Oh wow, thank you!!!

I wasn't expecting that.

I'm really glad I didn't get the opportunity to get to the bike after work last night!

Just in what I'm reading here and seeing in the diagram, and not knowing exactly how a ratchet works- I'm guessing the ratchet wheel is upside down or backwards- so it's "teeth" are catching in the wrong direction. It totally makes sense- I initially had the shifters on the correct way so that the left shifter ratchets left (pulls cable to the left), but the right shifter is reversed from what it should be.

I don't know if I'm going to be able to get to it tonite or if it's going to have to be tomorrow... Rats.

Thank you very, very much.