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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4551853, member: 19463&quot;]It turns out that I have an update.&nbsp; Yesterday my wife of 50 years and I went to the high school for the graduation of our only grandson.&nbsp; The school had an alternative graduation where each member of the class walked across the stage and was handed their diploma by the masked Principal to an audience of not more than five family members space about ten minutes apart and guided by teachers keeping groups at least 50 feet apart.&nbsp; It took four days to do everyone.&nbsp; While not everyone in the class agreed, our grandson was quite happy to have avoided the huge&nbsp; event usually held downtown and, especially, all the speeches that go with it.&nbsp; Last year, as a Junior Marshal, he had carried in the US flag for the 2019 event so he was very much &#039;been there, done that&#039; about the whole thing.&nbsp; Now we just hope that college starts on schedule in the fall so that his mask has the correct number on it.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126991[/ATTACH] </p><p>I spent my life working for people who thought they were important (and a very few who actually were).&nbsp; I had no great accomplishments and it turned out that neither did they.&nbsp; I think of my life as being like <i>Forrest Gump</i> without all the heroism, running, drama and chocolate.&nbsp; I had a good seat to watch history.&nbsp; I missed a week of my senior year in high school when the country was mourning President Kennedy.&nbsp; My grandson missed the last twelve weeks of his due to the pandemic.&nbsp; While I hope he outdoes me a dozen times in many respects, I would really like it if he develops an interest in ancient coins and wants mine.&nbsp; So far, the chances are well under one in twelve (thousand?).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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