Well, The Ring Is Off!

[ProfessorGAC]

Went to a jewelry store about 20 miles from our house.
I texted them about 6 this morning to see if they did ring removal. An hour later they texted yes, and they open at 10.
She had a special too that has a little hook on the tip, and a cutting wheel the crank like a can opener. Took a minute & a half!
There was no charge! So, I decided to use them for the resizing.
But, she said my finger has to be sans ring for a couple weeks so the indentation mostly goes away.
So, for 2 weeks I won't have a ring on that finger for more than a half-hour for the first time since March 1980.

[marble falls]

1. I know a road house on the way to Milwaukee, about 10 miles north of Waukeegan ...

... after all, you only got three weeks or so to run tagless.

[Duncanpup]

9. Whore monger

stand behind thee Knower of loose ladies, sorry I kind felt need to try and go evangelical I kind sucked at it.

[niyad]

12. Well done!!!

[Duncanpup]

15. Really why thanks.

Maybe I’ll try go Billy Graham and do mega church of course with CDL truck parking.

Donate $1000 bucks you’ll get a reserved pull through slot to park the rig.

Of course I’ll have showers fuel available I’ll charge em shower oh and truck drivers gift shop with restaurant.

With cheap shit in gift shop from China I’ll have China pay the tariffs cost.

[niyad]

16. A very good plan!

[marble falls]

30. Go between sez I! Only facilitating the possiblties.

[Walleye]

2. I had been wearing my mother's college ring since she died in 1989. Finally my knuckle and fingers got too big so I had

To take it off and keep it in the drawer. So I know how you feel.

[Demobrat]

17. Why not wear it around your neck?

I have a chain I haven’t taken off in a decade.

[Walleye]

31. That's a good suggestion, thank you it's a pretty ring,

I was proud of my mom for going to college in the 30s leaving her home as a teenager. They only got to go home for Christmas and she was just across Chesapeake Bay.

[rsdsharp]

3. I used to work in a jewelry store and we did that all the time.

We had a coworker who was a little off center. A lady asked him if he could get a ring off of her swollen finger. He said “Sure. Did ya bring it with ya?”

[ProfessorGAC]

4. That's Funny!

"Did you bring it with you?"

[BaronChocula]

13. That sounds like Jim Ignatowski

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from the show "Taxi."

[rsdsharp]

18. He was the same guy who told a woman he was surprised a case ring fit her

“Cause ya got fat fingers.”

[BaronChocula]

26. Wow!

Now that sounds like Louie De Palma.

Sorry. Guess I'm feeling a little nostalgic for classic TV

[Marthe48]

5. My knuckle started to enlarge

in 2019, I took my wedding ring off, after my finger started swelling. I have a small tray on my dresser with my ring, my husband's ring and his keys.
I've got a large silver ring I wear once in awhile if I feel like wearing jewelry. It's showy and keeps the finger from bending

[rsdsharp]

10. There is a kind of hinge that can be installed.

It lets you open the ring up, slide it down over an enlarged knuckle, and then close it up.

[Quakerfriend]

6. Great! The dental floss method works too- It's often

used by medical staff.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Tried It 3 Times

Just couldn't make it work.

[littlemissmartypants]

19. I have used window cleaner before and it worked for me. ...

But I guess that your issue was pretty bad.

❤️

[Quakerfriend]

29. Wow, you were really stuck! So glad it worked out

for you.

[FeelingBlue]

27. So is ...

WINDEX!!! I learned that from a nurse!

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Surprise the wifey and have an informal renewal of vows.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. She Knows The Situation

On two of my attempts to get it off, she was on the couch right next to me.
She knew this last resort was the only option.
I'll get it repaired & resized in a couple weeks. My MRIs will be behind me by then.

[unweird]

8. Had a hornet sting on a ringed finger once

Didn’t get the ring off fast enough and the finger started swelling. Ended up at a jewelry store also.

[snowybirdie]

14. Thanks for the info

Need this. Ring has been on my finger for 63 years and is getting tight. Didn't know of that service

[mahina]

21. Try cutting out salt completely, drinking tons of water and after a few days if you drop a couple pounds try with soapy

Water to get it off yourself. It’s really painful to do this and it pretty much destroys your ring although it sounds like the OP found a jeweler who is willing to work with what’s left. When I’ve witnessed this being done before, the person’s finger turned colors that fingers are not supposed to be while we live.

[mahina]

20. You poor thing. I have witnessed that before, and I know from just observing that it is extremely uncomfortable if not

Actually, very painful. I’m glad they did that for you for free. It would be kind of mean to charge to do that humanitarian work. I’m glad you’ll work with him in the future for the resize.

[sdfernando]

22. Great that you got the ring off....

I won't tell you where my ring is.

[AverageOldGuy]

23. I'm an old EMT

We carry a similar tool in the ambulance to remove rings if necessary and if there’s no other way

[ProfessorGAC]

25. That Makes Sense

I can see why EMTs would carry them.
I wasn't in any pain, because the ring still fit ok where it normally sits.
Getting it to the knuckle was a non-starter, though. The chronic tendinitis got me.

[eppur_se_muova]

28. At least it wasn't a stygium ring.

https://wiki.lspace.org/Stygium