tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post6271097736887000405..comments2023-10-22T20:53:58.823-04:00Comments on String Too Short to Tie: Memory and Recollectionvanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-36145327516484991982013-04-28T19:32:31.897-04:002013-04-28T19:32:31.897-04:00Vee, seems like good advice. I shall try to heed ...Vee, seems like good advice. I shall try to heed it.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-35002818798289427672013-04-28T18:04:07.690-04:002013-04-28T18:04:07.690-04:00Just don't start keeping toothpicks in your po...Just don't start keeping toothpicks in your pockets. Tiny holes turn into big ones very quickly.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222653231278680963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-63814863487398634972013-04-25T22:39:09.770-04:002013-04-25T22:39:09.770-04:00Lin, thanks for the support on the pocket thing. ...Lin, thanks for the support on the pocket thing. I mean, there is no purse for me in my future. (I've carried stuff in the pockets much too long to change now!)vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-9782141235827576462013-04-25T20:50:08.558-04:002013-04-25T20:50:08.558-04:00I would like a delete button for some bad memories...I would like a delete button for some bad memories--geez, that would come in handy! <br /><br />Words escape me too, pally. You are not alone in that one. <br /><br />What's with the no-carrying-stuff-in-your-pockets? Criminy. She gets a purse...you don't get a pocket?? Sounds unfair to me.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042143254001890567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-59605136173972488702013-04-25T14:22:37.543-04:002013-04-25T14:22:37.543-04:00Chuck, I like your idea of backup with instantaneo...Chuck, I like your idea of backup with instantaneous recall so much that just as soon as I succeed in developing the delete button I will work on BIR.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-52494803653406883192013-04-25T09:40:53.551-04:002013-04-25T09:40:53.551-04:00The "delete" key is a wonderful idea. T...The "delete" key is a wonderful idea. There are things that I'd like to forget. Some of us could also use a backup system with [nearly] instantaneous recall. Could you work on that one too? Please.Secondary Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116234285533139701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-2637990301196354842013-04-25T09:22:34.604-04:002013-04-25T09:22:34.604-04:00Grace, there is a certain appealing aspect to the ...Grace, there is a certain appealing aspect to the idea.<br /><br />Marsha, truly, and unfortunately, character just naturally follows. Sorry situation, but keep the faith!vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-6577019500813133882013-04-25T00:53:07.412-04:002013-04-25T00:53:07.412-04:00Indeed, I just hate it when I want a word, and can...Indeed, I just hate it when I want a word, and cannot dredge it up, only to have it pop out unbidden and irrelevant ten minutes later.<br /><br />By the way, thanks for the fun (and pitifully true) comment today on Spots and Wrinkles. Ethics have also gone the route of the dodo and punctuality.<br />Gads, what's next? Character? Oh, wait ...too late.Marsha Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05880659808422182525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-59680550804146415652013-04-24T22:34:16.658-04:002013-04-24T22:34:16.658-04:00Ah, a delete button for memories! I want one!Ah, a delete button for memories! I want one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-2425851740287087832013-04-24T21:12:33.019-04:002013-04-24T21:12:33.019-04:00Shelly, there it is then: we get it all together, ...Shelly, there it is then: we get it all together, then we fall apart.<br /><br />Shark, seems you are having personal experiences akin to some of mine.<br /><br />Now see, we need the delete button not only so we can edit our past, but also to make room for new things.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-59454174744327573542013-04-24T21:03:44.090-04:002013-04-24T21:03:44.090-04:00The reason we can't remember everything when w...The reason we can't remember everything when we get older is because there is simply too much stuff we are trying to pack in. Something has to fall off the back of the load. :-) That said, I spent about 30 minutes yesterday trying to remember cairn. I came up with quoin, quern, and kiosk. FINALLY, cairn returned. Sigh<br />Sharkbyteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139935335209860357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-80673537066337097712013-04-24T20:23:36.849-04:002013-04-24T20:23:36.849-04:00Ah, yes. The memory conundrum is always so interes...Ah, yes. The memory conundrum is always so interesting to me, particularly as I see the changes especially my in laws are going through as they lose more and more.<br /><br />A very thought provoking piece, and I agree. A personal delete button might be nice.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930262815304757150noreply@blogger.com