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Multitasking Defined
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA 
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1. Walking and chewing gum at the same time. Some people can’t do it, or so I’m told. 2. Doing one thing while trying to remember what it was you set out to do in the first place! --- Sounds like the poet, about to cry, desperately looking for his glasses that abide quite conspicuously on his nose! [This message has been edited by gilead (02-12-2009 01:51 PM).] |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
The guys and ladies in the Information Systems Dept. got a chuckle out of this one at my former job.  art |
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sewasham Senior Member
since 2006-09-11
Posts 714Oklahoma, USA |
I resemble this write Art. Have you been spying on me? Good stuff. Take care and Have fun. Steve |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Thanks, Steve! A bit of a respite from the pressing issues of the times, feels good! art |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
I, too, got a chuckle out of this hilarious piece, dear Art. Thank you for the morning smiles! Setting priorities for the multitask pressures of the day ... Love, Margherita |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Hi, Margherita, Thanks! It's nice to have a little chuckle amid the bailout blues! art |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Now, I know what you meant by your response to Margherita's primulas! Smiling. Owl |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Hey! That's me you're writing about. Ida |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Art, This is nice work. In the line: "what it was you sat out to do in the first place! ---" Do you mean "set" instead of "sat", or are you taking it easy and sitting every once in a while. Bobby |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Hey Bobby, interesting question. Set as in "to place" and sat as in past tense of sit (recline), or the past tense of set. Let me think about it. Set is probably correct. Wade in you linguists! art [This message has been edited by gilead (02-13-2009 12:20 AM).] |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Okay, Bobby. It's kind of murky. As a transitive verb, "set" taking the object of an intent to act is one thing, but "out" is another. So what is it that "out" is? Well, I'm going to play it safe and use set! Thanks, art |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Once more, Bobby. "Set" is definitely correct because, there is no exception for the intransitive verb "sit" to take "sat" as a past tense form. So, stylistically, "sat" may sound good, but is not proper the way I used it. Sorry, Mrs. Davidson (my high school English teacher)! Thanks again, Bobby, art |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Boy, I can sure wear this like a fine sweater. Good job, Art! |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Thanks Sunshine; it was a great, fun ride downhill! art |
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