Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 05/20/04 Thursday 6:25 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. The friend is taking the Coast Guard training course up in Bridgeport, Connecticut. I advised the friend to be an active boater on the waterfront, one needs to be a very good swimmer too, particularly in the colder waters of Long Island Sound where one can get cramps from the cold water. Since I am more like Bubba the Beached warm water whale, I do not venture out into the colder waters of Long Island Sound at 210 pounds, and since in the warmer waters down south, one can easily develop skin cancer over time, although I observe around the waterfront, I do not actually go out on the water. I have been around the waterfront for so long, I tend to respect it more than the average person that just views it occasionally or even once in a life time. CIO Note: <888> 05/20/04 Thursday 5:55 A.M.: I was up at 3:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I sent out some email. I suppose this web site is relevant this time of year http://www.pestproducts.com/goose_buster.htm and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4638582/ . I noticed in yesterday's Greenwich Time www.greenwichtime.com that this article Greenwich Time - Local office park attracts several new financial firms says there are a large number of hedge funds in Greenwich, Connecticut. However, www.forbes.com says this about Hedge Funds Forbes.com: The Hedge Funds the Sleaziest Show On Earth , thus the local business community should be somewhat weary about some of their local neighbors. I reregistered at the free Forbes web site, so I think I now have two accounts there. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 5:45 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. It seems the sun might have come out, so I suppose the evening strolling will be a little bit more enjoyable than today's earlier weather. I still suspect that someone or a group of individuals might check out my apartment while I am out of the building, which although nothing ever seems to have disappeared from the apartment, I can not figure out why with all of the opulent places in Greenwich, why they would want to check out my apartment, however I did notice when I returned today that the lights in the apartment were on, when I always turn them off when I leave. However, occasionally I have a visitor, which although when I am not here, I never seem to notice it, it can also make one uncomfortable after the visitor leaves, and one returns to one's apartment. As I recall, the Greenwich Housing Authority has a routine bug and insect exterminator that services the building, so what ever the exterminator sprays in the apartment can occasionally cause problems for the residents depending on whether they are allergic to insecticide or not. Possibly that was the case today, when I found the lights on in the apartment when I returned. However, there might be some volunteer acting as a private security expert, whom might notice things about the apartment, which I never seem to notice, and many times I suspected it was just the "Old Ghost of Flanders", which many long term Greenwich, Connecticut residents are use to dealing with. Well, enjoy the sun that I perceive coming through my drapes. I am off to sleep. I just checked www.cl-p.com and the United States of America Federal government still has not placed my NEON energy assistance grant into my electricity account. Although, I received the grant letter in February 2004, one has to wait for the congress to pass the legislation funding. Last year the grant was in the account by the first of May, so I guess the funding for the NEON energy assistance program has not gone threw yet. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 4:50 P.M.: I am a staunch Bush supporter because I am a staunch republican, and from my experience I could say a lot worse things about the democrats, but I happened to stumble across this group of web pages, which might explain what other people are looking at George Bush: #41 The Unauthorized Biography by Webster G. Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin . I suppose it says more than our local press says. Since I hardly have much time to watch television anymore, pretty much what I read is what I know, but having been raised and educated in this environment for a good deal of my life, I can understand how people try to over simplify an area with over 20 million people. One reason, I seem to know more about the democrats is that since I was always a staunch republican, I have had more than my share of democrat tricksters try to cause problems in my life, so I can imagine at the much higher levels of national office, their tricks are even worse. Basically, one learns more from experience than other people's propaganda attempts. By Greenwich, Connecticut standards, the Bush family was never particularly wealthy, so they participated in a more ordinary life style, but it is only the long term families that seem to appreciate their efforts, and I am sure they have made some enemies along the way, as I am well aware my family also has. I guess a lot of people read too much propaganda, and they do not know the real story. Whatever, the case since the liberal minority currently out of power have managed to take over most of the Ivy League colleges in this country, they are very cleaver at manipulating public opinion and taking advantage of their Ivy League privileges. However, when it comes to supporting and building those institutions that other long term families have built over hundreds of years, they do not seem to realize that a much larger group has been watching their manipulations for a great deal of time, and it is what Richard Nixon frequently said that the "Silent Majority" frequently knows more. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 4:00 P.M.: I microwaved and ate a 12.5 ounce Stouffer's Lean Cuisine chicken with mushrooms dinner, which I had with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 3:05 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a Mainstays decor three different types Liquid Soap Dispenser white color for $7.50, a brushed brass parsons type light which swivels for $5, and a white wicker two shelf rack for $5 for $17.50 total. I then went downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop, and they also have lots of new merchandise like the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop did. The volunteers were planting the garden at the Merry Go Round Mews retirement home. I next chatted briefly and walked briefly with a local downtown resident. I then walked up to the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a package of two 50 pound capacity OOK hooks with carbide nails for $2.49 plus .15 tax for $2.64 total. I then returned to the central downtown area, and I sat out for a while. I noticed they have done some nice gardening around the senior center with bushes planted behind the benches in front of the senior center. However, one has to be careful when sitting downtown around bushes in the summer, since sometimes they have wasps or other bugs in them. I also remember last summer about a half dozen people whom regularly sit in the Greenwich Common got Lyme Disease, and it is still very prevalent in this area, so when one is outside one should be careful about Deer Ticks. I next drove down by the waterfront. I left the May through October 2004 Greenwich Harbor tide charts at a former neighbor's mail box. I then went down by the water. There were no sea gulls around the pier, so I though it might hold off from raining, because the sea gulls usually sit around the pier when it is raining. Still it looked like it was going to rain. I then returned home, and I brought up my purchases. I used the two 50 pound OOK hooks with carbide nails to hang the two shelf white wicker rack on the left side wall of the bathroom sink. I raised the Hummingbird print above it. I hung the parsons type brushed brass swivel lamp to the right of the orange and gold mirror on the wall to the right of the primary computer, so it hangs over the Espon printer. I have it extended straight out. I used two wall anchors to hang it. I took the 100 watt bulb out of it which is a fire hazard, since it would get very hot with brass, and I put in the used General Electric 25 watt frosted tubular bulb. It has a rheostat on the fixture switch, so one can lower the light intensity. It adds a bit of low lighting around my computer work area. Possibly one could put a 40 watt version of the same bulb in it, but I would not put any large wattage in it. The tubular shaped bulb keeps a distance from the brass shade, so it does not heat it up. I have 40 watt clear tubular bulbs, but they are for the parsons standing lamp next to the long green couch, and they are two long for the new fixture. The new fixture uses the same bulbs as the Rembrandt print of the Polish rider light fixture which can only use 25 watt frosted tubular bulbs. I hung the soap dispenser above the wall tile on the center rear of the bath tub shower area. It has pump action dispensers for three different types of liquid soap. I used the English labels from left to right for Shampoo, Conditioner, and Soap. I then filled the shampoo dispenser with European Mystique shampoo, the Conditioner dispenser with European Mystique conditioner, and the soap dispenser with Wal-Mart Equate antibacterial clear liquid soap. Thus I do not have the plastic shampoo bottles in the bath tub area anymore, but I left the soap dish with the bar of soap. The dispenser pumps are about six feet above the tub area, so any short individual would have to use the shampoo bottles in the wire rack to the right of the toilet. I primed the soap dispenser pumps by pushing them a few times, which one has to do when refilling them. They have window indicators to indicate when they are low and need to be refilled. I left the new white wicker rack empty, since at the moment, I can think of anything to put in it. I showed the building custodian what I had done during the last few days. I washed the plate with the Great Seal of the United States of America that I have hanging on the bathroom wall on the upper right wall of the toilet at eye level, not out of disrespect, but it is a location that any guests will not miss it, and they will have time to contemplate it while using the facilities. I relaxed a bit trying to stay away, since I have been awake since 9 P.M. yesterday evening, and I have to be back on a daytime schedule, so I can make my 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 8:00 A.M.: I finished going through my email. I will now shut down the computer, and I will eat a piece of apple pie with iced tea. I will then go out on a rainy day. Rainy day blues for anyone just waking up. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 7:50 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor. There is a new Chinese Office Suite in English and Japanese from http://www.eioffice.com/ and http://www.resii.com.tw/ and in English http://www.evermoresw.com.cn/weben/index.jsp and Japanese http://www.eio.jp/ . They are suppose to offer competition to Microsoft. They certainly have a large market where they are coming from. Maybe Paul Allen should invest in a Kayak. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.: Wharf rats beware http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/megayachts/0803top100/index1.html and http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/megayachts/ and http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/ . However, I am not surf if the Viking Yacht is bigger or not, however if I am not mistaken, it is Norwegian owned, but it is in a different class, since it is a sailing racing yacht. I do know that I read that the Viking is bigger than the King of Saudi Arabia's Yacht which was bigger than the British Royal Family Yacht the Britannia, however when one gets into yachts of country's frequently their navies have specialized yachts that do not draw much attention since they do not travel far from their home ports. However, with the Yacht Viking, since it is a sailing racing yacht, it might not be able to fit into Long Island Sound, since frequently on a sailing racing yacht, the keel is as deep as the mast is high. I can not find reference to it on the internet at the moment. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 5:30 A.M.: Another big boat story The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Paul Allen resurfaces in cable waters . CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.: Anyone know what time it is http://direct.msn.com/ . CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 5:00 A.M.: Greenwich Time - A taste of Balsamic Vinegar . CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 4:55 A.M.: I put away the ice tea in the refrigerator. I am now going through my email. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 4:10 A.M.: I had not used my two free Juno email accounts in over two months, so I reactivated them by using them. I will have to remember to do that every two months or so. I do not have room for my Sterling PCI modem on my primary computer, since I am using the LAN card, PCI video card, Audio Card, and AGP video card, which uses up all my slots. However in an emergency if I needed to use Juno Free Dialup if the cable modem did not work, I have my U.S. Robotics External X2 modem hooked up to the serial port on the Dell backup computer. I also could hook it up to the serial port pass through device on the remote control mouse base with serial port pass through that I have hooked up to the serial port on my primary computer. I use the remote control mouse if I am using the TV out line on my AGP card to my television, which I can do, and I also have sound hooked up to the television. However, at the moment I have the Plantronics headset sound drivers loaded, but I can quickly change to the Creative MP3+ sound drivers in the Sounds and Audio Devices icons which would permit me to use the Andrea Electronics microphone and ear piece, the 10 computer speakers, or output to the stereo system or television, or headphones. However, recently I have not used those options since the computer speakers in my apartment along with my computer setup are in the southwest corner of the living room, and the computer speaker sounds would bother my neighbor downstairs, however I have the Plantronics headphone and microphone set to use, which are a good enough substitute. Since the layout in my apartment is the ideal layout, there is no point of even thinking about changing it. However, I will make a little room in the apartment during the second week of June, when some relatives pick up the day bed to take to a new guest room in another relative's house in Kennebunkport, Maine. I will then have room to move the long mahogany bureau and two Danish end tables in the living room to where the day bed is on the north wall, and then I will be able to pull the blue sofa another 2 feet further away from the long green sofa. I will put the brass and glass coffee table on top of the Danish desk in the bedroom in between the two sofas with the two brass and glass end tables on either end of the blue sofa. Whether I will have room for the French sitting chair at the apartment entrance is still open to conjecture. Still, it will make the living room seem larger. However, I still have the two backup computers on top of the brass and glass coffee table in the bedroom one of which is actually on top of the square Danish solid fruit wood table. Thus if I also use the square Danish fruit wood table in the living room, I would not have room for one or two of the backup computers, unless I figured out some way to make room for them on the Danish desk. Thus my apartment is like Rubik's Cube, and when one moves one item, one frequently has to move a lot more of other items. Also I have a lot of various items stored underneath the day bed such as an IBM selectric type writer, and a Panasonic word processing type writer, an old Bissell rug shampoo machine, some computer parts boxes, and who knows what else along with some cables. I put labels with scotch tape covering them on my Dell backup computer control panel for the switches for the modem, speakers, and hub. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 2:25 A.M.: Generally when it warms up around here in Greenwich, Connecticut, I set my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control to 72 degrees Fahrenheit on low fan with no moving louvers and no exhaust vent. 72 degrees Fahrenheit is the median temperature here year round. Occasionally on warmer days, I turn it down to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, since during the warmer months, the sun in the afternoon and evening hits my westerly facing windows. However, unfortunately during the colder months, that is not the case. I also have the General Electric maintenance contract paid up at about $74 a year on my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control until September 11, 2004. I generally get it, since the unit cost close to $600 four years ago and since it weighs 85 pounds, I would rather not have to move it or pay to have it serviced. Thus for now, we are fine as far as cooling, but I will have to pay around August for the service contract to be renewed. Of course having paid about $225 on the service contract since I bought it, one could argue at today's cheaper prices for similar units, I would be able to buy a new one, but at least for another year or two, I will keep renewing it. My Sears unit that I had here the first 11 years only needed to be maintained once, but it was a chore carrying down to the car and taking it over to the Sears repair station in Stamford, Connecticut and back. Since I do not know anyone whom is willing to help me with heavy lifting, I now use my cart that I keep in the back of my car for heavier items. I suppose moving so much stuff over the years is why I needed the hernia operation a year ago. I just ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used about 18 sliced baby carrots instead of 8, since at the moment carrots are cheap. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Kraft Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the regular ingredients. I am getting low on Rosenberg Danish blue cheese, which I use a few crumbs of in the salad, because I think the mold is good for one. I will have to remember to buy some more in the future. Of course during the end of the month, with all the recent maintenance expenses, my budget is low. I also opened up the last 3 liter container of Bertolli Classico olive oil, which I transferred part of into two smaller containers for easier usage. I am now making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 12:45 A.M.: I put the recent computer receipts and order forms in the Christmas wrapping shipping package that I keep my computer receipts in, and I put it on the right side file holder on the Danish bedroom desk. I put the package of 16 Radio Shack wire connector nuts that I did not use in the top box on the right side floor of my hallway sweater closet. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 12:35 A.M.: Yahoo! News - NOAA Expects Above Normal 2004 Hurricane Season . CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 12:35 A.M.: I just boiled some water in the General Electric microwave oven, and I left my two tooth brushes in the boiling water. I then put my three Water Pik tips in the boiling water along with my throw away razor. I then ran the boiled water through my Water Pik cleaning the inside of the three Water Pik tips and the inside of the Water Pik. I also put boiling water in my bathroom sink glass, and I cleaned it out along with the Water Pik water holder. Thus for now, they all should be a bit cleaner. The inside tubes of Water Pik devices tend to build up bateria and mold, so it is a good idea to run boiling water through them every so often. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 12:20 A.M.: Of course there is a cheaper way to improvise a germ eliminator, and that is if one boiled water in the microwave oven for tea of coffee, one could dip one's tooth brush in to the boiling water before using it to make tea or coffee. CIO Note: <888> 05/19/04 Wednesday 12:10 A.M.: I watched some television after the last message, and I did not fall sleep until 8 A.M. this morning. I ate a bowl of white corn chips before going to bed. I had a call from a friend about 10 A.M.. I was up at 4 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 9 P.M. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought buy one get one free of 16 ounce packages of baby carrots for $1.99 both, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99, and a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.29 for $6.27 total. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station. I sat out at various locations. I next drove down by the waterfront. I noticed somebody fleeing the tropical storm season has parked a large boat at the http://www.thedelamar.com/ . Unfortunately the Greenwich, Connecticut harbor is such a small harbor, that one can not moor the large boats that one is use to seeing down south. The ship Viking is suppose to be the largest private yacht in the world, but it will not fit into Greenwich Harbor. I am not sure if it would even fit into Long Island Sound. I noticed somebody from UST http://www.ustinc.com/ in the Stop and Shop, and since they are a local company and one of the largest tax payers locally, I try to be curious to them. UST has its corporate headquarters across the street from the Greenwich Library, and a former neighbor of my family was Mrs. Peterson whose husband was president of United States Tobacco. It was her bequest of $25 million dollars to the Greenwich Library that built the new Peterson Business and Music addition to the Greenwich Library, which is a great asset to the town. Also if one has tracked UST's stock performance http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UST and http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=UST&t=5y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c= , they have out performed the technology sector during the last 20.5 years I have been sitting across the street from them in the Greenwich Library. Thus they are a great asset to the community, and I think possibly they might expand their presence by buying the Levers Brother building next door, which will be vacated when they move to Trumbull, Connecticut. Since it is the nature of the tobacco and wine business, one is in relationships with individuals from warmers parts of the world, one more than likely sees individuals associated with UST during the routine of using the Greenwich Library. I also noticed this item http://www.germterminator.com on an infomercial this morning, and I will probably buy it next Christmas, since it looks like and interesting device when I have the funds. The infomercial on television says it is only $20 but the web site says it is actually $99.95, so they are actually practicing some deceptive advertising on television. Still it looks like a worth while device. However, one has to remember in the process of drinking water or using water to brush one's teeth, one is probably consuming germs from the water, since it is the nature of water that it is hard to keep germ free. I also noticed somebody from Korea bought my old web site domain mrscott.com . CIO Note: <888> 05/18/04 Tuesday 2:55 A.M.: Well, I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 05/18/04 Tuesday 2:45 A.M.: Well, I spent $72 with shipping for the 6,000 sheet remanufactured laser toner cartridge for my Minolta QMS PagePro 1250W laser printer from www.infinityimaging.com , $12.11 for the parts from www.outletpc.com plus $6.69 shipping, and the second half of the order from www.outletpc.com was $61.03 plus $9.92 shipping, the order from www.directron.com was $17.93 and $7.35 shipping, and the Antec 80mm SmartCool case fan from Staples was $12.99 plus .78 tax, so for my current maintenance upgrade of my computer system and network, I spent for $176.06 on parts plus $23.96 UPS shipping, plus .78 tax for a grand total of $200.80 plus a bit of web surfing looking for items and a bit of know how to install them and a bit of persistence to try to maintain my systems up to snuff. Thus life in the home computer world ain't cheap, but considering that I am paying $46 a month for online cable modem service from www.optimum.net , I guess one has to do one's best to make ends meet. I do enjoy being online on the internet, and I enjoy writing my notes, so it keeps me busy. CIO Download 3.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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