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Marcus Tee's Blog
Topic: Remember?
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fiogf49gjkf0d We have all been taught, through the years, little phrases etc. to help us remember certain things. To wit,
Spring forward, Fall back helps us remember which way to set my clock.
Thirty days has September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31 except February with 29. Helps us to remember the number of days in each month.
Gorillas eat potato chips. Reminds us of the order of the next four Bible books after 2nd Corinthians because these are shorter books and their order can get confusing.
Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor = the notes on the scale.
So, what have you been taught to help you remember?
Marcus Tee
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fiogf49gjkf0d Every Good Boy Does Fine
(Notes, from low to high, in the treble clef.)
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fiogf49gjkf0d Typing Sentences contain every letter in the alphabet: This one was always one of my favorites...
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Here are some more examples:
Mechanics
Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey (Lucy)
Bartending Kamikaze: Very Tragic Landings or Vanna Turns Letters
(Vodka, Triple sec, Lime)
Typing
These sentences contain every letter in the alphabet:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex.
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
Geography
The Oceans from largest to smallest:
Pigs Are Intelligent Animals (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic.)
Spelling
Which letter to put first while spelling (has some exceptions):
"I" before "e" except after "c" (Isn't that "weird"?)
Marcus Tee
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fiogf49gjkf0d Hmmmm...maybe I'm aging myself, but in the days before computers or word processors there was a shop class called "print shop" where we used movable type, just like the type used by newspapers. The case where the letters were kept were in a standard format. Each row had its specific saying. It was over 35 years ago, but I believe the first row went something like this: "Never Park Small Ford Cars In Large Garages" (NPSFCILG). I know it may not be correct, but maybe someone can correct me and also give the words for the next two rows.
Tedsdad
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fiogf49gjkf0d That's true, but when you're listening to a talk and are asked to look up Philippians it's a lot quicker when you know the order.
Marcus Tee
Sick Puppy wrote:
Their order doesn't really matter that much.... It's what's in them that counts.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Which reminds me of the colors of the rainbow:
Roy G Biv is the name we use for that.
Red Orange Yellow
Green
Blue Indigo Violet
Marcus Tee
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fiogf49gjkf0d I figured the phrase they would teach in Canada would be:
Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well
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fiogf49gjkf0d I too took electronics in high school.... Can't seem to remember if there was any cute rhyme to help us remember the colour codes though. I'm sure the part in question would not have made it past the school censors as they were in the late 70s. Teacher did hand out pocket resistance calculators though. Just turn the wheels so the colours line up and read the value in the window. Simple but effective..... I'm sure I still have it around here someplace.
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fiogf49gjkf0d >>> BTW, FM123.... Who is this Violet you hold in such high regard?
Actually, I've learned that in high school electronics class. There are many other funny phrases to remember the color code by - www.netnaut.com/mnemonics/electronics.html
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fiogf49gjkf0d Their order doesn't really matter that much.... It's what's in them that counts.
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fiogf49gjkf0d You are so right. I totally forget about those 'cause I always remember their order. Man am I stooooopid. (So I fixed it. Thanks Bob.)
Marcus Tee
Sick Puppy wrote:
You didn't know that because it isn't true.
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fiogf49gjkf0d You didn't know that because it isn't true.
After the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), it's Acts, Romans, 1st Corinthians and 2nd Corinthians. Then it's Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians.... But the rhyme I learned for that was "General Electric Power Company".
BTW, FM123.... Who is this Violet you hold in such high regard?
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fiogf49gjkf0d "Gorillas eat potato chips. Reminds us of the order of the next four Bible books after the Gospels. Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians"
I didn't know that.
Terri M.
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fiogf49gjkf0d February has 28 days except during the Presidential Election year it has 29 days.
The resistor color code:
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Goes Willingly
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