In the mid-80's I was in a graduate seminar in economics at CSUF. There were 9 of us including the professor sitting around a circular table. I was writing something and looked up. The hair on the back of my neck stood up. Everyone, including the professor, was left-handed. I didn't get a chance to see which ones were bed wetters, suicidal or accident prone, but none of us had learning disabilities.
Eric KE6US -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:46 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Left vs right handed keying Years ago, a good friend and long-term ham (right handed) told me that the proportion of hams who are left handed exceeds the overall population average (~10%) by a "significant" amount. He offered a few lame reasons for this. Given that 43.3 percent of all people make up their own statistics, I've continued to wonder about this ... not all the time, just every now and then. --- "What does left-handedness mean, practically speaking? Medical literature reports that lefties more accident prone, are more likely to have their fingers amputated by power-tools, suffer more wrist fractures. Lefties are more susceptible to allergies, auto-immune diseases, bed-wetting, depression, drug abuse, epilepsy, hypnotism, low birth weight, schizophrenia, sleeping disorders, suicide attempts, and certain learning disabilities. Lefties are six times likelier to die in an accident, and four times to likelier to die while driving." Bed wetting? How have any of us actually survived to retirement? 73, Fred K6DGW Auburn CA CM98lw _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
