Note: <888> 01/31/10 Sunday 11:55 P.M..  Since the town of Greenwich, Connecticut pays so much in Connecticut State Taxes, I think they should have a DPS: Connecticut State Police barracks in Greenwich, Connecticut to protect us from the neighboring criminal element in the surrounding areas.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/31/10 Sunday 11:50 P.M..  I ate a honeybell orange. 

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

I printed out two copies of my Microsoft Money 2007 income versus spending report for January 2010.  I will fax a copy to an interested relative, when the relative is awake.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/31/10 Sunday 10:55 P.M..  I woke up at 2 P.M. this afternoon, when a relative called.  I went back to bed until 6:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative. 

It says here Greenwich resentful of status as state income tax cash cow - GreenwichTime the town of Greenwich, Connecticut residents pays $758 million in state taxes to Connecticut every year and only gets back 1% in benefits.

Since I have lived in Connecticut State housing at 71 Vinci Drive for the last 20 years and for the last 12 years we have had to pay our electric heat bills, and for the last three years I have not been able to afford electric heat, it would seem to me that the state of Connecticut is totally corrupt and run by various Mafia organizations from within New England and New York.  It is like they are trying to freeze me out of the apartment that I live in.  I have made over 500 calls to the www.fbi.gov about various activities in this area over the last five years, and although they listen, they seem to be powerless to do anything about it.  We also know about the various financial crimes committed by area residents, so it leads me to be believe that is just the tip of the iceberg.  What is most conspicuous in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut which I have covered for 26 years since moving off of Nantucket is the Connecticut State Police do not even cover downtown Greenwich, Connecticut despite all of the taxes that the residents pay.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/31/10: 

Note: <888> 01/31/10 Sunday 5:20 A.M..  I ate the last piece of pumpkin pie with some watered down punch.  Not much happening here way out in Greenwich, China, but people talking about the price of tea in China.  I suppose we could move back to Greenwich, Russia or Greenwich, England.  There is no point moving back to Greenwich, Connecticut U.S.A., since we do not seem to know anyone there.  From my experience in Greenwich, Connecticut, it is mostly traveling sales people trying to sell people things from other areas.  Whether anyone actually lives there is opened to debate.  The newspaper is controlled by California real estate people and the electronics media is controlled by Texas used car dealers.  I mostly just work the grapevine around here with people who like myself have lived here a long time to see if anyone knows what is really going on.  Greenwich, Connecticut is constantly invaded by New York City people with various senses of reality for no apparent reason.  There are quite a few people in Greenwich, Connecticut from elsewhere in New England trying to sort out some of the comings and goings out of New York City.  From my viewpoint in Greenwich, China; there is really not much happening there.  I once read that Malcolm Pray use to advertise his Volkswagen dealership in the Las Angeles airport to people arriving from Asia, so if you do not need a Volkswagen, there is really no point in going there.  They make Volkswagens in other parts of the world, and from what I can tell, most of the Asian people I saw in Greenwich, Connecticut or here in Greenwich, China are not really interested in the American viewpoint based on their Hollywood sense of reality.  Well have a good morning.

12 degrees Fahrenheit and 21 to 29 degrees Fahrenheit today and mostly sunny.

Prescott Bush was suppose to build a Country Club in Greenwich, China like the Greenwich Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, so if you are wandering around Greenwich, China, and you find a place like this http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/Greenwich-Country-Club.jpg you might see the Bushs.  This fact has me confused, since my family were members of the Greenwich Country Club GreenwichCC - Golf & Country Club , and the Bushs were not members of the Greenwich Country Club, but there were members of the Round Hill Club - Welcome which Billy Baldwin help decorate, so possibly the people that one never sees downtown are playing the card game Bridge at the Round Hill Club.  From my viewpoint, it is so dark and desolate in back country Greenwich, Whatever; I worry more about wild animals than people trespassing.

I will now send out my weekly notes, before I shut down the primary Vista computer.   CIO

Note: <888> 01/31/10 Sunday 3:50 A.M..  VHub - Center for GeoHazards Studies, University at Buffalo

USF :: Department of Geology

Franklin D. Roosevelt (president of United States) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  CIO

Note: <888> 01/31/10 Sunday 3:40 A.M..  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices of processed cheese with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and 4.5 strips of bacon and a toasted English muffin with butter and watered down passion punch.

I used the 1.5 pounds of red potatoes, and I made up a modified version without the ham of Michael Louis Scott's potato salad , and I refrigerated it in a Rubbermaid container.   CIO    

Note: <888> 01/31/10 Sunday 2:00 A.M..  Good news, I found the 1.5 pound bag of 10 day old red potatoes with sprouts.   They were underneath the kitchen counter instead of hanging by the wire hanger.  I guess I have less time to keep track of things anymore with all of the time I spend rolling cigarettes.   CIO 

Note: <888> 01/31/10 Sunday 1:20 A.M..  I rolled 174 Golden Harvest 100 MM cigarettes with filters.  I am watching a British Pirate movie "The Sea Hawk".  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 11:00 P.M..  I put away the rest of the laundry.  I think I will now roll 8 packages of 20 100 MM cigarettes with filters and watch some television.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 10:15 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I had to do three washes and three driers.  I still have 30 minutes to go one drier.  The party is over in the community room.  The Sony Trinitron television is back in the community room, however the two yellow sitting chairs from the front entrance of the building are still out by the dumpster.  I do not think during times of economic recession, the Greenwich Housing Authority should be throwing away good furniture.

Lots of air traffic Westchester County - AirportMonitor - by Megadata - powered by PASSUR

Maybe the Rockefellers are back in the area to boost the local economies.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 9:00 P.M..  I have 35 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 8:25 P.M..  I have 25 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  They are having a family party with French speaking people in the community room.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 7:25 P.M..  I put clean linens on the bed.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 6:35 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a friend.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 5:15 P.M..  I woke up at 4:30 P.M..  I just remembered two days ago, there was an empty red potato bag in my kitchen, so I must have used them up.  Thus that means nobody was able to sneak into my apartment and take the red potatoes.  Normally I eat two 1.5 inch diameter read potatoes cut into 3/8 inch cubic chunks along with baby carrots and broccoli crowns which I steam on a steamer tray in my Revere pot with an inch of water.  I usually put butter and olive oil on them, and that is the steamed vegetable mixture that I make.  I am out of fresh vegetables, but I still have frozen vegetables in the freezer.

I have plenty of food

Michael Louis Scott's Apartment Inventory of Stored Items

Michael Louis Scott's Apartment Inventory of Stored Items

CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 6:25 A.M..  I chatted with the Canadian Emergency line about Canadian affairs in this area.

I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a subway roll with 1/4th of a tube of Pringles sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch and a honeybell orange.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer shortly.  It is currently 9 degrees Fahrenheit here in Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  It is mostly cloudy with a temperature range of 14 to 23 degrees Fahrenheit today.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 5:05 A.M..  George W. Bush Institute

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BBC News - Laser fusion test results raise energy hopes

BBC News - In pictures: Beautiful birds

BBC News - Putting names to the lost soldiers of Fromelles  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 4:35 A.M..  Greenwich Town Departments - Police Department Crime Tips .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 3:10 A.M..  I bought the three pound bag of red potatoes from the Stop and Shop for $2.99 on Thursday, January 21, 2010.  About three days ago, they developed sprouts, which I do not think hurt one.  However, recently whenever I have breakfast when I wake up, I had been having diarrhea.  Possibly I thought it might be caused by my fruit punch mixture and the milk in the oatmeal and coffee, but it could be something like the over ripe red potatoes.  Still I am bothered by the fact that somebody entered my apartment without my permission for unknown reasons.  The building custodian does have a master key and his wife was downstairs, when I came in after throwing out the garbage this evening, but he is well paid, and I do not think he would need to take a small bag of red potatoes.  I did not see him, but I assume he was around, since his wife was here.  The building custodian frequently thinks I am George W. Bush for some odd reason, thus possibly if somebody that looks like George W. Bush is in the area, he might be trying to take advantage of my living situation, when I am not in my apartment.  I do know when the real George W. Bush shows up, one can not miss him because they tend to keep security around former Presidents, so more than likely it would be some sort of imposter.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 2:45 A.M..  What bothers me about 1.5 pounds of over ripe red potatoes disappearing from my apartment this past evening while I was out for about 5 to 10 minutes while the apartment was locked, is that it shows that somebody else who has keys to my apartment gained access to it.  I worry that they might tamper with my computer equipment or my food or drink.  There is not really too much else of value in the apartment by today's standards, but it is my comfortable living apartment.

I know a rather large person that was the first person to visit my apartment and that was Roger Schultz, and the last time I saw him, he was rather large.

Chris Parizo http://mikelouisscott.com/chris2000.jpg is suppose to have military connections, but I have not seen him in about five years.  I am told when he is in town, he can be found at the Sundown Saloon , but nobody has seen him recently.  I guess if he had money, he would by trying to make it back home to Canada for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Medals Results Schedule Sports : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics , but since he was around Greenwich, Connecticut when H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria - Kungahuset was around, maybe he does not want to see her again.  Who knows.  I have Chris' telephone numbers, but he tends to be very shy, and he really does not like to be bothered, since he is focused on other matters.  He does not seem interested in computers, and all I know is that he has an X Box.

I ate the last blueberry muffin.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 1:55 A.M..  I chatted with Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and British Guiana or whatever it is called is now working the desk there are night.  They told me it was busy down in Key West, Florida Live Duval Street Web Cam in Key West, Florida :: Sloppy Joe's Bar ::.

I chatted with the The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor , and they told me they were not very busy.  Bob did not tell me where he was from, but he sounded local.   CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/10 Saturday 1:00 A.M..  I contacted the Greenwich Housing Authority answering service at 1-203-869-1138.

I chatted with the Canadian Emergency phone number at 1-613-996-8865, and I chatted with them about the ice store probability down south.

I chatted with www.geico.com at 1-800-42GEICO down in Macon, Georgia about the potential weather situation down south, and they told me there is already a lot of snow in Knoxville, Tennessee.

I ate a piece of pumpkin pie. 

Washington D.C. is suppose to have snow showers and be 19 to 21 degrees Fahrenheit, so they could enjoy some ice conditions down there too, which might bring the Federal Government to a complete stand still.   Possibly we would not have any defense infrastructure working, so possibly another foreign government if they had the opportunity could invade the Nations Capitol.  More than likely that would not happen, since from what I could see down there, there is not much worth invading for, unlike some other foreign capitols in the world.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 11:30 P.M..  I called the Greenwich Police about the fact that it appeared that somebody had entered my apartment.  They tend to listen to me, since I have spent over 40 years covering the downtown area of Greenwich, Connecticut. 

I ate a dinner of steamed broccoli with butter and olive oil and the rest of the cold eye round with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and watered down punch.  I checked out around the building and everything appears to be normal.  Earlier the community room was setup for a party, and now it is not.  The black Sony Trinitron television in the community room has disappeared. 

There was a silver SUV vehicle leaving the skating rink parking lot, when I looked outside the windows.  The Greenwich Housing Authority answering service puts one on hold indefinitely with music for over 15 minutes.   CIO 

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 10:15 P.M..  I went to cook the same dinner as last night, but a pound and half of small red potatoes have disappeared from my kitchen, but everything else appears to be normal.  It would lead me to believe that somebody unknown gained access to my apartment, when I went out to dump the garbage.  I had not been outside of the apartment, since they were there at dinner last night.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 10:05 P.M..  I chatted with a couple of friends.  I will now make and eat the same dinner as the last couple of nights.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 9:25 P.M..  Ice storm moving east across lower U.S. - Weather- msnbc.com  .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 9:20 P.M..  Gates: $10B vaccine program could save 8.7M lives - CNN.com

Bill Gates: Fix Haiti the right way - Video - Business News

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Online collaboration: LotusLive  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 9:05 P.M..  It says here Ultrasonic bug repellers do not work The Straight Dope: Do ultrasonic bug repellers work? .

However, one might spraying Lysol on any suspected areas.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 8:55 P.M..  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I noticed there were the two yellow sitting chairs from the front hallway out by the dumpster.  They might have thrown them out because they might have bed bugs.  I watered the plants with 10 drops of Schultz plant food per quart of water.  I chatted with a relative.  There is suppose to be an ice storm out in the Midwest and coming to the southeast, so more than likely Washington D.C. will be shut down tomorrow along with a lot of the rest of the country.  It is suppose to go down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit tonight and tomorrow is suppose to be mostly cloudy with a 12 to 22 degree Fahrenheit temperature range.   CIO  

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 7:10 P.M..  Mud, sweat and trains: Tunnel dig going full bore - GreenwichTime  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 7:00 P.M..  After the last note, I watched the Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour movie the Road to Utopia, and then the Road to Bali.  I ate a blueberry muffin.  I went to bed at 4 A.M.. I woke up at noon, when a relative called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with the same relative again.  I went back to bed until 5:30 P.M..  I watched part of the movie The Last Hunt.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I ate a blueberry muffin with watered down punch.  I will now shower and clean up.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 1:00 A.M..  Staples in store 15% off coupon

There a'int Jack Shit worth buying on the internet for poor people.

Partly cloudy and windy today with a temperature range of 9 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit.

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

Stay warm.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/10 Friday 12:10 A.M..  This month in converting to RYO cigarettes, I have spent:

$ 47.80 on plastic cigarette cases

$ 92.48 on two Premier cigarette injector machines

$ 65.21 on 20 cartons of 200 Premier 100 MM filter cigarette tubes

$361.02 on cigarette and cigarette pipe tobacco for two to three months

Total:  $566.51

Michael Louis Scott's Apartment Inventory of Stored Items

Michael Louis Scott's Apartment Inventory of Stored Items

shows my current tobacco inventory.

CIO   

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 11:25 P.M.. 

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 10:25 P.M..  I updated:

Greenwich, Connecticut Thrift Shops

Greenwich, Connecticut Thrift Shops  CIO

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 9:55 P.M..  I chatted with two relatives.

2010 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting

Greenwich Gossip

BBC News - Microsoft sees 60% jump in profit, boosted by Windows 7

BBC News - Laser fusion test results raise energy hopes  CIO

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 8:50 P.M..  I chatted with a friend.  I took down the paper towel rack that was blocked by the Sony TV in the kitchen, and I hung it to the right of the refrigerator from the bulletin board above the hand towel rack.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 7:50 P.M..  I Dickies jacket is dark navy blue instead of brown.  Dark Navy Blue is the color I wanted.  It fits just fine.

I checked the weather outside, and it is starting to turn much colder outside.  Low tonight of 14 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground CIO 

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 7:15 P.M..  I ate the same dinner as last night without the pumpkin pie.

I checked outside, and somebody unknown has already retrieved the 20 inch Thomson Electronics Proscan television out by the dumpster.

The 20 inch Sony Trinitron television I got is a Sony Model Number KV-20M40 Sony eSupport - KV-20M40 - Model Home.  I just bought its remote control Sony TV RM-Y156 Remote Control - Brand New! - eBay (item 320405962654 end time Feb-24-10 18:59:49 PST) for $9.99 with free shipping.

Here is a similar model Amazon.com: Sony KV-20M42 20" Trinitron TV: Electronics

Sony KV 20M42 - 20" CRT TV - Direct View TVs (CRT)s - CNET Archive

The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Dickies :: Men's Outerwear :: Unlined Eisenhower Jacket in 2XL in dark brown for $8.25 and $7 shipping for $15.25 total just arrived.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 4:55 P.M..  I woke up at 10 A.M. today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I threw the garbage out.  I chatted with neighbors.  I cleaned a few inches of snow off the Audi.  The roads were cleared.  I went to my 1 P.M. appointment.  I then went downtown, and I sat out briefly at the Senior and the Arts center.  I chatted with a person from Morristown, New Jersey that told me they train guide dogs there.  He was walking a dog that looked like a poodle, but it is called a Doodle being a mixed breed dog.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.

I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  They had a 20 inch November 1998 Sony Trinitron color television there without the remote control for $25.  I told them I would buy it.  I went by the ATM machine at the Chase Bank just south of the central Greenwich Post Office.  I said hello to a regular walker that was going to Griff Harris insurance to try to get lower car insurance rates.  I use to use them, until the rates got too high.  I then got my Audi, and I parked it by the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift shop, and I used my small folding cart and towel to protect the screen to load the Sony television.  I paid them $25 cash.  A lot of the items at the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop are 50% off.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  They have some very nice items, but they do not appear to carry electronics anymore.  I then returned home.  I used the small folding cart to bring up the Sony television to my apartment.

The 20 inch RCA Thomson Electronics Proscan television made in January 1997 that was in my kitchen was turning on with a very fuzzy picture, and it takes 30 seconds to a minute to clear up, and then it looks just fine.  I figured it might be going bad, and since I like a 20 inch TV in the kitchen, I removed the RCA Proscan, and I installed the 20 inch Sony Trintron to the left of the refrigerator, where it fits in just fine. I selected the automatic adjustment button in setup, and it tuned itself.  Although I leave it on channel 3 all of the time to get the Digital Cable feed.  I programmed the RCA SystemLink 4 Universal Remote with this page RCA SystemLINK Remote Progamming .  The method did not work at first, when I sat six feet away from the Sony Television, but it worked fine, when I was about a foot away from the television, so I now having it work on the RCA remote control. 

I then took the old RCA Proscan out with the small folding cart, and I put it by the dumpster.  I left a note on it that it works, but it might be going bad, since it takes 30 seconds to a minute to clear up.  I bought the same television 20 years ago at County Appliance for $359 down from $559.  It is a high resolution television, so if it did not fail, it has a very clear picture.  The one I just threw out, I bought about a year and a half ago at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for $40.  I picked up the mail.   CIO    

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 3:50 A.M..  email : Webview Ronald Reagan Valentine Gifts

I ate a blueberry muffin with watered down punch.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed.  I have to be up at 10 A.M. today for a 1 P.M. appointment.

Rain snow and wind and a temperature range of 15 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit today.   CIO

!!!!! Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 2:55 A.M..  According to Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report | , Montserrat is active again http://www.montserratvolcanoobservatory.info/ and http://www.mvo.ms/ .  Since Haiti and Montserrat are close to each other, the seismic activity in Haiti might have something to do with the volcanic activity in Montserrat. 

The Canadian Emergency number for Canadian citizens in distress is 1-613-996-8885.  They do accept collect calls.

CIO  

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 2:10 A.M..  I tried calling up the 7 11 store on Fort Lauderdale Beach 7 11 Store Locator to see how much a carton of generic cigarettes are, but I guess they are not opened 24 hours, because nobody answered.

However, the last time I was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was in October 1983, when I rented a Black www.ford.com Cougar in Vero Beach, Florida, and I drove down to Fort Lauderdale in a tropical storm, and the windshield wipers did not work.  It was during the Grenada Invasion, and a lot of military were traveling in the area.  When the storm cleared after a few days, I was a bit disorientated, since I had lost my only pair of sunglasses when a wave hit me in the face on Fort Lauderdale beach, and it was hard seeing in the bright sun.  I met Ryan Robinson from Toronto, Canada down there, and since he was near broke, I paid $189 for him to fly back from West Palm Beach airport to Cabbage Town in Toronto, Canada.  I also traded in the black Ford Mercury Cougar for a gold one which had working windshield wipers.  There was about 5,000 very tall white people on Fort Lauderdale Beach with the teenagers over 6 foot 6 and the adults over 7 feet tall. 

Right before leaving Fort Lauderdale to go visit my father in Bayonet Point, Florida on the west coast, I stopped by the Fort Lauderdale Hotels & Florida Luxury Resorts - Bahia Mar Beach Resort & Yachting Center , and I noticed in their front window was an eight foot tall oil painting of General Omar Bradley Omar Bradley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  With almost my last money, I bought two cartons of Marlboro regulars for about $20 a carton at the 7 11 store on Fort Lauderdale beach for $40 total, and I gave them to the security guard at the Bahia Mar, where friends of my family kept their boats.  I then drove over to see my father on the West Coast of Florida, and about all that I had to give him was a warm bottle of Coors. The Legend Since 1873. .  After returning the Cougar to Vero Beach, Florida at my mother's, I returned to Nantucket, but around the end of November 1983, I left Nantucket via Hyannis airport with Jackie Onassis to LaGuardia at New York City, and then I took the Amtrak to Toronto, Canada.  I did not see Ryan Robinson up there, but I did see a lot of other very tall people up there.  After about a two week stay at the Anglican Seminary at the University of Toronto, I returned back south via Amtrak, and after a couple of weeks, I settled back into Greenwich, Connecticut.  I did see a lot of people in Manhattan, the two weeks, I was left walking around Manhattan without a place to stay besides the East Side Airline Terminal where Wolf Peugeot was located.  Thus I gave the Bahia Mar Security Guard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida two cartons of Marlboros.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 1:35 A.M..  Seminole Tribe stores add state taxes to cigarette sales

Little cigars Cigars - Domestic , but I am not sure what the Connecticut tax would be on importing them.

Since these Vaquero Little Cigars these sell on Greenwich Avenue at Zen stationary for $3 a package or $30 a carton plus probably 6% Connecticut sales tax, more than likely the Connecticut tobacco tax on them would have to be less than $10 a carton.  However, I am not sure if there is a Connecticut tax on cigar products from other states or not.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/28/10 Thursday 1:15 A.M.. I ate two cold 7/16th inch thick slices of medium rare cooked eye round of beef with hot horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, with my usual steamed vegetable mixture of red potato cubes, baby carrots, and broccoli crowns with butter and olive oil, and watered down punch and a piece of pumpkin pie.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 11:50 P.M..  I picked up the mail after the last note.  The $21.99 with free shipping LINKSYS WUSB54G USB 1.1/2.0 Wireless-G Adapter - Retail Newegg.com - Shell Shocker Deal. Exclusive Jaw Dropping Savings on PC Components and Electronics. arrived.

I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center midway and during the end of the walk.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 45 ounce Xtra Tropical laundry detergent for $1.99 each and .24 tax for $4.22 total.  After my walk, I sat out for a while.  There was some sort of function going on at the Richard's Department store. 

I next drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and it looks perfectly normal down there, for this time of year.

I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four day old blueberry muffins for $2, a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $3, two six ounce jars of Golds hot horseradish for $1.59, a 24 ounce box of Vandekamps fish filets for $4.01, a quart jar of B&G dill pickle spears for $2.99, a half gallon of Stop and Shop cranberry juice for $2.22, a half gallon of Stop and Shop crangrape juice for $2.22, buy one get one free of Oscar Meyer 16 ounce beef hotdogs for $4.29 both for $24.01 total. 

I then returned home.  I put away my purchases.  I chatted with a friend.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 6:45 P.M..  I had a telephone call from RNC: Republican National Committee | GOP , but I explained I am too poor to donate money.

The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for three 14 ounce Peter Stokkebye Norwegian Blend Pipe Tobacco: American RYO for $72.40 for three and $8.75 shipping for $81.15 total arrived.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out for a walk.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 6:30 P.M..  Omaha Steaks Special Offer

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DealExtreme: $3.66 2032 x 20 pcs Cell Batteries  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 6:05 P.M..  I chatted with a relative twice.

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BBC News - Apple unveils iPad tablet device

BBC News - In pictures: Apple's iPad device  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 5:00 P.M..  I woke up at 3 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for three 14 ounce Peter Stokkebye Norwegian Blend Pipe Tobacco: American RYO for $72.40 for three and $8.75 shipping for $81.15 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 8:05 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Mostly sunny today and 28 to 44 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 7:40 A.M..  I put a 377/376 battery in the Elgin watch that was not working.  I put its leather strap back on it.  I had used the leather strap for my Invicta watch that I do not wear very much.  I removed three links from its gold plated link strap, and I put it back on the Invicta watch.  Thus it looks more stylish.  I have nine inexpensive watches all together.  All of them are battery powered.  Since I do not use a lot of them, I pull the stems out on them, so they do not run to save the battery power.

Earlier I ate a piece of pumpkin pie and a honeybell orange with some watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 4:55 A.M..

Michael Louis Scott Computer Expenses October 1990 to 01/27/2010

10/1/1990 through 01/27/2010 20 years and 4 months or 244 months

Subcategory Total

Income Categories
Internet Advertising 604.44
Other Income
Computer Items Sold 2,507.80
Computer rebates 1895.90
Total Other Income 3,468.32
Total Income Categories $5,008.14

Expense Categories
Computer Items
Hardware 19,527.84
Internic Registration 70.00
Online 5,371.80
Software 1,925.73
Computer Items - Unassigned 2,291.57

Total Computer Expense Categories $29,186.94

Grand Total $24,178.80

Divided by 244 months equals $99.10 a month average cost for computer activity.
 

AS Of JANUARY 27, 2010

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Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 4:25 A.M..  I rolled five package of Farmer's Gold and one package of Golden Harvest cigarettes and three extra cigarettes for 123 cigarettes total.  I watched www.cnn.com news while doing that. 

Basically when I roll cigarettes, I watch the news on television, and it goes a lot faster.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 2:20 A.M..  Windows 7 Compatibility Center home

BNI Building News Secure E-Z Order Form

America's Least Deadly Hospitals - Forbes.com

Newegg.com - The Newegg Top 10 BEST-SELLERS: $19.99 Logitech Cordless Mouse, $89.99 WD 640GB Portable HDD…

Thai Food, Groceries, Cookware and Asian recipes at ImportFood.com

Bill Gates: Recovery Will Take Years -- InformationWeek

Newegg.com - Shell Shocker Deal. Exclusive Jaw Dropping Savings on PC Components and Electronics.

BBC News - Man rescued from Haiti rubble two weeks after quake

BBC News - Disease fears in quake-hit Haiti

BBC News - Nasa accepts Spirit Mars rover 'stuck for good'

BBC News - Esa's Proba-2 demonstration satellite views eclipse

BBC News - Apple to unveil new product, amid swirl of speculation  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 1:30 A.M..  The Prime Minister of Haiti was on CSPAN this afternoon speaking from Montreal, Canada The Canadian Press: Haitian Prime Minister Bellerive known as political surivor, technocrat .  CIO

Walgreens over in Old Greenwich is opened 24 hours a day 7 days a week as is the CVS nearby at the Riverside Shopping Plaza.  CVS carries Bulger and Tops cigarette tobacco in 6 ounce cans for about $30.

I noticed at Walgreens that they have three different varieties of pipe tobacco in 12 ounce bags for $18.99 a bag.  I could not tell if it could by used for RYO tobacco in cigarettes.

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

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Note: <888> 01/27/10 Wednesday 12:15 A.M..  I am just about done cooking the top round eye round, and I will eat two half inch thick slices along with my usual vegetable mixture with butter and olive oil and watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.   CIO 

Note: <888> 01/26/10 Tuesday 11:15 P.M..  I woke up at 11:30 A.M. this morning, and I went downstairs.  They were in the process of installing the new double pane windows in the community room.  I then helped a neighbor jump start his car with a low car battery, and the neighbor gave me $5.  I then went back to bed until 4 P.M.. 

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I showered, and I cleaned up.

The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3160215A 160GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording) -Bare Drive for $49.99 with free shipping with promo code "EMCYZNN26" and Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive for $54.99 with free shipping for $104.98 arrived.

I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor, and I threw out the garbage.  I returned the Windows 7 book to the Greenwich Library.  I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I picked up a prescription.  I noticed that 24 ounce bottles of Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner were on sale for $1.99 down from $3.59, but they were out of them.  I then went by CVS at the Cos Cob shopping plaza, but they were out of them there too.  I then went by CVS at the Riverside Shopping plaza, but they were out of them too.  I toured the Radio Shack there too.  I then went by the CVS in Old Greenwich which is opened until 9 P.M. on week days, and they had seven of the bottles of Clorox Toilet Bowl cleaner, and I bought four for $1.99 each and .48 tax for $8.44 total.

I then sat out in front of the The HairCut Place , and I had a cigarette on the bench in front of it.  I need a hair cut, but in the cold weather, the longer hair keeps my head warm.  Also I have to be on a day schedule to get a hair cut.  I then used the bathroom at CVS.  I chatted with a employee about being awake at night around here.  I then walked the entire length of downtown Old Greenwich on Soundbeach Avenue, and I toured the shops.  There are quite a few restaurants opened there at night.  Also they have a number specialty shops there in the daytime.  The Rummage Room thrift shop has a 50% off sale going on.  I then use the bathroom at CVS again, and I chatted with the same employee about astronomy and volcanology which the employee knew quite a bit about.  I gave the employee a calling card. 

I then went by Walgreen's, and I bought six 5.71 ounce tubes of Pringle 25% less fat potato chips for $1.50 each and four 9 ounce jars of blue automatic bowl fresh for $1.99 each and .48 tax for $17.44 total.   I then returned home.  I brought up my purchases and the mail.  I chatted with two neighbors.  I chatted with a relative.

Deadly Haitian Quake in the Seismically Active Caribbean - NYTimes.com

Earthquake Early Warning System? Foxnews   .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/26/10 Tuesday 5:55 A.M..  Yesterday morning, I watched the Scarlet Pimpernal The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934).  This morning, I watched some television, and then I changed to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Number10.gov.uk monthly press conference on Cspan.  I noticed on the podium during the press conference, they put up the internet web address at http://number10.gov.uk/ which at least in the states comes up as a broken or non working link. 

I then watched Denis Cameron's Conservative Party's www.conservatives.com monthly press conference.

Sunny today and 28 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

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

Storm nearly rips roof off One Greenwich Plaza - GreenwichTime

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary Fairfield County  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/26/10 Tuesday 2:55 A.M..  Seagate hard drive and Rosewill Gift Combo Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!

Newegg.com - MSI Wind U110-031US Metallic Gray Intel Atom Z530(1.60GHz) 10.0" WSVGA 1GB Memory 160GB HDD Netbook - Netbooks  CIO

Note: <888> 01/26/10 Tuesday 2:35 A.M..  I made three DVD copies of the Windows 7 Digital Classroom DVD.  I also copied it to the five computers in the living room with Windows 7 RC partitions.  There is not enough room on the bedroom Gigabyte computer Windows 7 RC partition for it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/26/10 Tuesday 1:35 A.M..  I ate a honeybell orange.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation post this Haiti Earthquake Relief: How You Can Help - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Statement on Emergency Response to Haiti - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/26/10 Tuesday 1:00 A.M..  Haiti-bound cargo ship at Fort Pierce being loaded with construction equipment, supplies» TCPalm.com

Videos: Help to Haiti - Treasure Coast, FL | TCPalm.com

Samaritan's Purse International Relief to Haiti : Treasure Coast Photo Galleries : TCPalm.com: Local Treasure Coast, Florida News Delivered Throughout the Day.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/26/10 Tuesday 12:45 A.M..  Samaritan's Purse | International Relief

Haiti Earthquake Relief

Haiti Earthquake Relief

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Note: <888> 01/26/10 Tuesday 12:10 A.M..  Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica

Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program: Worldwide Holocene Volcano and Eruption Information

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3160215A 160GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording) -Bare Drive for $49.99 with free shipping with promo code "EMCYZNN26" and Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive for $54.99 with free shipping for $104.98.

BBC News - Gates says malaria vaccine could ready in three years  CIO

Note: <888> 01/25/10 Monday 11:40 P.M..  I made and ate the same dinner as last night.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/25/10 Monday 10:25 P.M..  I woke up at noon, when I had a computer magazine telephone call.  I woke up again at 3 P.M., when a Microsoft www.microsoft.com representative called me up.  They were giving me their telephone number, when I was disconnected.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor who lost a relative recently.  I went by the A&P Fresh, and I bought a 34 ounce bag of Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee for $14.99.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the Greenwich Tobacco shop to tell them about the pipe tobacco tax, which they already knew about.  I went by Zen Stationary, and I played for a dollar a Quick Silver II scratch card, but I lost.  They told me about Vaquero cigar cigarettes which cost $3 a package of 20, and they and come in lights and ultra lights too.  I might try them in the future.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, but they do not carry Vaquero cigar cigarettes.  I think Vaquero means "cowboy" in Spanish.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I went by CVS.  I bought four one liter bottles of Listerine Total Protection cinnamon mouth wash for $3.49 each for $3 off each plus .84 tax for $14.80 total.  I noticed the Douglas cosmetics shop across the street has closed, but their sign says, they have a store in Westport, Connecticut.  I finished my walk, and I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went by the Greenwich Library.  I check out the book "Windows 7 Digital Classroom" by Katie Shoup and the AGI Training Team.  It comes with a CD.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf station, and I bought $8 of self service premium gasoline for $3.379 a gallon for 2.367 gallons for 26.1 miles driving during the last 13 days for 11.027 miles per gallon at odometer reading of 65410 miles.  

I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 22 ounce Yesterday's Pumpkin pie for $2.50, three 8 roll packages of Stop and Shop hot dog buns for $5 all, a 12 ounce bottle of generic honey for $2.49, a top round eye round roast for $2.49 a pound for $6.25, buy one get one free of Oscar Meyer 16 ounce all beef franks for $4.39 both and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.64 for $21.77 total. 

I then returned home, and I brought up my groceries.  I put them away.  I chatted with a relative.   CIO     

Note: <888> 01/25/10 Monday 5:35 A.M..  JPMorgan Chase Reaches Out to Aid Victims of Haitian Earthquake

Heavy rain and wind with a 34 to 56 degree Fahrenheit temperature range.

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary Fairfield Country, Connecticut

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Try to stay dry today.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/25/10 Monday 5:15 A.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/25/10 Monday 4:10 A.M..  I ate a honeybell orange.  I still have 10 left, which I have been eating one a day.

One can order them from Florida Honeybells - Oranges - Ruby Red Grapefruit & Citrus Fruit Gift Baskets - Hale Groves .  You can call them at 1-800-BUY-HALE.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/25/10 Monday 3:50 A.M..  I bought for $1.99 Amazon.com: The 99 Most Essential Brahms Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive): Various Artists: MP3 Downloads

I burned it to 10 CDs, and I put them in the Sony Jute box, numbers 159 to 168.

I installed the updates on all of the computers Michael Louis Scott's Primary Computer System and other computer systems .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/24/10 Sunday 11:10 P.M..  I woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I watched part of a couple of movies on the Turner movie channel, and then I watched a Jim Cary movie about Africa.  I baked and ate 22 fish sticks which I ate with ketchup and horseradish sauce along with my usual steamed vegetable mixture and watered down punch.  I took a nap on the sofa.  I chatted with two relatives.  I watched the beginning of a movie about occupied Berlin after World War II on the Turner Movie channel.  CIO   

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/24/10: 

Note: <888> 01/24/10 Sunday 2:35 A.M..  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed.   Have a good morning.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/24/10 Sunday 2:25 A.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch and a honeybell orange. 

I watched the end of the movie "Ice Station Zebra".

Not much ever happens up here in the tundra of Connecticut in the winter.  We just do our simple maintenance routines around home.  I guess so many people have left the area to go south, that we are sort of the skeleton crew left around here to keep an eye on anything that needs to be done.  However, at my older age of 59 years old, I have been advised that I should not go out late at night or during the early morning hours walking around, so I am just maintaining my simple routines around the apartment, while I am on a night schedule. 

Not many people in the New York City area ever venture further north out here, so we mostly just see people from the Rye and Stamford areas, and a few people from Westchester County.

After living in the remote areas of Key West and Nantucket, this area seems busier to me than it probably does to the New York City people whom might venture out here on weekends for a change.

Most New York City people do not watch television, so when they come out here, they are probably coming out here for a simple change to the country.

It is currently 23 degrees Fahrenheit with afternoon showers and a temperature range of 41 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

Since Greenwich, Connecticut has become very expensive, I suppose that some of the people that use to live here have moved further out into the country in Connecticut.  The younger people still venture around late at night and during the early morning hours, so there is probably some night life activity around here somewhere for the younger people.

I have plenty of periodical literature to catch up reading.  Since it is suppose to rain this afternoon, I will probably not be going out, whenever I wake up today. 

Of course this winter, I am having a better winter than the last two winters, since I am using electric heat in the living room, which I could not afford to use during the previous two winters.  The Greenwich, Connecticut department of social services is suppose to help me make up the difference for the additional electricity.

You have to remember, my only luxuries are really cigarettes and the computers with the internet.  I never have any funds for any other activity other than sitting out and walking downtown.  Of course the internet keeps me busy, but I sometimes think that there might be more to life out there in the larger world.  However, it is a relaxing activity, and one does not have to deal with the confusion of venturing into Manhattan which can also be very expensive.  From my perspective Manhattan does not even exist, and for that matter the rest of New York City.

Basically, when one lives in New York City and does not have much money, it is just a lot of walking around in circles, where at least out here I have a car for my errands, and I have my simple necessities of life.  Thus it is better to have a more comfortable lifestyle out here than all of the distractions of the so called culture of Manhattan.

Having lived there, before I do not miss it at all.

Of course walking around out in the cold is a lot colder than driving around in a warm car.

I guess the reason that nobody networks with me is that they do not feel comfortable with computer people whom they probably consider to be a bit strange in terms of their more sedate routines of casual reading.

I have read enough in my life that I feel I am not missing too much by not reading all of the time.  However, I do not feel like I have had enough lifestyle experience to be of any worth as a writer, although during the days that I drank alcohol, I thought writing might be an interesting career.

The technical aspects of the computers and the internet have taken up a lot of my free time during the last 20 years.  As I have said many times, if I had have the money, I could have built a nice home or some other display of all of my work.  Once one turns off the computers in the apartments, there is not much to show for all of my work but blank monitor screens.

I still have the dark circles underneath my eyes, which comes from looking at the monitors all of the time.

I do not pay much attention to U.S.A. politics, since it tends to be like a non stop soap opera.

Of course, the U.S. government has a lot of office works, so they are probably using this technology too.

Whether anyone looks at their content is opened to debate.

I noticed on television more people seem to be wearing black suits instead of casual clothes, but dressing up better does not make people any smarter than they were in casual clothes.

In buying the two Premier cigarette rolling machines and the 20 cartons of cigarette tubes and the 14 plastic cigarette pack cases and stocking up on the nine pounds of tobacco this month, I have spent $566.51 in my RYO cigarette activities.  Hopefully the tobacco will last me a few months.  I might need to buy some more cigarette tubes in a couple of months.

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

I know cigarettes are a nasty dirty habit, but it is part of maintaining my own karma out her in the tundra of Connecticut based on my own experiences over almost 50 years here.

I do not think much has changed in terms of the status quo of America, it is just the media has it presents itself has changed.   CIO  

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 11:40 P.M..  It seems rather queer that the Liberals are legalizing marijuana around the country and at the same time increasing the tax on pipe tobacco.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 11:20 P.M..  I watched the end of the movie "The Guns of Navarone"

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Call it pipe tobacco slip through tax loophole - SFGate  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 9:30 P.M..  I put away the laundry.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 8:30 P.M..  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 8:00 P.M..  I have 35 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I put the new watch band on my Swiss Army watch.  The original was 19 MM or 20 MM wide, and using the 18 MM with the extra space around the pin holes to install is an easier installation.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 7:30 P.M..  I woke up at 1 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative down in Florida whom is better today.  I also chatted with another relative.  I watched www.foxnews.com , while I rolled another 182 Golden Harvest cigarettes.  It took about three hours or a minute a cigarette.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 5 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I picked up the mail.  The New Tanned 18mm Deerskin Watch Band fits Swiss Army - eBay (item 220541070098 end time Jan-22-10 08:21:13 PST) for $6.88 and $2 shipping for $8.88 total arrived.  CIO     

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 5:25 A.M..  BBC News - Venezuela oil 'may double Saudi Arabia'

Well, Taylor Sterling was the architect of the Rockefeller ranch in Venezuela and his partner was http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm , so maybe there is a chance that his Billy Baldwin Design Legends: Billy Baldwin: Design Legends: architecturaldigest.com decorating business will get off the ground sooner or later.  

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

There use to be a waiter at the Darien, Connecticut shopping center restaurant from Venezuela named Wilson Reed, and as I recall Taylor Sterling's roommate was from Venezuela, and Fred knew Alex Kruger who was raised on the Rockefeller ranch in Venezuela, and Steve Shook a Taft School class of 1968 from Venezuela, and as I recall during my last days at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , a very Nordic looking fellow showed up on campus in the spring of 1972 when I returned from Greece and Turkey, and he was from Venezuela.  Also the last time I toured the The Frick Collection: , they had a guitar player from Venezuela.  Also having lived down in Cayo Heuso, more than likely there might have been somebody there from further down south. 

However, Juan Carlos I of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia who is part of the Spanish Royal Family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia seems to interfere with me trying to network with the Spanish, and the last time I went down south, I ended up networking with someone from Bolton Place just north of Buckingham Palace, since I do not know Spanish.

Alas, since my Grandfather Scott had the same look as the former King of Norway that was photographed with President Bush, I might have some Norwegian connection that we lost track of in the Midwest many years ago.

Well stay warm, and that is all for this morning. 

There might be other dignitaries showing up in the Western Hemisphere soon for the upcoming 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Medals Results Schedule Sports : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics which I can not afford to attend, because I am just an old duffer with no money and no friends who can not take the cold weather anymore.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 4:25 A.M..  I ordered three 14 ounce Peter Stokkebye Norwegian Blend Pipe Tobacco: American RYO for $72.40 for three and $8.75 shipping for $81.15 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 3:55 A.M..  One can contact Number10.gov.uk using this form Contact Number 10 .

I contacted the http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/ British Embassy in Washington D.C. via telephone, and their security guard answered, so there is still somebody working their at nights.  Their telephone number is 1-202-588-6500, and at closing hours at night press 0 to get the Security Guard whom really should not be bothered unless, it is an emergency.  Also, since I use to have British friends, I try to network with them, but they tend to only pay attention to their own people anymore, since they do not like dealing with the Italian group out in Greenwich, Connecticut whom tend to be very Italian Mafioso. 

I saw a man that looked like Ronald Reagan yesterday sitting in front of the Senior and the Arts center wearing a Canadian flag on his jacket, and a Greenwich, Connecticut policeman was helping him out by calling an ambulance, I guess to take him to the local Greenwich Hospital.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 2:45 A.M..  I use to have some friends way down south in Dixie http://mikelouisscott.com/lmc-1959.jpg , but they probably forgot about me living way up north in Yankee land all of these years.  I hope my relative is all right down there midway down the coast in Florida.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 2:15 A.M..  I chatted with Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West about the price of tea in China.  It says here BBC News - Haitian woman, aged 84, found alive in quake rubble that 5,000 prisoners escaped from the jail in Haiti when it collapsed, so some of them might show up in South Florida trying to escape further away, so you should keep a sharp eye on the coast down there in southern Florida if you get my drift.  The last time, I was in Key West, Florida in February 1982, there were three United States Navy www.navy.mil Frigates Frigate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia moored off the Casa Marina, but it probably was not to provide extra security.  Since it was minus 26 degrees Fahrenheit in New York City, maybe some other people in the Navy got cold up north and moved south to warm up a bit.  I recall staying with one young fellow from Canada that looked a bit like Prince Andrew.  He lived in a small garage converted to a room near the Casa Marina.  There was one fellow that looked like Nelson Rockefeller that had a small apartment near the Key West jail.  Steve Bahil from Fennimore Cheese lived in a second floor apartment above the funeral home near the post office.

Back in 1977, when Jimmy Carter became President, we did not know what to do down there, so I suggested that the United States Government commandeer the hotel.  It was abandoned.  However, the property around the shoreline in Key West is owned by the United States government, and it is just leased.  If there is ever any security problems, they can easily take it back.  Originally the Marriott corporation had the hotel restored, and it was financed by the Equitable Life Insurance Company from Chicago, Illinois.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 1:05 A.M..  I ate a honeybell orange and the rest of the opened can of nuts.  More oranges and other tropical delights can be ordered from way down south in Florida from Florida Honeybells - Oranges - Ruby Red Grapefruit & Citrus Fruit Gift Baskets - Hale Groves .  You can call them at 1-800-BUY-HALE. 

There are a lot fat bubbas down in Florida, because a lot of food is produced down south.  Of course for health reasons, a lot of the seniors try to stay thinner. 

Since I have lived down south and as well as up north, I try to stay in touch with family down south, but frequently their experiences and reality is much more different than mine. 

Also my experiences on my own in Florida are a bit more different too, since I did not have much income, when I was down there on my own from September 1976 to April 1977, October 1977 to May 1978, December 1978 to April 1979, and a brief visit on my own in January and February 1982 as well as October 1983.  Florida seems friendly at first, but without much money it quickly turns against one.

Of course I have visited with family down there whom are more established than myself, and it is a different experience from what I have experienced on my own, when I usually was treated like a refugee.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/10 Saturday 12:50 A.M..  Saturday will be sunny and 25 to 39 degrees Fahrenheit.

FAT GATOR | Photos | TCPalm  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 11:50 P.M..  I went ahead and ordered $21.99 with free shipping LINKSYS WUSB54G USB 1.1/2.0 Wireless-G Adapter - Retail Newegg.com - Shell Shocker Deal. Exclusive Jaw Dropping Savings on PC Components and Electronics. .  I have the Hawking wireless device that I use in Kennebunkport, Maine, but it does not hurt to have a spare one.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 11:15 P.M..  The cheapest place I know of to stay near the Rockefellers in North Tarrytown, New York and www.ibm.com World Headquarters in Armonk, New York is the Extended Stay Hotels corporate housing hotel suites and discount hotel rooms in Elmsford, New York which also has a www.samsclub.com nearby to get cheaper food.  Of course, you might need a car which would be more expensive, if you did not have a car.  They also have a plumbing supply warehouse nearby which sells American Standard toilet parts.  I applied for a job nearby there in 1973 working for a word processing company.

IBM Research| Watson Research Center is nearby, and the only time I was there about 15 years ago or more, they would not let me check out the place, but they had a machine that did complete body scans of people trying to enter the secure laboratory.  However, while I was there, they let in a dozen people from Austria without any security checks.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 10:45 P.M..  $21.99 with free shipping LINKSYS WUSB54G USB 1.1/2.0 Wireless-G Adapter - Retail Newegg.com - Shell Shocker Deal. Exclusive Jaw Dropping Savings on PC Components and Electronics.   CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 10:35 P.M..  State Of California, Just One Example

Thought you'd might like to see these stats. Interesting reading right at the bottom.

 

Just One State 
This is only one State...If this doesn't open eyes, nothing will!   
  
   
From the L. A. Times
 
1. 
40% of all workers in   L. A. County ( L. A. County has 10.2 million people)are  working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card. 
2.  
95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens. 
3.  
75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.   
4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal, whose births were paid for by taxpayers. 
5. 
Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally. 
6. 
Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County  are living in garages. 
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. 
Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal. 
9. 21 radio stations  in L. A. are Spanish speaking. 
10.. In L. A. County 5.1 million people  speak English, 3.9 million speak Spanish. 
(There are 10.2 million people in L. A. County . ) 
    
 
 (All 10 of the above facts were published in the Los Angeles Times)   
    

  Less  than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare. Over 70% of the United States ' annual population growth(and over 90% of California , Florida , and New York ) results from immigration. 29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens .   
    
  We are fools for letting this continue!   
    
  HOW CAN YOU HELP ? 
    
  Send copies of this letter to at least two other people.  100 would  be even better. 

  This  is only one State................ 
    
If this doesn't open your eyes nothing will, and you wonder why Nancy Pelosi wants them to become voters! 

      


LET'S IMPEACH HER NOW BEFORE SHE DOES FURTHER DAMAGE!!    
IF YOU DON'T AGREE JUST DELETE--IF YOU DO--PASS IT ON!!   WHERE DO WE GET THESE MORONS' 
                        

    Windfall Tax on Retirement Income 
Adding a tax to your retirement is simply another way of saying to the American people, you're so darn stupid that we're going to keep doing this until we drain every cent from you.  That's what the Speaker of the House is saying.
Read below...............
Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income. 
In other words tax what you have made by investing toward your retirement. This woman is a nut case! 
You aren't going to believe this.
Madam speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to put a Windfall Tax on all stock market profits (including Retirement fund, 401K and Mutual Funds!  Alas, it is true - all to help the 12 Million Illegal Immigrants and other unemployed Minorities!
This woman is frightening.
She quotes...' We need to work toward the goal of equalizing income, (didn't Marx say something like this?), in our country and at the same time limiting the amount the rich can invest.'  (I am not rich, are you?)
When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she replied:
'We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities.  For example, we have an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities.  Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as 'Americans'.'

(Read that quote again and again and let it sink in.)  
'Lower your retirement, give it to others who have not worked as you have for it'.   

 Send it on to your friends.  I just did!! 
This lady is out of her mind and she is the speaker of the house!

 

CIO 

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 10:20 P.M..  I chatted with a relative twice in Florida.  The relative got food poisoning today.  I chatted with another relative in Texas twice.

We are doing better now than the last recession in the 1970s, when I only weighed a 130 pounds.  Back then a big lunch amongst the celebrity group in Manhattan was a water kress salad with Dijon vinaigrette dressing and a glass of white wine.  Dinner was usually Fettuccini Alfredo with a glass of white wine at the Isle of Capri at Third Avenue and 61st street or Dover sole stuffed with crab meat dressing and a few tips of asparagus at the Spring Street restaurant in SoHo.  Many times, we just survived on a 8 ounce Danon yogurt.  When we felt hungry we would go the Riviera cafe or the Buffalo Road house in Greenwich Village when one got a six ounce hamburger with home fries.  Also Melons and the place just north of it has the same burger.  Early morning breakfasts after hanging out all night were Eggs Benedict or Eggs Florentine at the Greenwich Restaurant on Greenwich Street or an omelet at David's Pot Belly on Christopher street in Greenwich Village.  However, for a couple of dollars more, you could have the same eggs uptown at the Brasserie at the Seagram's building.  My two primary meals at the delis were a liverwurst sandwich or if I had more money a roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll.  Sometimes, I would enjoy Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips nearby the Russian consulate in Manhattan.  For a while I lived near the meat packing district, but there were no cheap places to eat there except the Empire Diner.  The cheapest food, I knew was a Souvlaki stand on University Place just north of 13th street.  The Metropolitan Museum use to serve a roast beef dinner with mashed potatoes and beans and salad and ice tea at their cafeteria for $6.95 on Tuesday nights, so I guess some people thought I was rich.  The www.mcdonald.com hamburgers once they arrived in Manhattan were always over cooked and too dry and smaller than in the suburbs.  Rockefeller University had an inexpensive cafeteria where one could get and apple and yogurt and carton of milk for about $2.  George Cary's parents once took me to the River Club for dinner with his cousin, and we had a big roast beef dinner with Yorkshire pudding, and I recall drinking and relaxing and enjoying a few drinks of Southern Comfort with his cousin.  There use to be a small restaurant on Madison Avenue and 67th street that serves eggs and bacon and toast with orange juice for about $3.  At Madison Avenue and 78th street there was a cafeteria that served a good dinner for about $5.  Also there was a 24 hour automat at Third avenue and 42nd street.  Churchill's had a good burger at 70th street and Third Avenue like Melons and that place just north of it.  At Beekman Place and First Avenue and 50th street, there was a Greek coffee shop that served a standard breakfast for about $3.  One could have a croissant and a cup of coffee at the Citicorp Plaza for less than $2. Just west of Washington Square there were two coffee shops with one called the Pink Tea Cup and the other called The Bagel that served standard breakfasts of eggs, bacon, English muffin, orange juice, and coffee.  I ate at Down on the Farm in the West Village a couple of times as well as the Waverly Inn on Waverly Street, and south of Bedford Street at Commerce and Barrow streets was the Old Dutch Tavern that served two pork chops and vegetables for about $4.  I never found any cheap places to eat on Wall Street.  There was a vegetarian restaurant in the Village called The Front Porch.  Just south of the Dutch Deli at Third Avenue and about 82nd street there was a Hungarian restaurant that served Goulash for about $3.  East of 86th street and Third Avenue, there was a Philadelphia Steak sandwich place.  Driving out of New York City in the early morning hours after the pubs closed, I used to stop at a fresh bagel shop and buy a half dozen bagels for 15 cents each, and as I recall it was at Third Avenue and 74th street.  I only ate at Ray's Famous pizza uptown and downtown a few times.  I once ate at the TexArkansas restaurant, and I saw the Secretary of Defense there.  I recall eating at Daly's Daffodil and Daly's Dandelion quite a few times with your usual burger items.  One was at First Avenue and 59th street and the other was at Third Avenue and 60th street across from Yellow Fingers.  I ate a number of times at the Carnegie Deli next to Carnegie Hall or maybe it was the Russian Tea Room.  When I first arrived in Manhattan and in the earlier days, there was a Shraffts on Fifth Avenue.  I once ate at Pearls downtown on 2nd Avenue and the East Village.  I use to drink Sangria at the Bethesda Fountain cafe in Central Park.  I ate at Cafe Des Artists just off Central Park West and about 68th street.  I use to have a cup of coffee at the Watson Business school library at Columbia University.  I ate at Pizza Uno behind the Natural History Museum.  There are probably a few other places that I ate at too.  The Dover sole was always at the Spring Street restaurant in SoHo.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 8:05 P.M..  I chatted with Anstead's Tobacco Company: Great selection of cigars, pipes and tobacco , and they told me that they introduced legislation in congress today to tax pipe tobacco nationwide.  They do not think it will pass.

The recommended Anstead's Tobacco Company: Great selection of cigars, pipes and tobacco Norwegian Shag.  They told me that on the highway down there, cigarettes are $38 a carton.

I guess this is the pipe tobacco for RYO cigarettes that they are talking about Peter Stokkebye Norwegian Blend Pipe Tobacco: American RYO at $24.40 for 14 ounces, but they do not have a mild blend.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 7:45 P.M..  If you look at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Cigarette Stores - Google Search, it is probably the cheapest place to buy tobacco in the Unites States of America.  They also sell Canon Towels down their off Interstate 95, if you happen to be traveling north or south.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 7:35 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 6:05 P.M..  Mexico Water-Rock Interaction 2010

Elsevier Editorial SystemTM

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Dickies :: Men's Outerwear :: Unlined Eisenhower Jacket in 2XL in dark brown for $8.25 and $7 shipping for $15.25 total.

I ordered Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3160215A 160GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 3.5" Hard Drive (Perpendicular Recording) -Bare Drive for $49.99 with free shipping with promo code "EMCYZNN26" and Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive for $54.99 with free shipping for $104.98.  I will use them as backup hard drives for the FIC server.  Anyone with computer experience knows hard drives fail sooner or later.   CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 5:05 P.M..  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a neighbor.

According to an inside source, the last of the few people with a little bit of money left are still trying to network at the www.yale.edu club in Manhattan on the west side of Grand Central station.

I suppose all of the unemployed PC computer people in this area could network together and go up to Armonk and hold a protest in front of the www.ibm.com world headquarters in Armonk, New York, since they are supposedly still making a lot of money hiring foreigners instead of Unites States of America citizens.  However, they have always ignore me, although having lived here most of my life, my family knew the Watson family along with quite a few other people who might have connections with other companies.  However, the corporate elite here in Greenwich, Connecticut are all probably pushing up tulips or they have retired down south.  All we seem to be left with is younger financial people whom are suppose to know what they are doing business wise, but they seem to have a different business back ground and educational back ground from what I use to know many years ago.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 3:15 P.M..  I woke up, and I ate 80% of a 9.5 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I finally woke up at noon today.  During the last few days, I have been getting a lot of nonsense telephone calls usually with nobody there or telemarketing or computer magazines.  It makes it hard to sleep during the daytime.

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes. 

The order for the heavy duty 9 cell battery here Battery For Dell Latitude D410 Y6142 Y5179 Y5180 73WH - eBay (item 200413588728 end time Feb-01-10 01:17:50 PST) for $42.95 with free shipping arrived.  I connected it to the primary Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer.  I moved the one from there to the docking station.  I moved the one from there to the second docking station on the second Dell D410.

When I was downtown yesterday afternoon, Greenwich Avenue was deserted of people.  I guess nobody has any money to afford to go downtown during the Obama recession.  Since I have a good working environment at home, I feel it is best to stay at home and to keep working on the computers, which is what most people whom are computer savy do in this area.  There is not really anything downtown on Greenwich Avenue to keep me busy but a simple exercise walk which I have done so many times during the last 26 years, people seem to think I have some sort of official function like the town greeter.  Since the local schools get out earlier on Fridays, more than a few of the local youth are downtown trying to generate some activity amongst the local business community.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 3:35 A.M..  Today mostly cloudy and 21 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.  Do not take any wooden nickels from any cigar store Indians.   CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 3:30 A.M..  Kim Peek "The Real Rain Man" Products  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 3:10 A.M..  Nearby small company National Pro Resources - Port Chester, New York (NY) | Company Profile and National Professional Resources use to be the Cambridge University Press.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 3:00 A.M..  I ate some chicken Ramen noodles with a glass of watered down punch.  I also made up a fresh batch of punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 2:05 A.M..  I ate a honeybell orange.

Food Network, HGTV return to Cablevision - GreenwichTime

According to this a 12 ounce box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes Cereal now costs $3.79 Corn Flakes Cereal | Walgreens

One of those companies in Michigan that nobody pays attention to Kellogg’s – Home of cereals; breakfast foods; snacks; recipes .

Post Cereals is also in Michigan.

So is Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Baby Food | Gerber | Nestle Good Start | Graduates | Start Healthy, Stay Healthy

However, I think I got fat currently at 220 pound eating Welcome to Quaker Oats, a Division of PepsiCo a division of Pepsi a local company nearby in Purchase, New York.

My world famous recipe for Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal that costs $4.99 for a 48 ounce container at the local Stop and Shop is:

Put a half cup of Quaker Old Fashioned Oats in a microwave proof flat bowl.

Add about 7/8th of a cup of water.

Place in standard microwave oven with microwave cover on top of bowl.

Microwave on standard setting for 1 minute and 40 seconds.

Remove from Microwave and add a teaspoon of honey and 1/8th of a cup of milk and mix together.

Peel and slice one banana on to the oatmeal.

After a few years of eating this every morning, you will look like the jolly fat Quaker farmer on the Quaker Oats carton.

The President of Quaker Oats Mr. Douglas use to live in Lake Forest, Illinois, when I was there, and a fraternity brother dated his daughter.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/10 Friday 12:40 A.M..  I ordered Dickies :: Men's Outerwear :: Unlined Eisenhower Jacket in 2XL in dark brown for $8.25 and $7 shipping for $15.25 total.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 11:55 P.M..  LondonTown.com | Buckingham Palace Summer Opening | Buckingham Palace London

Eaton Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 11:15 P.M..  Download Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 & Exchange Server 2010 | Microsoft

I renewed my Greenwich Library card today for another three years.  They also gave me a small tag card that I put on my key ring.

Sakurajima Volcano

UW Oshkosh Geology Department

CBGA 2010 - Thessaloniki, Greece, 23-26 September 2010

VERSITA

BestBuy $10 off coupon on some items

Glenlivet Night January 25

Louis XVI (king of France) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

BBC News - Carbon nanotubes used to make batteries from fabrics  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 10:10 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices of processed cheese with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and five strips of bacon and a toasted English muffin with butter and watered down passion punch and green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 8:05 P.M..  I woke up at 9 A.M., when I had a telephone call about a conference from the Gartner Group in Stamford, Connecticut.  I was too tired to chat.  I woke up again about 11 A.M., when a relative called.  I finally got up about noon.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I hung the various flags again from the hallway bookcases.  I chatted briefly with a friend.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by the Greenwich Tobacco shop, and I suggested that they sell Farmer's Gold pipe tobacco, but they were not interested.  I stopped by Zen Stationary and the Greenwich Tobacco store, and I also told them about Farmer's Gold pipe tobacco.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store.

I gave one of their staff a calling card, and I told their staff about:

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

I also stopped by CVS, and I told them about Farmer's Gold pipe tobacco.

I stopped by the AT&T phone store and Ritz camera.  They have a telescope system on sale at Ritz camera for $60.

I stopped by Charles Stuttig locksmith, and I got a copy made of my Stant gasoline tank gas cap made for $3.18.  I put it with the valet key chain for the Audi.

I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center during my walk and after my walk.

I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with one of the staff members.

I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a Yesterday's six pack of Kaiser rolls for $1.25, a six pack of Stop and Shop hot dog rolls for $1.34, a half gallon of Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for $3, buy one get one free of 16 ounce Smithfield bacon for $4.99 both, a three pound bag of baby red potatoes for $2.99, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.43 for $15.00 total.

I then went back home, and I picked up my mail.  I was told that one of our neighbors who was sick passed away this morning.

I put away the groceries.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 3:45 A.M..  Greenwich Diva: Keeping it “REAL” in Greenwich, Connecticut, and around the WORLD

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

Mostly sunny and it will be 29 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit today.  

I had to reinstall the Adobe Flash Player to get the Cravath page to work, and when it installed, it still would not work, so I went to the Flash directory and uninstalled it, with the uninstall file.  It left three files that could not be removed, so I renamed them X,Y,Z; and then I reinstalled the Adobe Flash player, and it now works fine.  I have had the problem before in the past.  One can not do a safe boot as I recall to remove them.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 3:10 A.M..  Two local law firms in Manhattan Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP .  Of course the last time I looked, they were at the Chase www.chase.com Plaza in downtown Manhattan.  More than likely, since I am not a lawyer, a few other lawyers around here are sort of amused by some of the local ambulance chasers.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 2:25 A.M..  Home Kennebunk & Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce, Kennebunk, Maine

Kennebunkport, Maine (04046) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 2:15 A.M..  I cleaned the Ionic Pro air purifier.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 1:20 A.M..  BBC News - Air France may bar obese passengers from flights

I gave $10 to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Donation Form .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 12:45 A.M..  FOXNews.com - Obama to Seek New Power to Limit Bank Risks  CIO

Note: <888> 01/21/10 Thursday 12:35 A.M..  British Royal Family Annual Financial Reports

I download and installed Google Earth .  I printed out with the Samsung Color laser printer two pictures from the sky of 71 Vinci Drive and two pictures of Buckingham Palace from the sky, and then with one of the pictures of Buckingham Palace on top, I put them on top of the photo of Prince Charles and his sons in the Plexiglas frame, and I hung it above the top mirror on the inside of the apartment door.  I moved the wedding photo of Prince Wilhelm and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands to in between the two mirrors, and I moved from there, the old Paris, France post card to underneath the spice shelf in the kitchen by the smoking chair.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 11:15 P.M..  10 Downing street is at the other end of St. James Park to the east of Buck House, and near there is the Westminister Tube station, so I guess one could take public transportation there, if you could find the entrance to the tube.

Westminister Cathedral is to the south of Buck House.

Eaton Square is a few blocks southwest of Buck House.

Eaton Place is slightly north of there.

Grosvernor Place is just southwest of Buck House gardens.  The Grosvernor family are suppose to own 400 acres in London.

The Thames River runs north and south just east of Westminster.  Then it goes east and west on either end of that.

The Victoria Memorial is in front of Buck House.

The Queen's Gallery is due east of Buck House.

Buck House is not a solid building but a square facade of buildings.

They seem to have an earthen center court.

Wellington Arch is slight west north west of Buck House.

There looks to possibly be a green house on the south side of Buck house and possibly another one on the northwest corner, but on closer examination, probably not.

They seem to park their cars on the south east corner of Buck house.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 10:45 P.M..  The British are suppose like Fish and Chips, so I guess one could set up a Fish and Chips shop nearby it to spy on them, but I think the neighborhood is very expensive to rent in. 

Richard Mercy that I met at Paradise Island in the Bahamas is suppose to live near them on Eaton Square, so he might know them.

However, all of the pictures I see of the British Royalty, they look like they stay thin and fit, so they probably would not want to see somebody that weighs 220 pounds which I think is about a 100 kilograms.  Anyway it takes money to go to London, and they seem to have enough influence with the Rockefellers here to keep me from having enough money to go there.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 10:25 P.M..  If you look at this, you can zero in on Buckingham Palace Search future engagements Map which is sort of interesting to see what else is in the neighborhood.  I guess they live in some sort of park like Central Park, but they call it Buckingham Palace Gardens.  You have to remember, I have never been to London, Ireland, Scotland or Wales; but I have seen a lot of their propaganda over the years.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 10:10 P.M..  On this page Welcome to the official website of the British Monarchy on the right under latest videos, I watched Prince Charles speech at the Copenhagen summit on Global Climate Change.  I also watched Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Oxford University.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 9:25 P.M..  I ate two hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup and a honeybell orange with watered down punch.  I chatted with a relative.  The little telephone ear piece by my primary Vista computer has not worked recently.  I noticed there is a label on it saying it has to be turned on to charge up, so I am now charging it up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 8:05 P.M..  CBC Haiti Relief

I added their list to:

Haiti Earthquake Relief

Haiti Earthquake Relief

CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 7:45 P.M..  I ate the rest of the opened 10 ounce of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.

iTouchless 13-gallon Stainless Steel Automatic Trash Can | Overstock.com $56.04 and $2.95 shipping today only.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 6:20 P.M..  IBM's Spy Deal

IBM Falls Despite Earnings Beat - Forbes.com

Biltmore Email Newsletter

Contact the White House | The White House

BBC News - Wildlife photographer stripped of award

BBC News - New York Times website to charge CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 5:15 P.M..  The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order from Cigars, Pipes, Pipe Tobacco, and Smoking Accessories at PipesandCigars.com , a 16 ounce bag of Stoker's Number 2 Ultra Light for $53.84 at Stokers #2 RYO Tobacco and two Gambler Tube Cut Ultra Light 8 ounce for $27.99 each Gambler RYO and 10 Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) for $27.49 for $137.31 total with free shipping on a $100 order arrived.  I now have about 4.5 pounds of tobacco, which would be 72 ounces of tobacco or enough to make about 10 more cartons of Premier Lights 100 mm cigarettes with filters.  I could mixed up my own blend with the various tobaccos, but I would rather keep the pouches sealed until I am ready to use them.

Because of this 21st Century Boston Tea Party, it does not hurt to stock up on a little bit of extra Roll Your Own tobacco.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 4:55 P.M..  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I moved my car to its usual place.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a neighbor about the price of tea in China.

I got a Christmas card from George and Barbara Bush George Bush Presidential Library and Museum which mentions the Cancer Treatment and Cancer Research - MD Anderson Cancer Center .  I put it in the frame over last years Christmas card, and I hung it back up on the upper back side of the apartment entrance door.  CIO    

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 2:50 P.M..  I injected eight packages of 20 Premier Lights 100 mm with Farmer's Gold Pipe Tobacco Smooth Mild Blend.  I watched www.foxnews.com while doing that.

One can fit 20 of the 100 mm filter cigarettes in the Mitchell Thomas plastic cigarette cases.  One puts in 7 along the bottom, and then 6 in the middle row, and then 6 on the top row, and then one pulls out the cigarettes part way from the case, and one can stick a 7th cigarette on the top row for 20 total. 

I wander if this is how Philip Morris and the Reynolds family and the Duke family started out.  My branch of the Scott family being one of the First Families of Virginia might have some relatives down south that still grow tobacco, but since my branch of the Scott family lived out in Illinois for over 150 years, we probably lost touch with them, when we were growing corn and soy beans and working on the Illinois Central Railroad and whatever else they do out in Illinois.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 1:10 P.M..  I woke up last night, and I ate 80% of a 10 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I finally woke up at 9 A.M. this morning.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup of the primary Vista computer from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.

FedEx delivered the order with tracking of FedEx tracking on the order for five 8 ounce bags of Farmer's Gold Pipe Tobacco - Smooth Mild Blend: American RYO for $56.70 and $8.75 shipping for $65.45 total and the order of Amazon.com: PREMIER Supermatic Cigarette Injector Machine: Sports & Outdoors for $34.99 and $6.49 shipping for $41.48 total.

I am now rolling more Farmer's Gold cigarettes.  The Farmer's Gold pipe tobacco works just fine in the Premier cigarette injector machine.  I am watching television while doing that.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO    

Note: <888> 01/20/10 Wednesday 12:20 A.M..  While waiting for my appointment on Tuesday, I looked briefly at a U.S. News and World Report magazine on Education in the United States of America.  It mentioned that Santa Cruz, California had the best magnet school in the U.S.A..  In the states ranking, Connecticut was number 1 followed by Massachusetts.  The sad part on the back cover of the magazine, it said that 4,000 U.S.A. teenagers die in car wrecks every year.

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

Mostly sunny and 26 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 11:50 P.M..  Scott Brown for US Senate: Live Video Feed

BBC News - Republican win in Massachusetts threatens Obama agenda CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 11:40 P.M..  wrentham massachusetts - Google Maps

Town of Wrentham

Wrentham, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 11:30 P.M..  FOXNews.com - Brown Scores Upset Victory Over Coakley in Massachusetts Senate Race  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 11:20 P.M..  I ate the last piece of blueberry pie with some watered down punch.  I have a large plastic Rubbermaid cake holder that I will keep my tobacco in to keep it fresher.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 10:50 P.M..  This Google - public data Earth Population says the Planet Earth Population is 6,692,030,277.

This WikiAnswers - What is the average lifespan of a human being says the average human life span on the Planet Earth is 66.5 years.

There are 365.25 days in a Year.  This we all know.

Thus 365.25 times 66.5 equals 24,289.125 days, the average person lives on the Planet Earth.

Thus divide the World Population 6,692,030,277 divided by the numbers of days an average person might live of 28,289.125 means on average that 236,558.40458 people die on the Planet Earth every day. 

Thus although in catastrophes like the Haiti Earthquake a lot of people like up to 200,000 people might have died.  In terms on the Planet Earth more than that die every day anyway.  Of course most of them are probably older people, so when catastrophes happen more younger people probably die.  Anyway, it is food for thought.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 9:15 P.M..  The Next Bill Gates

Tracking is FedEx tracking on the order for five 8 ounce bags of Farmer's Gold Pipe Tobacco - Smooth Mild Blend: American RYO for $56.70 and $8.75 shipping for $65.45 total.

Segway now owned by British millionaire | Business Tech - CNET News  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 8:50 P.M..  I made the same boneless breast of chicken dinner that I have been eating recently.  I chatted with two relatives.

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order from Cigars, Pipes, Pipe Tobacco, and Smoking Accessories at PipesandCigars.com , a 16 ounce bag of Stoker's Number 2 Ultra Light for $53.84 at Stokers #2 RYO Tobacco and two Gambler Tube Cut Ultra Light 8 ounce for $27.99 each Gambler RYO and 10 Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) for $27.49 for $137.31 total with free shipping on a $100 order.    CIO 

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 6:25 P.M..  I dropped a piece of mail outside a neighbors apartment.  I threw away the calendar shipping box.

FOXNews.com - Earthquakes Can Help Forecast Volcanic Eruptions

Hough, S.: Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction.

The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre

Earthquake Early Warning from Seismic Warning Systems - Home

California Develops Earthquake Early-Warning System : NPR

ElarmS - Earthquake Alarm Systems

http://www.elarms.org/EEWinUS.pdf

Welcome to the CISN

ANSS - Advanced National Seismic System

ElarmS - Earthquake Alarm Systems

National Earthquake Information Center - NEIC

U.S. Geological Survey - National Strong-Motion Project - NSMP

ANSS - Advanced National Seismic System

USGS Hazards

ANSS Backbone

U.S. Geological Survey - Newsroom Earthquake Early Warning System Possible

California develops earthquake early-warning system | 89.3 KPCC

Early Warning System For Earthquakes: Seismic 'Stress Meter' Warned Of Earthquake 10 Hours In Advance

California's earthquake warning system lags those in Europe Japan - SFGate

Of course an earthquake fault line is suppose to lie in Greenwich, Connecticut running east to west just north of the Boston Post Road.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 5:25 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I sat out briefly at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I paid a dollar to park.  I then went by the Greenwich Library: Welcome .  I chatted briefly with a staff member and a regular British user.

My old disaster information pages are 10 years out of date, but they might still have some working links.

Disaster Information, Scott's Internet Hotlist

Disaster Information, Scott's Internet Hotlist

With search engines, list directories tend not to be used anymore.

Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) now appears to be a U.S. Government Agency Volunteers for Prosperity .

In the pasts, I knew that RCA Global Communications RCA Global Communications NY | Official Website was suppose to have 5,000 people working down in the Bahamas on Satellite communications for Caribbean communications.

Also Cable & Wireless is suppose to have a major presence in the Caribbean.

I returned home.  I picked up the mail.

The order with

tracking of USPS - Track & Confirm on the order for

 365 Days in Great Britain 2010 Wall Calendar | CALENDARS.COM for $7.79 after 40% off

English Cottages & Castles 2010 Wall Calendar | CALENDARS.COM for $8.37 after 40% off

London 2010 Deluxe Wall Calendar | CALENDARS.COM for $7.77 after 40% off for $23.93 with free shipping on $20 order arrived. 

Today you could get the same order for 50% off.

I hung the 365 day Great Britain calendar from the refrigerator magnet hook in the kitchen.

I put the other two British calendars on the two panels of the right living room closet door.  I moved the two volcano calendars to the two panels on the left living room closet door.  I moved the horse calendar from the there to the hallway sweater closet door.  I also moved the photograph of Prince Charles with his two sons back to the small white bookcase at the kitchen entrance.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 1:25 P.M..  I ate a piece of blueberry pie and a honeybell orange with watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up.  I will then go out for my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 12:50 P.M..  50% off today and free shipping on $15 order Calendars.com - One Day Only - Half Off Sitewide Clearance + Free Shipping

TCPalm.com: Local Treasure Coast, Florida News Delivered Throughout the Day.

BBC News - US troops fan out as Haiti aid efforts gain momentum  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 12:20 P.M..  Quake hits off Cayman Islands - CNN.com

6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off Guatemalan coast - CNN.com  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 12:15 P.M..  Scott Brown Posed Nude in Cosmo - Cosmopolitan.com

Elect Scott Brown to the United States Senate | Official Scott Brown for United States Senate Site  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 11:40 A.M..  I woke up at 9 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.

I chatted with a relative.

Magnitude 5.8 - CAYMAN ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude 5.8 - OFFSHORE GUATEMALA

The order with tracking of http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?tracknumbers=809732360085009&cntry_code=us&language=english&clienttype=ivother& on the order for 14 Mitchell Thomas FlipTop (100MM): American RYO for $41.30 and $6.50 shipping for $47.80 total arrived.

I can fit 19 100 mm cigarettes with filters in one of the Mitchell Thomas flip top cases.   CIO  

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 1:00 A.M..  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed.

Snow showers today with a temperature range of 29 to 41 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/10 Tuesday 12:25 A.M..  Hopefully the Farmer's Gold pipe tobacco will work with the cigarette filter tubes in the Premier injector machine.  If it is too flaky, I could always grind it up finer in the CuisineArt. 

At 2.5 pounds for $65.45 that is 40 ounces divided by $65.45 or $1.64 an ounce times 7 ounces to a carton of 100 mm lights or $11.46 plus $4 for a carton of the Premier Lights tubes works out to about $15.46 a carton or 7.73 cents a cigarette for 100 mm lights.  I do not know if there is a pipe tobacco tax from New York to Connecticut, but it would not be anymore than the cigarette tobacco tax of 20 cents an ounce which would add another $1.40 a carton or about $16.86 total a carton or 8.43 cents a cigarette for 100 mm lights.

If for some reason I can not use the Farmer's Gold for injector cigarettes, I can always smoke it in my pipe.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 11:55 P.M..  I ordered five 8 ounce bags of Farmer's Gold Pipe Tobacco - Smooth Mild Blend: American RYO for $56.70 and $8.75 shipping for $65.45 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 11:25 P.M..  Tracking is http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?tracknumbers=809732360085009&cntry_code=us&language=english&clienttype=ivother& on the order for 14 Mitchell Thomas FlipTop (100MM): American RYO for $41.30 and $6.50 shipping for $47.80 total.

!!!!! Farmer’s Gold RYO Tobacco: American RYO in pipe tobacco cut at cheaper price

IVHHN.ORG  CIO

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 10:35 P.M..  To replace my broken Swiss Army watch band, I bought New Tanned 18mm Deerskin Watch Band fits Swiss Army - eBay (item 220541070098 end time Jan-22-10 08:21:13 PST) for $6.88 and $2 shipping for $8.88 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 9:55 P.M..  They were all coming back from the long holiday weekend earlier this evening Westchester County - AirportMonitor - by Megadata - powered by PASSUR .  You have to have Download Free Java Software - Sun Microsystems on you computer for the airport monitor to work. 

Not much really ever happens in Greenwich, Connecticut U.S.A., since half of the town is under 16 years old, and seems to watch a lot of children's entertainment particularly cartoons on television Hulu - Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free. and Hulu - Search The Simpsons.   CIO

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 9:05 P.M..  While napping I had a call from a relative.  I woke up at 5:30 P.M..  I ate a honeybell orange.  I read three back issues of Maximum PC.  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and another hot dog without bun and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  I threw out the garbage and some old computer magazines.  I chatted with a neighbor who had a relative pass away recently.  I chatted with a relative.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  CIO     

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 2:30 P.M..  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch along with a piece of blueberry pie.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  I might go out after that.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 1:50 P.M..  Google Earth Reveals Haiti Earthquake Devastation - Search Engines from eWeek

Elect Scott Brown to the United States Senate | Official Scott Brown for United States Senate Site

BBC News - Haiti quake: Death toll may be 200,000, US general says  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 12:15 P.M..  I computer magazine telephone call from St. Lucia, tropical islands caribbean vacation paradise .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/18/10 Monday 11:10 A.M..  I woke up last night, and I ate the other half of the 9.75 ounce can of CVS whole cashew nuts.  I finally woke up at 8:30 A.M. this morning.  I watched a television show on www.msnbc.com about Bill Gates that was first broadcast when Windows Vista was launched.  I guess not much else is known about him, since he retired.  I watched some other morning news.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 11:05 P.M..  I watched the end of a program on the Biography Channel about Henry Ford www.ford.com .  This Wednesday evening on the Biography Channel, they have a program on the Rockefeller family The Rockefeller University.

I am a bit worn out, and I guess I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon. 

Morning showers tomorrow with a temperature range of 31 to 44 degrees Fahrenheit.   CIO  

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 9:35 P.M..  Of course, if I have the cigarettes cases, the cigarettes that I roll up to a week ahead of time before I smoke them will stay fresher. 

Thus I ordered 14 Mitchell Thomas FlipTop (100MM): American RYO for $41.30 and $6.50 shipping for $47.80 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 9:20 P.M..  Custom Blends Roll Your Own and Make Your Own Tobacco, The Best Selection of Roll Your Own and Make Your Own Tobacco

I can find any better deal on cigarette cases, but I will hold off for now and keep using my old King Mountain packages.  One has to make sure they are Roll Your Own 100 mm cigarette cases and not cigarette package cases, because one has to make sure the case has a bottom and is not made to slide in a package with an opened bottom.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 8:45 P.M..  I found this 12ct.100mm.CIGARETTE PACK HOLDER for $15, but you need a resale tax number.

They have this web site lucienne.com which also needs a resale tax number.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 7:35 P.M..  At Cigarette Cases, Card Cases, Pill Cases :: Cigarette Case Superstore , these are available Hard Box Full Pack Cigarette Case (100's Size) (One Dozen) for $29.99 and $7.95 shipping.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 6:15 P.M..  To have a backup cigarette injector machine, I ordered Amazon.com: PREMIER Supermatic Cigarette Injector Machine: Sports & Outdoors for $34.99 and $6.49 shipping for $41.48 total.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 6:05 P.M..  I ate the same meal as yesterday along with a Honeybell.

This is about the best deal on 100 mm plastic flip top cigarette cases Mitchell Thomas FlipTop (100MM): American RYO , but I would need about 17 of them and with shipping they would cost me about $60, so for now I will continue to use my Old King Mountain 100 cigarette boxes.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 4:10 P.M..  I chatted with a friend.

BBC News - Haiti earthquake aid deliveries still slow

BBC News - US Presidents launch Haiti cash appeal

BBC News - Alligators and birds share lung structure and ancestor

BBC News - Social networks and the web offer a lifeline in Haiti  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 3:25 P.M..  Net order, I should order some 100's cigarette cases Cigarette Accessories.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 3:10 P.M..  I ordered from Cigars, Pipes, Pipe Tobacco, and Smoking Accessories at PipesandCigars.com , a 16 ounce bag of Stoker's Number 2 Ultra Light for $53.84 at Stokers #2 RYO Tobacco and two Gambler Tube Cut Ultra Light 8 ounce for $27.99 each Gambler RYO and 10 Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) for $27.49 for $137.31 total with free shipping on a $100 order.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 2:35 P.M..  Welcome to the United Nations Foundation: Donate to the CERF

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative.

I rolled 8 packages of 17 Premier Lights 100s cigarettes with filters with Gold Harvest Ultra Light tobacco.  They taste sort of like a Marlboro Ultra Lights 100s.

I watched Presidents Bush and Clinton on both www.cnn.com and www.foxnews.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/17/10 Sunday 11:10 A.M..  I watched a Las Vegas movie Oceans 15 after the last note.  I went to bed at 11 P.M..  I woke up, and I ate half of a 9.75 ounce can of CVS whole cashew nuts.  I finally woke up at 9 A.M. this morning.

Connie Maniatty Death Notice: Connie Maniatty’s Obituary by the GreenwichTime.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/16/10: 

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 9:00 P.M..  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Afternoon rain tomorrow and 35 to 38 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 8:55 P.M..  I ate a 1/5th piece of blueberry pie with watered down punch.

If I do not like the cheaper Gold Harvest cigarette tobacco that I have on hand, I might order a 16 ounce bag of Stoker's Number 2 Ultra Light for $53.84 at Stokers #2 RYO Tobacco or Gambler Tube Cut Ultra Light 8 ounce for $27.99 Gambler RYO Tobacco .  However, I have enough tobacco for now.

I read in a blog that Golden Harvest cigarette tobacco although cheaper has lots of stems and dust which is not good for cigarette injector machines Stuffing Your Own : Tobacco : Brands : Golden Harvest.

I updated:

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

CIO 

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 6:50 P.M..

Michael Louis Scott's Resumee

Michael Louis Scott's Resumee  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 6:45 P.M..  My last office job was for six months as an expeditor in the beginning of 1976 with Daniel Construction of Greenville, South Carolina, which later became part of Fluor EPCM Services: Engineering Procurement Construction and Maintenance Services | Design, Build and Construction .  My father was a major client of theirs when he worked with Chemstrand and Monsanto www.monsanto.com  and Continental Can.  Dad also worked for a while for a local company in Fairfield County, Connecticut called Combustion Engineering which became The ABB Group - Automation and Power Technologies .  His last job was with KW Online : King Wilkinson (Saudi Arabia) Ltd. which is now part of AMEC .  Dad was a chemical engineer from Champaign, Illinois.  He retired in 1982, and he passed away in January 1989.  Alas I am not an engineer just a self taught computer nerd.  Since I do not have any corporate skills, I have been keeping busy with home computers in Greenwich, Connecticut for the last 20 years of the last 26 years that I have been here, since I moved off www.nantucket.net , where I was a dishwasher and pot scrubber during the last recession.  Thus I keep busy with home computers, and I do not pay much attention to Wall Street, although I have a bachelor of arts degrees in Economics from www.lfc.edu .  Apparently, when I did the independent studies project in the summer of 1971 to make up three failed course credits in Quantum Mechanics and Advanced Calculus, I was given the three course credits for my independent studies project at www.polaroid.com where Dad also worked, and it was to do with computer programming in the Cobol programming language on an IBM 360 mainframe.  However, in the tight economic times, Lake Forest College wanted an additional $7,500 for the three course credits, although I did not do any of the independent studies work on the college campus.  Since that fee was never paid, Lake Forest College would not release my college transcript during all of my years of job hunting, which made it difficult to get a job, if not impossible.  I did not learn that until about 1986, when I applied for a six month job in the legal department of www.ibm.com ,and they told me Lake Forest College would not release my college transcript.  I did graduate from Lake Forest College, and I have a diploma at home to prove it.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 6:10 P.M..  GeoCanada 2010 Conference - Abstract Submission Form

JPMorgan Chase Earns $11.7 Billion in Year - NYTimes.com

BBC News - German government warns against using MS Explorer

BBC News - US Presidents launch Haiti cash appeal

Free Vancouver Olympics 2010 Journal

The Press Association: Nasa cuts price for space shuttles

Bargain Outfitters - Bargains, Discounts, Markdowns, Deals, on Boots, Clothing, Outdoor Gear at Bargain Outfitters  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 5:30 P.M.. Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Donation Form

I ate a Honeybell after dinner.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I moved my Audi to its usual place.  I chatted with a neighbor who had her shopping cart taken, when she left it briefly outside this morning.  I picked up the mail.  I watered the plants.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 4:00 P.M..  I am making a baked seasoned breaded boneless breast of chicken with a baked onion and my usual steamed vegetable mixture with butter and olive oil, which I will eat with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 3:15 P.M..  I put away the laundry.

The parking lot of the ice skating rink in back is totally filled up, so I guess the ice skating rink is busy.

For the primary Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer battery, I ordered the heavy duty 9 cell battery here Battery For Dell Latitude D410 Y6142 Y5179 Y5180 73WH - eBay (item 200413588728 end time Feb-01-10 01:17:50 PST) for $42.95 with free shipping.  I will move the battery that is in it now to the docking station, and I will move the battery from the primary Docking station to the second Dell D410 laptop docking station.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 1:50 P.M..  I have 30 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 1:15 P.M..  I woke up at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I surfed the internet.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 10 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 1:35 A.M..   Today will be partly cloudy with 29 to 43 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/10 Saturday 12:50 A.M..  Army Navy Outfitters Military Surplus Clothing Army Navy Store Military Uniform Accessories Military Clothing - Uncle Sams Army Navy Outfitters

AARP Foundation: Help the Older Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti.

Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2010 - Toppage  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/10 Friday 11:35 P.M..  I chatted with another relative.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.

I went to the American Red Cross local donation page American Red Cross: Your Local Red Cross Chapter , and I donated $10 to the The Greenwich, Connecticut Red Cross which is all that I can afford.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/10 Friday 10:00 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  I went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I used the bathroom  twice at the Senior and the Arts center.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought buy one get one free of 120 caplets Glucosamine Chondroitin double strength for $31.49 both.  I finished my walk.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a regular and a staff member.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a yesterday's 22 ounce blueberry pie for $3, a six pack of Nature's Promise subway rolls for $2.50, sliced provolone cheese for $5.99 a pound for $6.08, sliced Virginia ham for $5.99 a pound for $9.22, a three pack of Purdue boneless breasts of chicken for $2.49 a pound for $4.06, and Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $2.41 for $27.27 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my groceries.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/10 Friday 4:10 P.M..  I threw out the garbage.  I picked up the mail.  I finally got my Connecticut Renter's Rebate of $700.  I will have to make it last, so I can do better through the winter.  I will now go out downtown.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/10 Friday 3:20 P.M..  I updated with more links:

Haiti Earthquake Relief

Haiti Earthquake Relief

I received a quarter of a bushel of mini Honeybells Supreme from Florida Honeybells - Oranges - Ruby Red Grapefruit & Citrus Fruit Gift Baskets - Hale Groves .  You can call them at 1-800-BUY-HALE. 

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

I will now shower and clean up.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/10 Friday 11:55 A.M..  I had a computer magazine telephone call.

I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.

A friend of my family who has cruised on cruise ships for over 50 years was on a cruise ship off of Haiti when the earthquake occurred, and the friend reported the ocean turbulence off of Haiti was the roughest that she had ever experienced at sea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/15/10 Friday 11:05 A.M..  I posted these pages:

Haiti Earthquake Relief

Haiti Earthquake Relief

CIO 

Note: <888> 01/15/10 Friday 10:55 A.M..  I woke up at 6 A.M.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I watched the news about Haiti.  I went back to bed until 10 A.M..  I watched more news about Haiti.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 9:10 P.M..  Sunny tomorrow with a temperature range of 29 to 44 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 8:45 P.M..  I chatted with two relatives.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 7:40 P.M..  I watched the NBC Evening news about Haiti.  They said their web site NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: News and videos from the evening broadcast NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: News and videos from the evening broadcast- msnbc.com has a list of Haiti relief donation sites Haiti earthquake: How to help - Nightly News- msnbc.com

The William J. Clinton Foundation has a Donation page William J. Clinton Foundation | Haiti Earthquake Relief .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 6:20 P.M..  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices of processed cheese with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and five strips of bacon and a toasted English muffin with butter and watered down passion punch and green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 4:55 P.M..  2010 Detroit auto show - CNET Reviews

Albert Schweitzer (Alsatian-German theologian and physician) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

Cities on volcanoes - Tenerife 2010

BBC News - Haiti earthquake death toll 'may be 50,000'

BBC News - Gene map of anti-malaria plant could boost supply

BBC News - Space station needs 'extension to 2020'  CIO

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 3:50 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  I threw out the garbage.  I went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the CVS pharmacy on Greenwich Avenue, and I picked up a prescription.  I then drove further downtown.  I walked upper Greenwich Avenue, and I skipped lower Greenwich Avenue.  Lower Greenwich Avenue tends to be too much of a drag with the transportation center and all of the bars.  Upper Greenwich Avenue tends to be more upbeat.  I then returned home.  I picked up my mail. 

Bill Clark seems to have gotten over writer's block Greenwich Gossip .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 12:10 P.M..  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go out for my 1 P.M. appointment.

Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 10:45 A.M..  I signed the Section 8 Lease Agreement with the Greenwich Housing Authority representative, and I also turned in the appropriate paper work.

I have said many times to my friends and associates that whenever I try to quit smoking cigarettes, some sort of disaster happens.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/14/10 Thursday 9:00 A.M..  I woke up at 6:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I have to go downstairs in a little while to sign my new lease with the Greenwich Housing Authority.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 8:55 P.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have to sign my lease in the community room downstairs tomorrow between 10 A.M. and 1 P.M..  I also have a 1 P.M. appointment.  Partly cloudy tomorrow with a temperature range of 29 to 36 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 8:45 P.M..  Haiti Relief Organizations: FBI Warns Americans to be Careful in Wake of Earthquake Tragedy - Crimesider - CBS News

I heated and ate a 18.5 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder along with a glass of watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 7:55 P.M..  After the last note the order for Golden Harvest Premium Cigarette Tobacco Ultralight 1lb Value Tobacco - Bulk tobacco, tubes, cigarette injectors and cigarette cases - Golden Harvest Premium Cigarette Tobacco Ultralight 1lb (Powered by CubeCart) for $41.75 and $5.95 USPS Priority Mail for $47.70 total was delivered.

I rested until 4 P.M..  I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage, and I sat out briefly.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a friend.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I watched the news about the Haiti earthquake.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 2:15 P.M..  I made and ate the same London Broil dinner that I have been eating recently.  I have been watching the news about Haiti.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 12:45 P.M..  Fierce Quake Devastates Haitian Capital - NYTimes.com

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BBC News - Haiti earthquake: devastation emerges

BBC News - Haiti quake: The worst of places for a big tremor

BBC News - Puffins' winter odyssey revealed  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 12:15 P.M..  National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary Fairfield County, Connecticut

Caribbean Geology and Tectonics

The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 12:10 P.M..  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Donation Form Help the victims of war: make a donation to the ICRC today

We have a local group in this area that does Disaster Relief AmeriCares Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Aid Organization .

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Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 11:25 A.M..  I read that when Obama first became President, he made Bill Clinton his Special Envoy to Haiti.

I do not know that much about Haiti, since I have never been there.  I do know when I worked as a dishwasher in Boca Raton, Florida in the fall of 1977, I worked with five large Haitian men that weighed 400 to 600 pounds in the kitchen at Le Vielle Maison.  They told me they had a Rock Band called "Earthquake", so I guess the local Haitian people were familiar with the risks of earthquakes in that area.

I ate the other half of can of CVS Deluxe mixed nuts with some watered down punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/13/10 Wednesday 10:25 A.M..  I woke up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I watched the www.cnn.com news about the Haiti earthquake.  While doing that I injected 6 packages of 17 Premier Bugler light 100s cigarettes and four extra cigarettes, so the Bugler can is all used up.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 8:55 P.M..  I watched some of the www.cnn.com news about the Haiti earthquake.  I moved my car to its usual location.  

BBC News - Haiti earthquake feared to have killed many

I ate 2/3rds of a 10 ounce can of CVS Deluxe mixed nuts.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Partly cloudy tomorrow and 25 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 6:50 P.M..  7.0 quake hits Haiti; could be 'catastrophe,' official says - CNN.com

I hate a bowl of chicken Ramen noodles with some watered down punch.

I chatted with friends traveling north on Amtrak.

I went outside twice, and I checked the conditions, and I chatted with a neighbor.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 4:50 P.M..  I went outside, and I checked the outside area.  I picked up the mail, and I said hello the building custodian and some neighbors.

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Earlier today, I called up the Connecticut Renter's Rebate hotline at 1-800-617-8889, and they told me my Connecticut Renter's Rebate was processed yesterday, and it would be sent out in the next 30 days, so I guess I have a bit time to wait for it yet.

BBC News - Solar cells made through oil-and-water 'self-assembly'  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 3:50 P.M..  BNI Building News Secure E-Z Order Form 2010 Architects Square Foot Costbook

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Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 2:50 P.M..  I went outside, and they have finished transferring the double pane windows to the steel storage containers.  The steel containers came from Storage Containers, Office Trailers, Road Trailers - Eagle Leasing Company .  The mail still has not arrived.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 1:55 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch and green tea. 

I was told today that there is 16 feet of snow on the Norwegian Swedish border.

I saw on a cooking travel channel television program yesterday that they have filled all of downtown Stockholm, Sweden with out door vendors that serve grill hot dogs put on a flat round piece 12 inch diameter flat bread that they fold up into a cone around the hot dog, and then they add a big heaping serving of mashed potatoes and on top of that a heaping serving of shrimp salad.  All the Swedes stand outside in the cold or whatever the weather is eating that Nordic fast food.  They did not say how much they cost, but it looked like an interesting fast food.

I chatted with a relative.

It would be interesting to know how many fold the world's computing power has increased in the 26 years since I came off of Nantucket.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 12:15 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  I threw away some garbage, and I said hello to a neighbor.  I went by the A&P Fresh.  I bought two 40 bag packages of Salada green tea for $2.50 each package, one 32 ounce Tropicana Omega orange juice for $2.50, two 18 ounce Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal for .99 each, a 30 ounce jar of Hellmann's mayonnaise for $2.50, four 6 packs of Thomas' English muffins for .99 each six pack, broccoli crowns for .89 a pound for $1.09, and a 36 ounce bag Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee beans for $14.99 for $32.12 total. 

I then went by the Senior and the Arts center, and all of their parking places were filled up, so I did not go for a walk.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a few regulars about the price of tea in China.

I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Service Gulf station, and I bought $15 of self service premium for $3.379 a gallon for 4.44 gallons for 54.1 miles driving since New Years Eve at odometer reading of 65383 miles for 12.185 miles per gallon driving in mostly local traffic.  I then returned home.  I put away my groceries.  I said hello to neighbors on the way in.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 9:00 A.M..  Well, it seems clear enough outside, and it is currently 25 degrees Fahrenheit.

If you need a good weather program, I always use this Free program Weather Pulse, weather software .

I will now eat the last of the day old bakery muffins with some watered down punch.  I will then shower and clean up, and I will go out and do some errands.

Not much seems to be happening up here in the Tundra of Connecticut.  Some of the more fit younger people seem to have enough energy to sit in our local Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue all day watching the world go by.  Of course the older community of retired citizens can always go the Senior and the Arts center just north of Starbucks.

Of course the Greenwich Library: Welcome is always there, Bill Clark Greenwich Gossip has not updated his web log in a month, so he must be away on a top secret mission for MI5 | UK .  Who knows, maybe he is writing a new book in some undisclosed location like Harvard University Library or Harvard Libraries.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 8:20 A.M..  I threw out a dozen small shipping boxes and their stuffing.

The dual pane windows are being off loaded into the steel storage containers at the north end of the building from a truck from Wausau Window and Wall Systems from Wisconsin.

Speaking of Wisconsin, my old acquaintance from Key West, Florida, Steve Beuhil? of Fennimore Cheese Carr Valley Cheese Co. - Wisconsin Cheddar, American Originals, Artisanal and Award Winning Cheeses is probably trying to sell and ship his cheese now that it is cool enough in the north country to ship it.    CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 7:30 A.M..  Well, I can not afford to go to England, where it is too cold for me, but other people are suppose to speak English.  However, you can see a bit of what is going on from here BBC - London - Travel - Jam Cams A-Z.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 6:10 A.M..  Metro-North starts new link to Grand Central Terminal passages - GreenwichTime

Jamie Dimon Speaks Out - Forbes.com

BBC News - Sarah Palin signs on as a commentator with Fox News

BBC News - Shar-pei wrinkles explained by dog geneticists

BBC News - Egypt tombs suggest free men built pyramids, not slaves  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/10 Tuesday 5:35 A.M..  I woke up at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  Current temperature is 24 degrees Fahrenheit with snow flurries until noon.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/11/10 Monday 8:05 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Snow flurries tomorrow, and it will be 19 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/10 Monday 7:00 P.M..  I rested and watched television today until about 4 P.M..  I also chatted with a relative earlier.  I threw out the garbage.  There are two big steel containers on the north end of the building that contain the new double pane windows for the building.  I guess once it warms up, they will install them.  I hope they do not plan to install them during the winter.  They were not sure if they could do my apartment, since they thought the roof above might collapse, if they took out the four large windows to replace them.  I picked up the mail.  I also ate two muffins with watered down punch this afternoon.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with two relatives.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/11/10 Monday 8:50 A.M..  I made and ate the same sautéed London broil dinner that I have been eating recently.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer.  I will try to rest for a while, and then I will probably shower and clean up and go out and do errands.  Have a good morning.  It is currently 20 degrees Fahrenheit outside in Greenwich, Connecticut U.S.A..  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/10 Monday 7:40 A.M..  Wanted: Alleged Ponzi Schemer - Forbes.com

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BBC News - Ice-skaters take advantage of Amsterdam's frozen canals

BBC News - Poorer pupils to be given free laptops

BBC News - Cleopatra's eye make-up 'had health benefits'  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/10 Monday 7:10 A.M..  Another day of chills until temperatures start a slow, steady rise» TCPalm.com

Harbor Branch part of hush-hush search for Amelia Earhart's plane» TCPalm.com CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/10 Monday 6:40 A.M..  Live Duval Street Web Cam in Key West, Florida :: Sloppy Joe's Bar ::.  If you turn left at the web cam site, you will see Captain Tony's bar Captain Tony's Saloon, Key West, Florida, Hemmingway's Sloppy Joes , and it use to have a warm fire place to keep one warm on cold days in Key West, Florida.  I use to hang out at Captain Tony's, but I never had money for drink, but I use to be able to play pool there in the Cistern.  As I recall a game of pool cost 50 cents in the 1970s.   CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/10 Monday 6:30 A.M..  It is 43 degrees Fahrenheit in Key West, Florida this morning Key West, Florida (33040) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  If I were in Key West, Florida and had money, you could go to www.homedepot.com or www.walmart.com and buy electric oil filled radiators to stay a bit warmer.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/10 Monday 5:45 A.M..  I woke up at 6 P.M., when I chatted with a local walker.  I ate the last raspberry tart.  I went back to bed until 2:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.

I chatted with the Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and they told me they are only about half full.  They told me there is a Saudi Arabian prince that has a solid gold Mercedes Benz for sale over in Saudi Arabia. 

As I recall, the annual Fort Lauderdale to Key West to Tampa sailboat regatta is in the third week of January, so that might make it busier in Key West in another week. 

It is 20 degrees Fahrenheit here in Greenwich, Connecticut, so with the colder weather, I do not feel like doing my daily walk.  I still have four months of www.time.com magazines to read, so maybe I will do that later on this morning.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/10 Sunday 3:05 P.M..  I watched a little bit of television.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Mostly sunny and 25 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/10 Sunday 1:55 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  The Audi started right up in 13 degrees Fahrenheit weather.  I brought the two jump start systems with me, but I did not see anyone that needed a jump start.  I also wore my new Browning boots for the first time.  They are a bit heavy, but I guess I will get use to them.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store briefly.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a package of two 7 ounce Edge Shaving gel for $5 both and .30 tax for $5.30 total.  I got a dollar bonus bucks, so I bought four 15 ounce Ajax antibacterial dishwashing detergent for .99 each less a dollar bonus bucks  and .18 tax for $3.14 total.  I finished my walk.  I sat out at various locations during the walk.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf station, but I did not get gasoline, because they were out of the premium gasoline.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a package of four day old muffins for $2, a six pack of Stop and Shop hot dog rolls for $1.34, a dozen jumbo eggs expire February 13, 2010 for $2.49, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.88 for $10.70 total.  I then returned home.  I brought up my purchases and the jump start systems.  I ate a muffin with watered down punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/10/10 Sunday 9:30 A.M..  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I chatted with a relative. 

I will now shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  My Audi should start right up.  It started up a week ago in 15 degree Fahrenheit weather without any problems.  I will take my two portable battery jump start system with me in case I see anyone that needs a jump start. If I do maybe they will give me a little money.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/10 Sunday 8:50 A.M..  I rolled five boxes of 17 Premier 100 Lights Bugler cigarettes in about 1.5 hours.  I did not pack them as tightly, so it took less time.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/10 Sunday 6:40 A.M..  I posted these pages on Rolling Your Own Cigarettes:

Roll Your Own Cigarettes Ultra Lights 100s with filter

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When I chatted with the Connecticut Revenue service this past week, they agreed with me that cigarettes might be helpful keeping wild animals away, but I have yet to prove it.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/10 Sunday 5:10 A.M..  I woke up after the last note, and I ate 80% of a 10 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I finally woke up again at 11 P.M..  I watched and hour special on Channel 21 about Elvis.  I was working as a dishwasher in Nantucket when Elvis died, so I did not see the television broadcasting of what happened when he died.  I picked up the mail.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I went back to bed until 3 A.M..  I watched a television show "Wings" about the airport in Nantucket.  I ate a raspberry tart.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  It is currently 10 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  With the colder than normal weather, I am not going out for my regular walks recently, but I am staying at home, and I am warm and comfortable.  CIO   

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/09/10: 

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 12:15 P.M..  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then take a nap.  Sunny tomorrow with a temperature range of 18 to 28 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 11:20 A.M..  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  I made and ate the same dinner that I have eating recently.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 9:05 A.M..  According to this, the Queen Mary II is leaving Southampton, England on January 11, 2010 and will be traveling East around the World this time for its 101 day World Cruise and returning west http://publishing.yudu.com/Anzjl/CunardWorldCruises10/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=  , but they will not be crossing the Pacific, but traveling in a circle.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 8:45 A.M..  I went downstairs, and I said good morning to some neighbors.  The ice skating rink in the back yard looks busy.  The have put a half dozen orange cones in the middle parking area to prevent people from parking in that area for some reason.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 8:00 A.M..   Live Duval Street Web Cam in Key West, Florida :: Sloppy Joe's Bar ::

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Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 7:45 A.M..  Richard M. Nixon (president of United States) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 

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REP. GIBBONS: BOND FUNDS CRUCIAL TO NEW HAVEN-SPRINGFIELD HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT

Gibbons says project will create jobs, economic development opportunities

GREENWICH- State Rep. Lile Gibbons (R-150) today thanked members of the State Bond Commission for approving $26 million that she said "will advance our vision for high speed rail along a transportation corridor that is one of the most important in the state and the region, create jobs, and encourage economic development."

The bond allocation will support environmental and design components of the proposed New Haven-Springfield high speed rail line and assist in the development of a project plan crucial to Connecticut's applications for two federal grants for high speed rail service.

"We need to optimize our location as a state being between both New York City and Boston by removing one of the great barriers to growth - traffic congestion along the corridor - with high speed rail, our economic future improves exponentially," Rep. Gibbons added. “This rail link is essential to moving Connecticut’s economic fortune in a positive direction.”

End of Note:

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BBC News - 3D TV is being billed as possible industry saviour CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 6:50 A.M..  I got the paper work ready to sign my lease with the Greenwich Housing Authority this coming Thursday in the Community Room between 10 A.M. and 1 P.M..

I called up CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza, and they have more Tops Light cigarette tobacco in the 6 ounce can, but I can not exchange the can of Bugler I got there last Sunday for the Tops.  It is the store policy that you can not exchange tobacco.  I could possibly wait and chat with the manager on Monday.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 4:50 A.M..  I put away the laundry.  Some how, I lost an orange wash cloth.  I will now shower and clean up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 4:25 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.  It is 18 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/09/10 Saturday 3:20 A.M..  I woke up at 2:15 A.M..  I put clean linens on the bed.  I am just about ready to start the dry cycle on two loads of laundry.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 5:25 P.M..  Earlier I ate a raspberry tart, and I also chatted with a relative.  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.

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

Sunny tomorrow with a temperature range of 13 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 4:20 P.M..  I picked up the mail.

At $96 for 2 pounds of cigarette tobacco that works out to $19.20 a carton plus $4 for the cigarette tubes for $23.20 a carton and $1.20 for the Connecticut tax on loose cigarette tobacco that works out to $24.40 a carton or about 12 cents a cigarette, which is a lot better.  Of course it takes 5 hours to stuff a carton of cigarettes with the Premier cigarette machine. 

This brand of cigarette tobacco is available in Light Fresh Choice Light Rolling Tobacco 16oz [FreshChoiceLght16] - $46.40 : Rollyourown.com, One Stop RYO Tobacco Shop

Milford Tobacco Shop *Milford's Favorite Discount Smoke Shop* lists it on their web site, but they are out of stock.  They do not ship either.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 3:35 P.M..  I called up the Connecticut department of revenue, and I chatted with them.  They told me the out of state Connecticut tax on loose cigarette tobacco is 20 cents an ounce.

I researched cigarette tobacco on the internet, and I came up from here Value Tobacco - Bulk tobacco, tubes, cigarette injectors and cigarette cases (Powered by CubeCart) , and I ordered Golden Harvest Premium Cigarette Tobacco Ultralight 1lb Value Tobacco - Bulk tobacco, tubes, cigarette injectors and cigarette cases - Golden Harvest Premium Cigarette Tobacco Ultralight 1lb (Powered by CubeCart) for $41.75 and $5.95 USPS Priority Mail for $47.70 total.  That is enough for 2.5 cartons.

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 1:10 P.M..

I chatted with a friend.

I went for a walk around the inside of the building twice.  Representatives of the Greenwich Housing Authority were outside looking at the building.  Not much seems to be happening.  The Panasonic Toughbook listed below went for $201.50, so that give you an idea what they are worth without the battery, extra memory or warranty or operating system.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 11:30 A.M..  Treasure Coast investigators scrutinize clues to put names with 19 unidentified bodies since 1975» TCPalm.com

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Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 11:05 A.M.. Older Panasonic toughbooks, but for what they cost with the additional parts you would have to buy including memory and battery and operating system installation disk, you could probably buy it with all of the parts elsewhere on Ebay, but they are local from Stamford, Connecticut formerly used by SBC eBay Store - Deal Train Mania: Auctions, Notebooks, MP3 Player .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 10:50 A.M..  I made and ate the same dinner as two and three days ago.  CIO

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I went downstairs, and I checked with neighbors.  They are suppose to be doing more insulation in the building including the apartment ceilings in the apartments upstairs.  Also the double pane windows are suppose to arrive soon and to be stored in the building until it is warmer, when they can install them.  There is always something to do.  Considering this is a retirement home, it seems like there is always something to do.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 9:20 A.M..  I watched some television, and I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 8:10 A.M..  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage down the garbage chute.  I walked around the hallways.  The driveway has been plowed.  There is about three inches of fresh snow.

Not much happening here at Siberia Sam's Social Club.  I guess the rich people in Greenwich, Connecticut with their four wheel drive vehicles have gone down south for the winter, leaving behind the skeleton crew to keep an eye out for the town.

I noticed when I was walking by the old police station yesterday, that to be finger printed, one has to go to the new police station behind it.  According to another local walker, one has to be finger printed and have their record run which costs about $35 to get local employment in Greenwich, Connecticut.  I guess with all of the foreign workers here in town, they need to run back ground checks on them.

When I drove a taxi cab while at www.lfc.edu in Lake Forest, Illinois which is a lot colder than Greenwich, Connecticut in the period from 1969 to 1971, I had to be finger printed at the Lake Forest, Illinois Public Safety building and my finger prints have been on record with the www.fbi.gov since then.

Traditionally from experience, when ever I buy a fresh pineapple in the winter in Greenwich, Connecticut, it snows, but recently it has been snowing, when I do not buy a fresh pineapple.

I have a lot of friends in the area, but they can not afford to live in the very affluent area of Greenwich, Connecticut, so I do not hear from them much anymore. 

I suppose if one had money, you could spend the winter down in Australia or New Zealand, but that would cost a lot of money to get there.

Well, anyway I am a back on a daytime schedule.  We're suppose to have snow showers and flurries all day, so there is no point in venturing out into the local tundra downtown just to see who whom is hanging out at Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue.

The three brick houses on Main street in Nantucket use to be owned by Captain Starbuck, and the Folger family use to live in Nantucket, so maybe their is a Nantucket connection with www.starbucks.com .  My friend from Brazil http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-and-friend-new-york-1987.jpg has not contacted me in about 22 years, so possibly we no longer have the coffee bean connection with Brazil.  I opened up the last 33 ounce bag of Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee beans to have available for use.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 7:05 A.M..  Elvis Presley (American singer and actor) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Newegg.com: 72-Hour Weekend Sale! Limited-time bargains: $99.99 Garmin nüvi 205W GPS…

Happy New Year! Look forward to 2010 in Scotland

Former White House lawyer charged with attempting to kill wife in New Canaan - GreenwichTime

BBC News - Super-Earth 'began as gas giant'

BBC News - How online life distorts privacy rights for all  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/10 Friday 6:20 A.M..  I went to bed after the last note.  I woke up, and I ate the last third of the can of opened CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I had a telephone call from a relative about 9 P.M..  I finally woke up at 3 A.M.. 

I did a Vista Complete PC backup of the primary Vista computer from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I did a Windows 7RC Complete PC backup of the second Dell Latitude D410 to the Samba external hard drive, and then I did a XP Professional ASR backup of the Dell D410 to the Samba external hard drive.

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/10 Thursday 3:20 P.M..  I watched some television.  I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up the mail.

The order with tracking of Tracking Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!  on the order for Newegg.com - BELKIN F5D8013 N Wireless Notebook Card - Laptop Networking for $9.99 with free shipping arrived.  I put it in the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer, and I installed the drivers and software for it.  Now both of the Dell Latitude CS laptop computers each have one of the Netgear wireless cards. 

I ate a raspberry tart with watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Snow showers tomorrow and a temperature range of 14 to 31 degrees Fahrenheit.  Saturday is suppose to be even colder with a low of 9 degrees Fahrenheit equally cold days for the next two days after that.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/07/10 Thursday 12:55 P.M..  I went out after the last note.  I went by the Valley Road post office, and I mailed the warranty card on the Premier cigarette machine.  I then went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I then walked over to the Wachovia Bank with another regular walker.  I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift shop.  They have a lot of new furniture there that people have donated.  I bought a white one quart crock for a dollar, which I put on the right side of the kitchen counter.  I then used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a package of four day old raspberry tarts for $2, a package of six Kaiser rolls for $2.49, Stop and Shop sliced Swiss cheese for $6.99 a pound for $7.30, Stop and Shop sliced Virginia ham for $5.99 a pound for $8.95, three 18 ounce cans of Progresso New England clam chowder for $5 all, a 15 ounce bottle of Kikkoman soy sauce for $2.29, a two piece package of top round London Broil for $2.99 a pound for $6.01 for $33.55 total.  I then returned home, and I brought up, and I put away my groceries. 

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

Note: <888> 01/07/10 Thursday 8:30 A.M..  I ate a bowl of chicken Ramen noodles with watered down punch.

I setup one of my spare 300 GB IDE Seagate hard drives with the Rosewill external USB 2.0 IDE hard drive enclosure.  One has to use to Disk Manager for the computer to recognize it.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/10 Thursday 7:25 A.M.. Hirohito (emperor of Japan) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

EGU2010 - How to submit an Abstract

Tracking is Tracking Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!  on the order for Newegg.com - BELKIN F5D8013 N Wireless Notebook Card - Laptop Networking for $9.99 with free shipping.

BBC News - Microsoft and HP show off 'slate' PC

BBC News - Footprints of the first fish to walk on land

BBC News - The power, glory and controversy

BBC News - New gadgets unveiled at Vegas tech show  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/10 Thursday 6:45 A.M..  I went to bed after the last note.

The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Newegg.com - Rosewill RX35-AT-IU SLV Aluminum 3.5" Silver USB 2.0 External Enclosure - External Enclosures for $17.99 with free shipping arrived. 

I ate half of a 10 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I went back to bed.  Somebody fund raising from www.gop.com called me up wanted $5 that I had pledged.  I explained to them I had already donated it a while back.  A friend called to tell me it was 40 degrees Fahrenheit in Sea Island, Georgia.

I finally woke up at 2:30 A.M.. 

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.

I used up the other half of the 6 ounce can of Tops light cigarette tobacco, and I rolled five more packages of 17 cigarettes.  There were 13 tubes left, so I guess with the longer 100 mm tubes, one only gets 187 cigarettes.

One does not use the last bit of the can of fine dusty tobacco, because that can jam the Premier machine.  One only uses the dry stringy cigarette tobacco.  One can not use damp pipe tobacco.  If one should jam the machine, one has to use a non metallic probe to unjam the machine.  I filled out the warranty card, and I have it ready to mail in.

Today is suppose to be sunny with a temperature range of 25 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit.  I have to pay my rent to the Greenwich Housing authority at 9 A.M. this morning.

Luxury World Cruises : Queen Mary 2 Itineraries : Cunard Cruise Line  CIO    

Note: <888> 01/06/10 Wednesday 3:35 P.M..  I picked up the mail.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/06/10 Wednesday 2:50 P.M..  I ate the same London Broil dinner as yesterday morning.  I used the Premier cigarette machine and tubes, and I made seven packages of 17 Premier cigarettes lights 100s with Tops lights tobacco.  I save the old King Mountain boxes, so I can repackage them.  One packs the machine with cigarettes tobacco from both ends of the slot towards the middle.  It works quite easily.  It takes about 25 minutes to pack a package of 17 cigarettes.  They are a most excellent tasting cigarette.

I received the order for four Country Life RNA / DNA (100 mg / 10 mg) -- 100 mg - 100 Tablets - Vitacost for $6.33 each bottle and $5.29 Priority Mail shipping for $30.61 total.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/06/10 Wednesday 10:45 A.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/06/10 Wednesday 9:40 A.M..  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Newegg.com - Rosewill RX35-AT-IU SLV Aluminum 3.5" Silver USB 2.0 External Enclosure - External Enclosures for $17.99 with free shipping.

http://www.georgewbushcenter.com/

BBC News - Switzerland avalanche death toll rises to seven

BBC News - Google's new phone to protect mobile advertising base  CIO

Note: <888> 01/06/10 Wednesday 8:50 A.M..  I made up a fresh batch of punch before going to bed after the last note.  I woke up at 5 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  The Greenwich Housing Authority maintenance people are putting in more Owens Corning pink insulation in a neighbors apartment.

My www.cl-p.com bill for December 2009 posted on January 5, 2010 for the last 33 days was $251.11 for 1352 kWh or 40.97 per day kWh with an average temperature in December 2009 of 30.6 degrees Fahrenheit at the night rate bill cycle 2.

For the period of December 2008 posted on January 6, 2009 for 33 days, it was $188.70 for 870 kWh or about 28 kWh a day with an average temperature of 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit at the regular rate bill cycle 7.

Thus it seems to cost me about a $100 more a month to use the electric heat in the apartment versus not using it.  I have had the living room thermostat set at 78 degrees Fahrenheit, and the living room temperature is 71.5 degrees Fahrenheit.  I have the bedroom thermostat set at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and the actual temperature in the bedroom is about the same as the living room.  However, I use the two tower fans to blow the heat in the living room around the apartment and into the bedroom also.  I do not use the electric heat in the bathroom, so the temperature is about the same as the bedroom and living room.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 9:00 P.M..  I microwaved and ate a 18.5 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder.  I chatted with a relative. 

Stuart detectives seek family of pedestrian killed on Federal Highway» TCPalm.com

The Informer (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is on the Turner Movie channel at the moment.

I chatted with a relative.

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

Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a temperature range from 32 to 23 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 7:10 P.M..  I watched a program on the Animal Planet about the animals that eat the worst food in the world, and they said the Vulture was Number 1 for eating dead meat full of botulism.  I got to thinking about my food pantry and cabinets and refrigerator in the kitchen.  I went through all of them, and I sorted out all of the old can goods and the other items that were up to four years out of date, and I used my folding cart to haul out about a 100 pounds of out of date food that I had collected, and I threw it all away in the dumpster.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 5:10 P.M..  I woke up at noon, when an associate called.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went out, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a local walker about the price of tea in China.  I then went to my 3 P.M.. appointment.   They were giving the H1N1 flu shots at the Greenwich Town Hall while I was there.  I was told a lot of other people got sick from the Knights of Columbus Christmas Day meals that were delivered.  I was also told a lot of people whom were clients of the Greenwich, Connecticut department of social services died over the Holidays.  I then returned home, and I picked up my mail.  They still do not know the status of my Connecticut Renter's Rebate, since their computers were not working.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 8:50 A.M..  Extended cold snap could kill invasive iguanas» TCPalm.com

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will rest for a while.  I have to be up at noon to get ready for a 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 8:35 A.M..  I ate a sautéed 8 ounce London Broil with steamed vegetables and with butter and olive oil and watered down punch with green tea and splenda and lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 7:10 A.M..  Of course Canada Goose clothing would not protect you from a Polar bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

If you were going to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Medals Results Schedule Sports : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics , Canada Goose clothing would not protect you from a Grizzly Bear Grizzly Bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  When I was younger, there use to be a lot of television shows about Sergeant Preston and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Welcome | Gendarmerie royale du Canada - Bienvenue ,  so I guess you would have to depend on them.

When I was watching the comedy channel yesterday afternoon, there was a film clip about to Miami cops investigating a alligator in a swimming pool, and some drunken fat buba pops over the wall into the swimming pool and starts playing with the alligator, and says it is dead, and then another bigger alligator pops out of the water and eats him. 

Trust me Gators and Crocks are a major problem down in Florida even for the locals Alligator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Crocodile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Gray Panthers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Pythonidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Around here in Greenwich, Connecticut 20 miles east of New York City, we worry mostly about automobile traffic.  We do have Coyotes Coyote - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Bobcat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and the occasional Brown Bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Gray Wolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Cougar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plus any big fish like Shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Killer Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia anywhere near the ocean.

Thus one generally has to watch themselves when at home, or when one travels.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 6:35 A.M..  I read in the www.greenwichtime.com that the head of personnel for Exxon lived in Key West, Florida in retirement, before he passed away a couple of years ago.

Plus in the winter, it is cheaper to store aircraft down south, where it is warmer than up north, where they might freeze up, and heated aircraft hangers cost a lot of money.

1,000 people homeless on Solomons after tsunami - GreenwichTime

Amazon.com: Men's Air Force A-2 Flight Leather Bomber Jacket: Clothing

$19.99 and $7.68 shipping Newegg.com - Honeywell Color Weather Forecaster with Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer TE601CELW comments say it is a bit tricky.

Of course if you were going from Key West, Florida to Prudoe Bay, Alaksa, you would probably not need your Swimsuits, Swimwear, and Swimming Accessories - Speedo USA Swimwear bathing suit, but more than likely you would need Canada Goose which are very expensive, so it generally costs more money to keep people up north than down south.

CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 6:00 A.M..  Prudhoe Bay Alaska, The North Slope  and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (99734) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground  is minus 8 degrees Fahrenheit and minus 19 degrees Fahrenheit windchill factor, so they need to warm more than we do.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 5:55 A.M..  Back in my days in Key West, Florida which ended in February 1982, because of a computer error, there use to be www.exxon.com company employees down there that would work six weeks non stop in Alaska, and then take two week furloughs in Key West, and since they were highly paid, they tended to pay their bills.  However, that same group probably goes to Hawaii or the other outer islands, since it is closer. 

Also there were construction and oil workers who would work in the Middle East where it was warmer, and they would spend some time in Key West, before going to up to Alaska to work in their respective jobs.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 5:35 A.M..  Northrop Grumman moving headquarters from L.A. to Washington, D.C., area - latimes.com 

Elvis Presley, the actor - latimes.com

Lille Gibbons note:

I want to make you aware that the sale of fuel at the Merritt Parkway northbound and southbound service plazas in GREENWICH will stop at midnight on December 31, 2009, so that the existing underground fuel storage tanks can be replaced. 

This operation will take about six weeks and fuel sales will resume at that time. Both plazas will remain open for the use of rest room facilities and the sale of convenience store items for as long as possible and until construction activities necessitate the full closure of the facilities for safety reasons.

There will be signs posted both northbound and southbound on the Parkway advising motorists that fuel is temporarily unavailable.

Best regards,

Lile Gibbons

End of Note:

BBC News - Nasa's Kepler planet-hunter detects five worlds

BBC News - Copenhagen climate deal 'satisfies' Saudi Arabia

BBC News - Computer method 'spots art fakes'  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 4:50 A.M..  I called up Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and I gave them some business tips based on what I can remember.

They use to advertise down the movie, the Rose Tatoo The Rose Tattoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, but there is another movie that was made years ago that was filmed partway down in Key West, and it was about the English fishermen in Key West fighting with the Greek fishermen from Tarpon Springs, Florida.    It is currently 57 degrees Fahrenheit in Key West right now Key West, Florida (33040) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground ,  so it does get cold down in Florida.  I was told, they built a Wal-Mart by the Florida toll road rest area in Homestead, where I use to sleep in my car.  If once is stuck down in Key West with a car and no place to sleep, I used to sleep in my car at the Key West International airport.

The Best Western motel next to the Key West International airport Best Western Key Ambassador Resort Inn Key West Florida use to be one of the less expensive motels down there with beach front property.  As I recall, they had air conditioning which the Case Marina did not, but it way outside of downtown Key West, if you do not have a car.

Not very busy down there at the moment Live Duval Street Web Cam in Key West, Florida :: Sloppy Joe's Bar ::.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/10 Tuesday 3:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a couple of out of town security agencies.

I noticed yesterday, when I was downtown that there was van parked in front of Starbucks that said 1800LAWYERS.com - Official Website .  However in my particular case, I know quite a few lawyers.  When I returned from Europe in the summer of 1972, I met with Russell Clifford at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and he was Clark Clifford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia son, so more than likely he would know how to take care of any problems with Washington D.C. legal types.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/04/10 Monday 7:50 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.

It is currently 23 degrees Fahrenheit, and tomorrow is suppose to be partly cloudy with a temperature range of 29 to 23 degrees Fahrenheit.  Stay warm.

The local Norwegian community apparently can not longer afford to maintain the "Freezing Norwegian Patrol" around town anymore.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/04/10 Monday 7:00 P.M..  To have more external hard drive storage, I ordered Newegg.com - Rosewill RX35-AT-IU SLV Aluminum 3.5" Silver USB 2.0 External Enclosure - External Enclosures for $17.99 with free shipping.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/04/10 Monday 6:50 P.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and another single hot dog without the bun, 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  CIO    

Note: <888> 01/04/10 Monday 6:05 P.M..  I watched a bit of television, but not much was happening on it.  I chatted briefly with a relative whom I will call back later.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/04/10 Monday 4:10 P.M..  I woke up at 11 A.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I did the second swab on the National Geographic DNA test.  I packed it up with the consent form, and I put two 44 cent stamps on the package. 

I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went out, and I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed the National Geographic DNA test.  I then went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I picked up two prescriptions.  I then sat out briefly in front of the Senior and the Arts center.  I used the bathroom there.  I chatted with a local painter from Martha's Vineyard. 

I then went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought a half gallon of Minute Maid orange juice with calcium for $2, a 13.5 ounce box of reduced fat Cheez-its for $2.50, a 8 ounce container of generic honey for $1.99, a 40 ounce bottle of Heinz ketchup for $2.99, a quart jar of Vlassic kosher dill pickle spears for $2, two 64 ounce containers of Ocean Spray cranberry juice for $2.50 each, two 64 ounce containers of Ocean Spray crangrape juice for $2.50 each, two 48 ounce containers of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $4.99 each, a 10 quart box of Stop and Shop quart packages of powdered milk for $7.99, two 40 packet boxes of Truvia all natural calorie free sweetener for $3.64 a box, a package of two Top Round London Broils for $2.99 a pound for $7.06, Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.56, broccoli for $1.59 a pound for $1.08, and a bulb of garlic that they rang up as scallions for .69 for $57.12 total.  I then returned home.  I brought up my groceries, and I put them away.

The mail person delivered the orders for Amazon.com: PREMIER Supermatic Cigarette Injector Machine: Sports & Outdoors for $41.99 and Amazon.com: Premier 100mm Light Cigarette Tubes - 10 Boxes: Everything Else for $30.99 and $15.74 shipping for $88.72 total.  I guess I will start using the system soon.  I picked up my mail downstairs.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/04/10  Monday 5:35 A.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and another single hot dog without the bun, 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will rest for a while.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/04/10  Monday 4:35 A.M..  I did the first inside the cheek swap sample of the http://www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic DNA sample.  I put it in its plastic tube.  I filled out the consent form for test the Male Y chromosome.  I have to do the second swab eight hours later around noon today, and I can not eat or drink an hour before it.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/04/10  Monday 3:50 A.M..  I ate the other half of the can of cashew nuts.

I watched a program about the FBI - Art Theft Program and FBI Top Ten Art Crimes - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/04/10  Monday 2:20 A.M..  Tracking at www.usps.com is "01169831810004265599" for the order for four Country Life RNA / DNA (100 mg / 10 mg) -- 100 mg - 100 Tablets - Vitacost for $6.33 each bottle and $5.29 Priority Mail shipping for $30.61 total. 

Canary Islands Cities on volcanoes - Tenerife 2010

BBC News - Colombians flee volcano eruption

BBC News - DNA analysed from early European  CIO

Note: <888> 01/04/10  Monday 1:15 A.M..  After the last note, I chatted with a friend.  I ate half of a 9.75 ounce can of CVS deluxe whole cashew nuts.  I went to bed.  I chatted with a relative about 7 P.M..  I woke up at 9 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I took down the Christmas decorations, and I stored them away along with the other Christmas bric-a-brac.  I set up the second Dell Latitude CS laptop computer on the Lazy Susan at the apartment entrance on the white bookcase.  I used the Netgear 4 port switch to connect it and the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop to their LAN connections.  Thus it has to be turned on the with the switch of the power strip to its right for them to go online and to power up the power adapter for the second Dell Latitude CS laptop computer.  I moved the picture of Prince Charles and the two boys to right side of the left living room closet door.  Thus there is nothing hanging from the refrigerator door except those flat magnet strips. 

I hear lots of jet traffic, so I assume people are returning back from their holidays away from this area to get back to work today.  I will now shower and clean up.

It is currently 19 degrees Fahrenheit with a temperature range of 18 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit and partly cloudy today.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 11:35 A.M..  I chatted with a relative and a friend.

Many scams take aim at the most desperate - GreenwichTime 

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

Snow showers and wind today with a 20 to 22 degree Fahrenheit temperature range.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 10:25 A.M..  If you look at QM2 - Itinerary - 2009 , they have not updated it yet for this year 2010, so assuming they have the same sort of schedule, around mid January 2010, they will be leaving Fort Lauderdale, Florida to come back to New York City in mid April 2010 after taking the long way around the World.  Who knows with the British, they seem to like being secretive anymore, so possibly since they do not tell us much of anything anymore, we have to assume everything is all right, and they are just a bit absent minded. However, the Queen Mary II is owned by Carnival Cruise lines out of Miami, Florida, so maybe they are still too busy partying down there to make up their minds about what to do this winter or maybe like a lot of other businesses worldwide, they are having financial problems.  Give my best to anyone that sees Wiley Middleton around the Peanut Palace down in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Who knows maybe Jimmy Carter is thinking about running for another term as President.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 9:55 A.M..  The outer electric door was not working at CVS at the Riverside shopping plaza, when I arrived this morning about 3:30 A.M..  I fiddled with it trying to realign it on its tracks, but it still would not work.  I left it about a foot open.  However, by the time I left about a half hour later, it had started working, so maybe I did something to get it working.  Who knows? 

Generally with all of the Latino people around here, they are not too functional in very cold weather, particularly if their cars do not start.  However, the ones from the mountains in Columbia and Peru and Equator and Argentina and Chile and southwestern Brazil and Uruguay and Paraguay seem use to dealing with the colder weather, but with limited English, they may not know how to use our equipment, and frequently they do not have the local knowledge that the generations of Northern Europeans that have lived here for over 400 years seem to have.

Who knows, maybe they all headed South of the Border.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 9:30 A.M..  I ate the same Dinty Moore dinner that I had earlier with watered down punch.  Starbucks is still now answering, so I guess with the current temperature outside at 17 degrees Fahrenheit, they have not made it into work.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/03/10: 

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 8:20 A.M..  If you need to practice your French, try Le Monde.fr : Actualités à la Une .

Since Quebec is way up north, where it is a lot colder by three degrees Montreal, Quebec Forecast : Weather Underground , some of the French speaking people here are use to colder weather such as we are experiencing at the moment.  However, down here by Long Island Sound, the colder weather usually does not last that long, so enjoy it.

Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground

Since Greenwich Gossip has not been updated recently, he is probably working on another angle at the www.harvard.edu club out west in Manhattan, where he used to have drinks with Geoff Robinson, when he was the head of NATO .  I would dare say, we are living on the North Atlantic Ocean, if you have not noticed.

This is all we know at home in Greenwich, Connecticut U.S.A. GreenwichTime

I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 7:45 A.M..   Alhambra (fortress, Granada, Spain) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Crystal Cathedral Ministries : Welcome , Maybe everyone went to California to celebrate the Holidays.

Assisted Living, Senior Care, and Nursing Homes | A Place for Mom

BBC News - Congo volcano threat to villages

It is summer down in Antarctica BBC News - Historic Antarctica plane remains 'found' by expedition  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 7:25 A.M..  I called up the Canadian Emergency line up in Canada at 1-613-996-8885 which also accepts collect calls to let them know everything is fine down here as far as I can tell.

I have a theory when the area of New York City about 20 miles west of us goes to work, it generates a lot of heat, and since the wind tend to blow from west to east around here, it warms up the Greenwich, Connecticut area, but when they quit working it gets colder here.

Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue at 1-203-661-3042 Starbucks Store Locator Greenwich, Connecticut U.S.A. is not answering their telephone this morning, when they should be opened, so their cars probably did not start in the colder weather.  I tried twice and nobody answered.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 6:55 A.M..  The Safety Net - Living on Nothing but Food Stamps - Series - NYTimes.com

Tracking at www.usps.com is "9102148008600464227503" on the order for Amazon.com: PREMIER Supermatic Cigarette Injector Machine: Sports & Outdoors for $41.99 plus shipping of about $5.75 for $7.74 total.

It is coming from Connecticut Valley Tobacconist , but it is more expensive here CIGARETTE INJECTOR MACHINES-Connecticut Valley Tobacconist .

They have it here in bigger tins SIR WALTER RALEIGH PIPE TOBACCO-Connecticut Valley Tobacconist including the aromatic 14 ounce tin.  I am not sure if the Connecticut state tax and other taxes are included in the prices on the internet.

This is my preferred tobacco shop in the area Cigars for sale, Tobaccos, Pipes, Pipe Repair, Humidors, Music Boxes also at Owl Shop in New Haven, Ct. one of the oldest smoke shops in the country.

They have these pipe tobaccos Tobacco for sale, Tobacco Blends, tobaccos, cigars, humidors, chess sets, backgammon for sale at Owl Shop in New Haven, CT .  Whenever I use to be in New Haven occasionally, I use to buy tins of Presbyterian pipe tobacco there William P. Solomon - Presbyterian Mixture pipe tobacco reviews.

It is here Presbyterian Mixture Pipe Tobacco , but it has gotten  more expensive, and I am not sure if the Connecticut tax is included.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 5:35 A.M..  I went out after the last note.  The Audi started right up in 15 degree Fahrenheit weather.  One does not depress the gasoline accelerator pedal when starting the Audi, particularly in cold weather.

I drove over to CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza, and it was not busy at all.  I used the bathroom there.

I bought:

for buy one get one 50% off two three packs of 36 tablet 81 mg. CVS orange chewable aspirin for $5.29 and $2.64 the second;

for buy one get one free:

2, 260 count CVS Senior Spectravite Multivitamins for $15.89

2, CVS Balanced B150 50 capsule for $11.69

2, CVS 100 capsule 1000 mg. flaxseed oil $9.99

4, CVS 100 capsule 500 mg. flush free Niacin for $8.39 for two

2, CVS 250 capsule 500 mg. vitamin C $7.89

4, CVS 60 capsule MSM 1000 mg. for $7.19 for two

4, CVS 60 capsule B-12 time released 1000 mcg $5.99 for two

4, CVS 100 capsule, garlic oil, 1000 mg. $529 for two

less a $5 off internet coupon on a $25 order for $102.11 total. 

I then returned back home.  I did not sit outside downtown in the cold weather after I left CVS, because I had to go to the bathroom again, and I do not think it is proper to use a tree in cold or warm weather to relieve myself.

My current Vitamin and other supplements and medication inventory is:

Michael Louis Scott's Vitamins and Supplements

Michael Louis Scott's Vitamins and Supplements

I will now put them on the sideboard shelf in the bedroom, which will take a while.  Like food, I have to shelf in terms of the oldest items in front.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 3:35 A.M..  Starting today at www.cvs.com Vitamins and Supplements are buy one get one free, so I will now go over to the 24 hour CVS at the Riverside shopping center, and I will get some that I need.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 2:30 A.M..  I took half of a 24 ounce can of Dinty Moore beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave container with lid, and I covered the remaining half in the can with plastic wrap and a rubber band, and I put it in the refrigerator.  I added to the plastic pot with the stew two teaspoons of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, two teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce, and two tablespoons of white wine along with dashes of ground black pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and beef bouillon powder, and I mixed it all together, and I microwaved it with lid on for one vegetable cycle.  I ate it in one of my new oatmeal bowls with watered down punch and the last piece of cake.  I will now make and drink a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 1:50 A.M.. Free Amazon.com: I Love the 80s, Vol. 1 (1880s): Marin Alsop: MP3 Downloads

$254.98 with shipping Dell Latitude D610 Notebook Intel Pentium Mobile 1.86GHz, 1024MB, 40GB HDD, DVD-CDRW, Microsoft Windows XP Pro w/ Recovery CD (Factory Refurbished), 90-Day Warranty - D610-18140CP-R - Dell D620 - Buy.com

$240.54 with shipping Dell Latitude D610 Laptop Pentium M Processor 1.73GHz, 1024MB RAM, 40GB HDD, DVD-CDRW, 14.1'' TFT, Windows XP Professional (Manufacturer Recertified) - D610-173140CP-R - Buy.com  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 1:15 A.M..  Looks like the Italians are fighting up north.

CBC News - Montreal - Son of mob boss Rizzuto killed in Montreal: report

CBC News - Montreal - Hundreds attend Nick Rizzuto funeral in Montreal

CBC News - Montreal - Mob retaliation possible after Rizzuto slaying

Funeral held for powerful Canadian mobster's son - GreenwichTime

I put away the laundry.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/10  Sunday 12:15 A.M..  Volcano erupts in Colombia; no reports of injuries - GreenwichTime  CIO

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 11:55 P.M..  I got my new lease agreement in the mail from the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I have to have the paper work ready to sign in the community room on Thursday January 14, 2010 between 10 A.M. and 1 P.M..

It is currently 15 degrees Fahrenheit outside with a low expected of 14 degrees Fahrenheit this morning.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 11:40 P.M..  I woke up during my sleeping period, and I ate 80% of a 10 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I finally woke up at 7 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with two relatives.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I just started the dry cycles, and I have 45 minutes to go on the dry cycles.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I will now water the plants.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 9:10 A.M..  I ate two hot dogs on buns with ketchup and mustard and another single hot dog without the bun, 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice, and watered down punch and a piece of cake.

I put away my Christmas presents.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I still have to do the National Geographic DNA test.

Snow showers with a temperature range of 28 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit today.

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary, Fairfield County, Connecticut

CIO   

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 7:50 A.M..  I went out, and I drove downtown.   There does not appear to be any black ice in the downtown area, and the roads are clear.  There is not much moving around except the usual morning garbage trucks.  I mailed the large envelope at the central Greenwich Post Office.  I also got their last available Priority Mail envelope to have in reserve.  I sat out briefly, and Starbucks appears to have their usual regular customers.  The flag over the Senior and the Arts center if flying at half staff, but the rest of the flags in the downtown area are still at full staff.  Yes, we still fly the United States of America Stars and Strips that are red, white, and blue with 50 stars in the upper left corner.  A couple of the flag poles also have the Prisoner of War black and white flags underneath.  After observing the downtown area, which looks pretty normal for that time of the morning, I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  It looks pretty normal down there too.  I still think the Danish government should buy Victor Borge's old piece of vacant 3.8 acres of land in Belle Haven, Connecticut and use if for a consulate for its New York delegation.  I think they want about $40 million for it.  I would imagine they are quite bored with the way Manhattan treats Nordic people considering Manhattan tends to be cold in the winter too.  I then returned home via my usual route.  I have a feeling with the major recession and depression worldwide, now that the Holiday season is over, this area will tend to a lot quieter like it was last year during the colder period.  I only go for walks downtown after I first wake up and have breakfast and clean up.  I do not go for walks at the end of my day.  It always seems to be that daytime people seem to think they have some sort of authority over night time people.  I have to remind you half the world's population dies at night, so it tends to keep a few other people busy at night, whom you may not notice as being around too much.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 6:15 A.M..  I printed out five different versions including yearly Microsoft Money 2007 reports with two copies, one that I saved for myself, and I one that I will mail shortly to an interested relative.  It weighs 7 ounces, so I used five 44 cents stamps for postage for the $1.90 first class postage.  I will now dress up warmly, and I will go out and mail it at the central Greenwich, Connecticut post office providing there is no black ice outside, which I will determine, when I go outside.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 5:00 A.M.. I bought for the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop Newegg.com - BELKIN F5D8013 N Wireless Notebook Card - Laptop Networking for $9.99 with free shipping.  I will put the other two Netgear Wireless cards in the Dell Latitude CS laptop computers.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 4:15 A.M..  Up in North Salem, New York where the last of the Kennedys with money lives, and where the Sons of Oslo have a lodge after they moved out of Byram, Connecticut, there is a delicatessen just west of the Hardscrabble Road exit off I-684 that sells a lot of different imported beers including one called "Swedish Wolf".  A little further west, there is a local pub called the "Horse and Hounds".  Thus it tends to an equestrian crowd up there, which is why my friend George Cary is up there all of the time.  I think William Randolph Hearst and Ulysses S. Grant also once had homes there as did Paul Newman and Stewart Mott.  Apparently today it is mostly Jewish people from New York City, since they are the only ones whom can afford to pay the high real estate taxes on their horse farms in Westchester County, New York.  More than likely, there a few private people left up that way too.  I was once told that the Mrs. Vanderbilt that owned the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island also had a house in South Salem, New York.  My friends from South Africa also own a small shopping mall complex up there.  However, it tends to be pretty rural up there, so there are not too many conveniences nearby, for the people that live there.  Near I-684 and Hardscrabble Road, there is an A&P and Mercedes Benz dealership just west of the exit.  There are also a lot of other estates in the neighboring area of Bedford, New York, and a few other places that people do not seem to know much about.  Since most of Caroline Kennedy's fortune is derived from the Onassis fortune from Greece, she should give some money to some Greek charities in America, if you get my drift.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 3:50 A.M..  Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

SSA - 2010 Annual Meeting

Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

BBC News - Sweden culls its resurgent wolves

BBC News - New internet piracy law comes into effect in France  CIO

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 3:20 A.M..  I cleaned all of the monitors on all of the computers in the apartment with one of the monitor wipes.  One is NOT suppose to use glass cleaner or other cleaning products on LCD monitors.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 3:05 A.M..  I mixed two 1.5 ounce boxes of Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco with 1.25 ounce of Round Hill pipe tobacco, so I now have a different blend to smoke.  I put it in a spaghetti tomato sauce jar and a smaller part of it in my pipe tobacco pouch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 2:20 A.M..  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices of processed cheese with grated parmesan and Romano cheese and five strips of bacon and a toasted English muffin with butter and watered down passion punch and green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 1:30 A.M..  My latest notes in Microsoft Word 2007 and *.PDF format are posted at:

in Greenwich, Connecticut U.S.A.:

Scott's Notes from June 1997 through August 2005, 4.81 Mbytes http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote1.zip contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 January 1997 to December 2001 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through December 2003 pages 1583 - 2855" and "mlsnote3.doc" January 2004 through December 2004 pages 2856 - 3605" and "mlsnote4.doc" January 2005 though April 2005 pages 3711 -4259"

Scott's Notes from September 2005 through December 2009, 5.49 Mbytes http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote2.zip contains "mlsnote5.doc" and "mlsnote6.doc" and "mlsnote7.doc" and "mlsnote8.doc" and "mlsnote9.doc" and "mlsnote10.doc" and "mlsnote11.doc" and "mlsnote12.doc" and "mlsnote13.doc" and "mlsnote14.doc" and "mlsnote15.doc" and "mlsnote16.doc" and "mlsnote17.doc" pages 4335 - 7652

September 2009 through December 2009, pages 7433 - 7654

http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote17.pdf

and at the West Coast of America server:

Scott's Notes from June 1997 through August 2005, 4.81 Mbytes http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/mlsnote1.zip contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 January 1997 to December 2001 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through December 2003 pages 1583 - 2855" and "mlsnote3.doc" January 2004 through December 2004 pages 2856 - 3605" and "mlsnote4.doc" January 2005 though April 2005 pages 3711 -4259"

Scott's Notes from September 2005 through December 2009, 5.49 Mbytes http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/mlsnote2.zip contains "mlsnote5.doc" and "mlsnote6.doc" and "mlsnote7.doc" and "mlsnote8.doc" and "mlsnote9.doc" and "mlsnote10.doc" and "mlsnote11.doc" and "mlsnote12.doc" and "mlsnote13.doc" and "mlsnote14.doc" and "mlsnote15.doc" and "mlsnote16.doc" and "mlsnote17.doc" pages 4335 - 7652

September 2009 through December 2009, pages 7433 - 7654

http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/mlsnote17.pdf

CIO 

Note: <888> 01/02/10  Saturday 1:00 A.M..  I ate two piece of cake and a Kashi bar with watered down punch while trying to fall asleep.  I finally fell asleep about 8:30 A.M. this morning.  I woke up at 5:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes. 

I ordered four Country Life RNA / DNA (100 mg / 10 mg) -- 100 mg - 100 Tablets - Vitacost for $6.33 each bottle and $5.29 Priority Mail shipping for $30.61 total. 

I chatted with a relative, and I showered, and I cleaned up.

I went out, and I went by the Chase Bank ATM just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I checked out the plumbing fixtures next door at the Water Works.  The Barcelona cafe looked busy.  I then drove over to CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza.

I bought two 3.25 ounce Old Spice high endurance original scent deodorants for $2 each, two Crest Pro Whitening 4.2 ounce toothpaste for $2.75 each, two 10.3 ounce Dawn with jasmine and lavender dish washing detergent for .99 each, two 15 ounce VO5 herbal shampoo for .99 each, two 15 ounce VO5 herbal conditioner for .99 each, a 120 wipe can of Innovera screen wiping wipes  to clean LCD screens for $5.29, a 6 ounce can of Tops light cigarette tobacco for $28.39 with a dollar off coupon and $2.89 Connecticut Sales tax for $51.01 total.

I put my purchases in the car.  I had $5.50 in CVS bonus bucks that I got from the previous purchase, so I bought a 50 ounce bottle of Tide with bleach alternative for $5.88 and a 6 ounce can of Bugler cigarette tobacco for $30.89 less $5.50 in CVS bonus bucks on the Tide and $1.88 Connecticut 6% sales tax for $33.15 total.  I then put my purchases in the car, and I next used the bathroom at CVS.

I then drove back to the Not So Busy center of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out, and I smoked my pipe.  As I departed I noticed the Thataway cafe was opened along with the movie theatre.  I could not tell whether McDuffs was opened are not.  While at CVS, I chatted briefly with a young fellow on crutches with a cast on his leg, and he told me he got in a car wreck on New Years morning, when he skidded on Black Ice.  With the warmer thawing conditions in the daytime around here, and with the freezing conditions at night, we can get black ice particularly in back country where it is colder.

I next returned home.  I brought up my purchases.  I will put them away shortly.  I copied my Connecticut Emissions information, and I put the original back in the glove box of the Audi, and I put the copy with my other automobile information in the bedroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/01/10  Friday 5:25 A.M..   BBC News - Russia 'plans to stop asteroid'

Today clouds and sun with a temperature range of 28 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good day.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/01/10  Friday 4:20 A.M..  When I took down the 2009 National Geographic calendar of Scotland off the refrigerator, I did not have another one to put in its place, so I hung the 8 inch by 10 inch Plexiglas frame black and white picture of Prince Charles and the two boys.  I have it hung on a magnet hook with two flat magnet strips keeping it from sliding down.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/01/10  Friday 4:00 A.M..  I took down the 2009 calendars in the apartment, and I put them on the right hallway bookcase.  I put the two new volcano and the one new horse calendar for 2010 on the living room closet doors.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/01/10  Friday 3:30 A.M..  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/01/10  Friday 2:10 A.M..  The West Coast remote server is still to slow to post to right now.  It will probably continue that way through the Holiday weekend.

I posted at the home server in Greenwich, Connecticut U.S.A.:

Scott's Notes from June 1997 through August 2005, 4.81 Mbytes http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote1.zip contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 January 1997 to December 2001 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through December 2003 pages 1583 - 2855" and "mlsnote3.doc" January 2004 through December 2004 pages 2856 - 3605" and "mlsnote4.doc" January 2005 though April 2005 pages 3711 -4259"

Scott's Notes from September 2005 through December 2009, 5.49 Mbytes http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote2.zip contains "mlsnote5.doc" and "mlsnote6.doc" and "mlsnote7.doc" and "mlsnote8.doc" and "mlsnote9.doc" and "mlsnote10.doc" and "mlsnote11.doc" and "mlsnote12.doc" and "mlsnote13.doc" and "mlsnote14.doc" and "mlsnote15.doc" and "mlsnote16.doc" and "mlsnote17.doc" pages 4335 - 7652

September 2009 through December 2009, pages 7433 - 7654

http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote17.pdf

CIO

Note: <888> 01/01/10  Friday 1:20 A.M..  I chatted with a relative.

I printed out the copy of my notes for the last four months.  It is 220 pages long with pages 7433 to pages 7652.  I put them in two Staples Clamps binders, and I placed them on the Abit computer to chair to have available to read for the next few days.  I will then put them in left lower hallway bookcase with the rest of the print outs in clamp binders.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/01/10  Friday 12:15 A.M..  I watched Happy News Years from Times Square on www.foxnews.com .  I will now print out the last four months of my notes, and then post them.  CIO