Really basic stuff I just can’t remember

[Emilywiththegreeneyes]

Gross and Net. I can never remember which one relates to which figure and it’s especially annoying as I quite often have to discuss net and gross figures with clients. I don’t know why, I could check a thousand times and still never remember.

Same with Verbs, nouns, etc, which one is which FFS!

There are definitely other things but I’ve forgotten those too.

You can add other time zones to your outlook calendar!

@Devilsmommy cancel the cheque

I'm probably the best speller I know and I CANNOT remember if it's graffiti or grafitti (except autocorrect just fixed the first one for me).

I also have a problem with verb/ noun, but only in one of the languages I speak - it's so bizarre.

In English I often mix up the colours green and orange. I am not colourblind, I see them completely different. I just often say one when I mean the other.

For effect and affect think of 'cause and effect' so if you were pushed (cause) and fell into a swimming pool (effect) you would get wet (how it affected you).

@Asiatoyork adds time zones!!

Eh? No it's not

Gross is the original amount before deductions

Now seen your post re sleep deprivation!

For left and right...

Put your hands in front of you, with the backs facing you, thumbs out and fingers straight.
The fingers and thumb in your left hand makes an L.

I don't know left and right. I mean, I do, I can think about it and figure it out but I don't know instinctively. If someone is opposite me I have to think and work out which is their left and right, I don't just KNOW like other people seem to. I struggle with map reading, directions etc. I also really really struggle to copy the gym instructor when he does those weird stretches like left leg and right arm out, I can't figure it out.

I ask teen to set anything electronic for me.

Necessary = one collar (C) and 2 sleeves (S)

Never, Eat, Shredded, wheat.....every time I have to think east or west....I have an alevel in geography and an environmental degree - I should know but still stand there going never, eat....

Poor @Devilsmommy 😂

I always go a bit when people talk about the inside lane and the outside lane of a motorway. Just call it the slow lane and the fast lane and then I know what you mean.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Intellectually I know left and right, but if I don’t stop to think I will get it wrong about 75% of the time (worse than just randomly guessing). Satnav has saved our marriage because my map reading is excellent but I can’t translate it into reliable directions.

Look, it's very simple. The inside lane is the one on the outside.

(after 30 years of people talking at me about it, I'm almost at the point where I'm comfortable with "the inside lane", but it still pisses me off. Still have to ask H every time he talks about nearside...)

On the other hand (ha), I don't even have the concept of muddling left and right.

I think I understand the offside rule. Asking me to judge in the moment whether someone was offside, not in a million years.

I think I understand the offside rule. Asking me to judge in the moment whether someone was offside, not in a million years.

My youngest has tried several times to explain it to me. Nope, it doesn't sink in.

He can do it in the moment, but he's an FA referee, so I guess a bit of a must for him.

I still use the knuckles of my hand to work out how many days there are in each month. You start at the forefinger knuckle - 31 days for a knuckle and 30 days for a gap in between knuckles (except for February), go back to the start when you get to the end of your hand!

Can never remember the name of Primark.

I can’t spell itinerary (thank god for autocorrect else I wouldn’t have been able to tell you what word I can’t spell)

The school principal wants to be your pal...

My neighbour has a phd in molecular biochemistry. We got drunk the other night and she said she can’t do telling the time on a normal clock, thinks sundials are “cod” and doesn’t always get “before and after”. I laughed so hard I was nearly weeping. Massive brain, misfiring.

she also lost her car in marks and sorcery Gemini Warrington and reported it stolen. She had just come through another door.

I think about it as going back into the dark (autumn), then forwards into the light (spring).

Or net is not including tax (net/not).

Definitely verbs nouns etc. also types of rock - igneous etc.

I can't remember how to spell library either.