Note: 05/31/12 Thursday 11: 50 P. M. Steamboat Road story
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Note: <888> 06/27/12 Wednesday 5:00 P.M. I woke up at 8 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and milk and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, watered down fruit punch, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk. I chatted with a relative and a friend. I showered, and I cleaned up. I threw out the garbage. I chatted with neighbors. I went downtown to the Chase Bank at 19 West Putnam Avenue. I then went by the Greenwich Town Hall, and I paid my this years property tax $32.52 on my 1998 Audi A6. I chatted with somebody from the Hanover Bank. I then went downtown, and I chatted with visitors from Atlanta, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I played a Lucky Gem scratch card for a dollar, and I won a dollar for a net profit of nothing. I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center. On the way up Greenwich Avenue, I stopped by CVS, and I picked up two prescriptions. I bought two 40 bag boxes of Lipton green tea bags for $3 a box for $6 total. I also bought two 24 ounce Lysol toilet bowl cleaner for $2 each and a three pack of 32 ounce Lysol spray cleaner for $6 and .63 tax for $10.63 total. I chatted with two town locals. I found out on the way down Greenwich Avenue that the new store at the old Complete Kitchen location just north of J. Crew is going to be a Gourmet Coffee shop, and they will have a coffee roaster on the premises. I told Starbucks after I finished my walk. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought three day old almond Danish pastries for $2, two Kraft blue cheese dressing 16 ounce for $2 each, a five quart package of powdered milk for $5.99, two six ounce cans of Stop and Shop extra large black olives for $1.25 a can, four twelve can packs of 12 ounces of Sprite for $11 and $2.40 can deposit, a quart jar of Vlassic Kosher dill pickles for $2, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.50, bananas for .79 a pound for .77, broccoli crowns for $2.49 a pound for $1.97, plum tomatoes for $2.49 a pound for $2.37, a head of cello iceberg lettuce for $1.99 and a cucumber for .99 for $41.18 total. I then bought buy one six pack of Thomas' English muffins for $3.99 and get two six packs free for $3.99 total. I then put my groceries in the Audi. I then returned home. I used my folding cart from the rear of the Audi to bring up the Sprite. I then used my wire cart to bring up the groceries. I put the groceries away. CIO Note: <888> 06/27/12 Wednesday 12:15 A.M. According to email from Optimum Online, the internet is suppose to be down for service from 1 A.M. to 6 A.M. this morning. CIO End of Scott's Notes week of 06/26/12: Note: <888> 06/26/12 Tuesday 11:40 P.M. I will now send out my weekly notes for the last couple of weeks. I will then shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 06/26/12 Tuesday 11:20 P.M. George R. Hearst Jr. dies at 84 - GreenwichTime Richard Holleran Obituary: View Richard Holleran's Obituary by GreenwichTime CIO Note: <888> 06/26/12 Tuesday 10:00 P.M. After the last note yesterday, I packed and loaded up the Audi. I then chatted with a relative. Another relative arrived at 5 P.M.. I helped the other relative unload the car. We put some new furniture in the bunk room downstairs. I hooked up the new 50 foot hose in the backyard, so it is available for watering the backyard garden. I also put a spray attachment on it. We ate pretzel crackers and Philadelphia Cheese dip, and I had a glass of watered down orange juice while we watched the ABC evening news. For dinner, I ate the rest of the reheated Scottish salmon cooked on a barbecue with a cedar plank, two ears of corn on the cob with butter, steamed broccoli crowns with butter, potato and mixed salads and a glass of watered down orange juice. We cleaned up the kitchen. I put the garbage out on the street. I went to bed at 8 P.M.. I woke up at 7 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with splenda and milk and sliced banana, a toasted bagel with butter, a cup of coffee with splenda and half and half and a glass of watered down orange juice and vitamins and supplements. I showered, and I cleaned up. I put the rest of the luggage in the Audi. I made a ham and cheese sandwich on a bagel with mayonnaise. I said goodbye to my relatives. I left at 8:30 A.M.. I drove west on Route 9 out of Kennebunkport to U.S. 1 west in Wells, Maine and west to Route 9 west to the I-95 entrance ramp. I stopped at the Wells, Maine Amtrak station to use the bathroom. I took I-95 south and paid a $2 toll and then another $2 toll on I-95 in New Hampshire. I stopped at the Massachusetts welcome center. It is now run by volunteers for lack of state funding. I chatted with one of the volunteers who lives across the James River from Williamsburg, Virginia. I then took I-495 West, and I stopped at the Lowell rest area, and I chatted with someone from New Hampshire driving an old Mustang convertible. I then took I-290 South, and I took the second Massachusetts turnpike exit, and I stopped at the Charlton rest area on the Massachusetts turnpike, and I ate my ham and cheese sandwich, and I chatted with a relative. I then bought $23.02 of Gulf self service premium gasoline for $3.839 a gallon for 5.997 gallons at odometer reading of 70418 miles for 152.1 miles since the previous fill up in Wells, Maine for 25.363 miles per gallons mostly in highway traffic. I then got off the Sturbridge exit paying a 50 cent tolls, and I took I-84 West. I stopped at the Connecticut welcome center. I then took I-91 South to the Wilbur Cross Parkway I-15 West, and I stopped at the North Haven rest area. I then continued west on the Merritt Parkway I-15 West, and I stopped at the New Canaan rest area. I got off at the North Street exit in Greenwich, and I drove to downtown Greenwich arriving about 3:15 P.M.. I stopped by the Chase Bank at 19 West Putnam Avenue. I then west by the Putnam Shell at 401 West Putnam Avenue, and I bought $19.03 of self service V-Power gasoline for $4.299 a gallon for 4.426 gallons for 130.8 miles driven since the previous fill up at odometer reading of 70549 miles for 29.553 miles per gallon in mostly highway traffic. I then stopped by the Valley Road Post Office, and I picked up my mail. I then returned back to my apartment at 4 P.M. for 259.9 miles driving since I left the family house in Kennebunkport, Maine. I brought up some items. I turned on the air conditioners, the hot water, and the toilet water. A pineapple lamp had fallen over in the bedroom where a box had slipped off a shelf falling on the lamp breaking its energy saving light bulb. I cleaned up the debris, and I put a new energy saving light bulb in it, and I replaced the broken lamp shade with another good one. The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for TRENDnet RBTW100BRF114U TRENDnet RBTW100BRF114U Recertified TW100-BRF114U Cable/DSL 4-Port Firewall Router w/ USB Print Server -(1-year limited warranty) from mwave.com for $14.99 with free shipping had arrived while I was gone. I drank a 12 ounce glass of www.coke.com . I brought down from Maine a few bananas and a onion and a jar of German Honey. I used my folding wire cart to bring up the rest of my luggage, and I unpacked. I watered the plants. I set up the laptop computer that I had brought with me. I chatted with a relative. I sorted through the mail. I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature and the broken lamp shade and shipping box. I started the primary work computer and I also started the FIC server. I ate a 14.5 ounce Maria Callender chicken pot pie with a 12 ounce glass of 7-UP. CIO Note: <888> 06/26/12 Tuesday 7:25 P.M. I arrived back home in Greenwich, Connecticut at 4 P.M. today without any travel problems. More to come later. CIO Note: <888> 06/25/12 Monday 3:35 P.M. I am now going to start packing and also pack up the laptop computer, so I will not be posting any notes until I return home tomorrow or whenever I have time. CIO Note: <888> 06/25/12 Monday 3:10 P.M. I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with splenda and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with butter, a cup of coffee with splenda and half and half and a glass of watered down orange juice and vitamins and supplements. I showered, and I cleaned up. I loaded a relative’s luggage into the back of the family car. At 9:30 A.M., we left to go up to the Portland, Maine jet port. At the same time the Cable Modem service started working. We took route 9 to U.S. 1 east, and we got on I-95 north to Scarborough, Maine. We then took the parallel road north to the Portland jet port, where we dropped off a relative with their luggage. We then went by Lowe’s and returned a Welcome door mat. I used the bathroom there. I bought bone meal and a can of black spray paint to paint the pruned stumps on the plum tree. We then went to www.samsclub.com , and we go $50 of self service 92 octane gasoline for $3.599 a gallon. We did grocery shopping at Sam’s Club. I looked at a knife demonstration there. I used the bathroom there. It started to rain heavily as I left. We then drove down I-95 to Biddeford, Maine. We paid a dollar toll each way. We stopped by Wal-Mart. I got four ears of corn and broccoli crowns and a 50 foot garden hose for $8.47. We then returned to Kennebunkport, and we went by the Kennebunkport post office. We returned to my relative’s house. We put away the groceries. I ate two bacon lettuce and tomato sandwiches with mayonnaise on bagels and a 12 ounce glass of Nestea low calorie iced tea. I also ate two scoops of Shane’s ice cream. While I was outside, another tree limb about 4 inches and diameter and 10 feet long fell down near the driveway. I put it out in the brush pile in back. I cancelled the Time Warner service appointment. Another relative is showing up around 5 P.M. today. I am going to drive back down to Greenwich, Connecticut tomorrow morning ending my vacation. CIO Note: <888> 06/24/12 Sunday 10:55 P.M. The internet went down in the area after the last note. I watched some television with relatives. The internet is not working now in the house though. It is working in the neighborhood. The internet repair person is going to pay a service call this Wednesday June 27, 2012 between 3 P.M. and 5 P.M.. I will now shut down the laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 06/24/12 Sunday 8:40 P.M. I watched the ABC evening news with relatives, and I ate corn crackers with melted cheese and watered down orange juice. For dinner, I ate a large filet of Scottish salmon barbecued on a watered soaked cedar plank, with two ears of steamed Georgia yellow and white sweet corn with butter, steamed broccoli crowns with butter, baked beans, tossed green salad with tomatoes and vinaigrette dressing, and a glass of watered down orange juice. We cleaned up the kitchen. CIO Note: <888> 06/24/12 Sunday 6:00 P.M. Nice neighborhood with condo for sale near the Kennebunkport, Maine police department gorgeous Home in 5a foxberry lane, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046 for $399000. ID: 11656153 . I chatted with a friend. CIO Note: <888> 06/24/12 Sunday 5:00 P.M. Believe in America Bus Tour | Mitt Romney for President Man or Computer? Can You Tell the Difference? | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine BBC News - Elvis Presley crypt pulled from auction CIO Note: <888> 06/24/12 Sunday 4:35 P.M. I ate a ham and turkey and cheese sandwich with mayonnaise on a bagel with potato chips and a 12 ounce glass of watered down orange juice. I drove over to the Kennebunk beach to pick up a relative. I checked the Audi’s tire air on the way back at the Citgo gasoline station. The rear tires are 30 PSI and front tires are 31 PSI, so I did not need to pay a $1 for three minutes to put air in the tires. We then returned to my relatives’ house. CIO Note: <888> 06/24/12 Sunday 2:55 P.M. The Cable Modem quit again. I called them up again. They said they showed a spotty signal into the cable modem. I found out that there was a two way coaxial splitter coming off the coaxial cable from the bunk room bedroom wall into the coaxial two way splitter. I tightened the connections with a pipe wrench to make them tighter. Right now it seems to be working fine. CIO Note: <888> 06/24/12 Sunday 2:20 P.M. I called up Time Warner Cable at 1-207-252-2222 or 1-800-833-2253, and they were not getting a signal from our cable modem. I tightened the coaxial cable on the cable modem and the coaxial connection to the bedroom wall. I reset the ground fault interrupter plug with the coaxial cable amplifier plugged into it by the circuit breaker box in the basement. I noticed the LAN cable connected to the Cable box to the Netgear Wireless G router was not plugged in all of the way into the cable modem, so I plugged it in all of the way. One of those methods seemed to have fixed the problem. I chatted with a relative, and he had me have Time Warner double the cable modem speed for 33 cents more a day which will be activated in 24 hours. I get up to 50 mbps second right now, so I guess it will be 100 mbps once it is doubled. I have a slip of paper with the Time Warner telephone numbers and reset procedure that I will place by the cable modem in the bunk room. I will now put the dry laundry away. CIO Note: <888> 06/24/12 Sunday 12:30 P.M. I woke up at 9:30 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with splenda and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with butter, a cup of coffee with splenda and half and half and a glass of watered down orange juice and vitamins and supplements. I started the dishwasher. I used a small pruning saw, and I cut off the lowest dead limb off the flowering plum tree in the front yard, and I threw the branch in the brush pile in the lower back yard. I used the leaf blower, and I cleaned out the garage and the driveway and the front walk. I loosed the soil around the two small azalea bushes in the back yard. I showered, and I cleaned up. I started a load of laundry. The internet is not working in the house, so I am connecting to a neighbor’s wireless internet. CIO Note: <888> 06/23/12 Saturday 10:20 P.M. I watched television with relatives. I will now shut down the laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 06/23/12 Saturday 8:45 P.M. George Bush Presidential Library Foundation George Bush Presidential Library Foundation - Alumni Association Login Page Bush Presidential Library and Museum store. CIO Note: <888> 06/23/12 Saturday 8:20 P.M. We watched the ABC evening news, and I ate some crackers and dip and watered down orange juice. We had a heavy rainstorm thunderstorm, but it seems to be over now. For dinner, I ate a hamburger on a bun with ketchup and diced onion, two hotdogs on buns with Dijon mustard and diced onion, baked beans, potato salad, sliced tomatoes with olive oil and balsamic vinegar with fresh basil, and a glass of watered down orange juice. We cleaned up the kitchen. CIO Note: <888> 06/23/12 Saturday 6:05 P.M. I got up at 5:45 P.M.. We decided not to go for a drive, since it looks like it is going to thunderstorm. CIO Note: <888> 06/23/12 Saturday 3:45 P.M. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with mayonnaise on a bagel with potato chips and a 12 ounce glass of Nestea iced tea. I vacuumed the master bedroom, the living room, the dining room, and the library. I will now take a nap. CIO Note: <888> 06/23/12 Saturday 1:55 P.M. I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out with relatives. We went by the People’s Bank in downtown Kennebunkport. We then drove over to CVS in Kennebunk, and we did some shopping. We then went to Sanborne’s in Cape Porpoise, and we got some Scottish salmon for $11.99 a pound. We drove out to point in Cape Porpoise which was busy. We then went by Bradbury’s and I got two bananas, a Vidalia onion, and three ears of Georgia corn for $3.48 total. We then drove back along the waterfront to my relatives’ house. We brought in our purchases. CIO Note: <888> 06/23/12 Saturday 11:05 A.M. I woke up at 9:30 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with splenda and milk and sliced nectarine, a toasted English muffin with butter, a cup of coffee with splenda and half and half and a glass of watered down orange juice and vitamins and supplements. I sprayed WD-40 on the master bedroom shower handle, so it works more easily. CIO Note: <888> 06/22/12 Friday 10:10 P.M. I watched television with my relatives. We had some heavy rain and thunderstorms and lightning. I will now shut down the laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 06/22/12 Friday 8:35 P.M. refurbished $259.99 with free shipping Vizio 37" E371VL Flat Panel LCD HD TV Full HD 1080p TV 6.5ms 100,000:1 Contrast CIO Note: <888> 06/22/12 Friday 8:15 P.M. I watched television with relatives including the ABC evening news. I ate dip and crackers and watered down orange juice while watching television. For dinner, I ate baked breaded haddock with two ears of corn on the cob with butter and steamed broccoli crowns with butter and a glass of watered down orange juice. We cleaned up the kitchen. I threw out the garbage. CIO Note: <888> 06/22/12 Friday 4:40 P.M. I chatted with a friend. I put $10 more on my www.skype.com account, so I now have $10.22 on it. I used Skype with wireless internet for long distant phone calls, when I am up in Kennebunkport, Maine. I chatted with relatives. I put the Chrome web browser on my laptop computer, since www.cvs.com will now work with Internet Explorer 8 and Windows XP Professional on my laptop computer. BBC Nature - Slowest Greenland sharks hunts sleeping prey BBC News - Computer virus hits office printers CIO Note: <888> 06/22/12 Friday 3:05 P.M. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with mayonnaise on a bagel with potato chips and a 12 ounce glass of Nestea iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 06/22/12 Friday 2:20 P.M. I made 109 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Turkish pipe tobacco cigarettes while listening to www.foxnews.com . CIO Note: <888> 06/22/12 Friday 12:15 P.M. I woke up after going to bed, and I checked on a relative that was not feeling well. Another relative spent the night with the relative. I finally woke up at 9:30 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with splenda and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with butter, a cup of coffee with splenda and half and half and a glass of watered down orange juice and vitamins and supplements. The ant exterminator sprayed around the house. The yard man cut the grass. The housekeeper is not feeling well, so I cleaned all of the toilets and sinks in the five different bathrooms. I will now shower and clean up. CIO Note: <888> 06/21/12 Thursday 10:30 P.M. I watched television with relatives. I emptied the dishwasher. I will now shut down the laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 06/21/12 Thursday 8:55 P.M. We watched the ABC evening news. I ate two barbecued cheeseburgers on buns with ketchup and onion, baked beans, a baked sweet potato with butter and a glass of watered down orange juice. We cleaned up the kitchen. We sat out on the deck enjoying the evening sunset. With the higher prices of fuel, there are not many boats moving on the harbor though, so the waterfront is quieter. Kennebunkport Gas Prices – Find Kennebunkport, Maine Gas Stations and Cheap Gas in ME at Automobile Magazine Greenwich Gas Prices – Find Greenwich, Connecticut Gas Stations and Cheap Gas in CT at Automobile Magazine . CIO Note: <888> 06/21/12 Thursday 6:05 P.M. I napped from 2:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.. I watered the plants on the rear deck and the rear back yard flower box. Another relative watered the plants in front. I am eating dip and crackers and baby carrots and watered down orange juice. The evening news said that Prince William got $15 million from his mother on his 30th birthday. CIO Note: <888> 06/21/12 Thursday 2:25 P.M. I chatted with two friends. Etna E-books birthday Prince William, duke of Cambridge (British prince) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report | BBC News - Rio+20: Sir Paul backs Greenpeace Arctic campaign BBC News - Oracle chief Larry Ellison buys Hawaiian island BBC News - 'Giant wombat' grave found in Queensland, Australia CIO Note: <888> 06/21/12 Thursday 1:35 P.M. I walked around the house. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with mayonnaise on a bagel with potato chips and cold noodle salad and a 12 ounce glass of Nestea iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 06/21/12 Thursday 12:05 P.M. I woke up at 9 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with splenda and milk and sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with butter, a cup of coffee with splenda and half and half and a glass of watered down orange juice and vitamins and supplements. It is 92 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade in front of the house currently. I chatted with a relative on my wireless telephone. I showered, and I cleaned up. I went out with another relative, and we drove the back way to Route 9 in Biddeford, Maine to pick up a relative. We then returned the same way. We picked up the mail at the Kennebunkport post office. We then drove along the Kennebunk beach and back. It is 84 degrees Fahrenheit along the ocean front Kennebunk beach. We returned to my relatives’ house. We are not driving down to Portsmouth, New Hampshire tomorrow, because the friend of a relative cannot make it. CIO Note: <888> 06/20/12 Wednesday 10:55 P.M. I watched television with my relatives. I will now shut down the laptop computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 06/20/12 Wednesday 8:35 P.M. I watched television. I chatted with relatives. At 5:30 P.M., we drove over to Biddeford to drop off a relative for the night. We then drove by Goose Rocks beach. We returned home. For dinner, I had barbecued on a cedar plank on low flame a filet of seasoned wild Atlantic salmon, two ears of corn on the cob with butter, a baked sweet potato with butter, and a barbecued half of a sweet onion and a watered down glass of orange juice. We cleaned up the kitchen. We sat on the deck enjoying the evening sunset. CIO Note: <888> 06/20/12 Wednesday 3:45 P.M. Biltmore Email Newsletter Microsoft Surface RT Overview & User Reviews - Tablets - CNET Reviews BBC News - Dark matter tracks could give earliest view of Universe BBC News - Windows Phone 8 system update announced by Microsoft CIO Note: <888> 06/20/12 Wednesday 3:05 P.M. I ran the dry cycle on the laundry, and I put away the laundry. I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with mayonnaise on a bagel with potato chips and a 12 ounce glass of Nestea iced tea. CIO Download 1.25 Mb. Share with your friends:
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