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dlbpharmd wrote:Right - but it's a habit that I'd like to break now. Comprehension and retention suffer - for example, my overall lack of understanding of ROTE.
I apply the skimming philosophy to listening to women. Just focus on the good bits and ignore the crap. :twisted: ;) :lol:

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Loremaster wrote: I apply the skimming philosophy to listening to women. Just focus on the good bits and ignore the crap. :twisted: ;) :lol:

Oh god, I am dead . . .
My wife hates it when I do that.
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Loremaster wrote:
dlbpharmd wrote:Right - but it's a habit that I'd like to break now. Comprehension and retention suffer - for example, my overall lack of understanding of ROTE.
I apply the skimming philosophy to listening to women. Just focus on the good bits and ignore the crap. :twisted: ;) :lol:

Oh god, I am dead . . .
:LOLS:

Whenever I realize that someone has been talking to me and I haven't heard them, I say "I'm sorry, for a moment there I confused you with my wife and I ignored you."
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Loremaster wrote:
dlbpharmd wrote:Right - but it's a habit that I'd like to break now. Comprehension and retention suffer - for example, my overall lack of understanding of ROTE.
I apply the skimming philosophy to listening to women. Just focus on the good bits and ignore the crap. :twisted: ;) :lol:

Oh god, I am dead . . .
You're not dead...it just explains why you don't have a girlfriend... ;)

I know, that was totally below the belt!
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Seareach wrote: You're not dead...it just explains why you don't have a girlfriend... ;)

I know, that was totally below the belt!
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At least I am no Freddo addict . . :lol:
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dlbpharmd wrote:Whenever I realize that someone has been talking to me and I haven't heard them, I say "I'm sorry, for a moment there I confused you with my wife and I ignored you."
:lol: :lol:
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Loremaster wrote: I apply the skimming philosophy to listening to women. Just focus on the good bits and ignore the crap. :twisted: ;) :lol:

Oh god, I am dead . . .
My wife hates it when I do that.
Want to really piss your wife off? Next time she complains about you ignoring her, turn to her and say "I'm sorry, what were you saying?" ;)
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dlbpharmd wrote:
Farm Ur-Ted wrote:
Loremaster wrote: I apply the skimming philosophy to listening to women. Just focus on the good bits and ignore the crap. :twisted: ;) :lol:

Oh god, I am dead . . .
My wife hates it when I do that.
Want to really piss your wife off? Next time she complains about you ignoring her, turn to her and say "I'm sorry, what were you saying?" ;)
I do that at least three times a week.
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Hell, who am I talking to? You could probably teach me a thing or two! ;)
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Heh. You really want to get her, in the middle of her ranting say, "asphincter sezwat?". Gets 'em every time.

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I read extremely fast. took speed reading in high school twice. i already read fast before that. retention is still good. i skip over a lot of uneeded descriptive lines.
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When I'm in a good grassy park with just a LITTLE sun, I can ussually get about 50 to an hour. Usually around 35-40. Retentions good too. Unless I'm reading something for the first time, then I just devour it. I'm just going to re-read it in a day anyway!
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:shifty: Uh yeah, last time I checked, I averaged about 120 pages an hour, if uninterrupted. Back before I worked, a couple of books a day was no problem for me.

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Avatar wrote::shifty: Uh yeah, last time I checked, I averaged about 120 pages an hour, if uninterrupted. Back before I worked, a couple of books a day was no problem for me.

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:LOLS: Lotsa practice. :D My parents started me reading well before I went to school, and I never stopped. ;)

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8O Wow, Av, that's AMAZING!

I've always wished I could read faster. When I was doing my degree and assigned over 200 pages worth of articles to read for most subjects (so that was about 800 pages a week...and that was just the stuff you *had* to read) I struggled!

Theres a part of me that doesn't mind that I read so slow. I feel like I'm savoring what I'm reading. I only wish I retained more of what I read! I dunno. I had bacterial meningitis when I was 20. I reckon it stuffed up my brain! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!!! :P
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To be honest, it's always seemed perfectly natural to me...no big deal. Came in handy studying though, I must agree. I'd just read my textbook twice the night before an exam. :D

(Oh, and I had meningoencephalitis (a combination of meningitis and encephalitis) twice in my childhood. I also reckon it stuffed up my brain. ;) )

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I had viral meningitis when I was twenty-one, and it stuffed up my brain as well :biggrin:

I can see a common thread developing here :lol:
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No, you can't, Phantasm. I've *never* had meningitis. :lol:

I used to read about 60 pages an hour, but that was Before Kids. I think I've slowed down due to the distraction factor....

As for annoying the crap out of loved ones: When the girls accuse me of being deaf, my standard response is, "What?" (That's as in "What did you just say?", not as in "WHAT??!!?!?")

Av: I bow to your superior reading skills. :Hail:
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