"In the back of your mind you can always take the band off, " he says of the lap-band procedure.
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He took a rubber band off the top of one of them, removed a piece of plastic wrap, and, with a knife, jimmied out a disk of wax.
For struggling first-time entrepreneurs and start-up owners, the pair have had their share of struggles starting their band off while both attending college at the Victoria University of Wellington in 1998.
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As an example of his community spirit, the jeweler recalled a gentleman who visited the store recently, explaining that his daughter, in labor at Lenox Hill Hospital a few blocks south, couldn't get her wedding band off her swollen hand and was in extreme pain.
Maybe it would have been better if we just ripped the Band Aid off.
Working on side projects helps the band stave off stagnation, members said.
And I think we decided to pull the Band-Aid off as quickly as possible.
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The latter should lead you to rip the band-aid off and force some haircuts.
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Bass player Jesse Quin, who has played with the band on and off since 2007, is now an official full-time member.
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They rip the Band-Aid off and get down to the important stuff.
Is it better for me to rip the band-aid off and express these concerns with the managing partner (who I think I can have an honest discussion with) or wait until I have to tell so that there is more time for me to continue to get assigned the good work (ie, before the guys subconsciously take me off the fast track).
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Verizon, the company that first differentiated itself on network quality, is selling off low band spectrum and acquiring high band spectrum.
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Win or lose, "it's good for business, " he tells the BBC from Boston, where the band have just kicked off a US tour.
While Rosen's voice echoes Corgan's, the band's signature off-kilter (at times off-key) melodies are more likely to bring to mind Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne.
On Sunday night Magherafelt band General Fiasco kicked off Belfast music week - 170 gigs across the city in the run up to the main event.
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Monday kicks off with a band I recently had in session called Man Get Out.
Characterized by shaky vocals and experimental lo-fi guitars, Walk It Off exhibits the band's growth through adventurous guitar-based melodies and playful lyrics.
Fans may also have been turned off by the band's requirement that users register by providing their name and e-mail and postal addresses.
Forces loyal to the governor of Kandahar, Gul Agha Sherzai, were tipped off that a band of neo-Talibs had slipped across the border, perhaps hoping to embarrass the Afghan interior minister, who was visiting Spin Boldak that day.
Four years later the band provided the soundtrack music and extras for the hit film Brassed Off - the story of the fictional Grimley Colliery Band, which won a national competition days after being told the mine was to close.
As soon as the album began to lose momentum, the record label wanted the band to have the first single off "Rumours" -- "Go Your Own Way" -- ready to go.
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The van, which had false registration plates and a green band around the edge, sped off along Grange Cross Lane and was found burnt-out a short while later in Carr Lane, Moreton.
So it was important that standing before the marching band and the dignitaries, fresh off the plane, he said the US was proud to stand with Israel as its "strongest ally and... greatest friend", and that it was in America's national security interest to be close to Israel, in an uncertain time in the Middle East.
With all the swagger and gusto of a band armed with its first album, New Zealand foursome Cut Off Your Hands embodies everything there is to love about a young band.
Her singing career kicked off when Rita joined a band in the Israeli army in the 1980s.
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Seven members the band were sentenced to prison for setting off the blaze.
Meanwhile, they play for time and live off of rescue-fund band aids.
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