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Thread #62027 Message #1000236
Posted By: Bill D
11-Aug-03 - 10:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: Tempus fugit
Subject: RE: BS: Tempus fugit
it somewhat depends of what you are doing...for my first 40 years, things were constantly changing...addresses, jobs, friends..etc. I didn't stay anyplace very long and there were many 'events' to mark on my calendar to give a sense of great lengths of time...
Now, I have been in the same house for 20 years and doing, relatively, the same things everyday...and the last 20 years has flown by!
But like Kendall, and most of my friends, that memory thing is the same...I can tell you phone #s and friends names from 40 years ago, but can't remember where I put the list of stuff I was supposed to remember! (I guess the early memories got the best and most secure spots of the 'memory shelves', while new memories have to grab hold with their fingernails and hold on tightly, as any little distraction will knock them loose.) How's that for a metaphor?