Left Handed store

[alamode]

On the podcast today they were mentioning a left handed store, and how strange it was to have something like this at Downtown Disney.

When my family went last May, there was a left handed section of a Magnets store at Downtown Disney. My son 9, who is left handed, was helped quite a bit by some of the gadgets they had there, as well as the very nice words of encouragement and stories from the left-handed person that worked there.

I assume it's the same group, and if it's still there when we go on our next WDW trip this May, we will definately make a special trip to Downtown Disney for it.

[exwdwcm]

kind of strange? sure. But so is a magnet store. but i love it and cant' wait to check it out. I've never been to one, but get so sick of having ink smeared all over my hand or bumping up against the wire spiral on a notebook. I'll have to check it out next time. :thumbsup2

[WaltD4Me]

kind of strange? sure. But so is a magnet store. but i love it and cant' wait to check it out. I've never been to one, but get so sick of having ink smeared all over my hand or bumping up against the wire spiral on a notebook. I'll have to check it out next time. :thumbsup2

Yep, it's great when I can find left handed things. I have an awful time with scissors and it's so nice to write in a notebook with the spiral/binding on the "right" side. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a disability, but there are some left handed gadgets out there that do make things easier.

[Annette_VA]

I remember a similar store in San Francisco. It's got some pretty cool stuff :thumbsup2 (and I'm not even left-handed!)

[luke]

Maybe it would fit in better at Universal ;)

http://doriselisabustamante.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/leftorium.jpg

:goodvibes

[Emmabean2000]

Oddly enough, we stopped there last night. Not a huge selection, but my 9 year old DD is starting to sew, and they had a nice selection of higher quality scissors for her left hand. Was not expecting to spend money on left handed souvies, but when in Rome...

[robertgp124]

I just googled Left Handed Store and

http://www.leftyslefthanded.com/

came up as the first result in Google.

As I lefty, I have to check this out. :banana:

[BernardandMissBianca]

Wow, how did I miss this in December?!

I had to explain to the 8th graders in DS13's class the other day why I flipped my notebook over. They were in awe, it was funny. I pretty much write in every book backwards now.
And yes the streaks of ink are the worst!! I hated using erasable pens in middle school.

[dustyraye]

I worked at a cart that sold left-handed stuff that was in a local mall when I was in high school. Right-handed parents used to ask me all the time if I could show their young left-handed kids how to cut with scissors. I probably sold more pairs of left-handed kiddie scissors than anything else on the cart, because the parents were so happy that their kid could finally cut a (relatively) straight line!

[kymickeyfan717]

There are all kinds of left handed products out there on the market. I come from a family of lefties (all the girls are southpaws). I used to buy the stuff all the time when I was in school - loved the left handed notebooks. My handwriting improved greatly.

I remember back in college I had to do a problem/solution speech for a communications class - I did problems left-handers have living in a right-handed world. I bought in all kinds of products that can cause issues for lefties - tooth-brushes, knives, hair-dryers, etc. Quite a few people were surprised how everyday stuff can be a problem for lefties.

At my house growing up it was different - everything was for a lefty so my brother had to adjust since he was the "odd-ball'

:rotfl:

[Madi100]

We saw some of this in the magnet store. The notebooks were great. I considered buying one for DD, but until I knew if she'd use it decided against it. As a lefty I have learned to adapt.

[safetymom]

Wow, how did I miss this in December?!

I had to explain to the 8th graders in DS13's class the other day why I flipped my notebook over. They were in awe, it was funny. I pretty much write in every book backwards now.
And yes the streaks of ink are the worst!! I hated using erasable pens in middle school.

The store just opened. :)

[longing2Batdisney]

This is so cool! as a lefty I pretty much learned to do everything the way a right handed person would do; including writing. I hated how I had ink and pencil smears on my hands and arms all the time. So, I had a friend and her sister work with me over a summer and re teach me to write. I can write upside down like alot of lefties; but try not to draw too much attention. I even learned to play the guitar right handed (that was an accomplishment). I believe my DD17 was going to be a lefty and a teacher persuaded him otherwise...he is right handed and his hand writing is the worse thing I have ever seen.

Can't wait to visit the store; my husband alsways makes fun of me...this is going to be a hoot!
Thanks! for sharing!!!

[Mish19]

As a lefty I was very interested when I heard Downtown Disney has a left handed store. I used to be so excited when I got to a classroom that had a left-side chair desk.

[bellaDisneydncr]

I'm so excited for this store!! I'll definitely have to check it out on my next trip.

And I have to add my favorite lefty quote :goodvibes :
"Everyone is born right handed - only the greatest can overcome it!"

[elemusing]

My favorite quote is "Left handed people are in their right mind!"

I am adopted - the only lefty in my family. I was taught to do everything right handed and I blame my clumsiness for that.

I love left handed notebooks! And I too have the eternal smudge on my left hand from the ink. Does everyone know that you can make your mouse left-handed? I love that! So much easier!

And I love the left-handed store. Bought some stuff in there just this past trip! And note- the smiley that I am using here- is using his LEFT thumb! :thumbsup2

[CdnDisneyNut]

I was in the market for a video camera a couple of years ago and asked the sales person if they had a camera for the left hand. He thought that I was crazy. Then I asked him to pick up a camera and try to use it with your left hand. He then knew what I was talking about.

Hope to visit the store on my next trip

[firsttimemom]

Yep, it's great when I can find left handed things. I have an awful time with scissors and it's so nice to write in a notebook with the spiral/binding on the "right" side. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a disability, but there are some left handed gadgets out there that do make things easier.

through lack of lefty scissors growing up, I'm much more adept at cutting right handed than left. But those spiral notebooks would be a godsend!

[doconeill]

All true male O'Neills descended from the High Kings of olde are lefties (well, so they say - and the men in my family are)...going back to legend of the Red Hand of Ulster - in a race to earn the kingship of the land, it was decided that there would be a race (some say a boat race, some a horse race) where whoever's hand first touched the shore would be declared king. When one of them realized he would lose, he cut off his right hand (in some stories, left hand) and threw it to the shore, and was proclaimed king.

So I get a kick out of lefty stuff...I once had a left-handed mug (that puzzled people).

I actually write with my write hand though as I was ambidextrous as a kid, and the teacher forced me to use just one hand, and made me use my right hand...

[WaltD4Me]

Do any of the lefties here get made fun of because of their check marks? I make "leftie" check marks, with the bigger "tail" of the check on the left. People always notice this and comment ... "Why are your checkmarks backwards?" :laughing:

I love my lefty scissors, but the left handed notebooks are so expensive, I just buy notebooks with the spiral on top.

[kymickeyfan717]

Do any of the lefties here get made fun of because of their check marks? I make "leftie" check marks, with the bigger "tail" of the check on the left. People always notice this and comment ... "Why are your checkmarks backwards?" :laughing:

I love my lefty scissors, but the left handed notebooks are so expensive, I just buy notebooks with the spiral on top.


I get that all the time - everyone always says I'm backwards. I even wear my watch on my left hand. It's funny at work - everyone can tell what work is mine when we all checkmark stuff because there is only 1 mark going the opposite way :lmao:

[Mouse Skywalker]

Another Left-Hander here, and I need to check out this store before I leave on this trip.

[safetymom]

It's on the water side in DTD by the $10 store.

[doconeill]

Do any of the lefties here get made fun of because of their check marks? I make "leftie" check marks, with the bigger "tail" of the check on the left. People always notice this and comment ... "Why are your checkmarks backwards?" :laughing:

I love my lefty scissors, but the left handed notebooks are so expensive, I just buy notebooks with the spiral on top.

I've always noticed that my dad (total true lefty) tended to draw off the end of the words - hard to explain, but its like leaving a trailing line after the last word, as if emphasizing it on a signature or something. I don't know if his checkmarks were "backwards", but they looked funny, as both lines were slanted to the right...

Do others write as if they're doing it upside down, with their hand curled completely around to come from above the line? My dad said this was how he was forced to do it in school, because otherwise his hand would swipe across the still-drying ink...

[alamode]

My 9 year old son was having a very difficult time learning cursive (Yes, some schools still teach that).

[elemusing]

I don't write upside down, I drag my wretched hand through the ink. ugh.

I do wear my watch on the "wrong" wrist. Friends will come up to check my arm for the time, and say - hey where is you watch. But it is impossible for me to use my right hand to buckle it - so I have to wear it on the right arm.

I meant to say in my last post that even my coffeemaker is right handed. The internal pump part comes up on the left side so you can pour the water in with your right hand. I always have to turn the coffeemaker around the wrong way to pour it in with my left hand so I don't splash it all out around the pump. ugh.

Oh, and my check marks are backward AND I staple papers on the "wrong" side. My students all think it is weird. haha

[georgemoe]

Add another to the leftie DISer list.

Not a true leftie though.

Left hand: Write, throw, fork*, basketball
Right hand: Hockey shot, golf, beer
Both: Batting, hockey goalie

* fork goes to the right hand when I'm using a knife. :)

Do others write as if they're doing it upside down, with their hand curled completely around to come from above the line? My dad said this was how he was forced to do it in school, because otherwise his hand would swipe across the still-drying ink...

Yes Brian I have the cursive claw. :lmao:

Teachers actually loved my printing and penmanship considering I was left handed and used the claw. To them I was something special. :rotfl:

[corky441]

I used to be so excited when I got to a classroom that had a left-side chair desk.

through lack of lefty scissors growing up, I'm much more adept at cutting right handed than left. But those spiral notebooks would be a godsend!

I think I had a permanent blue "bruise" on my left hand while in school. I felt very left out ( no pun intended ) when Flair pens were all the rage - I could never begin to use one to write :guilty:

I remember having an assignment in Home Ec class - we had to reorganize the kitchen cupboards at home - needless to say that was a major disaster - I put everything away so I could reach it better - cup handles, pot handles everything was turned the "wrong" way for my mother :scared1:

My DH still laughs at me when I look through magazines too - I start at the back and flip to the front. ;)

[elemusing]

My DH still laughs at me when I look through magazines too - I start at the back and flip to the front. ;)


OH My GOSH! I do that cause I'm left handed? I thought I was just weird!

[Mish19]

In college I had to do an internship and choose a preschool. I was asked to set the table for lunch and put the fork on the left and spoon on the right. The teacher asked me why I set it like that and I told her that is the correct way to do it. She re-set it with both utensils on the right side and said, "we don't like to promote left-handedness". I'm proud of being a lefty! Random people come up to me as I'm writing to tell me - "Wow your hand-writing isn't bad for a lefty"...Umm thanks?

[GoofyforDisney3]

I was in the market for a video camera a couple of years ago and asked the sales person if they had a camera for the left hand. He thought that I was crazy. Then I asked him to pick up a camera and try to use it with your left hand. He then knew what I was talking about.

Hope to visit the store on my next trip

Maybe that is why my mom has always had a hard time taking pictures with her camara. Never thought about it that way before.

Several years ago I found a pair of really nice expense left handed scissors on sale for next to nothing and I was so proud to buy them for my mom. Well, after close to 50 years using right handed scissors up side down, she can not cut properly with these left handed scissors and actually hates them. :laughing: So much for being a kind and caring daughter.

Also, growing up, I hated to use her knives. She always made them dull on the "right" side and she never had serrated edge ones because she couldn't cut with them.

[Disney Khi]

Maybe it would fit in better at Universal ;)

http://doriselisabustamante.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/leftorium.jpg

:goodvibes

Ned was all I could think about when they were talking about it on the podcast! :lmao:

[blabbermouth]

Proud lefty here. But I've learned to check the 'right' way... I'm an accountant, I don't want to be responsible for the lefty ticks! Also, always managed to use righty scissors in my left hand? Didn't know it was tricky... unless they're really bad scissors. But I do blame my pathetic writing and sports skills on my leftiness. I'll definitely check this store out!

[onestepcloser]

Maybe it would fit in better at Universal ;)

http://doriselisabustamante.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/leftorium.jpg

:goodvibes



Ned was all I could think about when they were talking about it on the podcast! :lmao:

I'm with y'all here! I actually started laughing out loud on the train when it got mentioned! I was like, "I can't believe the Leftorium is real!"

Thanks for being right there with me, guys. :laughing:

[firsttimemom]

Do others write as if they're doing it upside down, with their hand curled completely around to come from above the line? My dad said this was how he was forced to do it in school, because otherwise his hand would swipe across the still-drying ink...

my mom writes like that- it looks painful! I guess I'm a 'dragger' because there's always a smear of ink on my left hand. I was in college when the erasable ink pens came out. That was a disaster!

We'll be back at the world in a few days and I'm going to take (drag) my kids here. I'll post pics of what I find!

[firsttimemom]

I do wear my watch on the "wrong" wrist. Friends will come up to check my arm for the time, and say - hey where is you watch. But it is impossible for me to use my right hand to buckle it - so I have to wear it on the right arm.

I also wear my watch on the *wrong* wrist. And now my kids (both righties) wear theirs on their right wrists, too. I've never shown them how to put it on. I guess they've looked at how I did it and that's how they do it, too. Cracks me up!

[WaltD4Me]

Proud lefty here. But I've learned to check the 'right' way... I'm an accountant, I don't want to be responsible for the lefty ticks! Also, always managed to use righty scissors in my left hand? Didn't know it was tricky... unless they're really bad scissors. But I do blame my pathetic writing and sports skills on my leftiness. I'll definitely check this store out!

Yes, it's tough to learn sports left handed. I like to play golf once in awhile, but I'm not very good and I had an awful time learning left handed. I always like watching Phil Mickelson...he is left handed and does pretty well! :teeth:

[blabbermouth]

Yeah, my golf game is pretty poor. I always look creepy at the driving range because I'm trying to check out other lefties! DH the righty is no help, actually I probably confuse him more than he confuses me!

[Becx N Gav]

I also wear my watch on the *wrong* wrist. And now my kids (both righties) wear theirs on their right wrists, too. I've never shown them how to put it on. I guess they've looked at how I did it and that's how they do it, too. Cracks me up!

I didn't know righties were supposed to wear their watch on their left arm :confused3 I've always worn mine on my left arm :laughing:

DH is a leftie - he's got very neat writing and is also good at most things right handed (playing guitar, golf, using a mouse). I've tried to write left handed and while it's legible it's not very neat :rolleyes:

We'll have to check out this store :thumbsup2

[katscradle]

Add another lefty to the growing # here.
I am lefthanded and the only one in my family.
I yes drag my hand through the writing and wind up with the ink stains on my hand. I never thought about the camera aspect, know wonder I am so uncomfortable taking pictures, I just thought I wasn't very good.
I will definately check out this store the next time we go to WDW. :)