End of Scott's Notes week of 12/31/06:

Note:<888> 12/31/06 Sunday 10:50 P.M.:  This like the new server motherboard FIC KT-600 Pro Socket A ATX Motherboard w/Audio SATA FIC KT-600 PRO KT-600 PRO .   They had more available for a short period, but they are out of them again.   I guess in making the new stuff, they forgot there are plenty of people content with the older equipment that works just fine.  It is a good motherboard for a server, since it has BIOS protection in the CMOS.   I went through my email.    I guess everyone I know is out partying on New Year's Eve, because nobody was around to chat with.   I guess the 9 to 5 crowd like to party on their day's off.   Alas I guess tomorrow evening, we will hear them returning also from their southern trips for work day on Tuesday.   However, I think because of President Ford's funeral, the New York Stock exchange will be closed on Tuesday, and possibly the banks, so maybe the work a day crowd will not return until Tuesday night for work on Wednesday.   I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO     

Note:<888> 12/31/06 Sunday 9:55 P.M.:   I was awake at 9 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a 50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I chatted with a relative.   I went back to bed until 2 P.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I threw out some garbage.   I said hello to a neighbor.   I went downtown, and I bought $13.50 or premium unleaded gasoline at the Greenwich Automotive Exxon Service station next to the Greenwich Library for $2.939 a gallon for 72.1 miles driving in the last 10 days at an average of 16 miles per gallon driving an average of 17 miles per hour around town except for the trip to Circuit City in Norwalk, Connecticut.   I then went downtown, and  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store which no longer has the 70% off rack, and I bought a package of three 30 pound OOK hooks made in Germany for $2.99 and .18 tax for $3.17 total.   I stopped by CVS, and I bought for 75% off three boxes of merry brite 18 Christmas cards each box with envelopes for $1.99 each box less a $1.50 off bonus bucks coupon and .27 tax for $4.74 total.  They also have a few Hallmark Christmas cards on sale for 50% off.  I completed my walk, and I sat out for a while.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then returned home.  I microwaved and ate a 21 ounce Stouffer's lasagna with meat sauce, which I put a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on, and I ate with a glass of iced tea.   I printed out two copies of various Microsoft Money 2006 reports for the last month by category, year by category, and year by total, and last 15 years by categories and also another for the last 15 years by years and categories and one for the last 15 years by totals by category.   I put four stamps on a manila envelope, and I have the report ready to mail to a relative who takes a keen interest in my finances.   I am not good at analyzing reports, I just enter the data and print them out.   I chatted with a friend who use to look like me before I got heavier, and I told him that since I once worked in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and that since I happen to look a little bit like John Harvard www.harvard.edu as I get older, that if any aspiring students in this area happen to want to go to Harvard, but if they do not happen to like people with my particular look, they might find one or two other people up that way with my look.  My friend's father used to be on the Harvard Board of Overseers.  CIO     

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 10:35 P.M.:  I watched the State Funeral for President Gerald R. Ford Nation honors Ford at Capitol Rotunda - CNN.com .   I chatted with two relatives.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 9:15 P.M.:   I made and ate a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with franks .   I used two low fat Ball Park franks and a 16 ounce can of B&M baked beans along with the other ingredients.   I also used up the rest of the stuffing.   I had to microwave both items together on four vegetable cycles of the General Electric microwave oven.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I will now go through my email.   CIO   

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 7:55 P.M.:   I went outside, and I moved the tropical plant from my neighbor's patio to the far end of the community room, so it will be warmer.    There are other people's plants in the community room.   There are a couple of small holes in the paper mache urn that might leak a little bit of water, when watered, but from what I know about the plant, it should recover.   There is a tag in the plant saying it is a pink orchid, but I do not think it looks like an orchid.   I use to have one like it in my apartment many moons ago.   I left a note outside my neighbor's door along with a copy of my Michael Louis Scott's Christmas 2006 Card and http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/xmasletter2006geo.htm .   My neighbor's whose husband passed away recently worked in the Greenwich Library many years, and her husband from Atlanta, Georgia who passed away recently was a distinguished member of the United States Army 82nd Airborne, if you get my drift.   However, the 82nd Airborne is not much good without nylon parachutes from the nylon factory in Pensacola, Florida, if you get my drift.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 6:50 P.M.:  Friendly advise to any sea hogs in the area.   The internet as I know it is basically ground communications which the sea hogs do not use.   The two United States Army Extreme Cold Weather to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit sleeping bags that I ordered United States Army www.army.mil has the best cold weather experience around here, and figuring sleeping bags good to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit below zero worth new at $200 for $29.99 apiece, I bought two with $18.50 shipping, since the shipping on the second one was free for $78.48 total.  Thus if we lose our electric heat in this building or if for some reason we need to leave in the cold of winter, I should be well prepared for myself and a guest should anyone show up.   This is the link for what I bought from eBay: ECW Sleeping Bag US Army Surplus Excellent Condition (item 280043680378 end time Dec-29-06 08:16:58 PST) and tracking is  www.fedex.com "570883710004025" or FedEx | Track , if you notice they are coming from some place in Kansas.   The only two army facilities I know of in Kansas are Fort Leavenworth which a secure Army Prison and Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Military Academy in Abilene, Kansas where the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library is also located.   It is the nature of the www.army.mil if they are challenged in this country they will evaluate the situation and figure out what to do next.   I think Dwight Eisenhower's grandson in law that his grand daughter married is suppose to be a Russian General, so more than likely he has some other contacts as well.  Remember, I found the spare solenoid fork part for the starter motor on my old 1971 yellow Subaru station wagon at a Buick Subaru dealership in Abilene, Kansas, and by the time I got it installed the museum was closed, so I never go to figure out what it was all about.   I remember the young cadets watching me install it there were somewhat curious as to what I was doing back in 1978 or 1979 or whenever it was.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 6:15 P.M.:  Kingston's Flash Promotion and shop.kingston.com - Memory for your Desktop, Server, Workstation, Notebook, PDA, MP3 Player and more. .  DealCatcher: Free Online Coupons Dell, Amazon, Best Buy, Overstock $10 off $50 coupon at www.staples.com and  in store purchase, so I could have gotten the Panasonic handset $2 cheaper there, but I needed to take the car for a drive.  Need a light on your watch at night Newegg.com - CASIO W87H-1V Casual Sports Watch - Retail .  I might order it, since I am frequently out at night.  This supposedly works with Vista Ready Boost Apacer Handy Steno AH320 2GB USB Flash Drive,2gb flash drive,Apacer 2 gb usb flash,2 gb usb memory according to Chris Parillo The Fastest Flash Drive ~ Chris Pirillo and Vista ReadyBoost ~ Chris Pirillo .   SanDisk Cruzer 2Gb Micro and Windows Vista ReadyBoost @ Blogcritics.org and some here Newegg.com - Once You Know, You Newegg SanDisk Cruzer 2 GB .  ExtremeTech Headlines in RSS and http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2017849,00.asp and this list http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2017821,00.asp  .   This is suppose to work Newegg.com - Crucial Gizmo 2GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) - Retail and 2GB Gizmo! overdrive with security software from Crucial.com for just $56.99! , so I ordered the Newegg.com - CASIO W87H-1V Casual Sports Watch - Retail for $19.99 and the Newegg.com - Crucial Gizmo 2GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) - Retail for $35.99 less .62 1.1% preferred account discount plus $6.29 one day shipping plus $2.99 preferred customer discount plus $2.99 rush order fee for $61.65 total.  Thus I should have a good inexpensive lighted watch for walking around at night should I ever get some time to do so, and I should have a pen drive that uses the Vista Ready Boost feature on my primary computer to speed it up a bit.   CIO         

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 3:55 P.M.:   I woke up at 11 A.M. this morning.   I chatted with a relative.   I went out, and I picked up my mail.   I chatted with a British neighbor.   Apparently we have had people stealing our newspapers in the building.   Also I noticed on the side entrance somebody had dumped one of the tropical plants out of its pot and on the ground and thrown the pot down the steps at the baseball field.  I put it back in its pot by the far east entrance.   I am not sure what tropical plants are doing out at this time of year, but it seems to be surviving.   I have not cleaned up since Thursday, and I went out without cleaning up, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   There were only about a dozen cars coming and going in the area at 12:30 P.M., so not much is moving in this area.   I guess people are staying home to save on energy.   I then returned directly home.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a 50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with one friend, and I left messages with some other friends.   I guess, since I have been out once today, I should stay home and do some work on the computer.   The Panasonic handset works just fine in the kitchen.   I think someone could make money by buying oil from Venezuela and refining it at the Hess refinery in St. Croix, and seeing if there is any market for it up here at a lower price than Arab oil.   I have a better chance of learning Spanish than speaking Arabic.   You have to remember all that we seem to know around here comes out of the www.nytimes.com .  Back in 1972, the New York Times paid reporters starting out $75 a week, so they did not really know that much.  www.cbs.com paid me $85 a week back then to be a clerk typist, and all that I could tell was that the New York Times sold out at the CBS newsstand at the broadcast center on West 57th street by 7 A.M., so CBS hired people whom could read the New York Times.   As Walter Cronkite once said the evening broadcast of the CBS evening news is only 2.5 columns of the New York Times.   Thus since I read more information than that, I sometimes know a little bit more based on experience.   For all I know Sadam Hussein of Iraq could of bought his way out of Irag and be hiding in one of those obscure places in Russia, since the biggest backer of his dictatorship in Iraq was Russia.   I know he had a lot of doubles, so even a picture might not tell the truth.  For all I know even Adolph Hitler lived in Russia after World War II.   Frequently the exiled heads of state are held by Russia to find out what they really knew about what was going on and what their networks of contacts were.   It is really hard to tell, once one starts dealing with Russia, since it is such a large country with restricted movements of its local population, I am not even sure their leaders know what is going on.  Traditionally the Russians never trusted the central government, so possibly even one of their experts would not know the real truth.   Who Knows?   CIO    

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 4:15 A.M.:  I went through my email.   Not much seems to be happening in this neck of the woods.   BBC NEWS | Americas | Mourning begins for Gerald Ford .   Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum . GERALDFORDMEMORIAL.COM .   I made a $5 donation to the Gerald R. Ford Memorial Fund GERALDFORDMEMORIAL.COM and Gift Information .  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO        

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 2:30 A.M.:  I chatted down there at the southern most part of the United States, and they still seem to speak English down there, but they do not tell me much about what is happening down there.   Maybe that is why they used to call it the "Silent Service" .  It is my viewpoint from what I have read these recent years in the media that the United States of America is so weak military wise that we could be invaded.   However, we have friendly neighbors to the north and south and oceans on either side.   Thus to invade us, it would take a country with a large naval force.   There is only one country in the world with a large enough navy and that would be Russia, so more than likely some time in the future, they will invade us.  Of course so many of us are stuck at home most of the time anymore, I do not think most of us will even notice as long as the essential services are maintained most of the time.   That seems to usually involve paying one's bills at the first of the month, which I have done except my rent, which I will pay when I receive the bill.   I will now go through my email.   CIO 

Note:<888> 12/30/06 Saturday 12:50 A.M.:  I set up the new Panasonic handset.    One can transfer the base unit directory numbers one by one over the airwaves from the base unit to the remote unit.   The handsets use a Panasonic KX-TCA86 headset which is available here Amazon.com: Panasonic KX-TCA86 Folding Headset with Noise-Canceling Microphone: Electronics  or here Panasonic Model Details KX-TCA86 .  CircuitCity guarantees the handset for return for 30 days, and Panasonic warranties the handset Panasonic Model Details KX-TGA670B for one year, and the handsets use this battery Panasonic Model Details HHR-P105A , I made and ate the same meal as last night.   I chatted with a relative.   I will now go through my email, and I will do a little bit of regular internet work.   CIO 

Note:<888> 12/29/06 Friday 10:55 P.M.:  After the last note, I found this item Buy the Panasonic 5.8GHz Handset (KXTGA670B) and other Cordless Phone Handsets at circuitcity.com listed at $71.99, so I printed out the page, and  I went out without cleaning up, and I drove up to CircuityCity in Norwalk, Connecticut, also to give the car a little high speed driving activity on the highway.   I bought it for $71.99 and $4.32 tax for $76.31 total.  At the store it was listed as being $84.99, but when I showed them the page that I brought with me, they gave me the lower price.   I could have ordered it from site in Chicago, Illinois without tax and free shipping for $69, but I would have had to wait for it for a while, and I figured since I live in Connecticut Public Housing, it does not hurt to pay a little tax in Connecticut.  Also it was good for the car to get a little high speed activity, which it does not get very much anymore.   I then stopped by Staples in Old Greenwich, and they sell the same phone for $79.99 all of the time plus tax.  It only works with the Panasonic 5.8 GHz KX-TG6700B phone base unit that I have on the brass and glass coffee table.   At Staples, I bought the last 2007 horse calendar for $9.99 and .60 tax for $10.59 total.   I then went by the ATM at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then sat out briefly downtown.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought Chiquita bananas at .54 a pound for $1.24.   I then returned home.  I installed the Panasonic handset in the kitchen on lower right side of the book shelf, so it is easily used by the www.harvard.edu chair in the kitchen, particularly when one might be sitting there having a cigarette.   A headset is available for it from www.panasonic.com .   Since it is wireless to the base unit, it does not need to be connected up by telephone cords.   I have its power transformer plugged into the extension cord on the small oak table.   It takes seven hours to charge up, so it should be fully charged up by 5 A.M..  One can use it after 15 minutes.  I need to sync it with the base unit, and one can automatically transfer the directory from the base unit to it also, which I will do shortly.  I will put the new 2007 horse calendar on the right living room closet door when the 2006 calendar is, once it is New Years.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/29/06 Friday 7:05 P.M.:  Base units like my Panasonic unit eBay: PANASONIC KX-TG6700B 5.8 GHZ 2-LINE CORDLESS PHONE (item 270074392081 end time Jan-08-07 10:11:42 PST)   $100 and $18 shipping here, if you need one open box.  

Note:<888> 12/29/06 Friday 5:55 P.M.:   I took a nap until 2:30 P.M. after breakfast.   I chatted with a relative.   I did the previous mentioned chores after the last message.   The Buy.com - Kingston 512MB DDR Memory PC3200 400Mhz 184-pin DIMM - KVR400X64C3A/512 for $36.90 with $20 off with Google Checkout with free 7 to 9 day ground shipping arrived.  I put it in the server, so the server now has 1 gigabyte of memory now.  I will now do a little of regular computer work.   CIO    

Note:<888> 12/29/06 Friday 12:55 P.M.:  I was awake at 11 A.M..   I paid my bills online for www.cl-p.com , www.geico.com , www.cablevision.com , www.verizon.com .   I also paid my www.newegg.com bill for Norton Internet Security 2007.   I also ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com 7 cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Light 100s in a box for $12.49 a carton and $14.46 shipping for $101.89.   I still have to pay my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.   Basically my routine after paying my bills, it is Greenwich, Connecticut on $10 a day.  I will now eat breakfast of oatmeal, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a 50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I will then make my bed and wash the breakfast dishes.   I will then throw out the garbage and periodical literature, and I will water the plants.   CIO

Note:<888> 12/29/06 Friday 4:55 A.M.:  I reviewed my first of the month bills and expenses, and they are about the same as my SSI income.   Thus there is no way I can afford to buy the second Panasonic cordless 2 line phone this month, unless I win a scratch card.    I have done the best that I can do improving my apartment, communications setup, entertainment center, and computer systems with my Renter's rebate and Christmas gifts.  One has to remember I own a 11 year old used Volvo, so I need to make sure that I keep it running regularly which is part of my normal routine.  Have a good day.  Bonjour.  CIO  

Note:<888> 12/29/06 Friday 4:05 A.M.:   I went through my email.   PressZoom.com - Global News Service - News and Press Release Distribution and Norton 360 - Symantec Corp. .  I don't think I need to put it on my Vista system, and it says Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista will not be released until January 30, 2007 when Vista is released, so we have a month's wait until we install it.   A lot can happen in a month.   BBC NEWS | Europe | Liechtenstein redraws Europe map .   Summer down under BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Robot heading for Antarctic dive .   BBC NEWS | Technology | Changes for Microsoft and Apple .   BBC NEWS | UK | England | Military team reaches South Pole .   BBC NEWS | Americas | US accepts threat to polar bears .   BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Red kites threatened in Scotland .  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Europe's 'biggest dinosaur' found .   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I have to pay bills later on today, but first I will need to pay a brief visit to the bank.   CIO             

Note:<888> 12/29/06 Friday 1:50 A.M.:   I updated my profile at Classmates - View Profile Mike Scott for some reason www.lfc.edu will not go in the web page, although I tried to enter it.   CIO 

Note:<888> 12/29/06 Friday 1:10 A.M.:  I chatted with the Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and I told them I saw on the Bloomberg business today the Blackstone group is involved with the Kravis group, so more than likely they have enough economic capital to survive.    They told me they had moved St. Margaret's Episcopal church on Reynolds Avenue from across the street from the hotel to another location.   I have a feeling that since the Episcopal Church in New York City is the fourth largest land owner after the City of New York, the State of New York, and the U.S.A. Federal government, more than likely that hotel might be actually owned by the Episcopal Church in some sort of obscure trust, but it could be owned by another branch of it such as an Anglican Church from another country or commonwealth involved with England.   Since nobody ever explains all of the details, it is hard to sort out.   I do know that Key West is a 400 year old town, so more than likely some of the old guard if they are still around would know more of the more obscure details.   Since it was once part of the railroad, it still could be owned by the Florida East Coast railroad or whatever group of people now own it.   It is like an insurance company in Ohio, now owns Grand Central Station the last time I researched that, and it is just on a hundred year lease to the MTA.   From what I can tell, more than likely a lot of people like the simplicity of the Florida Keys compared to the busier activity of Southern Florida, and after the daily traffic disappears off the Florida Keys bridges, it is actually quite peaceful down there.   Of course some sort of group might sneak ashore and kidnap any stray tourists into other less hospitable surroundings, so it is best to stay on one's guard down there.  I explained on the volcano front if either or both of the two volcanoes erupted in Russia, it could make for what one would call a "Nuclear Winter" which means it would be much colder up north.  Since at this point in the planet, there are about a billion people further north of me, more than likely it would get busier in the warmer more populated areas of the planet.   I will now go through my email.   CIO      

Note:<888> 12/28/06 Thursday 11:45 P.M.:   I was outbid at the last minute, so I will be ordering it new from an authorized Panasonic dealer tomorrow when I have the funds Panasonic 5.8GHz Add-On Handset For The 2 Line KXTG6700B Phone System - KXTGA670B At Abt Electronics from Chicago, Illinois.  Maybe a relative or somebody from the railroad will deliver it.  The auction one sold for $52.99 and with about $11.50 shipping, they are paying about $64.50, so I guess I can afford to pay $5 more to Illinois to have a new one delivered from an authorized Panasonic dealer with a full one year warranty.  Who knows maybe a Lincoln will drop it by.  One can buy it Panasonic refurbished here for $54.95 with 90 day warranty eBay: Panasonic KX-TGA670 5.8GHz Add-On Handset For KXTG6700B (item 120069019908 end time Jan-06-07 11:42:31 PST) and $12 shipping for $67 total.  Of course the base unit has no warranty since I bought it at auction eBay Seller: retail-recyclers: Gadgets Other Electronics, Portable Audio items on eBay.com for $40 and $19.50 shipping and handling for $59.50 total, and it would be expensive to replace or have repaired, since it retails for $170, but one can bid on a base unit here eBay - KXTG6700B, Telephones Pagers, Consumer Electronics items on eBay.com .  Well, the good news is that I have not bought anything today except week old bagels, and I am not Jewish, but Scottish Presbyterian which is even cheaper.  The town motto for Greenwich, Connecticut is "frugality and fortune" which in the Queen's English means "Penny Thrifty and Pound Foolish".  CIO   

Note:<888> 12/28/06 Thursday 11:05 P.M.:  Howard Hughes will sell it to you here from Irvine, California, but you would have to pay shipping of $6.95  Panasonic KX-TGA650B CordlessHandset - KX-TGA650B - WolfCamera.com for $68.89 for $75.84 total, but maybe he would fly it back this way in one of his fleet of planes.   Most everything one buys on the internet is a generic item with pretty much a fixed price, so in bottom surfing the internet, one does not really find that much lower in terms of wholesale prices, unless one possibly knew an Asian language, and could order from there.   We do not really have anything to sell in Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut Links Scott's Internet Hotlist but real estate Greenwich, Connecticut USA, Real Estate, cars, dresses, or recreational sports pastimes all of which come at a big ticket prices.  CIO  

Note:<888> 12/28/06 Thursday 10:30 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I ate  1/5th of a Mrs. Smith's pumpkin pie which I put two scoops of butter pecan ice cream on.    I threw out the turkey carcass, since there was not enough left on it to make soup.   At 11:18 P.M., I will find out if I won eBay: NEW Panasonic KX-TGA670B 5.8GHz 2-Line Cordless Headset (item 250065809163 end time Dec-28-06 20:19:10 PST) .   I have a feeling that same dude from last night is going to hop in and outbid me at the last minute like he did last night at a price slightly higher than I can afford on my budget.   The Norton Internet Security 2007 and the KX-TGA670B will probably be my only major purchases this January 2007, since I have regular bills and other expenses.    I should buy a gallon of antifreeze to keep in the back of the car too.   We have had a warmer winter so far, but one still has to be prepared for colder weather when it arrives.   I have the British Union Jack hanging in front of the right hallway bookcase with the U.S.A. and the Scottish Cross of St. Andrews underneath it, but if one turns on the DeLonghi oil filled radiator along side of it on a colder day, one would have to move it out, so it would not melt the nylon flags.    As I get older, I am not sure I am going to be able to keep track of all of the thousands of details involved in running my apartment with its rather complex communications and computer setup not to mention the expense.   CIO  

Note:<888> 12/28/06 Thursday 8:50 P.M.:   I ate the same meal as last night without the Near East wild rice and rice pilaf.   I still have two 5/16th inch thick slices of the turkey breast meat left for tomorrow night along with the stuffing and vegetables.   I chatted with www.panasonic.com , and they told me this item as a resold item eBay: NEW Panasonic KX-TGA670B 5.8GHz 2-Line Cordless Headset (item 250065809163 end time Dec-28-06 20:19:10 PST) would not be eligible for the Panasonic one year warranty, since they are not a Panasonic authorized retailer.   I emailed the seller twice to cancel my bid, but I have not heard from them.  I then emailed them a third time, that I might be still interested in it.   However, I have not paid for it, so I will not be buying it until I know what happens with the auction, no matter what, although it is $55.05 with shipping at the current bid price without warranty or $13.95 cheaper than this one for $69 with free shipping new from an authorized Panasonic dealer, however the seller offers 3 year warranty protection from SquareTrade Warranty Services  which would probably be about $8, so the item at the current bid with about $8 warranty would be $5.95 cheaper than this one new with Panasonic one year warranty and free shipping Panasonic 5.8GHz Add-On Handset For The 2 Line KXTG6700B Phone System - KXTGA670B At Abt Electronics .   Of course no matter what happens, I will not be paying for it until tomorrow when I have funds available.   I have a feeling the same dude from last night is going to hop in at the last minute and outbid me anyway.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/28/06 Thursday 6:35 P.M.:  I went out after the message, and I went by the George Weston Bakeries Arnold Bakery outlet, and I bought a six pack of New York Everything bagels for $1.85.   I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.   There were some young children fishing.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and some of their clothes are on sale.   I chatted with a local artist.   I then went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment.   I then returned home.    I put one my blue pair of draw string leisure pants with one of the Queen Mary II tee shirts, and I put the other Queen Mary II tee shirt in the sweater closet, and I hung the grey pair of draw string leisure pants on the hook in the bedroom with the other leisure pants that I wear around the apartment.   I received the Norton Internet Security 2007 OEM disk, and I made a copy of it for regular installations.  I can not install it, until the final release vista version comes out.   I tried to reinstall the beta version, and it said was already installed on my computer which it is not.   Then I went through a trouble shooting problem report with an automatic tool from www.symantec.com that came up.  If for some reason the final version will not install, I have a backup copy of the system without Nero 7 Essentials from when I had the Norton beta installed that I could try to install over.    Also for some reason the two new generic ink cartridges in the Lexmark X1185 all purpose printer, scanner, copier that I put in recently and have not been used do not work, and only a little bit of black prints and some red.  I will have to look in to returning the defective color and two defective back cartridges back to the supplier in California when I have time to get an RMA for them.  CIO     

Note:<888> 12/28/06 Thursday 1:00 P.M.:  I was awake at 9 A.M..  King right at home in Greenwich - Greenwich Time .  His Majesty King Mohammed VI .   TCPalm: Local News Horse owners maintaining guard over deadly virus .   Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce - Stuart, Florida - GoodNature.org .    TCPalm Search .   TCPalm Archives Jupiter Farms fighting equine virus .  TCPalm Archives Virus forces horse owners to rework plans for holidays .    I ate breakfast of oatmeal, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a 50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.   I picked up my mail.   Earlier the mail man delivered a package to me from a relative with two Queen Mary II tee shirts, two pairs of draw string pants from J.C. Penny, and two pairs of boxer shorts.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative.  I am still bidding on this eBay: NEW Panasonic KX-TGA670B 5.8GHz 2-Line Cordless Headset (item 250065809163 end time Dec-28-06 20:19:10 PST) .   The United States Army www.army.mil has the best cold weather experience around here, and figuring sleeping bags good to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit below zero worth new at $200 for $29.99 apiece, I bought two with $18.50 shipping, since the shipping on the second one was free for $78.48 total.  Thus if we lose our electric heat in this building or if for some reason we need to leave in the cold of winter, I should be well prepared for myself and a guest should anyone show up.   This is the link for what I bought from eBay: ECW Sleeping Bag US Army Surplus Excellent Condition (item 280043680378 end time Dec-29-06 08:16:58 PST) and tracking is  www.fedex.com "570883710004025" or FedEx | Track .    On the order for Norton Internet Security 2007 OEM from this link Newegg.com - Symantec Norton Internet Security 2007 Single User - OEM, for $27.99 less .31 preferred account discount, less $2.99 discount for preferred account plus $4.99 three day UPS shipping plus $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $32.67 total, which is eligible for free Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista update, once Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista is released, so I will have the license to install it once it is available for download, which I think is about the first week of January 2007 or by the time Vista is release at the end of January 2007 tracking for it is UPS: Tracking Information , and it is out for delivery.   I have a 3 P.M. appointment today, so I will leave a sign on the front door.  I will not be able to install it until www.symantec.com releases the Vista version of it, which I will be able to download.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower and clean up and get ready for my 3 P.M. appointment.   CIO                

Note:<888> 12/28/06 Thursday 1:35 A.M.:   I made a call to someone that speaks English.   I put up the large flags again over the hallway bookcases.   I rearranged the smaller flags around the apartment.   I also moved some of the smaller items on the brass tray where the smaller flags were previously positioned.   BBC NEWS | Americas | Ford state funeral plans revealed .   I recall when I was around the Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the fall of 1976 when the King of Norway was visiting there after the Tall Ships in New York harbor that previous summer, there was a large picture of Gerald Ford at the entrance to the Swimming Hall of Fame, so I guess he was a good swimmer too.   I also recall that Gerald Ford was made a lifetime member of the Greenwich Country Club http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/Greenwich-Country-Club.jpg after he was president as was General Westmoreland, and the last time I played golf at the Greenwich Country Club was with Skip Waltz who was a personal friend of Gerald Ford and the head of the greens committee, and Skip had taught crew while Ford was at Yale.  I recall Skip who had been Chief of Security for Norton Simon also retired to Rancho Mirage, California.  I think Norton Simon owned Canada Dry beverages back then, and Roger Hall our next door neighbor was the head beverage chemist at Canada Dry's research facility over on Old Track road off Railroad Avenue where Connecticut Natural gas is now located.  I recall once or twice driving through Palm Springs on my way back east, and since I did not know my way around I just bought gasoline at the Shell gasoline station, and I bought some dates at a farm stand.   I recall the Shah of Iran's mother also lived in Palm Springs, California.   As I recall it was rather cool there when I drove though during the evening.   It has nice views of the mountains to the west.  I was once near Beaver Creek, Colorado, when I found some Continental snow tires with tread at a Sears tire dump during a blizzard for my 1971 Subaru wagon which I had bought in Nantucket, and it had a sticker from Dillon, Colorado.  They got me over Eisenhower Pass in the Blizzard, and I recall I still had them on the car when I drove back west the following fall driving through Wyoming, where I saw the Sinclair oil refinery with the bid dinosaur in front of it.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today, and I also have to leave a note for UPS when I go to it.   I will shut down the primary computer shortly, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 12/27/06 Wednesday 10:00 P.M.:  I watched part of the evening news.   I made and ate the same dinner as last night.   I chatted with a friend.   The Smithsonian news volcanic email send me email the two Russian volcanoes are on red alert, but they have not updated their web site with the same report yet at Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network .  Follow is a text of the two  reports.

Source: Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/updates.shtml

Bezymianny Information from the Global Volcanism Program http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1000-25=

Based on satellite imagery, the Tokyo VAAC reported that a possible eruption plume rose to an altitude of 9.1 km (30,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted E on 24 December. Seismic and video data on 26 December indicated an ash plume above 10 km (32,800 ft.) a.s.l., extending 150 km NE in satellite imagery. The level of Concern Color Code was raised from Orange to Red <http://www.avo.alaska.edu/color_codes.php>.

Sources: Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs/kvert/updates.shtml,

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/OTH/JP/messages.html

Shiveluch Information from the Global Volcanism Program http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1000-27=

End of Smithsonian Russian Volcano Reports:

I chatted with a friend who is smart.   From what I can tell, so many people have left this area to go south for the winter, we do not have all of our summer experts around here.   Still we manage to get by.   For my Sharp UX B20 fax machine this is the black ink cartridge I need for it Newegg.com - SHARP UXC70B Black Cartridge - Retail , but since I never get any faxes, it does not really matter.   I can still send a fax for free with Optimum Voice.  On the order for Norton Internet Security 2007 OEM from this link Newegg.com - Symantec Norton Internet Security 2007 Single User - OEM, for $27.99 less .31 preferred account discount, less $2.99 discount for preferred account  plus $4.99 three day UPS shipping plus $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $32.67 total, which is eligible for free Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista update, once Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista is released, so I will have the license to install it once it is available for download, which I think is about the first week of January 2007 or by the time Vista is release at the end of January 2007 tracking for it due tomorrow is UPS: Tracking Information .  CIO     

Note:<888> 12/27/06 Wednesday 6:15 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative, and I left a message with a friend.   I was thinking with the clementine crates from Spain, they have thin sides of wood similar to balsa wood, so possibly one could make balsa wood toy airplanes out of them.   I am listening to the Bloomberg business report on the server monitor, and Virgin America to get into business needs to have a 75% ownership of by a U.S. citizen.  Since I am not doing anything they could set me up in a dummy corporation as 75% owner of Virgin America, and I would not abuse my flight privileges by going anywhere, since I do not travel very much.   The person that I knew in Key West, Florida that looked like me or George Cary or Charlie Cary, if it were not Tony Blair, it could have been Richard Branson, since in Fort Lauderdale, there were a lot of TWA airline personnel and in Key West, Florida there were a lot of Pan Am personnel.   I do recall the fellow said he was from South Carolina, and since my 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne 4 door blue sedan was in the pound in Fort Lauderdale for not paying parking tickets at the Swimming Hall of Fame during the period I was in Key West in the winter of 1977, possibly some of the English crew members off the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship that made port back then in at Port Everglades saw me in Fort Lauderdale with the South Carolina license plates on my car, and went down to Key West pretending to be me, when I tended to be more obscure in my movements in terms of the local people.   Just like there is a blind English person here in Greenwich, Connecticut that looks like me.   We all have people whom look similar to us.   CIO 

Note:<888> 12/27/06 Wednesday 5:10 P.M.:  Taiwan Quake Cripples Tech .  CIO 

Note:<888> 12/27/06 Wednesday 5:00 P.M.:  I remailed a Christmas card to someone that it was returned from.   Possibly they do not think Riverside, Connecticut is part of Greenwich, Connecticut.   I chatted with some neighbors.   All I can figure out is from what lots of people know.  The legend of Ponce De Leon and the fountain of youth as it developed in Florida is possibly from the high amounts of Coral Calcium in the local well water in some places like the Florida Keys, and also the sea weed that washes ashore is suppose to be highly prized by the Japanese who know about Coral Calcium in terms of its life giving properties.   Also http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm and the Kennedy's interest in Tahiti would also be involved with Coral Calcium.   Of course there is probably a lot of Coral Calcium in the Bahamas which why the Duke of Windsor was interested in it.  What ever the case, I have a couple of pieces of coral in my bathroom that I bought at the ELDC thrift shop many years ago.  One is regular coral and the other is blue coral.  I guess I could test it out by grinding it up with a motar and pestle to see if it is healthy for one.   Of course other island groups of coral origin would probably have coral calcium as opposed to volcanic islands.   However, the common product sand tends to get washed around the world by the ocean currents, so more than likely some of our local beach sand would have coral calcium in it if one could figure out how to separate it from the other mineral deposits in it.   However if one lived around some tropical areas with coral calcium, the animals such as gators also live longer, so possibly one might have problems with the other elements of the local nature along with tropical weather patterns.   Of course digesting large amounts of calcium might also give one kidney stones which one might not want to get.  Of course water with coral calcium and other minerals might be healthier for one, and as I recall Ernest Hemingway's house in Key West had well water as did the Key West, Florida police station.   Of course if one were British you could probably also find well water with coral calcium in the Bahamas.   I will now go through my email.   CIO 

Note:<888> 12/27/06 Wednesday 2:55 P.M.:  I had a telephone call from a friend about 7 A.M. this morning.   I slept until 10 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a 50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.   The sofa bed has been retrieved by someone, but there is now a recliner out by the dumpster.   I picked up my mail.   I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I chatted with a relative whom had met President Ford.   I recall seeing President Ford in 1975 when I drove into Manhattan one evening, and I was waiting for a traffic light at Madison Avenue and 50th street, and President Ford came out from the Waldorf Astoria from the Al Smith dinner, and I recall seeing him wave from the White House limousine.  If it was not the Al Smith dinner, it might have been the gridiron dinner.    I also recall he was in car wreck the following fall up in Hartford, Connecticut.   On my phone like this Panasonic Model Details KX-TG6700B , extra base units are available with free shipping for $69 at Panasonic KX-TGA670B 5.8Ghz Expandable Handset for KX-TG6700B and Panasonic 5.8GHz Add-On Handset For The 2 Line KXTG6700B Phone System - KXTGA670B At Abt Electronics .  There are also a few up for auction at eBay - kx tga670b, Telephones Pagers, Consumer Electronics items on eBay.com .  I put up a bid on one, but with $11 shipping on the open box ones, one should not bid more than about $40, since one can buy a new one for $69 with free shipping.   They only work with the particular Panasonic model KX-TG6700B.   I am bidding on this one eBay: NEW Panasonic KX-TGA670B 5.8GHz 2-Line Cordless Headset (item 250065809163 end time Dec-28-06 20:19:10 PST) .  I could put it in the kitchen where the Uniden spread spectrum is, so I could have two lines in the kitchen where I smoke cigarettes.   I can not really afford to bid anymore than I already have bid, since I have to pay for the Norton Internet Security 2007 for $33 plus I will have all of my regular bills to pay in January 2007 which I will pay this Friday, and I will also have to place my cigarette order.   I will now shower and clean up, so I do not smell like I just came out of the Bush.   CIO    

Note:<888> 12/27/06 Wednesday 2:55 A.M.:   I watched some of the Fox News Breaking News | News & Media | Latest Current - FOXNews.com about the passing away of former President Gerald R. Ford.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 12/27/06 Wednesday 2:20 A.M.:  Sad news  FOXNews.com - Former U.S. President Gerald Ford Dies at 93 - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum and  Former President Ford dies at 93 - CNN.com and BBC NEWS | Americas | Ex-US President Gerald Ford dies .  CIO 

Note:<888> 12/27/06 Wednesday 1:30 A.M.:  I ate a piece of pumpkin pie with a scoop of sugar free butter pecan ice cream.   More deals DealCatcher: Free Online Coupons Dell, Amazon, Best Buy, Overstock , check out the free shipping at www.llbean.com that they have.   Test you band width Speakeasy - Speed Test .  I am getting from New York 8864 kbps download speed and 3258 kbps upload speed.   What the heck, I will start running the server again to see what happens.  I chatted with Optimum Boost.  I could always change to the Optimum boost free web hosting plan, but I would not have room for all of my content.   CIO

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 11:45 P.M.:   As I recall in April 1978, I hiked the Appalachian trial with a friend for three to four days from Ashville, North Carolina through the Pisgah National Forest part of which was marked as being owned by Champion paper, and there were frequent warning signs for bears which tended to make me a bit nervous, so we did not keep our dried food in the tent at night, but I recall hanging it in a tree.   About the third or fourth day, it snowed, and we left the trail for a hiker's retreat shelter run by a church group in a mountain town in North Carolina, and once the snow cleared we hitch hiked down to Hilton Head, South Carolina where we camped on the beach with possibly a 14 foot long alligator, and then we hitch hiked to Beaufort, South Carolina, where we camped out on Huntington Island, South Carolina, and that early Sunday morning, there were 2,000 marines having a beach party on the beach.   I think we then hitch hiked back down to Key West, Florida, and we got a ride with someone that looked like Jimmy Buffett that drove us all the way through to Key West, Florida.  On the return trip north in a couple of weeks, we hitch hiked north as far a the barrier island in Vero Beach, Florida, and we camped out by the Sebastian bridge near where I think the current Disney resort is.    I think I filed my last unemployment claim in Vero Beach, Florida in May 1978, and then we hitch hiked north fairly quickly to Washington D.C., where we caught the Amtrak train to Stamford, Connecticut, and there we visited with my relative who was then living across the street in Putnam Green, and then we returned to Nantucket, where I went back to work at the Languedoc restaurant and possibly first at India House.  We stayed at Flossie's at 31 India Street on Nantucket.   Thus from what I can recall, not much happens in between Greenwich, Nantucket, and Key West, but a lot of people traveling to other places.   CIO   

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 11:20 P.M.:   More ponchos Rain Gear includes rain jackets, Emergency poncho, rain poncho, .  I think my poncho was lighter like it might have been made for tropical use.  Similar to this eBay: USA SWAT Heavy Rip Stop Nylon Poncho 56"x90" $38.99 (item 290054291505 end time Jan-22-07 04:39:11 PST) , but not in black.  More ponchos Nylon Poncho - Men's Outerwear - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review .   Best price G.I. Plus Black Rip-Stop Nylon Poncho - Rain suits Raingear, Ponchos  depending on the shipping cost.  Of course I think my poncho was a lighter weight like one that might have been used in Southeast Asia for some tropical adventure.   More here Rain suits Raingear, Ponchos - Military & Camo .  CIO   

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 11:00 P.M.:  Think of camping out in Key West, Florida eBay: LARGE Army Field Back Pack ALICE LC-1 w/ Frame & Straps (item 280064176211 end time Dec-29-06 19:22:34 PST) you might need it.   Other items for travel are available at eBay Store - ShaDye Lane: Field Pack, BDU Shirts, Vests .  When I was camping out in Key West, Florida back in the old days, I recall I did not need a sleeping bag, but I used a regulation U.S. Army poncho that kept the breeze off and the dampness off at night.  Some are here Brigade Quartermasters Ltd. GI TYPE INSULATED PONCHO LINER .  It was more similar to this one Buy your olive US ripstop nylon poncho at discounted price from surplus and adventure online superstore .   Your might need this for a little bit of light reading on the beach Amazon.com: U.S. Army Survival Handbook: Books: Department of the Army .  More ponchos eBay: Poncho Liner US Army USMC Woodland Military Surplus NEW (item 190065070059 end time Dec-22-06 05:20:40 PST) .  As I recall my poncho was about 10 feet long and about 5 feet wide, and it was sold medium dark green with a hood.   Around the edges it had metal eyelets.  I can not recall where I bought it, but back in the old days there were a lot of Army Navy stores around in the country.   I do not know what ever happened to it.  More ponchos eBay: MILITARY U.S. ARMY SURPLUS CAMO WET WEATHER RAIN PONCHO (item 270071924525 end time Dec-30-06 08:15:00 PST) .  Of course I bought for $10 about 10 years ago, a U.S. Army Major's dark green wool jacket with brass buttons that I gave to a friend going to Germany about five years ago.   Of course you might need a duffle bag eBay - US ARMY NAVY USMC CANVAS DUFFLE BAG MILITARY SURPLUS, Militaria, Men's Accessories items on eBay.com .  Thus from what I can tell, I use to wear a poncho similar to the  British Army poncho eBay: ARMY PONCHO (BASHER BIVI TENT SHELTER ) MOD 58 Patt (item 110071310723 end time Dec-27-06 09:40:42 PST) , but I think it was an older U.S one mentioned earlier.  It might have been nylon.   I might have bought it at the Mountain Hiking shop in Atlanta, Georgia before I hiked the Appalachian trail for four days with a friend back in April 1978.   That is my best guess.  I also bought camping supplies there, a North Face Mountain pack that I sold to the friend's brother, and I also bought a pair of U.S. Army regulation boots there.   CIO       

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 10:05 P.M.:  Tony hits the beach BBC NEWS | UK | Blair BA flight overshoots runway and British PM Tony Blair in plane scare - CNN.com .  Maybe he will visit Captain Tony's down in Key West, Florida.   They use to have a 1920s British taxi cab parked in the weeds next to the Casa Marina Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and the fellow I knew from South Carolina back in 1977 looked like Tony Blair back then.   As I recall, he wore a belt buckle with his blue jeans that had a star on it.   Of course George Cary looks like Tony Blair, and I look like George Cary, but I think currently I look more like John Major who people have probably forgotten about.   Of course John Major is suppose to be Prince William's legal guardian, but since I think he is in the British Army, I am not sure he would need a guardian since he has come of age.   Alas, the British do not pay much attention to me anymore, since they are programmed on other matters that they seem to think are more important.   CIO  

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 9:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I channel surfed, and their was a rebroadcast on PBS about Krakatoa.  There are currently two volcanoes on red alert in Russia according to most recent alert, but it is not shown in the current weekly reports Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report , so it has happened since then.   Thus more than likely if either of the two were to erupt, it more than likely will get colder here.  Current information is put out from here Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports .   I generally do better in colder weather, since the humidity tends to be drier in colder weather which is easier on the arthritis.   CIO      

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 8:35 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I looked at the December 2006 issue of www.greenwichmag.com .   Other news about Greenwich Arrest made in Betteridge robbery - Greenwich Time and Greenwich police believe Kertesz had at least two accomplices who tried to divert police's attention by setting a nearby car on fire moments before he entered Betteridge Jewelers. - Greenwich Time .  Of course it is my viewpoint the residents of Greenwich are over invested in waterfront property which is costly to maintain, and as one gets older, one spends less time on the ocean.  Of course one can always go bottom fishing on the internet eBay Store - retail-recyclers: .  Of course since I can no longer afford to go downtown regularly for my before and after hours strolls when it does not cost to park, I am spending more time bottom fishing on the internet.   After all the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop does not have everything.   Of course shipping for items that one buys on the internet can be costly.   Of course if you can not afford Greenwich, Connecticut, one could buy this horse farm eBay: Saratoga New York Horse Farm For Sale (item 120068619058 end time Mar-26-07 13:51:05 PDT) or this one eBay: Beautiful Horse Farm For Sale (item 230069335655 end time Dec-31-06 15:56:42 PST) .  I chatted with a friend.   CIO            

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 7:10 P.M.:   Report: More flaws found in Microsoft Vista operating system - Dec. 25, 2006 .    I went through my email.   

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 6:00 P.M.:   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.   I picked up mail.   I put 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli spears in a Revere pot with an inch of water and a steamer tray and lid, and I steamed it on medium high electric burner heat for 15 minutes.   On a microwave proof dinner plate, I put about 1.5 cups of stuffing, about 1/2 of the remaining Near East wild rice and rice pilaf mixture, and two large 3/8th inch thick slices of turkey with about 1/5th of a cup of the Heinz fat free turkey gravy with mushrooms on the sliced turkey, and I put a microwave lid on the plate, and I microwaved it for 1.5 vegetable cycles.   I then put the hot plate on a regular dinner plate.   I put half of the remaining cranberry mixture in a bowl, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   CIO 

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 4:20 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative again.   Possibly the confusion with me in the high tech volunteer business is that I look like my friend George Cary who is a race horse investigator for NYRA.  However, George looks like his older brother Charlie who is a high tech lawyer out on the west coast, so possibly I might still look like Charlie, but I am not a lawyer who went to Harvard.   Also my Microsoft Money index portfolio is posted on my computer, so possibly someone actually still thinks I own it as opposed to tracking it.   I ordered Norton Internet Security 2007 OEM from this link Newegg.com - Symantec Norton Internet Security 2007 Single User - OEM, for $27.99 less .31 preferred account discount, less $2.99 discount for preferred account  plus $4.99 three day UPS shipping plus $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $32.67 total.  It is eligible for free Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista update, once Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista is released, so I will have the license to install it once it is available for download, which I think is about the first week of January 2007 or by the time Vista is release at the end of January 2007.   CIO    

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 2:30 P.M.:  Phone auctions at the moment with $14 shipping, but make sure all of the parts are included eBay Seller: retail-recyclers: PANASONIC KX-TG5432 5.8 GHZ 2 HANDSET CORDLESS PHONE items on eBay.com .    I chatted with a relative and a friend.  CIO  

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 1:45 P.M.:   I was awaken by a no person telephone call at 10 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a 50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I started on the primary computer a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the Bytecc external hard drive.   I went back to bed.   I had another no person telephone call.   I woke up again at about 1:25 P.M., when someone rang my door bell, but nobody was there.   The backup was finished.   CIO    

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 5:30 A.M.:   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 12/26/06 Tuesday 4:50 A.M.:   I had a problem uninstalling Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista beta.   It would uninstall, but when I rebooted the network was crippled.   I tried fixing it to no avail.   I restored my Vista Complete PC backup a couple of times trying to restore it.   Finally on the third restore, I did a System Restore Backup first.   I then uninstalled Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista beta.   I then rebooted, and then I did a System Restore restore.   I was then able to get the networking working online by enabling the Vista firewall and repairing the network connections from the network properties and a few other tweaks.   Two of the LAN connections go online, but the third motherboard LAN connection does not go online.   Still it is good enough to be online.  After doing the System Restore restore, I had to run "msconfig" and unselect the Symantec startup options, and I had to uninstall the Norton Update program.   I had to delete the Symantec files from the "Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\" folder.   I restored a few changes from after the backup yesterday.   I basically have the primary computer with Vista running fine again.   I went through my email.   I will now do a Vista Complete PC backup of the primary computer from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   I ate a piece of pumpkin pie with a scoop of sugar free butter pecan ice cream on it.  I ate 1/4th of a 16 ounce jar of Planter's lightly salted dry roasted peanuts.   I went through my email.   I also moved the wireless mouse remote from the primary computer to the server, so it can be used with the internet on the Sony television.  CIO 

Note:<888> 12/25/06 Monday 8:15 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I tried the Swivel Sweeper cleaning up the crumbs in the kitchen and the apartment entrance area.   I left it behind the apartment entrance door.  The charging unit is by the kitchen wall outlet.   I uninstalled Norton Internet Security 7 for Vista beta which expires tomorrow, and I enabled the Vista firewall.   I plugged in the Pinnacle Capture device and although Vista recognizes it, the Audio portion of it will cause Vista to crash if you select Recording Devices.   However, if one want to use the Nero Essentials 7 to view the input from the Sony television Cablevision digital television box, one can, but one can not get the audio, but one can hear the television behind the primary computer setup at the other end of the living room.  The second remote control for it will work with it, but it needs to be programmed for the Sony television for on and off which I will do shortly.   One can unplug the Pinnacle USB capture device from the USB 2.0 hub on the left side of the keyboard when not using it.   I will now do a Vista Complete PC backup of the primary system from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   CIO  

Note:<888> 12/25/06 Monday 6:40 P.M.:   Merry Christmas.   I woke up at 9 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a 50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.   I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.   I played some Christmas music on my new Philips DVD player through my stereo system.   I opened my Christmas presents, which I had not already installed or opened.   They included the Swiss Army ranger knife,  Comfort Mocs: Slip-Ons at L.L.Bean in taupe color in size 10D,  a Caldor's photograph albums, and the Swivel Sweeper - AsSeenOnTV.com Official Site .   I assembled the Swivel Sweeper, and I am charging up its battery pack on the kitchen wall sockets.    It will come in handy.   Of course in the last two months, I have purchased and installed quite a few other items including the two new two line cordless telephones.   The two U.S. Army Extreme Cold sleeping bags have yet to come, and I also installed quite a few new parts in the computer systems, and Microsoft gave me a free copy of the Microsoft Vista Ultimate operating system which is installed on the primary computer system.   I baked a Mrs. Smith's 36 ounce frozen pumpkin pie, which I set out to cool.   I think pumpkin pie should be refrigerated.    Thus overall it is a very joyous Christmas.   I showered, and I cleaned up.    I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I found a discarded copy of the December 2006 issue of the Greenwich Magazine that I brought home.    The train station was opened earlier today.   I noticed the Greenwich Avenue movie theatre is showing the James Bond movie "Casino Royale" if there are any spies in the area.  Starbucks was also opened.   CVS was opened, and I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue.   I stopped by CVS, and I toured the store, and I read their circular.   I then walked back down to my car, and I returned to CVS, and I bought buy one get one free 60 capsule B-100 Life Fitness time release B complex for $11.99 both bottles.  I completed my full walk of Greenwich Avenue.   There were quite a few people out, and the local church on the avenue was letting out from its service.    I then drove down by the waterfront, and I noticed the Indian Harbor Yacht Club was not opened today, so  they will not be serving Christmas dinner as in past years.   I did noticed I think the Versailles restaurant next to Starbucks was opened.   I returned home.  I took the fresh Welcome to Shady Brook Farms 6 pound turkey breast, and I rinsed it off underneath cold water, and I dried it with a couple of paper towels.   I then put a poultry baking rack in a baking pan, and I put the turkey in the rack breast side up.  I rubbed the top breast portion with a generous amount of olive oil, and then I season it with a generous amount of garlic powder, ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning, chicken bouillon powder, and Italian spices.   I baked it in the Farberware convection oven at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour and 20 minutes until the bird watcher thermometer popped out, and then I turned off the oven, and I let it stand in the oven turned off for 20 minutes more.   While the turkey was cooking I mixed up the ingredients for http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuff2.htm  and I also added two chopped shallots, and I used chicken bouillon powder instead of chicken bouillon cubes, and for the last 35 minutes of the turkey cooking and standing cycle, I brought the ingredients to a boil, and I simmered them over medium electric burner heat, and then I added the 14 ounce bag of Arnold seasoned stuffing at the end, and I mixed it all together until the liquid was absorbed, and the stuffing was soft.  I made up the 6 ounce package of Near East wild rice and regular rice pilaf mix using the steamed rice method http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm .   I put an inch of water in a Revere pot with steamer tray and lid, and I put 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli spears, which I steamed on medium high electric burner heat for 15 minutes.    I put the contents of two 12 ounce jars of Heinz fat free turkey gravy in a pot with lid along with one third of a 10 ounce box of mushrooms that I sliced into 1/8th inch thick slices and a teaspoon of Italian spices.  I brought the gravy to a boil, and I left it simmer for 15 minutes over medium low electric burner heat.   For the meal, I put about 2 cups of the stuffing on a dinner plate and one third of the rice, and I cut off two 3/8th inch thick large slices of the cooked turkey breast, and I put about a 1/5 of a cup of the turkey gravy on the turkey.   I put the steamed vegetables in a separate bowl with a little bit of olive oil on them.  I also opened a 16 ounce can of Ocean Spray whole cranberry sauce, and I put one third in a separate bowl.    I put the rest of the turkey on a dinner plate, and I covered it with a large plastic garbage bag and twist tie, and I put it in the refrigerator.    I put the other cooked items in Rubbermaid containers in the refrigerator.   I ate the meal with a glass of iced tea.   Halfway through the meal, I took a break to digest my meal, and I washed the cooking utensils, and I chatted with a relative.   After the rest of the meal, I washed the dishes, and I threw out the garbage.   It was a very enjoyable Christmas meal, and I should have three to four days of leftovers.   CIO               

Note:<888> 12/24/06 Sunday 7:40 P.M.:  A little bit dry down under BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Living with Australia's drought.   I think you can put 1 gallon of iodine in about 50,000 gallons of water and try cloud see