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Old 04-23-2009, 03:47 PM   #1
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Default Left- handed ?

Statistics say that left-handed folks make up 5-15 percent of the population. so if that is the case and there are 877 active members on this forum there should be between 43 and 131 of us here. So count off south-paws.

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Old 04-23-2009, 04:25 PM   #2
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Another one here... Darn righty mouses!
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One here, though I never bother to worry about the problem.
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Me too. It is amazing how few people are in their right mind .
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Same here.
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Old 04-23-2009, 11:36 PM   #7
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Lefty here. Lefties are all right.
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Old 04-23-2009, 11:42 PM   #8
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Youse guys are supposed to be sounding off here by number, and why does it take a righty to be right about this? Actually, I'm ambidextural, no offense, not bi-lingual or the other bi either, sorry, NOT! bill
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Old 04-24-2009, 06:18 AM   #9
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Also a lefty, but I have learned to do many things right handed if need be. Working in a machine shop where everything is designed for a righty will do that to ya. When I was a kid the school tried to convert me to right handed since they believed that it would help me by being right handed. Mom didn't take to kindly to that and had a talk (meaning probably a lot of yelling) with the school and that was the end of that effort. Her Dad was a carpenter that was ambedextrious so she had a sore spot with the idea of changing.
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#9 here.
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Me too, and it really pays off with the dust chutes on saws, power planers, and biscuit joiners. Anyone else get so used to using a regular circ saw lefty that using a left handed one is totally awkward?
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Consider myself a lefty, but in reality, sorta ambidextrous.
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Another one here... Darn righty mouses!
umm, sorry to hijack your leftist thread here, but you do know you can switch the buttons don't you?
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Yep. Another lefty here, but I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous like woodnthings
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Actually the only thing I'm really better at lefthanded is shooting my .45 Auto! bill
BTW the next lefthanded post will be no. 14
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Wierdos. But really, look at the bright side, they say you will survive driver side impact collisions with less chance of neurological impairment so good for you guys!!!
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I use both equally with no preference, except when eating and writing...then im a lefty.
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I`m with HFC...I must be the fourteenth (routers are for left handed people) Notreally! Rick
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Another lefty here. I think I'm number 15. Aren't lefties more creative. That might say something.
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