At 09:04 PM 12/23/2015, Richard Knoppow wrote:
What you missed is what I MEANT to type. Not heads I win, tails you lose. Switches in airplanes were pushed down to TURN THEM ON, household switches were pushed UP. I have some old radio equipment which has backward switches, i.e. push down to turn on.
Now for another non-photographic puzzle: In the U.S.A. the engineer of a locomotive has traditionally sat on the RIGHT side of the engine. I had thought this was a practice brought over with the earliest steam locomotives. Maybe, but in watching some British railroad films on You Tube it appears the "engine driver" sits on the LEFT. I am not absolutely sure of this so any Brits on the list may substantiate me or correct me. So, if this is the case, we have auto drivers driving on the opposite side from locomotive drivers in both countries but on opposite "wrong" sides. So, in which hand do you hold you fork (important for Christmas dinner)? Which way to the tongs (or prongs) point? Which way do you hold a Rolleiflex? Oh, golly, its all so confusing.
