+Snoogans Posted February 6, 2004 Posted February 6, 2004 There has been quite a realization lately that there quite a few of us who are sinister. (Sparky, That means left handed.) Are you? Post here and be counted among those in their RIGHT mind. Quote
+Snoogans Posted February 7, 2004 Author Posted February 7, 2004 9Key posted this on a different thread today. Quote
BeadBoy Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Now thats not quite right (raises hand) Quote
+Blind Avocado Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I'm not, but my wife the Tigger Lady is! I told her I will buy a left handed GPSr. Quote
+astheravenflies Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I married a sinister woman. Me, right handed - left brained. Quote
+DirtRunner Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Evil ? No...I'm mostly just mis-understood Lefty and proud of it. DirtRunner Quote
+Caraloopy Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Rock and roll! Another southpaw here. Quote
+Bloencustoms Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Well, I use my left hand for writing, spoons, forks, chopsticks, cigarettes, and telephone handsets. I use my right hand for throwing balls, batting, cutting with scissors, gripping with pliers, opening cans, chopping with an axe, firing guns, my computer mouse and other stuff. The odd thing is I can't comfortably do most of them by switching hands. I certainly can't write legibly with my right hand. So, I don't know if I'm in my "right" mind or not. Quote
+Shoknaw Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) I'm left handed... I thought you all were.. I read in a book that; First there were monkeys. Second came right handed people. Then the pinnacle of evolution came. Left handed people. I am in my right mind arn't I..... Edited February 7, 2004 by shoknaw Quote
+JMBella Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 .dednah tfel ma I tub ,niarb ym fo edis rehtie gnisu elbuort evah I Quote
+JMBella Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Actually, like BC I write and eat with my left hand, but play most sports with my right. Except when I play goal in hockey then I'm a lefty. I'm just a wacko what can I say. Quote
The_Brownies Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) Mamma Brownie is the only one in our household in her right mind. Our son is amadextrous so he is in both his right and left mind.. I guess that makes him a wacko.. Edited February 7, 2004 by The_Brownies Quote
+Bloencustoms Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Ah, well. According to this article, ambidextrous people are "brain damaged" Quote
+briansnat Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) I'm not a mutant, I'm right handed...though my pitching career may have lasted a lot longer if I was a lefty . Anyway, the Garmin eTrex line is designed to be used in the left hand, which annoys a lot of us normal people. Just thought you lefties would be interested in that. Edited February 7, 2004 by briansnat Quote
+RockyRiver Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 .dednah tfel ma I tub ,niarb ym fo edis rehtie gnisu elbuort evah I If you were a cop and pulled over drunks, you would never give a DUI, instead they would get an IUD. (incase you dont know thats an Inter Uterine Device) Quote
+JMBella Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Ah, well. According to this article, ambidextrous people are "brain damaged" Quite an article. Although it only confirms what I already knew. I'm not quite right. Quote
+JMBella Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 .dednah tfel ma I tub ,niarb ym fo edis rehtie gnisu elbuort evah I If you were a cop and pulled over drunks, you would never give a DUI, instead they would get an IUD. (incase you dont know thats an Inter Uterine Device) Gee. Thanks Rocky. Remind me to say far away from you. Quote
Lesbaru Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Lefty! (My GPS speaks ASL) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/...00710071931.htm Quote
+Snoogans Posted February 7, 2004 Author Posted February 7, 2004 instead they would get an IUD. (incase you dont know thats an Inter Uterine Device) I thought IUD meant Love Springs Internal.......haaaaaa..... I crack myself up.... Sn gans Quote
+Mopar Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Lefty, duh! I DO use a mouse right-handed, and I can shoot righty if I have to. Quote
+JMBella Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Oh yea, I have my mouse on the left. Drives my wife crazy. And I shoot righty. I'm all banged up. Quote
+9Key Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah. Among this army were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. (Judges 20:16) Ona geocaching note - GPSrs seem to work ok in either hand! Edit - quoted the wrong passage Edited February 7, 2004 by 9Key Quote
jonny quest Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Add me to the fray - writing, eating, throwing, shooting, mousing, etc. Quote
+coast2coast2coast Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I'm a lefty Too...LEFT ON... Quote
+Geo Ho Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I consider myself a lefty. I write left handed and I eat left handed. AND . . . I cache left handed. I am generally ambi-dextrous, though. A little lefty, a littly righty. Hmmmm . . . okay, I'm a bit messed up. Don't tell Mopar! However, I can write with both hands (not at the same time!), which I think is pretty darn groovy. So, there it is! Happt caching and stuff! Quote
+coast2coast2coast Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 You know now that this came up, I realized I use my Legend left handed too..when I use the joystick the screen is not covered like when you righties use it...LEFT ON! Quote
+sodajerk Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 When I hade an ice cream store, I looked all over for a left handed ice cream scoop, never found one. Oh well (raises left hand). Quote
+pater47 Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Left-handed here, but I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous Quote
+beejay&esskay Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 You know now that this came up, I realized I use my Legend left handed too..when I use the joystick the screen is not covered like when you righties use it...LEFT ON! Another lefty here, proudly using my left-handed Legend. But my mouse is at my right. Quote
+clearpath Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I, huh, point to the left. You get used though and before long you forget all about it. Quote
mikeh420 Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Most people are born right-handed. SOME of us overcome that handicap! Quote
+bigredmed Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Me too. of course I am surounded by lefties at work (about 3 x as many med students are left handed as the gen pop, and this hobby fits the mental nature of a left handed person. Jobs that combine creativeness with science/math tend to be over represented with lefties (sadly, so do mental institutions). Quote
+rusty_tlc Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I was left handed for the last year befor I was diagnosed with Kienbocks disease in my right wrist. And during the year of surgery it took to kind of fix the problem. I learned to do most everything one handed. I still can't shoot a pistol it hurts the right hand to much and I can't aim left handed. Do a web search on one handed typing, lots of fun pages, even a few that are serious tutorials for one handed people. Quote
+ChinCache Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) Another lefty in a rightman's world. Did you ever notice when using power tools the dust always hits your face? But my dad designed our house with lefties in mind. (4 to 1 in the household. poor mom) Edited February 7, 2004 by ChinCache Quote
+hikemeister Posted February 7, 2004 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 Quote
Lesbaru Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) So we have the lefty Garmin, how 'bout lefties with lefty string instruments? I have a lefty Seagull S6 guitar, and I can't tell you what a RELIEF it is to finally be able to play "right". Now, if I could somehow attach my eTrex to the guitar neck I could be a strolling minstrel cacher! PS: Elderly Instruments (elderly.com) has a lovely selection of lefty strings. Edited February 7, 2004 by Lesbaru Quote
+Rattlehead Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I'm left-handed, but I bat, shoot, and use scissors right-handed. Quote
+bigredmed Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 Another lefty in a rightman's world. Did you ever notice when using power tools the dust always hits your face? But my dad designed our house with lefties in mind. (4 to 1 in the household. poor mom) Has "Rightie" got you down? Stay Strong, my left handed brother... 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. Quote
BassoonPilot Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 So we have the lefty Garmin, how 'bout lefties with lefty string instruments? I have a lefty Seagull S6 guitar, and I can't tell you what a RELIEF it is to finally be able to play "right". Ridiculous. Stringed instruments are already 'left-handed' ... the task requiring the greatest dexterity (fingering the notes on the strings) is assigned to the left hand. What's next ... a 'left-handed' piano with the low notes on the right and high notes on the left for 'left-handed' pianists? Gee, then pianists with only a right hand could play Ravel's "Concerto for the Left Hand." (It was composed for a pianist who lost his right hand in WW I.) I can write with either hand, throw righty, bat and golf lefty. I have no idea if my bassoon is right or left handed, but if I play the dulcian, it is opposite handed. Quote
+Golfhaus Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I'm left-handed at everything but using scissors, a product of a public school system that couldn't afford left-handed scissors for their students. I hear the situation hasn't gotten much better. I appear to be right-footed, though - I kick with my right foot, and I usually take my first step with the right foot. Eric Quote
+beejay&esskay Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I'm left-handed at everything but using scissors, a product of a public school system that couldn't afford left-handed scissors for their students. I hear the situation hasn't gotten much better. Eric My sister bought me a pair of left-handed scissors, but after years of using right-handed ones, I just can't switch. Quote
+aka Monkey Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 There has been quite a realization lately that there quite a few of us who are sinister. (Sparky, That means left handed.) Sinister means "left" in Latin. The word for right is "Dexter." It was commonly believed that the good spirits watched you over your right shoulder, and the bad spirits over your left. That is why when you spilled salt, you were supposed to take a pinch with your right hand and throw it over your left shoulder (into the eyes of the bad spirits). This is why sinister has come to mean evil or malicious. Just a bit of useless trivia. Quote
+coast2coast2coast Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 We are in good company us Geocaching southpaws! by the Way...the word southpaw came from Baseball " Left-handed pitchers are called southpaws because in the old West Side Chicago ballpark, their left arms would be on the south side since they were facing west". Here are some "famous" (or infamous) lefties. LEFT ON! Norman Schwarzkopf Martina Navratilova Jimi Hendrix Charlie Chaplin Ted Williams Shoeless Joe Jackson Babe Ruth Sandy Koufax Steve Carlton - the best pitcher who ever drew breath! Jimmy Connors John McEnroe Gerald Ford Earl Anthony Leonardo da Vinci Holbein Raphael Paul Klee Picasso Bob Dylan Ringo Starr Paul McCartney Harpo Marx Oprah Winfrey Goldie Hawn Jerry Seinfeld Bruce Boxleitner Harry Andersen Whoopi Goldberg Dennis Quaid Matt Dillon Andrew McCarthy Howie Mandel Diane Keaton Phil Collins Betty Grable Howard Keel June Allyson Bruce Willis Demi Moore Ryan O'Neil Richard Dreyfus Tom Cruise Natalie Cole All of the Manhattan Transfer George Michael Ron Perlman Mark Spitz Sandy Koufax Napoleon Bonaparte Julius Caesar Benjamin Franklin Albert Einstein Michaelangelo Pablo Picasso Jack the Ripper Billy the Kid Alexander the Great George II Queen Victoria Prince Charles James A. Garfield Harry Truman Nelson Rockefeller Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach (J.S. Bach's Son) W. C. Fields Dick Van Dyke Carol Brunett Cloris Leachman Danny Kaye Peter Fonda Paul Michael Glaser Michael Landon Robert Redford Judy Garland Marlyn Monroe Kim Novak Vida Blue Ty Cobb Whitey Ford Reggie Jackson Ron Guidry The Boston Strangler Stan Musial Bob Charles Sam Adams Ronald Reagan -- well, we can't win `em all . . . George Bush -- Man, we REALLY can't win `em all . . . Quote
+Mastifflover Posted February 7, 2004 Posted February 7, 2004 I write, eat, smoke, shoot pool left handed. I do everything else, shoot pistol, throw, bowl, etc. right handed so count me in with the messed up. Quote
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