Note:<888>8/14/98 Friday 8:20 P.M. EDT: I was up at 3:30 A.M. on Tuesday and departed for Maine with my house guest at 4:30 A.M.. We drove up 95 East to 91 North stopping at the rest area to 84 East to Mass. Pike to 284 North to 495 North stopping in Lawrence, Mass. at the Exxon station for gas to 95 North to New Hampshire Turnpike to Maine Turnpike, stopping at Kittery, Maine for shopping at 9 A.M.. I stopped by J. Crew, Ralph Lauren, and Brooks Brother factory outlets. I bought a blue Brooks Brothers polo shirt for $20 at their outlet. We arrived Oconquit, Maine at 11:00 A.M. and registered at the Stage Line Motel for $109 one night. We ate lobster rolls at a Seafood Stand drive in down the road east in Wells. We rested and went to Kennebunkport at 3 P.M.. We stopped by Aeillo real estate to check on current status of real estate. I met with family members. We toured around the town. It rained most of the way up to Maine and rained most of Tuesday and Wednesday while up there. Tuesday night we ate at the Wayfairer restaurant in Cape Purpose. We returned to Oconquit and rested. We went out for a Poland Spring drink at Oconquit at the Front Porch on Tuesday night. We went to bed about 11 P.M.. We went down the street slightly east of the Stage Run to a local dinner for breakfast on Wednesday morning. We rested and at 10 A.M. drove down to Kennebunkport. We toured around in the rain. We drove up to New England University and had lunch on the beach of crab roll. We returned to Kennebunkport and checked into the Rhume Line Motel east of Walkers Point for the next two nights. They charge $118 a night. They have an indoor pool and health club. They are not on the water but in the woods. We toured around town and drove out by Parsons beach. I bought two Kennebunkport lighters $2.99 each, two KPT auto stickers $2.99 each, and one KPT can holder $3.99 at the store on the left before the bridge going to Kennebunk. Wednesday night we had dinner at the bar at the Breakers. We returned at 9 P.M. and went to bed. My traveling companion went out for a night cap. I was up on Thursday morning at 5:30 A.M.. I had Continental breakfast at 7 A.M.. I drove downtown and stopped by the Bakery in Kennebunk and got pastries. I returned to motel and departed with traveling companion at 10:30 A.M. for beach in front of the Colony Hotel. We sunbathed there until 1:30 P.M. meeting up with family member at 12:15 P.M. having lobsters rolls on the beach from the lobster stan next to the Colony for lunch. Thursday was a clear sunny day. We drove around Cape Purpose and around Kennebunkport and Kennebunk. It was not too busy in Kennebunkport on a clear weekday. We toured the area looking at real estate locations. We drove by the Kennebunk beach, which is pretty much gone at high tide. I chatted during lunch with two young Swiss travelers with Candian license plates. I also chatted with the artist painting Sea Scapes in front of Walkers Point again. There was the usual summer activity in Kennebunport with less French Candians this years, since the Candian dollar is weak. There were a few look alikes of people. On Thursday night I had another seafood dinner at the Captains across from the Wayfarer in Cape Purpose and celebrated my traveling companions birthday. We retired at 9 P.M.. On Friday we were up at 7 A.M. and had a continental breakfast and visited with relatives. We drove up to Kennebunk to get a car wash and then departed. We had lunch at the same Seafood stan in Wells. We departed onto the Maine turnpike in south Oconquit at noon. We stopped at the first rest area on 495 south which only had portable johns. We stopped in Acton, Mass. at the Mobil station next to Digital shipping for gasoline. We stopped at the Mass. Turnpike rest area before Sturbridge exit. We stopped at the Connecticut Welcome center on 84 West and picked up a Connecticut map, and Connecticut vacation guide. We stopped at the rest area on 91 south between Hartford and New Haven. We arrived home back in Byram at 5 P.M. after stopping by the Arnold bread store for bread. We unpacked. I defrosted a 2 1/2 year old steak and we had dinner. I posted this note after watching the evening news. I had an enjoyable visit to the state of Maine, and they needed the rain the first two days. I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . Back to the net. CIO

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Note:<888>8/10/98 Monday 7:00 A.M. EDT: I remember in the "Old Days" in Greenwich about 12 years ago, the senior citizens in Greenwich use to have a block party dance on Greenwich Avenue outside the senior center. I guess since the Avenue slopes downward, they had a hard time keeping an even balence while they danced. Well back to the net. CIO

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Note:<888>8/10/98 Monday 6:25 A.M. EDT: Well it has not rained in over a month and is dry as the Sahara here, with my luck it will rain while I take a break in which case I will just sit inside and read a book since I won't have the internet. I remember once in Key West when it rained fifteen inches in one hour, I got a little bit wet; I happened to stumble on a damp paperback called "Henderson the Rainmaker", of course that reminded me of Skitch Henderson's old band on television, not to mention I once met somebody in Boston named Ian Henderson that looked a bit like Richard Chamberlain who was involved in South American diplomatic activity during the Viet Nam War era. He one made the New York Times about 1973, and has dropped from site for a number of years, but I suppose he could be found around Henderson Harbor, New York where the Sunday New York Times printed a story yesterday to which the link to just disappered. I suppose the drought elsewhere in the country is much worse, probably because of El Nina; but for now we are not at water rationing levels yet, and I suppose there is a drop or two of water left in the Great Lakes, but I am not sure whether Hudsons Bay is Salt Water or Fresh, probably a bit of both. However those International Jet Set types tend to hang out at where ever the current fashionable IJS watering holes are in the World, which tends to be a new crop of places that most people don't even know about, since lots of people like to remain private anymore for a little bit of peace and quiet as opposed to the fast pace of the "Fast Set". Well back to my litterary efforts, but I don't think I will make the Summer's Ten best reading list with the "Windows 98 Resource Kit" book at over 1700 pages. Well maybe if you try taking a speed reading course in your spare time, you might get through a lot more information to digest a more even handed view of the world. Well back to net reading. CIO

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Note:<888>8/9/98 Sunday 11:15 P.M. EDT: I was up at 4 P.M. this afternoon. I had breakfast of GU Raisin Bran, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I made a couple of phone calls and listened to www.ttalk.com weekend broadcast. I cleaned my apartment and watered the plants. I made www.mikescott.net/icetea.htm . This time I put in a jigger of Mount Gay rum into the three gallons of ice tea mix. I am doing my drying cycle on the laundry. I am making dinner of baked herbal boneless breast of chicken in white wine with potatoe and onion, ramen noodles, and romaine lettuce with olives and onion with herbal Italian dressing which should be ready in ten minutes. The laundry will be ready in about 40 minutes. I will do a little internet work and try and take a nap at about 1 A.M. until 4 A.M. and get back on a day schedule, so I can go to bed at 6 P.M. tomorrow evening, and be up at 3 A.M. Tuesday morning to leave for Maine at 5 A.M. on Tuesday morning for a few days. Well enjoy your evening. CIO

Note:<888>8/9/98 Sunday 1:55 A.M. EDT: I went out after the last message and walked around lower Greenwich Avenue for a while. They had traffic patrol at Grigg street to monitor the pedestrian traffic for people crossing the street. Maybe they should put stop signs there too. At 9:30 P.M. I drove down to Maneros and got a steak sandwich with onion rings for dinner and Snapple Ice tea for $5.80. Manero's meat department is open until 10 P.M. on Saturday night. I returned to the senior center and wolfed down the ice tea and sandwich. I stopped by Starbucks and bought a coffee for $2 and drank it on the bench at the senior center. I returned to Starbucks and used the facilities. I chatted briefly with one gentleman about Boy Scout Jamborees and told him I thought it would be a good idea to have one on Lanzerote. I walked the lower part of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with a local folk singer about happenings in general. I walked back up to the top of Greenwich Avenue. I returned down the Avenue, and observed a younger crowd than usual at the Dome restaurant. I suggested to the local folk singer I was trying to think of more ways to make money on Greenwich Avenue. I suggested that if they moved the Harley Davidson shop from Stamford over to the location where Drinkwaters is at the bottom of Greenwich Avenue, it might attracked many European tourists whom seem to be interested in that particular motor sport. I also suggested that from my reading that Truck Stops of America in Montana would have a large cross section of visitors coming and going since there is not much for 500 miles in any direction. It probably is a profitable Truck Stop. I returned down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and the usual fishermen were out in the morning fishing during the full moon and high tide. I believe besides Bunker, Blue Fish, Sea Bass, Flounder, and Mackeral; one occassionally might catch other types of fish in Long Island Sound. I believe the Norwalk Acquarium says the Tiger Shark is common in Long Island Sound, however not being an experienced Long Island Sound fisherman; I am not sure what the real case is; I just observe the Waterfront activites. However, as I recall on a full moon during high tide, it is usually good fishing. I use to see tens of thousands of people out fishing at night in the Florida Keys up and down the Florida Keys bridges when the conditions were right. From this link Hurricane formation area off the west coast of Africa satellite photos of cloud tropical depressions http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/pub/sat-images/DTOT.JPG one can look at the formation of Hurricane weather fronts off Africa that move into the Carribean. At the moment there are two large formations one off the west coast of Africa and one over central Africa moving towards the west along with a number of smaller tropical depressions ahead of them. It will be interesting to see if any of them develop into Carribean tropical depressions and move their way up into Florida or the Gulf of Mexico. With El Nina supposedly the hurricane activity is suppose to be slightly heavier this season according to the Colorado State report Colorado State Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecast August 6, 1998 http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/1998/aug98/index.html . It would take about ten days to two weeks for any moisture from such activity to reach the New York City area if they moved this far up north. Well back to the net. This might also affect the usual flow of oil tanker shipping traffic from East to West. CIO

Note:<888>8/8/98 Saturday 8:08 P.M. EDT: I did some system maintenance. I also put on a minor update version of Iphone 5.0 www.vocaltec.com . I watched a Channel 13 program on PBS about Whale watching in the Azores, about Tom Gordon discovering a new baby albino whale called Moby Dick. I am on my way out for the evening walk. CIO

Note:<888>8/8/98 Saturday 5:00 P.M. EDT: Happy Birthday to a certain family member. I went out about 9:30 P.M. last night and walked around Greenwich Avenue until about midnight. I returned and slept until 3 A.M., and then went out and walked around Greenwich Avenue until about 4 A.M.. I finally fell asleep when I returned and got up at about 4 P.M. today. I had bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, vitamin, orange juice, and coffee for breakfast. My house guest left this morning for the weekend, and will return Monday evening. We will be up early Tuesday morning to travel up to Maine. CIO