Dear Andrew,
 
the best sheller must not have seen the most shells. That can somebody see maybe on a beach covered with thousands of shells. Another can see the most
shells if he has much cash to buy them. This all doesn't make the best sheller.
For me a better sheller is, when he loves shells very much, if he knows the
most important shells for him, if he has some  favourite shells and if he dedicates
all his life to the shells and if he is working with the shells with great enthusiasm.
And the moral of this. I am the best sheller of the world.
 
with best shelling greetings
Helmut Nisters from Innsbruck
 
 
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> How does anyone become the best sheller possible? Is the best sheller simply
> the one who has seen the most shells?
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> Andrew K. Rindsberg
> Geological Survey of Alabama
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