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The Vorlon Wife’s wedding ring became too small for her to wear. Very observant me, I quickly picked this up during a dinner conversation with some friends in which she said she could not longer wear her wedding ring. I looked and, sure enough, it was no longer on her hand.
Later I suggested we take it to a Dondero’s Jewelry and have it resized. She thought they’d have to melt it down and recast it. Being an engineer, I explained that I thought they’d just slice it through one side, pry it open and fill the gap with gold.
Gold is a marvelous metal to work with. Very soft with a low melting temperature and extremely malleable. Did you know that gold can be worked into a leaf that is one molecule thick? Consider that your Material Science lesson for the day.
Anywho, we went to Dondero’s, they sized her finger, and off it went. Her ring is a plain gold band. When we got our wedding rings, I opted of plain smooth design. Being the practical type I knew of gold’s softness and figured all the fancy designs would be mushed down over the years. I’m sure this mad resizing her ring easier.
A week later, we picked it up and it was good as new and fit perfectly – very shiny. It cost $45 plus tax. I thought that was a pretty fair price until the Vorlon Wife pointed out we only paid about $23 for her ring back in 1971.
Posted by Ted at May 2, 2005 10:55 AM