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Subject: A.A.A.D.D. Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better now, even though I have it!! 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 cheque book off the table, And see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques 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 cheques, 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 cheque in my cheque 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. Tell this to everyone you know Because I can't remember who I've told yet! Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

This is a specially formulated diet designed to help WOMEN cope with the stress that builds during the day BREAKFAST 1 Grapefruit 1 slice Wholemeal toast 1 cup skimmed milk LUNCH 1 small portion lean, steamed chicken with a cup of spinach 1 cup herbal tea 1 biscuit AFTERNOON TEA The rest of the biscuits from the packet 1 tub of Gino Ginelli ice cream with chocolate topping DINNER 4 bottles of wine (red or white) 2 loaves garlic bread 1 family size Supreme pizza 3 chocolate bars LATE NIGHT SNACK 1 whole cheesecake (eaten directly from the freezer) REMEMBER : 'Stressed' spelled backwards is 'desserts' Finally, here's some advice for you: Dr. Neil proclaimed the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started....... So I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished; and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonay , a bole of Baileys, a butle of Kehuha, a pockage of biscuits , the mainder of bot Prozic and Valum scriptins, the res of the chesescke an a bax a cholates... (hic!) Yu haf no idr who gud I fel.

back Aspidistra! Hope you stick around and enjoy it here

I didn't realize that! Thanks!

Good idea! I'd forgotten all about him! I'll add that to my wishlist

Oh? I might just look these up. Thanks

I can't read on any transport apart from planes... I get travel sick Such a waste of good reading time

I love the new ad for a Mitsibushi car (can't remember which one, but its red ) where the wee boy asks where he came from. His Dad seemingly tells him the birds and the bees then the wee boy says; Cool! His mate just came from Scotland!!

Aren't they sort of chicklit? I find it hard to get into contemporary chicklit nevermind classic stuff Any good classic horror read suggestions apart from Dracula? (I've read it but am gonna read again )

Have you seen it already? Its not on until 12:30!

The Surgeon comes first in the Tess Gerritsen series, start with it and you'l be hooked Shame about The Graveyard Book I quite fancy the sound of it and its on my wishlist, but that's you and Roxi both disappointed in it

Oh I love white pudding! I like black pudding too I've never heard of a chippie selling it though We get it out of a butchers over here and cook it ourselves, have you tried a butcher shop?

Hi Bartleby Welcome to the forum

What do you suggest? Do you mean me? I've never read Treasure Island

Thanks Kylie. I'll still be giving classics a go

I know! That's why I understand how you like it! I'm reading Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris. Its great, complete change from Oscar, a nice light quick read!

Thanks I did, and I understand why you like it too, but it was just a bit overdone for me I haven't given up on classics though!

Good grief! Better make it 250!!

I don't think you'll have a problem if you keep going at this rate! How many this year so far?