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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Are smartphones killing memories?Don't ask me I did not have one before I got a smart phone! 
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
Posts: 6954
Location: Peebo
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POIDH
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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I think they are. Go back to the time of film cameras - you took photos, got them developed and then sat around looking through them. Now rather recently, my sister had her anniversary. I was one of two people there with a camera - everyone else was trying to take pics of smartphones. Will we ever get to see them? Probably not. I'm not on facebook or twitter or anything else like that.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Not smartphones per say, just phones with address books. I can still remeber friends numbers from the 1980's as I had to dial them by hand. I have no idea of any of my current friend's phone numbers.
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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Yes.
Phones are as much digital life validation devices as anything else these days.
I'm as guilty as the next person, I suppose.
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| Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:48 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
Posts: 8767
Location: behind the sofa
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I can't remember what life was like before them.
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I can not remember peoples numbers, though before the memory loss, I was like you and able to master international numbers without a problem. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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I only take photos to mess about with in work for something to do lol.
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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Have you worked out how to take pics of whoever's stealing your food/Coke?
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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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It would be quite easy to do actually  , just not advisable  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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Exactly. I know probably a dozen numbers from people now (and that is mainly because we have sequential numbers for company mobiles), the rest are just in my phone book. Back in the old days, I had the numbers of all of my friends and family in my head.
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm
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Location: London
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+1 - I used to know my mates numbers but now its very few as like all of us you just click on a name
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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What surprises me is that so many people do not have a back up of their phone data, particularly contact details. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
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As the good ProfessorAlexMonkeyMan says, digital life validation device, I'll just add FTW. (8+) Mark
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