BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?

Subject: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Nancy King
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 04:35 PM

This was sent to me by a friend. I strongly suspect someone's been watching me and taking notes...





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 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 Coke I'd 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.

The Coke is getting warm,
And I decide to 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 water.

I put the Coke 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 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 damn 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 favor.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
Because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.

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

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 04:41 PM

LOL
Too close to home, Nancy.

Five times a night I wander around looking for the TV remote which always goes "walkies" on its own.
M

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 04:51 PM

I think I have definitely got A.A.A.D.D,

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: catspaw49
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 05:12 PM

Way, way, way, too close...............I forgot the address of the place that sells the memory enhancing supplement and when I found it I forgot to order them. Running across it later I mailed in and when they arrived I forgot where I put them. I found them a week or so later and began to take them but found that I misplaced the bottle every time so I wound up taking only about 3 every month.....and I douldn't remember why I needed them

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Emma B
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 05:13 PM

it's possible....errr what was the question?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Morticia
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 05:15 PM

Oh man, have you been watching me? I set out to find my cheque book, and cleared the worktop where it might have been, in doing so I found several things that needed putting away so did that....then noticed I had Christmas cards that still needed postcodes so took them off to do and whilst online ( postcode finder) checked in here and lost 10 minutes, remembered the postcodes, wrote them on the cards, brought them down to my bag, thought my bag needed sorting out and look, my phone needs charging......2 hours later, I still haven't found my cheq

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Morticia
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 05:16 PM

erm.........see what I mean?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: PoppaGator
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 05:19 PM

Oh, this hits close to home, for sure!

The original post was pretty amusing, but too long. I tried to read the whole thing, but halfway through I forgot what it was about.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Hawker
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 05:32 PM

Yep definately a sufferer!
LOL
Lucy

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 05:34 PM

"Doctor, you have to help me! I'm having trouble with my memory!"

"How long have you had this problem?"

"How long have I had what problem?"


I sorta get along with my memory problems....I've integrated it with my exercise program. The more I forget, the more I have to run up & down stairs. Getting healthier every day.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: JennieG
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 05:35 PM

Ooooohhh yeesssss.......that's me.....

Cheers
JennieG (I think.......)

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: topical tom
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 06:04 PM

No, I don't think I have A.A.A.D.D.Wait, what was I going to post? What is the thread? What did I come into the kitchen for? Oh yes! I've got it.
    Sooner or later,if, God willing, you live long enough, it's going to get you!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 06:07 PM

At least I now know why I'm busy all day but at the end of the day everything is just the same as when I got up!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 06:24 PM

So can someone explain this to Manitas and tell him it's the reason the ironing wasn't done and the floor needs vacuuming and the dining room looks like a recycling dump and I didn't buy cat food....

even though I was really busy all day?!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 06:52 PM

I watch movies from Netflix and Blockbuster, and after I return them, I can never remember the titles. When I try to tell my brother about them, the best I can do is name the actors, but not by name, more like "it has that guy that was married to the girl on "Friends" but now he's married to the woman who adopted all those foreign kids".

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 08:15 PM

My wife and I have sort of a running joke. We'll be watching a movie, and an actor will seem familiar, and one of us will say, "Hey isn't he the guy who was in ... that other movie?"

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: GUEST,Cruiser
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 08:49 PM

Kinda sad, but if we can make it past 55 years old and remember to be honest, we will all admit to this condition.

5 years ago I could remember all my credit card, bank account numbers, etc....now I can forget my 4 digit fuel card numbers.

I am even losing the ability to remember song lyrics and that was always one of my strong suits.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Eye Lander
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 09:08 PM

Yup   Been there - done that and have a tee shirt to remind me.

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Donuel
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 09:20 PM

Aw comon don't be so hard on yourself.
Even young people have to write things on their hand to remember.
Just the other day I saw a picture of Britany Spears' hand that had written messages; "remember underwear & do not put baby on car roof.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 10:31 PM

The other night at a gig, I started to do "Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane", the first line being "I am growing old and feeble and I cannot find my way...", and then I forgot the next line. I stopped the band, apologized to the audience and started again. I've been doing this song for years, and figured I'd remember it. The second time around the same thing happened. I stopped the band again and one of the band members said, "You are getting old and feeble". We got a good laugh from the audience, most of whom were seniors. I gave up and sang another song about growing old, which I at least remembered. When I was done, the forgotten line came back to me, and I told the audience what it was. They cheered. At least I can be entertaining while losing my memory.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 11:13 PM

I CAN remember the telephone number of the first sweet young girl I had a crush on in Jr Hi close to 60 years ago, and the phone number of the old lady who lived down the block and wrote children's stories when I was about 7.

Wanna know my cell phone number now - hold on while I find the $#@% phone, I think I put it in the contacts list. But first I will have to find the charger 'cause the phone'll be too low to look - if I can remember who borrowed MY charger when theirs wasn't "convenient" to get to, but first I'll need to ...

We call it Butfirst disease.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: JennieG
Date: 17 Dec 07 - 11:41 PM

I have also heard it referred to as "craft" disease which has nothing to do with sewing or knitting -

Can't Remember A Flaming (or F**king if you prefer) Thing.


RangerSteve, I can relate to your movie dilemma, I'm like that with books, and I read a lot - after I finish a book I can describe the plot to you but as for the author's name or even the name of the book - fergeddit.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 Dec 07 - 07:37 AM

I know the car number plate of my dad's first car, his second car (MK I Ford Cortina... cool tail fins), I can remember my first car, buggered if I know what our present car is, but it's got a N in it.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 18 Dec 07 - 08:44 AM

Yep I've got erly onset A.A.A.D.D I can only just remember my phone number!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 18 Dec 07 - 03:33 PM

I remember the phone number we had when I was a kid on Long Island, HI4-4489, back in the 1950's. My phone number now? I'd have to think about it. I have a perfectly good excuse for not remembering it, though. I live alone. I never call myself.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: artbrooks
Date: 18 Dec 07 - 03:47 PM

Two days later...is the water still running out of the hose in the driveway?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: skarpi
Date: 18 Dec 07 - 04:01 PM

when I was teenage I joked with an old man , his seeing was bad
and I laugh at him , then turned on me and said , just wait young
man you will need the glasses just like me .


And 25 years later I am using glasses ..............

so dont laugh , this is not funny at all , although you can see
funny parts in it .

all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Dec 07 - 04:05 PM

Oh...I think I've already read this thread....sheesh

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 18 Dec 07 - 06:27 PM

Don' knock it--it's Nature's way of making sure that the elderly get some exercise.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 03:08 AM

Car parks in Wales make you learn your registration number and you get exercise in the process. You have to enter the reg no. on the parking ticket, so it's at least one trip back to the car to make sure you have entered the correct no!

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 08:16 AM

That assumes that you can still find the car! :)

Nancy go turn that hose off now!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: bfdk
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 10:40 AM

Wonder when they'll fit TV remotes with a paging facility like errant cordless phones have?

Bente

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 05:48 PM

Or you can sing it-- (to the tune of just about any jig; Larry O'Gaff or Haste to the Wedding fit jes' fine)

There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew
Who had so many things which he wanted to do
That, whenever he thought it was time to begin,
He couldn't because of the state he was in.

He was shipwrecked, and lived on a island for weeks,
And he wanted a hat, and he wanted some breeks;
And he wanted some nets, or a line and some hooks
For the turtles and things which you read of in books.

And, thinking of this, he remembered a thing
Which he wanted (for water) and that was a spring;
And he thought that to talk to he'd look for, and keep
(If he found it) a goat, or some chickens and sheep.

Then, because of the weather, he wanted a hut
With a door (to come in by) which opened and shut
(With a jerk, which was useful if snakes were about),
And a very strong lock to keep savages out.

He began on the fish-hooks, and when he'd begun
He decided he couldn't because of the sun.
So he knew what he ought to begin with, and that
Was to find, or to make, a large sun-stopping hat.

He was making the hat with some leaves from a tree,
When he thought, "I'm as hot as a body can be,
And I've nothing to take for my terrible thirst;
So I'll look for a spring, and I'll look for it first."
Then he thought as he started, "Oh, dear and oh, dear!
I'll be lonely tomorrow with nobody here!"
So he made in his note-book a couple of notes:
"I must first find some chickens" and "No, I mean goats."

He had just seen a goat (which he knew by the shape)
When he thought, "But I must have boat for escape.
But a boat means a sail, which means needles and thread;
So I'd better sit down and make needles instead."

He began on a needle, but thought as he worked,
That, if this was an island where savages lurked,
Sitting safe in his hut he'd have nothing to fear,
Whereas now they might suddenly breathe in his ear!

So he thought of his hut … and he thought of his boat,
And his hat and his breeks, and his chickens and goat,
And the hooks (for his food) and the spring (for his thirst) …
But he never could think which he ought to do first.

And so in the end he did nothing at all,
But basked on the shingle wrapped up in a shawl.
And I think it was dreadful the way he behaved -
He did nothing but bask until he was saved!

                      A. A. Milne

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Morticia
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 06:01 PM

Still haven't found that damned cheque book

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Nancy King
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 07:10 PM

Hose? What hose?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 07:18 PM

What was the question?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 07:48 PM

'I Forgot to Remember to Forget'

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 20 Dec 07 - 07:41 AM

Don't fret, only the other day I............

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 20 Dec 07 - 08:31 PM

It's also called the "Hereafter" syndrome--you walk into a room and think "What did I come in hereafter?"

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 Dec 07 - 08:34 AM

A A Milne was aware of the phenomenomenom, it can begin at an early age. As his poem 'Halfway down the stairs' shows, even the very young get it.

"Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair
Where I sit.
There isn't any
Other stair
Quite like
It.
I'm not at the bottom,
I'm not at the top;
So this is the stair
Where
I always
Stop.

Halfway up the stairs
Isn't up,
And isn't down.
It isn't in the nursery,
It isn't in the town.
And all kinds of funny thoughts
Go running round my head:
"It isn't really
Anywhere!
It's somewhere else
Instead!"

It's obvious that the youngster has toddled up the stairs and forgotten why half way. He's sat down to try and remember what he was looking for, but his mind has begun to wander in the way that only children and the mentally unstable can do. In the end, he realises that the thing he was looking for, whatever it was, isn't there anyway, but somewhere else.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 21 Dec 07 - 07:11 PM

And now I have a memory of a green frog called Kermit singing that song! Seems I've given up on thoughts of frogs being handsome princes in disguise!. So I must be getting old.................I'm trying to remember why I'd want to find a handsome prince!

Frogs rule!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Dec 07 - 04:33 AM

Your memory is playing tricks on you. It wasn't Kermit, but his little nephew Robin who sang that song on the Muppet show (and incidentally, Top of the Pops when it reached No.1).

It was one of Robins' only starring parts, he did appear in a minor way in future sketches and was 'young' Kermit when the part was called for in one of the movies, but he never did make it big the way his uncle had. He now lives the life of a drunken wannabe, drinking tequila just for the worms and busking on any stairway he doesn't get thrown off of.

Sad really... Kermit just had that little bit extra, life goes that way sometimes.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: GUEST,Cruiser
Date: 22 Dec 07 - 01:46 PM

Liz, for an AAADDs person, you sure can spin a good frog yarn....

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Barry Finn
Date: 22 Dec 07 - 01:47 PM

I was gonna post an answer a half dozen times but got distracted.

Barry

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Barry Finn
Date: 22 Dec 07 - 01:48 PM

Oh ya, Yes is my answer
Barr

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: GUEST,KT not logged in
Date: 22 Dec 07 - 02:14 PM

I am SO glad to know I am in such fine company!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Morticia
Date: 22 Dec 07 - 04:35 PM

Hey, everyone, I found my chequebook!!!! Can someone please tell me why I wanted it?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: GUEST,Cruiser
Date: 22 Dec 07 - 05:27 PM

This thread *reminded* (ha) me of the Christmas classic tradition movie that will be playing on NBC today "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)

In the film, the character Uncle Billy Bailey (Thomas Mitchell) was so forgetful he was always tying strings on his fingers to remember tasks but could not remember what each string was for.
While getting ready to post this, I was trying to get to IMDb to check out the actor's name who played the uncle because I certainly did not *remember* it even though I saw the movie 4 days or so ago. Well, my Internet Explorer quit working when I linked to IMDb because I needed a new version of Adobe Flash Player 9. I installed the version 9 and I *forgot* what I was searching for until a few minutes later I *remembered* I was on Mudcat and had planned to post to this thread (to be honest I remembered with the help of the IE History tab under Favorites).

Now, I mostly posted on this AAADD thread before as tongue-in-cheek, but now I am not so sure or certain……

One thing for sure: I can watch the movie again and parts of it might well be brandnew.

I admitted to my brief lapse of *memory* so those of you who, unlike me, really have AAADD (or is that AADDD?) would feel better about being forgetful if you knew other people had trouble remembering *sometimes*.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Dec 07 - 07:15 PM

Given Robin's unkempt appearance now he's turned to booze, would that make it a shaggy frog story?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Dec 07 - 02:35 PM

Have just remembered (whilst watching the film) that he starred as 'Tiny Tim' in the Muppett Christmas Carol.. a film remarkable only for Michael Caine singing outside a shop called 'Mickelwhite' and the lack of flying chickens.

LTS