country was from. I returned
up north, and I went through Greenwich briefly, and I headed back up to
Nantucket. I slept on the south shore of Nantucket in my car around Lyon
Farm next to the United States Navy Quonset hut, and it was rather cold in
Nantucket. I eventually gave the car with my belongings to the Nantucket
Hospital Thrift shop since it was too costly to maintain, and the insurance had
expired. I left the island once to go up to the University of New
Hampshire to visit my friend who was surrounded by the individuals organizing
the Seabrook anti nuclear power plant demonstration. I attended the
demonstration, but they did not arrest me like everybody else since I did not
belong to an affinity group. I then hitchhiked down to Williamsburg,
Virginia for a few days, and I slept on the porch of the Presbyterian
minister's house. I enjoyed touring Williamsburg and William and Mary
college where I use to clean up. I then returned to Nantucket around the
beginning of May, and I worked opening sea scallops. I took a bed at a
boarding house on India Street, and around the first of June I started working
washing pots at the Gordon Folger Hotel for minimum wage, which I continued
until about mid August when I changed to Captain Toby's briefly, then baking at
the Nantucket bakery and the Skipper bakery, washing dishes at India
House, and finally washing pots at the Languedoc restaurant around October
1977, which I did the following year too when I returned again from Key
West. Basically in jobs in Nantucket one has to be somewhat flexible
because with all the summer help and younger people there, different jobs
become available depending on when people come and go off the island. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/23/03 Friday 6:20 A.M.: I had a telephone call last
night from a friend who was up in Vermont, and he said the trout fishing was
excellent and the spring foliage was most brilliant. I was up at 4 A.M.
this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I was chatting with
somebody about Florida yesterday, so I will make more notes about Florida.
When I
first went down to Florida in the third week of September of 1976, I was
thinking about working for NASA. I had done expediting and data entry for
Fluor Daniel construction out of Greenville, South Carolina earlier in the
year. I then spent some time up in Nantucket that previous summer
too. Since there was not much happening in the economy in Greenwich in
high technology, I took my 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne blue four door sedan, and I
drove down to Florida. I was able to finance the trip because I had an
Allstate check cashing card. I had filed in Stamford, Connecticut for
interstate unemployment benefits from South Carolina. I did not receive
the benefits until April 1977 while I was in Key West, so I was low on money in
Florida. When I arrived in Florida, I drove down A1A along the coast
until, I arrived in Fort Lauderdale. Coco Beach did not look like it had
much happening. I was on a low budget, so I slept in my car at the I95
rest area in Fort Lauderdale. I toured the area, and I spent some time at
the beach. It was hot down there when I arrived, and one of the first
people I met was Stephen Spielberg whom had made the movie Jaws earlier in the
year. He had a small three bedroom house on a canal. I remembered
he had a baby lion cub in the house, and I advised him he would have problems when
the lion grew up. I took him I thought the Mayer family of Metro Goldwyn
Mayer use to keep lions too. Steve was working as a volunteer emergency
medical technician on the Fort Lauderdale beach strip, since the movie business
was not that profitable. He was the first person I ever saw with a cell
phone, which he used to call the ambulances. He told me had worked in the
YMCA drop in center for kids in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and I told him I had
a junior high school classmate that did the same thing there. I did not
see him later on once it got cold. I spent time around the beach in Fort
Lauderdale. The Forbes boat the Highlander was at Pier 66 Marina, and the
Black Hawk owned by the owner of the Chicago Black Hawks was at Bahia
Mar. About mid October it got cold down in Florida, and I remember that
Thanksgiving it was 21 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning. I enjoyed
seeing the cruise ship, the Queen Elizabeth II come and go in nearby Port
Everglades. I met Wiley Middleton http://www.middletonplace.org/default.htm
whom was descended from the Middleton plantation family in South
Carolina. He had been in the United States marine corps in World War I,
and he was like a walking history book on the state of Florida. He had
done the camping trip as a young man in the 1920s with Flagler, Edison,
Firestone, and Ford when they were first exploring Florida for
development. He had worked up north having started General Motors
Acceptance Corporation, and he was the first Cadillac dealer in Manhattan
living at One Fifth Avenue. His wife was from a family in Bridgeport,
Connecticut that owned a silver company. She had died the year before,
and Wiley who was 72 years old was told that he only had a short time to live
by a doctor. He use to walk all day in his daily rounds to his various
associates, and he kept an office in the Florida East Coast railroad
building. His family shipping company the Middletown shipping company
imported all the coffee beans into the United States of America, and he also
had built Port Everglades. Through General Motors Acceptance corporation
he had numerous investments in Florida including the Sheraton Hotel
chain. Another fellow from Connecticut whose father worked for the John
Hancock insurance company, and I tried to keep a close eye on Wiley, but he
walked so much, he would just come and go through out the day making his daily
rounds. He started each day at St. Luke's Episcopal church. Well,
Wiley seemed to like living outside on the warmer days, so by walking so much
he seemed to stay in shape. He lived until age 96 having retired to Tybee
Island, Georgia. Wiley always wore an Augusta National golf hat, and he
was a true southern gentleman. Needless to say in chatting with him until
that January 1977 when I went down to Key West, he told me quite a bit about
Florida and its local history. Having lived down south before moving to
Connecticut in 1961, it tended to make sense knowing how southern people tend
to think. Wiley use to go to the mission on Fort Lauderdale beach and
have a peanut butter sandwich and a cup of coffee in the evening, and he always
enjoyed talking with people. He had an eye for the pretty ladies, and the
last I heard of him in Fort Lauderdale, he had taken a bus to Daytona Beach,
Florida to stay with his sister in a nursing home there. I once found an
alligator golf bag in the Salvation Army in Fort Lauderdale for a dollar, and I
sold it to Wiley for a dollar, since he knew up north it would cost about $2,000
even back in 1976. Well, I guess Wiley spending so much time outside in
Florida over all those years knew quite a bit about the historical weather
patterns in the state of Florida and the southeast. With all of his
experience in Florida, it is amusing that he chose not to have a home in
Florida, and he eventually retired to Tybee Island, Georgia where he must have
had relatives besides the ones in Brunswick, Georgia. Maybe he did not
need the internet to look at http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. However, he probably had those old fashioned weather instincts. I
know right now it is suppose to be the hottest summer ever on record for the
state of Florida. Thus since hot summers can mean increased hurricane
activity, I would imagine the people in that part of the country should keep a
weather eye to this upcoming hurricane season. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 7:50 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will watch television briefly before
going to bed. Remember the United States of America is on Security Alert
Condition Orange DHS | Department of Homeland Security | DHS Home Page .
I read that the West Coast security forces are going to 12 hour shifts, so I
guess since in the internet mail intercepted recently that Middle Eastern
people were advised to leave New York City, Boston, and Washington D.C. since
their mail senders expect some sort of terrorist activity that the security
forces in those areas should go to longer shifts, basically they should work as
long as they can tolerate it before wearing out. I remember I was once
told that submarine commanders in World War II never slept, but cat napped 20
minutes occasionally. Well, anyway I would imagine that there might be
some reserve built up further into the interior of the country. I believe
that the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York United States Military
Academy at West Point has its graduation a week from this Saturday
on Saturday May 31, 2003 at 9 A.M., which might bring in some extra security
into this area. Of course where they will all be on June 1, 2003 is
another question. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 6:25 P.M.: I raised my monitor
resolution to 1024 X 768. I adjusted my color settings with the 3D color
setting program. I took a six ounce can of consul crab meat, and I rinsed
it in cold water, and I flaked it. I then added a couple of tablespoons
of low fat Hellmann's mayonnaise, and I mixed it together. I made two
sandwiches with the fresh Arnold 12 grain bread, and I cut them in half.
I had them for my final meal of the day which is usually called supper when the
midday meal is called dinner along with ice tea. Down south in the United
States and in areas like France, Italy, and Spain they have their primary meal
in the middle of the day, frequently followed by a nap. Here in the
Unites States of America where so many people are busy all day long, they
frequently eat their primary meal of the day in the evening or later at
night. I believe in Spain they have their primary meal after 10 P.M. at
night, so they must have a lighter midday meal. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 5:30 P.M.: A bit of Canadian History The Life and Times of Sir John A. Macdonald
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 5:15 P.M.: I went back out, and I
stopped by Pickwick shoe repair at the Stop and Shop shopping plaza, and I left
my left Ecco white walking shoe to have the heel wear preventer put back on
it. It came off, and I had the tap. There will be no charge, and I
will pick it up tomorrow. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next
stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought an old 2 inch by 4
inch print of Dresden, Germany cathedral in a frame with glass for $1.75.
I then drove down by the waterfront. I just now returned home. I
hung the Dresden cathedral print above the Williamsburg, Virginia church
painting in the hallway. I read about five years ago that they have
rebuilt the Dresden cathedral. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 1:55 P.M.: After dinner, I listened
to some of the BBC Radio on the internet http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. I will now go out again. I have 4 gigabytes of space on the C:
drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 12:10 P.M.: I was told by the night
manager at the Shell Station on West Putnam Avenue a couple of weeks ago, I
should take alfalfa for my arthritis. I know they use to give it to race
horses. I also know the United States government spends three quarters of
a billion dollars a year growing alfalfa out in Utah, so it should not be too
expensive. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 12:05 P.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I stopped by the Valley Road post office. I obtained a money
order for $10.23 at a cost of .90 for $11.13 total. I sent the money
order to Jab computers for the 36 inch IDE cable. I then went by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I next stopped by the Arnold Bread outlet,
and they did not have much old bread, so I bought two fresh loaves of Arnold 12
grain bread for $2.09 each less .42 senior discount for $3.76 total. I
then went by Smokes for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s
for $31 total. I then returned home. I am cooking an early dinner
for lunch the same as last night, except I also put Hungarian paprika on the
chicken along with everything else, and I peeled and cut an onion in half, and
I put paprika on it too. It will all be ready in about ten minutes.
I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 8:40 A.M.: I finished running Norton
Speed Disk. I also installed IBM World Book 1999, but it will not go
online for updates. I put a new CVS Clorox toilet tablet in the toilet
tank. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 7:00 A.M.: I will now run Norton Disk
Doctor and Norton Win Doctor. I will then run Norton Speed Disk which
will take a while. I will clean up and go out after I start running
Norton Speed Disk. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/22/03 Thursday 6:15 A.M.: I went to bed about 8
P.M., and I was up at 4 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I threw
out some garbage. Yesterday, I mailed the Vibra WebCam $25 mail in rebate
from Staples at the Valley Road post office. I deleted the Army Ops game
off my computer to free up hard drive space. I have 2.16 gigabytes free
space on the C: drive. I heard on the news that there was a bombing at
the Yale Law school, but the news said it was not mideast terror related.
We have quite a few people in this part of Connecticut whom commute up to Yale
to work and study. The last time I was there was about ten years ago,
although I have driven through New Haven about once a year to drive up to
Kennebunkport in the summer. I suppose the geopolitics of the world are
coming home to rest in Connecticut. When I used to stay over for a few
nights at Harvard before going down to Nantucket after coming up from Florida
in the old days, I would spend the night at Harvard at the Corbusier Art and
Design Center. I some times would stop by the Massachusetts eye and ear
clinic across the Charles River in Boston to have my ears cleaned out with the
advanced ear wax removal system they have. Earlier this week, I rinsed
out my ears with Debrox or the same CVS ear wax removal system by putting 20
drops at a time in one ear at a time and waiting ten minutes for the Debrox to
dissolve the ear wax and then rinsing the ear out with hot water with the ear
wax water bulb syringe. A lot of wax came out of each ear, so thus my
ears are cleaner, and perhaps I hear better. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 6:35 P.M.: Dinner was
enjoyable. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch some
television, and afterwards I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 5:45 P.M.: I took one of the
boneless chicken breast halves, and I rinsed it in cold water, and I dried it
with a paper towel. I then put it in a Pyrex pie dish, and I added two
tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce and a quarter of a cup of Rene
Junot white wine. I seasoned the top of the boneless chicken breast with
Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning,
ground black pepper, Italian spices, basil, and oregano. I put on two
diced gloves of garlic, and I am cooking it in the Farberware convection oven
at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I will have it with the juices
on the chicken. I will also have two steamed ears of sweet corn, steamed
fresh broccoli, and a steamed sliced green squash. I will put olive oil
on the vegetables, and I will have it all with iced tea. I steam my
vegetables with a steam rack in a pot usually for fifteen minutes including the
time it takes to create the steam. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 5:15 P.M.: I ordered the 36 inch
cable http://www.jab-tech.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_24&products_id=40
from Jab computers. I will send them a check for $10.23 which is $6.38
for the cable and $3.85 priority mail. I will send them the print out of
the order too, so they know which item it is. Thus I will soon have the
longer cable. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 4:20 P.M.: The reason I have been
looking at IDE cables is that on my Syntax SV266M motherboard that came with my
Northgate System, the primary or first IDE controller uses an IDE 80 wire
ribbon which came with the system. However, it is 18 inches long with
about six inches between the second IDE connector and the first IDE
connector. Since on the Apex/Foxconn TM-124 case, there are two bays for
the two CD players, I use, and then beneath the floppy drive inside the case,
there is room if one removes the memory to install the second hard drive.
However, the first hard drive fits into a cage which is 90 degrees adjacent to
the other drive, so the reach between the second IDE connector on the second
hard drive to the first IDE connector on the first hard drive perpendicular is
slightly more than six inches with the twists in the IDE 80 wire ribbon
cable. I was able to solve this problem with just enough length by
turning the second hard drive upside down in its installation. Thus
although I have both hard drives connected, the cable is stretched to the
limit. I would be able to more easily install them with a 24 inch or 36
inch round cable, which on the 36 inch cable there is about a foot of length
between the second IDE connector and the first IDE connector. The cables
that I studied are PC133 cables, but I am not sure whether that means they are
80 wire or not. Although it is $30 at CompUSA for such a 36 inch cable,
the site at http://www.jab-tech.com/
has a similar 36 inch cable for $6.38 http://www.jab-tech.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_24&products_id=40
which also glows for those of you with clear side panels. Thus if I chose
to have a lengthier cable, it would not be too expensive to order and replace
the one that came with the system assuming it is an 80 wire cable. I
install two hard drives of equal size in my primary system, so I can back up
the C: drive to the D: drive with Windows XP professional backup, which I do in
about six separate files of less than the four gigabyte maximum for the backup
program. However, should I have a major power surge which could happen on
some electrical systems despite the ground fault control panels, I could
conceivably lose both hard drives including the backup. They ideal backup
on my system would be use one of the new USB 2.0 external hard drives available
for about $150 which then could be stored separately from the primary
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 3:45 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped
by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue in the rain with my umbrella. I then drove down by the
waterfront. Greenwich Capital has put up new signs that say "RBS
Greenwich Capital" RBS
Greenwich Capital - Welcome to www.gcm.com which reflects the fact
that they are owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland RBS: Welcome to
The Royal Bank of Scotland . However, whomever owns the Royal
Bank of Scotland is a question. I would assume the Scottish. I next
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and P.C.
Magazine. I then went to the Cos Cob Food Mart, and I bought a quart jar
of Richfood Strawberry Preserves for $2.99, two six ounce jars of Cento
artichoke hearts .99 each, six ears of sweet corn for $1 all, three Florida
green squash at .99 a pound for $1.72, and a package of Gold Kist boneless
breasts of chicken at $1.99 a pound for $3.40 less 5% senior discount .38 for
$10.71 total. I noticed they have liter bottles of various flavors of
Perrier www.perrier.com
on sale for .99 a bottle which is a very good value. I then returned
home, since with arthritis, I am not good at hanging out downtown on rainy
days. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 11:40 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I had two
tuna fish sandwiches with ice tea. I listened to a bit of http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up. I will
then go out for some downtown activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 10:45 A.M.: A good sight for
computer cables http://www.jab-tech.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 10:10 A.M.: Translated version of http://www.lemonde.fr/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 9:45 A.M.: I went through my
email. I rested a bit. I watched some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/21/03 Wednesday 6:15 A.M.: I went to bed after the last
message. I chatted with a friend at 9 P.M., and I chatted with another
friend at 11 P.M.. I was up at 4:30 A.M. this morning. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. It just started raining here, so I will be
staying in this morning. I read the story last night that the United
States government has raised the threat level to orange. However, this
week is fleet week in Manhattan, so there should be a little bit of additional
security. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 8:00 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 7:50 P.M.: I looked at the Creative
Web sight www.creaf.com
, but I could not find any information on the Vibra WebCam, although it is one
of their products. I filled out the Staples $25 rebate information on the
Vibra WebCam, and I have it ready to mail. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 7:00 P.M.: I had two scoops of Starbucks
coffee ice cream and ice tea. I guess, once I use of the ice cream, I
will have to start buying frozen ice or fat free ice cream. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 6:40 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I uninstalled the video drivers for my Ezonics EzCam USB, and I
connected it to the Dell Backup computer which already has the drivers for it
on it. I then installed the Vibra Web Cam drivers and programs. It
is a Creative camera, so it comes with the Creative program Web Cam Control and
Web Cam monitor. The latter program, I probably will not use since I shut
down my computer when I leave the apartment. I then registered the Vibra
Web Cam, and I rebooted. I then installed the Vibra Web Cam to one of the
rear USB ports, and it was recognized and installed by Plug and Play. I
ignored the XP compatibility warning, which the instructions said to
ignore. It installed fine, and it is working just fine. I adjusted
the focus, and checked the Web Cam control settings. I setup Microsoft
Netmeeting with it. I noticed in the web cam video, in the
background 12 feet behind one sees the picture very clearly of Charles
Lindbergh, so the depth of field on the camera is very good. I could have
tried to buy a USB 2.0 camera, but it would have cost close to $100 instead of
$5 eventually, and they apparently do not work much better. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 5:35 P.M.: While putting away my new
summer slacks in the bedroom closet, I took care of an overcrowding
problem. I removed a couple dozen pairs of slacks that are waist 36
inches and smaller that I can not long fit in. About half of them are
corduroy, six khaki, four wool, and two jeans. I folded them, and I put
them in the empty Rubbermaid laundry hamper and on top of it. I put the
extra hangers on top of the computer equipment on the sideboard. Thus
although the bedroom closet is still filled to overflowing, it is less
cramped. I am forever the optimist, and I hope some time in the near
future I might lose some weight, and my smaller clothes which are in very good
shape will fit me again. Thus instead of donating them to a local thrift
shop, I am keeping them for leaner times. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 4:55 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then sat out briefly downtown. I then went up to
Norwalk Hyundai. I arrived at 7:30 A.M. as they were opening. I
dropped the Hyundai off for the 35,000 mile service check up. I told them
it did not need new spark plugs, since I had platinum spark plugs put in 3,000
miles ago. I walked over to Stew Leonard's, and I got a 10 ounce cup of
Kuhai coffee for $1. I toured the store. I noticed rip eye steaks
are $5.99, but on my new low cholesterol diet, I can not eat them. They
have six ounce cans of three diamond crab meat for $2.50 too. I did not
make any purchases, because I did not want to carry them around with me while I
was waiting for the car. I then walked back eastward, and I went by Staples.
I toured their store. I then walked back westward, and I went by Stew
Leonard's parking area again, and I sat out briefly. I then sat for a
while at Norwalk Hyundai. About 10 A.M. the car was ready. There
was $83.35 in labor, 4 quarts of oil at $2.50 a quart for $10, oil plug gasket
.49, oil filter $5.73, fuel filter $27.18, PCV valve $10.99, air filter $15.50,
washer fluid $2.25, oil treatment $7.13, fuel treatment $7.13 for $86.60 parts
plus $10.20 tax for $180.15 total. I paid cash for the service.
Norwalk Hyundai is owned by a local Greenwich dealership chain of
dealers. They are moving to a new location next to Bonjournos on the
Stamford Greenwich border. I then went by CompUSA in Norwalk. I
toured the store. I checked out IDE cables, since the stretch on my
primary IDE cable on the primary computer is a bit tight. However, I have
an 80 cable on the primary IDE and a 40 cable for the CD players. They
sell a 3 foot cable which would be plenty of length with a foot length between
the second drive and the first drive which would be less tight. It is a
PC 133 cable, but I was not sure if it was an 80 cable that my system
requires. It is $30, so I decided not to get it. I then toured
Circuit City. I then drove back down to Greenwich. I went to
Staples in Old Greenwich, and I bought a Vibra Web Cam $29.98 plus $1.80 tax
for $31.78 total. The Vibra Web Cam also has a $25 mail in rebate from
Staples, so eventually it will be $5 and tax. I have a web cam on the
primary computer right now, but its drivers are not Windows XP compatible, so
now I have a Windows XP compatible web cam. I then went by the Old
Greenwich Rummage Room thrift shop. I next went by the Old Greenwich Food
Mart, and I bought a pre made roast beef sandwich with lettuce and tomato for
$4.59 and a Snapple ice tea with lemon for .89 for $5.76 total. I then
went out to Tod's Point, and I had lunch at the southeast beach area
bench. I then drove around Tod's Point. I next drove back to
central Greenwich, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I
then went downtown. I went by the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift Shop.
Clothes are deeply discounted. I bought four pairs of summer slacks for
$2 a pair for $8 total. One pair is Nantucket red cotton, another is
cream cotton, another is turquoise cotton, and the other pair is orange
linen. They all fit me. They are traditional summer slacks. I
then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. They were removing the tulip bulbs. I next drove down by
the waterfront. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then returned home, and I had a cold diet Sprite in a chilled
mug and a glass of ice tea. My arthritis was acting up today with the
cooler morning temperatures. I was told it is suppose to start raining
tomorrow afternoon for the next three days. I put a new Nu Car scent
Christmas tree scent card in the Hyundai. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 5:55 A.M.: I made an appointment at
Norwalk, Connecticut Hyundai to take my car up there today for the 35,000
mile service checkup http://www.bargainnews.com/ct/457/norwalkhi.cfm?thedealer=457
. I will now shut down the computer, and I will have a couple of tuna
fish sandwiches and ice tea. I will then clean up. I will then head
up to Norwalk. They supposedly open at 7:30 A.M..
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 5:15 A.M.: I went through my
email. I then rested a bit more. Well, I am now on a day
schedule. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/20/03 Tuesday 2:05 A.M.: I did not go out after the
last message. I relaxed a bit. I had two scoops of Starbucks coffee
ice cream. I put my $20 Staples rebate in the mail box downstairs.
I fell asleep about 11 A.M.. I was up at midnight. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I watched a bit of Cspan about the President of the Philippines
state visit. In the mail, I received a DVD disk from Microsoft.
Since I do not have a DVD player in the computer, I can not play it on the
computer, but I do have a DVD video player, I can use it to look at the video
content. I put the disk in a jewel case, and I put it by the TEAC DVD
video player by the Orion television. I also received a Greenwich
Medical survey in the mail which included a new two dollar bill for filling out
the medical survey. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 7:45 A.M.: I rested a bit. I had
some gold emblem cheese crackers and ice tea. I put the new batch of ice
tea in the refrigerator. I will now shut down the computer. I will
clean up, and I will go out to see what is happening on this Canadian Holiday.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 4:20 A.M.: I guess one could have the
free Greenwich version of the Chelsea Flower show by touring the McArdle
McMillan green houses on Arch street downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 4:15 A.M.: I went through my
email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . There is a
frost warning this morning, and it is 41 degrees Fahrenheit outside right
now. Although, I have finished my regular computer work, I am not sure if
I want to go out in the cool morning air for a walk. I might wait a bit
and think about it. I am still waiting to put away the ice tea. I
steep it for an hour to two hours. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 3:50 A.M.: Today is the Queen Victoria
Day Holiday in Canada, but Queen Victoria's actual birthday is May 24, 1837 Victoria
Day , which would be this Saturday. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 3:25 A.M.: Chelsea Flower Show Telegraph | News | Chelsea's flower-power goes psychedelic
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 3:15 A.M.: Spare a smoke? A Great Estate Opens Its Gates . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 2:55 A.M.: I am boiling three quarts of
water to make up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
with the usual proportion of tea bags. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 2:05 A.M.: I filled out the Staples
rebate information the modem. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/19/03 Monday 1:45 A.M.: I was up at 11 P.M.. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. In the primary computer, I installed Sterling
Communications 56K V.92 PCI internal Faxmodem Model S20, and when I booted
Windows XP professional it installed the drivers. I went ahead and
installed the drivers from the CD and the programs on it. I downloaded
the Juno www.juno.com
software for free local access here in Greenwich, and I installed it. It
works fine on the dialup modem for the two local access number. At the
moment, I have the Juno dialer set to not dialup through the modem, but to
logon on through the cable modem. Still, it is now available if the cable
modem did not work. I also put a telephone three splitter on the back of
the primary control panel for the telephone line to split off to the speaker
phone, Uniden cordless phone, and the line to the computer. I found
another speaker cord Y splitter on the floor by the computer, so I hooked it
back up to the Dell backup computer, so both the speakers and the headset come
out of the primary audio jack. I opened a new Juno Account, because I
could not remember my old account logon name and password. I think that
information is on the AMD backup computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 2:10 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. I turned off the air conditioner,
since it comes on when the sun hits it, and it is not really warm enough
outside to need it yet. It is nice to have the apartment warm up in the
afternoon with the western sunlight it gets in the warmer months, so it is a
bit warmer at night in the apartment, since I do not have the heat on this time
of year, when it is still cool outside at night around here. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 1:45 P.M.: I am microwaving a
Stouffer's 15.5 ounce stuffed peppers with ground beef and tomato sauce.
I will have it with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 1:25 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I drove downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. While, I was chatting with a fisherman, a blue and
white helicopter showed up, and it was flying low over the shoreline of Mead's
Point, Indian Harbor, and Belle Haven. It kept flying low into the harbor
about 50 feet above the water. I think there is a ban on helicopters
landing in Greenwich, so it must have been some sort of special activity.
I next drove over to the Mobil Express Car wash in Old Greenwich, and I had my
Hyundai washed for $5. I towel dried it afterwards, and I shook out the
floor mats. I then drove by Staples, but they do not open on Sunday until
10 A.M.. I then went out to Tod's Point, and I sat out at the beach in
the southeast beach area in my beach chair for an hour enjoying the view of
Long Island Sound. I donated a dollar to the Special Olympics when
entering the beach. I was told that they are going to have the Special
Olympics in Ireland this summer. While sitting at the beach, I noticed
four swimmers out in the distance swimming the entire length of the beach.
Since it is a full moon in June, the low tide is about as low as it gets on a
yearly basis. I next drove around Tod's Point stopping briefly at the
southwest parking area. I then went to Staples, shortly after they
opened, and I bought a Sterling Communications 56K V.92 PCI internal Faxmodem
Model S20 for $19.98 plus $1.20 tax for $21.18. It also has a $20 Staples
mail in rebate, so eventually it will only cost just the tax. I then went
downtown. When I got out of my car, I noticed I had lost my cigarettes,
so I went to Zyn stationary, and I bought a package of Pall Mall lights 100s
for $4.20. The pockets on my Perrier of America wind breaker are not too
deep. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then sat out downtown
until noon. I next went by Exxon next to the Greenwich Library, and I
bought $6.25 of regular unleaded at $1.779 a gallon for 26 miles per
gallon. I then returned home. I chatted briefly with a
neighbor. I had some ice tea. I will put in the telephone modem into my
primary computer some time in the future to have for backup should the cable
modem ever go out. The cable modem has never gone out so far. I
will then install Juno free dialup, so I could technically get online if the
cable modem went out. However, I have a feeling if the cable modem ever
went out, Juno free dialup would be overwhelmed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 6:00 A.M.: I took a six ounce can of
Bumble Bee tiny shrimp, and I rinsed it in water. I then added two
tablespoons of Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise, and I mixed it all together, and
I made two sandwiches which I cut in half. I had the sandwiches with ice
tea. I will now shut down the computer. I will clean up, and I will
go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 5:00 A.M.: Of course when one goes to
Nantucket, they generally expect one to have money, since although they have
tried to secede from the United States of America like Key West, they are still
under the jurisdiction of the U.S.A.. The last time I was in Nantucket,
they were selling Nantucket passports, and Nantucket was a Tory Island in the
American revolution, since the British tended to control the seas.
Whatever, the case a lot of people that one sees in Nantucket in the summer are
just visitors or summer residents, so more than likely they would not be up
there yet, or down there as they say in Boston. Generally about the time
that Harvard University graduates about the third week in June along with the
many other New England schools, it starts to get busier. However, since
the southern schools in the United States get out earlier, the southern
students frequently get up north to Nantucket first, and they get all the good
jobs. There are some old guard republicans on Nantucket, but the rowdy
democrats from nearby Hyannis frequently can cause problems when the different
groups come into political philosophy controversy. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 4:10 A.M.: It says here http://www.flypanam.com/
, one can fly from Westchester Country Airport on the Greenwich, Connecticut
border with New York to Nantucket that far away island for about $160 one way
on week days. Of course to save money in the old days, I use to hitchhike
to Woods Hole or Hyannis and take the Ferry. One can also take the Amtrak
to Providence, Rhode Island and catch the bus down to Hyannis to catch the
ferry out to Nantucket. However, it is rumored that Nantucket like Key
West has gotten very expensive over the two decades since I departed. However,
both Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard have youth hostels in in the summer season
for younger travelers. Of course for arm chair travelers that would be a
long journey. As a point of trivia, if I have crossed the Atlantic 5 and
a half times, which side am I originally from. Nope not Europe, the half
trip across the Atlantic was flying round trip to Bermuda in 1968. As I
recall, I returned from Bermuda on Pan Am in 1968 during spring break after
flying to Bermuda on BOAC. I can not recall what other times, I might
have flown Pan Am, since I was not a major international traveler, but my
father in business had flown a million miles on Pan Am by 1954, so I paid
attention to the airline and I read up a bit on it. I use to have a Pan
Am VIP card that one could obtain in the old days for about $40, and when I
traveled I would use their lounges. I did fly quite a bit domestically
when I was younger, but I can not recall flying Pan Am very much, since they
were an international airline. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 3:40 A.M.: In reading Charles
Lindbergh's biography http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp
, it says that Dwight Eisenhower appointed him a Brigadier General in the U.S.
Air Force in 1954 after completing various other civilian and military
assignments. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 2:55 A.M.: I put away my laundry.
It is my theory from what I have read that with common scanner technology
available from Radio Shack or other more advanced systems, individuals can
eavesdrop on cellular telephone conversations. More than likely there are
individuals on the south shore of Connecticut trying to eavesdrop on
conversation on the North Shore of Long Island and visa versa. However,
with the multitude of languages spoken in this area, it must be all quite
confusing unless one is an expert linguist. Thus as in the old saying in
the Navy goes "Lose Lips Sink Ships", one should be somewhat circumspect
with one's conversations on wireless technology. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 2:05 A.M.: For any of the local wharf
rats this page contains the tide charts for the area Tide
Chart Index Connecticut Coast West at www.maineharbors.com
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 1:45 A.M.: I went through my
email. I also have a Microsoft Hotmail email account that I have never
used or given out in the several years that I have had it. Still, it is
interesting that I get 50 to 60 spam emails a day on that one Hotmail email
account. I wonder if Microsoft sells its email list or how people obtain
the Microsoft Hotmail email addresses. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 1:30 A.M.: I have 50 minutes to go on
the dry cycle. I noticed today that the fishermen with cell phones can
now order to pizza to go while they are fishing. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/18/03 Sunday 1:15 A.M.: I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I am charging up the Slaymaker million watt rechargeable
lantern. I started two loads of laundry. I put clean sheets on the
bed. In referring to Key West in the mid 1970s there were quite a few Pan
Am flight personnel that had homes there. Pan Am used to have a New
Year's Eve party there at the discothèque with thousands of their employees,
and the next day they would all take off again all over the world. The
Pigeon House patio adjacent to the Audubon House on Whitehead Street was the
original Pan Am ticket office, when they first started flying the flying
airboat from Key West to Havana. Also with the United States Navy pilots
at Boca Chica air station there were quite a few pilots down there.
Having lived in Pensacola, Florida from 1953 to 1955, I knew that the Navy air
pilots were also there. There use to be a bar for pilots in Pensacola
called the Driftwood, and about a dozen years ago they moved to Vero Beach,
Florida. As the name implies the Driftwood was originally built from
Driftwood off the beach. There were a lot of pictures of pilots in the
bar. Of course over the yeas a lot of the Navy pilots became Pan Am
pilots. Thus in the old days, I treated Key West like it was a flight
operations center for both civilian and military aircraft. Also NASA
personnel also lived in Key West, and they supposedly trained flight personnel
down in the Florida Keys. Anyway it seemed to me that somebody had a
Federal Government budget down in the Florida Keys, and the largest store in
Key West was the Navy Commissary which unfortunately they would not let me shop
in. My family had a distant presence in Key West, since my father's first
wife's family owned the Household Finance Company, which also had an office on
Duval Street in Key West helping to finance the buildup and restoration of the
island. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/03 Saturday 11:35 P.M.: A relative called up
about 9 P.M., and we chatted. A friend called right before I went to bed.
I watched a bit of television. I had a granola bar with ice tea. I
chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/03 Saturday 4:35 P.M.: For dinner, I had a Boston
Market Swedish meatballs dinner and ice tea. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/03 Saturday 4:00 P.M.: I went back out after the
last message. I stopped by the Stop and Shop, and I exchanged a quart jar
of Hellmann's regular mayonnaise for a quart jar of Hellmann's Just2Good low fat
mayonnaise. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out for a while at various locations. I
then drove down by the waterfront. Some of the regular fishermen are back
again for another summer season. However, since the water in Long Island
Sound along the south shore of Connecticut is running six degrees cooler this
year, the fishing is not too good at the moment. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the first section of the Greenwich Times. I
did not read the rest, since it was not there. I checked out a DVD video
disk. I then went by the Arnold Bread Factory outlet, and I bought two
loaves of 12 grain bread for .99 each less 10% senior discount of .20 for $1.78
total. I then returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/03 Saturday 11:40 A.M.: I vacuumed the
apartment. I put a new vacuum cleaner bag in the Hoover upright
vacuum. I used the older Electrolux vacuum to clean the bathroom vent
fan, and I also vacuumed behind the sofa in the living room. I went out,
and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. Today art and household items and
frames are half price. I went back by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went back by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought the portrait of Charles Lindbergh http://www.charleslindbergh.com/
for half price down from $65 for $32.50. It is in a black lacquer
frame. It is 23 inches by 19 inches with the portrait inside the matting
17 inches by 14 inches. It is in black and white some type of detailed
drawing signed by Charles Overall. I then returned home. I cleaned
the glass on the portrait, and I tightened the nails that hold the cardboard
back on. I hung it above the daybed on the left side below the
thermostat. I moved the two French chateau pictures on the same wall to
above the mirror on either side of the smoke detector. On the right side
where one of the French chateau pictures were, I put the picture from the
hallway of the Venice canal. I will now go back out again. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/03 Saturday 9:15 A.M.: I put a can of Progresso
New England clam chowder in a microwave cooking container, and I microwaved it
on reheat. I had it for lunch with ice tea. I will now shut down
the computer, and I will go back downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/03 Saturday 8:45 A.M.: I uninstalled the Creative
SoundBlaster Live MP3+ drivers, and the I reinstalled them again. For
some reason I had two different copies in the Add and Remove programs
selection, so it should be better now. I took the Y splitter off the
soundcard on the Dell backup computer, and I used it to connect the Andrea
Electronics microphone on the primary computer. Since it uses an adaptor,
it was a bit wide for the plug-in hole, so now it fits more easily, since the Y
adaptor is narrower. I also was able to plug in the primary sound plug
further in, so all speakers work properly. I also installed Vienna Sound
Fonts on the computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/03 Saturday 7:10 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train
station area. I sat out at various locations. I noticed at 5:30
A.M. on Saturday morning, there is a diesel commuter train that stops at the
Greenwich Train station going to New York City. I guess it is coming down
from the Danbury line which is not electrified. I also noticed a sign in
Quinn's liquor store that they are going out of business and all alcohol and
wine is 10% off. I drove down by the waterfront. Today and tomorrow
at the Bruce Museum they are having the outside art show where various artists
sell their art. I just now returned home. In remembering life when
I was in Key West in the winters of 1977 and 1978, I read an article when I
returned up north at that time, that Key West had the highest rate of
meningitis in the United States because they pumped raw sewage into the water
close to the shoreline. I think they have since fixed that problem by
putting in new sewer lines and a new sewage plant. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/17/03 Saturday 4:30 A.M.: I rested until about 9:30
P.M.. I chatted with a friend and a relative. I took a six ounce
can of Chicken of the Sea tuna fish, and I rinsed it. I then flaked it,
and I added two tablespoons of low fat Hellmann's mayonnaise, and I mixed it
together, and I made two sandwiches. I had the sandwiches with some
potato chips and ice tea. I then rested until 1 A.M.. I did my
house cleaning and watering the plants. I will do the vacuuming later in
the morning once my neighbors are up. I had one of the General Electric
15 watt candelabra bulbs burn out in the pair of sconces above the day bed.
I replaced all four bulbs with new General Electric 15 watt candelabra
bulbs. I saved three of the old bulbs that still work. I keep a lot
of my replacement bulbs in the mahogany bureau in the bedroom and in the
bedroom window opening. I just had breakfast of oatmeal with sugar,
cinnamon, and milk; two slices of toast with Smucker's strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I have probably been tired the last few
days with the damp low barometric pressure system in the area, one tends to get
tired. One gets the same effect when one goes on a cruise on the ocean or
when one goes out to Nantucket surrounded by the ocean. Frequently when
people first arrive in Nantucket, they sleep for about a week, because the
ocean makes them tired. I also remembered that this time of year is when
the migratory animals such as Mountain Lions might be traveling through this
area along the ridges working their way further north. I suppose it is
also the time of year when the Indians return to their Happy Hunting Grounds
for their traditional activities. One of the computer fans is making a
bit of a higher pitched noise, but I will leave it be. Hopefully, it will
not get any worse. I will clean up shortly, and I will go out for a morning
walk, since it seems drier. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/03 Friday 5:15 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/03 Friday 4:10 P.M.: Around 7 A.M., I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I then rested until now. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 05/16/03:
Note:
<888> 05/16/03 Friday 5:35 A.M.: With the Army Operations
download and the install, I only have about 2.2 gigabytes left on my C:
drive. I might uninstall it later to free up space. I also went
through most of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/03 Friday 5:20 A.M.: I have the Army Operations
game installed on the computer. In the process of installing
SMPMclientinstaller which was a feature of the game, it had me install the
Microsoft Net Framework, but for it SMPMclientinstaller to run it looks for the
Microsoft Net Framework Service Pack 2 which will not install on my
machine. I am not sure what this feature is. However the Army game
works. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/03 Friday 3:20 A.M.: I am downloading Americas
Army 1.70 game from http://www.3dgamers.com/dlexit/inspan/games/americasarmy/armyops170.exe.html
or http://www.3dgamers.com/games/americasarmy/ or http://www.americasarmy.com/downloads.php?sec=full
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/16/03 Friday 3:00 A.M.: I went to bed at 9 P.M., and
a relative called at 10 P.M.. I just got up now. I will do a little
bit of computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 7:45 P.M.: I went through my
email. I did a little bit of other computer work. I will now shut
down the computer. I will watch some television before going to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 7:30 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. For dinner, I had a Boston Market Salisbury steak dinner with
cheese noodles. Whoops the cheese noodles might not be good for the
cholesterol. I have two unopened jars of Hellmann's regular mayonnaise
that I will exchange for the low fat brand. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 6:05 P.M.: I watch a videotape until
7 A.M. this morning. I rested until noon. I took a six ounce can of
Council crab meat, and I mixed two tablespoons of Hellmann's mayonnaise in it.
I made two sandwiches out of it, and I had them with ice tea. I
took a Benadryl. It is a high pollen count outside. I cleaned up,
and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the local newspaper. I went by the Stop and
Shop, and I bought a quart jar of Hellmann's Just2Good Reduced fat mayonnaise
for $4.19, a Boston Market chicken and noodles dinner for $2.99, a 96 ounce
container of Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for $2.99 for $10.17
total. I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I just now returned home.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 3:40 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will rest a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 3:15 A.M.: I downloaded and installed
the Hulk demo, but it did not do much, and it needs a Game Pad. Maybe joy
sticks are passé, and game pads are in. I removed the Hulk
demo. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 2:45 A.M.: The Star Trek demo would
not work on my machine. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 2:20 A.M.: I am downloading Star Trek
II Elite Force demo http://gaming.startrek.com/ to try out my
joystick. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 1:45 A.M.: I am microwaving a
Stouffer's 15.5 ounce stuffed peppers with ground beef and tomato sauce which I
will have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 1:35 A.M.: I went through my email
including scanning the volcano reports which can be lengthy. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 1:00 A.M.: I just received email from
Volcano Listserv at http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/ that two
Volcanoes in Alaska are on orange alert Alaska Volcano Observatory . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/15/03 Thursday 12:10 A.M.: I cut up the Capital One
Visa card, and I ripped up the information that came with it. I did some
regular computer work. I noticed that www.accessmicro.com is sold out of a lot of the
merchandise that they offer. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 10:30 P.M.: After the last message,
I went downtown by the waterfront. I then walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I stopped by St. Moritz bakery, and I bought an almond Danish
pastry for $1.25. I ate the pastry in the park. I returned home,
and I went to bed. I was up at 7 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal
with sugar, cinnamon, and milk; two slices of toast with Smucker's strawberry
jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee with milk and sugar.
I fell back to sleep until 10 P.M.. I checked my mail, and I got a Visa
credit card from Capital One with a $20,000 line of credit for Scott's Internet
Hotlist. It would be tempting to activate the card and travel around the
world resting and advertising Scott's Internet Hotlist, but since I do not
generate any revenue, I would rather not accumulate dept. I will thus cut
up the Visa card and rip up the forms. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.: I finished my regular
internet work. I will now shut down the computer. I will go out for
a while and enjoy some morning light. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 5:05 A.M.: Name Boeing's new
airplane sweepstakes http://www.newairplane.com/?source=fs2004
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 4:20 A.M.: I am in the process of
going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. Sometime in the near future, I have to have the 35,000 mile checkup
done on my Hyundai at Norwalk, Ct. Hyundai. I have about 80 miles before
35,000 miles. It should be about $120 since I had new platinum spark
plugs put in the car in October 2002 at the 30,000 mile checkup, I did at
32,500 miles. The oil change and filter which they will do then too was
last done at 31,800 miles. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 3:40 A.M.: Barney page with link to
Barney Cam http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/abc/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 3:40 A.M.: I finished reading my
email. I had three pretzel rods and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 2:45 A.M.: Microsoft :
GetBetterMail : Introduction CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 2:40 A.M.: Once Derided for Dinosaur, I.B.M. Shows a T-Rex Bite
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 2:35 A.M.: McAfee Security Virus Warning W32/Fizzer@MM CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 2:35 A.M.: Microsoft Windows Longhorn - Software Reviews - CNET.com
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 2:30 A.M.: NASA rethinks Web site approach CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 2:10 A.M.: Anatahan Volcano History http://www.guam.net/pub/sshs/depart/science/mancuso/marianas/anatahan/anatahan.htm
and http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=2132C451-69F1-452F-B016A58773D5C4B6
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Anatahan+Volcano
. Well, we will have to keep an eye on it, since old volcanoes that erupt
which have not historical activity can frequently be more dangerous because
they have been sleeping for a long time. As I recall there are a number
of veterans whom probably served in that area. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 2:00 A.M.: Last Tsunami warning in
the Pacific was May 4, 2003 http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/bulletins.htm
. Looking at the satellite photos of the Northern Mariana Islands
erruptions, it is hard to tell whether it is a major erruption that might
generate seismic acitivity leading to a tsunami. I am not familiar with
the historical activity of that volcano. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 1:55 A.M.: Pacific Tsunami warning
system link is working now http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/ and
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/
, http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Volcano/
, http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/
relevant Northern Mariana Islands volcano links. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 1:30 A.M.: Tsunami warning centers http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu/tsunami.html
and http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology/Geologic_Hazards/Tsunami/Warning_Centers/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 1:25 A.M.: Of course with such major
volcanic activity, there could be Tsunami activity in Hawaii or the Philippines
or other neighboring areas http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Tsunami
.
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 1:20 A.M.: According to this the
Northern Mariana Islands is under United States administrative trust http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cq.html
. Maybe this will make it colder here this upcoming winter. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 1:00 A.M.: According to this http://www.cnmiemo.org/index.htm
, Saipan, Mariana Islands is a United States territory, so it is in our realm
of influence. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.: Northern Mariana Island
volcano eruption http://www.cnmiemo.org/Press%20Release%20Vocanic%20Eruption%20Anatahan%205-10-03.htm
and . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/14/03 Wednesday 12:30 A.M.: I noticed this evening
while I was on my evening stroll that there is a white Labrador retriever that
is spending the night at Wendy's Closet, a woman's dress store on the east side
of lower Greenwich Avenue. I noticed it was sleeping on a hard floor, and
it did not have a comfortable cushion. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/13/03 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I am cooking the same
dinner, as I had last night. It should be very enjoyable. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/13/03 Tuesday 11:20 P.M.: I sleep more on Tuesdays
and Fridays. I had a call today from a friend around noon while he was
traveling through Greenwich chatting on his cell phone. We chatted until
he got to Darien. He was going to Ansonia, Connecticut. He called
me again when he was back at work at Yonkers Race track at 3 P.M.. I had
a friend last weekend whom called me on Saturday, and they wanted me to go to
the Cloisters in Manhattan or drive up to Madison, Connecticut on the
waterfront near New Haven, Connecticut; which I was unable to do, since I was
on a night schedule. The same friend was in President Bush's class, and I
was told that President Bush has invited his entire alumni class to the White
House for their Yale reunion www.yale.edu . I went up to Yale in fall
of 1975, thinking I might want to attend the Yale school of Business and
Politics founded by Nelson Aldridge Rockefeller and Henry Clay Ford Junior, but
alas that was the same year Ronald Reagan Junior was starting Yale as a
freshman, so they did not pay much attention to me when I showed up. I
guess having worked around Harvard in the summer when I was at Polaroid, there
was a bit of Ivy League resentment. Anyway, I spent a week walking around
the campus sleeping on the couch in the basement of the Yale law school, and
not eating very much, so I returned home to Greenwich, where I was more comfortable.
I also had a telephone call about 6 P.M. from Smith Barney trying to interest
me in estate planning, but I explained that I was disabled living on minimal
assets. I had breakfast at 4 P.M. of oatmeal with sugar, cinnamon, and
milk; toast with olive oil, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee
with sugar and milk. I fell back to sleep until 8 P.M.. I got up,
and I cleaned up. I received in the mail from Connecticut Light and Power
a Sylvania 75 watt soft white twist 75 bulb that lasts up to 7 years and
supposedly saves $55 in energy costs during its lifetime. I put it in the
hallway book light that I leave on all the time. Thus it is a bit
brighter in the hallway instead of the standard 40 watt light bulb I had.
I also received a General Electric Service Protection plan for my General
Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control which is
currently covered through August 2003. The old plan was about $53 a year,
but now they want $86.07 a year, so I guess it went up, because the unit is two
years old. I will send it in to keep it covered. At the moment it
is 50 degrees Fahrenheit outside, so I really do not need to use the air
conditioner just now. I cleaned up, and I went out, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.
Tiffanies is opened tonight for laying new carpet, so I guess one could stop by
and pick up free samples, if the renovation crew did not mind. The alarm
was going off when I went by. I drove down by the waterfront. They
have a nice antique car in front of the Delamar Hotel http://www.thedelamar.com/
on the waterfront. Apparently it is a very posh five star hotel, and I
have read that some of the rooms even have fire places for cold nights. I
next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a Boston Market Salisbury steak
dinner for $2.99, a 96 ounce jug of Tropicana premium orange juice for $2.99, a
quart of Smuckers www.smuckers.com
Concorde grape jam for $2.29 and a quart of Smuckers strawberry jam for $3.99
for $12.26 total. I just now returned home. Last Saturday night, I
thought I saw someone I knew on the camera in Key West at www.liveduvalstreet.com
, so since he lived in Key West when I did, and since he also lived in
Nantucket when I did, he might be bringing up a sail boat from Antigua, where
he might be living in the winter to Nantucket where he might live in the
summer, so I guess some people still make the annual migration from south to
north and back. Of course he could have been just down from Miami for the
weekend where he also lives. The person looks similar to me, so people
frequently would mistake us. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/12/03 Monday 11:55 P.M.: I can not find a free game
on the internet to use with a joy stick. I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch some television before going to bed. I have
to take my Lipitor before bed. I will have to quit eating cheese
too. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/12/03 Monday 10:20 P.M.: I cooked a half pound of
frozen swordfish by first rinsing it in water. I then put in the Pyrex
Pie dish, and I added a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine and several
tablespoons of Borden lemon juice, and I rinsed both sides in the
mixture. I added Old Bay Seasoning, Italian spices, basil, oregano, and a
few teaspoons of olive oil on it. I cooked it in the Farberware
convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. I had it with
steamed white rice, which instead of adding margarine, I cooked it with a
tablespoon of olive oil and a teaspoon of sesame oil in the microwave
container. I also had steamed fresh broccoli and fresh sliced asparagus
with olive oil and ice tea. I chatted with a friend after dinner. I
got the Logitech Wingman Attack joy stick going by uninstalling the other
Logitech joystick driver, and then I went to the Control Panel, and I selected
"Game Controllers", and I added a three axis four button joy stick.
I now have to find a free game to try it out with. But the set up and
test and calibration of the joy stick works, so it is working. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/12/03 Monday 8:35 P.M.: I did not fall asleep deeply
until about 7 A.M. this morning. I was up at noon. I had breakfast
three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street, and I cashed my PNY $30 rebate. I went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I returned the ADSL modem for $10
credit, and with the $10 credit I obtained a Logitech Wingman Attack joy
stick. I went to the Greenwich Hospital for the follow up on my
physical. I am healthy on all the laboratory work, except my cholesterol
is too high. I have to start take 10 mg. of Lipitor at bed time.
One does not take Lipitor with grapefruit juice. I will have to quit
eating eggs for breakfast, and eat oatmeal now for breakfast. I will have
to quit using margarine, and I will use olive oil on vegetables, and I can
start using jam or jelly on toast. I have to be tested for the Lipitor in
two weeks and four weeks at the hospital laboratory, and then go back and see
the Doctor. I drove down by the waterfront. I made my 4 P.M.
appointment. I went by the CVS pharmacy, and I picked up the Lipitor
prescription the Doctor prescribed for me. I then went by the Greenwich
Library. In observing the sky recently, I have noticed a lot of the type
of weather that has been causing the storms in the Midwest. I stopped by
the Stop and Shop, and I bought thawed frozen swordfish at $4.99 a pound for
$7.29, a Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner for $2.99, and broccoli
at $1.39 a pound for $1.93 for $12.21. When I returned home, the NOAA
weather warning was going off in the bedroom, but for some reason the living
room NOAA system did not go off. I installed the Logitech Wingman Attach
joystick, and I installed the Logitech driver that is for the more advanced
Wingman, that loads the joystick drivers in the Hardware settings of Windows
XP. However using http://gamesondemand.yahoo.com/ and installing
the 4X4 game, I can not get the joystick to work. Possibly the computer
game is too fast or I do not know how to use the joystick. Still it is an
analog joy stick plugged into the Creative Live MP3+ sound card game
port. Since it shows up in the system hardware properties, I assume it is
working. I will have to try another game maybe. I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/12/03 Monday 2:05 A.M.: I rested. I will now
shut down the computer. I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 10:45 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I had a few pretzel rods with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 9:35 P.M.: Monroe County pictures Florida's History Through Its Places Monroe County
and Florida Historic Places Atlas . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 9:20 P.M.: Dinner was delicious, and
since it was frozen, it seems to be all right, after about four and a half
months. Of course, I attended Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu in
Lake Forest, Illinois from 1968 and graduated with a degrees in Economics and a
minor in Fine Arts in 1972. I recall reading in the local Illinois
history that during World War I and II, when the Germans had India blockaded,
that the various shipping interests and navies of the world were not able to
get hemp rope from India which is used heavily in shipping. Thus in the
Midwest the grew vast quantities of hemp used to make rope. When they
transported the hemp in railroad box cars, the seeds would fall out of the
railroad cars, and thus wild hemp grows along the railroads in the
Midwest. In the state of Illinois alone there are over 50,000 miles of
railroad line much of which is probably owned by the Illinois Central railroad
and various other railroads that crisscross the Midwest. Thus although
various law enforcement agencies try to enforce border control on a product
that is commonly available in the Americas, it is hard to see what the point is
since such large quantities of hemp grow out in the wilderness. I would
warn any venturesome hippie types seeking to take advantage of such a resource
that wandering around railroads can be very dangerous since the trains in the
country are moving fast and they are so many of thousands of tons that they are
hard to stop if one gets in their way. When I first arrived in Manhattan
after graduating from college, I met a research fellow of Rockefeller
University whom had a grant from the United States government to research
marijuana. Indeed it has been widely reported that the United States
government still maintains secret farms where they produce the product for
research. I suppose with all the illegal activity and trade with the
product in Canada that the local entrepreneurs in that part of the world are
taking hemp production to the Nth degree. Of course the liberal Holland
Dutch in the Netherlands have openly and legally cultivated the product in
large amounts, since the Dutch decriminalized the product some time in the mid
1960s. Thus this event might have started the hippie generation when the
European students and travelers started arriving in this country. Of
course even George Washington cultivated hemp on his plantation in Mount
Vernon, Virginia since it was used in making cloth. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 8:10 P.M.: I had a homemade frozen
dinner in the freezer left over from Christmas time. It consists of
several slices of Butterball white turkey breast, with mushroom gravy, homemade
stuffing www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuff2.htm , and
Canadian wild rice, which I will have with ice tea. It will be an
enjoyable Mother's Day meal. I also refilled the ice trays in the
freezer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 7:50 P.M.: Of course having lived
around the extensive Pan American Airlines flight network which first started
flying from Key West to Havana financed by wealthy Connecticut investors
involved in Sikorsky aircraft whom made the flying air boat, there were quite a
few aircraft personnel whom once lived in this area. I recall once about
ten years ago, when the old Showboat Hotel on Steamboat road was on its last
legs, on one snowy December holiday period, I saw a Pan Am utility pickup truck
parked at the Showboat. It was similar to what use to service the Pan Am
planes at the airport. What was peculiar at the time, was that Pan Am did
not exist anymore, and the truck had Vermont license plates on it. Needless
to say when around well traveled citizens coming and going within this
community, I also observed quite a few Vermont residents here and down in Key
West. The old Showboat Hotel is now the Delamar Hotel and L'Escale
restaurant http://www.thedelamar.com/
, which is now quite upscale in the tradition of a European five star hotel,
instead of the usual group of Greenwich Policeman whom used to enjoy having
cocktails there late at night to enjoy the ambience of the worldly travelers
whom came and went unknown to the residents of Greenwich. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 7:30 P.M.: I remember once around
February 1978, when I was exiting the Monroe County Library in Key West, I saw
a light blue pickup truck and horse trailer parked in front of the
library. It had the name of a ranch on it in Maui Hawaii. I thought
it was very peculiar, and I wondered how it got there. On the trip when I
went to Hawaii, I actually stayed in Maui. I did not leave the grounds of
the Hyatt Hotel while there in LaHaina, since I was comfortable at the
hotel. Since Charles Lindbergh is supposedly buried on the north side of
Maui where he was retired, more than likely one would be able to sell the
picture of Charles Lindbergh still for sale in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop for more than $65, but of course one would have to send it out to Maui,
and see if anyone wanted it. I suppose the minister at the small church
where he is buried might be interested. Of course, in the United States
of America, the name Lindbergh is also affiliated with the Lindbergh law which
is the Federal statute against kidnapping, which I believe is still on the
books of the Justice Department. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 7:15 P.M.: Of course since Key West is
a tropical location, there were a number of people whom were into holistic
tropical medicinal remedies. I remember one vegetarian health food store
called the "Herb Garden". They sold lot of interesting
products. They had at least a 100 gallon size mason jars full of
different herbal ingredients used for various type ailments. I was not
familiar with their usage, so I did not purchase them. Quite a few of the
ingredients looked like they came from the mountains of Appalachia as well at the
Caribbean and the southern Americas. Still the shop was quite busy
amongst the locals whom knew how to use them. They also had a lot of
different tropical juices. They allowed one to charge items there on what
was called the "Book of Love", so occasionally when I did not have
money I would charge a jar of sesame seed butter and homemade honey wheat
oatmeal bread, and I would have it for meals for a number of days. I paid
off my bill that winter before leaving, when I got a large tax return. I
use to use the Monroe County library frequently in the mornings before going to
the beach on the east side in the afternoon. A lot of the older books had
book plates from some group called "The Committee of 100". I
use to use the laundromat on rainy days at Caroline street near the
library. There were quite a few laundromats in Key West, and they were
all busy on rainy days. One interesting laundromat was the Margaret
Truman laundromat on U.S. 1 just north of the Catholic Church. The name
"Margaret" was omnipresent in Key West. I once had a mystical
vision probably from starving that the "Bones of St. Margaret" the
patron Saint of Scotland which were stolen from Scotland by Spanish pirates and
lost at sea somewhere were indeed lying off the shores of Key West, which might
have explained the presence of the spirit of Margaret. Also the Scottish
rite masons were present in Key West, and their headquarters were in a pink
building where the Key West electrical company was also located. A friend
owned a craft shop next to it. The postmaster at the post office across
the street at General Delivery looked like the actor Bill Cosby in the
television series "I Spy". I once received a letter from the
British fellow I met in the Bahamas, and he lived at 21 Eaton Square in London,
which I suppose is a fancy address. I lost the exact address, since when
I read about Lord Mountbatten being killing in a bombing incident while I was
on a trip to California, I thought it best to ditch the address which I did in
a dumpster in Santa Cruz, California. It is funny though because amongst
the lawn bowlers in Laguna Beach, California was an individual at the time that
looked like Lord Mountbatten. They all wore dress whites like the British
do in the tropics. On that same trip when I went to Hawaii on a United
Airlines jet from Las Angeles airport, there was a woman that got on the plane
that looked like Queen Elizabeth II, and the group seemed somewhat
Anglophile. I believe that was in August 1980.
CIO
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<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 6:45 P.M.: I was up at 2 P.M.. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I found this web sight Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich
. I went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I paid a .30
fine on a book I returned. I returned a videotape too. I read the
Greenwich Times. I checked out a videotape. I then went by CVS on
Greenwich Avenue, and I bought three 35 ounce bottles of Lysol Island Breeze
cleaner for $1.99 each and buy one get one free of 12.5 ounce Joy liquid
dishwashing detergent for $1.49 both plus .45 tax for $7.91 total. I then
went downtown, and I sat out briefly. I next drove by the
waterfront. I then went by CVS again, and I bought a package of CVS
dental floss containing a 100 yards for $1.99 plus .12 tax for $2.11
total. I then returned home. In making my notes about Key West last
night, I did not mention that when I stayed at the Casa Marina in the winter of
1978 with a friend while it was under construction that there were about 250
stray cats on the property and in the old hotel. The hotel had last been
used as a Peace Corps training center and in World War II, it was the bachelor
officers quarters. I recall that Key West was very strict on law
enforcement, and there were about two dozen lawyers with offices on Whitehead
Street whose only practice was defending defendants in drug busts. It was
unusual since also in Key West, they had an historical house in private hands
at the southeast corner of Duval and Caroline street kitty corner across the
street from the Fogarty House. It was a Florida landmark with a plague in
front saying that it was Dr. Porter's House who had helped out greatly in a
malaria epidemic. In 1978, however a group of local young entrepreneurs
were living in the basement of Dr. Porter's house Florida's History Through Its Places, Dr. Porter's house
and http://www.freac.fsu.edu/HistoricPlaces/Counties/Monroe.html#porter
selling certain medicinal herbal ingredients that are considered illegal by the
United States government. However, the locals being very liberal seemed
to turn a blind eye to the activity. Since I was an outsider, I preferred
to stay uninvolved with the locals' mischief. Still, it was rather
peculiar since it was the center of town and everyone saw the activity. I
just chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 5:00 A.M.: Well meanwhile up here in
the snow belt, we snow birds are doing just fine. I am somewhat amused
that the last time I was in Key West, they gave me a free ride back to
Connecticut by air by unorthodox methods. I am sure, it was part of some
previous administration's dirty tricks policy, since I never did anything
wrong. Somebody just hacked into the Federal Crime computer network and
posted an erroneous message. More than likely that individual is now
raking up sea weed on the beech in some resort like Key West. It is
unfortunate that most of these ambitious individuals in the political arena,
frequently do not have the time or inclination it takes to achieve the job.
Since I have no political ambitions, it must have been done to try to discredit
other individuals whom I was around. Frequently individual confer with me
to get an outside viewpoint from someone whom reads a lot of the printed
media. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 3:45 A.M.: Of course, I am not sure
Ponce De Leon ever dreamed that Florida would become as overdeveloped as it is
today. Maybe he is still living down there. It seems to me that the
Fountain of Youth might indeed exist down there despite the weather. Of
course, one can always study www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. Whatever, the case I recently noticed another fellow alumni was living
down in St. Thomas, which seemed strange since he lived in Coral Gables.
However, it is the nature of going south, one begins the feel the chill more
and more in the winter as one gets use to the warmer temperatures, so people
sometimes gravitate further south as they get older and can not stand the
colder temperatures, they have become accustomed too. Still, I plan to
stay up north for the indefinite future. I was advised by a friend that
they had met recently with the head of operations for Brazil for one of our
larger local companies here in this area. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 3:35 A.M.: Well, theoretically since
the Florida Keys is made of coral, and since the local water and not the piped
water from Miami might be high in Coral Calcium like in Okinawa, Japan, and
since old timers tend to be cheap, maybe some old timers instead of paying $17
at the VitaminShoppe for a 1500 mg. bottle of 90 tablets of Coral Calcium are
enjoying the benefits of the possibility of Coral Calcium like life longevity
in the Florida Keys. However, one might not possibly live longer if one
got washed away by a hurricane. It would be sort of like the story of the
old timer that thought he was going to die, and suddenly a tornado hit, and he
found himself picked up by the wind, and he landed in a bed in a brothel full
of young ladies. I also had two slices of Swiss cheese and ice tea.
Of course when they come north, they always feel a lot colder, and can not
necessarily afford the extra cost of extra energy for extra heat, so they have
to thicken up their blood again. Traditionally when one feels the cold
from climate change or the change of the seasons, some people whom are more
exposed to the climate from working outside, enjoy alcoholic beverage to ward
of the cold. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 3:15 A.M.: Well, I studied the
characters walking by on Duval street, and I saw one familiar face. A lot
of people seem to be wearing pink along with pink taxi cabs, sort of Bermuda
like. It does not seem to be like the old rusted out piles of antique
cars I used to see, so perhaps, they restored the antique cars and sold them,
and bought new cars. Why Nordic people would be down there in the tropics
is beyond me. Of course Key West had another street called Fleming
Street, which obviously showed the Dutch were also involved in the Caribbean
Rum trade from the earliest days. I recall on reading that Freddie
Heineken had retired to Jamaica at one time before he died, so obviously some
Dutch venture into the Caribbean still today along with http://www.hollandamerica.com/
. I believe the Dutch Island of St. Kitts is well known as a vacation
spot for Dutch airline pilots, since obviously some people there speak Dutch
unlike myself, although I am half Dutch. Some of the Dutch speak Spanish
too, since the Netherlands was at one time invaded and occupied by the Spanish
not to mention Napoleon and the Germans. Having seen the Dutch Gouda cheese
man personally and assuming he is actually Dutch, I would feel fairly
comfortable the Dutch are secure back home in the Netherlands, and the tulip
time should be just beginning there about now. I think the Chelsea Flower
show in London is sometime soon too. Since the Dutch merchants were some
of the original traders in the spice trade in Europe, I would imagine they are
still trying to maintain their long time cartels in the Caribbean.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 2:15 A.M.: The friend that I met in Key
West in the winter of 1978 was part German English American, and he explained
to me that the Casa Marina was built by the Spotswood family local residents in
Key West who used German engineering techniques to pour the thick concrete
walls. The front center of the hotel had a cartouche with a key and a
sun. I tried to explain to the friend from my reading that although the
Casa Marina walls were thick part of Henry Flagler's original railroad
construction project which always had a hotel and Episcopal church in various
primary railroad stops like in Palm Beach or Coral Gables, that the hurricane
in the 1930s took out 50 foot thick railroad bridges in the Florida Keys, and
that water when driven is denser than cement. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 2:00 A.M.: While down in Key West in
the winter of 1978, A friend and myself use to spend time at Louis's Patio
sunbathing while it was closed in the winter. I believe members of Mel
Fisher's Dive expedition use to hang out there by the windsurfing platform.
I believe Dartmouth College and Columbia University were 50% investors in Mel
Fisher's dive expedition off of Key West. We frequently would wade
through the water to the adjacent Atlantic Shores beach club to enjoy the small
beach and hot shower facilities there. Further south across from the
southern most house, there was a non descript two story beach row motel, where
it looked like the same cousin of Lord Mountbatten's relative would be
living. I remember that beach and pier had a lot of tiny pine cones about
1.5 inches long. There use to be the large wind break pine trees adjacent
to the Casa Marina to provide shade and wind break, but for some reason I guess
to provide more light, they cut them down when I was last there in the winter of
1983. Of course in that climate, if they were replanted, they would grow
back fast. I recall they were about 70 feet tall in 1978. I am not
sure the name of the pine type evergreen bushes, possibly they are called a
scrub pine. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 1:45 A.M.: I forgot to mention around
midnight I had 12 Carr's crackers with slices of Swiss Cheese and ice
tea. There was a distinct presence of items in Key West that the Duke of
Windsor had lost and did not make it to the Bahamas in World War II such as a
vintage English taxi cab and the high rise hotel was named the Southern Cross
which was the name of the Swedish yacht he use to barrow from a friend while in
the Bahamas. When I visited the Bahamas in January of 1978, specifically
Paradise Island, there were several British Airways 747s at Nassau
airport. I stayed with a relative of Lord Mountbatten's in a cottage at
Paradise Island, and I rode with him and his cousin in a vintage Cadillac
limousine on Paradise Island to have dinner at the Casino with a lady who
looked the Shah of Iran's wife and her bodyguard. Needless to say my
brief stay in the Bahamas was enjoyable compared to roughing it in Key West for
extended periods of time. We were visited in Key West by Lord Batten Powell's
grandson, so I guess since Lord Batten Powell started the original boy scouts,
we could consider it to have been an extended boy scout jamboree. When I
was in Key West in my mid 20s of age, most of the people were considerably
older. I remember one mischievous group of young tots who fell through
the roof of a small yogurt stand on Duval Street while a friend of mine was
trying to work there running the stand. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 1:15 A.M.: In the winter of 1977, when
I was down in Key West, I slept outside in any available place. In the
winter of 1978, I spent most of my time living with a friend at the Casa Marina
while it was under construction. When I got back down there again in the
winter of 1982, when it was minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit in Manhattan, it was so
crowded that I was stuck sleeping outside again being a coastal observer, until
a local Cuban police officer doubted my credentials and had me arrested for
sleeping outside at Fort Martello Florida's History Through Its Places, Fort Martello
next to the Casa Marina. I was somewhat confused, since I was awaken from
my half hour morning nap at sunrise. I never did get much sleep in Key
West, since I did not have my own place, but I would frequently stay up all
night, and cat nap on the beach in the daytime. There were outdoor
showers and toilets and sinks at the Clarence Higgs beach next to the Casa
Marina. I knew a family that lived next door to the Casa Marina. I
think they thought we were priests affiliated with St. Margaret's Episcopal
church across from the Casa Marina. Also in 1978, my friend had the key
to the Casa Marina, and I knew the contractor of "End of the Road Construction
Company" doing the renovation work. Needless to say for all of our
work down there, they never paid us, but it was an enjoyable volunteer vacation
in the tropics. If you think walking from the Gulf of Mexico on Mallory
Square to the Atlantic Ocean around the Casa Marina via Whitehead Streets,
Duval Street, or Simonton Street at least a half dozen to a dozen times of day
with interweaving the side streets in easy, try it some time. Needless to
say, I saw a lot going on there. I frequently was hungry, since I never
had anything to eat. However, at 135 pounds, it is easy to walk a lot in
Adidas Country sneakers. Previously, I have mentioned in my notes and http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/resumee.htm
that I was involved in resort development having lived and vacationed at other
resorts. Needless to say in extremely cold winters up north, lots of
people head south as far as the can go, so it can get extremely crowded, and
for northern people to be outside in that area in the winter, it is not is
difficult. The weather is similar to the weather around here today in the
winter down there in Key West, Florida. However, since I only know
English and French, I was not able to communicate in Spanish down there.
I do have a relative who had a friend that knew the King of Spain. Also I
knew so called republican activists whom claimed to be associated with long
time experienced personnel in that area. Of course my father did work in
Pensacola, Florida at the Chemstrand plant from 1953 to 1955, so I had some
vague sense of what Florida was like along with one vacation down there after
we moved to Greenwich, Connecticut. One did not see as many vultures and
buzzards down in Florida at that period in the late 1970s. Of course
since I like bird watching, I spent a lot of time bird watching when I was
outside during that period. Of course John James Audubon whom had a house
in Key West was a bird watcher. I have a theory he could have been the
father of Abraham Lincoln, since no one knew who his father was. Anyway
Key West, Florida is basically a 400 year old town, so there is a lot of
history there. It was rumored that John James Audubon whom came from
French Martinique was the exiled French Dolphin after the French Revolution,
since both were bird painters. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/11/03 Sunday 12:35 A.M.: I have been looking at some
of www.liveduvalstreet.com
. I guess they party downtown on Saturday night in the warmer tropical
resorts. When I lived in Key West in the colder winters of 1977 and 1978,
they did not permit drinking on the sidewalks, and they would even arrest
somebody if they dropped a piece of pizza slice paper on the sidewalk. I
guess they are more friendly to the tourist public. In the winter of
1982, there use to be one person I knew that looked like Ronald Regan, and he
would spend a good deal of the day in front of the Fogarty house with a bamboo
rake raking the white gravel lawn blending in observing the crowds. I
recall he lived in a trailer with his roommate from Salisbury,
Connecticut. He had had the trailer down there since World War II, so the
old gentleman was an expert on the area along with Iguana man with the red alligator
shirt. I remember, I once sat up all night chatting and drinking coffee
in the trailer, and at sunrise, when I was departing, I notice a coral snake on
the cinderblock doorstep, which the occupants did not seem to worry
about. I guess it helps to have a local guide when one travels into the
tropics, and if one spends too much time there, one is prone to "Go
Native", or one could even catch dingy fever. I use to drink orange
juice at the cabana bar on the side of the Fogarty house, since the bartender
there use to work at the Languedoc in Nantucket. I once remember the star
of the movie PT-109 and his wife were sitting on two of the other stools
enjoying the ambience. Well, I am just doing some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/10/03 Saturday 11:30 P.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I stopped by Exxon, and I bought $6.70 of regular unleaded
gasoline at $1.799 a gallon for about 22 miles per gallon. I have driven about
3,000 miles locally since I obtained the Hyundai a little over eight months
ago. I am due to do the 35,000 mile checkup up at Norwalk, Connecticut
Hyundai some time soon. I then went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
I then drove down by the waterfront. I next returned home. Today, I
received my PNY memory rebate of $30 on the PNY 2100 256 meg. memory chip I
bought from CompUSA a couple of months ago. On a lesser note, but more on
an obscure trivia point, since I have been back in Greenwich for the last 19
and a half years, and since I have been downtown and around the waterfront, I
have kept a running tally on the Canadian license plates that I have
seen. Yesterday, I saw a grey sedan with Quebec license plates downtown,
and they are the 100th Canadian license plate that I have seen in that extended
period. I use to see a lot more Canadian in this area, and that tally
does not include the many Canadian license plates one sees in Maine in the
summer. Thus we do not get a lot of Canadian traffic through here
anymore. I guess Canadians have learned to fly and leave their cars at
home. Having lived down south in Florida around Canadians, I know a lot
of Canadians travel south, but I guess not that many stop through Greenwich
anymore. Still as far as obscure trivia, I did keep track of the number
of Canadian license plates that I saw, since one of the several people I worked
for the last summer, I was in Nantucket was from Canada. It seems a bit
cooler here this year, so maybe instead of Canadians going to Maine for the
summer, some of them might come down here. Of course Canadians generally
speak English and French. I think I still have the Air Canada flight bag
that I picked up in Canada, the last time I was in Toronto 19 and a half years
ago. However, I gave my British Air flight bag that I bought in the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift to an inexperienced traveler whom was working for a
British church organization. I also still have KLM and Pan AM flight
bags. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/10/03 Saturday 8:00 P.M.: I removed the Microsoft XP
patch 811493 as mentioned in this article http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,1037305,00.asp
. I will now eat dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/10/03 Saturday 7:50 P.M.: I am microwaving a
Stouffer's 15.5 ounce stuffed peppers with beef and tomato sauce, which I will
have with ice tea. I will now shut down the computer, and after my meal,
I will clean up and go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/10/03 Saturday 7:35 P.M.: I was up until 7 A.M. this
morning watching television. I had about four pretzel rods. I had a
call from a friend about 8 A.M.. I had another call from another friend
about 10 A.M.. I was up at 4 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium
boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
received in the mail my order from www.3dayinkjet.com for my Epson Stylus Color 880
printer of two color and one black cartridge. I put the new color
cartridge in the printer, and I cleaned and aligned it. It is running
just fine. I also added more paper from the IBM inkjet paper box which I
keep underneath the yellow chair by the Danish bar. I did my house
cleaning and watering the plants. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/10/03 Saturday 1:20 A.M.: I did some regular
computer work. I had a bowl of CVS cheese crackers and three pretzel
rods. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch some
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/03 Friday 11:40 P.M.: I watched the ABC channel 7
news at 11 P.M., and there were no stories about Greenwich, so maybe the
coverage was on the 6 P.M. broadcast. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/03 Friday 10:45 P.M.: I put the ADSL modem
underneath the day bed by the brass hat rack. I might have a relative
that uses ADSL. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/03 Friday 10:30 P.M.: For dinner, I took a half
pound of fresh swordfish, and I rinsed it. I put in the Pyrex pie dish, and
I put in a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine and a few tablespoons of
Borden lemon juice, and rinsed both sides of the fish in the mixture. On
the top side, I seasoned it with Old Bay seasoning, Italian spices, oregano,
basil, and a few pads of margarine. I cooked it in the convection oven at
325 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. I had it along with the juice on
the fish and on the reheated microwaved white rice and steamed fresh broccoli
and fresh cut asparagus with margarine and ice tea. I tried installing
the Westell www.westell.com
WireSpeed B90-36R516 modem, only to discover from http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?401588
it is worth about $99, but alas it is an ADSL modem http://support.iglou.com/fom-serve/bags/westell_wirespeed_36R516.pdf
not a telephone modem, and other prices on it are down to $35. Still, if
I ever wanted to use ADSL to run a server on some service like www.directv.com
, I would probably be able to use the ADSL modem, but it is an older
model. Well, let the buyer beware in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I chatted with a relative. I was told about this web sight http://www.thekennebunkportconservationtrust.org/
. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/03 Friday 8:05 P.M.: I was up at noon today, when
a relative called to wish me Happy Birthday. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up as
usual, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a
Westell external computer telephone modem for $10. I next went
downtown. I stopped by Zyn Stationary, and the "I Luv USA"
telephone card is 1.8 cents a minute, but there is an unspecified biweekly
charge. I was told the Verizon 1.9 cent a minute card was the best deal,
which is available from 7-11 stores, at least in Florida. I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store
and from their 70% off rack, I bought an orange Wham-o regulation Frisbee for
$2 plus .12 tax for $2.12 total. I then sat out at various
locations. I noticed that the New City local channel 7 ABC news truck
with Bill Beutel was at the Senior Center. I am not sure what the news
story was. I was thinking while I studied the truck with the 50 foot high
satellite tower, that if there were a high wind, it might blow over the
truck. I then drove down by the waterfront briefly. I went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then drove over to
the Port Chester, New York shopping center, and I went to the Vitamin
Shoppe. I bought Vitamin Shoppe brands of Niacimide 500 mg. 100 capsules
$4.76, One daily multiple without iron 100 count $12.57, C-500 100 count $5.37,
E 400 IU 100 count $9.57, Coral Calcium 1500 mg 90 count $16.17, B-12 100 count
$4.76, B-Complex 50 100 count $7.17, Deodorized Garlic 500 mg. 100 count $5.37
for $65.74. I was told that there is a $10 off $40 purchase coupon
available on the internet, so the next time I will have to look for it. I
then went by Odd Job, and I bought two 13.5 ounce cans of Roland quartered
artichoke hearts for $1.97 each from Spain, four 6 ounce cans of Consul crab
meat from Thailand for $1.50 each, two packages of two Polaroid super
alkaline D batteries $1.50 each two pack, and a deck of Aladdin casino playing
cards for .50 plus .23 tax for $13.65 total. I returned home, and I had
two Happy Birthday messages on my answering machine from relatives. I
left the Frisbee in the box in the back hatchback area of my Hyundai.
CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 05/09/03:
Note:
<888> 05/09/03 Friday 3:50 A.M.: I put the ice tea in the
refrigerator. I had four slices of New York extra reserve cheese this
evening and about a half dozen pretzel rods along with ice tea. I will
now send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the computer, and I
will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/03 Friday 3:15 A.M.: Using deductive reasoning
like Sherlock Holmes, it says here that the Aga Khan is now 66 years old http://www.amaana.org/agakhan/bd01.htm
, so maybe he is now retired and on Social Security, at least if his only
presence were in the United States occasionally. Officially I have read
that he is a Swiss National Citizen having been born in Geneva, Switzerland a
neutral country. Since at one time his family was and probably still is
enormously wealthy and his grandfather use to steal the Duke of Windsor's girl
friends. One might surmise that since they were also in Pakistan for a
while, they might have interests in Royal Dutch Shell which started in
Pakistan. Thus as a Swiss citizen he might have interests in Nestle the
world's largest food company headquartered in Switzerland, which in turn owns
Perrier across the road U.S. 1 from where I live. Thus since his father
was a founder of the United Nations, they must have had an extended presence in
this region which predates my arrival in 1961. I suppose since his
children were educated in the United States of America, and since he has a
degree from Harvard, they all might speak proper English along with other
languages they have learned. However, the Aga Khan is considered by his
followers a religious leader, so thus he and his family are generally regarded
as resident diplomats whenever they travel to America if they should so choose
to do so. However, depending on where his children were born, they
conceivably could be United States citizens. More than likely since I
read that the Aga Khan has over 600 homes including a 650 room palace on the
Isle of Capri, they might travel a bit with the seasons. Thus more than
likely they would be in warmer parts of the world now, however being Swiss
citizens, more than likely they are use to colder weather. If one knew
other languages, more than likely one would find more information in other
language sources on the internet. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/03 Friday 2:40 A.M.: Of course the precious gems
that the Aga Khan gets on his birthday all goes to charity, since the Aga Khan
already has a bit of spare change. Of course they do not take the Aga
Khan's word about his weight. They make him sit on a pair of balancing
scales, and they offset his weight with the gems until the scales are
balenced. The Aga Khan was born on December 13, 1936, and this web page
has a recent photograph of the Aga Khan http://www.amaana.org/agakhan/profile.htm
, so he is not as heavy as his father or grandfather whom was quite heavy as I
recall from photographs. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/09/03 Friday 2:25 A.M.: Happy Birthday to
myself. If I were the Aga Khan, I would get my weight in precious gems,
but I am not that heavy yet, just 217 pounds. I went out, and I stopped
by Cumberland Farms. I found out that the GE prepaid card they sell there
is 1.9 cents a minute, but there is also a 69 cent charge for each call.
They also sell the 8.9 cent a minute without extra charge GE prepaid
cards. I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I
then sat out briefly. I drove by the waterfront. I then went by the
Food Emporium. I bought two 15.5 ounce boxes of Stouffer's stuffed peppers
for $2.27 each, a 8 ounce bottle of Loriva toasted sesame oil for $6.49, a
package of Snyder pretzel rods $1.79, and four liter bottles of Perrier for
$1.50 each plus .20 bottle deposit for $19.02 total. I then returned
home. I brought up the load with a Rubbermaid laundry cart like I already
have that was discarded by the dumpster. I put the laundry cart in the
bedroom between the mahogany bureau and the desk. I put away my
purchases. I am making a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
using one each of the five different Twinings teas in the five blend box, six
Lipton orange pekoe tea bags, two Lipton green tea bags, and nine Bigelow
orange pekoe and China cut black tea bags for 21 tea bags total. The
power just blinked for a second, but the computer did not go off. I was
told by one of the staff at the Food Emporium that there is a 7-11 in Danbury,
Connecticut. I remembered the name of the individual who on April 21,
2000, which coincidentally or not is Queen Elizabeth II's birthday, told me
something major was going to happen. I thought the individual was
referring to volcanic activity. The individual is a foreign national
resident in Greenwich last I knew. I have only seen the individual twice.
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 11:55 P.M.: I am going over to
Cumberland Farms to check out the GE phone card, and then I will go for a short
drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 11:15 P.M.: I called up nearby
Cumberland Farms http://www.cumberlandfarms.com/ which is opened
24 hours at 914-937-3992, and they told me they sell a GE, I assume General
Electric phone card http://www.geprepaid.com/ that has a rate of 1.9 cents a
minute long distance with a $5 minimum cost per card. I might have to
investigate it more some time. However, the store operator was from
Pakistan, so he might not have understood my English, since the GE web sight
says that they are 8.9 cents a minute which is considerably more unless
Cumberland Farms gets a special rate. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 10:55 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives. I was told again that 7-11 www.711.com has 1.9 cents a minutes Verizon long
distance telephone cards. However, unlike the location where the relative
was chatting from, there are not many 7-11s in this area. There is one in
Fairfield, Connecticut; Terrytown, New York; Scarsdale, New York. There
use to be one on 3rd Avenue around 68th street in Manhattan, but it does not
look like it is there anymore. They have a store locator map service at
their web sight. Since I do not know my way very well around Westchester
County, I would be afraid to try to drive through all the traffic to find
one. I know how to get to Westchester Airport, downtown White Plains,
Irvington and Terrytown. However, there is so much traffic in those
locations. I think there is one near the Office Depot in Scarsdale, but
one could get lost trying to find it, and end up in even more traffic. I
recall seeing one in the old days on the road to Fairfield Beach which I use to
know how to find. Still in a tiny car, it would be a long way to
drive. I still have about $35 on my Net2Phone card, and I have $40 in
AT&T phone cards, and I have to use $5 a month on my AT&T long
distance, so at the moment, there is no rush to run out and buy a cheaper phone
card. I remember in the fall of 1976 and early winter of 1977, I use to
hang out at the 7-11 store in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Once on spring
break, I helped stock beer in the cooler, since it was cooler than the heat
outside. I also use to go to the 7-11 store in Highwood, Illinois while I
attended Lake Forest College. I am not sure what the hours of the stores
are in this area, but the nature of the store name originally meant from 7 A.M.
to 11 P.M. they were opened. However, I recall the one in Manhattan when
it was opened, it was opened 24 hours a day. Possibly one might check
nearby the Nearby Cumberland Farms store on the Greenwich - Port Chester
border, and they might have a similar card. Of course Zyn stationary on
Greenwich Avenue has a lot of different phone cards, and I am not sure what
their best rate is. I suppose if one had a lap top computer with WiFi,
one could hang out outside Starbucks in Riverside and get on the internet for
free. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 9:05 P.M.: I sifted through my
email. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 7:55 P.M.: Dinner was quite
delicious. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 7:25 P.M.: I am having a little bit
more deluxe meal tonight and tomorrow night since tomorrow May 9 will be my
53rd birthday. May 9th happens to be the day the Red Cross was founded if
I am not mistaken too. If one looks at http://www.famousbirthdays.com/
, one will see that today is Harry S. Truman's birthday too. I use to
have Harry's autograph in my little pirate treasure chest. Somehow it
disappeared when I was not around. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 7:10 P.M.: I rinsed in water a half
pound of swordfish. I put it in the Pyrex pie dish. I added a
half cup of Rene Junot white wine with several tablespoons of Borden lemon
juice, and I rinsed both sides of the swordfish in the mixture. I
seasoned the top side with oregano, basil, Italian spices, and Old Bay
Seasoning. I added several pads of margarine on top. I am cooking
the swordfish in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for
25 minutes. I will have it with the fish juices and with microwaved
steamed white rice with the fish juices and steamed fresh broccoli crowns and
steamed fresh cut asparagus with margarine and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 6:45 P.M.: I set up an AT&T
account, so I can view my account information on the internet https://www.customerservice.att.com/
. I chatted briefly with two relatives. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/08/03 Thursday 6:15 P.M.: I was up until 5 A.M. this
morning. I watched a bit of television, and I tired to sleep. I
also had about six pretzel rods and some ice tea. I was up at 12:30 P.M.
this afternoon. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I had a call from www.3dayinkjet.com
, and they verified the new order for my Epson Stylus 880 printer of two color
ink cartridges and a black ink cartridge, and cancelled my order from two days
before. I then went by Pickwick shoe repair, and I picked up my three
pairs of shoes that I had taps put on the heels for $15 plus .90 tax for $15.90
total. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I made
my 3 P.M. appointment. My 3 P.M. appointment gave me the March 2003 issue
of Science magazine with the articles on volcanoes. I then went downtown,
and I obtained a money order for $35 at .90 cost to send to a relative to repay
them for the inkjet cartridges. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and
I read the Greenwich Times. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I
bought a pound of fresh swordfish at $7.99 a pound for $7.95. I then went
by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Pall Mall Lights 100s
cigarettes for $30 total. I returned home. I put $10 on my laundry
card. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch some
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 11:05 P.M.: I had two pretzel rods
and ice tea. I sifted through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. The relative is going to order for me from www.3dayinkjet.com
for my Epson Stylus Color 880 inkjet printer two color and one black
cartridge. I will repay the relative. I refill my black ink
cartridges, so I only need one, since one can refill them about a half dozen
times before they wear out. I do not try to refill my color cartridges
with the kits available, since the colors do not always seem as true as the
original equipment cartridges. The relative said there is a lot of smoke
in the air in the southwest from the fires in Latin America. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 9:45 P.M.: I microwaved a Stouffer's
15.5 ounce stuffed pepper dinner, which I am letting cool for a while. I
will have it with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.: I put away the
laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 8:45 P.M.: I had a call this morning
about 8 A.M. from a friend. I had a call from a former neighbor. I
had the NOAA weather radio test go off at 11 A.M., and the new radio alert in
the bedroom is quite loud. I guess if anything ever happens I will hear
it. I was up at 12:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I received two packages from
UPS from a relative. The packages contained a pair of SAS white
walking shoes and a pair of Ecco white walking shoes and one pair of used SAS
brown leather walking shoes and a pair of black moccasins. A relative of
a relative passed away recently, so the relative gave me the shoes. I
also received a brass money paper clip from the Northern Trust Company of
Chicago, Illinois, two six ounce cans of Chicken of the Sea whole white
albacore tuna, a 8 ounce container of Sargento parmesan cheese, a five serving
box of Hershey's French Vanilla hot cocoa mix, a 14 ounce can of Twisties
Viennese wafers, a pack of McCormick chili mix, a pair of brown and a pair of
white shoe laces, two pairs of shoes trees, a dark orange and black club tie, a
pair of blue and white small check Tommy Hilfiger lounge pants, a $10 AT&t
phone card, and a dobb kit. I received a telephone call from www.3dayinkjet.com
, and my order did not go through since the card had expired. I will have
to replace the order later on tonight. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I took the two pairs of white walking shoes and one pair of brown
SAS walking shoes, and I dropped them off at the Pickwick Shoe repairs to have
heel wear preventer taps put on them. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street. I next went by the First Union National Bank on
Benedict Place, and I paid my rent. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I drove a former neighbor to uptown, and we
went by Zyn stationary and Quinn's liquors. I drove the former neighbor
home. I then drove down by the waterfront for a while. I then went
by the Greenwich Library. I next went by Smokes for Less in Byram, but
they were closed early. I returned home. I started two loads of
laundry. I am on the dry cycle now. I flipped the mattress on the
bed, and I put clean sheets on it. I put $5 on the laundry card. I
chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 4:25 A.M.: I sifted through my
email. I will now shut down the computer. I will have some goldfish
crackers and ice tea before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 3:45 A.M.: I went out, and I mailed
the card at the Valley Road post office. I then went downtown, and I sat
out briefly. While, I was driving past Railroad Avenue down Steamboat
Road, a 13 foot high semi truck in front of me from Hickory, North Carolina http://www.hickorymetro.com/
stopped short of the 11.5 foot high railroad bridge. The trucker asked me
how to get to I-95, and I told him to back up, and take the right and then his
first left. If the trucker had hit the railroad bridge, it might have
interfered with the morning commuters, since it was a quite heavy truck.
As I recall, Hickory, North Carolina is where they make reproductions of
American classic antique furniture usually out of pine or other available
woods. I then drove down by the waterfront. When I returned back up
the road, the truck was gone. I just now returned. I put the two
Oxford clip binders with my most recent printouts of my computer notes in the
left hallway bookcase with the other binders. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 2:45 A.M.: I printed out a Mother's Day
card, which I will go out and mail shortly. I ran out of color ink after
I printed it. I ordered two more color cartridges for my Epson Stylus
Color 880 printer from www.3dayinkjet.com for $26.50 total for both
cartridges including $5 postage. I will now go out briefly and mail the
card. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 1:55 A.M.: I finished the C: drive
to D: drive backup in six parts. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 12:50 A.M.: I put Microsoft Encarta
2002 back on the primary computer. I now have 4 gigabytes of free space
on the 19.5 gigabyte C: drive. Of course I think part of the free space
is used by the memory swapper file. I will now do a C: drive to D: drive
back up. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/07/03 Wednesday 12:10 A.M.: I put the National
Geographic Maps on my computer. I will keep the 8 CD set of data for it
in the CD rack to the left of my computer. Their web site is http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 05/06/03 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: Before I went out, I
installed a new Glade Plug in oil refill butterfly and garden scent in the
kitchen. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/06/03 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times. I then went by CVS, and I bought two containers of Ajax cleanser
for .99 each plus .12 tax for $2.10 total. I then walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought three 15.5 ounce packages of Stouffer's stuffed pepper with ground beef
and tomato sauce for $2.27 each, a 16 ounce bag of America's Choice frozen
onion rings $1.79, and a five ounce jar of Gold's hot horseradish for $1.59 for
$10.19 total. I then returned home. I am microwaving a package of
the Stouffer's stuffed peppers which are ready now, and I will have them with
ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/06/03 Tuesday 6:55 P.M.: I did not fall asleep until
about 5 A.M. this morning. I watched some television, and I had about
eight pretzel rods. I was up at 3:30 P.M., and I had breakfast of three
medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back to sleep until a little while ago. I had a
survey call about politics in Greenwich which I responded too. Last night
I had one of those Nigerian scam emails which were directed at me
personally. I reported it to other authorities. They seem to know
that my father built an oil refinery in Nigeria, and they implied he was given
$10 million cash by the President of Nigeria to take out of the country.
However, having read the internet news, the next thing they try to do is get
one's bank account information. Then they try to illegally withdraw one's
funds. These type of scams are illegal, and the U.S.A. government more
than likely is investigating them. What is peculiar is that they seemed
to know personal information about me. I will clean up shortly, and I
will go out and enjoy the evening. I also had a call about noon reminding
me that I have to have my 35,000 mile maintenance checkup due on my
Hyundai. I will do this when I am back on a day schedule. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/06/03 Tuesday 1:10 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch a bit of
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/05/03 Monday 10:35 P.M.: I created three links from http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scottpre.htm to load the
complete web pages of my previous notes from June 1997. The links are:
Scott's Notes June 1997 to August 1999
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2004/mls1.htm
Scott's Notes September 1999 to December 2001
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2004/mls2.htm
Scott's Notes January 2002 to April 2003
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2004/mls3.htm .CIO
Note:
<888> 05/05/03 Monday 10:05 P.M.: I broiled a shell steak in
the electric broiler in the stove for four minutes a side. I had it for
dinner with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, reheated steamed white rice,
steamed fresh broccoli and fresh cut asparagus and ice tea. I just
chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/05/03 Monday 8:55 P.M.: I did not fall asleep until
about 5 A.M. this morning. I had about ten Danish cookies, and I watched
a bit of television. I was up at 2 P.M. this afternoon. I had
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went
out, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a blue
and white umbrella for $3. I put it in the back of my Hyundai. I
noticed the Hospital Thrift shop has a very nice signed framed drawing of
Charles Lindbergh for $65. I next drove down by the waterfront. I
then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times, P.C.
magazine, and Popular Mechanics. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and
they gave me back the $2 they overcharged me on the Bumble Bee tiny shrimp
yesterday. I bought two 16 ounce bars of Swiss Cheese for $2.99 each,
another 6 ounce can of Bumble Bee tiny shrimp for $2, two half gallons of
Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $2 each for $11.98 total. The
cashier said that the store shelf labels were incorrect, but they gave me the
label prices on the cheese and shrimp, and then they removed the labels.
I then went to Val's Liquors, and I bought a 10 ounce bottle of Angostura
bitters for $8.79 plus .51 tax for $9.30 total. I next went by CVS, and I
picked up a prescription which I paid a dollar for. I then sat out briefly
downtown. It was a bit cool and damp, so I did not walk. It is 52
degrees Fahrenheit right now. I returned home. I chatted with a
relative. The relative told me that at "7-11" stores down in
Florida, one can buy Verizon long distance telephone cards for 1.9 cents a
minute where one calls through an 800 number. The cards are good for 16
hours of talk time, so they must cost around $14.40 at that rate. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/05/03 Monday 1:55 A.M.: I made three large web pages
with all my Scott's Notes. I though about posting them, but once again
Geocities has returned to a crawl. I think they need to beef up their
servers. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/04/03 Sunday 10:55 P.M.: I chatted with a relative.
I printed out with the HP LaserJet IID in Times Postscript 12 font the last
four months of Scott's Notes which were 228 pages long. I broke them up
in to two months sections, and I put each section into separate Oxford Clip
binders, which I will store with the other notes printouts in the left hallway
bookcase. My printout of Scott's Notes since June 1997 through April 2003
is 2281 pages long. I have posted a *.zip file of the notes with the most
recent version update at Scott's Notes from June 1997 through December 2002, 2525
Kbytes http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsnote1.zip contains
"mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 and "mlsnote2.doc" 2002
through April, 2003 pages 1583 - 2197" which is about 2200
pages long in Microsoft Word 2002 format in New Times Roman font size 12.
Well, if no one wants to read that print out, they could always use it to test
a high speed laser printer. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/04/03 Sunday 7:50 P.M.: I am microwaving a Marie
Callender breaded chicken parmigiana dinner, which I will have with ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/04/03 Sunday 7:35 P.M.: I was up at noon
today. I had three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I went out, and I went downtown. I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. On my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I bought a six pack of CVS
beauty bars for $2.99, a 1.5 liter of CVS yellow mouthwash for $3.99, a 6 ounce
tube of Crest Multi Whitener toothpaste for $3.29, a 3 ounce container of Old
Spice high endurance deodorant for $2.29, a Glade Scent oil refill Butterfly
Garden scent $1.99, jars of Gold Emblem ground black pepper, garlic powder,
Italian spices, and oregano for .77 each plus .87 tax for $18.50 total.
After my stroll, I drove down by the Island Beach parking lot, where they were
having the Knights of Columbus flea market, and I toured the whole show as it
was closing. I found a straw hat vendor. I then walked back up to
the People's Bank ATM machine, and I used the ATM machine for $1.25
charge. I walked back down to the straw hat vendor at the flea market,
and I bought for $20 an Australian style large to extra large one size fits all
natural fiber made in China Summer Club styled in Australia fine mesh straw hat
with elastic inside band, so the wind does not blow it off. I ran into a
former neighbor at the flea market, and we drove over to Grass Island.
The former neighbor is getting a new 25 horse power engine on his boat, since
the 55 horse power engine gave out. We then drove back by the waterfront
in another location. I dropped off the former neighbor. I then went
by the Stop and Shop, and I bought an 18 pack of large eggs for $1.49, a 30 bag
box of S&S hand tie kitchen bags for $2.99, a pint of Edy's raspberry
sorbet for $2.50, a quart of Xtra lemon cleaner for $1.29, a quart of Lysol
Island breeze cleaner for $2.99 less $1.50 store coupon for $1.49, a bag of
Snyder's pretzel rods for $1.50, fresh asparagus at $1.99 a pound $2.29, and
two six ounce cans of Bumble Bee tiny cocktail shrimp for $2.99 each, which
were suppose to be $2 each according to the store shelf label for $19.97
total. I will have to check on the shrimp price the next time I go in
there. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/03/03 Saturday 11:20 P.M.: I went through my
email. I did some regular computer work. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon after watching some television. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/03/03 Saturday 10:20 P.M.: It looks to me like we have a
bunch of drunker pirates on our southern shores, of course in the tourist
industry, vacationers tend to drink. I suppose the Budweiser man in Key
West is making a lots of dinnaro. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/03/03 Saturday 9:40 P.M.: Fun web cam from Key West http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/03/03 Saturday 8:45 P.M.: Dinner was
delicious. I listened to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. I enjoyed listening to Allister Cook's commentary on America and
traveling on http://www.jetblue.com/
. Of course for long time users of Scott's web site, one might remember http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/armchair1.htm
.
Note:
<888> 05/03/03 Saturday 8:00 P.M.: I am cooking a shell steak
on the broiler pan in the oven for four minutes a side. I will have it
with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, along with steamed white rice, and
steamed fresh broccoli with margerine and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/03/03 Saturday 7:20 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and watering the
plants. I went out about 3 P.M., and I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next drove over to Tod's Point, and I walked out to
the southeast point, and I sat out for a while. I then drove around the
point. I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then returned to downtown, and I sat out briefly. I went
to Exxon, and I bought $7.60 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.839 a gallon
for about 30 miles per gallon. I next went to the Food Emporium, and I
bought two shell steaks with bone in for $4.99 a pound for $4.49 and $4.54
each, a 15.5 ounce box of Stouffer's stuffed peppers for $2.27, and a head of
Foxy broccoli at $1.99 for $13.29 total. I just now returned home.
I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/02/03 Friday 9:55 P.M.: Yahoo Geocities is now
letting me upload the larger files now. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/02/03 Friday 9:40 P.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm. I looked at
my email. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch some
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/02/03 Friday 8:05 P.M.: http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2003/
and http://www.interbets.com/
, http://www.racingpicks.com/index2.asp
, http://www.drf.com/
, http://espn.go.com/horse/
, http://www.bloodhorse.com/
, http://www.usatoday.com/sports/horses/digest.htm
, http://cbs.sportsline.com/horseracing/
, http://www.racing-index.com/
, http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/
, http://www.ntra.com/
, http://www.ukhorseracing.co.uk/default.asp
maybe one might pick up some spare change. The last time I bet on the
Kentucky Derby was up at Norwalk, Connecticut off track betting, and I played
seven different horses to win or place or show, and none of them paid anything,
so I think I have learned my lesson. When I visited the Travers a number
of years ago up at Saratoga, I bet $5 on Corporate Report, and it won, and I
received $40 winnings. The favored Derby horse is Saudi owned and it only
going off at 6-5, and it has the nice colors of pink and green. However,
if one played a long shot, one would earn considerably more if it won. I
do not intend to place a bet. My favorite long shot going off at 15-1 is
Scrimshaw http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2003/derby_coverage/derby_entrants/scrimshaw/
, since I happened to chatting yesterday about a local collector of
scrimshaw. Who Knows? CIO
Note:
<888> 05/02/03 Friday 7:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/02/03 Friday 6:20 P.M.: I am cooking a half pound
filet of steelhead trout in the Pyrex pie dish with a third of a cup of Rene
Junot white wine and three tablespoons of Borden lemon juice seasoned with
Italian spices, basil, and oregano. I am cooking it in the Farberware
convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. I will have it
with steamed fresh broccoli crowns with margarine and reheated steamed white
rice and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/02/03 Friday 6:05 P.M.: Before going out, I turned
on my General Electric Profile 14,500 BTU air conditioner with the remote
control. I set it on Cool, with low fan, and Energy Saver at 70 Degrees
Fahrenheit. Thus it will cut off when the room is cool enough.
There was an article in today's Greenwich Times Greenwich Time - Connecticut air quality fails national
test again , that Fairfield County has some of the worst air quality
in the nation, I would imagine thanks to New York. I went out, and I went
by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained four money orders at .90 each to
pay my GEICO automobile insurance, Verizon telephone, Cablevision, and Optimum
Online cable modem service. I also bought twenty USA flag stamps at .37
each for $7.40. I sat out briefly. I next drove over to Old
Greenwich to Off Center hair barbers, and I had my hair cut for $16 plus $4 tip
for $20 total. I then went by the Old Greenwich Rummage room thrift
shop. I next drove out to Tod's Point, and I sat out at the southeast
parking area. I then drove around the point. I then drove back down
by the waterfront in central Greenwich. I then went by the Greenwich
Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. One can look at all the fancy
houses for sale in the Friday Greenwich Times. I just now returned home,
and the apartment is cool and comfortable. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/02/03 Friday 12:35 P.M.: I prepared some bills to
pay. I will now clean up, and I will go out. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 05/02/03:
Note:
<888> 05/02/03 Friday 11:35 A.M.: I was up at 10 A.M. this
morning. I watched President Bush leaving the Abraham Lincoln aircraft
carrier on television. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs,
toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I am also taking
Benadryl because of the allergy season. I will now send out my weekly
notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/01/03 Thursday 9:55 P.M.: I went through my
email. I watched President Bush's speech on television. I had 10
Danish cookies and ice tea. I am tired. It is warmer in the apartment up
to 78 degrees Fahrenheit, and I have not turned on the air conditioner
yet. I will now shut down the computer. I will go off to bed
shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/01/03 Thursday 7:50 P.M.: I was just emailed the
cheap smokes site http://www.buydiscountcigarettes.com/ .
CIO
Note:
<888> 05/01/03 Thursday 7:45 P.M.: I am now using Microsoft
FrontPage 2002 to create my web notes instead of Microsoft Word 2002. It
uploads when a Word document will not. Perhaps there was some sort of
script in the Word document that kept it from uploading. Today there was
a curious photographer trying to take my picture by the veterans monument
downtown with the salmon colored tulips. I dodged the photographer, and
he caught up with me when I met up with my former neighbor. The
photographer followed us into Quinn's liquor store and was looking at the
Mexican coffee liquor Kahlua which is commonly used to make White Russian
cocktails. Since I am frugal, and I do not like to see people wasting
money taking pictures of me, and since I look like any number of ordinary Joes
out in the Midwest or in northern Europe, I post this picture page of myself on
the internet http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/resumee.htm
. Maybe they want to pay me for doing a White Russian cocktail ad.
Since I once was and am still considered a professional photographer, I try to
respect other photographers going about their business. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/01/03 Thursday 7:10 P.M.: I went out for my 3 P.M.
appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I
next walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with a former
neighbor. The neighbor stopped by People’s Bank, Greenwich Cigar, and
Quinn’s Liquors. I then drove the neighbor back by the waterfront.
I next stopped by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the Greenwich Times and National Geographic. I then went by
the Stop and Shop, and I bought steelhead trout at $4.99 a pound for $4.51 and
a box of Van de Kamp fish tenders for $2.64 for $7.15 total. I am now
cooking a half of the steelhead trout in a third of a cup of Rene Junot white
wine and a few tablespoons of Borden lemon juice seasoned with Italian spices,
oregano, basil, and a few pads of margarine. I will have it with the fish
juices and steamed white rice with the fish juices and steamed fresh broccoli crowns
with margarine and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/01/03 Thursday 2:05 P.M.: I rested. I have a 3
P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 05/01/03 Thursday 10:20 A.M.: Today is May Day, a
traditional holiday in the Eastern Hemisphere. I was up at 9 A.M., and I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. When I spend time around the waterfront in Greenwich, I have a
bit of experience around the waterfront. I was born on the Mississippi
river, and my family used to vacation in Holland, Michigan. We also lived
in Pensacola, Florida, along the Tennessee River in Decatur, Alabama before
moving here to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1961. We also lived outside of
Boston, and I spent a lot of time on Nantucket. I also spent time out in
Long Island and Manhattan and time covering the whole coast of Florida from
Jacksonville, Florida to Key West back up to the Tampa area. I covered
the west coast of California for a while too. I have visited Italy,
Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Luxemburg,
Monaco, Belgium, Austria, Hawaii, Maui, the Canary Islands, Trinidad and
Tobago, St. Thomas and St. Johns, Nassau and Paradise Island, Bermuda, Martha’s
Vineyard, and Kennebunkport, Maine. Thus although I do not have an
expensive home or yacht on the water, I have spent quite a bit of time around
it, so I have a certain level of familiarity with the waterfront, that if one
were from the middle of the country, one would not. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/30/03 Monday 11:55 P.M.: I put away the
laundry. I had 14 Carr's crackers with cracked pepper with my homemade
hummus. The relative I talked to told me that one could also use cans of
pitted black olives to make hummus or I guess one could add it to my recipe
increasing the ingredients proportionately. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/30/03 Monday 10:30 P.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at
various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went
by the Greenwich Library, and I checked out a DVD video disk. I then
returned home. I am on the dry cycle on my laundry with about a half hour
to go. I put clean linens on the bedroom bed. I chatted with a
friend and a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/30/03 Monday 6:55 P.M.: I made up the hummus, and it
tastes quite good, but it is a bit spicy, so I added the word
"optional" in front of the cayenne red pepper and the McIlhenny Co.
Tabasco pepper sauce ingredients. Of course the hotter flavor might taste
good with a cold beverage. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/30/03 Monday 6:10 P.M.: I came up with this hummus
recipe http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
. I will now try making it. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/30/03 Monday 5:30 P.M.: I watched television before
going to bed about 2:30 A.M. this past morning. I had a peanut butter
sandwich too. I was up at 11 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast
with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
emptied my trash cans. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. They have a lot of quality furniture
there including a $4,500 new Baker Furniture sofa and chairs set in a
dark blue color. I next went downtown, and I sat out for a half
hour. It was a bit warm, so I did not bother walking. I then drove
down by the waterfront. I then went by the ELDC thrift shop in Cos Cob,
and I toured the shop. They have quite a few tennis rackets there.
I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I
then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought four half gallons of Florida
Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 each, four 29 ounce cans of Goya
premium chick peas or garbanzos beans for $1.19 each, a 1.25 ounce jar of
McCormick Gourmet collection of ground coriander seed for $3.99, a 1.5 ounce
jar of McCormick Gourmet collection of ground cumin $4.19, and a 1.75
ounce jar of McCormick gourmet collection ground Cayenne Red Pepper for $3.59,
and a bulb of garlic at $2.99 a pound for .48 for $25.01 total. I
then returned home, and I used my grocery cart to bring up my purchases.
I then had two tuna fish sandwiches with ice tea. I now have the
ingredients to make homemade hummus http://www.fatfree.com/recipes/hummus/
. I will now study some hummus recipes to figure out my own recipe.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 11:20 P.M.: I finished off the
container of Edy's whole fruit raspberry sorbet. I will try to stay on an
earlier schedule, so I will shut down the computer now, and I will watch some
television briefly before going to bed. I had a idea today that I
mentioned to a cyclist today. I have heard that they make light weight
bicycles out of titanium http://www.deanusa.com/ and http://www.racingbikes.com
and http://www.titusti.com/
, and I guess one could increase performance by having kevlar tires. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 11:00 P.M.: I was told by a local in
Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm that
this past winter was particularly severe in Kennebunkport, and they had
icebergs along the waterfront in Kennebunkport. The ocean water
temperature when I was up there this past weekend was 62 degrees
Fahrenheit. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 10:45 P.M.: When I visited South
Portland, Maine, we stopped by the Christmas store. I sat out briefly,
and I chatted with a retired person from Florida. We compared notes on
Florida. The retired person from Florida told me he lived on the most
alligator infested lake in Florida. He did not give me the name, but it
must be Lake Okeechobee. The retired person from Florida also told me
that Vero Beach, Florida has a very strong rip tide. He also mentioned
that the Ponce Inlet at the south side of Daytona Beach, Florida and north of
New Smirna Beach, Florida was probably one of the most shark infested waters in
Florida. I use to fish there in the winter of 1979, and I did see quite a
few sharks along the shoreline at Canaveral National Seashore. I got to
thinking if one were a recluse, one could run a chicken ranch on Lake
Okeechobee and feed some chickens to the gators everyday to keep away the
gators, and people would probably avoid the area, since the gators would be
around. However, I do not really know that much about gators, and maybe
they would keep on feeding until they ate the owner of the chicken ranch.
Thus being a hermit there might not be as secure as one thinks. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 10:10 P.M.: Prince of Wales' personal
finances Telegraph | News | Prince opens accounts to show record
£10m income . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 9:55 P.M.: I emailed John Cosby at www.cosbystudio.com
about the picture that I took up to the relative's in Kennebunkport, Maine to
find out its location and the hotel. While up at Kennebunkport at my
relative's I had snacks before dinner of crackers with hummus which were quite
good. If one has a food processor, one can make one's own hummus http://www.fatfree.com/recipes/hummus/
with these recipes, and I guess one should study www.fatfree.com
also. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 8:20 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I chatted with a relative. I installed the Google Toolbar
in my Internet Explorer Web Browser http://toolbar.google.com/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 7:05 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I moved the small oil painting of white flowers in a vase with
an ornate gold frame from the right wall above my bedroom bed to the centered
position beneath the Bermuda picture. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 6:20 P.M.: I took a cold six ounce can
of 3 Diamonds crab meat, and I opened the lid, and then I left the lid on, and
I rinsed it in cold water several times squeezing out the cold water, and then
I flaked it in a bowl, and I added two large tablespoons of Hellmann's
Just2Good low fat mayonnaise, and I mixed it together, and then I used four
slices of Arnold's soft 12 grain bread, and I made two sandwiches which I cut
in half across. I had the two crab meat sandwiches for dinner with ice
tea. Today is the 20th Anniversary of the Mianus River Bridge collapsing
according to the http://www.greenwichtime.com/ . When that
happened, I was fortunate to be working as a dishwasher at the Languedoc
restaurant across the street from the Jared Coffin House in Nantucket Island,
Massachusetts, so I was not directly affected by that disaster, until I came
off Nantucket that following December, and I returned to Greenwich once the
bridge had been temporarily repaired. They worked for about the next ten
years rebuilding the bridge. The owner of the moveable highway barricade
machine that was used to change lanes while under construction was from
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and he once bought me dinner of Bouillabaisse at the
old Showboat Hotel on the waterfront which is now the Delamar http://www.thedelamar.com/
five star hotel. That was about 11 years ago, when I was first getting on
computers, and I chatted about computers. I was encouraged to stick with
computers, so that means they were working on repair the Mianus River Bridge
for at least ten years after it collapsed. Since I was in Nantucket, I
missed all the traffic, but supposedly Greenwich has never recovered from all
the new people whom got off the highway to discover the town, when they would
have ordinarily passed us by on I-95. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 5:40 P.M.: I went out, and I walked
most of the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. The Greenwich Hardware store at their 70% off rack in front
has a $170 Krups coffee system used once that would be about $52 plus
tax. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two two packs of European Mystique
shampoo and conditioner for $1.59 each two pack, a 1.5 liter bottle of CVS
yellow mouthwash for $4.19, a package from the 50% off rack of 25 cotton
business envelopes for $2.25, a 7 ounce can of CVS sensitive skin shave gel
$1.89, from the 50% off rack a 10 ounce bottle of A1 Steak sauce $2.40, and
also from the 50% off rack four six ounce cans of Geisha crab meat for $1.25 each
plus .69 tax for $19.60 total. I was completing my walk down Greenwich
Avenue, when I ran into a regular walker in front of the coffee shop where
Katzenbacs is going in, so I walked with that walker over to Christ Church
carrying my purchases. I was then given a ride back in that walker's car
to my car downtown. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
drove over to Tod's Point, and I sat out at the southwest parking area. I
then went to the southeast parking area, and I used the restroom, and I had a
drink from the water fountain. I then removed my antenna from the Hyundai
by unscrewing it. I then went to the Express Car wash in Old Greenwich,
and I had the car washed for $5. I towel dried the car, and I shook out
the driver's floor mat, and I reinstalled the antenna. I then drove by
the Greenwich Library, and I read today's Greenwich Times. I next went by
Exxon next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $8.50 of regular unleaded
gasoline at $1.739 a gallon for about 37 miles per gallon. I then
returned home. I am having a glass of ice tea, and I will now put away my
purchases. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 11:30 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will clean up, and I will go out for some daytime
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 11:20 A.M.: While in Kennebunkport a
distant relative sent to the relative I was visiting information on my father's
mother's family, the Gard family Gard Family . Apparently they were French
Huguenots who came from France with the name De Gard and had settled in
England, and then in 1634 settled in York, Maine. Thus I might have some
distant relatives still up in Maine. I have driven by York, Maine for 25
years going to Kennebunkport, Maine, but I never have really checked it out,
other than going to the discount outlets in Kittery, Maine. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/29/03 Sunday 11:10 A.M.: I watched television until
2 A.M.. I had two scoops of Edy's raspberry sorbet. I was up at 10
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/28/03 Saturday 10:30 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will watch a bit of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/28/03 Saturday 10:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I chatted with another relative. I ordered an item from http://www.llbean.com/sale
for a relative. I chatted with the relative again briefly. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 06/28/03:
Note:
<888> 06/28/03 Saturday 8:30 P.M.: My relative in
Kennebunkport, Maine gave me a pair of yellow Polo swim trunks waist 40 inches,
a pair of Khaki pants waist 40 inches and length 30 inches and a pair of Levis
white shorts waist 40 inches. I just put the ice tea in the
refrigerator. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/28/03 Saturday 8:05 P.M.: I was up this past Tuesday
morning at 7:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry
jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I
finished backing my toiletries. I packed the Hyundai. I left at
9:45 A.M.. I drove west from Byram on the U.S. 1, West Putnam Avenue, to
King Street in Port Chester, New York. I drove up King Street to the
Westchester County airport, where I got on I-684 East. I stopped for a
smoke at the Croton Falls rest area. I then drove east on I-84
East, and I ran into a construction slow down for about 20 minutes in
Waterbury, Connecticut. I stopped at the rest area in Southington,
Connecticut, and I had a smoke and used the bathroom, and I drank water from
the water fountain. I continued east on I-84 East, and I stopped at a rest
area around Vernon, Connecticut, and I had a smoke, used the bathroom, and I
drank from the water fountain. I finished traveling the length of
Connecticut, and I got on the Massachusetts turnpike east. I stopped at
the first rest area, and I had a smoke, used the bathroom, and I drank from the
water fountain. I filled up at the Exxon pumps at $1.539 a gallon for
$4.60 of gasoline or about 48 miles per gallon. I then drove to the next
exit for I-290 East, and I paid a .50 toll, and I continued east on I-290 East
to I-495 East, and I took another rest break just west of Lowell,
Massachusetts, and I had a smoke, used the bathroom, and I drank from the water
fountain. I continued east on I-495 East to I-95 North. I paid a $1
toll, as it continued to be the New Hampshire turnpike. I stopped at the
rest area, and I had a smoke, used the bathroom, and I drank from the water
fountain. I then paid a $1.50 toll at the beginning of the Maine
turnpike. I exited the Maine turnpike at the Wells Ogunquit exit. I
drove down to U.S. 1. Right at U.S. 1, I had the car washed for $7 and a
dollar tip. I spot dried the car, and I had another smoke. I then
drove north into Kennebunkport, Maine, and I drove to my relative's
house. I was happy to see the relative. I unloaded the car. I
put the Pacific ocean picture by Cosby in the living room. I chatted with
my relative. I also took the two 50 foot hoses and spray nozzle
attachments out of the back of the Hyundai, and I gave them to the
relative. The relative had to go out for a party, so I fixed a dinner of
sole stuffed with crab meat dressing and two ears of corn and cold water.
I went for a drive along the Kennebunkport waterfront to Cape Purpose. I
stopped by Bradbury's grocery in Cape Porpoise, and I bought a half gallon of
Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $3 and a 18 ounce container of Quaker
old fashioned oatmeal for $2.18 for $5.18 total. I then drove downtown to
Kennebunkport. One can park around the Post Office street for an hour for
free. I walked across the Kennbunkport River, and I checked out the
grocery store there. I then returned to the gift shop at the second store
on the south side of the street just east of the bridge, and I bought an
Energizer disk battery LR-44 for $3.18 with tax. I then returned to my
car, and I put the new battery in my dash board clock and set it. I then
returned back to my relatives, and we chatted until at 10:30 P.M., when I went
to bed. I was up about 7 A.M. in the morning on Wednesday, and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I helped the relative with some minor chores
like sweeping the deck. I hung the Cosby Pacific ocean painting or print
in the living room above the primary sofa on the south wall with two 100 pound
3 nail Ook hooks. It looks very well, since the colors are similar.
I took some pictures of my relative. I went for a drive to the Kennebunk
beach and waterfront with my relative. My relative got an oil change at
the Sunoco station. We had lunch at a downtown Kennebunk lobster
restaurant. I had a whole picked lobster Caesar salad and ice tea.
We went by the hardware store for hooks. We returned back to my
relatives, and I then went out by the Colony Hotel beach for a while. I
then drove by Walker's Point, and I took four photographs at a distance.
I then drove around another waterfront location, and I then went downtown
Kennebunkport, and I walked around. I then returned to my
relative's. We chatted a while. We had dinner of halibut baked in
vermouth with corn and mixed salad and cranberry drink. We had mixed
fruit for desert. We chatted a while, and we watched a bit of
television. I went to bed about 11 P.M., and I was up at 8 P.M. on
Thursday. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went downtown Kennebunkport
to the drugstore, and I bought an 8 ounce bottle of Coppertone number 30
sunscreen for $11.12 total. I then went out to the Colony Hotel beach,
and I sat on my CVS lounge chair, and I sunbathed for 2 and a half hours until
about 1 P.M.. I had to walk over the Colony Hotel pool to use a spigot to
wash some sunscreen out of my eyes since when one perspires, it runs into one's
eyes, and it stings. I then drove around the back road adjacent to the
waterfront road in Kennebunkport, and I returned to downtown Kennebunkport
parking at the free parking at the post office street. I then went to the
coffee shop, and I had an iced coffee for $1.87 and .38 tip for $2.25
total. I sat out for a while in downtown Kennebunkport, and the flower
bed in the center of town has 350 in yellow flowers to mark the 350th
anniversary of Kennebunkport. I walked around downtown for a while.
I then returned home. I chatted with my relative. I relaxed on the
deck a while. I had a roast beef sandwich for lunch. I had dinner
of swordfish with broccoli and small potatoes and mixed salad and shrimp and
cold water. We drove down by the beach. I chatted with my relative
and watched some television in the evening, and I went to bed about 11
P.M.. I was up at 9 A.M. on Friday, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast
with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. My
relative, and I drove up to South Portland, Maine on U.S. 1. We stopped
at the Christmas store, and we went to T.J. Maxxs. We went by Home Depot
in Biddeford, Maine, and we stopped by Shaw's supermarket there too. We
returned back to Kennebunkport, and we stopped by Chick's lobster store, and my
relative bought me a lobster roll. I had a lobster roll for lunch with
shrimp and rice cakes and cranberry flavor drink. I went downtown briefly
before it started raining, and at the Big Apple filling station, I bought
a package of Marlboro Ultra Lights 100s for $4.15 and $6 of regular unleaded
gasoline at $1.539 a gallon for about 35 miles per gallon. I took a
nap. We had dinner of baked haddock in vermouth with Old Bay Seasoning,
asparagus, mixed salad, and water. We drove down by the beach and around
the waterfront. I chatted some more with my relative. I
packed. I went to bed about 11:30 P.M.. I was up at 7 A.M.. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and
supplements. After cleaning up, I put my items in the car. I
thanked my relative for the hospitality, and I said good bye. I left at
about 10 A.M.. I drove out of Kennebunkport to Wells where I got on the
Maine turnpike south. I paid the $1.50 toll for the Maine turnpike, and
the $1 toll for the New Hampshire turnpike. Just before I-495 on I-95
south, I stopped at the Massachusetts welcome center, and I had a smoke, used
the bathroom, and drank from the water fountain. I got on I-495 West, and
just west of Lowell, I stopped at the rest area. I had a smoke, used the
bathroom, and drank from the water fountain. I continued west on I-495
West to I-290 West to the Massachusetts turnpike west. I stopped at the
rest area, and I had a smoke, used the bathroom, and drank from the water
fountain. I bought at the Exxon pumps $5 of regular unleaded
gasoline at $1.539 a gallon for about 43 miles per gallon. I cleaned my
windshield. I continued to the next exit for I-84 West to New York, and I
paid the .50 toll. I then just before the Connecticut border stopped at a
picnic area for a smoke that had no facilities. I then about 10 miles
into Connecticut stopped at the Connecticut welcome center, and I had a smoke,
used the bathroom, and drank from the water fountain. I then continued to
head west across the state on I-84 West into New York state and then to I-684
West. Around Bedford, New York after a long time, I used the rest area,
had a smoke, went to the bathroom, and used the water fountain. There
were no rest areas from the eastern Connecticut welcome center to Bedford, New
York. I exited I-684 West at Exit 2 for the Westchester County airport,
and I drove down King Street and turned left after the Merritt parkway down to
Glenville and down Weaver Street and back by my apartment building. Thus
stopping at all the rest areas each way, it took six hours and 15 minutes each
way. I drove over to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I then went by the Arnold Bread
outlet, and I bought two loaves of Arnold 12 grain soft at $1.29 a loaf for
$2.58 total. I then returned home. I carried up my belongings from
the Hyundai. I turned back on the air conditioner. I chatted with a
relative. I started making www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. I finished unpacking. I hung the old Bermuda waterfront picture
at the bedroom entrance above the bedroom bed where the Cosby pacific
ocean picture had been. I put the picture of the Great Blue Heron on the
back of the living room bureau at the bedroom entrance. I chatted with
another relative. I had a 15.5 ounce box of Stouffer's stuffed peppers
with ground beef and tomato sauce for dinner with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/03 Monday 10:25 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will try to go to bed earlier. I will not be posting
another note, until I return. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/03 Monday 10:20 P.M.: On a more cheerful note,
since I started the low calories low fat diet two months ago, I have gone down
from 225 pounds to 210 pounds for a net loss of 15 pounds. It just goes
to show when one cuts out the fat and the snacking and tries to exercise, one
can lose a bit of weight. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/03 Monday 10:10 P.M.: I finished backing now,
except for my toiletries. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/03 Monday 9:20 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I will be returning from Kennebunkport on Saturday
morning. I will now pack. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/03 Monday 8:50 P.M.: My guest and I
chatted. My guest just left. I put a blue blanket in the Hyundai to
cover the picture I am taking up tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/03 Monday 7:50 P.M.: I was up at noon
today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went out, and I stopped by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went down by the
waterfront. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I
then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich
Library, and I put $6.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.739 a gallon for 25
miles per gallon. I then returned home, and a friend had shown up for
dinner. I put the snow brushes in the back seat of the Hyundai in the
hatch back area. I put two pillows on either side of the rear floor, to
cushion the picture I am taking up to Kennebunkport tomorrow. I reheated
the two meals that I prepared last night of garlic herbal boneless chicken
breasts with rice which we had for dinner. We are now chatting. I
will be up early in the morning to drive up to Kennebunkport tomorrow. I
will probably drive up King Street to I-684 and take that to I-84 to the
Massachusetts turnpike to I-290 to I-495 to I-95 to the New Hampshire Turnpike
to the Maine turnpike. In the morning hours, there would be a lot of
traffic going on I-95 from here, unless I left real early. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/03 Monday 1:50 A.M.: I went through my
email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I set the
time on my JVC VCR, since it will now work automatically with the cablevision
system like it is suppose to. Maybe Cablevision quit sending the time
signal. I guess I will now shut down the computer. I will probably
watch some television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/23/03 Monday 12:20 A.M.: Dinner was delicious.
I have a portion to use for dinner on Monday evening, and another portion
frozen to use at a later date. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/03 Sunday 11:35 P.M.: I took the three halves of
boneless breasts of chicken, and I rinsed them in cold water, and I dried them
with a paper towel. I then put them in a glass Pyrex pie dish, and I
added about five tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce, three tablespoons
of Borden lemon juice, a fourth of a cup of Rene Junot white wine, and I soaked
both sides for a few minutes in the juice. Then I rubbed a little extra
virgin olive oil on the top sides, and I seasoned them with Old Bay seasoning,
chicken and meat seasoning, garlic powder, ground black pepper, Italian spices,
Basil, and Oregano. I then peeled and diced six large cloves of garlic,
and I put the diced garlic on the chicken. I am cooking them in the
Fareberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I
will have one of them for dinner with the cooking juices on it along with
steamed white rice with the cooking juices on it, and steamed fresh cauliflower
with extra virgin olive oil, and a glass of ice tea. It should be
ready in about fifteen minutes. I will refrigerate one portion with rice
and juices, and I will freeze another similar serving. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/03 Sunday 10:55 P.M.: I put away the
laundry. Earlier today when I went out, I first stopped by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop, and I dropped off an orange twin bed dust ruffle and a
bag with two pieces of upholstery cloth along with some polyester stuffing used
for upholstery. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/03 Sunday 10:30 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/03 Sunday 9:45 P.M.: I have 45 minutes on the dry
cycle. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/03 Sunday 9:25 P.M.: I chatted with a relative
about 9:30 A.M.. I went to bed, and I was up at 4 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went
downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I went by
Whole Foods, and they have their usual display of quality merchandise at a bit
higher price. Cod was on sale at $5.99 a pound. I bought a bulb of
garlic at $2.99 a pound for .45. They do not have large bags of Soy
Chips, but the same ones as the Food Emporium for .24 less for $1.45 for 1.35
ounce bags of Glennys. I then returned home. I had a message from a
relative. I am on the wash cycle of two loads of laundry. I put
clean linens on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/03 Sunday 8:40 A.M.: Well some good news on the
closet front. I relaxed a bit, and I finally decided to try to fix the
bedroom closet shelf rod. I took off two side support pieces from the top
shelf in the hallway sweater closet. I then removed the broken ones in
the bedroom closet, and I installed the good ones. I then took off two 10
inch by 1.75 inch by 3/8 inch hard wood pieces from a pants hanger. I
drilled two holes in one about six inches apart, and then I put the wood piece
where the punched through wall hole was from the shelf bracket. I then
drilled through the wood to mark the holes in the wall. I have a wall
mount and screw and drill set I got at Odd Job, and I drilled larger holes into
the wall to install two 3/8 inch wall mounts, and then I screwed the wood piece
into the wall mounts. I then secured the lower part of the shelf bracket
by drilling a hole into the wood and fastening the shelf bracket with a
screw. The securing piece on the shelf above the bracket had broken, so I
put the other piece of wood by the same method on the wall beneath the rear
center edge of the shelf. I then screwed a larger screw into the wood to
support the weight of the rear part of the shelf. It still has four of the
original rear securing pieces. It seems as secure as it ever has been,
and since it is hard wood, I doubt if it will split. I then put in my
hanging clothes. I put away the items on the upper shelf. I am
still saving my slimmer clothes in hopes that some day, I might lose some
weight. I threw out in the dumpster an old box fan, some aquarium lights,
a printer stand, a monitor stand, an old 486 motherboard, the Styrofoam from
the Orion television box, a small blue fish bucket, an aquarium siphon, a throw
rug, and I put some upholstery material and a orange bed dust ruffle in the car
to donate to the Hospital Thrift shop. I rehung the mirror in the
bathroom. I put the Marie Cascendas Polaroid horse pictures in the false
ceiling above the bed. I also threw in the paper recycling bin a large
roll of industrial paper toweling. Throwing out some of the items reduced
the weight on the closet shelf, but the clothes still are a lot of
weight. It was all an unexpected task, so I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/03 Sunday 5:35 A.M.: First the good news. I
ran Norton Win Doctor and Norton Disk Doctor. I ran System restore, and I
did a system backup. I did a six part backup of the C: drive to the D:
drive. I ran Norton Speed Disk. Now the bad news, while I was
running Norton Speed Disk, there was a very loud banging noise from the
bedroom. I examined the bathroom, and the left side entrance wall mirror
was pushed out from the wall. I removed the mirror, and I saw the bedroom
closet shelf center bracket had pushed through the wall. I opened the
bedroom closet, and the entire shelf rod assembly had collapsed. I
removed the contents of the bedroom closet to the bed which took a while.
The center support bracket for the bedroom closet shelf and rod assembly was
only attached against the dry wall not a stud. When it collapsed from
weight through both sides of the dry wall, the support assembly on either end
broke letting the entire assembly collapse forward. It only sank on the
right side, since on the left side, I had some old Styrofoam packed underneath
it. Also some of the backside retaining clips broke. I am tired
now. I guess, I will rest on the day bed since, the bedroom bed is
completely covered with closet items. I guess in the daytime, I could go
to home depot and get a piece of lumber to put underneath the center shelf
bracket and another pair of end support units and some back side shelf supports
with the screws and wall board screw holders. I probably should reinforce
either end of the shelf assembly with strips of woods, since the end units were
also screwed into sheet rock and possibly the back side. Since the shelf
hanging unit was about eight feet long, there were a lot of clothes hanging
from it and quite a bit of weight on the shelf. I did noticed quite a few
items, I could also throw out. However, being a pack rat and going to
thrift shops for 17 years since I got my first car on this return to Greenwich,
I have accumulated quite a bit of stuff. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will rest. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/22/03 Sunday 2:30 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. I had a bit of stomach gas still. It might be from the
Hellmann's Just2Good mayonnaise. Recently, I noticed that my
refrigerator setting had been lowered from 3 to 1 which is about the warmest
setting. I do not know how it happened, but generally with the warmer
setting, items like mayonnaise do not last as long. Well I walked the
full length of Greenwich Avenue. It seems to have cleared up a bit for
now. I guess we might start considering building an arc like Noah did,
but I think it is a little too late for that. During my walk, I sat out
at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I just
now returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea. It is 55 degrees
Fahrenheit which seems a bit cool for this time of year, but alas despite the
rain, I am enjoying the cooler temperatures after having spent a much colder
winter. I suppose if it stays this cool all summer, we might get some
Canadians coming down to summer on our shores as opposed to Florida people coming
up to cool off. Anyway a friend flew up to Toronto, Canada today to look
at some horses, so maybe he will put the word out. Another friend whom is
ever the optimist bought a 1993 SAAB convertible in mint condition with 45,000
miles on it for $10,500, so that friend must be hoping for sunny days.
Since I am more tuned to the information on the internet as it is reflected in
relation to my year round experience in the community, I suppose I will
continue my more mundane routines as far as maintaining my living
environment. Still, when it gets very cold in this area in the winter, it
would be nice for the United States government which is forever consuming and
producing energy to provide us with a little bit extra heating assistance at
their expense. Although, I am a die hard republican, I am beginning to
think that old Texas expression applies in Washington D.C., "Drive Fast,
Freeze a Yankee". There is a northern version of that same
expression from frugal Yankees in New Hampshire called, "Live Free or Die".
The New York version is the "Rich get Ricer, and the Poor get
Poorer". I suppose the British version of the same expression could
be "Penny Thrifty and Pound Foolish". The Greenwich,
Connecticut version would be "Frugality and Fortune", and the general
northern expression would be "Waste Not, Want Not." So much for
frugal hints from Michael on microeconomics. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/03 Saturday 11:10 P.M.: NOAA flash flood warnings
are still going off for the area until 7 A.M.. I had two tuna fish
sandwiches with ice tea. I will now clean up, and I will go out and face
the weather. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/03 Saturday 10:45 P.M.: I went to bed after the
last message. I had a call from a relative about 3 P.M.. I was up
at 6:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I just finished house
cleaning and watering the plants. Locally we are having a lot of rain,
and NOAA weather warning has gone off with Flash Flood warnings. The
conventional wisdom of waterfront observers around here is that when the pier
on Steamboat Road is flooded at high tide which is very unusual, it also means
that Manhattan is flooded. Also we have dams in the back country
reservoir system which probably need to be watched with all the rain that we
have had. Of course the last time, I checked our local dam off Lake
Avenue a number of years ago, something heavy like a mountain lion jumped on
the roof of my old Volvo. Locally flooding along the waterfront is
usually determined by the height of the tides, which are indicated at http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/tidectw.htm
. I noticed in the news today that the Union Pacific http://www.up.com/
had runaway freight cars on the east side of Las Angeles, California http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=&p=Union+Pacific
. Having spent time around railroads, these events do occasionally
happen. Judging from the news reports, they could clean up the spilt
lumber by calling Waste Management http://www.wm.com/ which if it exists in
California would have the heavy equipment for removing the spilt lumber.
Spilt lumber is always a fire hazard. Another way would be to have
general labor contractors remove the lumber piece by piece. Of course the
railroad would have to remove the freight cars. I was once told the whole
world is run by a little old lady in California that owns a vegetable patch, so
she might be having problems getting products from the west coast to other
destinations if it is main railroad line that is blocked. Here locally
when I do my house cleaning, I usually water the plants by pouring water into
them from a quart container. I then use Lysol Island Breeze cleaner in a
spray bottle to clean the bathroom sink, toilet, and shower tub areas. I
use Ajax of Comet to clean the bath tub. I spray the toilet with Lysol
spray. I dust the surfaces with a damp cloth in the bathroom, bedroom,
living room, and kitchen. I then clean the kitchen counters, dish
rack, cooking areas and sink with Lysol Island Breeze disinfectant from a
spray bottle. I empty the garbage and replace the plastic garbage
bag. I move some items of furniture and vacuum the apartment with the
Hoover upright vacuum. I clean and polish the glass and mirrors in the
apartment with glass cleaner and paper towels. I put a dilute mixture of
Lysol Island Breeze cleaner with water in a bowl next to the air conditioner
for scent control. I do a bit of spot cleaning where ever it needs
it. It generally takes two and a half hours to three hours, but it weekly
restores a bit of order to the apartment. Actually, by other relatives'
standard, I probably would be considered a slob, but it is a routine that is
not to difficult, and I feel a sense of accomplishment, once it is done.
As I have said so many times before, when one starts spending so much time on
the computer, a lot of other ordinary maintenance tends to fall to the way side
as one becomes more and more preoccupied with the computer information and
computer maintenance. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/03 Saturday 1:00 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I
chatted with a relative. I relaxed a bit. Another relative
called. I went out, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then went by Waldenbooks, and I had them ship the Harry
Potter book that I bought last night to a relative. They charged me $5.50
for shipping. Waldenbooks only has reserved copies of the book
left. I then moved the car. I then went by the Complete Kitchen,
and I found they had 8 ounce white opaque plastic squeeze bottles for $1.99
each. I bought two which with tax were $4.13 total. I then returned
home. I put 4 ounces of the Carapelli extra virgin olive oil in one of
the plastic bottles. They do not have little lids for the tips, so I cut
a small hole in the side of a wine bottle cork to seal the tip. I am a
bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer again, and I will go to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/03 Saturday 7:15 A.M.: I went back out, and I
dropped the videotape off at the video drop at the Greenwich Library. I
then walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I walked
the train station area too. I then drove down by the waterfront and some
of the usual fishermen were there. They were not catching any fish.
I then sat out for a while more downtown. I then stopped by the Shell
Station on West Putnam Avenue, and I bought a Tee Time scratch card for a
dollar. I returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors. I
scratched the Tee Time scratch card, and I did not win anything, but it is
suppose to benefit Connecticut education. I was educated in Connecticut
at some of the better private schools, and I have a college degree from
Illinois, but after getting a college degree from Illinois after all these
years, no one seems to understand what I am talking about since they do not
have college degrees from Illinois. Still, since they are locally
educated, they seem to feel secure in their native environments. Still,
Illinois is a bit colder than Connecticut, and I guess so far it is cooler this
summer, so maybe it will be a colder winter, so having experienced Illinois
winters for four years, I should be able to survive another winter in
Connecticut. If one looks at Sun Valley, Idaho weather.com - Local Weather Page Sun Valley, Idaho
where this local Harriman political network use to vacation, it is 29 degrees
there right now, so I guess if it gets too cold here for the locals, and they
all head south of the border, we can always import people from Sun Valley,
Idaho and the surrounding areas or even from French Canada, but who knows what
the weather will be until it happens. The United States government spends
billions of dollars a year on weather information, but they never seem to get
it together with all these super computers, they have to put out a long term
weather forecast, and leave us to rely on Benjamin Franklin's "Old
Farmer's Almanac" The Old Farmer's Almanac - Home Page .
However, before the Harriman's spent all of their money, they supposedly
according to the book on W. Averill Harriman took care of all the things, the
Rockefeller's did not want to be bothered with like running the World's largest
transportation network of railroads, ships, and airlines. Thus with their
reduced fortunes, they are probably left with an old plow horse on some farm
that is getting worn out and can not afford to travel out of this area to former
family resorts. Anyway for anyone going to Sun Valley, Idaho for cooler
temperatures, I use to know an Idaho sheriff that was retired here, and he
retired here because, he got tired of dealing with cougars. Well anyway
in wild America, there are plenty of people awake in the daytime, so if one
stays in areas around lots of people, one should not have to worry too much
about the wildlife. Well, I am tired, so I will shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/03 Saturday 4:25 A.M.: I went through my
email. I did some other computer work. I have to return a videotape
that is due. My email of my weekly notes goes out to 18 recipients, but
the last mailing which includes two emails to the BBC keeps getting bounced
back, so maybe there is something wrong with the BBC or its email
servers. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/03 Saturday 3:25 A.M.: For any visitors
unfamiliar with the north country whom might be visiting in this area, I have a
bit of local wisdom. Since we are near the mountainous ridge area in this
area, a lot of migratory animals like wild cats such as Mountain Lions or
Cougars or Bob Cats or Lynx or Panthers could be migrating from down south
through this area now later in the season since it is cooler this year. I
still keep Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco in my apartment. I have a
theory since the package of Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco has black and
orange colors like a tiger that it might be derived from the tobacco they use
to grow in India in the old days with Tiger Scent from tiger urine in it from
the fields that it is grown in, so that when other cats smelled it when a human
was smoking it, they would smell the tiger scent in the tobacco, and thus the
other cats would shy away from disturbing the pipe smoker. However, this
is just a theory, I have yet to try it out on other wild cats. Still, it
would seem to be logical that other wild cats would be leery of tiger
scent. In Greenwich, at Zyn stationary, they use to sell Sir Walter
Raleigh pipe tobacco, and they might know since they are from India. Of
course locally here, I mostly see just skunks which could be just as bad.
In which case one would need tomato juice to help remove the smell if one were
sprayed. I heard a local lady complaining the other day that while her
child was swimming at Tod's Point, a two foot long tiger shark bothered the
child, so remember that Tiger Sharks can get up to 20 feet long too, and I have
no idea how big they get in Long Island sound, but people at the Norwalk, Connecticut
aquarium would know. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/03 Saturday 3:10 A.M.: On a lesser note on
another Scottish activity besides writing books the Buick Classic http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r027/
is presently going on at the Westchester Country Club in nearby Harrison, New
York. Usually after the event, some of the local Buick dealers have low
mileage Buicks for sale which were used during the tournament. A friend
still owns one from the tournament 11 years ago that he bought after the
tournament, but alas he is not in the market yet for a new car, since the old
Buick wagon is still in good running shape after all of these years. He
does keep complaining that Buick should still make a large station wagon like
they did then. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/21/03 Saturday 2:55 A.M.: I rested until 4 P.M.
yesterday. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I slept some more until 6:15
P.M.. I watched the ABC evening news. I cleaned up, and went
out. I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I
then drove over to the Riverside Shopping Plaza, and I toured the Food Emporium
looking for a plastic squeeze bottle. I then looked for one at CVS in the
Riverside Shopping Plaza. I then returned downtown. I walked upper
Greenwich Avenue, and I noticed people lined up in front of Waldenbooks for the
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" book by J. K. Rowling
launching at midnight. I returned back to the car, and I drove back down
by the waterfront. I then parked near Waldenbooks, and I viewed the
people buying the book starting at midnight. Over the next hour about 200
people bought the book, and there were many young faces. I was about the
last to buy a copy of the book for $20.77 plus $1.26 sales tax for $22.25
total. There was a .22 error in the sales slip, it must have been
wizardry or a charge for the bag. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I
bought a package of boneless breasts of chicken for $1.99 a pound for $3.66.
They have the Harry Potter book there for $24.99 plus wizard tax. I
returned home. I rinsed the other piece of swordfish in cold water, and I
put it in a Pyrex pie dish. I added a few tablespoons of Borden's lemon
juice and about a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine. I placed both
sides in the juices for a while. On the top side, I added a couple
teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil, and then I seasoned it with Old Bay
seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, basil, and oregano. I
cooked it in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 22
minutes. I had it for dinner with the fish cooking juices on the
swordfish along with the juices on reheated steamed white rice, and steamed
fresh cauliflower with extra virgin olive oil, and a glass of ice tea.
When I drive up to Kennebunkport, Maine www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm
on this coming Tuesday morning, I will bring the Harry Potter book and the
Pacific Ocean painting by Cosby that I have hanging in my bedroom to give to a
relative. Cosby has a gallery in Laguna Beach, California and he is a
well known California artist whom before his art career was President Richard
Nixon's communications officer in his White House days. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 06/20/03:
Note:
<888> 06/20/03 Friday 12:25 A.M.: I finished going through my
email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I also
finally installed the Windows Update for Windows XP of Q811493 which has been
fixed, and the system seems a bit more responsive. I will now send out my
weekly notes. I will then shut down the computer, and I will watch a bit
of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/03 Thursday 11:45 P.M.: This link tells one about
Google http://www.google-watch.org/
. Of course for readers whom have the time to research more scholarly
information on computer information collecting, I suppose James Bamford's book,
"Body of Secrets" would be about the best resource available
http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2001/04/25/nsa/print.html
. I have not had time to read it yet, although I did read about 40% of
the Puzzle Palace. Still in intelligence gathering, it frequently
requires individuals whom have the educational back ground to understand the
intelligence which might be generally more expensive to employ than the equipment,
since such individuals in the private sector would earn more money. Thus
I suppose the law of supply and demand applies to brains and then limits
individuals once they are in the public sector as they interface with the
private sector. Thus whom knows what the governments do with all the
intelligence data in their collective data bases. I suppose, they need a
lot of little old lady types whom do nothing but read all the time. I
once read the CIA spends a great deal of its time on statistical analysis as
opposed to covert operations. Anyway computers help feed all the
information into a usable form, but whether the reality of myth versus fiction
comes into play is really of no significance, since whether a group of
intelligence analysts have a budget to act upon the information they gather is
even another matter. At the moment, the United States Army is supposedly
short two divisions, so I would imagine the government is not wasting its money
on overseeing too much redundant data information. If such were the case,
since most of this technology seems to be manufactured in Asia, and since the
wage rates are very low in Asia, it would seem to me that the Asian countries
would put up the biggest smoke screen of intelligence deception for their own
amusement, and whether it actually yielded any results or not is open to
speculation . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/03 Thursday 10:50 P.M.: I had 20 Carr's crackers
with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/03 Thursday 9:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative
and a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/03 Thursday 8:30 P.M.: I was up at 12:30 P.M.
today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out
for my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
I was given a Dunlop Max 300i graphite injection tennis racket and a AMF Voit
impact XC racquet ball racket. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. During
my walk, I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a Stanley
scraper with five spare blades for $2.99 plus .18 tax for $3.17 total. I
scraped of the emissions sticker off my Hyundai windshield which is no longer
needed. I will put the scraper in the half size blue kitchen bureau
drawer. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times. The broken wooden benches in front of the Greenwich Library were
caused by a car running over the curb. I then went by the Stop and Shop,
and I bought frozen swordfish at $4.99 a pound for $6.19, a head of
Cauliflower for $1.99, a 15 ounce bottle of La Choy lite soy sauce $2.39 for
$10.57 total. I looked for a plastic squeeze bottle to put olive oil in
at both the Stop and Shop and the Food Emporium, but neither store had
them. I returned home. I chatted with a friend. I put the
rackets in the right living room closet with the other rackets. I do not
have any tennis balls. I cut the sword fish in half, and I refrigerated
one half in a Rubbermaid container. I rinsed the other half in cold
water, and I put it in a Pyrex pie dish. I added a few tablespoons of
Borden's lemon juice and about a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine.
I placed both sides in the juices for a while. On the top side, I added a
couple teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil, and then I seasoned it with Old Bay
seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices, basil, and oregano. I
cooked it in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 22
minutes. I had it for dinner with the fish cooking juices on the
swordfish along with the juices on steamed white rice, and steamed fresh
cauliflower with extra virgin olive oil, and a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/03 Thursday 3:20 A.M.: I chatted with a friend a
couple times more. I took his web page and made a mirror site for it http://www.geocities.com/johnsbolton/
, so it can be scanned by web search engines. I also added some more meta
tag keywords that the friend wanted added. I am tired, so I will go to
bed soon. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/19/03 Thursday 1:25 A.M.: A friend called up whom I
have not heard from in a while. He has a web sight with a book he
published at DIVERSITY-
Anti Merit? or http://johnsbolton.net/ which I will have to
read when I have time. The friend is calling back shortly. I
checked the page's meta tags, and it seems perfectly fine. The friend is
interested in getting more attention to his publication. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.: Well, I will shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. I think the olive oil that I threw
out was Bertolli http://www.bertolli.com/
regular olive oil that I bought on June 12, 2001 for $9.99 for 101 ounces at
the Stop and Shop, and I opened it February 5, 2002. I keep my Scott's
Notes for remembering such details. Of course the olive oil on the dining
table might have been older, since I can not recall when I put it out on the
table. On my new diet I am using more olive oil. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 11:20 P.M.: Old time Olivetti http://www.olivetti.com/
computer users might remember Carlo De Benedetti . http://www.cirgroup.it/eng/e_gruppo/e_missione.html
shows what he is up to today at http://www.cirgroup.it/ . He is sort of
like the Louis V. Gerstner Jr. http://www-916.ibm.com/press/prnews.nsf/html/bios_lgerstner.html
of Italy. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 10:55 P.M.: I figured out what the
problem was with the olive oil. I had mistakenly used the olive oil from
a liter wine bottle that I keep for decoration on my dining room table.
This might have been over three years old or more. I had mixed some of it
with a smaller bottle that I keep olive oil in. I dumped out the old
olive oil and the olive oil I mixed. I still have about 2 liters left in
the original tin of the three liters of Carapelli http://www.carapelli.com/
extra virgin olive oil which I bought on October 6, 2002 at the Food Emporium
on sale for $13 off for $7.99. I think it is still good since it has been
in a dark sealed tin and has a nutty taste and smell. I looked at this
web site http://www.oliveoilsource.com/ for olive
oil storage information http://www.oliveoilsource.com/olivechemistry.htm#Storage:
. I cleaned out the two olive oil containers and the tin olive oil
dispenser that is not air tight. I will put several ounces in the smaller
Forrelli olive oil bottle, and I will refill it when I need it. I guess I
could look for a smaller dark sealed olive oil container, so the smaller amount
will not oxidize. I threw out the old olive oil along with an old
bottle of canola oil. Additional information at this site too http://www.bulkoil.com/
. Of course if one wants to take what real fresh extra virgin olive oil
tastes like, one might have to go to Italy, Spain, Greece, or Turkey.
That liter of olive oil I threw out in a pickle jar was probably enough to give
intestinal gas to the entire Mediterranean population. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 8:40 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I have had a bit of stomach gas recently causing me to break wind
a lot. I finally figured out on my new diet, I have been using olive oil
on my vegetables instead of margarine. Unfortunately, the olive oil
I have, I bought in a three liter can about a year ago, and I guess it is rancid
according to a friend who dined with me last Sunday. Well, I will have to
toss out the old olive oil and look around for a bottle of extra virgin olive
oil. It was on sale at Odd Job in Port Chester when I was there a couple
of days ago for about $3 for a 24 ounce bottle, but if it were older, I would
have the same problem with it being rancid. I will have to check the
grocery store circulars to see if it is on sale elsewhere. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 7:40 P.M.: I am microwaving a Stouffer's
Lean Cuisine roasted turkey breast dinner with two vegetables, which I will
have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 7:35 P.M.: Old time hint. If
you want your Internet Explorer web browser to open in full screen, maximize it
with the upper right middle icon, and they press CTRL-Y combination, and the
next time you open Internet Explorer, it will be full screen. You can
imagine all the other network and system trivia I probably still remember, but
do not have much chance to use anymore. I had thought about getting a USB
2.0 external drive to back up my system, but I just backed up the data to
CD/RW. Thus should the primary and the backup hard drives fail at the
same time, I would have to restore it by reconstructing it, which would
probably take a week or so. Let's hope not, but an electrical surge from
lightning would possibly knock out both hard drives. Still, since the
second D: drive is rarely used, it will more than likely out last the primary
hard drive. Last week a 40 gigabyte external USB 2.0 hard drive was on
sale at CompUSA down from $160 with $30 instant and $30 mail in rebate, it
would have been eventually about $100, but instead I got the 13 inch Panasonic
color television for $93. Well, let's hope I made the right
decision. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 7:15 P.M.: Microsoft Messenger 6
beta http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/Preview/default.aspx
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 6:45 P.M.: I have noticed the Honda
Element Hondacars.com: 2003 Element: Overview around
town recently. I guess in black in the four wheel drive model with automatic
transmission and a few other accessories, it would be over $20,000 for any
beach front surfer types or mountain bikers. Still according to Telegraph | Motoring | The next big thing it
might be the next big thing. Still a relative thinks it is too boxy
looking, but the one's I have seen remind me of a fancy United States Post
Office truck or a Japanese ambulance. Still, I suppose they have already
caught on with the west coast beach set. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 4:45 P.M.: I watched some
television. I did some regular computer work. The Greenwich
Hospital Outpatient Clinic called, and my new cholesterol blood levels with
fasting 12 hours before the test are Cholesterol 140, Triglycerides 179, HDL
35, LDL 69, Ratio 4.0 and my liver with taking the Lipitor is normal. I
called a relative to tell them the results. I guess when taking
cholesterol tests, it is important to fast at least 12 hours before the
test. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 3:15 P.M.: I ran Windows
Update. I installed the Nvidia video display drivers for my MadDog www.mdmm.com
Multimedia AGP 4X 64 meg. video card, and I adjusted the new settings.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 2:45 P.M.: I watched television
until 2:30 A.M. this morning. I was up at 8:30 A.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I made
my 10:30 A.M. dental appointment at the Greenwich Hospital dental clinic.
I had my teeth cleaned. The hygienist recommended that when I use the
Water Pik that I first use undiluted yellow mouthwash in the Water Pik to clean
the left rear lower molar which has a crown, since it is a bit sensitive, and
possibly has minor infection. I have a follow up appointment on July 11
to see the dentist about my x-ray results. I normally brush my teeth with
Crest multicare whitening toothpaste. Then I sometimes use the Braun Oral
B tooth cleaner with whitening toothpaste such as Pearl Drops. I then use
the Water Pik with yellow mouthwash about one to two ounces with six ounces of
water. Now I will also use direct yellow mouth wash with the Water Pik to
clean my lower left rear molar with the crown. I then use dental
floss. I then gargle with yellow mouth wash. One can also take a
couple of sunflower oil breath pills too. One could also carry one of
those aerosol breath sprays. However, if one smokes tobacco, one's breath
is still going to smell like an old cigar butt from the flem build up in the
lungs. Also if one eats garlic for other health purposes, more than
likely non garlic eaters will find one's breath offensive. I was told
that instead of brushing after dinner, it is better to brush before going to
bed. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then went
downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at
various locations. I then went by the Merry-Go-Round Mews thrift
shop. They still have clothes deeply discounted on sale. They have
a lot of nice summer sports jackets size 42 and smaller for $8. I next
returned home. I had a message to call the outpatient clinic about my
cholesterol test, so I called them back, and they will call me back later this
afternoon. I rinsed a six ounce can of Council crab meat in cold water
with the open lid on it. I then squeezed the lid on it several times
while rinsing to squeeze out the water. I then flaked it in a bowl, and I
added two heaping tablespoons of Hellmann's low fat Just-2-Good mayonnaise, and
I mixed it together. I then made two sandwiches with the Arnold Healthy
multi-grain bread, and I cut them in half crosswise. I had them for lunch
with ice tea. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/18/03 Wednesday 12:35 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I will now shut down the computer. I might watch some
more television before going to bed. I have a 10:30 A.M. dental
appointment tomorrow morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 11:10 P.M.: Dinner was
enjoyable. I watched a bit of television while making and eating
dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: I am cooking a 12.5 ounce
box of America's Choice fish filets which I will have with Heinz ketchup mixed
with horseradish, along with reheated steamed white rice, and steamed fresh
broccoli crowns with olive oil and iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went
by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then returned
home. I chatted with a relative. I am going up to Kennebunkport,
Maine on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 for a number of days to visit a relative, so I
will not be in the area. I will drive my Hyundai up there. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 5:35 P.M.: I threw out the old batteries.
I had two tuna fish sandwiches with Hellmann's low fat Just2Good mayonnaise and
ice tea. I will now clean up, and I will go out for some downtown
Greenwich activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 5:00 P.M.: I filled out a survey for http://www.sageresearch.com/
and I also entered a contest at http://www.pcmag.com/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 4:35 P.M.: I had a call a little while
ago from the Greenwich Hospital dental clinic, and they changed my appointment
for cleaning from this Thursday to 10:30 A.M. tomorrow Wednesday morning.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 4:25 P.M.: I went through my
email. I tested the 60 used batteries that I separated from the new
batteries yesterday, and 25 were bad, and 35 were still good. I put the
35 good ones in the same kitchen drawer in the blue bureau with the new
batteries, and I will throw out the 25 bad batteries. I have a lot of
good used 9 volt batteries, since I take them out of the two smoke detectors
and replace them with new ones every year. I tested the D batteries by
using a flash light. I tested the AAA batteries by using my key chain
flash light. I tested the AA batteries by using my Sony AM/FM
walkman. I tested the 9 volt batteries by using my Radio Shack transistor
radio. I have three C batteries that I do not have a device to test them
with, so I saved them. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 3:00 P.M.: Danish Royalty sites Crown
Prince http://www.hkhkronprinsen.dk/
and Danish Queen's Royal House http://www.kongehuset.dk/ and Danish Embassy in
Washington D.C. http://www.denmarkemb.org/
. The Danish have been good friends over the years and in that old
European expression, "The Dutch and The Danish Don't Know Much"
always seem to be truer and truer. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 2:45 P.M.: Discounted inkjet and laser
supplies from Monks Welcome to LaserMonks or http://www.lasermonks.com/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 2:25 P.M.: I subscribed to free subscription
to CIO Insight CIO
Insight . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 2:15 P.M.: I had the last bag of
Glennys soy chips and some Carr's crackers before going to bed last
night. I was up at noon. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will do
some regular computer work instead of going out. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/17/03 Tuesday 12:15 A.M.: Foot Note on Germany History http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/people/Dobson/genealogy/famous/Prussia.html
. I have a funny sound like a chirping making a sound in the
kitchen. I removed the wall phone and disconnected the power to the
appliances, but it still persists. I cleaned the wall phone before reconnecting
it. I can not figure out what is causing the chirping sound. I will
now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 11:30 P.M.: Foot Note on recent Flemish
Scottish history http://www.amg1.net/fleminfl.html . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 11:10 P.M.: Well as the story goes when
the land between England and France went under water many thousands of years
ago, they were known as the Flemish from Flanders. Since the land of
Flanders has been under water for many thousands of years, unless one were an
aquanaut or a fish, it would be hard to conquer. The people whom once lived
in Flanders settled around its new coasts in adjacent countries, and many of
them took off sailing around the world establishing Flemish communities in
other ports. Thus the Flemish like the Vikings could have been in North
America for many thousands of years predating Columbus or even the
Vikings. I have been told that Nordic people mined copper in Michigan ten
thousand years ago. That is all ancient history, and there is not much
evidence to continue this discussion, unless one is familiar with ancient Druid
settlements in Europe and how they might compare with similar evidence in the
Western Hemisphere. I have not done any research in that particular
field. However, I do recall reading that during the last Ice Age, Nordic
people were living in the Canary Islands, so perhaps some made it from there
across the Atlantic to lands further south. However, like Viking
settlements, the archeological evidence is scant and hard to follow.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 10:45 P.M.: To learn more about what is
happening back down on the farm try http://www.prairienet.org/ which obviously has
some computer resources if you have not forgotten about http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
unless they got blown away by a tornado http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/home.rxml
. I have said many times before the weather is the reason that people out
on the prairie do not build to close together, but try to keep their
communities somewhat separate, so if a twister comes through, they will not
lose the whole community. Of course living with various buildings spread
apart requires more energy to navigate between them. Maybe they are still
trying to harness the wind for energy in the Midwest. Still, I have not
been out there in many years, so I doubt if I have any practical experience
they would need, since they are rather advanced in computers. Of course,
since I have relatives still in the Midwest, and since the last I heard the
Midwest still has some sort of political influence, once they get back from
their winter sojourns to resume farming, it is hard to tell whom is still out
there minding the farm. Still, since most of the internet and the web
browser came out of the Midwest, I would imagine besides the T-900 lines at
NCSA, they might even have high speed internet access possibly through DirecTV
satellites. Well, if they think this is the farm report from Byram, Connecticut
and they are looking at old historical maps, tell them I nicknamed this
location Flanders's Field after the ghost of Flanders which occasionally haunts
our building. I believe Flanders was that country between England and
France that became submerged in some sort of inundation creating the English or
French channel depending on which side of the channel one is on. I guess
the King of Cornwall is still out in the Midwest growing corn too, but we do
not have much time to read the farm reports around here. Anyway, we are
still managing to eat well, and at 215 pounds I am not starving by any stretch
of the imagination. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 10:20 P.M.: I finished off the 1.3
ounce bag of Glennys soy chips. Apparently according to http://www.thesoydailyclub.com/MOShenryford/henryfordDL1.asp
Henry Ford helped develop the soy bean. My grandfather's brother in
Illinois once told me about 25 years ago, he had been to China over 40 times in
business related to Soy Beans, so I guess I have relatives in the soy bean
business, whom could get them cheaper. I know Archer Daniels Midland http://www.admworld.com/
of Decatur, Illinois supplies our local Arnold bakery owned by George Weston
bakeries http://www.weston.ca/
with truck loads of grain, so I guess maybe the Arnold Bakery could make and
sell them more cheaply. $20.80 a pound for soy chips seems awfully
expensive. I believe Happy Rockefeller use to be on the board of
directors of ADM. Of course I noticed a lot of thin people in the grocery
store buying rice cakes which might be more economical. Of course a lot
of skinny older ladies are rumored to live on tea and toast. I read the
article in U.S. News and World Report last week that President Bush is so fit
because he eats Jif peanut butter and jelly sandwiches all the time.
About the last option in my present diet, which also includes no salt, might be
to cut back on the two teaspoons of sugar in my morning oatmeal, and the two
teaspoons of sugar in my morning coffee. However in my ice tea, I only
put a cup of sugar for 12 quarts of ice tea. I guess I could try to eat
more fruits and salads along with the increased diet of fish. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 9:45 P.M.: Soy chip manufacturers Soy Chips and http://www.thesoydailyclub.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 9:35 P.M.: I had a few Glennys soy
chips Welcome To
Glennys . It would be nice if they came in bigger bags like
potato chips and were the same price as potato chips. As cheap as soy
beans are in the Midwest of America, I can not see why they are so
expensive. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 9:15 P.M.: The Duke of Bedford dies Times Online . His father whom was a
neighbor of J. Paul Getty died about 7 months ago in New Mexico. Thus
since the Duke of Bedford was about 63 years old, the new Duke of Bedford his
eldest son should be a bit younger in his 30s or younger or so. I still
have not verified whether the House of Lords has been abolished or not.
It does not seem to have made the British news one way or the other. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 8:50 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 8:35 P.M.: I sat outside for a
while. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 7:25 P.M.: I took the last boneless
chicken breast half, and I rinsed it in cold water, and I dried it in a paper
towel. I put in a Pyrex pie dish, and I added a couple of tablespoons of
La Choy low sodium soy sauce and a fourth of a cup of Rene Junot white
wine. I then seasoned the top with Old Bay seasoning, chicken and meat
seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian spices,
oregano, and basil. I then spread Texas Best barbeque sauce on it. I am
cooking it in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35
minutes. I will have it with steamed white rice and steamed fresh
broccoli crowns with olive oil and ice tea. I am making the rice
differently now. I take a cup of Carolina white rice, and I rinse
it in a bowl with hot water. I then strain it with wire strainer, and I
rinse it with hot water. I then put the rice in the China Village
microwave rice cooker, which one can buy at the Food Emporium for $15. I
then add 14 ounces of cold water and a teaspoon of sesame oil and a tablespoon
of olive oil. I put on the lids, and I microwave it in the General
Electric microwave oven for 11 minutes, and then I let it stand for five
minutes to finishing absorbing the water before I serve it about two
portions. It is lower fat than using butter or margarine.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 7:05 P.M.: I put away my laundry.
I cleaned up the two drawers a bit more, and I threw away all the old butane
lighters that do not work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 6:15 P.M.: I organized the two top left
half blue drawers in the kitchen bureau. In the top half drawer are two
packs of Pall Mall lights 100s I found, various old butane lighters, and Ronson
flints, and dishwashing wand replacements, and other miscellaneous items
including two packages of aged Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco. In the
second lower top drawer are all the fresh packaged batteries. I took out
about 60 various used batteries, and I put them in a bag, and I placed the bag
on the floor underneath the side board in the bedroom in front of the Slaymaker
jump start system. I also put in another bag a number of pill
bottles in the same location. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/16/03 Monday 5:45 P.M.: I had a bag of the Glennys
low fat soy chips last night before going to bed, and they are very good.
I also finished off the pretzels and a few Carr's crackers left in the open
box. I was up at 10 A.M. this morning. I did not have breakfast
right away. I cleaned up, and I went over to the Greenwich Hospital
laboratory to have my cholesterol tested by having blood drawn. I then
returned home, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I then went downtown, and I
stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next went
downtown. I walked upper Greenwich Avenue with another local stopping by
the library. I then finished my walk of the complete length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then drove over to Port Chester, New York to Odd Job
trading. They have a selection of fans and a few air conditioners there
along with a larger selection now of audio visual electronic cables and
accessories and the usual assortment of other items. I bought four 9 volt
super alkaline Polaroid batteries for $1.49 each, a four pack of AA and a four
pack of AAA Polaroid super alkaline batteries for $1.49 each package plus .63
tax for $9.57 total. I noticed for the health conscious they have extra
virgin olive oil for $2.99 for 24 ounces and 16 ounce canned salmon at
$1.99. I next went to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I then returned home. I am
on the dry cycle of two loads of laundry with 45 minutes to go. I put
clean linen on the bed. I finished charging up the Slaymaker million watt
rechargeable lantern. I will now put a new 9 volt battery in the AT&T
answering machine and the big digit WestClox alarm clock in the living
room. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/03 Sunday 10:35 P.M.: I have to take another
blood test tomorrow for my cholesterol, so I am not suppose to have breakfast
in the morning. I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch some
television briefly before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/03 Sunday 10:15 P.M.: Maybe his father wants more
attention to his web site The Prince of Wales or http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/
which has information about his young sons. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/03 Sunday 10:10 P.M.: Prince William needs to
have a speed governor installed on his Volkswagen Telegraph | News | 'I thought Prince was a yob'
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/03 Sunday 9:45 P.M.: I put away the ice tea in
the refrigerator. For those of you whom forgot, yesterday June 14, 2003
was Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/2990346.stm
. I guess people elsewhere had parties too to celebrate the event.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/03 Sunday 7:50 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then drove up to Norwalk, and I went to Circuit City, and
they gave me $11.66 back on the Panasonic 13 inch television which now cost me
$94.33. I toured Circuit City. I then toured CompUSA. I then
went to Wal-Mart, and I bought a 64 ounce bottle of Equate antibacterial clear
liquid soap for $3.34 cash. I then used my EBT card to buy 7 six ounce
cans of Chicken of the Sea crab meat for $1.72 each, and 6 six ounce cans of
Chicken of the Sea tiny shrimp for $2.12 each for $24.76 on my EBT card leaving
$1.96 left on it. I noticed in Wal-Mart they have General Electric 10,000
BTU air conditioners with remote control for $218, 8,000 BTU with remote
control for $188, and 5,000 BTU for $105. I next drove back to Greenwich,
and I went out to Tod's Point. I walked around Tod's Point the 2.5 miles,
which was very enjoyable. I then went back to downtown Greenwich, and I
sat out for a while. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
went by Exxon, and I bought $10 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon
for 32 miles per gallon this week, since I drove on the highway when I went to
Norwalk three times. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a 16
ounce jar of Jif low fat 25% less fat peanut butter for $2.49, and three 1.5
ounce bags of Glennys low fat onion and sour cream soy crisps for $1.69 each
bag for $7.56 total. The soy crisps are a bit expensive, but they're
suppose to be 90% less fat than potato chips. I used up the rest of the
funds on my EBT card. I then returned home. I put $10 on my Mac Ray
laundry card. I chatted with a relative. I am making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/03 Sunday 12:20 P.M.: The Panasonic 13 inch
television, I bought last week is now $89.99 or $10 less this week at
CircuitCity http://www.circuitcity.com/store_specials.jsp?c=1&b=g&department=Televisions&page=1
, so if I go up there this week, I can get the $10 difference back from the
store. I might wait until later in the week, since it is a nice day here,
I guess I will spend time around the waterfront somewhere in Greenwich.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/15/03 Sunday 12:15 P.M.: I had a call from a friend
at 6:30 A.M. this morning. I slept until 10 A.M.. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. The same friend called me at 11 A.M.. I watched the Arts
and Entertainment channel presentation on the Post homes around America.
I believe the Eagle Brook school here in Greenwich is also the site of a Post
home also. I will look at the internet sales at www.staples.com
, www.compusa.com
, and www.circuitcity.com
. I guess I will then clean up, and I will go out and enjoy what is
suppose to be pleasant day. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/03 Saturday 10:50 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch a bit of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/03 Saturday 10:25 P.M.: News from Maine Bush opens long weekend of relaxation .
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/03 Saturday 10:10 P.M.: I just had a call from a
relative, so the telephone is working fine now. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/03 Saturday 9:45 P.M.: About 9 P.M., I discovered
my telephones were not working. I chatted with Verizon www.verizon.com
on their chat page through the internet. They gave me the Greenwich
business office at 203-869-5222 and the repair number at 203-661-5444. I
called the business office through the internet and transferred to the repair
line. They said my telephone line was all right. I disconnected the
kitchen phone, and the other phone started making a sound like it was off the
hook. I checked in the bedroom, the phone next to the bed was off the
hook. I guess when I made the bed, and I put the bolsters on the bed, I
knocked the phone off the hook. All the phones are working fine
now. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/03 Saturday 8:20 P.M.: Dinner was
delicious. I have been listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram
. At 7:45 P.M. EDT on Saturday evening, they have Alistair Cooke's
broadcast from America, which is always very interesting and informative.
I will now do some regular computer internet work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/03 Saturday 7:35 P.M.: The package of boneless
chicken breast halves contained three halves. I rinsed them in cold water
and dried with a paper towel. I put one in a Rubbermaid container in the
refrigerator. The other two I put in Pyrex pie dish, and I added several
tablespoons of Borden lemon juice and several tablespoons of La Choy low sodium
soy sauce and a quarter of a cup of Rene Junot white wine. I soaked both
sides in the mixture. I then added a small bit of olive oil to the top
sides. I then seasoned the top sides with Old Bay Seasoning, chicken and
meat seasoning, celery salt, garlic powder, ground black pepper, Italian
spices, basil, and oregano. I then peeled and minced four cloves of
garlic which I put on the two halves of boneless chicken breast. I am
cooking them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35
minutes. I will have one of them with the cooking juices on it along with
the cooking juices on steamed white rice along with steamed fresh broccoli
crowns with olive oil and a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/03 Saturday 7:05 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went to the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times
and U.S. News and World Report. There was an article in U.S. News and
World Report about why the fish stocks are depleted in the world's
oceans. It also said that President Bush eats Jif peanut butter with
jelly sandwiches all the time. Apparently Smuckers www.smuckers.com
bought Jif peanut butter. I next went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I
stopped by CVS, and I bought four six ounce cans of Bumble Bee solid white tuna
for .99 each can and a white Djeep lighter for $1.89 plus .11 tax for $5.96
total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Food
Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with
calcium for $2 each, two 11.4 ounce boxes of America's Choice frozen fish
filets for $2.19 each box, boneless breasts of chicken at $1.99 a pound for
$3.50, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.09, America's Choice quart jar
of strawberry jam for $2.79, a 18 ounce jar of Jif low fat 25% reduced fat
peanut butter for $2.49 for $19.25 total. I paid in cash, since my EBT
card would not work, since just as I was approaching the cash register, all the
power in the store went out, and the store went to emergency power. The
store across the street was out too, but here in Byram, I still have
power. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/14/03 Saturday 2:30 P.M.: After the last message
last night, I had a Stouffer's light cuisine chicken and mushroom dinner along
with ice tea. I slept until 11 A.M. today. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I just finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.
I will now clean up and go out for some outside activity. The apartment
is cool and comfortable. It is 85 degrees Fahrenheit outside right
now. NOAA weather warning keeps going off for possible severe
thunderstorms some time soon, so keep a weather watch. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/13/03 Friday 9:20 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/13/03 Friday 9:10 P.M.: I slept until 8:30
P.M.. I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/13/03 Friday 3:00 P.M.: I had a bowl of
pretzels. I was emailed this link http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/
. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 06/13/03:
Note:
<888> 06/13/03 Friday 1:35 P.M.: I was up at 7:30 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal with sugar,
cinnamon, and milk, two slices of toast with grape jam, a 12 ounce glass of
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee with milk and sugar. I
cleaned up, and I went out to the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic for the
follow up on my cholesterol blood monitoring test after taking the Lipitor for
four and a half weeks. My cholesterol is 244. My triglycerides are
578, both of which should be below 200. MY HDL is 34. My LDL is
149. My ratio is 7.2. I was advised to increase in my supplements and
vitamins, my daily dosage of Niacimide from 500 mg. to 1000 mg. which helps
lower triglycerides. I have to go back on Monday for another blood test
without eating breakfast. I then will call the clinic on Wednesday for
follow up. I am scheduled for another follow up on my cholesterol on
October 1, 2003. Afterwards, I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.
I returned home, and I took a cold 7.5 ounce can of Icy Point pink salmon, and
I rinsed it with the open lid on in cold water, and then I flaked it with
my fingers removing a few small bones. I mixed it with a couple of
tablespoons of Hellmann's Just2Good low fat mayonnaise, and I made two
sandwiches which I cut in half. I had them with ice tea. I put two
packages of Arnold frozen hotdog buns in the freezer in the community room
along with a package of Oscar Meyer beef hotdogs in the refrigerator in the
community room, which I will not need anymore. I will now send out my
weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 9:55 P.M.: Well, I am tired, so I
will go to bed soon after I shut down the computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 9:20 P.M.: When Scott's Internet Hotlist
made a profit about four years ago at Christmas time, I gave ten percent of my
yearly profits or exactly $78 to the
Union
Church
555
Bedford Road
North
Tarrytown, New York 10591-1298
Unfortunately
Scott's internet activity no long makes money, but is a money losing not for
profit operation, so I am not able to help out over there with any more
donations. Still if there are any people whom need a church to give to,
it is a very reputable church for the village workers in North Tarrytown.
I once buried a time capsule there. The zip code "10591" used
with http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html
which was just updated today would give one the local weather information over
at "Thunder Hall" or whatever they call that old Dutch Farm now http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1782
or http://www.daytrips.org/6_Counties/Westchester/North_Westchester/north_westchester1.html
which is probably still good for bird watching. They have improved the
area since Rip Van Winkle's time. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 7:40 P.M.: I saw this web address at the
end of the ABC evening news http://www.visitmaine.com/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 7:20 P.M.: Gregory Peck passed away
today. He was in the movie to "Kill a Mocking Bird" in which
Boo Radley was another character in the movie. I chatted with a
friend. I am microwaving a Stouffer's 15.5 ounce stuffed peppers with
beef and tomato sauce, which I will have with ice tea. Also David
Brinkley passed away, so I guess he has joined Chet Huntley in the eternal here
after of broadcasting. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 6:55 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I stopped by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two new types
of loaves of Arnold Healthy Multi-Grain bread for .99 each less 10% discount of
.20 for $1.78 total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then went downtown, and I
sat out for a half hour. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next
went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went
downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at
various locations. I paid 50 cents parking today. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the
Greenwich Times. I then returned home. I had a cold diet A&W
root beer in a frosted mug. I watched some television. I am now
watching the ABC evening news. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 12:25 P.M.: I took a cold six ounce
can of tiny shrimp, and I rinsed them in cold water. I then made two
sandwiches out of them with two tablespoons of Hellmann's Just2Good low fat
mayonnaise. I had them with a glass of ice tea. I will now shut
down the computer, and I will clean up and go out. I have a 3 P.M.
appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 11:50 A.M.: The Weather Pulse program
seems to be having some Java script problems. One can get the same
information from http://www.w3.weather.com/
or www.weather.com
. CIO
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<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 10:25 A.M.: I watched some more
morning television. It said on the morning news that the President of the
United States of America is going to visit his family summer home in
Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist
for the weekend after he visits New Britain, Connecticut today. I suppose
he will be going after Striped Bass Striped Bass Fishing New England, Stripers, Blues, Fluke,
Cod, Albacore & Bonito - Surf & Boat if he musters up the
courage to face the cooler ocean waters of Maine. Last summer when I saw
them all up in Kennebunkport in August, they had a lot of UnitedStatesCoastGuard
keeping an eye on the waterfront during his visit. I suppose so many Zodiac Inflatable Boats -
inflatable boats, Zodiac inflatables, Bombard inflatable boats and related
information. tend to scare the fish away. Well, I noticed
while I was down by the waterfront yesterday, the old wooden sailboat that I
have watched for years in the Greenwich harbor is now once again moored in the
harbor. When I had a view of it from my window on Steamboat Road, I
noticed no one ever goes on it, and it never moves all summer. Thus I
guess it could be considered a Ghost Ship like the Flying Dutchman. In
Kennebunkport in past summers while the President was there Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean
and the owner of Fruit
of the Loom have shown up with large yachts in the rather small
Kennebunk River harbor. I suppose all of the usual White House media
people will be there. I recall the Colonial Village Resort Motel Ogunquit,
Maine ~ Colonial Village Resort across the street from the
small Exxon station in north Ogunquit, Maine on U.S. 1 south of Kennebunkport,
Maine use to be quite a bit cheaper than the lodgings in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Of course if one stayed outside of Kennebunkport, one would need a car to get
to Kennebunkport. Of course long time vacationers prefer Kennebunkport,
Maine for its ambience. The Cape Arundel Inn maine,Maine,kennebunk,kennebunkport
maine, lodging at The Cape Arundel Inn has beautiful ocean front
views of the ocean with views of Walker's Point. I believe past Walker's
Point about a mile to the northeast there use to be a larger motel complex
called the Rhumb Line Motor Lodge Rhumb Line Motor Lodge - Kennebunkport, Maine Resort
next to a very small Baptist church, but it was not on the waterfront. I
suppose for Bush watchers, the Green Heron Inn The Green Heron
Inn if available is about the cheapest close to all the action of
the Kennebunkport community. One can always kick back at the public beach
across from the The Colony Hotel - Kennebunkport, Maine and Delray Beach, Florida
which beach has room for about a hundred people and about fifty cars. I
personally might not be going up to Kennebunkport until later in the season in
September. I was told recently by a fisherman on the waterfront here in
Greenwich that there is a large ocean front presence of nautical activity in
Ocean City, Maryland. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 7:55 A.M.: Bill Ford makes the news HollandSentinel.com -Ford unveils new F-150 06/11/03
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 7:50 A.M.: Weather Pulse says there
are suppose to be intermittent thunder showers all day, but the satellite
photos to the west of use do not show clouds. I will forgo my morning
walk. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/12/03 Thursday 7:30 A.M.: I was up at 6:30 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I watched some morning
television. I will now do some regular computer work. The President
of the United States is suppose to visit New Britain, Connecticut today The Advocate - Bush to stop in New Britain to push
prescription plan . I believe New Britain, Connecticut is also
where Stanley Tools Stanley Works is located for any of you home
repair experts. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/03 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.: I got my disability
status form from the Social Security agency in Stamford, Connecticut today, and
I dropped it off at my social worker's at the Town Hall today to complete the
paper work for my renter's rebate. I am a bit tired, so I will shut down
the computer, and I will watch television briefly before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/03 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.: My guest arrived about
1:15 P.M.. We went out, and we stopped by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift
shop. We sat out by the waterfront for while. We then went by the Stop
and Shop, and my guest bought a pound and a quarter of frozen sword fish.
We returned back to my apartment about 4 P.M.. At 5 P.M., I cut the sword
fish in half, and I rinsed it in cold water. I then put it in a Pyrex pie
dish, and I added a few tablespoons of Borden's lemon juice and a third of a
cup of Rene Junot white wine and I put a few teaspoons of olive oil on the top
of the sword fish along with seasoning it with oregano, basil, and Italian
spices. I cooked it in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees
Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. We had it for dinner with steamed white rice
with the fish cooking juices on the rice and fish along with steamed frozen
peas with olive oil and a glass of ice tea. I decided to return the 13
inch Sansui color television to Wal-Mart since it did not have a clear
picture. I packaged it up, and I left at 6 P.M., and I drove up to
Wal-Mart on the Post Road in Norwalk, and I returned it for $74.07 cash
refund. I then drove over to Circuit City, and I bought a 13 inch
Panasonic color television model #CT-13R17B Learn about the features of Panasonic's CT-13R17B -
13" Diagonal TV with Easicon Remote Control, Dark Gray
and Panasonic CT-13R17 13 in. Standard Television - Compare
Prices & Read Reviews at DealTimefor $99.99 plus $6 tax for
$105.99 total. I then returned home about 7:45 P.M.. I installed the
Panasonic 13 inch color television in the kitchen to the left of the
refrigerator on the counter to the right of the dishwashing rack. I
autoprogrammed it. The reception is perfectly clear and sharp, and I am
most pleased with it. My guest watched television while I was gone.
I watched television with my guest until 9 P.M., and then my guest left.
I chatted with a relative. CIO
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<888> 06/11/03 Wednesday 12:15 P.M.: I installed the update
for the Net2Phone communications center, but it disabled my Net2Phone dialer,
so I restored it from the backup, and it is working fine. I chatted with
a friend whom is coming over to visit at 1:15 P.M.. I will now shut down
the computer, and I will clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/03 Wednesday 10:20 A.M.: I rested for a
while. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/03 Wednesday 6:00 A.M.: I went through my
email. In the mail yesterday, I received the Microsoft Desktop Business
Value Kit on CD which I might look at. I will now go through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/11/03 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.: I had a call from a
relative about 11:15 P.M. last night. I was up at 4 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now do some regular computer work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/03 Tuesday 7:55 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I watched some television. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/03 Tuesday 6:40 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/03 Tuesday 6:10 P.M.: I am microwaving a
Stouffer's Lean Cuisine 15.5 ounce Salisbury steak dinner which I will have
with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/10/03 Tuesday 6:00 P.M.: After lunch, I fixed my
kitchen phone by disconnecting it from the wall and reconnecting it to the wall
to get it working. I called Social Security in Stamford, Connecticut, and
they are sending me a statement of disability for my current renter's rebate
application. I also called the General Electric service contract 800
number, and the renewal statement for $86 I got was for the General Electric
air conditioner that I bought in 1988 and gave away ten years ago. My
current service policy on my current General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air
conditioner with remote control is good through September 11, 2003. I
will receive a renewal bill soon in the amount of about $53 for another
year. I noticed today while at Wal-Mart that they have General Electric
5,000 BTU air conditioners for $118, and they have General Electric 10,000 BTU air
conditioners for $189 as well as a similar model Fedders for the same
price. I went out at noon, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital
laboratory, and I had blood drawn for the second of my cholesterol blood
tests. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street,
and I cashed my $25 Staples rebate. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop. I then went downtown. I stopped by the Merry Go Round
Mews thrift shop, and I bought an extra large Ralph Lauren green polo shirt for
$2. All of their clothes are drastically discounted. I then walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I used .75 in parking. I then drove down by the
waterfront, and I chatted with some waterfront regulars. I then went by
Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for
$31 total. I next returned home. I just had a diet Coca Cola in a
frosted mug. The air conditioner is keeping my apartment cool and
comfortable. I rotated the winter flannel shirts on the left side of my
bedroom closet to the far left, and I put my summer light cotton and polo
shirts in the left center of the closet. CIO
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<888> 06/10/03 Tuesday 11:00 A.M.: I was up at 4 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I then went out, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I
then drove up to Norwalk Hyundai, and they inspected my exhaust manifold, and
it is all right. The inspection was covered by the factory
warranty. I then stopped by the new Wal-Mart on U.S. 1 in Norwalk where
Bradlees use to be. I bought a 13 inch Sanyo color television model
#DS13320 for $69.88 plus $4.19 tax for $74.07 total. I then drove back
home. I disconnected the old small Sony television in the kitchen that
did not work very well, and I put it out by the dumpster. I reconnected
the long cablevision cable into the kitchen from the splitter off the Optimum
box to the splitter off the wall. I connected the new Sanyo 13 inch
television to the cablevision cable in the kitchen and the AC power. I
put it to the right of the dishwashing rack to the left of the
refrigerator. It did not come with AAA batteries for the remote control,
so I put two new AAA alkaline batteries in the remote control, and I turned on
the Sanyo 13 inch television. It automatically prompted me to hit the
menu button on the remote control, and it automatically programmed the
television with all the cablevision channels. It works just fine, but one
has to turn up the volume a bit when the kitchen stove exhaust fan is
running. I showed it to a neighbor. I received a $25 rebate from
Staples in the mail for the Creative Vibra web cam that I bought for $30 less
than a month ago, so it cost me $5 plus tax. Thus with a $30 rebate
yesterday and a $25 rebate today, all but $20 of the cost of the Sanyo 13 inch
color television was paid by the rebates in the last two days. I will now
be able to watch television when in the kitchen, which I frequently am. I
will now have two tuna fish sandwiches and ice tea, and then I will go back out
again. CIO
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<888> 06/09/03 Monday 8:30 P.M.: I had two scoops of Edy's
low fat low sugar strawberry vanilla swirl ice cream and ice tea. I
chatted with a friend. I will turn off the air conditioner before going
to bed. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
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<888> 06/09/03 Monday 7:50 P.M.: I cleaned the outer filter
on the Honeywell Hepa filter. The inner filter which can not be washed
looked clean enough. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/09/03 Monday 7:00 P.M.: I got the paper work
together for my renter's rebate. I went out, and I stopped by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, and I cashed the $30 MadDog rebate
check. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next made my 4 P.M.
appointment. I then sat downtown for a while. I had an expensive
day parking today. I used $1.50 on the meters downtown, which is about 3
hours of parking time at .25 a half hour. I saw quite a few people up
from the south land for the summer. I then went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the local newspaper. I then returned home, and I had a glass
of ice tea. I turned on the air conditioner, since it was 80 degrees
Fahrenheit in the apartment. I set the General Electric Profile 15,500
BTU air conditioner with remote control to 70 degrees Fahrenheit on cool on low
fan with Energy saver with the exhaust opening closed. Keeping the apartment
cooler is also better for the computer equipment, and it keeps me from getting
tired when it is too warm, since a cooler apartment tends to keep me more
alert. I noticed today in the Odd Job circular that one can get a Daewoo
5,200 BTU air conditioner at Odd Job probably at the Stamford store for $80
plus a $10 mail in rebate. The Port Chester store never seems to have the
major appliances. I guess some time soon, I should send in the $83 for
the General Electric Service contract on the air conditioner that needs to be
renewed by the end of August for another year. I made an appointment to
take my Hyundai up to Norwalk Hyundai tomorrow morning to have them check out
the recall on the exhaust manifold. It is probably all right, since if it
were not, it would be making noise. They do not replace it, if it is all
right. They used up the last part today, so if it should need
replacement, I would have to take it back in a few days when more of the parts
come in. They now warranty the exhaust manifold for ten years, so it will
be covered no matter what in the future. CIO
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<888> 06/09/03 Monday 2:30 P.M.: I rested until 10
A.M.. I went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue, and I got some parking quarters. I
then went by the Greenwich Hardware store. I then went back by the bank
again. I then went to the Greenwich Hardware store and from the 70% off
rack, I bought a Westclox www.westclox.com 2 inch high numbers digital
alarm clock model Excel 49827 made in China for $8.09 plus .49 tax for $8.58
total. I then completed my walk. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then returned home. I put the Westclox digital alarm
clock on the living room window shelf in front of the air conditioner and just
to the left of the Buckingham Palace model. I put the Lloyd's digital
alarm clock that was there on top of the backup computer monitor. I put a
used 9 volt battery in the Westclox digital clock for backup, but it is AC
powered. I received a $30 rebate on the MadDog multimedia www.mdmm.com
64 meg 4X AGP video card, so the final cost was $35 and tax on it that I bought
a couple of months ago. I had two tuna fish sandwiches for lunch and ice
tea. I will now go back out, and I have a 4 P.M. appointment. I
have to get some paper work together. CIO
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<888> 06/09/03 Monday 6:15 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will rest for a while. I have a 4 P.M. appointment
today. CIO
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<888> 06/09/03 Monday 5:40 A.M.: I made two copies of a
collection of backed up data and other files on CR/RW. I put one in the
fire sentry box and the other with the other backup on the wall rack to the
left of the computer with the other CD disks. CIO
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<888> 06/09/03 Monday 4:50 A.M.: For my second meal of the
day, I am reheating the imitation crab and alfredo mixture in the microwave
which I will have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/09/03 Monday 4:40 A.M.: I have reinstalled the
shower curtains and bath mat in the bath tub area. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/09/03 Monday 4:05 A.M.: After the last message, I
went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at
various locations. While sitting at the top of Greenwich Avenue viewing
the First Presbyterian Church across the street, I noticed the automatic
sprinklers were watering the lawn just before it is about to rain. I got
to thinking with the advanced local weather information on the internet, some
company or group of individuals could program an internet device to signal
automatic sprinkler systems when to water and when not to water depending on
the weather. Of course such a device would have to be online all the
time, which would only be available for individuals with online access all the
time, such as ADSL and Cable modem users. I guess if I have thought about
it, other individuals have thought about it, since in certain areas of the
country water is quite expensive. I have a relative who pays up to $400 a
month in the summer for watering the lawn in Florida on a quarter acre lot.
I next drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I took
off the shower curtain liner and the outer shower curtain and the bath mat, and
I put them in a washer machine with about a quart and a half of Purex bleach to
remove the mold and scum that accumulates over time. They should be ready
in about fifteen minutes to be reinstalled in the bath tub area. Of
course one does not put a rubber bath mat or plastic shower curtain in a dryer,
since they would melt and damage the drier. CIO
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<888> 06/09/03 Monday 1:35 A.M.: Well showers are expected at
7 A.M., so I guess I will clean up and go out for an early morning walk.
CIO
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<888> 06/09/03 Monday 1:15 A.M.: I watched some television
until 2 P.M.. I had a call from a relative about 9:30 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I zipped my Favorites into sub zip files.
I then made two copies with CD/RW disks of my the zipped favorites, my C:\Geo folder with the
uploads for Geocities, and My Documents data. I will store one in the
Fire Sentry box and another I will put on the wall rack with my other computer
CDs. Thus I have copies of my data on CD. CIO
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<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 12:20 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will watch a bit of television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 12:15 P.M.: I printed out two copies of
the Greenwich Tide Charts for June 2003 through November 2003 Tide
Chart Index Connecticut Coast West , and I put one copy in the back
seat of my Hyundai, and I left another one outside a neighbor's door. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 11:25 A.M.: I had some sourdough
pretzels and ice tea. I then had two scoops of Edy's low fat low sugar
strawberry vanilla swirl ice cream with seven quartered California
strawberries. CIO
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<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 11:00 A.M.: I chatted with a
relative. Besides covering the pier and waterfront here in Greenwich, I
was born on the banks of the Mississippi River across from St. Louis in Alton,
Illinois. I vacationed until 1961 in Holland, Michigan on the beach at
Lake Michigan. I spent time as a child on Pensacola, Florida beach.
I use to spend time around the Tennessee River in Decatur, Alabama. I
attended Lookout Mountain Camp for two summers along a remote Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee River, I have spent time around the beach and waterfront here in
Greenwich since 1961 and also around the back country reservoirs.
From 1968, I spent time in the summers around the Charles River in Boston and
the waterfront of Boston Harbor and a bit of time around the Massachusetts
north shore and time around some streams and lakes in Vermont and New
Hampshire. I also spent time from 1968 to 1983 on Cape Cod, Martha's
Vineyard, and Nantucket. In college in Lake Forest, Illinois from 1968 to
1972, I spent time around Lake Michigan and the Chicago waterfront the last
year living for a brief period a half block from Lake Michigan. I spent
time around the waterfront in Lanzerote, Spain, Greece, Crete, the Arno River
in Florence, Italy, and Turkey in the first half of 1972. I spent time
around the waterfront in Manhattan from 1972 to 1993. I spent time around
the waterfront on both the north shore of Long Island and the south shore of
Long Island from 1973 to 1983. From 1976 to 1982, I also spent time
around the waterfront in Florida and California. I have regularly visited
the waterfront in Kennebunkport, Maine since 1978. I also had a few brief
trips around the waterfront in Norway and Holland. Thus although the
climate is colder here on a year round basis, I have continued in this area
since 1983 to spend time around the waterfront including the four and half
years, I actually lived on the harbor with a window overlooking the
harbor. From that experience, I obviously realize that the weather is a
very important factor around the waterfront. However at 215 pounds and
still smoking, I would imagine I am still a lousy swimmer unlike my more
professional days when I spent time in the Florida Keys. I also spent
some brief time around the waterfront in Hawaii, Maui, and up around the Great
Lakes in Canada. I recall having visited Virginia Beach and driving
around that area a number of times. I think I have visited the
Philadelphia and Maryland and New Jersey waterfronts also. I might have
driven along the Carolina shore including the Hilton Head and Beufort and
Myrtle Beach areas as well as driving I-95 through Georgia and having driven
along the waterfront in Louisiana and a small part of the Texas shore line when
I drove Interstate 10 a time or two. In California, I only visited the
waterfront from Fort Bragg, California to Coronado Beach, California.
Thus in terms of the world class international sailors whom seem to frequent
our local waterfront, my experience is more limited. I do recall also
having visited Bermuda, the Bahamas, Tobago, St. Thomas, St. John's, Barbados, Trinidad,
and Puerto Rico; and a number of times I took a train along the Italian coast
through the French coast to Spain. I think I even made it to the beaches
in Rhode Island around Newport also. Of course after all those years in
the sun, I now have to worry about skin protection and avoiding the sun and
avoiding prolonged exposure, so I do not get any malignant skin cancers.
I also flew round trip across the Atlantic ocean five times plus a half with
the round trip to Bermuda, and of course I cross the Pacific ocean as far as
Hawaii and the Caribbean as far as Trinidad. Thus as I have said before,
I have been as far west as Maui, as far north as Oslo, as far south as
Trinidad, and as far east as Istanbul. I also viewed the Seine while in
Paris. CIO
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<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 9:05 A.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I drove down by the waterfront. A number of the usual
fishermen were there. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then
returned home. I chatted with some neighbors. CIO
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<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 5:35 A.M.: I put 1.5 cups of water and
a half cup of milk in a two quart pot, and I added one medium large peeled and
diced Vidalia onion, and dashes of garlic powder, oregano, basil, and Italian
spices, and I brought it to a boil. I then lowered the heat to medium,
and I added the package of Lipton alfredo sauce along with 3/4 pound package of
imitation crab meat. I diced the crab meat into about half inch to 3/4
inch chunks. I then cooked it stirring frequently for eight
minutes. I let it stand for a couple of minutes, and I had half of it for
dinner with steamed fresh cauliflower and steamed fiddleheads with olive oil
and a glass of ice tea. I refrigerated the other half of the imitation
crab meat alfredo mixture in a Rubbermaid container. I will now clean up,
and I will go out for some morning activity. CIO
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<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 4:40 A.M.: I put away my laundry.
I went through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 4:00 A.M.: Most excellent weather
program that I am using Weather Pulse - Weather Software by Tropic Designs Software
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 3:40 A.M.: I have a half hour on the
dry cycle. I am doing some regular internet work. CIO
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<888> 06/08/03 Sunday 3:00 A.M.: I watched television until
about 2 P.M. yesterday. I had two bowls of Snyder's sourdough pretzels
and ice tea. I was up at 9 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast
with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell
back to sleep until 2 P.M.. I am just about through on the wash cycle of
two loads of laundry. I put clean linens on the bed. CIO
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<888> 06/07/03 Saturday 11:05 A.M.: I will now put away the
ice tea. I will also shut down the computer. I will watch some
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/07/03 Saturday 10:30 A.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
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<888> 06/07/03 Saturday 10:20 A.M.: There is a 7.5 foot high
tide at 5:46 P.M. this afternoon when we are suppose to have a lot of rain,
however that is not too high, but in another week during the full moon the tide
will be two feet higher, which might cause problems if we continue to get the
same amount of rain http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/jungrw03.htm
. CIO
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<888> 06/07/03 Saturday 10:10 A.M.: I did the
vacuuming. I took a six ounce can of Council crab meat, and I opened the
lid. I then squeezed out the liquid with the lid, and I left the lid on
it, and I rinsed it with cold water, and then I squeezed out the liquid
again. I then flaked it in a bowl, and I added two tablespoons Hellmann's
low fat Just2Good mayonnaise, and I made two sandwiches out of it, which I had
with ice tea. CIO
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<888> 06/07/03 Saturday 9:40 A.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I drove down by the waterfront. I then went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then drove back by the waterfront. I next went by
Exxon, and I bought $5.25 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon for
about 27 miles per gallon. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought
a Vidalia onion at $1.29 a pound for .77, a jar of Gold's hot horseradish for
$1.59, a box of Ronzoni spinach fettuccini for $1.85, two packages of Lipton
alfredo sauce for $1.50 each, and a package of imitation crab meat for $3.99 a
pound for $3.19 for $10.40 total. I then went by CVS, and I paid a dollar
to pick up a prescription. I then returned home. I am in the
process of making up my usual batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. I was looking at NYRA.com - Belmont Stakes , and only six horses
are running. I was thinking that if one bet the other five horses besides
Funny Cide to show, one might win money if another horse won. I chatted
with a friend, and instead of flu, he has a double case of Lyme disease.
Apparently with all the snow this winter, the snow insulated the ground, so
there are more than ever of the deer tick carrying the Lyme disease in this
area and up into the Berkshires. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/07/03 Saturday 4:35 A.M.: Weather Pulse says it is
suppose to start raining heavily again here at 10 A.M., so I thought I would
clean up and go out for a while. CIO
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<888> 06/07/03 Saturday 4:10 A.M.: I went to bed after the
last message. I had a call about 1:30 P.M. from a friend that has the
flu. I slept until 9 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back
to sleep until 1 A.M.. I did house cleaning and watering the
plants. I still have to vacuum later in the morning once my neighbors are
up. I am just about ready to have a half of cold Purdue roaster chicken
with steamed cauliflower and fiddleheads with olive oil and iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/03 Friday 12:45 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will watch a bit of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/03 Friday 12:10 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next drove over to Tod's Point, and I walked out to the
southwest picnic area, and I sat out viewing Manhattan in the fog. I
noticed what looked like a cloud line off in the distance to the west. I
then sat out for a while at the southeast beach area. I next drove back
to downtown Greenwich, and went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I
then sat downtown for a while more. I then went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the Greenwich Times. I returned a DVD video disk, and I check
out another. I next went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two
loaves of Arnold seven grain bread for .99 each less .20 senior discount for
$1.78. I then went by Smokes for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca
Ultra Lights 100s for $31. I then returned home. I just had two
tuna fish sandwiches with ice tea. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 06/06/03:
Note:
<888> 06/06/03 Friday 5:05 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now
send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the computer, and I will
clean up, and I will go out for some early morning activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/03 Friday 3:50 A.M.: New I.B.M. Supercomputer to Begin Its Weather Work
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/03 Friday 3:30 A.M.: Dinner was delicious.
I did not eat the skin on the half of chicken to keep down the fat and
cholesterol. I went through my email while cooking the chicken. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/06/03 Friday 2:30 A.M.: I was up at 8 P.M., and I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I watched some television including Larry King's
interview with John Eisenhower about his new book about Ike. I fell back
to sleep after the interview, and I had a call from a relative about 11:30
P.M.. I slept some more until 1 A.M.. I watched some
television. I took the four pound Purdue roaster chicken, and I removed
the giblets, and I rinsed it in cold water, and I dried it with a paper towel.
I put it on a roasting rack in a baking pan. I rubbed it all over with
olive oil. I then seasoned the top side with Old Bay Seasoning, chicken
and meat seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian
spices, Oregano, and Basil. I am cooking it in the Farberware convection
oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, and then I will lower it to 350
degrees Fahrenheit for about 30 minutes. I am cooking it 25 degrees
cooler and ten minutes less since the Farberware convection oven cooks faster
and warmer on lower settings. I will have half of it for dinner with
reheated white rice, and steamed fresh cauliflower and fiddleheads with olive
oil, and a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 1:05 P.M.: I watched some
television. I will now shut down the computer. I am tired, and I
will go to bed. I will not make my 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 11:50 A.M.: Shortly after the last
message just as I was lying down, the power went off while I was watching the
morning news. I chatted outside with some neighbors. I checked the
radio, and the local radio station did not work until about 7 A.M.. I
have a couple of battery powered radios. I chatted with a relative.
The local radio station said at 7 A.M. there was a fire in an underground
electrical culvert by the YMCA. At 8 A.M., I went downtown, and all the
power was off all the way to the center of town. Putnam Avenue was
blocked off from Greenwich Avenue to the YMCA. They seemed to have
contained the underground electrical fire by the YMCA. I chatted with a
Bank of New York officer, and he said it might take until noon to fix. I
noticed lots of employees of Pickwick Plaza standing outside of their
buildings. There was a television truck at the top of Greenwich
Avenue. I then drove down by the waterfront. I noticed Royal Bank
of Scotland had power as did the Greenwich Train station office plaza, the
Greenwich Police and Fire station, and Griffin Ford. The rest of town was
blacked out. I next sat out downtown for a while. I mailed the
Greenwich Hospital Health survey at the central Greenwich Post Office. I
chatted with a local traffic officer, and he told me he remembered that cold
spell on January 17, 1982, since he was working outside that day, and he said
it was down to 22 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. I then returned home,
and I chatted with some neighbors. I rested for about a half hour.
I had about 20 sourdough pretzels. I replaced the 9 volt backup battery
in my bedroom clock radio. At 11:35 A.M., the power came back on. I
now have to reset the clocks. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 5:35 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will rest. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 5:15 A.M.: Information from Martha
Stewart www.marthatalks.com . CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 5:10 A.M.: I was told by a local
observer this past evening, there are a large number of large Tiger sharks TIGER SHARK - Enchanted Learning Software in
Long Island Sound again this year. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 5:00 A.M.: I had two tuna fish
sandwiches and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 4:35 A.M.: I filled out the Greenwich
Hospital Health Care Survey, so I now have earned my two dollars they sent
me. I will mail it next time I go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 3:45 A.M.: Well don't worry about me
up here, I have a pantry and a freezer full of food, and plenty of items in the
refrigerator. Right now it is 57 degrees Fahrenheit outside and between
74 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit inside without the heat turned on, so I am quite
comfortable. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today, so I will have to go to
bed after sunrise for a little while until 1 P.M., but I have had a lot of
sleep recently. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 3:35 A.M.: The reason, I left the
apartment on East 52nd street in that period is that the occupant was doing
contract work for Vogue magazine, and he had to go down to the island St.
Barths St.
Barts, St Barts, St Barths, St. Barth, Saint Barthelemy, French West Indies
for an assignment, so there was no place for me to stay up north. Of
course I did have friends who went to Welcome to Saint Bartholomew’s (St. Bart’s) Church in New
York City St. Bart's in Manhattan, so I could have tried to
stay there, but knowing that group, they were probably already down south in
that cold weather. And of course in the winter of 1978 down in Key
West, I had been around St. Margaret's in Key West across from the Casa Marina Wyndham Casa
Marina - Resort and Beach House - Key West, Florida that I might
have found hospitality there. However, I did stay with a Canadian near
there part of the time while down in Key West that time. However, St.
Margaret's was such a tiny church compared to the bigger churches in Key West
that no one paid much attention to it. Traditionally when Henry Flagler
built the railroad, he always built a hotel and an Episcopal church for
hospitality to travelers. People in Key West paid more attention to the
Casa Marina, and very little attention to St. Margaret's, but I remember one
nice lady in a Lincoln Continental use to show up at the abandoned annex across
from the Casa Marina to feed the hundreds of stray cats with a fifty pound bag
of cat food every day, but she did not seem to realize that any people were
living there too. I still think one of those stray cats might have been a
baby Florida panther, but I never saw a full grown panther in Key West, but
with all the marsh land down there, it could very easily have been down there
too in the area near the airport. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 3:10 A.M.: Thus although we have had
milder winter days recently, I still keep two oil filled electric radiators in
my apartment should there ever be colder days than normal. As I have said
earlier in those notes, I had to move out of the apartment I was staying in
Manhattan in that period, and I stayed with another friend whom had a warm
apartment over an Episcopal church on East 52nd street, and I spent quite a bit
of time walking around that neighbor in the colder weather. The friend
had cable television, and they kept rerunning Dr. Zhivago over and over on the
HBO channel which did not make one feel warmer. Of course in that whole
period after I returned from California, and when I was living on the west side
of Manhattan, it was quite cold in the winters of 1981 and 1982. As I
recall, I did not have a winter jacket, so I bought a light blue and black
parka from a street vendor for $15, which were the colors of Columbia
University which I use to visit in that period and use the Watson Library at
the Business School and the Avery Library at the architectural school. As
usual I did a lot of walking in Manhattan in that period, and I remember walking
through mounds of snow and slush. Several times I would come out to New
Canaan on the train, and once I got off at Darien with a friend expecting to
catch a cab to New Canaan, but the cab station was closed, so we walked all the
way to New Canaan hitch hiking in the early morning hours, and no one gave us a
ride, and it was in the single digits temperature Fahrenheit. I suppose
when one is up north with a warm vehicle and warm clothing and a warm shelter
one does not noticed the weather as much, but it is the nature of this area,
there are always people whom are not use to the colder weather. So
although I have always tried to stay vigilant in the colder weather on a
limited budget, there is only so much that one can do. However, the apartment
on the west side of Manhattan was so overheated, we had to leave the window
open frequently in the winter to stay comfortable. The building was a
Stamford White building owned by a Dutch family whom later sold it for
development. Well, I am once again use to the colder weather up north,
but having to pay for my electric heat during the colder periods on a limited
budget, I tend to keep the thermostat down. Once one gets use to the
colder weather, in the warmer months, in the summer, one ends up paying a bit
more for electricity for the air conditioner. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/05/03 Thursday 2:40 A.M.: Happy Birthday to a
relative. I went out after the last message, and I went downtown. I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue in a slight drizzle. I sat
out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I
then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two 15 ounce
Stouffer's stuffed peppers for $1.89 each and a Stouffer's 16 ounce chicken pot
pie for $1.99, a Purdue roaster chicken at .99 a pound for $4.52, a bag of
Snyder's sourdough pretzels for $2.19, and four 7.5 ounce cans of Icy Point
pink salmon from Alaska for $1.40 each for $17.88 total. I just now
returned home, and I had an ice tea. I was looking at http://www.fi.edu/weather/data2/1982.txt
and on January 17, 1982 it was minus seven degrees Fahrenheit in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; so as I have observed before it was about minus 20 degrees
Fahrenheit in New York before the wind chill factor. About that time was
the last time I went to Key West, and it was so busy down there, there was no
place to stay. One can imagine how cold it was further north of
here. Thus when it gets very cold, there are so many people to the north
of us, when they all start going south, it can get very crowded down
south. I remember January 17, 1982 would have been 20 months after Mount
St. Helen's eruption, so the earth obviously cooled off a bit in this part of
the world the following couple of years. More than likely people much
further north of us might have gone south and never have come back. Thus
if a major volcano goes up in some part of the world, it can make for colder
winters. Around that period in January 1982, I was drinking a bit of
Vodka to stay warm, and when I went south people did not seem to understand how
cold it was up north. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.: I had a Stouffer's lean
cuisine 14 ounce turkey breast dinner with ice tea. I will now clean up,
and I guess I will go out for a little early morning or late night
activity. Hopefully it will quit raining soon. However, the damp
weather is not good for the old arthritis. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 11:30 P.M.: The Times of London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
is now making without subscription service the Court Circular and Today's Royal
Engagements available. In today's Court Circular http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-703160,00.html
, it says that the Queen and Prince Phillip visited a Michael Scott at Wrexham
college. It is still drizzling outside a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 11:05 P.M.: According to Weather
Pulse the rain will continue until about 1 A.M. this morning, and then it will
be overcast. According to http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/jungrw03.htm
high tide is at 3:18 A.M. of about 7.7 feet which is not too high, so hopefully
there will not be any flooding along the shore line in low lying areas like in
Old Greenwich. I had some Snyder's sourdough pretzels with ice tea.
I am now getting a free weekly subscription to Eweek. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 10:05 P.M.: It is still raining
outside, and we just had lightning. I was up watching television until 7
A.M. this morning. I got up at 6 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
fell back to sleep until 9:30 P.M., since when it rains, it makes me
tired. I chatted with a relative. I mailed in $25 to Net2Phone on
this past Monday, and it is already credited to my account, so I now have $56
on my Net2Phone account. The vintage movie "Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof" is on the Turner movie channel, so any southern families on vacation
up here up north, must feel right at home despite the weather. I have
always said when I go out late at night, I feel more like Boo Radley in
"To Kill a Mockingbird". However, until it clears up which it
might, I will not be going out. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 4:30 A.M.: I was looking at http://www.fi.edu/weather/data2/
and January 11, 1988 it was 3 degrees Fahrenheit in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. I recall the last time I visited Washington D.C. around
February 1990 while former President Bush was in Argentina, it was down to zero
degrees Fahrenheit. However, I can not find a weather history site with
that information. Also for that time period it was not that cold in
Philadelphia. I will now head off to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 4:15 A.M.: Washington D.C. live
weather page http://users.starpower.net/jeffwx/wx.htm .
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 4:10 A.M.: I had five pieces about
1/4 inch by 1.75 inch by 1.50 inch of Swiss cheese along with some sourdough
pretzels and ice tea. I think I will now shut down the computer, and I
will try to rest. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 1:35 A.M.: Well Weather Pulse is a
nice little weather program. It does quite a bit, particularly for high
speed cable modem users loading the weather news and graphics. Of course
it still does not change the weather we have been tolerating
recently. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 1:25 A.M.: I am checking this out
Weather Pulse weather program beta http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1046394330
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/04/03 Wednesday 1:15 A.M.: I watched a bit of television.
I had three small slices of Swiss cheese. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/03 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.: I went through the last
couple of weeks of Volcano listserv email http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/
. Well, maybe that explains the lousy weather we have been having this
spring. I basically have the rainy day blues again. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/03 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.: For pollen sufferers http://www.pollen.com/Pollen.com.asp
. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/03 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I changed the computer screen resolution to 800 X 600, so it
is easier on the eyes. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/03 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I watched some television. I chatted with a relative.
I had about a dozen sourdough pretzels and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/03 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.: I fell asleep after the
last message. I chatted with a relative. There are Flash Flood
warnings for this area. I had two tuna fish sandwiches with ice
tea. I got a picture via email of a friend with President Bush at the
White House. I printed it out, and I put it in my photograph album.
I found this web site on the Snyder's pretzel bag Snyders of
Hanover - America's Pretzel Bakery Since 1909 . Since it is
raining out, I do not think I will be going out. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/03 Tuesday 3:00 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M. today.
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I threw out a bag of onions that was getting old
and the rest of my eggs. Since it is sort of a blah overcast day, I
thought I would stay home for a while and do some computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/03 Tuesday 2:25 A.M.: Earlier on before I went
out, I had eight sourdough pretzels. I will now shut down the computer,
and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/03/03 Tuesday 2:05 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. I stopped by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed two
envelopes. I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. As I was walking up the Avenue just before Welcome to
GuildAntiques.com - 18th & 19th Century English Furniture, Chinese Export
and English Porcelain, Mirrors, Paintings and Accessories , out of
the alley came a medium size skunk that walked in front of me. Well, I
guess it is that time of year where one has to keep an eye out for our old
black and white friends that seem to be nocturnal wanders. I sat out for
a while, and then I drove down by the waterfront. I then went to the Food
Emporium. I though about buying a medium chicken for .99 a pound, but I
figured a regular chicken would be too fattening. I bought two four packs
of Bumble Bee 6 ounce cans of solid white albacore tuna in water for $4.99 a
four pack and two 7.5 ounce cans of Icy Point pink salmon for $1.40 each for
$11.08 total. It came out wrong since the checker voided some cans of
shrimp which were not on sale as the aisle tag said they might be. I
chatted with a local. I just now returned home, and I had a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 11:45 P.M.: I have to go out and mail
two envelopes shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 11:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I watched the http://news.bbc.co.uk/ presentation of Queen
Elizabeth II's 50th Anniversary Service at Westminster Abby http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/events03/uk/coronation/02jun_56.ram
. It runs about an hour and is very informative about the traditional way
the British treat the Monarchy. I have the Life Magazine from April 27,
1953 displayed in my apartment which shows Queen Elizabeth II before her
coronation standing in front of fire place in a gown. Well, I suppose
today is like the Queen's Birthday, so I guess those whom still drink alcoholic
beverages in the British Empire can have a toast to the Queen. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 9:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I chatted with a friend. Since I went on the low
cholesterol diet about two and a half weeks ago, I have lost about five
pounds. I have gone from 220 pounds when I first wake up to 216 pounds
after dinner. I noticed my pants seemed a bit lose today, so I guess it
came off the waist. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 8:10 P.M.: For dinner, I cooked two
boneless center cut tenderloin pork chops the same way that I did the night
before last, and I had them with the cooking juices on them and on steamed
white rice, and steamed cauliflower florets with steamed fiddleheads with olive
oil and iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 7:20 P.M.: I called Norwalk Hyundai
before I went out today, and they said they received the notification of the
exhaust manifold inspection after I had the 35,000 mile checkup. They
said it would take about 15 minutes if nothing is wrong. I will take it
up there some time in the near future when I am on a day schedule. I have
a neighbor with a similar Hyundai Accent, and his exhaust manifold failed, and
he had to pay $450 to have it replaced. The Hyundai notification says
they will refund owners for repairs if they have already have had them
made. I made a copy of the Hyundai recall notification, and I gave the
copy to my neighbor. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 7:00 P.M.: I was up at noon. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I received in the mail my $20 rebate from
Staples for the Sterling PCI telephone modem, so it cost me nothing but
tax. I cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I then went downtown to the central
Greenwich Post Office. I obtained six money orders at .90 each to pay my
GEICO automobile insurance, Optimum Online, Cablevision, AT&T, Verizon, and
I also sent in $25 to Net2Phone to charge up my account with still has $31 on
it. I also obtained twenty .37 USA flag stamps for $7.40. I then
walked over to the First Union National Bank on Benedict Place, but one needs a
car to use to the drive up teller. I went back and I got my car, and I
paid my rent. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I
next drove down by the waterfront. I then went downtown again, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.
I stopped by Electrolux 203-869-5362 at 35 Amogerone Crossway, and they said I
would have to bring in my vintage Electrolux power sweeper attachment which
needs a new 12 inch internal cable to see if they can get it. I next went
by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then went by
the Stop and Shop, and I bought a bag of Snyder's sourdough pretzels for $1.79,
fiddleheads which were $2.99 a pound but they charged me $1.99 a pound for
$2.31, and two half gallons of Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for
$2 each for $8.10 total. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice
tea. In Nantucket the Languedoc restaurant use to get fiddleheads which
are young fern shoots from Vermont. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 3:20 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will try to rest for a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 3:05 A.M.: I proofed www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
, however in all the years that I have posted it, it is never very busy.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 2:20 A.M.: 2003 Hurricane information CNN.com - Hurricanes predicted to double - Jun. 1, 2003
, http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts ,
and http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. Well despite the prediction for an increased hurricane season, it does
not seem like insurance company stocks have suffered since their premiums are
already up a bit with the terror alerts. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/02/03 Monday 1:50 A.M.: I had two tuna fish
sandwiches with ice tea. I downloaded and installed the Adobe Reader 6.0 http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
. I have lived in this area since June of 1961, and I first moved to
Greenwich around July of 1962, and I left a number of times to go away to
school and when I traveled. I resettled back into Greenwich about 19 and
a half years ago, and I have taken exercise walks on Greenwich Avenue regularly
since then. In my life I have owned a number of different cars. The
list is as follows 1951 black Mercedes Benz 300B 4 door sedan, 1961 black
Mercedes Benz 300C 4 door sedan, 1962 black Mercedes Benz 220S 4 door sedan
with sunroof, 1963 cream Mercedes Benz 220S 2 door convertible, 1947 red
International Harvester Pickup truck, 1965 red and white Opel station wagon,
1965 black Mercedes 220S 4 door sedan, 1966 black Mercedes 220 diesel 4 door
sedan, 1972 baby blue Volvo 240 4 door sedan, 1971 yellow Subaru station wagon,
1974 burgundy Volvo 240 2 door sedan, 1976 yellow Volkswagen dasher wagon, 1979
forest green Volkswagen dasher wagon, 1984 Oxford white Ford Escort 2 door
sedan hatch back, 1976 white Volvo 240 4 door sedan, and I currently own a 1999
black Hyundai Accent 2 door hatch back. I also drove family owned
1967 black Mustang convertible, 1966 blue Oldsmobile 88, 1971 tan Ford Country
Squire wagon, 1972 bronze Oldsmobile Jetstar, and a 1972 chocolate Chevrolet
Monte Carlo. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/01/03 Sunday 11:45 P.M.: I ran the Updates on the
Dell backup computer for both partitions. I had five pretzels.
Earlier in the day, I also snacked on some pretzels. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/01/03 Sunday 10:40 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M.
today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 4
P.M.. I watched some television, and I fell back to sleep until 7:30
P.M.. I had a Stouffer's lean cuisine 12.5 ounce chicken and mushroom
dinner and ice tea. Overnight, I charged up the Slaymaker million watt
rechargeable lantern. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought two half gallons of Tropicana orange juice with
calcium for $2 each for $4 total. I then went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
I then drove down by the waterfront. I just now returned home, and I had
a glass of ice tea. I had a message on the answering machine from a
friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/01/03 Sunday 3:20 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I might watch a bit of television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 06/01/03 Sunday 2:55 A.M.: I downloaded the Adobe
Reader 6.0 a number of times, but every time, I go to install it, the file is
corrupted. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/01/03 Sunday 2:30 A.M.: I went through my
email. I am in the process of going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I found
this interesting link with a Web Cam Mount Washington Observatory: Home Page from
this link Wireless Mt. Washington . I had two pieces
of Swiss Cheese and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 06/01/03 Sunday 12:15 A.M.: I took two boneless center
cut pork tenderloin chops, and I put about three tablespoons of olive oil in a
frying pan along with four gloves of peeled and minced garlic, and I heated the
olive oil and garlic for about four minutes on a medium high electric burner
until the oil started sizzling. I added the two boneless center cut pork
tenderloin chops, and I sautéed them for two minutes a side seasoning them on
both sides with Old Bay seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, ground black
pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, Basil, Oregano, and Italian spices.
After the initial four minutes, I then added about three tablespoons of La Choy
low sodium soy sauce and a fifth of a cup of Rene Junot White wine, and I sautéed
them turning them frequently for another four minutes in the mixture. I
had them for dinner with the sauté mixture on them, along with a steamed ear of
sweet corn, a steamed sliced green squash, and a couple of steamed florets of
cauliflower with olive oil on the vegetables and a glass of ice tea. It
was a most enjoyable dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/03 Thursday 11:55 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative after the last message. I had the same summer salad that I have
been eating recently with a can of solid white albacore tuna fish along with a
glass of ice tea. The charging lamp started blinking after an hour, and
the instructions said to turn the unit off and disconnect the battery and
restart it with the battery connected. The charging light is staying
on. It has about fifteen minutes to go in the charge cycle of two
hours. The charging light is suppose to turn off first. The Sony
Handycam can connect to the television with a double pair of RCA cables.
I took a set of RCA cables off the Technics turntable connected to the
amplifier. I have RCA input jacks on the Orion television in the living
room and the Panasonic kitchen television. I think one has to use the
remote control menu to select RCA input for those two televisions. I will
wait for the charging light to go out. I could go out and get the Lithium
CR2025 battery at CVS in Old Greenwich for $3.99, or I could wait until
tomorrow and pay $1.99 at Home Depot in Port Chester, New York. The Lithium
battery saves the time and calendar functions, and I suppose some other
settings. I will wait until the charging light goes out, and then I will
test the HandyCam and also test it inputting into the television. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/03 Thursday 10:00 P.M.: The original 1 hour
nickel cadmium battery does not seem to hold a charge, on the Sony Handycam,
but I will try to recharge it later a few times, which might get it
working. I am now charging up for the first time the Philips nickel
cadmium SBV1551S01 rechargeable battery back, which since it is a 2 hour
battery pack will take two hours. Hopefully, since it was unopened and
never used, it will hold a charge. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/03 Thursday 9:45 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M.
today. I had a telephone call then from someone that told me that a
person named "Peter" had died from a heart attack. Since I have
a former in-law named Peter, I thought it was his current wife calling, so I
expressed my sympathies to their family and hung up. Then I checked with
another relative, and they told me that person had not died. I then
dialed "*69", and I got the number of the caller, and I called them
back. Somebody named "Peter Sullivan" had died in Hingham,
Massachusetts. I do not believe I know that person. However, they
did have a house in Miacomet on Nantucket, so maybe it was somebody I only knew
by first name. There use to be fishermen named Sullivan in Nantucket who
died on the fishing boat in the novel "The Perfect Storm".
However, I know and know of quite a few Sullivans, so it is hard to tell whom
it was. I did not want to bother their grieving. Perhaps, they were
trying to contact another Michael Scott. Anyway, I called back my
relative to let them know it was probably a mistake. I then had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop, and I bought for $10 a Sony Handycam Video Camera Recorder 8
CCD-TR6 which came with all of its accessories. It included the original
nickel cadmium rechargeable battery pack, and a new unopened double size two hour
Philips nickel cadmium SBV1551S01 rechargeable battery back, two type 8
videotapes, the charging stand with DC power adaptor, camera case, strap, and
television input adaptor. It was made in 1991, so it was probably sold in
1992, so it is probably 11 years old. I then went downtown, and I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then went by the waterfront. I next went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought two packages of Nabisco wheatsworth crackers for
$1.79 each, Marie Callender beef tips dinner for $2.50, a 32 ounce jar of
Hellmann's Just-2-Good low fat mayonnaise for $1.89, a 16 ounce package of baby
carrots for $1.69, and a 16 ounce bar of S&S Swiss cheese for $2.99 for
$12.65 total. I then returned home. I put away my purchases, and I
had a glass of ice tea. I chatted briefly with a relative. I then
tested the Sony Handycam. It looks like brand new, and it does not look
like it has hardly ever been used. I tested it with the DC adaptor, and
it seems to work just fine. It has a black and white viewfinder, but I
assume it will play on the television in color. I am not sure. I
just finished charging up the original rechargeable battery pack. I will
now test it to see how long it holds a charge. I also need to replace its small
lithium CR2025 battery. I chatted again with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/03 Thursday 12:25 A.M.: I will now shut
down the computer. I will watch some television before I try to go to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/31/03 Thursday 12:05 A.M.: For dinner, I had
the same summer salad with spinach instead of red lettuce along with a 6 ounce
can of tiny shrimp. I had the salad with a glass of ice tea.
I also talked with a relative again. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 10:30 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.: I watched part of
President Bush's press conference this morning. I had ten Nabisco
Wheatsworth crackers, and I went to bed about noon. I had to reset a few
clocks and the air conditioner, since it looks like the electricity was off
briefly. I was up at 6 P.M. this evening. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange and pineapple juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I then went to the Greenwich Library, and I read
the Greenwich Times and part of Smart Computing. I did not walk downtown
this evening, since I walked early this morning. I had some ice tea when
I returned. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 9:50 A.M.: I picked up my
mail. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 9:10 A.M.: While I was in
Greece in 1972, I learned a little British intelligence. Apparently the
Greeks would like the British to return Lord Elgin's marble statues which were
part of a freize on the Parthenon. This has been the constant thorn in
Greek - British relations for about 150 years. The British constantly
refuse, and I guess at the moment since Prince Philip was a Danish prince whom
happened to have been born in Greece, where his family was living, in much the
same way northern people in North America live in Florida, when they can afford
it. Thus the British do have fairly good relations with the Greeks, and I
have read that the exiled King Constantine of Greece even lives in London
occasionally. However, Constantine is a very common name in Greece, and I
once knew somebody by the same name in Manhattan that had a large loft with a
gourmet kitchen on the west side near the piers on the West Side Highway down
in the West Village, so he could entertain the sailors when they came off the
cruise ships for brief ports of call in Manhattan. Unfortunately in this
area, most of the sailors seem to be able to fend for themselves, so we only
have a Greek Diner on the Boston Post Road or East Putnam Avenue across from
the YMCA, which serves their guests basic home cooking. They just
remodeled it last year, and they renamed it the "Glory Days", so
perhaps the Greeks whom run the diner 24 hours a day have seen many visitors to
this area at night, whom the daytime people never seem to see. Their
prices are a bit high by my standards, so I do not patronize their place anymore.
I did use to go in there late at night occasionally after researching adjacent
night time activity in this area, and I am sure they still have a late night
crowd, for those of you whom want to see whom is up late at night. In the
old days when it was called the White Diner, the police station use to order
their meals from there for any overnight guests. Whatever the case, I
have seen a number of people visiting from down south. As an average
weight person for this area, I can assure you there are substantially heavier
people in this area whom do not waste their time exercise walking. When I
first bought a computer, I knew a computer engineer whom weighed over 800
pounds whom was a former resident of Greenwich and knew all the established
people, so if any skinny people in this area feel insecure, they could call him
up or email him. However, it might cost quite a bit of money to feed him,
if one were trying to employ him for a large person presence. Also late
at night when the grocery stores are not to busy, I see some very large people
shopping in the grocery stores. Whatever, the case I intend to still try
to lose weight. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 8:40 A.M.: I went back out,
and I drove down by the waterfront. I then walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then went by
the Stop and Shop. They had various watches for sale for $19.99 that were
previously priced up to $125. I bought a Galaxie watch by Elgin quality since
1867 with Japanese quartz movement and case made in China which previously had
been $125. It has a brown leather alligator band with a rectangular case
in gold finish and sweep hands. I bought it for $19.99 plus $1.20 tax for
$21.19 total. I also bought a container of Athena garlic and herb feta
cheese for $3.12, a Marie Callender beef tips dinner in mushroom sauce $2.50
and Marie Calendar turkey breast dinner for $2.50 and two boxes of Nabisco
Wheatsworth crackers for $1.79 each box and a bulb of garlic at $2.69 a pound
for .43 plus $1.20 tax for $33.32 total. I had to use the Electronic Data
Systems http://www.eds.com/
ATM at the Stop and Shop for a $1.50 charge, so I helped Ross Perot earn a
$1.50. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea. Our
building custodian has returned from a trip abroad which was followed by
surgery, so we are happy to see him back. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 5:10 A.M.: I finished going
through my email. Apparently Queen Victoria left enough money to some of
her relatives, so they can afford their own web sites http://www.royal.gov.uk/
and http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/
. Of course here in the United States we elect our own representative
every four years www.whitehouse.gov
, so they do not always have the historical longevity and financing that the
various royal families around the world seem to be able to maintain. I
have heard rumors that Queen Elizabeth II walks around Buckingham Palace at
night turning off the lights to save money on electricity. However as a
night person, I prefer to work with a few of Thomas Edison's inventions working.
Well, I was up late this evening at 9 P.M., so I guess I will go out at first
light to hear the birds twittering away at sunrise. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 4:45 A.M.: I put away my
laundry. I went to http://www.realage.com and I filled out the
forms for information on rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, and I printed
out the results. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 3:00 A.M.: I just put two
loads of laundry in the dryer. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 2:50 A.M.: I had the same
summer salad I have been making all month. This time I used spinach
instead of red lettuce. I also did not put in a can of fish or other
seafood. I am on the wash cycle of two loads of laundry. I put
clean linens on the bed. There was not much going on tonight, but I
suppose by the third week of August most of the people whom are on vacation
will be back. Still, I see a large number of visitors traveling whom come
through town. Usually since we have longer winters and periods of colder
weather in this area, I generally tend to spend a bit of time during the warmer
weather getting ready for the periods of colder weather, when do to the nature
of colder weather, one can spend a little bit more time inside relaxing.
I have noticed a lot more tropical bugs and insects outside, so maybe we also
have tropical allergies still in the area. Frequently a bug bite or other
tropical allergies can cause symptoms that one might not normally encounter in
this area. I have noticed over the years where I sit out at one location
downtown at the veterans monument downtown, there are a large number of black
Korean wasps and the regular domestic variety of wasps. If one looks at a
warm light lit up at night, one can generally see a variety of bugs and insects
that one normally might not encounter. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/30/03 Wednesday 1:10 A.M.: I went out after
the last message. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I
sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I
then stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought three Edy's sorbets for $1.76
each, one in Mandarin orange, one in Tropical, and one in Raspberry for a total
price of $5.22. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/03 Tuesday 10:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I will now have two scoops Edy's mandarin orange sorbet, and
then I will clean up, and I will go out for some errands. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/03 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.: I watched television,
and I did not fall sleep until about 6 A.M. this morning. I did have four
scoops of Edy's Mandarin orange ice cream. I was up at 5 P.M., and I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange and pineapple juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until about 9
P.M.. I was awaken by a call from Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu
trying to solicit funds from alumni. I told them that I could not afford
to give to the college. I also explained that over all the years that I
job hunted distributing thousands of resumes the college would never release my
transcript which made it hard to get a job. I did graduated from the
college, and I have a diploma. In my college career, I had flunked two
courses in advanced calculus which I took twice and a third course, which were
one three course semester of credit. However during my last summer
between my junior and senior years, I worked at Polaroid doing Cobol computer
programming, and I was able to obtain three course credits for the project,
which the college accepted, and gave me enough credits to graduate.
However, after leaving the area, and years later, I learned the college was
never sending out my transcript whenever I applied for jobs, since they had
expected me to pay a term's tuition for the three independent study course
credits. Thus all the years I job hunted my college transcript was never
available, and they would not release it to employers. Since I will not
be job hunting anymore, I will be able to live without my college
transcript. Thus if possibly the college had been willing to send out my
transcript, I would have been able to get a job, and possibly would have been
able to give them money. As it is I will not be giving them any money,
not that I have any to give anyway. Still I did graduate, and I do have
the diploma to show that I graduated. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/29/03 Tuesday 1:00 A.M.: I did a little bit of
regular computer work. I finished off my supply of Carr's crackers eating
about ten of them. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch
a bit of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 11:15 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives. I forgot to return a videotape today, so I will have to pay a
dollar fine, when I return it tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 9:50 P.M.: I had the same summer
salad that I have been eating most of July this time with a can of solid white
albacore tuna fish along with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 8:45 P.M.: I fell to sleep about
8 A.M. this morning after talking with a friend. I was up at 2 P.M. this
afternoon. I saw the sad news that Bob Hope http://www.bobhope.com/
had passed away. I guess he is now walking the eternal fairways of
heather that Scottish golfers and possibly a few English golfers are welcome to
in the after life. Back in July of 1972, I followed a charity
professional amateur golf tournament at the Onwensia Country Club in Lake
Forest, Illinois where Bob Hope was playing, and I followed him the entire
round, and halfway through after the ninth hole, I went into the Men's Bar to
use the bathroom, and while I was relieving myself, in walked Bob Hope telling
jokes. I do not recall what I said that time, but having enjoyed his
comedy for many years, it was most enjoyable to see him. A lot of the
early actors and performers for the media networks were paid in stock, and
since he had a long term affiliation with the NBC the National Broadcasting
Company which was acquired by the General Electric corporation, more than
likely he was a large stockholder in General Electric. I had breakfast of
pineapple orange juice, toast with strawberry jam, oatmeal, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I went downtown for my 4 P.M. appointment.
I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 4.5 ounce tubes of Crest
Multicare Whitening toothpaste fresh mint flower for $1.49 each, and a 7 ounce
containers of Gillette Series gel clean skin for $1.88 less .55 for the
discount sticker on the can plus .26 tax for $4.57 total. I then drove
down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the Greenwich Times. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two
dry weight cans of California small pitted olives for .99, a 16 ounce bottle of
Monari balsamic vinegar for $1.99, a quart of plum tomatoes for $2.99, two red
Bermuda onions at $1.49 a pound for $2.10, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for
$1.50 for $10.56 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases, and I had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 7:25 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer, and I will try to go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 6:55 A.M.: I relaxed a bit.
I had ten Carr's crackers and ice tea. I found this web site of the Tibet
government in exile http://www.tibet.com/
with this information about the His Holiness the Dalai Lama http://www.tibet.com/DL/
with list of people whom he has met http://www.tibet.com/DL/leaders.html
and this list of places where he has been http://www.tibet.com/DL/country.html
, so thus he seems to be a world traveler and well known individual. I
have not read too much about him. I know he use to have a lot of
followers in Santa Cruz, California when I visited out there in 1978 to 1980 to
see a neighbor of Richard Nixon's. I also once read that when he was
visiting Manhattan at one time, everyone thought he was a vegetarian, and he
actually enjoyed having a steak occasionally. I suppose since a lot of
this computer technology came out of the area around Santa Cruz, California;
some of his followers are heavily involved in the computer industry, and
possibly they have earned a little money to host him should he ever encounter
them. Whatever the case, when I use to visit a half block from the United
Nations in the 1970s more than likely a lot of different people from around the
world were in that neighborhood and more than likely a great many people
visited during that period. We should always remember that in a United
Nations area, when one is thinking about one country or individual, frequently
someone equally important can show up in their travels. Basically since I
am frequently on a night schedule, I tend to miss the more important daily
events going on in this area. Whatever, the case I would imagine that
since Tibet is a cold country, if the Dalai Lama ever showed up in this area in
the summer, he more than likely would enjoy an air conditioner. Well
whenever I do occasionally make it outside in this warm weather, I will
try to be more observant of visitors from the warmer regions of the
world. However, the summer here comes and goes so fast, we frequently
never get a chance to observe our warmer weather visitors, since we are
frequently getting ready for another long winter. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 4:00 A.M.: I did some regular
computer work. I had a bowl of cherry Jell-O and fruit cocktail along
with some ice tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to
bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 2:45 A.M.: I moved the bottle of
French white wine in the sterling silver stag bottle holder on the Danish bar,
and I replaced it with a Perrier bottle, which because of the neighborhood
business we have an ample supply. Thus I do not have any liquor displayed
when one enters the apartment. However, I do keep an open bottle of
French white wine in the refrigerator for cooking purposes, and I also keep
other alcoholic beverages around the apartment for emergency entertainment or
disaster purposes, such as if we have a blizzard and a freezing traveler shows
up which does happen in the north country. By the time I get around to
consuming most of it, it will probably be older than I am now. My body
metabolism does not digest liquor properly, and all it does for me is make me
tired and want to go to bed. Of course in my younger days, I did
occasionally have a drink, but I actually spent more time watching other people
drink. I have explained many times before, when one smokes tobacco, and
when one is on a limited income, one frequently has to make a choice between
tobacco and liquor, and obviously since one is addicted to tobacco, one ends up
spending the money on tobacco instead of liquor. Anyway at the present, I
still am keeping some stores, so in case some old guard type wants to have a
cocktail in moderation it will be available. I am well aware a great many
people enjoy having a cocktail and relaxing in their homes. I once knew
Lyndon Johnson's heart surgeon who had designed Georgetown Medical center and
whom had done thousands of heart operations, and he explained to me after all
the thousands of autopsies he had done, smoking and cholesterol were not the
biggest causes of heart disease, but it was mostly caused by stress. Thus
if a drink helps people to relax and live longer providing they do not try to
drive, I will not begrudge them the luxury of relaxing. Moreover in the
travel and tourist activity in this area, we have an ample supply of livery
vehicles. I once went into Manhattan late at night to observe what the
urban people do late at night as I did many times, and once I noticed about a
thousand long stretch limousines parked outside the Chippendale's Night Club on
First Avenue, so obviously their clientele could afford safe
travel. Of course with all the world's problems, it is hard to
believe that many urban people could afford to waste that much money on livery
vehicles for vicarious pleasure. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 2:15 A.M.: This article reports
that the state of Maine has a yearly increase of arrests and imprisonment of
11.5% ABCNEWS.com : States Face Growing Prison Population
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 2:05 A.M.: Traffic accident
report for this area MERRITT PARKWAY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ANALYSIS from
this web site Connecticut
General Assembly . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 1:50 A.M.: For those of you
thinking of traveling overseas and driving a vehicle, this page has some useful
information http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/
and http://driving.drive-alive.co.uk/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 1:25 A.M.: Of course Norwegians
occasionally enjoy drinking a Ringness Beer, which I have only seen sold in
America in Oyster Bay, Long Island. I can not exactly recall where I saw
it sold out there around 1982. I also saw it sold about ten years ago at
the delicatessen near North Salem, New York near I-684 around exit 6 on the
south side of the road near the Horse and Hounds pub, where there is a sons of
Oslo society. They also sell a Swedish beer called Nordic Wolf. Of
course they also sell Ringness in Norway, and I had a glass of it in the old
church pub behind the palace while I was there. However, be forewarned in
Norway there is a 15 year jail penalty for drinking and driving, so I guess
Norwegians walk a lot when they have an alcoholic beverage. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/28/03 Monday 12:55 A.M.: I made up a new batch
of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
with chic peas and a can of 6 ounce dry large black pitted olives and this time
to the recipe I also added a 1/8th of a teaspoon of cayenne red pepper which
helps reduce stomach gas from the chick peas which are garbanzo beans which are
prone to give one a bit of stomach gas. I then made my usual super summer
salad this time adding a tin of King Oscar http://www.kingoscar.no/ sardines. Besides
being a food company, there once was a real King Oscar of Norway, who I guess
was the grandfather of the current monarch of Norway http://www.kongehuset.no/
. I have read that the Norwegian Royal family tend to be very private,
and they shun publicity, so their web site is all that is really know about
them. I remember seeing King Olaf walking around the palace grounds when
I was up there in the winter of 1983, but I guess I missed the rest of his
family. King Olaf had a very imposing presence and looked like the
King. I guess his son King Harald V takes after his father. I
suppose Norwegians would be a little warm around here this time of year, so
more than likely they are up north in Norway. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 11:25 P.M.: I went back out
again, and I bought two more bottles of Filippo Berio http://www.filippoberio.com/
extra virgin olive oil in 17 ounce bottles produced in Italy which is a $1.80
off on sale for $3.69 a bottle for $7.38 total. I bought the last two
bottles on display, so hopefully they will put more out more tomorrow. I
then drove down by the waterfront, and all the weekend revelers had
disappeared. I then walked the upper section of Greenwich Avenue, and I
sat out at various locations. I then stopped by the Stop and Shop again
just before closing at 11 P.M., and I bought a 16 ounce bottle of Italian
Monari balsamic vinegar also produced in Italy that was $1.99 off. I thus
have about 24 ounces of the Carapelli extra virgin olive oil that I bought last
October and four new 17 ounce bottles of the Filippo Berio extra virgin olive
oil and two 16 ounce bottles of the Monari balsamic vinegar, so I am thus
stocked up on salad and cooking provisions. It is important to keep the
olive oil in a cool dark place, so I put it on the kitchen shelf to the left of
the counter area, and I put the vinegar in a hanging wire basket over the microwave
oven that I keep my onions and garlic in. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 9:20 P.M.: I went out, and I
stopped by the Food Emporium, and I browsed the olive oil selections. I
then went across the street to the Stop and Shop, and I browsed the olive oil
selection. This week Filippo Berio http://www.filippoberio.com/ extra virgin
olive oil in 17 ounce bottles produced in Itay is a $1.80 off on sale for $3.69
a bottle. I bought two for $7.38 total. I next went by the Exxon
station, and I bought $5.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon for
about 27 miles per gallon this week. I then went downtown, and I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue briefly before it started sprinkling. I noticed at
the veterans monument across the street from the senior and arts center that
today they laid a wreath of flowers and placed a large POW-MIA banner on top of
the wreath at that location. I just now returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 6:45 P.M.: I went through my
email. I chatted with a friend's relative, and I chatted with a
relative. I guess I will now clean up, and I will go out. It is 88
degrees Fahrenheit outside, but I have the air conditioner set at 68 degrees
Fahrenheit, and it is presently 72 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 5:30 P.M.: Greenwich Times story
on the neighborhood shooting this past Friday Greenwich Time - Byram man kills wife, self
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 5:10 P.M.: I have been watching
Simon Winchester on Book TV channel 66 lecturing on his book "Krakatoa,
the Day the World Exploded August 27, 1883" Krakatoa, Simon Winchester - HarperCollins
. What got me interested again in volcanology when I got on the internet
nine years ago was that whenever we had cold winters in this area, it was
because of volcanic activity worldwide. During one cold winter in
February 1975, I was chatting with a friend of mine's godmother who was a
neighbor of the Roosevelt family in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York and
active in St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan. From what I can tell,
since the lady was a scholar was that being a neighbor of the Roosevelts, she
had contacts at the Natural History museum in Manhattan, and being a member of
St. Bartholomew's church in Manhattan next to the Waldorf Astoria, she also
dealt with visitors whom had traveled and reported on a number of different
events. That day when I was chatting with her, she happened to mention
that after Krakatoa erupted New York had ten feet of snow one of the following
winters. Her godson had a Renoir painting of Vesuvius erupting in Italy
in his apartment, so I guess since he spoke 12 different languages, he or she
might have been involved in collecting reports on some of these different
events when we did not have the internet. Whatever, the case back then I
was so busy dealing with the cold weather, I did not have much chance to pay
attention to the worldwide volcanic activity at the time, but once I got a
chance to collect my thoughts in my different travels, it began to seem
relevant. I was up at 3 P.M. today, and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast
with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I
think some of these regular wharf watchers on the waterfront are relatives of a
local whom I have not seen in a while who was a Comanche Indian whom use to
work as a security guard. Thus they may not be Hispanic or Latin American
but native American Comanches whom return every year to their Happy Hunting
Grounds. One can figure with all the retired people going to New Mexico
in the winter that maybe a few Comanches might return here on the rebound
during our warmer months.
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 4:20 A.M.: Well, if you want to
know something of the history of the development of the hinterlands, one might
look at http://www.railfan.net
. Of course for armchair travelers like myself, the subject of travel by
rail to far way locations is beyond my present budget. I do have a friend
who is related to someone that supposedly knows something about railroads and
transport, but I would generally assume that my paternal grandfather knew much
the same stuff. So meanwhile back east while we are working on the
railroad, I will try to keep an eye on our local railroad when I can
occasionally make it downtown to walk Greenwich Avenue. I only go into
the railroad station about once a week, but after 19.5 years on Greenwich
Avenue, I am quite use to seeing visitors come and go out of our local railroad
facility. We have several veteran railroad retirees who also try to keep
an eye on the activity. I have not been going downtown as much at night,
since I have been spending more time downtown in the afternoons and early
evenings. Basically, some of the newer downtown residents are not use to
seeing me as much compared to some of the veteran downtown residents.
Meanwhile on the southwestern reaches of Connecticut as it abuts to New York
State, we seem to be getting about the same level of traffic as in past years
at a slightly slower pace. I suppose one's perspective changes with the
time of day. Whatever, the case I read in the local paper that the
airport traffic has not changed. It is just that since former President
Clinton is no longer president, they returned to the normal flight patterns
routing the regular air traffic over the traditional flight path which comes in
and out from the northeast as opposed from the southeast. Thus for all I
know the air traffic is much the same, it is just at this point, we no longer
hear and see it. I suppose it will remain this way for a while. As
far as automobile traffic, it seems just about the same depending on the time
of day. Of course all activity in this area tends to come and go in waves
depending on the season, time of day, weather, and I suppose economic
activity. From my viewpoint, the town is pretty much the same as always,
but at a slightly slower pace. After all we are only about 25 miles from
the center of Manhattan, so obviously there are still quite a lot of people
still out there in the wood work. I did read in the local paper that the
Federal Government has approved an evacuation plan for Indian Point Nuclear
power plant, but another group of activists want it decommissioned. There
is also some talk about building a new bridge or tunnel to replace the Tappan
Zee bridge, and it might have a light railroad line for commuters, which
because of the topography might not be able to go into Tarrytown, but would
have to come out at Irvington. All of these matters are still up in the
air. Basically knowing New York State's finances, I figure they will
probably keep the current Tappan Zee Bridge until it falls down in which case
the Bear Mountain Bridge would be a slower alternative or the George Washington
Bridge down the Hudson. I still remember when the Tappan Zee Bridge was
fairly new, and I have not looked at it in about five years, so I would assume
it is all right. Of course the George Washington Bridge is much
older. Since I am not considered part of the New York team, I do not
worry about such matters beyond my local hometown. Well, I am a bit
tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 3:45 A.M.: I just noticed there
is an old label on the backside of the headboard of the pineapple post daybed
from the Star Furniture Company in Jamestown, New York.
It says
No. 2B 3/3 Mahog. Dept. 71, No. B00005, and it was shipped to the Shepard
Stores, King Terminal, 44 Kay St., So. Boston, Mass.. Thus it a genuine
New York state day bed, probably 50 to a 100 years old that spent a bit of time
up in Boston before it moved back down to Greenwich, Connecticut. The
pineapple posts are the old Boston symbol of hospitality derived from the Christian
missionaries when they first went to Hawaii preaching the gospel, not to be
confused with the United States Military version of a similar product.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 3:05 A.M.: I am down to about 24
ounces of Carapelli http://www.carapelli.com/ extra virgin olive oil which
comes from Florence, Italy. The last three liter container I bought last
October 2002 cost me about $7.99 at the Food Emporium when it was on sale then
down from $27.99. I will have to keep an eye out to see if they have a
similar sale soon. When I was in Florence, Italy during the first three
months of 1972, I stayed at the Pensione Adria when I was not traveling.
During my travels in Italy, France, Spain, Greece, and Turkey in that period I
enjoyed the taste of fresh olive oil, which seemed to have a more nutty almond
like taste compared to what we get in the new world. Thus I guess it is
hard to get fresh olive oil at a reasonable price from the old country. I
guess I could try to email Cosmo Di Medici and see if he could help out.
I have not seen him around recently. I know in the summer in front of the
Pitti Palace Piazza, they have some sort of festival. Since the Italians
like hot weather, there is still probably not much air conditioning in Italy,
except in the winter. Since Florence, Italy was the first city I ever
lived in, and since the previous three and half years I had been in college
north of Chicago at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu and lived in Boston, both of which
have colder climates than the Greenwich and New York areas, I was use to colder
weather. The winter of 1972 was very cold in Europe, and a great many
people migrated further south, since there was also a coal workers' strike in
England. To me the weather was similar in Florence, Italy to New York,
New York which was warmer than what I was use to. Thus when everyone else
was rather cold at night, I use to walk around late at night when it was colder
enjoying the sights of the city, when there was no traffic, and when only the
street cleaning machines were out hosing down the streets with their water
cannons. It was a very beautiful city to walk around in the winter late
at night. However, in the day time since Florence is in the Arno River
valley, and since there were quite a lot of automobiles on old narrow streets
and roads, there was a lot of automobile pollution settling in the valley and
quite a bit of traffic noise. I had an inside room at the Pensione Adria
which was quiet in the daytime when I slept. Well, I suppose it has not
changed much. I once read the area around the Piazza Michelangelo up on
the hill behind the di Medici palace is some of the most expensive real estate
in Europe, which it well might be. Thus as Europe on $5 a day tourist, I
was bit overwhelmed by the potential expenses of the area. I believe I
paid about $45 a week for my single inside room at the Pensione Adria which
came with a continental breakfast which I never had and dinner which I always
enjoyed. One did have to insert 100 lire coins into the gas water heater
for the bathtub shower ever three minutes. Back in 1972, there were 565
lire to a dollar. I believe at that time a package of Marlboros in Italy
was about 2,600 lire or close to $5, so I use to smoke the less expensive
European cigarettes like Gauloise, Du Maurier, Astor, Dunhill, and at the
moment I can not remember the name of a common Italian cigarette, except for
maybe "MS" which are my initials. I do recall walking quite a
bit in Europe during that trip, until I bought a car in Greece in April.
Thus it was an enjoyable experience. However, since I was on a limited
budget, I ate at a lot of the laboring working class restaurants in the city,
which had most excellent meals. We always had wine and Peregrino Italian
bubbling water with our meals. Thus I learned a bit about Etruscan
cooking which is basically sautéing with olive oil, butter, lemon juice, and
garlic. Well, from what I can tell, the Italians have been enjoying La
Dolce Vita, the Good Life for thousands of years, thus when people visit Italy
on holiday, they tend to have an enjoyable visit. Still, if one is not
use to walking a lot, one will have the extra expense of hiring a vehicle.
The Italians in the city in Florence were thin and cosmopolitan, unlike their
more heavy American cousins. Thus the old suburban expression that the
Italians get "Fatter and Fatter" the further they move out from
Manhattan truly applies, and as they get older, they begin to enjoy the health
benefits of lowering their cholesterol with olive oil and garlic. Thus
those stories about 100 year old men working in the fields in Italy growing and
harvesting olives is part of their historical tradition. However, Florence,
Italy is a bit like Texas in that area they also raise a lot of beef, so there
are a lot of leather products and biftek a la Florentine, which is a thin beef
steak cooked Etruscan style. I do not recall seeing a lot of Italian
cowboys, but I suppose one would have to realize they were more than likely
wearing Gucci when they came into the city from their country villas. I
do recall enjoying drinking Galliano which is an Italian liquor which comes in
tall bottles which has a licorice flavor and is yellow in color. I also
enjoyed raisin liquors many of which were aged many years. Of course they
also had their own brandies and other deluxe wines. Thus if one has
alcoholic drinking problems or one is a member of Alcoholic's Anonymous, one
should probably avoid Italy. It would be your down fall. Basically
like France, there is cafe bar on every corner. Well, I just had two
scoops of Edy's raspberry sorbet, which sort of tastes like Italian Ice.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 1:20 A.M.: I chatted with a
couple today from southern Europe, and they told me that one can buy "Cold
Pressed" Olive Oil in Astoria Queens, New York. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 12:40 A.M.: Another news story on
the shooting on Friday in my neighborhood http://www.msnbc.com/local/NTCT/57619.asp?0LA=aer9n
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/27/03 Sunday 12:20 A.M.: I finished going
through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/03 Saturday 11:25 P.M.: I found this
interesting site about Oslo, Norway which I visited during the end of February
1983 and the first part of March of that year Forbes Virtual Guide, Oslo, Norway . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/03 Saturday 10:45 P.M.: I had the same
Greek Style summer salad that I have been eating all month, and this time I
added a can of flaked sold white albacore tuna fish with it along with a glass
of ice tea. The Greek salad is not too expensive. Basically five
large leaves of Red lettuce cost about .25, two plum tomatoes cost about .50,
20 baby carrots cost about .25, a half of red Bermuda onion costs about .35, 15
large black pitted olives cost about .35, five double tablespoon dabs of
homemade hummus costs about .35, 20 croutons costs about .20, 1/8 of a cup of
grated parmesan cheese costs about .20, 2 ounces of Monari Balsamic vinegar
costs about .40 and two ounces of Italian extra virgin olive oil costs about
.50, and 2 ounces of feta cheese costs about .75, and a can of solid white
albacore tuna or crab meat or tiny shrimp or canned salmon or sardines costs
about $1 to $2.50, so the approximate cost of a large summer style Greek salad
is $5.10 to $6.60 at current prices. It is a bit more than I have been
use to spending regularly for dinner over the years, but I have been trying to
eat healthier and lose weight this month. I figure Greece is not too
wealthy of a country, and if the Greeks can afford a similar diet, we more
modest people in America can also afford it, while the produce is in season,
which it generally is year round because of California and Florida. I
noticed a local Connecticut farm stand across the street today by the Chinese
laundry with fresh picked sweet corn. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/03 Saturday 9:25 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M.
today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I vacuumed the
apartment. I cleaned up, and I went out. I drove over to Tod's
Point, and I took the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point. If anyone has
lost a black domestic rabbit with two small tan spots on the right side, I saw
it hopping around the area of the Holly Grove. I next went downtown, and
I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I noticed a black
squirrel at the veterans monument too. They normally come from further
north. I stopped by CVS, and I bought the last two packages of www.greatcleaners.com
containing Orange Eliminator instant spot remover, Orange Glo Wood and Cleaner
and Polish, Oxi Clean , and Orange Clean tough acting degreaser and
multi-purpose cleaner for 75% off the whole box of cleaners for $2.50 each box
plus .30 tax for $5.30 total. I then completed my walk. I then
drove down by the waterfront, and there was no parking because the area was
full of wharf rats. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four
cans of California jumbo and large pitted black olives 6 ounces dry weight for
.99 each, a 8 ounce package of Athena made in Wisconsin feta cheese with garlic
and herbs for $3.20, two 28 ounce cans of Goya chick peas .99 each, two red
Bermuda onions at .99 a pound for $1.54, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for
$1.69, and a head of red leaf lettuce for .79 for $13.16 total. I then
returned home, and I brought up my purchases with my cart, which I keep behind
my apartment door. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/03 Saturday 4:40 A.M.: Stamford Advocate
story on the neighborhood tragedy yesterday The Advocate - Greenwich man kills wife, self
. I will head off to sleep. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/03 Saturday 2:40 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/03 Saturday 2:10 A.M.: I installed some
Windows Updates on my Windows XP system. I am about to have a bowl of
cherry Jell-O with fruit cocktail. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/03 Saturday 1:05 A.M.: This is a link to
the shooting story in my neighborhood http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1375907&nav=3YeXH6pr
. The Greenwich Time http://www.greenwichtime.com/ should have the
story later on today. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/26/03 Saturday 12:50 A.M.: I finished cleaning
the apartment and watering the plants. I will do the vacuuming later on
today, when I wake up. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/03 Friday 11:05 P.M.: I had the same summer
salad for dinner this time with King Oscar sardines, and I also added the
sardine olive oil. I took five leaves of chilled red lettuce, and I
removed the stalks, and I broke them into two to three inch pieces, and I put
them in a lettuce spinner, and I rinsed them underneath cold water. I put
them on a dinner plate. I then spread 20 chilled baby carrots over the
dinner plate on top of the red leaf lettuce. I then sliced two chilled
plum tomatoes into 3/16 inch thick slices, and I put them on the plate. I
next put five chilled heaping double tablespoons of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
evenly spaced on the salad. I next spread 15 chilled large pitted black olives
on the salad including one in each dab of hummus. I the put one half of a
chilled diced red Bermuda onion on the salad. I then spread 20 Pepperidge
Farm generous cut low fat Caesar croutons on the salad. I added the
container of King Oscar sardines and the sardine olive oil. I then spread
2 ounces of the chilled garlic and herbal feta cheese over the salad. I
then spread about an eighth of a cup of chilled grated parmesan cheese over the
salad. I then spread about an eighth of a cup of room temperature Monari
Italian balsamic vinegar and a eighth of a cup of room temperature Italian
extra virgin olive oil over the salad. I seasoned it with ground black
pepper and salt. I had the salad for dinner with a glass of ice
tea. I chatted with a friend and a relative. I will now do my house
cleaning and watering the plants instead of waiting until tomorrow. I
will hold off on the vacuuming, until I wake up tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/03 Friday 8:50 P.M.: I went out after 4:45
P.M.. As I was exiting the complex, I noticed about six police cars and a
police investigation van along with a couple of tow trucks at the family
residential units that line the road coming into the public housing McKinney
Terrace residential complex here in Byram a part of Greenwich, Connecticut
where I live in the elderly and disabled building at the end of the road.
I chatted with two of my neighbors, and they told me a long time resident here
who was a town employee in the family apartments had shot his wife and then
committed suicide. Thus the police were investigating the crime
scene. Apparently the channel 8 and channel 3 local television news
stations covered the story. I have not seen or read any news stories on
the subject. When I left here, I went over to Smokes for Less in Byram,
and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I then
stopped by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two 5.5 ounce boxes of Arnold
Home-style croutons garlic and herb flavor larger size for .99 each box and two
loaves of Arnold Brannola nutty grain bread for .99 each less 10% senior
discount of .40 for $3.56 total. I then drove down by the waterfront, and
some of the local wharf rats were there. I then went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought the last box of www.greatcleaners.com
containing Orange Eliminator instant spot remover, Orange Glo Wood and Cleaner
and Polish, Oxi Clean , and Orange Clean tough acting degreaser and
multi-purpose cleaner for 75% off the whole box of cleaners for $2.50 plus .15
tax for $2.65 total. I then completed my walk, and I returned home.
The police were just departing the crime scene. One of my neighbors told
me the perpetrator had been out watching the baseball game last night with
hundreds of other people. I had a glass of ice tea, and I will now put
away my purchases. I chatted with a friend's relative, and I chatted with
a relative. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 07/25/03:
Note:
<888> 07/25/03 Friday 4:05 P.M.: I was up at 2:30
P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now send out my weekly
notes. It is 91 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, so I guess it has
warmed up locally. I have my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air
conditioner with remote control set at 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is about
72 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment presently. After I send out my
weekly notes, I will clean up, and I will go out for some day time
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/03 Friday 3:05 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/03 Friday 2:50 A.M.: I dusted of the items
on top of the long mahogany bureau in the living room. I keep a number of
candle sticks in case we ever run short of electricity. I also have a
number of candles in the left hallway bookcase. I generally do not watch
too much television, so when I am not busy on the internet, I just do some
normal maintenance routines. I could consider throwing out all the empty
boxes I have stored in the closet and the television chest, but I have kept
them in case I need to package up the items again that came in them. They
do take up quite a bit of storage space, but that will have to wait for another
time. I also have quite a few pairs of old shoes that I have not got
donated, since I have kept them in case I need to have old shoes for some type
of more industrial work in case it is ever muddy here. Still, I have lots
of good pairs of shoes too. I have also kept all my clothes from when I weighed
135 pound up to my present weight of 208 pounds, so in case I manage to lose
weight I will have an even better wardrobe. Thus one's own apartment is
the best thrift shop, if it is properly managed. In the second hamper I
have by the end of the day bed, I have stored lots of pairs of pants that are
waist 32 inches to 34 inches, which at my present waist 40 inches do not fit
me. I have about 6 humidifiers stored in the false ceiling above the
bedroom bed in case the government pays for our electricity again, and I keep
the apartment warmer in the winter, which also makes it drier in the
winter. With the cooler temperatures in the apartment in the recent
winters, it is plenty damp, so I do not need to use the humidifiers. I
also have three sit on the ground blue and white beach chairs stored there too,
besides the two long beach chairs in the back of the car. I have my
computer shipping box stored there, and a number of throw pillows that I am not
using. Above the area above the Danish bar in the living room, I have
stored my pine cone Christmas wreath and a small two foot tall artificial
Christmas tree. I have a lot of paper goods stored in the right side of
the bedroom closet shelf, and basically the apartment has evolved to its
present state, since I paid for all the items, I do not feel like getting rid
of them. I also have a rug shampooer stored underneath the day bed with
its attachments. I have not cleaned the rug in two years, but since I
never wear my shoes in the apartment, and since I vacuum once a week, the rugs
are in pretty good shape. I have so much furniture in the apartment, I
was thinking of taking the day bed up to a relative's in Maine in September if
a friend can get away in his station wagon. I paid $70 for the antique
pineapple day bed at the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop, and it is about 2.5
feet wide by about 6 feet long with pineapple posts. It came with a
custom size box spring and mattress which are in very good shape. I use
it for guests, but since I rarely have guests, it is just taking up a lot of
space. I could have a guest sleep on the long couch which has a new olive
color corduroy slip cover on it. Since I have been smoking by the kitchen
stove fan, the apartment does not have the intense smell of smoke anymore.
If I moved the day bed out of the apartment, I could move the long mahogany
bureau underneath the mirror on the far living room wall, and I could put the
two Danish end tables that I have stacked into a bar on either side of
it. I then could slide the blue love seat couch out further away from the
long green couch which are only presently separated by about three feet, and
there would be about five feet between them. I then could use the large
brass and glass coffee table I have on the bedroom Danish desk as a bigger
coffee table in the living room, with the two brass and glass end tables, I
have together between the present couch setup as end tables on the blue
couch. Of course it is nice have a comfortable day bed for guests
too. Whatever the case, it depends on weather the friend can transport it
to Maine. I would also have a storage problem with all the glassware on
the Danish bar setup and its other items. Also the old backup IBM Cyrix
computer and other items are on the brass and glass coffee table in the bedroom
above the desk giving the desk a working area. Thus my apartment is like
a Rubik's cube, when you move one item, one has to move a whole lot of other
items. I would also have to store the items I have stored underneath the
day bed. Thus after 14.5 years in this apartment, I have accumulated
quite a few personal belongings. Still, in its present layout the
apartment is workable and orderly. I have been told by a friend that the
apartment looks like the interior of one of the private Vanderbilt railroad
cars in Shelburn, Vermont. Well, anyway that is the state of my own pied
a terre in the Greenwich, Connecticut area. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/25/03 Friday 1:50 A.M.: I washed and dried and
polished all the cocktail, bar, and other glassware on the Danish bar, which
are over a 100 items. I dusted the Danish bar, and its other items beside
the glassware. Underneath the Danish bar, I have a number of mixers which
are probably about 5 years old, but I would imagine they are still good.
The water in the three seltzer bottles is about two years old, maybe
three. Thus although it is still set up the same, it looks a lot more
sparkling and clean than it did before with a couple of years of dust on
it. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 11:50 P.M.: I had four Danish
cookies. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 11:35 P.M.: I watched some
television. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 10:05 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives. I went through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 8:15 P.M.: I had the same super
summer salad that I have been eating regularly recently, but this time I made
it with a six ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish. I had the
salad with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 7:20 P.M.: I had 15 Breton
wheat crackers for a snack while I was first trying to sleep. I was up at
1 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop. I bought for $15 an antique mirror about 50 years
old with a maple wood finish about 30 inches by 19 inches with the mirror part
23 inches by 15 inches. It has a curved top with rounded edge and a grove
in the wood. The mirror glass in it seems to be newer, since it is not
spotted like many old mirrors. I then went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and P.C.
Magazine. I then returned home. I hung the antique mirror on the
hallway side of the bathroom door, so it looks roomier in the hallway, since I
keep the bathroom door closed most of the time. I took the Ducks
Unlimited pictures of wild ducks off the bathroom door, and I hung it behind
the bedroom desk behind the large Long Island light bulb. I took the
antique mahogany frame mirror from behind the bedroom desk, and I hung it above
the clothes hooks on the right side of the bedroom entrance, so it looks more
spacious. I put the picture of the Great Blue Heron that was there on the
lower left side wall at the bathroom door entrance beneath the French picture
of the Moulin Rouge. I thus was able to do something a little bit more
creative today. I have a total of 14 mirrors of various sizes that help
make my smaller apartment look a little bit more spacious. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 4:15 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will go to bed soon. I have a 3 P.M. appointment
later on today. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 4:05 A.M.: A neighbor inquired
today, if I had a General Electric reader light, and I checked my inventory of
bulbs, and I have a 170 watt General Electric reader light along with a 3 way
bulb. I do not have a fixture I read around that can fit the larger
General Electric reader light, since one need a larger floor lamp to hold
it. I gave my large standing reading lamp with a Victorian type lamp
shade to a friend in Irvington, New York whom did not have adequate light along
with the collected series of novels by Washington Irving, which I bought for
about $5 at the Tarrytown, New York Episcopal church tag sale about 10 years
ago. I hope he got a chance to read a lot like his father always
does. I do not think it is safe to put in a hotter light bulb in a
smaller lamp fixture. I did put in a 100 watt bulb in the brass and marble
small lamp with orange glass glove that I have on the Danish bar for brighter
reading if one sits in the yellow French antique style chair or the blue
corduroy love seat. I also have two Cole Porter lamps on either side of
the day bed, which I leave off. The one by the head of the bed with the
pillows has a 100 watt bulb in it with a hand turn rheostat to dim it.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 3:35 A.M.: I put the ice tea in
the refrigerator. I went through my email earlier. Volcano
information from http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/ follows:
KLIUCHEVSKOI
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 56.06°N, 160.64°E; summit elev. 4,835
m
Seismicity was above background levels at Kliuchevskoi during 11-18 July.
Several earthquakes occurred each day with magnitudes of 1.3-2.2 at depths
around 30 km and at shallower levels. Explosions sent ash clouds to a height of
~1 km above the volcano and during 12-16 July ash clouds reached ~2 km above
the volcano. Kliuchevskoi remained at Concern Color Code Orange
<http://www.avo.alaska.edu/avo4/updates/color_code.html>.
CIO
Generally
when the Volcanoes erupt in Northeastern Russia or Western Alaska, it can
make for cooler rainy weather in the summer, and much colder northwestern
winter weather in the winter as the volcanic winds circle around the artic
circle blocking what remain of the sunlight in the Nordic nights of
winter. Thus since we live in an area that gets weather from further
north, it is relevant to the people whom live in the New York area on a four
seasons basis, since the Nordic winds can come spinning down from the north
country with gusts of much colder air in the winter. Of course it effects
other people around the world in northern locations too. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 3:00 A.M.: Back in the early
and mid 1970s when I helped a friend run a rent controlled apartment in
Manhattan near the United Nations, since we had no oil out in the suburbs, it
was important to the friend to always use Twinings tea or other teas available
at http://www.mcnultys.com/
along with coffees. Since presently we have energy in the suburbs, and we
can afford to be frugal gourmets, I enjoy adding a variety of teas to my ice
tea mixture. Since Greenwich, Connecticut is on Long Island Sound which
is on the Atlantic seaboard, we tend to have a larger variety of imported
products here at reasonable prices than one might find in the hinterlands of
America. However, I recently noticed that Costco in Port Chester, New
York sells Twinings Earl Grey tea in bulk quantities at very reasonable prices
along with a number of other popular items if one can afford the yearly fee of
a Costco card of $45. Also one needs room to store bulk items in their
residents, which in my 450 square foot apartment, I do not always have.
The last time I saw the friend that lived near the United Nations he had moved
uptown five blocks in the same neighborhood to a swankier apartment on a higher
floor that was more private. I preferred the ground floor rent controlled
apartment, since when one was doing many errands, it was easier to run out at a
moments notice on an errand without the hassle of an elevator and a doorman.
The friend was somewhat of a scholar speaking a dozen different languages, and
at that time about 11 years ago, the friend had a Chinese helper who was
attending Columbia University, and the friend was reading 600 year old books
about five inches thick in some dialect of Chinese that I did not
recognize. Thus although the friend is suppose to be pushing up tulips
according the American press, since the friend had lived all over the world,
the friend whom was Nordic but preferred warmer weather could be living on a
tea plantation in China trying to figure out how he arrived there, and if
possibly was kidnapped by extraterrestrials in the process of trying to run an
orderly environment in Manhattan near the United Nations. I have seen
that friend here a number of times, and he still prefers to ride a bicycle like
in Peking, and for a long time there was a youngster here that I have not seen
in two years that looked like the friend's son or relative. Thus the
friend has look-alikes or he is pursuing other more advanced academic matters,
and does not want to be bothered in the current environment he may have settled
in. That was the same friend that kept the Friedrich http://www.friedrich.com/
air conditioner going in his apartment all winter in Manhattan during some very
cold winters, and the same friend was a neighbor in Nantucket. Thus
Nordic people have a large area to hide out in, where ever they may chose to go
after Manhattan. The last time I saw that friend about 11 years ago, I
suggested to the friend to visit Norway. I once saw the same friend's
image on a Royal Viking cruise brochure after he supposedly started pushing up
tulips. I do know the King of Sweden likes collecting Chinese Art, so
maybe the friend was dispatched to China to collect art for the King of
Sweden. Whatever the case, it is not my inclination to interfere with
other people's sovereign affairs, since I tend to lead a very simple of life
myself. Basically to get all my chores done, I can not spend too much
time on dwelling on other major world affairs in the media, since I am
attempting to run my version of that friend's apartment based on about 1/20th
of the annual budget compared to what the friend spent in those rather harsh financial
times. Thus by working for people whom are better financed, one learns
some upscale shopping habits, which the simpler people in the hinterlands, may
not appreciate. Anyway, when one writes, one is suppose to write from
experience. Thus in my web log, I am writing from experience. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 2:25 A.M.: Weather story CNN.com - As world swelters, some rare cool spots - Jul.
23, 2003 . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 1:45 A.M.: While on the subject
of tea, I am making up a new batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. I changed the recipe which I have been using for the last six months to
reflect my inventory of currently available teas that I am using in the
mixture. I am down to my last box Bigelow 100 count tea bags, since I
gave away about two thirds of the 35 boxes of 100 count that I bought about 18
months ago for a dollar apiece at Staples in Port Chester, New York from their
clearance section. Of course Bigelow in America is known as a Boston tea
company, but the last time I looked there were no tea plantations in
Boston. I think Bigelow tea might come from China, since it has China
black pekoe tea in it along with orange pekoe tea. I gave away a lot of
the tea, since I knew it would spoil before I used it all up. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 1:05 A.M.: I had a bowl of
cheery Jell-O with fruit cocktail mixed into it. Well, not much is
happening in Greenwich, since people whom seem to be able to afford to live
here, also seemed to be able to afford to take vacations in the summer.
Thus more than likely other people whom have not seen or traveled to Greenwich,
Connecticut obviously might venture here in their travels too. Having
lived in a number of resort communities, I have a different viewpoint of
Greenwich than some of the real estate agents whom think this is a strictly
private town. With up to a million vehicles traveling through this town
every week on two major highways, I would say it would be safe to say that the
downtown area reflects a cross section of traveling America. No one ever
asks me anything with all my experience, but how to get to Interstate 95, which
if one is downtown is right at the train station, left at the first
light. I found it unique today that somebody walking up Greenwich Avenue
whom looked familiar asked me how to get to the Stop and Shop. I had to
figure out to alternative paths, the shortest one or the scenic one. I
suppose it was somebody off of a boat, since frequently people off boats do not
have cars, and they have to come ashore to gather provisions, which having
lived in Nantucket, Key West, Manhattan and other nautical locations such as
Fort Lauderdale and other parts of both the Atlantic and Pacific shores of
America and around the world, I am use to seeing. Of course a lot of
people around here wear topsiders boat shoes, so it does not mean they are all
experienced around the waterfront though. I told the visitor that the
Stop and Shop was a Dutch supermarket and opposed to the Food Emporium which is
a German supermarket or as opposed to the Food Mart which is an Italian supermarket.
I do not know the ownership of the organic food supermarket on the Post Road
just east of Greenwich Avenue, but all the employees of the various
supermarkets reflect the cultural diversity of the food industry as we know it
in America. I chatted with one store employee from Burma today, and since
Burma use to be a British colony more than likely there are still large tea
plantations in Burma. I asked if the movie "Bridge on the River
Kwai" took place in Burma, and I was told it took place in Thailand.
I remembered in the movie that the bridge on the River Kwai was on the Rangoon,
Burma railroad line which went to China. I told him I knew about Burma
tigers, and that Thailand was one of the most alligator and crocodile infested
areas in Asia. I asked if the river scene in the end of the movie
"Romancing the Stone" with all the crocodiles was filmed in Burma,
and he told me probably Thailand. Still the Food Emporium is owned by the
A&P company which started in 1859 selling tea and coffee, thus over the years
a lot of people have had to deal with a lot of tropical nature to get a good
cup of tea back in the northern countries. My father knew a British
general whom had served in Burma, and the British general gave my father the
first Beatles albums to come to the Americas at least a year before they were
on Ed Sullivan, and we use to lend them out to the local radio station here in
Greenwich, since all the older teenagers enjoyed the music. That was in
the good old days when a Dutch family owned the Greenwich radio station.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/24/03 Thursday 12:25 A.M.: For information on
Mental Health http://www.mentalhealth.com/
, however I have not had time to search the site for "Internet
Addiction", however "Internet Addiction" could be just
considered reading, which a great many literate people do, depending on what
content one looks at. I suppose reading documents in *.pdf format on the
computer has the advantage that one can enlarge the type on the monitor to a
readable format. One document I looked at had 1/32nd of inch size type
when printed out, so despite all the profits in the pharmaceutical industry,
they are still trying to save paper by printing in extremely small type.
I suppose it is because pills come in small bottles, so the instructions that
come on small slips with the bottles have to be in small type. I guess a
lot of Doctors have to use magnifying reading glasses. Of course the
medical profession can afford larger high resolution color LCD monitors, which
some of the other laymen can not. I compose my web pages in fairly large
type, so people using laptop computers with smaller screens can ready the pages
more easily. Being Scottish frugal, I use red letters and a white back
ground, because they stand out on a color monitor. Also when one prints
out red letters on a black ink printer or black and white laser printer, it is
like grey thus consuming less ink. However, if one printed out my notes
in color, it would consume up one's red ink cartridge much faster than
normal. Also Red and White are the colors of Switzerland, the
International Red Cross, and the American Red Cross, Canada, Denmark, and a few
other lesser known groups. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/03 Wednesday 10:25 P.M.: Food for thought http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/03 Wednesday 9:55 P.M.: I got a post card
today from http://www.visitbritain.com/
. They apparently have a lot of travel bargains to the United Kingdom
right now. American Airlines Vacations 1-800-321-2121 air and hotel
package 4 days / 3 nights from $589, 7 days / 6 nights from $685 at the Thistle
Euston, London with a free English breakfast daily. One can also stay
until September 30, 2003 at any of 11 Marriott Hotels in and around London for
the special rate of $110, $141, or $189 per room for two with an English
breakfast included call 1-800-228-9290 and mention reference code
"LYJG", and of course the web site www.visitbritain.com/2003
or http://www.travelbritain.org/
has other travel bargains. With so many Yanks going over there, I will
have to keep a keen eye out for visiting Limeys, since the first thing they
teach one in travel and tourism is that the road runs two ways. On the
front of the post card from Visit Britain, it says, "Only in Britain Can
You See Crown Jewels Without Spending the Family Fortune." CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/03 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/03 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.: I installed a
Windows XP security update from Windows Update. I took five leaves of
chilled red lettuce, and I removed the stalks, and I broke them into two to
three inch pieces, and I put them in a lettuce spinner, and I rinsed them
underneath cold water. I put them on a dinner plate. I then spread
20 chilled baby carrots over the dinner plate on top of the red leaf
lettuce. There was an article on ABC news web site last night that
mentioned baby carrots http://www.grimmway.com/baby.htm , but I can not
find it now in their search engine. I then sliced two chilled plum
tomatoes into 3/16 inch thick slices, and I put them on the plate. I next
put five chilled heaping double tablespoons of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
evenly spaced on the salad. I next spread 15 chilled large pitted black olives
on the salad including one in each dab of hummus. I the put one half of a
chilled diced red Bermuda onion on the salad. I then spread 20 Pepperidge
Farm generous cut low fat Caesar croutons on the salad. I then opened a
7.9 ounce can of ICY point canned salmon from Alaska, and I rinsed it with its
lid on underneath cold water a half dozen times squeezing out the water.
I flaked the salmon in a bowl, and I looked for any small bones that can be in
canned salmon. I then spread it over the salad. I then spread 2
ounces of the chilled garlic and herbal feta cheese over the salad. I
then spread about an eighth of a cup of chilled grated parmesan cheese over the
salad. I then spread about an eighth of a cup of room temperature Monari
Italian balsamic vinegar and a eighth of a cup of room temperature Italian
extra virgin olive oil over the salad. I seasoned it with ground black
pepper and salt. I had the salad for dinner with a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/03 Wednesday 7:40 P.M.: I had five Breton
wheat crackers before going to bed. I was up at 1 P.M.. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements,
and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then returned home briefly to avoid
rain. I then went back downtown, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop. I then went down by the waterfront. I then walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations.
I stopped by CVS, and I bought buy one get one free of packages of CVS 50 count
legal plain white envelopes for $1.39 both boxes and two 12 ounce containers of
CVS Aroma Therapy air freshener and odor eliminator Potpourri fragrance for .60
each plus .16 tax for $2.75 total. I then went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the Greenwich Times and the Wall Street Journal. The Wall
Street Journal has a front page article about Microsoft. I then went by
the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Tropicana orange and
pineapple juice with calcium for $2.50 each. I then went by the Stop and
Shop, and I bought a 10 quart box of 10 dry packages of S&S powdered milk
for $6.99, four Jell-O no sugar 2 sparkling wild berry, one sparkling white
grape, and one sparkling mandarin orange for .75 each, and a 8 ounce container
of Wisconsin made Athenos garlic and herbs feta cheese made from goats milk
which is low cholesterol for $3 for $12.99 total. I then returned home,
and I had a glass of ice tea, and I put away my purchases. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/03 Wednesday 1:50 A.M.: I went through most
of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/23/03 Wednesday 1:00 A.M.: I installed the
final version of Microsoft Messenger 6.0 http://messenger.msn.com/Download/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.: Currently I have
three televisions in the apartment. I usually watch one of them when I
wake up, and I have breakfast which could be at any time of the day. Once
or twice a week, I might watch the evening news. I then occasionally
watch television after 2 A.M. before going to bed. Thus I do not really
watch that much television, except occasionally when the weather is inhospitable,
which in this area can be frequent particularly during the winter. Of the
three televisions I have in the apartment, I have the new Panasonic 13 inch
color television in the kitchen, the two year old Orion 25 inch color
television in the living room, and the six year old Proscan 20 inch color
television in the bedroom. Since I do not watch that much television
overall, they are all in good working order. Whatever, the case when the
weather is nice, I prefer to get outside and enjoy the day. Still, since
I spend so much time on the internet, I do not have that much time to watch
television. I have noticed that when occasionally I have guests, they
seem to watch more television than I normally do. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 11:25 P.M.: Television listings http://entertainment.msn.com/TV/Guide/
. Apparently Cablevision www.cablevision.com has Digital television
service http://www.io.tv/index.jhtml
in this area which would be about $85 a month. Since I already am paying
$48 a month for Optimum Cablevision and another $45 of Optimum Online Cable
Modem service, I can not afford digital service which I might not watch anyway,
since I am always zooming out on the internet. However, my roots in
communications go way back, since I lived in Decatur, Alabama and I learned how
to take two Dixie cups and to run a knotted thread from the bottom of each, and
it worked for communications. I believe in Decatur, Alabama we had one
local television with a lot of country music and farm reports along with two
big city television stations from Birmingham, Alabama. When we moved up
north to Connecticut in 1961, we had channels 1 - 13 and a couple of UHF
stations. However, there were only about 7 channels on 1-13. When I
lived in Greenville, South Carolina for six months in 1976 before the
bicentennial in New York harbor, I lived next to one of the first cablevision
systems coming from Atlanta, but my building central antenna only had a couple
of channels which always showed "I Love Lucy" and local news.
When I lived in New York on and off from 1973 to 1983, nobody seemed to have
television. I figured nobody kept televisions in Manhattan since they
were likely to be stolen. I recall a couple of people did have
televisions, but with small built in antennas, they had poor reception in the
city. There were a number of professional video bars, where people would
gather to watch video. In Nantucket, the last year in 1983, I had a
television in the basement bunk room with two channels which always seemed to
show "Our Miss Brooks" and "No Time for Sergeants".
When I came off Nantucket in 1983 about 20 years ago, I got a television and
watched the local airwaves in Greenwich for about five years consisting of
about seven channels out of New York. When I moved to my present building
about 15 years ago, I had cablevision initially, but I could not afford it, so
I dropped it from about 1990 to 1995, and used the rabbit ears on some vintage
thrift shop televisions with the same seven channels. From about 1995 I
had basic cablevision again, and I have been on the internet for nine
years, and upgraded from basic Cablevision to Optimum online about four years
when I got the cable modem. Thus although, I worked briefly at the
Columbia Broadcasting Network CBS in Manhattan in the summer of 1973, I never
have been much of a television watcher. Since I am frequently on a night
schedule in my normal activity and internet activity, I do turn on the
television occasionally after 2 A.M. in the morning, when not much is on but
news feeds and old movies. Thus I have missed most of the prime time
television over the years. Still I do watch enough television to get a
general viewpoint on what they are broadcasting. It seems mostly geared
towards children's entertainment in the morning, with casual entertainment in
the afternoon, before the prime time in the evening. I have never been
able to afford the premium channels, so I am not able to watch the reruns of
newer movies. I also have only been to about a half dozen movies in
theaters, since I graduated from college, so my primary movie viewing
experience is from videotapes and DVD disks from the Greenwich Library. I
never have rented a DVD or videotape from a rental store. Thus like many
Manhattanites, I am mainly orientated towards observing real activity instead
of entertainment. I have noticed that once one gets out into the suburbs
where people watch more television, people seem less adept at holding
conversations unlike big city people. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 10:15 P.M.: I rested a
bit. I had two scoops of Edy's raspberry sorbet ice cream with four
Danish cookies. I watched the Bob Dole 80th birthday special on
CNN. I turned the air conditioner up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It
is now 73 degrees outside right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 7:20 P.M.: I will now shut down
the computer, and I will rest for a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 7:00 P.M.: I watched the ABC
evening news. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 6:30 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I put an 1/8th of a teaspoon of Red Cayenne pepper in the fresh
batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
that I made two days ago, and I mixed it in. I then took five chilled
leaves of Red lettuce, and I removed the stalks, and I broke them in to two to
three inch pieces which I put in the lettuce spinner, and I rinsed underneath
cold running water. I then spread them across a dinner plate. I put
20 chilled baby carrots on the plate. I next sliced in 3/16 inch thick
slices of three chilled plum tomatoes which I spread across the plate. I
then put five large heaping tablespoons of the chilled homemade hummus evenly
spaced across the plate. I then put 15 chilled large pitted black olive
across the plate including one in each dab of hummus. I then diced a half
of a chilled red Bermuda onion, and I spread it across the plate. I then
spread 20 Pepperidge Farm generous cut low fat Caesar croutons across the
plate. I then opened a chilled six ounce can of solid white albacore
tuna, and I left the lid on it, and I rinsed it underneath cold water squeezing
the water out with the lid about a half dozen times. I then flakes it in
a bowl, and I spread it across the salad. I then spread about an eighth
of a cup of grated parmesan cheese across the salad. I then spread across
about an eighth of a cup of room temperature Monari Italian balsamic vinegar
and an eighth of a cup of room temperature Italian extra virgin olive oil
across the salad. I seasoned it with ground black pepper and salt.
I had the salad for dinner with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 5:00 P.M.: If one is stuck
inside on a rainy day, one can look at http://www.coverups.com/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 4:40 P.M.: I listened to
the www.kenradio.com
broadcast. I turned off the Andrea Electronics microphone on the Dell
backup computer with the Speaker icon, so it is not on when the computer
boots a Windows partition. NOAA weather radio continues to go
off. Well, we needed a bit of rain in this area. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 4:05 P.M.: L.L.Bean: Adirondack Barn Coat, Flannel-Lined
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 4:00 P.M.: I went through my
email. From a food site, I received a message that using a little red
pepper in one's food helps prevent stomach gas. There is still a NOAA
thunderstorm watch for this area with the potential for heavy showers http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/
. I will continue to remain inside doing regular computer work. The
outside temperature is down to 79 degrees Fahrenheit, so it has cooled off a
bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 2:30 P.M.: I received a White
House www.whitehouse.gov
email from their new form email submission http://www.whitehouse.gov/webmail
. The email from the White House is a form letter in *.pdf format.
I printed out two copies, and I posted one copy on the bulletin board in the
laundry room. NOAA weather radio is going off for impending thunder
storms. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.: I had eight Breton
wheat crackers before going to bed. I was up at 11 A.M.. I watched
some television. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I was able to get the
blinking red light to go off of my Columbia 2.4 gigahertz cordless phone by
using the procedure for turning it off which did not work, but I then cycled
through the CB button, and it went off. It was something in the
phone. It was not a phone company problem. I straightened up the
Dutch flag in my living room which was slightly off center. I have it
centered in the living room with the large USA flag on the left and the large
British Union Jack on the right. I still have a Saudi Arabian flag, but
with the middle east problems, I am not flying it at the moment. However,
I might be tempted to fly it in the winter, when we are freezing here for lack
of energy. I noticed while I was in Home Depot in Port Chester, New York
yesterday, they have Fedders 5,000 BTU air conditioners for $135 and the
Fedders 8,000 BTU air conditioner is $188. Of course one would have to
lift them and install them oneself. They also have a stand alone upright
Maytag 8,000 BTU air conditioner for more. I think the Maytag model is
made for people whom have odd side windows, and it sits on the inside of the
room with a small duct going outside. It is 88 degrees Fahrenheit outside
right now, and it is very humid, so I am staying inside right now. I have
my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control set
at 68 degrees Fahrenheit at the moment, and it is 73 degrees Fahrenheit in the
apartment. Since I have a large network of friends and associates, I am
always surprised no one calls me up, but I was on a night time schedule for so
many years, I guess people assume I am still on a night schedule, so they do
not want to bother me in the daytime. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 2:20 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/22/03 Tuesday 1:55 A.M.: I finally got the US
Robotics sportster external voice fax modem model #1784 working on my backup
IBM Cyrix computer connecting to the local numbers for Juno www.juno.com
. It was bit tricky. I downloaded this set of drivers from http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=5685
, and I installed the specific US Robotics Sportster 56,000 Voice Fax external
modem driver, which was a 1997 driver. I then ran update from the same
directory containing the drivers, and I got the same driver in a April 1998
version. I then selected in the properties option for the modem for
56,000 baud, and software flow control instead of hardware flow control, and I
also used the Init String
"AT&F1&K0&I0S15=128S27=64S32=34S33=32". The string
"S32=34" disables X2, which I did since all of Juno's modems are V90
and V92. I have local numbers for Juno Free dialup in Greenwich,
Stamford, Port Chester, and Armonk. Of course the system is my third
backup system after the primary system, but it kept me busy working on
it. Still in the old days, I worked on systems at its speed all the
time. How times have changed. Working on older systems with older
parts is sort of a pain, but I am use to it after all these years. The
newer systems and newer parts and operating systems and software are not as
much of a problem. I did not have a manual for the external modem, and
there was not one posted on the internet. I guess it is about 5 years old
or so, but it works very well. I am confused why my Columbia 2.4
gigahertz cordless phone keeps flashing a small red light with "MSG"
written above it, which I assume stands for Message. I do not have any
sort of messaging service. I will have to look at the manual to see what
it is about. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/03 Monday 9:40 P.M.: I have the IBM Cyrix
backup computer recognizing the US Robotics sportster external modem, and I
have the Juno dialer installed on it. However, it will not dial, and the
Juno dialer gives a modem configuration error. I am reinstalling the Dial
Up Networking. I am in the process microwaving a Stouffer's 20 ounce
lasagna which I will have for dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/03 Monday 7:20 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought
for a dollar a U.S. Robotics 56K X2 Sportster external Voice Faxmodem model
#1784. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I went by the Greenwich
Hardware store and CVS. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Wall Street Journal and the
Greenwich Times. I returned a DVD video disk, and I checked out a
videotape. I then went by Home Depot in Port Chester, New York. I
bought two Leviton 6 outlet power strips with 3 foot cords for $2.97 each, a
Electricord 6 outlet power strip with 8 foot cord for $4.98, a OOK deluxe plate
hanger set for $2.19, and a two pack of Eveready Krypton KPR102 flash light bulbs
for $1.94 plus $1.05 tax for $16.10 total. I then returned home, and I
had a glass of ice tea. I next used the OOK plate hanger to hang the
plate with the picture of St. Paul's Church Trinity Parish in downtown
Manhattan on the left side of the bedroom door entrance with some other church
pictures. I had been using it to hold an assortment of items next to the
computer. I replaced it with another plate the Putnam Lodge No. 338
F.&A.M. Masonic plate which I had on the bedroom desk, which is now on the
dining room table next to the primary computer. I then took one of the
Leviton 3 foot cord power strips, and I installed it next to the other power
strip on the white bedroom bureau plugging in the other cords in that
area. I took the other Leviton 3 foot power strip, and I secured it with
wall anchors to the kitchen wall to the left of the kitchen sink. I
plugged it into the six outlet IBM plug adaptor. I now have extra outlets
in the center kitchen counter working area. I put the flashlight bulbs in
the batteries in the second down left blue bureau drawer in the kitchen.
I am saving the 6 outlet power strip with 8 foot cord for future use. I
have it stored underneath the right side of the day bed. I had the larger
serial adaptor and the serial cable to connect the US Robotics Sportster
external modem to the IBM Cyrix backup computer in the bedroom. I
connected a telephone cable to it and the wall jack. I plugged the power
supply to it, and it seems to work, but plug and play does not recognize
it. I did not get the CDrom with the modem, but I will now download the
drivers from www.usr.com.
We have a severe thunderstorm warning for this area from 6:30 P.M. to 11
P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/03 Monday 12:15 P.M.: It is suppose to
overcast and rainy for most of the rest of the week. I will now shut down
the computer, and I will go out, and I will pursue an overcast rainy day
schedule. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/03 Monday 11:55 A.M.: Before going to bed
last night, I had a bowl of Cherry Jell-o with fruit cocktail. I also had
eight Breton wheat crackers. I also moved the second Rubbermaid hamper
from in the bedroom between the mahogany bureau and the desk to the end of the
day bed in the hallway. I moved the hat rack with the hats from the end
of the day bed to the left side of the bedroom entrance blocking the bedroom
door from closing. Still it is light, and it would be easy to move to
close the bedroom door. I was up at 9 A.M. this morning. On
Cspan, I watched the opening of the Rober J. Dole Institute of Politics http://www.doleinstitute.org/
. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I sorted out the periodicals on my
magazine rack at the end of the day bed. I threw out back issues from mid
January 2003 of the Greenwich Post and the Greenwich Citizen. Thus
overall the apartment is a little bit better organized. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/03 Monday 2:05 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/21/03 Monday 1:30 A.M.: I straightened up and
reorganized the bedroom a bit. I took the new power strip with the three
foot cord, and I put it behind the living room sofa to use for connecting a
couple of electric clocks. I took the power strip with the six foot cord
that was behind the living room sofa, and I plugged it into the live non
switchable plug behind the left bedroom night stand. I then cleared off
the brass and glass table on top of the Danish desk, and I cleaned it. I
then put the backup NEC 17 inch monitor on top of it on top of a cutting
board. I put the IBM Cyrix 233 computer with 128 megs of memory and a 6
gigabyte hard drive and a LAN card to the left of it. I connected the
Microsoft ergonomic keyboard that I found today to it along with a Microsoft
serial mouse. I put the power strip on the right side of the Danish
desk. I also connected to the IBM Cyrix computer the HP LaserJet IIP laser
printer. I connected the computer, monitor, and laser printer to the
power strip. I have it, so when one turns on the power strip with the red
switch all three devices come on. The computer does not have a modem, and
it is not connected to the cable modem router, since it would take a 50 foot
LAN cord to connect it. Still, it is a much more professional
looking setup on top of the brass and glass coffee table on top of the Danish
desk in the bedroom. I put the large Long Island electric light bulb on
top of the NEC monitor. I put the ACER 486 laptop computer with color LCD
and 4 megs of memory on the Danish end table on the left side of the Danish
desk. I put my recent mail and paper work on the Danish end table on top
of some old place mats. I rearranged the bric a brac in that area.
I put away some receipts in the file cabinet. Thus the working area on
the Danish desk is straightened up. I put the large pile of scratch paper
in the bedroom window sill with the spare light bulbs and photography
equipment. I put the two DeLonghi oil filled radiators underneath the oak
side board. I put the garbage can between the Rubbermaid laundry hamper
and the sideboard. I have the high frequency insect noise device
disconnected and lying next to the power strip on the white bureau. I
also have the Panasonic typewriter disconnected. I will have to get
another power strip for the white bureau. Thus, I improved the general
appearance of the bedroom, although it is still cluttered, it is a little bit
more presentable. I also replaced the far left day bed wall 15 watt
frosted candelabra sconce bulb with a spare used one. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 11:10 P.M.: I have a First Alert
Rechargeable flashlight and a First Alert Rechargeable lantern that need new
rechargeable batteries. This page shows their prices http://www.firstalert.com/customer_service/replacement_parts.htm
. They use to have them at the Port Chester True Value hardware store,
and they might have them at the Greenwich or Old Greenwich hardware
stores. However, the last time I put new rechargeable batteries in them,
I hardly ever used them. Since I have a number of other flashlights, I am
not sure it is worth getting the batteries for them or not. I recall
paying about $7 per rechargeable battery. I have them underneath the
backup computer desk in the living room. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 10:15 P.M.: I made up a fresh
batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
using a can of black pitted olives with the chick peas. I put it in a
Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator to refrigerate. I slightly
modified the homemade hummus recipe increasing the amount of parsley from a
teaspoon to a tablespoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 9:35 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I had two ice cream scoops of Edy's Mandarin orange sorbet ice
cream. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 8:40 P.M.: Good reason never to
buy a used SUV that has been on Nantucket 4-Wheelers Threaten Nantucket's Open Beaches
. I believe that once one drives SUVs on the beach, so much sand gets
into all the gears and mechanics of the vehicle, it becomes a maintenance
nightmare in the long run. To view vacationers on Nantucket try http://www.nantucket.net/live/index.html?
and of course www.nantucket.net
seems to have information on the Island. Of all the different jobs I had
on Nantucket, I worked the most at Le Languedoc http://www.lelanguedoc.com/
for about two entire summers in 1978 and 1983 and a few other times. I
worked in the kitchen scrubbing pots and washing dishes. When I retired
from the Le Languedoc in 1983, I had worked my way up to being the head dishwasher.
I did not care to work anymore in restaurants after so many years on the
job. It was quite a hard job. I was making about $8 an hour in
1983. Anyway life goes on. Living on Nantucket without a car and
working was actually a bit of fun to get away from it all, and I was fortunate
enough not to be in Greenwich when the bridge fell down. I lived on both
India and adjacent Hussey streets downtown, so I was in the center of all the
action. Of course, I had to walk to the beach. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 7:40 P.M.: I finished off the
second half of the summer salad along with a glass of ice tea. I am
listening to the http://news.bbc.co.uk/
BBC World News. This story is about Yahoo! News - 'Popo' Volcano Coats Mexico City in White Ash
. I suppose if one is interested in volcanoes, one could look at my old
volcano list http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/volcanoe01.htm
which I have not worked on much in the last two years for lack of
interest. However, http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/ generally
provides up to date information. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 7:05 P.M.: I went downtown after
the last message. While dumping out my garbage, I found a Microsoft ergonomic
keyboard in the dumpster. I put it with my IBM Cyrix backup
computer. The Microsoft keyboard as a PS2 connector, so I would need a
generic adaptor which I have to use with the IBM Cyrix backup computer. I
do not have the IBM Cyrix backup computer plugged in and setup, since I already
have three computers setup. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue including the train station area. I sat out at various
locations. I stopped by CVS during the walk, and I bought a 12 ounce
container of CVS Aroma Therapy air freshener and odor eliminator in the
Potpourri scent for .60 and .04 tax for .64 total. I will put it
with the other air fresheners on the rack by the front entrance door. I
drove down by the waterfront, and the Steamboat Road pier was crowded with the
usual cross section of wharf rats. It takes time every time I go down
there, and thus in the summer when so many people are down there, there is not
usually parking, not to mention a lot of the wharf rats are not friendly to the
Greenwich residents. Thus when it gets less crowded and at other times of
the day, I might check it out. Next I went to the Stop and Shop, and I
bought two 29 ounce cans of Goya chick peas for .99, two cans of 6 dry ounces
of California large pitted olives for .99 each, a box of Pepperidge Farm low fat
generous cut Caesar croutons for $1.49, a pint bottle of Monari Italian
balsamic vinegar for $1.99, a quart of plum tomatoes $2.99, a 16 ounce bag of
baby carrots $1.69, two red Bermuda onions at .99 a pound for $1.20, a head of
Red leaf lettuce for .79, and a bulb of garlic at $2.69 a pound for .43 for
$18.13 total. I returned home, and I put away my purchases. I had a
glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 3:05 P.M.: I finished running
Norton Antivirus. I made the heaping summer salad, the same as
yesterday. I was only able to eat half, so I saved the other half in the
refrigerator for eating later today. I will now clean up, and I will go
out. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 2:10 P.M.: I will start running
Norton antivirus, which will take a while. I will probably go out after I
have my meal. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 2:05 P.M.: I will now make up the
same summer salad as yesterday to have for my primary meal of the day. I
will have it with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 2:00 P.M.: I put a "Sounds
and Audio Devices" icon on the desktop, so it is easily available for
switching from the Plantronics DSP 500 headset to the computer stereo speaker
system depending on what one's listening preferences are. I generally
leave it setup for the Plantronics DSP 500 headset, since I frequently chat
with others on the internet using Net2Phone. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 1:25 P.M.: I had a call from a
friend about 7:30 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast
with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. At
8 A.M. I watched Robert Schuler www.hourofpower.org which is now on the Lifetime
Channel 45 on our local Cablevision system. I chatted with a
relative. I fell back to sleep until just now. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/20/03 Sunday 1:35 A.M.: I finished running the
utilities and the C: drive to D: drive backup. I also ran Norton
SpeedDisk on the C: drive. I had a bowl of two scoops of Mandarin orange
ice cream and five Breton wheat crackers. I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. I have been watching
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/19/03 Saturday 11:10 P.M.: I will now do a
system restore backup, I will then run Disk Cleanup on the C: drive, Norton
CleanSweep on the C: drive, Norton Update, Norton Disk Doctor, Norton
WinDoctor, and then I will do a C: drive to D: drive backup. This will
all take about 1.5 hours while, I will be off line. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/19/03 Saturday 11:10 P.M.: I finished off the
raspberry Jell-o with California strawberries along with some ice tea. I
boiled two cups of water. I put in two packages of regular Cherry Jell-o
in a six cup Pyrex bowl, and I added the two cups of boiling water, and I
stirred it for two minutes. I opened a chilled 15.25 ounce can of
DelMonte fruit cocktail in heavy syrup, and I drained the syrup out into a
separate two cup measuring cup with a wire strainer or about 4 ounces of
syrup. I added about 12 ounces of fresh orange juice to the two cup
measuring cup for 16 ounces total orange juice and syrup mixture, and I added
it to the Pyrex bowl with the Cherry Jell-o mixture. I mixed it , and
then I added the DelMonte fruit cocktail, and I mixed it in with the liquid
ingredients. I then covered the Pyrex bowl with its lid, and I put it in
the refrigerator to chill. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/19/03 Saturday 10:40 P.M.: I put the package
of OOK hooks in the right top mahogany bureau drawer in the bedroom. I
put the Duracell 303/357 battery in the top left living room desk drawer.
I put the power strip along side the other power strip on the white bureau in
the bedroom to have more power sockets in that location. I also put the Coleman
emergency light back in that power strip, so if the power goes off at night, I
will have light initially in the bedroom, which would be very dark without
power. Of course, I have multiple flash lights and lanterns in the
apartment and a few small oil lamps, candles, transistor radios, and a cranks
radio, so I am prepared for a power outage. I put the Cobra low
voltage adaptor behind the bedroom television. I had taken the top shelf
brackets from the sweater closet in the hallway out, to use them to repair the
bedroom closet shelf assembly when it collapsed during the third week of June
of this year. So I used the pair of brackets that I bought which are
similar to repair the top sweater shelf. I had to drill new holes, and
the new brackets anchors pound in, instead of screwing in. It is now back
into position. I put the Frost King air conditioner filter on the left
side of the shelf in the right living room closet. I have a new one in
the air conditioner right now that is about two months old. I should wash
it soon. I put the extension cords and cablevision cords that were in the
bottom of the hallway sweater closet in the underneath the right side of the
day bed. Earlier today, when I was doing house cleaning, I took the blue
coral and the white coral that I bought at the ELDC thrift shop about 12 years
ago, and I moved it from behind the backup computer to on top of the left
hallway bookcase. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/19/03 Saturday 9:40 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store. They have
shelf supports there, but I was looking for a different type. I then went
downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then
went by Exxon, and I bought $5 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.759 a gallon
for about 26 miles per gallon. I then drove over to Home Depot in Port
Chester, New York, and I bought a pair of ClosetMaid #6620 wall shelf brackets
with anchors similar to the ones at the Greenwich Hardware store for $1.97 for
the pair, a valu-pak of OOK professional picture hangers containing three 20
pound hooks, four 5 to 10 pound hooks, three 30 pound hooks, one 50 pound hook,
and one 100 pound hook plus about 20 carbide steel nails for $8.98 for the
package, a Leviton power center 6 outlet power strip with three foot cord
$2.97, a Duracell 303/357 1.5 volt silver oxide battery which is the same as
SR44, 303, SR47, A, J, for $1.97, and Frost King air conditioner filter for .97
plus $1.18 tax for $18.04 total. I got the battery to have in reserve for
my car interior LCD clock, which does not work in hot weather when the inside
of the car gets too hot, it quits, and then resets itself to noon. The
current battery in it is good, as far as I know. I then drove back to
downtown Greenwich, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out
briefly. I then went by the Stop and Shop, but orange juice was $3 a half
gallon there, so I went to the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of
Tropicana orange with pineapple juice with calcium for $2.50 each for $5
total. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/19/03 Saturday 3:50 P.M.: I finished off the
bag of Lays onion and sour cream potato chips before going to bed yesterday,
and I also had ten croutons. I was up at 8 A.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back to sleep until 1 P.M.. I did my house cleaning
and watering the plants. I just had the same salad as yesterday, except
with a 6 ounce can of crab instead of small shrimp along with a glass of ice
tea. I have noticed in this area amongst a certain select few whom are
not on the internet, they seem to suffer from a condition called "New York
Times Syndrome", "Wall Street Journal Syndrome", or
"Greenwich Times Syndrome", since their viewpoint is limited to those
publications. Thus I guess from the internet, I have "Yahoo Reuters,
Associated Press Syndrome" along with an over indulged "Technology
Syndrome". However, having a "Technology Syndrome" can be
a benefit, since when one is on the computer all the time, knowing how to
repair and maintain one's computer can save considerable expense, since the professional
computer technology people charge from $50 to $120 an hour, and I have heard
rumors that IBM even charges over $200 an hour. Of course with top notch
lawyers today getting $500 an hour, I guess their office expenses are a
considerable part of what they charge. I guess much the same could be
said for the medical profession. Thus dealing with the professionals in
this area could be quite expensive, since they can afford to live here, they
must have some sort of level of professional experience. I wander how
much a qualified Economist earns today. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/03 Friday 10:10 P.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will watch a bit of television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/03 Friday 10:00 P.M.: List of acquisitions
by Microsoft http://www.gamectr.com/articles.asp?articleid=731
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/03 Friday 9:55 P.M.: The White House in
Washington D.C. as opposed to the place in Russia has a new message contact web
page that is a more specific 6 web page process for mailing messages to
the White House. The link is http://www.whitehouse.gov/webmail , and it seems
to work. Since they get 15,000 email messages a day, I guess a lot of their
email gets lost in the shuffle. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/03 Friday 9:05 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note: <888>
07/18/03 Friday 7:45 P.M.: I cleared of the old mail and
paper work from the right side of the sideboard in the bedroom, and I put it
beneath on top of a rail. I took out the black IBM 50th Anniversary
Selectric typewriter from beneath the day bed. It works, but the back
space function does not work, and I can not fix it. I will put it out on
the ground by the dumpster shortly in case anyone wants to claim it for the IBM
Armonk museum. I took out the Panasonic KX-E708 typewriter from beneath
the day bed, and I put it on the left side of the sideboard in the
bedroom. It seems to work fine, but the ribbon might be a bit dried out,
and it needs a correcting tape. I have a cover for the Blue IBM selectric
III typewriter that is on the left side of the bedroom side board. I took
the Coleman emergency light from the bedroom, and I put it in the kitchen right
side socket, and I remove the old First Alert rechargeable flash light that
does not work. I might put the Coleman emergency light back in the
bedroom, once I have another power strip. I will now take out the black
IBM 50th Anniversary Selectric typewriter to dispose by the dumpster.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/03 Friday 5:45 P.M.: If one looks at this
page Reconditioned IBM Selectric Typewriters , I got
a good deal on the IBM Selectric III self correcting typewriter. However,
I see them all the time in thrift shops for $5. I guess with light weight
laptop computers, nobody feels like hoisting a 50 pound typewriter.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/03 Friday 4:55 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I put away the laundry. I took five chilled large leaves
of red lettuce, and I removed the stalks. I broke them into two to three
inch pieces, and I put them in the lettuce spinner, and I rinsed them
underneath cold water. I spread the pieces over a large dinner
plate. I rinsed off two chilled plum tomatoes, and I cut them across
about 3/16 inch thick, and I spread them over the plate. I put 20 chilled
baby carrots on the plate. I then put five chilled large double
tablespoons of the homemade hummus on the plate evenly spaced. I
put 15 chilled large black pitted olives on the plate including one in each dab
of hummus. I peeled and diced a half of a Bermuda onion, and I spread it
over the salad. I then put 20 Pepperidge Farm low fat generous cut Caesar
croutons on the salad. I next opened a package of chilled Cracker Barrel
New York aged reserve cheddar cheese, and I cut five 3/8 inch thick slices, and
I cut each of those slices into five strips, and I spread them over the
salad. I next opened a 6 ounce can of small shrimp, and I left the lid
on, and I rinsed it a half dozen times in cold water squeezing the water
out. I flaked it in a bowl. I spread it over the salad. I
then spread on a generous amount about a 1/4 of a cup of chilled grated
parmesan cheese. I then spread on the salad about an eighth of a cup of
Monari Italian balsamic vinegar with about an eighth of a cup of Italian extra
virgin olive oil, and I seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and
salt. I will now have the salad with a glass of ice tea. I will
also take three CVS enzyme tablets, so I do not get stomach gas. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/18/03 Friday 3:40 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. At Marx's
Brothers outdoors display, I bought a blue IBM Selectric III typewriter
slightly used, but in very good condition for $10. I walked down the
Avenue after buying it, and I got my car, and I picked up the IBM Selectric III
typewriter. I then spent some more time downtown. I spent $1 on
parking. I then returned home. I used a luggage cart to bring up
the IBM Selectric typewriter to my apartment. I moved the backup 17 inch
monitor off the sideboard in the bedroom to the window sill. I put the
backup computer underneath the sideboard. I put the blue IBM Selectric
III typewriter on the left side of the sideboard with my paper work on the
right side. The blue IBM Selectric typewriter works just fine. I
also have a black 50th Anniversary IBM Selectric II typewriter underneath the
day bed in the living room with a large Panasonic one too. Thus I have
quite a bit of office equipment in my apartment. I am on the dry cycle on
two loads of laundry. I have 55 minutes to go. I put clean linens
on the bed. I had a glass of ice tea. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 07/18/03:
Note:
<888> 07/18/03 Friday 9:35 A.M.: I went to bed about 10
P.M. last night after watching television. I was up at 8 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I watched the CNBC morning
news. Apparently AOL is not doing as well as expected.
Microsoft is doing just fine. There was a report that beer sales in the
northeast are down with the rainy weather this summer. Apparently
Budweiser is going to make a premium style import beer along with their
Michelob low carb beer. Locally we have two beer discount outlets in Port
Chester, New York. The Port Chester beer distributor is near the Port
Chester police station. Also just west of Cumberland Farms on U.S. 1 is
another wholesale beer outlet. I do not drink alcohol much myself.
I keep it around for hospitality purposes, because some of my friends use to
drink alcohol. I have a basic hard liquor bar setup, which I never
touch. I also have a 12 pack of Kennebunkport ales the Shipyard, the
Captain's Collection which I have kept at room temperature since last August
when I bought it. In the refrigerator, I have a 12 pack of St. Pauli Girl
dark beer, and a six pack of Lindener Special beer. They have been in the
refrigerator for about a year. Thus my beer might be getting a bit old,
since I do not know how well it ages. I keep a few bottles of wine around
too along with the hard liquor and the basic mixers which are about five years
old. Thus I could throw a cocktail party, but my apartment is a bit
cramped, and since it has been so long since I threw a cocktail party, I am not
sure I would know how to do it. Still, it is handy to keep emergency
entertainment supplies around should anyone stop by and need a
refreshment. However, here in Greenwich, Connecticut and in the
neighboring areas, we have very strict drinking and driving laws, so more than
likely no one wants to risk taking the chance having a drink, unless they can
afford a taxi or other liveried vehicle. I guess that is why a lot of New
York City people and other urban people stay in the downtown areas, so they can
have their alcoholic beverages and walk home. Anyway, I am prepared for
entertainment, but the apartment is very cramped full of furniture.
I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then go out for some daytime
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 7:45 P.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will watch a bit of television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 7:10 P.M.: I had three Danish
cookies. I watched the ABC evening news. I went through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 6:25 P.M.: Windows Messenger
6.0 is available http://messenger.msn.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 6:15 P.M.: I had five
Pepperidge Farm low fat large cut Caesar style croutons. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 6:10 P.M.: I had two ice cream
scoops of Edy's Mandarin orange sorbet. I noticed in this story that the
British Prime Minister Tony Blair addressed Congress today Yahoo! News - Blair, Bush Defend War in Iraq
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 5:55 P.M.: I had 10 Breton
wheat crackers with homemade hummus. I forgot to put in the six gloves of
garlic this time when I made up the hummus. I also had a bowl of
raspberry Jell-o with California strawberries. I also had ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 5:35 P.M.: I went back out
after the last message. I drove downtown through the masses of Greenwich
Sidewalk Sale Shopper. More stores had merchandise out. I guess the
merchants are not as up early as I was. I drove down by the
waterfront. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I went back
downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue through the multitudes
of shoppers. I sat out at various locations. Today, was an
expensive day parking. I spent $1.25 parking. I noticed Bakers
Furniture had a $500 beige queen size comforter for $75. Marx Brothers
had a $250 steel desk for $55. Saks had lots of other items in front of
their store. Eurochase had fly rods for $25. Of course it all
depends on what one can afford. I just now returned home. I had a
glass of ice tea. It is 87 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but it is a dry
heat, so it feels comfortable. I have my General Electric Profile 15,500
BTU air conditioner set at 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is 72 degrees
Fahrenheit in the apartment. I suppose I had a busy day. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 1:35 P.M.: Scotch Whiskey: A Rugged Drink for a Rugged Land
. I will now go back out in the warmer weather. I have a 3 P.M.
appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 1:05 P.M.: I took three
CVS enzyme tablets before eating the salad, so I would not get stomach
gas. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 12:45 P.M.: I made up a batch
of the home hummus with olives and chick peas http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
. I took five chilled large leaves of red lettuce, and I removed the
stalks. I broke them into two to three inch pieces, and I put them in the
lettuce spinner, and I rinsed them underneath cold water. I spread the
pieces over a large dinner plate. I rinsed off two chilled plum tomatoes,
and I cut them across about 3/16 inch thick, and I spread them over the
plate. I put 20 chilled baby carrots on the plate. I then put five
chilled large double tablespoons of the homemade hummus on the plate evenly
spaced. I put 15 chilled large black pitted olives on the plate
including one in each dab of hummus. I peeled and diced a half of a
Bermuda onion, and I spread it over the salad. I then put 20 Pepperidge
Farm low fat generous cut Caesar croutons on the salad. I next opened a
package of chilled Cracker Barrel New York aged reserve cheddar cheese, and I
cut five 3/8 inch thick slices, and I cut each of those slices into five
strips, and I spread them over the salad. I next opened a 6 ounce can of
crab meat, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it a half dozen times in cold
water squeezing the water out. I flaked it in a bowl. I spread it
over the salad. I then spread on a generous amount about a 1/4 of a cup
of chilled grated parmesan cheese. I then spread on the salad about an
eighth of a cup of Monari Italian balsamic vinegar with about an eighth of a
cup of Italian extra virgin olive oil, and I seasoned the salad with ground
black pepper and salt. I will now have the salad with a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/17/03 Thursday 11:45 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M.
this morning. For breakfast I had oatmeal, toast with strawberry
jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I
went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.
I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I drove downtown, and
they were setting up for the annual Greenwich sidewalk sales. There are
not as many merchants participating this year as in years past. I drove
down by the waterfront. I then parked downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. Euro
Chase on the west side of Greenwich Avenue at the bottom has Swiss Army watches
and knifes for 50% off, and they have waxed Wellington type jackets for
$85. Saks Fifth Avenue has Lily Pulitzer dresses on sale in front.
The Candy Nichol's Children's shop next to the Complete Kitchen has lots of
children's item as well as the other children's shops. There is a small
mixture of items up and down the Avenue. Mitchell's has buy three get the
fourth free on various items. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the Greenwich Times. The Greenwich Library security team is out in
force to prevent non library patrons from parking in their parking lot. I
noticed Traine air conditioning was there to fix the library air conditioning
system. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a box of
Pepperidge Farm large cut low fat Caesar croutons for $1.49, a quart of plum
tomatoes for $2.99, a head of Red leaf lettuce for $1.49, a pound of baby
carrots for $1.50, and a Bermuda onion at $1.49 a pound for $1.25 for $8.72
total. I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of
Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I next returned home, and I had a
glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 10:30 P.M.: I went through my
email. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch some
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.: The fact that it
rained heavily, the tropical allergies should be down a bit in this area.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 9:45 P.M.: The Microsoft
Security update mentioned below was available in Windows Update.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.: Microsoft TechNet Security Bulletin . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.: Microsoft Insider - Trials & downloads
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 8:55 P.M.: I had five Breton
wheat crackers. I chatted with a friend. I had a Stouffer's 16 ounce
chicken pot pie dinner with ice tea for dinner. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 7:15 P.M.: I just got up from
my nap. I had a phone call from a friend. I woke up during the nap,
and I had 10 Breton wheat crackers. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 1:50 P.M.: I cleaned up.
I went out, and I chatted briefly with a neighbor. I think I will now
take a nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 1:10 P.M.: The hurricane
weather brings up the ragweed and golden rod pollen from the south, which my
allergies can detect. I also took another Niacinamide 500 mg. pill in
case there is a bit of ergot poisoning the area. I normally take two a
day to help lower my cholesterol, so I am now taking three. I am having
two tuna fish sandwiches with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 12:45 P.M.: I am now playing
the RCA telehouse 2 CD set, I copied of the "Greatest Hits of the War
Years". CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 12:35 P.M.: I took another
Benadryl www.benadryl.com
since in this current tropical weather my allergies are being activated.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 12:20 P.M.: I was about
a minute late starting the record, since the Technics record turntable had not
been used in a while, and I had to clean off the needle, and had to adjust the
turntable mat, so the record played properly. It pretty much sounds the
way it is suppose to sound. However, I do not expect people to wear their
woolen kilts on a hot day. Well by Scottish weather standards, it would
be a warm day here today. The temperature in Edinburgh, Scotland right
now is Weather Underground: Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Edinburgh,
Scotland Forecast is 68 degrees Fahrenheit, just about the
temperature in my apartment. I recall the Duke of Windsor used to like to
drink his Bell's whisky with Perrier bubbling water, and if he did not have
Perrier, he used fresh storm water. Scotland the Brave just played, and
the second side of the record starts with the Russian Imperial anthem, because
when the Czar of Russia was in the United Kingdom during Queen Victoria's time
his grandmother, he was the head of the Royal Scots Guards. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.: Since I think a
little bit like the Pasteur research laboratory, I still have hurricane water
which I saved from several years ago, when a tropical storm came up
north. I think I have it in the seltzer bottles and in a Coleman gallon
container and in another water container. Hurricane water tends to be
very pure for research purposes, it is sort of like distilled
water. I remembered that Wallace Simpson left the Duke of Windsor's
entire fortune of $2.5 million dollars to the Pasteur institute in
France. I believe the Duke of Windsor was born on June 23, 1894. On
June 23 this year, I was getting ready to go up to Kennebunkport, Maine where a
girl friend of the Duke Windsor's lives whom he knew before he met Wallace
Simpson. Thus there is a bit of Anglophile heritage up in Kennebunkport,
Maine since it is closer to England than Greenwich, Connecticut. I was
once awakened there by a bag piper across the street which is somewhat
traditional. With my rather elaborate stereo system, I could play a
bagpipe record I have, but I do not have it on CD, but I guess I could check
out a bagpipe record from the Greenwich Library, and I could make a copy of
it. The bagpipe record that I am now and am about to play is "Amazing
Grace, the Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
by RCA Victor. It says the Royal Scots Greys disappeared from the Order of
Battle in the British Army on July 2nd, 1971, and the Royal Scots Greys (2nd
Dragoons) is amalgamating with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon
Guards) to form Scotland's new armoured Regiment, THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON
GUARDS (Carabiniers and Grey). I will start playing it exactly at
noon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 11:30 A.M.: The NOAA weather
radio alarm system broadcast test went off at 11:24 A.M. EDT. It is the
weekly broadcast from Brookhaven National laboratory south across Long Island
sound from Greenwich, Connecticut in Upton, New York near Cold Spring Harbor,
Long Island, New York which is an artist colony which people sometimes
visit. It is 74 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 11:20 A.M.: Frequently when I
am awake on Wednesday morning, I make sure I am in the apartment between 11
A.M. and noon, so I can hear the weekly NOAA weather radio test which they
broadcast weekly at that time. Of course, it is the nature of the system,
it some times does not work, and it sometimes does not go off when it is
suppose to. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 10:35 A.M.: If one wants more
information on air conditioners, this GE web sight www.geappliances.com
is working just fine now, I guess my unit is similar to the GE model number of
AGM14AB or AGM14AA, but now it is only 13,800 BTUs in 115 volts instead of
15,500, and they are $569 and $549 respectively. I guess Partridge and
Rockwell would carry them still, and they will install them for about $85, if
one has a window big enough for them to fit into. One has to make sure one has
a large enough window or opening to fit in an air conditioner I think I
have a better quality GE air conditioner than the newer models at Wal-Mart,
since GE makes a wide variety of different models. Of course if one were
in the big bucks league, one could try a Frederick air conditioner, which I
believe is sold at the Cos Cob TV appliance shop in Cos Cob next to the
Greenwich Food Mart or at County Appliances in Stamford, Connecticut.
Friedrich air conditioners http://www.friedrich.com/ are suppose to
be the Rolls Royce of air conditioners. The Friedrich Air Conditioner the
Quietmaster Electronic has remote controls with some models, and they have it
in a 14,000 BTU model for 115 voltage which would cool about 500 square
feet. I would imagine it would be $700 to $800. I use to have a
friend that used his Freidrich air conditioner all winter in Manhattan during
very cold winters to keep fresh air in the apartment and to eliminate the
tobacco smoke. Curiously enough his name was similar to the name of the
air conditioner, so maybe he sold air conditioners on the side. I have
seen a Panasonic model www.panasonic.com that supposedly is also
available at Costco and Cos Cob TV. This model will work with 115 voltage
which is more commonly available and will cool about 500 square feet Learn about the features of Panasonic's CW-XC143HU - 13800
Btu/h Air Conditioner with Compact Remote Control and 4-Way Air Deflection
System . Also at Home Depot, they carry the less expensive
Hampton air conditioners for about $350 for a 15,000 BTU model, and I have
mentioned many times before Wal-Mart in Norwalk, Connecticut has a GE 10,000
BTU model for about $239, and I believe the 5,000 BTU model would be about $100
less. I think Wal-Mart also carries similar priced and size models in
Fedders, and their web site show a Fedders 17,300 BTU for 115 volt with remote
control for $425 Walmart.com - Fedders 17,300 BTU Energy Star Air
Conditioner With Remote and these other units Walmart.com - Air Conditioners & Fans . I do
not know if they are available in the Norwalk store. Thus in America, one
has a wide variety of choices in air conditioners. I know one old guard
type in Greenwich use to sit in the Greenwich Library on hot days in his silk
underwear to cool off. I suppose it really gets down to what one is use
to. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 9:45 A.M.: On my Radio Shack
NOAA weather radio which I keep on top of my Dell backup computer in the living
room, I put some aluminum foil on the antenna, so it has better
reception. I do not have the newer Radio Shack NOAA weather radio turned
on in the bedroom, since although it works fine, and it has a volume control,
the Warning alarm is just too loud for comfortable use at the moment, since it
sounds extremely loud, and it can not have its alarm level adjusted. I
suppose if one used it in a larger facility, one would want the louder alarm
sound, so that one could here it at a distance. It is cool and
comfortable in the apartment. It seems to be a slow day, since when we
have overcast days with impending rain, more people tend to do work and other
activity inside. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 9:25 A.M.: I am not sure the
Uniden cordless phone EXS9110 battery is non functional or not. It seems
to work fine initially. It might have been receiving interference from
the computer. However, they are suppose to be replaced every 2 years or
so, and I believe I have had it for 2.5 years. It is $15.99 at
RadioShack www.radioshack.com
. However, I will lose all my memory presets if I disconnect the battery,
and I will have to reprogram the phone. At the moment, I would rather
leave it as is, since I have plenty of other phones in the apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 9:05 A.M.: I charged up the
Slaymaker 1,000,000 watt rechargeable lantern. I have received all my
computer rebates, except I still think I have a $20 rebate due from
Symantec. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 8:55 A.M.: Since the Uniden
900 MHz cordless phone, I had on the left side of the primary computer seems to
need to have its rechargeable battery replaced soon, I put it on the Danish bar
next to the AT&T corded phone, and I moved the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz
cordless telephone to the left of the primary computer, with easy access for
answering the phone while on the computer. I have it sitting on a book
"Call Alice in Wonderland" which was supposedly about Queen Victoria,
whom as a matter of fact was only 4 foot 11 inches tall, but she did have some
taller grandchildren. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 8:30 A.M.: I was up at 6:30
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I set the air conditioner at 68
degrees Fahrenheit. It is interesting to note with these people traveling
north to avoid tropical weather, they also bring into this area, their regional
viewpoints. I suppose some of the old southern families coming north are
still fighting the Civil War. Since so many northern people live down
south in retirement, they also create a huge economic base down south of
considerable influence. With a local political family having relatives in
Texas whom are also in politics, I have also learned that there are other
political families in this area with equal amounts if not more experience
depending on the longevity of their families in this area and in this
country. Much could be said for many of the various military families
whom travel through this area. Having dealt with them all in the past, it
is always fun to see them again. I try to be hospitable since I have
occasionally traveled, and when I do travel I like to have an enjoyable time
too. I do know because of the Texas political connections in this area,
this area like every state in the nation has a Texas Ranger and his
deputies. I saw the head Texas ranger for Connecticut downtown the other
day, so I would imagine he would be aware of any Texas matters going on in this
area. However, be forewarned we are also have a great many influential northern
families too. I do not want to bother those other northern families, but
even further north because we are a northern state, we are also use to being friendly
with Royal Canadian Mounted police, whom even though they are not out with
their sled dogs this time of year, and they more than likely are still in the
air conditioning. Most the Royal Canadian Mounted police I have dealt
with over the years are very cold weather people, so unlike their southern
cousins whom do not drink alcohol, they tend to drink alcohol to cool off in
the summer and to stay warm in the winter. Thus this area tends to change
with the four seasons. If one wants to learn more amount the Royal
Canadian Mounted police they have a barracks on Mount Royal in Montreal.
However, any United States citizens trying to exercise authority in Canada
would not legally have any authority. The Canadians are very hospitable
on their own turf, however physically they are a very tall group of people in
some aspects compared to their southern cousins. For close to 400 years,
the Canadians have been eating a diet richer in grain as opposed to corn, so
over the generations as they have grown taller, as their southern cousins
remained shorter. Much could be said for the Europeans whom seem to have
remained shorter until recently. People like Prince William of England is
suppose to be 6 foot 3 inches tall, and his brother Harry 6 foot 2 inches
tall. Bill Gates is suppose to be 5 foot 8 inches tall. President
Bush is around 6 foot tall, but having viewed some of the people around the
republican party network, there are also quite a few taller people too.
Thus depending on the height of the viewer and the eyesight when one goes down
to Washington D.C., one might recognize certain political people, whom one has
seen on television. However, a great many people one seems think are
taller are not, for example Queen Elizabeth II is five foot three inches tall.
Whatever, the case despite the travelers in this area, I tend to go about my
ordinary business, since I have an apartment and lifestyle to maintain.
Since I have very good communications, I tend not to rely on randomly running
into people. If someone wants to contact me, I have a telephone with an
answering machine, and I also have email and postal mail. Thus if someone
comes into this area and does not contact me, they are not interested in
contacting me. Since, I am not wealthy, more than likely, they do not
contact me, since they are afraid, I am going to shake them down for
money. However, since there are supposedly a lot of people here whom
supposedly have money, more than likely they have been contacted by their
poorer cousins, when they come into this area. Generally when
people take off traveling they have funds, so in this area, we try to keep an
eye on the traveling public to make sure they are secure in their
travels. Whatever, the case I am just going about my normal business.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 12:50 A.M.: I think I will now
rest a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/16/03 Wednesday 12:35 A.M.: I took a Benadryl http://www.benadryl.com/
. I have felt like I have had an allergy recently, so I guess it is
allergies from the tropical winds. Also, if one has forgotten, the
beginning of the hurricane season brings up all the winds from the south and
the tropics and the accompanying allergies. So if one is not feeling
well, it might be more than likely from tropical allergies. Thus one
might try taking Benadryl or some other similar allergy medicine. With
all the rain we have had, I think we could be getting Ergot PP-551 Ergot poisoning or swamp fever,
that usually happens in wet periods. Of course if one had Ergot
poisoning, I think taking Niacinamide or Niacin which makes one flush red is
the usual cure, and I think nicotine which has nicotinic acid as in what one
gets from tobacco smoking has a similar effect. Ergot poisoning is what
apparently caused the dementia that caused the Salem Witch trials when
Europeans first arrived in America. I have a friend who has a PHD from
Yale University in such matters whom might know more. I could post a
picture of him on the internet, but I am trying to respect his privacy, since
the only picture I have of him is with a better known person. I have been
taking Niacinamide for 28 years plus I smoke tobacco, so I do not think I am
feeling the effects of Ergot poisoning. Most bakeries include Niacin in
their flour mixtures to prevent Ergot poisoning. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 11:05 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I have noticed dragon flies in this area, so that it is a good
indicator that the hurricane season has started. I suppose a lot of
people in these northern areas have not experienced the hot sultry weather that
accompanies hurricane activity. I raised my air conditioner temperature
to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 10:55 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I had a Boston Market chicken with noodles dinner along with
ice tea. I noticed tonight in the Greenwich Library, the acoustics are
such that it tends to be a bit noisy. I generally try to tune out the
sound. It is so quiet where I live, I can generally hear a pin
drop. I also have stereo sound in my apartment, which I can listen to if
I chose to relax. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 10:05 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read part of P.C.
Magazine. The air conditioning is not working on the lower level on the
Greenwich Library, but upstairs on the second floor, it is plenty cool enough.
One has to remember for those of you whom are infirm that climbing the steps to
the second floor of the Greenwich Library can be dangerous, so it is safer to
take the elevator. The Asian Institute in Manhattan, the Greenwich
Library, and the Mitchell's Department store on Greenwich Avenue all have long
sweeping stairways which can be dangerous, if one trips on them and fell down
the long length of stairs. I returned home, and I had a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 5:45 P.M.: For local Greenwich,
Connecticut, Steamboat Road, Indian Harbor Yacht Club real time weather try Greenwich,
Connecticut, Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Steamboat Road, Real-Time Weather
. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up. I guess I
will then go out for some evening activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 5:30 P.M.: I printed out two
sets of tide charts from July 2003 through December 2003 for Greenwich,
Connecticut. The tide chart information for the Northeastern United
States is available from www.maineharbors.com . I will put one set
in the back seat of my Hyundai, and I will leave another set on the HP LaserJet
IID printer on the dining room table in my apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 4:55 P.M.: For anyone interested
in Tropical Weather down south, such as what is happening on the east coast of
Texas right now, they can try www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 4:45 P.M.: I set my General
Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control at 68 degrees
Fahrenheit earlier this morning, so it is now 73 degrees Fahrenheit in the
apartment. It is 86 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. I noticed
this GE www.ge.com
web site http://products.geappliances.com/
is very slow working, so with the increased heat down south, GE's web site
seems to be working slowly. I am not sure whether the air conditioning is
working at the Greenwich Library or not. They had problems last
week. When I worked at Fluor Daniel construction company, I used to spend
quite a bit of time trying to expedite building air conditioning units from
Carrier air conditioning http://www.global.carrier.com/ , which I believe
is owned by United Technologies www.utc.com . Those were the large roof
top units that have to be hoisted on top of the roof by large crane. Last
summer, or maybe it was this past winter, they hoisted a large roof top unit on
top of the Uniever building http://www.unilever.com/ across from the
Greenwich Library. It took quite a sizeable crane to hoist the
unit. I would imagine the air conditioning is working in the Peterson
Wing of the Greenwich Library, but it might not be working in the old
section. I had two tuna fish sandwiches with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 3:05 P.M.: I fell back to sleep
until now. I put away the ice tea in the refrigerator. Earlier I
had five Danish cookies after breakfast. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 8:15 A.M.: I am making up a
batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .
I was told that yesterday, it was 105 degrees Fahrenheit in Texas, so maybe
warmer weather is headed our way soon. For the next eight days, it is
suppose to alternate with thunderstorms starting on this Wednesday and on
alternate days with overcast days. Thus one should keep their umbrella
handy. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 8:10 A.M.: I noticed yesterday
at the Greenwich Library http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/ that the Cole
Auditorium and the old wing that is now being faced with Indiana Lime stone has
the Cole family name engraved on it now. The Cole family is involved with
Reader's Digest http://www.rd.com/
. The Greenwich Times reported about 20 years ago, they had moved out of
Greenwich to Virginia, but the last I heard Reader's Digest was up in
Pleasantville, New York. I believe Richard Nixon was strongly backed by
the Wallace family that founded Reader's Digest. Thus being one of the
world's major publications, they more than likely have some sort of network. Of
course by the time somebody writes a story, and it is distributed in their
publication, it takes a few months time lag. Of course their web site
probably might carry some current information, if one took the time to look at
it. Of course Reader's Digest worldwide has over 60 million readers, so
more than likely before they print something, they do a rigorous
investigation. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 7:25 A.M.: According to this
story, the American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ is down from its normal
reserve of $56 million to $1.5 million http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/07/15/claudette/index.html
, so with minimal funds, they are limited to what they can do in the upcoming
hurricane season. I suppose with the tighter economy, and with all the
recent disaster activity, there has not been as many donations. I also
read in the local Greenwich Times that the blood supply is at an all time low,
and they have had to cancel elective surgeries. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 6:35 A.M.: When I first got on
the internet about eight years ago or so, this web site was one of the more
comprehensive web sites on Disaster and other information about the larger
world as it was collected by a group of volunteers www.vita.org . However, it tends to get
depressing after a while, so I quit looking at it regularly. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/15/03 Tuesday 5:20 A.M.: I was up at 4
A.M.. I watched a bit of television. I decided to report on an odd
event which seemed a bit odd yesterday. When I was down at the waterfront
dropping off the tide charts, while I was parking on the end of Steamboat Road,
there were what sounded like three shots coming from the direction of the old
Benedict house. I noticed the regular fishermen did not seem nervous, so
they had heard them before. From my experience the shots did not echo, so
they were not a rifle or gun fire. Thus more than likely since no one
seemed nervous, it was someone duck hunting on the waterfront, someone using a
nail gun, a kid on a skate board, an automobile back firing, a sound recording,
someone using fireworks, or more than likely which I have heard before much to
the annoyance of their neighbors, someone is using one of those gas fired
cannons that make a shooting sound to scare away Canadian Geese off their
lawn. Basically they are gas canister driven, and they make a shooting
sound every few minutes to scare away the geese. Someone on the other
side of the harbor had one a couple of years ago. This site shows alternative
products http://birdbgone.com/
. I have seen the web site for another local Canadian Goose removal
service, but I can not find it on the search engines. The local Canadian
goose population tends to foul the environment. This site has a pricey
item for getting rid of geese http://www.pestproducts.com/goose_buster.htm
. I think an effective way to get rid of them would be to have a dog such
as a black Labrador chase them away. Of course dogs do not work 24
hours. I will now have breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/03 Monday 10:05 P.M.: I had a Stouffer's
Lean Cuisine chicken with mushrooms and a glass of ice tea. I chatted
with two relatives. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/03 Monday 9:10 P.M.: I went back out, and I
went downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront, and I
dropped off a set of tide charts with a former neighbor's wife. I stopped
by the Greenwich Library, and I returned a DVD video disk, and I checked out
another DVD video disk. I then returned home. I had a glass of ice
tea. I then chatted with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/03 Monday 5:10 P.M.: I have a DVD video
disk that is due. I will go out shortly and return it to the Greenwich
Library. It seems there is a tropical storm down around Texas, so one can
look at this link for information http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. I remembered, when former President Bush got Ronald Regean's vice
presidential nomination back around July 1980, I stopped by Maui after leaving
Kennebunkport, and the American Bar Association and the American Judicial
Association were having a meeting there in nice weather in August, and I recall
seeing a news report that Houston, Texas was hit by a hurricane. Of
course, back then we did not have all this advanced media, so it was just a
small story in the news in Hawaii. Since my family and myself are long
term residents in this area, I do not travel much anymore, since with over a
million people traveling through this area weekly, we see a lot of
visitors. Thus I am always on the lookout for distant relatives or
friends, however since so many people look the same in America, and since I
have been looking at a computer monitor for close to 12 years, I tend to be
more myopic like Mr. McGoo, and however as an economist, I tend to be more like
Uncle Scrooge. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/03 Monday 4:30 P.M.: I put in a new CVS
Clorox toilet bowl cleaner in the bathroom toilet. I relaxed a while, but
I did not fall asleep. I finished off the dried apricots by eating five
dried apricots. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/03 Monday 3:05 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. Although it is a nice day and slightly overcast, I am a bit
tired, since I did not get a full night's sleep last night. I will thus
now take a nap. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/03 Monday 2:15 P.M.: I had the same salad
as yesterday, but I had it with a six ounce can of shrimp instead of crab along
with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/03 Monday 1:15 P.M.: I stuffed in two
orange hand towels into the half inch space between my two window top and
bottom halves in my air conditioning window opening, so that the air does not
leak into the apartment. I had a piece of foam installed, but over time,
it deteriorated. I then went downtown. I walked lower Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out for a while. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop, and I bought a 10 inch diameter glass crystal style bowl with a silver
type metal rim for $5. I then went back downtown, and I stopped by the
Greenwich Post Office. I obtained a money order for $73.09 for the cost
of .90 for $73.99 total. I used the postal money order to pay my General
Electric Service Protection contract through September 11, 2004. The
contract is on my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with
remote control which I bought three years ago for about $600 from Partridge and
Rockwell on West Putnam Avenue. I was told that I should not pay a
service contract, but just to buy a new one if it should break, but it is a
good unit, which should last eight to ten years, and since it weighs 85 pounds,
if I had to pay someone to move it for me, it would cost $85 from the dealer,
and under the contract they will take care of installation and repair should I
need it. I have thus paid two yearly contracts of $53 and now one of $73
for $179 total maintenance contract on the unit so far. I then walked
upper Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by Charles Stuttig's lock smith shop,
and I had two keys cut for my apartment entrance door for $5.30 total. I
put one with a lobster key chain set, and another with the building entrance
key. I then completed my walk on Greenwich Avenue. I next went by
the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then returned
home. I had a glass of ice tea. I put the glass bowl underneath the
left miniature potted palm on the window ledge. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/14/03 Monday 6:25 A.M.: I chatted with a
friend from 9 P.M. to 10 P.M. last night. I was up at 5 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now clean up, and I will
go out. I enjoy the early morning activity, since it is not too busy, and
it is cooler. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/03 Sunday 7:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/03 Sunday 6:35 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives. I will now have a bowl of raspberry Jell-o with California
strawberries and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/03 Sunday 5:55 P.M.: I went out with my guest,
and I saw his 1993 SAAB convertible in mint condition with 45,000 miles on it
in a citron color that he paid $8,500 for. My guest is in the real estate
business up in Wilton, Connecticut at www.country-living.com , so he can afford a more
expensive car like the used SAAB convertible to show real estate in Wilton,
Connecticut. We put the top down, and we went for a drive downtown.
We drove down by the waterfront in two locations. I had not been down by
the waterfront in central Greenwich since about a week before I went to
Kennebunkport, Maine or about four weeks ago. Also the usual interlopers
were gone, and there was a diverse crowd there, which after 20 years of
experience down there is the way I like to see it. After spending some
time at the two locations, we went for a drive in back country driving up North
Street and then across Clapboard Ridge Road to Lake Avenue and back down into
town and back over to my place in Byram. We chatted for a while. I
had a message on the answering machine. My guest just left. My
guest's SAAB has a Swiss emblem on it with the Swiss race car driver's name
Gaston Andre on it. Well, my guest just left. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/03 Sunday 1:25 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went downtown, and I sat out briefly. I then drove over
to Tod's Point, and I took the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point. I saw
one of the regular fishermen at the southwest picnic area catch a blue fish.
It was the first fish I have seen caught this season. I have heard that
the fishing is not as good this year for some reason. I sat out for a
while after my walk at the southeast beach area, and I used the restroom and
water fountain. I then stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of
New York in downtown Old Greenwich. I then went by the Express car wash
in Old Greenwich, and I got the $5 car wash. I then towel dried my car,
and I shook out the driver's side floor mat. I then drove back to
downtown Greenwich. I sat out for a while. I then walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue including the train station area, and I sat out at
various locations. I noticed on the south side of Railroad Avenue in
front of the movie theatre, they have put in diagonal parking like on Greenwich
Avenue. During my walk, I also stopped by CVS, and I bought two packages
of cherry Jell-o for .79 each, two 16 ounce cans of Ocean Spray whole berry
cranberry sauce from the discount shelf for .60 each, two cans of DelMonte lite
sliced peaches 15 ounces .77 each, two cans of DelMonte lite fruit cocktail
15.25 ounces .77 each, five cans of StarKist solid white albacore tuna in water
.99 each, two jars of Gold Emblem parsley .77 each, a jar of Gold Emblem
cinnamon .77 for $13.12 total. I then returned home. I am about to
put away my purchases. A friend just stopped by to show me his new used
SAAB convertible. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/03 Sunday 8:15 A.M.: I watched the two hour
program on Cspan of the commissioning of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, which being
an old salty dog myself was enjoyable to watch. I think they still call
them tin cans, because all of the food comes out of a tin can. Anyway,
Nancy Reagan still looks like she does not eat very much. I guess it goes
to say, one can not be too rich or too thin. Myself on the other hand, I
have to try to keep up my body weight, so I can get a little exercise. I
prepared another salad. I took five chilled large leaves of red lettuce,
and I broke off the stalks. I then broke them into two to three inch
pieces which I put in the lettuce spinner, and I rinsed off underneath cold
water. I spread them over a large dinner plate. I then put 20
chilled small two inch long by 3/8 inch diameter carrots which I spread over
the plate. I then put five chilled large tablespoon dabs of the homemade
hummus with olives in it http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
, and I spread the dabs in five even places on the salad. I then took 16
large chilled pitted black olives, and I spread them across the plate including
placing one in each of the five dabs of hummus. I then diced a half of a
red Bermuda onion, and I spread it over the salad. I then spread 20 Pepperidge
Farm fat free Caesar generous cut croutons on the salad evenly spaced. I
then opened a chilled six ounce can of crab, and I left the lid on it, and I
rinsed it underneath cold water a half dozen times squeezing out the
water. I flaked the crab in a bowl, and I spread it over the salad.
I then opened a chilled six ounce jar of Spanish Cento sectioned artichoke
hearts, and I spread them over the salad saving the olive oil in the jar.
I then put on a generous amount of chilled grated parmesan cheese about an
eighth of a cup on the salad. I then put on about an eighth of a cup of
Monari Italian balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy on the salad. I then
spread on the chilled Cento artichoke olive oil remaining in the jar. I
then put on a little less than an eighth of a cup of Italian extra virgin olive
oil on the salad. I seasoned it with ground black pepper and salt.
I had the salad with ice tea. Earlier I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm.
I will now shut down the computer. I will clean up, and I will go out for
some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/03 Sunday 5:05 A.M.: There is a tropical storm
headed towards the mouth of the Rio Grande on the Texas Mexican border www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. That is about where the large King and Kennedy ranches are. I
remember one tropical storm that hit there about five years ago, and there were
lots of dead cows, and with all the flooding, there was an increase of venomous
snakes coming out of the ground. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/03 Sunday 4:15 A.M.: I had six dried
apricots. I watched a bit of television, and as usual, there is nothing
worth watching. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/13/03 Sunday 3:30 A.M.: I was up at 1 A.M.. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I sent out an email. I sifted through my
email. Another Gates story http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/national/13GATE.html?th
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/03 Saturday 3:35 P.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will relax a bit before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/03 Saturday 3:25 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/03 Saturday 2:20 P.M.: I had a bowl of raspberry
orange jell-o with fresh California strawberries and a glass of ice tea.
I took the two AAA rechargeable batteries out of the charging contacts,
and I left them in the charger. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/03 Saturday 1:55 P.M.: I had six dried apricots
with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/03 Saturday 1:40 P.M.: The following is Hoover's
overview of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
The
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
London:
RBOS
36 St.
Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 2YB,
United Kingdom
Phone:
+44-131-556-8555
Fax:
+44-131-557-6565
http://www.royalbankscot.co.uk/
Primary
U.S. Office
1
Citizen Plaza
Providence,
R.I. 02903
Phone:
401-456-7000
Fax:
401-456-7819
Overview:
It only
seems like most banks print their own money: Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
really does.
It
prints it own banknotes and coins, a right dating back some 300 years.
With more than 2,200
locations,
RBS provides services such as savings accounts, credit cards, and mortgages
to
commercial and personal clients in Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland.
The bank also
sells
insurance and investment products over the telephone through its Direct Line
subsidiary.
In the
U.S. it owns Citizens Financial, one of the largest bank holding companies in
New England,
with
some 850 branches in seven East Coast states.
RBS's
acquisition and successful integration of London's NatWest has allowed it to
capitalize
on
NatWest's brand recognition and gives RBS take a more commanding role in
banking in the
British
Isles. The move makes RBS the #2 U.K. bank after HSBC. Citizens
Financial is continuing
it
penetration of the American market with the acquisitions of Massachusetts'
Medford Bancorp
and
Pennsylvania-based Commonwealth Bancorp. It also has arranged to buy
Boston-area
Port
Financial.
RBS has
a longstanding alliance with leading Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano,
which
owns almost 10% of RBS. Together the two banks participate in joint
venture
partnerships
throughout Europe.
If you
have overdraft protection for your checking account, you can thank RBS, which
invented
the service in 1728.
History:
Royal
Bank of Scotland was founded in 1727, but its roots go back to the Darien
Company,
a
merchant expedition that was established to set up a Scottish trading colony in
Panama.
The
Darien expedition ended disastrously in 1699. In 1707 England voted to
compensate
Scottish
creditors for the colony's failure (in part because England had promised
support,
then
reneged, contributing to the collapse), and a small industry sprang up around
paying
creditors
and loaning them money. In 1727 the Equivalent Company, the combined
entity
of these
organizations, was granted a banking charter and became Royal Bank of Scotland
(RBS).
In 1826
the Parliament voted to take away Scottish banks' right to issue banknotes for
less
than
five pounds, which would have required banks to use gold or silver. Few
banks had such
reserves,
and the move sparked an outcry. Novelist Sir Walter Scott's The Letters
of Malachi
Malagrowther,
which defended the Scottish one-pound note, helped shoot down the proposal.
RBS
expanded throughout Scotland over the next 50 years. It opened a London
branch in 1874;
it
didn't establish a branch outside London until it bought Williams Deacon's
Bank, which had
a branch
network in North England. RBS continued to use the Williams Deacon's
name, as
it did
with Gly, Mills & Co., which it purchased in 1939.
In 1968
RBS took on its modern persona as a public company when it merged with National
Commercial
Bank. The company moved overseas during the 1970s, establishing offices
in Hong
Kong and major U.S. cities.
RBS
spent the next 20 years trying to achieve another merger of the same scale as
National
Commercial.
In 1981 the bank was wooed by Standard Chartered Bank and Hongkong and
Shanghai
Bank (now part of HSBC Holdings), but British regulators denied both suitors.
The bank
moved into telephone operations in 1985, when it set up Direct Line for selling
car
insurance. In 1988 RBS bought New England bank Citizens Financial.
In 1989 the company
entered
into an alliance with Banco Santander (now Santander Central Hispano), Spain's
largest
banking group. The alliance created a cross-population of ideas and
strategies
that
boosted both banks' operations. The first fruit of the alliance came in
1991 with the
launch
of Interbank On-line Systems (IBOS), which connected several European banks and
allowed
for instantaneous money transfers.
In the
1990s RBS was linked with a variety of partners. It even made a bid for
the much larger
bank
Barclays, in a move regarded as cheeky, but was rebuffed. In 1997 it
announced a joint
venture
with Richard Branson's Virgin Group called Virgin Direct to offer personal
banking.
The
company also bought Angel Trains Contract, a rolling stock leasing company, and
established
a
transatlantic banking transfer system (similar to IBOS) with U.S. bank
CoreStates (now
owned by
First Union).
In 1999
RBS opened a branch in Frankfurt as a base for European activities. The
next year
Citizens
Financial bought UST Corp., making it the #2 bank in New England next to
FleetBoston.
The next
year RBS acquired NatWest after a prolonged takeover battle with rival Bank of
Scotland
(now
part of HBOS plc). The bank sold Gartmore Investment Management, its fund
management
unit, to
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Royal Bank also sold the assets of
NatWest's
Equity
Partners unit and launched NatWest Private Banking to target wealthy investors.
Note:
<888> 07/12/03 Saturday 12:35 P.M.: I cleaned up, and I went
out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then
went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a pink and white rose flower
design Chinese bowl about 12 inches in diameter and about 5 inches high for
$5. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times. I printed out the Hoovers report from the internet on the Royal
Bank of Scotland. I then by Exxon, and I bought $4 of regular unleaded
gasoline at $1.739 a gallon for about 24 miles per gallon. I then went by
Pickwick shoe repair, and I picked up my left white Ecco walking shoe that I
had the heel wear preventer tap put on. I then went by the Arnold bread
outlet, and I bought two loaves of Arnold Natural 100% whole wheat nine grain
bread for .99 each less 10% senior discount twice of .19 for $1.69 total.
I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra
Lights 100s for $31 total. I then returned home, and I put the Chinese
bowl underneath the right miniature potted palm on the window ledge in my
apartment, and I put a Pyrex bowl underneath the miniature palm to the left of
it. I vacuumed the apartment. I had a glass of ice tea. I received
in the mail my General Electric service contract on my General Electric Profile
15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control, and the current contract
expires on September 11, 2003, and it will cost me $73.09 to renew it for a
year. I will probably pay the bill on the first of August. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/03 Saturday 7:00 A.M.: I was also told by a local
that Greenwich Capital which is now owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland had
over recent years sold over two trillion dollars of United States government
dept mostly to the Japanese. Thus, I am most curious as to whom owns the
Royal Bank of Scotland. On a lesser note, I took five chilled large red
leaf lettuce leaves, and I broke off the stalks. I then broke them into
two to three inch pieces, and I put them in a lettuce spinner, and I rinsed
them underneath cold water. I spread them over a large dinner
plate. I next rinsed in cold water three chilled plum tomatoes, and I cut
them across in quarter inch sections. I spread them over the lettuce.
I then put 20 chilled small carrots about two inches long and a third of an
inch in diameter, and I spread them over the plate. I then put five large
heaping tablespoons of the chilled homemade hummus with olives www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
, and I spread them in five dabs evenly over the plate. I then put
fifteen chilled large pitted black olives on the plate with five in the five
dabs of hummus. I diced a half of a Vidalia onion, and I spread it over
the plate. I next put 25 chilled pieces of Swiss cheese about .25 inch
thick by 1.5 inch long by .50 inch wide on the plate. I next opened a
chilled six ounce can of small shrimp, and I left the lid on it, and I rinsed
it about a half dozen times underneath cold water squeezing out the water with
the lid. I separated the small shrimp in a bowl, and I spread them over
the salad. I then put on a generous amount about four tablespoons of
chilled grated parmesan cheese. I next put on generous amounts about an
eighth of a cup each of Italian balsamic vinegar and Italian extra virgin olive
oil. I then seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and salt. I
took three CVS enzyme tablets before eating the salad which I had with ice
tea. Despite the fact the salad gives me gas, I think it is a most
healthful salad this time of year when produce in fresh, so hopefully the CVS
enzyme tablets will help reduce the gas in my system which the salad seems to
produce. I just got an email from a friend whom says my intestinal gas is
like when horses get colic, and the best thing to do is walk. I will now
shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some daytime
activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/12/03 Saturday 5:45 A.M.: I chatted with a relative
after the last message. The 12 year old sick poodle is back from the
veterinarian, and it is doing better. I went to bed, and I chatted with
the same relative about 9 P.M.. I called back the relative again. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed, and I was up at 2:30
A.M.. I had two popcorn cakes with four dried apricots and some ice
tea. I just finished my house cleaning and watering the plants. I
still have to vacuum which I will do later, when I will not disturb my
neighbors. I listened to the radio while doing house cleaning with my
Emerson wireless headphones. I just put in fully charged rechargeable AAA
batteries, and I am charging up the other set of batteries, which should be
fully charged at 2 P.M.. This service from D&B is available in the
Greenwich Library for free http://mddi.dnb.com/mddi/ . I have to use
it in the library to see whom is involved in owning the Royal Bank of Scotland http://www.royalbankscot.co.uk/
. I drive by their Greenwich office http://www.gcm.com/ all the time on Steamboat
Road. The Forbes International 500 list http://www.forbes.com/2003/07/07/internationaland.html
says it is the 60th largest international company. I am curious since
their original security guards down on Steamboat Road were Sudanese security
guards whom had worked for the Royal Saudi family. I was wondering if the
Saudis had invested in RBS. I was also told by a local that RBS is able
to barrow money from the Japanese financial institutions for about 1 percent
interest, and then they relend it at 7 to 8 percent interest. Thus maybe
the Japanese are involved in RBS. Thus they are a profitable
operation. I would assume some of their assets are North Sea oil income.
Thus, I am curious as to what the actual breakup of the institutional ownership
of RBS is. I do know that their building at 600 Steamboat Road use to
house General Reinsurance which was owned by the Gulf Oil company at one
time. I do know the Gulf Oil tanks in Greenwich use to be at the same
location on the waterfront. Thus by Sherlock Holmes deductive reasoning,
I was wandering if RBS ownership is possibly controlled by the Melon family of
Gulf oil. It seems curious why and Irish American family would invest in
a Scottish bank. There use to be another Scottish bank called Scottish
Widows and Orphans bank too. Whatever the case when the Greenwich Library
http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/
is open, I will continue my research at D&B. I guess I could try to
call them up or email them, but I think it would be more practical to look at
the D&B report on the RBS ownership. Of course for all I know it
might lead into other offshore shell companies in the Cayman Islands or other
such off shore places. It has me curious. What originally peaked my
interest was the security guards thought I owned RBS, so maybe the individual
that owns RBS looks a bit like me, which is not unlikely since I am half
Scottish. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 4:00 P.M.: I am a little bit tired, so
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 3:40 P.M.: I went out, and I went by
Pickwick shoe repair at the Stop and Shop plaza, and I left my left white SAS
shoe to have the heel wear preventer tap put on it. I paid $2.50 to have
it done. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I
then went by the Greenwich Hospital Dental Clinic, and I had my teeth
checked. I will have to go to another dentist to get some dental work
done. The National Geographic at the Dental clinic had a list of over 700
World Heritage sights. I then went back by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
Shop. I next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I used the bathroom at the
senior center which is open in the day time. I then went by the Greenwich
Library. I got reference desk help from the library Dun and Brad Street
data base trying to find out whom owns the Royal Bank of Scotland, but the site
with the information would not come up, so I will have to check out some other
time in the future. Since they have an office here in Greenwich, it would
be interesting to know what parties are involved in the ownership. It
probably reflects the wealth of North Sea oil money. Since the Scottish
are a formidable conservative people financially, I would assume its ownership
might reflect some of the old guard Scottish funds, and not just some old
hermit sitting next to his whiskey distillery. I then returned
home. I chatted with a relative. I had a bowl of the raspberry
orange Jell-O with strawberries. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 8:45 A.M.: I had two low fat
popcorn cakes with two dried apricots and ice tea. I will now shut down
the computer. I will clean up, and I will go out. I have a 10:30
A.M. dental appointment. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 7:50 A.M.: I relaxed a bit and watched
a bit of television. I chatted with a friend. I had five dried
apricots. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 6:15 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 5:45 A.M.: I had two tuna fish sandwiches
and ice tea. I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 07/11/03:
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 4:05 A.M.: I will now send out my
weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 4:00 A.M.: I had ten croutons and two
dried apricots. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 3:35 A.M.: Tomorrow is the 313th
anniversary of the Battle of Boyne http://nyny.essortment.com/battleofthebo_rrzj.htm
and http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-741932,00.html
, and they're still feuding over here and there. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 3:15 A.M.: In the good old days, when I
was surrounded by neighbors whom slept soundly, I use to listen to Broadway
show tunes all night long while, I worked on the computer. However, my
current neighbors are light sleepers. I do have a number of Broadway
tunes on CD and stored on my hard drive, so I could try listening to some of
them with my new Plantronics DSP 500 headset to see how they sound. The
Plantronics Persono program which loads with the computer has a setting
to change the fidelity of the headset from Voice to Classical, Jazz, R&B,
Rock, Games and None. I suppose one would use Jazz or Classical for
Broadway show tunes. I also have another headphones set next to the
computer connected by wire to my stereo system, another Emerson wireless
headset underneath the Orion television connected to the stereo system, and the
Panasonic headset connected to the computer, if one changes to the sound card
settings in "Control Panel" "Sounds and Audio Devices", and
I have another headset that can be plugged into the stereo system on the Queen
Anne chair underneath the stereo system. I also have some low cost
headsets for Walkman or computer speakers. Thus should, I ever decide to
listen to music, I am truly wired. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 2:55 A.M.: I had two dried
apricots. It says here that Joe Allen has a new restaurant in Ogunquit,
Maine http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/09/dining/09JOEA.html
. When I worked at CBS, a lot of my fellow employees used to go to his
restaurant in Manhattan. I myself use to patronize P.J. Clarke's when I
could afford it. A restaurant that looks like P.J. Clarke's is the
Landmark Tavern on 10th Avenue around 54th street on the west side of
Manhattan. Although a lot of the old guard still go to http://www.21club.com/index-flash.html,
and it is near to Black Rock CBS's corporate headquarters, when I was earning
$85 a week take home pay at CBS in 1973, I could not afford 21. I think I
may have been to 21 once with my parents. I found a "21"
mustard jar in the thrift shop in Southport, Connecticut behind the
Congregational Church. I gave it to a relative in Texas. For years
when ever I heard people talking about going to Joe Allen's restaurant, I
thought it was owned by the astronaut of the same name. I had a hard time
figuring out why an astronaut would own a restaurant in New York. About
five years ago, I saw the fourth Longest Running Broadway Show http://www.geocities.com/auzziek/broadway_list.html
"A Chorus Line" at the theatre http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org/
in Ogunquit, Maine. I believe there is also a summer playhouse in
Westport, Connecticut http://www.ohwy.com/ct/w/wescoupl.htm where I
use to have a cocktail on warm summer evenings after the show. Of course
since I am not a good actor, the theatre crowd never really appreciated
me. A friend of a friend of a friend of mine once knew a Broadway Play
Write who also wrote, "You Can Always Tell a Harvard Man", and he had
the same name as a former head of the CIA. Thus when there are so many
people with similar names, one frequently gets confused with different
people. The lights have been blinking ever so slightly a few times.
I hope the electricity does not go off. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 2:00 A.M.: I went through my
email. I had a half of a 2.5 ounce bag of Glenny's sour cream and onion
soy crisps. I replaced the four General Electric 15 watt frosted
candelabra bulbs in the pair of sconces above the dining room table with new
bulbs, since one of them had burned out. I now have three used ones for
backup. I believe the Stop and Shop carries them, and the Greenwich
Hardware store and the Fashion light center. They are hard to find.
They provide a lower more even light than the brighter ones that are more
commonly available. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 1:20 A.M.: I sent out an email. I
had a bowl of the raspberry orange Jell-O with strawberries and a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/11/03 Friday 12:45 A.M.: I had two popcorn cakes
before going to bed. I had a call from a friend at 3 P.M., when I was
suppose to make my 3 P.M. appointment. I had so much stomach gas, it was
just as well, I did not make my 3 P.M. appointment. I guess, I will
have to have smaller salads, so I do not get stomach gas from so much roughage.
I chatted with my friend. I fell back to sleep until 6:30 P.M.. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I fell back to sleep until 11 P.M.. I had
five dried apricots. I looked at a bit of television. I just had a
Swanson's 16 ounce turkey breast dinner along with a glass of ice tea. I
have a 10:30 A.M. dental appointment today, so I should go easy on the garlic
and olive oil products. I guess my stomach is not use to digesting the
amount of roughage I got in the large Greek salads. I will have to have
other entrees with smaller salads. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 8:30 A.M.: I chatted with a friend on
Net2Phone, and the new Plantronics DSP 500 headset is working just fine.
Of course occasionally with the speed of the internet, it can be a factor using
Net2Phone, since the call goes through the Cablevision system to Norwalk and
then it goes through the internet to Newark, New Jersey where it goes into
Net2Phone's telephone gateway. However, at 2 cents a minute, it is a lot
cheaper once one pays for the computer setup and the internet access.
Well, I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 7:25 A.M.: Of course on July 5, 1976,
I recall being a day late and a dollar short that day after the Tall Ships in
New York Harbor for the bicentennial of the USA, I went back into Manhattan
that evening after viewing the tall ships on the fourth of July, and I wore a
dark suit into the city to tour the ships moored up and down the Hudson River
and to see the fireworks. I stayed up all night, and the following day, I
was walking up Third Avenue, and some policemen were standing around barricades
at Bloomingdales, and they waved me on through. I walked into
Bloomingdales and stood where the other people were standing in line, and about
fifteen minutes later in walked Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip to tour
the store. When they left, they got into a gold Rolls Royce and drove up
Third Avenue waving to crowds through the sunroof. They were going on to
their next stop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where I had actually spent
quite a lot of time over they years, so if I had passed them buy on Third
Avenue, I might have caught up to them at the Metropolitan Museum that
day. I was later told at the same time King Olaf of Norway was touring
the F.A.O. Schwartz toy store on Fifth Avenue. The following day in
Greenwich, I walk downtown, about 2 P.M. in the afternoon, and I walked down to
the waterfront, and I walked the entire distance, and there was not a sole
person downtown and no cars either, except the Golden Retriever Honey that use
to always lie on the sidewalk downtown. Anyway, I later learned that the
Royal British party at the time were passing by Greenwich on the Britannia on
their way to an appearance in New Haven, Connecticut, so I guess between being
in Manhattan the day before and heading along the sound to New Haven that day,
all the Anglophile community here in town were dispersed following them, and it
was just me and the golden retriever downtown. I believe the golden
retriever was a neighbor's dog. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 6:55 A.M.: It says here that the
Prince of Wales is going to visit St. Petersburg, Russia http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/
. I am not sure if I have ever seen him or not, unless he was one of the
many people roaming around Manhattan incognito in the old days. I recall
a benefit at Lincoln Center around the summer of 1981, before he was married,
and he was suppose to be showing up. I scanned the arriving VIPs in the
limousines to see him, and a face moving along the sidewalk with all the other
pedestrians caught my eye, and it looked to be him arriving on foot. It
was a very hot day, and the fellow that looked like him was very hot, so maybe
he will be cooler in Russia this summer. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 6:40 A.M.: I ran Windows update, and
I installed three updates. I have not been going by the waterfront
recently, since I have been busier. I have been trying to use the library
more, so I am not spending any time down around the waterfront. There are
enough local waterfront users this time of year that my presence is not really
needed. I will still try to make it over to Tod's Point a couple of times
a week during the summer. I might change this though, since I have spent
so much time around the waterfront in my life, I am naturally drawn to
it. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 6:15 A.M.: I went outside
briefly. I filled out a Forbes Gartner survey earlier. I updated my
Microsoft profile. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 5:25 A.M.: I went through my
email. I had two low fat popcorn cakes, a dried apricot, and ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 4:20 A.M.: I had five dried apricots
and 11 Breton wheat crackers with homemade hummus and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 4:05 A.M.: I went out after the last
message. I went by CVS in Old Greenwich, and I bought for $10.99 a 100
tablet bottle of CVS Food Enzyme tablets which is their store brand of Beano. A
similar jar of Beano is $14.99. I took two of the tablets while at the
store. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. Some person or persons
unknown trashed the two potted evergreens in front of the Saks Fifth Avenue
store. They are lying on their sides part way out of their pots. It
is troubling to see that, when you consider how hard people work to maintain
the town. I even dispose of my cigarettes butts safely in waste
receptacles after extinguishing the butts or storm drains. I had a drink
of water from the park fountain to wash down the tablets. It says to take
three, but I will only take two to be more economical. I next returned
home. When I go out for a short period of time, I put my computer on
Standby. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 1:50 A.M.: Well, I guess I will go over
to CVS in Old Greenwich, which is open all night and buy some http://www.beano.net/
. I did not have this problem, when I ate simpler foods like rice.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 1:30 A.M.: I had the same dinner
salad as last night, but I put in a six ounce can of crab instead of small
shrimp. I had the salad with ice tea. I tested the Microsoft Word
dictation with the new headset, and it seems to work just fine. I have
recently had a bit of stomach gas from my new diet, but it could be from the
chick peas, the olive oil, garlic, balsamic vinegar or some other mixture in my
ingredients. It comes and goes with a particular ferocity, so it is hard
to tell. I do not recall having such problems, when I was on a similar
diet in Greece in the spring of 1972. Whatever, the case, it makes it
hard to be around the general public when gas attacks occur. It sure is a
good natural defense system. Well, maybe I should try Beano, but at the
moment, I can not afford it. I guess chick peas are garbanzo beans, and
we all know beans give people gas. Well, if I say it is pretty bad, it is
pretty bad. Now I know how a skunk feels. Perhaps, once I use up my
current stock of groceries, I should consider a less smelly diet, but at the
moment, I still consider it a healthful diet. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/10/03 Thursday 12:10 A.M.: I went out after the last
message, and I stopped by the ATM machine at the Bank of New York in Port
Chester, New York. I then went by the http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/
at the A&P shopping center in Port Chester, New York. I bought a
bottle of 300 tablets of MSM 1000 mg. for $32.36, a bottle of 90 tablets of
Coral Calcium Plus for $14.48, and a bottle of 100 capsules of Niacimide 500
mg. for $4.76 less a $10 off discount coupon for $41.60 total. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I next
went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. There were a lot of Power
Ball people at Zen stationary lined up. I next went by the Food Emporium,
and I bought buy one get one free of Edy's pints of sorbet ice cream, one
raspberry and one mandarin orange for $3.49 both, a head of red leaf lettuce at
$2.49 a pound for $1.71, and two Bermuda onions at $1.29 a pound for $1.66 for
$6.89. I then returned home. I had a lot of calls from a
relative. Apparently the relative has a sick 12 year old poodle that we
are all suppose to pray for. Also the relative was installing a new 17
inch LCD monitor from Costco, and it did not work properly. The relative
raises canaries, and apparently there was a bird feather in the plug for the
monitor which was preventing it from working properly. Remember to pray
for the sick poodle. I next tried tweaking my Plantronics DSP 500
headset. I decided it works better in the regular USB port on the back of
the computer instead of the USB 2.0 port on the front of the computer. I
downloaded and installed a software upgrade for it too. I adjusted the
settings, and I tested it by calling up myself, and listening to myself on the
speaker phone. It seems to work well enough. I chatted with a
friend, and I also chatted with two relatives. I will have to check out
the Plantronics DSP 500 headset over the internet, once I have time to call
people when they are awake. Still, it seems to be working fine enough,
but I will have to wait until, I get feedback from people I call with
Net2Phone. There are so many settings to adjust, it takes a bit of time,
adjusting the Multimedia settings, the Plantronics Persono application, and
Net2Phone application. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 6:40 P.M.: I rested for a
while. I chatted with a relative. I called two different relatives
through the computer to try out my new Plantronics DSP 500 headset. They
thought it sounded very clear. I will now shut down the computer, and I
will clean up, and then I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 4:25 P.M.: I had two popcorn cakes
and four dried apricots before going to bed. I was up at 3 P.M..
The Plantronics DSP 500 headset from www.jab-tech.com was outside my door delivered
by the U.S. Postal Service. I installed the software first, and then
installed the headset into the front USB 2.0 port. The headset works just
fine. However, it overrides the soundcard in its installation, so it one
wants to use the computer speakers, one has to change it to the sound card in
the sounds and device settings. Still the voice quality and the audio on
the headset seem far superior. Since I do not use the speakers much, I
will leave the sound and device settings on the Plantronics DSP 500
headset. I called myself to test the headset, but I can not find anyone
else available to chat with at the moment to test it. Thus the computer
is set up for chatting and listening with the Plantronics DSP 500
headset. I moved the old Andrea electronic headset to the Dell backup
computer. The Plantronics DSP 500 headset did not come with the other
audio programs it was suppose to, maybe that is why it was less
expensive. Still, I am most pleased with the overall setup. I
tweaked it for Net2Phone. I will now have breakfast of oatmeal, toast,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I sat
outside briefly. I had four dried apricots. I will now shut down
the computer, and I will watch a bit of television before going to bed.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 4:55 A.M.: I had two low fat
buttered popcorn cakes and some ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 4:40 A.M.: I went through my
email. I received notice from www.jab-tech.com that the Plantronics DSP 500
headset has been shipped, and I received a tracking number for the United
States postal service priority mail, which does not tell me anything yet.
It is hard to tell whether it will arrive today or tomorrow. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 4:20 A.M.: Forbes article on lean
Greek diet http://www.forbes.com/2003/07/08/cx_kf_0708htow.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 4:15 A.M.: I took a chilled fresh
quart of California strawberries, and I rinsed them in cold water. I
plucked off the stems. I then quartered them lengthwise. I boiled
two cups of water. In a six cup Pyrex bowl, I put in two packages of Stop
and Shop raspberry sugar free gelatin, and I added the two cups of boiling
water. I stirred it with a wisk for two minutes until dissolved. I
then added two cups of cold orange juice. I stirred it. I then
without splashing added the quart of quartered fresh strawberries. I
mixed it slightly, and the strawberries floated to the top. I then put on
the glass lid, and I placed the mixture in the refrigerator to chill.
Later on today, there should raspberry Jell-O with orange flavor with fresh
strawberries ready. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 3:25 A.M.: I had three dried
apricots and three croutons. I watched a little bit of television, but as
usual, there was not much of substance on. I think I have to pay for
Cablevision to have Optimum Online. Since, I am usually on the computer,
I do not have much time to watch the constant violence on cablevision. It
would seem to me, there would be more educational television on cablevision, which
would put it to a better use. I guess Norwalk, Connecticut where
Cablevision supposedly comes from in the cable network system is more prone
towards violence. Still, having watched bit of American television for
over 50 years, it seems there is always quite a bit of violence on
television. Since I tend to be in central locations when I go out for
walks, it tends to be a more peaceful environment. Whatever the case, the
Cablevision System would not provide such entertainment, unless those whom
watch television are prone towards violence and are willing to pay for the
viewing experience. I did hear one term used on the television that might
be relevant. "Nobody loves a fat man, except his grocer."
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 2:00 A.M.: Dinner was
delicious. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 1:35 A.M.: I put away the
laundry. When I brought up the laundry there was one of those annoying
fax noise messages on my answering machine at 1:03 A.M.. While, I was
waiting for the laundry, I made up another summer salad. I took five
large leaves of chilled red lettuce, and I broke off the stalks and discarded
them. I then broke them in two to three inch pieces, and I rinsed them off
in cold water in the lettuce spinner, and I spread them over a large dinner
plate. I then took two large chilled plum tomatoes, and I rinsed them in
cold water, and I cut them across in quarter inch sections, and I spread them
across the plate. I then put 20 chilled small carrots on the plate.
I next put on 25 chilled large black pitted olives. I then put on five
chilled heaping tablespoons of the homemade hummus evenly spaced. I put
one of the olives in each dab of hummus. I then put on 20 Pepperidge Farm
fat free Caesar generous cut croutons. I next peeled and diced a half of
a chilled Vidalia onion, and I spread it over the salad. I then cut five
2 inch by 1.5 inch by .25 inch sections of Swiss cheese, and I cut each piece
into five parts, for 25 pieces of Swiss cheese, which I spread over the
salad. I then opened a chilled 6 ounce can of small shrimp, and I left
the lid on, and I rinsed it underneath cold water a half dozen times squeezing
out the water. I then separated the shrimp in a bowl, and I spread them
over the salad. I then put on a generous portion of grated parmesan
cheese. I next added generous amounts of Italian balsamic vinegar from
Modena, Italy and Italian extra virgin olive oil over the salad. I
finally seasoned it with ground black pepper and salt. I will now have
the salad for dinner with ice tea. It is a large heaping salad, but it is
like Chinese food in being so many small pieces that one feels hungry after
about two hours. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/09/03 Wednesday 12:25 A.M.: I made up another batch
of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
not using Tabasco sauce or Red Cayenne pepper, but to the basic recipe, I added
a can of large black pitted olives along with the chic peas. I have 25
minutes, until the dry cycle on the laundry is done. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/08/03 Tuesday 11:50 P.M.: I had two popcorn cakes
and four slices of Swiss cheese about .25 inch by 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch before
going to bed about 7 A.M. after watching television. I was up at 6 P.M.,
and I had breakfast of oatmeal, with toast with strawberry jam, orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went by the
Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times, the Wall Street Journal, and
P.C. Magazine. The compressor on the roof of the old section of the
Greenwich Library in undergoing repairs, so the air conditioning is not to cool
in the library. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and
I sat out at various locations. I next went by the ATM machine at Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Stop and Shop,
and I bought a Swanson's hungryman 16 ounce turkey dinner for $2.99, a 16 ounce
container of Homa dried apricots for $3.49, a Twinings box of five blends of
five each of tea for 25 total bags for $3.19, a box of Pepperidge Farm low fat
croutons $1.49, a package of Quaker popcorn cakes $2.19, a 48 ounce container
of Quaker old fashioned oats $3.99, a loaf of Arnold 12 grain bread $1.99, a
five pound bag of S&S sugar $2.39, two boxes of S&S low calorie
raspberry gelatin .67 each, a can of Roland Hearts of Palm $2.39, a pound of
fresh California strawberries $1.99, a 2.5 ounce bag of onion soy chips $1.99
for $29.43 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I started two loads of laundry, and I put $20 on my MacRay
laundry card. I will have $23.95 left on it, once I finish the
laundry. I put clean linens on the bed, and I am just about ready to
start the dry cycle on the laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/08/03 Tuesday 5:50 A.M.: If one needs an inexpensive
computer without the operating system or monitor or keyboard or mouse, just the
CPU for $285 plus $15 shipping, this is a most excellent value Accessmicro Computers Motherboards and Laptops
. I had three Quaker popcorn cakes. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon after watching a brief bit of morning
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/08/03 Tuesday 5:10 A.M.: I went through the past
month's volcano reports. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/08/03 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.: United States Air Force public
weather site https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/
. Also, there is the potential for tropical weather activity around
Barbados http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/08/03 Tuesday 3:50 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . Well, it
seems slow around here, so I guess with the more relaxed economy and with the
warmer weather, people are working a bit more at home, and maybe taking time
off from their hectic offices. Realistically the office environment is
not the only environment in the world. One of the definitions of
"Economics" is how one manages one's home. Basically in
maintaining my rather simple environment, I perform a number of tasks by
routine. Since my apartment is only 450 square feet, I do not have to do
too much walking. Whenever, I visit someone whom lives in a larger home,
it seems like in a regular size to larger home, one does a lot of
walking. My family has had a lot of larger homes, and it is always a lot
of maintenance to live in a larger home not to mention the expense. When,
I visited with many New York City people over the years, I noticed they had a
lot more free time, since they lived in smaller apartments, which did not
require as much time to maintain. I save money by never eating out at
restaurants. Having worked in restaurants, I know how to cook, and I enjoy
cooking. Basically, people once they move out to the suburbs, tend to
refocus their routines, since usually when they move out here from the City,
they have to get use to maintaining a larger environment. Thus, one
learns to appreciate our various maintenance personnel in the area, whom help
keep this area going. One has to realize after 11 years on personal
computers, I have a certain level of experience in maintaining personal
computers, but all the knowledge I use to have in maintaining a suburban home
is a bit out of date, since many new types of home improvements have been made
in the same years, I have been working on the computers. Thus, one can
not be an expert in all fields. Thus as I have said many times, I am a
"Jack of All Trades, Master of None." Well, from what I can
tell, not many people read my internet information too much, since I do not get
much communications back for all my input. Basically, I guess the user
public on the internet is respectful of people's privacy. Still, the internet
is like leading a horse to water, but one can not make it drink. Over all
the years in Greenwich and other similar suburbs, I do not think all the
various visitors really realize how much time it takes to maintain lifestyles
here on a four seasons basis. Thus like computers, the agony is in the
details in maintaining one's lifestyle in the suburbs. I suppose those
whom are wealthy enough to have people maintain their lifestyles for them
really do not have the experience it takes from doing it oneself. The Old
Guard American families from having grown up in the pioneering environment tend
to know how to maintain their own environments. It is rather strange all
the out of town workers do not give me credit for the 20 years, I have recently
spent downtown keeping an eye on the environment, although I do not do any of
the work myself. Still, it takes quite a bit of walking in the downtown
environment to get a larger perspective. Thus the older people whom I am
gradually becoming do not necessarily have the energy to walk as much, but I
dare say in their younger days, they have done quite a bit of walking, since
this town alone has about a dozen golf courses, so one knows people here know
how to walk besides all of the running around in cars we also do. Thus in
a town the size of Greenwich, Connecticut, which is the size of Washington D.C.
area wise, there are always a lot of people on their feet all the time, so one
does not need to go into Manhattan just to do more walking around there.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/08/03 Tuesday 2:45 A.M.: I updated my Michael Scott
Resumee page with three links to pictures of myself about ten years ago http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/resumee.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/08/03 Tuesday 2:05 A.M.: I turned on ClearType for
Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/default.htm
. It makes the screen a bit clearer. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/08/03 Tuesday 1:45 A.M.: I rested until 1
A.M.. I had 12 Carr's crackers with slices of Swiss cheese and a glass of
ice tea. I put the new batch of ice tea in the refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 9:45 P.M.: I am making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 9:10 P.M.: I finished off the bag of
soy chips. I chatted with a relative. I completed two Microsoft
surveys. I sifted through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 8:25 P.M.: I had the same salad as last
night, but instead of putting a six ounce can of small shrimp on it, I put on a
6 ounce can of crab, and I used three halved artichoke hearts instead of
two. I had the salad with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 7:10 P.M.: I had 20 soy taco chips and
5 cholesterol free Danish cookies before going to bed about 6 A.M. this morning
after watching a bit of television. I noticed from watching television
that Don Imus on morning television looks like Thomas Jefferson. I was up
at 2 P.M. this afternoon. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I made
my 4 P.M. appointment. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Wall Street
Journal and the Greenwich Times. I checked out a DVD video disk. I
returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea. I chatted with a friend,
whom I will call back shortly. It is raining heavily northeast of
here. I received a email that my order from www.jab-tech.com
for the Plantronics DSP 500 headset has been processed, so it should be here
tomorrow or the next day. Remember when looking at used car values Kelly
Blue Book http://www.kbb.com/
has all the value listings. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 4:55 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have a 4 P.M. appointment
today. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 4:50 A.M.: Recently in order to lead a
more relaxed lifestyle, I have only been drinking one cup of coffee in the
daytime when I first wake up. I am using Food Emporium or A&P Eight
O'clock Hazelnut coffee beans, which I buy in quantity or about five 13 ounce
bags when they are on sale. I keep them once the bag is open in a
sealed jar and in my Braun coffee grinder. I have it set on the third
finest grind. I fill up the espresso cup on a Krups espresso cappuccino
machine with the ground coffee, I then run a cup of regular water through the
machine for a cup of full flavored coffee that I mix with sugar and milk.
I also have a Gaggia coffee grinder with espresso beans in it, two Braun
espresso cappuccino machines, a Krups espresso, cappuccino, coffee machine, a
Royal drip coffee maker, a quart and a 8 ounce Bodum coffee makers, a Salton
single cup coffee maker, and many types of coffee cups. Thus should I
decide to wire myself out on coffee again and spend more time on the internet,
I am prepared. I also have a pound of Italian espresso coffee beans too,
which are about six months old. I also keep a jar of Folgers' instant and
Folgers' instant decaffeinated coffee too. Since I usually use the same
coffee cup, all my other coffee cups and bar glassware are a bit dusty.
CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 4:25 A.M.: Back in the early 1970s when
we had an oil embargo in this area, I helped a friend whom had a steam heated
apartment in Manhattan near the United Nations run his apartment. The
friend enjoyed a good cup of coffee, and he frequently sent me out to http://www.mcnultys.com/
down in Greenwich Village to get fresh Viennese blend coffee beans which he
made into coffee with a Danish Bodum coffee maker. It was a most
delicious cup of coffee with honey and cream. I was looking at this web
story about coffee http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/07/nyregion/07COFF.html?th
, and they list these three gourmet coffee links http://wholelattelove.com/
, http://coffeegeek.com
, and http://coffeekid.com/
. It just goes to show how advanced we have become looking for a good cup
of coffee or other java beverage. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 4:00 A.M.: I had 8 soy taco chips with
homemade hummus. If one wants to know how cold it can get in the good old
United States of America, one can check out this web page http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wcstates.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 3:35 A.M.: One of my first web sites
was at a Ohio State mirror for the Antarctic Scott Amudsen research
station. I thought my directory would be useful for searching out
information on the internet. Although, it is hot here in Greenwich,
Connecticut USA, one has to remember in Antarctica, it is the middle of winter,
and those working at the various polar research stations are frozen in for the
winter. This web page has some useful Antarctic information http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/start.htm
, as well as http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/ and http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/
. To preserve baud usage, logging on directly to Antarctic, I believe is
restricted, but this page has information about how cold it tends to get down
there http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/icd/gjma/pole.temps.html#data
. At the moment it is 76 degrees Fahrenheit outside in Greenwich,
Connecticut, and the air conditioner in my apartment is set at 70 degrees
Fahrenheit, and it is 74 degrees Fahrenheit in my apartment right now, so it is
cooling it off for a warmer period today. I have finished updating the
Dell backup computer on both partitions. I suppose if one does not like
sitting inside a cooler apartment working on computers in the summer, one could
go native amongst the natives. However, it might be like the story of the
ants and the grasshopper, so I will try to continue working on the computer and
the internet. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 2:40 A.M.: I watched a little bit of
television. I had a scoop of Edy's low fat raspberry vanilla swirl ice
cream. I am updating the Red Hat Linux 9.0 partition on the Dell backup
computer. I guess I have not been too focused on my computer activity
recently. However, with the warmer weather, I have been trying to enjoy a
bit more of outside activity before it gets colder again. I suppose with
so much happening in the computer area in this area being so close to IBM
Armonk not to mention the great metropolis of Manhattan, that for volunteers
like myself, we have to try to keep up to pace with the growing computer
technology. I read in P.C. Magazine last week that the United States of
America disposes of 60 million personal computers in land fills each
year. Still, I prefer to keep my four older computers for backup, since I
would rather not see them trashed after going through the effort to configure
them. I guess it comes from my thrifty Scottish background. Well,
the new Plantronics DSP 500 headset was a major expense at $82.05, but it will
be useful for better quality internet telephony. Once I receive it in two
to three days, I will put the old Andrea electronic headset on the Dell
backup. The Andrea electronics headset is very good, and it cost about
$40 six years ago. However, it uses a half inch diameter adaptor to plug
into the sound card microphone jack, which with the two half inch
diameter Y adaptors I have on the speaker outputs was a bit cramped. The
Andrea electronics headset was always getting static because it could not get a
proper connection frequently. That will not be a problem on the Dell
backup, since I do not use Y adaptors on it. The Plantronics DSP 500
headset I ordered for my primary computer works through the USB port, so it
should be faster and much better quality for communications. It also
comes with a voice recognition program for dictation and speech commands.
I am ever the optimist, and I some times I hope my internet activity will
increase, so the expense I have spent on the more advanced equipment will
hopefully be useful. I do spend a lot of time on the computer, and the
Optimum online connection expense tends to also add to expense. However,
after certain periods I time, I tend to zonk out from information
overdose. Thus, diversions like watching television help me relax.
Since I do not communicate much to other individuals in the technology field, I
am sort of out there on my own. However, by reading the technology I
news, I keep abreast of technology events. I recall when I first got on
the internet about eight years ago, I remember one internet site in the
Galapagos Islands using a 1200 baud radio modem. It really goes to show
how fast the technology has advanced that we are all connected, but being so
connected, we have become somewhat apathetic. Still, since we have so
much information, it is important to read it, and to gradually digest it, and
utilize it to our own benefits and technological advancement. It may not
make sense to individuals whom have never been on the internet, but still over
the years, I have been on the internet, I have broadened my knowledge of events
beyond the local periodical press. In my writings in my notes, I have
tried to limit my writing to my own experience and familiarity, instead of
trying to make it too complex. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/07/03 Monday 12:05 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I had twenty soy taco chips with homemade hummus. I watched a
bit of television. It seems like everyone is away on vacation, so not
much is happening on television or on the internet. I suppose, I could go
out for a moon walk on Greenwich Avenue, but it has been 22 months mostly since
I have quit walking around at night, so I am not as use to it, as I was in the
past. I guess I could always check out a book from the library, and try
my hand at reading some more literature. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 10:40 P.M.: I chatted with another
relative. With all these people whom have cell phones and regular phones,
frequently they have to pick up on two connections at the same time. I
was talking earlier with a friend on the internet, and two different relatives
called on the regular phone while chatting online. Thus today, one has to
juggle communications frequently on weekends when cell phone rates are
free. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: Dinner was delicious.
If one is wandering where to get the Roland 13.75 ounce wet 8.5 ounce dry cans
5 to 7 count artichoke hearts cans of artichoke heats, they had them about a
month ago at Odd Job in Port Chester, New York for $1.99 each can. If is
hot up in Maine, a relative just bought a General Electric 10,000 BTU air
conditioner with remote control for their house in Maine for $238 at Wal-Mart
in South Portland, Maine. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 9:40 P.M.: I took five large leaves of
chilled red lettuce, and I tore off the stalks, and I discarded the
stalks. I broke the leaves into two to three inch pieces, and I rinsed
them off in the lettuce spinner underneath cold water. I then put them on
a large dinner plate. I rinsed two chilled plum tomatoes, and I cut them
in quarter inch thick slices, and I spread them over the lettuce. I then
put 20 small chilled carrots on the plate. I next added 16 chilled large
black pitted olives. I then open a can of chilled Roland artichoke hearts,
and I sectioned into quarters two artichoke hearts, and I added them to the
plate. I put on five large evenly spaced heaping tablespoons of the
chilled homemade hummus which includes black olives http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
. I peeled and diced a half of a chilled Vidalia onion, and I spread the
onion pieces over the plate. I then opened the lid on a six ounce can of
chilled Chicken of the Sea small shrimp, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it
a half dozen times underneath cold water, squeezing the water out to rinse the
shrimp. I separated the shrimp in a bowl, and I spread them over the
salad. I then put a generous layer of chilled grated parmesan cheese on
the salad, and then I seasoned it with generous amounts of room temperature
Italian Balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy and room temperature extra virgin
olive oil. I then seasoned it with ground black pepper and salt. I
will have the salad for dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 9:00 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I chatted with two relatives. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 7:45 P.M.: Before going to bed last
night, I had a third of a bag of Lays onion and sour cream potato chips and
seven Carr's crackers with homemade hummus along with a glass of ice tea.
I went to bed about 6 A.M. this morning after watching some television. I
was up at 4 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam,
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought 3.5 ounce tube of
Old Spice high endurance deodorant for $2.29, a CVS drop in bleach toilet bowl
cleaner $1.99, and a Glade plug-in scented oil refill Hawaiian breeze for $2.99
plus .44 tax for $7.71 total. I then walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. It is 90 degrees
Fahrenheit outside right now. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases, and I had a glass of ice tea. I installed the new Glade plug
in Hawaiian breeze scent in the kitchen. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 4:10 A.M.: I did some regular computer
work. I will now shut down the computer. I will watch a bit of
television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 3:35 A.M.: I have been just surfing the
net a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 1:50 A.M.: I had two popcorn cakes with
ice tea. The popcorn cakes taste so much like regular popcorn, they can
be a bit addictive. I also went through my email, and I am doing some
other regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 1:15 A.M.: I had two scoops of Edy's
low fat raspberry vanilla swirl ice cream. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/06/03 Sunday 1:00 A.M.: I sent President Bush a
birthday greetings letter via email. I had two Quaker popcorn
cakes. They are easier to eat than regular popcorn, since they are softer
and do not have the hulls which can be hard on the teeth. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/05/03 Saturday 11:30 P.M.: I set my General Electric
Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control at 70 degrees
Fahrenheit, low fan, energy saver, since it was a bit cool in the
apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/05/03 Saturday 11:25 P.M.: I had a popcorn
cake. I am cooking a Stouffer's lean cuisine 12.5 ounce chicken with
mushrooms dinner with two vegetables, which I will have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/05/03 Saturday 10:55 P.M.: According to Yahoo news,
Sunday July 6, 2003 is President Bush's www.whitehouse.gov 57th birthday. One can wish
him Happy Birthday at mailto:president@whitehouse.gov , but one should
wait until midnight Eastern Daylight Time. I guess that is why his hair
is greyer than mine at age 53. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/05/03 Saturday 10:50 P.M.: I went out, and I went by
the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library. I bought $5.55
of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.739 a gallon for about 30 miles per
gallon. I then returned a DVD video disk at the library video
drop. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat
out at various locations. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought
two half gallons of Tropicana pure premium orange juice with calcium for $2.50
each half gallon, buy on pint get one free of Edy's sorbet one of raspberry and
one of Mandarin orange for $3.49 both, Quaker popcorn and butter cakes $2.19, a
six ounce bag of Carbsense soy chips $3.99, two 8 ounce boxes of Breton wafer
wheat crackers $2 each, a quart jar of Smucker's strawberry jam for $4.29 less
.55 can refund for $22.41 total. I then returned home, and I put away my
purchases. I had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/05/03 Saturday 8:00 P.M.: I took a six ounce can of
solid white albacore tuna fish, and I opened the lid. I left the lid on,
and I ran it underneath cold water squeezing the water out a half dozen
times. I then flaked the tuna fish in a large bowl, and I added two
tablespoons of Hellmann's Just2Good low fat mayonnaise, and I made two
sandwiches out of it with Arnold's soft 12 grain bread. I cut the
sandwiches in half lengthwise. I had them with ice tea. I set the
General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control at 68
degrees Fahrenheit. Right now outside, it is 89 degrees Fahrenheit, and
in my apartment, it is 76 degrees Fahrenheit. I guess I should leave the
air conditioner on a cooler setting, so when it warms up during they day, it will
be cooler inside. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up,
and I will go downtown. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/05/03 Saturday 7:20 P.M.: I finished the house
cleaning and watering the plants. A friend called up, and the friend
might be coming down tomorrow afternoon. I also checked the wires on the
amplifier since the speakers on the far side in the bedroom were not working
with a internet feed, but the speakers work with the amplifier tuner, so it is
just the internet feed does not input into the amplifier with stereo. I
have a cable to the right of the main computer hanging over the gold and orange
trim mirror, which when one connects the two separate pieces of the cable
together, and one put the amplifier on CD, on can listen to the internet feed
input into the apartment stereo system. I will now dump out the
garbage. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/05/03 Saturday 5:00 P.M.: I watched television until
5 A.M.. I had ten Carr's crackers with homemade hummus. I was up at
2:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I went out to Smokes for Less in Byram, and I
bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I will now do
my house cleaning and watering the plants. I will listen to some oldies
at www.warx.com
. It is 94 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/05/03 Saturday 1:45 A.M.: I finished watching the
DVD video disk. While watching the movie, I have two scoops of Edy's low
fat raspberry vanilla swirl ice cream and eight low cholesterol Danish
cookies. I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I will watch a
bit of television before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/04/03 Friday 10:55 P.M.: I will now watch a DVD
video disk. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/04/03 Friday 10:15 P.M.: I took six to seven leaves
of red leaf lettuce, and I broke of the stalks and discarded them, and I ripped
them into two to three inch pieces, and I rinsed them off in the lettuce spinner
underneath cold water. I put the lettuce on a large dinner plate. I
then rinsed off three plum tomatoes, and I cut them across about a quarter inch
thick, and I spread them across the lettuce. I then rinsed off 22 small
carrots and I spread them across the plate. I then rinsed and put 19
large pitted black olives on the plate. I next peeled and diced a half of
a red Bermuda onion, and I spread it across the plate. I then put five
large tablespoons of the homemade chick pea and black olive hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
in five evenly spaced spots on the plates. I then opened the lid on a six
ounce can of crab meat, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it underneath cold
water for about five times squeezing the lid down to remove the water each
time. I then flaked the crab in a bowl. I spread it evenly over the
salad. I then spread a generous portion of grated parmesan cheese over
the salad. I then added generous amounts of Italian balsamic vinegar from
Modena, Italy and extra virgin olive oil over the salad. I added ground
black pepper and salt, and I had the large heaping healthful seasonal salad for
dinner with ice tea. It fills one up, and except for the grated parmesan
cheese, it should not be too fattening. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/04/03 Friday 9:25 P.M.: Before going to bed this
past morning, I had about a third of a bag of Lays sour cream and onion potato
chips. I was up at 2 P.M. this afternoon. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I cleaned up, and I went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and they
were closed today. They are open until 5 P.M. on Saturday and 2 P.M. on
Sunday, and 7 P.M. on weekdays. I then drove over to Tod's Point. I
walked the entire 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point. It was a bit cooler
down by the waterfront. There were a number of holiday picnickers at the
southwest picnic area. I then went to downtown Greenwich, and I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. Starbucks
was out of ice, so they could not serve chilled drinks, but their manager had
gone out for ice. I noticed the Exxon gasoline station next to the
Greenwich Library sells ice along with the grocery stores. Cumberland
Farms might have it too. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street. I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
two 29 ounce can of Goya chick peas for $1.09 each can, four cans, two medium
size olives and two large size olives of Black Pearl olives for .99 a can, a
pint bottle of Monari Italian balsamic vinegar $5.59, two bags of baby carrots
$1.50 each, a quart box of plum tomatoes $2.99, and two Vidalia onions at $1.49
a pound for $1.67, and a head of red leaf lettuce for $1.67 for $20.88
total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I updated
my homemade hummus recipe http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
. I made up a batch of hummus using the recipe also adding to a can of
Black Pearl olives with the other ingredients, and I did not add the McIlhenny
Tabasco sauce and the ground Cayenne red pepper. I am just finishing up
watching a Capitol Fourth fourth of July celebration on television. I can
hear the fireworks from Port Chester, New York, which one can see from the back
of my building by the skating rink usually. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 07/04/03:
Note:
<888> 07/04/03 Friday 2:00 A.M.: I will now send out my
weekly notes. I will then shut down the computer, and I will get a bit of
shut eye. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/04/03 Friday 1:50 A.M.: Now for the fairly literate
in the business community in Fairfield County, Connecticut, what business might
have working relationships with Boeing besides IBM or Pan AM. I will give
you a hint. The company in question also makes light bulbs. Thus if
you guessed the General Electric company, which makes aircraft engines such as
jet engines, you can go out and treat yourself to a package of four General
Electric 40 watt light bulbs which when they are not on sale cost about $2.99
for a four pack. With the money you save on using 40 watt light bulbs,
you too might some day be able to travel to the west coast of America and sleep
outside in the great outdoors like a pioneer in the wilderness with your
Coleman camping supplies. I have a theory that some Californians are like
me, and they take cheap vacations and visit the campgrounds on Route 7 north of
Danbury, Connecticut, and they camp out in the Connecticut wilderness.
Since Greenwich, Connecticut is a busy expensive area, they are always passing
us by, but much the same happens to us, when we venture west. Last time,
I was at Odd Job in Port Chester, New York a couple of weeks ago, they were
selling Coleman camping supplies. Connecticut Yankees tend to be a bit
more frugal than their Big City Manhattan cousins, so more than likely unless
one is adept at picking apples or cutting grass or raking leaves or painting in
season, there is not a lot of seasonal work, since with the long winters, the
locals tend to get out and do much of the work themselves. My friend whom
bought the 1993 SAAB convertible with 45,000 miles in mint condition was able
to obtain it for $8,000 down from the asking price of $10,500, so if one looks
at www.bargainnews.com
, one might be able to find a bargain car to take back to the west coast on
one's return trip. Generally one should take European cars to the west
coast of America, since they are more valuable further away from Europe, and
one should not take Asian cars back to the west coast of America, since they
are more valuable on the east coast. Of course the 3,500 mile trip back
and forth between the coasts might cause a little wear and tear on the
cars. Since American cars are made all over America, they tend to be
worth the same price most everywhere in America. I remember when I was
cruising the west coast in 1978 to 1980, I saw a lot of deluxe black Volvo
sedans with black vinyl roofs and tinted windows. Here on the east coast
we have lots of Asian cars, so the road seems to have run out here for people
traveling east. I suppose one could try taking a Mini-Cooper west http://www.miniusa.com/
or http://www.mini.com/
, and although there is a Mini dealership, the last time I looked on US 1 on
the Stamford Darien border, and their dealership has a web address, I can find
it when I search for it. Of course driving across country in a Mini would
be for a smaller person, and one would feel somewhat intimidated by triple
tandem semi trailers along the highway. Now in the old days of the movie
called the Cannon Ball run, about a race to California, it took off from a
garage in a building on East 54th Street where a number of my friends lived,
and it was later moved to the Lock, Stock and Barrel restaurant parking lot in
Darien, Connecticut racing to the Malibu, California pier. Probably
Getty's way of making money. In the movie, the code word for starting the
race was "Gum Ball", but by Sherlock Holmes deductive reasoning, I
would bet the real code word was "Jelly Bean". Well, I am
mostly an armchair traveler, so I do not fell up to such a long trip, but I
have a feeling a few other people are emulating that movie, and the west coast
back east version of the same event that leaves from around Carmel or Monterey,
California, and I never figured out where it ended up on the east coast.
So much for holiday trivia writing. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/04/03 Friday 12:20 A.M.: Happy Fourth of July http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/usa.gif
. If one should feel the need to travel to Redmond, Washington to explore
the Microsoft hype on the area, one could always investigate the area by
reading other web sites such as http://www.psnews.com/ . I believe the Cowles
family of Vanity Fair fame also live in that area, so I suppose they have ample
press coverage. I remember, when I use to go over to White Plains, New
York at night to have a beer to see what IBM might be up to, a friend met a
representative from the Seattle, Washington chamber of commerce and was given a
videotape on the Seattle area about 12 years ago, and that was my first
inclination that Microsoft was arriving in this area. Of course having
grown up around the Pan American Airlines flight network in this area for many
years, we already had some sort of contacts with Boeing, since you can not have
much of an airline without an airplane. Still, with the heightened
security in this area, it is hard to hang out at the airport anymore watching
the planes come and go, so I am left watching the automobile traffic and the
railway traffic coming and going along with a few buses. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 11:55 P.M.: On the microeconomic
front, I can not still figure out why in Greenwich, Connecticut a men's hair
cut costs $18, when a 10 pound bag of Carolina rice in the Stop and Shop costs
$3 to $5, unless the people growing rice in the Carolinas all have long
hair. The cost of living and doing business or just surviving in this
area is significantly higher than other areas in the Unites States of
America. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 11:45 P.M.: If any Microsoft
employees do not feel like moving to India for a cheaper worker environment,
they can always email Bill Gates at his official web address at BillGates@chairman.microsoft.com
, however I still email him at billg@microsoft.com , and he use to respond to
my email the first year I was on the internet about ten years ago, until he got
rich, and began to think I might be after his money. Actually, I only
received two emails back from that address, which I did not save, and the
second one used PGP encryption, which I did not know how to decipher. I
emailed him those two times when I first got on the internet, with nothing to
do with Microsoft, it was to let him know that NASA had launched the Radar
Imaging satellite, and more than likely they would be able to analyze the
volcanoes in the Cascades Range including Mount Rainier which is near Redmond,
Washington. I dare say enough time has evolved over ten years, that many
people are more aware of volcanoes, and with the internet technology, more
people can study them. I figure with all the volcano experts on the
internet, there is no need for me to spend so much time reading all the reports
and researching the sites, so I have not been doing much volcano research in
the last couple of years, but I still keep a weather eye. CIO
Note: <888>
07/03/03 Thursday 11:35 P.M.: Of course for anyone starving from
California, I noticed this week that cans of California almonds at CVS this
week were buy one get one free for about $3.29 both cans. Also CVS at the
Riverside shopping plaza is opened all night, and the sale would be through
Saturday. However, since my teeth seem to be more fragile recently, I can
not eat nuts anymore. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 11:20 P.M.: If one is skinny and in a
mood for a steak, one can buy some beef at this web site http://www.harrisranch.com/
. As for myself, on my low fat diet, I had two scoops of Edy's low fat
raspberry vanilla swirl ice cream. I sifted through my email. I
recall, when I was in Carmel, California twice in the summer and fall of 1980,
I stayed a couple of nights at the http://www.normandyinncarmel.com/ , and I recall
across the street was a very good restaurant in traditional Spanish style that
served most excellent tornadoes of beef with a roaring fire place. That
was one of the four restaurants that I had dined in during my five trips to
California over three year's time lasting about eight month's total
duration. The other was across from the Laguna Hotel, another at another
hotel in Laguna, and I believe I also had lunch once with the head of
Xerox Parc in Dana Point, California around September 1980. He kept a
beach house on the beach in Laguna Beach, California where I stayed a number of
times, since everyone seemed to ignore me besides him. He seemed to know
whom I was and what my family position was back east. Maybe he was one of
my father's employees. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 9:25 P.M.: I went back out after the
last message. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station
area. I came back earlier, since I had to go to the bathroom, since I
probably put too much olive oil on my salad. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 8:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. Since it is a holiday evening, I might go out and enjoy the
holiday evening ambience. Unfortunately, I did not read the Greenwich
Times yesterday and the day before, so I did not know that the Greenwich
Fireworks were last night, so I missed them. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 7:55 P.M.: I had the same dinner as
last night, but in the salad, I put a six ounce can of small shrimp instead of
crab. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 6:50 P.M.: I went to bed about 3 A.M.
this morning. I had ten low cholesterol Danish cookies before going to
bed. I was up at 1 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned
up, and I went downtown to the central Greenwich Post Office. There was a
long line at the post office, and I was in a rush, so I went by Zyn stationary,
and I bought two Western Union money orders for .79 each cost to pay my Verizon
telephone bill, and I also obtained a money order for $82.05 to pay Jab
Computers http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=1789&cat=101&page=1
for my Plantronics DSP 500 headset Plantronics | Browse Computer Products DSP 500 headset.
The cost of the Plantronics DSP 500 headset at Plantronics if $109 plus shipping.
However, at www.jab-tech.com
, it was $74.95 plus $7.10 for United States Post Service priority mail
shipping with insurance for $82.05 total. I did not have it sent UPS,
since I am usually around when the United States postal delivery person shows
up, and UPS tends to come later in the day. I mailed both checks at the
central Greenwich Post Office. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I
next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I
sat out at various locations. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the Greenwich Times, the Economist magazine, P.C. Magazine, and the Wall
Street Journal. I just returned home about fifteen minutes ago, and I had
a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 1:20 A.M.: I made up an envelope for
the Jab-Tech payment. I went out, and I sat out briefly downtown. I
then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by Cumberland Farms on U.S. 1 on the Greenwich - Port
Chester border. I had called them up, and they told me that they sold
money orders. However, their money order machine does not work after
12:30 A.M. at night. I then went by the Food Emporium, and they do not
sell money orders. I returned home. I will obtain the money order
later on today when I wake up. I will now shut down the computer, and I
will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/03/03 Thursday 12:15 A.M.: I order the Pantronics
DSP 500 headset from www.jab-tech.com
to be paid for by money order. However, I had to email them whether I
give the deliverer the money order upon delivery, or if I send it to
them. I just heard from them. I have to send them the money order
first. I was sent this festive Fourth of July link http://www.inlibertyandfreedom.com/ilaf.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/02/03 Wednesday 11:35 P.M.: I am considering
ordering this Plantronics DSP 500 headset from Jab-Tech http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=1789&cat=101&page=1
. It would increase my Internet Telephony quality of sound.
However, I might want to eat for the rest of the month too, so I have to think
about it. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/02/03 Wednesday 11:20 P.M.: I had ten Carr's pepper
crackers. I went through my email. I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I
downloaded some free Ebooks from http://www.mslit.com/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/02/03 Wednesday 7:50 P.M.: I figured out early this
morning that the Michelin tire rotation calculator was in error, and since they
sent me the email to rotate after 10 months at 700 miles per month, the must
want people to rotate their tires every 7,000 miles, so I still have a bit of
time before rotating my tires. I was up at 1 P.M. today. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I found a
heel wear preventer from my white Ecco shoes on the floor of the Hyundai, so I
guess it came off when I was shifting my clutch. I will have to get it
put back on. I went downtown, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.
I next went by the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained two United
States postal money orders for a cost of .90 each to pay my cablevision and my
Optimum online. I do not have a checking account, so I can not overdraw
my account funds. Thus I have to obtain money orders, and the United
States post office tends to be a secure location to obtain them. I
figure the United States government can use the float on the checks, until they
are cashed. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. The Greenwich Hardware store also has two
Kitchen Aid toasters on their 70% off rack. I went by CVS, and I bought a
large white Djeep butane lighter for $1.89 plus .11 tax for $2 total. I
next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. World magazine. The
Greenwich Times has not been there for the last two days. I then returned
home, since it was warmer outside, and it is air conditioned at home. I
took six red lettuce leaves, and I removed the stalks, and I broke them up in
two to three inch pieces. I rinsed them under water in the lettuce
spinner, and I put them on a large dinner plate. I then rinsed three plum
tomatoes, and I cut them across about a quarter inch thick, and I put them on
the plate. I then spread around 20 small carrots. I then put five
large tablespoons of the homemade hummus on the plate. I then put 29
black pearl large pitted olives on the plate. I next diced a half of a
red Bermuda onion, and I put it on the plate. I then opened a six ounce
can of crab meat, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it in cold water and
squeezed out the water with the lid about five times. I flaked the crab
in a bowl, and I then spread it over the salad plate. I then spread a
generous portion of grated parmesan cheese on the plate. I next put a generous
amount of Italian Balsamic vinegar and Italian extra virgin olive oil on the
plate, and I seasoned it with ground black pepper and salt. I then had
this heaping seasonal salad for dinner with ice tea. I have not been
going down by the waterfront recently, since we seem to have a lot of expert
observers from the Spanish Armada working the waterfront. I guess they
are trying to keep a close eye on Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, Long Island in
case the republican Roosevelts are planning to invade Cuba again. It is
my perspective that the Oyster Bay, Long Island police department is a quite
formidable group of individuals having visited out there a number of times, so
I would imagine they keep a close eye on the goings on from the south shore of
Connecticut. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/02/03 Wednesday 2:10 A.M.: I received email from http://www.michelinman.com/
that it is time to rotate my tires, since in my profile I entered that I drive
about 700 miles per month. However, since September 2, 2002 when I bought
the tires on Labor Day at Sears in White Plains, New York, I have only driven
about 4,400 miles in ten months or about 440 miles per month. I changed
my profile to 450 miles per month. The Michelin site says that one should
rotate one's tires every 6,000 to 8,000 miles, so it is not time to rotate my
tires. However, the Michelin site says I should rotate my tires
immediately based on 10 months and 450 miles per month. Thus I guess when
I have the time, I should drive over to Sears in White Plains, New York and get
it done for free, since free rotation is included in my tire service
purchase. I have been to White Plains about once, since I bought the
tires on Labor Day in 2002. White Plains, New York is always an
adventure, since it seems like a busy city. Also it can be interesting
browsing CompUSA, which I think I did around last Christmas. It is really
not that far, but since I am not that familiar with White Plains, New York, one
has to be careful not to spend too much money and mess up one's budget.
Since the Hyundai is a little over four years old, I might also consider
obtaining a new battery before this winter. Sears www.sears.com
shows one for $60, but I am not sure if their top level battery for $80 is
available for my Hyundai. I can get the top level battery at AutoZone in
Stamford www.autozone.com
for $70, but then I would have to install it myself. Well, I am tired, so
I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/02/03 Wednesday 1:15 A.M.: Interesting historical
reading FBI
- Freedom of Information Act - Barker-Karpis Gang . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/02/03 Tuesday 12:40 A.M.: Use this site to register at the
Do Not Call to stop telemarketing calls http://donotcall.gov/ . CIO
Note:
<888> 07/02/03 Wednesday 12:20 A.M.: I had 11 Carr's crackers
with homemade hummus and ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/02/03 Wednesday 12:05 A.M.: I finished going through
my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/01/03 Tuesday 11:30 P.M.: I chatted with a friend
for a while. I was searching the D terms in my Google list of search
terms, and I was told that I spelled Dengue fever wrong. This page has
information on Dengue fever CDC Dengue Fever Home Page - CDC Division of Vector-Borne
Infectious Diseases (DVBID) which might be relevant with the increased
mosquito population in this area with all the continual rain we have had.
I once wandered in my notes if Angostura bitters might not be a natural
tropical herbal recipe to help prevent Dengue fever, since it comes from
Trinidad and Tobago. Still, since Washington D.C. was classified as a
tropical zone in the British Foreign Office until World War II with the advent
of air conditioning, I guess it is safe to assume we are still considered to be
living in the tropics despite the fact it goes down to below zero degrees
Fahrenheit occasionally in the winter. Well, if I see people walking
around in Bombay, India khakis and pith helmets, I will know the tropical
weather has arrived. Having visited and lived in tropical areas, I enjoy
the warmer weather when it arrives. It is also easier on the
arthritis. I was told by one fellow arthritis sufferer today whom had
tried all the usual remedies that one can take a large box of yellow raisins
and put them in a jar and fill it up with gin and let them soak a few
days. Then one takes a spoonful of the gin and yellow raisins every day
to help relieve arthritis pain. I was told by an arthritis sufferer from
the Midwest of America that alfalfa works well too. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/01/03 Tuesday 9:15 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I took six leaves of red leaf lettuce, and I removed the stalk
ends, and then I broke them up into two to three inch pieces, and I put them in
the lettuce spinner. I spun the lettuce spinner underneath cold water rinsing
off the leaves. I put them on a large dinner plate. I then took a
six ounce can of Bumble Bee tiny shrimp, and I opened the lid. I left the
lid on, and I rinsed them underneath cold water squeezing out the cold water a
half dozen times. I then put them in a bowl, and I separated them with a
fork, and I added them to the lettuce on the plate. I then rinsed off
three plum tomatoes, and I cut off their tops. I cut them across about a
quarter inch thick, and I spread them on the plate on top of the red leaf lettuce
and tiny shrimp. I then added about a half of a can of
drained black pearl large pitted olives or about 20 olives. I then added
about 20 tiny carrots which I rinsed off. I next peel and diced a half of
a Bermuda red onion, and I added it. I then put five large tablespoons of
the homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
evenly about the plate. I next sprinkled the salad with grated parmesan
cheese. I next added Italian Balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive
oil. I then seasoned it with ground black pepper and salt. I had
this large seasonal salad for dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/01/03 Tuesday 7:55 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M.
today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
then went by the First Union Bank of Connecticut on Havemeyer Place, and I paid
my rent. I then went by the Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained a money
order for .90 cost of the money order to pay my GEICO automobile
insurance. I then went by the Greenwich Town Hall, and I paid the
property tax of $33.31 on my 1999 Hyundai Accent. I then drove over to
Old Greenwich to Off Center Hair Stylists, and I got my hair cut for $18 plus
$5 tip for $23 total. I then drove out to Tod's Point, and I sat out at
the southwest parking area. I also sat out at the southeast parking area,
and I used the water fountain and restroom. I then returned to downtown
Greenwich, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I picked up some
prescriptions for $2 cost. I then went by the Greenwich Library. I
next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a head of red leaf lettuce for
$1.49, seven cans of Musco family Black Pearls large pitted olives for .99
each, two Bermuda onions for .99 a pound for $.98 both, a quart box of plum
tomatoes $2.99, and a 16 ounce bag of tiny baby carrots for $2.49 for $14.88
total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I had a
glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/01/03 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.: I will now shut down the
computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/01/03 Tuesday 3:55 A.M.: I finished my email.
I installed the Microsoft Money Synchronization upgrade. I synchronized
my MSN Money portfolio with Microsoft Money 2002. About 3:10 A.M. the
electricity went off for ten minutes. I checked outside. I reset my
VCR and Microwave oven, and I turned back on the air conditioner, and I turned
off the DVD player which came on. I mailed a letter to a relative
downstairs. CIO
Note:
<888> 07/01/03 Tuesday 1:25 A.M.: I am just about finished
going through my last week's email. I found these two volcano links http://www.wovo.org
and http://www.wovo.org/dir-contents.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 4:50 P.M.: I will now shut down
the computer, and I guess I will head off to bed early or I might read for a
bit before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 4:30 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I mentioned I still have from my days at Polaroid five signed
Inge Reetof 8"X10" color photographs mounted on 16"X20"
matt board in frames without glass. I scanned the images and printed them
out in black and white, and I will send them to the relative to see if they
want them. They are in good to moderate condition. I have them in
the false ceiling above the bed in the bedroom with a photograph of the Baker
library at Dartmouth. I called back the relative to get their address.
CIO
Note: <888>
08/31/03 Sunday 2:50 P.M.: I went outside briefly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 2:20 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I microwaved a 13 ounce Marie Callender's one-dish classics
Grilled Chicken Alfredo Bake, chicken breast chunks with fettuccini, broccoli
florets, carrots, and red peppers in a three cheese alfredo sauce, topped with
seasoned bread crumbs. I had it to eat with iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 1:50 P.M.: I went out, and I
drove by the waterfront in central Greenwich. I then drove over to Tod's
Point, and I took the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point, and I sat out at
various locations. I enjoyed viewing Manhattan on a clear day. I
then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich.
I then went by CVS in Old Greenwich, and I bought two 35 fluid ounce bottles of
Lysol Disinfectant Island Breeze All Purpose Cleaner for $1.99 each bottle, a
28 load or 56 tablet box of Tide RapidAction Tabs 70 ounces for $4.97, two
boxes of four CVS 60 watt light bulbs for $1.99 both boxes, two Colgate Wave
medium tooth brushes one blue and one grey for $1.47 each, and a four roll 24
exposure per roll package of CVS 35mm color print film ASA 400 for $5.99 all
plus $1.19 tax for $21.06 total. I did not get my car washed since it is
suppose to rain quite a bit this week maybe from the Bermuda hurricane. I
then returned to central Greenwich, and I sat out briefly. I then went to
the Stop and Shop, and I bought a Marie Callender chicken tenders dinner for
$2.50 and a Marie Callender Chicken alfredo dinner for $2.50, a 1.75 quart
container of Edy's low fat caramel praline crunch frozen yogurt for $1.99, six
4.25 ounce cans of S&S chopped olives for three for $2 for $4 all, two 28
ounce cans of Goya chick peas for $1.09 each can, a 16 ounce bottle of Monari
balsamic vinegar for $2.50, a six ounce dry weight can of black pearl large
pitted olives for .99, a bulb of garlic at $2.99 a pound for .42, and a quart
of plum tomatoes for $2.99 for $20.07 total. I then returned home, and I
used my wire cart to bring up my purchases. I then had a glass of iced
tea. I put away my purchases. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 8:20 A.M.: I went through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I made up a
fresh batch of homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
. This time I added 1/4 teaspoon of red cayenne pepper and for the olives
I used two 4.25 ounce cans of California crushed black olives. I had the
same summer salad as yesterday along with a glass of iced tea. I will now
shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and then I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 6:25 A.M.: It looks like
hurricane Fabian might be heading near Bermuda with winds of 125 miles per hour
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT10/refresh/AL1003W5+GIF/310853W5.gif
according to http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 6:10 A.M.: I relaxed a bit, and I
read a bit about the Dutch in Java and Krakatoa. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 3:00 A.M.: I cleaned the rollers
on my Logitech cordless mouse. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/31/03 Sunday 2:30 A.M.: I was up at 1
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. I watched a bit of television.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 6:05 P.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will have about eight Wheatsworth crackers before going
to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 5:40 P.M.: I installed and ran
the latest version of Lavasoft Ad-aware 6.0 and its latest scan file http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/adaware/
. It cleaned up a lot on the system, and the system is much more responsive
without all the spyware. I also ran Norton WinDoctor.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 4:35 P.M.: I updated the latest
slightly improved version of the free Real Player Basic www.real.com
. I am in the process of going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 3:05 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I drove by the parking lot of Putnam Trust Bank of New York
on Mason Street, but they had already closed. I then went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I then went by the Exxon gasoline station next to
the Greenwich Library. I filled up the tank with $4.75 of regular
unleaded gasoline at $2.059 a gallon for about 32 miles per gallon. I the
went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four half gallons of Tropicana grove
stand premium pineapple orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each half gallon,
two quart jars of Stop and Shop strawberry preserves for $1.89 each, three cans
of California large pitted olives dry weight 6 ounces for .99 each, a box of
Pepperidge Farm zesty Italian generous cut croutons for $1.49, a 48 ounce box
of Old Fashioned Quaker Oats for $3.99, a bag of baby carrots at $1.49 a pound
for $1.69, and two red Bermuda onions at .99 a pound for $1.25 for
$25.17. I returned home. I used my grocery cart to bring my
purchases upstairs. I put away my purchases. I had a glass of iced
tea. I put $10 on my laundry card. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 11:35 A.M.: I had the same
summer salad as I have been eating recently, but instead of canned fish or beef
in it, I put in 8 slices one inch sections of hearts of palm along with all the
other usual ingredients. I had it with iced tea. I will now shut
down the computer, and I will clean up, and then I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 10:50 A.M.: I finished the
house cleaning and watering the plants. I chatted with a relative.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 8:35 A.M.: My guest just
left. I will now start my house cleaning and watering the plants. I
will put the computer on standby while I do my house cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 7:50 A.M.: I read part of the
beginning of the book on Krakatoa. My guest was up at 5:30 A.M.. We
both had coffee. My guest had a bowl of oatmeal and orange juice.
My guest is just about to leave shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 4:10 A.M.: I went through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 3:20 A.M.: I am microwaving a
Marie Callender beef tips with mushroom sauce meal, which I will have with a
glass of iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/30/03 Saturday 3:05 A.M.: I fell asleep
until 6 P.M. yesterday when a friend showed up to visit. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
I cooked my friend a Stouffer's Lea Cuisine chicken and mushrooms dinner.
We chatted for a while. About 8:30 P.M., we went out for a drive around
town. We stopped by McDonalds where my friend got an ice cream. We drove
around town again. We returned to my place, and about 10 P.M., we went to
bed. I just go up. I am working on the computer with the small
light on next to the Danish chair, so as not to disturb my friend asleep on the
day bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/03 Friday 10:20 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I will now shut down the computer, and I will rest a bit
before cleaning up and going out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/03 Friday 9:25 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I had two scoops of the Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat
frozen yogurt finishing off the container. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/03 Friday 7:05 A.M.: I will now put the
computer on standby, and I will rest a bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/03 Friday 7:00 A.M.: I took the
remainder of the chilled baby spinach leaves and about six chilled spinach
leaves that I peeled the stalks off of and I broke into two to three inch
pieces, and I rinsed them off in the lettuce spinner underneath cold
water. I spread them across a dinner plate. I then quartered
lengthwise 8 chilled Green Giant 1/2 inch diameter baby carrots, and I spread
them across the plate. I then sliced in 1/8 inch thickness a large
chilled plum tomato, and I spread the slices across the plate. I then put
three double tablespoons of the homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
across the plate in three even dabs. I then put eight chilled large
pitted California olives across the plate including one each in a dab of
hummus. I then sliced the remainder of the chilled eye round of beef into
three 5/16 inch thick slices, and I cut the slices into 1/2 inch by one inch
pieces, and I spread them around the plate. I then diced one quarter of a
chilled red Bermuda onion, and I spread it across the plate. I spread
about 15 Pepperidge Farm low fat large cut spicy Italian croutons around the
plate. I then rinsed three medium to large chilled mushrooms, and I
sliced them into 1/8 inch thick pieces which I spread around the plate. I
then spread around a few tablespoons of the chilled Athenos herbal and garlic
feta cheese. I then sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of the chilled Stop
and Shop low fat parmesan cheese around the plate. I next spread
around a couple of teaspoons of capers. I then added about 1.5 ounces of
room temperature Monari balsamic vinegar and 1.5 ounces of room temperature
Italian extra virgin olive oil. I seasoned the salad with ground black
pepper and salt. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 08/29/03:
Note:
<888> 08/29/03 Friday 4:50 A.M.: I will now send out my
weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/29/03 Friday 4:45 A.M.: I was up at
midnight. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, and supplements. In the period I was around Manhattan
from 1973 to 1983 while I occasionally lived there, I would also have to
occasionally eat. I will now list some of the places I use to dine and
eat at. When I first arrived in Manhattan in 1973, I was on a low budget,
so I would frequently cook a hamburger where I lived at the time. I also
would go to the Old Dutch deli on third Avenue around 83rd street for a roast
beef sandwich. I believe there was another deli just west of third Avenue
on East 86th street. Near the Old Dutch deli there was also a Hungarian
restaurant that would serve a plate of goulash for about $3. When I was
in the midtown area, I would frequently have a bacon cheeseburger at places like
Daly's Daffodil and Daly's Dandelion or P.J. Clarke's. I would also
occasionally have a croissant and coffee at the Citicorp plaza. I
occasionally dined with friends at the Isle of Capri where we had fettuccini
alfredo and across the street at Yellow Fingers where there were more bacon
cheese burgers. I also would go to the A&P on second Avenue and about
52nd street for Dannon yogurt and the green grocer and delicatessen just south
of there for liverwurst sandwiches. I would frequently dine on a full
dinner at the cafeteria at the Metropolitan Museum of art. Occasionally I
would use the cafeteria at Rockefeller University for lunch of an apple,
yogurt, and coffee. I also frequently had bacon cheese burgers at Melons,
Churchill's and another place similar to Melons about a block away I think
called Allens. When I was in the Fifth Avenue area, it was always too
expensive to eat. There was a Greek restaurant at 50th street and First
Avenue, where I frequently would have breakfast of bacon and eggs and toast and
coffee. A few times I went to the automat at 42nd street and third
Avenue. I recall eating at Mortimer's a couple of times. I also
shopped at a small Gristedes on East 49th street between first and second
avenues. When I was downtown, I ate a lot of times at the Riviera cafe on
seventh Avenue and the Buffalo Road House nearby for more bacon cheese
burgers. I also dined a lot of times at the Spring Street restaurant in
SoHo where I frequently had Dover sole. Whenever, I had bacon cheeseburgers,
they usually came with home fries. When I lived briefly in Chelsea, I
shopped at the A&P on 8th Avenue and west 20th street. I also enjoyed
frequently having bacon cheese burgers at Pete's Tavern just south of Gramercy
Park. On University Place, there use to be a souvlaki stand.
There use to be some bars on the West Side highway near the meat warehouse
district that served very good bacon cheese burgers too. I also use to
have omelets at David's Potbelly on Christopher Street. I frequently had
eggs Florentine at the Greenwich restaurant on Greenwich Avenue. I do not
ever recall eating much pizza. When I lived at the upper West Side in the
late 1970s and early 1980s, I shopped at Gristedes on West 72nd street and the
Fairway green grocery on Broadway along with Zabars. At that time
McDonalds had opened in Manhattan, so I would occasionally go to McDonalds at
70th street and Broadway. There was a similar restaurant to Pete's tavern
one block away in Gramercy Park. I also would occasionally buy fresh
bagels on 3rd Avenue and East 81st Street. When I was at the CBS
broadcast center on West 10th Street for two months in 1973, I ate at their
cafeteria. I occasionally would bring in food from my family's house in
the suburbs. I only recall buying an apple at Balducci's a
couple of times in Greenwich Village. I ate a numbers of times at the Old
Dutch Tavern off Grove Street in Greenwich Village along with the Village Inn
around Waverly Place. I recall having pork chops at the Old Dutch Tavern
and Long Island or Peking Duck at the Village Inn. I also ate at a
vegetarian restaurant "The Front Porch" just north of the Riviera
Cafe and a few times at a Portuguese restaurant called "Down On the
Farm" in the west village and the Pink Tea Cup south of Christopher Street
just west of Seventh Avenue and a restaurant on Waverly Street just north of
Christopher Street. I think I ate once at Pearls on Second Avenue in the
East Village and Max's Kansas City near Gramercy Park and Feather's on Fifth
Avenue near 8th Street. I might have had a bacon cheeseburger at Joe
Allen's north of Time Square once. I recall eating in China town a couple
of times and at a couple other restaurants in SoHo near the Spring Street
cafe. I think I had tea and water kress sandwiches once at the Plaza
Hotel. I once dined at the head table of the Opera Guild at the
Metropolitan Opera. I also frequently ate at the Carnegie deli, and I
enjoyed their strawberry short cake, and I recall eating at the Russian Tea
room once. I ate a number of Times at the Mayfair restaurant on First
Avenue and 52nd Street. Once I moved back to the country and I came off
Nantucket, I recall eating once at a restaurant on East 58th Street called the
Town House. I think I had hamburgers at Sporters on East 52nd Street a
couple of times too. I also occasionally ate at the McDonalds on third
Avenue and East 52nd street and the one in the West Village near 7th Avenue and
Minetta Place. I recall eating at a number of other restaurants just
once, but not very many. I think I ate once at the Sign of the Dove at
Third Avenue and 65th street. I have eaten a few times at the Peking
restaurant at 40th Street and Park Avenue. I never went into the Times
Square area, which I thought was too dangerous. I did have ice cream at
Schrafts on Fifth Avenue a few times. Thus although I now weight 205
pounds in Manhattan people did not eat as much, so when I lived there, I only
weighed about 135 pounds. Once or twice I might have had slices of Pizza
from Ray's down on Sixth Avenue and 9th street and Third Avenue and East 80th
Street. I did eat at Trader Vics at the Plaza a few
times. I recall having lunch with a relatives at the cafeterias at Davis
Polk and Wardell and Cravath Swain and Moore down on Wall Street. I once
went to a Taft Alumni dinner at the Union League Club on South Park Avenue in
Manhattan. I recall dining at the Cafe Des Artists at West 68th Street
and Central Park West. I remember a couple of small restaurants on
Madison Avenue in the 60s and 70s where I had bacon cheese burgers or
omelets. I recall there use to be a cafeteria at Madison Avenue at 70th
Street where I ate occasionally. There was also a Gistedes and
delicatessen on West 72nd Street where I shopped regularly. I recall
eating at the Chopping Block restaurant near Bloomingdales and a Italian
restaurant near there that was popular. However, while in Manhattan, I
recall always being hungry, and those are not really that many places in ten
years that I was there frequently. As the economy improved in Manhattan
we went from a staple of bacon cheese burgers to bacon blue cheese burgers and
instead of hamburger buns, they came on Kaiser rolls, and instead of French
fries, the home fries got larger and were peeled and were cooked in fresher
oil. I also think I ate at Asti's on East 13th Street and the Texarkana
restaurant on West 9th Street and 6th Avenue and the Elephant and Castle
on Greenwich Street and the Boat House restaurant in Central Park East.
And of course, one of the places I ate the most at that I almost forgot,
because I ate there so many times in the early morning hours was the Brasserie
in the Seagram's Building on Park Avenue around East 54th Street where I
frequently had Eggs Benedict or Eggs Florentine with home fries that tasted
like they were cooked in olive oil. I would occasionally have beer or
wine with my meals and on weekends I might have a Bloody Mary. Pete's
Tavern has a very good Bloody Mary. I most often would drink spritzers
which are about two ounces of white wine with sparkling soda water occasionally
on ice and a twist of lemon or lime. I also drank a lot of Perrier in
Manhattan www.perrier.com
. However, most of time after the meals, I would have a cup of
coffee. I also used a Polish bakery at west 72nd street, a French bakery
at 49th street and 2nd Avenue that had fresh croissants from Paris flown in on
the Concorde, Zabars bakery, and another bakery on the east side of First
Avenue between 54th street and 55th street, where I once saw John and Oko
Lennon besides seeing them at Zabars and the Fairway green grocery all the
time. I recall having a few sandwiches at and around Columbia
University. I think I might have once had a hot dog at Nathans at Seventh
Avenue and west 8th Street and another time at the Papaya stand at Broadway and
72nd Street. I recall going to the ice cream shop on Central Park south
that is very famous a number of times, but I can not recall the name right
now. There is an all night restaurant at about East 32nd Street and
Lexington Avenue where the cabs go, where I might have had a late night
breakfast a couple of times. I think I might have eaten at the visitors
cafeteria at the United Nations a couple of times too. There is an all night
coffee shop on 42nd Street at Grand Central Station where I ate a couple of
times. I also use to eat frequently at Arthur Treacher's fish and chips
on Third Avenue near East 62nd Street, and I think I ate nearby at a Lums
frankfurter place a few times where they cooked hotdogs in beer. I
believe I also dined once with friends at the El Morroco night club. I
also bought late night or early morning sandwiches at the all night deli at
around the west side of First Avenue and between 58th and 59th streets, and I
recall buying snacks like Hagen Daz ice cream at a deli just south of
Christopher Street on the west side of Seventh Avenue. I also went to
about a half dozen dinner parties at people's private residences besides what I
dined on where I was living, which frequently was very simple like clam sauce
and noodles, scrambled eggs and toast, hamburgers, yogurt, or other simple
fare. Thus I pretty much covered all of Manhattan on the east side south
of 96th Street and on the west side south of Columbia University. However
late at night in that period there was not much opened in the Wall Street area,
however the foreign exchange traders were always awake all night at the
Citicorp complex, and they frequently could be seen dining in the wee hours of
the morning at the Brasserie. I walked through the Waldorf Astoria many
times, and I saw many heads of state coming and going there, but I do not
recall dining there, but I did have drinks there a few times. I think I
also would some times have a turkey croissant sandwich at the Citicorp Center
plaza when not having a breakfast croissant and coffee earlier. Basically
there are so many places to eat in midtown Manhattan on a 24 hour basis that
one if they can afford it can always find a convenient dining establishment on
a reasonable budget. However, one generally has to walk quite a bit to
work up an appetite, and public transportation is not as frequent late at night
and in the early morning hours. Usually I ordered the bacon cheeseburgers
medium rare, and they usually came on a roll or a bun with Dijon mustard,
ketchup, mayonnaise with lettuce, slices of tomato, onion, and a quarter of a
kosher dill pickle along with the home fries and whatever beverage I felt like
having at the time. Of course whenever I got back out to Greenwich,
Connecticut on the return, the A&P now the Food Emporium was usually opened
24 hours, and my mother kept a lot of Stouffer's shrimp and lobster Newberg
frozen packets with rice in the freezer. Of course the old White Diner,
formerly the Colonial Diner, now the Glory Days diner is still opened 24 hours
a day 365 days a year on the Boston Post Road across from the YMCA in
Greenwich, so I can imagine how many New Yorkers have come out here over the
years that have ended up there after their night's ventures in this area.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 5:50 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I had a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will head off to bed soon. I probably will have 8
Wheatsworth crackers before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 4:55 P.M.: I went back out, and
I drove down by the waterfront. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.
I next sat downtown for a while. I then went by the Greenwich Library,
and I read the Greenwich Times and P.C. Magazine. I just now returned
home. Despite the increased price of gasoline, it seems more people than
ever are driving. I guess people will not start conserving energy until
gasoline gets to $5 to $8 a gallon, then it will probably be like in Europe
where people drive less. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 2:10 P.M.: I have a 3 P.M.
appointment, so I will now go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 2:00 P.M.: I ate two tuna fish
sandwiches and a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 1:30 P.M.: I had a cup of 50%
Folger's regular instant and 50% Folger's decaffinated instant coffee before
going out. I went out, and I went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I
bought a loaf of fresh Arnold Branola bread for $2.15 total. I went by
Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. Everything is 50% off, and they also have
a $30 a bag sale for soft items. I bought a mahogany framed mirror with
curved top that has a small chip on one side which is about 16 inches by 27
inches for $10 half price. It is an older mirror. I then drove down
by the waterfront. I next went over to Tod's Point, and I walked the 2.5
mile walk around Tod's Point. It is a very nice days out there. I
sat out at various locations. I then came back to central Greenwich, and
I went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a tub of Athenos garlic and herb feta
cheese for $3.24, a 10 ounce box of mushrooms for $2.19, a four pack of four
six ounce cans of Bubble Bee solid white albacore tuna for $3.99 all four cans,
a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99 for $11.41 total. I then
returned home. I had a glass of iced tea. I hung the mahogany
mirror on the wall to the left of the bathroom door. I took the larger
mirror that was there, and I hung it on the bedroom door. The bird
picture that was on the bedroom door, I hung on the back side of the bedroom
door. I cleaned the mahogany mirror.
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 7:55 A.M.: I chatted with a
friend. Art theft story Telegraph | News | Castle gang snatches £25m Leonardo
stolen from Historic
Drumlanrig Castle and The Queensberry Estate Scotland . I will
now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 7:00 A.M.: I went through my
email. I had two scoops of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat frozen
yogurt. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 6:20 A.M.: I was up at 5:30
A.M.. I watched a bit of television. I noticed that the computer
temperature when it is in Standby mode goes from 93 degrees Fahrenheit to 83
degrees Fahrenheit. I will now do some regular computer work.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 2:20 A.M.: I had the same
summer salad as I have been eating recently along with a glass of iced
tea. I will now put the computer on standby for a while, and I will rest
for a while. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 1:10 A.M.: Of course in
Nantucket www.nantucket.net
they have a lot of outdoor cafes in the summer, and I recall dining at one in
June in Kennebunkport http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm ,
when I was up there. Here locally in Greenwich, Connecticut on the bottom
of Greenwich Avenue on the east side, they have a outdoor cafe at the Thataway
Cafe, and I recall recently seeing people still smoking at the front tables at
the entrance to the Thataway Cafe. Of course a great many of the private
clubs in Greenwich also have outdoor terraces. I suppose if one were coming
out of the Delamar five star Hotel http://www.thedelamar.com/ down by the
waterfront, one could smoke in the parking lot by the shoreline. However,
one has to remember that I know from experience walking it for a couple of
years before I had a car that the Steamboat Road area and the entire waterfront
of Greenwich is inundated with large numbers of skunks. I use to see up
to a half dozen skunks just walking up Steamboat Road including the one that lived
in my yard. We also use to have a couple around my building here. I
thus keep a couple of quart cans of tomato juice around just in case I ever
need them to remove the smell. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 1:00 A.M.: The one time in the
last ten years, I went into Manhattan in February about a year and a half ago,
we dined at the Boat House cafe on the east side of Central Park around the mid
70s. I recall that it looked like in the summer, they might have outdoor
dining. I just had eight Wheatsworth crackers. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/28/03 Thursday 12:50 A.M.: Today is the
birthday of a former neighbor from Key West and Nantucket who never seemed to
have made it to Greenwich, Connecticut except once, and he found it
boring. Whatever, the case I remembered his birthday again, because the
little old lady on Long Island said it was important to keep an eye on him, so
I assume all these friends and associates are still doing that. Anyway I
tried to install the Asus motherboard program, but it did not install because I
do no have an Asus motherboard. However, the MDM motherboard stats
programs works just fine. I put a shortcut for it in my "Test"
folder on the Desktop. In remembering places in Greenwich Village last
night where one can probably still smoke tobacco outside, I just remembered two
other places. On Seventh Avenue just north of Christopher Street use to
be the Rivera outdoor cafe and on Seventh Avenue just south of Christopher
Street use to be the Buffalo Road House. Both had outdoor cafe areas,
however they were quite noisy with all the traffic on Seventh Avenue.
Since I have only been to Manhattan once since I was mugged with a friend on
July 5, 1993 which is over ten years ago, I do not pretend to be an expert on
Manhattan anymore. I do recall a number of uptown restaurants had outside
patios in the backyards of their premises, so there might be some place uptown
where one can still smoke a cigarette while having dinner or drinks. I
suppose one could also take a cruise around Manhattan on one of the many
excursion boats, and I guess one might be able to smoke on board the boats
too. Since real estate is so expensive in Manhattan, and since it is cold
there for over half the year, there are not a lot of outdoor cafes where one
can smoke tobacco outdoors. Of course in the old days, there was the
outdoor cafe at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. I suppose
Manhattan is now full of people sneaking cigarettes outside of buildings in the
fresh air. I was told by one part time Manhattan resident that one can
still smoke tobacco at the United Nations Buildings, since it is a
diplomatically international neutral zone not subject to the regulations of the
City of New York. I guess one place, where one could sneak a cigarette outside
would be at the east end of East 57th Street at the vest pocket park that
use to be there that had the copy of the Medici boar. Having lived down
the street from the Medici Palace when I lived in Firinze, Italia, and having
seen the original Medici boar in the Florence Flea Market, I use to enjoy
sneaking a cigarette next to the Manhattan replica. However, it can be
cold there on mid winter nights. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 11:20 P.M.: I looked at http://www.betanews.com/releases.php3?num=100
, and I downloaded http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1053033598
, and I will now install it along with this one http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=929820238
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 10:55 P.M.: I rested for a
while. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 8:35 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative this morning. I had about 20 Wheatsworth crackers before going
to bed about 10:30 A.M.. I was up at 7 P.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 8:35 A.M.: Well, I went
through my email earlier. I had ten Wheatsworth crackers before I went
out. Well, not much is happening. I guess I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. I received email from www.llbean.com
about dog monogram tote bags they are now have available with a pictogram of
your style dog and its name in their traditional coal bag tote bag L.L.Bean: Boat and Tote® Bag, Dog Breed .
One of my history teachers at Greenwich Country Day use to carry his books in
such a bag when everyone else was forced to buy leather briefcases. I
guess he must have known something about the history of coal in this region as
opposed to the more recent usage of oil and natural gas. I don't think
were quite at the point yet, where we will be picking up coal from along the railroad
tracks, but I once commented to a friend whom I thought should go to Harvard,
that he should write on his application that he was the son of a coal miner,
since John Harvard's father was a coal miner. I also having seen the
statue many times in Harvard Yard thought the friend had an uncanny resemblance
to John Harvard. Of course all the new worldwide travelers they seem to
have collected at Harvard recently do not seem to have much respect for a lot
of the history that went on there before them. Basically when I worked in
Cambridge, Massachusetts for a couple of summers while at Polaroid, and while
living in Boston while not at college in Illinois at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , I
learned quite a bit about Harvard students and their personnel. Basically
they are all insecure that they are not quite as smart and brilliant as they
pretend to be. Realistically, they are more connected than academics,
since a great many of them once their trust funds run out seem to become
accomplished carpenters which is a worthwhile skill in New England with all the
trees. Whatever it is with Harvard, I have never tried to figure them
out. One former friend of mine whom attended Harvard and whose father had
a chair named for him at Harvard once asked me to accompany him to a meeting
with the Director of Admissions at Harvard explaining that he felt insecure
about going alone since apparently the Director of Admissions at Harvard at
that time apparently was supposedly gay. Whatever the case knowing inbred
academics, they tend to cover for each other, so I would imagine Harvard is
more a private country club for some of the old guard elite, and if one
attended such pre prep schools as Phesaton or Fay and such prep schools at
Exeter and Andover, more than likely one would find their bills paid for at the
Hasty Pudding Club. Whatever the case, the friend of mine dropped out of
Harvard and became a recluse, and I continued working around a lot of Harvard
and MIT people whom were so busy working, they quite frankly seemed sexually
oblivious to the realities outside of the academic world. Basically so
many of them have had their heads in books for so many years that without
accurate writers to write the books they would not be to well informed.
The reason I keep writing is that at Lake Forest College, they kept saying
"Publish or Perish", so I do not feel like Perishing, so I keep
writing. I will now shut down the computer, and I will probably have some
Wheatsworth crackers and ice tea before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 7:45 A.M.: I went down by the
waterfront. There was a great blue heron down by the pier on Steamboat
Road, which is a sure sign of tropical weather. I then went downtown, and
I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue including the train station
area. I sat out for a while at various locations. I then drove back
down by the waterfront. I just now returned home. I left a message
with a friend on his answering machine. I had a glass of iced tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 5:15 A.M.: I will now go out
for a little morning activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 5:05 A.M.: On has the face the
nature of the New York area besides being a travel destination for many tourists,
it is also a travel hub. Thus with so many people coming through the New
York area in their travels to other areas, they frequently are interrupted in
their travels by the weather particularly in the winter, so many times they end
up paying unexpected visits to the New York area, which due to the nature of
New York can be a bit expensive, if one does not know about how to watch one's
budget. I am now going to finish off the bowl of green partially seedless
grapes and blueberries. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 4:25 A.M.: I recall around
February 1983, when I had a little money from a construction project that I had
finished, I took my former roommate to dinner at the Lone Star Steak House Lonestar
Steakhouse or Texarkana Restaurant on West 9th Street just
East of Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, which apparently is not there
anymore. We had a good dinner sitting on the second floor tier, and I
recall looking at the party sitting on the main floor in front of the
fireplace, and one of the party was Texas senator John Tower. I have been
told by those in the know that near the meat warehouse district in Manhattan on
West 14th Street is the Old Homestead Steak House http://www.oldhomesteadsteakhouse.com/
, and having walked by it many times, one always sees lots of stretch
limousines parked around it. I believe it is almost directly across the
street from the Manhattan Salvation Army for those whom are less fortunate and
can not afford a steak. Believe it or not in the west 20s of Manhattan
west of the West Side Highway, they use to store all the buses and sanitation
trucks for Manhattan, thus if one wants to keep one's local Manhattan neighborhood
on the up and up, one has to be on good terms with the blue collar work force
in Manhattan. It takes quite a lot of different people to keep the City
going. I once was told that just to change a light bulb in an office
building, one might have to deal with more than a dozen different union
contractors. That is why the City can tend to be very expensive.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 3:25 A.M.: I just found this
story about free courses at MIT www.mit.edu , and the story is at Wired 11.09: MIT Everyware . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 3:15 A.M.: The building alarm
system went off a little while ago, but it was turned off shortly after it went
off. I had a scoop of Ben and Jerry's chocolate fudge brownie low fat
frozen yogurt and a scoop of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat frozen
yogurt. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 2:35 A.M.: One of the local
fishermen asked me where to get a transponder on Monday evening. I
recommended searching the internet. I also mentioned that if it were for
older equipment that used vacuum tubes I was familiar with another place.
Back around the early summer of 1974, I lived for a couple of months in the
Chelsea area of Manhattan across the street from the Anglican Seminary on West
20th street in an unrestored brownstone on the third floor as I recall with the
entire building covered with ivy, since it had not been renovated. I liked
the neighborhood since one could easily park a car, which I sold the 1971 blue
Volvo 240 four door sedan while I lived there, since there was not much energy
in the area. I used the apartment video camera to record the foundation
digging of the World Trade Center while they were digging the pilings.
The apartment had a vintage about 1954 RCA television with a white mahogany
cabinet. It did not work, so I checked out the vacuum tubes. As I
recall, I knew the location of a television repair shop on West 9th Street
between Greenwich Street and Seventh Avenue. It was across the street
from the West Village fire house, and it was next to the Ninth Circle Steak
House, which became a hippie hang out. I was able to find the old type of
vacuum tubes which worked in the older RCA television, and when I left the
apartment after about two months of living there, the television worked.
I also recall that the Ninth Circle Steak House was a watering hole for a lot
of hippie type rock stars, because it has a Juke Box with lots of Beatles and
Beach Boy records. As I recall it was 3 records for a quarter, and a beer
was .50 and a hard drink was a dollar. I use to drink little cans of
orange juice there that cost about .65. Since there were lots of hippies
there, and since Manhattan changes with the Four Seasons, in the warmer months
there would be lots of people there visiting there from the tropics. I
recall they had a back patio where people could sit outside and smoke, so as
not to bother the customers inside. I guess with New York's new smoking
laws, it is a more popular place. As I recall in the old days, the
visitors from the West Indies did not know the difference between Virginia
tobacco and native ingredients grown in the West Indies. However, the
owner was a liberal from Vermont, and he did not seem to mind. I recall
the West Village fire house across the street from it burned down a couple of
times in the 1970s too. Anyway, it was a casual atmosphere with a cross
section of people from the entertainment business trying to start off in the
business. I recall their sign did not say the "Ninth Circle"
which is a take off from the book by Dante. Instead it had a sign with
this configuration,
000
000
009
.
Anyway,
it was one of many watering holes in Greenwich Village, but because it catered
to the younger generation, it was more of a college bar with cheaper drinks
than the tourist places. I remember
seeing
people there that looked like Margaret Thatcher and Mao Tse Tung, so it drew a
large cross section of people. One of the more popular regulars was named
Sydney from the town of the same name in Australia. I recall the
doorman seemed to know more than he pretended, and I use to see quite a few CBS
personnel there. Whatever, the case since it had a country atmosphere, it
was more of a down home crowd than some of the glittery places around
town. I recall that the television repair shop in the basement next to it
was frequently opened very late at night, and back around 1974, they had a large
selection of vintage electronic appliances. However, not many people
watched television in Manhattan, since there are so many other diversions going
on in the city. I can remember before they built the World Trade Center,
there use to be a lot of electronic shops down in the same area. In the
old days, Canal Street was a particularly good area for searching out used
nautical items. University Place had a lot of antique shops, and I
remember one filled with lots of Viennese crystal chandeliers that looked like
they needed dusting. Of course the area in Chelsea around West 24th
Street was the wholesale flower district. Thus if one is trying to
furnish an apartment or home in the New England suburbs, and you can not find
it locally, plenty of stores seem to have similar items in Manhattan the
surrounding boroughs at a higher price. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.: I had two Stop and
Shop caramel popcorn cakes. I also opened up the box of Nabisco
Wheatsworth crackers, but I did not have any. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 1:05 A.M.: It looks like the
price of oil and energy has been rising recently. Locally up north for
those people whom heat their homes with oil, one can usually lock in the price
of oil at the current price early in the season before the price might go up
later in the season. However, if it went down, one would be paying a
higher price. However, the nature of so many customers locking in the
price of their oil at a lower price tends to drive up the price on the commodities
futures market, thus causing the future price of oil to rise. It is one
of the basic principles of economics and supply and demand. One can also
stay warmer in a colder home during the winter by wearing long underwear or
other thermal type garments. Generally if available, they are cheaper
this time of year. One could go to Marshall's in Stamford, Connecticut or
Norwalk, Connecticut or T.J. Maxx has two stores in Norwalk, where they might
have some warmer winter clothes that are not marked up yet. I basically
have plenty of winter clothing and being a cold weather person, I tend not to
have to wear heavy winter clothing. I hardly ever wear turtle necks
underneath my sweaters, and I tend to wear a polar fleece lined winter coat shell
on colder days. I was able to buy one from Marshall's made by Columbia
Sportswear http://www.columbia.com/
and I have also seen them discounted at Modells at the Port Chester, New York
shopping center. It has been my experience with the local thrift shops
that not many heavy winter coats ever show up for resale, since people in this
area tend to hold on to them. Since I was once thinner many moons ago, I
also have a selection of winter garments at a thinner weight, which I keep in
reserve, should I have succeed in losing weight. I am presently 205
pounds, and my ambition is to lose another 25 pounds and to get down to 180
pounds. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/27/03 Wednesday 12:40 A.M.: I had the same
summer salad as the last few nights along with a glass of iced tea. It
still feels a bit hot and sultry like tropical weather locally. One
should probably study www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .
Basically, the prediction was for a tropical hurricane weather season to be
twice as bad as normally, but it does not seem to have developed yet.
However, it seems to have been cooler this summer locally, and basically as the
summer continues, the weather and the Atlantic ocean might warm up a bit more,
which could mean increased tropical weather. Basically the Old Farmer's
Almanac The Old Farmer's Almanac - Weather Center might
have some useful weather information, if one studies it for one's area.
Of course one could use the natural indicators if one were familiar with those
indicators to help forecast the weather. I am advised locally we could
use some rain. Whatever, the case I have been spending so much time
inside locally this summer, I am not that attuned to the local weather as I
have been past summers. Since I am keeping busy much of the time, I do
not have the time to spend lots of time on a bench downtown observing the
weather. The way I figure it, I will have to deal with it when it arrives
no matter what, so I am thus use to a cooler environment having spent a great
deal of the summer by the air conditioner. Hopefully once cooler weather
arrives, I will not need to use as much electricity for heat. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 11:30 P.M.: I went out, and I
went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat
out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I
chatted with a couple of the regular fishermen. They told me about a web
site about Long Island Sound http://mysound.com/ , but it is just a music
site. I found this link with lots of links on the waterfront http://www.harborestuary.org/links.htm
, however I think the fisherman was tired, and he meant this web site http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/
with this link to Greenwich Harbor http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/wlisgw_stn.html
with Greenwich Harbor Weather Information http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/wlisgw_wx.html
as opposed to his local weather information at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm
. I chatted about my theory that the volcanic eruption 120 years ago of
Krakatoa might have been caused by increased sunspot solar activity heating up
the earth's molten core with additional neutrons, which might have triggered
the volcanic activity at the time. I then went back downtown to sit
outside for a while, but there was a skunk prowling around where I regularly
sit, so I returned home. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 8:25 P.M.: I tried call a few
friends and relatives, but none of them were at home. I chatted with a
friend. The sky is overcast, but Weather Pulse says it is just suppose to
be cloudy, and it is not suppose to rain. I will shut down the computer,
and I guess I will clean up, and I will go out. I also guess I am still
on a night schedule, since I just got up. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 8:00 P.M.: I was up at 5 P.M..
I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I checked the mail. I rested
some more until a short time ago. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 5:45 A.M.: I finished off the bag
of white corn chips. I will not being eating any more corn chips, since
they are not low cholesterol. I looked at some of the sites at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now
shut down the computer. I will go to bed soon. I had two Stop and
Shop caramel popcorn cakes. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 4:20 A.M.: Of the four eruptions
on Krakatoa during that eruption 120 years ago, it says the final fourth
eruption was at 5:02 EDT our time that blew away the volcano. However,
the third eruption blew out about 60% of the debris of the entire four
eruptions. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 3:55 A.M.: In my notes earlier
yesterday, when I mentioned the Howard Johnson's motel in Greenwich, Cos Cob,
Connecticut, if I am not mistaken, when money was tight back in the 1970s, they
use to hold the annual reunion there of the survivors of the Titanic, so it
does have a certain cliché amongst a certain select group of travelers.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 3:45 A.M.: This web page The Great Explosion of the Krakatau Volcano
("Krakatoa") of August 26, 1883, in Indonesia says that
Krakatoa's first eruption on August 26, 1883 at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time GMT,
which would be 12:07 P.M. EDT here today would be the 120th anniversary of the
event. For local time in Indonesia one could look at MapZones.com Live Time and Date , but I have
already figured out the difference. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 3:15 A.M.: I just noticed from
the cover jacket of Simon Winchester's book "Krakatoa, the Day the World
Exploded, August 27, 1883" means that this Wednesday, but probably this
Tuesday here August 26, 2003 today because of the International Date Line is
the 120th anniversary of the eruption of "Krakatoa". Well
anyone around when that happened would be up there in the years. I once
use to chat with an elderly scholar, and she use to go on and on about the
eruption of "Krakatoa" and how cold it was the following couple of
winters, when there was a 10 foot snowfall in New York City, and it snowed in
Connecticut in July. I do not recall if the elderly scholar was alive for
the event, but it was important enough with all that she knew, that it made an
impression on me to remember it. The elderly scholar was the head trustee
of Vassar College, a fixture in New York Society, a world traveler, a neighbor
of Sagamore Hill, and probably one of the few people in the 1960s and 1970s
that knew volcanology was important, when everyone else was focused on other
affairs. Her godson that lived next to the United Nations had Edgar Cayse's
complete collected works in his apartment, and he also had a valuable Renoir
painting of Vesuvius erupting over Pompeii, and he happened to speak 12
different languages, and I was simply the visitor whom did not mind the cold
weather and energy shortage back then, since out in Illinois in college the
previous four years and during my tour of Europe the winter before, it had been
very cold, and I happened to visit some volcanic locations in the Canary
Islands at Lanzarote and around the Greek Isles, so I had some first hand
knowledge of the historical volcanic activity in those locations. I
recall in 1975, Martinique had an eruption, so the following year, when I
showed up in Key West, and I saw Jacque Cousteau and quite a few other world
experts, I just stuck to my knitting. Just because Jacque Cousteau was a
bit tanned, does not mean he was a Cuban refugee, and just because French
people like tanning, does not mean that they are Spanish. I have chatted
with uncounted numbers of French Canadians over the years in French in this
area who have been south to the tropics, only to come north to be mistaken for
Latino travelers. Whatever, the case certain French groups might have a
better overall perspective. Moreover, my friend with a unique last name
who was the godson of the elderly scholar only has that same Dutch last name
show up on in the internet in reference with Tahiti. Thus when one lives
around the United Nations, there is generally more first handed information
than just what is available in the local media, particularly back then before
the internet was commonly available. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.: I went through my
email. I put the ice tea in the refrigerator to chill. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 1:20 A.M.: This article Yahoo! News - Cousin Drugs Interfere with Aspirin Heart
Benefits , since when I wake up, I usually take a half of an aspirin
with my morning orange juice along with vitamins and supplements.
However, frequently if I have arthritis pain, I also take a CVS extra strength
acetaminophen, which I guess I should not do at the same time. I also
take a CVS extra strength acetaminophen before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 1:15 A.M.: I printed out in
printer friendly format this past Saturday's New York Times article on
Greenwich, Connecticut A Town With a Little City at Its Heart .
It was 5 pages long in printer friendly format. I used two first class
stamps to mail it to a relative. I mailed in the mail room letter drop
downstairs. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/26/03 Tuesday 12:50 A.M.: I had the same style
summer salad as the last few nights. I had it with a glass of iced
tea. I am making up a batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. I am putting in one less bag of Bigelow tea and adding a bag of Salada
green tea along with the other flavors in the recipe. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 11:20 P.M.: I put away the fresh
batch of laundry. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 10:50 P.M.: I unpackaged the
Glade plug-in with fan, and I installed the Hawaiian Breeze refill
bottle. I installed it in the kitchen on the center kitchen counter power
strip. I took the old Glade Plug-in device that I filled with Renuzit air
freshener, and I plugged it into the 3 outlet adaptor behind the primary
computer where the two power control panels are plugged into. I had to
use a ground fault adaptor to have it stick out far enough to plug into the
socket. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 10:30 P.M.: I was up at 3:30
P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went
out. I went by the ATM machine at the Fleet Bank in Byram, and I used it
for a dollar charge. I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I
bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I then went to
downtown Greenwich, and I went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription for a
dollar charge , and I bought two containers of Suave invisible deodorant for
$2.99 both plus .18 tax for $4.17 total. I then bought a two pack of European
Mystique shampoo and conditioner for $1.29 both bottles less a .75 coupon for
.54 plus .03 tax for .57 total. I then parked further down Greenwich
Avenue, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at
various locations. I went by CVS again, and I bought on sale for
half price a Glade Plug-in with fan and Hawaiian Breeze refill for $3.99 and a
100 yards of CVS baking soda dental floss for $1.99 less .75 coupon for $5.23
plus .31 tax for $5.54 total. I finished my walk. I then drove down
by the waterfront for a while. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and
I returned a book, and I checked out "Krakatoa" by Simon Winchester,
which I had reserved. I then returned home. I started two loads of
laundry, and I used fabric softener after 20 minutes of the wash cycle. I
am now on the dry cycle with 25 minutes to go. I chatted with a friend
and a relative. I also put clean linens on the bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 6:20 A.M.: I am a bit tired, so I
will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 6:10 A.M.: I checked on the
internet, and it says the Pierre Hotel is now owned by the Four Seasons Hotel
chain http://www.fourseasons.com
which use to be owned by the A&P heir Huntington Hartford or
"Hunt" to his personal friends. I found their address for the
Pierre Hotel, and it is 5th Avenue at 61st Street in Manhattan, New York, New
York, 10001. Their telephone number is 212-838-8000. This web site
has more information http://the-pierre-hotel.visit-new-york-city.com/
. Their rooms start at about $495 a night plus tax and gratuities.
However, Fifth Avenue and 61st Street is a very busy location, and more than
likely it would be a bit noisy, and more than likely one would be tempted to
spend a bit of money in that very expensive location. I personally have
always found that a cheaper location in Manhattan is the Westbury Hotel at 15
East 69th Street, and their rooms start at $265 The Westbury Hotel - New York City - Reviews of The
Westbury Hotel . If one does not need to be in the upper East
side of Manhattan, the Howard Johnson's in Greenwich or Cos Cob, Connecticut
starts at about $100 a night, but www.hojo.com use to have a special $69 a night
plus tax rate for a limited number of rooms if one called their 800 number at
1-800-446-4656, and then one could enjoy the splendid ambience of suburban
Greenwich, Connecticut. And if one were traveling by automobile, there is
a quick change oil place almost across the street. However, it is next to
Interstate 95, so it might be a bit noisy. One can get there easily from
exits 4 or 5 off Interstate 95. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 5:20 A.M.: It says here that J.
Paul Getty once owned the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan. I wonder if the
Getty family still owns it Telegraph | News | Getty helped traitors sell oil to Hitler
. Of course the manager of the Pierre Hotel was once named Michael Scott,
so I guess I have a relatively common name. I recall trying to visit the
Getty Museum in Malibu on Labor Day in 1980, but it was closed for the
holiday. There was a festive beach party on the beach though of about
50,000 surfer types. When I left the gates of the museum that day, I saw
a friend from Manhattan walking down the sidewalk, but I did not want to bother
the friend on his California excursion. I recall pointing the friend out
to the friend that I was traveling with. Thus I have not visited either
the old or the new Getty museums. I guess I never will, since it would be
at my advanced age of 53 a bit too tiresome to travel all the way out to
California just to look at some artwork. I have only made it into
Manhattan once in about 10 years, so I guess I am becoming somewhat of a
recluse. Still most anyone whom goes downtown here in Greenwich gets a chance
to see me, so it is not like I am that much of a recluse. I am just
keeping my lifestyle within limits and trying to live within my budget.
Thus I do not think I would want to spend a bit of money just to go to
Manhattan, since I see so many Manhattan types coming out here to visit for a
breath of fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 4:25 A.M.: It seems that it was a
bit warm in the apartment at 79 degrees Fahrenheit, which was making me feel
drowsy. I set the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner
with remote control to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, low fan, no moving louvers, and
no Energy Saver, so it will keep the apartment a bit cooler
outside. It is 62 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, and when it is
cooler outside, the Energy Saver cuts off the air conditioner, and it actually
gets warmer inside from the heat build up in the building. Of course in
another few months, this will not be a problem. From about mid October to
mid April in this area, it is cold enough that we need to use electric heat
which we pay for. Thus since the building is not very well insulated, and
since it can get down to below 20 degrees Fahrenheit in this area on cold days,
we generally most of the time are colder in this building. Thus from being
cold so much of the time, even when it is warmer like now, we tend to feel
colder, since it is ingrained into our psyches. Anyway, right now it is
very nice out, and there is not much going on the internet, since I would
imagine a lot of people are still away. I should do some reading, but
instead I will look at some web sites that I normally do not have time to look
at. It is cooling off fast in the apartment, but it is still 79 degrees
according to the thermometers. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 3:45 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I had 20 Tostitos restaurant style white corn chips. I
replaced a 40 watt light bulb in a wall lamp to the right of my primary
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 2:05 A.M.: I reserved Simon Winchester's
book on "Kracatoa" at the
Greenwich
Library http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/
. I will try to remember to pick it up later on today. Basically as
I get older with arthritis as the weather changes occasionally, I have a harder
time adjusting it. However, usually once the new weather has set
in, I adjust to it after a couple of weeks. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/25/03 Monday 1:40 A.M.: I went through my
email. I watched some television. I had the same summer salad as
last night along with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 11:50 P.M.: I had 20 Tostitos
restaurant style white corn chips before going to bed. I was up at 4
P.M.. I chatted with a relative. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I fell back to
sleep until 8 P.M.. I watched some television. I had ten more corn
chips. I cleaned up, and I went out. I sat downtown at two
locations, and I drove around. I did not walk. I did drive by the
waterfront. I returned home. I chatted with a relative. I
clipped my finger nails. I remember, I once noticed on a Dixie Cup http://www.gp.com/dixie/
about 20 years ago that it was made in Champaign, Illinois. I also found
this web site that explains some of the history of Georgia Pacific www.gp.com and
its evolvement http://www.toiletpaperworld.com/tpw/encyclopedia/navigation/manufacturers.htm
as it is related to Dixie cups. This link shows the history of Scott
Paper http://www.scottbrand.com/
which was acquired by Kimberly-Clark http://www.kimberly-clark.com/ which seems to be
a larger company. I use to have friends think my family was involved in
owning Scott paper, but since we were from Illinois, we were not that branch of
the Scott family. I read about ten years ago, that the lady named Scott
that Katherine Hepburn portrayed in the movie the "Philadelphia
Story" was the owner of the Scott paper company. The story I read
about ten years ago, said that she was cleaning out one of her mule's stalls,
when she was in her 90s, and the mule kicked her and killed her. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 7:05 A.M.: I did some regular
internet work. I went outside briefly. I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 5:25 A.M.: Right now, it is 49
degrees Fahrenheit outside, so it has cooled off quite a bit in this
area. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 5:10 A.M.: A little while ago, I
had two scoops of Ben and Jerry's chocolate fudge brownie low fat frozen
yogurt. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 4:55 A.M.: Of course where my
father Louis Dale Scott who died about 15 years ago was from was Champaign,
Illinois http://www.city.champaign.il.us/
, which is really not quite as big as a city, but it is a university http://www.uiuc.edu/index.html
town and a railway town and a farming community. Thus since the National
Center for Super Computing NCSA http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ is also located where
NCSA Mosaic the first internet web browser was invented by Marc Andresen there,
so there has been a bit of internet presence there from the very beginning
about 35 years ago. However, the internet was started for supercollider
physics at the nearby Fermi Laboratory http://www.fnal.gov/ , so obviously the United
States Government and other countries involved in the Supercollider Physics at http://public.web.cern.ch/public/
in Switzerland which also was involved with the laboratory in Grenoble, France
nearby and other European laboratories http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~jac/Nuclear/labs/labs-eur.html
were involved in using the internet for supercollider physics research.
Thus with European research money pouring into the projects, more than likely
more French champagne and other wines became available in the scientific
network, since many Europeans tend to drink wine. Thus with all this
internet activity with one focus on Champaign, Illinois, there more than likely
are a group of researchers that travel around various computer outposts of
research. Since I live only about five miles south of IBM's world
headquarters, I have more than likely seen most of the key players over these
last 20 years. Thus if one has not been on the internet or if one has not
been aware of the activity in this area, one would figure if those involved
work and travel through this area, and since they tend to be highly paid
researchers, more than likely they have brought along some of their creature
comforts. Thus scientific research is a little more complex than America
Online. I dare say when people do government research they have some sort
of security, and they also have some sort of substantial budget. Not only
do they work hard, more than likely they play hard too. Still, I have a
feeling that with so many hundreds of millions of people on the internet, its
purpose as it was originally designed has decentralized all the locations
through out the internet world. Thus we are all grapes in the universal
grape vine. On the champagne subject, there might have been some ruling
in the past, that one could call it champagne if it were produced from
champagne grapes. Since I have never been able to afford to be a wine
connoisseur, I have not kept up on that subject matter. Well, I think it
fairly safe to say that both the internet and champagne are here to stay.
On the matter of Champaign, Illinois due to their location in the tornado belt,
they do a great deal of supper computing weather research for which they have
received funding http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/home.rxml ,
and since at the moment the speaker of the United States House of
Representatives is http://speaker.house.gov/
is Dennis Hastert from Illinois, I would imagine the NCSA funding is fairly
secure. However, they supposedly have T-900 http://www.internet2.edu/
connections coming soon, if they do not already have them. Thus while I
sit here reading the office technology news, a lot elsewhere is going on in the
scientific community as it pertains to the internet. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 3:40 A.M.: A little while ago, I
had ten Tostitos restaurant style white corn chips. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 3:25 A.M.: If after 25 years, one
still feels like pursuing this case to the World Court at the Hague in the
Netherlands, I am sure the French people will win. If you do not know what
I am trying to explain, I am trying to explain from my reading and experience
having traveled through France that only sparkling wine bottled in the
Champagne region of France may be called Champagne. Even in France
sparkling wine from outside the region of Champagne may not be called
"Champagne". Any region like New York state or California
labeling a bottle with the label of Champagne for sparkling wine from their
region are violating international trade and patent protection laws for the
brand name "Champagne". It has been decided many times around
the world in many courts, but still in America, they insist upon the trademark
infringement for marketing sparkling wine as Champagne. Whatever, the
case more than likely I have neighbors nearby whom are more expert on the
subject. I am just voicing an opinion from travel and reading
reference. I do not pretend to be an international jurist, but I would
imagine the only reason the French people do not continue to object is their
great appreciation to the American people for their help in the two great Wars
of this century. Not to mention quite a few French expatriates live in
the Americas. Still it is like Canada Dry Club soda calling itself Canada
Dry Perrier. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 2:50 A.M.: I got a catalog with
lots of interesting souvenir items from the Ronald Reagan Foundation today http://www.reaganfoundation.org/
. When I went out to California in the summer and fall of 1980 during
the Reagan Bush campaign, I spent quite a bit of time around Santa
Barbara, California at the camp ground near Ronald Reagan's ranch. As I
recall in California paying for the mountain top camp ground sights was on the
honor system, and it was $3 per night. Since we hardly ever had that much
money, we frequently would not pay. I recall staying near Ronald and
Nancy Reagan's ranch near Solvang, California quite a number of times, and in
the fall nearing election time it started to get cold, so we bought a sleeping
bag for $20 to open up in the car for cover. We also would camp on
earlier trips out in the mountains east of San Juan Capistrano where there were
several campgrounds up in the hills. As I recall the campground had
toilets and hot water showers. They also had barbeque grills. We
were so low on money, we would occasionally barrow some filet mignons from the
local supermarkets. I think I owe the Albertsons in San Juan Capistrano
about six filet mignons, but I have not found a cow yet that wants to surrender
them. We did pay in Carmel, California about $100 for a dinner of two
tornados which are the Spanish name for filet mignon. Since we did quite
a bit of volunteer work out there observing, I figured we deserved to eat
occasionally. However, about the last time I barrowed a package of two
filet mignons in Santa Barbara, I think from the Safeway Store there, I was
hauled into the calaboose, which had quite an interesting collection of
people. I also while being apprehended broke a bottle of California,
Champaign. Since I had given on an the same two trips an associate funds,
I figured my credit was good in California. Since in my extensive touring
around on five trips to California, I got the lay of the land, and I had seen quite
a few cows and steers. Despite all the vegetarians I encountered, I
figured somebody was eating a bit of beef. Basically when one drives out
to California, one gets to driving so much in the trip across country, that
when one arrives out there, it is hard to keep from stopping driving. I
enjoyed driving up and down the coastal highway to see a bit of the
ocean. However, I also drove through the Imperial Valley a number of
times, plus the east west parts of my journey. I did venture into the interior
to Belle Aire, California east of Malibu to see where the Howard Hughes set
lived. It looked quite prosperous with lots of European style villas, but
compared to Greenwich, Connecticut and other New England mansions I have seen,
the houses looked to be a bit close together. I have heard of but not
visited Hillsborough, California where William Randolf Hearst lives, and it is
suppose to have more spacious real estate. I guess since the Scotts are
an original Virginia family, we are probably related already to the Randolfs,
so it would be like visiting one's second cousins. I did pass by San
Simeon a number of times, but since they had a small replica of a Whaler's
Village like Nantucket, and since I had already encountered a lot of
Californians in Nantucket, I figured I already knew them from my network back
east. I use to go to up to over 40 bars, pubs, and cabarets a night in
Manhattan checking out the local night life with brief glimpses of the
places. However, once the internet came along, I figured it was a better
source of news. Still, when one lives close to such a large tourist area
as Manhattan, when one takes off in any direction, more than likely people one
encounters have already been here. I remember when I stayed in Chelsea a
couple of months back in 1974 one of my roommates use to help throw parties at
the Copa Cabana in Manhattan at the Pierre Hotel, and he once remarked the
Reagans had been there. Of course the old Copa and the Pierre Hotel is
still next to Governor Rockefellers old triplex apartment complex, so more than
likely Governor Rockefeller's political network had also frequented that
location. I remember in the old days while at CBS, I use to go to the Oak
Bar at the Plaza, and I would see members of Richard Nixon's staff there,
because Richard Nixon like eating downstairs at Trader Vics, which I also
enjoyed eating at many times in both New York and Chicago before I discovered
the Pump Room at the Ambassador East Hotel in Chicago. Of course such
fine dining and drinking can lead to lessening of one's finances, and thus one
sooner or later can end up in the kitchen of a remote restaurant like the
Languedoc in Nantucket trying to earn back some of the money that one has
spent. However, once one learns to cook and shop, one tends to save on
meals three times a day, or however often one eats. I remember a lot of
people in Manhattan use to dine out all the time, and they never had any food
in their apartments except Dannon yogurt and Hagen Daz ice cream and partially
used liquor bottles. Thus although it seems Californians do not eat much
meat, they do produce wine, so they must consume wine. Moreover, since
the grocery stores in California offer pretty much the same cross section of
foods that we do on the east coast except fresh and more abundant produce, I
think it is safe to assume that they are not all vegetarians. I remember
the health food stores in California use to sell trail mix and corn chips in
large wooden barrels. A Dutch second cousin of mine in San Luis Obispo
once told me that he sees lots of Dutch tourists studying California farming
techniques at Farm stands in his area. Basically I think it is generally
accepted that most people eat universally, although in different climates and
areas, they have different diets. I enjoyed seeing the Dutch Windmills on
the Van De Kamps grocery chain in California. I also enjoyed seeing
Carnation dairy products which I use to see down south. I was even amused
to see what a large selling product Borax was having seen the Borax http://www.borax.com/
mountain when I was traveling through the country. Even though one might
not buy the Borax brand name in the east, it is a large enough company that
their product is used in a great many other products that do not bear its
name. I have not seen the 20 mule team around recently, but I remember
there use to be somebody who was famous advertising Borax, so more than likely
he owned stock in the company.
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 1:35 A.M.: I went through my
email. I was emailed this web link http://www.inkjetsmart.com/ which seems to have
cheaper Epson ink cartridges than www.3dayinkjet.com . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/24/03 Sunday 12:10 A.M.: I had 10 Tostitos
super size white corn chips and some iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 11:45 P.M.: I had the same
summer salad as last night, but this time I did not put in artichoke heart
quarters. Since the new Green Giant baby carrots are a bit large about a
half inch in diameter, I cut them in quarters lengthwise. I also only had
one sliced plum tomato in the salad. I did slice three 5/16 inch thick
slices of the cold eye round, and then I cut them into about half inch by one
inch strips, and I added them to the summer salad. I had the salad with
iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 10:50 P.M.: I went out after
the last message. I saw a yearling deer behind the family units as I was
exiting our complex. I then went downtown. I went by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by
CVS. I then went by the Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library, and
I bought $3.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.999 a gallon for about 26
miles per gallon. Gasoline seems to be going up in this area. I was
told that regular unleaded gasoline in Biddeford, Maine is $1.699 a gallon at
the Getty station. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length
of Greenwich Avenue and also the train station area. For those of you
with deep pockets whom do not worry about sunburn, there are a number of
Bentley convertibles for sale at the dealership across from the train station
including a cross section of Ferraris too. However, the property tax on
them would be quite high, and they do not get good gasoline mileage.
However, I suppose there is a small market for them for a certain niche
group. On my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I bought a CVS Clorox toilet
tank tablet for $1.99 and from the 50% off shelf, I bought a 60 ounce 60 uses
bottle of Nice'n Fluffy Mountain Fresh Ultra Fabric softener for $1.99 half
price plus .24 tax for $4.22 total. I then completed my walk. I
next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and
I bought a super size bag 20 ounces of Tostitos white corn chips for $2.99, a 6
ounce bag of S&S baby spinach leaves $1.99, a quart of Borden Realemon
lemon juice $2.75, and a red Bermuda onion that they charged a yellow onion price
of .99 a pound for .79 for $8.53 total. I then put my purchases in my
Hyundai, and I sat outside the Stop and Shop briefly. I then remembered,
I needed another item. I went back inside, and I bought a 40 bag package
of Salada green tea for $3.59 total. Green Tea is suppose to have lots of
antioxidants, and it suppose to be healthy for you. I then returned home,
and I put away my purchases. I opened the box of Salada green tea, and I
put it on the kitchen sink shelf on top of the Bigelow tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 6:50 P.M.: I will now shut down
the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for an evening
stroll. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 6:50 P.M.: The electricity went
off about 4:45 A.M. this morning for a little over an hour. I used my
Slaymaker battery recharger light and flash lights. I checked outside and
around the building. I went to bed about while it was still off. I
was up about 3:30 P.M. this afternoon. I chatted with a relative. I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I reset the clocks and the VCR
clock. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I found a
new 15 watt small base bulb to put in the Body Basics aroma light. I also
emptied out the garbage and the waste baskets in the apartment. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 4:20 A.M.: I did some regular
internet work. I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I will head
off to bed soon. A little while ago, I had two scoops of Ben and Jerry's
chocolate brownie low fat frozen yogurt. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 4:15 A.M.: What the New York
Times article does not mention about downtown Greenwich is that although it is
quite delightful, there is so much activity that it is quite a noisy
area. If one likes peace and quiet on a low budget, certain other areas
of town tend to be a bit more quiet, however then once again, one would not be
able to walk everywhere, and one might need an automobile. However, when
I lived at the Jenkins apartment complex at 700 Steamboat Road, it was fairly
quiet except in the summer, when there is a bit of waterfront noise from the
pleasure cruisers and the Island Beach Ferry. However, usually by about 9
P.M., downtown quiets down except for a few late night revelers, and the
occasional youth trying out their skills on their skateboards on Greenwich
Avenue. However, I guess as I get older my hearing might not be as
good. Where I am presently living it is so quiet, it is like living out
on the Great Plains of America, where one can hear a freight train 50 miles
away. However, that could be because I am frequently on a night schedule,
and in the daytime when I am frequently asleep, I do not notice any noise.
Also certain devices like the air conditioner and the air purifier, also tend
to generate noise which cancels out other noise. Also the downtown area
or Greenwich, Connecticut being between the Boston Post Road and Interstate 95,
since it has quite a bit of traffic and since it is due east of New York City,
there tends to be quite a bit of air pollution particularly when the highway is
busy. However, realistically the air pollution goes all the way up to
about 20 miles east of Hartford, Connecticut; so most everyone in the area is
use to it whom can tolerate it. When I vacation further up north on the
shore, I generally feel much better with the cleaner air than around
here. However, since I am frequently on a night schedule, the air quality
tends to be better at night. Thus if one is use to midtown Manhattan
pollution, one would tend to find the air quality a bit fresher here, but it is
not as fresh as in the real countryside. Of course the town does have
quite a bit of essential services that one might not enjoy in the
country. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 3:25 A.M.: I just discovered
this interesting article about Greenwich, Connecticut in the New York Times Greenwich, Connecticut, A Town With a Little City at Its
Heart . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 2:20 A.M.: I finished going
through my email and the volcano reports. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 12:30 A.M.: I put the cooked
seasoned eye round of beef in the refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/23/03 Saturday 12:15 A.M.: I went out after
the last message. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I went by the Food Emporium, and I bought an eye round roast at $2.99 a pound
for $7.89, a pint of Ben and Jerry's low fat chocolate fudge brownie frozen
yogurt and a pint of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia low fat frozen yogurt for $2
each for $11.89 total. I think this week's sale items at the Food
Emporium ended at midnight, and next weeks start up. I noticed the power
was off at the Stop and Shop, the Exxon station, and the Audi dealership, but
it seemed to be on elsewhere. I called up my answering machine for .50
charge to make sure the power was on here. I then returned home. I
had a message from a relative. I took the eye round roast, and I put it
on a baking rack in a baking pan. I then seasoned all sides with Old Bay
Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, Italian
spices, oregano, basil, and Texas Best Barbeque sauce with mesquite
flavor. I am cooking it in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees
Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. Once it is done, I will refrigerate it in a Rubbermaid
container to use later this week. I will slice it cold into about 1/4
inch thick slices and half inch wide strips, and I will use portions of it in
my salads. I had a glass of iced tea when I returned, and I also left a
message with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/03 Friday 8:45 P.M.: I took enough chilled
baby spinach leaves to cover a dinner plate with one thin layer, and I rinsed
them off in cold water in the lettuce spinner. I then spread them across
the dinner plate. I then spread about 10 chilled baby carrots over the
plate. I next sliced two chilled plum tomatoes about 1/8th inch thick,
and I spread the slices over the plate. I then put three double
tablespoon chilled dabs of homemade hummus on the plate. I then put eight
chilled black pitted California on the plate including one in each dab of
hummus. I then put on a diced quarter of a chilled red Bermuda
onion. I then added three 1/8th inch thick sliced chilled mushrooms
which I had rinsed underneath cold water. I then added 12 Pepperidge Farm
large cut low fat spicy Italian croutons. I next put on about two ounces
of chilled Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese. I then open a six ounce
can of crab, and I rinsed it underneath cold water with the lid on a half dozen
time, and I then flaked it, and I put it on the salad. I then added eight
chilled artichoke quarters. I next put on about an ounce of Stop and Shop
low fat grated parmesan cheese. I then added about two teaspoons of
chilled capers. I next put on about 1.5 ounce of Monari room temperature
balsamic vinegar and about 1.5 ounces of room temperature extra virgin Italian
olive oil. I then seasoned the salad with ground black pepper and
salt. I had the salad for dinner. I also had a glass of iced
tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will
go out. It is suppose to be 77 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but it feels
warmer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/03 Friday 7:45 P.M.: I took the nine
medical degree frames with glass that I bought at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop for .25 each, and I put in pictures of family, friends, and
associates. I left the old medical certificates in the frames behind the
pictures. Quite a few of the frames were held together by small nails, so
it took a while. I put clean sheets of paper in the frames to mount the
pictures on. I hung all nine of the frames on Ook hooks and nails above
my bedroom bed three frames over three frames over three frames. The look
very presentable. I took the picture of Bermuda that was over my bed, and
I hung it on the lower half of the bedroom door entrance side beneath the bird
picture. I took the flower oil painting, and I hung it on the wall by the
head of the day bed by the Parsons Lamp. I put the Venice print above the
bedroom door entrance. The framed picture of the George W. Bush inaugural
invitation from 2001 has a weak hanger, and I did not have room to display it,
so I put it on top of Scott's Random notes print outs in the left hallway
bookcase. This all took some time, but it all looks very
presentable. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 08/22/03:
Note:
<888> 08/22/03 Friday 3:55 P.M.: I had 15 Wheatsworth
crackers before going to bed this morning. I was up at 2 P.M., when I had
a telemarketing call. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry
jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I checked
outside, and it is very hot and sultry. It is 90 degrees Fahrenheit
outside right now, and there is a severe thunderstorm watch for the area just to
the north of us. I do not plan to go out this afternoon. I plan to
stay in my cool air conditioned apartment. I will now send out my weekly
notes. If one is downtown and needs to be the cool, the upstairs music
level of the Greenwich Library Peterson wing is a lot cooler than the ground
floor level. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/03 Friday 3:40 A.M.: Well, I finished going
through my email. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/03 Friday 3:15 A.M.: Well this is a very
informative computer story http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/32445.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/03 Friday 1:10 A.M.: I did some minor
tweaking of the apartment. I am now updating the Red Hat Linux 9.0
partition on the Dell backup computer. I had a bowl of the green
partially seedless grapes and blueberries. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/22/03 Friday 12:05 A.M.: I cleaned up some old
mailings on the HP LaserJet IID paper cartridge holders that had been sitting
there some time. I ran Ad-aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
to clean up hidden cookies on my computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 11:05 P.M.: I did some
minor straightening around the apartment. I have a lot of empty computer
parts and electronics boxes in the television cabinet and in the left living
room closet shelf that I could eventually throw out to make more room for
storage. I also have a lot of 5.25 inch computer disks in the television
cabinet. However, the television cabinet is hard to get to, since one has
to lift up the Queen Anne chair from where it is placed between the day bed and
the living room couch adjacent to the television cabinet, since it does not
slide out. I did lift it out once recently to store some books behind it,
when I freed up the kitchen entrance blue book case for pantry storage.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 10:15 P.M.: I put the medical
diplomas underneath the left side of the bedroom bed, so the scrap paper and
the bedroom window area is more easily available. One can also more
easily disconnect the AMD backup computer LAN cable, if one wanted to use a
laptop computer with a LAN cable in the bedroom. Unfortunately my old
laptop computers will not work with a LAN cable. Thus as I have told many
people over the years, if one does not waste one's time watching television,
one can always find activity to keep one busy. My Microsoft Bellwether
stock portfolio of about a 150 stocks has been doing well recently. If is
down about 7% from the stock market high of two years ago, but it is at about
$1,180,000 from its original start about five years of a million dollars.
I do not own the portfolio, I just use it for tracking the daily activity in
the stock market. It is available for download to use with the Microsoft
Internet Portfolio http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp
from http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scopor01.zip
. The portfolio is not meant to out perform the stock market, but just to
reflect its performance like the DOW Jones indicator. Thus as an
indicator, one would only make money if the market went up, and one would lose
money if the market went down. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 9:50 P.M.: I moved the
Rubbermaid hamper with all the extra smaller pairs of pants from in front of
the bedroom window to the hallway entrance by the head of the day bed. I
put in an 8 watt night light bulb in the Body Basics aroma light on the left
side of the bedroom desk, and it still has the rejuvenation aroma beads in it.
I do not feel like spending the money on the 15 watt bulb it requires, since I
never use it, and I have extra night light bulbs. I moved the Radio Shack
7 channel digital weather radio to on top of the Danish end table on the left
side of the bedroom desk behind the laptop computers. It is plugged in,
but I do not leave it turned on for alerts, since the alerts are two loud in my
small apartment, and the other Radio Shack weather radio on the Dell backup
computer in the living room is loud enough. I moved the Omron blood
pressure tester monitor to the right side front of the bedroom desk, and it is
connected to power. I dusted off the Dictaphone on the left bedroom night
stand, and there is a Sony tape sitting on it. I thus have the space
leading to the bedroom window open, so one can open the mahogany bureau
drawers, and access the window area with spare light bulbs and scrap
paper. I still have all the frames with medical diplomas from a retired
Doctor to use for family photographs when I have the time to install
them. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 9:10 P.M.: I checked my
Plantronics DSP 500 audio settings, and they are fine. I also ran Norton
WinDoctor, and it fixed one Microsoft Shared file setting. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 8:50 P.M.: I disconnected the brown
speaker phone in the bedroom, and I cleaned it off as well as possible with
some Ronson lighter fluid. It had quite a few stains on it. I
reconnected it. I strung the emergency pull cord from behind the bedroom
desk across the brass and glass table and down the right side of the bedroom
desk, so it is available for use, if one remembers in the dark where it
is. I should find a florescent patch to put on it. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 8:05 P.M.: I had the same summer
salad that I have been eating recently. This time I added a six ounce can
of solid white albacore tuna fish that I flaked. I also added three 1/8th
thick sliced mushrooms and six artichoke heart quarters along with all the
other usual ingredients that I mentioned on my past Friday notes. I also
had a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 7:10 P.M.: I glued together the
goose egg. It had broken apart when I accidentally knocked it about six
months ago in pretty much the same places where I once repaired it
before. There are some small white lines that show a bit. I put it
on the center of the top shelf of the left hallway bookcase in front of the
print of Alexandria, Virginia in front of some books. I have a bit of the
glue still stuck on my fingers that I will have to gradually peel off over
time. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 6:40 P.M.: I had two scoops of
Edy's raspberry sorbet before going to bed this morning about 4 A.M.. I
had a telemarketing call about 11 A.M.. I got up, and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I then went out, and I stopped by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. I bought a black and gold West Point coffee mug for .25 and a white
RadioShack Electronic Telephone Amplifier System for $1.50 for $1.75
total. Most everything at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop is half
price. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went downtown, and
I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various
locations. I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought two
.28 bolt and molly assemblies and four .23 bolt and molly assemblies plus .09
tax for $1.55 total. I then stopped by CVS, and I bought a two tube
package of CVS super glue gel for $1.97 plus .12 for $2.09 total. I then
finished my walk. I then returned home. I put the new white speaker
phone on the dining room table to the left of the primary computer for easy
access from the primary computer. I put the old brown one on the left
side of the bedroom desk plugged into the modem telephone port on the AMD
backup computer. I put the West Point coffee mug on the left center
back of the bedroom desk with some blue pens in it. I use two of the .28
bolt and molly assemblies to resecure the top half of the towel rack in the
kitchen to the right side front of the refrigerator. I used two of the
.23 molly bolt assemblies to resecure the right brass hook on the entrance wall
of the bedroom. I think I have already used molly assemblies on the left
brass hook, since it seems secure. I put the spare two .23 molly bolt
assemblies in my computer tool kit in the wicker rack behind the HP IID laser
printer. When I have time I will use the CVS super glue gel to reassemble
a broken painted green malachite color goose egg that I have on display on a
shelf on the left bookcase in the hallway. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 3:05 A.M.: I had 20 Wheatsworth
crackers. There is not much happening. Generally when the locals
start getting ready for the new school season about the third week of August,
it starts to get busier around here. However, generally during slower
economic times, people do not bother returning for work until after Labor Day,
since they are not making much money anyway. Still, the only reason the
stock market seems to be going up is that the prime interest rate is still
about 1% which is very low. This has the advantage of encouraging new
construction with lower lending rates, but if only a few people have the money,
it is really not much of an economic stimulus. Basically, the
conventional wisdom of Milton Friedman http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/bios/friedman.html
economics tend to hold true, which is more supply side economics than the more
liberal viewpoint of John Maynard Keynes http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Keynes.html
which is more liberal economics based on more theory and statistics. In
either case without investment capital, the general economy will not pick up
and increase. However with such low yields, there is very little stimulus
to risk investment capital in such speculative ventures. Anyway, the
light is at the end of the tunnel, and I guess I will now shut down the
computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 1:50 A.M.: I had a bowl of
green semi seedless grapes and blueberries. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 1:10 A.M.: For those of you
whom remember the good old days of "Green Stamps" at the grocery store,
they now have evolved to http://www.greenpoints.com/account/act_default.asp
, however at the rate the local economy is going, more than likely we will be
looking forward to "ration coupons" in the near future as opposed to
Green Stamps. Still the old time yankees seem to be surviving, and more
than likely some of them planted their Victory Gardens this summer, so more
than likely we will be still eating for the indefinite future. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/21/03 Thursday 12:40 A.M.: Back in 1973 when I
was working at Boodles restaurant in Greenwich, Connecticut the whole country
ran out of oil. We were forced to seek refuge in Manhattan where local
merchants seemed to have an ample supply of coal to heat their pied a
terres. Well, one merchant family seems to have branched out into this
activity http://wmf.org/
using the funds from http://www.kressfoundation.org/kress/index.html
. I am still trying to figure out if the last Kress Department store I
saw in Key West, Florida is still in existence. However, it is rumored
that the Kress Department store evolved into K-Mart. Whatever, the case
when I drove back and forth across the country about five times, I saw quite a
few K-mart department stores. I remember once buying a fuel filter for my
old 1972 Subaru I bought in Nantucket at a Kress Department store near Lenox,
Massachusetts when I was driving up to Williamstown, Massachusetts.
However, it is not too hard to find the old Kress family estate in Long Island
from Greenwich, Connecticut. All one has to do is sail south from the
Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and more than likely one will be close to it.
However, if you miss Long Island, one might indeed end up back down in Key
West. Whatever the business seems to be today, the fast moving New
Yorkers seemed to have forgotten their friends to the North in their world
travels. I guess one could try to research other old information at the http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/
, but I have been advised that New Haven, Connecticut is not as safe of an area
as it once was. However, the Greenwich Hospital http://www.greenhosp.org/
is affiliated with Yale New Haven medical center, so I would imagine there is
some sort of communications between them and this community. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 11:40 P.M.: Staples has a HP
3820 Staples Special Savings color inkjet printer on
sale for $69.98 with a $30 mail-in rebate, so it eventually would be about
$39.98 for the new inkjet printer with the new ink cartridges. However,
when one went to service it with new ink cartridges a pair of them one black
and one color would be over $50. Thus they are selling Inkjet printers
the way Polaroid use to sell cameras, where they did not make money off the
camera, but they made money off the film. Much could be said about the
price of ink cartridges. www.3dayinkjet.com does not list cartridges for
the HP 3820 printer, but they might sell a similar cartridge from another HP
printer. One would have to look into it. Still, since I have two
working Epson color inkjet printers with full ink cartridges, I do not think I
need to invest in another printer. Not to mention I have the HP
LaserJet IID laser printer which has a fairly new HP 95A toner cartridge from
HP. I also have the older HP LaserJet IIP laser printer and a spare HP
75A cartridge for it. The HP LaserJet IIP is hooked up to the AMD backup
computer in the bedroom. However, it only feeds paper out from the lower
level, and it tends to be wrinkled. Since I do not print out that much, I
seem to have ample printing resources. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 11:15 P.M.: I went out after
the last message. I went downtown. I ran into an infrequent night
walker, and we chatted briefly. I walked the entire length of Greenwich
Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a five pound
bag of S&S sugar for $2.39, two six ounce cans of Chicken of the Sea crab
meat for $1.99 each can, a 8 ounce container of S&S fat free grated
parmesan cheese $3.99, a tub of Athenos garlic and herbs feta cheese $3.23, a
ten ounce box of fresh whole mushrooms $2.19, a 8 ounce jar of Sclafani
imported capers in vinegar $3.29, a quart of fresh plum tomatoes $2.99, a 4.25
ounce of McCormack whole black peppercorns $2.69, a six ounce bag of S&S
baby spinach leaves $2, and a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots .99 for $27.74
total. I then returned home. I had a glass of iced tea. I
took out the two 12 packs of soda cans from the lower shelf in the refrigerator
to make more room. I put the soda cans underneath the blue couch. I
put away my purchases. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 8:05 P.M.: I had the same
summer salad that I have been eating recently. This time I put in a
quarter of a diced red Bermuda onion and a tin of sardines that I chopped into
pieces and seven artichoke heart quarters. I had the salad with a glass
of ice tea. I will now clean up, and I will go out after that. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 7:00 P.M.: I ran Symantec
update. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 6:45 P.M.: I installed two
Windows Updates. SpeedFan says my computer is 93 degrees
Fahrenheit. The outside temperature is 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The
apartment temperature is 74 degrees Fahrenheit with the General Electric
Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, low fan,
Energy Saver, no air circulating louvers, and no fresh air exhaust. Thus,
I am cool and comfortable, so I might wait until the sun goes down before going
out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 6:05 P.M.: I had three scoops
of Edy's tropical fruit sorbet before going to bed about 4 A.M.. I was up
at 1 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I checked my mail.
I fell asleep again until about 6 P.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 2:50 A.M.: Meanwhile back at
Scott's Byram spa as opposed to Forbes.com: World's Best Spas life goes
on. I really do not have much to do, and since it seems we have nicer
weather this week, I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 2:00 A.M.: Well using
SpeedFan, I noticed my computer does run a bit warmer than one might
think. Its basic computer temperature is 99 degrees Fahrenheit, which is
good reason for using air conditioning in the summer. I also updated Nero
5.5 www.nero.com
with the latest update not the latest version which is not free. If one
needs CD/R media I noticed that at Staples this offer is available this week http://instorespecials.staples.com
which after rebate would be about $5 for a 100 pack. At the moment, I
have plenty, but I might get them to have. Staples' rebates generally
come back very fast, if it is a Staples rebate and not the
manufacturer's. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/20/03 Wednesday 1:10 A.M.: I checked out www.betanews.com
and these two programs caught my eye FileForum | Program Detail - Weather1 and FileForum | Program Detail - SpeedFan .
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/03 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.: I went through my
email except the volcano reports. I had a bowl of the blueberries and
green partially seedless grapes. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/03 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.: Before I made up my
summer salad, I also made up a fresh batch of the homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
. I also used in the regular recipe two 4.25 ounce cans of S&S
crushed California olives and 1/8th of a teaspoon of Red Cayenne pepper.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/03 Tuesday 10:05 P.M.: I had the same
summer salad with a six ounce can of flaked solid white albacore tuna fish
along with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/03 Tuesday 8:30 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/03 Tuesday 7:30 P.M.: I had ten Wheatsworth
crackers last night before going to bed. I was up at noon today. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice,
vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I received in the mail my
Symantec $20 rebate from when I bought the Norton System Works 2003 and Norton
Internet Security 2003 bundle for $74.19 with tax at CompUSA in Norwalk back on
December 30, 2002. I received the $30 upgrade rebate in April, and I just
got the $20 rebate now, because of a delay in rebate qualification material, so
the package only cost me $24.19 after all this time. I went out, and I
cashed the Symantec $20 rebate at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and everything
is mostly 50% off. I bought a 23 inch by 19 inch antique one inch wide
framing wood frame with glass and matting for $2 and two 3 foot double RCA
plugs for .25 each for $2.50 total. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a container
of Ajax cleaner for .99 and another 16 ounce bottle of Renuzit super odor
neutralizer Orchard Garden for $2.50 plus .21 tax for $3.70 total. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then
went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two red Bermuda onions for $1.49 a
pound for $1.95 a 28 ounce can of Goya chick peas for $1.09 and a bulb of
garlic at $2.69 a pound for .48 for $3.52 total. I then returned
home. I had a glass of ice tea. I put the two RCA cords to the
right of the stereo system. At my kitchen entrance on the lower right
side of the entrance way, I have two prints of Martha's Vineyard that I bought
about 14 years ago at the Darien boy scout tag sale for .50 each framed.
One is of a Martha's Vineyard street scene with old shingled and clapboard
houses. The other is of a small sail boat moored at a dock. The
print of the sail boat fell off its hook, and the glass was cracked. I
remounted the sail boat print in the glass frame that I bought today, and it
looks very good with the matting and all. I have it hanging highest
underneath the mirror with the street scene hanging down by the floor. I
cleaned the frame and glass. I mounted the print evenly in the existing
matting. I scotched taped it in. I used to screws attached to the
frame seven inches down, and a piece of wire to provide a hanging device for
the wall hook. Thus it all looks very good, but it is not very noticeable
in its lower position in my apartment art collection. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/03 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.: The email server is
not working right now. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go
to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/03 Tuesday 2:25 A.M.: I had the same summer
salad as I have been having for the last few weeks in the smaller size. I
put a 6 ounce can of crab meat with it. I had it with iced tea. I
installed the Epson C60 drivers on the two backup computers, and they both
print out fine through the Siemens LAN port. For the time being, I have
the Epson Stylus C60 as the default printer. I have the printer port box
thus set to the second port for it. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/19/03 Tuesday 1:10 A.M.: Before I went out
after the last message, I took another empty Glade plug-in oil refill with its
plug-in attachment, and I filled it with Renuzit. I put it on the
bathroom wall socket. To make room for it on the bathroom wall socket, I
moved the Coleman rechargeable flashlight to the center kitchen counter socket
setup. When I went out, I went by Smokes for Less, and I bought a carton
of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I then went by the Arnold
Bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of Arnold Branola bread for $2.15
total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went by the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a Epson Stylus C60 printer for half price
for $7.50. Everything is mostly half price at the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop. I then went downtown. I sat out briefly. I then
made my 4 P.M. appointment. I next walked back to the center of town, and
I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought nine 4.25 ounce
cans of California chopped olives for three for $2 for $6 all, a bag of S&S
baby spinach leaves for $2, and a jar of Goya Spanish capers for $1.69 for
$9.69 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I had
a glass of ice tea. I put the new Epson Stylus C60 printer on the living
room desk to the left of the Dell backup computer. I plugged it in
directly to the primary computer LPT1 port, and I tested it. I had to
change parallel cables to a newer one with more pins. I installed the
driver and the status monitor. I was able to get it working just
fine. The status monitor showed it had a full color cartridge and a 1/4
full black cartridge. I took out the black cartridge, and I refilled
it. It all seems to work just fine. I took it off the parallel
port, and I connected it to the port switching box connected to my Siemens
router port, so I can use it with any of the three online computers, but
neither Epson Status monitor works on the Siemens router. I tried
refilling the black ink cartridge on the Epson Stylus color 880 printer, but it
would not work once installed. Also the color cartridge quit working when
I removed it. I tried taping the bottoms of them a number of times to get
them working, but neither would work. I chatted with a friend during this
process. I tried a number of times to get the used Epson Stylus Color 880
cartridges to work by taping their bottom outlets a number of times with scotch
tape and reinstalling them, but they did not work. The printer
instructions say that if one removes the cartridge they will not work again
when reinstalled, but the inkjet refill kit says taping their bottoms makes
them work like new cartridges. Maybe both cartridges were just worn
out. Anyway I had a new black and a new color cartridge in reserve that I
had bought from www.3dayinkjet.com
. I installed the two new cartridges, and the Epson Stylus Color 880
printer works just fine. I save the old cartridges in the new cartridge
packaging. I have both Epson inkjets installed on the Siemens router port
along with the HP LaserJet IID laser printer. One has to change the
switch on the port box on the wicker rack to right on the wall to the right of
the primary computer to change printers routed through the Siemens
router. This all took some time. However, both inkjet printers are
filled up with ink and running just fine. I noticed the Epson C60 inkjet
cartridges at www.3dayinkjet.com
are about $15 apiece, which is more than the $8 to $10 for the Epson Stylus
Color 880 cartridges. Well, I now have a backup inkjet printer. I
will not order reserve cartridges for a while, until I see how both printers
are functioning in use. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/18/03 Monday 1:00 P.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will clean up, and I will go out. I have a 4 P.M.
appointment this afternoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/18/03 Monday 12:35 P.M.: Before going to bed,
I had 8 Wheatsworth crackers. I also had two scoops of Edy's Tropical
Fruit sorbet. I was up at 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I just checked my mail. I took the empty Glade plug-in scented
oil refill in the kitchen, and I removed the lid with a table knife by prying
it off. I then filled it with Renuzit, so hopefully this might a cheaper
way than buying the Glade refills. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/18/03 Monday 12:40 A.M.: I finished going
through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. I will now shut down the computer. I will go to bed soon.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/03 Sunday 11:55 P.M.: I had nine
Wheatsworth crackers. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/03 Sunday 11:30 P.M.: I went through my
email. I rinsed off the two pints of blueberries in a colander. I
put them in a large yellow plastic bowl. I picked off the grapes off of
about two pounds of green seedless grapes. I then mixed the grapes and
blueberries together, and I put them all in a large Rubbermaid container in the
refrigerator. I then had a bowl of the mixture. Quite a few of the
green seedless grapes had seeds in them, so I had to eat the mixture more
slowly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/03 Sunday 10:20 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives and three friends. Net2Phone Communications center with the
Plantronics DSP 500 headset is working just fine. It sounds as good as a
regular telephone. Amazon is selling it for $59.94 down from $150 Amazon.com: Used and New: Plantronics DSP-500
Digitally-Enhanced USB Gaming/Multimedia Stereo Headset and Software
. Well, it is good to have my 2 cents a minute communications in the
United States of America back up and running fine again. Of course one
still has to have a computer and a cable modem which are additional expenses,
so it is not exactly a cheap call. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/03 Sunday 7:45 P.M.: I put away the
laundry. I finished running the utilities on the primary computer.
When I ran Norton Win Doctor, it fixed 18 multimedia file settings in the
registry, so maybe that will improve my sound quality with Net2Phone. I
put the YAP headset on the Dell backup computer which is also connected to a
set of speakers. I have it set to the Sound Blaster AWE 32 sound
card. However, it also has Plantronics Persona on it, so one could use
the Plantronics DSP 500 headset on it too. I put another generic headset
that I have on the AMD backup computer in the bedroom. I also have that
connected to a pair of speakers too. I surfed the internet for a while on
the Dell backup computer while the primary computer was running the
utilities. I had the same summer salad that I have been eating for the
last six weeks in a half size portion that I have been eating for the last two
weeks. This time I added two 1/8 inch thick sliced plum tomatoes instead
of one. I also put on 12 Pepperidge Farm large cut low fat spicy Italian
croutons. I did not use artichoke hearts or capers which I am out of
capers. I did put on it 7 sliced chunks of hearts of palm. I also
used a flaked 6 ounce can of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish. I
filled the dining table salt shaker with Morton low sodium salt. I filled
the dining table pepper mill with McCormick whole black peppercorns, which I
used up. I also put out the Ducros Le Moulin black peppercorn mill, which
was on the spice rack. I had the salad with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/03 Sunday 4:50 P.M.: I will now run Norton
Speed Disk on the C: and D: drives. I will then run Norton Win Doctor on
the system. I will then do a C: drive to D: drive backup. I will
then run Norton Speed Disk. This should take about three hours of more
that I will not be online. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/03 Sunday 4:40 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich
Library, and I bought $6.50 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.919 a gallon for
about 30 miles per gallon. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I went
by CVS, and I bought a white large Djeep lighter for $1.89, a liter
bottle of CVS yellow mouth wash for $1.99, and 16 ounce spray bottle of Renuzit
super odor neutralizer Orchard Garden for $2.50 plus .38 tax for $6.76
total. I finished my walk. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 35 ounce bottles of Lysol
disinfectant all purpose cleaner Island Breeze for $2.99 each, a 48 ounce
container of Quaker Old Fashioned oats for $3.99, two 96 ounce containers of
Tropicana Premium orange juice with Calcium for $2.48 each, a tub of Athenos
garlic and herb feta cheese $2.68, a 5.5 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm low fat
large cut Spicy Italian croutons $1.49, a quart jar of S&S strawberry
preserves $2.89, two pints of fresh blueberries .98 each, and a Marie Callender
Chicken Parmesan dinner for $2.99 plus .36 tax for $27.30. I then
returned home, and I used my grocery cart to bring up my purchases. I had
a glass of ice tea. I started two loads of laundry, and I just put it the
driers for a 60 minute cycle. I put clean linens on the bed in the
bedroom. I will put the Renuzit on the toilet wicker shelf rack. I
hear thunder and the NOAA weather warning is going off for foul weather in New
Jersey west of us. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/17/03 Sunday 12:25 P.M.: I was up at 11
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I chatted with two
relatives. Net2Phone Communications Center 1.60 seems to be working just
fine. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will
go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 11:20 P.M.: I am tired. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 11:15 P.M.: I updated the USB
files back to the way they were before I tinkered with them, which seems to be
the default settings. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 11:00 P.M.: I had the same
summer salad as last night with a tin of sardines instead of tuna fish.
I had the salad with ice tea. I updated my Speed Dial list with more
telephone numbers that I can cut and paste in the Net2Phone Communications
Center 1.60. I chatted with an AT&T 800 operator down in Dallas,
Texas with the Net2Phone Communications Center 1.60 and the Plantronics DSP 500
headset, and the operator said my connection sounded just fine. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 9:45 P.M.: On the primary
computer, I detached all my USB devices, and then I uninstalled my USB
drivers. I then reinstalled a default group of USB drivers that come from
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition instead of the Syntax USA VIA
drivers. I then reinstalled the Plantronics USB DSP 500 headset. I
next reattached my other USB devices. However, the Plantronics headset
did not sound any clearer with Net2Phone. Then I remembered that I have
been using the older version of Net2Phone 10.0 because it has the ability to
keep a speed dial list. I also have the latest version of the Net2Phone
Communications Center 1.60 on the computer. I was not able to test it out
on anyone, but I called myself up, and I listened to it on the speaker phone,
and it sounded a lot clearer. I put an icon on my desktop to my short
list of phone numbers on my Columbia telephone speed dial list, so I can cut
and the paste the numbers into the Net2Phone Communications Center 1.60
program. Maybe using the old version of Net2Phone 10.0 was the problem
all along. I still have the Andrea Electronics microphone also connected
to the Creative PCI Live MP3+ sound card too. One occasionally has to
adjust the Andrea Electronics connection to the Creative PCI Live MP3+
soundcard, since it is a large plug that does not seem to fit in well even
though I am using a Y adaptor on the microphone plug to facilitate a better
connection. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 7:35 P.M.: I searched Google
for information the Plantronics USB DSP 500 headset to no avail. I just
finished cleaning my apartment in the usual manner and watering the plants.
I just threw out the garbage. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 4:20 P.M.: I received a
second email from www.jab-tech.com
that they will not accept returns after 30 days. I will try to connect www.plantronics.com
on Monday, when they are open to see if they know how to fix the problem.
There is no information on the internet about the DSP 500 headset. I took
it out of the packaging, and I put it on my Dell backup computer. It does
not work any better on the Dell backup computer either. Hopefully
Plantronics can resolve the problem. I guess I should try to do my house
cleaning now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 2:45 P.M.: I heard back from www.jab-tech.com
, and they emailed me back that they only cover the Plantronics DSP 500 headset
for 30 days, and I received it on July 7, 2003. I emailed them back
explaining the situation. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 1:55 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative, and they told me with the Andrea Electronics headset, Net2Phone
sounds just fine. I still have not heard back from www.jab-tech.com
about returning the Plantronics DSP 500 headset. I turn off the
microphone in the volume control panel, when I am not using it. I am just
about ready to start house cleaning, and I will listen to FM 106.7 . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 1:40 P.M.: I listened the www.kenradio.com
new hourly weekly broadcast. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I looked at Microsoft's www.betaplace.com . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/16/03 Saturday 10:30 A.M.: I was up at 7:30
A.M.. I chatted with a friend on Net2Phone. We both agreed that the
new Plantronics DSP 500 headset was not working properly. I tried
tweaking and uninstalling and reinstalling it, but it still did not work
properly. I finally reinstalled the Andrea Electronics headset into the
Creative MP3+ Live sound card and the Panasonic RP HT96 headphones, and I tried
calling my friend with Net2Phone again, and we both agreed it sounded a lot
better. I filled out the form at www.jab-tech.com about returning the Plantronics
DSP500 headset, and I am waiting to hear from them. I also chatted with a
relative on Net2Phone, and the relative agreed the old Andrea Electronics
headset sounded a lot better. I am not sure what the problem was with the
Plantronics DSP500 headset, but I had thought it was internet speed causing the
problems, and I guess it was the Plantronics DSP500 headset causing the problem
all along. With the Plantronics DSP500 headset not installed, the
speakers now work without having to change the settings. I put the
Plantronics DSP500 headset in its original package, and once I receive the
information from www.jab-tech.com
I will pack it up in its original shipping box to return. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 11:25 P.M.: I had ten Wheatsworth
crackers. I went through my email. I did some other internet
work. I will now shut down the computer. I will have two scoops of
Edy's Mandarin orange sorbet and some ice tea. I will then head off to
bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 10:00 P.M.: I filled out the
Columbia telephone rebate information. I mailed it in the mail room
letter drop downstairs. I also made copies of the rebate
information. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 9:20 P.M.: Today when I went out,
I saw a General Electric service truck going into Putnam Green across the
street. I chatted with the driver, and he verified to me that with my
General Electric service contract on my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU 115
volt air conditioner with remote control that the service contract is for
"In Home" service, and if I ever have any problems, they will take
care of it, and I will not have to move it myself. I just ripped apart
about ten chilled spinach leaves into 2 to 3 inch pieces, and I rinsed them off
under cold water in the lettuce spinner. I then put them on a large
dinner plate. I next spread around ten chilled baby carrots. I next
sliced about 1/8th inch thick a chilled plum tomato, and I spread the slices
around the plate. I then added three chilled double tablespoon of the
homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
. I next put eight large chilled Stop and Shop California black pitted
olives on the salad including one in each dab of hummus. I then added
about 12 Italian style large cut Arnold croutons. I next diced a quarter
of a chilled Vidalia onion, and I added it to the salad. I then opened a
chilled 6 ounce can of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna, and I rinsed it
with the lid on underneath cold water a half dozen times squeezing the water
out. I then flaked it in a bowl, and I added it to the salad. I
then added about 2 ounces of Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese. I then
added six chilled quartered artichoke hearts. I then sprinkled about one
ounce of chilled Stop and Shop low fat grated parmesan cheese. I next
added about two teaspoons of chilled Spanish capers. I then added about
an ounce of Monari Italian balsamic vinegar and a ounce of Italian extra virgin
olive oil. I finally seasoned the salad with salt and ground black
pepper. I had the salad for dinner with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 8:15 P.M.: I put the lithium 3
volt #2025 battery with the other ones in the top left desk drawer in the
living room. I installed the Columbia telephone on the left side of the
bed in the bedroom as one faces it, where the other trim line spectra-phone
was. I put a long headset cord on the Columbia telephone from the kitchen
wall phone, which was an older AT&T wall mount phone. I put the trim
line spectra-phone on the kitchen wall with a long headset cord that was on
it. I put the old AT&T wall phone with the shorter headset cord
underneath the right side of the day bed. I programmed the bedroom
Columbia telephone, and I also programmed 12 speed dial numbers. I made
up a Speed Dial list that I put by the Columbia telephone. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 6:40 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next
drove down by the waterfront. I then drove up to Norwalk, Connecticut to
CompUSA. I bought a Columbia Telecommunications Group, Inc. Big Button
Speakerphone telephone with caller ID. It features 70 Memory Caller ID,
Date and Time Stamp, English, Spanish, and French languages, Last Number
Redial, Real Time Clock, Seperate Handset and Ringer Volume Control, Ringer
on/off switch, 3 Lines Display. It was $19.99 plus $1.20 tax for $21.19
total. It features a $20 mail in rebate, so eventually it will be close
to free except the tax. I then toured Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart sells the
same size Bissell rug cleaning bottle that I paid $22 for at the Greenwich
Hardware Store for $11. However, they did not have the Bissell Pet and
Odor rug cleaner in a 48 ounce bottle, just a 128 ounce bottle, which was
probably less that $20. Thus if one has the time up to a half of day or
more to go up to Norwalk, one can save money. However, if I had waited to
shampoo the rugs, I would have probably been left with wet rugs and all the
stuff off the floor when the power went off, which would have been a major
inconvenience. Sometimes down here, we pay more money for
convenience. I next went to Home Depot. They were sold out of the
General Electric faucet water filters too. Each General Electric faucet
filter filters 200 gallons of water, which is twice as much as comparable
brands. I looked at the hallway throw rugs, and they were about 24 inches
by 8 feet, and they ran from $30 to $100. I decided my blue carpet pieces
are good enough, so I did not get one. I did buy a Duracell 3 volt
lithium battery #2025 for $1.18 plus .07 tax for $1.25 total. I then
returned to Greenwich. I drove around Tod's Point. I sat out
briefly at the southeast beach area. I then went by the ATM machine at
Putnam Trust Bank of New York in Old Greenwich. I then went by the Mobil
Express Car Wash in Old Greenwich, and I got the basic $5 car wash. I
towel dried my car afterwards. I shook out the driver's side floor
mat. I then returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea.
CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 08/15/03:
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 11:45 A.M.: I had a call from a
friend at 7 A.M. this morning. I was up at 10 A.M.. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I watched the news on television. Channels
5 and 9 are still off the air, and channel 7 WABC has a lot of snow or
interference. I will now send out my weekly notes. Then I will shut
down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. The apartment
General Electric air conditioner is set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, low fan, no
circulation, Energy saver, and cool. The outside temperature is 81
degrees Fahrenheit, and inside the apartment it is 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
The apartment is all put back together, and it is all back to normal again the
way it was before the toilet tank flooded a week ago Friday. It is good
to have the apartment back to normal again. I am leaving the two box fans
going on low speed to circulate the air conditioned air in the apartment.
One is at the apartment entrance, and the other is at the bedroom
entrance. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 2:50 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 2:35 A.M.: I finished sifting
through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 2:15 A.M.: I checked outside and
around the building, and it seems all right around here. Amtrak is
suppose to be running south from New York City. Power has been restored
to the south Bronx. There is suppose to be limited train commuter service
today. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 1:45 A.M.: I am microwaving a
Stouffer's 13 5/8 ounce Lean Cuisine Chicken Fettuccini with broccoli for
dinner, which I will have with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 1:30 A.M.: I noticed today that
when the power was off here locally that Peabody's garage on Church Street just
north of the YMCA was selling gasoline, so they must have a generator on their
pumps. There were quite a few office workers whom were standing out on
the streets in front of various restaurants and bars without power drinking
various beverages. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 1:25 A.M.: I am now watching CNN
channel 70, and it says most of power has been restored to Long Island, New
Jersey, and Westerchester. They are showing a picture of most of the
Manhattan skyline which is mostly blacked out. Local news stations have
suggested that people take today off, but that might not be the case for
essential personnel. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 1:20 A.M.: WNBC and WABC channels
4 and 7 are off the air for local New York television, but channel 2 WCBS is on
the air, and I am watching it. Also CNN on channel 70 is working.
Apparently a lot of commuters are still stranded in Manhattan. I heard on
the radio about an hour ago that automobiles are only allowed to leave
Manhattan, no automobiles are allowed to enter Manhattan on the bridges and
tunnels. It seems there has been partial restoration of power to
Manhattan, and the radio said that about a third of New York state power has
been restored. WCBS says that 300,000 customers in New York City are
without power at the moment. Commuter train service from Connecticut to
Manhattan is suppose to be limited today. I am having a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/15/03 Friday 12:55 A.M.: The power came back
on here in Byram, Greenwich, Connecticut at 12:15 A.M.. I went out after
the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. For
50 cents, I bought a six inch square tile with a picture of Cornelius
Vanderbilt's beach house the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I next walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. At 4:15 P.M., while I was sitting in front of the
senior arts center, the power went off. I continued my walk, and I
reminded the Greenwich Hardware store that they sell oil lamps and their
supplies. I stood out for a while at the parking lot at Putnam Trust Bank
of New York on Mason Street chatting with some employees. I was told all
the power in the northeast was off. I returned back down Greenwich
Avenue. I walked by the Greenwich train station, and the trains were not
running, and there were lots of people waiting for buses. I then sat out
for a while until 6 P.M.. I then drove over to the Greenwich Hospital,
and they had emergency generation power. I had dinner at the Greenwich
Hospital cafeteria of sautéed hot curry shrimp and noodles and seltzer water
for $4.50 total. I then returned back downtown, and I sat out to about 8
P.M.. I then returned home, and all my neighbors were sitting outside,
since there was no power here too. I put the Newport, Rhode Island
Breakers tile on the dining table. I went to bed until about 10 P.M.,
when a relative called. I used my small brass oil lamp with http://www.lamplightfarms.com/
oil. I listened to my Radio Shack transistor radio. They said the
power would be gradually coming on. I chatted with another relative a
couple of times. I took out the Slaymaker Jump Start system, and it is
has a light which I used instead of the oil lamp while listening to the
radio. Just as I was about to rest some more, the power came on at 12:15
A.M.. I have to reset my VCR and a few clocks. I am watching
channel 4 NBC television on local news. It seems that lots of New York
still does not have power. I have the General Electric profile air conditioner
going on high fan, moving louvers, 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and Energy saver to
cool down the apartment. During the black out the temperature went to 80
degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment, but right now it is back down to 78
degrees Fahrenheit and on its way down. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 2:25 P.M.: I clipped my toe
nails with a toe nail clipper before taking a shower. If one's toe nails
are too long, it can interfere with walking. I went outside briefly after
cleaning up. I will put the new batch of ice tea in the refrigerator to
chill shortly. I will shut down the computer now, and I will be going out
soon. My 3 P.M. appointment for today was cancelled. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 1:35 P.M.: Recently, I have
been snacking on caramel popcorn cakes from the Stop and Shop not rice
cakes. I put two more glass steins in the freezer for a total of
six. I will now clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 1:20 P.M.: It is interesting
the Weather Pulse program http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html
and http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830
says it is 84 degrees Fahrenheit in Greenwich, Connecticut right now, where as
the http://www.weatherbug.com/aws/index.asp
programs says it is 91 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, however the Indian
Harbor Yacht Club weather http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm does
not even seem to work. I guess it is cooler by the water versus further
in the interior. I was once up in Hanover, New Hampshire in August 1980,
and it was 98 degrees Fahrenheit at night, and I remember it use to be hotter
in New Canaan, Connecticut than down here by the shore. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 1:10 P.M.: I decided not to go
out, since it is hot outside. It is now 91 degrees Fahrenheit. I
chatted with a relative. I am in the process of making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm
. It has an hour to steep before I put it in the refrigerator. I
will now have two caramel popcorn cakes with ice tea. I then will clean
up. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 12:35 P.M.: I decided not to go
out after the last message. Instead, I put all the items from on top of
the furniture back in place, and I restored the apartment to the way it looked
before the toilet flood last Friday. The carpets were dry enough to put
everything back in place. It looks pretty much the same as it did before,
except there is now blue carpet in the hallway. I also emptied the 8 ice
trays in the refrigerator, and I put the ice in a triple layer plastic bag in
the freezer. I filled the ice trays with fresh water. I have four
chilled mugs in the freeze and a beer pitcher and a wine decanter in the freezer
along with the other food. I turned the refrigerator up from 3 to 3.5, so
it will be a bit colder. The apartment is still 70.5 degrees Fahrenheit,
and I closed the external exhaust flap on the air conditioner, so it will stay
cooler. I have the two box fans still going. One is at the
apartment entrance and another is at the bedroom entrance. I do not think
I will go to Tod's Point, since it is a bit too hot out today. Instead I
will stay in the downtown area. I will shut down the computer now.
I will have two caramel popcorn cakes and ice tea. I will then clean up,
and I will go out. It is 92 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 11:35 A.M.: I added a six pack
of A&W diet root beer to the lower beverage drawer in the refrigerator
where other beverages are stored. I also put in another liter bottle of
Perrier. I still have from underneath the blue couch a 12 pack of Barq's
root beer and a mixed 12 pack of diet Coke and diet Sprite that I put
into the refrigerator right now, so hopefully it will be chilled in a little
while for any cool beverage consumption that might be necessary. Since,
it is a hot day, and I like hot weather, I thought I might clean up now.
I then think I might gradually work my way over to Tod's Point, and I will take
a slow walk around. I will bring along a diet Coke in a Kennebunkport
foam rubber drink chiller. I have lots of thermoses in the apartment
which I never use, which I keep underneath the dining room table.
Presently they are filled with hurricane water from about three years
ago. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 11:15 A.M.: I used Microsoft
Home Publisher 2000 to send out a birthday card to a relative as an email
attachment. However, my system will not accept email attachments, and I
suppose my relative's system might be the same. I do not recall setting
it up that way, but I suppose it is good to have it setup that way. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 10:55 A.M.: I had two more
caramel popcorn cakes before going to bed last night. I also shut
down the computer after Norton Antivirus finished running without any problem
about 2 A.M.. I was up at 8:30 A.M., and I put the items back on my
bedroom bed, so the bedroom carpet could dry more thoroughly. I have a
box fan blowing air in the bedroom. I put the kitchen items back on the
floor. I will leave the living room items off the floor, and I will let
the living room carpet continue to dry today. I have a box fan at the
living room entrance to circulate the air. I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I picked up the new front door pass card from the Greenwich
Housing Authority official downstairs, and I turned in three old ones. I
still have the air conditioner running at 66 degrees Fahrenheit and the current
outdoors temperature is 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is 70 degrees Fahrenheit
in the apartment. I guess this evening, once the apartment has dried out
some more, I will put the items back on the floor, and I will return the
apartment back to its former appearance. I will wait until Saturday when
I do house cleaning to vacuum the apartment, when the carpet is even
drier. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/14/03 Thursday 12:20 A.M.: I have been
watching the television program on CNN about British royalty. I finished
running Norton Antivirus. I will now shut down the computer, and I will
try to go to bed after eating a couple of caramel popcorn cakes.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.: I am a bit
tired. I will now quit using the computer. I just updated Norton
Antivirus. I will run it while I am asleep. I will now start
putting away the items on the bedroom bed, and I guess I will watch a bit of
television, and I will then go to bed soon after that. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 10:25 P.M.: I chatted with two
relatives. I threw out the Optimum online cable modem box and a box for
an out of date cable modem that were damp. We have two large new tropical
plants in the community room downstairs, which really are quite large. I
hope they make it through the winter. The community room downstairs is
air conditioned and seems comfortable. I moved the two box fans around to
get other areas drier. Basically all the carpet is pretty much a lot
drier, but it still has the dampness from when I shampooed the carpet earlier
this evening. I have a box of 500 business envelopes that got damp on the
outside, but I think the envelopes will hopefully be all right. Basically
I will hopefully be busy tomorrow morning putting everything back in it place
provided the fans finish drying off the carpets tonight while I am
asleep. I will probably stay up until about midnight, so the bedroom
carpet can dry a bit more, before I have to take all the items off the bed to
sleep. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 9:10 P.M.: I am microwaving a
Maria Callender turkey breast with stuffing and mashed potatoes and vegetables
dinner, which I will have with iced tea. I do not have room in the
kitchen right now to make my usual salad, because various items off the floor
are on the counter. I chatted with a friend on Net2Phone. I assume
Net2Phone is not working well because the denial of service attacks against
Microsoft caused by the W32 Blaster Worm are overwhelming the internet.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 8:35 P.M.: If anyone is
interested in the history of the blue wool carpet in my living room, this is
it. About 13 years ago, about two years after I moved in here, I went to
the last day of the Adopt a Dog tag sale up on Lake Avenue. I bought the
carpet for half price on the last day for $40. It had been sold by and
donated by various local celebrities, and one of their names was on the carpet,
since it had been freshly cleaned by the Schaffer Rug cleaners over in
Stamford, Connecticut. Thus it has been a very good piece of carpet all
these years. I never where my shoes in the apartment hardly at all, so it
still is in good shape. However, about three years ago, there was a
similar size flood when the hot water tank in the neighboring apartment started
leaking. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 8:15 P.M.: It is 84 degrees
Fahrenheit outside right now. I went out after the last message, and I
went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought for $3 a pair of
Realistic Nova 10 Stereo headphones 8 ohms made in Japan. I then went
downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out
at various locations. During my walk, I went by the Greenwich Hardware
store, and I checked out the various cleaning supplies. I then went by
the ATM machine next door at Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then
returned to the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought for $21.99 plus
$1.32 tax for $23.31 total a 48 fluid ounce container of Bissell http://www.bissell.com/
rug shampoo which contains Scotchgard by 3M in the burgundy bottle with new pet
odor and soil removal formula for carpets and upholstery, advanced formula deep
cleans and resists dirt and stains and deep cleaning action removes tough
odors, tracked in dirt, dander, and other soils. I then finished my walk,
and I returned home. I had a glass of ice tea. I then put all the
items in the bedroom, kitchen, and living room off the floor that could be
taken easily off the carpeted area. I used my vintage pink Bissell rug
shampooer to clean all the exposed carpets. I used four one gallon tanks
of hot water. In each tank I used 6 ounces of the Bissell rug shampoo
with it. I also cleaned the Dupont throw rug between the two couches by
putting it in the hallway, and then leaving it to dry on the long green
couch. I cleaned underneath the blue couch and underneath the day bed
too. I moved the blue couch back into its normal position, and I also
cleaned the area between the two couches where the green Dupont throw rug
was. Thus I have all the exposed carpet areas freshly shampooed along
with most of the areas that got wet. Hopefully, this will help remove
some of the odor from the toilet flooding. When the toilet flooded last
Friday, it was fresh water from the tank behind the bowl. There was no
sewage in the flooding. I have the two fans back in position drying out
the apartment. Right now I have one at the bedroom entrance and another
at the apartment entrance. A lot of the areas are pretty much dry, and I
will move the fans as I need to dry other areas. I will probably leave
most the items off the floor that I have on the couches and beds except the
bedroom bed tonight when I sleep, so the areas will more thoroughly dry.
Thus the apartment is still quite a miss with all the items off the floor in
disarray. Still, it seems to smell fresher. I thus have half of the
Bissell rug shampoo left over for future use. I chatted with a
friend. I also went outside briefly. I have the air
conditioner at 66 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is 74 degrees Fahrenheit in the
apartment. I have various edges of the carpet propped up with beverage
bottles to help them dry a bit underneath. With all the cool damp air
moving around the apartment, it feels like a summer breeze in Scotland. I
put the Realistic headphones by the Queen Anne chair to be available to plug
into the stereo to replace the defective ones that I had there. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 3:10 P.M.: Well, there is not
much more that I can do right now, but let the fans do their stuff. I
guess I will clean up, and I will go out and enjoy the warmer weather.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 2:50 P.M.: I put some updates
on all three online computers. I put DirectX 9.0 B on all three
computers. I installed the Java 2 virtual machine on the AMD backup
computer in the bedroom. I installed the Blaster Worm update fix on the
Dell backup computer. I moved the two fans for drying the carpet. I
pulled out items from underneath the bedroom bed, and from underneath the day
bed in the living room, and from underneath the blue couch and the Danish
bar. I have these items off the floor. I moved the blue couch
against the long green couch. I now have one fan blowing over the area
where the blue couch was and underneath the Danish bar towards the day
bed. I have the other fan blowing on the area around the end of the day
bed and hallway entrance. Thus I am now drying some of the other wetter
areas. The areas where I have been using the fan for the last couple of
days in the living room walk through area and the bedroom entrance and along
side of the bed are a bit more dry, but they are still a bit damp to the
touch. The building custodian gave me a new 12 inch circular florescent
light, so I installed it in the hallway light fixture. It is 93 degrees
Fahrenheit outside right now, and it is 73 degrees Fahrenheit in the
apartment. I propped up some of the carpet edges and edges of the sofa
with soda bottles, so the air circulates more evenly. I will now throw
out a few wet boxes. I also had two caramel popcorn cakes with ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 1:05 P.M.: News story says
Blaster Worm attacks Windows Update on the 16th of every month http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142968
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 1:00 P.M.: Dvorak internet story http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1216129,00.asp
about http://www.caida.org/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 12:50 P.M.: Microsoft TechNet Security Alert W32.Blaster.Worm
. I had already installed the patch before the news story came out, so my
machine should be all right. However, Windows Update is overwhelmed, and
it is not working on my machine. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 12:15 P.M.: I found this link
for Japanese plumbing http://www.toto.co.jp/index.htm after reading
this story about Japanese toilets http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59979,00.html
. Well, my old fashioned American toilet seems to be working better, and
I guess I could spruce it up a bit by installing a new roll of Scott toilet
paper. I have been trying to encourage the Saudi Arabians to buy toilet
paper for years instead of using oiled rags, but I guess they do not have
enough water for proper sewage in some regions of their desert oasis. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 12:05 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.: I checked my
mail. I threw out the new Lasko box fan box in the dumpster. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 11:30 A.M.: It is 88 degrees
Fahrenheit outside, and I have my air conditioner at 68 degrees Fahrenheit
right now, and it is 72 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment right now.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 11:25 A.M.: VMTU seems to
speed up my cable modem connection in much the same way changing the registry
settings suggested in www.speedguide.net does. However, VMTU is
in beta, and it does not seem to change the settings permanently. I thus
went to www.speedguide.net,
and I installed the Windows XP Professional registry tweaks and the advanced
registry tweaks. At CNET.com - Internet Services - Bandwidth Meter ,
I am getting 1443 kbps using 212 area code and cable modem selection. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 9:45 A.M.: Looks interesting http://www.vmtu.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 9:40 A.M.: IBM Takes Search to New Heights . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 9:40 A.M.: BW Online | August 11, 2003 | Gates: "No Part of Tech
Is Standing Still" . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 9:15 A.M.: CNN volcano story CNN.com - Underwater volcano discovered in Aleutians - Aug.
12, 2003 . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/13/03 Wednesday 9:00 A.M.: I had a rice cake
before going to bed. I was up at 7:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I watched some morning business news. I
moved the bedroom fan to dry the bedroom entrance as opposed to the area along
side of the bed. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 10:10 P.M.: Well, I will now
shut down the computer. I will go to bed soon, maybe after watching some
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 10:05 P.M.: I am a staunch
republican, but this is sort of cleaver http://www.dumbentia.com/parody_puppetmaster.html
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 9:55 P.M.: For anyone with the
travel bug, the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship is due to arrive in Manhattan on
Sunday August 17, 2003 for a return trip to Southampton, England http://www.qe2.org.uk/itinerary.html
as opposed to the fishing village of the same name out on Long Island. I will
have to keep a keen eye out for any Europeans whom might be arriving to or
trying to escape from the Americas. It even sails to Lanzarote, the
Canary Islands on December 30, 2003 before New Years Eve in Funchal, Madeira;
so I guess the experienced travelers on board the ship as well as their
personnel will be coming and going in our regions for another season. I
believe they are planning to retire the ship in April, 2004 when the new Queen
Mary is launched. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I had a hand full of white seedless grapes and a rice cake.
I packed the dirt up around the roots on my two miniature potted palm plants,
so the roots are not exposed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 8:30 P.M.: This satellite photo
shows the effect of the Westerly winds that have caused the increased heat in
north Africa and possibly caused the Atlantic tropical storm season for now to
be less intense http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/meteosat/DTOT.JPG
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 8:00 P.M.: Microsoft has issue
this security bulletin about a new XP worm Microsoft TechNet Security Bulletin W32.Blaster.worm
. There is suppose to be a fix at Windows Update, but at the moment their
servers are overwhelmed. I did run Norton Antivirus update. I
checked my hallway light fixture, and it did not turn on, when I needed light
for some minor rearranging in the bookcases. I removed the fixture cover,
and it came on, so I put the cover back on. It is a size florescent light
I do not have about ten inches. Anyway, the hallway light switch is blocked
by the left bookcase. However, I have cut a hole in the backside of the
bookcase for one to reach the switch by reaching into the left bookcase small
center shelf above an Audubon bird book, and the switch is there. I
enlarged it with a pair of pliers since it was slightly too lower after I
removed the carpeting after the toilet overflowed. The opening has minor
jagged edges, but at the moment the light is still working. Well, anyway
the bookcases are dusted for the first time in a long time, since I did that
when I moved them last Friday, but I did not dust the books. Well, the
carpet seems to be drying faster with the fan in those areas where the fans are
blowing. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 7:05 P.M.: I had the same summer
salad for dinner as last night, except I put a can of Beach Cliff sardines with
it instead of the can of crab. I had it with a glass of ice tea. I
finished off the old extra virgin olive oil, and I opened a new bottle of the
Filippo Berrio http://www.filippoberio.com/
extra virgin olive oil. I put about four ounces in a squeeze bottle for
future salad use. I went outside briefly to throw out a tin. I
found an old wok that I had given to a Chinese neighbor when he moved in
several years ago. The neighbor recently departed this world, so I guess
his relatives threw it out. I had bought it from a Japanese family for $2
at a tag sale in Old Greenwich about 14 years ago. I cleaned it up, and I
scoured it. I then rubbed it with some vegetable oil. I then hung
it on my pot rack above the microwave oven to have handy for any sautéing I
might do in the future. I use to make very good stews in it. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 5:45 P.M.: I put the Mega eye
glass repair kit on the dining room table next to the empty Dom Perignon
bottle. I cleaned the cutting board, and I put it against the kitchen
wall in front of the refrigerator with the other cutting boards and
trays. I put the two spare 3 volt lithium batteries in the top left desk
drawer in the living room with the other one and the old ones. I put the
bent tip candelabra bulbs in the second large drawer down in the mahogany
bureau in the bedroom. I pulled off the old toilet seat bumpers that had
deteriorated and I unscrewed their rusted screws with a pliers. I then
cleaned both areas. I then nail on with my upholstery hammer the two new
bumpers. The two new bumpers are made of harder plastic instead of
rubber, so the toilet seat tends to slide a little, but they should last
longer. I took off the face plate from the wall plug behind my primary
computer system that has both Belkin Surge Master ground fault control panels
plugged into it for the primary computer as well as the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz
cordless telephone. I installed the RCA Universal Surge Protector Plate,
and its two small orange and green lights came on showing that it is
working. I then replugged in the cords. Thus I have done a bit of
creative maintenance today. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 4:50 P.M.: I went out after the
last message, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. This
week books are half price. They sold the Gateway computer that was for sale
for $35 with monitor. I bought a 2 foot by 1 foot hard wood carving board
for $2 that has different layers of wood in it. I noticed they had one of
those brass Chinese bicycle oilers for a dollar that people use to mist
plants. I chatted with a Westchester country red cross volunteer, and I
was told the Westchester county Red Cross was not doing too well. I told
the volunteer about the new Greenwich American Red Cross headquarters by exit 4
on the Connecticut turnpike I-95 at Indian Field Road, and it seems from the
outside to be a spacious building. I next went downtown, and I walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware
store, and I bought two nail in toilet seat bumpers for .65 each plus .08 tax for
$1.38 total. I sat out at various locations. I spent .75 on
parking. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich
Times. I checked out a book. I next drove over to the Port
Chester, New York A&P shopping center, and I went to the Vitamin Shoppe,
and I bought a 100 capsule bottle of B-Complex 100 for $11.37 total. I
then went by Odd Job, and I bought an RCA Universal Surge Protector 330 Joules
Smart Plate that one replaces the electrical socket plate with for $3.99 plus
.28 tax for $4.27 total. I noticed Odd Job carries at lower prices a
complete line of Roland tropical canned foods including the Roland smoked
sardines that I pay $1.19 for at the Stop and Shop in Greenwich for .50 a
tin. I toured Linens and Things. I then went by the ATM machine at
Bank of New York near Home Depot. I next went to Home Depot, and I bought
two four packs of Philips 25 watt DuraMax long life bent tip frosted candelabra
bulbs for $2.49 each four pack, a Mega eye glass repair kit for $1.99, and two
Duracell 3 volt lithium batteries numbers 2025 and 2032 for $1.18 each plus .65
New York tax for $9.98 total. I will keep the lithium batteries for watch
and computer cmos replacements. At $1.18 they are cheaper than the $2.99
at Radio Shack and the $3.99 at CVS for the same size batteries. I
noticed Home Depot was sold out of the small General Electric faucet filters,
but they had the General Electric filtered water pitchers. I guess a lot
of people are filtering their water. There are more advanced water
filtration systems there at a higher price. I then returned home, and I
had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 10:55 A.M.: On the General
Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control, I have it now
set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, with high fan, no Energy saver, moving louvers,
and I opened the exhaust fresh air vent. I am keeping the two box fans
going on high, so hopefully the apartment rugs will dry out a bit more.
Now they are just damp as opposed to wet. Hopefully by opening the
exhaust fresh air vent, I will help get rid of the musty smell in the
apartment. I will now clean up, and I will go out to enjoy a bit of the
day. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 10:40 A.M.: I went outside
briefly. I chatted with two relatives. They told me that Net2Phone
sounded the same as it always does. However, they said the clarity is not
as good as the telephone. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 9:55 A.M.: I took the US
Robotics X2 Sportster external modem off of the Compaq laptop, and I put it
back on the Dell backup computer. I connected the Compaq Laptop via its
internal 14,400 modem, and I configured it. It works fine with Juno 1.49
for checking Juno email. Since the laptop does not have enough resources
for me to install the more advanced newer Juno dialer for web browsing, there
is no point in having it connected to a faster modem. If one had a dialup
account with an internet service provider that used the Microsoft dialer, one
would be able to use it with the Netscape web browser I have on it
though. Then one would probably want to use a faster modem. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 9:30 A.M.: I finished going
through the last few days email. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 8:50 A.M.: Microsoft Security update: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 8:35 A.M.: Windows Media bonus
pack http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/bonuspack.aspx
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/12/03 Tuesday 8:15 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M.
this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam,
pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I watched some
of the morning business report on CNBC, and they said 14% of U.S. households
have high speed internet access. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/03 Monday 9:30 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend several times trying to adjust my Net2phone settings. I finally
figured out at the time that the internet might be busy, because when I called
myself up, it sounded fine. The friend also lives nearby in this busy
area, so maybe when Net2phone goes through the internet to Norwalk and through
the internet to Newark, New Jersey to Net2Phone and then into the central phone
system, maybe there is a bit of internet traffic in the New York area.
However, my friend is a bit hard of hearing, and he had been traveling today,
and the friend is using a Siemens 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone, so maybe
there is a problem in the system. I can adjust over 50 sound setting on
my audio setup on the computer, so hopefully I have it right now. It
sounds fine when I call myself up and listen on the speaker phone. Well,
I am tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will watch some television
before going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/03 Monday 6:40 P.M.: I made up a batch of
homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
. In the recipe I used four large cloves of garlic instead of six medium
cloves of garlic. I also put in a can of California black pitted olives,
and I mixed the olive juice with the bean juice that I added, but not all the
juice, just enough for the right consistency. I also added 1/8 of a
teaspoon of Red Cayenne pepper to help reduce intestinal gas from the chick
peas. I then had the same summer salad in the smaller size that I have
been eating recently with three large doubles tablespoons of the homemade
hummus, a chilled six ounce can of flaked crab meat, and six chilled quarters
of artichoke hearts. I opened up another 13.5 ounce bag of Food Emporium
hasslenut coffee beans, and I added them to the Braun coffee grinder, and I
also put some in the jar that I keep on the left kitchen counter. I had
the salad with a glass of ice tea. I have recently been trying to lose
weight and reduce my cholesterol, so I have not been eating much meat. I
did notice today at the Stop and Shop, they have nice eye round roasts for
$2.89 a pound, if one feels like having a little beef. I suppose once it
gets cold, I will eat more meat. I guess with the warmer weather most
people are not thinking about the upcoming winter, but anyone whom might be
around here for the winter might study The Old Farmer's Almanac http://www.almanac.com/index.php
to see what their prediction is for the upcoming winter. It is about the
only source of long term weather forecasts on the internet. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/03 Monday 5:00 P.M.: I checked the toilet
and it seems to be working just fine with no leaks. I did a small bit of
cleanup around it. I put in a new CVS Clorox toilet tank tablet in
it. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/03 Monday 4:50 P.M.: I received my General
Electric service contract today for the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air
conditioner with remote control. I paid $73.09 for it, and it continues
the policy I have in effect until September 11, 2003, and the new contract that
I paid for runs from September 12, 2003 to September 12, 2004. I put it
on my bedroom desk. I checked some settings on the Compaq Laptop and the
AMD backup computer. I ran Windows Disk Defragmenter and Windows Disk
Doctor on the laptop. I put my OEM logo on both computers with my email
and telephone that I use with the Holland American picture like I have on the
two computers in the living room.
Note:
<888> 08/11/03 Monday 3:20 P.M.: I threw out the
cardboard wrapper for the Kennebunkport Shipyard Ale Captains Collection 12
pack. I had a Stop and Shop caramel rice cake and some ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/03 Monday 2:45 P.M.: I just noticed the
cardboard container on the 12 pack of Kennebunkport http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm
Shipyard Ale, the Captain's Collection that I bought a year ago when I was up
in Kennebunkport, Maine got wet, since it was underneath the yellow French
reproduction chair at the apartment entrance. I took the bottles out, and
I laid them on their side underneath the chair. I will throw out the
cardboard. Once the two areas, I am drying are dry, I will have to try to dry
the area underneath the blue couch adjacent to the furniture in the living room
walkway. I guess I can move the blue couch over against the long green
sofa. I do not have much room to move items around, since the apartment
already has too much stuff. I also put a small piece of foam sponge
underneath my primary Braun coffee grinder, so it does not vibrate and move
around on the shelf when I use it for coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/11/03 Monday 2:25 P.M.: Last night before
going to bed, I noticed the MSG light was blinking on the Columbia 2.4
Gigahertz cordless telephone I keep by my primary computer. I followed
the instructions to press FUNC, 9, Edit, and Save, keys and then FUNC.
However, this did not work, and I figured out when the "MSG delete"
message comes on the LCD screen after Edit, one needs to scroll through the Calls
button to remove the false messages, and then use Save and FUNC. I guess
the modem on either the bedroom AMD computer or the Compaq Laptop US Robotics
external modem causes the Columbia 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone MSG light
to come on. It has happened before. I do not have Caller ID or
Messages from the phone company. I was up at 6:30 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I
noticed the small 4 to 6 inch puddle was still developing at the right front of
the toilet. When I was leaving, I told the building custodian about
it. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I
next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift. I chatted with a computer
techie there, and he has a web site http://www.voxtango.net/ . We chatted tech
for a while. He told me, one can make money selling items on Ebay.
I spent quite a bit of time at the Hospital Thrift shop. I then went by
Exxon next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $3.80 of regular unleaded at
$1.839 a gallon for 25 miles per gallon usage this week. I then drove
down by the waterfront. I next went by Staples in Old Greenwich, and they
have lot of back to school supplies on sale. I noticed they have lots of
fancy new design printers mostly from HP too. I then went by downtown Old
Greenwich, and the Rummage Room thrift shop is closed until September. I
next went by CVS in Old Greenwich, and all of their summer supplies are half
price on sale. I bought for half price a Lasko box fan for $10.50 plus
.63 tax for $11.13 total. I then drove around Tod's Point. I sat
out briefly at the southeast beach area. Not many people were there because
of impending rain later on today. I then returned to central Greenwich,
and I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 16 ounce bottle of Molina
balsamic vinegar for $1.99, a quart of S&S yellow mouthwash for $1.99,
S&S medium black pitted California olives $1.39, white seedless grapes for
.79 a pound $1.99, a Vidalia onion at $1.49 a pound for $1.13, and a container
of Athena garlic and herb feta cheese $3.29, and a 10 ounce bag of fresh
spinach for $1.99 for $13.90 total. I then went by Smokes for Less
in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31
total. I next returned home. The building custodian told me they
had put a new wax ring on the wall exit to the pipe on the toilet, so the
toilet leaking problem has been solved. I put the bath mats in front of
the toilet which I wash weekly. Since I have another Lasko box fan, I put
one at the living room entrance to the apartment blowing its air up the
wet walk area toward the hallway and bathroom and another at the bedroom
entrance blowing its air at the wet area along side the bed. I have them
both on high, and I turned down the air conditioner to 68 degrees Fahrenheit,
high speed, moving louvers, no Energy saver to help reduce the humidity in the
apartment. Thus hopefully the rugs will dry out faster. A
relative that had the roof leak used this method to dry out their place.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/03 Sunday 9:40 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon,
and maybe I will watch some television first. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/03 Sunday 9:25 P.M.: I had the same summer
salad as Friday night without the homemade hummus and with sliced baked
boneless breast of chicken. I tried installing dialers on the Compaq laptop
to dialup the Juno numbers in this area, but I had a problem with the modem
being recognized. I shut down both computers in the bedroom. The
carpet is still quite damp. I turned off the NOAA weather radio.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/03 Sunday 7:30 P.M.: The install on the
Compaq laptop computer of Juno 1.49 did not work, so I installed it on the AMD
backup computer. I then copied the files to the Compaq laptop on floppy
disks. I configured it on the AMD for USR X2, and then I had to
reconfigure the modem on the Compaq laptop with the same setting for USR
X2. When I tried it for sending and receiving mail, it worked just fine
on the two Stamford, Connecticut number I had selected in the AMD setup.
It seems to take a long time on my Compaq laptop computer to change numbers,
and I have not tried it yet, although the dialing list is updated from the
install on the AMD backup. I then made of a *.zip file of Netscape 2.0,
and I installed it on the Compaq laptop. However, although the Juno
dialer 1.49 is suppose to work with Netscape 2.0, it does not automatically set
it up. I will have to figure out how to set it up to dial Juno.
Still I have made quite a bit of progress in getting the Compaq laptop set
up. I also installed WinZip 8.0 on it. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/03 Sunday 3:00 P.M.: Installed some of the
Windows 95 updates on the Compaq Laptop that I had on floppy disks like the
TCP/IP and Winsock 2.0 updates. I fiddled with the Network and Modem
settings. I tried installing two more recent versions of Juno Free
dialup. One was from the AMD backup computer that I copied on floppy
disks. However, neither worked for lack of system resources. Once I
got my Network setup properly and my U.S. Robotics external modem configuration,
I was able to install Juno 1.49. I was able to connect to the 800 number
and download the new list of telephone numbers. The Compaq laptop is now
processing that list. I will have to uninstall the two versions of Juno
that did not work to free up disk space. If the Compaq laptop processes
the list of numbers which seems to be taking a while, I should be able to use
Juno free dialup on the Compaq laptop. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/03 Sunday 9:25 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M.
this morning. I am a bit arthritic this morning with the damp weather and
the damp carpets. I am wearing my house slippers in the apartment to
prevent damp feet. I turned the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air
conditioner to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, with no Energy Saver, High Speed, with moving
louvers, so hopefully the apartment will dry out sooner. There still
appears to be a small four to six inch puddle developing at the right front of
the toilet. I took up the bath mats in front of the toilet. I have
a wash cloth on the bath tub rim to dry up the puddle which occurs whenever I
flush. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange
juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now try to transfer Juno
free dialup from the backup AMD computer to the Compaq laptop. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/03 Sunday 12:40 A.M.: I am tired. I
will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/10/03 Sunday 12:30 A.M.: Juno 1.49 does not
seem to work on the Compaq laptop, possibly because when it calls up Juno on
the 800 number, it is not downloading any information from Juno, since it is no
longer supported. The later versions are two large of a file for a floppy
disk. I can try to copy my Juno files from the AMD backup in the bedroom
and see if that works. I am microwaving a 14 ounce Stouffer's Lean
Cuisine Dinnertime Selection Grilled Chicken and Penne Pasta, which I will have
shortly for dinner. I noticed there is still a tiny about four to six
inch puddle of water coming out of the right front base of the toilet like the
wax ring might still be leaking. Apparently the toilet is fastened
against the wall not the floor. Still, the new internal mechanisms seem
to be functioning fine enough. I turned the air conditioner back to 72 degrees
Fahrenheit and Energy Saver and Low Fan and No louver circulation. It was
a bit cold in here. I will now eat, and I will have the meal with a glass
of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/03 Saturday 10:45 P.M.: I was able to
install an earlier version of Juno version 149 http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=juno
. It dialed out, and downloaded a file, and now the hard drive is
flashing. I also installed the U.S. Robotics external modem, so
both modems are installed on the Compaq laptop. I have to wait for the
computer to finish its installation or reinstall the Juno 149 dialer again
selecting the U.S. Robotic external modem. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/03 Saturday 8:35 P.M.: I put Windows 95 on the
Compaq laptop, and it is running fine. I downloaded the driver for the
video from HP Compaq, which is similar to the driver on Windows 95, but with
it, the DOS Prompt screen opens, which it did not with the Windows 95
driver. Windows 95 recognized the Compaq 14,400 internal modem. I
could also install the U.S. Robotics external modem for faster speeds. I
am now running the Windows defragmentation program. It says it has 35
megs of disk space free. I removed the Windows 3.1 uninstall files and
the Norton Utilities 7.0 because part of them did not work. I am
defragmenting the drive because the Juno setup says, I have less than 5 megs of
free space, which is not correct. I have the Norton Desktop for Windows
that will probably work with it, which followed Norton Utilities 7.0.
There are more bells and whistles with Windows 95. I have to remove Lotus
Notes to free up disk space to install Windows 95. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/03 Saturday 4:30 P.M.: I logged onto HP
Compaq, and I downloaded an made Compaq diagnostics and setup disks for the
Compaq system, but they do not boot, since I guess I made them with Windows XP,
which does not have the same System Command Processor. Still most of the
features work from the Compaq Laptop prompt. The Battery Power button now
gives an indication of 2 hours 30 minutes charge. Standby does not work
however, and I could not find a way to enable it in the CMOS, so perhaps it is
an operating system feature. I put the two Compaq disks in the case with the
other disks. I studied the HP Compaq site for more information, but I did
not find that much. I guess from the information I saw it is about a 9 to
11 year old machine. Still the battery costs over $130 today, the memory
would cost $60 and the AC adaptor is about $120 not to mention the cases are
probably worth about $50. Thus as a portable computing device for $10 for
word processing, it is an exception value. I do not think one would want
to try using it on the internet though. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/03 Saturday 3:30 P.M.: The Compaq laptop
computer seems to be taking a charge on its battery. I will leave it
plugged in, so maybe the battery will become full charged. The Compaq
battery utility says it has 2 hours and 45 minutes battery time, so if it is
right, I would imagine it is nearly fully charged. I put
"power.exe" in the autoexec.bat, and I changed some of the battery
management settings. I also enabled hibernate on low battery which saves
one's information and setup. I could install Window 95 on it, but
although it would run more slowly than Windows 3.1, it would have Windows 95
power management features which are probably more advanced. It has a PS/2
port and two serial ports and a parallel port. It also has a modem, but I
am not sure what speed it is. I will study HP Compaq's information on
it. I had two Stop and Shop caramel rice cakes. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/03 Saturday 2:55 P.M.: I made a Norton
Rescue disk for the Compaq Laptop, which I put with some other disks that came
with it. I ran some of the Norton Utilities on it. I then shut it
down.
Note:
<888> 08/09/03 Saturday 2:10 P.M.: I went out after the
last message. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I
toured the merchandise. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street. I then returned to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift
shop. Most of the merchandise is half price. Since I daily use my
Braun coffee grinder which holds the coffee beans, I bought another one just
like it in like new condition for $10. I now have a backup Braun coffee
grinder, which I use to have until, one of them got a small pebble in the
coffee beans. The Braun coffee grinder new costs about $45. I bought
another glass bowl about 10 inches in diameter with cut glass and silver rim
for $3 which nearly matches one of my miniature potted palms bowls, so they now
are both in matching bowls. Since no one had bought it I bought the old
Compaq laptop computer for $10 which came with a black carrying case. I
thus spent $23 total. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire
length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I then
drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library.
I then returned home. I put the glass bowl with the other miniature potted
palm, so both of them on the window sill have matching glass bowls with silver
rims to hold the clay pots. I put the pink flowered Chinese bowl on the
long mahogany bureau in the living room with the covered Paul Revere silver
plate bowl in it. I rearranged some of the candle sticks around it and
the bric a brac. I did not have room for the leather and glass ashtray,
so I put it with the transistor radios in the top shelf of the blue kitchen
bookcase. I put the Compaq Laptop LTE lite 4/25 E on top of the Acer
Laptop on top of the Danish end table on the left side of the Danish desk in
the bedroom. I checked it out, and it still works fine. It has a 486/25
Mhz processor with about seven inch LCD color screen. It has 8 megs of
memory. It has a 118 meg hard drive. It is running Compaq DOS 5.0
and Windows 3.1. It has Microsoft WinWord 2.0 C on it. I am putting
the Norton Utilities 7.0 on it. About 50 megs of disk space are
free. It came with its AC power adaptor, and I assume the rechargeable
battery probably does not work, but I have not tested it. However, it
does not turn on without the AC adaptor. It came with a black Compaq case
with carrying strap, and it fits into another smaller black internal case that
has a New York Jets sticker on it. I put the case on top of the IBM
selectric typewriter on top of the bedroom side board. The apartment
smells a bit musty, but hopefully the carpet will dry out soon. I put the
Braun coffee grinder next to the other one on the side shelf in the kitchen.
The Compaq laptop starts up very quickly, and it has a track ball mouse on the
right side of the LCD panel. Well, it should be good for word processing
if I ever have to travel, and I have AC power. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/03 Saturday 8:40 A.M.: I read some internet
headlines. My Net2Phone account was credited with the $25 money order I
sent them this week, so I now have $60.05 on the Net2Phone account. I
will now shut down the computer. With the air conditioner set at 66
degrees Fahrenheit, the apartment is now 67 degrees Fahrenheit, so hopefully
the air conditioner's dehumidifying will remove the moisture from the carpet
faster. It sort of feels like winter in the apartment. I will now
clean up, and I will go out. I put the cleaned bath mats back down in the
bathroom. I will throw out the Slaymaker rechargeable jump start system
box which got wet. I put the new backup Sony Handycam battery to the left
of the Sony Handycam case in the bedroom window, since it will not fit in the
case which has the charged battery and two tapes in it. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/09/03 Saturday 7:55 A.M.: I was up at 4:30
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I just finished my house
cleaning and watering the plants. I did not vacuum the apartment, since
about half of the open area in the apartment where the carpet is laid is still
damp. I listened to the radio with my Emerson wireless headset while
doing the cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 7:05 P.M.: I went outside
briefly. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
directly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 6:50 P.M.: I took eight chilled
spinach leaves, and I broke into two to three inch pieces, and I put them in
the lettuce washer, and I rinsed them underneath cold water, and then I spread
them across a dinner plate. I then put eight chilled baby carrots on the
dinner plate. I then sliced 1/8 inch thick a chilled plum tomato, and I
spread the slices across the dinner plate. I then added three double
tablespoons of the chilled homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm
, and I spread them across the dinner plate in three evenly spaced
places. I then added eight chilled small pitted black California olives
with three in the hummus, and the rest spread around the plate. Next I
added a quarter of a chilled diced Vidalia onion. I then sliced on an
angle diagonally 1/8 inch thick one of the chilled boneless chicken breasts
that I cooked earlier this morning, and I cut the pieces in half, and I
spread them over the plate. I next added a few tablespoons spread about
of the chilled Athenos feta herbal and garlic feta cheese made in
Wisconsin. I then added 14 Arnold large cut home-style garlic herb
croutons. I next added a couple tablespoons of Stop and Shop chilled
grated low fat parmesan cheese. I next added spreading them around a
couple of teaspoons of chilled Spanish capers. I then added about an
eighth of a cup of room temperature Molina balsamic vinegar and about an eighth
of a cup of room temperature Italian extra virgin olive oil. I seasoned
the salad with ground black pepper and salt. I had the salad with ice
tea. It is a bit cold in the apartment with the air conditioner set at 66
degrees Fahrenheit, but I think keeping it going will help dry out the
rugs. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 5:45 P.M.: I had two remnants of
the same type blue carpet underneath the bed in the bedroom. One was six
foot length and the other was about four foot length. I cut them both to
about 25 inches wide, and I laid them end to end in the hallway, so the bedroom
bathroom hallway has the same type matching blue carpet as the bedroom and
living room. However, the bedroom entrance and the living room walkway
carpet will be damp for a while. I threw out some small pieces in the
dumpster. I noticed my neighbor downstairs threw out all of his area rugs
in the dumpster. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 4:55 P.M.: I went out, and I went
by the Valley Road post office to mail the envelope to the Greenwich Housing
authority pertaining to the pass cards for the front door. I then went by
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I
sat out at various locations. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the Greenwich Times. I next returned home. I put the
Rubbermaid hamper at the end of the day bed in the bedroom by the window, so
the area by the day bed dries out faster. I also put the Slaymaker jump
start system box on top of the other Rubbermaid hamper in the bedroom, so that
area by the bedroom door dries out too. I thought about putting dry
towels on the carpet to soak up more moisture, but then I would just have a
whole of wet towels, and the carpet would still be moist. I figure the
water vacuum got out most of the water, and the remaining moisture will take
some time to dry out. Occasionally the Hospital Thrift shop has
reproduction oriental type rug runners, so I will keep my out for one of them
in the future. The vacant hallway space outside of the bathroom door is
26 inches by 126 inches, so a two foot by ten foot runner would do just
fine. I like having carpet in the apartment because during the winter the
floors get awfully cold. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 1:05 P.M.: I put away the
laundry. I left a blue hand towel by the yellow French reproduction chair
at the apartment entrance, so one can dry their feet before putting on one's
shoes. I had two Jif peanut butter sandwiches with ice tea. The
living room carpet is a blue wool carpet, and since sheep get wet all the time,
the dampness should not hurt the carpet. I think the bedroom carpet is a
blue synthetic carpet that I got from a relative. I will now shut down
the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. It is a bit cooler
in the apartment trying to remove the dampness. I am not sure I will
charge up the spare Sony Handycam battery, until I start using it a bit, since
its lifetime wear starts when one first recharges it the first time. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 11:55 A.M.: After a bit of work,
the apartment is back in order. I tried to get the tenant that keeps the
emergency key to give my the water vacuum, but he told me that he was not
authorized to do it. I moved everything on the floor out of the bathroom
and out of the hallway. I took towels, and I mopped up as much water as
possible. I then emptied all the hallway bookcases, and I pulled out the
two layers of white Chemstrand Acrylan carpet in the hallway and bathroom, and
I threw them in the dumpster. About the time this was done the building
custodian arrived at 8 A.M., and he gave me the water vacuum. I used it
to suck up as much water as possible from the carpets in the bedroom entrance,
and the living room wall through area. It probably sucked up about
20 gallons of water. Then the Housing Authority maintenance arrived to
fix the toilet. The toilet tank mechanism was defective, and it had not
cut off when flushed, and this caused it to overflow for 15 minutes to a half
hour, until I discovered it, and I turned off the shut off valve. While
the building maintenance personnel were fixing the toilet, I put back all the
items in the hallway bookcases, which were quite a few items and lots of
books. The building maintenance finished about 10:30 A.M., and they are
now drying out the apartment downstairs. They put in an entire new
mechanism in the inside of the toilet tank. I basically put the apartment
back in order the way it was. There is no longer carpet in the bathroom
and the hallway. The carpet was heavy white Chemstrand Acrylan carpet,
and it was musty from when the hot water tank leaked about three years
ago. Since the bookcases were sitting on the carpet, I had to move them
to remove the wet carpet. The carpet in the bedroom entrance and the
living room walk through area is still wet, but it should dry out in about two
weeks. I turned the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner
with remote control to 66 degrees Fahrenheit and no Energy Saver and moving
vent louvers and high speed to hopefully increase the drying process
faster. It will probably still take about two weeks for the carpet to dry
out. Once it is dry, I have carpet cleaner that I can sprinkle on the
carpet and vacuum off to remove the musty smell. I am on the dry cycle of
two loads of laundry. I washed the towels and bath mats too that got
wet. I have two of the bath mats hanging up to dry, since they can not go
in the dryer. One speaker cord for one of the two book case speakers is a
bit too short. I will have to lengthen it, so it is out of the way.
I have about 35 minutes on the dry cycle on the laundry. I put fresh
linens on the bed. The rechargeable spare battery for the Sony Handycam
just arrived. Well, I feel for my neighbor downstairs, since it seems he
got a lot of the water. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 6:00 A.M.: Well the worse just
happened. I guess the toilet is defective. It has been overflowing
for the last half hour from what I can tell. The entire bathroom,
hallway, and living room area and bedroom entrance has water in it. I
turned off the toilet. I called the Greenwich Housing Authority to let
them know to get them to fix it and to bring a water vacuum. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 5:20 A.M.: I put the baked
chicken breasts in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator to cool.
CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 08/08/03:
Note:
<888> 08/08/03 Friday 4:45 A.M.: I was up at 3:45
A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, pineapple
orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I am cooking two more
halves of boneless chicken breasts the same way I did two days ago, and I will
refrigerate them, and I will use them in summer salads. Remember
this time of year, one should follow www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm
. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 5:40 P.M.: I am a bit
tired. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed
soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 5:35 P.M.: Forbes IBM news
story Forbes.com: IBM's Path From Invention To Income
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 5:10 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I have a form to mail to the Greenwich Housing Authority
requesting a second pass card for the electronic front door, when they reissue
the new pass cards next Thursday August 14. CUI
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 4:00 P.M.: I had the same
summer salad as yesterday plus I added a couple of teaspoons of Spanish
capers. I also had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 3:25 P.M.: I went out after the
last note. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought
nine glass framed medical degrees and other medical awards for .25 each for
$2.25 total. I will use the glass frames for displaying family pictures,
once I have time to insert them. They had a Compaq 386 style laptop
computer with 8 megs of memory running Windows 3.1 with a carrying case for
$10. I tested it, but I do not need it. The battery did not work,
but it worked on AC power. I then drove down by the waterfront. I
then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various
locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a CVS Clorox toilet tank tablet
for $1.99 and three 16 ounce cans of Swanson chicken broth for $1.99 all three
plus .12 tax for $4.10 total. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I
read the Greenwich Times. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought
an Edy's 16 ounce raspberry sorbet for $1.99 and a Edy's 16 ounce boysenberry
sorbet for $1.99, two package of S&S caramel rice cakes for $1.69 each, a
32 ounce of S&S strawberry preserves, a 28 ounce can of Goya chick peas for
.99, two 16 ounce wet cans of Roland Hearts of Palm for $2.39 each, two 16
ounce wet cans of Cosmo quartered artichoke hearts for $2.19 each, four 16
ounce wet 6 ounce dry weight cans of S&S California small black pitted
olives for .99 each, four tins of Roland smoked sardines for $1.39 each, a jar
of Goya Spanish capers for $1.69, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99, and
a quart of plum tomatoes for $2.49 for $36.09 total. I then returned
home, and I put the nine frames in the bedroom window on top of the pile of
scrap paper. I used my cart to bring up my groceries. I met my new
neighbor who is a retired business computing professional from local
universities. We chatted tech. I decide to make more room for
canned food. I cleared out the top three shelves of books in the
blue bookcase in the kitchen entrance, and I put the books on the lower
bookcase shelves beneath the stereo system behind the Queen Anne chair. I
also moved the books from behind the bedroom television and the speaker it sits
on to the same location. I line up my current software behind the bedroom
television that sits on a speaker. Thus one can see the white bureau
mirror better. I put all my summer canned goods in the blue bookcase
shelves at the kitchen entrance along with other food supplies and kitchen
items and the portable radios. Thus I have a bit more room in my kitchen
cabinets. I had a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 8:50 A.M.: The Weather Pulse
weather forecast http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html
says it is suppose to be overcast until about 4 P.M. this afternoon, when we
are suppose to have more thunderstorms. I had two Jif peanut butter
sandwiches with ice tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will
clean up. I will then go out for some daytime activity. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 8:10 A.M.: I checked with the
building custodian, and he said the wax ring toilet repair can probably wait
until this Monday. There is a small 3 to 6 inch puddle whenever one
flushes. I called the Greenwich Housing Authority at 203-869-1138 to
report the problem to the answering service, and they said they would call me
back. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 7:35 A.M.: For backup purposes,
I was able to enable dialup networking on the Dell backup computer using the
U.S. Robotics external modem and Juno Free Dialup www.juno.com by following this procedure http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822122
to restore the Dialup Networking Capability. Thus all three computers
have Dialup capabilities should the Cable Modem not work. However, they
are all on the same telephone line, so realistically if the cable modem failed,
one would only be able to use the dialup method on one computer at a
time. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 6:30 A.M.: I copied some
updated files to both backup computers. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 5:50 A.M.: I finished going
through my email. I also read the Volcano reports http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/
. Kliuchevskoi volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula is still on color code
Orange http://www.avo.alaska.edu/avo4/updates/kvertweekly.htm
. I read this in Yahoo News yesterday Yahoo! News - Czech Climber Dies on Russian Volcano
on the same volcano. Obviously the mountain climbers are taking risks
climbing this volcano, since it has a lot of active lateral vents. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 5:15 A.M.: The bath mats in
front of the toilet had a small damp portion. I discovered that the wax
ring on the toilet is leaking just a hair. I removed the bath mats.
I will not call maintenance. I will keep an eye on it to see if it gets
worse. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 4:55 A.M.: I rested some more
until just now. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/03 Thursday 2:50 A.M.: I had a call from a
relative about 9 P.M.. The relative's 12 year old standard black poodle
had died. I expressed my sympathies. Also today another relative is
having a memorial service for her husband that passed away earlier this
year. I was up at 2 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 5:25 P.M.: The NOAA weather
radio went off about fifteen minutes ago saying that some heavy rain is headed
this way. I went outside and checked the skies, and they look ominous.
I will now shut down the computer, and I guess I will either watch some
television, or I will try to go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 5:05 P.M.: I had the same half
size summer salad that I have been having for the last few days. I also
took one of the boneless breasts of chicken that I cooked earlier today and
refrigerated. I sliced it on an a diagonal angle across about 1/8 inch
thick, and I added it to the salad. I had the salad with a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 4:10 P.M.: I went out after
the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went downtown, and I went by the central Greenwich Post
Office. I obtained three money orders at a cost of .90 each for $2.70
total. I paid my Optimum Online cable modem bill and my Cablevision
bill. I also sent a $20 money order to a relative to pay them back for
the Sony Handycam rechargeable battery they ordered for me. I then walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I
stopped by CVS, and I picked up a prescription at a dollar cost. I also
spent a dollar parking downtown for two hours time at a quarter a half
hour. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the
Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. All merchandise is still half
price. I bought for a dollar two 18 inch high by about five inch diameter
curved glass candle holder globes that are meant to be put over candle
holders. They are good also in the wind, sort of like a old fashioned
hurricane globes. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read
the Greenwich Times. I next returned home, and I had a glass of ice
tea. I put the glass candle globes over two candle sticks on the long
mahogany bureau in the living room, and I put two candles in them, so I now
have on the mahogany bureau fifteen brass candle sticks with seven with candles
along with three miniature oil lamps and various other bric a brac. Of
course it all eventually becomes a dusting nightmare. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 12:20 P.M.: I received my
Optimum Online and Cablevision bills in the mail. I will go out shortly
and pay them. I finished the C: to D: drive backup on the AMD backup
computer. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 11:45 A.M.: I had nine
Wheatsworth crackers. I chatted with a relative. I have been going
through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 10:55 A.M.: I went through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 10:40 A.M.: I cleaned
up. I went outside briefly. I am still waiting for the mail to
arrive, so I can pay my Cablevision and Optimum online bills, if they arrive
today. I am on the third part of a four part backup on the AMD backup
computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 9:15 A.M.: I had a Jif peanut
butter sandwich with a glass of ice tea. I will now clean up. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 9:15 A.M.: I copied data files
to the AMD backup computer. I also installed some minor programs. I
can not get the Microsoft Reader to work on it. I reinstalled it a number
of times, and I activated it, but it does not want to seem to work. It
give an error message that it can not open the book. It also gives a
"kernel32.dll" error message. I tried some fixes to no
avail. I have a number of Ebooks on the AMD backup computer. I am
now doing a four part backup of the C: drive to the D: drive. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 6:15 A.M.: I turned off and
unplugged the primary computer during some local thunderstorms. I
finished defragmenting the C: drive on the AMD backup computer. I am now
installing some data files on it from the primary computer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 5:35 A.M.: I hear thunder off
in the distance. I am 93% complete on the AMD computer C: drive
deframentation. I replaced a 60 watt light bulb in the duck decoy lamp in
the bedroom on top of the oak book case on top of the mahogany bureau.
The duck decoy lamp has an antique clipper ship lamp shade. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 5:10 A.M.: I put the two
cooked halves of boneless chicken breasts in a Rubbermaid container in the
refrigerator to chill to have ready for summer salads. The
defragmentation on the C: drive on the AMD backup computer is 82%
complete. I have data CD/RW information to copy to the drive, once
defragmentation is complete. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/03 Wednesday 4:35 A.M.: I was up at 3
A.M.. On the AMD backup computer, I had to quit running the Norton Speed
Disk program which kept restarting since the system was still doing disk
writes. I restarted the system in Safe Mode, and I am running the
Windows Disk Defragmenter program which works in safe mode. It is 45%
complete and running fine. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I watched some television. I took the package of boneless
chicken breasts, and I cut them into four halves, and I rinsed them underneath
cold water. I stored two halves in a Rubbermaid container in the
refrigerator. I took a Pyrex pie disk and I added a few tablespoons of
olive oil. I rubbed both sides of the two boneless chicken breast halves
in the olive oil, and I put them in the dish. I added about one third of
a cup of Rene Junot white wine and a couple of tablespoons of La Choy low
sodium soy sauce. I seasoned the tops of the chicken with chicken and
meat seasoning, celery salt, garlic power, ground black pepper, Italian
seasoning, Basil, and Oregano. I am cooking them in the Farberware
convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes. I will then refrigerate
them in a Rubbermaid container without the juices to use them in my summer
salads for the next two days. I guess I will do the same with the other
two halves in a couple of days. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.: I watched the ABC
evening news. I am optimizing the C: drive on the AMD backup
computer. I will leave it running while I go to bed. I will now
shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 6:30 P.M.: The AMD backup
computer in the bedroom has a PC Chips S571-LMR motherboard with an AMD 450 MHz
KII processor running at 366 MHz. It has 264 megs of a memory, 8 and 6
gigabyte hard drives, a Logicode modem, a LAN card, an OptiPlex sound card, a
Diamond Stealth 32 meg video card, a 2 USB port card, a Net2Phone headset, a
generic pair of speakers, a 3.5 inch floppy, and a 5.25 inch 1.2 meg
floppy. It is connected to my cable modem router with a 50 foot LAN
cable. It has a 17 inch NEC MultiSync XP17 monitor. Also it has a
standard Microsoft keyboard and Microsoft serial mouse. I have Windows ME
running on it. It is connected to the HP LaserJet IIP Plus printer, and
through the Siemens router it can work with the Epson Stylus Color 880 and HP
LaserJet IID printers in the living room. It has its own control
panel. Thus it is a very reliable backup computer that I have
configured. I went outside briefly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 6:00 P.M.: I have finished
running the updates and configuring the AMD backup computer in the
bedroom. I am running the system maintenance utilities on it now.
For dinner, I microwaved a Stouffer's Lean Cuisine chicken and mushroom dinner,
which I had with ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 3:45 P.M.: I checked the AMD 366
MHz backup computer in the bedroom, and I installed the HP LaserJet IIP Plus
driver on it. I found out that the CMOS battery was dead, so I removed
the cover, and I took out the CMOS battery which was a Lithium CR2032. I
cleaned up, and I went out about 10 A.M.. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street. I then went by First Union Bank of Connecticut
on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent. They stamped the rent receipt
with Wachovia Bank N.A. stamp. I then went by the central Greenwich Post office.
I mail my State of Connecticut Social Services paper work. I obtained two
money orders for .90 each to pay my Verizon telephone bill, and I also obtained
a money order for $25 to send to Net2Phone to charge up my account. Thus
I will have about $60 on my Net2Phone account shortly. I still have not
received my Cablevision and Optimum Online bills. I then walked the
entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 90
count bottle of Tums extra strength Wintergreen flavor tablets for $2.99.
I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the ELDC thrift
shop. I then went by Radio Shack in Cos Cob. They have wireless
door bell sets regularly $50 for $10 on the clearance table. However, I
like the unit that I have that plays the "Blue Bells of
Scotland". I bought a Lithium CR2032 battery for $2.99, a 50 foot
Category 5E Computer Network Cable with RJ-45 plugs for $26.99, and a 12 foot
Stereo Audio cable with two RCA plugs on each end for $7.99 plus $2.28 tax for
$40.25 total. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.
They had a Gateway Pentium II computer with monitor for $35. Also all
merchandise is half price except for what is marked not half. They also
have behind the counter two oil painting of a dog and a horse for $300
apiece. I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons
of Tropicana Pure Premium pineapple orange juice for $2.50 each, a package of
boneless breasts of chicken at $1.99 a pound for $5.01, and two different
Stouffer's Lean Cuisine chicken style meals for $2.66 each for $14.79
total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I had a
glass of ice tea. I installed the CMOS battery in the AMD backup
computer, and I put the cover back on it, and I set the CMOS bios settings.
I then strung the 50 foot LAN cable through the false ceiling, so it came out
by the router in the living room corner by the computers, and I connected it to
the router. I had the other end come out by the white dresser mirror in
the bedroom. It is not noticeable. I have about 15 foot extra
length in the bedroom. I connected it to the AMD backup computer.
One could also disconnect it from the AMD backup computer easily and use it on
a laptop computer anywhere in the bedroom too. I turned on the cable
modem and router. I booted the AMD backup computer, and it works just
fine online at high speed. I am running the updates on it right
now. The sound works fine on it. I turned off the Microphone to the
headset in the volume control panel. I need to install the Siemens router
printer drivers, so the bedroom computer can print to the printers in the
living room when online. I put the new 12 foot RCA Stereo Audio cable on
the Orion television, so one can hook up the Sony Handycam. I put the RCA
stereo cable back on the Stereo Technics turntable and connected it to the
amplifier. Thus I have done a bit of electronics maintenance today.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 8:55 A.M.: To use the Juno
dialer on the Dell backup computer, I am having problems getting the Dial Up
Networking to install. I will now shut down the computers, and I
will clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 6:50 A.M.: The U.S. Robotics
external modem installed on the Dell backup computer plug and play. I
will install the Juno free dial up on it shortly. I had the same half
size summer salad that I have been eating for the last few days, but this time
I put on a quarter of a Vidalia onion in stead of red Bermuda onion, and I also
added a tin of King Oscar sardines. I had it with a glass of ice
tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 5:50 A.M.: I disconnected the
IBM Cyrix 233 MHz computer on top of the brass and glass table on top of the
bedroom desk. I put it underneath the sideboard with the keyboard, mouse,
and microphone that I had with the AMD 366 MHz. I put the AMD 366 MHz
with 256 megs of memory and a 6 gigabyte hard drive in its same location on the
brass and glass coffee table on top of the Danish bedroom desk. The AMD
has the Logicode modem in it, and I connected it all up, so it is all set to
go, since I have it already configured. I need to install the HP LaserJet
IIP printer driver to it. I connected a pair of generic speakers to it
that I had on the living room desk. I also used a Y splitter for the
sound output, so I also have a microphone headset connected to it too. I
used the Microsoft mouse and generic keyboard which has a touch pad that is not
connected. I have it connected to the NEC 17E monitor. I installed
a power control center underneath the monitor. I have it all connected to the
power control center. I have the telephone line running through the power
control center to ground fault it. I installed the U.S. Robotics external
modem on the Dell backup computer. I will have to configure it in a
while. Thus the work area between the primary and the backup computers in
the living room is a little bit more open. I moved the Radio Shack
digital alarm clock to on top of the AMD backup computer in the bedroom.
If I get the 50 foot LAN cable, I can also have the AMD online with the cable
modem. The AMD 366 computer is a very good computer, which I used until I
upgraded to my current system around Christmas time this past year. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 4:25 A.M.: I went through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 3:55 A.M.: Besides having
Encarta 2002 which came with my Microsoft Works Suite 2002, I also have the IBM
Worldbook Encyclopedia 1999. It works, but with Windows XP, I can not get
it to go online. However, I am probably not entitled to updates
anymore. I guess it does not really matter, and it is not worth a call to
tech support. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 2:25 A.M.: Since I use Windows
XP Professional, I ran "msconfig", and I tweaked a few items in the
startup category that I do not need to start when I boot the computer.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 1:45 A.M.: I received email from
Symantec, and they said that I had received the $30 upgrade rebate this past
April, but they are resubmitting the information for the $20 rebate which
I have not received. They said it would take about four weeks for
processing. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/03 Tuesday 1:35 A.M.: I watched a bit of
television until noon. I had 15 Wheatsworth crackers before going to bed
shortly after noon. I was up at 10 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal,
toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I fell back to sleep until 1:15 A.M.. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 9:05 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will probably rest a while or watch television before
going to bed. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 8:45 A.M.: I am ordering from
H.M. Computer www.hmcomputer.com
a 50 foot Lan cable H.M. Computer 50 foot Lan cable Product Detail
for $15 plus .90 Connecticut tax and .15 insurance and $5.99 shipping via UPS
for $22.04 total. I printed out the order form, and I will mail it to
them with a cover letter and a United States postal money order. It is
raining out right now, so I probably will not be going out to the post office
this morning. I just finished chatting with a friend. I will use
the 50 foot LAN cable to run it from the router through the false ceiling to
the bedroom, so I can have high speed internet access set up in the bedroom.
However, I might not send in the H.M. Computer order, since Staples has a
similar cable for $24.99 Staples 50 foot LAN cable SKU Level Online Catalog Page
. I am thinking of setting the AMD 366 MHz backup computer on the
bedroom desk instead of having the IBM Cyrix 233 MHz in that location.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 7:20 A.M.: I finished the paper
work. I put the new batch of ice tea in the refrigerator. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 6:25 A.M.: The Paperport 6.5
patch seems to have fixed the problem, so one can now print out from the
Visioneer 4400 scanner Paperport 6.5 deluxe program to the printer without any
problem. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 6:15 A.M.: I am in the process of
filling out some paper work for Connecticut social services. I was trying
to make some copies of documents using my Visioneer 4400 scanner and the
Scansoft Paperport 6.5 deluxe software. It has always printed out in the
past, but this time it kept not printing, and I have to keep opening and
closing the Web Page Capture setting to get it to print. I just found
this patch for the 6.5 version of the software ScanSoft - Support - Knowledge Base , which I
will now install. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 4:35 A.M.: I had the same half
size summer salad as yesterday with a six ounce can of flaked solid white
albacore tuna fish. I also had a glass of ice tea. I am making up a
new batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 3:30 A.M.: For local computer
supplies from Hamden, Connecticut, try www.hmcomputer.com . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 3:05 A.M.: Catch sunrise at
Gooch's Beach, Kennebunk, Maine BeachCam On The Seaside Motor Inn and Cottages - Kennebunk
Beach, Maine or for the more discriminating traveler http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 2:40 A.M.: Astronaut training http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 2:25 A.M.: In my vitamins and
supplements every day, I have been taking a regular aspirin which is too
much. I took my pill cutter that I keep on the spice rack in the kitchen,
and I cut 50 regular aspirin in half, and I put them in a pill bottle labeled
"Half Aspirin". Thus I have 100 half aspirin ready to use for
my normal routine of vitamins and supplements. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 1:55 A.M.: I went through my
email. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 1:45 A.M.: This device Welcome to Belkin - Hi-Speed USB 2.0 DVD Creator
would probably do the job, but it only works with Windows 2000 and Windows
XP. However, for a $10 used Sony Handycam, I am not going to spend $100
for an adaptor, a couple of hundred dollars for increased hard drive space, and
few hundred dollars for a DVD burner. I guess when we get a sunny day,
and when I am on a day schedule, I could try using the camera though.
Moreover, I can copy the Sony Handycam super 8 video to a standard videotape on
my JVC videotape player with RCA inputs in front. Basically one is always
"Window Shopping" on the internet, but with a limit budget and with
realistic ideas about what one's actual usage might be, one can not buy all the
toys and gizmos available for sale on the internet, particularly if one enjoys
eating. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 1:35 A.M.: I found this site
listing Video Capture USB devices USB Video Capture - Graphics and Sound - Everything USB
and Video Capture Adapters at VideoCardGalaxy.com
. I guess I also could use a Video Capture card and remove my PCI modem
card. I would use a video capture device for inputting from the Sony
Handycam. At the moment, whether I will pursue that route of development
is still up in the air, because even if had a video capture device, it would
mean having to install more hard drive space, which at the moment, I do not
feel like upgrading. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 12:15 A.M.: I found this
Microsoft Windows XP networking update FileForum | Program Detail - Advanced Networking Pack for
Windows XP . I will now install it. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/03 Monday 12:05 A.M.: I had ten Wheatsworth
crackers half way through my sleep cycle. I was up at 10 P.M. when the
NOAA weather radio went off. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
strawberry jam, pineapple orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and
coffee. I watched some television until midnight. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 2:10 P.M.: I watched a two hour
program on Admiral Bull Halsey on the History Channel. I had two scoops
of Edy's raspberry sorbet. I chatted with a relative. I will now
shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 12:10 P.M.: For the Vero Beach,
Florida people whom might be elsewhere, this is all the news that you are
missing http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/press_journal .
I have read in the Wall Street Journal that grapefruit juice can interfere with
certain medications, so the local citrus industry in Indian River County are trying
to come up with other uses for grapefruit. Apparently, Indian River
county produces half the grapefruit in the world including the grapefruit that
are served at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. I guess they could
research what properties of the grapefruit interfere with medications, and they
could try to treat it, so those properties do not interfere. I have
always enjoyed grapefruit juice, but I was advised not to drink it when I
started taking Lipitor. Whatever the case with the higher values of real
estate in Vero Beach, Florida, I would imagine the local economy is not solely
dependant on the citrus industry. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 11:50 A.M.: I went outside
briefly to throw out the Stouffer's container. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 11:30 A.M.: I microwaved a
Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selection Chicken Fettuccini with broccoli,
and I had it for dinner with a glass of ice tea. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 11:05 A.M.: I went out after the
last message. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. On
the walk I sat out at various locations. I walked by and used the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I also stopped
by CVS on the way up and down Greenwich Avenue. On the way down Greenwich
Avenue at CVS, I bought a 24 roll bundle of Kleenex Cottonelle toilet tissue
for $4.99 and buy one get one free of CVS extra strength non-aspirin 500 mg.
solid gelcaps acetaminophen pain reliever and fever reducer 400 count each bottle
for $15.33 both bottles less $1.50 off bonus bucks coupon plus .30 tax for
$19.12 total. I did not go by the waterfront, since I figured there would
be enough waterfront observers down there. I next went by the Food
Emporium, and I bought four different types of 13.5 ounce Stouffer's Lean
Cuisine chicken dinners for $2.66 each, two tins of Beach Cliff sardines .99
each, four 6 ounce cans of Bumble Bee pink crab meat for $1.99 each, and two
four packs of six ounce cans of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish
for $3.56 each four pack, and a half gallon of Tropicana pure premium pineapple
orange juice with calcium for $2.50 for $29.12 total. I then returned
home, and I put away my purchases, and I had some ice tea. I am running
the room air conditioner at 72 degrees Fahrenheit to keep the apartment a bit
warmer. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 6:05 A.M.: I dumped out some
garbage. I will now shut down the computer. I will either rest for
spell, or I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 5:50 A.M.: I washed the glass
salad bowl that I keep on the dining room table. I dusted off the teak
pineapple, I keep in the salad bowl and the two wooden Canadian goose salad
server fork and spoon. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 5:45 A.M.: I made a half size
portion of my usual summer salad. I took four leaves of chilled spinach,
and I ripped them apart, and I put them in the lettuce spinner, and I rinsed
them underneath cold water. I spread them across a dinner plate. I
then put 8 chilled baby carrots on the plate. I then took one chilled
plum tomato, and I cut it in 3/16th of an inch thick slices, and I spread it
across the plate. I then added three chilled double tablespoons of
homemade hummus. I then added 7 chilled California small pitted black
olives, and I put one in each dab of hummus. I then diced one quarter of
a chilled red Bermuda, and I put it on the plate. I then added 10 Arnold
large size home-style garlic herb croutons. I next spread across about
one ounce of chilled Athenos garlic and herb feta cheese. I then opened a
chilled 8 ounce dry can of Roland hearts of palm. I used four inch length
pieces, which I cut in half lengthwise, and I separated them, and I spread them
over the salad. I sprinkled on the salad one ounce of chilled grated
parmesan cheese. I then added one ounce of Molina Italian Balsamic
vinegar and one ounce of Italian extra virgin olive oil. I seasoned the
salad with ground black pepper and salt. It was a more normal size salad
instead of a heaping big salad. I had it with a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 4:55 A.M.: I do not have any oven
cleaner which also really smells, so I used some Pot Shot pot cleaner to clean
the Farberware turbo convection oven on top of the refrigerator in the
kitchen. I use the Farberware turbo convection over most of the time when
baking. It is quite a bit cleaner now. I have a spare one in the
bedroom closet with a spare Krups coffee espresso maker and a spare Cuisine Art
food processor. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 4:10 A.M.: I washed the
"Golf is for Birdies" ashtray that I keep on the backside of the
toilet, and I dusted the bar of Texas soap, and the bar of Year 2000 soap, and
the bar of Cologne, Germany soap that I keep in the golf ash tray. I also
washed and dried the Silver plate facial tissue holder from India that I keep
on the back side of the toilet. In an apartment with so much bric a brac
as I have in the apartment, periodical dusting of long static items does seem
to be a necessity. I went through my email. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 3:35 A.M.: Prince Charles finds a
new home BBC NEWS | UK | Prince Charles moves into Clarence House
. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 3:05 A.M.: I finished creating a
free site for my friend at www.freeservers.com . His site is http://bolton.4t.com/
. I had to split the page into two parts, since the freeservers web site
only permits file uploads of .25 meg or smaller, with a 12 meg limitation on
total quantity. CIO
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<888> 08/03/03 Sunday 1:40 A.M.: I went to bed at noon
yesterday. I had two scoops of Edy's Raspberry sorbet before going to
bed. I had a call from a friend at 6 P.M., who is going to call back
later this morning. The friend wants me to set up another free web site
for his content. I was up at 11 P.M. this past evening. I had breakfast
of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange pineapple juice, vitamins,
supplements, and coffee. I started up the computer, and I uninstalled
both copies of Microsoft Messenger that were running on the system, which tried
to start simultaneously whenever I started the system. I then installed
the latest version of Microsoft Messenger 6.0, and it starts just fine. I
also found this site http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinME/Q_20418599.html
which shows that when one is opening a second window, and it does not open to a
full size, one can drag it to full size with the lower right hand corner drag
button, and then one holds the CTRL button while clicking the upper right hand
X icon to close the window. Then the secondary windows opens in full mode
when one opens it again. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 9:45 A.M.: I will now shut down
the computer. I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888>
08/02/03 Saturday 9:10 A.M.: I went back out after the last
message. I drove down by the waterfront, and the regular fishermen are
there. I noticed a yacht at the Delamar Hotel http://www.thedelamar.com/
called "My Way". About 15 years ago in Newport, Rhode Island;
there was a yacht with the same name on the waterfront, and it was Frank
Sinatra's http://www.franksinatra.com/
private yacht. I guess whomever owns that yacht on our waterfront had to
downscale the size of the yacht to fit it into the Greenwich Harbor. Of
course on a year round basis, Greenwich, Connecticut real estate http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/gwreal.htm
tends to be a more pricey affair than Newport, Rhode Island. However, I
think there are more pricey locations in California, since the big money
eventually seems to gravitate towards warmer weather, unless one is a Scottish
banker. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I went by the ATM
machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by
the Exxon service station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $4.50 of
regular unleaded gasoline at $1.779 a gallon for about 27 miles per the
gallon. I forgot to reset my short trip odometer, which I do after I fill
up the tank. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two half
gallons of Tropicana Premium pineapple orange juice with calcium for $2.99
each, a 5.5 box of Pepperidge Farm fat free spicy Italian generous cut croutons
for $1.49, a 8 ounce container of S&S low fat grated parmesan cheese $3.29,
a tub of Atheno Wisconsin made garlic and herbs feta cheese $3.90, a package of
Nabisco Wheatsworth crackers $1.79, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach $1.50, and
two Vidalia onions at $1.49 a pound for $2.22 for $20.17 total. I bought
the Vidalia onions since they tend to be milder than the Bermuda onions.
I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra
Light 100s for $31 total. I just now returned home, and I had a glass of
ice tea. I just took two Tums http://www.tums.com , since I had a bit of
indigestion. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 6:30 A.M.: I will now go out
for some morning activity. Remember, an excellent weather program is http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html
. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 6:25 A.M.: I finished going
through the email. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 6:20 A.M.: Roughing it at sea Upstairs, Downstairs on the High Seas .
CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 5:55 A.M.: NextUp.com - WeatherAloud - The Power of Spoken Audio
. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 5:45 A.M.: I studied the Boeing
7E7 web site. I finished off the other half of the summer salad along
with a glass of ice tea. I am about 2/3 of the way going through my last
few days email. I reset my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air
conditioner with remote control to 72 degrees Fahrenheit, since it is a bit
cool in here. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 5:05 A.M.: http://www.newairplane.com/USA/
. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 4:50 A.M.: HollandSentinel.com -Last Beetle rolls off line 07/31/03
. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 4:40 A.M.: Interesting list at http://tutorials.lockergnome.com/404.html
from http://www.lockergnome.com/
. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 4:25 A.M.: When I bought the
Symantec package of Internet Security 2003 and Norton System Works 2003, there
were suppose to be two rebates of $20 and the $30 upgrade rebate. I did
receive the $20 rebate around April 1, 2003, but I was asked to resubmit
information on the $30 rebate around mid April, which I did. I still have
not received the $30 upgrade rebate, which I sent to Niagara Falls, New York,
and which I am still waiting for. I called the Symantec 800 number
800-494-8825, and when I keyed in the information, they do not reference the
second $30 rebate. I guess I will have to call them up some time. I
will now submit an inquiry at this form site https://support.ece.com/forms/symantec/symanteccustomerservice.asp
. I just submitted the information. I still have a copy of my
CompUSA sales receipt, but the rebate certification information has already
been sent to Symantec. We use to have a top of executive of Symantec
living in Greenwich, Connecticut who use to sell beta software at tags sales
from his home, of course that was about ten years ago. This is the
last rebate I have due. I have learned only Staples tends to have speedy
rebates, so recently I have tried to use Staples rebates. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 3:25 A.M.: I looked at the
television for a while, and as usual not much was on it. If I did not
like watching the news, I do not think I would subscribe to Cablevision, since
so much of the television quality in the early morning hours, when I might
watch television is certainly lacking. This is one of the drawbacks of
the suburbs, if one can not afford to play golf in the day time, or if one does
not have a house to keep one busy, one is frequently left with a lack of
recreational activity. Of course in the big City or even the suburbs,
recreational activity costs money. Thus with an excellent library http://www.greenwich.lib.ct.us/
in Greenwich, Connecticut, one can always read a book. However, at the
moment, I have my usual internet activity to pursue, so I will not be
practicing bookworm activity. CIO
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<888> 08/02/03 Saturday 2:00 A.M.: I went out after the
last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of
Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. The usual group
of young weekend revelers were at the Dome Restaurant, the Blue Cafe, the
Sundown Saloon, and the Thataway Cafe. I guess they are not into working
on the internet late at night. I have always noticed a lot of car dealers
around the bars on weekends trying to sell automobiles. It seems a
peculiar way to try to sell cars. I next drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New
York on Mason Street. I next went by the Food Emporium, but for some odd
reason, they are not open this morning. I just now returned to my
apartment, and I had a glass of ice tea. I guess I will go out at 7 A.M.
when the stores are open or a little earlier. I have plenty of food in
the apartment, but I like to keep stocked up. I guess it come from the
old days in Greenwich and around the country and around the world when it was
always feast or famine. Of course having worked in a number of
professional restaurant kitchens, I have a vague idea about what it takes to
manage a small home kitchen. Possibly the Food Emporium might be open at
the Riverside shopping plaza, but I am not sure what their hours are.
CIO
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday 11:50 P.M.: I made up a batch of
homemade hummus http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm,
and I also used in it a 1/8th of a teaspoon of red cayenne pepper and a six
ounce dry weight can of California olives. I chatted with a
relative. I then took about 8 large leaves of chilled spinach, and I
ripped them apart, and I put them in the lettuce spinner, and I rinsed them
underneath cold water. I spread them across a large dinner plate. I
then added 20 chilled baby carrots. I next sliced in 3/16th inch thick
slices two chilled plum tomatoes, and I spread them across the plate. I
then put on five chilled double tablespoons of homemade hummus equally
spaced. I then added 15 chilled black California olives including one in
each dab of hummus. I then peeled and diced on half a chilled red Bermuda
onion, and I spread it across the plate. I then spread across about 20
Arnold large garlic and herb croutons. I then opened a chilled 8 ounce
can of Icy Point Alaska salmon, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it
underneath cold water squeezing out a the water a half dozen times. I
flaked the salmon in a bowl, picking through it looking for bones. I then
spread it across the salad. I then added two ounces of chilled Athena
Wisconsin made herbal and garlic feta cheese. I next added about two
ounces of chilled grated parmesan cheese. I then added about two ounces
of room temperature Molina balsamic vinegar and two ounces of Italian extra
virgin olive oil. I seasoned the salad with salt and ground black
pepper. I ate half the salad for dinner with ice tea. I covered the
other half of the salad, and I refrigerated it for eating later. I will
now clean up, and I guess I will go out. I put the Sony Handycam in its
carrying case in the bedroom window, and I put its box on top of the speaker on
top of the filing cabinet in the bedroom. CIO
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday 10:25 P.M.: I finished the house
cleaning and watering the plants. I also cleaned the air conditioner and
kitchen stove fan filters. I rehung the Martha's Vineyard pictures in the
kitchen entrance. I knocked down the lower one of the sailboat, and it
fell on the floor, and there is now a crack in the glass. I had to
resecure the frame of the Martha's Vineyard street scene with some duct tape,
so it is now more securely framed together. CIO
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday 8:15 P.M.: I had ten wheatsworth
crackers before going to bed. I was up at noon, when a relative called to
say they had ordered the battery http://www.atbatt.com/getItem.cfm?ItemID=5326
for the Sony Handycam for me. I will send the relative a check for $20,
since there was $5 postage. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with
strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I went back to
bed until 6:45 P.M.. I had a cup of coffee, while I was some of the
news. I chatted with two different relatives and a friend's
relative. I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.
CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week of 08/01/03:
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday 4:30 A.M.: There is a close out
on batteries for the Sony Handycam at http://www.atbatt.com with this special price http://www.atbatt.com/getItem.cfm?ItemID=5326
. I emailed a relative to have them order it for me. I have
finished updating the backup Dell computer. I will now send out my weekly
notes, and then I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday 3:50 A.M.: I have RCA video and
sound inputs on the front of my JVC videotape machine which I have hardly ever
used, so I can input from the Sony Handycam or reverse, if I want to tranfer
the Handycam video to regular size videotape. I guess if I had a video
capture card or a video capture USB device, I could input content into my
computer and burn it to CD/R disks. My free Geocities server does not
have room for video files at 15 meg limitation. I guess when the weather
is nice, I could practice making my own documentary of Greenwich, or I could
sit out and videotape people coming and going at Starbucks on Greenwich
Avenue. With the Zoom lens one can do wide angle or zoom shots. CIO
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday 3:35 A.M.: I installed the
Lithium 2025 battery in the Sony Handycam. I set the date and time and
reset the counter to zero. I removed the tape from the camera, since I do
not think one should store the camera with the tape in it, because on VCRs it
can cause the recording wheel to get out of round. However, to open the
tape door, one needs to have power to the camera. I disconnected the full
charged two hour battery, and I put it in the camera case compartment for it
with two tapes, the instructions and the camera, and I closed the camera case,
and I left it in front of the shipping box on the end of the day bed. I
took a 15 white extension cord, and I plugged it into the power strip behind
the long green sofa, and I left the socket end just below the TEAC DVD player
adjacent to the Sony Handycam power adaptor and recharger which one leaves
unplugged when turned off and not in use. I put the power adaptor beneath
the TEAC DVD player shelf on the television cabinet, so it is easily available
with the power adaptor instructions behind it. I left the RCA twin connecting
cables plugged into the Orion television. I thus have the Sony Handycam
all set for use at any time. It also has sound, and it seems to have very
good quality video. I put the Elgin watch box on top of the green bric a
brac box on top of the mahogany bureau in the bedroom. I also moved the
Epson Style Color 880 printer information and CDrom from the bottom right night
stand to on top of the other computer items to the right of the bedroom
television.
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday 2:35 A.M.: I printed out my
Microsoft Money 2002 monthly report, and I mailed a copy to a relative in the
mail box drop downstairs. I also printed out 10 plain stock envelopes for
that same relative. While working on other matters, I will be running the
updates on the Dell backup computer on both partitions. CIO
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday 2:00 A.M.: I went out, and I
stopped by the Shell station, but they do not carry Lithium batteries. I
went by the Food Emporium, and they only carry two small Lithium batteries for
cameras. I drove over to CVS at the Riverside Shopping plaza. On
the way over there in the west bound lane on East Putnam Avenue, just
east of the Gulf station in Cos Cob, there was a two car wreck. The
police and a ambulance were there. One smaller black car was hit in the
passenger side rear end, and it was still in the road. A brown Sport
Utility vehicle had severe front end damage, and it had gone off the road in
the right west bound lane, and it had crashed into a building just west of the
Wicker shop. I proceeded to CVS, and I bought an Energizer 2025 lithium
battery for $3.99 plus .24 tax for $4.23 total. On the way back by the
traffic accident, there were four fire department vehicles there, and about a
half dozen police officers. Three lanes are blocked off for the accident
investigation. The ambulance had not departed yet, so hopefully no one
was hurt. I have a $1.50 CVS extra bucks slip that I forgot to use, and I
will use it later. CIO
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<888> 08/01/03 Friday