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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=70 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="42e00460egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B>* Absentminded?</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id981.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" A Brief Guide to Newspapers"><U><B><IMG SRC="42a0f0f0.png" border=0 width="15" height="15" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id980.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Facts About the 1500s"><U><B><IMG SRC="42b0f0f0.png" border=0 width="15" height="15" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="15"><B>  </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="15"></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Funny Stuff"><U><B>Funny Stuff</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id619.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quotes Facts"><U>Quotes & Facts</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id620.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" A Billion"><U>* A Billion</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id981.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" A Brief Guide to Newspapers"><U>* A Brief Guide to Newspapers</U></A></div> <div> <B>* Absentminded?</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id980.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Facts About the 1500s"><U>Facts About the 1500's</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id794.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Many Applications of Bounce"><U>Many Applications of Bounce</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id789.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Info Overload"><U>Info Overload</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id642.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fun Facts"><U>Fun Facts</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id648.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="People in the World"><U>People in the World</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id641.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Said in Court"><U>Said in Court</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id639.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summer of l900"><U>Summer of l900</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id622.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Odds Ends"><U>Odds & Ends</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Famous Dog Quotes"><U>Famous Dog Quotes</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id351.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quotes 3/96"><U>Quotes - 3/96</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id751.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Article from NYT A.Lewis"><U>Article from NYT - A.Lewis</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=410 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> ABSENTMINDED????</div> <bR> <div> Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. ? Age Activated Attention</div> <div> Deficit Disorder.</div> <bR> <div>   This is how it manifests itself:</div> <bR> <div>   I decide to wash my car.  As I head outside, I notice there is mail on</div> <div> the  table.  I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.  I lay my</div> <div>   car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can, and notice</div> <div>   that the trash can is full.</div> <bR> <div>   So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash</div> <div>   first.  Then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take</div> <div>   out the trash, I might as well pay bills first.  I take my checkbook off</div> <div>   the table, and see that there is only one check left.  My extra checks</div> <div> are  in my secretary desk, so I go to my desk where I find the cup of coffee</div> <div>   that I had been drinking.</div> <bR> <div>   I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to put the coffee aside</div> <div>   so that I don't accidentally knock it over.  I see that the coffee is</div> <div>   getting cold, and I decide I should put it in the microwave for a warm-up</div> <bR> <div>   As I head toward the kitchen with the coffee, a vase of flowers on the</div> <div>   counter catches my eye?they need to be watered.  I set the coffee down on</div> <div>   the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching</div> <div>  for all morning.  I decide I had better put them back on my desk, but</div> <div> first I'm going to water the flowers.  I set the glasses back down on the counter,</div> <div>   fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote.  Someone</div> <div>   left it on the kitchen table.  I realize that tonight when we go to watch</div> <div>   TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it is</div> <div>   on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but</div> <div>   first I'll water the flowers.  I splash some water on the flowers, but</div> <div> most of it spills on the floor.  So I set the remote back down on the table,</div> <div>  get some towels and wipe up the spill.  Then I head down the hall trying</div> <div> to  remember what I was planning to do.</div> <bR> <div>   At the end of the day:  the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid,</div> <div> there is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't</div> <div>  watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the</div> <div>  remote,  can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.</div> <div>   Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really</div> <div>   baffled because I know that I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.</div> <bR> <div>   I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it,</div> <div>   but first I'll check my email.  Of course, I can't remember if I've sent</div> <div>   this to you or not.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>