[LAU] Wired... wires confused!

[Patrick Shirkey]

On 07/21/2010 12:42 PM, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> On 07/20/10 16:28, Ken Restivo wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:04:19AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 5:55 PM,<fons at kokkinizita.net>  wrote:
>>>> Using farming machinery (*tractor) would even be more
>>>> difficult to justify...
>>>
>>> i note that some 15-20 years ago, i was quite a rabid reader of the
>>> agricultural movement that decried the use of the plough, an attitude
>>> that was even more rabid when it came to the tractor that pulls a
>>> plough. those guys would excoriate anyone who suggested using these
>>> tools; i, on the other hand, am quite happy to refer people towards
>>> rui's very nice device.
>>
>> You live in Pennsylvania, yes? I believe these folks are called AMISH.
>
> As far as I can tell (with an hour of my commute going through amish 
> country both coming and going), most amish use ploughs.  They just put 
> them behind horses instead of tractors.
>
> Now, what I am also aware of is no till farming, which doesn't seem to 
> be practiced by the amish, but is practiced by one local farmer (who 
> also plays bass, but has no interest in linux audio).  My friend leads 
> me to believe that it is very profitable, in addition to being eco 
> friendly.
>
> Anyway, I am certainly in favor of using tractors though, both for 
> music and farming.  I'm less in favor of seeing horse and buggies on 
> the road.  I'm not sure that it is really fair to the horses.


Well when we run out of oil sometime in the next 10 years the Amish will 
be feeding everyone so I say invest in horses  ;-)





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Patrick Shirkey
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