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Originally Posted by madjim
Hey Bryant,
You've always said that you were in one of the poorest areas in the country. Seeing any changes in Maine?
Jim  |
reporting back with some good news!
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Hey,
, I got real lucky this week. I've been asked to do a regular Thursday night gig at a place where I do one or two karaoke parties a year. And another place that I do karaoke on Fridays has asked me to do a three hour dance party night on Thursdays from 7 to 10 pm, which I'll have my wife do. The VFW my wife plays at two nights a week has given her a 50 dollar raise each night (by way of giving her a 40 % of the 50/50 take for the evening. She actually got 58 dollars extra last Sat. night.). The commander who owns a restauraunt three buildings down the road is having a "Cruise Night" on Saturdays from 4 to 7 pm and asked us to play oldies there from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, along with a decent pay he has offered her and I
FREE
meals and drinks any time we enter the restauraunt.
This summer, I'll be returning to Sunday and Tuesday nights where I used to work year 'round; there I'll be asking for a 10 dollar increase in both nights.
My Wednesday night gig that I do year 'round has put me on some weird commision formula and since I've been averaging thirty dollars more a night there.
The overall economy in Maine is about the same as it always was; "very poor". So this world-wide thing (global recession) has only a little effect, if any, on what most people in Maine are willing to spend their money on.