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Clockwise
Oh lurking collective wisdom...Someone explain to me when I go walking around a nearby lake why I am the only person walking clockwise. Everyone else day in and day out walks counter clockwise.
I mean...what are the odds?
pastorkeith
I mean...what are the odds?
pastorkeith
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I was going to ask if you could see around the whole lake, otherwise how would you know you were the only one walking clockwise. The only people you'd come upon would be those walking in the direction opposite to you
but then I recalled that in a park by my house (that has no lake but does have a circular path) I've notice folks tend to walk, ride their bikes, and inline skate that circular path widdershins.
but then I recalled that in a park by my house (that has no lake but does have a circular path) I've notice folks tend to walk, ride their bikes, and inline skate that circular path widdershins.
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Re: Clockwise
It's the same at our neighborhood lake. I suspect it's cultural and conventional. At least in the US, horse racing, auto racing, track and field racing, traffic circles/roundabouts, carousels, even board games like Monopoly all condition us to CCW. And maybe there's a writing-conditioned left-to-right bias viewed from outside. Of course, these examples just defer the ultimate explanation back a step.
The question isn't "What are the odds?". The question is "Why are you odd?". I'm not sure we really want to know!pastorkeith wrote:I mean...what are the odds?
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Re: Clockwise
Monopoly's clockwise... Parcheesi is counterclockwise.MTGuru wrote:board games like Monopoly all condition us to CCW.
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Oops, you're right. Shows you how long it's been since I last played. Or maybe I always did it backwards!Walden wrote:Monopoly's clockwise... Parcheesi is counterclockwise.
Widdershins and deosil (deiseal?) ... By cracky, one learns something new every day.Innocent Bystander wrote:When I'm walking in the woods ...
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I think you might have been interpreting "go directly to jail, do not pass Go" the wrong way.MTGuru wrote:Oops, you're right. Shows you how long it's been since I last played. Or maybe I always did it backwards!Walden wrote:Monopoly's clockwise... Parcheesi is counterclockwise.
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Could it be that we are conditioned by our roadways? i.e. in NA we drive in the right-hand lane and prefer walk in a counter-clockwise. In England they drive in the left-hand lane and IB notes he feels more comfortable walking in a clockwise direction.
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I have often thought about this subject, as I am one of the people who always walk in a counter-clockwise direction. I am not comfortable doing it the other way. If I remember correctly, we had a topic about this previously here. Personally, I think that it has something to do with the earth's rotation. For example, the Coriolis force 'is an apparent force that as a result of the earth's rotation deflects moving objects (as projectiles or air currents) to the right in the northern hemisphere in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere". I am not sure whether any of the aforementioned conventions are altered in the southern hemisphere, although I doubt that the monopoly board will change. On the other hand, animals may prefer to circle clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Re: Clockwise
You just don't pass many people going clockwise, because they are going thepastorkeith wrote:Oh lurking collective wisdom...Someone explain to me when I go walking around a nearby lake why I am the only person walking clockwise. Everyone else day in and day out walks counter clockwise.
same direction. Try going CCW one day and you'll notice people going CW.
I try to alternate directions because that's how I was taught in running classes
to keep from overstrengthening one side of my body (this really only applies
to small diameter tracks, but it's habit), and I see plenty of people going both
directions around the lakes here...
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Two things:
(1) I AM left-handed.
(2) I can see around the entire lake (it's more of a small pond to collect run off water, I think) and no one and I mean no one else is walking clock-wise.
Anyone from the southern hemisphere want to chime in
pastorkeith
(1) I AM left-handed.
(2) I can see around the entire lake (it's more of a small pond to collect run off water, I think) and no one and I mean no one else is walking clock-wise.
Anyone from the southern hemisphere want to chime in
pastorkeith
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Re: Clockwise
I guess some secrets are meant to be kept - I used to walk into parked cars as a child - maybe you are onto something there....MTGuru wrote:It's the same at our neighborhood lake. I suspect it's cultural and conventional. At least in the US, horse racing, auto racing, track and field racing, traffic circles/roundabouts, carousels, even board games like Monopoly all condition us to CCW. And maybe there's a writing-conditioned left-to-right bias viewed from outside. Of course, these examples just defer the ultimate explanation back a step.
The question isn't "What are the odds?". The question is "Why are you odd?". I'm not sure we really want to know!pastorkeith wrote:I mean...what are the odds?
pastorkeith
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