A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from March 03, 2020
“I wonder what the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is up to these days”

People used to remember phone numbers, but electronic devices now remember phone numbers. “The part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is now filled with website passwords. I should use phone numbers for passwords” was posted on Twitter by Charles Bryan, All-American Leftie on January 3, 2011.
   
“What am I doing with the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers?” was posted on Twitter by westiola on November 28, 2011. “Where did the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers go?” was posted on Twitter by Phil Wedow on February 8, 2012.
   
“I wonder what the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is up to these days” was posted on Twitter by Pasta Fazool on February 22, 2019.
   
       
Twitter
Charles Bryan, All-American Leftie.
@charleshbryan
The part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is now filled with website passwords. I should use phone numbers for passwords.
9:54 AM · Jan 3, 2011·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
westiola
@westiola
What am I doing with the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers?
1:35 PM · Nov 18, 2011·Mobile Web
 
Twitter
Phil Wedow
@philwedow
Where did the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers go?
4:57 PM · Feb 8, 2012·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Phil Wedow
@philwedow
I have no idea what happened to the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers.
10:21 AM · Dec 6, 2012·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Chris
@_AintHavinIt
I realized that the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers has been repurposed to hold passwords.
8:02 PM · Apr 25, 2015 from California, USA·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/lupurus (2016?—ed.)
Why can’t I use the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers to remember my passwords instead?
   
Twitter
Bill Queen
@BillQueenComic
I wonder what’s in the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers
10:08 PM · Dec 26, 2016·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Pasta Fazool
@chrisdowning
I wonder what the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is up to these days.
1:44 PM · Feb 22, 2019·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter
Danny Siegrist
@Siegrist1224
“I wonder what the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is up to these days.” The only number I recall without hesitation is my old home number… https://instagram.com/p/BuPByCLh7N2x6yhjnl6avdjohI93hudy4HBwIc0/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1779j6hyx8b55
1:44 PM · Feb 23, 2019 from Michigan, USA·Instagram
 
Chicago (IL) Tribune
When service workers wear nametags, is it OK to use their names?
By ERIC ZORN
MAR 01, 2019 | 3:35 PM
(...)
The winner of this week’s online reader poll for funniest tweet is “I wonder what the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is up to these days,” by @chrisdowning.
   
Twitter
Kevin Farley
@Imkevinfarley
I wonder what the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is up to these days Thinking face
1:43 PM · Mar 4, 2020·Twitter Web App

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