Astonishing Facts....
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silverfoxcc said:
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From a leftie
Who eats right handed
Plays tennis and bats at cricket right handed
Bowls left handed
Plays guitar Left handed ( did you know that both everly Bros were left handed but play right handed?)
Has big problems with scissors and can openers
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Sounds just like my son - leftieFrom a leftie
Who eats right handed
Plays tennis and bats at cricket right handed
Bowls left handed
Plays guitar Left handed ( did you know that both everly Bros were left handed but play right handed?)
Has big problems with scissors and can openers
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Eats right handed
Bats right handed - many say this is better as the dominant hand is then at the top
Bowls left handed
Fences Left handed
Has tried guitar right handed - maybe he should try left handed
Has big problems with scissors
Confusing as hell
paulrockliffe said:
SpeckledJim said:
Some aim for the autumn, so that the kids are the oldest in the class. This reaps some self-confidence and achievement benefits (apparently).
But f
ks you over on nursery costs as there's another 12 months to pay.TwigtheWonderkid said:
paulrockliffe said:
SpeckledJim said:
Some aim for the autumn, so that the kids are the oldest in the class. This reaps some self-confidence and achievement benefits (apparently).
But fks you over on nursery costs as there's another 12 months to pay.LivingTheDream said:
Sounds just like my son - leftie
Eats right handed
Bats right handed - many say this is better as the dominant hand is then at the top
Bowls left handed
Fences Left handed
Has tried guitar right handed - maybe he should try left handed
Has big problems with scissors
Confusing as hell
I'm left-handed but play guitar, golf and cricket (bowling, fielding and batting) right-handed.Eats right handed
Bats right handed - many say this is better as the dominant hand is then at the top
Bowls left handed
Fences Left handed
Has tried guitar right handed - maybe he should try left handed
Has big problems with scissors
Confusing as hell
However, the strange handedness thing I do is play tennis left-handed but serve right-handed and swap hands between the serve and the first return. I've never come across anyone else who does this. Being left-handed is quite an advantage against decent players as their game tends to be built around exploiting weaknesses in right-handed players - the serving thing just adds an extra layer of confusion!
Golf is a strange one. I play right-handed but I think that is really how a left-hander should play. The golf swing should feel like a backhand stroke in a racket sport which means all those right-handed players should really buy left-handed clubs. As evidence, Ben Hogan, Curtis Strange, Byron Nelson and Greg Norman were left-handed and played golf right-handed. Bob Charles, Phil Mickelson, Mike Weir and Bubba Watson are the only left-handers to win a major championship and, of those four, Bubba Watson is the only one who is actually left-handed outside of golf.
davhill said:
In The Wizard of Oz (1939) Jack Hayley played the Tin Man. The actor cast first was Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett from The Beverly Hillbilles). He got as far dress rehearsals but aluminium powder in the makeup made him too ill to continue.
Another great fact is that in the scene where everything goes into technicolour, they had to create a set, wardrobe and makeup that looked entirely black and white. In the scene there is a quick body swap as she goes through the door so the double in sepia, that you only see the back of, jumps out the way and Dorothy walks through the door in a blue dress and into Oz. Many people didn't realise that it was a colour film so after 19 minutes of sepia they were amazed.davhill said:
In The Wizard of Oz (1939) Jack Hayley played the Tin Man. The actor cast first was Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett from The Beverly Hillbilles). He got as far dress rehearsals but aluminium powder in the makeup made him too ill to continue.
He is supposedly in a couple of long shots but nobody's ever proved it one way or another.Reading about the making of the film, it sounds bloody dangerous - toxic makeup, exploding broomsticks...
Halmyre said:
He is supposedly in a couple of long shots but nobody's ever proved it one way or another.
Reading about the making of the film, it sounds bloody dangerous - toxic makeup, exploding broomsticks...
And asbestos for the fake snow, mind you it was also used in Bing Crosbys White Christmas and sold over the counter to give your home decorations a festive look!Reading about the making of the film, it sounds bloody dangerous - toxic makeup, exploding broomsticks...
louiechevy said:
And asbestos for the fake snow, mind you it was also used in Bing Crosbys White Christmas and sold over the counter to give your home decorations a festive look!
Well, yeah, but it didn't hurt anyone in those old black and white days, just like smoking, did it? I dunno, all this H&S s
te these days ...King James II of Scotland was an artillery enthusiast and when he besieged Roxburgh Castle in 1460 (one of the last Scottish castles to be held by the English), he took many cannon with him.
These cannon were imported from Flanders. On 3rd August 1460 he was standing by one known as 'The Lion'.
On being fired, it exploded.
In his history of the king's reign, Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie wrote, 'As the King stood near a piece of artillery, his thigh bone was dug in two with a piece of misframed gun that brake in shooting, by which he was stricken to the ground and died hastily.' James was 29 years old.
'The Lion' was a 1.1/2 ton artillery piece with a barrel of hoop and stave construction as was common at the time. The iron hoops surrounded and contained the staves (hence 'barrel') and it was a hoop, rather than the frame or carriage, that failed. James was hit by a piece of the hoop.
If it was any consolation, Roxburgh castle fell to James's forces soon after.
These cannon were imported from Flanders. On 3rd August 1460 he was standing by one known as 'The Lion'.
On being fired, it exploded.
In his history of the king's reign, Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie wrote, 'As the King stood near a piece of artillery, his thigh bone was dug in two with a piece of misframed gun that brake in shooting, by which he was stricken to the ground and died hastily.' James was 29 years old.
'The Lion' was a 1.1/2 ton artillery piece with a barrel of hoop and stave construction as was common at the time. The iron hoops surrounded and contained the staves (hence 'barrel') and it was a hoop, rather than the frame or carriage, that failed. James was hit by a piece of the hoop.
If it was any consolation, Roxburgh castle fell to James's forces soon after.
Edited by davhill on Monday 25th June 15:06
Edited by davhill on Monday 25th June 15:07
john2443 said:
Moonhawk said:
My wife is right handed - but eats with cutlery swapped over.
I'm the same. Everything else I do right handed.Use a spoon in right hand for taking food from vessel to mouth.
Swap to left hand whilst using a fork! Why? So you can use a knife with your more dominant hand? Just learn to use a knife in the left hand! It is not brain surgery, it is sausages!
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