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I can relate.
ReplyDeleteIn kindergarten I never understood why the other kids hated the Lefty scissors. I'm right handed. Lefty scissors still worked fine for me.
I was in college when I realized that all along it was because I hold scissors in my left hand. And that was only because they started making scissors with ergonomically-formed handles, literally making it painful for me to try to use right-handed scissors.
P.S. I previewed this. I was kind of hoping it would show up in Consolas type, or at least Courier New. But it looks like Trebuchet or something. Oh well.
Yeah, it still happens to me. Like the other day, someone was talking about waking upon the middle of the night thirsty. I just got up and got water from the bathroom sink, but apparently you can keep a glass of water on the nightstand.
ReplyDeleteIf you put a pinch of salt in your water too, you'll retain it better and not have to pee as soon.
ReplyDeleteHaha. Makes sense. I took a spacecraft engineering class once taught by a former astronaut. He said that it's procedure to rehydrate with a certain amount of salt water before reentry. He didn't want to drink 2 liters of salt water, so he had a lot of salty chicken soup instead.
ReplyDeleteAfter well over 3 decades of life, which has included a linguistics degree (BA), I recently found out that my definition of a "frown" is completely wrong. I thought it involves a person's mouth, but it only involves the area between a person's eyes (above their nose). I think this is due to inferring the definition from the lyrics of some song - something about "turn your frown upside down" to make a smile. Having surveyed well over a dozen friends and acquaintances about this, I'd say a little under half have the same definition as me, whereas the remainder generally think we need some kind of medication. Imagine - going multiple decades, using a common word with a different definition from most of the people you talk to (and every dictionary I've checked), and never realizing it! I still haven't decided what to think about the whole thing, but it's definitely shaken my brain a little (and I read 'The Invisible Gorilla', so I'm used to getting my brain shaken).
ReplyDeleteThere are other several products that need to be customized for left-handed people. It will be easier for them to move and control objects.
ReplyDeleteErgonomic fixtures are much better. They enable you to move freely.
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