Useless Conversation

[Ironwood]

What in the name of almighty fuck have I EVER written on these boards to suggest paradise ?

Or even, you know, basic happiness ?

 

[stray]

Who knows, sometimes shitty things are a blessing in disguise.

..

Meh. People say that... I've never actually seen proof of it.. but I hope it's true. Else you and I both are fucked.  

[Ironwood]

Well, just so no-one else gets carried away...

I stopped wearing it a while ago now.  Since we're under 17 feet of snow, I was cold and my fingers were smaller.

Slipped it on.

Next thing you know, I've cut off circulation to one of my fingers and it's swelling larger and larger and larger.

So.  Trip to the Doc Shop for one of their handy cutting tools.  I briefly considered going at my own finger with a Dremel, but that had all the makings of New Year hilarity about it.

The More You Know.

[stray]

Ah, so it's a ring finger problem, literally.

The doc handled the ring, but what did he suggest about circulation? I heard "hot then cold" water is good therapy, but I don't if that is meant for targetting specific areas (more of an all around thing).

[Ironwood]

Once that fucking thing was off, 15 minutes and everything was back to normal.  No damage done.

What made me feel marginally better was not just the total professionalism of the nurse, but the fact that I wandered in, holding my hand and asking if anyone knew how to perform a divorce.

They knew exactly what I was talking about - This is a apparently a really common problem.  Must be, since they have a special wee tool just to do the job.

Sigh.

Anyway.

On with the Useful Conversation.

[Strazos]

Is it possible to, like, re-weld it, and also widen it while they're at it?

[Signe]

I know that tool well!  I've had to have a ring cut off my finger twice in my youth.  Both times due to breaking my fingers.  Once in a skiing accident and once when I fell off of a motorbike.  I was terrified of the tool the first time.  I'm very accident prone, unfortunately. 

Righ's wedding ring got too small for him a couple of years ago.  We keep meaning to sort something out but neither of us are quite sentimental enough about those kinds of things to get around to it in a timely manner.  We will, though.  Very nearly sometime soon.  I'd like a new one, too.

[gryeyes]

Finger fat, the silent killer.

[NowhereMan]

Signe's avatar is impairing my ability to read posts here.

[Cyrrex]

Signe's avatar is impairing my ability to read posts here.

I know!  Quite an improvement over some of her past works.

[Yegolev]

Metal prices might be high enough to warrant reforging the wedding band rather than buying a new one.  On the other hand, Ring Pops are tasty.

[Samwise]

Stories like this are why I didn't get a titanium wedding ring.

[Rasix]

Platinum melt down well? 

[Yegolev]

Hey, mine is also platinum.  Furthermore, I have bolt cutters and wire cutters at home.

[Ironwood]

Not much use.

[Yegolev]

I sense the day I discover this for myself is approaching.

[Signe]

Stories like this are why I didn't get a titanium wedding ring.

oooo.   There's a thought I didn't think of!   

[voodoolily]

My rings got stuck when I was pregnant - almost too stuck. Luckily I got them off with some Astroglide.

/rimshot

[IainC]

My fingers change size quite dramatically as I gain or lose weight, as I get warmer or colder etc. I lost one wedding ring from it just falling off so now I wear a steel ring on my thumb instead. I was going to get a Titanium one but the jeweller advised me against it on the grounds that if I ever got into an accident, the only way to remove it is to cut off the thumb.

[Samwise]

I was going to get a Titanium one but the jeweller advised me against it on the grounds that if I ever got into an accident, the only way to remove it is to cut off the thumb.

Like I said... 

[Yegolev]

My rings got stuck when I was pregnant - almost too stuck. Luckily I got them off with some Astroglide.

/rimshot

[Yegolev]

Don't be like me, kids: pay attention in the orientation session wherein you learn the URL to access your new company's network.

[schild]

Where are you at now?

[voodoolily]

I thought he was at the HP division of Coke or someshit.

[Engels]

I thought he was at the HP division of Coke or someshit.

If he were in the coke division of HP, that would explain a whole heck of a lot.

[gryeyes]

I was going to get a Titanium one but the jeweller advised me against it on the grounds that if I ever got into an accident, the only way to remove it is to cut off the thumb.

Jewelers tell people that so they can sell rings of a more expensive material. Bet he was rather unhappy that you went with steel instead.

[Righ]

If he were in the coke division of HP, that would explain a whole heck of a lot.

It would certainly explain how the worst CEO of all time managed to decimate HP. Did she leave behind a coke division in Lucent too?

[Yegolev]

Where are you at now?

Do keep up.

I am doing the exact same job in the exact same location, but now I get my paycheck from HP.  I have the same Coke blackberry, same laptop, same desk.  The big change is that I now have to actually follow proper procedure, even filling out tickets for my work, per the HP goons.  The KO goons don't like it, but I suppose they should not have outsourced me.  Stupid Mark Hurd and Muhtar Kent playing golf together.

[Sky]

I have bolt cutters and wire cutters at home.

Dremel imo.

[Yegolev]

I have bolt cutters and wire cutters at home.

Dremel imo.

I'm more wary of heat and abrasion than... whatever might go wrong with bolt cutters.

[Ironwood]

I have bolt cutters and wire cutters at home.

Dremel imo.

No, seriously, don't do this unless you have help you really trust.  You may have missed the part of the story where I got my own Dremel out.

Seriously, at the risk of a finger, leave it to the professionals.

[Righ]

When I imagine what people who post on f13 are like, I mostly think of them as middle aged men with self-inflicted disabilities.

[stray]

I'm fairly young, but otherwise, that's true. As a child, I pointlessly stuck my hands in birdcages, and it went downhill from there.

[Yegolev]

I only have one such injury, from before I knew how to use a chisel.  I was probably six or eight.  You can't count accidental things like the exposed copper in the circular saw plug which zapped a little divot into my thumbprint, or when I was moving a ladder while roofing a house and stepped on a nail.  Otherwise, no, I am pretty sure I could cut my ring off using my bolt cutters without nicking my finger.  This is because I am awesome.  No broken bones, have all extremities, minimal scars.

Of course, I won't really know until I try.  I'll wear eye protection, too.  Can't be too careful.

[Cyrrex]

Just a thought, but since one of your hands would be the one bearing the ring, you'd only have one hand with which to work the bolt cutters.  Can they reasonably be operated with one hand, even if it likely is your wank hand?

Give it a whirl and let us know.