Note:<888>08/31/00 Thursday 1:05 P.M. EDT: I went out this morning. I stopped by the bank. I then went by the Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went downtown, and checked out the Mews Thrift shop. It opens after labor day. I then went by the bank ATM. I then went by Gateway auto parts, and the did not carry Bosch tuneup parts for my Volvo. I then went to Stamford Volvo, but they did not have the spark plugs for my Volvo. I checked on the price for the ampmeter for my dash board, so the fuel gauge works properly, and it is $35. The cranking mechanism for the right door window is not available. They are expecting in the white touch up paint. I toured their used car lot. They have a 96 blue wagon with 45,000 miles for $12,500. They just took in a 92 Wagon with 65,000 miles for $11,000. I then went to International Car Parts about a quarter mile west of them, and I got four Bosch 7500 spark plugs for $2.45 apiece, a Bosch rotor 04038 for $5.71, a Bosch Distributor Cap 03010 $8.05, and Intake Valve Cleaner for $2.99 plus $1.59 tax for $28.14. I then returned home. I put on some work clothes. In about an hour I was able to install the plugs, rotor, and distributor cap without any problems. I gapped the plugs at .30 mm which they were preset at. I sprawed some WD40 on ignition parts. The car runs fine, and it had not been tuned up in about three years or about 30,000. The old NKG spark plugs were in very good shape, but had .35 mm gap. I saved teh old parts as usual. I like using the Bosch parts because the ignition parts have brass in stead of aluminum which last much longer. I then took a quick shower. I had a peanut butter sandwich with ice tea. I will go out shortly. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. I will put in the intake valve cleaner in and fill up the car at Exxon. The catalytic converter which is two years old and I believe warantied by Midas has a slight rattle like one of its shielding plates are loose. I will have it checked out tomorrow or next week. It is not leaking from what I can tell. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>08/31/00 Thursday 8:05 A.M. EDT: I installed the Office 2000 update SE1 for Word 2000 on the backup computer. I also installed the rest of the features of Word 2000 on the main computer. I ran WinDoctor on both computers. I also copied the Windows 98 SE Cdrom to both computer hard drives. I ran Norton Disk Doctor on the backup computer and now I am running Norton Speeddisk on it. I will now clean up and go out for a little daytime activity. CIO

Note:<888>08/31/00 Thursday 5:25 A.M. EDT: I had a dinner of two slices of ham heated in the microwave with Dijon mustard, a half package of steamed frozen Brussels sprouts and one ear of corn on the cob with iced tea and cappacinno. CIO

Note:<888>08/31/00 Thursday 3:15 A.M. EDT: I spell checked my notes document for another 100 pages. I now have done 1,000 pages and have 120 pages to go. CIO

Note:<888>08/31/00 Thursday 1:45 A.M. EDT: I was up about 7 P.M. I had breakfast of Kellogg's Rice Krispies, toast, orange juice and Perrier, vitamins, and cuppacino. I chatted with a couple of people. I got a tired spell and wetn back to bed until about 12:30 A.M.. I had some goldfish crackers and ice cream. I channel surfed a bit. Well I will try to do some internet work. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>08/30/00 Wednesday 10:50 A.M. EDT: I sifted through some paper work in the apartment and had a dish of ice cream. I went out at 7 A.M.. There were two half grown fawns in the driveway when I went out. They moved to the hill and studied me for a while, while I watched them. I then went downtown. Possibly the new car dealership is a chevrolet dealership, since I heard rumours that it might be. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and then I sat out for a while. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street when it opened. I did some banking and gave some economic tips. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I next went by the Grand Union and bought three boxes of GU raisin bran for $5 total all and a container of Tropicana Ruby Red grapefruit juice for $2.49 for $7.48 total. I then went to the Food Emporium across the street and bought a half gallon of Master Choice Neopolitan ice cream for $1.49, a rib eye steak at $4.99 a pound for $4.14, a 38 oz. box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.29, a five pound bag of Mater Choice sugar $1.09, a box of frozen brocolli spears .99 for $12.90 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I then had some goldfish crackers and ice tea. I will now relax and go to bed. Have a good day. It is a bit damp out today. CIO

Note:<888>08/30/00 Wednesday 5:25 A.M. EDT: I have been surfing the net since I had my dinner around 1 A.M.. Well from looking at prices, I won't be upgrading for quite a while. Poissbly I might go out in another couple of hours. Maybe I will read. CIO

Note:<888>08/30/00 Wednesday 1:05 A.M. EDT: I proof checked the Scott's Notes document for another 200 pages through page 900. I now will have some sliced ham, mashed potatoes and two ears of corn on the cob along with iced tea and coffee. CIO

Note:<888>08/29/00 Tuesday 11:40 P.M. EDT: I went out and stopped by the library and read the local paper. I found out that I think they're building a car dealership at Holly Hill Lane and West Putnam Avenue where they are removing all the bolders and rocks from the work site. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and then I walked the upper part of Greenwich Avenue. There was a News 8 satellite news truck out. I returned home and chatted with some neighbors. I found out that a new tenant and died after falling down the steps of the higher first floor level. I guess the Housing Authority should not put tenants whom have problems with stairs on levels that require using the stairs. It is the nature of an older building that not all features are up to date. I found out that there had been a power disrupting, in that the florescent light next to the books was off and the computer had tried to reboot. Someone seems to monitor my computer activity since I can tell this from the log. It seems that clever people are two clever for their own good and they should learn to do their own work themselves without interfering with other peoples work. It would seem more polite just to make an inquiry as to what their interests are instead of trying to monitor one's activities. Well have a good night. CIO

Note:<888>08/29/00 Tuesday 7:50 P.M. EDT: I read a bit in the morning, and then I fell asleep all day until 6:30 P.M.. I guess I was tired. I had a telephone call changing an appointment about 1 P.M.. I watched the ABC evening news. I just had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice and Perrier, vitamins, and cappucino. I guess I will now clean up and go out for a walk. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>08/29/00 Tuesday 7:15 A.M. EDT: I rested a bit more. I read up to about page 234 of the Reagan book. I finished the other three biscuits with ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>08/29/00 Tuesday 3:15 A.M. EDT: I was up at 9 P.M.. I had three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice and Perrier, vitamins, and cappucino. I read a bit of the Reagan book and fell back asleep. I finally got up at 1 A.M.. I channel surfed, but there was not much on. I just made a batch of "http://mrscott.com/biscuits.htm" . I had three and save three. I will now go back to reading. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>08/28/00 Monday 1:30 P.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I stopped downtown. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the bank. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I went by Staples in Old Greenwich. I did not buy anything. However, I noticed they have the Bell South 2.4 gigahertz telephone for $80, but they looked to be out of stock. They are also offering a 30 gigabyte hard drive for $170 with a free 32 megabyte memory chip which is worth about $50. I went by Radio Shack, and they told me the new DirectTV with high speed internet would be out in about a month. I went by CVS and I bought a carton of Phillie cigar cigarettes for $12.92. I returned home. I had a Citra soda. I then went back downtown. I stopped by the bank for an errand. I then went by the library, and I read the local paper. I checked out "HMS Surprize" by Patrick O'Brian and "Lindbergh" by Noel Behn. I then went by the Grand Union, and I purchased two Edy's half gallon ice cream buy one get one free for $5.29, two Wise barbeque potatoe chips buy one get one free $1.49 and four ears fo corn .63 for $7.41 total. I then returned home. I had one of the bags of chips and a bowl of ice cream. I will now go to bed. Have an enjoyable afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>08/28/00 Monday 7:55 A.M. EDT: Well I channel surfed a bit. I slept from 4 A.M. to 5:30 A.M.. I started reading again Ronald Reagan "An American Life". I am through chapter 30 up to page 200. I had breakfast of Kellogg's rice krispies, toast, cantaloupe, orange juice and Perrier, and cappacinno. I got a check on Saturday from GEICO for $24.85 for the balence on my apartment insurance I cancelled. Well I guess I will go out an enjoy a little bit of the morning. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>08/28/00 Monday 1:10 A.M. EDT: Well I finished making the ice tea. I spell proofed checked another 100 pages through page 800 of my notes document. I just updated my Internet Broadcast "http://mrscott.com/sound.htm". CIO

Note:<888>08/27/00 Sunday 10:55 P.M. EDT: I went out for a walk. I walked teh lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and then the upper section. I sat out for a while. I then walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue by the train station and then up Arch Street and returned home shortly. I am now making up a batch of "http://mrscott.com/icetea.htm" . Not much happening this evening. I will now resume my regular computer work. CIO

Note:<888>08/27/00 Sunday 8:05 P.M. EDT: I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants at about 1 P.M.. I had a telephone call from a family member. I rested until 6 P.M.. I had a dinner of a slice of ham and mashed potatoes along with ice tea and coffee. Today I also backed up the C: and E: drives to the D: drive. I also ran Norton Speedisk on both the C: and E: drives. Well time to go out for some fresh air. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>08/27/00 Sunday 8:10 A.M. EDT: I was up at 6 A.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice and Perrier, cappacinno, and vitamins. I rested a bit, and now I guess I will do house cleaning. CIO

Note:<888>08/26/00 Saturday 11:50 P.M. EDT: Well I rested until 5:30 P.M.. I got up and ate a slice of ham and mashed potatoes along with ice tea and coffee. I then started reading "Atlantis Found". I just finished the book. Well time to relax. CIO

Note:<888>08/26/00 Saturday 10:35 A.M. EDT: Well I rested a little until about 8:30 A.M.. I had a meal of three fried eggs with sliced ham and toast along with coffee and orange juice. It is a nice sunny day out. I might go out or rest, I am not sure. I made a telephone call to a family member. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>08/26/00 Saturday 6:00 A.M. EDT: Well I read through page 709 of "Atlantis Found". I guess I might take another cat nap. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>08/26/00 Saturday 3:30 A.M. EDT: I proof checked another 100 pages through page 700 of notes document. I will now do some reading. CIO

Note:<888>08/26/00 Saturday 1:50 A.M. EDT: I watched a bit of television and then I rested again until about 1 A.M.. I had a meal of two slices of ham and mashed potatoes with iced tea and cappacinno. I now will do some regular internet work. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>08/25/00 Friday 8:05 P.M. EDT: Well I was up at 5:30 P.M.. I had a call at noon from a family member. I had breakfast of Kellogg's Rice Krispies, toast, orange juice and Perrier, vitamins, and cappacinno. I then listened to the BBC until now for two hours, seprating a week and a half's cigarette cigar butts from the ash and the reusable tobacco stubs. I then added the tobacco to my arromatic pipe tobacco jar. I now have five pints of tobacco ash which is handy to mix with gold leaf paint when one wants to get an antique guilded frame look or other effect in painting. Perhap I should see if a art store would buy the ash from me. Well not much happening. I guess I will clean up and go out for some fresh air. Have a good evening. CIO

End of Notes for Week Friday 08/25/00

Note:<888>08/25/00 Friday 3:55 A.M. EDT: Well I rested a bit. I had a bowl of mashed potatoes with iced tea. I read until just now up to page 376 or through chapter 33 of "Atlantis Found". On the theory of Atlantis, there are some many theories that it is hard to come up with the correct one. My own personal theory has been that Atlantis existed in the San Francisco Bay area of California about ten thousand years ago give or take a thousand years, and that a volcano like Crater Lake errupted causing great devestation on that side of the continent. Still it is hard to tell, it might have been just a quaint sea village like Santa Terrini. Possibly like in this book it could have existed in Antartica, but since with modern satellite tracking at depths of over fifty feet, I would assume some group of groups would have found more interesting evidence. Perhaps the Chinese know the answer, or the Tibetans, or the ancient Indians of India. Whatever the riddle, it is my general theory we're probably be stuck working on this planet for the rest of our lives, so one might as well get use to dealing with the status quo, as opposed to ancient mythologies that keep repeating themselves. Whatever the case, the taxpayers that pay for all this high tech information would surely be the last to know. I suppose it is enjoyable to read after reading computer tech for the last ten years at least to relax. Anyway, I have a feeling this book with a recurring theme won't add much to our knowledge of ancient civilizations past, but if you put it in conjunction with the "History Channel" and the "Discovery Channel", we could alwys hope the "Star Ship" beams us up in time in case anything like this happens. Well time for some rest, so have a good night or should I say morning. Cheerio, CIO, Mike.

Note:<888>08/24/00 Thursday 10:35 P.M. EDT: After the last message, I went downtown and walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then walked to the top of the Avenue and sat out for a while. I said "Good Evening" to a visiting family from Brazil and chatted about coffee. I then walked the lower section of the Avenue again. I chatted with a couple of locals. It was a nice evening for a change and quite a few people were out strolling and having dinner and coffee enjoying the night time ambience. I suppose we still have to be weary of encephalytus for a while. However it was enjoyable to get a little outside activity for a change. I returned home and chatted with a neighbor for a while. I then channel surfed for a while. Well not much else happening, so I might read and rest for a while. Have a quiet evening. CIO

Note:<888>08/24/00 Thursday 6:35 P.M. EDT: Well I listened a little tech news. While doing this, I peeled about a dozen medium potatos. I then diced them into about one inch cubes. I covered them with water and brought them all to a boil in about fifteen minutes with a little salt added. I then boiled them forty minutes. While doing this I chatted with a friend back from vacation on his way to work. I then drained the potatos with a collander. I added slices of a stick of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" and a few dashes of Hungarian pepperica. I then mixed them all on low speed with a electric hand mixer until smooth with about a quarter of a cup of milk. I cut two quarter inch slices of ham and microwaved them two and a half minutes and then put on a little Dijon mustard. I had the ham and mashed potatos with ice tea and coffee for dinner. Now I will go out for a little fresh air. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>08/24/00 Thursday 4:20 P.M. EDT: I was up at noon. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice and Perrier, cappacinno and vitamins. I restarted the server. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and read a computer magazine and the local paper. Well not much happening on a warmer day. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>08/24/00 Thursday 4:30 A.M. EDT: Well I finished my email and daily work routine. Time to start slowing down and heading towards bed. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>08/24/00 Thursday 3:15 A.M. EDT: I finished the laundry. I spelled checked another 100 pages in the Notes Document up to 600 pages done. I had a peanut butter sandwich and ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>08/24/00 Thursday 1:15 A.M. EDT: Well I read up to page 300. I rested a bit. I watched a little television. I finished off the ice cream. I just started laundry. CIO

Note:<888>08/23/00 Wednesday 6:30 P.M. EDT: I went out and stopped by the bank and exchanged my $25 roll of Indian coins for paper bills. I then stoppped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I stopped by Exxon and bought at $1.96 a gallon $13.80 of premium. I stopped by the library and read the local paper and three computer newsweeklies along with PC Magazine. I went to the Grand Union and bought a Carvemaster smoked ham at $2.99 a pound for $9.54, along with a 10 pound bag of potatos $2.49, a 2 pound bag of onions $1.99, and GU large eggs for $1.49 for $15.51 total. I then returned home, and I had a Nestea ice tea. I then sliced two potatoes and microwaved them six minutes. I then fried them in oil, butter, herbs, and Wostershire sauce with two hot dogs. I had them for dinner with iced coffee. Well time to watch the ABC evening news. CIO

Note:<888>08/23/00 Wednesday 2:05 P.M. EDT: I was up at noon today. I had brakfaast of Kellogg's rice crispies, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and cappacinno. I restarted the server. I updated Scott's Computer Setup . Well time to clean up and go out for errands. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>08/23/00 Wednesday 3:25 A.M. EDT: I spell checked another hundred pges of my Notes Document up to page 100. I read up to page 265 in the book. I had a peanut butter sandwich and ice tea. I will now go through "http://mrscott.com/scotwork.htm" . I will then go to bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>08/22/00 Tuesday 11:55 P.M. EDT: I read through Chapter 19 of "Altantis Found" about 200 pages through the book. I had a bowl of Eddy's Old Fashioned Butter Pecan Ice Cream. I noticed today I have 16 bottles of Perrier left from my initial purchase in May. I guess in September, I might ahe to get some more, if I can afford it. Well time for a little bit of regular computer work. CIO

Note:<888>08/22/00 Tuesday 7:55 P.M. EDT: I decided to move the desk with backup computer by the entrance where the white file cabinet was. I put the white file cabinet in the bedroom. I took the long connecting cord off the bedroom telephone and used it to connect the backup computer modem in its new location. The is now open access to the Day Bed for easy television viewing or resting. The bar sterio area is open, and the over couch sitting area is much more open. I put the bedroom telephone on the answering machine since it has a shorter cord instead of by the bedside. I was able to get the backup computer telephone modem working by putting it on IRQ 5 and Com Port 5. With a little tweaking of the network and adding my modem init string "&F&C1&D2&K1&M4L2S6=2S7=90S10=7", I have the telephone modem working Alta Vista free dialup in Stamford, if I should ever want to not use the main cable modem on the main computer or if two individuals wanted to access teh net at differnet speeds. The overall setup is very pleasing to eye as far as the apartment looks now, plus one can also see the television from the Queen Anne chair. I now will have some fried hotdogs and potatoes with a mixed salad and ice tea and coffee. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>08/22/00 Tuesday 3:10 P.M. EDT: Well I was up at 1 P.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice and Perrier, vitamins, and capppcino. I checked my mail. I will chatted with a relative. I will now try to get the Logicode telephone modem going on the backup compuer by changing the IRQ or the slot. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>08/22/00 Tuesday 5:20 A.M. EDT: After dinner, I installed the Microsoft Works 2000 Suite except Money 2000 on the backup computer. I then spent about six hours trying to get the Logicode X2 Modem working on it. I got it working occassionally, but it would quit on rebooting. I did not get it to dial out successfully, when I had it working. I will work on it later. I still have to install the Suite 2000 update. Well the working situation for the backup computer is much easier in the new desk position. I watched some television on PBS while installing software. Well I am tired time for sleep. I did have some goldfish crackers and ice tea. CIO