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Sinister  [message #55349] Mon, 12 January 2009 17:01 Go to next message
timmy

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Sinister and yet true:

Sinister

See also http://www.themailcrew.com/grasshopper.html



Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
Re: Sinister  [message #55350 is a reply to message #55349] Mon, 12 January 2009 17:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
acam is currently offline  acam

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Yes, Timmy.

Ken Iverson, the inventor of APL and J told me that in school he sat with his left hand tied to his side so that he would learn to write with his right.

He did! He would write the first half of a line on the blackboard with his right hand and then cross to the other side of the board and write the scond half of the line with his left hand!

His audience could see more of what he wrote, more of the time than any other lecturer.

Love,
Anthony
Re: Sinister  [message #55351 is a reply to message #55349] Mon, 12 January 2009 17:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jedediah is currently offline  Jedediah

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Damm! Sinister AND gay - i guess i'm in trouble then.

cheers



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Re: Sinister  [message #55354 is a reply to message #55349] Mon, 12 January 2009 20:40 Go to previous message
CallMePaul is currently offline  CallMePaul

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Timmy, thank you for reminding me of Grasshopper's terrific post on being left handed. (Of course it's a segue into being different and being gay.) I've just reposted it on a couple of other sites that appeal to the younger readers.



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