[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How far back can you remember? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/9/2008 8:39:43 PM EDT
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So today I was reminiscing over my life. Granted I had a lot of stuff going on as a kid I could still remember most of it. It kind of surprised me when my sister couldn't remember the church that our father's funeral was held in after seeing the picture. I was 8 and she was 9. The church was only 2 blocks from the house so I could vividly remember walking back and forth that morning then taking the limo ride to the cemetery. I used Google maps with the Street View option to trace the steps and I was really surprised I knew where everything was considering I left the city at 8 years old.
Looking back, I think the faintest memory I have is when I was bout 4 years old, 1 month after my 4th, so 49 months old. Pretty vividly actually, I was in LAX with family just getting stateside, Flying from Tokyo to LAX waiting for the last leg to DC, we stopped to get some food and I can remember my older cousin telling my mother that the fork was under plate. From there I can remember a lot of details in my life. Sadly, more than want, but I do remember a lot. I was talking to my cousin yesterday about a picture. I was 6 or 7 and he was early teens I think. He said "Yeah I think we went to the park that day", I responded with "Yep, we were all running through the field when I happened to jump over the snake hole and then you pulled out your slingshot and tried to shoot it". He replied with "Dude, I have no idea what your talking about". Maybe it's what you remember and not actually how much you remember? |
| I remember the smell of wet concrete and fresh-sawn lumber at the house my parents built when I was one year old. I recall my Dad's black Chevrolet that he sold before I was 3. I specifically recall my Mom being pregnant with my sister who is 3 years younger than me. |
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  Deej do you remember thinking "who are these people why is it so bright.... why am I naked?" 
Something like that. I don't know what if anything I remember from lower than age 5 but I remember breaking my nose at age 5, going into a surgery when I was 6(had to have silver caps put on my teeth), and also remembering my sister's 8th grade graduation(1992).... among many more memories. I could literally write a book. |
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I remember seeing Richard Nixon and Lyndon Baines Johnson on the west side of the Capitol Building with a whole bunch of other people. Jan 21, 1969. I also remember seeing pictures from the first moon landing on TV. yea, but when you were a toddler do you remember when Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic? |
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Im 25 almost 26 and I can remember my first birthday cake. it was shaped like a steam engine, plain yellow cake, it had brown frosting, with orange frosting trim.
Why is it i can remember stuff from years and years ago, but not where I put my gloves at 10 fucking minutes ago? |
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I remember crawling as a baby.
I have an image not found in any photos of me chasing after my twin brother around the living room. I see the back side of a diaper and described the room to my Mom. I also remember standing up in my crip talking to each other before we could really speak. It gets to my Mom since by brother died at 13 months. |
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The farthest back I can remember is 1966. I was five. It was the night my youngest
brother was born. My mom had gotten up around 1 am or so and went to go to the bathroom. I don't know if it was labor pains or nature calling, all I remember was waking up to crying and seeing alot of blood in the bathroom. We'll give him a hard time once and awhile by adding John as a second middle name, as in Timothy Michael John. |
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I remember seeing Richard Nixon and Lyndon Baines Johnson on the west side of the Capitol Building with a whole bunch of other people. Jan 21, 1969. I also remember seeing pictures from the first moon landing on TV. yea, but when you were a toddler do you remember when Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic? No, but I remember when his baby was kidnapped 
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Deej do you remember thinking "who are these people why is it so bright.... why am I naked?"
Something like that. I don't know what if anything I remember from lower than age 5 but I remember breaking my nose at age 5, going into a surgery when I was 6(had to have silver caps put on my teeth), and also remembering my sister's 8th grade graduation(1992).... among many more memories. I could literally write a book. Admit it, you remember swimming up the tunnel and feel bad about pushing all those other fools out of the way
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~1976 I was 3. I have only a handful of distinct memories from that age.
My brother letting me "ride" in the dryer. Riding my tricycle through a plate glass door. Sticking a fork in my brothers stretch armstrong (this was prob '77) Drinking PBR out of my uncle's cans that they had sat down. Getting lost at a mall. Etc. Etc. Etc. |
| I have a number of memories from between 1 and 2. I also know that some of them are fabrications based upon stories I have been told. Still though, certain ones I've verified as true by telling the story first and having my parents confirm it and then wonder how the hell I remember such a thing! I remember looking out the window in our house in Wyoming when I was around 2 and asking my mom about a guy walking on a big hill and if he was afraid of snakes. He had a dog with him too! |