The past is a different country. They do things differently there.

[geniecolgan]

    I'm a lefty and dyslexic 

Oh! those steel nibs..... arghh!!!  blots all over the place but we did overcome didn't we eh?

[Lydart]

I was unfortunate in that I was (probably) a natural leftie writer, but was encouraged made to write right handed at school.  Then I had encephalitus aged 7, and lost everything from before that age, so had to relearn everything ... reading, writing, memories ...

Where's Gadgets neurologist ??  !!

[Gadget]

Hi Lydart

We're still NHS ain't we    I don't have one. I was hoping someone might come and help out. Surely there must be a brain surgeon on Roots 

Just realised that we  were born before the NHS - no wonder my aunty, the midwife, delivered me 

Gadget 

[chinakay]

My father (b 1922) used to get rapped on the knuckles for writing left-handed. So he wrote righthanded for the rest of his life, but did everything else (scissors etc) lefthanded.

IIRC, penicillin was discovered in abt 1928 by Alexander Fleming, but wasn't produced in quantity until abt 1944 or 45.

Cheers,
China

[chinakay]

BTW, how the heck can you have a left-handed pen

C

[geniecolgan]

Dashed if I know  .... didn't know kids used pens these days anyway 

Cachanded Kate 

[meles]

How the heck can you have a left-handed pen

It's a fountain pen, the the nib is slightly twisted to make it easier for us lefties to write. I personally find it makes it harder - but I do ruin every fountain pen I ever buy in a few monthsor less.    Never lend a fountain pen to a lefty - they will damage it.

meles

[Jean McGurn]

I discovered about 10 years ago that you can do the 9 x table (up to 10 x 9) using your hands.

Hold both hands in front of you starting with number one with your left thumb, and if you want to know 7 x 9 hold your 7th finger down and  you have 5 fingers on your left hand and on your right hand 1 finger up , one held down then three left up and hey presto the answers 63.

Oh why didn't I know that at school because the 9's I couldn't seem to  grasp 

Jean

[meles]

My Dad taught me that - then asked me what 12x9 was...

meles