Hello Reuben
Welcome to Conch L . Hope you find it as interesting as I do.
I lived in Singapore 1966-1968 and it was there I started diving and shell
collecting. Our club used to go up to the east coast of Malaysia on
expeditions to Pulau Tioman , Pulau Perhentian etc.Of course there were
hardly any divers around in those days!
I still have a good collection based on those times. I sometimes wonder
what the shelling would be like now with all the development that has gone
on over the interveening years. Mind you I never found Cypraea guttata
while I was around there. Did you find it locally?
I am a member of the British Shell Collectors Club. Do you have any similar
organization in Singapore? Do you exchange shells?
                     Regards
                                  Dominic
=====================
Dominic Rawlingson Plant
[log in to unmask]
=====================
----------
> From: Reuben Clements <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Greetings from the East
> Date: 01 June 1998 03:11
>
> Hello to all Conch-L'ers out there!:D
>
> My name is Reuben Clements from Singapore. I'm 19 and this is my first
time
> writing to this list although i've been subscribed for a month now.
Didn't
> introduce myself right off cos i'm currently serving my national service
and
> well i'm only home about once a week and well there's barely sufficient
time
> to recuperate much less go through all the e-mail. National service btw
is a
> compulusory period of 2.5 yrs during which 18-yr olds serve the army b4
> going on with their lives...really quite demoralizing cos the girls will
be
> getting the their degrees faster than u!:D Anyway I've been collecting
with
> my father since i was 14 and we collect almost anything under the sun but
we
> particularly like cones, cowries and volutes. I've been enjoying reading
the
> e-mails from this list not only cos they're VERY informative but they're
fun
> to read esp when the content is humoured and do not always concern the
> serious stuff. I'm still extremely amatuerish in molluscan knowledge so
> can't contribute much i guess but i'm learning that i can say!:D
>
> Finally i've got a problem with my shells affected by Byne's disease. Can
> anyone tell me how to get rid of it? I tried to soak them in denatured
> alcohol but there's no long term protection i guess given the high
humidity
> factor of my country. The more serious victims are usually the shells
with
> thin bodies like my Conus ione, C.capitanellus and a juvenile Cypraea
> gutatta. I'd appreciate any suggestions!:D Anyway i'm signing off
now...be
> back in 1 week's time..take care everybody!
>
>
> "Will you walk a little faster?" said the whiting to a snail,
> "There's a porpoise close behind us and he's treading on my tail."
> - Lewis Caroll (Alice in Wonderland)