Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 5:50 P.M.:  I drank some more iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will do house cleaning when I wake up tomorrow.   CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 5:35 P.M.:  A relative just called from http://www.rougehotel.com/ in Washington D.C. where they got a good discount rate through one of the internet travel sites.  Their cell phone cut off, so I did not get to talk much about their visit.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 5:15 P.M.:  I ate a Quaker fat free popcorn cake and a Nature's Valley strawberry yogurt granola bar along with some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 4:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went back by the central Greenwich Post Office, and I bought three money orders at a cost of .90 each for $2.70 cost of the money orders plus the face value of the money orders.  I then mailed in the money orders to pay my Verizon telephone bill, my Cablevision bill, and my Optimum Online bill.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I returned the three video camera tapes for $6 credit, and I bought five cut glass crystal lamp shades for $1 each and two bronze gold like goblets for $1 each for $7 total less $6 credit for an additional dollar I paid them.  I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I next returned home.  I put the two goblets on the top of the center bookcase in the hallway.  I put the five crystal lamp shades with the other spare glass lamp shades and hurricane globes behind the Lindbergh radio on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.  I drank some iced tea.  I sorted out some shopping bags and packing paper to give back to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I told people today about www.wn.com and http://www.wnnetwork.com/ , which between those two web sites, there is enough news information to keep one busy reading the news to see what one might be missing in just watching a small bit of the television news.  Of course one has to have the time to read all of their news.  I noticed today in Byram near the Byram Veterans House and the Byram Fire House at the Lutheran church on Delevan Avenue, they now have a Japanese Gospel Church posting their sign their too.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 12:30 P.M.:  I will now eat a piece of apple pie with some iced tea.  I will then go out again.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  I will now shut down the computer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 12:10 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 central Greenwich post office, and I obtained a money order at .90 cost to pay my GEICO automobile insurance.  I mail it there to GEICO, and I also mail two other envelopes.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought four unopened Maxell Normal Bias UR 90 minute tapes for $1 each, and two unopened JVC TC-20 SHGM tapes for $2 each, and one unopened Minolta 8 MM P6-60 tape for $2.  I did not know what type tapes my Sony Handy Cam used, but it uses Super 8, so I will try to return the last three tapes for $6 refund.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice for $2.99, 24 ounces of Stop and Shop Monterey Jack cheese for $3.99, 16 ounces of Stop and Shop grated parmesan cheese for $5.99, 17 ounces of Monari balsamic vinegar for $2.99, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $1.71, plus tomatoes at $1.99 a pound for $2.31, a quart jar of Stop and Shop strawberry preserves for $2.99, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.29, a 20 ounce bag of Tostitos restaurant style white corns chips for $2.99 for $27.25 total.  I then went by the Arnold bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of nutty oat grain bread for .99, a Entenmann's apple pie for $1.89, and two 5.5 ounce boxes of Arnold large cut Zesty Italian croutons for .99 each less 10% senior discount of .49 for $4.37 total.  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, and I brought up my purchases, and I drank some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 7:30 A.M.:  I heated and ate a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder, which I put 20 large cut croutons in, and I had it with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 6:55 A.M.:  I updated and configured Win Amp.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 6:45 A.M.:  Microsoft Executive E-Mail: Current Edition .  CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 6:35 A.M.:  NOAA National Hurricane Awareness Week and of course www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm is still there.  There Greenwich Time www.greenwichtime.com shares offices with Yachting magazine http://www.yachtingnet.com/yachting/ , so more than likely with all of the people locally here whom travel back and forth down south, there is probably a little bit of hurricane experience in this area, not to mention Connecticut is suppose to be involved with the insurance industry.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 6:15 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 5:40 A.M.:  I rested a bit, and I watched some television.  I ate a Quaker low fat popcorn cake.  I drank a 50% decaffeinated instant Folgers' coffee and a 50% Folgers' instant coffee.  I changed my three calendars to April.  I threw out the old papers and some garbage.  I took down the Saudi Arabian flag from the bedroom door where I had hung it, since it is warmer here, and for the time being we not that dependent on their oil for heat as much.  I put it in its box in the middle drawer of the long mahogany bureau in the living room on the right side.  CIO 

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 2:45 A.M.:  I will now put the computer on standby again, and I will try to rest, and I will try to get back on a daytime schedule again.  CIO

Note: <888> 04/01/04  Thursday 2:20 A.M.:  I went to bed until about 1 P.M., and I then watched some television.  I called GEICO www.geico.com , and they told me they had sent me a new policy on March 5, 2004.  I was able to get my policy reduced by about $40 a year from $712 a year because I only drive about 5,000 miles a year or less.  I found the new policy underneath some papers on my desk along with the insurance card.  I will pay it later on today.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/04  Monday 10:45 P.M.:  I watched President Bush's wreath laying and speech from Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day event, and I watched the Memorial Day Concert from the Mall.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/04  Monday 7:30 P.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/04  Monday 7:00 P.M.:  I watched some television.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/04  Monday 6:00 P.M.:  I put in two tablespoons of olive oil in a medium frying pan, and I added a small bit of Italian spices and ground black pepper, and I brought it to a simmer over medium high heat, and I added the two remaining salmon cakes that I made yesterday, and I fried them over medium heat for four minutes a side and for the last minute, I added a couple of tablespoons of Renet Junot white wine, and I simmer it off.  I also reheated remaining rice and Green Giant French green beans, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I then ate a piece of cheese cake.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/31/04  Monday 5:10 P.M.:  I cut myself shaving while cleaning up, so I put a band aid on my left cheek beneath my ear.  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.  I noticed someone lay burgundy carnations at the veterans monument downtown.  I think they lay a wreath on Veterans day.  I stopped by CVS during my walk, and I bought for 75% off a Amity Tri-Fold Windows wallet insert for .50 and for 50% off a Southwestern Bell duplex jack to convert one outlet into two for $1.75 plus .14 tax for $2.39.  I completed my walk.  I sat out for a while.  I then went down by the waterfront.  The pier on Steamboat Road besides being the pier on Steamboat Road is also the U.S. Navy memorial pier.   I next returned home.  I put the trifold clear plastic holder in my wallet with some cards that were not protected.  I put the duplex wall jack in my top left mahogany bureau drawer.  I drank some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/04  Monday 1:10 P.M.:  Happy Memorial Day.  I was up at 11 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched on the Turner Movie Channel, the end of the movie about the "Battle of Britain".  There are suppose to be showers starting at 4 P.M. this afternoon, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/04  Monday 1:50 A.M.:  I worked on the web for a while.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/31/04  Monday 1:20 A.M.:  I looked at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/nasa.htm .  I then watched NASA TV NASA - NASA TV Landing Page .   I reset my Mad Dog Electronics www.mdmm.com AGP 8X 64 meg video card to Clone mode, so with the RCA plugs I have from the video card and the sound card, I input the content into the Orion television in my living room after I switch it with the Orion remote control with the TV/AV switch to Aux2, and thus with the Windows Media Player opened in the IIYama monitor, I see the content also on the Orion television.  One also has to change the video card from the Plantronics headset to the Creative Labs PCI MP3+ Live card too.  The Real Player does not work in clone mode on the television monitor, but I have not checked it in over a month since the new upgrade, so maybe it works now.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/04  Sunday 11:10 P.M.:  I entered my profile at www.classmates.com . 

Note: <888> 05/30/04  Sunday 10:15 P.M.:  I put six America's Choice fish cakes from a 12 ounce box on a metal tray with 12 onion rings and 12 miniature potato pancakes, and I baked them on each of two sides for 10 minutes a side in a 400 degree Fahrenheit Farberware convection oven.  I also mixed a half of a cup of Heinz ketchup with three tablespoons of horse radish, and I used it for a condiment on the dinner.  I had the dinner with a glass of iced tea.  I also went through my email before eating.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/04  Sunday 8:50 P.M.:  I watched the CSPAN presentation on the World War II memorial dedication http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ this morning at midnight.  Another group of older people showed up in Washington D.C. today ABCNEWS.com : Bikers Roll to White House to Praise Bush .  I guess with June 1 coming in another day, the summer visitors are returning from down south with the warmer weather we are enjoying here.  Of course the temperature and weather are all relative depending on what one is use to.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/04  Sunday 8:30 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.  I stopped by CVS during my walk.  I also walked around the train station area.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  Two of the most regular fishermen have shown back up again.  I then sat out for a while at the Greenwich Library parking lot.  I then returned home, and I watched some television.  I just ate a piece of Cheese cake with some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/04  Sunday 3:30 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I opened a 14.75 ounce can of Bumble Bee Alaska King salmon, and I picked out the bones on a plate.  I then flaked it, and I added 1/8 of teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning and 1/4 of a teaspoon of Basil, and I mixed it all together.  I then divided it into 4 parts, and I formed four patties out of the mixture.  I heated a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a small frying pan, and I brought it to a simmer over medium high heat, and then I added two of the salmon patties, and I lowered the heat to medium, and I fried them for four minutes on each side seasoning them with ground black pepper.  For the last minute, I added a tablespoon of Rene Junot white wine.  I refrigerated the other two patties in a plastic container.  I had them to eat with steamed white rice and a half of 14.5 ounce can of Green Giant French green beans steamed along with a glass of iced tea.  I made the rice the usual way with the China Village rice steamer.  I took a cup of Carolina white rice, and I rinsed it in hot water in a metal bowl.  I then rinsed it with hot water in a wire strainer, and I added it to the China Village rice steamer with 14 ounces of water, two tablespoons of olive oil, and a teaspoon of sesame oil, and I put the inner and outer lid on it, and I microwaved it for 11 minutes, and I let it stand for five minutes.  I ate half of the rice, and I refrigerated the other half in a Rubbermaid container.  For the last four minutes of the rice cooking cycle, I put the Green Giant French Green Beans in the bean water in a small Rubbermaid container to heat.  I also added a teaspoon of olive oil to the green beans after I strained the water out of them.  I also refrigerated the other half of the green beans in a small Rubbermaid container.  I watched some television while doing this.  I will not shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/04  Sunday 1:45 P.M.:  I finished the C: drive to D: drive backup.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/04  Sunday 12:05 P.M.:  I was up at 9:30 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some television.  I will now do a System Restore backup, then run Disk Cleanup on the C: drive, then run Norton Disk Doctor, and then I will do a 7 part backup from the C: drive to the D: drive.  This will take about 1.5 hours.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 10:40 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 10:05 P.M.:  Forbes.com: Inside Track .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 10:00 P.M.:  ic Newcastle - Forces career hint from Prince , BBC NEWS England Gloucestershire William hints at military career , William hints at joining armed forces  and http://www.wn.com/ for other news.  I ate a piece of cheese cake with some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 8:45 P.M.:  Prince William down on the Farm http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40213000/rm/_40213139_william17_hunt_vi.ram .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 8:35 P.M.:  I ran Norton WinDoctor and Ad-aware 6.0.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 8:20 P.M.:  I watched some television.  They had that program on television that they always keep running about the Nile Crocodile in Africa.  Apparently it can get up to 26 feet long, so Egyptologists should beware.  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 7:05 P.M.:  I threw out some garbage.  One of my long time neighbors is moving to a nursing home.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 6:40 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I drove over to Tod's Point in Old Greenwich, and I walked the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's Point.  It was a clear day, and one could see the Jersey shore, which is a very clear day.  I noticed a group of junior high school students dressed up like ship wreck survivors from "Lord of the Flies" .  Another resident was trying to fix his prop on his boat.  There was a large group at the beach, and I am sure quite a few of the pale people will be sunburned.  White distilled vinegar is most excellent for a sun burn and quite inexpensive, but it does stink a bit.   I sat out at a few locations during my walk.  I next drove over to the waterfront in central Greenwich.  I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of Arnold Nutty Branola bread for $1.35, a Entenmann's Deluxe French Cheese Cake for $1.89, and a 5.5 ounce box of Arnold Zesty Italian large cut croutons for .99 for $4.23 total.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm, and I used all of the regular ingredients, but for the garlic I use a clove of elephant garlic.  I then made my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  This time instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of chopped sardines, and for the cheddar cheese portion, I used Wisconsin extra sharp white cheddar cheese.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 12:20 P.M.:  There was a loud explosion at 4:30 A.M. this morning.  I did not go outside and investigate.  I had a telephone call from a friend at 7:30 A.M. this morning, and it was 35 degrees Fahrenheit in Johnson, Vermont.  I was up at 10:30 A.M. this morning.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I noticed that the broccoli rubber band that I have fastened around the battery compartment lid of my Chinese made tiny vacuum cleaner had broken.  So maybe when the rubber band broke, it made the explosion type noise.  I put two new broccoli rubber bands on the tiny vacuum battery compartment lid.  I use the device for cleaning dust out of the computer.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will then clean up, and I will go out and enjoy the nice day.  I guess I will head over to Tod's Point for a walk.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 2:10 A.M.:  I sent out an email.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/04  Saturday 12:25 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/28/04  Friday 11:55 P.M.:  Of course most established people already own their own horse farms, so they do not need to buy one of these Forbes.com: Most Expensive Equestrian Properties In The U.S. .  Of course if one could not afford a horse farm, one could always join the United States Army Calvary or some other Calvary of some foreign nation.  I think since the Queen of England likes horses, a lot of her followers tend to keep horses around the world.  Whatever, the case the last time I rode a horse was on the Greenwich Country Day lacrosse fields around May 1975, and as I recall it threw me into the woods at the end of the field by the Greenwich Country Club, when it came to an abrupt stop.  I also rode horses regularly when I lived in Decatur, Alabama from 1956 to 1961 for $5 an hour at the local riding staple, which was a bit pricey for Alabama in those days.  I also rode horses at Lookout Mountain Camp when I attended camp there around the summers of 1957 and 1958.  At my age and weight of 210 pounds, I would feel sorry for myself with arthritis and I would feel sorry for the horse having to bear my weight.  However, I do remember somebody that looked like Prince Phillip in Manhattan whom use to drive a Hanson Carriage in Central Park during the winter.  He use to wait outside the Plaza Hotel with his horse drawn carriage, so maybe he comes over here and moonlights as a carriage driver.  I recall the second to the last time, I was at the Waldorf Astoria around 10 years ago on a zero degrees night in February, the doorman looked like the Aga Khan, so maybe the two of them are competing in New York based on their skills here in America, since they might have got tired of spending money and are trying to earn money.  Of course, maybe they were just volunteering their services.  Since the Waldorf Astoria http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=NYCWAHH  is owned by the Hilton Hotels, and since they are basically a Swiss operation like a lot of first class hotels, and since the Aga Khan is a Swiss citizen, he might have invested in it.  It is really hard to tell anymore whom is the real person, and whom is just the look a like, but of course the real people usually have the toys and associates to go along with their persona.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/28/04:

Note: <888> 05/28/04  Friday 10:45 P.M.:  I called up the United States of America embassy in London, England with www.net2phone.com for 4.9 cents a minute at 44 02074999000 , and I chatted with the night duty U.S. Marine on duty figuring the British whom are well known for eves dropping would be listening in on the conversation.  I gave them a quick summary of the situation here and my web address along with an inquiry about a job for a friend of mine whom is quite skilled in British, Canadian, Scottish, Irish, and America relations through his network of equestrian friends.  However, I am sure the British in such a situation would have to have approval of the Queen of England, but another friend of mine once shoveled horse manure at one of the Royal estates, so I would imagine my other friend would be equally qualified in some sort of equestrian activity, and since relatives of his once controlled and possibly still do the world's largest transportation network, I would imagine they would be able to figure out some way to get him there if he chose to work there.  I also mentioned that steaks here in the United States of America are over $10 a pound, so a lot of us are eating leaner diets of salads.  I then microwaved and ate a Stouffer's 12.5 ounce Lean Cuisine chicken with mushrooms dinner.  I had the dinner with iced tea.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/28/04  Friday 9:20 P.M.:  I threw the Compaq IJ200 printer out, and I put it in front of one of the blue recycling bins.  However, one of my neighbors came by and threw it in the dumpster, and the various parts came apart, so I was not able to retrieve it.  I did retrieve the cord, and I put it on the floor in the sweater closet.  I chatted with another neighbor.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/04  Friday 8:20 P.M.:  I am going to put the Compaq IJ200 color printer that I bought for $50 down from $100 about five years ago out by the dumpster.  It still works slowly, but it needs new cartridges.  I am also throwing out the 58X CD box.  I put the 45X CD that I bought as a clearance item for $9.95 inside another box, and I have the empty postal boxes and shipping material stored on the speaker to the left side of the bedroom window.  I will now go outside to put them out.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/28/04  Friday 7:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and it is closed the next few days during the Memorial Day Holiday.  I drove downtown, and I gave the Belmont Rack Track MTA MTA LIRR - Packages - Belmont Park information to a local horse enthusiast.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I sat out by the waterfront until just before 5 P.M., so I would not have to pay for parking.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS during my walk.  I also used the bathroom at the senior and arts center.  I  next went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $5 of regular unleaded gasoline at $2.359 a gallon for about 28 miles per gallon usage.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.33, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.29, and a 10 bag of fresh spinach for $1.99 for $6.61 total.  I then returned home.  I drank some iced tea.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/28/04  Friday 3:25 P.M.:  I just heard thunder, but it is suppose to be just partly cloudy this afternoon.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I did not use broccoli and for the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Swiss cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I just heard thunder again, but the weather forecast does not call for thunder storms.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   CIO