You sound so cheerful this evening Jim.  I wish I had the desired specimens
to send you; however, I CAN ONLY DREAM of such shells..
I was feeling a little blue this evening and your letter perked me up.  Keep
up the good humour. The list can always use a chuckle.
I hope someone, hint,hint, will fill all us unfortunate people who were not
able to attend the conference a blow by blow description of all that went on
at this year's COA convention.  Come on - someone give with all the juicy
details!!!

All the best
Avril Bourquin
P.O.Box 366
Invermere, British Columbia
Canada
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 9:49 PM
Subject: Gloripallium pallium


> Hello all,
>
> Hope everyone is home and comfy after all the shows (COA, then
> Jacksonville). Congrats to all winners and to all of you whom I met for
the
> first time, it was a true pleasure for me to actually be there in person
to
> talk about our favorite subject.
>
> Meanwhile, I hope I'm not breaking any serious rules here, but I am doing
a
> photo study on all the color forms of Gloripallium pallium. Thanks to
folks
> like Paul Kanner, Paul Monfils and Larry Strange, I have some lovely
> specimens. However, I am missing two color forms: One is almost solid
black
> with the white lines and accents (no orange or red rays), the other is
> mostly lavendar (this can range from light to dark and sometimes with a
> little orange, though I want it as pure as possible). If anyone has any
> specimens to trade, I am offering a nice Scaphella junonia for the first
> person who sends me the two forms. If you send me big, beautiful specimens
> or perhaps more than one of each (or even some strange form that you feel
> few have seen), I'll make that two nice Junonias! "But wait, that's not
> all!" as they say on TV! Contact me now and receive a bonus of one or more
> outstanding bright orange Argopecten irradians concentricus specimens.
> Operators are standing by. Well, they're sleeping, but had every good
> intention of staying up until the first response arrived. Also, I will pay
> postage for shipment via FedEx.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Jim
>
> Jim Miller
> Tallahassee, Florida
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