The next dot-com boom?An online outfitter of clothing for Amish folks is hoping that "Amish online" isn't an oxymoron. Kimberly Hamme, whose Plainly Dressed Web business employs Amish and Mennonite seamstresses sewing custom-made clothes, told WGAL News in Susquehanna Valley, Pennsylvania, "We wanted to be a plain people's Wal-Mart." One may ask: "How will the Amish, whose religious practice prevents them from using technology like computers, obtain these online goodies good·y 1 Informal interj. Used to express delight. n. also good·ie pl. good·ies Something attractive or delectable, especially something sweet to eat. with out actually going online?" Luckily, the local news station helped to clarify the inherent predicament Predicament Dancy, Captain Ronald must persecute friend to save own skin. [Br. Lit.: Loyalties, Magill I, 533–534] Gordian knot inextricable difficulty; Alexander cut the original. [Gk. Hist. by pointing out: "The Amish may not have Internet access See how to access the Internet. at home, but they will use it." But www.plainlydressed.com isn't just for the Amish, Hamme says. It serves Mennonites, Quakers, Orthodox Jews Jews [from Judah], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism. , and even a rock band called The Amish Outlaws. Anyone in the market for plain clothes will find the necessities at Plainly Dressed, and PD even entertains custom requests. |
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