@Chedder,
PICAXE chips can only perform one command at a time.
But, if you are crafty with your programming bytes you can simulate time slice methods which makes it appear as if multiple actions are occurring at the same time.
This is pretty much what the newest PICAXE, the 18M2 does with its 4 separate start points.
Programming can be a dry matter, but you can set up blocks of program code that go a round in a loop with multiple tests and actions within. Gradually programming should become natural but some folks find cut and paste from other folks code an easy way to learn so don’t be put off.
If you keep in mind that on average, each simple BASIC command takes 0.25 milliseconds, compared with PAUSE 1 which takes approx 1 millisecond.
Then inter-twining actions in the manner of the example
IWP has given helps to make several tasks appear to occur at once. Using the TOGGLE command in a loop will alternately turn the LED on and off and saves needing separate HIGH and LOW commands and two PAUSE commands.
All that said, it may generally be easier for folks to help with a specific project or example than abstract ideas – hence
eclectic asking for details of your project.
and . . try not to worry about folks making the odd spellin' mistooke.