A Man, His Boat, and a Wedding Ring
 

Maybe not the story you were expecting from the title but anyway...

Last Sunday morning I was messing around on my boat on the trailer in my driveway. To make a long story I went to hop off the side of the cockpit, something Ive done thousands of times, and my wedding ring got snagged on something on the boat. This ripped my finger apart and nearly removed it from my hand. Id post pics but its pretty gruesome. Now for the good part. Now falling off the boat because of the finger snag I land kind of sideways on one foot and shatter my heel. So there I am hopping on one foot trying to hold my finger on. An ambulance ride later and I'm in the ER getting my finger stitched and my foot x-rayed. Two days later I have surgery on my heel and am the proud new owner of 9 screws and a plate and a very tender bone graft site on my hip.

Enough of the sob story. Not looking for sympathy here. I guess the moral of the story is ...BE CAREFUL OUT THERE GUYS and if you wear rings think about taking them off when around your boat.

So now sitting here in bed recovering from the surgery I am thankful that I am expected to make a full recovery and the fact that I have a wonderful family and friends. My wife is the greatest and I couldn't imagine going through this without her. My 4 year old son is taking things well and has seemed to have matured a bit from the experience. And now I don't feel guilty anymore for blowing a bunch of cash on a new notebook PC and a wireless network for the house last month.

Since my boating season is over for the year looks like I will have to experience boating through you guys for a while.

So.... POST UP GUYS... I'M BORED!!!!!!!!

Later,

Ron

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Ouch! That totally sucks. Sorry to hear.

That's just one of the reasons I don't wear my ring.

Another reason is, one time I got a nasty bug bite on my ring finger and it began swelling up...it might of been a mosquito, spider, hell I don't know, but it was itching and swelling. Anyway, a short while later, there was no circulation and it was turning blue. A lot of ice and soap later, it finally came off, but I thought I was going to have to cut one of them off...the ring or my finger.

Then again, I just don't like rings. I'm not good with hand jewelry, I do too many things around the house, boat or truck without even thinking and I end up trashing them and scratching them all to hell.

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:eek: :eek: good grief man. I wish I hadn't read this....I bet it'll happen to me next. Glad your ok now though....geez what an experience to say the least.

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Yet another persuasive reason for me not o get married .m :D j/k glad you're o.k.

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pics!

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Glad you are going to make a full recovery. That is one reason I dont wear my college ring anymore. Heard too many similar stories.

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Ouch!!!!!!

Similar story, but not nearly as bad.

I was working on a resto job on a 69 Road Runner and it had no doors or windows. I was wearing shorts and stepped up on the door sill to wipe the center of the roof off. When I went to step down my shorts got caught on the body where the passenger door meets the rear window. (Non post car) My feet never touched the ground and I for a split second I was dangling horizontal from the ground....until my shorts ripped. Then I took the 3 foot fall to the ground on my azz. For about a week I had a giant bruise on each azz cheek.

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Watched my neighbor swing around the chain link fence that seperates my yard and his, he was on the bulkhead. When he slipped off the bulkhead into the water his ring caught the end of one of the "wires" which turned his ring into a tear drop shape cutting him clean down to the bone. If the wire didn't bend and finally let go he would have lost his finger.

Jumping off the back of the Whaler once I caught my big toe in the center hole of the cleat. Almost ripped my toe off, took almost 2 years before it healed without pain.

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I bet most married guys do that already when the wife isn't around!!! :D :D :D

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I have a friend who ripped his whole finger off, his was caught on a cleat.. He did the exact same thing. I can't beleive how many times this has happened. Another reason not to be married. :)

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RJ,

That happened several years ago to Neil Armstrong jumping off a haywagon on his farm. Another wedding ring hazard is shorting it between a + 12 v and ground. The gold conducts electricity AND heat real well. Get well soon!

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A guy I knew dropped a wrench when working a 24v diesel tractor. He reached down for the wrench and grounded it between the hot terminal of the battery and the frame. The circuit passed through his ring and partially melted it fusing it to his finger. The 3rd degree burn destroyed his finger and it had to be amputated. Not pretty. I couldn't fathom the amount of pain that he was in.

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Been there and done that, peeled the skin all the way to 1st knuckle when I whipped that sucker off, that was 15 years ago and all thats left is a little scar I consider myself lucky, I was told by the er this sorta thing happens alot so be careful.

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had a similar accident 4th july weekend ,changing my battery jumped 12 inch wrench across the terminals and you guessed it ,instant arc welder !that gold melted into my finger so f in fast I should have dipped my hand in the water but I panicked and ripped off my skin ouch!5 yrs ago and healled pretty good.permanent wedding scar.

p.s. motor was water locked battery was fine!

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Ron,

Hope everything is doing ok. Tried to call you this morning but didn't get anyone. We'll be back from Mississippi tommorow, if there's anything at all I can do, let me know. If you need anyone to run the boat for you, I'm your man. :D

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OMG I had to stop reading after about the 3rd post, so sorry to hear of your accident.
I hope you have a speedy recovery. Maybe now I will not give Mr. P anymore grief for not wearing his ring. At the moment he too is in recovery and we think our boating season is over, so we feel your pain. On Sunday morning he fell water skiing and tore some ligaments in his foot. We are waiting on the results of a cat scan to see if he will need surgery.

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Ron, hope you are doing OK. Looks like that laptop and the wireless network were good investments after all!

Just Once and Mitch, it's not like you two needed a reason to not be married anyway!

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Sorry to hear about your situation.

Hope you heal quickly.

I work in the Communications industry, and one of the company rules are, "No Rings allowed!!!"

Being as we climb poles.

We had a guy that was not so lucky as you. He fell from a pole and his ring caught on a cabinet attached to the pole. He fell to the ground after his ring cut his finger completely off. :eek:

He survived the fall, but lost the finger. :(

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Ron,
Sorry to hear about your accident. If there is anything I can do please give me a call. I'm sure now the club will not have a problem thinking of a safety topic for next month. It just goes to show everyone that when you least expect, anything can happen, even when doing everyday routine things. Take care and I hope you get better soon.

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Who wears their wedding ring????

I tought jewlery was for women (save for a watch).... whats next nipple ring accidents??? :D:D:D

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Oh yeah...
I can see it now....leaning over the battery terminals! :eek: :eek:

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Or worse!! :eek: :eek: :eek: lmao

Hang in there Ron ... just think of all the fuel and repair bills you're saving by not boating the rest of this year!!! That all awaits you next year .. get well soon :D

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See, I told all of you not to get married, but no one listens.

I like wearing gold chains when I go on friends Fountains, no horror stories yet :)

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rings? I don't need no stinking rings...... :drink:

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Don't feel bad, my cousin did the EXACT same thing!!!!

Jon

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Ron, Sorry to hear of your accident and I wish you a speedy recovery. But I must also say the moral to the story is DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GET MARRIED.

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Thanks for all the kind words guys. I feel a little better each day. Since I have had this misshap I have heard a ring horror story from lots of people. Kind of figured I would get the anti-marriage comments on this board. You guys are great and have kept me laughing.

jmeng... That the same line I used on your Dad when he was layed up. I told him that if he needed me to take his new Fountain out for a run so it wouldnt get lonely I was the guy!

Ray... Thanks for the offer of help. I bet this story is going around the boat club pretty good. At least Im not the Safety Chairman like John was when he broke his ankles. Ha Ha.

Ron

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Hope you heal well. Rings also will scratch your painted rails and grab handles.