hey starkers....hows your wife doing????

   Would you believe, I am both. I can write with both left and right. I was suppose to be a leftie but I went to school and was forced to learn with my right.   That was then, this is now.    BTW, that was in the late fifties.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous...

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous...

It sounds quite "handy" but I'm not sure it will be much "left" to use...

and it also became common for left handed children to be forced to become right handed

I am very left-handed! The nuns tried to break me of it...but, I was (and still am) more stubborn than they were...I won out! Of my 5 children, only one of them is left-handed.   

I can use both, I was left-handed, but in school the teachers smacked your hand with a ruler to force you to write with your right- hand!  

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My mother was broken of being left-handed.

The only things I do right-handed are bowl, toss a ball, and move the computer mouse. Everything else is lefty.

homeryulo thanks for a great thread

Ambidextrous - I can draw pictures equally bad with either hand.
Seriously, I think I started out to be a southpaw but was gently but firmly forced into using the right hand by family and teachers. No erasers up the side of the head but verbal pressure works just as well, trust me. Now I tend to do things 'my way' which means I use tools, hammer, broom, saw, wrench or what ever left-handed but write or eat right-handed.

okey my turn...I am left handed in everything I do..except when I am eating..we Filipinos used spoon in our rigth and fork in our left. My Mom used to tell me that I should eat like everyone else or I will never be accepted if I travel abroad. Ha! Now I'm in Japan..and Japs are praising me when they realized Im a left handed..hehe. Man they are weird!.

And Citizen skinhit..you are welcome.

hey starkers....hows your wife doing????

Not too well I'm afraid....she has sunk fairly low into depression. To make matters even worse, we had the Dep't of Families visit with us at the hospital with more pathetic excuses as to why they can't/won't act in the better interests of our 16 yo runaway daughter, who is running amok and doing all the wrong things. They were all full of promise and positives over the phone, but when it came to the meeting they were everything but positive or helpful.

Even our lawyer is frustrated, dumbfounded and alarmed at the evasive manouvres they're employing to avoid having to take responsibility for the parental guidance and controls they've forbidden to us. However, I must keep fighting on and not fall apart myself so they have someone who loves them to turn to when needed. Haven't seen the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I'm sure we eventually will.

S'pose I got a few things in my favour.....I'm a Taurean, which is supposed represent strength and determination; my name is Mark, which is supposed to mean a warrior and warlike; and I'm a mollyduker (left-handed), which supposedly makes me more sensitive and caring, etc. Dunno about all that, but seeing as the right side of the brain controls your left side, I am in my right mind (I think)....heaven help us all if I happen to wake in the morning writing right handed.

Damn Starkers....i hope this all turns out well for you. sorry to hear about it. Seems like you have a positive outlook on it, which is a good start. as before, i will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers...

I'm lefthanded... in the mirror

I'm lefthanded... in the mirror

I'm lefthanded... in the mirror

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