Well my son is learning the clarinet now!
What are your non-gardening hobbies?
Yankee, I never thought about knitting for left-handers! Interesting. I should have thought of it since my DH is left-handed, and it is definitely a right-handers world!
Was there a problem with the items you knitted "backwards"? Or could you not even knit unless the directions were reversed? And was reversing them something you could do yourself or did you need someone else to do it? Wow, all these little things that lefties have to consider that we righties take for granted! My poor DH can't even use a manual can opener without grief.
Looks fine in the mirror.
When it came to making armholes - the shape was wrong. I just gave up knitting except for the very occasional scarf. Had the same problem with crocheting. Now quilting - there was no problem with the right /left thing with that. Just don't have time to quilt with two jobs and a garden and DG.
I used to play clarinet, I loaned it out to the babysitter my sister used and she sent it back to me broken. real nice, what's the matter with people.
I'm also addicted to e-mail scrabble...hard to find worthy opponents though ;)
Um, how do you play e-mail scrabble, and just whom do you consider worthy?
Victor, how long has he been taking lessons? (I hope he's been taking lessons . . .) Clarinets can be very lovely!
There is a scrabble site. They automatically send you a link when it's your turn. A worthy opponent would be one who wins occasionally! I've played with a few people who never quite understand the strategy involved...scrabble is like chess with words...they lose 5 or 6 games in a row and I never see them again.
Just started in school this year, Carrie. I'm hoping he will really like it and will want to continue with private lessons. I really love the clarinet. One of my biggest regrets is never learning an instrument. I went to Catholic school so we never had instruments. Too $$.
I am toying with the idea of taking guitar lessons. I assume it's a much steeper learning curve for adults.
I took guitar lessons as a teen. My teacher finally gave up after a year, I had a mental block when it came to reading music. He clued in that I was memorizing the music because I couldn't read it.
You're not helping!^_^
hehehe...sorry.
Yes and no, Victor. As an adult, one can understand some of the concepts intellectually more easily. You might never have the facility of someone who started guitar at age 9 with a 3/4 size guitar, but you probably DO understand the necessity of practice and have the discipline to practice. I say, go for it!
Thanks. I can always assume a 9 yr old mentality.
Lee Anne, if I were playing scrabble against just you, i might do it but with strangers - I don't think so! However, I could teach you to read music (in person - not online) and there's nothing wrong with memorizing!
Back to the drawing board - keyboard - you know - current composition.
I tried guitar. I could never get the callouses built up enough on my fingertips to stop the pain.
Oh boy - more good news!
lol, don't let that stop you Victor. I think I had overly sensitive fingertips.
I did like the piano, I just discovered it too late.
Maybe the kazoo?
I've always wanted to learn to play piano. Always. I've been thinking more about it lately. Until I got sick a few years back I was taking skating lessons. I figured get the skating lessons while I was still young enough to get out on the ice. Piano I can learn when I'm older. I can sit and do that, lol.
Now that I haven't been on the ice for a couple of years, perhaps it's time to think about that piano again.
Threegardeners, your comment about a worthy opponent made me laugh, remembering my mother's favorite saying. I come from a large, loud family, a family who loved, shall we say, debating with one another, whether it be world politics or one's favorite laundry detergent. When my mom gets into a debate with someone, anyone, and this person won't see her point, she'll declare, "I will not fight a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent!"
I've heard the kazoo can lead to loss of breath followed by vertigo. Better stick with the guitar.
I am a lefty---but I knit right-handed & crochet left-handed--I guess I know why my projects look like they do! Wish I had learned an instrument, also, but I was third in line in the sibling dept---the older ones didn't practice, instruments were sold & I never got the chance!
Great line, Dee!
Isn't it great? Can't take credit for it, but I do try to use it when I can, lol.
Robindog, funny about using both hands. I wonder why some people do that. My son is a rightie for everything except hockey. He uses a lefty stick. The good thing there is that I can tell which is his and which is his sister's. Makes it easier when I have to load the hockey equipment into the car.
I like that line also Digger. I am burning into my memory banks for the next time I need it. Which will be too soon ;)
Reminds me of my friend's dad's line - 'Everyone has a right to be stupid, but you're abusing that right!'
Why don't we all just hum? When I played softball many yrs ago I threw overhand lefthanded, underhand right handed & batted right handed. Since I used a fielder's glove I could playcatcher--easier throwing to first base lh, but more difficult to third.
Lee Anne?!
yes?
Dee and Victor - those are both great lines to be used on special occasions, shall we say? There is a person in our family that just loves to argue without any knowledge of the subject. She always said she thought she should be an attorney because she loves to argue so much. I didn't say it out loud, but attorneys don't do well in court when they don't know their facts inside and out. She would last about one day. LOL
She might also fall into the "say nothing and appear bright rather than opening your mouth and letting everyone know you're the fool" or something like that. The verbage is not quite correct.
Politicians kill that theory, Louise! Most are lawyers.
On the contrary, Victor - I think most of them demonstrate my point. LOL
Hee hee. But their penalty for ignorance is called re-election.
Is it "better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and confirm it"?
Twain?
Cat - whatever the exact quote is, it's a good one, and very on point!