Note: <888> 12/31/07 Monday 10:45 P.M.:  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel and a English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I checked out on the internet, and the replacement power adapter for the D-link router with LPT print server is here TC10A-050 - Linksys TC10A-050 power supply provided by AtBatt.com , but with shipping it would be about $26.  The one from the Siemens routers that I am using as a replacement, the DVE Switching Power Supply Model DSA-0151A-05A is available here DC Wall Adapters | Excess Solutions for $12 and $9.32 shipping for about $22, and it seems to be a cooler more reliable one that came with the D-Link 704 P router with LPT print server.  However, for about 150% more, I could get a Best Buy Canada Web Store: Computers: Networking: D-Link 4 Port Router with Print Port (DI-604UP) for $60 and shipping.  However, the way I figure it, I have the AT&T wireless router and the Linksys wireless router, both of which might have similar power adapters, and although they do not have print servers, they would work with my network setup if needed.   Thus I will hold off for now on getting anything.  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I brought my digital cameras and tripod with me, and I took some pictures of the Audi in my parking lot, and then I drove down by the waterfront on Grass Island, and I took some more pictures.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and I took some more pictures.  I chatted with a local.  I then drove up town, and I saw a fellow walker, and I gave him a ride in the Audi, and we went by Garelick and Herbs where the walker had coffee, and I used the bathroom.  I then dropped the walker off downtown.  I then said hello to someone in Starbucks.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I chatted with another regular.  I stopped by the Senior and the Arts Center to use the bathroom.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 60 capsule bottle of 1000 mg. MSM for $6.79, and a second one for $3.40, and for 75% off four 9.2 ounce bags of Hershey small mini milk chocolate bars for .75 each and four red and green Christmas 14 ounce bags of M&M chocolate candies for .87 each and a red cinnamon scent candle in a jar for 75% off for $1.25, and I used a $2 off $10 CVS coupon plus .34 tax for $16.25 total.  I then completed my walk.  I took some pictures of the Audi downtown.  I then went by www.newcountry.com Audi, but they were closed. I need to get a couple of lug bolt covers for two lug bolts that do not have covers on the tires.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason street, and I used the ATM machine, and I got some parking change to have handy.  I then returned home.  I said hello to some neighbors.  I ate about a half of a cup of M&Ms.  I chatted with a relative.  I printed out my Microsoft Money 2006 reports in two copies for December 2007, Year 2007 total, Year 2007 by subcategory, 1991 to 2007 by year category, and 1991 to 2007 by totals.  I put one set of copies in a large envelope to mail to an interested relative.  I just chatted with that relative.

End of Scott's Notes week of 12/30/07:

Note: <888> 12/30/07 Sunday 9:55 P.M.:  American Red Cross: Donate

Note: <888> 12/30/07 Sunday 9:10 P.M.:  The Speedometer on the 1998 Audi A6 goes up to 160 miles per hour, but I would not be able to drive it that fast, since it has Michelin H rated tires on it with 32,000 miles usage, and H rated tires when new are only good for about 110 miles per hour.  Thus in emergency, I would even think twice about driving it over 70 miles per hour in its current tire condition.  There is still plenty of tread on all four tires, and I figure that they are probably good for another two years at least at the rate I drive at about 3,000 miles a year locally.  However, in summer driving trips to Kennebunkport, Maine, I might find myself going over 60 miles per hour.  Since they are Michelin tires, I would assume they are relatively safe.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/30/07 Sunday 7:55 P.M.:  I had a technical problems.  Basically what happened was the 5 volt transformer for the D-Link router failed.  It was hot to the touch, but the D-Link router was not working.  I first thought the server had been hacked, so I restored my backup.  Then the Cable Modem would not work, and it turned out that it had become unplugged from its extension cord, so I removed the extension cord, and I plugged it directly into the control panel.  I ate the dinner below while restoring the backup.  I then figured out it was the faulty D-link router 5 volt transformer was causing the problem, so I used the 5 volt transformer from my spare Siemens router.  Thus the systems are not back up and running again.  However, I first have to install the updates on the FIC server XP partition before I restart it.  I also have to restore any changed files from the D: drive to the C: drive.  It all takes time.  I chatted with two relatives and two friends.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/30/07 Sunday 4:00 P.M.:  I made copies of all of the Audi maintenance receipts.  I also printed out three copies of the Audi maintenance list.  I put one copy of the maintenance list with the copies of the receipts, and I held them together with a clamp, and I put them in a large brown envelope, and I put them in the driver's side rear seat map holder, and I also put the Audi owner's manual back in the glove compartment.  Thus the glove compartment is neater without all of the old paper work.  I put the other two copies of the maintenance list with the original receipts and paper work in another large brown envelope on the right side of the bedroom desk.  I filled out a Audi recall change of address card and a Audi owner's change of address card, and I have them ready to mail to Audi.  I had to reinstall the Minolta 1250W driver, but it was the USB cable to the four port USB Hub that became disconnected from the 7 port USB hub, so the Minolta 1250W laser printer is now working just fine.  I will not cut two 3/8th inch thick slices of cold eye round, and I will put Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on them with Gold's horse radish, and on the dinner plate, and I will reheat the remaining stuffing, and I will also microwave a cup of broccoli crowns and baby carrots on two vegetable cycles before heating them more with the stuffing on two vegetable cycles, and will put the vegetables in a bowl with the stuffing on the meat plate, and I will eat it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/30/07 Sunday 1:25 P.M.:  Here is my 1998 Audi A6 maintenance and service records that I was able to reconstruct from the documentation that came with the car 1998 Audi A6 owned by Michael Scott. 

Note: <888> 12/30/07 Sunday 11:30 A.M.:  I woke up at 5 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I read the 1998 Audi A6 owners manual which took a while.  I sorted out the service records that I have by date.  I took out the other old documents from the two previous family members.  I will now make up a web page with the service records and other pertinent information.  I will then make copies of the service records.  I will store the original service records in my apartment by the bedroom desk in a large envelope, and I will store the copies in the driver's side rear seat map pocket.  When I dropped off my two relative at the Greenwich train station whom delivered the Audi this past Thursday, I thought I saw http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm coming out of the train station, and he waved his hand at me, as he was cross the sidewalk in front of the north side of the train station, while I was stopped waiting for him.  CIO    

Note: <888> 12/29/07 Saturday 9:20 P.M.:  Welcome to TheMovieDownloads - No.1 Movie download site worldwide!

Note: <888> 12/29/07 Saturday 8:15 P.M.:  Basically being an economist, I know the Rockefellers are just another ordinary family that advertised themselves too much trying to sell gasoline, and I know they never made that much money, since in the old days, they use to sell gasoline for two cents a gallon, and there was not much money in the business.  There is a different between public relations and reality.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/29/07 Saturday 8:10 P.M.:  I ate a piece of pumpkin pie with a scoop of lite Maple Walnut ice cream.  I used the Swivel Sweeper to do a quick clean up of the main traffic areas in the apartment.  I am charging up its power pack.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/29/07 Saturday 7:10 P.M.:  I too the three pound eye round, and I put it on a baking rack in a baking pan, and I seasoned it with ground black pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning.  I then covered it with Kraft Barbeque sauce.  I baked it in the Farberware convection over at 325 degrees for 32 minutes.  For the last 15 minutes of the baking cycle, I steamed in a Revere pot with steamer tray about a cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns, and I put the vegetables in a bowl with some olive oil on it.  I also reheated in the microwave oven the half or about a cup of the remaining stuffing and the rice from four nights ago and the remaining mushroom gravy.  I cut two 7/16th inch thick slices of the eye round, and I put it on a dinner plate with the cooking juices on it.  I put the remaining eye round in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I put the stuff in a separate bowl.  I put the flavored rice on a dinner plate with the gravy on it and the stuffing.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I then cleaned up the pans and dishes.  I then dressed up a bit warmly, and I went outside, and I used a Stanley scraper to scrape the two old Pennsylvania emissions stickers off the inside of my windshield, so I have room for my new Greenwich beach sticker this spring beneath the Connecticut January 2009 registration sticker.  I left a black Bic pen in the Audi sedan, so I can record my mileage when I get gasoline.  Sometimes, however, ball point pens do not work when they get cold.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I told my neighbor that the warmer weather up to 56 degrees Fahrenheit might have been caused by a solar flare, and unfortunately I have a theory that a solar flare can cause volcanic activity and other tectonic activity, and if a volcanic eruption happened in the right location, it might make it colder in this area.  I walked around the building.  I chatted with another neighbor.  I then returned to my apartment, and I chatted with another neighbor.  I then left a message with a relative and some friends.  I still have to read the Audi owners manual, when I am rested and have time.  The Union Suit  Two-Layer Union Suit, Men's: Hunting Gear and Apparel at L.L.Bean that I ordered it in red in double extra large tall for $34.99, and I used coupon code "2700000" for free 3 to 5 day ground shipping for $34.95 total was delivered by www.fedex.com was made in Canada.  CIO    

Note: <888> 12/29/07 Saturday 2:50 P.M.:  I went out after the last note, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I then went by the George Weston Bakeries Arnold Bread Outlet, and I bought two six packs of New York Everything bagels for .99 each six pack for $1.98 total.  I then went by Gateway Automobile Supply, and I bought two quarts of Pennzoil 10W40 oil for $3 each and a 12 ounce container of Gumout Fuel Injector Cleaner concentrated for $3.99 for $9.99 total.  I then went by the Audi dealership www.newcountry.com , and I was given 4 short and 4 long rear metric license plate bolts and they also gave me a New Country Audi, Greenwich, license plate frame, and I use two of the long metric bolts to put the license plate frame and rear license plate on the rear of the Audi.  I put the two old rusty bolts and the six new bolts in my socket wrench set.  I then went downtown, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I was told that people can use the senior and the arts center parking pass at the Board of Education parking lot until the first of the year, during the holiday period.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a Holiday Doubler scratch card for a dollar, and I won $5 for $4 net profit.  On my way up Greenwich Avenue, I went by CVS, and they have their Christmas candy in Holiday bags on sale for half price.  I bought four 9.2 ounce Hershey mini bars for $1.49, and two 14 ounce M&M chocolate candies for $1.75 each and a 60 capsule CVS MSM 1000 mg. for $6.79 and .57 tax for $16.82 total.  I then finished my walk.  Up at the top of Greenwich Avenue, the are erecting and putting in the steel framing for the office building just south of Pickwick Plaza, and I heard one of the construction workers say they need more help.  I sat out for a while after my walk.  I then used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street, and I used the ATM machine.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought an eye round roast for $2.99 a pound for $8.85, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, Chiquita bananas at .54 a pound for $1.47, and broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.61 for $15.92 total.  I returned home, and my Union Suit  Two-Layer Union Suit, Men's: Hunting Gear and Apparel at L.L.Bean that I ordered it in red in double extra large tall for $34.99, and I used coupon code "2700000" for free 3 to 5 day ground shipping for $34.95 total was delivered by www.fedex.com .  I then tried on the Union suit over my sweat pants and rugby shirt, and it fits just fine, being slightly larger in case it shrinks a bit when washed.  Supposedly one can tumble dry it, but I usually do not tumble dry wool.  I chatted with a relative.  I also returned FedEx's message to let them know that I received the Union Suit.  I put one of the bags of M&Ms in the candy dish on the brass and glass coffee table.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/29/07 Saturday 7:35 A.M.:   I woke up at 5 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I have paid all of my January 2008 bills except my rent.   Earlier in December, I paid my www.geico.com bill until April 2008.  I just paid my www.cablevision.com bill for Digital High Definition Cable Television, Optimum Online Boost Cable Modem, and Optimum Voice unlimited telephone service.  I also paid my electricity bill at www.cl-p.com .  I also paid my Verizon telephone bill at www.verizon.com .  I also ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com , 8 cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $13.49 a carton, and $19.45 signature required United States Postal Service Priority Mail delivery for $127.37 total.  I still have to pay my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority, and I will then be back to my normal subsidence minimal living standard in Greenwich, Connecticut.  I will shower and clean up, and I will go out for some early morning errands.  I will shut down the  primary Vista computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/28/07 Friday 9:15 P.M.:  I chatted with the Casa Marina again, and they told me the occasionally have alligator and crocodile sightings in the Florida Keys.  I chatted with the Key West Florida ~ Police Department , and they told me Key West, Florida is 150 miles at sea, so no alligator and crocodiles show up.  When I chatted with the Cuban operator earlier today at the Casa Marina, they told me the Cuban refugees will not even show up in Key West, Florida because of the problems down there.  So whatever the case, nobody really knows.  Thus whatever, the case I do not really know the case based on my experience down there during the colder months.  Alligator and crocodiles are reptiles and cold blooded, so they tend not to be visible and more dormant during colder weather.  Earlier today, I ate two Clementine's.  A little while ago, I just ate two more Clementine's and the remains of a bag of potato chips.  I chatted with someone that knows English.  I chatted with a relative.  I am a little bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  I will try to do my errands tomorrow.  I also chatted with another relative earlier.  I also chatted with a friend that has a cold.  I got the spelling wrong Thomas Hinman Moorer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  Come to think about it, neither of the pictures look like the people I saw in Key West, Florida or Fort Lauderdale, so maybe they were the sheriffs.  They both looks a little bit like Richard Widmark Richard Widmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , but older than him.   Perhaps, they were just look alikes.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/28/07 Friday 6:05 P.M.:   The only person that I ever saw in Key West, Florida with a side arm besides the local police was the fellow that closed down the Delmonicos Bar every morning about 4:30 A.M..  He looked a lot like Fleet Admiral Halsey , and the last time I was in Fort Lauderdale in the fall of 1983, before I moved back to Greenwich, Connecticut via Nantucket and Toronto and Manhattan with W. Averill Harriman's sister's son's garage apartment telephone number, there was a fellow at the Marlin Beach Hotel in Fort Lauderdale that looked like Admiral Moore, but there is no mention of him on the internet, so I guess he is not too well known.  I do know that the United States Navy www.navy.mil since they have ocean going vessels do have the capability of transporting just about anything under the sun.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/28/07 Friday 1:05 P.M.:  I probably will not be going out today, since I only had five hours sleep last night, and I was awake 22 hours yesterday.  I checked the outside lights on the Audi, and the are all fine.  Earlier, I hung from the driver's side rear window hook a new Christmas tree royal pine scent cards.  www.dhl.com just delivered the  FRYS.com | MAXTOR 300 GB Ultra DMA Maxtor Hard drive kit for $44 and two day shipping for $9.99 for $53.99 total.  I will keep it to have for a spare and possibly use in future use.   I will now eat the same dinner at the last three days.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/28/07 Friday 11:45 A.M.:   I woke up at 5 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went outside, and I took the front license plates off the Audi, and I put the other two star or hex head bolts on the lower side of the new front license plate bracket, so it now has four hex or star bolts attaching it to the front bumper.  I then put the front license plate back on the Audi.  I checked the oil, and it is full.  It was just changed, and my relative had all the maintenance done on it including oil and filter change.  They spent about $1300 on the most recent maintenance.  They also had the Audi detailed, so if I washed the car, if would look just fine, but since it is going to rain tomorrow, I will not worry about washing the Audi.  I put the Greenwich Land Trust The Greenwich Land Trust sticker in the rear lower right inside of the rear window.  It is a more sensible sticker, since it adheres, but it can be easily removed, since it is not adhesive.  Their donation form is here The Greenwich Land Trust - Donate Now Email Form .  I put the snow brushes and the umbrellas in the rear of the car, except one small folding umbrella in the rear map holder on the passenger side.  Thus the rear seat can be used more easily without the other objects around.  I sorted out some smaller items in the blue duffle bag that I left in the rear of the car.  I left one ice scraper in front of the driver's side floor of the car.  I brought up the cassette tapes and I left them by the stereo system, where the white vinegar scent bowl was, and I removed that, since I do not think I need it.  I also found in a small pink carrying bag that the tapes were in, a set of poker dice, which I put by the playing cards by the French reproduction chair.  I put the small pink canvas carrying bag hanging by the front door with the other carry bags.  It has my relative's name tag on it.  I brought up the Audi owner's manual with the other information to look at and to sort through.  I put the Senior Center and the Arts Center parking pass above the passenger side front visor.  I found a third Audi key which is a valet key, and I brought it up to the apartment.  A valet key does not work on the glove box, and possibly not on the trunk.  I chatted with a relative.  I now have to water the plants, and throw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  A Microsoft Representative called up about selling me the Microsoft Action Pack for small businesses, but I explained to the them what I know and that I can not afford it. If I go out today, I need to get two new rear license plate bolts for the Audi at Welcome to New Country Audi of Greenwich, because the current ones are rusted and have Phillips screw heads that are worn.  I also need to get English muffins or bagels and bananas.  I also need to get a couple of quarts of oil and some fuel injector cleaner to put into the Audi fuel tank.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 11:35 A.M.:  I am a bit tired.  I have been awake for 21 hours, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 9:30 A.M.:  I chatted with my relative delivering the Audi after the last note.  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors, and I waited for my two relatives to deliver the Audi.  They arrived at noon.  I got in the Audi with them, and they got out at the Greenwich train station, and I took over the Audi.  I said goodbye, but they live nearby, so they have friends in the area.  I got two sets of keys with the Audi.  I then went by the Shell station at 83 East Putnam Avenue, and had the VIN number check on my out of state vehicle, and they checked the emissions for $20, and I passed the emissions test.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street, and I used their ATM machine.  I then used the bathroom downstairs at the Bank of New York.  I then drove up to the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles in Norwalk, Connecticut, on I-95 East and Route 7 north, and I got the form, I needed, and I filled it out.  I chatted with a friend on my cell phone, and I waited for the 14 people in front of me.  They charged me all together $55 to transfer the out of state title, and register the Audi with my Connecticut plates.  It was $25 title transfer, $20 registration transfer, and $10 inspection fee for $55 total.  I do not pay sales tax since I am getting the Audi from an immediate relative.  I then took off the out of state plate off the rear of the Audi, and I put on my same old Connecticut plate.  There was no way to mount the front plate, which I took care of later.  I put the Connecticut DMV sticker in the driver's side inside lower corner of the front window.  I chatted with somebody from Genoa, Italy about living in Italy and volcanoes.  I used the bathroom at the DMV.   I then took the Merritt Parkway back to Greenwich, and I got off at North Street.  I stopped by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon Service Station, and I bought $31 of premium self service gasoline at $3.759 a gallon for 8.246 gallons for 170.5 miles driving since my relatives filled it up at odometer reading of 59,374 miles for 20.677 miles per gallon in mixed driving.  I then went by the Welcome to New Country Audi of Greenwich , and I bought a front license plate bracket for my 1998 Audi A6 sedan, part # 1416B4B0-807-285-A-3FZ for $87.60 and $5.26 sales tax for $92.86 total.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I use two pointed screws to start the holes to mount the license plate bracket, and once they were started, I use a small hex bit on a driver to mount the front license plate bracket with the screws that came with it, and then I use four screws to mount the front license plate.  I put the items that I had taken out of the Buick wagon and stored in the apartment, and I put them back in the Audi.  I copied the paper work and receipts for the activity that I had done.  I put the Audi key ring on the second spare key.  I chatted with two relatives.  I have the emissions inspection report, the new registration, and the www.geico.com insurance card in the black vinyl paper holder in the glove box.  Thus the Audi is all set for my normal driving routine.   My relatives had all of the maintenance done on it before I received it.  I will now reheat and eat the same dinner at the last two nights.   CIO

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 10:50 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will wait inside for my relatives to arrive.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 10:30 A.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I am ready to go, once my relatives arrive with the Audi in a half hour or so.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 9:45 A.M.:  I went out after the last note, and I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I then ate a piece of pumpkin pie with a scoop of lite maple ice cream and a glass of iced tea.  I then chatted with a relative.  The plans have changed and the Audi will be delivered here between 11 and 11:30 A.M. today.   I will drop off my relatives at the train station, and I will probably get the emissions checked, and I will then transfer the title and registration at the Norwalk DMV.  I chatted with a neighbor downstairs.  I am making up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm . CIO

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 5:30 A.M.:  http://www.jakeludington.com/video_security/20071226_solar_powered_wireless_security_camera_diy_project.html

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 5:15 A.M.:  I can raise you two more Dons for ten Dons, there is my godfather Don Schuler and Eye, Ear, Noise, Throat doctor in St. Louis, Missouri, and there also once was an actor named Don Knots of the Knots Barry Farm near Disney Land, so it is basically a fairly common name in America.  I think it also comes the fact that one of the primary Disney www.disney.com characters over the years was Donald Duck.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 4:35 A.M.:  I can raise you three more Dons.  I also knew Don Menifee who was a vice president of the Midwest Bank in Lake Forest, Illinois.  I met Hurley Haywood's stepfather who was named Don Reuben, who was suppose to be the head attorney for Hertz rent a car, and somebody out here back east also told me he was the head attorney for the Chicago mafia.  I also have heard in Greenwich, Connecticut about Donald Merchant who is Tom Devlin's Thomas Devlin Obituary October 10, 1995 grandson, and although I have never met him, and I do not know what he looks like, he is suppose to be a large person, and the Greenwich Time use to print stories that he is the Chief of Detectives here in Greenwich, Connecticut.  There also use to be a Joe Merchant down in Key West, Florida.  That is eight Dons.  I am trying to figure out with Turkey invading Northern Iraq, if they are our allies or if they are fighting against us.  Having visited Turkey in the spring of 1972, I know they are formidable military force.    CIO

Note: <888> 12/27/07 Thursday 4:00 A.M.:  I woke up at 2 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  When I mentioned Chris Groom in my notes, when I met him 19 years ago, while he was jogging around town at night.   I found out that he was raised next to the Rye, New York high school with three older brothers, and his father was the actor Sam Groom that started the jogging trend in Manhattan.  He told me he had caddied for Donald Trump at the Winged Foot Country Club the summer before, and he thought Donald Trump was out of shape and looked like a pear.  That is much the same way I look today, so maybe I should be playing golf with Donald Trump.  However, I also have a younger nephew named Chris whom does not live in this area, and he might be the cleverest Chris of the group.  In terms of Donalds, I can raise one Donald Trump with four more Donalds for five of a kind.  One of my parents best friends growing up was Donald MacBride whom was from Muskegon, Michigan, and is retired in Hilton Head, South Carolina.  When I first moved back to Manhattan, in 1973, I met Donald Monroe whom was raised at Fort Hood, Texas since his father was a major in the Army, and Donald Monroe lived south of SoHo, across the street from the telephone exchange and military intelligence headquarters in Manhattan.  He later moved up town to 13th street across the street from the Forbes building and near where Ramsey Clark lived.  He use to show videotapes of 50,000 Bradley tanks all lined up, and we tried to figure out if it was real or trick photography like Adolph Hitler use to do.  I never met him, but Jimmy Eldert's father was named Donald Eldert, and since his family were neighbors of Richard Nixon in Key Biscayne, Florida, Donald Eldert might have had something to do with the U.S. Government.  Jimmy's family supposedly own a bank in Syracuse, New York, but I am not sure what bank.  Locally here I know  Donald MacIntyre, and he worked at Putnam Trust for a great many years, and the last I heard he was working at U.S. Trust next door.  The last time I chatted with him, I asked him if U.S. Trust had safe deposit vaults, and he told me no.  I suggest to him they should make investments in the liquor business, since it seems to be profitable.  I will now make my bed and wash the breakfast dishes.   CIO 

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 5:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  My relatives are not going to deliver the Audi tomorrow.  Instead this weekend on Saturday or Sunday, three other relatives will deliver the Audi.  It is fine with me, since I am able to keep busy working at home.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 5:15 P.M.:  I called back www.llbean.com , and I chatted with them about the Union Suit  Two-Layer Union Suit, Men's: Hunting Gear and Apparel at L.L.Bean that I ordered it in red in double extra large tall for $34.99, and I used coupon code "2700000" for free 3 to 5 day ground shipping for $34.95 total.  I asked them if they knew the weather forecast for the upcoming winter, and they told me it is suppose to be worse than normal.  They told me they had already had four snow storms in southern Maine.  If says in the notes for the Red Union suit that you are suppose to wash in similar colors, and definitely not in you whites, or you would have a lot of pink whites.  I mentioned that I had given my last L.L. Bean Maine Field Coast to a marathon runner in this area about 19 years ago.  I think when I met http://mikelouisscott.com/chris2000.jpg , I also bought him a green www.llbean.com Gortex jacket that I bought in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for $50, since he did not have a winter coat.  However, being from Jay Peak, Vermont, he might not have needed a winter coat.  The Marathon runner was Chris Groom from Rye, who went to the University of Vermont.  The last I heard from Chris Parizo is that he is doing condominium maintenance in New London, Connecticut and living at the entrance to the Coast Guard Academy.  However, being younger people, they both probably lead different lifestyles than I do.  Chris Groom is suppose to be a physical fitness trainer over in Stamford, Connecticut.  I still see him jogging around here occasionally.  Well, when you are somebody like myself who spends a lot of time outside walking around year round, you tend to meet other people whom spend time outside, if you get my snow drift.  The phone operator at L.L. Bean told me the store is still privately owned, and it is not owned by www.sears.com .  They told me Sears had bought Lands End.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 4:25 P.M.:  RealAge Managing Overactive Bladder

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 3:40 P.M.:  I went out after the last note, and I threw out some garbage.  I chatted with some neighbors.  There was a light colored BMW wagon in our parking lot from California, so somebody must have driven across country in this winter weather.  I picked up my mail.  I reheated and made the same dinner as yesterday's Christmas dinner.  I will now go through my email.  I set the living room thermostat at 70 degrees Fahrenheit to try to save on energy, but that will leave the living room at around 65 degrees and a bit damp.  When one has arthritis, the dampness can bother one. CIO 

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 1:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I called up www.llbean.com , and I changed the order to double extra large in tall in red for the Two-Layer Union Suit, Men's: Hunting Gear and Apparel at L.L.Bean I ordered it in red in double extra large tall for $34.99, and I used coupon code "2700000" for free 3 to 5 day ground shipping for $34.95 total.  I do not wear the union suit when going outside, because I have plenty of other long underwear and winter clothes.  When it gets really cold around here, and with the higher price of fuel, I lower the theromstat a bit, and it is now set at 74 degrees Fahrenheit in the living room, which would leave the living room at around 68 degrees Fahrenheit, I wear the union suits over my leisure clothes such as sweat pants and rugby shirt, so I have extra warmth, particularly when I go to bed, since I keep the bedroom colder.  I had a telephone call from www.overstock.com , and they called to confirm the Sumsung color laser printer was cancelled.  I will now go out and check the mail.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 12:05 P.M.:  RDStore.com free shipping

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 8:15 A.M.:   Actually I have a spare Gigabyte GA-7VT600P-RZ which works with SATA, and I have another one that might be all right, but I am not sure, plus the same one in the primary Vista computer without a SATA controller, plus I have a similar VIA600 motherboard with SATA, so in effect I probably have three similar motherboards with SATA controllers that are like my current Gigabyte GA-7VT600-RZ motherboard without SATA, so as far as primary computer motherboards, I have ample backup.  However, there is no reason to change the C: drive at the moment, since it is just 13 months old, but constantly used.  If it failed, I would could technically restore my external backup to the current 200 gigabyte D: hard drive installed as a C: drive, however, I would lose my beta downloads, which I have on DVD too.  I could also try my 160 gigabyte Epox computer D: drive for a C: drive in an emergency, but it might be slightly too small or large, and it might not work for a short term fix.  The other alternative would be to use the new Maxtor 250 gigabyte hard drive from the Bytecc external hard drive.  If I was doing preventive maintenance before any hard drive failure, I could install the Bytecc Maxtor 250 gigabyte hard drive as the primary Vista computer D: drive and copy my backup files and Vista backup to it, and use the Seagate 200 Gigabyte hard drive at the C: drive, and use the new Maxtor 320 gigabyte hard drive in the Bytecc external hard drive.  However, with the spare hard drive, I do not think there is any reason to do any preventive maintenance, since at this point the current primary Vista computer Western Digital 160 gigabyte C: drive might well run for another two years or more without any difficulty, and a lot can happen in that period if you get my drift.  In an emergency even with low funds, I can always order a suitable replacement hard drive from www.newegg.com at the regular price with a two to three day delivery.   CIO

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 7:40 A.M.:  If the Seagate 200 Gigabyte hard drive were installed in the primary Vista computer as the primary C: hard drive, and if it ever failed, I have a new hardly used 250 Gigabyte April 2007 IDE Maxtor hard drive in the Bytecc external hard drive that could be the next replacement upgrade option in the primary Vista computer.  I am currently using on the Vista Primary computer a Western Digital primary C: 160 gigabyte hard drive with only about 62 gigabytes free hard drive space, but it does not change much, since I only have added mostly betas recently, which eventually could be deleted after the beta cycles, so it would have even more space in the long run.  I only have 17 gigabytes of free space on the Seagate 200 gigabyte D: drive, but it has a lot of redundant backups which could be eliminated to free up space.  As a backup drive, it does not get as much use as the primary C: drive.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 7:10 A.M.:  My primary Vista computer hard drives are only a year old http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm , but it does not hurt to have spare hard drive in case of hard drive failure.  From what I know, one can not restore one's Vista system to a primary SATA hard drive.  One can not also restore one's Vista system to a smaller or similar IDE hard drive, but only an identical or a larger IDE hard drive.  Thus once the final release of Vista SP1 is released in January, I could restore my backup from the second 200 gigabyte D: drive to the C: drive, and I then could install the new Maxtor 320 gigabyte hard drive as my D: drive.  I then could copy my backup files and backup Vista to it.  I then could install Vista SP1 update to the C: hard drive, and back it up again to the new 320 gigabyte hard drive.  Once it is backed up, I could install the less used older Seagate 200 Gigabyte hard drive as my primary C: drive, and restore the Vista backup to it, and I would have my old more used Western Digital 160 gigabyte hard drive as a spare hard drive.  Also I could do nothing, and just keep the new Maxtor IDE 320 gigabyte hard drive as a spare hard drive in case in the future I have hard drive failure.  Once one started using a larger IDE hard drive in Vista for the primary Vista hard drive, one would not be able to restore Vista to a smaller used backup hard drive.  I should really have bought two, and put in two new hard drives, but I can not afford that.  I might just keep the new 320 gigabyte Maxtor hard drive as a spare hard drive.  I technically could take the 320 gigabyte SATA hard drive out of the D: drive of the Server, and install it as a second D: drive in the primary Vista computer with the new Maxtor 320 gigabyte IDE hard drive as the primary hard drive, and then I could put either of the other primary computer 160 or 200 gigabyte hard drives in the server as the D: drive on IDE.  However, I just remembered, my current primary Vista computer motherboard does not have SATA, so that is not an option unless I changed to one of the other similar backup motherboards with SATA.  I will probably just keep it as a spare until I need the space.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 6:25 A.M.:  I ordered FRYS.com | MAXTOR 300 GB Ultra DMA Maxtor Hard drive kit for $44 and two day shipping for $9.99 for $53.99 total.  The $44 sale price shows after one adds it to their account.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 5:55 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I filled out another survey for a $10 fee that I will get soon.   CIO

Note: <888> 12/26/07 Wednesday 4:00 A.M.:  I woke up at 2 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/25/07 Tuesday 4:35 P.M.:  I ate two clementines.  I watched some television.  I ate three bowls of goldfish crackers.   I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/25/07 Tuesday 2:30 P.M.:  I did some bottom fishing on the internet.  I chatted with a relative.  I went out for a walk around the building.  I found a 10 year old Imac that somebody had throw away by the dumpster.  I tested it, and it worked, but it only had 96 megs of memory, so I put it back out by the dumpster.  I chatted with a relative.   CIO 

Note: <888> 12/25/07 Tuesday 9:35 A.M.:  I watched a bit of television.

Note: <888> 12/25/07 Tuesday 7:25 A.M.:   About 4:30 A.M. I started making Scott's Stuffing Recipie for Arnold Premium Stuffing.   I also made up a package of Near East long grain and wild rice at the same time per the recipe on the box adding a tablespoon of olive oil instead of butter.   I put in an inch of water in a two quart Revere pot with steamer tray and lid, and I steamed 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns.   I steamed them for 15 minutes over medium high electric burner heat, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil.   I also opened two 12 ounce jars of Heinz Home-style turkey gravy, and I added 1/2 of a 10 ounce box of mushrooms that I sliced into 1/8th inch thick slices, and I simmer it over medium to low electric heat while doing the other cooking.   I cut two 3/8 inch thick slices of the Boars Head baked turkey breast, and I put them on a microwave proof plate with lid, and at the end of the other cooking cycles, I microwaved the turkey for 90 seconds.   I put the Heinz turkey and mushroom low fat gravy on the turkey along with a 1/3rd of the Near East rice mixture and a about 2 cups of the stuffing on a dinner plate.  I also put one third of a cold 16 ounce can of Ocean Spray cranberry sauce in a bowl.  I refrigerated the leftovers in Rubbermaid containers.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I baked a 32 ounce Mrs. Smith's frozen pumpkin pie.  I put it on a wire rack to cool for two hours.  I cleaned up the kitchen.  I went outside, and I threw away the garbage.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/25/07 Tuesday 4:30 A.M.:  The way I figure it, I will be hungry by 6 A.M., so I will start cooking my Christmas dinner now.  I should be done with it, and have it all cleaned up by 7 A.M..  Well look at it this way, I am cooking it on European time.  It will be basically the same meal as my recent Thanksgiving meal.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/07 Monday 12:35 P.M.:   The 1998 Audi A6 has a fixed replacement antenna, but this might fix it, so it goes down, but it would depend on the mechanism inside eBay Motors: AUDI A6 100 90 Power Antenna Mast + How 2 *** NEW *** (item 370007850392 end time Dec-28-07 05:56:43 PST) .

This looks like it would replace the whole unit eBay Motors: POWER ANTENNA KIT 97-00 A4/A6/A8 AUDI 80/90/100/200/400 (item 8005396868 end time Dec-24-07 18:19:30 PST) .  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/07 Monday 10:10 A.M.:  I chatted with the Chase Bank on Mason street, and they gave me a telephone number 1-800-978-8664 to dispute the Overstock charge on my card.  However, I called back www.overstock.com , and they said they would email the Salt Lake City, Utah warehouse to cancel the order, but they would not be able to let me know for a couple of days, whether they were able to cancel it or not.  However, they said the customer comment at the bottom of the printer page was in error, and when the item is refurbished, it comes in full working order with full toner cartridges.   Thus I guess it is six of one half a dozen of another.  I chatted with a relative.  I received a Christmas card email from Cologne, Germany; and I emailed the party back what I knew about the individual that the party knew.  I printed out the Christmas card, and I put it in the Inbox.  I emailed my Christmas letter Michael Scott's Christmas 2007 Letter to people on my email list.  I was able to email it in proper format my sending it from the Microsoft Office 2007 Publisher program.  Emailing it from the web page does not send the complete text.  I think they had a lot of snow out west, so possibly the trucks from Salt Lake City, Utah might have problems making it through the Rocky Mountain and over Eisenhower Pass.  I learned once when driving out west, it was easier to drive north to Denver, and up to Laramie, Wyoming, and across the rolling plateaus instead of driving through the Rocky Mountains, so it might be the same in reverse, is one were going west to east, but I am not the expert.  I do not know if any of the locals know anyone around here from Wyoming whom might know more.  What we do know is the telephone works to Salt Lake City, Utah, and that is about it.  Depending on the status of fuel in the Audi when it is delivered, I might need to spend some money on gasoline, which if the Audi had an empty tank would be about $70.  Let's hope not.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/07 Monday 8:40 A.M.:  I chatted with Overstock about the Samsung color laser printer, and they told me it had already shipped from the Salt Lake, Utah warehouse, and I would not be able to cancel it.  They said I could return it, once I had received it.  However, if I tested it or opened it up, they would deduct 30% of its value, and if I returned it untested, it would cost me $35 via UPS to ship it and $30 via the United States Postal Service.   One could buy four new cartridges here Samsung CLP-300 Toner Cartridge Value Bundle -- All Colors - Concord Supplies , but for that additional cost, I could have bought a new one.   Live and learn, let the buyer beware on the internet.  Who knows, maybe it will work anyway, and it will come with nearly full toner cartridges.   I guess in no case, will I be returning it.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/07 Monday 7:50 A.M.:  I ate a couple of bowls of goldfish crackers with a glass of cold filtered water.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/24/07 Monday 6:15 A.M.:  I ate two clementines.  I do not think I will be going out this morning, since it is later in the day for me.  I guess if I stay up until around noon today, I will be waking up around midnight, and I will be eating my Christmas meal in the early morning hours on Christmas Day.  Such is life on a night schedule.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/07 Monday 4:00 A.M.:  I sorted out the IN paper on my new HP laser printer that I got earlier this year for $15 after rebate.  I put it in an IN basket, and I left the IN basket on top of the new HP laser printer.  I moved the Hoover Vacuum instructions to the center shelf in the left hallway bookcase.

Note: <888> 12/24/07 Monday 2:50 A.M.:  I noticed in the bottom of this page that the Samsung CLP-300 Laser Printer : Printers & Scanners from Overstock.com for $72.99 and $2.95 shipping for $75.94 total according to a customer comment on the web page, it ships with used toner cartridges which are not full, so I emailed them to cancel the order, and I will also call them up at 6 A.M. this morning Mountain Time, when they open at 8 A.M. our time.  Their contact number is 1-800-843-2446.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/24/07 Monday 2:25 A.M.:   I woke up at 5 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I chatted with two relatives.  I went back to bed until 10 P.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I threw out some garbage.  I read the most recent issue of www.forbes.com .  I read the first half more thoroughly, and the last half which was mostly advertising, I skimmed.  I ate the same sautéed burger with onions and cheese and steamed baby carrots and broccoli crowns with flavored rice and a glass of iced tea.  I replaced a bent tip bulb on the far right of the living room wall.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/23/07 Sunday 7:45 A.M.:   BBC NEWS | UK | Queen launches YouTube channel

The Christmas 2007 Broadcast will be posted here on Christmas Day 2007.

Note: <888> 12/23/07 Sunday 6:50 A.M.:  36 Christmas Carols in Web Format and 36 Christmas Carols in Microsoft Word XP document format  .  My prediction for the future of the United States of America's general economy is that most of us in general will continue to get relatively poorer as Europe and Asia get richer.  We will be the pit stop in between the two super power global economies.   Thus you should invest in a Joy Chen 2 Quart Microwave Rice Steamer http://fantes.com/microwave.htm#rice Joyce Chen 2 quart Microwave Rice Steamer and learn how to make inexpensive nourishing inexpensive rice http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm , which I use to eat all of the time, until 5 pound bags of Russet potatoes went on sale recently.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/23/07 Sunday 6:20 A.M.:  My United States Government Department of Agriculture Food Stamps were lowered from $123 to $117.  Whenever I get my SSI Cost of Living Adjustment, they lower my Food Stamps and raise my rent, so I have never gotten a Real Cost of Living Adjustment in the last 24 years of subsidized existence.  However, I manage to survive with a little help from my family.  This is the 10 year old Audi A6 with 60,000 miles that my relatives are giving me for Christmas http://mikelouisscott.com/audi-1998-a6.jpg , which a relative will deliver it to me this coming Thursday.  My relatives can not do anything about the price of fuel, so I will still be driving my usual 3,000 miles a year with a little give and take depending on the number of trips to Kennebunkport, Maine this coming summer.   Having driven it up and back from there twice last summer, I know it is a great running car.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/23/07 Sunday 5:55 A.M.:  Kamschatka - Berge aus Feuer und Eis : Expedition zu den aktiven Vulkanen Kamchatkas

Note: <888> 12/23/07 Sunday 5:30 A.M.:  I just ate same dinner as the last five nights.  www.kenradio.com is still doing his thing, but I can read faster than I can listen to a tech news broadcast.  I also can type reasonably fast.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/23/07 Sunday 1:35 A.M.:  When I sold the Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon, I also gave away along with the other items in the car, the set of two Ford Explorer folding chairs.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/23/07 Sunday 1:20 A.M.:  I woke up at 9 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I threw out some garbage, and I picked up the mail.  I got my new issue of www.forbes.com , so hopefully while I am cabin bound until this Thursday, when the Audi arrives, I will have time to read it.  The Kensington wireless mouse would not work on the Northgate Syntax backup computer, so I disconnected it, and I put on a corded Microsoft wheel mouse.  I had knocked it off its mouse pad onto the floor, while I was house cleaning a week ago.  I reactivated the Vista Beta SP1 installations on the Epox and the Northgate computers.  They are both good until January 20, 2008.  The Northgate can be reactivated one more time, but with a registry tweak, there is suppose to be a way to reactivate them for a whole year, which I will investigate on January 20, 2008.  I installed the updates.  I did some bottom fishing on the internet, but there is nothing cheaply available before Christmas.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 12/22/07:

Note: <888> 12/22/07 Saturday 12:10 P.M.:  Scratch Builders - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 12/22/07 Saturday 11:10 A.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a clementine.  For the uninformed, a clementine is sort of like a tangerine but smaller and sweeter.  I will now go through my email.  Trust me the Spanish know how to grow oranges.  I use to see oranges growing in the street in Malaga in the winter back in 1972, before I caught the Iberia jet to Lanzarote which was not too warm in February.  However, it does have a lot of fresh air.  I wonder what happened to Rhone Dietrin my Norwegian friend in Lanzarote whom lived there with his mother, while his father a pilot with S.A.S. was away traveling.  He never got back to me, so I assume he is busy with other tourists.  Dirty hippies after they take an expensive shower in Lanzarote can leave the island looking like a Vanderbilt.  I read that the Royal Saudi Arabian family likes vacationing in Lanzarote, so perhaps it has gotten more expensive there.  I bet the Allies or Nazis had coastal observers hidden on the island during the two great wars, since Spain was a neutral country, they would not have been allowed.  I am beginning to feel like Lord HaHa in World War II reporting on Germany from Berlin to the B.B.C..  From my perspective, I am doing as well here as I have ever have.  However, some people in Greenwich think I have the Stockholm Syndrome, but basically I am comfortable here at home in the winter.  I suppose people whom travel north on inexpensive flights from the south are less comfortable, but they can always bundle up in some warmer clothes, so they feel a bit warmer.  There are people whom wear heavy clothes such as sweaters at home in the winter.  In the old days up north, people wore warm flannel clothes.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/22/07 Saturday 9:50 A.M.:  I went out after the last note.  I walked downtown.  There are still patches of black ice on the West Putnam Avenue sidewalks at 6 A.M., since it was 32 degrees Fahrenheit.  On the way to the Stop and Shop, I stopped by www.mcdonalds.com , and I used the bathroom.  I ate a sausage burrito for a dollar and .06 tax for $1.06.  I then walked over to the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 12 ounce jars of Heinz Home-style turkey gravy for $1.50 each, a 6.3 ounce box of Near East Long Grain and Wild Rice mix for $2.99, a Boars Head precooked boneless breast of turkey at $6.99 a pound for $9.72, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.50, a five pound box of Bagu clementines from Spain for $4.99, two Granny Smith apples for .89 a pound for $1.33, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $3.42, a 10 ounce box of mushrooms for $1.99, a red pepper for $2.49 a pound for $1.17 for $31.11 total, and I used my $20 food voucher, so I only paid $11.11.  I then chatted with someone from Peru about volcanoes.  I waited for the bus, but the 7:38 from the Greenwich train station had not arrived there by about 7:50, so I started walking home.  However, the bus came along when I was a short distance west in front of the Audi dealership www.newcountry.com  , and they let me on.  I paid a $1.25 fare, and they dropped me off at Western Junior High Road which is where the Vinci Drive turn off is.  The drop off is at the delicatessen across the street, where I am sure some of my associates have met while I am sleeping during the daytime.  There is also a Chinese laundry and dry cleaner across the street.  I chatted with a couple of neighbors, and I put away my groceries.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/22/07 Saturday 5:30 A.M.:  There is suppose to be a bus about 7:38 A.M. that leaves the Greenwich Train station, and would go by the Stop and Shop at 7:40 A.M. heading west, so I guess I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will shower and clean up, and I will walk downtown to the Stop and Shop which opens at 7 A.M..  I will then do my grocery shopping, and I will be quick, I do not have that much to get, and I will try to catch the 7:40 A.M. Saturday bus back here.  It seems to be a nice day, so I should have no problem walking downtown.  I just have to watch out for slippery spots, and there should not be too much traffic.  I guess the bus schedule people think everyone works 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., and they take weekends off, which unfortunately is not my case, which being on a night schedule most of the time, I need a car to get things done in off hours, along with some of my other volunteer activities.  Most of the time, night people do not pay much attention to daytime people whom are not familiar with such routines.  Since my mother is a registered nurse, she is familiar with such routines.   CIO

Note: <888> 12/22/07 Saturday 3:50 A.M.:  I put away the laundry.   I will now make and eat the same dinner as the last four nights.  I am thinking about getting a ham for Christmas dinner instead of turkey, since a boneless cooked ham is about half the price of a boneless cooked turkey.  I still could make my usual stuffing mixture.  From what I can figure, there is a bus this morning at 7:17 A.M. that goes from Western Junior High and West Putnam Avenue at 7:17 A.M., and there looks like there is another bus that comes back this way from the Stop and Shop at 9:40 A.M., but I am not sure about that one or not.  I could use my $20 Christmas voucher today, so I do not have to go out on Christmas Eve, and I could relax at home.  I still could make my http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/stuff2.htm.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/22/07 Saturday 2:30 A.M.:  I just paid off my www.geico.com automobile insurance policy through April 8, 2008 with the final payment of $154.03, so that is taken care off.  I still have to save my money to register the Audi and transfer the title and get the emissions checked once I receive the Audi.  I might need to put some gasoline in it, since it will be delivered to me from the Philadelphia area, and I will need to take it up to Danbury, Connecticut to register it.  I also will have all of my other expenses in January 2008, so it is pretty much the same old routine.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/21/07 Friday 9:15 A.M.:  I ate a clementine.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Have a good day.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/21/07 Friday 8:10 A.M.:  Top 5 Ubuntu Applications ~ Chris Pirillo

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Note: <888> 12/21/07 Friday 6:45 A.M.:  WOVO.org | Wovo.org

Note: <888> 12/21/07 Friday 4:30 A.M.:  Note: <888> 12/21/07 Friday 4:05 A.M.:  I installed the latest Nivida Geforce 6200 driver from Microsoft.  After one installs it, one has to reinstall the latest Nvidia FX 5200 driver on my primary Vista computer system http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm .  I also changed my monitor configuration around, so the center 22 inch Acer LCD monitor is the primary monitor working off the Nvidia FX 5200 PCI card.  Thus I will be opening windows in a slightly different arrangement, but it might be easier to work with.  I had a problem with the web browser crashing on the center Acer LCD monitor, so that might fix it.  Also the Kworld HDTV device is still installed on the Acer 22 inch LCD monitor, so if one turns it on, one loses that monitor and the icons to work with at the same time, but the three other 19 inch monitors are still opened.  However, certain programs like email on the center 22 inch LCD monitor are easier to work with.  I made and ate the same dinner as last night.  I think the bus stop at the Stop and Shop, and many ones like the YMCA in three directions and the Presbyterian Church should have bus schedules posted like at the train station, so people can hopefully figure out the schedule.  We do occasionally get visitors in town, whom might want to end up in this location on West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, instead of being dropped off in downtown Port Chester, New York at the train station.  Obviously there are a large number of tax paying residents in this part of town, so they obviously have the numbers and the votes and the political patronage to exercise influence over the bus system.  The three buses I saw coming my way, when I walked downtown at 5:15 P.M. this past evening, only had one passenger on each full size bus.  If the usage is so little, possibly the local bus system should investigate a larger more user friendly mini bus system such as the town of Westport, Connecticut developed, which even transports people further into the back country areas of town.  There are people in town whom do work north of the Boston Post Road.  The downtown area of Greenwich, Connecticut is less than 1/20th of the entire town of Greenwich, so just be servicing the local business district, I do not think the bus system is meeting the needs of all of the tax payers and the workers, particularly as the price of fuel gets higher.  Remember I once did maintenance work out in Plandome Manor, Long Island for a year building a garage apartment, in the same neighborhood where Mr. Grumman lived, and at the time his company was building all of the New, New York City buses, so obviously, there is an expert out there somewhere in the wood work.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/21/07 Friday 12:45 A.M.:  I woke up today at 4 A.M. when a relative called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative.  I went out, and I chatted with some neighbors, and I picked up my mail.  I went out without cleaning up.  I went by the Chase Bank on West Putnam Avenue.  I chatted with one of their employees.  I noticed that the sidewalk in front of the old Connecticut Art Institute is not shoveled.  I chatted with the service desk at the Chrysler garage.  I stopped by the Audi Dealership at www.newcountry.com , and I went to their parts counter, and I bought a black leather and silver Audi key chain CASEAU1005-BLK for $19 and $1.14 tax for $20.14 total.  I chatted with one of their service representatives, and I was told that each new model or year of Audi, the dealer has to buy a new set of tools for it, so there is not much one can do in terms of servicing an Audi oneself.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and they told me they would be able to do oil changes on the Audi, but I might take the Audi to New Country Audi for oil changes, since as an Audi dealer, they might spot any problems, that Exxon might not notice.  Generally a dealer will do an oil change for about $40.   My relatives in Philadelphia just spent $1300 servicing the 1998 Audi A6 that they are going to give me for Christmas.  It has about 60,000 miles on it, and I drove it back and forth to Maine this summer twice, so I know it is a good car.  I do not know yet what they had done, but I was told they had an oil leak fixed.  It seems like with four of the last five different cars that I have driven to Kennebunkport, Maine in the last 10 years, which are the 1976 Volvo 240 sedan, the 1997 Hyundai Accent hatchback, the 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon, the 1992 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon, and the 1998 Audi A6 sedan, all of them drove up to Maine fine, but all of them, but the Hyundai had oil leaks when I returned.  I chatted with police officer downtown, and he said older cars have gaskets that dry out.  However, why not before I drive to Maine or while there.  Perhaps, somebody is tampering the cars up in Maine, when they are parked at the family house and hardly used at all while there, because we have family cars there.  The next best guess is while we are asleep or away on daily activity, somebody is driving the cars at high speed on the local highway I-95 which causes premature gasket failure.  It could be just as the policeman said is that older cars have gasket failure.  I did have the oil sending unit replaced on the Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon by Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon before I sold it, so when I sold it, it did not have any other oil leaks.  Thus as far as I know the Buick wagon was in perfect shape for an older car.  The only thing major I knew that it needed to have done is have i