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To: Rambi who wrote (61273)	4/23/2008 10:14:37 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541946

That was what startled me most. It was a loss of muscle memory. What's that about? Creepy.

To: Rambi who wrote (61273)	4/23/2008 11:28:16 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 541946

>>But today I had the weird experience of practicing the piano for a couple of hours, then running in here to post, and my fingers couldn't make the adjustment from a musical keyboard to the computer keyboard. It was an eerie feeling, like my fingers were completely independent of my brain, had no idea where the right keys were.<< Rambi - That's interesting, and I can see how it would happen. A computer password that I like to use is a musical figure that I might play on the piano. I just put my hands in the right position, and play the "notes". I used that password for years before I was called upon to tell it to someone else, and realized that I had no idea what it was in letters. - Allen

To: Rambi who wrote (61273)	4/24/2008 9:14:52 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541946

I am looking forward to reading that book. Right now I'm in the middle of A Gathering Light- which I really really like, but as soon as I finish that, I'm going to read Spilling Clarence- assuming my library has it, which it must.

To: Rambi who wrote (61273)	4/25/2008 8:35:24 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 541946

The most common dislocation in muscle memory, for me, is when I drive my husband's stick shift Forester and then go back to my automatic Sienna. I always drove stick before I got the Sienna, and I go back to looking for the clutch and the manual shift. As for recent memory being the first to go, if you think Bryan Ferry is someone from my youth, thanks for the flattery! Born in 1945, Ferry is significantly older than me but his big hits in this country came in the 1980's, in my thirties. I wouldn't even consider mentioning someone from my teens, like the Beatles. Short term stuff tends to be terrible for some things -- I have a very hard time telling my prospective clients apart until they've actually retained me -- black, Asian, Hispanic, even the white ones are sort of a blur until I really get to know them. Garcia vs. Hernandez, Truong vs. Tran, even Henderson vs. Hunter, I can tell by looking at someone that I've met them before but no clue as to the name if they show up without an appointment and a name on the calendar to jog my memory. And they say things like, "don't you remember, I told you this last year!" And I just sort of grovel in a jocular manner, "ma'am, I really do wish I could remember things people told me last year." Or last month. Which is why I take very good notes while we are talking. It's all there in the notes. Statutes, on the other hand, I can remember. Not just what they say but the actual numbers. And cases, names and what they mean. Pennoyer vs. Neff, and so on. And which flowers bloom when, and whether they want a little acid in their fertilizer. So, no, I am not senile yet. Just forgetful. Last night I dreamed that I could not remember where I parked my car, just that it was at least 60 blocks away. Very thankful to wake up before I spent the rest of the night searching for it on foot!

To: Rambi who wrote (61273)	4/25/2008 3:46:59 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541946

Rambi I played concert piano when I was in high school and college. Then went through a hiatus of no piano and when I finally got one it all came back. I knew about 8 pieces by memory.. Then in the eighties I got a home that supported a grand piano which I had always wanted and I noticed that it was a little difficult to remember the pieces by memory but I could play them with the music. I just got a small piano last year. I cannot even go there. I hear the music in my head and my fingers will not respond. I have the books of music and pieces like Clare De Lune, Fantasy Impromptu I cannot even play with the music gave up in disgust. It would be like starting over to relearn everything.. It's all gone. Gone Gone and now listen... age makes a difference and that is why McCain should not be making decisions at mid night. No matter that he climbs mountains. I do too and I am very active but it's the mind and the coordination and fingers.... They won't behave and those of you who have elderly parents you might know about that which I write. I just had two friends my age diagnosed with Alzheimer's.. Now, that is scary.