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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 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.
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.
nealtw
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Funny you remember all that with such a bad memory
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nealtw
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30 years ago I lived on a hill 1 mile off the runway of an airshow that the blue angils would come to, they did a flyby with one plane upside down just ft above the house and between the trees across the street. One year we were ready all standing in the back yard waving at him, to our surprize he saluted us.
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Frodo, that sounds about like how my days go. I go to do something and something else distracts me and then I forget. LOL.
Man, those military photos are awesome! The one of the guy dumping water on the person below reminds me of some photos that I need to find again... In Thailand there is a particular day where dumping water on people is considered good luck. If you dump water on them it is a blessing to them. And back during the vietnam war, they dumped a huge bucket of water on a guy and knocked him down. He got up and thanked them afterward.
Man, those military photos are awesome! The one of the guy dumping water on the person below reminds me of some photos that I need to find again... In Thailand there is a particular day where dumping water on people is considered good luck. If you dump water on them it is a blessing to them. And back during the vietnam war, they dumped a huge bucket of water on a guy and knocked him down. He got up and thanked them afterward.
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i know the feeling, when we arrived in the philippine islands . the door of the plane opened. i was immediately drenched in sweat, my clothes stuck to my body. they stayed stuck till we left, 2 years later
nealtw
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Na.......... that's a good discription of welfare day
Stimulas is when you build a bridge.
hire the engineers and planners
fire up the gravel pit
hire the pile driver
order the piles
fire up the concrete batch plant
order the rebar
hire capenters, and iron workers, crane operators, truck drivers, operators for a multitude of equipment
fire up the black top patch plant
new stores open in town. Walmart, Macdonolds, HD because the locals charge to much.
Need more housing for all the people moving to town
Shortage of workers, everyone gets a raise.
Less people on welfare.
Anybodies guess, how much is taxed allong the way, lowering the actual cost.
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Everybody gets excited as the bridge nears completion and the big day is planned the high school band comes out the mayor and council men are there along with the representatives and even the governor and a senator. Everyone is excited and patting each other on the back at the boon the bridge caused the small town to have. Sure it went over budget 250% but this was a shovel ready project and when the Stimulus needed one and so what if the printing presses had to run a few more days to make the extra money, look at all the good it did. Well the speeches get made and the ribbon gets cut and miles and miles of cars cross the bridge for the first time. They all get to the other side and there they are in the new town of Nowhere.
Here is the plans of a small scale bridge Im planning to build
nealtw
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There are a few dogs around here providing shocel ready jobs, thanks
Big money will just sit on the side lines until they can see a reason for investing, so first you need an economy.
Big money will just sit on the side lines until they can see a reason for investing, so first you need an economy.
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My brother (who is now employed) was the only person available and had to man the cashier (even though he is supposed to work in the stock room) and an old lady came up with about $10 in coins. She was hoping it would cover all of her stuff and she apologized for the inconvenience. My brother said it was no problem and was counting up her money. Meanwhile, the guy in line behind her was huffing and puffing and getting all pissed off. The old gray-haired lady then said "Well f******* him. He can wait!" My brother just smiled and completed the transaction. He was rather amused by the old lady talking like that.
Another thing he told me was that once when he was working at Walmart, a little boy walked up and was trying to ask him something but was mumbling too quietly. My brother leaned down and asked "What was that?" and then the kid's mother very loudly came over and yelled "You heard him, boy! Speak up! Talk like ya got some sense!!"
Another thing he told me was that once when he was working at Walmart, a little boy walked up and was trying to ask him something but was mumbling too quietly. My brother leaned down and asked "What was that?" and then the kid's mother very loudly came over and yelled "You heard him, boy! Speak up! Talk like ya got some sense!!"
