Today is a Sinister Day...

vienna · 08-13-14, 11:55 AM

Just so some of you won't feel left out:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/internation...efties-1460944

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Oberon · 08-13-14, 12:33 PM

Aktungbby · 08-13-14, 01:11 PM

for lefties...like Einstein and Da Vinci!

Oberon · 08-13-14, 01:14 PM

*looks at the watch mark left on his right wrist*

Don't judge me!

Yeah, I'm wierd, I'm right handed but I wear my watch on my right hand.

vienna · 08-13-14, 01:31 PM

Do you wear it with the face under your wrist? I wear mine that way and find it easier to deal with, although I have gotten a few comments over the years about how I am wearing my watch the "wrong way"...

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Aktungbby · 08-13-14, 01:55 PM

No Need! as invented in the trenches of WWI; the wristwatch with shrapnel protection or general bangn' around, workin' the bolt on an Enfield for 'the mad minute'

$800 +- throw in the 'hack' mechanism...and all the Pals could go 'over the Top' in unison

welcome to horology WWI 101

Oberon · 08-13-14, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

Do you wear it with the face under your wrist? I wear mine that way and find it easier to deal with, although I have gotten a few comments over the years about how I am wearing my watch the "wrong way"...

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Can't admit I do, but I can understand the reasoning behind it, although I'd be terrified of smashing the face on a work surface or something.

Skybird · 08-13-14, 03:11 PM

We also need a day to remember people with one leg only. I imagine that all the majority of people with two legs for one day will hopp around on just one leg, becasue according to the website's text, which I slightly adapted to the one-leg-celebration day: >>"the idea of One-Leg-Day is of everyone to celebrate in fun, practical ways, making two-legged family members / friends / colleagues realise how 'athletic' and physically well-coordinated we have to be because we are constantly adapting a two-legged world to work for a one-legger," states the website."Getting two-legged people to move one-legged for the day is a great way to make the point!"<<

Doctors also will welcome the immense additional income they can earn that day.

Sailor Steve · 08-13-14, 03:23 PM

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Today is a Sinister Day...

How gauche of you.

vienna · 08-13-14, 03:34 PM

Is that one of those left-handed compliments?...

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Sailor Steve · 08-13-14, 04:55 PM

If that's the hand you use, well, never mind...

Apologies to Paul Simon

Pisces · 08-13-14, 05:54 PM

I'm a lefty, but I do not wear my watch on either of my wrists. No thank you, I don't want to be shackled by time. I carry it on a belt-loop of my pants (on the right). I guess that makes me a hipster too?

The worst drawback of this 'orientation' was dragging your hand through the wet ink from a fountain pen all the time when I was a kid in school. The thinking was that using a fountain pen improves one's handwriting skills. Yeah, left! It's never been any good. I hate those pens.

Platapus · 08-13-14, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

How gauche of you.

vienna · 08-13-14, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pisces

The worst drawback of this 'orientation' was dragging your hand through the wet ink from a fountain pen all the time when I was a kid in school. The thinking was that it improves one's handwriting skills. Yeah, left! It's never been any good. I hate those pens.

It used to be some schools would try to "cure" a kid of left-handedness by forcing them to use only their right hand. IIRC, Paul McCartney was so abused in school...

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Pisces · 08-13-14, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

It used to be some schools would try to "cure" a kid of left-handedness by forcing them to use only their right hand. IIRC, Paul McCartney was so abused in school...

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I know, I guess I'm young enough to never have needed to experience that teaching method. Thankfully.

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,035 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	for lefties...like Einstein and Da Vinci! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,718 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Do you wear it with the face under your wrist? I wear mine that way and find it easier to deal with, although I have gotten a few comments over the years about how I am wearing my watch the "wrong way"... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,035 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	an 'uptick' from the Boer War No Need! as invented in the trenches of WWI; the wristwatch with shrapnel protection or general bangn' around, workin' the bolt on an Enfield for 'the mad minute' $800 +- throw in the 'hack' mechanism...and all the Pals could go 'over the Top' in unison welcome to horology WWI 101 __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,666 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	We also need a day to remember people with one leg only. I imagine that all the majority of people with two legs for one day will hopp around on just one leg, becasue according to the website's text, which I slightly adapted to the one-leg-celebration day: >>"the idea of One-Leg-Day is of everyone to celebrate in fun, practical ways, making two-legged family members / friends / colleagues realise how 'athletic' and physically well-coordinated we have to be because we are constantly adapting a two-legged world to work for a one-legger," states the website."Getting two-legged people to move one-legged for the day is a great way to make the point!"<< Doctors also will welcome the immense additional income they can earn that day. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	looks at the watch mark left on his right wrist Don't judge me! Yeah, I'm wierd, I'm right handed but I wear my watch on my right hand.

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Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I'm a lefty, but I do not wear my watch on either of my wrists. No thank you, I don't want to be shackled by time. I carry it on a belt-loop of my pants (on the right). I guess that makes me a hipster too? The worst drawback of this 'orientation' was dragging your hand through the wet ink from a fountain pen all the time when I was a kid in school. The thinking was that using a fountain pen improves one's handwriting skills. Yeah, left! It's never been any good. I hate those pens. Last edited by Pisces; 08-13-14 at 06:11 PM.