How many lefties

[wings]

Jul 15, 2009, 1:15pm, feaker wrote:BellaI an not a lefty, but I do everything ass backwards.PaulWhatdya tryin' to say??? All I know is that us lefties use the RIGHT side of the brain!! Yeah Scissors, phones, watches, etc. We deal with it! LOL ~wings~

[byllsong]

Been there, doin' that.I have to be careful, since the right hand is the one carrying the melody on a piano and my left hand is stronger than the right.I'm a leftie, but I learned guitar right-handed, my fingering is quite adept, but I find it hard to get my right hand faster.I deal with the right-handed world…Lefties are more adaptableThey tied my hand everyday and smacked me with the ruler. It didn't work...I have some left handed scissors, my wife says they don’t work worth a crap…I tell her “Welcome to my world” Lefties Have Rights Too!

[brindabella]

Jul 15, 2009, 1:14pm, che wrote:I am a righty, but boy I tell you all my kids are lefty inclined. I have 2 total lefties other than scissor cutting??? go figure.One who started left, switched to right, but plays all his sports left.One that does everything left except bat (in baseball).My husband says that he thinks his mother forced him to be right handed cause 1 of his older brothers was left handed, and he had difficulties in school.My 18 year old lefty plays a right handed guitar. That's what was around so that's how he learned. When he got the first guitar of his own he decided he didn't want to reteach himself to play left handed. I wonder about when he plays the keys...will have to ask himIts the way the scissors are made, they are made for right handed people, if you buy a left handed scissor, you could cut with your left hand. Of course they are more expensive,so you learn to cut with the "right" scissor! And there are left computer mice, but boy, the price....!!

[brindabella]

Jul 15, 2009, 1:24pm, byllsong wrote:Been there, doin' that.I have to be careful, since the right hand is the one carrying the melody on a piano and my left hand is stronger than the right.I'm a leftie, but I learned guitar right-handed, my fingering is quite adept, but I find it hard to get my right hand faster.I deal with the right-handed world…Lefties are more adaptableThey tied my hand everyday and smacked me with the ruler. It didn't work...I have some left handed scissors, my wife says they don’t work worth a crap…I tell her “Welcome to my world” Lefties Have Rights Too! I read that there is a Castle in Scotland with a staircase that winds to the left. Something to do in case of an attack while the Lord of the manor was coming down the stairs. It seems that he was a lefty and the banister would be another obstacle for him. Can you imagine? Your life depended on handling a sword with the " right" hand!

[cmrmurray]

Jul 15, 2009, 12:30pm, rkopald wrote:I'm also a lefty, I started playing guitar left handed, upside down and backwards, then when I got a guitar of my own, seeing as it was a right handed guitar, I just re-taught myself everything again right handed. I had the same experience as cmmurray, lefty guitars were way more expensive. Fun fact: When I was in elementary school, my teachers use to tie my left hand behind my back to try to get me to write with my "correct" hand. It didn't work...indeed - it was the mid-90's when I got my first guitar. Now they seem to charge the same for lefties as for right-handed, probably because the world has gone ultra-PC an manufacturers can't get away with it any more.Scissors: problematic.Pool: have never really decided which hand to shoot with.

[byllsong]

I use the mouse with my right hand, and write with my left hand......togetherMy co-workers think that's so cool. Swordfight with my right.Unscrew caps, screw in lightbulbs,open beer...rightDrink beer...leftUse screwdriver...left & right

[rkopald]

Jul 15, 2009, 1:57pm, cmrmurray wrote:indeed - it was the mid-90's when I got my first guitar. Now they seem to charge the same for lefties as for right-handed, probably because the world has gone ultra-PC an manufacturers can't get away with it any more.Scissors: problematic.Pool: have never really decided which hand to shoot with.Most sports I do left handed, execept disc golf, which I play with both!! I hate scissors. I always grab em wrong...

[brindabella]

Jul 15, 2009, 2:00pm, byllsong wrote:I use the mouse with my right hand, and write with my left hand......togetherMy co-workers think that's so cool. Swordfight with my right.Unscrew caps, screw in lightbulbs,open beer...rightDrink beer...leftUse screwdriver...left & rightHmmm....screwdriver is tricky, with the left hand i have to think, i might end up loosening instead of tightening or viceversa. Easier with the right hand! See? We have to adapt to the rest of the "left" thinking people! Drinking screwdriver....with the left hand!

[wings]

LOLThis is a fun thread. ~wings~

[brindabella]

Jul 15, 2009, 2:29pm, wings wrote:LOLThis is a fun thread. ~wings~Yeah! Unless we remember the nicknames: lefty, southpaw, sinister....