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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 17m

Isn't it cute??

Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1h

I love the way he's perching on the magnifying glass as though he's just daring you to do something about it.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1h

I went down an internet hole tonight and accidentally stumbled on them! They have lots of fun looking stuff

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1h

They have a bunch of different ones including fancy ones if you don't care for the cat one or the dog one

Need to think a little bit because if I'm going to get one I would want it specifically to wear to a fancy restaurant for those pesky wine lists so maybe the cat won't work

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1h

Right? Plus it's fun, and you don't have to drag out reading glasses.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1h

This is not going to end well.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 3h

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

www.statnews.com

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, I suppose it's that fancy restaurants often have very extensive wine lists and hence the tiny print, and also our dimly and romantically lit. But the combination does make it difficult to read the wine menu, especially if you're not 20 anymore.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1h

Alternatively, there's this dog version which might appeal more to the Corgi crew. I rather liked that you have to peer rather closely at it to see the dog bone theme.

Magnifying glass pendant with dog bone theme

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 2h

They also have magnifying glass pendants that do not have cats on them.

Cat aside, it could come in handy for reading wine lists with teeny tiny print in dark restaurants.

(Why do they do that anyway? The darker the restaurant, the tinier the print on the wine menu seems to be.)

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 2h

I am wondering if I need a magnifying glass pendant with a cat on it

Magnifying glass pendant with a cat on it that I totally don't need but am kind of considering anyway

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 3h

I've already ordered the thing I'm going to do- the attached post-- but I actually didn't want to make it about me. I'm not an only child, and this will someday get passed down to my brother's daughter. I wanted it to be about my parents but in a style I would actually wear

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 9h

I spoke with a jewelry designer near me. He made a suggestion I liked: to make a pendant with Mom's ring in the middle, as shown below, but instead of having them welded together, to put them both on a gold thread so they each can be rotated. I should have it in a week or so.

Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

Mom turned my dad's wedding ring into a pendant. I considered melding her wedding ring inside of his. That would maintain their form which feels respectful, but I'm not sure I would wear a pendant with two wedding rings. (Maybe if I hung a little pendant in the middle?)

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h

Yes, the gold thread would act as an axis.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, somehow that worked for me symbolically having them together, but rotating within and around each other.

Also, as a piece of jewelry, I think it will be simple but interesting & modern, and hence something I'll actually wear.

I'll post a pic and perhaps a video when I get it back!

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 9h

I spoke with a jewelry designer near me. He made a suggestion I liked: to make a pendant with Mom's ring in the middle, as shown below, but instead of having them welded together, to put them both on a gold thread so they each can be rotated. I should have it in a week or so.

Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

Mom turned my dad's wedding ring into a pendant. I considered melding her wedding ring inside of his. That would maintain their form which feels respectful, but I'm not sure I would wear a pendant with two wedding rings. (Maybe if I hung a little pendant in the middle?)

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 11h

I think if you handed out both antipasto and flags to your fellow protesters, you would be extremely popular

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

I just got a little one that's 11 x 7 inches or so. I'd get tired carrying a huge one for hours and I don't know where I'd store it afterward! The small one makes the point.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

Team George.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, my mom already did that with my dad's ring and I've considered just adding her ring to it, but I am wondering if I would wear something that was so obviously two wedding rings. I'm trying to think of variations that basically preserve the form but are a little less obviously wedding-y

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

She didn't have anything terribly expensive, but she had some fun stuff. And I was the only granddaughter so I got it all! I get compliments on that initial ring all the time.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

Grandma had some other fun rings I wear sometimes. We fortunately also share a first initial so I can wear her filigree initial ring.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't it fab? And since to 2025 eyes. It doesn't scream "wedding band", I feel like I can just wear it as a cool vintage ring.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

Lol I also have my grandmother's wedding ring, but I honestly love that one and I don't want to change the form or mix it with the other two. I sometimes wear it just because I like it (grandma and I were the same ring size). It's mixed yellow and white gold, from 1938

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

I have a baby ring but it was my grandmother's and somehow that would feel weird. I might interlink them. But I'm not sure if I would feel odd and Victorian wearing a necklace that was very obviously two wedding rings. I need to think that. There's no point in doing it if I'm not going to wear it.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

I might join them with their wedding picture, but I don't think I want them in a display box. That feels too museum-y to me.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, if you see the thread, a pendant is one thing I'm thinking of. But I'm trying to preserve something of the rings when I do it.

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