tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post1222203390059435669..comments2024-03-16T16:38:32.210-07:00Comments on Tattered and Lost EPHEMERA: She'd only read PERRY MASONTattered and Losthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-10746471645043843982010-02-26T15:15:31.996-08:002010-02-26T15:15:31.996-08:00Yes, I've been known to be a trash can lurker....Yes, I've been known to be a trash can lurker. This was not my only occasion. I'd forgotten about Ironsides. I just always think of either Rear Window or Perry Mason when I see a picture of Burr. He was so wonderfully creepy in Rear Window.<br /><br />I'll look into that book, The Red Leather Diary. Sounds quite interesting.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-41626146655111952732010-02-26T13:45:16.261-08:002010-02-26T13:45:16.261-08:00I have a picture of you lurking by the trash cans!...I have a picture of you lurking by the trash cans! Have you read 'The Red Leather Diary'? A similar trash can type experience and a brilliant read. Although I was aware of Raymond Burr's portrayal of Perry Mason, he was always Ironside to me. My Dad introduced me to a lot of the old detective novels, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and George Mann's Sexton Blake novels in particular. I also love those old B&W movies esp Humphrey Bogart.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854564777269577428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-849184795654737922010-02-25T11:22:47.384-08:002010-02-25T11:22:47.384-08:00They're actually fun to read. Formula writing....They're actually fun to read. Formula writing. Same basic characters each time, obviously. But they take place in a time period before the 50s so there's the added influence of a different ambience. They aren't like reading a Cain or Chandler, but yes, they're fun.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-57613223526784856812010-02-25T10:47:38.654-08:002010-02-25T10:47:38.654-08:00I'm a tremendous fan of the old television pro...I'm a tremendous fan of the old television programme, and have been since I was a child. Della Street was one of my first crushes. haha. <br /><br />I'd never actually seen any of the books before...never even thought about them. However, since you've brought them to my attention, I would fancy tracking some down a reading them one day.Josiah O. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008853460815824883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-20605055424423829182010-02-25T10:15:30.536-08:002010-02-25T10:15:30.536-08:00I wouldn't be surprised if they threw the book...I wouldn't be surprised if they threw the books away within a few weeks. It was all done in such a cold petty manner. I had never really gotten along with the people. From what I've heard from others who went to high school with them, nobody ever got along with either of them. <br /><br />Now the good side to all of this is that when they were cleaning out the basemen,t instead of keeping a lot of the ephemera, they just threw it in the trash can. Each night after they were gone I was trash can diving. Lots of menus from cruises aboard Cunard lines. Lots of old postcards from travels in Europe, Mexico, and I can't remember where else. However, I do remember asking the man if he found any interesting old paper that I'd love to have it. Nope, he had no intention of having a kind heart. It was trash. They were happy to be rid of her. She was old and a little crazy. They could now sell the property and get their money.<br /><br />I saw them recently at a restaurant. I smiled, said "Hello" and was thinking of just going over to the table and saying "Hey putz. Are you still as big a putz as you were years ago? Just askiin'?" But I didn't. I was thinkin' it!Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-80013088014557416122010-02-25T09:50:22.868-08:002010-02-25T09:50:22.868-08:00I'm irked at that family too. Those books shou...I'm irked at that family too. Those books should have gone to you. I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually got tired of them and gave them to Goodwill or sold them at a garage sale. Death often brings out the worst in people - and you can read that any way you want.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-82285091823487862992010-02-25T05:02:33.541-08:002010-02-25T05:02:33.541-08:00Now that's the kind of story I enjoy reading -...Now that's the kind of story I enjoy reading - yours not his!MrCachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380421021822593083noreply@blogger.com