[timonoko]

I had a list from every year from 1952, which I seem to have lost.

Anyways: First experienced memory on that list was when I realized winter was reoccurring thing in spring of 1955. I was sitting on a sleigh on water-covered skating field and imagined I was a boat. I then suddenly remembered that this has happened before, but very long time go, maybe half a life-time ago.

[58x14]

Wow, that's quite a long time. Why did you begin? Are you remorseful you can't find your lists? Did you transition to electronic formats as technology progressed?

[timonoko]

Yes I had this list already in 1960's. Because of it I could still remember every year in 1976 when I had a computer in personal use. The list was still around on the first MSDOS-machine 1983, but I cant figure out where it might be hidden in various zipped DOS-directories. It might be even in some handy database format, but unreadable now.

A video camera 1984 solved the remembering problem totally. I know exactly what happened thereafter.

Anyways various archives seem to be more and more important with age, as human physical memory is only 7 years long. Thereafter there are only memories of memories, which often get twisted in the weirdest of ways.

[timonoko]

Now I realized where the list is. It in HP100LX calendar/diary-format somewhere. Most of the wacky diaries of 1990 where written as notes in the calendar, but I printed them out in txt-files and dumped them into Internets. This is the prime example of this format: http://timonoko.github.io/bellabel.html which is almost readable after Google translate.

"Dream of an apartment separated from opera restaurant by a glass wall only" is the first good one..

[tonguez]

"...human physical memory is only 7 years long. Thereafter there are only memories of memories, which often get twisted in the weirdest of ways."

I hate to be that guy, but... you have no idea what you're talking about.

[timonoko]

All human cells are replaced every 7 years. Known fact. Or was.

[tonguez]

OK? Is it my turn to say something irrelevant? Here goes: Elon Musk is worth $200 billion. Known fact. Or was.

[travisjungroth]

That's the average. Some brain cells don't churn as fast (or maybe at all?). The memory-of-a-memory thing isn't on a 7 year scale either, but does happen. I don't remember the exact science, but I do remember the metaphor I came up with (evidence in my favor!).

Remembering something is like pulling a note out of a cabinet. It gets saved from the back, where the papers tend do degrade. Then, it gets put at the front. The trick is, the original note isn't put at the front. A copy is made. So remembering tends to reinforce, but also can change during this lossy copying process.

[tonguez]

"Some brain cells don't churn as fast"

None of them "churn".

"The memory-of-a-memory thing"

That "isn't a thing".

"I don't remember the exact science"

You also have no idea what you're talking about.

"I do remember the metaphor I came up with (evidence in my favor!)"

I have no words.

"Remembering something is like pulling a note out of a cabinet."

Not really, no.

"lossy"

Please just stop.

"copying"

Memory is a "copying process"?

Please guys... please just stop.