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To: SunkenCiv

Almost every power tool I own is unsafe for my left handed son to operate. The guards, blades and how you stand over some of them all all designed for right handers.


57 posted on 11/22/2019 6:15:04 AM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: Newbomb Turk

Definitely would make one very, very attentive.

Princess Bride — the swordfight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDlZ_SXx5gA


63 posted on 11/22/2019 6:25:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Newbomb Turk

Yet when you design tools to be ambidextrous — think about the Colt CAR-4 rifle — you see an unusually high number of left-handed shots among soldiers & Marines. Didn’t used to be the case in earlier wars when bolt action rifles prevailed. I notice this constantly in photographs from Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom & Afghanistan. So there is a training component to this?

If tools & training are flexible enough to allow an individual to try it either way, suddenly the percentage of lefties for that activity goes way up.

Look at all the left-handed shots in Ice Hockey.


71 posted on 11/22/2019 6:39:51 AM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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