Michael Hoelling wrote:
>
> Hi Conch-Lers!
>
> After posting several times on this list, I think I should introduce myse=
> lf
> as asked for in the rules.
> I starting shelling when I picked up shells on the North Sea coast as a
> child, and later my love for nature brought me to study biology.
> Nevertheless I am working as a pharmaceuticals sales representative now. =
> I
> am living in the town of Dortmund (very good beer here) and am 40 years
> old.
> In the last couple of years I didn=B4t have much time for conchology, but=
>
> recently things became better, so now I can bother you all with dumb
> questions and silly remarks. I also manage to find time now to put my
> humble collection in a sensible order and am busy setting up a catalog on=
>
> my PC. I=B4m also just renewing my membership in the Gernan shell collect=
> or=B4s
> club and the German Malacological Society.
> I specialize in cowries as well as in all the shells I can pick up myself=
> ,
> which usually means european marine, land and freshwater shells. I  also
> enjoy scuba diving a lot, which can be quite useful for a shell collector=
> =2E
>
> Greetings from Germany
> Michael
>
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> Michael Hoelling
> Chemnitzer Str. 89
> 44139 Dortmund
> Germany
>
> Tel. +49-231-134173
> Fax +49-231-134086
> email [log in to unmask]
>
> In omnibus est Limax (C. v. Linne)
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Welcome to Conch-L Michael.  You will find it intresting.  I am also a
SCUBA diver..recently completed my first trip to the Philippines.
Travel and Dive as much as I can.
--
Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells