I just read this entire thread. Thank you all for your good humor.
And to the marvelous BA CC who recently saw me with a cast on my left hand and in obvious discomfort (I busted it while on holiday in Cornwall), and who offered me a seat up front because, "You might feel a wee bit more comfortable," a grateful THANK YOU!
And to her colleague who helped me fill in my immigration documents on that same flight (I'm left-handed), so I could scrawl my name as best I could, another vote of thanks.
All of you folks do marvelous work and deserve 