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Are you destined to die at an early age because you live in an unforgiving right-handed world? Were you made fun of in grade school? Did “Mother Superior” whack you with a ruler for writing with the “Sinister Hand”? Were kids always giving you the left-handed scissors growing up? Do you have trouble using your computer mouse? Do you feel any more creative, intelligent, balanced or artistic than your right-handed family and friends? How many custom kitchen utensils do need to make yourself a meal? On the other hand, isn’t it nice you can hand money to the toll taker or the drive-thru attendant without dropping coins all over the ground? Aren’t you glad you didn’t live in the 1600’s when you could have been burned at the stake? If being left-handed is so bad, wouldn’t evolution have wiped out our kind eons ago? This group is designed for all of us left-handed folks. Talk about what works, what doesn't, left handed issues that we deal with, and any other lefty discussions you can think of!

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Jim

Left-handedness in the media + -

Jim Nov 2 at 2007, 1:37 AM

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Jim said "Hi everyone, In surfing around, I found some interesting info on lefties and being left handed. Here are some "

Hi everyone,

In surfing around, I found some interesting info on lefties and being left handed.

Here are some links:

http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_s...

I think I saw some chatter about this test in the "Question the World" group a week or so ago:

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511-5005375,00.html

(I definitely see the dancer turning clockwise. Try it out!)
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  Natalia May 16 at 2008, 7:41 PM
  
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  Natalia said "woah...seriously ...is it me Or I see the dancer turning BOTH ways!!?!?"
  
  woah...seriously ...is it me Or I see the dancer turning BOTH ways!!?!?
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Rima

I love being a Lefty! + -

Rima May 23 at 2007, 10:46 AM

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Rima said "Born into a very traditional Indian family, my mom hated the fact that I was left handed. I still am the only girl "

Born into a very traditional Indian family, my mom hated the fact that I was left handed. I still am the only girl in our family (included extended) that is left handed. And from a very young age she tried to convert me to being right handed. In Indian culture it is believed that after you go to the bathroom you wash your bum with your left hand. So of course that can't be the hand that you eat with. (ummm....hadn't they been washing their hands after they did that?:))

Anyway, so my mom tried and tried to convert me. She was so embarrassed that her little girl would eat with her left hand at social occasions. Old women would stare at me wondering why I wasn't ashamed:)

But as everything else, I learned to accept it and embrass it. I don't really even think about it unless I am playing pool or trying new things like golf.

Rima
1. Paul
  
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  Paul May 23 at 2007, 11:09 AM
  
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  Paul said "Yea! Lefty's rule! I too am the only lefty in a family of 6 kids. I wouldn't have it any other way. I have an"
  
  Yea! Lefty's rule!
  
  I too am the only lefty in a family of 6 kids. I wouldn't have it any other way.
  
  I have an older aunt who is left handed, but the nuns used to whack her left hand with a ruler if she used it to write so she writes with her wrong hand. Nuns s#ck.
  
  When I first learned to play golf I rented clubs for the first year I played. Half the time they didn't have left handed clubs to rent so I can hit the ball from both sides. To this day I carry a right handed pitching wedge in my bag just in case I'm stuck on the wrong side of a tree (yes, I play among the trees more than the fairway when I golf).
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    Rima May 23 at 2007, 11:16 AM
    
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    Rima said "The only time that I remember being insistent that they accomodate my left handedness is when I took the SATs. It"
    
    The only time that I remember being insistent that they accomodate my left handedness is when I took the SATs. It was my third time taking them (funny I had scored exactly the same on my first two attempts and my dad thought I could do better. I was annoyed because I scored very very well but the pressure was on.)
    
    I got to the school and they only had right handed desks. Which as most lefties know are very hard to do work on especially for such a long test. Well I insisted that they find me a normal desk. It took over an hour and the test was delayed for everyone.
    
    Rima
    1. Wes
      
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      Wes Jun 21 at 2007, 1:30 PM
      
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      Wes said "At Humboldt the largest lecture hall had one row of left handed seats... At the beginning of the semester it wou"
      
      At Humboldt the largest lecture hall had one row of left handed seats...
      
      At the beginning of the semester it would be normally semi-filled, but as the lefties got more savvy, by the end of the semester you'd have to show up a good 10 to 15 minutes before lecture to grab one of the seats.
      
      Does that speak to lefty intuitiveness/intelligence? I don't know.
      1. Jim
        
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        Jim Jun 21 at 2007, 5:09 PM
        
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        Jim said "Hi Wes, Cool idea having a row of left handed seats! I had to "adapt" in high school and college as there were on"
        
        Hi Wes,
        
        Cool idea having a row of left handed seats! I had to "adapt" in high school and college as there were only right handed seats. I like to think that being a lefty enables me to improvise solutions to everyday proiblems a little faster than the average person. If that's true or not, I don't really know!
        
        Natalia
        
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        Natalia May 9 at 2008, 4:42 PM
        
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        Natalia said "you know, my high school had very very few "left-handed" desks...and to come to realize it, I never liked the left-h"
        
        you know, my high school had very very few "left-handed" desks...and to come to realize it, I never liked the left-handed desks although I am a lefty, and always have been. I liked resting my useless, lol, right hand on that part and using my left-hand on the open space.
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    Jim May 23 at 2007, 11:27 AM
    
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    Jim said "Perhaps a lefty wedge would have helped Tiger a few weeks ago!"
    
    Perhaps a lefty wedge would have helped Tiger a few weeks ago!
2. Jim
  
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  Jim May 23 at 2007, 11:30 AM
  
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  Jim said "Hello everyone! Thanks for noticing this group and joining! I didn't get much flak growing up for being a left"
  
  Hello everyone!
  
  Thanks for noticing this group and joining!
  
  I didn't get much flak growing up for being a lefty. Fortunately for me, I come from a very tolerant family. Only my 1st grade teacher made a half-hearted attempt to make me switch my writing hand from left to right.
  
  I find that being left handed is often a conversation starter with other lefties. As there are only about 15% of us in the U.S., it puts us in a nice little club!
3. Kumar
  
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  Kumar Jun 20 at 2007, 4:29 PM
  
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  Kumar said "same here but my parents were kinda supportive rather..i guess they tried earlier but when it didnt work they dint f"
  
  same here but my parents were kinda supportive rather..i guess they tried earlier but when it didnt work they dint fight it ....i know about the indian thing..but hey i dint eat left handed :P so that qs didnt arise ..:P i just write left handed ...other things i'm comfortable doing with both...hmmm am i really a lefty ???? ..
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  Rudy Jun 29 at 2007, 11:15 AM
  
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  Rudy said "same here, my mother tried and tried to get me to write, eat and such with my right hand. i was pretty stubborn ab"
  
  same here, my mother tried and tried to get me to write, eat and such with my right hand. i was pretty stubborn about it, though. a pen in my right hand feels weird, it just doesn't belong there.
5. Mookie
  
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  Mookie May 9 at 2008, 7:17 PM
  
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  Mookie said ""These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive "
  
  "These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.â€
  
  :) and so it was written...
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Paul

The best thing about this group is... + -

Paul May 24 at 2007, 3:09 PM

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Paul said "The best thing about this group is that if we ever setup a Left is Right event then we won't have to worry about b"

The best thing about this group is that if we ever setup a Left is Right event then we won't have to worry about bumping elbows at the table!
1. Niressa
  
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  Niressa May 24 at 2007, 3:16 PM
  
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  Niressa said "I actually eat with my right hand so I guess I will have to go sit at another table :("
  
  I actually eat with my right hand so I guess I will have to go sit at another table :(
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    Paul May 24 at 2007, 3:26 PM
    
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    Paul said "You'll just have to do what the rest of us have always had to do and make sure that you sit down at the end of the t"
    
    You'll just have to do what the rest of us have always had to do and make sure that you sit down at the end of the table (either at the head of the table or the left edge - or in your case the right edge - of one of the sides).
    1. Jim
      
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      Jim May 24 at 2007, 3:29 PM
      
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      Jim said "That's one of the advantages of being a lefty. We usually get the seat at one end of the table. At my family gatheri"
      
      That's one of the advantages of being a lefty. We usually get the seat at one end of the table. At my family gatherings, I usually get the opposite side from the head of the table!
      1. Natalia
        
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        Natalia May 9 at 2008, 4:35 PM
        
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        Natalia said "wow. I actually never thought of this taking place at a table.. lol and this bumping elbows happened a few weeks ag"
        
        wow. I actually never thought of this taking place at a table.. lol and this bumping elbows happened a few weeks ago with my friends.. lmao.. I would've never guessed to recommend switching seats lol. I just didn't wanna sit next to the unpleasant guy
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ANTA

It took me 25 years + -

ANTA Oct 25 at 2007, 7:33 PM

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ANTA said "I realized that I was a lefty just few years ago. I grew up in a culture where using your left in insulting to other"

I realized that I was a lefty just few years ago. I grew up in a culture where using your left in insulting to others so I never used it or even knew I was up until lately when I didn't have to report to sush and "offensive" move.. I started writing with my left without any training what so ever and it felt very comfortable and lighter. I feel my hand more when I write with the left. It's heavy witht he right.

The other day I text so much using my left thumbs for hours til I started to get cramps and realized jzzz I am using my left tumb to write text:) funny.
1. Jim
  
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  Jim Oct 26 at 2007, 12:18 AM
  
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  Jim said "Congratulations on your discovery! Welcome to the "Left Side". :)"
  
  Congratulations on your discovery!
  
  Welcome to the "Left Side". :)
  1. ANTA
    
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    ANTA Oct 26 at 2007, 8:59 PM
    
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    ANTA said "Thanks Jim :) I am a hero were I am from LOL or the complete opposite for some. lol I dared eat with my left."
    
    Thanks Jim :) I am a hero were I am from LOL
    or the complete opposite for some. lol I dared eat with my left.
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nami

Now I`m proud of my left hand^^ + -

nami Aug 23 at 2007, 6:22 PM

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nami said "My family and friends always worried aabout me I`m left handed...^^ So what.... I usually cut things with knif"

My family and friends always worried aabout me I`m left handed...^^
So what....

I usually cut things with knife and scissors. I am drawing with my left hand.I`m an art student...!! sometimes we hit each other`s arms when my classmate use her right hand and I use my left hand..^^they complain sometimes...and i feel little quilty about it.

now i feel free about it..
i have company here...
i don`t have any friend who is left handed..!!

i`m so lucky to be here~
1. Jim
  
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  Jim Aug 24 at 2007, 10:33 AM
  
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  Jim said "Welcome to "the left side", Naomi! I have the same issues with hitting other people when sitting beside them, b"
  
  Welcome to "the left side", Naomi!
  
  I have the same issues with hitting other people when sitting beside them, because I'm use my left hand. Most often this is at the dinner table.
  
  It makes lots of sense to me that you are an art student and left-handed. I'm fairly sure that there is a strong correlation between being a creative person and being lefthanded.
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    nami Sep 21 at 2007, 12:28 PM
    
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    nami said "Jim...my name is Nami..^o^...not Naoim!!hehe I feel more comfortable who has same experiences!!! We are spe"
    
    Jim...my name is Nami..^o^...not Naoim!!hehe
    
    I feel more comfortable who has same experiences!!!
    
    We are special....Right???!!!
    1. Jim
      
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      Jim Sep 21 at 2007, 1:34 PM
      
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      Jim said "My apologies re: your name, Nami! :)"
      
      My apologies re: your name, Nami! :)
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        nami Sep 21 at 2007, 3:49 PM
        
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        nami said "it doesn`t matter...!!!^.^hehee"
        
        it doesn`t matter...!!!^.^hehee
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    Rima Sep 21 at 2007, 6:01 PM
    
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    Rima said "I love being left handed and can't imagine being any other way. There is a reason for everything and there is a reas"
    
    I love being left handed and can't imagine being any other way. There is a reason for everything and there is a reason that all of us are lefties:)
    
    I am glad you are embracing being left handed!
    
    Rima
    1. Jim
      
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      Jim Sep 21 at 2007, 6:09 PM
      
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      Jim said "Hey Rima, I hope your fast is going well. Keep up the good work! (Was your left hand the one you held your cigar"
      
      Hey Rima, I hope your fast is going well. Keep up the good work!
      
      (Was your left hand the one you held your cigarette with? j/k!)
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Martha

Leftys unite + -

Martha Aug 27 at 2007, 5:26 PM

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Martha said "I always believed that left-handed people were in their right minds."

I always believed that left-handed people were in their right minds.
1. Jim
  
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  Jim Aug 27 at 2007, 5:51 PM
  
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  Jim said "I think that we are almost literally in our right minds (as the old joke goes). Some research on lefties indicates t"
  
  I think that we are almost literally in our right minds (as the old joke goes). Some research on lefties indicates that most of our thinking occurs in the right half of the brain.
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Kristina

Any lefties hosting podcasts? + -

Kristina Aug 24 at 2007, 12:10 PM

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Kristina said "If you are, please contact me. I'd love to be interviewed. Be BOLD, Kristina KristinaHughes.com"

If you are, please contact me.

I'd love to be interviewed.

Be BOLD,
Kristina
KristinaHughes.com

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Kristina

Organized? Any lefties super organized? + -

Kristina Aug 16 at 2007, 2:23 PM

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Kristina said "Hey All, I am a leftie and find myself to be super organized. I often get righties who rave about it. In fact my"

Hey All,

I am a leftie and find myself to be super organized. I often get righties who rave about it. In fact my rightie boyfriend took what I was doing in an organized fashion for my acting career, tuned it into a gift and now we have a thriving business for 6 years!

Check out www.ActorTrackTrial.com to see what I am talking about!

Any lefties do podcasts or blogs and want to interview me, let me know.

Be BOLD,
Kristina

KristinaHughes.com (work-in-progress)
1. Paul
  
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  Paul Aug 16 at 2007, 2:26 PM
  
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  Paul said "Nope. I'm a leftie and I am the definition of chaos and entropy!"
  
  Nope. I'm a leftie and I am the definition of chaos and entropy!
  1. Kristina
    
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    Kristina Aug 16 at 2007, 2:32 PM
    
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    Kristina said "Funny. I consider myself super organized...but I am also a "pile queen"...trying to remedy that. Right does figh"
    
    Funny. I consider myself super organized...but I am also a "pile queen"...trying to remedy that.
    
    Right does fight with left though.
    
    ~Kristina
    KristinaHughes.com
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