Comments on: Top Ten Questions – Wiseguys and such http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-341271 ARDELL Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:18:55 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-341271 <p>I'm having a chuckle trying to picture a mafioso named "Walt" :)</p> I’m having a chuckle trying to picture a mafioso named “Walt” :)

]]> By: Real Estate Taxi http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-341267 Real Estate Taxi Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:56:27 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-341267 That is extremely funny that people ask you about the Sopranos! I live in New York, so when i go out of state i usually get the same questions. Walt That is extremely funny that people ask you about the Sopranos! I live in New York, so when i go out of state i usually get the same questions.

Walt

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-206520 ARDELL Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:37:41 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-206520 Thank you Zondo!!! I knew it was something wide enough to smack us with, and not an eel :) Thank you Zondo!!! I knew it was something wide enough to smack us with, and not an eel :)

]]> By: Zondo http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-206444 Zondo Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:01:13 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-206444 I was raised in an Italian family from Chicago. I only recently got into the reruns of the Sopranos on A&E. I also recently updated WIkipedia on the subject of Baccala. I too was reminded of how I would get Baccala as a child. The reason for it is that the fish (It is not eel but is Cod) when dried out was hard and flat, like a paddle. In the old days they would actually utilize it that way. I still see Baccala for sale at Claro's Italian Deli in La Habra, CA from time to time if your in the area. I was raised in an Italian family from Chicago. I only recently got into the reruns of the Sopranos on A&E. I also recently updated WIkipedia on the subject of Baccala. I too was reminded of how I would get Baccala as a child. The reason for it is that the fish (It is not eel but is Cod) when dried out was hard and flat, like a paddle. In the old days they would actually utilize it that way. I still see Baccala for sale at Claro’s Italian Deli in La Habra, CA from time to time if your in the area.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-186797 ARDELL Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:25:59 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-186797 True...but still...the nickname should be spelled right. Anyone know why my Dad used to say "I'm going to give you a bacala! Was he going to hit us with an eel? I guess I always thought a fish was like a hand slap. But maybe the eel was like his belt. It was just a threat, and not one you wanted to question in detail. Usually we just scattered out of sight :) True…but still…the nickname should be spelled right.

Anyone know why my Dad used to say “I’m going to give you a bacala! Was he going to hit us with an eel? I guess I always thought a fish was like a hand slap. But maybe the eel was like his belt. It was just a threat, and not one you wanted to question in detail. Usually we just scattered out of sight :)

]]> By: Jim http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-186759 Jim Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:41:18 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-186759 Actually Bobby's last name is Baccalieri. They call him Bacala as a nick name. A simple trip over to HBO:Soprano's website would show you that. Actually Bobby’s last name is Baccalieri. They call him Bacala as a nick name.

A simple trip over to HBO:Soprano’s website would show you that.

]]> By: DeMartino http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-186598 DeMartino Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:50:07 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-186598 BTW - Baccala is eels, my grandad, Tony from the Ironbound section of Newark, where I lived whn I was little used to bring home buckests full of them (live in the water) from the fish market when I was little. Yuck! BTW – Baccala is eels, my grandad, Tony from the Ironbound section of Newark, where I lived whn I was little used to bring home buckests full of them (live in the water) from the fish market when I was little. Yuck!

]]> By: P-Diddy http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-9141 P-Diddy Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:18:20 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-9141 I've been a lurker on this site for many months. It rocks! I thought I was the only real estate/mortgage professional that blogged about the Sopranos (http://philleto.blogspot.com/2006/03/sopranos.html) boy was I wrong! My dad grew up in Jersey. Newark. I grew up in NY. Leto is Sicilian. The whole premise of the Sopranos hits close to home especially the way the people talk. The dialect is right on the money! "Bah Fangool!" is used a lot on the show. It's really "Va Fanculo." I have yet to meet a Vito in Denver. The only Tony I knew in Denver was a good ole boy from Louisiana. I’ve been a lurker on this site for many months. It rocks!

I thought I was the only real estate/mortgage professional that blogged about the Sopranos (http://philleto.blogspot.com/2006/03/sopranos.html) boy was I wrong!

My dad grew up in Jersey. Newark. I grew up in NY. Leto is Sicilian. The whole premise of the Sopranos hits close to home especially the way the people talk. The dialect is right on the money!

“Bah Fangool!” is used a lot on the show. It’s really “Va Fanculo.”

I have yet to meet a Vito in Denver. The only Tony I knew in Denver was a good ole boy from Louisiana.

]]> By: Dorinne http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-3693 Dorinne Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:03:43 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-3693 I totally agree about the names!!! I grew up in a heavily Italian-Catholic area and I can't tell you how many Tonys and Joeys I know! And they're all "Too tall Joe", "Mustache Joe", "Green Car Tony", "Tony with the tattoo", etc. LOL I totally agree about the names!!!

I grew up in a heavily Italian-Catholic area and I can’t tell you how many Tonys and Joeys I know! And they’re all “Too tall Joe”, “Mustache Joe”, “Green Car Tony”, “Tony with the tattoo”, etc. LOL

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-3670 ARDELL Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:59:24 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/03/28/top-ten-questions-wiseguys-and-such/#comment-3670 It's not just the sur name Todd ;-) I grew up somewhat like Tony did, in a Little Italy, but Tony is my generation, so the show is a generation above me. It’s not just the sur name Todd ;-) I grew up somewhat like Tony did, in a Little Italy, but Tony is my generation, so the show is a generation above me.

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