Note: <888> 09/30/01 Sunday 10:25 P.M.: I worked on the computer until about 2 P.M.. I had some of the beans and ham mixture with ice tea. I then rested until 6 P.M.. I watched the ABC evening news. I then had some of the beans and ham mixture along with ice tea. I then had a cup of Bigelow tea. I chatted with a friend and a family member. I am just relaxing this evening. CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/01 Sunday 11:25 A.M.: I am listening to some Broadway tunes with Win Amp playing it through my stereo system. I changed the speaker settings from Surround Sound to Quadraphonic since I was getting a hum in Surround sound. I chatted with a relative. CIO

Note: <888> 09/30/01 Sunday 9:15 A.M.: Well, I was up at 8 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I will now do a little computer work before going outside. CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/01 Saturday 10:05 P.M.: After dinner, I went down by the waterfront. Long Island Sound is still there along with some of the usual fishermen. I returned home, and I chatted with a couple of neighbors. I then relaxed a bit. Well time for bed. Have a good night. CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/01 Saturday 5:05 P.M.: I went out, and I mailed a letter. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a Coby Universal AC adaptor for $2 which I put next to my Radio Shack portable transistor radio in the kitchen entrance bookcase, so one can use the radio with plugin power should the other multiple radio devices in the apartment not work. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I then walked up to Library with a local. I then walked back down Greenwich Avenue. I next drove by the waterfront. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I returned a book. I then returned home. I had some ice tea. I then took out my four quart Revere pot. I put in several tablespoons of olive oil, a tablespoon of sesame oil, a diced 16 ounce Plumrose Ham from Holland, one 16 ounce can of Master Choice pork and beans, three 11.5 ounce cans of Campbell’s pork and beans, 3 ounces of Philadelphia cream cheese, two tablespoons of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, 10 sprits of McHilney’s Tabasco sauce,  a quarter cup of Texas Best barbeque sauce, one ounce of Kikkoman soy sauce, dashes of garlic powder, celery salt, ground black pepper, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, India hot curry, Chinese five spice, Hungarian paprika, Italian spices, oregano, basil,  2 large eggs and one large diced onion. I mixed it all together, and I heated it over medium heat. Once heated, I will simmer it on low for a half hour then have some for dinner with ice tea and refrigerate the rest. CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/01 Saturday 11:25 A.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering the plants. I had two hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I just finished cleaning up, so I will now go out. CIO

Note: <888> 09/29/01 Saturday 8:00 A.M.: I was up at 5:30 A.M.. I relaxed and reflected a bit. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I will now do my usual apartment cleaning. I will listen to a bit of http://www.radio10.nl/live20.ram for relaxing music. CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/01 Friday 11:30 P.M.: I read the Greenwich Times and the Greenwich Post. I relaxed. I am bit tired; so I guess I will go to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/01 Friday 7:55 P.M.: Well, I did some paperwork. I relaxed a bit. I just had the rest of the eye round roast with a ear of steamed corn on the cob and ice tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/28/01 Friday 3:20 P.M.: I went to the Greenwich Hospital at 8 A.M., and I had the laboratory work done for my physical. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next stopped by the waterfront and checked the weather. I returned home about 10:30 A.M., and I made up a batch of 7 Grand Union malted pancakes and had them with Land O Lakes margarine and Log Cabin pancake syrup and orange juice. I guess all the extra sugar made me tired, so I took a nap until now. I guess I will have a cappuccino now. CIO

End of Scott's Notes week 09/28/01:

Note: <888> 09/28/01 Friday 6:50 A.M.: I was up at 5:30 A.M. this morning. I just had orange juice, Bigelow tea, and vitamins for breakfast. After I clean up, I will go over to the Greenwich Hospital for laboratory work. One has to not eat for 12 hours for the cholesterol test. I put in a few telephone calls to locals. CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/01 Thursday 8:00 P.M.: The power was interrupted around lunch time for a brief second. When I reset the computer, I forgot to reset the cable modem, so the server was not running this afternoon. It is all running fine now. CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/01 Thursday 7:40 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the Greenwich Library and I read the local paper and the Wall Street Journal. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment. I gave my 3 P.M. appointment 4 boxes of Bigelow tea. I then drove downtown. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by Chili Bear, and I bought a United States of America flag sticker for $1 plus .06 tax for $1.06 total. I then returned to my car, and I put the U.S.A flag sticker on the back top center of my Volvo rear window. I gave the fireman collecting disaster relief funds on the Avenue a dollar. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with some harbor regulars. I then stopped by Greenwich Capital Associates, and I chatted with some regular fishermen. I then returned home. I chatted with a neighbor for a while.  I will now have a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea and then go to bed. For reference, the reference librarian at the library told me today, they have about 10 LAN connections available for laptop computers. CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/01 Thursday 1:20 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and I had my physical at the outpatient clinic at the Greenwich Hospital. I need to have laboratory work done when I have not eaten for about 12 hours, which I will do in the next few days. I need to go back in a few weeks and have my double hernia checked out which I have had for about 20 years. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next parked downtown. I walked up to CVS. I then stopped by the Mews thrift shop. I then drove by the waterfront. I then returned home. I had lunch of two eye round roast beef sandwiches, ice tea, and cappuccino. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/01 Thursday 8:20 A.M.: I did a little bit of regular computer work and sifted through my email. I had two hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I cleaned up, and I ready to go out for my 9 A.M. medical appointment. CIO

Note: <888> 09/27/01 Thursday 4:35 A.M.: I went to bed about 4 P.M., and I received a telephone call from a friend about 9 P.M.. I was up about 3:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I have a 9 A.M. appointment this morning for a physical. CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/01 Wednesday 2:40 P.M.: I read a bit more while sipping ice tea. CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/01 Wednesday 1:25 P.M.: I checked the mail. I watched a bit of television. I read a bit. I had a bowl of microwave popcorn with ice tea. CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/01 Wednesday 11:25 A.M.: I went out, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the railroad station area. I noticed Chili Bear on the east side of the street of lower Greenwich Avenue is selling U.S.A. flag decal stickers for $1. I drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I then stopped by the library, and I read the local paper and the Wall Street Journal. I then returned home. I had a cup of Bigelow tea with a teaspoon of sugar. I then had three 3/8 inch thick slices of eye round roast with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and a ear of steamed corn on the cob along with a glass of ice tea. CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/01 Wednesday 7:50 A.M.: I listened to some vintage music. I had a meal of two hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I made up a batch of http://mrscott.com/icetea.htm . I used ten Bigelow bags, two Lipton, two Lipton green, one Twining Earle Grey, and one Twining Prince of Wales China Black for 16 tea bags total for 12 quarts of water and as usual a half-cup of sugar and two teaspoons of Angostura bitters. I have cleaned up, and I am ready to go out for some fresh air. CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/01 Wednesday 4:50 A.M.: I wrote a letter to a family member. I printed out one copy with the EpsonStylus Color 880 and one copy with the HP LaserJet IID.  I also have the stack of paper in the Epson with regular white paper and when one reverses the paper stack there is premium cream colored paper.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/26/01 Wednesday 3:55 A.M.: I watched the ABC evening news last evening. One of my neighbors needed a mouse for a computer, so I gave the neighbor one of my older Kensington mice. I keep spare mice and keyboards for testing used computer equipment when I used to do that. I went to bed about 7:30 P.M., and I was up at 3 A.M.. I had breakfast of toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/01 Tuesday 6:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I relaxed a bit. I had a can of Progresso New England clam chowder along with ice tea. Well, I am a bit tired; so I think I might head off to bed shortly. CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/01 Tuesday 5:00 P.M.: I went out, and I stopped by the Exxon station next to the library. I put 32 PSI in the driver’s side front spare tire that I put on, and 36 PSI in the tire in the trunk with the slow leak that I removed. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I then went down by the waterfront. I next stopped by the library. I read PC Magazine and the local paper. I checked out “Body of Secrets” by James Bamford about the National Security Agency. He wrote the “Puzzle Palace” about fifteen years ago. I then returned home, and I had a cup of Bigelow tea with a teaspoon of sugar. CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/01 Tuesday 1:35 P.M.: I went out, and I put the Firestone spare tire on the driver’s side front of the car taking off one of the set of four General Tires. I have had the tire I took off fixed four times, and sooner or later it seems to start leaking. I have a warranty on it, so I will take it over to Town Fair in Stamford after the first of the month. The spare Firestone tire still has lots of tread on it. I left the hubcap off the tire since the spare tire does not have hub clips. I will now clean up and go out. CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/01 Tuesday 12:50 P.M.: I rested until 11 A.M.. I checked the mail. I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I then had a cup of Bigelow tea with a teaspoon of sugar. I chatted with a couple of people. CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/01 Tuesday 6:25 A.M.: I had a couple of eye round roast beef sandwiches along with a couple of homemade dill pickles and ice tea. CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/01 Tuesday 5:35 A.M.: I checked out www.netradio.com , however its plugin crashed Internet Explorer, but it works with Real and Win Media Player. I used Morpheus and downloaded some Oldies. I installed the latest version of Win Amp, and I am now listening to some vintage music. The sound quality on the computer speakers sounds excellent for low level listening in the early morning hours. I also went through my email and http://mrscott.com/scotwork.htm . CIO

Note: <888> 09/25/01 Tuesday 2:15 A.M.: I was up at 12:30 A.M.. I turned up my computer speakers’ volume a bit since when using Surround Sound the volume level is not as great. I had breakfast of Quaker oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I listened to some Tech newscasts. CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/01 Monday 7:25 P.M.: I had two eye round roast beef sandwiches at noon. I made them with Hellmann’s mayonnaise and salt and pepper along with the bread and beef. I rested until 3:30 P.M. when I received a telephone call about my 4 P.M. appointment. I delayed it until 4:30 P.M.. I cleaned up, and I went over for the appointment. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by Exxon, and I filled up my driver’s side front tire to 32 PSI. I guess it has a slow leak again. Some time in the future I will have to get it fixed. I then stopped by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought three loaves of Healthnut Bread for $2.67. I then returned home, and I had a Barq’s frosted rootbeer in a frosted mug. I then watched the ABC evening news. Well, I am tired; so I guess I will head off to bed. CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/01 Monday 11:30 A.M.: I read through back issues of the Greenwich Post and Interactive week. I then threw out my bathroom and paper garbage. I checked the mail. I sifted through some drawers to no avail looking for old U.S.A. auto flag stickers left over from Desert Storm that the Shell Station use to give out. I had a left over piece of Halloween Milky Way candy. I have a 4 P.M. appointment today. CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/01 Monday 8:50 A.M.: I had a cup of Bigelow tea with a teaspoon of sugar. CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/01 Monday 8:25 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I rested a couple of hours. I just had a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I have not figured out the game plan for the day. CIO

Note: <888> 09/24/01 Monday 3:35 A.M.: My dinner guest left at 9:30 P.M.. I went to bed, and I was up at 2:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of a three egg omlette with the rest of the tomato mixture sauce in it along with Philadelphia cream cheese and toast on the side with orange juice, vitamins and coffee. CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/01 Sunday 8:40 P.M.: I rested until 2:30 P.M., when a dinner guest stopped by. I rested more until 5:30 P.M., when I received a telephone call from a family member. We watched a bit of television.  We had dinner of cold eye round roast slices, steamed corn on the cob and steamed green peas along with ice tea. I also had cappuccino. CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/01 Sunday 10:05 A.M.: I had some microwave popcorn. I watched a couple of cooking shows. I guess it is time for bed. Have a good day. CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/01 Sunday 8:10 A.M.: I went down by the waterfront, and I observed the morning fishermen and other various spectators. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I returned home, and I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments and ice tea. I will now listen to http://www.radio10.nl/live20.ram .  It looks to be enjoyable weather. CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/01 Sunday 6:15 A.M.: I took apart the computer, and I took out the sound card. I used a needle to insert in the Creative Soundcard MP3 Live speaker jacks, and I pushed the contacts in, so they fit tighter. I then tested the computer sound, and both speaker jacks work. I reassembled the computer. I set one pair of double speakers for each of the two speaker jacks, and also I put the third pair with the bass woofer on the primary speaker jack with the other pair. I then set the Sound to Surround Sound in the speaker settings and the mixer settings.  I turned up the volume on the pair with the Bass woofer and I also turned up the Bass woofer sound. I seem to be getting excellent surround sound quality sound off the seven speakers on the primary computer. Well, it took some time to figure out.  I guess I will go out for some fresh air. CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/01 Sunday 4:45 A.M.: I ran Windows Update, and I installed the Critical Updates. I installed the Music Sharing program Morpheus. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Creative Sound MP3 Live drivers. I set the speakers to Desktop Stereo. I went through my email and http://mrscott.com/scotwork.htm . CIO

Note: <888> 09/23/01 Sunday 2:20 A.M.: I went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue one and a half times. I sat out at various locations. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. I cut the chilled eye round roast in half, and I had three 3/8 inch slices of cold beef with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, steamed corn on the cob, and steamed frozen peas, ice tea, and cappuccino. I put the two remaining halves of eye round in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/01 Saturday 11:20 P.M.: I finished cooking the eye round roast, and I put it in the refrigerator to chill. I also finished the laundry, and I put it away. I have finished cleaning up, so I will go out for some fresh air. CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/01 Saturday 9:30 P.M.: I slept until 8 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I am cooking the eye round roast in the convection microwave oven at 325 degrees farenheit for 52 minutes. I also started the laundry. CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/01 Saturday 11:45 A.M.: I did some paper work. I cleaned up, and I went out about 8 A.M.. I mailed a couple of letters. I stopped by the waterfront, and I chatted with one of the waterfront regulars. I went by the Hospital Thrift Shop. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I next stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought two dozen extra large eggs for $1.79 a dozen, five ears of corn for $2, a eye round roast at $2.99 a pound $11.66,  a eight pack of hotdog rolls .99, 5 pounds of Gold Medal flour .69, two half gallons of Tropicana Tangerine and two half gallons of Ruby Red orange juice for $1.99 each half gallon plus $1 off coupon on the containers for each two half gallons for $27.13 total. I returned home, and I had a Barq’s frosted rootbeer in a frost mug. I then had the rest of the homemade egg noodles with the tomato sauce and crated Parmesan cheese and ice tea. CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/01 Saturday 6:20 A.M.: I finished the C: drive to the D: drive backup. I also finished housecleaning and watering the plants. I am doing a bit of paper work. I will have a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments shortly along with ice tea. I will then clean up and probably go out in a little while. CIO

Note: <888> 09/22/01 Saturday 3:15 A.M.: I was up yesterday at 5:30 P.M. when a friend stopped by for dinner. We chatted a while and watched news reports. We had dinner of the fresh egg pasta with tomato vegetable sauce and grated cheddar and Parmesan cheese along with ice tea about 8:30 P.M.. We watched more news, until the friend left about 10 P.M.. I fell back asleep until 2 A.M.. I just had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I will now start a C: to D: drive backup. I will also start my house cleaning. CIO