word

#46 May 27th 04, 12:41 AM

"There was a Marine Sgt. with an M14 at the line and we were face to face
since I was shooting left handed."?

I hope that's a typo - sounds like something from High Noon. :-)

--
johnf

I'm left-eyed and right handed, and shoot from the left
shoulder with rifle and shotgun but right handed for most
handgun. Once, I was shooting in a match with my Remington
40 XB National Match .308 (7.62x51 NATO) off-hand rapid fire
at 200 yards. That requires a reload after 5 shots and the
time limit is 60 seconds. There was a Marine Sgt. with an
M14 at the line and we were face to face since I was
shooting left handed. I would reach over the rifle and work
the bolt with my little finger. I finished my 10 shot
string in about 57 seconds with a score of 47 out of 50-3 X,
(the old target was 5 points with an X tie breaker) and the
Marine scored 40 out of 50, 5X. His officer chewed him out
because he forgot to fire his 9th and 10th shots. Seems he
got confused while watching me shoot left handed.

That became a very effective tactic in gallery shooting with
.22 rifles at 50 feet indoors. I would always try to get a
place on the firing line with the other team's best right
handed shooter. All I had to do was smile at them and
they'd drop a shot.

Is that unfair. Wish I had those target rifles today. Had
to sell them about 30 years ago to pay for a move from Iowa
to Kansas.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
wrote in message
...
My mother stopped my father from trying to change me. They say trying
to change a child in that regard can have a bad effect on them. I
don't know because my father stopped trying almost as soon as he had
started.

Then, ironies of ironies, he decided I should learn to play
golf...right handed, since, for a right handed golfer, the power is in
the left hand or so he thought. That didn't work either, I didn't
like trying to play golf right handed, it was uncomfortable, unnatural
and BIZARRE!LOL

That said, when I played baseball, I was a switch hitter and could hit
with power from either side of the plate.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" wrote in message
...
"XS11E" wrote in message
...
"Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)"
wrote in :

It's my contention that quill pens are the reason so many had such
nice penmanship back then. You see, they had to be careful how
they wrote because if they weren't, the ink would smear!

And what a blessing typewriters and word processors have been for us
lefties! I spent my entire school years smearing my pencil or pen or
crayon work as I dragged my left hand over it as I wrote....

BTW, If anyone cares, no amount of screaming from the teacher fixes
the problem.

When screaming didn't work, they tried beating. My mom was beat in
school (public school) when she wrote with her left hand. I recall my
second grade teacher in 1967 insisting that I wasn't left-handed -
that I was putting on an act. She forced me to write with my right
hand. When my mom found out after I got home that day, she wasted no
time in making a path to the school to "right" the situation. Seems
her bad memories of getting beat for something so natural riled up
some of her anger that day.

#47 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

We were shooting in a Memorial Day Match at Camp Lincoln
(Springfield, ILL). All shooters are on a line, shooting at
targets at the butts. Nobody gets hurt, shooting is the
safest sport.
There is a Range Master who controls every thing, when you
can load, when you can shoot and when you must cease fire.
Real guns, real citizens, real civil rights.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"johnf" wrote in message
...
| "There was a Marine Sgt. with an M14 at the line and we
were face to face
| since I was shooting left handed."?
|
| I hope that's a typo - sounds like something from High
Noon. :-)
|
| --
| johnf
|
| I'm left-eyed and right handed, and shoot from the left
| shoulder with rifle and shotgun but right handed for
most
| handgun. Once, I was shooting in a match with my
Remington
| 40 XB National Match .308 (7.62x51 NATO) off-hand rapid
fire
| at 200 yards. That requires a reload after 5 shots and
the
| time limit is 60 seconds. There was a Marine Sgt. with
an
| M14 at the line and we were face to face since I was
| shooting left handed. I would reach over the rifle and
work
| the bolt with my little finger. I finished my 10 shot
| string in about 57 seconds with a score of 47 out of
50-3 X,
| (the old target was 5 points with an X tie breaker) and
the
| Marine scored 40 out of 50, 5X. His officer chewed him
out
| because he forgot to fire his 9th and 10th shots. Seems
he
| got confused while watching me shoot left handed.
|
| That became a very effective tactic in gallery shooting
with
| .22 rifles at 50 feet indoors. I would always try to
get a
| place on the firing line with the other team's best
right
| handed shooter. All I had to do was smile at them and
| they'd drop a shot.
|
| Is that unfair. Wish I had those target rifles today.
Had
| to sell them about 30 years ago to pay for a move from
Iowa
| to Kansas.
|
|
| --
| The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|
|
| "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
| wrote in message
| ...
| My mother stopped my father from trying to change me.
They say trying
| to change a child in that regard can have a bad effect
on them. I
| don't know because my father stopped trying almost as
soon as he had
| started.
|
| Then, ironies of ironies, he decided I should learn to
play
| golf...right handed, since, for a right handed golfer,
the power is in
| the left hand or so he thought. That didn't work
either, I didn't
| like trying to play golf right handed, it was
uncomfortable, unnatural
| and BIZARRE!LOL
|
| That said, when I played baseball, I was a switch
hitter and could hit
| with power from either side of the plate.
|
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
|
| "Peter A. Stavrakoglou" wrote in
message
| ...
| "XS11E" wrote in message
| ...
| "Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)"

| wrote in :
|
| It's my contention that quill pens are the reason so
many had such
| nice penmanship back then. You see, they had to be
careful how
| they wrote because if they weren't, the ink would
smear!
|
| And what a blessing typewriters and word processors
have been for us
| lefties! I spent my entire school years smearing my
pencil or pen or
| crayon work as I dragged my left hand over it as I
wrote....
|
| BTW, If anyone cares, no amount of screaming from the
teacher fixes
| the problem.
|
| When screaming didn't work, they tried beating. My
mom was beat in
| school (public school) when she wrote with her left
hand. I recall my
| second grade teacher in 1967 insisting that I wasn't
left-handed -
| that I was putting on an act. She forced me to write
with my right
| hand. When my mom found out after I got home that
day, she wasted no
| time in making a path to the school to "right" the
situation. Seems
| her bad memories of getting beat for something so
natural riled up
| some of her anger that day.
|
|

#48 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

"Jim Macklin" wrote in
:

I'm left-eyed and right handed,

That's called "cross-dominance" where the dominant eye is different
than the dominant hand. A study once showed the best hitters in
baseball were cross-dominant for what it's worth...

#49 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

#50 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

Thanks, Tom.VBG

--
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"Tom Pepper Willett" wrote in message
...
ROFL, Michael!
A nice refreshing sense of humor.

Tom Pepper Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" wrote in
message ...
| Incest? Harrumph, I really think you need to produce some verifiable
| evidence that there is any cause and effect relationship between
relations
| with relations and whether or not someone is left handed. Oh, and um,
| please don't in this forum!
|
| As to masturbation, if it truly dropped 75% as a result and that would
by
| its very nature have to encompass everyone regardless of "hand of
choice,"
I
| suspect the murder rate and other violent crime would increase
| proportionately!
|
| We have a new group leader and I know for a fact he reads our online
| contributions so, um; Sir, unaccustomed as I am to participating in such
| flights of fancy under the guise of my MVP designation, please consider
this
| aberrational behavior and it won't happen again....once I can manage to
| extricate myself from this thread!
|
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
|
| "The Other Side" wrote in message
| ...
|
| But masturbation would drop 75%. So would incest.
|
| ----- XS11E wrote: -----
|
|
| But if we destroyed all left handed people the world's collective
IQ
| would drop around 25% and the number of quality folks would be
reduced
| drastically....
|
|
|
|

#51 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

I knew I was special.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"XS11E" wrote in message
.. .
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in
| :
|
| I'm left-eyed and right handed,
|
| That's called "cross-dominance" where the dominant eye is
different
| than the dominant hand. A study once showed the best
hitters in
| baseball were cross-dominant for what it's worth...
|

#52 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

I thought it was up and down which, in view of some of the posts in this
thread would seem to be appropriate.

Now Hebrew, on which I can speak with some authority and Arabic (Not too
different from Hebrew) go from right to left.:-)

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
The Japanese and Chinese must be left handed because they
write from right to left.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"XS11E" wrote in message
.. .
| "David Candy" wrote in
| :
|
| Breaking the arm fixes it for as long as the arm remains
broken.
| So just keep breaking the genetic misfit's left arm.
Perhaps in
| womb testing could allow detection so a third trimester
abortion
| could be performed. Perhaps just smother them at birth.
See lots
| of solutions.
|
| But if we destroyed all left handed people the world's
collective IQ
| would drop around 25% and the number of quality folks
would be reduced
| drastically....
|

#53 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

No, it's ok, Jim, It's just the way you put it.
I just had a mental picture of you both facing each other with pistols
raised.

--
johnf

We were shooting in a Memorial Day Match at Camp Lincoln
(Springfield, ILL). All shooters are on a line, shooting at
targets at the butts. Nobody gets hurt, shooting is the
safest sport.
There is a Range Master who controls every thing, when you
can load, when you can shoot and when you must cease fire.
Real guns, real citizens, real civil rights.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"johnf" wrote in message
...
"There was a Marine Sgt. with an M14 at the line and we were face to
face since I was shooting left handed."?

I hope that's a typo - sounds like something from High Noon. :-)

--
johnf

I'm left-eyed and right handed, and shoot from the left
shoulder with rifle and shotgun but right handed for most
handgun. Once, I was shooting in a match with my Remington
40 XB National Match .308 (7.62x51 NATO) off-hand rapid fire
at 200 yards. That requires a reload after 5 shots and the
time limit is 60 seconds. There was a Marine Sgt. with an
M14 at the line and we were face to face since I was
shooting left handed. I would reach over the rifle and work
the bolt with my little finger. I finished my 10 shot
string in about 57 seconds with a score of 47 out of 50-3 X,
(the old target was 5 points with an X tie breaker) and the
Marine scored 40 out of 50, 5X. His officer chewed him out
because he forgot to fire his 9th and 10th shots. Seems he
got confused while watching me shoot left handed.

That became a very effective tactic in gallery shooting with
.22 rifles at 50 feet indoors. I would always try to get a
place on the firing line with the other team's best right
handed shooter. All I had to do was smile at them and
they'd drop a shot.

Is that unfair. Wish I had those target rifles today. Had
to sell them about 30 years ago to pay for a move from Iowa
to Kansas.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
wrote in message
...
My mother stopped my father from trying to change me. They say trying
to change a child in that regard can have a bad effect on them. I
don't know because my father stopped trying almost as soon as he had
started.

Then, ironies of ironies, he decided I should learn to play
golf...right handed, since, for a right handed golfer, the power is
in the left hand or so he thought. That didn't work either, I didn't
like trying to play golf right handed, it was uncomfortable,
unnatural and BIZARRE!LOL

That said, when I played baseball, I was a switch hitter and could
hit with power from either side of the plate.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" wrote in message
...
"XS11E" wrote in message
...
"Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)"
wrote in :

It's my contention that quill pens are the reason so many had such
nice penmanship back then. You see, they had to be careful how
they wrote because if they weren't, the ink would smear!

And what a blessing typewriters and word processors have been for
us lefties! I spent my entire school years smearing my pencil or
pen or crayon work as I dragged my left hand over it as I wrote....

BTW, If anyone cares, no amount of screaming from the teacher fixes
the problem.

When screaming didn't work, they tried beating. My mom was beat in
school (public school) when she wrote with her left hand. I recall
my second grade teacher in 1967 insisting that I wasn't left-handed
- that I was putting on an act. She forced me to write with my
right hand. When my mom found out after I got home that day, she
wasted no time in making a path to the school to "right" the
situation. Seems her bad memories of getting beat for something so
natural riled up some of her anger that day.

#54 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

Well, that certainly lowered the level. I can tell you without having yet
scrolled to the BOTTOM, that I don't use my hand and you know what I use and
I do not wish to discuss my habits in that regard any further!

Hmm, I better scroll to the bottom to be sure we're really on the same page
here...Yup; PHEW!

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
Which hand do you wipe with? See the answer at the bottom.
Pun intended.
"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
wrote in message
...
| And I can't for the life of me figure out how right handed
folks write with
| their right hand...oh, that's right, they use a pen!:-)
|
| Hmm, genetic misfit? Since I believe I chose to use my
left hand for
| writing (and whatever else amused me) I consider it an
adaptation!
|
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
|
| "David Candy" wrote in message
| ...
| Breaking the arm fixes it for as long as the arm remains
broken. So just
| keep breaking the genetic misfit's left arm. Perhaps in
womb testing could
| allow detection so a third trimester abortion could be
performed. Perhaps
| just smother them at birth. See lots of solutions.
|
| --
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html
| "XS11E" wrote in message
| ...
| "Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)"

| wrote in :
|
| It's my contention that quill pens are the reason so
many had such
| nice penmanship back then. You see, they had to be
careful how
| they wrote because if they weren't, the ink would
smear!
|
| And what a blessing typewriters and word processors have
been for us
| lefties! I spent my entire school years smearing my
pencil or pen or
| crayon work as I dragged my left hand over it as I
wrote....
|
| BTW, If anyone cares, no amount of screaming from the
teacher fixes the
| problem.
|
|
| I use toilet paper.

#55 May 27th 04, 01:41 AM

That's very funny about the Marine.

Great psych move, Jim!:-)
--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
I'm left-eyed and right handed, and shoot from the left
shoulder with rifle and shotgun but right handed for most
handgun. Once, I was shooting in a match with my Remington
40 XB National Match .308 (7.62x51 NATO) off-hand rapid fire
at 200 yards. That requires a reload after 5 shots and the
time limit is 60 seconds. There was a Marine Sgt. with an
M14 at the line and we were face to face since I was
shooting left handed. I would reach over the rifle and work
the bolt with my little finger. I finished my 10 shot
string in about 57 seconds with a score of 47 out of 50-3 X,
(the old target was 5 points with an X tie breaker) and the
Marine scored 40 out of 50, 5X. His officer chewed him out
because he forgot to fire his 9th and 10th shots. Seems he
got confused while watching me shoot left handed.

That became a very effective tactic in gallery shooting with
.22 rifles at 50 feet indoors. I would always try to get a
place on the firing line with the other team's best right
handed shooter. All I had to do was smile at them and
they'd drop a shot.

Is that unfair. Wish I had those target rifles today. Had
to sell them about 30 years ago to pay for a move from Iowa
to Kansas.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

#56 May 27th 04, 05:41 AM

#57 May 27th 04, 05:41 AM

I wish I could live those days over, a lot of fun and
friendship going to rifle matches at gun clubs, YMCA's and
other locations all over central Illinois. It was like
bowling without the drinking (no alcohol allowed on the
range).
The standard 50 foot gallery target [.22 LR] had a black
bull's-eye about an inch across with a 10 ring that was
about 0.20 of an inch if I remember. To win you needed to
have all your bullets cutting that ring. The target had 10
bulls for record and a sighter that wasn't scored. You
fired one shot at each bull. We used 15-20 power scopes so
seeing the target wasn't the problem, it was holding still
and having good control of your breath, heart rate and
trigger finger. During practice sessions we who shoot flies
and mosquitoes that landed on our targets. A match had 40
shots for record with 400 possible points. My average was
about 392. They also came out with an International target,
the 10 ring was a dot .008 inches, it was a tougher target.
High power shooting was at 200-600 yards and involved slow
and rapid fire from the four positions.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
wrote in message
...
| That's very funny about the Marine.
|
| Great psych move, Jim!:-)
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| ...
| I'm left-eyed and right handed, and shoot from the left
| shoulder with rifle and shotgun but right handed for
most
| handgun. Once, I was shooting in a match with my
Remington
| 40 XB National Match .308 (7.62x51 NATO) off-hand rapid
fire
| at 200 yards. That requires a reload after 5 shots and
the
| time limit is 60 seconds. There was a Marine Sgt. with
an
| M14 at the line and we were face to face since I was
| shooting left handed. I would reach over the rifle and
work
| the bolt with my little finger. I finished my 10 shot
| string in about 57 seconds with a score of 47 out of
50-3 X,
| (the old target was 5 points with an X tie breaker) and
the
| Marine scored 40 out of 50, 5X. His officer chewed him
out
| because he forgot to fire his 9th and 10th shots. Seems
he
| got confused while watching me shoot left handed.
|
| That became a very effective tactic in gallery shooting
with
| .22 rifles at 50 feet indoors. I would always try to
get a
| place on the firing line with the other team's best
right
| handed shooter. All I had to do was smile at them and
| they'd drop a shot.
|
| Is that unfair. Wish I had those target rifles today.
Had
| to sell them about 30 years ago to pay for a move from
Iowa
| to Kansas.
|
|
| --
| The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|
|
|
|
|

#58 May 27th 04, 05:41 AM

A very old joke, sorry.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
wrote in message
...
| Well, that certainly lowered the level. I can tell you
without having yet
| scrolled to the BOTTOM, that I don't use my hand and you
know what I use and
| I do not wish to discuss my habits in that regard any
further!
|
| Hmm, I better scroll to the bottom to be sure we're really
on the same page
| here...Yup; PHEW!
|
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| ...
| Which hand do you wipe with? See the answer at the
bottom.
| Pun intended.
| "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
| wrote in message
| ...
| | And I can't for the life of me figure out how right
handed
| folks write with
| | their right hand...oh, that's right, they use a
pen!:-)
| |
| | Hmm, genetic misfit? Since I believe I chose to use
my
| left hand for
| | writing (and whatever else amused me) I consider it an
| adaptation!
| |
| | --
| | Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| | Windows Shell/User
| | Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| | DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
| |
| | "David Candy" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Breaking the arm fixes it for as long as the arm
remains
| broken. So just
| | keep breaking the genetic misfit's left arm. Perhaps
in
| womb testing could
| | allow detection so a third trimester abortion could be
| performed. Perhaps
| | just smother them at birth. See lots of solutions.
| |
| | --
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| | http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html
| | "XS11E" wrote in message
| | ...
| | "Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)"
|
| | wrote in :
| |
| | It's my contention that quill pens are the reason
so
| many had such
| | nice penmanship back then. You see, they had to
be
| careful how
| | they wrote because if they weren't, the ink would
| smear!
| |
| | And what a blessing typewriters and word processors
have
| been for us
| | lefties! I spent my entire school years smearing my
| pencil or pen or
| | crayon work as I dragged my left hand over it as I
| wrote....
| |
| | BTW, If anyone cares, no amount of screaming from
the
| teacher fixes the
| | problem.
| |
| |
| | I use toilet paper.
|
|
|
|

#59 May 27th 04, 05:41 AM

I'm not into that as sport, but if things got serious I'd
prefer to have the Marines beside me.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"johnf" wrote in message
...
| No, it's ok, Jim, It's just the way you put it.
| I just had a mental picture of you both facing each other
with pistols
| raised.
|
| --
| johnf
|
| We were shooting in a Memorial Day Match at Camp Lincoln
| (Springfield, ILL). All shooters are on a line,
shooting at
| targets at the butts. Nobody gets hurt, shooting is the
| safest sport.
| There is a Range Master who controls every thing, when
you
| can load, when you can shoot and when you must cease
fire.
| Real guns, real citizens, real civil rights.
|
|
| --
| The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|
|
| "johnf" wrote in message
| ...
| "There was a Marine Sgt. with an M14 at the line and we
were face to
| face since I was shooting left handed."?
|
| I hope that's a typo - sounds like something from High
Noon. :-)
|
| --
| johnf
|
| I'm left-eyed and right handed, and shoot from the
left
| shoulder with rifle and shotgun but right handed for
most
| handgun. Once, I was shooting in a match with my
Remington
| 40 XB National Match .308 (7.62x51 NATO) off-hand
rapid fire
| at 200 yards. That requires a reload after 5 shots
and the
| time limit is 60 seconds. There was a Marine Sgt.
with an
| M14 at the line and we were face to face since I was
| shooting left handed. I would reach over the rifle
and work
| the bolt with my little finger. I finished my 10 shot
| string in about 57 seconds with a score of 47 out of
50-3 X,
| (the old target was 5 points with an X tie breaker)
and the
| Marine scored 40 out of 50, 5X. His officer chewed
him out
| because he forgot to fire his 9th and 10th shots.
Seems he
| got confused while watching me shoot left handed.
|
| That became a very effective tactic in gallery
shooting with
| .22 rifles at 50 feet indoors. I would always try to
get a
| place on the firing line with the other team's best
right
| handed shooter. All I had to do was smile at them and
| they'd drop a shot.
|
| Is that unfair. Wish I had those target rifles today.
Had
| to sell them about 30 years ago to pay for a move from
Iowa
| to Kansas.
|
|
| --
| The people think the Constitution protects their
rights;
| But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|
|
| "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
| wrote in message
| ...
| My mother stopped my father from trying to change me.
They say trying
| to change a child in that regard can have a bad
effect on them. I
| don't know because my father stopped trying almost as
soon as he had
| started.
|
| Then, ironies of ironies, he decided I should learn
to play
| golf...right handed, since, for a right handed
golfer, the power is
| in the left hand or so he thought. That didn't work
either, I didn't
| like trying to play golf right handed, it was
uncomfortable,
| unnatural and BIZARRE!LOL
|
| That said, when I played baseball, I was a switch
hitter and could
| hit with power from either side of the plate.
|
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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|
| "Peter A. Stavrakoglou" wrote
in message
| ...
| "XS11E" wrote in message
| ...
| "Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)"

| wrote in
:
|
| It's my contention that quill pens are the reason
so many had such
| nice penmanship back then. You see, they had to
be careful how
| they wrote because if they weren't, the ink would
smear!
|
| And what a blessing typewriters and word processors
have been for
| us lefties! I spent my entire school years
smearing my pencil or
| pen or crayon work as I dragged my left hand over
it as I wrote....
|
| BTW, If anyone cares, no amount of screaming from
the teacher fixes
| the problem.
|
| When screaming didn't work, they tried beating. My
mom was beat in
| school (public school) when she wrote with her left
hand. I recall
| my second grade teacher in 1967 insisting that I
wasn't left-handed
| - that I was putting on an act. She forced me to
write with my
| right hand. When my mom found out after I got home
that day, she
| wasted no time in making a path to the school to
"right" the
| situation. Seems her bad memories of getting beat
for something so
| natural riled up some of her anger that day.
|
|

#60 May 27th 04, 06:41 AM

I used to do some shooting but it was mostly for my own rating and amusement
on the rifle and pistol range. I never was into the team competitions at
least not as you describe. Nonetheless, I can appreciate your
accomplishment.

So Central Illinois...it seems we share that in common as well, I was born
in Chicago. Lived there until I was 7 years but I still have family there
and we used to go back every year. It's been many years since I've been
back there but I still think of Chicago as home; although, I don't pine for
those winters, especially when it's cold enough to freeze Lake Michigan.:-)

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Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
I wish I could live those days over, a lot of fun and
friendship going to rifle matches at gun clubs, YMCA's and
other locations all over central Illinois. It was like
bowling without the drinking (no alcohol allowed on the
range).
The standard 50 foot gallery target [.22 LR] had a black
bull's-eye about an inch across with a 10 ring that was
about 0.20 of an inch if I remember. To win you needed to
have all your bullets cutting that ring. The target had 10
bulls for record and a sighter that wasn't scored. You
fired one shot at each bull. We used 15-20 power scopes so
seeing the target wasn't the problem, it was holding still
and having good control of your breath, heart rate and
trigger finger. During practice sessions we who shoot flies
and mosquitoes that landed on our targets. A match had 40
shots for record with 400 possible points. My average was
about 392. They also came out with an International target,
the 10 ring was a dot .008 inches, it was a tougher target.
High power shooting was at 200-600 yards and involved slow
and rapid fire from the four positions.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
wrote in message
...
| That's very funny about the Marine.
|
| Great psych move, Jim!:-)
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| ...
| I'm left-eyed and right handed, and shoot from the left
| shoulder with rifle and shotgun but right handed for
most
| handgun. Once, I was shooting in a match with my
Remington
| 40 XB National Match .308 (7.62x51 NATO) off-hand rapid
fire
| at 200 yards. That requires a reload after 5 shots and
the
| time limit is 60 seconds. There was a Marine Sgt. with
an
| M14 at the line and we were face to face since I was
| shooting left handed. I would reach over the rifle and
work
| the bolt with my little finger. I finished my 10 shot
| string in about 57 seconds with a score of 47 out of
50-3 X,
| (the old target was 5 points with an X tie breaker) and
the
| Marine scored 40 out of 50, 5X. His officer chewed him
out
| because he forgot to fire his 9th and 10th shots. Seems
he
| got confused while watching me shoot left handed.
|
| That became a very effective tactic in gallery shooting
with
| .22 rifles at 50 feet indoors. I would always try to
get a
| place on the firing line with the other team's best
right
| handed shooter. All I had to do was smile at them and
| they'd drop a shot.
|
| Is that unfair. Wish I had those target rifles today.
Had
| to sell them about 30 years ago to pay for a move from
Iowa
| to Kansas.
|
|
| --
| The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|
|
|
|
|

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