I keep a few numbers memorised, a few friends, girlfriend, etc, as I suspect many others ultimately do. Beyond the smallest part of the monkeyverse, however, there's really no point. I do suppose, however, that what is true for myself is true for a great many: OLD numbers don't ever go away. You still remember your first home phone number, your grandparents' old house, etc. So once it's up there, it's kinda... up there.

Dat's like my stupid friend... I'll tell you how stupid she is ... oh man, she so stupid she can't even remember the number to call 9-1-1

Sync all the data you want, but that won't help you in an emergency where you are not near your PC and your phone is gone.

Anyone remember the guy who spent days in jail because he couldn't remember a phone number to call to help/bail (He wasn't allowed access to his cellphone)?

Anyone remember the guy who spent days in jail because he couldn't remember a phone number to call to help/bail (He wasn't allowed access to his cellphone)?

Are you sure you aren't confusing this with the guy who spent the weekend in jail for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk (without id) ?

He had one phone number memorized, his wife's.

Unfortunately, she was from out-of-town, and never bothered to change her cellphone number.

They don't let you call long distance.

yo its called a pen and a paper,

theres plenty of kiosks and kinkos out there to hop on a computer for a few minutes.

dummies from ohio. please note the city is an inconvenient place.

have these things handy before you need them.

condoms and lube.

spare set of extra keys.

baseball bat.

emergency cash.

a list of important phone numbers on paper.

flashlight and batteries.

a battery operated radio.

a gun with bullets.

a folding knife.

a combat or diving knife.

a set of screwdrivers, pliers, vise grip, hammer.

duct tape.

clean towels.

band aids.

aspirin.

if you need to nytimes to tell you about it and never figured this out yourself, please add to the list to help those ohio hipsters out.

Good way to keep safe is to sync your phone contacts with your gmail (or other web-based email) contacts. That way if you lose your phone you can log in to any computer and find your numbers.

Depends what you mean by "safe." I don't want people giving Google all of my contact information, thankyouverymuch. People who do that are the same people who use "Facebook Friend Finder" and then give Facebook access to all of their Google, AOL, Yahoo, etc. contact information. Fucking Internet.

I still know some people's phone numbers, cause if I dial a number more than twice I'll remember it. But now my friends think it's weird that I remember their numbers. It used to be an asset now it's creepy.

Look at your phone bill and you can figure out who's who.

this is news??

someone didnt back up their sim card, synch tehir smartphone with the usb cable that came in the box?

save their old phone? email an excel list to themselves or have a pen and paper handy anytime during their two year iron clad phone contract???

actually the times story is about a guy whose girlfriend was upset that he didnt memorize her #,

well thats sounds unreasonable drama dontcha think?

thus they broke up, and that hag will look fondly back at her early years in life and say yeah memorizing my # was a good reason to ditch a guy back in the day.

back in the day before the internet and cellphones,

if you missed out on something you had to find a payphone and look in your little black book, make a call and leave a message. your friends would hear the message hours later and say oh so thats what happened.

no biggie.

I don't even remember my own phone number! Then again, I'm not in the habit of calling myself.

My cell # is about the only one that my friends remember, simply because it ends in 272-2727. That being said, you should probably sync your contacts on your computer for sake of backup... especially if you have a smartphone.

Breaking News: Smart Phones make you Stupid

No, stupidity makes you stupid. Devices that store your information for you so you never actually have to remember it yourself just make you human. I'm sure there are plenty of facts, figures, names and even words that you haven't used in years that you can't remember at all. Unless you're some kind of savant with an eidetic memory.

Yeah, I suspect we are all retarded now that we have cell phones.

I have an unlinked web page just sitting out there with all my contacts on it. So, if I'm ever in a jam I just need to get to the internet. And AFAIK nobody else can find it.