Kevin's Watch

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.

Oh god, I am dead . . .

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

Oh god, I am dead . . .

My wife hates it when I do that.

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.

Oh god, I am dead . . .

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."

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.

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!

Seareach wrote: You're not dead...it just explains why you don't have a girlfriend...

I know, that was totally below the belt!

At least I am no Freddo addict . .

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."

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.

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?"

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.

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.

Hell, who am I talking to? You could probably teach me a thing or two!

Heh. You really want to get her, in the middle of her ranting say, "asphincter sezwat?". Gets 'em every time.

No wonder I'm getting divorced.

I timed myself tonight and realized that I am a freak. I am not posting the results because I want to test them several times with different literature and make my friends test me. But seriously, I think I am a freak.

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.

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!

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: 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.

--A

Lotsa practice. My parents started me reading well before I went to school, and I never stopped.

--A

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!!!!

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.

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

--A

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

I can see a common thread developing here

No, you can't, Phantasm. I've *never* had meningitis.

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.

A Gunslinger wrote:I read faster whn I imagine Ethel Merman singing all the text. Don't ask me why.

Dear gods! That would make me read faster, too, just to get it over with!