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Yamamoto Senko Alternatives

2010-04-26T15:40:00.001-04:00

Senkos are awesome but too expensive for my blood. I have tried a number of other companies as alternatives and figured I would share.

Wave Worms

5" Tiki-Stick

This is the best bang for the buck I have found. They are soft, scented and cheap. At about $2.99/10 pack. Walmart used to carry. I have read that they pulled out of stores but still can be purchased online. Good thing I bout about 15 bags the end of last year.

www.wavefishing.com

V & M Baits

5" Chopstick

About $5 for 10 pack

I have used their 6" Lizards and French Fry with much success in the past. So I figured I would try the Chopstick. I am likely going to order more this year. They have pork fat and anise scent cooked in them. You can order them in bulk packs of 100qty for just shy of $50 bucks. I don't think Northern Bass in NH carries V & M anymore.

www.bayououtdoors.com

Kinami Baits

5" Flash

Another favorite....closest to Senko.

7 pack for around 5 bucks

www.basspro.com

Gambler Lures

5" ACE

4.49/ 8 pack

www.gambler-bang.com

They also have some good craws and creatures for flippin and pitchin

These guys were local when I was living in FL and used to give great deals to the local club angers.

Bass Pro

5" Stick-o

It's their own brand and I hate them. The Worst!!! These are faily cheap but over salted makes them too heavy. They are not soft. The rubber is tough and to hard to pull a hook thru.

Please share your thoughts or other suggestions.

Conserve Water, Go Green with Yellow: Peeing in the Shower Saves Water and Dollars

2010-01-06T19:54:00.003-05:00

In a world of "Green" initiatives, the Golden Shower takes on a whole new meaning. Most of us have heard the old phrase, 'If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown flush it down.'” While this is still a way to conserve water there is another idea that I would like to share. I was reading an article the other day that asked women if they peed in the shower. Seventy-five percent of those polled do in fact pee in the shower. Now I am sure there are a lot of women reading this right now going ewwww..thats gross but urine is virtually sterile and nearly odorless.

So here is where the "Green" part comes in. I am going with the fact that most people take a shower each day. Hold in that pee close to shower time. Once in the shower, just let it go. Women, you get to see what it feels like to stand up and pee. Not only will it be a change from the normal but you are also helping conserve water. For each less flush you save approximately 1.6 gallons of water(older toilets, even more). So now here is the math part of your conservation. This will also help you save money on your water bill.

Based on 1 person

1 less flush per day = 1.6 gallons conserved

7 less per week = 11.2 gallons conserved

over 52 weeks (1yr) = 582.4 gallons of water saved.

Family of 4

4 less flush per day = 6.4 gallons conserved

28 less per week = 44.8 gallons conserved

over 52 weeks (1yr) = 2329.6 gallons of water saved.

If you combine this idea along with the "yellow mellow" method you will be doing even more to help conserve one of our earths resources.

The Tiger Woods Scandal compared to 9-11 Terrorist Attacks

2009-12-21T20:04:00.006-05:00

I read somewhere that the Tiger Woods scandal put his face on the NY Post cover more times than the attacks on 9-11-01. Is the Elin vs Woods debacle that important? A guy banging chicks behind his wife's back versus thousands of people killed on our soil...just doesn't make sense to me. I started putting things together and came up with the following. While the Tiger Woods adultering sex fest does not rank anywhere close to 9-11, there are a lot of similarities to each other.

The Cast:
Tiger Woods is Osama Bin Laden
Tiger Woods Cock play Airplane
Elin Woods and Kids play Tower #1
PGA Tour/Sponsors plays Tower #2
Tiger's Heirem play the Iraqi "most wanted"
Paparazzi play the U.S.A.
Tiger's Yacht "Privacy" is Osama's Cave.

You know how the original 9-11 scenario went down. So we will play this out using the above cast.

Secret meetings and private lessons have been happening for a while. Tiger Woods flies his cock into Elin Woods and Family. Everything begins crashing to the ground. A short time later he flies his cock again into PGA tour and Sponsors. PGA Tour and sponsors will suffer a big blow(no pun intended) from Tiger's cock. After some media attention we find there are multiple people involved and this is bigger than we even could dream. The secret meetings and private flying lessons have been going on around the world. The "most wanted" list consists of more than a dozen women. (We could put them on playing cards). The paparazzi declares war. By land, air and sea they search for him. He is in a remote location on his yacht, Privacy. There are bountys on heads for photos, emails and stories. Everone is cashing in.

Hmmmm...Maybe there is some kind of conspiracy thingy happening here and Bush plotted the whole thing. Just wait until it comes out that Tiger was banging his party girl daughter.

My Favorite Quotes from Billy Madison with Adam Sandler

2009-11-24T13:56:00.001-05:00

Billy Madison is one of my all time favorite movies. So is honor of this I figured I would share some of my favorite movie lines. They are not in context but all the true fans of the movie should be able to recite the whole scene.

He called the shit "poop".
You ain't cool, unless you pee your pants
Chlorophyll? More like BOREophyll
Sixty nine!
Here's a nice piece of shit!
You want some more of that? I didn't think so!
T-T-T-TODAY JUNIOR!
Kid can't even read
That's quacktastic
I AM THE SMARTEST MAN ALIVE!

Adam Sandler

Drink Of The Day

2009-11-19T11:51:00.002-05:00

This is the drink of the day that is recommended by us at the Outhouse. Mix it up and drink while you read our interesting blog.

BBC
Ingredients
1 1/3 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream
2/3 oz. Banana Creme Liqueur
Pina Colada Mix
Mixing Instruction
Blend with crushed ice and serve into a cocktail glass.

Black Friday 2009 with Walmart Ad Scan Link

2009-11-19T07:00:00.007-05:00

Black Friday to a shopper is like the perfect heroin for a junkie. It can give you the ultimate rush or high and then you come crashing down soon after realizing that you spent money on crap you didn't need.

I went out last year, Black Friday 2008, for a TV at Walmart. The TV was my main purchase and I had a few other things on the Black Friday wish list. We were at a Walmart in southern Connecticut. First let me tell you when I arrived it was insane. I took the photos attached as proof of the madness. We arrived about 4:45am with the store opening at 5am. There were hundreds of people all lined up already. It looked somewhat orderly until people starrted to see store employees starting to stir near the front door of the store. This is when it started to become rowdy. The store wasn't open yet and people began pushing forward. Once the doors opened, there was a roar from the crowd, people hooting and hollering, pushing, shoving, even punching. Once you got closer to the doors you almost got sucked in like a vacuum. After getting inside, there we no deals left. People we just grabbing as much shit as they could. There were people with multpile TV's, carts just overloaded with crap. I got to the back where the TV's were and there were none of the one I wanted left. I had a second choice and got the last one. I felt like after this near death experience I had to leave the store with something.

So you may be wondering....will I be shopping on Black Friday 2009. The answer is Yes. I am looking forward to the rush again. The thrill of the hunt. It will be Walmart again. Only this time it willbe closer to home and I am going to get there earlier.

I have attached a copy of the Black Friday 2009 Walmart Ad Scan.

Walmart Black Friday 2009 Ad Scan

The Stupid Things That Amuse Me

2009-11-06T05:17:00.030-05:00

I happen to be on a daily bargain website and was checking out a product on Meritline.com when I stumbled across another amusing item. It is called the USB Humping Dog Stress Relief Toy. It was not just the product that made me laugh but as I read some of the reviews, even though made up, I laughed my ass off.

Here are a few of the reviews I am referring to:

"I just wish I could see him finish.. thats what I like " Jay on 6/10/2009
"Anyone else got penis envy, the dogs dong is almost half the size of its body. It really hurt me last night" Jay on 6/19/2009
"I wish they had a Paris Hilton version...." Dirty Boy on 6/11/2009
"If only it mounted me while I was working and humped me. That would be stress relieving." Caesar Chavez on 6/10/2009
"Seems more like masturbation. Really need two dogs to get the job done!" Real Deal on 6/10/2009
"Retarded... Can you imagine someone actually writing engineering specs for these? Specifying tolerances, making molds, doung quality control... Sad, sad people..." Soy Yo on 6/10/2009

No I have not purchased one yet but for the $6 price I am tempted. If I do I will post some video here. Click on the link below if you would like to check it out.

USB Humping Dog Stress Relief Toy

Halloween...The Most Wonderful Time of the Year???

2009-11-02T01:31:00.024-05:00

Most people know of October 31st as Halloween. But long before kids were dressing up as Dora and Diego, Halloween was called Samhain. It was celebrated during the daylight hours of November 1st, Samhain is the Celtic festival honoring the dead and marking the end of summer.
Halloween is not just a day to wear a costume, it has it's own season like Christmas. Now, I am not saying that Halloween is better than Christmas but for some it may rank right up there with "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year". Here are some reasons why the Halloween Season should/could rival Christmas:

You get to decorate the house like Christmas-not just inside but outside. You can get lights, candles, wreaths, window decorations. There are isles of decorations now in stores.
It's the same weather pretty much every year. The foliage is always orange, yellow and red. Unlike always dreaming of a white Christmas.
You get to pick out a cool costume to either make or purchase.
There are Halloween parties and you can wear costumes!
There are cartoons and movies for and based on Halloween.
Halloween Music and Spooky Stories
Haunted attactions. Even Theme Parks have dedicated events for Halloween i.e. Six Flags Fright Fest, Disney's Not-so-Scary Halloween
Haunted Houses and Ghost tours
Carving pumpkins and making Jack-o-Lanterns
Halloween has more characters like the Grim Reaper, ghosts, ghouls, demons, witches, goblins, vampires, werewolves, zombies, skeletons, black cats, spiders, bats, and crows.
Last but not least is.....Candy and lots of it. Billions of dollars worth the candy.

Even though not everyone celebrates Halloween, there is no threat of having to change the name to Happy Pumpkin Time Holiday or anything else.

Scott's Sangria

2009-10-28T21:42:00.030-04:00

While Sangria is usually associated with a nice warm summer day, it can also be a fun drink for the holidays as well. I have made my Sangria concoction numerous times and received rave reviews. Hey....even though they were all drunk it still counts. If you search the web, you will find hundreds of Sangria recipes. That is how I found my original recipe. I continues to change around ingredients until I found my own perfect mix. Give mine a try atleast once and you wont be disappointed.

So here it goes....

Yeild about 8-10 Servings

1 orange
1 lemon
3 limes
1-2 cups of rum (add to taste)
1 cup of orange juice
1 1.5L of Carlo Rossi Sangria
1/2 cup of Sugar

Slice all the fruit into thin rounds and cover with sugar. Use one lime for garnish on the glasses. Add fruit, rum, sugar and sangria into pitcher. Place in the refrigerator OVERNIGHT. This allows all the fruit flavors to mingle.

Before serving, use a wooden spoon to crush the fruit up in the pitcher. Add ice to glass if desired. Garnish with a lime.

Other notes or recommendations

Carlo Rossi comes in 3L jug so either use half or double other ingredients
For a stronger wine taste/less fruity taste, add Carlo Rossi right before serving. All other ingredients can sit overnight.
For a more Fruity drink, replace the Carlo Rossi with Arbor Mist Sangria Zinfandel. Arbor Mist can be added right before serving. All other ingredients can sit overnight.
Try other fruits that you may like. Grapefruit or Berries would be a good addition
Be careful....it's potent. Its about 50oz of Wine and 2 cups of Rum is about 10-12 shots. This is all packed into 8 or so servings.

Enjoy!!!!

Carlo Rossi
Arbor Mist
Bacardi Rum

Nose-Picking

2009-10-12T08:02:00.008-04:00

I see it all the time and admittedly do it myself once in a while. Catching a person blatently digging on a crowded subway car made me think about posting something on this........

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nose-picking (rhinotillexomania when compulsive), is the act of extracting dried nasal mucus and/or foreign bodies from the nose with a finger. A very common habit, nose-picking can or may be used as a body-focused repetitive behavior or obsessive compulsive disorder, which can become a medical issue. The accepted medical terminology for this stage of nose-picking is rhinotillexomania. Most cases do not meet this pathological threshold.

Despite being such a common habit, it is a mildly taboo activity in most cultures, and the observation of the activity in another person commonly provokes mixed feelings of disgust and amusement.

Nose-picking is an extremely common habit, with some surveys indicating that it is almost universal, with people picking their nose an average of about four times a day. A 1995 study into nose picking, requesting information from 1,000 randomly selected adults, gathered 254 respondents. It defined nose-picking as "the insertion of a finger (or other object) into the nose with the intention of removing dried nasal secretions". Of those who responded, 91% said they were current nose pickers (but only 75% of these believed everyone did it) and two people claimed to spend between 15 to 30 minutes and one to two hours a day picking their nose.

The mucous membranes constantly produce wet mucus that is exposed to the air. Once dried, the mucus typically causes a sensation of irritation that leads to the compulsion to dislodge the itch by picking.

The main issue about nose picking is social acceptance: as with defecation, urination and belching, nose-picking should not be seen in public, although most people occasionally do it. Generally, Nose-picking is viewed as disgusting in most western nations. Mucophagy, the act of eating the extracted mucus, is considered to be even more disgusting, and is often portrayed in comedies. In shows and movies, the disgusting person or the bully is often caught nose-picking. To be caught nose-picking is generally considered humiliating.

A popular saying in many English-speaking countries is, "You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose." An unusual popular culture reference may be found in the 1968 Mothers of Invention song "Let's Make The Water Turn Black." The song tells a true story of an adolescent acquaintance of composer Frank Zappa who habitually saved his own extracted mucus on the pane of his bedroom window.

Nose-picking may carry a number of medical risks, thus some doctors recommend against it and encourage the use of a tissue instead. Risks may include nasal infections, occasional nosebleeds (in 25% of those who pick their nose, considering that most of the population picks their nose occasionally) and in rare cases perforation of the nasal septum or self-induced ethmoidectomy. Nose picking, however, should not affect the sense of smell, as the nasal cavity where the olfactory nerves are located is too high up to reach. Also, due to the special nature of the blood supply to the nose and surrounding area, it is possible for retrograde infections from the nasal area to spread to the brain, although this scenario is unlikely to arise from normal rhinotillexis. For this reason, the area from the corners of the mouth to the bridge of the nose, including the nose and maxilla, is known to doctors as the "danger triangle of the face."

It has been widely reported that Friedrich Bischinger, a lung specialist at Privatklinik Hochrum in Innsbruck, claims that nose-picking combined with nasal mucus eating is beneficial for the immune system.

The Many Uses of WD-40

2009-10-12T01:54:00.003-04:00

WD-40® was invented by three individuals working for a company called Rocket Chemical Company. They set out to create a line of degreasers and rust prevention solvents for the aerospace industry.
After the 40th attempt they finally got it right. The WD stands for Water Displacement and the 40, well I am sure you now know was because it was made on the 40th try. WD-40®!

I keep a bottle of WD-40® handy at all times. I have a bottle at home, in the car and in my desk at work.
If you do a search for WD-40®, you will find there are thousands of uses for this product, some of which are pretty amazing.

These are several of the uses that I have used WD-40® for and will vouch for the results:

Use to loosen rusty nuts and screws, clean garden tools
Loosens rusty parts on lawnmower
Keeps snow from sticking to shovel
Maintains dashboard of vehicle
Spray on fishing line to keep line from becoming stiff
Quiets squeaks on baby strollers
Lubricates bi-fold doors
Lubricates hinges

So next time you have a ache, pain, squeak or creak....put some WD40 on it!

Upon doing a search on CVS for lubricants WD40 comes up among personal lubricants......so who knows what else it can be used for???

2000 Uses of WD40

5 Signs your child is going to puke

2009-10-05T05:53:00.003-04:00

1. Eat a chicken finger dinner and orange frosted cupcake
2. Run around like a maniac
3. Suddenly becomes quiet, still and unresponsive
4. Flushed cheeks with glassy eyes
5. Dry heaves begin

This photo is the end result of all that.

I picked my daugher up and held her out like superman so that she did not get any on her clothes. I knew she was ok when in the process of puking out the last mouthful she farted as well and started laughing along with me.

Rain Coat passed the test.

2009-10-05T00:00:00.001-04:00

I had the opportunity to field test a rain coat this weekend. No, I did not stand in my shower with a rain suit on.(I have done this in the past and returned a jacket after that) It was nothing that had to do with the manufacturer. It had to do with me taking advantage of a few hours of free time to go fishing in the pouring rain. The conditions were 50 degrees, heavy rain, some wind.

The jacket was the Nor'easter raincoat from Charles River Apparel. It is really just a shell, I had purchased it one size larger to accommodate a sweatshirt or jacket underneath. I have owned several other non-PVC/vinyl raincoats in the past. Several of which had not performed to expectations and leaked through in one way or another. So I have to say that the Nor'easter was well worth it's inexpensive price tag in comparison to other more expensive Gore-Tex/Supplex jackets. Charles River claims the Nor'easter's hi-tech HydraLyte Nylon to be Waterproof, windproof and breathable. I found it to be exactly as they described. I was completely dry after 4+ hours in pouring rain.

The only con that I could find would be that even with the Velcro cuffs wrapped tight, the sleeves would ride up my arms a little allowing the cuffs of my sweatshirt to get wet.

I would recommend this jacket to anyone looking to stay dry during any recreational activity.

Charles River Apparel