Warp wrote:
>   The emergency gesture underwater must be one of the most confusing ever:
> It's the "thumbs up" gesture.

That's not exactly "emergency", but rather just "go more shallow". Doesn't 
even mean "go to the surface." (Depending on the emergency (out of air, too 
cold, lost weights, etc) you have different signs.)

Thumbs up with your other palm flat on top means "Stop going up here" for 
example. As in, "we need to stop here to decompress" rather than just "level 
off for a while, there's something I want to see."

But I'll agree that even after dozens of dives I still sometimes used 
thumbs-up to mean OK.  And I can perfectly understand safety people taking a 
thumbs-up to mean "I need help getting to the surface."

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Warp wrote:
>   Yes, but couldn't they have chosen a gesture which is *not* commonly used
> for "everything's fine" in other situations?

Well, in addition, thumbs down means go deeper. So it's nicely symetrical. 
Maybe two-fingers-up vs two-fingers-down would have made more sense, tho.

I'm more amused by some of the standard signs for underwater wildlife, myself.

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   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > >   The emergency gesture underwater must be one of the most confusing
> > >   ever:
> > > It's the "thumbs up" gesture.
>
> > I understand what it is that makes it confusing, but it also kinda makes
> > sense - a "thumbs up" gesture is a way of pointing up, as if to say "I'm
> > going up" or "I need to surface".
>
>   Yes, but couldn't they have chosen a gesture which is *not* commonly used
> for "everything's fine" in other situations?

BTW, I guess I finally understand the ending scene of Terminator 2.  Arnold was
actually calling for help! :))

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On 4 Sep 2009 12:41:02 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:00:06 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 4 Sep 2009 10:45:51 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Just need one thing - a plane ticket. :-)
>> 
>> :)
>
>Well, and the money for a plane ticket. ;-)
>

What! More begging letters ;)
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     Stephen

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On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:36:10 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>>Well, and the money for a plane ticket. ;-)
>>
> What! More begging letters ;)

Oh, no, I wouldn't do that. ;-)  Of course, if someone were to make a 
donation, that would certainly speed things up. ;-)

Jim

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On 4 Sep 2009 17:39:47 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:36:10 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>Well, and the money for a plane ticket. ;-)
>>>
>> What! More begging letters ;)
>
>Oh, no, I wouldn't do that. ;-)  Of course, if someone were to make a 
>donation, that would certainly speed things up. ;-)
>

I left my donation buried in the field, marked with a stick with a handkerchief
tied round it.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:54:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 4 Sep 2009 17:39:47 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:36:10 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>>>Well, and the money for a plane ticket. ;-)
>>>>
>>> What! More begging letters ;)
>>
>>Oh, no, I wouldn't do that. ;-)  Of course, if someone were to make a
>>donation, that would certainly speed things up. ;-)
>>
>>
> I left my donation buried in the field, marked with a stick with a
> handkerchief tied round it.

LOL, I may hold you to that.  Unless it's a non-monetary donation. ;-)

Jim

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On 5 Sep 2009 00:59:05 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:54:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 4 Sep 2009 17:39:47 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>>>On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:36:10 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Well, and the money for a plane ticket. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>> What! More begging letters ;)
>>>
>>>Oh, no, I wouldn't do that. ;-)  Of course, if someone were to make a
>>>donation, that would certainly speed things up. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> I left my donation buried in the field, marked with a stick with a
>> handkerchief tied round it.
>
>LOL, I may hold you to that.  Unless it's a non-monetary donation. ;-)
>

No, it is a traditional crock of gold.

You just have to find it ;)
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Regards
     Stephen

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On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:02:38 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>>LOL, I may hold you to that.  Unless it's a non-monetary donation. ;-)
>>
>>
> No, it is a traditional crock of gold.
> 
> You just have to find it ;)

You wouldn't want to give me a clue, would you? ;-)

Jim

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On 5 Sep 2009 01:33:27 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:02:38 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>LOL, I may hold you to that.  Unless it's a non-monetary donation. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> No, it is a traditional crock of gold.
>> 
>> You just have to find it ;)
>
>You wouldn't want to give me a clue, would you? ;-)
>

I marked it with a handkerchief tied to a stick.
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Regards
     Stephen

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