I find it funny

[Fred Wright]

Forgive my provincial ways, but Amish people use chainsaws? I know they're great electricians and all, but I thought that they eschewed gasoline powered thingamajigs.

Yup, the Dover Amish as they're referred to here do use chainsaws. And skid loaders, tractors, electric tools on job sites. Thing is, they're not supposed to own any of that. They can use 'em all day long, they just don't own 'em. Much is borrowed or rented.

Most Amish communities here have land line phones as well. There's a little building, similar to a small outhouse beside the driveway that has a phone inside. Apparently, they can't have the phone in their home so they put it in a hut beside the driveway.

When we bought this house the previous owner was an Amish family. They left behind a gas engine-powered well pump. It worked.

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Have to agree with some previous posters, fall is definitely the time for my annual exercise!

 

[MaintenanceMan]

Heard a story around here about a local Amish farmer who owned a tractor and feed grinder. There were no wheels on the tractor and it was up on blocks with the feed grinder attched to it also without wheels. Just hooked to the PTO. A permanent feed grinding rig that was immobile. All the area Amish and some other locals would get there feed from him, but the saying was that the devil was in the ground. Had it been mobile or not up on blocks they wouldn't of allowed it.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Just blows my mind that people burn wet wood. I know people that cut all winter and burn it the day they cut.

They don't know any better. Once I found out what it was like to burn dry wood I never wanted to go back. But before I happened to get some really dry wood one year, I didn't know any better, either. Some people have never burned truly dry wood, so they don't know what they are missing. They assume that, if they can get it burnt, it's good. I know I did. Once I learned better, I felt really stupid. (Probably because I am, but that's another discussion....)

Of course, I've heard many of the woodboiler crowd brag about burning green wood and laugh about smoking out the neighborhood. I will refrain from expressing my opinion of such people.

 

[Insomnivore]

The noise you hear on my road might be some of us cutting up pallets to use as kindling. It has been a good year for pallets. And hickory nuts.