one Dutchman by me said he needs 40 deer a year to feed his family.

Gary, check out the definition of motor. They are pretty much interchangeable.

Not to mention I know a guy who owns a 250 acre farm in Clarion area in PA and the Amish family across the
mountain farm had a wedding last year. 3 day wedding with all wild game being served. he was told someone by neighbor it took about 100 deer to feed the party.
No More weddings

You got me there..

I'm going to replace my windshield wiper motor with an engine.
Red Green could pull that off.

In my home town we had about 10 families move in around 1980. The locals rolled out the red carpet for them and they did their best to oblige everyone that chipped in. My cousin had a furnished house on his property complete with electric and appliances that weren't being used, they moved right in. They had no problem using everything including the washing machine, they didn't believe in paying for the electric. They even gave him a bill for the TV when it quit working and they had it repaired.

My cousin had a car that they would borrow every chance they could. It didn't bother them that they had no drivers license as they didn't believe in them. They also didn't believe in paying for gas, so after a couple of Saturday nights cousin put the kibosh on it.

They were always in need of a telephone and yes cousin obliged, but again they didn't believe in paying the bill. In one month they racked up a couple hundred dollars probably bragging to others about the sucker they had on the line.

The locals set them up with a school and even supplies. There was absolutely nothing they they wouldn't take advantage of as long as it was free. They made out pretty well until they wore their welcome out. No different then a band of gypsies, just worse


WS

LOL, i bet he could!

I'm with ya as far as a motor is electric and an engine is combustion. But our language accepts either it seems.


As far as Amish, they're like any other section of people. Some are smarter than others, some are more honest than others.

We have plenty around here, grew up with them. Word of caution......The girls will confess and name names!

Buddy had a barn built by them. Check had to be made out to either their church or their school so they didn't have to pay taxes.

Is this is a common practice everywhere to avoid taxes?

Seen amish selling amish made chairs. Still had stickers on the bottom that said made in china[/quote]
Oh man. That's bad. I don't know much about how trustworthy Amish are.

I have heard the occasional situation where neighbors get fed up with how many does Amish shoot.

Also, I don't know how well they follow burning permit rules.

Gary, have you called to correct General Motors and Ford Motor Co yet? How about the Division of Motor Vehicles? Motorcycle? Motor Speedway? Motor Sports? Motorcade? You’ve got a lot of correcting to do in the world.

A motor is something that generates rotary energy. An engine is a motor that specifically uses compression and usually combustion. So an engine is a motor, but a motor is not always an engine.

Now back to the Amish...none of them around here, just Mennonites and Russian Orthodox. Good and bad folks in every group.

I'll get started on that this morning. Everybody makes mistakes!!!

Mennonites are Amish with car keys in their pocket.
First Amish in Nebraska were attacked by the State because their teachers weren't state certified. Amish refused to pay the fine levied by the courts, so a buggy was confiscated and auctioned off to pay the fine. Supermarket owner bought the buggy and gave it back to the Amish!

Why did the Amish leave Pawnee City the first time they were there Gary? I can kind of remember them in the mid to lat 70's being there.

I think the ones around now poach quite a bit. I was at one families farm having a horse shod, they had a big whitetail rack hanging on the barn way up high. It was a 180-190" buck. Anyway I asked them about it, they got kind of funny acting, and when I went back the next night they had taken it down.

Corey

They pay taxes at the end of the year like everyone else they just don’t charge tax when they do work for someone

Local folks wouldn't accept them. Would run through their fences, run their cattle off. That particular group matured a bit and the Amish returned. Plus, there was the State and the public schools thing. State changed their rules, and Amish came back. Now they're leaving because of their own bishop!

shysters here too...a few good ones

Which way from town did most of them live then? Most are east north east of town now it seems.

There is good and bad in the Amish, the same with all of us. I have known some real bad ones that loved screwing over the english any way they could. And I have known some that were the best people you could ever meet. We did a lot of bartering and trading with a sect that were awesome people. They were established, I mean established here, with sawmills, tack and leather shops, furniture and craft shops, etc. They pulled up stakes, packed everything up and lit out for Missouri because their Bishop enacted a new no smoking policy. I imagine they are puffing away down there and are happy.

Alot of them moved here, around Belleville.
Way stricter than ours. Ours even call them Nebraskains.