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Topic: The Rain Man  (Read 1563 times)

Offline gorbee natcase

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The Rain Man
on: June 07, 2005, 05:43:23 PM
I was just thinking, if you had a memory like raymond babbitt.
How much easyer would learning the piano be.
He can read 2 pages of a book in 10 seconds, with one eye on each page, and remember 99% of it. Im gutted.
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(> <)      What ever Bernhard said

Offline solange

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Re: The Rain Man
Reply #1 on: June 07, 2005, 06:29:38 PM
I was just thinking, if you had a memory like raymond babbitt.
How much easyer would learning the piano be.
He can read 2 pages of a book in 10 seconds, with one eye on each page, and remember 99% of it. Im gutted.


I do it in eight seconds

Offline Goldberg

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Re: The Rain Man
Reply #2 on: June 07, 2005, 06:50:41 PM
Tough guy!

Offline Torp

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Re: The Rain Man
Reply #3 on: June 08, 2005, 02:55:37 PM

I do it in eight seconds

Yes, but are YOU an excellent driver?
Don't let your music die inside you.
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