On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:56:31 +1000, Alan S <nothere.TakeThisOut@there.com>
wrote in <k2fgg3lbpnb4v97b3k813q734utrffbl2t.TakeThisOut@4ax.com> :
>On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:15:11 GMT, kangaroo16
><kangaroo16.TakeThisOut@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>Careless reading, Alan? Or trying to imply I wrote something I
>>didn't.
>
>Yep, careless reading. Happens to me whenever a post is more
>than a few succinct paragraphs...obviously I have a short
>attention span.
Do you mean that instead of sending my usual posts I should
create a new post for each change of subject? Or divide a post
into chapters & provide an index?
I have been tempted to number each line to discourage snipping,
or at least make snipping obvious.
>
>I suspect I'm not alone in that.
Oh, by no means! When watching commercial T.V., my brain
automatically filters out all commercials, and switches to more
productive activity. I define this as any other activity more
productive than watching a commercial. Heading for the loo,
or yawning, scratching, watching the cat, and so on.
It can occasionally become embarrassing when my wife
comments on a commercial that I have mentally
"switched off".
When online, usually have the F.M. radio on in the
background. Ignore most of it, but if they interrupt
for a news bulletin, or mention something interesting, will
switch my attention.
Nothing particularly unusual in this. A common example
in psychology is a mother with a new baby. She is usually
short of sleep, so can ignore traffic and other city noises and
sleep deeply.
Yet if the baby emits a soft low cry or even a whimper she
almost instantly awakens. I have been told that the
father seldom does.
With a little experience, drivers of heavy trucks or
equipment operators can talk in fairly normal levels, as
their brain learns how to filter out the much louder
sound of the engine. Alternatively, if the truck has two drivers
one can drive and the other sleep soundly despite the
noise.
It works the other way too. Say that person "X" moves to a
location next to a railway track where trains pass every hour on
the hour. They will soon learn to not let the trains disturb
their sleep.
However, should the trains stop running, or even if one
is several minutes late, odds are they will "miss" the
accustomed noise and wake up.
>
>Cheers, Alan, Australia
Cheers,
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