mark wrote:
>
> I too am wrong then , But to be a beginner is to have wide eyed views,
> optimism and open to new ideas. I never want to lose the zeal and plan to
> stay open to opinion even how unorthodox. I was wrong about experts too, Dr.
> Harry Lee , R. Tucker Abbott and several others are definite experts and
> many others are great sources of information. It was Tuckers books that
> brought me to shelling and i wish i would have had the opportunity to meet
> him. As for common names, i remember that he used them when conducting
> interviews as i read many .
> Bobby, as for remembering  shells and where you found them i believe that
> these small packages of beauty we find imprint upon us the place , time ,
> weather, smells in the air and other sensory data at the time of discovery
> as i can still pick up many in my collection and by just holding them i can
> take myself back to that place where they were found. mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bobbi Cordy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 9:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Aren't we all beginners?
>
> >mark wrote:
> >>
> >> Bobby you wrote:
> >> "Common names are fine for children and beginners..."
> >>  I must reply that we are all beginners, who amongst us can consider
> >> themselves an expert. I do know many who claim this but it's a fool who
> >> would boast "I know it all"...
> >> The wisest man once replied "I don't know, teach me "
> >> Please don't take this as an insult , I 'm just stating that we all have
> >> much to learn and if using common names along with Latin names helps when
> >> communicating with others then this is beneficial to all concerned.My
> wife
> >> says that she considers herself a beginner as she learns something new
> >> everyday. mark
> >
> >
> >I am saying after several years of collecting (over 30) we do not
> >consider ourselves beginners...we are at least advanced collectors.  I
> >do realize we will never know it all...and neither will anyone else.
> >But our goal in our club and as mentors to many beginning collectors is
> >to teach them.
> >
> >I have to admit my husand is a wiz.  In our collection of over 7,000
> >species he can not only call them all by their latin names...but can
> >usually tell them where they came from and the author and date...we
> >could never have done that 25 years ago!
> >
> >No...sorry I don't think we are ALL beginners.   A beginner is just
> >starting to learn...like a beginner swimmer.  After a certain amount of
> >time he becomes an intermediate and then advanced. We consider ourselves
> >advanced...but again that doesn't mean we are not STILL learning because
> >that is something we expect all our lives is to continue to learn...or
> >become stagnant.
> >--
> >Jim & Bobbi Cordy
> >Specializing in Self-Collected
> >Caribbean & Florida Shells
> >
 
Yes that is true...you do remember them by the places they were
collected.  In fact our self-collected shells are the most valuable to
us...although that may not be true monetarily.
 
--
Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells