Evelyn mentioned that her local superstore (like numerous others) had closed many of their tills to “encourage” customers to use self service tills – but that their trolleys are set up for right hande…
There are all sorts of things that we do "our" way without realising that it is different. Someone pointed out to me recently that all the clothes in my wardrobe were hanging the "wrong" way (a…
We recently had a message from Scott Conlan that encouraged us to do a bit of research. Sign language is used by deaf people as a system of communication using visual gestures and signs and your hande…
Using cutlery for eating is an area that causes a lot of confusion and inconsistency for both left- and right-handers: Right-handers- traditionally eat with a knife and fork using the knife in their r…
We received an email from Graham recently that got us thinking again about one-side clothing that is awkward for us lefthanders to wear and use. "As a pilot I can get a pilot's pullover with a…
The use of cheques is declining rapidly as cards of all types take over but we do still get a lot of enquiries from people complaining about the difficulty of using a standard cheque book if you are l…
We received this in an email from Valerie in Indiana, USA recently and it got us thinking... Here's an interesting thought I recently had while watching the 2008 version of 'The Day the Earth Stood S…
Now I will be the first to admit that I am not musical and do not play any instruments (though for some reason my left-handed son Tom is a musical genius and can play almost anything). I had an emai…
We had a comment from Rob today that made us think about this again... "I was interested to read about how most left handers hold their knives and forks like a right hander would. I reckon that this …
Lefthanders sometimes struggle with making knots that are designed for creating right-handed - anything from simple knots like a bow for tying shoes to more complex and specialist sailor's knots. We …