Love this - and you hit upon the spiral notebook dilemma which I've been asking people about. I thought lefties loved spirals but it sure seems like that's not the case!
Nooooo, most of us hate spiral notebooks unless they're the left-handed model (which I have one, courtesy of my wife of course). It's like writing on a barbed wire fence with all the poking, etc.
I've found just flipping it upside down is easier, though the paper looks weird when you do that.
I know of one person in my family that is left-handed and it's not me. It's interesting that you do different things with each of your hands. I know that I tried once to swing a baseball bat left-handed and it seemed pretty easy for me. So I can see how some baseball players are switch-hitters. Been awhile since I've been in Vero Beach. I'm only 1 hour north of it.
I think that's a direct result of my dad trying to force me to be right-handed when I was young, though I can't say for certain. Who knows? Very cool! I love the Treasure Coast, it's a great place to live :)
Hey, thank you Bryan! It's just one of those things you learn to deal with and, for the most part, I don't even really notice a lot of them anymore. Just one of those things :)
I'm the only left-hander in my family. I struggle with scissors - but I still prefer to use standard scissors with my left hand than left-handed scissors (which I can't seem to use at all!). Like you I'd hold a tennis racquet in my left hand but a golf club, hockey stick or rounders bat in my right. I throw left-handed. If I played the guitar I'd be holding it upside down. I used to use a mouse with my right hand, but these days I have a track pad.
Whenever I'm writing a notecard - think of a postcard with two columns, but unlike a postcard, sent in an envelope - I will write in the left column, then turn the card the other way round so I'm writing the right column upside down. Otherwise I just smudge the ink! Friends are well used to my curious two-ways-up correspondence.
In the days when I used to pay for things by cheque I would always need to turn the chequebook upside down in order to be able to tear it off correctly along the perforations.
The serrations on the original Spork are for the 88%, not for the 12%.
When I lived in Germany I found it very hard to get used to changing gear with my right hand - I'm so happy that our cars here in UK are right-hand drive because it makes changing gear a breeze for a left-hander.
My husband is the only right-hander in a family of lefties, and often favours his left.
Logos and names or whatever on pens and pencils are ALWAYS upside down if you're left-handed. If you've never noticed, pick up a pen or pencil right now and you'll see what I mean!
Congratulations to all fellow lefties on the 13th!
Thank you, Rebecca! It's always nice to hear when someone else knows that the struggle is real! I'm the same way with scissors and just use right-handed ones left-handed. If they're a good pair, they usually work.
I've never noticed the spork thing before but will pay attention the next time I try to use one. :)
It would make sense that driving is easier for a lefty in the U.K with the shifter being on the left side, though I think at this point in my life I couldn't retrain my brain to make the transition.
I find it amazing that your husband's family is all left-handers. Is their house set up different from a right-hander's house, I wonder? More things on the left, maybe? Very cool, ,though!
Oh yeah, I didn't even get into things like coffee mugs and how I rarely get to see the design drinking left-handed and all. And you're right about the logos on pens. I just picked my pen up and noticed that! Never did before :)
I find the pen thing disproportionately annoying! I think I need to get out more...!
My mother-in-law really struggled at school because of being made to write with her right hand. Such a shame. She reverted to left as soon as she left school, but her education had really suffered.
The only things I've noticed with her is that she has a left-handed chequebook (perforations on the right, rather than the left) and will only ever peel potatoes with a paring knife 'because I'm left-handed'.
(Even though most modern potato peelers have the blade perpendicular to the handle and couldn't be any MORE ambidextrous!)
Love this - and you hit upon the spiral notebook dilemma which I've been asking people about. I thought lefties loved spirals but it sure seems like that's not the case!
Nooooo, most of us hate spiral notebooks unless they're the left-handed model (which I have one, courtesy of my wife of course). It's like writing on a barbed wire fence with all the poking, etc.
I've found just flipping it upside down is easier, though the paper looks weird when you do that.
Thanks, Mark!
I just keep turning the book around so that the spiral is always on the right! It's a bit of a pain if I want to read it all back, though..... :D
lol, guilty of that, as well :)
Greetings fellow left hander
Nice to meet another who feels the struggle! :)
I know of one person in my family that is left-handed and it's not me. It's interesting that you do different things with each of your hands. I know that I tried once to swing a baseball bat left-handed and it seemed pretty easy for me. So I can see how some baseball players are switch-hitters. Been awhile since I've been in Vero Beach. I'm only 1 hour north of it.
I think that's a direct result of my dad trying to force me to be right-handed when I was young, though I can't say for certain. Who knows? Very cool! I love the Treasure Coast, it's a great place to live :)
Great issue - as a right-hander, I’ve never appreciated the difficulties the world has created for those of the sinister persuasion! Thanks for this!
Hey, thank you Bryan! It's just one of those things you learn to deal with and, for the most part, I don't even really notice a lot of them anymore. Just one of those things :)
Really cool post, Mark!
I'm the only left-hander in my family. I struggle with scissors - but I still prefer to use standard scissors with my left hand than left-handed scissors (which I can't seem to use at all!). Like you I'd hold a tennis racquet in my left hand but a golf club, hockey stick or rounders bat in my right. I throw left-handed. If I played the guitar I'd be holding it upside down. I used to use a mouse with my right hand, but these days I have a track pad.
Whenever I'm writing a notecard - think of a postcard with two columns, but unlike a postcard, sent in an envelope - I will write in the left column, then turn the card the other way round so I'm writing the right column upside down. Otherwise I just smudge the ink! Friends are well used to my curious two-ways-up correspondence.
In the days when I used to pay for things by cheque I would always need to turn the chequebook upside down in order to be able to tear it off correctly along the perforations.
The serrations on the original Spork are for the 88%, not for the 12%.
When I lived in Germany I found it very hard to get used to changing gear with my right hand - I'm so happy that our cars here in UK are right-hand drive because it makes changing gear a breeze for a left-hander.
My husband is the only right-hander in a family of lefties, and often favours his left.
Logos and names or whatever on pens and pencils are ALWAYS upside down if you're left-handed. If you've never noticed, pick up a pen or pencil right now and you'll see what I mean!
Congratulations to all fellow lefties on the 13th!
Thank you, Rebecca! It's always nice to hear when someone else knows that the struggle is real! I'm the same way with scissors and just use right-handed ones left-handed. If they're a good pair, they usually work.
I've never noticed the spork thing before but will pay attention the next time I try to use one. :)
It would make sense that driving is easier for a lefty in the U.K with the shifter being on the left side, though I think at this point in my life I couldn't retrain my brain to make the transition.
I find it amazing that your husband's family is all left-handers. Is their house set up different from a right-hander's house, I wonder? More things on the left, maybe? Very cool, ,though!
Oh yeah, I didn't even get into things like coffee mugs and how I rarely get to see the design drinking left-handed and all. And you're right about the logos on pens. I just picked my pen up and noticed that! Never did before :)
Thank you, fellow Lefty! :)
I find the pen thing disproportionately annoying! I think I need to get out more...!
My mother-in-law really struggled at school because of being made to write with her right hand. Such a shame. She reverted to left as soon as she left school, but her education had really suffered.
The only things I've noticed with her is that she has a left-handed chequebook (perforations on the right, rather than the left) and will only ever peel potatoes with a paring knife 'because I'm left-handed'.
(Even though most modern potato peelers have the blade perpendicular to the handle and couldn't be any MORE ambidextrous!)