Do you take notice

When your out and about and bump into nieghbours, friends and just people in ramdon , when talking do you take on board everything they say , or does lot of things that is said go in one ear and out the other , even though what is beening said might be trival to you but serious to them

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Personally I tend to listen to what is being said to me. I may refer back to it during the conversation. I would not like to be in the position where the person Who was chatting to me remarked about it again, and I could not recall what had been said. After leaving them I just press my minds delete button and remember what stood out if anything.

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My biggest weakness is that I'm not very observant with my eyes or my ears so things that are said to me generally go in one ear and out the other.

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If I thought someone was telling me something that was bothering or worrying them, then I'd listen. Sometimes it's good to let people talk.

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Im often on the receiving end of conversations when im out and about, usually when im doing a bird survey at one of my sites. People see the scope and stop and ask what im watching, this usually leads to interesting exchanges.

As observation plays a large part in my hobbies,, i do listen to whats being said and i observe the body language along with it.

Many older people i find are just glad of a chance to talk with another person, so i always take time to respond, it could be me one day.

Trying to see beyond the words spoken to the reason behind them is something i feel has come with age and experience, i find some empathy with people who have similar problems to myself. Understanding i wished i had when i was younger.

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just find my attention span limited, though I do try to be attentive and observant. Finding my short term memory is coming up with C- minus a lot more than it used to do these days.
Not really such a bad problem since I isolate myself an awful lot and rarely have conversations with anyone.

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Yes I always listen ............till I've had me fill
Depends on the conversation too .........

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I too have a very limited attention span, I've found since my mum passed away my brain doesn't want to take in stuff that doesn't matter.

I lack concentration which is the main reason why I switch off unless it's something important and necessary to remember

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That's why folk liked chatting to Vincent van Gogh things went in one ear and stayed there.

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