[at-l] A.A.A.D.D. or Why lightweight is better, even off the trail.

[gaurkt@hotmail.com (Ronald Tilkens (AT section hiker))]

Phil - that's hilarious! - all i can say is, "me too".

ron tilkens
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Heffington" <Phil.Heffington@oc.edu>
To: "AT- L Mailing List (E-mail)" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:28 PM
Subject: [at-l] A.A.A.D.D. or Why lightweight is better, even off the trail.


> Hooray, they have finally found a diagnosis for my condition.
>
> I have recently been diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.
> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
>
> This is how it goes:  I decide to wash the car; I start toward the
> garage and notice the mail is on the table.
> Ok, I'm going to wash the car, but first I'm going to go through the
> mail.
> I lay the car keys down on the desk, discard the junk mail and I notice
> the trashcan is full.  Ok, I'll just put the bills on my desk and take
> the trashcan out, but since I'm going to be near the mailbox anyway,
> I'll pay these few bills first.
>
> Now, where is my checkbook?  Oops, there is only one check left.  My
> extra checks are in my desk.
>
> Oh, there's the coke I was drinking.  I'm going to look for those
> checks, but first I need to put my coke further away from the computer.
> Well, maybe I'll just pop it into the fridge to keep it cold for awhile.
>
> I head towards the kitchen and my flowers catch my eye, they need some
> water.  I set the coke on the counter and uh oh, there are my glasses.
> I have been looking for them all morning!  I'd better put them away
> first.
>
> I fill a container with water and head for the flower pots
> ----Aaaaaaagh!  Someone left the TV remote in the kitchen.  We'll never
> think to look in the kitchen tonight when we want to watch television,
> so I'd better put it in the family room where it belongs.
>
> I splash some water into the pots and onto the floor, I throw the remote
> onto a cushion on the sofa and I head back down the hall trying to
> figure out what I was going to do.
>
> End of Day:  The car isn't washed, the bills are unpaid, the coke is
> sitting on the kitchen counter, the flowers are half watered, the
> checkbook still has only one check left in it, and I can't seem to find
> my car keys!  When I try to figure out how come nothing got done today,
> I'm baffled because I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY LONG!  I realize this is a
> serious condition and I'll get help, BUT FIRST I think I'll check my
> email....
>
> Please send this to everyone you know, because I can't remember who I've
> already sent it to.
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