Monday, January 26, 2015

First Memories


A  friend  and  I  at  work  have  been  playing  the  game  Trivia Crack, well he has  been playing  I  don't  have  an  Ipod  Ipad,  or  anything  else  with  an  I in  it,  that  is  Android  driven........ so  I  have   been  assisting, using  the term  very  mildly...... and  it  is  amazing  how much  you  unconsiously  remember, how much  information  is  buried  in your  brain  that  you  are  able  to  access in an  instant.......   basically  the  game  is  a  general  knowledge  game  where  you pit your  general knowledge  against  random  other  people,  and  it  is  really  fun,   a  good break  and  super  informative.

It  reminded me  of  some  years  ago  when  I   was  chatting  and  my  mom,  she  asked  me  what  my  first  memory  was  and  I  knew  the  answer  immediately, I   can  remember  watching  my  big  sister  standing  on a  mound  of  grass  and  waving  to the trains  as they  passed  by.   I must  say   this  is  something  I  still  do   I  always  wave  at  the  train  drivers  and  still  love  it  when  they  blow  the  whistle,  something  that  I  already  have  my  grandson  doing,  that  I  often have  to  try  and  catch  up with the  front  of the  trains  so the  driver can  see  us just  so  he  can  blow  the  whistle ............ the  things  we  will  do  for  our  grandchildren............   I also  wave  at  all helicopters,  and  light  aircraft  just  in case they  can  see  me....  strange  I  know.

 This is  really  a  simple  memory,  nothing  exciting  or  life  changing  or mind  blowing, ...........  the  thing  was that  the  only  house  we  ever  lived  in  with  a  railway  line  at the  bottom  of  the  garden  was  a   house  we  lived  in,  in   Booth  Avenue  I  think  my  mom  told  me  was  in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    and  we  left  that  house  when  I  was  18 months  old.

If somewhere  in your  brain  is  all  your memories  why  can  I  not  remember  birthdays, cell  numbers,  my  shopping  list,  bible  verses,  to  lock  my car  before  I  go  to bed,  to  switch on the  alarm  before  I  am  in bed,  to  reset  the  alarm  clock  on Mondays, to  buy  milk  and  bread,to  switch on the  washing  machine when  it  is  loaded  and  not  before,  that  popcorn  makes  me  cough,  and  to  have  a  tissue  ready when  I  watch  the  Body  Guard  because it  always makes  me  cry........  the  memory is  a  really  strange  thing........

Had  a  whole  load  of  pictures  which  I  cannot  download,,,,,,,,,  can  anyone  help??

6 comments:

  1. I can't help with the pictures. I am technological illiterate. I have a whole head full of useless information so I love trivia games. Unfortunately I have trouble remembering what a person just said to me.

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  2. If I was sitting at your computer I probably could figure the picture thing out..sorry...I bet someone in your area would be able to help. I just got a new phone and it's taken me a good week to figure out how to answer when it rings! (maybe you don't want me at your computer!) I often wonder if those old memories are so precious to us that's it's easier to bring them up....the everyday junk we need to remember doesn't have love mixed in so maybe that's the reason we forget about them!

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  3. I wish I could help you too Karen. You might be able to google the solution. I hope that someone in your family can help you out. I can remember old memories as if it was yesterday but computer stuff is hard to remember and the computer language is even worst.

    Hugs,
    JB

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  4. Now you have me thinking about my first memory.
    I'm actually pretty good at remembering numbers.
    I can actually remember our first telephone number when
    I was a kid. It was before they were 7 digits. Our number
    was 8-5029

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  6. What's your address again in the hereafter, dear?? Mine's 111 Rock-Stolid-Diamond Ave, Seventh-Heaven - a quaint, stucco mansion on d'south side of town with mountain biking trails in all directions AND, of course, a sassy, savvy, insane, kick-ass, party-hardy every night (I'll be 21, you'll be 17, we all will have a blast). Wanna join me? trustNjesus.

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