tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15846426.post7791848897650508738..comments2023-10-10T05:08:34.827-05:00Comments on A Crockhead Abroad: Ask Aunt Tillie: Do You Love New York?Crockheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410758631825372736noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15846426.post-77487410843812424762007-05-16T18:14:00.000-05:002007-05-16T18:14:00.000-05:00Heee, thanks Amishlaw! I, too, was curious about t...Heee, thanks Amishlaw! I, too, was curious about the large sum to go east. When you enlarge on the subject of dancing, it'd be nice if you could explain how it is that your Amish genes also prevent my entire family from being able to learn dance :).<BR/><BR/>Great story about the MomBear and the neighborhood - not what Most folks think of Detroit!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888551861880128162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15846426.post-10757804001043129222007-05-14T22:30:00.000-05:002007-05-14T22:30:00.000-05:00Uncle Menno, I don't know why Great-Grandfather An...Uncle Menno, I don't know why Great-Grandfather Andrew sent all that money east with Obed either. Maybe he thought if Obed found a good wife, he would make a down payment on a Lancaster County farm or something. I also don't know whether he spent all of the money on the trip, or brought most of it back home. I know the woman he wound up marrying was literally the girl next door, or rather just across the road.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, you'll have to give Aunt Tillie credit for the way with words. Sometimes I think my readers would like me to just shut up and let Aunt Tillie take over the blog. But I doubt she would agree to do it; she has too much work to do, particularly in the summer time when she's busy in the garden.<BR/><BR/>Lydia, I'll have to enlarge on the subject of dancing and my Amish genes sometime in the future. I am an utter failure at dancing, having now taken four classes and still not making it past the beginning level. I've always blamed it on 500 years of genes being told, "don't dance, don't dance," but I hadn't really thought about my dancing grandfather and aunt. As to the silent Amish family in Canada, I imagine they were taking it all in. I'll guarantee you they had plenty to talk about after you left. You could have gotten some good conversation if you had been able to get some of the children to the side and talked one on one. A good topic? Well, your mother has been the subject of some of my Amish conversations. Detroit is a dangerous, foreign place to Amish, as well as many non-Amish. They are always interested in hearing how when we moved across the street from your family on Anita 30 years ago, your mother came across the street with a diagram of not only everyone who lived on the street and the streets behind us, the names and ages of all the children, but also the names of all the pets. And how when we came home one winter after a 10-inch snowstorm, our long driveway had been shoveled out by your mother. And many other stories.Crockheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410758631825372736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15846426.post-91485374444696103292007-05-14T19:45:00.000-05:002007-05-14T19:45:00.000-05:00Heee! I love the story of corrupting through danci...Heee! I love the story of corrupting through dancing! <BR/><BR/>That reminds me, Amishlaw, that I'd been meaning to ask you a question. In college I had a class about the Amish and the environment, and went up to research something at a community in Canada. My father and I were welcomed very hospitably for dinner and had a fine time talking to our host and hostess, but none of the 12? kids (some of them as old as myself, almost) spoke at all. Would it have been ok to engage them in conversation? And if so, what, other than weather, would've been good topics?<BR/><BR/>Thanks! And thanks to Aunt Tillie for all her guest entries in your blog!<BR/><BR/>PS - I'm off to NYC this weekend, and agree with Aunt Tillie that people there seem strange - and not just cuz they're Yankees fans :).Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888551861880128162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15846426.post-83516335811618275952007-05-13T08:51:00.000-05:002007-05-13T08:51:00.000-05:00If Aunt Emma can read this blog, I know that she i...If Aunt Emma can read this blog, I know that she is giggling and enjoying it. "Oh, Lucy's John Henry always was good with words."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15846426.post-87245211896933592822007-05-12T19:21:00.000-05:002007-05-12T19:21:00.000-05:00Well, Aunt Tillie, New York is no place for Uncle ...Well, Aunt Tillie, New York is no place for Uncle Menno either, although it was interesting to see so many different kinds of English there. I liked visiting Chinatown when we were there, especially the markets that had ducks hanging in the windows. It almost made me want to go to China to see how they do over there, but I guess not.<BR/><BR/>But I'm puzzled by your grandfather Andrew. Why would he give your father $2,000 to find a wife in Lancaster? That's at least $15 a pound, unless she's really lean, then it's a little more. I don't believe that even Lancaster County Amish hausfraus could have brought that much. But I might be wrong, as I wasn't around then yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15846426.post-27160604197271072412007-05-11T06:46:00.000-05:002007-05-11T06:46:00.000-05:00Oh, gnight, Amish people love to travel in vans. ...Oh, gnight, Amish people love to travel in vans. They squeeze at least 15 into a 7-passenger van and go all over. It is not forbidden for Amish to ride in motor vehicles, only to drive or own them. But for some reason, it is forbidden to ride in airplanes. I guess, although God didn't make either vans or airplanes, you could envision him making a van easier than making an airplane. There is less science involved. Or something.Crockheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410758631825372736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15846426.post-13992162945585645982007-05-10T23:26:00.000-05:002007-05-10T23:26:00.000-05:00Wait a minute. Aunt Tillie will ride in a van?! I'...Wait a minute. Aunt Tillie will ride in a van?! I've got more questions for her!<BR/><BR/>How many hours does it take to get to NYC via horse 'n buggy?Lori Stewart Weiderthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601450336245218356noreply@blogger.com