Memory (Page 6): He played Jingles as sidekick to Wild Bill Hickok on weekly tv show...

Bohica Loc: SE Coast of NC

Jimmy T wrote:

Did he go by "Jingles"?

He played Jingles as sidekick to Wild Bill Hickok on weekly tv show

tomc601 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

Yet, I can't remember why I walked into a room or where I left something.[/quote]

You forgot your shoes.

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

jerryc41 wrote:

The memory is an odd feature of the brain. When I was a kid, there was a kids' show that had Buster Brown Shoes as a sponsor. That was over seventy years ago, and I still remember the tag line. "I'm Buster Browne. I live in a shoe. That's my dog Tige. He lives in there, too. Yet, I can't remember why I walked into a room or where I left something.

This guy belongs to my wife, but it was handed down to her by one of her older siblings. At about ten inches tall, he's hard and brittle (originally rubber), and has lost a hand and a leg, but still hanging on. She didn't know who he was until I told her:

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

niteman3d wrote:

This guy belongs to my wife, but it was handed down to her by one of her older siblings. At about ten inches tall, he's hard and brittle (originally rubber), and has lost a hand and a leg, but still hanging on. She didn't know who he was until I told her:

I think that was a prop in a horror movie. The part the frog lost would also be lost from the last person to handle it. (Only kidding about that, but there's the basis for a movie. 😁)

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

A movie may be in order. Couldn't be any worse than some of the recent crop. I wonder how I know if he still has his magic twanger?

rpm Loc: Houston, TX

I wish I had a magic twanger

Tommg

argue for your weakness and their yours

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

rpm wrote:

I wish I had a magic twanger

Would you plunk it if you did?

netsailer Loc: Tampa, FL

jerryc41 wrote:

The memory is an odd feature of the brain. When I was a kid, there was a kids' show that had Buster Brown Shoes as a sponsor. That was over seventy years ago, and I still remember the tag line. "I'm Buster Browne. I live in a shoe. That's my dog Tige. He lives in there, too. Yet, I can't remember why I walked into a room or where I left something.

Well, part of the problem is the part of the brain, in the hippocampus, that encodes recent memories doesn't work that well as we get older. One trick is to remember to take a look at something, or make an effort to think about a topic. Its called mindfulness. So, when you go to the grocery store and park your car in a big lot, make a habit of pausing for a second and looking at where it is, instead of just dashing off to buy something, or make an appointment on time. etc. Or, thinking about the thing that has popped into your head, for a second. Else, easily forgotten. Like it never entered your head.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

netsailer wrote:

Well, part of the problem is the part of the brai... (show quote)

Below is a memory trick someone presented. Memorize this easy list. When you have to remember several items, associate a mental image with each item. I've used it - when I remember to - and it does work. The rhyming makes it easy to remember the terms. If I have to remember to buy a note pad, I can picture a notepad in a hamburger bun, etc.

One bun
Two shoe
Three tree
four door
Five hive
Six stick
Seven heaven
Eight gate
Nine line
Ten hen

russraman Loc: New York City

Time to reformat the memory card in your brain?

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

I can still remember 3 things that LS/MFT stood for.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

russraman wrote:

Time to reformat the memory card in your brain?

You mean start from scratch? Never!

Bartulius Loc: Bristol, Ct

As you get up to go to the other room state the reason for going, say it out loud 3 times. It works for me.

PaulBrit Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon

netsailer wrote:

Well, part of the problem is the part of the brai... (show quote)

That is helpful, as are many of the other comments.

I have recently turned 79 plus a biking accident a few years ago that put me in hospital with two, yes two, sub-dural bleedings. The surgeon who operated on my head said that I was a very lucky man and if he hadn't seen me that day he couldn't tell me the consequences. Plus, Jeannie, my dear wife, says that I do go on about it!