Lefthanders
Club Of Ireland - Established 1992.
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INTERNATIONAL LEFT HANDERS DAY AUGUST 13TH
2010
What
are the ‘opinion formers’ in Ireland saying about Right-Brained Thinking in
2010?
What
VIP’s are saying about New Research launched by the Irish Management Institute
(IMI) in 2010!
The
research is validated by the Oxford Psychologist’s Press and was based on a
battery of tests including Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the 16PF, and Decision
Style Inventory, the Tolerance for Ambiguity Scale and the Auckland
Individualism and Collectivism Scale.
Dr
Tom McCarthy – IMI CEO says:
“A
consistent pattern of results emerges from this research. This pattern indicates
a substantial trend towards what is considered right-brain dominated cognition.
This is the building block underpinning innovation”
Andrew
McLaughlin – IMI Senior Management Specialist and main author of the report
says:
“Economic
prosperity depends on such individuals doing their own thing and having a
supportive environment. The form such support might take includes a valuing of
such independent thought and action from the school system up to national
enterprise policy and support structures. To support the entrepreneur we need to
remind ourselves of the qualities that are needed to be successful. These are
qualities that are deeply embedded in the Irish mind. For the first time we have
a good description of what these qualities are. The next step is to nurture and
support those who carry the qualities that we need to compete successfully in
the conceptual age”
Barry
O’Leary – IDA Ireland CEO welcomed the research findings and
says:
“There
is something inherent in the Irish way of innovating, of doing business which
has made Ireland so successful”
Minister
for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation – Batt O’Keeffe TD
says:
“As
Ireland enters economic recovery, we must now harness the core competencies
among our people that can drive entrepreneurship and innovation. The findings of
this report show that Irish people have the kind of characteristics needed to
build the ‘smart’ economy, in partnership with Government, as we seek to create
higher value jobs for tomorrow’s workers. As Minister, I want to focus, in
particular, on innovation so that we maximise opportunities to turn our academic
research into marketplace products and give Irish entrepreneurs a competitive
edge over others”
Right-Brained
Thinking a Quality Feature of IRISH people…
Did you know the LEFT side of the brain controls the RIGHT side of
the body?
Conversely, the RIGHT side of the brain controls the LEFT side of
the body.
Does that mean LEFT-HANDED people are controlled by the R I G H T
side of the brain?
Think about that!
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GS
writes “LEFTIES HAVE RIGHTS, TOO!”
I happen to be one of those individuals that are left-handed. Oh yes,
I know, we are the minority, but have you noticed how our language takes note of
this physical difference?
For example, you say I am left-handed but you know that statement
also includes my arm, which is attached to my hand? I am left-handed and
left-armed. The language experts would say I’m an LEFARM. Yeah,
that’s RIGHT. Oh, that RIGHT word again.
WAIT! You see what I just said above? I said, “that’s right.” Get it?
RIGHT! Why do they say, “that is
right?” Why not say that is LEFT even when you mean that is RIGHT?
RIGHT? RIGHT!
They call us SOUTHPAWS. What does that mean? Is there
something strange, weird, odd, unbalanced, etc., when something is “SOUTH?” I
guess the people in North Dakota are more normal than those in South
Dakota. Those poor people in South Carolina, they’re just not
RIGHT.
Oops, there is that “RIGHT” word again. Of course, those
individuals born south of the Mason-Dixon Line must be
strange.
OR . . . are they?
Psychologists have written many articles about handedness. Some have
attempted to change lefthanders from a lovable klutz to a doomed race. Some have
argued for a variety of reasons, ranging from less immunity to disease to a
higher accident rate, lefties didn’t live as long as
righties.
There are those that claim there is evidence that left-handedness are
caused by minor brain damage at birth. As a result, lefties are clumsier if
perhaps also more creative.
Some medical literature report lefties have a higher accident rate,
are more likely to have their fingers amputated due to power-tool accidents,
suffer more write fractures, etc. They also claim lefties suffer a higher
incidence of allergies, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and certain learning
disabilities.
Other studies show lefties with an unusually high frequency of
depression, drug abuse, bed-wetting, attempted suicide, lower-than-normal birth
weight, sleeping disorders, and autoimmune diseases.
Since I am left-handed and 71, I question all these study, report,
etc.
However, I must admit, as a lefthander, you do begin to think, “Am I
really differently?” Read on, friends.
I came home from work the other night and my wife said we are going
to have LEFTOVERS for supper tonight. Well . . . now I’m wondering, what is the
difference between LEFTOVERS and RIGHT-OVERS?
Of course, you never hear anyone say we are going to have RIGHT-OVERS
for supper tonight. WHY? If LEFTOVERS is something that is edible a day or two
after it was cooked, then I can only assume that RIGHT-OVERS must be consumed
the day it was cooked. However, you never hear my wife say, “tonight we are going to have RIGHT-OVERS. UMMMMMMMMMM,
GOOD!
I have heard the so-called sports experts say lefthanders have a
better natural curve when throwing a baseball. However, they always follow this
statement by stating the lefthander may have a natural curve, but he never knows
where the ball is going.
Even court procedures favor right-handers. If you go to court and
must testify, they swear you in by instructing you to raise your RIGHT arm/hand.
At certain other functions, such as swearing in the President of the United
States, the individual is instructed to place their LEFT hand on the bible and
raise their RIGHT hand. Well, as far as I’m concerned, that tells the story.
WHICH HAND IS ON THE BIBLE?
THE LEFT. (CASE CLOSED).
Can you tell me the difference when one says, “it’s right on target?” If I say, “it’s left on target,” does that mean it is off the target or
just left of the target?
I heard someone say, “Oh, he just left.” Why not say, “Oh, he just
right?” I guess if he just right, then that would mean he did not
leave.
(Or left). Just recently there was a headline in a newspaper that
read:
“BOY LEFT ON SCHOOL BUS.” You never see a headline
read:
“BOY RIGHT ON SCHOOL BUS.” I guess if he RIGHT on the school bus then
he must not be on the school bus, even though he is RIGHT.
RIGHT? Kinda makes you wonder, doesn’t
it?
Why when something is correct it is right and when it is incorrect it
is wrong? Even here they left (that left word again) us out. Why not say when
something is wrong just say it is left? I heard some Lyric’s to a song. It said,
“RIGHT IS RIGHT AND LEFT IS WRONG.” Oh really?
I think the Lyrics should be RIGHT IS RIGHT and WRONG JUST
LEFT.
Was Henry Ford wrong (or left) when he put the driver’s side of his
model T Ford on the left (wrong) side? Hmmm,
interesting. The aircraft commander of large aircraft sits in the LEFT
seat.
We all know the heart is on the left side of the body, or, at least
that applies to most of the human species. One must wonder why God selected the
most important organ (heart) of the human body to be placed on the LEFT side of
the body. But, here again, they (whomever they are) insist the RIGHT hand be
placed over the heart when paying respect to the flag. Wonder who started this,
Napoleon?
They say “RIGHT SIDE UP.” Well, I guess if someone said “LEFT
SIDE UP” that means the RIGHT side is down? What if you wanted it
down? Then would it be right or left?
When I entered the military service, they ordered me to salute the
Officers with my right hand. Why? I wanted to salute with my left
hand. Who started this saluting with the right hand in the first
place? Someone said it was Napoleon, but what does he know? He’s
dead!
When we marched and approached the reviewing stand, we received
orders; “EYES RIGHT.” Why not “EYES LEFT?” But, I guess if they had
“EYES LEFT” that would mean the eyes took off and are no longer in the immediate
area. We could not tolerate this situation, could
we?
Greetings between two individuals usually begin by shaking hands,
RIGHT HANDS. Who started this? Was it
Napoleon?
Why are scissors made only for right-handed individuals? Let’s
make them so they will be compatible for both left and right-handed folks.
I bought a B-B gun; the handle grip was molded for right-handed
individuals. I wrote the company a letter, got no response. I bet
these people were friends of Napoleon.
A co-worker told me I placed the data sheet on a clipboard wrong (or
should I say left?). The same person stated I closed a pad lock
“left-handed.” He said I should close it “right-handed” because everyone
else here was “right-handed.” I asked him if all employees here had large
ears does that mean I must have large ears?
Do you know when I purchase a baseball glove I must pay more for it
then same type of right-handed glove? Because it happens
to be left-handed. I asked the salesman why do they charge more for the
left-handed gloves? He said they do not
manufacture as many even though they use same amounts of material. That’s
interesting! So, if they make a glove for a nonexistent hand, the price
would be prohibitive?
Try buying left-handed golf clubs, now that
will cost you a bundle.
Oh well, I guess we should consider ourselves fortunate, so far they
have not forced us to buy left-handed basketballs.
Do you realize all playing positions on a baseball team are not
available to lefthanders? Let me walk out on the field and tell the coach
I want to play third, shortstop or second-base - he will tell me I’m not
qualified, I’m LEFT-HANDED. How many catchers do you know that were
left-handed? So, out of nine positions we qualify for only five.
Forty-four point 4 percent of the team is selected before we arrive at the
ballparks. Coincidentally, all right-handers qualify for all
positions. I say strike three. You’re ALL out!
How many left-handed guitars are available to us “Southpawlers?” Oh, do not mind that - just play the
right-handed guitars, not that much difference. SURE! Of course, the
same applies to other musical equipment, pianos, fiddles, etc. I think
these individuals are all “OUT OF TUNE.” Oh well, someone has to carry the
gear.
When I was in the first grade, the teacher instructed all students to
write with their paper at a specified angle. The only problem, she did not
ask if there were lefthanders in the class. I followed
instructions, that
is, tilting the top part of the paper to the left. I had no
problems with this until the third grade. It was then the third grade teacher
instructed me to tilt the top part of the paper to the right. She said
this is the proper way for lefthanders, and, she ordered me to obey her
instructions. This was quite confusing because my handwriting had been
acceptable, why change? Fortunately, she did not pursue the point and I
continued with the paper tilted to the left, as I do today.
There were nine individuals in our family. When eighteen
arms/hands with nine hungry mouths circled the dinner table, you do not want to
waste time arguing about individual positions. Incidentally, the above
table count did not include our dogs and cats. No one wanted to sit next
to me because my left hand/arm would bump into his or her right
hand/arm.
To resolve the problem, they position me on one of the corners.
I still like corners.
Have you ever experienced a right-handed person teaching a
left-handed person how to tie shoestrings or neckties? I recall, as a
youngster, someone was teaching me to put the correct shoe on the correct
foot.
I took the left shoe, put it on my left foot
and the individual said, “very good, you put it on the RIGHT foot. SAY
WHAT?
Individuals have taken tools out of my hand while working on a
project. Know why? They said I make them nervous using my left hand;
it looks so odd and they feel I really do not know how to do the job. When
working on a project I disliked, the left-hand became my starring
character. At times, I thought it should have received an
“Oscar.”
This problem even extends to my marriage. Do you know my wife
has a RIGHT-HAND kitchen? Everything in the kitchen conforms to a
right-handed configuration. The only way I feel comfortable in the kitchen
is to back in when entering.
One of these days (when I’m not too busy), I plan to design items
specifically for left-handed souls. For example, I’m thinking about inventing a left-handed coffee
cup. What about a left-handed ball cap?
Or, left-handed ballpoint pens, left-sided pillows, left-handed
commodes, left-handed dishes, left-handed doorknobs, etc. Obviously,
left-handed coat hangers will be on the list (I
could go on but will spare you the pain.)
I bet there are some left-handed monkeys swinging from tree to tree
in the jungle. How about birds? Surely there are those with
left-handed wings. I even observed a pine tree that had limbs only on the
left side.
Incidentally, a thorough scientific study has determined ALL polar
bears are left-handed, or, maybe we should say left-pawed.
And, as the theory goes, LEFT is EVIL, (sinistral). Does that mean RIGHT (dextral) is
not evil? For whatever it means, EVIL
written backwards is LIVE.
George Bush and William Clinton are left-handed. I
concur. It was not wise to place this paragraph in this article. In
fact, five of the last 10 Presidents were left-handed. We may be the
accidents prone, but, we ARE leaders.
Since we are talking about politicians, what about our BILL OF
RIGHTS, the first 10 amendments to the United States of America
Constitution? I say, let’s have a BILL OF LEFTS. The Bill of Rights
was written to safeguard fundamental rights against usurpation of the federal
government and, prohibiting interference with existing
rights.
We are fortunate our Forefathers had the insight to write a document,
which protected individual rights. However, I must ask again, what about a “Bill
of Lefts?”
So . . . for the benefit of all the left-handed individuals here on
mother-earth and father-mars, I propose the following:
1) Free to salute with either hand from noon ‘til
midnight.
2) Free to place the left hand over the heart while paying respects
to our flag.
3) Free to suck your left thumb from noon to
midnight.
4) Right-handed citizens cannot call you LEFTY, SOUTHPAW,
WEIRDO, FREAK, SPACE CADET,
CLUMSY, ETC.
5) Free to shake hands with the left hand from noon ‘til
midnight.
6) Scissors must be manufactured for either hand. All
right-handed
manufactured tools
must contain a left-hand modification kit.
7) A rule preventing players on baseball teams from wearing a glove
and
a rule allowing
left-handed pitchers to hit at least three players during a
game.
8) Authority to change all plumbing systems. We want that darn
hot
water control on
the RIGHT side. You would be surprised how many
lefthanders have
been sizzled by that left control. We want ALL
controls
changed. Example: To start the water flow you must rotate
the control
clockwise. (That should get a few of them).
9) Authority to reconfigure the entire transportation system to
satisfy
left-handed
requirements. Example: All highways redesigned to make the left lane the
primary lane.
All signs must point to the left and, certainly,
no right turns would be allowed.
10) All sport games must be designed for clockwise
movement.
For example: In baseball the first
base will be moved to third base
and third
base to first base. All auto race tracks, horse-racing
tracks,
ice racing
events, running tracks, etc must be configured for clockwise
movement.
This concludes the proposed Bill of Lefts. If any lefthanders
have a suggestion, please advise.
Lefthanders do have occasions where it is advantageous to be
left-handed. When I was in high school, I had a job washing dishes in a
local restaurant. The owner, Harry Schirrmann,
purchased a new modern, automatic dishwasher. Harry was extremely proud of
his new dishwasher. He would spend several hours operating the unit and
invite his friends to observe his expertise in latest dishwashing
technology. I must confess, I, too, was impressed
with the unit. The system included a salvage jar and a 25-gallon device
with garbage filters. A waterspout on one side of the salvage jar would
wash away the uneaten food. Fresh hot/cold water was controlled per the
operator’s choice. The plates, cups and silverware were loaded into
trays. The trays were moved into the dishwasher for complete washing and
drying.
What was unique about the dishwasher, at least from my point of view,
the design was perfect for a left-handed person. Harry took pride in how
quickly he could wash dishes. He would count the items to determine how
many he could wash in one hour. One day I noticed he was observing me for
a lengthy period of time. Finally, he told me he was watching me wash
dishes and could not understand how I washed dishes quicker than anyone else,
including Harry. Few days later, I heard him say, “I know, I know.”
He told me I was faster because it was a LEFT-HANDED
dishwasher.
This left-handed subject is recorded in the Bible. Refer to the
King James Bible, JUDGES, Chapter 20, Verse 16: “Among
all these people there were seven-hundred chosen men, left-handed, everyone
could sling stones at a hair BREADTH, and not miss.”
Now, friends, if you think I have traveled through life (71 years)
possessed born and reared left-handed, do not despair. Far from it! In
reality I have not been mistreated, neglected, picked-on, etc., because I’m
left-handed. Nor have I considered being different or deprived of the
privileges given to others. The important consideration is having two
arms/hands that are healthy - PERIOD!
There is no problem. I am just trying out my new computer and
this was the subject I selected. However, if you read this, you have a
problem. All of the above is written backwards, or is that . . .
S D R A W K C A B? Signed . . . LEFTY..or.SMELLY
Did
you know that Prince William the future King of England is LEFT-HANDED.
Using
the Internet initially seemed awesome.
The
whole idea of somehow linking into
other
people's computers, and being able to have conversations with other people using
the computer keyboard was almost beyond my comprehension. But, then again I
thought all I can do is at worst try my best and at best get something out of
this thing they call "surfing the net".
Like
any computer fad, there is always the gimmick. Like contacting the White House,
leaving a message for a fellow Left-handed President and before you know it the
White House Internet server has replied to you with a ‘personal’ message from
the President of the United States.
You
can also browse around the White House ‘home pages’ these pages will give you
details of the White House and the President. You can also hear the President
speak if your computer has a ‘sound card’.
Both
the US main parties Democrats and Republicans have ‘home pages’ on the Internet.
On these pages you can read what details the parties want to pass on to you and
you can leave messages for the parties or its
officials.
Although
Brian Cowan, Bertie Ahern and Prionsias De Rossa are Left-handers we see no mention of
their Left Handedness on their respective Political
sites.
We
look forward to seeing how this brave new world will unfold; it really is in its
infancy. More and more organisations, and individuals
are ‘hooking-up’ to the Internet. From what we can see lefties are not
disadvantaged when using a computer or the Internet.
Newt
Gingrich, Republican Congress has said that we are in danger of creating a new
social underclass of computer illiterates
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Have
you ever had trouble cutting out with the wrong scissors? Do you know the
frustration of writing with a right-handed fountain pen that digs into the paper
and gives you no ink flow? There are hundreds of little irritations that you
really should not have to suffer. If you have left-handed children, you will
know that these problems are greatly magnified, as they have to deal with them
at the same time that they are trying to learn basic skills and build
confidence. All Things Left-Handed and The Left Handers Club of Ireland do understand the frustrations
facing left-handers and the solutions available to-day. We have developed our
range of left-handed implements and utensils based on many years of practical
experience. We only supply products that have been tried and tested by
left-handers for left-handers. We hope that these items will give you the real
practical benefits that we have found for ourselves as
well as making you feel a little bit more special about
yourself.
You
can try any of the items for yourself with complete confidence - we know that
you will get real benefits from using them and if, for any reason whatever, you
do not feel the same once you have tried them, we
guarantee to give you a full refund
- what more can we say?