I am amazed when I see people that can take apart complicated machinery with nary a photo or manual anywhere in sight. Sometimes these parts are unassembled for days or weeks at a time yet they are able to assemble with no problem. I on the other hand must take pictures, take notes, and refer to the manual almost every time in order to get it back together property. I have had this issue since I was a child. Just wondering if there are members on this board that have this wonderful gift of a photographic memory.
Nobody is more surprised than me when I take apart something complicated and have at least a couple of random bolts or screws when I 'finish' putting back together... In fact, I have a drawer in my original toolbox dedicated to those orphans, just in case.
I'm putting a 66 chevelle together that's been apart for 9yrs,.. what's fun is doing a late model wreck that's apart for weeks,..I've never marked or labeled anything take that **** off throw it in the box and move onto the next Doing it hungover sucks tho Haha
Yes. I thought everyone was like this for a good part of my life. Then I started realizing I had a "gift". But, as I have gotten older, I find there are some glitches now and again, and that contrast makes me appreciate what I did have at one time.
I can remember a lot of stuff from 1964. But, I don’t know where my car keys are... My dearly departed Mother had photographic memory, up until the day she died at 90 years 10 months. Her mind was sharp as a tack.
Sure, I suspect that most of us Buick people have photographic minds. My problem is that I either forget to load the film or have it exposed too long!
I use my IPhone. With all the crap I have to remember at work, I'm shot. I take pictures of stuff while i'm taking it apart and of course use the Buick manuals.
Any man has ever been in a relationship with a woman where there was an argument knows that most women have a photographic memory
Yes, I have a photographic memory, but it used to be a lot sharper when I was younger. I regularly strip down watches, carbs, that sort of thing, then leave them for a while while waiting for parts and then still manage to get them together. Just today I got this 1885 Aurora watch in the mail, and within 15 minutes had the problems figured out and had it running again; - the previous owner had screwed up the mainspring and the motion-work, so it wouldn't run, and then because there was a piece of crud on the 3rd wheel it stopped the lever action every minute or so. Now it's been running on my bench for the past 1/2 an hour; the oscillation speed has improved and it's actually running in beat, - next step once it winds down is to take it completely apart and then clean it, inspect each part and all the jeweling, and then reassemble it and time it. These things are more fun than cars...
Definitely don’t have a photographic memory. When I went to college for an architectural and civil drafting program, I had to take a spatial relations exam. It was basically a number of 2d plans and corresponding isometrics. Imagine a box unfolded vs the box as a box. I finished the exam in 5 minutes and found two errors. I asked the teacher about it and apparently some people really struggle understanding this principle. Some people never finished the exam. I never realized that not everyone could do this as it is natural to me. I had a designer work for me who was very organized and smart but could not figure out basic plans for stairs
I spent my career at IBM. I worked with a guy and I can remember going on business trips with him. He would grab the latest PC mag, page through it and give it to me. I would ask, aren't you gonna read it. His response was later on as I have it in my mind. He was one of the sharpest guys, and a natural leader as well. Wish I had that skill.
When I was in high school I worked evenings at a repair shop. I got to finish the stuff they didn't get done during the day. I got quite good at putting stuff together that I didn't take apart, some of it is common sense, sometimes you need to read the part, look at the wear patterns to figure it out. I'm 66 now and not so good at it anymore, it takes me 4 times longer to do things now and it's not my hands it's my mind. I used to think 3 or 4 steps ahead, my hands couldn't go fast enough, now I have trouble with the step I on. Age sucks!
My dad had a photographic memory. He once was “asked” to leave The Riviera casino in Vegas. They accused him of counting cards. He denied it, of course. To him, it wasn’t cheating if you could remember the last 15 - 20 cards and knew when to bet. I’m sure I inherited some of it; my Wildcat spent 10 years (2004 -2014) in an advanced state of disassembly. When it got put back together again, I knew exactly where to look and what the container looked like. I still don’t play card games though.
I lose stuff after 3 min if setting it down,. Hell I walk to tool box to get something and stand there because I forgot on the way over
Me also. But on the other hand I can put a completely disassembled GS back together with my eyes closed.