# They found it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598 "2000-07-14T20:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/1 "2000-07-14T20:48:19Z")
These guys, [http://www.frugalfinder.com/](http://www.frugalfinder.com/) just called to tell me they found a copy of an out-of-print book, [_The Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1575440849/002-3753436-7083203), I’ve been seeking for almost six months. I couldn’t be happier. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/2 "2000-07-14T20:51:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*These guys, [http://www.frugalfinder.com/](http://www.frugalfinder.com/) just called to tell me they found a copy of an out-of-print book, [_The Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1575440849/002-3753436-7083203), I’ve been seeking for almost six months. I couldn’t be happier. \*\* My fiance’s dad has that book. It’s a hoot. Congratulations, you manliest of men, you. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/3 "2000-07-14T20:53:08Z")
Man, I know the feeling. I have been looking for a copy of Tom Shippey’s Road to Middle Earth for eons. I tried ordering it from every online bookstore for the past two years. My girlfriend, when trawling the web one day, randomly ordered it from Amazon. I said yeah right, like _this_ book is gonna come in. Two weeks later, I’m reading it on the train. Regards, MR ---
**Author:** ![Niggle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Niggle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niggle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/4 "2000-07-14T20:53:29Z")
\ I looked at the blurb about it on amazon. Sounds like a cool book! Anything with a picture of a B-17 and a can of WD40 is awesome indeed. I want one! -niggle ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/5 "2000-07-14T20:54:11Z")
**Uncle** , why didn’t you ask? I’ve had that for quite some time now. Seriously. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/6 "2000-07-14T21:35:23Z")
No offense, Esprix, but I think you’d be about the last guy I’d expect to have this particular volume. I find it interesting that two people here have posted already to the effect that they have a copy and the sonofabitch is out-of-print. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/7 "2000-07-14T22:01:01Z")
**UncleBeer** , it’s not nice to get one’s hopes up and then dash them so unexpectedly. With the exclamation, “They found it!”, I thought you meant “IT”. “IT”, as in the big “It”, but bigger, and larger still than the little “it”, however, smaller than the big “ **IT** ” is simply the “IT” for which I’ve been searching. Unfortunately, in my state of eager anticipation, I misread and found “it” simply meant “it.” ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/8 "2000-07-14T22:07:59Z")
Yeah, well. We’re still lookin’ for the missing link. I’ll keep you posted on that search. ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/9 "2000-07-14T22:09:42Z")
UncleBeer, I’ve read your posts. You don’t need the book. 'Nuf said. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/10 "2000-07-14T22:16:11Z")
Trade, my friend, I gotta disagree with you. The book is absolutely required. Ask someone to tell you about the “Guy Stuff” thread from about 6 months ago. Unfortunately, I can’t link you to it right now; It’s buried in the old UBB archives which are currently unavailable. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/11 "2000-07-14T22:30:30Z")
Thank the gods… ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/12 "2000-07-14T22:42:40Z")
Hhmmmmm, UncleBeer shies away from manly image. Or do I misunderstand?? Lesee if I can find that thread… ::digging into archives:: ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/13 "2000-07-15T00:27:55Z")
Absolutely hilarious brilliant book. And I’m surprised that some STRAIGHT guy wants a copy, in fact. It’s sooo. . .manly, in a kind of Tom of Finland sort of way. I can’t imagine that it’s too hard to find… have you tried Powell’s Books out of Portland? I feel like I’ve seen it there fairly recently. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/14 "2000-07-15T00:40:32Z")
Glad you got the book, Unc. I’ll have to check it out. I’ve done that once - there was a book I knew of and kept an eye out for (_The Liberators_ - Victor Suvorov). It was out of print and after a couple of years I finally got some 'net finders on it. They found it! Two days later I had it in hand. I’m sure you can guess what I found at Half-Price Books the following weekend. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/15 "2000-07-15T02:16:11Z")
In that case, could you just return the signed copy I sent to you? I just dropped it in the mail yesterday. Thanks, mangeorge (Yeah, sure you did.) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/16 "2000-07-15T03:55:42Z")
Let me share some other places that sometimes have good results with used books: [http://www.bibliofind.com](http://www.bibliofind.com) [http://www.abebooks.com](http://www.abebooks.com) ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/17 "2000-07-15T04:01:31Z")
Well, hmmmm. Did they run out of books on opaque manliness, or is that not in style anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/18 "2000-07-15T04:26:23Z")
UncleBeer, we had it at my bookstore pretty recently. It was on remainders, cost about $5. ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/19 "2000-07-15T04:55:55Z")
Oh, I miss the Guy Stuff thread. 🙂 Of course, you could smell the thread all the way over in ATMB - if we ever do something like that again showers MUST be installed first 😉 I’m glad you found your book Uncle Beer. I hope you enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598/20 "2000-07-15T21:48:17Z")
Weird how the people who bought the BDBofSM also bought Harry Potter books… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-found-it/25598.md?page=2)