Don't they have cable or satellite on Lewis?

I guess I'll cross that off my list of places to retire.

Who's cooking dinner?

That's right! Women at home don't count.

If you don't like something, just don't do it. You have no right to force others to follow your beliefs.

In that mode, the burners and oven will work, but none of the timers. I'm not sure about the oven temp control, but imagine that's disabled as well. I haven't had any reason to use that mode, being non-observant of the sabbath restrictions.

I didn't know how the "clean" operation worked, so in desperation, I looked at the manual.

Sabbath mode. An unnecessary feature for me, but interesting.

Go to any appliance store. Stoves and refrigerators have "Shabbat mode"

We only noticed it because we now have Jewish neighbors in our building who are observant

I find it all interesting and yet silly.

On one hand, it's a great idea to spend quality time with your family without the use of electronic devices. On the other hand the reasoning behind is just plain silly.

It's great they can't use electronic devices. But really fucking inconvenient when they rent their parking spot out on Cubs days and the renter parks over the line (blocking the other neighbor's spot) or in the wrong spot and we can't get a hold of them. Or they leave their dog home howling while they stroll the neighborhood with no phones.

When they moved in they purchased a big Weber gas grill. Typically neighbors on the same floor share grills due to limited space -- silly to have two grills right next to each other. Nope, sky fairy says you can't cook cheeseburgers because no meat and cheese together.


On the other hand, I was raised Catholic. So it's not like there isn't enough of this silliness to go around.

in Switzerland, everything was closed on Sundays except for gas stations along the highways and restaurants. Non-essentials were closed. Period.
A couple of times a year, the country or canton would vote for Sunday business hours (like the week before Christmas) and another in the spring or Summer or both.

pure chit.

The Lord has spoken. Can I get an amen?

in some areas. Other areas were blocked off and you couldn't buy those things. I think things like bandaids etc were among those 'forbidden' items.

you could buy baby formula, but not a bottle to dispense it.

We had cover stuff up.

AKA Sunday beer - 3.2%

I worked in a grocery store back then.

It was really stupid what you could and could not buy.

They can evidently be quite intimidating to the owners.
Doesn’t seem to be just one religion.

I remember visiting my brother once and he took me around to a car lot and showed me the car he was going to buy on Monday because you couldn't buy them on Sundays. He told me that Colorado regulators have been changing the law, but the dealers like being closed.

We also couldn't buy anything but 3.2 beer. This was years ago.

Just changed where you can buy liquor on Sunday 11-6

You could buy 3.2 beer just about anywhere, every day, but for "regular" beer you had to go to a liquor store. But they couldn't sell any food items to go with your beer. Don't know if that's changed.

If there is anything else to do on Sunday, fewer people will attend services, and there will be less money in the collection plate.

is an insecure paranoiac?