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I heard some of the asylum seekers are trying to infiltrate Amish communities.

Didn't know they had salmon, cod, and shrimp in Amish country.

Lol.

I’m only about 25 mins outside of Lancaster PA and Stoltzfus and Martin are the majority of the Amish/Mennonite last names in our area.

I quail hunted with Brothers Stoltzfus and Martin one Thanksgiving Eve Eve.

I'm not sure this guy is a Shiite Amish.

The mennonites around here are all horse and buggy. There's a different outfit up in Kentucky who drive vehicles, but only black ones. I don't even try and understand them.

My kid stayed a couple of weeks with his buddy on his grandpa's ranch in Wyoming. He came back telling about a mennonite fella who worked on the ranch. He'd come there and stay all week, drink, smoke, drive trucks, tractors, etc., then go home and be a mennonite on the weekends.

I was telling my wife some of the comments on here

She's all put out with the Amish now, especially the Maw Yoder buying jelly in bulk

There's a Yoder farm/market outfit over towards Sparta. Yoder must be Amish for WalMart or something.

Went to an Amish store in Ohio, Lehman's. I think.
They have everything for Amish and country folks.
A huge livestock auction was on across the street.

There is a Yoder's restaurant and market in Sarasota, Fl., lots of Amish and Mennonite 's winter there.

Ditto in spades on the way they treat their animals. Makes one want to hook their ass to one of those buggies and then leave them in the heat.

In all fairness, I've known some good examples of Amish and Mennonites. I went to school with twin Mennonite girls and about 7th Grade I was smitten with the prettiest one.. They are, like me, old and married now and they are still fine ladies. Their brother is a complete weasel to the point his own kind rejects him.

One of the best farriers I ever had was a horse & buggy, non driving Amish. I had to go pick him up and take him back, but he was worth the trouble. He'd have me stop at the stab & grab on the way home so he could buy a half gallon of cheap whiskey. He was quite the character and I miss him. He got laid up in a horse wreck and had to quit trimming.

One word.

Sweet Lebanon bologna.


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If it is a device that will somehow help them make money, then the Lord approves.

That's pretty much it.

There's quite a few around me, I'm about a hour north of Clare. Most horse and buggy, or peddle bikes. They don't follow game laws, and are big hunters and use hi powered rifles, even in shotgun only areas!

there used to be a restaurant called the Der Dutchman. i had coffee there for 25 years.

Visit Holmes and surrounding area often. Lots to see on “the strip”. Real deal is off the beaten path. Lots of individuals on the back roads who have a simple shingle hung on the road.

If you return spend a day driving around. Couple of good gun/sporting stores, leather works, furniture, hardware and lumber shops.

In general, Mt. Hope, Charm, and Farmerstown come to mind. Often though we just explore and enjoy the scenery. Mt Hope has a dandy auction on Wednesdays I think. Livestock, produce etc…. . Also a Lehman’s store. Charm has Kiem Lumber, a leather goods store and a small sporting goods store. Farmerstown has a great furniture store and some large antique shops. Just a few I can think of.

Close by is Massillon OH home of Dawson’s. Small shop that caters to shotgunners and reloading. Regular stop for me.

Whole area is full of things to do, see and buy.

Ahh the rust belt....a complete s hithole.

I went thru Charm, it was a pleasant little area

Aint a boomer been born that can resist gen-you-ine Amish crafted oak furniture. Visions of Levi working in the barn by candle light with plane and chisel.




Spoiler alert - the electricity can't come from the grid...diesel generator is A-Okay. They divy up product lines amongst the community...this shop does dining sets. Next over turns out bedroom sets. Next one over the roll top desk pimp daddy. All traditional like, complete with the scream of jointers, planers, cabinet saws and pneumatic sanders.

In my Area Amish to not drive motor vehicles. Mennonites are different, I have seen Horse & Buggy Mennonites, Black Car Mennonites, as well as Pastel Car Mennonites. Amish and Mennonites can be hard to tell apart. In my area Amish do not have electricity in the home, Mennonites do.

We have lots of Amish saw mills in my area, they hire locals to drive the Loaders, etc. The cabinet maker has a diesel stationary engine running a drive shaft that runs the length of his shop under the floor. All the wood working equipment runs off belts. The cabinet shop is also the Buggy Shop. He ran me through the process used to make wheels a while back. That was interesting. They order things like the Hubs and Spokes from other shops.

I work three days a week at an old time hardware store. Most of the Amish in the area trade with us. We still sell nails by the pound, weighed on the same scales since June 12 1940 when the store opened. They hire a driver to take them to town. Businesses in the small town closer to where they live have places to tie up the horses.

All of them that I am around are good people.

Bob R