[at-l] one more question

[nealb at midlandstech.edu (William Neal)]

TANSTAAFL

They included the cost of the "free" mini-light in with the other thing.

William, The Turtle

PS	For those who don't know TANSTAAFL it stands for "There Ain't No
Such Thing As A Free Lunch".  It goes back to when bars had "free" lunches.
Usually you had to buy a drink.  Don't and bouncers really made you bounce.
But the food was usually heavily salted and spicey.  So you ended up buying
more drinks; which were watered down.

P2S	Although some people trace the term to Economics.  It started with a
SF writer.  The Economics authority it is often traced to has said it came
from his friend "X" who was a SF author.  I forget who X is.  I think --
only think -- his last name started with a P.

-----Original Message-----
From: redhead@hack.net [mailto:redhead@hack.net]
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 3:14 AM
To: Jim Bullard
Cc: AT List
Subject: Re: [at-l] one more question


Nope - didn't miss it. But you got it from somewhere else - I have to go
thru
campmor. Which is fine. But they don't have the free mini-light deal ;)

Red

Quoting Jim Bullard <jbullar1@twcny.rr.com>:

> Hey Red, did you miss what I said about my new Aurora? It came with a
> *free*
> mini-light! You can't get more light for less than free.
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