Note:<888>03/22/01 Thursday 11:15 P.M. EST: I went out, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. CIO

Note:<888>03/22/01 Thursday 10:00 P.M. EST: I had a cup of coffee. I refilled the ice trays since they had dehydrated over the winter. I will now go out for some fresh air. CIO

Note:<888>03/22/01 Thursday 9:20 P.M. EST: I was up at 1 P.M. today, and I had breakfast of Quaker Honey Oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home, and I went to bed until 7:30 P.M.. I watched a bit of television, including a PBS presenation of the Eastern Orient Express deluxe train trip though Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. I had a liverwurst sandwich with mayonaise and horse radish along with ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>03/22/01 Thursday 5:35 A.M. EST: I have not fallen asleep yet. I have a liverwurst sandwich with mayonaise and horse radish on it along with ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>03/22/01 Thursday 4:00 A.M. EST: I guess it is time to head off to bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/22/01 Thursday 1:45 A.M. EST: I listened to CD classical music with the wireless headphones. I sifted though my email. I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I finished off a can of mixed nuts. Time for TV land. CIO

Note:<888>03/21/01 Wednesday 11:55 P.M. EST: I put $5 on my laundry card. I drove down by the waterfront, the tide was up two feet from the top of the pier. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I walked up to the top of the Avenue. I walked back down, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I checked out the waterfront again. The new Stop and Shop closes at 11 P.M.. I stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice for $1.99. I was told there was no flooding in Old Greenwich. I returned home. CIO

Note:<888>03/21/01 Wednesday 8:55 P.M. EST: I slept until noon today. I put in the charged up rechargeable batteries in the wireless headphones. It is a somewhat tricky process putting the batteries in the headphones, since the housing is partially covered by the ear piece. I had breakfast of three medium eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I fell back asleep until 6 P.M.. I watched the ABC evening news. I chatted with a friend. I had dinner of two fried boneless pork chips, with fried sliced half of onion, steamed frozen beans, microwave potato, ice tea, and cappucinno. After cleaning up, I will go out for a while. CIO

Note:<888>03/21/01 Wednesday 3:20 A.M. EST: I watched and recorded on two tapes, the HBO presentation of "Joan of Arc". The second tape has a JFK launch at the beginning then 25 minutes of the end of the movie with three minutes missing. I checked the charger and the batteries are charging. The test light does not work, but the batterries after three hours work in a pin flash light. Time to start winding down. CIO

Note:<888>03/20/01 Tuesday 11:20 P.M. EST: I went out, and I stopped by the library; and I read the local paper and the Wall Street Journal. I then drove over to Radio Shack at the Riverside Shopping plaza; and I bought two packs of two AAA Standard Rechargeable Nickel-Cadium Batteries 300 mAH 1.2 Volt for $5.99 a package plus .72 tax for $12.70 total. I then stopped by CVS, and I bought two 12 oz. cans of mixed nuts for $1.99 each with the CVS card for $3.98 total. I chatted with an early returnee from Florida. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront and returned home. I have an older Burgess battery charger, and I put two pennies at the base of each AAA battery, so they fit in tightly. It will take about 12 to 14 hours for them to charge up, and be ready at about noon tomorrow. I will use each pair for the wireless headphones. I will now do a bit of regular internet work. CIO

Note:<888>03/20/01 Tuesday 7:50 P.M. EST: I went out, and I stopped by the Arnold Bread store outlet. I bought 3 loaves of 12 Freiofers bread and a package of hotdog buns for $4.37 total. I then stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop. They are taking in more spring cleaning merchandise. I drove downtown and mailed the form. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I noticed the delivery person for OmniFitness is in very good shape hoisting 200 pound packages of fitness equipment. I wored my new Reeboks. They're quite comfortable. I was told by one of the local traffic officers that Fairfield Magazine is doing an article about him. I walked up to the top of the Avenue and sat out for a while. I walked back down, and then I drove down by the waterfront. One of the regular fishermen have returned. I stopped by the library, and I read Time Magazine. I returned and checked out one video. I headed home. I had a Barqs frosted rootbeer in a frosted mug. I fried two boneless center cut pork chops with a half sliced onion, along with steamed frozen beans, and microwave potato, ice tea, and decafinated instant coffee. I watched the ABC and BBC evening news. The Spanish language translation of the ABC evening news comes in fine on the SAP audio feed. I will now go out for some fresh air. CIO

Note:<888>03/20/01 Tuesday 2:20 P.M. EST: I slept from midnight to noon today. I woke up in the night and had some potato chips. I also woke up at 6 A.M., and I had breakfast of Quaker Honey oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins before going back to bed. I just had steak stew, ice tea, and coffee. I filled out a Social Security form to mail in. I will clean up shortly and go out. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/01 Monday 9:10 P.M. EST: I was up at 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. After cleaning up, I went out by the bank. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I drove down by the waterfront. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the library and read the Sunday and today local papers and the Wall Street Journal. I stopped by Stop and Shop, with the Stop and Shop savings card, I bought two dozen eggs at .59 a dozen, boneless center cut pork chips at $2.79 a pound for $3.01, 2 Birdseye frozen peas and one leaf spinach at .70 each, 5 lb. bag of Russet organic potatoes $1.99 for $7.98 total. I then returned home. I microwave two small russet potatoes and diced them and added them to the remains of my steak stew. I had some for dinner with ice tea and decaffinated instant coffee. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/01 Monday 5:25 A.M. EST: I rested a short bit. The I watched some TV. I have been reading for the last hour and a half. I had some ice cream. Time for bed. I have a 4 P.M. appointment today. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/01 Monday 12:30 A.M. EST: I watched a bit of television. I had a liverwurst sandwich with mayonaise. I might try to read a bit. CIO

Note:<888>03/18/01 Sunday 11:05 P.M. EST: I chatted with a friend for a while. I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I cleaned up and went out for a short walk on lower Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. We now have a large raccoon size skunk hanging out in our neighborhood. Well I guess I will watch some television. CIO

Note:<888>03/18/01 Sunday 7:40 P.M. EST: I was up until 1 A.M.. I got up at noon, and I had breakfast of Quaker Honey Oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went back to sleep until 4 P.M.. I had more steak stew, ice tea, and cappucino to eat. I chatted with a relative. I just finished house cleaning and watering the plants. Time to clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO

Note:<888>03/17/01 Saturday 11:40 P.M. EST: I finished the video. Time to start winding down for the day. CIO

Note:<888>03/17/01 Saturday 9:05 P.M. EST: I went by the ATM. I stopped by Exxon and bought $13.75 of premium at $1.839 a gallon. I went by the Grand Union, and I bought buy one get one free of Oscar Meyer beef hotdogs for $3.69 both, and a 100 count box of Lipton Tea for $2.99 for $6.68 total. I will now have some ice cream and watch a videotape. CIO

Note:<888>03/17/01 Saturday 7:30 P.M. EST: I rested from 6 A.M. to 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of three medium eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then went out. I stopped by the ATM. I drove over to the Ridgeway Center in Stamford on Summer Street. I looked at Odd Job, Marshalls, Staples, and County Appliance. I stopped by Smokes for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Lights 100s for $19 with tax. I was told unbeknown to me, there is a Smokes for Less on Mill Street in Byram, where I live; so I will go there in the future to save gasoline. I then went back to Odd Job, I bougth a Zenith 4 device universal remote for $3.99 down from $9.99 and a Emerson set of wireless headphones for $16.99 down from $40 plus $1.26 tax for $22.24. I ten bought a four pack of long life AAA and one four pack of longlife AA batteries for $1.59 each pack plus .19 tax for $3.37 total. I returned to Greenwich, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. I setup the Zenith Universal Remote with two long life AAA batteries, and it works with the Orion TV, General Instruments Cable Box, and JVC VCR. It does not have the Audio Select or Menu options, but one can use the regular remotes for that. The ABC news tonight did not have the Spanish language SAP broadcast. I then setup the Emerson wireless headset. I plugged it into the amplifier with the adaptor, and it works just fine. One can turn off the speakers and play just the headset including muting the the TV. The wireless headset uses two AAA batteries which will wear out with use. I guess when I can afford it, I can buy rechargeable batteries at Radio Shack. I put two new long life AA batteries with my camera. I also put two new long life AA batteries in the Orion TV remote. I also have a set of corded headphones next to the amplifier. I am defrosting a deluxe beef stew in the microwave for dinner with ice tea and decaffinated instant coffee. CIO

Note:<888>03/17/01 Saturday 4:15 A.M. EST: I finished three loads of laundry. I washed my mattress pad and flipped my 1980 full size Sears mattress. I put the new Tommy Hilfiger king size 300 point Williamsburg blue sheet on the bed with the other clean linen. I just put a new battery in my living room wall clock. I had to use one of my camera batteries. I had two hotdogs with buns and condiments and pork and bean along with ice tea for a meal. I am doing my regular internet work. I cleaned up while on the dry cycle. CIO

Note:<888>03/17/01 Saturday 12:50 A.M. EST: I was up at 2:30 P.M. yesterday. I had breakfast of Post raisin bran, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I fell back asleep about 4 P.M.. I chatted with a friend at 6 P.M.. I watched the ABC evening news. I slept until 9 P.M.. I had a fried hamburger with bun, condiments, and fried onion slices, along with steamed frozen brocolli, and microwaved canned pork and beans, ice tea, and cappucinno. I then started watching TV, and I noticed the SAP (Seperate Audio Programming) and Stereo feature were not working just mono. I checked with Cablevision and Orion to no avail. I disconnected the cable box, and SAP and Stereo worked fine with directly connecting the cable to the TV. After fiddling with the VCR and cables, I finally figured out I had to reprogram my cable remote to disable audio control. I knew how to do this from earlier tests. I entered on the cable remote for Optimum, "F", "TV", "005", "TV", "TV". Now the SAP and Stereo features work on the Orion TV with the "Audio Select" but on the Orion TV remote. I will now change my sheets and start laundry. CIO

Note:<888>03/16/01 Friday 6:10 A.M. EST: Well I watched a bit of tourist TV. I guess I will call it a day. CIO

End of Scott's Notes week 03/16/01:

Note:<888>03/16/01 Friday 3:05 A.M. EST: Well, I am just having a quiet morning at home. I will send out my weekly note, and then head off to bed. CIO

Note:<888>03/16/01 Friday 1:15 A.M. EST: I went out, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then walked up to the top and sat out a bit. I then walked back down, and I sat out a bit. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. I watched a bit of television. I will now have a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I call the 800 number for "www.toscotland.com" and ordered the brochure. CIO