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PREVIEW: LANCASTER COUNTY: AMISH: Conversation with colleague Jim McTague in Lancaster County re: his visit to a premier Amish furniture store to discuss the pace of business four years after the pandemic's start. More later.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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PREVIEW: LANCASTER COUNTY: AMISH: Conversation with colleague Jim McTague in Lancaster County re: his visit to a premier Amish furniture store to discuss the pace of business four years after the pandemic's start. More later.

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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piento Ferries, there is another way.

0:29.0

This is John Bachelor, conversation with my colleague Jim McTague in Lancaster County,

0:34.8

his visit to an Amish Furniture Store, what's available, what he learned,

0:40.3

about last year's traffic, about this year's traffic, and the quality of the furniture, superb.

0:46.5

Jim McTeague in the Amish Furniture Store in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County about the American economy in summer.

0:57.0

More of this later.

0:58.0

It's called Peaceful Valley.

1:01.0

It's in Intercourse Pennsylvania, which is in the part of the Amish tourist industry in Lancaster

1:09.0

County, and Peaceful Valley markets, furniture made by the Amish in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

1:19.0

It's hand-grafted. It's just lovely. You can get a gorgeous maple table, dining table for $500, which is a bargain, $ and if you don't have to sit to eat it's spectacular because

1:38.1

the chairs cost about $300 a piece so that raises a a little. But what I heard from the people at Peaceful Valley

1:46.1

is that tourism is off slightly this year. It's back the way it was in 2019,

1:52.1

2019 before COVID.

1:54.7

Business is good, but it's not as great as it was last year.

1:58.9

And I've heard this from other business people as well. So, you know, the economy is not dead, but it's not as robust

2:07.2

as it was a year ago.

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