Note:<888>09/07/00 Thursday 7:35 P.M. EDT: I rested most of the afternoon. I woke up and had some ice cream and goldfish crackers. I was finally up about 6:15 P.M., and I watched the evening news. I just had three fried hot dogs with rolls and dijon mustard, ice tea, and coffee. I will now try to do a little reading. CIO

Note:<888>09/07/00 Thursday 1:55 P.M. EDT: I went through my internet list "http://mrscott.com/scotwork.htm" . I then installed MSN Explorer Preview 2 . I sifted through my email. There is a charity event at Polo "http://www.ygop.org/Polo.htm" . I finished making the ice tea "http://mrscott.com/icetea.htm" . I had steak stew for lunch along with ice tea and coffee. I am going out to check the mail. I need to remove the three beach chairs from the back seat of the car, but I will keep the three in the trunk. I might do some reading of the Lindbergh book this afternoon. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>09/07/00 Thursday 10:40 A.M. EDT: I woke up last night and had some goldfish crackers and a diet Sprite. I was up at about 9:30 A.M. this morning. I had three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, cappucinno, and vitamins. I have to make some ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>09/06/00 Wednesday 11:45 P.M. EDT: I relaxed a bit. Then I put the new Belkin surge suppressor power control panel underneath the main computer, and I put the an older power control panel underneath the secondary computer. I also found in the CMOS, I had one PNP setting set to EISA/ISA left over from when I had the old sound card in the computer which I fixed. The computer does not make a ping when I start it now. Well time to relax and go to bed. CIO

Note:<888>09/06/00 Wednesday 9:15 P.M. EDT: I went out about 4 P.M.. I stopped by the Greenwich Library. I read three computer newsweeklies. I noticed that the old building was now opened, so I toured the renovations. It is very spacious with new addition with lots more quiet reading areas. It all seems to work together. I then went downtown. I sat out n the park for a while and chatted with a local. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I sat in the park some more. I walked the upper section of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at the top for a while. I stopped by CVS and bought a can of cashews for $2.50. I then walked back down the Avenue. I put the cashews in the car. I then walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and I noticed the Richard's gala was in full swing. I then sat out at the Post Office for a while. I then drove over to the Food Emporium, and I bought a half gallon of Edy's homemade ice cream butter pecan for $2.99 and a 38 oz. box of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers for $5.29 for $8.28 total. I then returned home, and I had the cashews and ice tea for dinner. I might finish off the old container of ice cream. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>09/06/00 Wednesday 3:20 P.M. EDT: See what Hurley Haywood is testing in the desert iSTYLETV - CLASSIC CARS - News - Porsche Turbo - Close Encounter . CIO

Note:<888>09/06/00 Wednesday 3:10 P.M. EDT: I was up at 8:30 A.M. this morning. I had GU raisin bran, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and cappucinno for breakfast. I got a tired spell while trying to read, and I slept until 2 P.M.. I did get up and have four scoops of ice cream. I chatted foru about an hour on Net2Phone. It was 111 degrees Farenheit in Texas yesterday. It seems to be nice and comfortable out here. I had three fried hotdogs with buns and dijon mustard for lunch with a dill pickle, ice tea, and coffee. I will now clean up and go by the library and enjoy the day. CIO

Note:<888>09/06/00 Wednesday 1:45 A.M. EDT: I updated my CMOS to an August 7, 2000 version. For some odd reason the computer makes a short beep when starting up. I also updated the NASA page "http://mrscott.com/nasa.htm" with links to "http://mrscott.com/nasa-106.htm" . Well time to head off to bed. CIO

Note:<888>09/05/00 Tuesday 11:55 P.M. EDT: I did my daily work routine. I went to www.speedguide.net and did a few tweaks. I updated "vtcp.386". I added the line to the system.ini file to allow memory for my LAN card. I also setup my computer as a "Network Server" instead of "Desktop Computer" in preferences. It is all running fine. I tried without success to get the 83.5 MHz setting to work, but it does not. Possibly I only have 66 MHz memory. Well I will read a little internet tech news now. CIO

Note:<888>09/05/00 Tuesday 9:40 P.M. EDT: I was up from my nap at 5:30 P.M.. I had some goldfish crackers and ice cream while I was resting. I recieved a telephone call from a friend back from vacation that was fishing on Lake Champlain. I went out after cleaning up. I stopped by the ATM machine. I drove over to CompUSA in White Plains, New York. I bought three 1000 minute Net2Phone YAP cards for $9.99 apiece and a package of Champion paper for $2.99 with $2.56 tax for $35.51 total. I returned to Greenwich and bought $16 of premium at $1.98 a gallon at the Exxon station. I stopped by the local library and read the newspaper. I took a walk on lower Greenwich Avenue. I overheard the new Richard's department store opens on Thursday. I noticed their is a new retaurant near Zyns. I returned home and had some of my steak stew for dinner with ice tea and coffee. This morning when I went out, I spent $7.44 on two bags of small carrott for $1.29 each, two boxex of mushrooms for $1.29 each, a bulb of garlic .40, two red peppers .86 and two green peppers $1.02 all of which I used in the stew. I also used the two shell steaks trimmed and sliced, seven medium potatoes, six medium onions, two ears of corn sliced off, along with three cups milk, and three cups white wine along with the usual assortment of herbs, spices, conditments for flavoring. It made about six quarts of healthy stew. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>09/05/00 Tuesday 1:10 P.M. EDT: I finished the steak and vegatable stew. I put three medium containers in the freezer and one large one in the refrigerator. I sanded the small rust spots on the car while the stew was finishing simmering. I then used the touch up white paint to cover up the small rust spots. I then used the white spray paint to spray the inside rims of the real wheel housing panels, the lower seams of the doors, and one larger rust spot. I then fried three hotdogs and had them on rools with Dijon mustard and ice tea and coffee. In the French tradition, I think I will take my midday nap. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>09/05/00 Tuesday 10:25 A.M. EDT: I made two three quart pots of the meat flavored vegatable stew mixture. I also added a bag of tiny carrotts and a box of sliced mushrooms to each pot along with slicing corn off an ear of corn for each pot. The mixture will be ready in about a half hour. It is simmering. I will then refrigerate half and freeze half. Enjoy the day. CIO

Note:<888>09/05/00 Tuesday 8:20 A.M. EDT: I was up at 6:30 A.M. this morning. I had a call at 1 A.M. this morning from a family member that had their house broken into. It was also mentioned that it was 109 degrees farenheit in Texas. I had three sot boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and cappucinno. I installed the Belkin power control center underneath the backup computer. It is identical to the primary on the main computer. I filled out the rebate form. I will now go mail it, then go to the Korean vegatable market next to Cumberland Farms for green peppers, mushrooms, and garlic; so I can make Pot Au Feu with the steaks and onions and potatoes along with herbs, spices, condiments, white wine, milk, butter, and oils. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>09/04/00 Monday 8:25 P.M. EDT: I went out this morning after the last message. I stppped by the ATM machine. I sat downtown and chatted with a summer resident. I then drove up to CompUSA in Norwalk via the Post Road. I stopped by AutoZone in east Stamford, and bought a can of white auto spray paint and a brush tube of white auto paint for $3.29 and $2.79 plus .36 tax for $6.44 total. If it is dry tomorrow, I will try to touch up the car tomorrow. I then went up to CompUSA. I stopped by the ATM at CitiBank in Norwalk, but I did not use it since it costs $1.50 charge. I then went to CompUSA. They do not carry the YAP cards for Net to Phone there since too many were stolen. I will have to try the store in White Plains some time latter. I did find a bargain. I got a $30 Belkin Surge protector control center for $10 off or $19.99 plus $1.20 tax for $21.19 plus it comes with a $20 mailin rebate, so it is virtually free. I will use it with the backup computer since I have two good surge protectors on the main computer. I then drove back home the scenic way up through Darien and through and around downtown New Canaan and back down the Merritt Parkway to Stamford. I then drove down the Avenue and back around to the Grand Union. I bought a Mystic Pizza for $2.50, a package of Sunshine hotdog rolls for $1.99, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" $1.33, a Stauffer's Hearty chicken fetticini $2.50, two package of Farmland Franks for .99 each, two shell steaks with bone in at $4.99 a pound for $9.08, two jars of Skippy peanut butter 18 oz. for .99 each for $21.36. I then returned home, and I had a Mystic pizza and Citra soda for dinner after putting away the groceries. I then went downtown, and I chatted with a local golfer about golf in the area and other various events in Florida. I sat out through a minor shower. I took a walk around lower Greenwich Avenue. There were quite a few people out for dinner. I returned home and had a Citra soda. I will set up the new surge protector tomorrow and touch up the car paint. Well time to relax and have a peanut butter sandwich and get ready for bed. CIO

Note:<888>09/04/00 Monday 9:50 A.M. EDT: I cleaned up. I had three hotdogs with rolls and Dijon mustard, ice tea, and coffee. The Spider is still running on my computer for the last three day. It's IP address is "208.178.109.35". It does not make sense that someone would run a spider since the entire directory is downloadable unless it is a LINUX newbie. Well time for some fresh air. CIO

Note:<888>09/04/00 Monday 7:50 A.M. EDT: I updated Scott's weekly broadcast "http://mrscott.com/sound.htm" . CIO

Note:<888>09/04/00 Monday 7:25 A.M. EDT: I went out yesterday after the last message. I stopped by Staples in Old Greenwich. I went by CVS in Old Greenwich. I bought a carton of Philly cigar cigarettes for $15.04. I drove around Tod's Point. I went downtown. I sat out for a while downtown. I returned home about 5 P.M.. I went to bed, and I was up at 3 A.M.. I had breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, orange juice, cappucinno, and vitamins. I rested until 6:30 A.M.. I had some ice cream. I still have a spider blocking my web server which is a real pain. CIO

Note:<888>09/03/00 Sunday 1:40 P.M. EDT: I was up at 6:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and cappucinno. I rested a bit more until 9:30 A.M.. I had a dish of ice cream and a bag of barbeque potato chips. I started listening to Cool 107.4 from Penacola, Florida. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I had three hotdogs on rolls with a couple of dill pickles along with ice tea and coffee for lunch. I changed the logs on my Apache server for the new month. I have a Spider indexing my site, so it does not always work. Well time to clean up and go outside for some fresh air. CIO

Note:<888>09/02/00 Saturday 11:35 P.M. EDT: Spent some time looking at Search Engines, but I did not find any that were useful. CIO

Note:<888>09/02/00 Saturday 8:50 P.M. EDT: I did a little regular internet work, and then rested on Saturday. I was up at 6:30 P.M.. I watched the evening news. I had a ribeye steak for dinner with two ears of corn on the cob, ice tea, and coffee. Have an enjoyable evening. CIO

Note:<888>09/02/00 Saturday 11:45 P.M. EDT: I was up at 10 P.M.. I had breakfast of Kellogg's Rice Krispies with a bit of GU raisin bran, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and cappucino. Time for regular internet routine. CIO

Note:<888>09/01/00 Friday 2:05 P.M. EDT: I went back out. I stopped by the ATM. I went by Union Trust on Lafayette Place, but they no longer handle the housing authority. I instead had to go to Union Trust on Benedict Place. I parked in the center of town and went there. I sat out a while downtown until noon. I then went by ELDC. I then went by Radio Shack in Cos Cob, and I bought a 12 foot telephone extension cord for $5.18 with tax. I then went by the Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went to the Grand Union. I returned $1.25 in cans. I bought a dozen GU large eggs for $1.49, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" $1.33, a Mystic Cheese pizza $2.49, two half gallons of Tropicana Ruby Red orange juice $2.49, four ears of corn .63 for $10.95 total. I then went to McDonalds on West Putnam Avenue. They have the dollar specials. I bought two junior McRib sandwiches for $1 each and a junior chocolate shake for $1 plus .18 tax for $3.18 total. I then returned home and put away the groceries. I had a glass of ice tea. Well time to go to bed. Enjoy the rest of the day. CIO

Note:<888>09/01/00 Friday 10:45 A.M. EDT: I went out at 7 A.M.. I have a quarantee for the catalytic converter from February 1998 at 96,000 miles when it was repalced my Midas. I also had a fuel filter replaced then. I also got a battery from Exxon then. I waited until the service desk was opened at 7:30 A.M.. I went over to Dunkan Donuts and I had a cheese omlette crossant combination. At 8 A.M., Midas checked the car out. The put a strap clamp around the catalytic converter keep it from raddling. I then went down by the waterfront. I chatted with a couple of locals. I then went by the bank. I then went by the Greenwich Post Office and paid my eletricity, telephone, Cablevision, and Optimum Online bills with money orders. I then went by the Arnold Bread store and bought two loaves of OatBran bread and a package of hotdog buns for $2.40. They have at least a 100 packages of hotdog buns at the moment. They were running low on hamburger buns. I then returned home. I fried up two hotdogs and had them on buns with Dijon mustard along with a Citra soda. I will now go out and pay my rent. CIO

End of Scott's Notes Friday 09/01/00:

Note:<888>09/01/00 Friday 3:25 A.M. EDT: I finished spell proofing Scott's Previous Random Notes Document linked from "http://mrscott.com/note02pr.htm". The Microsoft Word 2000 document 1122 pages is "http://mrscott.com/mlsnote1.doc" and the long web page of the same content is "http://mrscott.com/mlsnote1.htm". The document is a log, not meant to be a litterary effort. It tends to show in my daily routine by maintaining my internet and other activities by simple routine, I have been able to maintain this effort on a limited budget. CIO

Note:<888>09/01/00 Friday 1:20 A.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I put the fuel injector cleaner in the car. I stopped by the ATM. I stopped by Exxon and put $11.25 of premium in the car. I went to the library, and I read three computer news weeklies and the Greenwich Times. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. My 3 P.M. appointment is going to France for a couple of weeks, so I won't have it for the next couple of weeks. I returned home. A frined whom has a six mother in Boston stopped by on his way back from Boston on his way to work. He enjoyed a cold Coors Beer in a frosted mug, and we chatted about local events. I went to bed at 6 P.M.. I was up at midnight. I had three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice and Perrier, vitamins, and cappucinno. I will take the car my Midas in the morning to have them stop the Catylitic converter shield from rattling. It should be covered under the warranty. Norton SpeedDisk had finished running on the backup computer when I woke up. Have a good morning. CIO