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Posted: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 07:15

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Eric

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blackfox wrote: at least i'm not alone ,must be part of the ageing process o.O

What were we talking about? :baffled:

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Posted: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 08:41

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Robert wrote:
Eric wrote:
Come to think of it...I think it was on the old forum!

Well that's well beyond my memory span now.

Typical example: Working at the computer, decide I need refreshment, I go downstairs to make a brew, put kettle on, while it's heating the water I get bored, remember an urgent task, nip upstairs to do it, forget the kettle, eMail comes in, I reply to eMail, forget the urgent task, remember something else I needed to do, check clock, lunchtime; go to make lunch, remember the brew I hadn't made, boil water again and so on. It's no fun getting older on your own, unsupervised, need to keep busy.

Yet I can remember minute detail of some stuff even going back to childhood. Things like car reg numbers, key numbers, even telephone numbers from when I was six. I can list the function of almost every Lucas car wire colour code from memory. Yet I go downstairs and forget what I went for. I think part of the problem is that while I am going downstairs my mind runs riot thinking through 'schemes and projects' and gets diverted. I need to remain focussed.

I am in the very same boat Robert. I can be walking down the hall to accomplish a task and be thinking of something else and bingo, all of a sudden, I forget what I was going to do in the first place.

On the other hand, I can remember home addresses and phone numbers as far back as the 1950's and my father was military as was I so every couple of years we moved. That's a lot of old totally useless info :rofl:

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Posted: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 13:12

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Eric

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Squarerigger wrote: Robert wrote:
Eric wrote:
Come to think of it...I think it was on the old forum!

Well that's well beyond my memory span now.

Typical example: Working at the computer, decide I need refreshment, I go downstairs to make a brew, put kettle on, while it's heating the water I get bored, remember an urgent task, nip upstairs to do it, forget the kettle, eMail comes in, I reply to eMail, forget the urgent task, remember something else I needed to do, check clock, lunchtime; go to make lunch, remember the brew I hadn't made, boil water again and so on. It's no fun getting older on your own, unsupervised, need to keep busy.

Yet I can remember minute detail of some stuff even going back to childhood. Things like car reg numbers, key numbers, even telephone numbers from when I was six. I can list the function of almost every Lucas car wire colour code from memory. Yet I go downstairs and forget what I went for. I think part of the problem is that while I am going downstairs my mind runs riot thinking through 'schemes and projects' and gets diverted. I need to remain focussed.

I am in the very same boat Robert. I can be walking down the hall to accomplish a task and be thinking of something else and bingo, all of a sudden, I forget what I was going to do in the first place.

On the other hand, I can remember home addresses and phone numbers as far back as the 1950's and my father was military as was I so every couple of years we moved. That's a lot of old totally useless info :rofl:

I dumbfounded my wife a few weeks back by reciting all the car registration numbers we have jointly owned over the last 40+ years.

She turned to me and said " what time is your dental appointment tomorrow?"

"no idea"!

:-(

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Posted: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 13:29

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blackfox

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i dumfounded my wife by remembering her name ;-)

Posted: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 13:33

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Robert

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blackfox wrote:
i dumfounded my wife by remembering her name ;-)

Good job you got it right!!! :rofl:

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Posted: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 13:35

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Robert, I think that it happens to us all.
I think that it is a question of importance and prioritisation.

Not everyone has the same priorities and interests.
So at the time the cup of tea/ coffee seems really important but once you have the kettle on, other things become more urgent!

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Posted: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 13:36

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blackfox wrote:
i dumfounded my wife by remembering her name ;-)

Be careful Jeff it may be that you get put in the dog house and if that kennel is outside dont forget that the cold weather is returning.

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