I had a really good idea for a discussion. Can you remember what it was?

Hi malpoa, I was struck by the phrase you used there,'my memory is like lightning' is it by any chance a Chinese saying as I have never heard it before but like it very much. If you can't think if a good idea then don't start a discussion or else you'll be quickly bored by the responses you receive, I think my ideas just mainly come quickly when I'm on Mylot. I was on a little while ago and received an email which bothered me so thought it might bother other people too so put it down straight away as a discussion.

Hi malpoa, your memory really does sound bad if what I thought was a new phrase to use from the Chinese language is actually only something like that. Here we use the phrase 'my memory is like a seive', if you aren't familiar with the word it's the kitchen implement you drain water through all the holes. Is it usual to keep the fridge in the dining room or just how you do it? My fridge is firmly in the kitchen but my washing machine is in the bathroom, that is the Greek way

Oh if there is a chinese saying, it might just be a resemblance, coz i dont know any of chinese sayings!!! The thing is that, my memory is actually like that...In our place, fridge isnt in the kitchen, it is in the dining area, so while cooking i rush to the fridge to get something and by the time im there, phew...i retrack what i was doing n what i might be needing from fridge... hi hi it happens even when i fight with my husband and beforehand i recollect all the points to say but while in the argument I forget a few...and some points even come spontaneously... gooday thea

Hello again friend, you actually come up with some topics that I am itching to join in with but don't allow myself as I find that one cannot have rational debate in the religious section and I choose not to engage in a shouting match. Perhaps I should take a look at some of your older posts as maybe you managed to keep an open debate going well. I've not generally found this to be the case though and whilst I am happy to debate and discuss, don't wish to be told to explain myself or prove my ideas. I'm sure you understand. Yes spontaneous ideas are often the best, this was a frivolous one when I made a joke with my son, and not meant to turn into anything much. The only one I recall giving thought to in advance was the Keats one, and that was because I didn't know how to title it. I actually have the same issue with a very serious discussion I want to start as well, but am sure it will bomb due to lack of response, so although the subject is there, the title still festers. I am sure you will recognise the serious subject matter when I do post it.

You're welcome my friend, and whilst I appreciate your name it does seem a bit of a mouthful and rather formal sometimes, you'll have to come up with something shorter for me to call you when we converse. You must do well on discussions to retain a red star and discuss religion, I will certainly take a look. I remember in one such discussion, not yours, I gave my valid opinion of something and was immediately told to back it up from the Bible, I do not enjoy this kind of confrontation. My serious subject is now up and was immediately I finished talking to you last, you may not be familiar with the figure there as much before your time, but I would value your opinion, as always.

I think i understand what you mean. Actually, i also don`t find it comfortable for me to start a discussion or to respond to a discussion that is based on some controversy or some soft points of the human life, which includes religion also. So, i try my best not to post anything that is too much specific to a particular community or a group or a religion. But, as my username suggests, i have an unchangeable nature to ponder upon and to discuss the things that are actually relevant in real life, and such thins are bound to have some debate. But, i consider, this is the way the views are shared and the real problems are solved. That is why i really love them. But, i try my best just to put my views but restrain from compelling others to change their views. so that a discussion remains a discussion, does not turn into a debate. But, different people have different approaches, and most people out here don`t share the ones i have. That`s why most of my serious discussions die out in scarcity of responses, as you also suspect for your upcoming discussion. Thanks for your comprehensive comments. Happy Mylotting!!

Now I really thought that you at least would be able to remember my idea for me GardenGerty, you usually have a quick response. I do have an actual note of one written down, just the word 'koubara' but although the idea is good I lack a snappy title for it which seems to be my downfall. Now don't go cleaning up with those paper towels until you've transferred your ideas to the computer

Hi again Gerty, please see my response to you under learn2earn, Rob's already gone off with his ideabefore I got the chance to steal it.

I know where all those lost discussions go. They end up in the land of the odd sock somewhere located near to the black hole otherwise known as the washing machine.... hee hee

Yes he did at that, i answered from my e-mail so i did not get to read any of the other comments, but i will make sure that i do, when this posts.

I'm having a lot of trouble opening from email the last couple of days, maybe it will open eventually but who's got the time to wait, it's slower than the rest of the system at the moment.

Hi dlr, now Rob above had the edge on you as he read my mind and got a discussion himself out of it. I knew actually that people would do it all the time, and it shows as well that when you think of an idea really quickly without giving it any thought at all first, you can end up with a discussion.

Hi jellymonty I was going to give you a well thought out response but it's quite obviousu that you'd just go and forget it straight away

I have no recollection of speaking with you earlier jellymonty and can't remember why I'm doing it again now, in fact I can't even remember what this discussion was about in the first place

Hello thea nice to meet you. Do I know you? Or did say something here. I can't remember now.. seriously

Hi snuggle bunnies, maybe our ideas for discussions just weren't very good in the first place which is why we forgot about them. I do it with other things, I'll write a shopping list then leave it in the car, or tell my son on the way home that he can't go out to play until he's done X but then I'll forget until later and he'll think he got away with something.

Hello again Hatley, it's all a small dot in the scheme of things anyway isn't it. I can sympathise with your writing teacher though and know exactly how it feels. AFter years of grappling with Greek grammar in came to me in the night finally how to understand 'cases' in Greek, I scribbled it all down and woke the next day to find I'd written pages of gibberish in Greek which I'd understood perfectly well in the middle of the night. It was so clear when realisation finally struck but it had disappeared again by dawn.

Hi Ivy, you just had to bring up the shower when the water's off again! You put so many discussions up on here that you must be on the computer for ages typing them all up, the one I thought of yesterday still hasn't come back to me but I blame it on the heat. It was probably something about insane motorists as I was in town at the time and the roads were completely insane yesterday.

Hi Sandra, you obviously have a systematic approach. I jot things down all the time too but not Mylot discussion ideas - if they come when I'm online they will come. If I do think of anything first then it is probably overthought and then I can't think of a opening line so usually just leave it. Mind you I did come up with the Basil one a while ago but didn't use it till the other day.

Hi akuler, the memory does get worse in summer time, sometimes we can even forget what actual day it is as they all tend to run together with such a long holiday. In actual fact I think the completely spontaneous ideas which come whilst one is mylotting are better than the ones which need thinking about in advance