I am beginning to think I have been around here way too long maybe.
Someone new asks a question with a new topic start and a thread begins. So I start reading and then my brain says, "But Wait! We already talked about that."
Then I dive into the archives searching for the previous discussion. It usually takes me a little time, like about a cup of morning coffee, while I sit here in the kitchen, goofing off on this infernal computer.
Sometimes when I remember old threads, I begin to wonder if I have turned into one of those savants that you see on television. You know the ones I mean. The ones who have the most astounding memories. . .
But some of those savants, while their memories are absolutely stunning, can remember only one thing. Like all the notes in a piece of music they have heard one time. Or maybe there is a perpetual calendar embedded in their brains and they know the exact date of any event that has happened...ever.
So if I have turned into a savant since I arrived here last November, that's the kind I am. A memory for only one thing. How I wish I were a music savant. But alas, I must be a TOTV savant. Meanwhile, half the time, I cannot begin to remember where I put my checkbook.
So anyway, andrea j., welcome to TOTV. And here is a link of a slightly different version of this discussion that I hope helps, too.
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/sm....html#msg49833
So now that the coffee pot is empty and the gardening show I listen to on Saturday morning radio is over, I am going to try to leave this kitchen computer for awhile.
But no matter where I go today, I will be wrestling and wrestling with this question. All day long, no matter what I am doing, I will be asking myself. . .
Have I turned into a savant? A savant with a memory only for TOTV posts but sadly lacking the brain calendar to make the archive searches easy. Kind of a half- :edit: savant, I guess.
Or maybe I should just tell myself that I have decided to become quite the "Helpful Henrietta" so to speak, providing information from the archives.
Or do I have to face reality and admit that it's none of the above?
Do I have to admit that months and months of clues are piling up?
Do I have to state the obvious? --that normal people would have simply linked the link and typed "bump" and then got up and done a little work.
Is it finally time to just scream it to the world? Yeah, I think it is.
"I AM A MAJOR, BEYOND ANY HOPE OF REDEMPTION, POWER PROCRASTINATOR!!!"
Boomer
(But I still hope the link helps. If you can find it buried in all this.)