BS: From an Introspective question by LH

Subject: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Skivee
Date: 16 Mar 08 - 11:49 PM

What have you forgotten since you were 25.
facts, relationships, truths, whatever.
I've forgotten much of what I knew about martial arts.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Rowan
Date: 16 Mar 08 - 11:57 PM

I tried, Skivee, but I can't remember!

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: CarolC
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 12:15 AM

The Latin names of a lot of plants and animals.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 04:00 AM

Sorry, what was the question again ?

eric

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: GUEST,PMB
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 04:37 AM

I've forgotten how to attract women.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 04:44 AM

what have I forgotten since I was 25???

Do I have enough space to type everything I know I've forgotten - & what about the stuff I'm not aware I've forgotten?

stuff I know I've forgotten -

names of most of my school teachers! & most of what they taught me
names of fellow students (but I do remember the name of my school)
how to ride a bike (tho THEY say you never forget that, but I dunno ...)

that's a start - more later when I remember (if I ever do)

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 08:48 AM

Most of it. The drugs helped, especially the....

Seriously, not a lot. Mostly people who I no longer see and never much cared for even then. Unfortunately, I still remember a lot of the various martial arts I knew then and have gotten better at some. This can make a walk in the woods interesting: put a machine gun THERE, mines and a pre-arranged mortar barrage can cover THAT gully, and if they get close enough we can use claymores and/or fougasse.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Peace
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 09:51 AM

I can't do the math.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Beer
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:00 AM

What was her name????
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Peace
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:01 AM

I remember her name; I just can't place her face.

(From a song by Pat Sky, I think.)

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:02 AM

Maths. Definately maths.

I also appear to have forgotten how to go to the pub and drink beer every week. Sad, but true. I still remember how to drink, I just don't do it very often, and if I do, I'm usually driving so I don't drink beer.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:15 AM

Yeah, Liz. I've forgotten why I used to think drinking lots of alcohol in loud, crowded, smoky clubs was fun. Then again, I don't drink that much anymore. If I did, I might think loud, crowded, smoky clubs were fun. Hell, I might think Mollyhatchet and Journey and Supertramp and AC/DC were fun...

For flip's sake, don't be around me if drink THAT much booze. I'll flash back and start dancing on tables, and they'll have to send in Rap to take me out...

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Peace
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:20 AM

On the table yelling, "Here guys, catch this."

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Becca72
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:22 AM

It was only 11 years ago...so hopefully I haven't fortten much!

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Becca72
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:22 AM

apparently I did forget how to spell "forgotten"...

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: TheSnail
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:23 AM

The Forgotten

As we remember,
There are remembered memories.
There are things we remember we remember.
We also remember
There are remembered forgettings.
That is to say
We remember there are some things
We have forgotten.
But there are also forgotten forgettings,
The ones we can't remember
We have forgotten.

With apologies to whatsisname.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Amos
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:32 AM

I seem to have learned a great deal since I was 25. That was quite a while back... actually, I have forgotten how to be quite as arrogant as I was then. I know there are some who will not find this credible. But it's true! Back then, I was still perfect!! :D


A

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Peace
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:34 AM

It's a cross SOMEone has to bear, Amos.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:37 AM

Bruce, I didn't say I was gonna be nekkid. They'd call out an air strike for THAT.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 11:08 AM

Listen, Skivz...

This is a trick question... How can one remember what they have forget 'cause if they rememberate it then it ain't forgot, is it...

I mean, once it's gone it's G.O.N.E., ain't it???

Martial arts??? Hmmmmmm??? Okay, maybe I don't remember the names of all the cottas but I think I could still do them if I weren't stoved up... Wopuld I want to do 'um??? Heck, no... I never liked doin' 'um when I was doin' them but then again my ex-wife was a karate teacher so I had to do 'um to keep her from kicking my butt... lol...

Oh yeah... I have forgotten 90% of everything I learned in college, too, but I forgot that stuff right after taking the exams... lol... But true... Who needs all that stupid stuff anyway???

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Ebbie
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 12:53 PM

"Unfortunately, I still remember a lot of the various marital arts..." Me too. :)

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Peace
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 12:56 PM

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 01:23 PM

If I could remember what I've forgotten, then it wouldn't be forgotten.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Little Hawk
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 01:29 PM

I knew higher math at one time. Calculus and logarithms and stuff like that. And I detested it, frankly, so the fact that I have since forgotten it is not all that surprising.

I liked algebra, though, and have not forgotten it.

I once knew how to use a sliderule. Again, I had no enthusiasm for the idea in the first place, and it was soon forgotten.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: GUEST,lox
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 02:29 PM

I guess I'm lucky - I've got most of stored in the deep freeze and sometimes I browse tthrough andd warm it up before filing it away again.

(Files in the deep freeze? ... yes I know ... I'm not changing it though!)

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 03:24 PM

I have a slide rule (10" Accumath) in my briefcase right now. If you want to have fun, use it when someone much younger comes visiting. And yes, I still remember how to use it.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 05:07 PM

I remember most of the names, books, dates, trips...etc., from 40+ years ago...just don't ask me what I did yesterday....or 5 minutes ago.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Peace
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 05:07 PM

Hey, Bill, are you now #114 or are you still Bill?

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Little Hawk
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 05:27 PM

They say that Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic, remembered every slight and humiliation and disappointment he suffered as a child for the rest of his life...and he used them all as the inspiration for the sufferings endured by the central character in the comic strip, Charlie Brown, who was clearly the alter-ego of the author. This resulted in the comic having a sort of bittersweet humour, often tinged with really deep sadness, and it probably is what gave the comic its most enduring strength. There was a real emotional punch lurking behind those punch lines, and people could identify with that.

I similarly recall every slight and humiliation and disappointment I suffered as a child...and it's a very long list. I wish I could forget that stuff. It has bedeviled me for the rest of my life. I have almost never felt really safe around most other people since I was, oh, about 6 years old. I expect people to be unexpectedly cruel at any time, and for no particular reason, for no real justification, but just because they enjoy the sense of power.

Surfing on the Net can reinforce those negative expectations, because people's tendency to be really nasty to one another is even more easily indulged online than in 3-D, because it's easier and less risky online.

As Lucy once said indignantly in Peanuts when Charlie Brown, I think it was, accused her of hating humanity: "I love humanity. It's people I can't stand!"

So here's my comment on it. I wish I could forget the casual little cruelties and people's miserable behaviour to each other that I have seen. I wish I could remember instead more of the good times.

It's a question of what your mind gets hooked on focusing on, I guess. Or perhaps it's a question of forgiveness.

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: gnu
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 05:46 PM

Rap! I have a collection of them. Knocks the arrogance right outta some young pissers when ya sort though a price negotiation on a contract change on total quatitities of a number of items in similar class, like a concrete pavement supply and installation contract, and they just can't keep up. When ya get ta yer price in half the time as they do with their laptops and such, it kinda makes ya wonder if all these new gadgets are "helping".

I price and bid by the metre... plus a bit to deal with the arrogance.

Slide Rules!

Subject: RE: BS: From an Introspective question by LH
From: Little Hawk
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 05:50 PM

You should ride a horse too, gnu. Then you could laugh at the young pissers when their fancy modern cars break down or slide helplessly into the icy ditch, as you clop on by merrily on your trusty steed! ;-)