Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 03/04/04 Thursday 9:30 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.gecities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I made the salad with a 4.5 ounce can of pink crab meat instead of tuna fish, and for the cheddar cheese portion, I also used 50% Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and 50% Wisconsin white cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/04/04 Thursday 8:05 P.M.: I was up at 10 A.M. this morning when a relative called. I called back the relative. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I checked my mail. I went out at about 12:30 P.M., and I had my yearly physical done at the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic. I have to have some follow laboratory work done, and I can not eat the breakfast that morning that I do the follow up laboratory work. I need to have a Colonoscopy, which they can schedule for May 21, 2004. It would be done at a nearby medical facility about a quarter of a mile away, but one has to take laxatives and be on a clear liquid diet the day before. On also gets a local anesthetic for the procedure which takes about 15 minutes, although one spends two to three hours at the facility to complete it. Since one has a local anesthetic, one needs one to have help to return one back home, and I am not sure if my regular helper would be available then. Thus I have to check if my regular helper would be available before I schedule the procedure. One is suppose to have one done after age 50. Also there are 600 people waiting for the volunteer medical professionals that perform the procedure, so more than likely I should try to have it done then. It is basically to inspect for cancer of the colon. I then made my usual Thursday appointment. I next went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a 13 inch diameter blue and white check fruit bowl made in Thailand about four inches high with a apple and pear painted on the bowl blue and white check design. It cost $2. I bought a Oswald Jacoby backgammon set made of plastic with all of its pieces for $2, and I also bought a like new unused signed copy by Barbara Bush of her book "Reflections, Life After the White House" for $5 for $9 total. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I stopped the Greenwich Hardware store, and they have a number of new useful items on their 70% off rack in front of the store. I bought a "The Truck Club" regularly $69.95 for $20 plus $1.20 tax for $21.20 total. I then completed my walk. "The Truck Club" is a red solid steel steering wheel locking device. It came with two keys, and it works just fine on my Hyundai. I will get more keys made when I have time. I have the two keys on my two key chains. I used the bathroom at the senior and arts center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next returned home. I put the fruit bowl on the dining room table to the left of the left computer monitor, and I put various loose items in it. I moved the Putnam Lodge Masonic centennial plate to my bedroom desk with some paper work on it. I checked the backgammon game to see if it has all of its pieces, and I put it underneath the center of the blue sofa. I will keep the autographed Barbara Bush book in a plastic bag, so it does not get dusty, and I put it on the left side of the center shelf on the center bookcase in the hallway. I drank some iced tea when I returned home. "The Truck Club" steering wheel lock is installed on my Hyundai, and I will regularly use it now, when I park, but I am not sure I need to use it downtown, since I do not think my Hyundai is a high priority target with all of the other deluxe type automobiles around, but it does provide a bit more security locally at home. I put $10 on my laundry card. CIO Note: <888> 03/03/04 Wednesday 11:00 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I ate half a 10 ounce can of smoked almonds. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 03/03/04 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.: I went through my email, and I chatted with one of the same relatives again. CIO Note: <888> 03/03/04 Wednesday 9:35 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . Instead of tuna fish, I used a 7.5 ounce can of flaked Icy Point Alaska canned salmon. I had to sift through it with my fingers to remove the bones. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I had all of the other usual ingredients. I had the salad with iced tea. I chatted with two relatives. CIO Note: <888> 03/03/04 Wednesday 7:40 P.M.: I was up at 11 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I picked up my mail. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained two money orders at .90 cost each to pay my Cablevision and my Optimum Online cable modem service. I also bought 10 U.S.A. flag stamps at .37 each for $3.70. I noticed this address for printing out postage and shipping tags for the U.S. post office at http://usps.com/clicknship . I mailed the bills. I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I then sat out briefly downtown. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to Old Greenwich, and I got my hair cut at Off Center hairstylists for $18 plus $5 tip for $23 total. I then went by the Old Greenwich Rummage Room thrift shop. I then went CVS in Old Greenwich, and I bought buy one get one free of 32 ounce CVS cleaner with bleach in spray bottles for $2.29 both and two 10 ounce cans of Smoked almonds for $1.99 each plus .14 tax for $6.42 total. I then went out to the southwest parking area at Tod's Point and then the southeast concession area. I then returned to central Greenwich, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought an extra large three quarters length grey L.L. Bean medium to heavy weight winter coat with plaid wool lining for half price for $16.25 and a 24 inch by 32.5 inch glass framed print of Stowe Vermont dated 1981 by Vera Beckerhoff for $15 for $31.25 total. Everything is 50% off at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, but there is also a $20 a bag sale going on for lose clothing items. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I used the bathroom at the senior and arts center. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two Snyder's 40% less fat bags of white tortilla chips for $1.69 each, a 48 ounce container of Quaker Old Fashioned oats for $3.99, two 96 ounce containers of Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for $2.99 each, a 32 ounce jar of Stop and Shop strawberry preserves for $2.99, a 16 ounce bar of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese for $3.99, a package of Quaker low fat popcorn cakes for $2.39, a 16 ounce container of Stop and Shop grated parmesan cheese for $5.99, a bulb of elephant garlic for $1.99, Rosenburg Danish blue cheese at $7.05 a pound for $6.05, two 16 ounce containers of Rienzi balsamic vinegar for $2.99 each, two 28 ounce containers of Goya chick peas for $1.09 each, six 6.5 ounce dry cans of California medium black pitted olives for .99 each for $50.85 total. I then returned home. I used my cart from my apartment to bring up my groceries. I put away my purchases. I drank some iced tea. I hung the Stove Vermont picture in front of the shelves of my solid oak bookcase on top of the mahogany bureau in the bedroom. I used a 30 pound OOK hook. I hung the grey L.L. Bean www.llbean.com coat in my right living room closet. CIO Note: <888> 03/03/04 Wednesday 12:30 A.M.: I went through some of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 03/02/04 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I went through my email. Outlook 2003 is working just fine, but I noticed that it does not have a Newsgroup option, so I will continue to use Outlook Express for Newsgroups. I put the Outlook Express desktop icon in the Office desktop folder, so I do not mistakenly open Outlook Express instead of Outlook 2003. The Norton Anti Spam filtering and advertising blocking seems to be working just fine. I can not figured out how to close out the left tree frame, so the email takes up the entire width of the monitor. CIO Note: <888> 03/02/04 Tuesday 10:30 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I got Microsoft Outlook 2003 to send and receive by creating a new account by selecting "Mail" from the Control panel and creating a new account. I then imported my mail and address and data or old mail files. It all works fine. I deleted the default "outlook" account, and set it up to open my new account. I set up some of the options in Outlook 2003. CIO Note: <888> 03/02/04 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.: I made up a batch of fresh homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm . For the olive part, I used two 4.25 ounce cans of crushed California black olives, and for the garlic, I used one large clove of elephant garlic. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I made and ate my usual salad. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with ice tea. I chatted with a relative whom will call back in a little while. CIO Note: <888> 03/02/04 Tuesday 8:00 P.M.: I was up this morning at 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I checked my mail. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent. I then drove over to the Greenwich Town Hall, and the first Tuesday of every month the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles Driver's License bus is there. I checked with them, and they said I could renew my driver's license which expires May 9, 2004, and it would be a $65 fee not in cash but check or credit card for six years. I then walked over the Greenwich Post Office, but there was a long line. I then went to Zen Stationary, and I got $65 Western Union money order at a dollar cost. I then returned back to the DMV bus, I had my drivers license renewed and the new photo taken. It is now good until May 9, 2010. I sat out at the town hall for a while. I made my 3:30 P.M. appointment. I then went to the Shell station on East Putnam Avenue at Sherwood Place, and they did my emissions inspection at a $20 cost. I bought two combination tail light brake bulbs for $3.70 both, and I installed them on either side of rear of my Hyundai, since one of the brake bulbs was burned out. It is a very easy procedure from inside the rear hatch back area to do it. I then went downtown, and I went to the Central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained a money order at .90 cost to pay my AT&T telephone bill for the last three months. I mailed it. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I used the bathroom and the Senior and Arts center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and they did not have any pies, and I bought a 5.5 ounce box of Arnold large cut croutons for .99 less .10 for 10% senior discount for .89 total. I then voted in the local republican primary at the grade school behind the Byram fire house. I then went by Smoke for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes for $31 total. I then returned home. I drank some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/02/04 Tuesday 1:30 A.M.: I can not get Microsoft Outlook 2003 to Send/Receive . I will work on it later today. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 03/02/04 Tuesday 12:20 A.M.: On the primary computer, I reinstalled Microsoft Works 2002 and Microsoft Home Publisher 2000. CIO Note: <888> 03/01/04 Monday 10:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $5.60 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.959 a gallon for about 27 miles per gallon. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $1.83, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.29, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.50, fresh plum tomatoes at $1.99 a pound for $2.85, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99, a 16 ounce bar of Stop and Shop white Wisconsin cheddar cheese for $3.99 for $14.45 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I drank some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/01/04 Monday 7:50 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used a tin of sardines that I chopped along with Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for the cheddar cheese portion. I had the salad with iced tea. I finished running Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive on the Dell backup computer. I shut it down. I will now put the primary computer on standby, and I will go out. CIO Note: <888> 03/01/04 Monday 6:50 P.M.: On the primary computer, I ran Ad-aware 6.0, Norton Win Doctor, Norton Disk Doctor, and then I did a seven part C: drive to D: drive backup. I just finished running Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive. On the Dell backup computer, I installed all of the programs for Norton Works Suite 2002. I ran the same utilities on it. I did a C: drive to D: drive backup. I will shortly run Norton Speed Disk on it. I left the Norton Works Suites 2002 copies of the CD disks in their case in the CD rack, so the fifth disk is ready to run Norton Street and Maps. I put the mailing package with the original disks for Microsoft Office Professional 2003 with the other programs on the white bureau in the bedroom. CIO Note: <888> 03/01/04 Monday 2:55 P.M.: I installed Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, and Microsoft Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2003 on the primary computer. I activated Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003. I tried installing it on the Dell backup computer, but it only permits one copy to be activated. I will install Microsoft Works Suite 2002 on the Dell backup computer. I had my apartment inspection, and I passed without any problems. I configured and imported the settings and data files for Microsoft Outlook 2003 on the primary computer. I had a telephone call from a relative. CIO Note: <888> 03/01/04 Monday 1:05 P.M.: I made copies of the three CD disks for Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, and Microsoft Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2003, and I put each of the original and duplicate CDs in jewel cases, and I made cover sheets with the Product Activation Keys for both the originals and duplicates. I put the originals in the original mailing envelope with the product information, which for the moment, I have on the near side back of the blue sofa. I always make copies of my original CDs and install from them, so as to preserve the original CDs. I am suppose to be able to install three copies, so I will put one copy on the primary computer, and I will put one copy on the Dell backup computer, and I will keep one copy in reserve. CIO Note: <888> 03/01/04 Monday 12:15 P.M.: I have both the primary and the backup Dell computer ready to install Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. It just arrived from DHL. CIO Note: <888> 03/01/04 Monday 11:25 A.M.: I was up at 9 A.M. today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I picked up my mail, and I checked outside. It is a very nice day, but alas I have to wait around here until 1:45 P.M. for my apartment inspection by the Greenwich Housing Authority. It is currently 58 degrees Fahrenheit. My Microsoft Office 2003 Processional program from Microsoft is scheduled for delivery today, so I will also have to stay around and wait for delivery from DHL also. It is such a nice day, I would rather be out at Tod's Point, but alas I have to work. I guess I will now uninstall Microsoft Word and Excel for XP which I have on my computer from the Microsoft Home Suite. I also might have to uninstall Norton Internet Security 2004 and Norton System Works 2003 and reinstall them to get the Norton Anti Spam to work with Microsoft Outlook 2003. CIO Note: <888> 04/30/04 Friday 10:40 P.M.: I went through half of my week's email. I watched some television. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 04/30/04 Friday 9:05 P.M.: I printed out a card to mail to a relative. I also printed out 30 calling cards on pieces of paper, which I will keep in my wallet. I have the calling cards, so I do not have to talk about my web activates, which can be tiring. I also ran the cleaning cycle on the Epson Stylus color 880 printer. CIO End of Scott's Notes week of 04/30/04: Note: <888> 04/30/04 Friday 7:10 P.M.: I browsed some web sites. I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . This time for the tuna fish portion, I used a 6 ounce can of chopped tuna fish. I also did not use cheddar cheese. I did used about seven artichoke heart quarters. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with a glass of iced tea. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO Note: <888> 04/30/04 Friday 4:40 P.M.: I finished house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO Note: <888> 04/30/04 Friday 2:30 P.M.: I was up at 11:30 A.M., I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I checked my mail, and I received a letter from Vice President Cheney on an old legal matter. He said they would have the Justice Department look into it. I also received my Bank of New York Master Card. I activated it over the 800 telephone number. I then logged onto http://www.smokemcheapcigarettes.com/ , and I ordered five cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $11.25 a carton, and a carton of Misty Slim Ultra Menthol 100 Box for $19.20 for a friend plus $1.20 shipping charge for each carton for $82.35 total. I then made out a check with my new check book to pay my GEICO automobile insurance payment. Keeping track of my transactions with http://www.bnyonline.com/ and Microsoft Money 2002 can be a bit confusing at first. I transfer money from my savings account to my checking account to cover online debit charges or checks, and I have to keep a $100 minimum balance in the checking account. Of course, I will be able to buy cheaper cigarettes until I finally quit smoking, and I will not have the cost of money orders at the post office. I could pay my bills online with http://www.bnyonline.com/ , but I prefer to have the cancelled check for a receipt of payment. I now will do my house cleaning. CIO Note: <888> 04/30/04 Friday 12:10 A.M.: I chatted again with the same relative. I reheated the remaining half of the vermicelli along with the remaining half of the Francesco Rinaldi low salt tomato sauce, and I put three tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on it. I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I sent out an email regarding the affidavit. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 04/29/04 Thursday 9:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. An officer notarized the legal document that I had prepared. We chatted for about a half hour about economics. I then made my 3 P.M. appointment at the usual place, but I did not park in the garage since I was late, I parked on Lafayette Place and paid .50 to park. My 3 P.M. appointment reviewed the document. I then went downtown to the central Greenwich post office. I paid another .50 to park for $1 total. I then mailed the legal document Priority Mail which was $4.90, and I also asked for delivery confirmation which cost an extra .45 for $5.35 total. I can check delivery confirmation over the internet. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. During my walk, the same local horse enthusiast whom suggested Limestone in the first poll position which I got confused with Birdstone also suggested Tapit, but had reservations since it is the 18th poll position. I told him I did not know anything about horses, but I liked the name "Read the Foot Notes" which is in the 14th position. I then walked some more around Greenwich Avenue during my walk, and I stopped by CVS. They have a number of discounted sale items in the office supply area. I bought a 3M Scotch 4" X 6" Photo Laminating package with five two sided sheets for half price for $2 and a Master Lock Padlock #3D for 75% off for $1.75 and from the clearance shelf, I bought a 2 ounce tube of Gillette Right Guard Xtreme Sport antiperspirant deodorant cool peak for $1.50 plus .32 tax for $5.57 total. I also stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought two feet of 1 inch oval 3/16 th inch thick chain for $1.19 a foot plus .14 tax for $2.52 total. I then completed my walk, and I used the bathroom at the senior and arts center. They cut down the old cherry tree on the north west side of the senior center this week, and they replanted it with a new cherry tree. There are some pruned limbs that need to have black pitch or pruning paint put on them. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time. I next returned home. I drank some iced tea. I put the bottle of French white wine that I had on the Danish bar, in the center hallway bookcase cabinet, and I also have a few other alcoholic beverages in the same cabinet, and I then put the chain that I bought around the cabinet handles, and I locked it with the Master Lock pad lock. I put the two keys in a secret place. I then laminated my bank information card that I keep in my wallet, and my last cardboard calling card. I will print out some more calling cards on paper, since paper is cheaper than cards. I can use the Avery 5371 Label setting in Microsoft Word, and then cut the sheets of paper into 10 cards. I put the remaining laminate material in my top center desk drawer. I just chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 04/29/04 Thursday 1:30 P.M.: I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's select New England clam chowder, which I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up. I will then go out. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO Note: <888> 04/29/04 Thursday 12:50 P.M.: I printed out some paper work to do with an affidavit that I have to send to someone. I have it ready to mail, but first I have to have it notarized at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. CIO Note: <888> 04/29/04 Thursday 11:05 A.M.: The New York Times > Business > Exxon Mobil Earnings Before Items Rise on High Energy Prices . CIO Note: <888> 04/29/04 Thursday 10:45 A.M.: I picked up my mail. CIO Note: <888> 04/29/04 Thursday 9:55 A.M.: I was awake at 8 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. It is my personal perspective that well established people have so many items to keep track of in their travels and multiple homes that frequently without better communications, the individuals or family members whom work for them get confused, and they end up sending fur coats to Brazil and beach chairs to Norway. Thus when one is trying to live and run homes in multiple environments, it is frequently important to have better communications. Since I stay one place year round, I personally do not have those problems, but I have a relative whom other family members try to assist whom maintains a northern and a southern home, so it can be confusing without better communications. One would think that with all the modern cheap communications, they would take time to telephone or call. However, it is the nature of people when they are traveling between different locations, they get a bit confused and somewhat disorientated, so what their normal focus is at home might become confused in their travels. Since none of my relatives ever chat with me or stop by to view the large selection of items I have accumulated in my apartment over these last 20 years, I assume they are not too interested in viewing them. However, some of those relatives are due to stop by in the second week of June 2004, so possibly they will find some items of interest to take to the other relative's northern home along with the day bed. At the current moment, my apartment is beginning to look like a gift shop, so perhaps, it will be a bit more spacious after I rearrange it without the day bed. CIO Download 3.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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