What have you forgotten as you age? I just tried to do some geometry. I have

[applegrove]

forgotten the different proofs. Damn that was the math I got 100% in. Just tried a proof. I need more than two tricks to complete it. But I can't be bothered to look them up. I figure it is gone for a reason.

[fierywoman]

1. Ask the nearest teenager ... that's what I do !

[Ocelot II]

2. I've forgotten how to conjugate Latin verbs, I can't remember the quadratic formula,

or the Krebs cycle, or or or...

[SergeStorms]

3. What was the question again?

What have I forgotten? How much time do you have?

I forgot trigonometry shortly after I learned it, and I can't remember a single instance where I would have used it after graduating high school.

[elleng]

4. Never LEARNED geometry!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. Gregg shorthand. Especially transcribing it!

[CTyankee]

6. I had to take two years of Latin in high school before I could take French or Spanish.

Latin has been extremely useful in figuring out the meanings of words in English and also French, I have found. Latin helped me to be a good writer.

[grumpyduck]

25. Same here. nt

[applegrove]

35. So many from a neighborhood near mine took Latin in grade 9 so they

could go to my high-school that had the course. I was so glad I didn't have to.

[betsuni]

7. I tried to do division the other day and gave up.

Too hard. I'd fit right in with pre-modern cultures that named numbers up to five or so and after that it was just "many."

[Kaleva]

8. I used to know all the Presidents, the states and state capitols, countries of Europe,

the capitols of those nations and other trivia. I can't do that anymore.

[applegrove]

12. When I was a kid we all knew the countries and capitals in the world.

My younger brother especially. Now I have no idea about the newest countries or their capitals.

[yonder]

9. Names of fiddle tunes.

Like riding a bike, the tunes usually come back but the names are often gone. So the old adage works more and more: "No, but play me a few bars....."

[mainer]

20. Same here!

Play a few bars and I can join in. The melody stays but the names are gone.

[yonder]

30. Ha, ha, too much!

And here's a crazy thing also: sometimes the tune gets a-going and if you have trouble picking it up, you just lean over and ask "what's this again?" and hearing the name, you're onto the melody just like that.

I've been mystified by this forever. On the one hand, you forgot the name but know the tune and on the other, rough on the tune till you hear the name which somehow unlocks it.

I don't get it. Similar experience for yourself?

[mainer]

53. Yes! And sometimes I match the wrong B part to the A part.

I'll do the A part, and then when it gets to the B part, I automatically play the B from an entirely different tune because at that moment they seem to go together.

It gets worse the more tunes you know. And then there are variations between different parts of the country so if you travel to southern states, or to Ireland, things change!

[yonder]

58. Those pesky B parts, for me reels in E Dorian especially, can throw a wrench in the works.

Though usually not leading to a train wreck, when your pals start staring at you, you'd better start thinking about what you're playing. It's a real riot when the tune comes back around and you start playing the matching A part. That'll cause the train wreck which means time for another pint. Agree that a larger tune base can make it worse.

[triron]

10. Work on it. It can come back. Our brains can still make new connections.

[El Supremo]

18. Agree. If you try hard you can still remember things.

Lately, I've been going down the alphabet for names.

[Brother Buzz]

11. I forgot how to Hula hoop

I tried it a few years ago, and I could get it to around about four times before it landed on the ground.

I thought long and hard about my disappointment when it dawned on me; I've been in deep denial because I never could hula hoop with my childhood snake hips.

[applegrove]

13. I could never hula hoop and I had Ursula Andress hips. I think it is the rhythm not the width of the

hips.

[Celerity]

14. Hips Don't Lie

[applegrove]

16. My hips are popping has a different meaning between Shakira's age

in this video and my age now. If my hips pop it is time to see the doctor.

[Celerity]

21. eeek

If my hips pop it is time to see the doctor.

guess these are out then

[applegrove]

24. I tend to lay on one side when watching tv or sleeping. The top hip is a little sore. So I'm trying

to lay on my other side. Maybe give my top hip rest from being top.

[Celerity]

31. I hope you soon feel better!

[applegrove]

32. Thank you.

[womanofthehills]

51. The secret is to get or make a large hoop

The larger the hoop, the easier it is. About 5 yrs ago, a group of us had a hooping class. We made our own large hoops. You have to be a little kid to hoop with one you would find at Walmart.

[applegrove]

52. I would need one 3 yards across at this time then. LOL

[elias7]

15. I bet you probably couldn't have done that at your 10th yr reunion

C’mon… there’s nothing I learned in high school or college that I had very good recall on just a handful of years later. I think it has less to do with aging and more to do with time passing and not using these things as working knowledge.

I did a spell of tutoring math and science at the age of 32, and I was an A student in those subjects in high school. I had to look up and review geometry, trigonometry and calculus. I knew how to relearn it, which was the important thing, but I don’t think I was starting to lose brain cells at that age.

[applegrove]

17. Maybe. But it was a way in which I defined myself. I can still do the spacial,

reasoning I just don't remember the details of all the proofs.

[LeftInTX]

41. Geometry proofs require rote memorization of specific theories.

I have a degree in math and tried to tutor HS algebra.

I was like, "What??" I got easy A's in this??

[GopherGal]

43. Yep - Use it or lose it.

I've probably forgotten a bunch of integrals and trigonometric identities.

But I remember they exist and I can look 'em up. Plus I think I can re-learn it faster than I originally learnt it, at least.

Hmm just surprised myself by remembering that Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky, but I'm sure there are a bunch of state capitals no longer in my brain. And the presidents in order? Better just look 'em up.

[Arkansas Granny]

19. Gregg shorthand. I used to take dictation and transcribe it with 97% accuracy.

I can't even read it these days.

[Backseat Driver]

37. Ugh - all those short forms and combinations - I still have my 220 wpm certificate. n/t

[LeftInTX]

39. It's obsolete

[Solly Mack]

22. My list is long. :(

[LuckyCharms]

23. Here's one that drives me nuts several times a day (2 pictures):

My home was built in the 50's. In 2016, I replaced all of the interior doors and door casing (molding). The walls are made of plastered rock lath. The door that I replaced in my second floor office was problematic. I had to notch out a rafter to get the new jamb to fit into the rough opening.

Every day, when I walk by this door, I stare at the top piece of molding, which somehow fits perfectly against the rough, sloped ceiling which is curved at one end.

I have no idea how I laid out and cut that top piece of molding. I stare at it for 5 minutes at a time, and I literally can't remember installing it.

I can't capture with a picture how difficult this would be to lay out and cut with the tools that I have.

1) This is very hard red oak.

2) The angle is more severe than my power miter saw can be set to.

3) I know I would not have attempted this on a table saw.

4) I haven't used a handsaw in years.

5) I obviously scribed it somehow, but I have no idea how. I might have used a sliding T-Bevel just to get the angle, but I'm not sure how I handled the undulations in the plaster, or how I handled the slight curve.

6) The only thing I DO remember is that I couldn't use the old piece of molding as a pattern because I had to smash the shit out of it to get it off the wall, and I pretty much destroyed it.

So here is something that I did just 6 years ago, and have no recollection of doing. Every day when I look at it, I go slightly crazy trying to recall how I handled this. It's not hard if you have the right tools and a good eye, but I'm half blind, and don't have the right tools. Before pic is with the old casing removed but the old jamb still in the opening. 2nd pic is after new door and casing installation.

Half of the stuff that I've done around here I look at and ask myself "How the hell did I do that? I don't remember doing that".

[multigraincracker]

28. Have you seen those commercials for the Saker?

6 videos to watch, might come in handy for you.


https://www.amazon.com/Saker-Duplication-Gauge-Adjustable-Precisely-Woodworking/dp/B085Y3V3NW/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?keywords=as%2Bseen%2Bon%2Btv%2Btools&qid=1665110654&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI1LjU3IiwicXNhIjoiNS4xNSIsInFzcCI6IjQuMzEifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-2-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzTzZOTkpJTFBUSVJHJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDg3MjEzMUlOQVNNMUpMTURTUiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTEyOTA0UVU3NE1INkxKQkxEJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1

[LuckyCharms]

29. Yes, thanks for this. I haven't seen this particular brand, but I've come real close to

buying something similar to this. There are several profile replicators on the market.

They look pretty cool. I should probably get one.

The one you posted would have worked for this application. You'd just have to make sure that the bottom of the device was perfectly level, and then ride it up to the ceiling to capture the profile.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

56. I'd lay a pencil flat on the ceiling and roll it, marking a template.

Maybe you did something similar.

Nicely fitted.

[LuckyCharms]

57. Thanks! The problem would be that in order to scribe it like that,

I would have to temporarily clamp a horizontally level piece of molding as far as I could to the left in order to trace it out.

Because of the width of the molding, and because it would initially have a square 90 degree cut on the left end, I would not be able to push it far enough to the left so that the entire top surface of the molding would be under the traceable area.

Here's what I think I probably did:

1) Used a sliding T-bevel to get the rough angle.

2) Transferred the rough angle onto the left end of the molding and extended the pencil line so it was long enough to cover the portion of the molding that would be against the ceiling.

3) Rough cut the angle on my sliding miter saw by NOT holding the piece square against the fence. I would have had to eyeball the angle and then somehow clamp it to the bottom surface of the saw.

4) Finished the final cut by sanding to the line and estimating the slight curve by eye with a belt sander and or wood file. Then, probably used a wood file to adjust for the undulations in the plaster.

[iemanja]

26. I can't do basic math

Like arithmetic.

[applegrove]

34. I am losing my times tables.

[grumpyduck]

27. That's a great question.

Back in high school, I had to take algebra, geometry, trig, and other subjects I didn't think I'd ever need.

Fast forward to artillery school in the Army, and these became important. Fast forward again to architecture, and they really became important. To this day I remember stuff I thought I had forgotten.

[applegrove]

33. No kidding. Those are some complex subjects you studied there.

[Retrograde]

36. Enthalpy

and I got a really good grade in physical chemistry! After 50 years of not using it I haven't a clue as to what it is - is it related to the Gibbs free energy of a reaction?

I use geometry frequently so I remember the basics. I haven't tried to prove anything in years, though.

[LeftInTX]

38. I have a degree in math

I tried doing a few geometry proofs about 5 years after I graduated.

They're tricky to remember.

Don't ask me further, I just remember trying to tutor HS geometry which was my strongest subject and I was like, "What?"...I'm pretty sure it was a rote memorization of specific theories.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

40. What have you forgotten as you age? My Age! nt

[Blaukraut]

42. I've forgotten things of little to no importance to everyday life

A change in circumstances recently had me going back to work after a ten year hiatus and lo and behold; a lot of those previously unimportant things I thought were forgotten turned out to only be moved into attic storage to be retrieved when necessary

[greatauntoftriplets]

44. How to iron.

[marble falls]

45. Not so much forgotten as calloused by the Orange Shitgibbon years, I've lost a lot of my empathy.

[Bayard]

46. Art history

And I was an art major!

I seem to have also forgotten how to clean house lately....

[applegrove]

47. I hear you on the house.

[Iggo]

48. I've forgotten how to say every word in the English language except "Crayon."

Weirdest thing.

(EDIT: My other joke answer was “How should I know?”)

[leftyladyfrommo]

49. Russian. I don't even remember the alphabet. nt

[grumpyduck]

50. I tend to forget stuff that's not relevant

to my world. A lot of history from high school never connected, like the Pelopponesian Wars; it was all names and dates - no why or wherefore. Later, in college, art history was the same: names and dates with no connection to what was going on in the world at the time.

Much later, a lot of this became relevant once I was working, and suddenly it came back.

[sl8]

54. At least you can remember what you've forgotten. :( nt

[Boomerproud]

55. Lyrics to songs from my childhood and teens.

You Tube helps. Still sad though.