Gidday Ruth and all,
>>I have no known medical condition affecting my memory...but I regularly
park my
>>car and then have trouble finding it again!! About 35 years ago I came
out of
>>the supermarket and looked at the spot where I usually parked my car. It
OMG I thought I was the only one who did that! I once did exactly the same
thing at a local craft market in Melb, totally forgetting that I had brought
my then-husband's car and not my own. I was about to call the police when I
found it after 20 mins of panicking. And going to Aussie Rules football
matches for years and years I have wandered around miles of parked cars in
muddy paddocks, looking for my car.
Then just a few weeks ago here in Richards Bay I couldn't find my car when I
came out of the supermarket. It is white and of course so are half the other
cars, and in South Africa car theft is rife, so you always only park where
there are car guards to look after it for you (for a small fee). I totally
mucked up which aisle it was in, and in the end had the car guards looking
all over for me 'til the one who was standing near my car recognised me (I
stand out being blonde and very fair skinned and with a shiny bald headed DH
who deliberately shaves his head!). I'm sure the guys thought I was
absolutely stupid.
As for short term memory loss, I am fine but my DH is absolutely terrible.
He cannot remember what he had for dinner the day before, has no memory of
childhood birthday parties or outings or first day of school etc. which I
think is really sad. His mum though is exactly the same - she rings and has
a conversation, then rings you a few days later and repeats the exact same
conversation. I thought it was age creeping up on her but apparently she has
always been like that, so my DH must have inherited the trait I think. As
someone said, its great for movies/tv shows because we can watch something
over and over again and he has no memory of seeing it before, even if it was
only a couple of weeks ago! Sometimes he gets all excited over a meal we
have, and says oh you must make that again, and I say well duh darling we
did have this 3 weeks ago you know!!!
On the other hand, he can recite The Man From Snowy River from his head, and
knows mathematical formula type things and chemical info etc. with 100%
accuracy. Obviously has a brain that has huge capacity in scientific areas
and zilch in other areas to compensate!!!
Michelle Long
an Aussie living in Richards Bay, South Africa
where I spent 6 hours working on Miss Channer's Mat yesterday, and can't
believe how many pairs are on it already for such a small part having been
done!
Ian & Chelle Long
+27 35 788 0777
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