I spoke of this before.

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A while back I posted a thread can't find it about how I went from store to store looking for strike anywhere matches for my new match case, only to have store clerks look at me like I was nuts.

When I went home and told my wife she commented that she had gone to a workshop with the state police (she works for gov't agency) and they had stated strike anywhere matches were a component in meth making.

So not only did I realize the reason that not a single store sold them around here anymore, but I also realized why I was getting the funny looks:o

Anyway saw this in the paper today. I was legit but still would have truly given me the big brother feeling had I been pulled over and searched.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A grocery store clerk became suspicious when first a man and then a woman came into the store to buy matches.

The clerk's call to police resulted in the pair being charged with operating a meth lab.

The two St. Albans residents were arrested when police found items used to make meth in their vehicle after the clerk's call.
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The clerk was able to give officers a description of the vehicle the two had been driving, and Cpl. R.L. Kaufman spotted the vehicle, a white cargo van, leaving the store's parking lot.

Kaufman checked the license plate number while following the vehicle as it crossed the Dunbar-South Charleston bridge and found that it actually belonged on a Honda Accord, the complaint said.

Kaufman pulled over the vehicle and spoke with Turley, who was driving. Kaufman noted in the complaint that he could smell meth in the vehicle.

The officer removed Turley and Messer from the van and searched the vehicle. He found matches and other meth-making materials, according to the complaint.

The pair were taken into custody and charged with operating a meth lab. Turley was also charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon after officers noticed what they at first thought was a pistol in her bag. It turned out to be a switchblade.
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http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201005030723?page=2&build=cache


PS I actually had somebody on the forums who lived in another state send me strike anywhere matches for my survival kit because there are NONE anywhere around here.

HEET for the white box alcohol stove is also a problem.


Glad they got these guys and they were apparently trying to buy a LOT of matches but still......
 
Our stores here handle them but I know they are harder to find in some places.
 
hollowdweller said:
A while back I posted a thread can't find it about how I went from store to store looking for strike anywhere matches for my new match case, only to have store clerks look at me like I was nuts.

When I went home and told my wife she commented that she had gone to a workshop with the state police (she works for gov't agency) and they had stated strike anywhere matches were a component in meth making.

So not only did I realize the reason that not a single store sold them around here anymore, but I also realized why I was getting the funny looks:o

Anyway saw this in the paper today. I was legit but still would have truly given me the big brother feeling had I been pulled over and searched.





http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201005030723?page=2&build=cache


PS I actually had somebody on the forums who lived in another state send me strike anywhere matches for my survival kit because there are NONE anywhere around here.

HEET for the white box alcohol stove is also a problem.


Glad they got these guys and they were apparently trying to buy a LOT of matches but still......
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It bothers me that otherwise innocuous items like matches or HEET place solid citizens under scrutiny as drug manufacturers. Things like strike anywhere matches were so common when I was growing up that no one ever gave them a thought.

It's a little scary to me that if you go to the store to buy a simple thing like matches, you may be pulled over or end up on someone's "watch" list.

Most of us — at least those my age — don't have a clue about what is used to make meth, yet we may be treated like criminals if we try to buy normal things for legitimate purposes.

Gee, what a wonderful new world.
 
I bought a few boxes on ebay -- haven't seen them locally for some time.
 
If I get on somebodies watch list, they are going to be really bored. ;)
 
I've thought about something similar before; If someone with an active imagination or an agenda went through my shop no telling what they could accuse me of. I am a packrat, so I have old plumbing parts, wiring, switches, assorted cleaning chemicals, powder for a muzzle loader, strike anywhere matches, etc. I could become Public Enemy #1!!!LOL
 
Im suprised we dont have that issue here...HEET is available anywhere, but strike anywhere matches are only at Ace Hardware. I know what your saying, I just bought 16 bottles of HEET on clearance for cheap at wally world, and was wondering what people must think.....
 
j williams said:
Im suprised we dont have that issue here...HEET is available anywhere, but strike anywhere matches are only at Ace Hardware. I know what your saying, I just bought 16 bottles of HEET on clearance for cheap at wally world, and was wondering what people must think.....
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Wow. Have you noticed being watched more? :eek:

On another note, I have not seen strike anywheres in a LONG time around here. No where has them that I have been to.
 
Guess I'm lucky around here. Wal-Mart has em, so does Bi-mart, Plus the local sporting goods store has packages of the small boxes.

I buy Denatured Alchohol by the quart from several outlets as well.

And this area has a HUGE drug problem.
 
My local ACE has them but I don`t think any other places have them and I know most have never heard of them. I also have a hard time thinking it is ok to make buying things a crime or at least enough of a crime to get you followed by the cops .I buy crazy stuff all the time things that would make "normal" people worried, try buying 2700 .17hmr rounds at walmart at ten PM and see the looks you get.
 
Ah so now we know why you have a religious experience in the woods. ;) I actually heard about this on the show "breaking bad." Good show by the way.
 
TheGame said:
Wow. Have you noticed being watched more? :eek:

On another note, I have not seen strike anywheres in a LONG time around here. No where has them that I have been to.
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Nah, fortunatly im friends with a few guys on the drug task force, and my pops retired from the sheriffs dept...so they would just chuckle if my name came across their desk...:)
 
huh.. i'm surprired we still have strike anywhere matches around here...:o they're still pretty easy to find..
 
You can find the diamond brand strike any where here where I live,but they suck,nowhere as good as the old Ohio bluetip strike any where matches you could get when I was a kid
 
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