Note:<888>11/30/99 Tuesday 11:50 A.M. EDT: I was up at 9:30 A.M. after going to bed at 5:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I chatted with HM COMPUTER up in Hamden, Connecticut. They don't carry the ATX-Form Card for my computer USB port. I guess I could get a PCI USB card from CompUSA or a Parallel Port Camera from CompUSA. Staples does not carry either item. HM COMPUTER has the PC Ware/PC Max/PC Quest/PC Master Web Pages Alton motherboard 741 for $99, but it only has one PCI slot. They sell the Celeron 500 Pentium III processor for $175, and they sell the case for $39 and the CPU cooler for $8. My computer is working fine, so I don't need to upgrade. I guess I will return the IBM USB camera to Staples and not bother having a camera for the computer. I might go up to CompUSA later in the week and browse, but who know. I do have to get my tired rotated for free at County Tire up by CompUSA some time in the near future. Well I also chatted with a family member. I guess I will clean up and go out. Have a good afternoon. I have a 4 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note:<888>11/30/99 Tuesday 4:50 A.M. EDT: Well I just finished trying to installed the IBM PC camera to no avail. Basically the USB adaptor I have on my motherboard is thee wrong one, and I will have to get the right one to use the Motherboard USB features. I fiddled with other system setting to make sure, but I am basically sure that is the problem. No fault of IBM. I did take out the Belkin USB adaptor. Well I have been awake close to 24 hours, so it is time for me to go to bed. I have a 4 P.M. appointment today. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/29/99 Monday 8:15 P.M. EDT: Well I went out at about 9 P.M. this morning. I took apart both AT&T Nomad phones to check out what type batteries they use and jotted down the number for them and the GE cordless phone. I went by the West Putnam Avenue post office and mailed a letter. I went by the Hospital Thrift shop and viewed the merchandise. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York and did some banking. I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue and bought Texaco Anti Freeze for $6.99 a gallon, three CVS air freshners for $2 all, a jar of Basil .75, Planter's Honey Roasted Peanuts $2.49, CVS vitamins are half price, so I bought 1000 mg. Vitamin C 100 count $2.99, 2 B-12 2000 mg. 60 count $3.49 each, two 50 count B-100 $3.69 each, 400 IU Vitamin E 100 count $3.24, Zinc 50 mg. 100 count $1.74, and Hav-A-Tampa cigar cigarette pack $1.59 plus .63 Ct. Sales tax for $36.78 total. I then went to the HealtMart store next to Marx Brothers and bought a bottle of Niacimide 500 mg. 100 count for $7.99. I then went to Exxon and bought a tank full of premium for $15.98. I then drove down by the Harbor and chatted with one of the local for a while. I next went to the Mews Thrift shop which was closed today, but they let me in since they were doing work. I bought a Victorian tassle silk shade 24 inch at the bottom and 12 inch at the top and two feet high made of possible salmon silk in excellent shape for $10 and a NEC 4 head sterio VCR for $5 and a box of Christmas Cards for $2 with tax $18.02 total. I was shown a beautiful Chinese Indian carpet about 12 feet by 20 feet that costs thousands of dollars new that they are offering for $400. It is beige yellow with a green leaf pattern from what I can tell in very good shape. They have the padding out back for it for free. They also have a discarded Sears Die Hard battery out back which might be useful. I then went over to ELDC thrift and they have a foot vibrating machine there for $20 along with various other merchandise. I stopped by ST. Catherine's thrift and they were closed. I went by the Old Greenwich Thrift shop and they had a very good condition DLC? laser printer there for $8 made in 1991 and they had a broken CD boom box for $5 along with a lot of other item in their Christmas display. I then went to Old Greenwich CVS and bought two Ajax anti bacterial dish washing detergents for .99 each, CVS pine disinfectant $1.99, CVS bleach $1.19 a gallon, a two bottle of European Mystique shampoo and coditioner for $1.19 both, CVS shave gel 7 oz. $1.79, a carton of Phillie Natural cigar cigarettes for $14.19 less .25 off coupon plus $1.32 Ct. sales tax for $23.40 total. I then drove out to Tod's Point and watched a really dark cloud formation come in from the Northwest. I sat there in my car watching the waterfront for a while eating some of the Planters Peanuts for lunch. I then drove around Tod's Point. They have cleared out most of the tree that fell down by the Caretakers cottage. I can not get my ship to shore radio to pick up NOAA weather radio, but it worked yesterday before I started fiddling with it. I then went to Staples in Old Greenwich. I bought the IBM computer camera for $49.98 and a box of black BiC pens for $2 plus $3.12 Ct. tax for $55.10 total plus the IBM camera has a $20 mailin rebate. I studied the cordless telephones there. They did not have the GE cordless phone battery, but my GE cordless phone still works well. I then stopped by Riverside Auto Parts which is going out of business and remaining stock is 50% off. They did not have 16 inch windshield wipers for my car. I then went by Cos Cob Radio shack, and they carry the Nomad batteries for about $10 each, but they did not have the GE phone battery. I decided not to get any cordless phone batteries since the new 900 mhz phones are getting cheaper and cheaper. Last Friday Radio shack was selling the $70 900 mhz. cordless phone for $20, but they would not sell it to me for that today. I then to the Hospital Thrift shop and bought two plastic Sankaty outdoors plastic cups for $1.75 each new and a CuisineArt 1.5 inch french bread baker for $2.50 which makes small round loaves of French bread you can slice in the CuisineArt for Onion Soup croutons. I then went by the Grand Union and bought fifteen bags of Ramen noodles for $3, a Stauffer's frozen 20 oz. lasagna for $2.99, a half gallon of 2% milk for $1.79, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Lite for $1.09, a 96 oz. container of GU orange juice $3.69, a box of Clementines $3.99, two 32 oz. bags of Pic Sweet vegatables brocolli and peas $2 each, a 5 lb. bag of Russet potatoes .99, two Thorne Valley bacon both $3.49, Angostora terriyaki sauce $1.59, GU crated parmesian cheese $3.39, GU large eggs $1.49, a quart of Hellmans mayonaise $2.99, for $34.40 total. I then returned home and carried up by purchases and put them away. I checked my mail and NYNEX took off the AT&T bogus calls off my bill. I then set up the VCR in the bedroom and it works great. I put the Victorian lamp shade on the the green pedistal lamp in the center window in the Living room, and I moved the gold shade from it to a bedroom pineapple lamp. I move the two minature palms to the right of the computer in the window and put the other taller palm to the right of the air conditioner which I keep going on low for fresh air in the winter. I had dinner of reheated turkey stew and stuffing along with ice tea and cappacinno. I then filed this report. I will not restart the computer and see if the new IBM camera sets up quickly with plug and play. Of course I will read the instructions first.

Note:<888>11/29/99 Monday 7:35 A.M. EDT: Well I chatted with a friend in Eastern Connecticut last night. I went to bed, and I was up at 4 A.M.. I had breakfast of Cheerios, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and cappacinno. I did a little internet work. I wrote a letter. I noticed that Microosoft Word 97 does not send my Microsoft Word 97 documents in Outlook Express 5.1 instead Outlook 98, although Outlook Express 5.1 is my default email program. Thus I just copy and paste the Microsoft Word 97 document into my Outlook Express 5.1 program with the Outlook Express 5.1 Sky stationary. Well time to clean up and get ready to go out. CIO

Note:<888>11/28/99 Sunday 7:20 P.M. EDT: I watched a couple of cooking shows on Channel 13, one with Julia Childs comparing American Cuisine techniques to French techniques. I got inspired to recycle some of my food, so I peeled my last apple and then I sliced it thinly and I cut the slices in half and threw them in the CuisineArt. I then added the rest of the Ocean Spray cranberry sauce and the rest of the Jello Apple mixture from last week and a couple of ounces of white wine and I light stired it all together with the CuisineArt paddle blade on and poured it into a sealed RubberMaid container to set up in the refrigerator. Well I guess I will have a little bit more Jello, apple cranberry salad sauce once it sets up in the morning. I guess since I have been up since 3 A.M., I should start to think about going to bed; so I can have a really exciting day tomorrow after a good night sleep. I have not seen many new faces in town, so I guess it just the same old group of locals going about their normal routines without the Manhattan crowd poaching on our territory for priority at Starbuck's seating. Well have a good evening, and enjoy the quiet time. CIO

Note:<888>11/28/99 Sunday 4:50 P.M. EDT: I puttered on the computer until about 9:30 A.M.. I munched on the last of the pumpkin pie. I chatted with some family members. I went out finally at 11:30 A.M., I returned a can of Gillette Gel Shave Cream for $1.99 plus tax at CVS and bought a pack of Hav-A-Tampa cigarettes for $1.59 plus tax, so I could smoke a few while I traveled around this cool sunny Sunday morning. I drove down by the waterfront and chatted with some of the locals. I drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich and checked out the store. They have an IBM computer USB port camera that you can buy for $50 and also get a $20 mailin rebate. I next went out to Tod's Point and walked around the beach area for a while and parked at the southwest parking lot for a while. Nobody could be reached on the ship to shore radio I keep in my car. I guess cell phone have put those frequencies out of use. I just get NOAA weather radio on it. I then returned back to town and I stopped by the local library. Not much happening there as usual. I returned home, and I had some walnuts, turkey stew, stuffing, ice tea and coffee. I chatted with another family member. Well I guess I will go out for a short spell or maybe I will stay in who knows for sure. I will have to think about it. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>11/28/99 Sunday 5:00 A.M. EDT: I was up at 3 A.M.. I had breakfast of Post Raisin bran, cheerios, toast, vitamins, and cappacino. I have to stock up on some more Vitamins this week, I am out of a few types. I have smoking small bowls of my pipe tabacco mixture, which is a mixture of "Round Hill" and "Grand Manier" available at the tabacconist across from the Greenwich Police Department. The present mixture, I have had in the freezer for about a year, so it is very well aged and flavorable. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/27/99 Saturday 7:10 P.M. EDT: I went about noon. I stopped by the Bank but it was closed. I went by the Hospital Thrift Shop. I drove down by the waterfront. I returned home. About 4:30 P.M., I made a Turkey stew which I ate for dinner along with ice tea and stuffing. Well not much else happening, have a good evening, I am off to bed. CIO

Note:<888>11/27/99 Saturday 10:55 A.M. EDT: I was up at 5 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I worked trying to run Microsoft Frontpage 2000 and its extensions to no avail. I guess my machine is not fast enough. I uninstalled them. I am am just about done with house cleaning and watering the plants, I have to clean the kitchen and vacuum and I am done. I ran Norton Disk Doctor on all drive, I ran WinDoctor, and I just finished Norton Speedisk on the C: drive. I will now start a C: drive to E: drive backup. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/26/99 Friday 8:25 P.M. EDT: I have been working all day with the Microsoft Frontpage 2000 Demo. I have been trying to figure out how to get the Frontpage Extensions to work on the Apache server. My "cgi-bin" directory seems to be locked or some other problem in the Apache httpd.conf file. I also could not get the Frontpage 2000 demo to open my web site with the Favorites in it, but it will when I remove the Favorites to another Folder. I also have too many links for my machine to create a word index for a search engine, so that feature which I wanted most does not seem to work even if I get the Extensions working on Apache. The Editor for pages works fine, but it tries to load the web when I save which over whelms the machine. Well not much accomplished. I had dinner of mashed sweet potatoe, turkey with mushroom gravy, and stuffing along with ice tea about 2 P.M.. I am tired, and I will go to bed shortly. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>11/26/99 Friday 5:10 A.M. EDT: I got this link that might work on arthritis for humans as well as horses Topical Pain Relievers from Donalex Corporation . CIO

Note:<888>11/26/99 Friday 4:50 A.M. EDT: I was at 4 A.M.. I had breakfast of Post Raisin bran, toast, coffee, vitamins, orange juice, and capaccino. I restarted the server. I am down to a pack and a quarter of cigar cigarettes, so I may start smoking my pipe when I am outside. Not much to report on. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/25/99 Thursday 6:55 P.M. EDT: Well I relaxed until 4 P.M. watching a bit of the Fox Television Network Program about the Reagan Years with Al Haig and a panel of Reagan adminstration officials and staff. I went out at 4 P.M. with .41 change and the last dollar bill from the Silver frame on the lazy susan, which was not enough to buy a half gallon of milk. I parked the car down on Steamboat Road and dug around behind the seats and in the boot that surrounds the emergency brake and found another $1 in change for $2.41 total. I then parked downtown. I chatted with a visitor about Volcanoes and Denmark and pipe tabacco. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with a long time resident about volcanoes and other trivia as we walked up the Avenue. I sat out in front of the Presbyterian Church for a while. I walked back down the Avenue and at about 6 P.M., I headed over to the Shell Station and bought a half gallon of Hood whole milk for $1.99. I gave a young fellow a ride over to the Colonial Diner who was trying to get change for a $100 bill. I returned home, and I had the Cranberry and Jello with Apple fruit salad and ice tea. I am lower on funds this month because I had to throw out over $80 in food when I though my refrigerator might have sominella poisoning and then restock it. Well another exciting day in Greenwich. I noticed just about the time I came in that the youngsters in town were starting to prowl around. Well have a good evening. I am off to bed. I also noticed a jet flying in a rather dense fog as I came in. CIO

Note:<888>11/25/99 Thursday 2:15 P.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I drove down by the waterfront and their were cars at the Yacht Club, but nobody was on the pier in the rain. I then walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I walked through the train station area and I noticed a few families coming out of Manhattan from the parade. I remember families use to go to the ice cream shop on Central Park South after the parade near the Marriott Hotel known as the Exxex House. I then sat in the center of town for a while. I then walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue and sat out for a while across from the Presbyterian Church. I returned down the Avenue. I noticed 2 East Elm, the refurbished part of the upstairs of the old Rogers Building now www.restorationhardware.com is now leasing apartments on the three upper levels. I suppose they would be in the neighborhood of $1,500 to $2,500 a month for a one to two bedroom apartment downtown. I am not sure if they have parking available for the building, but it is right in the center of town if one is a walker and a commuter. Since it is new, it would probably be the latest state of the art of refurbishing. It might even be more. I then sat out a while in area of Starbucks. Starbucks was open as usual and I used the bathroom there. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and St. Moritz was open for a while closing about 2 P.M.. I walked around the train station again, and I noticed the restaurant across from the train station was open as I suppose the Colonial Diner on the Post Road is open. I noticed Versailles Restaurant is open. The Greenwich Produce Market next to the Post Office was open. When I returned home, I noticed Fresh Fields, Exxon, the Food Emporium, and the Grand Union were all opened, so if one has not had their Thanksgiving meal; there were plenty of options. Maneros did not look open. I drove back down by the waterfront when I returned, and I noticed a few families were out in the rain. I had a piece of Pumpkin Pie when I returned along with a glass of ice tea. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>11/25/99 Thursday 11:20 A.M. EDT: I started cooking at 8 A.M.. I put the Mrs. Smith Pumkin Pie in one convection over and the Buterball three bound turkey breast in another one. I made a 10 minute stuffing mixture similar to stuffing.htm and liquified the ingredients in the CuisineArt and cooked them on simmer for a while until it was time to add the stuffing crumbs. 45 minutes before the turkey was done, I boiled two diced yams. I took the pie out at 9 A.M. and set it out to cool. I started the brocolli steaming at 9:20 A.M.. I pureed the yams in the CuisineArt with margerine and a small amount of milk. I added the stuffing crumbs to the liquid mixture. At 9:25 A.M., I took the turkey breat out of the oven. I put mashed yams in a seperate dish, and two sliced of white turkey meat on the plate with Swanson Turkey gravy with canned mushroom and herbs and spice in it and wine. I also put the four pieces of brocolli on the plate. I set out jello apple pieces salad, with Ocean Spray cranberry sauce, but I was not able to eat that. I put away all the food before eating at about 9:35 A.M.. It only took about fifteen minutes to eat. I cleaned up the kitchen and I am saving the pie for this afternoon. I chatted with some family members. I had a cup of coffee. Well I feel a bit tired after my Thanksgiving meal. I will either rest a bit or go out for some fresh air. Have an enjoyable day. CIO

Note:<888>11/25/99 Thursday 5:40 A.M. EDT: Well I finished making up a batch of ice tea. I put on the latest versions of Outlook Express and Frontpage Express on my computer which work now. Frontpage Express that came with Windows 98 did not work, and Outlook Express previous version would not work with Outlook 98 on the computer. I like what I see in Outlook Express and I might start using it instead of Outlook 98. It has a spell checker since I have Word 97 also and it has stationary. I chose Wild Blue Yonder. Well maybe I should go out before I start cooking Thanksgiving Dinner. Perhaps in about another hour. Not much else happening. CIO

Note:<888>11/25/99 Thursday 3:45 A.M. EDT: I went out after the last message yesterday and drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with a resident French family down by the waterfront. I sat out downtown for a while watching the rush hour holiday traffic. I walked up to CVS and bought a pack of Hav-A-Tampa Natural for $1.64. I chatted with a former Navy serviceman about my internet site. I returned back home at 6 P.M.. I went to bed about 7 P.M., and I was up at 2:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I am making up a two gallon batch of ice tea. Well I suppose I will have start making Thanksgiving dinner between 8 A.M. and 9 A.M. and have it an hour after that. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/24/99 Wednesday 2:50 P.M. EDT: Well I went out and I bought two loaves of HealthNut bread at the Arnold Factory outlet for $1.74. I then drove down by the waterfront and not much was happening in the fog. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop and a few of the items were half price. I drove downtown and stopped by the Mews gift shop and they seem to have a few new items. I noticed the Senior Center is closed today. I went back down by the waterfront and a few of the regular fishermen were there. The warmer day has brought out those clowns from the warmer climates whom like to pretend to be natives. I suppose once it gets cold, we will not see as much activity. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and read three computer newsweeklies. The ever informative Greenwich Times was not available. Just about 1 P.M. as I was heading home we seemed to have the usual onslaught of shoppers heading our way from Westchester County. I did also stop by ELDC thrift and they had a few odd items there. Well not much else to report. I suppose it is going to be a four day rainy day weekend, so enjoy what is left of it today. I was going to try to stay up, but I am tired; so I will go to bed and be up a little before midnight. I guess I will be cooking my Thanksgiving Turkey in the morning tomorrow. I also placed the three pound Butterball turkey in a bin of cold water to defrost. I will now put it back in the refrigerator. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>11/24/99 Wednesday 9:10 A.M. EDT: Well not much happening. I suppose we should be on our best behavior in case any guests are poking around town, which is really hard for New Yorkers. Well have a good day. After I clean up, I guess I will start my day in the Arnold Bakeries Outlet Store and then work my way over to the Hospital Thrift Shop and then possibly down to Steamboat Road and finally over to the Greenwich Library as if that were really a new routine. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/24/99 Wednesday 5:55 A.M. EDT: Well I worked on the intenet all night. I did rest from 2 A.M. to 4 A.M.. I had two slices of home made pizza and Jello with ice tea for a meal. I just finished all my daily internet activity. To be quite frank, I am getting a bit bored of the internet; and I would save $100 a month if I did not pay for the Cable Modem and since I don't watch television, I would also save not having to subscribe to Optimum Online to get the Cable modem. It is worth considering, since it is my viewpoint the internet bubble is just about to burst. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/23/99 Tuesday 11:20 A.M. EDT: I was up at 9 P.M.. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I did not make it to my 4 P.M. appointment today, but I called up. I turned down the freezer a notch and a half to make it a little less colder, since the orange juice was still freezing. The Butterball Turkey seems to be defrosting on schedule. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>11/23/99 Tuesday 10:40 A.M. EDT: Well I fell back asleep until 6:30 A.M.. I felt hungry when I awoke, so spent part of the next hour and a half making pizza.htm . It came out all right, but it does not quite taste like one buys downtown. It taste more like one would make at home. Well have a good morning, I think I will relax some more. CIO

Note:<888>11/23/99 Tuesday 1:20 A.M. EDT: Before I went to bed after the last message, I put Clorox bleach in the toilet and in the toilet tank water holder to clean out any mold or scum. I also put Liquid drain cleaner in the bathroom since to clean out the clog caused by shaving cream and whiskers to make it flow faster. I tried some my Jello mixture that I made earlier. I went to bed and was up at 10:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of orange juice, coffee, Post Raisin bran, toast, and vitamins. I was having my coffee, and I watched a the 11 P.M. BBC rebroadcast. I channel surfed and they had that Discovery Channel program on again about the aligators and crocodiles which I watched mostly in its entirety. Needless to say I plan to avoid gators and crocs for the indefinte future. I restarted my server. Not much happening, and it feels like it might be colder out. I turned down my refrigerator from coldest to levels warmer at 5. The orange juice was beginning to freeze. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/22/99 Monday 1:20 P.M. EDT: Well I went out bright and early this morning about 10 A.M. on a very rainy day which is not so hot for the old arthritis. I parked at the Greenwich Library and went with the Guatney Ham label and Grand Union receipt to photo copy them, but the copy machine at the library is a dime a copy, so I decided to use the Kinkos copy machine across the street. I parked at the libary to get a little exercise in the break during the rainy weather. I made 8 copies of the Guatney Ham label and seven copies of the Grand Union receipt and that was $1.17. They have the new state of the art Xerox computerized copy machine there, in case you ever need to run off 10,000 copies of any item, if you can afford it. I next walked over the Greenwich Health Department on the third floor and reported the incident on the Guatney Ham. We basically figured out it came from Smithfield, Virginia. Since I read lots of news reports on the internet, I had read that earlier in fall over a quarter million swine had drowned in the hurricane in North Carolina. I think it is safe to assume that they processed some of the swine after the hurricane, and I possibly got one of those. Thus I would advise people to be careful in eating swine, pig, or pork. I then headed over to the library and picked up my car, and I drove over to the Grand Union. I gave them the ham label in a sealed bag and the grocery receipt and recieved a $7.49 refund. I then bought a 96 oz. container of Florida Natural Orange Juice for $4.47, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $1.29,two Polly O moserrela 16 oz. cheese $1.99 each, two Granny Smith apples at $1.29 a pound for $.90, two Yams at 3 lb. for $2 for $1.13, GU apple sauce .79, two Red Peppers at $1.99 a pound for $1.99 for $14.57 total. Well that leaves me just enough money to buy some bread this week, so I guess I will have a quiet week at home. I then returned home, and I put away the groceries and I had a diet Sprite in a frosted mug, and I relax a bit and I then filed this report. Well have a good afternoon, I am begining to feel a bit tired. CIO

Note:<888>11/22/99 Monday 9:00 A.M. EDT: I finished my internet work. I made up 4 litres of my regular ice tea and put it in the washed out aguarium pitchers which I cleaned thoroughly and putting in very hot ice tea, it should be sterized. I don't have any orange juice containers at the moment. It is the same recipie, but the pitcher with the plastic picher with the orange top is harder to use since it can spill off the top easily and dangerous when it is hot, if it spilled. I peeled and diced the two Granny Smith Green apples and put into a Jello mixture of orange and cherry diet Jello with Angostora bitters and fifty percent orange juice in a Pyrex dish and set in the refrigerator on the top shelf to set up. I basically have all the ingredients for a modest Thanksgiving Dinner, but I am not expecting any guests, it just gives me an excuse to cook. I guess I should clean up and go out pay a visit to the Greenwich Health Department and see if they made it into work in the Heavy Fog this morning. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>11/22/99 Monday 3:25 A.M. EDT: I was up at 1:30 A.M. this morning. I was emailed this link relavant to a family member whose has Second Stage Melanoma StopMelanoma.com . From having lived around hot sunny places, I know it is important to wear a hat to shade one's face from the hot sun in the tropics. Also few people seem to realize that the Intense sun can be very rough on the eyes, so it is equally important to wear protective sun glasses with the correct ultra violet protection particularly when around the glare from the ocean. One Anglophile Florida Resort has a local newspaper one can read on the internet to see what is happening TCPalm.com -- The Press Journal - Including Vero Beach and Indian River County . Since it is just south of the Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space center, I believe there would be a few high tech people in the area. Yes I have family members living there. I had breakfast of three fried eggs. I use a omlette pan that I don't wash, but have properly seasoned that I wipe with a paper towel and when cooking on the electric burner at medium heat I put in a little bit of olive oil and two pads of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter", and the eggs flip out very gracefully. I also had five strips of the Oscar Meyer low sodium bacon which tasted quite excellent. I cook my bacon on a microwave proof plate. I put three paper towels on the bottom, with the bacon in between and two paper towels on top, and I microwave in the ten year old lower power GE microwave for six minutes on high. One might use lower settings with the new high power microwaves. I cooked my three seed bread in a General Electric toaster over. I noticed this morning since I put the refrigerator on the coldest setting that the Tropicana Orange juice from the Food Emporium in the plastic 3 quart container tastes almost like fresh orange juice. So it is important to keep one's orange juice cold in the refrigerator. I believe some people whom go to the tropics from colder climates like drinking Orange Juice and Vodka with Angostora bitters which I call a Tropical Screw Driver as opposed to Grape Fruit Juice and Vodka and Angostora Bitters which I call a Tropical Salty Dog. In Tabago where they sell Angostora Bitters by the gallon, and use it by the jigger; I believe their primary use of Angostora bitters is in a "Planters Punch" with rum. In the old days at Trader Vics in various locations around the country they also had numerous rum concoctions which they sold which were quite potent. I suppose individuals on cruise ships frequently enjoy these same concoctions. My coffee I blend five different types of A&P coffee beans together and grind them to mocca grind in the Braun grinder, and I fill the Espresso cup in the Capacinno machine with it, and I run through a cup of coffee which is very tasty that I add sweetener to and milk. One also can make an improvised Capacinno this way, but it is really more like Cafe A Laite. Well in reading about the Heads of State at the Economic conference in Firinze, Italia; I remember when I was a student there during the winter of 1972, one could eat at many wonderful restaurants which were not to expensive. There was one restaurant right at the Ufizzi, but I actually enjoyed the cheaper working man's restaurant down in the celler next to the Church of Santa Croice on the Medici Palace side of the river several blocks west of the San Trinita bridge since it was a very quite neighborhood. I frequently would stroll through the gardens of the Medici Palace after what we here call lunch which I believe is the Siesta main meal in Italia. Of course they do have another meal after Siesta after about 10 P.M. at night. Firinze has lots of Pigions, so it is frequently wise to wear a borcellino hat to keep the pigion crap off one's head. If one wants to sit and enjoy the view from a cafe in Fiezola overlooking the city from the north, it is very scenic and I believe their is also a cafe at the Piazza Michaelangelo . Of course the Uffici and the Medici Palace have some the world's most famous art along with a few churches in Firinze. If one has any spare change after touring, one can always buy gold jewelery from the hippie street vendors on the Ponte Vechio, since they have been selling gold there for over five hundred years. Trust me, they know their gold. For the liberal community, there is the Santa Tinita Bar just south of the Santa Trinita Bridge near the Pensione Adria. The Pensione Adria has a very scenic dining room on the fourth floor for guests overlooking the Arno. Of course there is the Firinze Flower and Flea Markets where you will find the real statue of the Medici boar which is good luck to rub its nose. Firinze is also world famous for its linens and leather products since in mid northern Italia they also raise a lot of cattle along with the local wine and olive oil. Well give my best to the politicians at the Economic summit. Have a good morning. CIO