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Obama Left Handed

karl-uk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:06:39 GMT

I heard on the radio (BBC Radio 2) that he is left-handed.

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Traumatic Childbirth

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 20:00:15 GMT

Hi, i'm a new lefthanded member and wanted to ask if anyone has ever heard that being born lefthanded was due to a traumatic childbirth?
I have always been told that is the reason i was born a lefty.

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We missed it...

...... — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:16:16 GMT

Yesterday was Left Hander's Day! So happy belated LHD to all of my fellow left-handers!

Here's a link for those that are curious:
http://www.lefthandersday.com/

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dying

kimikimkim — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:11:15 GMT

so, there have been studies done that prove we die sooner. there have been studies done to prove the opposite. i'm wondering where YOU think we fit in.

some of the studies that show we die sooner were debunked because they concluded that out of 100 80 yr. olds, only 1 was lefthanded. could that be due to fascism of long ago when they made everybody right handed? or is it becuase they died sooner?

in this day and age, we aren't discouraged to use our left hand the way they were 20, 50, 100 years ago.

or...could it be that we are such enigmatic people that there is a secret society plotting to rid the world of us? (mwuahahahaha!~)

what say the lefties?!?!?!

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Just curious...

tnttrace — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:45:46 GMT

Any body else out there who was born favoring one hand & was cajoled into changing? My parents were not exactly getting along anymore when I was born, & the story from my family goes that I was using my left hand to grab toys, myself, etc. Since my Mom didn't want me to be left-handed like my Dad, she kept forcing me to change to my right, like her. When I was growing up, it was seen as more difficult to grow up left-handed & should be avoided. I remember my cousin Todd was picked on by teachers, students, everyone in grade school for being left-handed.

So now it seems I'm very ambidextrous (not a bad thing...) but have usually used my left side when trying new things. My chiropractor told me that he thinks it can be damaging to not use the side you naturally were given, so I've been slowly working toward switching back.

Any other weirdos, freaks out there with a story like this, & how did it work for you? Incidentally, I'm about equal in the artist/science geek realms, but can be slow sometimes to understand certain things until I get it, usually by example, it's like a light switch going on when I do. I couldn't tell time until I was much older than my peers, but was ranked in the top 2% in the nation in math skills as a kid. ???????????

I'm dying of curiosity, never met another like me in this yet. You out there?

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wierdos

HUNNYDUMELONS — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:05:28 GMT

how many of you are self proclaimed or otherwise dubbed "wierd"?

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Bad news for the Ladies

jorga — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 04:00:13 GMT

I just heard on the news today that there is a higher occurance of pre-menopausal breast cancer in left handed women. Get checked, ladies, please.

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Lefty Fencing Equipment for sale

salamandyr — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:06:36 GMT

Hope a "for sale" post is okay - figure you other lefties will be into this :)

Fencing Equipment $250

- a full kit for a left handed fencer. most of the clothing is like NEW, weapons are used but servicable.
- Front closure (velcro) jacket with kevlar - (size 48?)
- leather XL glove
- Knickers, size XL
- 3 electric foils with pistol grips
- 1 electric and one dry epee with pistol grip
- 1 sabre
- a beat up mask, beat up smaller left-zip with kevlar jacket
- one new and one old lamee, one new and one old wiring for lamee
- new mens size 10.5 fencing shoes

The new clothing all fits me - I'm 5"11, 200 lbs - to give you an idea :)

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right brained

HUNNYDUMELONS — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:37:14 GMT

Im super right brained, to a fault. IM terrible at quantifying data and spatial organization.... cant play instruments either... but logic and analysis, IM super good with...

what about the rest of you?

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Left Handed Knives?

HUNNYDUMELONS — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:35:24 GMT

I saw these at the lefty store.... but I dont get it....how can a knife be left handed?

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Left handed hyperactive,double hypoglycemic tattoo artist

christian — Mon, 16 May 2005 17:30:26 GMT

Check out my art on my website
www.tattooblasphemy.com

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Mousing?

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:59:13 GMT

Which hand do YOU mouse with? I'm a lefty everyting but a RIGHTY mouser.

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So what influence do you all think being lefthanded have on your mind/persona?

LeonBrauer — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:33:39 GMT

Seems to me there are some aspects of being left handed that influence the way we percieve, or experience things, and therefore how we process them.

for example, which eye do you use to look through a camera?
i shoot with my right eye, which is directly connected to the left hemishere of the brain, which is supposed to be more visual, lyrical, artistic....

any thoughts?

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The List

oneye — Fri, 29 Aug 2003 03:09:27 GMT

International Left-Handers Day
13 August

Left-Handed U.S. Presidents
James A. Garfield (1831-1881) 20th
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) 31st
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) 33rd
Gerald Ford (1913-    ) 38th
Ronald Reagan (1911 -    ) 40th
George H.W. Bush (1924-    ) 41st
Bill Clinton (1946-    ) 42nd

Left-Handed U.S. Politicos
Senator Bill Bradley, Rhodes scholar, basketball star
McGeorge Bundy, presidential advisor
Benjamin Franklin, statesman/publisher/scientist
Steve Forbes, businessman/publisher
Jean-Marc Froidevaux ?, Suiss politician
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Supreme Court Justice
Senator Daniel Inouye
Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice
Brigadier Gen. Lee Hsien Loon, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense
Col. Oliver North, White House aid
H. Ross Perot, businessman
William Perry, Secretary of Defense
Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President
Senator Hugh Scott
Robert Wagner, New York mayor
Henry Wallace, Vice President
[Senator Bob Dole - switched to left due to injury]

Miscellaneous Left-Handers
Joan of Arc (?), French heroine
Lloque Yapanqui (?), Inca monarch
Ramses II (?), Egyptian pharaoh
Tiberius (?), Roman emperor
Alexander the Great
Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor
Julius Caesar, Roman general
Napoléon Bonaparte (?), French emperor
Josephine de Beauharnais
King Louis XVI of France
Queen Victoria of England
King George II of England
King George VI of England
Prince Charles of England
Prince William of England
Fidel Castro, Cuban leader
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime-minister
Nicole d'Oresme, mathematician
Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer
David Rockefeller, banker
Dwight F. Davis, founder of the Davis Cup in tennis
Helen Keller, advocate for the blind
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, physician/missionary
August Piccard, inventor of stratosphere, bathosphere
Edwin Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
Wally Schirra, astronaut
Dr. Mark Silver, surgeon
Paul Prudhomme, chef
Cecil Beaton, photographer/costume designer
Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (ambidexterous)
Dave Barry, journalist
Edward R. Murrow, correspondent
Ted Koppel, journalist
Forrest Sawyer, journalist
John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/publisher
Caroline Kennedy, lawyer/author
Ron Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan
Vin Scully, sports broadcaster
David Letterman (?), host
Jay Leno, host
Lenny Bruce, comedian
Allen Ludden, host
Joel Hodgson, host of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Wink Martindale, game show host
Uri Geller, psychokinetic performer
Richard Simmons, exercise guru
Euell Gibbons, naturalist
Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne quintuplets
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Clarence Darrow, lawyer
F. Lee Bailey, lawyer
Melvin Belli, lawyer
Marcia Clark, lawyer
Alan Funt, television producer
Milt Caniff, cartoonist
Bill Mauldin, cartoonist
Cathy Guisevite, cartoonist
Matt Groening, cartoonist
Pat Oliphand, political cartoonist Ronald Searle, cartoonist
Pat Robertson, evangelist/politician
N.B. Forrest, Confederate general
John Dillinger, criminal/bank robber
Boston Strangler (Albert Henry DeSalvo), serial killer
Jack-the-Ripper, serial killer
John Wesley Hardin, Western gunslinger
Bart Simpson, cartoon character
[King Edward III of England, due to stroke]

Left-Handed Authors
James Baldwin, novelist
Bet Bowen, horror novelist
Peter Benchley, novelist
Lewis Carroll
Richard Condon, novelist
Jean Genet
Marshall McLuhan
Diane Paul
Helen Hooven Santmyer, novelist
Viktoria Stefanov
Mark Twain, novelist
Samuel C. Warner (?), poet
H.G. Wells
Jessamyn West
Eudora Welty, see One Writer's Beginnings (1983:27)
[Thomas Carlyle - switched to left due to injury]

Left-Handed Musicians
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Glen Campbell
Vicki Carr
Natale Cole
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Phil Collins (Genesis)
Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
Dick Dale (guitarist)
Don Everly (The Everly Brothers)
Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers)
Bela Fleck, jazz musician
Glenn Frey (the Eagles)
Eric Gale, guitarist
Noel Gallagher (Oasis) (?)
Errol Garner, jazz pianist
Judy Garland
Crysal Gayle
Kevin Griffin, guitarist & lead singer (Better than Ezra)
Thomas Hedley, vocalist/musician
Jimi Hendrix
Isaac Hayes
Tony Iommi, guitarist (Black Sabbath)
Albert King, guitarist
Melissa Manchester
Chuck Mangione, trumpet
Martina McBride ?, country music singer
Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings)
Christie Marie Melonson (opera)
George Michael (Wham!)
Peter Nero, conductor
Joe Perry ? (Aerosmith)
Robert Plant (Led Zepplin)
Cole Porter, song-writer
Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer
Maurice Ravel ?, composer
Lou Rawls
John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols / Public Image Ltd.)
Rich Szabo, trumpeter
Seal
Ringo Starr (?) (the Beatles)
Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
Tiny Tim
Rudy Valee
Lenny White, drummer
Paul Williams, song-writer

Left-Handed Artists
Albrecht Dürer
M.C. Escher
Hans Holbein
Paul Klee
Michelangelo
LeRoy Neiman
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci (RH paralyzed?)

Left-Handed Actors
Don Adams
Dan Aykroyd
Eddie Albert
Tim Allen
June Allyson
Harry Anderson
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
Herschel Bernardi
Robert Blake
Matthew Broderick
Bruce Boxleitner
Carol Burnett
George Burns, comedian
Ruth Buzzi, comedienne
Sid Caesar, comedian
Keith Carradine
Khaled Chahrour, Egyptian actor
Charlie Chaplin
George Gobel, comedian
Chuck Conners
Hans Conreid
James Cromwell
Tom Cruise
Quinn Cummings
Daniel Davis
Bruce Davison
Matt Dillon
Marty Engles, comedian
Olivia de Havilland
Robert DeNiro
Michael Dorn
Fran Drescher, comedian
Richard Dreyfuss
W.C. Fields
Larry Fine ? (of the Three Stooges)
Peter Fonda
Greta Garbo
Terri Garr
Paul Michael Glaser
Whoopie Goldberg
Betty Grable
Cary Grant
Peter Graves
Mark Hamill
Rex Harrison
Goldie Hawn
Joey Heatherton
Tippi Hedren
Jim Henson, puppetteer
Kermit the Frog
Rock Hudson
Angelina Jolie
Shirley Jones ?
Gabe Kaplan
Danny Kaye
Diane Keaton
George Kennedy
Nicole Kidman
Lisa Kudrow
Michael Landon
Hope Lange
Joey Lawrence
Peter Lawford
Cloris Leachman
Hal Linden
Cleavon Little
Shirley MacLaine
Andrew McCarthy
Kristy McNichol
Steve McQueen
Howie Mandel, comedian
Marcel Marceau, mime
Harpo Marx
Marsha Mason
Mary Stuart Masterson
Anne Meara, comedian
Sasha Mitchell
Marilyn Monroe
Robert Morse
Anthony Newley
Kim Novak
Ryan O'Neal
Sarah Jessica Parker
Estelle Parsons
Anthony Perkins
Ron Perlman
Luke Perry
Bronson Pinchot
Joe Piscopo, comedian
Robert Preston
Michael J. Pollard
Richard Pryor, comedian
Robert Redford
Keanu Reeves
Don Rickles, comedian
Julia Roberts
Mickey Rourke
Eva Marie Saint
Telly Savalas
Jean Seberg
Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
Christian Slater
Dick Smothers, comedian
Brent Spiner
Slyvester Stallone ?
Terence Stamp
Jessica Steen
Rod Steiger
Alan Thicke
Terry Thomas, comedian
Emma Thompson
Rip Torn
Peter Ustinov
Brenda Vaccaro
Karen Valentine
Rudy Vallee
Dick Van Dyke
Graham Walker a.k.a. Grumbleweeds, English comedian
Wil Wheaton
James Whitmore
Treat Williams
Bruce Willis
William Windom
Oprah Winfrey
Mare Winningham
Joanne Woodward
Keenan Wynn
Stephanie Zimbalist

Left-Handed Athletes
SOCCER
Jans van Breukelen (soccer)
Dan Burbott (?) (soccer)
Johan Cruyff (soccer)
Willem van Hanegem (soccer)
Hernan Medford (soccer)
Pelé -Edson Arantes do Nascimento (soccer)
Diego Armando Maradona (soccer)
Romario (soccer)
Hugo Sanchez (soccer)
Richard Witschge (soccer)
CRICKET
Alan Border (cricket)
Alistair Campbell (cricket)
Denis Compton (cricket)
Saurav Ganguly (cricket)
David Gower (cricket)
Gary Sobers (cricket)
OLYMPIC SPORTS
Francis X. Gorman (diving)
Greg Louganis (diving)
Mark Spitz (swimming)
Bruce Jenner (decathlon)
Nikita Kohloff (wrestling)
Dorothy Hamill (skating)
GOLF
Bonny Bryant (golf)
Bob Charles (golf)
Russ Cochran (golf)
Connie Decker (golf)
NOT Ben Hogan (golf), who is included on many published lists
FENCING
Cécile Argiolas (fencing)
Laura Flessel-Colovic (fencing)
Fabrice Gazin (fencing)
Matthieu Gourdain (fencing)
Fabrice Jeannet (fencing)
Giuseppe Mangiarotti (fencing)
Hugues Obry (fencing)
Anne-Lise Touya (fencing)
Adeline Wuilleme (fencing)
HOCKEY
Tom Barrasso (hockey)
Phil Esposito (hockey)
Cam Neely (hockey)
Terry Sawchuk (hockey)
Roman Turek (hockey)
BOWLING
Bill Allen (bowling)
Patrick Allen (bowling)
Earl Anthony (bowling)
Mike Aulby (bowling)
Steve Cook (bowling)
Patty Costello (bowling)
Dave Davis (bowling)
Cara Honeychurch (bowling)
Tish Johnson (bowling)
Johnny Petraglia (bowling)
Andy Varipapa (bowling)
BILLARDS
Steve Mizerak, Jr. (billiards)
Kun-Fang Lee (billiards)
Bonnie Arnold (billiards)
Reynaldo Grandee (billiards)
BADMINTON
Erik Poul Hoejer (badminton)
Peter Rasmussen (badminton)
Donna Stacey (netball)
BOXERS
Carmen Basilio (boxing)
James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (boxing)
Marvin Hagler (boxing)
Oscar de la Hoya (boxing)
Reggie Johnson (boxing)
Rafael "Bazooka" Limon (boxing)
Freddie Miller (boxing)
Jacker Patterson (boxing)
Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker (boxing)
DRIVERS
Johnny Herbert (Formula 1 driver)
Terry Labonte (NASCAR race car driver)
Ayrton Senna (Formula 1 driver)
Karl Wendlinger (Formula 1 driver)
Valentino Rossi (motorcycle racer)
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Frankie Albert (Am.football)
Terry Baker (Am.football)
Mark Brunell (quarterback)
Bobby Douglass (Am.football)
Norman "Boomer" Esiason (Am.football)
Jim Del Gaizon (Am.football)
David Humm (Am.football)
Paul McDonald (Am.football)
Scott Mitchell (Am.football)
Gayle Sayers (Am.football)
Allie Sherman (Am.football, coach)
Kenny Stabler (Am.football)
Steve Young (Am.football)
Jim Zorn (Am.football)
BASKETBALL
Nate Archibald (basketball)
Walter Berry (basketball)
Larry Bird (basketball)
Adrian Branch (basketball)
Calbert Cheaney (basketball)
Dave Cowens (basketball)
Adrian Dantley (basketball)
Charles "Lefty" Driesell (basketball)
Mark Eaton (basketball)
Nick Van Exel (basketball)
Gail Goodrich (basketball)
Ron Kellogg (basketball)
Toni Kukoc (basketball)
Bob Lanier (basketball)
Brad Lohaus (basketball)
Harold Minor? (basketball)
Dick Motta (basketball)
Chris Mullen (basketball)
Sam Perkins (basketball)
Digger Phelps (basketball)
Willis Reed (basketball)
Guy Rodgers (basketball)
Bill Russell (basketball)
Wayman Tisdale (basketball)
Bill Walton (basketball)
Lenny Wilkins (basketball)
Manuel Zuleta (basketball)
TENNIS
Kenneth Carlsen (tennis)
Jimmy Connors (tennis)
Norman Brookes (tennis)
Courtney De Mone (tennis)
Guy Forget (tennis)
Andres Gomez (Santos) (tennis)
Goran Ivanesivic (tennis)
Rod Laver (tennis)
Henri LeConte (tennis)
John McEnroe (tennis)
Thomas Muster (tennis)
Martina Navratilova (tennis) - ambidexterous
Manuel Orantes (tennis)
Niki Pilic (tennis)
Renee Richards (tennis)
Marcello Chino Rios (tennis)
Monica Seles (tennis)
Roscoe Tanner (tennis)
Guillermo Vilas (tennis)
Mark Woodforde (tennis)
BASEBALL
Steve Carlton ? (pitcher)
Whitey Ford (pitcher)
Paul Gibson (pitcher)
Lefty Grove (pitcher)
Ron Guidry (pitcher)
Al Habrosky (pitcher)
Steve Howe (pitcher)
Bruce Hurst (pitcher)
Carl Hubbell (pitcher)
Randy Johnson (pitcher)
Tommy John (pitcher)
Bob Kipper (pitcher)
Joe Magrane (pitcher)
Greg Swindell (pitcher)
Brady Anderson (baseball)
Steve Avery (baseball)
Harold Baines (baseball)
Barry Bonds (baseball)
Wade Boggs ? (baseball)
Lou Brock (baseball)
Brett Butler (baseball)
Will Clark (baseball)
Ty Cobb (baseball)
Adrian Dantley (basketball)
Lenny Dykstra (baseball)
John Franco (baseball)
Tom Glavine (baseball)
Lefty Gomez (baseball)
Leon "Goose" Goslin (baseball)
Ken Griffey, Jr. (baseball)
Tony Gwynn (baseball)
Rickey Henderson (baseball)
Kent Hrbek (baseball)
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson (baseball)
Reggie Jackson (baseball)
David Justice (baseball)
Wally Joyner (baseball)
Sandy Koufax (baseball)
John Kruk (baseball)
Kenny Lofton (baseball)
Fred Lynn? (baseball)
Kevin Maas (baseball)
John McGras (baseball)
Fred McGriff (baseball)
Heinie Manush (baseball)
Dave Martinez (baseball)
Don Mattingly (baseball)
Jackie Mitchell (baseball)
Stan Musial (baseball)
Troy O'Leary (baseball)
Paul O'Neil (baseball)
John Olerud (baseball)
Mel Ott (baseball)
Rafael Palmeiro (baseball)
Dan Pasqua (baseball)
Babe Ruth (baseball)
"Neon" Deion Sanders (baseball/Am.football)
Warren Spahn (baseball)
Casey Stengel (baseball)
Darryl Strawberry (baseball)
Lou Whitaker (baseball)
Ted Williams (baseball)
Fernando Valenzuela (baseball)
Tommy Lasorda (baseball manager)

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the best of left-handed items?

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 19:38:29 GMT

what are the best left-handed items currently on the market? what really needs to be out there?

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HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS A TRIBE FOR US!

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 22:21:01 GMT

Hey my name is MJ and I live in phx. az. and was totaslly suprised to see that along with all the really dirty tribes there are on here that there is one for lefties...very cool. So what do we do now? Lets have a party in celebration of superior to the rest of the world. I'll bring the dip. MJ

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Left-handers unite...

Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:48:29 GMT

at the polls and vote today! Don't let it just happen around you, try to get out and vote.

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Lack of Common Sense

Gilton — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:49:15 GMT

My mother has always said that I "lacked" common sense, but even as a child I was considered very "technical". I attribute this to being left-handed. I wonder if any of my left-handed bretheren and "sistas" were labeled as such?

Do our brains actually work differently?

Gilton

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eating ...

reese — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 03:59:50 GMT

just curious ... do any of you find yourselves often having to explain to a group of people (you don't know well enough), before you sit down at a dinner table, that you'd prefer the end seat so you don't constantly keep poking your neighbour with your elbow while you're eating ?

Lefthanders's topics - tribe.net

Obama Left Handed

Traumatic Childbirth

We missed it...

dying

Just curious...

wierdos

Bad news for the Ladies

Lefty Fencing Equipment for sale

right brained

Left Handed Knives?

Left handed hyperactive,double hypoglycemic tattoo artist

Mousing?

So what influence do you all think being lefthanded have on your mind/persona?

The List

the best of left-handed items?

HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS A TRIBE FOR US!

Left-handers unite...

Lack of Common Sense

eating ...

Lefties make better lovers