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Re: Left or right? How to determine?



On Wednesday, March 7, 2012 5:01:52 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
> Left side? Right side? How to determine?
>
> Have a customer whose house is large.  On his Keypad I provided a
> location description for two smoke detectors.  One 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:
>
> 	How do I determine, for example, which side of the house is
> 	the left side of the house?  Is the left side of the house on
> 	my left as I stand outside facing and looking at the front of
>  	the  house?  Or is the left side of the house on my left side
> 	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.  I did not receive an answer
> from either of them that showed conclusively that their trades
> followed a definitive protocol.  The 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.  The three of us were in agreement with the use of the
> adjectives "east and west."  However buildings are not always placed
> on a north/south/east/west plane.  Furthermore, 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:
>
> 	If I told you to put air in the left front automobile tire,
> 	 you would know exactly where to go regardless of where you
> 	 were standing when I gave the directive.
>
> 	If you were a seaman and I told you to paint the right side of
> 	 the boat you would know exactly which side to paint, because
> 	 the right side of the boat is the starboard side, which is
> 	 always on the right side as you look towards the bow from
> 	 midship.  The right (starboard) is always in the same
> 	 location regardless of where you are standing, aft, forward,
> 	 on the pier, in another boat, etc.
>
> 	In buses, trains, planes, the left (and consequently the
> 	 right) is easily determined when you know where the front is,
> 	 or 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?  Is 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?  In these examples the front is easily
> found, and consequently we can therefore apply the labels left, right,
> rear.  Why 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.  Agree?
>
> So as not to add to the confusion here, please do not use the word
> "right" for the word "correct."
>
> Have fun.
>
> Charlie

Fire depts designate buildings  North south east west   or A B C D side  when working a structure incident


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