Do you still count with your pen and brain,or you are using a calculator?

Congratulations my friend for we have the same attitudes in counting things and the ways I counted what I have been buying.This is my ways and thank you very much for responding my topic.

I am counting with my pen and paper so that I can not forget what are missing in my stuffs,because it is better counted while still in the grocery,so that what are not yet in the list could be added in my final counting.This way of counting is a bet tedious yet I am very certain nothing is forgotten.

Actually,being active in using your brain frequently can actually make you more alert,yet it is not a guaranty,that you could never have that Alzheimer disease.I believe that taking natural foods rich in all the nutrients needed by our system could make us all healthy and it might be our shield not to have bad health problems like Alzheimer disease or other dangerous diseases.As long as you eat the right foods you can avoid all these deadly diseases.

Thank you very much for responding my topic friend.You are very unique because you have the ability to count without any help from a pen or calculator.I think I know what you mean by the tricks you make upon counting a long list,by arranging the same amount,then add the different amounts,yet to my own style I still use a paper and pen to jot down what are already counted and add all to know total.I think I can add up to the 20 items in my mind,if I do it one by one.

That is very practical of you,but I frequently use my pen to jot it down first,so that all would be added with the calculator when I am finish my shopping.The point is that you might commit a double entry when just using the calculator,that is why i8 have to jot it down first to be exact with my addition.

It is manageable if your just buying 5 different items,that you could remember it quickly in your brain.I do not think you could remember all that you have been paying if you shop for more than 30 pieces of different items.Now I think you would need to jot down what you have been buying,as the value has some coins to also add in your counting how much you were shopping.If you still count with your mind,it can still be done,yet you needed sometime to finish counting,not like jotting it down in a piece of paper,then count it with the aide of a pen and your brain.

I sometimes uses my fingers when counting a few numbers,but when I am shopping I have to use my brains and pen,so I can jot down my items and so are its prices for easy addition.