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Subject: 
Re: Lavender Brick Society
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:29:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz wrote:
> 
> "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:I4CL81.1qo7@lugnet.com...
> > 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).
> 
> 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 tasks, less so now). Of course
> without a reflex test, who knows. I wonder though if you would tend to block
> with your off hand reflexively protecting your more valuable dominant hand?

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)



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  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  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 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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