retiredtraveler
Senior Member
Same here. As I said, practical. It's not hard to do, but so many people fail at this.....
Are you good at memorizing things?
- Thread starter NancyNGA
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Same here. As I said, practical. It's not hard to do, but so many people fail at this.....
Pappy
Living the Dream
Sure I am. I can leave for the grocery store with 4 or 5 items I need, and walk into the store and can’t remember a one.
Robusta
Member
- Location
- upstate New York
I have selective memory. I worked for the post office, I memorized thousands of address,hundreds of streets and tens of routes. Memory is a skill like any other you need to use it to keep it. There are a myriad of clues your brain uses to bring up the info you need when you need it.
I do need to call home and ask for back up while at the grocer!
Smiling Jane
Senior Member
- Location
- Albuquerque NM
What I find most frustrating is when I put something in a specific place so I'll be sure to remember where it is. That one never fails to confound me.
TonyK
Member
- Location
- Central New York
Robusta reminded me of my post office days. I trained to work on a letter sorting machine for two months. We had to memorize EVERY zip code in Mass cities and towns, plus all major US cities. Then we sorted dummy letters at 20 per minute on a keyboard console until we could pass a test.
A month later we were up to sorting 60 letters per minute by keying based on zip code. Each key my fingers hit had a numerical value. What I remembered is the youngest people memorized the zip codes the fastest. The job was boring and repetitious. I still retain some zip codes of towns I've never been to.
A month later we were up to sorting 60 letters per minute by keying based on zip code. Each key my fingers hit had a numerical value. What I remembered is the youngest people memorized the zip codes the fastest. The job was boring and repetitious. I still retain some zip codes of towns I've never been to.
