The "Lefty" thread (not political)

Bort · 03-09-11, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Yeah! Soon they'le be demanding more KEEP LEFT signs!

Bastards!

I know of only one way to solve this problem.

"Release the hounds!"

Edit: They can smell the left handedness!

UnderseaLcpl · 03-09-11, 09:33 PM

Stay strong lefties! Do not be cowed by the attempts of the right-handed elite to insult us and belittle us! They call our gift a "recessive" trait! They force our left-handed children into schools made for right-handers!

It is time to stand up and show them that we are not genetic defectives! We are men! We are women! We are people!

Freiwillige · 03-09-11, 09:49 PM

We must fight! Before you know it they will be demanding left handed rifles in the military! Left handed Marriages!

Lets show them who's right!

August · 03-09-11, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Before you know it they will be demanding left handed rifles in the military!

Funny you should mention that. 30 years later I still have visible scars in the crook of my arm caused by hot brass ejected from my right handed M16.

The darn things would get into my sleeve through the cuff placket and end up against my skin where they burned like heck.

UnderseaLcpl · 03-09-11, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Funny you should mention that. 30 years later I still have visible scars in the crook of my arm caused by hot brass ejected from my right handed M16.

The darn things would get into my sleeve through the cuff placket and end up against my skin where they burned like heck.

My sleeves were rolled up tightly so I didn't get any of that. Most of mine ended up hitting me in the face and then finding their way down the back of my blouse collar, especially when I was shooting from the prone position. I may have scars from that, but I wouldn't know because they're on my upper back, which I can't see.

What really sucked was when I had my M-249. That biatch would shower so many casings on my right arm that even the sleeves of my utilities couldn't keep the burns out. Reloading it quickly was also a pain in the ass, as was changing the barrel, but I got it down.

August · 03-09-11, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

My sleeves were rolled up tightly so I didn't get any of that. Most of mine ended up hitting me in the face and then finding their way down the back of my blouse collar, especially when I was shooting from the prone position. I may have scars from that, but I wouldn't know because they're on my upper back, which I can't see.

I recall that the BDU's had cuff solid plackets probably for that exact reason. The old OD fatigue sleeves that I wore were split halfway down the forearm and they were like a brass magnet when I shot left handed.

UnderseaLcpl · 03-10-11, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by August

I recall that the BDU's had cuff solid plackets probably for that exact reason. The old OD fatigue sleeves that I wore were split halfway down the forearm and they were like a brass magnet when I shot left handed.

Thank goodness for the MARPAT and digi utility uniforms, then. I don't know what kind of KD course the army shoots, but having an open placket would have totally ruined my day at the range, especially with the stance I use in the kneeling stage of fire. I don't even want to think about what it would have been like in combat, or while using an LMG.

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Good grief man even I don't wear blouses and I'm a grrrrl. And here I thought Marines were so... rugged.

Hey, I didn't come up with the name, k? In the Corps, the shirt for the utility uniform is called a blouse. A hat is called a cover. The pants are called "trousers". A helmet is a "kevlar". Referring to any one of these items by any other name is actually a punishable offense.

But we're getting off-track here.

frau kaleun · 03-10-11, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

and then finding their way down the back of my blouse collar

Good grief man even I don't wear blouses and I'm a grrrrl. And here I thought Marines were so... rugged.

Gargamel · 03-10-11, 12:17 AM

Quit yer bitchins....

they make guns for you freaks.

Now that we've given you that.... Dont expect anything else!

Us NORMAL people have given you enough! NOW BACK IN YOUR CAGE!

But be careful... the latch is on the right.... need help with that gimpy?

Tchocky · 03-10-11, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Good grief man even I don't wear blouses and I'm a grrrrl. And here I thought Marines were so... rugged.

"Now, the kilt was only for day-to-day wear. In battle, we donned a full-length ball gown covered in sequins. The idea was to blind your opponent with luxury."

Platapus · 03-13-11, 07:55 AM

My mother, who is left handed, used to tell us that when she was in grade school (1930s-1940s) she was punished for writing with her left hand and the teacher tried to force her to "learn to write the correct way".

As a consequence my mother writes "under" the line as opposed to "over" the line. The picture, in this thread of Obama writing is an example of the more common writing over the line. I wish I could find a picture of the other way.

For reference, a right handed person writes under the line: Their hand is under the line they are currently writing.

Anyway, does any other lefty write under the line? Or is that just a thing of the past?

VipertheSniper · 03-13-11, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

My mother, who is left handed, used to tell us that when she was in grade school (1930s-1940s) she was punished for writing with her left hand and the teacher tried to force her to "learn to write the correct way".

As a consequence my mother writes "under" the line as opposed to "over" the line. The picture, in this thread of Obama writing is an example of the more common writing over the line. I wish I could find a picture of the other way.

For reference, a right handed person writes under the line: Their hand is under the line they are currently writing.

Anyway, does any other lefty write under the line? Or is that just a thing of the past?

Wouldn't know how to do that... at least not in a way that is fast, but that's most probably because I didn't learn it that way. Also my writing leans to the left when I try to do that

RickC Sniper · 03-13-11, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

My mother, who is left handed, used to tell us that when she was in grade school (1930s-1940s) she was punished for writing with her left hand and the teacher tried to force her to "learn to write the correct way".

I am a lefty
When in school (50's and 60's) I had nuns for teachers through the first 8 grades. They made me write with my right hand for 3 years. In Grade 4 I won my freedom to use my natural left.

Even after they let me use my left, they required me to slant the paper so the writing ended up looking like it was written by a right hander.

In the movie Saving Private Ryan I found it interesting that Spielberg cast a left handed shooter as the sniper. (was that Barry Pepper?) I can still see him up in that tower trying to shoot that bolt action rifle quickly but using his left hand to reach over the top of the rifle to work the bolt to chamber rounds. It looked incredibly odd. (I shoot right handed)
How many of you noticed this?

RickC Sniper · 03-13-11, 03:51 PM

There's the scene.

03-09-11, 09:33 PM	#2
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Stay strong lefties! Do not be cowed by the attempts of the right-handed elite to insult us and belittle us! They call our gift a "recessive" trait! They force our left-handed children into schools made for right-handers! It is time to stand up and show them that we are not genetic defectives! We are men! We are women! We are people! __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

03-10-11, 12:17 AM	#9
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Quit yer bitchins.... they make guns for you freaks. Now that we've given you that.... Dont expect anything else! Us NORMAL people have given you enough! NOW BACK IN YOUR CAGE! But be careful... the latch is on the right.... need help with that gimpy? __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-13-11, 07:55 AM	#11
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	My mother, who is left handed, used to tell us that when she was in grade school (1930s-1940s) she was punished for writing with her left hand and the teacher tried to force her to "learn to write the correct way". As a consequence my mother writes "under" the line as opposed to "over" the line. The picture, in this thread of Obama writing is an example of the more common writing over the line. I wish I could find a picture of the other way. For reference, a right handed person writes under the line: Their hand is under the line they are currently writing. Anyway, does any other lefty write under the line? Or is that just a thing of the past? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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03-09-11, 09:49 PM	#3
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	We must fight! Before you know it they will be demanding left handed rifles in the military! Left handed Marriages! Lets show them who's right!