Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 03/16/04 Tuesday 11:00 A.M.: I ate one fourth of a 10 ounce can of smoked almonds. When my guest was here earlier this morning, I gave the guest a tin of tangerine Altoids. The guest took the Altoids, but left the tin. I just made my homemade onion soup www.geocities.com/mikelscott/onionsoup.htm . I had the soup with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/16/04 Tuesday 9:35 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I used the bathroom at the senior center. The Committee on Aging was holding a meeting with Connecticut State Representative William Nickerson whom I think is the minority whip in the Connecticut senate. I advised the senior center representative that it was suppose to start snowing at 10 A.M. all day with five to seven inches of snow. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a Greenwich Library employee. I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/16/04 Tuesday 6:00 A.M.: I reheated the tomato sauce and noodles from yesterday, and I put a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on the mixture, and I ate it all with iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air. CIO Note: <888> 03/16/04 Tuesday 5:15 A.M.: The NOAA weather radio went off this past afternoon at about 3 P.M.. I was up again at 5:30 P.M., when the building alarm went off, and I checked it, and it was a false alarm. I then had a telephone call from a friend about 11 P.M.. The friend told me he would come out to visit this morning. I made breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. My friend arrived at about midnight. We chatted for a while. My friend did some work on the internet. I printed out my friend's book www.johnsbolton.net with Microsoft Word 2003 with page numbering, it came to 119 pages in a different font. I bound it an Oxford Clip binder, and my friend put a stickly label on it. My friend browsed some web sites. We chatted some more. My friend just left about 5 A.M.. It is suppose to start snowing here this morning at 10 A.M. until this evening with a accumulation of 5 to 7 inches of snow. CIO Note: <888> 03/15/04 Monday 2:30 P.M.: I read some news. I went outside, and I threw out some garbage. I am a bit tired, so I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 03/15/04 Monday 1:50 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next returned to the central Greenwich area. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. During my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I bought 10 fourteen ounce cans of Swanson's chicken broth for two for .99 for $4.95 total. I then completed my walk. I sat out for a while. It looks like some of the bulbs are beginning to come out in the flower bed around the veterans monument across from the senior center. I suppose their blooms will possibly be out in two to three weeks. It is currently 55 degrees Fahrenheit, so it has warmed up a bit. I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. Magazine. I then went by Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I then returned home. I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients in the salad. I had the salad with iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/15/04 Monday 7:50 A.M.: I worked a bit on my email. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO Note: <888> 03/15/04 Monday 7:25 A.M.: I am about to boil a 12 ounce box of Ronzoni roasted garlic fettuccini for 10 minutes. I will have of it with half of a reheated 26 ounce jar of Francesca Rinaldi tomato garlic and onion sauce which I will reheat in a microwave proof container in the microwave. I will refrigerate in a Rubbermaid container the remaining half of the garlic fettuccini and the remaining half of the jar of tomato sauce. I will have the fettuccini and tomato sauce with a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese along with a glass of iced tea. I put the new batch of iced tea in the refrigerator. CIO Note: <888> 03/15/04 Monday 6:25 A.M.: The Kensington Wireless mouse was acting a bit buggy, so I uninstalled and reinstalled the Microsoft Intellipoint 5.0 drivers that I use with it. I cleaned its rollers, and I finally think I was able to fix it by installing new Energizer AAA batteries. One has to make sure that its contact wires makes contacts with the batteries, since I have put small pieces of paper behind the terminal wires to push them out a bit, so they make contact. It seems to be working fine now. CIO Note: <888> 03/15/04 Monday 5:35 A.M.: I ran Ad-ware 6.0, Spybot, and Norton Win Doctor. I am making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I am using one each of the five different types of Twinings tea five variety pack, five Salada green tea, and 10 Salada orange pekoe tea bags. I am not using sugar. CIO Note: <888> 03/15/04 Monday 4:20 A.M.: For some odd reason, all my startup programs were not starting, so I did a System Restore from yesterday's backup. The system is working fine now. CIO Note: <888> 03/15/04 Monday 3:45 A.M.: I ate a piece of apple pie before going to bed after the last message. I was up at 11 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until just now. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO Note: <888> 03/14/04 Sunday 11:10 A.M.: I went downtown after the last message. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the Blimpie sandwich and coffee shop, and I bought a egg and cheese croissant sandwich for $1.05. I then ate it at the train station. I next walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue. I then stopped by CVS, and I bought buy one get one free of four roll packs of Quilted Northern double roll toilet tissue for $2.99 both four packs plus .18 tax for $3.17 total. I then started walking down Greenwich Avenue. I met up with another local walker, we walked back up Greenwich Avenue, and then we walked east as far as the Christ Church parking lot on East Putnam Avenue. We then walked back and down Greenwich Avenue, and we parted company at the senior and arts center. The town of Greenwich Parks and Recreation department are setting up for the St. Patrick's Day parade. There will be no parking allowed on Greenwich Avenue from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M.. I guess the St. Patrick's Day parade is some time after noon. www.greenwichtime.com should have more details. Today's St. Patrick's Day parade in Greenwich, Connecticut is suppose to start at 2 P.M., so one should get there a bit earlier. There is extra parking on the side streets of Greenwich and at the town hall as well as the train station area. I next drove down by the waterfront. I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly. CIO Note: <888> 03/14/04 Sunday 7:00 A.M.: I will now put the computer on standby, and I will dress warmly, and I will go back out to enjoy the cool fresh morning air. CIO Note: <888> 03/14/04 Sunday 6:50 A.M.: I tried watching television, but at this time of day, it is nothing but infomercials. I found this web site in case there are any Dutch people whom need information http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/ in the United States of America. I also think K.L.M. still has offices over in White Plains, New York www.klm.com , but now they merged with Northwest Airlines, for all I know they have offices in Alaska. I have never flown K.L.M. that I can recall, although I am mostly Dutch. The Dutch spend so much time catering to other people, they frequently forget about their own people, whom are left wandering when the tulips will come up. Locally, I suppose they might be up earlier this year around the second to third week of April. If one needs to buy tulips next fall to plant for the coming spring, one can always trying buying them from Holland, Michigan http://www.tuliptime.com/ which has their own tulip festival. The couple in the picture have that familiar Dutch look. To buy bulbs from Holland, Michigan try http://www.dutchbulbs.com/ . Locally here in Greenwich, I spend a lot of time keeping an eye out on one of our local tulip patches. I suppose, if I were more enterprising, I would go into Manhattan to the wholesale flower market and buy fresh cut flowers from the Netherlands, and try to peddle them on Greenwich Avenue, but I am usually on a night schedule like the New Amsterdam Night Watch, so I do not think I would want to fight all the traffic coming out from New Amsterdam in the morning to peddle tulips. I suppose, the Dutch have forgotten about New Amsterdam, and they are now exploring the rest of the world. However, since the Dutch have been around New Amsterdam for close to 400 years, they might have some businesses they have forgotten about. Well, what ever the case, I will continue to keep an eye out for Dutch people, however whenever they see me since I have that familiar Dutch look, they tend to take me for granite like the tulips. Maybe we should think about building a windmill in one of the parks downtown. Of course today, the Irish will be strutting their stuff, so I guess the Dutch could make money selling green carnations. I suppose the local gardeners, are so busy tending their gardens and getting ready for spring, they do not have much time for the internet and communications. Still, there is probably a world of gardening information on the internet along with all of the other information. I suppose if any important Dutch people show up, we will not notice them because of all the big Dutch dragoons that accompany them. I saw one such fellow recently in the Greenwich Library, and he looked like one of those big turkey farmers, one sees near Holland, Michigan. Thus when one sees people whom are quite rotund, possibly the Dutch are around, so remember to watch out for smaller Dutch people too. For more information on visiting the 75th anniversary of Tulip Time, try http://www.holland.org/ . If the Dutch frequently do not seem to be with it, it is because they are historically tradition bound and tied to the soil, so the more modern approaches to life in this more urban environment, frequently overwhelm them. I was tipped off that the Dutch might be around last Thursday afternoon, when I found a discarded Heineken http://www.heineken.com/ beer can down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road. Well, I will keep a keen eye out for Dutch people. I have only been up since 9 P.M., so technically, I could go out some more in this cold http://www.weather.com/weather/local/06830?lswe=06830&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared 21 degree Fahrenheit weather that feels like 17 degrees Fahrenheit. Basically, it feels pretty much like Amsterdam here with the cold damp north sea air, it feels like one were sitting in a bath tub full of ice cubes. CIO Note: <888> 03/14/04 Sunday 4:55 A.M.: I ate nine saltines with slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them along with some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/14/04 Sunday 4:25 A.M.: I finished going through my email. CIO Note: <888> 03/14/04 Sunday 4:05 A.M.: I am in the process of going through my email. I ate a piece of apple pie with some iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/14/04 Sunday 3:05 A.M.: Locally if one did not feel comfortable in the plush hotels and inns of Greenwich, Connecticut www.geocities.com/mikelscott/greenw.htm , there are quite a few hotels in the Westchester County, New York. Besides all of the deluxe hotels in White Plains, New York, if one is looking for a Spanish ambience, the Marriott Courtyard in Rye, New York on the Port Chester, New York border Courtyard Rye -- Rye, NY USA ; Hotel Rates and Reservation Information Available at Marriott.com might have what one is looking for. Also nearby the Rye Town Hilton Hilton Rye Town might have some hospitality. Here in Greenwich, Connecticut we have the pricey Delamar http://www.thedelamar.com/ , the Hyatt Hotel in Old Greenwich http://greenwich.hyatt.com/property/index.jhtml , the reasonable Howard Johnson's Howard Johnson Motel, Riverside, Connecticut Property Information, along with the Homestead Inn The Homestead Inn Greenwich Connecticut - Discount Hotels Search , The Stanton House Inn The Stanton House Inn Bed and Breakfast, Greenwich, Connecticut on 1st Traveler's Choice Travel and Lodging Directory of Bed and Breakfast, Country Inns, and Small Hotel. , the Harbor House Inn in Old Greenwich Harbor House Inn Bed and Breakfast, Old Greenwich, Connecticut on 1st Traveler's Choice Travel and Lodging Directory of Bed and Breakfast, Country Inns, and Small Hotel. , and for visitors whom know members of the Greenwich Country Club Greenwich Country Club - Greenwich, CT - Golfable Golf Courses Directory , they have private rooms reserved for members and their guests. Alas, most people whom can afford to belong to the Greenwich Country Club, more than likely would be down south playing golf elsewhere this time of year, so don't expect your club member friends to be here at this time. I suppose, one could also sleep in their car at the North or South bound Darien, Connecticut rest area on Interstate I-95. We also have a homeless shelter in Stamford, Connecticut which is probably busy this time of year. If one were changing planes, I suppose one could sit up all night at the local Westchester Country Airport Westchester County Airport . There also are a lot of hotel and motels in Stamford, Connecticut and the other nearby areas including the Stamford, Connecticut Y.M.C.A. Stamford Ct. YMCA Hotel . Also with New York City about 25 miles west of us, there are more than likely places to stay there and the surrounding area. Since this area this time of year has fewer visitors, there more than likely are competitive rates if one shops around. However, locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut the real estate tends to be quite expensive, so people tend to be more private, and they tend not to offer hospitality to people off the street, since they worry about security. Most of my friends locally seem to have their own homes, so I never really have many guests, and the Greenwich Housing Authority limits guest's stays to three days. I guess they believe in that old saying "Fish and House Guests Stink after Three Days". New York City is not much friendlier. When I came off Nantucket more than 20 years ago, I walked around Toronto, Canada and New York City for about a month, and no one offered me hospitality, so I eventually got tired of walking, and I returned to Greenwich, Connecticut which is where I consider myself to be at home. CIO Note: <888> 03/14/04 Sunday 2:20 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $4 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.999 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon usage. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I also walked around the train station area, which when the train station is closed means walking west on Railroad Avenue until the crosswalk in front of the train station and then walking back to Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down by the waterfront. On the way down to the waterfront, I drove around the lower parking level of the train station south side parking area and around the east bound ramp for the train station boarding area. I then returned home. I then made and ate my usual salad. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with iced tea. I watched a program on the Fox channel about the Border Patrol Activity in the United States of America. Back here on the Rio Byram, I noticed the other day when I went over to Port Chester, New York which has a large Hispanic population that next to Costco on the property cleared around it, they have put up the steel frame for another large building. I am not sure what will be located there. However, the steel frame is as large as Costco. There is quite a bit of other cleared property in that area, so they will probably be pursuing other construction in that area too. The long time residents of Port Chester, New York that I have talked to, do not like all of the new construction, but I have seen quite a lot of Greenwich, Connecticut people over the years shopping in the downtown Port Chester, New York area along with Costco, Home Depot, and the stores at the A&P shopping plaza, since Greenwich does not offer similar stores at lower prices. I would imagine quite a lot of people from Rye, New York also shop at the same stores, since Rye, New York does not have a very large commercial district. I will now do some regular computer work. CIO Note: <888> 03/13/04 Saturday 9:30 P.M.: I was up at 7 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I went back to bed. I chatted with a relative around noon. I was awake at 6 P.M., and I heated and ate a 16 ounce Boston Market boneless chicken filet dinner, which I had with iced tea. I went back to bed until 8:30 P.M.. I chatted with a friend. The friend wants me to link his web page from my homepage, so I did. It is DIVERSITY The Anti-Merit People by John S. Bolton . I drank a cup of coffee. At the moment, it is a clear starry night, so one can use www.starrynight.com to star gaze. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO Note: <888> 03/13/04 Saturday 1:35 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 03/13/04 Saturday 1:15 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 03/13/04 Saturday 12:55 A.M.: I am in the process of going through my email. I finished off eating about a third of a 12.5 ounce bag of Snyder's low fat tortilla chips along with some iced tea. CIO End of Scott's Notes week of 03/12/04: Note: <888> 03/12/04 Friday 10:00 P.M.: I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO Note: <888> 03/12/04 Friday 9:45 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. Studying the reports on the terrorist attacks in Madrid, when they mentioned the terrorist group said the next attack is 90% complete in planning, it would seem to indicate that the next attack involves more complicated methods, since they quantified it with the 90% complete message. Since the United States of America and Madrid, Spain have already been the targets of terrorist attacks, it might seem logical the next attack might be London, England, since they are also allied in the war with Iraq. Also the fact that it happened 2.5 years after "911" on the 11th day, would mean that they might be using some sort of reference guide for planning their attacks. I am not an expert on astrology, but I know a great many middle eastern people follow astrology closely, so perhaps some astrologer is coordinating the terrorist attack dates with astrological charts. It is hard to tell, but I suppose we will all have to continue to be vigilant. Since the terrorists seem to try to attack in the center of cities, perhaps they are planning a dirty bomb or some other similar device in London, England. However, since there are large numbers of middle eastern and other international groups in London, it might not make sense, but that was much the same case with the World Trade Center. Since there are over a billion people that follow various varieties of the Muslim religion and its branches, they obviously have quite a few people whom are cooperating with them in various aspects of their planning and their subterfuge. Since the international community is important to international trade, it would seem that those individuals whom cooperate with the terrorists are risking their assets which could be seized if they are found cooperating with the terrorists. Thus we will have to wait and see what happens next with this shadowy group of figures that continue to cause disruption in the world. CIO Note: <888> 03/12/04 Friday 8:45 P.M.: Well, I finished my coffee. I watched a bit of television. Well, there is not much happening here at the Rio Byram. I could go out, but I think I will just have a quiet night at home working on the computer. CIO Note: <888> 03/12/04 Friday 7:55 P.M.: I was awake at 7 P.M.. I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder along with a glass of iced tea. I then ate a piece of apple pie. I am just about ready to drink a cup of coffee. CIO Note: <888> 03/12/04 Friday 1:35 P.M.: I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm . For the garlic portion, I used one large and one medium clove of elephant garlic. For the olive portion, I used two 4.25 ounce cans of California black crushed olives. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I then made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin King Oscar sardines from Norway. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with iced tea. I will now check my mail. I will put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap. CIO Note: <888> 03/12/04 Friday 11:40 A.M.: I was up at 6:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I took the two DeLonghi oil filled radiators out of the living room sofa area, and I put them on the far side of the bedroom. Since I do not think it will be extremely cold anymore, and since they are expensive to use, I do not think I will need them anymore this winter. I threw out my garbage. While doing my house cleaning, I listened to the second Ronald Regan tape "Dutch" with my Emerson wireless rechargeable headphones playing the stereo tape deck through the stereo system. I am now recharging the AAA Radio Shack rechargeable batteries, and they should be fully charged at 5:30 P.M.. I also have the fully charged second pair of batteries in the Emerson wireless headphones. CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 11:05 P.M.: I read some news. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 10:25 P.M.: I relaxed a bit. I ate a piece of apple pie. CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 8:50 P.M.: I went back to bed. I was up at 1 P.M.. I ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, which I had with a glass of iced tea. I then cleaned up, and I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. They do not have much left, but what is left is $10 a brown grocery bag and half price for other items that do not fit into a bag. They are going to have their spring review opening on Wednesday March 17, 2004. I then went down by the waterfront, and I chatted with some local waterfront observers. I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I then walked up Greenwich Avenue, as far as the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and I used it for a withdrawal. I did not complete my walk, because I felt the call of nature, and I used the bathroom at the Senior and Arts center. I then went by the Greenwich Library, and the Greenwich Time was not available. I read Popular Mechanics, and they had an interesting article on the Queen Mary II and another article about salvaging the sunken 700 foot auto transport with 7000 luxury automobiles out of the Scottish, Welsh, English, Danish, German, Dutch, Belgium, and French channel. I guess one should beware of low mileage luxury cars in the Netherlands at unheard of low prices with a slightly fishy odor. As I recall they were SAABs, Volvos, and Audis. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 16 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner for $2.99, and a 16 ounce Boston Market fried chicken filet dinner for $2.99, a Entenmanns apple pie for $2.50, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $1.99, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for .78, 10 ounces of fresh spinach for $1.50, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.50, and plum tomatoes at $1.99 a pound for $3.34 for $17.59 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I microwaved a 16 ounce Boston Market Swedish meatballs dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea. CIO Download 3.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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