How observant are you.?

My AC had broken a shelf in the refrigerator, so for months things were piled on top of each other on the bottom shelf. I got so fed up with stacking things back up that I ordered a replacement shelf and fitted it, then tidied the fridge. Then I said I bought you a present but you have to guess what it is. It took three days before the penny dropped, despite being in and out of the fridge all day long! Can't complain though because I'm the same, it took me a week once to realise OH had shaved his beard off and I never notice if he's had his hair cut.

I can find my way by car from my home to village 'A' and from home to village 'B'. But have trouble finding my way from 'A' to 'B'. Need to refer to maps.

Prosopagnosia sounds grim for sufferers. It must be both frightening and embarassing - I hadn't heard of this, only of people who have no 'mind's eye', and wonder if this is a related condition. Dominic Lawson wrote an article in which he said he can tell you that his wife is pretty, that she has red hair, and how tall she is, because this is in his memory bank, but cannot 'see' her in his mind's eye, or see anything else in his life for that matter. He can't imagine anything, because he can't see it - that too must be a strange concept to deal with.

I bumped into a friend in the street and said oh you're growing your hair longer, she said I've just been to the hairdressers in rather an annoyed way! I'm sure she used to wear it shorter though...

Maggiemaybe, I did laugh at the vicar not recognising his wife. I wish I’d heard the discussion on radio 4, perhaps I’ll try to find it. It’s caused me many problems over the years, but it could be worse!