+Snoogans Posted February 7, 2004 Author Share Posted February 7, 2004 Ron Perlman The Boston Strangler They may be left handed, but they are not in their right mind. Sn gans Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted February 7, 2004 Author Share Posted February 7, 2004 Right handed -- but my son (Hike Jr.) is left handed. However, he bats right handed when we play baseball. Go figure. Oh right .... I tought him to bat. See how selfish we right handers can be! Snoogans -- in case you did not catch it in another forum post, NORM became a real travel bug last weekend, and right now he is in Panama with a fellow geocacher from here in south Florida called ojbets. Norm has about 30,000 miles of travel so far. HM Speaking of Norm......and on my own thread too. Sn gans Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Speaking of powertools, try shopping for a shot gun. Unless the idea of hot gas and spent shell cases flying past your face is appealling, you really have few options outside of a double barrel. At least with a shotgun, you have an option (although, I've gotten used to hot shells and gas ejecting in front of my face on my semi-automatic). Try shooting civil war era long arms. They didn't have lefty guns back then, so you have to deal with the percussion cap sparking and igniting the powder in front of your eye. Now try not to flinch cause you know it's coming. Quote Link to comment
+MMAD Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Chalk another one for the portsiders. I attribute the higher accident rate and shorter lifespan of southpaws to the stress of living in a right handed world, can you say 'Class Action'? Quote Link to comment
+fosterbass Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 *raises left hand* Quote Link to comment
+Waterboy Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 (edited) The better looking half of our team, Waterboy With Wife (www), is a lefty. Edited February 8, 2004 by Waterboy Quote Link to comment
+wildearth2001 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I'm not really a lefty but my writing looks the same nomatter which hand I use. My instinct is to right with my right hand but they both work good. Then again you can't read my writing nometter what. Quote Link to comment
+kcmose Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Yep! Another leftie, southpaw, portsider here......so, I'm in my right or starboard mind! It is a good thing the Legend is made for lefties! Quote Link to comment
+Moore9KSUcats Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 southpaw here, too.... I am the mom of this family of 6, and 2nd child is also left-handed. I do almost everything left-handed, but today I was shooting a pistol quite well right handed. (My husband's 22 target pistol has custom grips for a right-handed person.) I also use the mouse right-handed, and can't work it left-handed! I think it just depends on how you train yourself on some of these things. I tried to teach myself to write cursive right-handed, and tended to mirror write..... that was fun, so I worked at it when I was in high-school, or so. I don't know if I could do that now, though. Now.... am I right or left eyed? I don't know....... Quote Link to comment
+The "Inukshuk"ers Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Count me in as a Left Hander. All the great ones are!!! Quote Link to comment
+T10X Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I'm also a leftie, as is my son. I pretty much do everything left handed- shoot, type, bat, use a knife. About the only thing I use the other hand for is working the mouse and twisting caps off longnecks. Quote Link to comment
+Monkeybrad Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 A southpaw who caches with Southpaw here. But I shoot right handed. Quote Link to comment
+Team Lyon Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I'm proud to be a southpaw but it's a b*^#@& to find anything made for a lefty and when you do find one it cost twice as much Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 i saw somewhere that Ned Flanders runs a store in the mall called "The Leftorium". Quote Link to comment
+coast2coast2coast Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Bart is a lefty! Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Bart is a lefty! So is Mr. Burns. Quote Link to comment
Colonel Mustard Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I am also directionally challenged. A member of the worlds most discrimated against minority. For some interesting reading try THE LEFT HANDED SYNDROME. Problem is righties ought to be the ones reading it. Actually I am left handed in most things, but right eye dominant. Adds a new twist to each day. especially on two handed tasks that require precise hand/eye coordination. Quote Link to comment
+reveritt Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I'm a lefty. If you think you have a problem with scissors, try shooting a flintlock rifle. The pan is on the right side, and you get a nice little explosion in your face when you pull the trigger. It takes some practice not to flinch. Quote Link to comment
jonny quest Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Stick to cowboy guns, the Colt Single Action Army (and it's derivatives) are left-handed. Quote Link to comment
+Muck Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Another lefty here & proud of it !! Quote Link to comment
+Deckyon Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Count me into the left-handed / right-minded group. Quote Link to comment
+av8tors32 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Damaged Lefty. I write left handed but life has converted me to right handed in almost everything else. Quote Link to comment
+seneca Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I am glad to see I am in such great company: Everyone is born right-handed, but only the greatest overcome it. -Slogan: Left Handers' Club of Ireland (I also happen to be part Irish) Lefty and proud of it! Quote Link to comment
Laogai Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I'm a lefty AND a foreigner Oh yeah, and in my left mind... Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Righty here...and half Irish....... Quote Link to comment
+coast2coast2coast Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 How did that righty get through our defences? Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I'm a lefty - except for one oddity: I golf and bat right-handed. My wife (Fy) is right-handed. At dinner in a booth with another couple, we make sure I sit on the left side, or our elbows are constantly bumping into one another. -Jif Quote Link to comment
+cache-man-do Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Yup, lefty here we are growing and will soon rule the world. Sinister laugh Quote Link to comment
+Pobre Rico Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Actually, I'm lucky enough to have both a left AND right hand! And, I've found it much easier to shoot a gun, golf, and bat with both hands! Also, I eat with my mouth instead of either hand... But, for all those single-handed activities, including using my Garmin Legend, I use my left hand. Quote Link to comment
+Leapin' Lizards Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Woo! Slyther and Gulp can be counted among the elite in this thread... Slymed (the driver and owner of the GPS) is merely one of the masses. We're not sure about the dog. Quote Link to comment
+DocMagoo Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Yup, another lefty here.... In response to another post here, left-handed scissors can be found easily for the school system here, but I think that they were made by someone who is right-handed....have you ever tried to cut with them? They don't cut, they tear the paper! So, I use a pair of righty scissors in my left hand....make them conform for a change! Biggest lefty pet-peeves: 1) left-handed scissors that are truly inferior 2) those erasable Paper-Mate pens that came out in the '80s 3) Skil-Saws/handsaws that have the sawdust ejection port facing the right hand side and the measuring guide with the precise point for cutting tailored for the righties 4)those ergonomic, right-handed Microsoft mice ah, but at least I'm in my right mind! Quote Link to comment
+greyhounder Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I consider myself left handed as well. I write and eat with my left hand, but I have adapted myself to use lots of right hand tools. Couldn't use left handed scissors if my life depended on it. But my brain is definitely left handed. I have trouble with clockwise & counter clockwise concepts (just have a lefty try to unscrew something upside down) and analog clocks are always a little confusing as well....but maybe it's just me..... Bec Quote Link to comment
+McLaughlin's Marauders Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 McLaughlin's Marauders, a geo-family of 4 have 3, yes count'em 3 leftys. Dad, Mom, and the youngest are all strict left handers. We had a heck of a time teaching our daughter, the only righty in the batch, to tie her shoes. Quote Link to comment
+Gazza&Girls Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Considered a lefty here. Only one in the family. Lefthandedness occupies my writing, fine carving, painting, eating - fork in left/knife in right, sanding.... I do lots of things right handed (gps entry, swinging sports, throw boomerangs and balls, sawing, rough carving, 10 key...) And a few things with no preference (throwing a frisbee, mousing - left at work/right at home, drinking, cracking an egg one handed...) G. Quote Link to comment
+LETaylor Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I figure the etrex vista was designed just for me. Quote Link to comment
Leoness Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I'm right handed but hubby is left handed. On our wedding day, 3 out of 4 of us who signed the register were left handed... the groom, the best man and my brother (who was my witness). I had to turn the book round to sign with my right hand!!! Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I'm as right as they come... but left-handedness is on my list for the perfect woman. Jamie Quote Link to comment
+tanders Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I'm a lefty too... It's always fun trying to use scissors designed for righties! Quote Link to comment
+GPSKitty Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I consider myself to be a lefty even though I've learned to adapt to this right handed world. I write, mouse, brush teeth and carry things/reach for things left handed. I use scissors and knife right handed. Iron clothes and throw right handed, too. P.S. My sig line was there BEFORE I read this thread. Quote Link to comment
+Team CoyChev Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I am; I am! As are three of my five kids and two of my three grandkids. I must have some pretty powerful genes! So, as you can see, most of my family is in their right minds. Donna/Chev Team CoyChev Roseville, MI Quote Link to comment
+Team CoyChev Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 McLaughlin's Marauders, a geo-family of 4 have 3, yes count'em 3 leftys. Dad, Mom, and the youngest are all strict left handers. We had a heck of a time teaching our daughter, the only righty in the batch, to tie her shoes. It's easy for a lefty to teach a righty to tie their shoes; just sit in front of them and have them do everything you do...like looking in a mirror, so to speak. Of my five kids, only the youngest and oldest are right-handed. I'm a lefty, so that's how I taught the right-handers to tie their shoes; worked like a charm. Quote Link to comment
+SeaTrout Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I am a ambi,but predominately a Lefty. Seatrout Quote Link to comment
+Team CoyChev Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 And, by the way, all you lefties, take note: August 13th is Lefthander's Day! And this year it falls on Friday. We rule! Don't forget to hug a leftie that day. Quote Link to comment
+Team Flying Dachshund Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I am left handed. Quote Link to comment
+Thea101 Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Counting the minutes until I can get out of work, I have nothing better then to throw my two cents in... Consider me part of the brain damaged group....though I like to consider myself right-brained... Right hand: Writing, Cutting... Left Hand: Batting, golfing, throwing, eating (yes I am among the elite group of people that do not cut thier food with their knife in their right hand...then put the knife down to pick up the fork with thier right hand so they can eat their food...this skill alone makes LEFTIES more superior) shooting, kicking, and pretty much everything else that you do with your hands ...so I may be brain damaged...but I like to consider my self right-brained...and sinsiter... Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I am among the elite group of people that do not cut thier food with their knife in their right hand...then put the knife down to pick up the fork with thier right hand so they can eat their food... That's not elite. That's proper etiquette in Europe, but in the US you should be switching hands. According to this site, "According to dining etiquette, food should be cut with the fork in the left hand. Once cut, the knife should be placed on the plate and the fork should be moved to the right hand. In America, it is also customary to place the left hand in the lap unless it is being used." Jamie Quote Link to comment
+Thea101 Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 See I learn something new everyday...I knew it was costom in Europe...but I was always told that it was not proper...thanks for the info...I guess I really am damaged.... Thea101 Quote Link to comment
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