Note: <888> 02/29/08 Friday 10:40 P.M..  I did some more research on microwave ovens, but there is nothing that interests me on my budget.  I chatted with a relative.  I fried five strips of bacon, and I toasted two pieces of toast that I put butter on, and I made a three egg omelet that I put about a fourth of a cup grated Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on, along with three half inch by 3/8th inch by 2.5 inch strips of 1/3rd less fat Philadelphia cream cheese inside along with grated parmesan cheese on the outside.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I watched part of the Turner Movie Channel movie, "The Day of the Jackal".  CIO  

Note: <888> 02/29/08 Friday 5:30 P.M..  I woke up at 2 P.M. this afternoon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.  I picked up my mail, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I threw out the garbage.  I also threw out the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.  I chatted with www.whitehouse.gov about the price of tea in China.  I noticed when I was throwing out the garbage, somebody was wasting fuel flying a couple of old jets in cross formation above Greenwich.  I also chatted with a neighbor of Mr. Grumman's of Grumman aircraft.  The neighbor of Mr. Grumman's used to work at the coffee shop across the street from Studio 54 near where the Microsoft conference is suppose to be held this Tuesday.  It is suppose to be warm on Tuesday, but possibly with some rain.  Going to a Microsoft conference is like being a paid mourner at a funeral, since everyone there is there for the free software, and most everyone there knows the product line after beta testing.  Of course nobody ever talks and nobody networks, and Microsoft usually has a few vendors there from companies that no one ever heard of trying to sell their product line.  It would be nice if they had something more substantial to eat besides popcorn.  If I pay $20 round trip on Metro North to go into Manhattan, they should at least give me a free roast beef sandwich, so I have the energy to make it home.  I have the download of Vista Server 2008, and I could try to install it, and wait for the product key on Tuesday to activate it, however I am not sure they have a 30 day grace period on activation or not.  I got a $10 check from Knowledge networks for doing their surveys.  CIO    

Note: <888> 02/29/08 Friday 5:10 A.M..  I paid my www.cl-p.com electricity bill.   I paid my www.cablevision.com Digital Cable Television, Optimum Online Cable Modem Service, and Optimum Voice Long Distance telephone service.  I paid my www.verizon.com bill.  I ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com seven cartons of King Mountain Ultra Light 100s in a box for $14.99 a carton a $2 savings plus $17.46 shipping for $122.39 total.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.  If I go to Manhattan on Tuesday morning for the Vista 2008 server launch, I would have to be back on a daytime schedule.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/29/08 Friday 3:05 A.M..  Well, its Leap Year Day.  I backed up some files to the Chinese New Years Year of the Rat 2 gigabyte USB pen drive.  I still have about 1.1 gigabytes of space left on it. 

Note: <888> 02/28/08 Thursday 11:10 P.M..  I reheated and ate the last of the same meal as the last previous two nights.  I ate it with a glass of iced tea.

Note: <888> 02/28/08 Thursday 2:00 P.M..  Well, it does not look like I am going to be paid a visit by the Greenwich Housing Authority for a spot inspection today.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out for some regular downtown activity.  Stay warm.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/28/08 Thursday 1:00 A.M..  BBC NEWS | Americas | Conservative William Buckley dies

Note: <888> 02/27/08 Wednesday 11:30 P.M..  I filled out the 1040A income tax form, which is basically straight forward.

One has to write  "Stimulus Payment" on the top of the form.

For people on SSI Disability, you put in the year 2007's SSI benefits amount under 14A Social Security Benefits.  That is your 2007 monthly benefit amount times 12.

For Connecticut without a check or money order payment, you mail it to:

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

Kansas City, MO. 64999-0015

The other addresses are on the last page of the instructions.

You should probably fill out the form in black ball point ink and you should probably staple both pages together.

It is not too much work for $300.  You can have it deposited directly into one's bank account.  However, the Stimulus package will not go into effect until mid May 2008, so more than likely any payments would not be until June 2008.

I have my IRS 1040A in an addressed stamped envelope ready to mail the next time I go downtown.  CIO

CIO

Note: <888> 02/27/08 Wednesday 10:00 P.M..  For disabled people whom would not normally file income tax because of low income, to get the $300 rebate, you have to fill out this form http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040a.pdf .

Here are the instructions http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040a.pdf .

This is how they suggest one fill it out for the Stimulus Rebate http://www.irs.gov/pub/newsroom/1040a.pdf .

However, one Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday on the third floor of the Greenwich Town Hall from 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. they have volunteers from www.aarp.org to help fill out one's taxes.

Maybe, I will visit them tomorrow or next week, when I have time.

Note: <888> 02/27/08 Wednesday 9:25 P.M..  The bad news is the current interest rate is 3%.  The Euro is worth a $1.50.  However, although lots of Europeans are supposedly coming to the United States to take advantage of the cheaper prices, I have not seen many in Greenwich, Connecticut.  I guess they are afraid to come out here, since their American Cousins might try to barrow money from them, or at least get a free meal.  I reheated on one vegetable cycle in the G.E. microwave oven the same taco and bean and beef meal as last night, and spread some crated Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on it.  When cooking with a microwave oven, one can not use metal, but one can used microwave proof ceramic dishes or glassware or microwave proof plastic.   Microwave proof plates and dishes are usually labeled on the bottom.  Pyrex is also microwave proof.  I took my Hellmann's mayonnaise jar that I keep uncooked rice in, and I tightened it with a hand jar opener, and then I tested opening it with the Black and Decker automatic jar opener.  It is like this Amazon.com: Black & Decker JW200BM - Lids Off Automatic Jar Opener - Black: Kitchen & Dining Model JW200BM.   It is available here Black & Decker Lids Off™ Automatic Jar Opener - Black - JW200BM | Black & Decker Home | www.bdappliancestore.com for $45 plus shipping .  Thus at $5 down from $50 plus shipping at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, it was a good deal.  It is also a new item in its original packaging.  I chatted with a relative twice.  This summer when I go up to Kennebunkport, Maine, I am going to take the Black and Decker Professional Jar opener up to Kennebunkport, Maine, since there is a large kitchen up there.  I do not need it here, since about the only jars I open are tomato sauce and mayonnaise jars, which I can do with my hand jar opener.  It takes up too much room on my kitchen counter.  I packed it back up in its original box, and I have it by the kitchen entrance ready to take up to Kennebunkport, Maine this summer.  When I chatted with my relative down south, I will not be going down to Florida this winter, since it would be too expensive for me to travel down there, and my relatives do not need my assistance down there this winter.  It is not only the cost of AirTran Airways - Home Page from Westchester County airport to Orlando, but it would also cost for me to get to Westchester County airport, and it would cost for me to get from Orlando to Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm : Treasure Coast, Palm Beach, News Business, Homes, Jobs, Cars, & Information, where I have relatives.  It would be hard to get a discount flight down south this time of year, and with the Audi, I can easily drive up to Kennebunkport, Maine when needed to help out around the house there.  Having relatives north and south, one frequently has to be well organized in terms of travel plans.  I uninstalled the Adobe Flash player since it still causes internet explorer to crash.  I am up another batch of passion bunch.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/27/08 Wednesday 6:30 P.M..  International Geological Congress | 33rd IGC | International Geological Congress | 33igc

Note: <888> 02/27/08 Wednesday 5:20 P.M..  A lot of older houses in the woods can have termite or carpenter ant problems, so generally with an older house, the potential buyer should have a complete inspection.  Replacing underground oil tanks that leak can also be very costly.

On this page Troubleshoot Adobe Flash Player installation for Windows  under "Windows Vista installation failure", I reinstalled the Adobe Flash player following the instructions.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/27/08 Wednesday 4:15 P.M..  I woke up at 10 A.M.. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.  I picked up my mail, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I threw out the garbage.  I read the last three issues of www.forbes.com .  I skimmed through the 1100 page book on Vista.   I received a notification at my door that the Greenwich Housing Authority is going to do spot inspections tomorrow from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M..  I was inspected by them two weeks ago, so I doubt if they are going to inspect my apartment again.  That might not be the same for my neighbors who were not inspected two weeks ago.  I chatted with a relative.

Note: <888> 02/26/08 Tuesday 10:40 P.M..  I ate a 9.5 ounce can of Planter's whole cashew nut with some iced tea.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  I gave out two calling card today.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/26/08 Tuesday 9:10 P.M..  I took the 12 inch Griswold frying pan, and I put about three tablespoons of olive oil in it and three pads of butter.  I peeled and minced three cloves of garlic, and I peeled and diced two medium onions, and I added them to the Griswold frying pan, and I turned it on to medium high electric burner heat on the large electric burner.  I diced two 8 ounce top round burgers, and once the onions were blanched a little bit, I added the pound of diced beef, and I stirred it all together.   I seasoned it all with Old Bay Seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian spices and garlic powder.  Once the beef was lightly browned I added a 28 ounce can of B&M bacon and onion flavored baked beans, and I mixed it all together.  I seasoned it some more with Old Bay Seasoning, ground black pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, paprika, and red cayenne pepper.  I added about 1/8th of a cup of Kraft barbeque sauce, a couple of teaspoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce, a teaspoon and a half of Frank's hot sauce, and a tablespoon of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce.   I mixed it all together, and once it was bubbling, I simmered it on medium for about a half hour.  About half way through I added one third of an eight ounce package of 1/3rd less fat Philadelphia Cream Cheese, and I mixed it into the mixture.  I took a box of Old El Paso soft and hard taco shells, and I put two soft and two hard broken open shells on a large dinner plate.  I crated about a half cup of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I spread about one third of the cooked beef and bean mixture on the four taco shells, and I put the other two thirds in a Rubbermaid container with lid in the refrigerator.  I spread the grated cheese over the beef and bean mixture, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I then as usual cleaned up the kitchen.  CIO  

Note: <888> 02/26/08 Tuesday 6:15 P.M..  I heated a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea after the last note.  I could not find the Ramen noodles, I think I might have stashed them in the closet.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went to my regular 3 P.M. appointment.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a Black and Decker Professional Automatic Jar opener for $5.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor about the price of tea in China.  I set up the Black and Decker Professional Jar opener on the right side of the kitchen sink next to the electric can opener.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/26/08 Tuesday 1:15 P.M..  I picked up my mail.

Free food deal this Thursday and Friday McSkillet Burrito

Well, I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will get ready for my 3 P.M. appointment.  I will microwave a package of Ramen chicken noodles for a quick snack.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/26/08 Tuesday 12:15 P.M..  I woke up at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.  I left a few messages with friends about Arden house.  I called up Luxury Real Estate & Homes for Sale | Official Sotheby's International Realty® Site at 1-203-869-4343, and I told them about Arden House.  They told me one of the Vanderbilt homes in Lenox, Massachusetts is for sale for $20 million.  I guess with the higher prices of fuel in this country, a lot of people can no longer afford to maintain the great old country houses.  Next thing the President will probably be living in a Winnebago outside the www.whitehouse.gov to save on fuel.  I guess the U.S. Government is not really in touch with the ramifications of the economic downtown and the higher prices of fuel.  One could invest in a big strong mountain boy in the woods who still knows how to chop and split firewood, but if you live by a warm fireplace, you need to have somebody to keep an eye on it all night long while the other cabin residents are asleep.  CIO   

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 10:10 P.M..  Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan - CNN.com

It would take me about a month to write everything I know about Steamboat Road.

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 9:30 P.M..  My Million Dollar Index portfolio that I started tracking with Microsoft Money MSN about 8 years ago with about 150 stocks worth about a million dollars is suppose to be worth $1,905,525.52 today.  I only adjusted it once about three years ago to account for a few stock name changes, so I am not sure if it is accurate or not, but it still shows up in Microsoft Money 2006.  Alas, I did not actually have the money to invest in it myself.  When I last looked at it about a year ago, most of the stock gains were from Berkshire Hathaway Class A and B stocks.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 9:10 P.M..  I chatted with a relative who told me the best picture at the Academy Awards was "No Country, For Old Men."  That is pretty much the state of the union here too.  If one is young and adventuresome, since Canada supplies 75% of New York's energy, and since they are suppose to have a lot of surplus energy, one could try moving two hours north of Niagara Falls to Toronto, Canada.  They are suppose to have plenty of energy with a local English speaking population.  They have 40 miles of underground streets, so one does not have to go outside in cold weather which is most of the year.  Thus one could live in one of the apartment complexes connected to the underground streets, and never have to go outside.  However, although there is public transportation outside and a subway, the underground streets do not have transportation, so you have to walk around underground or travel above ground in regular transportation to the various points underground.  In other words, you would have to wait outside in the cold for a bus to get from point A to point B underground.  I do not think the last time I look in December 1983, they had people moving belts like they do in airports, but maybe by now they do.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 3:40 P.M.. World's Top Vacation Spots - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 3:00 P.M..  I checked my mail.  I fried four strips of bacon, and I toasted an English muffin that I put butter on, and I made a three egg omelet that I put four .25 inch by 1.25 inch by 1.25 slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on, along with three half inch by 3/8th inch by 2.5 inch strips of 1/3rd less fat Philadelphia cream cheese inside along with grated parmesan cheese inside.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I will now go through my email.  CIO  

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 1:35 P.M..  I don't think a Microwave oven box would fit in the back of my Audi anyway, but I could always take it out of the box at the store, but then I would not be able to return it if there were a problem, but one could collapse the box, and bring it home to have it.  One collapses a box by cutting the tape that holds it together and folds it down.

The Internet Explorer Add On Programs that I disables in Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Programs, Manage Add-ons; are:

cpbrkpie Control   from Coupons, Inc.

DASWebShop Class from Test Company

DLC Class

DLMCtrl Class Zinio Systems, Inc.

Free Threaded XML COM Doc....  not verified Microsoft Corporation

Java Plug-in 1.5.0_02  Sun Microsystems

Kodak Gallery Easy Upload Ma....  

Quantum Streaming IE Player    Move Networks, Inc.

Quantum Streaming IE Versio.....   Move Networks, Inc.

QuickTime Object    Apple Inc.

QuickTimeCheck Class   Apple Inc.

RealPlayer Download and Rec...  RealNetworks, Inc.

RealPlayer G2 Control    RealNetworks, Inc.

Research

Sun Java Console  not verified  Sun Microsystems

System Requirements Lab Class

XML DOM Document 4.0  not verified Microsoft Corporation

XML HTTP 4.0  not verified Microsoft Corporation

XSL Template 4.0  not verified Microsoft Corporation

Since disabling them, Internet Explorer has not yet crashed with the Adobe Flash Player installed.

CIO

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 1:05 P.M..  I currently do not need a new microwave oven, and I can not afford one anyway.  I also do not think one should have one shipped since they tend to be fragile.  From what I can come up with off the net, this one Buy the Panasonic Genius Prestige Built-in Microwave Oven and other Kitchen & housewares at circuitcity.com is currently $50 off for $210 plus tax, and it could be picked up at www.circuitcity.com in Norwalk, Connecticut, and it is an inverter model.  However, this NN-SD997S - Genius/Prestige - Shop and Compare at Panasonic indicates it is not a convection model, so it would not be good for browning like a convection oven.   The convection model costs $650 NN-C994S - Genius/Prestige - Shop and Compare at Panasonic , so I think I would stick with my old Farberware convection oven for now, and I also have a backup unit.  For some reason the www.newegg.com web site keeps crashing my web browser.  I installed the Adobe Flash player again, and it still does not make a difference.

I disabled some suspicious Active X programs in Internet Explorer.

To see what is available here, check Newegg.com - Microwave, Microwave Oven, Sharp Microwave, Panasonic Microwave, GE Microwave

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 11:35 A.M.. On the Newegg.com - Open Box: Panasonic 1300 Watts Family-Size Microwave Oven NNSN667B Sensor Cook Black for $75 with free shipping, it only has a 15 day Newegg warranty, since it is not recertified by the Manufacturer, it has not other manufacturer warranty.  Not worth ordering as far as I am concerned.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow afternoon.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/25/08 Monday 10:05 A.M..  I woke up at 6:30 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.  I put clean linens on my bed.  I did two wash loads and one dry load of laundry.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/24/08 Sunday 6:30 P.M..  I chatted with a friend.  I reheated the remaining homemade pasta fettuccini with alfredo sauce, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  Not much seems to be happening in this neck of the woods.  Somebody is working on improving Byram Lavery proposes building new pool - Greenwich Time .  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  Stay warm.  CIO  

Note: <888> 02/24/08 Sunday 4:55 P.M..  I rested a while, and I watched a bit of television.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/24/08 Sunday 2:05 P.M..  In recognition of the microwave oven making the Illinois economy more prosperous, I microwaved a bag of microwave popcorn, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  If John D. Rockefeller III should happen to still be alive, he has to file his Federal income tax form from Chicago, Illinois by the tax dead line in mid April 2008, since his legal address is suppose to be the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois Chicago Hotels: The Drake Hotel, A Luxury Chicago, Illinois Hotel, Official Site. .  Whether he actually has to show up there or not, I do not know.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/24/08 Sunday 12:40 P.M..  I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.  I cleaned off the snow and ice off the bench on the north end of the building, and I set it on the side walk, so it is more easily accessed for the cigarettes smokers.  I also cleaned off the two benches at the front entrance of the building.  I also emptied the two outside ashtrays.  I chatted with some neighbors.  According to the internet, my relatives whom were traveling today have arrived at their destination.  In the low fuel budget of this section of town, I do not have the funds to go downtown and people watch, which is about the only thing low income people can do around here.  I was told that President Bush www.whitehouse.gov will be retiring to Dallas, Texas, where I use to have relatives.  I saw on www.foxnews.com that John McCain is from Sonoma, Arizona where a lot of retired people live.  I am sure it is nice there in the winter, but it is probably a bit hot there in the summer, unless one can afford air conditioning.  I chatted with somebody from Austrian royalty at the Greenwich Library yesterday, so we tend to have a more Nordic group of people here.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive before going to bed last night.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/23/08 Saturday 10:50 P.M..  I ate 2/3rds of a 13.5 ounce box of Cheez-Its low fat crackers.  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I will shut down the primary Vista computer shortly.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 02/23/08:

Note: <888> 02/23/08 Saturday 9:05 P.M..  Collapse Calderas Work Group Blog

I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/23/08 Saturday 8:50 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I am making up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/23/08 Saturday 7:30 P.M..  The sidewalk areas around the building I live at were cleared by the Greenwich Housing Authority staff from Columbia, when I went out early this morning.  Most of Greenwich Avenue was totally clear except the sidewalks in front of a few abandoned shops, where one has to be careful.  I reheated and ate half of the remaining homemade fettuccini pasta alfredo mixture, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  I have two relatives traveling tomorrow who were not able to travel on Saturday.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/23/08 Saturday 5:55 P.M..  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went downtown.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I chatted with a regular Greenwich Avenue walker.  I then went downtown, and I cleaned off the snow off the benches in front of the senior center and the veterans monument across the street from it.  I did not clean off the snow off the benches at the Greenwich Post Office, since that is federal property.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with a Scottish person from Manhattan.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center on the way up Greenwich Avenue.  I then stopped by CVS, and I bought five 9.2 ounce bags of Hershey mini bars for .99 each bag and .30 tax for $5.22 total.  I then stopped by the ATM machine at the Chase Bank on Mason Street again.  I then walked west on East Putnam Avenue and back down Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out for a while on a clean bench.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I gave a Norwegian neighbor one of my calling cards, and I gave the Scottish fellow a calling card.  I used the bathroom at the Greenwich Library, and I toured the facility.  The local ornithologist has not been seen in a while, so perhaps he is bird watching elsewhere.  I chatted with the reference librarians.  I cleaned off the snow off the six benches at the Greenwich Library.  Once the snow begins to melt, if the snow is cleaned off of them, one does not get ice on the benches which is uncomfortable sit on.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Service Exxon station, and I bought $8.50 of self service premium unleaded gasoline at $3.839 a gallon for 2.215 gallons for 30.1 miles driving since the previous Saturday at odometer reading of 59599 miles for 13.589 miles per gallon of local driving with a little bit faster driving this week, since I drove over to Tod's Point last Sunday.  My how time flies when one does not drive much.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two Francesca Rinaldi 26 ounce jars of tomato sauce for a $1 each and two with basil for a $1 each, a top round roast for $1.99 a pound for $7.02 half price, a 2 pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, fresh Chiquita bananas for .54 a pound for $1.72, and broccoli crowns  at $1.69 a pound for $2.42 for $18.15 total.  I then returned home.  I brought up my purchases.  I put them away.  I converted with a serrated knife and the CuisineArt the 3.5 pound top round roast into 1 inch chunks of beef that I ground into 7 eight ounce hamburgers that I hand formed, and then I double bagged them in carrots bags, and I froze them.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/22/08 Friday 8:45 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I am a bit tired after a busy day, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO   

Note: <888> 02/22/08 Friday 7:20 P.M..  Well for the work at home internet crowd, today is just another work day.

Note: <888> 02/22/08 Friday 5:50 P.M..  I ate some of the small Hershey chocolate bars.  I watched some local television, and conditions seem to be normal, and traffic is suppose to be moving, but there might be ice tonight when it gets colder.  Last night there was a bad accident on East Putnam Avenue by the Citgo station, and two young people were seriously injured.  I went outside again, and I checked the local environment, and the front entrance to the building is now cleaned off, but the sidewalks on the wings are still snow covered with a few inches of snow.  We use to have a snow blower here, but I did not hear the new building custodian using it today.   The new building custodian is from Mexico City, so I do not know how much he knows about cold weather maintenance, although he does an excellent job inside.  I left a message with my expert French Canadian friend who knows quite a bit about snow, but unless you pay him $400 a day, he is not available.  At least that is what he told me before.  However, when he worked here in Greenwich shoveling snow at Christ Church, he was only paid $400 a week.   I guess up in New London, Connecticut it is harder to find people whom know how to get rid of snow, since they must be government employees whom were moved up north from down south.  Sooner or later they will get it all cleared up, it generally takes a few days, and it all does not happen instantly.   Technically all of the snow can be removed from Greenwich Avenue in about four hours.  I once saw them remove about 2.5 feet of snow from Greenwich Avenue in that time, but that costs quite a bit of money, and it is like an invading army when they do it that way.  Maybe we will get a warm spell, and it will all melt quickly anyway.  I will now reheat one third of the remaining homemade fettuccini and alfredo sauce mixture, and I will eat it with a glass of iced tea and cold filtered water.  CIO  

Note: <888> 02/22/08 Friday 3:50 P.M..  I woke up at 6:30 A.M. this morning.  I checked the outside conditions, and there was about 5 inches of fresh powdered snow and still falling.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I did my house cleaning, and I watered the plants which took about six hours.  I chatted with a relative twice.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I picked up mail.  I said hello to a neighbor.  I chatted with another relative.  I cleaned about 10 inches of snow off of my Audi.  There seems to have been a bit more snow, since I woke up.  The driveway is plowed, but there is still several inches of snow left on the sidewalks.  I parked the Audi in a plowed parking spot.  One is suppose to move one's car into cleared parking spots, so the Greenwich Housing Authority can plow the snow covered parking spots.  If they can not plow them, they can later turn to iced as the snow melts which can be dangerous.  It is a light powder snow, so it was easy to clean of the Audi.  I said hello to a neighbor.  I do not think it is worth taking a chance driving for a couple of days, since more than likely it could be hazardous, and currently there is no point trying to walk a snow covered Greenwich Avenue.  I have no indoor place to go when I leave the apartment besides the Greenwich Library, and I am sure it is closed today.  Greenwich, Connecticut has become so expensive a lot of my friends have moved out of the area through no fault of their own.  CIO     

Note: <888> 02/21/08 Thursday 11:45 P.M..  From what I know in the history books, Long Island is just one of the smaller Scott family farms in America.  All, I can tell from the south shore of Connecticut is that they're doing more than growing potatoes out there.  I have not been out there in about a year since the Microsoft conference in Hauppauge, Long Island at the Hyatt Hotel out there.  Long Island is so flat away from their north shore, it looks a lot like the Midwest, but it is warmer out there since it is surrounded by water.  Since the people I use to know from Long Island never contact me anymore, and since they are suppose to have southern connections down in Florida, more than likely they went south for the winter.  Since George Cary is originally from East Aurora, New York, he enjoys the warmer temperatures out there, although he has covered all of New York State for over 35 years.  In other words by now, if he has not run out of gasoline, he should be a somewhat experienced driver.  I do know he knows how to haul a horse trailer.  Basically they probably use the Union Pacific railroad to haul all of the New York State horse manure down to the White House if you get my drift.  I told somebody today at www.cvs.com on Greenwich Avenue with the cold weather temperatures with minimal energy I am facing in this area, I feel like voting for Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for President.  I will now shut down my primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have relatives traveling tomorrow.  I finished off the opened jar of Planter's peanuts.  CIO  

Note: <888> 02/21/08 Thursday 9:30 P.M..  I chatted with a relative. 

Note: <888> 02/21/08 Thursday 7:35 P.M..  I reheated one fourth of the remaining pasta alfredo, and I ate it with a 50% to 50% mixture of ice tea and cold filtered water.  I thought I heard an explosion about 45 minutes ago, so I went outside to check, but no neighbors heard it.  There was no vibration.  I think the children in the family units have large stereo speaker systems, so they sometimes play sound effects out of their windows, which would be wasting energy in the winter.  Not much going on around here as far as I can tell.  National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary .  More snow.  CIO   

Note: <888> 02/21/08 Thursday 4:45 P.M..  When I got home this item was outside my door, tracking number is "Q11562100130" DHL | Global on the return RMA refurbished replacement on the extra Netgear FR114P router with print server.  I just tested it, and I upgraded its firmware, and I configured it.  It also came with a power supply too, so I have another extra power supply.  I put it with the other spare Netgear equipment behind the upper Rubbermaid hamper in the bedroom.  Thus I have three Netgear FR11P routers with print servers, and I also have three Netgear 16 port switches.  You have to remember the reality of Greenwich Avenue revolves around house wives shopping not computer nerds going about their own private business.  Obviously I know a bit about home computers.  In terms of the geopolitics in this area which some people forget is near New York City, I have some old time political connections in New York City from past political administrations whom may have settled out here after previous administrations instead of plucking off shrimp heads in Key West, Florida for the newest shrimp cocktails at the latest fashionable gatherings in Manhattan.  I see enough midtown Manhattan people out here of influence, I do not need to go into Manhattan looking for a job.  If they wanted me there, they could facilitate me going there.  Since I am a private citizen, I do not need to risk my car to go into Manhattan, where I can not afford to park anyway, and where I am really not too adept at dealing with all of the traffic there anymore.  Greenwich, Connecticut is busy enough for me too.  By visiting retired relatives elsewhere, I have learned to enjoy the quieter way of life that retired people live versus the more hectic life of the business community.  T-Mobil is also offering all you can talk on cell phones for $100 a month.  I told them they might make money off batteries, since when people particularly women chatted all of the time, they will need more reserve batteries for when their batteries become discharged.  I also chatted this morning with a young fellow from near Effingham, Illinois who had Illinois plates on his rental car.  I gave him a calling card too.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/21/08 Thursday 3:25 P.M..  I woke up at 5:30 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I went downtown, and I went by CVS, and I bought a 12 pack of Thomas' English muffins for $1.99 and a 9.2 ounce bag of Hershey mini chocolate bars for .99 and .06 tax for $3.04 total.  Some of the 9 ounce bags of chocolates left over from Valentine's Day are on sale for .99 down from $2.99.  In World War II the soldiers use to give chocolate to starving civilians, so it much be good for them.  I then went downtown, and I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts Center.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift shop.  I gave one of my calling cards to one of my European cousins.  I then gave a calling card to the retired British citizen that I did not have one for before.  I then went by Zen stationary, and I bought a 24 Karat scratch card #29 for a dollar, and I won a dollar for no profit gained.  I then used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I gave one of their shop attendants a calling call.  They are out of the shower restrictor heads that I bought this past summer.  I looked at the their sink faucet adapters, but I do not want to try to fix my kitchen sink one, since it took me a long time to fix it as it is.  When the conservation people came around a couple of years ago, they sheared the threads on the existing faucet trying to install a flow restrictor aerator.  I suggest to John that they should invent "L" shaped plastic hook with two sided stickem tape on the upper side, so one could put it on the side of an LCD monitor to hang headphones or whatever.  I have never seen one around here.  I then went by CVS, and I bought the last three 9.75 ounce cans of Planter's Whole Cashew Nuts for $10 all.  They have one plastic aerator water restrictor adaptor that looks like it might work on my kitchen sink, but I do not want to take the chance it would not work, and it cost $8.  I then finished my walk.  I gave the shop proprietor at T-Mobil Cell Phones,Cellular Phone Plans,Prepaid Cell Phones,Free Cell Phones & Deals - Stick Together with T-Mobile one of my calling cards.  I then finished my walk, and I went by the Senior Center and Arts center, and I used my bathroom again.  I noticed two people training yellow labs downtown to be Guide Dogs for the Blind.  I know somebody who is blind downtown, but he only usually goes out in warmer weather with his Golden Retriever Guide dog.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with the www.xerox.com service person.  I chatted with a couple of their reference librarians.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I was given a free copy of the www.greenwichtime.com .  I bought a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice for $3 and from the clearance shelf in the dairy section, I bought two packages of 4 inch by 6 inch Oxford Index cards for .50 each and a five pack of 25,000 Staples stables for $2.25 for $6.45 total.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a couple of neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I put the staples and the index cards in the center living room desk drawer.  I thought I saw http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm downtown, but it must be a look a like, since he does not chat with me.  Maybe he does not recognize me, since when he was my neighbor up in Nantucket until 1983, I only weighed about 150 pounds.  Of course since Fred was 14th generation Dutch New York, he might have one or two relatives that look the same.  CIO  

Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 8:35 P.M..  Well, I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 8:00 P.M..  Last night before I went to bed, I noticed that the blue light bulb in the brass lamp in the southwest corner beneath Granddad Boven's portrait had burned out.  The blue light probably used more electricity anyway, so I put in a 13 watt Sylvania energy saving florescent bulb that puts out 60 watts of light, and I covered the lamp fixture with a shade, so there is not too much glare.  I turn it on in the living room, when I go to bed to use as a night light, so if I wake up at night, and I come into the living room area, I can see well enough.  Although we are suppose to save energy, we need to use enough, so our homes do not become a hazard.  In a small apartment, one has to be able to see well enough to navigate around at night.  If one trips a hospital bill would be much more expensive.  I also keep the small elephant light with a 20 watt bulb on the window ledge going in the living room at night.  I have another 13 watt florescent bulb going in the hallway bookcase book light.  I also have a standard 8 watt night light bulb going in the bathroom along with another 13 watt florescent bulb in a lamp in the bathroom.  I also have a 13 watt florescent bulb in the fixture going in the kitchen stove hood going after hours, and I also have a 8 watt red night light bulb in the kitchen.  You do the math, 13, 20, 13, 8, 13, 13, 8, or 88 watts going in lights after hours when I am asleep, and I also keep the FIC sever going which has a 425 watt power supply, but it is hard to tell how much electricity it uses for the motherboard, CPU, fans, etc.   Also the Cable modem, the router, and the network switch go all of the time, but they use minimal electricity.  Of course, when I work in the living room in low light conditions, I still have the primary Vista computer going with its four 55 watt monitors, and the 13 watt florescent bulb above it, and I usually keep the kitchen ceiling florescent light on which is about 60 watts, and when I smoke cigarettes by the kitchen stove, I turn on the stove fan.  Also when I turn on the living room wall switch at the apartment entrance, I turn on the dolphin florescent light which uses about 25 watts, the three window ledge 13 watt fixtures, the four 25 watt sconces, the four 15 watt sconces, for a total of 224 watts to massively illuminate the living room along with the elephant night light that goes all of the time for 249 watts.  Of course turning on the high definition Sony 27 inch CRT television probably uses considerably more electricity, but I pay about $80 a month for high definition digital Optimum Cablevision television, so occasionally I like to watch it for relaxation.  I have the internet to see what goes on in the world.  I am educated, so I do not need television commentators explaining the news to me.  Also the refrigerator and the hot water tank go a good deal of the time.  I use only the stove top burners, and I used the microwave oven and the convection oven for my other cooking needs.  I have not been using the electric heat in the apartment recently to save money, but I do occasionally turn on the DeLonghi oil filled radiator for a short spell to take the chill out of the air in the living room, when I first wake up.  I also do not take a hot shower and clean up every day to save on energy.  I have a shower restrictor head installed to save on hot water.  I also use as little water as possible in cleaning up in the kitchen, which means I do not run the water very fast, and I do not leave it running when I am using it.  I use antibacterial dish washing detergent to keep the dishes clean that I was with a dishwashing detergent scrubber wand.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 7:25 P.M..  I chatted with a Connecticut republican in Manhattan today, and I was told the last thing John Dillinger said was "French Canadian Bean Soup" which stood for F.C.B.S. which stood for Five Canonized Bavarians Society or something like that.  However, knowing the individual it stands for F*** C.B.S..  Technically French Canadian Bean Soup is nothing but watered down Pork and Beans.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 7:15 P.M..  10 P.M. total lunar eclipse here Total lunar eclipse offers treat for skywatchers - CNN.com.  Weather here is suppose to be partly cloudy, so there might be a chance of seeing it.  However, it is suppose to be 25 degrees Fahrenheit outside at 10 P.M., so dress warmly.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 6:45 P.M..  I lived in Florence, Italy for the first three months of 1972, when I was not traveling around southern France, Spain and Lanzarote.  I learned a bit about Italian cooking.  Italians do not use store bought dried pasta, but they make their own pasta at home.  Rich Italians can afford pasta machines.  I happen to own a Simac pasta machine which I bought for $12.50 in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for half price about six years ago.  I guess the busy Greenwich people do not have the time to make their own home made pasta.  I set it up, and I used the thin fettuccini blade, and I mixed a pound of old flour and four fresh beaten large jumbo eggs and a couple of tablespoons of water, and I followed the instructions for a total mixing and kneading time of seven minutes, until the mixture was in walnut size chunks.  I then opened the feeder slot, and I make about 1.3 pounds of 10 inch long thin fettuccini noodles which I fed into a large metal mixing bowl turning the bowl, so the pasta would not all lump together.  I cut the pasta as it came out of the machine with a sharp knife.  I then set it aside to sit for about an hour.  I chatted with a relative.  I cleaned the pasta machine which takes quite a bit of time, and one has to make sure the die cast for the pasta is cleaned, so it is not plugged in the future.  A vegetable brush was handy for cleaning the pasta machine parts.  I put about six quarts of water in a two gallon Revere pot, and I brought it to a boil, and I added a tablespoon of sea salt and a tablespoon of olive oil.  I took a 15 ounce jar of Bertolli Alfredo sauce with aged parmesan cheese, and I put it in a two quart heavy duty pot with lid, and I added 3/4ths of a stick of butter in pads, about four tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, seasoning it generously with garlic powder about a half teaspoon, about 1/8th of a teaspoon of ground black pepper, 1/8th of a teaspoon of chicken bouillon powder, two tablespoons of bacon bits, and about a 1 tablespoons of Italian seasoning.  I mixed it all together, and I heated it over medium heat covered for about 10 minutes mixing it occasionally.  With the big Revere pot of water boiling, I slowly added the home made fettuccini to keep the water boiling by adding it slowly, and I constantly stirred it for four minutes to cook it, until it was al dente.  I then strained it in a colander, and I added it to a large metal mixing bowl, and I poured the Alf redo sauce over it, and I mixed it all together thoroughly with a large wooden spoon.  I then added twice about a fourth of a cup of grated parmesan cheese, and I mixed it all together each time, and for the last mixing I added about one tablespoons of dried parsley, and I mixed it all together.  I ate about one sixth of it with a glass of 50% cold filtered water and 50% iced tea, and I refrigerated the remaining fettuccini Alfredo in a large flat Rubbermaid container.  Home cooking when one has the time takes a bit of time.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 2:15 P.M..  I did some routine computer work.  I chatted with a local security group about internet security.  I was given the email address mailto:secenter@microsoft.com for matters relating to Microsoft Security.  I emailed some associates about the fact that it appeared my primary Vista computer had been tampered with and what I think is behind it.  It has nothing to do with anyone locally as far as I know.

From my perspective, it is the nature of being Bush family neighbors elsewhere, I might have attracted the curiosity of the local KGB.

If they want to pursue some of my Maine volunteer activities in the summer, I am not too sure they will be too excited after having come all the way over here.   Maybe they should read some of my previous summer vacation notes, when I am just having private family visits.

I went downstairs, and I picked up my mail.  I said Good Morning to some neighbors.

I received an Identity Theft brochure from www.usps.com , and it mentioned one can get a Free Credit Report at www.annualcreditreport.com , so I applied, and I selected Equifax, and since I have never really had much money in my life, and since I have hardly ever bought anything on credit, I do not really have any credit history except one inquiry from Sprint, which I do not use. 

About the Smartest person I would occasionally chat with downtown has passed away Greenwich Time Patrick J. Hughes.  Whenever I chatted with him about something that was on my mind, he seemed to know a lot more about it than the average person.  When I was about to have my hernia operation, he gave me a blow by blow description about what it would be like.

I ate a half of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips.  CIO

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Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 9:55 A.M..  I threw out some garbage.  I said good morning to some neighbors.  I ate a third of a jar of lightly salted dry roasted peanuts.  I turned off the primary lights in the living room and kitchen, so I will work by secondary lights saving a bit of electricity in the daytime.  Not much seems to be going on around here, but older people watching their choice of television.  CIO

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Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 6:55 A.M..  I do computer systems analysis work as a retired volunteer on the internet along with compiling the volcanology directory.  From what I know we have had a warmer winter this winter, because of the reports last year of increased solar flare activity.  However, I have a theory that increased solar flare activity causes the Earth's core to be bombarded with increased neutrons and electrons which causes increased tectonic activity on the Planet Earth making it a bit colder if volcanoes erupt.  On my primary Vista computer this week, I do not seem to being hacked or not getting the Vista Computer Systems Blue Screen crash.  It is probably a local hacker is away on vacation this week, because the Greenwich, Connecticut schools are on vacation.  It could also be a hardware settings change in that I changed three settings in my CMOS. I enabled Keyboard 98, Keyboard Wake from Sleep, and Mouse Wake from Sleep in my CMOS hardware settings of my primary Vista computer.  http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm and http://geocities.com/mikelscott/computer.htm .  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/20/08 Wednesday 6:40 A.M..  I woke up at 4 A.M..

I put my political preferences on my homepages.

John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President 

Republican • National • Committee

Republican • National • Committee Donations

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I made my bed.

Tracking number is "Q11562100130" DHL | Global on the return RMA refurbished replacement on the extra Netgear FR114P router with print server. 

Note: <888> 02/19/08 Tuesday 5:20 P.M..  Well,  I ate 2/5th of a 16 ounce jar of Planter's Dry Roasted lightly salted peanuts.  Well not much happening around here as far as I can tell.  I had a quieter day at home which most older people seem to enjoy instead of dealing with a lot of people moving around aimlessly in traffic.  It one wants to get out for a change, you could park you car outside in the driveway and use some sort of space heating electrical device to keep one's self warm inside it, and one could just sit inside the car and pretend that one was traveling around without using gasoline.  Of course, you would have to have a long enough extension cord to reach into the car.  Also space heaters can be dangerous depending on the type that one chooses to use.  There are safer more modern ones.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I wanted them to install a heated solarium here, so one could sit outside in comfort in the winter, but I guess with the price of fuel anymore, solariums are a thing of the past.  In ski resorts, they bundle up warmly, and they sit outside in the sun in the daytime.  If one gets a bit of sun in the winter, it tends to raise one's dopamine level, and one tends to feel better.  Here is a nice solarium http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsparis.jpg.  Of course France which nobody pays any attention to happens to be 80% nuclear energy, so they happen to have a bit of spare generating capacity.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/19/08 Tuesday 4:30 P.M..  A barrel of oil for a Franklin Oil Closes Above $100 for First Time - New York Times.  42 gallons to a barrel of oil