I'll tell of my story - when reefing on Kwaj the rule was if a native 
picked up anything it was theirs.
Not that we were concerned.  Then on day someone was walking home 
instead of using the boat.
He bent over and brought up a fist size Golden Cowrie cracked it in two 
with his belt knife and slurp
down lunch. He kept going and with sick hearts we did also.  We didn't 
have one at that time.  Mom
kept the shell halves until she brought in a matcher!   Tales of the 
60's.   Martin

On 7/5/2015 6:11 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> What really irritates me is not only Bob's point, but the fact that the person who finds what I've been looking for finds a perfect specimen, when I can only find broken or worn specimens, AND I know that person intends to stick it in a jar of shells to decorate their bathroom.
>
>
>
> -- Bob Winters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> =============
> I get very inflective over say, Inflectarius inflectus Say. I always
> complain when finding only Elliptio complanata Lightfoot. In order to avoid
> injury, one must be very lightfooted when walking over a bed of these
> shells.
>
> Bob
>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Carole Marshall <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>   Could be a funny subject David. My pet peeve is looking for a particular
>> shell, only to have some clueless person walk up to me and ask "Do you know
>> what this is"? And have MY shell.
>>   Carole
>>
>>   In a message dated 7/5/2015 1:43:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>> Idle holiday weekend question:
>>
>> Do other collectors find themselves experiencing disappointment, mild
>> irritation or frustration when they encounter something that looks good at
>> first glance but turns out to be mundane? Are there certain species that
>> are pet peeves?
>>
>> As I'm culling drift, I'm looking for the tell-tale spiral of most
>> gastropods, but also items that are highly colored and highly sculptured.
>>
>> For Caribbean drift, Bittiolum varium ranks up there for my personal
>> fool's gold. I know--I should appreciate it for what it is. And I've
>> learned to "look past" my initial responses.
>>
>> What are other shell addicts' experiences? Objects of loathing and spite?
>>
>> David Kirsh, LPC, RN
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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