sipi Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Or have you ever kept a diary? I can't remember what I did yesterday but sometimes I wish I had written a few things down. I have been reading some diary entries from some ancestors and am finding them most interesting. Maybe in the new age of social media, diaries are a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) No, but I wish I had. I began my travel adventures at the age of 19, which is many, many years ago, so I'm sure a lot of experiences have long been forgotten unfortunately, so a diary would have been a nice thing in which to have recorded experiences. Edited July 23, 2016 by giddyup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manfredtillmann Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 my mother kept a diary for years, it was placed on top of the fridge and she would enter the morning temperature, who was home, who got drunk last night, what everyone did or not did, etc. once she started traveling these books shrunk in size but expanded in content. i - as a result of her vigilance - now have records of the day my first daughter was born (she is 29 years old now!). i gave this daughter those books, i have not heard back from her about them. they would be difficult to read, written in half arabic /half old german. my father, a traveling salesman, once got arrested right in front of me - i was 11 or so - for having done a hit-and-run. it was his meticulously kept diary that proved he was not where he was supposed to have been. and NO, after all this, i do NOT keep a diary. just tick me off as stupid, ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) No - I don't - my Daughter in the US used to keep a journal of events & observations.....She's no longer with us and I'm not sure what happened to them..... Guess I could always go back & read through my TVF posts - - - - gawd.... My great great aunt from the 1800's did, along with drawings of things they experienced going east to west.....Everything from ships, flowers, spices, indians, structures, indigenous people on horseback, scenery, prairie schooners......It was a treasure.....I gave it to my oldest daughter to care for.....Hopefully she has preserved it...... Rightfully should be in a museum somewhere..... Edited July 23, 2016 by pgrahmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissAndry Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Car cam + battery pack. Just record everything 24/7. Your entire life on video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 No - I don't - my Daughter in the US used to keep a journal of events & observations.....She's no longer with us and I'm not sure what happened to them..... Guess I could always go back & read through my TVF posts - - - - gawd.... Yeah as much as I hate Facebook it does have it's advantages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Car cam + battery pack. Just record everything 24/7. Your entire life on video. Weren't too many of those around in the 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manfredtillmann Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Car cam + battery pack. Just record everything 24/7. Your entire life on video. Weren't too many of those around in the 60's. judging by 'her' previous posts ----- neither was 'she'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Car cam + battery pack. Just record everything 24/7. Your entire life on video.Weren't too many of those around in the 60's. If there were they'd have hollowed it out & made a hash pipe out of it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stander Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I have kept a work related diary for 37 years and it has come in very useful on many occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I keep a diary, I record down important stuff, even stuff that might seem trivial. My wife often pulls one of my past yearly diaries out from 10-15 years ago and we remind ourselves about where we were 12 years ago today etc.....always good for a laugh. I've even got my old work diaries, some interesting reading in there 55555 One day after I'm gone, they can go in the bin or maybe someone might read them, I don't really care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Today everyone keeps a diary, we can track every movement you make online. Every comment you make, every e-mail, every transaction, doctor appointment, it's all there. If you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stander Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I work for a EPC company and around 20 years ago I had my first involvement with arbitration and my diary turned out to be a key component in the company limiting their loses. So a pat on the back for me and it was onward and upwards. I have to say though, I was not a willing or a diligent diary keeper in the beginning, but it is a company requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 No - I don't - my Daughter in the US used to keep a journal of events & observations.....She's no longer with us and I'm not sure what happened to them..... Guess I could always go back & read through my TVF posts - - - - gawd.... My great great aunt from the 1800's did, along with drawings of things they experienced going east to west.....Everything from ships, flowers, spices, indians, structures, indigenous people on horseback, scenery, prairie schooners......It was a treasure.....I gave it to my oldest daughter to care for.....Hopefully she has preserved it...... Rightfully should be in a museum somewhere..... Wouldn't call it a diary but for years I used a Franklin Planner which covered professional, social, & the family areas of life with regard to events & relevant thoughts and observations....Mostly geared for going forward.....Duly cataloged & stored for reference..... But not so much the anecdotal musings that I think would be more "diary" material..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Considering my blog and FaceBook, as well as my photos, I think a diary would be overkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 I regret not keeping travel diaries and taking photos in my younger years. Things like backpacking through Iran, Syria when it safer. I can vividly remember the smells of the coke burner heaters on the Trans Siberian train but can't recall much else. At the end of the day it probably means nothing to anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stander Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I also regret not keeping a personal diary, although I do have notes in my company one, but it's not the same. I often get asked about how things were here when I first came and even though I did not keep a diary, I have 100's of photos and fortunately they are date stamped and they jog the old memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Considering my blog and FaceBook, as well as my photos, I think a diary would be overkill. Don't forget you're nude streaking site where you photoblog yourself naked at world famous sites like SYDNEY Opera House, Eiffel Tower etc etc......or wait a sec, were you keeping that private ? Edited July 24, 2016 by neverdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I regret not keeping travel diaries and taking photos in my younger years. Things like backpacking through Iran, Syria when it safer. I can vividly remember the smells of the coke burner heaters on the Trans Siberian train but can't recall much else. At the end of the day it probably means nothing to anyone else. I regret not having photos. I have no photos,?rather next to no photos prior to getting married, I just didn't have a camera or interest in that sort of thing. It's a shame because I was so handsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toloman Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I work for a EPC company and around 20 years ago I had my first involvement with arbitration and my diary turned out to be a key component in the company limiting their loses. So a pat on the back for me and it was onward and upwards. I have to say though, I was not a willing or a diligent diary keeper in the beginning, but it is a company requirement. I have been recording my thoughts in diaries since the 1970's. I write in mine every day. I am a writer anyway and authored 12 books. I am currently writing my thirteenth book which will be on amazon sometime this year. My last book which is on amazon.com was called The Mean Streets of LA: Taking Out the Trash. The book based on my experience of working with an hispanic barrio gang in the late 1970's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keesters Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Google keeps a track on where I've been and everything I've done so they are my diary. 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyxel Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Louis XVI of France was keeping a diary. On July 14 1789 (Bastille day) he wrote: Rien (nothing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Day 1 - Just arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport after a long flight from across the world. So excited for this vacation we've been planning for months! First time in Asia!! Learned my first Thai word, I think it's "Kop Khun Khaa" <3 <3 #travel #friends #wanderlust #Thailand Day 2 - Admitted in hospital after taxi flips over because driver fell asleep at the wheel on the way out from airport. I hope we recover soon... #fml http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/918972-bangkok-four-us-tourists-injured-when-taxi-overturns-after-driver-fell-asleep-at-wheel/ Edited July 25, 2016 by mesterm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nausea Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Just shows you, and there was I thinking the only people who kept diaries were little girls and characters in books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Was thinking I should hand my diaries to an author, get my memoirs written. Anyone know a good author? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 yes,i keep a Diary,in which i write,'what i did on my summer holidays 'My letter to Santa' every year, what i secretly think about all the people i know,my monthly weight,and my dogs birthday. I also write down the cricket scores of the matches held on the village green and who is carrying on with who. I write when i have nothing to day,which,by the way,is 24 hours a day. I get great fun in reading my exploits into other peoples personal lives and feel comfort in the knowledge that i have some great future blackmail material. I enjoy reading it over a cup of camomile tea,just befor i eat my wholemeal biccys and go to bed.Some times i stay up until 9 pm.Arent i a scamp. yours faithfully Mrs Dale. (for f###s sake) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I do....in the form of ATM receipts..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Today everyone keeps a diary, we can track every movement you make online. Every comment you make, every e-mail, every transaction, doctor appointment, it's all there. If you want it. Yes,....but not the intimate thoughts,...not the conversations you had with persons outside the Internet...!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yes I do keep a diary and today on looking back to the one 2013 I noticed that my state pension today was the lowest since June of that year , oh borrocks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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