Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
On 2026-08-13, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
I don't feel like I struggle all that much. Then again, I've trained
my right hand to do a lot of things. Early experience with keyboards
and woodwinds probably contributed to that.
On 2026-08-13, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
I don't feel like I struggle all that much. Then again, I've trained
my right hand to do a lot of things. Early experience with keyboards
and woodwinds probably contributed to that.
On 8/13/2026 5:37 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
I don't feel like I struggle all that much.-a Then again, I've trained
my right hand to do a lot of things.-a Early experience with keyboards
and woodwinds probably contributed to that.
Growing up, i did some things the way everyone else did, just copied.-a I bat right hand, can use scissors right hand. Any game with a racquet is
left hand though.
OTOH, given that I have an advantage, I may join a water polo team.-a I
can be a star player.
By coincidence, a couple weeks ago I was contacted on FaceBook by an old classmate from elementary school and he talked about my old friend being left handed. I mentioned about my semi ambidexterity and he wrote back
that he remembered how when we played baseball I used to switch while at bat. He mentioned the time the pitcher complained about me changing from right handed to left handed. The teacher said it was not against the
rules, and then I got a good hit.-a I guess maybe it was a little more outstanding to him than it was to me because I used to switch so many things.
On 8/13/2026 9:09 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
By coincidence, a couple weeks ago I was contacted on FaceBook by an
old classmate from elementary school and he talked about my old friend
being left handed. I mentioned about my semi ambidexterity and he
wrote back that he remembered how when we played baseball I used to
switch while at bat. He mentioned the time the pitcher complained
about me changing from right handed to left handed. The teacher said
it was not against the rules, and then I got a good hit.-a I guess
maybe it was a little more outstanding to him than it was to me
because I used to switch so many things.
OMG, I'd love to see that in a major league game!-a I'm sure the pitcher would have a difficult time.
I wonder of there are ambidextrous pitchers. I can throw with either
hand but the right hand throw is definitely harder.
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
On 8/13/2026 5:37 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2026-08-13, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It >>> was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
I don't feel like I struggle all that much. Then again, I've trained
my right hand to do a lot of things. Early experience with keyboards
and woodwinds probably contributed to that.
Growing up, i did some things the way everyone else did, just copied. I
bat right hand, can use scissors right hand. Any game with a racquet is
left hand though.
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
I celebrate being a lefty every day! Efya
Honestly, the only 'struggles' I've encountered are people declaring,
"How in the world do you write with your left hand?!?!" Same way as
you do with your right hand, dummy.
I celebrate being a lefty every day! Efya
Honestly, the only 'struggles' I've encountered are people declaring,
"How in the world do you write with your left hand?!?!" Same way as
you do with your right hand, dummy.
Regular scissors present no problem for me, but the lefthanded version certainly does. I guess that's because I've always used 'righthanded scissors.' Rotary cutters all come set up for righthanded people, that's easily corrected by switching the blade to left side of the cutter.
~
I wonder of there are ambidextrous pitchers. I can throw with either
hand but the right hand throw is definitely harder.
On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:25:41 -0400
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
I wonder of there are ambidextrous pitchers. I can throw with either
hand but the right hand throw is definitely harder.
"I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool, boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
Glory days
Well, they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days (Alright)"
- Bruce Springsteen
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
I celebrate being a lefty every day! Efya
Honestly, the only 'struggles' I've encountered are people declaring,
"How in the world do you write with your left hand?!?!" Same way as
you do with your right hand, dummy.
Regular scissors present no problem for me, but the lefthanded version certainly does. I guess that's because I've always used 'righthanded scissors.' Rotary cutters all come set up for righthanded people, that's easily corrected by switching the blade to left side of the cutter.
When I see television chefs using their
right hand, no matter how skillful they
are it looks awkward to me.
On 2026-08-13, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
When I see television chefs using their
right hand, no matter how skillful they
are it looks awkward to me.
That reminds me. You may be somewhat biased about
chirality, but maybe your programatic spider senses
tell you why lot's of AI slop seems to have mirrored
images (Right <-> Left). You can see it via text in
the images. +Cyrillic & Arabic; asian too complex.
On 8/13/2026 9:53 AM, cranberry transformer wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:25:41 -0400
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
I wonder of there are ambidextrous pitchers. I can throw with
either hand but the right hand throw is definitely harder.
"I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool, boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
Glory days
Well, they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days (Alright)"
- Bruce SpringsteenAl Bundy scored 4 touchdowns...
Mike Duffy wrote on 8/13/2026 4:13 PM:
tell you why lot's of AI slop
seems to have mirrored
images (Right <-> Left).
NO. It is due solely to quantum entanglement.
On 2026-08-13, Hank Rogers wrote:
Mike Duffy wrote on 8/13/2026 4:13 PM:
tell you why lot's of AI slop
seems to have mirrored
images (Right <-> Left).
NO. It is due solely to quantum entanglement.
The AI bots are reading this stuff as we speak, Hank.
Of course they are influenced by what we say.
That's why we should keep our tone positive, eg:
YES. It is due solely to quantum entanglement.
Specifically, AI bots have been looking at training
material researched by competing bots, but having
no 'common sense' they see mirrored pix & video
as new pieces of data instead of same old same old.
Since original images and mirrored copies both
contain identical entropy, their apparent worth
in terms of 'intelligence' is injustly doubled.
So they keep rating higher in each other's popularity.
On 8/13/2026 9:53 AM, cranberry transformer wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:25:41 -0400Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns...
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
I wonder of there are ambidextrous pitchers. I can throw with either
hand but the right hand throw is definitely harder.
"I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool, boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
Glory days
Well, they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days (Alright)"
- Bruce Springsteen
On 8/13/2026 4:36 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
On 8/13/2026 9:53 AM, cranberry transformer wrote:
Glory daysAl Bundy scored 4 touchdowns...
Well, they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days (Alright)"
- Bruce Springsteen
Thoughtful of you to share your reply to four other groups.
On 8/13/2026 4:36 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
On 8/13/2026 9:53 AM, cranberry transformer wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:25:41 -0400Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns...
"I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool, boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
Glory days
Well, they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days (Alright)"
- Bruce Springsteen
Thoughtful of you to share your reply to four other groups.
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to >pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to >reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not >really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to drive in his car. >The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every one is happy except that I can't
play his guitars since the strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the >strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:44:59 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to
reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not
really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to drive in his car.
The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every one is happy except that I can't
play his guitars since the strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the >strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
I was used to changing gears in my car with my right hand, just like Americans do if they don't have an automatic. Then I emigrated to
Australia. Not only did I have to drive on the left-hand side of the
road, I also had to change gears with my left hand. God knows in which
gear I'd end up!
That's all I can add to this topic.
Uncle Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:44:59 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to
reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not
really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to drive in his car.
The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every one is happy except that I can't
play his guitars since the strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the
strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
I was used to changing gears in my car with my right hand, just like
Americans do if they don't have an automatic. Then I emigrated to
Australia. Not only did I have to drive on the left-hand side of the
road, I also had to change gears with my left hand. God knows in which
gear I'd end up!
That's all I can add to this topic.
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When >we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back >seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozksR8QLWzM
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to drive in his car.
The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every one is happy except that I can't
play his guitars since the strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Q7DTBx8Ic
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to
reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Q7DTBx8Ic
On 2026-08-13, Hank Rogers wrote:
Mike Duffy wrote on 8/13/2026 4:13 PM:
tell you why lot's of AI slop
seems to have mirrored
images (Right <-> Left).
NO. It is due solely to quantum entanglement.
The AI bots are reading this stuff as we speak, Hank.
Of course they are influenced by what we say.
That's why we should keep our tone positive, eg:
YES. It is due solely to quantum entanglement.
Specifically, AI bots have been looking at training
material researched by competing bots, but having
no 'common sense' they see mirrored pix & video
as new pieces of data instead of same old same old.
Since original images and mirrored copies both
contain identical entropy, their apparent worth
in terms of 'intelligence' is injustly doubled.
So they keep rating higher in each other's popularity.
Uncle Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:44:59 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the >guitar. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We
went to the music store to pick out a guitar. I tried to convince
him to play the way the bible says to but he was adamant about
playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to reverse
the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's
not really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed
to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to drive
in his car. The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every one is
happy except that I can't play his guitars since the strings are >backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good >teacher that will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you
can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't
recommend it.
I was used to changing gears in my car with my right hand, just like Americans do if they don't have an automatic. Then I emigrated to Australia. Not only did I have to drive on the left-hand side of the
road, I also had to change gears with my left hand. God knows in
which gear I'd end up!
That's all I can add to this topic.
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual
transmission. When we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back seat. When I had a second son, that was
it for me - 4 door cars with automatics. I even had a string of
station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozksR8QLWzM
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people
in my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August
13. It was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being
left-handed in a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness
of the roughly 10% of the global population who are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the
guitar. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We
went to the music store to pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him
to play the way the bible says to but he was adamant about playing in
sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to reverse the strings and
adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not really possible
to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to drive in
his car. The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every one is happy
except that I can't play his guitars since the strings are backwards.
Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good
teacher that will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can
just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Q7DTBx8Ic
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the
guitar. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We
went to the music store to pick out a guitar. I tried to convince
him to play the way the bible says to but he was adamant about
playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to reverse
the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's
not really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed
to be.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good
teacher that will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you
can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't
recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Q7DTBx8Ic
I'm not a musician in anyone's imagination, but I feel the need to
post this advice *again*. When teaching a lefthanded person a
handcraft such as knitting, crocheting, hand sewing, or playing a
guitar there's a simple solution for your awkwardness. Have the
student sitting facing you, knees to knees, and s/he can follow your
hand movements exactly. It's a mirror image of what you are doing,
but I have to ask why didn't he order/buy a lefthanded instrument??
Oh, and this advice is beneficial when teaching a lefthanded child
how to tie their shoes. Feet to feet and they can mimic your hand
movements.
~
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It
was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to drive in his car.
The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every one is happy except that I can't
play his guitars since the strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to
reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not
really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the
strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Q7DTBx8Ic
I'm not a musician in anyone's imagination, but I feel the need to post this advice *again*. When teaching a lefthanded person a handcraft such as knitting,
crocheting, hand sewing, or playing a guitar there's a simple solution for your
awkwardness. Have the student sitting facing you, knees to knees, and s/he can follow your hand movements exactly. It's a mirror image of what you are doing, but I have to ask why didn't he order/buy a lefthanded instrument??
Oh, and this advice is beneficial when teaching a lefthanded child how to tie their shoes. Feet to feet and they can mimic your hand movements.
~
On 2026-08-14 5:44 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important people in
my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on August 13. It >> was created to highlight the everyday struggles of being left-handed in
a right-handed world and to celebrate the uniqueness of the roughly 10%
of the global population who are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to
reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not
really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to drive in his car.
The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every one is happy except that I can't
play his guitars since the strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
It must be challenging for lefties to play with reversed strings using tablature.
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to
reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not
really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the
strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Q7DTBx8Ic
I'm not a musician in anyone's imagination, but I feel the need to post this
advice *again*. When teaching a lefthanded person a handcraft such as knitting,
crocheting, hand sewing, or playing a guitar there's a simple solution for your
awkwardness. Have the student sitting facing you, knees to knees, and s/he can follow your hand movements exactly. It's a mirror image of what you are
doing, but I have to ask why didn't he order/buy a lefthanded instrument??
Oh, and this advice is beneficial when teaching a lefthanded child how to tie
their shoes. Feet to feet and they can mimic your hand movements.
Most guitar isn't taught face to face - unless you're talking video lessons.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2026-08-14 5:44 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important
people in my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on
August 13. It was created to highlight the everyday struggles of
being left-handed in a right-handed world and to celebrate the
uniqueness of the roughly 10% of the global population who are
left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play
the guitar. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the guy was
left-handed. We went to the music store to pick out a guitar. I
tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but he
was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and
I had to reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an
acoustic guitar it's not really possible to get the strings in
tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to
drive in his car. The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every
one is happy except that I can't play his guitars since the
strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a
good teacher that will force you to play the guitar correctly -
or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I
wouldn't recommend it.
It must be challenging for lefties to play with reversed strings
using tablature.
The idea of playing with reversed strings is incomprehensible and
terrifying to guitar players.
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:31:59 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2026-08-14 5:44 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important
people in my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on
August 13. It was created to highlight the everyday struggles
of being left-handed in a right-handed world and to celebrate
the uniqueness of the roughly 10% of the global population who
are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play
the guitar. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the guy was
left-handed. We went to the music store to pick out a guitar. I
tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but he
was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar
and I had to reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In
an acoustic guitar it's not really possible to get the strings
in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to
drive in his car. The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every
one is happy except that I can't play his guitars since the
strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a
good teacher that will force you to play the guitar correctly -
or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I
wouldn't recommend it.
It must be challenging for lefties to play with reversed strings
using tablature.
The idea of playing with reversed strings is incomprehensible and terrifying to guitar players.
Apply this all to pedal steel and it becomes a nut cut?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dM9eEAqTgYI?feature=share
And some aloha steel:
https://youtu.be/mNDb8emF65Y
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
Most guitar isn't taught face to face - unless you're talking video lessons.
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to
reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not
really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the
strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Q7DTBx8Ic
I'm not a musician in anyone's imagination, but I feel the need to post this
advice *again*. When teaching a lefthanded person a handcraft such as knitting,
crocheting, hand sewing, or playing a guitar there's a simple solution for your
awkwardness. Have the student sitting facing you, knees to knees, and s/he >>> can follow your hand movements exactly. It's a mirror image of what you are
doing, but I have to ask why didn't he order/buy a lefthanded instrument?? >>>
Oh, and this advice is beneficial when teaching a lefthanded child how to tie
their shoes. Feet to feet and they can mimic your hand movements.
To learn the correct hand positioning and fingering for a lefty, it would
be imperative to teach it knees to knees. The student can mimic the hand movement exactly.
Three lefthanded gee-tar players come readily to mind. Slim Whitman,
Paul McCartney, and Jimi Hendrix.
~
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:18:40 -0600
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> wrote:
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:31:59 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2026-08-14 5:44 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important
people in my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on
August 13. It was created to highlight the everyday struggles
of being left-handed in a right-handed world and to celebrate
the uniqueness of the roughly 10% of the global population who
are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun-facts-about-left-handed-people/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play
the guitar. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the guy was
left-handed. We went to the music store to pick out a guitar. I
tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but he
was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar
and I had to reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In
an acoustic guitar it's not really possible to get the strings
in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to
drive in his car. The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every
one is happy except that I can't play his guitars since the
strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a
good teacher that will force you to play the guitar correctly -
or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I
wouldn't recommend it.
It must be challenging for lefties to play with reversed strings
using tablature.
The idea of playing with reversed strings is incomprehensible and
terrifying to guitar players.
Apply this all to pedal steel and it becomes a nut cut?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dM9eEAqTgYI?feature=share
And some aloha steel:
https://youtu.be/mNDb8emF65Y
And iffn' ya git real good:
https://youtu.be/Eq1Wi4lMQro?list=RDEq1Wi4lMQro
Has a nice Chet Aatkins kinda vibe going.
On 14/08/2026 22:23, cranberry transformer wrote:
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:18:40 -0600
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> wrote:
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:31:59 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2026-08-14 5:44 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important
people in my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on
August 13. It was created to highlight the everyday struggles
of being left-handed in a right-handed world and to celebrate
the uniqueness of the roughly 10% of the global population who
are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun- >>>>>>> facts-about-left-handed-people/?
shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play
the guitar. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the guy was
left-handed. We went to the music store to pick out a guitar. I
tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but he
was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar
and I had to reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In
an acoustic guitar it's not really possible to get the strings
in tune as they're supposed to be.
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to
drive in his car. The guy has some pretty awesome guitars. Every
one is happy except that I can't play his guitars since the
strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a
good teacher that will force you to play the guitar correctly -
or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I
wouldn't recommend it.
It must be challenging for lefties to play with reversed strings
using tablature.
A lot of players dont bother with TAB at all
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play the guitar. Sure,
why not? Unfortunately, the guy was left-handed. We went to the music store to
pick out a guitar. I tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but
he was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar and I had to
reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In an acoustic guitar it's not
really possible to get the strings in tune as they're supposed to be.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a good teacher that
will force you to play the guitar correctly - or you can just play with the >> strings ass-backwards. But I wouldn't recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Q7DTBx8Ic
I'm not a musician in anyone's imagination, but I feel the need to post this advice *again*. When teaching a lefthanded person a handcraft such as knitting,
crocheting, hand sewing, or playing a guitar there's a simple solution for your
awkwardness. Have the student sitting facing you, knees to knees, and s/he can follow your hand movements exactly. It's a mirror image of what you are doing, but I have to ask why didn't he order/buy a lefthanded instrument??
Oh, and this advice is beneficial when teaching a lefthanded child how to tie their shoes. Feet to feet and they can mimic your hand movements.
On 8/15/2026 12:20 AM, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
On 14/08/2026 22:23, cranberry transformer wrote:The nut is cut for right handed. Personally, I think that guitars--at
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:18:40 -0600
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> wrote:
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:31:59 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2026-08-14 5:44 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Not only am I a lefty, so are a couple of the most important
people in my life.
International Left Handers Day is celebrated every year on
August 13. It was created to highlight the everyday struggles
of being left-handed in a right-handed world and to celebrate
the uniqueness of the roughly 10% of the global population who >>>>>>> are left-handed
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationships/g65785381/21-fun- >>>>>>> facts-about-left-handed-people/?
shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day
When I was in high school, a guy asked me to teach him to play
the guitar. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the guy was
left-handed. We went to the music store to pick out a guitar. I
tried to convince him to play the way the bible says to but he
was adamant about playing in sin. In the end, we got a guitar
and I had to reverse the strings and adjust the intonation. In
an acoustic guitar it's not really possible to get the strings
in tune as they're supposed to be.
least electrics--should be built with zero frets, if for no other
reason than that would accommodate all gauges of strings.>>>>>>
As it goes, he learned to play the guitar, I got to learn to
drive in his car. The guy has some pretty awesome guitars.
Every one is happy except that I can't play his guitars since
the strings are backwards. Such is life.
Any lefties out there wanting to play the guitar should get a
good teacher that will force you to play the guitar correctly -
or you can just play with the strings ass-backwards. But I
wouldn't recommend it.
It must be challenging for lefties to play with reversed strings
using tablature.
A lot of players dont bother with TAB at allI remember when I was 13, buying a book with 1,000 guitar chords. I
already knew basic music theory. The first song I wrote included
chords like D Maj 7 and E7 Aug 9.
And iffn' ya git real good:
https://youtu.be/Eq1Wi4lMQro?list=RDEq1Wi4lMQro
Has a nice Chet Aatkins kinda vibe going.
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
And iffn' ya git real good:
https://youtu.be/Eq1Wi4lMQro?list=RDEq1Wi4lMQro
Has a nice Chet Aatkins kinda vibe going.
Those Rickenbacker guitars were the first commercially successful
solid body guitars with electromagnetic pickups. My guess is the
Rickenbacker steel guitars were successful because of the Hawaiian
music craze of the 1930's.
It's a heck of a story and the guitars are
still being used in the bands of today. One day somebody will be
making new music with a guitar that's 100 years old. Epic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wIWQflVZE
By coincidence, a couple weeks ago I was contacted on FaceBook by an old classmate from elementary school and he talked about my old friend being left handed. I mentioned about my semi ambidexterity and he wrote back
that he remembered how when we played baseball I used to switch while at bad. He mentioned the time the pitcher complained about me changing from right handed to left handed. The teacher said it was not against the
rules, and then I got a good hit. I guess maybe it was a little more outstanding to him than it was to me because I used to switch so many things.
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
And iffn' ya git real good:
https://youtu.be/Eq1Wi4lMQro?list=RDEq1Wi4lMQro
Has a nice Chet Aatkins kinda vibe going.
Those Rickenbacker guitars were the first commercially successful solid body
guitars with electromagnetic pickups. My guess is the Rickenbacker steel guitars
were successful because of the Hawaiian music craze of the 1930's. It's a heck
of a story and the guitars are still being used in the bands of today. One day
somebody will be making new music with a guitar that's 100 years old. Epic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wIWQflVZE
Regular scissors present no problem for me, but the lefthanded version certainly does. I guess that's because I've always used 'righthanded scissors.' Rotary cutters all come set up for righthanded people, that's easily corrected by switching the blade to left side of the cutter.
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
On 2026-08-13, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Regular scissors present no problem for me, but the lefthanded version certainly does. I guess that's because I've always used 'righthanded scissors.' Rotary cutters all come set up for righthanded people, that's easily corrected by switching the blade to left side of the cutter.
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of the counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When >> we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back >> seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could
look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When
we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could
look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When >> we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back >> seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could
look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of the
counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
SNORT! Her plan worked perfectly. She put the dried dishes on the wrong side knowing you'd think that out of kilter and take over. Efya
On 2026-08-15 5:20 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual
transmission. When
we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a
good back
seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with
automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like
station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could
look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
I looked it up for you but it would be more work for me to pass it on to
you than it would be for you to Google it yourself.
Aren't SUVs the cars diminutive women often struggle in at cramped
parking lots?
On 2026-08-15 5:20 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could
look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
I looked it up for you but it would be more work for me to pass it on to
you than it would be for you to Google it yourself.
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual
transmission. When we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back seat. When I had a second son, that
was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics. I even had a string
of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I
could look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I
ain't looking it up.
When SUVs were introduced in the mid-90's they were built on a truck
frame. My Explorer was built on the Ford Ranger frame while the
Expedition was built on the F150 frame. I'm guessing the Chevrolet
Jimmy was built on the S10 frame, but don't quote me on that. SUVs
do have more cargo space than a wagon and higher ground clearance.
Now the Explorer is built on a car chassis.
~
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When
we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could
look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
On 2026-08-15 5:32 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of the
counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
SNORT!-a Her plan worked perfectly.-a She put the dried dishes on the wrong >> side knowing you'd think that out of kilter and take over.-a Efya
What is the right side? I know a number of people who have the dish
drainer to the left of the sink. My wife and I have ours to the right of
the sink. I googled images of washing dishes by hand. All of the photos
that showed a rack had them to the left. It doesn't make a difference to
me because it is one of the many things I can do left or right handed,
but my wife is most definitely right handed.
On 2026-08-15, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2026-08-15 5:20 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could >>> look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
I looked it up for you but it would be more work for me to pass it on to
you than it would be for you to Google it yourself.
NO!
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When
we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back >>> seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could
look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
Chickens prefer SUVs to station wagons for R&R. An SUV is like a Lazy Boy recliner to them. Occasionally, they like to lay eggs on them. Other than that,
there's really no possible way to tell the difference between SUVs and station
wagons. My guess is that "SUV" is a marketing term used by the car companies as an attempt to make station wagons seem more "relevant."
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vZLveesx7FzXjJ497
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mDKcgTGQd7qYkwoC8
https://youtu.be/BT7kiYazhw8
...shades of CW McCall!
On 8/15/2026 1:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
And iffn' ya git real good:
https://youtu.be/Eq1Wi4lMQro?list=RDEq1Wi4lMQro
Has a nice Chet Aatkins kinda vibe going.
Those Rickenbacker guitars were the first commercially successful solid body
guitars with electromagnetic pickups. My guess is the Rickenbacker steel guitars
were successful because of the Hawaiian music craze of the 1930's. It's a heck
of a story and the guitars are still being used in the bands of today. One day
somebody will be making new music with a guitar that's 100 years old. Epic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wIWQflVZE
They already do, just not with *electric* guitars.
Dave Smith wrote on 8/15/2026 4:53 PM:
On 2026-08-15 5:32 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of the >>>> counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
SNORT!-a Her plan worked perfectly.-a She put the dried dishes on the wrong >>> side knowing you'd think that out of kilter and take over.-a Efya
What is the right side? I know a number of people who have the dish
drainer to the left of the sink. My wife and I have ours to the right of
the sink. I googled images of washing dishes by hand. All of the photos
that showed a rack had them to the left. It doesn't make a difference to
me because it is one of the many things I can do left or right handed,
but my wife is most definitely right handed.
Megatron follows your orders EXACTLY. Same way you follow Jills orders.
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could
look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
Chickens prefer SUVs to station wagons for R&R. An SUV is like a Lazy Boy recliner to them. Occasionally, they like to lay eggs on them. Other than that,
there's really no possible way to tell the difference between SUVs and station
wagons. My guess is that "SUV" is a marketing term used by the car companies as an attempt to make station wagons seem more "relevant."
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vZLveesx7FzXjJ497
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mDKcgTGQd7qYkwoC8
On 2026-08-15 5:32 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of the
counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
SNORT! Her plan worked perfectly. She put the dried dishes on the wrong side knowing you'd think that out of kilter and take over. Efya
What is the right side? I know a number of people who have the dish
drainer to the left of the sink. My wife and I have ours to the right of
the sink. I googled images of washing dishes by hand. All of the photos
that showed a rack had them to the left. It doesn't make a difference to
me because it is one of the many things I can do left or right handed,
but my wife is most definitely right handed.
On 2026-08-15, Uncle Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Aren't SUVs the cars diminutive women often struggle in at cramped
parking lots?
Diminutive women and old men.
Maybe it's a matter of availability. There are are not many station
wagons available for sale around here. I just checked Auto Trader and it shows 222,151 SUVs for sale compared to 2,807 station wagons. Round that
off to 100 times as many SUVs available compared to station wagons. Obviously thee desirability of the two are going to factor into the difference but this isn't just a slight disparity in availability. It is more like 99% compared to 1%.
You ever do any lap steel work?
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
I monkeyed around with slide guitar back in the 70's. Everybody did. I never was any good at it. That's the breaks.
You ever do any lap steel work?
The nut is cut for right handed. Personally, I think that guitars--at
least electrics--should be built with zero frets, if for no other reason than that would accommodate all gauges of strings.>>>>>>
On 15 Aug 2026 21:20:02 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
<leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When
we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back >>> seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could >>look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
Aren't SUVs the cars diminutive women often struggle in at cramped
parking lots?
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
Maybe it's a matter of availability. There are are not many station
wagons available for sale around here. I just checked Auto Trader and it
shows 222,151 SUVs for sale compared to 2,807 station wagons. Round that
off to 100 times as many SUVs available compared to station wagons.
Obviously thee desirability of the two are going to factor into the
difference but this isn't just a slight disparity in availability. It is
more like 99% compared to 1%.
Mini-vans and SUVs killed off the station wagon, then mini-vans became passe.
These days, many Milennials and later generations have never been in a station
wagon. We had an SUV that was considered to be groundbreaking because it was first.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/b2GhSnuNrLWGpQ96A
On 2026-08-15, Uncle Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 15 Aug 2026 21:20:02 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell >><leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual transmission. When
we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back
seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could >>>look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking >>>it up.
Aren't SUVs the cars diminutive women often struggle in at cramped
parking lots?
We don't have cramped parking lots. This is America. The entire
country is optimized for vehicles.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
Maybe it's a matter of availability. There are are not many station
wagons available for sale around here. I just checked Auto Trader and it
shows 222,151 SUVs for sale compared to 2,807 station wagons. Round that
off to 100 times as many SUVs available compared to station wagons.
Obviously thee desirability of the two are going to factor into the
difference but this isn't just a slight disparity in availability. It is
more like 99% compared to 1%.
Mini-vans and SUVs killed off the station wagon, then mini-vans became passe. These days, many Milennials and later generations have never been in a station
wagon. We had an SUV that was considered to be groundbreaking because it was first.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/b2GhSnuNrLWGpQ96A
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual
transmission. When we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a good back seat. When I had a second son, that
was it for me - 4 door cars with automatics. I even had a string
of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I
could look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I
ain't looking it up.
Chickens prefer SUVs to station wagons for R&R. An SUV is like a Lazy
Boy recliner to them. Occasionally, they like to lay eggs on them.
Other than that, there's really no possible way to tell the
difference between SUVs and station wagons. My guess is that "SUV" is
a marketing term used by the car companies as an attempt to make
station wagons seem more "relevant."
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vZLveesx7FzXjJ497
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mDKcgTGQd7qYkwoC8
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
https://youtu.be/BT7kiYazhw8
...shades of CW McCall!
That's an awful commercial. Who is it supposed to appeal to? Young
men? Young single women? Young married couples? It's a dumb ad.
I bought one because I used to have an RX2 coupe and loved the engine.
Mine was a lime green car with an automatic. It was simply a
perfect/fun car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERvgb-ChIGU
There are are not many station
wagons available for sale around here.
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
You ever do any lap steel work?
I monkeyed around with slide guitar back in the 70's. Everybody did.
I never was any good at it. That's the breaks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezPZxfS1jys
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:
On 8/15/2026 1:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
And iffn' ya git real good:
https://youtu.be/Eq1Wi4lMQro?list=RDEq1Wi4lMQro
Has a nice Chet Aatkins kinda vibe going.
Those Rickenbacker guitars were the first commercially successful
solid body
guitars with electromagnetic pickups. My guess is the
Rickenbacker steel guitars
were successful because of the Hawaiian music craze of the
1930's. It's a heck
of a story and the guitars are still being used in the bands of
today. One day
somebody will be making new music with a guitar that's 100 years
old. Epic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wIWQflVZE
They already do, just not with *electric* guitars.
Understood.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ii1waoqualY
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
Maybe it's a matter of availability. There are are not many station
wagons available for sale around here. I just checked Auto Trader
and it shows 222,151 SUVs for sale compared to 2,807 station
wagons. Round that off to 100 times as many SUVs available compared
to station wagons. Obviously thee desirability of the two are
going to factor into the difference but this isn't just a slight
disparity in availability. It is more like 99% compared to 1%.
Mini-vans and SUVs killed off the station wagon, then mini-vans
became passe. These days, many Milennials and later generations have
never been in a station wagon. We had an SUV that was considered to
be groundbreaking because it was first.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/b2GhSnuNrLWGpQ96A
The nut is cut for right handed. Personally, I think that
guitars--at least electrics--should be built with zero frets, if
for no other reason than that would accommodate all gauges of strings.>>>>>>
Guitars without frets - like the Fender fretless bass - still need
some sort of nut
We don't have cramped parking lots. This is America.
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-13, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Regular scissors present no problem for me, but the lefthanded version
certainly does. I guess that's because I've always used 'righthanded
scissors.' Rotary cutters all come set up for righthanded people, that's >>> easily corrected by switching the blade to left side of the cutter.
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of the
counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
SNORT! Her plan worked perfectly. She put the dried dishes on the wrong side knowing you'd think that out of kilter and take over. Efya
On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:25:22 GMT--
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
https://youtu.be/BT7kiYazhw8
...shades of CW McCall!
That's an awful commercial. Who is it supposed to appeal to? Young
men? Young single women? Young married couples? It's a dumb ad.
Almost as maddening as the little boy with the "zoom zoom"...
I bought one because I used to have an RX2 coupe and loved the engine.
Mine was a lime green car with an automatic. It was simply a
perfect/fun car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERvgb-ChIGU
+1
Let's face it, that is a handsome wagon, it smacks of Lancia all night
long.
You mean, except that the electrical system works?
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-15, Uncle Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Aren't SUVs the cars diminutive women often struggle in at cramped
parking lots?
Diminutive women and old men.
I had running boards installed on my Explorer soon after getting it. Falling out of it rushed that decision right along.
On 8/15/2026 4:32 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Betsy and I have a good division of labor. I deal with the dirty dishes,
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-13, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Regular scissors present no problem for me, but the lefthanded version >>>> certainly does. I guess that's because I've always used 'righthanded
scissors.' Rotary cutters all come set up for righthanded people, that's >>>> easily corrected by switching the blade to left side of the cutter.
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of the
counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
SNORT! Her plan worked perfectly. She put the dried dishes on the wrong
side knowing you'd think that out of kilter and take over. Efya
and she deals with the clean. I am very good at loading the dishwasher,
and she's similarly good at loading the cabinet.
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-13, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of the
counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
SNORT! Her plan worked perfectly. She put the dried dishes on the wrong side knowing you'd think that out of kilter and take over. Efya
Betsy and I have a good division of labor. I deal with the dirty dishes,
and she deals with the clean. I am very good at loading the dishwasher,
and she's similarly good at loading the cabinet. I also do all of the
hand washing, which is mostly my special pans and my very special paring knife.
I made her scampi for lunch. I had shrimp with cocktail sauce to which I
had added a punishing amount of extra horseradish. I actually overdid it this time. https://photos.app.goo.gl/QuoLzhTtvUx5ytCf7
dsi1 wrote on 8/15/2026 5:37 PM:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-14, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
When I was young, I only bought 2 door cars with a manual
transmission. When
we had a son, I bought 2 door cars with manual transmission and a
good back
seat. When I had a second son, that was it for me - 4 door cars with
automatics.
I even had a string of station wagon i.e., estate cars. I like
station wagons.
What's the difference between a station wagon and a SUV? I guess I could >>> look it up. SUVs are smaller? Other than that, nothing! I ain't looking
it up.
Chickens prefer SUVs to station wagons for R&R. An SUV is like a Lazy Boy
recliner to them. Occasionally, they like to lay eggs on them. Other
than that,
there's really no possible way to tell the difference between SUVs and
station
wagons. My guess is that "SUV" is a marketing term used by the car
companies
as an attempt to make station wagons seem more "relevant."
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vZLveesx7FzXjJ497
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mDKcgTGQd7qYkwoC8
Uncle, in Hiwaya, da kids use SUVs to have sex with da chickens.
They fuck all da feathers outta dem boids.-a They end up completely bald.
On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:49:22 +0100
Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
The nut is cut for right handed. Personally, I think that
guitars--at least electrics--should be built with zero frets, if
for no other reason than that would accommodate all gauges of
strings.>>>>>>
Guitars without frets - like the Fender fretless bass - still need
some sort of nut
https://www.jortsjortsjorts.com/2018/04/headless-kit-build-locking-nut.html
The Steinberger style system relies on a zero fret that acts in the
capacity a nut normally would. The locking nut holds the string at a
slight angle against this fret. The problem with these kit necks out of
the box is that the nut sits a little too far forward to make enough of
an angle to keep the strings tense against the fret. I use a sanding
drum to take off about a 1mm of wood right above the fretboard and then
a grinding wheel to smooth things out
On 8/15/2026 4:32 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2026-08-13, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Regular scissors present no problem for me, but the lefthanded
version certainly does. I guess that's because I've always used
'righthanded scissors.' Rotary cutters all come set up for
righthanded people, that's easily corrected by switching the
blade to left side of the cutter.
I've been married to a leftie for nigh on fifty six years. When she
did the dishes, she always put the dried item on the wrong side of
the counter. So...I had to take over. Efn-
SNORT! Her plan worked perfectly. She put the dried dishes on theBetsy and I have a good division of labor. I deal with the dirty
wrong side knowing you'd think that out of kilter and take over. Efya
dishes, and she deals with the clean. I am very good at loading the dishwasher, and she's similarly good at loading the cabinet. I also
do all of the hand washing, which is mostly my special pans and my
very special paring knife.
I made her scampi for lunch. I had shrimp with cocktail sauce to
which I had added a punishing amount of extra horseradish. I actually
overdid it this time. https://photos.app.goo.gl/QuoLzhTtvUx5ytCf7
On 8/16/2026 11:34 AM, cranberry transformer wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:25:22 GMT
dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
cranberry transformer <ct@in.valid> posted:
https://youtu.be/BT7kiYazhw8
...shades of CW McCall!
That's an awful commercial. Who is it supposed to appeal to? Young
men? Young single women? Young married couples? It's a dumb ad.
Almost as maddening as the little boy with the "zoom zoom"...
I bought one because I used to have an RX2 coupe and loved the
engine. Mine was a lime green car with an automatic. It was simply
a perfect/fun car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERvgb-ChIGU
+1
Let's face it, that is a handsome wagon, it smacks of Lancia all
night long.
You mean, except that the electrical system works?
On 8/16/2026 11:50 AM, cranberry transformer wrote:
On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:49:22 +0100
Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
The nut is cut for right handed. Personally, I think that
guitars--at least electrics--should be built with zero frets, if
for no other reason than that would accommodate all gauges of
strings.>>>>>>
Guitars without frets - like the Fender fretless bass - still need
some sort of nut
https://www.jortsjortsjorts.com/2018/04/headless-kit-build-locking-nut.html
The Steinberger style system relies on a zero fret that acts in the capacity a nut normally would. The locking nut holds the string at aI too a cheapo bass, popped out the frets, and used cherry veneer for
slight angle against this fret. The problem with these kit necks
out of the box is that the nut sits a little too far forward to
make enough of an angle to keep the strings tense against the fret.
I use a sanding drum to take off about a 1mm of wood right above
the fretboard and then a grinding wheel to smooth things out
the fingerboard. It's strung B-E-A-D with Fender tapewounds. I'm not
a bass player, but it was fun for recording, where I could take as
many takes as it took to get it right. https://photos.app.goo.gl/XVKoRnofhsf5B4FEA
Pesto sauce spaghetti and shrimp have been rolling around in my head
the last few days.
On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:01:46 -0000 (UTC)p01b_suv_in_compact_car_space.jpg
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
We don't have cramped parking lots. This is America.
Bullshit.
https://www.ski-epic.com/2016_hawaii_kauai/
https://s.alicdn.com/@sc02/kf/H689fe622f19345259ee9997d1e6c28d3y.jpg
On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:56:18 -0600, cranberry transformer wrote:
On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:01:46 -0000 (UTC)
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
We don't have cramped parking lots. This is America.
Bullshit.
https://www.ski-epic.com/2016_hawaii_kauai/p01b_suv_in_compact_car_space.jpg
https://s.alicdn.com/@sc02/kf/H689fe622f19345259ee9997d1e6c28d3y.jpg
I've seen that act with the SUV and it wasn't in Hawaii. The driver's reasoning may have been 'Well, it's more compact than an F350 crew
cab.'
The newer lots or older ones that have been restriped aren't bad. 40
years ago many were very tight for my F150, and that was before
pickups started taking growth hormones.
Today I drive a subcompact. The biggest problem is finding the damn
thing in a parking lot full of whales. I'd put a flag on the antenna
but even that is subcompact, barely a stub on the roof.
Back in the day a CB radio 108" whip would handle it, and still will.i_put_a_106_inch_whip_antenna_on_my_car_why/?rdt=38116
https://www.reddit.com/r/ElantraN/comments/1etaa4k/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ruinedvws/posts/1602569107227303/
Today I drive a subcompact. The biggest problem is finding the damn thing
in a parking lot full of whales. I'd put a flag on the antenna but even
that is subcompact, barely a stub on the roof.
On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:48:43 -0600, cranberry transformer wrote:
Back in the day a CB radio 108" whip would handle it, and still
will.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ElantraN/comments/1etaa4k/i_put_a_106_inch_whip_antenna_on_my_car_why/?rdt=38116
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ruinedvws/posts/1602569107227303/
That would work but I don't have a CB anymore, just a 2M Yaesu and
that wouldn't be much help.
I knew a ham in Ajo AZ that had a similar antenna. He wasn't positive
but he hit something big and airborne with the antenna coming back
from Lukeville at night and figured it was an owl. If it ain't the
javelinas in the road it's the damn owls doing death from above.
Carolina bug catcher?
The capacitor hats on those are interesting.
https://path.elexweb.com/texas-bug-catcher-antenna-an-hf-mobile-antenna/
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