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This is where I must disagree. I have no problem buying gun/raffle tickets full well knowing the funds are going to a volunteer fire company. If I win something, fine, but it is a rare occurrence. Fire, EMS and SAR teams in our area (for the most part) are not dripping with money like other areas. ...

Fire Dept - depending on the area, some fire departments rely on raffles, bingo, tractor pulls, etc for fund raising. Also some require life insurance for their members which most conservative Mennos find objectionable. This is where I must disagree. I have no problem buying gun/raffle tickets full...

I was glad to see that Amish in Holmes County are allowed to use e-bikes now. Those hills are pretty steep for a regular bicycle. So in the cold and rain, travel time is mercifully shortened. They actually aren’t; the OOA has just had a near total breakdown in discipline and a lot of members do thi...

Regarding the Postal service, there is the additional conflict with swearing an oath to protect the constitution. When I first starting doing tech support for Amish business owners, I was surprised that they built things of which they do not approve, like entertainment centers, as one example. I don...

I 'voted', but please define 'long term'. I used to think of 'long term' as synonymous with career', or 'life time', but my intended 'life time' service turned out to be less than that, but I would still think of it as 'career', because it's the only career I ever formally trained for, and 18 years ...

I wonder, can I use this 'evidence' as a way to insist that bacon be crispy? (I have suffered with migraines since HS, but never eat under-cooked anything if the choice is my own.)

ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:43 pm ....
Now you made me curious - is there any law governing mobile phone use while operating a human ... powered vehicle?

A lot of Amish go past our house on bikes, and I do sometimes see someone talking on a cell phone while going down the street. But most often, it is a battery bike.

Another interesting topic is how historically peaceful churches loose non-resistant position during the armed conflict. As far as I know the marority of (ana)baptist and Mennonite Brethren churches in Russia are staying away from the conflict and their draftees are chosing alternative civilian serv...

Of all of the kinds of 'nature' to be found in the States, the part in black is where it is for me. "Must have been a city slicker what made this."

Speaking of schools run by a congregation, our two oldest attended a Beachy school during one of our furloughs, when we were still attending at a congregation in the Conservative Mennonite Conference, which was considerably less conservative than the Beachy school where they attended. Both our daugh...