thread drift....

Kind of reminds me of back when I worked for a Parks Dept, and was out with a Law Enforcement Ranger on boat patrol. We had stopped a boat, and I was holding on to the bow to keep it from pulling away from us. HP the Ranger was yelling "hold on, hold on", so I was holding on for dear life as the boat was pulling away (their engine was at idle, or so I thought). Finally HP says "let go" so I did. Apparently in his vernicular, "hold on" meant "wait" not the physical action of "holding".