Michael Louis Scott's Notes April 2005

Note: <888> 04/30/05 Saturday 9:00 P.M.: I chatted with my friend, and I chatted with a relative and a friend. I microwaved and we ate the two Swanson's Hungryman dinners, which we ate with iced tea. I have the alarm clocks set to go off at 3 A.M., and we will leave here about 5 A.M.. I will now shut down the computer, and I will not be updating this web log until May 12, 2005, when I get back. Enjoy the tulips and daffodils in Greenwich, Connecticut. CIO

Note: <888> 04/30/05 Saturday 6:25 P.M.: I just chatted with a relative. I will not have access to a computer, when I am down at John's Island, Indian River Shores, Vero Beach, Florida http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/press_journal . Thus I will not be updating my web log or web site. It is suppose to be warm down there Vero Beach, Florida, US - Local Weather & Forecast , so I will have to get use to the warmer weather. CIO

Note: <888> 04/30/05 Saturday 6:10 P.M.: I finished packing, and I just have a few items to put in my toiletry kit. I am now waiting for my friend that will drive me to the airport early tomorrow morning and pick me up on my return on May 12, 2005. My friend just called, and he is driving down through Bedford, New York, so he should be here in about 20 minutes. CIO

Note: <888> 04/30/05 Saturday 4:50 P.M.: I put 11 quarters in between the Volvo seats in the change holder to have available for parking downtown. I chatted with a relative. I will now start packing. CIO

Note: <888> 04/30/05 Saturday 3:50 P.M.: I just paid my May 2005 electricity bill, so all of my bills for May 2005 are now paid. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO

Note: <888> 04/30/05 Saturday 3:15 P.M.: The Visioneer 7600 USB scanner came with Paperport 5.1, but I already had Paperport 6.5 Deluxe that came with the Visioneer 4800 scanner, so I used this procedure to install the Visioneer 7600 USB scanner with Paperport Deluxe 6.5 on Windows XP http://www.visioneer-europe.com/support/faqs/15.htm , and it works just fine with the more advanced scanner options. I have a friend who is going to drive me to the airport tomorrow morning arriving at 6 P.M. tonight, so I have to start packing soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/30/05 Saturday 2:10 P.M.: I was up at 9 A.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought for $10 a Visioneer OneTouch 7600 USB scanner which came with its transformer, USB cable, instructions, and software disk. I then went downtown, and I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center. I went by the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift shop. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I returned home. I picked up my mail. I connected up the Visioneer One Touch 7600 USB scanner to my primary computer placing it on top of the CPU, where it turns on with the scanner switch on the lower control panel. I still have to download the drivers and install the software. I received my rent bill from the Greenwich Housing Authority, and I made out a check, and I mailed it downstairs. I have paid all of my bills for May 2005 except the Connecticut Light and Power bill, which is not yet posted yet, and I am still hoping to receive my NEON Energy assistance, which I applied for, but has not yet come through. I put the old Visioneer 4800 USB scanner on top of the HP LaserJet 4L printer to the right of the AMD backup computer on the bedroom desk. CIO

Note: <888> 04/29/05 Friday 10:45 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/29/05 Friday 10:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. From my local perspective with the price of gasoline higher in this area, people are driving less. However, I have seen this happen before, and once they get use to the higher prices of fuel, they just resume their same old driving habits, providing they can still afford to own a car. One local Hispanic person, told me he was thinking of buying a bicycle, however with the local amount of traffic still being rather busy, I do not think riding a bicycle in this area is that safe. There is always somebody in a rush to get into or out of New York City. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. Of course I lived here during the famous oil embargo of the 1970s, and people quite frankly got use to walking around more. However, once normal transportation resumed with the resumption of the supply of oil, I was told that one prominent member of our community whom was a neighbor of ours was killed while walking on Lake Avenue, so obviously if one were to walk in non sidewalk areas, one would have to exercise extreme caution. Also we have a great many younger drivers in this area, whom are not too experienced at driving automobiles. CIO

Note: <888> 04/29/05 Friday 8:40 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. They are opened later until 5 P.M. on Friday nights. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I stopped by CVS, and I browed the store. I sat out at various locations. I suggested they should put a drain across the driveway entrance between the sidewalk and the asphalt between the George Jensen jewelers and St. Mary's Church, so that black ice does not develop on the sidewalk in the winter when the driveway thaws, and the moisture runs down onto the sidewalk and freezes at night, and black ice develops. I guess with all the northern people going to the tropics and southern people working up north, there does not seem to be many professional cold weather maintenance people left in this area. It seems a obvious way to fix the situation, but frequently what is obvious does not make sense to people until they wipe out some winter night on black ice. I guess St. Mary never lived in the cold country. I noticed earlier this week that Carlson Travel is charging about a 20% premium on money exchange for various currencies. After I finished my walk, I replaced the #9 fuse on my Volvo fuse box with another 30 amp spare fuse to see if that fixed the ABS light problem. However, it did not seem to fix the problem. However, I have noticed if one waits about 40 seconds after turning the ignition key to the right and before turning it further to the right to start the ignition that the onboard computer seems to go through a more length process, and one hears a slight click, and when one hears that click, the ABS light usually goes off, once the car starts. If it does not go off, one has to try it again, since if it does not go off the headlights and blinkers will not work. I next used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $8.88 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.699 a gallon for 51.9 miles total usage driving 12 miles per hour average for 15.5 miles per gallon average driving around town. I then returned home. I have been drinking a bit of cold filtered water, since I do not want to make up a batch of iced tea before I leave. CIO

Note: <888> 04/29/05 Friday 2:55 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. 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 Kraft www.kraft.com Cracker Barrel Baby Swiss Cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. Although the Pepperidge Farm croutons are more expensive than the Arnold croutons, I think the Pepperidge Farms croutons also taste a little bit better. I have used up most of my perishable salad items. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO

Note: <888> 04/29/05 Friday 1:35 P.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering the plants. I threw out the garbage and the paper to recycle. I picked up my mail. The Hewlett Packard PhotoSmart 1000 replacement cartridges arrived that I order from HP PhotoSmart 1000 printer, I went to http://www.ezinkjets.com/ , and I ordered EZinkjets.com HP PhotoSmart 1000 ink cartridges with 30% discount code of "April 30" one HP 51645 - Black Remanufactured No. 45 High Capacity ink cartridge for $8.88 and HP C6578A Color Remanufactured No. 78 High Capacity Ink cartridge for $15.99 for a sub total of $24.78 plus this month if one enters the Coupon Code of "April 30", one receives an additional 30% off, so the entire order with free United States Postal Service shipping was $17.41 which is a significant savings on the print cartridges for that printer. One has to make sure the 30% discount code for April 2005 "April 30" is listed when checking out, by entering it twice, as one proceeds to check out and as one checks out. Although they are more expensive than the Epson replacement cartridges that I ordered from www.abcink.com , they are seem to be twice as large, so one gets more ink from HP for a greater price. Of course if I keep maintaining this apartment up to Greenwich, Connecticut standards, I am going to be seeing some Red Ink. I put the HP ink cartridges with the Epson spare cartridges behind the left computer monitor on the wicker rack on the wall. CIO

Note: <888> 04/29/05 Friday 10:05 A.M.: I paid my final AT&T bill online, and I also paid my May 2005 Verizon local telephone, GEICO automobile insurance, Cablevision Digital Television, Cablevision Optimum Online Cable Modem, and Cablevision Optimum Voice Online telephone service bills online this morning. I chatted with a relative. I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO

Note: <888> 04/29/05 Friday 8:20 A.M.: I was up at 5 A.M., and I chatted with a friend. My friend needs a vacuum cleaner, and I recommended that Sears www.sears.com might have them on sale. I just called him back and at Sears.com - Weekly Ad , and I ordered for him to be delivered at his office a Sears.com - Weekly Ad Kenmore Canister Bagless Vacuum for 50% off with a mailin rebate on the shipping. . Thus my friend whom is busy, and since gasoline to visit Sears would cost money will have a new vacuum cleaner in a few days. I printed out the receipt and rebate information to give him when he comes down here on Saturday evening to drive me to the airport on Sunday morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I threw out some garbage. CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/05 Thursday 9:20 P.M.: I watched President Bush's broadcast on television. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I will do my house cleaning when I wake up tomorrow. CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/05 Thursday 7:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a Dell computer mouse with USB cord for $3 and a black Maui Jim sun glasses case for a dollar for $4 total. I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue towards the bottom, and I went to the new Subway sandwich shop, and I ordered to go a six inch roast beef sandwich on a grinder roll with double meat, Swiss cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, Bermuda onion, mayonnaise and barbeque sauce for $3.91 total. I then walked back up Greenwich Avenue, and I ate it in front of the Senior Center. I then used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center. I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I noticed some of the employees of the United States Trust Company smoke outside their building, which does not surprise me, since that is Doris Duke's old bank. I then walked back down Greenwich Avenue, and in front of St. Mary's Roman catholic church, I saw for the first time a new Maybach Manufaktur - Maybach 57 - Maybach 57 S - Maybach 62 . I guess with a German pope, they are trying to advertise German products. It is a quite nice car, and I noticed it is a very roomy car, and it looks like larger people would be quite comfortable in it compared to the smaller Mercedes Benz, I usually see. I guess it is the modern day version of the old Mercedes Benz 600 which came after their larger 300 of the 1950s like I use to own two of. Thus I suppose we might have one or two Germans around trying to sell other German products. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and the train station area. I noticed there were about a half dozen Connecticut Light and Power yellow trucks working at Railroad Avenue and the Steamboat Road because of some problem underground. In that area the electricity was on. I then completed my walk, and I drove down by the waterfront. The power was off at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and while I was there another Connecticut Light and Power truck showed up. Two of the regular waterfront regulars were down there, but it costs them money to drive from where they live further away. I then returned home, and I ate 13 Town House crackers with 1/8th inch by 1 inch by 1.5 inch pieces of Kraft Cracker Barrel Baby Swiss cheese on them. I also ate 1/3rd of a 16 ounce jar of CVS lightly salted dry roasted peanuts with some iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/05 Thursday 1:00 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/05 Thursday 12:50 P.M.: I finished going through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/05 Thursday 11:35 A.M.: I guess when I disconnected the old General Electric 25 frequency cordless telephone from the bedroom desk, since it was defective, it fixed the problem with my Optimum Voice telephone system and three way calling, since all of the Optimum Voice telephones now do three way calling. I also put the Northwest Bell cordless telephone receipts in my metal file holder on the mahogany bureau. This morning when I woke up, I threw out its box, and when I was throwing out the General Electric 25 frequency cordless telephone, one of my neighbors took it, since she has a nephew that tinkers with old phones. I went to bed about 1 A.M. this morning, and I was awake at 8 A.M.. I did two loads of laundry. I put clean linens on my bed. I only washed the pillow case that I sleep on, and I did not wash the other three which don't get used much. While doing laundry I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice with vitamins and supplements and a cup of coffee. I watched some morning television also. I slid the IBM Netvista keyboard underneath its monitor stand, so there is a little bit more room on the brass and glass coffee table. CIO

Note: <888> 04/27/05 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.: The AT&T telephone in the kitchen and the General Electric big button telephone in the bedroom work with three way calling with Optimum Voice. The buttons on the cordless General Electric 25 channel Telephone in the bedroom do not work, although it does answer. I put the Uniden Spread Spectrum cordless telephone in its place on the left side front of the bedroom desk. It also works with Optimum Voice three way calling. I tested the AT&T button desk telephone by the French Antique reproduction chair and once again the Northwest Bell 2.4 GHz cordless telephone, and they now both work with Optimum Voice three way calling. Maybe it is the time of day when it is less busy. I tested them by calling my Verizon telephone number, and then pushing Flash, and then I dial 1-800-555-1212 to see if a third connection is made. I will throw out the General Electric 25 channel cordless telephone with the bad buttons. However, it has a five month old Radio Shack 3.6 volt rechargeable battery that I saved on my battery shelf in the bedroom. I moved the backup Dell computer mouse to the right side where the Uniden cordless telephone was. I can always shift it to the drawer on the left side, if I need to use it. I opened a 12 ounce can of Dinty Moore beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on reheat for two cycles in the General Electric microwave oven, and I put it in a soup bowl, and I ate it for dinner with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. I have been awake for 22 hours. CIO

Note: <888> 04/27/05 Wednesday 10:25 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Arnold bread outlet, but they did not have any croutons. I then went by the Valley Road post office, and I put a stop on my mail from May 2 to May 12, 2005. I also bought 20 Ronald Reagan stamps for .37 each for $7.40 total. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a gold wooden frame 14 inches by 11 inches with glass for $2.50. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I enjoyed viewing the tulips that are just beginning to bloom downtown. I stop by the Senior and the Arts center, and I used the bathroom. I stopped by the 70% off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a Power Lay Products 6 outlet power strip for $3.09 plus .19 tax for $3.28 total. I next stopped by CVS, and I bought two liter bottles of CVS yellow mouthwash for $1.99 each plus .24 tax for $4.22 total. I then completed my walk, and I sat out for a while. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural Orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, two 6 ounce boxes of Pepperidge Farm Caesar croutons for $1.59 each, and two 16 ounce Swanson's Hungryman dinners for $2.50 each, one boneless breast of chicken and the other veal parmesan for $13.18 total. I then returned home. I put the power strip to the left of the primary computer control panel connected to a ground fault interrupter power strip. I plugged the transformer for my Columbia 2.4 gigahertz telephone and the U.S. Robotics external modem into the new power strip to free up outlets at that location. I unplugged the Epson C60 printer from the rear of the control panel, and I plugged it into the same power strip. I left the HP LaserJet IID still plugged into the control panel. I put the three power plug splitter back in the top left mahogany bureau drawer in the bedroom. I then started testing the three way call function with Optimum Voice. I tried plugging the new Northwest Bell 2.4 GHz cordless telephone directly into the cable modem, and it would not work on three way calling. However, the Chinese Nikai Oska telephone worked with three way calling when plugged into the modem, but not when plugged into my telephone network. I figured the long cables and splitters were the problem. I plugged a regular telephone line about 6 feet long into the cable modem, and then I put one female to two female splitter on it. I then plugged in the Nikai Oska telephone into one of the female receptacles, and I plugged in a 5 splitter into the other. I then put the Nikai Oska telephone on the left front of the living room desk where the Dell backup computer mouse pad use to be. I then connected the other cables in my network to the five splitter. I left the Northwest Bell 2.4 GHz cordless telephone at the tea table at the apartment entrance. I tested three way calling by talking with two relatives at the same time with the Nikai Oska telephone using Optimum Voice. It worked just fine. I can still pick up any of the other telephones after I make the three way connection. One basically dials one number and then presses flash and then dials a another number and presses flash and all three parties are connected. However, when I finished chatting the other two parties were also disconnected from each other. The Columbia 2.4 GHz cordless telephone by the left side of the primary computer keyboard and the AT&T desk button telephone to the left of the left monitor with the Plantronics headset also work with Optimum Voice three way calling. Thus I have three telephones by the primary computer that work with it. I chatted briefly with one of the relatives again. There is a NOAA weather Marine warning for this area Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT . CIO

Note: <888> 04/27/05 Wednesday 1:15 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used all of the regular ingredients. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Kraft Cracker Barrel Baby Swiss Cheese. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO

Note: <888> 04/27/05 Wednesday 12:10 P.M.: I tried using the 3 way calling with http://www.optimumvoice.com/ , but the third call would not go through, but would just call my telephone number back. I called Optimum Voice at 611 on the Optimum Voice line three times, and we tried trouble shooting the system. On the second telephone call, they suggested that I check my lines and splitters. I did by calling my Verizon phone with Optimum Voice and calling then calling 611, and it would go through, so there is nothing wrong with my telephone lines and connections. I also checked it at every junction and with a new test cable coming off the modem. The Optimum Voice tech support finally said it was something wrong with their system, and that three way calling would be down for three to four hours. One makes a three way call with Optimum Voice using either of the two Optimum Voice telephones at the apartment entrance or the one just to the left of the computer keyboard. All of them have the Flash function. One dials the first number then one presses flash, and then one dials the second number, and all three numbers are connected. CIO

Note: <888> 04/27/05 Wednesday 8:25 A.M.: On the Northwest Bell 2.4 GHz cordless telephone, I set up the memory dial numbers and the other functions. I have it located on my telephone tea table at the apartment entrance. CIO

Note: <888> 04/27/05 Wednesday 5:40 A.M.: I took the Plantronics headset off the AMD backup computer in the bedroom, and I moved the headset from the Gateway backup computer to the AMD backup computer. I put the Plantronics headset on the IBM Netvista computer. The Northwestern Bell 2.4 GHz cordless telephone comes with a wall mounting bracket that I am not using. However, it hangs just perfectly off the tilted back of the IBM Netvista computer, so one can place a camera there. I took the Ezonics USB camera off of my Dell backup computer, and I installed it on the IBM Netvista computer. I also installed communications programs to go with it, so one can talk and view with Netmeeting or Messenger or just talk with Net2Phone. I updated this picture with the Plantronics headset and the camera on the IBM Netvista computer http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-living-room-ibm-netvista-computer-on-brass-and-glass-coffee-table-042705.JPG . CIO

Note: <888> 04/27/05 Wednesday 3:35 A.M.: I was awake at 2 A.M.. I have the IBM Netvista computer configured, and it is running just fine. It is quite comfortable using it on the brass and glass coffee table sitting on the long green sofa. Of course the Optimum Online modem is always turned on with Optimum Voice attached, but to use the IBM Netvista computer online, one also has to make sure the Seimens router is turned on and the 8 port hub by the Dell backup computer is also turned on. I moved the potted palm from the far side of the brass and glass coffee table to on top of the two small brass and glass end tables in front of the Danish bar. I put the two brass candle sticks with white candles with the glass hurricane globes around them on the far end of the brass and glass coffee table. I just washed the breakfast dishes. CIO

Note: <888> 04/26/05 Tuesday 7:40 P.M.: I made and ate breakfast of oatmeal, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I chatted with a relative. I finished configuring the IBM Netvista computer. I still have 5 gigabytes of free space on the 9.5 gigabyte hard drive. I am running a maintenance utility on it now. I will now put the primary computer on standby, and I will rest some more. CIO

Note: <888> 04/26/05 Tuesday 4:55 P.M.: I was up at 2:30 P.M. when I got a telephone fundraising call from www.gop.com/vpcheney/ . I explained to them that I had already donated recently. I chatted with a relative. I started configuring the IBM Netvista computer. UPS arrived at 3 P.M. with the order from Staples Staples Circular Savings Northwestern Bell 2.4 GHz cordless phone with caller ID for $19.94 plus $10 Easy Rebate which will eventually after the rebate cost me $10 and tax, and my order from www.abcink.com with a black and a color cartridge for the EpsonStylus C60 and the EpsonStylus Color 900 printers arrived. I put the new black ink cartridge in the Epson C60 printer, and I ran a half dozen cleaning cycles. The color cartridge is full as far as I can tell, and the C60 printer works just fine. I reset the Status monitor level with http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml . Thus the Epson Stylus C60 and all of the other inkjet printers are available for use. I installed the Northwestern Bell 2.4 GHz cordless telephone. I use a female to two female splitter and another 6 foot telephone cable to install it. I connected the power transformer to the power strip behind the feather sofa. It is set up on the Optimum Voice network free long distance telephone line. It has features that work with their service. I still have to program its memory speed dial buttons and read the instructions. I ate about the remaining third of a can of CVS smoked almonds after I woke up. I put the new spare ink cartridges on the wicker rack hanging from the wall behind the dining table in the living room. CIO

Note: <888> 04/26/05 Tuesday 9:10 A.M.: I chatted with a relative. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. I have been awake for 26 hours. CIO

Note: <888> 04/26/05 Tuesday 8:45 A.M.: I microwaved and ate a 11 ounce Swanson's boneless white meat fried chicken dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea. I am still configuring the IBM Netvista computer.

Note: <888> 04/26/05 Tuesday 7:35 A.M.: I am still configuring the IBM Netvista computer. I moved the small wooden frame chest with the Greek Parthenon chest on it from the left side front of the living room mahogany bureau to the sideboard in the bedroom. I then put the larger of the two miniature potted palms from the far side of the coffee table where the miniature chest frame was on the long mahogany bureau. I then moved the smaller miniature palm from the near side of the coffee table to the far side. Thus the near side is more open. I chatted with a friend. The Staples order on the 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone is due for delivery today by UPS. All the ink cartridges shipped yesterday. The www.abcink.com order is due to arrive today via UPS. CIO

Note: <888> 04/26/05 Tuesday 5:05 A.M.: There is 256 megs of memory in the IBM Netvista running at 500 MHz with a Pentium III Celeron processor and a 9.5 gigabyte hard drive. I have 196 megs of memory in the AMD backup computer, and I have 228 megs of memory in the Gateway backup computer. It took a while to mix the systems memories. I have installed an operating system on the IBM Netvista computer, and I am just configuring it a bit more. I move the old Compaq laptop to its bag, and I place it by the bedroom door. I put the old Acer laptop behind the bedroom door. I threw out the boxes that the IBM Netvista and the bathroom throw rug and the Antec Cobra cable came in. I saved the instructions and CDs that came with the IBM Netvista. I spread out the bathroom throw rug on top of the old orange rugs in the bathroom. I put the spare Antec Cobra IDE cable on the back side of the white bureau in the bedroom. I moved the Epson Stylus C60 printer from the right side of the bedroom desk, and I place it on top of the HP LaserJet IID printer on the dining table in the living room. I connected with a USB cable to the back up the CPU, and I have its power plug plugged into a three splitter on the back of the control panel that also turns on the HP LaserJet IID printer from the switch. I took the round blue Swedish glass off the dining room table, and I put it in front of the air conditioner. I moved the candles and the hurricane glass shades to on top of the small brass and glass tables at the far end of the brass and glass coffee table. I move the smaller items to the feather sofa side of the coffee table. I have the plants sitting on either end of the table. I placed the IBM NetVista computer centered on the coffee table facing the long green sofa between the two plants. I connected it to a heavy duty orange extension cord that was available on the far end of the coffee table. I ran a LAN cable from the 8 port Network Hub by the Dell backup computer, and I strung it carefully, so people should not trip on it, and I connected it to the IBM Netvista computer. I put a Quidditch mouse pad on the left side with its lighted small mouse. I have the keyboard in front of it. I wipe the dust off of it. I the turned on the 8 port hub, and I booted the computer. I am configuring it now. It goes online just fine with its built in LAN port. Around midnight, I ate a half of a 10 ounce can of smoked almonds. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 10:25 P.M.: On the rear of the IBM Netvista monitor, I removed the four screw covers, and I loosened the four screws, and I removed the rear panel disconnecting the connector cable to the monitor. I then disconnected the hard drive cable, and I removed the hard drive. I then removed the four cover plate screws, and I removed the metal cover plate. I cleaned and vacuumed the CPU fan and, and I also cleaner the power supply fan. It was a smoker's computer, so there was a nicotine dust build up on the fans. I then took off the case cover on my AMD backup computer, and I removed the two 128 meg. simms. I then removed the two 64 meg. simms from the IBM Netvista computer, and I put them in the AMD backup computer, and I put the cover back on. Either they don't work in the AMD backup computer, or I probably did not seat them well enough. I will fix this problem later. I put the two 128 meg. simms in the IBM Netvista computer, and I reassembled it. It recognized the two 128 meg. simms. I checked the CMOS settings. I booted the IBM Netvista computer with the a Windows ME bootable disk, and I ran Fdisk, and I removed the old partition, and then I installed a new partition. It is about 10 gigabyte hard drive. I then rebooted, and I am formatting the hard drive now. I will then reinstall the operating system. I chatted with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 6:15 P.M.: I went to my 4 P.M. appointment. One of my other 4 P.M. appointment's appointment had an older computer to give away. They gave me an IBM Netvista 2179 computer in the box with instructions and other accessories. I returned home. UPS has not arrived yet. The IBM Netvista computer is a year 2000 computer with a flat panel and small case built into the monitor stand. I removed the old laptop computers from my bedroom sideboard, and I put the IBM Netvista computer on sideboard. I connected the keyboard and the mouse to its USB ports. I also connected my USB to LAN and 3 port USB device to one its USB ports. I booted the computer which only has 128 megs of memory. It has an opening screen and the hard drive light is moving, but it has not reached it final bootup. It looks like it has Windows 98 on it. It is suppose to have lots of spyware and other junk on it. I guess I could format the hard drive and reinstall and operating system. I have the IBM software disks that come with it. When I opened the CD drive, there was a CD copy of Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade SP1, however I do not have the key to unlock it. I guess I should reboot and check the config.sys and the autoexec.bat and the CMOS first. I don't think 128 megs is really fast enough to run Windows XP, but it is a 500 MHz processor which is fast enough. It seems to use just regular 168-pin SDRAM memory, so technically, I could take one of my SDRAM memory chips out of another backup computer, and put it in. UPS should be here soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 3:10 P.M.: I will now put the computer on standby, and I will sit outside for a while waiting for UPS. I will leave a note for UPS on the front door, in case they might leave it. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 3:05 P.M.: I have a 4 P.M. appointment, so I will leave here at 3:45 P.M., if UPS has not arrived, and return here at 4:45 P.M.. If I miss UPS, I can always receive the two packages tomorrow. UPS will not leave them here, if I am not here. I have another relative leaving this Wednesday to visit a relative visiting Thailand, and I will meet up with that relative leaving for Thailand this Wednesday back in Florida on May 7, 2005. I guess with all the people traveling in the world, we occasionally get some visitors here. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 2:55 P.M.: I just finished going through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 2:25 P.M.: I went outside. I put a new copy of the Verizon telephone book in the back of my Volvo. I chatted with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 1:45 P.M.: I went outside, and I picked up the mail. I opened a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder, which I put in a plastic microwave proof pot with the lid on it, and I put it in the General Electric microwave oven, and I heated it on the Reheat cycle. I then put the warm soup in a large Cobalt Blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I then showered and cleaned up. I figure with a 50 sheet package on sale of Canon 4" X 6" inkjet photo paper costing about $6.35, one sheet costs about 12.7 cents, and I figure with a black and color ink cartridge costing together at discount prices between $13 and $18 and they might do about 200 4" X 6" photos, it costs 6.5 cents to 9 cents per photo for ink, thus depending on which printer I use, it costs 19.2 cents to 21.7 cents per photo with on sale photo paper and cheaper ink prices to print out one's own photos versus .31 with tax to upload them to Kodak and pick them up CVS. Thus I will save 11.8 to 9.3 cents per print using my own equipment. Of course Kodak probably uses a better quality photographic process, which would last longer over time, but using my own equipment, I could also print out 4 inch by 3 inch photos which would be a greater savings. I also can print out a 8" X 10" photo for about .57, but I do not think my digital camera takes that high of a resolution photo, but possibly in the daytime it would. Of course frames, photo albums, and mailing photos and postage also cost money if one were distributing or sending them. However at Kodak and 8" by 10" photo is $7.50. One can also adjust the pictures a bit with the software on the computers. I will now go back outside and sit outside for a while waiting for www.ups.com . About just now at 1:33 P.M. a relative arrived back in the United States from her sailing cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to Portugal and return via air. Although the relative is nearby, the relative has to continue her journey home, so I will not try to go visit, since the relative is doing a quick change of planes. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 12:05 P.M.: I will now shower and clean up, buy first I might go outside for some fresh air. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 11:55 A.M.: For my HP PhotoSmart 1000 printer, I went to http://www.ezinkjets.com/ , and I ordered EZinkjets.com HP PhotoSmart 1000 ink cartridges with 30% discount code of "April 30" one HP 51645 - Black Remanufactured No. 45 High Capacity ink cartridge for $8.88 and HP C6578A Color Remanufactured No. 78 High Capacity Ink cartridge for $15.99 for a sub total of $24.78 plus this month if one enters the Coupon Code of "April 30", one receives an additional 30% off, so the entire order with free United States Postal Service shipping was $17.41 which is a significant savings on the print cartridges for that printer. One has to make sure the 30% discount code for April 2005 "April 30" is listed when checking out, by entering it twice, as one proceeds to check out and as one checks out. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 11:05 A.M.: I finished eating the jar of dry roasted peanuts. I put the 30 inch by 5 foot Saudi Arabian flag back up hanging from the center hallway bookcase, since there might be Saudi Arabians visiting in the area some time soon. However, we run such a high class joint here, more than likely the Saudi Arabians can not afford to visit anymore, but it does not hurt to be prepared. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 10:45 A.M.: Before going to bed this morning, I moved the HP LaserJet 4L printer from on top of the HP LaserJet IID printer on top of the dining table to on top of the backup Dell 19 inch monitor in the bedroom on the right side of the bedroom desk. I then went to bed. I was up at 7 A.M.. I cleaned off the old paperwork from on top of the HP LaserJet IID printer on the dining table, and I slid it back a bit, and I put in its paper trays, so it is ready to use. Of course one has to change the LPT port box on the right of the computer CPU to the HP LaserJet IID printer, and turn it on with the control panel switch. I took off the three plug adaptor from behind the control panel, since only one plug was plugged into it, and I put it in the left top drawer of the dark mahogany bureau in the bedroom. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I watched the European News on Euro News. BBC says some money might be in our area BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saudi-US leaders to meet at ranch . Also Euro News said Prince Charles was at the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli over in Turkey BBC - History - Battle for Gallipoli: February 1915 - January 1916 . I traveled through that area in May 1972. The oldest survivor of the Battle of Gallipoli use to live in this building at 71 Vinci Drive, before moving to a nursing home. Following is an excerpt from the Greenwich Time on the man:

Greenwich Times
Greenwich, Connecticut
United States of America
Tuesday
October 10, 1995

Obituary

Thomas Devlin, 100
Retired Estate Gardener

Thomas Devlin, 100, a former gardener on private estates in Greenwich,
died of natural causes Sunday, October 8, at Greenwich Hospital.
Mr. Devlin was the first caretaker of the Round Hill Community,
Community House. He was a member of the Fairfield Horticultural
Society and a charter member of the Round Hill Volunteer Fire
Department.
A surprise pre-100th birthday party was given for Mr. Devlin on
December 19, 1994, at the Round Hill Community House for about
25 family members and 100 guests. At the time, he said, "My knees
are tired and my bones ache, but otherwise I feel pretty good."
A resident of Greenwich since 1928, he was born December 22,
1894, in Ayrshire, Scotland, son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth
Doherty Devlin. He came to the United States in 1926, first living
in Pittsburg, where he worked in the coal mines.
Mr. Devlin is believed to have been the oldest living survivor of the
Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915, having served with the Irish
Fusiliers.
He was predeceased by his wife, Agnes McAtee Devlin; three
sons Peter Devlin, Charles Devlin, and Thomas Devlin; a daughter,
Mary Devlin Merchant; two brothers, John Devlin and Peter Devlin;
and two sisters, Elizabeth Devlin and Ann Devlin.
Surviving are a brother, Robert Devlin of Pittsburgh; 10 grandchildren,
including six in Connecticut, James Devlin, John Devlin, Greenwich
Police Captain Donald Merchant, and Robert Merchant , all of Greenwich,
Thomas Devlin of Rowayton and Edmund Merchant of Wilton; and 13
great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Leo P. Gallagher and Son Funeral Home,
31 Arch Street, from 4 to 8 P.M., tomorrow, ( Wednesday,
October 11, 1995 ).
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 A.M. Thursday
at Saint Mary Church. Burial will be in Saint Mary's Cemetery,
North Street, Greenwich, Connecticut; United States of America.

I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors. I threw out some garbage. I still have two Staples cards for $10 each for free copy and print service at their stores along with a $5 off rewards check coupon good through 06/30/05. UPS www.ups.com tracking say the bath rug SmartBargains: Save on Bath Rug at smartbargains.com Chadwick 100% cotton bath rug by Park B. Smith in 24 inches by 40 inches in white for $12.99 is out for delivery and the Antec Cobra IDE cable replacement is also out for delivery. I don't think there will be tracking on my inkjet cartridge order, since it is being sent first class mail. My Staples order for the cordless telephone is still being processed, and it will be shipped via UPS. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/05 Monday 12:40 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/05 Sunday 11:15 P.M.: I chatted with two relatives. I ordered from www.abcink.com for my Epson Stylus C60 Printer from http://www.abcink.com/stylusc60.html a Epson T028201 Compatible Black Inkjet Cartridge for $5.99 and a Epson T029201 Compatible Color Inkjet Cartridge for $6.95 and for my Epson Stylus Color 900 printer http://www.abcink.com/styluscolor900.html a Epson T003011 Compatible Black Inkjet Cartridge for $4.95 and a Epson T005011 Compatible Color Inkjet Cartridge for $4.95 for $22.80 total with free United States of America First Class shipping. If the cartridges do not arrive this week, I will be putting a stop on my mail for the period that I am gone from May 1 to 12, 2005. Thus they would be held. Thus I should be able to print out some color photos with the Epson printers, since their ink is cheaper than with the HP Photosmart 1000 printer which can be three to four times as much for generic cartridges. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/05 Sunday 9:25 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. During my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 10 ounce can of CVS smoked almonds for $2.99 and 2 two packs of CVS 24 capsule allergy antihistamine diphenhydramine hydrochloride for allergy relief for $2.49 all 96 capsules. I then completed my walk. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went over to Staples in Old Greenwich, and I bought a 20 package of Canon 8.5" by 11" photo paper plus glossy inkjet photo paper for $5.99, and two 50 sheet packages of Canon 4"X6" photo paper plus glossy inkjet photo paper paper for $5.99 each package, and I ordered a Northwestern Bell 2.4 GHz cordless phone with Caller ID Staples Circular Savings Northwestern Bell 2.4 GHz cordless phone with caller ID for $19.94 plus $10 Easy Rebate for $19.94 plus it has an additional $10 easy rebate plus $2.27 tax for $40.15 total. The store ordered it for me to have it delivered at home, so I will not pay shipping charges. It should arrive this Tuesday. I just filled out the Easy rebate online which is easy, and I printed out a copy of the Easy Rebate. There is a special section on the Easy Rebate http://www.stapleseasyrebates.com if one ordered online at the store. I then drove out to Tod's Point, and I got out of my car at both the southwest and the southeast section, and I spent some time there. I then drove back downtown, and I sat out for a while. I then drove back down by the waterfront. If one figures it takes me about 20 miles to drive to Tod's Point from my apartment round trip, and at 14 miles per gallon, I am using about 1.5 gallons of premium gasoline at $2.659 a gallon or about $4 of gasoline thus with what I pay for automobile insurance for the amount that I drive at about $850 a year versus about $500 a year in gasoline usage, thus the insurance cost to me for a round trip to Tod's point from my apartment is about $6 plus if one figures wear and tear and maintenance and depreciation on my car, each round trip from my apartment to Tod's Point costs me about $20. Thus with each trip just downtown, it costs me about a dollar a mile to drive, and thus a trip from my apartment to downtown Greenwich and back costs about $7 for the seven miles. I next returned home. I put the Canon photo paper on top of the other paper on the right side of the bottom shelf of the printer stand. I put the EpsonStylus C60 printer on top of the HP LaserJet 6P printer in the bedroom, and I connected it up to the USB port on the AMD backup computer, and to the power on the power strip on the right side of the bedroom desk. It still needs to have its black ink cartridge replaced. I did install the software for it on the AMD backup computer. I tried refilling the black ink cartridge, but it has an electronic chip that needs to be reset, and I do not have the tool. If one needs to refill this type of cartridge for savings, one can buy the chip resetter tool at Epson Universal Chip Resetter . I used a wooden ruler to replace the missing paper support holder on the back of the EpsonStylus C60 printer. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/05 Sunday 12:50 P.M.: After I ate, I moved the HP LaserJet 6P printer from the second shelf of the living room printer stand to where the EpsonStylus 900 inkjet printer was in the bedroom. I connected up the HP LaserJet 6P printer to the AMD backup computer, and it turns on with the printer switch from the control panel. I moved the paper work and other information from the second shelf of the living room printer stand to the floor to the right of the computer chair. I put the put the EpsonStylus Color 900 printer on the second shelf of the printer stand, and I connected it with a USB cable to a USB port on the back of the computer. I connected its power supply to the power strip on the floor by the desk. I installed its drivers and it works just fine. I tried printing out some photos with it, and the four photos I printed out came out well enough. One inserts 4 inch by 6 inch photo paper lengthwise. The EpsonStylus Color 900 ink cartridges are a third the price of the HP PhotoSmart 1000 ink cartridges at http://www.abcink.com/ . Judging from UPS www.ups.com tracking the white bathroom rug and the Antec RMA return Cobra cable should be delivered tomorrow. However, I do have a 4 P.M. appointment on Monday. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/05 Sunday 10:05 A.M.: I woke up when a friend called at 9:30 A.M.. I chatted with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/05 Sunday 6:30 A.M.: I watched the Papal inaugural mass, and there 25 members of Royalty and Heads of State and 10 other heads of state. I will now take a nap. There is suppose light rain here until 10 A.M.. I will now put the computer on standby. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/05 Sunday 4:50 A.M.: I also put the Juno Free install download on the CD along with some photographs. I put it an a 8 inch by 10 inch mailing envelope along with the Java install instructions, and I label it and sealed it. It is just less than six ounces, so according to www.usps.gov it will cost $1.52 for three day first class. I put four .37 and two .01 stamps and two .03 stamps for $1.56 postage. I put the .03 stamps on by mistake on the envelope, and I have it ready to mail. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/05 Sunday 2:15 A.M.: www.abcink.com has good prices on Epson ink cartridges. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/05 Sunday 1:45 A.M.: I went to bed after the last message. I chatted with a friend about 7 A.M.. I woke up, and I chatted with relative about 8:30 P.M.. The new pillows are quite comfortable, and I sleep a lot better on them. I drank some orange juice with vitamins and supplements. I went back to bed until midnight. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with sliced bananas, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, and coffee. I watched on Cspan the rebroadcast from this past Tuesday with President George and First Lady Laura Bush of the opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum http://www.alplm.org/intro.html . Judging from the crowd in the pictures, people in Illinois eat a little bit more there than we do back east. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made by bed. Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is 53 degrees Fahrenheit with light rain and chances of thunderstorms overnight Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast and a chance of showers on today. CIO

Note: <888> 04/23/05 Saturday 5:05 A.M.: In this picture Royal Signatures . Com Edward and Wallis, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Signed Card from a world geopolitical point of view as opposed to an English propaganda point of view, we have the Empress of China and the Emperor of India. Since India has about 3.8 billion people give or take a few Hindus, and since China has 7.8 billion people give or take a few coolies, we see two individuals whom represent 11.6 billion people. Of course since they are so senior in their realms, they do not really need to depend on me, and since so many people are helping to maintain them, they more than likely will out live most of us. It goes to show that back ground breeding leads to longevity, but of course, they might be more visible members of their families in their realms, since more than likely their parents could be alive and just more reclusive. The way I know is that many people can control what we know. Of course further to the north of their realms, it is estimated with no exact accuracy, there could be over 47.3 billion people whom or part of the IMPs realm, whatever an IMP may be. Basically her in this country America is less populated since it can not accommodate that many people easily to its natural environment. Whatever, the case with modern satellites and computer technologies, we can estimate population databases. By their native population standards, they would be considered overweight, but by local standards here in Greenwich, Connecticut, they would be considered very thin. Whatever the case, I am not at liberty to disclose what my long term connection is, and it may simply be that I have actually seen them at one time, when not many people ever actually saw them in person. They will really look more like quiet Anglican church people, such as one might see in a more traditional church. I just so happen to have a dark blue pin strip worsted wool double breasted Swedish suit that fits me at 210 pounds weight that I bought at the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop about two years ago for $10 during their summer clearance sale. It looks to me like he still might be governor of the Bahamas. I ate about 5 ounces of lightly salted dry roasted peanuts and 11 Town House crackers with 1 inch by .5 inch by .1 inch thick slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them. I will now send out my weekly notes. I am in no rush to try out my new pillows, but after being awake for 27 hours, I am beginning to get a little tried. CIO

Note: <888> 04/23/05 Saturday 3:35 A.M.: I printed out this photograph http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/resource/Canada/Victoria.jpg and two copies of this photograph Royal Signatures . Com Edward and Wallis, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Signed Card in 4 inches by 6 inches from Royal-Signatures.Com , and I took down the green frame by the French Antique reproduction sitting chair, and I opened it up, and I cropped off the white border and part of the bottom of the picture of Queen Elizabeth II and President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, and I put it on the lower half of the picture frame, and on the upper right I put the picture of the portrait of Queen Victoria and on the upper left I put the picture of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. I then put the backing on the frame, and I hung it back in its same place. It now looks like a more traditional setting of pictures. I put the second picture of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in my most recent family photograph album. CIO

Note: <888> 04/23/05 Saturday 1:50 A.M.: As I recall the individual had seen better times. When I first met him when I came off Nantucket 21 years ago or more, he was at a pub in New York City, and he gave me ride back to Grand Central Station, and on the way he showed me the only Swiss Hotel I know of in New York City where he was staying which is just a little bit west of the Waldorf Astoria, and as I recall in the old days, it was the only hotel in Manhattan that flew the Swiss flag all the time although the Waldorf Astoria is also a Swiss Hotel, but it does not frequently fly the Swiss flag. It seemed like the Swiss hotel he was staying at was more private. Thus since I might have seen him before elsewhere, from my perspective when I first met him and we chatted and since he was staying at an authentic Swiss Hotel, I would have to regard him as a Swiss Citizen from a democratic neutral country, and therefore his perspective would be a Swiss one and also so would be his legal status from my perspective of Manhattan. However, since he had traveled overseas and also since he was from a well to do family from the Midwest, he was obviously aware of the social niceties of polite society. However, from my viewpoint and experience and interest, I still find being the Duke of Windsor's Swiss and Swedish house boy more interesting. CIO

Note: <888> 04/23/05 Saturday 1:20 A.M.: I opened a 15 ounce can of Dinty Moore stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I put it in the General Electric microwave oven, and I ran it on two reheat cycles. I then put it in soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I find it very nourishing and a refreshing warm meal that is easy to cook with microwave technology. It is made by Hormel Welcome to Hormel Foods the same people whom bring you Spam SPAM Museum - Hormel Media Center - media . For more corporate information, one can look at Corporate Profile - Hormel Foods Corporation - corporate . It is interesting that it is a Minnesota company, because before I started spending full time on my current activities about 1990 and quit drinking alcohol, I use to go out late at night and see what was happening in the area pubs. One person I knew was a waiter at the Chart House in Irvington, New York, and he was trying to work his way through college to become a dentist, but he had moved out of New York City because he was mugged severely, and he was quite a large fellow. I think I also recall meeting him, when I first came off of Nantucket 21 years ago. I recall he told me his family owned a gourmet meat company in Minnesota, and he would be out on the coldest nights of the year which back then could be below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. I saw more fair haired people in that area when I use to visit over there, and he had a warm apartment because it was above the town bakery. I gave them a set of Washington Irving novels that I had bought at the Episcopal Church in Tarrytown, New York for a couple of dollars and my brass upright pedestal reading lamp with Victorian lamp shade with the electric fennel I had fixed at the base, so it would not shock one. Last I heard he had move back into Manhattan around Columbia University, so maybe he has an advanced degree in some field. He had gone to University in Germany and lived in Chelsea in London, and he spoke German well from what I could tell. He was always a little worn out from working and the local night life. The last time I saw him, he had a friend that worked for Consolidated Edison whom was from Nicaragua, and his friend was usually the largest person in the group. However, he was far from the largest person that I have ever seen. Like all people whom occasionally drink, I could tell he might have a sharp temper, but at the same time, he seemed concerned with the local welfare of fellow Midwestern citizens. He earned enough money to travel around this area a bit, and he saw some of the upscale glamorous life at Pocantico Hills in nearby North Tarrytown, New York working as a food server for a caterer. Since he had their family look, I though he might be working incognito, or maybe he was not aware of our local propaganda as far as that family. He had also done a gourmet cooking television show in Key West, Florida, and he found the area not too interesting coming from Minnesota, where people tend to have room around themselves. He also had lived in Nantucket. I perceived he was smart enough to work out his own family network when he got around to it. However, he had so many friends, he frequently was too busy to pay much attention to what was happening at his home where ever that might be. He had a common family named associated with great British Naval history, so I figured once he got out of the gallee he might learn more about the waterfront and the ocean coming from a Naval family. For all I know he is running an Ice Breaker in Greenland. I recall his roommate seemed to be German. Whatever, the case, I suppose once he got back into the more exciting life of Manhattan, he forgot his country friends. I think I still have his Manhattan telephone number that he last gave me somewhere around, but it might take a while to find it, and it would be over 15 years old. I think in the intervening period, I lost telephone service for about two years because of long distance toll calls to computer bulletin boards. As I recall when I use to go over to White Plains to the pub, most of the people seemed to be flight personnel out of Westchester airport with a few newspaper types and hospital personnel and other types of people working late at night. Not many of them seemed to be interested in computers or software, except the son of IBM's personnel chief who played computer games. One night somebody gave a friend of mine a videotape produced by the Seattle, Washington chamber of commerce, and suddenly we saw a lot more of people from the Northwest of the United States of America and a lot of their public relations. Since I can not hear very well when loud music is being played, I could never figure out what people were talking about when I surveyed that area. CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/05 Friday 11:20 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. While at the bank, I used the bathroom at the bank. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a 5 volt transformer for .50 and a 6 volt transformer for .50 and a EpsonStylus Color 900 inkjet printer for $5. I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop, and they gave me a unused jar of McCormick ground Coriander seed, which they thought might be old. The also gave me a solid oak computer keyboard drawer. I noticed they still have the two vintage maps there. I also noticed they have a very nice solid oak dining room table with chairs for $800. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. The train station clerk did not know when the elevator on the pedestrian overpass would be finished. I chatted with a local who sits frequently near the train station. I stopped by the 70% off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store. I stopped by CVS, and I bought three 15 ounce cans of Dinty Moore stew for $4, a quart of CVS window cleaner for .99, two 14 ounce containers of Comet scratch free bleach for .99 both, a 12 pack of Thomas' English muffins for $1.99 plus .12 tax for $8.09 total. On that sale I got a CVS $9 bonus bucks slip, so I bought three more 15 ounce cans of Dinty Moore stew for $4 and a four one for $1.34, a 6 pack of CVS moisturizing beauty bar soap for $3.79, two buy one get one free of Gold Emblem lightly salted dry roasted peanuts for $2.79 both less the $9 CVS bonus bucks for $2.92 total. I then completed my walk. Depending on the tulips some are out and some are not. I completed my walk. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $8 of premium unleaded gasoline for $2.659 a gallon for 44.5 miles driving this week, for 14.7 miles per gallon at an average of 13 miles per hour driving around town. I reset my dashboard trip computer at the gas station. I noticed it is 1.4 miles from the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library back to my parking place at 71 Vinci Drive. I brought up the Epson printer, and I used my folding cart that I keep in the apartment to brink up the solid oak keyboard drawer and the other purchases. I then installed the oak keyboard drawer underneath the backup AMD computer and its monitor in the bedroom. I tried the 5 volt adaptor with the 8 port Linksys hub, but it did not work, but the 6 volt adaptor did work with it. However, the Linksys hub did not seem to want go online, so I left the backup computers in the bedroom connected to the 4 port Netgear hub. I place the Netgear hub on top of the Gateway backup computer, and I moved the General Electric cordless telephone further to the left on the desk, because the AMD backup computer system is a little bit further left on the desk with the solid oak keyboard drawer. I put the Linksys hub and the two power adaptors in white milk bin beneath the bedroom hutch on the sideboard. I then started to go downstairs, and I ran into a neighbor, and I showed the neighbor my apartment, since the neighbor had not seen the apartment in about two years. I then put $5 on my MacGray laundry card. I then chatted with the same neighbor outside. I then went upstairs, and I put the EpsonStylus Color 900 printer on the two DeLonghi oil filled radiators between the bedroom desk and the bed. I connected it to the AMD backup computer USB port with a 10 foot USB cable that I had in my cable box underneath the living room desk. I then used my primary computer to download the EpsonStylus Color 900 drivers, and I burned them on a CD, and I put them in a jewel case. I then started up the AMD backup computer, and I installed the drivers. The Epson Status monitor showed that there was a nearly full black ink cartridge and a one third full color ink cartridge both of which can easily be replaced in time with new ones from http://www.866imaging.com/ for the same price as my EpsonStylus Color 880 printer. However, each uses different cartridges, so I can not use the reserve ones for the 880 for the 900. I went back outside, and I moved my Volvo back to its usual parking place. I tested the EpsonStylus Color 900 printer, and the black printing did not work, so I ran the cleaning cycle twice, and the black as well as the color ink worked just fine. There is more information on it at EPSON America, Inc. - Technical Support - Epson Stylus Photo 900 . I then chatted with a relative for a while. CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/05 Friday 10:45 A.M.: There was an astrologer stock forecaster on the Fox News early morning business news this morning, saying we might have terrorism in the future which might effect the stock market, and I suppose people whom live in this area, so I put this link from the top of my homepage in case it changes to a higher level DHS Department of Homeland Security with Alert Level Indicator, and it is currently at midway at the "Yellow" level. CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/05 Friday 10:40 A.M.: I have the new king size feather pillows installed with the pillow protectors and the yellow pillow cases. With the two pillows stacked up on top of each other and each pair side by side, they stack up to about 28 inches, which is a comfortable height for reading in bed or watching television. I have not tried them for sleeping yet. I also hung the NASA shuttle launch picture on the open side of the bathroom door that closes into the bathroom with the sweater drying rack on hanging in front of it. I threw out the pillow shipping boxes, but I saved the clear plastic pillow protector packaging and one label each from each type of pillow protector, since they might useful for some other purpose. I left them to the left of the bedroom desk on the blue bent oak chair. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out and enjoy the day. CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/05 Friday 9:45 A.M.: The pillows just arrived via FedEx FedEx Express Tracking Results Detail . I just finished vacuuming the apartment. I will now install the pillows. CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/05 Friday 9:10 A.M.: I moved the flowered moss green pillow from the bedroom bed, and I put it on the center of the long green sofa in the living room along the window wall. I then opened up the bedroom bed, and I took off the four pillow cases from the existing pillows, and I put on four standard size pillow protectors Pillow Protectors Pillows / Protectors Bed Accessories. on the old four pillows. Two of the old pillows are feather and two are foam rubber. Each standard pillow protector package came with two pillow protectors, so I have 8, so I put the spare four standard size pillow protectors in the top linen drawer of the white bureau in the bedroom. I then put on clean pillow cases on the old pillows, and I stored them underneath the French antique reproduction chair at the hallway entrance. I have the four yellow king size pillow cases that I bought from SmartBargains for $10 a pair marked down from $40 a pair a couple of months ago, but they no long are available, but others are SmartBargains: Save on Pillow Cases at smartbargains.com , and I have them ready to be installed on the four king size feather pillows from Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Deluxe Natural Feather Pillows set of two along with the four Linens 'n Things - Bedding: Pillow Protectors: Microfiber Quilted Pillow Cover , so once they arrive today from FedEx Express Tracking Results Detail , I will install them on the bed in the bedroom, and I should have newer more comfortable and cleaner sleeping environment. CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/05 Friday 7:40 A.M.: I finished the house cleaning and watering the plants. I still have to vacuum the apartment, which I should do after 8 or 9 A.M.. I chatted with a friend. I threw out the garbage. I chatted with a neighbor. I came back upstairs, and I went back out, since I forgot the paper garbage can when I was outside, and I retrieved it. I guess I have to wait around today for my FedEx delivery of feather pillows FedEx Express Tracking Results Detail . It looks like both the tulips and the daffodils are out this weekend, and it looks to be a nice day. It is currently 39 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/05 Friday 3:45 A.M.: I went to bed after the last message. I chatted with a friend about 6 P.M.. I woke up at 2 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. Tracking on Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Deluxe Natural Feather Pillows set of two is that they left the FedEx sort facility in Woodbridge, New Jersey at 8:53 P.M. this past evening on April 21, FedEx Express | Tracking | Results Detail on Scott's Feather Pillow order . The Antec Cobra cable RMA replacement departed via UPS this past evening April 21, from Hodgkins, Illinois at 8:47 P.M., and it is due this Monday April 25. Thus today and Monday and possibly Tuesday depending on the bath rug arrival, I have to sit around the apartment waiting for deliveries. Of course while I am sitting around the apartment, I am doing other things which keep me busy. I will now start my weekly Friday task of doing house cleaning and watering the plants. I think instead of all of these home decorating shows on television, they should have house cleaning shows, which might motivate some of these couch potato live at home types to get off the sofa and do some house cleaning. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 3:10 P.M.: I went outside briefly. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I will turn off the air conditioner before I go to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 2:50 P.M.: Only the Aubusson rug arrived SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com 5% off on over $35 and SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com 10% off over $100 , the bath rug did not arrive. According to UPS tracking the white bath rug SmartBargains: Save on Bath Rug at smartbargains.com Chadwick 100% cotton bath rug by Park B. Smith in 24 inches by 40 inches in white for $12.99 shipped on April 20 at 11:42 P.M. from Cincinnati, Ohio, and it is not yet scheduled for delivery. The Aubusson 3 foot by 5 foot ivory color rug with plum and rose and lime colors is a very traditional looking rug. I removed the brass and glass coffee table from between the sofas along with the items on it, and I vacuumed in between the sofas and also in the kitchen. The darker rug in the kitchen shows grated parmesan cheese when I drop some off the counter. When I installed the Aubusson rug, I centered it between the sofas. I also turned its fringe underneath the rug, so it does not get caught in the vacuum when I vacuum it. I then vacuumed it. I then centered the brass and glass coffee table on it, and I put four three inch round wood and cork coasters underneath the brass and glass coffee table legs, so they do not damage the rug. I then put the items back on the coffee table. It all looks quite nice, and the rug matches quite well with the existing floral pattern on the feather sofa and the dark green sofa and the plum color sitting chairs. One can see the Aubusson rug quite well through the brass and glass coffee table. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 2:05 P.M.: www.ups.com just made the delivery of the rugs. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 1:25 P.M.: I watched some television. I went outside briefly. I am still maintaining the vigil for www.ups.com .

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 12:15 P.M.: Basically there is more to the construction of a brick building than just the bricks. Quite a bit of the design considerations are incorporated into the building and its architecture. More than likely the Master Mason that built this building is working on more heavenly pursuits, or as we use to say in the low country "Pushing Up Tulips". CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 12:05 P.M.: I came up with this question on the aluminum boat in salt water problem http://web.ask.com/web?q=How+Does+One+Protect+Aluminum+Boats+in+Salt+Water?&qsrc=1&o=0 . Of course my family's experience around boats is limited to living near the Chris Craft boat company in Holland, Michigan where they used wood or fiberglass, and Lake Michigan last I heard was fresh water, so I doubt if I am the expert. Of course wood boats take more maintenance. I use to know some people in high school and college whose father designed 12 meter boats, and when I was at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, they had a nice aluminum sailboat on display in the downtown Olympic area. I was always wondering how it got there. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 11:40 A.M.: I have been listening to Allen Greenspan on Bloomberg television. He has a lot of fancy language, but he is basically saying there is no more money than already allocated for the retired population. I went outside, and the Greenwich Housing Authority is looking at the building here at 71 Vinci Drive trying to figure out how to make it better. My primary concern is not the rustic look of the building, but as I have said many times before, it was built in 1925, and although the building was remodeled 17 years ago, it is of the same vintage as the Cos Cob school which had a upper story fire about 13 years ago, and although it was remodeled and rebuilt afterwards, although I have never inspected the attic here personally, I think it still has the same old roof timber beams, which after 80 years like all wood might be a bit dry. Although we have an adequate fire alarm system in the building including the attic area, and although the building has lightning rods, lightning rods do not always work, and if part of the roof were hit by lightning, more than likely the dry timber in the roof would burn rather rapidly. Thus although, I am not a fireman, I try to stay somewhat vigilant when I am awake at night, and several other people also stay awake at night here. Whatever, the case the local budget for the Greenwich Housing Authority has not received funding for this building, since they do not want to apply for certain fundings, since under HUD Housing and Urban development regulations and guidelines, they would have to follow certain guidelines from HUD, which the state of Connecticut might not afford to maintain, since there are obviously other similar buildings in Connecticut and this area. Whatever, the case I am happy to have a roof over my head, so I try to do the best that I can on my budget. If one looks at the new pubic housing across the street for town employees, there is obviously some monies being made available for new public housing, but since most of the tenants unlike myself happen to be first generation immigrants, they might be more easily intimidated, but since I have traveled all over America, I think I know something about the construction capabilities of the Unites States Government could be. They could simply build a prefabricated roof frame for the building and install it and finish it off in about three months, but it might take that much time to remove the old roof, and I quite frankly do not think the old walls which are obviously a bit weaker over time could hold the heavier weight of a new roof. The general consensus in buildings like this is to leave as much as the integral structure as possible, so it all works together as originally designed. For all I know if the roof were replaced, it would disrupt the ghosts in the building. Obviously the United States Government with tens of thousands of homes damaged in Florida after the hurricane season might have other higher priorities. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 10:00 A.M.: I rested for a short spell. I watched some television, but as usual it is nothing but children's programming. I chatted with a friend, and he wanted to know if it was safe to put his aluminum boat into salt water, and what he could do to protect it in salt water. I told him all that I knew is that if one has an aluminum boat and there is salt water in the bottom of it, and if a copper penny or other copper object is left in the bottom of the aluminum boat with salt water, there will be a catalytic reaction, and the aluminum in the bottom of the hull will dissolve probably making a hole in the bottom of the aluminum boat letting in more salt water, and it would probably sink. However, I do not know what one can do to protect it. I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea. My apartment temperature was up to 78 degrees Fahrenheit, and since with my constant use of computers, I like the keep the temperature at 72 degrees Fahrenheit or cooler, so the computer does not suffer from excess heat, I turned on the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control, and I set it at low fan speed at cool at 70 degrees Fahrenheit without the louvers circulating the air and with the exhaust vent closed. It has clean air filters in it. Its General Electric service contract is good until September 12, 2005 which covers complete maintenance if anything goes wrong. Since although it is cool outside at the moment at 49 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast , the apartment has accumulated warmth from the warmer days. Since I am also use to cooler temperatures after all the cooler weather in this area during the winter, I feel more comfortable with the cooler temperature. Also this time of year, there is a lot of pollen, which the air conditioner keep out if the exhaust outlet is closed, and if one suffers from allergies, there are plenty of allergy medicines available, and I have a small supply of Benedryl. However, some allergy medicines can make one tired too. I will turn off the air conditioner once the apartment cools off, and it also has an Energy Saver feature which I will turn on, and once it has cooled off the room, it will turn off the air conditioner. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 8:20 A.M.: I went outside, and I threw out some garbage. I chatted with some neighbors. I will now shut down the computer, and I will take a nap. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 7:45 A.M.: I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm . I used two 4.25 ounce tins of crushed California black olives. 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 use Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. On Tuesday, when I was at the Arnold bread store outlet, they were out of croutons, so I am about to run out of croutons. I am now making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 2:25 A.M.: In following my previous line of pursuit, if one takes

Since January 1, 1973, I have provided private security services to the Greenwich, Connecticut and New York City area and some of those places our local residents regularly travel to, which would be 32 years and 141 days, so I will round it off to 32.5 years

Equals 284,895 hours, which I will round off to 285,000 hours of private security services to this area.

However, generally on an unpaid loan in this area, the amount of it over time is at least triple the existing amount after 15 years and 8 times after 33 years, so if one multiplies

TWO BILLION DOLLARS or $2,000,000,000 which is the value of the unpaid services that I have offered to this area after graduating from college and returning to this area January 1, 1973. This is using today's values and the standard accounting practices that seem to be used in this area.

Of course I could add other unpaid services such as Business Consulting, Etc.. Of course since my family so to speak was a founding member of this little local club we call New Amsterdam, I suppose I should not bill myself for what I already own. I was thinking I could take 71 Vinci Drive, and turn it into a separate City State like the Vatican, and since it would be less than 116 acres, it would be the smallest country in the world, and we could make money selling our own postage stamps and other curious ways small countries make money. I think we should rename 71 Vinci Drive from Flanders Farm to just Flanders, since that country name it not currently being used. Of course for all I know a Flanders sort of money called something like a Flanders' Franc is only worth about a billion dollars, so I am probably only owed 2 Flanders' Francs, but at the moment, we do not have room here to make a mint or a post office. CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/05 Thursday 1:50 A.M.: I went to bed after the last message. I had a telephone call from a friend about 8 P.M.. I was awake at midnight. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I washed my breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. The UPS www.ups.com delivery for my SmartBargains rug order departed from Chelmsford, Mass. this past evening at 11:42 P.M..

Everybody should read this and pass it on. It may be a HOAX, BUT IT IS BEST TO BE SAFE.

This one is being distributed all over the US. This is pretty scary, especially given the way they try to get you to call. Be sure you read this and pass it on to all your friends and family so they don't get scammed!

MAJOR SCAM: Don't respond to Emails, phone calls, or web pages which tell you to call an "809" area Phone Number. This is a very important issue of Scam Busters because it alerts you to a scam that is spreading *extremely* quickly, can easily cost you $2400 or more, and is difficult to avoid unless you are aware of it.

We'd like to thank Verizon for bringing this scam to our attention. This scam has also been identified by the National Fraud Information Center and is costing victims a lots of money.

You will receive a message on your answering machine or your pager, which asks you to call a number beginning with area code 809. The reason you're asked to call varies. It can be to receive information about a family member who has been ill, to tell you someone has-been arrested, died, to let you know you have won a wonderful prize, etc. In each case, you are told to call the 809 number right away. Since there are so many new area codes these days, people unknowingly return these calls. If you call from the US, you will apparently be charged $2425 per-minute. Or, you'll get a long recorded message. The point is, they will try to keep you on the phone as long as possible to increase the charges. Unfortunately, when you get your phone bill, you'll often be charged more than $24,100.00.

WHY IT WORKS:
The 809 area code is located in the British Virgin Islands (The Bahamas). The 809 area code can be used as a "pay-per-call" number, similar to 900 numbers in the US. Since 809 is not in the US , it is not covered by U.S. regulations of 900 numbers, which require that you be notified and warned of charges and rates involved when you call a pay-per-call" number.

There is also no requirement that the company provide a time period during which you may terminate the call without being charged. Further, whereas many U.S. homes that have 900 number blocking to avoid these kinds of charges, do not work in preventing calls to the 809 area code.

We recommend that no matter how you get the message, if you are asked to call a number with an 809 area code that you don't recognize, just disregard the message. Be wary of e-mail, or calls, asking you to call an 809 area code number. It's important to prevent becoming a victim of this scam, since trying to fight the charges afterwards can become a real nightmare. That's because you did actually make the call. If you complain, both your local phone company and your long distance carrier will not want to get involved and will most likely tell you that they are simply providing the billing for the foreign company. You'll end up dealing with a foreign company that argues they have done nothing wrong.

Please forward this entire message to your friends, family and
colleagues to help them become aware of this scam.

Keisha Meade-Gilmore, Supervisor
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Patient Financial Services
office: 443.923.1839
fax# 443.923.1835

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS LEGALLY PRIVILEGED AND
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION INTENDED FOR THE USE OF THE ADDRESSEE LISTED ABOVE.

This record has been disclosed in accordance with Subtitle 3 of Title 4
of the Health-General Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Further disclosure of medical information contained herein is prohibited.
If you are neither the intended recipient nor the individual
responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you
are hereby notified that any disclosure of patient information is strictly
prohibited.

If you have received this email in error, immediately notify us by
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Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 5:20 P.M.: If one looks at http://www.qm2.org.uk/itinerary.html has been showing up quite a bit recently in the New York City area, so maybe we get the occasional passenger off of it visiting here. Of course the Queen Elizabeth II http://www.qe2.org.uk/itinerary.html is only showing up twice this year. My wireless Kensington keyboard is still resting on the White Star lines clipper ship place mat. I think the White Star lines preceded the Cunard Line. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 4:25 P.M.: Thus at a conservative estimate of 80,000 hours spent towards computer activity for the last 14 years and 7 months at the current moderate IBM or moderate legal rate of $600 an hour, it would be safe to say that the level of my volunteer internet activity is well worth over $50 million dollars. Since we are in Greenwich, Connecticut, I go by Greenwich, Connecticut rates, thus I have donated the entire Greenwich Library with its property. Not to mention since my family has lived in this country for 400 years, we also have the ability to enforce our viewpoints. I think I will rename the Greenwich Library, the Scott library when I have time to get around to it. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 4:10 P.M.: As a point of interest in using personal computers for the last 14 1/2 years, I have spent and received the following amount of money.

However, there are other expenses such as maintaining my apartment in which I maintain my computer activity which includes the rent and electricity and other maintenance activity and capital expenses. Also I have maintain a car, auto insurance, and gasoline plus the depreciation on the capital expense of the car. Also I have had large telephone bills before the internet for about five years which were at least several thousand dollars over the usual telephone expenses. I have used the Greenwich Library for computer reference work to the extent of reading computer periodical literature. I never looked much at the computer books. I basically have built, upgraded, and maintained my computer equipment myself, and I have search out bargains on the internet and at the local thrift shop and the local computer stores particularly for rebates. The only free computer gifts that I have gotten is a free copy of Microsoft Office 2003 for attending a TS2 conference and free computer magazines.

Thus I think one could safely call it a hobby. Of course if one multiplied about 10 hours a day for 365 days by 14.5 years, it comes to well over 50,000 hours, and many days have been over 20 hours on the computer. Thus I think some of the local experts underestimate my abilities on home computers. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 3:30 P.M.: I microwaved and ate a 11 ounce Swanson's boneless white meat fried chicken dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 2:40 P.M.: My order for 2 sets of 2 Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Deluxe Natural Feather Pillows set of two left Chicago, Illinois via FedEx at 4:59 A.M. this morning. They are now estimating delivery on Friday April 22, a day later than before. The delivery dates on the other orders stands the same as of now. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 2:25 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. The bank still seems to be there, but it was not very busy, so I guess people don't need to go to the bank as often on a sunny day anymore. I then went by the Greenwich Housing Authority, and I turned in my signed lease. They have built a lot of new condominiums on Milbank Avenue in the area of the Agnes Morley retirement public housing where the Greenwich Housing Authority is headquartered. I guess there a lot of New Yorkers moving out here, whom like living in the downtown area, where they do not need to have cars, and they can commute easily into the city by walking to the train station. Of course once, one tries living out here, a car can be handy if one ever needs something for one's home. I next went downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I chatted with a couple of other regulars whom spend time downtown. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. Basically the fashionable daytime presence seems to be still being maintained on Greenwich Avenue. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 12:10 P.M.: I went out, and I picked up my mail, and the new Greenwich, Connecticut Verizon telephone book has arrived. I put it on top of the other telephone books by the stereo system chair. I also received my lease to sign for the Greenwich Housing Authority, so I signed it, and I will now go back out to drop it off there. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 11:45 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I used the bathroom at Starbucks. I also used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue. I was told the large building across from Saks just south of St. Marys was bought by two Germans. I next drove down by the waterfront. In the Steamboat Road dumpster, there were a bunch of odd items. I retrieved a 10 gallon stainless steel pot and 9 white bone china type made in U.S.A. Homer Laughlin EED 9.75 inch plates. I then drove over to the Port Chester, New York A&P plaza shopping center. I went to www.kohls.com at their opening at 8 A.M., and I checked out their pillow protector covers. A great deal of the items in the store are marked 50% off. I then went over to Staples, and I toured their store. I then went back to Kohls when some sales help was available, and they did not have the pillow protectors that I was interested in King size. I then went to Linens-N-Things, and I studied their pillow protectors. I finally bought four King size 20 inches by 36 inches 100% polyester made in China quilted pillow protectors Linens 'n Things - Bedding: Pillow Protectors: Microfiber Quilted Pillow Cover for $7.99 each plus $2.40 tax for $34.36 total. I did not have to spend my two Indian squaw dollars. I then returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors. I chatted with a relative. I washed the plates and the 10 gallon pot. I stacked the plates on top of the left side front of the Farberware convection oven on top of the refrigerator, and I put the 10 gallon pot on top of the right side front of the Farberware convection oven with the 5 gallon stainless steel pot with lid inside of it. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 5:05 A.M.: I opened a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's Chunky New England clam chowder, which I put in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven. I put the heated soup in a large cobalt blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for a walk. Maybe, I will check Kohls www.kohls.com first for the pillow covers because they open at 8 A.M., and they have a sale going on. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 4:35 A.M.: From underneath the French antique reproduction chair, I put the three boxes of computer disks underneath the chair beneath the stereo system. I put the old power supply on the top left closet shelf, and I found a gallon of windshield washing fluid that I will put in the rear of my Volvo to have available. Thus all the space beneath the French antique reproduction chair is available for the four standard size pillows once I quit using them on my bed. Two are foam rubber and two are feather. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 3:50 A.M.: If I moved the computer disks from underneath the French antique reproduction sitting chair in the living room, I could stash the four old standard size pillows with the new pillow covers underneath that chair, or I could stash them underneath my bed. I could put the disks underneath the down sofa. I will now go through my email. It is suppose to be nice today, so after I go through my email and eat some soup and clean up, I will probably be going out for a walk. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 3:35 A.M.: Also this one comes in pairs, so it would be about $34 in tax for four, which I could just barely afford Linens 'n Things - Bedding: Pillow Protectors: Gusseted Pillow Protector , of course I would have to spend my Indian dollars, but come to think of it, I have $2.75 in parking change in my Volvo, so I would not have to spend my Indian dollars. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 3:25 A.M.: Actually if I get this pair for $23.98 for four plus tax Linens 'n Things - Bedding: Pillow Protectors: 180 Blend Twin Pack Pillow Covers , I will have a little parking change left over for walking around in downtown Greenwich in my spare time, until I receive some economic relief. So, if Linens-N-Things has these, I will get them in king size for $11.99 a pair plus tax. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 3:15 A.M.: While I am over at the Port Chester, New York shopping mall, I will check out to see if Kolhs has them in stock on sale for $6.74 for the king size in 100% cotton Kohls Cotton Pillow Cover , which would save me $5 on the pillow covers, and I would not need to spend my two Indian dollars. I do not think there is any need to send back the Standard ones for exchange, since I can use them on my old pillows, which would be handy for guests, which whom knows some day, I might have guests. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 2:40 A.M.: When I have the funds soon, what I might do is use the 4 standard size pillow protectors for my old standard size pillows which I can use for guests should any want to sleep on my sofas, and I could go over to Port Chester, New York and buy the better king size for $7.99 each plus New York sales tax Linens 'n Things - Bedding: Pillow Protectors: Anti-Microbial Pillow Cover linked from Linens 'n Things - Bedding: Pillow Protectors: Search for . The Anti-Microbial Pillow cover is 100% cotton, which I think would be more comfortable to sleep on. I have just enough money to buy them, and I then basically would be flat broke except for a little spare change in the bank. The reason I am spending so much money on my bedding improvements is that the average person spends up to 40% of their life in bed, so I think it is important to do what I can afford. Linens-N-Things opens in Port Chester, New York at 9 A.M. this morning. I should have some extra money later in the week. I will now wash the breakfast dishes, and I will make my bed. CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/05 Wednesday 2:05 A.M.: I was awake at 9 P.M., when I chatted with a relative. I went back to bed until 11:30 P.M.. I then took three large eggs, and I broke them in metal mixing bowl, and I added a couple of tablespoons of milk. I used a whisk to mix them all together. I then got out my 10 inch omelet pan, and I put it on a large electric burner on medium high heat. I added about three tablespoons of olive oil and two pads of margarine. Before this I rinsed off, and I sliced two plum tomatoes into quarter inch thick slices, and I also cut seven 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch by .25 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. Once the fat in the omelet pan heated up, I put in the egg mixture, and I lowered the temperature to medium. Once the omelet was cooked enough on the first side about three minutes, I flipped it over with a spatula to the other side. I then added the slices of cheese and tomato and three tablespoons of Philadelphia cream cheese. After about two minutes, I slid it onto a microwave proof plate, and I put it in the microwave oven with a plastic microwave cover, and I put it on the reheat cycle for about two minutes. At the same time I toasted two halves of an English muffin which I put margarine on. I then put the heated omelet on the plate onto a larger plate along with the English muffins. I ate it all with a glass of orange juice with vitamins and supplements and a cup of coffee. I clean the omelet pan by wiping it with a paper towel, and I do not wash it. I then went back to bed until now. CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 1:40 P.M.: BBC NEWS Europe Ratzinger is elected as new pope and BBC NEWS Europe Profile: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger . I chatted with a relative, and the relative told me I should send the standard pillow cover protectors back in exchange for king size ones. Thus the earliest I would probably be able to send them back would be Thursday if I get the return letter, but maybe Friday if that is the soonest DHL could pick them up, thus I would probably not get the King size ones until the middle of next week. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 1:15 P.M.: I received my pillow case covers from www.beddingandbeyond.com via www.dhl.com about 12:45 P.M.. However, they sent me the Standard size which is 20 inches by 26 inches, and I have king size feather pillows coming that 20 inches by 36 inches Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Feather Pillow 2 for $19.99 , and I have four new king size pillow cases. However, since my bed is only 55 inches wide or a full size bed, more than likely 36 inch wide pillows would not fit on it. www.beddingandbeyond.com 1-888-916-2733 is sending me a letter tomorrow, so www.dhl.com can pick them up for return and they can send me the king size. However, I might try one of the pillow covers when I receive the king size feather pillows to see if I can fit them into the regular size pillow cover, and use the regular size pillow cover instead of the king size pillow cover. However, I might also just send them back for king size, which would not take too long or cost anything also. Thus I guess it is 6 of one and half a dozen of another. I made for my final meal of the day http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/pbf.htm , which I ate with a glass of iced tea. CNN.com - German cardinal elected new pope - Apr 19, 2005 . CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 11:35 A.M.: On my Antec Cobra cable RMA replacement, it left San Pablo, California at 3:27 A.M. this morning. There is no news yet on the shipment of the pillow case covers or the bathroom mat rug shipping, but UPS has received the order information on the bath mat. The Aubusson Rug is scheduled for delivery on this Thursday April 21 via www.ups.com and so are the pillow via FedEx on April 21. The pillow case covers ship out of New York via www.dhl.com , and I called up http://www.beddingandbeyond.com/ at 1-888-916-2733, and I got the DHL tracking number, and they are out for delivery as of 8:41 A.M. this morning from South Norwalk, Connecticut, and they were originally shipped from Airmont, New York, so for shipping to this area, they are close by. Thus I will have the king size pillow covers when the pillows arrive on Thursday, and I already have the king size pillow cases. Possibly both rugs are shipping together which is why there is no information on the second rug. CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 11:05 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I chatted with some neighbors. I then went downtown, and I observed the morning commuters returning on to Greenwich Avenue. I did not walk Greenwich Avenue because I did not have enough time before I would have to pay for the parking meters. I used the CVS glass cleaner and the paper towels I keep in the back of my Volvo station wagon to remove sea gull droppings from by front and rear windows on the Volvo station wagon. The sea gulls seem to know my car, and whenever I get it washed they seem to enjoy doing their business on my car. I guess I have spent so many years around the waterfront watching the sea gulls that they also keep an eye on me. I then drove down by the waterfront, and there were no sea gulls around, so it is a nice day. The sea gulls usually only come into port when the weather is about to rain, which it is suppose to do tomorrow. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I was asked by the bank security guard about a good place to buy a use car, and I told him about www.bargainnews.com and www.cars.com . I also suggested that up on Route 7 north of Danbury, Connecticut there are very large car dealerships with thousands of cars. My mother use to buy her Oldsmobiles at Marty Motors in Mount Kisco, New York. I see lot of Cadillac limousines around here from Marty Motors. Dave Peabody at Peabody Garage just north of Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street on Church Street usually has a couple of dozen used cars. I suppose the local Greenwich, Connecticut car dealers also have used cars, but they are probably more expensive. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and linens are half price. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four 16 ounce cans of B&M baked beans bacon and onion and brown sugar flavor for .75 apiece, fresh Chiquita bananas at .69 a pound for $1.98, fresh broccoli at $2.49 a pound for $1.72, two bulbs of fresh garlic at $2.79 a pound for .73, and a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.39 for $9.82 total. I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a 12 pack of Thomas' English muffins for $3.02. I then returned home. I chatted with a relative. I drank some iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 7:35 A.M.: I woke up at 7 A.M., and I channel surfed on the television. I will now shower and clean up and go out for a few errands. They're thinking of building more housing here on Vinci Drive Greenwich Time - Agency plans boost in housing stock , however the only location where they could build them is woods and screens us from the road. I think the woods are also on rock ledge. CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.: I watched some television. While watching television, I ate two scoops of Haagen-Dazs papaya ice cream. I will now put the computer on standby, and I will rest a bit. CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 1:00 A.M.: I finished going through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 12:30 A.M.: The Antec Cobra cable is scheduled for delivery via UPS on April 25, 2005, and it departed this past evening April 18, from Sunnyvale, California at 8:58 P.M.. The SmartBargains order on the 5 foot by 3 foot Aubusson rug in linen pattern color is scheduled for delivery on April 21, 2005, and it departed from Cincinnati, Ohio on 11:16 P.M. this past evening April 18 via UPS. CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/05 Tuesday 12:15 A.M.: This is the obituary of a diseased relative of a diseased relative Rebecca Tenney Agnew from Greenwich Time 041805 . I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used two sliced plum tomatoes. I did not use hummus because I do not have garlic to make hummus. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used www.cabotcheese.com Vermont Monterey Jack cheese and Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/18/05 Monday 10:50 P.M.: I washed my breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. CIO

Note: <888> 04/18/05 Monday 10:25 P.M.: I received a UPS tracking number from Antec on my Cobra Cable RMA return, but it does not work yet. My pillow cover order does not have a tracking number just an order number. The billing information has been received by UPS on my www.smartbargains.com orders, but no tracking information shows up. My pillows from www.overstock.com are due for delivery via FedEx on April 21, 2005 and package information was submitted to FedEx at Dubuque, Iowa today at 2:43 P.M.. Thus I am expecting this week four UPS deliveries and one FedEx delivery. Below is a special 24 hour SmartBagains sale link SmartBargains 24 hour sale link until 3 P.M. Tuesday EDT 041905 . However, the SmartBargains sales links from my homepage at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ might offer better sales prices. CIO

Note: <888> 04/18/05 Monday 10:00 P.M.: I was up at 5 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 9 P.M.. I chatted with two different relatives. I threw out some garbage. I picked up my mail. I received a post card from Thailand from an internet pen pal whom I have never met personally. I also received a GOP 2005 card. I also received a new Bank of New York ATM card, but I am not suppose to activate it since it would deactivate my Bank of New York MasterCard debit card. CIO

Note: <888> 04/18/05 Monday 6:25 A.M.: I watched channel 84 Vatican television with the Mass for the Election of the Supreme Pontiff presided over by the Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who is the Prefect Emeritus of Doctrine of the Faith, Roman Curia BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Profile: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Cardinals taking part in the vote and BBC NEWS | Europe | Mass begins new pontiff election . While watching it, although I am not Roman Catholic it is very informative as to the workings of the Catholic Church. Also while watching it, I microwaved and ate a Swanson's 11 ounce boneless white meat fried chicken dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea. I thus have 3 order with 4 packages that should arrive this week, I guess via UPS www.ups.com . I already have 4 new king size pillow cases. However, I more than likely will be on a night schedule most of this week, since I do not have any appointments, and I am low on funds as usual at the end of the month. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/18/05 Monday 3:00 A.M.: I went to Pillow Protectors Pillows / Protectors Bed Accessories. , and I ordered 4 King size pillow protectors for $4.10 each plus $4.95 UPS ground shipping and no tax since they come out of New York state nearby for $21.35 total. Thus hopefully my new pillows will last longer with pillow protectors. CIO

Note: <888> 04/18/05 Monday 2:25 A.M.: I ate 14 Town House crackers each with about 1.5 teaspoons of Philadelphia cream cheese on them along with some iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/18/05 Monday 1:50 A.M.: I went out after the last message. My odometer on my 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo Station wagon turned to 100,000 miles at the top of Greenwich Avenue. I saw a vintage 1956 black Cadillac limousine cruising west on West Putnam Avenue. I guess it is probably some aged diplomat cruising around. I 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 returned home. It is a quiet night, and not much is going on. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 11:15 P.M.: I reheated the remaining half of a 16 ounce box of cooked spaghetti with the remaining half of a 26 ounce jar of Francesco Rinaldi tomato and basil tomato sauce in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid on the reheat cycle in the General Electric microwave oven on the reheat cycle twice. I put it all on a dinner plate with some grated parmesan cheese. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is 53 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 10:30 P.M.: My Delta Airline Comair flight #5361 on Sunday May 1, 2005 has changed from departure at 8 A.M. to 7:45 A.M. from Kennedy International Airport JFK to Melbourne, Florida arriving at the same time at 10:30 A.M.. The return on May 12 is still the same flight #5361 leaving Melbourne, Florida at 11 A.M. arriving at JFK at 1:30 P.M.. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 8:40 P.M.: I was up at 5 P.M.. The smoke alarm went off in the building, and I went outside to investigate. The regular person in the building that turns off the alarm was not here, so it took about a half hour to turn off the alarm. I chatted with a relative. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I left a message with a friend. I took the winter comforter and electric blanket and heating control off the bed, and I put them in their packaging on the top bedroom closet shelf. I put clean linens on the bed along with a summer weight blanket. I have about five minutes to go on the wash cycle of two loads of laundry. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 5:55 A.M.: My current bedroom pillows are over 10 years old, which is why I am replacing them. Bank of New York will be back online at 6:15 A.M. according to 1-800-CALL-BNY . CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 5:20 A.M.: I saw this advertisement on television ShopNBC.com - 230 TC Set of 6 95/5 Feather/Down Cotton Pillows , but the Bank of New York web site is not working, at the moment, so I could not put funds into my Debit Card. However, I had enough funds for this item Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Deluxe Natural Feather Pillows set of two , so I ordered two sets of two King size for $19.99 a set plus $1 shipping for $40.98 total. I had enough funds in my account to cover the order. It looks like I have to start watching my spending. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 4:35 A.M.: While doing the backup, I watched the program about the wild horse "Cloud" that I have seen before. In the documentary footage, it shows how wild some of the more remote parts of America are compared to our more urban environments. As usual most of television except for the news seems to be reruns, and I suppose if one adopts the viewpoint that, "Man Whom Does Read History Is Bound To Repeat Himself", I suppose much of the news is a bit repetitive too, particularly at night and the early morning hours. Since it seems to be mostly a bunch of skinny women reading the news, I suppose the men are doing something else. However, I am always curious as to whom might be writing or reporting the news. On another equestrian matter, it showed on European News that at the Czar's Palace in Moscow, one can pay $30 every Saturday to see an Equestrian review and military review, which includes guards in Czarist uniforms. With the freedom to travel in Russia and the East Block anymore, I would imagine after so many of them explored Europe and North America and found out it was not much different, some of them are probably studying the language of warmer parts of the world which tend to be more populous. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 3:05 A.M.: I will now do a C: drive to D: drive backup using Windows XP Backup Automatic System Recovery. This should take less than an hour. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 3:05 A.M.: The email virus threat came as an attachment as "8.zip" from <mikescot@netvigator.com>. It contained the Trojan Virus "Trojan.Tooso.H" virus Symantec Security Response - Trojan.Tooso.H which I was able to intercept with Norton AntiVirus 2004 and Norton Internet Security 2004. However, I usually do not open attachments. However, I did not notice it at first, since I hardly ever get a Virus Alert in the email. According to Make a WHOIS search on any domain on the Web | Network Solutions "netvigator.com" is managed by: Dale Johnstone, 34/F PCCW Tower, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Honk Kong. It has a "www.pccw.com" contact which shows up at http://www.pccw.com/eng/ . Thus possibly someone with broadband internet service out of Hong Kong with a name similar to mine is causing problems. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 2:35 A.M.: I ran Ad-awareSE and Norton WinDoctor 2003. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 2:15 A.M.: Somebody using an email address with the beginning the same as my email address with a different ISP tried to send me a Trojan virus, but I scanned the file before opening it, and I deleted it. Of course people can fake email addresses. However, from past problems, it lets me know that a former troublemaker might be back in this area. I went through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/05 Sunday 1:45 A.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . For the cheddar cheese portion, I used www.cabotcheese.com Vermont Monterey Jack cheese. On top of the salad, I put the remaining 14 grape tomatoes along with the usual 8 California black pitted olives. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 11:55 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $9 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.659 a gallon, but the receipt did not come out all the way, so I bought another .50 of premium unleaded gasoline for $9.50 total. After the second purchase, the gas pump dispensed both receipts. According to my Volvo dashboard trip computer, I drove 55.3 miles this week for 16.4 miles per gallon averaging driving 13 miles per hour. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. During my walk, I use the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home, and I measured the mileage from the top of Greenwich Avenue to my parking spot at 71 Vinci Drive, and it is 1.9 miles. I now have 99,998 miles on my 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo dark green station wagon. I was given it by a relative with 98,300 miles on it around the first of October 2004. The car had just been serviced, so I have driven about 1,700 miles since then including the trip from the Philadelphia area were I obtained the Volvo and also driving up to Danbury, Connecticut to have it registered. Those two trips were about 250 miles, and I have averaged driving locally about 215 miles a month, which would be about 7 miles a day, which is just about what it is to drive downtown and then go by the waterfront and then return home. Of course some days, I do not drive, and other times, I drive further to Old Greenwich for example. Since instead of shopping up in Norwalk, Connecticut for bargains, I shop off the internet, I save gasoline and wear and tear on the Volvo. Of course UPS, FedEx, DHL, and the United States Postal Service make additional money off the delivery costs, which seem to be less than shopping. Of course the high speed internet access and maintaining the computer costs money too. Thus I have 1300 miles to drive before I need an oil change and oil filter change and fluid check. Thus at 101,300 miles I should have it done. I am thinking of having it done at Stamford Volvo www.stamfordvolvo.com , since they put in a real Volvo oil filter instead of a Fram oil filter like at Oil Star. Of course, I could always have it done up in Kennebunk, Maine at Kennebunk, Maine Swedish Imports at saabandvolvo.com , when I visit sometime this summer. Obviously at about 550 miles round trip there, the mileage on the Volvo would be higher. When I returned home, I chatted with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 8:00 P.M.: I got a tired spell, and I rested a while. I chatted with a friend. I had the remnants of the medium blue Acrylan type carpeting that I use to use in my hallway before I put in the blue oriental runner in the hallway. I cut the medium blue remnants of carpeting, and I fit them around the three sides where the rose tone beige Berber carpet still showed in the kitchen, and it looks very nice. I now have the dark Royal Blue carpeting in the kitchen with the medium blue carpet surrounding it. I put a new vacuum bag in the Sears upright vacuum cleaner, and I vacuumed the new kitchen carpet. I chatted with a relative. I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower and clean up and go out. I received email from my relative, and my relative is out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on the www.windstarcruises.com with the nearest point of land the Azores. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 4:50 P.M.: I took the bluish white bath mat from the bathroom, and I put it back on top of the knotted mat at the outside apartment entrance. I can wash the bluish bathmat, when it gets dirty. I will put the new white bath mat when it arrives in the bathroom. I will probably leave the old orange ones down, so they provide more padding. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 4:35 P.M.: I was up at 2:30 P.M.. I went outside, and I got a dark royal blue piece of bounded carpeting like Bigelow broadloom out of the back of my Volvo. It is about 2 feet by 6 feet long. I chatted with a neighbor. I picked up my mail, and I got the catalog brochure from http://www.balmoralcastle.com/ . I put it with the other periodical literature on the bathroom bookcase. I have received email earlier in the week that their online shopping site will be back up and running soon. I put the royal blue piece of carpeting down in the kitchen along the front of the kitchen cabinets running from the refrigerator to the underneath the chair in front of the stove. I then took the 2 foot by 3 foot cranberry and blue oriental rug from the bathroom, and I put it in the kitchen entrance, so the edges of the other carpets don't show. I thus have about a 15 inch wide strip of the old beige Berber carpet that still shows. I put the bluish white bathmat from the front door entrance down in the bathroom. I left the knotted twine mat at the front door entrance. I then moved the items off the area from in between the two sofas in the living room, and I removed the old darkish green pattern 7 foot by 5 foot throw rug from in between the sofas. I rolled it up, and I put it underneath the right side of the bed in the bedroom. I then vacuumed the light blue wool carpeting in that area to fluff it up and the kitchen carpets. I then put the items in between the sofas back in place. I will put the new 3 foot by 5 foot Aubusson rug in linen pattern color SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com 5% off on over $35 and SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com 10% off over $100 underneath the brass and glass coffee table in between the two sofas, when the rug arrives. The new bathmat and Aubusson rug are ready to ship by SmartBargains. Remember there are SmartBargains discount links from the top of my homepage at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ . CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 4:25 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 3:20 A.M.: I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 3:15 A.M.: I finished organizing the list of names of people that I knew out in the Midwest of the United States of America. The list follows:

Adams, Armour, Arnoff, Bacon, Bailey, Baldwin, Barthoff, Bates, Baumaster, Becker, Behr, Bell, Benninger, Benson, Black, Blackwell, Blair, Boddington, Boven, Budny, Briggs, Bruel, Campbell, Carter, Cary, Castle, Castleberry, Cerf, Chadwick, Churchhill, Clark, Clifford, Coffin, Cole, Cord, Coyle, Crabtree, Cudahy, Dallas, Daly, Dane, Danzig, Davidson, Day, Deutsch, Dixon, Donnelley, Dorsey, Douglas, Dunphy, DuPont, Eastman, Eaton, Echevarria, Erdman, Eschelbach, Farley, Ferris, Field, Finn, Flordin, Flood, Ford, Foster, Freeman, Garrison, Greenough, Griggs, Guernsey, Hall, Harris, Harvey, Haywood, Head, Hertzberg, Hill, Isham, Jackel, Jaffe, Geer, Griffin, Griffith, Grannis, Geffert, Hotchkiss,Hoversten, Gard, Gates, Gifford, Grant, Gross, Haig, Hailand, Hamilton, Hunter, Hyde, Johnson, Jorgenson, Kaiser, Kassels, Keating, Keller, Kelley, Kieffer, King, Kingman, Kluge, Knauz, Kolster, Kornhummel, Kruger, Kuhns, Lamb, Lamson, Lee, Levin, Lewis, Luce, Macnamara, Marshall, Mayer, Mccarthy, McCormick, McGraw, McMurray, Mennefee, Michaels, Mieres, Mitchell, Monahan, Morgan, Morgenthal, Naumburg, Nixon, Niwa, Nyren, Off, Oneal, Oughton, Palmbaum, Panko, Parry, Perot, Perry, Phelps, Phillips, Pinto, Polumbo, Poole, Porto, Post, Potter, Procter, Roman, Quinn, Reggio, Reuben, Riggs, Roche, Rodgers, Rogers, Ross, Sacks, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schuldenfrei, Selbert, Shambaugh, Shaw, Sheldon, Sherman, Siebold, Skay, Smith, Snow, Snowden, Snyder, Spang, Speranza, Stanley, Stauffer de Huete, Steinberg, Steiner, Steinner, Stern, Stevens, Stevenson, Stoddard, Stone, Stowell, Strauss, Stroh, Struckman, Swenson, Swift, Terry, Thomson, Toll, Tower, Tradinick, Trivers, Trumbull, Tucker, Tulip, Turner, Unland, Vail, Vaughan, Von Hemert, Walker, Wandelt, Ward, Warner, Watkins, Watts, Webber, Weeks, Weinberg, West, Wheeler, White, Whitney, Wiggins, Williams, Wilson, Winter, Wood, and Yee families.

Of course since the average person in the United States of America moves every three years, it would seem to me that they might not have been all from the Midwest of the United States of America. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 2:30 A.M.: Actually the Aubusson rug that I ordered is 3 feet by 5 feet, but that is probably with the fringe, so since I plan to have the fringe turned underneath the carpet, it probably will fit in without moving the refrigerator back an inch. It will all will be opened in the kitchen, except the garbage can will sit on the left front corner as one enters the kitchen. I will move the small burgundy oriental style carpet currently on my bath mats in the bathroom to on top of my apartment entrance twine mat for wiping one's feet. It will be better since, it is darker. I will take up the lighter throws currently on top of the twine mat. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 2:10 A.M.: I just finished going through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/05 Saturday 1:15 A.M.: I went to this link on Online shopping for brand names at discounted prices -- find the best bargains at SmartBargains.com , and I went to SmartBargains: Save on Aubusson at smartbargains.com and I ordered the Hand-Tufted Wood Aubusson Rug in Linen 3 foot by 5 foot for $24.99 and then I went to SmartBargains: Save on Bath Rug at smartbargains.com and I ordered the Chadwick 100% cotton bath rug by Park B. Smith in 24 inches by 40 inches in white for $12.99, but I got by using my link a 5% discount of $1.90, so the rug was $23.74 and the bath mat was $12.34 plus $6.95 shipping for $43.03 total. I saved $116.01. I will put the bath mat in the bathroom replacing my vintage very old bath mats. I have room in the kitchen for the rug, I can push the refrigerator back an inch, and there is about 4 inches room to push it back. I have two layers of worn Burber indoor carpeting in the kitchen with one layer underneath the refrigerator. I could remove it which would be time consuming, since I would have to move the bookcase pantry with first removing the canned items and then move the dining room table a bit to move the refrigerator out of the kitchen to remove the old carpeting, or I could just leave it. I think if I left it, there would be better sound insulation in my kitchen for my neighbors downstairs, since I do use the kitchen when I am awake at night. Thus more than likely, I will push the refrigerator back and inch, and I will lay the new carpet on top of the existing carpet. There is plenty of room for the refrigerator door to open. If it gets stained by coffee or use, I can always clean it with my carpet cleaner. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 11:20 P.M.: In a five quart Revere pot, I brought three quarts of water to a boil with a dash of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil in the water. Once the water boiled, I put a 16 ounce box of Ronzoni #9 spaghetti noodles in the water, and I boiled them for ten minutes. With five minutes to go, I put half a 26 ounce jar of Fracesco Rinaldi tomato and basil sauce in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, which I heated on the reheat cycle for about the same time as the spaghetti has to cook for the last five minutes. I then drained the spaghetti water in a colander inside a larger Revere pot to save the hot water. I dumped the hot water down the bath bath to clean out the soap scum that builds up. I put half the cooked spaghetti in a Rubbermaid container and the other half of the tomato sauce in a jar in the refrigerator, and I put the other half on a large dinner plate along with the heated sauce and with a thin layer of grated parmesan and Romano cheese. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 9:50 P.M.: I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants. I chatted with a relative while finishing up. I also washed and cleaned the outer charcoal filter on the Honeywell Hepa air purifier with hot water and dishwashing detergent, and I then rinsed it out underneath hot water, and I squeezed out the excess water, and I reassembled the unit, and I put it back in position on low power on top of the stereo system book case. I also sifted out the old periodical literature from the stack on the bookcase in the bathroom, and when I threw it out, when I threw out the rest of the garbage. One now has to separate the newspaper from the mixed paper which is clearly labeled on the recycle containers. Of course some neighbors do not seem to take notice. I also put an emergency spare roll of toilet paper in the back of the Volvo on the left side of the shelf. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 7:00 P.M.: I took the three folding blue and white canvas and aluminum low beach chairs from the false ceiling in the bedroom, and I put them in the back of the Volvo station wagon with the folding blue and white and clear plastic and aluminum full length beach chairs and the two folding directors chairs in the back of the Volvo station wagon, so I now have 7 folding chairs in the back of the Volvo station wagon. If I wanted to make some extra money, I could try renting them down on the pier on Steamboat Road or 7 friends could sit out on them on the pier or the beach and pretend they are on a cruise. Of course now the back of the Volvo station wagon is full, so I will have to put the groceries on the floor in the back seat. I do not have room in the rear compartment area for luggage now though. I chatted with a neighbor and her relatives. I will now go back to house cleaning. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 6:25 P.M.: My relative crossing the Atlantic Ocean on www.windstarcruises.com got a bargain rate, since it is a ocean crossing that does not stop anywhere. The email follows:

The ship's very expensive E-mail program apparently doesn't work.

So I'm trying Peg's yahoo account.

I hope you are fine and mom's birthday went well.

This is a very laid back easy ship to be on. We are on the bottom floor and the view is like being on the inside of an old fashiioned washing machine,

Love

Jan

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 6:05 P.M.: I chatted with a friend, and I left a messages with two friends, and I chatted with a relative. I am concerned that the Stock market in my Microsoft Money portfolio http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp with my index portfolio www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scopor01.zip was down 191.24 or -1.86% today. The index portfolio is not meant to outperform the stock market, but just track it. Since news like Exxon just making $25 billion in profits this year Person Tearsheet Lee Raymond Exxon Mobil C.E.O. , it would seem the reason people are selling down the stock market is today is Federeal tax day in the United States of America, so people are selling parts of their portfolios to pay their taxes. Thus with IBM down $6.94 to $76.70 and Exxon Mobil down $2.56 to $56.19, it might be just reflecting a lot of investors selling some their stocks to pay their taxes. Thus it might be a good time to actually buy them, if one had any spare cash. I am continuing to do my house cleaning. I personally do not earn enough money to have to pay Federal or State income taxes. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 4:35 P.M.: If one goes to the discount links off my homepage at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ and clicks on the SmartBargain discount links, one can get discounts on the items. If one searches SmartBargains from my discount links for "Aubusson Rug", one could get an additional discount on the rugs depending on the price amount that one ordered. Now it is time for house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 4:05 P.M.: I also put in two new AA Duracell alkaline batteries in my Kensington wireless mouse, and I cleaned the mouse rollers. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 3:50 P.M.: I was awake at 11 A.M. when the United States Postal Service delivered my 5 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s which I ordered from www.smokers.com . I should now have enough cigarettes to take me through my return from my trip to John's Island, Indian River Shores, Vero Beach, Florida May 1 - 12, 2005. I rested a bit more. I then ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I left a message with a friend. I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some friends. I worked on alphabetizing the list of Midwest family names that I once knew. I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 4:00 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 3:30 A.M.: I took out the two folding full length plastic and aluminum blue and white full length beach chairs out from behind the chair in front of the stereo system, and I took them outside, and I put them in the rear area of my Volvo station wagon with the two directors chairs to have available for beach use. I still have the three blue and white low folding canvas and aluminum beach chairs in the false ceiling above my bed, but I do not want to put them in the back of the station wagon, since I would like to have a little spare room for other items should I need it. I also brought out a new roll of paper towels and a new bottle of CVS spray glass cleaner. I cleaned the Volvo windows on the inside and the outside. I also cleaned the dashboard area and the door jams. I also cleaned the metal alloy wheels. I left the roll of paper towels and glass cleaner in the rear section of the Volvo. I also threw out some garbage. CIO

Note: <888> 04/15/05 Friday 2:30 A.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . However, I did not use tuna in the salad, but instead I cut the last three .25 inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I cut them into .50 inch wide strips of beef. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Cabot www.cabotcheese.com Vermont Monterey Jack cheese. On top of the salad I used the last 5 remaining asparagus vinaigrette cut into .5 inch pieces, 12 grape tomatoes, and the 9 California black pitted olives. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I pulled out my 1989 Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu alumni directory and to the list below, I added a few names that I could remember encountering while in the Midwest. Midwestern people tend to be very friendly, but they are also very inquisitive. CIO

Note: <888> 04/14/05 Thursday 11:15 P.M.: While checking out the Volvo after I got back this evening, I also installed a spare NuCar scent Christmas tree from the left passenger seat hook. I also put the snow brushes in the rear of the Volvo station wagon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/14/05 Thursday 11:00 P.M.: I was awaken this morning at 10 A.M. by a neighbor whom needed cigarettes. I went downstairs, and I gave the neighbor 5 cigarettes. I then picked up my mail. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I showered and I clean up. I went out, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought for $4 a new package of Oneidacraft stainless service for 4 a 20 piece 4 place settings of stainless silverware including 4 salad forks, 4 place forks, 4 place knieves, 4 place spoons, and 4 teaspoons. It was originally marked $9.99 at Odd Job marked down from $29.99. I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment. I then drove down by the waterfront, and one of the regular fishermen have returned. I chatted with a fellow looking for work as a personal security assistant, and I gave him the name of a friend whom might know somebody that needs a personal security assistant. That is a more glamour name for "Body Guard". Judging from the individual he would have talent for such work, but having lived around the United States Military, he is far from the most formidable person that I have ever seen. I then drove over to the Mobil Express car wash in Old Greenwich, and I got the basic car wash for $5, and I towel dried the car. I then used their vacuum machines for a dollar, and I vacuumed my car. I then returned to downtown Greenwich, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. The new elevated cross over stairs and crossway are now in service at the train station, but they still have not finished working on the elevator installation. They are still working on the brick work and have to install the elevators, so it will probably be another month, before they are ready. I walked around the lower parking lot train station dumpster area to see if any exciting items have been discarded recently. I then did my usual walk on Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I picked up a prescription. I completed my walk, and I then returned home. I chatted with a worker from Russia that works in Port Chester, New York and commutes from Brighton Beach. I told the worker about real estate in this area and other items of Russian interest. I brought up the black comforter from the backseat of my Volvo, and I put it along the back of the long green sofa, and I put the white checked comforter along the back of the down sofa on top of the white blanket. I figure this time of the year, one does not need to keep the comforter in the back of the Volvo for extra warmth in case of an emergency. I checked the Volvo owners manual for to see if it explained the ABS light problem, but it only says to take it to the dealer. The ABS light seems to stay on after starting on damp days. However, if one turns the Volvo on and off a couple of times, it goes off. One has to drive the car with the ABS light off, since the headlights and blinkers do not work, if the ABS light is not off. Possibly one could try depressing the brake pedal and that might cause it to go off, since it is park of the brake system. The fact that it does eventually go off would seem to indicate, there is nothing wrong with the ABS system. ABS stands for Antilock Brake System. I then decided to clean out my primary kitchen drawer. I removed the silverware and measuring spoons, and I washed them in the Rubbermain plastic sink basin. I sorted out the rubberbands, corks, twist ties, and bread plastic tabs, and I put each group into ziplock plastic bags, which I put in the left kitchen drawer that does not need cleaning, since I hardly ever use it. I removed the larger center drawer items. I washed my can opener really well using a steel scouring pad and toothbruch to clean the grud off the opener wheel and edge. I washed the silverware holder. I then vacuumed out the dust and grud from the drawer, and I then washed it, and I dried it. I then put in the silverware holder, and I then washed the silverware, and I rinsed and dried it, and I put it all back in the silverware hold with the new silverware on top. I then put in the plastic measuring spoons in front of the silverware holder on the right side of the large drawer, and I then put back the larger kitchen items on the left side of the drawer, so it is all a lot neater and cleaner. I chatted with my relative whose birthday was yesterday, and my relative already had one of the http://fantes.com/microwave.htm#rice that I gave my relative, so my relative is going to ship it up with other items to Maine for the summer in June, so both houses have one. I chatted with another friend. CIO

Note: <888> 04/14/05 Thursday 1:15 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 11:15 P.M.: I ate 5 ounces of Planters Dry Roasted peanuts with some iced tea. I noticed the Lee family must now be in Lake Forest, Illinois, since the library at Lake Forest College is now called the Donnelley and Lee Library Lake Forest College > About Us > Donnelley and Lee Library . However, I suppose by now, they have gotten use to 10 months of winter and 2 months of summer and not much of anything in between. According to http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/worldtp.html East St. Louis, Illinois near where I was born in Alton, Illinois was up to 117 degrees Fahrenheit on July 14, 1954, and in Elizabeth, Illinois it was -35 degrees Fahrenheit on February 3, 1996, so there are extreme weather conditions in Illinois, but generally it is colder. Thus when it gets hot there, they feel really hot. I had one friend from Lake Forest College named John Sheldon from Dedham, Massachusetts, and I recall after graduating from Lake Forest College, and he graduated a year ahead of me, I ran into him in the Times Square area of Manhattan on a very cold winters night, and he was not cold in the near zero degree weather. He explained to me, he had just spent a tour of the Antarctica Scott Amudsen base http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/pole/ , and they had a club there called the 400 club, where they all went into a sauna bath, where it was 200 degrees Fahrenheit, and then they went outside where it was -200 degrees Fahrenheit thus the 400 degree temperature change. From what I have since learned, I am not sure it would get that cold there or not. However, my web site was originally set up as a downloadable research directory to be used in remote locations like the Scott Amudsen base based on what I knew and could find on the internet. However, one has to remember this time of year as we are going into spring here, they are just going into winter, and in a short time, they will not be able to get out until our coming fall, when spring starts to arrive there. Thus it is there last chance to get out of there before it gets really cold. http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/worldtp.html says the lowest temperature ever there was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit on July 21, 1983 and the highest was 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit on January 5, 1974. So around the 4th of July, one should probably remember our colder cousins. Thus I would assume one might be able to take a temperature of about 140 to 160 degrees Fahrenheit in a sauna bath for a short period, and one might have a very cold night near -minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit, so possibly they could have a 250 or even a 300 club. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 9:40 P.M.: I chatted with my relative whose birthday, it is today. They were just about to open up my birthday gift of http://fantes.com/microwave.htm#rice . My relative had fresh sea scallops for dinner. I left a message with a friend. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 9:20 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I chatted with a neighbor. I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought three 59 ounce containers of Simply orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each and one without Calcium, a 16 ounce container of grated parmesan cheese for $4.99, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.50, fresh bananas at .59 a pound for $1.06, fresh broccoli at $1.49 a pound for .88, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99, fresh plum tomatoes at $1.29 a pound for $1.99 for $22.66 total. I then drove downtown, and I sat out briefly. I then drove by the waterfront. I then returned home, and I used the cart that I brought with me to bring up my groceries. I put away my groceries, and I drank some iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 7:00 P.M.: I microwaved and ate with a glass of iced tea a 14 ounce Boston Market Country Fried chicken dinner. www.bostonmarket.com is owned by http://www.mcdonalds.com/ another Illinois group of people. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 6:25 P.M.: I chatted with my relative who is having a birthday. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. Current temperature in Greenwich, Connecticut is 50 degrees Fahrenheit Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Forecast . CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 5:15 P.M.: Of course in New York City over the years, the party kept getting bigger and bigger, so I would have to go up to 50 or more museums, bars, cabarets, night clubs, discothèques, pubs, restaurants, and other watering holes every night to see what was going on. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 5:05 P.M.: I was awaken by a computer magazine call, and I answered the information, so my free magazine subscription would continue. When I lived in the Chicago area attending www.lfc.edu Lake Forest College or "Last F**king Chance" as the students called it, I knew some well to do people since my father's first marriage was to the wealthiest family the Kuhns family in Chicago. They owned the Household Finance Company, and my father and his first wife lived at Astor and Scott street which is a nice neighborhood. At Lake Forest College, I knew members of the Adams, Armour, Arnoff, Bacon, Bailey, Baldwin, Barthoff, Bates, Baumaster, Becker, Behr, Bell, Benninger, Benson, Black, Blackwell, Blair, Boddington, Boven, Budny, Briggs, Bruel, Campbell, Carter, Cary, Castle, Castleberry, Cerf, Chadwick, Churchhill, Clark, Clifford, Coffin, Cole, Cord, Coyle, Crabtree, Cudahy, Dallas, Daly, Dane, Danzig, Davidson, Day, Deutsch, Dixon, Donnelley, Dorsey, Douglas, Dunphy, DuPont, Eastman, Eaton, Echevarria, Erdman, Eschelbach, Farley, Ferris, Field, Finn, Flordin, Flood, Ford, Foster, Freeman, Garrison, Greenough, Griggs, Guernsey, Hall, Harris, Harvey, Haywood, Head, Hertzberg, Hill, Isham, Jackel, Jaffe, Geer, Griffin, Griffith, Grannis, Geffert, Hotchkiss,Hoversten, Gard, Gates, Gifford, Gross, Haig, Hailand, Hamilton, Hunter, Hyde, Johnson, Jorgenson, Kaiser, Kassels, Keating, Keller, Kelley, Kieffer, King, Kingman, Kluge, Knauz, Kolster, Kornhummel, Kruger, Kuhns, Lamb, Lamson, Lee, Levin, Lewis, Luce, Macnamara, Marshall, Mayer, Mccarthy, McCormick, McGraw, McMurray, Mennefee, Michaels, Mieres, Mitchell, Monahan, Morgan, Morgenthal, Naumburg, Nixon, Niwa, Nyren, Oneal, Oughton, Palmbaum, Panko, Parry, Perot, Perry, Phelps, Phillips, Pinto, Polumbo, Poole, Porto, Post, Potter, Procter, Roman, Quinn, Reggio, Reuben, Riggs, Roche, Rodgers, Rogers, Ross, Sacks, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schuldenfrei, Selbert, Shambaugh, Shaw, Sheldon, Sherman, Siebold, Skay, Smith, Snow, Snowden, Snyder, Spang, Speranza, Stanley, Stauffer de Huete, Steinberg, Steiner, Steinner, Stern, Stevens, Stevenson, Stoddard, Stone, Stowell, Strauss, Stroh, Struckman, Swenson, Swift, Terry, Thomson, Toll, Tower, Tradinick, Trivers, Trumbull, Tucker, Tulip, Turner, Unland, Vail, Vaughan, Von Hemert, Walker, Wandelt, Ward, Warner, Watkins, Watts, Webber, Weeks, Weinberg, West, Wheeler, White, Whitney, Wiggins, Williams, Wilson, Winter, Wood, and Yee families. In the list of people, I have not mentioned the teachers I knew at Lake Forest College. Also since I worked many public jobs, I obviously can not remember everyone that I knew. The society column for the Chicago Tribune owned by another branch of the McCormick family was written by John and Avra Rockefeller, whom were older, so I do not personally know them. Most of my friends knew Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer who owned the Palmer House hotel in Chicago, and they managed to make a little extra money building small homes for speculative buyers in Lake Forest. Of course going to college, I had a lot of Deja Vue friends whom might have been better off, and they did not use their real names. One friend went by the name Gussy Off for four years of college. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 1:40 P.M.: I threw out some garbage. I picked up my mail. I will now rest for a while. I still have to wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed after I get up. I will put the computer on standby. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 1:05 P.M.: I chatted with my relative, and I wished her Happy Birthday. I will chat with her later on today. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. As a free citizen of the United States of America, I could change my usual routine and drive over to North Tarrytown, New York to see how the Rockefellers are doing on their quaint dairy farm called Kykuit or Pocantico Hills. Kykuit is the name of the old Dutch farm, and I guess Pocantico is an Indian tribe name. I have not been over there in about four years, when I toured their new state park that they gave to New York State in the summer when there was a drought and a forest fire danger. I have been informed some of their younger residents whom are more adventuresome take the Westchester County bus from over in Tarrytown to nearby Port Chester, New York, and it also runs back this way. Thus they might be frugal too. I have not worked on their web page in many years, but some of the links might still work http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/rock.htm , and I think most of them are still capitalists whom tend to be Republicans. However, if I wasted money going over there, they might decide to raise the price of gasoline even more. I guess I could call them up for free with Optimum Voice, since their name is listed in the telephone book and my 1989 Social Register. About 10 years ago, when I called them up, I called the number at the Horse Stables, since I figure the group of people around the stables would know what is going on, and I was told by one young girl the family had sold Exxon back to the company. However, since I have gotten older, they might not recognize me. Also the time I drove over there at Christmas Time about 7 years ago to give them $72 at the Union Church in North Tarrytown, New York, they all followed me back to Greenwich, where I filled up my car with gasoline at the local Exxon station here in Greenwich. At 15 miles per gallon at $2.66 a gallon, it would cost me over $5 to drive over there, and I can always call them up for free. However, more than likely some of their older members of their family drive over here all of the time, since lots of their employees live here. In the old days, all of their estate employees had to go to church with their family on Sunday, and they tended to go to church on Sunday, since they also got paid then. Much is the same with the estate families in the British Royal families. However, I publish this web log, which they look at, since I send them a Christmas Card and Christmas letter every year, so they know exactly what I am up to. However, they might not be there since their family are suppose to have over 650 homes around the world. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 12:05 P.M.: Well since today is my mother's birthday the same day as Thomas Jefferson's birthday, and since I treat my mother like the Queen, we should give all of her security forces their rum rations. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.: This political family in Sands Point, Long Island, New York that is related to the Harriman family of Union Pacific railroad fame, along with Pan American Airlines, the Illinois Central Railroad, and the United States Lines, and the Hamburg American shipping lines, and Brown Brothers Harriman Bank is called the Rumsey family, so obviously they must know something about Rum too. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 11:50 A.M.: Of course beside being related to the Scott family of Winfield Scott family fame from Virginia, other members of the Scott family also lived in this area since John Jay's mother was a Scott. At one time around 1700 the Scott family had two farms in Manhattan. Also another Scott was the first Sexton of the First Dutch Reform Church in New Amsterdam, and since there was not much money in the church in those days, and since the Dutch Reform Church back in those days was on the Hudson River, he probably also made a little money in the Rum business, since more than likely another member of the Scott family owned all of Long Island, he gave up on its unprofitable operation, and moved his business down to Jamaica which was even more profitable. Basically in the old days, New York was just a halfway trading point between Europe and the Caribbean, so obviously there was money to be made in the Rum business. Here I am am still living in Byram, Connecticut on the New York border of Connecticut, which once use to be part of New York in a community of Byram, Connecticut part of Greenwich, Connecticut, which once was called Buy Rum. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 11:40 A.M.: Also my friends that visited with me on Easter Sunday, one of them has a different name but looks like a Carnegie and the other one is from the Sutton family like in Sutton Place, so more than likely they also know some established New York families. From what I use to know some of the largest tax payers in Greenwich, Connecticut are tobacco companies and tobacco families. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 11:25 A.M.: I chatted with a friend at 8:30 A.M.. My friend that regularly chats with me grew up next door to Helen Clay Frick in Bedford, New York and his family started Citibank and invented aluminum solder and were original stock holders in the telephone company. I received a telephone call from a collection agency in Edina, Minnesota. They recently have been waking me up every morning bothering me. The specific bill in question is over 15 years old, and I have been told I do not owe it. It is specifically a $650 credit card bill from Amoco Oil out in Illinois. At the time I filed a complaint and affidavit with the Attorney General of New York charging that the Amoco gasoline station in Port Chester, New York where I regularly bought gasoline at that time did not have correct measurement on their gasoline pumps, since I was able to put over 15 gallons of gasoline into my Ford Escort, which had a 13 gallon tank. I never heard back from the Attorney General of New York. However, at the time the Amoco Oil company owed several billion dollars to the government of France for the cleanup after the Amoco Valdez tanker oil spill on the coast of France. In the following years, Amoco was eventually bought out by British Petroleum. I have been told by a number of experts after all of these years, I do not owe them anything. Here in Greenwich, my family also lived next door to the Pederson family that donated the Pederson addition to the Greenwich Library, and they were also the President of United States Tobacco or UST. Also my roommate in college might have been related to J. Paul Getty, since his middle name was Gordon, and his grandfather whom looked like J. Paul Getty also had the first name Jay. However, the thermostat in his house was set to below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, so he was frugal. Locally here in Greenwich, I see a man all of the time that looks like John Davidson Rockefeller III, but he uses a different name. My paternal grandmother's grandmother's maiden name was Davidson. I also have been in the Annenberg apartment in Manhattan with their family, and they use to have an apartment in the same building as Larry Rockefeller. I have also met Henry Flagler's daughter. Since Tom Scott as president of the Pennsylvania railroad after the Civil War gave John D. Rockefeller a monopoly on hauling oil from Ohio, and since Tom Scott's telegraph operator was Andrew Carnegie, I would assume these are just long time associates. This new group of young Turks in this area do not seem to know much about the history of business in America. The Pennsylvania Railroad like other businesses was financed by the Warburg Bank out of Germany which was able to barrow money from the Rothschild Bank in Europe. The Rothschild family were able to barrow money at a .25% interest from the Kaiser of Germany, and the Kaiser of Germany was able to raise taxes. Even in this building where I currently live, I have a neighbor that looks like the Kaiser of Germany. I have stayed with members of the Duke family at Duke university in South Carolina. I attended Greenwich Country Day with members in my class from the Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Milbank, Frick, Deegan, Lee, Warburg, Sherman, Dodge, Fairchild, Harris, Harrison, and Lorentzen families. There was even a Smith family. I suppose with the elaborate print shop at Greenwich Country Day, they might be counterfeiting hundred dollar bills to help finance the Robber Baron families whom all seem to have run out of money. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 2:10 A.M.: Of course all of this and 2 cent won't get you much. Speaking of 2 cents, I was told recently that the price of a first class United States of America postage stamp is going up next year to .39 Yahoo! News - Postal Service Seeks 2-Cent Stamp Increase, so if one has stocked up on the old .37 stamps, one might think about buying some one or two cent stamps before the price rise, since they usually sell out fast after a postage stamp increase. However, there is no point if one does not have a lot of .37 stamps. This is a good rate for a heavy item to ship USPS - Priority Mail Flat-Rate Shipping Supplies for $7.70 up to 70 pounds in their box, if one needs to ship sand or some other useful item. Of course a 70 pound box of sand might be a dirty trick on the postal person. I ate about 5 ounces of Planters dry roasted peanuts with some iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 1:40 A.M.: I have seen many people over the years that look Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles, Princes William and Harry, Princess Diana, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of York and Fergie, the Earle of Wessex and his wife along with a lot of other people that look like British nobility such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, so it is hard to keep track of them and figure out whether it is the real people are some of their relatives that look like them. I have also seen many people that look like former Presidents Clinton and Nixon and their wives. I do occasionally recognize an older man near retirement at 65 whom has that tall Midwestern look, and reminds me of an important government official whose photograph is never published. However, I have never chatted with him, but he does have a military demeanor, and he looks like somebody that one would not want to cross. I have only seen him in the Greenwich Library, and I have never seen him at any government functions. Of course he is not the tallest or biggest person that I have seen around here, he just reminds me of one of the younger members of the Old Guard. Of course larger people tend to know other larger people. He could easily be a Jay family relative, since he has that look. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.: I chatted with a German pilot that lives nearby about 9 years ago that looked a bit like Adolph Hitler, and he had bad arthritis, so possibly he does not pilot anymore. Of course with the new arthritis shots that one takes twice a week for $29,000 a year, he might still be active. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 12:45 A.M.: I use to see Ravji Ghandi many times at Zen stationary, when I first moved back to Greenwich. They opened about the same time I moved back to Greenwich 21 years and 4 months ago. I also have talked regularly with a former neighbor from South Africa for about the last 20 years, and he knew the old DeKlerk government in South Africa. I have also been around a lot of Canadians in New York City when Pierre Trudeau's wife lived there while he was Prime Minister of Canada. The last time I was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in October 1983, I saw someone that looked like Pierre Trudeau, and he told me he was from Panama. I use to also see a lot of Korean Moonies in New York City in the old days. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 12:35 A.M.: A friend of the family was the United States consulate to Bermuda for a great many years. Also the only time I visited Bermuda in April 1968, I recall possibly meeting the governor of Bermuda. I also met Dr. Eric Williams the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago when I visited there twice during the winters of 1970 and 1971. I also once saw Archbishop Makaros of Cyprus once in New York City at the Cyprus consulate. My father knew Dr. Armmand Hammer and one of my sisters knew his family, so more than likely I have seen some of their associates too. My father also lived next door to the President of Nigeria when he was building an oil refinery there around 1981 to 1983. My father's oldest daughter by his first marriage was in the Peace Corps and World Health Organization for many years, and since she spent a great deal of time in Africa and the Middle East, I have seen a great many people from that part of the world, but I did not try to keep track. I also recall seeing lot of Jordanian Royalty over the years, since my eldest sister had the same look as former Queen Nord of Jordan. I also recall seeing many Kennedy look-alikes in New York and Massachusetts, but that is such a common look, it is hard to tell them all apart. CIO

Note: <888> 04/13/05 Wednesday 12:15 A.M.: Happy Birthday to a relative. I also when I flew to Hawaii on a United Airlines jet back during August of 1980, there was a passenger on the jet that looked like Queen Elizabeth II. At the same time in Laguna Beach, California although the news said that Lord Louis Mountbatten had been bombed in Ireland, there was a man playing bocce ball on the green in Laguna Beach overlooking the ocean that looked like him. I finished going through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.: I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea. At college and high school I was friends of members of Henry Ford's family along with other members of his family in Manhattan. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: When I went to Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , I was told that a local resident Lacey Armour was an exiled White Russian Princess who married into the Armour family after she met her husband in Monte Carlo after the Bolshevik revolution. I met somebody in Manhattan in the winter of 1983 before going to Norway who was a wealthy Greek named Constantine. On the beach in Key West, Florida, there use to be sunbather that looked like Andwar Sedat, and there was also a wealthy Saudi Arabian. I also flew on a Braniff jet to Ronald Reagan's inaugural with Prince Boni Sadhir the Saudi Arabian oil minister at the time. I also went to Lake Forest College with the president of Mexico's daughter. I use to hang out in a student pub in Manhattan run by people from Vermont with lots of students drinking orange juice and playing the jute box, and I recall one night when I was watching Sydney from Australia play pool, it looked like both Margaret Thatcher and Mao Tse Tung were both visiting the pub. I recall the friend I left Chicago with after college was the grandson of General Hurley, the first United States general to deal with Mao Tse Tung. When I left Nantucket in November 1983, I flew from Hyannisport to LaGuardia airport at New York City with Jackie Kennedy Onassis on the small plane. I saw somebody later on about ten days later when I was taking the train back from Toronto that looked like the Queen Mother of England with a small blond boy she was traveling with. All of the conductors on the railroad car seem to know her. I recall she ordered a La Bats beer, and when the train stopped in Buffalo, New York, I called my friend whose father answered the phone and whose grandfather was the last living member of Queen Victoria's honor guard. Whatever, the case I have remained here most of the time in Greenwich, Connecticut except for about a dozen trips or so. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.: I also recall riding on a high speed train from Madrid, Spain to Pisa, Italy with a gentleman in April 1972 that looked like General Francisco Franco. I also recall at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France seeing a number of world leaders and nobility. I was told by one friend that he had breakfast with Princess Anne of England, and the Kings of Norway and Sweden. I recall seeing one older woman that looked like the Queen Mother of Belgium. I recall in my visit to Amsterdam before the Winter Olympics seeing members of the Dutch Royal family at the old tavern where we had dinner the last night there, along with a few mischievous Dutch princes around town. I recall seeing members of the Dutch Royal family though out my years in America. I recall seeing Juan Carlos of Spain in both New York City and Key West, Florida along with his wife in San Francisco, California in October 1978 on my first trip to California. I also grew up around Madame Chang Kai Chek because I lived around General Chenault of the Flying Tigers fame. I threw a party once in Manhattan during the winter of 1975, where I met the Crown Prince of Japan who told me he was a concert pianist, but I might have misunderstood him, since I was drinking Jack Daniels during the party, and there was a blizzard going on outside. The party was across from the C.B.S. broadcast center on West 57th street, and I recall it was in a building that held a General Motors garage. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 11:00 P.M.: I also know a family who works for the United States state department, but they think their father is a software engineer, but I observed their father working as a machine gun guard at the palace in Norway in the winter of 1982 when I visited there. At the same time I saw the King of Norway walking around the palace grounds. I also lived with another of their family members who lived in the Van Duzen town house in Manhattan, and Van Duzen is General Westmoreland's wife's family name. I also recall the maternal grandmother in the family had a mother who was part of the Kaiser of Germany's councilor staff in New York City. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.: I attended school with a number of Lincoln family members, and I have met and chatted with Robert E. Lee's great grandson who is retired U.S Army officer a number of times. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 10:45 P.M.: About the second year we moved to Greenwich, Connecticut around 1962, we went to a football game at West Point, and after the football game, we were guests at the Forbes boat the Highlander moored on the Hudson River at West Point, and I recall one of the other guests was Herbert Hoover Junior. I also was a guest at the Forbes Farm in Far Hills, New Jersey back in the fall of 1974, but as I recall, I did not meet Steve just his father and three younger brothers while they spent the weekend stocking up their wine cellar. I recall visiting my roommate in college's grandfather in Gladstone, New Jersey during the winter of 1974, and his grandfather was the last living member of Queen Victoria's honor guard. That same time during a blizzard, my first Volvo a 1972 blue Volvo 4 door sedan that I bought at Peabody's here in Greenwich got a broken fan belt, and I was able to get a new fan belt put on at a snow mobile shop in Far Hills, New Jersey. I also had a friend that worked for Senator Jacob Javits in Washington D.C. who knew Princess Irene of the Netherlands, and whose grandfather was Richard Nixon's neighbor in Key Biscayne, Florida, and who also was E. Howard Hunt's godson and dated Ted Kennedy's doctor's daughter. I also have met Margaret Heckler in Massachusetts. I attended a party back in 1972 for Thomas Watson's daughter, so both of the Ambassador Watson brothers were there and probably some other Greenwich people. The individual whom I attended the party with was the daughter of Franklin Roosevelt's undersecretary of the treasury. One of my sisters roommates in college was Paul Mellon's daughter. Another sister had one of Sam Walton's daughter's for a roommate in college. One old girl friend's grandmother own the Morgan Stanley investment firm. I attended a wedding up at the thousand islands in the summer of 1972 with another college roommate and Howard Hughes was there. The wedding was for one of the Grannis bothers whose oldest brother is a politician in New York. One of the last things I did before moving off Nantucket in November 1983 was to paint the trim on Admiral Halsey's Cape Cod style house, and I recall attending the inaugural party for President George H.W. Bush with one of Admiral Halsey's inlaws. About the only person I recognized at the party was General McArthur's wife, Gene McArthur. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 10:20 P.M.: I recall my father once gave me Harry Truman's autograph which he got at a reception at the Holiday Inn at Decatur, Alabama. I kept it for years, but sometime between 1976 and 1983, it disappeared. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 10:10 P.M.: I am going through my email. In other local political notes from the old days, I recall that Fred Von Mierers' www.geocities.com/mikelscott/fred.htm godmother Helen Kress Williams was a life long friend and next door neighbor to Alice Longworth Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. I recall that Fred once showed up in Eugenia Shepard's column in the New York Post shaking hands with Nelson Rockefeller, but I am not sure if I ever recognized Nelson Rockefeller as Nelson Rockefeller. I use to park on Mitchell Place in Manhattan on Beekman Place just north of the United Nations where John D. Rockefeller III lived. I recall Peggy Rockefeller also lived in that same neighborhood. Fred had me over to visit one Christmas Eve in 1973 at Barbara Rockefeller's town house in Manhattan. Barbara Rockefeller was Winthrop Rockefeller's wife. I suppose other political individuals were there too. I recall Fred use to claim that he had lived with the Shah of Iran's family in Iran, the Krump family in Germany, and the Saltonstall family when they were Richard Nixon's ambassador to Spain. I also recall that he and Helen attended a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace the summer before I met him in October 1973. Out in Illinois, I attended republican parties with W. Clement Stone and local republicans like Charles Percy and Representative McCrory of Lake County, Illinois. While visiting at one of my roommates in college home in East Aurora, New York, we went with his family to the Fort Erie race track, and the Queen Mother of England was at the member's club, and she presented the trophy. With the Queen Mother of England, there more than likely there were some other important people there too. I recall we were allowed to smoke cigarettes at the tables at the members club. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 9:00 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . However, I did not use tuna in the salad, but instead I cut three .25 inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I cut them into .50 inch wide strips of beef. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. On top of the salad I used 6 asparagus vinaigrette cut into .5 inch pieces, 12 grape tomatoes, and the usual 8 California black pitted olives. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I am now making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 5:10 P.M.: I logged onto eCost – Computers and Electronics for Home and Business – Plantronics M3000 Bluetooth headset , and I ordered it for $34 plus free shipping and $3.95 handling for $37.95 total. It is this model http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/productName/M3000 , and it has a $5 mail in rebate http://eimages.ecost.com/rapcoupons/3503eCOST.pdf . However, it is a Bluetooth device, and I am not sure whether it will work with any of my telephones or not, but I could always try to get a telephone that would work with. It is basically a wireless headset that is rechargeable. On a full charge it lasts 8 hours, so with Optimum Voice, I would be able to walk around the apartment talking hands free to anyone in the United States and Canada. At the link above, it is less than half the normal price. However, I will not know until I try it whether it works with any of my telephones or not. I now have to start watching my spending for the rest of the month. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 4:15 P.M.: I have a relative sailing to Portugal on http://www.windstarcruises.com/ at the moment on a 13 day cruise across the Atlantic. However, the relative said it would be too expensive to visit in Europe after they arrive in Portugal, so the relative will return home directly after the cruise.

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 4:05 P.M.: I installed six Windows Updates. I chatted with a friend. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 3:35 P.M.: When I first returned to the New York City area around January 1973 after graduating from college and traveling around Europe, I saw the Duke and Duchess of Windsor arriving at the Waldorf Towers while I was standing on the patio of St. Bartholomew's Church just north of it, but what is confusing is the American media had reported that the Duke of Windsor had died that past June. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 3:30 P.M.: A couple summers ago on the beach in Kennebunkport, I saw someone that I thought looked like Dan Quayle, but it might have been current President Bush. I also saw a few summers ago on the beach in Kennebunkport, someone that looked like then current Canadian Prime Minister John Cretian. Back in the 1960s, there use to be someone around the Greenwich Country Club that looked like General Eisenhower. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 3:10 P.M.: I was up at 1 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went outside, and I threw out the garbage. I noticed in the eastern stairway, the Greenwich Housing Authority had an electrician replace the three back stairway light fixtures that had burned plastic covers. In my notes last night about various political individuals and Royalty I have seen, I neglected to mention that my family use to be neighbors of the Weicker family here in Greenwich and at one time neighbors one of the Rockefeller families. Also when I was in Nantucket, I use to have breakfast almost every morning at the Dory restaurant on India Street, and Henry Cabot Lodge III was always there having breakfast, and he lived over two streets on Nantucket. My roommate in college was the nephew W. Averill Harriman's sister, so I once met W. Averill Harriman in Manhattan around 1974. I also used to know Governor Lehman's son. Another roommate in college was Robert Wagner's stepson or Benet Cerf's son. I also went to the Taft prep school with Bob Sweet whose father was deputy mayor of New York in the Lindsey administration. I was at John Lindsey's going away party. When I saw Gerry Ford at the Gridiron dinner in Manhattan around 1975, I was actually not at the Gridiron dinner, I was driving down Lexington Avenue behind the Waldorf Astoria, and he drove out in the White House limousine from the Waldorf Astoria at 50th Street and Lexington Avenue. I also saw Ronald Reagan a couple of times at the Waldorf Astoria at the Al Smith dinner where civilians are allowed to watch. I also saw Vice President Bush in I think 1988, when he was campaigning at the Greenwich High School. I also met Christopher Shay when I went down to the Presidential Inaugural in 1989, so I would have seen President elect Bush then at the inaugural party along with Dan Quayle, and probably some other big wig Washington types. The last time I visited Washington D.C. was around February 1990 http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsdc.jpg when it was down to Zero degrees Fahrenheit at night, and the then current President Bush was away visiting Argentina. Since I do not watch much television, I frequently do not recognize many of the key players in United States politics, and since I am 6 foot tall 210 pounds, I frequently do not notice Queen Victoria types. However, I also recall in the summer before President Bush's and Vice President Cheney's election the first time seeing them downtown walking around on Greenwich Avenue, and at the time, I though President Bush was a Secret Service agent and Vice President candidate Cheney was an important foreign visitor. I also recall seeing a son of Charles DeGaul or grandson, whom looked like the famous French general in Manhattan, and he was equally tall and had the same family appearance. I suppose when I lived in Manhattan, I would have seen other VIPs, but of course it is the nature of Manhattan, there are also a lot of other ordinary citizens. I also saw Prince Charles when he showed up at Lincoln Center just shortly before he married Princess Diane. CIO

Note: <888> 04/12/05 Tuesday 1:10 A.M.: I watched a little bit of the public media on my digital television network. Hopefully the simple television programming individuals will learn to program more family television viewing, or somebody whom knows something about electricity might play Nelson Rockefeller in terms of electricity in North America, if you get my drift. I will now shut down the computer, and I will try to get a good nights sleep. CIO

Note: <888> 04/11/05 Monday 11:25 P.M.: It is rumored some Norwegian nobility Royal House of Norway occasionally venture down from Norway in the winter, and they can occasionally be seen on cold winter nights, but they are suppose to be more use to cold weather, so they probably sit by their air conditioners here when it gets warm, or they return to cooler Norway. CIO

Note: <888> 04/11/05 Monday 11:15 P.M.: In recent years, we have been graced by the Crown Princess of Sweden Swedish Royal Court Crown Princess Victoria Crown Princess Victoria while she attended Yale College. In the old days during Nelson Rockefeller's oil embargo of North America in the early 1970s, we would see lots of Swedish citizens arrive on the Swedish America Steamship lines on Christopher Street, and they would frequently walk north past the meat packing district, and the United States Lines warehouses and further north through the wholesale flower district and past the rail yards until there were piers for the Circle Line and then Holland America and the Cunard Lines. However, some times they would just take a taxi or limo to the east side of Manhattan. I think since I quit living in Manhattan in February 1982, and since I quit visiting Manhattan in 1992 after getting mugged on the Fourth of July, it supposedly has been improved, but I enjoy the simpler life in the suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut, not Greenwich Village, which is basically a student area. CIO

Note: <888> 04/11/05 Monday 10:55 P.M.: I ate a handful of licorice bits and a half dozen Old Dutch pretzels. It is amazing, I have been using personal computers for 15 years, and I have been on the internet for about 10 years, and I have not met anyone else whom knows anything about computers. Thus if anyone else is using computers in this area, it must be for use in some capacity that they do not feel like networking with other computer people. I do email a computer pen pal in Denmark who works next to the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, so I guess my internet use amuses them. Of course, I will have to remind some simple speaking English people that Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Phillip although he was born in Greece, he is from the Danish Royal family descended from a German Royal family. Thus maybe somebody in Copenhagen knows more about what is going on in the internet. Alas, maybe they are just mad at me, since when I arrived in Copenhagen in March 1983, after visiting Oslo, Norway for a couple of weeks, all I did was transfer planes, and get on a bigger S.A.S. 747 to fly home, and while at the airport in Copenhagen, I bought two cartons of Prince Cigarettes, which did not last me very long. However, the Danish like all northern Europeans tend to be a bit gloomy in the winter. I do recall that Queen Margrethe http://kongehuset.dk/english/ use to visit Key West, Florida, and I would see a lot big fat Danish pig farmers while she visited, and I recall that she also use to smoke cigarettes, but more than likely if I ever saw here, I just took her for another northern European house wife. If one wants to know what she looks like try this link The Danish Monarchy - The Royal House - HM The Queen . However, I currently can not print out a picture of her, since I do not have a frame to put it in. I suppose with all the rich Europeans living here, some of their Royalty must show up here occasionally for private visits, but it is the nature of Greenwich, Connecticut, one never knows if it is the real person or just some person impersonating them. It is the nature of the United States State Department that they tend to keep a eye on distinguished foreign visitors. However, in my tenure in New York area since 1961, the only important foreign visitors I ever recall seeing was Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip on July 5, 1976 at the reception at Bloomingdales department store on Third Avenue in Manhattan. Also I once attended Belgium Today with Princess Fabiola from Belgium around the winter of 1974. I also sall Margaret Thatcher here in Greenwich, Connecticut at the Hyatt Hotel after she was Prime Minister. I have seen Gerry Ford at the Gridiron dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, Jimmy Carter in Plains, Georgia before he was President, Ronald Wilson Reagan at his first Inaugural, George Herbert Walker Bush on the tennis court in Kennebunkport, Maine during the summer of 1980 and at the 1989 Inaugural ball, and if I ever saw his son the current president, I did not know it was him. However, in my time living in this area including New York and other areas, I might have rubbed shoulders with other dignitaries. I did stay with somebody in the Bahamas named Mercy and Romsey, and Romsey is one of the Mountbatten family names. While riding in the limousine in the Bahamas, there was a lady that got in that looked like the Shah of Iran's wife. However, more than likely, since the United Nations occasionally comes out to Greenwich, Connecticut to rough it, we might have dealt with other personalities that did not make the newspapers. I once knew somebody from Valhalla, New York who was from Brazil, and his only contact in this area was the His Highness the Aga Khan's 68th Birthday who has lived in Greenwich, Connecticut since 1922 among other deluxe watering holes. I also met Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands' nephew who was a KLM pilot. Also my former roommate in Manhattan use to work for Cyrus Vance doing word processing after he was Secretary of State. Anyway life seems to have gotten better after my friend told me about the Aga Khan, since before I was pretty much living out of a suitcase on a sofa, and that was only when I had a roof over my head. However, my family recently has also helped me out a small amount along with the usual government support because I am disabled. So much for petty gossip. CIO

Note: <888> 04/11/05 Monday 9:20 P.M.: I received email about a month ago that the internet cigarette site had been hijacked that I usually order from. Before it was http://www.smokemcheapcigarettes.com/ , but the new operator wants $13.65 a carton for Seneca Cigarettes. However, the previous owner of the web site now has http://www.smokers.com/ and Seneca Ultra Lights 100s are still the same old price of $11.25 a carton. I ordered from www.smokers.com 5 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $11.25 a carton plus $6 shipping for $62.25 total. This is still the my previous suppliers, and they come from the Two Guns Smoke shop in Irving, New York. Thus with the five cartons that I still have and with this shipment of 5 cartons, I should have enough cigarettes to last me until a week after I return from Florida on May 12, 2005. CIO

Note: <888> 04/11/05 Monday 8:40 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . However, I did not use tuna in the salad, but instead I cut two .25 inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I cut them into .50 inch wide strips of beef. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. On top of the salad I used 6 asparagus vinaigrette cut into .5 inch pieces, 11 grape tomatoes, and the usual 8 California black pitted olives. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with my relative in Florida whom received the http://fantes.com/microwave.htm#rice delivered by www.ups.com this evening at 6:41 P.M.. I left messages with two friends. CIO

Note: <888> 04/11/05 Monday 6:45 P.M.: I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning, and I took the metal hydride batteries out of the Radio Shack battery charger. I went back to bed until noon. I then put the four AA metal hydride batteries back in the Vivitar digital camera, and I set it up again with the correct settings. I got up, and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I used a fork to seperate my English muffin into two halves. I picked up my mail downstairs, and I threw out some garbage. I showered and cleaned up. I went over to the Greenwich Town Hall, and I got my new beach parking permit. It is number "01754". I brought my Connecticut Motor Vehicles registration to get it. The beach or Parks and Recreation office is on the second floor of the town hall. I then walked over to downtown Greenwich, and I chatted with an employee of Colony Florists, and I told the employee that http://www.dutchbulbs.com/ and http://www.tuliptime.com/ might have tulips for sale soon. Of course the Dutch in Holland, Michigan work all year round to sell their tulips which will be coming up soon. I then went to my 4 P.M. appointment. I explained to one visitor from New York City, the reason some of the women are quite large in Greenwich, Connecticut is that like the Midwest of America, it is that they frequently have large children, and it takes large women to control their larger children. Since mine was always a smaller family, we did not have those problems. I then drove down by the waterfront, and not much was happening. I then returned home. I got my Stanley glass scraper out from the floor of the sweater closet in the hallway, and I use it to remove my old beach parking sticker. I put the older beach parking sticker in my automobile information folder in the glove box, and I put the new Greenwich beach parking sticker #01754 in the driver's side lower corner of the windshield. This year they are red and white with black numbers. I chatted with a relative down in Florida, and the order for http://fantes.com/microwave.htm#rice has not arrived yet via www.ups.com , but it is out for delivery, so it should arrive soon today. I went back outside to make sure I have the right Greenwich, Connecticut beach sticker number. It is currently 55 degrees Fahrenheit in Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast , and the weather is quite pleasant. CIO

Note: <888> 04/11/05 Monday 3:55 A.M.: Where Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall are honeymooning up at http://www.balmoralcastle.com/ has an online gift shop, but at the moment it is not up and running. I ordered their gift catalog. I found this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4430437.stm with the official photograph of the Royal couple and there is a much better resolution photograph from the "Enlarge Image" of the family photograph. I printed out two 4 inch by 6 copies of each with my HP Photosmart 1000 printer on inkjet photo paper. I then took down the Christmas photo of Prince Charles and the boys from above my apartment entrance door, and I put one each of the two photos in the frame to hang vertical. I then move the picture of my mother above the apartment entrance door, and I moved the other frame of the picture of my mother and one of myself further up on the left side of the door, and I put the British Royal family framed photographs above the sconce on the left side of the apartment entrance door. Thus I am keeping my English Country style of decorating up to date. I put the other two copies of my photographs in my current album. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have to wake up 8 A.M. to take the metal hydride batteries out of the Radio Shack battery charger, and after I go back to bed, I have to wake up by about 1:30 P.M. to make my 4 P.M. appointment today. CIO

Note: <888> 04/11/05 Monday 2:20 A.M.: In the small LCD clock that I bought about 3 years ago for about $4.95 at the Greenwich Hardware store for my old Hyundai that I transferred to my apartment on top of my right computer monitor, I put in a new Duracell 303/357 1.5 volt silver oxide disk battery. It was the last one of that type I have in my left top desk drawer, but I still have three 2025 that are new and two more 2025 that might be new and three new 2032 and another 2032 that might be new. I now buy them at Home Depot where they are only about $1.59 each which is cheaper than most drug stores. I added them to www.geocities.com/mikelscott/inventory.htm . CIO

Note: <888> 04/10/05 Sunday 11:55 P.M.: I posted 29 pictures of the 370 pictures that I took today. I try not to have any other people in the pictures that are recognizable, so as not to invade other people's privacy. They are also linked from http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/ .

Note: <888> 04/10/05 Sunday 10:05 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M. this morning. I chatted with a friend. I chatted with a relative. I saw on the morning news that there was a program on earlier this evening on the Discovery Channel with Tom Brokaw from Yellowstone Park about its Volcanoes Yellowstone Volcano Observatory . However, I was not home early enough to watch it this evening. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a half of a sliced banana, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. The Little League baseball youth were out behind the building I suppose getting ready for the season. I brought my Vivitar digital camera and tripod and camera bag. I drove downtown by the waterfront, and I then went out to Tod's Point to the southwest picnic area, and I took pictures in that area. I then to the southeast beach area, and I walked out to the beach, and I took some pictures in that area. I then drove back to the waterfront in central Greenwich, and I chatted with a local resident, and I chatted with visitors from Mount Kisco, New York, and I told them my father used by his Oldsmobiles at Marty Motors in Mount Kisco, New York, and knowing my father it must have been the best price in this area. Since Greenwich, Connecticut no longer has any General Motors dealerships, I suppose their customers will have to buy their vehicles elsewhere. I took some pictures down by the waterfront. I then drove back to the center of downtown Greenwich, and I chatted with a local resident. I then tried taking some pictures as dusk using the tripod with the flash turned off to see how well the camera does time exposure photography. I then went by CVS, and I bought three 7 ounce packages of black licorice twists for $1.19 a package plus .21 tax for $3.78 total. I then returned home. I uploaded the pictures to my computer, and I took 370 pictures today. I am now charging up the metal hydride rechargeable batteries with my Radio Shack battery charger, and they will be fully charged at 8 A.M. tomorrow morning. I microwave and ate a 16 ounce Maria Callender chicken pot pie, which I ate with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 04/09/05 Saturday 4:35 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will rest for a while. CIO

Note: <888> 04/09/05 Saturday 4:15 P.M.: I went through my email. I installed Zinio Reader 3.0. CIO

Note: <888> 04/09/05 Saturday 2:20 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . However, I did not use tuna in the salad, but instead I cut two .25 inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I cut them into .50 inch wide strips of beef. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. On top of the salad I used 6 asparagus vinaigrette cut into .5 inch pieces, 15 grape tomatoes, and the usual 8 California black pitted olives. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I will now send out my weekly notes. I have noticed recently in downtown Greenwich that www.ups.com is now using smaller brown vans instead of the larger brown trucks probably to save on energy costs. CIO

Note: <888> 04/09/05 Saturday 11:55 A.M.: The British Royal family seem to be doing betters since at Prince Charles' wedding they had new Rolls Royces, while at Prince Edward's wedding, they were driving 20 year old Rolls Royces. I finished videotaping the wedding, and I took the tab off the videotape cassette, and I labeled it, and I have it set on the Swedish glass on the living room coffee table to have available for viewing. I went downstairs, and I folded my laundry. I chatted with the post man. I put my laundry away. Well, I have pretty much done all of my chores. CIO

Note: <888> 04/09/05 Saturday 10:05 A.M.: I was awake at 7:00 A.M.. I chatted with a friend. I started recording Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall's BBC NEWS UK Royal wedding blessing under way wedding at 7:45 A.M. EDT on the videotape machine on the European News channel. I switched about 8:30 A.M. to MSNBC which has continual coverage instead of being interrupted by news coverage. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with half of sliced banana and five large strawberries cut in half, along with English muffin, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. While watching the wedding, I also started two loads of laundry which have 30 minutes to go on the dry cycle. I also put clean linens on the bed. I chatted with a relative. I was told the Department of Homeland Security terror alert level was raised to Red or "High", but the internet says it is still at Yellow "Elevated" http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/ which I assume is correct. I also washed my yellow Gortex wind breaker, and I am now letting it dry in the shower area of the bath tub. CIO

Note: <888> 04/09/05 Saturday 12:10 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. BBC NEWS UK Timetable: The royal wedding day. I am not sure, but I think 12:30 P.M. BST would be 8:30 A.M. our time Eastern Daylight Time. I hope they will forgive me, if I happen to be snoozing through their wedding. For more information http://news.bbc.co.uk/ . Although it was not on the U.S. news, the European news channel said the four favorite cardinals in consideration for the job of Pope are the Cardinal of Milan, Italy, the Cardinal of Paris, France whom is Polish and converted from Judaism at age 14, the Cardinal of Rome, and the Cardinal whom is the Vatican Secretary of State. However, from what I recall in the past in the previous conclave, there are about 80 Italian Cardinals, and many of them are older than the voting age cut off of 80, and some of them are quite scholarly, and they rarely ever travel, so they are not willing to accept the job of Pope, since they do not want to travel. I believe this was the case with Cardinal Caserolli whom was considered at the time of Pope John Paul's elevation to Pope, however he declined since he was older, and he had never left Italy. If he were alive today, he would be close to 110. I recall at one time he was suppose to be the most scholarly of all the Cardinals. He was and possibly still the Cardinal of Florence, Italy, so he would have been the Cardinal there, when I lived in Florence, Italy and traveled out of Florence, Italy. Back in the winter of 1972, there were lots of priests traveling around and easily seen in Italy as well as nuns because of their unique uniforms. I have even seen a fully dressed Cardinal on Greenwich Avenue before. At the time since Florence, Italy had lots of pigeons which the Italians call squab, and which the Italians eat, there was also the frequent risk of Pigeon droppings on one's head. Thus I bought a black borcellino hat at the Florence flea market for 1250 lire, and I wore it all the time. I put a orange and black macramé band on it. However, just because I wore a black hat in Italy does not mean I was a priest, since I am both Scottish Presbyterian and Dutch Reform. Also because I walk frequently on Greenwich Avenue trying to lose weight and for exercise, and since Greenwich Avenue includes the Catholic Church, but it does not mean that I am Swiss Guard, since Greenwich Avenue also includes a First Presbyterian Church. However, it is the nature of the world, more than likely someone whom might look like me whom actually is a priest. However, there are also characters whom masquerade as priests. I recall seeing one blond fellow go into a bar on Halloween dressed as priest, but he was a little too prosperous looking compared to what an actual priest might look like. I actually am interested in Europe, so I enjoyed living there when I did. However, I do not really have the language skills to be a long term resident in any country in Europe beside England or Scotland, and with my arthritis, I would probably be more uncomfortable there than here. Bon Soir. CIO

Note: <888> 04/08/05 Friday 11:10 P.M.: While I was at Zen stationary, the sales clerk told me that Dr. Pelai whom I met when he first moved to Greenwich about five years ago, and I only saw once more downtown at the Alabai Japanese restaurant, has moved back to India. Apparently he was a medical doctor. On this page http://womenwhobelieve.us/respectedwomen/letteri.html , there is a mention of a Pelai from Indonesia. Of course, I might not be spelling Pelai right. I recall, the day I met him because I meet people all the time, but on that particular day was the day that somebody fired a rifle at me at Tod's Point, I guess thinking I was someone else, since I am very easily seen in Greenwich. I recall Dr. Pelai use to wear a black turban both times that I saw him, and he was accompanied by a young dark haired European woman both times. CIO

Note: <888> 04/08/05 Friday 10:50 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and I chatted with a neighbor. I then went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $6 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.659 a gallon for 33 miles driven total at 14.7 miles per gallon averaging driving 13 miles per hour. I then went downtown, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought for a dollar a "In the Money" #28 scratch card. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 16 ounce jar of Planter's Deluxe roasted peanuts for $1.99. While I was walking north on Greenwich Avenue from CVS, as I was crossing the sidewalk just north of CVS, a grey SUV vehicle came barreling down Greenwich Avenue and started to make a left turn into the cross walk, and almost hit me. I was wearing my grey L.L. Bean jacket, so I guess since they were going fast, they did not see me until the last minute. I might recognize the vehicle if I see it again. In the future at night, I guess I could wear my yellow Gortex wind breaker or my red Woolrich jacket which might stand out more, but the vehicle did not stop before starting to make the left turn, so anyone in the crosswalk would have been threatened. I guess the younger generation do not know how to drive safely at night. I completed my walk. I then returned home, and I chatted with two relatives. I scratched the scratch card, and I did not win anything. I ate 7 Old Dutch pretzels with some iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/08/05 Friday 6:25 P.M.: I picked off the ends of the remaining fresh green beans, and I put them in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid, and I added a couple inches of water, and I heated them on the vegetable cycle in the General Electric microwave oven. I then reheated the remaining rice from yesterday in its Rubbermaid container. While doing this I cut 4.5 quarter inch thick pieces of the cold eye round of beef, and I put the slices on a plates with horse radish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce. I put some olive oil on the drained green beans. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO

Note: <888> 04/08/05 Friday 5:30 P.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering the plants. I also did some of my usual spring tweaks for the apartment. I unplugged the Lasko bpx fan like what they are currently selling at CVS here in Greenwich, and I removed its plastic coverings on each side, and I cleaned it, and I then I put the plastic covering back on, and I moved it in front of the other Lasko fan behind the television in the living room. I removed the Styrofoam panels from in front of the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control, and I slid them up above the air conditioner. I threw away the duct tape that held them in place for the winter. I used the large bobby pins that I keep on the window shelf by the air conditioner, and I pinned up the orange curtain, so it is clear of the air conditioning opening. I connected up the air conditioner to the heavy duty air conditioning cord connected to the heavy duty air conditioning plug, and I opened its exhaust louver, and I set it on high fan to bring some fresh air into the apartment. I put its remote control on the coffee table. I also tested its cooling feature, and it still seems to cool just fine. I turned off the apartment heat with the thermostat by turning it down to the minimum. Starting this time of year, the sun hits my westerly facing windows in the afternoon and warms up the apartment. It was up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment this afternoon. I removed the items from the window shelf, and I clean it, and then I put them back on the window shelf. I moved my heavy rain forest winter coat from hanging on the bathroom door, and I put it on the left side of the right living room closet. I did put away my winter knit hats, scarves, and gloves on one of the lower shelves of the sweater closet in the hallway. I did not put away my long underwear bottoms, since it is still a bit cool at night, if I go out. I put a new blue toilet tablet in the bathroom toilet. I move the bent oak chair by the bed in the bedroom to behind the other bent oak chair in between the bedroom desk and the bedroom mahogany bureau. I unplugged the two DeLonghi oil filled radiators in the living room, which I did not use hardly at all this winter, but I do use them if the outside temperature goes down to below 20 degrees Fahrenheit. I put them in between the bed and the desk in the bedroom, so there is a bit more room in the living room. I threw out the garbage. Thus I have my apartment ready for warmer weather conditions whenever they occur. Currently, it is 60 degrees Fahrenheit in Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . My www.fantes.com order for a relative of a http://fantes.com/microwave.htm#rice according to www.ups.com tracking arrived at Jacksonville, Florida at 12:15 A.M. this morning, and it is scheduled for delivery this Monday further south in Florida. CIO

Note: <888> 04/08/05 Friday 12:40 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with sliced strawberry halves and sliced bananas, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I threw out the garbage. It seems to be a farly nice day. However, in the Dutch reform religion, there is one maxim, and that is "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness", so as usual on Friday, I will do my house cleaning and watering the plants. I guess since the television has so much gloomy news on recently, while doing my house cleaning, I will listen to some vintage Rock and Roll music to cheer things up around here. CIO

Note: <888> 04/08/05 Friday 2:20 A.M.: I mailed the priority mail envelope at the central Greenwich, China post office. I drove down by the waterfront, and I could not be bothered to see if Long Island is still there. For all I know Moby Dick washed it away. I then returned home. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. Later on today, when I wake up, I will do my house cleaning and watering the plants. I suppose there is not really much going on around here, unless one happens to be into spring time gardening. Of course some people have more complicated homes, so it takes them longer to find their remote controls to observe their artificial environments. Bon Soir. CIO

Note: <888> 04/08/05 Friday 1:15 A.M.: I received email from Antec with the RMA number for returning the Cobra IDE cable back to them for replacement. I made copies of the RMA form with RMA number and the original Staples sales receipt, and I put the original in a priority mail envelope with the defective Cobra cable, and I sealed it with tape, and I printed out a label for it with Antec RMA number on it as well as the address. It weighs less than a pound, so according to www.usps.com , it costs $3.85 to send Priority Mail. I put eleven .37 stamps on it for $4.07 total shipping out to Freemont, California. I will now change my clothes, and I will go out and mail the Priority Mail envelope at the central Greenwich, Connecticut post office Express Mail outside box. I will put the computer on standby. CIO

Note: <888> 04/07/05 Thursday 11:35 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went to my 3 P.M. appointment. I noticed in the lobby of the Greenwich Hospital that I stopped by that near the Emergency Entrance where the volunteer station used to be, they have the blue prints for the new Watson pavilion, and it looks to be quite a modern facility they are building there. There are still Watson family members in the area, but out of privacy for their family whom are relatively new to this area from Ohio, I will not reveal where they still live. However, I was told by a friend that is a real estate broker, the current head of their family lived in Wilton, Connecticut 15 years ago, but possibly with new found prosperity in his family's generation, he might have move elsewhere, and besides Greenwich, it is well advertised in this area, they also live in New Canaan, and the IBM press has advertised that they also live in Manhattan, London, and Antigua, so for all I know the remaining members of their family are wandering the world on some sailboat trying to get their compass directions fixed on the north star as they travel out of the southern hemisphere. In my focus on the waterfront all of these years, I also know they have lived in Key West, Florida, Goshen, New York and the Hamptons. Whatever the case we do know that the old man also rode a motorcycle, so possibly some of his family members are now members of a motorcycle gang. Also as pilots, they could be anywhere in the world, and from a family that were once ambassadors to Russia, they might have ended up on the beach homeless in Florida as the first United States of America's ambassador to Russia ended up homeless on the beach in Florida. I suppose after serving in Russia, they prefer to be homeless on the beach in Florida. Of course with that so called group of sailors or yachtsmen, they frequently can turn out to be pirates. Maybe the Houston tobacco salesman was right, when I said IBM "I've Been Moved", and he said back "Idy Bitty Minds". Whatever the case, IBM still seems to be helping to make this area prosper, but I am not sure that with them selling bits of the company to the Chinese that we might not all end up picking rice. After my 3 P.M. appointment, I went to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought for $5 a Radio Shack Cat. No. 43-1244 Automatic Fax Switch which automatically transfers incoming voice and fax calls to the appropriate device model number AFX-250. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. I also checked out the train station to make sure it was still there. During my walk, I viewed the 70% off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store, and I stopped by CVS. At CVS, I bought two 14 ounce boxes of Old Fashioned Dutch pretzels for .99 each and two buy one get one free of Altoids citrus sours and 2 of tangerine sours for $1.99 each two for $6.20 total. I then completed my walk, and I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center. I noticed they were having an Art opening. Thus having covered Manhattan in the old days for about 10 years including the art scene at such small galleries as the Metropolitan Museum, I suppose some of our local aspiring artists are still drawing pictures. I noticed once the National Gallery in Washington D.C. is slightly larger than the Metropolitan Museum, but my focus on the internet recently would be more out of a Natural History Museum. Whatever the case, I can not afford to buy modern art. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I noticed the Royal Bank of Scotland, Greenwich Capital Market has posted signs that they are going to cut down all of the trees on their road frontage. Possibly it is part of the project of remodeling their court yard. The building is such an architectural monstrosity, they should also consider taking down the building too and some of the surrounding buildings to increase the appeal of the local waterfront. I suppose they are representative of the good old days in Greenwich when people drank too much alcohol, and they lost touch with what is considered good taste in art and architecture. Obviously there was enough money to build a more appealing building, but I suppose its original owners were more concerned about cost per square foot which frequently is an overwhelming consideration in the New York area. I then traveled further down to the end of the road, and nobody seemed to be interested in the view of Long Island, so I guess the locals here have lost interest in Long Island, but I will continue to travel down there daily in that direction enjoying the view of the waterfront as long as I can afford it. Who knows maybe some tall ship like the Kruzenshtern will show up as the avant gard of the Russia Navy to bring relief to the suffering northern Europeans in this area living under the yoke of Hispanic oppression that seems to have occurred over the years, but we sure do seem to have more time to write anymore instead of doing the landscaping ourselves. I suppose with all of the northern European individuals moving down south, the last population group that might venture into this area to try to live in its more moderate climates might be the Russians whom obviously would know that this area is a bit warmer in the winter than what they are use to. However, most Russians do not have much money, so more than likely a lot of the structures are being maintained for individuals whom return from their winter residences down south. I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor. I then started dinner, and I took the eye round roast, and I put it on a baking rack which I put in a baking pan, and I seasoned it on all sides with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic power, poultry and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, celery salt, Italian spices, and Kraft www.kraft.com Bulls Eye barbeque sauce. I cooked it in the Farberware convection over at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes, and then I let it sit outside the oven for five minutes. I ate two 1/2 inch thick slices of it with the juices. I make up a batch of rice with the China Village rice steamer the usual way www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm . I ate half of the rice and refrigerated the remaining beef and rice in Rubbermaid containers. I also steamed for 15 minutes in a Revere pot with lid with a steamer tray and 3/4 inch of water on high to medium high one person's portion of broccoli crowns and green beans. I ate the dinner with a glass of iced tea. I then chatted with a relative. I put the Radio Shack Automatic Fax Switch on the living room desk to the left of the cable modem, and I connected its 12 volt transformer to the extension cord on the floor next to it. I connected a 8 foot telephone cable from the cable modem to the fax switch, and I ran from the fax switch the cable that leads to the Optimum Voice telephones to the telephone connector on the fax switch, and I connected the fax modem with a 25 foot telephone cable from the fax switch. Thus if I should use the computer to receive faxes, it is set up with the fax switch. I have to leave the fax switch on all the time, since it is part of the Optimum Voice system. As I have said many times before with all of the cheaper electronics in the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop, they could be bugged, but they would have to be incredibly stupid to waste their time bugging me. I then chatted with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 04/07/05 Thursday 1:35 P.M.: I opened a 18 ounce can of Progresso sirloin steak and vegetable soup, and I put it in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven. I put it in a large cobalt blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I turned down my living room thermostat from 78 degrees Fahrenheit to 72 degrees Fahrenheit, so it will remain 70 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit in my apartment with the warmer spring weather that we are experiencing. I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO

Note: <888> 04/07/05 Thursday 12:55 P.M.: I rested a bit more. I watched some television. I am enjoying the warmer environment of my apartment, since it is presently warmer outside at 61 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast , so it is currently a bit warmer in my apartment, which is enjoyable, but it also slows down my body system a bit. My order of the microwave rice steamer http://fantes.com/microwave.htm#rice to a relative is already on its way to Florida and is scheduled for delivery April 11, 2005. CIO

Note: <888> 04/07/05 Thursday 10:15 A.M.: I was awake at 7:30 A.M.. I put the charged metal hydride AA batteries back in the Vivitar digital camera. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon and milk and sliced half of a banana and five large strawberries sliced in half, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I then watched some television. I have to now wash the dishes and make my bed. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. However, I really can not afford to go downtown too much this month for lack of funds. I also have 6 cartons of cigarettes left, but since I plant to go down to John's Island, Indian River Shores, Vero Beach, Florida for the first 12 days of May, I might need enough cigarettes to take me through my period down there, so possibly I might have to order some before I leave for Florida to have some to take with me. Technically I have 60 packages of cigarettes which at a pack to a pack and a half a day should be enough, but recently they seem to have been going faster. CIO

Note: <888> 04/07/05 Thursday 12:15 A.M.: BBC NEWS UK Fake bomb 'reaches castle area' . What the media never tells one, if one commits a crime in England, it is basically part of an island, and it can be awfully hard to escape off that island, if the authorities don't want you to. Thus when visiting islands, one should try to obey the law. Of course much could be said about the Americas, since it is completely surrounded by water on all sides, and basically if one tried to escape from the Americas, they probably could stop you, more than likely. Whatever, the case when I have traveled overseas, I have had permission to travel, and I was welcomed in those destinations that I traveled to. However, if one needs assistance in traveling and as one gets older, it can be more expensive than hopping a jet with a back pack, since as we get older, we do not like sleeping rough. Of course the last time I visited Florida this January, I saw some older men whom reminded me of British Beefeaters whom were probably Canadians whom were older than myself walking north with heavy back packs, so more than likely there are still a fit group of older gentleman somewhere in the world, we have not noticed much of in this area. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 11:25 P.M.: Recently I have seen a Coors truck www.coors.com circling around town looking for customers. Unfortunately if you drink too much Coors in this area, one is going to end up doing a lot of walking, since Connecticut is suppose to be the insurance state. However, when I lived around a Coors family member in Fort Lauderdale back in the fall of 1976 after the republican Presidential candidate Gerald Ford and Vice President Candidate Nelson Aldridge Rockefeller lost to the James Earle Carter and Walter Mondale ticket in the election that year, I did not notice many republicans drinking in Fort Lauderdale except for New Years, if they could afford it. I think the following New Years in 1978, when I had returned to the area, life was so rough, I tried having a good time, by drinking milk shake cups of Budweiser at the upstairs bar across from the Holiday Inn on the beach across from the button bar all night long, and I spent the whole night singing Beatles songs, but nobody came to my aid when I had too much to drink, and I recall waking up the following morning on A1A passed out half way in a bush in Pompano, and nobody seemed to take notice, but since I normally do not drink, and since at the time I did not own a car, I did not violate any laws, and all the locals whom saw me that night probably thought I was just another drunk tourist off the Queen Elizabeth II which frequently docks in Port Everglades, Florida that a friend of mine built. I think it was at that point I quit my job in Boca Raton, Florida at La Vielle Maison, and took my last paycheck, and bought a ticket on Eastern airlines, and flew to the Bahamas looking for more of the Anglophile lifestyle only to find out that I was back working one of my normal routines. Of course camping out in Paradise Island could be considered routine shore patrol in the British Navy, when one is around members of the Iranian and British Royal families. Thus in the Bahamas, I did not drink alcohol, but I do recall having a nice meal at the Casino with a vegetarian. I never saw many blond people in Florida, and at the time I was blond, and I noticed at Paradise Island, there were about 5,000 blond English people whom worked for RCA Global Communications on their ground satellite systems. Alas, the Royalty had so much help there, they did not really need my help, and they treated me like a guest despite my lack of funds. When I returned to south Florida and eventually Key West, Lord Baden Powell's grandson showed up on a helicopter in Mallory square where I was observing the usual scene one Sunday morning, so I figured I had become an honorary member of the British boy scouts, although in America, I never made it above Cup Scout. In all my years in Key West, I only drank one Heineken and possibly a couple of other beers one night, before life got confusing again. Recently on the waterfront on Steamboat Road, I noticed a White Owl cigar case and a broken Heineken bottle. CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 10:25 P.M.: I have now paid all of my bills for the month. CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.: The miniature palm trees were less than 6 inches tall, when I bought them over 10 years ago at the Food Emporium for about a dollar apiece. CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 10:15 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I started to use the digital camera, but the 4 metal hydride AA batteries needed recharging, so I am now charging them up in the Radio Shack battery charger, and they will be fully charged at 8 A.M. tomorrow morning. Hopefully I will be awake then. I put in some regular batteries, which I will leave in until I put the metal hydride batteries back in the camera. I took these two pictures and posted them.

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 8:15 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I microwaved and ate a Swanson's 11 ounce boneless white meat chicken dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea. I went outside, and I threw out my TV dinner wrapping. I guess today, we can call them Internet dinners. I checked the oil on my Volvo, and it is all right. I forgot to turn off the air conditioner switch on my Volvo, so I turned it off. Everything else from what I can see looks fine underneath the hood. I chatted with a relative, and the relative needed some hexagon clear glass plates that retired ladies paint for decorative items, and they can not find them locally in Florida, and I found them at http://www.behrenbergglass.com/ , but although they produce them, they are not listed at their online store. However, they have an 800 number that one can call. I found it through www.aj.com . CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 4:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and I chatted with some neighbors. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought 6 ounce bottle of Gold's horseradish for $1.29, two 8 ounce bars of Helauva A Good Munster cheese for $2 each, four 59 ounce containers of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, four 11.5 ounce Swanson's boneless breast of chicken dinners a $1 each, two 28 ounce cans of Goya chick peas for $1.19 each, six 4.25 ounce cans of crushed California black pitted olives for 3 for a $1, a 16 ounce container of Stop and Shop grated parmesan cheese for $4.99, two boxes of the 25 bag package of the five variety pack of Twinings tea for $3.19 each package, a eye round roast at $2.29 a pound for $6.25, buy one get one free of Nathan's beef franks for $4.49 each, 2 pounds of fresh California strawberries for $1.99, a 3 pound bag of onions for $2.79, fresh bananas at .69 a pound $1.19, fresh brocolli bunch at $1.99 a pound for $2.41, fresh green beans at .99 a pound for .73, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.39, a pint of grape tomatoes for $3.99 for $63.27 total. I then returned home, and I brought down by cart from my apartment, and I used it to bring up my groceries. I chatted with some neighbors on the way. I then put away my groceries, and I updated http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/inventory.htm . CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 12:55 P.M.: I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors. I chatted with the building custodian whom is back from vacation in Florida. He said it is getting expensive in Florida. I picked up my mail which included my rent bill. I faxed my microwave oven rice recipe to a relative in Florida Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe . I opened a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, which I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven. I put it in a large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I will now go back out to pay my rent and to do my grocery shopping at the Stop and Shop and perhaps kills a little time downtown. CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a 8 quart dry package of Miracle-Gro enriched potting soil mix for $5.99 plus .36 tax for $6.35 total. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS during my walk, and I bought a five pack of Bic lighters 3 orange, a purple, and a red for $2.99 plus .18 tax for $3.17 total. I then completed my walk, and I sat out for while. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I walked out on to the pier, and none of the regular summer fishermen seem to have showed up yet. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop, and I bought a 31 inch by 25 inch old walnut framed mirror with curved top for $25 and a Epson TO13201 cartridge for a dollar for $26 total. I returned home, and I brought up my purchases. The Espon TO13201 cartridge will not work with my EpsonStylus Color 880 printer, so I put it on the wicker rack behind my left monitor with the other spare cartridges. I took down the NASA shuttle launch photograph from my bedroom door, and I put it behind my bed headboard. I then took the octagon mirror from the bathroom wall, and I hung it on the lower side of my bedroom door. I then used a second 50 pound OOK hook with the existing 50 pound OOK hook, and I hung the old mirror with the walnut frame on the bathroom wall behind the toilet. It looks quite nice in that location. I then brought each of the small miniature palms into the kitchen, and I filled up each with about 2 quarts of the Miracle-Gro potting mix, and I watered each with the kitchen sink spray attachment, and I put them back on the living room coffee table. I used about another two quarts on the large pathos plants on the mahogany bureau, and I watered it. I did not try to carry it, since it is heavy. I still have about 2 quarts of the Miracle-Gro potting mix left, which I will store underneath the kitchen sink. Although my Cablevision Digital television and Optimum online bills are not yet posted online, I was able to pay them online, since I know the amounts from the paper bills that I received. CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 6:45 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower and clean up. I will go out for some usual morning activity, and I will also do some shopping at the Stop and Shop. I need to go by the Greenwich Hardware store to get a small bag of potting soil. I chatted with a friend. CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 6:00 A.M.: I watched the European News, and it was sad to hear the report that S.A.S. le Prince Rainier III of Monaco http://www.monaco.mc/ has passed away. I will now refill the Glade plug-in refill in the kitchen with a 60% mixture of English Leather cologne and 40% of 91% isopropyl alcohol leaving about a half inch for air at the top of the plug-in refill. I use a screw driver to pry off the top. Also, one should not let the Glade plug-in refill become totally empty and dry out before refilling. I will then wash the breakfast dishes, and I will make my bed. It said in the European news on Digtial television that Monaco is the second smallest country in the world being two square kilometers and only the Vatican is the smallest country in the world. Thus the two smallest countries in the world have lost their leaders this week. CIO

Note: <888> 04/06/05 Wednesday 4:50 A.M.: I am awake after a good nights sleep. Current temperature in Greenwich, Connecticut is 43 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast with a high expected about 65 degrees Fahrenheit today. I will now make breakfast of oatmeal, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO

Note: <888> 04/05/05 Tuesday 4:50 P.M.: I went outside briefly, and it seems to be a nice day. I will now shut down the computer, and I will try to go back to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 04/05/05 Tuesday 4:10 P.M.: I watched a bit of vintage television, since I could not fall asleep. I suppose the good old days are gone forever. I also suppose at www.cablevision.com if Jimmy Dolan can not get his employees to post their accounts online in a more timely fashion, so their customers can pay their bills, Jimmy Dolan's father whom actually still owns quite a bit of Cablevision will have to replace him with somebody else like Champaign Charlie's cousin George. Actually since Champaign Charlie is spelled correctly, it would seem to me that Champaign Charlie worked around the railroad in Champaign, Illinois, and since the internet is not much of anything but one big railroad salvage business, more than likely with his family's influence in the railroad, he might have some influence about what goes on around the railroad. Since the telegraphs use to have something to do with the railroad in the past, more than likely the railroad also has some sort of involvement with the internet too, since like mass transportation, it is mass communications. It seems sort of strange that a private capitalist company does not want to be paid in a timely fashion. I think I will go outside briefly to see what the warmer weather feels like. CIO

Note: <888> 04/05/05 Tuesday 12:45 P.M.: I went to bed after the last message. I then had the door bell ring, and the United States Postal Employee delivered via Priority Mail the cables I ordered from http://www.jab-tech.com/ which is in nearby Hanover, New York, and I ordered two Jab-tech.com online case modding and overclocking store - 18" Dual device IDE cable **UV BLUE** for $3.79 each and two Jab-tech.com online case modding and overclocking store - 24" Dual device IDE cable ***UV BLUE*** for $3.99 each plus $3.95 priority mail shipping for $19.51 total. I then looked at the cables and the 18 inch cable seems to have a little bit more length between the master and the slave, so I decided to use one of the 18 inch cables to replace the old hard drive IDE 100/133 cable on my computer. I turned off all of the power at the control panels. I moved the AT&T wireless router to on top of the Epson printer, so it did fall down when I shifted the CPU. I moved the electrical items to the right of the CPU on the table off the table, and I let them hang by their cords. I moved the scanner off the CPU. I then pulled the CPU forward a couple of inches, and I tilted it to the right on its side. I then opened up the case cover, which also has a secure key screw on it to prevent intruders. I used my grounding strap which I keep between the CPU and the monitor, and I put it on my wrist, and I connected it to the CPU frame. I then touched the power supply to further ground myself. I also wear my rubber sole house slippers when working on the computer to prevent electric static shock from such clothing items as socks on wool carpet. I then removed the IDE cable from the master hard drive and then the slave hard drive. The master and slave hard drives are perpendicular to each other in my Northgate computer case. I then removed the cable from the IDE connector on the motherboard. When removing the cables from the three points, one must note the notch in the cable and which way it fits in at each point. One can only install it one way. The master is the far end of the cable from the longer end that connects to the motherboard. I then attached the new cable to the master hard drive and then to the slave. I then connected it to motherboard. With the case opened I checked out the layout to make sure there are no conflicting wires. I then test the cable booting the cable to the CMOS or Bios password to make sure it did not give an error message, which it would if did not work or if it were not installed properly. I then decided to clean my CPU cooler fan and my case fan, so I used four long cotton swabs with myself still wearing the grounding strap connected to the computer case, and I cleaned the fan blades with the different swabs using another one to hold the blade stationary. This causes dust and particles to fall onto the motherboard and inside of the computer, which is not good. I then got out my old Electrolux vacuum cleaner with hose that can be reversed to exhaust air, and I set it to exhaust air or blow out air with the vacuum cleaner. I once again connected myself with the grounding strap, and I was careful to use the vacuum exhaust without touching the computer or its components, and I blew out all of the dust that had accumulated inside the case and motherboard. I then examined the motherboard more carefully, and I found some larger dust balls that I removed with a tweezers. I then tested the computer again to make sure it started to the CMOS BIOS password. One could use a can of compressed air instead of the vacuum cleaner exhaust, but I can not afford to buy it. Also I have read that compressed air in a can, can sometimes cause problems. I put the case cover back on the computer, and I installed the thread head screw and the key screw. I keep the key to the key screw in a secure location. I then checked the rear cables on the back of the computer to make sure they were install properly and had not pulled out. I then up righted the CPU, and I pushed it back about two inches. I then checked the rear cables again. I then put the scanner back on top of the CPU. I then put the electrical items from the right side of the CPU back on the computer table, and I put the AT&T wireless router back on the speaker where it normally is. I then booted up the computer, and it all seems to be running just fine. To do a quick test to make sure it is running fine with the new IDE cable installed, I ran Norton WinDoctor 2003, and it ran just fine. I have explained this week earlier in my notes, from my 14 years of experience on home computers that the most frequent items that seems to fail and cause problems on desktop computers is the hard drive IDE cables. I suppose with newer high speed large capacity hard drives with and faster computers, the IDE cables wear out even faster than in the past. Thus I have the one possibly faulty 24 inch IDE cable that I just took off, and two new 24 inch IDE cables and a 18 inch IDE cable in reserve. I use the longer cables if I replace the IDE cables running to my two CD drives. On my 2 year and four month old computer, it users the IDE 100/133 cable, and I use the rounded ones, so the inside of the case has better ventilation. I think Priority Mail from the United States post office is quite quick if it is coming from a local shipper. Thus I hope I have finally fixed the problem that was causing me computer problems this weekend. I will store the spare and used IDE cables in my Syntax motherboard box to the left of my bedroom television on the white bureau. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go back to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 04/05/05 Tuesday 10:00 A.M.: Earlier, I put the tea in the clear plastic 59 ounce orange juice jugs and diluted it, and put it in the refrigerator to become iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/05/05 Tuesday 9:55 A.M.: I went outside after the last message, and I checked out my car. I threw out some garbage. If one has an older Volvo, one can find a few parts for it on www.ebay.com . I chatted with some neighbors. I sat out briefly for a while enjoying the nice weather. I chatted with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 04/05/05 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.: I opened a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, which I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven. I put it in a large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I am making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . Instead of my usual recipe with five bags of the different types of Twinings tea in their variety pack, I am using the six different types in the Bigelow six assorted tea package. They include Constant Comment, Plantation Mint, English Teatime, Earl Grey, Green Tea, and Lemon Lift. I also used four green tea bags and 10 orange pekoe tea bags for the mixture. That is almost the last of my Bigelow tea, but I still have two bags of Bigelow green tea and one of plantation mint. I also have a box of 25 of the Twinings five variety pack left. Once the tea has steeped for an hour or more, I will put it evenly into the 6 clear plastic 59 ounce orange juice jugs, and I will dilute it with water, and then chill it to make iced tea. However, I just drink it cold, I do not bother to put ice in it, since that would dilute it even more. CIO

Note: <888> 04/05/05 Tuesday 3:10 A.M.: I did some regular computer work. I chatted with Cablevision at 1-203-348-9211, and among other things, they said my bill would be posted in a day or two. I explained to the Cablevision representative that I do not find much programming that I am interested in on their television network, or perhaps at the times that I do try to watch it, not much programming is available. CIO

Note: <888> 04/05/05 Tuesday 1:25 A.M.: I paid my monthly average of $111 electricity online which included heat at www.cl-p.com . However, as usual for this time of year, the electricity was a bit higher than the average. I can not tell exactly what it was, but it looks to have been around $135. However, I only pay the average. Usually in April and May and June, it goes down quite a bit because, there is not as much heat used. CIO

Note: <888> 04/04/05 Monday 11:55 P.M.: One good way to find one's way around this country is http://maps.google.com/ . I have visited Wayzata, Minnesota before with a member of the Whitney family, so that is how I know it is a nice town. On my first return trip to Florida after graduating from college in 1972, I drove down from Chicago with a Harris, a Whitney, and a DuPont, although that might have been their mother's maiden names. CIO

Note: <888> 04/04/05 Monday 11:25 P.M.: The web page that I was looking at on this past Saturday when my computer failed was this web site http://www.ci.edina.mn.us/ . I am sure it is a nice town, but in my more formal education, I seem to have met quite a few people from Wayzeta, Minnesota, where families like the Whitneys and the Pillsburys seem to be able to afford to live. Of course since my paternal Grandmother's grandmother was a Davidson, I might have some relatives where ever the Davidson family have managed to resettle in America. However, it is the nature of families in the north country that since 90% of the Canadian population lives along the Canadian border, that some families on the northern United States border might occasionally visit into Canada. The last time I recall being in Canada was December 1983, before I retired back to Greenwich, Connecticut. I visited with a large group of fellows whom I had seen frequently in New York when they were helping to build the World Trade Center, and although it is the nature of the construction industry that the construction personnel change companies with the jobs, I recall some of them probably lived in the Toronto, Canada area, since they worked for Olympia and York back then. I would assume that since they tend to work on major construction projects that some of them are still working on the Yanksee River dam, which is a major construction project underway for 23 years with about 7 years more to go. Of course I can recall as a youth reading about the Aswan dam, since at the time in Decatur, Alabama, there were a large number of dams on the Tennessee River built by the TVA www.tva.gov . Thus more than likely in my life, I have encountered someone in the United States government whom knows about electricity. I recall when I first flew up to Connecticut on the Chemstrand corporation company gulf stream plane, I stopped over at National airport, and while walking through National airport in Washington D.C., my father introduced me to the head of the Atomic Energy Commission. Of course down in Key West, Florida a lot of the same big people I saw in Toronto, Canada during my last trip seemed to know whom Admiral Henrik Rickover was since more than likely a nuclear submarine or two had passed by the Key West during its prime. Locally here in Connecticut the electricity seems to still be working, yet I have not received my rent bill, and my Cablevision and Connecticut Light and Power bills have not yet been posted, so I still have most of my bills to pay. If I turned out to be a high ranking military officer would that mean every time they all see me, they would have to salute me. CIO

Note: <888> 04/04/05 Monday 4:35 P.M.: I will now put the computer on standby, and I will try to take a nap. For some reason, I feel a bit tired. The local weather seems to be clearing a bit, and it is currently 46 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . CIO

Note: <888> 04/04/05 Monday 4:15 P.M.: I went through my email. I guess since many people whom can afford computers in the world seem to have one unfortunate disability in that they can not type on a keyboard. However, generally typing for a living will now help you to afford to live in this area, where the big wigs seem to be executives whom are not afraid to fly. CiO

Note: <888> 04/04/05 Monday 4:10 P.M.: If you feel like visiting in the north country this summer, or if you like buying your winter clothes on sale as spring begins http://www.sierratradingpost.com/landing10/ . CIO

Note: <888> 04/04/05 Monday 3:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. 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. On top of the salad I used 6 asparagus vinaigrette cut into 1 inch pieces, 10 grape tomatoes, and 8 California black pitted olives. I used all of the regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with a relative. The relative suggested that I take a nap, but since I got up at about 10 A.M. this morning, I do not think I need a nap. I am probably waiting to go downtown at 5 P.M., so I do not have to pay for parking. CIO

Note: <888> 04/04/05 Monday 1:20 P.M.: I did some regular computer work. I threw out some garbage. I picked up my mail. I received my www.cablevision.com bills, but they are not yet posted online on the internet. I saved some of my backup files to the 32 meg. USB pen drive and the 8 meg. Compact memory disk. It seems to be a nice day outside Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast . The April 1, 2005 2005 Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecast is posted on the internet The Tropical Meteorology Project: [FORECASTS] . CIO

Note: <888> 04/04/05 Monday 10:50 A.M.: I went to bed after the last message. I chatted with a relative about 9:30 P.M.. I woke up at 5 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until a short time ago. I will now wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 7:55 P.M.: My order for IDE cables has been processes, and it ships tomorrow Priority Mail from Hanover, New York which is a short ways north of Greenwich, Connecticut. I went through my email. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 7:45 P.M.: I chatted with a couple of relatives. I noticed this yesterday on the scrolling news on the bottom of the television on CNN, which has not yet been picked up by the news media. It says that the Homeland Security level has been raised to level, which means a "Significant Risk of Terrorist Attacks" http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=29 . On the weather front, it is cloudy over Mount St. Helens, so this does not show much activity http://einstein.atmos.colostate.edu/~mcnoldy/msh/ and http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/welcome.html . CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 7:00 P.M.: I am microwaving a Stouffer's 21 ounce lasagna with meat sauce, which I will eat shortly with a glass of iced tea. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 6:35 P.M.: It took a while to figure out, but Windows XP Professional comes with Fax software which I installed from the Add Remove programs window, and I installed the Windows XP Professional disk and installed the Fax Software. I turned off my computer, and I disconnected from the serial port in the rear of the CPU, the X10 remote control mouse which I never use. I had available near the serial port, my cable for my U.S. Robotics Sportster Voice 56K Faxmodem. I connected the cable, and I set the modem just to the left of the monitor stand behind the left side of the keyboard. I turned it on, and I booted up the computer, and Windows XP Professional recognized the modem plug and play and installed it. It set up the dialing on the modem in the control panel under "Phone and Modem Options" for my Optimum Voice telephone line that the modem is connected to. I printed out this form http://www.antec.com/pdf/rma_form.pdf and filled it out in regards to this cable http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=77226# that I bought at Staples. I looked at this information http://www.antec.com/us/support_rma.html . I then made in the Microsoft Fax Cover editor a fax cover page for the Antec. I then used the Microsoft Word 2003 program to scan the Antec RMA Request Form that I filled out and the Staples receipt for the Antec Cobra cable, and I then used the option in Microsoft Word 2003 that works with the Microsoft Fax program to send the 3 page fax to Antec at the Fax telephone number on the RMA form for free through my Optimum Voice telephone connection. They are suppose to contact me back with an RMA number to send the cable back to them for replacement within 7 days of receiving the RMA number. Thus if I send it Priority mail for about $4, I should get a new $15 cable back from them. It is a lot of work for a $11 savings, but I now know how to send faxes for free, and it all works quite well. I could set it up to receive faxes, but I never get any faxes, and I would not want to leave my computer on all the time. I turned off the telephone modem with the button on top of it, so it is not on all the time. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 4:05 P.M.: I went through my other receipts in the beige file cabinet, and I found the Staples receipt for the Antec Cobra IDE cable. I bought it October 4, 2004 at 3:45 P.M. for $14.98, and on the same sales receipt I bought a package of Staples laser paper for $4.98, and a three pack of Staples clamp binders for $5.99 plus $1.68 tax on the entire sale for $29.65 total.

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 3:40 P.M.: This morning before going to bed, I installed the icons for the 12 in 1 memory card reader. However, Windows XP after I restored the backup from 03/18/05 did not install an icon for the USB flash drive, where there use to one is just a blank icon. Also the USB flag drive tends to garble files, but it might be caused by the four port USB device that it is plugged into. I bought the USB 32 meg flash drive on sale at Walgreen's for $15. The Antec Cobra cable cost me about $20 at Staples. It supposedly is a good cable since it has additional shielding. Possibly the larger hard drives with additional usage on backups is causing my IDE cable to wear out sooner. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 3:00 P.M.: I logged onto http://www.jab-tech.com/ which is in nearby New York, and I ordered two Jab-tech.com online case modding and overclocking store - 18" Dual device IDE cable **UV BLUE** for $3.79 each and two Jab-tech.com online case modding and overclocking store - 24" Dual device IDE cable ***UV BLUE*** for $3.99 each plus $3.95 priority mail shipping for $19.51 total. Thus I will have some spare IDE cables, when I need them in the future, and I will replaced the used one that I just installed that I have used in the past before I began to think it too was suspect. Having worked on repairing my own computers for 14 years, I know one of the most common problems is faulty IDE cables. On the Cobra cable The Antec warranty information Antec.com Warranty Information says I need the sales receipt, so when I have time, I will look for it some more. I keep all of my computer receipts in a red folder in the metal file holder on top of the mahogany bureau in the bedroom, but it was not there. Possibly it is in one of the two computer parts plastic bags inside the television chest underneath the television in the living room. Also I could have put it with my other sales receipts in the beige metal file cabinet in the bedroom. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 2:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I tried to run Norton AntiVirus 2004 from a normal boot, but it would not run because of possibly a too large of a file. I then ran it from a Safe Boot, and it ran to completion without finding any viruses. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I reset my clocks and watches. I still have to reset my Volvo clock. I put back on the case cover on the CPU, so I have it all back in normal position now. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 11:25 A.M.: The computer rebooted without any problems. Before putting the case cover on, I will run Norton Antivirus 2004 to see if it works all right. I will have breakfast and straighten up while I am running it. The forecast if for light rain through out the afternoon Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast and current temperature is 40 degrees Fahrenheit. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 11:15 A.M.: I just tried the *.pdf files at http://www.allaboutholland.org/ , and it did not crash my computer like it did a couple of weeks ago, so hopefully the problem is fixed. I did disable Norton AntiSpam in Outlook 2003 when it caused a problem, but that might have been caused by the cable. I tried a few other more intensive programs like the Windows Media player, and the computer seems to be running fine. I will now shut down and reboot the computer. If it boots all right, I will put the case cover back on it. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 11:05 A.M.: I was up at 8:30 A.M.. I reseated the memory on the primary computer. However, I still had the crashing problem. I checked a few options, and I finally replaced the Cobra IDE 100/133 cable that goes to the hard drives that I bought during the first week of October 2004 from Staples in Riverside, and that fixed the problem. I had another IDE round cable, and I no longer have the crashing problem. I can not find the receipt for the Cobra cable of packaging. I checked with Staples, and they said I have to send it back to Cobra for replacement. Well anyway, I will search the internet for another IDE cable. I think http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/home.php is nearby, so I will order a couple from them in a little while. I want to test the computer for a few times on more intensive routines before I put the case cover back on. Thus that seems to have been the problem. Norton WinDoctor 2003 works fine. I installed the updates for the Adobe Acrobat reader. I will test the computer a bit now. I have to still eat breakfast. I also have to set my clocks ahead an hour. I also chatted with a friend. CIO

Note: <888> 04/03/05 Sunday 12:30 A.M.: After the last message, I went through my email. I did some regular computer work. About 2:30 P.M., I chatted with a relative whom did not get my email. I then received a telephone recording from a bill collector on a old bill from about 15 years ago giving me a telephone number in some town in Southwestern, Minnesota that I forget the name for. I logged onto their web page, and it was a small town of about 40,000 people. I got curious, so I started looking at some of their other pages, and I logged onto their *.pdf file for their 2004 annual budget, and when the Adobe Acrobat viewer was opening my computer crashed like it did a couple of weeks ago on the *.pdf file from Holland, Michigan. I rebooted, and when I opened the Adobe Acrobat viewer, it prompted me to upgrade to version 7, and while doing this, the computer crashed again. I tried doing a number earlier system restores and safe boots to no avail, and the computer kept crashing. I tried restoring my entire system backup *.asr file from March 18, and I was not able to get it to work on the faster normal boot, but I took about 4 hours to restore it on the slower safe boot. One problem with the problem system was that the Add and Remove programs folder display was corrupted. Restoring the system fixed this. I also saved the changes that I had made since March 18 to the D: drive, and I restored them eventually back to the C: drive. I ran "msconfig", and I unchecked some system startup programs. I ran Norton Disk Doctor and Ad-awareSE and CCleaner. I also deleted all of my cookies. However, whenever I try to run Norton WinDoctor 2003, it crashes on the first two entries for Active X program scans. Also Norton AntiVirus 2004 scan crashes on the regular boot scan. However, in safe mode I scanned part of the system, and there were no problems. I had a similar problem, as I recall back in November 2004 through December 2004, and I eventually fixed it by mistake, when I opened up my computer case, and I moved my hard drives around, and in the process, I also had to reseat the memory and CPU fan. Possibly the memory needs to be reseated again, and that might be causing the problem. However, for most of my regular work, the computer at the moment seems to be running fine. I did install the Norton Updates. I also reflashed my bios with a more recent bios from September 16, 2003. Still for the moment, the computer seems to be running better. I still have to run the Windows Updates. While doing all of this I chatted with three relatives and two friends. I have been up since 4 A.M., so for now I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. I will run a memory check later on today, and possibly reseat the memory, which does not take that much time. I also have to install the icons for the 11 in 1 memory card reader. The overall computer setup has not changed much since the backup I made on March 18, 2005 that I restored. CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 12:45 P.M.: I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 12:05 P.M.: I made my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. On top of the salad I used 5 asparagus vinaigrette cut into 1.25 inch pieces, 10 grape tomatoes, and 8 California black pitted olives. I used all of the regular ingredients. I will eat the salad shortly with a glass of iced tea. Traditionally here in America, we eat our noon day meal at noon. Down South in the Southern part of the United States of America, they have their primary meal of the day for the noon day dinner, and they have a lighter supper later on in the evening, frequently made up of the leftovers of the noon day meal. However, in the more southern reaches of the Americas, where they are more Hispanic, they frequently do not have their primary meal of the day until after 10 P.M. at night, so if you are looking for late night dining, one should look for a Spanish restaurant. In Italy, they have their primary dinner meal from about 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. before they take their naps. Then between about 10 P.M. and 1 A.M., they have a lighter meal or supper. Of course, in most Continental countries in Europe, they tend to have lighter breakfasts of a pastry, coffee, and in season sometimes fruit. I suppose in between their naps and their strolling, they might actually enjoy some of the local wine at a cafe or other places of convenience, but they also usually have wine with their afternoon dinner and late night suppers in most of southern Europe which would include Italy, Greece, Spain, and France, so besides having one's meals revolve around the seasons, depending in what area one lives in such as near the ocean, the diet might be different too. My present diet is geared towards more to reducing my cholesterol, and since although fish is good for that too, it is very expensive in this area near the ocean. However, tuna fish is a fish. I will now eat my noon day meal. NOAA weather radio just went off with an alert Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT . CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 10:45 A.M.: I moved the two vases on the window sill to the left side of the window sill where the miniature palm trees were, and I put them on either side of a Dutch beer stein. CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 10:40 A.M.: Back in mid April 1972, when I finished my art studies and travels out of Florence, Italy, I took the train back down to Rome, Italy, where I had arrived that January 1, 1972 from Boston and Paris, and traveled up to Florence, Italy without stopping to explore Rome. Thus on my return trip, I arrived in Rome that evening, and I had an early morning flight to Athens, Greece. I decided instead of paying for an expensive pensione, I would stay up all night. I did not know much about Rome, and I do not think I had a guide book. I found a large colonnade area with large buildings with pillars, and I walked around it through out the evening and early morning hours. I recall walking over a short distance to the Spanish steps were there was some night life going on. Thus beside walking and sitting around the colonnade area, I also sat around the Spanish steps which was a more colorful area. I recall on the south side of the colonnade area, there were a few taxi cabs, and I chatted with one individual whom knew English, and he told me to avoid the women that were lingering around, since they were prostitutes. As I became more advanced in my art history studies, I finally figured out the large dark colonnade area was the Vatican, and it is surprising then that nobody was around the place. However, there were a lot of young people around the Spanish steps with very colorful Italian night life. I think I might have seen the Coliseum too, and I recall the First Class Hotel in Rome was near the train station, and that was where I caught the bus to the Leonardo Di Vinci airport to catch a TWA jet to Athens, Greece which had even older art. Thus I did not ever get a chance to fully explore Rome, but I recall it was quite noisy and loud compared to the quieter Florence, Italy. At the time, there were no lights to be seen from the buildings around the Colonnade area or the Vatican. Thus it was a very quiet area to sit up all night, although at time of year, it was about like the weather in the New York City area which has similar weather to Rome, Italy. CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 10:25 A.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering the plants. I threw out the garbage and my waste paper. I chatted with a relative. I mentioned that I am keeping two miniature palm trees growing in the dark environment of my apartment for over the last 10 years. The miniature palm trees were on my window sill which does not get any light because of the curtains. They are about three feet tall apiece in terracotta pots in silver and glass bowls. I decided to put them on my brass and glass coffee table in the center of the living room to give them more of a prominent position within the living room. I moved the glass items on the brass and glass coffee table to make room for them. They need a little bit more potting soil in them. I loosened the soil in the pots, and I pushed it up around the base of the miniature palm trees. I also cut off some dead sprigs. They look quite nice in the middle of the room. Of course if individuals were sitting opposite each other on the two large sofas, they might have to talk through the miniature palm trees. I also have a gold pathos plant in a large terracotta pot in a couple of Chinese rice bowls on the mahogany bureau in the living room. Several of my other plants, I put in the community room downstairs years ago, since they were not doing well in my darkened apartment. I guess the miniature palms do well in the dark, since they would traditionally grow on the tropical forest floor, where there would not be too much sunlight. I think the use of miniature palms became popular in English decorating in Victorian time, and they are prominently displayed in Victorian era paintings and drawings and photographs. I ran the Norton Update and installed some updates. CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 6:45 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. I ate 8 spice cookies. I also ate a few pieces of candy. CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 6:20 A.M.: I have three pairs of blue jeans in good shape, but if one should need a new pair of blue jeans, one can look at this link Men's Jeans Work Pants at Sierra Trading Post . I will now start my house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 5:55 A.M.: I shopped around looking for bargains on the internet, but I can not seem to find any that I can afford. I washed my breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I have saved five clear plastic 59 ounce orange juice jugs, so I transferred my remaining iced tea to the clear plastic orange juice jugs, and I have three filled and two empty ones in the refrigerator. I will throw out the four white plastic 96 ounce orange juice jugs that have tea stains inside of them. Thus since the clear plastic orange juice jugs have wider mouths, I will be able to clean them more easily, and the iced tea looks more presentable in the refrigerator. I have two more clear plastic orange juice jugs in the refrigerator with orange juice in them, and I will one more of them for tea once the orange juice is finished. It should take six 59 ounce clear plastic orange juice jugs to hold my mixture of tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm when I make ice tea in the future. Here is a picture of Queen Elizabeth II in her younger days BBC NEWS | Wales | Royal plans to beat nationalism . CIO

Note: <888> 04/02/05 Saturday 4:40 A.M.: I was awake at midnight, and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toasted English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 4 A.M.. I will now wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed. I will then do my house cleaning and watering the plants. We're suppose to have rain for the next two to three days Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . Of course it takes the April showers to make the flowers bloom in May.

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 4:35 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. I have been awake for about 20 hours. CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 2:40 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 went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $13.25 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.559 a gallon for 16.7 miles per gallon usage driving an average of 15 miles per hours this week for a grand total driven of 89 miles. Thus I drove about twice as much as usual this week. I then returned home. I paid my Verizon telephone bill online. None of my other bills have been posted yet, so I can not pay them until they are posted. I pay all of my bills online except for my rent. CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 12:45 P.M.: I picked up my mail downstairs. I will now go back out briefly. I will put the computer on standby. CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 12:30 P.M.: While at the Bank of New York on Mason Street, a bank employee asked me where there was a good place to buy a used car, and I suggested www.bargainnews.com and www.dealernet.com . I also suggested that frequently used cars with low mileage are cheaper in Florida, but to watch out for cars with hurricane damage. I suppose one might find a low mileage used car down in Florida at www.cars.com , but one would have to pay the cost to drive it back up north. Of course a lot of retired people don't drive very much, so they frequently are driving much older cars than what one sees in this area. The Greenwich Time advertises their cars for sale at www.cars.com . CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 12:10 P.M.: I paid one of my eight monthly payments each year online to www.geico.com for my Volvo automobile insurance which includes complete coverage. CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 11:55 A.M.: I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor after the last message. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to the http://www.thehaircutplace.com/ in Old Greenwich, and I got my hair cut for $18, and since it tends to be at least two months between hair cuts, and it is a bit long when I get it cut, I also give them a $5 tip for $23 total. I then checked out CVS in Old Greenwich. I then drove around Tod's Point. They now have somebody at the gate, so starting today dogs are no longer allowed. However, one still does not need a beach pass until later in the season. I used the bathroom at the southeast concession area. I then drove back to central Greenwich, and I toured the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then went downtown, and I toured the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I then went to the post office, and since there was a line, I used my Bank of New York debit card, and I bought eighteen .37 U.S.A. flag postage stamps from the new vending machine for $6.66 total. I then sat out briefly. I then went by the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought three 6 ounce boxes of Arnold garlic and cheese traditional size croutons for .99 each box, and a 12 pack of Thomas' English muffins for $2.97 for $5.99 total. I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor. I put a label on the Gateway backup computer with the "Login" information. CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 6:50 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out to do some errands. CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 3:10 A.M.: I started up the Gateway backup computer with RedHat Linux 8.0 on it, and apparently one can only use the 30 day free subscription to the RedHat Network to update the most recent version of RedHat which would be similar to Fedora 3.0, so it probably would not work on the Gateway backup computer. Thus I will not be able to install the RedHat 8.0 updates on the Gateway backup computer, unless I paid for a subscription, which I do not feel like doing. The slightly broken antique chair at the bedroom desk was hard to get at to sit in, so I moved it to the kitchen, and move the smaller solid wood chair from the kitchen to the bedroom desk with its cushion. I put the quilted cover on the back of the antique chair in the kitchen along with the blue towel to protect its more comfortable white cushion. However, with the slightly larger chair in the kitchen, one can not open the General Electric stove all the way with out first moving the chair. If one needed to use the stove, which I never do, one could put the chair where the garbage can is at the left kitchen entrance and move the garbage can to the left of the refrigerator. The slightly broken antique chair I retrieved from in front of Best and Company on Greenwich Avenue when it was thrown away. It is a lot more comfortable for sitting on, when I sit by the kitchen stove fan for smoking cigarettes. CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/05 Friday 2:10 A.M.: Happy Birthday to a friend and Happy April Fools Day. I had a bit of spare time, so I watched eBay item 6331998320 (Ends Mar-17-05 14:46:29 PST) - Warbirds VHS Video Movie Jim Eldert S/H $2 . The star of the movie was a neighbor of mine in Key West, Florida and Nantucket, Massachusetts, so I guess he learned something about aviation making the movie. The last I heard he was a radio station disk jockey in Santa Cruz, California, and he had some minor acting experience. I suppose with the royalties from his movie, he will be able to afford to feed his dogs now. Whatever the case, life goes on here in the small town environment of Greenwich, Connecticut near the big city environment of Manhattan. I had thought about taking the double layer of carpeting out of the kitchen, but that might make it more noisy to my neighbors downstairs. Also I would have to move the bookcase and first its contents from the kitchen. I would also have to empty the refrigerator, and possibly move the dining room table to get the refrigerator out of the kitchen, along with a number of other items in the way. At this point it is not worth effort. I will now check the Gateway backup computer to see if I can get its updates to install. Possibly the server was busy earlier. CIO