1. Everything was A-Okay until the Christmas break.

2. All engines are fine; we're A-okay.

3. Transcripts from that space mission, however, reveal that Shepard never said "A-Okay. " It was NASA's public relations officer for Project Mercury, Col.

4. The A-Okay Joining the thumb and index finger in a circle is a popular way of saying Okay, but it is an insult in many Latin American countries.

5. When Richard Nixon was U. S. Vice President, he is reported to have greeted a crowd south of the border with a double "A-Okay".

6. Alan Shepard reported: "Everything is A-Okay. " A helicopter pulled him from the spacecraft and carried him to a waiting ship.

7. However, being a handy-man as part of a hobby is a-okay, just don't try to make a living out of it or people will think bad things about you... that's the impression I have anyway.