Got up this morning and my diamond ring was missing! It's too large
nowadays and I know it needs resizing.

I turned the bed upsidedown (maybe it fell off in my sleep). Nothing.

OK, I was cleaning gutters yesterday but I wore work gloves so I wouldn't
have taken it off. OH, maybe when I took off the glove it stayed in the
finger. Nope, not there.

When do I take my ring off??? Hardly ever (except for cleaning it)!!!

What's left? OK, yesterday I took the trash out. What are the chances it
slipped into the trash. Well, THAT'S never happened but, OK, I pulled the
15 gallon trashbag back into the house and with an empty trash bag side
by side, with gloves on I went piece by piece through the kitchen trash.
Grundge and slime and stink! I was 3/4 of the way through the transfer
when there it was shining up at me!!!

I've worn it since 1989.

WHAT A RELIEF!

All the best,

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Got up this morning and my diamond ring was missing! It's too large
> nowadays and I know it needs resizing.
>
> I turned the bed upsidedown (maybe it fell off in my sleep). Nothing.
>
> OK, I was cleaning gutters yesterday but I wore work gloves so I wouldn't
> have taken it off. OH, maybe when I took off the glove it stayed in the
> finger. Nope, not there.
>
> When do I take my ring off??? Hardly ever (except for cleaning it)!!!
>
> What's left? OK, yesterday I took the trash out. What are the chances it
> slipped into the trash. Well, THAT'S never happened but, OK, I pulled the
> 15 gallon trashbag back into the house and with an empty trash bag side
> by side, with gloves on I went piece by piece through the kitchen trash.
> Grundge and slime and stink! I was 3/4 of the way through the transfer
> when there it was shining up at me!!!
>
> I've worn it since 1989.
>
> WHAT A RELIEF!
>
> All the best,
>
> Andy

Ya think this could be a good time to get it resized, or what?

Oh pshaw, on Fri 17 Nov 2006 08:13:49a, Andy meant to say...

> JoeSpareBedroom said...
>
>> Ya think this could be a good time to get it resized, or what?
>
>
> Joe,
>
> Yepper!
>
> I put it on my middle finger in the meantime, though I wonder if that's
> not possibly sending a wrong message!??
>
> Andy
>

What could you possibly mean? :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

"Andy" <q> wrote

> What's left? OK, yesterday I took the trash out. What are the chances it
> slipped into the trash. Well, THAT'S never happened but, OK, I pulled the
> 15 gallon trashbag back into the house and with an empty trash bag side
> by side, with gloves on I went piece by piece through the kitchen trash.
> Grundge and slime and stink! I was 3/4 of the way through the transfer
> when there it was shining up at me!!!
>
> I've worn it since 1989.
>
> WHAT A RELIEF!

I'm so happy for you that you found your ring. I know if I lose
something, the garbage goes *nowhere* ... stuff gets thrown out
a lot in my house. Very annoying. How lucky you thought to
check there.

nancy

Nancy Young said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote
>
>> What's left? OK, yesterday I took the trash out. What are the chances
>> it slipped into the trash. Well, THAT'S never happened but, OK, I
>> pulled the 15 gallon trashbag back into the house and with an empty
>> trash bag side by side, with gloves on I went piece by piece through
>> the kitchen trash. Grundge and slime and stink! I was 3/4 of the way
>> through the transfer when there it was shining up at me!!!
>>
>> I've worn it since 1989.
>>
>> WHAT A RELIEF!
>
> I'm so happy for you that you found your ring. I know if I lose
> something, the garbage goes *nowhere* ... stuff gets thrown out
> a lot in my house. Very annoying. How lucky you thought to
> check there.
>
> nancy


nancy,

Yesterday was trash day but the wather was so nasty, I decided to leave
it in the shed until Monday.

That's 2x LUCKY!!!

Maybe I should put $1.00 on the lotto tonight. (grin)

Andy

JoeSpareBedroom said...

> Ya think this could be a good time to get it resized, or what?


Joe,

Yepper!

I put it on my middle finger in the meantime, though I wonder if that's not
possibly sending a wrong message!??

Andy

Don't push your luck mate.

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> Got up this morning and my diamond ring was missing! It's too large
> nowadays and I know it needs resizing.
>
> I turned the bed upsidedown (maybe it fell off in my sleep). Nothing.
>
> OK, I was cleaning gutters yesterday but I wore work gloves so I wouldn't
> have taken it off. OH, maybe when I took off the glove it stayed in the
> finger. Nope, not there.
>
> When do I take my ring off??? Hardly ever (except for cleaning it)!!!
>
> What's left? OK, yesterday I took the trash out. What are the chances it
> slipped into the trash. Well, THAT'S never happened but, OK, I pulled the
> 15 gallon trashbag back into the house and with an empty trash bag side
> by side, with gloves on I went piece by piece through the kitchen trash.
> Grundge and slime and stink! I was 3/4 of the way through the transfer
> when there it was shining up at me!!!
>
> I've worn it since 1989.
>
> WHAT A RELIEF!
>
> All the best,
>
> Andy

Andy,

If you don't have the time or $$$ to get it re-sized, just order a ring
guard from Fire Mountain Gems. That will solve your problem quickly,
easily and with minimum expense:

http://www.firemountaingems.com/sear...w=ring%20guard

I've done business with FMG for years. They are fast and reliable, and
one of the few companies that does ordering 24/7. They also do checks by
phone so you don't have to use a credit card.

I'm glad you found your ring!
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

Omelet said...
>
> Andy,
>
> If you don't have the time or $$$ to get it re-sized, just order a
> ring guard from Fire Mountain Gems. That will solve your problem
> quickly, easily and with minimum expense:
>
> http://www.firemountaingems.com/sear...w=ring%20guard
>
> I've done business with FMG for years. They are fast and reliable, and
> one of the few companies that does ordering 24/7. They also do checks
> by phone so you don't have to use a credit card.
>
> I'm glad you found your ring!


Om,

What a great solution!!! That way if I ever get fat fingers back, I can
just remove the ring guard. I'll give it a go!

Thanks for sharing the magic,

Andy

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> Omelet said...
> >
> > Andy,
> >
> > If you don't have the time or $$$ to get it re-sized, just order a
> > ring guard from Fire Mountain Gems. That will solve your problem
> > quickly, easily and with minimum expense:
> >
> > http://www.firemountaingems.com/sear...w=ring%20guard
> >
> > I've done business with FMG for years. They are fast and reliable, and
> > one of the few companies that does ordering 24/7. They also do checks
> > by phone so you don't have to use a credit card.
> >
> > I'm glad you found your ring!
>
>
> Om,
>
> What a great solution!!! That way if I ever get fat fingers back, I can
> just remove the ring guard. I'll give it a go!
>
> Thanks for sharing the magic,
>
> Andy

Most welcome! :-)

Helps to be in the Jewelry trade......

Cheers!
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

Andy wrote:
> JoeSpareBedroom said...
>
>> Ya think this could be a good time to get it resized, or what?
>
>
> Joe,
>
> Yepper!
>
> I put it on my middle finger in the meantime, though I wonder if that's not
> possibly sending a wrong message!??
>
> Andy


I think I'd put it in my jewelry box until it was the right size since
you knew of so many places you could have lost it.

Fantastic that you found it.

gloria p

Andy wrote:
>
> Nancy Young said...
>
> >
> > "Andy" <q> wrote
> >
> >> What's left? OK, yesterday I took the trash out. What are the chances
> >> it slipped into the trash. Well, THAT'S never happened but, OK, I
> >> pulled the 15 gallon trashbag back into the house and with an empty
> >> trash bag side by side, with gloves on I went piece by piece through
> >> the kitchen trash. Grundge and slime and stink! I was 3/4 of the way
> >> through the transfer when there it was shining up at me!!!
> >>
> >> I've worn it since 1989.
> >>
> >> WHAT A RELIEF!
> >
> > I'm so happy for you that you found your ring. I know if I lose
> > something, the garbage goes *nowhere* ... stuff gets thrown out
> > a lot in my house. Very annoying. How lucky you thought to
> > check there.
> >
> > nancy
>
> nancy,
>
> Yesterday was trash day but the wather was so nasty, I decided to leave
> it in the shed until Monday.
>
> That's 2x LUCKY!!!
>
> Maybe I should put $1.00 on the lotto tonight. (grin)
>
> Andy

Couldn't hurt. Worst case it's just a $1 contribution to some
politician's next yacht.

Pete C.

Andy wrote:
<snip>

> Grundge and slime and stink! I was 3/4 of the way through the transfer
> when there it was shining up at me!!!
>
> I've worn it since 1989.
>
> WHAT A RELIEF!
>
> All the best,
>
> Andy

THANK GOD!

I would be very upset if I lost mine. It was my engagement ring and it
turnedinto my wedding ring during our ceremony. It has so much meaning
for me - well beyond the monetary value.

-L.

-L. said...

>
> Andy wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> Grundge and slime and stink! I was 3/4 of the way through the transfer
>> when there it was shining up at me!!!
>>
>> I've worn it since 1989.
>>
>> WHAT A RELIEF!
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Andy
>
> THANK GOD!
>
> I would be very upset if I lost mine. It was my engagement ring and it
> turnedinto my wedding ring during our ceremony. It has so much meaning
> for me - well beyond the monetary value.
>
> -L.


-L.,

I took my wife's two best friends/diamond experts to the L.A. Diamond
Mart in downtown Los Angeles to buy my wife an engagement ring. I didn't
know diamonds. I chose a ring and diamond. Janice and Anne were "just
browsing" and they called me over. They were looking at men's diamond
rings. "OH, Andy, try that one on!" "HUH?" "Andy, just try it on!" "Oh
well, OK." The jeweler had it out and on my finger in seconds. Janice and
Anne ooh'd and ahh'd beaming. "How much, they asked." The jeweler said
$900. 1 carat, 7-diamonds, 14 carat gold nugget." OH, Andy, you simply
MUST get this ring. It's worth $2,000!"

With Janice and Anne present, later, I proposed to my wife and she said
yes. Then I showed her the ring Janice and Anne forced ME to buy. She
laughed and said "you took the 'diamond sluts' to a diamond market???"
Laughter, hugs and tears.

Most men find it ostentatious, being such a large brilliant ring, but
I've had countless compliments from women.

If it weren't for Janice and Anne I would never have thought to buy a
diamond ring for myself. The cunning wenches!!!

Andy

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:49:00 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:

>
>Most men find it ostentatious, being such a large brilliant ring, but
>I've had countless compliments from women.
>

I bought The Hub three stud earrings to wear in his left ear...a ruby,
a diamond and a sapphire. He gets a lot of comments on them from both
men and women.

Boron

Boron Elgar said...

> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:49:00 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>
>>Most men find it ostentatious, being such a large brilliant ring, but
>>I've had countless compliments from women.
>>
>
> I bought The Hub three stud earrings to wear in his left ear...a ruby,
> a diamond and a sapphire. He gets a lot of comments on them from both
> men and women.
>
> Boron


Boron,

You branded your husband in red, white and blue! Smart wife!

Andy
No piercings. No tatoos.

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:08:29 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:

>Boron Elgar said...
>
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:49:00 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Most men find it ostentatious, being such a large brilliant ring, but
>>>I've had countless compliments from women.
>>>
>>
>> I bought The Hub three stud earrings to wear in his left ear...a ruby,
>> a diamond and a sapphire. He gets a lot of comments on them from both
>> men and women.
>>
>> Boron
>
>
>Boron,
>
>You branded your husband in red, white and blue! Smart wife!
>
>Andy
>No piercings. No tatoos.


The Hub works in construction and he is as non-stereotypical as one
can be in the trades, where guys being uber-butch and blustery are
seen more than once in awhile. The earrings are strictly for the
beauty of the stones, but anyone ever tries to give him any guff about
the earrings on site, he pulls the faux patriotic " red, white and
blue" stuff and they back down real fast.

Then we laugh about it at home that night.

Boron

Andy wrote:
>
> I took my wife's two best friends/diamond experts to the L.A. Diamond
> Mart in downtown Los Angeles to buy my wife an engagement ring. I didn't
> know diamonds. I chose a ring and diamond. Janice and Anne were "just
> browsing" and they called me over. They were looking at men's diamond
> rings. "OH, Andy, try that one on!" "HUH?" "Andy, just try it on!" "Oh
> well, OK." The jeweler had it out and on my finger in seconds. Janice and
> Anne ooh'd and ahh'd beaming. "How much, they asked." The jeweler said
> $900. 1 carat, 7-diamonds, 14 carat gold nugget." OH, Andy, you simply
> MUST get this ring. It's worth $2,000!"
>
> With Janice and Anne present, later, I proposed to my wife and she said
> yes. Then I showed her the ring Janice and Anne forced ME to buy. She
> laughed and said "you took the 'diamond sluts' to a diamond market???"
> Laughter, hugs and tears.
>
> Most men find it ostentatious, being such a large brilliant ring, but
> I've had countless compliments from women.

Sounds similar to my husband's ring - 1 ct TW, 5 diamonds, in a really
cool channel setting - the top of the ring is flat (rectangular) and
the diamonds sit in a row with essentially a small band of gold on
either side. It's gorgeous, and people stop him in public to comment
on it. It's phat and fat but he's a big guy (6'1", 225) so can pull it
off. I bought it for him before he officially proposed, and he never
knew about it. Two weeks later he bought my ring. I told him two
weeks before the wedding that he had a ring, and I showed him - he was
stunned but very pleased.


>
> If it weren't for Janice and Anne I would never have thought to buy a
> diamond ring for myself. The cunning wenches!!!

IMO (obviously), some of the nicest rings for men have diamonds in
them.

-L.

-L. said...

>
> Andy wrote:
>>
>> I took my wife's two best friends/diamond experts to the L.A. Diamond
>> Mart in downtown Los Angeles to buy my wife an engagement ring. I
>> didn't know diamonds. I chose a ring and diamond. Janice and Anne
>> were "just browsing" and they called me over. They were looking at
>> men's diamond rings. "OH, Andy, try that one on!" "HUH?" "Andy, just
>> try it on!" "Oh well, OK." The jeweler had it out and on my finger in
>> seconds. Janice and Anne ooh'd and ahh'd beaming. "How much, they
>> asked." The jeweler said $900. 1 carat, 7-diamonds, 14 carat gold
>> nugget." OH, Andy, you simply MUST get this ring. It's worth $2,000!"
>>
>> With Janice and Anne present, later, I proposed to my wife and she
>> said yes. Then I showed her the ring Janice and Anne forced ME to
>> buy. She laughed and said "you took the 'diamond sluts' to a diamond
>> market???" Laughter, hugs and tears.
>>
>> Most men find it ostentatious, being such a large brilliant ring, but
>> I've had countless compliments from women.
>
> Sounds similar to my husband's ring - 1 ct TW, 5 diamonds, in a
> really cool channel setting - the top of the ring is flat
> (rectangular) and the diamonds sit in a row with essentially a small
> band of gold on either side. It's gorgeous, and people stop him in
> public to comment on it. It's phat and fat but he's a big guy (6'1",
> 225) so can pull it off. I bought it for him before he officially
> proposed, and he never knew about it. Two weeks later he bought my
> ring. I told him two weeks before the wedding that he had a ring,
> and I showed him - he was stunned but very pleased.
>
>
>>
>> If it weren't for Janice and Anne I would never have thought to buy a
>> diamond ring for myself. The cunning wenches!!!
>
> IMO (obviously), some of the nicest rings for men have diamonds in
> them.
>
> -L.


-L.,

Sharing stories, all I can add to explain anything is diamond is my
birthstone.

All the best,

Andy

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> Got up this morning and my diamond ring was missing! It's too large
> nowadays and I know it needs resizing.

<snip your search>

For our twenty-fifth anniversary, I bought my wife a pair of diamond
studs. They were a half carat apiece. I've never seen her happier.
She wore them with pride for seven or eight years, and one day she
tearfully told me she had lost one of them.
Since she apparently touches them once a day, she was certain she had
lost the stud very recently. We looked in all the usual places. She
checked at work. She checked in the car. She had been to a couple of
places in the last few days and checked with them. Nothing.
She was broken hearted, and my platitudes did not comfort her.
On the third day, we got a phone call. Her hairdresser had found the
stud. What a stroke of luck! I had the threads on her studs changed, and
she still uses the same hairdresser. She will till the hairdresser
retires or dies.

leo

--
<http://web0.greatbasin.net/~leo/>

Leonard Blaisdell said...

> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>> Got up this morning and my diamond ring was missing! It's too large
>> nowadays and I know it needs resizing.
>
> <snip your search>
>
> For our twenty-fifth anniversary, I bought my wife a pair of diamond
> studs. They were a half carat apiece. I've never seen her happier.
> She wore them with pride for seven or eight years, and one day she
> tearfully told me she had lost one of them.
> Since she apparently touches them once a day, she was certain she had
> lost the stud very recently. We looked in all the usual places. She
> checked at work. She checked in the car. She had been to a couple of
> places in the last few days and checked with them. Nothing.
> She was broken hearted, and my platitudes did not comfort her.
> On the third day, we got a phone call. Her hairdresser had found the
> stud. What a stroke of luck! I had the threads on her studs changed,
and
> she still uses the same hairdresser. She will till the hairdresser
> retires or dies.
>
> leo


leo,

Cool!!!

Andy

Boron Elgar said...

> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:08:29 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>Boron Elgar said...
>>
>>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:49:00 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Most men find it ostentatious, being such a large brilliant ring, but
>>>>I've had countless compliments from women.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I bought The Hub three stud earrings to wear in his left ear...a
ruby,
>>> a diamond and a sapphire. He gets a lot of comments on them from both
>>> men and women.
>>>
>>> Boron
>>
>>
>>Boron,
>>
>>You branded your husband in red, white and blue! Smart wife!
>>
>>Andy
>>No piercings. No tatoos.
>
>
> The Hub works in construction and he is as non-stereotypical as one
> can be in the trades, where guys being uber-butch and blustery are
> seen more than once in awhile. The earrings are strictly for the
> beauty of the stones, but anyone ever tries to give him any guff about
> the earrings on site, he pulls the faux patriotic " red, white and
> blue" stuff and they back down real fast.
>
> Then we laugh about it at home that night.
>
> Boron


Speaking of branding, there's a street punk walking around in Amsterdam
with a seven diamond scar in his forehead for attempting to pick-pocket
me.

Andy