GUEST, you wouldn't BELIEVE the amount of useless crap that sticks in my mind, and the amount of valuable information that never even had a chance of getting in. For example:
I can name you the make and model of EVERY guitar played by every musician (famous or unknown) I've ever seen.......but I have forgotten the names constantly of long time friends and have to say "Hey, buddy, how's it goin'? On my radio show I have to write down the names of my 35 year friends Paul Mills, Bill Garrett and Tony Quarrington...or I'll do a mind-blank!
At one point I could name you a complete baseball lineup made up of only ONE nationality. Eg: Polish, Irish, Scots, Italian etc. I HOPE I couldn't do that anymore!
I can name world leaders from countries that Dubya's never heard of, discuss Opera stars from 1900, and annoy Heather by pointing out the smallest editing flub in a movie......and then have to ask her to explain the PLOT to me!
So.....Ashley's underwear is a piece of cake.....but fix a toilet, furnace or do my own taxes? Ha, ha, ha!