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Old 02-03-2009, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida but moving to White House, TN soon
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I am looking to possibly talk to someone that is Amish or knows of the Amish. I am interested in a pen pal so that I can find out all about their ways of life. Please if you could help me. Thanks.

Kimberly
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Old 02-03-2009, 07:53 PM
 
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I am looking to possibly talk to someone that is Amish or knows of the Amish. I am interested in a pen pal so that I can find out all about their ways of life. Please if you could help me. Thanks.

Kimberly
My mother was Amish..............I know all about um...........fire away........Lee
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Old 02-09-2009, 06:56 PM
 
Location: york County PA
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There is a big group of Amish in Shippensburg Pa . My daughter attends the university there and shares the town with lots of true Amish people.Maybe do a search of Shippensburg or visit. A true Amish person will not respond via computer. They are still using horse and buggy. No electric. Make there own clothes.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:08 PM
 
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My mother was Amish and my father was Old Order Mennonite. I now attend a Nazarene Church and love it. I do know about anything about these two groups. Some things are the same, some are different...........Lee

tidbit........Some Amish are not to read the bible, my mom was not aloud to and thats why she left
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Old 02-10-2009, 06:48 AM
 
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There is a big group of Amish in Shippensburg Pa . My daughter attends the university there and shares the town with lots of true Amish people.Maybe do a search of Shippensburg or visit. A true Amish person will not respond via computer. They are still using horse and buggy. No electric. Make there own clothes.
that area, especially if you go north on 696 towards newburg has lots of amish. Also the lancaster area, and a small town in indiana county called smicksburg has many, many amish.
here is a link to Smicksburg. Welcome To Thee Shops of Smicksburg. It is a very nice, touristy type of amish town.
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Old 02-10-2009, 01:44 PM
 
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I think Anne Byler of Auntie Anne's Soft Pretzles was raised Amish. I worked there when I was 16, which was 16 years ago.
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Old 02-12-2009, 12:07 PM
 
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I think Anne Byler of Auntie Anne's Soft Pretzles was raised Amish. I worked there when I was 16, which was 16 years ago.
I have heard the same thing about Auntie Anne's Pretzels...so I did a quick google search and found this site, which does mention that she was Amish Remarks As Prepared for Delivery: Anne Beiler - 2008 Republican National Convention. I didn't see it mentioned on the company website, though.
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Old 02-23-2009, 07:06 AM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida but moving to White House, TN soon
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I just wanted to know how they truly live day to day. I would love to have a pen pal but I don't think they are allowed to associate with the outside world. I just have a huge interest in them. I think it is kind of neat. Can you tell me a little about them?
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Old 02-23-2009, 10:42 AM
 
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They interact with the outside world quite well, in fact my wife has many amish friends, both male and female. They also use computers for their businesses but do not use the internet so that type communication is out. However they are avid postal users and communicate frequently using mail service.
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Old 02-23-2009, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Harrisburg, PA
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The McDonald's in Juniata County has a hitching post so the Amish can tie up their buggies when they come in for a burger run.

Not all Amish are that worldly, but it was not unusual to see young Amish women in the K-Mart, Giant Foods (buying huge bags of bulk candies -- they were definitiely BBWs!), and even the Hallmark Shop. Saw Amish families many times at country estate auctions. In fact, an auction house near our home out there had an Amish runner -- a super nice guy.

After living near so many Amish, I began to see them as just people, with some different lifestyle choices, but very much like the rest of us. (Of course, I can't speak for the really conservative communities.) What I don't get are the locals, who view the Amish as some kind of sacred and magical beings with a direct line to The Almighty The Amish are fully human, with all the good -- and not so good - that implies.
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