Odds ‘n Sods:

The high bid in the SurvivalBlog benefit auction (for the RWVA Super Shooter’s package is now at $150. Our special thanks to the RWVA and Fred’s M14 Stocks for sponsoring this fund raiser! (The prize is worth $250+.). Please submit your bids via e-mail. This auction ends on the last day of July. OBTW, speaking of the RWVA, they have a Rifle Instructor’s Camp coming up at the end of August in Ramseur, North Carolina. It is a great opportunity for you to learn how to teach others how to shoot like a pro–including your own family members.

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A gent from Australia recently launched a new site, www.beatbirdflu.info, aimed at providing the ‘unenlightened’ with basic information about surviving an Asian Avian Flu pandemic. In an e-mail to me he mentioned that his thinking is that “many people are scared off by the term ‘survivalist’ so if we can encourage as many people as possible, via a nice ‘passive’ web site, to prepare for such an event then we may open a few eyes, save a few lives, and it may lessen the chances of us catching Avian flu!” OBTW, one of my other favorite sites with info on the Asian Avian Flu is The Ark Institute. And I also have my own piece on the subject that is available for unlimited free reprinting or re-posting.

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Ready Made Resources, (our biggest advertiser) is brokering the sale of a very hard to find upgraded P-10 self-contained NBC shelter.They are selling it on behalf of an acquaintance. When sold new, these shelters sell for $100,000 with all of the options included in this one, such as the 1,000 gallon water tank and Level 4 protective entry door. (Cutting torch and .308 bullet proof!) These very rarely come up for sale in used condition, so don’t miss this chance to buy one for only one-fourth of what it would cost to buy one new. It is being sold “on site”, so you would have to pay for hauling. (About $4,000 to the Midwest, or $6,000 to the West Coast.) Please mention that you saw it on SurvivalBlog for a nifty bonus.