Re: Left or right? How to determine?

[chasbo@xxxxxxxxx]

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:17:27 -0400, "ABLE1"
<royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:31:27 -0400, "ABLE1"
>> <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> Thanks for all your comments.
>>>>
>>>> I've found this little exercise interesting and revealing; never
>>>> gave
>>>> it much thought before.
>>>>
>>>> Though not quite clear in my message, my intent was to determine
>>>> how
>>>> the left and right side of a building is defined, so that I can
>>>> direct
>>>> people to that location orally or by printed word, using the
>>>> adjectives left and right.  I am beginning to believe that there
>>>> is no
>>>> standard or universally accepted protocol for buildings.
>>>>
>>>> In my search I have found that some people say the left side is
>>>> the
>>>> side of the building that is to the left of the front of the
>>>> building
>>>> as viewed from outside the building while facing the front of
>>>> the
>>>> building.  [For this exercise the front is the portion of the
>>>> building
>>>> that contains the main entrance, front door, etc., as defined by
>>>> the
>>>> architect/builder, and in most cases is easily recognized by all
>>>> of us
>>>> when we arrive at any building.]
>>>>
>>>> Therefore it follows that the left and right of something in
>>>> many
>>>> cases is what the viewer says it is based on the viewer's
>>>> location.
>>>> It's a temporary designation with no permanence attached to the
>>>> viewed
>>>> object, and has no lasting importance, as in, "Hey, Joe, look at
>>>> that
>>>> blonde, over there to the left of that tree!"
>>>>
>>>> However, the left and the right side of many things remains
>>>> fixed
>>>> forever and of great importance regardless of the position of
>>>> the
>>>> viewer, and if instructed to locate a particular side, we all
>>>> know
>>>> where it is or where to go without hesitation, for example:
>>>>
>>>> The left lane of a multiple-lane highway, the left side of a
>>>> car,
>>>> bus,
>>>> train, plane; the left pocket in a pair of pants, a left shoe.
>>>>
>>>> A common practice to facilitate the flow of pedestrian traffic,
>>>> and
>>>> which mimics vehicular flow, appears in wide usage:   Most
>>>> people
>>>> stay
>>>> to the right of oncoming pedestrian traffic, whereby the
>>>> oncoming
>>>> flow
>>>> passes us on the left. The sidewalk has no left or right
>>>> designation,
>>>> only the pedestrian flow. And the practice seems to have
>>>> permanence.
>>>>
>>>> My garage:  In all my 50 years of home ownership my garage has
>>>> not
>>>> and
>>>> will not rise to the level of importance to earn a permanent
>>>> left
>>>> and
>>>> right designation. Consequently I need a few more words when
>>>> issuing a
>>>> directive. When I direct my daughter to fetch a rake from the
>>>> garage I
>>>> say, "It's on the far left when you go through the overhead
>>>> door."
>>>>
>>>> Should a house or building rise to the level of importance that
>>>> they
>>>> have a fixed and permanent designation as to left and right,
>>>> regardless of the position of the viewer?
>>>>
>>>> Will continue to search for an answer.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks all.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>
>>>
>>>Dear Charlie,
>>>
>>>Given your current state of
>>>.....confu...anxie...desper...frustra............. observations.
>>>I
>>>would also like for you to contemplate the following.
>>>
>>>1)    While talking to a fellow in Idaho, he told me, "He was
>>>planning to go UP to Vegas."
>>
>> And if going to Maine he'd be going downeast.
>>>
>>>2)    When my wife is being "navigator" on a long trip, she turns
>>>the map upside down when we are going south because she then knows
>>>which way to turn.
>>
>> And if she turned over the map your turns would be left rather
>> than
>> right.
>>>
>>>3)    While traveling across a river on a double-decker bridge,
>>>are
>>>the people on the lower level going under the bridge or over the
>>>river??  Don't know.
>>>
>>>4)    If a rooster lays an egg at the peak of the barn roof, which
>>>side will it roll towards??
>>
>> The downside.
>>>
>>>I think that the four(4) 'above' or is it 'prior' examples should
>>>keep you pondering into the next milemimum...................
>>
>> I do Soduko puzzles to relax.
>>>
>>>Have a good next week and beyond.
>>
>> You too. Nice chatting, but I really have to go.  A friend left a
>> big
>> bag of money on the left side of this very large abandoned house,
>> and
>> on the right side are two pit bulls.  You see my dilemma? Until I
>> get
>> an answer to my left and right side problem I don't want to take a
>> chance on choosing the wrong side.
>>
>> Charlie
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>
>Charlie,
>
>That would be easy to figure out.  Go to the opposite side of the
>house from where the growls are coming from.

Good answer, but how do you know I'm not deaf!
>
>Put a little more challenge in to in and contemplate this one.
>
>You are locked in a dungeon and there are two doors.  One door leads
>to freedom and one leads to shear death.  There are two guards with
>you in the dungeon.  One always tells the truth(always) and one
>always tells lies(always).  You are allowed one question in order to
>gain your freedom.  What would that question be??

Asked of either one:  What door will the other guard point to if I ask
him what door is the door to freedom; then go through the other door.
[Thanks Google!]]
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>BTW your egg answer was incorrect.  Sorry Charlie, it was a trick
>question.  :-)

Damn.  I reread the question. Rooster's don't lay eggs.
>
>Les