John Souter asked:
Five wedding ring metals make up the usual selection; gold, white gold, platinum, titanium, and silver. Each specific type has its pluses and minuses.
There’s some important considerations in choosing a ring, from choosing the metals, karat, and color, to choosing a look that reflects your personality and budget. The following info will help you make the right decision in choosing a wedding ring.
The most common type of wedding band is gold. Gold is a soft precious metal that is classified by color and karats. Your options are yellow gold, white cold, and rose gold. The typical karats for gold rings are 14 and 18. Meaning a14 karat gold ring has 58 percent gold and 41 percent alloys like copper and zinc. 18 karat gold jewelry consists of 75 percent gold and 20 percent other metals. 24 karat gold rings are containing 100 percent pure gold. 24 karat gold is not the best for making rings. This is because the more gold in the ring, the softer the ring ends up. The softer the ring turns out to be, the less durable the ring and the the shorter it will last. 14 and 18 karat gold will not tarnish, but there are those who are allergic to gold, so picking a gold band may not be a choice. 14k yellow or gold bands retail from 60 to 5,000 dollars. 18k yellow or white gold wedding bands could cost you 85 to 5,000 dollars.
Platinum is a beautiful white precious metal that will never fade. It is a quite dense, solid precious metal that is the most durable of the precious metals, still it is too soft for bands. Despite the fact that platinum is a 95 percent pure white metal, ruthenium and iridium must be included for durability. Platinum wedding rings often feel heavier on the finger, but are very lasting and a great choice for both bride’s and groom’s wedding rings. Platinum is also hypo-allergenic. Platinum rings retail from 350 to 5,000 dollars.
Titanium is the most durable metal known to man, but it is not as common in ring making. This metal is hypo-allergenic and may be inlaid with gold, silver, or platinum to make exquisite rings that will be treasured for a lifetime. When electricity or heat is applied, Titanium oxidizes which then helps the metal to seem colored. Normal colors are purple, blue, and iridescent. Titanium rings can not be soldered, which means resizing becomes impossible. It is also one of the harder metals to cut through should the ring need to be extricated due to an emergency. Titanium wedding rings will cost from 150.00 to 4,000 dollars.
Silver is a remarkably soft white metal that is a victim to tarnishing and discoloration. Silver wedding bands are ideal for people who are on a small budget. However, since the metal is quite soft, silver wedding bands will not last quite as long as gold, platinum, or titanium wedding bands. Silver wedding rings go for 50 to 200 dollars.
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Ana Smartypants asked:
I need to find where i can buy really inexpensive white gold engagement and wedding rings. Please provide photos or links for reference 
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Nikki K asked:
I really want to know. I know someone who complains of not getting quite as stiff as he thinks he should… Do they make rings that aren’t obvius?
hey, you can use two? How?
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Phil Chavanne asked:
There are so many things to see in Paris and so little time to do it that your journey in the French capital can wind up taking the colors of a marathon run. I offer you a different take on it: stop, review your options, and decide to kill a couple of hours doing just nothing but reading a good book in a spot where you can be left to yourself. Here are three spots where you can do just that.
The China House
In America when we think of a social venue where to spend a couple of hours reading and sipping on some hot beverage, the local Starbucks shop comes to mind almost immediately. Starbucks is slowly building a beach head in Europe where Italian coffee dominates the espresso market, leaving very little room for the kind of brew Starbucks sells.
In other words, Starbucks shops do not abound in Paris. But there are many other venues of the sort, and sometimes much better ones. The China House (La Maison de la Chine) belongs to this latter category.
Standing at 76 rue Bonaparte, in the Saint Germain des Pres area, La Maison de la Chine offers tea lovers a perfect haven to taste various teas and nibble at a couple of ‘macarons’ (small cookies with a light cream spread within) and other pastries. The ‘tea house’ is open from 3:00 to 7:00 pm Monday to Saturday. Tasting sessions give you an opportunity to sip on some of the finest Chinese teas: Tieguanyin, Longjing, Yinzhen, and Shuixian. The tea is prepared along the lines of an ancient tradition with special bamboo utensils, clay teapot and water pot, a ‘cup for smelling’ and a ‘cup for sipping’.
Should you also wish to have lunch there, their Shanghaï Cafe opens between 12:30 and 2:30 pm. Their courses are a mix between Chinese and Thai food, with some interesting flavors. The food doesn’t come cheap (there are two options, one for 22, the other for 28) but quality is good.
Les Jardins du Luxembourg
Definitely one of my favorite areas in my teenage years. The Luxembourg Gardens are the Parisian version of London’s Hyde Park and NYC’s Central Park. It extends across a large section of the city, spreading over parts of several districts. The French Senate House was built along one of its sides.
Monikered ‘le Luco’ by the youth of the 6th district (a well-to-do crowd with its own social codes and exclusive parties), the Jardins du Luxembourg are informally divided into sections.
In one of these, children can ride an old wooden-horse merry-go-round, and catch metal rings with short wooden sticks. Further away, there are a few tennis courts, and a puppet theater. The vast expanse of land facing the French Senate House features a water basin where youngsters float model sailboats.
One of the quietest spots of the Gardens borders the Rue d’Assas. It is shaded by old trees around which narrow alleys wrap up. Metal chairs line up the alleys, and it may become hard to find one unoccupied during summer as students love to hang around and study in this area. A perfect place for a quiet afternoon of reading or romantic strolling.
Meet Louis the 13th at Place des Vosges
Ensconced by four rows of 17th century mansions, Place des Vosges is probably best known for its art galleries. Those exhibit artworks of a more modern breed that the galleries which line up the famed Rue de Seine, near Saint-Germain-des-Pres.
To me however, Place de Vosges is mainly remarkable for its peaceful, miniature park. The 39 mansions around the Place shelter it from the traffic rumble coming from the Rue Saint Antoine (Southern side) and the Boulevard Beaumarchais (Eastern side). This sort of a rampart also serves as a wind-cutter during fall and springtime.
Mid-sized trees line up the fence around the symmetrically built park. At its center, a tree-circle in which stands a bronze statue of Louis the 13th who, we learn, died at age 33. Around the central circle, my target: one of four green lawns where I can unfold a spread, lay down, and read.
During summer, there are always a couple of classical and jazz formations playing under the nearby arcades. They play at a pretty good level which gives a nice touch to the local vibe.
Among the restaurants around the Place, I personally like ‘Ma Bourgogne’ at No. 19. They serve hearty meals for 25-35.
Plenty more spots to come
There is no shortage of quiet spots where to kill a couple of delicious hours in Paris. In fact I’ll write about some more in the coming weeks. When you are in Paris, take some time off to enjoy the city vibe differently; don’t just roll with the Parisian hustle-bustle. I’ll see you in a while with more food for thought.
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LittleFreedom asked:
I put a hot cake pan on the table on top of a towel that was too thin. Now the table has a white ring on it. Is this repairable - if so, how?
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thucuyen01 asked:
the contract is $6100 and I had to buy the wooden rings and rods myself, the timeline is 6 wks. After 6 wks, they came to install but they couldn’ t get it done because most of the blind they got were wrong measurement; they also cut the rods too short that I ended up replace some of the rods. Also, she sent email she said she will come and I took days off from work and she didn’t show up. 4 months later, she sent another lady come over, this lady told me, b/c the other lady is new in business therefore she had all the measurement wrong, she will fix them for me, and at that time, I wanted to add the sheer, therefore she said she will charge me $2500 for everything, and I can deduct from the original contract with the other lady for replacing the wooden rods beaucase she cut it short. In April,07 the job almost completed, I deduct $600 from the $6100 for the wooden rods and the extra rings I paid. Now, the original lady send that $600 to collection, what will happen to me?
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Naval Sharma asked:
The custom of exchanging links is being practiced since ages. The binding of relationships with these small round structures has an eternal importance. Let’s read this article to find more about the ring exchanging custom that everybody experiences at least once in life.
Exchanging Rings symbolizes the love and devotion among the ring bearers. A wedding ring or engagement ring is a precious metal ring given as a betrothal present. to indicate marital commitment. Such rings are usually worn in the left hand ring finger.
Diamonds have always been the first choice to be studded in wedding rings and engagement rings. With the luxurious addition in customs and traditions and encouraged by jewelry trade rings are exchanged representing the past present and future of a relationship.
A pre-wedding ring –engagement ring is given usually to commit acceptance of eternal marital relationship. The idea expands with the presenting of promise rings or eternity rings that signify the serious courting relationships.
Wedding Tradition in Europe encourages engraving of spouses name on wedding ring and date of marriage too. This custom makes the wedding ring sentimentally intended for the auspicious occasion only.
In Indian cultural marriages, we too have ring exchanging custom on the engagement ceremonies or ring ceremonies. As Gold is known to be the symbol of purity, Indian customs emphasize on gold jewelry or gemstone jewelry as a betrothal present given to the bride.
To bind two souls into an eternal relationship of marriage, engagement rings have a great part to play. So if you are looking to be committed to someone buy your beloved an exclusive diamond ring and share your feelings through rings.
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Ryan T asked:
I have an MB Quart RSH252 shallow sub that was going to go in my custom stealth enclosure in my Scion tC under the trunkbed. The sub is too big and touches the bottom of the fiberglass enclosure, and the only way to mount it would be to put a wooden ring under it to raise up the mounting area. If I raise the mount with a wooden ring, will the fact that it still touches the bottom of the enclosure affect performance and how it performs?
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Soon Quinn dismounted from his black stallion and knotted his reins to a pole. Caden followed his brother’s actions, then hopped up the wooden steps into the shop. As they pushed open the door, a bell rang, signaling that they had arrived. Caden tried to hide his face by pulling up his cloak. She couldn’t notice him. He’d dressed nicely and slicked back his hair so he looked somewhat different from his ragged old self, but he didn’t plan on the disguise working. This morning it had to fool his father and his brother he wasn’t trying to change his identity and, right now, it had to alter his identity from the lady working at the shop. Most likely it wouldn’t work, but Caden still had to try. Quinn weighed a brightly colored tomato in his left hand and another in his right. Each was plump and ripe. Then with a scowl imprinted upon his face, Quinn laid down the fruit in his left hand and kept the other. The man searched down all the carts in the shop, from apples to yams. The whole time +
Caden was holding his breath in a corner, hoping that the shopkeeper wouldn’t notice him. Finally after Quinn spread out all the fruit, vegetables, and bread on the countertop, the lady turned around and calculated the price.
“That’ll be six coins, sir.” Quinn untied the strings of his purse off of his belt and dug through the little bag, counting them aloud with a whisper. Caden gave his brother an impatient hand motion to get moving. Rolling his eyes, Quinn glared at Caden then handed the money off to the lady.
“Thank you. You had wonderful crops this year. I hope they will be just as good next year, for our family will be looking forward to it.”
“I hope so too. My husband said that the strawberries will be ready in a few more weeks if you would like to get the best of the pick first. An’ at the end of summer, we’ll have some sweet cantaloupe for you to purchase.” She gathered Quinn’s items and tied them in all in a cloth then handed it back to him. “Oh and before you go, tell +
that boy you came in with that if he stole anything this time, he’s mighty stupid to be going back to the same shop in the same week.”
Caden’s cheeks flushed as he gently let down his hood, nervously chuckling.
“I’ll make sure he knows he’s stupid for stealing from you in the first place. Thank you again for letting me even step foot in your shop when he came with me.”
“No problem. You are a sweet young man.” Quinn blushed as the lady patted his hand, and then he skittered out of the shop with Caden behind him.
Outside the horses whinnied and stamped their hooves in the newly made mud as rain bounced off the roof and soaked into the earth. Mothers were pushing their children inside their houses, scolding them for getting their clothes wet and muddy. The wind tossed the rain back and forth, the dark clouds determined to cause chaos. Far back in the hills, lightening struck something invisible, flashing bright orange, then was quickly put out by the soaking rain. +
“Looks like we better wait this one out. I’m sure Father is furious that we weren’t home in time to help lock the horses up.” Quinn smiled gloomily as he forced his eyes to the ground. The mud bubbled and ****** at his boots as the thirsty earth drank all that it was given.
Caden’s small bay gelding made up his mind by stamping his hoof in the mud, splattering it all over the two men. Untying their steeds and leading them into an ally, they waited there for the storm to be over.
The humidity of earlier that morning died down and turned into a bone-chilling freeze. The wind was just as frigid as the icy raindrops that escaped through the roofs above their heads. Caden welcomed the packed bodies eagerly, wishing that the horses weren’t soggier than he was. The smells of smoke, sweat, and rain blended together in the air; the usually abhorrent smell calming to him.
Finished. How does it sound? I am thinking about throwing this novel away….should I restart? Any suggestions?
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