Originally Posted by Neo
Originally Posted by Lenox
Years ago an old timer told me something that I totally agree with but back then was a little young to fully understand.
He said there are 3 tylpes of street guys.

1) union and construction type guys. I suppose he also meant the garment industry and waste industry.
2) numbers guys and shylocks
3) baseball bat guys, drugs, and robbery crews



Sammy Gravano was all three. He supervised the Gambino family interests in construction unions, he did bank robberies all over the place when he was an associate, he did drug trafficking, controlled card games and had a shit load of money on the street.




In fact, I would say what separates Wiseguys from the average criminal is that they CAN engage in all three. To me that's what makes a Wiseguy a wiseguy.