I've watched at least a dozen of your videos. Aside from my interest in Amish culture/lifestyle, I like YT content that is well-organized, well-presented, and NOT vulgar. My wife and I are dismayed to be constantly bombarded with inappropriate material that we are deeply offended by. Naturally we are never able to escape it... but videos like yours are still very appreciated. THANKS!
Great compliment Alan, I'm honored! And I'm happy if the vids deliver good info in an appropriate way. I know what you mean about some of the content out there
My wife and I agree with you and truly understand how you feel about TH-cam Channels and videos. Channels like this one are few and far between. So another Big Thumbs Up from a humble couple with great appreciation!
I retired from the MANTON, Michigan Post Office…it is located in an Amish community. We had a hitching post in the back wooded area for the horses and buggies. Also, I shop at their store, Pleasant Valley Market in MANTON… lovely people to know!
I often shop at Amish owned Miller's bulk food and Bakery near Medina New York. The fresh meat is some of the best around. The deli meat is far better than anything that supermarkets sell. Very friendly staff.
I live in Akron Ohio, quite a way North of most Amish, but they hire drivers, sometimes with a horse trailer, and come to my town to shop the second-hand stores for things like sheets, blankets, sneakers, and ( plain) coats and sweaters. I see them often.
My Mom never got savvy about computers but boy could she shop by catalog. After she passed away I had to stop 125 different catalogs from being delivered. She had a catalog delivered that was mainly for the Amish. It was the only place she could get what she called sheet blankets. Foolish me. I wish I had that catalog now because the sheet blankets have be used to the point of being rags & I could use some.
When I lived in Southern Lancaster County PA we loved shopping at BB's (Ben Beiler's Broken and Bent Goods). Having 5 kids finding boxes of cereal for $1.00 a box was great, even if the Lucky Charms leprechaun was surrounded by Arabic writing dressed as Santa in July. They always had low priced food items you couldn't find elsewhere.
The original BB store was on Furnace Road in Georgetown, Lancaster County. Drive between the house and barn back to the grocery store. It wasn't open every day so they could stock shelves. The ladies would line up early in the morning to make sure they got what they wanted. Today I was at the Morgantown, PA store; much more modern with electricity. They even have freezers so you don't have to put on a coat and go into a refrigerated truck for your produce and frozen foods ;)8
@@jcilladi I shopped at the original many times. Parking was always "challenging" on Saturdays. We saw the "nee" one being built and were wondering what it was going to be. We lived in New Providence.
A friend's mother used to call them "train-wreck stores" alluding to the possible source of these cans, etc. This was in NC. When I taught Economics (in CA), we talked at length about these "close-out" stores. My HS seniors loved the subject because their families frequented such stores. Economics need NOT be a dull subject.
I have seen them in Aldis as well. They were in a van driven by someone who wasn't Amish. I recall them buying a case is cottage cheese. We have Mennonites in my town who have a bakery and deli. I have Mennonite neighbors. They drive cars and trucks, use Cell Phones, play CDs , computers for business and electric power tools, all Bosch and riding mowers. The Deli sold metal lawn and garden ornaments last year displayed outside made by an Amish man. I bought one, sunflower and it was $89.00. Not cheap but handmade.
I have seen Amish at the thrift stores. My husband and I love shopping at Amish businesses and buying our eggs from the Amish. We love shopping at Amish Bent and Dent Stores
@@AmishAmerica I remember Mt. Hope hardware. I am sure that I've been in it because I loved going to Amish hardware stores when I lived in Ohio. I had my favorite places that I liked to go. I remember in Charm, Ohio there was a small cafe right on the main road that had the best food!
I visited a little pizza place last time in Charm. Is the cafe still there? I am vaguely seeing something in my mind's eye but I've never eaten there if so.
You can always identify a store that is shopped at by the Amish, hitching posts! I am not kidding, Walmarts, Krogers, Orschelns, Rural King all have hitching posts in my area of Southern Ohio.
1. i've seen several amish in my local walmart. 3. one of my grandfathers was a salesman and had a regular route. often when i went to spend the night with my grandparents i went with him on his route (no amish) and everyone knew him by name, adults and children swarmed out when he arrived, so he was a very popular guy. 4. i used to love going to auctions, and i highly reccommend it if you haven't yet had the opportunity. (never saw any amish there, though.)
My family have been friends with the Amish Community in Livonia, Indiana for over 20 years. We had started going out there in the 1990's and have been so every since. We have watched family grow and start there own family and have been blessed in having been part of their own lives. When we started it was not only to get away from the hustle and bustle of the modern world, but to take a step back into the simplest way of life. We have had the honor of watching the growth of many family's, wedding,births and passing of Amish friends. There are things that are talked about and there are taboos that are not talked about when in present of the young scholar's. I learned that first hand. And I have not forgotten it either. I don't call them my Amish friends, I cal them my extended family
What I love most about the Amish is their morals and values. Their plan for children and lets them feel free but are in a tightly controlled system with enough freedom to allow them free expression. No English before school at 7 yrs. so don’t even try to talk to a child. After school at 16 yrs old they get a job. First at home then away. The 16 yr old daughter gets the family laundry to do. It’s a 6 day a week job. The 16 yr old son will work on the farm, in the dairy barn and planting food. Hoeing the tobacco is a job for young people. Then the harvest is often done by boys and girls. The adults mostly handle the dangerous equipment. Boys learn by watching. There are a lot of dangers too. Don’t get caught in the auger, the silo has silo gas during specific times. A man who went there and got gas spent a little time in the hospital, his lungs had holes in it…..shot thru his finger with the pressure washer…..run away teams is another danger. A team can be a single horse or a group all hitched together. Once I saw a horse and buggy go flying down the road at a gallop. No driver was seen, because the horse had a bee up his bonnet and went off the road slipping the young man then back on the road at a gallop kept running. Thru cross streets eventually turning left and galloping away. A second left brought him back my way where he was eventually stopped by young men who had gathered for something else. My neighbor and I chased in my car until we came across the group. And this is why we walk our horses to cool down, the horse had been unhitched and was still heaving when we came along. The horse stood heaving for a while when they opened a stall door and pushed to horse in. He was in serious pain and could hardly move. The blood that had been racing around his body slowed down leaving a lot of blood in their legs. The next day he was taken home perfectly sound. So walking them to cool fixes that.
Actually Walmart was more common in more rural areas way back at the beginning of its inception! The first Walmart I ever went to was near Greenville Ohio in 1987-88. There were/are many plain people in the area.
Used to spend my summers on my grandmothers farm in Greenville. Am also related to Annie Oakley & donated her quilt I inherited to the Greenville museum. 😃
I thought a light hearted but fairly accurate representation of the Amish lifestyle was presented in the movie For Richer or Poorer, with Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley. And there were a lot of Yoder's in that movie it seems to be a big family name.
There are two Shetler's grocery stores here in south central MO. Andy Shetler owns it and he is Mennonite, but used to be Amish. I wonder if there is a relation...
When I lived in Holtwood it's Lancaster County, Most all my neighbors where horse and buggy, and I did a farms printing for their CSA, since they couldn't print..and in return they let me get whatever food they had.I did the majority of my shopping every Friday morning from farm to farm for what they offered, and it was so simple and quick, and we had a discount grocery Loved that store!!
I am a "taxi" driver in Ohio and make a lot of grocery runs. Walmart, Sam's Club and BJ's are favorites around here. Also several Amish fabric/bulk food stores.
@@lookforward2life If it were a primarily Amish only store, the selection would be specific to the approved patterns and materials of each church district.
I grew up on a farm in Northern Illinois. I have on my desk right now, a photo of our farm that a person came by selling. it was taken in an airplane . It is a treasure of mine that I love to look at. Thanks for the memory and video.
That's really neat. I think something about your photo being taken from an airplane seems like it would make it even more valued (than say, one taken by a drone today). I'm happy if this vid helped remind of the memory.
Well,,, they shop at almost where everyone else would. I've seen them at Krogers, walmart, local grocery stores,,, in Fast food places, Chiropractor's office, I even seen young amish boys buy beer and got in their buggy and left out. (Can they be charged for drinking & beating a horse?) LOL I've seen some that worked hard (most) I've seen a few lazy ones... (few) I've seen some that was honest,,, sadly some are not. They are just like us,,,, humans. As humans, they are prong to do both good and evil.
As a young man I would help my grandparents sell native American jewelry during the summer. What I remember is the Amish women and girls loved, LOVED turquoise, it was so long ago i can’t remember if they ever bought, but they sure liked looking at it. Shipshewana auction house Indiana.
Interestingly a lot of Amish teens (both male and female) really like Native American imagery and decorations. For example it's pretty common that they will have the dreamcatcher ornaments hanging in their rooms, sometimes several of them. Of course, not all Amish and not everywhere, but it is common enough.
I find your videos about the Amish Communities very interesting. Oh my goodness, l loved the story about the gentlemen who paid $6,000 for a sick little boy’s birdhouse! It made me weld up with tears, it was just so sweet! I’m a 61 year old “English” woman and l shop with catalogs. (Mainly because, I detest Amazon!) My Grandfather was a Fuller Brush Salesman in the Chicago area during the 1940’s. 😊
Thank you Jane - yes that birdhouse story really was moving to see. Nothing wrong with catalog shopping, I used to love paging through catalogs in the pre-internet days though I guess many don't know what that is like anymore
I live in southern Indiana and love dinkys auction plenty of both amish and English shop and sell there. I also love the local small shops in that area that primarily are geared to locals and some that are along a 2 lane highway geared for the English.
Their website was launched a year or two ago and never really built out. They only ever had a small # of items available there. So it's never really been an online outlet. Did you try giving them a call? I'm assuming the traditional catalogs are still available as always
Very interesting. We have visited Amish country several times. And we see a lot of the Amish near where we live in Tennessee - near the Kentucky border. Danny and Lynn
You don’t have to be specific but what area in TN? At this point in time, I’d prefer to buy from their craftsmen and craftswomen as much as possible. We are looking for a simple, small home in the eastern part of TN and would love to know if they have communities there. My husband has family in north east OH and we stop at Lehman’s every time we go visit them.
@@missylearned9821 we are near Clarksville Tennessee. There are several Amish stores close in Kentucky. There is a bakery there that I have never been to, but hope to make it to one day. I keep hearing a lot of good things about it.
I live in Lancaster County, PA, (been here for 30+ years), and I find a lot of the Amish shopping in the local Costco. They’re buying large bulk staples, (paper towels, bathroom tissue, etc.). Many have van drivers but Costco does offer covered horse hitches.
Good one for the list. I guess I could have called #1 something like "big stores" and included it too, though I know Costco and Wal-mart are not identical.
The more that I listen to your videos, the more that I think that the Amish are incredibly inconsistent in their attitudes towards technology. Use propane that that is produced by an advanced industrial society. Same with ball bearings in bikes and scouters. Shop at Walmart to benefit from global trade. My guess is that those plain clothes are sewn from cheap industrially produced cloth. Since different groups have different practices, my guess is there is no fundamental principle behind this. It seems great that there are folks that don't jump into every fad, but it seems frustrating for someone looking for a clear message.
If you didn't see it yet, try this video "Do Amish think technology is evil?" : th-cam.com/video/PS28bgLA-t0/w-d-xo.html Hopefully that explains the idea. They don't consider tech evil or bad b/c it's produced by advanced society, but recognize its usefulness. Rather they are thoughtful and careful about accepting and using every type of technology freely unlike the way the rest of the world readily adopts "the next new thing". And different Amish groups come to different conclusions on where to draw lines.
The aerial photo people came by my grandparents farm in MO probably in the 80's or early 90's. It is a cool photo :) they took the photo first to show you then you bought the bigger ones.
That makes sense - I hadn't thought through the sales process but it's probably easier to sell the photo when they can see it first. So probably flew over a number of farms, developed the photos, then went knocking :D
@@AmishAmerica Yeah. I think I remember my Grandma saying something like "well, they already made the photos!". And now, it's even easier with digital - less money out front. And then drones of course! - Less cost there than flying a helicopter!
@@AmishAmerica That was still common in the 1990s, but they sent postcards where I lived rather than trying to go door-to-door. I wouldn't advise going door-to-door in rural southern areas. It could turn out badly. Photos might still sell today, but between being able to see your place online in Google Maps and the use of drones, maybe not so much.
My husband taxi's Amish. this guy needs to study the Amish more. Yes Amish shop Amish stores, they go to the Mall, Sam's Club, Walmart. they love Mc Donald's and other fast food restaurants Most Amish shop every week, not once a month. ( how do I know? My husband takes them. They go to the library and order from Amazon, yarn stores , and fabric outlets on line. They like to buy kids clothes and toys on line also. We live in the 4th largest Amish community, Middlefield, Ohio. None of our Amish buy from door to door. Yard sales are top of the list, to buy at. Doesn't matter if it is an Amish yard sale or a Yankee yard sale. Auctions yes, so do Yankee people. You find the both there in our area. Yankee and Amish go to each others homes for weddings and funerals. My husband shoots pool in bars with Amish men, also they get together and shoot pool with each other in the Amish men's basements, if the men have a pool table. Things are different than what these so called Amish experts on line say.
I loved Lehman's when Iived in medina and creston. Great place to go Christmas shopping for the bakers and cooks on your list. Great survivalist supplies also.
My father sold fence post to the Amish for decades. I would go with him on his "cold sales" visits around mostly Indiana. Good people that decide what to buy with their children, etc.
I do recall watching a video a while back (can't remember if it was here on YT -- not this channel but another ) and yes -- the Mormon's dropped off their literature and eventually, a few families started attending secret Bible Studies and then later left the Amish for the Mormon church.
Of, course, I guessed Wal-Mart. There's one nearby the cabin, and on Saturday, it's where everybody is at. Once I had to buy something there, don't remember what.
Thanks! That was one I learned fairly early on, when I first lived there one summer years ago. But you should have heard how I once pronounced "Ephrata". Eventually someone local gently corrected me, for which I was grateful :)
@@AmishAmerica I lived in Ephrata many many years. It's really comical how people struggle with the pronunciation! Even Lititz seems difficult for some folks.
I live in rural America and thier are lots of amish here. Not only them buy catalog items. The English buy alot of stuff from publisher cleaning house. Lol.
Yes, they are from Lancaster. The one in "Princeton" is actually located in Kingston. There are several markets in NJ with the one in Columbus at the Columbus flea market being the largest one here in NJ. There is even a market at Chelsea Pier in NY City!
@@AmishAmerica The several Amish women I know find Walmart overwhelming. Costco offers huge quantities with minimal selection. Amish stores are stalwarts for essentials and can't beat their prices on a wide slection of flours (i.e. whole dark buckwheat and semolina flour), sugars (like beet sugar, molasses, and organic rapadura) and any item one might need to make a hearty home cooked meal.
There are two wonderful Amish-owned nurseries in western Maryland that have great plants. One of them lines their rooftops with individual flowerpots - one variety in spring/summer and mums in the fall! And seed catalogs are very popular with Amish and Mennonite gardeners.
Nice - the photo in this video was taken near Vienna, IL - is that the same place as your folks'? I know there is also another store with Shawnee in the name (Shawnee Country Store) in the Ava, IL community.
Aerial photos!!! I remember those! It was in 1986 in Texas and there was a salesman that went door to door and would sale you a photo from an airplane of your farm or ranch. My Dad wouldn't buy it but I know of several other folks that did and it would be proudly displayed in the kitchen or living room. You can still see them at thrift stores and I can tell they are from the 80's and I smile.
Nice to see a channel that focus on the Amish. I live in the middle of nowhere in Minnesota and Amish people have been moving here. There is also a community of Mennonites. I have some friends there. They are more modern, when it come to driving cars and having cell phones, but when you go to their homes, it's so diffent from regular people's. They make me feel happy. They have shown up at my home during the Christmas season to sing carols. By shown up, I mean fill my living room/dining with men. women and children. Have also eaten in their homes and everyone has a job assigned (yes, me included) especially to clean up. The Amish are less open to others, but once they know you they are quite friendly.
Glad you found the channel Carmen. Sounds like you are near a great community in MN. I am pretty curious which one it is, but no worries if you don't want to share that here. It's great you've been able to make that connection with your Plain neighbors.
@@AmishAmerica Not sure what you mean by "which one it is". Do the Amish communities you are familiar with have names? You are right about not want to share where. I mention I live in Minnesota, but I never mention exactly where online nor would I mention where their community is located, for obvious reasons
Sure thing of course. They are usually referred to either by a nearby town or by a whole county (eg, the Lancaster County settlement in Pennsylvania, or Arthur, Illinois, to give 2 examples of larger and well-known communities). If it's of any interest, here is a nationwide list of Amish settlements. It can be interesting to see where they are located, you will probably see your Amish community on there among the 20-some MN communities. This is the 2020 list, it will be updated probably within the next month. Via Elizabethtown College in PA: groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/files/2020/10/Amish_Pop_by_state_and_county_2020.pdf
Sup cool info. My father's side grew up in and around Lancaster pa, and when passed my daughter finished family tree, we are descendents/related to Yoder family, ironic because when visited grandmother growing up they knew who we were and was accepted to community, turns out my 4th great.. grandfather is where he died on Yoder land as a Yoder, his wife took children and with that grandfather left and became yeater.. been over 10yrs since been to Lancaster community and miss it, learned carpentry, farming, cooking ect... Knew we were form of pa dutch but amazing knew ancestors over 40 yrs.. father had recipes, lot of artwork ect.. learned how to make shufly pie, fried chicken, summer bologna, ect.. daughter wrote letters and had correspondence. Small world, that's why many Amish videos pop up because we share TH-cam account.. to find out related to Yoder family is like royalty to her the more she dives lol. Appreciate video, tyvm
i live in Canada my self first time i ever seen amish in my life was at a walmart i seen the horse and buggy tired up to a street light my brother told me there amish here we went into the store and sure enough there was a amish family inside some of the nicest people i have ever met in my life so not only is there Amish in canada but there very nice as well from that point i find my self very fascinated with the Amish life style
We live in Wayne County Ohio and see many at Aldi and in Hobby Lobby filling up totefuls of things. Vans driven by "English" pull in, the Amish get out and shop then load their totes into a cargo trailer.
I see Amish and Mennonites in Walmart all of the time. I don't see Amish women by their selves. Usually the husband and/or a child is with them. Even when it is an Amish woman with one her older sons as a shopping companion, the male always sit up front with the driver in the vehicle. I do see a lot of Mennonite women come in as a group however, many come in with their husband or with an older male child and some with multiple children. Usually, they just shop and don't interact much with people but I've had a few say "hi" as we passed each other. I find it interesting that Mennonite women make most of the clothing they wear but many Mennonites buy the clothing that their younger children wear. Another thing that I noticed is that hoodies are popular outer wear for some Mennonite women during the cooler months.
I bought my last pony from the Amish, he's an excellent driving pony and not the least bit scared of traffic. Been to the Walmart in Millersburg to drive on the Danville-Millersburg trail... no cars allowed! I have a friend who drives Amish farriers around and makes pretty good money.
@@SKBottom yes, it's his only job. He's retired and owns a nice pick up truck. My best friend takes two Amish brothers around once every 8 weeks to trim horses. She gets well paid and a discount on her horses trims.
You have made may edits to this video. I wish TH-camrs would just let the camera run without editing. I would love to hear everything you have to say even if you stumble or forget a word!! I am really enjoying your videos!
The Arthur Illinois Amish shop at the Walmart and Aldi in my town of Mattoon. White vans pulling white trailers bring them there. I frequently shop at Aldi and at least one white van is always there.
same here and its a bonus here (Rural NY - near Utica), the WalMart and TSC are in the same plaza. I feel sorry for their horses though as it is all downhill to the stores, and a long steep grade going back home.
THAT LITTLE TOWN IN WISCONSIN YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR VIDEO...IS PRONOUNCED ""CHILI""" JUST LIKE THE FOOD....I KNOW THIS..BECAUSE...IT IS MY HOMETOWN..I GREW UP 2 1/2 MILES WEST OF THERE...THANK YOU!!
Thanks! I can't remember in this video, but I think I said "ChEYE - LIE" as a possibility. That's how they pronounce Chili, Ohio. Always liked that one
A store l shop at they store the meat for them. The store is in Nappane Indiana called Rentown. The store has changed decades ago it catered to the Amish. They sold oil and coleman lanterns and all the repair parts for them hats and boots.
I'm really surprised that I have never heard of Shetler's Wholesale before. It is apparently in Indiana. And I'm even more surprised that you didn't mention Lehman's which is a HUGE store that sells Amish-made and off-grid everything basically. It is well-known in homesteading and gardening groups. You can buy almost anything you need for an Amish or off-grid homestead at Lehman's.
Lehman's at least nowadays is more oriented towards non-Amish customers, it's about 80% of their customer base. You can kind of see that in their marketing and overall aesthetic as well. But they do have another store called Mt. Hope Hardware with more of an Amish clientele. amishamerica.com/5-interesting-facts-lehmans-store-ohio/
I've watched at least a dozen of your videos. Aside from my interest in Amish culture/lifestyle, I like YT content that is well-organized, well-presented, and NOT vulgar. My wife and I are dismayed to be constantly bombarded with inappropriate material that we are deeply offended by. Naturally we are never able to escape it... but videos like yours are still very appreciated. THANKS!
Great compliment Alan, I'm honored! And I'm happy if the vids deliver good info in an appropriate way. I know what you mean about some of the content out there
My wife and I agree with you and truly understand how you feel about TH-cam Channels and videos. Channels like this one are few and far between. So another Big Thumbs Up from a humble couple with great appreciation!
I retired from the MANTON, Michigan Post Office…it is located in an Amish community. We had a hitching post in the back wooded area for the horses and buggies. Also, I shop at their store, Pleasant Valley Market in MANTON… lovely people to know!
Same in LeRoy and Tustin.
I often shop at Amish owned Miller's bulk food and Bakery near Medina New York. The fresh meat is some of the best around. The deli meat is far better than anything that supermarkets sell. Very friendly staff.
I live in Akron Ohio, quite a way North of most Amish, but they hire drivers, sometimes with a horse trailer, and come to my town to shop the second-hand stores for things like sheets, blankets, sneakers, and ( plain) coats and sweaters. I see them often.
My Mom never got savvy about computers but boy could she shop by catalog. After she passed away I had to stop 125 different catalogs from being delivered. She had a catalog delivered that was mainly for the Amish. It was the only place she could get what she called sheet blankets. Foolish me. I wish I had that catalog now because the sheet blankets have be used to the point of being rags & I could use some.
When I lived in Southern Lancaster County PA we loved shopping at BB's (Ben Beiler's Broken and Bent Goods). Having 5 kids finding boxes of cereal for $1.00 a box was great, even if the Lucky Charms leprechaun was surrounded by Arabic writing dressed as Santa in July. They always had low priced food items you couldn't find elsewhere.
Great story, you can really find some food treasures in places like BB's :D
The original BB store was on Furnace Road in Georgetown, Lancaster County. Drive between the house and barn back to the grocery store. It wasn't open every day so they could stock shelves. The ladies would line up early in the morning to make sure they got what they wanted. Today I was at the Morgantown, PA store; much more modern with electricity. They even have freezers so you don't have to put on a coat and go into a refrigerated truck for your produce and frozen foods ;)8
@@jcilladi I shopped at the original many times. Parking was always "challenging" on Saturdays. We saw the "nee" one being built and were wondering what it was going to be. We lived in New Providence.
@@jcilladi is that the store almost right across from 176? I went to Twin Valley but don’t get up that way to often anymore.
A friend's mother used to call them "train-wreck stores" alluding to the possible source of these cans, etc. This was in NC. When I taught Economics (in CA), we talked at length about these "close-out" stores. My HS seniors loved the subject because their families frequented such stores. Economics need NOT be a dull subject.
I have seen them in Aldis as well. They were in a van driven by someone who wasn't Amish. I recall them buying a case is cottage cheese. We have Mennonites in my town who have a bakery and deli. I have Mennonite neighbors. They drive cars and trucks, use Cell Phones, play CDs , computers for business and electric power tools, all Bosch and riding mowers. The Deli sold metal lawn and garden ornaments last year displayed outside made by an Amish man. I bought one, sunflower and it was $89.00. Not cheap but handmade.
THATS NICE WALLMART, TO CARE FOR THE HORSES. ❤❤❤
For all the money Walmart gets , they should make parking spots for them. They ought to make spots for bikers as well!!
I have seen Amish at the thrift stores. My husband and I love shopping at Amish businesses and buying our eggs from the Amish. We love shopping at Amish Bent and Dent Stores
Lehman's in Kidron, Ohio has both a store and a Catalog. Been to the store and I also get the catalog
Lehman's in Kidron is a great place. You can spend all day there. Lehman's always was one of my favorite places in Amish country.
There is a place called Mt. Hope Hardware (in Mt. Hope) which is also owned by Lehman's, but has a more Amish clientele.
@@AmishAmerica I remember Mt. Hope hardware. I am sure that I've been in it because I loved going to Amish hardware stores when I lived in Ohio. I had my favorite places that I liked to go. I remember in Charm, Ohio there was a small cafe right on the main road that had the best food!
I visited a little pizza place last time in Charm. Is the cafe still there? I am vaguely seeing something in my mind's eye but I've never eaten there if so.
@@AmishAmerica It isn't the pizza place. I think it is called "Charm Family Restaurant."
I know Amish shop at Dollar Tree in Kentucky. And that's the truth
Saw them at Aldi in Ogdensburg, NY on my way through a week or so ago. The horse was tied to a lamppost in the sun, though.
You can always identify a store that is shopped at by the Amish, hitching posts! I am not kidding, Walmarts, Krogers, Orschelns, Rural King all have hitching posts in my area of Southern Ohio.
In Middlefield, Ohio the Walmart has a designated area for Amish buggy parking.
As does Ogdensburg, NY., with water and food troughs.
Wow. Walmart spent a few dollars to help Amish for buggy parking, while the Amish gives Walmart millions.
1. i've seen several amish in my local walmart.
3. one of my grandfathers was a salesman and had a regular route. often when i went to spend the night with my grandparents i went with him on his route (no amish) and everyone knew him by name, adults and children swarmed out when he arrived, so he was a very popular guy.
4. i used to love going to auctions, and i highly reccommend it if you haven't yet had the opportunity. (never saw any amish there, though.)
My family have been friends with the Amish Community in Livonia, Indiana for over 20 years. We had started going out there in the 1990's and have been so every since. We have watched family grow and start there own family and have been blessed in having been part of their own lives. When we started it was not only to get away from the hustle and bustle of the modern world, but to take a step back into the simplest way of life. We have had the honor of watching the growth of many family's, wedding,births and passing of Amish friends. There are things that are talked about and there are taboos that are not talked about when in present of the young scholar's. I learned that first hand. And I have not forgotten it either. I don't call them my Amish friends, I cal them my extended family
What I love most about the Amish is their morals and values. Their plan for children and lets them feel free but are in a tightly controlled system with enough freedom to allow them free expression. No English before school at 7 yrs. so don’t even try to talk to a child. After school at 16 yrs old they get a job. First at home then away. The 16 yr old daughter gets the family laundry to do. It’s a 6 day a week job. The 16 yr old son will work on the farm, in the dairy barn and planting food. Hoeing the tobacco is a job for young people. Then the harvest is often done by boys and girls. The adults mostly handle the dangerous equipment. Boys learn by watching. There are a lot of dangers too. Don’t get caught in the auger, the silo has silo gas during specific times. A man who went there and got gas spent a little time in the hospital, his lungs had holes in it…..shot thru his finger with the pressure washer…..run away teams is another danger. A team can be a single horse or a group all hitched together. Once I saw a horse and buggy go flying down the road at a gallop. No driver was seen, because the horse had a bee up his bonnet and went off the road slipping the young man then back on the road at a gallop kept running. Thru cross streets eventually turning left and galloping away. A second left brought him back my way where he was eventually stopped by young men who had gathered for something else. My neighbor and I chased in my car until we came across the group.
And this is why we walk our horses to cool down, the horse had been unhitched and was still heaving when we came along. The horse stood heaving for a while when they opened a stall door and pushed to horse in. He was in serious pain and could hardly move. The blood that had been racing around his body slowed down leaving a lot of blood in their legs. The next day he was taken home perfectly sound. So walking them to cool fixes that.
The Amish have lots of things that they do can be vary respected
There are hitching posts at the Dollar General, True Value Hardware and Subway. Anyplace anybody else shops.
Actually Walmart was more common in more rural areas way back at the beginning of its inception! The first Walmart I ever went to was near Greenville Ohio in 1987-88. There were/are many plain people in the area.
Used to spend my summers on my grandmothers farm in Greenville. Am also related to Annie Oakley & donated her quilt I inherited to the Greenville museum. 😃
@@mariannedubois9658 my husbands family live there and one of his sisters has a quaint little candle store there. Cute little town
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I live in mt pleasant, mi. We have the first one built in michigan.
I work at tractor supply. I have several Amish and Mennonite customers.
I like Tractor Supply too!
I attended the “ pony penning” at Assateague and was amazed at how many Amish familities come for the auction buy don’t buy at the inflated prices!
I thought a light hearted but fairly accurate representation of the Amish lifestyle was presented in the movie For Richer or Poorer, with Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley. And there were a lot of Yoder's in that movie it seems to be a big family name.
I seen that movie and it seemed so real…2021
Yoder is very common in Mennonite communities, too.
There are two Shetler's grocery stores here in south central MO. Andy Shetler owns it and he is Mennonite, but used to be Amish. I wonder if there is a relation...
I do not know many catalogue ordering folk, but that is mainly because it is rare to even get one sent to one's home anymore.
When I lived in Holtwood it's Lancaster County, Most all my neighbors where horse and buggy, and I did a farms printing for their CSA, since they couldn't print..and in return they let me get whatever food they had.I did the majority of my shopping every Friday morning from farm to farm for what they offered, and it was so simple and quick, and we had a discount grocery Loved that store!!
Nice deal!
I’ve been across the Hollywood dam many a time!
Amish are an interesting people. I’ve taken Amish to auctions who go for the socializing.
I am a "taxi" driver in Ohio and make a lot of grocery runs. Walmart, Sam's Club and BJ's are favorites around here. Also several Amish fabric/bulk food stores.
I’ve never even considered their fabric needs. I bet that is a paradise…
@@lookforward2life If it were a primarily Amish only store, the selection would be specific to the approved patterns and materials of each church district.
I grew up on a farm in Northern Illinois. I have on my desk right now, a photo of our farm that a person came by selling. it was taken in an airplane . It is a treasure of mine that I love to look at. Thanks for the memory and video.
That's really neat. I think something about your photo being taken from an airplane seems like it would make it even more valued (than say, one taken by a drone today). I'm happy if this vid helped remind of the memory.
I work at Staples. We regularly have Mennonite and Amish customers.
I saw a few yesterday in Target in Canton, Ohio. My ex always complains that they buy up all the things at Walmart in Coshocton and Millersburg. 😉
Well,,, they shop at almost where everyone else would. I've seen them at Krogers, walmart, local grocery stores,,, in Fast food places, Chiropractor's office, I even seen young amish boys buy beer and got in their buggy and left out. (Can they be charged for drinking & beating a horse?) LOL
I've seen some that worked hard (most)
I've seen a few lazy ones... (few)
I've seen some that was honest,,, sadly some are not.
They are just like us,,,, humans. As humans, they are prong to do both good and evil.
yes, they can be charged with DUI if driving drunk in a buggy
some ove the Amish even use the library to use the internet for most ove their buying also.
Are there any Amish owned stores in Kentucky that you know of?
As a young man I would help my grandparents sell native American jewelry during the summer. What I remember is the Amish women and girls loved, LOVED turquoise, it was so long ago i can’t remember if they ever bought, but they sure liked looking at it. Shipshewana auction house Indiana.
Interestingly a lot of Amish teens (both male and female) really like Native American imagery and decorations. For example it's pretty common that they will have the dreamcatcher ornaments hanging in their rooms, sometimes several of them. Of course, not all Amish and not everywhere, but it is common enough.
We have an Aldi grocery store in my area and it is frequented by the Amish.
In my area we have a far amount of Amish northeast upstate Ny they shop a lot at Aldi and Tractor supply.
I've seen them shopping in Sam's in KY.
Thank you very much for these videos. I am learning so much!
I find your videos about the Amish Communities very interesting. Oh my goodness, l loved the story about the gentlemen who paid $6,000 for a sick little boy’s birdhouse! It made me weld up with tears, it was just so sweet! I’m a 61 year old “English” woman and l shop with catalogs. (Mainly because, I detest Amazon!) My Grandfather was a Fuller Brush Salesman in the Chicago area during the 1940’s. 😊
Thank you Jane - yes that birdhouse story really was moving to see. Nothing wrong with catalog shopping, I used to love paging through catalogs in the pre-internet days though I guess many don't know what that is like anymore
I still get a ton of catalogs though I rarely shop from them I might look through them and then I’ll go on their website and buy that way
I live in southern Indiana and love dinkys auction plenty of both amish and English shop and sell there. I also love the local small shops in that area that primarily are geared to locals and some that are along a 2 lane highway geared for the English.
What town in Southern Indiana is this? I also live in that area.
Is Shetlers Wholesale still open? They’re web page no longer exists and their Facebook page hasn’t been updated in years?
Their website was launched a year or two ago and never really built out. They only ever had a small # of items available there. So it's never really been an online outlet. Did you try giving them a call? I'm assuming the traditional catalogs are still available as always
Very interesting. We have visited Amish country several times. And we see a lot of the Amish near where we live in Tennessee - near the Kentucky border.
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You don’t have to be specific but what area in TN? At this point in time, I’d prefer to buy from their craftsmen and craftswomen as much as possible. We are looking for a simple, small home in the eastern part of TN and would love to know if they have communities there. My husband has family in north east OH and we stop at Lehman’s every time we go visit them.
@@missylearned9821 we are near Clarksville Tennessee. There are several Amish stores close in Kentucky. There is a bakery there that I have never been to, but hope to make it to one day. I keep hearing a lot of good things about it.
@@RVAmerica Thanks so much! I looked up where Clarksville is and it’s a bit away from where we are looking in north east TN, but good to know!
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I live in Lancaster County, PA, (been here for 30+ years), and I find a lot of the Amish shopping in the local Costco. They’re buying large bulk staples, (paper towels, bathroom tissue, etc.). Many have van drivers but Costco does offer covered horse hitches.
Good one for the list. I guess I could have called #1 something like "big stores" and included it too, though I know Costco and Wal-mart are not identical.
It's always great to see a buggy loaded with children and Kirkland paper towels!
I live in Lehigh county PA, I have seen Mennonites women shopping in Goodwills too.
Maybe Sam's Club too?
The more that I listen to your videos, the more that I think that the Amish are incredibly inconsistent in their attitudes towards technology. Use propane that that is produced by an advanced industrial society. Same with ball bearings in bikes and scouters. Shop at Walmart to benefit from global trade. My guess is that those plain clothes are sewn from cheap industrially produced cloth. Since different groups have different practices, my guess is there is no fundamental principle behind this. It seems great that there are folks that don't jump into every fad, but it seems frustrating for someone looking for a clear message.
If you didn't see it yet, try this video "Do Amish think technology is evil?" : th-cam.com/video/PS28bgLA-t0/w-d-xo.html Hopefully that explains the idea. They don't consider tech evil or bad b/c it's produced by advanced society, but recognize its usefulness. Rather they are thoughtful and careful about accepting and using every type of technology freely unlike the way the rest of the world readily adopts "the next new thing". And different Amish groups come to different conclusions on where to draw lines.
Is Shelters Wholesale company still around? Trying to find their catalog.
I'm thinking the same as well
Love your channel. Thank you so much for such interesting uploads. Well done.
The aerial photo people came by my grandparents farm in MO probably in the 80's or early 90's. It is a cool photo :) they took the photo first to show you then you bought the bigger ones.
That makes sense - I hadn't thought through the sales process but it's probably easier to sell the photo when they can see it first. So probably flew over a number of farms, developed the photos, then went knocking :D
@@AmishAmerica Yeah. I think I remember my Grandma saying something like "well, they already made the photos!". And now, it's even easier with digital - less money out front. And then drones of course! - Less cost there than flying a helicopter!
@@AmishAmerica That was still common in the 1990s, but they sent postcards where I lived rather than trying to go door-to-door. I wouldn't advise going door-to-door in rural southern areas. It could turn out badly. Photos might still sell today, but between being able to see your place online in Google Maps and the use of drones, maybe not so much.
My husband taxi's Amish. this guy needs to study the Amish more. Yes Amish shop Amish stores, they go to the Mall, Sam's Club, Walmart. they love Mc Donald's and other fast food restaurants Most Amish shop every week, not once a month. ( how do I know? My husband takes them. They go to the library and order from Amazon, yarn stores , and fabric outlets on line. They like to buy kids clothes and toys on line also. We live in the 4th largest Amish community, Middlefield, Ohio. None of our Amish buy from door to door. Yard sales are top of the list, to buy at. Doesn't matter if it is an Amish yard sale or a Yankee yard sale. Auctions yes, so do Yankee people. You find the both there in our area. Yankee and Amish go to each others homes for weddings and funerals. My husband shoots pool in bars with Amish men, also they get together and shoot pool with each other in the Amish men's basements, if the men have a pool table. Things are different than what these so called Amish experts on line say.
He just giving some examples not a complete run down. Goodness.
I loved Lehman's when Iived in medina and creston. Great place to go Christmas shopping for the bakers and cooks on your list. Great survivalist supplies also.
Very high priced though! Amish are shrewd business people!
Can you send me the Lehman’s catalog or address?? I had it once and I lost it…. 2021
@@evamaggard it is in kidron ohio in Wayne county. You can Google it.
Lehman's is a great store, it's like going to a museum with all of the items they have on display.
@@evamaggard they are online
My father sold fence post to the Amish for decades. I would go with him on his "cold sales" visits around mostly Indiana. Good people that decide what to buy with their children, etc.
I bet those were fun trips.
Need to and Yard Sales to the list. I see Amish at yard sales all the time.
Do Amish get pestered by the JW's and Mormons ?
I do recall watching a video a while back (can't remember if it was here on YT -- not this channel but another ) and yes -- the Mormon's dropped off their literature and eventually, a few families started attending secret Bible Studies and then later left the Amish for the Mormon church.
I love the way you pronounce 'home'. You're such a doll!
It sounds like the Philly area
Pennsylvania accent😊
Shady Maple!
Shady Maple is actually owned by a Mennonite family :-)
They buy food at Costco. I see them there.
They have a hitching post at wal mart and ALDI with a shovel. They bought a lot of bread...
Please do tell your book selling story!
I plan to!
Sorry Walmart.
*HARTWARMING STORY ABOUT THE BIRDHOUSE!!!* 🍃🦜🦜🦜🍃
Glad you liked it - I really was glad to witness that.
Of, course, I guessed Wal-Mart. There's one nearby the cabin, and on Saturday, it's where everybody is at. Once I had to buy something there, don't remember what.
So glad you pronounced Lancaster correctly...makes you creditable in my eyes.
Thanks! That was one I learned fairly early on, when I first lived there one summer years ago. But you should have heard how I once pronounced "Ephrata". Eventually someone local gently corrected me, for which I was grateful :)
I live in Dauphin County. I know what you mean!
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I lived in Ephrata many many years. It's really comical how people struggle with the pronunciation! Even Lititz seems difficult for some folks.
@@AmishAmerica Ephrata is a hard one...lol So you're familiar with the Hat Trick in that area also? Bird in Hand - Blue Ball - Paradise!
I live in rural America and thier are lots of amish here. Not only them buy catalog items. The English buy alot of stuff from publisher cleaning house. Lol.
We get Amish at the shoprite in Flemmington NJ. The Amish also run a market inFlemmington which we patronize
Neat, so those are in all likelihood Amish from Lancaster County. I've been to the Princeton, NJ market which looks not too far away.
Yes, they are from Lancaster. The one in "Princeton" is actually located in Kingston. There are several markets in NJ with the one in Columbus at the Columbus flea market being the largest one here in NJ. There is even a market at Chelsea Pier in NY City!
In Lancaster County, Costco is very popular among the Amish. Institutional sized products, limited choices and few name brands.
Good one to add to the list
@@AmishAmerica The several Amish women I know find Walmart overwhelming. Costco offers huge quantities with minimal selection. Amish stores are stalwarts for essentials and can't beat their prices on a wide slection of flours (i.e. whole dark buckwheat and semolina flour), sugars (like beet sugar, molasses, and organic rapadura) and any item one might need to make a hearty home cooked meal.
Good point that I guess it's a more limited choice, which can be a plus (I know it often is for me).
@@judystavisky8454 I know I’ve been there. Big store Amish. Lancaster. NY. .
There are two wonderful Amish-owned nurseries in western Maryland that have great plants. One of them lines their rooftops with individual flowerpots - one variety in spring/summer and mums in the fall! And seed catalogs are very popular with Amish and Mennonite gardeners.
My parents own Shawnee grocery .
Nice - the photo in this video was taken near Vienna, IL - is that the same place as your folks'? I know there is also another store with Shawnee in the name (Shawnee Country Store) in the Ava, IL community.
Aerial photos!!! I remember those! It was in 1986 in Texas and there was a salesman that went door to door and would sale you a photo from an airplane of your farm or ranch. My Dad wouldn't buy it but I know of several other folks that did and it would be proudly displayed in the kitchen or living room. You can still see them at thrift stores and I can tell they are from the 80's and I smile.
How can I buy stuff from the Amish? I love their stuff however, other than China it’s good quality.
Maybe Jeff Bezos should open a store in PA called Amish-on
That birdhouse story is so uplifting. Thanks for sharing
I really wanted to share that one and thought it might make a nice opening. Glad you liked it too.
And Amish-on? Amish-azon? Both could work:)
@@AmishAmerica although both could work i think the world would be slightly poorer for it.
@@AmishAmerica How do they earn their money , do they have a.job
Nice to see a channel that focus on the Amish. I live in the middle of nowhere in Minnesota and Amish people have been moving here. There is also a community of Mennonites. I have some friends there. They are more modern, when it come to driving cars and having cell phones, but when you go to their homes, it's so diffent from regular people's. They make me feel happy. They have shown up at my home during the Christmas season to sing carols. By shown up, I mean fill my living room/dining with men. women and children. Have also eaten in their homes and everyone has a job assigned (yes, me included) especially to clean up. The Amish are less open to others, but once they know you they are quite friendly.
Glad you found the channel Carmen. Sounds like you are near a great community in MN. I am pretty curious which one it is, but no worries if you don't want to share that here. It's great you've been able to make that connection with your Plain neighbors.
@@AmishAmerica Not sure what you mean by "which one it is". Do the Amish communities you are familiar with have names? You are right about not want to share where. I mention I live in Minnesota, but I never mention exactly where online nor would I mention where their community is located, for obvious reasons
Sure thing of course. They are usually referred to either by a nearby town or by a whole county (eg, the Lancaster County settlement in Pennsylvania, or Arthur, Illinois, to give 2 examples of larger and well-known communities).
If it's of any interest, here is a nationwide list of Amish settlements. It can be interesting to see where they are located, you will probably see your Amish community on there among the 20-some MN communities. This is the 2020 list, it will be updated probably within the next month. Via Elizabethtown College in PA: groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/files/2020/10/Amish_Pop_by_state_and_county_2020.pdf
@@AmishAmerica My friends are Mennonite so they would not appear. The Amish I know are acquiatances.
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Mail-order companies are still alive and modernized today!
Sup cool info. My father's side grew up in and around Lancaster pa, and when passed my daughter finished family tree, we are descendents/related to Yoder family, ironic because when visited grandmother growing up they knew who we were and was accepted to community, turns out my 4th great.. grandfather is where he died on Yoder land as a Yoder, his wife took children and with that grandfather left and became yeater.. been over 10yrs since been to Lancaster community and miss it, learned carpentry, farming, cooking ect... Knew we were form of pa dutch but amazing knew ancestors over 40 yrs.. father had recipes, lot of artwork ect.. learned how to make shufly pie, fried chicken, summer bologna, ect.. daughter wrote letters and had correspondence. Small world, that's why many Amish videos pop up because we share TH-cam account.. to find out related to Yoder family is like royalty to her the more she dives lol. Appreciate video, tyvm
Hello from South Africa. I am of Swiss German descent living in South Africa. My grandparents lived a very similar way of life to the Amish.
Amazon is the Modern Electronic Sears, Roebuck & Company Catalog.
Yes.....There is the 1st place I see amish buying.. Walmarts knows. They are not fool.
I've seen the pictures of the hundreds of buggies outside of Lehmans, somewhere in SE Ohio if I recall correctly.
We have Amish around us. They shop at our Weis Market and Community Aid and small thrift stores in our area. And open Markets. Selinsgrove, Pa.
i live in Canada my self first time i ever seen amish in my life was at a walmart i seen the horse and buggy tired up to a street light my brother told me there amish here we went into the store and sure enough there was a amish family inside some of the nicest people i have ever met in my life so not only is there Amish in canada but there very nice as well from that point i find my self very fascinated with the Amish life style
We live in Wayne County Ohio and see many at Aldi and in Hobby Lobby filling up totefuls of things. Vans driven by "English" pull in, the Amish get out and shop then load their totes into a cargo trailer.
I see Amish and Mennonites in Walmart all of the time. I don't see Amish women by their selves. Usually the husband and/or a child is with them. Even when it is an Amish woman with one her older sons as a shopping companion, the male always sit up front with the driver in the vehicle. I do see a lot of Mennonite women come in as a group however, many come in with their husband or with an older male child and some with multiple children. Usually, they just shop and don't interact much with people but I've had a few say "hi" as we passed each other. I find it interesting that Mennonite women make most of the clothing they wear but many Mennonites buy the clothing that their younger children wear. Another thing that I noticed is that hoodies are popular outer wear for some Mennonite women during the cooler months.
I bought my last pony from the Amish, he's an excellent driving pony and not the least bit scared of traffic. Been to the Walmart in Millersburg to drive on the Danville-Millersburg trail... no cars allowed! I have a friend who drives Amish farriers around and makes pretty good money.
Is that his only job? How much does he make doing that, would you guess? What kind of vehicle does he use?
@@SKBottom yes, it's his only job. He's retired and owns a nice pick up truck. My best friend takes two Amish brothers around once every 8 weeks to trim horses. She gets well paid and a discount on her horses trims.
Eshe's discount grocery. Colorado, loveland and greeley. Pennsylvania as well
You have made may edits to this video. I wish TH-camrs would just let the camera run without editing. I would love to hear everything you have to say even if you stumble or forget a word!! I am really enjoying your videos!
The Arthur Illinois Amish shop at the Walmart and Aldi in my town of Mattoon. White vans pulling white trailers bring them there. I frequently shop at Aldi and at least one white van is always there.
Here in Somerset County, PA, I see Amish shopping at Audi and at Walmart in the early morning.
Smash that like button, you fellow Amishphiliacs
In our area, central WI, you see Amish in tractor supply and Fleet Farm, as well as Amish and Mennonite-run shops.
same here and its a bonus here (Rural NY - near Utica), the WalMart and TSC are in the same plaza. I feel sorry for their horses though as it is all downhill to the stores, and a long steep grade going back home.
wonder if you know where I could find an Amish roofer near Corning NY 14830?
I sent in a request for Shelter's catalog, but I never received it. Are they still in business?
They like Aldis where I live
Where can non-Amish buy Amish products?
Make sure everybody visit Country view market in Charlotte Tennessee
There is. Wal-Mart near the Amish community in Lancaster Pa.
😮really amazing… I’m interested in this world
THAT LITTLE TOWN IN WISCONSIN YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR VIDEO...IS PRONOUNCED ""CHILI""" JUST LIKE THE FOOD....I KNOW THIS..BECAUSE...IT IS MY HOMETOWN..I GREW UP 2 1/2 MILES WEST OF THERE...THANK YOU!!
Thanks! I can't remember in this video, but I think I said "ChEYE - LIE" as a possibility. That's how they pronounce Chili, Ohio. Always liked that one
A store l shop at they store the meat for them. The store is in Nappane Indiana called Rentown. The store has changed decades ago it catered to the Amish. They sold oil and coleman lanterns and all the repair parts for them hats and boots.
Aldi and Hobby Lobby are the two places I see them regularly.
I'm really surprised that I have never heard of Shetler's Wholesale before. It is apparently in Indiana. And I'm even more surprised that you didn't mention Lehman's which is a HUGE store that sells Amish-made and off-grid everything basically. It is well-known in homesteading and gardening groups. You can buy almost anything you need for an Amish or off-grid homestead at Lehman's.
Lehman's at least nowadays is more oriented towards non-Amish customers, it's about 80% of their customer base. You can kind of see that in their marketing and overall aesthetic as well. But they do have another store called Mt. Hope Hardware with more of an Amish clientele. amishamerica.com/5-interesting-facts-lehmans-store-ohio/
A lot of Amish come up from Ohio and Indiana to the Cabellas in Dundee, Mi.
I thought I seen a Gucci bad in there (thumbnail): LOL