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Re: Lavender Brick Society
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:16:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:

(left handed, if you're wondering)

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?

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 assessment, I grant you, but I propose multiple attempts to
gain a representative sample size.

Dave!



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  Even-handedness Was Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) 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)
  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
"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)
  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) 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
 
(...) <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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