Fun in RWD

Friend Trys (she of the rollerskating incident in recent posting) is driving again, headaches mostly gone-ish, though she's more tired than usual. Her wintertime hustle is driving around Amish and Mennonite folks to places that are too far for horse and buggy travel. (Amish and Mennonites are religious groups in the United States and, I guess, other places, who disfavor modern living and things like driving around in cars. When they need to be driven around in a car or large van, they hire someone to do that and they pay good money. I don't understand how if God is agin them driving around in cars how he can be OK with them hiring someone to drive them around in cars but also I am not Amish or Mennonite, so w/e. Not my circus, not my monkeys.) Generally you can spot the Amish or Mennonites when you see 'em out and about because they (like Hutterites, which are a similar-but-different group) dress in a particular style that stands out from regular people clothing. But anyway.

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