1/13/2003: Amish barn move

Undertoad · 01-13-2003, 11:07 AM

Tip o' the hat to Slithy Tove.

Dateline rural Iowa. A couple buys a load of farmland to put up a new cookie-cutter housing development. They buy the buildings on the land too, but they don't need the 160-foot-long turkey farm so they auction it off.

At 9:30 ayem the Amish folk arrived, divided the building up into four parts, then "on three - 1, 2, 3", they picked up part number one and marched down the highway.

And they steered it, too - "on west, brother" and all 150 of them turned right.

Hup, hup, hup. With only human power, they get the job done. How did they know it would work, or how many man to bring to the task? Who knows?

But four hours later, the barn was moved, one mile west.

full story

Cochese · 01-13-2003, 11:45 AM

What would make this story funnier is if they had won it via Ebay.

goethean · 01-13-2003, 02:01 PM

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How did they know it would work, or how many man to bring to the task?

They're allowed to use arithmetic, right?

tjennings · 01-13-2003, 03:51 PM

Looks like some sort of Flintstone's mass transit system.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-13-2003, 04:46 PM

They bring everyone for everything.

warch · 01-13-2003, 05:27 PM

This is a great Monday image. I hate to throw stuff away too. thanks!

chrisinhouston · 01-14-2003, 09:46 AM

How about Stonehenge? As I recall from my last visit to show my wife and son, the big upright blocks came from Wales and were moved 150 miles by pre Bronze age people.

Cochese · 01-14-2003, 05:03 PM

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Originally posted by chrisinhouston
How about Stonehenge?

I don't think they got a pic of them doing it though.

quzah · 01-15-2003, 12:38 AM

Ok, I'll set it up, you guys finish...

"How many Amish does it take to move a barn?"

Quzah.

richlevy · 01-28-2003, 07:50 PM

I thought the Amish did not appreciate having their pictures taken.

Elspode · 01-28-2003, 10:15 PM

The trick is to take it while they're busy and have their hands full, then run.

Uryoces · 01-29-2003, 02:55 PM

The Amish have some modern conveniences, they're just very choosy about what they introduce. You'll find some Amish tooling around on rollerblades. It's good exercise. They do have a few cell phones, but it's mostly for business and emergencies, and strictly controlled of course.

the picture looks like an Amish version of a motor home.

lhand · 01-29-2003, 03:53 PM

I'm really having trouble forming that image in my head. Wow. That's a picture I'd really like to see.

Elspode · 01-29-2003, 04:00 PM

A few years ago I saw two Amish women rollerblading in the parking lot of a small auto repair shop in rural Missouri. We came around the bend on a backwater county highway, and there they were. I almost drove off the road.

I have always wished I had a camera ready that day.

russotto · 01-30-2003, 03:13 PM

A company called Zephyr Tours does in-line skate tours of various places. One of the less-interesting places is Lancaster County -- and they use rollerblading Amish guides.

I believe the Amish objection to being photographed only extends to their face. In any case, the Zephyr brochures have plenty of pictures of the backs of the Amish guides.

01-13-2003, 11:07 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/13/2003: Amish barn move Tip o' the hat to Slithy Tove. Dateline rural Iowa. A couple buys a load of farmland to put up a new cookie-cutter housing development. They buy the buildings on the land too, but they don't need the 160-foot-long turkey farm so they auction it off. At 9:30 ayem the Amish folk arrived, divided the building up into four parts, then "on three - 1, 2, 3", they picked up part number one and marched down the highway. And they steered it, too - "on west, brother" and all 150 of them turned right. Hup, hup, hup. With only human power, they get the job done. How did they know it would work, or how many man to bring to the task? Who knows? But four hours later, the barn was moved, one mile west. full story

01-13-2003, 11:45 AM	#2
Cochese Disorderly Orderly Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 54	What would make this story funnier is if they had won it via Ebay. Last edited by Cochese; 01-13-2003 at 03:03 PM.

01-13-2003, 03:51 PM	#4
tjennings Belt Conveyor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sioux City, IA Posts: 66	Looks like some sort of Flintstone's mass transit system. __________________ No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical. Niels Bohr, physicist (1885-1962)

01-28-2003, 07:50 PM	#10
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I thought the Amish did not appreciate having their pictures taken. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-28-2003, 10:15 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The trick is to take it while they're busy and have their hands full, then run. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-13-2003, 04:46 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They bring everyone for everything.

01-13-2003, 05:27 PM	#6
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	This is a great Monday image. I hate to throw stuff away too. thanks!

01-14-2003, 09:46 AM	#7
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	How about Stonehenge? As I recall from my last visit to show my wife and son, the big upright blocks came from Wales and were moved 150 miles by pre Bronze age people.

01-15-2003, 12:38 AM	#9
quzah Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 375	Ok, I'll set it up, you guys finish... "How many Amish does it take to move a barn?" Quzah.

01-29-2003, 02:55 PM	#12
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	The Amish have some modern conveniences, they're just very choosy about what they introduce. You'll find some Amish tooling around on rollerblades. It's good exercise. They do have a few cell phones, but it's mostly for business and emergencies, and strictly controlled of course. the picture looks like an Amish version of a motor home.

01-29-2003, 03:53 PM	#13
lhand Dry Nurse Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lancaster, CA Posts: 23	Amish on rollerblades? I'm really having trouble forming that image in my head. Wow. That's a picture I'd really like to see.

01-29-2003, 04:00 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	A few years ago I saw two Amish women rollerblading in the parking lot of a small auto repair shop in rural Missouri. We came around the bend on a backwater county highway, and there they were. I almost drove off the road. I have always wished I had a camera ready that day. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-30-2003, 03:13 PM	#15
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	A company called Zephyr Tours does in-line skate tours of various places. One of the less-interesting places is Lancaster County -- and they use rollerblading Amish guides. I believe the Amish objection to being photographed only extends to their face. In any case, the Zephyr brochures have plenty of pictures of the backs of the Amish guides.

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