I tender this request to fellow "listers" and to those administering the list. Fellow listers, please add your "voice" to mine in this regard, urging the administrators to waive their 5-postings maximum for those professionals who add so much to our knowledge by participating. There are only relatively few who share their knowledge with us so often as to run afoul of that rule, and we all will be diminished if they are so frustrated as to withdraw. Generally, they are just trying to answer too many questions to stay within the limit. If it helps, I swear never to exceed two postings at once, so Mr. Grebneff could be allowed my other three. I have very little to contribute except amusement at my lack of knowledge, but he, Mr. Monfils, Mr. Mayhew, and other genuine authorities have too much to contribute to be limited so tightly. Otherwise, I will miss terribly what such a luminary has been giving me and other amateurs and beginners. What a shame! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------