Dear Robb: "Comfortable" is a relative term. I consider a comfortable living as being able to live in a decent place without having (at my age, and professional level of experience) to deal with roommates anymore, to go on vacation once or twice a year, and to save money, and feed and clothe oneself without pinching every penny. I daresay that most people would not disagree with this, nor is this unreasonable. I agree that museum personnel in some locales may have a hard time realizing this level of "comfortable." However, some museum people probably are quite comfortable- if they make a good salary and live in a low cost of living location. Maybe this is not the case for most of us.......This type of scenario sounds too good to be true perhaps.......? ---------- From: Robb Hyde[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 1997 4:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Do you earn a "comfortable" living? WAS: POSTINGS IN NYC This almost sounds like a SPAM header. . . Whether you're living in NYC or Waco, Texas---I'd think you'd have to have a pretty broad interpretation of the word to suggest that museum people are earning a "comfortable" living anywhere . . . . . . or perhaps I'm just trying to convince myself of that. Robb Hyde Canton Museum of Art