Martina Milburn: What Makes a Great Role Model
Can't remember where you put your keys or what you had for breakfast? Before you panic, keep in mind that age-related memory loss is not totally inevitable! There are actually many things you can do to keep your brain sharp as a tack when you're 87.Studies show that, as with your old laptop, the brain loses memory ability when there's a lack of storage space (i.e. why you can remember all the lyrics to Madonna's "Like a Virgin," but can't remember where you parked your car). Short of a mental spam folder, however, there are a few things you can do to make the memory space you've got left function more efficiently.
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Thursday 02 July
By Martin Ripley
uh... I forgot...
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Thursday 02 July
By glaurieglaurieHALLELUJAH
now ...THAT'S funny
Thursday 02 July
By Stush
A 75 yr old guy hits a golf ball a mile, but can't see well at all. He's talking to the club pro who says, "You know, we have an 85 yr old member who can't walk much less swing a club, but LOVES the game and has the eyesight of an eagle. I bet he would ride with you in the cart, you could hit the ball and he could tell you where it went. Sure enough, next day on the first tee, the 75 yr old hits the ball hard and straight. He looks back at the 85 yr old and asks, "Well, did you see it?" The guy says, "Of course I saw it, I have the eyesight of an eagle!" The 75 yr old says, "That's great! Where did it go?", to which the 85 yr old replies, "I don't remember!"
Thursday 02 July
By Jonathan
I just had a dream that Madonna and I were just starting to get it on, and then there was a knock on the door (in the dream). Is that what this is about?
Thursday 02 July
By magnolia
interesting. Many of the things listed I do and it gave me a lift to know that I am on the right path. pLus a few more that I will do now. computer work is especially good to keep you organized, now I need to organize my "external brain" better to find the paths to where I stored things. Landmarks etc. Get rid of anxiety by thinking and acting rather than keep turning it over in our mind in your sleep. Also I will learn that new software.that I have been putting off.
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Thursday 02 July
By Paul Herrell
YEA BOY, sounds like a super place to meet someone nice, ... to take you for every nickle you've saved all your life for.
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Thursday 02 July
By malik
A good way to keep your brain sharp is that when you come home try closing your eyes and search your key ring to find the key to open your door.
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Friday 03 July
By dave
i only got one key on my key ring! lol
Thursday 02 July
By Barbara Dale
The photo attached to this article lists the word "stationery" in the list of things presumably to remember. Assuming the person meant to write stationary, rather than stationery indicates that he or she forgot or was not taught how to remember the difference between the meanings of those two words. Stationary, like paper with an "a", I remember my third grade teacher, Mrs. Markey, teaching my class in 1959. And I remember wondering how I would ever recall that memory trigger since paper had both an "a" and an "e" in it. Oh, me oh my...Clearly, the instruction of Mrs. Markey worked and my memory works!
Or perhaps the handwritten note is reminding the person to stand stationery for some reason. Now what was I doing before I began writing this nonsense..........
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Thursday 02 July
By mamlukman
whoops. "Stationery" is envelopes, paper, etc. "Stationary" is standing still. The mnemonic device I use is "envelope" --starts with e, "stationery" has an e.
Thursday 02 July
By Richard
Great Scott!
Back to the third grade for you. Just remember: Stationery is sold by a stationer; stationary is the other one. If you don't have a dictionary, try Wikipedia.
Thursday 02 July
By Alphaonedsgns
Barbara Dale, clearly you did NOT remember! Check your dictionary and you will find the truth. I should know, I used to work for a company that sold office furniture and stationEry.
Thursday 02 July
By Glenn
You have it backwards ... "staionery" is writing paper; "staionary" is what you are when you stand still.
Thursday 02 July
By allen iverson
The photo attached to this article lists the word "stationery" in the list of things presumably to remember. Assuming the person meant to write stationary, rather than stationery indicates that he or she forgot or was not taught how to remember the difference between the meanings of those two words. Stationary, like paper with an "a", I remember my third grade teacher, Mrs. Markey, teaching my class in 1959. And I remember wondering how I would ever recall that memory trigger since paper had both an "a" and an "e" in it. Oh, me oh my...Clearly, the instruction of Mrs. Markey worked and my memory works!
Or perhaps the handwritten note is reminding the person to stand stationery for some reason. Now what was I doing before I began writing this nonsense..........
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Thursday 02 July
By Richard
Did you sit next to Barbara Dale in Mrs. Markey's third grade class? Did you ALWAYS copy her work? You should have sat next to someone else. Poor Mrs. Markey---can we hear from her?
Thursday 02 July
By Rachel Chavira
I am forty years old and taking Zoology in college. I am very organized and study continuously. I have tried the mnemonic device, but for the Zoology words... it just does not seem to stick. This is my first time in college, so it has been a challenge taking two classes and a computer course. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Thursday 02 July
By john blahuta
going through the alphabet always works for me
john
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Thursday 02 July
By me
Maybe this mini English lesson will help clear up the confusion.
"Stationery" (1670-80: writing paper and writing materials) came from the word "stationer" (1350-1400: bookseller or publisher, but literally someone with a permanent shop, or "station") which came from the Latin word "stationarius." "Stationary" (1400-1450: standing still) came from the same Latin word.
Perhaps it's easiest to remember "stationery" = station (place where someone is usually located) + er (a person who is at that place) + y (writing materials they use) vs. "stationary" = station (see above) + ary (state of being)
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Thursday 02 July
By me
Besides the stationery/stationary comment, I wonder what kind of shopping list that is! " Light meter, film, bathtub, stationery, camera, mp3." Is he having a photo shoot of someone writing a letter while taking a bath and listening to music?
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Friday 03 July
By john
me - that was very funny! I wondered the same thing. A very unusual shopping list, to say the least!
jvb