You can thank Grossi for that, he had a list of players he thought were on the bubble idk it wont happen

Chris Jennings did nothing but hurt his chance to make the team. He tried cutting back in traffic hoping to make big plays and ended up losing yards both times. He has to realise the D is fast n he cant do that crap n just go forward. You could see the frustration on his face. Just cuz he had that crazy run last year (i think against Jags) doesnt mean it can be repeated.

Get Him to the Greek was a solid comedy. Very Rotten with plenty of drug use but Russel Brand and Jonah Hill are just too funny.

Nothin like fish mmmm and ya freezing them in water does help big time. i had fish that was 2 or 3 years old that was frozen that way n i couldnt tell

How does he have ties w/ Holmgren? this dude played for the jags was never in seattle when he was that im aware of. jw if im missing something there

ya thats been out there for awhile, they were high... real high

i think we will have enough people that it wont really matter but i wish we would of been able to sign Freddie Barnes

@thaak said:

As I was watching the 1st round, Steve Young commented on this pick.

He said, "Only the Steelers could take a Center in the 1st round."

I'm like... What about the Browns last year you f'ing idiot.

I thought that Steve Young sucked and at times the whole crew doing the draft on ESPN sucked.

John Gruden said he really liked or loved every single pick! they just sucked period even Berman

holy shit what a smokescreen by eagles it was all about earl thomas last few days and bam trade up for graham lots of suprises tonight!

why move up 2 for anthony davis?

ya jags pick suprised everyone

@kybrown said:

The Bills made a bad pick.

Jackson is a good back. Lynch can play well. What is Spiller going to contribute?

they are going to run the navy wishbone w/ those 3 in the backfield..... Lynch is going to be traded i think

I love how the raiders made their selection fast and it wasnt who anyone thought it would be, typical raiders but i do like McClain

@calfoxwc said:

Sure, been to Millersburg and Berlin.

I forgot to go to the maple syrup thing....

so much to do....

we'll have to get a group in our area together sometime.

ya millersburg isnt anything special but thats where i call home for now until i get through college.

ya Redmond will be a solid back up, decent hitter also

@calfoxwc said:

I mentioned before, maybe, that I tried Gala and Jonagold apples. They were mild...

the great apple results so far, are Granny Smith and Pink Lady, the Pink Lady is slightly less

tart, but they both keep well as apples, and make very excellent chips.

I have dehydrated sliced bell peppers/green tomatoes, ripe tomatoes... and use them in soups and chili.

I make home made soup with dried veggies, a quart of canned tomatoes (still good from a year and a half ago),

browned lean hamburger (or yankee pot roast if all the bills are paid GGG), chopped veggies out of the garden, or

a frozen bag or two of store bought veggies sometimes, a few beef coullion sp? and a can of mushroom soup.

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http://www.lehmans.com/

HOWEVER, what I really wanted to post, was one of our favorite stores. It is Lehman's hardware, in Kidron Ohio, Amish country.

This huge store is kinda very famous in these parts. We're going to their huge auction Sat.

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Lehman's Hardware is a retail store located in Kidron, Ohio. Originally specializing in products used by the Amish community, it has become known worldwide as a source for non-electric appliances. The 32,000 square-foot facility bills itself as a "Low Tech Superstore" and a "Purveyor of Historical Technology." It is also a popular tourist destination. Lehman's also maintains a smaller, more traditional hardware store in Mount Hope, Ohio, where their Amish customers may shop with less interference from curious tourists. In addition to the two stores, there is also a catalog and online business.

View of the Lehman's Hardware campus from the main entranceContents [hide]

1 Location

2 History

3 Physical expansion

4 Manufacturer and distributor

5 Relationship with Amish community

6 Tourist attraction

7 Non-electric products

7.1 Traditional or historical

7.2 Contemporary

8 Motion pictures using period merchandise

9 References

10 External links

[edit] Location

Lehman's Hardware is located in Kidron, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio. It is located in a tri-county area of Northeast Ohio that is home to the nation's largest population of Amish, some 56,000 in number.[1] Its location made it a natural place from which to do business with the area's Amish population, and its proximity to Ohio Route 30 has also made it a popular stop among tourists who are visiting Amish Country.

[edit] History

Jay Lehman, an area businessman, founded Lehman's Hardware (called simply "Lehman's" by locals) in 1955 with the intent of selling non-electrical products to the Amish community. He began the business by purchasing a combination hardware store and gasoline filling station that had been in business since 1915.

The store did a modest business, with a mild boost from tourism, until the 1973 oil crisis. As domestic supplies of oil began to dwindle, people began to look for low-tech equipment to help them deal with the shortages. According to Jay Lehman, "The oil embargo put us on the map."[2] The oil crisis secured the store's reputation, with each new disaster or potential disaster bringing in new customers. Other events that increased Lehman's customer base include the Year 2000 problem, the September 11, 2001 attacks, and the northeast blackout of 2003."[3][4]

As a result of this change, there has been a marked shift in the demographic makeup of Lehman's customers. In the early years, the Amish community accounted for 95 percent of Lehman's sales. Now it makes up between 6 and 8 percent.[5]

Besides the Amish, tourists, and jittery citizens, the store is a resource for homesteaders, missionaries, environmentalists, survivalists, and doctors in developing countries, to purchase items needed for simple living. Lehman's also counts among its customers the American Red Cross,[6] Peace Corps volunteers, and Hollywood set designers also use the store to find historically accurate items for decorating period sets.

[edit] Physical expansion

The Lehman's Hardware store added a number of expansions over the years, often in a piecemeal fashion. However, in 2007 the store doubled in size to 32,000 square feet - about 1/4 the size of a typical Target store.[4] Lehman's built most of this addition inside an 1849 barn moved from Orrville, Ohio and reassembled at the store site, using the original hand-hewn timbers and wooden pegs.[4][6] Lehman's asked an Amish staffed construction company to perform the deconstruction and reconstruction to honor the store's Amish heritage and give the structure the same integrity as it had when first built.[6]

[edit] Manufacturer and distributor

As the store did business, it often found it difficult to find suppliers of certain items as manufacturers quit making the obsolete technology or went out of business. This forced Lehman's to look other places to develop new suppliers or become their own supplier.

In the case of cast iron wood-burning parlor stoves, the Amish only accept the product in black, so Lehman's arranges special manufacturer runs, typically buying a three-year supply at a time.[2]

Lehman's also deals in replacement parts for many of their products, tracking them down from individual manufacturers, or at times reverse engineering them. When there is a lack of manufacturers for needed parts, they often obtain the casting parts and hire out the work, or do the manufacturing themselves, frequently without regard to profit.[7]

[edit] Relationship with Amish community

Many Amish served by the Lehman stores are now vendors, building 40 to 50 of the products that Lehman's sells.[2][8]

Lehman's ability to tap into the Amish tradition of craftsmanship came from its decades-long commitment to providing the Amish with the goods they needed to maintain their lifestyle. In turn, now Amish craftsmen provide Lehman's with exclusive lines of products that would otherwise vanish.[2]

The needs of the Amish community still remain a priority at the store, and Lehman's often refuses to defer their needs to meet those of fad or panic buyers.[7]

[edit] Tourist attraction

Besides their line of products and their location in Amish country, tourists are also attracted to Lehman's because of the museum-like quality of the store. Actual period pieces are on display throughout the store. There is a small theater where workers demonstrate the use of old-fashioned tools, and the Lehman's bookstore shows films on Amish life for visitors.

Lehman's popularity has made it an important tourist destination in Northeast Ohio's Amish Country. Some 4,000 visitors come on a typical Saturday,[4] while the annual figure is around 500,000.[3]

[edit] Non-electric products

Lehman's claims they are the world's largest supplier of Non-Electric goods.[4] The items offered range from traditional or historical items, such as a selection of 30 different axes or the Victorio strainer, which is used to make apple sauce and tomato juice, to more contemporary emergency items such as crank powered radios and flashlights.

[edit] Traditional or historical

Apple Peelers

Bottle Cappers

Brass cowbells

Cast Iron cookware

Crank butter churns

Foot pedal sewing machines

Graniteware

Grist mills

Hand crank ice cream machines

Hand driven washing machines

Hand water pumps

Kerosene lamps

Pitchforks

Water pump

Wood and coal cook stoves

Wooden barrels

Wooden buckets

[edit] Contemporary

Composting toilet

Crank powered flashlights

Crank powered radios

Gas powered washing machines

Propane powered refrigerators

Lehman's also has employees whose job is to teach customers how to use their new low-tech acquisitions.[8]

ha your down my way in good ole amish country. you ever been to millersburg? thats where i live. just down the road from berlin the capital of amish country

i love trying different beers, i was recently at a place down by Cincinnati called Jungle Jims and their beer and wine selection is huge!!! there was tons of different imports and domestics. I even got one from east Africa called Tusker lol

A new band w/ good sound: Manchester Orchestra

there are music videos on youtube

unique and interesting

from ATL

saw them in cleveland last fall

WR Thomas may go in late first round to Jets or early second round.

Why do we need to draft a RB when you got Harrison and Hillis (even though considered a FB) w/ projects like Jennings and Davis. I think we spend them elsewhere and leave RB alone.

I would like to get TE Pitta but w/ signing Watson, re-signing Estandia and having Moore and Royal i doubt they will go that direction

@calfoxwc said:

If you are talkin N.C., T is the expert there.

. And, a year later, I still have several quarts of transparent cooking apples

frozen. They are oustanding even now.

Those apples make the best home made apple sauce ever