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To: dfloydr who wrote (44584)5/5/2011 2:39:45 AM
From: Guardian4 Recommendations  Respond to of 62567
 
A.A.A.D.D. - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.

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, 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.
Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't
remember who I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!



To: dfloydr who wrote (44584)5/5/2011 7:41:26 AM
From: Ken Adams  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 62567
 
Don't know where those big numbers are coming from. I topped off my tank yesterday for $3.49 per gallon. That's still outrageous, IMO, but nowhere near the numbers I see talked about. Denver area.