Re: Left or right? How to determine?

[Robert Macy <robert.a.macy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 7, 3:01=A0pm, cha...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Left side? Right side? How to determine?
>
> Have a customer whose house is large. =A0On his Keypad I provided a
> location description for two smoke detectors. =A0One description is "SD
> left frnt bed" There is another detector labeled as "SD rght frnt bed"
>
> Due to the 16 character limitation this is the best I could do for
> describing the left front bedroom and the right front bedroom.
>
> After testing these units a year or so after installation, I verified
> the tripped location with the description on the Keypad, and was
> immediately confused by the references to left and right, so much so
> that I made a note to this effect on the service call sheet.
>
> I ran across this note today, and have begun in earnest to find an
> answer to this puzzle:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 How do I determine, for example, which side of the house =
is
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 the left side of the house? =A0Is the left side of the ho=
use on
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 my left as I stand outside facing and looking at the fron=
t of
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 the =A0house? =A0Or is the left side of the house on my l=
eft side
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 as I stand inside looking out the front door?
>
> I posed this question to my son-in-law who is a builder. I also posed
> it to a customer who is an architect. =A0I did not receive an answer
> from either of them that showed conclusively that their trades
> followed a definitive protocol. =A0The three of us gave varying
> examples, all of which were based on the location of the viewer, be it
> a fireman, policeman, builder, architect, home owner, etc.
>
> This is an important matter to me, as I need to know how to identify a
> location using the terms left and right in conjunction with front and
> rear. =A0The three of us were in agreement with the use of the
> adjectives "east and west." =A0However buildings are not always placed
> on a north/south/east/west plane. =A0Furthermore, responding authorities
> may not know where North is, especially when arriving at night, having
> made a number of vehicular turns on the way to the fire.
>
> Here are a few examples (you may have more) of determining left from
> right, based on usage and position of the viewer:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 If I told you to put air in the left front automobile tir=
e,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0you would know exactly where to go regardless of where=
 you
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0were standing when I gave the directive.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 If you were a seaman and I told you to paint the right si=
de of
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0the boat you would know exactly which side to paint, b=
ecause
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0the right side of the boat is the starboard side, whic=
h is
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0always on the right side as you look towards the bow f=
rom
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0midship. =A0The right (starboard) is always in the sam=
e
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0location regardless of where you are standing, aft, fo=
rward,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0on the pier, in another boat, etc.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 In buses, trains, planes, the left (and consequently the
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0right) is easily determined when you know where the fr=
ont is,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0or where the back is.
>
> I have not researched how theatrical stages are labeled; however the
> terms "stage right" and "stage left" are in use, but I do not know if
> it means the audiences right or left or the actors right or left when
> facing the audience.
>
> Without going much further I think you all get the gist of what I am
> looking for.
>
> Do buildings really have a left side and a right side? =A0Is the
> viewer's position the determining factor? Buildings always appear to
> have a front and rear, and sometimes sides.
>
> Should the left and right of a building always be predicated on and in
> the same manner that is used to locate left and right on a car, plane,
> train, boat, skies, bicycle, motorcycle, etc., that is, facing forward
> from within or on the device? =A0In these examples the front is easily
> found, and consequently we can therefore apply the labels left, right,
> rear. =A0Why not with a house? From inside the house at the front door
> facing out the door I want all to know that the left side of the house
> is on my left. =A0Agree?
>
> So as not to add to the confusion here, please do not use the word
> "right" for the word "correct."
>
> Have fun.
>
> Charlie

we use (E)ast (W)est (N)orth (S)outh

After the EXACT same confusion.