Note 10/17/97 Friday 11:20 AM EDT:I updated the Greenwich www.mikescott.net/greenw.htm and Greenwich Real Estate www.mikescott.net/gwreal.htm Pages. I suppose it is busy out around lunch time. I still have not shaved or showered, and I feel like a nap before lunch. CIO

Note 10/17/97 Friday 9:40 AM EDT: I updated www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I surfed the net this morning. It is working fast. I noticed they still have a NYNEX telephone truck on Nantucket on as seen on their live cam Nantucket Washington Street Cam. Chuck and Henry are off to South Africa. I dare say most people are watching the stockmarket closely today. My million dollar bellweather portfolio www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm is down as expected. I read that mailto:billg@microsoft.com is planning to take over the Cablevision Internet modem market. I sure wish he would get one hooked up to my apartment building soon. It sounds like the roofers are working outside on the rain terrace today. If you look at www.mikescott.net/stats.htm you will notice my server in Florida seems to be a little bit busier than normal and more people are looking at the more tech orientated content. Netscape has a mail spell checker at: Netscape CyberSpell . I think the local senior community thinks I have lost my marbles since they don't understand the amount of content of information I am dealing with. CIO

Note 10/17/97 Friday 5:50 AM EDT: I made the usual rounds yesterday morning. I found three computers disgarded at a local office park, IBM Model PS/2 Model 50Z, PS/2 Model 80 386 8580-311, PS/2 Model 80 386 8580-041. I brought them back home. The two model 80s could be used to make a glass coffee table. I tested them and the CMOS is gone on them, but they seem to work if one had the patience to configure them. I will leave them around for a conversation piece for a while, and possibly take them to the Hospital Thrift Shop in the near future if no one wants them for free. I would imagine the model 80s will be collector items some time soon. One model 80 is missing its side panel. I got my Taft Alumni manual. A great many alumni have email addresses. I noticed one local resident is a member of the class of 1920 and outlived all of his other classmates. I made my afternoon appointment. I noticed a great many construction workers departing from the new hospital project while I was downtown. The new facility is suppose to have 135 beds instead of the present 400. I read when Queen Elizabeth II gets back from India, they are suppose to have the Commonwealth Meeting up in Scotland. Perhaps the QEII was carrying a private party of Commonwealth members when it left on a non scheduled cruise back to Southhampton. Lots of new faces around as is typical of the New York area. A friend took me out to dinner at That Away restaurant last night. We had the steak sandwich for $12. The place is a little noisy because of the tin cieling. I also bought the Dinasaur Plate of stamps for $5 and I bought four Currier and Ives plates for $2 at the Hospital Thrift Shop. Greenwich seems to be the same as usual. I imagine quite a few residents are worried about the stock market going down. CIO

Note 10/16/97 Thursday 8:00 AM EDT: Dinner was good. I updated www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I will make the rounds this morning. I will probably come back and work on the net if the library is still too noisy. Terry Waite of Canturbury Catherdral, the representative of the Archbishop of Canturbury will be speaking at Christ Church Greenwich, Connecticut this Sunday at 10 AM. All Welcome. CIO

Note 10/16/97 Thursday 5:15 AM EDT: I did not mean to imply or encourage people to drink in yesterday's coded message to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Montreal on Mount Royal. If one is good at reading open code messages, you obviously got the message. I just got up having slept most of yesterday. I had breakfast about 9 PM yesterday and went back to sleep. I am now in the process of cooking an 8 pound Purdue chicken for dinner, which I will have for dinner. I have an afternoon appointment this afternoon. I have not been out in 24 hours. President Clinton apparrently canceled the Asteroid Avoidance Program. From reading the British reports in the news last February, it seems that British scientists thought the program was very important. IBM is reducing and merging its PC division. I imagine it is about time to get out of the stock market, if one can afford the Capital gains. I need to start boiling some rice to go with dinner. Occassionally it helps to get a long rest and break routine. I remember the French movie "Cousine Cousine" about the French sleep cure method to reduce stress. With winter coming, I would imagine that we will all start leading more dormant lifestyles. I believe the Queen Elizabeth II is returning to South Hampton. Their next voyage goes by Bermuda. My neighbors visited the U.S. Military Academy at West Point yesterday. It is funny whenever I call there the person answering the phone is from Venzuela. I guess that is another low paid night job, they can't get United States citizens to work anymore. It seems there are a great many people considering heading for the hills because of various news reports, but quite frankly I think it is all a paper dragon, and I intend to stay in the area until any evidence of hostile intent by hostile forces occurrs. As far as I can tell Greenwich is peaceful and quiet as usual, and perhaps first generation immigrants are not use to living in a quiet peaceful environment, unless of course they are fifth columnists are something like that. Enjoy the day for a change. CIO

Note 10/15/97 Wednesday 2:45 AM EDT: I got up at 11:30 PM last evening. The library yesterday morning was busy, but it is virtually impossible to read there since they are driving piles for the Peterson wing. The sound is interminably loud and it makes it hard to concentrate. The entrance is through the Cole auditorium. I paid my telephone bill of $42. I made a few rounds about town. This morning when I got up, I checked with Kennedy security at the Greenwich Country Club. They said they had heard of Corbys Whisky. It was popular in the 1930's and 1940's. In refreshing our memories, I believe it had a beige label with burgundy striping, and "CORBYS" written across the top in curved letters. I believe there was a picture of a Raven on the bottle. It is so long ago, it is hard to remember. I suppose some of the "old guard" who control everything would like to sip some of it in their retirement, particularly on cold winters night. I believe it was imported from Canada. The last time I saw it, it was up around the Canadian Border in Saute St. Marie. It came in a ten to twenty gallon cider crock and we drank it out of a water cooler. A friend of mine who was a friend of Noel Coward and who was also one of the largest landowners in Western Canada inquired about what happened to Corbys Whisky about five years ago. I assume she is still trying to get it back on the market, if it is still available. It tastes like Canadian Club, but much smoother, unlike the rock gut they serve today. It makes Jack Daniels taste like horse piss. I imagine the matri di at the Pump Room at the Ambassador East in Chicago would know where to get it, if it were still available or perhaps the celler attendant at the 21 Club in New York. If it is no longer availble, if someone could find it in a whisky museum, perhaps some cleaver group of chemists could come up with an authenicate recipie to duplicate, but perhaps the method of making it went with the old timers who use to produce it over 50 years ago. It was a very popular brand in its day. Other news, it is misty and rainy this morning. Perhaps the Queen Elizabeth II, if it is still around in dock and has supplies to off load at dock to be put in the warehouse, might have an extra bottle or two of Corbys lying around from the old days. The Rolling Stones according to the Greenwich Times cancelled, and David Bowie was suppose to appear last night. The pipe smoker was spotted yesterday morning. The old guard were out in force at the Senior Center. It seems to be quiet per usual on early Wedneday morning. I will be out a little in the morning, but finances prevent me from being too active. My starter motor on the car is still making noise after having it fixed twice at the Exxon station, but the car is still running fine. I plan to have a quiet morning. The NASA Cassini Voyage to Saturn is scheduled for relaunch at 4:50 AM EDT this morning. I will plan to watch it on CNN. Back to the net. CIO

Note 10/14/97 Tuesday 5:30 AM EDT: The night before last when I went out, I saw the mother of all skunks outside my building. It was as big as a racoon. Luckily it did not spray me. I chatted with the regular night clerk at the Greenwich Harbor Inn also on Monday morning. I got up about 6 PM Monday evening and had breakfast. I then slept until 9 PM. I watched television until 1 AM enjoying the Discovery channel. I also had lunch of Chicken Dijon and brocolli. I went out at 1 AM and walked the length of Greenwich Avenue back and forth from the center. I sat for a while and enjoyed looking at the moon. I noticed in the newspaper headlines they are having a Rolling Stones Concert on Tuesday night at the Palladium theatre in Port Chester, New York to do a music video. I suppose they will have a full harvest moon for the event. I will keep an eye out for old hippies tomorrow night. The concert is for 2,500 invited guests. In Nantucket the old timers use to think I looked a bit like Mic, but I suppose he is a couple of years older. I think he use to hang out in a few of my haunts in New York City in the old days. I believe he has a degree in physical education from the London School of Economics. I won't bother going down to Port Chester to watch the crowd. Perhaps there will be a few Rock groupies in the Colonial diner here tomorrow night. Keep and eye out for long haired hippie types around town. I also filled my car up with gasoline. I bought three boxes of buy four get one free Marlboro lights. I stopped at CVS in the Riverside shopping center and got sunin, M&Ms, remote control batteries, toothpaste, mouth wash. I went by the Grand Union and got a Purdue chicken, a six pack of diet pepsi, four 40 watt bulbs, two froozen pizzas, and half and half. The Greenwich police were out in usual force patroling around town. I am now getting about 15 miles per gallon on my 1976 Volvo with 96,500 miles. It is running much better, but the new starter motor occasssionally makes noise. I have to pay my telephone bill today, so I will be out in the morning. I will do a little internet work before going out about 8:30 AM give or take. I noticed a distinguished gentleman smoking a pipe on Greenwich Avenue, the night before last, so I stuck out my two pipes in the silver bowl in case I feel like smoking a pipe. I have a jar in my freezer for the last seven years of a 50/50 mixture of Round Hill and Cavandish tobacco, that still seems to be pretty fresh since I keep it frozen in a mason jar. I noticed lots of out of state plates at the Greenwich Harbor Inn with the usual group of leafers around the New England area. I put new batteries in all my remote controls. The weather was about 60 degrees this past evening. I noticed a United Van Lines van on Greenwich Avenue from Wisconsin. The mountineering shop at the top of Greenwich Avenue has lots of winter items as does the ski shop across the street. I noticed a sign notice in the window of Putnam Barbers that they are going to have a testimonial in November for Mike at Lucas steak house in November. Donations to the rotary club will be $125. I would imagine a great many people will turn out for the event. He has been on Greenwich Avenue probably longer than any other merchant, and is always very happy to see regular customers and visitors in town and is his coworker from China, Chin. Back to work. CIO

Note 10/13/97 Monday 1:45 AM EDT: I was up at 5 PM and cleaned my apartment and watered the plants. I went downtown about 10PM. I noticed one French family on vacation. I took a walk. About 11 PM I tried to stop by the grocery stores, but they are not closed at night. I stopped by Cumberland Farms and picked up milk. I am drying my laundry right now after having a Red Baron pizza for lunch. This morning around 4:30 AM EST, I believe they are launching NASA Cassini Voyage to Saturn which some people are concerned about. Lets hope it goes all right. I will do a little routine work tonight and probably relax the rest of the morning. CIO

Note 10/12/97 Sunday 5:30 AM EDT: I went out for a walk downtown for several hours. I spotted three ten year olds walking around the train station. The regular night manager is not at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. The newspaper delivery couple gave me a free copy of the Sunday Greenwich Times. Several young people hanging out at the pier down by the Steamboat Road. A tour bus with "One if by Land" written on it pulled into the Island Beach parking lot about 4 AM. Kinkos is still open all night despite lack of business. The diner has the usual late night crowd. Grand Union appeared to be open. I had chicken Dijon for dinner at midnight. Arthritis is not bothering me this evening, but I will probably be crippled up tomorrow. The Shell Station is still open all night. I would imagine key players in the Greenwich business community are probably away. Two couples told me last night there are a lot of people with foreign accents, but that is perfectly normal for this town. English seems to be the most common language in town. No unusual wildlife sightings this morning. I would imagine certain security people in the area are worried about the threat of nuclear devices that the Russians may have misplaced. However, it is my understanding that modern statillite surveillance techniques can detect the radioactive footprints of such a device, and thus if military personnel are still stationed at some of the local military bases in the area and have not evacuated, I assume there is nothing to worry about. With a large youth population and senior citizen community, Greenwich is a very quiet community when the out of town visitors and workers depart. Of course this is the perspective from the night time. Approximately a million people pass through town every day, but that is mostly during the day time. Popular site on the internet for some of the senior volonteers would be www.aarp.org . I would imagine with hurricane in Mexico and Earthquakes in Italy some of the international community are working on disaster relief efforts as usual. However, I am not sure of whom remains in the area or whom is away in professional capacity. Once again Greenwich seems quiet as usual. I would imagine a few people will be raking leafs some time soon. Temperature is suppose to be in the mid 50's today. Report on Cablevision said most the United States imported oil comes from Venzuela. I was emailed a site http://www.krugerworld.com/ to look at. I suppose the Germans have some interesting environmental ideas. Cablevision is suppose to be offering Optimum TV soon with a 100 channels for about $30, for those of you who watch television unlike myself. The original concept of the Cable Television Network as it was discussed about twenty or more years ago, was that each cablevision system would have a different reality. Thus theoretically elected national officials on cablevision would be different in each section of the country, depending on which cablevision system one watched. It seems that there is less night activity in the area these days, so perhaps more people are busy doing work at home on the internet. Thus the random comments from Greenwich are finished. CIO

Note 10/12/97 Sunday 1:55 AM EDT: I got up at about 6 PM last evening. I went out at about 8 PM and stayed downtown until 11 PM. I chatted with a few of the folks wandering around downtown strolling. It seemed to be a typical Saturday evening in the fall here. I posted a recipie from the "Joy of Cooking" I found in my library on Bouillabaisse Soup which a close relative enjoys making when she has the time. Obviously it is a lot of work. That is all for now folks. CIO

Note 10/11/97 Saturday 2:45 AM EDT: Cablevision installed the cable box again this past morning. Roofers were working on the roof outside my windows all day making a noise that gave me a headache when I woke up. I went up to CompUSA in Norwalk about 6 PM and bought a Power Control Center for $20 to replace the one that burned out several days ago. I also bought a Travan 1 tape for $13 out of the discount clearence area. I returned about 9 PM and installed the Power Control Center and then made a tape backup of my system. I repositioned the Cablevision box for easier line of site with the remote control. I had Stauffer's Lasagna and coffee and went out at 12:15 AM. I found a note on the car left my persons unknown with threatening allegations obviously written by some deranged person. I called the Greenwich Police Department and Officer Jeff Caldwell came over and interviewed me and retrieved the note for investigation. I also notified the New Haven FBI office about the incident. My synopsis is that people who take the time to write threatening notes better make sure they have targeted the right person. I am not sure what it is all about, but I am sure the Greenwich Police department have a more informed viewpoint. After officer Caldwell left, I went downtown and had a cigarette on Greenwich Avenue, and saw a number of yuppies leaving the DOME restaurant from their evening beverages. The town seemed quiet as usual. I will now try to get a little tech work done. It seems to me that persons or persons unknown seeking to bother me, must be very ignorent and I don't think the note has anything to do with my internet activity. More than likely some self rightious individual does not like the fact that I prefer to remain a private individual and don't have the time to be bothered by busy bodies. Having been up at night for 35 years, I dare say who ever is going to try and keep an eye on me will sooner or later get tired and go on a day schedule, and the usual night crew around town will be back to their normal quiet routines. Day time people who interfer with night people should try out staying awake at night for many years to find out how really peaceful it is, but it does take a bit of stamina and training to stay awake all night. And of course as we all know the internet goes much faster during the early morning hours. CIO