I'm right handed.
Daddy was so right handed, his left hand was pretty much only for looks. He'd get mad when I was helping him carpenter when in certain positions, I'd hold the hammer in my left hand.
One thing I have noticed over the years is when I deal cards, I use the left hand to do so.
Throw, play pool & hockey, bat, dig ............... left.
Write (read scrawl) right.
Think ................... dunno.
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Born a lefty, forced to go right, (wrong) early in grade school. Hold pencil and pen in my right hand still fifty-five years later. Play hockey lefty, swing a bat lefty, shoot lefty, my dominate eye for shooting is my left eye. Go figure. B-)
Another lefty here.
I remember in first grade, the teacher said: "your right hand is the hand that you write with." I thought, I can remember that, and it screwed me up for a long time.
Fast forward to starting work as a surveyor. I had now mastered left and right. All was good. I started running the gun, giving line to the chief for sewer stake out, giving him line based on his left and right - all mixed up again.
Then there was the task of learning to use a Leroy Scriber with my right hand. I eventually got pretty good at it, but it took a long time.
At a recent Regional meeting there were 8 of us surveyors. 5 were left handed. Says something, but not sure what.
Ken
I started out as a lefty. How I originally learned to write, but when I was seven I had a bad bicycle accident that shattered my left arm. They put it back together with pins and screws and told my parents I might not be able to ever have full use of it again. After four months in a cast and couple years in a brace I completely switched to my right and never looked back.
A good deal of left handed folks are also "left-eyed"; meaning your left eye is dominant. While one of my brothers is left-handed also, he is "right-eyed". He always played ball (threw and hit) right handed. I myself am hopelessly left-everything.
To see which of your eyes is dominant, try this:
Face an object on the horizon and, with both eyes open, point toward that object. Still pointing at the object, view the object with only one eye open, alternating. If you only have your left eye open and are still pointing at the object, you're left-eyed. Viewing your pointed finger through the less dominant eye will make it appear as if you are NOT pointing at the object.
I am right handed and right eyed.
Left handed, left footed and left eye dominant. But it's still a right handed world so you have to be ambidextrous!
I used to leroy with a right handed scriber by using it upside-down. The letters came out a little bigger but it worked (not the letter upside-down just the leroy). My boss bought me a left handed one but the thing was terrible.
Only skill that I'm good at both left and right is operating a scoop shovel. Had many hours of experience doing that as a young farm person. Many old granaries were set up with small windows/doors so one had to master how to swing the shovel just right to not only hit the hole but to deliver the grain to whatever corner of the truck/wagon that needed more grain at the time. When Dad and I got into a rhythm with one working from the left and one from the right we could move mountains through the same small window/door. It would get exciting as the pile was nearing depletion and all of the rats and mice that had been hiding in it had to make a run for their lives. Most failed at that. What I hated was when a big ol' snake would come shooting out of a bin of ear corn to make his/her escape. The bin was far too small instantly.
I'll bet a lot of "holy $%!@# Cow!" came out of those encounters!
I was a shy and innocent youth unwilling to singe my father's ears as I figured it would result in my rump being excessively warmed, although my father knew all of those words quite well. Within our family, one didn't swear around older family members. Well, that is, unless the rare slip were to occur, say like when a snake comes shooting out of a pile of ear corn and tries to circumnavigate your body.
Dexterous for me except for being left eye dominant. I officially have adopted that as my excuse for being a less than perfect shot with a rifle or shotgun. If you are going to shoot righthanded you really need to be right eye dominant.
Ha - "Christmas Story" moment, when Ralph accidently flings the lug nuts into the snow while his Dad is changing a tire, and utters the "Queen Mother of all swear words". His mother asks where he would have heard such a word ...
Warren Smith, post: 338030, member: 9900 wrote: Ha - "Christmas Story" moment, when Ralph accidently flings the lug nuts into the snow while his Dad is changing a tire, and utters the "Queen Mother of all swear words". His mother asks where he would have heard such a word ...
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I remember the part about sitting on the right hand of God from my grandmother's little sessions on the Bible to educate her young grandchildren. I envisioned God with His hand on a bench next to Him with certain people stacked up in a pile sitting on His hand. Why? I don't know. But, it was supposed to be a good thing.
John Giles, post: 337848, member: 57 wrote: Are you left handed?
I am.
I am too. :angel:
I am right handed, but I do a lot of things left handed as well.
Born left-handed. Mother "Converted" me when I was still so young I don't remember it.
Now about 90% Ambidextrous.
Shoot Right handed. Works because I am right eye dominant.
Write right handed. Draw a Bow Left handed.
There are probably 10-12 things I do strictly with my right and about the same I do strictly with my left. The rest depends on which hand is closest or the easiest to get into the proper position.B-)
Holy Cow, post: 338029, member: 50 wrote: I was a shy and innocent youth unwilling to singe my father's ears as I figured it would result in my rump being excessively warmed, although my father knew all of those words quite well. Within our family, one didn't swear around older family members. Well, that is, unless the rare slip were to occur, say like when a snake comes shooting out of a pile of ear corn and tries to circumnavigate your body.
Dexterous for me except for being left eye dominant. I officially have adopted that as my excuse for being a less than perfect shot with a rifle or shotgun. If you are going to shoot righthanded you really need to be right eye dominant.
The best shooting instructors say that you should use your eye dominance as the determination of which hand you use when shooting. All of the motions except pulling the trigger usually fall under "Gross Motor Control" and with practice are easily learned using either hand.
Trigger control is "Fine Motor Control" and takes more practice, but since it is only a single digit, is not really difficult.
