The redneck insisted that before I leave for the Philippines we have to have "matching rings". "And what is that for?" I asked. "Oh, just because the ring I've chosen is appropriate for your vagabond lifestyle." Oh well. I can't argue with anything that's free.

The Hebrew inscription is from the book of Ruth in the Bible which says: "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go and where you lodge, I will lodge."