nordic_ranger
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Who does this apply to!
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
For those of you that have already had the milestone birthday and
those of us just about to have it -
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.--Age Activated
Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:
I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice
that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the
mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table,
put the junk mail in the trashcan under the table, and notice
that the trashcan is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the
trash first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the
mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one
check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go
to my desk where I find the bottle of coke that I had been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the
coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that
the coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the
refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on
the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. I set the
coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them
back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with
water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the
kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we
will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that
it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den
where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.I splash some
water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I
set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe
up the spill.
Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning
to do. At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills
aren't paid, there is a warm bottle of coke sitting on the
counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one
check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my
glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm
really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm
really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try
to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
Do me a favour, will you? Forward this message to everyone you
know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent
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Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
For those of you that have already had the milestone birthday and
those of us just about to have it -
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.--Age Activated
Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:
I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice
that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the
mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table,
put the junk mail in the trashcan under the table, and notice
that the trashcan is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the
trash first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the
mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one
check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go
to my desk where I find the bottle of coke that I had been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the
coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that
the coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the
refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on
the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. I set the
coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them
back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with
water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the
kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we
will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that
it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den
where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.I splash some
water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I
set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe
up the spill.
Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning
to do. At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills
aren't paid, there is a warm bottle of coke sitting on the
counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one
check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my
glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm
really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm
really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try
to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
Do me a favour, will you? Forward this message to everyone you
know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent
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