On a recent excursion into Hamtramck I ended up in a gritty blue collar wat ering hole called Paychecks lounge on [[what street was it)? Within a span of a couple of hours I witnessed an amusing cast of characters coming and going. Not long after sitting at the bar [[I fell off the wagon a few months ago, alcohol wasnt a problem the hard stuff got me) a scruffy guy walked from the end of the bar to inspect me, after nodding to him he patted me on the shoulder and walked away, returning minutes later advising me to "be careful", after which he left out the place.. I told Debbie, who by the way is a top notch attentive grizzled bar maid, and some guys at the bar what he said, the bartender laughed saying he was a nut job. A short chubby lady several stools down kept laughing and mumbling to herself as she chain smoked and drank cans of beer carefully poured into a glass. Some guy showed up with some goodies in a bag, one item being a can of instant coffee he tried selling for five bucks. An older man showed up with a drop dead gorgeous young dirty blond that could have been a stripper or escort, possibly his girlfriend or daughter,they were really into each others conversation at any rate. Got to know several of the very amicable patrons, joking a and conversating with them as we huddled near the end of the bar. I plucked some coins in the jukebox, played some Stones and danced. Great prices on beer. Down to earth blue collar establishment.