Note:<888>01/07/01 Sunday 9:25 P.M. EST: I went downtown. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue area and around the train station. I sat out for a while. I drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by the Grand Union, and I bought the flat pound package of Icelandic sliced smoked salmon for $9.99 . I then returned home. I put mayonaise on two slices of bread along with three slices of the salmon and had the sandwich along with ice tea. I am a bit overweight at 203 pounds. I thought a lighter meal might help lose a little weight. I noticed at the Grand Union which closes on Sunday night at 9 P.M., they have top sirloin roasts for $2.99 a pound for those of you whom can chow down on a lot more. I don't think I would be able to put away several pounds of roast in a few days before it dried out. Still for a more than one person or group that was hungry, it might satisfy their appetite. Well I guess I will watch a videotape. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>01/07/01 Sunday 7:40 P.M. EST: I finished house cleaning. I had two hotdogs with buns and condiments, ice tea, and the rest of the clementine yogurt mixture. I tossed the rest of the Purdue. I watched a bit of television. I cleaned up, and I will go out now. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>01/07/01 Sunday 5:00 P.M. EST: I was up at 1:30 P.M. this afternoon. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I checked on my AT&T rates since Net2Phone has been spotty recently with the kids home for the holidays and other heavy users. I found out that I pay 9 cents for interstate long distance and 10 cents for intrastate. I have to use $5 a month in calls. Still most of the time Net2Phone does work, but I guess Sunday is a heavy usage day. I have ben listening to classical music while finishing up my house cleaning and watering the plants. While looking at Microsoft's web site, I noticed that one can not upgrade from Windows ME to Windows 2000, but have to do a clean install. I suppose I will have to wait for the Whistler version when it comes out. Well time to finish the house cleaning. I also just finished a E: drive to D: drive backup. CIO

Note:<888>01/07/01 Sunday 2:10 A.M. EST: I watched a little bit of television. I guess it is time for bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>01/06/01 Saturday 11:25 P.M. EST: I watched a television movie, and I finished the laundry. Well not much else happening, perhaps I will watch a videotape. CIO

Note:<888>01/06/01 Saturday 8:50 P.M. EST: I went out about 5 P.M.. I drove downtown. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then walked up the Avenue, and I stopped by CVS, and I bought a four pack of Charmin toilet paper for .89, a jar of Italian spices .75, a jar of Oregan .75, jelly beans .99 and spice drops .99 for $4.54 total. Ithen continued my walk up the Avenue. I ntoiced the Subway sandwich shop is now open until 11 P.M. weekday and midnight on weekends for late night sandwiches. I then walked back down the Avenue. I drove by the Grand Union, and I bought GU hotdog buns for .79, Stouffer 20 oz. lasagna for $2.50 and a Stouffers deluxe french bread pizza for $2.50, two boxes of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" for $1.33 a box, and a box of 40 Salada green tea bags $2.59 for $11.04 total. I then retrned home. I had a container of Kraft ranch dip with taco chips and ice tea. I had a few jelly beans and spice drops. I chatted with a friend. I need to finish of the Purdue chicken, but I am not hungry yet after the chips. I guess I will start my laundry. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>01/06/01 Saturday 3:45 P.M. EST: I was up at 9:30 A.M., and I had Post Great Grains cerial, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I did some internet work. I started listening to some classical CDs, and I fell asleep until 2:30 P.M.. I just had a couple of hotdogs with condiments and buns along with ice tea and clementines in yogurt. I guess I will clean up and go out. CIO

Note:<888>01/05/01 Friday 11:35 P.M. EST: I stopped by the library, and I read the Wall Street Journal, four computer newsweeklies, Time Magazine, and Astronomy magazine. I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor. Well I guess I will go to bed shortly. CIO

Note:<888>01/05/01 Friday 5:45 P.M. EST: I drove downtown and by the waterfront. I stopped by Staples in Old Greenwich, and returned the 3COM USB Ethernet device for $31.80. I bought a three splitter jack from clearence for $1.50 and two Oxford side clip binders for $5.49 plus .42 tax for $7.41 total. I then stopped by Off Center Hair Cuts and got my hair cut for $15 and $5 tip. I next drove around Tod's Point. I stopped by ELDC thrift on the way back from town, and I bought two packages of six 40 round clear canderlabra bulbs for a dollar a six pack, and two 12 volt car bulbs for .75 plus .17 tax for $2.92. I then went by the Hospital Thrift Shop. I next stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then went by Al Franklins going out of business sale and bought a Fellowes DVD holds 40 wire tower for 20% off from $25.99 for $20.79 plus $1.25 tax for $22.04 total. I then stopped by the library and returned a late video for a $3 fine at a dollar a day. I read the local paper. I checked out two videos. I next stopped by Exxon and bought $17.75 of premium at $1.839 a gallon. I then returned home. I put away my purchases. I set up the 40 CD rack to the right of the television and to the left of the CD player and I installed my 40 some CDs in it, including the 32 CDs that were returned to me that I had bought at Odd Job. They're mostly classical music and a few odd labels. I then had a slices of white meat and a chicken leg and theigh, microwave potato, and steamed spinach with ice tea for dinner. I am just about to have a cup of coffee. CIO

End of Scott's Notes week 01/05/01:

Note:<888>01/05/01 Friday 10:45 A.M. EST: I was up at 9:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I chatted with a family member. While I guess I will go out and return the 3COM USB ethernet adaptor. I am trying to make up my mind wheather I need a hair cut or I can wait another month. It is sunny this morning, so I will get out. I believe we are suppose to have a little snow this evening. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>01/04/01 Thursday 10:45 P.M. EST: I went out this morning by Bank of New York. I then stopped by the central Greenwich Post office, and I obtained money orders to pay my Cablevision and Optimum Online. I then stopped by the Merry Go Round Thrift shop. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by Oil Star, and I had my car oil and oil filter and other service done for $31.95 plus a dollar for an air freshner plus .97 disposal charge and $2.04 tax for $35.96. I then stopped by Staples in Old Greenwich. I bought a clearence item a 3COM USA Ethernet connector regularly $70 for $31.80 total with tax. I then drove around Tod's Point. I next stopped by the Old Greenwich Thrift Shop. I then stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop. I drove down by the waterfront. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by the library to read the local paper. I returned home about 4 P.M.. Since then I had been working on the computers. I took out the old 64 meg memory chip from the mai computer and installed it in the backup computer. I put the 32 meg new memory in backup computer in the main computer. I now have 96 megs in the main computer and 64 megs in the backup computer. I then spent quite a while trying to get the 3COM USA Ethernet to work with the cable modem, so I could network my two computers together. But alas it did not seem to work between the main computer and the cable modem or between both computers. I will return it tomorrow. I am a bit tired. Time for a chicken sandwich and ice tea. Then I will be off to bed. Have a good night. CIO

Note:<888>01/04/01 Thursday 10:20 A.M. EST: I was up at 9 A.M.. I had breakfast of Post Great Grains cerial, toast, grapefruit juice and Perrier, coffee, and vitamins. I checked the mail. I received my Cablevision and Optimum online bills, so I will go out and pay them today. Cablevision went up $5. I will get an oil change. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. Time to get ready to go out. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>01/03/01 Wednesday 9:55 P.M. EST: I rested until 7 P.M.. I watched a little television. I peeled and seperated the rest of the clementines and mixed them with a couple of containers of homemade yogurt. I then toast two pieces of Healthnut Bread and put mayonaise and Dijon mustard on each one side of the bread. I put on a few slices of white chicken meat along with a few dashes of tabasco sauce. I had the clementine yogurt mixture with the chicken saland and ice tea. I still a bit tired. I might go back to sleep. CIO

Note:<888>01/03/01 Wednesday 2:10 A.M. EST: I decided not to go out today since it is a bit chilly. I did a little bit of regular internet work. I had a sliced chicken sandwich for lunch with ice tea and yogurt. I watched a bit of television. Time for a nap. CIO

Note:<888>01/03/01 Wednesday 9:05 A.M. EST: I was up at 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I will wait for the mail to see if I get anymore bills like the Cablevision and Optimum Online bill, so I can go out and pay them. I also need to have my oil changed. Well it is pretty much back to normal routine. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>01/02/01 Tuesday 10:00 P.M. EST: I watched a program about the Scottish suffrage movement in Canada. I then watched a program about the Mallory expedition to Mount Everest. I then noticed that when I turned the heat down when I left today, I forgot to turn it back up. It is 62 degrees Farenheit in the apartment, so I turned it back up to 70 degrees Farenheit. Well time for bed. Have a good night. CIO

Note:<888>01/02/01 Tuesday 8:10 P.M. EST: I went out and stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then drove down to the Post Office, and I paid my Verizon telephone bill, my GEICO automobile insurance, and my Northeast Utilities insurance. I bought ten .34 stamps for $3.40 also. I sold three stamps for a dollar to a customer who was not able to get stamps out of the machine at a penny loss, since there was a long line at the post office. I then walked up the Avenue to the Greenwich Hardware store. I bought from the 70% off rack a SolarVerter solar powered flashlight for $9 plus .54 tax for $9.54. I then stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York and I got a roll of quarters to have handy for laundry. I then put the solar powder flashlight in the back window of my car to charge up. It takes about fifteen hours to charge up about three hours of flashlight time. I figured it might save on battery costs since batteries in the car flashlights get weak in the cold weather. It will probably take a couple of days to charge up. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. They are going to remove snow this evening starting at 9 P.M., so cars will have to not be parked down there. I sat out for a while at a couple of locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next stopped at the Hospital Thrift shop. I then made my 4 P.M. appointment. I noticed that the DMV bus was at the Town Hall. I stopped by there, and they told me I had to put my red temp sticker on my license tag when it expires this January until they have the time to issue the new plates later on in the year. I next stopped by the Greenwich Library and read the local paper. I then went to the Grand Union, and I bought a seven pound Purdue chicken at .79 a pound for $5.51 . I then returned home. I put the Purdue in the convection oven to start cooking covered with herbs and spices. I had some Kraft cheese and bacon dip with taco chips and ice tea. I chatted with a friend. I had some of the Purdue chicken for dinner, with Le Seure peas, and microwaved potatoe and ice tea. Well I think it is time for eitther a videotape or television. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>01/02/01 Tuesday 1:10 P.M. EST: I chatted with a few family members. I recieved back some music CDs which I sent as a gift. I will keep them for classical music here. I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments along with ice tea and yogurt. I am cleaned up and read to go out and pay my bills. I have a 4 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note:<888>01/02/01 Tuesday 9:50 A.M. EST: I was up at 7 A.M.. I had breakfast of Post Great Grains cerial, toast, orange juice, cappuccino, and vitamins. I went through my email, and I went through "http://mrscott.com/scotwork.htm" . Well time to start cleaning up. I have to go out around noon to pay bills. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>01/01/01 Monday 10:50 P.M. EST: I chatted with a relative. I cleaned up and went out. I helped a neighbor clear off their car. I drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by CVS on Greenwich Avenue. I bought a 38 oz. bottle of CVS yellow mouthwash for $3.89, two BIC lighters for $1.39 both, Crest Whitening toothpaste 6.2 oz. $3.19, Pearl Drops whitening toothpaste 2.7 oz. two tubes for $3.99 both, two blue toilet ducks cleaners for $1.15 each, two cans of Comet for .99 both plus .95 Ct. tax for $16.70. I then drove further down the Avenue. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I kicked the snow off the benches in that area, so hopefully with tomorrow sunshine, they might be sitable. I sat out for a while. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue again. I returned home about 5 P.M.. I had a Barq's root beer. I put one of the blue ducks in the toilet tank for blue water. I watched the NBC evening news. I had two hotdogs with buns and condiments along with ice tea and pumpkin pie for dinner. I noticed on the television that I have been getting diagonal lines on channel 2 through 6. I checked with cablevision and they said the system was all right. I fiddled with my control setting for the Proscan television, the JVC VCR, and the Optimum Online box to no avail. I finally turned off teh cable modem, and the diagonal lines went away. I tried calling Optimum Online, but they put me on hold for a long time. I finally tried tightening the cable splitter where it divides for the cable modem and the Optimum TV box, and that fixed the problem. The reception is as good as ever. I cleaned the television and computer screens. I watched the tail in of the Vienna New Years Concert on PBS. I recorded Strauss Blue Danbue waltz and the ending on the same videotape after the Bush acceptance speech. I finished making a new batch of ice tea. I don't use orange juice in my ice tea mixture anymore. I then printed out the year end financial reports from Microsoft Money. Well I am getting tired, so I guess I will head off to bed. Have a good night. CIO

Note:<888>01/01/01 Monday 11:50 A.M. EST: I proof spelled and printed out the last five months of Scott's Random Notes. The links to the three different file formats for the entire file of Scott's Random Notes is "http://mrscott.com/note02pr.htm" . Well time to have a Tombstone pizza with ice tea. Then I will clean up and go outside. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>01/01/01 Monday 9:05 A.M. EST: Happy New Years. I was up at 8 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and toast. I set the preset memory dial buttons on my new General Electric 900 MHz digital cordless phone. When using Net2Phone telephone to telephone with the calling card "www.yapcard.com" one can set the memory to the local access number, and then the account number, thus one will only have to enter the PIN number. I restarted the log on my Apache server "http://24.228.18.154/statsct/index.html" . CIO