Ive got a titanium band too. Havent taken it off in 9 years.
I usually wear gloves when working.
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Ive got a titanium band too. Havent taken it off in 9 years.
I usually wear gloves when working.
Toddppm
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She wants you to wear one so chicks will hit on you then?
I haven't worn mine in years, I had lost it anyways. I did buy another one a few years ago and ended up losing it too from taking it off all the time while working.
TDunk
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My bad. She wants me to wear it so chicks won't hit on me.
retired redneck
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MY ring is on my key ring with my truck keys ben there for 32 yrs.rings are for marrying and berrying, not to wear if you work for a living..
clearance
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Best post.
Magnum783
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The air force has a super strict rule about rings and work none and that is an absolute. If you work in a job that requires safety toe boots then no rings on your fingures for you. Simple is that I have scolded / written many troops up for it.
Jared
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I recall there being some serious safety issues pertaining to gold rings and electrical hazards.
This seems related to your link:
http://www.worldortho.com/dev/index.php?option=com_morfeoshow&task=view&gallery=14&Itemid=150
My ring stays at home.
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Lawnmowerboy48
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Got paid $10 for finding a wedding band for one of the workers from our local utility supplier years ago. I kind of felt bad accepting the money at the moment but then I thought about the repercussions he would gave faced with out it.
Worn my ring every day since the dasy day i put it on, 18 years this fall. I've worked every kind of hand work there is from mechanics to trees, concrete and stone work to garden work and home construction. Never had a problem. One reason I think its been safe if that I've grown callusses around it so it's somewhat embedded into my finger below the surface. I can still take it off but it sits in a nice groove below normal surface. Prabably half the weight it used to be though.
True Blue Sam
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I think the damage a ring does to your finger is called de-gloving. It gives me the willies to think about it. My wife took off her ring 30 plus years ago because she was around electrical boxes and other possible hazards, and I quit wearing mine then, too. We wear our rings on special occasions.
woodchux
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I got my hand trapped one time because of a ring. Down on the side of an engine block holding a backup wrench. Not fun...
John Paul Sanborn
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I ware mine only when there is no chance I will work.
When I was in the USMC a mech Sgt. slipped on a truck and nearly severed his finger.
Another guy i knew had a crushing incident that cut his ring finger bad.
When I was in the USMC a mech Sgt. slipped on a truck and nearly severed his finger.
Another guy i knew had a crushing incident that cut his ring finger bad.
squad143
Tree Guy
True Blue is correct. The term is called "degloved". Seen it a few times, not pretty.
The picture in Cedarkerf's link was from a guy jumping off a truck.
My ring stays as home and only goes on if I,m wearing a suit (which is almost never).
A ring on a person's finger is not a lock on fidelity.
The picture in Cedarkerf's link was from a guy jumping off a truck.
My ring stays as home and only goes on if I,m wearing a suit (which is almost never).
A ring on a person's finger is not a lock on fidelity.
Soilarch
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I'm not married
I've not seen dad without his in my lifetime. Money comes from the office job but he still works on the farm a lot. Uncle works on the farm full-time and he's the same way.
When he got it they had to put a "bridge" in it so it would be big enough to fit his finger. He broke that bridge out of it when he was younger by giving a pair of pliers a good crank. He was able to get it off and he had a scar for a few years where it put a slice in his finger on the way off.
He still wears it.
The safety thing is a personal decision that has to be made.
All the guys who don't wear them for safety reasons:
Do you wear a seatbelt 110% of the time? Statistically you're backwards if you don't.
What about GFCI's in you bathrooms and kitchens?
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I've not seen dad without his in my lifetime. Money comes from the office job but he still works on the farm a lot. Uncle works on the farm full-time and he's the same way.
When he got it they had to put a "bridge" in it so it would be big enough to fit his finger. He broke that bridge out of it when he was younger by giving a pair of pliers a good crank. He was able to get it off and he had a scar for a few years where it put a slice in his finger on the way off.
He still wears it.
The safety thing is a personal decision that has to be made.
All the guys who don't wear them for safety reasons:
Do you wear a seatbelt 110% of the time? Statistically you're backwards if you don't.
What about GFCI's in you bathrooms and kitchens?
opcorn: opcorn: opcorn:
TreeTopKid
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Treat 'em mean keep 'em keen LOL! Mines in the ash tray of my last truck!
John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
That is if the skin is pulled off, if the whole finger comes of that is amputation.
Many play scratch-off too. Not everyone is smart all the time, taking the ring off is smart some of the time.
thejdman04
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try to just wear it when you go out or to the bars. If she still doesnt like that, they do make rings taht are made to shatter instead of bend deform and cut your finger off. I dont remember how many lbs force it takes, but they are supposed to crack and shatter before they deform and deflect much.
arbor pro
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Mine stays at home. My wife didn't like it when we first got married but now, after 12 years, she's accepted that I plan to stick around - ring or no ring. She's fine with me leaving it at home when I'm doing tree work but she does get on my case about not wearing it when we go out.
Problem is, I've gotten so used to not wearing a ring that when I do wear it, it bugs the heck out of me. It pinches my finger and just plain feels wierd. I might wear it to church for an hour then, off it goes and back into the dresser drawer.
Problem is, I've gotten so used to not wearing a ring that when I do wear it, it bugs the heck out of me. It pinches my finger and just plain feels wierd. I might wear it to church for an hour then, off it goes and back into the dresser drawer.
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boltonranger
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A word about titanium.
I agree with "not" wearing the ring for work.
My wife is very secure in who she is - doesn't bother her. (Which I appreciate)
I do wear it when we go out; non-work times etc..
But titanium. The jeweler told me when we bought my ring that a titanium band can't be cut with dikes if I got my hand caught at work and that I would need to cut the finger to extricate my hand. :jawdrop:
So I bought gold. You boys be careful;
that indestructibility may come at a price.
-br
btw-the jeweler was happy to sell me the titanium one - it cost more;
but I appreciated him looking out for my safety more than his wallet.
I agree with "not" wearing the ring for work.
My wife is very secure in who she is - doesn't bother her. (Which I appreciate)
I do wear it when we go out; non-work times etc..
But titanium. The jeweler told me when we bought my ring that a titanium band can't be cut with dikes if I got my hand caught at work and that I would need to cut the finger to extricate my hand. :jawdrop:
So I bought gold. You boys be careful;
that indestructibility may come at a price.
-br
btw-the jeweler was happy to sell me the titanium one - it cost more;
but I appreciated him looking out for my safety more than his wallet.
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