Haa...
Funny...I was reading through this thread and Rejean beat me to the punch with MY pic!!
(glad I could contribute!)

I was like...HEY! Thats my choke-stick! heheh...good feeling knowing that other people can use my ideas...
(but really I think I got the idea from somewhere else...I just modified for my use)
Passing the info on...

I've found when choking my Ryobi too...you don't have to turn it all the way over...just bump it up against the compression stroke a few times and it will start to draw.
MAKE SURE YOUR ENGINE KILL SWITCH IS SET FOR ENGINE OFF!!

When you pull the choke stick out and it's wet....good to go....flip the kill switch off (engine on), hit with starter or give it a good flip and away we go!

Here's a pic of the choke-stick in action:
http://www.crazyherb.com/BigPink/Picture015.jpg


Hope it helps!
Good Luck!