Tuesday, January 31, 2006; 8:10 P.M.  888:   My relative and I watched the evening news.   I sat outside a bit.  It feels like it might be below 50 degrees Fahrenheit this evening.   We have been listening to some CD music through the central music system.   We chatted with a couple of relatives.   I ate dinner of the left over saffron rice with tomato and shrimp and left over lasagna along with mixed salad with Newman’s own dressing and a slice of cantaloupe.   I will also have a couple of oatmeal cookies.   At 9 P.M., we are going to watch the State of the Union Address.  I will go to bed after that.   I will shut down the computer after I post this.   CIO  

Tuesday, January 31, 2006; 5:35 P.M.  888:   I was up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, sliced half banana, English muffin with margarine and orange jelly and a glass of fresh Florida orange juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee.   I sat outside on the patio for a while.  At night, one can see the constellation Orion’s belt, and I think if one follows it down towards the southern hemisphere, the bright star in the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper is the southern star, but it changes positions during the times of the year, so I do not think it always points south.   I think my relative’s new house faces south east at the rear.   Last night before going to bed, I put out the garbage can from the garage, and I put out about two dozen moving cardboard boxes to be picked up this afternoon by the garbage service.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   My relative, and I left about noon.  We toured a neighboring development called Grand Harbor, and it faces on the Indian River from the mainland, and it is a very nice development.   They have two 18 hole golf courses and a marina.   We then went by the Indian River Mall.  My relative stopped by the eye glass center there, and I stopped by Radio Shack.  We then went Lowe’s, and my relative bought a four small ivy plants for $2.49 apiece and a flowering Amarillo type plant for $6.   We checked out shower stall seats, but the ones they had were only 21 inches high.   I then stopped by Office Depot, and I chatted with a sales clerk from Stamford, Connecticut.   I bought a black Belkin Combo Mouse with three buttons and scroll wheel for $9.89 and a Office Depot mouse pad for $2.95 plus 7% Florida sales tax of .90 for $13.74 total.  We then went by CVS nearby, and I bought two 3 ounce jars of cinnamon for .99 each for $1.98 total.  We then went by Sam’s Club, and they did not have shower seats, but my relative bought me a pair of white Reebok 9 ½ Rebel XT fitness trainer sneakers for $24.77 plus $1.74 7% Florida state tax for $26.51 total.  My relative also got a slab of Tyson K.C. Masterpiece cooked pork ribs for $11.88, a package of lamb chops for $8.11, and some fresh cookies for $5.68.   We went by Wal-Mart, and they did not have a shower seat.   We went by Home Depot, and they only had a 21 inch high shower seat.   We went by Bed and Bath, and they had three types of bath seats less than 21 inches high.   My relative thinks Perkins Medical supply near the hospital is the place to look for a shower seat.  We went by Wendy’s, and my relative ate a small chocolate Mr. Frosty for .99, and I had a medium one for $1.29.  We then returned to my relative’s house.   The garbage had been picked up.   I put the flowering plant on the screened in porch.  My relative put the ivy elsewhere.   I hooked up the Belkin Mouse to the IBM ThinkPad PS/2 mouse port, and I placed it on the left side of the keyboard on the Office Depot mouse pad, so it is now easier to use the IBM ThinkPad.  My relative is taking a nap.   We had a call from another relative, but the relative hung up.   CIO  

Monday, January 30, 2006; 8:45 P.M.  888:  Earlier today before going out, I scraped some paint off the master bedroom bathroom floor.   There were some small speckles of paint on it.  I also vacuumed the hard surface floors through out the house.   We just had dinner of saffron rice with shrimp and tomato sauce and mixed salad with Newman’s own dressing.  We also had cold filtered water to drink.   I will shut down the computer shortly.  We are going to watch a bit of a movie before going to bed.   CIO  

Monday, January 30, 2006; 6:30 P.M.  888:   On Sunday January 29, 2006 at 6:15 A.M. the Prime Time shuttle picked my up at my Greenwich, Connecticut apartment building on time, and they took me to J.F.K. airport.   We dropped off another passenger at LaGuardia airport on the way.   My fares hard been paid for by a relative.   I did tip the van shuttle driver $5.   I checked my large green duffle bag.   I chatted outside with two other passengers while I had a cigarette or two.  My flight departure was not until 9:30 A.M., so I had a couple of hours to use up.   I went through security about 8 A.M..  I sat around the gate, and it became busier as the flight departure approached.   There is a Starbucks in the lobby of the Delta terminal gate area which was quite busy.   I used the bathroom behind it.  My flight started boarding about 9 A.M., and we left the gate at 9:30 A.M., and we took off about fifteen minutes later.     I had cheese and crackers and a cup of coffee on the flight.   I used the bathroom once.  I had had the same flight attendant on Delta last year.   The flight was not too crowded, and the fellow across from me was stretched out on three seats sleeping.  I read the Delta flight magazine, and I read the last two issues of AARP magazine.  The flight had a slight bit of turbulence the entire way at about 32,000 feet.   We arrived in Atlanta, Georgia on time about noon.  I walked and took the shuttle train from the A concourse to the B concourse.   I used the smoking lounge on the B concourse.   I ate my turkey and Vermont cheese sandwich.   My flight started loading at 1:25 P.M., and it departed at 1:55 P.M..  It was nearly a full flight, and it arrived at 3:15 P.M. at the Melbourne, Florida airport.   I picked up my luggage, and I was promptly picked up by a relative out front of the airport terminal.   We drove down A1A towards Vero Beach, Florida.  We stopped at the Publix market north of the Sebastian inlet.   We crossed over to the mainland at the Sebastian inlet.   We stopped by CVS at U.S. 1 in Sebastian, and I bought 500 sheet package of Georgia Pacific paper for $6.49.   I also bought two 16 ounce jars of Planters dry roasted peanuts for $3.59 both, and I also bought two Bic Lighters for $1.99 both.  One is not allowed to carry butane lighters on commercial jets.    I am staying with my  relative in a retirement community on the mainland side of Vero Beach, Florida in a new house across the way from where my relative use to live on John’s Island.   It is a full service retirement community, and it offers the conveniences of a retirement community.   The new house is quite nice, and my other relatives that left on Sunday when I arrived had spend the last three weeks setting it up.   I am staying in the guest room.   I unpacked.   We had dinner off left over saffron rice with creamed chicken and asparagus on it along with a glass of iced water.   We watched television.   I went to bed about 8 P.M., and I was not up until 10 A.M. this morning.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, sliced banana, English muffin with margarine and orange jelly and a glass of fresh Florida orange juice with vitamins and supplements.   I showered, and I cleaned up.  I have been smoking cigarettes on the back patio.   I brought down the United States Air Force Academy ash tray that I bought about 10 years ago at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   I hooked up the NOAA weather radio next to the television in the sitting room off the kitchen.  I am using the old IBM think pad with Windows 98 to write this note.  It is set up with a local internet access provider with dialup connection.  I turned off the pictures options in Internet Explorer, so it works faster.   A neighbor has WiFi that I could try to use, but I did not bring my USB Wifi adapter.  Today the maid did not show up, because she could not find the house.   A delivery person delivered some drawers that were repaired.   Last night we put out the recycle bins, and today we put them back in the garage.   We need to get a cart to transport the recycle bins that is available in Sebastian.   Today about noon we went out.  We went by the Northern Trust Bank on the beach side, and it is being torn down to build a new bank building, so they are using a temporary building.  The building being torn down is just 10 years old, but it was damaged by last year’s hurricanes.   We went by the nearby post office.   I got my relative some stamps.  I bought a mailing box about 10 inches by 24 inches by 20 inches for $3.59.  We stopped by the east end of the road by the restaurant and looked at the beach.   We drove along the waterfront.   They are still repairing buildings from last year’s hurricanes.   We went by T.J. Maxx on the mainland, we returned the pair of khakis for $16.99 credit.    My relative bought me a clearance item Ralph Lauren short sleeve orange and yellow plaid shirt for $16, three pairs of white Kalvin Cline socks for $7.99 all,  and two pairs of a blue and a white pair of Tommy Hillfiger boxer shorts for $9.49 both pairs.  We got a 10% off senior discount.  We then went by Radio Shack, and I bought a two line phone splitter for $6.09 with tax.   We then returned back to my relative’s home.    I ate a sliced turkey and Irish Swiss cheese sandwich with mayonnaise on fresh Italian bread along with potato chips and a dill pickle and a Barq’s root beer with ice.    I put a Yamaha CD player in the post office mailing box along with some old towels, and I will mail it back up north to use.   The Yamaha CD players was made in 1998, so it is ten years newer than my current Philips CD player.   I am also mailing it with a Tom Wolfe book that my relative gave me.  I put the black two line phone splitter on the phone jack with the IBM laptop computer and line telephone.  I just wrote this web note, and my relative just woke up from a nap.   I will post this note shortly.   I do not want to tie up my relative’s telephone link too much.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/29/06 Sunday 5:20 A.M.:  I will go ahead and shut down the computer now.   Thus it might be two weeks before the next notes when I return from Vero Beach, Florida.   I will go down to the front lobby at 5:45 A.M. to wait for my 6:15 A.M. van ride to J.F.K. airport.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/29/06 Sunday 5:00 A.M.:  BBC NEWS | Business | Gates gives $600m more to stop TB .  Augustine has been lowered to Red Alaska Volcano Observatory .  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/29/06 Sunday 4:50 A.M.:  In the hallway on the right bookcase, I rotated the British Union Jack flag with the U.S.A. flag, so the U.S.A. flag now shows, and on the left bookcase, I rotated the Dutch tri color flag with the Swedish flag, so the Swedish flag now shows.  Of course all of the smaller international flags are still displayed on the Danish bar in the living room.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/29/06 Sunday 4:35 A.M.:  I went to bed at 7 P.M., and I was awake at 2 A.M..   I watered the plants again.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.   I have my luggage all packed and ready to go.   I am also taking the spare Radio Shack NOAA weather radio from the bedroom down to my relative's house in Florida which might be handy.   They supposedly have a laptop computer there, so I do not need to take my older laptop computer.   However, I probably will not be publishing my notes, since I would not want to tie up the telephone line, and I would rather enjoy Florida while I am there.   I turned down the bedroom and living room thermostats to 60 degrees Fahrenheit.  I turned off the toilet water.   I toasted two pieces of Arnold 12 grain bread, and I put on twelve 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch by .25 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and 5 ounces of Healthy Choice 1/32nds inch thick slices of turkey alternating three layers of turkey and three layers of cheese.   I put it in a zip lock bag to have to eat in the airport in Atlanta for lunch.   I did not put mayonnaise on it, so it would not possibly spoil.   I am also taking back down to Florida a pair of pants that were sent to me at Christmas time that were two inches two long to exchange.  The weather looks fine in at Melborne, Florida and J.F.K. New York, but there are suppose to be thunderstorms about the time I am in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia (30301) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground , so that might possibly delay my arrival or departure from Atlanta, Georgia, but they are suppose to be clearing around the time I get there, shortly after noon.   CIO         

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 6:30 P.M.:  I went through my email.   I will now shut down the computer.   I will go to bed about 7 P.M., and I will get up at 3 A.M. to depart at 6:15 A.M..   I will not be updating my notes until at the earlier Sunday Evening, February 12, 2006, when I return.   For the latest events happening where I will be visiting Vero Beach, Florida try  TCPalm .   CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/28/06:

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 5:50 P.M.:  After eating the turkey pot pie, I also ate six 1/32nds inch thick slices of Healthy Choice sliced turkey, and I also ate the rest of the cheese cake.    I threw out the garbage including the half of a 12 ounce tub of Light and Lively cottage cheese and two plum tomatoes.   All I have to clear out of the refrigerator is the milk.   I will now send out my weekly notes.   I will not be publishing my Random Notes while I am away for two weeks in Vero Beach, Florida.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 5:10 P.M.:  Prime Time Shuttle called to confirm my 6:15 A.M. pickup tomorrow morning for which I made shuttle reservations for my trip to Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm by calling http://www.2theairport.com/ at 1-203-891-1280 or 1-800-377-8745 .  I will be leaving my apartment building at 6:15 A.M. for J.F.K. airport on tomorrow morning on Sunday January 29, 2006, and I will call them on my return to J.F.K. airport Sunday February 12, 2006 on the ground courtesy telephone number #27 to have them dispatch the return van.  I am microwaving a Marie Callender 16 ounce frozen turkey pot pie, which I will eat with a glass of iced tea for dinner.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 4:55 P.M.:  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage and old periodical literature.   I chatted with some neighbors.   I finished packing, and I just have to throw my Dobb kit in my flight carry on bad.    I also have the large green duffle bag.   I printed out my boarding passes.   I chatted with a relative twice.  I went outside briefly again.   I turn off the window ledge fan, and the two air purifiers.  The airport van picks me up at my apartment building tomorrow morning here at 6:15 A.M. to take me to J.F.K. airport.  

The flight information is:

Day Date       Flight     Status Class       City        Time  Other  Cabin
--- ----- --------------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ ------ -------
Sun 29JAN DELTA 897         OK     T   LV NYC-KENNEDY   930A         
                                       AR ATLANTA       1208P         COACH

Sun 29JAN DELTA 1124        OK     T   LV ATLANTA       155P          
                                       AR MELBOURNE     319P          COACH

Sun 12FEB DELTA 855         OK     L   LV MELBOURNE     900A          

                                       AR ATLANTA       1033A         COACH

Sun 12FEB DELTA 998         OK     L   LV ATLANTA       1223P         

                                       AR NYC-KENNEDY   231P          COACH

CIO 

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 1:25 P.M.:  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I chatted with three relatives.   I will now shower and clean up, but I am not going out.  I have to start packing and getting ready to leave, plus I have to go through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 12:10 P.M.:  I was awake at 10 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I picked up my mail.  I chatted with a relative.   My Optimum Digital Television cable service was not working.   The television says my "Explorer set top is not authorized for use".  Whatever, the problem, cablevision has had me on hold waiting for about 30 minutes.  They just reactivated the Optimum Digital cable box, and it is now working just fine.  Yes, all of my bills are paid up, but I will not pay next month's bills until I return from Florida on February 12, 2006.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 10:35 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 9:50 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives, and I ate a piece of cheese cake.    CIO

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 8:35 P.M.:  I woke up at 9 A.M. when a relative called.   I checked my mail.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I checked my mail.   The mail finally came around noon.   I went back to bed and took a nap until 3 P.M..   I then went out without showering and cleaning up, and 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 Plantronics Vista Headset with headphone and without power adapter for $5.   I then went down, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.   I drove down by the waterfront.   I returned home.   I did two loads of laundry, and I put clean linens on the bed.  I hooked up the Plantronics headset with 2 new Walgreens alkaline batteries at the Panasonic two line telephone by the French Antique reproduction chair in the living room.   I will get a power supply for it some time in the future.  For the entree for dinner, I put a few tablespoons of olive oil in a regular Teflon frying pan, and I heated it over medium high electric heat, and once the olive oil was hot, I put in a 7 ounce Jone's cooked ham steak and turned it down medium.  I sautéed it on both side for about two minutes a side, and then I added about a fifth of a cup of Rene Junot white table wine, and I turned the heat up to medium high, and I sautéed it on both sides adding about a half teaspoon of Italian spices on both sides, and I sautéed both sides about another two minutes on both sides turning the heat back down to medium once the wine began to bubble.   When I sauté on both side for two minutes a side, I flip it over with a cooking fork about every 30 seconds.   After the ham steak was heated I put it on a warm dinner plate, and I spread about two teaspoons of Bornier Dijon whole grain mustard spread over the ham steak.  On the dinner plate, I also put two 1/4 inch thick sliced plum tomatoes with oregano and olive oil.   I also put in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid about four ounces of fresh spinach, and a third of a cup of water, and I cooked it on the General Electric Microwave vegetable cycle for three cycles, and then I drained the water out, and I put it in a bowl with olive oil.   I ate it all for dinner with a glass of iced tea.   I watered the plants, and I put more white vinegar in the scent bowl on the window shelf.  I put away my laundry.  CIO      

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 12:35 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I will not be doing house cleaning later on today, but I will water the plants.  Earlier  I ate about 8 ounces of Walgreens Steak House peanuts.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 12:25 A.M.:   I watched some television, and not much is happening.   There was a book in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop today for $3 about W. Averell Harriman W. Averell Harriman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , which I did not buy.   However, I looked at when it first came out about ten years ago, and as I recall in the first chapter it said, that everything he was involved with were matters that the Rockefellers could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Rockefellers did were matters that the Vanderbilts could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Vanderbilts did were matters that the Scotts could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Scotts did were matters that the Royalty in England could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Royalty in England did were matters the Kaiser of Germany could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Kaiser of Germany did were matters that the Czar of Russian could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Czar of Russia did were matters the Emperor of China could not bothered with.   I guess everything the Emperor of China did left the Raj of India with nothing to do, and everything the Raj of India did not do left a new enthusiasm for religion, and they all started believing in a higher power.   The only catch is that, it left a lot of people in between wandering what they should be doing, so they came up with religious people whom seem to have some local experience dealing with such affairs.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/26/06 Thursday 10:50 P.M.:  I chatted with one relative twice and another relative once.   I left a message with another relative.   I moved the wire CD holder to the right side of the primary computer chair to the left of the backup computer desk.   Thus I will have space for holding computer CDs near the computer should I chose to do so.   I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks , and I ate them with a glass of iced tea.   I also ate a piece of cheese cake.   I chatted with another relative.  One of my relatives in Vero Beach, Florida has moved into a new retirement home and sold the old house on John's Island.   I still have another relative on John's Island whom just returned from a cruise around South America with her husband.   They saw some of the volcanoes in the Andes on their cruise.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/26/06 Thursday 8:15 P.M.:  I woke up at 12:30 P.M., and I checked my mail.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I then showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out to my 3 P.M. appointment.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   I bought a wooden CD holder that holds 120 CDs in four columns about 20 inches by 28 inches by about 4 inches deep for $3.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   The new elevators are installed in the pedestrian overpass at the Greenwich Train station, and I tried them out.   However, sometimes on weekends and at night, the lobby is closed, so one would not be able to get from the New York bound side down to street level if the lobby were closed, but one would be able to get from the New York Bound side to the Stamford bound side at street level.   I used the bathroom at the Senior and Arts center.   I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store.   I stopped by CVS.   I noticed that Windy Gee did not go out of business, but it was April Cornell.   I chatted with the proprietor at the Swedish bed shop, since he is use to seeing people with my look.   I told him about some other Swedish areas.   I completed my walk.   I drove down by the waterfront.   I went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with the relative of Benjamin Franklin.   I told him during the Winter Olympics, American Express becomes a very hot stock, since that is what all of the wealthy people will be using over there.   At least it was that way in Albertville, France.   I then returned home.  I move the Swedish glass globe from beneath the right window shelf lamp to on top of the center down sofa side of the brass and glass coffee table.  I put the Dolphin florescent light where the Swedish globe was on the window shelf.   I put the new CD rack on the back side of the TEAC DVD player with a couple of inches space in front of the speaker beneath the Orion television.   I cleaned my dusty music CDs, and I put them all in the new CD case.  I removed the wire tower CD holder from the mahogany bureau side of the sitting area, and I guess I will donate it to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, since it takes up too much room.  I just had a no person telephone call.   I moved the little brass mouse from on top of the Orion television to on top of the music CD holder.   It is left up to one's imagination what it symbolizes.  Picture follows http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/music-cd-holder-012606.JPG .   CIO     

Note:<888> 01/26/06 Thursday 1:05 A.M.:  The cheese cake was still good, and it tasted just fine.  I am tired, so I will now go back to bed, and I will try to get back on a day schedule.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/26/06 Thursday 12:45 A.M.:   I think today would be my father's 87th birthday, if he were still  alive, but he was not that fortunate.   I went out for a walk after the last message.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   There were about a couple dozen people at the Blue Cafe and the Thataway restaurant.   I noticed the luggage shop just south of the post office closed this week.   Also the store I think with the name Windy Gee closed on the east side at the top of Greenwich Avenue.   I was mistaken though the Chase Bank is still located at the lower level at the top of Greenwich Avenue, but the offices above it have been vacated though.   Starbucks closed tonight at 10 P.M., which I think is their usual time.   The restaurant at the top of Greenwich Avenue was not to busy.   It use to be called the Ginger Man, but I am not sure that is its same name.   It has changed names so often.  The Gaiety restaurant at mid Greenwich Avenue did not seem busy.   The new pub across from the Greenwich Train station was busy called McDuffs.   Also Planet Pizza had a few customers.  Mediterrino and the Figaro restaurant were closing as was the Chinese take out restaurant.   After my walk, I drove around the train station area.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and then I returned home.  I opened a 19 ounce can of Hormel Steakhouse beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I microwaved it twice on the reheat cycle.  I put it in a large soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I think I have a Entenmann's cheese cake in the refrigerator.   I will now eat a piece of it.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 9:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   My $50 rebate on the Sharp fax machine has been mailed, so maybe I will get it before I go down to Florida.   Not much going on around here, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for a walk.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 8:40 P.M.:  I went through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 8:30 P.M.:  PCWorld.com - Windows Vista Beta 2 Coming in April? and Augustine is back to orange Alaska Volcano Observatory .   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 8:05 P.M.:   I woke up at 3 P.M..  I checked my mail.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I went back to bed until about 6:30 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.   The Fox News on our television network said the United States of America has been invade by the Mexican Army over 200 times recently.   However, I chatted with a relative down in Texas, and my relative said they were invited in to fix up New Orleans, Louisiana after the hurricane.   There do not seem to many of the usual Mexican workers around here, so perhaps they went down to New Orleans to fix it up too.   Of course, so few people around here speak English, so it is hard to tell what really is going on.   CIO      

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 7:45 A.M.:  I did some regular computer work.   I chatted with a friend.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 6:45 A.M.:  As I have said before, I have tried to set up a backup office in my apartment which is in a building controlled by the Greenwich Housing Authority financed as Connecticut public housing on the New York state line about a 100 yards away from Westchester Country in Byram, Connecticut.  In an emergency it would be probably used by emergency personnel, so if we had electricity, the communications, computer, internet, and printing equipment could be handy.   In a terrorist incident in Manhattan where a friend of mine worked for Disaster Services after "911", more than likely there would be the need to print out lots of material, which is why I have added the added printing capacity.   I did not work for Disaster Services after "911", but I would imagine there was a great deal of printing activity such as emergency directives, casualty lists, directions,  and whatever people might not normally print out, if the internet were not available, people would have to print out and distribute more information.   Also in a terrorist incident, the U.S.A. government for security reasons might cut off the internet, and they might even cut off the power, so I am just trying to be prepared.   If Xerox wants to let me use a free printer, I will install it, where the HP LaserJet IID is installed on the dining room table, but I will check around to see if anyone else might need the HP LaserJet IID for useful heavy duty printing, and I could always store it underneath the coffee table, since it has about 8,000 sheets of toner capacity left to use on the spare and installed toner cartridges that I have.  If I had medical personnel using the apartment, they might want a color laser printer.  In the worst case scenario if some group committed a terrorist act against our local hospital, there might be the extra need for more backup facilities.   The naive people whom simply watch and read the local media forget that we are at war with a well finance enemy whom might have up to close to 1.5 billion Muslims that might lend them different levels of support, so as a certain point anything could happen.   Since I am legally disabled, I just volunteer as a local citizen based on my budget and my experience, and recently I am totally worn out, and I have done just about all that I can do.   I would imagine other better financed groups are doing more at other locations.   However, because they have experience in disaster relief, they might not have the same computer skills that I have gained over all of these years.   When I have volunteered my services in the past, they have turned me down, and I have been given the brush off.  Since a close friend of mine and myself met with the head of the International Red Cross back in 1972 and since I have a well established older relatives in the medical profession with one having an extensive back ground in the World Health Organization, I am doing what I can best afford based on my own insight and capabilities.   Thus from a medial point of view, I take a Swiss outlook, and from the viewpoint of the local American Red Cross and the local medical community, I am more of a bother, but coming from one of the longest established European American families, I have informal extensive networks, and I have occasionally reminded individuals in the medical community in this community whom seem to think they know it all, the American Medical Association is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and not in New York City.  Also in Manhattan, I lived five blocks away from the American Red Cross headquarters and in Chicago, I lived across the street from the Red Cross Ambulance fleet which was next to the IBM headquarters, so I have probably seen some other Red Cross people.   The person whom finances my activity at a modest level is a family member whom also happens to be a Registered Nurse and a current resident of Florida of Dutch American ancestry.  She once enabled a Dutch medical student to go to Columbia Medical School, so she would obviously know other medical people.  I also for many years spent time hanging out around about two thousand medical interns and doctors around New York University, so probably one or two doctors have seen me before, not to mention in Key West, I was surrounded my United States Navy medics and in Nantucket, I stayed with a nurse most of the time.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.   I applied for the free Xerox printer.   Since I designed a laser printer back in 1971, I try to be user friendly to laser printer people.   I used to live across the waterfront on Steamboat Road from St. Peter McCullough of Xerox fame, and I met Joel of Xerox Parc whom looked like Nelson Rockefeller in Laguna Beach in 1980.  He was so mixed up by all the people around, he thought I was his son, so we must look the same.   I had the 14 inch by 11 inch oak frame with glass that I bought at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop a couple of weeks ago.  In keeping with the International theme of my apartment, I printed out five 4 inch by 6 inch pictures in color which I put in the oak frame.  One is of the Aga Khan and his wife http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/agakhan01.jpg , one is of Fred Von Mierers www.geocities.com/mikelscott/fred.htm whom acted like he was some sort of royalty having been around them, one was of the crown prince of Belgium with his bride, one was of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and the last one was of the Queen of Denmark.   I put them all in the frame.   I then took the picture frame of my paternal grandparents Scott from above the kitchen entrance, and I hung it inside the kitchen over the entrance, since Grandma always felt more comfortable in the kitchen and granddad liked to eat.  I then hung the new picture frame of international celebrities over the kitchen entrance in the living room.  Earlier, I ate the remaining half of the microwave rice that I cooked two days ago.   I reheated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven, and I put some La Choy low sodium soy sauce on it, and I ate it with some iced tea.   Thus I have kept busy this morning.   However, I have to be up and out of here by 6:15 A.M. this Sunday, so I will have to back on an earlier schedule in a day or so.  I might not bother doing my house cleaning this Friday, since the apartment does not get that dirty in a week.  It depends on the weather, and I would rather be rested when I travel down to Florida.  The "World Famous" Lipizzaner Stallions have their schedule posted while they travel around on show this winter.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 3:05 A.M.:  Free Xerox Color Printer, if you buy their printer supplies for 3 years .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 3:00 A.M.:  Save $250 on the Royal 1610x Heavy Duty Confetti Cut Paper Shredder @ Geeks.com .   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 2:05 A.M.:   Windows OneCare Live - Sign up and get the beta! is available, but to use it, one has to uninstall Norton Internet Security 2005, which I prefer not to do.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 12:45 A.M.:  Queen Victoria's viewpoint of the World http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-barnes-and-noble-childrens-classics-012406.jpg , and if you do not like it, you can go back to making candles.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 12:40 A.M.:  I chatted with Cablevision, and they instructed me how to block the Black Entertainment network on channel 54 which is password protected on the Digital Cable network box.   I also enabled the Vchip protection on the small Panasonic television in the kitchen with password protection.   However, although the Proscan television in the bedroom has parental control, it is not password protected, and the television runs off the JVC videotape player anyway, since the RCA remote and Proscan television tuning features do not seem to work anyway.   I can not afford to get a new television for the bedroom anyway.   At least I have blocked it as best I can.   It would seem to me that the software at Cablevision should permit subscribers to block different channels to their households, and not be limited to the individual television setups.  I normally do not watch that much television, but in being focused on news events, I do not pay much attention to the entertainment aspect of television anyway.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/24/06 Tuesday 10:30 P.M.:  I went out after the message.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed the Sapphire video card $10 rebate.   I also put in a stop mail form for the period that I will be away on vacation down in Vero Beach, Florida.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   They have a Dartmouth College www.dartmouth.edu  Amos Tuck business school chair for sale for $20.   Prices except for clothes are now full price.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought a #25 Aces High scratch card for a dollar, but I lost again.   The dealer keeps getting a queen, and it is hard to beat a Queen.   I stopped by Diane's book store on Grigg street just to the west of lower Greenwich Avenue, and I told them about the new Canadian Prime Minister, since Diane is Canadian.   I noticed Peter Brant's daughter's shop the Monogram shop has gone out of business.   I suppose like a lot of other businesses, they have hit upon hard times.   There are a number of other businesses that have gone out of business in town on Greenwich Avenue too.   At the Greenwich train station, I chatted with the fellow from India with the Blue turban that works at the CVS at the Riverside shopping center.   He said the blue turban in India means he is part of the Punshab political party.   I toured the Greenwich Train station.   I then walked up Greenwich Avenue, and I told two regular Starbucks customers that I was going down to Florida on vacation.   I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.   I then stopped by and toured CVS, but not much was going on.   I noticed at the top of Greenwich Avenue at the Pickwick Plaza the Chase bank has gone out of business and moved to a less expensive location over at the Stop and Shop plaza.   I guess they could no longer afford the higher rents at that location.  I chatted with a Lincoln Continental limousine driver, and he told me was trading it down for a Cadillac Esplanade.   I then sat out for a while downtown.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with another regular Greenwich Avenue walker.   He told me that Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller did not like each other, and I told him that Richard Nixon did not have much money, and it was probably like William Randolph Hearst and Nelson Rockefeller did not like each other.  I suppose the rest of the country was caught in between.   I mentioned in the old days during Watergate,  I use to have a drink after work at C.B.S. news at the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel, and all of the key Nixon Republican Watergate figures were there ignoring Washington D.C..  I also said that my father at the time was living nearby at the Essex House, and that Getty owned the nearby Pierre Hotel, and Nelson Rockefeller lived just north of the Pierre Hotel, so it was a tiny little world from my viewpoint.  I also mention that some of the old guard still drink alcohol, and they are so conservative, they never sell anything.   I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a local attorney.   I then returned home.   I left a message with a relative, and I chatted with a friend twice.  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put ten 1/32nds inch thick by 4 inch diameter round slices of Healthy Choice baked turkey slices and six 2.5 inch by 1.25 inch by 1/16th inch slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese, and I put the top toasted pieces of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half across the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/24/06 Tuesday 2:40 P.M.:  I tried watching some television after the last message.   I watched Robert Schuller and his son on the Larry King CNN program.   I tried channel surfing after that, and I noticed on channel 54 the Black Entertainment Network that they were showing a commercial with hard core pornography.   I will not go into specifics.   I called up Cablevision, and I explained what I saw, and they said they were not responsible for the content of their program providers.   I then watched a program on the Klondike railroad.   I ate a 6 ounce Columbo raspberry yogurt.   I finally fell asleep about 3 A.M..  I woke up at noon when a relative called.   I chatted with the relative.   I went downstairs, and I picked up my mail.  I had a message from another relative that is moving today.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I called up the White House comments telephone line at 1-202-456-1111, and I explained to them what I had seen on television, and I thought under the Hayes Act, it should not be allowed to be broadcast.   The White House www.whitehouse.gov also has a switchboard telephone number  at 1-202-456-1414.  Their fax number is 1-202-456-2461.   The Tories won up in Canada TheStar.com - News/News and TheStar.com - Fragile minority for Tories .  Thus Steve Harper is now the new Canadian Prime Minister.   In a parliamentary form of government, he becomes Prime Minister right away.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up.    I will then go out.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 9:15 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon, and maybe I will also watch a little bit of television.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 9:10 P.M.:  I threw out the garbage.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 8:45 P.M.:  I then put two paper towels on a microwave proof plate and five slices of regular bacon and two more paper towels and then a microwave plastic lid on the plate, and I cooked it for 4.5 minutes.  While cooking the bacon, I broke three large eggs in a metal bowl, and I added a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese and a teaspoon of Italian spices and a couple tablespoons of milk, and I whisked it all together with a whisk.  I then put three tablespoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine in my seasoned omelet pan on medium high electric burner heat.  Once the fat started to bubble, I put the egg mixture in the omelet pan, and I turned it down to medium.  I put a microwave proof dinner plate on the omelet pan to keep the heat in and warm the plate.  I also toasted two slices of Arnold multigrain bread.  Once it was toasted, I put two pads of margarine on each slice, and I cut them in half across the vertical.  I cut 8 1.25 inch by 2.5 inch by 1/8th inch slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese, and I sliced two plum tomatoes in 1/8th inch thick slices.  When the omelet was hard enough to flip, I flipped it over, and I let it cook a little bit more on the reverse side turning off the heat for the last minute.  I then slid the open face omelet without folding it on the warm microwave proof dinner plate, and I spread six ounces of Lite and Lively cottage cheese over it evenly and then the sliced cheese and the sliced plum tomatoes, and I sprinkled a bit of dry parsley ove it, and I then put a microwave lid on the plate, and I heated it on half the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven.  Once I removed the open face omelet from the microwave oven, I sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese over it evenly, and I added the toast to the plate and the bacon.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I wiped the omelet pan with a paper towel to clean it and to keep it seasoned without washing it.  I washed the dishes.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 6:35 P.M.:  I went through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 6:05 P.M.:  I filled out the information for my $10 rebate on the Sapphire video card, and I have it ready to mail.   I am using two .39 stamps to mail it.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 5:20 P.M.:  UPS just delivered the Kenmore Micro-Filtration Upright Vacuum Bags at sears.com for $10.99 plus $1.02 sale tax and $5.95 ground shipping for $17.96 total, and tracking was UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Sears Vacuum Cleaner bag order .  With the eight bags that I received, and the two I still have, I now have 10 spare bags for my Sears Kenmore upright vacuum cleaner.   I also have a spare belt and bulb for it.   I will now go through my email.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 4:40 P.M.:  I just posted this http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/bermuda-onion-soup-012306.jpg , and I derived this recipe Michael Louis Scott's Onion Soup from it.   Of course if you make onion soup, it tends to fill the area with the smell of cooking onions.   I became familiar with this all of the years that I worked at the Languedoc in Nantucket Le Languedoc - Inn and Bistro up until 1983, when I returned to Greenwich, Connecticut.   Of course since in my recipe I cook it with garlic, it is a bit stronger, and it smells a bit stronger, but it is good for one, particularly on a cold rainy day.   Last I heard, there is still a law suit between Bermuda and Texas for Texas growing Red Onions and calling them Bermuda onions.  I also ran Norton Disk Doctor on the two hard drives.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 3:55 P.M.:  I noticed during my walk last evening on Greenwich Avenue that somebody had laid a large red, white, and blue flag at the base of the World War I veterans monument on Greenwich Avenue at the Greenwich Post Office.  I am not sure if there was any special event yesterday or not.   Today I also received a $9 Staples Reward coupon, which is good for a $9 purchase at Staples.   Of course my primary skills around the waterfront in this area are in computer skills, and during the tropical storm season this list might be handy http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  Of course unless one happens to live in that area or happen to be familiar with that area, there are obviously a lot of people concerned with tropical storm activity in that area.   Since I have not been a full time resident in Florida since 1979, except for vacation visits, I am not as familiar with the area, as I once was.   I have visited regularly over the years, but since I got mugged in Manhattan about July 4, 1993 by somebody from Bermuda whose family had lost all of their money in underwriting the Lloyds of London Insurance for Hurricane Andrew, I have been spending more time on the computer studying tropical weather and working with computer systems.   Thus the visitors from around the world have only seen me twice in Manhattan since then.   Of course I am pretty much the Maytag repairman in Greenwich, and I am not that hard to see downtown.  When I was at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut The Taft School , I used to carry Bermuda draft card and driver's license, until I was old enough to get the United States version.  I even visited Bermuda back during spring break around April 1968 with a few friends.  When I first move into this building where I live now about 18 years ago, the Grandisons also lived here, and they were originally from Bermuda.   Of course Bermuda onions are so expensive around here, I can hardly afford to buy them anymore.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 3:25 P.M.:  I was awake at 1 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed, and I chatted with a relative.  I moved the metal file holder from the bathroom bookcase to the right side front of the bedroom desk.   I moved the other items on the desk at that location to nearby positions.  Thus the bathroom bookcase still has a bit of room on top.  Most of the items in the metal file holder are important receipts on items that I have purchased or paid for.   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.   I picked up my mail.  I am waiting for UPS to deliver the Kenmore Micro-Filtration Upright Vacuum Bags at sears.com for $10.99 plus $1.02 sale tax and $5.95 ground shipping for $17.96 total, and tracking is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Sears Vacuum Cleaner bag order .   I will now do some regular computer work.   Current weather is a bit of rain Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground , which is about the same at Indian Harbor Yacht Club Real-Time Weather .  Of course down in Vero Beach, Florida, where I will be visiting relatives starting Sunday January 29, 2006 through Sunday February 12, 2006, the weather is warmer Vero Beach, Florida (32960) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  I will be visiting with a relative there.  Local news from there is TCPalm .  One can vacation at the Disney's Vero Beach Resort , which is a time share, that one has interval ownership in.   Of course, there are probably other resort properties in the mid Florida coast area.   According to my relative, it is quite busy down there right now, so I guess the snow birds have arrived.  There happens to be a CVS on John's Island, which a posh resort that one of my relatives lives at, and the other is moving away from this week to the quieter retirement life on the mainland in Vero Beach, Florida.   My family has had near continual residency in the state of Florida since 1954, so it is not like we do not know anyone, if you get my drift.   I still feel like the Florida Marine Patrol officer in Greenwich, Connecticut.   I guess if there can be a Texas Ranger in each state of the nation, there can be a Florida Marine Patrol officer in each state in the nation too.  Of course about all I get in terms of benefits is inexpensive orange juice.  CIO     

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 3:15 A.M.:  It looks like the British are not happy in Rio CNN.com - Cruise passengers threaten mutiny - Jan 22, 2006 , maybe they should invest in sun screen.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   There is suppose to a inch of snow this morning.  Maybe, I could find a steak in Canada BBC NEWS | Americas | Canadians to elect new parliament .   I do know a few Canadians, but the rich Canadian I know about is hard to find, because he never seems to ever be seen in Canada.  It is rather odd.  My friend George Cary might actually be Canadian, since I visited with him up there many times including the visit with the Queen Mum.   Of course in the horse business, it tends to go where the owners go, if you get my drift.  People whom own horses tend to have a lot of money, since it tends to be a tax write off for the wealthy.  It is also the nature of owning horses, one tends to need a bit of real estate, so they tend not to be transient renters.  Also if you have ever heard the expression, "Eat Like a Horse.", more than likely it also costs a lot of money to feed and care for horses.   Thus the horsy crowd tends to be one of the most established old guard groups in the world, and if just because all they seem to ever talk about is horses, does not mean they do not know a thing or two about the enterprises that help them support their equestrian activities.   If the middle class gets ahead on the golf course, I guess the super rich get ahead around the stables.   I really can not imagine a more expensive tax write off.  Maybe these people know more http://www.horsenews.com/ .  Of course the Scottish were always cheap, so they preferred to walk, and the Dutch ground was so soft that horses probably sank up to their knees, so in my case, I do not know much about horses, except, for what I knew as a youth.   I recall, we use to feed my father's boss' daughter's horse a bucket of oats mixed with carrots, apples, walnuts, and molasses, and it was always angry at me.  The last horse I rode was in Greenwich, back in 1975, when I tried riding one of the Nye's horses on the Greenwich Country Day lacrosse field, and it threw me over the brick wall into the pine trees by the fourth hole at the Greenwich Country Club. I think it might have been a Palomino.  At my vintage age, I can not afford to break anything riding a horse, so I do not keep up much on equestrian activities.  Of course the http://www.lipizzaner.com/ were down in Florida on January 14, 2006 according to this news story that one has to pay for TCPalm Search Horses , and there is this link Lipizzaner-Museum , but alas there does not seem to be much news about them on the internet.   Well, I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 1:55 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by the Senior and Arts center to use the bathroom.   The train station was closed around 6 P.M..  I stopped by CVS, and I bought the last T.D.E. plastic 60 compact disk holder with wood laminate finish for $3.25 and .20 tax for $3.45 total.  I then completed my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then drove over to CVS at the Riverside shopping center, but they were sold out of the compact disk holders at the clearance price.  I did buy two for $2.99 clear plastic SteriLite flip top boxes about the size of shoe boxes plus .17 tax for $3.16 total.  I then went by the Food Emporium at the Riverside Shopping plaza.  This week they are selling boneless breasts of chicken for $1.99 a pound, but I do not need any.  I then went by CVS in Old Greenwich, but they were closed.  I noticed where Viscardis use to be, they have a new restaurant called the "Beach House".   I then went by Walgreens, and I bought two 15 ounce cans of Steakhouse peanuts for $2 each and the last three 15 ounce cans of VanCamp's Pork and Beans for a dollar all with store coupon for $5 total.   I chatted with the sales clerk from Yugoslavia, and I told the sales clerk, I do not know much about that part of the world.   I then returned to downtown Greenwich, and I used the bathroom at Starbucks.   I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then returned home.  Last night, I put a new 2025 lithium disk battery in my Volvo remote door opener, but it still just opens the door, but it does not close the door.  However, when I returned it did close the door from right rear of the car, so perhaps there is some electrical interference at the driver's side.  I then took my new CD holder, and I installed it on the bedroom sideboard on top of the breakfast tray.   I took down the CD holders on the right side of the bedroom desk, which were messy and not easily accessed.  I also took down the bean can printer stand, and I put the bean cans back in the pantry, and I put the tea tray with the other tea trays.   Thus the HP LaserJet 6P printer is sitting on the bedroom desk push back with a few desk items in front of it. I put the  wicker shelf that was there,  I moved it on top of the bathroom toilet tank.   The other CD holder, I put on top of the new CD holder, and I put the vertical CD holder to its right on the sideboard.  I moved the metal file holder from the sideboard to on top of the bathroom bookcase.  It is the only place I have to put it.  I sorted out my computer CDs, so they are neater, and I put them in the two CD holders.  I also sorted out some loose computer items too.   I took the items from the decorative display bowl that was made in Thailand that was on the side board, and I stored them in one of the clear plastic boxes, and the paper items I put in a large envelope in the metal file holder.  I put the lose computer information in the other clear plastic box.  Both clear plastic boxes are underneath the breakfast tray on which the CD holders sit.  I put the decorative bowl from Thailand on the dining room table with the clear glass bowl sitting inside it.   This all took a bit of time.   Thus the bedroom computer area is a little bit better organized.   I also put some spare toilet paper in the wicker shelf on the toilet tank.  Pictures follow

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.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 4:25 P.M.:  I microwaved and ate a 16 ounce Marie Callender white meat turkey pot pie, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  Local weather is Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  Minor snowfall warning Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 3:45 P.M.:  I put away my clean laundry.   CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/22/06:

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 3:00 P.M.:  I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 2:40 P.M.:  U.S.A. art goes up in value CNN.com - By George, that's a pricey painting! - Jan 22, 2006 .   CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 2:35 P.M.:  Greenwich Time - Storm tab may hit $1M .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 2:25 P.M.:  Since I got a Christmas letter from Queen Elizabeth II Welcome to the official web site of the British Monarchy and a Christmas card from the Dutch Royal family Het Koninklijk Huis which was a UNICEF UNICEF - UNICEF Home card this year instead of Save the Children Save the Children: Helping Children in Poverty and Children in Crisis, I also think like the Dutch, and in a Dutch family since there is no Dutch Church around here, we take up the Dutch saying "That Cleanliness is Next to Godliness", so on Sunday instead of going to church, I do more house cleaning routines.   I have 50 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 2:05 P.M.:  I was awake at 11:30 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I chatted with a relative.  I have 5 minutes to go on the wash cycle of 2 loads of laundry, and I also threw out the garbage.   I also put clean linens on the bed.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 1:40 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Stay warm out there in that vast wilderness of America, where ever one might be wandering.   I suppose if one is worrying about the Middle Eastern types causing you problems, one could hide out at a Truck Stop in Montana Truck Stops in Montana MT (Merchant America Montana) or go to a http://www.natso.com convention.   I dare say where ever some trucks are, there might be a bit of food and whatever else moves in a truck.   Of course having lived around the railroad most of my life, much could be said about railroads or shipping Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen or American Maritime Officers .  Of course, nobody gets a free ride anymore, so I guess much could be the same in the computer industry Communications Workers of America , if you get my drift.  Since I worked at C.B.S. news CBS at one time, and since I am still actively involved in Communications, I more than likely am eligible to be a member of the CWA or possibly I still am.   However, if I were still active duty for some military of some country, I might not be at liberty to discuss what I really know.  By most modern military standards at the ripe old age of 55 years, I would be a senior grade military officer without much to worry about.  I will now shut down the electric abacus, and I will go to bed soon.  I ate the last 1.5 scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn ice cream.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 12:55 A.M.:  Only the truly wealthy in America can afford to explore the vast interiors of the Americas and explore the less crowded but prosperous urban metropolis of Chicago, Illinois Chicago Tribune news : Local news, weather, traffic, shopping and classified .  If you like cold weather and have lots of money, it can be an enjoyable change from the drudgery around the oceans.   Of course out in Chicago, Illinois, it can be a lot colder Chicago, Illinois (60601) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground and for a longer period.   However, the north shore of Chicago, Illinois up along the lake front of Lake Michigan all the way up to Wisconsin is just as prosperous as Fairfield County, Connecticut, but colder.   Since they actually do still manufacture items in the middle of America, there are a few people whom manage to make a bean or two, if you get my drift.   However, unless you have been there and had some sort of introduction, it can be a cold hard town.  Basically, I returned back east after I graduated from Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , because when I started exploring Chicago looking for a job, everyone I saw in the general public were a lot larger is size than myself, and I felt a bit intimidated.   At the time of my graduation from college, I weighed about 125 pounds, and I was six feet tall.   Since they produce a lot of food in America, the people in Chicago tend to be a bit over weight and physically larger in size compared to the smaller people in midtown Manhattan.  There really is not much to do in Chicago besides go to the Art Institute of Chicago - Google Search which has a modest collection along with the famous picture of the Coffee Shop.   I suppose one could try to find a job at Sears or McDonalds, but since Illinois has an excellent college education system, the local residents seem to make a living with traditional urban job skills.   Of course, I suppose if one is from the east, when one first visits Chicago and the rest of Illinois what strikes one first is how flat the entire area is.   I think the largest geological structure in Illinois is Mount Trashmore, which is a large pile of garbage they piled up on the north side of Chicago for some odd reason, and it is so large now, it would be hard to move.   I guess it provides some sort of break from the constant wind out of the west for some of its neighbors on the east side of it.   Since Chicago suffered from Second City Complex and more like Tenth City Complex anymore, its local citizens whom are prosperous enjoy showing one the upside of their environment.   However, since it is a cold environment, it can be hard to make a living there, if one does not have the job skills that one needs to prosper.   Besides well known individuals whom make a living off of commerce and industry, there is also a prosperous group of people whom make a living off the Commodities Market or what is better known as the Chicago Board of Trade , anything one buys on the Chicago board of trade, one can actually take delivery on it, but one would have to pay freight and warehousing which can be expensive.  The wealthiest people in Lake Forest, Illinois seemed to have seats on the Chicago Board of Trade and back in 1972, when I graduated from Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , they only cost about $100,000 which was not chicken feed back then.   Of course, since it is colder out there for a longer period of time, it also costs more money to heat one's home.   When I went to Lake Forest College back in 1968 to 1972, I earned about $200 a week on various jobs such as bank teller and taxi driver, and I only paid about 12.9 cents a gallon for fuel oil or 17 cents a gallon for gasoline for the farm house that I rented on 40 acres for $250 a month which I split the cost with three to four other room mates and the old Mercedes that I drove.  Thus by that index with gasoline at $3 a gallon which is about 23 times more expensive now than then, it would mean that I should be earning $4600 a week or about $240,000 a year.   Thus the local economists out here back east are a bunch of crooks anyway one looks at it.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/21/06 Saturday 10:30 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ .   I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  I also used two plum tomatoes that I sliced into 1/8th inch thick slices.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Swiss cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.   I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted with a relative and her roommate.   Today I saw four middle aged individuals whom look similar hanging out in front of the Sun Down saloon on Greenwich Avenue, and they look a bit like the four individuals whom robbed me out in Port Washington, Long Island whom I spied riding motorcycles with Connecticut license plates back in 1980.   Since my United States passport was also taken during that robbery, and since according to American Express, it end up being used in Amsterdam, it would lead me to believe the individuals used it to travel to Amsterdam.   Since the Dutch would know me in Amsterdam, they obviously did not fool anyone.  However, judging from their appearance, they are not Dutch looking, but the look more like they are German.   However, just because they got lucky once in the past bothering me, does not mean that it is worth their while at this date and time.   It would seem to me, they are probably Connecticut residents whom work this area to their advantage, and obviously other people in this area would know whom they are, and what they are actually up to.   Since they first came to my attention in this area when Ronald Reagan was elected, they might have California origins.  You have to remember having lived in this rather congested suburb in the New York area for a long time, very little goes unnoticed.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/21/06 Saturday 7:40 P.M.:    I had a telephone call from a relative about 9 P.M. this morning.  I slept until noon which is par for the course in the suburbs.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.   I checked the mail, but it had not arrived yet.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out, and I went by the Greenwich Library.  It all seems to still be there, and nobody has stolen the books yet.   I chatted with another fellow resident from Illinois.   Illinois people tend to be smarter than people in the Northeast, since out there not much happens, so they actually read the books that they are suppose to read in their educational progress, when people in the Northeast frequently are so busy networking, they actually do not get their homework done.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I bought a number 25 scratch card "Aces High" for a dollar at Zen stationary, but I did not win.   The train station elevator on the new pedestrian overpass is still not complete.   I chatted with a retired railroad employee whom knows about horse racing.   With the high winds, there was building debris falling on the sidewalk downtown.   During my walk, I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the 70% off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store.   I then went by CVS, and I bought two boxes of Hallmark www.hallmark.com Christmas cards containing 18 cards and 19 envelopes for each box with one of a snow man in the snow with the North Star, and the other of a snowy scene with people bringing a Christmas tree back to a snow covered house, and each box was 90% off for $1.69 and a $1.29 and a 7 ounce bag of black licorice for $1.39 plus .26 tax for $4.63 total.  I noticed they still have not replaced the bench at the Pickwick Plaza office plaza.  I guess the big wigs at the Pickwick Office plaza do not like seeing the general public lingering around their office area.   I guess companies like the U.S. Trust, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and Merrill Lynch do not realize the general public sometimes like to sit on a bench while waiting for a bus or having a cigarette break.  When I knew Helen Kress Williams in Manhattan, she use to take the city bus, and she also used to chose the head of J.P. Morgan, so I guess different financial institutions have different clientele.  I completed my walk, and then I used the bathroom at Starbucks.   It was a bit windy out, but having walked out in the weather for so many years, I am quite use to it.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and the employees of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club are still taking up all of the parking on the end of Steamboat Road.   At least their weather station http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm now seems to be working again.   I guess when they are out from Manhattan, it tends to work.   Most established families in Greenwich, Connecticut also have places in Manhattan.   My father use to live at the Welcome Jumeirah Exxex House while I was trying to improve the family home in Greenwich, Connecticut.  After driving down by the waterfront, I returned home.   I put the new Christmas cards in the bottom right side of the left hallway bookcase.   CIO      

Note:<888> 01/21/06 Saturday 3:35 A.M.:  On the video cable from the new ATI video card to the front video input on the Orion television, I removed the short 6 foot section that came with the video card and the connector, and I connected the second cable of the long video cable to the S-Video - RCA video adapter on the ATI video card, and the output feed to the Orion television works just fine and much better than the old Nvidia card.  It is a much higher resolution on the television.  One has to use the computer speakers or headset for sound.  However, the ATI card does not support the right monitor with the television at the same time.  One can have either computer monitor and the television at the same time but not all three.   However, the television resolution is about the same as a regular television feed.  Both the Windows Media Player and the Real Player play on the television monitor, but the Windows Media plays full screen, where as the Real Player will only play in minimal screen.  I am tried, so I will now shut the computer down, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/21/06 Saturday 1:05 A.M.:  I did a little bit of regular computer work.   Earlier today, I used the S-Video to RCA adapter on the new video card, and I connected the short RCA cable that came with the card to the second RCA cable that leads to the Orion television, and I plugged it into the front video input.   However, it is not recognized by plug and play, and I can not get it to show video on the television from the computer.   The adapter is sort of tricky to plug into the new video card, but I think I have it plugged in properly.   It might be that my Orion television will not accept a S-Video signal.  I also adjusted the Orion television picture defaults to the zero settings, hopefully for a clearer picture.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 10:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 9:25 P.M.:  I made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe , and I put half on a warm dinner plate with my entree, and I refrigerated half in a Rubbermaid container.  While doing that, I also steamed in a Revere copper pot with lid with steaming tray about a cup and a half of broccoli crowns, mushroom caps, and baby carrots for fifteen minutes, which I drained and placed in a large bowl with a little bit of olive oil over them.  For the entree, I put a few tablespoons of olive oil in a regular Teflon frying pan, and I heated it over medium high electric heat, and once the olive oil was hot, I put in a 7 ounce Jone's cooked ham steak and turned it down medium.  I sautéed it on both side for about two minutes a side, and then I added about a fifth of a cup of Rene Junot white table wine, and I turned the heat up to medium high, and I sautéed it on both side adding about a half teaspoon of Italian spices on both sides, and I sautéed both sides about another two minutes on both sides turning the heat back down to medium once the wine began to bubble.   When I sauté on both side for two minutes a side, I flip it over with a cooking fork about every 30 seconds.   After the ham steak was heated I put it on a warm dinner plate, and I spread about two teaspoons of Bornier Dijon whole grain mustard spread over the ham steak, and I put the half of cooked rice on the plate, and I ate it all with the steamed vegetables, and a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.   I am now making up a batch of Formula One www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .   CIO    

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 7:15 P.M.:  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  Midway through my house cleaning around 1 P.M., I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put eight 1/32nds inch thick by 4 inch diameter round slices of Healthy Choice baked turkey and three 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese and six 1/8th inch by 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half across the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I then went out to Costco www.costco.com over in Port Chester, New York, and I bought from the computer section at the front entrance a Power Sentry http://www.powersentry.com/  3600 Joules Wallhugger slimline Surge Protector dual gold coaxial protection, 1 in 2 out phone fax protection, with 14 child safe outlets with five of them adapter spaced outlets with a 8 foot cord for $19.99 plus $1.47 tax for $21.46 total.  I then returned home, and I disconnected the cables from the Radio Shack surge protector behind the sofa, and one of its two lights were out.  I removed it from the wall.   I then connected a 18 inch gold coaxial cable from the out coaxial on the Power Sentry surge protector, and I plugged in the coaxial feed into the apartment into the input.   I connected the 18 inch out gold cable to my gold four way coaxial splitter.  I connected the other power cables to the Power Sentry surge protector.   I used one of the heavy orange cables connected to it to connect up the primary plug for the power strips that control my stereo and television power connections.   I ran a power strip that I removed from the wall in between the two bookcases with the entertainment system, and I connected to it, the air purifier, the air cleaner, and one of the Delonghi oil filled radiators, so they are not on the Power Sentry surge protection system.  I did plug the Lasko wall fan into the upper wall plug behind the green sofa above the plug that the Power Sentry surge protector is plugged into.  I tested the Radio Shack surge protector by plugging it into kitchen wall outlet, and it worked properly again with both green lights lit up.  I removed the IBM flat plate surge protector from behind the primary computer, and I put it on the kitchen wall electric socket with the IBM six socket splitter.   I then put the Radio Shack surge protector which seems to still work for surge protection behind the primary computer in the wall electrical socket, and I plugged into it the ITW Linx SP6 ITW Linx | Category 6 Surge Protectors | Power and Lightning Surge Protection Solutions surge protector which I have plugged into it the Belkin control panel with surge master protection for the primary computer power cable, the left Dell monitor, the power for the Siemens router, and the power for the Motorola SBV5120 SURFBoard Cable Modem and another Belkin Power Control Center beneath it with surge protection with the power for the scanner, Lexmark E238 laser printer, speakers, and right center Dell monitor.  I also have other power strips plugged into the ITW Linx SP6.   The ITW Linx SP6 does not have as many Joules as the Power Sentry, but it is in between two other surge protectors.   I also have Belkin power strip surge protectors on some of my stereo system power strips and the Northgate Syntax backup computer which is plugged into the Power Sentry surge protector.   I am using it at the location behind the green sofa, because it has surge protection for the coaxial cable that powers my Optimum Voice digital television system and my cable modem for both the computer modem which also powers Optimum Voice.   Of course the other power items are also plugged into it.   I left the instructions for the Power Sentry surge protector on the Lexmark X1185 all purpose printer on the dining room table, and I put its empty box with the other empty boxes on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.   I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.   I threw out the garbage and the periodical literature including the old computer magazines.   When I went out, there was a note from UPS that they had tried to deliver the Kenmore Micro-Filtration Upright Vacuum Bags at sears.com for $10.99 plus $1.02 sale tax and $5.95 ground shipping for $17.96 total, and tracking is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Sears Vacuum Cleaner bag order , and they will try again this Monday after 5 P.M..  CIO     

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 11:45 A.M.:  I made my airport shuttle reservations for my trip to Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm by calling http://www.2theairport.com/ at 1-203-891-1280 or 1-800-377-8745 .  I will be leaving my apartment building at 6:15 A.M. for J.F.K. airport on Sunday January 29, 2006, and I will call them on my return to J.F.K. airport Sunday February 12, 2006 on the ground courtesy telephone number #27 to have them dispatch the return van.  I have the paid reservation numbers, and I printed them out.   I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.   I will shut down the computer now.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 10:40 A.M.:  I was awake at 7:30 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   The Cablevision repairman arrived about 9 A.M..  He tested the system, and he tried a new Optimum Digital Cable box, and that still did not fix the problem.   He finally bypassed the RadioShack surge protector that I had connected to the system where it feeds into the apartment and that fixed the signal problem, and all of the channels now work.  Since the Radio Shack surge protector is not part of the Cablevision equipment, there was  a $46.95 charge for the service call, which will be billed to my Cablevision bill.  One of my British neighbors looked at my apartment while the Cablevision Service man was here, and the British resident also showed me her apartment.   I chatted with a relative.  I will check with Radio Shack about the faulty surge protector when I get back from Florida, because currently it is still protecting the electronics, and presently I can not afford a better new one.   They sell one at Costco for $20, and the Cablevision service man says they recommend Monster surge protectors.   I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 11:00 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I have the Cablevision repair coming tomorrow morning between 8 A.M. and noon to find out why the New York channels 2,4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 21, and a couple of other ones do not come in on my Optimum Digital television system.   I also have to do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I actually enjoy doing my house cleaning and watering the plants, because it is a change of pace from my normal computer routines.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 10:35 P.M.:  I went through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 10:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative, whom is going to let me arrange my transportation to the airport, when I get around to it.   I used the Microsoft Photo Editor, and I changed the L'espion XS photos that I had posted from .bmp to .jpg which are 1/10th as large, so they do not max out my Geocities server.   Sound still does not work in Vista beta.  I will wait for the next beta release, which should be able to install as an upgrade to hopefully fix that problem.  I noticed today, when I went outside around my building, there are dozens of asphalt shingles that blew off the roof in the high winds.     CIO

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 8:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   The relative who is paying for my airplane ticket to Florida is also going to pay for my transportation to and from my apartment to J.F.K. airport.  My relative is in the process of setting up reservations and paying for the ticket at http://www.2theairport.com/ , and they have a domestic telephone number at 1-800-377-8745 and 1-203-891-1280 and they run seven days a week from 7 A.M. to 9 P.M..   I guess I would be leaving my apartment at 7 A.M. on Sunday morning January 29, 2006, and I would be catching the returning van at about 4 P.M. from J.F.K. airport on Sunday February 12, 2006 Abraham Lincoln's birthday Biography of Abraham Lincoln .  I will now boot briefly into Vista, I want to see if I reactivate the Media Center, if my audio works in it.   There is a media center reactivation program at http://connect.microsoft.com/ for beta testers.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 7:50 P.M.:  I guess the Cosi Cosi : Simply Good Taste coffee and sandwich shops are a new franchise to compete with Starbucks and Subway franchise shops.  I guess, since they use flat bread it is more of a Middle Eastern style sandwich shop.   The Arnold bread outlet use to sell Pita bread which is also flat bread.   Aparently they have not discovered yeast in the Middle East, since they do not drink alcohol, they never learned that yeast is also used to make beer.   Having eaten food in Turkey and Greece and Spain and Italy, it is very good food, since in warmer climates, they tend to grow more food year round.  Of course, when I first moved to Manhattan and back to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1973 after returning from Greece and Europe in the summer of 1972 with a couple of side trips back to Lake Forest, Illinois www.lfc.edu , on a low budget in Manhattan, I frequently ate at the Souvlaki stand on University Place just north of 13th street on the west side of University Place.  We ate a lot of Souvlaki in Greece and Turkey.  CIO    

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 7:40 P.M.:  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonna