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Emergency Survival Supplies To Buy Used
Personal Liberty Digest ^ | 10/08/2012 | Peggy Layton

Posted on 10/08/2012 4:10:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There are all kinds of places to get survival items such as Goodwill Industries, Deseret Industries, thrift shops, estate sales, yard sales, garage sales, fundraisers, pawn shops, flea markets, moving sales and Internet sites such as Craigslist, Half.com, eBay and Amazon.

Every Saturday during the good-weather months, I sneak off in the mornings to see what I can find at the local yard sales. I am always on the lookout for things like camping equipment, sleeping bags, wool blankets, backpacks and medical supplies.

I am also stockpiling emergency supplies, canning supplies, medical supplies, lighting, garden tools, hand tools, fishing equipment, warm winter clothing, bedding, fuel, guns and ammo. Whenever I find a bargain, I add it to my stockpile.

You can find myriad useful survival items at garage sales and thrift stores. I love garage sales, and I always find good stuff — like the time I found a Vitamix for $25 and a Champion Juicer for $50. My last great find was 10 oil lamps still in the package for $3 each; I bought them all.

The following categories include a list of items that can be found secondhand and will save you money.

(Excerpt) Read more at personalliberty.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Books/Literature; Food; Health/Medicine; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: emergency; preparedness; preppers; prepping; survival; usedstuff; yardsales
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To: WVKayaker

Most mid and large size “swiss army” knives have a P-38 type can opener as do Leatherman tools.


21 posted on 10/08/2012 6:57:53 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: familyop
Who has a mortgage or pays rent?

Only thing I worry about is the annual shakedown by the local criminals local taxes.

Having fed tens of thousands of meals in the field, I'm good with camping equipment.

/johnny

22 posted on 10/08/2012 6:58:45 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: prairiebreeze
I tend to agree with those who opine that roving bands of gangs will be looting and burglarizing....and murdering.

Roving bands won't last for very long. Americans will form local militias very quickly. Roving bands can only last if they are supported by a government. Local militias will quickly establish communications with state governments. If they have to, State governments can reestablish a Federal government.

I would be much more worried about a federal coup that used existing mechanisms to subjugate local areas.

23 posted on 10/08/2012 7:11:13 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: Neidermeyer
Most mid and large size “swiss army” knives have a P-38 type can opener

I hadn't thought about that. I once worked for a Swedish company (un-named) and they seem to hand out multi-purpose knives for every occassion. I have a box full of them, from itty bitty to large.

I never understood why a Swedish company would hand out Swiss army knives. But the glug was great at Christmas.

/johnny

24 posted on 10/08/2012 7:27:24 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Iron Munro

The wool blankets are available cheap through Sportsman’s Guide in their quarterly surplus catalog. Good stuff, very reasonably priced.


25 posted on 10/08/2012 9:31:23 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: MHGinTN

I’ve gotten wool blankets and throws from Sierra Trading Post at great prices. Here is a throw that would be $44.17 if you signed up for their Deal Flyer. Excellent quality.

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/johnstons-of-elgin-shetland-wool-throw-blanket~p~2619g/?filterString=s~elgin-of-johnston%2Ffor-the-home~d~3%2F&colorFamily=23


26 posted on 10/08/2012 11:41:52 PM PDT by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve and neither do I)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I stopped at an estate sale and got two “vintage” 5-gal gas cans, very nice shape, for $24...and one of them had 4 gallons of good gas in it.


27 posted on 10/09/2012 4:36:40 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’d be interested in reading ideas for long-term, outdoor (just in case), gun/ammo storage.


28 posted on 10/09/2012 6:40:27 AM PDT by RavenATB
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’m seeing less and less great deals and prep items are getting scarce at garage sales. Me thinks the sheeple are are waking up.


29 posted on 10/09/2012 8:21:51 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Taffini

The Sportsman’s Guide blankets are EU mil surplus and very inexpensive, like twelve for fifty-four bucks, IIRC . [item #H2M-62845 90 x 64 size, new never used]


30 posted on 10/09/2012 10:24:09 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Well said on frugality and local taxes. We learn from the experience, eh?


31 posted on 10/09/2012 11:26:39 AM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: JRandomFreeper

Ah, “camping supplies!” There are differences between what we’re doing and what they’re planning on doing. ;-)

Sez Familyop, “Oh! Here’s comes Mr. Survivalist Dude now.”

[*Clink* *Jingle* *Rattle* *Sigh* *Moan*...Mr. Dude, carrying a superflazmatic pup tent in a pouch, 6 rifles, 84 magazines of ammunition, 12 wire saws, 3 pocket water purifiers, 2 hatchets, 4 commando/ninja knives, 3 Swiss Army knives, 2 dozen dehydrated rations,...]

JRandomFreeper replies, “Yep. He doesn’t look too good. Let’s give ‘em a hand and mess with ‘im a little.”


32 posted on 10/09/2012 12:00:10 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: familyop
Camping gear works at home, when power is out, gas is out, and water is off.

I seriously doubt that anyone would try to do what you imagine.

Lots of folks use the term 'survivalist' as a pejorative. To those that sneer, I have to ask what the opposite of a survivor is?

33 posted on 10/09/2012 12:08:03 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: MHGinTN

well, that is a huge price difference. Maybe Sierra Trading Post wool throws are better for Christmas gifts for mom’s in cold weather states


34 posted on 10/09/2012 12:22:48 PM PDT by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve and neither do I)
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To: JRandomFreeper

JRandomFreeper ~ “ Lots of folks use the term ‘survivalist’ as a pejorative. To those that sneer, I have to ask what the opposite of a survivor is? “

The opposite of survivor is : VICTIM !


35 posted on 10/09/2012 12:46:48 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Islam is a religion AND a political system. There is no separation of church and state in Islam)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Survivor = pro-active

Victim = passive, submissive


36 posted on 10/09/2012 12:49:03 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Islam is a religion AND a political system. There is no separation of church and state in Islam)
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To: JRandomFreeper

The more commentary we see from the “BOB”/”WROL” (”bug-out bag”/”without rule of law”) city folks, the less welcome they become outside of their cities.


37 posted on 10/09/2012 1:30:00 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: JRandomFreeper

And camping gear is useless.


38 posted on 10/09/2012 1:42:42 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: familyop
Really? Useless? I've cooked meals here for neighbors when power was out after a storm. I cooked those meals over camping stoves. Under one of those camping awnings.

Nah, not useless. What is useless is negative nellies that just want to run down people that are doing something to prepare for their local disasters.

/johnny

39 posted on 10/09/2012 1:48:16 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
"I cooked those meals over camping stoves. Under one of those camping awnings."

That would be well over 100 gallons of camping stove fuel per year and many awnings for surviving the end of the world. ;-)

"...when power was out after a storm...local disasters."

The authoress of the posted article included "...canning supplies, medical supplies...garden tools, hand tools, fishing equipment,..." She was writing about the end of the world.

But that's fine. You city folks do things your way. ;-)


40 posted on 10/09/2012 4:02:29 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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