It's a funny old thing isn't it? I've always had this ability to remember long numbers, bank accounts, mobile phone numbers, etc. I even remember every car registration my dad had, from being a nipper.
But I can't remember what I did last night.
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I often find that not remembering what you did is a good thing.
so long as no one has a camera!
It does cause trouble though if you find out you have had a bust up with someone though....
because in their memory you will always be the one that was in the wrong and you can't remember to prove otherwise
I still have'nt got a clue what my mobile number is,and it's been the same one for the last 10 years!!!! I've only had half a dozen cars,but i'd struggle to tell you the make and model of them.
So yes,memory (or lack of it)is indeed a strange thing.
Missy Jem wrote:
But I can't remember what I did last night.
If your knickers were on inside out when you woke up then it's time to worry.
i never could remember my 12 times table.
one 12 is 12 two 12's are 24. three 12's are 36...
but now i'm struggling.
J.A.K wrote: i never could remember my 12 times table.
one 12 is 12 two 12's are 24. three 12's are 36...
but now i'm struggling.
I've NEVER known my times tables. Any wonder i'm rubbish at Maths?
Can remember in the minutest detail things I was doing 20+ years ago, even down to the exact date.
Ain't gotta clue what I was up to a week back though.
Friends sometimes despair of me, cos I'll repeat the same question over and over, without genuinely knowing the answer each time. Short-term memory is absolutely shot.
Can't think why, mind?
I have an icredible good memory. I can remember things I did years ago, what I have said, what has been said... Too much memory in fact... I would like to forget some memories of some events but it remains like a engraved marble stone...
On the other hand, I am unable to remember anything with numbers... I cannot remember the number of my phone even if it is the same since 1999 !!! And I lost three credit cards in cash dispensiers for not remembering the good pin after the three trials !!!
Bonzette wrote:
I've NEVER known my times tables. Any wonder i'm rubbish at Maths?
Nought times table is easy though...
No goals times 4 away games = no goals + no points 
Not a habit any Gooner would want to get into.. 
That's always been my problem, even in my most drunk days, I always remembered.
Would have been nice, trust me, to forget sometimes 
Important is to have good friends around my dear, they will remind you ;) or even worst, a boyfriend :p
when i was a kid i was a virtual phone book. i knew everyone's phone number and address. nowadays, with cell phones, there's no need to remember phone numbers so the only one i know is my own, which is quite embarassing and gets me into a bind if i'm stuck without my cell phone.
Spotnick wrote: Important is to have good friends around my dear, they will remind you ;) or even worst, a boyfriend :p
It's called the comparison of adjectives and it goes like this
bad-->worse (the comparative)-->worst(the superlative).
Try to remember it! 
Foreign F**kwitt wrote:
Spotnick wrote: Important is to have good friends around my dear, they will remind you ;) or even worst, a boyfriend :p
It's called the comparison of adjectives and it goes like this bad-->worse (the comparative)-->worst(the superlative). Try to remember it!
Please don't use big words today, I'm functioning on one brain cell.
Steve Lea wrote:
Bonzette wrote:
I've NEVER known my times tables. Any wonder i'm rubbish at Maths?
Nought times table is easy though...
No goals times 4 away games = no goals + no points
Not a habit any Gooner would want to get into..
Err, sorry, you've completely lost me!
(selective memory)
I forget I've told people things. Plenty of people on here will confirm that I can tell the same story ten or twenty times in an evening without realising that I'm doing it.
(Note, I plan to post exactly the same thing on this thread in a couple of hours time, and again this evening. £40 says I forget to do it.)
Missy Jem wrote:
Foreign F**kwitt wrote:
Spotnick wrote: Important is to have good friends around my dear, they will remind you ;) or even worst, a boyfriend :p
It's called the comparison of adjectives and it goes like this bad-->worse (the comparative)-->worst(the superlative). Try to remember it!
Please don't use big words today, I'm functioning on one brain cell.
erm...giving yourself a wee bit too much credit there...eh???
Missy Jem wrote:
Foreign F**kwitt wrote:
Spotnick wrote: Important is to have good friends around my dear, they will remind you ;) or even worst, a boyfriend :p
It's called the comparison of adjectives and it goes like this bad-->worse (the comparative)-->worst(the superlative). Try to remember it!
Please don't use big words today, I'm functioning on one brain cell.
WOW...a 100% upgrade...when did you have that fitted.
(I was right...Maya DOES speak better Engerlish than anyone else here )
I forget to do things I am supposed to do,like nipping upstairs for key or something and getting there and thinking what the fuck was it I wanted,with an itchy scratch noggin
I'm not one who forgets whole nights from being too hammered drunk though..I always seem to remember everything in these cases...One of my best mates always forgets whole nights,good,bad or indifferent.
He dreads the phone ringing the next day...And I used to enjoy phoning him the following day,telling him he upset someone rock hard,who is going to knack him if he ever sees him again...He's on to me now though
I don't remember what I ate for lunch several days ago, but I can remember various odd incidents in my life from several years ago.
The joke in Japan is that a lot of people can't memorise their own mobile phone numbers....
I've memorised my mobile phone's e-mail address, but not the phone number on it!
Anyways, the human mind is an interesting thing indeed.
El Jarvo wrote: Can remember in the minutest detail things I was doing 20+ years ago, even down to the exact date.
Ain't gotta clue what I was up to a week back though.
Friends sometimes despair of me, cos I'll repeat the same question over and over, without genuinely knowing the answer each time. Short-term memory is absolutely shot.
Can't think why, mind?
Your inability to remember the street "Candleriggs" despite being told it half a dozen times is a testament to that.
I can rember dates very clearly and anything numerical but I forget people's names almost the minute I get introduced to them. There's a dispatch company I deal with in Edinburgh on a daily basis, there's only two of them in the office, a bloke and a girl. I never ever ever remember the girls name despite speaking to her every day and actually meeting her on several ocassions. It's Stephanie, but for some reason it goes right out my head when she answers. That's where the generic "darling" greeting comes into it's own.
Ever pulled a burd and not remembered her name? That's worth a thread on it's own.
GlasVegas wrote: Ever pulled a burd and not remembered her name? That's worth a thread on it's own.
Remembered, or even known? 
El Jarvo wrote:
GlasVegas wrote: Ever pulled a burd and not remembered her name? That's worth a thread on it's own.
Remembered, or even known?
At some point prior to the pulling you must've exchanged names no? OK, I can mabye see a situation if you're just snogging in a club or summat but I can't imagine taking someone home having never even made an attempt to find out their name!
I'm shite with names mainly but I'm quite good at remembering computer usernames/passwords for work because I use about 10-15 daily. I also forget what the date is regularly but not the day. At my first few Viking meetups I was introduced to folk then 3 seconds later I'd completely forgotten their name. I felt quite guilty as it's obviously a bit rude but I didn't do it on purpose, honest!
I've also been in the awkward position of having pulled and not for the life of me remembered her name. One bird actually put me on the spot and screeched "you can't even remember my name can you?!" to which I had to own up.
Still up for it though pride clearly not an issue then
I find the best way to remember periods in my life clearly is to stick on an album I used to listen to at whichever point. Queen Is Dead for Standard Grades, Low-life for first USA trip, Get Ready for first Japan trip and first girlfriend etc. Ahhh all comes flooding back :D
I took me a few hours, but here is the oneliner needed for that thread.
Missy, you might not remember, but nobody can forget you! 
Like a lot of people on here, my short-term memory is attrocious, especially remembering people's names...
There used to be an advert for a book in the Guardian, which went along the lines "Can't remember people's names?"... Thing is, I forgot to buy the bastard when the advert was out, and I can't find it anymore!
Oh, and I couldn't remember that street, either, Graeme - in fact, I've forgotten it already (despite the fact, that I've only just read this thread - should have quoted the text in the message)...
Spotnick wrote: I took me a few hours, but here is the oneliner needed for that thread.
Missy, you might not remember, but nobody can forget you!
:p
I was going out with someone called Joan years ago. One Sunday afternoon, completely out of the blue and in front of loads of people, quite a few weeks after I met her, she shouted at me "Will you stop calling me fucking Joan, my name is Jean!"
What a miserable twat she was, eh?
Diamond White wrote: I was going out with someone called Joan years ago. One Sunday afternoon, completely out of the blue and in front of loads of people, quite a few weeks after I met her, she shouted at me "Will you stop calling me fucking Joan, my name is Jean!"
What a miserable twat she was, eh?
CLASSIC.......How are you KEVIN?
My memory is soooo crap. I have to put everything in my diary and calendar or I would be really unreliable.
I rely on other people to keep me right most of the time
I remember crap! Try to remember where I put a set of keys down 5 mins ago...err what keys.And yet I could name some bit-part actor who's never had a leading role in a film.The brain capacity for remembering shite!
GlasVegas wrote:
Ever pulled a burd and not remembered her name? That's worth a thread on it's own.
It is.. And yes.
Classic experience, especially when they ring you as well for days afterwards, and say 'Hiya, its me', and you didnt programme their name into yer phone cos you were too drunk to barely talk at the time, let along type.
Monty Does Dallas wrote: I remember crap! Try to remember where I put a set of keys down 5 mins ago...err what keys.
I was once trying to cop for this Granny in the Grafton in Liverpool. I'd done all the spade work, bought her a few drinks etc, got rid of her daughter. I'd even managed to persuade her to come round to mine, just round the corner.
Until she said: "What's my name?
That was it. Bye Bye Bye Bye.
:(
Like many i can remember some incidents down to every detail from 20+ years ago but can't recall last week.
Was on a train a few months ago and a bloke i once worked with for 3 years got on .I just could not remember his bloody name while we sat talking for 45 minutes til we both got off at the same stop.Thought i'd managed to bluff my way through without calling him by name but i' guess he sussed out i'd forgot it.
Mine's still quite good, my job of trying to remember what customers use, or want, or get, in a wholesale environment, is cool. Knowing (and remembering) all of the aspects that affect our business really does keep me on my toes.
A lot of other stuff, such as the stats and lineup for the 69 and 86 Mets (or any sports team), some of the minutia of concerts such as what Glenn Mercer of The Feelies said, really pissed off, as they walked off the stage without an encore, etc. I've written some of it down, some of it's been quite useful, I just knew there was no way in the world I'd ever be able to remember the names of the venues, cities, and opening bands for all of the shows I've ever seen without doing that.
Thought that this was another 'puter oriented thread..
Monty Does Dallas wrote: And yet I could name some bit-part actor who's never had a leading role in a film.
Terrible with most names yet pretty good w/ directions and most things numerical.
Can get calls from people that I've not spoken to for ages- weeks sometimes even years! asking for directions. Then if you don't remember something who's the wiser. Like reading an old magazine again. Know the writing style + some of the facts are familiar though is like reading it for the first time.
Sometimes I can't remember if I just locked my car a few minutes earlier or not, so I go back and check.
9 times out of 10, it's locked...but one day it won't, and then I'll feel like less of a freak than I actually am
Taboo # 7 wrote: Sometimes I can't remember if I just locked my car a few minutes earlier or not, so I go back and check.
9 times out of 10, it's locked...but one day it won't, and then I'll feel like less of a freak than I actually am
LOL...do NOT get one of those proxymity locking devices, or you'll go fucking mental, cos every time you go back to check the fucker will unlock.
Taboo # 7 wrote: Sometimes I can't remember if I just locked my car a few minutes earlier or not, so I go back and check.
9 times out of 10, it's locked...but one day it won't, and then I'll feel like less of a freak than I actually am
I spend my time checking if I locked the door of my house or of my car... I wonder what they think of me in the neigbourhood...
Comrade Shampanyov wrote: I have no recollection of meeting Paul Simonon...
You've got a nice army base here, Colonel. Would be a shame if something were to...happen to it.
Excuse my brother Luigi, Colonel, he tends to be a bit clumsy...
Threats? Nobody's making threats here! Just warning, is all...
Taboo # 7 wrote: Sometimes I can't remember if I just locked my car a few minutes earlier or not, so I go back and check.
9 times out of 10, it's locked...but one day it won't, and then I'll feel like less of a freak than I actually am
It's called some distant memory.
Me too though - but I check lights since I have them on while driving. And I never lock my car.
Taboo # 7 wrote: Sometimes I can't remember if I just locked my car a few minutes earlier or not, so I go back and check.
9 times out of 10, it's locked...but one day it won't, and then I'll feel like less of a freak than I actually am
I'm like that with the car. and i can never remember if i've unplugged the iron. :\ohwell:
I've got a friend who sees numbers as colours, and remembers phone numbers by the colours they are - all without drugs!
As for remembering names, easy - just call everyone darling!!
Smurfy wrote: I've got a friend who sees numbers as colours, and remembers phone numbers by the colours they are - all without drugs!
As for remembering names, easy - just call everyone darling!!
cheers Jem.
in L'pool all the women call everyone hon. as in honey. same thing.
J.A.K wrote:
Smurfy wrote: I've got a friend who sees numbers as colours, and remembers phone numbers by the colours they are - all without drugs!
As for remembering names, easy - just call everyone darling!!
in L'pool all the women call everyone hon. as in honey. same thing.
mate works fine here.
NOOLigan wrote:
J.A.K wrote:
Smurfy wrote: I've got a friend who sees numbers as colours, and remembers phone numbers by the colours they are - all without drugs!
As for remembering names, easy - just call everyone darling!!
in L'pool all the women call everyone hon. as in honey. same thing.
mate works fine here.
cobber in Perth.
no barracking Monty in the cricket this Summer, cobber either. just coz he can't field.
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I remember my frequent flyer numbers, my parents' frequent numbers, bank account numbers, all State capitals, passwords (never write them down), most capital cities of the world (South America and Africa still give me trouble), random trivia, movie lines, etc. After I graduate from college, I have to try out for Jeopardy.
