As originally conceived, the engineer’s iron ring rubs against the drawings and paper upon which the Engineer writes and even in modern times, serves as a reminder when working on a computer.
Think it’s intended more for the design engineer than the construction engineer.
But that said you can get some decent silicone rings that won’t de-glove you if they get caught these days.
North American engineers sometimes wear an Iron Ring, apparently.
They might not be American - I don’t think anywhere else does the iron ring thing…
Bike shops are awash with innuendo. Part of the fun of working in them.
The right answer is “yes”. Some cash in the moment is a nice thing to do, and will alleviate an immediate want or need potentially.
Donation to an organisation that will help the problem long term is a worthwhile thing to fund.
Why not give a man a fish to eat while you’re teaching them to fish for themselves, if you’re in a position to do so?
You could have asked him what he wanted first, if anything at all?
My great uncle left a load of masonic stuff but my dad returned it to his lodge before I could have a rummage through it.
My parents are religious and took a dim view of it.
Some of that stuff was pretty cool - it was a part of my great uncles life I would have loved to asked him about and I didn’t find out about it until he passed. Sad stuff.
“Accidentally threw it away” really sounds more like “threw it away, didn’t have a backup, he now regrets throwing it away”.
Dread to think what his solicitor is making by allowing this delusion to continue (unless he’s representing himself in which case…fair enough I suppose). I’ve been reading about this man for years it seems like.
wooster, as in Jeeves and.
Justice!