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| | | (...) Plus, you've got that goofy metric system to worry about. I don't doubt your tale at all, though it reminds me of other people I've known who've made claims of ambidexterity: Usually it amounts to "I write with my right hand, and I can use a (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —David Koudys
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| | | | | (...) <snipp> (...) Does writing with your left hand make you left handed, or, as in my case, since I'm basically right-handed predominant except for writing (and who writes anymore, anyway) would I be considered right-handed? Dave K (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) If you saw that a baseball was about to smack you in your noggin from directly in front of you, would you catch/deflect it with your left or right hand? (Assuming, of course, that simple dodging was not an option). Hardly a scientific (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Even-handedness Was Re: Lavender Brick Society —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) When you ask the question, it requires thought--all spontaneousness reflexive action is then ignored... What would I do... Right now I think that if something was thrown at my face, I'd throw up both arms to protect my face. When someone (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:I4CL81.1qo7@lugnet.com... (...) case, since (...) writes (...) directly (...) Hmm, I feel like I would block with my left hand/arm, but I am probably right handed (I used to mix hands for some (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, it's clear that you and Purple Dave have thought about this more carefully than I did. Shame on me for coming up with a weak example! Dave! (still left-handed) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) Since you are admittedly baseball-knowledge challenged, I will tell you that if you are right handed, you'd probably attempt to catch/deflect the ball with your left hand (the hand that would normally wear the baseball glove). The right hand (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) ANd if you catch better with your right hand, and throw better with your right hand... what does that make you? Dave K -now confused about how handedness he is... (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) You guessed it...."confused";-) "I'm sorry, I have a cold" JOHN (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | | | (...) Whichever hand was closer. Or whichever had a mitt on ;-) I catch with either hand equally well. But while "left-handed", I can only throw accurately right-handed. So I pretty much ended up catching LH, so that I wouldn't have to catch RH, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) I've always viewed it as mixed-handedness when you do some things with one and some things with the other. Being fully ambidextrous should require being able to do everything with either hand at will, and being partially ambidextrous should (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | (...) There is some evidence that dyslexia is caused by making kids learn to read before their brain is ready for that kind of processing. I'm the first to admit that it's weak evidence, but there are a bunch of schools that adhere to a philosophy (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Oh, I don't doubt that it's a real condition, and I don't even doubt that it may have a higher incidence than previously known. But I'm uncomfortable with the correlation between the ease-of-diagnosis and the availability-of-prof...edication. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) I just realized that you're making a correct and finer distinction than I did. I didn't mean to suggest that these disorder are mere behavior problems in need of more discipline. On the other hand, sympton-lists are problematic because it's (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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