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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:27 PM Original message |
Does anyone here have any direct experience with the Amish? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Please provide links to articles. n/t |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. I'm not the OP, but here's one |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks. :hi: |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are quite a few around here. They seem okay to me, |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. I grew up in Amish country, near some of the largest populations in the country. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Are you refering to the large communities in PA? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. No, in Ohio |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That's odd |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I was just in Arthur last week |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Connecting them to the Taliban is like comparing apples to pigs |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Depends on what you mean by |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've known some quite well but they were from the same Sect. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Interesting |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. The non-Amish are the "English" |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Grew up near Old Order Amish in Illinois |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm around them a good bit and have talked to a few |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. My next door neighbors are Amish |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Don't forget to include certain Mennonite sects in the discussion. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. My family are Mennonites. No, the women are not treated like property... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. My only experience with the Amish are the puppy mills! |
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Randypiper (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I remember this from last year |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. They are people. Like any other. Some good. Some bad. Some wretched. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. One thing about the Mennonites - |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. I have purchased cheese from the Amish, inspected the fine |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Grew up with Mennonites, my great-grandmother came from an Amish family |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. My brother in law is Mennonite, his extended family are old order Amish in Lancaster PA |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not really, but I like funnel cakes. - n/t |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. I do |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. Highway 96 from Carthage going east. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Grew up & lived among them for many years.... |
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mbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. The puppy mills are something I've recently heard of from |
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