Mark42
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Last night I was installing some sheetrock in the basement. I was standing on a step stool and could just squeeze my hand between a ceiling joist and the top of the wall framing about 1.5" away from it. Had my hand up there to help hold the 'rock against the studs while screwing it down. After I finish with the screws, I go to pull my hand out and feel my ring slipping off my finger. I stopped and realized that my ring will not fit through the small space anymore and if I pull my hand out, the ring drops between the framing and concrete block wall. Uh oh. 
<br /><br />I go through all the available solutions to this problem, like putting a piece of wire through the ring so it won't fall when I pull my hand out, or maybe some duct tape on the end of a screwdriver, and on and on.... After about 10 minutes my hand is falling asleep from lack of circulation. I'm standing on a stool, so I can't reach anything anyway. It finally hits me... Unscrew the screws I just put in and pull the sheetrock back so my ring will fit out. Duh. <br /><br />So I did.
<br /><br />I go through all the available solutions to this problem, like putting a piece of wire through the ring so it won't fall when I pull my hand out, or maybe some duct tape on the end of a screwdriver, and on and on.... After about 10 minutes my hand is falling asleep from lack of circulation. I'm standing on a stool, so I can't reach anything anyway. It finally hits me... Unscrew the screws I just put in and pull the sheetrock back so my ring will fit out. Duh. <br /><br />So I did. 
