Re: despair

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

Bill, don't forget where I was born and raised. My family almost moved
to the heartland Lancaster Country too.


I once cycled through amish country (even on "Amish road" very near to where the movie "Witness" had been shot.

It was very interesting to see some homes having power lines go to them, and many others not having them. I saw Amish people get out of cars (probably driven by white people) at shops. But I also saw the horse drawn carriages (just like in the movie) on fairly busy roads.

What surprised me is that when I overtook them, I said a very nice "Hello" and got 0 response from anyone in the carriage, no look, no smile , nothing, nada.

Compare this to the Mennonite community of McBride in British Columbia where at the local bakery, the women not ony smiled and spoke to me, but they also insisted I go to the top of the line and get served right away, saying I was probably very hungry as a cyclist !

I was disapointed by how cold the Amish people were towards white men. I knew they got a lot of insults and jokes at their expense, but when someone approaches them nicely, I would have expected them to be warn and nice and smiling.

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