I can't remember a phone number 5 minutes later, but often
sit down and play a song I heard on the radio once 25 years
ago. I can sing you the Sport Cola commercial from 1968 (starring
Wally Cox)-but can't remember what I did a week ago.
Ramsey Remorse (is that right?)
colin wrote:
> I have a bad memeroy for various things like appointments, what i did
> yesterday, my designs unless I write it all down, forget where I know
> people from etc.
> yet i have an excellent memory for phone numbers and other numbers.
> I do all my banking via the net. I remember all the passwords and
> numbers. I can recall a 28 digit number and a 24 sequence of numbers and
> letters.
> I wonder why my memory works for the numbers but for ordianry things.
> Like I will go upstairs or downstairs for something and forget why I
> went. Soemthimes i foregt what i am talking about in converstaion-I will
> just stop and think 'what was i saying' and need to be reminded!
> I often cannot remember the correct track or album for Joni songs. I can
> sing along to them happily recalling all the words but if they aren't
> actually playing I can't recall the words at all. Same with Carly. I
> can't even hum a tune that I have heard thousands of times. I can with
> hymns and silly ryhmes that i have heard only a few times and can recall
> jokes. But ask me to hum a favourite Joni or Carly song and I can't.
> weird.
>
> --
> bw
> colin
