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IMShady: 2 months ago

Do you talk with your hands? Why? Do you think you could stop if you tried? Are you bothered by people who do?

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MrJohnWayne: 2 months ago

I guess I do because being Italian , that's what I grew up with . It doesn't bother me if other people do ! If you would have seen some of my Mom's relatives all together talking , you would thought they were talking sign language ! The gestures that my Mom would make at my Dad used to make us kids laugh . Everyone is different !

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Happy2BeHere2: 2 months ago

***waving and gesturing, yet my finger isn't pulled***
sigh

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MKR2210: 2 months ago

you to make gesture with the hands while talking or to the hand like is it a person?

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Phlorence_602: 2 months ago | Last edited at 6:18AM on 3/13/2013

No...but maybe if I'm explaining something then I can't, then I tend to do that, other than that...No.

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MrJohnWayne: 2 months ago

Afternoon Phlorence ! Congrats on The Hall of Fame ! You deserved it !

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Phlorence_602: 2 months ago

Hey John, congrats to you too :D
I'm so happy, I wasn't expecting it lol :)

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MrJohnWayne: 2 months ago

You should have been there a long time ago ! Don't forget to give them the info for your t-shirt !

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wittepier: 2 months ago

Hi and congrats to both of you!:-). Of to bed, another long day tomorrow.:-).

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bochala: 2 months ago

Every body talks with hands, heads, body. Some people much more then others. And yes sometimes it gets on my nerves. But I get on my own nerves sometimes....

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Orkamemnon: 2 months ago via iPhone

Stop it.... You're getting on my nerves too!

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wittepier: 2 months ago

Lol,

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fritzmerde: 2 months ago

My wife does more than I do, but she's Italian so I'll stereotype her. I do at times, like doing sign language, signaling my platoon, in the cockpit I have to signal the ground crew. Other times would be getting cut off in traffic, They can't really hear what I' saying, so while in mid-rant I use the universal friendship salute (the rigid digit)

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IMShady: 2 months ago

When you wave "hi", you need to use all of your fingers....

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Dodgy: 2 months ago

Fritz, a guy called Richard Ianelli identified the fingers this way: we have a thumb, a pinkiie, an index finger, a ring finger, and a signal finger.
I liked your answer.

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fritzmerde: 2 months ago

The rigid digit was an actual award given to some pilots during WWII

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Dodgy: 2 months ago

But did it refer to the finger?

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wittepier: 2 months ago

@frits, LMAO!! Internet connection here at hotel worthy of that award!! Big Time!
Ha, ha.. Congrats on H.of F.!****^-^!

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wittepier: 2 months ago

@Dodgy, congrats to you also!:-).
No real news on tests etc. yet, spinal X -Ray showing some degeneration& herniation but nothing causal to Head Probs& also nothing worrisome.just have to. Deal with that. Ha! Initial comment from non-Neuro; 1st MRI seems ok, more tomorrow... As said this internet using here is horrible, not "allowing" lots and should get sleep anyway... Hope all is well with both of you!:-)
Good night.:-).,K.

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Dodgy: 2 months ago

Gnite witte and good luck with those tests.

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wittepier: 2 months ago

@Dodgy, thank you!:-)
@Fritz, keep trying to say Hi& bye to you but not showing... If this goes; Good Night and congrats on H.F.!:-).

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FunnyLittleFrog: 2 months ago

Everyone does.

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Young_and_Innocent: 2 months ago via Android

Not much, but it happens because I'm trying to focus on the conversation, and keep calm and cool. :)
No I'm not bothered by people who do it.

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MusicMajesty: 2 months ago

Only if I'm freaked out or excited.

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Dodgy: 2 months ago

That's not one question, it's four. And my answers are
1. Yes,
2. I dunno,
3. Probably not, and
4. No.

I'm such a chronic hand-talker that I even do it when I'm on the telephone. In fact, the only reason I'm not waving them around while answering this question is that I need them for the keyboard.

Watch a skilful orator addressing a crowd. The way they use their hands to get their ideas across is almost spell-binding.

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Happy2BeHere2: 2 months ago

You and me both!
Mr. Happy catches me talking to myself all the time. (The singing and dancing is for another day.) Sometimes my conversation is nonverbal. Do you know how lucky I am that he doesn't call for the padded-room-police?!?!
"There's a crazy woman gesturing in my kitchen!"

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Dodgy: 2 months ago

Sounds normal to me, Happy. Howard Keel did a great song about this in Kismet. They were going to cut off his hand (he'd been caught stealing) and he made a case for keeping it, the whole time using his hands to tell the story.

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Happy2BeHere2: 2 months ago

Normal...
That may be the first time that word has been applied to me.
Thank you! ;)

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ynp.214: 2 months ago

Awwww ....... they took my answer off so I don't know what you said :0(

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