OY, schools these days. 
| October 19, 2019 02:33PM |
Peyton Smith Wrote:
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> Honest question— Is TINSTAAFL even taught in
> schools anymore? People don’t seem to
> understand that ‘Free’ doesn’t necessarily
> exist— someone somewhere down the line has to
> foot the bill, or its factored into the cost of a
> special deal, BoGo, or other marketing attempts...
> All this is fresh on my mind senior year while
> taking economics class and I’m genuinely
> confused that more people are not familiar with
> this concept.
>
> (TINSTAAFL: There Is No Such Thing As A Free
> Lunch.)
1) It never was taught to me in school (Ames, Iowa Class of '79 (or '80, long story) I learned it from Robert H. Heinlein.
2) I believe the correct spelling is TANSTAAFL. "There Ain't No...."
3) Has no meaning in today's world. when was the last time you was a bar with a "Free Lunch?" I've never seen one, granted, I haven't spend much time in bars since I turned 18 and the fun went out of it.
Since I'm killing electrons anyway, nice pics Jerry.
My response to most of this thread, OY vey.
hank
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> Honest question— Is TINSTAAFL even taught in
> schools anymore? People don’t seem to
> understand that ‘Free’ doesn’t necessarily
> exist— someone somewhere down the line has to
> foot the bill, or its factored into the cost of a
> special deal, BoGo, or other marketing attempts...
> All this is fresh on my mind senior year while
> taking economics class and I’m genuinely
> confused that more people are not familiar with
> this concept.
>
> (TINSTAAFL: There Is No Such Thing As A Free
> Lunch.)
1) It never was taught to me in school (Ames, Iowa Class of '79 (or '80, long story) I learned it from Robert H. Heinlein.
2) I believe the correct spelling is TANSTAAFL. "There Ain't No...."
3) Has no meaning in today's world. when was the last time you was a bar with a "Free Lunch?" I've never seen one, granted, I haven't spend much time in bars since I turned 18 and the fun went out of it.
Since I'm killing electrons anyway, nice pics Jerry.
My response to most of this thread, OY vey.
hank
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