•     Have some of you Boomers noticed your memory isn't as good as it used to be? Also, have any of you noticed your memory isn't as good as it used to be? Recently, I spent about an extra hour wandering around a store wondering what the string tied around my finger was supposed to remind me to buy.  I finally gave up and went home. My wife wanted to know where the ball of string was that I was supposed to buy. It's funny, I don't remember being absent minded. I guess it's a common Boomer trait. One thing I think is positive about having a poor memory is that when someone tells me a secret, it is definitely safe with me. I've heard that eating blueberries is beneficial for memory so I've been eating blueberries and I think it works. I can remember when they were only $1.50 a pound. We're told to stimulate our minds and memory by reading, doing crossword puzzles or maybe learning a new language. I don't like crossword puzzles so I tried Sudoku; it enhanced my anger management more than my memory skills. I tried a foreign language once and it created only bad memories. Everyone else in the class already had one year of German except me and the instructor didn't know this. He just thought I was the class idiot. He also had some memory problems because he never could remember my name. He just addressed me as "Herr Dumb Kopf"!  I did buy a book once while in college for memory enhancement. It did work if you applied it. I don't remember now who it is that I lent it to. They say that a stimulating ten minute conversation can boost memory abilities. It's true. I recently met an old acquaintance, about my age, it took us both about ten minutes to remember why we knew each other.
•      Norman Vincent Peale taught us to always look at the positive side of life. I think that means that some things are best, forgotten.
•      Excuse me; I just received a text from my wife.  "Did you remember to buy toilet paper?"  Later, gotta go!
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