Lefty or Righty? [Archive]

Sarah

03-07-2007, 05:10 PM

I write with my right hand, but I pick up stuff, etc. with my left. My right wrist is wayyyy weaker than my left and tires out easily. I wonder if I wasn't "supposed" to have been left handed sometimes. I've read many times that many more babies than most would think are born left handed, but routine teaching by routinely right-handed parents teaches a tendency to use the right hand, even if the left is the child's dominant.

Or something.

skcin

03-07-2007, 05:11 PM

BTW... I couldn't remember what you call it when you can write with both.. I'm sure some bright spark will be along in a sec with the answer...

Ambidexterous (sp.) I'm a righty.

WildHeart69

03-07-2007, 05:11 PM

righty :thumbsup:

Sarah

03-07-2007, 05:11 PM

BTW... I couldn't remember what you call it when you can write with both.. I'm sure some bright spark will be along in a sec with the answer...

ambidextrous :wavey:

danax6

03-07-2007, 05:12 PM

I almost went with option number 4, but I was born right-handed. ;)

HomerMcvie

03-07-2007, 05:14 PM

Ambidextrous(sp).:rolleyes:

edit -:mad: :mad: :mad:

I'm blaming the Ledge being so slow, for my late response!:lol:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2007, 05:16 PM

Ah... yes....Ambidextrous... I knew it was ambi-something! Couldn't be bothered to look it up either... hehe. Thanks guys!

amber

03-07-2007, 05:19 PM

Amberdextrous. I use neither very well.

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 05:22 PM

Amberdextrous. I use neither very well.

:laugh:

I'm right. Always :laugh:

michelle2677

03-07-2007, 05:24 PM

I'm right handed but can use my left a lot more now than before i started in dentistry.

DrummerDeanna

03-07-2007, 05:24 PM

I'm right-handed, though for drumming I, of course, use both quite well - but it was BITCH getting the left hand to catch up to and be as good as the right hand.

I still can't write with my left hand well...so for all intents and purposes I'm a righty.

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2007, 05:26 PM

These 'polls' are just getting too bizarre. What's your favourite colour must be due in a day or so!:laugh:

amber

03-07-2007, 05:28 PM

:laugh:

I'm right. Always :laugh:

Wow, you're always right?! I thought I had a big ego....

:laugh: :wavey:

In reality, I am right handed and good with my left. For instance, I shoot baskets better left handed and I can shoot pool left handed. Don't write that well, though. Even though I used to practice a lot as a kid. Obviously, right handed kids are dumb. :laugh:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2007, 05:29 PM

These 'polls' are just getting too bizarre. What's your favourite colour must be due in a day or so!:laugh:

I don't remember the last time I did a poll! And I thought this one was quite a good one! :lol:

Edited to add: In fact... this is my first ever poll! Yay!

carrie721

03-07-2007, 05:31 PM

i'm a righty, but i'm pretty good with my left hand because of violin and percussion.

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2007, 05:35 PM

Left handed but have to use chop sticks with the right hand !

amber

03-07-2007, 05:43 PM

i'm a righty, but i'm pretty good with my left hand because of violin and percussion.

Oh, that's right, I forgot about my special handicap. Guess I really am amberdextrous.
Anyway, I can't move my hands separate from each other. I mean, they can't really do two different things at one time. I mean, shooting a basket or pool is two hands directed at one motion.

And then if I tried to get my legs involved doing even more things...well, I have no doubt disaster would ensue. Swear to god, that's why I had to quit band in highschool. Because you had to march, and I couldn't play and march. It's quite extroadinary considering my otherwise very high level of coordination. I'm like an idiot savant. Or just an idiot. Whatever, you should see me try to drum. Tragic. Actually me even trying to do the Gold n Braid dance is tragic.
That guy reminded me, I can use chopsticks left, too.

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 05:50 PM

Wow, you're always right?! I thought I had a big ego....

:laugh: :wavey:

In reality, I am right handed and good with my left. For instance, I shoot baskets better left handed and I can shoot pool left handed. Don't write that well, though. Even though I used to practice a lot as a kid. Obviously, right handed kids are dumb. :laugh:

My ego inflates and deflates with appalling frequency, you caught me in a good moment :laugh: I don't do anything with my left hand, it has fallen into disuse due to the marvellous wonder that is my right hand :nod:

amber

03-07-2007, 05:51 PM

My ego inflates and deflates with appalling frequency, you caught me in a good moment :laugh: I don't do anything with my left hand, it has fallen into disuse due to the marvellous wonder that is my right hand :nod:

Is the left shriveled and smallened like the forlegs of a T-Rex? Cause that's how I'm imagining it.

My ego does the same thing. It's quite exciting.

DrummerDeanna

03-07-2007, 05:53 PM

i'm a righty, but i'm pretty good with my left hand because of violin and percussion.

I'm great with drums/percussion...guitar? Not so much - it's proving difficult for me to coordinate right and left and such...it's pissing me off actually.

ryan8472

03-07-2007, 05:57 PM

I must say, it depends on what I'm doing. :nod: :laugh:

I write right handed. However, I bat switch. :p

carrie721

03-07-2007, 05:58 PM

I'm great with drums/percussion...guitar? Not so much - it's proving difficult for me to coordinate right and left and such...it's pissing me off actually.

it's definitely hard to learn a stringed instrument. it's difficult to get one hand to do melody and the other to do rhythm. when i was younger, with violin i would concentrate on getting the rhythms down with my right hand before adding the left hand, and now i do that with guitar, too.

ELIUD

03-07-2007, 06:02 PM

I'm right handed but when I was in college, one of my drawing professors wanted to challenge me and had me do an in-class assignment with my left hand. I did very well and really liked the difference in my drawing style using my left hand.

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2007, 06:03 PM

I don't remember the last time I did a poll! And I thought this one was quite a good one! :lol:

Edited to add: In fact... this is my first ever poll! Yay!

And an excellent poll it is - you didn't use the word y'all once!

Just done a quick check here and the majority of engineers here are left handed - 8 out of 11.

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 06:09 PM

Is the left shriveled and smallened like the forlegs of a T-Rex? Cause that's how I'm imagining it.

My ego does the same thing. It's quite exciting.

No, my left hand is a magnificent specimen, not unlike my right, except that it's like a strange mirror image of it. My left hand will kick in when my right hand has worn out, which at the current rate of wear, will be in about 250 years :D

carrie721

03-07-2007, 06:12 PM

No, my left hand is a magnificent specimen, not unlike my right, except that it's like a strange mirror image of it. My left hand will kick in when my right hand has worn out, which at the current rate of wear, will be in about 250 years :D

this whole post is cracking me up. wtf are you smoking? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

DrummerDeanna

03-07-2007, 06:15 PM

it's definitely hard to learn a stringed instrument. it's difficult to get one hand to do melody and the other to do rhythm. when i was younger, with violin i would concentrate on getting the rhythms down with my right hand before adding the left hand, and now i do that with guitar, too.

Hmm...I'm mostly having trouble with the whole changing chords thing. Can't seem to do it in any sort of timely manner. Of course I'm also expecting to be great in like the space of an hour - a recipe for furstration...

I'm trying to take it slower now. And I'm looking for some drums to buy as my left hand becomes weaker and weaker the longer I don't play.

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 06:15 PM

this whole post is cracking me up. wtf are you smoking? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nothing :laugh: That is what my mind is naturally like :o

amber

03-07-2007, 06:17 PM

No, my left hand is a magnificent specimen, not unlike my right, except that it's like a strange mirror image of it. My left hand will kick in when my right hand has worn out, which at the current rate of wear, will be in about 250 years :D

:laugh:

So you just use it to lift beers and drive, basically? I was really into that T-Rex image. sigh.

carrie721

03-07-2007, 06:20 PM

Hmm...I'm mostly having trouble with the whole changing chords thing. Can't seem to do it in any sort of timely manner. Of course I'm also expecting to be great in like the space of an hour - a recipe for furstration...

I'm trying to take it slower now. And I'm looking for some drums to buy as my left hand becomes weaker and weaker the longer I don't play.

oh, chord changes. yeah. i practice those with a metronome, and first i set it to something really low, like 50 BPM or something. and i'll do C, C, G, G (or whatever chords you're practicing) with one chord per beat. and once i get it down at 50, i'll increase it just a little bit, to 54, then 58, etc etc. you don't need a metronome to do it, it's actually a lie to say i use mine, because it doesn't even have batteries right now. :laugh: but i start out slowly, making sure i can do it at a steady beat before speeding up at all.

DrummerDeanna

03-07-2007, 06:24 PM

oh, chord changes. yeah. i practice those with a metronome, and first i set it to something really low, like 50 BPM or something. and i'll do C, C, G, G (or whatever chords you're practicing) with one chord per beat. and once i get it down at 50, i'll increase it just a little bit, to 54, then 58, etc etc. you don't need a metronome to do it, it's actually a lie to say i use mine, because it doesn't even have batteries right now. :laugh: but i start out slowly, making sure i can do it at a steady beat before speeding up at all.

I have a metronome...I think I'll try that. Though I'm still trying to master chords themselves :laugh: I'm seriously jumping the gun in trying to change chords and in turn play songs :laugh:

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 06:28 PM

:laugh:

So you just use it to lift beers and drive, basically? I was really into that T-Rex image. sigh.

:laugh: Sorry about that, I live to disappoint :D

amber

03-07-2007, 06:29 PM

:laugh: Sorry about that, I live to disappoint :D

Seriously, just for beers and driving?

Musicman408

03-07-2007, 06:47 PM

I'm a lefty, clearly in my right mind. :thumbsup:

ha ha, I like that. :lol:

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 06:55 PM

Seriously, just for beers and driving?

Actually, I guess I lift my beer with my right.. so, just driving then. Changing gear, I do that with my left, fiddle with the radio etc. Everything worth a damn is done with my right :nod:

Karlie

03-07-2007, 07:05 PM

Lefty pride! I can use my right hand for anything if I need to, though, so I guess that makes me ambidextrous?

amber

03-07-2007, 07:12 PM

Actually, I guess I lift my beer with my right.. so, just driving then. Changing gear, I do that with my left, fiddle with the radio etc. Everything worth a damn is done with my right :nod:

Still and all, 250 years is a long lifespan for a right hand. I guess lifting beers is the perfect amount of strain for maximum handage. Or whatever. Oh, and I was talking about your right hand in the first place. Also, this is hella stupid, gotta go. :laugh:

HomerMcvie

03-07-2007, 07:12 PM

Actually, I guess I lift my beer with my right.. so, just driving then. Changing gear, I do that with my left, fiddle with the radio etc. Everything worth a damn is done with my right :nod:

You backwards Brits! I can't IMAGINE shifting left handed.

Does anyone have a clue as to why Brits drive on the wrong side of the road? I mean, does "driving left" pre-date cars??? WHO decided that "we'll build THESE cars, with the steering wheel on the opposite side"?
WTF?

michelle2677

03-07-2007, 07:19 PM

^^^ DEAR god, don't get him started :o

I made the mistake of asking that question..ouchie... someone got a little defensive :laugh:

HomerMcvie

03-07-2007, 07:29 PM

^^^ DEAR god, don't get him started :o

I made the mistake of asking that question..ouchie... someone got a little defensive :laugh:

Well, when you drive on the wrong side of the road, you're bound to be defensive!;) :D

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 07:44 PM

You backwards Brits! I can't IMAGINE shifting left handed.

Does anyone have a clue as to why Brits drive on the wrong side of the road? I mean, does "driving left" pre-date cars??? WHO decided that "we'll build THESE cars, with the steering wheel on the opposite side"?
WTF?

OK. The Romans drove their carts on the left :nod: And so did you lot over there :laugh: You only switched to the right to be more like the French after we uhh.. abandoned you after that little spat we had... Then everyone else switched to the right to be more like you. We decided we were right in the first place, and stuck to our guns :)

We invented cars *cough* so we're right. In fact, we invented everything. Including your country :D

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 07:46 PM

^^^ DEAR god, don't get him started :o

I made the mistake of asking that question..ouchie... someone got a little defensive :laugh:

:rolleyes: Me, defensive? I won't have it :laugh:

carrie721

03-07-2007, 07:55 PM

OK. The Romans drove their carts on the left :nod: And so did you lot over there :laugh: You only switched to the right to be more like the French after we uhh.. abandoned you after that little spat we had... Then everyone else switched to the right to be more like you. We decided we were right in the first place, and stuck to our guns :)

We invented cars *cough* so we're right. In fact, we invented everything. Including your country :D

LOL. :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo:

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 08:03 PM

LOL. :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo:

Yeah :laugh: Not everything we invented worked out as well as we hoped :shrug: ;)

carrie721

03-07-2007, 08:06 PM

Yeah :laugh: Not everything we invented worked out as well as we hoped :shrug: ;)

bitch.

:lol:

hey, at least I'VE heard edge of seventeen! :laugh: :laugh:

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 08:10 PM

hey, at least I'VE heard edge of seventeen! :laugh: :laugh:

OK, I gather you were among the first wave of people to be told that, after I let slip that particular piece of information :laugh: I will endeavour to do something about it, maybe :D

carrie721

03-07-2007, 08:14 PM

OK, I gather you were among the first wave of people to be told that, after I let slip that particular piece of information :laugh: I will endeavour to do something about it, maybe :D

yeah, it just hit the newspapers here, actually. extra, extra, read all about it! breton banquet has never heard EO17!!!!

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 08:17 PM

yeah, it just hit the newspapers here, actually. extra, extra, read all about it! breton banquet has never heard EO17!!!!

:lol: A nation laid waste to shock :p I'm sure I have more exciting revelations than that though, give me time :nod:

carrie721

03-07-2007, 08:22 PM

:lol: A nation laid waste to shock :p I'm sure I have more exciting revelations than that though, give me time :nod:

i'd say that's more shocking than the revelation that you're a demon! what could be more shocking than having lived through the 80's without hearing edge?

wait ... are you part french? :eek: :eek: :eek:

Wild_Heart03

03-07-2007, 08:24 PM

as far as writing, holding stuff, etc. I'm a lefty. I've become rather ambidextrous though, since learning to play the synth requires equal attention from both hands.

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 08:29 PM

i'd say that's more shocking than the revelation that you're a demon! what could be more shocking than having lived through the 80's without hearing edge?

wait ... are you part french? :eek: :eek: :eek:

Yes. But that's not what I was thinking of :laugh: As I told my main accuser, Edge didn't chart here, so I can be forgiven, no? :laugh:

carrie721

03-07-2007, 08:33 PM

Yes. But that's not what I was thinking of :laugh: As I told my main accuser, Edge didn't chart here, so I can be forgiven, no? :laugh:

it didn't chart there? i didn't know that...

um, but still no. not forgivable. :laugh: especially if you're part french! :lol:

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 08:46 PM

it didn't chart there? i didn't know that...

um, but still no. not forgivable. :laugh: especially if you're part french! :lol:

Dammit :( Just when a guy needs a little understanding.. :laugh: I'm only about one-eighth French, from a mad old great-grandmother - she hasn't tainted me too much, naturellement. Elle n'a eu aucun effet sur moi de quelque façon :D

carrie721

03-07-2007, 08:49 PM

Dammit :( Just when a guy needs a little understanding.. :laugh: I'm only about one-eighth French, from a mad old great-grandmother - she hasn't tainted me too much, naturellement. Elle n'a eu aucun effet sur moi de quelque façon :D

aw ****.

that's all the french i know. :D

bretonbanquet

03-07-2007, 08:50 PM

aw ****.

that's all the french i know. :D

That'll get you by :nod: :laugh:

Für Elise

03-07-2007, 09:11 PM

You backwards Brits! I can't IMAGINE shifting left handed.

Does anyone have a clue as to why Brits drive on the wrong side of the road? I mean, does "driving left" pre-date cars??? WHO decided that "we'll build THESE cars, with the steering wheel on the opposite side"?
WTF?I can't imagine changing gears with the right hand. you engage the clutch with the left while changing gears with the right and accelerate with the right. the sides of my brain get confused thinking about it. for us gears and clutch are all left and in motion together, it makes more sense to my brain. Also most people are right handed so having the main driving hand being the left one is like them making baseball gloves for the right hand and leaving the left to do the throwing. itjust makes more sense in my head for the drivers seat to be on the right.

I'm a lefty though and got confused when I first went to school and tried to do it exactly like the teacher when she showed us how to write so I tried to do it that way.

estranged4life

03-07-2007, 10:19 PM

since I believe that I should have been a left handed person, but since everyone in my family is right handed I was also turned into one.

I play guitar left handed, I drive using my left hand moreso than my right, and I can write legibly left handed (Also I have more strength in my left hand than my right.)

michelle2677

03-07-2007, 10:29 PM

OK, I gather you were among the first wave of people to be told that, after I let slip that particular piece of information :laugh: I will endeavour to do something about it, maybe :D

the newsletters go out for the 3rd wave tomorrow. :wavey:

hey, at least I'VE heard edge of seventeen! :laugh: :laugh:
Ouch!!! :laugh: ah that was brilliant, and I love it :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-08-2007, 03:58 AM

And an excellent poll it is - you didn't use the word y'all once!

:laugh: :lol:

bretonbanquet

03-08-2007, 07:58 AM

the newsletters go out for the 3rd wave tomorrow. :wavey:

Only up to the 3rd wave, huh? You must be slipping :p

JazmenFlowers

03-08-2007, 09:35 AM

right-handed

skcin

03-08-2007, 12:36 PM

And then if I tried to get my legs involved doing even more things...well, I have no doubt disaster would ensue. Swear to god, that's why I had to quit band in highschool. Because you had to march, and I couldn't play and march. It's quite extroadinary considering my otherwise very high level of coordination. I'm like an idiot savant. Or just an idiot. Whatever, you should see me try to drum. Tragic. Actually me even trying to do the Gold n Braid dance is tragic.
That guy reminded me, I can use chopsticks left, too.

So you can throw & catch a ball, and I can do the Gold & Braid dance. Looks like we're even as far as coordination goes. :laugh:

amber

03-08-2007, 12:41 PM

So you can throw & catch a ball, and I can do the Gold & Braid dance. Looks like we're even as far as coordination goes. :laugh:

:laugh:

Lets not get carried away. I'm good at several entire sports. Not just the catching or throwing part. :cool: :laugh: :p

I think I'll practice that dance. I mean, every good red blooded American Stevie fan should know how to do it, right?