[Elecraft] Left vs right handed keying

[EricJ]

 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

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:46 AM
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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.
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"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