Chelsea14Ian Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 What day is it,Christmas eve, New years day,Easter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I know that feeling at this time of year! You'll find it's about a quarter to normal, the equivalent of mayhem 45 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Welcome to my world and a question I will ask my long suffering Ellie about ten times a day, seven days a week and three hundred and sixty five days a year. If you have spent any length of time in my company you will know that as a result of my strokes I have absolutely no sense of time. Yet as a historian and archaeologist I'm obsessed with it. My brain processes time and memory quite differently to other people. My short term memory ranges from appalling to nonexistent. I can ask the same question several times within minutes. I will struggle recalling a word, name or number minute to minute. At the same time I suffer from hyperthymesia which means I can recall in exact detail events and conversations that occurred weeks, months, years or decades ago. It makes for some interesting arguments. I might not remember what we were arguing about twenty minutes ago, but by hell will you catch it in a couple of weeks time! For someone that spends a lot of time with computers and technology my aids to memory are old fashioned. I rely on my analog wristwatches which I seem to accumulate like a dog does fleas. Even more numerous are my un-hackable notebooks and journals. I make copious amounts of notes in a day, written with a fountain pen in cursive, all in a shorthand of my own devising guaranteed to wind up Ellie when she sees pages titled 'Present ideas for Ellie's Birthday' and then she can't read the list underneath. Technology does come into play in the form of various alarms set on my phone. My new phone has a brilliant feature where I can set an alarm, give the alarm a title which is displayed and the phone will not only ring but the virtual assistant will tell me the time, the day and date and what I'm supposed to be doing. So, there's the 'Take Tablets', 'Take Ellie to Work', 'Pick Ellie Up', 'Pick Gracie Up' and 'Walk Dogs' alarms. Even though the alarm will have told me it's time to take Ellie to work and what day it is, I will still ask Ellie 'what day is it?' when she gets in the car. Five minutes later when I drop her off at work she will still need to remind me of the day and what time she needs picking up at. I will drive home, make a coffee and then I will ring Ellie at work to ask her what day it is. As always she will answer without sounding exasperated. Tomorrow is a fun day. "What day is it?" "It's your birthday." "I know that, but what day is it?" 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I think i have only ever realised it was a saturday when i was half way to work a couple of times, but its a pain when you have a daily commute of over 50 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 All joking aside,I have been off since 21 December, back to work next Monday. Very pleasant too,but these days seem mixed up. Yesterday up to the boat,lunch at Potter, the cafe was packed, and seemed like a Saturday. I know next week when things get back to "Normal" it will be strange. I will say as far as I can remember never turned up for work when I shouldn't have.Have on more then one occasion jumped out of bad,start to get dressed ,only for Marina to say its Sunday,no work today. May I wish you all happy New Year,Christmas, Easter,August bank Holiday, what ever it is. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Yep, I'm all over the place too. Have to keep checking phone to remind mysen what day it is. I should have stopped work on 21st but ended up finishing midday on 24th, 25 / 26 / 27 was actually off but since have been 'Persuaded' by the family to tile my Lads new house, got to go there today for the bathroom floor tiling that after a clay shoot this morning followed by a haircut accompanied by MrsG - Apparently I can't be trusted to get my hair cut on my own as it is always 'Wrong' so due to her being away not had a haircut since April - starting to look like Gandalf minus the beard. Still that's her fault to date. Tomorrow will be a family get together for a couple of hours walking in the countryside, about 14 of us and three dogs (Minus Macie sadly). Then it'll be admin / bookwork for me, tax return gotta be in for the 31st Jan, 02nd back to tiling my lads place before we go up to Jockland (Gourock) for ten days Griff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 5 hours ago, Timbo said: Welcome to my world and a question I will ask my long suffering Ellie about ten times a day, seven days a week and three hundred and sixty five days a year. If you have spent any length of time in my company you will know that as a result of my strokes I have absolutely no sense of time. Simple solution. Write down what day it is on a piece of paper and carry it with you at all times. Today is Tuesday. Come on now, write that down and the jobs a goodun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said: Simple solution. Write down what day it is on a piece of paper and carry it with you at all times. Today is Tuesday. Come on now, write that down and the jobs a goodun. Take it out of your pocket tomorrow morning and think ‘today is Tuesday’. It’s going to be a slow moving week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 No Vanessan, it really is very easy. You only read the piece of paper on Tuesdays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddybear Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said: Simple solution. Write down what day it is on a piece of paper and carry it with you at all times. Today is Tuesday. Come on now, write that down and the jobs a goodun. They tried that in the Goon show except it wasn't the day it was the time written on a piece of paper, So what is the time ? I'll tell you it's written on this piece of paper, of course the time will never change LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 That's exactly where I got the idea from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Other problem,you may lose the piece of paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said: Other problem,you may lose the piece of paper. I think I’ve lost the plot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Ellie always buys me a colander for Christmas but the days just drop through the holes. You don't half end up with soggy socks when a month of wet Sundays land on your feet! What day is it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Question? How many have you lot be at the fulling down stuff,because this thread is barmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoryv Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Don't care what day it is, as long as you keep waking up ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 6 minutes ago, Victoryv said: Don't care what day it is, as long as you keep waking up If you wake up every other day, are you half the age you thought you were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Waking up any day nowadays is a bonus It's who you wake up with is the interesting bit - or not ! Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 25 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said: It's who you wake up with is the interesting bit - or not ! The skill is always waking first If she's a beauty have a lie in (or more ), if it looks like Herman Munster, test your ankles out of the nearest window and leg it Jayfire - NBN Equality Champion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 58 minutes ago, Jayfire said: Jayfire - NBN Equality Champion Amongst other things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said: Question? How many have you lot be at the fulling down stuff,because this thread is barmy You started it I read your post last night and thought you'd lost the plot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Your round Timbo " Is it" Never fails.......cheers mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, Gracie said: You started it I read your post last night and thought you'd lost the plot What plot dont have an allotment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said: What plot dont have an allotment. This thread's getting weirder by the minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I`ve got a grip on what day it is, but i think i`ve lost a year. I can`t believe it`s 2020 tomorrow. What`s so frightening is that`s your life going by so quick. Oh well, i`l have to contend myself with road testing the new Triumph 2,500cc Rocket 3 in a couple of weeks time. Do so while i still can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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