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    Amish Barn built TR (Amish fail to ski)

    We built an Amish barn this past summer in Wisconsin with the help of an Amish crew from Lacrosse Wisc and pals Will and his dog Rasco from Squaw Valley, California.

    First stop, Amish sawmill....



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    You will notice some electrified tools being used, and some gas chainsaws. Some Amish communities allow the use of these items on a job. Our crew did not drive, and came to the job site from a 5 hour taxi ride.









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    That's cool and all, but what's the point of shunning modern tech that makes life easier in general? A 5 hour taxi ride sounds unfun.
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    Dog was loving it....









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    ...even little itsy bitsy Amish babies showed up to help out.....









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    car seat?
    sweet dumb and dumber haircut.
    love the smell of the fresh poured and the fresh cut.

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    Buddy Will was a great help, actually working on the barn as opposed to standing around taking pictures like some jackass.......









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    My old man was invited to a couple of Amish barn raisings but I think they were more witness style. And PA Amish would never take their shirts off, for shame for shame.

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    Whoa.......then an elder showed up for week two. All of a sudden everbody was back to wearing shirts (hundred plus temps for two weeks). There was ZERO chatter and the mood tensed up markedly. Don't give a ride to any hitchhiking Amish elders.....





    Well, almost everybody had a shirt on. Here's Will taunting the elder. Good fun..





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    Boss man Atley Miller loved his chainsaw...









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    Man, I would never fuck with that elder, that dude looks like he's had entire houses dropped on his head and never noticed.
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    Finally finished....









    Time for Rasco to take a little dip. He's a hard working avalanche dog at Squaw so this was a good tune up for the winter....

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    Not really being done, the guys from the sawmill came up a week later to tweak a few things.....









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    WTF? Seriously. WTF?

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    The Party Deck and the christening....






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    All DONE........



    Que grande el decke de las fiestas de tu madre.....



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    thats a nice lookin barn
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    Sweet TR. I've only seen the Amish put a barn up in Kingpin.

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    I could live in that damn thing!! Sweet barn!

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    Nice pictures, how'd you manage to steal so many of their souls without them getting pissed?
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    Winter Yet ?

    I'd like to see it covered in snow

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    that was pretty cool. just curious, are you also amish? and do you live there in that barn? and you also ski (in WI)? thx for sharing, beautiful looking barn.

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    I'd tap it.

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    What was the purpose of the effort? Other than build a barn...

    An Am' with a chainsaw is like a vegan eating bacon.

    I could live in that barn

    An Amish hottie. Who'd of thought?

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    That was pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

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