What handed are you?

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Yes, I used the word "almost" because there are those things where we have no choice because convention dictates which hand to use. There are many things where there is no choice, like driving a vehicle from the left side, driving on the right side of the road, shifting with our right hand, signaling with our left, and parking on our right. We are forced by convention to shake hands with our right. All of these type things force a righthanded bias.

I can shoot a shotgun equally well with either hand, but I choose to shoot righthanded because to do otherwise will throw the empty shell and hot gas in my face.

I play golf with lefthanded irons and putt righthanded because I can shave 2 strokes that way.

In the end we all are forced to live in a righthanded world, and regardless of our predisposition, there are some things that we do better right handed because that is the way we have to them.
 
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Again you are not completely accurate. It is true that we drive in the right side of the road from the left side of the car and shift and signal from the left in the U.S. but you could always move overseas where that is not true. Given that, how can you say we are forced to live in a right handed world? And if you get involved with the Boy Scouts and reach out with the right hand you most likely will not get a handshake as the Boy Scout handshake is left handed.
 
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ndwriting is done with my left hand. When I airbrush, it is all done with my right hand, including lettering, which by the way far better looking than my regular handwriting!!

(Note to all southpaws. It is my intentions to raise enough capitol to buy all the right-handed scissors in the world and replace them with left-handed ones. Imagine the chaos!!!! Ooooo, revenge is sweet!!!! Bwahahaha!)
 
I never knew there were so many ambidextrous people or as a member of NC State's basketball team said, "I can use either hand, I'm amphibious".[:D]
Used to work with a guy that wrote, threw and batted right handed but played golf left handed. Really created a problem when we rode together because we both sliced. That made for a long day of army golf. But Russ is the first I've seen that putted one way and played irons the opposite way. I write right handed but type with both [:D]
 
Right I mean realy right.
I injured my right hand and had to use my left hand for about a year
it was hell. Now i'm back to my right again.
 
Ok, I'll jump in. I write left, eat left, shoot a basketball left, shoot a gun left ( I do understand the shell in the face deal). I throw a baseball right, bat right, bowl right, and turn left and right. I am just a mixed up confused person.[:D]
However, as all lefties know, it is a right handed world. For example, most men's pants are right handed and most pencils are right handed! It's just not fair I tell you!
 
Originally posted by JimGo
<br />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).
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I think this used to be the case, but I think the current stats now have us lefties down to about 7 - 10%. They're breeding us out! [xx(]
You can find some interesting reading here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed

I, for one, am totally left-dominant. I write, eat, bat, throw, shoot, bowl, and flip-off all with my left hand. I kick with my left foot, too. I'm even left-thumbed! (Interlace your fingers comfortably. If your left thumb is on top, guess what?[:D])
 
I am not sure where this fits in but if the LOML finds out how much I'm spendin' on pen turning, I will be BACK handed....
 
Ambidextrous. Guess that's why I talk to myself so much. My logical side and artistic side have to discuss every decision.

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I seem to remember the claim that lefties are more artistic come from the right brain domenance or something like that.
the right half of the brain is supposed to be the creative side. and suposedly in left handed people the right side of the brain is the strongest.
or something like that.
 
I started out as a rightie, then discovered I should have been a leftie, but now I am ambidextrous, with a preference for Left, I can write with both hands, catch left, throw right, right arm and hand are the strongest of the two.

I can turn with both, usually run the roughing gouge with my left hand, and all other tools with my right.
 
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