Muscle Memory

[Father Mahoney]

So I had a Master Lock for when I go to the gym. I used this lock from 2002-2005. Then I lost it and I had to buy a new Master Lock.

Often though, in 2012, I will still instinctively put in the combination of my old 2002-2005 lock. I don't even think as I do it then when my lock doesn't open I get startled as I realized I was putting in the 34-16-20 from 7 years ago.

Anyone else have this experience either with combination locks or other applications?

[Baby, ByeBye]

Thx for the combo, I can finally open this lock I found

[Super Silver Haze]

You do know that anyone with a time machine can travel back to 2005 now and ransack your gym locker.

[1695814]

34-16-20. Failure to comply with notice--Removal of nuisance--Cost. If an owner of property fails to comply with the requirements of a notice served pursuant to § 34-16-19, the county health officer shall proceed to have the nuisance, source of filth, cause of sickness or condition which endangers the public health removed from the property or abated and report the cost of the removal or abatement to the county auditor. The cost of such removal or abatement shall be assessed and charged against the property on which the nuisance or condition was located in the manner that other taxes are collected.

[Pseudolus]

Don't mess with South Dakota.

[FormLetter]

Yes I have had it. I can quickly enter two different combinations for former combination locks I used, one being from almost 20 years ago.

[Listeria]

Originally Posted by Father Mahoney

So I had a Master Lock for when I go to the gym. I used this lock from 2002-2005. Then I lost it and I had to buy a new Master Lock.

Often though, in 2012, I will still instinctively put in the combination of my old 2002-2005 lock. I don't even think as I do it then when my lock doesn't open I get startled as I realized I was putting in the 34-16-20 from 7 years ago.

Anyone else have this experience either with combination locks or other applications?

This phenomenon is universal to all activities and all animals. Especially if one has a break from it. Learn Word 2013, go on vacation, come back, revert to Word 2012. They tested it on chickens and kittens.

[Anthemyst]

I do this with passwords on the Internet all the time, sometimes even thinking the spelling of the correct password to myself as I type a completely different one.

[Hero3128]

Wow, that's bizarre. I can't even remember the address I had a year ago.

[Colonel Smoothie]

I have muscle memory doing Rubik's cube. I don't remember the actual turns, but if you give me one I'll be able to do it.