What costs 20 dollars at a flea market?

It would make them glow.

 

You don't want to come to Pennsylvania. You'll just end up leaving with a permanent, sticky film of "Old" on you and reeking of deer piss...or cheese steak hoagies depending on which side of the state you visit. I don't remember where Gross is from.

 

I think it'd be better to wait until they go on vacation, and replace all of thier home-made beds with big, super plush mattresses. :lol:

 

If I was lucky enough to find the home of an Amish family that actually went on vacation, I'd install cable television and full indoor lighting. And I'd leave it on for when they got back. Telephones are one thing...but moving pictures and unnatural lighting?

 

What, do you think the Amish are technophobic, that they'd get home and say, "Oh no, modernity! Too bad we can't even bring ourselves to touch it. I guess we'll just have to leave it here or move out."

 

Well, yeah. Otherwise, my stereotypical view of all things Amish would've had no part in the prank.

 

Huh? You didn't really think you could use a 6-letter acronym and have people know what you were talking about, did you? Save me the trouble of googling it.

 

oh, I'm familiar with POS. Are we talking an ATM-type device here, but with the bank not necessarily being the vendor? I helped configure one at work that's a kiosk for a self-storage complex, where users can rent units and pay rent. And, let us scan their driver's license, get a fingerprint, a picture, and have the privilege of sighing a 10-page document detailing how the company's liability and your rights are about to disappear. It's like the PATRIOT Act in a box.

Then again, I might still be misunderstanding, but I guess selling your soul and principles for commerce isn't a crime only the Amish commit. They just make it easier for themselves to succeed.

 

yeah, at least ATMs and cellphones won't give up a copyof your driver's license and your fingerprint. I'd say it's over the top, but Americans seem to have no problem giving that stuff up.

 

Drive-by technologizing is ruining today's Amish youth & communitites.[/sarcasm]

But seriously, how long do they expect to keep this shit up? Do they really think 100 or even 1000 years from now, they'll still be digging ditches and building barns with their bare hands while the rest of society is driving around in hover-cars and teleporting to Mars and back? Get with the times people!

 

Kind of like that community in The Village only they're not trying to hide from modern society....and they're not psychotically afraid of getting jacked up in a back alley somewhere.

 

The Amish are extremely religious people, and as such tend to believe in an immortal soul. No one wants the pineapple deal to happen for eternity, so that's them in a nutshell.
Still, they should at least go beyond eighth grade. All of the fun stuff starts in highschool, i.e. lab explosions and potential rape charges.

 

Hey, it builds character. Don't the Amish want to deny their physical existence to become more self-controlled, spiritual people? I guess not. Some people are so shallow.

I agree, that's my principle religious motivation as well. I can only take the pineapple treatment for two, three days tops, and that's not even leaves first.