Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date

Note: <888> 01/13/04  Tuesday 2:30 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/04  Tuesday 2:05 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/04  Tuesday 1:45 A.M.:  When moving the computer monitors in the bedroom, I moved the large Long Island light bulb from on top of the AMD backup computer monitor to on top of the HP Vectra Server monitor.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/04  Tuesday 1:35 A.M.:  According to this the Iiyama VisionMaster Pro 454 new is $358, so they have come down in price IIYAMA USA .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/04  Tuesday 1:25 A.M.:  I found these links AnandTech: iiYama VisionMaster PRO 450 and Iiyama Flat Screen Monitors, PC Computer Monitor Review (VisionMaster 450 19 inch Monitor) , so the monitor came out around November 1999, so it might be 3 to 4 years old, but when I opened it up, it had hardly any dust in it, so it might be newer.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/04  Tuesday 1:15 A.M.:  According to this CADALYST Labs Reviews: 16 Sweet Monitors the IIyama Vision Master Pro 450 XGA 19 inch monitor when new had a street price of $699, but that was probably a couple of years ago.  Still with lots of people dumping CRT monitors for LCD monitors, I probably got a fair price on the item, since I had to put some work into getting it to go.  It is a most excellent monitor, and I should have less eye strain now.  Also I now have a backup 19 inch monitor.  I will remind people whom trade in their CRT monitors for LCD monitor that although LCD monitors are probably sharper with the right adaptor card, I do not think LCD monitors last as long as CRT monitors.  I just reviewed my old Scott's notes, and I bought the CompUSA 19 inch monitor on December 13, 1998 over five years ago for $424 with tax at CompUSA in Norwalk.  It is still working fine, however I did returned the original one for another one like it shortly after buying it, because the on off switch was faulty.  So on the present one, I have always used a control panel switch to turn it on and off.  Thus the CompUSA 19 inch monitor which is now on the Dell backup computer has lasted over 5 years with all the time I spend on the computer.  I believe it was made in Taiwan.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/13/04  Tuesday 12:40 A.M.:  I repositioned the monitors in the bedroom on the backup computers.  I also configured them.  I have the HP 15 inch monitor and the cart by the front door, so I can take the HP 15 inch monitor to the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop later today.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/04  Monday 11:15 P.M.:  My 4 P.M. appointment was cancelled today and rescheduled to next Tuesday.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I made my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  This time I cut two 1/4 inch thick slices of cold eye round, and I cut them into strips about a half inch by a quarter inch by about two inches, and I used them in the salad instead of tuna fish.  I also used a quarter of a diced yellow onion instead of Bermuda red onion.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Vermont extra sharp and extra sharp 2% low fat cheddar cheese.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I just chatted with another friend.  I put the 19 inch CompUSA monitor with my Dell backup computer, and I configured it.  I also ran the Red Hat Linux 9.0 updates on the Dell backup computer.  The IIYama Vision Master Pro 450 XGA 19 inch monitor has a slight  half inch diameter smudge in the top most center of the monitor, but it is not very noticeable.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/04  Monday 1:10 P.M.:  I heated and ate a 18.5 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder, which I put Arnold croutons on, and I also had some iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer.  I have a 4 P.M. appointment today.  It has warmed up a bit, and it is now 34 degrees Fahrenheit, so it is a bit warmer.  However, the very cold weather http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830 is suppose to return starting this Wednesday, so one should use these two warmer days to get ready for colder weather again.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/04  Monday 12:15 P.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/04  Monday 11:45 A.M.:  I went to bed after the last message.  I chatted briefly with a relative.  I was awake at 8 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until 11 A.M..  I picked up my mail.  I put the fully charged Radio Shack rechargeable Nickel cadmium batteries in the Emerson wireless headphones, and I am charging the other pair of batteries which should be fully charged at about 7 P.M..  I called Marx Brothers, but no one answered their telephone.  I will take the Epson ink cartridges downtown with me, when I go downtown in case they are still open.  Frequently they have older Epson inkjet printers including the Epson 800 in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 9:15 P.M.:  I relaxed a bit.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 8:20 P.M.:  I made up a bowl of onion soup.  I first minced two medium large cloves of garlic, and I peeled and sliced one large yellow onion about 4 inches diameter into 1/4 inch thick slices.  I then put four tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet on a electric burner on medium high heat and once the oil started bubbling I added the minced garlic and sliced onions, and I sautéed it all on the ingredients turning them continually them over medium heat for about 15 minutes until, they were all were all soft and mostly blanched.  I then added a 14 ounce can of Swanson's chicken broth, and I raised the heat to medium high stirring continually until the mixture started to boil, and then I reduced the temperature to medium, and I continually stirred the mixture for about 25 minutes over the medium heat, until the liquid was reduced by about 40% and the mixture had a slightly darker appearance than to start with.  I then poured it all into one of my 20 ounce Cobalt blue soup bowls, and I spread fifteen large cut Arnold garlic and herb croutons on the soup pressing each one slightly into the mixture, and I then spread on about four tablespoons of Kraft grated parmesan cheese, and I then sprinkled on it about a teaspoon of dried parsley.  I put the soup bowl on a plate, so the heat from the soup bowl would not hurt the duck placemat.  I ate the soup with a large soup spoon, and I also had a glass of iced tea.  It was a very delicious soup.  I just chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 12:35 P.M.:  I enjoyed my meal.  I will now shower and clean up.  It is presently 18 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind-chill of 9 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 12:05 P.M.:  I cut three 3/8 inch slices of cold eye round, and I put them on a dinner plate, and I covered them with horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, and I will have them to eat in about five minutes with reheated steamed white rice and steamed fresh green beans and broccoli along with ice tea.  I put a small bit of olive oil on my steamed vegetables.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 11:40 A.M.:  I am making a batch of ice tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  I am using one each of the five different teas in the Twinings five different types of tea package, four Lipton Green tea, two Bigelow orange pekoe tea bags, and nine Salada orange pekoe tea bags, but I am not using sugar, but I am using Angostura bitters as usual.  Angostura bitters comes from Trinidad and Tobago.  I visited Tobago during the winters of 1970 and 1971 with my family during the period I was attending Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu about a half hour north of Chicago, Illinois on Lake Michigan, during the same period that my family was living in Weston, Massachusetts.  Thus I was basically a cold weather person, and I enjoyed the tropical vacations to Tobago.  Well know recluses like Greta Garbo had homes in Tobago along with a great many British and Canadian subjects.  Of course back then it was not too expensive.  They drive on the other side of the road like the British, and we rented French Renault cars down there.  The first winter there, we rented a house across the street from the ocean near the Bishop's sugar plantation, and the second winter there, we rented a house on the other side of the island on the ocean next to the Mount Irvine club and golf course.  I checked with Liberty Travel here in Greenwich about four years ago, and they offered a per person double package weeks stay at the Mount Irvine Club with airfare for about $850 round trip.  Of course, one would still have to pay for meals, airport transportation to and from the club, drinks, and tips and gratuities, and transport if one rented a car, in one felt confident driving on the other side of the road or taxi, it could add up and be expensive.  However, Tobago has been developed a lot more in the last 30 plus years, so they have other resort facilities nearer to the tourist areas compared to the more isolated Mount Irvine Club.  However, there are so many resorts in the Caribbean, that one can find hundreds of other options.  Of course, one still has to be able to afford it.  Tobago was known as the Robinson Crusoe Island, and the natives 30 years ago worked mostly in the agricultural economy of harvesting coconuts and other island crafts.  I suppose more of them are in the tourist industry today.  Since Tobago lies about 25 miles north of the coast of Venezuela, there are also South Americans whom vacation there too.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 10:35 A.M.:  I put my heavier winter coats on the right side of my right living room closet.  I also have the long down Rainforest parka which I keep on my brass hat stand on the right side of the day bed, which is sort of like a Chinese border guard parka, which I have been wearing recently.  I also have a couple of warm vests that one can wear underneath the winter coats.  Most people in this area use the layer principal for staying warm, in that they wear layers of clothes, with the largest article on the outside with closer fitting warm clothing on the inside.  I have adequate winter clothing for the current conditions, and I only spend one to three hours outside anyway, not to mention I have the Hyundai with a heater.  Basically from what I could tell on Greenwich Avenue, people were not dressed that warmly, they are just dashing from their cars to the shops.  Of course, if one were traveling a distance particularly north, it does not hurt to have warmer clothes, in case one found oneself spending a long time outside.  I usually wear my Icelandic knit cap on cold days, and I bought it in Toronto, Canada for $40 about 20 years ago, when I was thinking about moving to Canada.  I guess I probably should have moved to Canada then, because being a northern person, the Canadians were a lot friendlier to me than some of the local new arrivals have been in this area, which also has northern people, whom seem to know something about the adjacent ocean.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 10:00 A.M.:  I saw someone wearing a parka yesterday that had a patch on the right sleeve that said Snow Goose.  The walker said it was the name of the parka, and that he had gotten a good deal on it in the Bronx.  I checked web sites, and I found this cold weather clothing provider that might make it http://www.canada-goose.com/ , but I do not see any reference to a parka named "Snow Goose", unless it is an older model.  Still http://www.canada-goose.com/ looks like they have some cold weather clothing, but I do not think this cold spell will last too long in this area, so there is no reason for spending too much money on extra winter clothing.  I still have my Survivalon Artic parka that I bought at the Norwalk Factory Store for $250 twenty years, but alas I only weighed 145 pounds when I bought it, so at my current weight of 205 pounds it does not fit me.  However, I keep it around in case I ever lose weight.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 9:45 A.M.:  I downloaded and installed the free Real 10 Player from www.real.com .  I put it on both the primary and backup Dell computers.  I chatted with a friend.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 8:05 A.M.:  I woke up in the middle of the night this past morning, and I also ate a bowl of Lays K.C. Masterpiece barbeque potato chips.  Basically, I would imagine the economy is tighter around here, because with the colder weather we have been experiencing lately, people are having to pay more to heat their homes.  My electricity bill last month was 50% above the monthly average, which is about normal for this time of year, but I try to keep my apartment cooler in the winter, but still warm enough, so it is comfortable.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/11/04  Sunday 7:30 A.M.:  I was awake at 5 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  It is now 3 degrees Fahrenheit, and there is a minus -8 degrees Fahrenheit wind-chill factor.  I guess I will stay in this morning, and I will do a little bit of computer work.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/10/04  Saturday 9:50 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by Staples, and they would exchange the Epson cartridges for me, but the two that I bought at Marx Brothers, they told me they sell them for $6.50 each all the time, which is not what their web site says.  Thus they would only give me $13 credit towards their price on the Epson 880 black and color cartridges, which would have been about $43 more.  I did not get them.  I will check to see if Marx Brothers is still in business and see about returning or exchanging them for something else.  I did buy a 2004 calendar with horse pictures for $5.99 plus .36 tax for $6.35.  I then drove back to downtown Greenwich, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue.  I returned home, and I chatted with a relative.  I hung the horse calendar on the refrigerator door where I hang my calendars.  I heated and ate a 18.5 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder, which I ate with 15 croutons and a glass of iced tea.  It is currently 7 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind-chill temperature of minus -6 degrees Fahrenheit.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Stay warm.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/04  Saturday 5:45 P.M.:  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will go out for another spell.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/04  Saturday 5:05 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by Gateway Auto Supply, and I bought a container of Pennzoil Gumout concentrated fuel injection cleaner for $3.99.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, but it was not working because of the cold.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  Along my walk up Greenwich Avenue, I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue, which is inside, so it is warmer and works.  I then stopped by CVS, and I bought six 18.8 ounce cans of Campbell's Chunky New England Clam Chowder for two for $2.99  for $8.97 all six.  I stopped by Marx Brother's going out of business sale, and their merchandise was up to 80% off.  I bought a Epson S020108 black ink cartridge for $12.47 and a Epson color ink cartridge S020089 for $14.50 half price for both plus $1.62 tax for $28.59 total.  I made a mistake though, the cartridges I bought are for the Epson Stylus Color 400/600/600Q/800/800N/850/850N/1520 printer.  However, I have an Epson Stylus Color 880 printer, so they will not work in them.  I can not return them, because this was the last day of the sale, and I do not recall seeing cartridges for the 880.  However, I will sometime in the future try to exchange them at Staples for 880 cartridges.  I then completed my walk, and I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue again on my way down Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by Greenwich Exxon, and I bought $7 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.839 a gallon for about 26 miles per gallon.   I put the Pennzoil Gumout concentrated fuel injection cleaner in the gasoline tank before filling up with gasoline.   One is suppose to use it every 3,000 miles.  I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then returned home.  I drank some iced tea.  It is currently 10 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind-chill of minus - 5 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/04  Saturday 12:55 P.M.:  My meal was delicious.  I will now clean up, and I will go out.  I will wear two pairs of long underwear bottoms and two pairs of socks.  It is 7 degrees Fahrenheit outside with a wind-chill of minus -10 degrees Fahrenheit.  Stay warm.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/04  Saturday 12:05 P.M.:  I took the 2 2/3 pound eye round roast that I bought yesterday at the Stop and Shop for $3.59 a pound, and I put it in a baking pan on a baking meat rack, and I seasoned it on all sides with garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, Old Bay Seasoning, celery salt, ground black pepper, Italian Seasoning, basil, oregano, and Texas Best Mesquite barbeque sauce generously.  I am baking it in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes.  I will have two 3/8 inch thick slices of it for my meal, with steamed white rice, and steamed fresh broccoli and fresh green beans with iced tea.  I have about 15 minutes to go on the eye round roast.  I will refrigerate the rest of the cooked eye round roast in a Rubbermaid container.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/10/04  Saturday 11:10 A.M.:  I was up at 5 A.M. this morning, and it was Zero degrees Fahrenheit outside.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I fell back to sleep until 7:30 A.M..  I chatted with a friend.  I just finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I listened to 106.7 FM off my stereo amplifier with the Emerson wireless headphones while doing my house cleaning.  I am recharging a pair of AA Nickel Cadmium batteries for the wireless headphones.  They should be charged at 6 P.M..  It is currently five degrees Fahrenheit with a wind-chill of minus - 15 degrees Fahrenheit.  I have both DeLonghi oil filled radiators turned on in the living room with them set at medium and temperature selection of 4 from 1 to 6.  It is warm and comfortable in the living room, and when I woke up, I turned the bedroom thermostat down from 70 degrees Fahrenheit to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, since I do not use the bedroom in the day time.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/09/04:

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 7:10 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I did not use a sliced plum tomato or sliced baby carrots.  I used all of the other regular ingredients, and I used a quarter of a diced yellow Spanish onion for the onion part and for the cheddar cheese portion, I use Kraft Cracker Barrel 2% low fat cheese.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will first send out my weekly notes.  It is presently 8 degrees Fahrenheit here in Greenwich, Connecticut with a wind chill of minus 8 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is suppose to be colder this evening.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 6:05 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.   I bought four identical 15 inch by 12 inch place mats with three ducks on them for $1 each in new condition originally $4 at Filenes probably over ten years ago and a General Electric night light with automatic sensor activation for $1 for $5 total.  I then went downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  They have more furniture in there.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I used the bathroom at the senior center.  It takes a while to get use to the cold.  The senior center, when I was there briefly was warm and comfortable.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and P.C. Magazine.  I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 96 ounce containers of Tropicana Premium orange juice with calcium for $2.99 each 96 ounce container, a eye round roast at $3.59 a pound for $9.28, a bulb of elephant garlic for $1.99, four 18.8 ounce cans of Campbell's Kitchen Classic soups for $1.25 each, one New England Clam chowder, one tomato, one lentil, and one chicken noodle, a five pound bag of yellow onions for $3.49, fresh green beans at $1.29 a pound for $1.20, a bunch of fresh broccoli at $1.29 a pound for $1.87 for $28.81 total.  I then returned home, and I put away my food purchases.  I drank some iced tea.  I put the night light in the bathroom with a new 8 watt night light bulb that I had in my second down from the left blue kitchen bureau where I keep the batteries.  I move the 4 inch General Electric florescent bulb fixture from the bathroom to the power strip on the center kitchen counter, and I moved the lower Glade Scent device to the power strip behind the Panasonic television in the kitchen.  The General Electric night light in the bathroom stays on when the bathroom light is off, but it goes off when the light is turned on.  I have a similar one on the center power strip in the kitchen.  It is cold out, and presently it is currently 8 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind-chill temperature of minus eight degrees Fahrenheit.  Stay warm.  I forgot to wear a double layer of socks today, so my feet were a bit cold.  I put two of the Duck place mats on the dining room table, and I put the other two with the three Tree of Life place mats on the lower shelf of the right bookcase in the hallway on top of the books.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 12:15 P.M.:  I finished my lunch.  I will now go out, and pretend I am on a summer adventure.  It is only 10 degrees Fahrenheit outside, so I will bundle up, and try to stay warm.  I think I will wear two pairs of socks along with all of my other winter gear.  Stay warm.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 11:55 A.M.:  I put away my laundry and picked up the mail.  I am heating a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's Select New England clam chowder, which I will have for lunch with about 15 croutons and a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 11:15 A.M.:  Important Norwegian press announcement Health Statement on the King of Norway December 1, 2003 .  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 10:45 A.M.:  I showered and cleaned up.  I have 35 minutes on the dry cycle on the laundry.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 10:05 A.M.:  I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  I have 10 minutes to go on the wash cycle of two loads of laundry.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 9:35 A.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 9:00 A.M.:  I checked some other temperatures, and it is most definitely about 30 degrees Fahrenheit colder in Canada.  I checked outside, and it is clear and cold.  I guess if one does not have anything to do, one could try this web site http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/ks.html .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/09/04  Friday 8:25 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I chatted with a friend.  I ate four 1.5 inch by 1.75 inch by .25 inch squares of Kraft extra sharp 2% reduced fat cheese with the remaining piece of Apple pie.  It is 13 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now however that is what Weatherbug says, but http://www.weather.com/weather/local/06830 says it is 9 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  I think the WeatherBug information comes from Rye Brook, New York, where as the http://www.weather.com/weather/local/06830 comes from the National Weather service weather station at Tod's Point on the waterfront, which actually should be warmer.  In any event for this area, it is quite cold outside right now.  Although, I could bundled up and go outside, I think I should probably stay inside in my warm comfortable apartment and work on the computer.  It is between 72 and 74 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment right now in the living room, but I would hate to think what it might be costing me to stay warm.  Besides having the living room thermostat set at 78 degrees Fahrenheit, I have the DeLonghi oil filled radiator behind my computer chair on medium and set at 4 on a scale of 1 to 6.  C'est tres froid, n'est pas!  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 9:25 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I bought a SoHo LAN card in an unopened box for $5.  I will put it in my IBM Cyrix 233 MHz with 64 megs of memory backup computer, which I have on the Danish end table on top of the left side of the Danish desk in the bedroom.  I then made my 3 P.M. appointment, and then I saw the Doctor for follow up on my cholesterol screening.  My cholesterol is about the same, and it is all right as long as I stay on the Lipitor.  The Doctor recommended that I should try to quit smoking cigarettes, which I might do sometime soon.  I have a follow up appointment for a physical during the first week of March.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations, and I went by CVS.  I bought a eight pack of CVS AA alkaline batteries for $4.99 and a 1 ounce jar of Basil for .99 and a .75 ounce jar of Oregano for .99 plus .30 tax for $7.27 total.  I then completed my walk.  I drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then chatted with a young skate boarder whom needed a cigarette, and he reminded me of another young skate boarder from years past, whom has not been seen around recently.  I suppose when they out grow their skateboards, they start investigating other items with wheels.  I then returned home.  I microwaved and ate a Marie Callender 16 ounce chicken pot pie along with a glass of iced tea.  I am tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will put the SoHo LAN card in the IBM Cyrix computer when I wake up tomorrow.  When one spends quite a bit of time out in the cold, it tends to exhaust one, since one loses a bit of body heat even when one is warmly dressed.  Stay warm, it is 24 degrees Fahrenheit right now, and I suppose it will get colder tonight.  I read one report that it is suppose to go down to 9 degrees Fahrenheit tonight.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 12:45 P.M.:  I ate about 3/4 of the 9 ounce can of Walgreen's smoked almonds before going to bed after the last message.  I was up at 10:30 A.M..  I have a small shelf rack behind my apartment entrance door.  I realized I had two much weight piled up on it, since it was only held on to the wall by two small Ook nails.  I took off 11 cans of air freshener, and I put 9 on the floor behind the shopping cart behind the door, and I put two on the Krups coffee machine to have available for use.  I left my scarves, knit cap, and gloves on the shelf which are lighter weight.  I also rehung the shelf with the two Ook nails, so the shelf Ook nails are fastened into more secure sections of the sheet rock.  I refilled two of my Glade Plug-in refills with a 2/3 mixture of English Leather cologne and 1/3 mixture 91% isopropyl alcohol, so the lower of the two on the kitchen power strip and the one behind the Minolta laser printer are now filled up.  I only filled them about 75% full, so there is air in the refill container, which seems to help them work properly.  In other words, if they are too full, they do not evaporate.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked the mail.  I will now clean up, and I will go out.  I have a 3 P.M. and 3:45 P.M. appointment at the same location.  The last appointment is for the follow up on my cholesterol test and for follow up on the Lipitor that I have been taking.  It is 26 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now, so it is a bit warmer today.  However, I think it is suppose to go down to 9 degrees Fahrenheit tonight.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 4:50 A.M.: I ate four 1/4 inch by 1.75 inch by 1.5 inch slices of the Kraft Cracker Barrel 2% lean cheddar cheese.  I will now have a handful of the Walgreen's smoked almonds.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will rest a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 3:55 A.M.:  I am microwaving a Stouffer's 12.5 ounce Lean Cuisine chicken with mushrooms dinner, which I will eat with some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 3:35 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 3:20 A.M.:  I have been going through my email.  I boiled 1.5 cups of water, and I put in a .3 ounce package of Jell-o sugar free sparkling white grape mix and a .3 ounce package of Jell-o sparkling wild berry mix in a Pyrex baking bowl with lid, and I stirred the boiling water into the Jell-o mix, and I stirred it two minutes.  I previously had opened a 15 ounce can of DelMonte lite sliced peaches, yellow cling peaches in extra light syrup, and I had drained off with the open can lid four ounces of the peach syrup, which I put in a measuring cup with nine ounces of cold Florida orange juice and three ounces of Rene Junot white wine, and I added this mixture to the hot Jell-o mixture after I had stirred it two minutes, and I stirred it until it was mixed, and then I added the peaches from the 15 ounce can of DelMonte sliced peaches, and I mixed it all, and then I added three ounces of cold water, and I mixed it all.  I then put the Pyrex lid on the Pyrex bowl, and I put it on the lower shelf of the refrigerator to chill.  It should be ready after about four hours to eat, but I will probably wait until tomorrow to have some.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 2:45 A.M.:  Yesterday morning, I noticed when I drove over to Port Chester, New York that on main street in Port Chester, New York; CVS has cleared the ground to build a new store with a drive through Pharmacy pickup.  I guess people in New York, whom might be an older population too, do not like getting out of their cars to pick up their prescriptions.  I guess this is probably already the case down in Florida and southern California and southern Texas and other areas in the southwest and southeastern United States where there are lots of retired people.  The person I initially talked with the most when I went down to Florida on my own during the third week of September in 1976 was a long time Florida resident with a great deal of experience in the southeast coming from one of the original European families in the southeast, and although he was a staunch democrat, his primary political past time was for the Florida Grey Panthers senior citizen lobbying group which do not seem to have their own web site, but of course there is always http://www.aarp.org/ which I have been paying memberships dues of $10 annually to, since I turned 50 years old.  The person that talked about the Florida Grey Panthers senior citizen lobbying group use to talk a lot about Senator Claude Pepper who helped start the organization.  I guess he was not very successful, since although the individual was one of the largest land owners in the state of Florida, he eventually retired and passed away in Tybee Island, Georgia, so I guess at the time there were people whom were more senior than him at age 72, that still had a bit of influence that he did not have.  Of course on colder days in Florida, not all the seniors went out and explored to see whom was around.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 2:20 A.M.:  Wired News: Bush Grabs New Power for FBI .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 2:10 A.M.:  New stuff http://www.demo.com .  Maybe the Chinese of the Japanese have come up with a robot that does mind working in the cold weather.  My personal viewpoint is the human experience is more adaptable.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 2:00 A.M.: Car story from Michigan HollandSentinel.com -Toyota, Honda boast record sales 01/05/04 .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 2:00 A.M.:  Of course, once having been in the hospitality business, we also try to be prepared to entertain on a year round business.  I emptied my eight ice trays in the refrigerator freezer into a triple layer group of three plastic CVS bags, and I put the loose ice back in the freezer, and I refilled the ice trays.  The ice in the freezer trays tends to evaporate in the dry conditions of the freezer.  This weather locally is suppose to continue on until this Monday when it warms up a bit http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830 .  Of course on this Monday, there might be snow.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 1:35 A.M.:  I turned on the DeLonghi oil filled radiator behind my computer chair, and I set it at medium and temperature selection of 4 on a scale of 1 to 6.  At the moment it is 18 degrees Fahrenheit outside, but tomorrow night, it is suppose to go down to 9 degrees Fahrenheit.  Cold snaps do not usually last two long around here, but back around January 21, 1982, it was 24 degrees Fahrenheit below zero here, so that was the last time I tried to venture down to Key West on my own, since I did not have any place to stay here.  However, when I got down to Key West, Florida they were not very friendly, because the United States government people down there thought that the United States government was more important than private capitalist enterprise.  Sooner or later, the United States government people living off the tax payers' money are going to learn that a great many hard working tax payers pay money to operate the United States of America government, and even people like myself living on disability income spend a great deal of time volunteering based on an advanced expensive education and years of experience.  Thus individuals whom think they know it all, might need a little bit more experience, until they begin to realize that people up north spend a great deal of time in the warmer months getting ready for the colder months, so they have time to be warm and comfortable at home.  As I have said before, it is not necessary to be using energy to heat up cast iron in an automobile, when one can use the same energy to be warm and comfortable at home.  Of course if one were out in an automobile running the engine and the car heater to stay warm on a cold night, it is frequently advised to leave the automobile window open a small bit, so in case the carbon monoxide fumes coming from the automobile are leaking into the car, some fresh air will also get into the car, so one does not get carbon monoxide poisoning.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 1:15 A.M.:  I studied the Solutia www.solutia.com web site to see what products they make.  Of course in this cooler weather, we could have a Siberian tiger downtown too or even a Mountain Lion or Cougar.  Whenever, I get around to venturing out, I will have to keep an eye out for White Snow Geese or even a White Fox.  The north woods are full of hungry animals on the prowl when it gets cold, and not all of them hibernate.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/04  Thursday 12:30 A.M.:  According to this information Chemstrand is now part of http://www.solutia.com/pages/corporate/ and not Monsanto, unless of course Monsanto owns Solutia.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/07/04  Wednesday 10:35 P.M.:  Today is Russian Christmas.  I checked to make sure the Holiday lights were working outside in front of the building, and they are working.  I am just about ready to have a cup of Salada orange pekoe tea with a tablespoon of lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/04  Wednesday 10:10 P.M.:  I rested until 9 P.M..  I ate a piece of apple pie.  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  I have my flannel pajama pants on with sweat shirt, my GAP full length long underwear, and my heavy terry cloth bathrobe, so I am warm enough.  It is 71.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment, and it is 19 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  I suppose it will get colder tonight.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/04  Wednesday 12:40 P.M.:  I made up a batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  This time I used a 6.5 ounce dry weight can of California medium black pitted olives.  I also made an ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm , but this time I used Dole Tuscany greens salad mixture instead of Spinach, and I did not use tomatoes, carrots, and broccoli.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used 2% low fat extra sharp cheddar cheese.  For the onion portion, I used one fourth of a large diced yellow or Spanish onion.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  Underneath my sweat shirt and flannel pajama bottoms, I am also wearing inside my GAP full length long underwear.  It is 20 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/04  Wednesday 11:05 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the ATM machine at the Bank of New York in Port Chester, New York.  I then went by the VitaminShoppe at the A&P shopping center in Port Chester, New York.  I bought VitaminShoppe multivitamins one daily with Lutein and Lydopene and no iron 100 tablets $12.57, 100 capsules of Deodorized Garlic 500 $5.37, 100 capsules of B-12 500 mcg. $4.76, Coral Calcium 1500 mg. 90 capsules $16.17, C-500 100 capsules $5.37, E-400 IU with wheat germ oil and lecithin 100 softgels $10.77, Niacinamide 500 mg. 100 capsules $4.76, B-Complex 100 capsules $7.58, and MSM 1000 three hundred capsules $32.36 for $99.71 total.  I then returned home.  I will store my new vitamins and supplements in the VitaminShoppe bag on the right living room closet shelf until I need them, which will be soon when the current bottles in the center kitchen cupboard start running out.  This is all part of my normal routine.  It is 19 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/04  Wednesday 9:25 A.M.:  I did a C: drive to D: drive backup on the primary computer in seven parts.  I ran Norton SpeedDisk afterwards.  After I ate breakfast I showered and cleaned up.  The computer is running just fine.  I now have 38,800 miles on my Hyundai.  It is 17 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  I will now stop by the ATM machine at the Bank of New York in Port Chester, New York, and then I will go by the VitaminShoppe www.vitaminshoppe.com in Port Chester, New York at the A&P shopping center, and then I will return home.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/04  Wednesday 6:30 A.M.:  I woke up earlier, and I ate a Quaker low fat white cheddar corn cake.  I was awake at 6:15 A.M..  I will now run Norton Disk Doctor, and then I will do a seven part C: to D: drive backup.  I will have breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/06/04  Tuesday 11:40 P.M.:  I heated and ate a 18.5 ounce can of Progresso Rich and Hearty creamy chicken with wild rice soup, which I ate with about 15 croutons and a glass of iced tea.  I did a backup with System restore, and I used disk cleanup to remove the old System restore files.  I still have over 3 gigabytes of disk space free on the C: drive.  Tomorrow I will do a backup.  I am not sure whether I will do a seven part backup or use the Automated System Recovery Wizard and do one entire backup file.  The disadvantage of one entire backup file is that if it became corrupted, one would lose the entire backup.  However, using my seven part backup procedure, I am not sure if I am backing up the entire system or not.  I do recall once restoring the system with the backup files since using Windows XP for over a year, so I think that procedure works.  I am also not sure with Automated System Recovery, if one can restore individual files or not, which is occasionally necessary.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  It is 20 degrees Fahrenheit here right now so try to stay warm. CIO

Note: <888> 01/06/04  Tuesday 10:55 P.M.:  After the last message, I uninstalled Windows XP SP2 beta, and it uninstalled and returned the system to its original configuration quickly and without any problems.  I then installed Windows XP SP1 and all of the other updates.  I then tried to print out with the PaperPort 6.5 program from the Visioneer 4400 USB scanner, but it would not print.  I then uninstalled the PaperPort 6.5 program and the scanner drivers including the including the C:\Windows\twain_32\VISCAN folder.  I used the registry editor, and I deleted all references in the registry to "Visioneer", "PaperPort", and "ScanSoft".  I then installed the Visioneer Software with the USB driver for both the Visioneer 4400 scanner and the WIA-42 Bit USB Scanner 1.0 (32-32) driver both of which are available from Visioneer.  After rebooting, I printed out without any problems the scanned copies of my new DieHard International battery receipts from Sears.  I printed out three copies, one of which I will put in the Hyundai glove compartment.  However, when I rebooted again the Visioneer 4400 PaperPort 6.5 program would not print out.  I tried reinstalling the software again, and it printed out, but when I rebooted, it would not print out.  I chatted with a friend.  I then searched the www.paperport.com web site, and I found a patch for PaperPort 6.5 http://knowledgebase.scansoft.com/view.asp?tnID=920 , and I downloaded and installed the patch and rebooted the computer and the Visioneer 4400 scanner with PaperPort 6.5 now works perfectly fine without any problems.  I guess when I installed the refresh of Windows XP with the upgrade option before installing Windows XP SP2 beta, I erased the PaperPort 6.5 patch that I had forgotten about.  This all took quite a bit of time, and I also ran Norton WinDoctor a few times, which I will do so again right now.  The primary computer system is running just fine.  Basically the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer driver would not work with Windows XP SP2 beta, so I now have the more stable XP system without the new features of XP SP2 beta.  I also copied the PaperPort 6.5 patch to a CD, and I put it with my Visioneer 4400 CD.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/06/04  Tuesday 4:55 P.M.:  After the last message, I tried copying my sales receipts from Sears for the new battery.  My Visioneer Scanner 4400 USB scanner worked, but it would not print out.  I tried reinstalling the Visioneer Scanner 4400 USB Paperport program, and it still would not work.  I finally figured out the scanner program was set to my Epson Stylus Color 880 printer, however when I tried to change it to my Minolta PagePro 1250W laser printer, it would not change.  I finally determined that my Epson Stylus Color 880 printer would not work with Windows XP SP2 beta, so I used the add remove programs to uninstall the Windows XP SP2 beta.  Thus my system is in the state when I reinstalled Windows XP from the Windows XP cdrom Update option.  Now I have to installed Windows XP SP1 and the other updates.  I backed up my system first with System Restore.  I had had some other minor problems with the Windows XP SP2 beta like system instability with the mouse cursor, and I guess it will be best not to use it.  I will now install the updates.  With the uninstall of Windows XP SP2 beta, the system seems to be running fine, and it is still configured the same way.  Of course the Windows XP firewall will not work with Norton Internet Security 2004, which I do have installed still.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/06/04  Tuesday 12:15 A.M.:  I have enough cold weather clothing if I remember to wear it.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/06/04  Tuesday 12:05 A.M.:  Weather Underground: Agata, Russia Forecast -minus 57 degrees F. right now .  Cooler weather due here for the rest of the week Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut 9 degrees F. on this Thursday Forecast .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 11:55 P.M.:  Obscure Key West, Florida trivia that Jimmy Buffett the former resident of Key West is actually from Montana Weather Underground: Montana is cold right now! .  Let's hope the cold does not come our way.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 11:35 P.M.:  Dutch pet cats The Rugged Elegance Inspiration Network: Baby Tiger Cubs Out for a Stroll .  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a piece of the apple pie along with some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 10:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the first section of the Greenwich Times.  The other sections were not available.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and they have their remaining Christmas items at 50% to 90% off.  I bought a Dover and York wood remote control holder with two compartments for 90% off for .99 plus .06 tax for $1.05 total.  I then completed my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  They have a large number of poinsettia plants at the dumpster area at the lower level parking area at the Greenwich Train station office building.  They would do better in a warmer environment.  I just now returned home.  I put the remote control holder on the TEAC DVD player with the other similar remote control holder with the remaining remote controls in it.  I drank some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 7:00 P.M.:  I had a telephone call at 5 P.M. about a legal matter that I might be able to help out on.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out as soon as I dress warmly.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 1:20 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 1:00 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 then drove over to Old Greenwich, and I went to Off Center Hair Stylists, and I had my hair cut for $18 plus $5 tip for $23 total.  I then went by the Rummage Room Thrift Shop.  I next went by the Old Greenwich CVS, and I bought three Dover and York gift packages for 75% off.  I bought the Dover and York Calendar, World Time Clock, Calculator with a wooden base and bell alarm for $3.25, the Dover and York Sound Soothing Machine with five sounds of mountain stream, summer night, ocean, heartbeat, and spring rain, with a power off timer, and ear phone jack for $3.75, and the Dover and York Multi Purpose Emergency Tool with a dual point glass breaker and seat belt cutter in a reflective case with mounting bracket for $2.49 plus .57 tax for $10.06 total.  I put the emergency tool with instructions in the space in front of my Hyundai gear shift underneath the dashboard.  I then drove around Tod's Point.  The tide was very high.  I next drove back to downtown Greenwich, and I drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the Arnold Bakery outlet, and I bought a loaf of Arnold Branola Country oat bread for .99 and a Entenmann's Countrystyle apple pie for $1.89 less senior discount of .29 for $2.59 total.  I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s cigarettes for $31 total.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea, and I ate a piece of apple pie.  The world clock came with two LR-44 button cell batteries included, and I removed the plastic tab to keep them from working, and the clock started up.  I set the time and date.  I put it on the right front of my HP LaserJet IID printer on the dining room table, so I now have a calendar as well as time and the calculator.  I put in for 4 Energizer AA batteries in the soothing sound machine, and it works just fine.  I left if on the brass and glass coffee tables in between the two couches for relaxing sounds.  I left the instructions for the two items on the brass Eiffel Towel plate on my dining room table.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 8:25 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 8:05 A.M.:  http://www.marsinstitute.info/ news from the Red planet.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 7:45 A.M.:  I am still reading some of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I also watched some television.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 6:25 A.M.:  I ate two mandarin oranges.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 6:10 A.M.:  Watching Microsoft Like A Hawk - Microsoft News Watch Site .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 5:45 A.M.:  I updated http://www.atomtime.com/download.html .  I am going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 5:25 A.M.:  I ate one fourth of a bag of Lays K.C. Masterpiece Barbeque potato chips along with some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/04  Monday 4:25 A.M.:  The entire file group for Scott's Notes for the last six years and seven months is available for download from Scott's Notes from June 1997 through December 2002, 3.05 Mbytes http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsnote1.zip contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through December, 2003 pages 1583 - 2855"