[Dixielandjazz] Re: Attn. All Members, DJML

[Bill Gunter]

Hi Bill Haesler,,

You wrote:

>O'Rourke, registered as a musician five times.
>Nothing against it in the rules and, as a government employee at that time,
>Phil loved exploring loopholes!
>(Still does).
>But why register five times?
>The musicians' registration fee was $5.00 which included 10 free beer
>tickets, at a time when beer was about $2.00 a can!

I love that story . . . $100 worth of beer for $25. Do the math and Phil and 
his mates were paying 50 cents per beer.

It's good to see such good business acumen amongst musicians!

Cheers,

Bill "It wasn't Fosters was it?" Gunter

ps. I really like Hahn