Ran Into A Couple Amish Guys Today.....

[rwcarpet]

I was on a fire job today, and 2 Amish carpenters were there working. All dressed in the clothes and hats and beards. They were intrigued by the Genesis, and both were checking out the TM. Wally and Aron.

I believe they were trying to figure out how to get a horse to run the equipment.....

 

[Jimbo]

Or they just wondered how many 'horsepower' it had!

 

[Mardie]

I was on a fire job today, and 2 Amish carpenters were there working. All dressed in the clothes and hats and beards. They were intrigued by the Genesis, and both were checking out the TM. Wally and Aron.

I believe they were trying to figure out how to get a horse to run the equipment.....

They probably figured it was the magic tool for mucking out stalls.LOL

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I met an Amish man from up the road in KY who was a Maytag mechanic.

It seems his branch of the church was adamently against electrically powered machines, but thought gasoline engines had God's approval...go figure.

Thus he stripped Maytags of most running gear and replaced it with a Honda engine. Said he'd fixed dozens of 'em.

God smiled....and me too.

 

[Connor]

I know an Amish HVAC/refrigeration tech.

 

[bob vawter]

I met an Amish man from up the road in KY who was a Maytag mechanic.

It seems his branch of the church was adamently against electrically powered machines, but thought gasoline engines had God's approval...go figure.

Thus he stripped Maytags of most running gear and replaced it with a Honda engine. Said he'd fixed dozens of 'em.

God smiled....and me too.

v]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB7IOIiWUiAv]

 

[Dolly Llama]

There are a lot of Amish around here, Ar-Dub.
The sign when you enter Middlefield (North west of you appx 30 miles) says it's the 4th largest Amish community in the world

I'm sure Zeb and Zeke are familiar with power equipment .
They're no strangers to it.
They use power tools to frame houses for hire and diesel saw mills to cut timber.
Most Amish furniture for sale is made in modern carpentry shops

as i understand it from talking to some Yoaders, the church/community elders have latitude in what is acceptable.
And it's deemed acceptable to use all modern tools for any and all work for hire and commerce related stuff

they might use gas lamps in their homes, but halogen work lights are fine at the job sites


..L.T.A.

 

[cleann4kids]

How does the Amish girls like their loving?


2 Menonits!!!!!

 

[Goomer]

Were they Amish or Mennonites?
Mennonites tend to be more tolerant of technology and the outside world than the Amish.

 

[Dolly Llama]

Were they Amish or Mennonites?
Mennonites tend to be more tolerant of technology and the outside world than the Amish.

there are both here .
far more Amish than Mennonite though in our particular area (RW lives appx 25 miles east of me)

Mennonites drive to walmart in their own cars
Amish pile out of the Yoader bus they contract

I know several guys that haul Yoaders to and from work and shopping in the evening
Yoaders pay van owners pretty well .

One of the dudes I know has multiple vans and hires drivers


Yoaders have plenty money too...they're not cheap, but pretty damn smart with their money.
One of the drivers I know is currently hauling a framing crew to Cleavland.
Their construction trailer (they left on the job site) was stolen .
When they got there that morning and discovered it was stolen, Papa Yoader had the driver take him to Home Depot where he promptly spend several thou$and in CASH for new tools


..l.T.A.

 

[bob vawter]

i come from a Mennonite-Seventh-Day Adventists background ......
grandad was a chisled in stone Amish break-away........
and grandma was the most God fearing person on the planet.........

i found it all so stupit.............

 

[hogjowl]

i come from a Mennonite-Seventh-Day Adventists background ......
grandad was a chisled in stone Amish break-away........
and grandma was the most God fearing person on the planet.........

i found it all so stupit.............

Yeah, and look how well yOU turned out to be! :shock:

 

[bob vawter]

thank you 8)

 

[amygeorge]

we used to have Amish men come out and build barns, etc. they would sleep in the barns and the landowners brought them food. i was just worried because they didn't bathe daily!

hardest working fellas ever!

amygeorge

 

[hogjowl]

Why were you worried about their bathing habits?

The smell, or were you worried about them?

 

[Dolly Llama]

i was just worried because they didn't bathe daily!

LOL...
you might get used to not bathing daily if you had to heat water on a wood stove for the morning tub

hardest working fellas ever!

a project manager I know says you have to watch them like a hawk ..cause they'll do some slipshod work if not.
things like skipping every other nail in roof shingles and subflooring (to save money on nail costs)

when they buy timber ,(or contracted to cut ) they leave the site a MESS

The Mexicans are the hardest workers up here


..L.T.A.

 

[hogjowl]

Sen. Scott Beason (one of our wonderful legislaters) has run off all the Mexicans in Alabama. So, now we have no one to pick our vegetables.

That idiot.

 

[John Buxton]

When I lived in Ohio on a Clydesdale breeding farm we had a bunch of amish help us work and repair. We always had a cold case of bud on hand. they arent supposed to drink but... Every 4th of July we had a cookout for all of their families new and old order amish. Their kids would line up for me to light their sparklers like quiet well behaved dressed alike kids that thought they just got a hundred dollar bill. Great people and they may have the right idea.

 

[Lars]

I was on a fire job today, and 2 Amish carpenters were there working. All dressed in the clothes and hats and beards. They were intrigued by the Genesis, and both were checking out the TM. Wally and Aron.

I believe they were trying to figure out how to get a horse to run the equipment.....

They probably figured it was the magic tool for mucking out stalls.LOL

Hahaha, Right!

 

[Nate The Great]

Everything I think of Amish people, it reminds me of the movie KingPin...

x]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUtSazFb5qMx]

 

[truckmount girl]

The amish are some of the most notorious puppy mill breeders around. Known for kitchen table c-sections with no anesthesia and de-barking dogs by shoving pipes down their throats. The pretty, picturesque barns and sheds often hide some cruel and horrific dog breeding conditions.

Take care,
Lisa

 

[bob vawter]

im put near sure they diddle the chillren too.............

 

[Fred Homan]

Strange people in O'How.....

 

[Connor]

Bawb, why did you bring that into the conversation??

Seriously?

 

[bob vawter]

diddle the chillren

BECAUSE THEY DO!!!!!!!

 

[Jay_wat]

Amish,,,,,,



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg&ob=av2e

 

[Magic One]

Your TM would fit real real in those Amish buggies. Now Talk about some horspower.