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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI'm so old I remember
umm
what did I come here for?
It had something to do with . . .
Oh crap.
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I'm so old I remember (Original Post)
Ptah
Jan 2016
OP
I remember what it was used for, I just don't remember how I did that.
OffWithTheirHeads
Jan 2016
#3
sarge43
(28,941 posts)1. The real test: What did you have for breakfast?
If you pass that, why did come into that room?
Finally, where are your glasses or car keys?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)7. Depends
Cadfael
(1,296 posts)8. You had Depends for breakfast?
NOT a good sign...
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)9. Nice post, Vitter!!
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)2. The memory is always the second thing to go...
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)3. I remember what it was used for, I just don't remember how I did that.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)4. Descartes: The later years...
lastlib
(23,222 posts)5. Young kids today tell me this "#" is a *hashtag*...
young adults tell me it's a *pound-sign*.
Older adults tell me it's a *tic-tac-toe sign*.
Dayum--I can remember when it was an octothorpe. .
Of course, when I was young, the Dead Sea had just gotten sick.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)14. It's the #1 sign for pound and sharp notes
I've only read about the octothorp; never seen it in use.
rug
(82,333 posts)6. Pass the farina, Ptah.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)17. Nice sweatshirt!!
Ptah
(33,026 posts)10. OK, now I recall. It had to do with that TV show.
The one I watched when I was a kid.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)15. Was it this show?
Ptah
(33,026 posts)16. No, I think it was a cartoon with a mouse.
I have fossils of animals that used to be my house pets.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)12. I posted to rebut your statement
but I forgot what it was you said that I needed to rebut
raccoon
(31,110 posts)13. The worst is when you go through this explanation/back story,
and then can't remember what you were working up to.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)18. I can't remember where I left my hoop. Or the stick.