> One does not remove one's ring in the shop to
> protect the ring. One removes the ring in the shop
> to protect one's fingers.
Remember what happened to Neil Armstrong, the first
man on the moon:
In autumn of 1979, Armstrong was working at his farm
near Lebanon, Ohio. As he jumped off of the back of
his grain truck, his wedding ring caught in the wheel,
tearing off his ring finger. However, he calmly
collected the severed digit, packed it in ice, and
managed to have it reattached by microsurgeons at the
Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
(courtesy of Wikipedia)
BTW, I remember a hilarious description of this in the
"Weekend Update" news spoof of the Saturday Night Live
TV show.
Doug
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