• @[email protected]
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      414 days ago

      Hope they all take it off before doing anything power tool related or near any machinery that could catch it…

      • C A B B A G E
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        314 days ago

        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.

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      214 days ago

      A myth persists that the initial batch of Iron Rings was made from the beams of the first Quebec Bridge, a bridge that collapsed during construction in 1907 due to poor planning and design by the overseeing engineers.

      How can you do that to my, Wikipedia? I never believed in Santa, but I believed in the tragic origin of the ring.

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      114 days ago

      I don’t think its common anymore, I didn’t even see anything about this in undergrad or grad school.