Memories

[MSTRS]

Okay - so it's cold & wet = boring. Soooo - I read the old TV shows thread & got to thinking - What's the earliest thing can any of you remember? Rep points to the one who can guess my earliest memory

[Virago]

...........Rep points to the one who can guess my earliest memory
Does it have anything to do with a giant mammory? (oops sorry did you say memory?)

[jazbug5]

I can remember looking up out of my pram at an elderly neighbour googling at me with a pair of secateurs in his hand. I would have been about three months old at the time. It's actually pretty vivid.

A friend of mine reckons he can remember being born. Hmmmm.

[idb]

Okay - so it's cold & wet = boring. Soooo - I read the old TV shows thread & got to thinking - What's the earliest thing can any of you remember? Rep points to the one who can guess my earliest memory
Hmmmmm...if I really cast my mind back I can just remember the alarm going off at 6am this morning.

[idb]

A friend of mine reckons he can remember being born.
Eek!!678910

[Virago]

Hmmmmm...if I really cast my mind back I can just remember the alarm going off at 6am this morning.
Can you? I must have added that one to my store of repressed traumatic memories.

I can't remember anything before the age of 3. My third birthday I got a train set, I remember that. Dad and his best friend played with it and kept shooing me away.

[Jonty]

Okay - so it's cold & wet = boring. Soooo - I read the old TV shows thread & got to thinking - What's the earliest thing can any of you remember? Rep points to the one who can guess my earliest memory

Clue? mine was sitting on front of my old man learning how to steer a 1983ish XL185 while he pretended not to balance it. The I also remember him getting off it and putting the stand down and I managed to hit the gear lever and the bloody thing fell over. From that point on I always thought the gear lever was the "automatic bike tipper overer". Mind you, still seems to do it now - maybe I was onto something?

[MSTRS]

Clue?
No clues shall be given. No correspondence shall be entered into. Judge's decision is final. Keep your memories (& guesses) coming. I have an idea this thread will prove to be long-running and highly not-boring

[zadok]

Okay - so it's cold & wet = boring. Soooo - I read the old TV shows thread & got to thinking - What's the earliest thing can any of you remember? Rep points to the one who can guess my earliest memory
If you are still thinking along the lines of T.V I reckon you were mad on 'Magic Roundabout'. am I right? :motu:

[Riff Raff]

Mine is of a recurring dream I had when I was about 3 of being a baby lying by a tree and a black bird flying overhead.

When I was 21 (and emotionally lost and confused) I went into a book shop looking for a specific book, which I didn't find, but as I was wandering around I picked up a book, paid for it, then walked out the shop. It was only then that I looked at my new purchase - a book on Celtic star signs. When I opned the page for my sign the picture was of a baby, an Elder tree and a raven flying overhead. For me that was a huge sign. The picture symbolises spiritual rebirth and was instrumental in taking me down a different path in my life.

[jazbug5]

Wow! That's pretty amazing, Riff.
*all jealous*

Speaking of spooky dreams as a kid, I had this awful recurring nightmare about hiding in a factory from a horrible man in a boiler suit; very vivid, and I had it so many times I remember it to this day, looking up at him from under a bench and seeing his face so clearly, even the stubble.

Many years later I was travelling in China and saw that face on the front page of a newspaper someone was reading- I was stunned, shivers ran up my spine... I went over and asked the person if I could take a look.

It turned out to be Fred West...

[MSTRS]

It turned out to be Fred West...
Shudder.........gulp.

[Riff Raff]

It turned out to be Fred West...
Ooh freaky! I used to have recurring dreams regularly as a kid - some of them I'm still awaiting the explanation for.

Another dream I had was of being a little girl sitting on a stone step in a village on a mountain. Years later I saw a picture of Machu Pichu and recognised it from my dream. I can still see in my mind what it looked like in when all the buildings were complete and people were bustling about. One day I will travel to Peru. Was planning a trip about 8 years ago but ended up getting sick. I guess I'll get there when the time is right.

[TonyB]

I can remember looking up out of my pram at an elderly neighbour googling at me with a pair of secateurs in his hand. I would have been about three months old at the time. It's actually pretty vivid.

A friend of mine reckons he can remember being born. Hmmmm.
Faaaark! Well, I can't top that but I can remember being made to go potty infront of my extended family. I was highly indignant :mad: and they were all laughing :o I still carry the mental scars :rofl: My mum reckons from the people that were there I would have been 2.

[Motu]

My earliest memories were when I was about 2 or 3 - my father and uncle were top dressing with trucks,my uncle drove the spreader and my father kept him loaded.I remember my father rolling the front end loader in the yard - he leapt off the rear guard as it went over in a cloud of super,the super dust stung my eyes,but Mum wasn't very comforting,she ran off screaming after Dad! I also remember we were out loading the spreaer truck at a ramp - I was in the cab by myself as Dad got my uncle positioned under the tailgate - then Dad yelled ''put the hoist up Motu!'' and I did! I felt a pretty big 3 yr old doing that....That was in Kaiwaka,and I also remember putting a coconut through the window of Jaques Store,there was a big to do about that,but the old boy was ok about it,although I reckon if I walked into that shop today and mentioned my name someone would say - ''hey,aren't you that kid who put a coconut through the front door window?''

[James Deuce]

I can remember my brother coming home from hospital when I was 3 years and 3 months old, and nothing much else prior to 1992 thanks to a drunk driver in Picton. If I meet people I knew prior to that I can summon enough framework to recreate memories. And that's it. Motor and muscle memory related things are no trouble, and facts are no trouble, but I can't do long division or calculus or hex - decimal - binary translations in my head anymore.

[jazbug5]

Jeez, Jim- how old were you when that happened?
I hate drunk drivers; hope he was severely punished.

[Motu]

I can remember my brother coming home from hospital when I was 3 years and 3 months old, and nothing much else prior to 1992 thanks to a drunk driver in Picton. If I meet people I knew prior to that I can summon enough framework to recreate memories. And that's it. Motor and muscle memory related things are no trouble, and facts are no trouble, but I can't do long division or calculus or hex - decimal - binary translations in my head anymore.

That's interesting Jim,although not nice.I was pusher for a mate at a speedway meeting once,he had crashed the meeting before and was concused,but he reckoned he was OK,I duct tapped a steel bar down his leg and he tried racing for the day - he crashed 3 times and was taken away in the chopper.I loaded his bike and left,I didn't see him again for a few years as he did seasonal overseas work,and the race was one of the last of the year.When I met up with him again I asked how he got on after the concusion - ''oh,no problems,I'm fine now...but have lost all memories of my childhood''.I said that must be tough,but he reckoned as he didn't remember anything there was nothing to be upset about losing....dunno,it makes me sad though....

[James Deuce]

Jeez, Jim- how old were you when that happened?
I hate drunk drivers; hope he was severely punished.

I've gone on and on about this but here it is again:26. He was disqualified for a month and fined $600. Compression fractures in 4 vertebrae as well as the jellied brain.

[jazbug5]

Sorry, Jim- hadn't read about it. It goes without saying how much I'd like to break all of his fingers for him, one by one with a blunt icepick.
Oh. I said it anyway.

[James Deuce]

That's interesting Jim,although not nice.I was pusher for a mate at a speedway meeting once,he had crashed the meeting before and was concused,but he reckoned he was OK,I duct tapped a steel bar down his leg and he tried racing for the day - he crashed 3 times and was taken away in the chopper.I loaded his bike and left,I didn't see him again for a few years as he did seasonal overseas work,and the race was one of the last of the year.When I met up with him again I asked how he got on after the concusion - ''oh,no problems,I'm fine now...but have lost all memories of my childhood''.I said that must be tough,but he reckoned as he didn't remember anything there was nothing to be upset about losing....dunno,it makes me sad though....

It amazes me how people don't really take concussion seriously.

I agree it is sad. It's disturbing to meet people you should know well and you have to do 20 questions before a vague sense of identity returns. People don't respond well to being "forgotten" either.

[MSTRS]

but I can't do long division or calculus or hex - decimal - binary translations in my head anymore.
Neither can I - and I don't have a good excuse :weird:

[TonyB]

Moved to dreams thread

[James Deuce]

Sorry, Jim- hadn't read about it. It goes without saying how much I'd like to break all of his fingers for him, one by one with a blunt icepick.
Oh. I said it anyway.

No need to apologise - I was kind of apologising for inflicting it on people again.

Of course the prick wrote my RC30 off into the bargain. Except he wasn't a prick, he was a poor old bloke (74) who'd retired from his business in Nelson and was moving to Whangaparoa to retire to be near family. He had a couple of wines at a mate's place in Picton about 200M from the ferry terminal. He forgot to turn his lights on (9:30pm) and that road didn't have street lights then. He went through a stop sign without pausing with his lights turned off from an unlight street into another unlight street. Shouldn't have happened but how many people have done the same when in a similar situation?

The MOT guy who attended was great and followed up every year for 5 years even though my accident was the last he attended, the old guy came and apologised to me in hospital until he cried. I think he was upset to see me strapped to a board with head and torso immobilised and pain pump being thrashed.

[James Deuce]

Neither can I - and I don't have a good excuse :weird:

I used to practice that stuff every day in my job. Had a bit of a career impact, that accident did.

[MSTRS]

I used to practice that stuff every day in my job. Had a bit of a career impact, that accident did.
I'll bet it did. I've had a couple of head injuries but have no idea as to whether I 'lost' anything or not. Must be difficult to be aware of losing some ability like that.

[Marknz]

Mine would be being about 3 or 4 years old and sitting on a wee bike with trainer wheels in our back yard in Guernsey. I think people were taking photos and it may have been a birthday present.

There was also me hiding in the hayfield at the back of the same property while Mum and Dad were looking for me... I can still remember the smell of all the hay, but can't remember the hiding that I must have got when I finally came out of there.

Deja vu? Too many cases of that to mention here.

Premanitions? (SP?)

For some reason there are two that come to mind that still haven't happened. One is that for some reason or another I'll be dead by the time I'm 40 ( mmm, not long to go now), and the other was that I would win lotto by the time I'm forty and I supposedly know what 5 of the 6 numbers are. I still by tickets each week with those five numbers and keep mixing up the 6th... no luck yet.

What does all this mean? Probably nothing, jsut live every day like it's the last.

[StoneChucker]

Wow Jim, I didn't know that either! How long was the recovery?
It is unfortunate about the old chap, but honestly, if I'm driving I don't drink, simple as that. It SHOULD be that simple for everyone I reckon :weird: :weird:

This is an interesting topic for me. I can't remember anywhere near as far back as some of you. I reckon the earliest memory is the amount of fun it was to be pushed around in a pram. I can actually remember wishing that it didn't have to end (anyone want to push me round in a pram? ;) :rofl: ).

But I only seem to remember one or two memories from each major period, like I can't replay whole years or anything. I think my memory is very selective, if I don't think I'll need it, I just about completely ignore it. How does it work for you guys?

I have had a few reaccuring dreams too, one would be of a shopping mall somewhere (in SA probably), with a partially hidden entrance to a big arcade room. Another more recent one has a supernatural theme. Can't recall it clearly, but I always end up confronting or being confronted by spirits, bad and/or good... Gotta say I don't particularly like that one (I have personally experienced spirits, and it's not a nice feeling).
I believe that some feelings of De ja Veux (sp.????) come about after having dreamed of the situation before hand, as I feel I've done this in the past.

[Waylander]

Right then. My earliest memory would be from when I was about 2. I was sitting on my Dad's lap with the scenery around me flying past. Lookin over this smooth black surface and silvery display, I could see the area ahead of us. I remember the wind pushing past my face and this incredibly loud roaring that followed us everywhere. Sometimes it would grown very loud and others be relitively quiet. To this day I still enjoy the experiance.

[jazbug5]

Interesting. Well, another early memory of mine is figuring out that the noises the 'big people' are making is how they communicate, as opposed to howling. I remember 'thinking' without words, more experiencing a flux of emotion and feeling, but not formed with words as I do now. I was sitting on the floor in our back room, and began to analyse (sp) what it all meant...
I remember these things like cinema reel, along with the feelings that go with them.

[MSTRS]

It is entertaining to see what you remember from your early childhood etc BUT I also want to see who can guess my earliest memory. Rep point is holding it's breath in antici..................................pation.

[Riff Raff]

It is entertaining to see what you remember from your early childhood etc BUT I also want to see who can guess my earliest memory. Rep point is holding it's breath in antici..................................pation.
Was it being sucked into an online community of bikers and not being able to find your way out again - forever having to post stuff and things in threads?

or...
is it your first ride on a motorsikkle as a wee nipper?

[Biff]

My earliest memory is from when I was 18 months old. My father was driving me to the local hospital to see my new baby brother. I remember being really excited until I saw him in a transparent box, which freaked me out. "The doctors say he might die" my dad said.

He was, of course, in an incumabator. And he survived following several months in intensive care. And survives to this day. :niceone:

[SPORK]

I can remember eating a newspaper. :)

[James Deuce]

I can remember eating a newspaper. :)

Last week, no doubt.

[SuperDave]

My earliest memory is kinda vague. All I can really remember is darkness and then coming out of tunnel to a lot of bright white light...

[SPORK]

Last week, no doubt.
Nope, maybe a good 14 years ago, in fact. Probably a bit more. It was on my birthday as well :yes:

[Riff Raff]

I can remember eating a newspaper. :)
How many of you can remember trying cat biscuits? They didn't taste too bad from what I can remember.

[MSTRS]

How many of you can remember trying cat biscuits? They didn't taste too bad from what I can remember.
That'll be why you are f.....up - refer NC's siggy

[Waylander]

How many of you can remember trying cat biscuits? They didn't taste too bad from what I can remember.
Used to eat dog food. Dry dog food not the wet stuff. Was my Aunt's fault. She let me.

[Rainbow Wizard]

A friend of mine reckons he can remember being born. Hmmmm.
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[Rainbow Wizard]

It is entertaining to see what you remember from your early childhood etc BUT I also want to see who can guess my earliest memory. Rep point is holding it's breath in antici..................................pation.
Or falling off it?

[MSTRS]

Or falling off it?
Nope. But I do remember losing the bell off my trike when I was about 2 1/2yo.
It went under a hedge and the snails under there were quite distracting. Yum!

[Big Dave]

My grandfather built me my first minibike when I was 2 years old. 1961.
He was the senior engineer at the Port Kembla steel works so I'm told it was some piece of work. A chainsaw engined rigid apparently - and my mum still bemoans the tracks it carved around her clothes line.

I don't really remember it, except i have a clear recollections of burning myself on it several times. I do quite clearly remember the upgrade to the lawn mower engined Deckson 125 he got me when I was 6.

Me mum looks at me today and says.....'it's all your grandfather's fault'



The Deckson was like this:

[Two Smoker]

How many of you can remember trying cat biscuits? They didn't taste too bad from what I can remember.

your earliest memory:weird: not the memory from last week...

[FROSTY]

My earliest really clear memory is of falling out of my dads sidecar when I was about 3 years old.I kinda barrel rolled as i hit the ground and then started chasing dad as fast as my little legs would carry me. It was in the middle of a (for then) busy road.Dad tried so hard to make a clean gettaway.

[MSTRS]

My earliest really clear memory is of falling out of my dads sidecar when I was about 3 years old.I kinda barrel rolled as i hit the ground and then started chasing dad as fast as my little legs would carry me. It was in the middle of a (for then) busy road.Dad tried so hard to make a clean gettaway.
Did your mother ever find out?

[Ixion]

Did your mother ever find out?

Find out ? She was the one told Dad to ditch him. :rofl: :rofl:

[NC]

I can remember looking up out of my pram at an elderly neighbour googling at me with a pair of secateurs in his hand. I would have been about three months old at the time. It's actually pretty vivid.

A friend of mine reckons he can remember being born. Hmmmm.
Heh I remember being weighed in the plunket scales.. I think it was the cold steel that infused it into my memory. Worked my age out to be about 6 months at the time...

[MSTRS]

I can't stand the suspense of you all not knowing my earliest memory. Someone want to rep me?
My earliest memory is going to a party with my father & coming home with my mother. BwaaaHaHa

[Riff Raff]

I can't stand the suspense of you all not knowing my earliest memory. Someone want to rep me?
My earliest memory is going to a party with my father & coming home with my mother. BwaaaHaHa
Err, righto. That was my third guess actually! NOT!

[Pixie]

crawling out of the primordial soup

Waiter there's a primitive life form in my soup

[Beemer]

We lived in Hastings until I was six and I remember sitting in the bath when I was about two or three, eating cubes of raspberry flavoured iceblock (Mum used to put them in those metal ice cube trays with a lever) because I didn't like getting sticky hands! I also remember the smell of the meat works, so whenever I eat a raspberry iceblock, I recall that smell!

My mother has different memories of me when I was younger - getting a visit from the penguins (nuns) from the convent across the road who told her I was standing naked in my bedroom window, dancing. I was younger than two, and I vaguely remember climbing up there... :o

[Skyryder]

I can't stand the suspense of you all not knowing my earliest memory. Someone want to rep me?
My earliest memory is going to a party with my father & coming home with my mother. BwaaaHaHa

Mine was this big sticklike thing being waved at me in the dark

Skyryder

[MSTRS]

Thank you Jim2 - I note with dismay that you were missed off the QB honours list yet again. What gives?