Carbon fiber is amazing but if it breaks, it breaks in sharp shards.

Does carbon fiber do that, or tungsten carbide? (We were talking about materials, and Tim has tools that are tungsten -- which seems totally impractical -- and they shatter when they're broken.)

Carbon fiber does shatter. They make open-wheel race cars from it. It's crazy strong until it shatters and then it's crazy sharp shards.

I know he works in a warehouse so clearly needs tough but is he ever in danger of having the ring crushed or his fingers trapped? You might want to go with something tough but accept that you replace it in a decade if there's a need. If something bad happens, you'd rather replace a ring than hurt Tim, obviously.

Toddson, here is one resource:

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You might want to go with something tough but accept that you replace it in a decade if there's a need.

I'm totally cool with that. He was the one thinking about carbon fiber. Possibly because it seems more badass.

I'ma just get him a big pimp ring.

Wedding band tattoo!

My former father-in-law lost his ring finger when his wedding ring got caught in machinery, so my ex wore his ring on a chain most of the time.

I am culling books. It might not be the most useful decluttering I can do, but the books have overflowed the shelves, so they're in the way of doing anything else. So many of them would net only about 75 cents online. I think I'll be better off donating them.

My grandfather never wore his wedding ring because of where he worked. He started wearing it after he retired and lost it within a week.

His is going to have to be something indestructible, since he works in a warehouse (I told him I don't give one damn if he chose to not wear his band at work, but he says he wants to), and I'm guessing the twist of a mobius loop would catch on stuff. His is going to need to be flat and, like, carbon fiber or something. (There are carbon fiber bands, and they're cool as hell.)

My ring is tungsten carbide as well. In fact if my memory is right I think it is even the same design as Juliana with a laser etched Celtic Dragon on it. I have it for similar reasons, virtually indestructible. Mine looks the same as the day we bought it. Very tough, and will shatter before it crushes which is actually good in a finger pinch situation. They cannot be resized or engraved, but since it isn't a precious metal it's not a super expensive ring. I love love love mine.

No good deed goes unpunished, right? So this week I bought Mom a new cell phone, and switched her to my plan (she was on a GoPhone, but all the talking to bf meant $30-40/mo, and me having to recharge the damn minutes). Now I'm getting tech support calls from her on how to work the phone. I swear, I got the simplest one I could. ::sigh::

ION- very productive today: load of laundry, load of dishes, took out the trash, dealt with insurance/collection agency, went to bank, got hair cut, went to post office, food shopping. Now starting to cook for mini dinner party. I think I picked a good day to play hookie! It was 82º and sunny!!

Oh, I'm cracking up. One website says "Our large selection of gorgeous tungsten carbide wedding bands is sure to instill commitment and integrity into your marriage."

Well, thank god, because we sure didn't have THOSE before your lovely jewelry.

Now, do you have anything in a women's wedding band that will instill motivation and the ability to get out of bed in the morning without hitting snooze? Because that would be swell.