Comments to Alice in Suburbia:

Poolagirl - 2004-03-18 23:37:52
Nice entry! Laughed until the rootbeer squirted, and I wasn't drinking rootbeer!
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Wyndspirit - 2004-03-19 00:26:06
Oh, I've always been like that! If I see somebody "out of context," 90% of the time I have no clue who they are. Except that one time last year when I ran across an old school bus mate. But then, she seriously had NOT changed since she was 18, and they say you remember old things better than new things.
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Tania - 2004-03-19 00:40:57
Oh my. ROTFL!
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komachi - 2004-03-19 06:15:11
Oh my... lol... don't feel bad though. With my accent, something like that happens quite often. I had a neighbor named "Cramsey"... I couldn't pronounce it correctly if my life was depend on it...and always ended up saying.. "Clumsy". And another neigbor named "Tansil"(can't spell it either..lol)..I called "Tonsil". I am greatful in the US it is common to address people by their first names.
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cosmicrayola - 2004-03-19 12:58:24
I will tell you the same thing I tell my residents where I work. They are all over 65 and every time they forget something, they will end the sentence with "I hate getting old, I forget everything." I tell them that we have always forgotten things, but you just don't notice it at 20, 30 or even 40. But that magical age of 50! Yes, I know it well, since last June. At 50, you start thinking about getting old and watching for the signs. You automatically blame everything, including forgetfulness on it. I don't anymore. I remember I was just as bad at 30 but back then, I called myself "ditzy", not old. Same/same.
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Mary - 2004-03-20 20:16:07
Soeaking of "out of context" tonight at the grocery store I ran into a parent of one of my students. I didn't recognize her instantly, but figured it out in a few seconds. She introduced me to her mother (my student's grandmother) and said, "This is Shawn's teacher" and I am thinking... "Who the heck is Shawn?" It took me a minute to realize that they call him by his middle name. I'm glad I didn't correct her!
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mz. em - 2004-03-20 23:06:47
lol! I don't think being in or about our 50s has anything to do with it. It's the overload of information. Well, at least it sounds plausable.
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