Anyone have a keen sense of time?
I can normally tell you what time it is even if it has been hours since last being aware of the time. I can wake up and without looking at the clock know the time within a few minutes. If I go to be and need to wake up at a certain time I normally wake up 10 minutes before that time with no alarm.
Another thing, I can look at a full grocery cart without even actually knowing what is in it and come within a couple dollars to the cost at the register.
Often times I go thru the register at the grocery warehouse and after I receive the receipt I think that is not the right price. I go back and look and sure enough the price is wrong. I take a picture of the price on the shelf, go to customer service, and get the item for free if under $20. Point is I wasn't even consciously looking at the price when I picked up the item.
Sense of Time
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I don't even own a clock, that's how good I am with estimating what time it is.
I'm usually almost right, plus or minus 12 hrs.
I'm usually almost right, plus or minus 12 hrs.
That is good. Tight!davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑Thu. Feb. 09, 2023 7:03 pmI don't even own a clock, that's how good I am with estimating what time it is.
I'm usually almost right, plus or minus 12 hrs.
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This topic reminds me of the first time I smoked weed around age 12 or so. My buddy and I were pushing our bicycles up a hill because we were too winded. It seemed like we were walking for an HOUR. I looked at my watch - it had been 3 minutes ...
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been there done that my young friend!!!
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Yup, I'm normally good within ten minutes. Also have a weird things with timers/ timing, I'll come back from doing something like tending the stove a few seconds before the oven timer goes off or microwave stops or water is ready to boil. It freaks me out sometimes.
I hate alarms, I sleep through multiple during the work week yet I'm up before them on the weekends might be signs a career change is needed.
I hate alarms, I sleep through multiple during the work week yet I'm up before them on the weekends might be signs a career change is needed.
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The last time "tight" was around was maybe 1971. I heard it a good bit in the military, mostly from Marines. It then meant solid or right-on, not so much "cool".
The first big circulation of "awesome" was early 1980's. It got laughed away fairly quickly. 20 years this time and it won't go away.
Not as good as I used to be on doing the mental calculator while going around the supermarket. I nearly ruined a clean pair of pants yesterday when the total came up at the supermarket checkout.