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I have heard over the years that left-handed people tend to be more artistic than right-handed. I have no idea if that is true. But through some of the fountain pen threads here I have noticed an abundance of lefties and it got me curious. So, which one do you do most of your writing with?
 
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Originally posted by dubdrvrkev
<br />You'd think it'd be easier to find a left hand lathe. [;)]
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Wow, I think I have one!!! The power switch is on the left side of the lathe. The headstock is on the left side of the lathe. I think we are on to something here! [:eek:)]
 
Well, I do all my writing with my right hand. But I HATE to write at all. My writing is atrocious, and my hand starts cramping up very quickly. I enjoy making pens, but I hate using them. [;)] I'm a programmer, so I'm more comfortable with a keyboard than a pen. Though I wonder if my hand cramping up is related to maintaining a claw-like grip on a mouse all day. [:p] I figure carpal tunnel problems lie somewhere in my future.
 
As I am an opera singer, pianist, author, and artist, I wouldn't worry about right handed people not being artistic or creative. You are, what you put the time and effort into being. Some individuals will need to work harder than others but all can be creative and artistic, plus, if you're reading this website, you don't have anything to worry about!
 
Originally posted by Randy_
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Originally posted by Jim Boyd
<br />I keep telling my left handed wife that it is the sign of the devil[8D]
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And I expect she replies that right-handedness is a characteristic of folks with IQs of less than 85?? [:D][:D]
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That is pretty much the jist of it. Her wording is much coarser and usually includes the location of said intelligence[B)]
 
The stats are interesting, because I think lefties are only like 12-15% of the world's population. So, we're certainly more artistic, on the average, than right-handed people (assuming you consider pen turning to be an art).
 
I write with my left hand. If you can call it writing. I shoulda been a Dr., as bad as my handwriting is..... [B)]
I do most other things right handed, so I guess I'm Ambi......?
I can bat right and left, but I throw right handed. Regular (right-handed) scissors give me fits and I use them upside down.

Howard Coselle did say, "Left-handed People. We're the only ones in our Right Minds!![:D]"
 
I do things almost exactly as Bob described... a real mix of right and left handed. I'm new to turning and I find that I switch hands as I work. This probably makes me a really slow turner. I assume that I'll eventually settle on one hand that feels more coordinated, but right now it's a pretty even match.

Bob, we must have some really weird connections/detours in our brains[:)]
-Max
 
I voted right handed but that is not 100% correct. I was born left handed. But that was beat out of me at an early age because of old-country superstitions that left handedness was the work of the devil. [}:)] Most of my life, I have been pretty much ambidextrous. But in the past year, I tore up my right shoulder and have been forced to do almost everything with my left hand. I can't write left handed but since I type everything, that isn't much of an issue.
 
Lefty, yep thats me. I am very artistic. I just took a ceramic class and was the only guy. But I stuck with it for 3 quarters.(being only guy has its advantages) Then I got into pen turning and woodshop and havent had time for ceramics. So if being left handed makes one artistic then mabey that is what happened.
 
Since left-handers live 9 years less than right-handers, I won't be changing to the wrong hand anytime soon.
 
All of which raises an interesting question. How do you define "handedness" if such is a word??

I can pretty much do any manual task with equal facility with either hand....with one exception. I absolutely cannot throw a baseball or football with my left hand..........does that make me right-handed??
 
We lefty's get some interesting stories, methinks. In school, i had a teacher that sat with me for 4 hours trying to get me to tuck my elbow in under my shoulder instead of that big chicken wing posture while writing. She tried everything, stand up, sit down, reverse the angle of the desk, turn the paper sideways, upside down, all sorts of things. She eventually gave up.

I write, eat and used to smoke left handed (2+ years ago!). Everything else is righty. Scissors don't bug me. If i try to throw a baseball left handed, I look very awkward and can't seem to shake that. Ambidextrous means you can do the same thing with both hands. Being "split handed" is a little different, methinks.

I've never really felt limited by my leftiness, but sometimes I wonder why i'm not like other lefties. Then again, i have many other abnormalities that I've kinda accepted my weirdness. Not having any sense of smell or recollection of one, for example :p
 
I am ambidextruos for the most part but I can only write with my right. Funny timing because Logitech just came out that a left handed gaming mouse (MX610L) and a friend in Canada had me order one because he can't get it in Canada yet. Here is a fun website about left handedness.

http://www.lefthandersday.com/
 
Originally posted by RussFairfield
<br />Randy,
I think that makes you NORMAL
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Hmmm, So what are you saying Russ?

I read it as you saying that lefties are abnormal? I would guess that you are a righty.

Consider this for a moment....... The creator could not make everyone correctly so he made a few that can think in their right mind, not wanting to smite the majority that he could nor make correctly he rewired the brain and made the lesser of our species right handed.

There is only a minority (lefties) who can be the exceptional, everyone else (you righties) are just average.

So...... What do you think of that?

































&lt;Disclaimer&gt; The above is a joke. It is in no way, shape, or form designed to be an attack on anyone or anything. &lt;End disclaimer&gt;
 
If you read my previous post, I was claiming a violation of my rights by there not being a 3rd choice - both or neither.

I am totally ambidextrous, can do almost anything equally well with either hand, and above all of this argument about whether left or right is right.

There is a big problem with being neither handed, because there is always that monent of indecision while I try to figure out which hand to use. Habits are difficult to form, and every action requires a concious decision of which hand to use. Nothing is automatic. An example was playing baseball, a tough sport for me because I usually got hit in the head with the ball while I was trying to figure out which hand to use to catch it. Those things still happen.

On the other hand (pun intended), there is an advantage in being able to do two totally different things with opposite hands at the same time.
 
good day to you all,
This is my first reply to a forum but some of the responses got me thinking, not a good situation for the faint of heart. I am left handed, but was reminded of a "pick-up" line I used to use on the ladies. I would tell them that left-handers make better lovers. They would then ask if I was left-handed, to which I would reply,"no I am ambidextrious, I can also use my tongue." Hey, I said it was a line, not a good line.
 
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Originally posted by RussFairfield
<br />I am totally ambidextrous, can do almost anything equally well with either hand
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Well Russ, I guess you didn't read the part where I stated it was a joke but now you have me wondering. You say that you are totally ambidextrous but in the very same sentence you state that you can do almost anything equally well with either hand. This in itself would say you are not truly or totally ambidextrous.

I am not ambidextrous but I do exhibit signs of Cross-dominance. I do however favor the left side.
 
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