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| Three Generations of Service  |
Okay, that's some funny shit right there!  Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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If my memory was any worse, I could organize my own surprise party | |||
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My memory isn't what I remember it to be. If it ain't woke... don't fix it. | |||
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| Bodhisattva |
I was always a little curious why my Dad rarely spoke of his mother and almost never mentioned his father. The last couple years of his life he started to. It brought up some things that I had "forgotten"- he had told me some stories when I was little but he hadnt mentioned them in so long, I guess the memories got burried. A friends grandmother could remember laying in her crib, staring at the mobil. | |||
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There is a series of books by David Baldacci with a detective named Amos Decker who is plagued with vivid and overwhelming memories. Makes him a very effective investigator. I have personally always had the ability to recall details of things I have read or heard to the extent that my friends and family eventually refused to play Trivial Pursuit with me. I believe that it aided me as an investigator. Now, if I could just remember where I put my phone and truck keys, or why I just walked into the kitchen.... CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
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Doctor: “How long have you had this memory problem?” Patient: “What memory problem?” Serious about crackers | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
Not as well as when I was younger!  ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I remember being in my walker fascinated at the other world I was seeing on the other side of the tv screen. Every time I tried to reach into the world, someone on the other side would put their hand up exactly where I was reaching and stopped me. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Eating elephants one bite at a time  |
Several have commented about forgetting things when entering a room. Here is an article about the doorway effect that should help explain what happens. I find it fascinating that this has been shown to occur even with written stories. | |||
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| and this little pig said: |
When I was younger, I had a "photographic" memory. If challenged, I could spout the book, chapter, and page where the info in question appeared. I was also gifted with a mathematical aptitude where a series of exercises wielded an instant reply, often with the correct answer. Unfortunately, my teachers (nuns) wanted to see the answers worked out. Over the years, both the mathematical aptitude and the "photographic" memory waned. Although I still have a great memory for events and details on the job, don't ask me what I ate yesterday. Petty things do not seem important, whereas specific details of the job do! Weird, to say the least!! | |||
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| In search of baseball, strippers, and guns |
Too well I wish I didn’t —————————————————— If the meek will inherit the earth, what will happen to us tigers? | |||
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If I see myself in the mirror at the start of each day and remember who it is, I flash a thumbs up. | |||
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God will always provide |
This is me almost to a T. My first memory was around 2 yrs old and is still very vivid. I then skip around my early childhood with various memories that taught life lessons or meeting relatives. But most of school is gone except exceptional happenings and some friends. Work yrs especially the 70-90's pretty hazy. Retirement...... | |||
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It seems that the only things that I remember clearly are the times I was an asshole. And those always seem to be crystal clear. Everybody knows that the dice are loaded | |||
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I remember snippets of my life. Just short scenes that rarely have context. I can pull up those memories at will, but often find that relatives and loved ones will mention events of which I have little recall. When my granddaughter (and now a grandson) were born, I started to create a timeline of my life. I know very little of my own grandparents so I thought I'd do something to give my grandkids something they could use to learn who their grandfather was. I have software I purchased for this purpose, but there is a nifty web site called TimeToast that one can use to accomplish the same thing. https://www.timetoast.com/ You can't truly call yourself "peaceful" unless you are capable of great violence. If you're not capable of great violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless. NRA Benefactor/Patriot Member | |||
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From the two descriptions, I'm definitely the "hard to remember" SDAM type. And it makes sense that I'm so good at solving issues is because of that. Very interesting, I'm going to have to look into it more. I wonder if there's a tie in between that and ADHD. | |||
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