Dan Hook
guldann@ix.netcom.com
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> > On a personal note (peeking around the masks)....Isn't
T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F.L.
> >a chapter title in the "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" ? On the moon that
might
> >be true. It certainly has not proven true in our own
experiences...unless
> >one gets real picky about "free". If picking the food up and eating it
is
> >considered "free", making dumpster raids behind Pizza Hut would be an
> >example of a free lunch.
>
> Have you ever read Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson"? "Tanstaafl"
> is a useful heuristic and a reminder. _Somebody_ paid for that pizza.
> Is that being "picky", or just telling the truth?