Posts: 1148
From: California
Registered: May 2004

posted May 03, 2005 08:34 AM         

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Should you know an older person...........
>Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder...
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>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 my
>car needs washing.
>
>
>As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is 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 down 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 1 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 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, I will 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 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:
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>the car isn't washed
>
>the bills aren't paid
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>there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
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>the flowers don't have enough water,
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>there is still only 1 check in my check book,
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>I can't find the remote,
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>I can't find my glasses,
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>and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
>
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>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 favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because
>I don't remember to whom it has been sent.
>
>Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
>
>
>GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
>LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC.

A friend sent me this and it made me smile. Thought I'd share it.

Gia

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From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005

posted May 03, 2005 09:07 AM         

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very cute, Gia! I will have to send that to some of my friends!

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From: Cleveland, Ohio
Registered: Jan 2003

posted May 03, 2005 07:09 PM         

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Hey!!!
Are you watching me?
..Oh wait, I need to get the oven...

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posted May 03, 2005 09:39 PM         

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Is that not normal??

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From: Vancouver USA
Registered: May 2004

posted May 03, 2005 11:19 PM         

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Aw crap!

I've got AAADD!!!

What should I do?!?!

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From: Here, there and everywhere.
Registered: Jun 2004

posted May 04, 2005 02:59 PM         

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Call Triple "A" and go to Duncun Donuts!

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posted May 07, 2005 02:44 PM         

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