GB wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Man at B&Q wrote
Rod Speed wrote
wrote
Davey wrote:
polygonum wrote:

Surprised to see what looks very much like OSB lining
the Amish house on the program on BBC2 right now.

Not to mention the Fridge, the 'phone (in an outhouse!) and the solar

The Amish philosophy is not to adopt a technology just
for the sake of adopting a technology. If it is a
useful tool to accomplish the work they chose to do,
and not a frivoulous toy, then they will use it.

Its MUCH more complicated than that in practice.

That doesn't explain why they refuse to use an engine in stuff as basic
as a bike etc.

A telephone is a useful emergency communication device,

They don't just use the phone in the outhouse for emergencys.

And they'd be a lot better off with the phone in the house for
emergencys anyway.

Who's house,

The house where the emergency happens, stupid.

and why?

Even you can't actually be THAT stupid.

Do you feel that if you pull other people down then in some way it pulls
you up?

Just another of your silly little fantasys, like your other
stupidity about about being 'threatened' by the stupid amish.