The "Lefty" thread (not political) - Page 4

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.

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?

papa_smurf · 03-10-11, 05:51 AM

Been left handed in a right handed world is a form of oppression...everything is right handed form scissors to cheque books

Heres my left handed idol:

Penguin · 03-10-11, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by razark

So be it.

Guess who's a lefty:

This explains it all: anybody wondered why we don't see the leader of the free, right world anymore?

I bet they put him into one of these reeducation camps which this Obama guy built.
I heard one is called Leftanamo Bay. They do sick things with the people there, like feeding the people with left chickenwings and the only thing those poor people get to read is the Bill of Lefts...

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.

VipertheSniper · 03-10-11, 08:43 AM

Hey I'm a lefty too, and I object to paying premiums for "specially" manufactured products for lefthanders.

On the issue of shooting:
Having never handled a rifle before the army, it was quite easy for me to shoot it with the right hand, as I didn't learn it any other way, so no burn marks from ejected shell casings for me.

I think the notion that the left hand is the "bad" hand comes from the ambiguity of the latin word sinistrum, or rather it's change of meaning from left in latin to malign in English or German. Even today when somebody tries to take advantage of you, it's said "Er dreht eine Linke", "Linke" stands for a fraud in this case, if somebody behaves/moves "linkisch" he's clumsy or inept.

I'm just glad I wasn't born in a time where lefties were forced to do it the "right" way, with tying their left arm behind their backs.

LEFTIES UNITE!!!

<--- that smilie should be available the other way round.

Platapus · 03-10-11, 08:45 AM

I am a righty but I shoot rifles lefty and yes it is a pain.. literally.

My left eye is considerably more dominant than my right eye, but the common military rifles are made for rightys

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."

August · 03-10-11, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by VipertheSniper

<--- that smilie should be available the other way round.

See, even the Smileys are biased!

yubba · 03-10-11, 11:15 AM

The only thing I can't do with my left is write, but drink and shoot with both.

Sailor Steve · 03-10-11, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by VipertheSniper

I think the notion that the left hand is the "bad" hand comes from the ambiguity of the latin word sinistrum, or rather it's change of meaning from left in latin to malign in English or German. Even today when somebody tries to take advantage of you, it's said "Er dreht eine Linke", "Linke" stands for a fraud in this case, if somebody behaves/moves "linkisch" he's clumsy or inept.

How gauche.

Sailor Steve · 03-10-11, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Heres my left handed idol:

Even us righties have some southpaw heroes.

jumpy · 03-10-11, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Now we know your sign, you will be easier to identify in a crowd... we also have a foolproof method* of drawing out your identity with the double bluff handshake: if we offer you the left or right hand which will you choose? the right, so as not to give yourself away? Or the left, in the feeble hope you are about to shake the hand of one of your own kind?
Either way it will go badly for you lefties - you either conform, or you suffer the consequences of revealing yourself!

* based on tried and tested techniques, right-handed down through generations of honest right handed people.

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Even us righties have some southpaw heroes.

He's not the best icon for their diabolical cause. He's just a wrong 'un... end of.
Can't really comment on jimi, perhaps a special dispensation could be posthumously awarded? We are not ungrateful of his greater contribution and his exemplary endeavour, in overcoming his obvious disability.

03-10-11, 12:17 AM	#49
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.

03-10-11, 05:51 AM	#50
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Been left handed in a right handed world is a form of oppression...everything is right handed form scissors to cheque books Heres my left handed idol: __________________

03-10-11, 08:45 AM	#54
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am a righty but I shoot rifles lefty and yes it is a pain.. literally. My left eye is considerably more dominant than my right eye, but the common military rifles are made for rightys __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-10-11, 08:43 AM	#53
VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,071 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hey I'm a lefty too, and I object to paying premiums for "specially" manufactured products for lefthanders. On the issue of shooting: Having never handled a rifle before the army, it was quite easy for me to shoot it with the right hand, as I didn't learn it any other way, so no burn marks from ejected shell casings for me. I think the notion that the left hand is the "bad" hand comes from the ambiguity of the latin word sinistrum, or rather it's change of meaning from left in latin to malign in English or German. Even today when somebody tries to take advantage of you, it's said "Er dreht eine Linke", "Linke" stands for a fraud in this case, if somebody behaves/moves "linkisch" he's clumsy or inept. I'm just glad I wasn't born in a time where lefties were forced to do it the "right" way, with tying their left arm behind their backs. LEFTIES UNITE!!! <--- that smilie should be available the other way round.

03-10-11, 11:15 AM	#57
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	The only thing I can't do with my left is write, but drink and shoot with both.