Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/04

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Pens: thoughts before I leave
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Wed May 4 00:53:10 2005

Strangely enough and although I'm fully lefthanded/footed, I use the mouse
with my right hand...


> From: Rick Dykstra <rdcb37@dodo.com.au>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 09:03:29 +1000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Pens: thoughts before I leave
> 
> Back in 1995 I  started to get what we call Repetitive Strain Injury in
> my right wrist.  My eyesight has been fine thanks.  I found that doing
> repetitive movements with the mouse was the main problem.  So I started
> using the mouse with my left hand.  It was incredibly difficult to
> start with - made me feel sick - but I got the hang of it and soon was
> as good with the left as the right.  Now at work I will use two
> computers at once, both hands on mouses, scrolling, cutting, pasting,
> etc.  It's great.
> 
> Rick.
> 
> On 04/05/2005, at 8:55 AM, jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote:
> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/cf678
>> 
>> Right handedness must have been forced on me...Just by observing my
>> mother training my brother (8 years younger) I can do almost
>> everything as well with my left as with my right except overhand
>> pitching...and guitar playing <g> Jimi and Albert have the left hand
>> guitar franchise sewn up. A few years ago I worked for an accounting
>> firm that kept written ledgers! They did not trust computers!! One of
>> the bookkeepers developed carpal tunnel and pursued a settlement
>> through State Disability. One day I was spotted making entries in the
>> books with my left hand (I found it easier to write with my left and
>> operate the calculator with my right) My door was closed and the two
>> bosses interrogated me..."Was my right hand ok?...was their a
>> problem?"  I played it out and let them sweat....
>> 
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