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Post by Rachelle on Aug 21, 2005 1:21:46 GMT -5
Those are probably Mennonites.. (spelling is probably wrong) Yup, must be Mennonites 'cuz the Amish do not use any power equipment, don't drive cars, don't have electricity, NOTHING! No offense, but I like the Mennonites much better! ;D
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Post by Arcflash on Aug 21, 2005 7:45:17 GMT -5
Yup, must be Mennonites 'cuz the Amish do not use any power equipment, don't drive cars, don't have electricity, NOTHING! No offense, but I like the Mennonites much better! ;D Nah, it all depends on the order. The Amish communities around here just aren't as restrictive. They can use modern tools for work. They still do things a little different, but their businesses just aren't going to survive without power equipment. I delivered to a place in Bird in Hand, PA where they build victorian style sheds. They were using electric drills, had a 15 year old kid unloading my truck with a forklift, yet they had propane lights. We have very serious industrial businesses that are Amish here. They build everything from Pallets, Sheds, and even Modular Homes. They have their own industrial park in New Holland PA, right around the corner from the New Holland/Case tractor plant. Mennonites are very different here. They don't wear the drab clothes, have the goofy haircuts, or the beards. I was engaged to marry a Mennonite girl at one time. You'd have never known it unless she told you. You'd especially never have known it by talking with her parents. Her dad had a FANTASTIC collection of hot rods and muscle cars. They're a little different in church, but other than that they're the same as everyone else. I live just to the South of an Amish community outside of New Castle, PA. I grew up around them, went to high school with them, and even hung out and got in trouble with some of them. I guess I am used to their ways, but I really don't have much to object to when dealing with them. I find it irritating that they don't pay property taxes on those HUGE farms, yet their kids are going to our schools now. But every male over the age of 18 went and registered to vote before the last Presidential Election (almost 400 of them) and have become very active helping our area escape the economic and social scourge of liberalism.
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Post by Rachelle on Aug 21, 2005 23:19:29 GMT -5
Yup, must be Mennonites 'cuz the Amish do not use any power equipment, don't drive cars, don't have electricity, NOTHING! No offense, but I like the Mennonites much better! ;D Nah, it all depends on the order. The Amish communities around here just aren't as restrictive. They can use modern tools for work. They still do things a little different, but their businesses just aren't going to survive without power equipment. Wow, it is very, very different around here. The Amish here use NOTHING electronic, no hand tools, no washers/dryers, I mean zero, zilch. None of them have phones, but there is one main number you can call and leave a message, though the person you're trying to reach may not get the message for days. That is interesting and fun when you want a gravel road condition report in the winter. Their businesses seem to survive and very much thrive in southeastern Iowa despite the restrictive rules... I'm sure they must enjoy some healthy tax breaks. The Mennonites, on the other hand, sometimes drive cars and use hand powered pallet jacks. I admit I find the Amish very interesting. They are always very polite and it is always the man that comes out to help me unload - the women are usually in the garden or in the house. The kids often come out to watch, but they never, ever speak. If the wife is somewhere close, she does not speak to me either. They all wear the traditional long sleeved garb, no matter the outside temp. I've never seen people who work harder and I've been floored by the strength of even the oldest Amish man. Their horsecarts scare me and I pray I never run one down.
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Post by Arcflash on Aug 22, 2005 0:04:17 GMT -5
Yeah, they don't use washers or dryers here either. No electricity in their homes. They run their clothes WAY up in the air on a line, or they have what I call the Amish satellite dish. It's a circular wooden thing on a pole that they hang their clothes on then winch up the pole.
They usually have phones in their businesses though. There was one place I delivered to in Cochranton PA where they had someone else answer their message and give me directions, but most of the time they answer themself.
When I first started it led to some awkward situations. Like I would call for directions and they would tell me that it is okay to spend the night in their lot. I'd show up there at midnight and find out their business was 40 feet from their house. Here I am sleeping in their driveway feeling like a tool. On one occasion they did wake me up at 4am and invite me to breakfast... That was pretty nice. I have a very good rapport with them now and I snag that load up every time its on the board.
Most of the time I listen for tell-tale signs that they are amish so that I don't disturb them in the middle of the night. If it's in that area and they have a callback system, an obvious cell phone number, or they give precise directions in feet instead of miles, I stand off and roll in about 6am.
I learned about that Amish strength first hand too. Some of the Amish kids I went to school with used to sneak out on Friday and Saturday nights and hang out with us. We'd drive out near their farms, and bring them regular clothes so they could hang out, go to football games, school dances, etc. Well, one night I got one of them PO'd at me and he flung a slate pool table out of the way and charged after me across the room. We got into a little wrestling match and he picked me up and tossed me. Luckily he tossed me towards the door and I ran out and was able to evade him until he calmed down. ;D
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Post by truckertom on Dec 9, 2006 20:03:16 GMT -5
Hey y'all. After looking around for about six months and being lied to by many and after being shunned by many of the local driving schools, I hired on with a local company. It is hard for me to believe that I will be hauling rock for a concrete company.
These OTR companies are going to keep telling lies 'til they can't get anyone to drive for them..... Nah, there is always another sucker that will listen to them. LOL.
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