Just for you lefties

Being one who doesn't really have a dominant side, this just makes my head more confused trying figure things out especially since I'm not ambidextrous in the real sense. :turnaround: I know the pens and note books might be good since I do write with my left hand, scissor paint brushes, no, cut and paint with my right, paint with both. :D

Thanks for the info, there's something in there for me either way. :)
 
Sure glad I'm not a "southpaw"; neither are my 2 kids. Sure looks awkward, even watching our president writing.

I saw a pic of Bill Clinton eating with his left hand.
 

When I was an engineering teacher one of the checks before practical sessions was checjing for any left handers and making appropriate changes to procedures, particularly with regard to safety.

Imagine teaching a left hander to fire a standard issue bolt action rifle!
 
Due to an injury, I once had my right hand in a splint for a few days, making it mostly unusable. I was amazed at how helpless I was, having to use my left hand for everything. Writing was one of the things
I absolutely couldn't do. But it was worse than that; I could barely manage to get dressed!
 
I rather easily go both ways. Have always written strictly as a rightie. The teachers used to pitch a fit when they saw anyone write left-handed.
 
Laurie said:
When I was an engineering teacher one of the checks before practical sessions was checjing for any left handers and making appropriate changes to procedures, particularly with regard to safety.

Imagine teaching a left hander to fire a standard issue bolt action rifle!
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What sucks is firing an M-16 left handed, the hot brass and grease would eject right into your face. They gave us this silly little plastic deflector that you clipped in under the dust cover,but that would usually fall out after about 6 shots.
 
Laurie said:
When I was an engineering teacher one of the checks before practical sessions was checjing for any left handers and making appropriate changes to procedures, particularly with regard to safety.

Imagine teaching a left hander to fire a standard issue bolt action rifle!
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Well, while in Army Basic training I had the unique experience of having hot ejected 7.62mm casings grazing my right cheek, while firing the M-14 on the rifle range. Of course, in 1969 there were no thoughts whatsoever of issuing such safety equipment as safety glasses, ear protection or...! :shrug:


When I was in grade school I was failing miserably at everything, was headed for a life of complete failure until a sharp school teacher realized that I was left handed<!>; upon being allowed to start using my naturally dominant left hand, my academic performance blossomed like crazy. Within a week, I went from the bottom everything(reading,writing, arithmetic) to the top in those groups. That had a huge impact on my self esteem. I have been impossible to live with, ever since. ;)
 
tnthomas said:
Well, while in Army Basic training I had the unique experience of having hot ejected 7.62mm casings grazing my right cheek, while firing the M-14 on the rifle range. Of course, in 1969 there were no thoughts whatsoever of issuing such safety equipment as safety glasses, ear protection or...! :shrug:


When I was in grade school I was failing miserably at everything, was headed for a life of complete failure until a sharp school teacher realized that I was left handed<!>; upon being allowed to start using my naturally dominant left hand, my academic performance blossomed like crazy. Within a week, I went from the bottom everything(reading,writing, arithmetic) to the top in those groups. That had a huge impact on my self esteem. I have been impossible to live with, ever since. ;)
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So that explains it...lol.
 
tnthomas said:
Well, while in Army Basic training I had the unique experience of having hot ejected 7.62mm casings grazing my right cheek, while firing the M-14 on the rifle range. Of course, in 1969 there were no thoughts whatsoever of issuing such safety equipment as safety glasses, ear protection or...! :shrug:


Sort of along those same lines, I'm right handed but left eye dominate and before going to Army basic training at Ft. Campbell in mid 1967 I'd always fired a rifle off my left shoulder and closed my right eye, always fired a shotgun off my right shoulder with both eyes open and always fire a handgun in my right hand and close my right eye or shoot with both eyes open.....that's the way I've done all my life, it works and I'm fairly salty with a firearm.

Anyway, the Army DI's were forcing me to fire my M14 off my right shoulder because I was right handed, they didn't give a rat's butt if I was left eye dominate or not, and I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.......luckily a young butter bar 2nd Lt. squatted down next to me on the firing line and was trying to figure out what was wrong and after I explained he told me to fire off my left shoulder and BINGO I ended up qualifying expert.

You're right about the lack of safety equipment back then Thomas......I can recall some of us wadding up and stuffing cigarette butts in our ears, that had been rolled up in toilet paper, for ear protection. :)
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I'm a southpaw but I had to learn to use scissors with my right hand and that's the only way I can do it now. Back in the day when I first started playing guitar I played it left handed. That being, using a right handed guitar turned upside down. A local music teacher told me it might be better for me for start out leaning how to play guitar right handed. So I did and it worked out for me .. :p

It runs in my family on my Mom's side. She was left handed and so was my boy.
 

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