Hi everyone. Sorry if this subject has been covered before. It's always a fun one for southpaws such as myself to wonder about. I write and eat left handed but do most everything else right handed.Easier to find scissors, musical instruments, etc. that way.

Yep, although dog food dog breath wasn't an option on the previous polls
Very creative

I'm ambisinistrous, bad with both hands, do I go dog food or something else?

I write with my left hand and bat on the left side.  I use scissors with my right hand, and if I were an MMA fighter, my right hand would be my power hand.

I am a lefty, but i can use either hand except to write with. For writing i only use my left hand, never used the right for writing.

I'm left or right handed ! ! !  LMAO

I've learned ambidexterousness through a combo of hyperflexible finger joints making my fingers hurt (so i switch hand to continue writing) and a series of art teachers that all thought getting us to draw with our non dominant hand was a unique idea

Right again!

But I have taught myself some ambidexterity because it is usefull, good for the brain (learning always is) and if anything ever hinders my right hand or removes it frrom use I would like to be able to continue with my life. I need to be able to do the little things. I have trained for blindness too but that is another story for a thread about the careless words of stupid doctors.

I am strongly right-handed.  I have taught myself to mouse with my left hand to avoid repetetive stress injury to my right hand, but, other than that, my left hand is totally clutzy.

Lefty.

Odd, I write mostly with left, but go both ways for anything else:)  wonder if ambidextrous is more predominant in our group?

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I'm left handed but for little things Im right handed, like using scissors, cause if I use them with the left had, they dont work.

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Well now.  I am ambidextrous in most everything.  Some of it self-taught, mostly seemingly natural.

I write and draw both ways.  I studied graphoanalysis.  My writing and drawing styles between left and right are different - apparently the brain thoughts are different when going right versus left. 

I cook / eat both ways.  I can use forks, spoons, knives either way.  Using a can opener only righty can get frustrating if I need to go lefty (Does anyone make lefty can openers?).

Shopping:  I'll squeeze the melons and tomatoes either way.

I play guitar and drums both lefty and righty.  Criminals robbed me last year and stole my two guitars - both strung lefty.  I figure the idiots probably could not understand why my guitars did not work.

I play sports both ways.  Softball / baseball (hit, throw, catch.  As a pitcher, I would confuse the hitter to get a true 'change up' from one side to the other.)  Soccer / football (likewise kick either lefty or righty)  Basketball (never learned the righty or lefty shoot - always shoot from the chest or two-handed over the head, dribbling is both ways)

The first time I ever used a computer mouse, I grabbed it with my left hand - no thought to taking it with my right hand.  I have tried righty mousing and not as good as lefty - righty is clumsy no matter how hard I try.  I find that my keyboarding tends to be predominantly lefty - I type more keys with my left than right hand.

I can use scissors either way.  Last place where I worked was a lefty with lefty scissors at his desk.  We worked on tasks and I used his just fine left-handed.

Household:  Both again - I use the sponges and brushes either way to do household chores; I bathe using the soap or washcloth in either hand.

Mechanical:  I can use tools either way - hoes, rakes, shovels, screwdrivers, wrenches, hammers, lawn trimmers.  Even the water hose - sometimes one hand, other times the other hand.

I can play billiards both ways - it helps with certain shots as I observe the other players fumble their shot.

I groom according to which side:  I use my left hand to do make-up on my left side and my right hand to do make-up on my right side.  I comb my hair similarly - left side with left hand, right side with right hand.  I brush my teeth both-handed.

I fill up the gasoline tank holding the nozzle with my left hand; I wash the windows with the squeegee using my left hand.

I hand sew using either hand - depending upon which direction I'm sewing; even threading the hand needle goes either way.

TV and VCR remote controls - both righty and lefty again.  It is noticeable how electronics manufactures remotes for righties.

In the old days when telephones were those big desk models, I always used my left hand to pick up the receiver and hold it to my head (mainly because my hearing is better on my left ear); I dialed lefty.  I always placed the office telephone to my left.  I use my cellular telephone lefty - keying, holding to my head.

Maybe Kellam and I are of the same mind.  I also learned to read backwards by watching TV in a mirror.

Okay, one sure and solid lefty - my politics.  Can I say that?  (:-)

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Quote from: Sharon Anne McC on October 05, 2015, 12:12:10 PM
I write and draw both ways.  I studied graphoanalysis.  My writing and drawing styles between left and right are different - apparently the brain thoughts are different when going right versus left. 
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that's interesting... my handwriting is different from hand to hand but my drawing is mostly the same

Another righty here

And another righty too.

Righty.

Hi Cassie;
I just read that you are Australian. If you live in Victoria, you might want to come to the Alphabet Soup support group. Meets once a month in Northcote. Quite a few bring their Significant Others or Partners. Drop me a PM and I can send you there details. Alphabet Soup are on Facebook too. The next get together is 7.30pm on the 17th Nov.
Judith

I can and do use both, but prefer the left.

Righty squad!!!