Digital_photog ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #1 Posted February 18, 2021 I did not but most of my neighbor kids do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 18, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 18, 2021 When they leave for their year off, how many don't come back? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted February 18, 2021 Share #3 Posted February 18, 2021 I did several times on school trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #4 Posted February 18, 2021 17 minutes ago, Digital_photog said: I did not but most of my neighbor kids do. Same here. All of the neighbor kids do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 18, 2021 Share #5 Posted February 18, 2021 Not many Amish out in sunny California. It would have been more likely that I was raised in a cult, than an Amish setting. We have more cults in California than Amish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 18, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 18, 2021 I never went...just alot classmates were ethnic Germans. You could tell by last names..and Oktoberfest. Some girls wore their dirndls for a few days in class. I'm not kidding. (I never wore anything Chinese for Chinese New Year.). Probably some came from a line of Mennonites. There are Amish groups living in my childhood county. I did go to school graduation baseball game ...for Mennonite girls. A friend's sister was playing...she was really enthused. They wore their knee length dresses, had white net covering over hair buns, dark panty hose and running shoes. Some were using baseball mitt. there were a bunch of straw hatted Mennonite boys about under 9 yrs. old. They stared at me in a friendly way while watching game. It was over 85 degrees F in June. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #7 Posted February 20, 2021 We've got lots of Amish along the Susquehanna River and around Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an hour or so's drive north of Baltimore. They run an Amish Market in Annapolis Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. They have towns called Intercourse, Bird-in-hand, Blue Ball, Fertility, Lititz, Mount Joy, and the unforgettable Noodle Doosie. They seem backward, but I think it would be a happier world if everyone had their philosophy. Of course, the average lifespan would be something like 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #8 Posted February 20, 2021 4 hours ago, MickinMD said: We've got lots of Amish along the Susquehanna River and around Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an hour or so's drive north of Baltimore. They run an Amish Market in Annapolis Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. They have towns called Intercourse, Bird-in-hand, Blue Ball, Fertility, Lititz, Mount Joy, and the unforgettable Noodle Doosie. They seem backward, but I think it would be a happier world if everyone had their philosophy. Of course, the average lifespan would be something like 40. Our Amish live longer than that but they keep working. They do slow down a bit. When they have a frolic I see a lot of men appear to be my age and older. They do some supervising and ground work. Amish are not stupid, they know old bones break easy and take longer to heal. I have never asked any of them their age but they do talk about their great grandchildren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 20, 2021 No Amish in the immediate vicinity where I grew up, but lots of old order Mennonites. Indeed, I am only one generation removed from that group myself. My first six years of grade school were in a two room school where everyone, Mennonites included were schooled. The baby boom outgrew that school, and when they built a new one, the Mennonites built their own schools. Here is my grade 2 picture. Grades one to four in one class. Easy enough to pick out the Mennonites by their dress. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #10 Posted February 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Rattlecan said: No Amish in the immediate vicinity where I grew up, but lots of old order Mennonites. Indeed, I am only one generation removed from that group myself. My first six years of grade school were in a two room school where everyone, Mennonites included were schooled. The baby boom outgrew that school, and when they built a new one, the Mennonites built their own schools. Here is my grade 2 picture. Grades one to four in one class. Easy enough to pick out the Mennonites by their dress. It's easy to figure out the Mennonite girls from non-Mennonite. How could one figure out the Mennonite boys in this photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, shootingstar said: It's easy to figure out the Mennonite girls from non-Mennonite. How could one figure out the Mennonite boys in this photo? Just look for suspenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #12 Posted February 20, 2021 23 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: Just look for suspenders Right..and which of all the boys are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Right..and which of all the boys are you? Far right second row from the rear 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted February 20, 2021 Share #14 Posted February 20, 2021 You are adorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 20, 2021 19 hours ago, MickinMD said: We've got lots of Amish along the Susquehanna River and around Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an hour or so's drive north of Baltimore. They run an Amish Market in Annapolis Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. They have towns called Intercourse, Bird-in-hand, Blue Ball, Fertility, Lititz, Mount Joy, and the unforgettable Noodle Doosie. They seem backward, but I think it would be a happier world if everyone had their philosophy. Of course, the average lifespan would be something like 40. They have grown in my heart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #16 Posted February 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Rattlecan said: No Amish in the immediate vicinity where I grew up, but lots of old order Mennonites. Indeed, I am only one generation removed from that group myself. My first six years of grade school were in a two room school where everyone, Mennonites included were schooled. The baby boom outgrew that school, and when they built a new one, the Mennonites built their own schools. Here is my grade 2 picture. Grades one to four in one class. Easy enough to pick out the Mennonites by their dress. This the (new order, if that's a term) Mennonite church still standing across from my childhood house. W-K United Mennonite Church, 15 George Street (Historic Waterloo) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 20, 2021 Share #17 Posted February 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Dottles said: They have grown in my heart. There's Punkeydoodle's Corner from the county where Rattlecan and I grew up in Ontario, heart of Mennonite and Amish area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted February 20, 2021 Share #18 Posted February 20, 2021 Punkeydoodle!? You can't make that up. Awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 21, 2021 Share #19 Posted February 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Dottles said: Punkeydoodle!? You can't make that up. Awesome. Yup, it's for real. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted February 21, 2021 Share #20 Posted February 21, 2021 5 hours ago, Airehead said: You are adorable. Why thankyou, but 60 years later, I think that's pretty much gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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