Dear Art,

thank you best for congratulations. There are many things which kept
my mother quite young. Mountains, botany and shells and nevertheless
Latin to train her brain eg. It's nice to hear from you that you have
an old mummy too. Is she well.
With best 88 to 99 shelling greetings. My mother was born in 1911,
so add the 11 years after 1900 to the age of my mother and you
know why your mother is 99. A chance.
Helmut and mother Irmgard



Helmut Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
url: www.netwing.at/nisters/

or

Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
malacological collection
Feldstr. 11a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37

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Well, the weekend is approaching so it's time for the Q-Man to do some
asking.
        First, I want to congratulate Helmut on his mother's birthday. They
appear to have a lovely relationship. My own mother will be 99 this
October. I attribute her longevity to the fact that, in my whole life, I
never stepped on a line or a crack.
        The QUESTION is this: How do you raise mollusks in an aquarium? I don't
mean those dull little green things that skutter around the glass. I'd
like to know a bit about raising, feeding, etc.
        What are the best gastropods to get? What do you feed 'em? How long
might they live? What's the chance of eggs hatching and growing up? What
kind of special care do they need?
        I know a guy had both me and Helmut et al in an aquarium "Shell War"
setting. I don't want war. I just want nice looking shellfish so I can
be the first kid on the block to have them.
        Q-Man