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- From: jbreeden@netcom.com (John Breeden)
- Subject: Re: Shell care
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.172748.10751@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Somewhere in the S.F. Bay Area
- References: <1993Jan21.010512.2180@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:27:48 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.010512.2180@news.uiowa.edu> bbreffle@icaen.uiowa.edu (Barry Ronald Breffle) writes:
- >My wife and I just got back from our honeymoon in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, W.I.,
- >and brought back a shell aquired from a native there. Upon returning,
- >I realized that the shell had a terrible odor associated with it.
- >.......
- > but have not
- >as of yet been able to rid it of the terrible odor or the bits of meat.
- >Are there any tricks or easiers ways to clean shells out?
- >Any help will be greatly appriciated as the shell is very beautiful, but I
- >don't know if I can put up with the smell.
- >
-
- Bury it in the backyard for a few months....nature will take care of the
- problem.
-
- Better yet, leave the critters where they belong...on the reef (buying
- shells from the locals encourages their continuing destruction of the
- reef environment).
-
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