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Wedding rings...take them off...

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  • 17-07-2016 11:02pm
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    Unusual injury while running today, descending at speed in the Carrauntoohil East IMRA run, took a tumble...but wedding ring snagged on a rock and tried to separate my finger and hand. Result was a very deep cut in a circle around my finger, exactly matching the wedding ring, and a black and blue hand from the wrench. But think it's all still intact and didn't deglove myself. Think I'll take the ring off on future mountain runs.

    For this forum, have heard of fellows getting degloved while climbing, slipping, and leaving the ring and all the skin off the finger dangling above them...so remember to take it off.


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    FortySeven
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    Friend of my father jumped up to knock the nets off goalposts after a football match. Left his finger up on the hook that held them.

    It was put back but never the same.


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    John_Rambo
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    Yeah, take them off. They're usually made of much tougher stuff than flesh and bone. Plus, if you're in cold weather your fingers will be smaller and rings fall off.

    More trouble than loosing you're finger!


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    FAILSAFE 00
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    This thread should be stickied in the infidelity forum :P


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    Losty Dublin
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    Ouch man. Keep an eye on it tomorrow and see if it's still busted lest you have Jersey Finger.


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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Ouch man. Keep an eye on it tomorrow and see if it's still busted lest you have Jersey Finger.

    Improved a lot, and the tip is fine, all black and blue around the knuckle which I guess suffered the biggest wrench. But flexing a little with no pain now.

    Dislocated the right ring finger spectacularly before, again running in the Reeks. Bent sideways at a perfect right angle, popped back in but lots of swelling. This one a lot better.


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Of course, this could be completely avoided by remaining single lads and ladies :p


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    CJhaughey
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    I am married over 10 years, I have rarely worn my ring since the big day. I know too many people that have 9 fingers from wedding ring accidents.
    The worst case I heard was a guy working on a truck, the ring shorted a 24v system and went red hot, trying to remove a red hot gold ring from your finger with your other good fingers is a nightmare I have no wish to recreate.
    My ring still looks new.:D


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    Alun
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    I do a bit of woodturning as a hobby, and having seen some exceedingly graphic photos of what happens when a piece of wood rotating at 1000+rpm gets caught in a wedding ring, I always take mine off :D


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