Henry Foglino , you wrote " I shellacked the only shell in my collection,
a surf clam,"
Hate to inform you of this small , somewhat insignificate detail but one
shell does not constitute a collection. One of ANYTHING is singular, Two is
A COUPLE , it takes three of something to be a collection . so if you really
want to call it a collection you had better add two more "surf clams" .
After that i think it's time for a nice tall oil slick, ferret