OT? Do left-handed people's phone cords twist the other way?

Nor phones with cords.

Why does a right-hander hold the phone in his right hand? Why isn't it natural to hold the phone in the left hand so the right can dial and be available while talking?

My left hand is more dexterous, but I prefer to dial with my right. My left ear hears a little better, but I prefer to listen to conversation with my right. So I pick up the phone with my left hand to dial with my right, then switch it to my right hand to listen. The right side is better at sequential things. Dialing and language are sequential.

I wonder how many people are like me, dialing with the right hand, then switching to hold the phone with the right hand.

In cramped cockpits since about 1910, the right hand has operated elevators and ailerons. In cockpits with more room, both hands worked together.

Then came the Airbus, where the joystick was for the pilot's left hand. Subsequent FAA research showed that pilots could control an airplane more precisely and with less fatigue using the left hand alone. The most experienced pilots found the greatest improvement. The left side is better at spacial things such as controlling an airplane's attitude.

Rich Grise wrote in news:pan.2008.02.12.01.23.33.508844 @example.net:

Quite possibly...

But what about my DMM leads? They seem to twist up both ways, but they always seem to be twisted no matter what....

Nope, I'm left handed, I answer the phone with my right hand, hold it to my right ear, and write or type with my left hand. No problem, no twist. All you have to do to solve your problem, is to learn to write left handed, as god intended. :)

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What's a phone cord? 8-) Bob

Whats a "Phone cord"?

I was sure the Airbus planes I have been on had two pilots. One on the left and one on the right. Either could fly the plane, but the left one was of higher rank and so usually did the flying. Are you saying they both used their left hands to fly? Seems a little awkward for the pilot in the righthand seat!

Paul

" snipped-for-privacy@coinet.com" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

Nope, Airbus Left seat has throttles and joystick on left, right seat has them on the right. Always two pilots bus like all commercial airliners....

Hmm. I control spacial movement in games with my left hand: forward, backward, strafe, etc., and direction with my right hand (mouse typically).

But that's hardly my original choice; "WASD" keys go back years. And directional controls on the left even before that (e.g., Nintendo).

Tim

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Here's a data point that supports that theory:

My left arm is disabled, so I only use my right hand for holding the phone. My phone cord never gets twisted.

I don't think anyone doubts the theory. My point was that the note taking was incidental, as changing hands for any reason will create the same effect.

I just did an experiment with my office phone. I set it near the edge of the desk so that the cord hung free. It had about 3 twists. I started picking up the handset with my right hand, switching it my left hand and hung it up.

I did this repeatedly and noticed the cord had more twists than before (seemed to take multiple lift/hangup cycles to get a full twist).

I then reversed the procedure, lifting left and hanging up right. After a while, the cord was twist free.

Yes, a pilot is a person qualified to operate the controls of an aircraft. There could be hundreds of pilots on an Airbus.

It used to be that *the* pilot meant the captain of the aircraft. Has that changed?

I always use my right hand for the mouse because I've never taken the trouble to learn otherwise. If four-year olds were told to alternate, I wonder which hand most would come to prefer.

The right-handed rifleman uses his left arm to aim, which seems trickier than pulling the trigger. It was the same with archers. A lot of right-handers use their left hand for another tricky spatial task, threading a needle.

In WWII, controlling the attitude of a Mustang was tricky, like threading a needle, because it could change so fast. This would cause a lot of fatigue on long missions. I wonder if left-handed flying would have been less fatiguing.

I, too, hold the phone to my right ear and write with my left hand. I'd pick up a phone with whatever hand was closest and dial with the other. After I thought about it, I discovered that I could dial faster and more accurately with my right hand.

You, dear sir, have too much time on your hands. I'm right handed and only use left ear & left hand to hold phone. Phone pickup is done with left hand. Phone cord gets twisted something fierce. Really is wierd to hold a phone to the right ear. I think twisted phone cords are due to the coriolis effect.

Here I always thought you used your eye to aim with. :-)[joke] for the humoe impared. ...lew...

All these "arguments" may be well and good BUT the ear some of use is the ONE we can hear with. :-( ...lew...

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