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Left Handers Day: August 13, 2014


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It's almost that time again! Left Handers Day is on Wednesday, August 13. There are a lot of fun resources at the Left Handers Club website. They have posters you can print off, and these graphics. See last year's thread here (with even more fun images).

 

These images are from the Left Handers Club:

 

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How will you celebrate Left Handers Day? I hope you'll post your lefty's scrawl here!

 

 

 

 

 

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Hey, fibredrunk,

 

How's it going? Glad to see you post. Sure, you write left-handed, but you still knit with both hands.

 

Enjoy,

Yours,
Randal

From a person's actions, we may infer attitudes, beliefs, --- and values. We do not know these characteristics outright. The human dichotomies of trust and distrust, honor and duplicity, love and hate --- all depend on internal states we cannot directly experience. Isn't this what adds zest to our life?

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As a neuroscientist studying laterality, seeing this post has made my day!~

 

Sadly, I am right handed. However, I can tell you that the vast majority of Muppets are lefties. :)

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Can't we all just get along ?

 

The President of the United States is left-handed. What more do you people want ?

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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Hey, fibredrunk,

 

How's it going? Glad to see you post. Sure, you write left-handed, but you still knit with both hands.

 

Enjoy,

 

LOL! Yes, true enough!

Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

"I don't wait for inspiration; inspiration waits for me." --Akiane Kramarik

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Of Muppets and Presidents... you guys are already cracking me up! :lticaptd:

Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

"I don't wait for inspiration; inspiration waits for me." --Akiane Kramarik

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Hi,

"How will you celebrate Left Handers Day?"

 

I'm not left handed myself but as there is a Lefty's day I think I'll remember my Grandfather. (Also a good time since it's 100yrs since WW1)

He was born about 1900 and was left handed. At school they tied his left hand behind his back and made him write with his right hand.

But he would always pick up a hammer in his left hand. (not to hit the teacher with I hasten to add).

 

I'm glad things have changed.

 

Cheers

Andy

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Hi,

"How will you celebrate Left Handers Day?"

 

I'm not left handed myself but as there is a Lefty's day I think I'll remember my Grandfather. (Also a good time since it's 100yrs since WW1)

He was born about 1900 and was left handed. At school they tied his left hand behind his back and made him write with his right hand.

But he would always pick up a hammer in his left hand. (not to hit the teacher with I hasten to add).

 

I'm glad things have changed.

 

Cheers

Andy

 

I'm glad, too. Seems hard to believe that that's how they used to treat lefties, and worse.

Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

"I don't wait for inspiration; inspiration waits for me." --Akiane Kramarik

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I have to buy the "Keep Left and Carry on" Poster and the left-handed zone one as both my partner and I are left-handed. Think I'll have to post some of my leftie writing as well!

 

On another note: My father was left handed and he also had his hand tied behind his back (late 1940s). He wrote right-handed (always with a FP) and blamed his "poor" handwriting on the forced change.

 

Attempts were made to force my Aunty (mother's sister) to write right-handed in the early 1950s but gave up when my 1.45m, 38kg Grandmother threatened extreme violence!

 

Left-handers' day is a big day in my mainly left-handed, extended family.

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Tomorrow is the big day! Here's a fun left-handed test you can take:

How left handed are you?

My own score was 74% "mainly left-handed" (60-90% means mainly left handed... well, duh)

 

See the left handed test results here.

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Happy Left Handers' Day everyone! I'm only 58% but my partner is 98%

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Thought I'd post the southpaw scratch of my favorite poet, William Stafford. He didn't have pretty handwriting, but his poetry was awesome!

 

"Traveling Through the Dark":

 

http://williamstaffordarchives.org/images/large/56.196.jpg

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I'm a righty, but still wishing all the southpaws in my world a very happy LHD!

Until you ink a pen, it is merely a pretty stick. --UK Mike

 

My arsenal, in order of acquisition: Sailor 21 Pocket Pen M, Cross Solo M, Online Calligraphy, Monteverde Invincia F, Hero 359 M, Jinhao X450 M, Levenger True Writer M, Jinhao 159 M, Platinum Balance F, TWSBI Classic 1.1 stub, Platinum Preppy 0.3 F, 7 Pilot Varsity M disposables refillables, Speedball penholder, TWSBI 580 USA EF, Pilot MR, Noodler's Ahab 1.1 stub, another Preppy 0.3, Preppy EF 0.2, ASA Sniper F, Click Majestic F, Kaweco Sport M, Pilot Prera F, Baoer 79 M (fake Starwalker), Hero 616 M (fake Parker), Jinhao X750 Shimmering Sands M . . .

31 and counting :D

 

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Happy Left Hander's Day! I scored a 96%!

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"What? What's that? WHAT?!!! SPEAK UP, I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!" - Ludwig van Beethoven.

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I am a leftie. I started school in 1950 but was never forced to use my right hand, maybe because I had already learned to write when I got there. I'm not completely left-handed. I don't use knife and fork the wrong way round, and I don't use left-handed scissors.

I didn't take the test as I didn't want to give my email address. Can't think why it would be necessary, and I'm already inundated with junk emails.

Whatever is true,whatever is noble,whatever is right,whatever is pure,whatever is lovely,whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things.

Philippians 4.8

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Happy lefty's day ~ I'm a lefty underwriter and, being new to the FP world, am so happy that I'm not smearing ink! For some reason I thought it would be impossible to write lefty with a FP.

 

I took the test and got a 96. There's also a test with a spinning ballerina which indicates which side of your brain is dominant. I'll try to find it and edit it into this post.

 

Here it is, although wikipedia says the test isn't about brain hemisphere dominance ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_Dancer#cite_note-6

 

In any event, have a great night fellow lefties!

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Find my homemade ink recipes on my Flickr page here.

 

"I don't wait for inspiration; inspiration waits for me." --Akiane Kramarik

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