On December 1st, 1913, the world’s first moving assembly line [1] debuted, used in manufacturing Model Ts [2] at a Ford [3] factory in Highland Park, Michigan; the innovation was the idea of owner Henry Ford [4], and it revolutionized the auto [5] industry.
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Today is the birthday of gun designer Charles Cashman Kelsey, Jr., of DEVEL firearms fame [6]. He was born December 1,1935. He was murdered in Texas under mysterious circumstances in April, 2003 [7].
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This is also the birthday of novelist Rex Stout (1886–1975). Rex Stout was the brother of Ruth Stout, the gardener who wrote about no-till, year-round mulching, organic gardening in her book Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy, and the Indolent.
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SurvivalBlog Writing Contest
Today we present another entry for Round 110 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [8]. The prizes for this round include:
First Prize:
- The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon [9]. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000.
- A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course [10] (a $1,095 value),
- Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees [11] in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value),
- American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses [12].
- Two sets of The Civil Defense Manual, [13] (in two volumes) — a $193 value — kindly donated by the author, Jack Lawson.
Second Prize:
- A SIRT STIC AR-15/M4 Laser Training Package, courtesy of Next Level Training, that has a combined retail value of $679
- Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord [14] (in-stock colors only) from www.TOUGHGRID.com (a $240 value).
- Two Super Survival Pack seed collections [15], a $150 value, courtesy of Seed for Security, LLC.
- Montana Survival Seed [16] is providing a $225 gift code for any items on its website, including organic non-GMO seeds, fossils, 1812-1964 US silver, jewelry, botany books, and Montana beeswax.
- A transferable $150 FRN purchase credit from Elk Creek Company [17], toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is no paperwork required for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms purchasing privacy!
Third Prize:
- A $300 gift certificate from Good2Goco.com [18], good for any of their products: Home freeze dryers, pressure canners, Country Living grain mills, Emergency Essentials foods, and much more.
- Three sets each [19] of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth reusable canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of Harvest Guard (a $270 value)
- A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of [20] Directive 21 (a $275 value),
- A transferable $150 FRN purchase credit from Elk Creek Company [17], toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun.
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But first, an announcement of the most recent writing contest prize winners.