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Before cell phones, I had most of the numbers for my friends and family memorized. Even now, I can remember a friend's home number that I knew from elementary through high school; it's burned into my brain. Today, if I got in a jam, I only know my wife's number. I'm thinking maybe I should start tapping in the numbers for friends and family again instead of just tapping on their name so I can retrain my brain. Technology is making me feel like one of those dumb fat-fucks in the Wall-E movie.

Before cell phones, I had most of the numbers for my friends and family memorized. Even now, I can remember a friend's home number that I knew from elementary through high school; it's burned into my brain. Today, if I got in a jam, I only know my wife's number. I'm thinking maybe I should start tapping in the numbers for friends and family again instead of just tapping on their name so I can retrain my brain. Technology is making me feel like one of those dumb fat-fucks in the Wall-E movie.

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Pretty much all of the numbers I usually call, just family and work. I don't have these numbers saved, I just dial them out.

Still remember my very first phone number and address, every phone number and address we had after we moved a couple of times, my grandmother's number and address she had my entire life, parent's old work numbers... the phone number for "At the tone, the time will be..."