Many of us canot remember what we said at the last large gathering we attended. Mine was last Sunday. 35 riders 10 & 20 miles ride. I can tell you about the trail, but not what I said all day long.
12 years ago????
I could not even tell you where I was 12 years ago on a certain date unless I looked at my bookkeeping billing book & got some clues.
Sometimes 12 minutes ago is a stretch-—I go into the kitchen to get something & cannot remember what I wanted.
Cain is getting crucified over not remembering something from 12 years ago in detail????
This is a sad state of affairs in today’s America.
That’s my point. Congressional hearings are always full of the “cannot recall” for events that took place a couple of months ago. For someone to come out and say “I remember that was at that particular dinner, but I can’t recall any sexual harassing going on” isn’t really saying much. Especially 12 years later. Yet, if someone were at such a dinner and saw something memorable, that they could recall it 12 years later wouldn’t be remarkable.
Saying, in effect, “I can’t recall having heard any barking dog 12 years ago” is useless.