Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 12/20/04 Monday 7:25 A.M.: I was up at 3 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toast with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 6 P.M.. I watched part of a movie with Randolph Scott. I checked outside, and there was a couple of inches of snow so far. I heard the snow plow outside about 3 A.M. this morning. Local weather is cold at 10 degrees Fahrenheit Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast , so it is a bit cold outside at the moment. I also added this page Michael Louis Scott's Short Online Shopping List to my interactive directory which might be easier to use than Michael Louis Scott's Online Shopping List , and I linked both from the homepage. CIO Note: <888> 12/19/04 Sunday 5:55 P.M.: I went outside briefly after the last message. The east of the building outside door lock is broken on the outside, so one can not enter the building from that side. My guest arrived at 2:30 P.M.. We chatted a while. We then went for a drive downtown and by the waterfront and returned back to my apartment, and we chatted some more. My guest just left. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 12/19/04 Sunday 1:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I toured CVS. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.50, broccoli crowns at $1.79 a pound for $1.74, and a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $1.99 for $5.23 total. I so far on my Stop and Shop card have $585.20 savings year to date. On my CVS card, I have about $365 in savings year to date. I then returned home. I drank some iced tea. I chatted with a friend. The friend is coming down to visit in about an hour. I noticed at the Stop and Shop beef roasts are on sale, and the restaurant standing rib roast was off from $8.99 a pound for only $4.99 a pound, but it still would be over $20, and I don't eat that much meat anymore. CVS also has 9 ounce cans of deluxe Planters cashews for $2.99, in case you have to feed a parrot. CIO End of Scott's Notes week of 12/19/04: Note: <888> 12/19/04 Sunday 8:30 A.M.: I updated Download Scott's Internet Directory "scott008.zip" 2.29 megs and open "scotlist.htm" in web browser 12/19/04 . I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air. Note: <888> 12/19/04 Sunday 7:55 A.M.: I added some more links to Michael Louis Scott's Online Shopping List . CIO Note: <888> 12/19/04 Sunday 5:25 A.M.: I made and drank a cup of coffee. For coffee now, I grind a 50% mixture of 8 O'clock hazelnut and decaffeinated coffee beans, and I brew it in my Krups espresso cappuccino machine with about 10 ounce of water, and I add milk. For large amounts, I would use my Bran coffee maker. I noticed when I was in the Food Emporium on Friday night that a roast beef is about $12.99 a pound, so a four pound roast beef would be over $50, so we do not eat such luxury items anymore, not to mention living by myself, I would not be able to consume it all before it went bad. It did look tempting however. If one is looking at food items in America, and one is not from here and not familiar with the food items available, I would not buy the Alpo www.alpo.com brand of foods, since although it would probably not hurt you, it is meant for pet or domestic animal consumption. I also updated with a few more links Michael Louis Scott's Online Shopping List . CIO Note: <888> 12/19/04 Sunday 4:05 A.M.: I put away the laundry. I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I use a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Cabot Cabot Cheese - award winning Vermont cheddar Monterey Jack cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 12/19/04 Sunday 2:15 A.M.: I was up at 8 P.M. last night. I chatted with a relative. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toast with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 12:30 A.M.. I am doing two loads of laundry, and I have 25 minutes on the dry cycle. I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom. I have my wool socks hanging over the bedroom door to dry. I do not like putting wool items in the dryer. CIO Note: <888> 12/18/04 Saturday 9:25 A.M.: I updated Michael Louis Scott's Online Shopping List with a few more links. I also updated Download Scott's Internet Directory "scott008.zip" 2.29 megs and open "scotlist.htm" in web browser 12/18/04 . BBC NEWS Europe Freak storms kill six in France . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 12/18/04 Saturday 1:00 A.M.: Today when I did the house cleaning, I also cleaned out the vinegar bottle on the dining room table with the mold that built up in it. It did not seem to be penicillin mold. I then put in clear white vinegar. CIO Note: <888> 12/18/04 Saturday 12:55 A.M.: I put three teaspoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine in my 10 inch omelet pan, and I heated it over medium high electric heat, and once the fat began to bubble, I lowered it to a little lower than medium. I had already broken three eggs in a metal bowl, and I added a couple of tablespoons of milk, and I mixed it altogether with a whisk. I added the egg mixture to the omelet pan, and I let it heat until it was solid enough to flip over. I then flipped it over with a spatula. I then let it heat a little more until that side was cooked a little bit and it was puffy. I then slid it on to a microwave proof plate, and I added two sliced plum tomatoes sliced into 3/16 inch thick slices and 12 slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch square, and seasoned it with Italian seasoning, and I put it all in the microwave oven with a microwave cover, and I heated it on reheat for half of the normal cycle to melt the cheese and warm the tomatoes. I then put the microwave proof plate with the open face omelet on another plate, and I sprinkled it with grated parmesan cheese. I also added two slices of toast with two slices each of margarine, and I cut the toast in half. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 12/17/04 Friday 11:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I stopped CVS, and they are sold out of Hanes long underwear, but I have plenty of long underwear for myself. I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center twice. I chatted with another citizen. I drove down by the waterfront. I then toured the Stop and Shop. I then went to the Food Emporium and used the bathroom, and I bought a 40 bag box of Salada green tea for $2.49. I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 12/17/04 Friday 5:50 P.M.: I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants. I threw out the garbage. I am just about to eat a Maria Callender 14 ounce grilled chicken tenders dinner, which I will eat with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and after I eat, I will clean up and go out. Current temperature is 36 degrees Fahrenheit Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast . Note: <888> 12/17/04 Friday 2:45 P.M.: I microwaved and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's split pea and ham soup with a glass of iced tea. I ran Norton Win Doctor 2003 and Ad-awareSE. I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO Note: <888> 12/17/04 Friday 2:15 P.M.: The send and receive feature of Microsoft Outlook 2003 quit working, so under the Help feature I ran the Microsoft Office 2003 repair feature, and it is now working just fine. CIO Note: <888> 12/17/04 Friday 1:40 P.M.: I woke up during the night, and I ate a 10 ounce can of CVS smoked almonds. I was up at 6 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 10 A.M., when I chatted with a relative. The relatives that gave me my 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon needed copies of my registration and title since in Pennsylvania, it still showed up that they owned it. I went out to the car, and got the registration, and I scanned both the title and registration, and I emailed the scanned copies to my relative. I keep the title in my apartment in a hidden place. I made three copies each of the title and registration which I put in the metal file holder on the upright mahogany chest in the bedroom. I put the registration back in the Volvo. I then went out to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, and I did some banking business. I then returned home. I chatted with a relative. I washed my breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. CIO Note: <888> 12/16/04 Thursday 10:00 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 12/16/04 Thursday 9:10 P.M.: I did not fall asleep until about 9 A.M. this morning. I chatted with a friend and a relative. I woke up at 1 P.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went out to my 3 P.M. appointment. I showed my 3 P.M. appointment the blank rifle cartridge that I found earlier this morning, and my 3 P.M. appointment said it was a blank. I put it back in the Yale cup when I returned home. I next went to the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop. They are short of staff, and they need someone to price the women's clothes that are stacking up in the back room. I then went downtown, and I walked up Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I dropped of a prescription at CVS. I then walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I continued my walk after enjoying the view from the bench in front of the United States Trust Company, Morgan Stanley office, and the Chase bank of the Presbyterian Church in downtown Greenwich and whatever else is on Lafayette Place beside the Greenwich Hospital a block further north. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I then walked back up to CVS, and I picked up my prescription. I then used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center again. I found someone's eye glass lens that I left on the front table at the senior and the arts center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Greenwich Library. Another patron hit the guard rail in the east parking lot, and I have kept telling the Greenwich Library for years, they need to put hard rubber bumpers on the guard rail to protect the patron's cars that hit it. They also should have higher more visible warning signs or markers, so individuals can see that it is there. I have seen at least a half dozen people over the years hit that guard rail. They also have put grey caulk into the sidewalk divide spaces and other areas around the east Library sidewalk which is still very wet, so individuals should be careful around there. Recently the Greenwich Time has not been available when I use the Greenwich Library, so I have not been able to read it. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought Chiquita bananas at .69 a pound for $1.61. I bought the ones that were still a mixture of green and yellow color, so they will not be too ripe when I get around to using the last ones. I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor. I then microwaved and ate a 6.65 ounce Celeste deluxe frozen piazza, and a 7 ounce Banquet chicken pot pie which I microwave in a plastic microwave dish for 4 minutes in a Stouffer's chicken pot pie box with crisper paper. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I noticed that I have an interesting mold growing on the top of my balsamic vinegar bottle that I never use on the dining room table. I suppose I should throw it out, but it probably should be researched first to see if it is a variant of the penicillin mold that I found growing in my refrigerator a year ago. I did preserve a sample of that mold in my freezer in a bag of ice in a small Rubbermaid container. I also moved the third blue bent oak chair from the dining room table into the bedroom between the desk and the upright mahogany bureau, so there is more clearance room at the kitchen entrance. CIO Note: <888> 12/16/04 Thursday 5:35 A.M.: I put a folded blue towel on the chair in the kitchen, so it will stay clean, since the cushion is white fabric, and I have my Krups coffee make on the counter above it, coffee might possibly spill on it at one time or another. 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 used all of the other regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today, so I will be up around noon. It is still a bit cold outside Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast . CIO Note: <888> 12/16/04 Thursday 3:45 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I found a discarded Chippendale type chair with white petit point cushion in front of Best and Company just north of the senior and arts center. I put it in the back of my Volvo. After I completed my walk, I drove down by the waterfront. While driving around the train station area, I noticed on the new pedestrian overpass that they are building, it looks like they are also going to install an elevator on either side. I also noticed that they are painting or striping the road at the I-95 intersection with Arch Street at Exit 4, so I guess the railroad overpass bridge work construction project is done at that location, but they still have to finish the platform area of the train station. While sitting at the bench at the north side of the veterans monument, I found what looked to be they same blank rifle cartridge on the ground that I found last night, and I turned into the Greenwich Police, so I picked it up, and I kept it this time. I next went by the Food Emporium, but the staff is there, but they have the store closed. I then went by Putnam Shell on West Putnam Avenue, and I chatted with the regular night person. He gave me one of their Norman Rockwell year 2005 calendars. I returned home, and I hung the calendar up on the back side of my apartment entrance door. I brought up the chair, and I took out the other chair from between the stove and hutch, and I put the new chair there. It is more comfortable to sit on when I smoke cigarettes by the kitchen stove fan. I put the back cushion from the other chair on the new chair. I then moved the regular bent oak chair that I sit on to eat to the left at the round oak dining table, and I put the chair from the kitchen which does not match the other dining chairs, but is much more comfortable with its cushion in my normal dining spot at the round oak table. Since I weigh 210 pounds the bent oak chairs with their hard wooden seats are a bit uncomfortable, so I will now be more comfortable sitting on the chair that I placed in my regular dining spot. It takes more time in the colder weather to dress up more comfortably and warm and to undress, but I was perfectly comfortable while I was outside tonight. It was not very busy out, but all the Christmas and Holiday lights are out on Greenwich Avenue along with the shop displays, so it looks very festive. I put the Pearl Harbor memorial day rifle shell blank casing in the Yale cup that I have on my right hallway bookcase. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.: I reheated the vermicelli and tomato marinara sauce from last night, and I put on a thin layer of grated parmesan cheese. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I got rid of the humidifiers, since I have not used them in the last several years, since it does not get that dry in the apartment with the lesser amount of heat. Also the humidifiers put out lots of white chorine dust in the apartment which attaches itself to the electronics components in the apartment covering it with a dusty layer of white film which can effect the electronics. One can eliminate this by using the humidifier water filters which filter the chlorine and other particles out of the humidifier water, but the filters can be expensive if you can find them. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up and take a warm shower. I will then dress warmly, and I will go out downtown for my usual walk. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 11:20 P.M.: As this story says with the additional demand on the heating systems during colder weather it is necessary to have an additional fire watch in the area in case anything goes wrong Greenwich Time - Winter makes an early appearance . CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 11:10 P.M.: Since it is currently 21 degrees Fahrenheit outside Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast , I went to my cold weather option, and I turned on the two DeLonghi oil filled radiators to medium at temperature level 4, so they will provide a little extra warmth in the living room area. I do not turn the thermostat higher, since I do not like having the electric wall radiators too hot. Once the DeLonghi oil filled radiators heat up, there should be a more even heat in my apartment. Currently the temperature at the window ledge above the electric radiators is 71 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is 72 degrees Fahrenheit on the far side of the living room away from the radiators, and it is 65 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the bedroom, and the barometer says it is very dry, but I am not sure if that inside or outside, since the barometer is inside. At least in the colder dry weather, it is better for my arthritis. It still feel a bit damp inside though, but I am doing just fine, and I am stocked up on plenty of food, and the other necessities of life for maintaining the apartment. I also have plenty of winter clothing. I put the CD I have of "Midnight in Moscow" on the top of my CD rack. I had to move the brass and glass tables a bit to provide moveable air space around the DeLonghi oil filled radiators. Of course, I will have to pay for the additional electricity. I still have not paid my electricity bill this month, but I expect a Christmas gift check any day now, so I will pay my electricity bill when I receive that check. Having lived up north most of my life, I am use to the colder weather. However, I did read this story in the Greenwich Time www.greenwichtime.com that the Brazilians are cold, but although I know people from Brazil and Trans Brazilian airlines, if they are in this area, they never call me up. Of course, if Niagara Falls up on the Canadian border ever freezes which it occasionally does, we would have less electricity in this area, and currently we still have the older nuclear reactors in the area. I am still flying the Saudi Arabian flag in the apartment on the center hallway bookcase, since it symbolizes how much energy we use to live up here in the north country, although over 60% of the New York areas energy actually comes from Canada. When I go out, though I generally turn off the DeLonghi oil filled radiators, since although I have heavy extension cords on them, I do not think one should leave them running when not in the apartment because of the additional cost. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 10:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I did notice last night that the Indians from the north country might have come down here to visit, since it is a lot colder up north. I noticed one young Indian downtown at CVS, and he was wearing rubber flip flops for foot wear, but he lots of body fat. Of course, he might have been from Hawaii too. Frequently the people from Alaska go back and forth between Alaska and Hawaii. The native Alaskans and the native Polynesians have so much body fat, they tend not to notice the cold unlike the thin northern Europeans. I remember there use to be Polynesians from Hawaii working the Mobil gasoline station on the Merritt parkway in New Canaan, Connecticut when we had the cold winter in 1982, and it was down to minus 26 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. I found this link to the Texas Hill country Texas Hill Country Online - Visitor & Travel Guide and Maps of the Texas Hill Country , but I think that area is like the Appalachian mountains or the Ozarks, and they tend to be a very inbred group of locals whom do not trust outsiders. A relative there told me the temperature there is down to the mid teens Fahrenheit, so it is cold all over the country. I know it is down to freezing in Florida, and it is not yet winter. Of course when it gets cold up north, some of the wild game also tends to migrate further south into this region too. In the old days around the United States Navy in Key West, Florida, they use to play a song that said, "Don't Rock the Boat Baby." CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.: I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I do know both the Hatfield and the McCoy families live in this area, so maybe they are still feuding. There also used to be a retired World War II veteran in this area that looked Buddy Epson the actor of the Beverly Hillbillies fame. The individual has since died, but he grew up on the local waterfront, and he use to caddy for John Davidson Rockefeller, who he said was really cheap and only paid him a dime a round. About the last thing that old time veteran told me when he use to hang out on the waterfront was, "There Ain't No More Kentucky Wind Anymore.", which when translated from the American vernacular English of the hill country is that with the modern laser sighted rifle scopes, people tend not to miss their targets. However, other factors like being on a boat which is always rocking, or the wind, or the fact over a distance that the earth curves, could still imply that there is still Kentucky wind these day. Kentucky wind means when they take a shot at you, and they just miss you, and there is a slight breeze as it goes by. Maybe there is some sort of granny character out there like in the Beverly Hillbillies. However, the Appalachian mountain region of Kentucky is not referred to as the "Hill Country". There is an area in Texas referred to as "The Texas Hill Country". I am not exactly sure where it is in Texas though. The last time I drove over to North Tarrytown, New York about seven years ago before Christmas time in my old white 1975 Volvo, I stopped by the minister's house at the Union Presbyterian Church, and I gave him $78 for the choir fund, which is all that I had on me at the time. When I returned to Greenwich, I saw a different group of people in Greenwich than usual, and the locals seem to have followed me down from North Tarrytown, New York. One individual looked a little bit like Wild Bill Hickcock. Of course if we are still having problems with the Indians, I would get a bit concerned if someone shows up looking like George Armstrong Custer. Of course from watching a lot of Sherlock Holmes on television over the years, frequently when something happens to a man, it is irate wife that is the source of the problem. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 9:05 P.M.: I was up at 4 P.M., and UPS arrived and delivered my Hyundai Eisenhower light weight jacket from Danbury Hyundai. It fits just fine. I hung it in the left living room closet, and it will be useful in the spring and fall when it is warmer. It is currently 25 degrees Fahrenheit Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast . I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toast with grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 8 P.M., and the television seems to have the usual programming that they provide when the children are home on Christmas vacation. I guess they are out earlier this year. I sent this message out to some concerned parties this morning before going to bed. The text of the message is as follows: from Mike Scott, rifle cartridge found at veterans monument last night on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, Connecticut This past midnight, I was sitting at the north bench at the veteran’s monument on a break from my usual walk having a cigarette, an on the ground at my feet, I found a two inch long by 3/8th inch diameter rifle casing with crimped head. I took it to the Greenwich Police, and they said it was a blank left over from the Pearl Harbor veterans ceremony. However, I do know that there is a casing like that holds a copper projectile, and I do know that it was not there on previous nights after the ceremony. I do know they had a Pearl Harbor ceremony, but I was not there, so I do not know if there was a 21 gun salute or not. However, it seems strange since I sit there every day, it was not there earlier. Remember on a previous May evening about five years ago, when current President Bush was traveling through this area on the campaign before he was first elected, someone took a shot at me at Tod’s Point on the walk to the southwest picnic area. I looked into that myself, and thought it could have come from the Bell tower at Indian Harbor or someone on a sailboat in the harbor. I did notice on Steamboat Road at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and individual boarding the launch with a small bag of golf clubs which is unusual that could have held a rifle. My white Volvo was parked behind the bushes at Tod’s Point, so I was not associated with the Volvo, and there was a florescent orange target marker at the base of the tree where the bark was shot off of. At a distance, I could look a bit like Bush, but at the time I thought someone thought I might look like Donald Trump who would have enemies too. Also there is man from Harrison, New York in a black pickup truck or SUV van whom is a veteran and is also an Elk hunter in Canada, and he is always around the waterfront on Steamboat Road with his wife. Possibly it was his black pickup truck last Friday when my Volvo was moved. It is just a coincidence, it seems strange, and it should be a warning. Possibly we could have other VIPs in the area too. Stay warm; I am on a night schedule, about to go to bed. I probably will be going out at night again tonight. Mike End of Message: My viewpoint about that incident five and a half years ago was with wealthy people in this area, they also have expensive toys, so possibly some youngster got into their father's gun cabinet and was practicing a little duck hunting. I have seen duck hunters around the waterfront during other holiday periods, and possibly some local family tries to bag a Long Island duck for their Christmas dinner. Of course it could be some Annie Oakley type whom is upset with the local men in general. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 8:30 A.M.: I went out, and I chatted with the building custodian. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. BBC NEWS Americas Missile defence shield test fails . CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 7:50 A.M.: I chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 6:55 A.M.: If I am not mistaken, Winfield Scott ran for President of the United States of America on the Whig party against Zachary Taylor and lost, but he also had a falling out with the Whig party, and he started an alternative political party called the Democratic party. At one time in the early 1970s, there also were three United States senators at the same time in the United States senate with the last name Scott, one from Pennsylvania, one from Virginia, and one from North Carolina, so obviously the family has some political presence in the country today. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 6:35 A.M.: Of course if anyone knows anything about polite society in Old New York, Lady Astor once built a ballroom in her house on Astor Place with a ballroom for 400 guests, which became known as the New York Society 400. I believe such established clubs as the Greenwich Country Club also have only 400 members, many of whom are from the original 400. Of course after hundreds of years, the 400 like the Mayflower society has greatly increased in numbers. The descendants of the Mayflower settlement in Plymouth, Massachusetts number over 20 million people. I have always worried that the number 400 might represent that the Europeans in New York, only had a 400 year lease on New Amsterdam founded in 1620, and in the year 2020, all of the Europeans would have to give back New Amsterdam to the Indians and return elsewhere, but I have never read that fact anywhere. Of course the New Amsterdam night watch is an honorary society of the founding families of New Amsterdam or New York, quite a few of them like my family which were Scottish or English and were not Dutch, and as seafaring families, they also included Norwegians. I am Dutch on my mother's side of the family named Boven that arrived here in America from the Netherlands in 1842 settling in the area that eventually became Holland, Michigan. However, there are still families in this area from the original founding families of New Amsterdam, and I have met a great many of them over the years. Also a Captain Scott, originally founded South Hampton, Long Island, and another Michael Scott owned all of Long Island until 1700, when he moved to Jamaica which was more profitable at the time due to the rum trade. Thus obviously the Scott family would have presence all over the east coast of the Americas in its inception, including the charter of Virginia. In 2007, we have the 400th anniversary of Virginia, so maybe someone down there will want to see me, since I am descended from Winfield Scott, the Virginia branch of the Scott family. Winfield Scott besides winning the war with Mexico, also was offered command of both the Union and the Confederate militaries during the Civil war, and since he was already in his 70s, he moved to Paris for the Civil war. He also helped start the United States Military academy at West Point www.usma.edu , and his town house is still in Manhattan just south of the Forbes building on west 13th street, and it is the Italian studies institute for New York University. He is buried at West Point. I believe he also participated in the French and Indian wars and the attempt to capture Quebec, and he more than likely was involved in the American revolution, but I have never read in what capacity. The Scott and Mason families at one time each owned half of the chartered state of Virginia, and Scott is the family name of the Marquis of Queensbury family in England. There are only two Marquis in England, and they are the highest rank of Nobility after the immediate British Royal family. Thus possibly the lesser sons of the Marquis of Queensbury were given land grants in various colonies of the British empire. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 5:55 A.M.: Bring home the bacon the REAL Canadian Bacon Co.: USDA-Approved Canadian Peameal Back Bacon and Greenwich Time - Meet the real Canadian bacon . I also have a friend with the last name Bacon whom was a roommate at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , and in the Lake Forest College alumni magazine, he claimed to be the head attorney for Saudi Arabia working out of a law firm in Boston Nixon Peabody LLP: Carter S. Bacon, Jr. , of course nobody has ever heard of the name Nixon, and I suppose nobody knows the Peabody family in Massachusetts. Bink as we use to call him was raised in the house next to the Bobby Kennedy's in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, so more than likely he would know that family too. However, the last time I spoke with him was in Nantucket around 1976, and I was darkly tanned from having spent the summer outside, so maybe he thought I was Saudi Arabian. Of course I later would show up in Nantucket more tanned after my winter visits in Florida and California. Whatever, the case in my old boy network from the Midwest, I still have to remind people that there are established level headed individuals in the Midwest, and the Northern Trust Company Welcome to Northern Trust manages 2.5 trillion dollars in assets for 400 private families. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 5:20 A.M.: Of course the colonization of North America by the Vikings, the Dutch, the French, and the English and the Scottish came after other countries in Europe such as Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands had set up colonies and trading relationships in other parts of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Thus the British Royal family never really had too much money until Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Belgium whom was King Leopold of Belgium's nephew. King Leopold was wealthy from the trade and colonization in the Belgium Congo. Queen Victoria's children and grandchildren married into the royal families of Russia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Greece, and some other countries I forget now, thus they became established, so the various European royal families are not only linked through financial relationships but also birth. There is an old fashioned expression called "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul", which comes from the Christian church since Peter the apostle started the Christian Church and St. Paul was a tax collector before he changed to the Christian faith. Whatever the case, one should take whatever one's skill are, and try to make a living, because history is based on other people's experiences in other times, and currently the world is a much smaller and more complicated place, and the Asian economies are becoming more powerful. I was thinking recently, when container ships full of goods arrive from Asia, we should ship back container ships full of beer, so the Asians will have something in return for all of their hard work. The last time I was at Newark International airport about five years ago to drop off a friend for a flight to Florida, I noticed they still have one of the many Budweiser breweries near Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, so it is convenient to the container ships. I threw out some garbage, and I checked outside briefly. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 4:50 A.M.: How this fits into today's political economy is that the Bush family were friends of the Rockefeller family, and they worked for the Harriman family, and the Harrimans were able to barrow money from Belmont who was an agent of the Rothschild family. In the book on the Harrimans, it said that the Harrimans took care of matters that the Rockefeller family did not or were not able to handle personally themselves. Alas if any Germans show up asking for their money back, I do not speak German, and I think the money has long since been invested all over this country. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 4:25 A.M.: I put 3.5 quarts of water in a 5 quart Revere pot, and I brought it to a boil with the lid on over high electric burner heat. I also put in a teaspoon of olive oil and a couple of dashes of salt. I then boiled with the lid off a 16 ounce box of Stop and Shop vermicelli for six minutes. While doing this, I put half of a 26 ounce jar of Master Choice marinara sauce in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on reheat. I drained the vermicelli in a colander, and I put half on a dinner plate and half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. I put the remaining half of the marinara sauce in the jar in the refrigerator. I put the heated sauce on the cooked vermicelli, and I added a thin layer of grated parmesan cheese. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I have lived here since 1962, but some people do not seem to realize the Scott family longevity in this area. However, two members of the Scott family had two of the first farms in the New Amsterdam colony in Manhattan, and also John Jay's mother was a Scott, and the Jay family inherited the Scott family properties in this area. However, the Jay homestead in Bedford, New York was sold by the family in the middle of the 20th century. Also my mother's Bovan family are descended from the same family that was once quite established in this area called Vanderbilt, since my mother's grandmother's maiden name was Vanvylabelt, which is the correct Dutch pronunciation of Vanderbilt which is anglicized. Also, in this area, the only established family that seems to command respect is the Rockefeller family, and since Colonel Tom Scott after the Civil War was president of the Pennsylvania railroad which prospered because they were able to barrow money from the Warburg family bank, which was able to barrow money from the Rothschild family bank, and the Rothschilds were able to barrow money from the Kaiser of Germany at a quarter of a percent interest. The Kaiser was of course able to raise and levy taxes. Tom Scott as president of the Pennsylvania railroad organized the Standard Oil Trust for John Davidson Rockefeller, and he gave John Davidson Rockefeller the monopoly on hauling oil out of the Midwest on the Pennsylvania Railroad, so John Davidson Rockefeller prospered. However, Tom Scott's telegraph operator was a young man named Andrew Carnegie, and Andrew Carnegie also prospered. However, Tom Scott went bankrupt about 1874, when there was a stock market turmoil, and neither John Davidson Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie would help him out in the stock market. However, other members of the Scott family still prospered and the actor Randolph Scott was married to Pierre DuPont's only daughter Ruth DuPont Scott, and as the only child of Pierre DuPont, she inherited 25% of DuPont and 25% of General Motors. Thus I still have the Scott family name. Also Warren Buffet's original partner in Omaha, Nebraska was Chester Scott. My father's name was Louis Dale Scott and both he and my grandfather Clarence Scott were both from Champaign, Illinois, and my father as a corporate employee of a Rockefeller family company moved the family here to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1962. However, I can not hope to get lucky and marry a Rockefeller, since I am also already related to the Rockefeller family branch here. My father's mother was Elizabeth Gard Scott, and her mother's maiden name was Sinia Miller Clarence SCOTT/Mary Elizabeth Lizzie GARD , and her mother's maiden was Emmaline Handy Davidson William W GARD/Sinia MILLER and Daniel W GARD/Emmaline Handy DAVIDSON , so I am already related to the John Davidson Rockefeller family. I have met a few other members of the Davidson family in my life, and I attended Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu with a member of the Davidson family from Minnesota. Thus although I am personally very near sighted and awkward around equipment such as motorcycles, there might be other Davidson family members whom participate in the family company Harley-Davidson | Country Selector . However having the engineering skills which seem to run in many of these families might not also be the same skills it takes to lead a motorcycle group of riders or what ever groups use the products made by these skilled engineering families. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 2:40 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 12/15/04 Wednesday 2:00 A.M.: Before I went out after the last message, I put the two pairs of gloves and mittens from the side board in the bedroom along the back of the down sofa with the other winter clothing accessory items. I then went out, and I drove over to Exit 2 of I-95 East, and I drove over to Exit 5 in Riverside, and I returned back via I-95 West to Exit 4 in central Greenwich at Arch street. Thus driving about 60 miles per hour, I helped clean out my Volvo's spark plugs and emissions system from when I normally drive more slowly all the time. I then parked downtown in the usual location, and I walked upper Greenwich Avenue first. I stopped by CVS which is opened until midnight until Christmas, and I bought four more Danish Plumrose 16 ounce canned hams for $1.99 each for $7.96 total. I then finished my walk up Greenwich Avenue, and I walked back down Greenwich Avenue, and I used the ATM machine at the Greenwich Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then sat out at the north bench on the north side of the veterans monument, and I had a cigarette. I noticed something hard in the dirt, and I pried it out of the dirt. It was about a 1.75 inch long and 3/8th inch diameter brass rifle cartridge casing with a crimped head. I took it over to the desk at the Greenwich Police department about 200 feet away, and I gave it to them. They said it was a blank probably left over from the Pearl Harbor Day ceremony at the Veterans Monument. I could not tell whether it had been fired or not, but the tip was still crimped. Starbucks cleaning crew arrived at midnight. I then walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Food Emporium, and although their staff is there, they were closed for a break, and I am not sure whether they are there or not. I then went by the Cumberland Farms store on the Port Chester, New York and the Greenwich, Connecticut border, and I bought a dozen large white eggs for $1.99. I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 10:05 P.M.: I put a new Polaroid 40 watt light bulb in the Parsons lamp on the left side of the far living room wall beneath the picture of Abraham Lincoln. Since I was born in Illinois and attended college in Illinois at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu which is a lot colder than this area, I call my apartment the Lincoln coffee company, and I have ample supplies to serve coffee. I put my two knit caps with pairs of gloves and four scarves on the side of the near side down sofa, so they are easily available for use. I also have my polar bear hat on the hat rack behind the apartment door. There are other baseball type hats on the inside of the bedroom door hanging above the entrance, and I also have a pair of heavy snow mittens and a pair of heavy leather gloves on the right side of the bedroom sideboard sitting on top of the spare cable modems. I also moved the Radio Shack NOAA weather alert radio from the shelf rack to the right of the bedroom television to center left of the bedroom sideboard. I have it set to give out weather alerts. I have lots of winter clothing, so I am prepared to go outside after I shower and clean up. I put three teaspoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine in my 10 inch omelet pan, and I heated it over medium high electric heat, and once the fat began to bubble, I lowered it to a little lower than medium. I had already broken three eggs in a metal bowl, and I added a couple of tablespoons of milk, and I mixed it altogether with a whisk. I added the egg mixture to the omelet pan, and I let it heat until it was solid enough to flip over. I then flipped it over with a spatula. I then let it heat a little more until that side was cooked a little bit and it was puffy. I then slid it on to a microwave proof plate, and I added a quarter of a pound of quarter inch thick sliced Danish plumrose ham and ten 3/32nds inch thick by 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese evenly spread over the open faced omelet, and I seasoned it with Italian seasoning, and I put it all in the microwave oven with a microwave cover, and I heated it on reheat for half of the normal cycle to melt the cheese and warm the ham. I then put the microwave proof plate with the open face omelet on another plate, and I sprinkled it with grated parmesan cheese. I also added two slices of toast with two slices each of margarine, and I cut the toast in half. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I will now get ready to go out. I will leave the computer turned on, but I will turn off the monitors. CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 9:00 P.M.: My neighbor across the hall reported that she had squirrels climbing around inside her walls this afternoon. A relative told me the Greenwich Housing Authority should fix the problem with a critter catcher baited with sardines, since squirrels could chew on the electrical cables and cause a fire. I think the squirrels get into the apartment walls and ceiling at the southeast corner of the building since there are old rotten eves around the gutters where they can get into the building. CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 8:50 P.M.: I watched television this morning until 9 A.M.. I went to bed. I had a telephone call from Danbury Hyundai, and the jacket I ordered with the $120 rebate arrived, and they are sending it down to me. I heard on the news that people in China only earn a dime an hour. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toast with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I picked up the mail downstairs, and my Social Security SSI disability payments are being raised this upcoming year from $564 a month to $579 a month, or a $15 a month increase starting this January 2005. I went back to bed until 7:30 P.M.. I chatted with two different relatives. It is currently 27 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is suppose to go down to about 20 degrees Fahrenheit this evening Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast . CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 6:15 A.M.: Yahoo! News - Ten Percent of Bird Species to Disappear - U.S. Study . BBC NEWS | Europe | France shows off tallest bridge . BBC NEWS | UK | Elderly prisoners 'face neglect' . Swedish business ranks first in technology use . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 5:35 A.M.: I bought five of the Banquet 7 ounce chicken pot pies yesterday. They come in an aluminum tin pie pan instead of a microwave paper type pie pan, so one can not cook them as is in the microwave. However, they have crust on all sides, so I took my five inch wide by 1.75 inch high microwave proof plastic pan, and I put the Banquet chicken pot pie in it taking it out of the aluminum pie pan, and I then slid the plastic microwave proof pan into the Stouffer's chicken pot pie browning box, which has a browning type paper on the top side, and I microwaved it on high for four minutes, and it came out like a stuffed pie pastry with the chicken pot pie ingredients on the inside. I ate it with a glass of iced tea. One is not suppose to put aluminum or metal in a microwave oven. I bought my plastic Microwave cookset at Walmart www.walmart.com about four years ago for $10, but they do not show any, but a similar set is available here Wholesale - 18pc Microwave Cookware set KTMW18 or Wholesale Kitchenware - KTMW18 - 18pc Microwaveable Cookware Set or 12 Pc. Cookware Set by NordicWare . CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 3:45 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 3:15 A.M.: Of course it is the nature of areas in upstate New York such as Irvington and Tarrytown, New York since they are on the east side of the Hudson River, and they are exposed to winds out of the northwest during the winter as they come down the Hudson Valley, they tend to be a little bit colder over there. I am not sure if there is any warming effect off the Hudson River, when one is near it or not, such as we get near Long Island Sound. I suppose the cadets at the www.usma.edu are a little better protected from the elements, since they are on the west side of the river, but they are on a high bluff. However, as I recall they wear woolen military uniforms, which would tend to be warmer, but they would be expensive to clean. However, it is the nature of military personnel, they can shop at the PX at the post, and they save a little bit of money that way. Of course they have to be awake at 4:30 A.M., and they do not go to bed until about 10 P.M., so they put in a very long day, which individuals like myself are not really use to. However, when I was younger, I would frequently stay awake all the time while traveling, and I would take cat naps. Of course sooner or later one burns out. CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 2:40 A.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used all of the regular ingredients, but I used a quarter of a pound or a fourth of a can of the Danish plumrose ham that I chopped into quarter inch by half inch by various length strips instead of using tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese and Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I was thinking to save money, I could save my orange cleaner spray bottles which cost about $2 each for a quart of orange cleaner in a spray bottle at CVS, and I could reuse them with Master Choice white vinegar that costs $1.89 a gallon at the Food Emporium or $2.49 a gallon for Stop and Shop white vinegar. There are plenty of uses for inexpensive white vinegar The Vinegar Page and More Baking Soda and Vinegar Uses and Frugal Living . Of course one has to be able to afford to buy the vinegar and transport it back to one's home. Needless to say, I am doing just fine, since I am use to living on a frugal budget. I still think since I only watch the television when I have breakfast that I could save $54 a month on the Cablevision television bill, if I did not subscribe to it. However, usually when I discontinue Cablevision, something happens that I am interested in watching. However for a great many years I did not have cable television while I lived here, and I would sit in my old big comfortable leather reading chair underneath the brass pedestal lamp with Victorian lamp shade that I gave to a friend in Irvington, New York whom did not have a heating problem since he lived above a bakery, and I would read the Economist www.economist.com magazine which does a very good job on reporting on world events, but they are frequently a couple of weeks out of date, but they are very perceptive and insightful, and it is extremely well written. However, since I do not have the time to read it fully front page to back anymore since I have been on personal computers for 14 years, I guess I have missed out on their content. I also gave the friend from Minnesota in Irvington, New York the complete collection of Washington Irving's writings which I recall were about 24 volumes, since I had bought them at a church sale at the Episcopal Church in Tarrytown, New York for a few dollars. CIO Note: <888> 12/14/04 Tuesday 12:45 A.M.: I was up at 4:30 P.M. this afternoon. I checked my mail downstairs. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, two slices of toast with both strawberry and grape jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I make my oatmeal by putting a half of a cup of Old Fashioned oatmeal in a large microwave proof bowl, and I added a cup of water. In my General Electric microwave oven with 1100 watts, I microwave it with a microwave lid on the bowl for one minute and 40 seconds. I then put cinnamon and milk in the oatmeal and mix it, and I add a sliced banana. I next showered and cleaned up. I chatted with a couple of neighbors. I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time and P.C. Magazine. I then went downtown, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I stopped CVS on Greenwich Avenue which is opened until midnight until Christmas, and I bought two Progresso New England clam chowders for $3 both, a 40 bag box of Lipton green tea for $2.99, a two 16 ounce bottle set of European Mystique conditioner and shampoo for $1.79 both, and a 10 ounce can of CVS smoked almonds for $2.50 plus .11 tax for $10.39 total. CVS and Walgreens in Old Greenwich are both opened 24 hours a day. I completed my walk, and I sat out for a while. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought on sale two 39 ounce bags of Eight O'clock decaffeinated 100% Arabica coffee beans for $6.99 each, and a 36 ounce bag of Eight O'clock 100% Arabica Columbian coffee beans for $5.99, and a 36 ounce bag of Eight O'clock 100% Arabica Hazelnut coffee beans for $5.99, and two boxes of 100 bags each of America's Choice orange pekoe tea bags for $2.19 each box, and two 10 ounce bars of Kraft www.kraft.com Cracker Barrel white extra sharps cheddar cheese for $2 each bar for $34.34 total. Eight O'clock coffee http://www.eightoclock.com/ is owned by Coca Cola www.coke.com . I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I am currently a little low on funds, but I am stocked up on plenty of food and other necessities. CIO Note: <888> 12/13/04 Monday 7:35 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove by the waterfront. I then went by Walgreen's in Old Greenwich. I wanted to buy an Atomic clock with outdoor weather thermometer for $5 off for $15, but they were out of them. They do have a complete weather station with more features for $35. I did buy a Nikai/Osaka made in China Super Touch Panel Caller ID Phone MT-1019 with super touch panel, Caller ID, Hold with music, 12 digit calculator regularly $39.99 on sale for $9.99 plus .60 tax for $10.59 total. I then returned to downtown Greenwich, and I sat out briefly. I next returned home. I tested the new telephone with the Plantronics headset, but it does not work with it. I put it on the small tea table at the apartment entrance where the large General Electric big button telephone was. I programmed some of its functions, but I still has to be programmed for some of the other functions. I also put two AA alkaline batteries in it. I put the General Electric big button telephone on the side board in the bedroom, and I moved the Revere bowl with lid to on top of the Dictaphone on the left side of the bed. I just finished chatting with a friend on the new telephone, and it works just fine. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 12/13/04 Monday 3:10 A.M.: I am going back out for a drive and a bit of time downtown. CIO Note: <888> 12/13/04 Monday 2:45 A.M.: Obviously the price of gasoline in Greenwich, Connecticut is higher because of higher Connecticut gasoline tax and higher local property values and the cost of doing business. This page will show you some random gasoline prices worldwide Selected World Gasoline Prices and Weekly Retail PrPemium Motor Gasoline Prices (Including Taxes). Currently premium gasoline in the Netherlands is $6.16 a gallon, so now you know why the Dutch ride bicycles. Alas, there is so much automobile traffic in this area, that it is not too safe for individuals to ride bicycles, but quite a few younger people and even some older people still walk, and we have a modest level of public transportation, but unfortunately after about 9 P.M. on its limited routes, it does not run except for the trains until a little after midnight. CIO Note: <888> 12/13/04 Monday 12:55 A.M.: As I said in my notes last night, one should not believe everything one reads, such as Federal analysts forecast oil prices will remain around $30 a barrel - 12/12/04 . It is my personal viewpoint that with oil currently at $50 or more a barrel that with a colder winter and increased demand and more scarcity that oil could go to over a $100 a barrel. Thus at the higher price of oil alternative energy sources such as coal degasification would be much more profitable, and I suppose people would start looking into nuclear energy again. I remember in France about 13 years ago, I was paying over $8 a gallon for gasoline, but that was mostly due to French taxes. CIO Note: <888> 12/13/04 Monday 12:25 A.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used all of the regular ingredients, but I used a half of a pound or half a can of the Danish plumrose ham that I chopped into quarter inch by half inch by various length strips instead of using tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I commented to a customer at the Stop and Shop tonight from Florida whom was buying imported white vinegar that conceivably, one could make an imitation of balsamic vinegar by using about one part Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and seven parts regular white vinegar, but I have not tried it. I think balsamic vinegar is made from red wine that is fermented and aged in wooden casks. Of course the quality of the wine would also effect the quality of the vinegar. Also traditionally in the old days, the northern people did not have access to Vitamin C tablets or orange juice, but they did have apples which the made into apple juice and then into apple vinegar, or grapes which they made into vinegar, so they would take a teaspoon of vinegar with a glass of water to get their vitamin C supply particularly during the winter when food was not fresh. I suppose if one could not afford orange juice or vitamin C tables, one could do the same. Vitamin C is Acetic Acid and also happens in a different dilution formula also happen to be the same as used when developing photography prints when transferring from the Developer solution in to the Acetic Acid mixture to stop development and then into the fixer to fix the print and then to the wetting solution to remove spots. CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 10:45 P.M.: I was up at 4 P.M. this afternoon. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by the ATM machine at the Greenwich Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I went by CVS, and I bought two 16 ounce tins of Danish Absolutely divine low cholesterol butter cookies for $2.99 both. I then finished my walk up Greenwich Avenue. I then went back by CVS, and I bought three 16 ounce Plumrose premium Danish hams for $1.99 each for $5.97 total. I then returned to the center of town, and I used the bathroom at Starbucks. I next walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area again. At either end of Railroad Avenue between Arch street and Greenwich Avenue, they have the police blocking the road because of road repaving at Railroad Avenue and Arch Street. I guess it is part of the new bridge project that is basically almost complete, so the intersection going underneath the railroad is wider by one or two lanes along with the new railroad platforms and stairs. Of course they are still working on the railroad pedestrian overpass, so one has to walk around to get from one side to the other. The train station is now opened on Sunday, but it closes about 8 P.M.. I studied the Miller Motor Cars http://www.millermotorcars.com/ dealership across the train station, and they have the usual display of Rolls Royces, Bentleys, and Ferraris. However, most of them are convertibles, so I guess they are catering to the warmer weather crowd. I then completed my walk. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought five Banquet 7 ounce chicken pot pies for $3 all, a four pack of six ounce cans of Chicken of the Sea solid white albacore tuna fish for $3.99 all, a quart of plum tomatoes for $3.99, a bunch of broccoli for .99 a pound for $1.07, a 17 ounce bottle of Colavita Italian balsamic vinegar for $2.99 for $15.04 total. I then returned home. I drank some iced tea. I chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 5:10 A.M.: Prince Charles' and Williams' and Harry's Christmas Card BBC NEWS | UK | Relaxed princes on Charles's card . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 4:15 A.M.: Better keep your long underwear www.geocities.com/mikelscott/lj.htm handy, cold weather is coming in Monday night for the rest of the week Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast with lows around 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Of course for arthritis sufferers that can be good news, because usually when it is colder it is also drier. Of course one also has to pay more for energy which is suppose to go down Federal analysts forecast oil prices will remain around $30 a barrel - 12/12/04 . CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 4:00 A.M.: The Observer UK News UK prepares for flu pandemic . CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 3:50 A.M.: Another one of those stories that the U.S. media can not afford to cover The Observer International Berlusconi's top ally jailed for Mafia link . CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 3:25 A.M.: ABC News: Bush Is 'Fit for Duty' After Physical . CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 3:15 A.M.: Well, look on the brighter side, it is cheaper for Europeans to travel here to visit us, so we do not have to go through all the effort to go over there to visit The Observer Business William Keegan: America's biggest export is anarchy . CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 3:05 A.M.: I still have my older Braun espresso cappuccino machine working, but the newer one broke sometime in the past. I once had it repaired, and it was about a $160 machine that I bought at the summer Greenwich sidewalk sales for $40. I still have it, and I have thought about trying to fix it, but I do not have a triple blade Phillips type driver bit to open it up. I have it stored in my bedroom closet. I could take it to be repaired at the appliance repair shop on High Ridge Road in Stamford, Connecticut, but it might cost more to repair than I am willing to pay. I still have the new Braun coffee machine that I have not yet used. One has to run water through it once to activate the water filter, which I have not done yet. CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 2:20 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 12/12/04 Sunday 2:00 A.M.: I ate a 6.65 ounce Celeste frozen deluxe pizza with some iced tea. I am just doing some regular computer work. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 11:55 P.M.: I added more recent photos of myself from this past September 2004 while up in Kennebunkport, Maine to http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/resumee.htm and http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/xmas2004.htm . CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 11:35 P.M.: I ate a bowl of corn chips, two black licorice twists, and a two 4 inch by 1 inch by 1/4 inch pieces of Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese with some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 9:15 P.M.: I went outside, and I put the black cotton comforter in the center of the back seat in my 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon. I also put a signed copy of my Christmas letter on the laundry room bulletin board. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 8:20 P.M.: I added various tire companies to Michael Louis Scott's Online Shopping List . CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 7:45 P.M.: I chatted with my neighbor downstairs after the last message. My neighbors watches a lot of television unlike me. I told the neighbor that I had not followed the Peterson murder trial, and from what I know anyone could be set up with enough time and money and coconspirators. I do recall one news story that possibly members of the occult in California were involved in the murder which is a whole different kettle of fish. Since I was once advised by my grandfather Scott to believe nothing that I hear and half of what I see, it sometimes is hard to figure out what other people's reality is based on how much television they seem to watch and from where. Basically television comes into this area via Cablevision from Norwalk, Connecticut which comes out of Westbury, Long Island, so since much of what is on television seems to be California programming, it would seem to be there are a lot of people from California out on Long Island, which is par for the course since California people tend to gravitate towards the beach. Most of the Europeans and foreigners I know in this area prefer www.directtv.com which provides most of the entertainment programming they are use to. However, in this building that I live in which is administered by Greenwich Public Housing Authority, we are not allowed to have satellite television dishes, so we are limited to the Cable Television marketing concepts of media. Obviously they could install a central DirectTV antenna system, but that would probably cost more money, and more than likely Cablevision seems to be the preferred method of television viewing that the public housing residents whom can afford it prefer to watch. Whatever, the case since I was raised in an environment where I read most of the time, I use the Cable Television news as a handy reference to see what the general public is focused on. Since I have cable modem internet access in my apartment, I also look at a lot of other news that the cable news market does not cover. Since very few of the residents in my building use the Greenwich Library, I am not sure how well versed they are on the overall large amount of media available in the world today. If one simply looked at World News - WN Network , there is obviously a lot of news in the world today that is not covered by the simpler cable news networks and other local media in this area. In the old days, the motto of the New York Times was "All the News that is Fit to Print", but today most news organizations' motto is "All the News that they can afford to cover". A great many of our local senior citizens still depend on the local radio station 1490 AM, but its content has changed in the last few years, since it is now providing more canned network programming by their new owners. After I chatted with my neighbor, I went to bed, and I was up at 11 A.M., when I picked up the package outside my door from http://www.smokemcheapcigarettes.com/ that I ordered that contained 10 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in the box. This should be enough to take me through January 2005, hopefully by which time I will be able to quit smoking cigarettes. I went back to bed, and I was up at 4 P.M.. I went outside, and I checked my mail, and I threw out some garbage. I chatted with a relative. I ran a cup of white vinegar through my Krups espresso coffee machine that I use for breakfast coffee, and then I ran a cup of water through it. Thus it now should be decalcified, and the coffee with breakfast tasted better. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I put a new 100 watt light bulb in the central living room lamp with the Victorian lamp shade on the center window shelf. I received this email from www.geico.com . GEICO General Insurance Company Dear MICHAEL SCOTT, Although the winter's most severe weather may still be a few weeks away, it is never too early to begin taking a few extra precautions to ensure your vehicle will make it through the upcoming winter months. GEICO would like to offer the following precautionary tips to keep your vehicle running smoothly:
Remember, winter weather puts extra demand on your vehicle's operating system that can potentially be harmful to the overall health of your car. Following these simple steps will go a long way towards ensuring the safety of your vehicle over the next few months. For customer service, questions or feedback, please contact our customer service department. If you do not wish to receive future e-mails of this type, please reply to this message and type "remove" in the subject line. We will remove your name from our mailing list. Mailing address: One GEICO Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20076 End of message from GEICO. I decided I have done most of their recommendations, but I do not like keeping flares in my car. I also do not have a first aid kit in the car. Water in the car would freeze around here. However, I decided to take the black cotton comforter off the back of the Scott family living room sofa in my apartment, and I will put it in the back seat of my Volvo to have available for warmth and comfort should the need arise. However, I do not driver far most of the time, but all of us in this area know that the weather in this area sooner of later will get a lot colder and more frigid, so one should be prepared. I keep my snow shovel which is actually a coal shovel in the left living room closet. I do not have all season mud and snow radial tires on the Volvo, but I have high speed highway tires which only have 3/32nds of an inch tread left on them. However, for local driving in this area during the winter, since I am near U.S. 1 about 100 feet away that should be fine. However, for highway or back country driving in lots of snow or slush or ice, I might have a problem. However, I tend to only drive in the winter once the roads are cleared. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 9:05 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 9:00 A.M.: I put the updates into Download Scott's Internet Directory "scott008.zip" 2.28 megs and open "scotlist.htm" in web browser 12/11/04 . CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 8:35 A.M.: I updated Michael Louis Scott's Online Shopping List . CIO End of Scott's Notes week of 12/11/04: Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 6:20 A.M.: I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 5:35 A.M.: A full size silk damask quilted bedspread like I gave to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop cost over $100 about 30 years ago, but not available today, at least on the internet. However, it was given to me about 16 years ago by a friend. It was also a bit dirty, since it was displayed and used when I smoked in my apartment before I started smoking at the kitchen fan like I have for the last couple of years. I think it was silk, and it was sort of a lime moss green satin finish. However, I told a Greenwich Hospital thrift shop employee whom is a neighbor that I was giving it to them, and since the person that gave it to me was also a former Greenwich Hospital thrift shop employee, more than likely more than a few people around the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop over the years have seen it. I actually was in such a rush to clear out the false ceiling above my bed that I did not take much notice as to what was in the bags that I gave them other than what I could remember. Anyway, I could not afford to have it cleaned properly anyway. It would have looked nice draped along the back of the old Scott family sofa, since the moss green corduroy www.surefit.com cover on it is about the same color. However, I have a black and another white and light striped cotton comforter along the back of the Scott family sofa along with the blue and grey afghan. The two cotton comforters came from the dumpster at the ELDC thrift shop, which is now out of business. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 4:15 A.M.: I am in the process of making another batch of tea for iced tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I also just 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 Norwegian Jarlsberg cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/04 Saturday 2:15 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $8.25 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.459 a gallon for 13.5 miles per gallon usage averaging driving 11 miles per hour around town. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 4 ounce container of Elmer's washable school glue for $1.39, two Stop and Shop blue toilet bowl cleaner tablets for .99 each, a gallon of Stop and Shop white vinegar for $2.59, and 10 ounces of fresh spinach for $1.99 for $8.15 total. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a 4 ounce container of Sicilia lime juice for .99, two half gallons of Tropicana 50% less calories and enriched vitamin C orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, a gallon of Master Choice white vinegar for $1.85, and a 39 ounce bag of O'clock 100% Arabica decaffeinated coffee beans for $11.99 for $19.83 total. I then went downtown, and I chatted with another citizen. I then next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue including the train station area, and I sat out at various locations. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I used the wire cart that I keep in my apartment to bring up my purchases. I drank some iced tea. I used the Elmer's glue Elmers.com - School Glues, Art Supplies, and other adhesives for every use. to glue the handle on the lower drawer of the long mahogany bureau in the living room. I put the Elmer's glue on the floor on the hallway sweater closet. I secured the glued drawer handle with scotch tape until it dries. CIO Note: <888> 12/10/04 Friday 8:55 P.M.: I am microwaving a Celeste Deluxe 6.65 ounce frozen pizza which I will eat with iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and after the pizza, I will shower and clean up and go out. CIO Note: <888> 12/10/04 Friday 8:30 P.M.: I finished the house cleaning and watering the plants. I also put in a new bag in the Sears www.sears.com Kenmore upright vacuum cleaner. I threw out the garbage. CIO Note: <888> 12/10/04 Friday 5:30 P.M.: I ate a bowl of ACT II microwave popcorn with iced tea. I had a telephone call from a friend about 6:30 A.M.. I had another telephone call from a relative about 11 A.M.. One of my relative's two poodles was hit by a car, so my relative is in the process of taking it to medical treatment. I received my package from www.sierratradingpost.com . It contained two pairs of Martin Gordon Reverse Pleat Corduroy trousers for men waist 40 inches inseam 30 inches in Taupe color for $19.95 a pair Martin Gordon Reverse Pleat Corduroy Trousers (for Men) , a pair of Jacob Ash Sheepskin Leather gloves for men in large size in tan and black for $9.95 Jacob Ash Sheepskin Leather Gloves (for Men) , a pair of Wickers Expedition Weight Comfortrel Wicking Underwear Bottoms for tall men in medium blue color extra large size for $16.95 Wickers Expedition Weight Comfortrel® Wicking Underwear Bottoms (for Tall Men) , and three pairs of Fox River Wool Ragg Cabin Socks for men or women in medium size in khaki heather color for $3.95 a pair Fox River Wool Ragg Cabin Socks (For Men and Women) for $78.65 total plus $10.50 www.dhl.com and United States Postal System www.usps.gov delivery in ten days for $89.15 total. It is an expensive order, but it was over a $167.05 in savings. I unpacked the items, and they all fit just fine. When opening my lower mahogany bureau drawer part of the drawer puller rail broke off, so I will have to glue it when I get some Elmer's glue. I picked up my mail downstairs. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 4:30 P.M.. I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants. It is suppose to be cold and rainy outside Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast , and with my arthritis, I can feel the dampness. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/04 Thursday 11:40 P.M.: I watched a bit of television. It generally seems a bit too violent for my tastes, but I guess that is what the general public prefers, since if it did not get the ratings from the viewers, the cable company would not provide that content. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I ate two black licorice twists. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/04 Thursday 10:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/04 Thursday 8:40 P.M.: My order from www.sierratradingpost.com arrived via DHL www.airborne.com at the local United States Post Office www.usps.gov at 3:38 P.M. this afternoon, so it will probably be delivered tomorrow. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/04 Thursday 8:30 P.M.: I reheated the vermicelli and tomato sauce from yesterday, and I ate it with a thin layer of grated parmesan cheese and a glass of iced tea. I can not afford to drive over to Glenville Road, but there use to be a family over there that sold Christmas trees and wreaths at Christmas time. Unless they changed their religion, they probably are still trying to earn a little money at Christmas time to help make ends meet. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/04 Thursday 7:50 P.M.: Last night before going to bed, I ate 75% of a 10 ounce can of CVS lightly salted cashews. I just ate the remaining cashews. I put away the laundry. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/04 Thursday 6:50 P.M.: I was up at 11:30 P.M. today. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I chatted with a relative. I picked up my mail downstairs. I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out at 2:15 P.M. for my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next went downtown, and I stopped by CVS, and I picked up a prescription. I also bought a 7 ounce bag of black licorice twists for $1.19 plus .07 tax for $1.26 total. Because of the cold rainy weather, I did not walk today. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Library, but the Greenwich Time was not available. I then returned home. I started two loads of laundry, and I have 35 minutes to go on the dry cycle. I also put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/04 Thursday 3:30 A.M.: I ran Ad-aware SE and Norton WinDoctor 2003. 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