patooyee
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I am terrible with names in general. I used to never be able to forget a face though. Until I was about 30 I could recall a face with exacting accuracy from the day I turned 2. It was quite an amazing feat actually as I could recall meeting people form years before that never recalled meeting me and people around me were always astonished at my facial recollection. I mean, if I even so much as brushed past you on the bus, I would recall doing so the instant I saw your face 20 years later. I could not however remember a name for 5 minutes straight. I've actually had girlfriends break up with me in the past because I forgot their names. I don't know why my mind works (or doesn't) like that, but it does.
From about the time I turned 30 though my facial recognition software has been on the fritz.
I'm still better at remembering faces than probably 90% of folks but I'm also still just as bad at names as I ever was before. The closer to 40 that I get the worse it is getting. So now I find that, whereas I used to offend people by not remembering their names, on rare occasions I am also starting to piss people off by not remembering ever having met them in the first place. It is very embarrassing and awkward.
Ultimately, I am the same way with matching screen names to actual people in real life. I don't know what it is but if you tell me your screen name in real life I probably won't remember it in 5 minutes if it meant my life. One time a while back I was talking to this guy here named rckcrwlr (or something like that) via PM for days about something, I forget what. It wasn't until like day 4 that he mentioned something about me that only someone I had wheeled with would know, so I asked him who he was and it turned out to be Mo, someone I had met on numerous occasions and spoke with at length and liked a lot. I had no clue the entire time I was talking to him and I think he was borderline offended by it since he obviously knew who he was PMing with. It doesn't mean he was any less important online than in real life in my mind though, just for some reason my mind refuses to work like that. So please don't be offended if something similar happens to you when we meet in real life vs. online. I apologize in advance and I mean no disrespect.
What's worse is that now days I have less time to surf forums and follow build threads. I guess less than I used to and also less than others because people will come up to me on the trail, recognize my buggy, and say, "Hey, that's Patooyee!" when I regrettably can't always do the same. I think a lot of ya'll's rigs are awesome. In fact, a lot of the time I see stuff on driveway-fabbed rigs that pisses me off that I didn't think of and don't have. I guess my ultimate point here is that, if I recognize your rig but don't know your screen name, again, please don't be offended. Or if I meet you and you tell me your screen name and I don't immediately know which rig is yours, again, please excuse me. IT'S NOT YOU, IT ME!
So I guess my ultimate point is that I am really looking forward to meeting some folks at Hawk Pride in June. Chances are 90% that I'll never forget your face but sadly probably 99% that I WILL forget your name or screen name. I'm pretty good at matching faces to buggies, too. So if we do meet, please don't be offended if I ask you your name two or three times. I'll get it eventually and please know that your face will most likely be etched in my brain until the day that I die.
I know some of ya'll know what I am talking about, so I'll quit talking now.
From about the time I turned 30 though my facial recognition software has been on the fritz.
I'm still better at remembering faces than probably 90% of folks but I'm also still just as bad at names as I ever was before. The closer to 40 that I get the worse it is getting. So now I find that, whereas I used to offend people by not remembering their names, on rare occasions I am also starting to piss people off by not remembering ever having met them in the first place. It is very embarrassing and awkward.Ultimately, I am the same way with matching screen names to actual people in real life. I don't know what it is but if you tell me your screen name in real life I probably won't remember it in 5 minutes if it meant my life. One time a while back I was talking to this guy here named rckcrwlr (or something like that) via PM for days about something, I forget what. It wasn't until like day 4 that he mentioned something about me that only someone I had wheeled with would know, so I asked him who he was and it turned out to be Mo, someone I had met on numerous occasions and spoke with at length and liked a lot. I had no clue the entire time I was talking to him and I think he was borderline offended by it since he obviously knew who he was PMing with. It doesn't mean he was any less important online than in real life in my mind though, just for some reason my mind refuses to work like that. So please don't be offended if something similar happens to you when we meet in real life vs. online. I apologize in advance and I mean no disrespect.
What's worse is that now days I have less time to surf forums and follow build threads. I guess less than I used to and also less than others because people will come up to me on the trail, recognize my buggy, and say, "Hey, that's Patooyee!" when I regrettably can't always do the same. I think a lot of ya'll's rigs are awesome. In fact, a lot of the time I see stuff on driveway-fabbed rigs that pisses me off that I didn't think of and don't have.
I guess my ultimate point here is that, if I recognize your rig but don't know your screen name, again, please don't be offended. Or if I meet you and you tell me your screen name and I don't immediately know which rig is yours, again, please excuse me. IT'S NOT YOU, IT ME! So I guess my ultimate point is that I am really looking forward to meeting some folks at Hawk Pride in June. Chances are 90% that I'll never forget your face but sadly probably 99% that I WILL forget your name or screen name. I'm pretty good at matching faces to buggies, too. So if we do meet, please don't be offended if I ask you your name two or three times. I'll get it eventually and please know that your face will most likely be etched in my brain until the day that I die.
I know some of ya'll know what I am talking about, so I'll quit talking now.
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