Quote Originally Posted by theGinsue View Post
You know, funny thing. That's what I thought too, but I saw a few things that totally floored me. I saw an Amish man on a Kubota tractor, I saw 2 different Amish women using battery powered calculators, and I saw an Amish store where they used a new electric cash register. I heard tale of them using gas powered electric generators to charge cell phones and tools.

I was told that they are getting a bit more lenient about that sort of thing. My thoughts were "Isn't the restriction from using those types of items sort of what makes them Amish?"
Basically (VERY basically) the different Amish tenents are present for just a simpler way of life so that they can commune with their God without the wordly temptations and distractions. There are some Amish "tribes" (for lack of a better term at the moment) who do allow certain technological advances such as phones, to make their lives a little more conveinent and to tell spread their faith and way of living. Amish folks are some of the best people I've ever met, and I've meet a lot of people in my short life, from Aboriginals to true Africans to Russians to Native Indians. Very sincere people. However, I doubt you'll ever find a Amish sect with an Xbox any time soon. lol.

Quote Originally Posted by SAnd View Post
If you normally get there early a delay won't make you late. I never bought into "traffic was heavy", or "I had a flat tire", or "it snowed" excuses. The starting time is the starting time.

Rgr that. My Grandpa always said, "If your early, you're on time. If you're on time, you're late." This from a man that was in the feilds working at 4 a.m. and didn't get to bed till 11ish... Man, I miss you grandpa... RIP.



Character, ethics, intergrity, standards, etc seem to be on the downward trend. But we've had that discussion. People used to think "Is it right and will it help," but now they think "can I get away with it and how much will I make". Sad but I feel it's true.