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bronx wrote:Chris you are right on the the term "friend" when someone who made speaks to another made guy, if he refers to a made guy ..he says "friend of ours". if he is speaking about a non made guy he says he is a friend of mine..that simple. hope that helps some posters
Pertaining to Italy I read that "Stessa cosa" (same thing) was used. But this comes from books.bronx wrote:Chris you are right on the the term "friend" when someone who made speaks to another made guy, if he refers to a made guy ..he says "friend of ours". if he is speaking about a non made guy he says he is a friend of mine..that simple. hope that helps some posters
Pogo The Clown wrote:bronx wrote:Chris you are right on the the term "friend" when someone who made speaks to another made guy, if he refers to a made guy ..he says "friend of ours". if he is speaking about a non made guy he says he is a friend of mine..that simple. hope that helps some posters
When I introduce you, I'm gonna say, "This is a friend of mine." That means you're a connected guy. If I said instead, "This is a friend of ours," that would mean you're a made guy. Capisce?
friend of mine could be a barber, or non associate also.
Pogo
This is correct.Chris Christie wrote:Pertaining to Italy I read that "Stessa cosa" (same thing) was used. But this comes from books.bronx wrote:Chris you are right on the the term "friend" when someone who made speaks to another made guy, if he refers to a made guy ..he says "friend of ours". if he is speaking about a non made guy he says he is a friend of mine..that simple. hope that helps some posters
Store owners have nothing to fear with today's mobsters. Protecting the neighborhood doesn't happen anymore. These guys today are hurting for rackets and other money making schemes. Store owners today go to the FBI.B. wrote:That's the thing. Someone could be "on record" with someone regardless of their level of involvement with the family or crimes. A legitimate store owner who is friends with a certain member might be "with" that member should the need ever arise, but he doesn't report to that member in the same way a member of his street crew would.
Oh I didn't mean so much with extortion / street tax, but in the sense that a store owner (just one example) might want help getting hooked up with a certain business opportunity or distributor and may use friends in the mob to "network'. I believe this still happens, it's just that most of it isn't explicitly criminal in nature.JCB1977 wrote:Store owners have nothing to fear with today's mobsters. Protecting the neighborhood doesn't happen anymore. These guys today are hurting for rackets and other money making schemes. Store owners today go to the FBI.B. wrote:That's the thing. Someone could be "on record" with someone regardless of their level of involvement with the family or crimes. A legitimate store owner who is friends with a certain member might be "with" that member should the need ever arise, but he doesn't report to that member in the same way a member of his street crew would.
Generally I think that's true, especially compared to the past, but we haven't seen the mob protection shakedown completely go away. As we saw in New England a few years ago, the mob was extorting several strip clubs in Providence. There's also been cases in NY over the last 10 or 15 yearsJCB1977 wrote:Store owners have nothing to fear with today's mobsters. Protecting the neighborhood doesn't happen anymore. These guys today are hurting for rackets and other money making schemes. Store owners today go to the FBI.
