tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post6928674845051556875..comments2024-03-28T23:36:14.807-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Surrounded (fiction)Eaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-8941122204360239472019-12-24T19:10:03.466-05:002019-12-24T19:10:03.466-05:00I've delivered truck loads of pine shavings in...I've delivered truck loads of pine shavings in 30# bags to Amish farms in the Lancaster, PA area. Always a pleasure to be in their company. During the summer, when the kids are not in school they helped unload the truck. Some as young as 10, but they would get light duty. At times it would be just me and one man, that was a long day that would eat up my allowable time on duty. Then I just camp out in the truck somewhere on their property. Usually the misses would bring out a jug of fresh lemonade or sometimes a mint flavored beverage for a break. All work done by hand, with horse drawn wagons to transport bags to neighbors.<br /> Now the Mennonites I delivered to would use power equipment, which sped things up. And their kids would watch from a distance while poking their cell phones. Scruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16585297474569571832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-31109424737447353872019-12-24T14:23:58.138-05:002019-12-24T14:23:58.138-05:00Nice, and learned something. Thanks!Nice, and learned something. Thanks!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-46062557705384517352019-12-23T16:10:07.165-05:002019-12-23T16:10:07.165-05:00"Real" Amish is an elusive term.
There ..."Real" Amish is an elusive term.<br /><br />There is no Amish Vatican or Southern Amish Convention. They don't hold meetings every four years to vote on what it means to be Amish.<br /><br />Clergy are chosen by lots for a period of a year. It is not a position that one studies for unless you consider the fact that a young guy who "wins" studies his dupa off every week to not embarrass himself and his family in front of the elders.<br /><br />The goal of an Amish farm is to have a check (income) trickle in every week. They like dairy and lots of little, perishable items as that matches up well with the abundance of labor. <br />Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-297695475423457392019-12-23T14:14:29.103-05:002019-12-23T14:14:29.103-05:00Joe, how true is Eli to the "real" Amish...Joe, how true is Eli to the "real" Amish? I'm guessing you know a few.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.com