[Ads-l] Adage: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch

Joel Berson berson at ATT.NET
Mon Aug 29 15:20:56 UTC 2016


Tis [(such) a] TAAFL?
Joel


      From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 10:55 AM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Adage: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
   
> On Aug 28, 2016, at 9:12 PM, Joel Berson <berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
> 
> Nowadays, there is such a thing -- one goes grazing near lunch-time at a Whole Foods (or similar) market.
> 
> Joel

Don't tell anyone but there is free lunch at Yale (as faculty or retired faculty). Too bad TISTAAFL doesn't have quite the same profundity as TANSTAAFL.

LH


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