Note:<888> 07/31/07 Tuesday 10:45 P.M..  Volcano shoots ash up to three miles away - CNN.com .  I guess it is all right to smoke a cigarette in the area.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/31/07 Tuesday 10:35 P.M..  I tried some system tweaks.  The copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Contact Manager installed the SQL server which automatically starts up with Vista, so from System Management, I disabled it automatically starting up.  Also with System Mechanic 7 installed, one has to close it out to open the Manage item from Computer.  I also disabled the Norton Internet Security 7.0 firewall, and I enabled the Vista Firewall with Inbound traffic blocked, and no exceptions.  Possibly that might make my Vista computer more secure from hacking.   Who knows, I a'int the Microsoft Wiz kid down the street.  To see how much energy we still use at night, be sure to look at NexSat, NRL/NPOESS Next-Generation Weather Satellite Demonstration Project .  I hope it is all not used for watching Simpson cartoons at night.   I don't think Crate Lake looks like this now http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/CRATER1.gif or http://mikelouisscott.com/CRATER1.gif .  Maybe it would be a good place to get bottled water from.  Well, not much happening in this neck of the woods.  At midnight here on August 1, 2007, all of the so called big shots get their vacations through labor day, so the town pretty much is left to a group of local gypsies who can not afford to get away.  Of course some people work during the summer, so they can vacation during the colder period of the year, but because of school, the family types usually vacation in the summer.  Without the SQL server running, the Vista computer is a bit faster.  I was asked by my appointment today, where I would like to live if I could afford to live anywhere I could chose, I told them Marbella, Spain Marbella.com or Maui ALOHA FROM MAUI.  CIO          

Note:<888> 07/31/07 Tuesday 8:35 P.M..  I microwaved and ate a 10 ounce Boston Market Chicken with mesquite sauce dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with two relatives.  At this point, it does not look like I will be going back up to Maine this summer.   I will thus pay my bills tomorrow morning when funds are available.   The computer rebooted from a hacker again.  There is not much I can do about it.  Of course I have a wide network of computer friends and associates, so maybe one of them will do something about it.  You can not be involved in computers for over 40 years without knowing one or two people.  CIO 

Note:<888> 07/31/07 Tuesday 7:15 P.M..  I rested until noon, when I had a telephone call from a relative.  I got a telephone call from the New Haven, Connecticut branch of the www.fbi.gov branch of government, and I told them about the hacking problems I have been having with my computer systems.  They told me there was nothing they could do unless I had specific proof, and I filed charges with the Connecticut State Attorney General.  Since I now use Norton Internet Security 7, I can not get the IP addresses of hackers unlike in earlier versions.  Even if I had an IP address most long time users on the internet know IP addresses can be faked or hidden.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a one third mixture or orange juice, one third of grape juice, and a one third mixture of cranberry juice with certo and vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar. I washed the breakfast dishes.   I showered, and I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went to the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went to my usual appointment which is now every two weeks at 3 P.M. on Tuesdays.  I then sat out for while in front of the senior center.   At Zen stationary, I bought a Super Match 3 scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read Popular Mechanics and P.C. Magazine.  I then returned home.  I called up about a TV Guide sweepstakes promotion, but I declined to buy anything.  I had a call from a relative in Maine that my other relative in Maine is doing just fine.  I installed a couple of Vista updates.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/31/07 Tuesday 4:45 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will rest a while.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/31/07 Tuesday 4:30 A.M..  I subscribed to the Wall Street & Technology, Free Wall Street & Technology Magazine Subscription

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Note:<888> 07/31/07 Tuesday 2:50 A.M..  After the last note, I installed the Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007 Ready Reference discount software on the primary Vista and Epox computers.  I also installed the QuickTime updates.  Three of the other disks play off the CD, and the fourth DK Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe does not install or work properly.  I left the three CD programs on the wicker rack in between the two coffee table computer monitors.  I put the other two in on the CD shelf in the white bookcase in the bedroom.   I then made and ate the same meal as the last three nights.  I then took a nap until a short time ago.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/30/07 Monday 9:20 P.M..  I woke up this morning at 2:30 A.M..  I watched some of Frank Nicholson's documentary about Greenwich and the fourth ward on television.   I then ate a toasted bagel with olive oil and grape and cranberry juice.  I then went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I also toured the office park plaza at the Greenwich train station, and I sat out at their outdoor tables.  I chatted with a Metro North Railroad inspector inspecting the tracks.  He is said it was not safe to wait for a bus at the Stamford train station in the early morning hours.  I noticed during my walk, they still have a Port-O-Potty at the top of Greenwich Avenue left over from the repointing of the brick on the top of Greenwich Avenue on the west side.  The headlines today are about the proposed development at Vinci Drive where I live Open space challenged in Byram - Greenwich Time .  The Metro North inspector has a new www.gm.com truck, and he told me that G.M. recommends against using ethanol in it the fuel in its vehicles, but I do not think that is an option around here.  I drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with one of the most regular fishermen.  He told me the striped bass were still running. I then returned home.  I fell asleep in my recliner with the white poncho over me, and at 9 A.M., I had a computer magazine telephone call.  At noon a friend called and then I completed the same computer magazine telephone survey when they also called again.  At about 3:30 A.M. another computer magazine survey called up.  It is a bit different sleeping in the Ethan Allen recliner, but some days, one does not feel like opening up the bed.  I got up at 4 A.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a one third mixture or orange juice, one third of grape juice, and a one third mixture of cranberry juice with certo and vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.  I fell back asleep on the floor with the same poncho over me.  I guess I was tired.  I woke up at 7:30 A.M..  I put the Connecticut state title for the 1992 Buick Roadmaster wagon in the paper holder in the glove box of the Buick to have available in case I ever travel, and I need it to change ownership in an emergency.  I put a new duffle bag in the rear lower cargo area, in case I need to remove the items stored there if I travel.  I put the Test Code analyzer in the rear driver's compartment to have available in the car.  I put the mechanics manual in the rear passenger's side map holder.    I chatted with some neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  The $15 Crucial memory rebate check arrived.  I also received the order for the Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007 Ready Reference discount software for free, DK Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe discount software for free, Wonders of Science discount software for free, Wonders of the Ancient World discount software for free, plus for ordering four items, I got Zane's Encyclopedia on the Oceans for free with $5.99 shipping each on the first four items for $23.96 total.  I will put the Encyclopedia Britannica 2007 on the primary Vista computer, and I will put all of them on the Epox computer which has lots or hard drive space available.   I do not need the others on the Vista computer.  I chatted with my relative in Maine, and my relative in the hospital has a small stress fracture from physical therapy, so my relative may be transferring to another hospital for physical therapy, and my other relative will be staying up there, and thus I might not be going up to Maine later on this week.  I have to wait and hear about any developments on my relative's health condition.  I went back outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO      

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Note:<888> 07/29/07 Sunday 9:00 P.M.. I made and ate the same dinner as last night.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/29/07 Sunday 8:00 P.M..  I chatted with some friends from Sea Island Resort Official Site- Luxury Golf and Spa Resort (888) 732-4752 , so my local Branch of the Bermuda Yacht Club besides being networked with the local Greenwich, Connecticut waterfront, also has contacts elsewhere.  I did use to cover the shore line from Bowdon, Maine down to Key West Florida and from Sea Diego to Fort Bragg, California, so I have some contacts along the waterfront still.  Also I have experience around the waterfront in Europe and Lake Michigan, but I can not sail or swim just dog paddle.  I've also visited Lake Geneva in both Illinois and Switzerland.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 07/29/07 Sunday 7:10 P.M..  My relative in Maine called up that my other relative in Maine is doing fine and should be out of the local hospital tomorrow.  I am going to drive up to Kennebunkport, Maine in the Buick Wagon on this Friday morning, and I will stay there at least a week or however long my relative wants me to stay.  The Buick wagon is in very good shape for the trip, but I can not do anything about the price of fuel.  It will be handy to have a car up there, and it is more convenient than taking the train which is more expensive.  I got up at 2:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a one third mixture or orange juice, one third of grape juice, and a one third mixture of cranberry juice with certo and vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up, and I went downtown to CVS where I picked up a prescription.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS again during my walk.  I then returned home, and I chatted with my relative.  I ordered from OrderSmokesDirect.com - Buy Cheap Cigarettes On-Line four cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $12.49 a carton and $7.99 USPS shipping for $57.95 total.  I will now do some regular computer work.  I have to get back on a daytime schedule to go up to Maine.  I will pay my bills after I return from Maine, so I have some spare travel funds in case of emergency.  My www.geico.com automobile insurance policy is paid up in full, and I do not have another payment until October 2007.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/29/07 Sunday 5:55 A.M..  Using the $30 off coupon "W89089103" linked from www.slickdeals.net , I bought ShopNBC.com - Invicta Men's Swiss Gold 10 Collection Bracelet Watch in silvertone for $59.98 less $30 coupon for $29.98 with free shipping.  Its retail value is $275.  CIO

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Note:<888> 07/29/07 Sunday 4:30 A.M..  If you really think we need the 20 inch LCD monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009108 for an Acer 20 inch LCD monitor $179.99 with free shipping from www.newegg.com , I could charge it, but I would rather not distress my sick relative whom worries about such things.  North American Aerospace Defense Command Commander expresses concerns, acknowledges improvements .  CIO  

Note:<888> 07/29/07 Sunday 4:05 A.M..  The reason I know that about the Round Hill Club is that one of my old girl friend's grandmother owned the Morgan Stanley Investment Bank Company, and somebody I met here in Greenwich, Connecticut that use to volunteer at the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift shop had a husband now diseased whom used to be the President of the Morgan Stanley Investment Bank Company that happened to rent 40 floors of the World Trade Center, before it was terrorized.  Thus she told me that Billy Baldwin did not paint the handsome field stone exterior of the Round Hill Club in pink and green, he decorated the Club Room at the Round Hill Club in pink and green which were the traditional colors of Queen's Victoria's tropical room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wright.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/29/07 Sunday 3:40 A.M..  Dinner was delicious as usual.  When I was a house guest of http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm for part of the time from the fall of 1973 when Boodles in Greenwich fired me until about the spring of 1975, when I started camping out at Conyers Farm trying to get use to the country again, Fred Von Mierers had quite a large collection of friends.  Since he had lived with the Krump family of Germany, the Shah of Iran's family and the Staltonstahl family from Massachusetts when they were Richard Nixon's ambassador to Spain, he knew quite a few other people from other countries.  With his Iranian connections, he might have known other people in the Middle East whom today might have oil wealth, but it seems most of that group when they came to the United States of America found New York City too cold on a Four Seasons basis, so they settled in the Las Angeles, California area I guess that is where the J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum is, so there must be some spare change out there in the wood work, if you get my drift.  Since there are other people in this area in the summer whom can not take the colder weather in the colder months, I try not to monopolize too much of the downtown area, when they enjoy being here.  They are not necessarily rich, they can simply afford to travel into this area and stay here for the warmer months.  Many families have been coming to this area for the warmer season for generations, so a great many of them have seen me here many times over the years.  I always enjoy seeing new members of the younger generation when they arrive into this area, because they seem to enjoy it for more of what it is and than what it is not.  Last Wednesday night there were about 300 youth downtown age 15 to 25, so I guess they are keeping a closer eye on the downtown area, when the older generation can not afford to travel downtown.  Whatever, the case, more of them seem to be walking recently with the higher prices of fuel.  One should respect bicycle riders, since more of us might be riding them more of the time sometime in the near future.  The Dutch people in the Netherlands have a long tradition of riding bicycles since their country was very flat unlike the small hills in this area.  Since there is the possibility that I might be traveling back up to Maine in the near future, I can not afford to make anymore random purchases.  I will make my standard bill payments this Wednesday on the first of the month, and I will also have to order my cigarettes.  Since my monetary activity has been a little higher recently, I have to make sure I do not exceed its current level.  Basically I have certain fixed expenses that I have to meet in maintaining and running my normal routine around the apartment in my regular lifestyle activity, so I can not afford to make anymore expenses on the computer operations that I currently run.  Since because of the higher prices of energy for gasoline and for electricity, I will also have to be able to afford to pay for those higher prices.  Thus when the Energy Rebate comes around mid October, and I pay off my current credit debt, I will have to use any spare funds and any Christmas gifts to meet the higher energy needs.   Since the U.S. Government does not seem to understand what inflation is in terms of paying individuals more on the fixed income of Supplemental Security Income, more than likely things will not get any better, and I will be spending more time around the apartment.  That does not bother me, since I enjoy working on the internet and writing my web log.  I think the rich people use to employ Billy Baldwin because he was very tiny and cleaver, and he gave them value for their investments Amazon.com: Billy Baldwin Decorates: Books: Billy Baldwin.   I know he decorated the Round Hill Club in pink and green, and that is the most exclusive club in Greenwich, Connecticut, so obviously the old guard liked his taste in design. CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 07/29/07:

Note:<888> 07/29/07 Sunday 1:35 A.M..  I did some bottom fishing on the internet.  There are none that I can afford.  This item seems reasonable http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009108 for an Acer 20 inch LCD monitor $179.99 with free shipping.  Also there is this  available with $20 off coupon code "46745" at check Cheapstingybargains.com: Dell Coupons, Dell Coupon Codes, HP Coupons, Deals, Bargains for http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/jump.php?m=staples&id=183644 for $140 with free shipping.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will them make the same sautéed burger and onions and steamed vegetables meal with flavored rice and iced tea that I have been eating recently.  CIO  

Note:<888> 07/28/07 Saturday 11:55 P.M..  After I went to bed after the last message, I was called up around 6:45 A.M. this past morning that my relative in Maine could not get out of bed, so my relative called 911 to wake up the other relatives in the house, and my relative was taken to a local hospital for tests.  My other relative then called back at 8 A.M. saying I should come up to Maine, since my other relative had to return home.  I explained that I was tired after being up all night, so I would not be able to travel right away.  I then went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I was left a message on my answering machine at 11 A.M. that my relative was all right, and my relative was just having tests, and that my other relative would be staying up there for another week.  I left a message.  I chatted with another relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a one third mixture or orange juice, one third of grape juice, and a one third mixture of cranberry juice with certo and vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.  I then went back to bed until 8 P.M..  I left another message with my relative.  I chatted with a friend for a while.  I chatted with another relative.  I then washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I finally chatted with another relative in Maine, and that relative told me that my relative in the hospital would be having tests and probably returning home tomorrow.  My other relative would be staying there for another week, so they will not need me to come up and visit.  Thus I do not know whether I will be returning to visit up in Maine again this summer or not.  It said on my outside weather station at 4 P.M. that it was 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the sun above the black roof outside my window, so I think it was hot today.  I chatted with www.cablevision.com technical support for Optimum Online, since when I was chatting with Optimum Voice, I could hear a low beeping sound like a low call waiting sound.  I asked them if that signal interference could be what is causing my internet connections problems that cause my Vista computer to reboot occasionally.  They listened, but they did not tell me anything.  They said I should email mailto:abuse@cv.net , but I have emailed them before, and they never respond.  I then threw out some garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I ate the last piece of cheese cake and a toasted bagel with olive oil.  I disabled a few startup programs on the Vista computer, so it starts faster.  CIO    

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I went through my email.  It seems that I technically could leave earlier, if I went up to Maine, since I have the funds to make it there on the Bus, but I am currently not on a day schedule.  Plus I am pretty much now caught up with having been away for two weeks, and if I were to go up there, I would have to catch up again.  As far as I know there is not much happening around here to keep me here.  However, I am a bit tired, so I would like to get some rest before I might possibly travel. Since I only was there three weeks ago, I feel it is not necessary for me to return so soon.  I generally prefer it when it is not too busy up there, and currently with all of the people on vacation up there, it might be busy, but when I wake up later today, I will confer with my relative again.  At www.greyhound.com , it says there are three buses this Sunday going from Stamford, Connecticut to Portland, Maine, with one even leaving at 6:20 A.M., another at 1:20 P.M., and one at 11:20 P.M. all arriving about 8 hours later, but I would have to arrive at a time that my relative could pick me up, which would be either at the first or the last.  However, my relative is older, and might want to drive up to Portland, Maine from Kennebunkport, Maine.  Of course on Sunday, www.amtrak.com has a more user friendly schedule, where I could arrive nearby in Wells, Maine at about $85 one way trip, but there is a late train arriving at 1:08 A.M. for only $68.  However, the return fare is $105.  I guess more people want to go south for some odd reason.  On Sunday morning, I could leave the Stamford train station at 4:04 A.M. and be in Wells, Maine at 11:18 A.M..  I have the $85 fare, but one can not book online, since it is too close to departure.  If I returned on Monday August 6, there is a $68 fare from Wells, Maine at 8:40 A.M. in the morning.  Thus there are options opened, but currently I am a little to tired to think about it.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I ate another piece of cheese cake earlier.  I just noticed the early bus has only a 15 minute tranfer time in Hartford to get one's bag off the bus and on to the other bus.  The later buses have four hour waits in Boston to transfer, and they take the shore line.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/28/07 Saturday 1:00 A.M..  One month until Jimmy Eldert's birthday.  I think if he was 18 years old in 1973, he was born on August 28, 1955, so he would be on the way to his 53rd birthday, but knowing something about healthcare and living in warmer weather, he tends to look younger, unless he has changed his look for one of his many acting roles.  He is basically a B actor, but who knows he might be more popular in other movie or theatre locations in other parts of the world.   I reheated and made the same dinner as the last five nights.  I chatted with a relative, who thinks I could get by with a pair of khaki pants, but I explained that the wool pants were the same price as khaki pants.  Of course in the British Commonwealth of Nations, they have quite a few sheep which produce wool besides the warmer countries that produce cotton, so I guess it is six of one half dozen of another in the Commonwealth.  Nobody seems to be interested in contacting the Bermuda Yacht Club outside of Bermuda, since I do not know how to sail or swim or drink alcohol.  However, I dare say with all of the money piled up in Bermuda that if there is any tropical storm activity in the future http://mikelouisscott.com/weather.htm or http://geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm , we might see a few of their residents coming back our way in their private jets to revisit their former hideaways in this area.  Rich people tend to go where their money is safest, and they tend not to lose track of it or what they own, so more than likely the can afford accurate weather forecasts also.  I finished installing System Mechanic 7 on the Epox computer, and I ran its programs to tweak the system.  I did a Vista Server 2008 beta 3 Complete PC backup of both the Vista and XP partitions on the FIC server to the second hard drive.  On both the FIC server and the Epox computers I am doing a Windows XP Professional ASR backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive to change any recent system changes.  On the Epox computer, I will then do a Vista Server 2008 Complete PC backup of both the Vista and XP partitions from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  If I have time and space, I can also do ASR backups of them to the external hard drives, but is not really necessary, since the only changes in my current backups are the System Mechanic installations on the system, and if I needed to restore the systems from the external hard drives, I could always install System Mechanic on them again.  It is basically six of one half dozen of another.  At this point I prefer to keep my two new install and configuration backups of Vista on the primary computer to the two different external hard drives, since I feel it is more important to have clean installations instead of ones that might have been tampered with in the last couple of weeks on the current Vista system.  I also did a Vista Complete PC backup on the primary computer from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  The first thing they teach people in computers, if you should ever buy one is "GIGO", which is short for Garbage In, Garbage Out, which means the computer only knows what it is programmed with.  The second thing they teach you is Backup, Backup, Backup.  Thus any computer person worth his salt would know these two primary activities which take quite a bit of time, and versus someone that can simply afford to buy one.  Most computer activity is a repetitive amount of maintenance tasks, much like one would go through it one drove a car frequently.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/27/07 Friday 10:15 P.M..  I guess my eyes are not too sharp after looking at personal computers for the last 19 years.  I thought the System Mechanic web site was www.lolo.com , but it is www.iolo.com .  I bought the $50 version of System Mechanic 7 for $9.95 with the PNY promotion that came with the PNY video card.  It is good for three computers.  I have installed and run it on the Vista computer and the FIC server.  I ran its programs to tweak my computers.  I also have installed it on the Epox computer, but I have to still run its program on it.  I chatted with www.cablevision.com about having my primary Vista Computer hacked.  I gave them a bit of information that will lead to them catching the individuals.  When the computer LAN cable leading from the Cable Modem to the D-Link router is disconnected the computer does not crash, which is pretty much comprehensive proof that I am being hacked.  I indicated to the Cablevision people that it is my theory that it could be someone locally in our building or part of our neighborhood Cablevision network that might be causing the problem.  They indicated to me they have their ways of finding out, so maybe they will take it from there.  Since legally I am still classified as a United States Government Department of Defense contractor after having worked in research laboratories, more than likely the various powers that be in the United States Government are also looking into it, but they never give anyone feedback as to what they find out.  From what I know once the government finds out whom they are, they start to follow their trail of contacts and associates to find out what their motives might be.  Since over 40 million people work for the United States Government in various capacities, more than likely their is no shortage of personnel, so sooner or later they will sort it all out.  I ate a piece of cheese cake.  Earlier the order from www.macys.com in waist 42 inches and length 30 inches Macy*s - Men's - Louis Raphael Double Pleated Wool Dress Pant in rope color for $26.24 and in the same size in sand color Macy*s - Men's - Polo Ralph Lauren "Prospect" Pant for $24.99 and $9.95 shipping for $61.18 total that contained the Louis Raphael pants arrived today UPS: Tracking Information .  They look and fit just fine.  I cut off the tags, and I hung them on a hanger in the left living room closet with my new suit jackets.  Thus I can also dress a little bit formally if the occasion ever calls for it.  Of course computer people are usually known for looking like slobs, but in my younger years, I knew some of the top fashion people in Manhattan, so I know a little bit about traditional men's fashion, unlike the group of local deck hands in this area.  I chatted with my relative in Maine, and I probably will not be going up to visit now, but I might visit later after Labor Day.  Of  course the matter is still open for change.  I could always park my car at the Stamford Train station for about $7 a day the last time I use it, and take the bus from their.  CIO    

Note:<888> 07/27/07 Friday 4:35 P.M..  I woke up at around 2 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a one third mixture or orange juice, one third of grape juice, and a one third mixture of cranberry juice with certo and vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I chatted with a friend and a relative and a local security organization.  I watered the plants.  I threw out the garbage along with the recent periodical literature.   I also had a computer magazine telephone call, but they did not call back.  It is hot outside, so I will stay inside by the air conditioner and work on the computer.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I installed the recent Vista updates.  I was told by a friend yesterday that the Striped Bass are now running in Long Island sound which would be about 7 weeks later than normal, so we are definitely having a cooler summer, which might mean a cooler winter.  I was told by a relative on the West Coast of the United States of America that Monterey Bay is full of Giant Squid eight feet in diameter, and the local fishermen are having to wrestle with them to bring them in.  Apparently the Spanish and the Mexicans like eating them for Calamaris, which is sliced squid like rubber bands and fried like onions rings in olive oil.  Yesterday I also chatted with the Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and I told them it is finally warm up here, and more than likely next winter they would make lots of money with the colder winter weather up north.  CIO  

Note:<888> 07/27/07 Friday 5:15 A.M..  On the order from www.macys.com in waist 42 inches and length 30 inches Macy*s - Men's - Louis Raphael Double Pleated Wool Dress Pant in rope color for $26.24 and in the same size in sand color Macy*s - Men's - Polo Ralph Lauren "Prospect" Pant for $24.99 and $9.95 shipping for $61.18 total.  The Louis Raphael pants have shipped and will arrive later today UPS: Tracking Information .  I will go through my email later on today, when I wake up.

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

Note:<888> 07/27/07 Friday 4:45 A.M..  After the last note, I made and ate the same meal as the last three nights.  I also ate a toasted bagel with olive oil.  I chatted with two relatives during the mid evening.  About 8 P.M., my FIC server running XP Professional was hacked.  I tried figuring out the problem.  The Vista Server 2008 beta 3 partition still worked.  I complained to a local security organization that I am suppose to call, when I am hacked, but they don't care anymore in New Haven, Connecticut, because they have bigger fish to fry.  I chatted with the Cablevision Optimum Online tech person for a while, and I told him what I know, and he just thinks it is another one of those computer spiders out there.  I finally restored the Visa Server 2008 beta 3 backup made on May 1, 2007, and the XP partition was also in the backup, so after a few minor configuration changes and updates, the FIC XP Professional Server is up and running again. The two different server partitions never really change, so it is easier to restore the backups.  I tried for a while to install the old Siemens router as a second router off the D-Link router, so I could have two different DMZ IP addresses, but I could not get it to go online running it off another router.  It is rather queer that the only thing I had done earlier today was email David Foster at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club about my web site, and suddenly for the first time in several months the FIC server is hacked.  Of course it might be just circumstance of the season, when a lot of the regulars are away on vacation, and we seem to get a lot of strangers in the area visiting the area.  Needless to say, the local security people might know more, but they never give one anyone any feedback to help figure out the problem.  I also ate two pieces of cheese cake.  From what I know in the old days, hacking computers was taken seriously, but today with so many people using them, the various computer security organizations can not be bothered with home users.   Well, it was another lost work day.  I will now go through my email.  My relative in Kennebunkport, Maine wants me to come up and visit this Saturday for 10 days, but I can not afford to go up there until the following Wednesday August 1, 2007, when I would have funds available, and then I would only stay a week.  It was suggested that I take a bus.  I could take a Dog www.greyhound.com for $85 round trip.  There is one a day that leaves Stamford, Connecticut at 6:20 A.M. on August 1, 2007 arriving in Portland, Maine at 2:15 P.M..   However, according to the mta.info | Metro-North Railroad Schedules , there is only a train from Greenwich, Connecticut to Stamford at 2:42 A.M. in the morning arriving at 3:11 A.M., and the next train is not until 6:26 A.M. after the bus has left.  Thus I would have to spend three hours at the Stamford, Connecticut train station in the early morning hours.  Also I believe the Greenwich taxi cabs quit running at about 1 A.M., so I would to spend some time at the Greenwich train station.  I would like to go up there, but I will have to chat some more with my relative about it.  I assume my relative would be able to pick me up in Portland, Maine.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/26/07 Thursday 5:05 P.M..  I woke up at 11 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a one third mixture or orange juice, one third of grape juice, and a one third mixture of cranberry juice with certo and vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I went outside briefly, and I picked up my mail.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I wore one of my new summer sports jackets.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment on Thursday.  I then went by the Arnold Bread Outlet, and I bought a 24 ounce Entenmann's pineapple cheese cake for $2.25, two six packs of Thomas' oatmeal and honey bagels for $1.79 a six pack for $5.83 total.  I now have $2.12 left on my Cell Phones and Cell Phone Plans from AT&T, formerly Cingular Wireless Visa $20 rebate card on the Motorola Go phone.  I then returned home, and I will spend a quiet late afternoon and evening by the air conditioner on a warm day.  CIO     

Note:<888> 07/26/07 Thursday 4:35 A.M..  I registered the www.pny.com video card and the memory I bought this past February 22, 2007, so they will covered under warranty.  I put the receipts for the registration with the other computer information receipts in the Christmas packing folder in the file holder on the bedroom desk.  I downloaded the PNY video driver from the PNY site to see if it is different than the Nividia driver, but it is the same.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Earlier, I ate three scoops of Dulche de Leche ice cream.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/26/07 Thursday 3:15 A.M..  I reset Internet Explorer to its defaults.  I disabled the ActiveX add ins that looked suspicious from unrecognized vendors.  It a'int that hard to do.  This communications war started many years ago in Decatur, Alabama with the younger brother of a friend and fellow cub scout Billy Ellis.  His younger brother Jimmy Ellis was confused about communications, so I showed him how you could take a thread about a yard long, and thread it into the center bottom of two Dixie cups on either end knotting the ends of the thread inside the Dixie cups and holding the tight, and you could communicate with the thread and the Dixie cups.  Dixie cups are made in Champaign, Illinois, and the Hemminway family sell thread.  Of course at that point, I had already toured the Decatur, Alabama telephone exchange with my local grade school class.  I think Jimmy Ellis went on to run Offut Air Force base Offutt Air Force Base for NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command , and he is on the board of directors of Level 3 communications Level 3 Communications .  Having run Offut Air Force base, he more than likely knows how to fly a plane.  Unfortunately a great deal of aviation today is dependant upon electronics working properly, so more than likely his grease monkey skills would only work on the older more dependable aircraft which depended on more reliable hydraulics which are much more expensive and complicated to maintain.  If I have computer problems all of the time with the latest equipment and software, do you really think I would feel secure "Flying By Wire", or flying in an airplane or jet run by a computer.  My associates have enough spare funds that we have a lot of the old reliable B-52s B-52 Stratofortress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia available which have eight engines and are more reliable, and it is rather odd that the Old Guard types like Lindbergh still know how to fly and maintain them.  If the United States Government when I visited Washington D.C. last in 1990 was still using late 1960s Chrysler station wagons for taxis, because they have distributor points instead of electronic ignition, more than likely they are still using the B-52s in areas that are not easily observed, if you get my drift.  Next time you see a picture of Charles Lindbergh in an apartment, remember besides crossing the Atlantic at a young age, by age 40, he was a Four Star Air Force General.  I think we should put Jimmy Ellis back in Young's Bicycle shop up in Nantucket to see if the Wright Brothers have any better ideas.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/26/07 Thursday 2:25 A.M..  I had a promotion offer from www.pny.com with the Nvidia video card to download and purchase  Registry Mechanic 7 for $9.95 instead of $49.95.  However, when I logged onto the offer page, and I was just about ready to purchase the item, my Vista computer crashed.  Then when I rebooted, the Registry Mechanic web site www.lolo.com was hacked, I placed a copy of the hacked page at http://mikelouisscott.com/lolo-hack.htm .  I chatted with a couple of computer security organizations.  CIO   

Note:<888> 07/26/07 Thursday 12:45 A.M..  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a couple of staff members about computers, and I checked on their internet system to make sure my web site worked off of it.  I went by the ATM machine at the Chase Bank on Mason Street, but my AT&T Visa $20 rebate card would not work for a $20 withdrawal, since they charge $1.50 for a $20 withdrawal, which is more than is on the card.  I then went by CVS, and I bought from the 50% clearance shelf, a 200 foot spool of nylon twine for .99 and .06 tax for $1.05 off the AT&T Visa Rebate card.  I put the spool of Nylon twine in the passenger's side front door pocket to have available in the car.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station.  I chatted with a couple of regular Avenue regulars.  I sat out at various locations.  Not much going on downtown.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and it was a full house of people lingering and fishing down there.   I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Service Center Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $11 of self service premium unleaded gasoline at $3.699 a gallon for 2.973 gallons driving 32.8 miles since last Thursday with a current odometer reading of 114,523.5 miles.  I averaged 11.0326 miles per gallon driving with the trips to the Hartsdale, New York Best Buy www.bestbuy.com  and a trip  to downtown Greenwich this evening.  I thus have $7.95 left on the AT&T Wireless Visa Rebate Card.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.35, and Chiquita bananas  at .54 a pound for $1.56 for $6.90 total.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor doing laundry.  I put away my purchases.  I will now do a little bit of regular internet work.  I saw one yuppie downtown dressed Bermuda Yacht Club style, but he looked like he had enough.  On the northside just off Greenwich Avenue on Lewis street where the Papery is in the Society building, there is an office chair and a 19 inch Viewsonic CRT monitor available that someone has disposed of.  I don't know if it works, but they usually do, since people get rid of them for LCD monitors.  CIO  

Note:<888> 07/25/07 Wednesday 7:15 P.M..  I reheated and ate the same meal as the last three nights.   Basically, I do not know much about the history of Bermuda.  It was discovered by Juan Bermudez a Spanish pirate, and it now part of the Commonwealth of Nations as a Sovereign Territory, so therefore the Commonwealth of Nations would defend it, although it is a tiny island nation.  It used to belong to the British, so the British probably still yield a considerable amount of economic influence there.  What looks like a rat on the tiny Bermuda flag http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_bermuda.gif  is actually a Red Lion on the large Bermuda flag, a sign of British Heraldry of Nobility.  Whether there are actually lions on Bermuda currently or historically is opened to debate, but like all island nations, it tends to have skinny people, so like in Ethiopia, the lions would not bother the skinny people anyway, since there is not much to eat off their bones.  Since Bermuda has Duty Free liquor, the locals and tourists tend to drink quite their fair share of it.  High tea is traditionally thrown at 4 P.M. in Bermuda, since that is when tourists tend to be ready after having waken up and had breakfast and done their daily routines before they start their partying festivities like on a cruise ship.  Of course possibly in Bermuda, if you don't pay the help for all of their work, they might feed you to the lions or cast you adrift.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go out for an evening stroll.   CIO

Note:<888> 07/25/07 Wednesday 6:05 P.M..  I updated my primary Vista computer pictures on http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm .  CIO 

Note:<888> 07/25/07 Wednesday 5:30 P.M..  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea. 

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Note:<888> 07/25/07 Wednesday 4:00 P.M..  High Tea in Bermuda time.  I did another Vista Complete P.C. backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive before going to bed this morning.  I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a one third mixture or orange juice, one third of grape juice, and a one third mixture of cranberry juice with certo and vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.  I washed the breakfast dishes.   I went outside briefly.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I put clean linens on my bed.  I did two loads of laundry.  I chatted with neighbors while doing laundry.  I finished sewing up the pink and white bolster that I bought a few years ago at Christmas Time from the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift shop for $10.  They currently are away on their summer vacation.   That reminds me, when I first started using personal computers 19 years ago, Jimmy Bolster ran a BBS out of Old Greenwich on Astronomy, so a lot of this night time observation was to do with out local astronomy club.  With the higher prices of fuel, the night sky around here is a lot clearer recently.  I recall hearing that Jimmy Bolster ended up the observatory in Argentina.  I have not looked too much at astronomy web sites, since I have been focused on the systems parts of computers, which takes quite a bit of time.  I am making up a batch of Formula Two http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I put away my laundry.  I chatted with a relative.  Since I am a bit in debt, I could pay my Service Contract for the next year on my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control by September 12, 2007 in three payments of $36.05 over the year, which might be easier for me to handle.  With the higher prices of key commodities going up without my income going up, I am pretty much tapped out.  The good news is I got my $20 rebate on my AT&T wireless telephone on a Visa Card that I have to activate over the internet.  One uses it like a regular Visa of Debit card, but one is limited to $20 in expense amount.  I will now go through my email.  CIO     

Note:<888> 07/25/07 Wednesday 12:50 A.M..  Microsoft releases initial code for IronRuby | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

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Note:<888> 07/24/07 Tuesday 11:55 P.M..  Dinner was enjoyable as usual.  I usually do not eat lunch, because I do not have enough time in my day for lunch.  I move the small Swiss, Swedish, and Bermuda flags from the front dining table Epson printer stand to on top of the flat surface of the large Dell 20 inch monitor on the Vista computer.  I am also using the flat stand on the Logitech web cam.   I will now go through my email.   CIO 

Note:<888> 07/24/07 Tuesday 10:30 P.M..  I woke up at 10 A.M. today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a one third mixture or orange juice, one third of grape juice, and a one third mixture of cranberry juice with certo and vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I started sewing up the bed bolster that is ripped on the end.  This will take a bit of time.  About 3 P.M., UPS: Tracking Information on the order for the Nvidia one Newegg.com - PNY VCGFX522PPB GeForce FX 5200 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI Video Card - Retail for $59.99 plus $5.84 UPS 1 day delivery less 1.1% discount of .66 plus $2.99 Rush Order Fee, less $2.99 Preferred Account fee for $65.17 total arrived.   The new video card would not work with the ATI Radeon 9600 ATX video card in the primary Vista computer, so I switch the Nvidia Geforce 6200 out of the FIC server, and I put the ATI video card in the server.  The primary Vista computer recognized both Nvidia cards.  I installed the drivers and software on both computers.  I also put the Sterling X2 modem in the FIC server.  I connected up the U.S. Robotics external X2 modem to the Vista computer.  It is behind the lower left LCD monitor.  For security reasons, I have not connected the telephone line to either modem.  They are just for backup.  Since the two Nvidia cards are capable of powering four monitors all together.  I raised the left LCD monitor with four large books on the left monitor shelf.  I moved the center LCD monitor to the table beneath the left LCD monitor on the shelf.  I move the 20 inch Dell CRT monitor to the center of the shelf, which I did first, so its weight would balance the shelf.  The upper left LCD monitor is the 2nd monitor connected to the Nvidia AGP card with the icons and gadgets.  The lower left first monitor is for web publishing or email.  The center Dell 20 inch monitor is for web browsing, and the far right monitor is for web browsing or media playing.  Of course one could vary them depending on their preferences.   This all took some time.  Thus I would say, if one is going to try three or four monitors with Vista, one should use the AGP and PCI video cards with the same chipset of Nvidia or ATI.  I have not tried two ATI video cards.  I moved the Dell Sony 19 inch monitor from the Northgate computer to the Epox computer.  I moved the Dell 19 inch monitor from the bedroom window to the Northgate Syntax computer.  I did a complete P.C. Backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive on the four monitor Vista computer.  I cleaned up my work area.  I still have to finish sewing up the bolster.   I will now make and eat the same dinner as the last two nights.  CIO       

Note:<888> 07/24/07 Tuesday 1:55 A.M..  This might explain the cooler weather this summer up north Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report .  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed.  Have a good morning.  I ate two scoops of Dulche de Leche ice cream.   When I went to the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, I saw a lot of Marmot jackets, so I thought they were a French or European jacket.  I see them all of the time in Greenwich, Connecticut, particularly on cold days on weekends. .::outdoortraders: outdoor sports equipment, gear, clothing and supplies in Greenwich, CT. Outdoor Traders, outfitters for life sells them, but this time of year, they might have sale prices.  The Greenwich Avenue merchants have not given me any financial assistance for walking Greenwich Avenue regularly for 24 years, particularly at night.  It is just an enjoyable exercise walk, when I can not afford to drive to Tod's Point for a walk around the Point.  Although I occasionally sit down for a cigarette, I spend most of my time walking Greenwich Avenue, as one local walker found out to his exhaustion.  Of course after walking a lot more miles per day in Manhattan, Nantucket, and Key West, I consider Greenwich Avenue a short walk.  Of course the golf courses in back country are a bit longer.  Biggest building I was ever in probably was Versailles.  I never visited the Pentagon.  When you have spent as much time outside walking as I have, any building seems small.   CIO    

Note:<888> 07/24/07 Tuesday 1:35 A.M..  I registered the Needle Jacket Overview | marmot.com at www.marmot.com .  It was Marmot Needle Jacket - Insulated Waterproof (For Men) - Save 60% or marmot.com or Needle Jacket Overview | marmot.com as a clearance item for $120 with 20% discount for $96 and $10 UPS ground shipping for $106 total, which is a significant savings.   It says in the fine print that to wear www.marmot.com clothing, one has to climb an ice glacier, which I do not plan to do so anytime in the near future.   However, the Marmot line of clothing was started at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and I ounce climbed the rock ledge there behind the vegetarian cafe in 1979.   I also climbed a Red Wood tree there.  I climbed the back side of a mountain in New Hampshire in the summer around 1970, and there was a burned out discothèque at the top.  I climbed the back side of Caesar's Head near Greenville, South Carolina without snow in the winter of 1976.  I hiked the Appalachian trail for a few days in late April 1978.  I have also walked regularly most of my life.   However, if we get cold weather on Greenwich Avenue in the upcoming winters, I should be comfortably dressed in the Needle Jacket.  I know what threading the needle is all about in Ice Climbing, and I do not plan to do it.  Jimmy Eldert went to the University of California at Santa Cruz, so maybe he hiked around Yosemite.  I once climbed the water tower in Nantucket with him, and I thought he was sort of nuts, when he asked me what you happen it we jumped off.  I climbed down after that, and I did not bother climbing with him again.  I moved the Red Marmot jacket to the left living room closet, so it is not so stuffed in with all of my other winter jackets.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/24/07 Tuesday 12:05 A.M..  President's Radio address tell you some things that you might not know http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070721.a.mp3 at Welcome to the White House .  The last time I was down in Washington D.C. was around 1990 http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/msdc90.jpg when former President Bush known now as Prisoner Number 41 was in office, and it was a cold winter's day around zero degrees Fahrenheit the night before, and as I recall the then President was visiting Argentina, so they were cleaning the public rooms in the White House, so only about half the rooms were opened on display and the furniture was removed and the carpets taken up in some of the larger rooms.  It is not really that large of a house compared to other houses that I have seen.  It would look more tropical if painted pink with green trim, but then it would not be known as the White House.  I recall the large gold ornate Steinway piano in the lobby as I exited.  What is strange is that the pictures in the media look different than the place that I visited.   It seemed it was rather dark and dreary like a museum half way through renovation.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 11:20 P.M..  www.kenradio.com in Korea.  He talked about the next Microsoft operating system "Seven" .  He has come a long way, since the days of www.bestbuy.com in Chicago, Illinois. 

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Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 10:05 P.M..  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for the Nvidia one Newegg.com - PNY VCGFX522PPB GeForce FX 5200 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI Video Card - Retail for $59.99 plus $5.84 UPS 1 day delivery less 1.1% discount of .66 plus $2.99 Rush Order Fee, less $2.99 Preferred Account fee for $65.17 total.  I will thus have to be here tomorrow afternoon to receive it.  CIO  

Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 9:55 P.M..  I chatted with a relative who does not like me going into debt on my Chase Visa Credit card.  However, it is the nature of Greenwich, Connecticut that the locals downtown in the daytime tend to be image conscious.  Since I volunteer in a professional capacity, I guess it does not hurt me to put forth a more professional appearance, when I am out in the general public.  However, it will not effect my regular spending habits, since my income more than likely will remain the same for the indefinite future.  I currently weigh 191 pounds, so my current wardrobe should last me for the indefinite future for walking around downtown and stopping by thrift shops and the Greenwich Library and the local grocery stores and the www.exxon.com  gasoline station or whatever my simple routines take me.  More than likely the rich people whom do not feel the need to dress up can afford to dress down.  For years, I wore a yellow Gortex windbreaker that I bought for $3 from the First Presbyterian Church tag sale and blue jeans, and the fashion crowd got tired of looking at me, since I looked like I had just stepped off of an aircraft carrier flight deck.  Now, I will look more like the absent minded professor.  Of course some of the last schools I use to walk around are all the way out west back in Manhattan, and I have had more time to do my home work out here, instead of just walking around the academic neighborhoods of Manhattan.  I have not bought a new sports jacket, since I was in college, which was many moons ago, but I have bought sports jackets in thrift shops, but alas at my current size 46 regular dress jacket, there does not seem to be much available at reasonable prices in our local thrift shops.  Since older heavier people tend to hang on to their vintage clothing, until the move down south and retire or head off for the Pearly Gates.  Sports jacket are handy, since they tend to have multiple pockets for sun glasses, eye glasses, car keys, pens, cell phones, or whatever else a man might need to carry with him.  Of course at the high price of dry cleaning around here, I will not be paying to dry clean my clothes, but I have a steam machine I could steam them with every year or so.  We have a lot of Asian visitors in our downtown area, and they tend to be very fashion aware of the established Western image that we projected in our Hollywood Film reels for so many years. However, I can not afford go Pub Crawling or dining or other leisure activities, so I will just be maintaining my public image which tends to be very public, since I tend to have the ability to walk a lot, which a few people are beginning to learn how to do more with the higher prices of fuel.  Since I do not live in a tropical area, I reflect the fashion trends in my Native New York New England area, and not those of the summer Palm Beach crowd.   CIO 

Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 8:55 P.M..  I ordered from www.macys.com in waist 42 inches and length 30 inches Macy*s - Men's - Louis Raphael Double Pleated Wool Dress Pant in rope color for $26.24 and in the same size in sand color Macy*s - Men's - Polo Ralph Lauren "Prospect" Pant for $24.99 and $9.95 shipping for $61.18 total.  The Polo pants might take a couple of months to ship.  I now have $1,172.16 debt on my Chase Visa Credit Card, and I owe $1,237.33 credit debt altogether.   Hopefully, I will be able to pay it off by the first of the year.  CIO  

Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 7:55 P.M..  The jackets arrived.  I use a small pair of scissors from the medicine cabinet to cut of the labels, tags, and open up the pockets on the two double breast jackets.  I hung the red Marmot jacket in the right living closet.  I hung the three new dress jackets in the left living room closets.  They are fit quite well.  Alas I don't need any more pants, but if I could afford them they are on sale here Macy*s - Men's - CLEARANCE - Pants .  I reheated and ate the same dinner as last night.  I watched a little bit of television.  I will now do some regular computer work.  Since I am not very much attuned to U.S.A. politics, I stick to what I know in terms of personal computers and modest cooking and house keeping expertise and other Mickey Mouse maintenance.  Usually during the warmer weather in New England, it is best to spend a bit of time depending on what one can afford to get ready for the much longer colder seasons of the year.  CIO 

Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 5:45 P.M..  I did some tweaking around the apartment.  I said hello to a neighbor.  BBC NEWS | UK | Residents braced for more floods .

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Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 4:40 P.M..   Lava Flows East Of Pu'u O'o For First Time In 15 Years - News Story - KITV Honolulu .  CIO

Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 4:10 P.M..  Well George Cary grew up with Bobby Goodyear, if you ever need better winter tires, since in East Aurora, New York, more than likely they get some severe winter conditions.  Also, George Gordon Cary's grandfather Jay Coogan looked a little bit like Jay Paul Getty, but he kept his hand cut stone Victorian manor house in Gladstone, New Jersey in the winter at about 45 degrees Fahrenheit, but he had a large collection of four in hand carriages, if you know how to take care of carriage horses.  Of course the Budweiser Clysdales, once showed up in Key West, Florida.  Yeh, I think it is going to be a colder winter.  Thus we have to keep this place, which I call the Buffalo Road House in operation.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 3:50 P.M..  During a let up in the rain, I dried off the lower left and the lower right sides of the rear window of the Buick wagon with paper towels, and I put the Bermuda oval on the lower left or driver's side and the United Kingdom on the lower right or passenger's side of the rear window of the Buick wagon, so the diplomatic symbols of recognition are installed on the 1992 Buick Roadmaster station wagon Michael Scott 1992 Buick Roadmaster Station Wagon.  I could mount the two little Bermuda flags in the rear side windows, but they might fade in the sun.  Of course, I could have bought a Saudi Arabian oval to help pay for the gasoline, but currently, the North Sea oil will probably keep the old jalopy going for a while.  Of course in Bermuda, they have little golf cart type cars with pink and white canopies, but they would not be practical around here during the colder months of the year.  I put the two spare oval decals in the drawer in the Lindbergh radio in the bedroom.  CIO

Note:<888> 07/23/07 Monday 3:15 P.M..  Since the Bermuda flag seems to have a little bit of orange in its red color, it matches with the center living room orange curtain, so I moved it from the left living room closet to hanging from the orange center living room curtain above the G.E. air conditioner.  Thus the left living closet door is more easily opened without moving the flag, so one can get at colder weather clothing.  I also moved the small 3 inch by 5 inch Bermuda flag from on top of the Epox computer monitor to on top of the Northgate computer monitor, so one is less likely to impale oneself on it, when moving around the brass and glass coffee table computer work area.  Bermuda is a tiny island nation, which is part of the Commonwealth of Nations, and besides suing the state of Texas for calling red onions, Bermuda onions, some of its income is derived from the second largest Reinsurance Business in the world.  They also are home to 50,000 off shore tax free companies.  They also have a tourist industry, which many people enjoy.   We have some expatriate residents from Bermuda in this area, so more than likely they know something more about it.  You can not buy property in Bermuda, but you have to inherit it.  Bermuda became famous when one of Queen Victoria's daughters married a wealthy Canadian, and the winters were so cold in Canada, she chose to live in Bermuda.  When I went to the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, one could buy Bermuda driver's licenses and draft cards for $5 a pair, which were handy for identification in the New York bars, when one was under the 18 year old drinking age.  When I stayed in Bermuda for three weeks in the spring of 1968, I stayed at the Glyndon Guest house, with three other Taft classmates and four prep school students from the Middlesex school in Concorde, Massachusetts for the first two weeks and the last week we shared the guest house with four students from the University of North Carolina.  We threw a High Tea gathering every day at 4 P.M. with several hundred guests.   We use to go the Rugby matches and drink Heineken beer on the side lines, and I recall eating a lot of ham and cheese sandwiches.  For dinner, the girls who stayed at the Elbo