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[Lucky Charm]

Almost everyone I call, I call from my landline.  So I remember their numbers (albeit mostly their cell phone numbers).

Of course their numbers are loaded in my cell, but more times than not, when I call them, I dial their numbers instead of going to the text feature and hit the phone icon.

[Marp]

Clearly I have some memorizing to do.  I'm going to take the hint from some of the posts and manually start dialing to also build muscle memory.

The only phone number I can dial without hesitation is a dear friend's number.  I would stumble trying to verbalize the number but I can dial it without thought.

[Annabellethecat66]

I know two of my three daughter's phone numbers and one son-in-law's number.  The 3rd daughter doesn't usually have her phone with her and/or doesn't answer it.  She doesn't live near me so it's fine.

I know the numbers of several of my friends.  I don't try to learn everyone's numbers, I'd go crazy.

[pattypeep]

@Marp Ummmmmm.............what was the question?

[Lovingq]

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@Marp wrote:

Back in the day of rotary dial or even early push button phones one either needed to remember the number or look it up. 

Today with phones with memories be they cell or landlines remembering is no longer necessary.

If you were separated from your phone and needed to contact someone without delay using someone else's phone would you know the number to dial?

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Very true..lot's of numbers I don't know and never bothered knowing because it was in my phone.  

[Mz iMac]

@Marp

[Susan in California]

@Marp

Funny you should ask!   Just today I was filling out the form to renew my passport.

On the line requesting emergency contact information, I had to get my iphone to

recall my older son's phone number.  Good heavens!  I made it a point to memorize

his phone number today!  So far so good!  But you made a point that is definitely my

problem. (He has had this number for over a year!)

[libbyannE]

I know all the important numbers. I don't program into the phone or look for them there. I don't always carry a cell phone, anyway. I was tethered to my office with a cell phone 7 says a week til I took early retirement. I do not want to be available to everyone all the time. People are forgetting what freedom feel like because they are chained to their phones every minute.

[Marp]

@Susan in California, although I didn't have an immediate need for a number I saw a piece on local news tonight that made me realize that if I had an emergency and was separated from my phones I don't even know the ICE number because it is in my phone so until tonight wasn't anything I needed to remember.  Wrong--in an emergency the phone may not be there.

[Moonchilde]

Nope. Two things I rely on - my cell 'phone book' and my GPS; I have always hated trying to decipher maps. Young or old, I think there is only just so much that can fit in ones memory bank.