[AGL] Rememberin names
michele mason
yaya.m at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 17 08:10:59 EST 2007
Absolutely, mm
On Feb 13, 2007, at 9:34 AM, Igor Loving wrote:
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> Charlie Loving
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>> Hi, boys and girls havn't been able to get on line as i was too
>> crippled up to walk to the wifi cafe and the clutch on my truck went
>> out. mobile again now and found some nice doctors that will take my
>> medicare...so hoping to get my legs fixed before too long.
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>> Jeff, good to read you, hope this gets thru, i'm still not havin
>> particularly reliable results posting to this list.
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>> There was a thing on Scientific American Frontiers, that show on PBS
>> that Alan Alda hosted, about memory research, that found that
>> memories tied to a strong emotional response( in this case holding
>> one's elbow in ice water), are stored differently from regular
>> memories and are not only more vivid but more easily accessed.
>>
>> Getting the names of people you run into that you know but can't
>> think of is greatly facilitated by having a friend/partner who
>> introduces themself when they see you are stuck.
>>
>> I have always had hell with this so whenever i meet someone i quote
>> the inimitable Crazy Carl Hickerson-Bull who said i know 4,000 people
>> and only 400 names. Then i tell them its entirely possible we've done
>> this before and seven or eight more times and i'll probaly have it.
>>
>> when i was a young guy i illustrated a series of filmstrips called
>> the Sparks Memory course. He recommended that you repeat the name
>> when its given, then try and use it at least twice in the ensuing
>> conversation...this helps burn it in. Also you can build a mnemonic
>> picture involving the syllables of the name and physical attributes
>> of their face. This takes some practice but is thoroughly effective.
>>
>> so wher y'at these days? do ya still have the moonwalking jalapeno
>> neon i designed for BeBop?
>>
>> micael
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>>> 1. Re: 3 restaurants in Austin (Madeleine Villatorro)
>>> 2. More on Remembring Names (Jeffrey Nightbyrd)
>>> 3. Re: More on Remembring Names (Gerry)
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 11:12:07 -0600
>>> From: "Madeleine Villatorro" <catzen at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] 3 restaurants in Austin
>>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
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>>> Just trendy, somewhat expensive places. Zoot has been around at
>>> least 15
>>> years. It's like Jeffery's small, well-touted chef,
>>> reservations-only type
>>> of place located in an old house. Madeleine
>>>
>>> On 6 Feb 2007 13:37:25 -0800, globe at zipcon.net <globe at zipcon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Opened a trade magazine and noticed they were touting 3 new places
>>>> in
>>>> Austin to
>>>> dine; Hotel San Jose, Zoot, and Tears of Joy Hot Sauce Shop. Are
>>>> they the
>>>> typical rip off places?
>>>> Carolyn
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>>> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:31:27 -0800 (PST)
>>> From: Jeffrey Nightbyrd <brazilnightbyrd2003 at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: [AGL] More on Remembring Names
>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
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>>> Gang,
>>> I told an old friend that I was worried that I couldn't
>>> remember names very well. Or they would pop in my mind several hours
>>> after I needed them. Always socially embarassing particularly when
>>> you can visualize all the stories and times you shared. My firend
>>> said,
>>> "Don't worry Jeff. You couldn't remember names when you were 20."
>>> What puzzles me is how this actually functions? Most the the
>>> research purports that an active brain doesn't dminish. An active
>>> mind generates new synapses and memories to the very end ...well as
>>> long as oxygen is getting to the noggin.
>>> Do we merely not remember names becuase there is such a vast
>>> amount of data in our hard drives as we age and like a old computer
>>> retrival takes longer?..or is it something else? Exercise or
>>> hyperbaric chambers which really get oxygenated blood to the brain
>>> seems to boost memory.
>>> But I wander if any of you have more scientific info on why we
>>> can't recall? Thanks,
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> fmaverick at austin.rr.com wrote:
>>> Yes she was. Lovely. Sometimes she introduced herself as Terrell
>>> Maverick Webb, so everyone would know she had TWO famous husbands.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: michele mason Date: Monday, February 5, 2007 3:11 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] different strokes, forgetting names
>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks Font. A wise grandmother?was she Mrs. Webb(sp?), the lovely
>>>> woman I knew?
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 5, 2007, at 3:05 PM, fmaverick at austin.rr.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I always, always, say my name when I see someone (unless I see
>>>> them
>>>> > regularly). My memory for names is not perfect and occasionally I
>>>> have > a
>>>> > lapse that is beyond understanding - the person across the room is
>>>> > someone I KNOW that I KNEW - and I can usually recall the last
>>>> city
>>>> > council meeting where I saw them in '96, and the kind of dog they
>>>> had.>
>>>> > I assume that even though I am on hugging terms, the person may be
>>>> > grieving or under some kind of stress, or may have lapses like
>>>> mine. I
>>>> > said my name to Molly in the elevator when I hugged her in
>>>> December, > and
>>>> > I said my name to Dave yesterday. I said my name several times,
>>>> in > fact.
>>>> > I think Michele got it right about withholding judgement in
>>>> certain
>>>> > situations.
>>>> >
>>>> > One time, years ago, I chided my elderly grandmother for not >
>>>> introducing
>>>> > me to some woman at a gathering - the three of us had been in a
>>>> brief> conversation. She told me that she could not think of the
>>>> woman's name,
>>>> > and that it was de riguer for me to help the situation by
>>>> introducing> myself, and asking her name so that all three of us
>>>> would then be
>>>> > comfortable. I have never forgotten it.
>>>> >
>>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>>> > From: michele mason > Date: Monday, February 5, 2007 2:24 pm
>>>> > Subject: Re: [AGL] different strokes for different folks
>>>> > To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>>> > >
>>>> >> Could be. My cynical side would agree. She did remember their
>>>> names
>>>> >> and
>>>> >> why would I matter?
>>>> >> I mean, how does one know to judge harshly without personal
>>>> evidence?>> I'll be away from the mac tomorrow, working on the
>>>> multitude of
>>>> >> paperwork.
>>>> >> Wishing all another lovely day.
>>>> >> mm
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Feb 5, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> Michele,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> apparently Ann had different strokes for different folks.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> i remember her as gov giving a brief address indoors
>>>> >>> at an art thing - Mexic-arte i think.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> standing in front of her i moved a little to the left then
>>>> >>> a little to the right, but she had no trouble not noticing
>>>> >>> me. if she called out to you in a crowd to ask you
>>>> >>> about your children, she was playing you (and them)
>>>> >>> like a piano.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> mike
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:33:48 -0700
>>> From: "Gerry" <mesmo at gilanet.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] More on Remembring Names
>>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
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>>> I read somewhere a long time ago that the number of synapses
>>> decreases with age. Synapses are the brain's transmitter circuits,
>>> you need them to make the connection between the new idea and the
>>> data base where your memory is stored. So, if the synapses decrease
>>> in number then your new idea has to wait in line for the next
>>> available synapse before it can retrieve data from the database.
>>>
>>> A few years ago I added L-Phenylalanine to my daily supplement menu.
>>> It is supposed to help the body synthesize the neurotransmitters
>>> dopamine and norepinephrine. Does it work? I guess so. My memory is
>>> hardly flawless but it works more often than not, altho sometimes it
>>> takes awhile...
>>>
>>> BTW Jeff, what was that airline to Brazil you told me about years
>>> ago? And do you know of an airline that has good rates to Lima,
>>> Peru?
>>> G
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeffrey Nightbyrd To:
>>> survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent:
>>> Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:31 AM
>>> Subject: [AGL] More on Remembring Names
>>>
>>>
>>> Gang,
>>>
>>> I told an old friend that I was worried that I couldn't remember
>>> names very well. Or they would pop in my mind several hours after I
>>> needed them. Always socially embarassing particularly when you can
>>> visualize all the stories and times you shared. My firend said,
>>> "Don't worry Jeff. You couldn't remember names when you were 20."
>>>
>>> What puzzles me is how this actually functions? Most the the
>>> research purports that an active brain doesn't dminish. An active
>>> mind generates new synapses and memories to the very end ...well as
>>> long as oxygen is getting to the noggin.
>>>
>>> Do we merely not remember names becuase there is such a vast
>>> amount of data in our hard drives as we age and like a old computer
>>> retrival takes longer?..or is it something else? Exercise or
>>> hyperbaric chambers which really get oxygenated blood to the brain
>>> seems to boost memory.
>>>
>>> But I wander if any of you have more scientific info on why we
>>> can't recall?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> fmaverick at austin.rr.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes she was. Lovely. Sometimes she introduced herself as Terrell
>>> Maverick Webb, so everyone would know she had TWO famous
>>> husbands.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: michele mason Date: Monday, February 5, 2007 3:11 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] different strokes, forgetting names
>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>>
>>>
>>> > Thanks Font. A wise grandmother-was she Mrs. Webb(sp?), the
>>> lovely > woman I knew?
>>> > > On Feb 5, 2007, at 3:05 PM, fmaverick at austin.rr.com
>>> wrote:
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> > > I always, always, say my name when I see someone (unless I
>>> see them
>>> > > regularly). My memory for names is not perfect and
>>> occasionally I > have > > a
>>> > > lapse that is beyond understanding - the person across the
>>> room is
>>> > > someone I KNOW that I KNEW - and I can usually recall the
>>> last city
>>> > > council meeting where I saw them in '96, and the kind of dog
>>> they > had.>
>>> > > I assume that even though I am on hugging terms, the person
>>> may be
>>> > > grieving or under some kind of stress, or may have lapses
>>> like > mine. I
>>> > > said my name to Molly in the elevator when I hugged her in
>>> > December, > > and
>>> > > I said my name to Dave yesterday. I said my name several
>>> times, > in > > fact.
>>> > > I think Michele got it right about withholding judgement in
>>> certain
>>> > > situations.
>>> > >
>>> > > One time, years ago, I chided my elderly grandmother for not
>>> > > introducing
>>> > > me to some woman at a gathering - the three of us had been
>>> in a > brief> conversation. She told me that she could not think
>>> of the > woman's name,
>>> > > and that it was de riguer for me to help the situation by
>>> > introducing> myself, and asking her name so that all three of us
>>> > would then be
>>> > > comfortable. I have never forgotten it.
>>> > >
>>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > > From: michele mason > > Date: Monday, February 5, 2007
>>> 2:24 pm
>>> > > Subject: Re: [AGL] different strokes for different folks
>>> > > To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the
>>> 60s
>>> > > > >
>>> > >> Could be. My cynical side would agree. She did remember
>>> their names
>>> > >> and
>>> > >> why would I matter?
>>> > >> I mean, how does one know to judge harshly without personal
>>> > evidence?>> I'll be away from the mac tomorrow, working on the
>>> > multitude of
>>> > >> paperwork.
>>> > >> Wishing all another lovely day.
>>> > >> mm
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >> On Feb 5, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> > >>> Michele,
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> apparently Ann had different strokes for different folks.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> i remember her as gov giving a brief address indoors
>>> > >>> at an art thing - Mexic-arte i think.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> standing in front of her i moved a little to the left then
>>> > >>> a little to the right, but she had no trouble not noticing
>>> > >>> me. if she called out to you in a crowd to ask you
>>> > >>> about your children, she was playing you (and them)
>>> > >>> like a piano.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> mike
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jeffrey Nightbyrd
>>> 512 416-9222
>>> brazilnightbyrd2003 at yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
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