[Rhodes22-list] T(I/A)NSTAAFL

Steven Alm stevenalm at gmail.com
Sun Dec 9 06:09:48 EST 2007


Hank's right.  I looked it up on iGrock!

On Dec 8, 2007 6:41 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert,
>
> I'm WAAAAY beyond aficionado. If there is anything he's written that I
> haven't read, then I haven't heard of it.  I started reading him as a
> teenager many moons ago.
>
> Hank
>
> On Dec 8, 2007 4:58 PM, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
>
> > I'll accept correction on the "is/ain't", in deference
> > to another Heinlein aficionado, but the principle
> > remains - security "ain't" free.
> >
> > /Robert
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Hank wrote:
> > >
> > > Robert,
> > >
> > > Just to quibble a little but it's TANSTAAFL (There ain't no such thing
> > as a
> > > free lunch).  I believe it was first used in Robert Heinlein's book,
> > "The
> > > Moon is a Harsh Mistress".  That was actually a candidate for the name
> > for
> > > my boat, but I now think I will go with LOCHAN, which is the fist two
> > > letters of my kid's names (Lorilei, Charlie and Andrea).
> > >
> > > Hank
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