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| Thread ID: 124297 | 2012-04-17 06:58:00 | AAADD ------------- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS....... | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1270593 | 2012-04-17 06:58:00 | Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better even though I have it!! Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.: Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my check book 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 inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water. I put the Pepsi on the counter and 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 spot the TV remote....someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't 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 pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back 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 can of Pepsi sitting on the counter .....the flowers don't have enough water, .....there is still only 1 check in my check book, .....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, andI'm really tired. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1270594 | 2012-04-17 07:36:00 | Bugger ... I've had AAADD for years and never knew ... :eek: | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1270595 | 2012-04-17 08:16:00 | Your hose is still turned on Joe. Beware of flood next time you pop outside | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1270596 | 2012-04-17 08:26:00 | Beware of popping, indoors or out. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1270597 | 2012-04-17 11:02:00 | :D very good Joe, I enjoyed that :thumbs: | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1270598 | 2012-04-17 20:53:00 | I like that. As I was reading it, half way down I thought to jot down a couple notes about it. As I am writing, I notice that my paper pad only has 2 sheets left. I left the note and went up to the office supply room for another notepad on the way back, i stopped in the bathroom and left the notepad on the counter. I got back to my computer and read a half written note about remembering where I was going to go for dinner and don't know what I was talking about. Self Diagnosed. |
RB_Core (16755) | ||
| 1270599 | 2012-04-17 22:06:00 | Beware of popping, indoors or out. "It's nice out, but put it away".... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1270600 | 2012-04-17 22:09:00 | I think I may have been born with it :eek: | WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1270601 | 2012-04-18 04:52:00 | The Husband Version: He decides to water the garden . As he goes to turn on the hose in the driveway, he remembers he took the end off it last time it was used and goes to the garage to retrieve it . As he starts toward the garage, he sees the courier pull up . he brings the parcel in before getting the hose end . While inside his phone rings and a customer wants a quote . While I do his quote and email it off, I pay some bills and notice the amazing lack of money in his account so print it out for him to see . As he goes to view the printout, I notice he hasn't eaten for a while and has low blood suger, he denies this and eventually while he thinks about testing it and eventually figures out how, I make tea and biccies . He then can't find his glasses to read the printout and accuses me of hiding them again . I find the glasses while he drinks tea . He spots the TV remote . . . . someone left it on the kitchen table - I wonder who? and he decides the lunchtime news is on and he'll catch up on that while having the tea and biccies . . Then, after the news, biccies and perusal of printout, he heads down the hall trying to remember what he was planning to do . I wander outside and notice the hose has been going for ages and has flooded the driveway . He asks me why I turned it on in the first place and I should really be more organised with things I am doing . |
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