Senior Moment

[DieselBound]

OK, so I'm going to implicate a good friend of mine here... She recently locked herself out of her house; AND, locked herself IN her backyard! Her husband was away hunting so no help there. She ended up calling 911! I've yet to talk to her in person to hear the story, but I'm sure that it'll be a real gut-buster (she's good humored).

 

[Dftodd]

OK, so I'm going to implicate a good friend of mine here... She recently locked herself out of her house; AND, locked herself IN her backyard! Her husband was away hunting so no help there. She ended up calling 911! I've yet to talk to her in person to hear the story, but I'm sure that it'll be a real gut-buster (she's good humored).

Got a call from a good friend of mine. Her car died coming through an intersection on a major highway and had a dead battery. She was having a major panic attack because she was "Locked Inside" her car . Took me a minute to get her to calm down enough to explain that she just needed to manually move the lock on the door

Got a similar call from my 21 year old daughter And will neither confirm or deny a call from my wife on similar issue

 

[MF283]

The other day I asked someone if they'd seen my glasses.... I was wearing them. Not on top of my head, either. Right on my nose where they're supposed to be.... ohhhh..... :cool2:

Glad to see(no pun intended) i'm not the only one:thumbsup: & have probably done all the above plus....

Ronnie

 

[Gary Fowler]

I have gotten to the point of making a list of what I need to do on an errand. If I don't write it down, I wont do it. IF I think of an additional item to do while in town, If I don't stop, take out my list and write it down, I inevitably forget to do it. Years ago in my 20-45s age, I never needed a "To Do" list. I could manage dozens of tasks and never forget to do a one of them. Man things in the old noggin have really went downhill fast in the last 26 (almost 27) years.
When working on a project away from my tools, I usually make multiple trips back to my tool box to get an item that I forgot to get the first 3-4 trips. Sometimes, I have to stop and think about what I came after when I get to my tool box. I spend lot of time looking for something that I just laid down on my work table, or did I put it someplace else. When I finally find it, THEN I remember laying it down THERE.

Another annoying thing for me is dropping items like screws and such. The older I get the more fumble fingered I get. I never fail to drop at least one screw or tool when doing a repair. Working off a ladder increases the amount of drops by a factor of 4 at least.

 

[check]

Oh, yeah. Been there, done that - a lot! Have a big long list on the "NOTES" app of my iphone - but then I forget to check it!

And speaking of dropping tools, try working off of a 8' x 14' floating dock section, while working on stuff inside the boathouse! I have to get my scuba gear on one of these days and go "hunting" for all the stuff we dropped over the past 5 years. (Most of it has probably sunk into the mud, never to be seen again, and the one cordless drill we dropped....)

 

[Gordon Gould]

Gary, from your comment you must be exactly the same age as me. The only thing worse than working on a ladder with fumble fingers is working around and in a dozer. Drop something like a bled screw or wrench and there is no retrieving it. Some day I will take the belly pan off. It will be like a time capsule.

gg

 

[orezok]

I've developed "doorway syndrome". Why Walking through a Doorway Makes You Forget - Scientific American

I walk to another room/garage to get something and as soon as I pass through a doorway, I forget what I was going for.

 

[cat fever]

So my wife and I were on a ride with our local HOG chapter. We stopped and had lunch, got ready to go and my wife could not find her sunglasses. We only had about 20 miles to the hotel so we took off. When we got to the hotel parking lot she took off her helmet; low and behold the glasses were on her head. So I ask how in the world can you not feel them under the helmet?

 

[powerscol]

All this is letting me know I am Normal.....or is it ABBYNORMAL:confused3:

I have AAADD - age activated attention deficit disorder, but I forget that I have it as I also have CRS too. CRS is cant remember stuff. Then I have Sometimers . Sometimes I remember, and sometimes I forget. Works great for me going the Sams - I just get everything that looks good, then when I get home I really get it from the Boss unit for why I did that. "I dont know" seem now to work better than it did.

My grandmother had Alzheimer at 98 (passed at 102)- she used to laugh at herself and say that every day was a new day to her meeting all the wonderful people and the good thing was she now forgets all the things she wanted to forget about anyway.

Now, thanks to Orezok I know I have "doorway syndrome"......I wonder if all this qualifies me for special disability under Obama Care....

Now what is it was I going to do today. I guess I need to find my coffee cup first. :laughing:

 

[cat fever]

I blame most all of my memory problems on my youth. I tested to many 9 volt batteries with my tongue. I think I fried some brain circuits. :laughing:

 

[dickfoster]

A lot of this kind of stuff just might be due to the lack of adequate sleep. You'd be amazed at the difference in your ability to perform if you've slept a good eight hours versus even only five! (Check out the research on this.)

Yeah well that's easier said than done when you get older too. It's been at least a year since I've managed to sleep eight hours in a single stretch. I manage to get by with all few hours at night and afternoon naps but I'm usually up and scratching around as early as 3AM and can't remember sleeping anywhere past 6AM unless I was up earlier at 3 or 4.

 

[Bird]

Yeah well that's easier said than done when you get older too. It's been at least a year since I've managed to sleep eight hours in a single stretch. I manage to get by with all few hours at night and afternoon naps but I'm usually up and scratching around as early as 3AM and can't remember sleeping anywhere past 6AM unless I was up earlier at 3 or 4.

Yep, I got up about a quarter to 4 this morning; can't even remember the last time I stayed in bed past 5 a.m. But instead of naps, I just go to bed early each evening, due to boredom. Not much on the boob tube I care to stay up to watch, so I go to bed early, usually just after 7 p.m. I usually only get up once during the night, but also usually wake up, look at the clock, turn over and try to go back to sleep at least 3 or 4 times each night.

 

[Thomas]

I blame most all of my memory problems on my youth. I tested to many 9 volt batteries with my tongue. I think I fried some brain circuits. :laughing:

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Sure does get ones attention really quick. :shocked:

 

[Bird]

This guy sounds much like me, even if he doesn't look much like me.:laughing:

Senior Moments by Golf Brooks with Lyrics Closed Captioned YouTube 2 - YouTube

 

[dragoneggs]

Well I just recovered from a Senior Weekend! I lost my truck keys on Friday... today they showed up inside my underwear in the laundry basket.
:confused3:

Best part I found them before the better half. I have a tendency to suggest that she has something to do with me misplacing things as she is always sweet in picking up after me. Now I have to make up a good reason why/how they got there.

 

[dickfoster]

Yep, I got up about a quarter to 4 this morning; can't even remember the last time I stayed in bed past 5 a.m. But instead of naps, I just go to bed early each evening, due to boredom. Not much on the boob tube I care to stay up to watch, so I go to bed early, usually just after 7 p.m. I usually only get up once during the night, but also usually wake up, look at the clock, turn over and try to go back to sleep at least 3 or 4 times each night.

Yep, that's about the way it goes. The boob tube is good for one thing and that's getting me to sleep. Sometimes I get up and turn it on at about 2 or so, usually about 15min later I'm gone again. If it's anytime after 4:30, I'll give up, get up and make the coffee.

 

[JRobyn]

My dad had about 4 or 5 dime novels that he kept around. We'd ask him if he'd like some more. He'd say; "nah, I'll just re-read these - by the time I get to the end of one, I've completely forgotten the previous one". And so he did - over and over and over!

 

[rd_macgregor]

Here is another good song lamenting memory issues: Senior Moment song - YouTube

 

[powerscol]

Here is another good song lamenting memory issues: Senior Moment song - YouTube

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[dickfoster]

Good one!