Giovanni Abrate wrote:

Just the reputation of a respected patrician family.
In Italy, it still carries some weight.

Oh-oh...I forgot that fact...that explains the black limo parked across
the street from me... I have incurred the wrath of their family...a
family led by one...._Don Vito Judica-Cordiglia_! =-O

Pat
(Soon to be drawn forth, concrete galoshes and all, by an ice fisherman.)