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ENJOY INTERNATIONAL LEFT HANDERS DAY
Welcome
Wishing You A Peaceful 2009
Since 1992 what has surprised us, most of all,
is that lots of people want to find out more about Left Handedness!
Keep sending Emails!
International Lefthanders Day
is 13th August!
To be Left-handed is OK!
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Cheques and Postal Orders ACCEPTED. Our Prices
are in EURO currency
ALL THESE ITEMS ARE DESIGNED FOR LEFTHANDERS.
PRICES VALID FOR 2009
CODE
QTY
DESCRIPTION
EURO
10
ADULTS 8.5"GENERAL
PURPOSE SCISSORS
12.00
12
CURVED NAIL SCISSORS 3.5"
12.00
14
CHILDS 5.25" PRE SCHOOL
SCISSORS
7.50
16
NEW - Pens Stabilo S-Move Easy Blue/Blue+ 3
refills
Absolutely brilliant for left-handers
8.00
20
CAN OPENER
7.50
22
T-TYPE CORKSCREW
7.50
24
LANCASHIRE
VEGETABLE PEELER
4.00
26
TAPE MEASURE
7.50
30
PENCIL GRIP
4.00
34
NEW Left hand Clear Ruler 15cm / 6" - LeftHand
Rule
2.00
40
BOOKLET FOR PARENTS HELPING
LEFTY KIDS
9.00
42
BOOKLET HELPING LEFTY KIDS
ENJOY WRITING
9.00
46
BOOKLET LEARNING TO KNIT THE
LEFTY WAY
9.00
50
NEW - Junior Lefty Set - discount
includes Item Codes - (14,16,30,34)
20.00
60
NEW - Senior Lefty Set - discount
includes Item Codes - (10,16,30,34)
24.00
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Delivery within EU: Orders under 10 Euro add 4 Euro,
orders over 10 Euro add 6 Euro. Delivery outside EU extra.
PAYMENT METHOD: CHEQUE/PO
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We wish to thank all those who have emailed and
contributed to OUR newsletter. Last updated January 2009.
It surprises us that so many people have not
yet heard of The International Left-handers Day, August 13th!
Another Left-handed American is elected
President.
It is fascinating to think how many lefthanders
make it to the White House.
It’s not the first time that all the candidates
in the Presidential race were Lefthanders.
If you would like to have your article included
just email the article to lefthand@e-Ireland.ie
As left-handers, we are very adaptable and most
of us cope very well with the "right-handed world". Many left-handers
do not realise the benefit they could get from using left-handed items as they
have always got by with the right-handed versions of the various items such as
scissors. However, having actually tried the products and found that they
really do make a difference, they often write to tell us that they would not be
without them now! Right-handed parents of left-handed children take note.
Left Hand Questions and Answers
We are sometimes asked a variety of questions. Here are
three that we are most often asked.
Q. Are left-handers more artistic than right-handers?
A. Left-handers are often thought to have a higher spatial
awareness than right-handers. There have been some very famous left-handed artists,
among them Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. They
were both members of the Renaissance school of artists that encouraged its
members to paint with both right and left hands. There was one study of art
students that reported that 21% were left-handed and 28% were mixed-handed.
There have been other studies which did not agree with these findings. There
have been similar studies and similar findings done with architect
students. However, the fact remains that architects have frequently reported
a high number of left-handers in their ranks.
Q. How old is a child when you can tell if he/she is going to be
left-handed?
A. Most babies use both hands initially,
and no preference is generally noted until the child is around seven to nine
months. This should become consistent at about eighteen months. Even then, the
preference may not be established until the child is around three years old,
when a more definite pattern of preference can be seen. The degree of hand
preference continues until the child is at least nine years old. Children who
draw with their right hand, but throw or catch a ball for example, with their
left hand have not established their dominance.
Q. If a left-handed child is forced to write with the right hand,
will a stutter develop?
A. It has been reported in children who have been forced
into using their right-hand. Much of the early research showed high percentages
of changed non-right handers with stutters. From the
‘40's, researchers suggest the stress of the change created the speech defect,
and others suggest that there was no connection between enforced change and
stuttering at all. Even so, it is unwise to force a non-right hander into right
handedness.
Well Known lefthanders
Donal Lunney,
Paul McCartney, Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkle),
George Michael, Curt Cobain (Nirvana), Ringo Starr,
Bob Dylan, Celine Dion
Martin Turner
(Cartoonist Irish Times), Bertie Ahern. Bill Clinton, George
Bush snr, Barack Obama
Whoopie Goldberg, Ken Barlow
(Coronation St), Magnus Magnusson, Paul Daniels, Spike Lee
Monica Seles (Tennis), Mike Weir (Golf), Phil Michelson, John
McEnroe, Mark Spitz, Brian Lara, Nassem Hamed, Steve Cram, Paula Radcliffe, Bobby Charlton
Albert Einstein, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Beethoven
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.
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!
We all know the
heart is on the left side of the body, or, at least that applies to most of the
human specie. 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
EA writes: Thank you for
having specialized items for lefthanders.
I went to school in the 40s and
50s. We were still in the dark ages where left-handedness was akin to
being mentally retarded. Thanks to you and the people who discovered the
two brain hemispheres and their uniqueness, we do find that many U.S.
presidents have been left-handed, many creative people and artists are
left-handed, etc. It feels good to be accepted and not scoffed at.
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
SCHOOL TIPS
You Can Make You Life Easier!
Don't be Left Out.
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?
If you would like to be able to cut, slice,
serve, open, snip, write, or measure and the many other things in just the way
you want to, you are in for a real treat. Have a good look at all of the
information in the Special Offers section and then fill in the things that you
feel you could most benefit from on the order form enclosed.
For those of you who have sent left-handed
children out to school before, you big challenge is over. You know as long as
you stock up on scissors non-smear pens and pencils your child’s school days
will more than likely be just fine.
International
Left-Handers Day.
You may be wondering why 13th August was chosen
as International Left-Handers day. It was originally
chosen because the first year it was held, 13th August fell on a Friday and it
was a way of poking fun at the superstitions and oddball myths that have
surrounded left-handedness for centuries.
In the USA Left-handers have a fairly high profile. For example numerous Presidents, actors and
actresses, sports and television personalities exploit their left-handedness.
And we’ve all known for years that lefties are more creative, musical and
visual than our right-handed counterparts.
So, start planning its
never to soon, next perhaps you could organise a Left-Handers
awareness event in you neighbourhood. We will help with lots of advice in any
way possible.
Let’s say this year, Left-Handers
stood up and were counted. Remember from little acorns, mighty oak trees grow.
We know from letters received there are thousands of left-handers in
Ireland.
The latest news on the Irish
Lefthanders Internet Web Site.
We will post Left-Handed news items on our Web site, from time to time.
We look forward to reading your comments, when
you visit the Irish Left Handed WWW Site. This will replace the publishing of
the Newsletter. Since the WWW site will become the place to read about lefties
in Ireland.
SLÁN
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