Meeting The Amish

[PeterR]

 

[Starise]

Hi Peter,

I'm living up here in PA Amish country with neighbors on either side of me who are Amish, actually a large percentage of my area is Amish. 

They are at heart people with the same sorts of concerns we all have. The video is timely. I was checking my mail and one of my Amish neighbors was coming by informing me they were going on vacation for a week in Florida. My other Amish neighbor just came back from there. Prior to this before the virus, I took an extended family to Chincoteague Island, Virginia. It was a fun time. I almost got the van stuck in the sand though. Compared to other vacation locations Chincoteague probably isn't an established Amish vacation destination, yet a few go there. They particularly liked to go because of the wild horses on the island. Not really much there so far at tourist attractions are concerned which maybe explains why they liked it. Just lots of bike trails, a beach and a few motels and restaraunts. Florida is really alien terrain to them.Nothing like SE PA.

[Justin Adams]

I met some as I was troubleshooting controls. They may have been Mennonite, but they seemed Amish. Problem with an old sawmill system. Fine folk and hard working. Have to watch out for the horse drawn buggies though.

[missmuffet]

They don't like their pictures taken. 

[PeterR]

2 hours ago, Starise said:

Hi Peter,

I'm living up here in PA Amish country with neighbors on either side of me who are Amish, actually a large percentage of my area is Amish. 

They are at heart people with the same sorts of concerns we all have. The video is timely. I was checking my mail and one of my Amish neighbors was coming by informing me they were going on vacation for a week in Florida. My other Amish neighbor just came back from there. Prior to this before the virus, I took an extended family to Chincoteague Island, Virginia. It was a fun time. I almost got the van stuck in the sand though. Compared to other vacation locations Chincoteague probably isn't an established Amish vacation destination, yet a few go there. They particularly liked to go because of the wild horses on the island. Not really much there so far at tourist attractions are concerned which maybe explains why they liked it. Just lots of bike trails, a beach and a few motels and restaraunts. Florida is really alien terrain to them.Nothing like SE PA.

Hi Starise

Despite the stereotypes that circulate among people about the Amish, I believe you are fortunate to live in this community. I'm sure many envy you this today.
I live in a small town in East Yorkshire, UK and it's very dark here. Two weeks ago, on the street where I live, a dozen policemen handed out leaflets with a telephone number to call if you saw something suspicious going on, suggesting that it could be, for example, an "illegal" gathering of more than two. So we've had a little different ordnung here for a long time. 

I wonder how exotic the rest of the world must be for the Amish today. You know, off the camera.

 

[Starise]

Here's a picture my wife took while we were in an Amish limo about a mile from my home. An Amish woman was trying to make a few extra dollars and was offering rides. My neighbors would have given us free rides I'm sure but it was a nice day for a ride, she was there and so we said why not?

I have a sort of humorous story to tell. Last year the fence containing my hens and a rooster had a few holes in it and they would get out. One rooster got out and TBH I really didn't care because I didn't like him. He ended up in my Amish neighbor's hen house and we agreed he would just keep him for breeding. I had not seen the rooster since and actually hoped maybe I would never see him again.

Fast forward to yesterday. I was feeding my 8 hens and a rooster when I noticed something unusual. The old rooster was back. Not sure how he returned as it's a fenced pen all around including overhead. My neighbor mush have finished breeding him and returned him to his old pen. The rooster just "showed up" unannounced. I imagine my neighbor had enough of him.....great 

 

[PeterR]