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Note: <888> 11/19/05 Saturday 3:15 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and they are putting out more of their Holiday items on display. All of the unsold clothes outside front of the store are a dollar each. I then went downtown, and I toured the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. They have their holiday items on display too. I returned briefly to my Volvo, and I got some change, and then I returned to the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift Shop, and I bought a vintage brass lamp with brass shell shaped hood for $6 and .36 tax for $6.36. I then dropped the lamp off at the car, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I walked up Greenwich Avenue, and I toured the Greenwich Hardware store 70% off rack. They have had a "Help Wanted" sign in the front door of their store for this entire week. I guess no one needs work in Greenwich, Connecticut. I then toured CVS. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then walked back down Greenwich Avenue, and I went by the lower level of the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a two pack of General Electric soft white 15 watt bulbs for $3.99 plus .24 tax for $4.23 total. I then put the light bulbs in my Volvo, and I returned the change back to my Volvo. I then went back by the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift Shop, and I bought a two foot by three foot wool white, blue, and cranberry design oriental style rug for $5. I then put it in my Volvo, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I sat out for a while. I thought I saw my old friend Jim Eldert walk down Greenwich Avenue, so he must be returning to Syracuse, New York for Thanksgiving. I guess living out in California, he is not use to colder weather. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with somebody trying to eat a sandwich being bothered by a sea gull. I then returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors. I put the throw rug at the apartment entrance in front of the chair at the telephone table, where I put my shoes on when I go out, but not in the way of the swinging door that opens inward, since it would be too thick to clear lying on top of the blue wool apartment carpet. I tightened the base nut of the brass shell lamp, and I put a 15 watt bulb in it. I set it on the right side of the small bookcase at the inside of the bathroom to the right of the periodical literature. I connected it up with the extension cord for the cordless telephone at that location. The brass shell lamp has a rheostat switch, where one could put in a larger wattage bulb, and not turn it on too high, but with a larger wattage bulb turned on to the maximum, it would make the brass shell lamp shade too hot. Thus I put in a 15 watt bulb. I put the spare one in my bulb drawer in the mahogany bureau in the bedroom. Pictures follow http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/brass-shell-light-with-15-watt-bulb-111905.JPG http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/throw-rug-two-foot-by-three-foot-at-apartment-inside-entrance-111905.JPG . CIO
Note: <888> 11/19/05 Saturday 8:40 A.M.: Tropical Storm GAMMA Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Cone and Tropical Weather Directory . I called up the http://www.casamarinaresort.com in Key West, Florida, and they are now owned by the Luxury Resorts, Vacation Destinations & All-Inclusive Family Hotels - LXR LuxuryResorts which is owned by the The Blackstone Group , which was started by David Stockman here in Greenwich, Connecticut after he worked for Ronald Reagan as budget director. Thus there is still a Greenwich, Connecticut connection, but for all I know the Blackstone Group is just another Rockefeller front company instead of a Mellon front company. With this late season hurricane, I hope they still have their bucket and mop handy. Saturday November 26, 2005 after Thanksgiving the Queen Mary II is suppose to back in Manhattan on its way south QM2 - Itinerary - 2005 and it WILL be in Barbados on Friday December 2, 2005. Locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut, they are all excited about Greenwich Time - A Beaujolais comes of age , so possibly some French citizens are around. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. I still have plenty of winter clothes, since I do not get to go south for the winter. In the old days in Key West, Florida, I just took a ditty bag with shaving kit, a couple pairs of blue jeans, a couple of bathing suits, a few pairs of socks, and a couple of polo shirts, and a beach towel, and a old U.S. Army poncho for camping out along with wearing my trusty pair of Adidas Country sneakers, and I also had a red flannel shirt for cold days in Key West, but now that they are so expensive down there, I guess I could try sending them a bill for all of my work that I have done in relation to them over the years. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO Note: <888> 11/19/05 Saturday 8:00 A.M.: I woke up at 6 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. It was 66 degrees Fahrenheit inside the apartment, so I turned on the heat in the living room, and I set the living room thermostat at 76 degrees Fahrenheit, and I turned on the Lasko box at low speed above the electric radiators to blow the heat around. At that setting it generally keeps the living room area at 70 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit. I also turned on the DeLonghi oil filled radiator at setting medium and level 4 to warm it up a bit quicker. I will turn off the DeLonghi oil filled radiator, when I go out. It is 28 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but this says it is 25 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground . I also set the bedroom thermostat at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. I do not turn on the heater in the bathroom since it uses too much electricity. It is currently 70.3 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment living room. I could put out the little artificial Christmas tree and pine cone wreath on the door, but I think it is still a bit too early, and I should wait until after Thanksgiving. I have some cans of fruit and other items that are getting a bit old, and I could take them to Neighbor to Neighbor at Christ Church, but for now I will hold off in case I get any hungry visitors. Canned fruit is always useful in making a Jell-O mixture, but I usually do not have room in my refrigerator. I am currently pretty well stocked up on food, however winter is just beginning. Note: <888> 11/18/05 Friday 5:55 P.M.: I ate a half of a 5.5 ounce bag of Arnold seasoned croutons. I called up www.ordersmokesdirect.com at 1-866-215-1069 , and I ordered three cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes for $11.49 a carton plus $7 shipping for $41.47 total. I leant a neighbor a package of Seneca cigarettes. For some reason their web site does not work for me when I try to order them over the internet. I chatted with two relatives. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. Have a good evening. CIO Note: <888> 11/18/05 Friday 3:55 P.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 11/18/05 Friday 3:20 P.M.: Boeing 747-8 The Shape of the Future . CIO Note: <888> 11/18/05 Friday 2:00 P.M.: I toasted three slices of Arnold multigrain bread, and I spread them with Hellmann's mayonnaise and Hellmann's reduced fat mayonnaise, and I put on alternating between both layers four 1/8th inch thick slices of the cold medium rare eye round of beef, 4 five inch by nine inch folded 1/32nds inch thick slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese, four 3/32nds inch thick slices of onion, about a half dozen small spinach leaves and pepper and sea salt and the top slices of bread, and I cut it in half across. I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with a relative whom I will call back in 15 minutes. CIO Note: <888> 11/18/05 Friday 1:00 P.M.: I was awake at 4 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. The Toshiba laptop computer has an infrared port and so does the HP LaserJet 6P. I tested them to see if they work. They do work, but it has to be a direct line of site about 5 feet away, and it is very slow. I used the steam zapper, and I cleaned my refrigerator, cutting board, kitchen sink edge, and the oven fan range hood and its filter. The oven fan range hood has a bit of nicotine which is hard to get off, and one has to be careful steam cleaning around electrical connections, but the rest of the items are cleaner. I chatted with a friend whom is going deer hunting. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I ate about a half of a jar of Planter's lightly salted dry roasted peanuts. I also cleaned my computer monitors with the computer monitor cleaning solution and special sponge. I threw out the garbage and periodical literature. I picked up my mail. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 10:05 P.M.: I toasted two slices of Arnold multigrain bread, and I spread them with Hellmann's mayonnaise and Hellmann's reduced fat mayonnaise, and I put on five 1/8th inch thick slices of the cold medium rare eye round of beef, a couple of teaspoons of horseradish, 4 five inch by nine inch folded 1/32nds inch thick slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese, four 3/32nds inch thick slices of onion, about a half dozen small spinach leaves and pepper and sea salt and the top slices of bread, and I cut it in half across. I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with two relatives. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I will do my house cleaning, when I wake up tomorrow. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 8:05 P.M.: I changed some minor decorating items in the apartment this morning before I left. Since more than likely the British have headed down south to Barbados for the winter, I switch around the large British Union Jack with the United States of America old glory flag, so it now shows on the right hallway bookcase. On the left hallway bookcase, since it is cold, and more than likely in a cold climate the Swedes probably have their own places already, and since the Saudi Arabians can afford to live in warmer areas, I put the Netherlands Dutch tricolor flag back up front of the other two flags. I also moved the 15 inch by 10 inch French tricolor flag from on top of the wine decanter on the Danish bar to on top of the small computer speaker above the left primary computer monitor above the solid oak dining table. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 7:55 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a six pack of New York everything bagels for $1.85. New York everything bagels are bagels with different types of seeds on them. Since most human intestines tend to pass seeds though the intestinal system like birds, more than likely the seeds end up going through our local sewage plant, and different types of plants end up growing along the waterfront. I next went by the waterfront on Steamboat Road and one of the regular fishermen were there trying to test his luck this late in the season. I do not think he ice fishes. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street is a good place to get parking meter quarters, since the town of Greenwich, Connecticut deposits their parking meter quarters there regularly. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and they had their modest new display of Christmas items out. All clothes over $10 were $5. I bought a book for a dollar by G. F. Young published by Modern Library in 1933 with the title, "The Medici", which is about the family of Italian merchant princes that have not run out of money in 800 years, since they invested in pirates. They also produce wool, wine, and beef where they live around Firenze, Italia. Since they are a north of Rome and between both coasts, they probably are like a highway rest area operator making money off the trade between the different City states in that region. As I once read, the most expensive real estate in Europe is around the Piazza Michelangelo with its modest villas on a couple of acres, except for the Medici Palace and the Boboli gardens which take up slightly more room. Thus they still have room to grow. I then went downtown to the central Greenwich business district, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I bought for $4 in its original packaging a Linksys Ethernet 10BaseT PC Card model NP10T. It is a basically a PCMCIA LAN card for a laptop computer. It comes with Windows 98 drivers. I already have a better Toshiba PCMCIA LAN card on my Toshiba laptop that takes up both of the two PCMCIA slots, but I decided to buy the spare one for $4. I then 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, and they have a number of discount items including a $300 Braun multi kitchen appliance for 70% off, if one is creative in the kitchen. I stopped by CVS, and I bought three 16 ounce bags of black licorice bits for .99 each plus .18 tax for $3.15 total. I then completed my walk, and I sat out some more, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read Popular Science, and there is a one page article about hurricane research. I showed a visitor where the Oral History book was by Nancy Rockefeller, and the visitor started reading it underneath the magnifier reader. I then drove back down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and there was a Polish Limousine driver killing time between fares. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason street again. I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment. I returned home. I put the Medici book in my right hallway bookcase on the lower shelf. I tested the Linksys PCMCIA card, but I did not install its drivers, since I do not need to use it. I put it with my wireless USB receiver on top of the Visioneer 4400 scanner on the back of my long green Scott family sofa. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 8:20 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. I cut four 1/4 inch thick slices of the cold eye round of beef, and I put one teaspoon of Gold's Horseradish on each and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce. I reheated the remaining microwave cooked rice. I also steamed for 15 minutes in a Revere pot with a steamer tray a cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I suspected some monkey business has been going on with my Logitech wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse setup, so I reinstalled their programs again. A number of times keyboard encryption has been disabled somehow, and before I reinstalled the program, the keyboard battery level indicator was not working. When prompted my Norton Internet Security firewall, I accepted the first recommendation to permit access by the Logitech program and the second recommendation to block another access feature. Somehow, somebody might be hacking my system through the Logitech program since the first part opens it up through the firewall. It is all very peculiar. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. I have my usual 3 P.M. appointment today. The Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop was suppose to put out their seasonal offerings yesterday, but since I really do not have much money to buy anything, I will just browse there a bit today. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 5:55 A.M.: Here are a couple of pictures.
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Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 5:15 A.M.: BBC NEWS | Technology | UN debut for $100 laptop for poor . CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 5:05 A.M.: On the printer port box to the right of the primary computer CPU, I have attached on port A: EpsonStylus Color 880 inkjet printer, port B: HP Photosmart 1000 inkjet printer, port C: HP LaserJet IID laser printer, and port D: HP Deskjet 840C inkjet printer. Since the Siemens SpeedStream router and the 8 port generic hub and the AT&T wireless router work independently of the primary computer, one does not need either the primary or backup computers turned on to use the network printing capability. However, I have the primary computer along with the four backup computers set up with the Siemens SpeedStream driver, so they will all work with those printers on my network. Of course all of the printers are also connect via USB to the primary computer, except the HP LaserJet 6P which is only connected via LPT1 port to the Northgate Syntax backup computer. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 4:40 A.M.: I hope I am not responsible for the United States of America's boycott of Fidel Castro. What happened back around 1958 after we has lived in Pensacola, Florida in 1955 and 1956, I recall we went down one summer to Pensacola Beach from Decatur, Alabama, where my family had rented a beach house that was built up one story on cement blocks. I slept in the living room on a folding metal sofa. One morning I was making up the bed, and as I folded up the folding metal sofa bed, it collapsed back on my shoulder and gave me a cut on my upper shoulder. I noticed the folding bed was a Castro Convertible, and I was very mad at the Castro Convertible Company. They use to advertise up north all of the time. I put away my laundry, and I now have the bed made up with the new bottom full size fitted sheet DesignerLinensOutlet.com - Angelica Fitted Sheet that is no long available in full size and just king size. My order that I received was from www.designerlinensoutlet.com , that I bought two Full Size Fitted Angelica Fitted Sheets for $9.99 each DesignerLinensOutlet.com - Angelica Fitted Sheet for $19.98 less the New Customer Coupon "NEWTENOFF" for 10% off for $2 off plus $4.95 UPS ground shipping for $22.93 total. I was looking at NETGEAR Wireless Networking Products at JustDeals.com Logitech SanDisk Netgear Liquidation Wireless Input Devices Parts - FREE SHIPPING . I remembered that I bought a AT&T 6850G 108Mbps 802.11g Wireless Router AT&T Plug&ShareTM Wireless Router 108 Mbps 802.11g Model 6850G from www.compusa.com for $32.99 plus $8.50 FedEx shipping and $2.49 tax for $43.98 total around last Christmas. I have not used it much, and I had it hooked up in the southwest corner of the living room on top of the speakers for wireless use with the cable modem. I have a wireless receiver for my Toshiba laptop, but in the apartment, it is hooked via LAN cable. I decided that since the AT&T wireless router has four LAN ports, I moved it to the top right side of my right monitor on the Northgate Syntax backup computer. I removed four of the five cables connected to the Linksys 8 port hub at that location which does not work very well, and I connected them to the AT&T wireless router. The five cables are coiled and stored underneath the left large pillow on the green Scott family sofa. They are available for laptop computer use in the apartment if somebody does not have a wireless receivee on their laptop. I move the Visioneer 4400 scanner from on top of the right monitor, and I moved it to on top of the pillow on the back side of the sofa to the right of HP LaserJet 6P printer. The AT&T wireless router, the Linksys 8 port hub and the Visioneer 4400 scanner power turn on with the left switch on the Kensington control panel at that location. However, I have the power cable that plugs into the Visioneer scanner unplugged and laying lose on it left side, so the scanner will not come on with the router and hub, unless one plugs it in. I moved the Andrea Electronic headset from on top of the right monitor to on the right side of the desk behind the Panasonic 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone. Thus I have improved my overall backup setup. Since the AT&T wireless router is plugged into my 8 port generic hub which is plugged into my Siemens router with LPT printer port, if one had the Siemens SpeedStream router printer port driver installed on ones laptop computer, one would be able to print out to one of the four printers I have connected to my printer port box which is connected to the Siemens SpeedStream router. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 2:00 A.M.: CNN.com - CIA report: Castro likely has Parkinson's - Nov 16, 2005 . CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 1:55 A.M.: I have 45 minutes to go on the dry cycle of the laundry. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 1:35 A.M.: I will now start the dry cycle on two loads of laundry. I put clean linens on the bed, and I still have to put the clean pillow cases on and install the bolsters. I put an old full size fitted sheet on top of the mattress pad, and then I put the new full size DesignerLinensOutlet.com - Angelica Fitted Sheet on, and then I put a regular delft blue sheet on top of that. Then I put on the electric blanket and the comforter. CIO Note: <888> 11/17/05 Thursday 12:45 A.M.: I was awake at 4 P.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. I chatted with a friend. I threw out some garbage. In the laundry room, I found a As Seen on large capacity TV Omega Steam Zapper Hard Surface Cleaner Euro-Pro SC104 Omega Mini Steam Zapper™ that someone had put out for grabs. I brought it up to my apartment, and I put it underneath the chair at the apartment entrance. It came in its original box with attachments. I will use it at some future date for cleaning my kitchen a bit more cleaner. I went back to bed until midnight. I washed the breakfast dishes. I will now start two loads of laundry. I guess I am back on the New Amsterdam Night Watch routine. CIO Note: <888> 11/16/05 Wednesday 6:20 A.M.: I read the Vista beta newsgroups. There was one rumor that Vista beta 2 might be out November 25, 2005, and another individual conjectures it was too early, and there would only be another build before the beta 2 release. In Vista beta 1, I tried to install the Lexmark X85 drivers, but they would not install for the Lexmark X85 drivers for XP, 2000, or ME. It did install the XP85 scan program, which is not good without the drivers. I ate two scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn French Silk ice cream. I also ate a couple of handfuls of peanuts. Also when I rebooted into XP from Vista beta 1, my computer clock was one hour behind. Large Mobile Folding Cart, Large Capacity Loading Box Up to 55 lbs, Black/Yellow, Free Ground Shipping is $19.99 with free shipping with Coupon Code "AC5OFF1117techbargains" . Alas I do not need another cart, and I currently can not afford it. I guess at the rate we are all going in terms of revenue earned from our internet activities, we might end up pushing shopping carts around in the future. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 11/16/05 Wednesday 3:35 A.M.: I can not make much sense out of Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express that I installed. I will look at it when I am more alert. I will now boot into Microsoft Vista beta 1, and I will read some of its newsgroups. CIO Download 1.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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