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Originally Posted by LauraC
If forgetting people's names or forgetting why you walked into a room is attributed to old age then I have been old since I was 16.
A few weeks ago I was in the car listening to a music CD I burned and couldn't identify the group. I knew the name of the lead singer. I knew the name of the album the song was on. I could describe the album cover. I could tell you some of the troubles of the lead singer from decades ago. I could tell you other songs by the band. I promptly forgot about it. About two days later, the band's name popped into my head. EGADS!
I once saw a TV show about 30 years ago that said if you forget where you put your keys no big deal. If you forget what your keys are for then you should worry. I believe it was 20/20 and it was a show about the hippocampus.
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...and know the words to the songs! Been there. LOL
I like the quote about the car keys. I passed that along to my neighbor, who is always chiding herself for forgetting the names of various plants or other inconsequential things. I like to think that by "retirement age", we just have so much dang information in our heads that it sometimes gets tiresome to sort it out!
I still know what my car keys are for!!
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