What’s the most useless thing you still have memorized?

I memorized that in the 6th grade, I still remember parts of it.​

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Old Ironsides​

BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR.​

Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon’s roar;—
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more!

Her deck, once red with heroes’ blood
Where knelt the vanquished foe,
When winds were hurrying o’er the flood
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor’s tread,
Or know the conquered knee;—
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!

O, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave;
Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every thread-bare sail,
And give her to the god of storms,—
The lightning and the gale!
 
International morse code. I still know it well from my ham radio days.
didididahdidah (end of message)
didahdah (W) dahdidididit (6) dahdit (N) didididah (V) didit (I) my call sign, W6NVI
 

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jimintoronto said:
North is always at the top of a map. I can still recite the NATO radio alphabet.......Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Echo and so on. I can still remember my Social Insurance Number, first issued in 1965, and my Ontario Driver's License number from memory. JimB.
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The Nato alphabet is still very useful, I use it every time I give my address over the phone...

I know my social security number ( it's National Insurance here , but we need to know it all our lives)...

What is useless that I remember is..

Our phone number when growing up..

My mother's co-op dividend number which we had to recite every time we went shopping at the co-op..

My first husbands Navy rank and serial Number..
 
When I went to high school, I requested Spanish. They enrolled me in French. I have been to Quebec 2 times and 8 Spanish speaking countries, some of them countless times.

My grandmothers phone number was Baldwin 581-J. Our phone didn't have a dial, you told the operator what number you wanted.

The license plate on my car when I was in California in 1958 was GLW 562.

There is more when you are an old geezer. :giggle:
 
Manatee said:
When I went to high school, I requested Spanish. They enrolled me in French. I have been to Quebec 2 times and 8 Spanish speaking countries, some of them countless times.

My grandmothers phone number was Baldwin 581-J. Our phone didn't have a dial, you told the operator what number you wanted.

The license plate on my car when I was in California in 1958 was GLW 562.

There is more when you are an old geezer. :giggle:
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yeah, but where are your pants? you cant walk around like that!
 

What’s the most useless thing you still have memorized?​


I must have been about 8 or 9, I know the country was only just beginning to recuperate from the war, when my Mam sent me (complete with the ration coupons) to fetch some groceries from Mr Bartlett's shop.
When I got in there, I heard strange groaning noises at the back of the shop, then I spotted Mr Bartlett with Suzy Thomson sitting on a counter and her clothes missing. I thought that they were ill and went home and told my Mam, she just laughed and said, "Never mind, Son, I'll nip down there later and talk to Suzy, just to see if she is OK." 😊
 
Murrmurr said:
You might be interested to know that when a motorcyclist looks at you or points to you and then pats the top of his helmet a couple times, it's to warn you that either a cop is nearby or there's a dangerous situation ahead.
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No I didn't know that! Cars flash their lights once if cops have a hidden speed trap nearby. Just an act of courtesy. :) :)
 
Geezer Garage said:
Numbers for me too, including the cubic inch displacement of virtually every car engine from the 50's through the 70's. Along with the theme songs from 60's TV shows, and all the lyrics to "King of the Road", and a few other songs.
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Just for laughs, what was the cubic inch displacement of the Olds Rocket 88 ? Jimb.
 
The Dewey Decimal System used in every library growing up.
Now I just grab my smart phone, log into the library's database and find my book.

When I visit the main library here, I go to a certain section and browse the shelves.
The numbering system comes back to me and gives me a sense of order.
 
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