My mother Irmgard has more stages of life

1. crocher-work (when she was juvenil)
2. crocher-work (when she was subadult)
3. crocher work and botany (when she was adult)
4. botany (when she was adult and when she had no time for crocher-work. At
that time
                she started not again with malacology)
5. malacology (after my birth and when I was 6)
6. malacology (when I learned from her)
7. malacology (up to now)
8. malacology, foraminiferas (last year)
9. malacology, foraminiferas and crocher-work again (aged with more than 89
years)
for next year I don't know again. But she was never Santa Claus.

with best shelling greetings to you all and Santa Claus.

Helmut

As the message of Betty Jean is not shellrelated, my was a little bit more
shell related

Helmut "Helix" Nisters
private:
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
website: www.netwing.at/nisters
office:
Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
Feldstrasse 11a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
website: www.tiroler-landesmuseum.at


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> Dear Conch-Lers:
>
> Another apology for again sending something that was not meant for the
> list.   But  it does give me an opportunity to send my best wishes for
> Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year to all of you.   Thought the
> following might give you a smile.
>
> THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
>
>   1) You believe in Santa Claus.
>   2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
>   3) You are Santa Claus.
>   4) You look like Santa Claus.
>
> Betty Jean, The Tall One
>