Not dumb...instinctive.
When I was in the hospital in Feb. the nurse practitioner put me in a wheelchair & we went to another part of the building for something electronic about the size of a portable TV. He laid it on the bed next to my chair, but it wasn't steady, & fell to the floor. I'm sitting there, catheter & all, and grabbed for it before I thought about it.
A while back, I was out riding in an English saddle, which I was not used to. Horse lurched, I went off balance and fell, smack dab onto the wood fencing along side. Had I just hit the boards, I'd have had sore ribs for a week at most. Instead, I threw out my hand to try & catch myself.... Tore my rotator cuff, it's been giving me grief ever since. Instincts can sure get you in trouble.
Edit: Because of that, I hoist feed bags with my right arm, mostly. You should see the looks I get @ the feed store.

Ain't showing off, honest, it just hurts to use the other one more than a bit.
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