Note: <888> 06/30/10 Wednesday 10:05 P.M.  I chatted with a friend on my wireless.  We decided not to watch a DVD movie, because it was too late.  I chatted with relatives.  There were two fire trucks that responded to a neighbor’s house for a false alarm, and they left shortly thereafter.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Mostly sunny tomorrow in Kennebunkport, Maine and 51 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/30/10 Wednesday 8:30 P.M.  For dinner, I had barbecue spare ribs, roast chicken, tossed green salad with vinaigrette dressing and watered down orange juice.  We are going to watch a DVD movie shortly about British Pirate Radio.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/30/10 Wednesday 7:15 P.M.  Former President Bush pays final respects to brother in Greenwich - GreenwichTime

Greenwich Gossip  CIO

Note: <888> 06/30/10 Wednesday 7:00 P.M. Iceland Summer School on Magmatic Plumbing Systems and Intrusions - 2010

Monsanto Results Sow Seeds Of Disappointment - Forbes.com

Biltmore Email Newsletter

CTV Toronto - Queen's arrival in Ottawa draws thousands - CTV News

Queen Elizabeth II in Canada for 9 day trip: Festivities in Halifax, Canada has her smiling [PHOTOS]

CBC News - World - Queen Elizabeth II  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/30/10 Wednesday 6:45 P.M.  I went out with a relative after the last note.  We drove up to Kennebunkport, and we went to the Fern nursery, but they were closed.  Their sign saying closed on Wednesdays was obscured by flowers, so it took us a while to figure out they were closed.

We then went by the Wallingford nursery, and my relative got four two gallon shade plants and a rose bush. 

We then went by the Circle K Irving gasoline station, and my relative bought me $17.50 of self service premium gasoline for $2.999 a gallon for 5.836 gallons for 85.7 miles driving since last Friday at odometer reading of 66491 miles for 14.685 miles per gallon driving at moderate local speeds.  We then returned back to my relative’s house.  We planted the four two gallon shade plants in the back yard box planter.  We planted the rose bush to the right side of the front door.  Another relative stopped by to visit.  He has more relatives coming to visit tomorrow at his house.  Two more relatives returned from shopping, and we helped unload the car.  I put away the laundry.

Tomorrow July 1, 2010 is a National Canadian Holiday Dominion Day, so we should be getting some Canadian tourists here in Kennebunkport, Maine early before the Fourth of July weekend.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/30/10 Wednesday 3:05 P.M.

Former President Bush pays final respects to brother in Greenwich - GreenwichTime

I woke up at 9:30 A.M..  I ate the same breakfast as yesterday.  I drove a relative to H.B. Provisions to get some sun screen.  I dropped the relative off at the Kennebunk beach.  I then returned back to my relative’s house, and I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went by the Market Day about a quarter mile  north of the Port Hardware store.  I got a chef’s club wrap for $7.99 and a bottle of Honey Moroccan green tea with mint which a relative paid for.  I went back to the Kennebunk beach.  I ate half the sandwich with half the green tea at the beach.  I walked with a relative to the east end of the beach.  We took some pictures.  I put on some sun screen on my face and feet.  I walked to the west end of the beach.  I sat out with my relatives in the sun until 2 P.M..  I used the bathroom at the beach three times.  I returned with a relative back to my relative’s house.  I ate the other half of the sandwich with the rest of the bottle of green tea.  I am on the dry cycle of a load of laundry.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/29/10 Tuesday 10:35 P.M.  We watched the DVD movie “It’s Complicated”.

Sunny tomorrow in Kennebunkport, Maine and 53 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now shut down the Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/29/10 Tuesday 8:25 P.M.  I took a nap until 5:30 P.M..  I drove along the Kennebunk beach in the Audi with the air conditioner going and the windows up, and the Audi did not make any unusual noises.  I sat out for a while on the north end of the beach.  I noticed on the parking signs that one needs a parking permit until 11 P.M., and after that until 6 A.M., there is no parking.  I drove back to Kennebunkport, and I drove along the waterfront.

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It is next door to Search Results Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC Kennebunkport, Maine waterfront home for sale $2.8 million

I then returned back to my relative’s house.  I cleaned some tree sap and bird droppings off the Audi.  It looks quite nice now that it is cleaned up.

I watched the ABC evening news.  We had French cheese and dip and crackers, and I had some watered down orange juice.

For dinner I ate lasagna with grated parmesan cheese on it and tossed green salad and marinated corn and blue berry pie and watered down orange juice.

There seems to be very nice moderate weather here this week and it is not too hot Kennebunkport, Maine (04046) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/29/10 Tuesday 4:00 P.M.  Greenwich officials issue coyote safety tips after Rye attack - GreenwichTime

What $13 trillion would buy: US gets deeper in the hole daily - MSN Money

What $13 trillion would buy: iPhones for the world - MSN Money

BBC News - Russian 'spies' were no James Bonds

BBC News - Cryosat-2 focuses on ice target

BBC News - Difficult rebirth for Russian space science  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/29/10 Tuesday 3:10 P.M.  After the last note, I took a drive along the back road of the waterfront of Kennebunkport, and then I drove along the Kennebunkport waterfront. 

The name of the motel at the north of the road on the Kennebunkport Harbor is the Kennebunkport Hotels & Lodging | The Yachtsman Lodge Inn & Hotel .

For more information Kennebunkport, Maine - The Place to be all Year ™ - Kennebunkport Maine, Community Website Kennebunkports, complete directory

Home Kennebunk & Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce, Kennebunk, Maine .

I drove along the waterfront along the Kennebunk beach.  I stopped at the west end of the Kennebunk beach, and I stood out for a brief period.  This time of year, one needs a parking permit until 11 P.M..

While driving around in the Audi, I had the air conditioner turned off and all four windows opened.  Whenever I went over a bump or man hole cover, the driver’s side front lower part of the car made a slight tinny rattle.  When I got back to my relative’s house, I tried to check it out, but I could not figure out where it was coming from.  I drove around a short distance more to check it out.  It could have been there all along, since I normally do not drive with the windows down and the air conditioner off.  A relative said he would check it out later on.

I worked with a relative, and we transplanted 15 salmon colored geraniums into plastic pots with two each.  We put most of them on the deck in back and a few in front of the house.  We also transplanted three small begonias into a larger plant. 

I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on pita bread with mayonnaise and potato chips and a glass of watered down orange juice.

I showered, and I cleaned up again.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/29/10 Tuesday 11:30 A.M.  I made a mistake, when we stayed in a motel for the first three days, we did not stay in the Lower Village which is part of Kennebunk.  We were on the east side of the harbor in Kennebunkport, Maine near the

The Colony Hotel - Kennebunkport, Maine and Delray Beach, Florida .

We stayed at the Kennebunkport ME Affordable Inn Lodging Accommodations Vacation Weekend Getaway which was about $170 a night which my relative paid for.

Across the street is the Kennebunkport Hotels & Inns | The Breakwater Inn & Spa, Maine and just north of there is the Kennebunkport Maine Hotel, The Nonantum Resort Hotel, Inn, Resort ME .

There are a number of other motels in the same area.

On the Lower Village side in Kennebunk, there is also the reasonable Kennebunkport Hotels, Kennebunkport Maine Bed and Breakfast, Hotels in Kennebunk The Franciscan Guest House which is suppose to have the lowest rates in the area.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/29/10 Tuesday 11:00 A.M.  I woke up at 9:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with sugar, milk and a sliced banana, a blueberry muffin, watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with sugar and half and half.  I replaced a light bulb in the master bedroom hallway and at the top of the basement stairway.  I used 40 watt light bulbs, since the only other ones we had were 100 watt which would be too strong.  A relative put all of the bottles and cans out by the street that were picked up with the other garbage this morning.  I emptied the bunk room dehumidifier.  I will now shower and clean up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/28/10 Monday 10:25 P.M.  I chatted with relatives.  I watched the CBS evening news.  I had dinner of baked haddock, steamed asparagus, two ears of corn on the cob, tossed green salad with vinaigrette dressing, blue berry pie and watered down orange juice.  I helped clean up the kitchen.  We tried watching the movie “The Last Station” , but the DVD disk was defective, so we did not see the end of it or several parts in the middle.  I will now go to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/28/10 Monday 4:40 P.M.  Microsoft: By The Numbers - Forbes.com

Robert Byrd Dead at 92, Senate's Longest Serving Senator, Reformed Member of KKK - ABC News

Mixed Open After G-20 Meeting - Forbes.com

A relative told me, one can download the Safari web browser from www.apple.com when one uses the Apple Ipod download program.

Yasur Volcano

BBC News - Ten arrested in US on charges of spying for Russia

BBC News - Prince Harry throws first pitch at New York Mets game

BBC News - Heavy downpour of rain greets Queen in Canada

Canada and New York, 28 June - 6 July 2010  Queen Elizabeth II Itinerary.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/28/10 Monday 4:05 P.M.  I set up the HP Pavilion in the downstairs bedroom.  I also installed the Ezonics USB web cam and Epson C60 inkjet printer on it.  It works just fine with the wireless.  I helped empty a relative’s car and put away the groceries.  I emptied the bunk room dehumidifier.  I emptied the dishwasher.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with the last of the potato salad and a glass of watered down orange juice.  I put the two garbage cans out by the street, and I also put the recycle materials out by the street.  I put rocks on the recycle material, so it will not blow away.  Another relative will take the bottles for recycle to the Kennebunk police station.  I put the IBM Netvista computer in the rear of the Audi, and I will get rid of it down in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Scattered thunderstorms this evening with a low of 67 degrees Fahrenheit.  Tomorrow partly cloudy and 57 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit in Kennebunkport, Maine.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/28/10 Monday 12:55 P.M.  I left a $5 tip for the motel maid yesterday.  I will be leaving Kennebunkport a little after noon on Friday July 2, 2010 to drop a relative off at the Manchester, New Hampshire airport, and then I will drive back to Greenwich, Connecticut.

After the last note, my relatives had some guests over.  I drank some watered down orange juice.  I then went with another relative to the Ramp in Cape Porpoise, where we had dinner with two friends of the relative.  I ate a hamburger with cold slaw and French fries and a tonic water with a lime.   We returned back to my relative’s house.  I went to bed about 11 P.M..  I woke up at 10 A.M..  I ate breakfast of Cheerios with a blue berry muffin and watered down orange juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with half and half and sugar.  I showered, and I cleaned up.

I called up the VIP garage in Arundel, and they wanted $180 to replace the brake fluid, where as in Greenwich, Connecticut; they will do it at Audi for $160, so I will get it done there.  VIP would charge $305 to replace the serpentine belt which they have for the Audi.  I looked at the Audi serpentine belt with a relative who is an engineer, and we figure the serpentine belt is still good, and it was replaced about 30,000 miles ago.  There is no noise when the air conditioner is turned off at low speed, and at high speed the air conditioner does not make noise.  It might be a bearing on the air conditioner compressor, but I figure it could be low on coolant, so the compressor is cutting in different RPMs than it might normally cut in on it.  Thus, I will not get anything done on the Audi while I am here, and I will get it checked out at Audi, when I return to Greenwich.  I chatted with a relative.

I am going to remove the IBM Netvista from the guest room downstairs, and I am going to setup an HP desktop that a relative brought up.  I have to remove my files from the IBM Netvisa.  The Kennebunkport dump has a thrift shop where I can donate the IBM Netvista.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/27/10 Sunday 5:45 P.M.  I went with a relative to a friend of my relative’s house for a brief visit.

At Bed and Breakfast Inns for Sale, Inn Consultants and Brokers, Inn Consulting, Virginia, North Carolina, Maine, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Florida, New England, Ohio, Pennsylvania. , they have this bed and breakfast inn For $1,250,000. 

I was told to meet their tax bill, the Rectory at St. Ann’s Church Saint Ann's Episcopal Church, Kennebunkport Maine is for rent before and after the summer season.

We then drove around the Kennebunkport waterfront, and we went to the Bradbury’s grocery store.  We then drove out the end at Cape Porpose.  I returned to my relative’s house.  We are now doing some house keeping routines.  We have guests at 5:45 P.M..  CIO

Note: <888> 06/27/10 Sunday 3:30 P.M.  The $18.02 for the laptop computer bag that I bought from Lenovo this past April 2010 finally was taken off my accounts, so I have less money.  I brought up the Hawking wireless 4 inch diameter dish that I have, and I will leave it in the bunk room in the computer desk shelf on the left side in the family house for times we do not have wireless internet, so we can pick it up from a neighbor’s house.  It has its USB cables and CD disk with the drivers.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/27/10 Sunday 3:10 P.M.  A relative went away until Friday, but forgot his laundry in the drier.  I folded it, and I put it on his bed that I made.  I am now drying some towels.  I also started a load of laundry for myself.  I went outside briefly, and I chatted with relatives.  I chatted with a friend earlier.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/27/10 Sunday 2:35 P.M.  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  I dropped a relative off at another relative’s house.  I ate the same breakfast that I have been eating recently, but instead of oatmeal and English muffin, I had a muffin and banana.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I packed my belongings.  I took them to a relative’s house.  I then brought back a relative, and we moved the relative’s belonging to the relative’s house.  We then picked up a Styrofoam chest that other relatives forgot at the motel.  We went to a brunch with many relatives, and I had coffee.  We then went to my relative’s house, and I ate pulled pork, marinated corn, cold slaw, and watered down orange juice.  I moved some items from the garage to the basement.  I said goodbye to some relatives leaving.  I gave a relative two 1 gigabyte PQI SD memory cards, so the relative could take some more pictures in the future.  I unpacked in the bunk room in the basement downstairs.  I set up the Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer in the basement.  We have wireless internet in the house.  I am definitely staying here probably until Friday, when I have to take a relative to the Manchester, New Hampshire airport.  In which case I might drive down from there to Greenwich.  It all depends on my relative’s other house guests.  The air conditioner on the Audi makes noise at idle speeds like the serpentine belt might be a little lose.  I am suppose to have it checked out this week, and also have the brake fluid changed.  There is a place in Kennebunk that works on foreign cars called something like VIP garage.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/26/10 Saturday 10:35 P.M.  I chatted with relatives.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went over to a relative’s house.  We went to an event with other relatives.  We then went to a family dinner.  I ate stuffed chicken with asperagus and sweet potatoes and three glasses of tonic water on ice with a lime wedge.  I chatted with a number of relatives.  I dropped a relative off at another house.  I returned to the motel with another relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/26/10 Saturday 2:45 P.M.  I sat outside for a while.  I chatted with some relatives.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/26/10 Saturday 2:15 P.M.  I woke up at 9 A.M. this morning.  I went with my relative to H.B. Provisions, and I ate the same breakfast as yesterday.  We ran into some other relatives.  I returned with my relative to the motel.  I then dropped my relative off at a relative’s house.  I returned to the motel, and I showered, and I cleaned up.  I drove up to the Kennebunk Circle K car wash, and I got the Ultimate car wash for $12.  I had not washed the Audi, since I was here last September 2009.  I towel dried the Audi.  I vacuumed the Audi for $1.50.  I checked the new tires for 36 PSI.  I then drove over to the Kennebunk beach, and I walked to the break water with a relative whom was there.  We met up with some other relatives.  I then returned back to the motel with my relative.  I then dropped the same relative off at a relative’s house.  I waited for the motel room to be cleaned.  I ate the same lunch as yesterday.  I have to pick up two relatives at 4:30 P.M.. 

There might be isolated thunderstorms and a few showers between 4 P.M. and 9 P.M..  However, around the waterfront the weather can always change.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/25/10 Friday 10:35 P.M.  My relative got another ride back from the beach.  I chatted with my relatives.   We went over to a relative’s house.  We chatted for a while.  We went to another event with lots of relatives.  For dinner, I had southern fried white chicken breast, pulled pork, marinated corn, slaw, corn bread, and Canada Dry Club soda with a quarter  of a lime on ice.  I dropped a relative off at another house.  I returned back to the motel with my relative, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/25/10 Friday 4:20 P.M.  My relative arrived back at the motel with my Audi.  We sat out for a while.  I then dropped my relative off at the Kennebunk beach.  I drove up to Kennebunk, and I went to the Irving Circle K gasoline station, and I bought $18 of self service premium for $2.959 a gallon for 6.083 gallons at 151 miles since the Massachusetts turnpike yesterday at odometer 66406 for 25.17 miles per gallon driving mostly in highway traffic.  I could not get a car wash there, since the car was closed there.

I then went to the Hannaford supermarket where the Stop and Shop use to be, and I bought bought two blueberry muffins for .99 each, sliced deli Hormel ham for $2.99 a pound for $4.36, Finlandia Swiss cheese for $5.99 a pound for $6.05, red potato salad for $2.99 a pound for $2.30, a package of eight Kaiser rolls for $3, a quart jar of Hellmann’s mayonnaise with olive oil for $3.49, a 16 ounce bag of Hannaford wavy potato chips for $2.50, a box of three different type of eight each plastic cutlery for $1.19 a 13.5 ounce box of Cheez-its for $2.50, and bananas for .53 a pound for $1.34 and .06 sales tax and .14 meals tax for $28.91 total.  I then returned back to the motel.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayonnaise and some potato salad and watered down orange juice.  I will now go visit with my relatives at the beach.  I used Scott blue mechanics paper towels which I had in the rear of the Audi, since I forgot to buy paper towels and paper plates.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/25/10 Friday 1:20 P.M.  I walked over to the Colony Hotel Beach, and it is full of young families with little children.  There are a few fishermen on the breakwater.  There might be a relative around from Illinois, since I saw a cardboard six pack container for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer on the ground.  I sat out by the Breakwater Inn docks.  There is a piece of property 4.6 acres with what looks like a house on it for sale at the entrance to the harbor on the west side.  They have a telephone number on the sign across the harbor.  I noticed Chick’s lobster house is selling crab meat rolls for $7.99 and Lobster rolls for $9.99.  Mabel’s restaurant looks quite busy.  Quite a few people are shopping the shops in the lower village.  A lot of cars are parked over at St. Ann’s, so I guess a few people enjoying the ocean view from there.

I chatted with a friend in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  A lot of downtown Bridgeport and Stratford, Connecticut was damaged by the 60 mile an hour winds yesterday.

The motel room has been cleaned.  I have the air conditioner going to stay cool.  I am waiting for my relative to return with my Audi, before I eat lunch.  A lot of the places in Kennebunkport do not take credit or debit cards, so sometimes cash comes in handy.  My relatives had to pay cash for the dinner last night at the Captain’s Table in Cape Porpoise, since they do not take charge cards.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/25/10 Friday 11:55 A.M.  I walked downtown from the Lower Village to the Dock Square area of Kennebunkport, Maine.  I sat by the waterfront, and I had a cigarette.  I stopped by the Big Apple gasoline market store.  I went to H.B. Provisions, and I ate a small bowl of oatmeal with honey and a toasted English muffin with butter for $4.16, and I gave them a 75 cent tip.  I bought a half gallon of Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for $4.79.  I said hello to some distant relatives walking by as I left.  I sat out by the waterfront in the Dock Square area again.  I used the bathroom at the public parking public restrooms.  I said hello to my two other relatives driving through town to get fishing tackle.  I sat out by the waterfront at Perkins Park.  I then returned to the motel.  I drank a 50% orange juice and 50% water mixture.  The house keeper is working on the neighboring apartment, so she will be cleaning our room soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/25/10 Friday 9:50 A.M.  Three relatives took off for a walk and to forage for breakfast.  Another relative took my Audi to go to a relative’s house to iron some clothes and have brunch.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I took my vitamins and supplements with a glass of water.  I will now go out for a walk downtown, since I do not have the Audi until the relative returns at 12:30 P.M..  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/25/10 Friday 9:00 A.M.  I chatted with my relative.  I had a cup of coffee and a blueberry muffin.  I chatted with three other relatives.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/25/10 Friday 7:15 A.M.  Prescott Bush Jr., brother and uncle to presidents, dies at 87 - GreenwichTime

Possible tornado wallops Bridgeport, region - GreenwichTime

A visiting relative that came from Texas said that when she flew over the Gulf of Mexico yesterday that she flew over the BP oil slick for 1.5 hours, thus the BP oil slick seems to be much larger than is being reported.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/25/10 Friday 6:45 A.M.  My other relatives arrived at the motel after the last note.  We chatted for a while.  About 6:30 P.M., we went to another relative’s house for cocktails and dip.  More relatives showed up, and we all chatted.  One friend’s son has the new Iphone that came out yesterday.  About 8 P.M., we all drove in several cars, and we went to the Captain’s Table in Cape Porpoise for dinner.  I had the fried seafood combo with French fries and a glass of water.   A lot of the relatives were drinking wine and beer.  Two other relatives showed up later.  One relative came from England and another relative came from Seattle, Washington, so we tried to figure out which relative traveled the furthest.  Two other relatives came up from Palm Beach.  One relative had been down in Key West recently, and he worked on rescuing a stranded whale on the beach down there.  About 10 P.M. we left the restaurant.  I dropped three relatives off at Federal Jacks.  My relative that I am staying with and I went to bed about 11 P.M..  We sat out briefly by the harbor.  It looks like it might be a full moon tonight.

The Wayfarer now serves dinner at its new location at Brandys On The Rocks | Facebook .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/10 Thursday 4:25 P.M.  I arrived in Kennebunkport, Maine about 3 P.M. in a brief rain shower.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/24/10 Thursday 4:45 P.M.  I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance Spread, watered down punch with vitamins and supplements and a cup of coffee with milk and pure via sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I had packed the car the night before.  I went through my short list of things to do before I left. I finally left at 8:15 A.M. after chatting with neighbors.

I drove east on Putnam Avenue to north on North Maple to north on North Street to the Merritt Parkway east.  I took a pit stop at the New Canaan and Orange rest areas.  I stopped at the I-91 North rest area.  I then took I-84 East, and I stopped at the Vernon rest area.  I stopped at the Massachusetts turnpike east rest area.  I used the bathroom twice there.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich that I brought with me.  I chatted with a relative.  I bought $18.25 of self service premium gasoline for $3.049 a gallon for 5.987 gallons for 140 miles driving since I filled up at Sunoco two days ago at odometer reading of 66255 miles.  I got 23.384 miles per gallon driving.  I got off at the next exit at Worcester, and I paid a 50 cent toll.  I took I-290 North to I-495 East.  I stopped at the Lowell rest area, but their facility was closed today, so there are no bathrooms available there.  I got on I-95 North, and I stopped at the New Hampshire rest area.  I paid a $2 toll.  I stopped at the Maine rest area.  I paid a $2 toll.  I got off at the Wells, Maine exit from the Maine turnpike.  I stopped at the Wells Amtrak train station.  I drove along the beach in Kennebunk, Maine, when it started to rain.  I checked into a motel near my relatives.  Another three relatives were checking in at the same time, and we are waiting for another relative that I will share the room with to arrive.  I have wireless internet available.  I unpacked.  I cannot some cigarettes in the room, but there is a nice porch to smoke in front.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/10 Wednesday 8:35 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors a few times.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle reduced fat potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and the FIC server and the Network.  I will then eat a three day old muffin, and I will go to bed soon.  I will try to be up by 6 A.M. in the morning to leave around 8 A.M..  My notes from Kennebunkport, Maine will be posted at: Michael Louis Scott's Notes Kennebunkport, Maine, June 2010 .

Weather tomorrow scattered strong storms here 64 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit.

In Kennebunkport, Maine, there are suppose to be thunderstorms and 60 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/23/10 Wednesday 7:10 P.M.  I went after the last note.  I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue.  For a relative, I bought OFF! familycare insect repellent 1 smooth and dry powder dry formula for $6.79 and a 10 ounce can of CVS moisturizing shave cream sensitive skin for $1.59 less a $1.79 CVS internet coupon for the shave cream and .40 tax for $6.99 total.  I then sat out briefly downtown, and then I returned home.  I chatted with neighbors.  I chatted with a relative.  I took down the mirror over the circuit breaker box, so I can turn off the hot water, when I leave, which saves a bit of money.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/23/10 Wednesday 4:55 P.M.  I threw out the bathroom garbage and the old periodical literature.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/10 Wednesday 4:25 P.M.  I have finished packing.  I still have a short list of things to do, before I leave the apartment tomorrow morning.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/23/10 Wednesday 2:25 P.M.   I chatted with neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle reduced fat potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I will now start packing.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/10 Wednesday 1:35 P.M. BBC News - Prince Albert of Monaco engaged to Charlene Wittstock  

BBC News - William joins academy of science  CIO

Note: <888> 06/23/10 Wednesday 1:10 P.M.  I woke up at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.   I did one load of laundry.  I chatted with neighbors.  I went outside a couple of times.  There was a standard size beagle wandering around all by itself out back by the baseball field, but it disappeared later.  I made 80 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Norwegian shag pipe tobacco cigarettes while listening to www.foxnews.com .  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a relative.

According to

http://mikelouisscott.com/audi1998.htm

http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/audi1998.htm

the old Michelin tires were put on the Audi by Tire Kingdom in Vero Beach, Florida on 4/21/2003 at 28,945 miles, and they were Michelin Energy MXV4 Plus, 205/55HR16, 71970 and were 30,000 mile tires, and they cost $704.

Thus they had 37170 miles of wear on them.  Mavis told me according to the side wall of the Michelin tires they took off, they were manufactured in the year 2000.

www.mavistire.com had a 150 locations in the New York area Mavis Discount Tire Locations where I can get the tires serviced if need be with the road hazard warranty.  Also I can get the tires rotated for free at the Greenwich, Connecticut location, when they need rotation.

According to this the Goodyear Allegra is a 75,000 mile tire warranty manufactured for Samsclub Goodyear Frequently Asked Questions

However, www.samsclub.com does not show the tire in my size, so one can not compare it with the price that I paid.

Smoking Tyres Tire Information - Goodyear Allegra

Goodyear Allegra Tires

I chatted with a relative.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/22/10 Tuesday 10:05 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will eat a two day old muffin before going to bed.

Mostly sunny tomorrow and 71 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/10 Tuesday 9:55 P.M.  I ate a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder with a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance Spread and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with pure via sweetener and lemon juice.  I chatted with another relative earlier, and I just chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/22/10 Tuesday 8:25 P.M.  I woke up at 10:30 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a relative.  I went out, and I threw out the garbage.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  They did not have any cardboard lamp shades and only a few cloth ones.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Grass Island.  I chatted with a regular.  I then sat out briefly in Bruce Park.  I then went over to the Sunoco gasoline station on Indian Field Road and East Putnam Avenue.  I bought $11.01 of self service premium gasoline for $3.459 a gallon for 3.183 gallons for 35.6 miles driving since June 12, 2010 at odometer reading of 66113 miles for 11.1184 miles per gallon.  The offer free tire air to their customers with gasoline purchase.  I checked the tires all around for 32 PSI.  When I went to check the spare donut tire in the trunk, its valve was leaking air, when I put air into it.

I drove over to the Mavis Tire Company on 1118 East Putnam Avenue 1-203-637-7529.

They fixed my spare tire valve.  They brought to my attention that my old Michelin tires were made 10 years ago, and although they still had tread life on them, they were splitting at the seams.  They told me the Audi would not be safe to drive to Maine with them on.  I chatted with a relative, and the relative agreed to buy me a new set of tires.

I got:

 on June 22, 2010, from Mavis Tire Company of Greenwich, Connecticut, Mavis | Discount Tires

four new Mavis Discount Tire | Goodyear Allegra 205/55HR16 $119.95 each

four computer balance package $9.99 each

four road hazard warranty $10 each

Sales Tax $33.60

$593.52 total.

I thanked them for bringing the problem to my attention, and since they were not too busy, it did not take too long to install them.

I chatted with my relative again.

http://mikelouisscott.com/audi1998.htm

http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/audi1998.htm

I went downtown, and I sat out briefly, and I chatted with a friend.

I returned home, and I picked up the mail.

The order for the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Wireless Antenna Cover Right - eBay (item 180514189765 end time Jun-28-10 22:36:31 PDT) for $10 with free shipping arrived.  I installed it on the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29, so it now has all of its original parts.

I chatted with two friends.  I made copies of the tire paper work, and I put one set in the back seat of the Audi with the other paper work in the map holder.  I put other copies and the original with the Audi paper work in the bedroom.  I have another copy for my relatives.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/21/10 Monday 11:30 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will try to get up earlier, so I will be able get to bed earlier on Wednesday night and be up early on Thursday morning, when I travel up to Kennebunkport, Maine to visit with relatives for a week or two.

Partly cloudy tomorrow and 63 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/21/10 Monday 11:00 P.M. New bill to put tax on pipe tobacco:

Message Follows:

June 21, 2010

Mr. Michael Scott

71 Vinci Drive

Apartment #206

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

 

Dear Mr. Scott:

 

            Thank you for contacting me with regard to H.R. 4439, the Tobacco Tax Parity Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this matter.

 

            Tobacco products are subject to excise taxes, which are taxes levied on the production, importation, or sale of particular products. In many cases, excise taxes are used to fund particular national priorities or programs. For example, proceeds from the excise taxes assessed on tobacco and tobacco-related products are used to finance the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides access to quality health care to millions of uninsured children.

 

            As you may be aware, tax rates for roll-your-own cigarette tobacco and pipe tobacco are substantially different. Currently, roll-your-own cigarette tobacco is taxed at a rate of $24.79 per pound, while pipe tobacco is taxed at $2.83 per pound. In order to address concerns that some tobacco companies have simply begun labeling roll-your-own tobacco as pipe tobacco in order to avoid the tax, Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) has introduced H.R. 4439, the Tobacco Tax Parity Act. This legislation would amend tax law to make the rate of tax for pipe tobacco the same as for roll-your-own cigarette tobacco.

 

            This legislation has been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means in the House of Representatives. At the time of this writing, no similar legislation has been introduced in the United State Senate. Please be assured that I will keep your views in mind should this or similar legislation come before the Senate for consideration during the 111th Congress.

 

            Again, thank you for contacting me. If you would like to stay in touch with me on this or other issues of importance to you, please visit my website at http://dodd.senate.gov and subscribe to receive my regular e-mail issue updates. Please do not hesitate to contact me again in the future if I may be of assistance to you in any way.

 

 

            Sincerely,                                                                                                                                          

            CHRISTOPHER J. DODD

            United States Senator

End of Message:

CIO

Note: <888> 06/21/10 Monday 10:50 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.

I ate a three omelet with three slices of white processed cheese in it and grated parmesan and Romano cheese in it and on top of it along with five strips of fried bacon and a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance Spread on it and watered down punch and a cup of green tea with pure via sweetener and lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/21/10 Monday 8:40 P.M.  I went out after the last note.  On the way downtown, I noticed the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf station next to the Greenwich Library has closed their gasoline pumps, but there is still activity around the station.  I went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription.  I used the bathroom  there.  I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out for a while.  I did not walk upper Greenwich Avenue, because it was too hot.  I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I read the www.greenwichtime.com .

They still speak English in Back Country Anglophiles celebrate Queen's 84th birthday - GreenwichTime .

I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I chatted with a local Scottish resident.  I bought a package of four yesterday's muffins for $2, a 6 ounce bottle of Gold's Horseradish for $1.59, sliced deli Stop and Shop American cheese for $4.99 a pound for $2.47 and Stop and Shop sliced deli Virginia ham for $6.49 a pound for $3.21 for $9.27 total.  I noticed the Shell Station on West Putnam Avenue is busier, and they have free air for tires for their customers.  The Mobil Station at Weaver Street and West Putnam Avenue has an air tire pump, but it looks like one that one might have to pay for.  I returned home, and I put away my purchases.  The building fire alarm went off.  A neighbor had produced cooking smoke cooking a hamburger.  The fire department responded to air out the apartment and reset the alarm.  Three fire trucks and a chief's truck responded.  The firemen look to be well fed and in pretty good shape.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/21/10 Monday 5:25 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I ate two tuna fish sandwiches with 1/4th of a 6.2 ounce tube of Pringles reduced fat potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go out for errands.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/21/10 Monday 4:30 P.M.  the order from here Search Results for test DFKE0739YA-0 and Cover at PartStore.com for $5.95 and $7.95 shipping for $13.90 total and .84 tax for $14.74 total was cancelled.

I paid $2 left of pay on my www.cablevision.com bill.

BBC News - Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims to be 'paid quickly'

BBC News - Giant prehistoric pterosaurs descend on London

BBC News - Tornado rips roof off sports arena in Montana

BBC News - German TanDEM-X satellite seeks 3D view of Earth

BBC News - Great whales  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/21/10 Monday 3:35 P.M.  I was thinking the news recently up north is saying that there are thirty thousand oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and 865 miles of beach in Florida.  When I used to cover the coast line in the state of Florida, I was told that there are 6,000 miles of coast line in the state of Florida with all of the barrier islands, estuaries, and other coastal properties.  It sorts of make one think about how many alligators might be in those swampy areas.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/21/10 Monday 3:20 P.M.  I went to bed at midnight, and I woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I walked around the building.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I gave a neighbor two CVS alkaline D batteries.  I have to go out at 5 P.M. for an errand.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 11:25 P.M.  I ate a four day old muffin.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I guess I might go to bed soon.  I have been watching part of a TMC movie "Life with Father".  I might watch some more.

Mostly sunny tomorrow and 64 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 10:00 P.M.  BBC News - Whaling deal splits countries and conservationists

BBC News - BP CEO Tony Hayward criticised for yacht trip

BBC News - Tea and coffee 'protect against heart disease'

BBC News - Ridge clue to Antarctic ice loss

BBC - Earth News - Ant's head balancing act revealed by video

BBC News - FCC to toughen internet rules

BBC - Royal Ascot 2010: Dress to impress at races  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 9:20 P.M.  I made 107 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Norwegian shag pipe tobacco cigarettes while listening to www.foxnews.com .  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 7:55 P.M.  I ate the same dinner as the last few nights.

Welcome to Ascot Racecourse  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 6:40 P.M.  I called up www.cvs.com on Greenwich Avenue at 1-203-862-9320, and they do not yet have the English muffins in stock that are on sale this week.  They usually get them in on Mondays.

International Surfing Day: Beach bums, brodads celebrate alike - GreenwichTime

I chatted with some neighbors outside.  I showed one of them my apartment.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 5:30 P.M.  I took most of all of the stuff out of the trunk of the Audi, and I moved it with my folding cart up to the living room, and I placed it behind the Ethan Allen recliner.  The Ethan Allen recliner still should recline though.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 4:25 P.M.  I ate a Kaiser roll.  I will now shower and clean up.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 3:45 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 3:10 P.M.  I gave a neighbor four cigarettes.

English muffins are $1.99 a 12 pack at www.cvs.com  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 2:25 P.M.  I buffed the two pairs of brown shoes.  I need to get the heels replaced on the Timberland shoes, when I get back from Maine.  I think the cheapest place might be Embassy Shoe repairs just south of the Port Chester Life Saver apartment building on the other side of the railroad underpass, if it is still there.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/20/10 Sunday 2:05 P.M.  I woke up at 11 A.M..  I left the air conditioners and fans going all night to keep the apartment cool.  It is suppose to be up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I cleaned the living room air conditioner filter, and I reset the filter light button.  I polished two pairs of brown shoes that I still have to buff.  I made up a "To Do" list of things I have to do, before I leave for Kennebunkport, Maine to visit for a week or two this coming Thursday morning.  CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/19/10: 

Note: <888> 06/19/10 Saturday 10:55 P.M.  I watched part of a couple of television shows on the History Channel about the Knights Templar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  I ate a three day old muffin.

I will now send out my weekly notes.

Partly cloudy tomorrow and 66 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit.

I will then shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/19/10 Saturday 8:35 P.M.  I watched the end of "The Wind and the Lion".  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/19/10 Saturday 6:35 P.M.  I looked at lamp shades on the internet, but none of them fit my needs that I could afford or were available locally.  I finally moved the center window lamp with the small white shade to the far left of the window shelf, and I put the one on the far left with the larger shade on the center of the window shelf.

I went outside, and a neighbor had locked himself out of a vintage Oldsmobile sedan, so myself and another neighbor tried to open the door with a coat hanger.  I was able to latch the inside door handle, but the door would not open, since the car was automatically locked from inside preventing the inside door handle from opening the door.  We looked around the parking lot for the lost key.  I gave a neighbor three cigarettes.  I will now make and eat the same dinner as last night.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/19/10 Saturday 4:10 P.M.  I ate the last three pieces of sliced deli white American cheese.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/19/10 Saturday 3:30 P.M.  I picked up the mail earlier.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I gave the neighbor another three cigarettes.  I put away my laundry.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/19/10 Saturday 2:45 P.M.  Signs of Hope as BP Captures Record Oil Amounts - NYTimes.com 

BBC News - Swedish Crown Princess Victoria marries in style

BBC News - Swedish Crown Princess Victoria weds gym owner

Wedding - Sveriges Kungahus

BBC News - David Beckham and princes on England intruder  CIO

Note: <888> 06/19/10 Saturday 2:15 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I have 35 minutes to on the dry cycle.  I put a new spare reading glasses' string on my reading glasses.  The now sell them at CVS and other eyeware products.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/19/10 Saturday 1:45 P.M.  After the last note, I took off the rough silk Victorian lamp shade off the center living room window lamp, and I stored it away.  I figured with the hot sun shining on it in the summer, it might be a fire hazard.  I put a smaller generic white cardboard lamp shade on it, and I will use the Victorian lamp shade in the cooler months, when the sun does not shine on the living room windows.  I could look for a larger cardboard one, but there is no rush.  I put the Lasko box fan on the floor beneath the living room, and I moved the other Lasko box fan to the left side of the bedroom air conditioner, so the box fans do not block the air condtioners' air intake.  I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning when a relative called.  I gave a neighbor three cigarettes.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I chatted with a friend.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 10 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I threw out the garbage.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 11:10 P.M.  BBC News - Princes William and Harry visit Cape Town hospital

BBC News - Princes meet young people with HIV/Aids in Lesotho

BBC News - William and Harry on Africa tour

BBC News - Princes William and Harry hopes for the World Cup

BBC News - Tornadoes strike US Midwest

I will now eat a two day old muffin.  I will shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Sunny tomorrow and 65 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 10:10 P.M.  I went out after the last note.  I went by the World Famous CVS on Greenwich Avenue which they are still remodeling.  I bought the last Lasko 2520 16 inch white oscillating stand fan Lasko 2520 16-inch White Oscillating Stand Fan | Overstock.com that is regularly $29 for $24 on sale and then to put the sale over $25, I bought a 200 count box of Splenda sweetener for $5.99 less a $5 off $25 CVS internet coupon and $1.20 tax for $26.18 total.  I then drove further down Greenwich Avenue.  I said hello to a couple of infrequent visitors whom smoke cigars and were driving a new grey SUV.  I chatted with a relative on the wireless phone.  I tried to use the bathroom on the ground floor of the senior and the arts center, but the men's room was locked.  I used the men's room on the third floor at the east end of the building.  I chatted with the night custodian.  I then chatted with a regular outside of Starbucks.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I then sat out for a while watching the dog walkers.  I then returned home without walking upper Greenwich Avenue, since I had to install the new fan.  I moved the box fan from the hallway entrance to in front of the Frigidaire 8,000 BTU air conditioner with remote control in the living room to blow more colder air out into the living room.  I assembled the new Lasko stand fan per instructions which was simple enough, and I set it up at the hallway entrance in the living room blowing air around the living room on number one fan speed with oscillating enabled.  I threw out the Lasko fan box.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I drank a cold cup of green tea with pure via and lemon juice.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 6:40 P.M.  I ate three 3/8th inch thick slices of cold eye round with horse radish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and my usual steamed vegetable mixture with olive oil and Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go out for a walk.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 5:45 P.M.  I went outside, and I picked up the mail.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 5:25 P.M.   CVS-Walgreen Agreement Push Stocks Higher - Forbes.com

Sign In - Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010

New Microsoft Office Not For Hermits - Forbes.com

Paul McCartney is 68 years old today the Beatles (British rock group) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

BBC News - BP 'strong despite spill setback'

BBC News - Preparations almost complete for Sweden's royal wedding

BBC NEWS | Europe | Swedish princess to marry

Bröllopet - Sveriges Kungahus

Wedding - Sveriges Kungahus

BBC News - IT gets a Royal seal of approval  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 4:45 P.M.  It is 76.3 degrees Fahrenheit in the living room, and it is 113 degrees Fahrenheit outside the windows in the bright sun over the black tar roof, and the outside temperature is 84 degrees Fahrenheit.

In Redmond, Washington today it is 64 degrees Fahrenheit and fair.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 4:30 P.M.  I surfed www.ebay.com looking at Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 parts.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I gave a neighbor a cigarette.  I checked the mail, but it has not arrived yet.  I cancelled the order from here Search Results for test DFKE0739YA-0 and Cover at PartStore.com for $5.95 and $7.95 shipping for $13.90 total and .84 tax for $14.74 total.  They told me if it had not already shipped which their web site indicates, they would email me about it being cancelled.  Apparently www.partstore.com has about 18 million parts and about 40 warehouses, so they are a big outfit.  I chatted with a relative twice.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 3:15 P.M.  Since there seems there might be a problem getting the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 right wireless antenna cover that I ordered from here Search Results for test DFKE0739YA-0 and Cover at PartStore.com for $5.95 and $7.95 shipping for $13.90 total and .84 tax for $14.74 total, I ordered Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Wireless Antenna Cover Right - eBay (item 180514189765 end time Jun-28-10 22:36:31 PDT) for $10 with free shipping.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/18/10 Friday 2:55 P.M.  I woke up at 11 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a relative.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.  My www.cablevision.com Digital Cablevision, Optimum Online Boost Cable Modem and Optimum Voice long distance bills and my www.cl-p.com electricity bills for June 2010 have been paid.  There is suppose to be a high of 83 degrees Fahrenheit today, so since I am paying to keep my apartment cool with the air conditioners, I figure I will stay inside and work on the computers by the air conditioner today.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/17/10 Thursday 11:30 P.M.  I ate a muffin.

QM2 - Itinerary - 2010 will be back on July 1, 2010

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Sunny tomorrow and 63 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/17/10 Thursday 11:00 P.M.  Optical computing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/17/10 Thursday 10:55 P.M.  Montserrat Volcano Observatory

BP’s Chief Executive Apologizes for Gulf Spill - NYTimes.com

Magazine Preview - Smarter Than You Think - I.B.M.'s Supercomputer to Challenge 'Jeopardy!' Champions - NYTimes.com

Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program: Worldwide Holocene Volcano and Eruption Information

BBC News - Congress tells Hayward BP ignored oil well dangers

BBC News - Pan-Starrs telescope begins operations to hunt asteroids

BBC News - Sweden votes to replace nuclear plants

BBC News - Radiocarbon dating verifies ancient Egypt's history

Staples.com® | Staples® Coupons 15% off coupon  CIO

Note: <888> 06/17/10 Thursday 9:55 P.M.  After dinner, I chatted with two relatives.  I made 139 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Norwegian shag pipe tobacco cigarettes while listening to http://news.bbc.co.uk/ on the Asus Internet radio.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/17/10 Thursday 6:45 P.M.  I woke up last night, and I ate a Kaiser roll.  I finally woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went to my 1 P.M. appointment.  I gave the pair of small sunglasses with quilted case to the receptionist to give to the other volunteer receptionist tomorrow when she volunteers.  I then went downtown, and I stopped by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  They have a nice love seat in there that somebody might need.  It would not work in my apartment, since I need the Ethan Allen recliner more.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the Apple Ipad store, and I checked out the new Ipad.  My homepage picture comes out very long on the Ipad.  It does work for me.  However, at $500 for the 16 gigabyte basic wireless model, I could not afford it, and I do not really need it, since I already have three very good laptops http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm .  I chatted with one of the staff from Meli Meli who was from Nice, France; and they will be moving into the new location on the northwest corner of Grigg Street and Greenwich Avenue where the Chinese Laundry use to be.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I played a "Spicy Hot Cash" scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I toured the parking lot of the Antique Car showroom across from the Greenwich Train station.  They still have Aristotle Onnassis' small orange Fiat with the wicker seats for sale that use to go on his yacht.  I gave the Rolls Royce mechanic a few tips on fixing old Mercedes.  I walked upper Greenwich Avenue, and I toured CVS.  They have 12 packs of Schweppes ginger ale in cans there for $5.99 plus can deposit of a nickel a can.  There is a bathroom in back opposite the photo counter, but it was locked.  They are still remodeling.  I mentioned to a staff member from Scotland, I used to get bored in New Canaan, Connecticut in the winter, and I once drove up to Canada on the New York thruway, and I crossed into Canada north of Buffalo, and I went to the duty free liquor store, and I bought a 1.5 liter bottle of Welcome to Grand Marnier website for about $30, and I returned back to New Canaan the same day.  That was when I had the yellow 1971 Subaru that got 52 miles per gallon.  I also stopped by Lake Placid on the way back, but not much was going on right before the opening of the winter Olympics there.  I think that was around 1980.  I finished my walk of Greenwich Avenue.  I use the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.  I sat out for a while in the rear park, and I smoked a couple of cigarettes, since the front park was busy with non smokers.  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  The relative is getting me a size 17 inch neck Oxford white shirt with 35 inch length sleeves.  I then went by the Greenwich Library.  Somebody had a Lazy W emblem on their GMC from the King Ranch King Ranch, but it was a Connecticut vanity plate.  Maybe there are people from Texas here.  I toured the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a staff employee.  I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a six pack of Yesterday's Kaiser rolls for $1.50, a four pack of Yesterday's muffins for $2, 16 ounces of Smart Balance Spread for $3.49, a six pound whole Eye Round of beef for $2.99 a pound for $18.03, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $2.14 for $29.95 total.  I then returned home.  I picked up the mail.  I put away my groceries, and I chatted with a relative twice.  I will cook have of the eye round medium rare seasoned generously with garlic powder, ground black pepper, Italian seasoning and with Jack Daniels barbecue sauce on it at about 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 48 minutes in the Sharp convection oven and freeze the other half uncooked.  I will eat two half inch slices of it with my usual steamed vegetable mixture with olive oil and Smart Balance spread, and watered down punch and a cup of green tea with pure via sweetener and lemon juice.  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 9:55 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I guess I will go to bed soon.  Although, I pay a lot of money for digital cable television, I frequently find it a distraction from my own personal reality. 

Partly cloudy and windy tomorrow and 54 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit.  I have a 1 P.M. appointment tomorrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 9:25 P.M.  Basically the summers around Greenwich, Connecticut which is where I think I am at are very short summers.  Thus when we have the warmer weather we try to enjoy it, but we also try to do whatever we can do for another long cold winter, when we have plenty of time to rest.

Remember Aesop's Fables The Ant and the Grasshopper .  Since I work with personal computers and the internet, I try to keep busy with it during the warmer months during the summer.  Basically my activity is based on my own personal experiences which might be different from other people in the area.

I did not make it outside much last winter except for when it was sunny and above 40 degrees Fahrenheit, so I got a bit of rest.  I did spend a lot of time worrying about them replacing the windows with double pane windows.  It took a number of days for me of moving furniture to down size the apartment to make the window work area open for the window installers.  Thus the apartment has a different look.  However, there is no longer a sofa or other comfortable chairs except one, but there are still plenty of chairs set up at computers along with a couple of other chairs that are reasonably comfortable, but the seating arrangements are not in a comfortable pattern for conversation groups, but since I never have guests anymore, that is really not a problem.  It is nice having a little bit more space in the apartment.  I still have to use a lot of my storage space for the spare computer parts that I have acquired for my older desktop computers.  However, for the type of computer activity that I do, such as blogging, email, and reading the news, I do not need any faster computers.  I am not a computer gamer, so I have not invested in that faster technology.

I guess by modern standards, I might be stuck in the stone age, but I do not travel except for summer trips to Kennebunkport, Maine to visit with family.  By not wandering around the Greenwich, Connecticut area which I have done many times in the past over the years, I am able to save a bit of money for my personal computer and internet activities.  I have lived in Manhattan, so I do not feel the need to revisit areas that I have seen many times before.  Having also lived on remote islands like Nantucket and Key West, I enjoy the quieter life in Greenwich while at the same time I am able to take advantage of some of the more modern conveniences which one does always find in remote locations.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 8:35 P.M.  I ate a Kaiser roll.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 7:05 P.M.  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.

I posted pictures of the recent changes in my apartment including the new double pane windows.

http://mikelouisscott.com/mls-apt-061610/

http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/mls-apt-061610/ CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 6:10 P.M.  London on sale - British Airways

www.greenwichontendollarsaday.com

St. Christopher`s Greenwich - Book Online Now over there part of London, England.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 5:50 P.M.  Number10.gov.uk and you can contact the Prime Minister here Contact Number 10 .  The British read a lot, so they are much better at reading their mail than Americans.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 5:10 P.M.  Basically not too much happens in Greenwich, Connecticut once the kids get out of school for the summer, but the kids sit around watching cartoons and children's entertainment on television, and everyone else goes about their simple routines.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 5:00 P.M.  I ate a 11 ounce box of Van De Kamps frozen haddock filets with my usual steamed vegetable mixture with olive oil and Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with pure via sweetener and lemon juice.

I had two no person telephone calls on the Verizon line and also a telemarketer.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 3:25 P.M.  Biltmore Email Newsletter 

BBC News - BP to fund $20bn Gulf of Mexico oil spill payout

BBC News - Former boss of US lender accused of $1.9bn fraud

BBC News - Prince William feels force of vuvuzela horn

BBC News - Deadly flash floods hit southern France

BBC News - Keiper Belt world measured in star pass

BBC News - Mini-camera pictures Japan's Ikaros solar sail

BBC News - Next-generation Iridium to launch on SpaceX Falcon 9  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 3:05 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I picked up the mail.  I threw out a 18 ounce box of Oncor Frozen turkey meat that I bought March 15, 2009; since it was possibly no good.  I also threw out the jar of bacon fat.

When I was walking downtown yesterday, I noticed a sign in the restaurant across the street from the Greenwich movie theatre on Railroad Avenue that Greenwich Close apartments across the street from the Greenwich Town Hall have one, two, and three bedroom apartments for rent.  There is a telephone number on the sign.  I think they start at around a $1,000 a month.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 1:25 P.M.  More turkey news from the Senior Center Greenwich Gossip .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/16/10 Wednesday 1:20 P.M.  I woke up last night, and I ate a Kaiser roll.  I finally woke up at 9 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a friend.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor's relative.  I chatted with a relative.  I chatted with the relative again.  I chatted with another relative.  It seems that when I have a cigarette by the bench at the north end of the building underneath the two trees there, that the trees are full of bugs and small spiders.  I have also noticed spiders in my apartment.  If they bite you, I do not know if they cause harm or not.

The Greenwich, Connecticut Red Cross was asking for volunteer blood donors at the Department of Social Services at the Greenwich Town Hall yesterday, so I guess they need blood.  I told them that I smoke cigarettes, so I am not suppose to donate blood. CIO   

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 11:05 P.M.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store 2011 Calendars 

Begin Note:

I want to make you aware of a Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) pavement marking project beginning on Route 1 in Greenwich. 

The ConnDOT will be installing new epoxy pavement markings on Route 1 at various intersections in Greenwich starting the week of July 6, 2010.  

The new pavement markings include crosswalks, stop bars, and pavement arrows on state-owned roadways and at town road approaches to intersections. 

Night time lane closures will occur between the hours of 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM in addition to a full closure lasting 15 minutes at times to allow for markings to be installed and dry. 

Best regards,

Lile Gibbons
www.repgibbons.com

End Note:

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BBC News - Sperm whale faeces 'offset CO2 emissions' .  I suppose people do the same thing.

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I cleaned the Panasonic Air Conditioner filter in the bedroom last night.

I have a chair like this at my dining table in front of the Epox computer Walmart.com: Better Homes and Gardens Autumn Lane Windsor Chairs, Set of 2: Furniture .  When I was staying at Flossie's in Nantucket back in the summer of 1977 at 31 India Street, a lady from Westport, Connecticut dropped off her son there, and she bought two antique Windsor chairs from Flossie's front entry area for $3,000 cash, so I guess some old houses have valuable items.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Thundershowers tomorrow and 65 to 73 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.  This finally sold for $173.49 Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Pentium M 1.4GHz 512MB 40GB - eBay (item 300436121354 end time Jun-15-10 18:00:39 PDT) which was a good deal for someone.

I chatted with a friend that just returned from Europe.  Europe apparently is pretty down on the heels these days, but it is not yet Europe on $5 a day.

I have noticed recently that the Italian wine bar in basement of the Banker's Trust building on Fawcett Place on Greenwich Avenue has gone out of business.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 7:40 P.M.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with pure via and lemon juice.   CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 6:50 P.M.  I went out after my last note.  I went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I gave them the information for my Renter's Rebate.  They have also submitted the payments for my this month's electricity bill and my Cablevision bill to pay for the new Frigidaire 8,000 BTU air conditioner with remote control that I am using in the living room.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I was a bit hungry, and I looked at some of the restaurant windows, but they are all too expensive.  One could always buy a pastry at St. Moritz, but I felt like saving my money.  I noticed at the renovation site where the Chinese Laundry use to be at Grigg Street, the listed name of the owner is a business around where Versailles restaurant is located on Greenwich Avenue next to Starbucks, so maybe Versailles is moving there.  I was told by my 3 P.M. appointment at the southern end of Indian Field Road at Railroad Avenue near the Pet Pantry there is a rotisserie chicken restaurant where one can get a half of chicken and two vegetables for about $9.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and they sold me another spare Duracell 6 volt lantern battery for $5.25 at cost, since they consider me a wholesale customer.  They do not carry Lye or Hydrogen Chloride, but I decided it would be do dangerous to make bacon soap.  Plus the lye might cause the paint to come off my measuring cups and stain my other plastic mixing bowls.  You can not use lye with metal.  I stopped by CVS, and I picked up a prescription.  They are now remodeling the pharmacy area.  I stopped by Bestever Cleaners, and I picked up my two Oxford shirts with light starch for $4.20 total.  I stopped by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I finished my walk.  I put my purchases in the Audi.  I tried to use the bathroom at the senior and the arts center, but they now lock up the bathroom after the senior center closes.  I think there is probably one upstairs on the second floor.  I returned home.

Seniors shocked by chef's firing - GreenwichTime and Greenwich Gossip .  I was told by Bill Clark, the new caterers are no longer cooking whole turkeys but serving processed turkey meat.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 2:00 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go out for my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 1:55 P.M.  BBC News - Princes William and Harry meet a python in Africa .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.  Be a summer neighbor of the Bushs Kennebunkport, Maine Ocean Front Property details $2.8 million .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 1:35 P.M.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  They are cutting the grass today.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 12:45 P.M.  Well the same Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 without the touch screen and without the grey paint on the screen sells here all of the time for $339.99 Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Pentium M 1.4GHz 512MB 40GB - eBay (item 300388592864 end time Jun-18-10 09:56:24 PDT) and with the touch screen for $409.99 all of the time Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Pentium M 1.4GHz 512MB 40GB - eBay (item 300388562932 end time Jun-18-10 07:59:45 PDT) .  However, the more expensive ones have a 60 day warranty, and the auction one listed below only has a 30 day warranty.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/15/10 Tuesday 12:25 P.M.  I woke up during the night, and I ate a bowl of Cheez-its.  I finally woke up at 10 A.M..  The Greenwich Housing Authority inspectors inspected the new windows in my apartment.  They still need to install the left finishing strip on the living room windows, the screen on the center living room window, and the shades on all of the windows.

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.

The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for ten Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) for $36.96 and 48 ounces of Peters Stokkebye Norwegian Pipe Tobacco (ounces) for $1.49 an ounce for $71.55 and free shipping on a $100 order for $108.50 total arrived.

I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  I got the information together for the 3 P.M. appointment to file for my Renter's Rebate.

I made up a fresh batch of punch.

At Deal Train Mania items - Get great deals on Auctions, Notebooks items on eBay Stores! , they have this Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 without the Touch Screen, but everything else Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Pentium M 1.4GHz 512MB 40GB - eBay (item 300436121354 end time Jun-15-10 18:00:39 PDT) with the auction ending about 9 P.M. this evening.  I would say it would go for over $200, but it might be a deal at that price.  One could add $39.99 with free shipping Newegg.com - PNY 1GB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Laptop Memory Model MN1024SD1-333 to increase the memory to 1.5 gigabytes.  It says in the details, the Toughbook has some light grey paint on the screen that does not show, when turned on.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/10 Monday 10:55 P.M.  At the Port Chester, New York shopping center, there use to be a store there called Jimbos that had lots of discount merchandise, but I can not find a listing for it anymore.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon. 

Tomorrow is suppose to be mostly sunny and 58 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/14/10 Monday 10:20 P.M.  As I recall, Helen Kress Williams use to be active in the Long Island Garden Club, and they would pay visits to Greenwich, Connecticut.  She use to mix her old A&P tea bags in the garden soil, so I suppose they helped the plants grow better.

Adding Tea bags to garden soil

Beginner Vegetables: Used Tea Bags

Used Tea in the Garden

Composting Tea Leaves and Teabags  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/10 Monday 9:25 P.M.  According to http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm his godmother Helen Kress Williams Victorian Society in America: Metropolitan Chapter: Newsletter use to chose the head of J.P. Morgan, but she would also make an A&P tea bag last a week.  She use to gather my old cigarette ashes, and she would mix them in with gold leaf paint, and she would use to them to guild picture frames at the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: metmuseum.org saying it gave the museum picture frames a more antique look.  Thus maybe there might be some value in my old cigarette ashes that the current people at the museum have ignored.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/10 Monday 8:15 P.M.  I chatted with some neighbors outside.  I retrieved the quart pickle jar of bacon grease from the recycle bin, and I put it back in the refrigerator; so maybe sometime in the future, when I have time, I will make some Bacon Soap, or should we call it Scott's Bacon Soap, if I can figure it out.  I have some Tiffany cologne I could put in it for scent.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/10 Monday 8:00 P.M.  How to Make Bacon Soap 

Making Soap from Kitchen Grease .  My quart pickle jar of bacon grease might still be in the plastic recycling bin.  They probably have lye at the Greenwich Hardware store.  You could use cup cake tins for molds.  Lye is caustic, so it can be dangerous to use if not handled properly, and one should use eye protection.

More information on bacon soap Making Hot Process Soap in a Crock Pot.  The way I figure it, a quart jar of bacon fat probably comes from about a $100 of bacon. CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/10 Monday 7:25 P.M.  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for ten Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) for $36.96 and 48 ounces of Peters Stokkebye Norwegian Pipe Tobacco (ounces) for $1.49 an ounce for $71.55 and free shipping on a $100 order for $108.50 total.

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BBC News - FBI releases secret Kennedy files

BBC News - 'Much more water' found in lunar rocks

BBC News - One Laptop per Child updates design for older pupils  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/10 Monday 6:50 P.M.  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices of processed white cheese and grated parmesan and Romano cheese along with a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance spread and four strips of fried bacon and watered down punch and a cup of green tea with pure via sweetener and lemon juice.  I threw out the garbage along with a quart jar of bacon grease in the recycle bin.  In the old days, they used to make soap out of bacon grease.  I chatted with neighbors.  I walked around the building.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/14/10 Monday 4:55 P.M.  I woke up at 10 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a relative.  I went out, and I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I went by CVS, and I bought a 200 count box of Splenda sweetener for $5.99.  I sat out for a while at uptown Greenwich Avenue, since I paid 50 cents for parking for 40 minutes.  I then went further downtown, where I do not pay for parking.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with a regular.  I ran into another regular that I gave the copy of the CD with Bing Crosby Christmas Songs on it that I had in the Audi.  I stopped by CVS again.  I chatted with a store employee outside fund raising about somebody that I once knew that worked for Elizabeth Arden.  I chatted with somebody from the art gallery at the Pickwick Plaza.  I stopped by CVS again.  They have removed the bathroom to expand the photography department.  Thus there is one less bathroom on Greenwich Avenue.  I told somebody how to get to Diane's bookstore on Grigg Street.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I sat out for a while.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with Greenwich Gossip about www.lfc.edu back in the more peaceful days of college life.  I toured the Greenwich Library.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I picked up my mail.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/13/10 Sunday 10:20 P.M.  I watched the movie "The Mummy" for about the fourth time.  Cablevision seems to rerun movies all of the time.  I ate a bowl of Cheez-its and a six day old muffin with some watered down punch.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Mostly cloudy tomorrow and 61 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/13/10 Sunday 6:35 P.M.  I watched some television.

EMSEV 2010 

BBC News - Scientists take first steps in growing working livers

BBC News - Japanese Hayabusa asteroid mission comes home

BBC News - Exoplanet spotted in motion around its 'sun'  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/10 Sunday 5:30 P.M.  Tomorrow June 14, 2010 is Queen Elizabeth II's Official Birthday in Australia.  Yesterday Saturday was the Trooping the Colour over in England Trooping the Colour and BBC News - In pictures: Trooping the Colour .

For people in Jolly Old England, you can view the video at BBC - BBC One Programmes - Trooping the Colour and BBC iPlayer - Trooping the Colour: 2010: Highlights.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/10 Sunday 4:00 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors about the price of peace or tobacco in America.

I will now make and eat the same dinner as last night.

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CIO 

Note: <888> 06/13/10 Sunday 2:45 P.M.  I woke up at 9 A.M..  I chatted with a friend.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I made 123 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Norwegian shag pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com .

I ordered ten Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) for $36.96 and 48 ounces of Peters Stokkebye Norwegian Pipe Tobacco (ounces) for $1.49 an ounce for $71.55 and free shipping on a $100 order for $108.50 total.

It says here after June 23, 2010; they will no longer carry the cigarette tubes and other RYO supplies, but they will still have the pipe tobacco PipesandCigars.com Roll Your Own .  Also their cigarette tubes went up 70 cents a carton, since I last ordered, and the pipe tobacco went up 10 cents an ounce.  I guess that is to cover the free shipping.  CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/12/10: 

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 10:05 P.M.  Ronald Reagan Father's Day Gifts

I will now send out my weekly notes.

Isolated Thunderstorms tomorrow and 65 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit.

I will then shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon after that.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 9:05 P.M.  United States Army Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia formerly the Seventh Army.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 9:00 P.M.  Internet Explorer 8 Add-ons Gallery

What a basic Panasonic Toughbook CF29 sold for tonight for $132.49 without the XP Professional COA, but otherwise in good shape Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Pentium M 1.4GHz 512MB 40GB - eBay (item 300435815938 end time Jun-12-10 16:00:06 PDT) .  More are available at Deal Train Mania items - Get great deals on Auctions, Notebooks items on eBay Stores! , but you have to make sure they are not missing parts or are damaged.  Let the buyer beware.  However, they do have better ones at higher prices. 

When I tried the Ipad at the Greenwich, Connecticut Apple www.apple.com on the day before my birthday, it was too small for me to read, and since I seem to have cold fingers, because I smoke cigarettes, it would not respond to my finger movements.

However, if you look at what I have spent on the Panasonic Toughbook CF29 that I have with all of its parts http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm , I could have bought the basic Ipad, but I have a feeling that the used Toughbook might be easier for me to use and might be more durable.  Who knows.  I guess I am not really up with the times.  However, it is the nature of being a senior citizen, I think older items are like new.  I saw senior citizens today in Cos Cob driving thirty year old cars, so I guess as one gets older, it gets only more extreme.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 6:40 P.M.  On Tuesday June 15, 2010 at 9:30 A.M., the Greenwich Housing Authority inspectors are going to start inspecting the new window installations in the building.  One does not have to be here during the inspection. 

I will now make the same sautéed 10 ounce London Broil dinner with steamed vegetables and watered down punch and a cup of green tea with pure via and lemon juice that I have been eating recently.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 6:05 P.M.  I went out after the late note.  I drove all of the way over to Cos Cob.  I stopped by the Cos Cob Indian Field Road Mobil Station, and I bought $8.40 of self service premium for $3.499 a gallon for 2.40 gallons for 33.9 miles driven since that past Monday at odometer reading of 66077 miles for 14.125 miles per gallon driving in mostly local traffic.  I then went to CVS in Cos Cob.  They had a sale item there that they were sold out of on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought the last of each Swiffer Dusters 10 refills for $7.99 and a Swiffer Dusters Extender extends up to three feet with five disposable dusters for $7.99 less a $3 off $15 CVS internet coupon and a $2 off CVS bonus bucks coupon for $10.98 and .66 tax for $11.64 total.  I then toured the Radio Shack store, and I chatted about technology.  I then drove all of the way back to central downtown Greenwich.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  They were watching World Cup Soccer at MacDuffs across from the movie theatre.  I guess we have a lot of Europeans here that enjoy the sport.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I toured CVS at upper Greenwich Avenue, and they are still out of the items I bought at the Cos Cob store.  After my walk, I sat out for a while.  I then used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two six packs of day old Kaiser rolls for $1.25 each six pack, a 59 ounce bottle of Simply Orange orange juice with calcium for $3, a 10 ounce bottle of Kikkoman soy sauce for $2.29, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.17 for $8.96 total.  I gave a dollar to the veterans fund raising outside the grocery store.  I then returned home, and I picked up the mail.  I put away my purchases.  I will put the Swiffer dusters in the bathroom bookcase with the Pledge duster.  CIO    

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 1:35 P.M.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go out to do errands.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 1:05 P.M.  I put away the laundry.  Somehow, I lost a sock in the laundry.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 11:35 A.M.  I have 50 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  There might be thunderstorms starting at 7 P.M. this evening Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground and National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/10 Saturday 11:15 A.M.  I woke up at 9 A.M. today, when a friend called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with pure via and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 15 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I threw out the garbage.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/11/10 Friday 8:20 P.M.  I watched the www.abcnews.com evening news.  I then watched "NCSI" which I think is a bit extreme.  I  will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Afternoon showers tomorrow and 64 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/10 Friday 6:10 P.M.  How To Ease An Elderly Parent Into Assisted Living - Forbes.com 

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BBC Sport - Football - World Cup 2010 begins in South Africa

BBC News - Polar science diary

BBC News - Japan unfurls Ikaros solar sail in space  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/10 Friday 5:25 P.M.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I filled up two ice trays, and I put them in the freezer.  I cleaned up straightened out the center kitchen drawer, so it is a bit easier to use.  I filled up the two seltzer bottles in the refrigerator with water, and I charged them up with CO2 cartridges.  I put the small folding cart back in the trunk of the Audi.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/10 Friday 3:40 P.M.  I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a relative.  I surfed the internet.  I sewed a button on a dress shirt.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.  I ate a four day old muffin.  I went out, and I went downtown.  I went by Best Ever laundry at the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I dropped off two dress shirts to be cleaned and pressed with light starch for $2.10 each and $4.20 total, which will be ready next Tuesday.  I went by CVS, and I bought a case of 24 Gold Emblem 16.7 once bottles of filtered drinking water for $2.88 and $1.20 deposit for $4.08 total.

I then went to my 1:30 P.M. appointment at the Greenwich Hospital Outpatient Clinic.  I chatted with a friend on my wireless telephone.  I told the friend whom is an equestrian that there is a new shop just west of the Ferrari dealership in Greenwich on West Putnam Avenue called "The Equestrian Supply Shop". 

My physical came out fine.  I have to continue on the cholesterol medications though.  I should try to quit smoking some time soon.

I need to schedule an appointment for a Colonoscopy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  I returned home.  I chatted with an associate.  I picked up the mail.  I put the bottled water underneath the www.harvard.edu chair.

My order with tracking of http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?tracknumbers=02901001187079868393 on the order for SONOMA life + style Twill Cargo Shorts - Big and Tall in waist 46 inches in stone plus 10% off with promo code "NEW1840" for a $2 discount and .99 shipping for $18.98 total arrived.  There might be a different promo code you have to search for now.  They fit just fine.

I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 9:50 P.M.  FOXNews.com - California Teen on Solo Sail Around World Feared Lost at Sea

FOXNews.com - Two Million Gallons of Oil Could be Flowing a Day, Researchers Say

Greenwich Kennel Club hosts 78th All-Breed show - GreenwichTime

Metro North: New Haven line schedule to remain in effect, with fewer cars - GreenwichTime

I finished the Epox backup.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Partly cloudy tomorrow and 59 to 71 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 9:00 P.M.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup of the Abit computer from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I am in the process of doing a Vista Complete PC backup of both partitions on the Epox computer from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 7:55 P.M.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle salt and vinegar potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch. 

I am defragmenting the C: drive on the Abit computer.

On the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Service manual, I got the part number for the right side wireless antenna cover, and I ordered it here Search Results for test DFKE0739YA-0 and Cover at PartStore.com for $5.95 and $7.95 shipping for $13.90 total and .84 tax for $14.74 total about two weeks ago.  It is suppose to be shipped on June 16, 2010. CIO   

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 4:40 P.M.  I went outside for a while.  I picked up the mail.  I am now installing the Bluetooth USB device and Motorola H780 drivers on both partitions on the Epox computer and on the Abit computer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 2:20 P.M.  I donated $5 to the The Taft School Annual Fund Taft Alumni - Make a Gift  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 2:00 P.M.  I ate the same dinner meal as yesterday.  I have a 1:30 P.M. appointment tomorrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 12:35 P.M.  Timberland Men's Classic Boat Shoe : 400105494955 - Buy.com 

Blackhawks 4, Flyers 3, OT - Blackhawks Win First Stanley Cup Since 1961 - NYTimes.com

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Greenwich Food Pantry :: Neighbor to Neighbor

I want to invite you to participate in a Father’s Day Donation Drive with Neighbor to Neighbor.
 
The Neighbor to Neighbor Fathers’ Day 2010 drive began on June 7th and concludes on June 22th.
 
I believe Neighbor to Neighbor provides an important role for residents in Greenwich, especially during these tough economic times.
 
Too often men, living on the financial edge, are not a focus or beneficiary of collection efforts, yet they are 35% of the Neighbor-to-Neighbor clients. We would like to utilize Father's Day 2010 as an opportunity to provide resources for personal products just for the men.
 
We are asking residents to join them in celebrating Fathers’ Day 2010 with donations, financial or in-kind, to Neighbor-to-Neighbor.  The goal is to collect men’s toiletries (razors, soap, shave cream, deodorant, etc.) in addition to funds and food.
 
Neighbor to Neighbor is located at Christ Church Annex 248 East Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT  06830.
 
Best regards,
 
Lile Gibbons
www.repgibbons.com 

End Note:  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 12:10 P.M.  I showed a neighbor the new setup in my apartment.  I went outside briefly.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 11:35 A.M.  I used the Dust faster with this fluffy all-around duster - Pledge® Multi Surface Duster , and I dusted the apartment.  After moving the furniture, when they installed the new windows, it is not too difficult to dust a bit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/10 Thursday 10:40 A.M.  I woke up at 7:30 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with the building custodian.  He still does not have the screen for my new living room window.  I chatted with a relative.

I received a telephone survey call from Debicella Republican for Congress .  CIO     

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 10:10 P.M.  I finished backing up the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 laptop computer.  I changed the USB 2.0 from the secondary Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer to the Panasonic Toughbook and put the Toughbook USB 2.0 hub on the Dell Latitude D410 which solved the connection problems.   

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Afternoon showers tomorrow and 54 to 69 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 7:20 P.M.  I tried installing the Meritline USB Bluetooth Adapter on the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29, but it would not work with its software on the XP Professional partition.  The Bluetooth device and the Motorola H780 wireless ear piece were recognized by the Bluetooth software, but the device driver for the Motorola H780 was not installed, so it would not work.  On the Windows 7 Demo partition, the software gave it the blue screen crash.  I removed the Bluetooth Device, and I put it with the bedroom Abit computer, and I will install it there later.  I took the Bluetooth device that was with the bedroom Abit computer, and I will use it on the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29, since although it does not work with XP Professional, I know it works with the Windows 7 demo partition.  I restored Windows 7 Complete PC backup of both partitions.  I am now installing the XP Professional Updates again.  I will then install the Windows 7 Updates, and I will do another Windows 7 Complete PC backup of both partitions to the Roswell external hard drive.  The USB 2.0 hub on the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 does not work if it is plugged in all the way into the rear USB 2.0 port, it needs to be slightly pulled out for its hubs to be recognized.

I ate a day old muffin.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 3:55 P.M.  The building custodian reposition the florescent tube in the hallway outside my apartment, so the light in the hallway outside my door now works.  I showed the building custodian the new air conditioner.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage. 

I picked up the mail.

The order for two tan Leather Zipper Change Purse - Leather Coin Purse - eBay (item 250540260767 end time Jun-28-10 13:58:17 PDT) for $4.59 each and $2.58 shipping for $11.76 total arrived.  I put them in the top left mahogany bureau drawer in the bedroom.  I copied the receipt, so a neighbor can order one.

The order for Meritline.com - Mini Type Wireless Bluetooth USB Adapter, Bluetooth v2.0 USB for $2.70 with free shipping arrived.  I will now install it on both partitions on the Panasonic Toughbook CF29 laptop computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 3:10 P.M.  I went outside briefly.  I watched some television.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 1:50 P.M.  Six Surprisingly Dangerous Jobs - Forbes.com

Glenlivet Father's Day Special  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 1:00 P.M.  I made a sautéed 10 ounce London Broil with my usual steamed vegetable mixture and a glass of watered down punch a cup of green tea with pure via and lemon juice.  I had a telephone call from another electricity provider trying to get me to change my provider, but I already have a lower rate with the night rate.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 11:50 A.M.  Peter I (emperor of Russia) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 

BBC News - Dutch voters head to polls amid austerity concerns

BBC News - Bill Gates offers $10m fund for mobile banking in Haiti  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 10:30 A.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I gave a neighbor five cigarettes.  I called the Greenwich Housing Authority 1-203-869-1138 about having the screen installed in the living room.  On a cool day like today, I set the air conditioners to fan to blow in some cool air.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 10:35 A.M.  I made 108 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Norwegian shag pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com .  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 9:15 A.M.  I surfed the internet.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with neighbors.  It is suppose to rain later on today Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  I will now make some more cigarettes and watch www.foxnews.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 8:00 A.M.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/09/10 Wednesday 6:25 A.M.  I woke up at 7 P.M. yesterday, and I chatted with a relative.  I finally woke up this morning at 5 A.M..

I am just finishing up installing all of the Windows Updates on all of the partitions on all of the computers.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/08/10 Tuesday 5:50 P.M.  I ate a day old muffin.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Rain tomorrow and 55 to 64 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/08/10 Tuesday 5:15 P.M.  I emptied the paper shredder.  I also lubricated it.  I threw out the shredded paper in the recycle paper container.  I chatted with neighbors.  A neighbor told me a 35 inch Sony Trinitron television would weigh about 300 pounds, if anyone is thinking about responding the Free Classified Advertisement in the Greenwich Time.

I had to pay $50 for Le Blanc up in Norwalk, Connecticut to get rid of my 1976 white Volvo sedan, when I got the black 1998 Hyundai Accent which I had for a couple of years and then the 1998 green Volvo 850 wagon which got flooded after a couple of years followed by the 1993 Burgundy Buick Roadmaster wagon and finally the current grey 1998 Audi  A6 sedan.  Before the white Volvo sedan I had a yellow 1976 and then a green 1978 Volkswagen Dasher wagons.  Before that I had a 1972 Burgundy Volvo sedan and before that a yellow 1971 Subaru wagon and before that a blue 1971 Volvo sedan and after that a 1966 blue Chevrolet Biscayne sedan and before the blue volvo a number of vintage Mercedes and before that my first family kids car was a 1965 black Mustang Convertible.  After so many cars, I used to like driving, but I can not bring myself on my limited budget to spend so much on gasoline, and also since the 1998 Audi A6 was an expensive car, when it was new, I do not want to risk having to many expensive maintenance bills, which I really can not afford, so I do not drive it too much.

In college, I had a 1951 black Mercedes 300B sedan, and a 1963 black Mercedes 300C sedan, a black 1962 Mercedes 220S sedan, and 1961 grey Mercedes 220SE convertible, and in Greece, I had a 1965 red and white Opel wagon.  I might be wrong on some of the years.

I chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/08/10 Tuesday 3:15 P.M.  Many drivers hit with 'white van' tickets » TCPalm.com  CIO

Note: <888> 06/08/10 Tuesday 3:00 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors, and I walked around the building.

Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 

BBC - Earth News - Mystery gray whale sighted again off Spain coast

WDCS - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

BBC News - Huge seas 'once existed on Mars'

BBC News - New robotic telescope in Chile set for planet hunt

BBC News - Saving California's bees, one hive at a time

BBC News - Government lays out fast net plan

I moved the 12 inch Panasonic television from on top of the 25 inch Sony television to the window shelf to the left of the Sony television, and I put the Digital Cable box back on top of the Sony television, so it is easier to operate with a direct line of sight with the remote controls. 

I threw out a bunch of old www.time.com magazines, which I did not have time to read.

I said hello to a Greenwich Housing Authority representative as I came back into the building.  I picked up the mail.  I have a survey form to fill out.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/08/10 Tuesday 1:00 P.M.  In the GreenwichTime printed version, there is this classified advertisement today under the Free Items, for a Free Very Heavy 35 inch Sony Trinitron Color Television, if one could move it from the third floor of a town house.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/08/10 Tuesday 12:15 P.M.  I reheated and ate the same linguine and tomato meat sauce with grated parmesan and Romano cheese meal with watered down punch and a cup of green tea with pure via sweetener and lemon juice.

I have noticed when I have visited Old Greenwich over the years, they use to promote a lot of different beers at the entrance of the Greenwich Food Mart.  On my visit yesterday, I noticed several of the shop windows are now filled with wine corks, so I guess Old Greenwich has become more upscale in their recreational beverage consumption.  I guess with all of those over worked people walking around Tod's Point, they need a little bit of relaxing alcoholic beverage after their days at the beach.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/08/10 Tuesday 11:15 A.M.  I woke up at 5 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown to the spectacular Greenwich Avenue area of town.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  While walking upper Greenwich Avenue, I stopped by CVS, and I bought a Lasko box CVS weekly sales circular offers coupons deals prices shop find a CVS/pharmacy drug store  for $14.99 and .90 tax for $15.89 total.  I got a $5 off $15 CVS coupon from the cash register receipt, so I bought a second Lasko fan for $14.99 less the $5 off coupon and .60 tax for $10.59 total.  I then skipped walking the final upper reaches of Greenwich Avenue, and I walked back down Greenwich Avenue carrying the two Lasko box fans back to the Audi.  I sat out for a while.  It seemed a little busier later in the morning with a few dog walkers out walking their dogs.  I then went by the Greenwich Library at opening, and I read the Greenwich Time and P.C. World Magazine.  The Greenwich Time owner the Hearst News Corporation is advertising for media sales people if you know anything about advertising.  I saw a funny looking helicopter flying over the Glenville area of town.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought buy one top round London Broil for $4.99 a pound get one free for $6.44 and the free one worth $6.04, a package of four yesterdays muffins for $2, 16 ounces of Smart Balance spread for $3.29, a 59 ounce carton of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $2.50, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.24 for $15.47 total.  I chatted with the former proprietor of the Chinese Laundry on Greenwich Avenue and Grigg street, and he told me he would not be opening up his business elsewhere.  He said the owners of the building are putting in the restaurant next door at his former location.  I guess that would be Meli Meli.  I then returned home.  I brought up my purchases, and I put the food away.  I put the two Lakso box fans behind the Sony television in the living room.  Since I run two of them all of the time in the hot weather, it does not hurt to have the two spare ones, in case I need them.

I was told by the French bike rider at Tod's Point yesterday that since the Atlantic Ocean is running out of fresh fish, they are now importing frozen seafood from China in Nantucket.   CIO   

Note: <888> 06/07/10 Monday 7:55 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I moved the Audi to its usual place.  I picked up the rest of the mail.

BBC News - Lasers could 'sense' vapours released by explosives

BBC News - Crocodiles 'surf' long distance on ocean currents

When I tried sleeping on the beach on the west side of Lanzarote back in February 1972, the stars all disappeared, and it became pitch black.  I felt like there was something else on the beach like a sea monster or something, and it made me nervous, so I worked my way back up the cliff, and I rode my Moped back into town.   Since Lanzarote lies at least a hundred miles off the coast of Africa I think, I thought it might have been some unknown sea monster, but there are large crocodiles in Africa that might have made their way over to Lanzarote who knows.  The article above sort of makes me wander. 

No reason to go to Northern Australia either.

BBC News - Adobe acknowledges critical security flaw in software

BBC News - Apple shows off redesigned iPhone

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Mostly sunny tomorrow and 52 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bill Clark is smart, and he spends a lot of time networking around town, when he is not in the Greenwich Library, but he frequently forgets that there are quite a few private people whom can afford to live in this quaint little town, who do not like being bothered by the more public people Greenwich Gossip .  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/07/10 Monday 6:10 P.M.  More Conversation: Bill Gates on Facebook - ABC News 

The Conversation: Lessons from Bill Gates' Father - ABC News

I chatted with a friend about the price of cotton in Alabama.

I went outside, and I waited for the mail.

The order with tracking at www.usps.com is "9101 1501 3471 1201 7967 68" for the order for Panasonic (CF-VDR291U) CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive - eBay (item 320539661359 end time Jun-03-10 18:55:40 PDT) for $40 and $10 shipping for $50 total arrived.

I took out the floppy drive from the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29, and I put it on the bookcase shelf behind the Toughbook, and I installed the Panasonic DVD drive.  It works just fine.  I ran the AT&T lens cleaning CD on it a few times to clean its lens.  I tested it with the Windows XP "Do Amazing Things" DVD, and it seems to work just fine.

Now that I have the Panasonic DVD drive with caddy, I can always replace the DVD drive with one of these replacements Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 items - Get great deals on CD-RW DVD Combo Drives, DVD-RW RW Drives items on eBay.com! which would fit into the caddy.  However, as long as it lasts, it is worth using the Original Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 DVD drive that I have, since it might be a tougher model that lasts longer than a regular DVD drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/07/10 Monday 4:10 P.M.  I went outside a couple of times, and I chatted with neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I chatted with a busy friend. 

I was shot at while walking out to the picnic area of the southwest park of Tod's Point here in Greenwich, Connecticut about 10 or 11 years ago during the last Thursday of May.  I told a number of people including the Greenwich Police.  There was a florescent orange target marker about 1.5 inches square nailed in with a galvanized nail at the base of a tree where the shot knocked the bark off the tree from the limb above me.  I also noticed that there were bullet holes in the no clamming signs in that area.  Today, when I mentioned it to the French biker, I mentioned there were no boats on the water then, and the land was two to five miles away on the opposite side, which is too long for a sniper shot.  The French biker said that Navy Seals can pop out of the water and shoot at their targets, which got me to thinking more about the unsolved incident.  That day earlier, I had chatted with a Doctor Palai from India who wore a black turban, when he was viewing the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  Perhaps, he was involved with henchmen that thought I was Warren Anderson from Union Carbide, and they wanted revenge for the Bhopal disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  That same day George W. Bush showed up on television here from Kennebunkport, Maine, so before he was President, he could have been campaigning in this area, and I was mistaken for him.  It was a colder day, so I was wearing my New Zealand brown leather bomber jacket with my green Australian bush hat, so I could have been mistaken for someone else.  I called up Donald Trump, and I told him; they might have thought I was him.  He lived in the waterfront in this area at the time.  Also at that time John F. Kennedy Junior was a regular jogger at Tod's Point, so they might have thought I was him.  There was also a Connecticut State Policeman from this area with the last named Major that died recently, and he had a bit of my look.  I have a bit of former Lieutenant Keegan's look of the Greenwich Police Department back then. Also that day, there was a lot of traffic of people coming from down south moving up north for the summer.  When I was coming back from Tod's Point, I saw a 1954 two tone  dark blue and light blue Ford station with a surf board on the roof with South Carolina license plates on it which I had seen in the area before.  As I was crossing the Indian Field Road bridge passing the Ford wagon, the driver waived at me.  At the time, I also looked a bit like William Clay Ford who was well photographed then.  Whatever, the case; the net result of the event is that no law enforcement agency ever interviewed me, and the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut just replaced the No Clamming signs with the bullet holes in them at Tod's Point.  When I just called up the www.fbi.gov in Bridgeport, Connecticut to remind them of the event, they just hung up on me midway through the telephone call.  It sort of makes me wander what the United States Government is doing with our taxes or even the local government, if all they do is cover up events that to them do not matter.  If that happened in Illinois, every state trooper for a hundred miles would be on alert.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/07/10 Monday 2:30 P.M.  I made up a batch of tomato meat sauce along with a box of linguine, and I ate one half with grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it along with watered down punch, and I refrigerated the other half.

I chatted with a relative.

When I was at the Greenwich, Connecticut Town Hall today, there was a large Swedish Flag flying along side the other flags, so today must be some sort of holiday.  It says here A Swedish American in Sweden: Moving to Sweden – Public Holidays , June 6th is the Swedish National Day.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/07/10 Monday 12:20 P.M.  I went out after the last note.  I threw out the garbage.  I went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Gulf Station, and I bought $9.01 of self service premium gasoline for $3.359 a gallon for 2.683 gallons for 30.3 miles driving since Sunday May 30, 2010 at odometer reading of 66043 miles for 11.293 miles per gallon driving mostly in local traffic.  I then cleaned the outside windows, and I checked the tires for 32 PSI all around.  I was told the station will be closing in two weeks.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  On the way up Greenwich Avenue, I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought a package of Vaquero light cigar cigarettes for $3.  I chatted with a local whom I had not seen in a while.  I tried one of the Vaquero cigar cigarettes, and I think my home made cigarettes taste better, but I guess they would solve a nicotine urge.  After I finished my walk of Greenwich Avenue, I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I then drove over to Old Greenwich.  I walked around the downtown area of Old Greenwich looking in the many shop windows.  It does not cost to park in Old Greenwich.  At that hour of the morning, only the bagel shop was opened.  A bagel with cream cheese costs $1.95, but I did not get one.  I used the ATM machine at the Chase Bank. I chatted with staff from Feinsod True Value hardware store.  I then got my hair cut very short at the The HairCut Place for $24 and a $6 tip, since I do not get my hair cut that often for $30 total.  I then used their bathroom.  I then stopped by CVS, and I got some change.  I then went to the Feinsod True Value Hardware store www.truevalue.com , and I bought a Peak 2.5 Million Candlepower Spotlight PKCOTN for $27.99 and $1.68 tax for $29.67 total.  I then drove out to Tod's Point.  I parked at the southwest parking area, and I chatted with a bike rider from France.  There was a fisherman there that was not having much luck.  I then used the bathroom at the southeast concession area.  I then returned back to central Greenwich, and I went by the Greenwich Town Hall.  I have a Senior Pass for Tod's Point, but I got this year's parking permit for free at the Greenwich Town Hall.  You need your automobile registration to get it.  I then went to downtown Greenwich, and I sat out briefly.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then returned home.   I used my Stanley scraper, and I removed the old beach parking sticker, and I put the new one in the driver's side lower window.  I read the instructions on the Peak Spotlight, and it says to charge it up the first time for 24 hours and then 15 hours after that at least every two months.  It lasts about 35 minutes of usage.  It says not to turn on the spotlight while charging since one can damage it.  It also comes with an automobile 12 volt adapter for charging.  I used an extension cord to connect it up for charging.  I have it sitting on the right middle side of the bedroom sideboard with its instructions and 12 volt adapter.  It should be fully charged by 11:30 A.M. tomorrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/07/10 Monday 5:00 A.M.  Sunny today and 52 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will go out for a walk.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/07/10 Monday 4:20 A.M.  I woke up at 3 P.M. after the last note.  I ate a Stouffer's 21 ounce meat lasagna with some watered down punch.  I watched some television.  I went back to bed until 3 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/06/10 Sunday 10:30 A.M.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with neighbors.  I watched some television.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/06/10 Sunday 8:30 A.M.  I ate a three egg omelet with ham and cheese and grated parmesan and Romano cheese along with two toasted English muffins with Smart Balance spread and watered down punch.

For a change instead of listening to the BBC, I am listening to UK AWAY FM local english radio station for Lanzarote & Fuerteventura .

Having been in Lanzarote for three in February 1972, I know a bit about how remote out in the middle of nowhere, it is.  Still the local expatriates seem to enjoy it.  I think they probably have some British wave surfer types whom go there. 

There use to be a bunch of hippies living on the northeast corner of the island which was still very active volcano wise with it gradually evolving out of the ocean.

There is no natural water on the island, so people have to be very conservative with water, and they only flush after number 2 and not number 1.

Rhone Dietrin might still remember English, if he is still living at the end of the airport runway with his mother. 

They are suppose to get 2.5 million tourists there a year. 

I will now shower and clean up.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/10 Sunday 7:05 A.M.  Tracking is http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?tracknumbers=02901001187079868393 on the order for SONOMA life + style Twill Cargo Shorts - Big and Tall in waist 46 inches in stone plus 10% off with promo code "NEW1840" for a $2 discount and .99 shipping for $18.98 total.  There might be a different promo code you have to search for now.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/10 Sunday 6:55 A.M.  If you are hot Lasko box fans are $14.99 at www.cvs.com in Greenwich, Connecticut and CVS weekly sales circular offers coupons deals prices shop find a CVS/pharmacy drug store .

Suppose to be rain here today Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground

Out of nowhere comes Drosselmeyer to win wide-open Belmont Stakes - GreenwichTime  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/10 Sunday 6:05 A.M.  I currently have 3.5 pounds of cigarette pipe tobacco and 14.5 cartons of tubes http://mikelouisscott.com/inventory.htm  which is enough to make 8.5 cartons of cigarettes, and I also have 2.2 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s, which works out to about 10.7 cartons of cigarettes along with another 1.5 cartons of cigarettes already made which works out to about 12.2 cartons of cigarettes.  Figuring I smoke two packs of cigarettes a day divided into 122 packages, it works out to 61 days of cigarettes which works out that I have enough tobacco to take me well into July 2010 and possibly into August 2010, and also I smoke less when I am in Kennebunkport, Maine, so possibly I do not really need to order anymore tobacco for a while, unless I do not feel like making my own cigarettes while I am in Kennebunkport, Maine.  However, it would be something to do on a rainy day up there, if it rained; but recently this spring, we have not been getting much rain.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/10 Sunday 5:45 A.M.  S. 1147: PACT Act (GovTrack.us) and Read The Bill: S. 1147 - GovTrack.us .

According to this pipe tobacco is not included in the PACT Act Attention: PACT Act / Tobacco Shipping Changes Details Here : Rollyourown.com, One Stop RYO Tobacco Shop

Filtered cigars are not included in the Pact Act.

They are available here Filtered Cigars : Rollyourown.com, One Stop RYO Tobacco Shop ships via UPS.

Cigars (Page 1 of 3) | OrderSmokesDirect.com - Your online source for discount tobacco

Cigars from Black & Mild, Golden Harvest, Dean's, Prime Time and Swisher Sweets.: American RYO .

I have not tried the filtered cigar cigarettes, so I do not know how they taste.  However, when I travel up to Kennebunkport, Maine for vacation, I need enough tobacco, and I might not have the time to make my own.  I will wait a day or two to see what I might order in the way of filtered cigar cigarettes.

I am thinking about Smokin Joes cigars lights 100s in a soft pack available here Cigars (Page 2 of 3) | OrderSmokesDirect.com - Your online source for discount tobacco , but they ship via U.S. Mail, which might be a problem in the future.

It could cost $139.90 for ten cartons and $25.43 shipping for $165.33 total or $16.54 per carton.

five pounds of Peters Stokkebye Norwegian Pipe Tobacco (ounces) would be $94.25 and 13 cartons of Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) would be $37.70 for $131.95 with free shipping for enough to make 12.5 cartons of cigarettes or $10.56 a carton figuring 2.5 cartons per pound of tobacco.

Thus there is a considerable savings of about $6 a carton in making one's own cigarettes.  However, while up in Kennebunkport, Maine, I might want to spend less time making cigarettes, and enjoying my vacation with my family.  Considering it take close to 3 hours to make a carton of cigarettes, one is saving $2 an hour when making one's own cigarettes.  However, I think the cigarettes I make myself are probably better tasting that the filtered cigars.  I might try to buy a package of filtered cigars downtown today at Zen stationary to see what they taste like.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/06/10 Sunday 3:30 A.M.  I woke up at 2 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.  CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/05/10: 

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 3:05 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up the mail.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  Tomorrow scattered thunderstorms and wind and 54 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit.  When I went out just a little while ago, my arthritis kicked in.  When I go from cold to hot or the reverse, it tends to happen.  After I send out my notes, I will shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 2:05 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate the same dinner as yesterday, but I ate two 6 ounce pork medallions.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 11:55 A.M.  Today only Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $49.99 with promo code "EMCYTYZ44" with free shipping.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 11:40 A.M.  For the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 laptop, the right side wireless antenna cover that I ordered here Search Results for test DFKE0739YA-0 and Cover at PartStore.com for $5.95 and $7.95 shipping for $13.90 total and .84 tax for $14.74 total, it has been back ordered.

Tracking at www.usps.com is "9101 1501 3471 1201 7967 68" for the order for Panasonic (CF-VDR291U) CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive - eBay (item 320539661359 end time Jun-03-10 18:55:40 PDT) for $40 and $10 shipping for $50 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 11:15 A.M.  I chatted with a friend.  I made 122 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Norwegian shag pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com .  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Sunday 8:45 A.M.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with neighbors.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 8:25 A.M.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle salt and vinegar potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.

I cleaned the Ionic Pro air purifier.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 7:35 A.M.  Tutu charms parishioners at Christ Church centennial - GreenwichTime

My www.cl-p.com electricity bill that was posted today for the usage in May 2010 was $182.40 for 30 days with 997 kWh or an average of 33.23 kWh with an average temperature of 63 degrees Fahrenheit.

For May 2009, it was $211.20 for 31 days with 1090 kWh or an average of 35.15 kWh per day with an average temperature of 60.1 degrees Fahrenheit.

I finished the backups of the Dell Latitude D410 laptop computers.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 6:15 A.M.  Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration February 6, 2011

Greenwich Land Trust

Greenwich Land Trust | Upcoming Events

Microsoft plans gigantic Patch Tuesday next week

BBC Sport - Horse Racing - Epsom Derby 2010: Runners and riders

BBC News - SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket enjoys successful maiden flight

BBC News - £2bn offshore windfarm to go ahead off north Wales

BBC News - Bletchley Park WWII archive to go online  CIO

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Saturday 5:40 A.M.  I put away the laundry.  On the Dell Latitude D410 laptop computers, there seems to be a problem with booting with Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 wireless sending unit plugged into the rear USB port, so I plugged it into the left side USB port, and there is no problem. 

I installed the updates on them, and I am doing Windows XP Professional Automatic System Recovery backups to the Samba External Hard Drive of both computers right now.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/05/10 Sunday 4:10 A.M.  I woke up at 1 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put clean linens on my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 25 minutes to go the dry cycle.

I uninstalled the Logitech Wireless Mice and drivers from my Dell Latitude D410 laptop computers, and I installed the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mice 3000 and their drivers.  I put the Logitech wireless mice in zip lock bags, and I put them in the spare computer parts bag underneath the chair beneath the stereo system.  CIO

The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for two Microsoft - Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 - Slate - BX3-00008 for $9.99 each and $10.98 shipping and $1.86 tax for $32.82 total had arrived.

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 3:25 P.M.  I went outside, and I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I chatted with a friend.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Scattered thunderstorms tomorrow and 66 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 2:45 P.M.  The two five splitters are being sent to me lot of 3 Phone Jack Telephone 5 Outlet Splitter - eBay (item 400086283279 end time Jun-16-10 09:53:41 PDT) arrived.  I put them in the right bedroom night stand with the other telephone parts.

The order of LOT OF 3 ADULT KNIT BEANIE SKI HATS CAPS CUFFED OSFA - eBay (item 360267706145 end time Jun-06-10 09:55:51 PDT) for $6.75 with free shipping arrived.  They fit fine.  I left them on the oak dining table.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 2:15 P.M.  BBC News - BP begins to funnel off leaking Gulf of Mexico oil

BBC News - Object that hit Jupiter may have been an asteroid

BBC News - Easyjet to trial volcanic ash detection system  CIO

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 1:55 P.M.  I ate a sautéed 6 ounce pork medallion with my usual vegetable mixture along with watered down punch and a cup of green tea with truvia and lemon juice.  I sautéed the pork with Wesson oil, but I am still using olive oil on the vegetables.  I put some of the Wesson oil in a plastic squeeze bottle with a cork on top of it.  The Wesson oil is lighter than the olive oil. 

I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants, and I put some Schultz liquid plant food in the water.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 11:55 A.M.  I have two other laptop cases that I put on the floor underneath the Samsung color laser printer on the oak dining table.  One of them is big enough to hold the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 and its accessories.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 11:15 A.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor about the price of tea in China.

When I use to own this car Michael Scott 1992 Buick Roadmaster Station Wagon ,  I had more room to move stuff.  However, I do not move much stuff anymore.

I do not go to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop anymore, since they opened their new shop across from the Hamilton Avenue school, they are mostly women's dresses and a few household items, but they no longer carry electronics which is mostly what I use to buy there.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 10:50 A.M.  I walked around the building when I went out earlier.  New Country Audi of Greenwich CT | Westchester and Fairfield County Audi dealer serving Stamford wants $169 to change the 1998 Audi A6 owned by Michael Scott brake fluid.

I have one and a half bottles of Final Detail | Auto Detailing Wax | Car Interior Detailing spray car wax.  One of these days, if we ever get a cooler overcast day, I could spend $8 to get the car washed across the street, and it only takes about a half hour to wax the car with the Final Detail car wax spray.  You apply it like furniture polish, you do not need to have to work to buff it.  I was so busy recently with the windows installation and rearranging the apartment and computers, that a lot of the other seasonal activities that I do, I have not been able to do.

I am leaving on Thursday June 24, 2010 for a week to two week vacation with family in Kennebunkport, Maine, so sooner or later I have to get more ready for that.  I also should probably get a short hair cut about two weeks before I leave, so I have that more "Conservative Old Guard" look that is very common in the more rural parts of New England.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 10:00 A.M.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.  Yesterday, the service light came on my Audi at just over 66,000 miles.  I looked at the service manual, and it said the fluids should be checked which they have done recently, but it also said the brake fluid should be changed every two years regardless of the mileage used.  I will have it done, when I am up in Maine this summer.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 8:10 A.M.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle salt and vinegar potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I will now make up another batch of punch.  I will then shower and clean up and throw out the garbage.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 6:20 A.M.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup of the primary Vista computer to the Roswell external hard drive.  I read the last four issues of Maximum PC.

I chatted with a friend who changed his wireless telephone service in East Fairfield Beach, Connecticut from www.att.com to www.verizon.com .  Supposedly Verizon has much better reception.

One useful connection I have in my neighborhood in Byram, Greenwich, Connecticut for those people whom go to www.nantucket.net in the summer or go up to Vermont skiing in the winter or other similar areas is that there is www.jeep.com dealership across the street from JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE CITY | New Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep dealership in Greenwich, CT 06830 which might come in handy for those environmentalists whom like driving vehicles on environmentally sensitive beaches in such areas as Nantucket.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/04/10 Friday 3:40 A.M.  I woke up at 1 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 7:00 P.M.  I ate a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance spread and some watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Mostly sunny on Friday and 66 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 5:40 P.M.  I went out after the last note, and I went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  After my 3 P.M. appointment, I returned home.  I picked up my mail.  I then went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Havemeyer Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I then returned home.  I chatted with neighbors.  It was not very busy downtown today, and I made four trips downtown, so I guess the Obama recession has slowed down the local downtown business activity in this area.  Of course, we get the commuter traffic on our roads, which makes it seem busier, but when one is in the commercial areas, it is not very busy.  I was thinking in case we ever get many travelers in this area, possibly they should open an American Express office on Greenwich Avenue in case any of the traveling public every shows up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 2:00 P.M.  I chatted with the relative again.  Apparently the relative is without internet access and Cable TV, since a storm last night.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer and head out to my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 1:35 P.M.  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 1:05 P.M.  Thunderstorms likely later this afternoon and tonight - GreenwichTime .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 1:00 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayo, and 1/4th of a 6.3 ounce tube of Pringle salt and vinegar potato chips, and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch. 

I chatted with a friend.  The Sport of Kings is happening locally this weekend Belmont Stakes | 2010 Belmont Stakes Betting .  I do not know anything about horses, but you could check with New York Racing Association - Belmont Park

Locally here this weekend for the Horseless Carriage Trade, we have Greenwich Concours d ' Elegance .

However, for the individuals with summer heat fatigue, you might look at National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary .

Nobody seems to know when the Greenwich, Connecticut public schools get out this year, but they are suppose to be opened later in the season, since they had a lot of bad weather days this year.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 11:30 A.M.  I went out after the last note.  I went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue, and I used their ATM machine.  Their front door still does not have locks.  I then sat out downtown for a while.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I walked up to the Greenwich Hardware store, but they do not open until 8 P.M..  I tried to used the bathroom at Starbucks again, but they were busy.  I then went by the Stop and Shop at 7 A.M., when they opened.

I bought a six pack of day old Kaiser rolls for $1.25, two 8 packs of Stop and Shop hot dog buns for $1 each, a dozen Eggland extra large eggs expire June 29, 2010 for $3.29, a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $3, deli sliced Land-O-Lakes white American cheese for $5.99 a pound for $9.13, deli sliced Stop and Shop premium Virginia ham for $4.99 a pound for $7.71, a 38 ounce bag of Eight O'clock French Roast coffee beans for $11.99, two 12 ounce generic honeys for $2.49 each, two quart jars of Vlassic kosher dill pickles for $2.50 each, a 40 pack box of Pure Via sweetener for $2.49, two 48 ounce containers of Quaker Old Fashioned oats for $4.99 each, two Stop and Shop 64 ounce grape juice for $2.69 each, two Stop and Shop 64 ounce cranberry juice for $3 each, buy one get one free of Nathan bun size beef franks for $5.29 both, a three pack of boneless pork medallions for $3.59 a pound for $3.94, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.94, broccoli crowns for $1.99 a pound for $2.43, and a five pound bag of red potatoes for $3.99 for $100.77 total.

I then returned home, and I used my cart that I brought with me to bring up the groceries.  I then put them away.  I then went back out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I then went back out, and I went by Christ Church Neighbor to Neighbor.  I chatted with the custodian whom I have met, and I gave him a telephone number of a mutual friend.  I gave them the smaller size pants that I had brought with me.

I then went downtown, and I went by CVS. I picked up a prescription, and I bought a 48 ounce bottle of Wesson oil for $2.49, and I also used the bathroom there. I then I went further downtown, and the parking at the senior and the arts center is no longer available in front, but one has to park on the north side of the building or along Havemeyer Place along side the Wachovia Bank and the Town Hall Annex.  I sat out for a while downtown.  I walked back up to the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a 6 volt Duracell Lantern battery for $4.29 and .26 tax for $4.55 total.  I then sat out for a while.  I chatted with a local painter.  I then returned home.  I put the new Duracell Lantern battery in my larger yellow lantern.  I took the one from that I put it in the yellow Ever Ready lantern that had a worn out battery.  Thus all three lanterns on the hallway bookcases have good batteries.

The Greenwich Hardware store http://www.greenwichhardwareandhome.com/ is not an Ace Hardware store, but it is a www.truevalue.com hardware store.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 6:00 A.M.  I will shut down the primary Vista computer now.  I will then go by the Chase ATM machine just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I will then sit out downtown for a while until the Stop and Shop opens at 7 A.M..  I will get my first of the month groceries, and then I will return home and put the groceries away.  I went then go by the A&P Fresh, and then I will go by Neighbor to Neighbor at Christ Church to donate the pants, and then I will go by CVS.  I will then probably return home after that.  I am throwing out three old eggs.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 5:15 A.M.  I am cooking a 16 ounce Maria Callendar chicken pot pie, which I will eat with a glass of watered down punch.

I will go out at 6:30 A.M. this morning.  I will go by the Chase ATM machine at the Chase Bank on West Putnam Avenue just west of Greenwich Avenue, and then by the Stop and Shop at 7 A.M., when it opens to get my first of the month groceries.  I will then go by CVS.  I will then return home, and I will put away my groceries.  I might then go out and donated the pants to Neighbor to Neighbor, and then return home or kill some time downtown.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon, so it will be a busy day.  There is a chance of thunder showers this afternoon.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 4:55 A.M.   Osprey nest on Greenwich Harbor draws the lens of budding filmmaker - GreenwichTime  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 4:15 A.M.  Prince Harry New York Visit  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 4:10 A.M.  Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

Monsanto Moves Up On Goldman Upgrade - Forbes.com

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for two Microsoft - Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 - Slate - BX3-00008 for $9.99 each and $10.98 shipping and $1.86 tax for $32.82 total.

The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) | Union Geodesique et Geophysique Internationale (UGGI)

Objectives and Organization of IUGG, the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics | Union Geodesique et Geophysique Internationale

IAVCEI -How to become a member of IAVCEI

WOVO.org | Wovo.org

Le blog de bigben

A Taste of Scotland - what’s in the pantry?

Elizabeth II (queen of United Kingdom) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

BBC News - George W Bush joins social networking giant Facebook

BBC News - Volunteers to begin Mars500 isolation

BBC News - Huge order for Iridium spacecraft

BBC News - What will a hurricane do to the oil spill?  CIO

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 3:20 A.M.  I ordered SONOMA life + style Twill Cargo Shorts - Big and Tall in waist 46 inches in stone plus 10% off with promo code "NEW1840" for a $2 discount and .99 shipping for $18.98 total.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 2:45 A.M.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage which included an old Water Pik and some old coat hangers.  I also put the pants which are waist 30 inches to waist 40 inches and length of 30 inches in the back of the Audi.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/03/10 Thursday 2:00 A.M.  I went through all the pants in the right side of my bedroom closet.  The ones that are waist 42 inches, 44 inches, and 46 inches which are about a third of them that still fit me are now on the right side of the bedroom closet.  I also have a few pairs of new kahkis and oxford shirts that fit me that I put in the left living room closet for a more formal event later in June 2010.  All of the pants that are waist 40 inches that no longer fit me which are about another third, I put in the bottom two drawers on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom in case I manage to lose weight sometime in the future.  The other third of the pants which are waist 30 to 38 inches I have in a stack, and I will put them in the back of the Audi to donate later on today to Greenwich Food Pantry :: Neighbor to Neighbor .  They open at 8:30 A.M. this morning.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.  ThankW.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 11:40 P.M.  I woke up at 9:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow on Thursday.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 1:35 P.M.  I went outside briefly.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a relative.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer.

I will eat a four day old muffin and a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance Spread and watered down punch.

Isolated thunderstorms tomorrow and 64 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 1:00 P.M.  It does not mention it in the manual, but if one looks at this page Replacing Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Optical Drive - iFixit , there is a latch cover on the bottom of the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29, and when one slides it open, there is a latch for removing the floppy or optical drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 12:35 P.M.  For the Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 laptop, I bought Panasonic (CF-VDR291U) CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive - eBay (item 320539661359 end time Jun-03-10 18:55:40 PDT) for $40 and $10 shipping for $50 total.

The building custodian arrived with the windows shade person, and they measured my new windows for shades.  I sat outside briefly.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 9:35 A.M.  I cleared out various items and straightened out the right bedroom night stand, the mahogany bureau in the bedroom, the living room desk, the living room closets, and the bedroom closet.  I also threw out 12 old bottles of Kennebunkport beer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 7:10 A.M.  I ate two hotdogs on buns with mustard and ketchup, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of Pringles salt and vinegar potato chips with a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.

I threw out the garbage, and I said "Good Morning" to a couple of neighbors.

I think I will stay in today and do some maintenance around the apartment.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 6:25 A.M.  I have two good batteries in two lanterns, so I do not really need a third battery for the third lantern.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 6:10 A.M.  I started using my spare change purse for quarters, since I lost my other one recently.

I just bought two tan Leather Zipper Change Purse - Leather Coin Purse - eBay (item 250540260767 end time Jun-28-10 13:58:17 PDT) for $4.59 each and $2.58 shipping for $11.76 total. 

Yesterday, I changed the wall calendars to June 2010.

I need one of these from the Greenwich Hardware store Rayovac® 6 Volt Alkaline Maximum Plus Lantern Battery (806) - Lantern / Farm Batteries - Ace Hardware for $7.49.  Hopefully, since they are an ACE Hardware store, it will not be more expensive.

They might have this at the Greenwich Hardware store Peak® Candle Power Spotlight (PKC0TM) - Standard Flashlights - Ace Hardware for $26.99

or one could order this 2 Million Candlepower Rechargeable SpotLight Spot Light - eBay (item 250540396649 end time Jun-28-10 19:29:44 PDT) for $19.99 with free shipping, but I really do not need a rechargable spotlight.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 5:00 A.M.  Infrasound Laboratory

BBC News - Artefacts hint at earliest Neanderthals in Britain  CIO

Note: <888> 06/02/10 Wednesday 4:30 A.M.  I chatted with a relative after the last note, and then I went to bed.  I woke up at 12:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I made 149 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Norwegian shag pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com .  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/01/10 Tuesday 5:40 P.M.  I also ate a Kaiser roll with some watered down punch.

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

Partly cloudy tomorrow and 65 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.

CIO stands for "Chief Information Officer"

Note: <888> 06/01/10 Tuesday 4:55 P.M.  I went out after the last note.  I went by the Greenwich Library, and it seemed busy as usual.  A regular patron was not there.  I was going to give the regular patron a copy of the Bing Crosby Christmas songs, since he collects Bing Crosby recordings.  Perhaps he went back to England with the old government.  I went by the Chase Bank just west of Greenwich Avenue on West Putnam Avenue.  I told them their front door locks were missing, but they had not noticed the fact.  They said the previous tenant Harvey's Electronics took the locks, since they owned them.  I then went to my 3 P.M. meeting.  I next returned home.  I noticed a cigarette smoker in front of the Sleepys 50% OFF Sale! - Sleepys behind the Stop and Shop, so I am not the only cigarette smoker left in town.  I then returned home.  I chatted with neighbors.  I picked up my mail. 

I paid my www.verizon.com bill.  Another group is going to pay my www.cablevision.com Digital Television, Optimum Voice, and Optimum Boost and www.cl-p.com electricity bills this month to reimburse me for the air conditioner. 

I will now eat a three day old muffin.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/01/10 Tuesday 1:40 P.M.  I ate two hotdogs on buns with mustard and ketchup, and 1/4th of a 5.3 ounce tube of CVS  potato chips with a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go downtown early for my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO   

Note: <888> 06/01/10 Tuesday 1:05 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I chatted with the town social worker paying her weekly visit.  The Greenwich Housing Authority meeting at 2 P.M. has been cancelled.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/01/10 Tuesday 11:55 A.M.  BP Tries Again to Capture Oil With a Dome - NYTimes.com

BBC News - Early American colonists 'were hit by severe drought'

BBC News - Egypt: Lost ancient Memphis tomb rediscovered

BBC News - In graphics: Supercomputing superpowers  CIO

Note: <888> 06/01/10 Tuesday 11:15 A.M.  I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% mixture of fruit juice punch and cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with truvia and milk.  I chatted with a friend.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I listened to some music while surfing the internet.

For the two Dell Latitude D410 laptop computers, I bought two Microsoft - Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 - Slate - BX3-00008 for $9.99 each and $10.98 shipping and $1.86 tax for $32.82 total.

I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went outside, and I threw away the garbage.  I chatted with neighbors.  They are testing the building alarm system.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon.  CIO