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Radiant_Ad_6565 t1_j7bv35u wrote

If the mortgage is paid off, your father can quit claim deed the house to you or a sibling. He can also gift you any cash assests, annnuities, CDs, bonds etc.

The caveat is that the state can retroactively attach any assests he disposed of. Ohio goes back 5 years, not sure about PA. So you hope he lives that amount of time and a day if you go this route.

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Hugsie924 t1_j7bumu4 wrote

There is an ex-Amish guy named Eli Yoder who does some shorts and videos on youtube. He describes what it's like in "old order" Amish. I know it's one guy, but he includes other ex Amish. He talks about lots of things, good and bad, but mostly bad, lots of heavy stuff.

Does it mean they are all pieces of 💩, no, but they certainly aren't special..if anything, they are just like regular society, but they wear funny hats....

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starion832000 t1_j7btgfo wrote

You'll notice he parked his buggy right in the middle of the parking lot. This is a perfect metaphor for all Amish.

Lived in Berks county side by side with these guys for a decade. Can't say I left with a positive impression of the Amish. They're a cult that are treated like some tribe of indigenous white people.

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No_Organization8460 t1_j7bpgn2 wrote

In my experience (mid to late 90's) Ground hog day in Punxsy starts at 10p the night before. We have a few drinks at home or a bar then head out to Gobblers Knob. We spend all night standing in the cold drinking and whatnot...listening to music, dancing, howling at the moon and just having fun. In the morning they open the fake tree stump and pull the groundhog out (the one they put in there 20 minutes earlier) and tell us the prediction. By that time you want to go home. Your cold and tired and your buzz has worn off. Maybe you get breakfast then go to bed. It was fun, I remember a lot of people climbing and falling out of trees, maybe that's why they cracked down on drinking. Idk. I would say maybe 2k people, I think it's better attended now and a little more family oriented, but I haven't been there in almost 30 years.

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