Date:         Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:37:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Bill Glenn <idahobill@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bill Glenn <idahobill@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Event Announcement - AZ "Land of No" Campout Feb 16 - 18
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Loren Busch wrote: “TANSTAAFL was in the language long before Manny and
Mike and Wyo started formeting revolution on the Moon but Heinlein brough
it into the mainstream…..”

Perhaps the acronym “TANSTAAFL” was popularized by Heinlein, but the
original statement, without the corrupted English, was, “There’s No Such

Thing as a Free Lunch”.  It was coined by the economist Milton Friedman
(who died late last year), considered by many to be one of the great minds
of the twentieth century.  He published a book by that title about thirty
years ago.

This detail may be of little consequence on this forum, but if you own a
Vanagon, you have probably experienced this economic maxim first hand.

Bill