732-6365 - my home phone number from ages 2 - 18. Well past that now, but I remember. And what’s even scarier? 737-1006 (Nana, who lived across the street. And no, she wasn’t my Nana.) And... even scarier than both of those, I can remember NSN’s 15 digit National Stock Numbers) I have a flare for remembering series of numbers, just don’t ask me to add them up or anything.
Methinks you will be seeing a whole slew of numbers in the Comments on this post. And mine’s not gonna be any different. (C’mon—you didn’t think I’d post some scientific comment on the brain’s ability to remember innocuous details when they are no longer relevant to one’s life, or something like that, did you?!)
So—‘55-37-24’. My lock combination from Grade 6 - 13. And I still have the lock. But currently have no need to use it. It’s in the house somewhere, and there is something comforting about coming across it every seven years or so and being able to dial the dial without even thinking and feel the satisfaction of the ‘click’ when the lock has been unlocked.
And I remember birthdays, phone numbers, postal codes, etc. like my husband can’t believe. But don’t ask me about that really important, turning-point conversation we had five minutes ago, because I won’t be able to remember a bit of it.
you won’t be getting any numbers from me. between the cellphone and the planner i find i am no longer even attempting to memorize numbers. i think i’m down to [really] knowing about 8 phone numbers. addresses? birthdays? forget about it. if i didn’t memorize it about six years ago, it ain’t never gonna happen.
I used to be the family keeper of birthdays and phone numbers… lock combinations rarely stuck with me, but basically because I didn’t keep them long enough to get them ingrained. If you still have the phone number that I memorized back in middle school or high school, it’s stuck in my head. Otherwise, unless there’s a pattern for me to remember, I have to write it down and look it up everytime I need it.
Birthdays, on the other hand, usually stick with me. I might not remember to do anything about it until it’s too late, but I remember birthdays for some reason.
to this day, Jenny’s number pops up in my head at the oddest times. 867-5309. thanks for nothing Mr Tu-tone.
what gym are you going to now? i’ve been thinking of finding something close to the office as well.
my bike lock combination, from grade 6 to the present day : 16-24-10. funny. it’s like your combination’s little sister.
but i never had a song.
see, you got all the number-remembering genes. me, i could forget my locker combo over a regular weekend, and show up at school on monday unable to access my stuff. i’d slither sheepishly into the attendance office and ask the clerk to let me see the combination card.....again. i’d end up late to first period every time. in fact, i still have occasional nightmares in which i’m at school and can’t remember the combo. doesn’t sound so scary now, but trust me.
now i see that they’ve invented a lock that uses letters instead of numbers. oh, if only they’d had that when i needed it!!