I'm just poking my head in through the door to remind everyone about consumer choice (see alsoethical consumerism). Boycotting a product or company for preventing consumers from getting what they want is just as valid as boycotting companies that utilize sweatshops. In addition to sending email to DLO, we can send a message to DLO by refusing to purchase their products. You can be certain that I will never again purchase a DLO product - that's what they get for being, well, just plain selfish. This is a huge community, with an even bigger extended network. Post in your blogs, email your contacts, notify tech innovation action groups (or if you can't find any... start one!), or write letters to your elected officials. When enough consumers band together they can be a force to be reckoned with. Some serious hurt could be put on DLO's pocketbooks. We are the consumers, drivers of supply and demand. Companies should be doing what we want, not the other way around. DLO is not looking out for us, so why should we look out for DLO?
My next two steps: posting an alert in my blog and reporting the DLO website as "bad" on Outfoxed.
I had local, LD, and DSL with Cavalier Telephone. I never had any serious problems with them. The only issue I ever had was getting service connected. It's actually faster to order Verizon and then call CavTel and ask them to switch. With a 12-month contract, I was paying about half what it would cost me if I were using Verizon. I don't know what their coverage area is, though....
You know, I didn't think to ask, but I think it might simply be that they are shunning electricity itself, because it is the most common source of energy in the "English" world (that's us of course). But they did say that they compress their own air. The other important detail I forgot to add before is that I don't remember just how strictly Amish that particular farm is. It is a tourist site (nobody actually lives there), so I'm guessing that it is a representation of the households that are not so strict. I shall have to go back one of these days.
There's a multitude of needlecrafts, including some that are less popular, like nalebinding. That might be too girly, though. Perhaps you might want to build your own canoe from strips of cedar. (Don't laugh - I know some folks who do this) Or how about leather crafting? I hear there's a big market[*] for whips and cat'o'nines and leather clothing, oh my!
[*]This is not to suggest that any of the hobby pursuits I suggested should be used as a source of income, just that some hobby pursuits can be a source of income. Some of mine are. (My [incomplete/in-progress] list is located here.
Let me try that one again... with line breaks this time. Apologies from a newbie;)
"As a Sea Scout, I can't believe anyone doesn't know how to tie basic knots. On the other hand, I couldn't get anyone in my ship to teach me more advanced knots (still trying to figure out the Turk's Head.)"
That's exactly why I own a copy of The Ashley Book of Knots. But then, I'm in the Coast Guard, which tends to make my owning this book seem a little less odd.
"As a Sea Scout, I can't believe anyone doesn't know how to tie basic knots. On the other hand, I couldn't get anyone in my ship to teach me more advanced knots (still trying to figure out the Turk's Head.)"
That's exactly why I own a copy of The Ashley Book of Knots. But then, I'm in the Coast Guard, which tends to make my owning this book seem a little less odd.
According to one of the tour guides at a farm in Lancaster, PA, the Amish do not use electricity because they feel they would be directly and constantly connected to the outside world (by power lines). They use pneumatics to run various mechanical things. While I was visiting there, I even saw a heavy-duty kitchen mixer that runs on compressed air.
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Plant? Er.. maybe just human. Funny...
All the same, my point isn't limited to the topic at hand.
My next two steps: posting an alert in my blog and reporting the DLO website as "bad" on Outfoxed.
Cordy
I had local, LD, and DSL with Cavalier Telephone. I never had any serious problems with them. The only issue I ever had was getting service connected. It's actually faster to order Verizon and then call CavTel and ask them to switch. With a 12-month contract, I was paying about half what it would cost me if I were using Verizon. I don't know what their coverage area is, though....
You know, I didn't think to ask, but I think it might simply be that they are shunning electricity itself, because it is the most common source of energy in the "English" world (that's us of course). But they did say that they compress their own air. The other important detail I forgot to add before is that I don't remember just how strictly Amish that particular farm is. It is a tourist site (nobody actually lives there), so I'm guessing that it is a representation of the households that are not so strict. I shall have to go back one of these days.
There's a multitude of needlecrafts, including some that are less popular, like nalebinding. That might be too girly, though. Perhaps you might want to build your own canoe from strips of cedar. (Don't laugh - I know some folks who do this) Or how about leather crafting? I hear there's a big market[*] for whips and cat'o'nines and leather clothing, oh my!
[*]This is not to suggest that any of the hobby pursuits I suggested should be used as a source of income, just that some hobby pursuits can be a source of income. Some of mine are. (My [incomplete/in-progress] list is located here.
"As a Sea Scout, I can't believe anyone doesn't know how to tie basic knots. On the other hand, I couldn't get anyone in my ship to teach me more advanced knots (still trying to figure out the Turk's Head.)"
That's exactly why I own a copy of The Ashley Book of Knots. But then, I'm in the Coast Guard, which tends to make my owning this book seem a little less odd.
"As a Sea Scout, I can't believe anyone doesn't know how to tie basic knots. On the other hand, I couldn't get anyone in my ship to teach me more advanced knots (still trying to figure out the Turk's Head.)" That's exactly why I own a copy of The Ashley Book of Knots. But then, I'm in the Coast Guard, which tends to make my owning this book seem a little less odd.
According to one of the tour guides at a farm in Lancaster, PA, the Amish do not use electricity because they feel they would be directly and constantly connected to the outside world (by power lines). They use pneumatics to run various mechanical things. While I was visiting there, I even saw a heavy-duty kitchen mixer that runs on compressed air.