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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="article-681.html" target="_blank">Memory troubles</a>

<strong>Category:</strong> <a href="article-topic-39.html" target="_blank">Satire & Humour</a>
<strong>Written By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=Subsandwich" target="_blank">Subsandwich</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2006-11-18 01:50:33<br><br>
The trouble with memory is that memory is the trouble.  Do you find yourself forgetting things?<br><a href="article-681.html">read more >></a>

[CanuckMom]

When I read this, my first thought was, "Ohmygawd that's me!" I have "memory issues" all the time! And, like the author, I have this thing with my memory taking a vacation right when I need it the most - like when I have to remember my password for my bank card while a bajillion people are standing in line behind me, impatiently waiting (and muttering - I'm sure I've heard death threats once or twice, but I can't remember) to use the machine. It's embarrassing, to say the least... and frightening, to say the most. I'm not even in my mid-forties yet, and my memory is failing me. I hope I don't forget my own name at some point. Now that would be REALLY embarrassing...

Anyway, this is a great article, and I really enjoyed reading it. I hope to see some more humorous looks at aging in the near future.

[ziggy]

I was going to post something but forgot what it was.

[xerxes]

I'm kind of like that too. I can remember a lot of obscure, esoteric information,but i still forget more relevant things (birthdays et al) all the time.

[CanuckMom]

We started taking Omega 3-6-9 complex a couple of months ago, and it does seem to help improve memory functions. Of course, I've been writing everything down that I have to remember for probably the past four years, now, so it's hard for me to know for sure if it's the Omega complex that's helping or not.

[Banff]

damn I can't remember where I'm from or what my user name is .

[CanuckMom]

Banff Banff:

damn I can't remember where I'm from or what my user name is .

This is a perfect example of why you should write these things down, Banff.

[Istanbul]

I have several valuable bits and pieces hidden away in secret hiding places which I can't retrieve as I can't retrieve the memory of where it is stashed.

It is locked securely in my head. The neurons have quit communicating. Writing down where I hide stuff defeats the purpose of hiding it, unless I hide the note too.

The best method of remembering something is to attach a mnemonic to it. For instance if you hide your silk bra in the oven stub out a cigarette on one of your boobs.
The burn will associate the oven with your silk bra.

[CanuckMom]

HAHAHAHAHA! Oh yeah, and while you're busy burning yourself so you can remember where you hid your silk bra, how about doing something really crazy, like writing a note on yourself about where you put your keys - and then hopping in the shower?




(Okay, okay, I admit it: I've done just that! )

[Istanbul]

That is why they make permanent ink pens.

Staedtler Lumocolor sticks like poop to a blanket. Near as good as a tattoo.

But where on the bod is there enough room to write:

"36 paces from the fig tree due north. 6 more due East. Locate the third brick on the retaining wall. Pry it loose. Take the floopy disk wrapped in purple plastic and read it into Microsoft excel. The 44th line will indicate where your keys are."

[Hyack]

I was going to make a comment on this........but I forgot what it was!

[CanuckMom]

Istanbul Istanbul:

8O

That is why they make permanent ink pens.

Staedtler Lumocolor sticks like poop to a blanket. Near as good as a tattoo.

But where on the bod is there enough room to write:

"36 paces from the fig tree due north. 6 more due East. Locate the third brick on the retaining wall. Pry it loose. Take the floopy disk wrapped in purple plastic and read it into Microsoft excel. The 44th line will indicate where your keys are."

[CanuckMom]

That's why I suggested to Istanbul that maybe writing things down might be a good idea.