On your mobile/cell phone I mean.
Do you know your SO’s?
Do you know your best friend’s?
I notice that with mobiles many people just don’t know their own number nor those of their friends and family. This is of course because the phones store the numbers but I’ve been in situations a number of times where if I hadn’t memorised a lot of these numbers I would have been up the creek so to speak.
Yes.
I’ve had it memorized since last night.
I’ve had the phone for two years.
I know both my own numbers, that of my daughter and my mother (though not her cell phone), and of perhaps 2 or 3 other people. A mix of speed dial and changing numbers (and a bad memory). I don’t have a single phone number related to my job memorized.
I do have them all written down in a very old address book, though.
Yes. I’ve had the same number for about 7 years or so. I also know my family’s cell numbers by heart. There are definitely numbers I have in my phone that I wouldn’t be able to remember if I lost it, though.
I know my cellphone number because it is the same as my home phone but with a different prefix.
I’m generally extremely lousy at phone numbers. I think the only other 2 I know by heart are my recently replaced work number, and my home phone as a kid (ME7-1770). We got new work numbers about a month ago, and I remember my extension, but not the main number.
Don’t know cell or home numbers for any family members or friends other than 2 of my sisters’ home numbers, but I always forget which is which.
I know my mobile number - and with some thought, I know my boyfriend’s mobile number. I have no idea what our home phone number is, we just don’t use it.
I also know my parents’ home phone number without looking, but not their mobile numbers - and that’s about it. Everything else, I’m reliant on my phone knowing the number I want to ring.
I do periodically write down the important numbers on a piece of paper somewhere, in case I drop my phone and break it permanently. I usually lose the piece of paper, though. It’s probably about time to do it again…
The only phone number I currently have memorized are my own, my parents’, and my SO’s. And it took me over three years to memorize my SO’s number and I still have to remind myself from time to time.
It’s not that weird, though, since I never have to dial any of these numbers anymore. I could tell you my best friend’s phone number from childhood, who hasn’t lived there since 1988, but I couldn’t tell you my closest friend’s current phone numbers.
I think that the only three numbers other than my own that I have memorized are a cab company, an ex-girlfriend, and my parents from before when they moved in 1999.
Funnily enough, the display on my land line works less than half of the time, so I have to consult an old address book if I want to call anyone.
I refuse to use speed dial so I know all my numbers and my friends and family
(I do have an old fashioned address book for people I don’t phone often).
Everyone else thinks I am nuts but it is really handy when your cell dies and you need to call someone.
I know my work cell number ('cos I have to give it out a lot), and my AT&T cell number ('cos I sometimes still have to give it out), but I have only a vague idea of what my Mexican cell number is, and I regard it as a throwaway number anyway. Oh, and “vague idea” means that I don’t know it well enough to recite it, so, in a word: “no.”
I know my cell and my home numbers, and my mom’s cell (hers is one off from mine, we’re on the same plan) and my parents’ home.
Other than that…I dare say that if I lost my cell and I didn’t have access to email, I’d be SOL on being able to contact everyone I know via phone.
Three – mine, my husband’s, and my daughter’s boyfriend’s phone (she refuses to have a cell phone).
I was secretary for a community council in the 70’s. I had all of their phone numbers (and addresses) memorized – 35 of them, people I might only call once a month. No way I could do that now.
I know my own phone numbers (cell, Google Voice, and work.)
I also know my husband’s cell #, my oldest son’s cell #, my youngest son’s home #, my sister’s cell #, my ex-boyfriend’s cell and home #s, and my boss’ work #.
Anything beyond that I rely on just being stored in my phone and Google contacts.
I know my own phone number, but I’ve had the same cell number for 16 years now. I know my husbands cell because it’s the primary number on our family plan and I need it every time I call for service for our internet, cable or phones. I know my father’s number because it was mine for 17 years. Other than that it’s contact list only. God forbid I ever lose access to both my phone and my computer at the same time.
I freely confess that I don’t know my own cell phone number. I added it to my cell phone’s directory list (under the name “(this phone)”) just so I could look it up when I had to.
I know my home landline number, but it’s been the same number for over thirty years so I’ve had a lot of time to memorize it.
Yes. For some reason I am pretty good with numbers. Home, Cell, Sisters land line(but not her cell) Next door neighbors, Three different Auto parts stores. Some stuff sticks in my head. Other stuff not so well.
Yes. (310) 867-5309
Interesting observations.
25 years ago, while I had a card in my wallet with about 50 phone numbers, I knew about 40 of them by heart. Just what you did.
I still remember my grandmothers phone number from 1949 or so. 6089J. Reason I know it—when you’re 4-7 years old, parents drill into you a phone number in case you get lost. But, can I tell you what I had to eat two days ago–not on a bet!!
Ohh, a couple more - some work vendors that I talk to pretty much every day. And about a dozen 4 digit extensions for the folks at work I interact with the most, or the most by phone anyway.
I only have a cell, no landline, so does that count? If I only had one for emergencies probably not. And no, I don’t know most of my peep’s numbers by heart, they’re all in my contacts. That’s bad, because back in the day, I at least knew my immediate family’s numbers.