Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 12:20 P.M.:  I installed Vista beta 1 version 5231 twice.  One can not upgrade the earlier beta.   Each time when I installed certain drivers such as the Creative Live MP3+ driver for XP, it caused a memory leak, and the CPU went to 100%, and the system slowed.  The S3 driver I use for my older Diamond Multimedia 32 meg. PCI card works fine for the two monitor display.  System restore does not seem to still work.  I guess when I wake up later on today, I will do another clean install.  I will not bother installing many programs or configuring it too much, since it is a beta that will be updated in less than another month.  Still, when one first installs it, it works fine.  One has to configure Explorer and Internet Explorer to show the menus, which should be enabled as an option.  I ate a piece of pumpkin pie with three heaping tablespoons of frozen Stop and Shop topping.  I went outside briefly around 8 A.M..  About 9:30 A.M., I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will eat two scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.  I will then go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 2:50 A.M.:  I just read in a Microsoft Vista beta newsgroup that there will not be another beta release until before Christmas.  I will thus go ahead and install beta 1 release 5231 which I have already downloaded and burned to DVD.  I will boot Vista beta 1, and I will try to install it as a upgrade.  I have my computer backed up a couple of days ago, so I am find, and I do not need to do a backup before installing.  However, I will copy a few files to the D: drive be on the safe side.   Thus I will not be posting my notes for a little bit over an hour.  When the release comes out before Christmas, I will have to either do a clean install or restore my Vista beta 1 backup and upgrade it.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 2:40 A.M.:  The Lexmark X1185 has come down in price, since it is an older item Lexmark X1185 -- Lexmark United States .   After the rebate I am getting it is cheaper than what Wal-Mart advertises it for Lexmark X1185 All-in-One Printer, Scanner and Copier - Wal-Mart , since they would have about $7.50 shipping, and I get free shipping.  The final fact is that it is all that I can afford in a all in one fax, copier, scanner, and printer, and the fact that I can get the replacement ink cartridges currently at www.ezinkjets.com item  Lexmark (2) 10N0016 Black & (1) 10N0026 Color for $56.85 less 40% discount code "FALL40" that ends soon probably at the end of this month for $22.74 off for $34.11 total, it is a better bargain.  However, I do have other ink printers and laser printers, so it will not get too much use.  This is the promo again Lexmark X85 All in 1 machine does not work that well, I found this bargain for $69.80 Lexmark X1185 All-In-1 Printer, Scanner Copier and Fax with Paper Pack - $10 Mail-In Rebate - HSN and with new customer discount code Home Shopping Network Coupon Codes for HSN.com, Home Shopping Network Coupons and Discounts - CouponCabin.com of "229901" for a $20 discount on a $60 plus purchase and with free shipping , it cost me $49.80 plus there is a $10 mail in rebate, so it will eventually cost me $39.80.  Thus for $73.91, I will be getting the new Lexmark X1185 and I will have 2 full size black and 1 half size black and one full size color and one half size color cartridges.  Also the X1185 Lexmark X1185 All-In-1 Printer, Scanner Copier and Fax with Paper Pack - $10 Mail-In Rebate - HSN comes with additional software including the fax software, which the  Wal-mart version does not seem to have.  However, it is not a fax machine.  The fax capability works through the computer telephone modem, and since I have Optimum Voice, it does not cost me to send a fax.   I guess I could set up my computer to receive faxes, but I do not think I need to do that.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 2:00 A.M.:  Local weather alert Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .   Since Prime Minister of Canada / Premier ministre du Canada Paul Martin lost his majority in Canada, the Conservatives will be challenging him in new elections this January 2006 Elections Canada On-line | Élections Canada En-ligne and The Globe and Mail: Election set for Jan. 23 .  I guess all of the Canadians who go south for the winter will have to vote by absentee ballot.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 1:35 A.M.: Yesterday morning I ordered the Intel Create and Share Software Shop Intel(SM) - Intel® Create & Share® Software Upgrade CD  for $5.95 and .36 tax for $6.31 total, which will upgrade my software that came with the Intel web cam that I bought at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop for $5.  The software upgrade lets it work with Windows XP.  It has shipped, and the UPS tracking number is UPS Package Tracking Intel Create and Share Software CD upgrade shipment to Mike Scott .  What is strange is that I entered the Intel order in my notes yesterday morning when I ordered it, and now they do not appear in my notes.  It would seem to me that somehow somebody is tampering with my web log and my notes and probably my computer system through the internet.  I do use Norton Internet Security 2005, but since it does not work with Vista beta 1, that is another reason I have not been beta testing it that much.  Since I am the only person that knows the CMOS password on my computers, and it has not been written down anywhere.  It would seem to me that a hacker is gaining access to my computer systems through the internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 1:05 A.M.:   I logged onto www.ezinkjets.com , and I ordered for the Lexmark X1185 all in 1 printer, 2 black and 1 color professionally remanufactured ink cartridges Lexmark (2) 10N0016 Black & (1) 10N0026 Color for $56.85 less 40% discount code "FALL40" that ends soon probably at the end of this month for $22.74 off for $34.11 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 12:10 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 11:10 P.M.:  I put two tablespoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine in a frying pan on medium high electric heat, and once the fat began to bubble, I put in the two remaining salmon paddies that I made last night, and I cooked them five minutes to a side. During the last five minutes, I put the remaining stuffing in a microwave proof bowl with microwave lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 10:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative before going to bed.  I was up at 4 P.M. this afternoon.  I picked up my mail downstairs.  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 relative.  Another relative was traveling today.  I moved the white vinegar scent bowl to the left of the Queen Elizabeth II Life magazine on display on the right side of the window shelf.  I moved the Dolphin florescent lamp to on top of the TEAC DVD player, and I connected it up with a 15 foot extension cord at that location to the same switch panel on the Kensington control panel on the window shelf, so it turns on with the apartment entrance wall switch.  I moved the 14 inch by 11 inch frame of family pictures to the left inside of the apartment entrance door, and I move the 8 inch by 10 inch family portrait frame to the right side inside of the apartment entrance door.  From the apartment entrance door, I moved the www.whitehouse.gov picture of President and First Lady Bush to above the inside kitchen entrance, and it hangs down a little bit below the 7 foot high entrance, so if someone were over 6 foot 8 inches tall, their head might hit it and knock it off.  I moved the Visioneer 4400 scanner from the back of the green living room sofa to on top of two hard place mats on top of the 17 inch Dell monitor on the left side of the bedroom desk, and the scanner is connected up to the Dell backup L1000R computer.  I only have two USB ports on that CPU, so I connected the Epson 900 printer to the Microsoft keyboard USB port.  I set up the Epson 900 printer again with its status monitor, and I setup the Visioneer 4400 scanner software, and it all works fine.   I labeled the switches on the lower control panel that turns it on and off.  I moved the Lexmark X85 all in one printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine that has empty ink cartridges from the oak dining table to the window shelf to the right behind of the Northgate Syntax backup computer, and I installed its software on the Northgate Syntax backup computer, so it is ready to use on that computer for faxing and scanning and copying, but one has to print out to one of the other printers available connected to the Northgate computer.  Thus I will not be taking it back to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, since I bought it for half price of $10 on October 31, 2005, it still is a very good machine for the other purposes besides printing. I have it plugged into a power strip on the floor, so the switch on the Lexmark X85 turns it on, and it is connected to a rear USB 1.0 port on the CPU.  I went through my cable box underneath the living room desk.  I still have two 15 foot USB cables in it, and I found another 15 electric extension cord that I put on the lower level of the sweater closet in the hallway for utility work.  I have other cables in it such as LAN, monitor, and power cables along with the four 4 foot USB extension cables that do not seem to work with regular USB cables.  I moved an old package of Scripto pens to the left bedroom desk drawer with other packages of pens.  I am still waiting for Vista beta 1 build 5259 to be released at http://connect.microsoft.com which should be out sometime soon.  I only have the first release of beta one on my primary computer in a test partition.  When I upgrade to build 5259, I will not be able to upgrade after that without doing a fresh install or restoring my Vista beta 1 backup.  I actually do not test it that much since, my Microsoft FrontPage 2002 editor that I use for posting notes will not work in the Vista beta partition because of product activation.  Also the Lexmark X85 currently does not work with Vista beta 1.  The Lexmark X1185 All-In-1 Printer should work with it.  I am not sure if I will buy Vista when it is release, and it all depends on the price for an upgrade.  If it is like XP Professional and costs $200 for the upgrade version, I probably will not be buying it, since usually in August, I have to pay my air conditioning maintenance bill.  I might look into it around Christmas 2006, if there is nothing else that I need.  If it is about $100 for the Vista upgrade, I might buy it for my primary computer earlier when it is released, since I do like to stay current with Microsoft products as a beta tester and OEM and partner with Microsoft, although I never make any money off of it.  Still, my computer time on the internet has been made a lot easier using the Microsoft www.microsoft.com products that I can afford.  CIO   

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 10:05 A.M.:  To make room for the new Lexmark X1185 All-In-1 Printer, I moved the Lexmark X85 printer from the center of the oak dining table to on top of the HP LaserJet IID printer.  I then used a 15 foot and two 4 foot USB extensions, and I connected it up to the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  I tried reinstalling the Lexmark X85 software on it, but it would not install.  I finally figured out the two 4 foot USB extension cables were not compatible with the 15 foot USB cable.  I connected the 15 foot USB cable directly, and the software installed fine.  I then tested the Lexmark X85 printer, and the color cartridge was not working, and the black cartridge was faint. I decided not to use it.  I went ahead and repackaged the three cartridges that I got from www.ezinkjets.com yesterday that they had not charged me for with the RMA for refund information, and I left them in the mail room for the mail person to pick up this morning.  I might try to return the Lexmark X85 printer to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for a $10 refund, since it does not seem like a workable unit.  I have the sale receipt, and then the net cost of the new Lexmark X1185 printer would be $29.80.  I will have to see if the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop will take back the Lexmark X85 printer.  It might work with Lexmark cartridges, but with the cost of new ones with new cartridges being so low, it does not make sense to maintain the old one.  While working on the Northgate Syntax backup computer, I noticed the top front USB 2.0 port porcelain divider had come out in a USB cable.  I tried to reinstall it, but the small wires inside the recess seems to be bent.  I have a four port USB 2.0 port device installed to the lower USB 2.0 port on the front of the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  I taped the porcelain divider to the left side of the Northgate CPU.  Thus we are pretty much back to square one.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will eat two scoops of Edy's slow churn low fat coffee ice cream.  I will then go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 6:15 A.M.:  Since the Lexmark X85 All in 1 machine does not work that well, I found this bargain for $69.80 Lexmark X1185 All-In-1 Printer, Scanner Copier and Fax with Paper Pack - $10 Mail-In Rebate - HSN and with new customer discount code Home Shopping Network Coupon Codes for HSN.com, Home Shopping Network Coupons and Discounts - CouponCabin.com of "229901" for a $20 discount on a $60 plus purchase and with free shipping , it cost me $49.80 plus there is a $10 mail in rebate, so it will eventually cost me $39.80.  Thus I will have a new machine, and I guess I will use the X85 on my backup computer system or in the bedroom.  Maybe if I am lucky, www.ezinkjets.com will not charge me for the ink cartridges that I ordered that were voided.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 4:20 A.M.:  I paid my Optimum Online and Optimum Voice bills for December 2005.  That is all the bills that I can afford to pay until the first of December 2005.  I will fill up my Volvo gasoline tank before December 1, so the gasoline that I have used this month is reflected on my November 2005 expenses instead of December.  I still have to pay my December 2005 Cablevision Digital Television bill, my Connecticut Light and Power bill, and my Greenwich Housing Authority bill.  Thus it is pretty much the same old routine. Although I was refunded the $33.59 from www.ezinkjets.com on my Lexmark X85 ink order that arrived yesterday, I am still carrying the expense on my accounts assuming sooner or later, they will rebill me.  On the Connecticut Light and Power web site http://www.cl-p.com/ and the www.cablevision.com web site and the Verizon www.verizon.com web site, their accounting does not always reflect the fact that my bills are paid up to date on the first of each month.  In other words, I am paying my bills ahead of time not behind time.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 3:55 A.M.:  I paid my December Verizon telephone bill.  I have the Intel Create and Share Software program that came with the Intel web cam that I bought for $5 at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop that I attached to the Northgate Syntax Backup computer.  However, the software does not work in Windows XP on my primary computer, so I ordered this upgrade for $5.99 plus .36 tax for $6.31 total with UPS ground shipping.  Of course to use the upgrade one needs the original install program which I have.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 3:05 A.M.:  I paid my www.geico.com automobile insurance for December 2005.  I still have a fourth payment in January 2006 for my six month policy that I renew every six months.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 2:50 A.M.:  On this page NETGEAR Wireless Networking Products , they have this new for half price NETGEAR WGM511 Pre-N Wireless 802.11g Network PC Card - WGM511 , but I do not need it, since I already have this NETGEAR WG121 802.11g USB 2.0 Wireless Network Adapter - WG121NA for my Toshiba laptop.  I have found that using a USB wireless device with a long USB cable which acts like an antenna, one gets better wireless range than with a card.  In Kennebunkport, Maine this summer using a USB wireless device with a 15 USB cable, I got wireless internet from over a thousand feet away direct line of sight.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 1:05 A.M.:  After I chatted with two relatives after the last message, I took a nap.  www.ezinkjets.com  refunded me the $33.59 on my Lexmark X85 order that I received anyway.  I better not spend it in case they take it back again, and that would cause me to possibly be overdrawn depending on how much I have in my account which if I did overdraw there would be a overdraw fee that I would not want to incur.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 9:20 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I took a 14.5 ounce can of Bumble Bee pink Alaska wild salmon, I opened it, and I picked through it removing any small bones.  I then put it in the Cuisine Art with a uncooked egg and two heaping tablespoons of my Scott's Stuffing Recipe for Arnold Premium Stuffing , and I mixed it all together, until it was an even consistency.  I then shaped four paddies out of the mixture, and I put two in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator, and I then put a couple of tablespoon of olive oil and a couple pads of margarine in a frying pad, and I heated it on medium heat until it bubbled.  I then cooked the two paddies for five minutes on each side.  I also took half of the remaining cooked stuffing, and I put it in a microwave proof bowl, and I put a microwave proof lid on it, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  It is a nice night out, so I will now shut down the computer, and after I chatted with two relatives, I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 7:45 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I checked the Holiday Christmas Italian lights in front of the building, and there is nothing that I can do to get the lights working at the front entrance and the east side of the building, but they do work at the north side of the building.  I picked up my mail, and my order that I had cancelled from www.ezinkjets.com arrived.  It contained the two black ink cartridges that I ordered for the Lexmark X85 all purpose printer, fax, copier and scanner for $34.99 , but they sent a Canon color cartridge by mistake for the color Lexmark replacement cartridge that I had ordered for $20.99 less the 40% discount for the entire order with the "FALL40" coupon for $33.59 total Lexmark X85 EZinkjets.com - Compatible Ink Jet and Toner Printer Cartridges for Canon, Lexmark, HP and Epson Stylus Printers..  I installed one of the black ink Lexmark replacement cartridges, and it worked fine enough.  I cleaned the existing color cartridge, and it now works fine enough.  Lexmark posts this page Customer Support Lexmark cleaning ink cartridges , but I just soaked the Color ink cartridge that I had cleaned last week in a little bit of isopropyl alcohol, and it worked fine.  I ran the alignment and cartridge cleaning cycles, and I set the printer defaults.  The Lexmark ink cartridges do not have ink level monitors, so on my ink level software check, it shows both new cartridges are nearly empty, which is not correct.  I tried to fix that be reinstalling the driver, but that did not work.  The Lexmark X85 printer, copier, scanner, fax machine is now working just fine enough.  I have a spare black ink cartridge, and I packaged up the Canon ink cartridge to be sent back postage free for replacement.  I will keep the old empty Lexmark ink cartridge in case, I ever buy a black ink replacement system, and I might try to refill the cartridges myself.  I left the test printout on top of the Lexmark X85 machine.  Thus I should not be getting a refund from www.ezinkjets.com .  I now have to wash my breakfast dishes and make my bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 2:45 P.M.:  I woke up at 1:30 P.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.  CIO  

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 3:35 A.M.:  The next four days are suppose to be warmer and moist Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  I went through my email.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 3:05 A.M.:  Greenwich Time - Commercial properties feel tax sting and , but according to OnLine for Citizens, Employees, and Business , they are down for maintenance, according the link from this page Welcome to the official Town of Greenwich Connecticut Web site with a link at the bottom of the page to "View and Pay Taxes" linked from their homepage at Welcome to the official Town of Greenwich Connecticut Web site , and the last time I looked about 15 years ago, Stillman and Nancy Carnegie's property on Glenville Road was still a farm, and it was assessed as a working farm.  I think they even sell Christmas Trees this time of the year on Glenville Road.  Quite frankly like the family name, that property is mostly a pile unbuildable rock and cliffs, and as I have said before it would take over a billion dollars of DuPont dynamite to improve it somewhat to make it look better like the Vanderbilt property they call the Greenwich Country Club http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/Greenwich-Country-Club.jpg , which is just a modest golf sporting club by American standards, and it was only in the period after World War II, when the golfing crowd might have included high ranking government officials that it got its reputation for being some sort of exclusive hideaway like the Greenbrier The Greenbrier. America's Resort since 1778. .  In recent memory, the only presidents that played much golf were Dwight David Eisenhower and Gerald Ford.  Truman as I recall fished.  Roosevelt was handicapped.  Hoover liked to fish.  Kennedy preferred to sail.  Nixon liked to read.  Ford played golf.  Carter played tennis.  Reagan liked to ride horses.  The Bushs play a little golf, but they are more avid Tennis and Fishing enthusiasts. Clinton being a lawyer mostly read, but he occasionally played golf.  Before that Harding spent a lot of time in the Senate Cloak Room.  Coolidge I think fished.  Wilson was sick a great deal of the time.  Teddie Roosevelt was a great outdoors person and hunter.  Taft was quite a heavy person, so I am not sure what sport he pursued, but I have seen a picture of him on a horse.  Thus from my point of view, certain facilities in this area have become more exclusive when certain higher up government officials take advantage of them based on dealing with the wealthier clientele that exists in this area from time to time.  Grover Cleveland had a throat operation on Commodore Benedict's Yacht in Greenwich Harbor at one time, which seems strange he did not go to a hospital.  Of course the government is always keeping things secret, but from what I can tell, it is such a vast country anymore with modern transportation that when government people want a little bit of privacy, there are far too many remote locations to visit without having to seek shelter in the nearby suburbs from New York City's ever present media.  In the old days, it was simply "A Weekend in the Country" out here for our nearby New York City Manhattan neighbors.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 2:05 A.M.:  I ate an old 2.8 ounce can of French's Onion rings.  Well not much happening in this neck of the woods.  There was a lot of jet traffic this evening overhead heading into nearby Westchester County Airport, or what we locally refer to as the Rockefeller's potato patch, so maybe the nearby movers and shakers have returned from their Thanksgiving Holiday journeys.  Since I have lots of friends and family in Florida, I would imagine they probably see what they are up to down there, when they venture out of this area.  Of course with all of the exotic tour destinations in the world and with more international travel, it is hard to tell where people journey to anymore beyond the more traditional destinations.  Generally people on Holiday travel to where they have friends of family, so possibly some of the unfamiliar faces here in town this past weekend were visiting with relatives.  Nobody ever looks me up, since most of the locals know I am frequently on a night schedule, and since we have so many people whom also visit in Greenwich from neighboring communities, it is hard to tell whom actually lives here or not from the downtown perspective.  You are more likely to see our local long term citizens in the grocery store on Monday morning, since if the weather is nice the seniors tend to shop on Monday morning.  And despite the rumors that little old ladies lives on tea and toast, some of them seem to have big fat husbands whom never have seen the inside of a grocery store, and their perspective is from the dinner table.  Whatever the case, Greenwich Avenue and downtown Greenwich is only a small portion of a much larger community.  A great many of the movers and shakers are never seen downtown, and once in a blue moon, one might see them in the local Greenwich Library in the morning while they are having their cars serviced at one of the many nearby automobile dealers.  The fact that they can afford to own expensive cars and that they can afford to have them serviced at some of our expensive automobile dealers would lead me to believe they are also possibly tax payers in our local community whom also pay for such services as the Greenwich Library.  The fact that they are involved in the Corporate business world would lead me to believe they are not too chatty of a group, and they generally do not grant interviews on the street or in the library.  Most of the time when I chat with people whom I know locally, I chat about the weather or birds sightings or any other unusual events that might seem out of the ordinary in this area based on my experience.  In other words if I see a Mountain Lion lounging in the tree at Greenwich Common, I might try to remember it when I make casual conversations.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 1:10 A.M.:  I moved the old candy from the left living room closet to underneath the smoking chair in the kitchen.  I probably should give it to the Christ Church Neighbor to Neighbor food bank along with some other canned items that I have that are still good.  I tend to eat fresh food, and I keep a lot of the canned items around for snowy days or when I am short of money, and since they can get old in time, it might be better to give them away before they get too old to be worth eating.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 1:05 A.M.:  The baby panda went on display at the National Zoo Animal Planet :: Panda Video Cam .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 12:50 A.M.:  I washed my Steuben style candy dish that I keep on the Eiffel Tower brass trivet.  I filled it with a 10 ounce bag of Reese's miniature peanut butter cups, and I put it back on the small brass end table across from the far end of the down sofa.  I do not munch on much candy myself, except for black licorice, so my inventory of candy from nearly a year ago is probably getting a bit stale.  I also have a number of older food items in my www.geocities.com/mikelscott/inventory.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 12:30 A.M.:  I ate four .25 inch by 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I updated www.geocities.com/mikelscott/inventory.htm to be more specific about the general cracker and candy items and other items from what I can remember.  I bought a lot of candy after Christmas last year at CVS on Greenwich Avenue when it was 75% to 90% off.  I do not keep track of my black licorice inventory and consumption, since I tend to munch on it all the time.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 11:25 P.M.:  I use the last half inch thick slices of the Boars Head cooked white boneless turkey breast, and I put it on a microwave proof dinner plate, and I put about the last eight heaping tablespoons of the turkey and mushroom gravy on the turkey and stuffing, and I put on the plate a double large portion of the stuffing, and I put on a microwave plate cover, and I heated the meal in the General Electric microwave oven on two reheat cycles.  I put the hot plate on another dinner plate.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  Earlier this afternoon, I stacked the two Rubbermaid clothes hampers on top of each other, so there is more entrance room at the bedroom door entrance, I moved the small wooden chair from the bedroom door entrance to along side the Rubbermaid hampers in front of the white bureau in the bedroom.  Thus one can now close the bedroom door, and there is a fairly even flow pattern flow of traffic in the bedroom for smaller people or more agile heavier people. CIO 

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 10:30 P.M.:  I had a telephone call from a friend at 10 A.M. this morning calling from a car wash on his cell phone.  I guess cell phones work in car washes.  One is not suppose to talk on a cell phone while driving in Connecticut.  My cable television did not work in the bedroom, since in moving items around last night, I had pulled out the cable from its socket on the television.  I installed a new spare three foot cable television cable that I had.  I then went back to bed until about 3 P.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.  When I went outside the east entrance door of the building that I live in, I noticed a grey cat eating a small bit of bird seed that had been left out.  I figured the grey cat was hungry, so I went upstairs, and got from my pantry, and I left out on the rock behind the dumpster a 3.5 ounce tin of Beach Cliff sardines opened for the cat to eat.  I then went downtown, and I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, and then I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  They were locking up the train station about 5:30 P.M..  I stopped by CVS, and I bought four 14.75 ounce cans of Bumble Bee Alaska wild pink salmon for .99 each for $3.96 total.  I chatted with another cigarette smoker, and I told the cigarette smoker about www.ordersmokesdirect.com .  I chatted with a father and son selling Christmas Wreaths in front of St. Mary's to benefit the Boy Scouts.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I chatted with a two locals.  Before starting my walk, I plugged in the Holiday lights on the tree on the north side of the veterans monument across the street from the senior center, so they are lit up this time of the year.  I saw a sign downtown saying next Sunday December 4, 2005, they are going to have the Festival of Holiday Lights downtown at 5:45 P.M..  It is usually centered around the Post Office Plaza, but a lot of local merchants participate.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and they told me none of their regular customers had showed up, and the store was slow.  I guess they are all still away for the Thanksgiving break.  I bought Dole organic bananas at .69 a pound for $1.98.  The Dole organic bananas come in a clear plastic bag, and they have them hanging on a rack stand, so I guess that way they last longer, and they do not bruise.  They had lots of prepared food on display at the Stop and Shop.  Fresh filet of salmon is $4.99 a pound, and fresh shrimp is $5.99 a pound.  I then returned home.  I chatted with two relatives.  I took out my spare 15 foot extension cord that I keep for utility work around the apartment that I bought for two for $3.59 at CVS plus tax, and I went outside, and I plugged in the Holiday Lights in front of the building in the Cherry trees into the 15 foot extension cord that I plugged into the outside light plug.  I reset the circuit breaker on it.  Unfortunately only the lights along the north end of the building work, and the other two strings of lights in front of the building entrance and along the east side do not work.  I fiddled with them for a while trying to get them to work.  In the old days with those types of Italian lights as they use to be called if the last bulb in the string was burned out, the whole string would not work.  Well at least one string of lights works.  The tenants have put out a Holiday Christmas tree in the building entrance lobby.  CIO   

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 4:20 A.M.:  I ate one fifth of the nine inch Mrs. Smith's pumpkin pie with three heaping tablespoons of the Stop and Shop frozen topping.  I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will first take a warm shower and clean up before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 3:50 A.M.:  Hot on Parkinson's Trail - Los Angeles Times .  I went through my email.  I finished the maintenance on the Dell L1000R backup computer in the bedroom.  CIO   

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 3:00 A.M.:  I tested the Toshiba laptop computer with Juno www.juno.com free dialup connected to the AT&T 2 line telephone data port, and the data port is set for Verizon which should work in a power failure, and it connected up just fine at 42,000 baud.  Thus with the battery in the Toshiba laptop and the Verizon telephone line, I would have internet connectivity in a power failure.  Of course the Toshiba laptop is also hooked up to my cable modem LAN, so it can go much faster online.  I also have a wireless USB device to connect to it, so technically it could be used for wireless activity.  Of course all of my internet activity and computer activity is done on a very limited budget for the last 16 years on about on average $74 a month for connectivity and computer maintenance.  However, recently maintaining the equipment has been a bit more costly, since sometimes certain items are not available in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and on a limited budget, I can not afford to buy the latest and greatest equipment.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 2:05 A.M.:  I have 12 chairs, two 7 foot sofas, one full size bed, and one toilet in the apartment along with the rest of the furniture, so my apartment is a bit like a cruise ship suite at 450 square feet.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 11/27/05:

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 1:40 A.M.:  I moved the small chair behind the other chair to the left of the bedroom desk to the bedroom door entrance way.  Thus the chair that remains to the left of the desk is pushed back further, so there is a more even flow of floor space.  I weigh about 200 pounds, and I am near sighted, so I am use to the floor area pattern in the apartment.  For a much larger person use to wide open spaces, they would find it a bit cramped.  However, having been in many small New York City Pied-A-Terre apartments, it is a general way that people arrange home furnishing in small New York City apartments.  I threw out about 8 cardboard boxes that I had saved, since I do not think I will be using them.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 1:00 A.M.:   I am doing some software maintenance on the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/27/05 Sunday 12:15 A.M.:   I watched a Sherlock Holmes television show.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 11:05 P.M.:  I steamed a cup of carrots and broccoli for 15 minutes, and I put a little bit of olive oil on them in a side dish.  I cut off one 5/8th inch thick slices of the Boars Head cooked white boneless turkey breast, and I put it on a microwave proof dinner plate, and I put about four heaping tablespoons of the turkey and mushroom gravy on the turkey, and I put on the plate a large portion of the stuffing and the remaining Near East long grain and wild rice pilaf mixture, and I put on a microwave plate cover, and I heated the meal in the General Electric microwave oven on two reheat cycles.  I put the hot plate on another dinner plate.  I also put the remaining 1/3rd of the can of cold Ocean Spray whole cranberry sauce in a side dish, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO     

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 9:55 P.M.:  In the two foot by four foot by four foot television chest in the living room that I bought for $10 at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop on that Saturday that Princess Diana died, I have store two plastic bags with various instructions and smaller computer parts and other related items.  I left the two bags there, but I took out the 700  five and three quarter inch floppy disks that I had stored there in their plastic boxes, and I sealed the boxes with clear packing tape, and I threw them out in the dumpster.  I put in four plastic boxes with about 200 three and a half inch floppy disks for storage.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 8:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  Behind the Stowe, Vermont picture in front of the oak bookcase on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom, in the oak bookcase I had stored some old software programs.  I threw out about eight of the software programs and their boxes.  I kept the older unused Microsoft, IBM, and Norton programs.  Frequently one needs the older programs when upgrading.  Also since I have done mostly systems work for the last 16 years, I like to keep the old operating systems that I worked with in the past.  I also have my more current programs stored on the back side of the white bureau in the bedroom in their boxes, and I moved a few from there to the oak bookcase.  I threw out some old LAN card boxes and the Motorola cable modem box.  I kept the CD drivers and the floppy drivers and instructions, and I put them on the lower shelf of the CD rack on the right side of the bedroom desk.  I also threw out five jars of cigarette ashes that I saved for some odd reason.  In the Sterling PCI modem box, I found a six foot telephone cable, so I use it to connect the modem on the Toshiba laptop to the data port on the AT&T two line telephone.  Thus if the cable modem did not work, one could use the Juno instead on the Toshiba laptop, and I think one can switch the data port line on the AT&T two line telephone to either of the two telephone lines in case there was no power and Optimum Voice did not work.  I straightened up some of the smaller items on the right side front of the white bedroom bureau.  I took a few telephone splitters, and I put them in the right bedroom night stand drawer.  I took the second Rubbermaid clothes hamper from on top of the one that I have clothes stored in, and I moved it to in front of the opened bedroom door, so it is not stacked in front of the white bureau.  On the one in front of the white bureau, I put the Slaymaker jump start system on top of it.  I put a new rechargeable battery in the Slaymaker jump start system last February.  I threw out the old Slaymaker jump start battery, and I put it to the left of the dumpster, when I threw out the other items.  Thus the bedroom looks a bit more neater.  I also put a 100 watt bulb in the lamp by the bed that turns on without the wall switch, so there is a more powerful light at that location for reading.  CIO  

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 6:35 P.M.:  Well you have heard of the black Friday sales after Thanksgiving for people with money.  Now I have started the tradition of the free white Saturday giveaway after Thanksgiving for people without money, if you are capable of dumpster diving.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 6:25 P.M.:  I showered, and I cleaned up after the last message.  I then went to bed.  I woke up at 2 P.M..  I picked up my mail.  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 a number of old computer and camera items stored in my bedroom.  I threw out in the dumpster most of the old cameras that I had retrieved from the dumpster a year ago http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/camera.htm .  I also threw out the old Acer and Compaq laptops, the Gateway 350 MHz desktop, the AMD 450 MHz desktop, and the broken Dell Dimension 4100 desktop.  The first four computers worked, but they are older and slower.  I updated www.geocities.com/mikelscott/computer.htm .  I also threw out all of my recent computer periodical literature.  I straightened up the area in the bedroom on the sideboard and the book shelf above it.  Thus the bedroom looks a bit neater and less cluttered.  I saved the outer Compaq computer carrying case to use with my Toshiba laptop computer.  I put the cameras that I threw out in a plastic garbage bag, and I put the two old laptops with their power supplies in a plastic garbage bag.  CIO    

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 8:00 A.M.:  The Queen is looking well Royal Insight > Gallery and Welcome to the official web site of the British Monarchy , and I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will eat two scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 7:25 A.M.:  I ran Norton WinDoctor 2003 and AdawareSE.  I tested the color cartridge that I cleaned on the Lexmark X85 multipurpose printer, and it does not work properly.  I guess if I were to use it, I would have to buy a new color and black ink cartridge for it, which at any other sites besides www.ezinkjets.com would be too expensive or about $50, which I could by a new one for.  Thus I will more than likely use it as copier and scanner and fax machine, but I will print out its results with some of my other good printers.  There is no purpose in buying just a black ink cartridge for it.  I tried putting some of the spare Epson C80 cartridges in the Epson C80 printer, but it still does not work or recognize them.  Since the printer is a fairly new printer, and it worked initially when I installed the first set of cartridges, I suspect the cartridges are defective.   This is the cartridge set that I bought for it T032120B(4),(2)T032220C,(2)T032320M,(2)T032420Y which I was able to buy with their discount for $22.72 back on September 19, 2005.  I put the cartridges in a box with the RMA form, and I sealed up the box, and I put the prepaid shipping label on it.  I can not afford to buy the regular Epson cartridges to see if that will fix the problem, and I only paid $5 for the printer at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop back in mid September.  Thus I suspect the cartridges are defective and not the printer.  They have the three color Epson ones at the Mews thrift shop for $15, but I would still have to buy the black one, and I do not think it is worth spending the money to test a $5 printer.  The cartridges do not have print heads, so I suspect the generic cartridges plugged the Epson printer head which I did try to clean when I had the problem.  The Epson C80 printer has very fine print heads which are easily clogged.  Thus I will now go downstairs, and I will leave the box with the ink cartridges to be mailed at the mail room, and I will leave the Epson C80 printer out by the dumpster.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 4:05 A.M.:  Amazon.com: Factory-Refurbished HP OfficeJet 4215 Printer, Scanner, Copier, Fax: Camera & Photo or new Amazon.com: HP OfficeJet 4215 All-in-One Printer: Electronics  and  Lexmark X4270RFB Refurbished 4-in-1 Printer, Scanner, Copier & Fax - Wal-Mart or All in one printers Printers - PriceGrabber.com or probably the best deal HP Officejet 4215 InkJet MFC/All-In-One Color Printer - OEM at Newegg.com or new and the same price after rebate HP Officejet 4215 InkJet MFC/All-In-One Color Printer - Retail at Newegg.com  .  However, I would rather have a flat scanner instead of a sheet feed scanner, so I would look at Upgrade Source - Lexmark X7170 - Multifunction ( color ) - copying (up to): 22 ppm (mono) / 14 ppm (color) - printing .  Of course that is in the under $100 range.  It does not seem that fax machine type printers scanners versus printer scanners with photographic quality are in the same printers.  Thus one would have to decide what type of printing output, one would be doing the most of.  Quite frankly, with my Lexmark X85, I might just try to get a Lexmark 70 refilled cartridge from www.ezinkjets.com for about $11 after the "FALL40" discount with free shipping.  Since I have so much print capacity, I am in no rush.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 3:00 A.M.: Win-Vista and  Win-Vista snaps  Vista build version 5259 is due to be released soon, possibly early next week.  Welcome to ieXbeta - The beta underground .CIO

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 1:15 A.M.:  MSN Search Toolbar and  Help thwart online scams with Microsoft Phishing Filter and MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search Add-ins and MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search Add-ins Weather.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 12:55 A.M.:  Microsoft Office Live .  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 12:35 A.M.:  Free shipping through this Sunday SmartBargains: FREE Shipping on Any Order of $50.00 or More Terms and free shipping through 9 A.M. EST today, no minimum Online shopping for brand names at discounted prices -- find the best bargains at SmartBargains.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 12:30 A.M.:  Volcano erupts, covers Colombia city in ash - Americas - MSNBC.com and BBC NEWS | Americas | Colombia's Galeras volcano erupts and Columbia INGEOMINAS Volcano site .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/26/05 Saturday 12:20 A.M.:  I put away the laundry.  I ate one fifth of the nine inch Mrs. Smith's pumpkin pie with three heaping double tablespoons of the Stop and Shop frozen topping on it.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/25/05 Friday 11:10 P.M.:  Ultra 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz CL3 Memory ULT30215 at TigerDirect.com for $9.99 after $40 rebate.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/25/05 Friday 10:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I have 40 minutes to go on the dry cycle. The Queen Mary II is due in Manhattan tomorrow Saturday, November 26, 2005 QM2 - Itinerary - 2005 .  They are heading down to Barbados, and they will return to Manhattan on Thursday December 8, 2005.  I found this refurbished bargain on the internet  Netgear WG511T SuperG 108 Mbps Wireless 802.11g PC Card - WG511T for $24.99 with free shipping.  That is half the normal price.  Thus if one owned a laptop computer, one would be able to go high speed long range wireless in some location that is wireless like the Greenwich Library Welcome to Greenwich Library!  .  However, the wireless access does not work outside the library, so one can not hang out there and use it in the parking lot at night.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/25/05 Friday 10:10 P.M.:  I steamed a cup of carrots and broccoli for 15 minutes, and I put a little bit of olive oil on them in a side dish.  I cut off two 3/8th inch thick slices of the Boars Head cooked white boneless turkey breast, and I put them on a microwave proof dinner plate, and I put about four heaping tablespoons of the turkey and mushroom gravy on the turkey, and I put on the plate a large portion of the stuffing and Neareast long grain and wild rice pilaf mixture, and I put on a microwave plate cover, and I heated the meal in the General Electric microwave oven on two reheat cycles.  I put the hot plate on another dinner plate.  I also put about 1/3rd of the can of cold Ocean Spray whole cranberry sauce in a side dish, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative. I started two loads of laundry, and I have 5 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I put clean linens on my bed including one of the new full size DesignerLinensOutlet.com - Angelica Fitted Sheet .  Earlier today while house cleaning, I put a new vacuum bag in the Sears Kenmore vacuum cleaner.  I only have two Sears Kenmore vacuum bags left, so I will have to order some more soon.  I still have plenty of vacuum bags for the two Electrolux vacuum cleaners and the Hoover upright, but I usually use the Sears Kenmore upright vacuum cleaner with hose attachment, since it is more versatile.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/25/05 Friday 8:15 P.M.:  I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I threw out the garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I have signed up to beta test Microsoft Windows in Italian, but the download is not available yet.  They have a web site available Microsoft Windows Italian Home Page .  Since I lived in Italy in the winter of 1972, and although I have not studied or learned Italian, I did study five years of Latin and four years of French, I can make some sense out of some Italian.  I also did some smaller backups of the key folders on my primary computer from the C: drive to the D:\C folder.  I did another backup from the C: drive to the D: drive of the Northgate backup computer to update a change I made in it after I did the backup earlier today.  I moved the water color of the Moulon Rouge from above the white bureau behind the television in the bedroom to above the French reproduction sitting chair in the living room.  I took the Audubon print of the blue heron from that location, and I put it the location in the bedroom behind the television.  Thus the bedroom has mostly Audubon prints, and the living room has mostly European art.  http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/moulin-rouge-water-color-by-girard.JPG .  CIO  

Note: <888> 11/25/05 Friday 3:35 P.M.:  I woke up at 12:30 P.M..  I started and completed C: drive to D: drive backups on the primary and Northgate backup computers.  I picked up my mail.  I received the three cartons Seneca Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes in a box that I ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com .  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 do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I will shut down the computers while I do the house cleaning.  CIO  

Note: <888> 11/25/05 Friday 6:10 A.M.:  I ran some maintenance programs on the primary and backup computers.  I will now shut them both down.  I watched some television while running the maintenance programs.  I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 11:20 P.M.:  I ran Ad-awareSE and Norton WinDoctor 2003, and I did a System Restore backup.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 9:55 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I threw out my garbage.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  The train station was opened for holiday travelers.  I sat out at various locations.  Nothing was opened except the movie theatres and Thataway restaurant at the bottom east side of Greenwich Avenue.  I enjoyed looking at the Christmas decorations in many of the shop windows.  Brentano's book store is now called Borders.  I noticed at the Complete Kitchen they have a Welcome to Nestlé Nespresso (US): espresso coffee machines machine in their shop window.    It uses their own prepackaged coffee blends, so it is a more expensive coffee system, but I am sure it tastes good.  I completed my walk.  I then drove around the train station area, and I drove down by the waterfront.  I then returned home.  I ate about a 1/5th slice of the Mrs. Smith's pumpkin pie with three double tablespoons of the Stop and Shop lite topping on top of it.  I have the Stop and Shop topping frozen, since that is the way it comes in the store.  I am not sure if one can refrigerate it for a softer less ice cream like and more whipping cream like topping.  I put the pie in a garbage bag, and I tied it with a twist tie, and I put it in the refrigerator.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 7:15 P.M.:  I put the pie out to cool.  I will now throw out the garbage, and I will go downtown for a bit of fresh air and maybe a walk.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 7:00 P.M.:  Thanksgiving dinner was delicious.  I made Scott's Stuffing Recipe for Arnold Premium Stuffing .  I also made up a 6 ounce box of Near East long grain and wild rice pilaf mix using a tablespoon of olive oil and following the instructions.  I also steamed a cup of baby carrots and broccoli spears for 15 minutes.  I also  mixed together and heated a 10.5 ounce can of Campbell's turkey gravy and a 10.5 ounce can of Campbell's mushroom gravy with a 10 ounce can of Stop and Shop stems and pieces of mushroom without the liquid for 15 minutes heating time about half of the time on simmer.  I cut two 3/8th inch thick slices of the Boars Head cooked boneless breast of white turkey meat, and I put it on a microwave proof plate with microwave plastic lid, and I heated on power level 6 of 10 in the General Electric microwave oven for 2 minutes.  I took the plate with the warm slices of turkey, and I filled it up with generous portions of the rice and stuffing, and I put a lot of the gravy over the turkey.  I put a little bit of olive oil on the steamed baby carrots and broccoli in a side dish.  I also had in a side dish 1/3rd of 16 ounce can of cold Ocean Spray whole cranberry sauces.  I put the remaining  cranberries, gravy, stuffing, and rice in separate Rubbermaid containers in the refrigerator.  I ate the meal with a glass of iced tea.  I have 15 minutes to go on cooking a Mrs. Smith's 37 ounce frozen 9 inch pumpkin pie in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 70 minutes.  I then have to let it cool for two hours on a wire rack before eating a slice with the Stop and Shop lite dairy whip topping.  One is suppose to refrigerate the remaining cooked pumpkin pie.  I chatted with three relatives in Florida.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 3:25 P.M.:   I did not install Vista build 5231 because I read in the newsgroups that Vista beta build 5259 is due out any day now, and it has already been released to some people.  However, it is not available at http://connect.microsoft.com .  I found a link to www.pro-networks.org and Windows Vista Beta Headlines and News .  I will now start preparing my Thanksgiving dinner.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 1:55 P.M.:  I downloaded Microsoft Vista beta build 5231 which was 3 gigabytes.  I will burn it to a DVD shortly.  Then I will install it from Vista beta 1 booted up as an upgrade on my secondary partition.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out some garbage.  I booted up the Northgate Syntax backup computer, and I had to reinstall a pair of Duracell AAA Energizer batteries in its Kensington wireless mouse.  I installed some updates on it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 11:45 A.M.:  I was awake at 9:30 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 relative.  I will now wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed.  I read this Microsoft Hits Windows Vista Beta 2 Delays - OSNews.com  .  I will go ahead and download the latest Vista beta from October 17, 2005 and put it on my computer.  Although I will not be able to upgrade it to Vista beta 2 when it is released.  I can always restore Vista beta 1 and upgrade it with Vista beta 2.  I will now download Vista beta  DVD x86 build 5231, and I will make a DVD of it, and then I will install it as a upgrade over Vista beta 1.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 2:00 A.M.:  The Staples $10 off card on a $20 purchase is only good if I charge the purchase with my MasterCard.  I ate two scoops of Edy's slow churn low fat coffee ice cream.  The Aga Khan and coffee came into the picture, when I met this person http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mike-scott-and-friend-new-york-1987.jpg from Brazil where it is not safe anymore BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil's police 'execute thousands' .  The person from Brazil named Hernado Pigato works for Trans Brazilian Airlines, and his father owned a grocery store in Sao Paulo, and his grandfather owned a million acres of coffee plantations, and at the time they were building lots of hydroelectric dams in Brazil that he was aware of.  Hernado use to ride around Manhattan in the Aga Khan's Rolls Royce, and he told me the Aga Khan besides having a house in Greenwich, Connecticut since 1922 also had an apartment on Central Park West in the 60s cross streets.  At the same time the Aga Khan was the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.  Hernado spoke Portuguese, Italian, and English.  His father is Portuguese from Brazil and his mother was from Milan, Italy.  Basically when he showed up, a lot of other people from Brazil also showed up including members of the Swedish Royal family whose mother is also from Brazil, so maybe Hernado should learn Swedish.  The building we are standing in front of is the World Trade Center, and that was the only time I ever went to the top of it, although when I lived in Manhattan, I walked through it many times changing subways on Wall Street.  If in that period I saw the Aga Khan, it might have been when there were always about 200 business men in black suits walking around Greenwich Avenue, and I always thought they were Pinkertons keeping an eye out for John Davidson Rockefeller III or one of his relatives.  You have to remember, nobody ever tells me hardly anything, so I have to figure it out based on what I observe and read.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO    

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 1:20 A.M.:  Also on my Volvo, I had the oil and oil filter changed around the end of this past June 21, 2005 in Kennebunk, Maine at http://www.saabandvolvo.com/ for $46.09 total, which a relative paid for.    It is 286 miles from Kennebunkport, Maine, and I drive about 140 miles a month, so I would have driven about a thousand miles since I had my oil changed, and I still have another 3,000 miles to go before the next oil and filter change according to Volvo.  I also need to have the Service light reset on the Volvo.  Also the driver's side left windshield wiper does not wipe off the entire left side of the front window, so possibly I need to replace the windshield wipers.   At the time of the oil change, I also put in a container of Pennzoil high mileage fuel injection cleaner that I bought at Wal-Mart in Biddeford, Maine for $3.84 and .14 tax for $3.98 total.  I have not been driving too much because gasoline is more expensive, and I only get about 13 miles per gallon driving locally, and anywhere one goes in this area, it is going to be just as expensive as it is here.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/24/05 Thursday 1:00 A.M.:  What has me confused, is this person http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/agakhan01.jpg , the same person as this person His Highness the Aga Khan's 68th Birthday .  Since the Aga Khan is a Swiss medical doctor, and since Switzerland is full of radioactive caves they use for health spas, he might be a radiologist, so I put a link to his picture from the Radiation Warning sign at the top of my web page.  Quite frankly, it looks like he should be eating more fish for a healthier diet, but maybe fish is too expensive for him anymore too.  The ABB Group is a Swiss and Swedish engineering company, and when I returned back to the United States of America from the Albertville, France winter Olympics about 14 years ago, ABB was advertised prominently in the arrivals terminal at Kennedy airport, and I was photographed arriving back in the United States of America by National Russian television as I was wandering around the terminal.  When I got back to my current residence for the last 17 years, my 1984 Ford Escort would not start as usual in the winter, so I eventually had a 1976 Volvo sedan for 10 years or more, and then I had a 1999 Hyundai Accent for a couple of years, and I now have had for a year a 1985 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon which only has a quarter of an inch of tread on the tires, so I do not drive it on snowy roads, but it only has 102,000 miles on it, and it is fully maintained and a very functional and safe car.  The only thing wrong with it that I know is that the Freon in the air conditioning seems to need be charging next spring, since the air conditioning compressor clutch makes a bit of noise turning on and off like it has no compression from Freon.  CIO   

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.:  If you hurry, you have until midnight to get this with a $50 mailin rebate  Epson Stylus CX3810 All-In-One Printer, Print Copy Scan - CompUSA.com and  Midnight Madness CompUSA.com - Computers, Upgrades, Electronics, Services and More Central Standard Time.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 11:40 P.M.:  Try this for comfort, but you will have to assemble it Cheap Stingy Bargains: Situations High Back Managers Chair for only $50 Shipped (HOT Price!) .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I drove from exit 2 to exit 5 on Interstate 95 eastbound to put a little bit of high speed mileage on my Volvo station wagon driving at 55 miles per hour.  I went to Staples in Old Greenwich, and they were unable to exchange the HP color ink cartridge that came with my HP DeskJet 842C printer, since it expired on November 2001.  It was made in Ireland, so the Irish probably disabled the red ink feature and only the blue and yellow inks worked.  I could have gotten a $3 turn in slip for it, but if I ever need to use it, I might try boiling it in hot water on low heat for a couple of hours to revitalize it, and then I would clean it with hot Perrier.  More than likely the ink inside of it is dried up.  At Staples the HP PSC 1401 is $80, so this is an excellent value HP PSC 1401 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier - Wal-Mart which is basically just the cost of the ink cartridges.  My Lexmark X85 that needs a black ink cartridge is also a fax machine, although it is slower than the newer models printing.  Since I was not able to get the replacement ink cartridges from www.ezinkjets.com , I might look else where for the black Lexmark 70 cartridge.  At Staples the Lexmark 70 cartridge is $32, and I do have a $10 off coupon on over a $20 purchase, so it would be $22 and tax, which is comparable to the discount generic ink cartridges on the internet, but not as cheap at the www.ezinkjets.com price with the "FALL40" discount coupon , which they were not able to supply.  Thus I might just buy the Lexmark cartridge for $22 from Staples.  One can also buy there three small bottles of black ink for refilling the black ink cartridge for $10.  I do not think I can refill my empty one, since more than likely it is dried out.  I do not really need a new color cartridge in it other than the almost new one in it that I have, since I probably would use the Lexmark X85 mostly for the copy feature without turning on a computer to copy in black and white.  It does have a Fax feature which the cheaper printer, scanner, copiers do not.  However, the fax feature works through a computer and not independently.  I checked out the clearance section at the rear center of the Staples store, and I bought five Allsop red, white, and blue mouse pads for .50 each and .15 tax for $2.65 total.  I then returned to central Greenwich, and I went by CVS.  I then sat outside downtown briefly.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 10.5 ounce cans of Campbell's turkey gravy for .50 each, a bulb of fresh garlic at $2.99 a pound for .45, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $1.99, a red pepper at $2.99 a pound for $1.35 for $4.79 total.  I noticed at the Stop and Shop shopping plaza, they are putting in a new Chase Bank branch where the Panda Pavilion restaurant use to be, and they are putting in a coffee shop just to the south of that in between the Chase Bank branch and Val's liquors.  Thus the Stop and Shop shopping plaza is becoming more upscale.  I then returned home.  I put three of the five new mouse pads with my primary, my Northgate backup, and my Dell backup computers.  I put them on top of the old mouse pads to make them softer.  I thus have two new ones left.  I left the Audubon heron mouse pad with the Toshiba laptop computer on the brass and glass coffee table, since it is more decorative.  I put the two spare new mouse pads in my center top desk drawer.  I put the defective HP color ink cartridge on the lower wicker rack shelf with the other ink cartridges behind the dining table.  I chatted with two relatives.  CIO   

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 5:50 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used two plum tomatoes that I cut into slivers.  I did not use homemade hummus.  I am getting low of olive oil, so for the salad dressing I used Kraft balsamic dressing.  I ate the salad with iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I guess I will first go by Staples in Old Greenwich first to exchange the HP color ink cartridge.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 4:25 P.M.:  I checked with Staples www.staples.com in Old Greenwich at 1-203-698-9011 , and they told me they would happily replace the HP color ink cartridge that came with the HP Deskjet 842C inkjet printer as long as it is returned in the original HP ink cartridge box which I still have.  Thus when I have time to get over there, I will get it exchanged, and I will have a spare color ink cartridge, and I still have a spare black ink cartridge for it along with the two new ones in it that have hardly been used that are installed in the printer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 4:05 P.M.:  On the HP Deskjet 842C printer that I bought new at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for $15.  It came with two new ink cartridges, but the color one never worked properly, since the red ink in it would not work.  I tried cleaning it a number of times, but that did not work.  I had ordered replacement cartridges for it, one black and one color ink cartridge from EZinkjets.com - Compatible Ink Jet and Toner Printer Cartridges for Canon, Lexmark, HP and Epson Stylus Printers. and it now works just fine with the new color ink cartridge that I put in it.  Since it was an older item at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, I do not think I have a warranty on the faulty HP color ink cartridge that came with it.  It was originally bought at Staples, but I do not have the original sales receipt.  I might look into it to see if they will replace the faulty HP color ink cartridge, but since the item was probably purchased over three years ago, I doubt that they would.  Well at least the HP Deskjet 842C inkjet printer now works just fine.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 3:35 P.M.:  I finished going through my email.  Not much happening on the internet with people taking the Thanksgiving Holiday off for the rest of the week.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 3:30 P.M.:  Volcanoes Calendar .   Online-Only Specials - Feature - Wal-Mart . 

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 2:30 P.M.:  I got this email from the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) .  Text follows:

  hi ... thanks for the email, it was forwarded on to me here at the Cascades Volcano Observatory ... what you saw was the ash plume from a rockfall off of Mount St. Helens dome ... these happen all the time on growing domes ... Mount St. Helens dome has been having rockfalls and ash plumes all year ... what was special yesterday was the wonderfully clear weather and the wind currents taking the ash into the air ... it was very photogenic ...

here's the blurb from today's daily update:

Two notable rockfalls occurred yesterday, one just before noon and another shortly after 3:00 PM. Both produced a dilute ash cloud that rose to a couple of thousand feet above the crater rim. These types of events are common during dome growth. Seismicity remains unchanged with earthquakes occurring on average about every one to two minutes.

enjoy your upcoming Thanksgiving,
Lyn



Lyn Topinka, Computer Specialist and Webmaster,
Cascades Volcano Observatory
URL: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/
 

End of Message:   CIO

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 2:15 P.M.:  Walmart.com - Always Low Prices!  .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 1:50 P.M.:  I called up www.ezinkjets.com at 1-877-243-8465 press number 1 , and I cancelled the ordered for the two black and one color ink cartridges for the Lexmark X85 printer, scanner, and copier that I had placed which was a $33.59 order.  It will probably take a few days for the money to be credited back to my account.  The reason I cancelled it is that when I have the money this new unit with cartridges is available this Friday black Friday from 5 A.M. to 11 A.M.  Lexmark X1185 All-in-One Printer, Scanner and Copier - Wal-Mart for $39.88 or HP PSC 1401 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier - Wal-Mart , which would be much faster.   However, I did pay $10 for the X85, so possibly I can try to do something else with it.  I do not really need it, since I already have scanners and printers which can copy and print.  However, if the money comes into my account while the Wal-Mart has the X1185 on sale, I might get it with a short drive up to Wal-Mart in Norwalk.  However, www.ezinkjets.com told me they were having quality control problems refilling the old Lexmark ink cartridges.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 1:10 P.M.:  Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library shop .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 1:05 P.M.:  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I got my Taft School The Taft School alumni magazine, but I have not had a chance to look at it yet.  I will now go through my email.  Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 12:30 P.M.:  My senses and informants tell me that someone has been stealthfully and cleverly snooping around my apartment for an indefinite period of time and causing problems with my overall computer setup and god only knows what else.  When I lived across the hall my freshman year at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu from Marshall Perot, he secured his dorm room with a warning sign.  I searched out warning signs on the internet, and I found a similar sign http://www.nmsu.edu/~safety/images/signs/sign_caution-rad-mat.jpg linked from Safety signs, and I printed it in color on 4 inch by 6 inch photo paper on the HP Photosmart 1000 printer, and I sealed it in a 4 inch by 6 inch 3M Scotch Photo Laminating Sheet, and I used two OOK nails at the top center and bottom center, and I secured it on the right side center of my outside apartment entrance door just above the door handle and lock.  Thus I have increased the security system on my apartment based on my limited budget.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/23/05 Wednesday 11:15 A.M.:  I was awake 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 chatted with a relative.  I made my bed.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  Because of perceived problems with my apartment and computer security on my network, I enabled CMOS password protection on all five computers on the network with a new CMOS password.  CIO  

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 11:45 P.M.:  When I returned home this evening, and I started up the primary computer, it seemed like somebody might have been tampering with it, since it would not display the CMOS password prompt, the first few times I tried to start it up.  It all seems to be running just fine now.  I reflashed the bios just to be on the safe side.  I probably lived around some of these people when I lived in Decatur, Alabama from 1956 to 1961 which was 20 miles south of Huntsville, Alabama, where the original NASA www.nasa.gov scientists did research BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Project Paperclip: Dark side of the Moon .  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I need to get a red pepper for my stuffing mixture, and my garlic is about two months old or more, so possibly I should get some fresh garlic.  Since I have given my web calling card out to lots of people that I do not know, possibly someone that I gave my web card to is interfering with my apartment computer setup locally at the apartment or from outside through the internet.  It is all a mystery to me, except they must be pretty dumb to bother me at my modest level with all of the more technological individuals in this area.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 11:05 P.M.:    I tried calling the University of Washington Seismology Lab at 1-206-685-5788, but I just got a recording from March 2005.  I dialed back the number to 1-206-543-7000, and I got someone at a University of Washington Medical Center, and they knew something about the situation out there, and they said there had been a large buildup up of the lava dome on Mount St. Helens, but they had not heard of any recent activity.  The person remembered what it was like when it erupted in 1980 and we chatted a bit.  I emailed the information to a number of parties.  I faxed it to another party to be doubly sure.  I chatted with a friend.  No new activity here PNSN Webicorder Display .  Possibly it is just letting off steam, which I assume is a good thing.  There is a group responsible for monitoring the volcano USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) .  Ron Reagan Junior was on television this morning from Seattle, and he used to work at the Cascades Observatory.  I have a feeling there is sort of a news block out, or they are away for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 8:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  My web log is maxed out on the Yahoo server, so currently my notes can not be read.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 8:30 P.M.:  PNSN Webicorder Display and PNSN - Webicorder Records .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 8:15 P.M.:  http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mount-st-helens-steam-112205-1500pst-1.jpg .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 8:05 P.M.:  Pacific Northwest (Washington and Oregon) Seismicity Press Release .  It was about 6:47 P.M. EST.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 7:55 P.M.:  Archive of images Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam - Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 7:50 P.M.:  If you look at it quick Mount St. Helens (Johnston Ridge Observatory) Webcam Loop , there is a steam eruption in the current sequence of pictures.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 7:45 P.M.:  It is an interesting bit of television trivia that this character Robin Leech that did "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" lived up in Danbury, Connecticut where the Danbury Federal Prison is located.  I have been in a lot of homes in Connecticut over the years, and most of them look like they are furnished with vintage Sears and Roebuck items as opposed to Park Avenue pied-a-terres, thus the most expensive thing one usually sees in a Connecticut home is usually what is parked in the garage or driveway, which is usually insured.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 7:25 P.M.:  Of course if one could afford Caviar Caviar - Google Search , my butter and cheese plates and knives could be Caviar plates and knives.  I opened a 18 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, and I put it in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven, and I put it in a large cobalt blue soup bowl, and I added a couple of handfuls of Arnold Seasoned croutons, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  Earlier today before I left, I put another Vanish drop-in toilet tablet with borax cleaning booster in the toilet tank.  CIO   

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 6:35 P.M.: http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/nutcracker-and-golden-pineapple-butter-knives-on-bangladesh-bone-white-and-gold-trim-butter-or-cheese-plates-112205.JPG  .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 6:10 P.M.:  I went after the last message, and I went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a six pack of Arnold plain bagels for $1.85 and a 14 ounce bag of Arnold Premium herb seasoned stuffing for $2.79 for $4.64 total.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  There was not much happening down by the waterfront.  I guess it is too early for ice fishing.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought 7 small Christmas ornaments for .25 each and two small Nutcracker butter knives for .25 each for $2.25 total.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a Mrs. Smith's 9 inch frozen pumpkin pie for $1.99, two 8 ounce containers of Stop and Shop frozen low fat whipping cream like topping for $1 each, a 16 ounce plastic pour bottle of Billy Bee Beehive Canadian clover honey for $3.99, a Boars Head cooked boneless turkey breast at $6.99 a pound for $7.89, two pounds of yellow onions for $1.99, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.50, and two McIntosh apples at $1.29 a pound for $1.03 for $20.39 which I purchased with my $20 food voucher.  I have these two stuffing recipes on the internet Scott's Stuffing Recipie for Arnold Premium Stuffing and Scott's Stuffing Recipie which once were my most popular web pages.  I then returned home.  I put away my purchases.  I now a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I put the 7 new small ornaments on my Christmas wreath, and I put the two small nutcracker butter or cheese knives with my other two golden pineapple small butter of cheese knives on the stack of 4 Bangladesh bone white and gold butter plates on the far end of the brass and glass coffee table.  I chatted with a friend.  Earlier today I chatted with another friend.  Pictures follow

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mike-scott-christmas-tree-112205.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mike-scott-christmas-wreath-112205.JPG

 .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 2:00 P.M.:  I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks which I ate with a glass of cold filtered water.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO   

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 1:25 P.M.:   I put a can of Ocean Spray cranberries in the refrigerator to chill.  I made up a shopping list.  I lowered the wreath on the outside of the entrance door 4 inches, so one can see out the peep hole on the door.  However, if one is shorter than about 4 feet you can not see them lower down, and the "206" apartment number is partially obscured, however the wreath is still better positioned.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 12:25 P.M.:  I threw out some garbage.  I picked up my mail.  I checked with www.ezinkjets.com , and my order for the Lexmark X85 2 black and 1 color ink cartridge is due to ship next Monday.  I got my $20 voucher for my Thanksgiving meal, so despite the heavy rain, I might go out in a little while and get my Thanksgiving meal groceries.  I still need to make up a shopping list, and I need to check out what I already might have.  Since it is raining so heavily like in England, and since more than likely the people in the United States already have homes, I put up the large United Kingdom British Union Jack hospitality flag draping it over the large United States flag on the right hallway bookcase.  I will put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea shortly.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 11:25 A.M.:  President to pardon the turkey today Thanksgiving 2005 White House Turkey Pardon , unfortunately many others were not so lucky.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/22/05 Tuesday 11:20 A.M.:  I was awake 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 chatted with a relative.  I am making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  CIO  

Note: <888> 11/21/05 Monday 11:00 P.M.:  I chatted with three relatives.  I ate the last two scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn French Silk ice cream.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO    

Note: <888> 11/21/05 Monday 9:15 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a artificial green Christmas wreath for $2.  I then went downtown, and I sat out briefly.  I went to my 4 P.M. appointment.  I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I did not walk upper Greenwich Avenue because it was starting to rain.  I drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 32 ounce box of Oncr frozen turkey slices in gravy for $2.79, a 5 pound bag of Gold Medal all purpose flour for .99, two quart jars of Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise for $1.79 each, Chiquita bananas at .69 a pound for $2.15, a bunch of fresh broccoli at .99 a pound for $1.09 for $10.60 total.  I then returned home.  I put away my purchases.  I then made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used a tin of sardines that I chopped with the salad instead of tuna fish.  I also used two plum tomatoes that I sliced into slivers.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Land-O-Lakes pepperjack cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I put out my small artificial Christmas tree with ornaments on the brass and glass coffee table.  I took the CVS ornaments off of my old pine cone and nuts Christmas wreath that I have used for years, and I put them on the new green artificial Christmas wreath which I hung on the outside of my apartment entrance door.  The old pine cone and nuts Christmas wreath was getting a bit dry, and I worried it might be a fire hazard, so I threw it away in the dumpster.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO  

Note: <888> 11/21/05 Monday 1:45 P.M.:  I microwaved and ate a Kraft Pasta Anytime 11.5 ounce classic pasta alfredo meal which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I have a 4 P.M. appointment this afternoon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/21/05 Monday 1:10 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/21/05 Monday 12:50 P.M.:  I looked at some television, and nothing much seems to be happening on television.  I chatted with a relative.  I went outside, and I picked up my mail downstairs.  CIO

Note: <888>