First the old formulae for SA's was changed many years past. They were a source for improvised explosives. The next blow came when they were classified as a HAZMAT item. It's the PROHIBITIVE shipping costs that have driven many retailers to drop them. In the real world of survival you are better off with a premium match. It's sad though ; silver dimes, Morse Code and sextants at sea, staples in that men's magazine, heavy wieght levis made in San Francisco and Perry Como on the handcrafted in America Radio instead of snoop dog- gone, all gone <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />