Bad Memory Century

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Robin, with tongue-in-cheek, I will agree in part with your point. I believe that as much sticks, but most of it is derived from sources that make it worthless. I do not believe what is printed in gossip mags, fashion mags and internet blogs has any value beyond amusement and as such should be placed in the trivia bin.

It used to be that people learned from the great tomes of civilization (literature as well as commentary) and that ideas were collected and evaluated and used as a basis for living a well-designed life. No longer. People are more interested in crotch gazing in celebrityville and filling their heads with garbage that trivializes existence.

Some - though thankfully not all - of the questions and discussion topics posted here on TBD give an idea about how irrelevant thinking has become.

Brains, like sex organs, have a use-it-or-lose-it time limit after which the product expires.

I have a shirt, it is black. In smallish, white block letters it says "insufficient memory".

Anyone who bothers to read it generally cracks up. Then they are very nice to me and happy to put up with the fact that I probably forgot something I need. ;->

"If I only had a brain"

Thanks Robin. Enjoyed the article & I can so relate to it. I never forget a face (until now), names are another story. Between clients, business groups, trade shows, conferences, networking and writing a weekly newspaper column, I have people overload. They recognize me and speak to me like they have known me for years. I'll have full conversations with people & I have no idea who they are.

Thought I was the only person this happened too Spuff! I am forever talking to some person in the grocery store (who has usually called me by name) and when I walk away, hissing under my breath to whoever might be with me "Who the devil WAS that?".

Usually I can't recall ever seeing them before, much less their names ;->

Memory is a bit of a sensitive issue in my family. Some cousins and siblings have been fearing each skip of a memory beat as "the sign" for over a decade or more. All four siblings on my mother's side, including my mother, died from Alzheimer's. I think it is one of those "related disorders" because it is rare to have all siblings so afflicted, and though they lost their minds (memory), they were kind, not bombastic, and didn't seem like a more typical Alzheimer's.

I favor micronutrients to enhance memory. That works well. When I am depleted, then I find, as the cutting edge of the first boomers, that I now have had some of the same concern. Usually not. Mostly, I am pleased my mind works as well as it does in the memory department; I think, because I have fun reading, studying, working and playing with adults and children. Very stimulating. I do swear by the micronutrients to enhance the synapses working quickly and well. Nevertheless, my awareness has shown me that I reverse numbers, letters, and words either more and more, or else am aware of it more. I don't seem to categorize that as a memory issue. Guess it is more just a scramble.