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Decided to bail on the ANA show in Atlanta.
fivecents
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Here I sit with a breif case of killer coins and gold about to load up and roll out to the ANA in Atlanta this morning. My wife comes up to me and asks that I not go. She's concerned about the Virus. Me getting it and me bring it home. We wouldn't know for a week if I was infected, by then she would be sick already.
She heard about China burning a bunch of virus tanted cash.
So I told her I wouldn't go to the show. So here I sit with my brief case of killer coins, gold, masks and surgical gloves.
Sorry... had to vent.
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They'll always be another show so skipping this one is not the end of the world.
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It will be a year to a year and a half before we have an antidote to distribute to the populace minimum. So this may be my last chance to go to a coin show until then.
I wouldn't not go because of the virus. I'm planning on a Saturday stop.
Is the trip worth the risk to you and your family? Hope not. Your wife is a smart lady, buy her a steak and fix it at home.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
I promise to let her read this thread @jesbroken . She'll really dig your comment all the way to the seafood restaurant. Wait... maybe we'll eat in. I'll cook as usual.
Smart move.
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
You might be right @DrBuster . Just A real melting pot of international and west coast mouth breathers. The bathroom would scare me.
While the virus is concerning, the fear and corresponding fallout from economic activity slowing or stopping will be far greater than the damage of the virus itself.
Your post has a ton of misinformation.
The average incubation period is 3 days.
The virus can't survive on surfaces for more than 24 hours except in ideal conditions. A pile of cash is not ideal conditions.
Educate yourself, then educate your wife. It will be for the better of both of you in the coming days/weeks/months.
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@DelawareDoons said:
keep talking @DelawareDoons and my ass will go full rogue. I'll sneak out on my wife and go to the show this sunny beautiful day.
You SHOULD go. Decline to shake hands. Try to stay 3-6 feet away from others. Bring hand sanitizer, use it liberally.
You will be fine.
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I would only feel safe going in that crowded room wearing surgical mask and gloves.
Mouth breaters = respiratory droplets. That is how you get sick from it.
My wife and I are educated enough to know that.
Ever been to a major coin show? It is impossible to stay 1 to 2 feet from people. Your educated enough the kmow this.
Atlanta/metro is one of the most diverse SE populations already, the paltry amount of extra folks coming in for the show wouldn't be a fraction of a drop in the bucket.
This is a joke, Right?
I am not old, don't have COPD, nor prone to getting sick, and pretty phobic as it is...
Ease of transmission does concern me, but it would more likely be the flu or a cold.
You stand a better chance to win powerball.
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Imagine the concern Japan is experiencing with the Summer Olympics a few months away.
Respiratory droplets aren't a major concern for transmission as long as you keep to the 3 foot rule.
Not really. Just take your time and avoid dealers with decent crowds until they thin out. Shows always have an ebb and tide in activity. I will be attending Baltimore on 3/20 next month.
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What Olympics?
No. No it's a not a joke.(to me)
I want my mind changed. I really want to go tomorrow early AM.
is that the one where the last one to catch the corona virous wins or am I all wrong?
"Ease of transmission does concern me" Bless you're heart. Go be sick elsewhere.
"You stand a better chance to win powerball." now that's just crazy talk.
This is a very tough place to get your medical advice. But the advice is funny.
If you let fear hold you back in life you might as well lock yourself in your house for the rest of your life.
You could get in an accident on the way there and die......that would be worse than a virus.
I'm an outdoors guy. I'm extremely healthy for a fat ass. I walk my dog at very fast pace an hour almost every day.
I can be outdoors and away from the "infected". It's the frinking close quarter crowds dude.
Be careful.......a tree could fall on you!
Or you could get hantavirus from a chipmunk.
Too funny.
Two weeks ago all the rain a tree almost hit our house. Tree guys cut it at a radical angle as it loomed over my house. I will try to post images. It was intense!!
"Two weeks ago all the rain a tree almost hit our house."
Well there ya go......now you can't even lock yourself in the house to be safe.
Here's a picture babydoll. Not that you care.
"I'm extremely healthy for a fat ass. I walk my dog at very fast pace an hour almost every day."
Sounds like a great combo for a heart attack.
Keep living in fear, all the other dealers at the ANA will thank you. They will make the money you would have.
Just got my physical actually. I will be glad to release the records to you.
68 resting heart beat. Perfect blood pressure. And a bunch of HDL cousring through my viens. Doctor said I was awesome for my age.
Several people said I look like Wade garrett from road house. It pisses my wife off when people tell me this, because Sam Elliott is her heart throb. People only seem to tell me when she is with me. Bad for my ego, lol
Course with that lift bucket they could have started cutting from the top. Or better yet sent a climber up to do it.
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The foreman walked up and pushed on the tree. The whole ground rose up where he was standing. The tree almost went over. Crazy times man. I was sweating bullets.
You’re more likely to die in a car accident than getting the coronavirus at a coin show in Atlanta.
But if my wife did not want me to go I’d stay home.
I'm taking @ifthevamzarockin tree falling comment as an omen. Your Karma ran over my dogma.
Tell her you already caught Coinavirus.
You will not have any problem with the 3 foot rule at this show! Aisles are wide and not packed so far.
Just probably not at the ANA show in Atlanta.....
Oh, a Trump supporter, that explains why he doesn't understand science.
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My wife is a Registered Nurse and she said go have a good time at the ANA show.
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