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<p>[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 4253036, member: 104741"]Norway chiming in here. Life has pretty much come to a grinding halt. Air traffic stopped, all ports closed. Schools closed. Dentists, haidressers, restaurants, universities...well, you get it. No one in, no one out.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I work in health-care, specifically a home for the mentaly and physically disabled. Since we live in a rather remote area the virus hasn't struck here yet and about half the province has gone into a state of self-imposed semi-quarantine to keep it that way. But I fear the day the virus will reach us, not so much for my own sake but for our the sake of our clients. If ever there was a vulnerable group, it's them and they are also the sort of people who for various reasons also make for great spreaders of the virus.</p><p><br /></p><p>We're still good on toilet paper, though...so you're welcome <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I should really post a coin of Asklepios here but I don't have one. If you do, please post it. I'll post this one instead, just for fun. I won it in an auction yesterday. Picture from seller's website.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lydia, Kroisos. 561-546 BC. Siglos. 5.04 gr, 17mm. Sardis. </p><p><br /></p><p>(According to the auctioneers website, that is. But he's often lackadaisical in his attributions. I'm not 100% sure it's not an early Achaemenid, but it's difficult to tell in this condition)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084935[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 4253036, member: 104741"]Norway chiming in here. Life has pretty much come to a grinding halt. Air traffic stopped, all ports closed. Schools closed. Dentists, haidressers, restaurants, universities...well, you get it. No one in, no one out. I work in health-care, specifically a home for the mentaly and physically disabled. Since we live in a rather remote area the virus hasn't struck here yet and about half the province has gone into a state of self-imposed semi-quarantine to keep it that way. But I fear the day the virus will reach us, not so much for my own sake but for our the sake of our clients. If ever there was a vulnerable group, it's them and they are also the sort of people who for various reasons also make for great spreaders of the virus. We're still good on toilet paper, though...so you're welcome :-) I should really post a coin of Asklepios here but I don't have one. If you do, please post it. I'll post this one instead, just for fun. I won it in an auction yesterday. Picture from seller's website. Lydia, Kroisos. 561-546 BC. Siglos. 5.04 gr, 17mm. Sardis. (According to the auctioneers website, that is. But he's often lackadaisical in his attributions. I'm not 100% sure it's not an early Achaemenid, but it's difficult to tell in this condition) [ATTACH=full]1084935[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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