{"id":29030,"date":"2011-12-21T08:21:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T16:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=29030"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T23:20:50","slug":"times-are-tough-all-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2011\/times-are-tough-all-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Times Are Tough All Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s economies have all taken a pounding over the past couple of years. Almost no part of the world has been left untouched by the economic meltdown that started in the fall of 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently&nbsp;the North Pole too appears to have been effected, since even the venerable Santa Claus has had to pick up a second job. Earlier this December, a photographer noticed Santa busking in Troy, New York. Luckily, it appears Santa has not had to sell his Selmer&#8230; Yet. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Troy-Victorian-Stroll-2011-Troy-NY-2011-Dec-19.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2011\/times-are-tough-all-over\/troy-victorian-stroll-2011-troy-ny-2011-dec-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Troy-Victorian-Stroll-2011-Troy-NY-2011-Dec-19.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Troy Victorian Stroll 2011 &amp;#8211; Troy, NY &amp;#8211; 2011, Dec &amp;#8211; 19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Troy-Victorian-Stroll-2011-Troy-NY-2011-Dec-19.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29302 size-full\" title=\"Troy Victorian Stroll 2011 - Troy, NY - 2011\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Troy-Victorian-Stroll-2011-Troy-NY-2011-Dec-19.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"a Santa busker in Troy, New York playing Selmer tenor sax\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Troy-Victorian-Stroll-2011-Troy-NY-2011-Dec-19.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Troy-Victorian-Stroll-2011-Troy-NY-2011-Dec-19.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Troy-Victorian-Stroll-2011-Troy-NY-2011-Dec-19.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Photography by:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/altuwa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sebastien.barre <\/a>&nbsp; Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/altuwa\/6456788773\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr<\/a><\/h6>\n<div style=\"width: 500px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: left; border: 0px solid #25e925; padding: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 285px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia; font-size: 28px; line-height: 24px; color: #aaff66; text-align: right;\">&#8230;this is just <span style=\"color: #fe4899;\">my <em>blog<\/em>. <\/span><span style=\"color: #66aaff;\"> My <b>\u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassic-sax.info\">www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> <span style=\"color: #66aaff;\">If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> <span style=\"color: #fe4899;\"> <strong>sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should <span style=\"color: #aaff66;\">check it out too.<\/span><span style=\"color: #fe4899;\">There\u2019s <em>lots<\/em> there! <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s economies have all taken a pounding over the past couple of years. 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