FabSwingers.com forum: Can you remember your or your partner's mobile no?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Was watching a programme yesterday saying that statistically our memories are getting worse with each generation. Apparently because we use the Internet and mobile phones so no need to memorise so much information.

Allegedly - half of us don't know our partner's mobile number and some of us, our own.

I must confess I know mine and can remember the first 5 digits of Mr's, but not the rest. Thats terrible really - I should know it without looking!

Sarah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know mine

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

I know my mobile numbers and my friends and family mobiles.

I know their landlines

I order goods without getting my card out cos I know my 16 digit number , expiry dates , 3 digit number offat back x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes it's 077...6..1? oh forget it!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I find it easy

Maybe that's because I play with numbers every day (number crunching)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know mine and Marc's. But I don't know my office phone number. I just tell people to look me up in the directory

It's an interesting finding, though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I know mine

What is it then xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes its 078.... ah you dont catch me that easy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Know mine mrs mums dads and sisters

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By *anky_PankyWoman
over a year ago

Filthy Fuckeryville

No but I can remember my ex's!

He used to ask me what it was when someone asked (hospital appointments etc)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know mine.... However that's only a recent thing after having the number over 2 years...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I know my mobile numbers and my friends and family mobiles.

I know their landlines

I order goods without getting my card out cos I know my 16 digit number , expiry dates , 3 digit number offat back x "

I impressed someone by doing the same with my card the other day. I decided I'd obviously spent too much on it. Must be your EBay spending Granny?

Sarah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i know mine, that's it.

i could never remember everyone's landline numbers, which are shorter. pretty sure they had phone books so we didn't need to remember them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes its 078.... ah you dont catch me that easy"

Wow, that was close..

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes it's 077...6..1? oh forget it!!

I'm not craftily after mobile numbers

Sarah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes it's 077...6..1? oh forget it!!

I'm not craftily after mobile numbers

Sarah "

I know, i just couldn't remember mine...

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"I know my mobile numbers and my friends and family mobiles.

I know their landlines

I order goods without getting my card out cos I know my 16 digit number , expiry dates , 3 digit number offat back x

I impressed someone by doing the same with my card the other day. I decided I'd obviously spent too much on it. Must be your EBay spending Granny?

Sarah "

I was new to that. Now im never going back. Declined an offer that upped my offer on a chair this morning..... close shave.. thank fuff they never accepted my offer..... what's wrong with me.... impulsive or what ?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I order goods without getting my card out cos I know my 16 digit number , expiry dates , 3 digit number offat back x

I impressed someone by doing the same with my card the other day. I decided I'd obviously spent too much on it. Must be your EBay spending Granny?

Sarah

You need to start going to car boot sales - no postage then !

Sarah

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"i know mine, that's it.

i could never remember everyone's landline numbers, which are shorter. pretty sure they had phone books so we didn't need to remember them."

Landlines were easy. There were three digits for the area e.g 525 was Aintree. 924 was crosby 920 was Bootle. All you had to do was remember the 4 digits that followed.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"I order goods without getting my card out cos I know my 16 digit number , expiry dates , 3 digit number offat back x

I impressed someone by doing the same with my card the other day. I decided I'd obviously spent too much on it. Must be your EBay spending Granny?

Sarah

You need to start going to car boot sales - no postage then !

Sarah "

I can't I come home with such eloquent objects de art..... that transform into useless ugly shit when displayed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I know my mobile numbers and my friends and family mobiles.

I know their landlines

I order goods without getting my card out cos I know my 16 digit number , expiry dates , 3 digit number offat back x "

This

Bank account details

Passport details

Phone number of places I worked at 20 years ago

Yes my head is full of rubbish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I know my mobile numbers and my friends and family mobiles.

I know their landlines

I order goods without getting my card out cos I know my 16 digit number , expiry dates , 3 digit number offat back x

This

Bank account details

Passport details

Phone number of places I worked at 20 years ago

Yes my head is full of rubbish

I have trouble remembering my house number !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've lost that many phones!!!!!

but give me a day with my number and I end up remembering it forever..unlike the phone itself.

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By *artytwoCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

"I know my mobile numbers and my friends and family mobiles.

I know their landlines

I order goods without getting my card out cos I know my 16 digit number , expiry dates , 3 digit number offat back x "

I (T) can do all that. I can remember numbers from years ago including car reg's, post codes. Weird innit? D can't remember any numbers but can describe past things in fine detail like house interiors and colours, fillums she's seen etc.

Memory is a strange thing and it would be interesting to study it.

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I can remember my best friend from schools phone number. I've not spoken to her in 20 years.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know my mobile but couldn't remember my landline the other day when filling out some paperwork and had to get it off my mobile.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I know mine

What is it then xx"

I've told you already. If you can't remember it, that's your problem

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

Mobile numbers, no.

I know most of my friends & family's landlines off by heart.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I can remember my best friend from schools phone number. I've not spoken to her in 20 years.

I can remember my best friends from school too....she hasn't had that number for over 30 years

I know my Mobile number but have no idea what hubby's is...i have no need to...it's in my phone

Can also remember the registration number from my first car and my NI number weirdly.

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By *JB1954Man
over a year ago

Reading

Had my number for at least eight years. Only last year was able to remember it and give out . Without looking on phone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I know his number, it's his birthday I struggle with

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman
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over a year ago

My Own Little World

I know mine but can never remember my husbands.

I haven't had to remember a phone number in 15 years, I just put them in my phone and jab my finger on their face when I need to call them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I couldn't remember my registration number of my car, mind was quite new .

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I couldn't remember my registration number of my car, mind was quite new .

My friend completely lost her new car in a car park! Her partner had bought it for her and she forgot what it was like. She had to wander round clicking the key fob until a car clicked and she knew that was hers. We still laugh about it ....

Sarah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i know mine and thats all - i struggle to remember the home phone as we never use it - got a mind full of card numbers and passwords etc for zillion other things

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I couldn't remember my registration number of my car, mind was quite new .

Sarah "

Lol I did that in carpark. Didn't get my usual parking space. Went where I thought my car was.Thought it had been stolen .

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

yes and my own. Not the kids tho they are just in my fone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know a couple including my own, whereas I still carry round lots of landline numbers in my head learned years ago.

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

I can remember my own but I've had it since 1998 so plenty of time to memorise it. Also a couple of other land line and mobile numbers Too cos I've dialled them enough they've sunk in by osmosis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Canny even remember where I live some days!

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By *arehamMan
over a year ago

handforth

I don't know mine because I never ring it?.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i know mine, that's it.

i could never remember everyone's landline numbers, which are shorter. pretty sure they had phone books so we didn't need to remember them.

Landlines were easy. There were three digits for the area e.g 525 was Aintree. 924 was crosby 920 was Bootle. All you had to do was remember the 4 digits that followed. "

i had friends outside of town as well as in it, and the number after the code was 6 numbers long in my day.

hehe always wanted to say in my day.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Of course

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By *verready32Man
over a year ago

omagh

I can remember 8 family members mobile number, but not their house,cos I never phone the house number lol!

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

I know mine .. If you want to memorise a number breàk it down into groups of three digits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know mine.

I can still recite all my best friends' numbers from primary school. When you had to dial each number (and wait for the dial to return to position) you had ample time to memorise the number. Phones with memories have ruined that for us.

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By *verready32Man
over a year ago

omagh

"I couldn't remember my registration number of my car, mind was quite new .

Sarah

Lol I did that in carpark. Didn't get my usual parking space. Went where I thought my car was.Thought it had been stolen .

A number of year ago , when we used car keys to open and look the car door, I unlocked and got into the wrong car, it was the same colour and make as mine lol!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm really good with phone numbers, car Reg numbers etc. Everything else I'm rubbish at remembering. I can't even remember how many pints I had last night. Although I do remember getting up 8 times for a pee.

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