[Healeys] Keep left

[insptwo at msn.com]

Well! My wife buys me a left handed schedule and date book. The pages flip the
reverse of normal date books. Really makes it easy for me! I also remember
getting constant "D" grades in school because I wrote left handed (but my
writing wasn't really that bad) just because I was a lefty. I also remember
what a mess those ink wells were.

Bill

BJ7





From: Awgertoo at aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:42:04 -0500
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Keep left
To: insptwo at msn.com


Those of us who are old enough to have grown up using fountain pens will
remember how difficult it was to write without leaving an ink smear.  Or in
the case of three-ring or spirally bound notebooks the need to  constantly
adjust our hand positions to avoid the rings in the notebooks.  Or having our
fingers jam in the  openings of scissors (still the case unless you get a
left-handed pair).

And how about these facts:

1.  Left in Spanish is "Sinestra", which is also linked to the occult and evil
("Sinister").

2.  Until well after WWII Japanese children were punished physically in order
to rid them of their left-handedness.

3.  The punishment of amputation of the right hand for petty crimes in certain
parts of the world because the left hand was reserved for "personal cleaning"
whereas the right was used for eating out the communal bowl.

It's no wonder some left-handed folks grow up with bad attitudes....

Best--Michael Oritt