Date:         Mon, 24 May 1999 17:09:17 -0300
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From:         Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira <edumoreira@ANATEL.GOV.BR>
Subject:      RES: [CONCH-L] Shells and alcohol
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Even being toooo late (I still have more than 400 old messages to read and
the line never gets lower), I have a story about the use of vodka and it is
a true story.
 
Mauricio Andrade (Donax Shells) went to Cuba to collect shells. Alcohol was
not found to be bought anywhere and the solution he found to preserve the
shells was to use vodka!! Bottles of Stolichnaya, a very well known Russian
vodka, were very cheap and found everywhere. So, Bobbi and Scott, the idea
is not only a good one but already used by someone else.
 
Cheers,
 
Eduardo
Brasilia, Brazil
 
-----Mensagem original-----
De: Bobbi Cordy [mailto:cordy@YOURLINK.NET]
Enviada em: Domingo, 14 de Março de 1999 01:21
Para: CONCH-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
Assunto: Re: [CONCH-L] Shells and alcohol
 
 
Hi Scott:  Yes Vodka would be great!   *laughing*
 
Scott Schubbe wrote:
 
> No, I don't mean escargot and a cocktail.
> Last night at our shell club meeting, I was flipping through the Astronaut
> Trail Shell Clubs' newsletter, and they had a section in there about
cleaning
> and preserving shells. It stated that the drinking type of alcohol was a
> better dessicant than the rubbing alcohol type. So my question is, what to
> use? Is something like Everclear which is 100% grain alcohol good? Or,
when my
> wife isn't looking, should I swipe some of her Vodka?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
> Florida
 
--
Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
 
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
 
Bobbi in Shell Creations