Note:<888>5/31/99 Monday 7:30 P.M. EDT: I was up about noon. I had four fried eggs, six strips of bacon, two pieces of toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I chatted with a family member. I had another call from Germany inquiring about somebody. I went back to bed until 4 P.M.. I watched a little bit of television. I watched the ABC evening news. I have two steaks defrosted in the refrigerator, so in a little while I will have a steak for dinner, with steamed carrotts, baked potatoe, ice tea, and coffee. Well it is enjoyable to have a quiet day for a change. I might possibly go out after dinner. I have to change the Apache server logs a little before midnight. Well have an enjoyable evening. CIO

Note:<888>5/31/99 Monday 12:05 A.M. EDT: Well I went out after the last message. I dropped my garbage in the dumpster. I spread birdseed along the tree line to attract birds. I drove down to Steamboat Road and lots of people were down there. I drove through Bruce Park. I headed up to the Post Road. I drove up North Maple Avenue to Lake Avenue and up Round Hill Road. I turned left on Porkchurck Road and headed west to Riversville Road. I headed west on the next road north over by the Bruce Golf Course over to King Street. I went out to the Westchester Airport. I drove around the airport roads. The Xerox Excutive parking was mostly filled up, so I did not use any of their spaces. Most of the new airport garage was filled up, so I guess lots of people have gone away for the holiday. I parked by the Exxon fuel trucks and viewed the runway. I drove out and back down King Street. All of the property down the west side of King Street to the office park just north of Anderson Hill Road has been bull dozed, and it looks like major construction projects are going on. They have started building homes just north of the office complex north of Anderson Hill Road. I drove down King Street to Glenville Road and across by the Greenwich Hospital and down Lafayette Place and down Greenwich Avenue to CVS. I stopped by CVS and bought a can of mixed nuts for $1.99, but I only had a $1.97; so they let me get by two cents short. I parked down by the senior center. They had an antique red car parked in front. I started to eat some of the mixed nuts along with a diet coke in my Kennebunkport container chiller. Just as I started, a bird crapped straight on my head which was very annoying. I discreetly wipe it off. I put the nuts and the can away in the car after having some. I then walked down Greenwich Avenue to the bottom of Steamboat Road walking by the afternoon cocktail crowd on the waterfront at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. I chatted with one local. I chatted about the tropics with a visitor from Rye, New York. I walked him back up to the center of town. I sat in front of the senior center for a while. I walked down to the bottom of Greenwich Avenue, and chatted with another local for a while in front of Planet Pizza. I returned back up to the center of town. I sat out for a while. I then drove to the bottom of Steamboat Road and chatted with a few of the locals about various topics. I then returned home just now. It was a great evening with nice weather, and it was good to get out and stretch the old legs in warmer weather. I have lost six pounds and am down to 204 pounds from 210, so the walking has helped me lose a bit of weight. Well time to have some Ramen noodles and goldfish crackers along with my ice tea. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/30/99 Sunday 4:45 P.M. EDT: If you should be fortunate to afford a new hard drive, the way to copy the contents of the old drive to the new drive is Western Digital Corporation (Service/Support) - FAQ/Windows 95 or Western Digital Corporation (Service/Support) - Tip of the Month (March 1997) Transferring Files From the Old to the New Drive in Windows 95 or xcopyhd.htm local copy. CIO

Note:<888>5/30/99 Sunday 3:45 P.M. EDT: I was up at 11:30 A.M.. I chatted with a couple of family members and a friend. I listened to the local Greenwich station from noon to 1 P.M. and they had a broadcast from the First Presbyterian Church in Greenwich with visiting minister Reverend Ouche from Holland, Michigan chatting about the Dutch Reform Church in Holland, Michigan. I had breakfast from Kelloggs raisin bran, toast, vitamins, coffee, and orange juice. I just finished cleaning my apartment and watering the plants. I also cleaned the dust filter on the air conditioner. The radio said it is 86 degrees F. outside, so with the air conditioner going and the sun hitting my western facing windows, it is about 80 degreess in the apartment. I found this sale item at CompUSA good through Memorial Day on Monday. They have I believe the Maxtor 8.4 gigabyte hard drive for $149.99 with a $50 mail in rebate from CompUSA, so it is $99.99 total plus tax. They limit the item to 20 per store. This is the link to their advertisement CompUSA In-Store Advertised Products: Hardware . Well I guess I will clean up and go outside to enjoy the rest of the day. CIO

Note:<888>5/29/99 Saturday 2:55 P.M. EDT: Well I finished my laundry. I did a little systems maintenance and some of my regular internet work. I guess it time to call it a day, so I am off to bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/29/99 Saturday 11:45 P.M. EDT: I had a Stauffers frozen lasagna for dinner along with ice tea. I made coffee and put it in my thermos and went out about 8 P.M.. I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and it was crowded; so I drove over to Grass Island and had my coffee by the waterfront. It was a quiet evening with not much happening on the waterfront. There were a lot of nats and no seemins around the waterfront, so one was pretty much inundated with small bugs. After my coffee I chatted with one local person about the upcoming hurricane season. I went back over to Steamboat Road and it was busy, so I observed the waterfront briefly and returned up town. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and sat outside for a while. There were a lot of people strolling. I stopped by the Grand Union and bought a half gallon of 2% milk for $1.72. I returned home and relaxed a bit. I just started my laundry on the wash cycle and I will put it in the dryer in about fifteen minutes. Well it is a quiet evening, so enjoy the early morning. There was a ring around the full moon this evening, so possibly there is some rain in the forecast. CIO

Note:<888>5/29/99 Saturday 6:35 P.M. EDT: I went out for a drive. I drove down by the waterfront and a few people were there. I drove up to Bedford, New York and it was not very busy. I drove by the John Jay homestead and the state park there is open until sunset. I noticed a few tents on the grounds left over from some event. I drove back down Bedford Road and turned right on Upper Cross Road and drove down Lake Avenue, and cut over on Close Road and drove down Round Hill Road. I noticed two weddings getting out of the Round Hill Church and the First Church of Round Hill. One of the couples was riding down Round Hill Road in an open horse drawn carriage. I suppose since both churches are near each other, various guests of each wedding party showed up at the wrong church. It must have been amusing. I returned to the center of town, and noticed one old timer was back in town whom I had not seen in two months. I drove down Greenwich Avenue and returned home. It is a sunny clear day and not too busy this afternoon. Well time to relax a bit. CIO

Note:<888>5/29/99 Saturday 4:00 P.M. EDT: Well I was up at about 2 P.M.. I had the phone ring once at 9 A.M.. I had breakfast of Kelloggs raisin bran, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. It seems to be a bright sunny day. Lots of sun coming in my western facing windows. I am serving out 195 steams of music right now. Well have a good afternoon, I will go out once I have cleaned up. I guess I will wear summer clothes. CIO

Note:<888>5/29/99 Saturday 2:00 A.M. EDT: I had my dinner and went out after the last message about 11 P.M. . I filled my car up with $11 premium at Exxon. I drank my coffee out of a thermos downtown. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. It was not too busy. I drove down by the water and a few kids were hanging out there. I went by the Grand Union and bought a Stauffers frozen lasagna for $2.99, a jar of Carnation instant hazzlenut creamer for $2.99, and a 7 oz. jar of Chock Full of Nuts Instant Coffee for $3.99 for $9.27 total. After dinner I got to thinking about what we use to think of during the Cold War. I decided to put a together a parachute or emergency bag to keep in the car or by my door with various odd items that might be handy in an emergency that I happened to have lying around the apartment.

The items are: One Air Canada Flight Bag that I put everything in: one 7 oz. jar of Chock Full of Nuts Instant Coffee, one Tracks coffee cup, three 2 5/8 small cans of Sterno, one 8 oz. jar Carnation Coffee Mate Hazelnut creamer by Nestle, five white full size candles, two rolls flatten toilet paper, two spoons, two kniefs, two forks, one 6 1/4 ounce bottle of Ammens foot powder, one 16 oz. plastic bottle of isopropyl rubbing alcohol 70%, one 4 oz. bottle 30+ Sundown Sunscreen by Johnson and Johnson, a jar of 100 Tylenol, 1 CVS beauty bar soap, 1 Djeep lighter, one box of Diamond Kitchen Matches 250 count in one of the sandwich bags to keep day, six sandwich bags all together, one containing 22 Lipton tea bags, 26 Nutrataste sweetner bags, 19 regular band aids, three 2 inch by 2 inch sterile pads, one packaged tooth brush, one 1.3 oz. tube of Colgate toothpaste, two disposable razors, two small bars of Palmolive soap, two packages of Hav-A-Tampa little cigars, two books folding matches, one Bic red ink pen, one pin flash light, one Chinese made Swiss Army knief with broken blade and about ten other blades, in second sandwich bag one USA $10 bill, eight quarters, three dimes, three nickles, five pennies, and in the flight bag three bags of Ramen noodles, and in a double sandwich bag about ten ounces of GU old fashioned oat meal and a 8 ounce Danish Bodum Coffee maker to heat water. All of this fits in the Air Canada flight bag that just ripped, so I have to sew up the zipper in a minute. It weighs in at about nine pounds. Thus I now have a survival bag to keep by my door or in the car for emergency purposes should I ever need it. Let's hope I don't ever need it.

Well it has been a long day, so I think I will start slowing down, and relax for the rest of the evening. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/28/99 Friday 8:55 P.M. EDT: Well I went back out after the last message. I drove back down to Steamboat Road and viewed the harbor. I went over to Staples in Old Greenwich, and they gave me back 150% price protection on the Norton System Works 2000, so I only paid $32.82 for it; and I got back $30.75. I next went out to Tod's Point and a viewed the harbor from the South West Corner with my binocullars. I could not see very well with the sun in my eyes. I told a few folks about the hurricane forecast. I drove over to the South East area and view the harbor a bit too. Lots of people were out picnicing. This morning at 10 A.M. at the gate at Tod's Point I saw 20 Egrets along side the marshy area just to the east of the gate. This evening about 7 P.M., I saw one egret at the southeast point. There was one person painting a chalk pastel. I suppose the waterfront will be busy tomorrow. I drove back to town, and I saw lots of young people on the steps of Christ Church. I went back down to Steamboat Road, and there were about 500 people partying on the patio of the Greenwich Harbor Inn. I saw one young new fisherman trying his luck. I chatted with a couple of the regular fishermen. I drove over to Grass Island viewed the harbor. I saw two of my old neighbors sitting on their deck with my binoculars. There was the usual level of harbor actvity, and a few of the weekend sailors were getting their boats ready at Grass Island. I suggested to a couple of people today, that another good place to hide out during the war would be Mackinaw Island out in the northern Great Lakes, since they don't have mechanized equipment except a fire truck, it is a pretty quiet peaceful island; of course once one gets up towards Canada, there are a few other fishing holes like Lake Louise and Bamfe. Well so much for the harbor reports for the day. I guess I will have a Tony's Supreme pizza for dinner along with ice tea and coffee; and then go out for a short stroll. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Microsoft Investor finally split IBM stock, so it shows up in the Portfolio. Well enjoy the evening, and remember if you're not doing anything on Saturday morning, you can cruise on over to West Point http://www.usma.edu and attend graduation from about 9 A.M. to noon; and see a large cross section of visitors. CIO

Note:<888>5/28/99 Friday 3:30 P.M. EDT: Well I went out at 8:30 A.M. this morning. I stopped by the Shell Station and bought a pack of Rave cigarettes for $2.12. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I chatted with the floor manager. I went by the Hospital Thrift Shop. I went by CVS. I drove down to Steamboat Road and chatted with the local fishermen. I drove over to Old Greenwich and bought a roast beef sandwich for $3.79 with potatoe chips and a bottle of Citra soda for .99 plus .05 tax for $5.12 total. I then went out to the South West corner of Tod's Point and viewed Long Island Sound from the picnic area and had an early lunch about 10:30 A.M.. I returned to the concession area and walked around the entire length of Tod's Point about three miles. Lots of little tots out there having a picnic. I then went by Staples and they said they would give me the $20 refund on Norton System Works 2000 if I showed them a copy of of the CompUSA price brochure and my sales receipt. I then went up to CompUSA in Norwalk and picked up a copy of the sales brochure. I chatted with a Swedish fellow about why I don't try out Linux, and I explained to him I don't really have a need for it and Win98 is running so well I don't feel like messing up my system. I said hello to a local minister here in town that was browsing the travel software. I stopped by CVS in Darien and bought a carton of Tampa Lites for $12.19 plus .73 tax for $12.92. I returned to Greenwich and got off exit 6 since the turnpike was backed up. I returned home and had a Citra soda. A family member had called me and was upset that I had posted hemp.htm , and as I explained in the message I don't use Hemp, but since I don't use illegal drugs, drug dealers in the area have been bothering me, since they have the perception that I am a DEA agent with all the time I spend out observing the weather and other activity around town. I did notice they were repairing the weather station at Tod's Point, and I chatted with the crew about the weather, upcoming hurricane season, and explained to them that their weather monitoring station is prone towards flooding. They said the instruments were high up in the building. Well for the uninformed who are too busy to read my random notes, I would dare say I know more going on around here than somebody from out of town, whom is not on location in the area. Well have a good afternoon, and don't get too sunburned at the beach. CIO

Note:<888>5/27/99 Thursday 5:35 P.M. EDT: Well something is rotten in Denmark. I suspose the state of Wall Street in this area is reflected by the fact that the Greenwich Post has a picture of Michael Milken on the cover. Well Scott's Index scopor01.htm is either down two percent of three percent depending on how one accounts. It seems the Microsoft Investor Portfolio program reflects the new split price for IBM, but it does not double the quanity of the shares to reflect the stock split today. I would hate to think what this would mean if it were real money. I made it to my 3 P.M. appointment and returned home and rested for a while and had some goldfish crackers and ice tea for a late afternoon snack. I guess I better clean up and go out in a while. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>5/27/99 Thursday 2:00 P.M. EDT: I listened to the National Hurricane Center Press Conference and made a recording of it and encoded it. It is available from hurr99.htm . There were a couple of few minute segments I did not get in the recording because of net traffic. Also it is not a good recording, since there seems to be a mild hum. I had lunch of Stauffers frozen peppers, ice tea, and coffee. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>5/27/99 Thursday 10:30 A.M. EDT: I finished most of my daily internet routine. I updated Scott's Broaddcast sound.htm . Well it is a quiet morning at 10:45 A.M. EDT, they're having a live broadcast from the National Hurricane Center, I assume on the hurricane season news - fema , so I advise you to listen to it. CIO

Note:<888>5/27/99 Thursday 8:25 A.M. EDT: Well I went to bed about midnight last night and was up a little before 7 A.M.. I listened to the nasa.htm NASA Shuttle launch. I had breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins for breakfast. I will do a little work this morning on the internet. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/26/99 Wednesday 8:15 P.M. EDT: I have been studying my Scott's Apache Status and reading a little news. I got a phone call from Panel2000 to check out their site, but I can not read my writting to figure out the password. My Zs look like 2s. I guess President Clinton will be at 1999 USAFA Graduation Information on Wednesday June 2, 1999 for graduation after he finishes his vacation down around Brumos Porche in Jacksonville, Florida. I was once informed the U.S. Navy has some of base in Jacksonville, Florida; so I suppose the Navy Seals can try to keep an eye on the President. Not much happening here, since it is a Wednesday and the work a day crowd are busy getting ready for the rest of the week. I suppose if I went out, I would see more. System seems up to snuff serving out 176 steams at present. I mentioned to the Nielsen rating people I don't watch television and that it would be nice if the Cable Modem people would come up with a set top box that would record ones viewing habits and let one find the types of programs that one normally watches without having to channel surf through 110 channels of cartoons and home shopping. Thus if one watched the ABC evening news only when Peter Jennings is on, PBS British Dramas, Sherlock Holmes dramas, cooking shows, Computer shows, the Travel channel, and vintage movies; the set top box would look for only those preferences when one channel surfed, but I guess the home television advertisers would not like that since they would not be able to lure you into other channels that one does not normally watch. I suspose the next new Channel will be "The Walking Channel" about great places around the world to take an exercise walk to try and lose a little couch potatoe fat or internet fat during the warmer seasons. Well time to start thinking about cleaning up, and going outside. CIO

Note:<888>5/26/99 Wednesday 6:40 P.M. EDT: Well I noticed that www.ttalk.com has someone with my name "Mike Scott" talking about IPO and hyping stocks. I think most people realize it is a common name. Moreover, if one studies my web site, I tend towards old fashioned conservative investing, and I have not encouraged the hype over some of these internet companies that have little if no assets, so let the buyer beware. Those with greed in the intenet market more than likely will get burned when the bubble pops. Thus if one is investing in stocks, I recommend looking into what the current assets of the company are along with the price earnings and the amount of cash on hand that various companies have in reserve. I dare say that people whom live in Greenwich and the more established areas of the financial community believe in conservative investing in some of the soundly managed companies, and not in IPOs that may or may not have any worth. Well from what I can tell most of the established people in the financial community because of ethical concerns are not allowed to give stock tips or advice unless contracted on a professional basis through their established institutions. I dare say any company that has out performed the stock market for the last 50 to 100 years is still a sound investment, but some people still like to gamble. Remember I do not own any stocks nor do I read the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times. I just have a B.A. in Economics from Lake Forest College which reflects taking about 20 courses in Economics and reading about 500 books on Economics. Still I believe the conventional wisdom in terms of Wall Street Blue Chips still holds, and if one is hesitant about the stock market; one could always turn to tax free municipal bonds or long term treasury bills which might have a stable return and be a hedge against any financial irregularities in the financial markets. My general viewpoint is that on line traders should begin to learn that you only make money from hard work and research and not from every fly by night IPO that comes down the pike. Thus if the internet IPO market bursts, it could easily bring down other more established stocks in a general panic to liquidate assets to cover investment portfolios. I have a feeling that nothing will happen until the fall, but the stock market has been up for the last 11 years, and its traditional cycle swing is eight to ten years, so the stock market is long over due for a correction. I would say this Friday if not tomorrow Thursday there will be a sell off in the stockmarket as people try to liquidate their gains. For long term investors whom can not liquidate their positions, it is still the general rule to hold on to ones assets to avoil selling and paying Capital gains taxes. Well have a good evening, and don't take any wooden nickles. CIO

Note:<888>5/26/99 Wednesday 5:05 P.M. EDT: I checked with West Point http://www.uma.edu and General Rymer Army Chief of Staff is speaking at graduation this Saturday. They also told me that veterans are allowed to shop at the Post Exchange if they have a Veterans ID issued by the Department of Defense. They told me cigarettes are $22 a carton, and they also sell computers at the Post Exchange. The first time I was up at West Point was about 1962 for a football game and we went to a party on Bruce Forbes' yacht with Herbert Hoover's son. I believe a relative of mine Winfield Scott has his picture in the museum. The old Winfield Scott townhouse in Manhattan across from the Forbes building is now the Italian Studies Institute for New York University. The Snead plantation down in Virginia is the old Scott family plantation. West Point indicated President Clinton is suppose to speak at the Air Force academy. They said if it rains they're move the cermonies into the field house. I am cooking the last Argentinian steak, steamed carrotts, baked potatoe, and I will eat it with ice tea and coffee. CIO

Note:<888>5/26/99 Wednesday 4:15 P.M. EDT: I went back to bed until 2:30 P.M.. I think the reason I was running out of memory is that I was loading too many lower device drivers, so I disabled some except the necessary ones. I raised the number of Apache streams back up to 200, so lets see if it all works now. I was thinking about the general area, and we might have that group "The Travelers" working the town again. They come up north from the south in large groups of several hundred cars and work the town running all sorts of con jobs doing shoddy workmanship projects, such as roofing jobs, driveway tarring, and you name it trying to make a quick buck; so keep a leary eye for unfamiliar craftsmen in the area whom may approach you for work. Well I am getting a little hungry, so I might eat the last of the Argentinian steaks for dinner soon. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . I ran Norton AntiVirus and WinDoctor also. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>5/26/99 Wednesday 8:15 A.M. EDT: I was up at 6:30 A.M.. I reduced the number of streams on my Apache server from 200 to 150 since my system was running out of memory. I had a phone call from a friend and his niece had a baby boy "Jud" up in Vermont, so he was excited. I had breakfast of four fried eggs, five strips of bacon, two slices of toast, ruby red orange juice, and coffee. When I chatted with my friend, he told me that President Clinton and wife Hillary were planning to move to Westchester Country after his administration, since she plans to run for the New York Senate seat. Since President Clinton has never owned a house, just a condo he probably can not afford the expensive homes in Westchester Country. I would recommend some small houses on the far side of the Vahalla Dam which he might be afford for around $400,000. However, he would have to drive past the Vahalla Dam every morning which is sort of intimidating. There is real estate available over in North Terrytown, New York that the Rockefeller family is developing. Perhaps President Clinton's old Arkansas buddy Winthrop Rockefeller would give him a good deal on a piece of property or old carriage house in North Terrytown, New York. Then the United States secret service office in White Plains, New York would be able to focus their security efforts in the same location instead of spreading their forces too thin. I suppose once has bought a home, his neighborhood would be the subject of attention. Perhaps he could try one of those front porch houses in downtown Irvington, New York. There is a vast network of Real Estate once one goes north of Armonk, New York all the way up to North Terrytown, New York. I suppose if the upcoming former President Clinton wants some privacy he could buy a piece of Robert Kennedy Jr.'s property in Bedford, New York. If one comes on the market, there are a few smaller less expensive homes in downtown Bedford, New York down to Banksville, New York. I have a friend that lives across from the Bedford Golf course, whom is a Swiss Banker and he might be able to come up with a select piece of Real Estate in Bedford, New York. Of course if the upcoming former president Clinton can not afford a house in Bedford, New York; he could take a job with the United States park service and live in a camper van or RV vehicle on the John Jay homestead which is a National Park. North Salem, New York has prime property, but the real estate taxes are the highest in Westchester County. Well from a chamber of commerce point of view in terms of Greenwich, Connecticut to benefit the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, the Rye Brook area along the Greenwich boarder or the Harrison, New York area might offer some level of privacy while still benefiting the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce. Up around John Street in Greenwich where it ends near Armonk, New York there are some less expensive properties since they are in New York. Well so much for free real estate advice. Now I have to clean up, and probably go out in the morning for a little day time activity. Not much going on in the area, just the normal routine. CIO

Note:<888>5/26/99 Wednesday 12:40 A.M. EDT: Well I am just about done for the night. I am bushed, so time for bed. The home server is back up and running, but it might be maxing out. I just got an out of memory message with the Apache server running possibly up to 200 streams, so maybe I need more memory, since I was not running anything else. Well I can't afford memory this month, and the big boys in computer world tend to still ignore me. Still it is always fun to throw in your two cents with all the aviation travel these computer geeks can now afford. I hope they learn something about avaition safety, and possibly think about investing in a cork life raft in case they ever go down over water, and have a chance to get out. Well to be truthful aviation is suppose to be safer than riding a bus at home, so I guess they're all having a fun time where ever they are coming from and going. Frequently amongst the younger business community just starting out, they get home sick for their old stompping grounds at colleges around Boston, so they make frequent trips into that area and what ever summer watering holes they use to frequent, only to find the new student groups find them uninteresting since they have their own subculture, and they return back to their own start up business environments where ever that might be. I suppose a few of these would be tycoons are graduating from college some time soon, so I advise various recruiters in the area to keep a sharp eye out for talent as it becomes available, should it come by your way. Well back to ZZZZ land. Have a good night. For you bean counters on wall street, check Scott's Index scopor01.htm .CIO

Note:<888>5/25/99 Tuesday 9:55 P.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I went to CVS and bought three packs of Hav-A-Tampa cigar cigarettes for $4.42 total. I drove down by the harbor and viewed harbor activity for a while. I went over to Grass Island and viewed harbor activity for a while. I went downtown for a walk. I sat in the park a couple of times. I chatted with a couple of locals. I gave one British citizen a copy of the MI6 list, and I told another about the MI6 list on my site List of MI6 Officers and local mirror of list mi6-list.htm which is all over the internet. I chatted with people around the senior center and other downtown locals. I returned back down to the waterfront about 6 P.M. and stood out chatting with locals until about 9 P.M.. It was pretty much a regular day, and not much to report on. I noticed a bit more air activity than usual. There is currently a Cable Modem outage in Long Island and Connecticut, so presently my local cable modem service and server is not working. It is cooler today, so the fishermen were not catching fish. I did not notice any unusual activity, it was pretty much the same old type of spring day as usual. I am about ready to finish cooking a Stauffer's chicken pot pie, and eat it with ice tea, so have a good evening; and for those of you up all night enjoy the evening and morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/25/99 Tuesday 12:40 P.M. EDT: I added more of my viewpoint at the bottom of Rope, Hemp, Cannibis, Marijuana in North America Expose hemp.htm . I finished my email and daily scotwork.htm . I had one of the marinated Argentinian steaks for lunch, along with broiled onion, steamed corn on the cob and steamed baby carrotts and ice tea and coffee. I will shower shortly, and go out and enjoy the rest of the day. CIO

Note:<888>5/25/99 Tuesday 8:30 A.M. EDT: I posted a link from my homepages for reference to the expose beneath Rope, Hemp, Cannibis, Marijuana in North America Expose hemp.htm . CIO

Note:<888>5/25/99 Tuesday 8:00 A.M. EDT: "Discussion on Hemp". There seems to be a lot interest in the press about Hemp, Marijuana, or Cannibis. I am familiar with the product and have done a little research on some of its uses in America over the years. I believe I first encountered the product while a student at Lake Forest College http://www.lfc.edu in Lake Forest, Illinois. Students from the east coast attending the college in Illinois, use to use it in their hippie days while on campus. It was part of the hippie culture, so it was constantly around the campus; although illegal. It seems that Hemp grows in the wild in abundence in the midwest. Since hemp grows wild all over North America, many Afro Americans use to smoke it for medicinal relief in the southern United States up until the 1920s when it was outlawed. It was a low cost alternative growing in the wild to other more modern medical remedies and it was commonly available in the fields and forests of agricultural areas. I believe cattlemen and sheperds use to try to erradicate the product to prevent the live stock from eating it and acting irratically much like loco weed. Still like many herbs and plants, hemp was thought to have certain theraputic and medicinal properties and like the thousands of others home remedies it was commonly used. I believe it was frequenly used as a home remedy for Pollegra. I suppose the India Company, the Dutch West Indies Company, and the British West Indies Company commonly traded the product out of North America and India. Hemp had one important use even today, it was used in making Marine quality ropes. Nylon ropes and other newer types of rope tend to deteriorate in the salt water of the ocean. Hemp Rope has stood the test of time for thousands of years. The earlier colonial settlers grew hemp to be used in making rope and other products such as jute. Jute was commonly used for carpet padding until recently when foam rubber was substituted. Most automobiles in the earlier days also had jute padding which was used to dampen the sound within the automobile between the metal shells and the interior decor. Jute padding is still used today. Well after Marijuana smoking was outlawed in the 1920s in preference to tabacco smoking, World War II came along. With the German U boats began sinking a lot of nautical transportation, there was a shortage of hemp rope from Inda. Hemp rope from India is probably the best in the World since the plants in India in the warm damp climate grow to be about 50 feet tall or more. When making rope from hemp, the taller the plant, the longer the fibers that go into making the rope, and thus the rope is stronger. Well during World War II when there was a shortage of rope, they started commercial farming hemp in the midwest for rope, however the midwesterner hemp rope was not as good at the brand from India since the plants in the midwest would only grow to about fifteen feet during the shorter growing season. While transporting the hemp plants during the war for commercial rope production along the tens of thousands of miles of railroad track in the midwest, the seeds would obviously fall out of the box cars, and thus along most of the railroad beds in the midwest region, hemp tends to grow wild from all the seeds that fell along the tracks over the years. Also commercial bird seed products such at Hartz Mountain parakeet seed, tend to have hemp seed in them since many birds prefer hemp seed. Thus when the birds eat the hemp seed and and their feces are disgarded in the wild, they tend to spread the hemp seeds around in the wild. Thus hemp, marijuana, or cannibis plant is as common in the wild as Johnson grass, ragweed, dandillions, or golden rod. Thus after World War II when Marine interests returned to using the superior rope from India for nautical activities there was left a large number of North American hemp farms, with surplus capacity but with the expanding automobile industry and the use of carpets, hemp was still heavily used within North America for the production of jute. Well in the 1960s when farm kids started traveling around the country as they left home, they knew about hemp, and since when they met city kids from the city whom had available cash, they frequently would try to sell them hemp which was commonly available since the city kids would frequently spend small fortunes on Virginian tabacco. Thus the hemp product was introduced into the hippie culture and became a part of the Peace movement. Many youth whom had never touched tabacco were encouraged to smoke hemp. Since it reduced one's inhibitions, there was frequently sexual activity associated with the use of hemp as is much the same way with alcohol. Thus all the free love movement came out of the hippie movement. Since the use of hemp had its origins out of agricultural america, many of the hippie youth gathered around agricultural communes where the product was freely available, and they worked in various agricultural activities which the urban youth were not familiar with originally. As the urban youth and the agricultural youth traveled more back and forth between the city and the country, many cities had large numbers of users of hemp, cannibis, or marijuana as a underground free market economy. Since the term marijuana is a Spanish name, it would obviously pertain to the hemp plant from the warmer hispanic regions of North America where it would grow taller and would probably be more useful for better marine quality rope. At the moment we seem to have plenty of unrestricted trade with India, so thus the superior quality marine nautical rope from India is still available. The type of nautical rope I am refering to is not the type that one buys in hardware stores. You see it used around large nautical vehicles in shipping such as aircraft carriers, tankers, tug boats, and shipping for tow or tug lines and mooring lines. These lines depending on the size of the vessile are frequently up to two feet in diameter, and the superior quality India hemp rope, seems to withstand the ravages of the salt water exposure which nylon or rag rope does not. Moreover after prolonged periods of India hemp rope use, when the rope begins to deteriorate; they frequently send it back to India to be dryed out and rewoven back into other rope products. Since the used rope might not have the original long strands, they use it for other rope products like jute. Thus if your nautical vessle ever disappears from its mooring and floats off to sea, it is probably because you Nylon rope deteriorated and you did not use superior quality rope from India. I dare say in English if you went into more scholarly achives in British English speaking libraries in England, you would find more detailed information on the various subjects described above along with the acumulated knowlege of various botanical groups and other agriculturally orientated organizations around the world whom have cultivated and developed the Hemp, Cannibis or Marijuana product for thousands of years. Thus although marijuana is still illegal to smoke in the United States of America, except by certain small medical research groups, the growth and production of the hemp plant is still commonly practiced for its other useful purposes. Well so much for all the confusion about hemp, marijuana, or cannibis. Myself I still prefer good Virginia tabacco. Also I belive the Hemp plant was used in certain religious practices by the American Indian. Also I was once told by a Royal Norwegian Guard outside the palace in Norway, that the Royal Norwegian Navy frequently smoked rope when they ran out of good Virginian tabacco. CIO

Note:<888>5/25/99 Tuesday 7:15 A.M. EDT: I was up at 6 A.M. this morning after a good nights sleep. I had a breakfast of four fired eggs, five strips of bacon, two slices of toast, vitamins, orange and grapefruit juice, and coffee. I will now do a little computer work. CIO

Note:<888>5/24/99 Monday 5:25 P.M. EDT: About noon, I turned off the server and disconnected the computer from the power source, disconnected the cable modem, and the telephone connection because we have been having heavy rain and thunderstorms. I just started it back running, and it looks like the weather is now less threatening. I might have a bite to eat and go out for a short drive. I really did not get much done today, but I suppose if I stay up later, I will back on a more normal schedule. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm. Remember to watch out for electrical storms and it is advisable to disconnect ones computer during them. Well I am in a blah mood, but I guess after I eat and shower, I will be more upbeat. CIO

Note:<888>5/24/99 Monday 10:35 A.M. EDT: I did a little computer work. I did some email. I chatted with a family member. I noticed at http://www.compusastores.com that through Thursday, Norton System Works 2.0 is $20 at $39.99; but alas I bought my copy on May 3 from Staples and they only have 14 day price protection. I had a Stuffers frozen lasagna for lunch along with ice tea and coffee. I was advised by a couple of people that the Argentinian Shell Steaks on sale at the Food Emporium for $4.99 a pound tend to be a little tougher than American beef since they don't age their beef the same way, so I decided to marinate them. I put both of them in a flat rubbermaid container, and I added garlic powder, italian spices, and pepper and then poured in about a half cup of red wine vinegar, a eighth of a cup of olive oil, and a quarter of a cup of red wine, and a quarter of a cup of white wine to cover them; and I will let them sit covered in the container in the refrigerator for two days to tenderize them a bit. I still need to clean up, and I probably won't go out until about noon for a little fresh air. We're only into the second day of the NorthEaster which usually lasts for about three days, so tomorrow afternoon; it should start clearing. Well enjoy the rest of the day. CIO

Note:<888>5/24/99 Monday 5:00 A.M. EDT: Happy 180th Birthday to Queen Victoria. I suggest that some of her friends and other followers around the world have a little tea party today. I was up at 2 A.M. this morning. My server aparently went down at 12:30 A.M.. It finally is back up. I guess the cable modem connection was not working. I had breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, vitamins, orange and grapefruit juice, and coffee. Yesterday I also bought a Almond Danish from St. Moritz. I did a C: drive to D: drive backup. I can get about 1.8 gigabytes backed up to the D: 1 gigabyte drive with compression. Along with the tape backup, it is an added backup feature. As usual this Memorial Day weekend they have graduation at United States Military Academy at West Point along with this week's list of events USMA Graduation 1999 . I have been to West Point a number of times over the years, and attending the graduation ceremonies is always very enjoyable. However, this year I don't think I will have enough gasoline money to make the trip, but we will have to wait and see what my schedule is along with the weather. For those hardy young souls who don't have anything to do on this Saturday morning, it is a very enjoyable event to watch and partake in. Well I guess it is about time to clean up for the morning. I don't know whether I will be going out or not. I have to wait and see what I feel like doing. CIO

Note:<888>5/23/99 Sunday 6:15 P.M. EDT: I went out after dinner at 10 A.M.. I drove back down to the harbor. A view people were out sailing in the Northeasterner. I chatted with a few of the locals. I stood out in the damp rain for about two hours enjoying the pleasent morning until about noon. I drove uptown, and the fire department had responded to an Environmental problem. Someone had painted the roof of one of the downtown buildings near Starbucks with silver reflecting roof paint this morning, and the rain had washed it all into the gutter running down the Avenue. Thus the fire department were out there with oil soaking cloths soaking it all up before it ran down into the storm drains. They did an excellent shop of responding, and the State EPA inspector was there later in the afternoon checking out the situation. I noticed quite a few families were downtown in the afternoon going to the various movies around town on the rainy day. It started raining heavily in the afternoon, so I used the umbrella. I went over to the library and there is a sign posted that it will not be open until after Memorial Day. I peaked inside some of the windows and looked at some of the activity going on there. It is a spacious building with high cieling, but until the old building is redone, it might be a little crowded since lots of materials have been moved in. We'll have to see how it all works out once it opens. I returned back to the center of town and viewed the local activity. I chatted with a local from Poland about volanones and the internet. I returned a few times down to the harbor and it was quiet down there. I headed over to the Food Emporium at 3 P.M. and roamed the store for an hour viewing the merchandise. I found they have Argentinian shell steaks for $4.99 a pound, so I bought two for $5.74. They look very good. I returned home at 4 P.M. and chatted with a couple of visitors. I relaxed around the apartment for the next two hours. Well not a lot going on during a rainy day, but lots of people were downtown. Well have a good evening. I might have a bite to eat, and then go to bed soon. CIO

Note:<888>5/23/99 Sunday 8:15 A.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I drove down to the harbor and chatted with one of the fishermen. It is misty and overcast this morning. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue and chatted with some of the local early morning risers. I stopped by St. Moritz, they were open earlier and bought an Almond Danish for $1. I sat in the park for a while this morning and enjoyed the Danish and viewed some of the early morning sparrows and squirrels. I stopped by the Grand Union and bought a ten pound pound bag of wild bird seed with the little round seeds for $3.29, two 40 oz. bottles of Pine Cleaner for $1.39 each, GU 2% milk for $1.72, a Stauffers pair of stuffed peppers for $2.99, a Stauffers chicken pot pie for $2.50 for $13.64 total. I noticed they also sell cracked corn bird seed which is good for attracting crows and wild pheasents, and I believe quail and poultry type fowl if you keep game hens on your property. The sunflower seeds are preferred by Cardinals, but they tend to leave a mess behind. Of course spreading bird seed on the ground like I do can attrack rodents and chipmunks. I returned home and put away the groceries and spread some bird seed along the tree line by the East door. Well it is a pretty blah day, so I guess I will be relaxing inside for the rest of the day. I am just about ready in about a half hour to start cooking boneless breast of chicken in wine with herbs and spices, baked vadallia onion, baked potatoe, and steamed corn and steamed baby carrotts along with ice tea and coffee. Well I should be through with dinner in about an hour and a half. Enjoy the morning. I also ran Norton Anti Virus again and the system is virus free. CIO

Note:<888>5/23/99 Sunday 5:15 A.M. EDT: I have finished cleaning up and making the ice tea, I will go out for some morning air shortly. CIO

Note:<888>5/23/99 Sunday 4:15 A.M. EDT: I went to bed at 4 P.M., and I was up at midnight. I had four fried eggs, five strips of bacon, two slices of toast, orange and grapefruit juice, coffee, and vitamins for breakfast. I decided to listen to the New York Times music station this morning on 96.3 FM. I cleaned the apartment and watered the plants. I did my laundry, I had three loads. I am boiling water to make icetea.htm , so I pretty much have my Sunday chores done. I will clean up in a little while, and I guess I will go out at sunrise. Remember Pearl Harbor, keep a keen vigil on Sunday morning. Well not much internet work done, but I guess I will do a bit until I go out. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/22/99 Saturday 3:40 P.M. EDT: Well I finished my email. I started a complete tape backup at 6:40 A.M. and had to shut down the server. I cleaned up and I had a cup of coffee. I went out at 8:30 A.M.. I stopped by the hospital thrift shop. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I went to CVS and bought a two bottle pack of shampoo and conditioner for $1.49 and .09 tax for $1.58 total. I headed down to Steamboat Road and viewed the harbor for quite a while and said good morning to a few visitors and locals. It was a clear beautiful morning. I drove over to ELDC and viewed the merchandise. I headed over to Old Greenwich and went to the Old Greenwich CVS and bought five packs of Dutch Treat Lights for $8.43. walked over to the Old Greenwich Thrift shop and viewed the merchandise. I went to the Old Greenwich Food Mart and ordered a roast beef sandwich on a kaiser roll, with mayonaise, horse radish sauce, and Bermuda onion which came with a bag of potatoe chips for $3.25 and a 20 oz. bottle of Citra for .99 plus .05 deposit and .25 tax for $4.54 total. I then went out to the south west picnic area at Tod's Point and had lunch and viewed Long Island sound for a while. I chatted with one fellow whom looked like one of my neighbors about Lanzarote. I returned back to town stopping by Stables to view the clearence area. I drove down Greenwich Avenue and parked on Steamboat Road and chatted with a long time Greenwich resident and a new comer from British Vancouver whom is an au pair who scuba dives and has been to Hawaii and Australia and is enthusiastic about the Greenwich waterfront activity. I explained to him a little bit of the local folk lore and other fish stories. I headed back home about 3 P.M. stopping by the Exxon station for $11.70 of premium. It was quite busy downtown, and it looks like it might rain a little tomorrow. I am pretty tired, and I guess I should start slowing down, and think about going to bed. The tape backup was completed successfully. Well have a good evening, and I guess I will be up in the early A.M.. CIO

Note:<888>5/22/99 Saturday 5:50 A.M. EDT: I had an baked chicken, bacon and cheese sandwich on toast for a meal with ice tea. I finished sifting through a weeks email. I found this link for a free 45 day trial of Microsoft Frontpage 2000 FrontPage 2000 Trial CD . Well time to either relax or do more surfing. CIO

Note:<888>5/22/99 Saturday 3:25 A.M. EDT: Well I stayed in this morning doing system maintenance. Talk about being behind in, I just discovered that all my device drivers in the "My Computer", "System Properties", "Device Manager" needed to be updated. They were all the original ones from when I installed Windows 98 back in July of 1998. I thought when one loaded device driver update from Micrsoft Internet Explorer's Windows Update, it checked them, apparently not. Well with the up to fifty new device drivers installed, my system is running much better. I was also to reinstalled the April 21, 1999 "571v320421s.zip" CMOS upgrade for my PCWare S-571 motherboard, and with the new device drivers it seems to work fine. I ran Norton Win Doctor, RegScan, Norton Disk Doctor, and Norton Speed Disk and they all worked fine and showed no problems. Well I guess the system is about at peak performance with the new drivers, so hopefully it will all be even better now. Well I might relax a bit and try to get around to this weeks email. It is nice having a quiet night at home for a change. Well have a good morning. CIO