Doris , maybe the storekeep was refering to the shells as "Local" in
relation to the universe, mark
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From: Doris Underwood <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 3:56 AM
Subject: Shells in Other Lands
A similar thing happened to me last May when I was in Spain. At a
'souvenir' shop in a coastal village there were whole
tables of shells. The shopkeeper assured me they were 'local'. They were
all Philippine!
Doris Underwood
Florida