Southpaws everywhere celebrate
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fiver
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so that's where,,, ohp wait the tip isn't bent, that's not mine.
i've never thought about the tape measure thing, i always have just measured from right to left, or left to right i don't much care the numbers are the same up or down.
i even yelled at DM-2 about putting a board the wrong way around once because i'm mostly right handed... he was super confused because i had just measured the last one the same direction he set that one down.
i've never thought about the tape measure thing, i always have just measured from right to left, or left to right i don't much care the numbers are the same up or down.
i even yelled at DM-2 about putting a board the wrong way around once because i'm mostly right handed... he was super confused because i had just measured the last one the same direction he set that one down.
RBHarter
West Central AR
Just a couple of things .
Left hand threads are found on half the bicycle peddles and all of the threaded bottle B nuts on propane and oxy . Also a turn buckle is kind of useless without them on one side .
Lefties get left hand drive in half the world .
The Britt's built a bunch of left hand rotation engines .
The left seat is where the pilot in command is seated . Naval protocols are left handed also .
Lefties are also in their right mind .
I was pretty excited when the youngest boy showed a left handed preference ...........but of course like me he was cross dominant ..... left-handed and right eyed vs my right hand left eye thing which no longer matters with the lost of good vision in that eye .
Left hand threads are found on half the bicycle peddles and all of the threaded bottle B nuts on propane and oxy . Also a turn buckle is kind of useless without them on one side .
Lefties get left hand drive in half the world .
The Britt's built a bunch of left hand rotation engines .
The left seat is where the pilot in command is seated . Naval protocols are left handed also .
Lefties are also in their right mind .
I was pretty excited when the youngest boy showed a left handed preference ...........but of course like me he was cross dominant ..... left-handed and right eyed vs my right hand left eye thing which no longer matters with the lost of good vision in that eye .
smokeywolf
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Heard this somewhere; think it was Dad, as he went to Catholic school. If the Sister (teacher) caught you using your left hand she'd wack you with a ruler. Dad was ambidextrous.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
When my granddaughter was young we were having a discussion about writing and the right vs left hand thing came up. I told her that right handed people were called "righties" and let handed people were called "lefties". Then I asked her, "What do you call it when you write with both hands?" Her answer- "Scribbling." Smart kid!
I am a lefty but shoot pool right handed. I'm also left eye dominate. When shooting pool I use my right eye mainly and if also drinking my left eye begins to assert itself and my game then begins to go down hill. I was a left handed writer until third grade. We had recently moved and in the new school were just begun to learn writing in cursive. My new teacher decided to correct all the worlds problems by making me write as a righty. Got a ruler whack more than a few times in public school. Now no one can read my writing. I can still print with my left hand though. When I was a kid archery bows were right handed, so I shoot a bow as a righty but I shoot a sling shot as a lefty. Same basic actions but different sides.
Ian
Notorious member
I can use an axe or pick equally well with either hand, but for the life of me can't push a broom or swing a bat left handed. I've been mulling over my weak-side shooting deficiency and think it's about time to work on getting comfortable shooting a bolt-action rifle offhand from my right side. Shooting games in a past life got me at least capable if not competent using a handgun either way, but rifles still give me a lot of trouble. If nothing else it will be a good workout and maybe keep my upper frame from getting any more catty-whompus than it already is.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Could bat from either side as a kid. I swing a hammer with my right.
What I could never understand was why baitcasting reels always had the crank in the right side, yet spinning reels are set up on the left. As a southpaw, all my spinning reel cranks are changed over to the right side. Spinning reels outnumber baitcasters, three to one.
What I could never understand was why baitcasting reels always had the crank in the right side, yet spinning reels are set up on the left. As a southpaw, all my spinning reel cranks are changed over to the right side. Spinning reels outnumber baitcasters, three to one.
L Ross
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The reel handle issue is interesting. I wonder if the originals go back to spinning reels coming to the U.S.from France after the War? Or does it have to do more with the mechanics of the rod? I know for me I have more control fighting a fish with the rod in my left hand palming a bait casting reel. Different muscles come into play when you think about how one grips a bait caster vs. spinning rig. I have always felt a spinning rod and reel was more attuned to finesse, but that simply may be by virtue of the fact that they can handle lighter lures than most bait casters.
I have a left handed bait caster I primarily use for trolling. It has a flipping switch, an accessory that is much less common on reels now that the fad has passed amongst bass fishermen. I use it because I can hold the rod in my right hand with my thumb on the thumb bar free spool lever. While I pump the rod up and down feeling for bottom and manipulating the lure, I can let line out instantly, yet when I release the thumb bar the reel is reengaged without have to turn the reel handle. This allows me to use the remote in my left hand to steer my boat with the trolling motor. On the down side, with my hand behind the reel in what would be the casting position, I do not have the leverage I would have if palming the reel.
Lefties get left hand drive in half the world
EU pretty much changed that in most of the world. Heard right hand drive was due to PASSING. Herders tended to keep to the right in a lane and autos had right driver so they could see the cattle when passing on the lane. Got used to driving on the left so when autos became popular, stayed that way. I guess walking the right side had to do with having sword/dagger on the left hip. Opposing could see it and wouldn't inhibit it's use when needed. Interesting that most horse drawn wagons had the brake handle on the right - and you should mount a horse from the left. Does the horse care? Probably not but mounting from the right and your sword gets in the way. As for choppers, collective is left hand as it doesn't do much - right hand is pretty busy. Same for fixed wing. But the main controls go down the center of the AC so linkages are there.
EU pretty much changed that in most of the world. Heard right hand drive was due to PASSING. Herders tended to keep to the right in a lane and autos had right driver so they could see the cattle when passing on the lane. Got used to driving on the left so when autos became popular, stayed that way. I guess walking the right side had to do with having sword/dagger on the left hip. Opposing could see it and wouldn't inhibit it's use when needed. Interesting that most horse drawn wagons had the brake handle on the right - and you should mount a horse from the left. Does the horse care? Probably not but mounting from the right and your sword gets in the way. As for choppers, collective is left hand as it doesn't do much - right hand is pretty busy. Same for fixed wing. But the main controls go down the center of the AC so linkages are there.
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Dusty Bannister
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As for choppers, collective is left hand as it doesn't do much - right hand is pretty busy.
Collective and left hand control engine RPM and Rotor pitch. You will not be off the ground without them. Right hand on the cyclic pretty much is just left right and forward and back. All of which might require the collective to be adjusted to avoid ground contact. And when hovering, do not forget the feet.
Collective and left hand control engine RPM and Rotor pitch. You will not be off the ground without them. Right hand on the cyclic pretty much is just left right and forward and back. All of which might require the collective to be adjusted to avoid ground contact. And when hovering, do not forget the feet.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Between the time the Swede detached my right eye's retina (left-handed, right eye dominate) and the ophthalmologist zapped it, I was forced to shoot left-handed. Handguns didn't present any oddities other than a short initial awkwardness of doing everything the wrong way round. Rifles were quite another matter, because my dominate right eye kept overriding the left's attempt to sight iron sights (no scoped centerfire rifle at that time). The solution was to put a blinder on the right eyeglass lens, and it worked well enough till the retinal zapping. I've no desire to revisit shooting rifles left-handed, but should for defensive handgun practice.
L Ross
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I need to revisit my strong hand strong eye weak hand non dominant eye shooting. I used to practice it with open sights, and receiver sights on a carbine and a shotgun for room clearing. I drove my range master nuts. We had a shoot house with life ammo and reactive targets. I'd room clear on the left side of a hallway right handed and eyed and right side rooms left handed and left eyed. I don't even know how I did it frankly. But that was a long time ago now and I should see if I can summon that gift up.
Ian
Notorious member
LR-308 has a case deflector like a -15. Not sure about the Armalite. If it's slinging them at heading 160, it needs more gas. Suppressed and gas tuned the port is too loud so I wear a foam plug in the right ear when hunting. If all else fails, Caldwell makes a nice brass catcher that keeps them from going down your shirt.
Mitty38
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I can use either or about the same.
So left.or right don't matter much. However on shooting although I do just as well left or right handed, my dominant eye is the right one. So I tend to be a righty with semi autos.
However I would be interested in a halfassed store.
I could use a halfassed carpenters tool kit. Would help me out a lot.
Oh and a halfassed chair for when my halfassed friends come to watch me work!
So left.or right don't matter much. However on shooting although I do just as well left or right handed, my dominant eye is the right one. So I tend to be a righty with semi autos.
However I would be interested in a halfassed store.
I could use a halfassed carpenters tool kit. Would help me out a lot.
Oh and a halfassed chair for when my halfassed friends come to watch me work!
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