We bought some of the custom made nachi mouse pads a few months ago and I finally replaced our old desktop mouse pad with the new nachi custom mouse pad http://www.nachi.org/thoroman2008.htm We really never use the desktop but I had to use it yesterday and was using the mouse pad and realized this thing is set up for a right handed person.
We all know left handed people are the only right minded people;-) But why are the majority of items or things set up only for right handed people?
Give some respect to the left handed/footed people of the world!
Side poll - How many inspectors are left handed, I bet a pretty good bit cause I used to contract and I met more contractors left handed than right.
I have nothing against lefties, because sometimes I think some of the tools we use in construction were designed for them instead of righties like me.
Think for a minute of something simple.
Using a tape measure.
I install it on my belt on my left side
Now remember,I am right handed.
I grab the tape measure off me left side belt with my left hand, but the blade is facing in the opposite direction, so I have to flip it around with my right hand and then hook the blade to the right of the piece of wood so my right hand could make a mark with the pencil while holding the tape.
Well, easy you say? Easy, but the stinking numbers are all upside down.
No wonder we make so many mistakes. ha. ha.
Here is another ex.
Folding rule for a right handed carpenter.
Take it out of you back left pocket, hold it in your left hand while you unfold it with your right, loosen the fence on the table saw that is to the right and use your folding rule against the fence to measure width of rip.
Damn, the numbers are upside down again.
Moral of story, not all things are meant to be used by right handed people.
I’m ambidextrous as well. Write with my left, throw with my right. I used to catch and throw with my left when I was young, obviously that was hard so I had to train myself to use my right. Now I can do most things with both.
It’s actually pretty well documented that some people that have learning disabilities do so because they are actually left handed but were forced to be right handed in early childhood by parents or their teachers.
I went through an artist stage for a number of years and science has shown that artists think more on the right side of the brain.
My actual result was that I found myself using my left hand more often than in the past for many tasks as the right side of the brain controls the left half of your body.