Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 04/12/04 Monday 4:55 P.M.: I was up at 7 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a Radio Shack weather radio for a dollar. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. During my walk, I stopped by the senior center before and after my walk to use the facilities. I also stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store and CVS. I sat out at various locations. Through out my activity yesterday and today, I have given out 33 cards with my web site address to various acquaintances including two cards to some to pass then around. I mention that I have a Tropical Weather page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . I next drove down by the waterfront, and I then went by the Greenwich American Red Cross, and I gave them a few of my cards with the internet information and suggesting they study the tropical weather page. I noticed a small photograph of Dorothy Walker Bush on the wall. I guess they can not afford a bigger picture. I guess her son and grandsons get the bigger pictures. I mentioned I had met the head of the International Red Cross in Athens, Greece in April 1972 when I was traveling with a Harriman family relative. I also for a short spell in the fall of 1972 lived across from the Red Cross ambulance fleet in Chicago, and I also lived eight blocks north of the New York Red Cross headquarters in Manhattan during 1980 to 1982, so I probably have seen some Red Cross personnel in my life, and having studied Hemingway when I was in Key West, I use to tell people I volunteered for the Red Cross, however I have never been trained by them, and I do not actively use their offices, but I try to keep them informed based on what I know. I have only given blood twice in my life, since they tend not to want blood from non smokers, since smoker's blood gives recipients nicotine fits. I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop again. They seem to have more stuff with people doing spring house cleaning. I bought a 44 inch by 31 inch size of frame with mirror in new shape for $45. The maple frame is curved about two inches deep and about 3.5 inches wide with scrolling around the edges on the mirror side. It looks quite well. It has mirror wire strung to hang it vertically. I then went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a single OOK three nail 100 pound hanger for $2.49 and a package of two 2 nail fifty pound hangers for $2.49 plus .30 tax for $5.28 total. I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two 5.5 ounce boxes of Arnold garlic and herb croutons large cut for .99 each and a loaf of Arnold nutty oat grain bread for .99 less 10% senior discount of .30 for $2.67 total. I then left the store, and then I returned, and I bought a Entenmann's apple pie for $1.89 less 10% senior discount of .19 for $1.70 total thus $4.37 total for both purchases. I then went by Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought two cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 each carton for $62 total. I then returned home. I used two pairs of heavy winter gloves that I keep in the back left hatch back area of my car to carry the mirror up by its hanging wire. I then brought up the other items. I then took down the 20 inch by 30 inch mirror from the bedroom door. I had it hanging on two heavy hex wood screws into the door. I put the 100 pound OOK hanger slightly above and in between the two Hex wood screws. I then moved the 32 inch by 44 inch mirror with 1.75 inch maple frame from above the day bed to hanging on the opened bedroom door. Thus the bedroom door can not be shut now, since the mirror is wider than the door. I have a Rubbermaid hamper in front of the lower part of the door with my old laptop computers in their bags and a Microsoft TS2 conference bag. I moved the George W. Bush and Richard Cheney framed inaugural invitation from the bedroom door to above the sweater closet above the weather instruments. I hung the mirror that I bought today above the day bed on the three molly bolts I have fastened to the wall, so it is very secure. I moved the glass framed Lindbergh picture from the left side of the day bed to the left side lower of the bathroom hallway entrance wall. I moved from there the Audubon Louisiana heron picture to the lower half of the hallway side of the bathroom door. I moved the picture from there of the Audubon great blue heron to above the right sconce above the day bed. I moved the glass framed print of Notre Dame from there to above the left sconce above the day bed along side of the print of the Paris City Hall. I moved the 2 foot by 28 inch mahogany framed mirror from the right side of the bedroom entrance to wear the Lindbergh picture was above the left side of the day bed. I put the picture of George W. Bush and Laura Bush with Queen Elizabeth II to the right of the right parsons lamp above the day bed, and I moved the picture of Princess Juliana beneath the right parsons lamp. The mirror that I took off the bedroom door which is about 20 inches by 30 inches I hung on the right side of the bedroom entrance with two 50 pound OOK hangers each with two nails. I put one of my used 9 volt batteries that I used in one of the two smoke detectors, and I put it in the Radio Shack weather radio. It works just fine. I put a heavy duty AAA Walgreen's battery in my key chain flash light. I then put the Radio Shack weather radio beneath the radio in the console recess beneath my dashboard in my Hyundai. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 10:00 P.M.: I went out after the last message, and I picked up my two guests at a private home in Greenwich where they had Easter dinner. We then drove downtown, and we walked up Greenwich Avenue and some of the side streets, and we then walked down Greenwich Avenue and some of the side streets. We then drove down by the waterfront. We then went over to Gopher Ice Cream at the Cos Cob shopping plaza by the Mobil gasoline station just east of Indian Field Road. My two guests had some ice cream and sorbet treats. Because of my cholesterol, I do not eat ice cream anymore. We then drove up North street, and my guests toured another private place, and then we drove across Clapboard Ridge Road and down Lake Avenue. I showed my guests the completed stone work facing they did on the Cole Auditorium at the Greenwich Library. I then took my guests to the Greenwich train station, and they caught the 8:12 P.M. train into Manhattan. I mentioned that I would like to see the Queen Elizabeth II http://www.qe2.org.uk/itinerary.html and the Queen Mary II http://www.qm2.org.uk/itinerary.html on Sunday April 25, 2004, when they both are at port in Manhattan at the same time before sailing to Southampton, England, however usually at the end of the month, I am low on funds, so I probably will not be going into the city. I then returned home, and I heated a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder which I put 20 large cut croutons into, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I then ate a piece of apple pie with some more iced tea. I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 4:50 P.M.: I am going to pick up my guests now. I will put the computer on standby. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 4:05 P.M.: If my guests are arriving by train from Manhattan which they might be, the next train due in Greenwich is at 4:29 P.M.. They might have gotten their trains mixed up, since the schedule changed on April 4, 2004. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 3:40 P.M.: I am still waiting for my guests to call. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 2:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. The relative told me that she could use a cordless and a regular telephone. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 2:15 P.M.: I drank a 50% Folgers's instant and 50% Folgers's decaffeinated instant coffee. I cleaned up. I am waiting for my guests to call at 3 P.M.. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 1:25 P.M.: I reheated and ate the remaining half of the vermicelli and the remaining half of the 26 ounce jar of Francesco Rinaldi traditional tomato sauce which I put three tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on it with a small bit of dried parsley, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I watched a bit of television. I am suppose to have two guests visit at 3 P.M., so I will now clean up. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 11:55 A.M.: I chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 11:15 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 10:35 A.M.: I updated Scott's homepage, so it translates into 12 different languages from the links on this page www.geocities.com/mikelscott/lang.htm . CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 9:55 A.M.: I was up at 7 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I put one of my information cards in my mail box downstairs covered with scotch tape. I added http://babelfish.altavista.com/ to my homepage at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ and I put it on www.geocities.com/mikelscott/lang.htm , but the Java Script does not work for links for some odd reason, but it does work from the homepage and from http://babelfish.altavista.com/ . I have two friends coming to visit at about 3 P.M. today, but they are suppose to call first. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 12:55 A.M.: I went through my email. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 04/11/04 Sunday 12:35 A.M.: I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, which I added a dozen large cut croutons to. I had the soup with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 11:55 P.M.: I went out after the last message. While I was dumping out the garbage, I found in the dumpster a General Electric big button eight memory dial telephone, which I retrieved. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by the Greenwich Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York ATM machine and then CVS during my walk, and I bought two packages containing a 16 ounce bottle of European Mystique papaya-mango shampoo and a 16 ounce bottle of European Mystique papaya-mango conditioner for $1.79 each two bottle pack plus .22 tax for $3.80 total. I then completed my walk, and I sat out some more. I then drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with a couple of local waterfront observers. I then went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $6.10 of regular unleaded gasoline at $1.999 a gallon for about 30 miles per gallon usage. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two 36 ounce bags of Eight O'clock Hazelnut coffee beans for $4.99 each bag for $9.98 total. I then returned home. I put a new Duracell 2032 lithium battery in the General Electric telephone since the one in it was corroded. I put it on the right side drawer that projects from the living room desk next to the long green couch, and I connected it to the telephone system through the U.S. Robotics external modem on top of the Dell backup computer. I programmed it with seven speed dial numbers of family and a friend along with the emergency 911 number. I printed out copies of my telephone list, and I put one underneath the Columbia cordless telephone by the primary computer, underneath the AT&T telephone on the Danish bar, underneath Columbia big button telephone by my bedroom bed, and one in my wallet, and one on the cork board in the kitchen. I also cleaned out some old cards from my wallet. I gave out some of my web site cards tonight to various people whom I dealt with. I will also put a copy of the telephone list in my automobile glove box. I drank some iced tea. I now have the Radio Shack audio control wall phone in the kitchen, the Uniden cordless telephone on the Danish bar, the AT&T button phone on Danish bar, the Northwestern Bell button phone by the Queen Anne chair underneath the Orion television, the General Electric button phone I just put in, the Columbia cordless 2.4 gigahertz telephone by the primary computer, the Spectra princess phone by the primary computer with a Radio Shack speaker phone, the Spectra princess style wall phone in the bathroom, in the bedroom the Columbia big button telephone on the bed night stand, and the Radio Shack cordless telephone on the Danish desk with a Radio Shack speaker phone, not to mention Net2Phone through the high speed Optimum Online cable modem service. Thus I have ten telephones in the apartment plus the two speaker phones and the internet Net2Phone through the computer. Although few people ever call me, I have my apartment set up so a number of people could chat through the same telephone line. Alas, I do not have a cell phone, but since I was on a night schedule for so many years and frequently still am, few people call me during the day time except family and a few friends. Still, when the telephone rings, I do not have far to go to pick up the telephone. I guess when one has a cell phone, one has to look around for it. CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 6:35 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I rested until just now. I will now shut down the computer. I will eat a piece of apple pie with some iced tea. I will shower and clean up. I will go out. About 2 P.M., there was a report on the traffic channel that a truck had knocked down a pole on the Boston Post Road in Greenwich, but I did not recognize the name of the cross streets. CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 1:45 P.M.: 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 had the salad with a glass of iced tea. I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap. CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 11:55 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 11:50 A.M.: Local Tectonics event coming up http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mspieg/CMG2004/ . CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 11:40 A.M.: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/update.html . CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 11:15 A.M.: More than cheese in Vermont http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/ . CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 11:05 A.M.: University of California Scripps MARIANAS EXPEDITION and BBC NEWS Science/Nature Double whammy link to extinctions . CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 10:45 A.M.: www.lfc.edu makes news http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/bestvalue/default.asp and Lake Forest College by the Princeton Review . CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 10:35 A.M.: I am going through my email. This link for developers http://channel9.msdn.com/ . CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 10:10 A.M.: I chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 04/10/04 Saturday 9:20 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 watched some television while drinking my coffee. I have a package of Avery 5371 White Business cards which had 8 remaining blank sheets of ten blank business cards each sheet, and I used four of them to print out 40 cards with my name, address, telephone number, email address, and web site. I packaged 38 of them with a green rubber band to keep in my car, and I put two of them in my wallet. If one has a card, it is easier to explain one's activity by referring a new acquaintances to one's web site. I bought the package of Avery business cards as a clearance item from Staples for .50 a few years ago. The remaining blank cards are in my center desk drawer in the living room. Microsoft Office Word 2003 has the label and envelope program that has the Avery labels as one of the label items for proper formatting. However, I guess if one could also print out the cards on a blank piece of paper and cut them with a scissors, but occasionally when I chat with people, I have a difficult time explaining what I have been doing on the internet and elsewhere around town, so I just refer them to my web site. Since there are a lot of movers and shakers around here, I like to keep in perspective what I am doing. CIO Note: <888> 04/09/04 Friday 11:20 P.M.: I watched some television. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 04/09/04 Friday 9:55 P.M.: The new Radio Shack wall phone with audio control which I put in the kitchen was not working again because of a faulty connection. I studied the connector piece on the slider on the phone and the receptacle on the wall, and I determined that the connector piece was not projecting far enough into the receptacle. I was able to fix this by removing the connector piece on the phone from the slider bar, so it projects about 1/8th of inch further into the wall receptacle. Then by exerting a little pressure when installing the phone onto the wall receptacle, I was able to get to make a solid connection and secure it with the sliding lever on the side of the phone for securing it to the receptacle plate. Thus it now works just fine, and there should be no more problems with usage having it become disconnected since it is firmly secured. CIO End of Scott's Notes week of 04/09/04: Note: <888> 04/09/04 Friday 8:15 P.M.: I finished dinner. I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO Note: <888> 04/09/04 Friday 7:30 P.M.: I am bringing to a boil a half of a six quart Revere pot of water in which I added a half of a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil, and I will put in it a 16 ounce box of Stop and Shop vermicelli, and I will boil it six minutes. I will use half and refrigerate half in a Rubbermaid container. I will heat half of a 26 ounce jar of Francesco Rinaldi traditional tomato sauce, and I will put it on the vermicelli along with a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese. I will have it all for dinner with iced tea. I will refrigerate the remainder of the jar of Francesco Rinaldi traditional tomato sauce. CIO Note: <888> 04/09/04 Friday 7:10 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations. During my walk, I stopped by Bank of New York on Mason Street, and then CVS, and I bought four 18.8 ounce cans of Campbell's Select New England Clam Chowder, buy one get one free for $2.49 for two, a 6.25 ounce jar of celery flakes for .99, and four 6 ounce cans of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish for .99 each for $9.93 total. After I completed my walk, I drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to the Mobil Old Greenwich car wash, and I had my Hyundai washed for $5. I removed the radio antenna by unscrewing it, when I put it through the car wash. I then towel dried any remaining moisture and reinstalled the antenna. I shook out the driver's side floor mat. Then for a dollar, I vacuumed the car floors and the seats, so it is much cleaner inside. I then drove over to Tod's Point, and I parked at the southwest parking area, and I dusted off my dashboard with a towel from the back of my car. I then sat out for a short spell. I next drove over to the southeast parking area. I chatted with a regular beach observer, and she enjoyed seeing the children fly kites. She gave me a book by Henry Drummond titled "The Greatest Thing in the World". She recommended me to read it. It is about Christian Living. I mentioned various churches that I knew of in the this area and Manhattan. I next returned to downtown Greenwich, and I sat out for a while. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99 and a six ounce jar of 4C parmesan and Romano grated cheese for $1.99 for $3.98 total. I then returned home, and I drank a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 04/09/04 Friday 12:05 P.M.: I saw this web site on television this morning http://www.backcountrystore.com for the outdoors types in the colder weather. I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, which I put 20 large cut croutons in, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. We are suppose to have rain Sunday through Wednesday http://www.weather.com/weather/local/06830 . I am about to update http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out for some fresh air. Note: <888> 04/09/04 Friday 11:25 A.M.: I turned the living room thermostat down to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and I turned off the Lasko box fan that I use to circulate the heat. CIO Note: <888> 04/09/04 Friday 11:20 A.M.: Happy Good Friday. I chatted with a friend last night about 9 P.M., and she and her husband are coming out to visit on Easter Sunday about 3 P.M.. I ate 2/3rds of a 9 ounce can of smoked almonds. I chatted with a relative about 10 P.M.. I woke up at 6 A.M.. I watched television for an hour. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I put the throw rug that I found discarded the other day underneath end of the bedroom bed rolled up. I took my long heavy Rainforest winter coat from the brass coat rack at the head of the day bed, and I put it on the left side of the right living room closet. I moved my lighter weight jackets and coats from the left of the right living closet to the right side where they are more accessible. I threw out the garbage. I set a couple other clocks in the apartment for daylight savings time. While doing my house cleaning, I listened to the fourth tape of "Dutch" Ronald Reagan's biography with the Emerson Wireless headphones. I am now recharging the pair of Radio Shack Nickel cadmium batteries that I used, and they should be charged by about 5:30 P.M.. I threw out the garbage, and I picked up the mail. It is clear and sunny and 60 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. CIO Note: <888> 04/08/04 Thursday 7:50 P.M.: I turned the living room thermostat back up to 78 degrees Fahrenheit, and I set the box fan above the wall radiators to low to circulate the warm air to take some of the dampness out of the apartment. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 04/08/04 Thursday 7:20 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought for $7.50 a Radio Shack Heavy-Duty Wall Phone ET-3240 43-3240 White with Volume Control and a Traditional Bell Ringer. I then went downtown to the central Greenwich Post Office, and I bought a money order at .90 cost plus face value to pay for my Northeast Utilities electricity bill. I mail it at the post office along with a birthday card. I went by the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift Shop. They have a nice solid drop leaf mahogany table there for $200, and I noticed they also have a blue velour love seat for $500, and I noticed men's bow ties are three for a dollar. I then sat out for a while. I next made my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went downtown, and I started to walk lower Greenwich Avenue, but it started to rain, so I returned home. I drank some iced tea. I then took off the white spectra princess type wall phone off the kitchen wall, and I put on the Radio Shack wall phone in its place. I also used the longer 10 foot headset cord that was on the spectra phone, and I put the Radio Shack headset cord on the spectra phone. The Radio Shack phone seemed to have a bit of static and it did not always work, and I finally figured out there was a problem with the two wire contacts on the phone. I was able to get it to make better contact by spreading with an eye glass screw driver the two parallel slider slots where the contact wires are, so they were slightly V shape and make better contact with the wall mount plate terminal wires. It all seems to work fine now, but if one were to jar the phone too much, it might still not make contact and then would need to be adjusted. Since I frequently talk on the kitchen phone when I am sitting by the kitchen stove fan smoking a cigarette, it helps to be able to turn the volume up. I took the white spectra phone, and I plugged it into the Radio Shack speaker phone on the dining room table next to the left primary computer monitor, and I placed the spectra phone to the left of the Radio Shack speaker phone. I then 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, and for the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I use all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO Download 3.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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