Jewellery

[Milfmog]

The only jewellery I wear in contact with my body is a cheap digital watch on a nylon webbing strap and my wedding ring, which is worn hobbit style on a gold chain around my neck. I used to wear it traditionally but I was getting fed up with having it repaired it after catching it on things and bending it all out of shape then a friend vaulted over a steel railing on some stairs, caught his signet ring and left his finger behind. I've not worn a ring on a finger since.

The only other jewellery I wear tend to be kilt pins which i use to weight down the apron of a kilt and or wrap skirts. I have a couple of Celtic knot designs and a "Sword with Lion Rampant" which allow me to personalise a kilt or skirt a little, as well as providing some additional defence against errant breezes.

Have fun,


Ian.

[AndrewH]

then a friend vaulted over a steel railing on some stairs, caught his signet ring and left his finger behind. I've not worn a ring on a finger since.

Personally, I would give up the vaulting over stair railings, rather than wearing the ring...

[JeffB1959]

Other than my wristwatch, I'm not much for jewelry either. However, an ankle chain would look nice with a skirt.

[Milfmog]

then a friend vaulted over a steel railing on some stairs, caught his signet ring and left his finger behind. I've not worn a ring on a finger since.

Personally, I would give up the vaulting over stair railings, rather than wearing the ring...

I must confess I don't think I have vaulted any railing since that day... picking up a warm, twitching finger and rushing it and its' owner to the hospital is not an experience I want to repeat and as you can imagine it made a very real impression. (Incidentally they were able to reattach the finger and it is almost as good as before, just a slight loss of strength and feeling.)

Have fun,


Ian.

[WSmac]

A co-worker's husband is a volunteer fireman and he received a 'glove' injury when his ring caught on the truck as it was pulling away for a fire call.

His finger slipped off also, and was re-attached with almost normal function.

I tell you, from jumping out of airplanes for Uncle Sam to working in a machine shop, I certainly have learned well the dangers of jewelry wearing 'on the job'.

Ian, I do hope your chain will easily break-away if it becomes caught on something... while jumping over things or not.

Dangly hoop style earrings can cause a significant amount of injury and pain when 'RIPPED' from the earlobe.

Hmmm, perhaps tatoos for body adornment are no such a bad idea after all!

[Milfmog]

Ian, I do hope your chain will easily break-away if it becomes caught on something... while jumping over things or not.

Thanks for the thought. The chain and ring usually remain under my shirt, keeping any risk low. The chain is fairly light weight and would break fairly easily if caught, probably before producing more than a graze on my neck. I'm prepared to take that small risk in order to wear my wedding ring.

Have fun,


Ian.

[crfriend]

I must confess I don't think I have vaulted any railing since that day... picking up a warm, twitching finger and rushing it and its' owner to the hospital is not an experience I want to repeat and as you can imagine it made a very real impression.

Not to mention a lasting impression! Good job on getting all the parts to hospital so they could be reunited!!!

Once in a great while I'll remove and pocket my wedding ring, especially if I'm going to be working around high-current power supplies (those show up commonly in computers; you'd be amazed how much current even a PC processor can consume). This is a result of all the cautions and warnings I received back when I passed through vocational school for computer repair in the late '70s (alright, that dates me). The one they used as an example was from a US Air Force training film showing what happens to a hot dog (wiener, not pooch) when a heating coil was placed around it and energised. A hundred Amps into a ring would be decidedly bad from a burn perspective. Other than that, I always have it on (and I'm a bit old for vaulting railings).