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  • what we remember before age 4

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Wed Dec 9 07:29:30 2020
    Aug wrote --

    real and happening at that moment somewhere in town.

    Ok.. Pre-age 4 might be reasonable to think stuff is "live" on
    tv. I had the impression that you were much older when you
    still thought that.

    I may be slow at times, but not that slow. :)

    I don't remember much pre-age 4 except when I was being washed
    in the sink and my head would hit the faucet.

    I have some vague pre age four memories. One being in the car with my
    father (whom I adored), backing out the drive way, onto the street, and
    driving off. No idea where we were going or why. Just that snippet.
    We had a large black housekeeper who had a bandana around her head. I
    recall walking into the kitchen with her washing dishes, looking out the
    window and singing gospel songs. She was always so happy.
    Another housekeeper after the one above, Sarah. I used to con her into taking a walk with my pulling a little red wagon I had. After some distance
    I would be "tired" and she had her pull me home, up a hill, while I rode in
    the wagon. :)
    Joe
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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to CHARLES PIERSON on Fri Dec 11 08:01:46 2020
    Charles wrote --

    No doubt. I recall brothers and sisters doing the same sort of thing as well. The odd part of this, though, is that even though I've always had this memory, when I bring it up, my mother doesn't seem to have it as well.

    Memories affect people in different ways. Something maybe important and remembered by one, and will be ho-hum to another and forgotten.
    Ask four people who are part of a collective memory (a natural disaster,
    some event or other all were part of) one could get four different detail memories. The main event might be the same, but how it was perceived by
    others may vary.
    Like people who witness the same accident may recall different details.
    Joe
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