So why is it that I’m almost sixty and I swear that in many ways my memory is getting BETTER?
Because you forgot so much that you now have more room.............like cleaning your hard drive!.......
An elderly man that was having difficulty with his memory had recently come under the care of a memory specialist. He was teaching his elderly patient the benefits of diet and regular exercise as a way of extending the memory recall his patient still possessed. Additionally, he was teaching him how to use association and other mental tricks to help aid with his declining recall.
That evening the elderly man and his wife had some friends over for dinner. While the women were in the kitchen putting the finishing touches on the meal the elderly man was relating to his friend the things he was learning. He spoke with excitement and pride regarding his new knowledge and how helpful the doctor’s recommendations had been. Impressed, the friend asked, “Say, what’s the name of that doctor anyway?” “Oh, oh, ah, ah let’s see, ah, oh yea I know, ah what’s the name of that, that flower, you know which one I mean. It’s the one that smells so good and a, a, it, it it’s usually red and, ah, and it has thorns, yea, it has thorns - you know, right?” Puzzled, the friend stated, “You - don’t - mean - a rose, do you?” “Yea, yea that’s it! A - a rose, a rose. Hey Rose, what’s the name of that doctor I’m seeing?”