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Started by birol, Jul 16, 2003, 04:57 PM

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birol

#15
Jul 17, 2003, 07:19 AM
 Firefyter-EmtWomen carrying big swords !

Acts 2:38 girl

#16
Jul 17, 2003, 07:54 AM
 Firefyter-Emt
QuoteWomen carrying big swords
Oh come on!!!   [:D] [:D] [:D] This is getting carried away!  Lee, see what you started??!!  This really started because he told our oldest son to switch the hand his watch was on, and I asked why.  He then informed me that all men wear thier watches on the left hand.  I said this was crazy but he insisted it was true and brought up the topic of womans/mens buttons.  I must admit - he s become a bit obsessive with the answer and being RIGHT!  I believe the button " theory" , but what with the watch thing?  I never gave any thought to it, just whatever was comfortable and less distracting.  [:)]

birol

#17
Jul 17, 2003, 08:00 AM
 Firefyter-EmtThey are meant to be worn on the left hand. The handle thingies, buttons are all adjusted to be used by the right hand. BUT, I remember wearing it on my right hand a lot too, becasueit was leaving a mark or was too tight. The thing is, when I put it on the right hand, I couldn t use the controls. So forget adjusting it when it is on the right hand.
 
 These days, I don t use a watch, have the cell phone for it [;)]
 
 

wiininkwe

#18
Jul 17, 2003, 08:35 AM
 Firefyter-Emtwell, I almost didn t reply to this at first, thinking that something might be wrong with me.  My watch sits on my left wrist also.   After seeing that there really seems to be no hard and fast rule about this, I feel more comfortable about chiming in.  My left-handed DD wears hers on her right wrist.   So, it seems like it has more to do withconvenience.  
  However, on the button thing, it wasn t women s maids that needed the buttons on a certain side, it was men s valets and dressers that made it necessary to have the buttons on men s clothing in a location that made it easier to get their master ready for dinner, and the sword.
 T
 [;)]

angelsmom10

#19
Jul 17, 2003, 08:40 AM
 Firefyter-EmtI was always told that right hand people wear their watches on left wrist and left handed people wear on their right to keep from banging the watch.
 
 Do ambidexterous (spelling????[&:]) people wear 2 watches?  I m ambi.......[&:] and growing up, I d switch back and forth.

birol

#20
Jul 17, 2003, 08:46 AM
 angelsmom10
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  angelsmom10
 
   I m ambi.......[&:] and growing up, I d switch back and forth.
 

 Ok we don t wanna go there  [8D][8D][8D][8D]

angelsmom10

#21
Jul 17, 2003, 08:53 AM
 birol
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  birol
 
 
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  angelsmom10
 
   I m ambi.......[&:] and growing up, I d switch back and forth.
 

 Ok we don t wanna go there  [8D][8D][8D][8D]
 

 OK, I ll correct that to I would switch my watch from one wrist to the other wrist.[;)][:)][:)]

birol

#22
Jul 17, 2003, 09:00 AM
 birolOh, Ok, I was starting to search what an ambi was .....[8D][;)][:D]
 
 
 You guys are so great [:)]

angelsmom10

#23
Jul 17, 2003, 09:46 AM
 birolI couldn t spell the word, so I just wanted to cut it short[:D]

vjm1639

#24
Jul 17, 2003, 10:39 AM
 birolFrom an internet search...
 
 
 Why are womens  shirts buttoned differently from mens  shirts?
 
  Mens  shirts have the buttons on the right hand lapel, and the buttonholes on the left hand side.  When a man buttons up a shirt, he pushes the buttons through the left hand lapel, and the end result is that the right hand lapel rests closer to his chest than the left hand does.  In the old days, this was to allow a gentleman to draw a sword without catching his jacket lapel (since the sword scabbard was carried on the left).
 
 Women s shirts button up in a mirror fashion, ie buttons on left, holes on right, and right hand side outermost.  This was so that women could breastfeed infants more easily, holding the infant in their right arm against their chest, inside their jacket or outer wrap.
 
 

GDSLTS

#25
Jul 17, 2003, 11:20 AM
 Firefyter-EmtBecause!!

angelsmom10

#26
Jul 17, 2003, 11:47 AM
 GDSLTS
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  GDSLTS
 
 Because!!
 

 
 As DH would tell the children when they would ask about a television show...
 
 Because....... it s in the script.
 
 
 NOW,   IT S BECAUSE -- WE RE YOUR PARENTS[;)]

Jo Ann

#27
Jul 17, 2003, 01:12 PM
 Firefyter-Emtwatches on non-dominant hand so as not to interfere with the dominant hand s ability to perform tasks.
 
 women made womens clothes so the buttons are on the RIGHT side and menz are on the wrong side....nuff said

birol

#28
Jul 17, 2003, 01:31 PM
 birolAre you guys keeping this thread going so I can make posts ?  It is the sword, believe me. They needed to put on their shields sometime while fightitg, and most people use their right hands, so the sword is int the right hand, which hand is free ? left, so buttons were sown accordingly so that left hand could do or undo them.
 
 [8D]

Jo Ann

#29
Jul 17, 2003, 02:14 PM
 birolmost outfits where tied together, or as for the rich, where literally sewn on...and buttons really wheren t available until much later in history, when the sword was was losing favor as the weapon of choice.
 
 buttons at first where more a decoration then an actual utensil.
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