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Most jurisdictions keep statistics on hospitalization and death rates for vaccinated and unvaccinated patients. For example, here are the statistics for tiny Holmes County Ohio where some here on MennoNet call home. Current as of this week: https://www.holmeshealth.org/corona-virus-covid-19/ Surely...

Ken wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:37 pmI would actually expect that a lot of what happens in the circles of which you speak is that the girl has already expressed some sort of interest through flirtations, word of mouth, or whatever and the seeking of the parents permission is something of a formality.

That's definitely the case.

There's good polling on this. For instance: https://www.prri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PRRI-Oct-2021-AVS-Fig_4-2.png I'm skeptical about whether this polling is actually any good. I think there's a term for this that I'm not remembering, but to me the poll question seems slanted in a certain d...

I think it was out of respect. He was getting permission to court the daughter, I never heard of the girl being obligated, though. Keep in mind, this was a pretty conservative circle, like EPMC and such like. If the guy and girl already knew each other and both wanted to date then checking with the...

I deeply appreciate this part of the CAM update— Recent media attention has focused on the kidnapping of our workers and loved ones, but a civil society group reports that 600 kidnappings in Haiti were recorded from January to September 2021, compared with 231 over the same period last year. While f...

OK, this post raises all kinds of questions, not the least of which is: what is "hunt gelt" in an Amish context* and why are teenage Amish girls walking around with $70,000 worth of cash? *I have heard the term used to describe the Jewish chocolate coins given to kids at Hanukkah but I'm ...

I have a few years' experience working with metal. If the angle had to be absolutely perfect, I'd borrow or rent a miter saw. My local Home Depot rents out miter saws for $36/day, and your local mom-and-pop rental business might also have them. If a perfect angle weren't that critical, I'd use the j...

I appreciate the thoughtful replies from Temp and Ken. I chose the fourth option. There are certainly things I wish I could do over again, and times when I wish things would slow down or speed up. But human nature being what it is, I'm afraid these buttons, if they were real and accessible to us, wo...

I was in the market for an airgun a few years ago, and I found a lot of good information at the Gateway to Airguns forum.