blake murphy said...

> On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:55:13 -0700, Cindy Hamilton
> <angelicapaganelli@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Aug 6, 4:41 am, Omelet <omp_ome...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <dabel-F47EBD.09171205082...@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
>>> Dan Abel <da...@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > In article <Q8qdnR1uV_c3UCjbnZ2dnUVZ_gCdn...@comcast.com>,
>>> > Julia Altshuler <jaltshu...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > > I wish there were a way on the survey to trace who is from where
>>> > > and who switches their fork back and forth. I'm from the U.S. and
>>> > > learned the switching method: fork goes in left hand to cut, then
>>> > > in the right hand to bring the food to the mouth. Jim's from
>>> > > Canada. He learned the non-switching method: fork stays in left
>>> > > for cutting and transporting.
>>> > > I always feel like an idiot when dining with his family. Their
>>> > > method
>>> > > is so efficient and neat, but when I've tried to learn it, I find
>>> > > it tricky. It would take practice. (His family has never said a
>>> > > word about my manners or lack. It's just 2 methods, both
>>> > > acceptable.)
>>>
>>> > Sometimes people forget just how hard it is to change which hand is
>>> > used for what. Try writing with your other hand! I've seen this
>>> > with mice, also. Not the animal, the computer tracking device.
>>> > People who try to use their non-dominant hand to drive the mouse
>>> > look very incompetent. I worked with an accountant like that. He
>>> > worked there a long time. His right hand was reserved for his ten
>>> > key, and he was good at it. He didn't have to look at the keys, he
>>> > knew them by touch. As accounting got more and more computerized,
>>> > and navigation got more mouse-driven, he had more and more problems
>>> > trying to use the mouse with his left hand. His subordinates would
>>> > sometimes order him out of his chair and do the computer work
>>> > themselves because they couldn't stand to watch him fumble around.
>>>
>>> Handedness has to do with the dominant side of the brain, or so I was
>>> told in Human A&P class.
>>>
>>> The one time I tried to force myself to write with my left hand (in
>>> that very class), not only did it not go very well, I found myself
>>> unable to speak for about 5 minutes.
>>>
>>> It was weird, and frightening.
>>
>>I think most left-handers are more ambidextrous than right-handers.
>>I've
>>been forced to write with my non-dominant hand a couple of times
>>(injuries,
>>etc.), and while cumbersome it was not disconcerting.
>>
>>Except for writing, I tend to do things the way I was taught by right-
>>handers.
>>I bat, knit, and use a mouse or scissors right-handed. When preparing
>>food in the kitchen, I use the knife in my left hand, but when eating
>>food
>>at the table I use my right hand for the knife.
>>
>>I'm right-eye dominant, so I shoot right-handed, too. Of course, I
>>was taught to shoot by a rightie.
>>
>>Maybe I'm not really a leftie at all. Hmmm. Maybe I'm just confused.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
> your ambidextriality is just a harmless phase. you'll grow out of it.
>
> your pal,
> blake


I taught myself to write backwards in 5th grade. Not any affliction, rather
I actually practiced it. Hold it in front of a mirror to read it.

I was the best darn backwards writer in the whole school!!!

Andy
Right-handed
No eye dominance (middle-brained?;)