Religion vs smoke alarms

[loCAtek]

Google, not the Amish, is your source, got it.

[BoSoxGal]

It's an academic source, loCA, from a college program on Amish studies. Do you have any source whatsoever to cite?

Or are you just looking to pick a fight tonight?

[loCAtek]

I don't pick fights by calling names.

Oh, you edited out 'twat' good call.

[BoSoxGal]

Not out of any respect for you.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Some years ago at Stone Ledge Farms I contracted an Amish builder to replace the roof on our barn. He wasn't very Amish - drove a truck. But all the workers were Amish all right. No power tools - couldn't drive an auto but had no problem sitting in one being driven by someone else. And their notion of OSHA?

One guy stood with a foot on either side of the roof pitch holding a rope tied to his waist and to the waist of the workers lower down the slopes....... if one fell, I guess the idea was he'd go too! Their particular community in Ohio did ban telephones except for one, placed on a pole out in a field adjacent to most of their dwellings. I guess that was for emergencies..... such as falling off a roof.

Oom Willie from Bloemfontein visits Ohio - definitely not Amish



Meade

[The Hen]

Death rates from the lack of OH & S legislation and regulations in the past was considerably higher.

I agree some people use (or attempt to use) the current regime to eliminate all risk from every aspect of life. they should not. But some things should not be ignored or not complied with due to any personal beliefs. I believe that smoke alarms are one of them.

What would be the cost to a person if their house was connected to the grid simply to run a smoke alarm?

I would imagine it would be quite small once connected. over here, the connection is free and you only pay for usage.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Death rates from the lack of OH & S legislation and regulations in the past was considerably higher.

Nothing major but wanted to make sure I was not misunderstood. My Amish were definitely NOT complying with OSHA which requires something a good deal safer than holding on to a string that wouldn't stop anyone from falling at all. They were just trying to look as if they complying - I thought they were nuts

Meade

[The Hen]

Understood. They needed a good ol' fashioned smack on head.

[rubato]

I've said it before, I have enormous respect for the Amish. Although this particular group appears to be a more extreme splinter.

yrs,
rubato

[Crackpot]

I have respet for anyone who allows themseves to be inconvienienced by thier fath rather than using it as a means to inconvienince others.

[rubato]

I have respect for anyone who uses "inconvienienced" in a sentence.

yrs,
rubato

[Crackpot]

I don't have spell check at work

[Joe Guy]

I don't have spell check at work

Then you must only post from work.

[Crackpot]

I got that one right

[Joe Guy]

I got that one right

No.

I Think I did.

You misspelled 'U' ('you') with an 'I'.

[PMS Princess]

speaking of smoke alarms...I know, off topic. Yesterday we had another incident of a spider setting off the alarm. For some reason, as the alarm is blowing out ear drums, the little spider just runs madly around the perimeter of the plastic covering until I get the mind numbing screaching (not from the spider of course) stopped. It seemed pretty insistent about hanging around and was relocated elsewhere. I haven't a clue why the spider reacted that way to the alarm. Possibly vibration, sound waves? It is loud enough to make anyone run in circles I guess.

This is the second occurrence so I Googled, "spiders setting off smoke detectors". The first result was from Answers.Yahoo and was amused by (Jun 11, 2008)

Top answer: "...it's not really the spiders per se, but those little joints they like to roll and smoke at night".

[Sean]

What goes clip-clop, clip-clop *BANG* clip-clop, clip-clop?

[loCAtek]

Well, the joke goes ; An Amish drive-by <rim-shot>





...disregarding that Amish don't believe in violent retaliation.

[Sean]

Well, the joke goes ; An Amish drive-by <rim-shot>

Correct.

...disregarding that Amish don't believe in violent retaliation.

Chickens aren't usually found crossing roads either...

[Econoline]

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