YES We did!

[blueerica]

J sez: I am glad I have learned to shoot right-handed, now I don't have to take left-handed scissors to a knife fight. I hate you wrongies!

Lefties will rule the world! Obama!

[Alex]

My mom was working the garment industry in Portland for most of my childhood and did a lot of work at home. We had up for four industrial sewing machines in the home at a time (my step-father was also an industrial sewing machine mechanic). So fabric scissors I knew.

And home sewing machines seem twee to me.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I was the one who purchased all the new supplies for the new library a while back. I took a stance and purchased really nice scissors for the office. I thank myself every time I pick up a pair.

I've also been known to throw out bad pairs of scissors that have been lingering around the office probably since I was in grade school. Eff bad scissors!

[flippyshark]

Wow - from the thrill of a new President to impassioned discussion of scissors in one mind-sizzling thread. Is there another community like LoT out there?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Wow - from the thrill of a new President to impassioned discussion of scissors in one mind-sizzling thread.

YES We did!

[BarTopDancer]

Just say NO to bad scissors and other crappy office supplies.

Life is to short to write with crappy pens.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Life is to short to write with crappy pens.

Amen to that! I've tried to "use up" the sucky pens here but I've finally decided it's not worth it. Toss 'em. I keep some ballpoints, as my honey disagrees with me what a "quality" pen means, but that's ok. I don't need to keep many of those.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Alex

GD: And I don't understand why it has to be. We have a pair of kitchen shears that work wonderfully with either hand. Why must paper scissors be handed (I must admit I've never cared enough to learn the engineering). Ah the memories of childhood and trying to use right-handed scissors upside down with my thumb painfully squeezed into the too-narrow finger hole.

I'm home, sick, and probably a little delusional at the moment. But I wonder if it has anything to do with where the axle is. My kitchen, fabric, finer shears have their axle (not even sure if I'm using the right term) toward the middle, or at least further away from a handle, whereas the others are close to where the hands are?

Oh, this may require some looking up on my part.

It's probably just hand-ism.

ETA: Found this little video/infomercial from anythingleft-handed.co.uk. And, one manufacturer says that after years of using right-handed scissors, it takes a lot of time for lefties to truly use a left-handed scissors because they have to unlearn a motion they took so much time to learn in the first place.


OK, I'm done thinking about scissors. I think I am going back to bed.

ETA 2: I should have added above that they say there's no such thing as a universal pair of scissors.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I'm home, sick, and probably a little delusional at the moment. But I wonder if it has anything to do with where the axle is.

I didn't read what you quoted and was wondering what an xle location had to do with being sick. Maybe I'm the one who is delusional.

[Betty]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Just say NO to bad scissors and other crappy office supplies.

Life is to short to write with crappy pens.

This.

I buy my own pens for work and I very occasionally will give them out to coworkers I really like. You know - the first one's free. heh heh. They come back for more... and hey... maybe I should be dealing pens to co-workers for some extra cash.

I like the bold roller ball ones. The fine micro point ones are just meh.