Very interesting Emilio!  It sounds like a great topic for a display for
future shows.
You could call it  "Sea Shells a 1000 & 1 uses !!!!!!!!! Also wouldn't
spread it
around about using  turnips... instead of shells it might cause the price of
turnips
 to go up.
 
Craig Caddigan
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Emilio Jorge Power <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Fw:
 
 
>Bill Frank wrote:
>
>> This is one of the more unusual messages we have received as of
>> late. If anyone wishes to respond, you can address her directly.
>> Sounds urgent though!
>> >Dear Seashell club member,
>> >
>> >I was told by a few people that if you put a row of sea shells infront
of
>> >your computer screen or a large shell on top of it that it will absorb
>> >computer radiation given off screen. Is this so or is it not true.
Please
>> >answer as soon as possible.
>
>Hello!
>
>Hi Bill Frank,
>
>Yes this is true. It is one of the many non collecting uses of seashells.
>Another very
>important use is of the Cypraea moneta in predicting the future. The
"Santero"
>or "Macumba" Doctors use 17 of the Cypraea (with dorsal area cut off) as
>indicators of fate or future happenings, sort of poor man's Tarot. They
throw
>the shells on a special
>board "Tablero" and the position and pattern or arrangement of the shells
is
>interpreted into future happenings "love, death, wealth, etc".
>
>Shells are "magical" in many ways to many people of the world. Absorption
by
>the shell of Data Monitor radiation is one of them. In Slobonia, shells are
>instead used for money, and the Data Monitor radiation (alpha, x-ray and
>gamma) is absorbed by using white turnips which are very common. The
turnips
>are used in rows (smaller sizes) or  just one large whopper size is used
>depending on size and position of the Monitor. It is a quite inconvenient
>method of radiation protection though, as you must constantly peek at the
>screen around the turnip or shell. This has caused a rise in neck region
>ailments among the populace, specifically of aviocollum syndrome.
>--
>Later,
>
>Emilio Jorge Power
>
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>