Somebody do a rain dance!

[doysl]

300 ft? Then it must be kind of many connected to each other thin pipes with a pump on the top, right? I imagined a classic well with a bucket for some reason

[phantom]

Blizzards are not common in Texas.

[phantom]

Well, you can get a blizzard at Dairy Queen, but that would be ice cream...not the so much snow you can't go outside blizzard.

[shark]

Here is a picture of a water well in a suburban community in Tx.
The image U have is of poorer areas in the U.S. where they go to a well and drop buckets down it. In the country areas where there is no city water or one of these 'fancy' water wells.
I'm enjoying exchanging views with another country !

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[shark]

might be better to view

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[doysl]

phantom, I definitely heard about a tough blizzard in Amarillo this Winter. I even saw a couple of videos with stuck in snow cars on YouTube.com On the another forum I was told Amarillo has one or two good blizzards every year, what was a really surprise for me, since I though--judging by movies--it's always sunny and dry in Texas ;D

The Dairy Queen looks like an ice-cream cafe like the Baskin-Robbins) I guess its blizzards are the only escape from today's heat there, huh? ;D

shark, I agree exchanging is nice, because I've never seen anything like what's on the photo you attached. That's cool ;D
I guess Amish have water wells with buckets, don't they? ^_^

[shark]

oh yeah ! when I lived in Ind we wasn't to far from the amish in northern Ind . I lived in Southern Ind. close to Ky. They ran a couple of restaurents in the Evansville, Ind area that was known for home cooked meals.
Amish, is a very religious faith who stick mainly to themselves in their everyday life. They go without electricity, mirrors, kids are educated in their own schools, don't drink, smoke, drive cars, no phones.
Theres different branches of Amish. Mennonites, are a little more modern they drive cars, but, still stick to themselves and avoid 'ways of the world'. I always respected them, but, up in Ind. radio shows would make fun of them, etc. They drive horse and buggies and on the modern highways , sometimes there would be accidents where they would get hit and be killed. Sad.
Men do stuff the old fashion way, no power tools, use horses for planting crops, etc. I always felt sorry for the women seemed like their whole life was cooking, making quilts, having kids, canning food for the winter, putting out gardens, etc. I'm of a vain nature LOL ,so, don't know how they do without a mirror on the wall !
They call this "the sin of pride, worshipping your image instead that of Christ". Of course women, don't cut their hair or use make-up.
I always told my husband I felt sorry for them because their houses were basic and the women looked old and wore out before their time, men all have beards and it just seemed like they were low on money. He laughed and said "don't be sad they have more money then we do just think if we didn't have to pay for cars, insurance, phones, cable TV, electricity, gas, nice home, cellphones and U running to the mall every week we'd be rich ". ROFL They build their own homes, barns, tend to their own animals, etc. They help each other and as far as I know never took a Gov. hand out the men aren't loafers and good for nothings who complain of a bad back and then get on Welfare and do drugs, drink and smoke and just want to make more babies who can then get on Medicaid and food stamps.

Yep, the water wells in Tx. aren't anything I've ever seen either.
I've just been here a yr. myself. When you build a house the cost of the drilling for the well, the electricity from the well (when U open the lid theres a big wad of cables of different colors what they do I'm not sure myself all I know is it works) and the septic system are all included in the cost of building the house, by the way, I was told costs 10,000. Hope you are enjoying aspects of a different culture.

[phantom]

Well, we've already had a few 100+ days here, so a blizzard does help with the heat.

[doysl]

Jun 11, 2011 7:53:36 GMT -5 shark said:

1. sometimes there would be accidents where they would get hit and be killed. Sad.

2. and U running to the mall every week

3. I was told costs 10,000.

1. That's really sad

2. ;D ;D ;D

3. 10,000 for a well with all the stuff in it??? If I get it right that thing can produce an electricity, huh

As to the Amish life, they're worth of respect. However, for each their own. Someone likes this, someone likes that. Of course, some of them might not like how they live, but have you ever heard about any Amish-defector? By the way, do they have any passports? Well, if they run restaurants, they should pay taxes and apparently have all the documents. Ok ^_^

Just I heard about the same people in Russia. Not Amish, just "Old believers" who'd gone into the Taiga even before the revolution. I'm not sure if they have any documents. They live the way people lived a century ago, just like Amish. And they don't like interlopers ;D
But who knows what and whom you can find in Taiga? It's as wild and non-explored as Amazon forests.

[shark]

amish, are Americans, think they emigrated yrs. ago from Germany. Not sure about that, I'm not college educated, but, husband is, a medical professional so he's brighter then I am.
LOL They speak in their own language. Some people used to laugh and say 'pigeon english', I'm not sure what that means.
LOL They wouldn't need a passport they don't go anywhere.
It's good to be self-sufficient , no matter what religion or nationality you are. I, myself, am Baptist, don't smoke or drink married to one man for nigh on 40 yrs. so , I'm boring too ! LOL

Just as a sideline .......there's a bunch of people in Ky. not far from where I used to live called 'Shakers', if you ever want to research an interesting sect of people they are. I think they 're all gone now, though, because one aspect of their lifestyle was they gave up marriage, children,etc. Men and women lived in the same 'commune', but, in separate quarters, even as so where they took meals at, etc. So, over the yrs. with these restrictions they all died out. Oprah Winfrey always bought their furniture considered prize antiques,etc. Amish made furniture is of great quality and is still being sold in Ind. and I'm sure elsewhere. I can't afford ! LOL Men make the furniture, build, tend to animals. Women sew quilts which sell for like 1,000 and better.
Remember no sewing machines ! so they're all hand quilted and takes months to make. I was fortunate enough to have a mother in law who was born in 1919 and hand quilted all of hers too. She never sold any till she was getting ready to stop sewing on account of poor eyesight and some of hers sold for 500-to 900
I got around 5 gave to me and I keep protected.

Have you been, or is it open to the public in Russia that big long yellow palace. Is that called St. Petersburg ? I would love to tour old historic places like that. Also, France, I would like to see too.

[doysl]

I bet you saw this clip

That long yellow palace, my parents were there on their honeymoon. It's called Peterhof palace or just Peterhof. I've never been there, but my parents say that's a very beautiful place. The Saint Petersburg is a beautiful city itself. It was designed by the best--well, maybe not the best ones ^_^--architects of Europe of that time. The city was considered to be a "window to Europe", the place where it wouldn't be a shame to invite foreigners to ;D

By the way, Peter the Great brought potato to Russia from America. People here hadn't known potato before that He also brought coffee to the country and made all officials to cut their beards ;D

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[shark]

Yeah, I guess to most of the people the Amish seem strange, but, I'd rather have them for neighbors then the wild spoiled kids I see most of the time. LOL
I have preconceived ideas that I have read from books about Russia and their past history which I won't go into. I have them about other places too LOL
Trouble with Royalty no matter where it is, is they are raised to think they're 'God appointed' and born to reign regardless and as history has shown that's not always a good thing. Russia had Czarnias that reigned where that was not accepted in other countries. Catherine the Great was a whole lot better then her husband. Queen Elizabeth I, had a whole lot more sense then most and had the good sense not to get married ! LOL
I have trouble reading about Russia's history because of the long words. I've read mostly and watched on Tv shows concerning
the popular figures. History buff !