How Many Lefties Are In The House?

[PurplePanther]

Just was wondering how many lefties we have on the site. All 3 of our designers happen to be left handed, just was curious if this is a trend. (Lefties are supposed to be more creative, correct?)

[fenris242]

righty here, and i have so far been successful in training my kids to be righties (as my husband it a lefty)

[DOGraphics]

ambidextrous

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ambidextrous

Main Entry: am·bi·dex·trous http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif (javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?ambide02.wav=ambidextrous')) Pronunciation: \ˌam-bi-ˈdek-strəs\ Function: adjective Etymology: Late Latin ambidexter, from Latin ambi- + dexter right-hand — more at dexter (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dexter) Date: 1646 1 : using both hands with equal ease 2 : unusually skillful : versatile (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/versatile) 3 : characterized by duplicity : double-dealing (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-dealing)
— am·bi·dex·trous·ly adverb

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[JERHEMI]

I'm a southpaw and I am indeed pretty damn creative if I do say so myself!:thumb:

[cOrKinSA]

I have conquered countries, loved women, and created the most beautiful art with my left hand.
With my right one... eh just shake peoples hands.

[Fred Weiss]

righty here, and i have so far been successful in training my kids to be righties (as my husband it a lefty)

http://www.signs101.com/images/guido.gif You might want to rethink that. I started out as a southpaw but in the first grade Miss James made me hold my pencil in my right hand. At this point my fine motor skills are right handed and my gross motor skills are left handed ... I bat and throw left handed and can hammer a nail ambidextrously.

I do not thank Miss James for her efforts. In hindsight, I would much rather have been left to develop as I was born even with a couple of millenniums of prejudice institutionalized against left handed people.

Latin Root for left is sinster, From that we get sinister (also evil and wicked). Left in French is gauche or clumsy.

Latin root for right is dexter, From which we get dexterity and dexterous. Also good and capable.

In medieval heraldry, there are dexter shields and sinster shields. Dexter shields were awarded to nobles of legitimate birth and sinster shields were awarded to nobles of illegitimate birth.

[jdb]

Me, and would'nt want it any other way. Micheal Angello and Leonardo DiVinci were lefties also.

[Redline Signs]

Lefty here, it seems to give a creative edge.

[AKSigns]

2 leftys in our shop but only one is creative!

[Arlo Kalon]

Dunno exactly what difference this makes in computerized shops, now sign painting - that's something else. I trained early on with an ambidextrous painter who could stand in the middle of a 4x8 and simply switch hands in the middle. For those of ya who know who Mike Jackson is, he was at my shop once and lettered a few lines of copy on a board. He's a lefty. He also used a mahlstick that clicked like a typewriter on the sign. To this day he remains the fastest sign painter I've ever witnessed. I guess the mahlstick kept him from dragging his fingers thru wet paint like lefty painters are wont to do.

[peavey123]

Lefty here!

[Valentino]

lefty here

[GARY CULY]

lefty here also

[OldPaint]

IAM LEFT HANDED, and my italian heritage is from the same part of italy as MICHANGELO & DIVINNCI!!!! they were ETRUSCINS....
now the only thing i cant do....IS MOUSE WORK WITH MY LEFT HAND!!!!!
i do mouse..WITH MY RIGHT!!!!! reason is most computers i played with in the begining that had mice, i just worked it where it sat!!!!
i go to my WACOM TABLET, and its LEFTY ONLY!!!

[r&P signs]

lefty here

[Replicator]

I'm a righty and AirArtGirl is a lefty . . . !

[Fred Weiss]

I'm a righty and AirArtGirl is a lefty . . . !

That explains a lot. :Big Laugh

[Replicator]

That explains a lot. :Big Laugh

I don getit LOL :-)

[Bradster941]

I don getit LOL :-)


It's a reference of why their kid can't sit and spin...:rolleyes:






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[GregT]

I'm a lefty

[grafxxx]

lefty and goofy foot :)

[flyinhawaiian968]

Lefty here also...(NOT a goofy foot!)

[Mike Paul]

Another ambidextrous here.

[Flame]

Wow...... a lot of leftys!!!

Right handed here.

[Air Art Girl]

LEFTY!!!!!!! >;o)

[Air Art Girl]

It's a reference of why their kid can't sit and spin...:rolleyes:






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Ha!, don't have kids together. They are mine! One righty one lefty both creative.

[GAC05]

Left handed here in the Pacific

wayne k
guam usa

[tmac]

Lefty here

[signguy95]

Also a lefty!

[southpawP8NTR]

If I'm not I need to change the name!

[thomchar]

I'm a lefty. My mother was made to do things right handed in school even thow she was left handed. She always said that when she was very tired she felt it more on her left side.

[cgsigns_jamie]

I may be left handed but I'm right all the time.

[chopper]

I am left handed also and mostly ambidextrous, there are a few things I do better with my left hand and a few things I do better with my right,
//chopper

[Auto Accents]

lefty here

[basicmetal]

Mostly ambidextrous here... other times I'm just left handed.

[Marlene]

Don't know if I'm ambidextrous as I can't do the same things with both hands, I can do things with my left that I can't with my right and the same with the right doing things that the left can't. what really sucked was years ago I took tennis lessons and found out that I can do a backhand with one hand and a forehand with the other, but not both with either hand.

[Outlaw Graphics]

left side dominant but pretty much do everything with my right hand but write and eat. So i guess i would say ambidextrous.

[activitydude]

Aye, matey, I be a Leftie but I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrious

[Doyle]

Righty, should have posted a poll, almost seems there are more lefties here than righties..... interesting

[jscarl]

Are you all aware that the RIGHT side of the brain controls the LEFT side of the body. THEREFORE only lefties are in their right mind.??:Big Laugh

[WRAPS]

Left Handed People Are In Their Right Mind

[Steve C.]

ambidextrous......
Not in the true sence of the word as it is earlier defined. If I'm painting a wall
off of a ladder, I can switch and paint with both hands, so I don't need to
move the ladder as often, I am a bit like Marlene, I guess... Very few things
that I do equally well with both hands.

Eat, throw, kick, airbursh....left

Write, draw......................right.

I've come to the conclusion that if it takes dexterity in the wrist, I use the
right, dexterity in the arm, left.

[bsbp1230]

Left hand here also, learned to write with my right hand though, but I do everything else Left..

[gtjet]

Lefty, had the same situation as our Administrator too and apparently a lot of others that were made to be righties or attemped to be turned in to righties. My tearcher just did not know how to teach a lefty to write so she had me do it righty, wow was that hard.

[Ken]

What was weird was...when I injured my left hand( almost truely lost it..the hand)..people would ask..are you left or right handed? I would tell them I'm two handed. Try putting your socks on with one hand.
Cheers!
Ken