TANSTAAFL facts?

2003-04-12 Thread L.D. Best
Addendum: One "columnist" referred to TANSTAAFL as "Russian" The weirdest reference, pretdating any American politicians by a long shot: As Joshua said to the Isrealistes as they cross over into the promised land, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunc

TANSTAAFL facts?

2003-04-12 Thread L.D. Best
I was suspicious about info on the web ... can't blame a gal for that! When I searched TAN~ I kept ending up with "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" as the Heinline source of the phrase. BUT The Moon~ was published in 1966. TAN~ appears in "Stranger in a Strange Land" and that was published in -- ta

TANSTAAFL

2003-04-12 Thread L.D. Best
My youngest, and a buddy of his, found out that a free lunch can be very VERY scary. There's a "regular" who visits/deals with where the youngsters work, and he heard them bemoaning the fact that they had to move their trucks ASAP ... When said customer asked what was wrong, they told him the prob