Comments on: Left or Right?

By: dustbury.com » Mostly to the left

dustbury.com » Mostly to the left — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:30:45 +0000

[...] not talking politics this time. He’s talking wristwatches: I have always worn mine on my left wrist. Being right-handed and being old enough to remember when [...]

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:16:17 +0000

Ted…unbelievable…the similarities, except when I ride a skateboard I land on my ass and don’t really get much of a chance to lead in any direction.

By: TED

TED — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:50:20 +0000

Back when I had a watch I would wear it on my left arm. I haven’t worn one since I was a young teen. They are uncomfortable and get in the way. I write with my left hand but do nearly everything else with my right. Exceptions are that I would sometimes kick with my left foot in kickball (elementary school) and would lead with my left on a skateboard (young teen again). I have found that on a chalkboard (or dry erase board) I can write pretty good with my right hand. I can take a piece of chalk (or marker) in each hand and write my name simultaneously with both hands. The two signatures will be almost the same. If we are going to play a game of baseball or kickball I want to be on Erika’s team since my answers are very similar to hers (comment 14)!

By: Elisson

Elisson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:34:22 +0000

This question was so thought-provoking, I ended up answering it on my own site.

By: Bou

Bou — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:50:07 +0000

So. Put out a thought provoking post that took you hours to put together, blood, sweat, tears, and you’ll get 5-10 comments. Put together a post wondering what wrist people wear their watch on, and you get… 29. That cracks me up. We love the mundane…

By: Da Goddess

Da Goddess — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:28:27 +0000

After an accident left me with lots of scar tissue and major sensitivity to anything on my left wrist, I had to start wearing my watch (when I wore one…and in nursing, that was ALWAYS) on my right wrist.

It’s been so long without wearing one, I don’t know that I could go back to wearing one at all anymore.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:52:31 +0000

Bill #24, I started with the I’ve Been Moved Corp. in 1967. What amazes me today is how big, power hungry, and slow computers were compared to my HP48SX calculator.
In 1971 I bought a Hobie 16 Catamaran and started racing–which explains the need for the watch (used for timing race starts.)

By: Jerry in Indiana

Jerry in Indiana — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:33:55 +0000

Right-handed; watch on the left wrist. I don’t know why, but I would think back in those early grades of writing/art that the watch would get in the way of your paper that you were writing on.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:39:51 +0000

Left wrist, left-handed. I use my mouse with my right hand, but I eat with my left hand. I catch a ball with my left hand, but throw with my right hand. I fire a pistol with my right hand.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:55:10 +0000

#23 Wow! When I entered the civilian work force in 1971, working on mainframe computers, I wore my watch on my left because I’m right handed. Bill #23 is correct though; it was a hazzard with all the moving parts that the old systems had back then. What are the odds of two old dawgs working on mainframes back in the early 70s ending up reading the same PRS blog?