Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 11:40 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 11:35 P.M.:  I ate the last two scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn butter pecan ice cream.  I moved the Lexmark X85 printer, scanner, copier from the right side of the Northgate backup computer to on top of the HP LaserJet IID printer on the dining room table.  I connected its power to the power strip on the left side of the primary computer on its coffee table, and I used a 15 foot USB cable to plug it into the USB 2.0 port on the top rear of the primary computer.  I downloaded and installed the Lexmark X85 printer drivers and software.  I thus have it hooked up to the primary computer.  I can use other printers for the Northgate backup computer.  The reason I put the Lexmark X85 in its new location is that it is more easily accessible for copying and other functions.  I only use the HP LaserJet IID printer that it sits on top of three times a year, when I print out my Scott's Notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 10:25 P.M.:  I was told by a relative that one should have if one can afford it a "Coronary Calcium Scoring CT Cat Scan on the Heart".  I think this tests for calcium buildup in the heart.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 10:20 P.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 10:00 P.M.:  I am going through my email.  IOC: Towards a Tsunami Warning System in the Indian Ocean .  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 9:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I toasted two slices of Arnold multigrain bread, and I spread them with Hellmann's mayonnaise,  and I put on two full 1/32nds inch thick slices of turkey, 3 five inch by five inch by 3/32nds slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese,  five 3/32nds inch thick slices of onion, four spinach leaves,  and pepper and sea salt and the top slices of bread, and I cut it in half across.  I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea.  I then took a shower and washed my hair to clean off the loose cut hairs from my hair cut today.  CIO     

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 8:40 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I left a message with a friend.  I chatted with a relative.  I posted this picture http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/lexmark-x85-printer-copier-scanner-with-northgate-syntax-backup-computer-103105.JPG .  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 7:50 P.M.:  I woke up at 9 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I showered, and I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a six pack of New York style multiseed bagels for $1.85.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I bought a Lexmark X85 All-In-One printer, scanner, copy machine Lexmark X85 All-In-One Print Center Overview for $10 and 21 floppy disks for .50 for $10.50 total.  I then went to the http://the haircut place in Old Greenwich, and I had my hair cut for $20 plus $5 tip for $25 total.  I then went by the Old Greenwich First Congregational Church Rummage Room thrift shop.  I then drove out to Tod's Point, and I chatted with someone at the southwest parking area, and I used the bathroom near there.  I walked out to the southwest picnic area.  I then chatted with someone that I know at the southeast parking area.  I then returned to central Greenwich, and I went to the Greenwich Automotive Service Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $12 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.919 a gallon for 53.7 miles driving in the last 9 nine days at 15.1 miles per gallon at an average of 12 miles per hour.  I then went to my 4 P.M.. appointment.  The town elections are not until the second Tuesday in November, which is November 8, 2005.  I then returned home.  I put the floppy disks on the printer cart to the right of my primary computer on the right side on the middle shelf.  I installed the Lexmark X85 on the right side of the Northgate Syntax backup computer on top of the Kensington Control panel, and I connected it with a USB cable to the Northgate Syntax computer, and I plugged its power cable into the power strip just beneath that rests on the right desk drawer.  I started up the Northgate computer, and I downloaded the Lexmark X85 drivers and software, and I installed them.  The color cartridge is almost full and looks like it is fairly new, however the black cartridge is empty.  I went to www.ezinkjets.com , and I ordered two black ink cartridges for $34.99 both Lexmark 12A1970 - Black (Reman) No. 70 _ 2PK and one color cartridge for $20.99 Lexmark 15M0120 - Color (Reman) No. 20 for $55.98, plus I used the 40% Savings Coupon "FALL40" for $22.39 discount plus the order includes free shipping for $33.59 total.  The existing color cartridge works, but I might clean it some more with this process Michael Louis Scott, How to Clean and Hewlett Packard HP clogged inkjet print cartridge with print head in cartridge , when I get the replacement black cartridge.  The Lexmark X85 seems to work just fine.  I chatted with a friend.  I also put $20 on my MacGray laundry card, so I have $26.85 on it.  CIO       

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 2:05 A.M.:  Sale at LLBean with free shipping .  I ordered in tall XXLarge in Royal Blue with free shipping for $22.95 total Trail Model Fleece Pullover: Fleece at LLBean .  I went through my email.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/05 Monday 12:40 A.M.: Gates Takes On Malaria - Forbes.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/30/05 Sunday 11:55 P.M.:  I ate a bowl of the pineapple mixture.  Here is a little bit of information that you might find handy in our neck of the woods The Old Farmer's Almanac - 2006 Northeast Long-Range Weather Forecast and Prediction .  December and January are suppose to be colder than normal with the rest of the winter milder than normal.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/30/05 Sunday 11:30 P.M.:  Another good deal on a weather station Amazon.com: LaCrosse Technology WS-7014CH Wireless Weather Station: Outdoor Living .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/30/05 Sunday 11:20 P.M.:  BBC NEWS | Technology | Supercomputer doubles own record .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/30/05 Sunday 10:45 P.M.:  CNN.com - Prince Charles: Climate change is 'terrifying' - Oct 30, 2005  and The Diary The Prince of Wales .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/30/05 Sunday 10:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I drove all the way to downtown Greenwich, Connecticut from Byram, Connecticut which is about one mile as the crow flies.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I chatted with one local resident that keeps an eye on the train station.  I stopped by CVS, but they are out of black licorice, so I guess it is very popular for Halloween.  At the north side veterans bench I found a Anne Taylor bag with a pink girls tutu in it.  I gave the bag to the police officer at the desk at the Greenwich Police station, and they noticed it also had a sales receipt in it, so they can track down the person that lost it.  I next drove down by the waterfront, but nobody was there, since I do not think the fishing is that good this late in the year.  I then returned home, and I chatted with two relatives.  I ate six spice wafers with some iced tea.  I made a mistake a couple of months ago in my notes.  I said that when the Cadillac Oldsmobile dealership was bought out at West Putnam Avenue when Bob Watson would not renew their lease, that there were no more General Motors dealerships left in Greenwich.  In fact the Cadillac dealership move in with the SAAB dealership on Old Track Road just west of the Greenwich Train Station.  It is a smaller dealership with perhaps 30 cars, but I suppose they could get and service any Cadillac that one might need.  If I am not mistake SAAB is also owned by Chevrolet.  The largest car dealerships I know of in this area are up in Danbury, Connecticut where there is more room for such large dealerships.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/30/05 Sunday 5:45 P.M.:  Here is a more recent picture of the Aga Khan with his German wife and child Imamat Day 2001 Mowlana Hazar Imam's 44th year of Imamat .  The Aga Khan besides being a holy person is also a medical doctor and legally a Swiss citizen, which makes him politically neutral.  I am not sure whether they have had any more children since then or just the one, but he has children by his earlier marriage.  There are links at the bottom of the page to other related web sites, such as Imamat Day July 11, 2004 - 47th Anniversary.  Thus according to this His Highness the Aga Khan's 68th Birthday , he will be 69 years old on December 13, 2005, but people frequently forget his birthday since it is near Christmas Time.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I can not figure out which horses the Aga Khan had running in the Breeder's Cup, and a search of the word "Khan" at www.breederscup.com comes up with NTRA Dalakhani wins l'Arc de Triomphe .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/30/05 Sunday 5:05 P.M.:  I went back to bed until 4:30 P.M..  I am microwaving a Maria Callendar 21 ounce frozen meat lasagna which I will eat soon with a glass of iced tea.  I also spread a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on the cooked lasagna.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/30/05 Sunday 1:05 P.M.:  I woke up at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. I went back to bed until 1 P.M..  I chatted with a friend about 10 A.M..  I ate 8 and then 6 spice wafers when I woke up for short periods during the morning.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 10:05 P.M.:  I ate a  9 ounce can of Planter's cashew nut bits and halves with some iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  Current temperature outside is 41.2 degrees Fahrenheit and 70% humidity and inside it is 72 degrees Fahrenheit and 30% humidity.  Before I go to bed I will adjust all my clocks and set them back an hour which will take a bit of time.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 9:05 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  The telephone rang on the other line, while I was chatting with the relative, but I am not sure how to put one person on hold and chat with another.  I refilled the kitchen Glade plug-in refill with a 60% mixture of English Leather cologne and 40% of 80% isopropyl alcohol.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/29/05:

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 7:30 P.M.:  I watched some television, but not much is on.  I had a cup of Salada green tea with a packet of Splenda sweetner and a tablespoon of lemon juice.  I drank it with eight spice wafers.  I also ate a bowl of the pineapple mixture.  Early this coming morning is the end of daylight savings time, so one will set back one's clocks at 2 A.M. to 1 A.M..  Spring forward and fall back.  If during the colder weather, one does not have much to do, one can always read a book.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 5:35 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I normally do not go out in the evening, when I am up early in the morning, because as the day drags on, this time of day I do not have as much energy.  I usually go out later in the day, when I am on a night schedule, and I happen to wake up later in the day.  I am beginning to get a bit of cabin fever from being inside so much, but it is better than enduring the colder weather outside.  Technically I could go outside, but I am warmer and more comfortable inside, so why should I go outside.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 5:15 P.M.:  I woke up from my nap.   I ate four scoops of Edy's slow churn low fat butter pecan ice cream and one Kellogg's raspberry fruit bar.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 2:00 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Polly-O 1/3 less fat mozzarella cheese.  I use a plum tomato that I chopped into slivers.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap on the Scott family long green sofa in the living room.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 12:20 P.M.:  I did the computer maintenance, and I threw out some garbage while doing it.  Locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut about the only thing going on is we have another local election next Tuesday, since the second Tuesday of November is election day.  More than likely the republican party will win, since they tend to get out in large numbers and vote republican just to let the democrats know that they still control the town.  We probably have certain democratic operatives causing problems downtown, and basically the republicans usually know how to take care of those problems.  Whatever, the case we seem to have a long cold winter coming ahead.  When I did  a bit of research a couple of weeks ago, I came up with a nice Russian product that the well heeled in Greenwich, Connecticut might like on colder nights.  For hundred bucks you might be a little warmer this winter Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! 330 tc Siberian Down Comforter .  Of course these might be just as warm Save on the Safe 'N Warm Automatic Warming Blanket at SmartBargains.com or Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Soft Heat Luxurious Warming Blanket .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 10:10 A.M.:  I was awake at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I will now run Norton Win Doctor.  Ad-awareSE.  I will then do a System Restore backup.  I will then do a C: drive to D: drive backup with Windows XP Backup Automatic System Recovery.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 1:05 A.M.:  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I will heat a couple scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn ice cream before going to bed.  It is currently 40.5 degrees Fahrenheit outside and 70% humidity and 72.1 degrees Fahrenheit inside and 40% humidity.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 12:35 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/29/05 Saturday 12:30 A.M.:  www.ezinkjets.com offers a 40% off discount with "FALL40" coupon code plus free shipping.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 11:05 P.M.:  They better not try to develop Megapolitans: A treasure map of opportunity - Oct. 28, 2005 Flander's Farm or all the ghosts of Flanders will haunt the new residents.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 11:00 P.M.:  I took the bolster off the back of the down sofa, and I put it with the bolsters on the bed in the bedroom.  I arranged the afghan throws, comforters, and blankets on the backs of the two living room sofas, so they are more easily accessible during cold weather in the winter.  I actually spend a great deal of time tweaking my apartment besides cleaning it, so everything is just right.  However, I am frequently so close to it in terms of details since I live here, I frequently do not notice certain details in the overall setup.  I suppose I could hire an outside consultant such as Fred Von Mierers, but currently he is working in the Forbidden Palace in China trying to create some European style apartments within the 9,999 rooms of the Forbidden Palace.  After working there all these years, more than likely he would look a bit Chinese, but since his last roommate in Manhattan was Chinese, more than likely he has some help from the Chinese.  Despite his modest attempt at lavish comfort in Manhattan, when he was in Nantucket and Oyster Bay, Long Island he would paint the wood floors white lacquer and the walls and ceiling some sort of shade of white and would live with a few simple pieces of furniture almost like a monk.  I guess that is what gave him so much time in those locations to have time for other activities.  Where as in Manhattan, he was so busy arranging his and other people's homes, he frequently lost sight of the larger picture in terms of what was going on in the world around him.  I hope that does not happen to us here.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 10:45 P.M.:  I put the Cuisinart Complete DLC-7 Disc set less one blade in its box on the lower right side of the bedroom closet.  I did the apartment cleaning and watering the plants.  I threw out the garbage.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 6:30 P.M.:  I toasted three slices of bread, and I put Hellmann's mayonnaise on two of the slices, and then I put one folded 1/32nds inch thick slice of Costco sliced turkey on the piece of bread two 5 inch by 5 inch by 3/64th thick slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese four 3/32nds thick slices of onion, ground black pepper, then I spread Hellmann's mayonnaise on both side of the third sliced of bread and put it on, and then I put another folded 1/32nds thick slice of Costco turkey, two 5 inch by 5 inch by 3/64th thick slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese, five spinach leaves and a few dashes of sea salt and the top piece of toasted bread, and I sliced it in half, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative, and the relative has a Cuisinart DLC-7 model in Kennebunkport, Maine, so I will save the blade set for a relative to transport to Maine in the future.  I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants, but first I will do the vacuuming, so I do not disturb my neighbors later on in the evening.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 4:55 P.M.:  I went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and they are continuing their half price sale.  I bought a Cuisinart Complete DLC-7 Disc Set with 9 optional DLC-7 Series discs, but one was missing, so it only had 8 for a cost of $5.  I chatted with the same fellow from India whom showed up a day before the Tsunami in India at Christmas Time, and it was the second time that I had seen him.  I hope no other disasters happen.  However, since I frequently wander about things by second sight which can mess one up, but after I chatted with the fellow from India, I noticed a fellow with a Pacific Bell telephone jacket, so I hope nothing happens on the west coast of the United States.  I took a little extra time in the thrift shop looking for the ninth blade.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four 10 ounce packages of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $2 each, a 1.75 quart container of Edy's slow churn 50% less fat Light French Silk ice cream for $2 and a 1.75 quart container of  Edy's low fat Caramel and Pralines frozen yogurt for $2 each, organic Dole bananas in a clear plastic bag for .69 a pound for $1.89, fresh broccoli crowns at .99 a pound for $1.06 for $14.95 total.  I then returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I put away my purchases, but unfortunately the Cuisinart DLC-7 blade set does not fit my standard model Cuisinart, so I will check with my relatives and friends to see if they have that model.  I will probably keep it even if they do not, since the DLC-7 model might show up in the future, and the blade sets are rare in thrift shops. I ate a Kellogg's Nutrigrain raspberry bar.  I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  The internet seems very slow, so I guess with the colder weather more people are staying inside using it.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 11:45 A.M.:  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out without cleaning up.  I will then do some errands, and I will come back quickly, and I will do my house cleaning.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 11:20 A.M.:  I was awake at 8 A.M. which is a more civilized hour for the suburbs.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and without a sliced banana, a bowl of the pineapple mixture, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  Yes, we have no bananas, so the monkey is upset.  I chatted with a relative.  I also chatted with John Bolton's sister to see if she knew if John knew anything about the cistern at the Casa Marina Hotel.  I think since he knew about the cistern, and he had seen the original architect's drawings.  Perhaps somebody has hidden something in that old cistern.  She said she would get back to me.  I chatted with the White House operator, and they do not have any continuity with previous administrations, and they suggested that I chat with the Smithsonian.  I chatted with an infantry officer at West Point who answers the Army Corps of Engineers telephone there.  Basically everyone complains about the weather, and they blame if on global warming, and they suggest that we should use less energy while China and Asia uses more energy.  It is my viewpoint that the weather has not changed because of energy consumption and that is just the excuse they give while they consume more energy.  There might be another factor.  Over the last couple of decades I am aware that there have been major water control dam flood control projects in China, Brazil, Turkey, and elsewhere.  Since these major flood control projects alter the amount of fresh water flowing into the oceans from the rivers they control, this might have altered the world's ocean's currents thus effecting the weather.  Like other things it is just a theory.  Another theory is that there are major ancient engineering projects that the vast majority of the world's population are unaware of, and some clever group of individuals is tampering with those ancient engineering projects for their own ancient benefit.  Since the Aga Khan's power base today comes out of India, and since he has shown up here supposedly for a horse race which I do not buy, it would lead me to believe that the country of India is behind what ever seems to be wrong with the world's ancient engineering projects, since they would have the ancient 10,000 year old history while the Chinese only have a 6,000 year old history.  More than likely since India is a hot country, they are pursuing some engineering project to make it cooler while the rest of the northern world gets much colder.  Of course that and two cents would buy you a Lipton tea bag.  CIO    

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 3:40 A.M.:  Well, I went through my email.  I guess no one wants to chat or email anymore, and they all seem to have so much money, all they want to do is "Lunch".  If they keep going to lunch so much of their work time, they are going to end up carrying lunch pails.  When I once worked in an office, I made up a weeks worth of corn beef sandwiches with mayonnaise on branola type bread, and I wrapped them in aluminum foil, and I froze them.  I then would take one with me to work everyday and put it in the office refrigerator, and by lunch time it had thawed out enough to eat.  However, the mayonnaise after being frozen and defrosted always looked sort of funky looking.  I will now shut down the computer, and I have house cleaning to do when I wake up later on today.  Current outside temperature is 43.5 degrees Fahrenheit and 72% humidity.  Inside temperature by the apartment and kitchen entrance is 72.5 degrees Fahrenheit and 42% humidity.  I have not turned the heat on in the apartment yet, but I am using the electric blanket at setting 4 of 10 when I go to bed.  I also finished eating the bag of almonds from Costco.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 3:00 A.M.:  It ain't over until the fat lady sings Tropical Storm BETA Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Cone .  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 2:05 A.M.:  I called up the Key West, Florida police department at 1-305-809-1111 Welcome to the Florida Keys and Key West Official Tourist Development Website, and they told me that there was about two to three foot of flooding in the Casa Marina hotel, which is basically what I saw on the picture of North Roosevelt Boulevard.  However, they told me they are basically back up in business again in Key West,  Florida for now depending on the remaining hurricane season.  I explained to them what has me worried about the Casa Marina Hotel after it floods is that since I was around it when they were first doing the refurbishing of it, I knew that it has a cistern underneath it to store rain water.  However, I never found the entrance to it or explored the cistern.  What has me worried is after a flooding condition in the Casa Marina Hotel, if there were a large amount of snakes of various types including coral snakes in the Cistern which is a definite possibility, they would have more than likely in the flooding have ventured up into the rest of the hotel, which might not be agreeable with any future guests or employees.  When I lived at the hotel while undergoing refurbishing back in the winter of 1977 and 1978 because John Bolton told me he was the architect, and I knew Chris Ray whom owned the End of the Road Construction Company, and Jim Eldert also knew Chris Ray, but they did not live there.  Basically at that time there were about 200 stray cats around the hotel, so there were not any problems with snakes or other big insects.  I did once see about a four inch in diameter tarantula in the annex of the Casa Marina, once they had us move out of the main hotel, so they could put a tent over it and fog it for termites.  Thus after a hurricane there could be unusual but normal for Florida wildlife in the hotel or its grounds which would not bother the natives, but might upset any tourists.  I still think one of those cats was a baby panther.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/28/05 Friday 1:10 A.M.:  Basically, I guess this powerful Mellon family from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are not that powerful, since they can not even get the telephone to work at their hotel in Key West, Florida http://www.casamarinakeywest.com/ , although they had the money to buy it before the recent hurricane, which they more than likely knew would occur eventually, more than likely they are not willing to maintain it properly.  Possibly they are using it for one of their front operations to cover their smuggling operations.  I guess it is the nature of dealing with Bauxite for aluminum from Jamaica that they might import other items from Jamaica.  Whatever, the case my mother supposedly had to let go one of her Jamaican gardeners recently because he was too cold in Vero Beach, Florida, so possibly he might find work down in Key West, Florida.  Quite frankly if I were hiring a gardener in Florida, I would hire a Seminole Indian.  I guess if I called up the British Embassy again in Washington D.C. and complained about Commonwealth matters, I might get more experts here in Greenwich, Connecticut, but I am not sure how much first hand experience they have.  I suppose since Prince Charles served on a frigate in the Caribbean on one of his earlier British Navy duties, I could assign him to hurricane reconstruction in the Gulf Coast region of the Atlantic after the hurricane season is over.  However, he would have to bring along a large entourage, which I do not suppose the area could support at the moment.  I recall the Casa Marina was built by German Engineers in Florida between World War I and World War II, so obviously it was part of what their so called master plan was, but as I recall Henry Flagler was the builder of the railroad, so technically he also built the hotels although German Engineers might have actually constructed it.  We know from experience, the Germans know how to pour cement.  Whatever, the case nobody calls me up for advise on anything that I am familiar with.  As I recall when the Casa Marina was originally rebuilt starting back in 1977, Chris Ray of the End of the Road Construction Company was the subcontractor, and he was working for the Marriott Corporation which was refurbishing the hotel.  However, the Marriott Corporation did not have the money at that time, so it was financed by the Equitable Life Insurance Company out of Illinois.   Thus although the hotel has since changed hands a number of times, I am not familiar as to whether the financial obligations to the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Illinois have ever been paid off.  Besides nobody every paid me for any of the work that I did down in south Florida, and I only chatted with other people that I knew from up north, so I do not think legally we have any legal obligations in that area, since I do not recall entering into any contracts or other business matters.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 11:55 P.M.:  A lot of these so call important men in the New York City area are not really that important, they just marry into women's families whom have a little bit of spare change.  Frequently the women replace their male opposites the same way they replace their interior decorators, and suddenly, some of these so called important men are no longer important, so they try to get money from other women with means.  From what I can tell from my historical research even Adolph Hitler's only profession was that he was a wall paper hanger, thus he was basically an interior decorator employed by somebody else.  I have a feeling Hilary Clinton will never make President of the United States, since there are a great many powerful women who do not like her group of interior decorators.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 11:25 P.M.:  I have to remind some of the local visitors and first generation immigrants in this area that people like me tend to be the representatives of the superior power that controls this area, and as their representatives, we know that sooner or later, they may choose to exercise their powers as they see fit.  However, most people whom control such commodities as superior power tend to look at the cost benefit analysis of such actions, and they tend to regard New York City as an unimportant in terms of the overall continent, and thus I do not think they would waste a penny to exercise their power in Manhattan or its neighbors, but having superior power, they can do things like raise the cost of living there, so people whom live there may choose to go elsewhere, and in those other locations, the locals whom control the local authority might turn a dim viewpoint towards their activities.  Coming from an old guard American family network and having lived elsewhere in the world, much of my viewpoint has been to wait and see what comes next after one group leaves another group ventures forth.  Exxon is not the superior power in this area, they are just a small company of about fifty thousand people whom market gasoline from other people's properties and facilities.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 11:00 P.M.:  I threw out the .75 liter empty bottle of Mount Gay Rum from Barbados along with the pineapple peels.  That reminds me, I still have a $54 debt owed to me from Barbados for a local British citizen that looks and talks like Tony Snowden that sometimes is a bit darkly tanned.  He once bumped into my left front parking light blinker on my old Hyundai automobile, and he told me would repay me for the damage on the parking light lens, which he never did.  I guess in Barbados and England they drink so much of the Caribbean rum, they forget about other such lesser matters as banking and finance.  I have friends in Tobago, so I guess I could send Greta Garbo over to Barbados to shop lift $54 of Barbados Rum, and since the local Barbados customs people do not tend to notice the local traffic between the islands, she might get away with it.  The last time I was in Barbados, we just changed planes there on the way back from Tobago in 1971, and as I recall in the Barbados Duty free customs shop, a liter bottle of John Walker Black Label was only $2, which I thought was quite reasonable, so I bought it.  That also reminds me, I owe my former roommate in Manhattan a .75 liter bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label, since back around  1981, Bobby Culver invited me to a New Year Eve's party at his Greenwich Village apartment with Jack whom was his roommate from Pensacola, Florida.  I tried to dress up a bit, and I think I came up with grey flannel slacks and a blue blazer and a white Oxford shirt, and I noticed Bobby was only wearing a Red Flannel Shirt with khakis, but all of his other male guests were dressed in tuxedos, so as I recall, I only had one drink out of the Johnny Walker Red label scotch, and I left it at Bobby's apartment.  All of his other guests supposedly worked at Salomon Brothers, but maybe I was misinformed.  I have never been able to handle Scotch, since it seems to give a me a wicked hangover, so in the old days, when I would occasionally have a drink, I would drink white wine with Perrier and a slice of lemon or lime.  I also would drink vodka with orange juice or grapefruit juice.  I also would drink Heineken of Becks beer.  I never liked Budweiser beer, I found it too light.  When I left Nantucket in December 1983 after spending Christmas dinner with Cliff Robertson and Dina Merrill at the Rue De Croissant bistro here in Greenwich, Connecticut, I ventured into Manhattan with some of my Welfare money, and I ran into a doctor that looked like Nelson Rockefeller and he was with Sophia Lauren's two twin sons, and at the bar that night he had a $1,500 tab, and all that he was drinking was Perrier and Angostura Bitters.  I figured he must have been buying rounds of drinks for the whole bar.  Whatever, the case he was sort of a hypocrite, since he said was the medical doctor assigned to the United Nations to dry to prevent the diplomats from drinking too much liquor.  It would seem that if that was his profession, he would not be spending $1,500 on buying rounds of drinks for the entire bar near the United Nations.  Thus I would say even at the highest levels in Manhattan, they do not tend to tell the truth.  I later had the Federal Government shut down that bar, when one of its patrons threatened to kill me and my friend.  Basically although the United Nations has some sort of diplomatic immunity, it is the nature of the fact that it is still on Unites States territory, and thus it could be isolated from the rest of the country with all essential services such as heat, electricity, water, food, liquor, and other items of communications cut off, so although on the premises, they would have diplomatic immunity, they would be stuck starving and freezing to death within the buildings at the United Nations until they left the United Nations properties, where they would not have diplomatic immunity.  In other words diplomats do not have immunity against crimes committed in their host countries.  I opened a 15 ounce can of Dinty Moore beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof container with lid, and I heated it up twice on the reheat cycle of the microwave oven, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 9:50 P.M.:  I made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Fresh Pineapple Delight .  I put it in the refrigerator to chill, and I will eat some of it once it is cold.  I used up the last jigger of Mount Gay Barbados rum in the .75 liter bottle, but I still have a 1.75 liter unopened bottle that I keep in reserve in my hospitality bar.  I do not drink liquor myself, but occasionally I use it in cooking.  However, thinking like Sherlock Holmes with all of the liquor stores around Greenwich, Connecticut either we do a large exporting business or somebody locally must actually drink the stuff.  I will now throw out in the dumpster the old Mount Gay liquor bottle along with the pineapple peels.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 9:05 P.M.:  Optimistic president predicts robust response during visit to Pompano Beach: South Florida Sun-Sentinel  .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 9:00 P.M.:  I woke up.  The snows of Mount St. Helens Mount St. Helens (Johnston Ridge Observatory) Webcam Loop .  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 3:15 P.M.:  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a little bit of a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 3:05 P.M.:  I think the reason I have so much intestinal gas is from the fact that since I have arthritis, I take Gluscosamine  and Chondroitin Sulfate which builds new cartilage, but I also take 1000 mg. of MSM twice a day which is basically an anti-inflammatory consisting of "white sulfur" compound, and that is what gives me so much intestinal gas.  Anyone whom knows chemistry knows that sulfur stinks.  However, with arthritis, I would still prefer to be moving around than smelling like a rose.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 2:55 P.M.:  Yesterday, I ate one Kellogg's Nutrigrain raspberry bar, and just now I ate two more.  I also ate three scoops of Edy's slow churn low fat butter pecan ice cream and three 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch by .25 inch slices of Polly-O 1/3rd less fat mosserella cheese.  I am just snacking today, because I am tired, and I do not feel like taking the time to make a salad.  I guess as the season changes and as the weather changes, it begins to effect one as one gets older.  I suppose at the ripe old age of 55, I am beginning to feel the effects of middle age.  Of course the further north, one lives in the north country over the years, the long cold winters are much harder on one than for the people whom live in the warmer regions of the world.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 2:10 P.M.:  I picked up my mail earlier.  I finished going through my email.  I guess people have to work so hard anymore to afford what little entertainment that they can afford, more than likely not much is really going in the world at the moment.  There is this Tropical Storm BETA Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Cone , but I am not sure it will be doing anything in the near future.  My 4 P.M. appointment was cancelled today.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 1:40 P.M.:  I forgot to mention yesterday, when I parked in my usual place downtown, I found a broken cell phone headset lying on the ground.   I hung it on the wire rack at my apartment entrance with the Sony Walkman headsets.  I do not know whether it works or not, since I do not have a cell phone.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 1:25 P.M.:  In Nantucket, in the old days, the locals whom could not afford fishing boats to make a living and whom did not have blue collar labor skills would frequently pursue other types of crafts to make a living.  Several of the main occupations was opening scallops which is hard on the fingers and hands, weaving lightship baskets, and in the old days before whaling was outlawed they would carve scrimshaw from whale ivory which was also a pastime on the whaling vessels.  Of course the wealthier educated citizens could afford books, so they would read and occasionally write, and since the China Trade was profitable for New Englanders, a great many of them invested in other new ventures.  I think the Mott family from Nantucket along with the Joy family from Nantucket invested in a horse stable in Springfield, Massachusetts which later went on to become the General Motors automobile corporation.  In its hay day, they even made a Springfield Rolls Royce.  However, conservative Boston Braham bankers and lawyers would frequently not let their simpler clients on Nantucket know what their family's investments were.  Thus on Nantucket, one would see 50 year old Willy's Jeeps and other odd items left around by the summer tourists.  I once gave them a 1966 Chevrolet 4 door Biscayne with about 125,000 miles on it, which was still in very good shape.  However, as they became more prosperous the Nantucket citizen began to explore other wealthy areas, and they began to copy what they saw in other wealthy areas, as it suited their fancies.  Whatever, the case I was just cheap summer help on Nantucket, but since my family was already established in Boston, I sort of knew that some other summer residents knew better.  Basically when one sees Henry Cabot Lodge Junior's wife picking up so many legal briefcases at the ferry every day, one knows that there was something going on in the larger world.  Whatever, the case nobody ever asks me my opinion or my advise based on my experience.  Anyway, I should now go through my email to see if the world has anything else to offer besides spam.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 11:55 A.M.:  As I have said many times before without money, one does not go anywhere in America except for maybe jail.  It is a common fact as I have said in America, 77% of the private money in the United States of America is controlled by women over 70 years of age, either because they knew how to save and invest money or they outlived their husbands.   Thus frequently when the older women are doing their charity work, there is another group of people such as bankers and lawyers whom keep and eye on them, so they do not end up spending their remaining years living on tea and toast and cat food.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 11:50 A.M.:  Of course the last town I lived in before I returned home to Greenwich, Connecticut was Nantucket Island.  Although Nantucket Island is a colorful summer resort, it is a little known fact that 80% off the island's year round population is comprised of what we call in New England "Old Maids" or women whom never got married, which is why they call the island "They Grey Lady".  CIO

Note: <888> 10/27/05 Thursday 11:35 A.M.:  I was awake at 7 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I threw out some garbage.  Her is another Mike Scott that might be able to help you all if you happen to be down in Florida Sheriff Mike Scott .  However, I think he works for another guy named Bob Lee who is the Naples City manager.  Down in Florida they have short hair because it is cooler on hot days, and they do not have much money, so they shave their heads which is cheaper than the barber.  Up north where it is much colder, they have longer hair, since like a warm hat in the winter, longer hair keeps one's head warmer, particularly if one works outside on the cold winter's days.  One can lose up to 50% of one's body heat from heat lost at the head if one's head is not kept warm.  Of course if one's hair is too long, one has to worry about it getting caught in mechanized equipment such as the old days when hippies working on their old cars would get their long hair stuck in the fan belts, and that frequently could have killed them.   Thus every area has their local customs based on their experience and budgets.  I do not have much to do today, so I am just waiting for the United States Post Office delivery person to deliver the mail.  I could go out with the few dollars I have remaining, and I could look for a bargain in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  They are not very friendly to me in the Greenwich Library because despite the fact that the Pederson Addition was paid for by United States Tobacco money to the tune of $25 million, they do not like people whom smell of tobacco.  Also since I am on a low food budget of such items as beans and vegetables which included a lot of roughage, it tends to give me have a lot of intestinal gas, which the other library patrons do not like smelling.  The people whom do not smell in the Greenwich Library are more like California types, whom although they can afford good cars and gasoline to go to the Greenwich Library, they are not smart enough to know how to maintain their own computers and internet connections at home or in an office.  They basically use the Greenwich Library like it was the Democratic Party headquarters in the town of Greenwich.   I have lots of informants in the town of Greenwich, and during one democratic government official a town employee was running a drugs and prostitution network in a town facility, and when I reported it to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was quietly hushed up, and never reported in the town newspaper, and the individual simply disappeared.  There are amble other examples over the years where the town government has covered up other such scandals.  Basically in a wealthy town like Greenwich, there  are a lot of private tax payers whom do not spend much time in public, and there is another group frequently from out of town whom work here and use the town facilities.  Basically it is my viewpoint in terms of town government the tax payers will when in the long run.  CIO      

Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.:  I had email from Inga Hentschel in Cologne, Germany, and she is still looking for Chris Parizo http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/chris2000.JPG , but he has not surfaced yet.  Since Chris a church worker, he might be busy at the moment depending on which church he is working around.   I ate some almonds earlier.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 9:10 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative down in Florida, and unlike the reports up north in the media, apparently in the local news down in Florida, it is being reported that it is a lot worse in the hurricane aftermath.  I read today on the CNN news web site that they are rationing gasoline to $20 a car per purchase, and there is a five hour wait for it in Miami.  Apparently the damage is so extensive that the fuel trucks can not make deliveries.  A lot of the bridges are apparently closed because of damage.  I researched this item that is now available GN 9120 and GN 9120 LR and it is available at  GN 9120 Base & Flex-Boom Headset (GN Netcom-91202805) - PriceGrabber.com for $173.51, and it is 2.4 gigahertz with a 100 foot range versus this GN 6210 which is 900 MHz with a 30 foot range, which at Search for 'GN Netcom GN 6210 Bluetooth Office Headset - 6210-05' - PriceGrabber.com at $123.99 is on sale, but for $49.52 more, it probably would be better to get the longer range one GN 9120 Base & Flex-Boom Headset (GN Netcom-91202805) - PriceGrabber.com .  I also earlier chatted with Le Languedoc - Inn and Bistro , and I explained to the owner who has a photographic memory also that all of those comfortable people in Nantucket who are use to escaping the busy life in New England and returning back down to Florida during the colder months might not have any place to go back to in Florida, so if they run out of gasoline and fuel in New England some time soon, more than likely they will have a hard life in Nantucket, and more than likely if they still have places on the mainland of America, they might look into them as to whether they are still available.  Al seemed to know what I was talking about.  Needless to say at my age, I do not need a job as a guest dishwasher.  I have enough to keep myself busy at home.  I still have not gone through my email for two days.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 4:45 P.M.:  On the Northgate backup computer, when I installed the Kensington Power Control Center with surge protector, I also used its surge protection feature for the telephone line that leads into the computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 4:40 P.M.:  http://keysnews.com and Top story Key West and Top story Jeb Bush surveys damage in Key West .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 4:35 P.M.:  I chatted with an associate.  I have an appointment next week to file my energy assistance.  I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I used a 16 ounce can of B&M bacon and onion baked beans to make them.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 3:20 P.M.:  I was up at 5 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I checked the weather with the new Oregon Scientific weather station, and it looked to be a nice day, so instead of starting up the computer I showered, and I cleaned up.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with a few local people.  It looked to be a normal busy day.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and everything is now 50% off.  I bought for $5 a plastic adjustable Kittywalk keyboard cover and mouse house and for $3.75 a Kensington power control center with surge protection for $8.75 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I told our local ornithologist that I had a witness to seeing the blue heron which was the Swiss fellow.  A friend of mine told me that when they are young, they are mostly brown, so it is a young blue heron.  The ornithologist told me there is a blue heron refuge on an island off Norwalk.  If I see the blue heron again, I will tell it.  I also chatted with our local British representative for Swiss Airlines, and he told me I need to get a hair cut, but I explained at John Hilton's barber shop in Old Greenwich at $18 a haircut and $5 tip for $23 total, I could not afford it, and besides long hair in the winter keeps one's head warm.  I then returned home, and I chatted with two relatives.  I installed the keyboard cover on the primary computer keyboard.  I installed the Kensington power center surge protector on the Northgate backup computer, and I labeled its buttons.  One receptacle is  turned on all the time, so I plugged in the Panasonic 2.4 gigabyte telephone into it.  Also there is no switch for the computer plug, and it stays on all the time.  Of course the computer has a switch.  I then move the Belkin control panel from that location to underneath Belkin control panel on the bedroom desk, and I transferred the power cords from the hub and the Dell 350V computer from the power strips to that control panel, and I labeled the switches on both control panels.  I removed the power strip, and I put it on the bedroom sideboard.  I received a letter from my Connecticut Social Worker, and they have raised my food stamps from $88 to $102 a month, so I guess the government finally figured out that food is getting more expensive.  Of course, I eat more than that in food each month, but it helps out a lot.  I checked with Costco, and they do not accept EBT food stamps.  However, Wal-Mart in Norwalk does take food stamps for food, but one has to be willing to drive through all of that traffic about 10 miles from here to take advantage of their savings.  I prefer generally to buy food at our local Stop and Shop, and I usually find sales items competitively priced, but usually only when they are on sale, and Wal-Mart in Norwalk does not carry that much food anyway.  Since my eldest sister was Sam Walton's daughter's roommate at Trinity College in Texas, we have a Wal-Mart connection, but for years I have tried to get them to put a store in Port Chester, New York and another on the Greenwich Stamford border on U.S. 1, but I guess the property is too expensive.  However, I do know the wealthy clientele in Greenwich like to shop for bargains and save.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/25/05 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.:  I cut off one third of the loaf of Italian bread, and I sliced it in half.  I put Hellmann's mayonnaise on both sides of it, and then I put two 1/32nds inch thick slices of the Kirkland honey roasted turkey, four 5 inch by five inch by 3/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 3/32nds inch slices of onion, and five spinach leaves and salt and pepper and then the top slice of Italian bread, and I cut it in half across, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a friend who works for race horses.  He told me they are having the NTRA Breeders Cup and that His Highness the Aga Khan's 68th Birthday has two horses entered in it.  Maybe the person that I chatted with from Switzerland was him today, but if it is, his followers are in big trouble, because on his birthday they have to donate to charity his weight in precious jewels, and from what I could tell today he has put on at least 75 more pounds.  Of course his grandfather weighed over 800 pounds, so they charities did better in the old days.  Well not much else going on around here, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO      

Note: <888> 10/25/05 Tuesday 7:15 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought a six pack of New York multiseed bagels for $1.85.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  On the end of the pier down on the end of Steamboat Road was a visitor from down south who flew up with the passing hurricane.  I was about a four foot high either a great blue heron that was old with brownish color and a blue head or a brown heron with a dark head.  In the grey light, I could not tell.  However, a heron up here this time of year is a sure sign of hurricane activity down south.  It was escorted by three well fed sea gulls.  I shared the observation with a fellow neighbor from Switzerland, so more than one individual saw the majestic bird which was a little bit worn out from flying with storm.  When it got bored of us watching it, it flew over to the patio at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, so some of their personnel could also see it.  I then made my usual stop over at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I bought a HP 51629A black and a HP51649A color ink cartridge for a dollar each.  They are for the Deskjet or Deskwriter 600 series printers, which I do not have, but I now have the cartridges if I ever need them.  I also bought a orange and blue dophin shaped neon light sculpture about 16 inches high with base that was made in China with its power adapter for $5 for $7 total.  The busy volunteer at the cashier forgot to give me a sales receipt.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. World and P.C. Magazines.  I was told by one regular library user, one is not suppose to talk in the library, which is strange since people are alway talking and socializing in the library.  I guess they changed the rules.  I guess we now have to scribble notes on note pads.  They probably do not want people to know that we speak English.  I told the town ornatholigist about my heron sighting.  I then returned back to the Byram Embassy where I live, where I seem to have diplomatic immunity.  I chatted with some neighbors about the possibility of a ghost being around the building.  I found outside my door the package with my order for  or $6.99 Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Presto 04212 Electronic Clock/Timer and  for $19.99 Amazon.com: Outdoor Living: Oregon Scientific BAA182HG Digital Weather Forecaster with free super saver shipping on an orders over $25 for $26.98 total .  I put the dolphin neon light sculpture on the left side of the Queen Victoria lamp on the center of the window shelf, and I moved from that location to on the power control base beneath the Queen Victoria lamp the model of Buckingham Palace.  I moved the round Swedish glass glove from that location to the far right in front of the Life magazine picture of Queen Elizabeth II, and from that location I removed the dish that contained concentrated lysol and pinesol for scent control, which I will not longer use, since I still use the white vinegar.  I have the neon dolphin sculpture plugged into the Kensington Power Control Center that control the three lamps on the window shelf, so the three lamps and the neon Dolphin lamp comes on with the light switch at the apartment door.  I then opened up the Oregon Scientific weather forecaster, and I put the batteries in both of the station and the sender.  On the station the batteries were already installed, and one just removes a clear plastic strip to activate the batteries.  I removed a few items from in front of my right living room window, and I cleaned the window shelf, and I then opened the window, and I installed the sender unit on the outside left screen clip, so it is about a foot off the bottom of the window ledge, and it faces with its LCD towards the window.  I then tested it with the window shut, and it has a perfectly good signal.  I then closed up the window, and I put the items back on the window shelf.  One can see the sender's LCD if one pulls back the curtain after moving the picture of Queen Elizabeth II.  I then programmed the time on the receiving station, but I did not see any of its temperature alarms.  I then put the receiving station on the near end of the top CD wicker rack, so one faces it going into the kitchen or sitting at the dining room table or entering the apartment.  I think it works just great, and it is an excellent value for the money.  I put the instruction behind it.  I then set the Presto Electronic Clock/Timer, and I used its magnet to stick it on the freezer door in the kitchen.  I chatted with a neighbor about the possibility of a ghost in the building using the internet.  I chatted with somebody from Nebraska doing a survey on the Greenwich Time.  I took some pictures of my activities. 

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CIO       

Note: <888> 10/25/05 Tuesday 9:40 A.M.:  I was delayed in cleaning up and going out by a minor redecorating project.  I took down the 2.5 foot by 4 foot Holland Dutch flag from the center hallway bookcase.  I then removed its OOK nails that held it in place.  I then used four 2.5 inch wood screws, and I drilled holes in the upper right speaker on the right bookcase and the upper center speaker on the center bookcase and the left top of the left bookcase, and I put in the four wood screws.  I then from the left bookcase to the center of the center bookcase, I hung the 4.5 foot by 6 foot U.S.A. flag and then at the same location I hung the 4.5 foot by 6 foot British Union Jack flag over the U.S.A. flag.  On the left hallway bookcase I hung the 2.5 foot by 4 foot Saudi Arabian Flag and the I hung the 2.5 foot by 4 foot Holland Netherland flags over the Saudi flag.  Thus on the left side a shorter five tall person could rotate the Dutch and the Saudi flags quickly enough and one the right hallway bookcases a taller 6 foot tall person could rotate the British Union Jack with the U.S.A. flag quickly enough.  All of the flags have two brass eye rings which makes it easy enough to slide them off the wood screws and rotate them around depending on what diplomatic setup, the apartment might need.  Thus one could fly the British Union Jack with either the Dutch of Saudi flags and one could do the same thing with the U.S.A. flag.  Since I tend to be from cold weather stock and since winter is approaching, I feel the British Union Jack and the Dutch flags displayed are more in keeping with the apartment decoration.  However, if any big mucky mucks from the U.S.A. government dane to stop by, we could quickly change the British Union Jack with the U.S.A. flag, and if a Dutch house boy were freezing in the winter which is me, I could quickly change the Dutch flag with the Saudi flag.  I still have all of the smaller flags displayed around the apartment.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  Of course the flags obscure all of the books and bric-a-brac I have on display in the hallway bookcases, but it make the hallway area look neater.  Of course one has to reach behind the flags on the left bookcase to turn on the hallway light switch which is located in the center rear shelf area of the left bookcase.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/25/05 Tuesday 7:25 A.M.:  I woke up at 5 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.   I chatted with a friend.  It must be bad down in Florida Greenwich Time - Wilma Leaves 6M Without Power in Florida . and Greenwich Time - When all hell broke loose, this Key Wester chose a quick retreat and ABC News: Wilma Leaves 6M Without Power in Florida and South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade news, entertainment, sports, jobs, cars & homes. and keysnews.com Hurricane Edition and check out this picture of North Roosevelt Boulevard where the airport beach is Top story Surge causes more damage than wind in Key West .  Local Greenwich, Connecticut weather alert Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT and Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Forecast : Weather Underground .  I guess I have a bit of cabin fever, so I will shut down the computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will venture out in the cool rainy weather to see what is happening locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut.  It is a bit cool and damp in my apartment, but it is 71.2 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment, and I normally do not turn on the heat until about mid November, which saves a little bit of money.  In other news the price of fresh Florida orange juice is suppose to be going up, so stock up if it is still on sale.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 7:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative in Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm: Press Journal and TCPalm : Over 250,000 on Treasure Coast are without power , and my relatives seem to have survived Hurricane Wilma without any problems.  They had a larger part of the storm than other sections of Florida, and my relatives still have electricity.  The news this afternoon from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 2005 Information is scheduled for this weekend, but Clay Shaw did not know if they would be able to have time to get ready for it.  I read in the Key West news that Louis' Patio just south of the Casa Marina Hotel had its deck washed away.  When I used to enjoy some privacy in Key West, I use to sun bathed on the patio with John Bolton, Mel Fisher's Children, and Izi the fellow from Saudi Arabia.  It was the windsurfing deck.  At the moment the Casa Marina is not answering the telephone.  Having studied the hurricane, I think Islamorada might have experienced more hurricane damage in the upper Florida Keys.  Before the hurricane, they still had 80 rent a cars for rent on Islamorada that nobody had rented.  There seems to be a news black out from Miami, so nobody knows whether it is even there anymore or what the status of it is.  I have read that Miami International airport is closed.  This is the only news from Miami, Florida Miami sets overnight curfew in wake of Wilma: South Florida Sun-Sentinel .  Well, I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 6:20 P.M.:  Although my order for  or $6.99 Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Presto 04212 Electronic Clock/Timer and  for $19.99 Amazon.com: Outdoor Living: Oregon Scientific BAA182HG Digital Weather Forecaster with free super saver shipping on an orders over $25 for $26.98 total is not due for delivery until November 2, 2005 according Amazon.  According to this tracking www.usps.gov tracking number "9102127391790169411559" shipped from Jersey City, New Jersey today, so maybe it will arrive sooner.  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 5:55 P.M.:  I went outside, and I walked around the building.  Judging by the amount of traffic that I hear in this area, people are still driving like there is no tomorrow.  There does not seem to much effort towards energy conservation.  I read on one of the news reports from Florida that the state of Florida only has a ten day supply of gasoline in reserve.  Thus it would seem to me that since a lot of the fuel that we use in this area in the New York metropolitan area comes from the Gulf of Mexico region that if they only have a ten day supply of gasoline left in Florida, there might be less gasoline in reserve in this area.  One relative suggested to me that people should start trying to carpool to get to work in this country.  It seems to me, that like back in 1973, one of these days in the near future that we will just run out of gasoline in this area.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 5:00 P.M.:  I cut off one third of the loaf of Italian bread, and I sliced it in half.  I put Hellmann's mayonnaise on both sides of it, and then I put two 1/32nds inch thick slices of the Kirkland honey roasted turkey, four 5 inch by five inch by 3/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 3/32nds inch slices of onion without the frozen inner halves, and five spinach leaves and salt and pepper and then the top slice of Italian bread, and I cut it in half across, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO    

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 4:15 P.M.:  Greenwich Time - Wilma Leaves a Mess Behind in Florida  .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 4:05 P.M.:  Death, destruction follow Wilma through S. Fla.; 3.2 million without power: South Florida Sun-Sentinel .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 3:55 P.M.:  No word out of the 5 million people in Miami, so it is hard to tell what is going on there.  With most of south Florida without essential services such as water and electricity, any tourists whom are still willing to travel down there will need some place to go.  Every cloud has a silver lining, and it looks like  Walt Disney World® Resort seems to have survived in Orlando, Florida.  I suppose that would mean that Daytona and points north and the Tampa areas are opened for business.  Of course the area around Vero Beach, Florida and Melbourne, Florida still has a lot homes with blue tarps on their roofs, since their roofs still have not been fixed from last year's hurricanes.  Of course Pensacola, Florida would be still recovering from last year's storm and the storms this year.  Thus although south Florida has been hit by a major Hurricane Wilma, there are still parts of the over all infrastructure of the state that remain intact and are still functioning.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 3:25 P.M.: 20,000 tourists still stranded in Yucatan in Mexico.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 3:20 P.M.:  Havana, Cuba is flooded.  West Palm Beach and Key West Florida do not have electricity and water.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 3:15 P.M.: 2.5 to 3 million residents of Florida without electricity.  Governor Bush of Florida visiting Naples, Florida shortly.  3 to 5 feet of flooding in Key West, Florida.  Locally my neighbors whom are mostly democrats do not care, because they think it is mostly republicans whom are effected.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 2:55 P.M.:  I picked up the mail.  My neighbors do not know about the hurricane, since it does not seem to be on their television network.  I guess my television system shows different media.  I chatted with my relative in Vero Beach, Florida, and my relative is cleaning up some outdoor pots that broke, but otherwise everything is fine there.  I chatted with a friend.  I am not going out today, since I am a bit worn out from following all of the hurricane information on the internet and television this morning.  Fort Meyers, Florida seems to be repeating itself in the media and even the commodities person that called me was from Fort Meyers.  I do not know that much about Fort Meyers, Florida, but I know it is near MacDill Air Force base MacDill Air Force Base  where the Rapid Deployment Force is stationed.  When I used to watch my father's television in Bayonet Point, Florida, he use to get Pentagon briefings on his television system from MacDill air force base.  This is suppose to have good weather information Air Force Public Weather Site , but it is only the civilian version of a more popular web site that the military uses that is not available to civilians.  Alas I do not seem to have my NORAD colonel outfit jumpsuit that I use to wear in Key West, Florida and Nantucket.  I think they do not call it the Strategic Air Command anymore, but they now call it the "Air Defense Command".  This is how the boys in Omaha, Nebraska perceive it https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/images/satellite/ANI_US89IR01_L.GIF .  I guess they think it is a cloud shaped like a donut.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 2:10 P.M.:  I woke up when I had a telephone call about a commodities seminar at the Hyatt Hotel here in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.  I chatted with the caller for a while.  My relative in Vero Beach, Florida has a bit of water coming through her doors.   CIO 

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 10:50 A.M.:  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will rest a while.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 10:50 A.M.:  The hurricane surge was 5 to 9 feet in the Florida Keys, and 35% of Key West is flooded with some water above the roofs of cars, and it will take several low tides to clear out the water.  I watched Governor Bush's press conference at 10 A.M., and he said that the most dangerous time of the hurricane is the period after the hurricane and the day afterwards, so people should exercise caution in their activities in the day after the hurricane.  He said particularly the use of gasoline generators can be very dangerous, and one should use them in an outside environments, and not to use them in any inside locations such as garages.  The eye of the hurricane is passing over Palm Beach and Martin counties, and the west side of the storm will be as strong or as intense as the east side of the storm.  He has 3,000 National Guard troops mobilized and 3,000 more on standby.  In Homestead and Tallahassee, he has 21 trucks of ice and 21 trucks of water with preplanned deployment locations in the effected areas along with some meals ready to eat.  The Governor of Florida strongly urges the residents of the effected areas to stay inside until after the storm, and the emergency workers have time to access the damage in the areas.  With large power outages, there will be problems of live power lines in outside areas which can be dangerous.  Power companies had time to deploys their emergency crews, so they will be ready to start repairs after the hurricane ends.  As a result of the hurricane winds, the New York City area is suppose to have 50 mile an hour winds tomorrow.  I ate three handfuls of almonds, and I ate three 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch by .25 inch pieces of mozzarella cheese with some iced tea.  Fox news said the area on the barrier island east of West Palm Beach called Palm Beach might have sustained more damage than West Palm Beach.   The newer buildings are better built than some of the older buildings.   Fort Myers, Florida (33901) Forecast : Weather Underground .  There is suppose to be heavy downpours of rain in Vero Beach, Florida in the next few minutes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 9:50 A.M.:  West Palm Beach getting maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hours with Palm Beach, Broward and Dade Counties getting the worst of it on the East Coast of Florida with the eye of the hurricane arriving shortly on the east coast of Florida, however the worst of the hurricane might be on the west side of the hurricane after the eye.  Florida City is flooded.  2,500 Florida National Guards waiting to come into the disaster areas.  Hurricane costs could bust the Federal budget.  Hurricane should have passed out to sea in a few hours.  It should be a sunny afternoon in south Florida.  During hurricane activity in a area like south Florida, one has to watch out for snakes.  Much of south Florida has been declared a disaster area.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 9:35 A.M.: Coral Gables, Florida (33114) Forecast : Weather Underground .  My 4 P.M. appointment cancelled today.  8 to 9 inches of water in Key West at Duval and Green Streets. Key West Fantasy Fest might have to be cancelled.  Sun-Sentinel: South Florida weather Florida and the Bahamas Satellite  .  Damage all over south Florida.  CIO     

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 9:15 A.M.:  Hurricane Wilma Short List .  Donald Trump Plaza being hit hard in West Palm Beach, Florida.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 9:15 A.M.:  Foxs news reports 800,000 homes without power in south Florida. Fort Lauderdale, Florida (33301) Forecast : Weather Underground is suppose to be getting the worst part of the hurricane now.   CIO 

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 9:05 A.M.:  Vero Beach, Florida (32960) Forecast : Weather Underground ,  West Palm Beach, Florida (33401) Forecast : Weather Underground , Miami Beach, Florida (33109) Forecast: Weather Underground , Key West, Florida (33040) Forecast : Weather Underground , Naples, Florida (34101) Forecast : Weather Underground .   half million of people in south Florida without electricity and no electricity in the Florida Keys.  Water Spout in Key West harbor.  Miami Beach over 100 miles per hour.  Emergency vehicles tanken off the streets in Miami.  Governor Bush of Florida to visit south Florida after the storm.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 8:40 A.M.:  Hotel and road map of Florida - World Sites Atlas .  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 8:25 A.M.:  Broward Country 102 miles per hour and Dade Country 92 miles per hours.   Sun-Sentinel: South Florida weather Florida and the Bahamas Satellite  .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 8:20 A.M.:  30% of Key West is flooded.  U.S. 1 out of Key West is flooded out in Marathon, Florida.  800,000 people are without power in Broward County.  I chatted with a relative in Vero Beach, Florida, and the wind is about 35 miles per hour, and a tree is knocking on their house.  I went outside, and the weather here in Greenwich, Connecticut is 43 degrees Fahrenheit and partially cloudy with a chance of rain Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Forecast : Weather Underground .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 7:35 A.M.:  WPEC NEWS 12 - The 1•2 Turn To Live Doppler .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 7:25 A.M.:    Wilma bears down on S. Florida with 120-mph winds; eyewall near Marco Island: South Florida Sun-Sentinel on the lower right side of the page has a live TV coverage from local News Channel NBC 5.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 7:20 A.M.:  South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade news, entertainment, sports, jobs, cars & homes. .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 7:10 A.M.:  CNN.com - Category 3 Wilma makes landfall in southwest Florida - Oct 24, 2005 says that the name of the Lee County Sheriff is Mike Scott.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 6:45 A.M.:  Hurricane Wilma officially made landfall at Cape Romano at 6:33 A.M..  That is is just south of Naples, Florida on the Collier and Monroe Counties border Florida Counties - Google Image Search .  Miami and Fort Lauderdale are suppose to get the worst side of the hurricane with a 2 to 3 foot storm surge.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  Locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut, we also have a Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT Hazardous Weather Outlook .  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 6:05 A.M.:  I posted a short list of links Hurricane Wilma Short List .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 5:50 A.M.:  www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  I was awake at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I have been watching Hurricane Wilma coverage on the Fox News Channel.  It does not look for the Florida Keys, since less than 10% of the people evacuated.   According to the Foxs news broadcast the Monroe Country Emergency director said there are lots of people in the Florida Keys that are calling in about flooding.  The eye of the hurricane is suppose to come ashore at Everglade City which is three feet below sea level.  The top hurricane winds are 125 miles per hour or category 3.  Around Everglade City they are expecting a 8 to 17 foot storm surge and in the Florida Keys they are expecting a 5 to 12 foot storm surge.  One local weather observer at the eye of hurricane in Naples, Florida has a web site Welcome to the StormStudy Project .  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 7:20 P.M.:  I went through my email.  I will now run Norton Win Doctor 2003 and Ad-awardSE.  I will then shut down the computer, and I will go to bed a little while after that.  I have a 4 P.M. appointment tomorrow, so I do not want to get up too early.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 6:55 P.M.:  Event Sectors Severe Storms and Special Events .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 6:50 P.M.:  NOAA GOES East DATA - EASTERN US IR .  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 6:45 P.M.:  National Weather Service Radar from Miami, FL and National Weather Service Radar from Melbourne, FL and National Weather Service Radar from Tampa Bay Area, FL and National Weather Service Radar from Key West, FL and National Weather Service Radar from Tallahassee, FL .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 6:35 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a couple of handfuls of almonds.  I posted this note about a month ago, and thus there might be a good side to hurricane down south. According to this SEAWEED CULTURE IN JAPAN the Japanese get $7 a pound for sea weed, so imported seaweed from the Florida Keys would be twice as much at least.  But processed they get closer to $50 a pound "Nori" Seaweed and Seaweed Salad from Japan.  Thus after a hurricane, they should have thousands of tons of sea weed around in south Florida, so if they use a little bit of local ingenuity, they might learn to make a little bit of money off what is lying around after the hurricane.  I recall, it was somebody like myself when they were throwing tons of orange peels away in the 1970s, I got them to start selling the orange peels to the Chinese to make orange sofa.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 5:30 P.M.:  See who is left behind in Key West, Florida http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/ and Casa Marina webcam link at the bottom of this page http://www.casamarinakeywest.com/intro.html and at the moment this one does not work http://www.laconchakeywest.com/webcam.htm .  Top story Most stay for Hurricane Wilma's arrival ,  Key West Radar National Weather Service Radar from Key West, FL and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-vis-loop.html and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/GMEX/VIS/20.jpg .  If I were in Key West, Florida, I would wear my west suit to bed tonight.  Of course they tend to not sleep much at night in Key West, so more than likely they are just waking up down there now, and they do not know what is going on.  Apparently the Fantasy Festival is this week.  It might turn out to be more like "Lord of the Flies".  CIO

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 4:55 P.M.:  I looked at a lot of satellite photographs at Navy hurricanes, typhoons, satellite images, forecasts, tracks and this one seems to explain the current situation with hurricane Wilma the best Navy hurricanes, typhoons, satellite images, forecasts, tracks .  Figure red is warmer and blue is colder.  From what I can tell, it does not look very promising for Key West, Florida.  Apparently 80% of the people in the Florida Keys have chosen not to evacuate yet.  Vero Beach news on hurricane Wilma TCPalm : Hurricane Wilma speeds up on path to Florida .  I suppose since it is once again towards the end of the month, a lot of people can not afford to evacuate.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 3:35 P.M.:  Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Forecaster: Analysis of Tropical Cyclones .  I will now install the Windows download version of this program to see what it does.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 3:30 P.M.:  Try this  Navy hurricanes, typhoons, satellite images, forecasts, tracks .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 3:10 P.M.:  I ate a few handfuls of almonds.  I watched some hurricane Wilma news.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 1:40 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  If there is a reset switch for my Volvo service light underneath the dashboard, it is covered by the under covering of the dashboard.  I will look at the owners manual sometime to see what it says.  I next went downtown, and I stopped by the Greenwich Service Center Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $13.50 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.999 a gallon for 65.4 miles driving the last 15 days at 15.2 miles per gallon averaging driving 12 miles per hour.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I viewed some of their sale items.  On the 70% off rack, they have two Oregon Scientific rain measuring instruments for 70% off $69.99,  but the do not show the other weather measurements.  For 50% off, they have True Value batteries.  Also for 50% off, they have large United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Air Force, and United States Marines flags.  They also have for 75% off a Tide spot remover system.  They also have for 75% off three 48 inch by 15 inch ironing board covers and a few other items.  I next went by CVS, and I bought buy one get one free of 300 count packages of antimicrobial Q-tips cotton swabs for $2.99 both packages and a 7 ounce package of black licorice for $1.19 plus .25 tax for $4.43 total.  I then completed my walk.  At the top of Greenwich Avenue at the Pickwick Plaza, the Greenwich Arts Council has various sculptures for sale.  After I completed my walk, I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and two of the usual fishermen were there.  I sat out for a while in one of my folding chairs that I keep in the rear of my Volvo station wagon.  I then went by the New Renovated Stop and Shop at the Stop and Shop shopping plaza on West Putnam Avenue next to the Exxon gasoline station, and they just opened their new store today, and it looks quite nice, and it is much larger and clean and well organized.  I am most pleased with the way the new store looks.  If one buys $25 worth of groceries, one can get with the store circular coupons a free bottle of Perrier, a quart of Mott's Apple Juice, and a dozen large eggs.  While touring the whole store, I ate some deli snacks and a cannolli they were offering to customers.  I did not see the fish monger stand, but I must not have noticed it.  The new produce section is much larger.  It is a quite large and spacious store, and I am sure their regular customers will enjoy the shopping experience.  I bought a 25 count box of Twinings 5 different varieties of tea bags for $3.49.  As I was leaving the store, they gave me a loaf of Italian bread called Ciabatta from the Chabaso Bakery in New Haven, Connecticut.  I thanked them all for the shopping experience.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a relative.  I cut off one third of the loaf of Italian bread, and I sliced it in half.  I put Hellmann's mayonnaise on both sides of it, and then I put two 1/32nds inch thick slices of the Kirkland honey roasted turkey, three 5 inch by five inch by 3/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 3/32nds inch slices of onion, and four spinach leaves and salt and pepper and then the top slice of Italian bread, and I cut it in half across, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   On Steamboat Road in front of the Indian Harbor House apartments, there is a heavy communications cable that has been hanging down too low for the last week, and although it is marked by a barricade and yellow tape, it is sort of strange that the utility company has not gotten around to fixing it this past week.  It would be a road hazard for larger trucks.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 7:25 A.M.:  I opened a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder, and I put it in a plastic microwave pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle in the General Electric microwave oven.  I put the hot soup in a large cobalt blue soup bowl with a couple of handfuls of Arnold Caesar croutons, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I opened up a 36 ounce bag of Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee beans, and I filled the mason jars marked "regular" with them and the regular coffee bean Braun coffee grinder.  I need to reset the service light on my 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon.  All of the scheduled service has been done on the car to date, and it is running just fine.  I still have just over a quarter inch of tread left on the tires.  Maybe this tip will work to reset the service light Volvo: 850 turbo dash service light .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 6:45 A.M.:  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I took out my long underwear bottoms, and I hung them on the right hook at the bedroom entrance.  I took out my winter knit caps, scarves, and gloves, and I put them on the near end of the down sofa, and I put the orange bicycle helmet on the far end of the down sofa.  On the left side of the bedroom closet, I rotated my summer shirts to the far left of the closet, and I put my cold weather shirts on the left center of the closet.  It is not cold enough yet to rotate around my winter jackets with my moderate weather jackets in the right living room closet, but one has to remember during the first week of December last year, it was down to zero degrees Fahrenheit here, so it does not hurt to be prepared.  As L.L.Bean - Outdoor Specialties since 1912 Limited Time Free Shipping says, there is no such thing as cold weather, just people whom are not dressed for it.  For cold weather clothes, one can also try www.sierratradingpost.com and www.moutainhardware.com , and of course http://www.canada-goose.com/ is about the best I know of for extreme cold weather, but it usually does not get that cold around here for the http://www.canada-goose.com/ unless one happens to be from Brazil or Saudi Arabia or India or somewhere else where it tends to be really hot year round where one's blood might be thinned out.  CIO     

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 5:40 A.M.:  Sunrise is suppose to be at 7:15 A.M., and the rain is suppose to have quit by then, but it will be still a bit damp out Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Forecast : Weather Underground .  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/23/05 Sunday 5:00 A.M.:  I woke up at 2 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. I started two loads of laundry, and I am almost done with the dry cycle.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I also took off the pink and green quilt, and I put it in its packaging  and placed it on the left side of the closet shelf.  I put the electric blanket on the bed, and I put the comforter on the bed.  I also put the light weight blue throw blanket at the end of the bed.  I threw out some garbage.  I put both afghan throws the orange and pumpkin one and the blue and grey one folded up on the back of the down sofa.  I am in the process of making a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  When I started the computer, I had to do a system restore to yesterday, because for some reasons, when I clicked on one icon, all of the icons to its left would high light.  I have had the problem before, but I am not sure what causes it.  Restoring it to an earlier time fixes it.  I will now run Ad-awareSE.  I will now go downstairs and get the laundry, and I will put it away.  CIO   

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 4:00 P.M.:  I ate a half of a cup of almonds with some iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 3:20 P.M.:  I went outside briefly, and I picked up the mail.  I got another Greenwich Country Day alumni sticker in the mail.  I posted a picture of what the living room window wall looks like now http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mike-scott-living-room-window-wall-102205.JPG .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 2:45 P.M.:  I rested on the long green Scott family sofa for an hour.  I then washed the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner filter and reinstalled it.  I then closed its exhaust louvers, and I shut its front louvers.  I unplugged it from its heavy duty power cord.  I then used 3M duct tape, and I resealed any air leaks around the double layer of Plexiglas to the left of the air conditioner.  I made sure the hand towels that I have stuck into the window gap between the sliding and fixed windows were inserted tightly.  I installed two sheets of one foot by four foot by one inch Styrofoam vertically to the left of the air conditioner in front of the Plexiglas, and I secured them with duct tape.  I put another two sheets side by side vertically in front of the air conditioner, and I secured them with duct tape.  I restuffed in some small hand towels around the corners where there might be air leaks.  I took out the bobby pins from the orange curtain that hangs in front of the air conditioner and above it, so the orange curtains hangs full length in front of the styrofoam and air conditioner.  I plugged in and put the Lasko box fan in front of the curtain in front of the air conditioner, so it can blow heat around the apartment on low speed during the heating season without all of the heat flowing into the false ceiling.  Right now it is turned off.  I moved the bric-a-brac back into position on the window shelf.  I put the small type Steuben vase on the brass and glass coffee table on the far end opposite the down sofa.  I put the General Electric air conditioner remote control in the remote control box on the left side of the window shelf.  The air conditioner is installed in the center of the three windows.  I will have to open the right window temporarily when I get the Oregon Scientific weather station to install the temperature humidity sensor outside on the window frame between the glass and the screen.  Thus I have the air conditioner secured for the winter season.  I have tried taking the earlier Sears air conditioner one winter before, and leaving it in the way I do with it insulated and taking it out make no difference in the overall  apartment temperature in the winter or electric heat costs.  Since it is a fixed unit on a frame and not a window unit, I leave it installed year round.  It would be very cumbersome to remove, and one would have to disassemble the frame outside the window, and although the housing authority would do it for me, I generally start using it about a month before they install them, and I use it later in the season due to my apartment's western exposure to the afternoon sun during the warmer months.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 12:25 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used 1/3 less fat mozzarella cheese.  I used 5 grape tomatoes and one sliced plum tomato along with all of the other regular ingredients.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I checked the mail, but it was not here yet.  I threw out some garbage.  I ran Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive while making and eating my salad.   I will now take a nap.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/22/05:

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 10:15 A.M.:   Remember to keep an eye on www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 10:00 A.M.:  The sun is just beginning to shine on Mount St. Helens Mount St. Helens (Johnston Ridge Observatory) Webcam Loop

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 9:55 A.M.:  In Vista beta 1, I went through the most recent newsgroups postings.  I organized the Favorites, so they are all in Folders.  I installed the most recent Nvidia XP drivers which worked with Vista beta 1.  I rebooted to XP.  Yesterday, I moved the blue and black backpack from the back of the sofa to on the floor behind the apartment entrance door behind the cart I use for hauling my groceries.  I filled up the Winter Protection Energy form, and I mailed it downstairs in the mail room.  I have the paperwork ready to fill out the Energy Assistance Program form.  It is raining steadily outside, so I probably will not be going out today.  We are beginning to get into that gloomy part of the year, but once it gets cold, we get a lot of clear and cold days, which can be enjoyable if one bundles up warm enough for them.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 6:45 A.M.:  I will now reboot the computer, and I will boot Vista beta 1, and I will go through some of the Vista beta 1 newsgroups.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 6:40 A.M.:  Robert Schuller www.hourofpower.org is a Million Dollars in Debt, and he needs your contributions again Make a Contribution to www.hourofpower.org Thank You from Robert H. Schuller .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 6:35 A.M.:  L.L.Bean - Outdoor Specialties since 1912 Limited Time Free Shipping .  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 6:25 A.M.:  I am letting the golden pineapple ripen for a few days, before I slice it up into chunks.  I guess there are no smart people on the internet, since I never get any email of substance just spam and newsletters.  Some of the newsletters have a lot of content, but it is the nature of the internet, most of the content is relevant to the California way of thinking whatever that might be.  I will now go through my email.   CIO

Note: <888> 10/22/05 Saturday 5:55 A.M.:  I woke up at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  The Bonita bananas that  I bought yesterday at the Royal Farm and Sushi market come from Ecuador.   They came in a seal medium weight clear plastic bag.  I have a feeling that a sealed medium weight clear plastic bag keeps them from going bad faster.  The chain store ones  like Dole and Chiquita that I usually buy that do not come in  a clear plastic bag and only last about three to four days before turning brown.  Thus more than likely if one keeps one bananas in a sealed medium weight clear plastic bag, they will last longer.   There is suppose to be rain all day today.  CIO  

Note: <888> 10/21/05 Friday 7:45 P.M.: This Buy.com - GN Netcom GN 6210 Bluetooth Office Headset : Gn Netcom : 6210-05 with this cheaper Buy.com - 5% off  and Buy.com - 10% off new customers versus Plantronics )) Medium & Large Business )) Systems )) CS50 Wireless Office Headset System or $124 versus $295, but in a year, one will probably be able to get a similar device for less than $50 because electronic devices drop in price very quickly.  Of course, one would only need the device, if one were moving around talking on the phone all the time, such as a house wife chatting in the kitchen while preparing meals.  I chatted with a friend whom got four free tickets for foreign travel by looking at time shares in Cape Cod.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I guess I will end up being on a day schedule tomorrow, but unfortunately there is a 90% chance of rain Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Forecast : Weather Underground , so it will be the rainy day blues on the internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/21/05 Friday 6:30 P.M.:  SharpReader RSS Aggregator .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/21/05 Friday 6:15 P.M.:  On hurricane Wilma, try to figure it out yourself www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  This gives one and overall viewpoint NRL Monterey Tropical Images .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/21/05 Friday 6:10 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

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Note: <888> 10/21/05 Friday 4:40 P.M.:  Buy.com - GN Netcom GN 6210 Bluetooth Office Headset : Gn Netcom : 6210-05 with this cheaper Buy.com - 5% off  and Buy.com - 10% off new customers .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/21/05 Friday 4:00 P.M.:  I sat outside briefly, and I picked up the mail.  I then threw out all of the computer periodicals.  I am not renewing my subscriptions to the computer periodicals, since I never have time to read them.  I prefer to read the computer information on the internet, since it uses less paper.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/21/05 Friday 3:25 P.M.:  I took three medium organic eggs, and I broke them in a mixing bowl, and I added two teaspoons of milk and a half teaspoon of Italian seasoning, and I used a whisk to mix it all together until it was bubbly.  I then took my 8 inch seasoned omelet pan, I place it on the large electric burner on medium high heat, and I added two tablespoons of olive oil and two pads of margarine, until the fat began to bubble.  A seasoned omelet pan is one that is NOT washed after use, but one just wipes it off with a paper towel to remove any excess cooking material.  If an omelet pan is well seasoned the omelet should not stick to the pan.  I added the egg mixture, and I turned the heat down to medium, and once the omelet mixture began to bubble and the bottom half is cooked enough, so one can flip it over, I flipped it over.  Once I flipped the omelet, I put two five inch square slices of Jarleberg Lite cheese on one side and then four .5 inch slices of 1/3 less fat Philadelphia Cream, 12 grape tomatoes and 10 black olives and another slice of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, and then I flipped the empty side of the omelet over the side with the added items, and I put it on a dinner plate, and I sprinkled a couple of teaspoons of grated parmesan cheese over it.  While cooking the omelet, I toasted on the inside two halves of a bagel which my toaster can toast on one side, and I added a little bit of olive oil spread around the toasted sides.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO    

Note: <888> 10/21/05 Friday 2:45 P.M.:   When I was sorting out the bulbs in the mahogany bureau drawers in the bedroom, I found an international Franzus compact polarized 1600 watt international electricity converter that converts 220 volt foreign electricity to 110 volts rated 50 to 1600 watt