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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2772346, member: 19463&quot;]We all hope for the best for our children (and grandchildren).&nbsp; Sometimes we have to modify our expectations but still can be proud of them.&nbsp; Ten years ago, I had hopes my grandson would become a great numismatist</p><p>[ATTACH=full]639607[/ATTACH]</p><p>or maybe a herpetologist</p><p>[ATTACH=full]639606[/ATTACH]</p><p>but things have changed.&nbsp; Now he is in high school and no longer has an interest in little snakes.&nbsp; He did get an A in Python (the computer language).&nbsp; He has no interest in old coins but does want me to buy him a new computer with money I could have spent on an aureus (the Geek crowd computers don&#039;t go cheaply). </p><p><br /></p><p>At least Caracalla had the decency to wait for his father to die before he killed Geta.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Septimusseverustondo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://phdiva.blogspot.com/2011/07/ancient-painted-portraits-101.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phdiva.blogspot.com/2011/07/ancient-painted-portraits-101.html" rel="nofollow">http://phdiva.blogspot.com/2011/07/ancient-painted-portraits-101.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius would have been so disappointed but probably not surprised.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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