As one ages we are told that short term memory becomes less reliable, but long term memory remains strong. I can prove the former by saying to Growlette where are my glasses? They're here, you put them on the fridge 5 minutes ago. No I didn't.
Yes you did. No I didn't. What do you think, they grew legs or something? ...(continues)
So......how many of you can recall the number plates of every vehicle you've ever owned? I can, faultlessly, every one of 'em, but where did I put my car keys this morning.......
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Thank heavens for car remote controllers, for re-finding a car in a multi-storey car oark. Just need another one to find the keys...
Oz (as was)
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Thank heavens for car remote controllers, for re-finding a car in a multi-storey car oark. Just need another one to find the keys... Oz (as was)
Absolutely. I'm 33, can remember coming home from Cyprus in 1974 clearly, but where did i park this morning? Aargh!
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I can not only remember the registrations of previous vehicles I've owned over many years, but also those current vehicles of friends and family so I can wave if our paths cross.
I was once doing about 80mph on the dual carriageway East Lancashire Road back in the 1970s after a trip to Manchester and instinctively flashed a car travelling the other way at pretty much the same speed.
Apparently the person who was accompanying the driver asked him why he thought he had been flashed and was astonished to be told: "It's my son, he must be going home." Home was 30+ miles away...
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Keep scrolling down to here - keep forgetting the question....:-(
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I can remember every one. Simple really I "inhereted" a pre-suffix plate from my first car and its appeard on every other since...! I'd be struggling otherwise.
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Hand on heart, yes. ...and my bother's, and my parent's, and my friend's... I can do this back to 1972, when I was eight years old.
Don't ask me why, but I remember number plates and telephone numbers without even realising, or making an effort. Walk me in to a room with a half a dozen people I've not met before though, and I'll be lucky to remember one of their names, even using techniques such as repeating their name out loud when introduced; "Hi, I'm Fred". "Hello Fred. I'm pleased to meet you", etc.
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my short term memory is bad, and im 33 too.
but yes i can remember reg plates from years ago, even my first mini.
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Sorry? what was i supposed to remember?
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Can be hazardous. If they borrow £20 off you they can never remember doing it, and if you borrow £20 of them they can never remember you paying them back!
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Car keys, house keys, bike keys, mobile, wallet, cheque book, child; haven't a clue ...
BUT, I have discovered a foolproof way out of the eternal biker's dilemma "How the deuce do | remember to take the disc lock off before I set off?"
Answer, why you leave the keys IN the disc lock after you have attached it to the disc, of course.
PS don't tell my insurers ...
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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APX 110 - 1934 Austin 10
THX 41 - 1948 Ford Prefect
WJO 544 - 1955 Tiger Cub
RYD 66 - 1955 BSA Golden Flash
MVA 438 - 1955 Enfield
1283 BP - 1960 Lambretta
KUN 945 - Bond Mk IV (cringe)
YPX 908 - 1958 Vauxhall Victor
893 GPX - 1951 Chevrolet Fleetline
120 FBP - 1954 Mercury Monterey
YKL 78 - 1957 Austin A35
WSP 688 - 1959 Bedford CA Van
...............snore
Catherine, where the hell are my car keys? Clipped on your belt you silly boy, just where I always put them.........
Dammit, I had
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Yep, same here - I can remember the number of my Dad's old "Flying" Standard from the early '50s - DNN 627, and my Grandad's Riley from the same time DDN 288, but I just ran upstairs to get something but by the time I got there had forgotten what it was I went for, as for where I put that 14 mill spanner?? Better nip to Halfords for another in the morning. And I seem to have about 50 screwdrivers, none of which I can lay hands on at the moment!
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I can remember the part number of a 1964 Hillman Imp radiator ~ 7103387. You can't get information that's more useless than that!
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L\'escargot by name, but not by nature.
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Yes it?s a funny thing this short term memory problem and feel sure there must be a reason for it.
Just the same as Phil W I have often flew (well walked) up stairs for something and forgot what it was I went for.
On the other hand in 1947 at the age of 9 I spent many hours sitting in a Fordson Lorry on a large building site . Arthur the driver used to let me go with him fetching sand and gravel etc.
I still clearly remember the 7 digit engine or vehicle number on a brass plate on the engine cover.
I actually use this number for bank accounts etc.
Starnge thing the old brain and I often wonder if its similar to a computer hard disk. Could perhaps everything still be in there during our lives but with no ?find? facility its impossible to access it.
Seems feasible to me and maybe this explains short term memory problems.
Perhaps the brain is full ! and can?t take any more.
I would hate having to explain my whereabouts on a particular day a week ago to Inspector Frost. I think Jack would accuse me of prevarication.
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reminds me of a simpsons mousemat/t-shirt/mug.
"arghhhh, all the new stuff is pushing the old stuff out the back of my brain! arrgghhhh!"
or is it just "out the backside?"
hello, who am i?
who are you? what am i doing here.............?
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Arthur the driver used to letme go with him fetching sand and gravel etc. I still clearly remember the 7 digit engine or vehicle number on a brass plate on the engine cover. I actually use this number for bank accounts etc.
Thanks for that mate!
After all these years, I'm off down the cashpoint with your card.
Love
Your old mate
Arthur.
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>>>>>I can remember the part number of a 1964 Hillman Imp radiator ~ 7103387. You can't get information that's more useless than that!
Yes you can! HS1A694 Mk 1. Payen head gasket set for a 998cc Morris Minor. Then again and even worse a Fram PH8 filter was the right one for a Triumph Herald.
Now then, who's hidden the TV remote again...................
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Iy's not just confined to people.....
My Mother often said to my parrot 'you're a rat'. He never repeated it.
This last week or so, he has begun saying it frequently. in her voice.
My Mother died five years ago.
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I can remember the service number of the cadet in the next bed to mine in 1958. Nowadays I can't even look up a telephone number and dial it correctly! I sometimes go upstairs and can't remember why I am there. I look at my watch; if it is 9am I shave and if it is 9pm I go to bed!
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Can remember being seriously put-out by the Luftwaffe bombing the children's paddling pool in Parliament Hill Fields (I don't think they were aiming for the pool - the North London railway line was adjacent!). Haven't held it against them, have bought a number of BMW's since.
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Memory is a strange thing and can be trained just like your body.
My father in law was 87 when he died a couple of years ago and his short term memory was terrible, he was forever losing his keys or mobile phone.
However when he was in hospital he was bored and for entertainment he recited to us the complete version of 'The green eye of the little yellow god' from memory. It is six very complicated verses long.
He had learned it in his twenties, at least 50 years before and had not recited it since for over 40 years.
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