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Does anyone else have this thing where they forget words or phrases as if they never existed?
Just now I was writing something for work and I completely forgot the phrase 'collective bargaining'. I knew there was such a thing, but couldn't bring the words to mind no matter how hard I thought. I had to look it up on our intranet and hope that eventually the phrase I needed would come up. Which it did.
The other day, I met some friends in the pub and I had to order a drink. I could visualise what it was I wanted, but couldn't describe it, and had to edge towards it in the conversation in stages until the barman suggested it, and then I could remember what it was called. Crabbies Ginger Beer, in case you were wondering.
It's also happened in the past with such obvious things as "onions" and "mushrooms".
I hate it, and I have no idea why it happens. Can anyone suggest anything? It never seems worth taking to a doctor, but it's a pain in the arse.
Just now I was writing something for work and I completely forgot the phrase 'collective bargaining'. I knew there was such a thing, but couldn't bring the words to mind no matter how hard I thought. I had to look it up on our intranet and hope that eventually the phrase I needed would come up. Which it did.
The other day, I met some friends in the pub and I had to order a drink. I could visualise what it was I wanted, but couldn't describe it, and had to edge towards it in the conversation in stages until the barman suggested it, and then I could remember what it was called. Crabbies Ginger Beer, in case you were wondering.
It's also happened in the past with such obvious things as "onions" and "mushrooms".
I hate it, and I have no idea why it happens. Can anyone suggest anything? It never seems worth taking to a doctor, but it's a pain in the arse.
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Or whether it would be better for the Christmas present to myself to be Freesat. If I could work out how to get Freesat, because I'm not clear on what you do. It seems to be obvious to everyone but me.
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Freesat needs a box and a satellite dish, Freeview needs a box and an aerial. The digital switchover will make Freeview available in London from next April. Freesat is available already, as long as you have a dish. With freesat, if the aerial is old the building management may need to replace it, otherwise it's just a matter of tuning the tv into the freeview box - or tuning your TV with it inbuilt. The boxes are pretty cheap now. There's a fairly comprehensive site digital UK on the digital switchover thing which made explaining it to my technophobe father much simpler.