Indeed, Jim.
In similar fashion a colleague of mine jumped down from a fence at CFB Trenton
leaving much of his finger on the top. He said later that the staff in the
guardroom of the base nearly fainted at sight of the remaining bone.
Chris
> On 15 Jul 2015, at 22:21, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Rings can be a hazard in some circumstances. A boy a few years older than
> me, who was loading something on his father's stake-bed truck, jumped off the
> truck and his ring caught on the top of the bed. Needless to say, he lost a
> finger.
>
> I am familiar with the rule about no rings when working with rotating machine
> tools.
>
> When I had open heart surgery, one of the nurses told my wife to stick around
> for a moment and she would give her my ring, because the hands often swell
> following surgery. Knowing I had difficulty removing it, Donna asked her how
> they would get it off. She smiled and said, "We have our ways". In a couple
> of minutes, she handed Donna the ring.
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