Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555) wrote to Steven Horn at 22:33 on 27 Dec 2002:

 MvdV> TANSTAAFL.

Forget Heinlein because I never said lunch was free.

 MvdV> Of course you paid for local calls. They just don't appear as
 MvdV> such on the invoice.

They have never appeared on the invoice and I'm not sure if our telco could
even bill for them.

 MvdV> That's why I declined all offers to convert my subscription into
 MvdV> a "more profitable" one with free time blocks.

If you used the cell a lot, a "free block" might be useful.  And
it works here because once we pay for the connection, we pay diddlysquat
for the local calls.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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