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> question for you left handed guys out there ...
SirAndy
post Feb 27 2006, 02:28 PM
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i've got a question for you left handed guys out there ...

does it feel "weird" to have to shift with your right hand? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)

i'm asking because i'm pretty much "ambidextrous" (both handed), i can write with either hand and use tools with either (yeah, yeah, i know, add lots of funny jokes here ...),
but when i drove a stick-shift in england, i was suprised that it felt somewhat more "natural" to shift with my left hand.
i had a hard time with driving on the wrong side of the road and i almost killed myself in a two lane roundabout, but i liked the shifter to the left.

kinda strange, huh?
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post Feb 27 2006, 06:39 PM
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QUOTE (Elliot Cannon @ Feb 27 2006, 03:59 PM)
QUOTE (Cap'n Krusty @ Feb 27 2006, 04:51 PM)
I'm a righty.  I use tools with either hand with the same dexterity and strength, more or less.  I shoot a rifle left handed, and it was really painful in AF basic training, because the M16 ejected into my sleeve.  Burn city!.  I cannot shoot right handed, and I've tried a number of times over the years.
I occasionally drive a RHD 356, and I become disoriented after I leave the car.  Wierd.  The Cap'n

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SirAndy   question for you left handed guys out there ...   Feb 27 2006, 02:28 PM
Aaron Cox   im the opposite.... im right handed... drove my u...   Feb 27 2006, 02:30 PM
jfort   I am left handed. I drove a manual transmission i...   Feb 27 2006, 02:30 PM
Porcharu   Feels "normal" for me (lefty) - at least they don...   Feb 27 2006, 02:39 PM
SirAndy     Feb 27 2006, 03:20 PM
lapuwali   I'm strongly right-handed (I CANNOT write with...   Feb 27 2006, 04:05 PM
r_towle   <...   Feb 27 2006, 04:13 PM
Headrage   I lived in England back in the '70s but had a ...   Feb 27 2006, 04:15 PM
Elliot Cannon     Feb 27 2006, 04:43 PM
Aaron Cox   ALPHA made clutch and gas noises.... he couldnt fi...   Feb 27 2006, 04:44 PM
tat2dphreak   I asked my sister this question once... she's ...   Feb 27 2006, 04:55 PM
SLITS   <...   Feb 27 2006, 04:59 PM
Elliot Cannon   Wait a minute... Andy's married?   Feb 27 2006, 05:14 PM
sj914   I'm a lefty. Being in a right handed world fo...   Feb 27 2006, 05:19 PM
SLITS     Feb 27 2006, 05:20 PM
airsix   Like tat2dphreak said. It's really about cond...   Feb 27 2006, 05:21 PM
Cap'n Krusty   I'm a righty. I use tools with either hand wi...   Feb 27 2006, 05:51 PM
SirAndy   <...   Feb 27 2006, 05:52 PM
Elliot Cannon     Feb 27 2006, 06:22 PM
drewvw   I am left handed. Feels normal to shift with my r...   Feb 27 2006, 06:34 PM
Cap'n Krusty     Feb 27 2006, 07:09 PM
Elliot Cannon   I can throw with my right but I look like Aaron wh...   Feb 27 2006, 07:12 PM
smooth_eddy   I think us Lefty's just adapt. I have driven ...   Feb 27 2006, 07:14 PM
drewvw   So in conclusion....leftys rock!   Feb 27 2006, 08:10 PM
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