<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 22:27, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com" target="_blank">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I'm not ambidextrous at all -- I'm very sinister -- but I've taught<br>
myself to do some things right-handed both for exercise and for<br>
improved dexterity. I brush my teeth with my right hand, and I mouse<br>
with it. Neither was particularly difficult to learn.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hmmm... I tried brushing my teeth with my right hand, but couldn't manage the rhythm and sometimes found myself holding the brush steady while shaking my head to compensate... very strange, so I gave up. I think an accident I had when I was 12 (cf. the MRI featured in my thumbnail) which resulted in some loss of motor control on the right side of my body contributes to this effect.<br></div><div><br></div><div>My school usually only had right-handed scissors. I now use a pair of scissors mainly with my right hand. I broke my left arm when I was seven so it was out of action for about six weeks. Hence my right hand has the manuscript of a seven-year-old although it appears to have deteriorated somewhat after more than 35 years of neglect.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Let me know when this is off-topic. To pay respect to the topic, my Dell laptop running Ubuntu 16.04 has a mouse pad, and I use the index finger of my left hand to do most of my mousing, except when I choose to use the mouse pad's buttons, and there, I'll use my middle finger while my index finger controls the pointer's location.</div><div><br></div><div>I am (continually... but only rarely is it of dire consequence... I guess I have become accustomed to the inconvenience) reminded that I have received no relief yet from Ubuntu regarding the disablement of my mouse pad while typing. I am hoping an update might enliven this feature and surprise me. The feature is supported by the hardware, but alas. Perhaps Ubuntu may one day answer my prayers when I upgrade.</div><div><br></div><div> Owen.<br></div></div></div>