Speaking of Amish
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and they have fresh horseflies for bait............. 0 -
That's some pretty good backing up going on there with the horses. He's doing it better than some people do while using a truck.
Do I see an outboard motor on that boat?? I didn't think they used anything motorized?0 -
I?ve seen them use a square baler powered by a Wisconsin engine and pulled by a team of horses.
The also use pneumatic nailers using a gas engine compressor.0 -
was up in Pennsylvania visiting an uncle and on a trip to the store he showed me some of the farms, not sure if they were amish/memmonite or what branch of them they were, but they had tractors parked by the barns, if they had iron wheels they were owned by the farmer, if they had rubber wheels they were rented, he claimed they couldn't own a tractor with rubber tires...... most houses still didn't have electric 0 -
Also, in the Amish community near me, they have a community telephone in an outbuilding. Call and leave a message, and someone will call you back. There are carpenters that hire out, a cheese making venture, and a small factory making storage buildings.
The entrepreneur who started the storage building business, Daniel, had welcomed me and mrsdeere to his home several times. He was a very intelligent man. His wife and children came to our family reunion once. She also taught mrsdeere some of the Amish medical treatments. They had built a magnificent log home, and filled it with children.
His mother came down with leukemia, and, forsaking standard medical treatment, succumbed to the disease. They have since moved to another state and we lost track of them.
We consider it a blessing to have gotten to know them. They were fine people. There was, however, a rift going on amongst the community when we knew them. They never spoke about it to us, of course, but we picked up bits and pieces from things they didn?t say.
One other thing about the Amish, they are not tied to the land. It?s not their heritage. If things don?t suit them in one place, they will move on to another. In fact, there was talk a few years ago about the entire community selling out and moving elsewhere.
But make no mistake, they do like making money.0 -
The majority of "Amish" households in my area have a little "outhouse" at the edge of the property containing a telephone, "city" water hydrant, and even an electric service for charging their "devices" and/or cordless tools. There are still some "old order" communities that only have a community telephone and no AC service at all but those are more rare.
Transporting Amish to/from worksites and operating their wheeled construction equipment is a big business IF you can stand the stink. $150 per day plus mileage was listed on an ad I saw a couple weeks back. That's pretty good pay(all cash no less) and the mileage will pay for the vehicle if you're a smart shopper.0 -
Just like you and me and other "Christians", there are different "levels" or beliefs in the Amish.
I grew up not eating meat on Fridays. Priests could not get married. Ministers could have 12 kids and get remarried. Pastors could claim no taxes on their churches while selling houses and land for profit.
There are many other oddities about us.
The Amish are the same.
Have seen some with engine driven tools put up pole barns as a company.
Have seen others that paid an "english" man to drive them to places such as sales and banks.
Many send their kids out into the "english' world for a year, to see if they will come back to the faith. Or they can get shunned.0 -
Around here a lot of the Amish use cell phones. We had an Amish crew frame our house and build our pole barn. They are good hard working people. On Monday they are fresh and clean, by Friday you don't want to stand downwind of them. :shock:
There is an Amish family near here that run a repair shop and store selling chain saws and other tools. They have a gas powered air compressor and run an air line to a home made air powered fan by the counter. They also have a lot of skylights, and kerosene lanterns around for night time.
Their biggest thing is not to be connected to a grid. And they get along just fine without modern conveniences that we take for granted.0 -
I had an Amish logging crew working here for 6 weeks last fall. Although I'm not a church attendee, I do know something about the Bible and a little about the faith. I had some interesting discussions with the Amish about "things". They were honest about how their religion functions and I learned some interesting stuff.
I did catch them off guard and set them straight about using their pidgeon German/Dutch dialect to say things they didn't want me to understand. The second day here, there was some discussion about the shares of the log sales and one guy made some comments to the other in Dutch/ German(ish). I know only enough German to mumble out an amateurish "You speak Dutch?". They never spoke in anything but English for the remainder of the time here.0 -
Shoot, I cant hardly back up with a truck, let alone driving a team. Pay attention, This maybe where we as a country may be headed. 0 -
The Amish that I have had on jobs had every battery operated power tool available and more than a few had smartphones. And yes these are Amish. 0
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