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Old June 12th 21, 05:13 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
Commander Kinsey[_2_]
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Default OT: Left hand down?

Why do people say left hand down instead of left? We all know which way to turn the wheel to make the car go left, and it's the same in reverse. And if I'm reversing looking over my shoulder, one hand isn't on the wheel so the phrase makes no sense!
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Old June 12th 21, 05:16 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
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Default CAUTION!!! Birdbrain, the Abnormal Pathological Attention Whore, Strikes, AGAIN!

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 17:13:04 +0100, Birdbrain Macaw (aka "Commander Kinsey",
"James Wilkinson", "Steven ******","Bruce Farquar", "Fred Johnson, etc.),
the pathological resident idiot and attention whore of all the uk ngs,
blathered again:

FLUSH the subnormal sociopathic trolling attention whore's latest
attention-baiting sick bull**** unread again


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Old June 12th 21, 05:32 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
Andy Burns[_3_]
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Default OT: Left hand down?

Commander Kinsey wrote:

Why do people say left hand down instead of left?


Because it avoids any uncertainty between driver's left and guider's
left, if they're facing different ways, or one is looking at the other
in a mirror.
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Old June 12th 21, 05:37 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
rbowman[_2_]
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Default OT: Left hand down?

On 06/12/2021 10:13 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do people say left hand down instead of left? We all know which way
to turn the wheel to make the car go left, and it's the same in reverse.
And if I'm reversing looking over my shoulder, one hand isn't on the
wheel so the phrase makes no sense!


There are these things called mirrors that don't require you to look
over your shoulder.
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Old June 12th 21, 05:58 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
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Default OT: Left hand down?

On 12/06/2021 17:13, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do people say left hand down instead of left? We all know which way
to turn the wheel to make the car go left, and it's the same in reverse.
And if I'm reversing looking over my shoulder, one hand isn't on the
wheel so the phrase makes no sense!


I take it you have never steered a boat with a tiller


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It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark Twain


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Old June 12th 21, 06:00 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
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Default OT: Left hand down?

On 12/06/2021 05:37 pm, rbowman wrote:
On 06/12/2021 10:13 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do people say left hand down instead of left? We all know which way
to turn the wheel to make the car go left, and it's the same in reverse.
And if I'm reversing looking over my shoulder, one hand isn't on the
wheel so the phrase makes no sense!


There are these things called mirrors that don't require you to look
over your shoulder.


Even better: the little TV camera built into the rear of some modern
cars which outputs a display to the car's computer screen.

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Old June 12th 21, 06:02 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
charles
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Default OT: Left hand down?

In article , Commander Kinsey
wrote:
Why do people say left hand down instead of left? We all know which way
to turn the wheel to make the car go left, and it's the same in reverse.
And if I'm reversing looking over my shoulder, one hand isn't on the
wheel so the phrase makes no sense!


That was line in "The Navy Lark", a radio comedy programme from the 1950s.

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Old June 12th 21, 06:46 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
Commander Kinsey[_2_]
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Default OT: Left hand down?

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 17:32:41 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:

Why do people say left hand down instead of left?


Because it avoids any uncertainty between driver's left and guider's
left, if they're facing different ways, or one is looking at the other
in a mirror.


Why on earth would you think it was guider's left? If you're helping someone move a car, it's obviously the car you're thinking about!
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Old June 12th 21, 06:47 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
Commander Kinsey[_2_]
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Default OT: Left hand down?

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 18:00:12 +0100, JNugent wrote:

On 12/06/2021 05:37 pm, rbowman wrote:
On 06/12/2021 10:13 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do people say left hand down instead of left? We all know which way
to turn the wheel to make the car go left, and it's the same in reverse.
And if I'm reversing looking over my shoulder, one hand isn't on the
wheel so the phrase makes no sense!


There are these things called mirrors that don't require you to look
over your shoulder.


Even better: the little TV camera built into the rear of some modern
cars which outputs a display to the car's computer screen.


Neither of those give you a full 180 degree+ view.
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Old June 12th 21, 06:47 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
Commander Kinsey[_2_]
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Default OT: Left hand down?

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 17:58:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 12/06/2021 17:13, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do people say left hand down instead of left? We all know which way
to turn the wheel to make the car go left, and it's the same in reverse.
And if I'm reversing looking over my shoulder, one hand isn't on the
wheel so the phrase makes no sense!


I take it you have never steered a boat with a tiller


Why would that matter? Unless the person operating the boat didn't know how to steer a boat, you're just telling them to move the boat left.
 




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