John Wolff wrote:
>
> There exist totally different ways of learning and knowing among people.
> Some of us can visualize things -- I cannot. We all have different talents
> to different degrees; it may also have to do with single-mindedness.
>
> Some of my greatly admired sheller-friends have nearly photographic
> memories.  I  have a very poor visual memory (a major handicap for a
> sheller); I am better at recognizing the (Latin) name  than anything else;
> Gary Rosenberg can do both...
>
> And then, there is an effect from aging (not beneficial!). After a while,
> there remain only two kinds of shells: those whose name I've never heard or
> seen, and those whose name or appearance I can't recall  :-)))
 
John...heheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHA...*...!
 
 
 
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