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Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 9:10 P.M.: I chatted with a relative down in Florida, and unlike the reports up north in the media, apparently in the local news down in Florida, it is being reported that it is a lot worse in the hurricane aftermath. I read today on the CNN news web site that they are rationing gasoline to $20 a car per purchase, and there is a five hour wait for it in Miami. Apparently the damage is so extensive that the fuel trucks can not make deliveries. A lot of the bridges are apparently closed because of damage. 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I also earlier chatted with Le Languedoc - Inn and Bistro , and I explained to the owner who has a photographic memory also that all of those comfortable people in Nantucket who are use to escaping the busy life in New England and returning back down to Florida during the colder months might not have any place to go back to in Florida, so if they run out of gasoline and fuel in New England some time soon, more than likely they will have a hard life in Nantucket, and more than likely if they still have places on the mainland of America, they might look into them as to whether they are still available. Al seemed to know what I was talking about. Needless to say at my age, I do not need a job as a guest dishwasher. I have enough to keep myself busy at home. I still have not gone through my email for two days. CIO Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 4:45 P.M.: On the Northgate backup computer, when I installed the Kensington Power Control Center with surge protector, I also used its surge protection feature for the telephone line that leads into the computer. CIO Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 4:40 P.M.: http://keysnews.com and Top story Key West and Top story Jeb Bush surveys damage in Key West . CIO Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 4:35 P.M.: I chatted with an associate. I have an appointment next week to file my energy assistance. I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks which I ate with a glass of iced tea. I used a 16 ounce can of B&M bacon and onion baked beans to make them. CIO Note: <888> 10/26/05 Wednesday 3:20 P.M.: I was up at 5 A.M. this morning. 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 checked the weather with the new Oregon Scientific weather station, and it looked to be a nice day, so instead of starting up the computer I showered, and I cleaned up. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I chatted with a few local people. It looked to be a normal busy day. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and everything is now 50% off. I bought for $5 a plastic adjustable Kittywalk keyboard cover and mouse house and for $3.75 a Kensington power control center with surge protection for $8.75 total. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I told our local ornithologist that I had a witness to seeing the blue heron which was the Swiss fellow. A friend of mine told me that when they are young, they are mostly brown, so it is a young blue heron. The ornithologist told me there is a blue heron refuge on an island off Norwalk. If I see the blue heron again, I will tell it. I also chatted with our local British representative for Swiss Airlines, and he told me I need to get a hair cut, but I explained at John Hilton's barber shop in Old Greenwich at $18 a haircut and $5 tip for $23 total, I could not afford it, and besides long hair in the winter keeps one's head warm. I then returned home, and I chatted with two relatives. I installed the keyboard cover on the primary computer keyboard. I installed the Kensington power center surge protector on the Northgate backup computer, and I labeled its buttons. One receptacle is turned on all the time, so I plugged in the Panasonic 2.4 gigabyte telephone into it. Also there is no switch for the computer plug, and it stays on all the time. Of course the computer has a switch. I then move the Belkin control panel from that location to underneath Belkin control panel on the bedroom desk, and I transferred the power cords from the hub and the Dell 350V computer from the power strips to that control panel, and I labeled the switches on both control panels. I removed the power strip, and I put it on the bedroom sideboard. I received a letter from my Connecticut Social Worker, and they have raised my food stamps from $88 to $102 a month, so I guess the government finally figured out that food is getting more expensive. Of course, I eat more than that in food each month, but it helps out a lot. I checked with Costco, and they do not accept EBT food stamps. However, Wal-Mart in Norwalk does take food stamps for food, but one has to be willing to drive through all of that traffic about 10 miles from here to take advantage of their savings. I prefer generally to buy food at our local Stop and Shop, and I usually find sales items competitively priced, but usually only when they are on sale, and Wal-Mart in Norwalk does not carry that much food anyway. Since my eldest sister was Sam Walton's daughter's roommate at Trinity College in Texas, we have a Wal-Mart connection, but for years I have tried to get them to put a store in Port Chester, New York and another on the Greenwich Stamford border on U.S. 1, but I guess the property is too expensive. However, I do know the wealthy clientele in Greenwich like to shop for bargains and save. CIO Note: <888> 10/25/05 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.: I cut off one third of the loaf of Italian bread, and I sliced it in half. I put Hellmann's mayonnaise on both sides of it, and then I put two 1/32nds inch thick slices of the Kirkland honey roasted turkey, four 5 inch by five inch by 3/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 3/32nds inch slices of onion, and five spinach leaves and salt and pepper and then the top slice of Italian bread, and I cut it in half across, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with a friend who works for race horses. He told me they are having the NTRA Breeders Cup and that His Highness the Aga Khan's 68th Birthday has two horses entered in it. Maybe the person that I chatted with from Switzerland was him today, but if it is, his followers are in big trouble, because on his birthday they have to donate to charity his weight in precious jewels, and from what I could tell today he has put on at least 75 more pounds. Of course his grandfather weighed over 800 pounds, so they charities did better in the old days. Well not much else going on around here, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 10/25/05 Tuesday 7:15 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought a six pack of New York multiseed bagels for $1.85. I then drove down by the waterfront. On the end of the pier down on the end of Steamboat Road was a visitor from down south who flew up with the passing hurricane. I was about a four foot high either a great blue heron that was old with brownish color and a blue head or a brown heron with a dark head. In the grey light, I could not tell. However, a heron up here this time of year is a sure sign of hurricane activity down south. It was escorted by three well fed sea gulls. I shared the observation with a fellow neighbor from Switzerland, so more than one individual saw the majestic bird which was a little bit worn out from flying with storm. When it got bored of us watching it, it flew over to the patio at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, so some of their personnel could also see it. I then made my usual stop over at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a HP 51629A black and a HP51649A color ink cartridge for a dollar each. They are for the Deskjet or Deskwriter 600 series printers, which I do not have, but I now have the cartridges if I ever need them. I also bought a orange and blue dophin shaped neon light sculpture about 16 inches high with base that was made in China with its power adapter for $5 for $7 total. The busy volunteer at the cashier forgot to give me a sales receipt. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. World and P.C. Magazines. I was told by one regular library user, one is not suppose to talk in the library, which is strange since people are alway talking and socializing in the library. I guess they changed the rules. I guess we now have to scribble notes on note pads. They probably do not want people to know that we speak English. I told the town ornatholigist about my heron sighting. I then returned back to the Byram Embassy where I live, where I seem to have diplomatic immunity. I chatted with some neighbors about the possibility of a ghost being around the building. I found outside my door the package with my order for or $6.99 Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Presto 04212 Electronic Clock/Timer and for $19.99 Amazon.com: Outdoor Living: Oregon Scientific BAA182HG Digital Weather Forecaster with free super saver shipping on an orders over $25 for $26.98 total . I put the dolphin neon light sculpture on the left side of the Queen Victoria lamp on the center of the window shelf, and I moved from that location to on the power control base beneath the Queen Victoria lamp the model of Buckingham Palace. I moved the round Swedish glass glove from that location to the far right in front of the Life magazine picture of Queen Elizabeth II, and from that location I removed the dish that contained concentrated lysol and pinesol for scent control, which I will not longer use, since I still use the white vinegar. I have the neon dolphin sculpture plugged into the Kensington Power Control Center that control the three lamps on the window shelf, so the three lamps and the neon Dolphin lamp comes on with the light switch at the apartment door. I then opened up the Oregon Scientific weather forecaster, and I put the batteries in both of the station and the sender. On the station the batteries were already installed, and one just removes a clear plastic strip to activate the batteries. I removed a few items from in front of my right living room window, and I cleaned the window shelf, and I then opened the window, and I installed the sender unit on the outside left screen clip, so it is about a foot off the bottom of the window ledge, and it faces with its LCD towards the window. I then tested it with the window shut, and it has a perfectly good signal. I then closed up the window, and I put the items back on the window shelf. One can see the sender's LCD if one pulls back the curtain after moving the picture of Queen Elizabeth II. I then programmed the time on the receiving station, but I did not see any of its temperature alarms. I then put the receiving station on the near end of the top CD wicker rack, so one faces it going into the kitchen or sitting at the dining room table or entering the apartment. I think it works just great, and it is an excellent value for the money. I put the instruction behind it. I then set the Presto Electronic Clock/Timer, and I used its magnet to stick it on the freezer door in the kitchen. I chatted with a neighbor about the possibility of a ghost in the building using the internet. I chatted with somebody from Nebraska doing a survey on the Greenwich Time. I took some pictures of my activities. http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/dutch-and-british-flags-on-hallway-bookcases-102505.JPG http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/saudi-and-usa-flags-on-hallway-bookcases-102505.JPG http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mike-scott-living-room-northwest-area-102505.JPG http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mike-scott-living-room-southwest-area-102505.JPG http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/oregon-scientific-weather-forecaster-with-rembrant-picture-of-polish-rider-102505.JPG http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/oregon-scientific-sending-unit-in-right-window-102505.JPG http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/freezer-door-with-presto-timer-102505.JPG http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/queen-victoria-lamp-area-102505.JPG CIO Note: <888> 10/25/05 Tuesday 9:40 A.M.: I was delayed in cleaning up and going out by a minor redecorating project. I took down the 2.5 foot by 4 foot Holland Dutch flag from the center hallway bookcase. I then removed its OOK nails that held it in place. I then used four 2.5 inch wood screws, and I drilled holes in the upper right speaker on the right bookcase and the upper center speaker on the center bookcase and the left top of the left bookcase, and I put in the four wood screws. I then from the left bookcase to the center of the center bookcase, I hung the 4.5 foot by 6 foot U.S.A. flag and then at the same location I hung the 4.5 foot by 6 foot British Union Jack flag over the U.S.A. flag. On the left hallway bookcase I hung the 2.5 foot by 4 foot Saudi Arabian Flag and the I hung the 2.5 foot by 4 foot Holland Netherland flags over the Saudi flag. Thus on the left side a shorter five tall person could rotate the Dutch and the Saudi flags quickly enough and one the right hallway bookcases a taller 6 foot tall person could rotate the British Union Jack with the U.S.A. flag quickly enough. All of the flags have two brass eye rings which makes it easy enough to slide them off the wood screws and rotate them around depending on what diplomatic setup, the apartment might need. Thus one could fly the British Union Jack with either the Dutch of Saudi flags and one could do the same thing with the U.S.A. flag. Since I tend to be from cold weather stock and since winter is approaching, I feel the British Union Jack and the Dutch flags displayed are more in keeping with the apartment decoration. However, if any big mucky mucks from the U.S.A. government dane to stop by, we could quickly change the British Union Jack with the U.S.A. flag, and if a Dutch house boy were freezing in the winter which is me, I could quickly change the Dutch flag with the Saudi flag. I still have all of the smaller flags displayed around the apartment. I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out. Of course the flags obscure all of the books and bric-a-brac I have on display in the hallway bookcases, but it make the hallway area look neater. Of course one has to reach behind the flags on the left bookcase to turn on the hallway light switch which is located in the center rear shelf area of the left bookcase. CIO Note: <888> 10/25/05 Tuesday 7:25 A.M.: I woke up at 5 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. I chatted with a friend. It must be bad down in Florida Greenwich Time - Wilma Leaves 6M Without Power in Florida . and Greenwich Time - When all hell broke loose, this Key Wester chose a quick retreat and ABC News: Wilma Leaves 6M Without Power in Florida and South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade news, entertainment, sports, jobs, cars & homes. and keysnews.com Hurricane Edition and check out this picture of North Roosevelt Boulevard where the airport beach is Top story Surge causes more damage than wind in Key West . Local Greenwich, Connecticut weather alert Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT and Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Forecast : Weather Underground . I guess I have a bit of cabin fever, so I will shut down the computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will venture out in the cool rainy weather to see what is happening locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut. It is a bit cool and damp in my apartment, but it is 71.2 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment, and I normally do not turn on the heat until about mid November, which saves a little bit of money. In other news the price of fresh Florida orange juice is suppose to be going up, so stock up if it is still on sale. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 7:55 P.M.: I chatted with a relative in Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm: Press Journal and TCPalm : Over 250,000 on Treasure Coast are without power , and my relatives seem to have survived Hurricane Wilma without any problems. They had a larger part of the storm than other sections of Florida, and my relatives still have electricity. The news this afternoon from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 2005 Information is scheduled for this weekend, but Clay Shaw did not know if they would be able to have time to get ready for it. I read in the Key West news that Louis' Patio just south of the Casa Marina Hotel had its deck washed away. When I used to enjoy some privacy in Key West, I use to sun bathed on the patio with John Bolton, Mel Fisher's Children, and Izi the fellow from Saudi Arabia. It was the windsurfing deck. At the moment the Casa Marina is not answering the telephone. Having studied the hurricane, I think Islamorada might have experienced more hurricane damage in the upper Florida Keys. Before the hurricane, they still had 80 rent a cars for rent on Islamorada that nobody had rented. There seems to be a news black out from Miami, so nobody knows whether it is even there anymore or what the status of it is. I have read that Miami International airport is closed. This is the only news from Miami, Florida Miami sets overnight curfew in wake of Wilma: South Florida Sun-Sentinel . Well, I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 6:20 P.M.: Although my order for or $6.99 Amazon.com: Kitchen & Housewares: Presto 04212 Electronic Clock/Timer and for $19.99 Amazon.com: Outdoor Living: Oregon Scientific BAA182HG Digital Weather Forecaster with free super saver shipping on an orders over $25 for $26.98 total is not due for delivery until November 2, 2005 according Amazon. According to this tracking www.usps.gov tracking number "9102127391790169411559" shipped from Jersey City, New Jersey today, so maybe it will arrive sooner. I finished going through my email. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 5:55 P.M.: I went outside, and I walked around the building. Judging by the amount of traffic that I hear in this area, people are still driving like there is no tomorrow. There does not seem to much effort towards energy conservation. I read on one of the news reports from Florida that the state of Florida only has a ten day supply of gasoline in reserve. Thus it would seem to me that since a lot of the fuel that we use in this area in the New York metropolitan area comes from the Gulf of Mexico region that if they only have a ten day supply of gasoline left in Florida, there might be less gasoline in reserve in this area. One relative suggested to me that people should start trying to carpool to get to work in this country. It seems to me, that like back in 1973, one of these days in the near future that we will just run out of gasoline in this area. I chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 5:00 P.M.: I cut off one third of the loaf of Italian bread, and I sliced it in half. I put Hellmann's mayonnaise on both sides of it, and then I put two 1/32nds inch thick slices of the Kirkland honey roasted turkey, four 5 inch by five inch by 3/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 3/32nds inch slices of onion without the frozen inner halves, and five spinach leaves and salt and pepper and then the top slice of Italian bread, and I cut it in half across, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 4:15 P.M.: Greenwich Time - Wilma Leaves a Mess Behind in Florida . CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 4:05 P.M.: Death, destruction follow Wilma through S. Fla.; 3.2 million without power: South Florida Sun-Sentinel . CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 3:55 P.M.: No word out of the 5 million people in Miami, so it is hard to tell what is going on there. With most of south Florida without essential services such as water and electricity, any tourists whom are still willing to travel down there will need some place to go. Every cloud has a silver lining, and it looks like Walt Disney World® Resort seems to have survived in Orlando, Florida. I suppose that would mean that Daytona and points north and the Tampa areas are opened for business. Of course the area around Vero Beach, Florida and Melbourne, Florida still has a lot homes with blue tarps on their roofs, since their roofs still have not been fixed from last year's hurricanes. Of course Pensacola, Florida would be still recovering from last year's storm and the storms this year. Thus although south Florida has been hit by a major Hurricane Wilma, there are still parts of the over all infrastructure of the state that remain intact and are still functioning. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 3:25 P.M.: 20,000 tourists still stranded in Yucatan in Mexico. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 3:20 P.M.: Havana, Cuba is flooded. West Palm Beach and Key West Florida do not have electricity and water. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 3:15 P.M.: 2.5 to 3 million residents of Florida without electricity. Governor Bush of Florida visiting Naples, Florida shortly. 3 to 5 feet of flooding in Key West, Florida. Locally my neighbors whom are mostly democrats do not care, because they think it is mostly republicans whom are effected. CIO Note: <888> 10/24/05 Monday 2:55 P.M.: I picked up the mail. My neighbors do not know about the hurricane, since it does not seem to be on their television network. I guess my television system shows different media. I chatted with my relative in Vero Beach, Florida, and my relative is cleaning up some outdoor pots that broke, but otherwise everything is fine there. I chatted with a friend. I am not going out today, since I am a bit worn out from following all of the hurricane information on the internet and television this morning. Fort Meyers, Florida seems to be repeating itself in the media and even the commodities person that called me was from Fort Meyers. I do not know that much about Fort Meyers, Florida, but I know it is near MacDill Air Force base MacDill Air Force Base where the Rapid Deployment Force is stationed. When I used to watch my father's television in Bayonet Point, Florida, he use to get Pentagon briefings on his television system from MacDill air force base. This is suppose to have good weather information Air Force Public Weather Site , but it is only the civilian version of a more popular web site that the military uses that is not available to civilians. Alas I do not seem to have my NORAD colonel outfit jumpsuit that I use to wear in Key West, Florida and Nantucket. I think they do not call it the Strategic Air Command anymore, but they now call it the "Air Defense Command". This is how the boys in Omaha, Nebraska perceive it https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/images/satellite/ANI_US89IR01_L.GIF . I guess they think it is a cloud shaped like a donut. CIO Download 1.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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