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Banana Yaya posted:Maybe I'm dense, but as a non-native speaker this has been bothering me recently... In "Chasing It", Hesh puts Tony's net worth at "six". He means 600'000, right? I'm not very well-versed in colloquial US-money-speak. I think it usually means thousands, millions, billions, etc. I don't know how much nice suburban houses in NJ cost but $6 million net worth seems more likely than $6 hundred thousand, assuming that he owns his house. Or maybe the point was that his house is basically his only legitimate big asset so on paper he is barely getting by.
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Banana Yaya posted:I considered "six million" as a possible interpretation but was then confused as to why Tony was having such difficulties paying back a 200k loan. I thought he was avoiding paying it back just to be a dick.
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Jul 21, 2012 19:18
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Then they go to Italy and Pauli doesn't like the food.
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Jul 7, 2013 20:22
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I wonder how confused someone watching for the first time might be at the idea of being able to buy/steal a plane ticket and just hand it over to anyone to use.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Why the gently caress is every suggested video from this a Barbie video? I have never watched a Barbie video on YT Apparently you are really missing out.
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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140423005395/en/Amazon-HBO-Ink-Exclusive-Multi-Year-Deal-Bring#.U1fL0eZdU01 Looks like HBO is going with Amazon Prime to stream older stuff, including "The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire, Big Love, Deadwood, Eastbound & Down, Family Tree, Enlightened, Treme, early seasons of Boardwalk Empire and True Blood, as well as mini-series like Band of Brothers, John Adams and more." Newer stuff will appear three years after airing.
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ForbiddenWonder posted:Pagers are still in use in a lot of hospitals! Yeah apparently pagers are ok in places where cell phones aren't because pagers don't transmit anything.
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May 12, 2014 02:20
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You're like an albacore around my neck!
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May 30, 2014 05:40
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It's a pyramid scam that leaves everyone basically living paycheck to paycheck. The cash-only nature of the business and the need to maintain an ostentatious lifestyle doesn't leave much room for long-term financial stability. The old guys who got pretty high up but didn't move into McMansions and drive Hummers or Benzes were probably the best off, but didn't show it.
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Steve2911 posted:I thought there were younger members, but they were the absolute lowest of the low street-level enforcers, robbers and dealers. I just assumed Chris jumped up the 'company' ladder because of his connections, but wasn't allowed to progress after that because (as you say) the older members always take precedence. It almost comes out in the one where he gets pissed about paying for dinner all of the time. Tony says something about it being tradition and how he had to do the same, but there is never any sign that anyone is coming up to be the new guy below Chris.
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Jul 6, 2014 15:42
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They did do a good job of portraying the most New Jersey of dirtbags.
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Jul 7, 2014 21:52
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For the episode where Valentina catches fire, the synopsis says something about Tony and Valentina's relationship heating up.
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Jul 8, 2014 03:36
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You guys are crazy; Johnny Cakes is great.
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He walks up to the house and Tony B. dressed as a butler is trying to persuade him to go in and join everyone else and leave the briefcase outside.
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Jul 10, 2014 16:41
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He does see a figure inside that looks a lot like the dark figure that he saw in the dream where he was a stonemason.
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Jul 10, 2014 20:37
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There is the part where he shows up at the Armagnac guy's apartment and looks right at him.
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They were probably doing the guy a favor by killing him; the shape he was in.
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mints posted:We're talking about worst beatings that got dealt on the show, and not one mention of poor Sal Vitro. Guy had a legitimate job that wasn't connected to the mob at all until Feech got out of jail and decided that he wanted to set his nephew up in lawn care. The way his arm was broken still makes me cringe just thinking about it. Not to mention constantly looking so glum about having to do all of those lawns for free. The happy look on his face when Tony told him that he could finally stop doing Johnny Sac's lawn was great. edit: He also got arrested by the FBI for shoveling snow.
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Other weird 90s things include the stolen airline tickets. The idea of being able to just walk up to a counter at the airport and hand over this envelope that you scored from a guy on the street to book a flight seems crazy now.
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Eifert Posting posted:I just watched season 5 ep 11. One of the awesomest bits of TV that you will ever see.
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Aug 1, 2014 14:14
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I always wondered if he had to keep one girlfriend for going out with everyone's wives, and another for going out with everyone's goomahs.
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We need a screwball comedy sequel set in the present day where, by some improbable turn of events, Little Carmine and AJ have inherited the whole business.
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Aug 28, 2014 18:36
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pentyne posted:I've been rewatching parts of the series again and one thing I'm suddenly realizing is how much emphasis there is on food. Aside from Artie's restaurant there are tons of scenes where Tony is either eating or mentioning food, family dinners, etc. Try to find a scene where Tony walks into the kitchen and doesn't immediately open the refrigerator.
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Nov 9, 2014 00:28
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Also because people are willing to pay.
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Dec 12, 2014 18:43
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Pope Corky the IX posted:One of my favorite Paulie moments is in season one when Christopher throws a box of pastries on a pool table. He runs in, yells "Oooooohh, the sfogliatelle, what's wrong with you?!" grabs the box and leaves. Does he take it to his mother later or was that a different box of pastries?
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Steve2911 posted:No matter how many times it's explained I will never understand what they were doing with this poo poo. Or whatever they were doing with the crack den houses. Basically they are ways to siphon off construction and redevelopment money from various sources.
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Dec 4, 2015 23:10
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At the end of the day the government has paid a lot of money for some basically worthless (and stripped) houses.
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Dec 4, 2015 23:46
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They basically live paycheck to paycheck where an unexpected expense or delay in payment means that you are hosed.
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Ishamael posted:I don't remember, but it did make me think of this scene, in which Tony completely and utterly humiliates and emasculates some d-bag. That was a great staredown.
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