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Isn't "gray tape" just ordinary Duct Tape?
What good is that gonna do?

God bless the Amish. But I really dislike reading stories about cars plowing into their buggies.

1 posted on 10/22/2003 1:20:00 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: AmishDude; Tribune7
ping
2 posted on 10/22/2003 1:20:55 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green
Good time for my questions:
Are the Amish people politically active? In that are they known to be of one political party or another? If they are voters who do they vote for usually?
3 posted on 10/22/2003 1:25:33 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Willie Green
"A conservative Amish sect..."

I am not at all fond of those liberal Amish sects.

4 posted on 10/22/2003 1:26:22 PM PDT by sharktrager (There are 2 kids of people in this world: people with loaded guns and people who dig.)
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To: Willie Green
Reflective tape comes in different colors. Red reflective tape may have been too gaudy for them.
5 posted on 10/22/2003 1:26:22 PM PDT by Catspaw
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To: Willie Green
Contrast this story with this one... Many people are confused by the orange triangles, thinking they are yield signs or even biohazard warnings.
6 posted on 10/22/2003 1:29:56 PM PDT by Teacher317
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
I am thanking thee....

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

12 posted on 10/22/2003 1:45:36 PM PDT by mhking
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To: Willie Green
My son's winter coat has grey reflective tape on it.
13 posted on 10/22/2003 1:46:19 PM PDT by FourPeas
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To: Willie Green
If having a orange triangle on the back of a buggy interferes with the practice of their religion, how do they reconcile with even being on state maintained road in the first place?
17 posted on 10/22/2003 1:50:00 PM PDT by CherylBower
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To: Willie Green
What goes....

Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop

BANG!

Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop?

Ans. An Amish drive-by shooting.

18 posted on 10/22/2003 1:50:11 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Be a glowworm, a glowworm's never glum, cuz how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum.)
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47 posted on 10/22/2003 2:43:15 PM PDT by Tribune7 (It's not like he let his secretary drown in his car or something.)
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To: Willie Green
Hey, how come they get to use gray?

Unfair!!

51 posted on 10/22/2003 2:46:40 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds (Sé esta vieja calle. Puede ser muy peligroso.)
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To: Willie Green
The gray tape is reflective tape. Its not just ordainry duct tape.

Chalk up a victory for my relatives.

Note this nonesense:

The state´s expert concluded the tape is not as visible to motorists approaching from the rear of the buggies during daylight, when most of the buggies are on the roads, Popovich said.

The same reasoning says black cars should not be driven without bright orange triangles on them.

They mention daylight because the gray tape is actually more reflective at night than the orange signs.

59 posted on 10/22/2003 3:07:31 PM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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To: Willie Green
"The Old Order Amish say the triangles offend their religious beliefs. They say the garish color violates their simple lifestyle and that displaying it would show they rely on it rather than on God for their safety."

So using gray tape doesn't show that they are relying on it (the tape) rather than God for their safety?????

I don't get it, either you rely on God or you don't. If gray tape is OK then a dayglo orange triangle should be as well...
61 posted on 10/22/2003 3:11:55 PM PDT by 3Lean
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To: Willie Green
Why don't they just put up big signs in the area that say, "Amish Crossing"?

That's all the warning you'll get for deer or livestock.

63 posted on 10/22/2003 3:17:10 PM PDT by Old Professer
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To: Willie Green
Interesting.
75 posted on 10/23/2003 7:43:14 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (The left always "feels your pain" unless of course they caused it.)
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To: Willie Green
The Internet is a great place to make fun of Amish people.
77 posted on 10/23/2003 9:12:27 AM PDT by AdA$tra (Hypocricy is the Vaseline of social intercourse....)
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