Note:<888>10/14/99 Thursday 9:55 P.M. EDT: I rested until 2 P.M.. I cleaned up, and I went out and I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I tried to park at the Greenwich Town Hall, but the parking lot was busy with everyone trying to get flu shots. I parked at the board of education and walked over to the Town Hall. I got a number and filled out the form. I waited with about 400 people for about an hour and a half for my shot. I saw former and present first selectmen there, along with a lot of the old guard in Greenwich. I was about number 325. I got my flu shot for free since I have a Medicaid Card. If you don't have insurance it was $15. You have to be over 65 to get a pneumonia shot. I then walked over to Greenwich Avenue, and I walked up to CVS. I bought a white Djeep large light for $1.59 plus .10 tax for $1.69. I then walked down the Avenue. I told someone in the senior center about the flu shots. They were going to be open again from 7 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. this evening. I then drove down by the harbor. No one was fishing since it was about 45 degrees F.. I said hello to a local resident. I then drove along the waterfront to CVS in Riverside. I checked GNC for the arthrtis supplement Glucosomine and Chondroitin, but they were too expensive. I stopped by CVS and bought two cartons of Phillie little cigar cigarettes for $12.19 each plus $1.46 Ct. tax for $25.84 total. I then drove over to Port Chester, and I stopped by the Vitamin Shoppe at the old Caldor shopping center and I bought a 240 tablet bottle of 500 mg. each of Glucosomine and Chondroittin with suggested retail price of $59.95 for $35.97 with their 40% discount no tax. I also bought a clearence item of two sixty tablet 1000 mg. bottles of MSM for $9 both. I then went to Odd Job trading and I bought a box of 15 Christmas Cards for $4.99 with envelopes, plus a 10 oz. can of mixed nuts for $1.99 plus .34 tax for $7.32 total. I then went over to Staples, and I bought a 500 sheet package of Xerox paper for $3.98 and a clearence item 20 CD Kensington plastic rack for $2.90 plus .46 tax for $7.34 total. I then returned home. I put away the merchandise, and I tool my arthritis pills. I had mixed nuts and ice tea for dinner. I chatted with a couple of family members and a friend. I then filed this report. The server was down, so I had to restart the server. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/14/99 Thursday 12:35 P.M. EDT: Well I was up at 9 A.M.. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I updated the IBM Long List ibm01.htm . Well have a good afternoon. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note:<888>10/14/99 Thursday 12:45 A.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I drove downtown, and I sat out for a while. I watched the police stop a driver from the Bahamas. It was a quiet evening. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and then I walked up Arch Street. I sat out at the post office for a while. It was raining lightly, so I carried my umbrella. I noticed on the bulletin board downstairs, they're giving out flu shots at the Greenwich Town Hall tomorrow Thursday afternoon evening from 3 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. and about 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M., so I will have to get a flu shot. I next stopped by the Grand Union, and I bought four cans of Pope crushed tomatoes for .75 each, five cans of Pope tomatoe paste for $2, Ragu Classic Alfredo sauce $2.19, a quart of Parmalat 2% milk $1.45, GU Parmesian cheese $2.99, two Stouffers five cheese lasagnas for $2 each, a Tony's Cheese pizza $2.50, a 2 pound bag of onions $1.99 for $20.12. I returned home, and I put away the groceries. I am a bit tired, so maybe I will go to bed earlier this evening. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/13/99 Wednesday 9:30 P.M. EDT: I went out after the last message, and I dropped the table off at the Hospital Thrift shop. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and I did some banking. I drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with the usual library security. I stopped by the Greenwich train station and said hello to somebody from Germany with his family whom was taking the train to Stamford, that looked like somebody that I use to work for in Manhattan next to the United Nations. I drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with one former neighbor about getting Direct TV internet connection, since he already has Direct TV. I chatted with the blue fishermen, and I told them that this time of year; for about every 30 blue fish they catch, they might get a four foot striper. I drove through Bruce Park looking for snow geese. I returned to the center of town, and one local town observer is back from Italy. I chatted with another Florida resident. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and I chatted with a few people. I walked back up Arch Street. I sat out at the Post Office plaza for a while. I returned home at 6:30 P.M.. I sat around the apartment for a while. One local library patron told me the Wallenberg family from Sweden is one of the world's most powerful famlies except for possibly the Saudi Royal family. I relax for bit thinking and testing out scripts. I recieved a call from American Online from Flagstaff, Arizona wanting to know how I like AOL. I chatted with them for a while. I had dinner of microwave heated ham with Dijon mustard, steamed frozen mixed vegtables, microwave potatoe, ice tea, and I am now just having my coffee. Well have a good evening, and I guess after my coffee; I will go out for some fresh air. CIO

Note:<888>10/13/99 Wednesday 1:40 P.M. EDT: I was up at 9 A.M.. I had breakfast of Kelloggs corn flakes, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I decided to do a little bit more furniture rearranging. I moved the square table from the right window corner of the living room out of the apartment, and I will give it to the Hospital Thrift shop. I moved the Danish end table in front of the bar in that corner. I moved the bar in front of the left living room closet. I put in the two leaves into the dining room table and stretched it out along the left was towards the desk, and rearranged various items that were on those surfaces. The apartment is still a bit cramped, but it seems to work better. I am just about to have some reheated speghetti and tomatoe sauce with ice tea. I will then clean up and go out in about an hour. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/13/99 Wednesday 1:50 A.M. EDT: I went downtown after the last message. I drove by the waterfront and there was a couple making out on the pier. I parked in the center of town, and I ran into a commuter. I walked up the Avenue with the commuter chatting about technology. The person told me about the Internet World computer show in Manhattan. I mentioned some events I had seen happening locally. We toured over by the automobile dealerships on West Putnam Avenue. I showed the commuter some of the Mercedes Benz products available. We tried checking out McDonalds, but they did not have any food left ten minutes before closing. I chatted about processor size maxing out, and told the person that I have been chatting about Optic processors for ten years which could be smaller since they would not be limited in size by electrons. I mentioned I had chatted with a few Japanese about them over the years, but I don't know if anything has come of it. I bid adieu, and I headed back downtown; and I sat out until about midnight. I drove down by the waterfront at midnight, and I saw a large sailboat heading out of the harbor. I returned home, and I relaxed. I heard the Doberman visiting next door bark. I relax for a bit, and I even though it is early, I had a busy day; so I will probably be going to bed shortly. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/12/99 Tuesday 9:50 P.M. EDT: I had my coffee, and I made up a batch of icetea.htm . I guess I will go out for some fresh air after I restart the server. CIO

Note:<888>10/12/99 Tuesday 8:35 P.M. EDT: Well I was up about noon today. I had breakfast of a two egg omlette, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I recieved my ValueClick advertising check for $37.68. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street and cashed it. It was busy at the bank after the holiday. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I viewed the merchandise. I made my 4 P.M. appointment with my new appointment person. I will now have that appointment on Tuesdays every two weeks. I drove down by the waterfront. The usual fishermen were there. I chatted with one person whom I had not seen in a while whom had a very nice folding canvas lie down beach chair. I told him they come in handy when traveling around the shoreline. I mentioned that if one goes down to Florida, it might be handy to take along one of those DeLongi oil filled radiators in case where one stays does not have heat. I chatted with a visiting couple from London. The gentleman was a well recognizable face out of London. They mentioned they were having trouble getting into Tod's Point, so I told them they could be my guests at Tod's Point despite the mosquito problems. I discussed nature and the fact somebody told me they had seen two Artic snow geese in Bruce Park which foretells a cold winter. I then drove over to Tod's Point along the waterfront, and told them the guests from London might be stopping by. I sat out at Tod's Point for a while and walked a short way around. I left at closing about 6:10 P.M., and I drove over to Staples and toured the store merchandise. I next went over to the the Exxon Station next to the Greenwich Library and bought $12.50 of premium at $167.9 a gallon. I then stopped by the Grand Union and bought 18 bags of Ramen noodles for 6 for $1 for $3 of various flavors, a cooked half boneless smoke carvemaster ham at $1.99 a pound for $6.59, four boxes of extra thin San Georgio spehetti for .50 each, 5 cans of Star Kiss tuna in spring water for $2 all, two five pound bags of Idaho potatoes for buy on get one free for $2, two Tropicana Ruby red orange juice for $2 each, a half gallon of GU 2% milk $1.89 for $22.95 total. I returned to the car, and I chatted with a local on the way out about high insurance rates in the area. I then returned to the store and bought a pound of early morning bacon for $1.79. I noticed on the town fathers was about whom I had not seen in a while. I guess down from Nova Scotia. I returned home, and I put away the groceries. I am just finishing boiling a box of San Georgio spegehetti noodles and reheating some tomatoe sauce for dinner along with ice tea and coffee. I had a chilled diet Sprite in a frosted mug when I returned home. Well have a good evening. I guess after dinner and coffee, I might go out for a stroll. CIO

Note:<888>10/11/99 Monday 11:55 P.M. EDT: Well I went out for a walk after the last message. I stopped by CVS first, and I picked up the prescription for VIOXX for my back and another prescription I take to reduce the stess generated by all my ambitious neighbors. I parked in the center of town. I walked down by the harbor and chatted with a few former neighbors along the way. One former neighbor had his IBM Aptiva start acting up, and I suggested it might be the power supply or the older building he lives in might not have good wall recepticles, so when it cuts out; it might be caused by a plug making a faulty connection in a wall recepticle. I chatted with a gal catching blue fish from Barbados. The bluefish were really hopping in the harbor in front of the Greenwich Capital Associates building. I chatted with a couple of other regulars. I chatted technology with two fellows from Hong Kong and Siberia. They really did not tell me anything I already did not know. I walked back up the way chatting with the one from Siberia. He told me that Russian bears are afraid of Badgers which are like Wolverines. I told him about a friend from Bloomington, Indiana that raises Dalmatians like he was walking. I walked back to the center of town, and I mentioned to one walker that the Scott Amudsen base in Antartica is able to relieve some of its personnel today. I chatted with another retired railroad employee about wildlife in the area. We both agreed there is a large Skunk population downtown. I mentioned that there are at least four to six skunk families living along Steamboat Road. I returned home about 10 P.M.. I put away my medication. I chatted with a relative whom invited me down to Texas for Christmas. The relative mentioned that John Warner spent $26,500 on a cashmiere jacket in Manhattan today, so maybe he is out here. We have a Cashmiere clothing store diagonally across from the YMCA. I believe some quaint folks in Scotland still supply cashmiere. I also chatted with a couple from Israel today and a lady from Macedonia. I generally chat with quite a few people during the day, and I frequently try to speak French if they don't know English. Well at least I got a little exercise and fresh air. My back feels a little bit better. I had reheated speghetti sauce and noodles for dinner. I suppose not much else is happening. Well have a good evening, I guess I will try to relax a bit and do a little computer work. I also chatted with the person at the orthopedic back chair on Greenwich Avenue. The Mexican bakery is being taken over by the Japanese restaurant next door. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/11/99 Monday 4:05 P.M. EDT: Well I took a nap from about 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. to rest my back. I checked with http://www.gordonliddy.com/ and Raymond told me that his father was never employed as private securty for Richard Nixon after he gave up the secret service. Thus it goes to show that everything that is printed in the New York Times is not necessarily true. Well I emailed a few people this message:

I checked with Raymond Liddy, and he said his group have not run a private security firm in five years, so whom ever these Hispanic government people are or private contractors they must be working for some other individual, group, or other political group. I do know Nelson Rockefeller speaks Spanish, so maybe he hired them since the Nelson Rockefeller Museum is in San Antonio, Texas. http://www.ggordonliddyshow.com .Don't mess with me, unless you are interested in hiring some sort of construction outfit like Fluor, Olympia and York; Asea, Brown, Boveri; Stone and Webster; Turner Construction, Bechtel, or some other world wide construction outfit like General Electric, all I can do is give you their address or telephone number which you should be able to find yourself. Yours Truly, Michael Louis Scott

Well not much else to report on, so I will go check out the remains of the day. Hopefully my back will not cause me too much problem. Have an enjoyable afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/11/99 Monday 9:00 A.M. EDT: I took a Viaxx back pill before going to bed last night. I was up at 8 A.M. this morning. My back is still sore and it still hurts to move around too much. I had my physician order a new prescription for the Viaxx. I had breakfast of Kelloggs corn flakes, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I tried watching a bit of television, but I did not find it interesting. I guess I will try to do a bit of computer work. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/10/99 Sunday 10:10 P.M. EDT: Well I fell asleep while listening to the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio5live/live/output28.ram . I guess I might try to rest a bit more. Not much to report on. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/10/99 Sunday 7:40 P.M. EDT: I chatted with a family member about the fact that the alligator or crocodile might be living around Arnold Baker, since they use cooling water to cool off the ovens which might keep the gator or croc warm enough for the winter. In other news I found the site www.big-brother.nl that is the live cam on a household, but unfortunately although I am half Dutch, I don't know a word of Dutch, and the site really messes up Microsoft Internet Explorer, but works with Netscape. Well so much for that. On other audubon observations, I noticed a black dog by the entrance to Tod's Point yesterday that looked like a two foot high wolf, but it was probably a black Samoyan. Its hair was sticking out like it had stuck its paw in a light bulb, but possibly it was scared if it had seen a reptile. I noticed while driving through Bruce Park yesterday, that a swan was hanging out with the Chinese commerants on the pond between the road and the turnpike. I did not see any geese although there are plenty of geese dropping around. I have not been out observing much because of the mosquito encyphaltis scare in the area. Well have a good evening, I suppose I will just relax at home for a change. CIO

Note:<888>10/10/99 Sunday 5:05 P.M. EDT: I added a can of mushroom to the speghetti sauce just before it was done, and I had my spehetti dinner with ice tea. I then tried the Brazilian Samba instant coffee and it was very delicious. It is not bitter and it tasted a lot like the Nescafe instant coffee I use to drink in Europe during the winter of 1972. Well I guess the Brazilians still know how to make a good cup of coffee. I have been relaxing listening to classical music on the older sterio system I have in my apartment with 16 older sterio speakers that still work fine. The Queen Anne chair sits in front of one pair, so the harpisicode music sound particularly very good when one listens to it. One does not have to turn on the sterio system very loud to get the surround sound effect. It is very relaxing, so I guess I might take a cat nap for a while now. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/10/99 Sunday 2:30 P.M. EDT: Last night before going to bed, I moved the yellow French chair in front of the computer which is more comfortable and I put the restored leather office chair in the living room sitting area. I was up at 5 A.M. this morning. I puttered around. I watched Robert Schuller www.crystalcathedral.org on television. I had two fried eggs, toast, five strips of bacon, orange juice, and vitamins for breakfast. Words to the wise when you have four eggs left, eat two eggs for two days not three eggs and then one egg. I fell back asleep after channel surfing until about noon. I got up and watched a little television including "Two Fat Ladies" cooking show. I decided to start cooking dinner. I had taken out of the freezer and put into the refrigerator a package of Jones sausage which I browned in olive oil in a Griswold frying pan. I added to this two strips of bacon. I added the browned mixture to a Revere soup pot, with olive oil on the bottom, along with two diced medium onions and two large cans of plug tomatoes. I added a quarter of a cup of white French white wine, along with herbs and spices (ground black pepper, basil, oregano, Italian seasoning, celery salt, Hungarian pepperica, Chinese five spice, cinnamon, hot curry, and two beef boulion cubes) and a dashes of tabasco, Lea and Perrins worstershire sauce, and Angostora bitters. This mixture while still cool, I pureed with the Braun hand mixture, and then I put it one medium reducing it to low to simmer for an hour. I will have the sauce over speghetti noodles in about an hour for dinner. I am listening to some classical music and just relaxing around the apartment. It is a cool, damp, rainy day; so I am just relaxing a bit inside. I took my back pill VARXX before going to bed last night, so the back seems a little bit better today, but I am still stiff when moving around particularly when standing up after sitting down. Well have an enjoyable afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/09/99 Saturday 11:20 P.M. EDT: I had dinner of the rest of the Purdue chicken along with defrosted mixed vegtables that I undercooked and Ramen noodles with chicken curry seasoning. Unfortunately the Ramen noodle factory puts too much curry in their mixture, so I ditched the Ramen noodles. I went out and moved the car around in the parking lot. I watched an ABC movie about a 767 being hijacked and I basically tried to rest my back. Not really much to report on. I noticed a low flying plane overhead and heard another one fly low overhead. Well on a limited budget, I guess there is not much for me to do but sit home and relax, unlike all the movers and shakers in the local community. Well have a good evening, I think I will start winding down for the evening and think about getting some shut eye. I have to get use to a new compuer chair, since I put my regular computer chair in the living room sitting arrangement, and I am using the restored computer office chair. Well at the moment, I have to bend over too much to use the keyboard, so I will have to see how it work; and possibly switch back to the other chair. However that configuration over all these years might have caused my back pain. Well so much for computer interior decoration 101. Have a good night. CIO

Note:<888>10/09/99 Saturday 7:20 P.M. EDT: I went downtown after the last message. It was warm and damp out today. I sat out for a while and then I walked up the Avenue and chatted with a few local people. I returned back down the Avenue. I drove down by the waterfront and the usual fishermen were there. I drove along the waterfront, and I stopped by CVS at the Riverside shopping plaza and bought a carton of Captain Black cigar cigarette sweets for $11.83. I then drove out to Tod's Point and I walked out to the south west corner and viewed the harbor. One person was out in a loud motor boat, and it sounded like they hit bottom or rocks about a half mile north east of Island Beach. They were going fast, and it was a very low tide; so maybe they hit bottom or a rock. Anyway they were back underway heading back into the Mianus River harbor basin. I suppose during very low tides, one has to watch out for more obsticles than during the normal tides. I chatted with a family about how well my medication for my back was working, and I mentioned I will have to see how I feel when I wake up tomorrow. I returned back home, and I noticed a few weddings going on around town as usual on a Saturday afternoon. I guess I should start thinking about dinner. I guess I will finish up the rest of the Purdue chicken. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/09/99 Saturday 3:00 P.M. EDT: I chatted with a family member. My back was feeling better with the VIOXX pills. I just finished cleaning the apartment and watering the plants. I also moved the mahogany bureau from the liviing room to the bedroom by making room for it by removing the bedroom door and storing it. I put the yellow French chair where the bureau was, and I put the restored office chair in front of the computer. I straightened some other areas up too. Well I had a spinich pizza for lunch along with ice tea. I took out the garbage. I will now go out for some fresh air with my thermos of coffee. Have an enjoyable afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/09/99 Saturday 8:50 A.M. EDT: I took one of my prescription back pills with my morning vitamins, and I went back to bed. I rested on my stomach, and I woke up and my back felt a little less painful. I am still a little bit stiff in the back and painful in the back, but it is slightly better. I will hold off on the house cleaning until tomorrow and see how I feel. Well not much going on. I might go out around noon. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/09/99 Saturday 3:55 A.M. EDT: Yesterday morning, I raised the parson lamps in the living room, so they would not interfer with the day bed. I went out after the last message yesterday. I parked in the center of town. I walked down by the habor and sat for a while in Roger Sherman Baldwain park. I noticed two full grown and two younger swans on the harbor. It was a cool blustery day. There was a lot of goose droppings on the park. I walked back uptown, and I sat out for a while; and I studied the squirrels in front of the senior center. I then stopped by the Greenwich library and read the local paper. It said they decided not to buy the U.S. tabacco building at exit 4 for the Greenwich Police department. I read a computer magazine. All day my back was hurting me yesterday. I returned home, and I went to bed about 6 P.M., and I was up at 3 A.M.. I had breakfast of Kelloggs corn flakes, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. My back is still hurting me again this morning, so I might rest more. I was advised to soak in Epson Salts in the bath tub. The custodian in the library told me that President Clinton was in Manhattan, so maybe that is why it was slow out here. Have a good morning.

Note:<888>10/08/99 Friday 2:45 P.M. EDT: I had breakfast about 6 A.M. this morning of three fried eggs, six strips of bacon, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I tried to rest, but I could not fall asleep. I watched a bit of television. My back is bothering me again. I suppose I should not do any heavy lifting for the indefinite future. I finally took a hot bath around noon and soaked for a while. I went outside briefly and chatted with a neighbor. I just had dinner of cold chicken leg and theigh with tabasco sauce, steamed brocolli, and Ramen noodles, and ice tea. I suppose I will go out for a while to enjoy the afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/08/99 Friday 5:45 A.M. EDT: I ran Norton Anti Virus on all three drives. I moved a couple plants around, putting one of the minature firns on the octagon table, and I put the taller lean palm on the dining room table. I moved the candy and throat lounges to the dining table. I moved around the two American, French, and Norwegian flags. I have the small blue chair blocked with the Danish end table in front of the bar and the desk. I could possibly move the Grand Rapids CBS table from the right corner out of the room, and put the Danish end table there, but it is convenient to have the end table clear next to the dining table, bar, desk, and computer chair for setting items occassionally there, and if one wanted to set up the bar and serve drinks it would be convenient. Not that I plan to have a drink, but the way my back feels, I think I should. I will try to rest of have breakfast. CIO

Note:<888>10/08/99 Friday 4:55 A.M. EDT: I ran Norton Disk Doctor with surface scan on all three hard drives, and then I started a tape backup; and I went to bed about 9 P.M.. I was up at 2 A.M., and the tape backup finished about 3 A.M.. While waiting for it to finish, I went out by the dumpster; and retrieved the blue sofa frame. I moved it with a skate board that was available. I put it back in the apartment where the Queen Anne chair was perpendicular to the long sofa with the bolsters on it. I put the Queen Anne chair in front of the right side of the long sofa. I put the long sofa coffee table in front of the desk and bar. I put the leather arm chair in front of the left closet sideways. I moved the octagon sofa behind the blue sofa, with the periodical rack to the left of that. I put a minature plant on the dining room table. I put another plant on the desk. I put on of the left sterio speakers underneath the televison raising it higher, so one can see if from all points in the room. I checked the television connections to make sure it has clear reception. I watched a bit of Matha Stewart while thinking through this. I put pillows on the blue sofa to support my back, and I set up pillows and a knit throw on the pineapple bed. It is all a bit crowded, but it works; and there is room to move around. I tied up my wall electrical cords with rubber bands on nails to keep them away from the electric radiators which have come on a bit. I have room for storage underneath the pineapple poster bed. My back is hurting me a bit, and I took a back pill before going to bed. Well I think I have it all straightened around. If you're near sighted like me, it looks fine. Of course a big fat person would have trouble moving around in the apartment, but there is plenty of room for me to manuver. I also ran Norton Speed disk on all three hard drives, so I basically have done my system maintenance. I might either go back to sleep or have breakfast. Well have a good morning. CIO