[CentOS] How to open several tabs in a gnome-terminal window and run a command in each tab?

Thu Aug 4 23:50:16 UTC 2011
Pete O\'Connell <pedrooconnell at gmail.com>

HI, but using watch you don't get the cursor back. 
John Doe said:
Try with a full script with loops

Sounds good how do I do that?