beauanderos wrote:Ok, so getting old sucks. Walking halfway across the room and forgetting why you started.
Not senile yet (Thogey will argue this point
) but the memory is slipping more than I care to acknowledge.
I've never had a good memory so I'm used to working around it, yes I sometimes do the
go to annother room, then forget why until I've left that room thing. Though since I
know I forget stuff I generally develop systems of making stuff too obvious to not notice.
-Leave empty milk jug by the door to remind myself to get more milk.
-Leave dishwasher locked until I unload it so I know by the position of the lock
whether the dishes are clean or dirty.
-If the toilet plugs when I don't have time to unplug it (running to work, catch
a bus etc.) leave seat up because I know that will signal to me it needs unplugging
the next time I'm in the room before I use it.
Basically object placement in my house is my "external memory", it works pretty well.
Technically I don't really "forget" stuff, just don't always retrieve the information
immediately, then it comes back to me at some random time later. Basically I do
things on the assumption that I won't remember. (It's kinda hard convincing someone
who is starting to lose their memory to do this stuff though because they never believe
they will forget and don't see need to take action to work around it.)
beauanderos wrote:So... I'm cleaning out a cabinet of a bunch of old plastic containers that I'll never use (haven't even opened that cabinet in a few years) and what do I find? I reach to
the top shelf and one small container seems a bit too heavy... and something is jingling faintly. I pull it down and peer within... and what greets my sore eyes but the sight of
gleaming gold, stuff I had forgotten I even had.
OK, I can remember how much gold I have and where it all is and where I originally
acquired each piece...of course that might be because I have so little of it. ^_-
Silver I could probably estimate to within a few ounces. (Acquired in more places
in varying quantities over time so I don't remember every last silver dime and
quarter. ^_-)
Recyclersteve wrote:Ray: I think you might have forgotten that you agreed to sell me the whole lot for $975.00 shipped.
There is a difference between forgetful (needing memory jogged) and having outright
blackouts of time where you can't detect if people are BSing you or not. ^_-
