Note:<888>4/21/99 Wednesday 11:45 A.M. EDT: I went out at 7:40 A.M. after relaxing a bit. I chatted with one of my neighbors about the helicopter flying over the building at midnight last night. I drove over to the Arnold Bread Outlet and bought 3 loaves of Heathnut Bread for $3.75 total. I drove down to Steamboat Road, but there was no parking down there. I drove up to the center of town, and parked and walked down to St. Moritz bakery and bought a Boli Italian pastry for $1. I noticed they are digging up the tanks at the Sunoco gasoline station to begin building the new Richard's clothing store. I sat in front of the senior center and ate the pastry. I walked over to the park and viewed all the people walking their dogs unleashed and not cleaning up after them. I guess some people don't read the local press. I drove over to the Hospital Thrift shop and viewed the merchandise. I told them that today is the Queen's birthday. I notice they have a few new items in stock. I drove back down Greenwich Avenue and found a parking place on Steamboat Road. I chatted with one regular water viewer, I had not seen in about two weeks. I told him about my travels in Europe in 1972 and about the layout in Key West in the mid 1970s. I noticed that dark green or blue 737? was flying back into the airport. I see that Jet all the time. I drove over to Grass Island and viewed the harbor. They have the park cleaned up there. I drove through Bruce Park and all the Tullips and Daffodils are out. I imagine all the Daffodils are also out along North Street. I stopped by the ELDC thrift and they have a large mahogany coffee table in good shape for $40 and they still have the fishing rods for $25, but no reels. I noticed at the Hospital Thrift shop they have a good golf bag pull cart for $40. I gossiped with some of the staff at ELDC. I returned back to the center of town and bought $10.80 of premium at the Exxon station. I next went to the Greenwich Library. I said hello to someone coming out of the construction trailer that looked like the former head libraian. I mentioned to him they need to put up anti skate board devices on the west entrance wall to prevent the local youth from falling down onto the patio, which might cause insurance liability for the town. I forgot to tell him about the barricade in front of the glass east wall to prevent a vehicle from plowing through it, if it ran off the road there. It would not be amusing if when they are throwing the fund raising event for the library before the opening, if a MAC truck plowed through the library. Tickets are suppose to be $750 to $10,000 for different patrons. I guess there will be dinner, dancing, and a silent auction as is the norm for such events. I suppose those who like dancing in a spacious building, will have lots of fun. I read the Greenwich Times, and the library was very busy. I noticed quite a few new people. I looked for the New York Times, but it was not available. I checked out "The Restless Sea" by Robert Kunzig. I returned home and put away the bread and had a glass of ice tea. Well it is a very beautiful day in Greenwich, but it is suppose to rain late this afternoon and this evening, so take your umbrella. I am about to start to slow down, and I might try to go to bed soon. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>4/21/99 Wednesday 7:15 A.M. EDT: I had some Ramen noodles and ice tea after the last message. I cleaned up. I went out at 4 A.M. and drove down Greenwich Avenue, and viewed Long Island Sound from the bottom of Steamboat Road. I drove over to CVS in the Riverside shopping plaza and bought a carton of Dutch Treats sweet and lite cigar cigarettes for $14.19 plus .85 CT. sales tax, and two 15 oz. boxes of Kelloggs raisin bran for $1.50 each, and a half gallon of 2% milk for $1.50 for $19.63 total. I then drove back and parked in the center of town. I walked the lower part of Greenwich Avenue and around the train station, and as usual a few early risers were waiting for the train at 5 A.M. at the train station. I am not sure when the first train is, since I have not riden into New York City on the train in probably over ten years, and I have only been to Manhattan I believe once in eight years last fall to pick up someone. Well after observing some of the morning activity and listening to the birds and viewing the flowers in the Post Office plaza and the center of town, I returned home. I made some chicken salad out of the remainder of the chicken and I had some of it and ice tea. I listened to a bit of the morning broadcast of the local Greenwich radio station. I relaxed a short spell. I will go out about 8 A.M. and stop by the Arnold bread store for some bread and then make a few rounds in town. For those of you whom are Anglophile in the area, today is Queen Elizabeth II, not the cruise ship, but the Monarch's 73 birthday. I believe the British celebrate the Sovereign's birthday in June when the weather is warmer, and they have what I belive is called the "Trooping of the Color". Well I am not an expert on Anglo American activity, but I will try to keep and eye out for Queen Elizabeth II, the ship passengers that may have embarked into this area or returned yesterday. Well have a good morning, I will try to get back on a day schedule for a bit. CIO

Note:<888>4/21/99 Wednesday 3:00 A.M. EDT: I updated Scott's Weekly broadcast sound.htm . I am also making a up a batch of ice tea. Have a good morning, time to shower and clean up, before I go outside. CIO

Note:<888>4/21/99 Wednesday 1:45 A.M. EDT: I chatted with a family member last night. I had an Elos' pizza about 10 P.M. last night, and then I went back to bed until 12:30 A.M.. I heard a low flying helicopter wake me up circling my apartment building neighborhood, but it eventually went away. I checked out some internet sites. I looked for a downloadable copy of Windows 2000 beta, but it is not available. I emailed Bill Gates about sending me a copy, I guess I could install it on my D: drive where I have the partial backup and change the CMOS to boot the D: drive when I want to try it out. I was very tired while awake until a while ago, I discovered that last night I had turned off the fan on the air conditioner and raised the heat, thus it was up to 80 degrees in the apartment making me very tired. I turned down the heat, and turned on the fan on the air conditioner and I am having coffee, so I am beginning to wake up a lit bit, and be a little bit more alert. Well have a good morning. I might do my weekly broadcast some time today, if I get around to it, and have anything to chat about. I also updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm .CIO

Note:<888>4/20/99 Tuesday 8:35 P.M. EDT: I was up at 3 P.M., and I watched the CNN news on Columbine High School. I had my usual breakfast. I went back to bed. I got up at 7:30 P.M., and I watched the latest CNN News. In looking at the Yahoo and Alta Vista Search engines, Columbine High School has a web site http://204.98.20.35 and http://columbin.jeffco.k12.co.us , which are not working right now. Also Jefferson County Public Schools, Colorado , Columbine High School , Columbine High School , http://www.punks.net , Columbine High School Library Information , ENI Online -- The Columbine Courier , http://www.denverpost.com/ . Well time to clean up and go out. Have a good night. CIO

Note:<888>4/20/99 Tuesday 4:00 A.M. EDT: I suppose if someone needed to escape this area because of the weather or world politics, and if they had a car; and if they had pull with the British and the Cunard Line, they could drive their car into Manhattan, and see if the Captain of the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship would let them park on board and deliver them to the port of Miami or one of its upcoming Carribean destinations. However, older people probably get better medical care here than what they would get in the Carribean, and I suppose in my case, I might have a hard time finding Volvo maintenance in Nassau; of course I could alway ship the car back to Sweden for maintenance or import a Volvo mechanic that does not mind tanning. Well I suppose it will be warmer here sooner or later, and we will all be sweating with heat prostration. I was thinking if NATO is planning to send in troops to Yugoslavia eventually, they should do it soon; since this upcoming winter promises to be a cold winter particularly since one Volcanoe errupted in Alaska today which might make it colder. Thus if ground troops were to be on the ground in Yugoslavia or neighboring countries next winter, they would need adequate shelter and provisions, and since most Yugoslavians in the mountains tend to be a hearty group familiar with the mountains, the troops would be under considerable hostile elements from the weather and the terrain. Well I suppose we all have to see how events evolve over there, to see what happens next. I also suppose if large amounts of troops and materials were sent over there, they would have to use port facilities in Greece which at the moment, the Greek government objects too, since once the NATO presense were removed from the area over time, Yugoslavian forces or whatever minor countries to the Northeast of them like Russia might decide to send troops all the way down to Greece, in which case all parties in between would not be very happy. I would advise NATO to pursue all avenues of Peace, before events get out of hand. Since I only know the story here, and do not have much of the printed media; and don't have time to watch the television, I would say it is very safe to assume, I am not fully briefed. Well give my best to the internet community, I would surmize that forces in Russia are still underestimated, and it seems rather strange there has been no debate in the United Nations by the Russian government. Thus from what I learned from Sino Soviet studies years ago, "That Russia Will Never Let Down Its Guard" still applies today. It is a vast country, and any number of defensive facilities could be shielded within Russia that United States reconnaissance satellites have not discovered. I suppose the old world Cold War mentality still applies, so it is best for us in the United States to remember that "Loose Lips Sink Ships" and start maintaining are usual watches in various ports and other points of transgress and egress. Basically it will probably get a lot quieter around here. As a retired disabled civilian, I am not familiar with modern teminology, procedures, and the status of modern military protocol, for all I know some Starship will Beam us All out here to another diminion, but for now as I know it the status quo remains and much of the senior community is familiar with. Well enough conjecture, all we know is what is on CNN and the printed media besides the internet. I just noticed that I have a two year old opened jar of Raseberry Adriatic preservers in my refrigerator, which has not developed mold yet, which is most curious. Yep molds, spores, and dust are imortant in some parts of the world besides the allergies they also can cause. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/20/99 Tuesday 2:15 A.M. EDT: I was up at 2 P.M. this afternoon. I had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, orange juice, coffee, toast, and vitamins. I made my 4 P.M.. appointment. I drove down by the waterfront and viewed the harbor. I went to the Greenwich Library and read the Greenwich Times. I tried to find some Elvis CDs to encode, but they were all checked out. I checked out a book "This Business of Music" to try and find out exactly what are the exact copywrite laws as pertains to music, the internet, and MP3 files. I don't know if I will have time to read it or not. I noticed at the Greenwich library on the west wall of the new Peterson entrance, they need to put some sort of wall grating to prevent young skateborder from trying to skate down that wall after closing, or they might fall the 20 feet on the reverse side of the wall down to the brick patio. I have noticed youngsters using the library parking lot for skateboarding after closing, and it also poses a particular situation for the town as far as insurance liability, and much could be said about other public areas in town. I was told that the group Nirvana that have the most popular song "Come as You Are" on my server came out of the Seattle, Washington area; so maybe they are popular with the Microsoft net users. I left the library and went down to Steamboat for quite a while, and I chatted with a couple of local waterfront observers and a young couple from Greece and Italy. They told me there is a Souvlaki stand in Norwalk. I chatted about Geotectonic Politics versus Geo Politics. I returned home about 8:30 P.M. and had dinner of cold chicken with tabasco red pepper sauce, baked Idaho potatoe, defrosted brocolli, ice tea and coffee. I went back out at 10 P.M., and I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I went down to the Greenwich Harbor Inn and used the restroom. I chatted with another Steamboat Road resident about the waterfront. I notice on Arch street at the Island Beach parking lot, and at the railroad underpass, two Greenwich Police cruisers had each pull over a vehicle at each location for "DWI Investigation". I returned to the center of town and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and chatted with another pedestrian walking to the train station. I walked up to the center of town. It was not very busy out, with just a few of the youngsters out for coffee. I returned home at midnight and I stopped by the Shell station to explain why I don't stop in for cigarettes anymore, since I smoke the CVS "Dutch Treats" Sweet and Lites. I returned home and I look at an old atlas with a map of Europe and pondered the world situation. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well it is a bit chilly ouside, so after all the time outside this past evening, I might be a bit arthritic for the next couple of days, I will have to wait and see. I believe the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship is suppose to return to Manhattan today from its around the World Cruise, before heading down to Miami and the Carribean and resuming its regular trans Atlantic runs. Well a lot of the daffodills and tullips are out about town, and with the cooler damp weather they should last a while. All pretty much quiet in this neck of the woods. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/19/99 Monday 12:35 A.M. EDT: I was up about noon today. I had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I watered the plants and cleaned the apartment while listening to the www.ttalk.com weekender report on technology. I finished about 5 P.M.. I had a friend stop by for dinner of cold chicken with tabassco red pepper sauce, defrosted brocolli, microwaved baked potatoes, ice tea, and coffee. We chatted until about 9 P.M.. I cleaned up, and I went out for a walk on lower Greenwich avenue until about 11:30 P.M.. It is still a bit brisk out. It was very slow out, with not much happening. As usual they have live music at Thataway, and possibly the Dome on Sunday night. I used the bathroom at the Greenwich Harbor Inn, and there are not many cars in the parking lot. I viewed the harbor twice from Steamboat Road, and it seems to be a quiet night. I watched an episode of a program called "Pensacola" on TV about Key West. I have a 4 P.M. appointment tomorrow afternoon. Well not much happening, "Have a good morning." CIO

Note:<888>4/18/99 Sunday 3:40 A.M. EDT: I enjoyed dinner. I did some regular internet work. I watched the movie Eclipse on the Bravo channel. I listened to some music of the net. I had a bowl of microwave popcorn. Well time to start slowing down. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/17/99 Saturday 10:00 P.M. EDT: I went out about 7 P.M. and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. It is a little bit of cold and damp out. I stopped by the bottom of Steamboat Road and viewed the cloudy sky line. I went by the Grand Union and bought 18 packs of various Ramen noodles for $3, a Elos pizza for $1.50, a Cookin Good chicken roaster at .69 a pound for $5.02, a half gallon of GU 2% milk for $1.72 for a total of $11.24. I returned home and had some ice tea. I watched a History channel special on the Hindenburg disaster. I put in the chicken in the convection oven, it will be done with potatoe in about 45 minutes for dinner after cooking a little over an hour and a half. The convection oven cooks faster. I seasoned the bird with poultry seasoning, oragano, garlic powder, and gorund peppper. I will thaw a frozen vegatable also. Well it is a quiet evening at home. Have a quiet night. CIO

Note:<888>4/17/99 Saturday 6:20 P.M. EDT: I went back to sleep for a while, and then finally got up about 5 P.M., and watched a bit of the travel channel about mud racing and coal trains in Australia, and paragliding and kayacking in Switzerland. Well for us Armchair travlers there is alwaysGreenwich, Connecticut Armchair Travelers . Well time to clean up, and check out the evenings activities. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/17/99 Saturday 2:20 P.M. EDT: Well I got up about noon. I had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I watched a bit of the Travel Channel www.travelchannel.com about Hadrians Wall in Scotland. It looks cold and damp over there, not very good for arthritis. Well I guess I should start thinking about going out and exploring the day, but I have to get myself into gear first. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>4/17/99 Saturday 3:10 A.M. EDT: I watched a bit of the travel channel about eastern Europe, and gorrilas in Riwanda. I saw an advertisement for www.scotland99.com and for Connect For Kids . Well time to start calling it a day. Let's hope we get a little warmer weather soon. Also if you want to see what's happening in Scotland, check out www.scotland.net . Well "All Quiet on the Eastern Front". CIO

Note:<888>4/17/99 Saturday 12:40 A.M. EDT: I fiddled with the Elvis directory and made sure the MP3 playlist works. I also listened to the entire Elvis selection. I had a Stuffer's frozen lasagna about 7 P.M.. A friend called about 8 P.M., and asked if the computer was running all right. He must have been psychic since I think the server was down, and I did not know it until just now, possibly caused by the relentless searching of a web spider from www.scour.net . Well all seems to be back in order. I just had a chicken, mozerella cheese, and bacon club sandwich with mayonaise on toast with ice tea. I am on the dry cycle of my laundry. I watched two hours of the history channel on World War II this evening. It is cold and raw outside, so I have not bothered going out this evening. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/16/99 Friday 5:45 P.M. EDT: I put the Elvis songs in a seperate directory with a MP3 playlist Elvis Presley Songs Index of /music8 . CIO

Note:<888>4/16/99 Friday 5:10 P.M. EDT: I went to bed at 4 A.M. yesterday. I was up about noon and had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee while watching CNN and CNBC. I went back to bed until about 3:30 P.M.. I got up and finished my coffee and watched a bit of news. I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers for my SoundBlaster SW32 card, and also reinstalled the DirectX 6.1 download. My sound is much better, some program must have corrupted my sound files. My sound quality is back to normal and sounds like it should have sounded all the time. I guess I had not noticed it had deteriorated for a month or two, so at least it is back to normal. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm , IBM was down a bit today. Well it is a little damp, out so I might stay in until later this evening and do a little internet work. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>4/15/99 Thursday 11:45 P.M. EDT: I worked on the computer this morning. I had a Elos pizza for lunch about 1:30 P.M. with ice tea. I cleaned up, and I went out at 2:30 P.M.. I chatted with a neighbor. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York and withdrew funds. I walked over to Greenwich Avenue to the Healthmart and bought a bottle of Niacimide 500 mg. 100 tablets for $7.95. I drove down Greenwich Avenue and viewed the harbor. It was a threatening overcast day. I stopped by the Greenwich library, but neither the New York Times or the Greenwich Times were available. They are still working on the brick courtyard. I returned home, and got a tired spell about 6 P.M., so I rested until 10 P.M.. I watched a bit of the PBS channel 13 program on the Marquis of Londonderry. I started cooking boneless breast of chicken with red wine, chopped garlic, herbs, and spices with baked potatoe and baked onion, and steamed asperagus for dinner which should be ready in about 10 minutes. I will have ice tea and coffee with it all. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm which did not do much today. Well I don't know whether I will go out this evening for a stroll since it is late, and I am a bit arthritic recently. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>4/15/99 Thursday 10:50 A.M. EDT: I went to bed at 3 A.M., and I was up at 9:30 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of Post Almond Oats, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I listened to a short bit of the news. Well back to my daily work list scotwork.htm . Have a good morning, and don't take any wooden nickles. CIO