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an average day with AAADD

Started by Ernie, June 30, 2005, 01:56:31 PM

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Ernie

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 trash
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 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
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 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...

Now 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:

-the car isn't washed,

-the bills aren't paid,

-there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,

-the flowers don't have enough water,

-there is still only one 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 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.

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 very wise man once told me . Grand children are great, we should have had them first

Tom

I was wondering what what was wrong with me.  Now I feel better in knowing, nothing.  :D

MULE_MAN

You mean this isn't normal  ???  Sounds like my day to me  ::)

I always thought,  I was just trying to get to much done   :D :D
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submarinesailor

Ernie,

You had to come up with something like this on my 53rd birthday.  Now I do feel OLD.  :D :D :D :D :D

Bruce/subsailor

Ernie

Bruce  Happy birthday.

I noticed your laughter, wait till you hit my 63 years, the laughter will turn to tears smiley_crying smiley_crying
A very wise man once told me . Grand children are great, we should have had them first

beenthere

Hey, that's why we're so busy. Problem comes when someone asks "what you been doin all day?"

"DanG'd if I know", doesn't seem like a good answer, nor does "Don't remember, but I am exhausted". 
Others come to mind, but I don't repeat those outloud.  ;D
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It may be that my sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others

Roxie

I thought the condition was caused  by my hair color.....whew, glad to know it happens to men too!   :D
Ya know what I wonder about?  Seriously.  Do you watch those crime shows like CSI and Forensic Files?  Last night Cowboy Bob and I were watching CSI and the criminalist folks were crawling on their hands and knees in this murder victims living room picking up fibers and hair with tweezers.  They got lucky and found two hairs and one tiny piece of fiber.  Do I need to tell ya what they'd get on them if they were crawling over MY livingroom floor?  I know for certain that if they were using tweezer's, it'd take em a year to get from one end to the other!  I can also guarantee that their most likely suspect would be the dog and Bob!   ::)

Is it just ME?   ???  
Say when

Tom

Probably so!   I looked and can't find any of Cowboy Bob's hair on our carpet. :D

MULE_MAN

 :D  :D   :D  :D  :D  Good One Tom  :D :D :D ;D
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woodmills1

my regular AAD wouldnt let me reply.
James Mills,Lovely wife,collect old tools,vacuuming fool,36 bdft/hr,oak paper cutter,ebonic yooper rapper nauga seller, Blue Ox? its not fast, 2 cat family, LT70,edger, 375 bd ft/hr, we like Bob,free heat,no oil 12 years,big splitter, baked stuffed lobster, still cuttin the logs dere IAM

tnlogger

I resemble that i thuck but ................................................................... four score and .......no  dear would you get my...........................no  i give up  ???
gene

sprucebunny

I got about 45 years experience with that.....  ::)

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Ernie

Spruce bunny

45 years experience with AAADD, that would make you at least 95, your avatar doesn't do you justice 8) 8)
A very wise man once told me . Grand children are great, we should have had them first

sawguy21

OOOH Ernie, what you said. :D :D :D :D :D
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

OneWithWood

I was fixin' to add to this hilarity when I noticed my tea had started to cool . . .
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Tom

Put some ice in it...........  it's supposed to be that way.  :D

mometal77

I always figured having terms like that was to make doctors feel better about themselves.  Ernie can you sue over miss diagnosis?   :D Here i am 28 and alread have grey hairs must be the stress.  Nurse put me next to the window today. 
Too many Assholes... not enough bullets..."I might have become a millionaire, but I chose to become a tramp!

Don R

I had no idea that disease travelled all the way form Lexington, Virginia to New Zealand. Wow, now what was I doing when I sat down at this computer? Ah well think I'll take a nap.

isawlogs

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
That has been around here for a while ... Best I tell my doc about it . All this time and I thought it was poor tool organisation .

A man does not always grow wise as he grows old , but he always grows old as he grows wise .

   Marcel

Roxie

Note to Tom:  Phone your physician.  He might want to back up on the medication just a tad.   :)
Say when

OneWithWood

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Tom

I don't know.  Was somebody talking about ice.  ??? :)

Roxie

I'm on the floor!!   :D :D :D
Say when

tnlogger

i just started to wash the floor  ::)
gene

beenthere

Quote from: tnlogger on July 05, 2005, 01:11:26 PM
i just started to wash the floor  ::)

If you find yourself on the floor, that is a good thing to say if anyone comes by.  Not sure how Roxie managed to get there ;D
south central Wisconsin
It may be that my sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others

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