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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:07 PM
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What sort of activities do you do, to keep your mind sharp
I figure the mind is not unlike a muscle (in terms of keeping it in shape). Do you engage in any activities to keep your mind sharp?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:12 PM
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1. Logic puzzles
Crossword puzzles
Sudoku puzzles
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:51 PM
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17. Where do you get your logic puzzles?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:54 PM
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18. At puzzles.com
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:55 PM
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19. thanks
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:13 PM
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2. Math.
Teaching it, reading it, reviewing it, and writing it.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:14 PM
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3. Reading, writing, computer programming, guitar playing.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:14 PM
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4. Thinking up creative ways to annoy
Conservatives and thumpers.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:18 PM
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5. Very important issue to me
I'm 54 and my Dad suffered from Alzheimer's. As recommended by the Alzheimer's Assn, I do at least 3 crossword puzzles a day and I always have a book going on. I always try to overthink and make a mental challenge out of every task and I intently listen to everthing I hear. You have to exercise the brain. Its a horrible sight when its gone.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:20 PM
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7. Besides crossword puzzles is there anything else they suggest?
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:19 PM
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6. Oh, I always just - wait, what was the question?
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:20 PM
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8. I visit DU and argue with you lot
That seems to work okay.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:50 PM
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16. Glad I could help
:hi:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:21 PM
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9. I shave with a lathe
ohhh

that sharp

nevermind
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:22 PM
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10. My job, reading and copy-editing.
Believe me, correcting grammar, spelling and punctuation 8 hours a day is enough to keep your mind sharp.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:32 PM
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11. I bet it would
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:32 PM
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12. I stalk sniffa and zornhau.
someone has to do it.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:35 PM
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13. I wander around looking for my keys...........
Oh,got 'em. Nevermind.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:36 PM
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14. Freebase meth and Stevie Nicks blows heroin up my butt
Seriously - I read and watch the kids - they keep me on my toes
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insanity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:37 PM
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15. Crosswords, Math, First Person Shooters
Music, Writing, Smoking.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 02:58 PM
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20. I keep the complete series of Saved By the Bell on continuous loop
Nothing hones the razor's edge of mental acuity like the witty repartee and outrageous hijinx of the gang from Bayside High.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 03:01 PM
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21. For starters, I never log on to FreakRepublikkk.
Read, read and read.

And do crosswords. Lot of people in my class do crosswords during lecture-breaks. I'm the go-to guy to solve obscure clues. And some not-so-obscure ones. A buddy of mine came to me with this the other day: 'The End', to Aristotle - _ME_A. He didn't think it through very well...
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