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Amish.biz The Amish are online, onscreen, and multiplying fast
© Aeon Media Pty ^ | 20 November, 2015 | Kevin Williams

Posted on 11/28/2015 7:08:09 PM PST by daniel1212

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1 posted on 11/28/2015 7:08:09 PM PST by daniel1212
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To: daniel1212

I’m all too aware. I got the virus years ago:

Thou hast just received the Amish Virus.

As we haveth no technology nor programming experience, this virus worketh on the honour system. Please delete all the files from thy hard drive and manually forward this virus to all on thy mailing list.
We thank thee for thy cooperation.

— The Amish Computer Engineering Dept.


2 posted on 11/28/2015 7:17:19 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: daniel1212

I’m not Amish — and prefer cooking with cast iron skillets.


3 posted on 11/28/2015 7:21:23 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: cuban leaf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2fkXt__lck


4 posted on 11/28/2015 7:27:09 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: daniel1212

Being Amish means never having to Survival Prep.


5 posted on 11/28/2015 7:38:30 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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*One county in Ohio is poised to become the first majority Amish county in the US by 2020.*

Them Ohio Amish

6 posted on 11/28/2015 7:40:13 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Talisker

Old Believers are an odd bunch. They’re a Russian orthodox sect that was mostly in Alaska but are now popping up in other places.

They stick to themselves like the Amish but drive, drink, party etc.


7 posted on 11/28/2015 7:47:36 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: cripplecreek

Interesting, never heard of them before.


8 posted on 11/28/2015 8:05:13 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: BenLurkin
I’m not Amish — and prefer cooking with cast iron skillets.

Me also! And like glass pots.

I think the Amish or someone should invent an exercise machine that produces electricity to charge batteries hooked up to a DC to AC inverter. Do something with all those workouts (or make the kids do it!)

9 posted on 11/28/2015 8:26:19 PM PST by daniel1212 (authTurn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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Are we talking about Feral Amish or Amish Amish?


10 posted on 11/28/2015 8:43:07 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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We get to interact with many of them at our local Dutch Country Market.

They come down on buses. One of the waitresses told us they’re allowed to ride in cars but not drive them. Another one told us when she got married last year that she and her husband spent their honeymoon in a nice Hampton Inn in the Poconos.

They use electricity at the market in all sorts of ways and the market has a website. I don’t know who maintains it.


11 posted on 11/28/2015 8:48:02 PM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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Then there is Kate Stoltzfus.


12 posted on 11/28/2015 8:50:02 PM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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I must say, some of their women are quite pretty.


13 posted on 11/28/2015 9:01:11 PM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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Never heard of this guy before. I’m kind of leery of him. He posits himself as an expert of sorts, while primarily regurgitating information that is readily available on the internet. I guess I have seen too many of these self styled experts on the Amish. There’s also an entire subculture of Amish “posers” out there. They even change their online names to Amish names. It’s not just a game to them, they are dead serious about it. I have a fake facebook account that is devoted to keep an eye these people after one of them tried to scam some of my friends.


14 posted on 11/28/2015 9:02:05 PM PST by JimSp
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Some are. Plenty are “hat gookich”. (”hard looking, meaning, hard to look at)


15 posted on 11/28/2015 9:03:18 PM PST by JimSp
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To: cuban leaf

Can I steal this and post it on Facebook

Thou hast just received the Amish Virus.

As we haveth no technology nor programming experience, this virus worketh on the honour system. Please delete all the files from thy hard drive and manually forward this virus to all on thy mailing list.
We thank thee for thy cooperation.

— The Amish Computer Engineering Dept.


16 posted on 11/28/2015 9:08:31 PM PST by PCPOET7
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To: PCPOET7

Hey, I stole it from the interwebs. :-)


17 posted on 11/28/2015 9:13:46 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: daniel1212

A Facebook group with real Amish, ex-Amish, those curious about Amish, and Amish groupies: https://www.facebook.com/groups/130816517082333/


18 posted on 11/28/2015 9:14:34 PM PST by JimSp
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http://amish-online-dating.com/

http://amish.net/


19 posted on 11/28/2015 9:19:45 PM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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To: cripplecreek

I’ve never seen that one. It’s hilarious!


20 posted on 11/28/2015 10:22:23 PM PST by BBell
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