# Lost Wallet--Part Deux **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306 "2008-03-06T08:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/1 "2008-03-06T08:18:04Z")
I’m not sure I’m doing this right since this is the first time I’ve started a thread, but I no sooner posted to a thread than it was closed! Anyway, I wanted to respond to the person that asked what new I could do for the lost wallet guy - I read the whole thread and I didn’t see that anyone had actually gone to the Long Beach address and asked around. If this has not been done, I am volunteering since I’d like to see the wallet get to the original owner. If it has been done, then my reading comprehension needs help… ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/2 "2008-03-06T09:28:47Z")
From: [found wallet from the 70’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403719) [QUOTE=curlcoat] Hi all - new here. I finally signed in as a guest just to post in this thread. I read the whole thing and apparently there was no response to the letter to the Long Beach address? If you want to send it to me, I’ll drive up there and look/ask/whatever you want me to do. This must be resolved! [/QUOTE] Hi again, you’re a night owl too? I’m flagging your thread, just so a mod could maybe fix the title and move it to where you can best get an answer. Welcome again. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/3 "2008-03-06T11:48:54Z")
[Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403719&page=1&pp=50) a link to the original thread, wherein **filmyak** found a wallet a little over a year ago and has been trying to locate the original owner with help from many members. And, since it really isn’t a classic _General Question_, I’ll move it to MPSIMS. Any member who were subscribed to the first part should probably subscribe to this part. Oh, I just notice **bbs2k** has a nice link to the old column. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/4 "2008-03-06T16:31:25Z")
If you all find the man, I suspect he’ll be amused for about a minute, thumb through it, and throw it in the trash 5 minutes later. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/5 "2008-03-06T16:33:17Z")
And I think it’s time to stop stalking the guy. It’s not like you found a 40 year old wedding ring. ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/6 "2008-03-06T18:53:48Z")
[QUOTE=zuma] And I think it’s time to stop stalking the guy. It’s not like you found a 40 year old wedding ring. [/QUOTE] Heresy! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/7 "2008-03-07T01:15:18Z")
[QUOTE=zuma] And I think it’s time to stop stalking the guy. It’s not like you found a 40 year old wedding ring. [/QUOTE] Hey! It’s no longer about _him_, it’s about **US** , the readers of this thread/mystery. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/8 "2008-03-07T01:21:45Z")
> [@](#): > > If you all find the man, I suspect he’ll be amused for about a minute, thumb through it, and throw it in the trash 5 minutes later. [QUOTE=zuma] And I think it’s time to stop stalking the guy. It’s not like you found a 40 year old wedding ring. [/QUOTE] Party pooper :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/9 "2008-03-07T01:25:00Z")
This is turning into the SDMB Great White Whale. ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/10 "2008-03-07T08:20:56Z")
OK, gotta ask. Anyone here friends with a really good private eye who’ll take a stab at this pro bono for a day or so? Or SoCal police perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/11 "2008-03-08T06:35:41Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] From: [found wallet from the 70’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403719) Hi again, you’re a night owl too? I’m flagging your thread, just so a mod could maybe fix the title and move it to where you can best get an answer. Welcome again. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the welcome! Night owl time is really the only time I have to post \. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/12 "2008-03-08T22:19:03Z")
I found I just couldn’t turn away from the previous thread, and I have a feeling this thread will be much the same. I love a mystery, even a minor, essentially pointless, almost certainly unsolvable one like this. ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/13 "2008-05-11T08:55:51Z")
Thought for a minute the mystery had been solved: [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD\_OLD\_WALLET\_FOUND?SITE=AP](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_OLD_WALLET_FOUND?SITE=AP) Alas, no… M ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/14 "2008-05-11T13:11:43Z")
Gah!! And here I clicked (like a dummy) thinking I was gonna find some new development in the plot. This is worse than 14k… ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/15 "2008-05-12T08:32:24Z")
Yeah. The newspapers are more than willing to print the story after someone else does all the hard work, but no one will call me back to help me find the guy. Then again, when I called the local news to report a bank robbery at the B of A across the street from my office, no one showed up and I haven’t seen it on the news to this day. You know, I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of this before… my father-in-law used to work at a newspaper… I wonder if he’s got any connections? Sigh. Here we go again. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/16 "2008-05-12T14:18:21Z")
Woo hoo! Back on the case! ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/17 "2008-05-12T21:16:12Z")
Father in law is going to hook me up with the LA Times metro desk. He knows some folks there. I’ll let you know what happens next. ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/18 "2008-05-15T00:05:46Z")
LA Times writer reached me today. I’m sending her the info and we’ll see what she can find. As a reporter, I’m hoping she has access to sources that I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/19 "2008-05-15T01:22:23Z")
Seems to me that the story here might be about a thriving online community that have worked together (in vain) to find the wallet owner, rather than just the wallet story itself. That might be a more compelling angle, although more difficult to get across in a sound bite I suppose. Just a thought. cheers M ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306/20 "2008-05-15T02:21:24Z")
I [mapped that all out](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8535840&postcount=304) last year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-wallet-part-deux/440306.md?page=2)