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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3098140, member: 19463&quot;]As we write this the news reports there are still people in Hawaii cut off from escape by road by lava flows.&nbsp; Today we get advance notice and have last minute helicopter rescue for those who delay the decision to evacuate.&nbsp; In Pompeii, an old man with a limp had few options other than to put his entire fortune in his bag and wait for the rock to fall.&nbsp; The expert values his denarii at 500 euros today.&nbsp; Because of credit cards, few of us have 500 euros in cash or anything approaching all our money in the house but if the volcano on my street started acting up, I would put what cash I have in my pouch and limp as best I could.&nbsp; The expert says a merchant might carry that amount.&nbsp; On that day, many people might grab what they could.&nbsp; I&#039;m surprised they have not found more skeletons with life savings grabbed in haste.&nbsp; If your net worth today is 500 euros, you are not a merchant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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