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Happy Left Handers Day
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I will take that. 364 of having awful scissors and power tools that want to kill me leaves me wanting a little relief.
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Left handed, right minded!
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I am a right handed man. If I try to do a simple task like carry my coffee cup in my left hand, it is hard to keep from spilling it.
The one thing my left hand is dominate in is driving. I guess I drove a stick shift car for the first 38 years of my driving. I am comfortable steering my car with my left hand and having my right hand free to shift. Happy lefties day.
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I was born a poor right handed child. Now, due to circumstances beyond my control I'm an old left handed man.
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My grandmother was born in 1901. She was a left handed writer and the teachers would rap her hand with a ruler and make her write right handed.
She learned to be pretty much ambidextrous. She would write a long letter, and if her fingers started to tire, swap to the other hand. I though that was almost magical the first time I saw her do it.
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1960's.. Germany the Nuns of need no forgiveness.. would flog this lefty .. with glee I thought.. can still hear them... recht's ..recht's Herr Leitzinger would sneak up and latch my L ear.. and give a twist.. Rika |
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The top ranked pool player in the world, Joshua Filler of Germany, is a lefty...I always hated playing Lefties...even without knowing how to play shape, they had a knack for hooking right handed players after a miss.
(Edit) Here's an analysis of Filler's stroke...maybe not classic, but damned effective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKm-EKLW7UM
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) Last edited by pwd72s; 08-13-2026 at 02:26 PM.. |
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born Lefty.
mom reprogrammed me to the right. boo!!
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Being a lefty in a right hand world has turned me somewhat ambidextrous.
I've had bicep tendon surgery on both elbows, at different times. Normal activities were actually easier with my left arm immobilized than when the right arm was in the sling. Surprised me. Don't realize how many common things are designed for right hand use. |
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Of the few left handers I’ve known, they seem to be smarter than your average bear.
My conclusion with a small sample |
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^^^50% of my co-workers are/were lefties. They are pretty darn smart.
Also, the Reynolds School District in East Portland believed in switching lefties over to righties in the early 1970's. I used to cry during this indoctrination. It didn't work. |
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I'm right handed but use my left for half of what I do. Tricky stuff like setting points or valve clearances left hand, wring I use my right hand.
I remember when I was a young kid there was this guy around the place. Always getting upset about right hand this, right hand that. Stupid prick was over thinking it and should have just tried harder. |
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Does this mean we have to use our left hand today?
(there was a Seinfeld episode about this)
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Years ago I played in a tennis tournament where my opponent served left handed but then played right handed. Took me a few minutes to figure out what was going on!
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