Is there such a thing as a "free lunch"?

Well, it always depends on how you look at it, doesn't it?  If pressed, I'd probably have to say no, but since no one's pressing me right now, I'm going to say yes!  I'm thinking now of an incident at college that I have never forgotten.  I had almost not returned to college that year because I really didn't have the money to afford it, but I didn't want to drop out, so I registered and was just managing to eke by.  One place I tried to save money was on food -- I ate mostly from Taco Bell or the "Day Old Bread" store, where I could pick up rolls and pastries for $1.  I remember my stomach was beginning to ache, and I was losing energy, no longer enjoying running or working out.  I don't remember saying anything to anyone or complaining about this, but someone apparently noticed, because I came home to my dorm one evening and a booklet of meal vouchers was sitting at the foot of my door.  It contained 30 or 40 vouchers in it, as I recall, all for full meals at a nice local restaurant.  That gesture helped me greatly during that semester at school, and I'm still thankful to the anonymous person or people who were thoughtful enough to give me all those "free lunches."