Note:<888>8/31/98 Monday 10:10 P.M. EDT: I went out at 8 P.M. with my house guest on his last night. We stopped by the stationary store on the lower left of Greenwich Avenue, and I bought 3 buy two get one free of Merit Ultra lites for $17.70. We walked down to Planet Pizza and my guest had a slice of pizza. It was a fairly busy Monday night with lots of people out on a pleasent evening. We returned home and my house guest did laundry. I had a peanut butter sandwich and made a Lime Rickey like I use to drink in Boston. A lime Rickey is very easy to make. Squeeze the juice of one lime in a glass by cutting it into quarters and squeezing it. Then had a teaspoon and half of sugar. Then take chilled selzer water or soda water and pour a little in and stir the mixture. Then continue adding all together about 8 to 10 or 12 ounces of the selter water or soda mixing with ice if desired and stir lightly. Then you have a lime Rickey. One can combine the ingredients to taste, depending how strong one wants the lime or sugar or use a sugar substitute. Well I will go out for a stroll, once my house guest retires. It is a very pleasent evening, and judging from the news reports on the television from London, they not only have a dry spell here, but also in London. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>8/31/98 Monday 6:55 P.M. EDT: I went to bed at 10:30 A.M. this morning. I was up at 5 P.M.. I had breakfast of cerial, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. My house guest arrived back about 5:30 P.M.. I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . It was another blood bath on Wall Street today. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>8/31/98 Monday 6:15 A.M. EDT: I went out again. I dropped off a Barq's root beer and Diet Coke to our visitor downtown at the Veterans monument. I drove down by Steamboat Road and it was quiet this evening with no fishermen for a change, owing to the fact the Red Tide killed off a lot of the bunker in the harbor, and made for poor fishing conditions. I drove up to the Post Road and drove by Christ Church which was quiet as usual. I drove over to CVS in the Riverside Shopping Area. I spent a bit of time there picking up some basic necessities. CVS in Riverside is open 24 hours a day. I bought four rolls of paper towels on sale for .50 each for $2 total, CVS epsons salts are $2.29 but I paid $1.49 since they were mismarked. I also purchased a bag of Pretsels for .99, a four pack of Yardley Rose soap for $1.99, a large bottle 50.7 ounce of CVS yellow mouthwash for $3.49, WD 40 $2.99, Glade Country air freshener for .99, 48 oz. of Welch grape juice $1.89, 3 cans of Tuna fish for .89 for a total of $2.67, a bag of black licorice twists for .79, and .82 Connecticut sales tax of .82 for a total of $20.11. I chatted with the phamacist on various subjects about chemistry and the internet. I chatted with the check out clerk and pharmacist about arthritis. I departed the store and chatted with the morning chauffers in the parking lot. I returned to the center of town and use the restroom at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. I chatted with the regular night clerk at the desk. I observed one thin fellow coming in with my same look. I observed the same young couple down on Steamboat Road on the return. I returned home and rested a while but did not sleep. I then decided to file this report, since my house guest will be getting up soon. Well have a good morning. I did notice an unmarked half size semi trailer this evening pulling another trailer having mechanical problems by the Mobil station next to the train station, and there was a service vehicle in attendance. Not much to report, but it was a nice quiet evening, and I probably should remember to buy a quart jar of chopped garlic at the Grand Union, so my arthritis might feel a little better after all the exercise walking. I did lose four pounds this past week, so I am down to about 200 pounds. Well NO NEW IS GOOD NEWS. See you all later. CIO

Note:<888>8/31/98 Monday 2:00 A.M. EDT: I finished house cleaning, but I forgot to water the plants. I made ice tea. I did laundry. I fixed dinner of baked chicken in wine with herbs, brocolli, corn on the cob, ice tea, and coffee. I went out at 10 P.M. and bought smokes at the Shell station 3 packs generic basics 100 lights for $5.35. I parked in the middle of Greenwich Avenue and walked down to the Greenwich Harbor Inn to use the restroom. They have a deluxe inboor speed boat there from Vero Beach, Florida called Camelot. I went to the middle of the Avenue and sat around the Post Office. I went to the top of the Avenue and said good evening to a resident from Cape Town, South Africa. I went to the top of the Avenue and sat for a while. I started down the Avenue and chatted with a golfer from Sao Paulo, Brazil for about a half hour about economics and business. He spoke English very well. I told him about all the Brazilians in the area. He is not on the internet, but I told him a bit about volcanology and chatted about the coffee business and what was happening around here. I returned down the Avenue, and the police were investigating a call around St. Marys. I sat at the bottom of the Avenue for a while. I returned back to the center of the Avenue, and chatted with a local night time observer. I told her I would bring her a Root Beer since there are no places this time at night besides the dinner to get refreshment on Sunday downtown. I returned home and filed this report and had some apple juice. I noticed a long white stretch limosine about as big as they get crusing in this area. I don't think it would make it around the narrow winding curving roads in this area. I chatted with a couple in front of 64 Greenwich Avenue, and they did not know who had won the Travers horse race. It is a warm sultry night here, and I think our visitors are enjoying the area. I will go out shortly with the Root Beer for our observor at the Veterans monument. She said to keep and eye out for any old geezers who might be interested in her. Well back to the Mean Streets of Greenwich Avenue. Over and Out. CIO

Note:<888>8/30/98 Sunday 6:25 A.M. EDT: I bought Saturday's Greenwich Times while I was out earlier. I went back out at 2:30 A.M. and walked around until 4 A.M.. I kicked two condoms off of Greenwich Avenue that somebody had carelessly left on the street. I also found a baby's pasifier that I left on the news box by the post office. I noticed our visitor from Bridgeport is still sleeping next to the veterans monument on Greenwich Avenue. I walked the entire lenght of Greenwich Avenue and stopped to chat with Kennedy Security at the building across from the train station. He was complaining about a dog barking. I told him I had no legal authority to interfer in civic affairs and was simply a volonteer. I returned to the top of Greenwich Avenue. I sat in the middle for a while. I drove down by the Greenwich Harbor Inn and used the restroom and chatted with the alternate night clerk who told me he was from the Bronx. I noticed about a half dozen people sitting on the pier on Steamboat Road. I mentioned earlier in the evening to a Scout leader that Lord Batton Powell's grandson had shown up in Key West when lots of people thought they were homeless, and he tried to explain their predicament by saying they were camping. I noticed the Greenwich police pulling over a pickup truck on Lewis Street with youngsters in it. I returned home and munched on Goldfish crackers and ice tea and read Saturdays paper with the headlines about Griff Harris. I also noticed that over 5000 Viet Nam Prisoners are being released this week. I also saw an article that the Archbishop of Canturbury, the Vicar of the Church of England is speaking at Christ Church Episcopal Church here in Greenwich at 10 A.M. this morning to a concregation of about 900 parishoners. I guess they expect a full house of the Old Guard for this occassion and lots of little kids. I also noticed somebody with big ears sitting in front of the YMCA yesterday, that nobody seemed to notice. I don't think it was Micky Mouse, but nobody ever knows. I also said hello to a gal earlier in the evening arriving from California with her Lap Top and luggage, and I told her to watch her laptop and also mentioned that they put on an addition to the porch to the Greenwich Country Club after one of my memorable trips to California before the Reagan election and Mt. St. Helen's erruption, when I parked my subaru at the Greenwich Country Club to fly quid pro quo to the coast and on to Hawaii to alert some laid back volcanologists, surrounded by most of the leading legal professionals in America. Sorry to let you know, but I am trying to keep track of current events, not ancient history. Well back to the net, and maybe sleep, if I ever get any this week. Over and Out. CIO

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Note:<888>8/30/98 Sunday 1:55 A.M. EDT: A freebie from IBM shopibm - domino_form . Unfortunately IBM's cgi script does not work, IBM needs to get its act together, or start scraping the bottom of ships in Diego Garcia for recreation. CIO

Note:<888>8/30/98 Sunday 12:50 A.M. EDT: My house guest arrived back here about 5 P.M.. We chatted and at 8 P.M. I drove with him with one of his two cars to drop it off in Redding, Connecticut at his temporary residence. We stopped by at Boston Market on Route 7 for a sandwich on the way down. I made coffee when I returned. I went downtown about 10:00 P.M. for a walk. I stopped by the Shell Station for smokes and said hello to a new resident from Arkasas stopping by there. I went by the Grand Union and bought two bottles of Lemon Pine cleaner for $1.79 each for a total of $3.79 with tax of .21. I went for my usual walk downtown. It was a nice evening and not too busy. I chatted with a few local residents about various topics. I noticed the local newspaper had a headline that former First Selectman Griff Harris had died at age 76. He was a golfing buddy of former president Gerald Ford. I chatted with one couple, the fellow who I believe who is a software engineer, about the fact that when the Pope visits in St. Louis this January, it will probably be a former Polish Greenwich resident plannng the tour based on his experiences of selling Remy Martin for Pepsi Cola. He is a clever enough person that when I visited Paris right before the Albertville Olympics, he showed up out of no where and took my picture coming out of the Louvre. I recognized him because by Parisian standards he is a very tall man. I stopped by the Greenwich Harbor Inn to use the rest room and said hello to a traveler coming in from California. I drove down by the water, and it was a clear night with a few lights on the houses on the water. I returned home and filed this report. Well have a good Sunday morning, I will be doing my house cleaning when I wake up tomorrow. CIO

Note:<888>8/29/98 Saturday 5:40 P.M. EDT: I was up at 3 P.M. and watched a program on the History Channel about Howard Hughes the reclusive American Billionaire, http://mikescott.net/hughes.htm . I noticed in this article BBC News | Health | Young homeless men 40 times more likely to die about homeless youth in Great Britain, there was a picture of a man that looked a little bit like Howard Hughes. I checked with the British Embassy at 1-202-462-1340 and they explained that many student travellers sleep out in the Rough when they come to visit England, particularly those from France who take the Channel Ferry or Chunnel over to England. I explained to the duty officer that I was part of the Old Guard who were around the Duke of Windsor and my father 15 years ago, suggested that I stay in Greenwich, Connecticut for the rest of my life, or until "Hell Freezes Over". Thus I don't try to travel anywhere anymore except a few minor trips. I have maintained a public address here for 15 years along with a telephone number when I can afford it, and no one has ever bothered me or invaded my privacy except for a few close friends, I have known most of my life. My basic attitude is that if one leads a boring sedate life, no one is going to bother you; unless it is a real emergency. I suppose if I took off traveling after all these years, it would be like the Czar of Russia leaving the Kremlin and all sorts of people would come back at Greenwich. I have explained many times, I am part of a large family network, that has been here close to 400 years, so there is no need for me to travel around to represent the family. If anyone has any questions, I have made myself available to the general public, lived publicly, and maintained public address and telephone for most of my life, so I don't think there is any reason to confuse the issue with a bunch of hog wash about invading people's privacy, since most private people I know here frequently go out in public and are well networked within the community. If anyone is seeking access to my apartment to check out my domain or use my communications setup, they can call be in the evening around dinner time, and I might consult with them, but basically everything on the internet is public information, public relations, and nothing of a private or secure nature. Well have a good day, I am still getting started in my day. I had scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, vitamins, coffee, and orange juice for breakfast. I need to buy generic Pine Sol cleaner at the Grand Union for cleaning my apartment. The new Braun Cappacino machine is working fine, but I need to buy a small metal pitcher for frothing the milk. I suppose everyone is enjoying themselves today, but basically as night time person for most of these 33 three years, like the person who wrote the book "25 Years of the Night Watch, A Very Peculiar Business", at the moment I could write "33 Years of the Night Watch, A Very Peculiar Business". Well back to my creative writting on the internet. Enjoy Greenwich for what it is, not what you expected it to be. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>8/29/98 Saturday 2:10 A.M. EDT: Just about a year of mourning is over for Princess Dianas, so I changed the www.mikescott.net/gb.htm Great Britain page, and added a link to it to seperate page for Princess Diana www.mikescott.net/diana.htm . Well this Sunday night about 5 P.M. our time a year ago the tragedy occurred a year ago. Rest in Peace, Pax Vobiscum. CIO

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Note:<888>8/29/98 Saturday 12:35 A.M. EDT: I went out at 10 P.M.. There was a NBC New York news truck in front of the detective division of the Greenwich Police Department reporting on a susbect that they are looking for involved in car jackings in the area. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. It was not too busy. I noticed the Dome Restaurant was in full swing with late night group of young people partying on Friday night. I noticed the NBC news truck crew went into the Dome restaurant I guess for relaxation. I noticed while driving down Steamboat Road the Greenwich Harbor Inn was packed to capacity in its parking areas. There did not seem to be many people out for movies or dinner. I was told by a Greenwich Police officer that the accident at the Round Hill store was minor, and there were no fatalities. I returned home and made some Ramen noodles and a glass of soda. There were a lot of people around speaking foreign languages mostly Russian. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>8/28/98 Friday 9:40 P.M. EDT: I was up at 12:30 P.M. today. I worked on the internet and installed Money 99 Trial . I called about my Braun Cappicino machine and it was ready, so at 4 P.M. I drove over to Stamford and picked it up on Cedar Heights road. I encountered rush hour traffic on the Merrit Parkway at Long Ridge Road before my High Ridge Road exit to Cedar Heights. I returned with no traffic. I went by the Greenwich Library and saw it closing for the day. I stopped by Exxon and filled the car with $10.75 premium gasoline. I drove down by the water on Steamboat Road giving one of my former neighbors a ride. I chatted with a local fisherman about the storm. There were clouds forming overhead, but apparently the storm is going to pass by to the south of us, probably hitting Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard. I went to the Grand Union. The police were there. One resident thought she had lost her purse, but she had just misplaced the cart. She told me there was a major wreck in front of the Round Hill store. Apparently somebody had robbed the bank in Southport, Connecticut and fled west on the Merrit Parkway west and up Round Hill Road and collided with two other cars opposite the Round Hill Store. Round Hill Road was closed and traffic was being diverted up Porkchuck Road. I was told after three hours they had not been able to extradite the accident victims from the automobiles and that more than likely they were probably dead. I guess it was a really grissly accident. I noticed the lady who thought she lost her purse was buying fresh orange juice with the aid of another gal. I bought Post toasted oats with Almonds $2.99, GU 2% milk $1.67, boneless breast of chicken at $2.99 a pound for a total of $3.92, Tony's four cheese pizza for $3.69 a pound, and Brocolli for $1.69 for a total of $13.96. I returned home and set up the Capacinno machine. My house guest had returned. According to the local news, the tropical storm was going to pass us up. I napped and at 8 P.M. made the Tony's four cheese pizza for dinner. I then made a cup of Capacino for myself without frothing the milk. The Braun Capacino works well, but I think they forgot to give me back the instruction book. I just heard on the news that the Southport bank robbery was still being investigated and it did not have anything to do with the Round Hill wreck. I just finished my coffee. I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm , it was down 3% today. I will shower and go out shortly while my house guest goes to sleep. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>8/28/98 Friday 4:55 A.M. EDT: Lowe's Storm98 Hurricane Central: Latest Reports: Strike Probabilities report on hurricane strike locations and probabilites. Off to bed. We still will probably get lots of rain. CIO

Note:<888>8/28/98 Friday 4:50 A.M. EDT: I started downloading Money 99 Trial at 2:30 A.M.. I went out for a walk and checked out the water on Steamboat Road. Two fishermen were down there and the remains of about 24 bottles of beer from the astronomy club. I chatted with one Arabic fisherman from Brooklyn and he said he was not catching any fish before the storm which was unusual. I returned up the road and told one officer about the sun spots might disrupt communications. I walked the lower part of Greenwich Avenue. One young fellow was resting on a bench in front of the Grigg Street restaurant. I noticed coming up the Avenue four discarded cummerbunds various colors in a bag which I dropped off at the Greenwich Police station. They took down my name, address, and telephone. I noticed the sleeper walking around. I went back down to Steamboat Road and noticed the harbor patrol patroling the harbor checking the moorings on the sailboats before the storm. I don't think anyone has taken in their sailboats, so they don't expect a bad storm. I noticed one lit up house on the harbor as always. I noticed the auroeoborialis type affect in the southern sky from the solar flares which is an unusual atronomical event to observe. I returned to the center of Greenwich Avenue and chatted with the sleeper. He was a Swiss employee of the best restaurant in town and lived across the street from my families first house in town years ago, staying with friends. I talked his ear off driving him back home, he was very tired. Unfortunately Greenwich does not have all night taxi service, so I told him I was a Red Cross volonteer in different capacity, since I had met the head of the International Red Cross in Athens, Greece with my college roommate in 1972. You finally get the picture of my red and white letters on Scott's Random Notes. I also lived down the street from the Red Cross headquarters in Manhattan, and I lived across from the Red Cross headquarters in Chicago for spell. Thus we call it a Red Cross volonteer day. Hopefully the storm won't produce any local difficulties for us, so we don't have to have a major Red Cross action in the wake of any flooding. Well time for some shut eye, and I'll try not to keep waking up my house guest moving around. Over and out. CIO

Note:<888>8/28/98 Friday 12:50 A.M. EDT: August 28, a day that was popular during the Nixon administration. Well I fixed dinner for my house guest of sirloin steak, corn on the cob, mixed vegatables, ice tea, and coffee. I watched the weather reports on the tropical storm to the south of us, and at 7 P.M., tropical storm watches were posted from Atlantic City, New Jersey to Watch Hill, Rhode Island. I suppose starting this morning depending on the path and speed of the storm we can expect 5 to 10 inches of rain for the next two days, so have you umbrellas handy. For travelers with the urge to travel, the recent sun spots mentioned yesterday could cause major electrical malfunctions in all sorts of electronic components. I discussed this, this evening with a pilot down at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. Basically all sorts of electronic components of any sort could fail, so one has to exercise caution when traveling. I went out after dinner at 8 P.M. this evening and stopped by the Greenwich Library. I discused the fact with a local legal representative that yesterday Thursday, the Microsoft Investor portfolio said Coca Cola was up 1 1/2 points, and CNBC said it was down 4 1/2 points. These are major discrepencies, and it should probably be necessary for the Securities and Exchange commission to look into the dicrepencies in stock quotes in the Microsoft Portfolio manager quote server. He seemed confused since he does not understand computers. I read the local paper, and the library was quiet with a few people who are foreign guests using the internet servers. I suppose they like keeping in touch with their homelands happenings. I went downtown to the Greenwich Harbor Inn and they had their usual outdoor music bar happenings. I used the restroom which is convenient to use when one is on Steamboat Road at all hours of the day. I chatted with one of the residents while driving down. I returned to the center of town and stopped by the stationary store on lower Greenwich Avenue and bought a white BIC lighter for $1.50, since my new Bjeep quit working after two weeks. I suppose the decrease in barometric pressure caused by the tropical formation caused the butane in the lighter to malfunction from lack of pressure. The opposite is the worse when on an aircraft the pressure can increase and cause the lighter to flair up, which can be a hazzard; which is a good reason not to smoke in aircraft with butane lighers. I guess a Zippo lighter would be more practical in an aircraft, and I believe local cigar stores sell electric lighters which probably would be safer, but might not work in wet weather. Of course a Zippo lighter puts out a wider flame, and in the trenches in the old days at night a Zippo lighter would mark an opposing marksman, and frequently the second flick of the lighter was one's last. Well enough of history stories I have read. I admired a local yellow green Mercedes convertable 300 circa 1951 to 1957, similar to a sedan I use to have. It was in new condition with the top down, and brought back old memories of restoring the old Mercedes 300 in my college years. I chatted with another passerby about it. He inquired about the weather and what was to be expected, and I told him to expect 5 to 10 inches of rain on Friday and Saturday. I also mentioned somebody use to have a 1926 chocolate Mercedes convertable on Nantucket. I chatted with one German resident about other visiting Germans in the area. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue with a break to return to the Greenwich Harbor Inn to use the restroom since Starbucks closed earlier. I chatted with the Terminex people who had three trucks for a job behind Ralph Laurens. I noticed a few strollers and the Dome restaurant had a small group of people out for the evening. At midnight I drove down by the water and there were about a dozen teenagers out enjoying the stars on a pleasent clear evening. I guess it was the lull before the storm. Well I returned home and am having ice tea and gold fish crackers for a snack while I file this report. Have a good morning and be prepared for rain in the morning. CIO

Note:<888>8/27/98 Thursday 5:45 P.M. EDT: I had breakfast of Post shredded wheat squares, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I went out at 2:45 P.M. and the local school was just letting out, so Greenwich public schools are now back in session. It is a beautiful clear sunny day, with ominous clouds on the southern horizon. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I went by the Hospital Thrift shop. I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat road and surveyed the clouds on the southern horizon. I drove by ELDC thrift and chatted with a red cross volonteer driving a ventage Mercedes. I drove to the middle of town and sat out in front of the senior center observing for a while. I went by the local library and the local paper was not available. I returned home and we had just had a false alarm on the central building fire alarm system. I updated Scott's Index and it looks like it was a blood bath on Wall Street today with my bellweter portfolio down 4.3% today, see www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . Well I am waiting for my house guest to return from Vermont. I hope the clouds on the southern horizon move east, but we actually could use the rain. My house guest just returned. Time for dinner. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>8/27/98 Thursday 2:50 A.M. EDT: I have been doing my usual net work. I noticed these two stories are probably connected in that the solar erruptions probably caused the launch failure of the PANAMSAT Satellite Solar eruption causes geomagnetic storm on Earth and New U.S. rocket explodes in $225 million fireball . I would imagine the electronics on the rocket were messed up by the solar flair, and other similar events could happen. Let's keep our fingers crossed. CIO

Note:<888>8/26/98 Wednesday 11:10 P.M. EDT: I went out at 4 P.M. and toured the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop and bought a Starbucks travel mug for .50. I drove by the harbor on Steamboat Road and observed the waterfront with ominous storm clouds on the horizon. I stopped by the Greenwich libary and chatted with a few regulars about hurricane activity speculating it was going to come up this way. I stopped by the Grand Union in Glenville for a change and bought a sirloin steak at $2.99 a pound for $4.79, a Tony's Pizza for $3.39, a gallon box of Pepperidge Farm chedar cheese goldfish crackers for $5.29, a half gallon of 2% milk for $1.67, four ears of yellow corn at .20 each for .80, a 12 pack of Seltzer in cans for $1.99, four Bananas at .99 a pound for .80 for a total of $19.43 with .11 tax. I returned home and put away the groceries and munched on some goldfish crackers. I got to thinking about my hurricane investigations on the internet, and I remembered two stories from the Carribean reported I believe in The Times, about three murders in the Carribean in the past year. I believe in one story last July down in Mustique a wealthy French widow was murdered possibly by a crew member of a yacht on the small island of Mustique where there are usually less than two hundred residents and at the time Princess Margaret was a guest. I also read about two weeks ago that there have been two murders recently in Bahamas of a British and American women tourists. I got to thinking that some crew member of one of those Carribean Yachts calling at British Ports of Call might be doing in female visitors, and with the hurricane season upon us, that crew member might be headed into northern waters like Bermuda or even possibly into American waters. I have seen a number of small sailboats and yachts from the Carribean even pull into the 500 foot dock at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. I suppose we will have to be vigilant as to the movements of our visiting crew members. I next went by the Greenwich library and sipped my coffee out of the Starbucks traveling mug. I checked out two movies "School Ties" and "Outbreak" to have during rainy hurricane weather to watch in case I don't get to take my evening strolls. I went for an evening stroll on Greenwich Avenue and mentioned the Carribean murder story to a couple of local old timers. I then drove down by the water and surveyed the harbor. I stopped by the Greenwich Harbor Inn and discussed the hurricane with the owners and captain of the Yacht Mercedes out of Australia. I told them from my studies I thought that the hurricane was coming right up this way, because I did not feel any winds out of the Northwest pushing it offshore. I told them that the harbor John Scott-Paine built in Stamford, Connecticut; "Yacht Haven" was a better protected harbor than Greenwich Harbor. I mentioned I believe it was in 1988 Hurricane Bob sent water up to the entrance of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club and flooded the entrance of the Showboat now the Greenwich Harbor Inn. I did mentioned they have built the sea wall higher since then. I discussed other harbors and marinas I have lived around and told them one fellow in Oklahoma bought three lots on the Indian River in John's Island, Florida just to moor his boat. I asked them if they have ever seen the Yacht "Viking" that is suppose to be the world's largest private yacht built in Norway. I also mentioned that the General Reinsurance Building next to the Greenwich Harbor Inn is now owned by Berkshire Hathaway and that since Microsoft is chummy with Warren Buffett, Paul Allen could park his 200 foot yacht which he sailed up the Amazon at their dock, and it might fit in, if the Island Beach ferry had room to cruise by. I also told them that Landfall Navigation west of McDonalds on West Putnam Avenue has all the nautical navigation charts that one might need for this area. They were very friendly and conversational as the Australians usually are. I told them that IBM in the area would probably be sending about 5,000 people to Australia for the Olympics. I also mentioned the only espionage going on in the area revolves around the Indian Harbor Yacht Club and their secret plans with the New York Yacht Club and Newport, Rhode Island to try and win back the Americas Cup and they are probably plotting the cup challenge upstairs at the Yacht Club in the second floor board room. This was by way of letting them know I was a waterfront rat around Steamboat Road for 15 years this time around. I also mentioned Bill Albertson one of Eisenhower's Secret Service Agents at Camp David use to live at 700 Steamboat Road before he retired to Florida and passed away from skin cancer. They informed me they did not have internet access since they did not have a telephone line. I next returned home and filed this report. I also updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . Well have a good evening and morning, and keep a weather eye to the weather. I suspect whether or not we get Hurricane Bonnie, we will have two days of soaking rain on Thursday and Friday. Good Night. CIO

Note:<888>8/26/98 Wednesday 3:45 P.M. EDT: I was up at 12:30 P.M.. I had scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee for breakfast. I recieved a call for an appointment next Monday at 4 P.M.. I updated Atlantic Coast Cams North America Scott's Internet Hotlist with a few more lenghts for surf and weather watchers. I have to go out shortly after I shower. CIO

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Note:<888>8/26/98 Wednesday 2:05 A.M. EDT: I went back out at midnight. It was lightning a bit. I walked a short distance on Greenwich Avenue and had coffee out of my thermos. I chatted with a few other pedestrians. I stopped by the Greenwich Harbor Inn. They are booked up, and I chatted with the regular night clerk. It looks like we might have a little bit more lightning and thunder, but I suppose by tomorrow we might get some moisture from hurricane Bonnie. Well back to the net. CIO

Note:<888>8/25/98 Tuesday 11:15 P.M. EDT: I slept until 6 P.M. this evening. I had some Ramen noodles and peanut butter for lunch. I watched the ABC evening news saying they are going to evacuate the outer banks in North Carolina because of Hurricane Bonnie. I was thinking that Bimini the island is somewhere out there where Hurricane Bonnie is, and we have heard no reports from Bimini. I went downtown and bought 2 buy 2 get one free of Merit Ultra lites for $5.80 each three pack for $11.60 total. I went by the Greenwich library and read three computer newsweeklies and one computer magazine Yahoo. I briefed the internet librarian on some internet activity. I was sneaking a smoke outside by the front entrance and chatted briefly with a young 21 year old visitor from Berlin, Germany Johan who likes keeping track of his family in Germany with the internet in the library. I told him normally there are more Germans here and around the library, but lots of people are away on vacation. He said he is here only for a short stay. He seemed to know English fairly well. I went downtown and there were lots of Russians walking around. Possibly with the new change of government in Russia, we have a new delegation of Russian diplomats attached to the United Nations. I chatted with one long time Russian resident in the area, and told him that the new Monsanto drug Celebra might help some of us with arthritis get outside more in the cold weather when it comes out early in 1999, especially since one of the senior patrons of the Greenwich community is the senior director of Monsanto. He seemed to agree and I know he has arthritis with all the strenuous work he did in his career. I chatted with a local Outward Bound participant about the nice pink petunnia flowers in the area around the post office. I advised her take refuge in the library on Thursday when it rains. She asked me to keep an eye out for any elderly gentleman who needed a campanion. I chatted with a Political Sciense major writting in the park in front of the senior center about political observations in Greenwich and to be sure to pay attention to any nobility seen roaming around. I returned a Stop Sign to the police department that had fallen off the saw horse supporting it opposite Starbucks. I walked the lower area of Greenwich Avenue a second time and mentioned to the local laundramat operator that the people who don't want to bothered in Bimini might be interested in the hurricane that should have passed over them. I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road and the usual coastal observers were there. I chatted with employees at the Greenwich Harbor Inn about possibly getting ready in case it should flood around the waterfront in Greenwich. I advised them they should move the furniture to the second floor if it looked like it was going to flood if any heavy rain or tidal events occurs around here. I mentioned I use to know David Lloyd who I believe his family was involved with the Lloyd's Names underwritter syndicate involved for centuries in Maritime Insurance Underwritting and they might possibly take some financial loses in this latest group of hurricane activity. I chatted with one employee from Ecuador about antique cars in South America. He said they have quite a few of them in Columbia. I observed a prominent member of the Greenwich community arriving back from China aboard the Connecticut Limosine service and calling a taxi to take him to his Greenwich home. Of course his main home is in North Terrytown, New York. I guess he is worried about flooding at his Greenwich home in case of hurricane activity. He was looking a bit more Chinese than usual which happens when you visit another country, you begin to look like their citizens. Of course since he founded the Asian Institute on Park Avenue in New York, he and his associates know quite a bit about Asia. I returned home and filed this report and updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . Well back to the net after I have a salad for dinnner. CIO

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Note:<888>8/25/98 Tuesday 12:20 A.M. EDT: Well I went out at 5 P.M. this evening and stopped by the Grand Union. I bought two quart bottles of Arm and Hammer liguid detergent for .79 each for $1.58, four half gallons of GU orange juice from concentrate for .79 each for $3.16, 4 GU half gallons of Ruby Red grapefruit juice in jars for .59 each for $2.36, a quart jar of B&G kosher dill pickles for $1.35, 3 packages for sugar free jello for $2.01 total .67 each, two GU small pitted olives for .89 each for $1.78, a quart of Parmalat 2% milk for .99, 4 jars of GU crunchy peanut butter .59 each for $2.36 for a Grand total of $15.68. I also returned .85 in cans. There was the usual rush hour festive crowd of shoppers at the Grand Union at rush hour. I stopped by the Exxon station and bought $13.25 of premium gasoline next to the library. I returned home and put away the groceries and watched the ABC evening news about the weather events. The ABC evening news said the Hurricane watch was from Savanah, Georgia to Nags Head, North Carolina. I thought is was suppose to be from Wilmington, North Carolina to Virginia Beach, Virginia. I fixed my house guest and myself a dinner of Tony's four cheese pizza and mixed salad with Russian dressing, ice tea, and coffee. I made a new batch of www.mikescott.net/icetea.htm while preparing dinner. After coffee my house guest left for Vermont until Thursday to help with the summer chores. He needs to help out putting in 500 bales of Hay for a family members' Lammas for the winter which is a volonteer group effort. He said it is very strenuous work. I recieved email from Microsoft Expedia telling me I could take a round trip Carribean Cruise on Carnival Cruise from New York for about $750, but I don't think it would be too enjoyable this week during hurricane season. I guess it shows Microsoft attitude towards IBM personnel lingering around here. I also thought that since Hurricane Bonnie might strike Newport News, Virginia the Chief of Navy Operations should direct the Newport News Fleet to Sea for the duration of this hurricane if they think it might affect their area. After dinner I stopped by the library and read the local newspaper. I went downtown for my evening walk and walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with a local resident from Peru about ancient civilizations and the possibility that their ancient ruins might record the events of ancient tectonic or other natural phenomina. He said it might be so, and he is descended from the original Peruvian Incan Indians. We also discussed the volcano on the Peruvian Chilean boarder. He was not on the internet, but he was very knowlegable. Downtown was very deserted and not much was going on downtown. It was a very quiet hot sultry night, and it definitely feels like hurricane weather. Well have an enjoyable morning. CIO

Note:<888>8/24/98 Monday 4:35 P.M. EDT: I worked on the net until 2 P.M.. I altered my weather page www.mikescott.net/weather.htm . I took a nap until 4 P.M. while making a complete backup. I had a snack of Ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwich. I updated Scott's index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . Well I have to shower and do a couple of errands and go out and face the heat. Have a good evening. CIO

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Note:<888>8/24/98 Monday 10:50 A.M. EDT: I was up at 9 A.M. this morning. I watched the morning weather about the hurricane Bonnie. It is just sitting out there making up its mind. I would recommend coastal area residents in this area to think about hurricane precautions, since this time of year, it pays to be cautious. I had scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee for breakfast. These links might be of interest WeatherNet: Weather Cams , Bermuda Triangle [WebCam 1] , An RSN Resort Cam Picture - Cape Hatteras - Resort Cam images, worldwide snow conditions, weather forecasts, ski travel packages, ski trips, lodging, accommodations, ski, skiing, snowboarding , Current WTOC Savannah Sky Cam, Buddha the Surfguru - Daily WaveCams, Melbourne Beach, Florida, East Coast Connection - Buddha's Surf Reports from Florida, Buddhacam, SURFCAM.NET Melbourne Beach, Florida, Kennedy Space Center Video Feeds, Lowe's Storm98 Hurricane Central: Your news source for hurricane and storm information. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>8/24/98 Monday 1:20 A.M. EDT: I upgraded my bios for my S-571 PC Ware motherboard www.pcware.com to 7/28/98. It seemed to fix the hard drive hesitation problem I was having since I installed the 5/6/98 bios from AmiBios. This is a great improvement for a minor nusance problem. I also noticed that my motherboard will take a Cyrix 300 mhz processor, which I don't think I need for web browsing, but there is room to grow. I think I will shut down shortly. Hurricane activity seems to be in limbo. CIO

Note:<888>8/23/98 Sunday 10:40 P.M. EDT: I finished cleaning house and watering the plants at 5:30 P.M.. I did my laundry while preparing dinner of center cut pork chops baked in wine with herbs, potatoe, onion, green peas, ice tea, and coffee. I chatted with my house guest awhile. I went out at 8 P.M. for a walk downtown until 10 P.M. and returned. I noticed somebody walking around with an IBM polo shirt while out for my walk. Well back to the net. CIO

Note:<888>8/23/98 Sunday 12:30 P.M. EDT: I am up at noon and had breakfast of shredded wheat, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I now have to do my daily house cleaning while I listen to www.ttalk.com weekender broadcast. CIO

Note:<888>8/23/98 Sunday 12:30 A.M. EDT: I had dinner with my house guest of center cut pork chops baked in wine and herbs with potatoe, zuchinni, onion, ice tea, and coffee. We went out for a walk of the entire length of Greenwich Avenue this past evening. There was the usual group of evening strollers. It smelled like they had a minor smoke fire in a garbage can in front of the post office. It was a nice cooler evening. I returned home and update my weather page www.mikescott.net/weather.htm with a mirror page link from the NOAA National Hurricane of their other weather links page NOAA National Hurricane TPC Meteorological Links Mirror at Scott's Florida Site which will display the other weather links if their server is overwhelmed. However, since my server is in Florida in Deerfield Beach, it could conceivably be a casualty of any hurricane activity. At the moment I can not afford another server, but this low cost site is available in San Jose, California 123 Bizweb Special . Well have a good morning, I have to get to bed, so I don't disturb my house guest. CIO

Note:<888>8/22/98 Saturday 5:50 P.M. EDT: I was up at 10:30 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I went by the library at noon and read another computer news weekly. It was not too busy. I went out to Tod's Point and took the three mile walk around Tod's Point and chatted with a couple from Wilmington, North Carolina about my waterfront adventures. They told me they were worried about Hurricane Bonnie hitting their area like the one did last year. They told me Al Gore vacations at Figure Eight Island, North Carolina which would be possibly in the path of the current hurricane activity. I returned stopping by to browse Stables. I went back by the library and read PC World. I have observed a youngster using the internet this past week at the library who seems to be on a "Outward Bound Safari British Sytle" which is the custom of the British travelers in this area. I drove down by the water and returned home. My house guest just arrived home. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>8/22/98 Saturday 12:40 A.M. EDT: I fixed dinner for my house guest of mixed salad with tuna, ice tea, and coffee. I went out at 8 P.M., and walked the lower part of Greenwich Avenue and then the upper part of Greenwich Avenue. I then stopped by the Grand Union and bought 3 Mardi Gras paper towels for $2, boneless center cut porks chops at $2.99 a pound for $3.80, two bags of GU frozen mixed vegtables for $1.19 apiece for $2.38, GU frozen peas for .75, GU frozen Spinich for .59, a quart of Borden Real Lemon Juice for $1.99, Pepperidge Farm Parmesian Goldfish crackers for $1.50, a box of GU 30, 13 Gallon clear garbage bags for $2.79 for a total of $16.09. I then returned home and put away the groceries. I then went back downtown and walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue again. I noticed that they were playing interesting new music at the Dome Restaurant which seemed better than what I have heard there before. I noticed there was a sedate crowd at 64 Greenwich Avenue. I saw quite a few younger people at the Sundown saloon and That Aways. There was a moderate group of people out this evening with quite a few visitors about. I got to thinking about the Racing Colors Black and Yellow on 64 Greenwich Avenue and it reminded me that the Travers Race is at Saratoga next Saturday, Auguest 29th, which should bring out a few of the Sportmen in the area. If you want to place a bet on it try Horse racing and betting from OTB . I returned home after my walk. Have a good morning. CIO