Glad you enjoyed it! .. consider it a perk of my being a sloppy speller, and then allowing spell check to fix things without looking to see what it did!!!! .. fortunately I did know the difference. Best Regards, Leslie ------- Original Message -------------------------- Now you got me laughing!!! Look up the definition of "penance" in the dictionary...I do believe you meant pittance. Good typo. Working with shells would be a nice way to do penance, though. --------------------------------- HARF-IMCS Natural History Books 10440 Valley Forge Drive #2 Houston, TX 77042-1918 USA (713)784-7084 / (713)598-7084 / [log in to unmask] Leslie Allen Crnkovic, Proprietor Purveyor of Natural History Books Specializing in Malacology, Conchology & Marine Sciences New & Used: Buy - Sell - Trade, Write for a free list. North American Distributors for: § Capricornica Publications (Lindfield, NSW Australia) § Evolver Srl. / La Conchiglia (Roma, Italy) ABE ID: 3026354 www.abebooks.com http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BooksBrowsePL?vendorclientid=3026354 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------