Note:
<888> 08/07/01 Tuesday 10:15 P.M.: Well, I relaxed a bit. I
checked the weather outside. There seems to be dark ominous
thunder clouds forming, so perhaps we might have some long needed
rain. I suppose if it rains, Ahab the Arab will have to take
shelter in the oasis from falling moisture that an Arab might not
be familiar with. Well not much else happening. I had a couple of
pieces of bread with “I Can’t Believe It’s Not
Butter” and some ice tea. If anyone knows anyone that lives
at Thunder Hall, one should make sure they’re not struck by
lightning again. Frequently living around the waterfront and
around golfers and other resort areas where large numbers of
people are outdoors during the warmer weather, we have a
phenomena of people being hit by lightning, and they seem to
forget whom they are or what their identity or profession is.
Thus if you should by chance run into someone whom does not seem
to know whom they are, frequently their memory will come back
sooner or later. Many seasoned people who in their profession
spend a great deal of time outside seem to have this happen. Well
not much happening. One neighbor is worrying we might have snow
this evening. I am not sure here, but of course down in
Antarctica in one of the coldest places of the planet this time
of year, they might be having something like minus 100 degrees
below zero Fahrenheit and possibly some snow flurries, since this
would be a cold time of year down there. Of course here today, we
probably maxed out at over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, so for those
of you with arthritis with hot dry weather, I am sure you have
been feeling better. Of course living here on a four seasons
basis, one tends to get use to the cold damp weather although it
is not very enjoyable if one has arthritis. Well I will continue
to relax. Today the building custodian put in new florescent
lights in the bathroom fixtures. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/01 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.: Well, I had a relaxing
afternoon. I ran Win Optimizer 99, Norton WinDoctor, Norton
SpeedDisk, and I am just finishing up running Norton AntiVirus
with the latest virus updates on all my hard drives. I made up a
pound of fresh egg noodle shells about 1.5 inches long with the
pasta machine, and then I boiled them five minutes. I then
strained them and I ran cold water over them. I next added
generous dashes of garlic powder, celery salt, ground black
pepper, Italian spices, oregano, basil, Chinese five spice, India
Hot curry, Hungarian paprika and stirred it all in the cold
noodles. I next added a few dashes of McHilney Tabasco sauce and
Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and two teaspoons of
horseradish and a four tablespoons of lemon juice and mixed
it all in. I then finely minced a half medium onion, 25 pitted
olives, 25 pieces of pepperoni, four pickled peppers, and
added it all into the mixture along with about 25 Arnold cheese
and garlic croutons, a quarter cup of grated parmesan cheese and
a few slices of minced Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I also
added two minced plum tomatoes. I then added about a eighth of a
cup of Italian balsamic vinegar with a third cup of Italian olive
oil, and I mixed it all together thoroughly. I then put it all in
a large Rubbermaid container and put it in the refrigerator to
chill. I took a couple breaks outside in the hot weather today.
It looks like we might hopefully get a little rain. I just had a
portion of the fresh antipasto salad along with ice tea. I just
restarted the server. The caliper for the passenger front brake
system on the Volvo was suppose to arrive late this afternoon,
and they said they would install it early tomorrow morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/01 Tuesday 12:30 P.M.: I was up at 9 A.M. this
morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee,
and vitamins. I chatted with a family member a few times. I
chatted with a town representative a couple of times. I chatted
with Midas Muffler a few times. The caliper is suppose to arrive
around 2:30 P.M. this afternoon, and then they will put it in. I
am working on making arrangements to pay the balance of the bill
of $674.34 as estimated last evening. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/01 Tuesday 2:05 A.M.: I am having a hard time
falling asleep. I made a little snack. I took two slices of
bread, and I put Hellmann’s mayonnaise on one side of each
slice. I then put two thin slices of the pepperoni in each
quarter of the bread, and one slice of 1/8 inch thick by 1 inch
by 1inch of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese in each quarter on
top of the pepperoni and then a half of a stuffed olive on top of
the cheese. I then cut each of the slices of bread into quarters
for eight enjoyable canopies, which I had with a glass of ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/07/01 Tuesday 12:05 A.M.: Well, I relaxed a bit.
It is time for bedtime. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/01 Monday 10:20 P.M.: I chatted with a family
member. I will be done making up a batch of http://mrscott.com/icetea.htm in about fifteen
minutes. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/01 Monday 7:45 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped
by Stamford Volvo. I picked up the front muffler system pipe that
I already had paid $113.42 for. I then stopped by First Union
bank ATM across from the nearby Stamford Volvo. I next went back
to Stamford Volvo, and I bought two muffler pipe gaskets #3531326-1
$6.83 and #1378872-4 for $7.23 plus .84 tax for $14.90 total. I
then took the car to Midas Muffler on West Putnam Avenue in
Greenwich. They told me it would take 3 hours labor to install
the pipe at $68 an hour labor, since they had to configure a pipe
to install it. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason
Street. I then went by the Greenwich Library. I read the Wall
Street Journal and the PC World magazine. I then went over to my
4 P.M. appointment, but it was cancelled. I walked back to Midas
muffler, and they were finishing installing the new muffler pipe
and rehanging the exhaust system for custom pipe $34.99, Oxygen/Gas
$4.99, Clamps $3.98, Miscellaneous labor 3 hours $204. They then
told me that the front brake disk pads were worn out, so I told
them to go ahead and replace them. However, the brake rotors also
need to be replaced, and the front passenger side caliper needed
to be replaced. The brake pads BP1020M are $38.99, a pair
of brake rotors BR1546 (BR) $219.98, the RMFG caliper CR1247 (CR)
$189.98, plus $91 for the Midas Plus Front disk package 1.5 hours
time and Front Caliper Rebuilt with brake job $36 for a total of
Labor $331, Parts $492.91, Shop Supply $1, Subtotal $824.91 plus
$49.43 Sales Tax for $874.34 total. They did not have time to
order the caliper before closing today, so I gave them $200 cash
towards the work done, and I will pick up the car tomorrow when
they’re done and pay the balance of $674.34. I need to have
the front driver’s side brake caliper replaced some time in
the near future for another $225, but it is fine for now;
although it might pull a bit. I started walking home, and a
neighbor gave me a ride the rest of the way home. I had a couple
of hotdogs with buns and condiments and a Barq’s frosted
rootbeer along with cantaloupe and blueberry mixture. It was a
bit warm out there today. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/01 Monday 11:05 A.M.: I was up at 10 A.M..
Stamford Volvo parts called, and the front exhaust system pipe
has arrived. I will go over and pick it up as soon as I shower
and clean up. I chatted with a couple of relatives. I had
breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins.
I might take the car over to Midas Muffler this afternoon unless
they are busy in which case I will take it over Tuesday morning.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/06/01 Monday 1:15 A.M.: I finished off the rest of
the Carr’s croissant crackers with two slices of Wilson
pepperoni and one slice of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on
each cracker. I had some ice tea also. I watched a bit of
television. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/01 Sunday 10:25 P.M.: I had a friend come over
to visit after the last message. The friend made a Vermont
cheddar cheese sandwich with horseradish and olives and had it
with ice tea. I moved the 1 foot by 2 foot by 2.5 foot high dark
oak table from the bedroom entrance to between the laser printer
and the living room desk, so there is more entrance room in the
bedroom. We went for a drive downtown and by the waterfront, and
then we toured some of the residential areas in mid back country.
We returned home. We had appetizers of croissant crackers with
pepperoni slices and Vermont cheddar cheese on them with ice tea.
We then had some of the cantaloupe and blueberry mixture with
more ice tea. I chatted with a family member. The guest
just departed. Since I was up late today, and since I rested this
afternoon; I will probably be up for a white. If interested in
Tropical weather, I still have my directory at http://mrscott.com/weather.htm . I also
took the Java script out of http://mrscott.com/scott1.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/01 Sunday 5:05 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I watched
a bit of television. I had the same Chef’s salad as
yesterday with iced coffee. I have finished the Purdue oven
stuffer chicken. I will throw out its carcass, since I don’t
feel like making onion soup with it in the summer. I am sticking
close to the General Electric Profile 14000 BTU air conditioner
with remote control. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/01 Sunday 1:45 P.M.: I was up at noon. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I chatted with a friend. I went to http://www.speedguide.net/ and selected
Registry Tweaks http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/cable_registry.shtml and used the
settings for Windows ME in my registry, which had changed. I
noticed that CompUSA has $50 rebates on the Kensington computer
camera, but I don’t think it would work with Windows XP
according to the Kensington web site as well Circuit City is
discounting with rebates the Intel Pro camera, which may or may
not work with Windows XP. My attitude is to wait for
Windows XP to come out, and to see what the price will be for the
Professional Edition that will have the backup program. When
Windows XP comes out, the accessory manufactures should have XP
ready packaging for any of their new products that work with it.
Right now, they might be dumping items that won’t work with
XP. CIO
Note: <888> 08/05/01 Sunday 1:35 A.M.: I had
a baker’s dozen slices of pepperoni with inch square by ¼
inch thick slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them
along with ice tea. It is time to start winding down for the day.
Have a good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/05/01 Sunday 1:00 A.M.: I updated Scott’s
Broadcast http://mrscott.com/sound.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/01 Saturday 11:45 P.M.: I had 20 paper thin
slices of pepperoni. I then had a bowl of the cantaloupe and
blueberry mixture and a glass of ice tea. I noticed in the
Stop and Shop, a 40 ounce bag of semolina flour used for making
pasta is $3.59. Thus if I want to use semolina flour for making
pasta, I will have to find a cheaper source. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/01 Saturday 10:50 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I had the same Chef’s salad as last night. I
basically made the chef’s salad with Romaine lettuce, 2
sliced plum tomatoes, 2 slices of white chicken beast cut into
slivers, a lengthwise third inch wide slice of Vermont extra
sharp cheddar cut crosswise into third inch slivers, a
third of a diced medium onion, about 20 of the pepperoni slices,
about 20 chopped olives, about 20 croutons, three diced pickled
green peppers, three sliced mushrooms, about an eight of cup of
grated parmesan cheese, along with salt and ground black pepper
and balsamic vinegar and olive oil to taste. I had the Chef’s
salad with steamed corn on the cob and a steamed medium sliced
zucchini and ice tea. I then watched a bit more television. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/01 Saturday 7:55 P.M.: I went out, and I drove
around the waterfront. The St. Roch’s fair was going on in
Baldwin Park. I sat out at the library, and I watched a storm
front come in. I went over to Stop and Shop during the rain storm.
I bought S&S Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese at $3.49
a pound for $2.67, Wilson’s 16 ounce package of sliced
pepperoni $4.99, a 12 ounce jar of Colonna pickled green peppers
.99, Lea and Perrins 12 ounce bottle of Worcestershire sauce $2.19,
two 5.75 ounce jars S&S Spanish stuffed olives .99
each, a head of Romaine lettuce .89 for $13.71 total. By
the time I got out of the store, the rain had quit; so I walked
lower Greenwich Avenue. I then returned home, and I had ice tea.
CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/01 Saturday 6:00 P.M.: I finished apartment
cleaning and watering the plants. I had a couple of hotdogs with
buns and condiments and iced coffee. It is time to go out for
some fresh air. NOAA weather warning is going off for heavy rain
in New Jersey, so we might get some here too. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/01 Saturday 2:50 P.M.: I was up at noon, and I
had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, cantaloupe and blueberry
mixture, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I fell back to sleep
until just now. I am going to try to quit smoking cigarettes or
cut back drastically. Now I will do my house cleaning. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/04/01 Saturday 12:10 A.M.: Well I watched a
vintage movie “The Land Time Forgot” on Television.
Well I guess it is time to start ending the day. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/01 Friday 9:50 P.M.: I had a friend come down
and visit. We had the same dinner as last night of chef’s
salad and homemade egg pasta with pesto sauce, ice tea, and
decaffeinated instant coffee. We chatted for a while. The
guest just left. I put in another CO2 cartridge in the new
Austrian seltzer bottle, and it charged up fine. I guess the
other CO2 cartridge was defective. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/01 Friday 5:40 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped
by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. They will be open Saturday
morning, and then they will be closing until next Wednesday
August 8, 2001 when they put out their fall preview items. I
bought four house ware items for .25 each. I bought a gold
and black Austrian seltzer bottle, a box of eight seltzer
cartridges, a meat and bacon microwave tray, and a clear glass
bottle. I then drove down by the waterfront, and then I returned
home. I put the meat microwave tray underneath the gold and white
tea pot on top of the General Electric microwave oven. I filled
the Austrian seltzer bottle with water and inserted a CO2 cartridge
and placed it next to the large seltzer bottle on the Danish bar.
I am not sure if it pressurized properly. I think one has to wait
24 hours for the CO2 to get into the water. Right now no air
comes out of it. I filled the clear glass bottle with the Prediso
balsamic vinegar and insert one of the liquor bottle pourers into
it and put it on the dining room table.
Note:
<888> 08/03/01 Friday 3:55 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. I walked around the building. I had a meal of a cold
baked chicken leg with thigh and reheat pasta with pesto sauce
along with iced coffee. I have cleaned up, so I will go out for a
bit. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/01 Friday 12:55 P.M.: I updated http://mrscott.com/nasa.htm and posted http://mrscott.com/nasa-106.htm . CIO
Note:
<888> 08/03/01 Friday 12:40 P.M.: I had some of the
cantaloupe and blueberry mixture with ice tea before going to bed
last night. I was up at 11 A.M. this morning. I checked
with Stamford Volvo, and the muffler system front pipe still has
not arrived. They said they would call me when it arrives. I had
breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice,
coffee, and vitamins. I put $10 on my laundry card. CIO
End of
Scott's Notes week 08/03/01:
Note:
<888> 08/03/01 Friday 12:35 A.M.: I finished going through http://mrscott.com/scotwork.htm and
sifting through my email. I will send out my weekly note, and
then call it a day. Have a good morning. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/02/01 Thursday 11:55 P.M.: I watched a bit of
television. Well time for some regular internet work. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/02/01 Thursday 9:10 P.M.: I went out by Putnam
Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then made my 3 P.M.
appointment. I next stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.
They had all house ware items on sale for 25 cents each. I bought
13 items for .25 each. I got a Semca Pastamatic 700 pasta machine
with attachments and instructions, a gold and white ceramic tea
pot with top, two etched sconce glass shades, two cut glass
ashtrays, two La Cremaillere ashtrays, a white ceramic soup
turraine with top and four similar ceramic relish dishes to go
around it. All this was $2.75. They still have a $10 a bag sale
going on with clothes and other items half price. I then walked
lower Greenwich Avenue, and I drove down by the waterfront. I
have been told about a few people who have contracted Lyme
disease recently, so one has to be careful when underneath trees
walking Greenwich Avenue or in the parks, since the deer tick can
drop down upon a walker or stroller. I then went by Exxon, and I
bought $9.60 of premium at $1.939 a gallon. I next stopped by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought S&S 16 oz. grated parmesan
cheese $3.89, 10 ounces of fresh mushrooms $1.99, four ears of
sweet corn $1.33, plum tomatoes at $1.29 a pound $1.32, Oscar
Meyer beef franks buy one get one free $3.69 both for $12.22
total. I then returned home, and I took the plant off the lazy
Susan on the dining room table and put it on the brass and glass
table on the bedroom desk. I put the new cut glass ashtrays on
the brass and glass living room coffee table. I moved the large
rectangular glass ashtray adding a yellow BiC lighter to the
bedroom mahogany bureau. I put the white soup turraine with four
surrounding relish dishes on the dining room table lazy Susan
with the three larger brass candle sticks behind it. I put the
other two pairs of brass candle sticks with the others on the
long mahogany bureau in the living room for six pairs there total.
I put the new cut glass sconce shades on the Williamsburg candle
sconces. I put the La Cremaillere ashtrays in the right upper
drawer of the blue bureau in the kitchen. I then made up a pound
batch of half inch wide flat egg pasta. I made up a pesto sauce
with a stick of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, a
quarter cup of olive oil, a eighth of a teaspoon of Italian
spices, basil, oregano, and dashes of celery salt, garlic powder,
and ground black pepper. One I heated the pesto sauce, I added it
to the strained homemade noodles which I boil 4 minutes adding
about a quarter of a cup of grated parmesan cheese. I mixed this
all together, and I had a portion of this for dinner with the
same chef’s salad as last night adding 3 sliced mushrooms to
the chef’s salad. I had a glass of ice tea with dinner. I
refrigerated the rest of the homemade pasta mixture. I just
finished chatting with a friend. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/02/01 Thursday 2:00 P.M.: I went to bed at
midnight last night. I was up at 9 A.M., and I had breakfast of
oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I then fell
back to sleep until 1 P.M., and I just had a cold chicken leg
with thigh, with steamed corn on the cob and steamed yellow
squash, and iced coffee. I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so I will
clean up and go out shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/01 Wednesday 10:25 P.M.: I chatted with a
friend. I went through my email and regular internet routines.
Time to start winding down for the day, and maybe watch a little
TV. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/01 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.: I uncompressed the
Windows XP RS2 beta *.iso file, and I ran its configuration
checker, and the basic problem with the devices and software
previously mentioned not working with it is still the same; so I
won’t be installing it. I had dinner of the same chef’s
salad with slivers of the white Purdue chicken meat in it instead
of beef along with olive oil and balsamic vinegar along
with steamed corn on the cob, two sprigs of broccoli, a sliced
medium size zucchini, iced tea, and decaffeinated instant coffee.
I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/01 Wednesday 6:25 P.M.: I went out, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out for a
while. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home, and I had
a cold Barq’s rootbeer in a frosted mug. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/01 Wednesday 4:05 P.M.: I went by Putnam Trust
Bank of New York on Mason Street. I paid my rent at First Union
National Bank on Havemeyer Place. I then went over to Stamford
Volvo http://www.stamfordvolvo.com and I order and
paid for the exhaust pipe from the engine manifold to the
catalytic converter for $107 plus $6.42 tax for $113.42 total. It
should arrive in a couple of days. I will have it put on shortly
there after at Midas. I then went by Staples in Stamford.
Next I went to Marshall’s, and I bought a pair of Izod khaki
pants size 38 inches by length 30 inches for $15, a pair of
Nantucket Red Natural Issue walking shorts size 40 inches $11,
and a pair of white Alexander Julian walking shorts size 38
inches $10 for $36 total. I next returned to Greenwich. I went
back by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then went by the Food
Emporium, and I bought Romaine lettuce at .99 a pound for $1.04,
a Purdue oven stuffer at .79 a pound for $6.23, a head of Foxy
broccoli $2.29, Texas Mesquite 19 oz. barbeque sauce $2.89, a
pint of blueberries $1.50, a dozen large eggs .99, two New
Jersey tomatoes at $1.29 a pound $1.17, Cabot extra sharp Vermont
cheddar cheese bar $2.89, 4 medium zucchini at $1.29 a pound
and two yellow squash at $1.29 a pound $2.94 for $21.94 total. I
next went by the Arnold Bread outlet. I bought two boxes of
Arnold garlic cheese croutons, a 8 roll package of hotdog buns,
and Freihofers whole wheat bread all for $3.92. I then went
by the Smokes for Less, and I bought two cartons of Seneca Lights
100s for $19 a carton $38 total. I then returned home. I put the
blueberries with the cantaloupe I prepared last night. I started
cooking the Purdue chicken with herbs, spices, and barbeque sauce
on it, and it is done now. It is chilling in the refrigerator. I
made up a batch of 2 quarts of coffee to refrigerate for iced
coffee. I used a package of the Hawaiian Kona mixture with it. I
had the rest of the cold rump roast in a cold beef sandwich with
Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Gold’s horse radish. I had this
with the cantaloupe and blueberry mixture and iced coffee.
I have finished downloading the Windows XP RS2 beta *.iso file.
Time for some fresh air. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/01 Wednesday 10:30 A.M.: I was up at 9 A.M.,
and I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange
juice, coffee, and vitamins. I restarted the Windows XP RS2 beta
download. It is still running. I have cleaned out. I will go out
shortly. CIO
Note:
<888> 08/01/01 Wednesday 2:00 A.M.: Well, I finished the
honeydew melon and blueberry mixture, and I made up a batch of
chopped cantaloupe with the two cantaloupes. I restarted my
Apache server for the month with a new log. I fiddled with the
CMOS settings on the computer trying to get my AMD K6 II 450 MHz
processor running at 366 MHz to run at 450 MHz to no avail as
usual. I am downloading slowly the Windows XP beta RS2 to have on
the hard drive for possible future use since it is good for six
months after installation. I won’t install it, since as
mentioned before my Norton Systems Works, Norton AntiVirus,
Ezonics Ezcam USB, and Compaq IJ200 printer don’t work with
it. However, if I ever upgrade the system or accessories in the
future, I will have it for testing. I had a cold beef sandwich
with mayonnaise and ice tea. Time for bed. I will let
the download run. I have to run over to Stamford Volvo
today and order my engine manifold to catalytic converter pipe
for my exhaust system. Have a good morning. CIO