RE: lefty's

LOL - In my horrible clay I'm usually jumping up and down on the shovel
with both feet.  

Lynda
West TN - Zone 7

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Libby Valentine
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:38 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] lefty's


Correct for Hebrew, think so on Arabic but not positive.  And kanji
(Chinese and Japanese characters) are written vertically but the
individual strokes that make up an individual character are all made
left to right or top to bottom, in specified sequence.

Majorly COOL on the artwork, Jess!!

I'm apparently in the minority in this group, right-handed with
ambidextrous capabilities.

Just for fun, when digging a hole, which foot do you put on the shovel
to step down on it?

Libby
Maryland zone 6

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] lefty's


> Don't know. But it occurs tome that the Jews and Arabs do write right 
> to left. Anyone?
>
>
> On Friday, June 25, 2004, at 10:44 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> > And...one more thing....if we read and wrote from right to left....I

> > bet the majority of people would be left handed. What do you think?
> >
> >
> > Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:I was ambidextrous as a kid 
> > - MAJORLY - when I colored, I had a crayon in both hands, when I 
> > drew a picture, I had a pencil in my right hand and a crayon in the 
> > left. When I used Play-Dough..I would shape and mold
> > with both hands...then I went to kindergarten. They would not allow
me
> > to draw, write or cut with my left hand...so there ya go. Why do
people
> > CARE? When I asked my grandfather, who did calligraphy and
copperplate,
> > he said it was because the pens they used back then were designed
for
> > the right hand, like scissors, and to make or convert one of the
pens
> > for the left hand was just considered a hassle and because they used
> > ink
> > in a bottle, if you used your left hand (we right from left to
right)
> > it
> > would smear the ink before it was dry. And penmanship was a major
deal
> > back then. Regular handwriting was a work of art and they were
graded
> > on
> > it. Now that three year olds are using the computer most of that has
> > gone by the wayside. And...by the way...I was taught
> >
> > calligraphy, Spencerian and copperplate by an 80 year old master who

> > used to design the diplomas that hang on the walls (he did them by 
> > hand and had them reproduced). When I do envelopes and such, I just 
> > doodle and use crappy old calligraphy pens...but I have some artwork

> > and calligraphy (illumination with 14K gold on it) that I did when I

> > worked with him...and one of the pieces now hangs in Morocco...in 
> > the palace. Kind of cool, huh? LOL (just some trivial info for 
> > ya'll)
> >
> >
> > Jess

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