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..... Once I hooked it on something, in which case it's malleability was actually a good thing, because the bending ring saved my finger from worse injury. ....

It has been a long, long time, but I remember a groundskeeper at a hotel cum golf course in New Hampshire who lost his ring finger to a tool that got jammed (in a lathe? a grinder?). Anyhow, having the ring be the weaker link has something to recommend it.

Semi-romantic non sequitur. I know this guy who bought wedding rings at a stall in Suez. Many years later it became obvious -- a paradox -- that they had too much gold (24K?). They were too soft, so started to break up and wound up in a jewelry box. So the crafty fox snuck them out of the house and had them rebuilt on a sturdier (14K?) ring just in time for his 40th anniversary. A big hit, that was..
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Jim


'Tis the exceptional fellow who lies awake at night thinking of his successes.