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A.A.A.D.D.

budk1953

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Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D.

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

This is how it develops:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose, 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 mailbox 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 checkbook 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:
----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 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 long, and I'm
really tired.

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.

P.S I just remembered.
I LEFT THE WATER RUNNING IN THE DRIVEWAY!
 
That is just TOO close to home, which reminds me...but then again... Nah, never mind , I'll tell you later! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banana.gif

PS: I'm on my way out to work on the bugeye! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
 
I had a witty reply all set, but I see that my beer glass is empty. Hold on while I go into the kitchen... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif
 
Yep, I think I've been there for a while now! In fact, I had big plans to do a bunch of cleaning up in my garage today, but due to other distractions, nothing got done today!
 
funny how i managed to just stumbled across this while looking for my keys, the cat, wallet, hat, reading glasses,sunglasses,cell phone, on and on and on.- never did get out da house.
 
I do that all of the time - The TR6 needs this,
but before I can do that,the Cortina MKII needs this,
but before I do that,the Datsun needs this,but then
the Cortina MKIII needs.... & then I go back into the
house & can't figure out why I don't get anything done.

- Doug
 
Ten minutes lookin' fer a wrench I just used two minutes ago... then feel a right pillock when I see it in reach.

...swearing it had hidden itself and just popped up to confound me. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif
 
DrEntropy said:
Ten minutes lookin' fer a wrench I just used two minutes ago... then feel a right pillock when I see it in reach.

...swearing it had hidden itself and just popped up to confound me. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif

It is my confirmed belief that things run and hide when you go to use them.Or did I put that there? Is it even mine? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

Stuart. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif
 
I forgot what I was going to say! PJ
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SEE, I TOLD YA!
 
ecurie_ecosse said:
DrEntropy said:
Ten minutes lookin' fer a wrench I just used two minutes ago... then feel a right pillock when I see it in reach.

...swearing it had hidden itself and just popped up to confound me. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif

It is my confirmed belief that things run and hide when you go to use them.Or did I put that there? Is it even mine? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

Stuart. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif

WHEW!! What a relief!!
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I thought that It was me and I was loosing it! Now I know I have company. Duh, where'd it go, where'd it go? I just had it two seconds ago! Becoming a more famous expression in my shop that seems to be increasing in familiarity.
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I blame everything I lose on the cat and the dog. Devious beasts lie in wait to carry off my tools when I lay them down.
 
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