Note:<888>7/14/99 Wednesday 9:05 P.M. EDT: I went to bed about 10:30 A.M. this morning. I heard the NOAA weather radio weekly Wednesday morning test go off at 11:14 A.M., so the device recieved the test signal. I slept until 5 P.M.. I had breakfast of Kelloggs raisin bran with extra GU raisins, toast, orange and grapefruit juice, vitamins, and coffee. I chatted with a friend this morning. I also chatted with a family member this evening. I went out about 7 P.M., and I watered the plants in front of the building for about an hour and a half. I have a hose in the car trunk, with a spray nozzle, and handle for the spigot in the glove compartment along with a bucket for dumping water where the hose won't reach. However, I can not leave them out for other tenants to use to water, since I was advised that somebody would probably run off with them. Anyway I gave the plants and grass in front of the building a good dosing. I came inside, and I updated Windows 98 Update with three new files. I guess I will relax a bit, and go out in a little while after I clean up. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>7/14/99 Wednesday 9:55 A.M. EDT: I did a little internet surfing. I went back out at about 6 A.M., and I drove down by the waterfront and view the picturesque Long Island Sound. I saw two plumes of black smoke coming from across Long Island sound, it looked like the Russian consulate was burning their papers or the consulate was on fire. However it could have been a cabin cruiser on fire. The view from Steamboat Road was blocked by Island Beach, so it is hard to tell what the fire was about, but it was out within a half hour. I chatted with a few locals. Apparently the State of Connecticut game warden was down there yesterday afternoon. The state limits one's catch of blue fish to ten, and they strictly enforce it. I chatted with another resident whom was taking pictures of the waterfront with an electronic camera made by Cannon. I told him I gave up taking pictures, after I saw the Duke of Windsor walking into the Waldorf Towers two years after he was supposedly dead, so, so much for photo journalism. Nobody seems to know where the Ali Khan lives, but last rumoured he was a Swiss citizen, so look in Switzerland. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop, and it was business as usual. I returned home and had ice tea and cookies. For a birds eye of the pier on Steamboat Road try Microsoft TerraServer Full Resolution Image Page Steamboat Road area , for the Golf Cottage Microsoft TerraServer Full Resolution Image Page Golf Cottage , Microsoft TerraServer Image Page Local Airport , Microsoft TerraServer Full Resolution Image Page Neighborhood of Old Run Down Homes . On a lighter note, I studied CANNABIS.COM® - Cannabis, Marijuana, and Hemp Information and found out there is some controversy. Apparently the British are sentencing people to 25 years in jail for Cannabis pocession, however in 1997 Canada legalized Cannabis production, so I guess a lot of Canadians are in jail in the U.K. or a lot of British hippies are living in Canada. It goes to show that the Greenwich Times does not report everything. Well have a good day, and I need to get to bed for some rest. CIO

Note:<888>7/14/99 Wednesday 4:55 A.M. EDT:Well I finished the laundry and put it away. I brewed two pots of coffee and put them in a plastic container in the refrigerator for iced coffee. I went downtown about 2:30 A.M., and I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out for a while by the post office. I drove down by the waterfront, and the usual group of characters was there. I returned home about 4 A.M., and I saw a yellow Ryder TRS driving west on Putnam Avenue irratically. It seemed to be a quiet evening with not much happening as far as I can tell. I am just relaxing at home. Not much to report. I guess since Prince Charles is into holistic medicine, the BBC has been running a lot of stories on hemp. This medical report appeared yesterday BBC News | Talking Point | Should there be shorter sentences for cannabis drug offenders? . I also heard the Scottish Navy busted a smuggler with two and a half tons of Marijuana from Africa. Thus I would imagine although the United Kingdom use to be with the Commonwealth particularly with India the largest traders in Hemp in the world, they still take a dim point of view of people smoking it along with Virginia tabacco, for obvious reasons. I guess certain people in England have glauccomma, so they might use it. Basically when the worlds foremost new organization bring up a controversial subject for debate, it obviously is well versed on the subject, and prepared to defend it journalistic right to bring up a subject for public discussion. Well I can assure you in the nature of my work, I don't use hemp, but the Dutch cigar cigarettes are like smoking camel crap, so I am not sure they are much better. Well as far as I can tell there is nothing going on around here. I guess if I could afford to be on a day time schedule more is happening, but I enjoy the peaceful quiet evenings and mornings. We should research other Greenwich, Connecticut sites; and see if the local Greenwich Astronomy club has a site on the internet. Another good night for star gazing. CIO

Note:<888>7/14/99 Wednesday 1:15 A.M. EDT: I went to bed yesterday about 7 A.M.. I was up at 2 P.M., and I had breakfast of three fried eggs, five strips of bacon, toast, orange and grapefruit juice, and coffee. I went back to bed until 7 P.M.. I watched a bit of the BBC News on Channel 21. I had some casserole and ice tea. I went out at 8 P.M.. I read the local paper in the library. I suggested they buy a book with the Linux 6 Cdrom. However, if you tried using Linux 6, I don't think there is a driver for the @home cable modem service. I went downtown. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with one young fellow doing machrome. I chatted with another fellow that worked at www.restorationhardware.com , and I told him a lot of their furniture reproductions are like Addrondeck or Frank Llyod Wright funiture. I suggested that they might find some of the original pieces in that used furniture place south of Pougipsie?, New York with the big white horse in front of it up the highway that runs up the east side of the Hudson River north of Terrytown, New York. Perhaps some used furniture place out in the midwest would have that same type of funiture too. I walked to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I chatted with a regular pedestrian in town. I walked back down Greenwich Avenue. The birds are back in the trees in front of Starbucks and across the street from Starbucks in large number, so remember when sitting on the bench across the street from Starbucks to watch out of the birds making mistakes. They come back to those same trees every year. I walked down by the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with two gentleman eating Hagen Daz ice cream cones. I told them with every one worrying about cholestrol anymore, it is hard to sell dairy products. I was told by one downtown observer that somebody was taken away by the GEMS emergency medical crew from the jail. It was a nice cool evening out. I drove down by the waterfront, and there were a few kids there. I stopped by the Grand Union and I bought two boxes of Kelloggs Raisin bran for $2.50 each, two packages of four rolls of toilet paper for $1.35, GU premium cookies $1.50, and two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice for $2.50 each for $16.11 total with .08 tax. I returned home, and I chatted with some of my neighbors and we chatted a bit about local wildlife in the area, and I metioned I had only had one wolf sighting in Old Greenwich about five years ago, a black wolf with orange main. I mentioned that generally a wolf won't let you see them, but they're follow you around and watch you to learn your habits. I am doing laundry, and I have to put it in the dryer now. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>7/13/99 Tuesday 4:40 A.M. EDT: I was able to install the latest PC Ware http://www.pcware.com S-571 Windows 98 Video driver by going to "Add New Hardware" and selecting "Have Disk" which properly installed the right drivers I had downloaded, instead of using update. I also got Advanced Power Management to install properly. I can not get the Screen Saver Hot Corners to work though. Well pretty much a normal routine. CIO

Note:<888>7/13/99 Tuesday 3:20 A.M. EDT: I went out this past afternoon. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I drove down by the harbor. I returned home. I had a snack of goldfish crackers and Nestea ice tea. I relaxed a bit and watched some news on Channel 21 until 7:30 P.M.. I had some casserole mix and ice tea. I slept from about 8 P.M. to midnight. I started working on the computer. I downloaded Wintune 98, and when I ran it, it messed up my VGA onboard adaptor driver. It took a while to fix it. I have to remember to reinstall and old drive "SIS597.drv" which seems to work fine, and when I installed it, I also installed the Win98 S-571 PCWare vga driver. It is tricky, but the system is back up and running fine. It has happened a couple of times before, so I have to remember to install the older "SIS597.drv". Well not much accomplished this evening, but I guess I will go back to my email. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>7/12/99 Monday 2:15 P.M. EDT: I ran Norton Anti Virus before gong to bed. I got up at 1 P.M., and I had breakfast of three fried eggs, five strips of bacon, toast, orange and grapefruit juce, and coffee. I checked the computer just now, and Norton Anti Virus found an infected file with the Trojan Horse Virus"C:\Program Files\ICQ\ICQMAPI.dll" which it quaranteened and I deleted. I did recieve a suspicious ICQ message about a week ago, and I suppose it could have infected my computer. I have a 4 P.M. appointment, so I have to clean up and get going. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>7/12/99 Monday 5:30 A.M. EDT: I ran Norton Web Services LiveUpdate Pro . I updated to Acrobat Reader 4.0, updated my Creative Sound Blaster 32 drivers, and up to WinZip 7.0, and a few other minor files. It also did not alter my system files like before. The system seems to be running zippier, so perhaps it upgraded some files. Well I am bushed, so it is time to call it a day. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>7/12/99 Monday 3:25 A.M. EDT: I went back out after the last message. I drove down by the waterfront, it was quiet. I thought about going out by the airport, but instead I drove up Milbank, and then across East Putnam Avenue to North Maple, and right on North Street. I then turned right on Doubling Road and followed it to Dingletown Road, and back down Stanwich and I ultimately drove by the high school and back downtown. I then walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I studied the construction site for the new Richard's store. It is a rather big hole. I sat out at the Post Office plaza, and on a clear night it was good for viewing the stars. I drove back down by the waterfront, and it was quiet. I then returned home and filed this message. I was studying the watershed when I drove in back country. The natural watershed run down between North Street and Stanwich and feeds into the golf course pond. I believe in September 1975, we had a heavy rain storm, and the high school road where it comes out at the Post Road, was under about ten feet of water at the Milbrook Pond closing of the Post Road. I believe that natural stream system runs through Milbrook and comes out at the west end of Bruce Park and flows into Long Island Sound. Thus if we ever did have heavy hurricane weather, the natural watershed would take its course from the resevoirs in back country flowing down the natural stream beds. Areas like the stream that runs behind Pray Audi might be flooded along with the Milbrook stream crossing at the Post Road, and the Milbrook Shopping Center pond. Of course the Mianus River dam would be overflowing heavily into the sound. The stream area across from the Bush Holley House would be a torrent. I suppose the Byram river down below me would also be a torent, since the natural watershed to the north brings down a a lot of water into the sound. During hurricane Hugo around 1987, I believe there was a news truck down at the bottom of Steamboat Road, and the eventually moved up at high tide, when the water breaking at the sea wall produced spray waves ten to fifteen high. I also recall seeing waves run up to the entrance of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club. Also the Greenwich Harbor Inn lobby was flooded. I believe the following year, they rebuilt the sea wall at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. Also waves were breaking against the sea wall at Arch street spraying over onto Arch street. I don't recall the Island Beach parking lot flooding. In one historical account of Greenwich, I read that in the 1870s it had flooded to the steps of the Presbyterian Church. This is confusing since the current Presbyterian Church is at the top of Greenwich Avenue. There is a Presbyterian Church down by the waterfront in Old Greenwich, so perhaps an old structure in that location flooded which is more than likely. Of course the area to the west of Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich is prone towards flooding along with other Old Greenwich shore points. I suppose a few other spots along the shore in town are prone towards flooding. I always worry about the Valhalla dam since I first saw it about 12 years ago, and I suppose resevoir dams like the Conyers Farm resevoir dam and the one between Lake Avenue and North street need to be constantly checked and monitored. I suppose if that dam up Lake Avenue near the water company gave way, although it is a shallow resevoir, it hold enough water back that it would run down the Clapboard Ridge, Husted Lane, Lake Avenue stream beds and possibly run down by Glenville Road and into that streambed underneath the Post Road by Pray Audi and let out by the Boys Club at Grass Island. Well have a good morning, and remember when thinking about Tropical Storms, one not only gets high winds and shore line errossion, but the increased amount of rain and also cause run off from back country that one is normally not use to. I suppose some software engineer could create a geological model of the area, and feed in certain variables to see what might happen in certain situations. CIO

Note:<888>7/12/99 Monday 1:05 A.M. EDT: I watched the http://www.travelchannel.com on information about the Emirates, which seems like people don't have arthritis problems there. Well I guess I will go out and moon dog a bit. CIO

Note:<888>7/12/99 Monday 12:05 A.M. EDT: I went out after having a bit of dinner about 7 P.M.. I parked at the center of Greenwich Avenue, and I walked down by the harbor passing the waterfront along the Greenwich Harbor Inn where a few people were having cocktails. I walked on down the waterfront. I chatted with a few people viewing the waterfront. I started to walk back up, and I ran into one local off the road, and I walked back down with him and viewed the lowering of the flag at the Yacht Club, and they don't fire the little canon on Sunday evening. I returned back up the road with the local neighbor and we walked by the Greenwich Harbor Inn. One boat is from Georgetown, Caymen Islands and another from Dover, Deleware. We walked back up as far as the center of the Avenue viewing the shops, and I walked him as far down as the lower section of the Avenue. I then walked back up to the top of the Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I returned to the center of the Avenue, and I departed home about 10:30 P.M.. I had a bit more casserole and ice tea. I then watched a National Geographic special from 11 P.M. to midnight on the Titanic. Well I guess I will surf the net a bit, have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>7/11/99 Sunday 6:15 P.M. EDT: Well I was up at noon. I made breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, milk, vitamins, orange and grapefruit juice, and coffee. I opened new box of GU raisin bran, and it was only half full with hardly any flakes and mostly raisins, rather strange. I guess California has a surplus of raisins and they're low on flakes. I went back to bed until about 2 P.M.. I started cleaning the apartment and watering the plants while listening to the BBC, third Loch Ness monster icon on the homepage. I added more potting soil and plant food to the plants. I used the dehydrated soil tablets and potting soil I had stored in the trunk of the car. Hopefully they will do better now. I just finished cleaning the apartment. I am reheating some of the casserole for 40 minutes at 350 degrees Farenheit and it should be ready in about fifteen minutes. Hopefully it will be cooked enough. It is 80 degrees F. outside Greenwich, Connecticut Pathfinder Weather and 82 degrees F. inside with the sun shining against the outside windows, and the outside thermometer in the sun is 110 degrees F. in the sun. Well it should start cooling down. After my casserole and ice tea and iced coffee for dinner, I will shower and clean up and go outside in about an hour. Well have a good evening. I fixed hurr99.htm , which had the wrong sound link. There is an article in the Greenwich Time Online | Welcome about Greenwich Time Online | Conditions ripe for hurricanes this season , so keep studying weather.htm . CIO

Note:<888>7/10/99 Saturday 10:00 P.M. EDT: Well I have HBO going, so I started watching "Lethal Weapon" at 9 P.M.. I am not use to watching too much television, so I will probably turn it off shortly. I watched the NBC evening news, and "Two Fat Women" on the Food Channel on Channel 71. I shredded 4 Idaho potatoes, one zuchinni, two medium vidallia onions, 8 oz. of mozerella cheese, one plum tomatoe, six stalks of celery, and mixed it all together. I added Italian spices, oregano, basil, curry powder, Chinese five spice, celery salt, ground pepper and mixed it all together. I then added eight ounces of white wine, a half dozen dashes of tabasco sauce, two eggs, a stick of melted margerine, four large tablespoons of mayonaise, and mixed it all together. I then put it all in a large Pyrex casserole dish, and baked it for one hour fifteen minutes at 350 degrees in the convection microwave oven. I had dinner of the last of the chicken salad, and the casserole vegatable mix along with ice tea. I probably should have cooked the casserole another half hour. I am just relaxing around home, and I will probably stay inside this evening. Well not much else happening, have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>7/10/99 Saturday 3:55 P.M. EDT: Well I was up about 1:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, five strips of bacon, toast, vitamins, orange and grapefruit juice, and coffee. I recieved email that Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department - Old Greenwich, CT - Fire/Rescue has a web page. I added it to greenw.htm . I chatted with a family member who is thinking about going to the Dell Computer store for returned merchandise to get a returned computer for her roommate. Dell resells returned computers at a store in Austin, Texas. I told her the story of how about nine or ten years ago, when I first moved to Byram, away from Steamboat Road, I was at the Knights of Columbus flea market at the Island Beach parking lot. I was just getting into PCs, and I chatted with a fellow selling floppy disks and other computer parts out of the back of the trunk of his car. I said the fellow very well could have been Michael Dell. I remember telling the fellow that he would never make any money in the computer business in this area since IBM and the Chinese pretty much had a monopoly on the business. As I say today, every Chinaman with a wall plug is in the computer business in this area. Well who knows, one would have to ask Michael Dell if he ever sold computer parts out of the back of his car at the Island Beach parking lot. Well I was asleep from 7 A.M. to 1 P.M., so if any unusual weather fronts came through the area, I did not hear anything. I emaled the Sound Beach Fire Department about NOAA weather radio. Well I will do a bit of internet work, and eventually go out. A friend told me there is a computer coloumn called Dr. Bombay on computer tech. Well it seems quiet here on the eastern front. CIO

Note:<888>7/10/99 Saturday 4:00 A.M. EDT: Having some Ramen noodles with soy sauce before going to bed. Listening to WXJ42 NOAA Weather Radio Meriden, CT , which calls for showers this morning, and showers this afternoon. I would advise going to Island Beach today, unless you want to risk getting caught in a storm. Well I am bushed have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>7/10/99 Saturday 3:20 A.M. EDT: I went out for a short drive down by the harbor. It is warm and sultry out with no sign of any foul weather yet. The local tow truck guys said that there were just a few sprinkles. I sat out for a short spell at the post office, and I feel that the weather front still has yet to arrive. We seem to have a high pressure system off shore that is keeping the front to the north of us. However, it feels like tornado or hurricane weather if you know what I mean. There were about a half dozen people on Steamboat Road, and I told them the flag pole at the yacht club might attract lightningn. I spoke shortly with a retired fireman who was out smoking a cigar. I feel this storm front is moving fast, but from what I can tell nothing has happened locally yet. I drove by the Shell Station, and advised the night manger. With my low blood pressure, as usual I feel a major storm will come in as soon as I fall asleep which always seems to happen since I can feel the storm coming making me tired. Well as I always say I really don't need high tech weather system, I can feel it my bones, and I would be willing to bet as soon as I fall asleep it storms. Driving back from the Shell Staton I saw a baby fawn standing on the highway, and usually when young wild life is nervous that is also a good indication. There were also three twelve year olds out at the Shell Station, which means as usual the youth are still out and prowling around. I will try to stay awake as long as possible to hear and see if the storm comes in, but as yet the NOAA radio alert has not gone off again. I suppose once I fall asleep it will be another nussance device to wake me up. I also imagine from NRL Satellite Photo /archive_data/sat/www/atlantic/tropics/ir/LATEST.jpg tropics from this photo the worst of the storm might be this upcoming afternoon from about 1 P.M. to 5 P.M., so keep a weather eye out here in Greenwich tomorrow afternoon. Well I need to relax and have a bite to eat before thinking about going to bed, have a good morning. Also there is a large sailboat out in the harbor. Usually every year a sailboat shows up from Bermuda to try to avoid the hurricane season, this year might be different. CIO

Note:<888>7/10/99 Saturday 2:15 A.M. EDT: NOAA Weather radio red light has been off for a half hour. I assume that the alert is over, but that is for Rockland and New York counties, I am not sure of the status of Western Fairfield counties. Look at NRL Satellite Photo /archive_data/sat/www/atlantic/tropics/ir/LATEST.jpg tropics , this front extends all the way out to Oklahoma and beyond heading our way with denser clouds to the west of us, so therefore, it might be worse tomorrow afternoon. Well I will go out for a short spell. I checked with a few security people about the sitution, but ulimately; I will go out and access the situation myself. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>7/10/99 Saturday 12:20 A.M. EDT: Well I went out after the last message and I drove down by Steamboat Road, and they were having a party at the Yacht Club. I chatted with one regular waterfront observer. I drove by the Greenwich Harbor Inn and they had a busy group there also. I returned to the center of town, and one local asked me where I had been. I told him around the waterfront. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and I walked down by the Greenwich Harbor Inn. I chatted with an IBM employee down by the waterfront about tech. I returned to the center of town. I mentioned to a few people I had been tracking a thuderstorm front, and we might get it around midnight. I sat out at the post office plaza, and I mentioned to one couple that the post office plaza might be safer to sit at instead of the senior center since the veterans monument and the flag pole are good lightning attractors as opposed to the trees in front of the senior center. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I noticed one young fellow using his laptop at Starbucks. I returned to the center of town. I drove down by the harbor, and the party was still going on at the Yacht Club. I chatted with a few waterfront regulars. One fellow said he was going back up to Canada. He told me he got the ash from Mount St. Helens when it errupted. I told him if I am lucky I might see him at Park City, Utah for the Winter Olympics. I also mentioned I saw about eight Canadian license plates while he was here. He gave me a stick of gum which I accepted. I told him a few things about Volcanoes. I returned uptown and went to the Grand Union. I bought Florida Natural Orange Juice half gallon for $2.50, a eight ounce package of Sorrento cheese for .99 a dozen large Grand Union eggs for $1.49 for $4.98. I chatted briefly with a visitor from the Bay area, and I told him about the 5.5 richter earthquake in Seattle, Washington area five days ago. I just got another NOAA weather alert, and the severe Thunderstorm Alert is for Orange County at the moment. I have tracked that storm all day since, and it is only 50 miles wide, so it might pass to the north of us, but the alert is also for New York and Bronx counties, which means it should come our way also. Well lets wait and see. The Red light is on for "Warning" not "Watch", I would advising taking cover to avoid any problems. Somebody should signal the large yacht in the harbor, but I assume they would have NOAA weather radio warnings. I will be up most the night, but I don't plan to go out again. I just go another warning, Sussex County, New Jersey, dangerous storm approaching. Well it says to stay inside and to stay away from windows. I will continue to be up through the night. Let's stay alert. CIO

Note:<888>7/09/99 Friday 11:55 P.M. EDT: I got back about fifteen minutes ago, and the NOAA weather radio worked and put out an alert for severe thunder storms for Westchester County coming towards Greenwich between midnight and 2 A.M. or later with winds over fifty miles an hour. I recommend if your house or structure is not grounded well to think about disconnecting the computer and modem in case of lightning strikes. I will leave my computer on since my building is pretty well grounded. Well I will post more in a few minutes. CIO

Note:<888>7/09/99 Friday 7:10 P.M. EDT: I just heard and interesting report on the BBC. Apparently someone set lose a Cobra in the Kent area of England, and they're warning all people to stay away from the waterfront. I suppose if a similar incident happened in this area, we would alert the "Animal Control" officers, thus if one is spending any time in the area and happens to see non indiginous species, I would advise you to contact the local police or animal control officer, so they can access the situation. In the specific situation of a Cobra, it is advisable to keep a Mongoose around, which is what I believe they do in India. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>7/09/99 Friday 5:40 P.M. EDT: I went back to bed and got up at 3 P.M.. I did a little internet work, and I updated Scott's Broadcast sound.htm . Well I also had a bowl of fresh fruit and iced coffee when I got up. Not much to report on. I got a call from HBO in Wisconsin, and a young German American gal there sold me HBO for $5 a month for the next 6 months, so I now have HBO. Well not much else to report on. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>7/09/99 Friday 11:40 A.M. EDT: I was up at 10 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, orange and grapefruit juice, coffee, and vitamins. I updated nasa.htm and nasa-93.htm . Well have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>7/08/99 Thursday 6:05 P.M. EDT: I went out after the last message after cleaning up. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York and cashed the ValueClick Check and made a small withdrawal. I stopped the bank on Lafayette Place and paid my rent. I mentioned to the Greenwich Polo fellow in the same building I knew someone who knew a bit about horses. I walked over for my 3 P.M. appointment, but it was cancelled. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I drove over to Exxon and put $14 of premium in the car. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and read the local paper. I noticed that the new bathrooms in the new wing are reserved for the Library staff, and the bathroom in the old building off the childrens wing are opened to the general public. However, several patrons have mentioned to me, that the general publics bathrooms don't have locks on the door, so anyone can walk into the bathroom, while people are sitting on the throne. I next stopped by the Grand Union and I forgot to return the cans. I bought a pint of blue berries for $1.50, a pint of strawberries for $1.50, a large cantaloupe for $1.99, and a half gallon of 2% milk for $1.69 for $8.18 total. I then returned home, and I had chicken salad and ice tea for dinner. I washed the blueberries, and cleaned and sliced the strawberries, and sectioned the cantaloupe into small pieces and mixed it all together with angostora bitters, a half of cup of white wine, a quarter of cup of rub red orange juice, and a quarter of cup of grapefruit juice, and a ounce of Mount Gay rum and mixed it all together. I then put is all into two medium rubbermaid containers to ferment for a day in the refrigerator. Well I then filed this report. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>7/08/99 Thursday 12:40 P.M. EDT: I recieved my June ValueClick advertising check for $55.20. I guess I will go out after I shower and pay my rent. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>7/08/99 Thursday 12:20 P.M. EDT: I added 7 Bexar County, Texas (048029) to the NOAA weather warning radio replacing the second 99, and put it in the number 7 position. I am doing usual internet work and correspondence. I will go down and check the mail. CIO

Note:<888>7/08/99 Thursday 10:30 A.M. EDT: Well I was up at 9 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, toast, five strips of bacon, orange and grapefruit juice, and coffee. I changed the date on the previous story on the first trip back from California, I believe it was December 1978. Thus when I decided to make the trip to California and meet with a few key people in the computer industry and three subsequent trips until December 1980, we had a lot of high tech expertise come back our way out east, and I believe we even had some prominent politicians from out west on the National level. Well since a relative Winfield Scott was involved in acquiring land out west for the United States governement, I guess there were a few people on the west coast whom enjoyed having me show up. Needless to say in the vast expanses of territory I covered, I was not actually aware various member of the old Scott family might actually live, and I believe a few historians have a certain perspective as to diversity between both coasts of America. Well not much else going now. I think I will email the National Weather service at Rockefeller center to find out when they actually test their alerts. Well have an enjoyable day. CIO

Note:<888>7/08/99 Thursday 1:30 A.M. EDT: I had dinner of chicken salad and iced coffee after the last message. I went out and stopped by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, but they did not have any cigar cigarettes that I like. I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the local paper. I checked out the old video " The Hurricane" with John Hall and Dorthy Lamour. I chatted with some of the staff that in the old days we all probably got lead poisoning from using pencils all the time, and that Greenwich use to have the Ruwe Pencil company here in the old days. I also mentioned that one of Armand Hammer's first enterprizes in Russia was a pencil company beside donating medical supplies for the typhus epidemic after the Communist revolution. Well I then departed the library and headed over to the Riverside Plaza CVS and bought a carton of Dutch Sweets cigar cigarettes for $15.04. I chatted with an employee of Starbucks in New Canaan and gave him some advice about being a twin. I returned back to the center of town, and I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with a Phillipino resident again about volcanoes. I metioned that during the 4 1/2 foot snow fall six or seven years ago, the snow maintenance crew was able to remove all the snow off Greenwich Avenue in about four hours that evening after with heavy equipment. There was a problem dumping the snow which they wanted to dump in the sound with the EPA which did not make sense, since removed snow is mostly water, sand, and salt the most common ingredients in the Sound. Instead they piled it up high at Grass Island and let it melt during a fellowing warmer spell. I sat out for a while at the Post Office plaza. My arthritis was acting up during this warm dry weather, so even without the NOAA weather radio; I can tell we have a weather change coming in. When my arthritis acts up, I tend to walk at a much slower pace. It was not too busy of an evening. Apparently much the power was off in central Greenwich yesterday Tuesday. I returned home and chatted with one of my neighbors. I told her the story about returning from California, I believe on my first trip back with a friend around December 1978. We started out east since they were having a lot of brush fires and Santa Anna winds around Laguna Beach, California. By the time we got through Los Angeles we heard there was a Sunami watch on the west coast from Point Conception to San Diego, so we kept going. It was very hot in Palm Springs and we bought gasoline at a Shell Station and dates. We kept going and when crossing the boarder into Nevada, I saw a Scottish Rite Masonic timple out in the middle of nowhere. I got to thinking about earthquakes which are frequently mentioned in California. We continued through Las Vegas and headed up towards Utah, and I got to thinking about all the former nuclear test aeras we were driving nearby. Once into Utah after driving for the better part of another day through very scenic country, it got cold around Salt Lake City, Utah; so we stopped by the University of Utah gymnasium and took a shower and had a bite to eat. We continue east towards Colorado, and once we started driving into the Rockies, it began to snow. Of course we were driving a $150 1972 Subaru we bought in Nantucket and I had put a new clutch in. The car did not have very good heat if any. Well about a fourth the way across the Rockies we were in a blizzard in about a foot of snow with a few trucks around us. We stopped at a General Store for some milk and gasoline, and were advised to not to try to exit the highway at Ranch signs since the Ranch might be 50 to a 100 miles down the road in a blizzard. The trucks kept going and the old subaru without snow tires, but front wheel drive kept going. About halfway through the Rockies the following day it began to clear again, but we were advised to worry about avalanches. We kept heading east and around dusk that evening arrived in Vail, Colorado. We could not afford to stay there, so we drove around the winter wonderland in a blizzard, and drove back west and check out a boarding lodge that was filled up. So we drove through Vail and I got off in Dillon, Colorado and found a Sears tire dump and salvaged two German Continental snow tires with studs. The subaru we had bought on Nantucket originally came from Dillon, Colorado. We drove back to Vail, and a Amoco gasoline dealer put the tires on for $2.50 apiece. We were advised to not to try to cross Eisenhower pass during a blizzard, but since trucks were still on the highway, we kept going with the used snow tires with studs and made it up Eisenhower Pass with no problem, and down shifted down the mountain into Denver through out the storm. I found the Airport, and I spent the night there; and tried calling a relative whom nolonger lived in Denver. We toured around Denver and it did not have too much snow. We headed east, but once out of Denver, we had about a thousand miles of ice with more than an inch of ice on the roads, and very little traffic. About a 100 miles east of Denver, we found a garage at about midnight to fix a leaky radiator hose. We continued until the next morning, and about 7 A.M., I believe on a Saturday morning we tried to stop by the famous coffee shop in Russel, Kansas; but they were closed due to ice. We continued on, and I think on the trip I remember stopping off at the Coleman Camping company and dropping off some butane camping canisters that were defective with a note. We eventually made it down to Tulsa, Oklahoma when it began to clear and I knocked on the door of a relative about midnight whom was preoccupied with her husband, and she encouraged me to go on, and she leant us some funds. We headed into a lot of flood country in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi the following day. We eventually reached the Florida pan handle and there were tornadoe warnings, we traveled through tornadoe warning areas for most of the day, and I remember making a few stops, and I believe the following day, we eventually arrived back down in Key West, Florida and there were Hurricane Warnings. Well we rested for a spell after our trip across country, spent some time in Daytona, Florida and eventually made it back to the New York area for Christmas with snow that year. I found the replacement windshield for the Subaru that broke on the way out in Midland, Texas in Fort Lauderdale. Apparently Howard Hughes had designed the Subaru and tested it on a track in Fort Lauderdale, so there were quite a few replacement windshields. I traded my Panasonic waterproof floating radio that I had bought at Radio Shack in Nantucket for the windshield. They also threw in an air conditioning system that I tried installing that Christmas Eve in Greenwich. Well after an easy trip out, the return trip was a lot more difficult in terms of weather conditions, so I quickly learned the various weather conditions one can encounter while traveling around the United States. Well after I chatted with my neighbor, I headed upstairs for ice tea. I then went back outside and retrieved my sunglasses from the car that I forgot, and I reset the Ship to Shore Radio from Channel 16 the Coast Guard Channel to NOAA weather radio Channel 1. While outside someone set off a fire cracker. I went back upstairs and had some ice tea and goldfish crackers and listened to the NOAA weather radio a bit. I then filed this report. Well I am bit tired, so I will go to bed I guess, have a good morning. CIO