dandylion

Hold on!----"extreme" is in the eye of the beholder...... (in defense of hammer)

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dandylion

Hold on!----"extreme is in the eye of the beholder..... (in defense of hammer)


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WhiteFeathers

Super true! I have absolutely nothing against Fundamental ladies...just remember the first wife in Big Love started drinking at the end!!!!

Carlotta

[QUOTE=Hammer;4078092]Reminds you of my Amish Wimmen Fantasies, huh?



OMG, what a bunch of sour puss. If I had to kiss them, I would probably chose to take the vaccine!
Are you sure it was not a campaign to promote alcoholism?

Hammer

[QUOTE=Carlotta;4078326] I can put a smile on there.

dandylion

Please remember that these ladies did not have alanon to turn to. Once married, these women had almost zero alternatives---esp. if their family did not have money and pleantiful resources. Their options were usually to go into abject poverty with their children in tow and to wear a scarlet "D" for divorced woman.

If anyone had a right to hate this disease and wear a sour puss---these women did.

I probably would have joined them (I would have been the one in the center back with the elaborate hat).

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Hammer

(you all follow I am just having fun?)

On my side of things I am a bit of a failure in fulfilling the faith, anyway.

What is that ONE THING that most all Amish do without? (And I am pretty sure that one thing lacking is NOT #2 on the picture list, above).

Legtricity.

And what do I do? Legtricity.

In the trades, 25 Year Electrical Master.

In profession, BS/MSEE, and design renewable and power centers.

So my fond daydream. An Amish veggie farmer, who just makes nice safe food for everybody, with a fat-bottomed, no-make-up wife, who I make scream to Jesus for joy most every night, fall asleep nekkid and tangled and wake the next morning to start over and do the same.

But that aint likely happening this lifetime. So I suppose I should be Hindu, so I maybe could get recycled for it in the next life.

dandylion

UUUh........Hammer, I don't think you have spent much time immersed in the amish culture.

Their religious teachings pretty much squelches your fantasies.

Sorry,


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Hammer

Like I say, I am having fun. This is Not All Serious All The Time.

Grew up in a mixed "English" (us), Mennonite, and Amish farming area.

We would all work together back and forth. The Mennonites were sort of the middlemen on the doings.

(very, very) familiar with the practice(s), more so than the teaching.

Remember Jesus 101 -- Watch what folks do, not what they say.

Hammer

Not too bad.

Could likely work with her or the three in front of her.

Whitey -- with the arm up on the side -- outta my league.

dandylion

OH, Hammer......then, you do have more direct cultural knowledge that I assumed.

You know what they say about assuming......

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Hammer

In real practice, my sincere ideal would be much closer to Mennonite. They somehow manage to be In This World, but Not Of This World. Amish tend to try to stay Out of This World. But if you speak of Mennonite, in the General Public, such as here, few if any actually understand, other than to say "Amish."

Mennonites do have/use electricity and most other "modern" practices. Neither are really practical for us, as they are "faith based" communities and Mrs. Hammer is a declared Atheist and tends to be obnoxious towards anything Christian. JFC. That should have been a warning, huh?

Mennonites tend to be some of the best people I have known and worked with. But that is just my experience and your mileage may vary.

dandylion

Yeah, my brother-in-law is Quacker. They are harder to recognize, though. I have attended some of the functions and gone to services at the meetinghouse. Much to admire in that lifestyle (in my opinion).

Yes, Hammer, I'll concede that combining atheist and Christian can be a bit of a stretch--esp. if the respect doesn't go in BOTH directions.

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LexieCat

Freudian slip?

dandylion

OMG, Lexie!!! You are right!!!!!! I meant Quaker, of course.

That is too funny. Good catch!

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Hammer

Quaker is Good Stuff, too.

Have a copy of Quaker Book of Wisdom as reading stuff with the kids.

Hawt Wimmen, there, too >>>

(I am having way too much fun with this . . . . )

dandylion

Actually, I find that to be a very handsome photo. I also gotta tell you that there were some fabulous eats at the meetinghouse!!!! Good solid people, in my experience.

i introduced my sister to my brother-in-law---and they got married! I had worked with him at the hospital. I called his mother--a very talented artist, and asked her advice on the introduction, first.

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