What was under the robe?

/me chuckles

Bright blue spandex minishorts, one of the few things from the 80's that HAD to go. PB still has his though but he's smart enough not to wear them in public.

Never .

I was the worst of stereotypes back then and I admit that now. And being that I've accepted what I was back then, and, for the most part, changed a bit, I don't mind giving advice to the young guys here by telling them that the life doesn't come as advertised in the media.

I was the worst. Italian suits and shoes. Handmade monogrammed dress shirts with French cuffs (black onyx and solid gold cuff links), Sergio Tacchinis in every color, soft leather Viking slip-ons to match, and enough gold to put a dent in the national debt. But if I ever put on a pair of spandex shorts that showed off Junior Pizzaboy? I would have been shot by someone in my own family .

See, when I scream about stereotypes, I know whereof I speak. Because, until I was well into my thirties, I was one .

oh man, I bet old photos of you are priceless

you probably graced an fbi chart as an associate looking like that walking around the bronx

Forget it. They're never getting posted. Even the one where I'm wearing Ray-Bans (another stereotype, dammit! ).


Being a business agent for Local 813 sure as shit didn't help. But, to be honest, I was still a steward back then. By the time I got the business agent spot, the union was cleaned up a bit and I had finally grown up. Even if it took me forty years to do so, and I have no problem admitting it now. So when you guys think I'm just a cranky old man warning you about a life that most of you don't know a thing about (not you, Blackjack), it's because I'm speaking from experience.

I've never pretended to be anything I'm not. Never once claimed to be a wiseguy. But I grew up where I grew up when the mob was still a powerhouse, I had some family in the game, and I put in 25 years with a notorious Teamsters local. I know what I know, and I don't know what I don't know, nor do I care to know what I don't know. And whoever can't handle that on that site (you know, the one with all the pop-ups and malware), can go fuck themselves.

The owner of the board has ten handles, and a disgruntled former poster from here (the Mexican who insists he's Italian), has another ten. And I'm the one who's who's full of shit .

Thank God you didn't wear spandex . Ray bans too. You forgot to mention your 1980's cell phone lol. Sharp creases in your slacks and a nice 'scarole in your front pocket would definitely give you a Meow in my book

Ha ha I'm just busting you.

You are in a good mood right?? So I can bust you a lil

I'm fine. Thanks .

Hey, I still wear Ray-Bans. They're back!

So do I. They never went out. The styles have changed, but Ray-Ban is an institution.

If the hipsters start wearing the Wayfarers (think Mickey Rourke in "The Pope of Greenwich Village), I'll go through Williamsburg with a fucking flamethrower .

LOL, it's more of a Northeastern "Bro" thing. I see a LOT of Wayfarers.

Hipsters tend to go more with the cheaper ones with neon designs.

I have a pair of Wayfarers, but someone left them in my house after a party. I wear them all the time. Mine now!

Actually, looking at closer pictures, they are smaller than the wayfarers. The lenses aren't as tall... that is more of the look you see.

I like the aviator style sunglasses on a man Meow

Hate Oakleys

Like, the one's with the wire frames that cops used to wear?

Oakleys were definitely more of a 90s thing, at least around here. People wore them because they thought it made them look cool/athletic.

See a lot of Knockaround sunglasses now, but those are just getting started.

Always thought aviators were lame, and def cop glasses

Yup with the wire frames. John and Ponch wore them lol

Surfers, skaters and river rats wear Oakleys over here.

Definitely does NOT get a Meow from me. Hey, you are ruining my aviator sunglasses dream man look with that guy's ugly mug.

PB I always pictured you as Ponyboy from the Outsiders

Stay gold, Sonny .

You have too many friends on here. It really is hard to bust you, Ponyboy

Unfortunately, my critics and the trolls (which are FAR outnumbered by the many friends I have here and on the other boards), kinda ruin it sometimes. A few rotten apples and all that.

No doubt about that. You do have a lot to offer. People will continue to bother you out of jealousy.

However, on here today. it's all shits and giggles (and meows). It is a good day

i dont post much anymore. got a lot of personal stuff going on. i like capeci, i think hes a good writer. sentimental too cause i was a kid and my dad wold bring home the daily news and weekly he would have his gangland article. i think it was on tuesdays...peetz?

any way i have two friends in enfield right now. lets just say it isnt even easy getting a phone call let alone run a crime family. pb said it best....who would you rather be? you can only put so much in jpay

but i heard you can get tasty cakes where vic is

Yup. Tuesday it was. It was the one day a week anyone did any reading on 187th Street .

That's just it. Jealous of what? That I grew up in a tenement neighborhood with its fair share of thugs? That I had an uncle who broke my grandparents heart for the life he chose? That almost twenty years after his death, I STILL have family members--my Dad and myself included--who are being harassed about his property holdings and how they were willed and/or sold? That I identified my cousin's body at the morgue on First Avenue when I was nineteen years old? That I lost countless friends and relatives to the system and to violence? That I was almost chased from the Teamsters for "bringing reproach upon myself" because I was born related to the wrong guy, but I was lucky enough to retire at 3/4s for a health issue before it went to a hearing? Yeah, that's a lot to be jealous about .

The only thing these assholes are jealous of is knowledge. The people in question make post after post after post, link picture after picture after picture, and make chart after chart after chart (and some of them do a fine job). But when they don't get an immediate pat on the head, then read someone pay my writing a compliment five minutes later, they go into fits and create ten different identities in order to attack me on every board. And to be fair, it's only one or two guys making all of this trouble. But time always catches up to such people. That's what gets me to sleep at night (well, that and a bottle of Ruffino ).

haha I hate to say it but the wayfarers by rayban are literally the official eyeglasses/sunglasses of hipsters everywhere..
I wear raybans also.. but only eyeglasses, not sunglasses.. I don't think its hipster but you never know now a days. im in my 20's and I still cant keep track.. I have the rayban clubmasters with the auto tint lenses.

There are a few reasons. First being, these jealous people cannot be satisfied with the boring mediocre life they live. You have seen things with your own two eyes, heard stories with your very own ears that cannot be found in a book. Most of what you have seen and heard were awful things but these people who are jealous would trade places in a minute with you just so they can have something interesting to talk about. You have been through more in the first twenty years of your life than most have in their entire lifetime. I know you have much pain caused by the life. It is very upsetting what you have gone through. At the same time, it made you who you are.

Just in case you do not khow you come across to others, I will tell you.

You are a very charming, well educated, street smart man with a wonderful sense of humor. Sometimes a little cranky but that's on account of your situation at home. You have an amazing personality. When you talk (write), everyone listens because you want to help and teach people about a life they would never see. You give every one of us a front seat to it through your eyes and ears. Now how many people can do that? Not even a handful of people. This is what makes those rotten people jealous of you.

You are a class act, my good friend. They don't make men like you these days.



And you are 55 not "ALMOST 56" lol you crack me up when you say that. Just say 55, AARP won't mind

I'm supposed to be busting you today, not telling you how great you are. Damn, how did you manage that one oldie but goodie?