Yes, Emilio....I understand.....I've known Harry Lee for almost 25
years.....This lad (me) from a small town in north central Florida quickly
realized he should carry a pocket dictionary at all times when in Harry's
company.

Other attributes?  Malacologically speaking he's worth the entire
curatorial staff of the eastern seaboard.....

Kurt

At 04:00 PM 10/13/00 -0400, you wrote:
>"Harry G. Lee" wrote:
>
>> Dear Tom and ptotic stragglers,
>>
>> I think there was no time for commingling of St. Lawrence and Hudson R.
>> waters until 1825 (possibly a lot later) based on my reading of:
>> <http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/1906/chapter6.htm>.
>
>CUT!!!---------
>
>Hello!
>
>Hi Dr. Lee,
>
>I am always in awe of your vocabulary and mastery of expression!!
>
>PTOTIC ???  Wheew!!
>
>As defined (for the stragglers ?);
>
>pto·sis
> n., pl. pto·ses
>
>      Abnormal lowering or drooping of an organ or a part, especially a
drooping
>of the upper eyelid caused
>      by muscle weakness or paralysis.
>
> [Greek ptsis, fall, from piptein, to fall; see pet- in Indo-European Roots.]
>
> ptotic (-tk) adj.
>
>So I suppose you mean a straggler with some sort of  "drooping"
condition??? Or is
>it
>shell collector stragglers that somehow "droop" within their specialty???
>
>Later,
>
>Emilio Jorge Power
>