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#98610 - 07/25/03 04:41 PM
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Hey look! Maria's shrooming! Like the new graphic. 
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#98612 - 07/25/03 04:48 PM
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but today, I feel exactly like a mushroom, if you know what I mean.
No need to worry, Maria...
...unless bats start taking up residence in your office (or cubicle.)
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#98618 - 07/25/03 07:49 PM
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We have several lefties in my family. Many years ago I was in Indianapolis and found a store with left handed items only (pot holders; card decks, scissors, etc.). I bought several things as Christmas gifts for my younger brother and nephew.
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#98621 - 07/25/03 09:34 PM
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#98622 - 07/25/03 09:36 PM
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Southpaws of the world unite!
Every male in my family is or was(because they are dead now and not that they become right handed!!) left handed.
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#98627 - 07/29/03 03:01 PM
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Better take than number down to 24, not 26. First, one of the supposed states listed is "Carolina". There is no state named "Carolina". There is "South Carolina" and "North Carolina", but they've always been separate states. Second, contrary to the information from the Bureau of Engraving quoted by John, the listing on the building in the picture is for "Hampshire", not "New Hampshire" (I checked it under a magnifying glass to make sure). Again, there is not now, nor has there ever been a state in the US named "Hampshire". Quote:
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I think there are only 26 states on the back of the $5 bill
Even less than 26. The Lincoln Memorial has all of the states engraved around the top, but it takes 4 sides of the memorial to show them all. Since only 1 side of the Memorial is pictured on the $5 bill, not all can be seen.
Actually, there are 26 states named. Only 48 states existed in 1922, which the time from which the picture of the Memorial is taken. From the official Bureau of Engraving and Printing website:
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The vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar note depicts a likeness of the face of the Lincoln Memorial as it appeared in 1922 when it was first dedicated. At that time, there were only 48 states that made up the United States of America. The names of 26 states were engraved on the front of the Memorial. This is why only the names of 26 states appear in the vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar note. In the upper frieze of the façade in the vignette the states are from left to right: Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota. In the lower frieze from left to right the names of the states are: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and New York.
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#98628 - 07/29/03 04:14 PM
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I am right handed by assimilation.
As a small child, I picked up my crayolas and fed myself with my left hand. My brother, who is six years my senior and has always served as my mentor, consistently corrected me to the use of my right hand. He was right handed and felt that I was doing it wrong. With thorough training I learned to use my right hand. Was I to be right or left handed, I am now uncertain.
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#98629 - 07/29/03 04:40 PM
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Let's see....I play golf, baseball, and most sports right handed. I play hockey left handed. I prefer my right, but can do most things with my left (writing just looks funny, but I can do it).
I even took a test that determined if you were "right or left" brained. I discovered I'm middle brained (no one side is dominate, I have both traits of right and left brained people).
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#98630 - 07/29/03 05:16 PM
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As a small child, I picked up my crayolas and fed myself with my left hand.
I went to elementary school with a kid who ate crayons, but he was right-handed.
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#98631 - 07/29/03 07:11 PM
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#98633 - 07/29/03 07:59 PM
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As a small child, I picked up my crayolas and fed myself with my left hand.
I went to elementary school with a kid who ate crayons, but he was right-handed.
I didn't mean the two things in a combined sort of way . . .  That's Icky!!
Yeah, he sure was! He also ate erasers & chewed up his pencils. Grossomundo!
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