Of course I do! 867-5309…
In all seriousness, I know my cell, my google voice, my fathers cell and with some thought his google voice, my grandparents home number and that’s pretty much it. My mothers cell changes too frequently, and my home phone changes often as well.
I know a few close friends numbers, and I have a few knocking around in my head from when I was younger, but they have no function other than to gum up the works from time to time.
Of the people whose phone numbers I would traditionally have memorized only two live in the same area code so that’s what I look at mainly.
I do not have my own cell number memorized, but my excuse is that I’ve only had it a month. I know it’s 602-something.
When the whole family was together at Christmas my sister joked that if any of the rest of us ended up in a bind without our cellphones our aunt and uncle should expect a call at home because they’ve had the same number for close to 40 years and it’s the only one any of us has memorized.
I have one cousin’s cell # memorized, not because I call him so much but because it’s a memorable pattern: ABA CBAB
I do have memorized the number of a pizza place in my hometown that I haven’t frequented for over 20 years. I really would like to use that brain space for something I actually need to know, such as my own phone number.
No, I don’t remember my own number anymore. I still remember one particular friend’s number because she’s had it since the early 90’s and I used to call all the time. Don’t call it much these days, but it’s still in my head.
Not only do I not know my own number, but I can never remember where it might be stored on my cell phone. It’d be nice if it were displayed someplace really obvious, like the date and time is.
Of course I memorize my own and my SOs. The rest; I keep a phone book still. It’s a tiny one that fits in my purse but I’m rarely without it.
Phone only has the numbers, not the addresses or anything.
I finally memorized my cell phone number. I hardly ever use the thing!
I still remember my first phone number from 1st grade. 866-8848.
I know my house number, but not the my cell phone. I rarely even turn on the house number.
Not a damn clue. Owned four or five mobiles over the last eleven years and have never known any of my mobile numbers (or any other person’s).
Do know three landline numbers, including my own, but even then my memory can go blank halfway through dialling or if someone asks for mine.
I know both. My wife doesn’t have a cell phone. I know my daughter’s cell (it is easy to remember and for many years, till she moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn, her home number) but I don’t remember her home number nor the home or cell numbers of either of my son’s home or cell numbers or those of their wives.
On the other hand, I am old enough to recall my home phone number when I was growing up: GRAnite 3277, eventually GR2-3277. That goes back at least 65 years. Which proves something; I am not sure what.
Our family doctor, when I was growing up, had the same number (5460) as his house number, phone number, and license plate number.
I know mine and everyone in the family’s number. Everyone I call regularly.
Then again I rarely use my cellphone so I don’t much depend on the address book.
I don`t understand how you could not know your own phone number? What does one do when people you meet want to be able to call you? Doesn’t not being able to tell others how to contact you by phone defeat exactly half the point of having a phone?
I know my number, my husband’s cellular, my work number, my best friend’s home number, and my parents’ cellulars and home number. (Oh, and my grandmother’s home number, my ex-husband’s cellular, and my aunt’s home and office numbers.) I actually have a good memory for numbers, but my use of cell phone has seriously affected my ability to keep in touch if my own cell phone isn’t available. (I can also tell you the three phone numbers I had while growing up, my middle/high school best friend’s number, and so forth. But I have no clue what my own home number is, nor my son’s cellular number, etc.)
I made myself memorize a handful of numbers, including my work number, after one of my co-workers had to use his one call from jail after being arrested. He was smart enough to call the hotel after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge, because someone is available 24/7 at a hotel. (And the company owner, for all of his faults, actually did go and bail his employee out.) I don’t expect to be arrested anytime soon, but it would be horrible to remain in jail just because I don’t know anyone’s phone number!
It’s funny, though: At work, I get people’s phone numbers to check them in to a hotel. It’s fairly shocking the number of people who don’t know it/have to seriously think about it/have to consult their cell phones to tell me.
I can remember our home phone and the wife’s cellphone (I don’t carry one), but ever since the advent of digital dial (I grew up with rotary dials), it’s usually the pattern I remember most easily. Even though I can recall the number, I still find myself usually stopoing a moment to visualize a telephone keypad and the pattern formed by the dialing.
You have your cell phone with you, and can look it up. It’s gonna take them time to get out their cellphone to put it in, so you can already have yours ready.
And, no, I dont’ know my number, I might if I used it more often, and actually gave it out to people. I don’t get out enough to warrant giving out anything but my house number.
I do know my dad’s number, only because it’s easy. Everyone else’s is on my portable phone, which I always have with me. I can figure out my sisters in a few shots, if I absolutely need to, as I know the last 4 digits.
Most people I know change their numbers too often to warrant memorizing it. If I got out more, I’d probably bother memorizing the few that have everyone’s number, so I can call them if my cell dies, but that’s yet to happen. (My phone lasts for days. I don’t talk much.)
I have a cell phone for emergencies only, and have used it exactly twice. There’s no reason for me to know the number. But I do know my land line number.
At my age, my brain has enough trouble dealing with things it actually needs to know.
I memorized my own cell # not long after I first got it (more than 3 years ago), and when I got seriously involved with a partner I memorized hers. But if I were without my phone and had to call my friends, my work, or my parents, I’d be royally screwed.
Since many members of my family move around right now, college aged and just past college aged, I don’t remember their numbers, but I always remember my number and that of anyone I am going out with or live with.
Since I need to give it out on at least a weekly basis, I have my # memorized and can recite it without thinking. However, except for some #'s which I’ve used for years, I don’t have ANY #'s memorized of my friends/family/work, since I dial based on their name in my cell’s address book.