Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date

Note: <888> 09/04/04  Saturday 4:10 P.M.:  I was up at 10 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went outside, and I picked up the mail.  I went back to bed until 2 P.M..  I watched hurricane Frances news www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm on television.  I watched a rerun of President Bush's acceptance speech at the Republican convention on Cspan.  I changed my IDE setting from PIO to DMA, so the computer runs faster again.  Hopefully it will not freeze.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 09/04/04:

Note: <888> 09/04/04  Saturday 1:30 A.M.:  I downloaded and installed the new release of Windows Media Player version 10 Download Center Windows Media Player .  I will now send out my weekly email of Scott's Notes.  I will then shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/04  Saturday 12:35 A.M.:  Hurricane Frances tracking http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0604W+GIF/040258W.gif shows the eye of the hurricane coming ashore between Jupiter and Hobe Sound about 8 P.M. this evening, so it has shift about 35 miles south.  NRL Monterey Satellite Photos and http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm and Welcome to PalmBeachPost! Storm Special .  I was told by another person that lots of people leaving the storm area have been running out of gasoline in north Florida, and they have been abandoning their cars along I-95 north, since there is no gasoline available.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/04/04  Saturday 12:20 A.M.:  I ate a half of a 10 ounce can of smoked almonds with a glass of iced tea.  I watched some television.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 11:05 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a package of 10 CVS twin blade disposable razors for $3.69, two 10 ounce cans of CVS smoked almonds for $1.99 each, three 18 ounce bottles of Bulls Eye barbeque sauce for .99 each plus .22 tax for $10.86 total.  I then completed my walk.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks at the beginning and the end of my walk.  They are repaving the sidewalk in front of the veterans monument along with the other locations, they have repaved along Greenwich Avenue including the new intersection at Fawcett Place and Grigg street and Greenwich Avenue.  They are still working on the stone front of Brooks Brothers.  I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 10 ounce bars of Kraft Cracker Barrel 2% low fat sharp cheddar cheese and two 10 ounce bars of Kraft Cracker Barrel 2% low fat extra sharp cheddar cheese each for $2 each, a three liter can of Carapelli olive oil for $17.99, two quart jars of Smuckers strawberry jam for $3.99 each, three 28 ounce cans of Goya Chic peas for $1.99 each, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.29, a 16 ounce jar of Planters dry roasted peanuts for $1.99 each, fresh broccoli crowns at $.50 a pound for $.53, three 8.5 ounce boxes of Triscuits low fat crackers for $1.99 each, a 10 ounce box of 10 quart packages of CVS dried milk for $6.99, two 16.5 ounce bottles of Monari balsamic vinegar for $3.59 each, six 6.5 ounce dry cans of Stop and Shop medium black pitted California olives for .99 each can, four buy one get one free of 18 ounce Quaker Old Fashioned oats for two for $2.49 for $79.40 total.  I then returned home, and I carried up my groceries with my cart that I keep in my apartment, and I put away my groceries.  I drank some iced tea.  I chatted with two relatives.  I am listening to the television about the hurricane information.  CIO  

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 6:05 P.M.:  I made out a check to pay my electricity bill to Northeast Utilities.  After this bill, I will be back next month on the $95 a month budget amount.  I will now clean up, and I will go out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 5:45 P.M.:  I threw out the garbage.  I am just about to eat a Maria Callender 14 ounce turkey dinner with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 5:15 P.M.:  I finished house cleaning and watering the plants.  I chatted with two relatives.  I will now throw out the garbage.  It was reported about an hour ago that hurricane Frances www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm is moving in more of a westerly direction towards Palm Beach, Florida, and they are boarding up the Breakers Hotel.  Tracking FRANCES shows the eye coming ashore at 2 P.M. on Saturday between Stuart and Fort Pierce Hotel and road map of Florida - World Sites Atlas .  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 1:55 P.M.:  I went outside briefly, and I picked up the mail.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I chatted with www.cl-p.com , and I will pay the balance of my electricity bill.  I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I continue to have the Weather Channel playing on the televisions.   Local news story Greenwich Time - Crocodile hunters call off their search .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 11:50 A.M.:  I woke up last night, and I ate a half of a 10 ounce can of smoked almonds with some iced tea.  I had a friend call at 7 A.M. this morning.  I was up at 10 A.M..  I chatted with a relative twice and another relative.  I looked at TCPalm: Frances slows, reduces intensity slightly , http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0604W+GIF/031453W.gif , http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml , www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm , NRL Monterey Satellite Photos , and I looked at the cable news channels, and I am now watching the weather channel.  Currently hurricane Frances has 115 mile winds, and it is a category 3 hurricane.  However, the current tracking is for the eye to come ashore between Vero Beach, Florida and Stuart, Florida, however as it goes over the water between the Bahamas and Florida, it might pick up with intensity again or change course.  The storm is moving slower, so it will last longer when it passes over.  The CNN correspondent is in Melbourne, Florida.  A lot of Greenwich, Connecticut people have homes in Vero Beach, Florida, so we keep an eye on Vero Beach, Florida.  They say the hurricane winds will extend 85 miles from the eye, and there could be up to 20 inches of rain and a 14 foot storm surge.  I will now eat breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I will then do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 1:35 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 1:25 A.M.:  I ate a bowl of dry roasted peanuts with some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/03/04  Friday 12:10 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue including the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I drove around the train station area, and I drove down by the waterfront.  I  went to the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 a half gallon for $4 total.  I returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/04  Thursday 9:00 P.M.:  I studied www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  I chatted with a relative.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with another relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out for a walk.  I would like to watch President Bush's convention speech, but I am already pro Bush Cheney, so I will continue some of my other usual volunteer activity.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/04  Thursday 6:50 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, an I mailed my payments for my Cablevision and Optimum Online at the Valley Road post office.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a matching pair of two two level mahogany end tables with leather tops in the Bombay style of furniture.  They are about 50 years old, but I think they are reproductions not the original Bombay furniture.  They were $10 apiece for $20, and I bought a pair of 50 foot speaker cords for a dollar and a package of two General Electric extra long life night light bulbs for .50 for $21.50 total.  One of the tables has a cigarette burn in the leather top.  I was able to get them both in my car.  I then returned home.  I brought them up, and I polished them with furniture polish spray in the hallway.  I then moved the blue sofa four inches closer to the long mahogany bureau and about ten inches closer to the long green couch.  I moved the brass and glass coffee table centered between the two sofas, so there is about ten inches between the edges of the coffee table and the sofas.  I moved the maple side table behind the blue sofa, and I centered it on the back of the blue sofa.  I moved the two cordless telephones and answering machine to the near side of the blue sofa.  I rearranged the flags, and I have the two lights centered on the back of the table.  I put the two mahogany end tables back to back at the near end of the blue couch at the apartment entrance.  I moved the brass and glass end table from the front of the Danish bar to the near front of the blue sofa.  I moved various bric a brac items from around the apartment on to the end tables.  Thus I have a more formal apartment entrance.  I put the speaker cords on the floor of the sweater closet, and I replaced the red bulb in my bathroom night light with a clear bulb.  I went outside briefly.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/04  Thursday 1:45 P.M.:  I went outside briefly, and I picked up my mail.  I made out checks to pay my Cablevision and Optimum Online cable modem bills.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/04  Thursday 12:30 P.M.:  I was up at 10:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went outside briefly.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/02/04  Thursday 12:25 A.M.:  I went outside briefly.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/01/04  Wednesday 11:55 P.M.:  I put the chains in the rear left hatchback area of my Hyundai.  I chatted with a relative whom is concerned about hurricane Frances www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm  hitting her winter home.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  This time I used a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Wisconsin and Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheeses.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I watched the republican convention.  This is a good map of the state of Florida, if one wants to compare the hurricane maps with the actual map of the state of Florida Hotel and road map of Florida - World Sites Atlas .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/01/04  Wednesday 9:10 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and from the 70% off rack in the front of the store, I bought a set of two Laclede Cable Type Radial Tire Chains that are adjustable to fit my Michelin front P175/70R-13 all season radial tires for $15 plus .90 tax for $15.90 total.  I don't think you need a set of chains for the rear tires on a front wheel drive car.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I next went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I chatted with another village regular.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time.  I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 16 ounce container of Stop and Shop grated parmesan cheese for $5.99, two 8.5 ounce boxes of Nabisco Triscuit low fat crackers for $1.99 each box, a 24 ounce bag of Roma plum tomatoes for $2.49, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99 for $16.44 total.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  I will put the chains in the their container in the rear hatch back area of my car, but before the colder weather I should prefit them to my automobile tire size.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/01/04  Wednesday 2:55 P.M.:  I was up at 10 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I chatted with some neighbors, and I picked up my mail.   I cleaned up.  I made out checks to pay my Verizon and my AT&T telephone bills.  I went out, and I mailed the checks at the Valley Road Post Office.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next returned home.  I noticed on this page for Hurricane Frances tracking FRANCES and this story from the Vero Beach, Florida newspaper TCPalm: Frances on unpredictable course that they are worried that it might come ashore in that area.  Of course it is such a large storm, it would effect most of Florida, and it still could change course.  These links are still available http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml and www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  I chatted with two relatives, and I left a message with another relative.  I have relatives whom live in Vero Beach, Florida during the winter.  I will now go back out.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/01/04  Wednesday 12:50 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/04  Sunday 11:50 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  For the Cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Swiss cheese and Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I watched some television.  I ate two black licorice sticks.  While I was downtown walking, someone asked me where the Asiana cafe was, and I did not know where it was.  It is suppose to be a Chinese restaurant.  I guess it is the restaurant where the old Tucson's bar and restaurant used to be according to this directory Greenwich, Connecticut Chamber of Commerce Dining in Greenwich .  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/04  Sunday 9:40 P.M.:  I was up at 2 P.M. this afternoon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until 5 P.M..  Last night I ate three black licorice twists, and when I woke up I ate two, and I just ate three.  I chatted with a friend, and I left a message with another friend.  I put out by the dumpster, my old Royal coffee maker that I bought at the Old Greenwich Rummage Room thrift shop for $2 about six years ago, and someone picked it up while I was out.  The blue corduroy love seat is still there.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue including the train station area, and I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 7 ounce bags of black licorice twists for $1.19 each plus .14 tax for $2.52 total.  I then completed my walk.  I sat out briefly.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I just now returned home.  I drank some iced tea.  I mailed a letter downstairs in the mail room.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/04  Sunday 4:55 A.M.:  I did some regular internet work.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/31/04  Sunday 3:00 A.M.:  I just thought about something, that it is this time of year in the back country areas of this area, that more than likely the Mountain Lions, Panthers, Bob Cats and Cougars might be traveling through this area on their annual migration further south.  However, since it currently warmer in this area than normal, they might linger in this area.  Also I have been told around horses that a radio going in the barn is suppose to keep coyotes away, but I don't think that would stop a predator cat.  This is based on many years of experience out at night in this area, and I don't care what any so called environmental read estate experts claim because their ultimate goal is to sell real estate.  If you want to know how I know some of this, it is because it has been leaked from NASA and other satellite agencies that have the capability of tracking such wild life.  It once use to be my opinion that if one kept a domestic cat around the house, the big cats would not bother one's environment, that is only conjecture, and I have nothing to prove it might work.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/04  Sunday 2:25 A.M.:  When I reset up the apartment, since there is hardly any room under the new sofa, I also put the folding wooden card table chair behind the directors chair, so it is handy to use.  I also moved the warm unopened 48 ounce can of Stop and Shop tomato juice on the wire rack behind the apartment entrance door.  It is next to the two old cans of the same tomato juice that I keep for eliminating skunk odor, should I ever be sprayed by a skunk at night.  I have them labeled "Old Skunk Juice".  It is unusual this summer and fall, I have not seen any skunks like I normally do all the time.  As I said in my notes about nine months ago, when I was commenting on the large amount of skunks in the area, that I spotted a great horn owl in the trees by the baseball field, so more than likely we have more great horned owls in the area that area eating the skunks.  Last year we had one skunk the size of raccoon, so maybe that was the head skunk, and maybe when it took off, all of the other skunks did too.  Also with the increased traffic in the area, there might be more road kill.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/04  Sunday 1:20 A.M.:  Both sofas look so nice, I do not feel like lying on them.  Hopefully, I will get use to relaxing on the new one soon.  Of course, one will have to straighten up the cushions on the new one, which was not the case with the old blue one.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/31/04  Sunday 1:05 A.M.:  Also the old blue couch is still outside by the dumpster if anyone wants it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 10/31/04  Sunday 1:50 A.M.:  Happy Halloween.  I went outside twice.  The second time I set the clock back on my Volvo an hour to end daylight savings time.  I then came back upstairs, and I set back my clocks and watches in the apartment.  Thus in ten minutes give or take, it will be 1 A.M. Eastern Standard Time ending daylight savings time.  In other words, one will have a 25 hour day or an extra hour to sleep.  CIO

Note: <888> 10/30/04  Saturday 1:55 P.M.:  Sad news CNN.com Princess Alice Oldest British royal dies at 102 - Oct 30, 2004 .  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I use Stop and Shop Swiss cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO