This is terrible. Baby died after pain relief patch became attached to her skin
My wife used to have fentanyl patches prescribed many years ago.

Well caught. I am always mindful of doing such a thing...so I try to leave my rings far away from the sink.

I had a wedding ring originally, a basic gold band, nothing fancy. I was heavier when we got married, and lost some weight, and well I think it fell off somewhere when I washed my hands, but I really have no idea where it was, so could not look for it. I never replaced it, but now my job is one in which rings cannot be worn for safety, so we never felt the need to replace it.

It's something I am looking into, been getting quotes for existing companies to try and see what the going rates are for various services. It might be something I'll end up doing, work in progress.

Mine was on my finger.

So. "Random stuff", eh? I'm 78 and have never owned a wedding ring, because it wasn't really the fashion back in 1967 (in Toronto, as it happens). Roughly when did it become pretty much compulsory for men?

Got my first one in 1976... in Buckinghamshire.

Well I got my first one in 1967, in UK.

I've never been a fan of jewellery so I wasn't going to get one but my wife to be insisted. We'd had a good look on line so I had an idea what she liked. There were a few and one in particular (on the H Samuel site) that she liked but she said it cost too much.

Back in the UK in Bristol, prior to returning to Montreal to get married, I went to H Samuel and the exact ring I'd be happy with, almost plain but a bit of design was on clearance. The money saved went towards the one she liked best.

Do you collect them?

I never feel in the least bit homesick for the UK but I do wish the Guardian would stop doing things like best beaches, best seaside towns, best European cities (and best lesser known ones) for weekend breaks and such like.

Today they've done 10 of the UK’s best waterside pubs
Swines.

Typical wimpy Guardian summary in my opinion, apart from the Rashleigh in Cormwall, that's a good pub. Loads of excellent pubs on the Thames from Oxford all the way down to London, some other belting watering holes on home counties canals.

Loads in Bristol - there's a booze cruise that calls at them - and on the way to Bath and beyond on the Kennet and Avon canal.

The Guardian goes for the obscure sometimes. Top ten holidays - Yoga in the Andes, Tantric Esperanto in Antarctica...

Ha ha!

It has to be tricky compiling a good pub guide, but the research involved... wow!

Yoga in the Andes? Oh good grief! I'll stick with some of the train journeys that I'm working on for next year.