# found wallet from the 70's **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 12, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659 "2007-01-12T03:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/321 "2007-06-09T03:53:00Z")
The dog tags of a soldier who died in the D-Day invasion of Normandy [were returned to the man’s family](http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660227442,00.html) on June 6 of this year. Incidentally, I went to a college with a Jeff Fulgham, but apparently not (judging by the photo in the linked story) the one who’s director of development for the National D-Day Memorial Foundation. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/322 "2007-06-09T04:55:51Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] But not before he has to kill the guy who found the wallet… :eek: [/QUOTE] LMAO ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/323 "2007-06-09T07:50:14Z")
It’s topped 38,000 now. Let’s go for an even 40,000! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/324 "2007-06-09T17:36:55Z")
Closure, people. We crave some closure. Fuckin’ wallet, this thread pops into my head when I’m DRIVING on the road. Jeeeesh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/325 "2007-06-09T17:53:03Z")
Apparently the wallet is registered to a man who lived at 14 k of g in a f p d. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/326 "2007-06-09T18:02:57Z")
[QUOTE=Santos L Halper] I’ve been following this thread from the beginning and seeing it brought up to the top again made me wonder how long it’s been running, so I went back to page one to check. Am I the first to notice that the OP, **filmyak** , is now a guest?! It’s been almost three months since he posted to this thread! Is there no hope of getting any closure?! [/QUOTE] Did **filmyak** ever join? If not I think he deserves a free membership for starting one of the most interesting posts ever. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/327 "2007-06-09T18:20:24Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] Did **filmyak** ever join? If not I think he deserves a free membership for starting one of the most interesting posts ever. [/QUOTE] His join date was 04-28-2001, so he was a member for six years. Why do I have the uneasy feeling that sometime after his last visit to the board he located the wallet’s owner, went to find him and the fiend killed filmyak and put _his_ wallet in a wall somewhere. Years from now it’ll be discovered, beginning the cycle anew. I’m picturing a series of horror films like _Saw_ or _Hostel_ being made based on the story… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/328 "2007-06-09T18:34:19Z")
Erle Stanley Gardner’s “The case of the walled up wallet” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/329 "2007-06-09T23:39:54Z")
I wish he would come back, because I have that synopsis all written up, and I want to submit it to local news! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/330 "2007-06-09T23:56:11Z")
His email is still in his profile. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/331 "2007-06-20T15:02:02Z")
Wow, I didn’t realize this thread was still going. I dropped in because I happened upon yet [another](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070619/D8PS3VE00.html) found wallet story. This one was lost 43 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/332 "2007-06-20T19:03:25Z")
Cool article, **flight**. I was wondering about this thread myself. What can I say? I crave closure. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/333 "2007-06-20T22:01:57Z")
Dammit, now I’m hooked. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/334 "2007-06-21T08:01:41Z")
I shouldn’t have subscribed, now I have to post my resurgent concern for this wallet just as the trail goes even colder :smack: ---
**Author:** ![astcell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@astcell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astcell)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/335 "2007-06-21T11:10:50Z")
I wonder about the story of the wallet found after 56 years… maybe it was fopunf after 20 years and took 36 years to find the owner? That would be bad… Or make a fake person just to watch someone go bonkers trying to find them… ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/336 "2007-06-21T12:35:05Z")
Every damn time this thread gets back on the front page, I jump in hoping to _ **finally** _ find out who Eugene Ivens is. And every damn time, it is just more dead ends. Insanity - Repeating the same actions and expecting different results. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/337 "2007-06-21T16:05:38Z")
_Donald_ Eugene Ivens, born 13 Sept. 1931. I’m guessing he lives in an apartment, doesn’t drive a car, and has an unlisted telephone number. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/338 "2007-06-22T16:09:52Z")
Don’t get all excited, I only bumped this to add this link about a [lost wedding ring](http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liring225265295jun22,0,1087752.story?coll=ny-top-headlines). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/339 "2007-06-22T20:43:09Z")
_A Found Wallet Thread haiku_ Another post here? I must read it - right away! Sigh. Still no closure. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659/340 "2007-06-22T20:58:32Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] _Donald_ Eugene Ivens, born 13 Sept. 1931. I’m guessing he lives in an apartment, doesn’t drive a car, and has an unlisted telephone number. [/QUOTE] Given his age, a nursing home somewhere, perhaps? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-wallet-from-the-70s/387659.md?page=18)