Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 10:35 P.M.:  I ran the previous mentioned procedures.  I read the back issues of the Greenwich Post and Greenwich Citizen while doing the computer maintenance.  I also read some tech periodicals.  I still have a lot of computer technology periodicals and other periodicals to read.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Swiss cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  It is suppose to continue raining until Friday, so I will not be going out this evening.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will rest for a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 7:05 P.M.:  I was up at 3 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until 6 P.M..  It is raining out, so I will not be going out at this moment.  It is suppose to rain steadily until midnight, and then it is suppose to be sporadic showers.  I will now run Ad-aware 6.0, SpyBot, Norton Win Doctor, a System Restore backup, a Disk Cleanup of the C: drive, Norton Disk Doctor, RegClean, and then I will do a seven part backup of the C: drive to the D: drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 6:05 A.M.: Daylight Saving Time starts in Europe and North America this Sunday at 2 A.M. moves forward to 3 A.M..  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 5:55 A.M.:  CNN.com - Dutch farewell Queen Juliana - Mar 30, 2004 , BBC NEWS World Europe Dutch bid farewell to ex-monarch ,  BBC NEWS In Pictures In pictures: Queen Juliana's funeral .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 5:35 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  A tip you may have forgotten, if you want your web browser to open in Full Screen, set it to Full Screen, and then Press "CTRL-Y" combination to set it.  Then after you close it and reopen Internet Explorer, it will be in full screen.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 5:15 A.M.:  GeorgeWBush.com :: Kerry's Gas Tax Calculator .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 4:30 A.M.:  I am going through my email.  Microsoft Office Live Meeting - Download.com - Free downloads, shareware, and more. .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 3:55 A.M.:  I heated and ate a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder with 20 Arnold large cut croutons along with a glass of iced tea.  I just found this story for Connecticut smokers Greenwich Time - Taverns prepare to comply as deadline for smoking ban nears .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 3:20 A.M.:  I made a backup of my Outlook 2003 contacts and my Outlook Express address book, and I copied them to the USB drive.  The USB 32 MB drive is now filled up.  I will leave it sitting to the left of my primary computer on the bronze Eiffel Tower trivet.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 2:40 A.M.:  I was able to fit on the 32 MB USB drive my Favorites in *.zip format, my directory www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotlis.htm  and my password program.  I ran the disconnect applet program on the primary computer, and I unplugged it.  I replugged in the USB 2.0 cable for the Minolta laser printer.  I now have the information for transferring to other computers.  However, it was just a test, I might leave if empty for future data transfer operations, but for now I will leave the information on the USB drive.  I attached the blue strap that came with it to the device, and it also came with drivers for Windows 98 which I do not need.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 2:15 A.M.:  The Favorites reduced in size by a factor of 4, so they will not all fit one USB drive.  However, I have them in *.zip format, which takes up about 19 megs.  Once I put my directory on, I could copy them onto the backup computer, however two of them already have most of them, and it is not really necessary.  The copying of large files is fast with the USB drive, so I will use the USB drive for copying files between computers.  Although for use I could copy all of the URLs to two 32 MB USB drives, I do not think it is necessary, since I do not use them that much, and the *zip format if fine enough.  I suppose I can use the USB drive for other file transfers too.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 1:25 A.M.:  I plugged the USB portable drive into my computer front USB 2.0 port, and I removed the Minolta Laser printer cable temporarily.  I am trying to copy my Favorites to the USB drive.  However, on a hard drive they take up about 235 megabyte of disk space, but they only comprise less than 5 megabytes of space, so since the memory might be actual space as opposed to hard drive formatting, they might actually fit on the USB drive.  Of course it takes a bit of time.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/31/04  Wednesday 1:05 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99 and a 3 ounce container of Stop and Shop grated parmesan cheese for .99 for $2.98 total.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove around the train station area.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I noticed downtown, they now have a highway barricade at the entrance to Grigg street off Greenwich Avenue, so through traffic is not permitted through there at the moment.  I am not sure what the situation is there, but maybe they are going to do some construction there.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went over to Walgreen's in Old Greenwich which is opened all night.  I noticed packages of Alkaline batteries are on sale for .99 and with the store coupon, one can get three tins of sardines for .99 all.  They also have a few computer accessory items on sale.  I bought a Computer Essentials 32 MB USB Portable Drive or what they call a pen drive for half price for $14.99 plus a package of Marlboro Lights 100s for $4.12 plus $1.15 tax for $20.26 total.  They have about four more USB drives left.  They keep them locked up with a number of other computer items, so the manager has to open the rack.  I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 9:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 8:55 P.M.:  I reheated and ate the remainder of the Ronzoni linguine and the Frensceso Rinaldi tomato and basil sauce which I put a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it will with a glass of iced tea.  I then drank a 50% Folgers' decaffeinated instant and a 50% Folgers' instant coffee.  I always put a bit of milk in my coffee.  I watched some television.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 7:35 P.M.:  Before going to bed, I ran Norton Win Doctor, and I did a system backup with System Restore, then I ran Disk Cleanup on the C: drive.  I have 2.6 gigabytes of hard drive space left on the C: drive.  I left the computer on, and I ran Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive while I was asleep.  I was up at 2 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until 6:15 P.M..  I watched the NBC national news.  I threw out some garbage, and I checked the mail.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 7:15 A.M.:  I finished watching Princess Juliana's funeral.  God rest her soul.  I tried to put it on the television, but the Real Player does not work with secondary monitors, so I watched it on the primary monitor with the sound playing through the television.  I tried reinstalling the Nvidia drivers, but that did not make it play the Real Player on the television.  I use the Nvidia drivers from www.mdmm.com for my Mad Dog Prowler 440SX AGP 4X video card instead of the ones from Nvidia.  Thus I only watched the last one hour and 45 minutes of the funeral, since I was tinkering with the system for a while after the last message.  I chatted with a friend for a while about a half hour ago.  I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will eat two Quaker low fat corn cakes and some iced tea before going to bed.  Despite the sadness of the advent, it was enjoyable to see all the Dutch citizens and the Dutch Royal family and the House of Orange, the foreign visitors, and the other Royals from around the world.  I guess since I grew up in a Dutch American household, it is a more important event to me despite its sadness, however it tends to bring us all closer together in our grief.  The tulips should be up in a couple of weeks, they are about half way out of the ground downtown here.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 3:35 A.M.:  Princess Juliana's funeral is being broadcast on this link at the current time http://www.rtvnh.nl/tvpopup/livetv.rpm .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 3:05 A.M.:  Live stream links for Princess Juliana's funeral http://www.nos.nl/prinses_juliana/index_1.html?paginas/nieuws.html~output  and time schedule http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/juliana/www/persberichten2.php?Lang=EN&Pe_id=10&Id=6 .  At the moment the broadcast links are not working, but the Netherlands Time is seven hours ahead of us, so the procession should have started by now.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 2:55 A.M.:  I updated the Real Player 10 beta to the final release version, and I also updated Real Arcade.  I installed the updates, and I configured them.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 2:20 A.M.:  I watched a Dutch television report on NOS Journaal http://www.nos.nl/ and http://wwitv.com/portal.htm in Dutch, and it showed the crypt where all of the House of Orange are buried.  Also this page has more information http://www.nos.nl/prinses_juliana/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 1:55 A.M.:  More recent photos and news stories of Princess Juliana passing away CNN.com - Dutch queen mother dies - Mar 20, 2004 and Telegraph News Holland bids farewell to its bicycling ex-monarch and of course In Memoriam Prinses Juliana der Nederlanden .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 1:25 A.M.:  I put the ice tea in the refrigerator.  I watched some television.  I also have been told quite a number of times over the years that I also look like Peter Jennings of A.B.C. news.  Although, I might have a similar appearance, I believe Peter Jennings is a couple of inches taller than I am, he also has brown hair and brown eyes, while I have grey blond hair and blue eyes.  However, because of the similar appearance, I have had a number of people over the years try to tell me news stories.  Since I have not really watched that much television during my adult life, I was not aware of the similarity until it was brought to my attention a number of times.  Having been a professional photographer at Polaroid during the summers of my college years and with all of the walking that I have done in my life, I suppose I have been more visible to the general public than the average individual.  However, since one is perfectly attuned to looking at one's own image in the mirror, it frequently does not draw attention to one, when one sees one's similar image on the street, since one has seen it so many times.  I suppose since Peter Jennings is from Canada, there would be other people in the north country of North America with the similar appearance.  Whatever the case, I have local experience in this area, which someone whom simply looked like myself would not necessarily have.  However, since I have rather severe arthritis, in the colder damp weather, I do not spend that much time outside.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/30/04  Tuesday 12:20 A.M.:  When I lived in Nantucket, people use to ask me if I were living at my grandmother's house, and I was confused since my grandparents lived in the Midwest of the United States of America.  However, when I attended the Taft School http://www.taftschool.org/ in Watertown, Connecticut from 1965 to 1968, I had a classmate in the class behind me that look similar to me.  That same classmate's family had a little farm in Nantucket that was put on the market for $80 million dollars last summer, so more than likely I was confused with that friend.  I believe his family lives nearby in Bedford, New York, and they own or are involved with Tucker Electronics http://www.tucker.com/ .  Since that classmate lived in Bedford, New York where John Jay the first United State's Supreme Court Chief Justice was from, and since John Jay's mother was a Scott, we might be distant relatives thus the family resemblance.  However with families like the Scotts and the Jays which have been in this country for so long, there are hundreds of thousands of distant relatives, many of them which do not carry the same family name or resemblance.  For example when I attended Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , I had a classmate with the last name Gates, but their family owned Gates Tire and Rubber, not the other outfit.  Thus with many people in America that have the same genetic stock and with many people having similar names, it is easy to get people mixed up, if one does not keep track.  Usually people do not bother me very much, since I am pretty limited on finances, but since I am part of Old Guard stock, there could be individuals whom look similar to me whom are better financed.  Of course it is the nature of the Scott family which have had such long term involvement with the United States Military, that there could also be members of the family whom are still involved in such a capacity or with other services.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 11:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a 4.25 ounce can of flaked pink crab meat.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Swiss cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I am now making a batch of iced tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  I am using 10 Salada orange pekoe tea bags, 5 Salada green tea bags, and one each of the five different types of Twinings five variety pack.  I am not using sugar, but I am using two teaspoons of Angostura bitters.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 9:40 P.M.:  I was up at 4 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until 6:30 P.M., and I then had a friend call up.  The friend is coming out to spend the night on this Sunday night about 7 P.M., and then the friend has to travel eastward into Connecticut.  The friend said he would take me out to dinner.  I then cleaned up, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then went downtown, and I stopped by Zyn stationary, and I bought a #28 scratch card for a dollar, but I did not win.  I did not walk Greenwich Avenue because it is very damp out, and it feels like Europe like one were sitting in a bath tub full of ice cubes.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a half gallon of Tropicana orange and pineapple juice for $2.50.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 8:25 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will try to go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 8:10 A.M.:  Sometimes uninformed individuals underestimate the resolve of the United States Government when they take action domestically.  Once when I left Key West, Florida in the spring of 1977, I happened to visit a friend in Durham, New Hampshire, and there were about fifty thousand well educated well financed white Northern European origin individuals whom had organized a demonstration against building the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant.  They were called the Clam Shell alliance.  When I monitored their demonstration at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant construction site, it did not surprise me that the United States Government came up with enough personnel to arrest and house all of them for an undetermined amount of time, since after the arrests, I went down to Williamsburg, Virginia, and then I returned to Nantucket, I do not know what eventually happened to them all.  Possibly that formidable group of people that I saw in Key West, Florida were United States Department of Energy personnel, and since much of their activities are kept secret, but it is well known they have a quite formidable budget and all of the latest technology, gadgets, and security tools.  Thus if they were deployed in this area, I would imagine they would stand out a bit.  However, this is all just theory as to whether they were such personnel or not.  My father worked for a number of construction companies, so maybe what I saw down in Florida were some of his associates involved in the construction business.  In my travels, I have seen personnel from Fluor Daniel, Bechtel, Olympic and York, Turner Construction, Stone and Webster, Halliburton, Waste Management, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Navy Seabees, Tischman Construction, Trump Construction, Browning Ferris, the United States Department of Energy, NASA, Debeers, Phelps Dodge, Endicott, Peabody, Red Adair, Long Star Cement, ABB Asea Brown Boveri, the United States Department of Transportation, Tennessee Valley Authority, Wolfson Construction, Volpe Construction, Co Ed, Northeast Utilities, various railroads, various oil companies, and a few other lesser known engineering groups not to mention their suppliers.  I suppose it might be from the fact that my father was an engineer or when I was in Key West, Florida; members of the Dupont family were there, and their original product was dynamite.  However, being partly of Scottish origin, maybe all of these construction people drank a product from Scotland, but from my experience most of the rich corporate engineer types in this town drink Jack Daniels which is commonly available in 1.5 liter bottles in this area.  I suppose in those areas, where the people are bigger, they sell it by the keg.  Of course once one gets on a computer, one can not drink alcohol because it requires a certain level of precise thinking.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 6:55 A.M.:  I was once told that Admiral Hyman Rickover Hyman Rickover - Father of the Nuclear Submarine was living in retirement in Key West, Florida when I was down there in the mid 1970s.  With all the elderly people from the U.S. Navy down there at that time, I am sure other well known U.S. Navy personalities were also down there.  It seemed to me at some times down there in Key West, Florida, there were about two thousand tall men whom were about six foot six inches to over seven feet tall, and a great many of them had beards.  What they actually did, I never found out, since whom ever was in charge of such a formidable group kept it a secret.  I had a few theories that they were United States Military Special Forces, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers building the new bridges down there, Oil workers on furlough, U.S. Air Force personnel down from the DEW line, United States Federal Marshals, Canadians on Vacation, Texas Rangers, U.S. Border Patrol, National Park Service, or they could have been just big people whom like to fish.  When I was last there in February 1982, I did not see them there, so more than likely they had moved on to other locations.  They were taller and more formidable than the personnel I have seen at United States of America Presidential Inaugurals.  CIO  

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 6:15 A.M.:  I rested a bit, and I watched some more television.  I suppose some time in the future this URL will be handy www.rentarobot.com .  I just stumbled across www.wn.com .  CIO  

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 3:25 A.M.:  I rested a bit, and I watched a bit of television.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 2:05 A.M.:  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 1:40 A.M.:  I am boiling a 16 ounce box of Ronzoni #17 Linguine for 12 minutes, which I will heat with half of a 26 ounce jar of Francesco Rinaldi tomato and basil which I reheated in the microwave along with a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese.  I will have the meal with a glass of iced tea, and I will refrigerate the remainder.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 12:35 A.M.:  I freed up some disk space, and I now have 2.78 gigabytes free space on the C: drive.  I could uninstall a couple of programs that I never use like Encarta, but at the moment, the space is not needed.  I also have 1.81 gigabytes of music MP3s that I never listen to, but it took time to collect them, so I keep them.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/29/04  Monday 12:05 A.M.:  I deleted some of the back issues of Zenio downloads, so I have 2.5 gigabytes of free space on the C: drive.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 11:55 P.M.:  Since it is currently 76% humidity http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830 , I will not be going out for a walk this morning, since with my arthritis, I would not be too agile.  I noticed after tomorrow, there are chances of rain all week.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 11:35 P.M.:  I put away my laundry.  I consolidated two different Documents folders in My Documents folder, so I do not get them confused.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 10:50 P.M.:  CNN.com - Northbound lanes on I-95 reopen - Mar 28, 2004 .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 10:45 P.M.:  If one lives in the New York area and has extra money for good quality food The Food Emporium has a number of locations http://www.thefoodemporium.com/locations.asp , unfortunately they are not opened all night on weekends.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 10:30 P.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 10:10 P.M.:  I have 45 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I said hello to a couple of my neighbors.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 9:40 P.M.:  I started two loads of laundry, and I have five minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I threw out some garbage, and I moved my car nearer to my side of the building.  I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 8:55 P.M.:  I microwaved and ate a 17 ounce Boston Market chicken and noodles dinner, which I ate with iced tea.  I also drank a 50% Folgers' instant and 50% Folgers' decaffeinated instant coffee.  When I was living in Manhattan up until February 1982, I recall occasionally reading the New York Times.  I recall that previous summer before moving out, that there were a series of stories about a Canadian woman that worked for Morgan Stanley in Manhattan and also lived in Nantucket.  The stories reported that she had disappeared I recall during that previous fall without a trace, and they never found her again.  The stories mentioned that she use to walk along the beach, and they mentioned that the Nantucket police chief had  come down to Manhattan to investigate.  Thus possibly the woman might have been snatched off the beach by some killer whale, since there would have been evidence that she had gone swimming if she had been caught in a rip tide.  I recall my last extended stay in Nantucket through the spring, summer, fall of 1983 until the end of November, I had regularly swam on the south shore of Nantucket at various locations, and as the fall progressed, I did not swim for about six weeks.  Around the third week of October 1983, there were some warm days, so I went out by the Mount Vernon Farm, and I went swimming about 100 yards off shore.  I was swimming east along the shore, when I was suddenly caught by a very strong force of current in the water, and I did not know what to initially do.  I briefly tried to swim back to shore, and since I was not a strong swimmer, I decided to swim with the Rip Tide which was not very difficult since it was propelling me strongly east along the shore.  I managed to stay afloat and around the Sewer beds just web of Surfside where there was a sand spit projecting out in the water, I was brought close enough into shore, where I could make it back onto land.  Thus I was propelled by the Rip Tide for about a mile west to east along the shoreline.   I never swam along that shoreline again.  It was my theory that as the colder weather sets in, the currents around the south shore of Nantucket change from what they normally are during the warmer months during the summer.  Since a great many people walk the shores of Nantucket and occasionally go in swimming in the water, this is possibly what happened to the woman that disappeared off the island two years before.  There were also some stories in the Nantucket Inquirer Mirror about the event.    Shortly after that a relative's house was broken into in Florida, so I left the island, and met the relative in Boston at the airport, and I drove down with the relative to Florida to investigate, and I recall stopping in Greenwich along the way.  I think I cashed a check at Putnam Trust in Riverside from an employer in Nantucket.  I recalled also that Rand Insurance had been my insurance company, when I had a car a couple of years before.  My relative returned back up north flying, and I left her area in Florida, and I visited Fort Lauderdale, and I was there during the Granada invasion when all the tall people were there around the Halloween time.  I had rented the black Hertz rent a car Mercury Cougar which the windshield wipers did not work on, and when I left Fort Lauderdale, I traded it in for a gold Mercury Cougar, and I visited with another relative on the west coast of Florida, and I then returned back to Nantucket, I recall flying there from Tampa.  There was also a tropical storm when I drove down to Fort Lauderdale and for most of the time that I was there.  I stayed in Nantucket until Thanksgiving Time when I took the Ferry off the island to Hyannis, and I recall staying up all night in the airport, and I read in their newspaper they were having a memorial service in Hyannis marking an anniversary of the John F. Kennedy's death.  I then caught a Provincetown Boston airlines embarcadero turbo prop made in Brazil, from Hyannis to LaGuardia.  I had seen John Van Airesdale the airline owner before, and he was the pilot, and I noticed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was sitting a couple of seats in front of me.  She was met by someone when we arrived in New York, and I then went to Grand Central Station, and I went up to Toronto on the Amtrak, and I spent about a week there staying in at the Anglican seminary at the University of Toronto and walking around Toronto, and I then returned back to New York via Amtrak, and while the trains stopped over in Buffalo, New York, I called a friend, and I chatted with his father, and the friend was living out on Long Island.  I then spent about a week walking around Manhattan with no place to stay in Manhattan, and I would sit up all night at the East Side airline terminal with my bags checked there.  After all of the walking in Toronto and Manhattan, my ankles were swollen up about four times their normal size, so I called my father from LaGuardia airport, and he told me I should come out to Greenwich.  I caught an airport limousine to Greenwich, and I checked into the Greenwich Hospital for about a week.  I then ended up being discharged, and I spent another week walking around Manhattan staying at the East Side airline terminal.  I would use the upstairs tennis club to clean up.  My ankles became swollen again, so I checked back into the Greenwich Hospital for anther week.  Finally they got me a social worker, and my social worker found me a room on Milbank Avenue a week before Christmas 1983, and I have been here ever since, and I have gradually become more established.  I saw a democratic politician from Florida downtown yesterday, so maybe other people from Florida are back here early.  For historical hurricane weather information I found this link http://weather.greenwichtime.com/tropical/ .  I now have to start laundry.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 7:25 P.M.:  As I recall, NBC News out of New York had a satellite news truck down on Steamboat Road filming live coverage of Hurricane Gloria Weather Underground: 1985 Hurricane Archive back in September 1985, so they might still have archival videotape coverage of this area during that event.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 6:45 P.M.:  After the last message, I could not fall asleep.  I called the Greenwich Police about 6:30 A.M., and I reported the incident down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road yesterday at 5:30 P.M..  I told them when I went down to the pier on Steamboat Road about 5:30 P.M. after my walk on Greenwich Avenue, I noticed a red or burgundy, but more like cherry new Dodge Durango possibly or that style pickup truck with New York license plate.  It was parked with the front facing out, and it had a Plexiglas bug screen on it that said "Keep on Trucking".  When I got out of my car, I chatted with one local walker about the upcoming hurricane season and what happened down there during hurricane Gloria in 1985.  There were two couples down at the end in cars enjoying the view and three other individuals sitting on the pier besides the lone fisherman fishing off the west side of the pier with a trout fishing rod.  When the other people sitting on the pier departed, the fisherman started to leave, and I asked if the fishing was any good.  He responded that he got tired of sitting on the couch, so he decided to go fishing.  I mentioned the fact about the military activity in the area, and the fisherman said he was a Korean war veteran.  The fisherman was about 6 foot 1 inches tall weighing about 240 pounds, and he had a noticeable pot belly stomach.  He was bald, and he seemed congenial enough.  About that time he pulled out a Buck knife and flung it open, and then he put it back.  I mentioned that the first week of June was the best fishing for Striped Bass off Madaket in Nantucket.  About that time the fisherman pulled out and flung open his buck knife again, and I might have talked some more.  I did not think too much about it but made note in my subconscious since over the 20 or more years I have gone down by that pier, fisherman have always used knifes around their fishing activity on the waterfront, and unless one is use to it, it can make people feel nervous.  One long term resident on the road also carries a Buck knife, and when I lived in Nantucket all of the fisherman seemed to carry Buck knives, so maybe that is why I talked about Nantucket.  The fisherman left in his truck, and I left shortly thereafter, and I returned home.  That is a little more of the substance of what I told the Greenwich Police Department when I called them about 6:30 A.M..  About 7:30 A.M., we had my building fire alarm go off, and I got up to investigate, and there was the smell of burnt toast in the downstairs north hallway.  One of the residents whom has the key to the security system was trying to reset it.  Shortly there after that four fire trucks from the Byram fire department arrived, and they investigated the toast fire for about 20 minutes.  I noticed the Byram fire department seems to be physically in very good shape, so I assume we are well protected here.  It was enjoyable to see a lot of young faces.  My neighbors had responded to the alarm, and they were just waking up.  I went back to my apartment, and I had a telephone call from a friend whom is also Dutch American.  He told me in an old library or archive in Albany, New York, they had found an old journal recording the earliest Dutch exploration and settlement of North America around 1609.  Parts of it were damaged, but the content of the remaining content of the Journal has been published called "Island at the Center of the Earth".  He gave me the name of the author, but I can not remember it.  He told me the colonial Dutch capitol was at Albany.  I ate a Nature's Valley strawberry yogurt bar.  I then fell asleep until about 2 P.M., when a relative called.  I next ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I then fell back asleep until about 6 P.M..  CIO    

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 4:00 A.M.:  Well, I am tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will reheat the remaining Kraft macaroni and cheese and chicken broth rice, and I will eat them with some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 3:40 A.M.:  Of course with this group of so called Whalers in Nantucket, their favorite hangout was a restaurant bar up from the Wharf called "The Brotherhood of Thieves", so more than likely they were also descended from pirates.  I suppose when one shows up there for a vacation, they might go off island and take advantage of one's home environment, but it might be just an observation point to watch travelers, and they actually might be from other places out of our jurisdiction like Canada or elsewhere.  However, a lot of people in Nantucket had native Irish accents, so more than likely they were from Ireland, however with all of the Hollywood type people there, they could have simply been from California practicing their craft on the east coast.  Summer resorts are well known for attracting theatrical types.  Whatever, the case it is my viewpoint that there are not any rich people in the world, there are just a group of people whom constantly advertise themselves as being rich surrounded by large groups of con artists whom take advantage of the individuals whom try to curry favor with the so called rich individuals.  Since locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut which is suppose to be a wealthy town, there never seem to be any rich people, but just a lot of people walking around hoping to be rich, the concept of rich must be sometime they have bought off their television sets, and they probably would have a little spare money if they did not pay for Cablevision or waste so much time watching television.  Maybe everyone is just working at the going wage, just trying to get ahead.  It is really hard to tell.  Since a great many people go to Nantucket from Greenwich besides all of the people from down south and locally in New England, I would imagine for the young people, it is where various New England families and their schools network during their free summers, so historically they return there like lemmings running into the sea.  The Pierce family name which is associated historically politically and more recently in the current Bush administration is on Nantucket since it is the name of the high school and S.S. Pierce also supplies food, and Sysco Brands were there which also came from Houston.  Of course just because somebody might know somebody there, does not mean they are always there, and it does not guarantee that one will not be swept away by a Rip Tide current or become part of the Food Chain by a Great White Shark or a Killer Whale.  I think this concept of political people summering in summer resorts started with the advent of mass transportation, and it was like the suburbs a way of selling transportation services, so their investors could make profits.  I have always felt more comfortable at home, since I work on maintaining it mostly year round.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 3:15 A.M.:  I was just thinking about the recent news story about the Wright Whale in distress tangled in fishing lines off the Carolina coast.  I suppose since the endangered Wright Whale is only about a year old, one could try to fool it by using mother Wright Whale sounds to get it to relax, so they could remove the threatening fishing lines.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 2:55 A.M.:  Of course, I got back at my friend from Nantucket and Key West and California whom was trying to pull dirty tricks on me, I once had him walking for about a half of day down Alligator Alley hitch hiking with no one offering us a ride as we walked along the quaint canals along Alligator Alley which may or may not have had the reptile of the same name.  We did see the old airport along that stretch of road which was famous in his godfather's exploits.  Of course with another friend from Nantucket and Key West and Long Island, I once camped out on the Appalachian Trial where there were Bear Country warnings, and we also camped out on Hilton Head Beach, where we had tracks around our tent from a 14 foot long alligator.  Thus when one takes off traveling from Greenwich, Connecticut to these so called deluxe beach resorts, one may run into types of wildlife that one might not regularly encounter in one's normal routines here in Greenwich, Connecticut.  For all I know back country is full of Mountain Lions and Bears and the Tod's Point area has the same reptiles and there are wolves roaming over the entire area.  I ate two Quaker low fat corn cakes about an hour ago.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 2:30 A.M.:  Of course locally here in Connecticut, it is no big secret that Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/ makes helicopters, and it is no big secret that the Cheyenne contract was cancelled and the U.S. government is thinking of using a European helicopter for Marine 1, so maybe locally Sikorsky is lobbying for their own product line.  Thus maybe some foreign buyer might be interested in their product line.  However, since I am not in the market myself for a helicopter, since I believe "If Man Were Meant to Fly, He Would Have Wings".  However, I was told that they use them for medivacs and other non military purposes as well.  Whatever, the case every story has its own context as the story is told, so frequently people whom travel around and see lots of things get the story out of context, since it is the nature of traveling, one tends to not be as well informed, an individual like myself who just sits at home reading the Press.  Whatever, the case I would imagine people from Sikorsky tend to be active in this area, if only to test their product line.  However, the owners of Sikorsky is UTC www.utc.com a company that makes other products that compete with www.ge.com .  So maybe with the Bill Gates group so much in the news with their Microsoft Information on the internet, UTC and GE are trying to sell Bill's father's old company Boeing www.boeing.com some sort of aircraft engine to go with their aluminum.  Needless to say, I will remind any big heavy fat security type truckers that it is the nature of aviation that aviation personnel tend not to weigh as much historically unless one is using a C5A Lockheed C5A Galaxy which could probably carry a whole truck.  However, if one had that type of money, one would not need to be driving a truck, unless one possibly were on active duty in the United States Military and then more than likely one would get a free ride, but at the moment, I do not know many people whom would want to be driving where they are advertising their current driving experience although the gasoline is cheaper there.  CIO  

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 1:55 A.M.:  When dealing with truckers whom provide information, one has to realize they frequently know more because they travel around, and a lot of them are veterans because they are a tough group of people, however it is the nature of trucking since they also carry valuable cargo, they also carry security devices.  However, when truckers are also Carnival type people which some of them are, they can try to scare an individual or secure family away from their established community, and then they can steal the removed individual or family's personal belongings for profit, and if they are part of a network of theatrical like carnival people, they can even try to impersonate that family or individual within the community for additional profit.  However, with more modern criminal investigation techniques, these problems frequently only happen to the more gullible and sections of the population and the elderly community whom may not be as aware.  In other words the information on our televisions comes out of a Cablevision System from Norwalk, Connecticut which is connected to Westbury or Woodbury, Long Island, so if the information at those key points were suspect, one could always try using other sources of communications.  Some of the old timers here still use Ham Radios, and I still personally keep a Zenith Shortwave Radio.  If I am not mistaken the United States Air Force might use Zenith equipment too, so more than likely with all sorts of satellites today, if the U.S. Government did issue a warning, and this area were under siege, it is possible that one could pick up information on a Shortwave Radio from Chicago, or some other location.  We do know that "911" happened since the World Trade Center, I can assure you from my observations at Tod's Point is no longer there.  However, when dealing with complex strategists, it is hard to believe anything else than what the local television broadcasts.  Having lived and worked around communications for a good deal of my life, it would seem that we are only as informed here as the general public at large.  However, there are so many people walking around that never say anything, it sometimes seems like a larger group is working this area that knows more.  Whether, they are providing accurate information or pursuing some type of a criminal scheme is opened to question.  I do know that just because people wear blue jeans does not mean they are in the United States Navy.  Having lived around the United States Navy, I can assure their personnel are more formidable than what one might see on Greenwich Avenue.  However, as one gets older and lives around senior citizens generally the medical community looks like everyone else in the general public, and they tend to be just as out of shape.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 1:20 A.M.:  Basically in a free country we do have a free press, but we also have United States government censorship.  Thus what I hear on the grapevine when I network around town locally may or may not be accurate.  However, I would assume if there is a realistic threat to the public welfare in general, the United States government would inform the general public at the right time.  Since I have dealt with so many scenarios of Carnival type people of trying to scare members of the general public for profit, I sometimes tend to be spectacle of information, and its relevance to our daily lives.  We all do know that there are potentially hazardous facilities in this country that are heavily guarded against terrorists, but whether we are in the way of security personnel in this area or not is the question.  As I have mentioned on my web site before, one of the original purposes of my web site was similar to that of an electricity maintenance man in the area running the web site to let some engineer know whom could be anywhere in the world that the electricity here in Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 U.S.A. is still working.  However, a reader of my notes might interpret that is up to their own insight.  Of course the content of my web site comes from Greenwich, Connecticut, but I upload it to the Yahoo server in California, so if the Yahoo server did not work, it does not mean that there is anything wrong here.  I suppose the Greenwich Time information www.greenwichtime.com might actually come from this area, and I have been told that IBM www.ibm.com actually comes from Armonk, New York, so if those sites continue to function, there is still electricity in this area.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 1:00 A.M.:  In terms of the recent content of my notes, as I reported over a week ago, there was some local military information given to me a week ago last Thursday, which I can not report on the internet, since during times of War and Terrorism, one does not report military activity. However, I have told a number of friends and associates.  The content of the information has relevance to various terrorist threats that have relevance in this area.  However, I suppose if some friend or associate were curious they could call me up.  However, I have a feeling compared to what is known and observed in other areas around the country, it is not considered important other than the fact I have more education on that potential threat than the average layman.  Since I hardly travel outside of this area, I suppose the people traveling around would know more anyway.  That is all that I can write.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/28/04  Sunday 12:25 A.M.:  However, I figured out one thing today, since Groningen in the Netherlands where both sides of my mother's family were from is in Westphalia on the German border with the Netherlands, and since it once was part of Germany, and since my paternal Grandfather was half German, since my paternal Grandmother could possibly have been half German, since her Gard family name comes from France, Sweden, or Germany then that would mean I am 5/8 to 3/4 German, which means possibly with all the Billionaires in Germany and with all of the new found prosperity in Germany, I might be able to find some sort of niche in Germany if I was forced out of this country.  However, since I only know a few words of German, I would not be as capable as I am here.  Also another friend's grandmother's family were part of the Kaiser's consular staff in Manhattan, and the apartment I use to use in Manhattan is now the site of the German consulate in Manhattan, so I might potentially have some German friends and connections.  I have only been to Germany twice, once in 1980 when I went to Frankfurt, Germany for four days before Christmas, and the other time was when I traveled through Germany to go to Innsbruck, Austria and then I returned through Germany.  However, since the Germans have fought two major wars in this century and since they were occupied for a half of a century, they probably would not be friendly to myself, since I have the United States of America experience for 54 years.  However, there are other German families in areas of America, whom have lived here since before the American Revolution, since the British Colonial government used Hessian guards from Germany to maintain peace and stability through out the Colonies in the old days.  Thus in any event, I was told when I first came back here off Nantucket 20 years ago by a German professor who had taught Physics at Columbia University for 50 years, the reason people are not friendly towards me is that I look German.  I guess he should have known.  Still when I visited Germany and the Netherlands, it was enjoyable to noticed that people were not unfriendly towards me based on appearance.  I also lived around Germans working for NASA in Huntsville, Alabama and Cambridge, Massachusetts.  I also used the Mercedes Benz dealership in Lake Forest, Illinois most every day for parts during my 3.5 years of college there.  I also gave a copy of a Borland spread sheet in German to the Mercedes Benz dealership in Greenwich, when I first started working on home computers 11 years ago. One of my friends moved to Germany for a while.  I also have chatted with Germans over the years, so possibly there is some connection there.  I also was told by a German professor at the White Plains, New York Civic center, when I bought my first computer telephone modem about 11 years ago that I was probably being foolish for looking at the internet.  Whatever, the case I have done my best as I know it based on the information in the United States of America and 54 years experience here.  I also keep some German beer in the refrigerator in case I every give up and try to relax.  CIO  

Note: <888> 03/27/04  Saturday 11:50 P.M.:  Also the same so called friend who was friends of Ted Kennedy's doctor, and whose grandfather was Richard Nixon's neighbor in Key Biscayne, Florida was involved with the occult in California.  The person one enticed me to climb the water tower in Nantucket, and then he tried to convince me that if I jumped off I would live.  I declined.  Thus having dealt with other people around various political groups over the years with equal mischievous, I am somewhat distrustful of strangers, and I well know that people will conspire to cause problems.  Greenwich, Connecticut is a very wealthy established town, so lots of people come here and take low paying jobs or manage to live on the fringes of the economic prosperity, just so they can cause some sort of mischief.  It is like the scenario of the janitor in the hospital doing away with the patients.  Whatever, the case since various Greenwich residents have been involved in various political activities worldwide including the Rockefeller economy and the Bush activity in the CIA, more than likely residents of this area have enemies, or just by being a resident in this area, one is perceived as being an enemy.  Since I am a long term resident, and since I have had contacts with established people in the community in living here during my residency, I tend to support the status quo in the town, because I know once one lives here for an extended period of time, there are very few other places that one will find with the ambience of this community.  Thus I do not suffer from the syndrome that the Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side, since I have explored other areas, and people were not as well informed as to what our skills here and capabilities are.  Since a good education and local experience are useful towards living in this area, I suppose the town manages to keep me around, since I do not upset the status quo.  Quite frankly anymore, it is my viewpoint that the town is more of an international business community, and since I have some expertise and experience in that field, I find it a congenial community to live in.  I have not found any other countries offering me residency based on my experience.  I recently contacted the Dutch consulate in Manhattan to see I would be eligible for Dutch citizenship since my mother is 100% Dutch, and they emailed me back that to be a Dutch Citizen in the time frame that I was born, I would have to have a Dutch father and not a Dutch mother.  However, my father did live and work at the Hague in the Netherlands as well as Antwerp in Belgium, so I suppose there is some connection there on both sides of the family and both sides of the Atlantic.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/27/04  Saturday 11:25 P.M.:  I just finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/27/04  Saturday 11:10 P.M.:  Actually, I do own a few French style cooking knives and about four Swiss Army knives, but by the time one were able to use them in a defensive situation, one would be a goner.  Basically from what I know the modern security forces are so high tech, the rest of us are basically decoys.  In my normal routine here in Greenwich, I lived down on Steamboat Road for five years, and I have spent over 20 years regularly walking Greenwich Avenue, and I have also driven down by the waterfront for the last 17 years that I have owned a car and the last 15 years that I have not lived there.  Since I lived down there for 5 years, and since for about the first 2.5 years I did not have a car, I am familiar with the area and the local neighbors and visitors.  I actually enjoy not living in the downtown area anymore, since I tend to have more privacy.  When one lives downtown, and when one walks out of one's door, one never knows what one will walk into.  Basically from experience, I have dealt with such a large cross section of people down by the waterfront that are different from the people whom one sees regularly downtown, I am beginning to think that the regular waterfront people are taking advantage of the situation to the detriment of the neighbors in that area, since I see very few of the neighbors in that area ever venture down to the pier.  Although I may go down there everyday, I generally do not spend that much time down there, I frequently just drive down there and turn around.  I suppose in another 20 years we will have robots armed with modern security devices patrolling the town, but since I am not a security official, I am just going by normal routine based on my experience of living here for about 43 years.  The most frequent group of people down by the waterfront are our local veterans, and they frequently only tell one as much one needs to know.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/27/04  Saturday 10:35 P.M.:  Part of the reason I am disabled is that in living around the waterfront all of these years and elsewhere I have been threatened so many times that I tend to take it for granite, and I let the local security deal with such affairs, since I have no way of defending myself personally.  For example all of the time in Nantucket, people were always pulling out Buck knives and threatening people.  This past evening when I was on the waterfront chatting a local fisherman whom I had not seen before whom was driving a red pickup truck in the process of talking he pulled a buck knife out at me and flashed it twice.  Since it is the nature of fisherman along the waterfront that they carry knives, one becomes use to such behavior.  It is like all of the knives that one encounters when working in a French restaurant.  Whatever, the case I have advised people around here with all the Texans in this area, the Texans do not bother with buck knives, but they prefer something called the Texas two step, which generally means the Texans when they travel within or outside of Texas tend to armed with some sort of self defense mechanisms.  However, locally with all of the rich high technology people around here, for all I know they have more modern high technology devices such as laser guns which are being used.  Thus I generally only talk with people whom I have seen before and chatted with.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/27/04  Saturday 10:15 P.M.:  Of course in my days in Nantucket, when somebody was no long seen around the island in Nantucket, they were assumed to have just left the island.  I guess no one ever thought they might have been eaten by a killer whale.  However, with modern satellite photos from around the world, frequently those people whom track activity with satellites frequently see more about what happens with unexplained activity than what historically might have been conventional wisdom.  Thus I suppose over the years, the Natural accident phenomena might have explained why occasionally it seems people disappear around the shore line.  I have seen the pictures on the Discovery channel of Killer Whales beaching themselves on the rocks in Alaska to eat walruses, so I guess much the same could happen in any other part of the world to any animal including human beings whom might be near the shore.  Of course it could also happen on a boat too.  Whatever, the case when around the water it is frequently important to use one's own instincts based on experience.  Now that in so many resort areas around the waterfront, the Chamber of Commerce is so important, they probably do not report incidents which would cause a drop in business.  Of course there is one large group of people, whom it is the nature of their business called the United States Navy or any other world navies that in pursuing their careers, they tend to spend a great deal of time around the various waterfronts around the world, and I would assume that would also include the various Coast Guards.  Of course the fishermen and nautical transportation people also spend time on the various oceans as do small groups of individuals such as oceanographers and recreational boaters.   Thus in their network of information and knowledge, they would frequently know more than the average land lubber.  Basically, I am more of a shore person along the shore, I do not actually spend any time on the water to speak of.  When I am on the waterfront, I am frequently cloud watching or star gazing since the open waterfront is frequently the best viewpoint.  Of course once one gets into the open shore areas of the oceans, it also means a lot of walking, since a great deal of ocean front is not accessible by Four Wheel Drive vehicle compared to what one might find in the tourist areas.  Thus frequently some areas are only accessible from shore if there is a way to get ashore.  When I lived in Nantucket, a lot of people use to use different names, and although I always used my own name, a few friends since I only managed to read about one fourth of it, and since I always wore a red flannel shirt, Lee Jeans, and Adidas Country sneakers use to call me Billy Budd from Herman Melville's novel, because I sort of had the look as the character in the movie, and because I would occasionally drink a Budweiser around the waterfront.  Since when I was not working and when I was not around the shoreline, I also spent a great deal of time around the Harbor Marina, more than likely I saw a few people whom owned boats, but since I was never inclined to go out on the ocean, the only time I recall going on a boat besides the Nantucket Ferry, was a few trips on a scallop boat in the spring of 1977, when I was helping to open Sea Scallops.  Thus if one is not experienced around the ocean, but if one has lived around the ocean long enough to respect it, more than likely one will learn what one is suppose to do around the ocean when venturing out on a boat.  One local fisherman told me recently that he had taken the Coast Guard training course, and he was prepared to go down with his ship.  Since owning a boat is a very expensive affair, I am not qualified in terms of nautical activity.  However, living around the ocean front over the years, I have heard a lot of different stories.  One person in Fort Lauderdale in the fall of 1976 told me one sailor would take a different girl out on his boat every night and come back alone, and certain people thought that might be suspicious, so it tends to make one think about what happens around the waterfront.  One also hears stories that piracy and slavery still exists around the various waterfronts around the world, so one should be careful when venturing near the waterfront.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/27/04  Saturday 9:15 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/27/04  Saturday 8:30 P.M.:  The worst thing about any deep water shore like the south shore of Nantucket or any other ocean front shore is potentially a Killer Whale can swoop ashore, and pull one right off the shore and eat one like a seal, walrus or a sea lion.  It happens frequently around the ocean.  I use to know someone that looked like the fellow that trained Killer Whales at Sea World in Miami, and I suppose a cleaver enough Killer Whale trainer could also train the whale if released into the wild back in the ocean to intercept and pull pedestrians or bathers off the shore.  The same individual was a close friend in Nantucket of Teddy Kennedy's doctor, so if such an incident happened by premeditated arrangement, the same individual would be subject to the direct political repercussions of such a planned accident of nature.  Since Killer Whales are heavily in the wild in Argentina, and since the same individual use to speak Spanish and have lots of Argentinean friends, and since the Russian government along with the Dutch government and the old Nazis are heavily involved with Argentina, it would seem to be they would be considered involved in such a planned accident.  Of course since the Killer Whales as we know from the movie Free Willie are in abundance on the west coast of the United States and since a lot of these high technology individuals were around the same friend on the west coast of the Unites States, and since there is also a Sea World on the west coast, it would seem to me that they should learn the old tricks do not work anymore.  It is sort of peculiar that the same friend with all of the thousands of people whom I knew was also the only person to show in Key West, Florida when I lived there.  However, since the same friend had C.I.A. connections, it is possible that it could be some misguided plot on the part of the United States' government behalf.   That is why I would recommend to individuals to stay near the shallow water, but even the shallow water can have gators and crocs.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Swiss cheese.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/27/04  Saturday 7:00 P.M.:  I had two calls from a relative this morning, and then I slept until about 2 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought a four packages of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $3.25 a package for $13 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $3.75 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.999 a gallon for about 24 miles per gallon.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  Along my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I picked up a prescription at $1.50 cost to me.  I completed my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I reminded one local waterfront observer that back around 1985 during Hurricane Gloria, the waves on Steamboat Road were breaking up to the Indian Harbor Yacht Club entrance, and the flooding reached to where the current Delamar Hotel was, and flooding reached into the Island Beach parking lot.  That was in hurricane winds of about 70 miles per hour.  I also mentioned that three years ago, when the hurricane hit North Carolina, the United States Navy in Monterey, California had an IBM super computer with weather information, and they knew the hurricane was going to hit North Carolina, and they did not alert anyone in the media on the east coast of the United States, even though they knew three days before hand.  I also mentioned that I had covered the south shore of Nantucket and Nantucket in general until 20 years ago, and I mentioned the south shore of Nantucket is very dangerous with rip tides.  Since a current democratic candidate for President John Kerry has a summer home on Nantucket more than likely on the south shore of Nantucket, it will attract additional inexperienced people into that area, which if they do not know the nature of the water particularly on the south shore of Nantucket, it can be very dangerous.  My only advise if one is caught in a rip tide is to try to swim with the direction of the rip tide and hope one is brought back into shore.  The few beach areas around Kennebunkport tend to be in coves, which do not have the same sort of rip tides, but either set of beaches in Nantucket or Kennebunkport would have your usual cross section of dangerous sharks.  Generally only experience swimmers should venture into deeper ocean waters, and one frequently has to remember that what one was able to do when one was younger, one frequently is not able to do the same thing when one is older.  I remember, about twenty five years ago, a Prime Minister of Australia was eaten by a shark, so thus security provided by a government is not necessary enough in certain natural situations.  I guess it could be equally said about tropical weather www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  I believe coming up in the first week of April, this tropical weather forecast comes out http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/ for the 2004 season.  Since the Washington D.C. area was hit by a hurricane this past season, it is my theory that the hurricanes are pushing further north each year recently with the warmer summers and warmer Atlantic oceans, so possibly this coming season the same Virginia and Washington D.C. area  could be hit again or even further north into Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey, and possibly in a year of two into this area or even further north.  I wrote in my notes about two to three years ago that Washington D.C. was going to be hit by a hurricane.  Thus in hurricane season tropical storm preparedness, it does not hurt to keep a weather eye early in the season, and it does not mean that the traditional hurricane areas still will not be effected.  I was also recently reminded by a neighbor with Florida experience that Alligators and Crocodiles tend to still be a problem in southern tropical areas.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 11:55 P.M.:  I went through some of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Maybe I will watch a bit of television too.  I will also reheat some macaroni and cheese and some of the chicken broth rice, which I will have with iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 11:20 P.M.:  The Zenio Reader does not work, unless one disables the Norton Internet Security Firewall.  It does not prompt to allow it be accessed by the Norton Firewall, but it does work with the Norton Firewall disabled.  I ran Norton Win Doctor, and I ran Disk Cleanup on the C: drive.  I only have about 1.66 gigabytes of hard drive space free on the C: drive, but I suppose that is enough.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 10:45 P.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 9:30 P.M.:  I ate a Nature's Valley strawberry and yogurt granola bar.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 03/26/04:

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 8:45 P.M.:  I rested until 7:30 P.M..  I watched some television.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 5:15 P.M.:  I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  I used two 4.25 ounce cans of California black olives, along with one teaspoon of Old Bay seasoning instead of a half, a whole clove of chopped elephant garlic for the garlic portion, and I also added a tablespoon of olive oil.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I then made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Swiss cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 3:30 P.M.:  I was up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked my mail.  I chatted with a relative.  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I listened to the most of the third tape of "Dutch" about Ronald Reagan.  Locally further east of us, there might be traffic problems Greenwich Time - Fiery crash closes I-95 , since I have not been out, I am not sure if the commuters going east in the evening are backing up in this area or not, but more than likely they are, since the highway tends to be full most of the time in the daytime and evening.  CIO   

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 12:35 A.M.:  I ate a Nature's Valley strawberry yogurt bar.  I drank some iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I guess I will do house cleaning when I wake up later today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/26/04  Friday 12:15 A.M.:  I guess since other than the time that I lived for a while in Manhattan, I have lived most of my life in relatively high security areas, most of the people whom I have lived around have much the same viewpoint about security, and they prefer to maintain as much as they can afford to pay for.  In my particular case, since I can not afford security, I have always been law abiding, and I have spent most of my life walking around observing, although since I have read so much I tend to be a bit near sighted.  Thus frequently when we seem to have had increased security in areas where I have lived, it simply seems to have been more senior people with experience walking around versus the young adventurers.  Since I have lived in military areas such as Lake Forest, Illinois, Key West, Florida, Nantucket, Massachusetts and Pensacola, Florida, I have tried to maintain contacts with the military over the years, and with both local law enforcement where I have lived and with military and veterans whom I have come into contact, I have always been willing to volunteer information.  However, since I have always been a civilian, my area of expertise has always been in those areas which I have studied, and not in those areas where other professionals have gained their training.  Since I currently live in a highly professional community, I know the limits of my knowledge versus some of my neighbors whom have more experience and more information.  I have frequently said the internet is just public relations based on public information available to the general public, it is not meant to be top secret or need to know classified types of information.   Thus if one is searching out public information, there are many resources available through the internet, which one might normally have to pursue from more standard archival research facilities.  However, in archival research information, the information frequently is what those in authority had the budget to publish, it is frequently not all of the information.  However, it is my viewpoint, that the various archival institutions that I have studied in this country tend to keep volumes of information that over time gets lost in the storage process as newer archives are created.  Also since a great many of the archival information records were kept in churches and institutions which may not have continued in existence, it would seem to me that over time a lot of the historical archival information gets lost over time.  Thus I would assume that other world record repositories are in much the same shape with other conflicts disrupting the normal historical archival process.  For example, although my internet log has been keep for about five years, it would be lost on the internet if I did not update it over a six month period.  Not that my internet experience has any relevance to larger world events, it just helps me keep track of random technical and routine experiences, which since I live in a more complex sociological atmosphere in this community, my neighbors would find my experience mundane and tedious.  It is the nature of the affluent class in this community that they prefer their creature comforts to the tedious process of record keeping.  However, since I had the spare time when I returned to this community 20 years ago, and since about 11 years ago, IBM's stock was so financially weakened that the company was about to be taken over by Leveraged Buyout Venture Capitalists and since I figured a large number of members and institutions within this area had invested in IBM, I thought by relearning modern computers and accessing the internet, it would more properly use the technology that in some cases had been gathering dust on the shelves in research laboratories before a new group of young enthusiasts took up the task of advancing it.  Since I am more adept at theory than the actual mechanical process of technological innovation, I have watched with bemusement as the information super highway was developed, however with some regret at all the other printed information in books and elsewhere that was not being read.  Whatever, the case I have volunteered my time, since I had the support of the local community, and since quite frankly, I did not have anything else to do except maybe walk around Manhattan, which tends to be a lot more expensive and risky as one gets older.  Thus I have settled into my niche in the suburbs, which frequently seems more secure, until one needs some sort of more advanced service or facility that might be available in a larger metropolis.  In other words, since nobody seems to interested in contacting me out of Manhattan, I suppose it is just another world away, and since I did my time there, it just makes me tired whenever I think about going in there.  I am sure it has not changed much, but I would imagine everyone is now 22 years older, since I moved out of there 22 years ago.   CIO

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 10:50 P.M.:  I seem to have put on 10 pounds, I have gone from 205 pounds to 215 pounds, so at the current weight, I do not think I would make a very good swimmer.  I suppose, I have not been as active during the colder weather.  It is sort of hard to imagine myself weighing so much, because until 1983 at age 33, I generally weighed only 135 to 145 pounds, but back then I was a lot more active.  Thus I have put on about 80 pounds, since I left Nantucket a little over 20 years ago.  I guess if one eats fish most of the time, one tends to weigh less, but with the price of fish in this area, I am limited to canned fish.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 10:30 P.M.:  When I was in Europe during the first five months of 1972 in trying to take some time off from my studies and get away from it all during my studies there, besides visiting Lanzarote, I also visited Crete and Hydra.   Lanzarote is much more remote and isolated than the other two islands.  When one looks at a map of Lanzarote, not only is one sitting way out there in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, the nearest mainland is also the western Sahara desert.  One can sort of develop a Papillion complex, as if one were on Devil's Island.  However, I noticed tonight the constellation Hydra is in the southern sky.  I suppose when one is young and one starts reading Hesse, one ends up in all sorts of remote locations in one's adventures.  However, generally with about six billion people on the planet, one is never entirely alone, so even some of the most remote places seem to have substantial populations.  Since I like the ocean and hearing the sound of the surf, I enjoyed my visit to Lanzarote, as well as the other two Mediterranean islands.  However, it is easy to take off on adventures when one is young, but frequently when one is older, one enjoys the creature comforts that come with staying at home.  I suppose any time one shows up in an isolated area, one starts to seek out more activity, and of course in Lanzarote, the two large islands Santa Cruz and Vera Cruz to the south are much more populous and developed than the more recently volcanically evolved island of Lanzarote.  I had pretty much forgotten about it in April 1977, when I was down in Key West, and I was driving out of Key West with a friend, when we heard on the car radio that a KLM and a Pan AM 747 had crashed together in Santa Cruz, and since we were both Dutch and since we had both grown up around Pan AM, we returned to the Pigeon House patio where Pan AM had its first ticket office, and we left a peace offering of a Monte Cristo cigar box with a peanuts in the shell in the cigar box.  It may have seemed odd at the time to any onlookers, but that was pretty much all we had to offer.  As we traveled north, we were not really aware of the evolving story, and we even stopped by Space Mountain at Disney World before visiting St. Augustine.  Thus when one is sitting on edge of the ocean, one frequently is attuned to another edge of the ocean or some island further out there, where the stars are much clearer.  It is sort of like the spirit of Atlantis, when one has lived around the ocean for so many years listening to its call.  However, as I get older, I am basically afraid of the ocean, so I never venture out on it, except once of twice a summer on the Island Beach Ferry.  Last summer, I did not even take the Island Beach Ferry.  Well, I suppose the colder weather here teaches us more respect for the ocean compared to the warmer tropical areas of the world which are more alluring,  but which can be equally if not more so dangerous.  In other words, the deeper the ocean, the fish tend to be bigger too.  At the moment, I do not feel like becoming part of the Food Chain.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 9:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 8:50 P.M.:  Before I ate the rice mixture, I ate another third of the Kraft macaroni and cheese mixture that I made last night with iced tea.  Another note about Spain, it is a very traditional country like Italy and France, so people whom worked in one profession for generations tend to stay in those professions, so for outsiders they generally need their own money or need to have some special skill to earn a living.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 8:30 P.M.:  I took a cup of Carolina enriched rice, and I rinsed it in hot water in a bowl, and I strained it through a wire strainer rinsing it with hot water.  I then put the cup of rice in the China Village rice steamer, and I added a 14 ounce can of Swanson's chicken broth, and then I added a teaspoon of sesame oil, two tablespoons of olive oil, and a teaspoon of Italian spices, and I put the inner and out lids on it.  I microwaved it in the General Electric microwave oven for 11 minutes on high, and I am now letting it stand for five minutes.  I will thin eat about one third of it with a glass of iced tea.  I will refrigerate the remainder in a Rubbermaid container.  It should taste a bit like saffron rice, which unfortunately only rich Arabs can afford.  I have lots of food in the apartment, but I am just eating some warmer food to feel warm inside instead of my usual salads.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 7:45 P.M.:  I will post a quick explanation about my story about visiting Spain in 1972 while I was touring Europe during the first five months of 1972.  I had attended Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu which was south of Great Lakes Naval station and north of Fort Sheridan.  I had once toured the Chicago stock yards when I had a fraternity initiation requiring myself and some fellow students to visit the stock yards.  I knew that Lake Forest, Illinois was home to the Armour, Swift, and Cudahy families involved in meat packing along with a small group of people whom helped start McDonalds.  When I arrived in Italy, we eating very thin cracker types of pizzas with a little tomato sauce and no cheese.  Mostly, we ate pasta and occasionally we would eat a half inch thick biftek a la Florentine, which is a half inch thick steak sautéed in olive oil, butter, lemon juice, white wine, and garlic called Etruscan cooking or Northern Italian cooking.  When I was in France, the common sandwich Cheval a la pain, which is a ground horse meat on slices of bread.  When I went to Spain, I figured since they are historically into Bull fighting that they might have some beef.  Thus although the home port for the United States Mediterranean fleet was Naples, Italy; more than likely when the U.S.S. Enterprise visited Barcelona, they were probably able to procure large amounts of good quality Spanish beef, which it is the nature of the United States military, they tend to enjoy a substantial meal like a steak or a prime rib of beef, particularly all of those young sailors whom do not have to worry about their cholesterol.  Thus more than likely, they found what they were looking for in Spain, since when one rides a train in the interior of Spain, one sees hundreds of miles of range land which obviously can support a large population of cattle.  However, when I was traveling down the east coast of Spain on the train, I think they call it the Costa De Sol, the Sun Coast, I saw hundreds of miles of beach resort hotels and other accommodations much like the Florida coast, so obviously large numbers of people used the facilities during the hot Spanish summer, but they did not look too busy during the Spanish winter, which is not too cold for northern Europeans to enjoy a bit of warmer weather.  Thus as I have said many times to run a robust military, it takes a skinny farmer or rancher.  Since it is the nature of farming or ranching one tends to deal with a lot of chores and mechanized equipment, the people whom actually farm tend to be thinner and fit, unlike shareholder farmers whom have probably never seen the back side of a horse's ass.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 7:15 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I gave my electricity information to the building superintendent who will turn it in the to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop.  I then went downtown, and I stopped by Zyn stationary, and I bought a #28 Winner Wonderland scratch card for a dollar.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by VanDamm interiors, and I viewed their showroom.  I mentioned another Dutch decorator whom use to help in New Amsterdam.  I then sat out at the Greenwich Post Office plaza, and I scratched the scratch card for a $2 winner for a dollar profit.  I then redeemed it at Zyn Stationary.  I then walked the upper section of Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by CVS.  I picked up a prescription at CVS at a $1.50 cost.  I then completed my walk.  I chatted with a local on the way.  I used the bathroom at the senior center.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next read the Greenwich Times at the Greenwich Library.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 1:55 P.M.:  I went to bed after the last message.  I woke up at 5 A.M., and I ate a 8.5 ounce box of Triscuts with some iced tea.  I went back to sleep until noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I threw out some garbage, and I checked the mail.  I made two copies of the Northeast Utilities report on my electricity usage for the previous year.  I will give the original to the Greenwich Housing Authority for their usage, since they requested it.  The NOAA weather warning radio just did a Tornado test warning.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 2:50 A.M.:  Microsoft Says Proposed Settlement Would Have Been Better For European Consumers .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/25/04  Thursday 1:55 A.M.:  Of course, when I was in Spain http://www.angelfire.com/mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/europe/spain.html during the winter of 1972, Francesco Franco was still in charge.  Most all of the people wore black.  When I arrived the first time in Barcelona traveling from Grenoble and Florence, it was about 1 P.M. in the afternoon on a weekday during Siesta, and I first exchanged money for pesetas.  I think it was about 62 pesetas to the dollar, but I might have exchanged lire or francs, and when I exited the train station wearing my Swiss Army back pack that I had bought in the Florence, Italy flea market for $5, as I walked down the street towards the center of town, I had to walk down the center of the street because there were guards with machine guns standing about five feet apart for quite some distance, but as I got towards the Pedestrian Ramblas or center main street in the city, the guards were no longer lined along the street but were strolling the Ramblas.  The Ramblas was quite long leading up from the harbor where the Replica of Columbus' ship was.  During the first trip there, I ate lunch at the Barcelona Yacht Club, and they served me a seven course meal with wine at about 3 P.M. in the afternoon, which is not their dinner hour for about $3 with tip.  It was a very enjoyable meal with a view of the harbor, and I had about six waiters waiting on me, since no one else was at the dining room.  The Spanish tend not to eat dinner until after 10 P.M. at night.  On initial arrival though, I walked up the Ramblas viewing all the stalls, and I enjoyed seeing all the bird sellers.  The buildings were old looking but quite substantial.  When I got to the top of the Ramblas, which was about a three mile walk, there was a large plaza with outdoor cafes, and I had coffee.  There was a big sign overlooking the plaza that said "Sears", so having been attending college at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu in Illinois, I felt sort of at home.  I was using either Fodor's or Arthur Frommer's Europe on $5 a day.  I met some English speaking students, and they were enjoying sitting outside at the cafe.  It was not cold to me in February having attended college in Illinois.  I met a Dutch student traveler from Rotterdam named Perry, and I do remember his last name, but I will not mention it for privacy sake.  He knew English and was coming back from Morocco, and we started talking about our travels.  Perry's father worked for the Dutch postal system.  Perry and I found a room near the Barcelona Yacht Club for about a dollar a night, and after siesta, we explored the night life of Barcelona.  He gave me a package to hold for him, when I left the following day or two to return to Grenoble.  He was going to stay on for a few more days before returning to Rotterdam.  I returned to Grenoble where friends of mine were studying at the University of Grenoble, and their rental was adjacent to a villa with a discothèque called "Birdland".  I spent a few days there, and then I returned to Florence, Italy.  While in Barcelona, Perry had told me that Spain had no pharmaceutical laws, so he told me I should buy something called Bustaid which are sort like "Nodos" to stay awake, since when one travels on low budget, one frequently finds oneself sitting up all night on a train or in a train station.  I bought about $50 worth which at a dollar for about 50 pills were quite enough.  They contained Phenobarbital and methamphetamine and vitamins and were quite heavily used through out Europe in exchange for not drinking too much coffee, which then was called Nescafe.  I packaged them all in a plastic bag instead of carrying them in their bottles.  I returned to Florence after a week in Grenoble, and I spend about a week in Florence.  My fellow students liked the Bustaid to stay awake for studying.  When we were in Illinois, one of my classmate's families whom were with us in Italy owned Roche pharmaceutical, so we occasionally had used methamphetamine to stay awake during some very long days, but I do not recall ever abusing it.  When you have three 50 page papers to write in three days, those things happen.  Of course in Europe we did not have electric typewriters, so we had to write everything long hand.  I then returned from Florence, Italy to my friends in Grenoble, and after some time there, one of my friends wanted me to deliver a note to a girl friend of his at the Lido Bar in Barcelona.  I then returned to Barcelona, and I found the Lido bar, but nobody knew my friend's girl friend.  The United States of America aircraft carrier Enterprise was there, so there were a lot of sailors on the waterfront.  I tried to find my friend Perry, but after a few days to no avail, I found out from the Dutch consulate that he had hitched a ride on the Enterprise to Rotterdam.  I then returned to Grenoble for another week or two.  I still had the package that Perry had given me to carry, and I finally found out that it was something illegal from Morocco which my friends told me that I did not know anything about.  I did not know what to do with it, and my friends sold it to some hippie friends of theirs for $200 and gave me a thousand Francs.  Thus with all my traveling, I could have gotten into trouble crossing between different country's borders, and sometimes people will try to set you up.  Anyway, I had the thousand Francs, so I returned to Florence, Italy still using my Bustaid to stay awake.  I recall Bustaid was made by Roche.  Anyway, it was cheaper than two dollar cups of Cappuccino.  Apparently what Perry had given me to carry would have only cost about $20 in Morocco, but supposedly it is illegal in southern Europe, but suppose to be legal in Holland.  I did not use any of it, but I was told by a professor that warriors in North Africa use to smoke it before going to War.  It is a good thing he did not bring it on the Enterprise, or Europe might not be there.  Well I then returned from Grenoble to Florence, Italy,  I met two Norwegians in the Florence flea market whom looked like the only two people having fun during a rather cold winter, and they told me they were coming from Lanzarote.  Since I had a U-Rail student pass, I went back to Barcelona for a day staying up all night in the train station in Lyon on the way and possibly having stopped in Grenoble again and then from Barcelona on down to Malaga thinking I would catch a ferry to Lanzarote, but it was suppose to be a long trip on deck by sea.  I then instead caught a $40 Iberian flight to Lanzarote, and I spent about three weeks there exploring the island on a Moped the first half of the time, and the last half of the time I spent with a Norwegian family with a son named Rhone whose father was a pilot with S.A.S., and they lived by the airport.  I explored Lanzarote, and since there is not much water there, I did not clean up until I left.  Rhone showed me parts of the Island that I had not seen like a deluxe resort.  I also spent some cold nights before I met them camping out on a couple of different beaches with British travelers from the Isle of Wright.  I explored some volcanic craters with black sandy lava and all over the island onions were growing.  I liked the simple village of Playa Blanca, and I used to sit on the rocky beach there with some Danish back packers and we would drink inexpensive beers at sunset out of a old Coca Cola cooler with ice.  The island had good tasting fish fried in olive oil.  There were quite a few Germans there with a sense of humor from drinking beer, since water was just as expensive as beer.  Rhone like watching the planes come and go from the airport, which they did twice a day.  We would roast chickens to eat, and I showed him how to make French Fries.  I did clean up before, I left to get on the plane, so he and his family saw what I looked like cleaned up instead of all salty from the ocean.  I hope I did not use up all of their water in the cistern.  Rhone asked me to get him a Borcelena hat like I was wearing which they sold for $2 in the Florence flea market.  I used it to keep the pigeons from relieving themselves on my head in Florence.  I never got a chance to get him a hat, but when I returned to Lake Forest, Illinois, I lost my hat on a train while going between Lake Forest and Chicago.  I had bought a piece of brocade and sewed it around the base part of the upper part of the hat where it goes up from being flat.  Thus when I left Lanzarote, I took the Iberia plane to Seville, and then I took the all night train to Madrid, and then I never left the train station in Madrid, and I caught the more expensive Fast train which I had to pay for instead of using my U-Rail pass to get to Pisa that same day and back to Florence, for exams the next day.  I do not recall, if I made it to my art exam or not, but I think I recall taking the exam, but since I had not been going to classes, I might not have done well on the art exam.  I could not see much point in just sitting in a classroom looking at Art projection slides, when I had a chance to explore parts of Europe.  That winter was a very cold winter, and there was a coal strike in England, so there were a lot of English speaking people visiting in southern Europe.  Thus that is a quick summary of my visits to Spain and other parts of Europe before I left from Italy for Greece and Turkey in April of 1972.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/24/04  Wednesday 11:10 P.M.:  I do not speak any Spanish except for a few words, but this is a picture of the Spanish Royal family The Spanish Royal Family , which more than likely I probably have seen at one time or another.  Since I have visited Spain, they might have also have seen me, but that was 32 years ago, so more than likely they have forgotten my walk around in Barcelona, Malaga, and Lanzarote.  I did travel through Seville and Madrid, but I did not visit them, since I was in a rush to get back to Florence, Italy for my final exams the next day.  I did ride the high speed train from Madrid to Pisa, but on the train from Seville to Madrid, I had to sit next to a 500 pound women, whom I do not think had bathed in her entire life, I suppose because Spain is a dry country.  I also rode the train from Florence and Grenoble a few times to Barcelona, and I recall when riding the train down to Malaga, I was sharing it with three United States servicemen, and they were drunk, and they damaged the mahogany wood work in the train.  I did not do any damage myself, since I always behaved like a gentleman.  However, after walking around various cities all day, I would frequently travel to another city, so I could sleep on the overnight train, and I would take off my Frye boots, which unfortunately did not smell very good to the other passengers.  According to a report, I read a few years ago, the Spanish Royal family are not particularly wealthy, and they have a net worth around about $2.5 million dollars, however they tend to command a lot of respect in the Spanish speaking world, and I read a few years ago that the people of Spain got together and bought the King a yacht.  I think they vacation in Mallorca the island off of Spain south of France in the Mediterranean.  Since the Spanish seem to be in this area in large numbers over the last 20 years, they could have snuck in here as Latino refugees, and no one might have noticed.  However, more than likely their Spanish speaking associates might have noticed.  Since there are probably more people whom speak Spanish in the Western Hemisphere than the Eastern Hemisphere, I doubt if it would have gone unnoticed.  I have a videotape with Prince Felipe at the Statue of Liberty Tall Ships celebration in New York Harbor about 15 years ago.  I think he is about 6 foot 6 inches tall, so if he showed up here, we might notice him.  The King of Spain H.M. King Juan Carlos I is also a pilot, so he must occasionally leave the Hacienda in Spain for other ports.  Prince Felipe is suppose to marry on May 22, 2004 to Letizia Ortiz http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/Spain/ .  Thus, when it gets cold here, more than likely a few people have visited Spain from time to time.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/24/04  Wednesday 10:10 P.M.:  The Optimum Online mail server does not seem to be working at the moment, so I can not check my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/24/04  Wednesday 9:45 P.M.:  On the four backup computers in the bedroom, I installed the updates, and I installed the copy of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa002.htm .  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/24/04  Wednesday 8:40 P.M.:  Keyboard story TCPalm: Tapping the keys .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/24/04  Wednesday 7:45 P.M.:  I boiled eight cups of water, and I opened a 14 ounce box of Kraft www.kraft.com Deluxe macaroni and cheese dinner, I put the macaroni in to boil 11 minutes.  I will thin drain the noodles in a colander, and I will put them in a large metal mixing bowl.  I will then add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and a teaspoon of Italian spices and mix it into the noodles.  I will than add the cheese from the cheese packet, and I will mix it all together.  I will eat about one third of the mixture with some iced tea, and I will refrigerate the remaining mixture in a Rubbermaid container.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/24/04  Wednesday 7:15 P.M.:  When I drive over to Old Greenwich from the Steamboat Road area, I usually drive through Bruce Park. I then go over I-95 at exit 4 on Indian Field Road, and I turn right after I-95 at the Red Cross headquarters.  I then drive over by the Cos Cob train station, and I proceed along north on River Road to East Putnam Avenue.  After heading east on East Putnam Avenue and crossing the Mianus River bridge, I turn right at St. Catherine's church, and I drive south on that road until after I cross the train tracks, and I turn left, and I proceed east along that road, and until I come out at the rotary in Old Greenwich near the shore near the Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church.  I head east from the rotary.  I then turn right at the Old Greenwich fire station, and I head south down to Tod's Point.  I usually come back a similar way, but after the rotary by the Old Greenwich Presbyterian church going west, I turn right and cross the train tracks at the next crossing east from the way I came, and I drive by the two schools, and proceed back usually driving back on East Putnam Avenue to the top of Greenwich Avenue.  Thus one is able to see a bit more of the waterfront on the way over.  I noticed the Old Greenwich Fire House is celebrating their 100th Anniversary http://sbvfd.com/ , and I also noticed the Greenwich Red Cross http://greenwich.ctredcross.org/ which needs to update their web site since it is now located by the exit 4 ramp of I-95 at Indian Field Road is raffling off a red Mustang GX convertible at $50 a ticket with the drawing around March 30, 2004.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/24/04  Wednesday 6:55 P.M.:  I made up my homemade onion soup www.geocities.com/mikelscott/onionsoup.htm .  I had the soup with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/24/04  Wednesday 5:50 P.M.:  I was up at 11 A.M. this morning.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I drove down by the waterfront in central Greenwich.  I then drove over to Tod's Point, and I took the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point.  I sat out at various locations.  I then stopped by the Rummage Room thrift shop in Old Greenwich.  I next drove down by the waterfront in central Greenwich.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought 10 Imation floppy disks for $1 all.  I next went downtown in central Greenwich, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I used the bathroom at the senior center.  I just now returned home, and I drank a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 10:55 P.M.:  Well, I am tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 10:30 P.M.: http://www.georgewbushstore.com/ for Bush political souvenir items.   Back during the previous election race, they had six inch square plastic signs with rubber suction cups, so one could stick them in one's car window to advertise one's political preference.  They were like those "Baby on Board" signs.  Thus if one had a newer car, one did not have to use a bumper sticker, and if one was driving through hostile political territory, one could quickly remove it.  I suppose there is still a market for them, so I guess one can keep an eye out for them.  I suppose at the Republican convention, one might make money selling them, if no one else beats one to it.  Since Greenwich, Connecticut is a somewhat diplomatic town, a lot of people do not advertise their political convictions.  I updated my homepage with a Bush - Cheney campaign advertisement script.  Since most people know I am ardently Republican, most people do not bother talking to me about politics, since although I am Republican, I do not actually know much about politics, since I focus on computer technology.  However, since most Republicans seem to be well read, they generally have a consensus of opinion on certain viewpoints from their experience.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 9:05 P.M.:  I am heating in the Farberware convection oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes each of two sides six Stop and Shop fish cakes, 16 America's Choice onion rings, and 16 America's Choice tater tots.  I mixed a half of a cup of Heinz ketchup with three tablespoons of horseradish, and I will using it for flavoring the meal.  I will have the meal with a glass of iced tea.  I went through my email earlier.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 7:55 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I stopped by CVS during the walk.  I used the bathroom at the senior center.  I drove down by the waterfront.  I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 3:30 P.M.:  I ran Ad-aware 6.0.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I listened through my stereo system to 88.5 FM National Public Radio.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 2:15 P.M.:  If one uses this page http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/lang.htm my various directory pages are translated, and the subsequent links are also translated.  Thus my volcano directory with its thousand links and the pages from those links are translated into five different languages from English.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 2:10 P.M.:  I installed three Microsoft Office 2003 Professional updates.  I also ran Norton Win Doctor.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 1:25 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I applied for a few more free computer magazines.   CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 12:20 P.M.:  Last Thursday afternoon, I was told about a nearby military situation, but for security reasons, I can not mention it on the internet.  I have told a few friends and contacts about it.  Still, it more than likely has been going on for a long time, so it is not really news anyway.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 11:30 A.M.:  I was awake at 10 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I guess since we still have cold weather here, people are still in their winter doldrums.  Well sooner or later it should warm up, and then we will see all of the people migrating up north from down south whom frequently travel through this area on their way to points further up north.  With the influx of travelers, it might make it busier in this area, but I am not sure if it will be any economic stimulus for the area or not.  Generally the retired people down south live on fixed incomes, so they do not always have the type of money that our Big City neighbors might have when they visit here in the summer.  Locally here, the retired people are upset because the local real estate taxes have gone up quite a bit recently.  Whatever, the case it seems the economic boom in this area is only limited to those whom profiteer off Wall Street.  Apparently the local real estate market here in Greenwich, Connecticut has reached its maximum, and the prices are so expensive nothing is moving.  Thus until prices start to come down, there might not be any further activity in the real estate market.  The donations are way down at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, so people are probably not buying new items.  Still people seem to get by using Yankee ingenuity.  One fire fighter in Stamford, Connecticut was making extra money hunting and butchering deer.  Since Greenwich is suppose to be a wealthy town, people tend to maintain appearances, until they finally can not afford to anymore.  I was told the longest member of the Greenwich Country Club sold her house in back country and moved into a condominium downtown.  There are what seem to be a lot of new families with money, and since they live here, they probably are contributing to the local economy.  Of course the younger generation invest in different activities compared to the older generation.  Since the Greenwich Times and the other two local newspapers the Greenwich Post and the Greenwich Citizen never print many stories about the town government and what it is doing, most people are left out in the dark about the town government and what its budget appropriations are.  Thus one has to be on the inside track to know what is going on.  I would dare say the same movers and shakers might be controlling the town, but it might be from their winter hideaways.  Still the town seems to be running properly, and essential services seem to be maintained.  Thus I would suppose it one could afford to live here, one would find out that not much has changed, but it is still as cold as ever.  There are busier and slower days, so it is all a matter of timing as to what one's perception of the community is.  Well, over here on this side of town, it tends to be a lot colder, since with electric heat, one has to be able to afford to pay for it, and electric heat tends to be damp anyway.  Thus one eventually gets use to the colder indoor temperatures.  I have noticed the senior and arts center downtown is warm and the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop and the Greenwich Library are warm, so thus I would daresay, some people whom can afford it are living in warmer homes.  However, they say maintaining a cooler environment is healthier for one, so possibly the Hot House people are not feeling as well.  Well, since people in Greenwich tend to be private, no one really knows what is going on until some emergency situation meets the public eye.  Personally I am getting by here just fine the way I have always gotten by, and if I get colder I just wear my heavy terry cloth bathrobe.  Since I generally spend some time outside every day, I tend to get my share of fresh air, but I generally go out later in the day.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/23/04  Tuesday 1:50 A.M.:  I rested a while.  While resting I ran Norton Antivirus 2004.  It found 7 problems, and it deleted two problems automatically, and I deleted the other five.  I ate the last of the Snyder low fat corn chips along with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  It is a bit cold out at 18 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind-chill of 12 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO   

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 11:10 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I chatted with two friends and a relative.  I put the ice tea in the refrigerator.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 9:30 P.M.:  Windows XP Service Pack 2 Technical Preview is now available to anyone for download http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx .  I have it installed on my Dell backup computer, and it works just fine.  However, I believe if one installs it, one will have to uninstall it to install the final version due the beginning of the second half of this year.  On my Dell backup computer uninstalling the earlier beta did not seem to effect the programs configured after its installation.  However, if I am not mistaken, the beta is only good for six months, then one would have to install the final version.  Since it is still a beta, I will not be installing it on my primary computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 9:20 P.M.:  Computer case for hot locations http://www.uptime4u.com/lgh1.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 9:15 P.M.:  For republican gift buying try http://www.reaganlibrary.com/store/ at http://www.reaganlibrary.com/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 8:40 P.M.:  I am microwaving a 16 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner, which I will have with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 8:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 7:25 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I stopped by CVS.  I sat out at various locations.  While I was sitting out at the top of Greenwich Avenue in front of Pickwick Plaza, there was a sure sign of spring.  With all the birds eating the berries in the berry tree, I had one bird accurately relieved itself on the front of my coat.  Thus this time of year, one should be careful about sitting underneath that particular tree.  I finished my walk, and I then used the bathroom at the senior center to clean off my jacket.  There was a local contractor on a construction project just south of CVS using a nail gun that bothered some local people.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I saw one of the regular waterfront residents at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop today.  In spending many years around various waterfronts and in this location since 1961, I have reminded people many times, that individuals at the Russian Consulate in Glen Cove, Long Island have been eavesdropping across Long Island sound since before World War II.  Thus more than likely other parties whom are interested in their neighbor's activities have been doing much the same over the years.  Thus although people spend a great deal of money for privacy on the waterfront, there is not very much privacy, since it is not too complicated to intercept sound over water.  I guess much the same could be said for cellular telephone frequencies.  Since wealthy people frequently have important private business, it is more than likely the eavesdroppers have profited over the years.  Whatever, the case one still would have to sort out fact from fiction, and there is so much information today, I am not sure how valuable random conversation would be anymore.  Today, one tends to have to be well enough educated to understand the more complicated information.  Thus with the internet, more than likely there is an equally adept group whom monitor people's internet activity too.  Since it is the nature of government that it is controlled by various political groups, more than likely the so called government monitoring of communications is frequently used for political purposes.  Whatever, the case people in this area tend to say so little, it would seem to me that there is not much original thought just public relations.  I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read a back issue of P.C. Magazine.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  I just remembered, it is Earle Grey tea and Major Grey's chutney.  I am in the process of making up a new batch of iced tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icedtea.htm .  I am using 10 Salada orange pekoe tea bags, 5 Salada green tea bags, and one each of the five different types of Twinings five variety pack of tea.  I am not using sugar, but I am using a couple of teaspoons of Angostura bitters for the 12 quart mixture.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 2:40 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a 4.25 ounce can of pink crab meat that I flaked.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I guess since I am of northern European extraction, I should not mind the cooler weather here.  I also guess, since I have the grey L. L. Bean winter coat, I could pretend to be Major Grey of the British Army the tea expert.  Whatever, the case I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I guess, instead of spending a lot of money parking downtown, I could hang out down at the pier on Steamboat Road where it does not cost to park and the Greenwich Library.  Of course it also does not cost to park at the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop.  If one has tried it, one has to be careful when eating www.geocities.com/mikelscott/onionsoup.htm because the way I make it, it gives one enough natural gas if everyone ate it to be one of the world's largest sources of energy.  Thus I usually do not eat it, if I am going out in public.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 1:15 P.M.:  Don't tell Exxon http://www.shellcreditcard.com/ , of course one could try this Exxon Mobil Credit Cards .  Of course I always pay cash, so I do not have any debt, which is the way I prefer to manage my accounts.  Thus unlike the millions of other people in this country, I am not living on Credit, if you get my drift.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 1:05 P.M.:  I am going through the Microsoft XP beta RS2 newsgroups.  I threw out my garbage.  I picked up my mail.  Since it is towards the end of the month, I am low on money, since I had to pay $65 for my new Connecticut driver's license this month, and I also paid $20 for my Connecticut emissions test.  I also spent $20 for the glass framed map of the Lesser Antilles, and I paid $15 for the glass framed picture of Stowe, Vermont, and I also bought the grey L.L. Bean overcoat for $16.25.  Thus because my spending was up a bit, I have less money to explore around town at the end of the month.  I have enough money, food, and cigarettes to make it until the end of the month, but I will have to watch my budget.  Also, this past winter seems to have been the coldest winter, since I came off Nantucket 20 years ago, and it still seems a bit cold out for this time of year.  Thus instead of wasting my time sitting on a bench downtown and paying for parking or reading the computer press in the Greenwich Library, I am quite comfortable at home.  I have plenty of back issues of the computer press to read, not to mention my regular work on the internet.  I suppose one of these days, it will warm up, and I will be paying money for the air conditioner to stay cool thus one is a victim of one's own routines.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 12:20 P.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/22/04  Monday 11:55 A.M.:  I went to bed after the last message.  I chatted with a couple of friends about 10:30 P.M..  I woke up at 8 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to sleep until now.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 9:30 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 8:55 P.M.:  I ate a piece of apple pie with some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 8:35 P.M.:  From this page In Memoriam Princess Juliana at In Memoriam Prinses Juliana der Nederlanden , I printed out the color photo in 8" X 10", and I framed it in a clear plastic frame, and I hung it on the wall to the right of the day bed above another picture.  I also send my condolences.  I also printed out two of the pictures with the laser printer, and I put one in my photo album, and I put one on the dining room table.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 7:45 P.M.:  The Dutch are not that Rich, read the bottom of this page BBC NEWS Business Dutch royalty denies billionaire status .  I suppose, they could always go back to making wooden shoes.  I guess since the British took over the Dutch East Indies company during the latter half of the 19th century, the Dutch have not had their income from "VOC".  However, since the Dutch were some of the earliest settlers in this part of the world, I would imagine some of the Dutch of New Amsterdam are modestly established, but the Dutch are like the Scottish, and they are known for their frugality.  U.S.A. news on Queen Juliana passing away HollandSentinel.com Former Dutch queen visited here twice 03/21/04 .  Life goes on BBC NEWS World Europe Dutch celebrate royal baby birth 12/08/03 . In Memoriam, Queen Juliana  and BBC NEWS World Europe Country profiles Timeline: The Netherlands. CIO     

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 7:15 P.M.:  However, in chatting about the Scott family might not have much relevance, since I am only 1/8th Scott although I bear the name, thus I am not as formidable as some of my other cousins.  I am also half Dutch which tends to be larger than Scotts, 1/8th English, 1/8th French, and 1/8th German.  The largest person, I have seen physically in this area was about 12 years ago, when they were having a G8 conference in Mattrich in the Netherlands.  At the same time, a person showed up here selling Gouda cheese from Mattrich in the Netherlands, and he was well over seven feet tall probably weighing over 500 pounds or more but not fat with large wooden shoes and wearing Dutch pantaloons while he was trying to sell 500 pound wheels of Gouda cheese at the Food Emporium here locally.  What I noticed was that he had the same look as Prince Charles of England, but he was a much larger person.  I suppose he would have equally large relatives back home.  I heated and ate the other half of the fettuccini Florentine with the half of jar of Aunt Millie's traditional tomato sauce which I put a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on.  I had it all with a glass of iced tea.  I called four friends and a relative, but none were there.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 6:10 P.M.:  Although recently the Scott family are known for having a member of their family in the weather business, the Scott family has been around since the earliest settlement of northern Europeans in the United States of America.  From my reading one of the largest land owners in Colonial Virginia was a Scott.  Also in the New York area, one of the first settlers in New Amsterdam was a Scott.  There were two Scott families in the beginning of New Amsterdam, and they each had farms in Manhattan.  One of them was sexton of the first Dutch Reform Church.  Also, John Jay's mother was a Scott.  Also another Scott discovered Long Island, and established the first settlement in South Hampton, Long Island.  That Scott owned all of Long Island until 1700, when he moved to Jamaica.  Also the Scott family name is mentioned in the earlier days in Nantucket and around Beaufort, South Carolina.  I know the Marquis of Queensbury family name is Scott, so possibly the younger children of that family not being heirs because of primogeniture were given colonial land grants in the new world.  Whatever the case, I have only read the literature here, I have not researched the information in other European archives such as the Lloyd's ship registry which might have more information.  Also Windfield Scott was from the Virginia branch of the family, although he lived in New York when he moved the United States Military Academy to West Point, New York.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 5:25 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I drove down by the waterfront.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  During my walk, I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then stopped by CVS, and I bought a 24 roll bundle of Charmin toilet paper for $4.99 plus .30 tax for $5.29 total.  I then completed my walk.  I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. World magazine.  I then went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $5 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.999 a gallon for about 24 miles per gallon.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.50, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.55, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $1.99, 2 pounds of baby carrots for $3.29, plum tomatoes at $1.99 a pound for $2.35 for $11.68 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I drank a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 1:20 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up.  I then will go out for some fresh air.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 1:00 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  This time instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of sardines that I chopped, and for the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I had the salad with all of the other regular ingredients.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I then made a 50% Folgers' instant and a 50% Folgers' decaffeinated instant coffee, which I am about to drink.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/21/04  Sunday 10:55 A.M.:  I watched television after the last message.  I went to bed about 10 P.M., and I was up at about 6 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched President Bush's campaign rally on Cspan from yesterday down in Orlando, Florida.  I went back to bed.  I just woke up.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 8:20 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch some television before going to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 7:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I took a 10 1/4 ounce can of Campbell's condensed tomato soup, and I added 2 ounces of Rene Junot white wine and six ounces of water and about 1/8 teaspoon of Italian spices, and I heated it in a microwave proof plastic pot in the microwave oven under reheat.  I put about 20 large cut croutons in it, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I also ate a piece of apple pie.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 6:55 P.M.:  MSNBC - Former Dutch Queen Juliana dies at 94 and BBC NEWS World Europe Beloved Dutch queen mother dies .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 6:40 P.M.:  I finished running Norton SpeedDisk on the C: drive on the Dell backup computer.  I am now running Ad-aware 6.0.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 6:35 P.M.:  I threw out some garbage, and I checked the mail.  Since it is a bit damp out, and since I have work to keep me busy, I have just been working on the computer at home.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 6:10 P.M.:  I completed the C: drive to D: drive backup on the Dell backup computer in three parts.  I watched some television while doing it.  I am now running Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive of the Dell backup computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 4:50 P.M.:  I finished going through my email.  I am doing a three part C: to D: drive backup on the Dell backup computer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 4:25 P.M.:  I rested for a while.  I ate two bowls of Snyder's white corn chips along with some iced tea.  I watched a bit of television.  I ate a Nature's Valley strawberry yogurt granola bar.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 1:20 P.M.:  I shut down the Dell backup computer.  I will now put the primary computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 1:00 P.M.:  I am boiling up a 12 ounce box of San Georgio fettuccini Florentine for 13 minutes half of which I will have with half of a 26 ounce jar of reheated Aunt Millie's traditional tomato sauce along with grated parmesan cheese.  I will put the remainder in the refrigerator.  I will have it to eat with iced tea.  On the Dell backup computer, the new Windows update site does not work.  The new beta update is working fine.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 12:20 P.M.:  Too much of the High Life Forbes.com: Most Luxurious Places To Dry Out .  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 12:05 P.M.:  I finished the beta install of Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 on the Dell backup computer.  I am in the process of going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 11:50 A.M.:  Changing of the Guard http://www.coursey.com/ and ZDNet AnchorDesk: Good-bye, farewell, and amen .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 11:25 A.M.:  I have the Dell backup computer configured, and I am now installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 on it.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 10:15 A.M.:  I sent out my weekly notes.  I uninstalled the earlier Windows XP SP2 beta on the Dell backup computer, and it restarted all right.  I am now running Norton Win Doctor on it.  I will check it programs to see if they run properly.  I will also put www.starrynight.com on it.  Once I get all the programs checked, and I know they are running all right, I will put the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 on it.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 03/20/04:

Note: <888> 03/20/04  Saturday 9:30 A.M.:  I was up at 8 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I burned the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 *.iso download to a CD.  I tried installing it on the Dell backup computer, but I need to uninstall the earlier beta before I can install the newer one.  If I uninstall the earlier beta, it will also uninstall all of the programs that I installed after the earlier beta installation.  I will thus leave it as is for now.  I put the beta CD in a CD envelope, and it is on the top right shelf of my CD shelf on the floor to the right of my primary computer chair.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/19/04  Friday 8:05 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I watched some television.  I finished the  Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 *.iso download to the D: drive.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/19/04  Friday 5:55 P.M.:  I threw out the garbage.  I moved my car around to the regular parking place.  It is a bit damp out, but most of the snow has melted.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/19/04  Friday 5:25 P.M.:  I am downloading slowly the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 which is a very slow to download.  I turned on television, and there is more on television about Donald Trump.  I guess because he has New York City tourist attractions he likes to advertise himself.  It is sort of odd that there are a lot of people whom are worth a lot more money whom drive around in old cars and old clothes, which we call "Old Money".  Whatever, the case his advertising the Capitalist Entrepreneur spirit in the New York area seems to draw a lot of young entrepreneurs.  Yesterday, I saw two skinny girls at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop whom did not look like they could lift a Webster's dictionary, and they were buying hundreds of books, I guess to open a bookshop or furnish their own library, so some how I guess they were able to transport all that weight despite their skinny appearance.  I suppose with all the billionaires in the world today, the private security people are making money protecting them.  I noticed one person around Christmas time that would make interesting private security.  It was a young fellow at CVS on Greenwich Avenue whom was about 20 years old, and he had my look when I was that age a long time ago.  However, he was about 7 feet 2 inches tall with about size 24 feet.  More than likely he probably plays College Basketball or some other tall people activity.  Still, when one is of average height, one should remember that there are substantially bigger people in this world, whom one does not see in this area that often.  The biggest group of people I have even seen in my life was not at a Presidential Inaugural or a Winter Olympics, it was in Fort Lauderdale in October 1983, where I visited before moving back to Greenwich, Connecticut.  There were five to ten thousand of them of white northern European appearance, with about a third of them elderly close to seven feet tall, and a third of them middle age between about six feet and seven feet tall, and a third of them were teenagers whom were mostly over six feet to six feet six inches tall.  Thus if one were a mere six feet tall, one felt like a midget.  I remember seeing a picture at the Bahia Mar of an American General that looked a bit like what I thought Omar Bradley looked like.  I do not know if they were from there, off a cruise ship, or just visiting from elsewhere.  At the same time there were millions of cars on the Florida highways and that was the time of the St. George's Granada invasion.  Since during that time I drove a black Ford Mercury Cougar from Hertz rent a car and then when during the tropical storm the windshield wipers did not work, I traded it in for a gold Ford Mercury Cougar from Hertz, I call it the Army of the South or the Imperial Army or the Army of Black and Gold.  Obviously, they still exist somewhere in this country or elsewhere in this world, so I would dare say, if anyone has ever seen them moving around as civilians in force, they are a formidable and numerous presence.  I use to joke about Donald Trump that I had a friend in New York whom was J.P. Morgan's grandson, and he had lived with the Krump family in Germany, and he never seem to run out of money.  I thus thought that maybe someone got the Trump money mixed up with the Krump money which would also be sizeable.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/19/04  Friday 2:50 P.M.:  I rested for a while.  I ate a half of a 8.5 ounce box of triscuts with some iced tea.  I watched a bit of television.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/19/04  Friday 11:55 A.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/19/04  Friday 10:40 A.M.:  I updated my NASA directory.  It is at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa002.htm .  I still have the old NASA directory at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/040.htm .  I incorporated it into the downloadable file at www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/scott008.zip.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/19/04  Friday 9:55 A.M.:  I was up at 5:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants, and I just finished it all.  I checked outside, and it looks like we had about six inches of light powdery snow, and it presently is not snowing.  The driveway is cleared, and the building maintenance personnel are plowing the walks.  I checked with the Greenwich Library, and they are opened today.  My Columbia 2.4 megahertz cordless telephone by the primary computer was not working, but it now works, so maybe it was not put in the charging cradle properly.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 10:35 P.M.:  I have a theory about established money versus Forbes or Capitalist type of money which is of more Western Hemisphere origin.  It is possible that there are wealthier individuals in the world, but they do not track their wealth in terms of U.S. dollars.  Possibly despite our propaganda, there still could be an Emperor of some country like India, China, or Russia whom does not have many U.S. dollars, but possibly has other valuable assets such as land with minerals or whatever.  Thus since they exercise, so much control, they really live in a world where, they have had everything they needed for so long, they are more like self sufficient farmers versus modern capitalists on the move.  Whatever, the case when one looks at the Forbes list, one mostly sees net worth in terms of corporate equity, and anyone whom has ever had to pay a mortgage knows that there seems to be another group out there that actually seems to own property in terms of real estate.  Thus maybe one of the wealthiest people in the world might be some obscure land owner up in Canada or whatever.  Forbes listing of wealth is tracked in terms of modern accounting, where possibly some properties have never changed hands for so many generations that there is really no way to assign a value to it, since it is basically in a permanent trust in perpetuity.  The Forbes are well known in the United States of America, since they advertise wealth in a capitalist system, but they have been here for a little over a 100 years, and more than likely since they could not afford to stay in Europe, they came here to seek their fortune.  Possibly in advertising wealth, they manage to intermarry with established families, but from what I know they are suppose to be a business publication as such, and for those people whom do not do business in their sphere of influence, they do not have much relevance.  In other words, the truly long term historically wealthy people seem to manage to maintain their wealth since they control everything from soup to nuts if you get my drift.  Thus it is pretty much the purview of their public relations personnel to control the content of what is printed locally in their jurisdictions.  Thus when we turn on or read our media here, we are pretty much getting a story that someone is permitted to tell us, but it does not mean that it is the whole story or even a relevant story to our jurisdiction.  Basically my viewpoint on the Microsoft activity on the internet is that they are a group of cleaver engineers whom grew up around Boeing, which we generally assume is adept at engineering, so maybe the Boeing aircraft company is using Microsoft and the internet for some sort of public relations.  Having never been out in the Northwest, maybe they are just tired of us sit at home types for always ignoring them all of these years, when they have traveled our way, so basically when they have traveled here so many times, since they obviously have that ability, they have over the years interreacted with all of the other groups whom have traveled here, while the content stay at home types here, never really seemed to noticed any change in reality other than prices seem to be getting more expensive, and television although it has better reception has less relevant content.  It almost seems that the television is primarily trying to recruit people for the United States of America Military, when one has to face the fact in the New York City area, most people are involved in other professions.  Thus I would advise, if one does not intend to join the military, one should read more, one should not watch so much television.  Anyway, I am a bit tired, and not much seems to be happening locally.  I guess with the higher prices for gasoline as they continue to rise since we had a colder winter, more people would prefer to use the energy to heat their homes versus looking at frigid real estate.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 9:40 P.M.:  Having been a long time watcher of Microsoft, I just noticed that Mike Maples is no longer with the company, and he is living in quiet retirement in Austin, Texas, and apparently, he is not that rich anymore, since he is no longer on the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans.  I once recall seeing him there with a net worth of about 1.2 Billion dollars, so I guess he was not able to keep up with inflation.  Well, I guess other Microsoft personnel could learn that when the money runs out, your piece of plastic credit card is not worth very much.  Whatever, the case, I suppose Microsoft has so many people trying to curry favor with it, it much be seeing an interesting cross section of the world.  I suppose, when push comes to shove, computer people tend not to look like movie stars, but some of them seem to afford trophy wives or partners, so they frequently are ignored in the general public when ever people see the other half.  Such is life.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 9:05 P.M.:  After the few inches of snow tomorrow morning, we might have some warmer weather coming our way.  It is currently 52 degrees Fahrenheit in Sun Valley, Idaho weather.com - Local Weather Page Sun Valley, Idaho .  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 7:55 P.M.:  I heated and ate a 18 ounce can of Progresso mushroom soup, which I had with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 6:50 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I arrived early for my 3 P.M. appointment.  Before my 3 P.M. appointment, I chatted with a local sailor.  After my appointment, I drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with a couple of regular waterfront observers.  A truck from the United States of America Fish and Wildlife Service also showed up there too.  I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I told a couple of the reference librarians at the Greenwich Library, about my updated Volcano list www.geocities.com/mikelscott/volcanoe02.htm .  I then returned home, and I chatted with a couple of neighbors.  I drank some iced tea, and I ate five saltines with 1/4 inch thick slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 1:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I microwaved a 17 ounce Boston Market home-style chicken and noodles dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I then ate a piece of apple pie.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so I guess I will go out again shortly.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 12:45 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop spring opening.  There were about 25 people there waiting for them to open at 8:30 A.M..  Lots of used clothes dealers were buying loads of used women's clothing.  The merchandise was going fast.  I then went downtown, and I cleaned off the snow from the two benches at the Veterans monument across from the senior center, the four benches at the Post Office plaza, the three benches at the senior center, the bench across from Starbucks, and the two near benches in the Greenwich Common.  I have frequently cleaned off the benches in the center of town when it snows over the years, but I usually do it at night when not many people see me.  I sit on so many of those benches, that I enjoy it when they're dry.  I then walked down Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by Blimpie, and I bought two cheese and egg croissant sandwiches for $1.05 each for $2.10 total.  They have the cheaper price for take out.  I ate them at the train station.  I then walked up Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  Everything is half price, and for clothing, it is $20 a bag.  I then walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the 70% off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store, and I stopped by CVS.  There was a bus load of Japanese tourists walking around downtown.  I then completed my walk, and I sat out at one of the cleared off benches.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 7:20 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 7:15 A.M.:  Yahoo! News - 100-Foot Asteroid to Make Closest Pass .  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/18/04  Thursday 7:00 A.M.:  I was up at 2 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I then went back to bed until 6:15 A.M..  I chatted with a friend.  If one is visiting this area, http://www.extendedstay.com/ in Elmsford, New York has rooms for about $600 a week, of course the weekly rate in Champaign Urbana, Illinois is only $290 plus tax.  It snowed a couple of inches last night, and the roads are suppose to be slippery.  The Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop is suppose to have their spring preview opening this morning at 8:30 A.M..

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 4:50 P.M.:  I ate a piece of apple pie with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 4:15 P.M.:  I made up a volcano email list.  I sent out an announcement about the new volcano directory.  I copied the new directory to the local hard drive on my five backup computers.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 1:55 P.M.:  I created a new Volcano directory page with the current working links www.geocities.com/mikelscott/volcanoe02.htm  .  Most of the links should work.  I also posted it in the downloadable directory www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/scott008.zip .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 1:15 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used a 4.25 ounce can of flaked pink crab meat instead of tuna fish.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 11:55 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, however they cancelled their opening today.  They will have their spring opening tomorrow.  I then went downtown.  Since we had about five inches of snow, and since I like sitting out downtown, and since no one else seems to do it, I took the snow brush from my car, and I cleaned off the snow from the two benches at the veterans monument across from the senior center, from the three benches at the senior center, from the four benches at the post office plaza, and from the bench across from Starbucks.  Thus there are plenty of clean benches for one to sit on outside to enjoy the winter weather.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  The bench at the top of Greenwich Avenue is still covered with snow as are the benches across from CVS.  I sat out for a while in the center of town.  I used the bathroom at the senior and arts center.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went by the Greenwich Library.  I read the Reserved Desk February 2004 copy of National Geographic with the article on Greenwich.  I cleaned off the snow from the two benches at the Greenwich Library too.  I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two 5.5 ounce boxes of Arnold large cut garlic and herb croutons for .99 each, a fresh loaf of Arnold oat grain bread for $1.98, a Entenmann's apple pie for $1.89 less 10% senior discount of .49 for $4.37 total.  I then went by Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  We supposedly might have more snow during the next couple of days.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 7:15 A.M.:  I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, which I had with about 20 large cut croutons.  I had the soup with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I will get to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop earlier, so I can find a parking place.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 6:55 A.M.:  If one can not afford money at a thrift shop, try www.freecycle.org .  One man or woman's trash, is another person's treasure.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 6:35 A.M.:  I am in the process of going through my email.  I chatted with a friend.  The Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop is suppose to have their spring opening at 8:30 A.M. this morning.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 4:30 A.M.:  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some television.  I put away the laundry.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/17/04  Wednesday 2:50 A.M.:  I tried to sleep yesterday, but I did not fall asleep until 4 P.M..  I ate the last piece of apple pie and a third of the 10 ounce can of smoked almonds.  I woke up at 2 A.M. today.  I started two loads of laundry, and I am just about ready to start the dry cycle.  I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  There seems to have been about five inches of snow.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/16/04  Tuesday 11:45 A.M.:  I threw out some garbage.  I checked the mail.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/16/04  Tuesday 11:00 A.M.:  I ate one fourth of a 10 ounce can of smoked almonds.  When my guest was here earlier this morning, I gave the guest a tin of tangerine Altoids.  The guest took the Altoids, but left the tin.  I just made my homemade onion soup www.geocities.com/mikelscott/onionsoup.htm .  I had the soup with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/16/04  Tuesday 9:35 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at the senior center.  The Committee on Aging was holding a meeting with Connecticut State Representative William Nickerson whom I think is the minority whip in the Connecticut senate.  I advised the senior center representative that it was suppose to start snowing at 10 A.M. all day with five to seven inches of snow.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a Greenwich Library employee.  I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  CIO  

Note: <888> 03/16/04  Tuesday 6:00 A.M.:  I reheated the tomato sauce and noodles from yesterday, and I put a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on the mixture, and I ate it all with iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/16/04  Tuesday 5:15 A.M.:  The NOAA weather radio went off this past afternoon at about 3 P.M..  I was up again at 5:30 P.M., when the building alarm went off, and I checked it, and it was a false alarm.  I then had a telephone call from a friend about 11 P.M..  The friend told me he would come out to visit this morning.  I made breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  My friend arrived at about midnight.  We chatted for a while.  My friend did some work on the internet.  I printed out my friend's book www.johnsbolton.net with Microsoft Word 2003 with page numbering, it came to 119 pages in a different font.  I bound it an Oxford Clip binder, and my friend put a stickly label on it.  My friend browsed some web sites.  We chatted some more.  My friend just left about 5 A.M..  It is suppose to start snowing here this morning at 10 A.M. until this evening with a accumulation of 5 to 7 inches of snow.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/15/04  Monday 2:30 P.M.:  I read some news.  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.  I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/15/04  Monday 1:50 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next returned to the central Greenwich area.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  During my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I bought 10 fourteen ounce cans of Swanson's chicken broth for two for .99 for $4.95 total.  I then completed my walk.  I sat out for a while.  It looks like some of the bulbs are beginning to come out in the flower bed around the veterans monument across from the senior center.  I suppose their blooms will possibly be out in two to three weeks.  It is currently 55 degrees Fahrenheit, so it has warmed up a bit.  I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. Magazine.  I then went by Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then returned home.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients in the salad.  I had the salad with iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/15/04  Monday 7:50 A.M.:  I worked a bit on my email.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/15/04  Monday 7:25 A.M.:  I am about to boil a 12 ounce box of Ronzoni roasted garlic fettuccini for 10 minutes.  I will have of it with half of a reheated 26 ounce jar of Francesca Rinaldi tomato garlic and onion sauce which I will reheat in a microwave proof container in the microwave.  I will refrigerate in a Rubbermaid container the remaining half of the garlic fettuccini and the remaining half of the jar of tomato sauce.  I will have the fettuccini and tomato sauce with a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese along with a glass of iced tea.  I put the new batch of iced tea in the refrigerator.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/15/04  Monday 6:25 A.M.:  The Kensington Wireless mouse was acting a bit buggy, so I uninstalled and reinstalled the Microsoft Intellipoint 5.0 drivers that I use with it.  I cleaned its rollers, and I finally think I was able to fix it by installing new Energizer AAA batteries.  One has to make sure that its contact wires makes contacts with the batteries, since I have put small pieces of paper behind the terminal wires to push them out a bit, so they make contact.  It seems to be working fine now.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/15/04  Monday 5:35 A.M.:  I ran Ad-ware 6.0, Spybot, and Norton Win Doctor.  I am making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  I am using one each of the five different types of Twinings tea five variety pack, five Salada green tea, and 10 Salada orange pekoe tea bags.  I am not using sugar.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/15/04  Monday 4:20 A.M.:  For some odd reason, all my startup programs were not starting, so I did a System Restore from yesterday's backup.  The system is working fine now.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/15/04  Monday 3:45 A.M.:  I ate a piece of apple pie before going to bed after the last message.  I was up at 11 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until just now.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/14/04  Sunday 11:10 A.M.:  I went downtown after the last message.  I walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the Blimpie sandwich and coffee shop, and I bought a egg and cheese croissant sandwich for $1.05.  I then ate it at the train station.  I next walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue.  I then stopped by CVS, and I bought buy one get one free of four roll packs of Quilted Northern double roll toilet tissue for $2.99 both four packs plus .18 tax for $3.17 total.  I then started walking down Greenwich Avenue.  I met up with another local walker, we walked back up Greenwich Avenue, and then we walked east as far as the Christ Church parking lot on East Putnam Avenue.  We then walked back and down Greenwich Avenue, and we parted company at the senior and arts center.  The town of Greenwich Parks and Recreation department are setting up for the St. Patrick's Day parade.  There will be no parking allowed on Greenwich Avenue from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M..  I guess the St. Patrick's Day parade is some time after noon.  www.greenwichtime.com should have more details.  Today's St. Patrick's Day parade in Greenwich, Connecticut is suppose to start at 2 P.M., so one should get there a bit earlier.  There is extra parking on the side streets of Greenwich and at the town hall as well as the train station area.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/14/04  Sunday 7:00 A.M.:  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will dress warmly, and I will go back out to enjoy the cool fresh morning air.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/14/04  Sunday 6:50 A.M.:  I tried watching television, but at this time of day, it is nothing but infomercials.  I found this web site in case there are any Dutch people whom need information http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/ in the United States of America.  I also think K.L.M. still has offices over in White Plains, New York www.klm.com , but now they merged with Northwest Airlines, for all I know they have offices in Alaska.  I have never flown K.L.M. that I can recall, although I am mostly Dutch.  The Dutch spend so much time catering to other people, they frequently forget about their own people, whom are left wandering when the tulips will come up.  Locally, I suppose they might be up earlier this year around the second to third week of April.  If one needs to buy tulips next fall to plant for the coming spring, one can always trying buying them from Holland, Michigan http://www.tuliptime.com/ which has their own tulip festival.  The couple in the picture have that familiar Dutch look.  To buy bulbs from Holland, Michigan try http://www.dutchbulbs.com/ .  Locally here in Greenwich, I spend a lot of time keeping an eye out on one of our local tulip patches.  I suppose, if I were more enterprising, I would go into Manhattan to the wholesale flower market and buy fresh cut flowers from the Netherlands, and try to peddle them on Greenwich Avenue, but I am usually on a night schedule like the New Amsterdam Night Watch, so I do not think I would want to fight all the traffic coming out from New Amsterdam in the morning to peddle tulips.  I suppose, the Dutch have forgotten about New Amsterdam, and they are now exploring the rest of the world.  However, since the Dutch have been around New Amsterdam for close to 400 years, they might have some businesses they have forgotten about.  Well, what ever the case, I will continue to keep an eye out for Dutch people, however whenever they see me since I have that familiar Dutch look, they tend to take me for granite like the tulips.   Maybe we should think about building a windmill in one of the parks downtown.  Of course today, the Irish will be strutting their stuff, so I guess the Dutch could make money selling green carnations.  I suppose the local gardeners, are so busy tending their gardens and getting ready for spring, they do not have much time for the internet and communications.  Still, there is probably a world of gardening information on the internet along with all of the other information.  I suppose if any important Dutch people show up, we will not notice them because of all the big Dutch dragoons that accompany them.  I saw one such fellow recently in the Greenwich Library, and he looked like one of those big turkey farmers, one sees near Holland, Michigan.  Thus when one sees people whom are quite rotund, possibly the Dutch are around, so remember to watch out for smaller Dutch people too.  For more information on visiting the 75th anniversary of Tulip Time, try http://www.holland.org/ .  If the Dutch frequently do not seem to be with it, it is because they are historically tradition bound and tied to the soil, so the more modern approaches to life in this more urban environment, frequently overwhelm them.  I was tipped off that the Dutch might be around last Thursday afternoon, when I found a discarded Heineken http://www.heineken.com/ beer can down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  Well, I will keep a keen eye out for Dutch people.  I have only been up since 9 P.M., so technically, I could go out some more in this cold http://www.weather.com/weather/local/06830?lswe=06830&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared 21 degree Fahrenheit weather that feels like 17 degrees Fahrenheit.  Basically, it feels pretty much like Amsterdam here with the cold damp north sea air, it feels like one were sitting in a bath tub full of ice cubes. CIO

Note: <888> 03/14/04  Sunday 4:55 A.M.:  I ate nine saltines with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them along with some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/14/04  Sunday 4:25 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/14/04  Sunday 4:05 A.M.:  I am in the process of going through my email.  I ate a piece of apple pie with some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/14/04  Sunday 3:05 A.M.:  Locally if one did not feel comfortable in the plush hotels and inns of Greenwich, Connecticut www.geocities.com/mikelscott/greenw.htm , there are quite a few hotels in the Westchester County, New York.  Besides all of the deluxe hotels in White Plains, New York, if one is looking for a Spanish ambience, the Marriott Courtyard in Rye, New York on the Port Chester, New York border Courtyard Rye -- Rye, NY USA ; Hotel Rates and Reservation Information Available at Marriott.com might have what one is looking for.  Also nearby the Rye Town Hilton Hilton Rye Town might have some hospitality.  Here in Greenwich, Connecticut we have the pricey Delamar http://www.thedelamar.com/ , the Hyatt Hotel in Old Greenwich http://greenwich.hyatt.com/property/index.jhtml , the reasonable Howard Johnson's Howard Johnson Motel, Riverside, Connecticut Property Information, along with the Homestead Inn The Homestead Inn Greenwich Connecticut - Discount Hotels Search , The Stanton House Inn The Stanton House Inn Bed and Breakfast, Greenwich, Connecticut on 1st Traveler's Choice Travel and Lodging Directory of Bed and Breakfast, Country Inns, and Small Hotel. , the Harbor House Inn in Old Greenwich Harbor House Inn Bed and Breakfast, Old Greenwich, Connecticut on 1st Traveler's Choice Travel and Lodging Directory of Bed and Breakfast, Country Inns, and Small Hotel. , and for visitors whom know members of the Greenwich Country Club Greenwich Country Club - Greenwich, CT - Golfable Golf Courses Directory , they have private rooms reserved for members and their guests.  Alas, most people whom can afford to belong to the Greenwich Country Club, more than likely would be down south playing golf elsewhere this time of year, so don't expect your club member friends to be here at this time.  I suppose, one could also sleep in their car at the North or South bound Darien, Connecticut rest area on Interstate I-95.  We also have a homeless shelter in Stamford, Connecticut which is probably busy this time of year.  If one were changing planes, I suppose one could sit up all night at the local Westchester Country Airport Westchester County Airport .  There also are a lot of hotel and motels in Stamford, Connecticut and the other nearby areas including the Stamford, Connecticut Y.M.C.A. Stamford Ct. YMCA Hotel .  Also with New York City about 25 miles west of us, there are more than likely places to stay there and the surrounding area.  Since this area this time of year has fewer visitors, there more than likely are competitive rates if one shops around.  However, locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut the real estate tends to be quite expensive, so people tend to be more private, and they tend not to offer hospitality to people off the street, since they worry about security.  Most of my friends locally seem to have their own homes, so I never really have many guests, and the Greenwich Housing Authority limits guest's stays to three days.  I guess they believe in that old saying "Fish and House Guests Stink after Three Days".  New York City is not much friendlier.  When I came off Nantucket more than 20 years ago, I walked around Toronto, Canada and New York City for about a month, and no one offered me hospitality, so I eventually got tired of walking, and I returned to Greenwich, Connecticut which is where I consider myself to be at home.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/14/04  Sunday 2:20 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $4 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.999 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon usage.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I also walked around the train station area, which when the train station is closed means walking west on Railroad Avenue until the crosswalk in front of the train station and then walking back to Greenwich Avenue.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  On the way down to the waterfront, I drove around the lower parking level of the train station south side parking area and around the east bound ramp for the train station boarding area.  I then returned home.  I then made and ate my usual salad.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I watched a program on the Fox channel about the Border Patrol Activity in the United States of America.  Back here on the Rio Byram, I noticed the other day when I went over to Port Chester, New York which has a large Hispanic population that next to Costco on the property cleared around it, they have put up the steel frame for another large building.  I am not sure what will be located there.  However, the steel frame is as large as Costco.  There is quite a bit of other cleared property in that area, so they will probably be pursuing other construction in that area too.  The long time residents of Port Chester, New York that I have talked to, do not like all of the new construction, but I have seen quite a lot of Greenwich, Connecticut people over the years shopping in the downtown Port Chester, New York area along with Costco, Home Depot, and the stores at the A&P shopping plaza, since Greenwich does not offer similar stores at lower prices.  I would imagine quite a lot of people from Rye, New York also shop at the same stores, since Rye, New York does not have a very large commercial district.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/13/04  Saturday 9:30 P.M.:  I was up at 7 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  I went back to bed.  I chatted with a relative around noon.  I was awake at 6 P.M., and I heated and ate a 16 ounce Boston Market boneless chicken filet dinner, which I had with iced tea.  I went back to bed until 8:30 P.M..  I chatted with a friend.  The friend wants me to link his web page from my homepage, so I did.  It is DIVERSITY The Anti-Merit People by John S. Bolton .  I drank a cup of coffee.  At the moment, it is a clear starry night, so one can use www.starrynight.com to star gaze.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/13/04  Saturday 1:35 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/13/04  Saturday 1:15 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/13/04  Saturday 12:55 A.M.:  I am in the process of going through my email.  I finished off eating about a third of a 12.5 ounce bag of Snyder's low fat tortilla chips along with some iced tea.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 03/12/04:

Note: <888> 03/12/04  Friday 10:00 P.M.:  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/12/04  Friday 9:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  Studying the reports on the terrorist attacks in Madrid, when they mentioned the terrorist group said the next attack is 90% complete in planning, it would seem to indicate that the next attack involves more complicated methods, since they quantified it with the 90% complete message.  Since the United States of America and Madrid, Spain have already been the targets of terrorist attacks, it might seem logical the next attack might be London, England, since they are also allied in the war with Iraq.  Also the fact that it happened 2.5 years after "911" on the 11th day, would mean that they might be using some sort of reference guide for planning their attacks.  I am not an expert on astrology, but I know a great many middle eastern people follow astrology closely, so perhaps some astrologer is coordinating the terrorist attack dates with astrological charts.  It is hard to tell, but I suppose we will all have to continue to be vigilant.  Since the terrorists seem to try to attack in the center of cities, perhaps they are planning a dirty bomb or some other similar device in London, England.  However, since there are large numbers of middle eastern and other international groups in London, it might not make sense, but that was much the same case with the World Trade Center.  Since there are over a billion people that follow various varieties of the Muslim religion and its branches, they obviously have quite a few people whom are cooperating with them in various aspects of their planning and their subterfuge.  Since the international community is important to international trade, it would seem that those individuals whom cooperate with the terrorists are risking their assets which could be seized if they are found cooperating with the terrorists.  Thus we will have to wait and see what happens next with this shadowy group of figures that continue to cause disruption in the world.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/12/04  Friday 8:45 P.M.:  Well, I finished my coffee.  I watched a bit of television.  Well, there is not much happening here at the Rio Byram.  I could go out, but I think I will just have a quiet night at home working on the computer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/12/04  Friday 7:55 P.M.:  I was awake at 7 P.M..  I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder along with a glass of iced tea.  I then ate a piece of apple pie.  I am just about ready to drink a cup of coffee.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/12/04  Friday 1:35 P.M.:  I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  For the garlic portion, I used one large and one medium clove of elephant garlic.  For the olive portion, I used two 4.25 ounce cans of California black crushed olives.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I then made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin King Oscar sardines from Norway.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I will now check my mail.  I will put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/12/04  Friday 11:40 A.M.:  I was up at 6:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I took the two DeLonghi oil filled radiators out of the living room sofa area, and I put them on the far side of the bedroom.  Since I do not think it will be extremely cold anymore, and since they are expensive to use, I do not think I will need them anymore this winter.  I threw out my garbage.  While doing my house cleaning, I listened to the second Ronald Regan tape "Dutch" with my Emerson wireless rechargeable headphones playing the stereo tape deck through the stereo system.  I am now recharging the AAA Radio Shack rechargeable batteries, and they should be fully charged at 5:30 P.M..  I also have the fully charged second pair of batteries in the Emerson wireless headphones.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 11:05 P.M.:  I read some news.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 10:25 P.M.:  I relaxed a bit.  I ate a piece of apple pie.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 8:50 P.M.:  I went back to bed.  I was up at 1 P.M..  I ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, which I had with a glass of iced tea.  I then cleaned up, and I made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  They do not have much left, but what is left is $10 a brown grocery bag and half price for other items that do not fit into a bag.  They are going to have their spring review opening on Wednesday March 17, 2004.  I then went down by the waterfront, and I chatted with some local waterfront observers.  I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I then walked up Greenwich Avenue, as far as the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and I used it for a withdrawal.  I did not complete my walk, because I felt the call of nature, and I used the bathroom at the Senior and Arts center.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and the Greenwich Time was not available.  I read Popular Mechanics, and they had an interesting article on the Queen Mary II and another article about salvaging the sunken 700 foot auto transport with 7000 luxury automobiles out of the Scottish, Welsh, English, Danish, German, Dutch, Belgium, and French channel.  I guess one should beware of low mileage luxury cars in the Netherlands at unheard of low prices with a slightly fishy odor.  As I recall they were SAABs, Volvos, and Audis.  I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 16 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner for $2.99, and a 16 ounce Boston Market fried chicken filet dinner for $2.99, a Entenmanns apple pie for $2.50, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $1.99, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for .78, 10 ounces of fresh spinach for $1.50, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.50, and plum tomatoes at $1.99 a pound for $3.34 for $17.59 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I microwaved a 16 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 10:25 A.M.:  I have not made it to the pier on Steamboat Road today Address Imagery View Steamboat Road Pier, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 .  Since when I first returned to Greenwich, Connecticut over 20 years ago after living out on Nantucket, after about six months, I lived at 700 Steamboat Road for four and a half years.  Since I moved away to Byram over 15 years ago, I have still driven down there most every day to enjoy the view of Long Island sound and to do a bit of nautical bird watching.  During the colder months, it is not too busy down there, but in the summer months, it can be quite busy and hard to find a parking place.  Thus, although I do not live there anymore, I have kept an eye on the area.  However, Royal Bank of Scotland Greenwich Capital http://www.gcm.com/ is in residence at 600 Steamboat Road, so more than likely there might be some financial expertise there, that I have not managed to accumulate while I have been bird watching.  Since they seem to afford such pricey real estate, they must be a fairly profitable operation and since they are owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland http://www.rbs.co.uk/ which is the oldest company in the Americas, they are more than a small business operation.  Just like "VOC" is the oldest company in the world, and it is a Netherlands company.  Whether any of these old colonial companies have managed to retain assets and remain profitable is subject to debate.  I suppose it is the administrative oversight of their home base operations that know the real story.  Thus from a certain technical point, we are still a colonial enterprise, but other than knowing that RBS is 10% owned by the largest bank in Spain, I am not sure whom the other owners might be.  I suppose, it could be someone like Scrooge McDuck sitting up at his bank in Scotland.  However, since the Scottish are a thrifty group, they will have be to be on the lookout for lavish spending Irishmen at this Sunday's St. Patrick's Day parade on Greenwich Avenue.  Of course in Scotland, Robert Burns' birthday is a similar holiday, if one happens to remember it.  I gave up drinking Scotch whisky when I was about 15 years old, when I drank a 50 year old bottle of Scotch that did not really agree with me, but I occasionally tried a little bourbon while I was in college, and I switched to wine when I lived in Europe, which when I returned to America during the economic recession of the early 1970s I drank mostly coffee and an occasional Perrier.  When I first came off Nantucket, I met someone whom was a doctor that worked for one of the many Rockefeller groups, and his job was to try to prevent people at the United Nations from drinking so much alcohol.  I recall the doctor drank Perrier with a few dashes of Angostura bitters and smoked Benson and Hedges 100 ultra light cigarettes.  Thus since more than likely he would have a sober viewpoint of New York City all of these years, it would seem to me that the same doctor would probably know more.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 8:30 A.M.:  I woke back up at 7:30 A.M., and I ate two bowls of corn chips, I drank some iced tea.  I then drank a cup of coffee.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 3:30 A.M.:  I watched a bit of television.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 2:30 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 1:55 A.M.:  I downloaded and installed Microsoft Office Assistance: Using the Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 1:45 A.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used a 4.25 ounce can of pink crab instead of tuna fish.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used 1/3 Wisconsin white cheddar and 2/3 Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/11/04  Thursday 12:35 A.M.:  At the moment, I pay about $52 a month for the Cablevision Family package, I also pay about $46 a month for my Optimum Online cable modem service.  Their business solution which I think would permit one to run a server is available for $60 a month with cablevision http://www.lightpath.net/solutions/internet/business/pricepage.html , so for about $15 a month more if one were a not-for-profit, one could have unlocked IP addresses, so one could one a server.  However, I am not sure what their qualifications are for not for profit.  Also having run a server before besides the hardware and software expenses, there is also the time and effort to provide content, which most people would probably ignore anyway, since most people are attuned to professional content and are not keen on home movies.  Still, it is an option and not to much of a significant price increase.  Also a server could be run on an older computer, since it would not need all of the advanced features of a newer computer.  However, one would also have to run it and maintain it, but one would be able to have logs to know about one's user base, and one could try Microsoft's or Apache's or Real's server software and other content creation software.  I suppose if one were a musician or amateur video film maker, one could also provide content, but once one became involved in the activity, there would be additional costs that more than likely along with the time, one would suddenly find it is a little bit more expensive than the additional $15 a month, but it still would be part of a learning experience, if one were willing to create content.  Of course, if one were selling a product or service, one would not be not for profit, and one would have to pay the higher rate.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 11:55 P.M.:  Windows XP Professional full install can be obtained for $154 down from the regular $300, when one orders it with a hardware system from Accessmicro Computers Motherboards and Laptops Windows XP Full Install for $154 when ordered with computer system from www.accessmicro.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 11:40 P.M.:  My stock market index www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scopor01.zip which works with the portfolio in http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp was down 1.53%, so I guess the stock market is going through a period of readjustment.  My index is not meant to out perform or under perform the market, it is simply meant to track the market.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 11:00 P.M.:  I put a three plug adaptor in the HP LaserJet control panel plug, so both the HP LaserJet IID and HP LaserJet 6 P turn on when one turns on the HP Laser switch on the lower control panel.  I suppose my apartment is getting a bit cramped with all of the electronics and other items, but since all my computer activity is not for profit, I can not afford to expand to a larger environment.  Still, it is comfortable and workable for me.  I suppose, I have reached the point, where if anything new comes into the apartment something else will have to go out.  However, having paid money for what I potentially might give back to a thrift shop, I am somewhat hesitant at disinvesting my investments.  I once met someone from Denmark whom had graduated from Columbia business school, and in his apartment, all he had in his living room was a chrome and glass table with a laptop and a chrome lamp and chrome and leather chair on a white rug, so I guess there is also the Spartan school of office design.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 10:35 P.M.:  I was awake at 7 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I opened up my last 34 ounce bag of Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee beans, and I filled the Braun coffee grinder, and I filled the mason jars that I keep my coffee beans in.  Next month, I will have to keep an eye out for Eight O'clock coffee on sale at the Food Emporium.  I have enough for this month.  Well, anyway I have paid all my bills.  I also watched a bit of television.  I find the television news a bit vexing.  It seems that when one does not watch television, one has a more relaxing life.  I suppose that is why more people prefer to read.  Of course, I am still reading mostly technical information off the internet.  I suppose if one wants to be entertained, one can read one of the many new books in the Greenwich Library.  Whatever the case, with all the publishing that goes on in this area, it is really sort of amusing that nothing much is ever written about this area except the advertisements in our local paper.  I suppose with all the diverse groups here, no one wants to try to project a consensus viewpoint for fear of alienating the other groups.  Still, still since the Greenwich Time www.greenwichtime.com is owned by the Tribune Company out of Chicago, and since the movie theatres tend to represent Hollywood, I suppose one has the option at looking at the Greenwich Post or the Greenwich Citizen.  However, it is the nature of this area being a corporate bedroom community that a great many of the residents do not live here for extended periods of times, so one frequently knows more from talking to the retired people whom have chosen to stay here for an extended period of time.  Of course Greenwich magazine also has local information.  However, it is the nature of our local publications that they tend to cater to the Carriage Trade.  Still since we have a great many younger people whom are educated elsewhere including New England, we tend to see the younger population reflecting those areas, where they have been educated before they returned here to start their careers.  Part of my original idea in publishing my web site and downloadable directory was to encourage more younger people to work in the high technology area in this area instead of gravitating out to the West Coast where so much of this technology has its origins.  Since we are on the East Coast, we frequently are in touch with those whom first show up from the west coast of the Eastern Hemisphere with new products or ideas.  Since I have invested so much time and money in my computers and my internet activity, I guess I should try to work with it more instead of simply exercise walking and observing on Greenwich Avenue.  I frequently see a lot more people whom I know from Greenwich over in Port Chester, since quite a few people in Greenwich need to buy other items besides fashion off of Greenwich Avenue, particularly if one is maintaining a house.  However, the local Greenwich Hardware store beside its store on Greenwich Avenue also has a large warehouse store in Banksville, New York, so frequently one will find there what one is looking for in terms of professional home maintenance.  Since it is over 20 years since I have done home maintenance other than my individual apartment, I imagine the nature of the business and industry has changed considerably.  However, working on a keyboard all of these years, I am not really in shape to do the heavier work that home improvement and maintenance involves.  Still, computer skills are useful in this area, since we have a lot of businesses and offices, which seem to use this equipment.  I recently noticed that the Wachovia bank is still using older systems with six inch monitors at their teller stations, so there is always room for improvement, if one can convince the head office to upgrade their equipment.  CIO   

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 1:55 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Laboratory, and I had my post physical laboratory work done.  I then sat out briefly downtown.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I next went by Charles Stuttig Locksmith, Inc. on Greenwich Avenue, and I had two keys cut for "The Truck Club" steering wheel lock for $5 each plus .60 tax for $10.60 total.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought three 5.5 ounce boxes of Arnold garlic and herb large cut croutons for .99 each and a loaf of oat multigrain bread for .99 less 10% senior discount of .40 for $3.56 total.  I then went by the ATM machine at the Bank of New York in Port Chester, New York.  I then went by Home Depot, and I bought five Duracell #2032 3 volt lithium batteries for $1.18 each plus .44 tax for $6.34 total.  I then returned home.  I put the Lithium computer CMOS batteries in my top left living room desk drawer.  I put one of the club keys in a hidden place, and I put the other one with a second spare car key I keep in my apartment.  I now have four The Truck Club keys.  I then reheated the other half of spaghetti noodles that I made a day ago along with reheating the other half of the 26 ounce jar of Ragu parmesan and Romano tomato sauce which I put a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on.  I had the meal with iced tea.  I then went back out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained two money orders at .90 cost each to pay my Verizon telephone bill and my Northeast Utilities bill.  I mailed both bills.  I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow.  I spent a dollar on parking today.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 7:30 A.M.:  Since I have not eaten since before midnight, I will now shut down the computer.  I will then go out and get my physical follow laboratory work done at the Greenwich Hospital laboratory which I believe the laboratory opens at 8 P.M..  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 7:20 A.M.:  I took the HP LaserJet 6P laser printer from the right side of the bedroom AMD backup computer, and I put it on the oak table between the Minolta QMS 1250W laser printer and the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer.  I connected it to the D port on the Port box to the right side wall of the primary computer on the top wicker rack right side, and I disconnected the power cable for the HP LaserJet IID printer from the lower control panel switch, and I connected the HP LaserJet 6P to it.  I have it set up to work with all of the computers with the Siemens router port with leads into the port box.  I left the Port Box on D, and for the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer, it is A, and for the HP LaserJet II D, it is C.  On all of the backup computers, the HP LaserJet 6 P is the default printer.  I filled it with paper.  However, I moved the HP LaserJet 4 L printer from the left side of the bedroom mahogany bureau to the right side of the bedroom AMD backup computer, and I set it up on the LPT1 port as the default printer.  Thus when one turns on HP Laser from the lower control panel of the primary computer, the HP LaserJet 6 P is setup to work.  I will have to change the port box to A whenever, I want to use the Epson.  I moved the Lindbergh radio from the right side of the bedroom mahogany bureau to the left side.  I put the backup NOAA weather radio on the green box on the right side.  I moved my recent print outs from the small oak table where I put the HP LaserJet 6 P printer to the blue cane oak chair to the left of the primary computer on the right side of the dining room table along with my recent receipts.  Although the primary computer work area is a bit crowded, it still is a workable setup.  I have the spare laser printer paper underneath the small mahogany table the Minolta laser printer sits on.  I also had to put a World Book encyclopedia yearly update book underneath the Minolta laser printer to raise it higher, so its feed tray clears the HP LaserJet 6 P laser printer.  I only use the HP LaserJet IID for printing out my Scott's Notes every four months.  I still have about 2,000 pages on its relative new cartridge.  On the Minolta laser printer, I should have about 850 pages on its half full starter cartridge.  On the HP LaserJet 6 P and 4 L, I do not know the amount of cartridge use on them, but they both have good printouts, although slower than the Minolta.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 5:30 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 5:10 A.M.:  Estate planning considerations Forbes.com: Florida or Bust , of course on might die sooner down there, if one were hit by a tropical storm www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 4:50 A.M.:  I have not checked in a few years to see if Perrier U.S.A. www.perrier.com is still across the street, since they were bought out my Nestle http://www.nestle.com/ .  However, I did read that one of Nestlé's primary stockholders is Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 2004 #11 Liliane Bettencourt .  Well, I still have two virtually new bottles of L'Oreal shampoo in the bathroom that I never used.  I bought them on sale at CVS a couple of years ago.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 4:35 A.M.:  Of course for the frugal traveler, this might be handy L.L.Bean: Rolling Adventure Duffle .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 4:30 A.M.:  I guess if one could afford this Forbes.com: Will Rolls Drop The Top? , one could afford a hat and sunscreen and some place warm to drive it.  I suppose it would look sort of smart in pink in one of those tropical hideaways.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 4:15 A.M.:  I installed Microsoft Office 2003 updates SP3.  In installing it, I was prompted to put in the Office 2003 Professional CD and the FrontPage 2002 CD.  This link was mentioned in the Greenwich Time www.greenwichtime.com this week http://www.lillianvernon.com/ for a prosperous local web site.  I saw two deluxe charter buses from Boston downtown this evening having a dinner at the Gaiety restaurant.  They had a web site on their sides from Boston, but I can not find it or remember it.  Locally the Fjord Fisheries charters has merged with the Delamar Hotel http://www.thedelamar.com/, so now the Delamar has seaside and bus charters for visitors.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 3:25 A.M.:  I read this article CNN.com - Study backs coffee as diabetes protection - Mar 9, 2004 , so I decided I better drink more coffee.  I just had another cup of coffee.  Maybe if I drink more coffee, I will not sleep as much, but rest is also good for one, and too much coffee drinking supposedly is linked to other problems.  I filled out a form to mail to Northeast Utilities.  I still have not received my Northeast Utilities bill this month, so I have not yet paid my electricity bill this month.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 2:25 A.M.:  I finished the updates on the five backup computers.  I also did some minor configuration changes.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/10/04  Wednesday 1:00 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  It is still bit cold and damp out.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and Arts center.  I drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a two pound bag of yellow onions for $2.29, two 18 ounce cans of Progresso cream of mushroom soup for .99 each, two 12 ounce packages of San Georgio spinach pasta for .89 each, two 26 ounce jars of Francesca Rinaldi tomato sauce one garlic and onion and the other basil and herb for .99 each, a quart of America's Choice lemon juice for $2.19, a 12.5 ounce bag of Snyder's 40% less fat tortilla chips for $1.69, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $1.91 for $13.82 total.  I then returned home.  I put away my purchases.  I drank some iced tea.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I use a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I use Wisconsin white cheddar cheese.  I had the salad with all of the other usual ingredients.  I had it with iced tea.  I then started running updates on the five backup computers.  The AMD backup computer on the Danish desk needed a new disk #2032 CMOS battery which I put in.  I am still installing the updates.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/09/04  Tuesday 7:55 P.M.:  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I then rested some more.  Now that I am rested, I will shut down the computer.  I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/09/04  Tuesday 5:15 P.M.:  I just woke up.  I checked my mail earlier, and I have not received any mail for the last two days.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/09/04  Tuesday 4:00 A.M.:  I will now take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/09/04  Tuesday 3:50 A.M.:  I watched another Sherlock Holmes movie.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/09/04  Tuesday 2:05 A.M.:  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap and maybe watch some more Sherlock Holmes on the bedroom television.  It is warmer watching television in bed.  However, the cold English weather in the Sherlock Holmes movies does not make one fell warmer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/09/04  Tuesday 1:40 A.M.:  I put three quarts of water in a five quart Revere pot along with a teaspoon of olive oil and a half teaspoon of salt, and I am in the process of bringing it to a boil with the lid on it.  I will then boil a package of Mueller's thin spaghetti noodles for eight minutes.  I will reheat half of a 26 ounce jar of Ragu parmesan and Romano tomato sauce in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid, and I will add the heated sauce to half of the drained spaghetti noodles.  I will put about three tablespoons of grated parmesan sauce on top of the sauce.  I will have it for dinner with iced tea.  I will refrigerate the remaining noodles in a Rubbermaid container along with the remaining tomato sauce in the jar.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/09/04  Tuesday 12:30 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/09/04  Tuesday 12:05 A.M.:  I finished watching the Sherlock Holmes movie.  Before I watched it, I finished off eating the bag of corn chips along with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 10:50 P.M.:  I watched parts of two Sherlock Holmes movies on the Turner movie channel 76 this evening.  I suppose another one is coming on now and another after that.  I guess will watch some more.  CIO  

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 9:55 P.M.:  Today is Commonwealth Day http://www.thecommonwealth.org/.  The Commonwealth includes one third of the world's population.  I was up at 5 P.M. today.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  I went out, and I went by the Fleet Bank across from Smoke for Less in Byram, and I used their ATM machine at $1.25 cost.  I then went to Smoke for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then returned home, and I drank my coffee.  I watched some television.  I went back to bed until 9 P.M..  I watched some more television.  The snow showers have quit, but it is still cold and damp out, so I do not think I will be going out this evening.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 6:15 A.M.:  I ran Ad-aware 6.0, Norton Win Doctor, RegClean, Registry Mechanic, SpyBot, and I deleted the Programs Allowed settings in Norton Internet Security 2004, and then I rescanned them.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. 

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 4:05 A.M.:  I ate two large bowls or corn chips along with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 3:20 A.M.:  I put the 15 day demo of StarryNight www.starrynight.com on my computer, and I set it up for the latitude and longitude of Greenwich, Connecticut Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA. , but alas it is overcast out, so I can not check to see if it is correct with the current sky.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 2:20 A.M.:  I did some regular computer work.  I used two cups of concentrated bleach, and I washed my shower curtain, the shower curtain liner, and the bath mat, and they are back in the tub shower area.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 12:55 A.M.:  Sky and Telescope - A House Call for a Hubble House Call .  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 12:30 A.M.:  Thus when I was kicking around Santa Cruz, California up until after election day in 1980, more than likely some people were involved in work at this site http://www.ucolick.org/ and of course, in the Canary Islands on a clear night one can see forever http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020819.html and http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/tour/orm.html  and http://www.ing.iac.es/ .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/08/04  Monday 12:15 A.M.:  For star gazers NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library  and NASA ADS: ADS at Harvard .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 11:55 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I knew my way around Lake Forest, Illinois while I attended college there because I also drove a taxi cab there the last year and a  half.  Lake Forest, Illinois is a very quiet town, and it had fairly good security since Fort Sheridan was just to the south and Great Lakes Naval Station was just to the north.  It however is like Chicago, Illinois in terms of the weather in that there are basically ten months of winter and two months of summer, and it tends not to have the milder fall and spring seasons.  However, since it is a colder climate the students tend to spend more time inside reading, and quite a few of my classmates have become successful.  I guess since the East Coast Ivy League and the other prominent colleges on the East and West Coasts tend to overshadow the Midwest, not many people on the coasts of America seem to respect educational degrees from the Midwest.  Particularly since I did not have an advanced degree, I never seemed to get an advanced job in the corporate world of Wall Street in this area.  Still, I manage to get by tinkering with my computers.  I once read about ten years ago, that six of the top 10 Fortune 500 CEOs in the United States of America had degrees in Engineering from the University of Illinois http://www.uiuc.edu/index.html where http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ is also located, so obviously there is some expertise still in the Midwest.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 11:30 P.M.:  Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu at Address Imagery View Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 just west of Lake Michigan .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 11:15 P.M.:  The Farm, at 1014 Rockland Road in Knolwood, Illinois just west of Lake Bluff, Illinois does not appear to be there anymore Address Imagery View 1014 Rockland Road, Lake Bluff, Illinois site of the old Farm which use to look like this http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsfarm70.jpg .  Well, I guess that is progress.  Site of William McCormick Blair's old Farm on Lake Michigan just north of Lake Bluff, Illinois Address Imagery View Farm north of Lake Bluff, Illinois on Lake Michigan who was one of the founder of Ducks Unlimited http://www.ducks.org/ , of course I might be wrong, and it could be the Lake Shore Country Club, where I once went to a debutant party.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 10:45 P.M.:  TerraServer Image Courtesy of the USGS 71 Vinci Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut USA 06830, my building is just northwest of the baseball diamond .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 10:15 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went downtown.  I walked most of the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  During my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 96 ounce bottle of CVS liquid bleach for $1.49, a 1.5 liter bottle of CVS yellow mouthwash for $4.19, a six one ounce bar package of Nature's Valley granola bars for $1.99, two cans of Ajax cleaner for .39 each, and a one bottle of Gold Emblem Italian spices for .99 plus .39 tax for $9.83 total.  Since my purchases were heavy, I did not walk up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, but I returned to my car.  I also sat out for a while.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $4.80 of regular unleaded gasoline at $2.059 a gallon for about 27 miles per gallon.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two half gallons of Tropicana premium orange juice with Calcium for $2 each, two 8.5 ounce boxes of Nabisco Triscuts 40% reduced fat for $2 each, four ten ounce bars of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $2.50 each, two Boston Market 17 ounce chicken and noodles dinners for $2.99 each, and a 16 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs for $2.99, and 10 ounces of fresh spinach for $1.50 for $28.47 total.  I then returned home.  I brought my cart down to the parking lot to bring up my purchases.  I then put away my purchases.  I drank some iced tea.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Wisconsin white cheddar cheese.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  I drank a cup of coffee.  I watched a National Geographic Special about Lord of the Rings.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 4:30 P.M.:  I was awake at 1 P.M..  I made breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I started making a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  I used ten Salada orange pekoe tea bags, one each of the five different types of the five variety pack of Twinings tea, three Lipton green tea bags, and two Salada green tea bags.  I did not put sugar in the mixture.  I went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I then put the ice tea in the refrigerator.  I will now clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 3:55 A.M.:  I watched a bit of television.  I have to make some ice tea when I wake up later today.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 2:35 A.M.:  There is good news on the local economic front, if one can wait until late August and early September 2004.  The National Republican Party www.gop.com is having their convention in Manhattan from Monday August 30, 2004 through Thursday September 2, 2004 http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/R.phtml and http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=872 , and that following weekend should be Labor Day weekend, so it would seem some big spending republicans might show up in this area to help fuel the local economy.  Of course, Manhattan is such a big place, it is hard to tell, if any of them will feel the need to come out here.  Of course that time of the year, it still can be quite hot in this area.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 1:40 A.M.:  On my first trip up and down the coast of California between southern California and San Francisco, I did not know that a friend from Nantucket and Key West was attending the University of California at Santa Cruz, so I did not stop by to visit, but I do recall on the first trip up the coast driving through Santa Cruz, California from Carmel in a very dense fog.  On later trips I visited the friend in Santa Cruz, California, and I recall trying to use the Fortran computer terminals in the computer laboratory at the University there, but I only knew Cobol, I did not know Fortran.  I also recall seeing a few of my classmates from Lake Forest College there, and one trip in the Subaru, I recall seeing a red and white Volkswagen van with Massachusetts license plate that ended in "K" which only the license plates in Nantucket and Williamstown, Massachusetts did.  On the last trip in the 1973 two door Burgundy Volvo in the fall of 1980, there were about five hundred old Volvos parked on campus as part of some sort of Rally.  I also recall that the King of Sweden was in San Francisco with the Royal Swedish symphony.  I was also informed that the Netherlands government had a consulate in Santa Cruz, California.  I recall seeing lots of Brussels sprouts ready for harvest in the fall, and a lot of them were twice the size of what I was use to seeing.  Down in Watsonville towards Carmel, they also had strawberries.  I did drive the Pacific Coast highways south to north and back quite a number of times on the various trips.  I also visited Stamford University on most trips.  I recall once visiting U.C.L.A. and once visiting U.C. Irvine.  I visited U.C. Santa Barbara quite a few times.  Well, the computer industry as we know it today was not as well developed, and on the last two trips, I met with the head of Xerox Parc whom had a house in Laguna Beach whom looked a lot like a famous New York politician, and I also met in Santa Cruz, California with a native Californian whom had attended M.I.T..  I also recognized a few people from Back East along my various excursions.  I recall seeing a friend from Manhattan outside the Getty Museum in Malibu on a Labor Day holiday around 1979.  Since I enjoy being around the ocean, I did not spend much time in the interior areas such as Bel Aire or other well known areas, but I do recall driving through it once.  I also went through Palm Springs two or three times.  Of course the viewpoint from the highway or commercial streets is always different than when one lives there.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 12:55 A.M.:  I just microwaved a Maria Callender's 16 ounce Chicken  Parmigiana dinner, which I will have shortly with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/07/04  Sunday 12:35 A.M.:  I went through half of the periodical literature that I had accumulated over the last month.  I did not read the computer and technical press.  I threw out the material that I went through.  When I went outside, I noticed it is a bit colder at http://www.weather.com/weather/local/06830?lswe=06830&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared at 43 degrees Fahrenheit with winds gusting to 35 miles per hour.  This colder blustery winter evening on what appears to be a full moon reminded me of my first trip across the United States in October 1978.  I had bought a 1972 yellow Subaru station wagon in Nantucket a couple of months before for $150.  I put a new clutch in it by removing the engine and installing the new clutch plate which took about two weeks during the slower time in Nantucket.  The Subaru had a Polaroid employee sticker on it, and another sticker from Dillon, Colorado.  I left the island with a friend, and we drove back down to Greenwich, and visited briefly with my mother.  We then stopped by one of my sisters' house outside Philadelphia.  We then headed west to Chicago and visited another sister.  We next went down to Champaign, Illinois, and we visited my paternal grandparents.  I recall staying with my grandparents on the first trip, and then on a following trip, I stayed at the Lincoln Log Cabin Motel in Champaign, Illinois, and on another trip, I stayed with my grandfather's brother.  We then visited my other sister in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Next driving down towards west Texas, we had the windshield brake at Midland, Texas when the gasoline station attendant did not close the hood all the way, and the hood blew up on the highway, and broke the windshield.  We thus arrived in southern California with a broken windshield.  We stayed at a motel in Dana Point, California, and I did some surf casting for about a week relaxing from the trip.  I lacquered my surf casting rod, which I had wrapped with blue thread for additional strength.  I never did catch any fish in California.  After exploring the Laguna Beach area, we drove up the coast highway to San Francisco, and we arrived there on Columbus Day.  The city was closed to vehicle traffic because the Queen of Spain was visiting, so we walked around the various tourist sights.  I recall the American Railroad convention was also going on at the Hyatt hotel in San Francisco.  I recall then driving back down south again touring Carmel, and Santa Barbara, and returning to Laguna Beach after about two weeks.  We worked in Laguna Beach delivering telephone books until about Thanksgiving day when we were evicted from our motel in Laguna while cooking a Thanksgiving turkey.  We ate the turkey in the Subaru at the beach parking lot in Dana Point, where I believe the new Ritz Hotel is located.  During that time we also camped in our car in the mountains east of San Juan Capistrano, where it was a bit cool at night.  I recall one general store where they raised guinea pigs.  We also visited the San Diego area and the beach communities to the north of it as far as Long Beach.  Weekends were busy, but the weekdays were not too busy.  The day after Thanksgiving when we got our last pay check for delivering telephone books, we headed east to Las Vegas, north to Salt Lake City, east for two days through a blizzard in the Rockies.  I found two used Continental snow tires with studs at a Sears tire dump in Dillon, Colorado that I had mounted on my car at a Amoco gasoline station in Vail. We drove through the blizzard over Eisenhower pass, and we arrived in Denver and spent the night at the airport.  The next day we drove around Denver, we then spent another night at the airport.  We then headed east in an ice storm, and somewhere in east Kansas, we had a hose fixed on the radiator around midnight.  We arrived at Russell, Kansas at sunrise during the ice storm, and the famous coffee shop was closed.  We drove over to Tulsa, and stopped by briefly at my sister's house.  We drove through floods through Arkansas and Louisiana.  There were tornadoes in the pan handle of Florida, and there was a hurricane watch on when we arrived in Key West.  After a couple of days there, I found a new windshield that I installed at a junk yard in Fort Lauderdale, we visited my friend's sister in Daytona, and around Christmas Time we returned to Long Island, where my friend's family lived.  I recall house sitting in Greenwich that Christmas, and that Christmas Eve, I installed an air conditioner in the Subaru, which I also had gotten at the junk yard in Fort Lauderdale, but it never worked.  We brought out a Christmas Tree from Banksville, New York to the house on Long Island.  Thus it was about a two month odyssey.  What I basically learned spending that much time outside traveling was that a great deal of the United States of America is very cold except Florida and southern California.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/06/04  Saturday 10:30 P.M.:  I have a foot high stack of periodical literature, which I will start going through.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/06/04  Saturday 10:05 P.M.:  I rested until 9 P.M..  I watched a bit of television.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/06/04  Saturday 7:35 P.M.:  I made up www.geocities.com/mikelscott/onionsoup.htm .  I had the onion soup with a glass of iced tea.  I will now put the computer and standby, and I will rest for a short while.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/06/04  Saturday 6:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/06/04  Saturday 4:30 P.M.:  After the last message, I ate 10 Saltines with 3/16 inch thick slices of Wisconsin white cheddar cheese.  I went to bed about 3 A.M..  I had a telephone call from a friend about 6:30 A.M..  I woke up again at 10:30 A.M..  I dressed up, and I went over to the Valley Road Post Office, with the Priority Mail envelope containing Barbara Bush's book "Reflections, Life After the White House".  I had it in a priority mail envelope, but not a Flat Rate Priority mail envelope, so on top of the 11 U.S.A. 37 cent flag stamps I had on it for $4.07, I had to add .83 more postage for $4.90 total.  I also bought five Purple Heart .37 postage stamps for $1.85 plus the .83 for total of $2.68.  I obtained three Priority Mail Flat Rate envelopes and three light Priority Mail envelopes and five priority mail stickers.   I returned home, and I rested until noon.  I put the Priority Mail envelopes and stickers on the black plastic box underneath the right side of my bedroom desk.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  In my kitchen entrance on the right lower wall, I have a glass framed print of a Martha's Vineyard street scene that the frame came apart on.  I glued it together with Elmer's glue, and I held it together with grey duct tape.  I am letting it dry, before I rehang it.  I rested some more until 4 P.M..  I watched a bit of television.  I ate a bowl of white tortilla chips along with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 03/06/04:

Note: <888> 03/06/04  Saturday 12:45 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Valley Road Post Office, but the mail boxes have security information labels that one is not allowed to mail a package over 16 ounces with stamps from the mail box.  The book weighs 1 pound 12 ounces.  I then went downtown.  The same labels are on the mail boxes at the central Greenwich Post Office.  They open at 6 A.M. on Saturday for the lobby and the windows open at 8 A.M..  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then returned home.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  Then I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  I will try to get up early enough tomorrow to mail the package, but there is really no rush on it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 10:30 P.M.:  I put away the laundry.  I chatted with a relative.  I packaged up the Barbara Bush autographed book "Reflections, Life After the White House" in a two day priority mail envelope addressed to a relative.  I have it sealed, and I put 11 U.S.A flag stamps on it for $4.07 total of the required $3.85 postage.  I will now dress up warmly, and I will go out and mail it at the Valley Road Post Office.  I will then go downtown for some fresh air.  I will put the computer on standby.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 9:05 P.M.:  I brought up one load of laundry, and I have another load of laundry in the dryer with 40 minutes to go.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 8:35 P.M.:  Montserrat volcano explodes sending ash 20,000 feet into sky .  CIO

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 8:25 P.M.:  I showered and cleaned up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 8:00 P.M.:  I started one dry cycle, and I have 47 minutes to go on it.  The other two dryers are busy, so I will start the second load dry cycle when I finish the current load dry cycle.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 7:35 P.M.:  I threw out the garbage.  I started a load of laundry, and I have five minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  It is a bit damp out, so I am not sure whether I will be going out after I finish the laundry.  CIO  

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 6:40 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I finished my coffee.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 6:15 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Wisconsin white cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I will now make and drink a cup of coffee.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 4:50 P.M.:  I had a telephone call from a friend about 6:30 A.M. this morning.  I was awake about noon.  I checked the mail.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I chatted with a friend.  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I listened to part of the Ronald Reagan book "Dutch" that I have in a books on tape format.  I got up to the part where he goes to Eureka college.  I listened to it through my stereo speakers, since it was during the daytime.  I threw out the garbage.  It is very foggy and damp out.  In the old days in Washington D.C., they use to call the State Department "Foggy Bottom" since it was located near the Potomac River, and it was always in the Fog.  Much could be said the same about Greenwich, Connecticut at the present.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/05/04  Friday 1:55 A.M.:  I took some more time out and watched Cspan.  It seems from the Cspan broadcasts that the Washington D.C. government on the Potomac River is still working, which if one does not watch Cspan, but watches the regular news network, they do not tell one that much.  Thus if one wants to know a bit about what the United States of America government is doing, one has to watch Cspan, and not the news.  However to get Cspan, one has to subscribe to cablevision, which costs money.  So although it is public access, it is not for free.  Naturally the U.S. Government turns out a lot of information, and they have always had public hearings.  However, the news bureaus tend to cover what sells soap, so they do not always cover Washington D.C..  Basically in the old days, there seemed to be more going on in Washington D.C. than we get on the news here today.  From this perspective on the internet in Greenwich, Connecticut near IBM's World Headquarters in Armonk, New York, we actually hear more about Washington state via information on Bill Gates and his company Microsoft than we hear about the Federal Government and Washington D.C..  I guess since we are New England, we have more of the Village mentality than the National approach.  However, once one is bounced out of Manhattan for lack of funds, there is really no need to go back, since they always expect people to continually to shell out money for the experience of traffic and congestion.  It was my experience with Manhattan that they simply deal with what is there at the moment, and then they deal with what comes next like a train station.  I suppose one day no one will show up, and then it will be just an over engineered metropolis, but if one knows Manhattan and its environment like I do, besides the residential and business sections, there are the large advanced hospital complexes which a great many people from outside the urban area frequently need.   Also it is part of the hub of a vast communications and transportation network, so if one feels a bit left out in the crowd, one can always retreat to some more quiet nearby retreat.  For all the years, I went into Manhattan around midnight, which is only about 20 to 25 minutes away, it was like visiting an empty stage set, but if one stays to long into the early morning, it suddenly gets very busy again.  Basically, I think it is the nature of Manhattan and the expensive prices of real estate that the population there is more focused on monetary reward than spiritual values.  Still, since so many of them walk a lot, they seem to be more physically fit than their suburban and rural cousins.  Whatever, the case the urban population I dealt with did not seem to be programmed or educated the way I was in my formal education, and during most of my time there, they treated me as a casual visitor.  I guess, so many of them have come out this way and been under whelmed, that they soon forget, that part of the country experience is to learn to relax.  I happened to noticed this past Sunday about 50 people walking around Tod's Point coming and going from the Old Greenwich, Connecticut commuter railroad station with day packs on their packs, so it seemed to be a large excursion of urban visitors into our area on foot, but they could have just have as easily have been foreign visitors.  Since, there are probably over a million people whom pass through this town every week, I tend to treat the traveling public like the primary orders on the Starship Enterprise, which is not to interfere with the normal evolution and timeline of the planets evolvement.  In other words, I do not want strangers to come into my apartment and treat it like a souvenir shop, since I tend to try to keep items orderly despite the cluttered nature of the apartment.  It would seem to me that whom ever is encouraging travel into this area would probably own real estate and income producing assets, so I would recommend people visiting to visit the movers and shakers in this area, and not simply the low level volunteers whom seem to just get by on subsistence income.  Anyway I ate a half of a 10 ounce can or five ounces of smoked almonds along with some iced tea.  Since I watched Cspan, I did not do much computer work.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/04/04  Thursday 11:05 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I watched some hearings on CSPAN.  Judging by the base of the hearings in Washington D.C., they are still going at that old slow deliberate pace as characterized by the old guard whom seem to frequent that town.  Of course as Everett Dirksen said, "A Billion Dollars Here, and A Billion Dollars There, and Pretty Soon It is Real Money".  Well, the trickle down theory of economics does not really seem to work up here in Greenwich, Connecticut, because by the time the public money is siphoned off in New York, when it reaches this point in Connecticut, there is not much left but private enterprise.  It may not make sense to some local economists, but I once read that at the height of their economic influence, the Rockefeller family had two thousand lawyers in New York, and six thousand lawyers in Chicago.  It makes me wander, with this latest list of wealthy people around the world Forbes.com The World's Richest People , how many lawyers are making all the money, while everyone else takes a back seat.  Locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut, besides the financial people the medical profession seems to be making some money also.  I suppose, once one gets into the real world of real prices and what goods and services are worth, I wander what my minor volunteer efforts have been worth over the years over what it has cost for me to live here.  Basically, considering I have a fairly good academic back ground with some computer expertise recently in the last 11 years, I can reflect from experience.  However, much of what I have read in the last ten years on the internet is more public relations than real world fact, so in that fine line between fact and fiction, it is hard to tell where I stand within the community compared to everyone else.  Basically as a long term resident from a family of long term residence, I generally try to look at the whole picture and not just the bottom line in my savings account.  It is hard to deal with a community that respects tradition, when many of our neighbors in New York do not.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/04/04  Thursday 9:30 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.gecities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I made the salad with a 4.5 ounce can of pink crab meat instead of tuna fish, and for the cheddar cheese portion, I also used 50% Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and 50% Wisconsin white cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/04/04  Thursday 8:05 P.M.:  I was up at 10 A.M. this morning when a relative called.  I called back the relative.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked my mail.  I went out at about 12:30 P.M., and I had my yearly physical done at the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic.  I have to have some follow laboratory work done, and I can not eat the breakfast that morning that I do the follow up laboratory work.  I need to have a Colonoscopy, which they can schedule for May 21, 2004.  It would be done at a nearby medical facility about a quarter of a mile away, but one has to take laxatives and be on a clear liquid diet the day before.  On also gets a local anesthetic for the procedure which takes about 15 minutes, although one spends two to three hours at the facility to complete it.  Since one has a local anesthetic, one needs one to have help to return one back home, and I am not sure if my regular helper would be available then.  Thus I have to check if my regular helper would be available before I schedule the procedure.  One is suppose to have one done after age 50.  Also there are 600 people waiting for the volunteer medical professionals that perform the procedure, so more than likely I should try to have it done then.  It is basically to inspect for cancer of the colon.  I then made my usual Thursday appointment.  I next went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I bought a 13 inch diameter blue and white check fruit bowl made in Thailand about four inches high with a apple and pear painted on the bowl blue and white check design.  It cost $2.  I bought a Oswald Jacoby backgammon set made of plastic with all of its pieces for $2, and I also bought a like new unused signed copy by Barbara Bush of her book "Reflections, Life After the White House" for $5 for $9 total.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped the Greenwich Hardware store, and they have a number of new useful items on their 70% off rack in front of the store.  I bought a "The Truck Club" regularly $69.95 for $20 plus $1.20 tax for $21.20 total.  I then completed my walk.  "The Truck Club" is a red solid steel steering wheel locking device.  It came with two keys, and it works just fine on my Hyundai.  I will get more keys made when I have time.  I have the two keys on my two key chains.  I used the bathroom at the senior and arts center.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next returned home.  I put the fruit bowl on the dining room table to the left of the left computer monitor, and I put various loose items in it.  I moved the Putnam Lodge Masonic centennial plate to my bedroom desk with some paper work on it.  I checked the backgammon game to see if it has all of its pieces, and I put it underneath the center of the blue sofa.  I will keep the autographed Barbara Bush book in a plastic bag, so it does not get dusty, and I put it on the left side of the center shelf on the center bookcase in the hallway.  I drank some iced tea when I returned home.  "The Truck Club" steering wheel lock is installed on my Hyundai, and I will regularly use it now, when I park, but I am not sure I need to use it downtown, since I do not think my Hyundai is a high priority target with all of the other deluxe type automobiles around, but it does provide a bit more security locally at home.  I put $10 on my laundry card.  CIO     

Note: <888> 03/03/04  Wednesday 11:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I ate half a 10 ounce can of smoked almonds.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/03/04  Wednesday 10:20 P.M.:  I went through my email, and I chatted with one of the same relatives again.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/03/04  Wednesday 9:35 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a 7.5 ounce can of flaked Icy Point Alaska canned salmon.  I had to sift through it with my fingers to remove the bones.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I had all of the other usual ingredients.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I chatted with two relatives.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/03/04  Wednesday 7:40 P.M.:  I was up at 11 A.M. this morning.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I picked up my mail.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained two money orders at .90 cost each to pay my Cablevision and my Optimum Online cable modem service.   I also bought 10 U.S.A. flag stamps at .37 each for $3.70.  I noticed this address for printing out postage and shipping tags for the U.S. post office at http://usps.com/clicknship .  I mailed the bills.  I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  I then sat out briefly downtown.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then drove over to Old Greenwich, and I got my hair cut at Off Center hairstylists for $18 plus $5 tip for $23 total.  I then went by the Old Greenwich Rummage Room thrift shop.  I then went CVS in Old Greenwich, and I bought buy one get one free of 32 ounce CVS cleaner with bleach in spray bottles for $2.29 both and two 10 ounce cans of Smoked almonds for $1.99 each plus .14 tax for $6.42 total.  I then went out to the southwest parking area at Tod's Point and then the southeast concession area.  I then returned to central Greenwich, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought an extra large three quarters length grey L.L. Bean medium to heavy weight winter coat with plaid wool lining for half price for $16.25 and a 24 inch by 32.5 inch glass framed print of Stowe Vermont dated 1981 by Vera Beckerhoff for $15 for $31.25 total.  Everything is 50% off at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, but there is also a $20 a bag sale going on for lose clothing items.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at the senior and arts center.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two Snyder's 40% less fat bags of white tortilla chips for $1.69 each, a 48 ounce container of Quaker Old Fashioned oats for $3.99, two 96 ounce containers of Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for $2.99 each, a 32 ounce jar of Stop and Shop strawberry preserves for $2.99, a 16 ounce bar of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese for $3.99, a package of Quaker low fat popcorn cakes for $2.39, a 16 ounce container of Stop and Shop grated parmesan cheese for $5.99, a bulb of elephant garlic for $1.99, Rosenburg Danish blue cheese at $7.05 a pound for $6.05, two 16 ounce containers of Rienzi balsamic vinegar for $2.99 each, two 28 ounce containers of Goya chick peas for $1.09 each, six 6.5 ounce dry cans of California medium black pitted olives for .99 each for $50.85 total.  I then returned home.  I used my cart from my apartment to bring up my groceries.  I put away my purchases.  I drank some iced tea.  I hung the Stove Vermont picture in front of the shelves of my solid oak bookcase on top of the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.  I used a 30 pound OOK hook.  I hung the grey L.L. Bean www.llbean.com coat in my right living room closet.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/03/04  Wednesday 12:30 A.M.:  I went through some of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/02/04  Tuesday 11:35 P.M.:  I went through my email.  Outlook 2003 is working just fine, but I noticed that it does not have a Newsgroup option, so I will continue to use Outlook Express for Newsgroups.  I put the Outlook Express desktop icon in the Office desktop folder, so I do not mistakenly open Outlook Express instead of Outlook 2003.  The Norton Anti Spam filtering and advertising blocking seems to be working just fine.  I can not figured out how to close out the left tree frame, so the email takes up the entire width of the monitor.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/02/04  Tuesday 10:30 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I got Microsoft Outlook 2003 to send and receive by creating a new account by selecting "Mail" from the Control panel and creating a new account.  I then imported my mail and address and data or old mail files.  It all works fine.  I deleted the default "outlook" account, and set it up to open my new account.  I set up some of the options in Outlook 2003.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/02/04  Tuesday 9:35 P.M.:  I made up a batch of fresh homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  For the olive part, I used two 4.25 ounce cans of crushed California black olives, and for the garlic, I used one large clove of elephant garlic.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I made and ate my usual salad.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with ice tea.  I chatted with a relative whom will call back in a little while.  CIO 

Note: <888> 03/02/04  Tuesday 8:00 P.M.:  I was up this morning at 11 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked my mail.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent.  I then drove over to the Greenwich Town Hall, and the first Tuesday of every month the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles Driver's License bus is there.  I checked with them, and they said I could renew my driver's license which expires May 9, 2004, and it would be a $65 fee not in cash but check  or credit card for six years. I then walked over the Greenwich Post Office, but there was a long line.  I then went to Zen Stationary, and I got $65 Western Union money order at a dollar cost.  I then returned back to the DMV bus, I had my drivers license renewed and the new photo taken.  It is now good until May 9, 2010.  I sat out at the town hall for a while.  I made my 3:30 P.M. appointment.  I then went to the Shell station on East Putnam Avenue at Sherwood Place, and they did my emissions inspection at a $20 cost.  I bought two combination tail light brake bulbs for $3.70 both, and I installed them on either side of rear of my Hyundai, since one of the brake bulbs was burned out.  It is a very easy procedure from inside the rear hatch back area to do it.  I then went downtown, and I went to the Central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained a money order at .90 cost to pay my AT&T telephone bill for the last three months.  I mailed it.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom and the Senior and Arts center.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and they did not have any pies, and I bought a 5.5 ounce box of Arnold large cut croutons for .99 less .10 for 10% senior discount for .89 total.  I then voted in the local republican primary at the grade school behind the Byram fire house.  I then went by Smoke for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes for $31 total.  I then returned home.  I drank some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/02/04  Tuesday 1:30 A.M.:  I can not get Microsoft Outlook 2003 to Send/Receive .  I will work on it later today.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/02/04  Tuesday 12:20 A.M.:  On the primary computer, I reinstalled Microsoft Works 2002 and Microsoft Home Publisher 2000.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/01/04  Monday 10:45 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $5.60 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.959 a gallon for about 27 miles per gallon.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $1.83, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.29, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.50, fresh plum tomatoes at $1.99 a pound for $2.85, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99, a 16 ounce bar of Stop and Shop white Wisconsin cheddar cheese for $3.99 for $14.45 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I drank some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/01/04  Monday 7:50 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used a tin of sardines that I chopped along with Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for the cheddar cheese portion.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I finished running Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive on the Dell backup computer.  I shut it down.  I will now put the primary computer on standby, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/01/04  Monday 6:50 P.M.:  On the primary computer, I ran Ad-aware 6.0, Norton Win Doctor, Norton Disk Doctor, and then I did a seven part C: drive to D: drive backup.  I just finished running Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive.  On the Dell backup computer, I installed all of the programs for Norton Works Suite 2002.  I ran the same utilities on it.  I did a C: drive to D: drive backup.  I will shortly run Norton Speed Disk on it.  I left the Norton Works Suites 2002 copies of the CD disks in their case in the CD rack, so the fifth disk is ready to run Norton Street and Maps.  I put the mailing package with the original disks for Microsoft Office Professional 2003 with the other programs on the white bureau in the bedroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/01/04  Monday 2:55 P.M.:  I installed Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, and Microsoft Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2003 on the primary computer.  I activated Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003.  I tried installing it on the Dell backup computer, but it only permits one copy to be activated.  I will install Microsoft Works Suite 2002 on the Dell backup computer.  I had my apartment inspection, and I passed without any problems.  I configured and imported the settings and data files for Microsoft Outlook 2003 on the primary computer.  I had a telephone call from a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/01/04  Monday 1:05 P.M.:  I made copies of the three CD disks for Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, and Microsoft Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2003, and I put each of the original and duplicate CDs in jewel cases, and I made cover sheets with the Product Activation Keys for both the originals and duplicates.  I put the originals in the original mailing envelope with the product information, which for the moment, I have on the near side back of the blue sofa.  I always make copies of my original CDs and install from them, so as to preserve the original CDs.  I am suppose to be able to install three copies, so I will put one copy on the primary computer, and I will put one copy on the Dell backup computer, and I will keep one copy in reserve.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/01/04  Monday 12:15 P.M.:  I have both the primary and the backup Dell computer ready to install Microsoft Office 2003 Professional.  It just arrived from DHL.  CIO

Note: <888> 03/01/04  Monday 11:25 A.M.:  I was up at 9 A.M. today.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I picked up my mail, and I checked outside.  It is a very nice day, but alas I have to wait around here until 1:45 P.M. for my apartment inspection by the Greenwich Housing Authority.  It is currently 58 degrees Fahrenheit.  My Microsoft Office 2003 Processional program from Microsoft is scheduled for delivery today, so I will also have to stay around and wait for delivery from DHL also.  It is such a nice day, I would rather be out at Tod's Point, but alas I have to work.  I guess I will now uninstall Microsoft Word and Excel for XP which I have on my computer from the Microsoft Home Suite.  I also might have to uninstall Norton Internet Security 2004 and Norton System Works 2003 and reinstall them to get the Norton Anti Spam to work with Microsoft Outlook 2003.  CIO