Note:<888> 05/31/07 Thursday 8:15 P.M.:  I ate the same meal as the last four nights.   I went out, and I took the four rear license plate light screws out, and I replaced them with four sheet metal aluminum screws that I oiled, so in the future, the bulbs should not be so hard to replace.  I chatted with a relative.   I will now go downtown for a walk.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/31/07 Thursday 6:15 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went by Gateway Automotive Supply, and I bought the last three of the small license plate or parking light bulbs for $2.85.   I then drove around Grass Island, and I drove down by Steamboat Road.   They are tearing down the old Manero's restaurant.   I ran into a regular walker by the Royal Bank of Scotland, and I gave the walker a ride down to the end of Steamboat Road and back by Bruce Park where the regular walker had parked.   We chatted for a while.   I then went by the Chase Bank of Mason Street, and I told them about this ad Kyocera Color Laser Printer Press Center Details , but according to the internet, their product line is not commonly available in this country.   I did find this one available eBay: Kyocera FS-C5030N Network Color Laser Printer C5030N (item 270023643511 end time Jun-25-07 09:00:49 PDT) .  After the bank, I went to my usual Thursday 3 P.M. appointment.  I then returned home.   It took a while, but I was able to remove the two screws from each of the two rear license plate light fixtures and install new bulbs in them, so the rear license plate light now has two new bulbs in their fixtures.   I might try to replace the screws with less rusty ones, when I have time.  I left the Wagner light box with the two used and one new parking and license plate light bulbs in the glove box.   I took of the Putnam Buick rear license plate license frame, and I put it in the driver's side rear storage compartment, and I put on the Mercedes Benz of Greenwich license plate frame.   The friend of my mine that sold me the Buick wagon is a friend of the owner of Mercedes Benz of Greenwich.  I put $10 on my Mac Gray laundry card, and I now have $15.05 on it.  CIO 

Note:<888> 05/31/07 Thursday 1:05 P.M.:  New Loch Ness Monster video - CNN.com .  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower and clean up and go out.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/31/07 Thursday 12:45 P.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 05/31/07 Thursday 12:30 P.M.:  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.   I picked up some mail.   I figure I will pay off my www.newegg.com account of about $60 tomorrow, and I will be able to pay about $185 of the $552 of my Chase Visa credit card debt tomorrow along with all of my other usual first of the month bills.  CIO 

Note:<888> 05/31/07 Thursday 11:45 A.M.:  I woke up at 10:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana and honey, a toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 1/3rd mixture of orange juice with a 1/3rd mixture of grape juice and with a 1/3rd mixture of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice with a half teaspoon of Certo, and coffee along with vitamins and supplements.  I will now make my bed, and I will wash the breakfast dishes.   I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon.  Greenwich Concours d' Elegance, Greenwich, Connecticut | Greenwich Time , maybe I should enter the Buick wagon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/30/07 Wednesday 11:45 P.M.:  Maybe the Volvo people took it BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Mystery of vanishing golden tub .

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Note:<888> 05/30/07 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.:  Chance to win a Volvo and $50,000 in gold http://thehunt.volvocars.net/ .   The treasure hunt is as complicated as driving a Volvo.   I never had that many problems before.   The treasure is probably in one of those god forsaken places, the Swedes always seem to go on vacation to.   I know the King of Sweden collects Chinese art, so more than likely the treasure is in Chinese waters, but that is a large area.   It has to be some place, where they have pirates, and the area to the west of China is known for the South Seas Chinese pirates.   However, the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End -- The Official Website takes place in the Caribbean, and since I have lived in the Caribbean, I know something about the area.   Knowing Greta Garbo use to vacation off the north east shore of Tobago, and knowing there is a Swedish scuba diving camp there, there is the possibility it might be located there.  However, as they use to say in Cayo Hueso, the Swedes tan so dark, they will have a hard time getting a drink in Georgia.   It sounds like a job for the Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys.   CIO    

Note:<888> 05/30/07 Wednesday 10:30 P.M.:   I chatted with two relatives.   On the little Kaser video and MP3 player, I technically besides playing MP3, I could record the television news, and put it on the player.   It might be compatible with the Vista Media player.  Since I frequently am out walking in the late afternoon and the early evenings, I do not have the time to watch much of the evening news.  California strawberries are supposedly coming into season, but with the higher price of shipping, they might be more expensive this year.  On my Vista Ultimate setup with Norton Internet Security 7.0 for Vista, I seem to still get hacked particularly, some unknown parties seem to reboot my computer.   With Norton Internet Security 7.0 firewall enabled, the Vista firewall is disabled.   However, once one boots up Vista with Norton Internet Security 7.0, one can enable the Vista Firewall, and chose the option to close off inbound traffic, and one might have better security against hackers with both firewalls.  Generally hackers start to show themselves this time of year, when they start to get out of school, before they go on summer vacation, where they have less internet access.  However, when one reboots, one will be give the option for either of the two firewalls, and then one enables the Norton Internet Security 7.0 firewall, and then the Vista firewall with the Inbound traffic blocked.   So far, it has worked.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/30/07 Wednesday 8:40 P.M.:  While I was showering after the last message, the order for the neighbor from American Workwear - workboots, workwear, rain gear, Carhartt for  Suspenders Accessories from American Workwear - Wick Dry socks, gloves, suspenders, etc. two pairs of 54 inch by 2 inch clip suspenders #7854GC in navy and hunter green for $12.99 each pair for $25.98 subtotal and shipping cost is $5 for either one pair or two pairs, so the total is $30.98 total arrived.   When I went out, and I gave the neighbor the order, and the neighbor paid me $31 for the order.  I now have on my Vista Credit Card $552.04 debt and another $59.58 debt on my New Egg account for $611.62 debt on my credit cards.   I will have to pay off at least half of that hopefully at the first of the month.   I seem to have been living a little high on the hog off the www.chase.com bank credit card, but I generally pay off my debts.  I went downtown after the last message, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with some Avenue regulars, one of them introduced me to his son from Alabama.   I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a Bar-B-Que scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.   I chatted with an Avenue regular.   I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.   I stopped by CVS, and I bought from the clearance section a 6 ounce tube of Crest Whitening toothpaste for $1.74 and .10 tax for $1.84 total.   I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center after the walk.   I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read Popular Science magazine and the Greenwich Time.   We have a new acting Police chief Ridberg named acting chief Walters leaves early, lands spot as security director in NYC - Greenwich Time .  I read in Popular Science magazine for June 2007, they have a new alternative to chemotherapy for cancer called Proton therapy.   Also an individual inventor has developed a mechanism to protect helicopters from Rocket Propelled Grenades, but it is still in development, and not deployed.   Another local Connecticut man from Norwich, Connecticut died recently in Iraq US military blames fatal helicopter crash on enemy fire - Greenwich Time .  I chatted with a library regular.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a couple of regulars.    I will now make and eat the same dinner as the last three nights.   CIO   

Note:<888> 05/30/07 Wednesday 2:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   I will now eat a piece of French crumb cake with a glass of iced tea.   I will then shower and clean up, and I will go out for a walk downtown.  CIO 

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Note:<888> 05/30/07 Wednesday 12:25 P.M.:   I was awake at 9:30 A.M., when the representative of the Greenwich Housing Authority called to see my relative would be leaving a car here, but I explained that the relative was leaving it elsewhere.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana and honey, a toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 1/3rd mixture of orange juice with a 1/3rd mixture of grape juice and with a 1/3rd mixture of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice with a half teaspoon of Certo, and coffee along with vitamins and supplements.  I went back to bed until about 11 A.M., when the CARBURETOR PRE-HEATER HOSE : JC Whitney: Auto Parts & Accessories and CARBURETOR PRE-HEATER HOSE : JC Whitney: Auto Parts & Accessories 18 inches long and 1.5 inches in diameter for $3.99 arrived.  It was only about 10 inches long when not stretched, so it was a perfect fit.   I installed it on the Buick wagon, and since the old one was kinked, the newer one lets in a smoother air flow.   I put the old in the box of the new one, and I put it in the driver's side rear area storage compartment.   I chatted with some neighbors.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I picked up my mail.  I chatted with the building custodian.   I will now go through my email.   CIO      

Note:<888> 05/30/07 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.:  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/30/07 Wednesday 12:40 A.M.:  The friend that called me up wanted to know what NIMH: Bipolar Disorder is.  In my own case as an investigative reporter over the years, I have not come up with too many new clues, but in investigating certain cases and reading a lot about them, I have my own paranoias.   I read extensively about the Kennedy Assassination JFK / The Kennedy Assassination.   I looked into the John Wayne Gacy case John Wayne Gacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia in Chicago, Illinois, the Percy case Famous Unsolved Crimes Valerie Percy Case Part 2 , Lindbergh case NJ.com: The Lindbergh Trial , Bruce Pecheur murder, Martha Moxley - The Recently Solved Murder , Taft School professor Joe Logan murder in Key West, Florida, http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm question, Matthew Margolies - Greenwich's Other Unsolved Murder , Richard Speck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and basically over all that I read and saw looking at those areas, from what I finally learned from the www.fbi.gov statistics are that any given time in the United States of America, there are up to 200 serial killers lose in the country being by definition someone that has killed two or more people.   Since we live in a large population area, it is logical that some of them are living around us.  Whatever, the case I never dug up any new evidence, but I just mostly read the published reports on the events, and over time, knowing something about the United States of America and the Under World, I took up the internet and system analysis work and a bit of volcanology, since I am not a trained criminologist, but better at Mickey Mouse maintenance.   I guess it all came from watching too many police dramas on television, when I grew up.   Whatever, the case I have not been able to solve the most recent case that happened to me about 17 years ago, so I guess as I get older, I could call on my old friend Chan.   When I first came back to Greenwich 24 years ago, I use to joke I feel like Charlie Chan a Chinese detective.   Whatever the real case dealing with the newspaper reports, you do not always get the whole story.   I have even looked into reports of people living whom are supposedly dead.   Since at my age, I have limited funds, but a bit of experience, I tend to enjoy more of a private life anymore.   It is sort of like "Have Word Processor, Will Not Travel".  I think I did once get to interview Carlos the Jackal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , and he scared me after a while.  Fred once had me go to a party with the Puerto Rican terrorist group the FALN FALN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , and at home, they were not too unfriendly.   I recall their headquarters were just north of Union Square in a loft, near where Andy Warhol's loft was.  Needless to say, I have tried to see if there is any other terrorist activity in this area, but I am a bit too well known after all of these years.  I also looked into the disappearance of the Morgan Stanley vice president from Canada up in Nantucket.  CIO

Note:<888> 05/29/07 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative and a friend.   I could order these for $79.99 with free shipping SG797 Fog & Driving Lights - StreetGlow®: The Leader in Auto-Neon® and Performance Lighting , but I am not sure how well they would mount into the front of the Buick.   Since the front bumper is low, I suppose the best way to mount them would be to try to mount them off the front grill above the front bumper.  However, since I do not drive that much, they are not really necessary.   However on a foggy night or morning, they would be handy.   However, they are a luxury, I can not afford.  They are $20 more at www.jcwhitney.com , and the free shipping runs out there today.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/29/07 Tuesday 10:10 P.M.:  RBS Makes $95.5B Offer For ABN Amro - Forbes.com .

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I went through my email.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/29/07 Tuesday 8:55 P.M.:   I filled out the survey from Scarborough Research: In-depth insights on the shopping, media & lifestyle of the American consumer. .   I mailed it in the mail room downstairs.   I was also sent another television log to keep track of my television viewing habits which are not very much.   I generally watch television on the run in the kitchen and living room, when I am preparing a meal and eating it.   Occasionally I watch late night movies on the Turner movie channel.   I was sent $7 cash in the large survey envelope for filling out the survey.   One had to look hard in the survey envelope, since the glue that held the five dollar bill and two single dollar bills to the cover letter tended to cause the cover letter to stick to the inside of the envelope with the money.   If this happened to other survey recipients, more than likely a lot of money will end up in the paper recycle bin.  I chatted with some neighbors outside.  Somebody wrecked a neighbor's garden in the family units, and I have a feeling it might be early morning deer or fawns.   I made and ate the same dinner as the last two nights.  CIO  

Note:<888> 05/29/07 Tuesday 5:40 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read two copies of P.C. Magazine and a copy of P.C. World magazine.  One patron posted this web log Greenwich Gossip: Lest We Forget... and Greenwich Gossip .   I showed another senior how to get a waiver for emissions.   Frequently seniors are low income individuals.   I showed the other senior my Buick wagon.   I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.    I chatted with two other seniors.  I then returned home via the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a 14 ounce Entenmann's All Butter French Crumb cake for $2.25.   I then returned home.   I watched part of a Bob Hope movie on the Turner movie channel.   I received a telephone call about a follow up survey I am suppose to fill out.  I will get to it shortly.  The primary Vista computer seems to be running just fine.  One of the seniors that I chatted with suggested that I check my Buick's ignition timing, but the mechanics manual says not to reset it until after emissions code problems are resolved.  I might have an old timing light around somewhere.  CIO  

Note:<888> 05/29/07 Tuesday 11:45 A.M.:  I shut down the computer at midnight.   I woke up at 7:30 A.M. this morning.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana and honey, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 1/3rd mixture of orange juice with a 1/3rd mixture of grape juice and with a 1/3rd mixture of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice with a half teaspoon of Certo, and coffee along with vitamins and supplements.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   The computer was running buggy last night, so I restored the old CMOS settings.   I restored the backup from the Bytecc external hard drive from May 20, 2007.   I restored any other changed files.  It seems to be running fine again.   I then did a Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I will go out shortly.   CIO    

Note:<888> 05/28/07 Monday 11:40 P.M.:   Skype - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com .   Wealthy Enclave Offers Windfall for Candidates - New York Times .   I think the reason all of the Hedge Funds are in Greenwich, Connecticut is that it is close to Wall Street, but from what I know the courts in Connecticut are backed up for 10 years, so if anything goes wrong with the hedge funds, it will take many years to sort it all out.   Nobody ever contacts me, because they seem to think that I am affiliated with some sort of government agency, and the reality is that I am retired with an education in Economics and a diverse back ground.   I never paid much attention to Wall Street since I find it all too boring.   I went through my email.   Of course wealthy people manifest their wealth in strange ways, so more than likely we attract a number of tourists into the town besides the regular work force.   Of course some people just stop by for a pit stop and a cup of coffee, since we are a convenient exit off the turnpike.   Since I have watched Starbucks, since the beginning of their construction on Greenwich Avenue many years ago, I would say I have seen quite a few people come through that location, and the best comment I was ever told was by someone that looked like the King of Sweden Kungahuset who told me if I ever go to Sweden, I am going to end up sitting inside a coffee shop, but I don't think you can smoke inside a coffee shop in Sweden.   I don't think the Swedes notice me anymore, since I am not driving the Volvo anymore.   Since I don't know Swedish it does not really matter anyway.   Whatever, the Swedes do when they leave here in the warmer months is opened to question, but during the colder months I do seem to see a lot of them.   I was told they started moving here in the 1970s to avoid the 90% taxation rate in Sweden.   I use to know four people that owned the small Swedish Volvo 2 seater sports station wagon Volvo 1800 ES Wagon Image:Volvo P1800ES.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  or Volvo Adventures, Spec 1800ES in Manhattan back in 1973 for a few years, so more than likely if they still made something like that, it would be more economical.  I watched part of the movie Stalag 17, which is just about the way I feel in a more upscale way.   Since the Memorial Day holiday is over, I rearranged the flags, so the Swedish flag is on the left hallway bookcase, then on the right hallway bookcase is the Scottish Cross of St. Andrews, then on the left living room closet, there it the Dutch Tricolor.   The computer occasionally crashes and gives the blue shut down screen once or twice a day.   I think it is caused by some cleaver Trojan program like a key stroke logger that somebody controls and put on my computer to cause problems.   Basically, the local www.fbi.gov would know whom it is, so more than likely the are monitoring the individual's behavior.   Why anyone would waste their time bothering me is beyond me, but it shows how ignorant some people can be.   CIO    

Note:<888> 05/28/07 Monday 8:30 P.M.:  To restock some of my computer supplies that I need for a regular maintenance, I ordered from www.jab-tech.com , YATE LOON 120mm Case Fan - D12SL-124B - UV Blue Frame with 4 Blue leds for $5.95,   8 Coolermaster Case Fan SAF-B83 for $3.99 each, and 10 OKGEAR 18" Dual IDE Rounded Cable - UV GREEN for $3.49 each for $72.77 subtotal and $9.99 FedEx ground shipping of $9.99 for $82.76 total.   Earlier, I returned my apartment to the lower energy usage, I have been using recently.   I will now eat the same dinner as last night.  CIO

Note:<888> 05/28/07 Monday 6:20 P.M.:  I tried doing a low level format of the Vista computer, since it was running buggy, and the system froze during the low level format, which means I had a bad IDE cable.   I replaced the bad IDE cable, and I did a quick low level format, and I restored the backup, and a few changed files, and it is back up running fine again.   I chatted with a relative.   I watched President Bush present the Medal of Honor to the Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. .  I have three spare round IDE double cables left and two short spare IDE single and quite a few spare ribbon IDE cables, if I needed to use on in an emergency.  CIO 

Note:<888> 05/28/07 Monday 4:20 P.M.:  The CMOS setting change on the primary Vista computer was that I changed the memory setting from 400 MHz to 333 MHz, since the processor is 333 MHz.   I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana and honey, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 1/3rd mixture of orange juice with a 1/3rd mixture of grape juice and with a 1/3rd mixture of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice with a half teaspoon of Certo, and coffee along with vitamins and supplements.  I went back to bed until noon.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I checked the vacuum on the EGR valve on the Buick, and it seems to work just fine.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.   I stopped by CVS, and I bought for buy one get one free two CVS 3.5 ounce Clorox drop-in toilet tank tablets for $2.29 both and a 12 pack of Scott Max toilet tissue for $4.99 plus .44 tax for $7.72 total.  After my walk, I chatted with a regular dog walker.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 32 ounce bag of baby carrots for $2.99 and a head of broccoli for $2.36 for $5.35 total.  I then returned home.   www.starbucks.com is advertising something new that old Paul McCartney is now doing.  I put one of the CVS toilet tank tablets in the toilet tank.   I first used the toilet brush to clean out any algae build up in the toilet tank.   CIO   

Note:<888> 05/27/07 Sunday 11:40 P.M.:  I did some minor system tweaks in the CMOS.  I ate two pieces of apple pie.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/27/07 Sunday 7:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative twice.   I left a friend a message.  I chatted with another friend.  Best deal, I can find on the internet for a car like mine, but with half the miles instead of my 114,000 miles http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp;?tracktype=usedcc&searchType=21&pageNumber=0&numResultsPerPage=50&largeNumResultsPerPage=0&sortorder=ascending&sortfield=MILES+ascending%2CPRICE+descending&certifiedOnly=false&criteria=K-%7CE-%7CM-_7_%7CB-15000%7CD-_61_%7CN-N%7CR-10000%7CI-1%7CP-MILES+ascending%2CPRICE+descending%7CQ-ascending%7CZ-06830&aff=national&paId=229855004&recnum=17&leadExists=true , if you don't mind the grey color.   It would be a good summer car in Nantucket for the grey lady at $4,991, but you would have to get it back home, which might be pricey from Minnesota.   There are regular flights daily on Northwest airlines from Westchester County airport to Rochester, Minnesota where the Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic medical information and tools for healthy living - MayoClinic.com is , so technically one could check into the Mayo Clinic for treatment and then pick up the car in Minnesota, and if one survived the trip back and expense, one would have a cheaper farm car to use in this area.  Of course Minnesota is a big state, but it says here Google Maps search from Burnsville, Minnesota to Rochester, Minnesota, they are only 76 miles apart.  However, from Burnsville, Minnesota to Greenwich, Connecticut it is 1,232 miles which if the grey Buick wagon got 26 miles per gallon highway like it is suppose to, it would be about 50 gallons of gasoline times $3.70 a gallon for premium unleaded gasoline would be about $185 in gasoline and you could probably expect some tolls, and you might want to eat, so it would cost you at least $300 to get it back here, if one felt so motivated and capable of such a dangerous journey into the wilds of the middle of America.   Your probably would see a few cows along the way and a few trucks and whatever else is out in the middle of the country.  However, on www.nwa.com , the flight from Westchester County Airport to Rochester, New York would be at least $730, and one would have to get to the dealer, so even if one did not go to the Mayo Clinic, it would probably cost one at least a thousand bucks to get it back here.  It is only a hundred dollars cheaper to fly from Newark, and one would have to get to Newark, but from what I can tell, you might want to stay in an inexpensive motel along the way, which might be another $100, and adding meals, if you did not have car trouble, it would be at least $1200, and if you used an extra 10 or 20 gallons, it would be another $50 to $100 dollars, so now you are up to $1300.   You would also have to pay for a temporary transit plate whic probably would be another $100.  So if the car made it without any problems, you probably would have bought a car after taxes, registration, title and transport for around $7000 for a $5000 car, but if you wanted a low milage version of that car, it is still the best deal, I see at www.cars.com .  A lot of people have cheaper cars in this area, because they have homes elsewhere, and they only use the cars here, when they or their guests are here.    I will now go through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 05/27/07 Sunday 4:55 P.M.:  I opened up the package of six boneless chicken breasts, and I put four of them in a large flat Rubbermaid container.   I then rinsed off the other two in cold water, and I dried them with a paper towel.   I then put a thin coat of olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish, and on a separate plate, I rubbed the bottom side of the boneless chicken breasts with olive oil, and then I spread a thick coating of seasoned bread crumbs on it, and then I did the same with the top side and the other boneless chicken breasts.   I then put them in the Pyrex pie dish, and I baked them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes.  I also made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm to which I also added one teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce and Old Bay Seasoning and chicken bullion seasoning.  I ate half, and I put the other half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I also steamed in a three quart Revere pot with steamer tray and lid about 2 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns and a ear of corn on the cob for 15 minutes on medium high electric burner heat, and I put some olive oil on the vegetables,  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  On my older 1992 Buick Roadmaster Station wagon, it uses older OBD 1 computer codes, and my Haynes mechanics manual for it has the codes listed, so I ordered COMPUTER CODE READER : JC Whitney: Auto Parts & Accessories for 1982 to 1993 GM and Saturn Models #ZX503795A for $25.99 shown my the manufacturer here Actron® GM Code Scanner CP9001, and Highland ALL-WEATHER FLOOR MATS : JC Whitney: Auto Parts & Accessories for the front seat in tan for $39.99 and to clean out the Catalytic Converter Solder-It Catalytic Converter Cleaner & Deodorizer : JC Whitney: Auto Parts & Accessories for $10.49 and with promo code good through May 31, 2007 "SAVENOW" , I got free $15.99 shipping for $76.47 total.    The code reader might tell me if anything is wrong with the Buick without having to pay for an expensive investigation at the local Exxon dealership.   The mats will preserve the existing red carpet mats in the winter and damp weather, and the Catalytic Converter Cleaner my help improve what might be causing the high fuel consumption in the Buick.   Remember in the old days, they use to advertise, "Really Wouldn't You Really Rather Have a Buick?"   I have a picture of myself with a 1954 Buick Roadmaster down at the old family house in Pensacola, Florida, but maybe it is on the home movie videotape.  I have noticed in my current look with my most recent hair cut, I look a bit like a bit like Mark Furman, whom I believe currently lives in Coure De Laine, Idaho where Bing Crosby was from before he went into the orange juice business.   Chumway Poole at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu moved from Lake Forest to there along with his vintage low mileage 1954 Silver Mercedes Gull Wing Roadster, so I was not the only Mercedes owner in Lake Forest, Illinois, since the Knauz Mercedes dealership there was well established.  Since Lake Forest, Illinois was near the Wisconsin border, and since as everyone knows Wisconsin has German Americans, more than likely there were one or two Germans in the area, when I went to college there.   I will now go through my email.   CIO       

Note:<888> 05/27/07 Sunday 11:35 A.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought a Wild Doubler scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.   I then went by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a Barbeque scratch card for a dollar, and I won a dollar.   I then bought another Barbeque scratch card for a dollar, and I won $5 for a net $4 profit.   I chatted with a regular downtown regular.   I stopped by CVS during my walk, and I bought a tube of Crest Whitening Plus with Scope fluoride anticavity toothpaste for $2.99 and .18 tax for $3.17 total.  I noticed an older couple going to St. Mary's roman catholic church in one of those $350,000 Mercedes Benz Maybach Maybach Manufaktur - Maybach 57 - Maybach 57 S - Maybach 62 .   I noticed that there was organ music still coming out the unfinished new Presbyterian Church.   There were not too many people downtown, but a few dog walkers.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 59 ounce container of Simply Orange orange juice with calcium for $3, White Gem boneless breasts of chickens six to a pack for $1.69 a pound $5.63, organic bananas at .99 a pound for $2.28, four ears of sweet corn .50 each for $2 for $11.58 total.   I then returned to home, and I chatted with a couple of neighbors.    CIO 

Note:<888> 05/27/07 Sunday 6:40 A.M.:  Before going to bed, I did a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive on the Vista computer.  I woke up at 5 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana and honey, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 1/3rd mixture of orange juice with a 1/3rd mixture of grape juice and with a 1/3rd mixture of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice with a half teaspoon of Certo, and coffee along with vitamins and supplements.  I will shortly make my bed and wash the breakfast dishes.   I will then shower and clean up, and I will go out for a walk before it rains later on this morning.   CIO    

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/26/07:

Note:<888> 05/26/07 Saturday 9:15 P.M.:  I ate a piece of apple pie.   If you are wondering what famous photographer took the picture of me by the Buick out at Tod's Point, his name is Michael Tripod, if you get my drift.  I guess the bathroom at that location was messed up by the storm a little bit over a month ago, because now they have two porto-o-potties there.   The air conditioner seemed to be working fine in the Buick on the high setting, but of course, one uses more gasoline when using the air conditioner.  I probably will be hosting a relative's car from June 1, 2007 until June 16, 2007, when I will drive it up to Kennebunkport, Maine, where I will vacation and help a relative open up a house for a week or two.    I will then take the Amtrak back down to this area.   So the Buick will not be going out of the area.  I ate half of a 8.5 ounce box of Triscuts.  ~ Welcome to China Food Industries ~ .   I chatted with a friend, who told me there is a 24 hour car wash in Bridgeport, Connecticut which is normally $14 for the works, but if you go in the off hours, you can get you car serviced for half price, if you have the time to drive around Bridgeport, when it is less busy.   Of course it would cost you more than the $7 savings to get there in gasoline.  I will now send out my weekly notes.    I will then go to bed.   CIO      

Note:<888> 05/26/07 Saturday 6:50 P.M.:  I made and ate http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/pbf.htm .   I used a 16 ounce can of B&M baked beans and two Nathan all beef franks along with the other usual ingredients.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted with a friend.   The Buick when I filled up the tank has 114,185.4 miles on it at the Exxon gasoline station.   While there I also check the air in the tires for 35 PSI rear and 30 PSI front and 60 PSI in the spare.   I chatted with the service manager, and I told him what I had done recently.   I just now went out, and I put on some WD40 and motor oil on the throttle linkage and a few other minors parts underneath the hood that should be lubricated such as the hood hinges and the headlight adjustment screws.   I then put about a half cup of CVS wool wash in a half bucket of warm water, and I washed all the Buick car seats, the door side panels, and the door jams, so the car is even a bit cleaner.   CIO     

Note:<888> 05/26/07 Saturday 2:05 P.M.:   I woke up at 5 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana and honey, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 1/3rd mixture of orange juice with a 1/3rd mixture of grape juice and with a 1/3rd mixture of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice with a half teaspoon of Certo, and coffee along with vitamins and supplements.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I showered, and I cleaned up, and I went out.   I went by the ATM machine at the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I went by the The Hair Cut Place in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, and I got by hair cut for $22 and $5 tip for $27 total.    I then went out to Tod's Point, and I parked at the southwest parking area.   I brought along my small Polaroid digital camera, and I walked from west to east and around Tod's Point and back along the road way.   It took a while, because I took 581 pictures along the way.   I posted them at http://mikelouisscott.com/tp-052607/ .   I then drove back to downtown Greenwich, and I stopped by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $53 of self service premium unleaded gasoline at $3.699 a gallon or 14.327 gallons for 103.1 miles driving since May 16, 2007 when I put the fuel injection cleaner additives in the Buick for 7.19620 miles per gallon driving in my most recent routines.   Since I have a 22 gallon gasoline tank that means I can only drive at the most 150 miles on a full tank of gasoline which is not very far.  Thus it recently cost me $.51406 a mile to drive in my normal routine.   I did make the trip to the Splash car wash in Darien, Connecticut to clean the car engine, and I also went to Tod's Point.   I also idled the car a bit in installing the air conditioning refrigerant.   Although the additives may have improved the cars performance and the emissions, they do not seem to have improved the miles per gallon the Buick gets.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a relative.   CIO       

Note:<888> 05/25/07 Friday 10:45 P.M.:  After dinner, I went outside, and I cleaned the exterior and the interior windows of the Buick with glass cleaner and a paper towel.   I also cleaned the door jams and the surrounding inside areas of the doors.   Some oil from the air conditioning refrigerant had sprayed on the passenger side front fender and front bumper, when I removed the refrigerant charging unit, so I also cleaned it off.   I also dusted off the dash board and the some of the other surfaces.   I checked the lights, and the passenger side rear license plate light was out.   It took a while, since one of the Phillips screws had a sheared head cross, but I was able to remove it with a vice grip.   I had a spare used bulb with it, which is the same as the front parking bulbs, so I installed it.   Now both lights work on the rear license plate frame.   I chatted with some neighbors briefly.   One neighbor had left his car window opened from the heat of the day, so I woke him up to close up his car window.   I went through my email earlier.   BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | US fears grow over China military .   Earth Wind and Fire Tour Dates, Schedule and Tickets concert tour schedule.   The fellow in the bank thought that was important, but I do not know much about them.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed directly.   CIO      

Note:<888> 05/25/07 Friday 6:20 P.M.:   I went outside, and I used the Black and Decker Dust Buster to vacuum at the car.   I took up a labor grievance with some neighbors, and I think they finally understood.  I checked underneath the hood of the Buick now that it is clean to see if anything was amiss.  All I could find out of order was that a wiring harness clamp strap was disconnected, so I reconnected it.   Now that the engine compartment is clean, it is easier to examine it.   The vacuum hoses all look secure.   In the old days in Manhattan in http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm 's apartment building on East 54th street just east of First Avenue, there was the garage where the race from there to Malibu, California first started.   It was later moved to the parking lot of the Lock Stock and Barrel restaurant in Darien, Connecticut at the Darien shopping center plaza in downtown.   The race was made famous my the various movies called the Gum Ball race, and Gum Ball was the secret code word to start the race.   Base on what I knew about that group the real code word was probably "Jelly Bean".   When I worked at the Boodles restaurant here in Greenwich, one of the owners back in 1973 was a participant in that race, so more than likely other people in the area were involved in the race.   I don't know if the race still exists anymore of not.  Obviously with all of the automobile dealerships in the area, there is obviously a certain group involved in racing or automobile rallies in this area, if they can afford the gasoline.  I overheard a customer in the bank today say there is an "Earth Wind and Fire" concert this weekend somewhere.   Well, if you want to take off cruising somewhere this weekend, here is an offer you can't refuse if you happen to be down in Florida Hertz: Economy car rentals/day - dealnews.com $5 a day to Florida to certain other destinations to return cars left in Florida .   I will now make and eat the same burger and sauteed onions with cheese and steamed vegetables with rice meal that I have been eating recently.   CIO    

Note:<888> 05/25/07 Friday 4:10 P.M.:   I have used 85 miles since I filled up the tank, and the gasoline tank gauge shows it is down a quarter of a tank.   I figured with the fuel injection cleaner in the gasoline it was helpful to drive it a bit on the highway, and the car ran just fine.   I will probably drive it another 75 miles before I fill up the fuel tank again, which will be expensive.    Then I will know what sort of gasoline mileage I am getting.  For local driving when the car was new, it was suppose get 16 miles per gallon local and 26 miles per gallon the highway.   Last time I got 12 miles per gallon local before I put the fuel injection cleaner in and the new PCV valve.   However, local driving is generally regarded as driving about 30 miles an hour with intermittent stop and go.   In my routine, I average 13 miles per hour in town with a lot more stop and go traffic in downtown Greenwich.    Thus I do not think I can expect much better fuel usage improvement in my routine at least in the daytime in traffic.   I drove up to 75 miles an hour going up to Darien, and the car handled just fine.   However, it is a very heavy car at 4400 pounds, and its shock absorbers are bit soft, so one would have to drive cautiously on the back country roads of Greenwich at a safe speed for the car's conditions.    The 5.7 liter V8 16 valve engine in the 1992 Buick Roadmaster station wagon is the same engine as was in the Corvette at the time, so it is a very peppy engine, if you can afford the gasoline.  However, at 114,000 miles on the car, I do not want to press my luck and tax its systems in terms of my normal driving routine which is 3,000 miles on average per year.    I think by removing all of the grease and gunk from the car engine, it should be safer, and have less of a fire hazard since grease can burn, and also with the grease and gunk removed, it should run cooler.  CIO  

Note:<888> 05/25/07 Friday 3:40 P.M.:    I woke up at 3 P.M. this morning.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana and honey, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 1/3rd mixture of orange juice with a 1/3rd mixture of grape juice and with a 1/3rd mixture of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice with a half teaspoon of Certo, and coffee along with vitamins and supplements.   I went back to bed until 6 P.M..   I went out without cleaning up, and I drove up to Exit 11 in Darien, Connecticut, and I drove east through Darien, Connecticut to the Splash car wash on the east side of town on U.S. 1 in Darien.   I tried to use their outside spray car wash, but their change machine would not take a  $20 bill to give me the brass car wash tokens.   I put in four one dollar brass coins in the car wash machine to try to start it and one quarter, but the machine ate the coins.   I drove next door the Friendly's restaurant just opening at 7 A.M., and they gave me change for the $20 bill.   I bought 8 brass car wash tokens for a dollar each from the token machine.   The outside spray wash takes four dollar car wash tokens to start the machine for 5 minutes.   I put in seven of the coins, and I washed my car engine with the power soap spray, but I was careful not to spray the alternator and the distributor cap.  I also did not spray the sound dampening material on the under side of the hood.  Once the engine was cleaned I rinsed it off with the rinse cycle.   I then washed the car with the soap cycle, and then I rinsed it off with the spray cycle.   I forgot about the eight car wash token, so I did not have enough time for the wax rinse.  However, the engine is perfectly clean.   Thus with  the lost $4.25 and $8 car wash coins, it cost $12.25, and I have one brass car wash coin left over.   The car started right up after having its engine washed.  On some cars one has to be careful about washing one's engine, because one can damage the computer module.   I am not sure whether the 1992 Buick Roadmaster Wagon has a computer module underneath the hood or not.   I then drove back through Darien, and I got on I-95 West at Exit 11 by the BMW garage.    I drove back to Greenwich, and I got off at Exit 5, and then I drove west on West Putnam Avenue to Greenwich Avenue.   I parked on Greenwich Avenue, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought for a dollar a Dublin Dollars scratch card, but I lost.   After my walk, I drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with one of the regular fishermen.   Somebody had caught a blue fish and thrown it away, and it was dead on the rocks underneath the pier.  I then went by the Arnold bread outlet, and I bought a 12 pack of English muffins for $2.05 and a 26 ounce Entenmann's home-style apple pie for $2.25 for $4.30 total.  I then returned home.   I put another can of R-134A refrigerant in the Buick air conditioning system, and it seems colder, and it seems to running better.   It now has 45 PSI in its system charge, which is the maximum recommended by the refrigerant manufacturer.   However in the Buick manual, it says to add refrigerant until the air coming out is 45 degrees Fahrenheit, but I do not want to risk over charging the system at this point.   Still it seems to work quite wall when on maximum.  I now have three cans that I have put in the system, and one can left over.   I then ate a piece of apple pie.    They are installing the air conditioners in the ground floor apartments today.   I chatted with a relative.   I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.   I also put white vinegar in the scent bowl.   I threw out the old periodical literature and the garbage.   I picked up my mail.   I drove over to the West Putnam Avenue Chase bank, and I got four one dollar coins, so I now have 10 spare one dollar coins, and eight quarters, and one car wash token in the spare change compartment in the Buick in between the seats in the arm rest.  I chatted with a relative.   I am making up a batch of Formula Two http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .    CIO    

Note:<888> 05/24/07 Thursday 7:20 P.M.:   http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/current/klch/index.html .  I chatted with a relative.   I went through my email.  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Tracks suggest dinos could swim .   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I ate some almonds earlier.   CIO     

Note:<888> 05/24/07 Thursday 6:10 P.M.:   I got twice as much email as normal, so people must be sending out their Thursday and Friday email, and taking Friday off before the Memorial Day weekend.  The order for Starbucks coffee, coffee beans, Kona coffee, tea, Jamaica Blue Mountain and more New York Coffee 4 1Lb Bags Introductory Offer w/ Thermal Mug for $16.95 , so I placed an order for 2 orders for whole coffee beans or eight pounds and two coffee mugs for $33.90 subtotal, and $5.95 UPS shipping less coupon code of "CFL" CoffeeForLess Online Coupons, CoffeeForLess.com Coupon Codes, Discounts, Promotional Codes, Free Shipping and Clearances for 5% off or $1.70 off for $38.16 total arrived.   The coffee smells quite good.   I will not mix the different blends together.   I will use one bag at a time.  I have to use up my last quart of Eight O'Clock coffee beans.    The web site for the promotion is :: NEW YORK COFFEE :: .   With the higher price of coffee, and the free travel mugs, it is an excellent value.   Besides almond on sale at the Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich Avenue CVS for $3.34 for a pound, they also have www.coke.com products on sale of four 12 packs of 12 ounce cans for $10.   I will now go through my email.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/24/07 Thursday 5:00 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went to my usual 3 P.M. Thursday appointment, and  returned home after the appointment.   I am just staying cool sitting around the air conditioner.   It is about 74 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment.   You could order these for an upgrade:

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Note:<888> 05/24/07 Thursday 1:30 P.M.:   I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I used some of my old nylon license plate bolts to put the license plates back on a neighbor's car who is getting rid of it soon, since as a Chrysler product, its motor has a crack in it after 72,000 miles, but it is an older vehicle, so it is not under warranty.  I picked up my mail.   I microwaved a Stouffer's chicken parmesan 12 ounce meal, which I put some grated parmesan cheese on, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted with a friend that just got back from a Princess Cruise of Europe.    I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out to my 3 P.M. appointment.   CIO     

Note:<888> 05/24/07 Thursday 11:05 A.M.:   Instead of going for a walk, I went out after the last message, and I chatted with some neighbors, and I went by Gateway Auto Supply, and I bought a Standard #V188 PCV valve for $4.80.   I then returned home, and I was able to quickly install it.  The old one that I removed seemed to be just a plastic bypass hose and not a valve assembly.   The Buick seems to be running even more smoothly.  I chatted with a neighbor and the building custodian.   I put together a page on my current expenses on the 1992 Buick Roadmaster station wagon less gasoline and car wash Michael Scott 1992 Buick Roadmaster Station Wagon or http://geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsbuick1992.htm .  I will put the old PCV valve of bypass assembly in the Standard box in the driver's side rear compartment in the rear of the Buick wagon.   I chatted with a relative.   I answered a computer magazine telephone call for a free subscription to www.eweek.com .   CIO     

Note:<888> 05/24/07 Thursday 6:45 A.M.:   I slept some more after the last message.  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Genes shed light on fish fingers .   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out for some early morning activity.  I also have to make my bed, and I have to wash the breakfast dishes.   CIO    

Note:<888> 05/24/07 Thursday 4:10 A.M.:   I was awake at 3 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana and honey, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 1/3rd mixture of orange juice with a 1/3rd mixture of grape juice and with a 1/3rd mixture of Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice with a half teaspoon of Certo, and coffee along with vitamins and supplements.  Study: Killer hurricanes thrived in cooler seas - CNN.com .   Another tedious job BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Keeping an eye on the road .  CIO     

Note:<888> 05/23/07 Wednesday 9:30 P.M.:   I chatted with my relative.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 05/23/07 Wednesday 8:40 P.M.:  I ate the last piece of French crumb cake with some iced tea.   I called up about the Buick Roadmaster station wagon in Minnesota at 1-888-364-2620, and I told them about the previous owner of my Buick wagon that might be interested in it.   I also called the friend, and told him about it, so he would be interested in it.   I chatted with a relative.   I tried the apartment air conditioner this afternoon with the two tower fans, and it all cools off just fine.  I think one can have cars shipped by train from the Midwest, but alas I have to pretend, I do not know anybody that knows anything about trains.   I also left a message with one of the Vermont Green Mountain Boys up in New London, Connecticut, who does not like chatting with me because I run up his cell phone bill.   He is working so hard these days, he does not have much time to chat, but he is good at doing maintenance when he is not watching cartoons.   Sometimes there is spare room on auto trains, since most of the cars manufactured in the Midwest are shipped back east by train, if you ever noticed all of the new cars stacked up in the New Jersey rail yards.   Basically, I am not user friendly to newer cars as an older person, since it can be somewhat confusing to learn how to use all of the new gadgets on newer cars, plus they are more expensive.   I am waiting before going to bed to make a telephone call to a relative.   CIO  

Note:<888> 05/23/07 Wednesday 5:55 P.M.:   I scanned the 1992 Buick Roadmaster maintenance manual, and I looked at the tune up section.   It showed where the PCV Valve is located on the left valve cover.   I went outside, and I checked the car, and the air conditioner in the car at 72 degrees Fahrenheit outside seems to be working just fine.   The outside temperature gauge is working with the right temperature.   I checked underneath the hood, and the PCV valve is totally covered with lots of oil and grease, and it does not look it has been replaced in 5 to 10 years.   I can get one at Gateway Auto Supply in the morning for about $5.   I called them, and they have it.   I checked the fan belt on the car, and there are no cracks.   The primary cooling hose looks like it was replaced recently.   From what I can tell the vacuum hoses are in good shape, but I might inspect them more thoroughly later.   The manual said the rear spark plugs have to be removed from underneath the car, but the car was tuned up about 1200 miles ago, so they do not need to be replaced.   The spark plug wires look like they might be older, but for now they will do.   A new set of spark plug wires would cost about $50, but I don't think they need them at this point.  I don't want to put any big money into minor tune-up adjustments, since possibly some time in the future I might get the tune up, where they will not only put in the right parts, but they will be able to diagnose the car on the shop computer and read any error codes to tell what else might need to be done.   However, for my current limited driving purposes, it is just fine.   I call the car the Queen Mary, but you have to remember, the high fuel economy car people around here, probably think it is the albatross of the American Road.   Even in college I drove big out of date cars such at the 1951 Mercedes 300B and the 1961 Mercedes 300C and the 1963 Mercedes 220S with a sun roof and the 1961 Mercedes 220 SE convertible.   On that 220 SE, I did not own it too long, because I paid $750 in 1971 to Lober Mercedes in Chicago, Illinois for a valve job, and all it needed was a $15 fuel filter, so I sold it after buying it for $850 and $750 valve to job to some Hollywood guy for $1450 that was going to restore it properly.   With my cash proceeds from the sale, I won the Senior Class Auction in 1971 at www.lfc.edu when I bought a St. Bernard puppy for $250, and I never told my parents what I paid for the pooch.   Well anyway Mercedes around here are too expensive to try to improve, so on my limited income budget, I can afford a $5 PCV valve for the Buick, and it just plugs into the valve cover gasket and slides on to the hose.  I probably should buy a little bit of hand cleaner too, since it is covered with grease.   The 1961 Mercedes 2 door four seater convertible was like the one used in the movie North by Northwest, but it was silver not white.  I once drove down Lake Shore drive with my fraternity brothers to the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois The Art Institute of Chicago when we were in one of our Gatsby moods on a spring day, and we all had a good time cruising Lake Shore Drive round trip from Lake Forest to Chicago, which is really quite an upscale neighborhood, if you have ever seen it, but it is a lot colder out there.  CIO  

Note:<888> 05/23/07 Wednesday 4:00 P.M.:  Best deal, I can find on the internet for a car like mine, but with half the miles instead of my 114,000 miles http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp;?tracktype=usedcc&searchType=21&pageNumber=0&numResultsPerPage=50&largeNumResultsPerPage=0&sortorder=ascending&sortfield=MILES+ascending%2CPRICE+descending&certifiedOnly=false&criteria=K-%7CE-%7CM-_7_%7CB-15000%7CD-_61_%7CN-N%7CR-10000%7CI-1%7CP-MILES+ascending%2CPRICE+descending%7CQ-ascending%7CZ-06830&aff=national&paId=229855004&recnum=17&leadExists=true , if you don't mind the grey color.   It would be a good summer car in Nantucket for the grey lady at $4,991, but you would have to get it back home, which might be pricey from Minnesota.  No recalls on my car Automobile Recalls - Official US Government Database for 1992 Buick Roadmaster.  CIO 

Note:<888> 05/23/07 Wednesday 3:25 P.M.:  On my 1992 Buick Roadmaster station wagon, if you look at CT Emissions Program - When Do I Get Tested - Find Test Date and enter its Vehicle Identification Number or VIN which is "1G4BR8371NW409761", you will see that my emissions test was waived, because I am low income, and its next test date is June 6, 2008, at which time I can get a two year waiver, if I am still low income.   The previous owner was a year behind in testing, so I only got a one year waiver.   The car runs very well, and it is clean burning as far as I can tell, it is just it drives a lot in stop and go local traffic averaging 10 to 15 miles per hour, so its emissions system never gets cleaned out in higher speed driving which is necessary to pass emissions, and the emissions people when after I drive it at high speed take too much time before they test it.   Probably if one were able to drive it faster and take it right into emissions, it more than likely would pass.   I was told there is another emissions test facility in Old Greenwich that does not have as long of a wait.   Also I noticed just north of the Connecticut DMV on the Wilton Norwalk border on Route 7, the Mobil gasoline station just north of there a mile on the east side of Route 7 has an emissions testing facility that did not look too busy, so technically one could drive at higher speed up there, and hopefully be tested right away to pass emissions.   However, since I am low income, I do not have that problem.  Also since I only drive about 3,000 miles a year, I do not leave too big of an environmental foot print.   The VIN number is not a big secret, since anyone can see it in the windshield.  CIO

Note:<888> 05/23/07 Wednesday 2:10 P.M.:   After my dinner, I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.    I then picked up my mail.   I got a half dozen computer magazines, and my first copy of www.forbes.com and I also got my copy of US News & World Report - Breaking News, World News, Business News, and America's Best Colleges - USNews.com .   This person's Charles Cary Rumsey son died recently.   He was known to a lot of people as Uncle Charlie, and I think he was one of the Old Guard in New York democratic politics.   He was also W. Averell Harriman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia nephew, so more than likely a few other people knew him.  I don't think I ever met Uncle Charlie, but I use to visit his nephew George Cary http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-with-distant-relative-whom-knows-about-horses-with-relative-whom-knows-about-railroads-putnam-hotel-in-saratoga-ny-about-summer-1990.jpg out at their Port Washington, New York beach house located just a little bit north of the Gould Estate in Sands Point, New York.   He would be survived by his wife Mary Harriman Rumsey who started www.newsweek.com magazine, founded the Junior League, and use to plan World War II with the Roosevelts of Hyde Park, New York out at their beach house on Long Island.   Since I was a republican party member, they never really told me much of what was going on, but his daughter lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and their eldest son Charlie Rumsey who looks like the actor Parnell Roberts of Bonanza fame and lives in Montana with Pony Duke more than likely knows more about what goes on out west than just Ducks Unlimited.  Charles Cary Rumsey shows his father's Harriman connection.   However, I guess Uncle Charlie was so busy with whatever his business was, people thought he was his father.   I stayed once with George Cary at their apartment on East 72nd street, so I guess they are an established upstate New York family than can afford to maintain a place in the City.   I dined with George's family and Uncle Charlie's daughter at the River Club back in 1973, and his daughter and I enjoyed drinking Southern Comfort.   We even lived once on Cornelia Drive here in Greenwich, and Cornelia was W. Averell Harriman's mother's name.   I recall being told that Uncle Charlie and his wife Aunt Mary also had another son that disappeared while on a sailing trip.   I recall George's former garage apartment there had a couple of thousand books on sailing, so more than likely he was a capable sailor.  The son is 66 years old today, so the other son that disappeared sailing more than likely would be in his 70s today, if they ever found him lost at sea.    George's family had me with the Queen Mum of England up at the Fort Erie race track in Canada back in 1972, and I did not know she was the Queen Mum, and I spent most of my time chatting with the President of General Motors of Canada.   They seemed to all enjoy a day at the races.   Well I put the copy of Forbes and the copy of U.S. News and World Report in the magazine holder underneath the right mouse pad on the Northgate computer.   CIO

Note:<888> 05/23/07 Wednesday 11:45 A.M.:  I went outside, and I checked the air conditioner on the Buick, and it seems to work just fine, when it is 68 de