Note 10/24/97 Friday 12:45 PM EDT: I updated www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm , believe it or not a lot of work goes into that bookmark. I downloaded the latest version of WS FTP and installed it. Since everytime my Ohio page is logged onto it gets the JAVA script from the Florida site, I can now count the JAVA action to determine the basic activity of both the Ohio and Florida sites. It looks after one day, they are equally busy sites, which means each site takes about 500 hits a month on the homepage, and about 10,000 hits a month for each site, thus both Scott's sites take about 20,000 hits a month together. Of course the directory is downloadable and posted elsewhere around the world, so it is a little bit busier than that. The counter at www.mikescott.net/download.htm shows how many times the download page has been logged onto. I plan to maintain the site, but only do minor updates to the directory, after six months to a year I will incorporate the www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm into the alphabetized bookmarks in the directory. I will now have lunch and clean up, and stop by Exxon station for gasoline next to the library. They are giving away free sodas this week. I will then make my usual rounds. I hope the family I sent my Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 CDROM to, is enjoying the program. Work continues outside my windows on the chimneys and the roof. The Greenwich Hospital and Greenwich Library construction is still under way. They need to put a second set of temporary sliding doors at the library, so as to keep the cold air from rushing in, probably out by the parking lot. Have a good day. CIO

Note 10/24/97 Friday 8:45 AM EDT: I added a second JAVA script scoller of homepage topics to the top of my homepage. I will work on the net a bit this morning. I hope a friend of mine is enjoying Cologne, Germany. He flew into Dussledorf on LTU from Daytona this morning. I noticed www.ltu.com is offering $250 round trips to Germany this winter on their homepage. I stocked up on steaks and Orange Juice at the Grand Union where they are on sale. Have a good day. CIO

Note 10/23/97 Thursday 5:45 PM EDT: I changed the JAVA script on my homepage to scrolling across instead of down. I updated www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm Scott's Bell weather Portfolio. The market was down today, but the MS Portfolio drop is $10,000 more than my figures, I can't figure out why. I am having a dinner guest for dinner. CIO

Note 10/23/97 Thursday 1:00 PM EDT: I created a JAVA scrolling Applet at the top of my homepages of all the Categories. The site for the applet is Feeder - Scrolling Text . I have the applet posted at the Florida site, but I think it should work at the Ohio site. I will post it on my homepage for now and latter today create a seperate page for it, so as not to slow down my homepages. I will also create another applet of my homepage main topics later on today also if I have time. I have a 3 PM appointment this afternoon. Time for lunch and to clean up. CIO

Note 10/23/97 Thursday 7:10 AM EDT: Yesterday the commuter trains were not working in Greenwich. Today they are. I went by the library in the afternoon and read the computer press. I checked out the site where the commuter train overhead wires went down, but could not see anything. I worked in the evening of trying to make a JAVA page of my categories. I might work on it this morning. The White House is on ABC Morning show on the White House Conference on Childcare. It is cold here down to 20s last night. I finally put on the heat. CIO

Note 10/22/97 Wednesday 12:20 PM EDT: I fixed the ESPN ticker on my ABC ESPN news ticker page, www.mikescott.net/abcnews1.htm . However it the Scoreboard ticker works in Netscape, but not MS IE 4.0, not even from the ESPN page. CIO

Note 10/22/97 Wednesday 10:20 AM EDT: www.mikescott.net/note03.htm for the Fun Note Posted Below. CIO

Note 10/22/97 Wednesday 10:10 AM EDT: I was up at 5:30 AM this morning. I read the www.yahoo.com/headlines reports. I listened to www.ttalk.com World Technology Roundup. I read the email from Netscape In Box Direct Registration . I noticed a new sites New York Today , Microsoft Home Essentials , Le web de Canal+ , computainment.com - the World's only computer software consumer search engine , Microsoft Money Insider Version 2: Smart Financial Decisions Made Easier ,Family.com , Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency , Policy.com , NetMeeting 2.1 , Global Gateway Group , Aerosoft - NetLoad , NETWORLD+INTEROP 97 PARIS . The President of the USA is speaking at National Geographic today, and another good link is World Wildlife Fund Take Action on Global Warming or World Wildlife Fund Global Network www.panda.org . Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Internet Radio in Real Audio for the kids. BarnesandNoble.com World's Largest Bookseller Online has been added a free advertiser at the top of my homepage. ZKM | Deutsch German Art is online. YMCA Europe international for young travelers in Europe. Whitbread Round The World Race For The Volvo Trophy for you sailors out there. Need TABASCO® Pepperfest Taste Tent Chats for your barbeque sandwich, I believe there is good barbeque around 1500 East Main Street in Stamford, Ct. . New 32-bit Apps at Stroud's CWSApps List for latest Applications. Ask Martha is still Under Construction . Republican Main Street for those trying to get a view of the White House Camera. Houses of Worship for the faithful. New York Times on the Web: Books for your reading pleasure. National Audubon Society for you birders. Today@nasa.gov for whats happening with Space. Marijuana as a Medicine for the ill. Fall Foliage Report: Maine Department of Conservation for the leafers. MARRIOTT'S CASA MARINA RESORT - An Island Paradise in the Florida Keys, Florida Keys Florida Keys Fl for your winter vacation needs. IBM VoiceType ViaVoice for those of you who don't like to type. If you need a new heart HoustonChronicle.com Spare Hearts . For your dining pleasure around in Greenwich Restaurants . It's all happening at the zoo Gorilla Foundation . For winter golfers Golf in Spain or see Germany. For star gazers Gemini 8m Telescopes Project . For fun on your computer GAMECENTER.COM . Parlez Vous French Embassy in Washington DC, Ambassade de France à Washington DC. . Elvis Presley's Graceland , the King. NOAA/PMEL/TAO - What is an El Nino (ENSO)? the weather. EBN Interactive for European Business. Better living through Chemistry DuPont . Don't forget Mickey Disney.com Web Site for Families . Discovery Online on the tube. Chill Out Davis Station, Antarctica . Order out cybermeals . More for star gazers CMDL MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY . President of China will be in DC on Sunday. Classy search engine Britannica Internet Guide . Help speaking from Bell Labs Text-to-Speech . Back to school American School Directory . Read a book American Library Association . Live like a CZAR Alexander Palace Time Machine . Need medical help 1997 Best Hospitals . What's happening on Wall Street Merrill Lynch Market Data or Merrill Lynch Financial News & Research Center .Worried about a Volcano Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program or MTU Volcanoes . View from the sky GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SPECIAL EVENT ARCHIVE . Or computer support No Wonder Computer Support . Check out the weather from the sky NRL Monterey GOES-9, GOES-8, METEOSAT, GMS, Tropical Cyclone, Hurricane Satellite Products Images Mo . See what Paulallen.com is up to. Email mailto:billg@microsoft.com .Star gaze in Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias . Relax on a volcano Lanzerote Map . Tell the boss you need a vacation this winter Lou Gerstner . Buy a horse New York Breeding and Racing Program . See how much fun it is in Nantucket in the winter Nantucket Island, Ma. - Nantucket.net - Nantucket Island Information or take a look for yourself Nantucket Washington Street Cam . Go down east Kennebunkport, Maine . Remember I will be hiding out in Greenwich, Connecticut more than likely at the Greenwich Library which will be a little noisey. Have a good day from www.mikescott.net or say hello mailto:mikescott@ibm.net .

Note 10/21/97 Tuesday 7:10 PM EDT: Note the Microsoft Investor Portfolio Program says my bell weather portfolio at www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm was up $14,544,25 today, however by my math it was up only $5,231.75; there must be something wrong in the portfolio program in the way it computes the daily totals. CIO

Note 10/21/97 Tuesday 6:50 PM EDT: I went downtown at 4 PM. Greenwich was out in full force. Whoever sells gasoline was making money today. The library was busy. I read two of the computer trade weeklies, and the Greenwich Times. Lots of foreign speaking people around. The Hospital Thrift Shop had the usual array of merchandise. I did some grocery shopping. I got four half gallons of Tropicana grapefruit juice and orange juice for $1.39 a half gallon. I got a half gallon of milk and a quart of half and half. I bought two pounds of "I Can't Believe It's not Butter" for 99 cents a pound. I bought two steaks for $5.55 at $3.99 a pound for shell steaks. I bought a 12 ounce jar of Grand Union peanut butter for 99 cents. Thus I have food for a few days, but I hope to lose some weight. I keep all my receipts. I have 14 years of receipts for most everything I have purchased except for cigarettes. I hope to get the pill to quit smoking this week. The roof outside on the rain patio is just about resurfaced. It looks like they have done a good job, and hopefully it won't leak anymore downstairs. I threw out the ten pounds of yellow snapper I had in the freezer along with the four day old chicken remains. I was worried about getting food poisoning again. Having worked in French restaurants, I know something about keeping an eye on food in the frig. A senior citizen was wearing HH in the library. I told him there are a lot of famous HH people, who seemed to have gone to Harrod in England, and Harvard in American. Think about it. HMS and HH have similar connotations. I will post www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm shortly. The women seem to be conspiring once again as they usually do in Greenwich. However, they have a sense of what the town should be like, and they usually get their ways. I noticed a Bolshoi Ballet Bag in the Greenwich library. Of course the Russians at the Albertville Olympics were selling all of their uniforms for hard currency, so maybe the Ballet is doing the same thing too. I was thinking that the Greenwich Library is such a popular gathering place, perhaps there was an old Indian meeting lodge on the same grounds, and their spirits keep drawing the community back to the same location. I did not notice them doing any archelogical digging around the new parking lot, so I suppose it has been regraded many times over history. I commented to a passerby that when I visited Troy the ruins were set back from the sea, because over thousands of years the sea had receded. I told one of the employees of the library he should look into going to Wabash College in Indiana, I believe it is the last male college in America, for those who are hen pecked by the opposite sex. I received a magnetic alumni patch from Greenwich Country Day like Lake Forest College sent me. Since computer hard disks are very sensitive to magnetism, it is strongly recommended "NOT" to stick the magnetic alumni patches on your computer case because they could damage the contents of the hard disk, likewise for telephones which still have magnets should not be near the computer. Also the unshielded electrical cords behind the computer can cause interference. CIO

Note 10/21/97 Tuesday 2:40 PM EDT: I was able to create www.mikescott.net/abcnews1.htm ABC News headline page today out of the existing JAVA scripts by using both the Netscape and Microsoft FrontPage Editors. It took several hours of tinkering. I also spell checked this document with the Netscape 4.0 editor spell checker. However Netscape's editor on my machine is to slow for typing because I use a 486/DX4 120 mhz, whereas MS's editor works fast enough. The roofers are working on the roof outside my window today with lots of banging. They seem to have a nice day for it. I am going to log off as soon as I post this note. CIO

Note 10/21/97 Tuesday 7:07 AM EDT: Updated www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . If you need links to surf, I am sure you will find them in the bookmark. I basically subscribe to a dozen and a half email tech letters for links, www.netsurfer.com Netsurfer Digest, and www.cybercounch.com Cybercounch, and look at IBM's www.ibm.com , and Microsoft www.microsoft.com , plus what ever links come across my desktop in email. I do not publish obscene or objectionable links, however if someone has changed their pages since I linked them, I obviously can not be responsible with over 55,000 links in the downloadable directory, www.mikescott.net/download.htm and the bookmark www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . Obviously most the links reflect the United States and the English speaking community in the western hemisphere. If you can find another volunteer who feels like offering over 20,000 hours free time, I will be happy to relinquish this past time, and pursue some more worthwhile personal endeavors that involve a healthier work routine in a more friendly climate. Thus after spending over 40 years in libraries and 8 years on home computers, I have been keeping track of a lot of your missing links, which the commercial people on the internet would prefer to ignore. However, IBM and Microsoft are two of the largest players on the internet, and if you want to eliminate them you can go back to your dead paper press and two week old news weeklies. I have a feeling the general public are demanding timely and accurate information not just a smoke screen. Greenwich is pretty much the same as always with the usual number of patrons in the library. No unusual activity in the area, but for the uninformed we are a contiguous part of New York City, so one has to treat the Greenwich environment more like the gateway to New England, not the Hollywood version of Christmas in Connecticut. Cheers to the net heads. CIO

Note 10/21/97 Tuesday 4:45 AM EDT: Check out www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm , to see how Scott's Bellwether portfolio is doing. Individuals who watch television and network in night clubs, should take time out to study this technology, before they pretend to be an experts. CIO

Note 10/21/97 Tuesday 3:45 AM EDT: I am up at 2 AM. I had breakfast. I am listening to the MS Conference Call at Microsoft 1st Quarter 1997 Earnings. My basic attitude on the U.S. Department of Justice charges against Microsoft is that the DOJ is acting like a bunch of naive thugs trying to shake down a prosperous American company. The original intent of the antitrust statutes as I studied them at Lake Forest College from 1968 to 1972 is that they were intended to protect companies that seek to restrain trade and commerce through a monopoly position as they were applied to the Standard Oil Trust. Since Microsoft is only second largest software company one fourth the size of IBM's software operations, they are not a monopoly. Moreover MS Internet Explorer 4.0 is given away as a accessory program which individuals have the option of installing or not. Basically Netscape also gives away its browser. One can not allege anti trust violations in pro bono public relations efforts of a company donating its costly research efforts to the general public. Realistically I use Netscape 3.0 more since I like its faster bookmarks than Netscape 4.0 . I find what is going on behind the shell of MS IE 4.0 much more useful, but on my common 486 DX 120 MHZ, IE 4.0 is slower by a factor of 2 to 4 compared to Netscape. Since Microsoft controls the operating the system, they are in a position to optimize the web browser and operating system as they work together which is to the benefit of the general public. Most program add-ons frequently add various files that might possibly alter the operating system. It is safe to expect that Microsoft is best suited to provide the best system files that work with the operating system. It is my viewpoint that the DOJ lawyers are looking at Microsoft's large cash resources and not their technology. Since Windows 95 is not bundled with MS IE 4.0, the DOJ case is invalid and not relevant to the previous DOJ restraint order that it refers to. Since users have the option of installing either MS IE 4.0 or Netscape 4.0 or both when configuring their systems, and frequently do both, the DOJ is out in left field and obviously not familiar with the technology. My viewpoint is based on three years of web browsing and internet use and eight years of system use. My viewpoint is that the Windows 98 operating system should be able to have an option to install MS IE 4.0 since it is to the benefit of the general public, and if they wish they can also install the Netscape browser by downloading it, and it is expected the two companies will make sure their browsers work simultaneously on the Win95 or Win98 platforms. Realistically MS IE 4.0 is an integral part of the operating system, and to force Microsoft to cripple its technology would not be in the general interest of the general public. Moreover, Microsoft in offering MS IE 4.0 for free has the right to offer it with its operating systems that it licenses on various systems, since it is an integral part of the operating system. I thus rule the U.S. Department of Justice ruling against Microsoft on 10/20/97 is null and void and the U.S. Department of Justice should cease and desist all activities that seek to hinder the development of this technology which is most useful in providing diverse and informative viewpoints to the general public. 

Executive Judicial Order: U.S. Military District 5 Court of Review, 10/21/97;Greenwich, Connecticut USA 06830, subject to review by U.S. Supreme Court, period to appeal limited to six months from date posted.

Michael Louis Scott, Esquire; LLDS, Harvard University, 1908

Note 10/20/97 Monday 2:45 PM EDT: 

Microsoft 1st Quarter 1997 Earnings

IBM, 3rd Quarter 1997 Earnings when posted probably after market close

Note 10/20/97 Monday 1:35 PM EDT: I chatted with a fellow down in Tallahassee, Florida about Tabasco sauce on the internet this AM. At 8 AM I took a nap until 1 PM. I just had a bowl of brown rice and soy sauce, and a Diet Pepsi, and am now having my coffee. I was awaken by the delightful sound of a masonry saw cutting bricks on the chimneys the Sheiks are repairing outside of my window. It sort of sounds like a dentist's drill. My two Nomad 4000 portable phones have to rest in their cradles with the red lights on, or they cause interference with the computer modem by sending an annoying signal when the computer is turned off, which can interfere with the modem connection when it is turned on. Obviously ATT had a design flaw in the Nomad 4000 phones that they can't keep charging when they rest in the cradle. It sounds like Jack Hammers outside my window now. I think I will turn on a little music. I just put on Alex North's 2001. I suppose the country club people will be out stocking up this morning, since the clubs are closed on Monday. It is suppose to be 65 degrees outside, so as soon as I have my coffee and shower; I guess I will go outside and people watch this PM. I have a 4 PM appointment. Needless to say I have my computer all tweaked and up to snuff, but I have to keep an eye on the NOMAD 4000 phones to make sure they are resting properly in their cradles with the red charging lights on. Obviously this is a low budget operation and like the town of Greenwich, the motto of this operation should be "Penny Thrifty and Pound Foolish". Well I have seen it all in this area over the years, so I don't think I am missing out on anything. Recently there has been a little activity at the indoor skating rink in my back yard, so I suppose the rink rats are beginning to do their thing. My grandmother use to have a neighbor whose family I believe owns the Florida Marlins, so I guess I will root for them, but I hardly ever watch television, so I don't plan to watch sports on television either. Most interesting past time in Greenwich, is to drive to North Terrytown, New York and walk around Pontannico Hills State Park and enjoy the brisk fall weather. They have many miles of nature trails they gave to the state. I believe an IBM office is just down the road from the Rock's state park. One is not allowed to smoke on the property I believe. One can also visit the John Jay homestead in Bedford, New York which I believe has a family connection to the Scott's in the old days. One of the two Scott daughters in Manhattan in 1700 married into the Jay family, so a lot of what is known as historical Jay family properties were Scott family properties originally. Basically the first Scott in Manhattan was the first sexton at the first Dutch Reform Church built in the city of New Amsterdam. He probably tended the grave yard and import molasses from the Indies and a bit of rum. In Manhattan the Metropolitan Museum and the Natural History Museums are a lot of fun. The old guard tend to gather around the DAR building, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Colony Club. I believe General Douglas McArthur's widow Jean is still in residence in the Waldorf Towers after all these years. Having not set foot into Manhattan in 4 1/2 years, I guess a great many of the noveau residents in the city suppose I am just another country bumpkin in town here, but I am sure many of my neighbors are holding court in the city, and on my limited budget I don't have the funds to travel comfortably into the city. Hint at the Metropolitan Museum in the old days, the admission was a suggested donation, so I would just give them a nickel and say I was an art student. Of course the Frick Museum is an oasis in the city. Also Greenwich has an Audubon Center, but beware of deer ticks that can give Lyme disease. Also I believe there is the Waverly Center in New Canaan that has walking paths. Possibly Tod's Point in Old Greenwich is now open to the general public for a brisk walk along the shore. Well enough practice writing for now. Enjoy the day. mailto:billg@microsoft.com is too cheap to include a spell checker in Frontpage Express that I use to post these notes, so I guess he wants you to buy Office 97 that has a spell checker that might work with this. What the Hell, if you grew up in Alabama and Florida until age 11, one does not need to know how to spell all the fancy Yankee words properly. You get the gist of the message. Apparently the mass communications media barons don't think people should drink or smoke Tabasco anymore, but if you spent a few or more hours out in the winter cold up north, I suppose you might want a shot of booze when you came inside. I always feel like an Admiral on a Aircraft Carrier who smokes his pipe watching all the pilots come and go, in Greenwich's case of course it is the business community that comes and goes. The fellow I knew "Wiley" that imported all the coffee into America in the old days, use to drink his whisky and lived to be 96 years old in Tybee Island, Georgia. I suppose somebody is making money off all this gourmet coffee that is being consumed around the country. CIO

Note 10/20/97 Monday 5:25 AM EDT:Microsoft 1st Quarter Earnings will be posted here today . CIO

Note 10/20/97 Monday 5:10 AM EDT: I updated www.mikescott.net/stats.htm Scott's Web stats at the main Florida site www.mikescott.net . I also added my email address mailto:mikescott@ibm.net at the bottom of my web homepage, which I had neglected to have for the last six months. I did have it under the www.mikescott.net/scottm.htm Michael Scott page. The most impressive car I saw yesterday was a new Bentley two door coupe in dark British Racing Green, which looks like a very reliable conservative car for those who enjoy touring and have the extra bucks to spend on ground transportation. However, I think if one is not in a rush, it is probably more enjoyable to travel over long ground distances by private rail cars which are still available for hire in this country. Of course one can only follow the rails in a private rail car. CIO

Note 10/20/97 Monday 4:50 AM EDT: I updated www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm with the latest links across my desk. I also downloaded MS Internet Explorer 4.0 Products Download Security Patch . Now time for a little surging and possibly Iphone chat by www.vocaltec.com . Also in my bookmarks look at Beware Of Lying Online: It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It . CIO

Note 10/20/97 Monday 2:30 AM EDT: Yesterday I stopped by the Greenwich library at 1 PM on Sunday when it opened and exchanged my music CDs. I was unable to find a copy of the Greenwich Times in the library, so I am unaware of local events. In the morning I chatted with a few friends, since I have MCI's 5 cents a minute on Sunday. I found a 14 inch monitor glare reducer that I cut the frame in half and taped together with duct tape, so as to fit a 15 inch monitor. It is a polarizing glare reducing filer that should make the monitor image less taxing on the eyes. I dropped by one of the filters at the hospital thrift shop along with 3 dell keyboards. A great many offices discard computer equipment around here. I chatted with a former neighbor down on Steamboat Road who spent World War II in a Russian prison camp. W. Averill Harriman got him out of the prison camp. He is very knowledgeable about the water. I noticed they were having a small street fair down town. In the later afternoon, there were lots of Volvos, Mercedes, BMWs, and Rolls Royces downtown per usual of people going to Starbucks for coffee. It was a bit overcast and cool and damp. I mailed my MS IE 4.0 CD-ROM to a relative to install. He just got a Pentium 200. While mailing it at the post office off West Putnam Avenue that has a 24 stamp machine, I noticed the new electronic stamp vending machines are a little bit complicated, if one is nearsighted trying to following the instructions on the electronic pad. A nice lady waited impatiently behind me. I also topped up the oil in the car, filled the battery water, cleaned the battery terminals, and made sure the ignition wires did not touch any hot surfaces. I chatted more on the phone during the evening and went to bed at 7 PM and got up just now at 2 AM. I will do a little net work this morning. I have a 4 PM appointment on Monday afternoon. CIO

Note 10/19/97 Sunday 7:00 AM EDT: I got up at midnight. I read the four computer news weeklies in the Greenwich library yesterday morning. They were having a trustees meeting as I arrived the trustees were arriving. I stopped by the Arnold Bakery store in Byram on the way back and picked up some Arnold Healthnut Bread and Sandwich Size English muffins at outlet prices. When I got up at midnight, I started watering the plants, and cleaned my apartment until 4:00 AM. While doing it, I made a backup of the computer system. I need a second Travan 1 Tape when I can afford it to make a second backup. The old TR1 tapes, a year and half old, don't work. I cleaned my air purifier which took about an hour. I have the heat on a little bit to take the chill out. I listened to www.ttalk.com weekend roundup. The first hour is all about satellite technology with a spokesman from NORAD, very interesting. Obviously my www.mikescott.net/ss.ram message was meant to be tongue in cheek. While listening to the broadcast I tried connecting my computer speaker to the stereo system like I use to, and gradually figured out I don't get the buzzing sound, by making the stereo input into the amplifier mono instead of stereo. Thus I can listen to any sound out of my computer through surround sound in my living room and bedroom, which is nice so one can wander around. Basically I disconnected the stereo cord adapter half way out and taped it, so only the mono feed is inputted. I just showered, after having dinner, and I will do a little more work and go out later this morning. CIO

Note 10/18/97 Saturday 5:25 AM EDT: I received a call from a friend in Daytona, Florida last evening. He is enjoying the hot humid weather down there. He said in a week he goes to Cologne, Germany to live with his girl friend. He received a black leather jacket for his upcoming birthday. His first jet flight down there made him a little nervous, but he seemed prepared for the flight on Lufthansa to Germany. I finally got up about 11 PM this past evening. I tied up the electrical cords above the electric wall radiators, so they will not get hot this winter. I put the two tower IBM 386s underneath my printer to the left of the computer. I might replace them with a two drawer file cabinet when I find one. I dropped the PS/2 50 Z at the Hospital Thrift Shop. I did some grocery shopping at the Grand Union. The Grand Union on the Post Road will be closed at 11 PM on Saturday and Sunday nights in the future. I had cold chicken, brown rice, green beans, and zucchini for dinner just a short while ago. It is cool out and I have the oil filled radiator going next to where I am sitting for a little warmth. I am spooked by the tabloid in the Grand Union predicting the coldest winter in 6000 years. They ran the same story last February. I will do a little computer work, and go out this morning. CIO