Originally Posted by
dabac
I think you nailed it right there, a hole on the left side as seen from the tire side would be for a spoke going to the right flange.
You can try it by disassembling one spoke and just laying it in position against the other flange while threaded on to the nipple and see how things line up then.
Or you just ignore the whole thing and say that you always intended to lace it in lateral cross
This is a little confusing to me are you saying tire side as in you are looking down at the wheel from above? I always go by sheldon's synopsis that "the spoke holes do not run down the middle of the rim, but are offset alternately from side to side. The holes on the left side of the rim are for spokes that run to the left flange of the hub." And the holes on the right side of the rim run to the right side of the flange.