Note: <888> 04/30/08 Wednesday 11:55 P.M..  I stayed up until 1 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  I had a spare Radio Shack two way phone line switch.  I connected it up next to the other one on the printer stand at the right front of the Samsung multipurpose unit.  I also had extra telephone line cables.  Thus one two line switch on the left is A: for the Samsung unit and B: for the Brother unit, and the two line switch on the right is B: for Optimum Online and A: for Verizon.  I have them labeled, and I held them side by side with a broccoli rubber band.  I also used the two sided tape that came with the other switch to secure it to the printer stand, so they are available for use with the two different telephone lines and the two different fax machines.  I have the Brother unit connected up to the telephones lines now.  I printed out a list of my fax numbers from the Samsung unit, and I put it with the Brother manuals on the Brother machine.  I still have to some more setup work on the Brother machine besides its basic defaults.  I straightened up the dining table, so the smaller items on it are neater.  I put the Oregon Scientific weather station in front of the Brother unit.  I moved the little brass frame with the British and Canadian coins to in front of the Harry's Bar ashtray to the right of the Northgate Syntax monitor.  I freed up two clamp binders, so I now have three spare ones, so I could print out my last four months of notes tonight.  I put the Phillips cell phone pouch on the near back of the down sofa.  I wear it in the summer with my cell phone, when I don't have enough pockets.  The old Rio Player and its parts are in the box in the bedroom window on the far left.  Of course I still have the new Sandisk MP3 player on the dining table.  I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I picked up my mail.  CIO  

Note: <888> 04/30/08 Wednesday 10:25 A.M..  I installed the Vista printer drivers on the Netgear FR114P Network for the FIC Server, the Northgate Syntax, and the Expox computers.  For the XP partition on the Epox computer, one has to disabled the Computer Associates Firewall for it to print over the network.  I labeled the changed printers on the printer port boxes on the lower right side of the primary Vista computer, and I left them set at the default Lexmark E238 laser printer.  Thus I have additional laser printing capacity on my network.  I still have to set up the Dell in the bedroom and the Toshiba laptop for the Brother unit.   I had another computer magazine telephone call.

Note: <888> 04/30/08 Wednesday 6:50 A.M..  I printed out the Brother MFC-8840D manual and quick start guide which were about 280 pages all together.  I bound them in two clamp binders.  I will need to get some more clamp binders from Staples, before I print out my every four month copy of my notes.  According to the Brother MFC-8840D printer report, the printer has so far printed out 17844 pages, and it must have had its drum replaced recently, since it has 98% drum life left.  Thus it is worth replacing the toner.  I found these two cartridges at a lower price than regular that might be better than the bottom line generic cartridge Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more! Brother TN-570 toner cartridge .  I think I still have a bit more printing on my primary Minolta PagePro 1250W, because as I recall, I put in a 6,000 sheet generic cartridge, when I replaced it a couple of years ago.  I installed the drivers for both XP and Vista on the Epox computer for the HP LaserJet 1018 printer, and I put it on the near end of the coffee table underneath the keyboard drawer for the Northgate Syntax computer.  I move the remote controls to the right on top of the magazines.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/30/08 Wednesday 4:55 A.M..  This is about the best deal on a high yield 6500 sheet replacement generic toner cartidge for the Brother unit Compatible Brother TN-570 Toner Cartridge for $27.50 with free shipping.  The Staples one are over twice as much for the original Brother cartridge.

I baked two breaded boneless breasts of chicken and three baked large potatoes with steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots.  I refrigerated in a flat Rubbermaid container one of the baked boneless breasts of chicken and 1.5 of the large baked potatoes, and I ate the rest with a cup of steamed vegetables with a glass of iced tea.  I put a few pads of butter on the baked potato and a little bit of olive oil on the steamed vegetables.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/30/08 Wednesday 3:15 A.M..  I watched a movie before going yesterday on Channel 778 high definition television about a Scottish family in Scotland and another movie about a British family traveling abroad on the same channel.  I ate 1/3rd of a 16 ounce jar of CVS lightly salted peanuts.  I went to bed about 10 A.M..  I had a computer survey telephone call before going to bed.  I woke up about 7 P.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a half gallon of Tropicana low acid orange juice for $2.50 and fresh Chiquita bananas for .59 a pound for $1.82 for $4.32 total.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I used the bathroom at the Thataway restaurant.  I admired the sculptures at the Senior and the Arts Center front yard.  I viewed some of the art in the Greenwich Avenue store front windows.  I walked through the Chase bank parking lot on Mason Street, and I walked along the north side of East Putnam Avenue from Mason Street to Greenwich Avenue.  They have a large new furniture store there along with other specialty shops including Horseneck Liquors.  I walked back down Greenwich Avenue.  They are painting and stripping the cross walks downtown.   I noticed in a pile of garbage, a discarded Brother all purpose fax, copier, and scanner.  After my walk, I used my car, and I retrieved it, and I returned home.  I brought it up with small folding cart that I keep in my trunk.  It is a Brother International - Multifunction Centers - MFC-8840D , and it works, but it indicates it is low on toner.  I can get the toner cartridge here in a generic model Brother TN540/TN570 Compatible Toner Cartridge for Brother MFC-8220, MFC-8440, HL-5140 Printers  for $27 and $9.87 shipping for about $37, but for about $20 more, I can buy the original model toner cartridge from www.staples.com without the shipping.  However, the unit works fine for now, and I should probably figure out how much usage the drum has on it before I make any investments in it.  I moved the HP LaserJet 1018 printer from the left front of the dining table, and I put the Brother unit in its place.  I connected it to both the power cable, and the USB cable, and the LPT cable that runs from the printer port box on the right lower side of the primary Vista computer.  I set up its drivers and software, and it works just fine.  I can set up the Brother unit with networking, so I should be able to run its printer features off the network, and possibly its other features.  I put the HP LaserJet 1018 printer on top of the Epox computer monitor, and I will connect it up shortly to the Epox to use with it besides the network printers.  More than likely the previous owner discarded the Brother unit because it was low on toner, and they got a newer color unit, which a lot of users are doing today, since the color units cost about as much as the older black and white units, but the color units are more expensive to use.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/29/08 Tuesday 3:25 A.M..  When I picked up my mail, I mailed the Scarborough Research TV viewing survey for the past week.

Note: <888> 04/29/08 Tuesday 2:20 A.M..  16 Ways to Spend Your Economic Stimulus Check - Reviews by PC Magazine

Note: <888> 04/29/08 Tuesday 1:30 A.M..  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices Kraft white cheese with some grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it along with a toasted bagel with butter and five strips of fried maple flavored bacon with a glass of iced tea.  I threw out the garbage, and I moved my Audi to its usual place.  I emptied the outside ashtray on the north end of the building.  I picked up my mail.  I have a few magazines that I am behind in reading.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/08 Monday 11:45 P.M..  It says here Economic Stimulus Payments on the Way; Some People Will See Direct Deposit Payments Today , I should receive my $300 Economic Stimulus benefit by May 2, 2008.  I guess I will save it to pay bills and have a little bit more money for gasoline in the warmer months in case I want to go to Tod's Point.  However, although I enjoy walking around Tod's Point, I tend not to sun tan anymore, because of all of the years in the sun during my beach days as a youth.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/08 Monday 11:40 P.M..  Still waiting for the money Stimulus payments to go out ahead of schedule - Apr. 24, 2008 .  CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/08 Monday 11:25 P.M..  I am charging up four of the Metal Hydride rechargeable batteries for the digital cameras.  They should be fully charged at 9 A.M..

If you look at this NexSat, NRL/NPOESS Next-Generation Weather Satellite Demonstration Project at the Night Visible link, there are still some lights on at night in the U.S.A..

I saw on local television I think on Channel 78 for the Greenwich, Connecticut planning and zoning commission meeting, they are planning to build two full size athletic playing fields on the harbor at the sight of the old Cos Cob power plant by the outlet for the Mianus River on Long Island Sound, and they plan to have a 3500 foot perimeter foot path along the waterfront surrounding the playing fields.  They plan to build a 10 foot high concrete fence around the power transformer station still there, and they will have to build up the break waters and the retaining walls along the waterfront to level off the playing field areas, and there will be a modest amount of parking for the waterfront improvement, so locals will have room to park there, but it is near the Cos Cob train station, so maybe more people after commuter hours and on weekends will be able to park in that area.  They had thought about building senior housing there, but they had to do an environmental cleanup of the site, because of PCPs left at the site from the old power generation station.  I ate 1/3rd of a 16 ounce jar of dry roasted peanuts.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/08 Monday 10:25 P.M..  I went to bed about 7 A.M..  I ate 1/3rd of a 16 ounce jar of CVS lightly salted dry roasted peanuts before going to bed.  I woke up at about 5 P.M..   UPS: Tracking Information delivered the order for $19.99 and $6 shipping SURE FIT - WING CHAIR SLIPCOVER - COTTON - BURGUNDY NEW - eBay (item 360045284139 end time Apr-24-08 17:17:24 PDT) for $25.99 total.  I put it on the Ethan Allen recliner, and it fits just fine.  It is not a heavy fabric, it is just cotton cloth.  If one wants to recline the recliner, one has to pull up the front of the slip cover off the front of the arms of the Ethan Allen recliner.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 8 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  

Pictures of the recent upholstery improvements in the apartment are here:

http://mikelouisscott.com/apt-042808/  CIO

Note: <888> 04/28/08 Monday 4:40 A.M..  http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/04/27/chang.uk.rich.list.cnn

Of course being rich in Great Britain is not all that it is suppose to be, because you have a higher cost of living compared the poor people in the United States of America.

Note: <888> 04/28/08 Monday 1:00 A.M..  I am making up a batch of Formula Two http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I raised the top refrigerator shelf up one level to the highest level, so there is more room on the center refrigerator shelf.  The items on the top shelf still fit in.  CIO  

Note: <888> 04/27/08 Sunday 4:25 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer.  I might watch part or all of the movie "Boxcar Bertha" on the Turner Movie Channel on Channel 76 which comes on at 4:30 A.M..  CIO

Note: <888> 04/27/08 Sunday 3:55 A.M..  Bicycle-Sharing Program to Be First of Kind in U.S. - New York Times

End of Scott's Notes week of 04/19/08:

Note: <888> 04/27/08 Sunday 3:15 A.M..  I put the New Zealand sheep's skin back on the clean white quilted throw on the French reproduction antique chair, and I also put the tiny pillow back on it. 

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Note: <888> 04/27/08 Sunday 12:25 A.M..  I draped the clean white quilted throw over the French reproduction chair like Dick Wheelwright use to make for the United States State Department U.S. Department of State .  It is still a bit damp, so I will not put the New Zealand sheep's skin on it until it thoroughly dries.  I will also put the tiny throw pillow on it that has written on it, "With My Luck, When My Ships Comes In, I Will Be at the Airport".  Speaking of ships, the Queen Mary II is suppose to back in Manhattan on Monday, April 28, 2008 with a new batch of Limeys QM2 - Itinerary - 2008 arriving from Southampton, England, that place across the pond that is a small island off the larger continent of Europe, or so like Puerto Rico is a small island off of North America.  Of course we still speak English here, but other than my British neighbor, the British do not seem to pay much attention to me anymore, since I tend to be broke most of the time, and since I can not afford to drink alcohol in Pubs, and since I am hyperglycemic, I should not drink alcohol, I pretty much have lost all touch with the British for better or worse.  I still have the British Union Jack flaying over the living room window drapes along with the Swedish flag to the left, and the Dutch tricolor flag to the right.  However, the British when they come over to visit, they are usually on vacation, so they do not want to be bothered by me with the details of survival in America.  Who knows maybe the British Salivation Army will show up some day to check in on us.

Local Red Cross The Greenwich Red Cross drivers needed in the area Some afraid to volunteer for fear of identity theft - Greenwich Time .

Note: <888> 04/26/08 Saturday 11:25 P.M..  I put away the laundry.  I took two each of the small autumn leaf pillows from the original down sofa and one each of the small orange pillows, and I stuffed them around the arms on each end of the down sofa underneath the slip cover, so the down sofa now has soft arms, and I still have the two large dark green brocade pattern pillows at each end.  The white quilted slip cover is just about dry.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/26/08 Saturday 10:45 P.M..  I stayed up until about 4 A.M. this morning watching the "Trail of the Pink Panther".  I went to bed, and I woke up at 7 A.M., and I ate a 9.5 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I went back to bed until 2:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 6:30 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I rearranged the throw pillows on the couches in the living room.  I put two of the large beige brocade pillows on the left side of the Scott family sofa and one on the right, so it is comfortable for lying on or watching television.  I took the two large green pillows off the down sofa, and I put them on the bed, and I put on either end of the down sofa two of the large brocade dark green and darker pattern pillows with one of the orange smaller pillows stuffed behind each.  I put along the back of the down sofa two of the darker green smaller brocade pillows and two of the blue pattern smaller pillows.  I moved the four smaller autumn leaf pillows from the back of the down sofa to the bed.  I did two loads of laundry and I am doing both loads on one dry cycle, and I am also washing the white quilted throw from the Ethan Allen recliner, and I will dry it, and I will put it on the French reproduction chair with the New Zealand sheep skin on top of it.  I have 45 minutes until the white quilted throw is dry and 10 minutes until the laundry is dry.  I found a package of Windex wipes that I put underneath the Audi driver's seat.  I emptied the outside ashtrays.  I walked around the outside of the building.  Earlier I chatted with a relative.  I saw on www.foxnews.com because of wage and price controls, gasoline is only $2 a gallon in Mexico, so truck drivers along the border are paying a $1,000 to register their trucks in Mexico to save on fuel.  I chatted with two neighbors.  I picked up my mail too.  When I get the new burgundy wing chair slip cover this Monday, I will put it on the Ethan Allen recliner.  CIO  

Note: <888> 04/26/08 Saturday 1:15 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  There is not much happening, so possibly I might be awake a little bit earlier today.  I am not sure whether I will go downtown or not in the gasoline expensive days.  We're suppose to have a chance of rain the next five days Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground , so I might be a bit cabin bound with the weather.  Well, no news is good news.  I might watch a bit of television before going to bed.  "Trail of the Pink Panther" is on channel 778.  CIO   

Note: <888> 04/26/08 Saturday 12:45 A.M..  Review: Why Ubuntu 'Hardy Heron' Wins Laurels - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness

Note: <888> 04/25/08 Friday 11:25 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I filled a five quart pot with three quarts of water and a dash of sea salt and a teaspoon of olive oil, and I put it on the large electric burner on high to boil.  While doing that, I put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a 10 inch stick proof frying pan and a few pads of butter, and then I peeled and diced three cloves of garlic and one medium large onion, and I added them to the frying pan, and I turned it on medium high electric burner heat on the smaller front burner, and once they began to sizzle, I added one eight ounce top round London broil burger cut into half inch chunks, and I seasoned it all with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery salt, cayenne pepper, paprika, Italian seasoning, and basil, and I mixed it all together stirring it until the beef was browned and the onions were blanched.  I then added a 26 ounce jar of Francesco Rinaldi traditional tomato sauce, and I mixed it all together, and I covered it.  Once the water in the pot was boiling, I added a 16 ounce package of Barilla linguine, and I boiled it for 12 minutes on high electric burner heat, and once it was done, I put a colander in another large pot, and I drained the hot water into the pot, and I set the colander of linguine on the side.  I dumped the pot of hot water down the bathroom sink to clean out the shaving gel scum.  While doing that I stirred the tomato sauce mixture frequently, and I then put half the linguine in a flat Rubbermaid container, and I put the other half on a large dinner plate with half of the tomato and beef mixture, and I put the other half of the tomato and beef mixture in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator, and I added some grated parmesan and Romano cheese mixture on top of the linguine and tomato and beef dinner, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  As usual after a meal, I cleaned up the kitchen.  I threw the garbage outside.  I emptied the two ashtrays outside of the front of the building.  I walked around the outside of the building.  There does not seem to be much activity around the ice skating rink anymore.  However, we have had a bit of activity around the baseball field recently.  I tested the two coffee tables computers, and the TV cards still work on them, so the coaxial cable from the two splitter at the far end of the Scott family sofa is just fine.  I am now installing a few minor updates on them.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/08 Friday 3:50 A.M..  Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study says - CNN.com

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I am not sure whether I will be going out later on today or not.   Since I tend to have a few intellectual skills, I sometimes enjoy staying at home and possibly brain storming.  I also have a few magazines to read.  Since I grew up in areas and a period when people did not drive much, particularly when I lived on more remote islands, I am perfectly at piece with myself staying at home.  If I get bored, I can always do some creative cooking which tends to reward itself with leftovers.   CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/08 Friday 2:50 A.M..  Maybe I will be able to afford a hair cut and be able to drive out to Tod's Point on  a sunny day Tax rebates to start arriving Monday - Apr. 24, 2008 . 

Note: <888> 04/25/08 Friday 2:20 A.M..  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices Kraft white cheese with some grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it along with a toasted English muffin with butter and five strips of fried bacon with a glass of iced tea.  Back around 1973, when the Republicans were not popular after Watergate, a few republicans held on in Manhattan eating cheese omelets in Greenwich Village, and once in a blue moon when the wealthier republicans would throw a fund raiser, they would server chicken pot pies.   Of course since Greenwich, Connecticut is mostly a republican town, once one gets off Greenwich Avenue, the republicans seem to survive in this town, but you always have to keep an eye out for democrat spies with the Clintons living about five miles northwest of us, and the Kennedys and Cuomos living about five miles north of us.  Since the democrats hold a lot of cocktail parties in this area, more than likely the democrats still drink a lot of liquor, so I am not sure how good their judgment is.  I am pretty much tapped out as far as funds are concerned this month, so I will not be doing too much until next month, but my standards, I will have improved the apartment a little bit once I get the two new slipcovers.  Although they might not smoke cigarettes, I can assure you with all of the first class liquor stores and pubs and bars and restaurants in this area, somebody out there in the wood work is still drinking alcohol.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/25/08 Friday 1:15 A.M..  If you are looking at mopeds on the internet LG Wholesale - ATVs, Dirt Bikes, Scooters, Go Carts & More! All at Wholesale Pricing to the Public! , remember to check the specifications.  Some have electric starter motors and better brakes, and others can only carry up to 165 pounds, where as others can carry up to 330 pounds.  Thus basically, you get what you pay for.  Of course on a rainy day, you would get wet too, and you would not have very good visibility which might lead to an accident.  Also the top speeds vary, but one would not want to be going very fast on one them anyway.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/25/08 Friday 12:50 A.M..  To put it diplomatically the Liberal Democratic party have had control of both houses of Congress and the Budget for the last two years, and they have done nothing but rob the country blind, so why would any idiot vote for a democrat president, unless they want to be robbed even more and be run into the poor house.

Note: <888> 04/25/08 Friday 12:30 A.M..  Turn your home office green - CNN.com 

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 11:05 P.M..  Trailhead : Drop Out, Obama

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 10:20 P.M..  Over 60% of the people in the United States of America are grossly overweight, so dieting is a growth industry.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 9:35 P.M..  I took a nap until 8:30 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I won for $19.99 and $6 shipping SURE FIT - WING CHAIR SLIPCOVER - COTTON - BURGUNDY NEW - eBay (item 360045284139 end time Apr-24-08 17:17:24 PDT) for $25.99 total, which I have also paid for along with the other slipcover.  I will now eat the last of the baloney with cheese on a sandwich with mayo, and a 1/3rd 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of iced tea.  The sandwich consists of two 1/16th inch thick slices of baloney and two 1/16th inch thick slices of cheese.  I have plenty of food in the apartment, I am just trying to lose a little bit of weight.  I started using my old bathroom scale because the electronic one was not accurate, so I still weigh 208 pounds.  CIO  

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 7:00 P.M..  I took the two blue pattern throw pillows of the down sofa with the clean moss green slip cover, and I put them on the bed in the bedroom.  I moved the two orange pillows to the Scott family sofa for now until I get the new slip cover, and I moved the two large dark green pillows from the Scott family sofa to either end of the down sofa on an angle, so it is more comfortable to sit on.

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 6:10 P.M..  Check out these bargains, if you need to get around LG Wholesale - ATVs, Dirt Bikes, Scooters, Go Carts & More! All at Wholesale Pricing to the Public! , but they might be a bit cold in the winter up north.  I ate another third of a 16 ounce jar of dry roasted peanuts. CIO

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 5:20 P.M..  I went to bed after the last note.  I woke up, and I ate 1/3rd of a 16 ounce jar of CVS lightly salted dry roasted peanuts.  I woke up again, when I had a bothersome survey call.  I finally woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two six packs of New York Everything bagels for .99 each for $1.98 total.  I then went by my 3 P.M. appointment, and then I returned home.   I picked up my mail.  I chatted with a friend.  Not much happening here in Southwest Greenwich, Connecticut.  I suppose that is all for the best, since when not much is happening, it tends to save a bit of money.  The friend that I chatted with was riding his bicycle in a town east of here along the shore front.  Of course I live in a hilly part of Greenwich, so it is not as easy to ride a bicycle.  However, I still do have my bicycle all set to go, if I need to ride it some time when there is less traffic.  However, I can not do anything about the local hills.  However, my bicycle is an inexpensive mountain bike, so it would have a lot of gears for hills.  CIO   

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 4:40 A.M..  BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | So what is the right stuff?

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 3:55 A.M..  ELM Enterprise Manager for Complete System Monitoring and Event Log Management

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 3:30 A.M..  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread with lite Hellmann's mayonnaise and a dill pickle slice with 1/3rd of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a glass of iced tea.  The sandwich had three 1/16th inch thick slices of baloney and two 1/16th inch thick slices of Stop and Shop white American cheese.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/24/08 Thursday 2:30 A.M..  I went out after the last note.  I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought green Chiquita bananas for .59 a pound for $1.46.  I also got a $10 roll of quarters.  I then went to the Cos Cob Laundromat, and I put the dirty slip cover in a 65 pound capacity large washer machine, and I put 2.5 caps of Arm and Hammer liquid detergent in the prewash holder and 2.5 caps in the wash holder.  Each cap is about 4 ounces, so it would be about 10 liquid ounces in each holder.  I set the machine on cold delicate, and it cost $5.75 for the large washer machine, and it took about 38 minutes.  I then put the slip cover in the dryer on low temperature for 6 seven minute cycles or 42 minutes for $1.50 for $7.25 total.  I chatted with somebody from Brazil who was also doing laundry.  I gave the individual a calling card.  I found a Roosevelt dime in front of the Post Office next door.  After the dry cycle the slip cover was dry and fluffy and like new.  I then returned home.  I put the slip cover on the down sofa over the slip cover that I washed a year ago.  I put its four throw pillows with the old fabric on the back of the down sofa along with the white and color wool poncho and the orange and lemon afghan with an orange and a blue pattern throw pillow at each end.  I moved the camera bag to the floor beneath the Lindbergh radio in front of the French reproduction chair.  I move the Rio Player and its cables and holders to the side tray on top of the DeLonghi radiators to the right side of the bedroom desk.  The moss green corduroy slip cover looks quite nice on the down sofa at the apartment entrance, and it fits quite well.  I actually do not think I have ever washed it before, but it came out like new washing and drying it on the correct temperature settings.  I used the larger washer machine, so it would be cleaned more thoroughly.  The tag says the slip cover is made of nylon and polyester.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/23/08 Wednesday 9:40 P.M..  I had two or three telephone calls while asleep that I told them I was asleep.  I woke up at 6:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I won the Ebay auction at eBay Store - sofas: couches: chenille, suede surefit outlet for Sure Fit Basil Floral Slipcover Sofa NEW $109 VALUE!! - eBay (item 360045669290 end time Apr-23-08 17:15:00 PDT) , and I could bid $19.99 and with $8 shipping for $27.99.  I paid for it with the online click through page available from the sale web page.  It is available once one has won the auction.  You can not use Paypal.  There is another one available today at their web page at eBay Store - sofas: couches: chenille, suede surefit outlet.  I chatted with a relative.  I took the green corduroy slip cover off the Scott family sofa in the living room.  I have it now set up with the old green pattern Clarence House slip cover that was underneath.  After I shower and clean up, I will go out to the Cos Cob Laundromat, and I will wash it with cold water with CVS Wool Wash, and then I will tumble dry on low temperature.  The tag on the old slip cover recommends cold water wash and low tumble dry.  Once it is dry enough, I will come back to my apartment, and I will put it on the down sofa opposite the Scott family sofa.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer.  CIO  

Note: <888> 04/23/08 Wednesday 7:05 A.M..  These are available with some on sale www.jcpenny.com and www.bedbathstore.com .   This on eBay for the next few hours NEW LOVELY DAMASK LARGE SOFA SLIPCOVER-LT SAGE - eBay (item 170211147936 end time Apr-23-08 09:23:58 PDT)

Note: <888> 04/23/08 Wednesday 5:15 A.M..  This is a clearance items for a traditional sofa http://www.surefit.net/shop/category/clearance/dylan-stripe.cfm for $39.99 .  There is 20% off all orders at www.surefit.com through April 30, 2008 with coupon code "TYC7" for $8 off and $8 standard shipping for $39.99 total.  I will have to think for a brief spell whether, I should get it or not.  I have so many pillows on the Old Scott family sofa, I do not know if it would make a difference or not.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/23/08 Wednesday 4:15 A.M..  Supply Scare Sends Oil Toward $120 - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 04/23/08 Wednesday 2:10 A.M..  I changed the primary Vista computer hardware configuration.  I put the lower left 19 inch LCD monitor and the center 22 inch LCD monitor on the Nvidia GEForce 6200 AGP video card.  I put the upper left 19 inch LCD monitor and the far right 19 LCD monitor on the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 PCI video card.  I also changed the Kworld high definition TV to the far right 19 inch LCD monitor.  Thus all four LCD monitors are now working again.  Since both video cards of 256 megs of memory, they are fine for the four LCD monitors, but since the AGP video card is more advanced, I figured it would work better on the larger 22 inch AGP monitor.  I also did a quick Vista Complete PC backup of the system changes backing it up from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I have the movement setup in sideways upper left to lower left to center to far right on the monitors and back.  I have the primary monitor with the icons on the upper left 19 inch LCD monitor.  IO

Note: <888> 04/23/08 Wednesday 12:25 A.M..  Samsung CLP300 Color Laser Printer $130 w/ Free Shipping

Amazon.com: SYLVANIA 13-Watt 120-Volt Compact Fluorescent MiniTwist Lamp with Medium Base, Warm White, 12-Pack #CF13ELMTWSTCVP: Home Improvement order two orders for free shipping.

I did some bottom surfing on the internet to no avail.  I disabled the left top LCD monitor and the far right LCD monitor, so on the primary Vista computer for now, I am only using the left bottom 19 inch LCD monitor and the right center 22 inch LCD monitor.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/08 Tuesday 10:30 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I made and ate the same dinner as last night finishing off the cold eye round of beef.  I was told by a German neighbor that during World War II, the Germans ate potatoes, cabbages, and turnips.  I saw on the Fox www.foxnews.com show with Olive North that during the Bataan Death March in the Philippines, the Japanese not only bayoneted a lot of the prisoners, but they also cannibalized or ate them too.  I have read that during World War II in Italy, the women use to also eat the dead soldiers.  Thus War can be a lot more gruesome than reported in the civilian media.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/08 Tuesday 8:35 P.M..    I woke up while sleeping, and I ate a bowl of peanuts.  I woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out to my 3 P.M. appointment.  While waiting, I read Ski magazine and Smithsonian magazine.  At my appointment, I also filled out the paper work to get a "Special Needs" beach pass and automobile sticker for the town of Greenwich beaches, but more than likely I will not have the money to drive over to Tod's Point in Old Greenwich very often this summer.  I guess if the wind were right, one could sail over there on a sun fish from Byram, but alas I can not afford a sun fish or a dock in Byram.  After my appointment, I went downtown, and I walked upper Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with some of the staff.  I then returned home, and I chatted with neighbors.  We now have three vacant apartments on the second floor of the building.  The order for Columbia Miramack 7005 Sunglasses from Campmor for $14.97 and $6.95 shipping for $21.92 total arrived, and they fit just fine.  I put them in a Carrera soft glasses cases.  They are a bit curved, so they do not fit easily in a flat coat pocket.  CIO       

Note: <888> 04/22/08 Tuesday 3:55 A.M..  BBC SPORT | Cricket | Pink ball makes debut at Lord's

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | S Korea trains sniffer-dog clones

Note: <888> 04/22/08 Tuesday 3:10 A.M..  This bargain is still available for $20 and $5.95 shipping search Lenox "Maywood" at "new lower price" | Home | Formal China | On Sale at Dillards.com .   I still have lots of good China that I never use.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/22/08 Tuesday 2:05 A.M..  The Enforcers - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 04/22/08 Tuesday 1:20 A.M.. I ate the same cold beef, vegetable and potato dinner with a glass of iced tea as two nights ago.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/08 Monday 11:55 P.M..  I ate a third of a 16 ounce jar of CVS lightly salted dry roasted peanuts.

Note: <888> 04/21/08 Monday 11:20 P.M..  I refilled the Glade Plug-in refill with a 40% mixture of English leather cologne and a 60% mixture of 70% isopropyl alcohol.  I noticed last night, when I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, the parking lot of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club was full, but there were no lights on at the facility.  Also, there are hardly any lights on around the  Greenwich harbor, and the north shore of Long Island looks to be very dark.

Queen Elizabeth II's real birthday.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/04/21/vo.uk.queen.birthday.21.gun.cnn?iref=24hours

Prince William learns to fly a chopper.  If you noticed in the end of the video clip, he is considerably taller than Prince Charles and Camilla. 

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/04/20/thatcher.prince.william.chopper.itn?iref=videosearch

I filled out the Scarborough Research survey, so the $5 is now mine.  I still have to fill out the survey on this week's weekly television viewing.

Note: <888> 04/21/08 Monday 9:00 P.M..  I woke up at 3 P.M. today, when I had a no person telephone call, and a computer magazine telephone call.  I heard a helicopter fly overhead shortly before I woke up, but since they make them in Connecticut www.utc.com  that is not unusual.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 6:00 P.M..  I had a telephone call from Scarborough research to see if I had received their survey which I still have to fill out.  I went outside, and I chatted with a few neighbors.  I threw out some garbage.  I walked around the building.  One of my neighbors is putting in a Victory garden, and he dropped two packages of seeds, so I left them outside his apartment.  I picked up my mail.  I chatted with a relative.  Not much seems to be going on.  Energy wise, we are suppose to have a 400 year supply of coal in this country, and it would seem we could burn a little of it to have a little extra electricity.  For the last few weeks at night, I have not been burning the primary apartment living room lights.  I am now using the 15 watt energy efficient light in the bathroom which produces 60 watts of light which I leave on all the time.  I leave a similar one on in the hallway bookcase light.  I have a 15 watt sconce bulb in the small light in the bedroom going when I am awake. I have a lamp with another 15 watt energy efficient light going in the living room.  I have a 20 watt bulb in the small elephant light on the living room window shelf.  I have a power switch on the primary Vista computer control panel that turns on two energy efficient 15 watt lights, one on the speaker in the corner above the primary Vista computer setup, and the other in a fixture hanging above the keyboard.  I also have a 15 watt energy efficient light in the kitchen stove fan I leave on all of the time.  I also run an 8 watt night light bulb in the bathroom and another red 8 watt night light bulb in the kitchen.  The primary FIC server has a 400 watt power supply, but it actually does not consume that much. That is just its maximum, and its monitors are rarely used.  On the primary Vista computer, I have four 55 watt LCD monitor and the primary Vista computer has a 700 watt power supply, but it does not actually use that much, but that is its maximum.  Recently in the late afternoon and early evening, I have been running the tower fan which is about 50 watts and the fan on the air conditioner to bring in fresh air which would be about 100 watts.  Thus in terms of the lights alone, I am currently running 141 watts of lights when I am awake, along with the various computer items which I do not use continually.  If I am not using the primary Vista computer for a while, its LCD screens go into power saving mode, where they use less electricity.  That is about the best that I can do in terms of energy conservation, since I have to have lights to see to move around the apartment, when I am awake.  I am running the router and the cable modem and the network switch all of the time which used about a 100 watts of electricity all together.  I am have an electric hot water tank and a refrigerator that use quite a bit of electricity.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/08 Monday 4:35 A.M..  I did some bottom fishing on the internet.  I really can not afford any bargains at the moment, even if I found them.  www.geeks.com is not working, so maybe there is some problem with the area internet around Camp Pendleton http://www.cpp.usmc.mil/ , however the Laguna Beach web site for the BoomBoomRoom.com :: "The Boom" :: is still working.  Further up the west coast Crystal Cathedral Ministries : Welcome and even further up the west coast Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library is still working.  However, from what I can tell, I have not received the Los Angeles Times - News from Los Angeles, California and the World email in a number of days, but it came through this morning.  I watched a program about the American prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II, and it was hosted by Oliver North on www.foxnews.com .  I checked my weight, and I am doing better on my diet, and I am down to 198.5 pounds, which is down about 10 pounds in a week or so.  I guess I am losing a bit of weight by walking more often.  I ate some goldfish crackers.

Note: <888> 04/21/08 Monday 2:05 A.M..  I chatted with the night clerk at the Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and I was told, it is not busy down there, and it is not busy at all in Miami, Florida in terms of tourism.  I have not heard any planes around here in about two weeks.  I was told by the desk clerk at the Case Marina that for the last five years, they are always announcing new oil fines in Brazil, but nothing ever comes of it, so at the moment, I would not expect Brazil to solve the energy situation, unless you feel like cutting sugar cane in Brazil for ethanol.  I guess the Casa Marina is now part of this network of resorts Luxury Resorts, Vacation Destinations & All-Inclusive Family Hotels - LXR LuxuryResorts.  Alas, they do not give me credit for living in the Casa Marina during the winter of 1978, when it was being renovated, so I guess there is no free lunch down there anymore.  I have a feeling Jimmy Eldert and his friends might have made money down in Key West, Florida and invested it elsewhere.   Jimmy Eldert had a friend who was a landscaper in Key West, Florida that looked like Rodman, Rockefeller, so maybe there was money behind him, we did not know about.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/21/08 Monday 1:10 A.M..  I made and ate a three egg omelet with three slices of Kraft American cheese and I sprinkled grade parmesan and Romano cheese on it.  I ate it with four strips of fried maple bacon, and a toasted English muffin with butter, and a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/20/08 Sunday 11:05 P.M..  I woke up at noon 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 3:00 P.M..  I watched the Pope's www.vatican.va mass from Yankee stadium.  I then ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a dill pickle slice and a glass of iced tea.  I then showered, and I cleaned up.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought 4 buy one get on free of CVS 16 ounce Gold Emblem lightly salted dry roasted peanuts for $3.69 for two jars for $7.38 total.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I chatted with a Starbucks regular.  I chatted with a couple of dog walkers.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and there was one person down there from Pennsylvania.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon station, and I bought $7 of self service premium gasoline at $4.159 a gallon for 1.683 gallons for 19.3 miles driving since last Monday at odometer reading of 59803 for 11.4676 miles per gallon.  Full service is about 20 cents a gallon more.  I chatted with a young fellow riding a 1978 Harley Davidson Harley-Davidson motorcycle that he had just gotten going again with the higher price of fuel.  He told me they are not that good on fuel economy.  I checked my tires at 32 PSI all around.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I browsed the store.  I then used the ATM machine at the Chase Bank at the Stop and Shop branch.  Last time I used the ATM machine inside the Stop and Shop to transfer funds in my account, there was a $2 charge, which I avoid by walking over to the Chase Bank www.chase.com .  I then bought a three liter can of Star Extra Virgin olive oil from Tunisia for $20.49 and a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice for $3 for $23.49 total.  I put my purchases in the Audi, and then I went back inside the Stop and Shop, and I bought a dozen extra large jumbo eggs that expire May 4, 2008 for $2.49 and buy one get two free of www.ge.com  Energy Smart 20 watt bulbs that put out 75 watts that last about five years and save about $44 for the life of the bulb for $4.99 all three for $7.48 total.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a relative.  There is a beautiful full moon out tonight, if anyone can afford to go out and possibly observe it down by the waterfront or where ever else one has a view of the night sky.  CIO      

Note: <888> 04/20/08 Sunday 1:45 A.M..  I watched some television.  I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 04/19/08:

Note: <888> 04/19/08 Saturday 11:40 P.M..  I watched some television. 

IESE Field Trips

Note: <888> 04/19/08 Saturday 9:50 P.M..  I put a cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in a plastic microwave proof pot with a lid and an inch of water, and I microwaved it on one vegetable cycle.  I then took the pot out, and I put in the microwave a medium large Idaho potato that I had pricked three times on four sides with a fork, and I microwaved it on one potato cycle.  While doing that I cut two half inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I put a teaspoon of horse radish on each slice and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, and I then microwaved both the potato and vegetables on three vegetable cycles.  I drained the vegetables, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil.  I cut opened the potato, and I sliced it inside a number of time, and I squeezed it, and then I added a few pads of butter.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/19/08 Saturday 8:30 P.M..  I woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 4:30 P.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I ate the remaining third of a 9.5 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I did two loads of laundry.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I picked up my mail, and I got a $5 bill from Scarborough Research that I will get for filling out one of their surveys.  I made up another patch of passion punch.  I made up another batch of Formula Two http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I chatted with a relative.  CIO   

Note: <888> 04/19/08 Saturday 4:00 A.M..  I ate 2/3rds of a 10 ounce can of CVS deluxe mixed nuts.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I am not sure whether I will be going out later today or not, since although I like being downtown on nice sunny days, it gets to be very expensive going downtown all of the time.   Thus we may end up getting a bit of cabin fever around here this summer, but I can always keep busy on the computer, which I enjoy doing on the hot sultry days.  Hot time summer in the city, back of my neck feeling dirt and gritty, cool time isn't it a pity, people all around me; as the old song use to go.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/08 Saturday 3:05 A.M..  I just ordered Columbia Miramack 7005 Sunglasses from Campmor for $14.97 and $6.95 shipping for $21.92 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/19/08 Saturday 2:20 A.M..  I also gave a calling card to one of the staff at the Greenwich Hardware store today.  They had asked me a tech question that was simple enough to answer.  Ctrl-C to copy and Ctrl-V to paste.   I saw somebody wearing a Microsoft Office 2007 hat downtown today, so maybe Microsoft has shown up in the area to help out distressed beta testers, but more than likely it is just another OEM salesman.

USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)

Note: <888> 04/18/08 Friday 10:30 A.M..  I woke up at noon today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I dropped off my signed lease papers at the Greenwich Housing Authority on Milbank Avenue, and I gave them two of my calling cards.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I chatted with a former night person at CVS, and I gave him a calling card.  I also walked by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I dressed more formally today, in case any visitors showed up from abroad.  I wore my new $20 light green ultra suede light weight jacket I bought as a clearance item last summer from The Finest Men's Clothing at JoS. A. Bank Clothiers - The Expert in Men's Apparel.  In moderate weather it is nice to wear a sports jacket for all of the items that one has to carry with them anymore.  They tend to have a few pockets.  I went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with staff.  I then returned home.   I picked up the mail.  I watered the plants.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I ate two half inch slices of cold eye round of beef with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and horse radish on them along with a cup of steamed baby carrots and broccoli crowns with olive oil and a reheated baked potato with butter and a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/18/08 Friday 4:35 A.M..   I did some routine computer work.  I ate a 10 ounce can of Planters Deluxe mixed nuts with some iced tea.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/17/08 Thursday 11:35 P.M..  Welcome to RegClean - Scan, Repair & Speed up your PC!

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Note: <888> 04/17/08 Thursday 10:00 P.M..  I signed the originals of the Greenwich Housing Authority lease papers, and I made a copy of them to save.  I will now do some regular computer work, and I will go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/17/08 Thursday 8:55 P.M..  I took the three pound eye round of top round of beef, and I put it on a baking rack in a baking pan, and I seasoned it with ground black pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning generously.  I then covered it with Kraft Barbeque sauce.  I baked it in the convection over at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.  I also baked with it two potatoes that I scrubbed with cold water and a vegetable brush, and I pricked on four sides three times each side with a fork, and I microwave on one potato cycle first less three minutes.  For the last 15 minutes of the cooking cycle, I boiled in a Revere pot with lid in an inch of water and a steamer tray a cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns.  I put the steamed vegetables in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil. I put the baked potato on a plate, and I sliced it open with a knife, and I cut diagonal slices inside it, and I added three pads of no salt butter to melt.  I cut off two half 7/16th inch slices of the hot beef, and I put them on the dinner plate with the potato, and the beef juices.  I put the rest of the beef in a Rubbermaid container, and I refrigerated it as I did with the other potatoes.  I ate the dinner with a glass of iced tea.  CIO  

Note: <888> 04/17/08 Thursday 7:20 P.M..  I woke up at 9:30 A.M. this morning, when the building custodian inspected the emergency pull cords in my apartment.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.

I surfed the internet to see if there was any new news about the Aga Khan.

Note: <888> 04/17/08 Thursday 12:05 A.M..  Ben's Bargains - Bargains, Coupons, Freebies

Vistaquest VQ-DV7 Digital Camcorder, Digital Camera, MP3 Player & PC Web Cam, Silver - Wal-Mart

Apparently the Bush family were Roman Catholic on the Walker side, and they converted to Episcopal on the Walker side to hopefully gain more social respectability.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/16/08 Wednesday 11:25 P.M..  After dinner, I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I watched the Euro News.  There does not seem to be much going on in Europe besides meetings.  I guess meetings give the European politicians a chance to travel.  I ate a 10 ounce can of Planter's Deluxe mixed nuts.  In the old days back in the 1950s when Stillman Rockefeller was on the Board of Directors of Monsanto www.monsanto.com which owned Chemstrand the maker of Nylon and Acrilan, we got use to eating Planters Nuts when we flew around on the private company DC3s and Gulf Streams.  They use to have boxed lunches on the plane, and there was always a well stocked bar with plenty of Planters nuts in reserve.  Of course once we moved to Greenwich, Connecticut we had to learn to get by at the Greenwich Country Club http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/Greenwich-Country-Club.jpg where I started the Greenwich Country Day Greenwich Country Day golf team with Pete French's help.  The only Rockefeller, I ever met was Mary Rockefeller who was in my class at Greenwich Country Day along with a Frick, Vanderbilt, Dodge, and Warburg.  There were also a few lesser relatives from some of the minor Robber Baron families.  I guess about 20 years ago, when the Rockefellers fell on hard times, and they were forced to move