marika wrote:

I knew they had buggies in the days of the Bible cos I saw Ben Hur
But I didn;t know they had stills
I bet they ddn't have flight simulators

Lots of Amish live here in northern Ohio and in Indiana and of course
Pennsylania. It's an Amish "rite of passage". Before a high school
graduate can enter be an adult in Amish society, he or she has the right
to have a "free" year where they can do ANYTHING they wnat to do. (I
forget the name of the process.) Most knuckleheads, the girls, too, just
go on sprees with friends or alone, trying all the sins of modern
siciety, then at the end of that year decide either to migrate out into
our society, or return to their home farmland where their parents help
them start a new farm most anywhere they want to.

Angelo Campanella

THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
A 17-year-old Amish boy was charged yesterday with driving under the
influence after allegedly passing out at the reins of a buggy, which then hit a
police cruiser. Police in this village about 30 miles east of Cleveland said officers
spotted the buggy weaving as it went down the road about 2 a.m. Sunday.
When officers pulled up beside the buggy, they saw the driver was passed
out in the front seat. They tried to wake the youth with their sirens and
horns but were unsuccessful.
Police Chief David Easthon said officers tried to stop the horse on
foot. It veered off the road and hit a police cruiser.
The buggy turned over, ejecting the teen-ager. The teen was treated at a
hospital for scratches and released. The horse suffered a gash on the leg
but is expected to recover.

Thank God for that.. Would not want to loose that renewable
transporation resource. We can see the wisdom of some Amish ways!

Ang.