The benefits of having a bad memory

[Dolomite_supafly]

Now I will admit my memory isn't what is used to be and I forget a lot of stuff since my accident. Stuff I really shouldn't like names are really bad as well as my short term memory. When I go to sleep it is even worse because I forget a lot of the previous day when I wake up.

But it isn't all bad that bad because when I open up TGO in the morning I find myself looking at what appears to be all new topics even though some already have a dozen pages of replies. And I get to relive the emotions and exploration of these "new" topics that I don't remember from the day before. It is like watching reruns for the first time but doing it over and over again.

It is especially fun trying to remember what it was I posted in some of the threads before opening them up.

I write or save everything important now otherwise I would go crazy.

But in the end having a "new" TGO everyday isn't all that bad.

Dolomite

[RED333]

Sorry about your memory loss, Sounds like "Ground Hog Day" for real for you.

I am over 50 and have CRAFT (Cant Remember A F$*& Thing) problems as well.

[dlm37015]

me too

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

Yeah.. dont you remember you told me last night that it is ok to buy a new truck and trailer ?

[DaveTN]

That happens to me and I didn’t have an accident.

[Raoul]

That happens to me and I didn’t have an accident.

I'm with Dave. Unless you count the Buick incident.

Edited September 21, 2012 by Raoul

[Oh Shoot]

Well, my opinion is ... um, what exactly was this thread about?

[DaveS]

Now I will admit my memory isn't what is used to be and I forget a lot of stuff since my accident. Stuff I really shouldn't like names are really bad as well as my short term memory. When I go to sleep it is even worse because I forget a lot of the previous day when I wake up.

But it isn't all bad that bad because when I open up TGO in the morning I find myself looking at what appears to be all new topics even though some already have a dozen pages of replies. And I get to relive the emotions and exploration of these "new" topics that I don't remember from the day before. It is like watching reruns for the first time but doing it over and over again.

It is especially fun trying to remember what it was I posted in some of the threads before opening them up.

I write or save everything important now otherwise I would go crazy.

But in the end having a "new" TGO everyday isn't all that bad.

Dolomite

Count me in on this too!

Dave S

[hipower]

What was this thread about??? After reading the above posts, I forgot.

[vontar]

You know the admins could have allot of fun with you.

Change your posts and you come back the next day wondering what the heck was I thinking when I wrote that.

[Guest Wildogre]

I also suffer from what I call "Sometimers" some times I remember and sometimes I don't. I have lost my keys for hours. I also have a hard time remembering phone numbers. Names and faces are also hard for me.

[R_Bert]

Just make sure all your powder charges & projectile seating are during the same session....

[Dolomite_supafly]

I am anal about the loading. I only have one powder off the shelf at a time. I only load one bullet at a time. And I write down the charge weight on my desk so I can constatnly remind myself of what it should be.

Dolomite

[jtmaze]

Being diabetic for 30 yrs I have the same short term problems. My wife has to tell me what we talked about the day before. It can be very trying.

JTM

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[Caster]

Hello Dolomite Supafly, it's a pleasure to meet you.

I have the same issues. It used to make my wife so mad she'd cry. She just shrugs it off now a decade later. She's come to terms with my lunacy.

Reminds me of a buddy of mine who was pretty mad about being medicated for a diagnosis of ADD. He used to say the one good thing about ADD is that things never seem to bother you for very long. Get upset about something, give it a minute....wait...what?

[mikegideon]

Who are you guys, and why are we having this conversation? .

[TMF]

I have been known to drive into town then realize I forgot what I left the house to do. How come women don't have this problem? My wife can remember intimate details from a conversation that took place years ago, and I forget my own birthday. It can't be that I'm getting older, its always been this way.

Edited September 22, 2012 by TMF

[runco]

Well, my opinion is ... um, what exactly was this thread about?

You even forgot to sign with your signaure "-OS", wow you are losing your memoy

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I'm still looking for my coffee cup. Been looking for the last half hour.

[DaveS]

I have been known to drive into town then realize I forgot what I left the house to do. How come women don't have this problem? My wife can remember intimate details from a conversation that took place years ago, and I forget my own birthday. It can't be that I'm getting older, its always been this way.

I feel your pain. I'll be in my spare room in the house at my fly tying bench and get up and walk out to the shop for something, stop in the doorway of the shop, then wonder why I even walked out there. Won't remember why until I go back to my bench. Very, very aggravating!

I can sit here on TGO at 10:00 at night, and try to remember what I cooked for supper or even if I ate at all. Not good!

Dave S

Edited September 22, 2012 by DaveS

[laktrash]

Same thing here. I also have "peat and repeat" where you tell somebody the same thing more than once

[Oh Shoot]

You even forgot to sign with your signaure "-OS", wow you are losing your memoy

Losing it, but can still spell it.

Twisted joke:

Doc: I have bad news and really bad news.

Patient: What's the bad news?

Doc: You're showing symptoms of Alzheimer's.

Patient: Oh, my. So what's the really bad news?

Doc: You have AIDS.

Patient: Well, it could be worse, I could have AIDS or something, eh?

- OS

[runco]

The memory loss thing is really starting to bug me.  For a number of years, I have seen a downward slope in my memory.  In the past 2-3 years, I have seen the slope become sharper.  I have mentioned this problem to my doctor, he took note of it, and says welcome to old age.  I use to take great pride in my memory, no need to write down passwords, no need to write down my debit card pw, and definitely no need write down my gun safe combo.  Last night, went to open the gun safe, and had a brain fart, and for the life of me, for a few seconds, could not remember my safe combo.  Then I locked myself out for 5 mins, my safe has one of those electric locks with like 2 grace entries before shutting down.  Errrrrr!

 

Where will my mind be in 20 years?  Will I discover I love guns then for the first time?  Maybe my wife can just present me with my own guns, as if they are new.  Then I could consider my wife one of the coolest people on earth!  Well, wait a minute, maybe that what she has been doing already!  :stare:

[Guest Lowbuster]

I think we all have memory loss. I went to a funeral, tied my tie and realized it was too short so untied and I'll be damned, it took me thirty minutes to remember how to tie it back. Just took 15 seconds the first time.

[thundersnow]

Websites like lumosity.com are supposed to help with the short term memory and brain function by "exercising" your brain for a bit. Might be worth a try. But eventually time catches up with all of us.