I'm hoping that friends & classmates from days gone by will contact me:

swgreif@hotmail.com

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Originally posted by Stuart:
I'm hoping that friends & classmates from days gone by will contact me:

swgreif@hotmail.com

'I seek old friends only'....hmmmm sounds like you left without paying the vig lol

But Stuart, how many people could you be looking for? I don't even want to know half of those schoolmates. hahaha

Bronxbob, screwing around with that skank Henrietta has frazzled your brain. What is "vig"?

Yours in love & kindness,

Stuart

BA, Paisana mia, half the surnames of my old pals could easily appear on the SOPRANOS, so be careful.

Love & kisses,

Stuart

well they couldnt be much of soprano guys or you didnt hang with them much if you dont know what "vig" means lol

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Posted 25 May 2007 10:14 PM Hide Post
well they couldnt be much of soprano guys or you didnt hang with them much if you dont know what "vig" means l

HAHAHAHA YOU GOT THAT RIGHT BRONXBOB....HOW COULD ANYONE NOT KNOW WHAT VIG IS? HEE HEE HEE, Stuey baby, don't worry about me being careful amongst my very own PAISANOS, I have survived this long, and ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE THOSE NAMES,NOT ONLY HALF OF THEM....SEE? YOU'RE OUTNUMBERED NOW.

OK, BA, you've got me in the numbers dept.But I grew up in a mixed neighborhood. My happiest memories of the Eyetalians were about the services they dominated. Virtually all the florists right next to Woodlawn Cemetary were Italian owned. When I bought flowers for my mother on Mother's Day, I'd hear," You-a good-a boy, remember his-a mother." Or for a date, " I hope-a she-a she's-a nice-a girl, cause you such a nice-a boy." Or the shoe repairman, Mr Cabaldi, who could hardly read or write or speak comprehensible English but always had WQXR on whenever there was an Italian opera on. Or the barbers who would try to catch out those boys who needed to pay full fare," Hey, kid, you been-a Bar Mitzed". Pride caught out all the post 13 Jewish boys.

These make for happy Bronx memories.

So, what the f is a "vig"?

Stuart

ok stuey a "vig" is the extra money you pay on a uhmm er er personal loan lol...borrow 100 pay back 125. 25 is "DA" vig . and my uncle use to own one of those florist across from the cemertary on 233rd i remember he would send me and my buddy in the cemertary around 4 everyday and get flowers and stands we would throw them through the fence on the webster ave side and go get them. he would give us a few bucks
just another thing to square away with the maker when my time comes

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So, what the f is a "vig"?

You could have asked nicely. LOL....Bob just told you, boyo, and you know what? You brought back a lot of memories again to me with the emphasis on the broken English, spoken by those good people. See? At least they were nice to you, and took an interest in what was going on. Also, notice how they started businesses, even if only a shoemaker?

just goes to show you barb you can feed them meatballs but cant teach them to cookem lol

kat, vig??? never heard the term....
what is it short for?

Well, you learn something new everyday. Being brought to be a "real" American, I practically had to memorize Ben Franklyn. So, I never borrowed from loansharks and except for house mortgages practiced "Neither a lender nor a borrower be."

233 St. is too far North for me. I grew up on the Bainbridge Ave. end. Yes, you need to make amends for that. Not even my father would have done anything so heinous.

Yes, BA, I cherish the memory of these good, kind, hardworking simple folk. God knows what they'd think of today's America.


Stuart

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Posted 27 May 2007 12:24 AM Hide Post
kat, vig??? never heard the term..

Cat, I cannot believe you asked this question. hahaha...I just got around to reading this from a few weeks ago, the term is for vigorish, or interest earned supposedly by the shylocks who you borrowed money from. It was an astronomical amount, and therefore ridiculous. I would die before I borrowed from those kinds of interest deals.

I'm still looking.

Maybe the word "OLD" should read "ANCIENT".

Stuart
swgreif@hotmail.com

i remember a stu greif from roosevelt hs in the
late fifties
-mike kramer '60
swim team

Hi Mike,
It's me. Ellen Lubarsky. How are you?

I think we remember the same Stuie Greif.

Stu, did you also go to Hunter with us and major in political science. Actually, I'm not sure about the poly sci part, but the Stu Greif I remember went to Hunter uptown. Is that you?
Ellen

Yes, I went Hunter College in the Bronx as it was known then.

No, I did not attend Roosevelt HS. I went to Stuyvesant HS.

I can be reached at swgreif@hotmail.com

Stuart

I'm still looking out for friends from Bronx days.

Stuart, do you remember a really pretty girl named Francine Leyden, from Hunter college?