Note:<888>4/14/99 Wednesday 11:35 P.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road and chatted with some locals for a couple of hours. I then went to CVS and bought a large container of liquid detergent for $2.79 plus .17 Ct. tax for $2.96 total. I also bought at CVS a eight pack of paper towels for $2.99, odorless garlic pills for $3.49, a 3 pack of CVS beauty soap for $1.49, 2 cans of pink Alaskan salmon for $1.50 each, a bottle of B-12 vitamins for $2.14 plus .27 Ct. tax for $13.38 total. All CVS vitamins are half price this week including the garlic pills. I then went to the Grand Union, and their deli is open until 9 P.M., but they only make sandwiches until 8 P.M.. They did make a roast beef sandwich on a hard roll with mayonaise and that cost $3.79. I ate the sandwich in front of the Greenwich library. I went upstairs and read the Greenwich Times and half the New York Times before the library closed. I then went downtown, and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue and chatted with one local. He asked me where there was a tack shop in the area, and I told him I believe there was one in Weston where they still sell food and grain and saddles and other equine necessities. I observered one fancy groomed champaign poodle and a Alaskan huskie downtown. It was a milder evening, and my arthritis did not bother me. I returned home after driving down by the water. I put away the supplies and I drank a Dr. Pepper, which certainly has a different taste. Well back to the drudgery of the net. I suppose if the war takes off in Europe, we will probably have internet censorship and they might shut down access to countries involved in the military conflict. Well have a good night. CIO

Note:<888>4/14/99 Wednesday 5:35 P.M. EDT: I uninstalled the Acer 99c monitor driver, and am am using the default plug and play "GVC990" monitor driver. They seem pretty much the same. Well time to clean up. CIO

Note:<888>4/14/99 Wednesday 4:55 P.M. EDT: I was up at 10:30 A.M. to finish off the tape back up, and shut down the tape machine. It takes about six hours for my 3.5 G. of contents. I had breakfast of Post Almond oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I watched CNBC and CNN with the Chinese premier at MIT. I went back to sleep about 12:30 P.M., and got up at 3:30 P.M., and I had Ramen noodles, and I finished off my coffee. I paid Internic $70 for my "mrscott.com" address for two years, and $35 for my "mikescott.net" address for another year. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well it is a sunny afternoon, so I guess I will shower and go out. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/14/99 Wednesday 4:00 A.M. EDT: Well I did my normal internet work. I installed the new Microsoft Media player beta. I also tried installing the Internet Explorer 5.0 setup file, and it said I had the wrong version; so I reinstalled that. System is running fine. I am about to quit for the night, and start a tape backup. I was able to update the Sony Superstation SCSI driver. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/14/99 Wednesday 12:50 A.M. EDT: New Greenwich Link Greenwich CommunityPage . CIO

Note:<888>4/13/99 Tuesday 10:10 P.M. EDT: I had my dinner, and I watched the ABC evening news. I went out after my coffee about 7:30 P.M.. I stopped by the Greenwich library and read the New York Times, the Greenwich Times, and one computer newsweekly. I drove down Greenwich Avenue, and viewed Long Island sound. I drove over to CVS in Old Greenwich, but they did not have the lite cigar cigarettes. I went by Stables in Old Greenwich, and they said the store in Mount Vernon, New York is going to be open 24 hours a day. I mentioned to one store employee they should sell Angostora Bitters by the quart for about $10 a bottle instead of the small bottles. I went to CVS in the Riverside shopping center, and I bought a carton of Dutch Masters cigar cigarettes lite for $15.04. They also have one pound cans of Alaska salmon there for $1.50 a can. It is good in tuna noodle type caseroles. I went to the Food Emporium in the same plaza and bought a five pound bag of sugar for $1.49, and three half gallons of Tropicana Ruby red orange grapefruit orange juice for $1.49 each for $5.96 total. I noticed the Thorne Apple hickory smoked bacon there was $4.18 a pound, and since I had thrown out two pounds of it frozen just before I left, because of the Thorne Apple Valley warning, I decided to retrieve it from the dumpster when I returned home directly from the store. I put it back in the freezer and frige. I think it is probably not contaminated. I only paid .99 a pound for it since it was a clearence item at the Grand Union a couple of months ago. I did throw out fifteen eggs that were out of date. I am drinking some ice tea, and I guess I will have to make up a new batch of ice tea this evening. Well I have a bit of email to catch up on. A volcano in Alaska Shishaldin 1999 Activity is on condition orange and is near erruption. That would probably send some colder weather this way. I was thinking while in the library this evening, that on the new Petersen addition that the east facing glass wall of the addition, might have a problem with automobile lights shinning into the building, and possibly they should use polarized glass. I also thought they should put up a traffic barricade opposite that wall, in case an automobile or truck went off the Putnam Avenue west bound lanes and ran down the slope into the new glass wall addition. It is much the same worse case scenerio if a train derailed west bound on the train tracks coming into Greenwich, and went plowing through the movie theatre. Well not much else gloomy to report. It is colder outside tonight and my feet are sore, so I decided not to walk this evening. Well have a good night, time to make ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>4/13/99 Tuesday 5:40 P.M. EDT: Well it seems why I felt so tired for the last few days is the thermostat was set too high in my apartment, and the temperature was up to 80 degrees F. inside. I went out about 2 P.M. this afternoon after listening to some old Elvis records and having some Ramen noodles and ice tea and cleaning up. Today is a beautiful sunshinny day. I stopped by the Housing authority, and left off my new lease papers. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and viewed the harbor and the clear blue skies. I returned to the center of town. The exterior work on the old Rogers building is just about done. They will have deluxe apartments on the upper levels of the building. I don't know where people will park though. I parked in the center of town, and walked up to Putnam Trust Bank of New York and withdrew funds. I stopped by CVS, but they don't have the kind of cigar cigarettes that I smoke, they just have the stronger types. I returned to the center of town, and sat in the park. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and neither the Greenwich Times or the New York Times are available. I metioned to one regular patron, that the design in the bricks that they are putting in the pavement on the lower courtyard is different I believe than what is on the model of the building in the main library. I drove back down Greenwich Avenue, and I parked at the water's edge at Grass Island for a while, and sat out viewing the harbor. It is still a little chilly out. I returned to the center of town, and purchased $11.70 of premium gasoline at $1.43 a gallon at the Exxon station. I then went to the Grand Union and bought a 12 pack of diet 7Up for $1.99, a 12 pack of diet Coke for $1.99 plus $1.20 can deposit, GU 2% milk half gallon $1.72, 3 cans of Tutto plum tomates for .50 each, one package of GU frozen spinich and two packages of GU frozen chopped brocolli .59 each, Jumbo dozen eggs $1.69, Purdue boneless breast of chicken at $2.99 a pound for $3.65, two Elos frozen cheese pizzas for $1.50 each, a pound of fresh asperagus at $1.29 a pound, a Stauffers frozen 20 oz. lasagna $2.99, a half gallon of GU premium orange juice $1.99 for a Grand Total of $25.02. I returned home and put away the groceries, and I had a diet Pepsi. I called a family member to wish them happy birthday. They told be I should be careful about using Aspertaine, since it can have side effects. I am using two packages of Nutrataste each day with my coffee. Scott's Index did not do much today scopor01.htm . Well it is a nice sunny evening, so I think I will start cooking some baked boneless breast of chicken in red wine, with chopped garlic, and herbs and spices, along with steamed asperagus, baked onion and baked Idaho potatoe, and ice tea and coffee. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/13/99 Tuesday 11:55 A.M. EDT: Well I have been resting since the last message. I have been tired most of the last week. I guess it is like in the movie I once saw up while visiting Dartmouth College, "Cousin, Cousine" about the French sleep cure, where they put you to sleep for 2 weeks, and you wake up feeling entirely rested. Well I guess I have done my own version of the French sleep cure, but if I sleep any more, I will start getting depressed; so I will start my day out trying to be a little bit more active. Happy Birthday to a dear family member. CIO

Note:<888>4/12/99 Monday 7:45 P.M. EDT: I relaxed a bit, and I updated Scott's weekly broadcast sound.htm. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/12/99 Monday 5:05 P.M. EDT: Well apparently somebody has a penny or two left in their purse, because according to Cunard Cruise Query Results, New York Cruise ; somebody has chartered the QE II for a cruise from May 1, to May 8; destination unknown. Well some folks have all the fun. I am having my coffee. CIO

Note:<888>4/12/99 Monday 4:50 P.M. EDT: Well I rested after the last message. I got up about 4 P.M., and had a Tony's Pizza. I am just about to make a cup of coffee. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well it was an overall pretty quiet day, I guess I will be venturing out a little bit this evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/12/99 Monday 10:50 A.M. EDT: Well I chatted with a family member last night. I will pay my Internic registration bills this week. I relaxed and went to bed about 2 A.M.. I was up about 8:30 A.M. this morning, and had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I relaxed a bit after breakfast and watched a bit of CNN. According to Queen Elizabeth II Around the World Cunard Cruise Query Results , the QE II is suppose to back in South Hampton on April 14th. It then returns to Manhattan a week from tomorrow on Tuesday April 20 before heading to Miami. I believe the largest cargo on the QE II coming out of South Hampton, England is bonded liquor from the United Kingdom and other neighboring regions, so in times of military conflict any extra supplies we recieve in the western hemisphere, should be used as Red Cross emergency rations for those in the old guard elderly generation who spend a lot of time outside in the colder weather and need a pick me up during the late afternoon or evening. You have to remember a lot of these liquors were consumed by people in the old days who worked outside in the bone chilling cold all day in the frigid North Sea areas, and when they got inside or when they were relaxing outside, the liquor helped ease the bone chilling cold they were enduring. Well so much for the history of why certain parts of the world, produce certain products. I believe the QE II has a bonded warehouse somewhere in the New York metropolitan area, that is kept under close observation to prevent any bootleggers from pilfering the goods. Remember the old timers can tell the difference between the real stuff and cheap imitations. Well so much for the lession on imported alcohol. Also at this time, the North Atlantic might have lots of ice burgs, but I would imagine the QE II would have the latest navigation equipment. Well I should start thinking about getting started for the day, but I have a case of the blahs. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/11/99 Sunday 7:05 P.M. EDT: Well I was up at 7 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, orange juice, coffee, toast, and vitamins. I went back to bed until 1 P.M.. I cleaned my apartment and watered the plants until about 5 P.M. I had Gorton's fish sticks, spinich, and Ramen noodles with ice tea and coffee for dinner. I went out about 6 P.M. and drove down Greenwich Avenue and viewed the weather on the harbor. It is cold and damp North Sea type weather. I walked the lower part of Greenwich Avenue and chatted with a few local people. It was not very busy out. While chatting with one local retired fireman, there was a tremendous bolt of lightning, so I returned to my car and came back home. I also ran scandisk and defrag on the computer while doing my chores, so the server was down for a while. If you ever get a lot of lightning, it is advisable to disconnect the computer from the power source along with the telephone and cable modem connnections. I am fortunate enough to have a well grounded building, but I still worry about lightning. Well have a good evening. I might watch television or one of the videotapes I checked out yesterday. CIO

Note:<888>4/10/99 Saturday 10:35 P.M. EDT: Well I went back out at 6:15 P.M. after dinner and my coffee. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and observed one fly fishmerman practicing his technique. I chatted with a couple of young gals about Golden Retrievers. I told a few other visitors about waterfront activities. I found a large Swiss Army knief that someone had lost with a name on it. I gave it to the fly caster who said he thought he knew whom the owner was. I returned to the center of town and took a long time to walk the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. Lots of youngsters and families were out which is normal for warmer weather. I chatted about horses with one railroad retiree. I returned home about 10 P.M. Well it has been a long day on my feet, and I have house cleaning tomorrow per usual. Well it seems like we had a full house this evening, so enjoy the great weather while we have it. Time for a little shuteye. CIO

Note:<888>4/10/99 Saturday 4:50 P.M. EDT: Well I went back to bed until 7:30 A.M. this morning. I showered and went out at 8 P.M.. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and returned to Putnam Trust, but they're not open until 9 A.M. on Saturday. I went over to the Hospital Thrift shop. I decided to buy a glass bicentenial coin memorial dish for $3.75. I returned to Putnam Trust at 9 A.M. and withdrew funds. I chatted with an officer there. I returned to the Hospital thrift shop and bought the bicentenial memorial dish with the Liberty Bell memorial coin on it for $3.75. I chatted with one of the staff members about the bicentenial in 1976. I mentioned I was in a recieving line for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip when they toured Bloomingdales Department store on July 5, 1976 before they went on to a reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I mentioned the following day she sailed by Greenwich on the Brittannia on her way to New Haven, Connecticut. The hospital thrift shop volonteer said that he got a metal from the King of Belgium for the Tall Ship activities. I mentioned that a lot of people outside of Belgium don't recognize the King of Belgium. I believe his sister is into psychic activity. Well next stop was downtown. I went to the Post officer and obtained money orders to pay my Cablevision and Optimum Online. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I bought a Almond Danish at St. Moritz bakery for $1 and ate it at the Post Office plaza. I stopped by the Mews thrift shop, and everything is half price. They sold the Ducan Phife sofa for $1,300. I have mentioned many times over the years that two good places I know of outside of this area for getting used furniture at lower prices if one does not mind searching is a place south of Poughipsie, New York on Route 9 that has a large wooden white horse in front of it. They have all that old heavy Hudson Valley furniture. I also found that the Salvation Army, in Waukegan, Illinois use to have a few interesting pieces that people from Lake Forest would donate. Of course on the more upscale side, there is always the United House Wreckers in Stamford, not to mention in Greenwich and other parts of this area, there are consignment shops and plenty of antique shops. Well I next drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and chatted with a frequently Steamboat Road walker from Jamaica about the Carribean. I then headed over to ELDC thrift and they still have the four fishing rods in the front window for $25 each, but they don't have reels. I next headed to Stables in Old Greenwich and toured the store. They're now open until 9 P.M. on Sunday. I then parked in front of the Old Greenwich elementary school and they have a Cranberry 1989 Peugot station wagon parked in front of it for sale for $4,500 in excellent shape. I walked down to the Old Greenwich thrift shop and toured the store. I walked over to the Old Greenwich Food Mart and ordered a roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll with lettuce, tamoatoe, mayonaise, Bermuda onion, and horse radish which with potatoe chips cost $3.60. One local walker gave me a flyer protesting the bombing in Yugoslavia which I took. I chatted with him about Yugoslavians in Manhattan. I mentioned I use to see a lot of Yugoslavian seamen around the Seamans church in Chelsea at 10th Avenue and 20th church next to the Anglican seminary. I next went out to the far side of Tod's Point and ate my sandwich. They now have a gate attendant at Tod's pont, so you need proof of Greenwich residency. I walked out halfway to the point, and watch a squirrel munching on some food in the cool clear breezy day. I drove over to the other side, and there were two people flying kites. Possibly today or tomorrow there is a kite flying contest. There were lots of young families at the beach walking and strolling for exercise. I returned back to central Greenwich and parked in the center of town. I chatted with one local downtown. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. There were quite a few people out strolling. I then drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and it was busy. I drove up to the Greenwich library, and neither the New York Times or the Greenwich Times were available. Then I checked out two videotapes, "Dr. Stangelove" and "The Mouse That Roared". I then went to the Grand Union and bought a half gallon of GU 2% milk for $1.72 and a 24 roll bundle of Charmin toilet paper for $5.99 plus .36 Ct. sales tax for $8.07 total. I then returned home, and I sat down and relaxed and drank a diet Pepsi. Well it was a beautiful breezy spring day with lots of sunshine. Well time to start thinking about cooking dinner of boneless breast of chicken baked in wine with herbs and spices and garlic, along with baked onion and a frozen vegatable. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/10/99 Saturday 4:10 A.M. EDT: I turned the heat back on in the apartment, it was a bit cool and damp. I rested last night and got up at 3:30 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. Well I will do a little bit of work on the net this morning, and go out at about 8:30 A.M. to pay my cablevision and Optimum online bills. I guess I will see a little bit of the day time, but I think it is suppose to be overcast. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/09/99 Friday 7:25 P.M. EDT: Well I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm as if anybody cared. The only stock I have ever owned in my life is five shares of Polaroid which I sold after six months back in 1971. Well I went out about 4 P.M. after starting a C: drive to D: drive backup. I stopped by the Greenwich library and chatted with a local user. I mentioned as far as I know most of the personal fallout shelters in the area have been turned into wine cellers except one he mentioned got filled with fuel oil. I was unable to find any daily publications. Well not much else happening downtown, other that it was a full house of people out in the rain. I returned home and chatted with my neighbor's daughter and her mother is recovering from a broken hip, and won't be returning here, but is going into full time retirement home. Well her daughter is moving back up north, and I told her after two warm winters, it is too much to expect a third warm winter in a row. I guess the weather effects everyone's mood. Florida is having a dry spell and desperately needs rain. I guess so many people go down there expecting sunshine all the time. I can remember in the old days it use to rain down there all the time. Well I guess the grass is always greener. Needless to say today we had enough rain, and I guess people in this area are use to frequent rainy days all the time. I can recall only about two dry summers in 38 years I've been up north. Well I guess we can all expect another wet spring and summer. I heard today that Walmart is the nations largest employer. Well if you need something from them Sam's built a large new warehouse outlet over in Elmsford, New York that basically put Caldors out of business. I can't afford to join Sam's club since it costs $25 and I don't usually make any large purchases anyway. In other news one way to end the NATO Serbian conflict might be to have some sort of Peace Talks, or at least negotiations anyway. I don't think anyone wants to have the present conflict expand more than it has. Well situation here is pretty much the same as always. I have to pay my Cablevision and Optimum online bills either tomorrow morning, if I am up or on Monday. I guess I am up all night again. Not much else to report. Maybe I will try to head over to the library and read the papers. It is a cooler raw day out not very good for arthritis suffers to be out in. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/09/99 Friday 2:15 P.M. EDT: Well with the rain and the damp weather with my low blood pressure, I felt tired, and I went back to bed until 1 P.M.. I watched a bit of CNN. I am making baked in wine boneless breast of chicken with garlic and herbs, baked onions, and steamed green peas. I will shower after I eat and go out a little after 3 P.M.. I guess I will stop by the library. In all it is a pretty blah day, but I'm sure we're have some warmer sunny weather to look forward too. I will also have coffee. Well enjoy the afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>4/09/99 Friday 8:30 A.M. EDT: Well I went to bed at 7 P.M. last night. I got up at 3 A.M. and started my laundry. I had breakfast of Post Almond oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I slept during the drying cycle, and finished the laundry about 5 A.M.. I went back to bed until 7:30 A.M.. channel surfed a bit of the morning news and watched the end of a Jan Michael Vincent surfing movie. I noticed last night on a commercial after the evening news, that Amtrak is offering a new fare package. Buy one full price ticket and get the second ticket half price, and the third ticket for free, thus three people could travel for half price. Of course one can only go where Amtrak goes, but riding on the train is enjoyable since you can relax while traveling, of course I don't think you can smoke on the train anymore. Well not much else to report on this morning. It is suppose to rain a bit today. I noticed two days ago that ELDC thrift has fishing rods for sale without the reels. I generally don't watch much television, so besides going to the library I will have to dream up other activity when on a day schedule when on a limited budget. Apparently according to Yahoo the Russians have tarketed their rockets at the NATO allies, so I guess we could start cleaning out the old fall out shelters or whatever one is suppose to do when worrying about Russian rockets. Still hopefully matters won't reach that point. I noticed yesterday that Tampa, Florida had its main power station explode, so there are lots of West Florida without needed power reserves for air conditioning as the weather gets hotter there, so we might see some travelers from Florida come out way to escape the heat. I guess it is opening day for the New York baseball teams, despite the threat of rain. Well I will get out in a while after checking my email and surfing the net a little bit. Enjoy the day. CIO

Note:<888>4/08/99 Thursday 5:15 P.M. EDT: Well I went out at 2 P.M. and sat outside talking to my neighbors until 2:30 P.M.. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I drove down Greenwich Avenue, and I drove down by Steamboat Road. There were quite a few people parked there, so I went over to the Grass Island area and parked by the waterfront for a while. I returned home about 4 P.M., and relaxed a bit. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well I guess it is time to start slowing down for the day. I forgot to do my laundry this week, so I have to remember to do it when I first wake up tomorrow. Well have a good evening, and keep a sharp eye out for whatever one keeps a sharp eye for. Today the weather was perfect, but the wind is out of the northwest, so I guess we are do for colder weather and a bit of rain. I commented today to someone, that in the country in Illinois it is so quiet one can here a train for fifty miles. I guess people who grow up in the country find it quite loud around here. Of course one could live in the country and have a neighbor start their lawn mower at 5 A.M. on Saturday morning, or have large flocks of noisey birds. I suppose it is what one gets use to. We all enjoy the quiet. CIO

Note:<888>4/08/99 Thursday 1:50 P.M. EDT: I went out about 9:30 A.M.. I stopped by the Hallmark Card store downtown and bought a card for $2.07 for a family member. I went to the post office and mailed it. I walked down Greenwich Avenue, and west of railroad avenue, and back up Arch street. I sat in the park a while. I went down to St. Moritz and bought a large danish pastry for $1.25. I walked back up the avenue. I always say good morning to the officers directing traffic. I sat in the park and ate the Danish pastry. I then drove down Greenwich Avenue, and viewed the harbor. I drove back to the Greenwich Town Hall and parked on the lower level of the parking garage which has all day parking. I found a meter with five hours on it. I walked up to the Greenwich library which has its parking lot closed today for paving work. I noticed while crossing Putnam Avenue with the new cross walk lights, they only give you 22 seconds, which is not much time if you're a slow walker, like I am today with my feet bothering me. I will try a different pair of shoes this afternoon. I read the New York Times in the library, the Greenwich Times, and two computer newsweeklies. I chatted with library security. It was very quiet there this morning. I returned back to the the town hall, and told one anglophile about Royal Insight: A monthly guide to the life and work of Britain's Royal Family which just was previewed by Prince Andrew yesterday, and says the Queen and Prince Phillip are going to Korea this April. I then returned home. I had some ice tea. I made baked boneless breast of chicken with herbs, wine, and spices with baked onion quarters and green peas. I am just about to have my coffee. I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon. Well enjoy the afternoon, I believe tomorrow is suppose to be cooler. CIO

Note:<888>4/08/99 Thursday 7:35 A.M. EDT: I wrote a letter to a family member. I edited my local Greenwich, Connecticut http://mrscott.com Apache Server for Windows 98 "httpd.conf" file to log error messages for server errors 500, 404, 403, 402, 401 to error pages; so that users will be redirected back to the homepage. Let's face it a tenth of more of the hits are error messages, so it useful to try to retains those users. CIO

Note:<888>4/08/99 Thursday 4:30 A.M. EDT: I went to bed about 6 P.M. letting AltaVista indexer continue to run. I got up about 10 P.M. and stopped it. I restarted it using only the major directory files that I needed to index along with my email. I went back to bed. By 3 A.M. it was completed running, and I got up and stopped it. I went back to bed until 4 A.M. and had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I will do a little internet work now. It is 74 degrees F. inside and 49 degrees F. outside without the heat turned on. I turned the heat off for the season yesterday. Well have a good morning. CIO