lol
― Dan S, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
I bought Prince Tronic at my daughter's school jumble sale about 12 years ago for $2, and for whatever reason I think it's a beautiful object. I work in science and have a semi regular need to divide this by that, etc., and to me it's a lot more satisfying to tap the buttons than do yet another thing on my phone. Also being early 80s tech, whenever you ask it to do something challenging like calculate a square root or a log, there is a pause of several seconds and I swear I can hear small noises of effort.https://i.imgur.com/lD1uaGn.jpg
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 06:14 (five years ago) link
we were watching breaking bad today and a scene with skylar and baby was on screen. B lit up a smoke and i very nearly shouted “don’t smoke in front of the baby!”
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 06:35 (five years ago) link
That calculator is lovely, yes. Is there a general calculator thread? If not, there should be.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 11:01 (five years ago) link
I still use calculators. They're like an app that I can hold in my hand!
Even my son, Sr. Fortnite de la iPad, likes to play on the calculator. Adding 12345678 + 87654321 and getting 99999999 never gets old, I guess.
― pplains, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
1-2 times a week, I'll set something aside to bring to work (a book or beverage), get distracted, and be halfway on the commute before I remember it's still on the kitchen counter. When I get home today, there will be a blueberry Odwalla nicely warmed by the sun waiting for me.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
was doing calc homework the other day and getting frustrated. answered a call on my celular. used phone as a bookmark after aforementioned call and couldn't find my phone for 2 days. i use calculators frequently these days btw
― lâche pas la patate (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe I just sat through my first parent-interview of the morning still wearing my Toronto Maple Leafs hat.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 November 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
Don’t know if it has been mentioned on this thread yet that source memory is the first thing to go, or so they say.
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 November 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
Was trying to unlock my rental car but the clicker wasn't working
Then I realised I was pushing my thumb on a tube of chewing gum
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 November 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
Talk of what's 'the first thing to go' = automatic expulsion from this thread imo
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 16 November 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
agree
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
Lol, sorry, will return to lurking
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
Three times a day I wander around my classroom for four or five minutes trying to locate something I've set down--my clipboard, student work, my coffee, a red pen, etc. Yesterday I left the coffee cup in the supply cupboard. As I look for these things, usually muttering to myself, five students will come up to me in the interim with a question about something; "Hang on," I'll say tersely, as I wave them away before continuing my search.
― clemenza, Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:08 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Spent three minutes a few days ago walking around the class and muttering to myself as I looked for a cup of coffee I had just poured; found it in the supply cupboard with all the paper, pencils, and erasers. Class got a good laugh out of it.
― clemenza, Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:37 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If you do something and post about it here, and then do exactly the same thing and basically write exactly the same post a year later, would that be an example of absent-mindedness?
― clemenza, Friday, 16 November 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
(I believe that's called "meta-absent-mindedness.")
― clemenza, Friday, 16 November 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
I have been absent-minded since I can remember, it's ADHD, not senility.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
(I would attempt to comment on clemenza’s post, except that I have no opinion about it)
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
I find random words and phrases pop out of my head way more often lately (I'm 40).
Last week I was talking to my therapist about eye doctors, and I was like "What's the proper name for the balls in your eyes?" and he was like, "Uh, eyeballs?"
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 November 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Oh, now you're making it sound gross.
"Haha, you've got a pair of balls stuck in your face."
― pplains, Friday, 16 November 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
O_o
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 November 2018 00:56 (five years ago) link
The ocular orbis, iirc
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 17 November 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
oops, sorry, that should have been orbis ocularis
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 17 November 2018 04:22 (five years ago) link
I had a bag of peanuts next to my tobacco pouch, so I scattered peanuts on the rolling paper. My mind just kind of froze, trying to figure out what was wrong.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 8 December 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
haha :D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 December 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
https://g.redditmedia.com/V62zR1bDHg-4VTQN4436rO92VwCyqCNimxX1bWn3p2s.gif?w=320&s=5dcee96c2bbee0aeef6072c1485093a8
― wmlynch, Saturday, 8 December 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
the whole time i was reading jon plowman’s autobiography audiobook i thought i was mentally picturing jon plowman, but weeks later i’ve realised i was mentally picturing peter baynham
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 21 January 2019 11:49 (five years ago) link
I don't think you were too far off tbf
― kinder, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:54 (five years ago) link
they do look remarkably similar, it’s true
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 10:13 (five years ago) link
i read your tweet picturing john barrowman, so it can get worse
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 04:44 (five years ago) link
at work today i stood beside a trashcan with a full cup of coffee with a couple of disposable doodads of milk to put in my coffeei opened the first milk doodad & caught myself about to pour the milk in the trash & put empty doodad in coffee instead of vice versai must remain vigilant at all times
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 06:08 (five years ago) link
watching TV yesterday and said "oh I like her jumper, I'm sure I have one like that"
I was wearing the identical jumper at the time
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 10:43 (five years ago) link
I just put the sugar in the fridge...
― Ned Trifle X, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 11:35 (five years ago) link
...I have no idea where I put the milk.
― Ned Trifle X, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 11:36 (five years ago) link
I started putting hot pepper sauce on my granddaughter's bowl of pasta instead of mine. Lifted out the pieces affected and stirred the rest together with some cheese. Sorted.
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Thursday, 21 February 2019 12:53 (five years ago) link
Had a dream last night that I had to go back to college and I'm blaming that somehow for why I forgot to wear a belt today.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 21 February 2019 12:56 (five years ago) link
I have this jar of dried chili flakes that I always forget doesn't have a sprinkler bit on the top, it's just open, so several times I've just dumped like quarter of a jar on my/ my kids' food then had to try and scrape it off
― kinder, Thursday, 21 February 2019 13:55 (five years ago) link
Hate it when I forget to wear a belt. No one ever says anything, but man. Might as well be wearing a leotard.
― pplains, Thursday, 21 February 2019 14:22 (five years ago) link
Today I was hanging out laundry - took out a grey tshirt and wondered why I hadn't remembered it was dip-dye/ ombre effect. Considered that perhaps the bottom half had somehow got a bit dryer during the spin section of the cycle with the top half staying wetter (it was quite a small load), but it didn't feel unevenly damp.
Took me a minute or so to remember I was wearing gradient tinted sunglasses 😎
― kinder, Sunday, 21 April 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
hb dude \m/
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 April 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
:D thx mookie!!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 April 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
hbd VG! One of the best!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 April 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
this gal
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Friday, 17 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
a legend imo
― He is married to Brogmus, Linda. (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 17 April 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
happy birthday!
― brownie, Friday, 17 April 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
HB to a poster of great acumen and excellence!
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 17 April 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
HB VG! a legend indeed
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 17 April 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
yayyyy VG a light in these dark times
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 18 April 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
There's a very famous actress who's starred on a TV show, been in movies, written books... and I can not remember her name. I can sure as hell remember her character's name, but not her IRL name.
I can see her face, hear her voice, name all of the other actors she's done work with. I can even see the book cover in my mind, but I can not for the life of me remember her name.
I could google the answer in four seconds, but I'd really, really like to figure this one out on my own.
― pplains, Thursday, 23 April 2020 02:42 (four years ago) link
Know how it goes
― Together Again Or (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2020 02:50 (four years ago) link
god speed, pplains
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 April 2020 02:51 (four years ago) link