Comments on: Orvis Just Became My Best Friend (hic!) http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/ Fly Fishing the Upper Sacramento River : Tom Chandler's Fly Fishing Life : Fly Rods are the Measure of Life Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:56:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: KW Morrow http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10207 KW Morrow Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:06:12 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10207 I'm suggesting that...like everything else in the universe...Wal-Mart has its good and bad. My wife's company has never employed more than 3 people and currently employs only her. And shopping at Sam's Club saves her money vs. any other option...to the tune of several thousand dollars per year. I have another friend who owns a company with fewer than 5 employees and sub-contracts a firm of 10 handicapped workers full-time for the past 5 years. They make 1 product and sell it in one retail channel: Wal-Mart. He nets over $1 million/year after paying the handicapped firm about $500k per year. His mom invented the product to aid with her arthritis. I could give scores of similar examples. I’m suggesting that…like everything else in the universe…Wal-Mart has its good and bad. My wife’s company has never employed more than 3 people and currently employs only her. And shopping at Sam’s Club saves her money vs. any other option…to the tune of several thousand dollars per year.

I have another friend who owns a company with fewer than 5 employees and sub-contracts a firm of 10 handicapped workers full-time for the past 5 years. They make 1 product and sell it in one retail channel: Wal-Mart. He nets over $1 million/year after paying the handicapped firm about $500k per year. His mom invented the product to aid with her arthritis.

I could give scores of similar examples.

]]> By: Tom Chandler http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10189 Tom Chandler Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:11:58 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10189 Scotch by the gallon is good. (Irish by the gallon is better, but admittedly that's an opinion). But surely you're not suggesting Wal-Mart is <i>good</i> for micro-enterprises (5 employees or less)? I'll spare us all the diatribe about what one can do to a small town. I leave tomorrow am. Can't wait. Scotch by the gallon is good. (Irish by the gallon is better, but admittedly that’s an opinion).

But surely you’re not suggesting Wal-Mart is good for micro-enterprises (5 employees or less)? I’ll spare us all the diatribe about what one can do to a small town.

I leave tomorrow am. Can’t wait.

]]> By: KW Morrow http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10172 KW Morrow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:01:52 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10172 Tom, I know of several micro-enterprise entrepreneurs who have become millionaires by selling their product in Wal-Marts. Food for thought. Furthermore, I didn't really explain that the reason I mentioned Sam's Club is that I can buy GALLON bottles of Speyburn scotch there for about $25....roughly what I would pay for a decent 750ml bottle of vodka or even Speyburn elsewhere in this area. And since my wife's "micro-enterprise" has a business account at Sam's Club to help us keep costs down, I buy it there. The world is a complicated place. Isn't it? And that's exactly why a flask of good whiskey is so handy. Tom,

I know of several micro-enterprise entrepreneurs who have become millionaires by selling their product in Wal-Marts. Food for thought.

Furthermore, I didn’t really explain that the reason I mentioned Sam’s Club is that I can buy GALLON bottles of Speyburn scotch there for about $25….roughly what I would pay for a decent 750ml bottle of vodka or even Speyburn elsewhere in this area. And since my wife’s “micro-enterprise” has a business account at Sam’s Club to help us keep costs down, I buy it there.

The world is a complicated place. Isn’t it? And that’s exactly why a flask of good whiskey is so handy.

]]> By: tom http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10168 tom Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:54:06 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10168 I hesitate to say that at the age of 50 I found myself unable to imbibe in modaeration. So my flask is now filled with Poweraid , or the like. Not to say I salivate at the thought of licking the lid of Tom's flask . More power to you all. Jealous, Tom I hesitate to say that at the age of 50 I found myself unable to imbibe in modaeration. So my flask is now filled with Poweraid , or the like. Not to say I salivate at the thought of licking the lid of Tom’s flask . More power to you all.
Jealous,
Tom

]]> By: C3C Raine http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10163 C3C Raine Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:18:51 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10163 Hey, you let them put their lips around your flask...what's the difference. You could just spray it into their mouth from a distance you know - adds a little sport to the situation. Hey, you let them put their lips around your flask…what’s the difference. You could just spray it into their mouth from a distance you know – adds a little sport to the situation.

]]> By: Mickey "Kelly Boy" Metzler http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10162 Mickey "Kelly Boy" Metzler Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:59:04 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10162 Dan Hayes has it correctly. While sitting around the table with some of my relatives in Galway, the topic of which Irish Whiskey was better came up. I admitted to my dismay that Bushmill's was my drink of choice. Since then, it's usually Power's or Redbreast. Dan Hayes has it correctly. While sitting around the table with some of my relatives in Galway, the topic of which Irish Whiskey was better came up. I admitted to my dismay that Bushmill’s was my drink of choice. Since then, it’s usually Power’s or Redbreast.

]]> By: hawgdaddy http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10159 hawgdaddy Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:09:35 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10159 Tom, Have you ever had white lightening? If you had, you'd know better than to ask that question. hawgdaddy Tom,
Have you ever had white lightening? If you had, you’d know better than to ask that question.

hawgdaddy

]]> By: Tom Chandler http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10157 Tom Chandler Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:32:33 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10157 C3C: Camelbak? Look, it's one thing to hand your flask over to one of your buddies, but I draw the line at letting them "suck on my bite valve." It's just not manly. Paul: Glass flask? Hard to find, but a good idea. KW: My wife founded and runs an economic development non-profit aimed squarely at "micro enterprise." Accordingly, we don't shop at Wal-Mart of Sams Club much :-) (plus, they're all a bit of a drive in this part of the woods). Larry: Yes, he is. Hawg: With all the white lightning you've got down there, you're drinking the foreign stuff?? C3C: Camelbak? Look, it’s one thing to hand your flask over to one of your buddies, but I draw the line at letting them “suck on my bite valve.” It’s just not manly.

Paul: Glass flask? Hard to find, but a good idea.

KW: My wife founded and runs an economic development non-profit aimed squarely at “micro enterprise.” Accordingly, we don’t shop at Wal-Mart of Sams Club much :-) (plus, they’re all a bit of a drive in this part of the woods).

Larry: Yes, he is.

Hawg: With all the white lightning you’ve got down there, you’re drinking the foreign stuff??

]]> By: hawgdaddy http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10153 hawgdaddy Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:26:52 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10153 I thought the Irish taught the Scots how to make whiskey... Yes, I guess I am trying to start a fight. BTW, has anyone ever tried a "single pot still Irish whiskey?" They're tough to find here across the pond, but I've heard they rival single malts for complexity and goodness. hawgdaddy I thought the Irish taught the Scots how to make whiskey…

Yes, I guess I am trying to start a fight.

BTW, has anyone ever tried a “single pot still Irish whiskey?” They’re tough to find here across the pond, but I’ve heard they rival single malts for complexity and goodness.

hawgdaddy

]]> By: Larry Swearingen http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10147 Larry Swearingen Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:09:12 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10147 Hey Sam, What you tryin' to do, kill yer ole dad with that Camelbak idea ? Yer Mom will have yer hide boy ! Larry S Hey Sam,
What you tryin’ to do, kill yer ole dad with
that Camelbak idea ? Yer Mom will have yer hide boy !

Larry S

]]> By: KW Morrow http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10145 KW Morrow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:07:50 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10145 Tom, Check out Sam's Club. I don't know what their gallon-sized offerings of Irish whiskey is like, but my flasks are filled from a gallon bottle of Speyburn 10-year-old single malt scotch. Being of Scotch-Irish descent, my preference for Scotch makes me TRULY old-school. After all, Irish whiskey is really just a poor Irishman's watered down version of REAL whiskey - single malt SCOTCH. LOL Tom,

Check out Sam’s Club. I don’t know what their gallon-sized offerings of Irish whiskey is like, but my flasks are filled from a gallon bottle of Speyburn 10-year-old single malt scotch. Being of Scotch-Irish descent, my preference for Scotch makes me TRULY old-school. After all, Irish whiskey is really just a poor Irishman’s watered down version of REAL whiskey – single malt SCOTCH. LOL

]]> By: Paul S. http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10126 Paul S. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:13:53 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10126 Tom, Why is it that all the flasks are stainless steel? It imparts most everything in it with a distinct steelie (not the 1000 cast variety) finish. Circa 1800s, nice old wicker covered glass flasks are the way to go... why spoil a nice Knockando or Dalwhinnie or even a Knob Creek for that matter with Stainless? Some things technology hasn't really improved! ;-) Tom,

Why is it that all the flasks are stainless steel? It imparts most everything in it with a distinct steelie (not the 1000 cast variety) finish. Circa 1800s, nice old wicker covered glass flasks are the way to go… why spoil a nice Knockando or Dalwhinnie or even a Knob Creek for that matter with Stainless? Some things technology hasn’t really improved! ;-)

]]> By: C3C Rained http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10120 C3C Rained Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:10:09 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10120 Look, maybe there's a certain rustic attraction for flasks...but that's old school - not that any of you are old or anything, right?! But uh, you know a one gallon flask is RIDICULOUS, that's what a CamelBak is for. You can carry more Irish Whiskey than you could drink and still make it back to the car, plus all you have to do is give the soft rubber valve a gentle squeeze and the liquids are delivered right to your mouth. Plus there's all kinds of cool "upgrades" like the BigBite vlave, allowing more in, in less time. Outstanding. But hey, if you really need a bigass flask, kudos to Orvis. Hey, where's the pic of my damn bug? Look, maybe there’s a certain rustic attraction for flasks…but that’s old school – not that any of you are old or anything, right?! But uh, you know a one gallon flask is RIDICULOUS, that’s what a CamelBak is for. You can carry more Irish Whiskey than you could drink and still make it back to the car, plus all you have to do is give the soft rubber valve a gentle squeeze and the liquids are delivered right to your mouth. Plus there’s all kinds of cool “upgrades” like the BigBite vlave, allowing more in, in less time. Outstanding. But hey, if you really need a bigass flask, kudos to Orvis.

Hey, where’s the pic of my damn bug?

]]> By: Tom Chandler http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10119 Tom Chandler Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:09:36 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10119 <p>We embrace all creeds here at the Trout Underground, and have in fact enjoyed gallon-sized hits of Bushmills, Jameson's AND Tullamore (Dave Roberts' favorite). Once again, the Underground leads the fight for world peace...</p> <p>Wally. Hmmmm...</p> We embrace all creeds here at the Trout Underground, and have in fact enjoyed gallon-sized hits of Bushmills, Jameson’s AND Tullamore (Dave Roberts’ favorite). Once again, the Underground leads the fight for world peace…

Wally. Hmmmm…

]]> By: kbarton10 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/comment-page-1/#comment-10112 kbarton10 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:25:53 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/07/12/orvis-just-became-my-best-friend-hic/#comment-10112 Uhm, what's Wally carrying? That's what I thought. Now he is Man's Best Friend... Uhm, what’s Wally carrying?

That’s what I thought. Now he is Man’s Best Friend…

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