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Guess the sound:
Clop clop clop clop clop....
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Clop clop clop clop clop....
Amish drive-by
Guess the sound:
Clop clop clop clop clop....
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Clop clop clop clop clop....
Amish drive-by
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gigger, I live in central Ohio. There is a rather large Amish population just to the north, in Mt. Victory Ohio. They are already "rich", and they do buy up the surrounding properties (farmland) when its available. And they pay CASH...................
There simple lifestyle hides the fact that they are quite well off financially. They just don't flaunt it. They barter among themselves for goods, and keep their money, from one generation to the next. I used to go to a lot of farm auctions and have personally seen them buy goods and farms- always pay cash.
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Been to Lorain several times. I used to go walleye fishing with a friend every year, we put the boat in on the Black river and went on out to Lake Erie from there. Some great fishing around those parts. You are right about the Amish Oak quality- excellent workmanship, and if you drive up there the prices are really reasonable. Those are pieces that will become family heirlooms. Being an OSU grad how about those Buckeyes this year?
Been to Lorain several times. I used to go walleye fishing with a friend every year, we put the boat in on the Black river and went on out to Lake Erie from there. Some great fishing around those parts. You are right about the Amish Oak quality- excellent workmanship, and if you drive up there the prices are really reasonable. Those are pieces that will become family heirlooms. Being an OSU grad how about those Buckeyes this year?
This stuff is a scam....the reviews on Amazon are horrible.....I've never wasted money on this crap, but from the reviews it doesn't do anything they claim...
Simon, if the lawyering doesn't work out for you, there's a director's chair waiting on the set of "Plain People, Hard Livin', Hot Babes in Bonnets: The Amish Outlaws"
Don't forget the episode where Jedediah Stoltzfus pimps out his goats from the back of his cousin Leander's Crack Wagon.
Don't forget the episode where Jedediah Stoltzfus pimps out his goats from the back of his cousin Leander's Crack Wagon.
There's a lot less dogma and a lot more leeway in the Amish lifestyle than we have been led to believe. I personally know Amish who drive trucks and heavy equipment, use electricity and spend hours every day on eBay as part of the businesses that they run.
Then, there are the Amish strip clubs....
Then, there are the Amish strip clubs....
One could only wonder at an Amish version of the Chippendales or the Amish version of the TV show All in The Family!
OK time for another ethnic joke at the Amish's expense. By the way do you think they have an Amish pipe club somewhere?
An Amish boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.
The boy asked, "what is this Father?"
The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheelchair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially.
They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order. Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blonde stepped out.
The father said quietly to his son, "go and get your mother."
An Amish boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.
The boy asked, "what is this Father?"
The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheelchair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially.
They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order. Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blonde stepped out.
The father said quietly to his son, "go and get your mother."
Condorlover1 that was a good one!
Since its joke time again, A Dutchman was walking to his barn when he saw a man with a beard drinking from the farm pond with his hand. He yelled out "Trinken Die nicht die Wasser, die Kuhe und die Schweine haben in ihm geschissen! (Don't drink the water the cows and pigs have shit in it!)
The man shouts back "I am a Muslim, I don't understand, nor do I care to understand your gibberish, you infidel!"
The Dutchman yells back "I said use both hands you'll get more!"
Since its joke time again, A Dutchman was walking to his barn when he saw a man with a beard drinking from the farm pond with his hand. He yelled out "Trinken Die nicht die Wasser, die Kuhe und die Schweine haben in ihm geschissen! (Don't drink the water the cows and pigs have shit in it!)
The man shouts back "I am a Muslim, I don't understand, nor do I care to understand your gibberish, you infidel!"
The Dutchman yells back "I said use both hands you'll get more!"
Just an observation-- School for the my kids has been cancelled for the last 3 days, sub zero temperatures. I drove through "Amish Country" today at 3 pm. 6-7 year old kids walking home from school, lunchpails in hand. I really think we're way to soft as a society anymore, my God man, its just wintertime.............
huntertrw and beefeater33 make excellent points. We can laugh at the Amish all we like, but they can take solace in their success. They have skills, financial strength rooted in frugality, and, at least in my business dealings with them, a well-honed shrewdness. They also find creative workarounds to be productive and competitive under their religious rules. Case in point, an Amish fellow I met makes high-end playground equipment using tools such as pneumatic routers. He may not use electricity, but he does use labor-saving technologies.
Due to my ability to cultivate a magnificent beard but not able grow a moustache I am often mistaken for an amish man until they notice my tattoos..unless theirdumb enough to not know they don't allow tattoos...or believe Amish mafia and think im a Mennonite.
I respect those that can live a monastic style life and hold fast to their ideals. To be honest I must say that well made wood furniture, food grown in front of your eyes and a tight knit community that helps one another is appealing. That said I do love my modern comforts and conveniences so while it may not be for me, I wish them well. Still... this is funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuobI8NLM4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuobI8NLM4U
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