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Re: [Shop-talk] out of the shop

To: Neil Sherry <neiljsherry@talktalk.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] out of the shop
From: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:10:26 -0600
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References: <446FE392649E4D2DB5A014FD6B2B7793@john5043a2d406> <CAO8Q7CP5CdEaY-bkG-_EidDnvcuvtGmVcB0VuGNU0aki3CqkQw@mail.gmail.com> <8831C95A-55DB-4719-9BD0-58DA42B1DF63@groupwbench.org> <50C19F84.1020508@talktalk.net>
I had a young counter sales person once who was the closest I've seen to
being ambidextrious;  he'd write with which ever hand was closest to the
ticket and I've seen him with a pen in each hand checking invoices.
I confirmed my idea later when I heard he was not only a switch hitter but
a *switch pitcher *on his softball team . . that's scary!


On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Neil Sherry <neiljsherry@talktalk.net>wrote:

> The dominant hand thing is just what you get used to. In the old days,
> left-handedness was not allowed - my left handed grandfather had to learn
> to write with his right hand. Also, although I am right handed, I always
> brush my teeth with my left hand - this is because the cold tap in my
> parents house is (as is the standard) on the right side of the basin. So I
> grew up driving the tap with my right hand and brushing with my left - I
> find it really awkward to swap.
> Neil
>
>
> On 06/12/2012 23:29, Jim Franklin wrote:
>
>> On Dec 5, 2012, at 10:46 PM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
>>
>>  On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:57 PM, John Niolon <jniolon@att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know lots of you guys are as active and probably a few that are a
>>>> clumsy
>>>>
>>> and
>>
>>> accident prone as I am.  I'm wondering if any of you guys have had this
>>>> surgery on their dominant arm ( surely there are a few)  and what
>>>> exactly
>>>>
>>> were
>>
>>> your limitations and your ways of overcoming.
>>>>
>>> All the things you
>>> normally do with your dominant hand, you can learn to do with your
>>> other hand.  If not, I'd still be sitting on the toilet.
>>>
>> And to that and other bathroom activities, start NOW using your
>> non-dominant
>> hand, not the first day post-op. You will be spastic at first but you'll
>> learn.
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