Crabby Fat Guy

Apr16

Going Postal?

by crabby on April 16th, 2014 at 8:22 am

It is now being reported that the USPS is the latest Federal office to solicit bids for ammunition. This on the heals to many other departments stocking up:

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) – 46,000 rounds – mostly hollow point
Department of Homeland Security – now has a stockpile of 1.6BILLION rounds. Currently in the process of buying 20 million more rounds. I guess five rounds for every man, woman, and child in the U.S. is not enough.
Department of Agriculture – 320,000 rounds
FBI – 100,000,000 rounds
Social Security – 174,000 rounds – expecting a senior citizen rebellion I guess.

Why does DHS having 1,600,000,000 rounds of ammo NOT make me feel more secure? We have been using approximately 70million rounds in Iraq per year. If DHS used that many a year it would take almost 23 years to use them up. The DHS has also been buying bullet proof checkpoint booths.

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Apr10

Rand Paul’s Vacation

by crabby on April 10th, 2014 at 3:24 pm

Posted In: Lancaster Issues

We always hear about the Obama family’s exorbitantly expensive vacations. Have you heard about Rand Paul’s vacation? It seems he teamed up with a partner to do pro-bono eye surgeries for the poor. People that were legally blind and much worse were all seeing when they left.

How come we don’t hear about Rand’s vacation in the media?

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Apr01

How to Never Fail

by crabby on April 1st, 2014 at 7:51 am

Posted In: Lancaster Issues

I was amused/irritated when I heard on the news that Obama had achieved his revised goal of 6 million Obamacare signups. THAT is how you never fail- just revise your goal. Don’t get straight As? Just revise your goal. Don’t become a millionaire? Reset your goal as a hundredaire.

The original goal of 7 million was set by the CBO as a point at which Obamacare possibly might become viable. We do not know yet how many of the six million have actually paid for their insurance. We also do not know the ratio of sick people vs. healthy young people. We will know when the premiums go up for next year.

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Mar29

Comments on the Lancaster Restaurant Scene

by crabby on March 29th, 2014 at 9:42 am

Posted In: Lancaster Issues

This morning I drive by the new vegan restaurant on Broad Street. I think the name of the place is “The Well”. They had a sign out that simply said “The Well” – nothing more, the sign did not mention that it was a restaurant, a vegetarian restaurant, nothing, just “The Well”. Wouldn’t you think they would like people to know what the establishment is? The sign was also in a artsy-fartsy font. Listen, you’ve got two seconds to catch a person’s attention while they are driving by…make it as easy to read as possible.

Mrs. Crabby and I tried out “Opa! Street Food” in the old Mauger’s Restaurant. An obvious ripoff of the Chipotle restaurant style. Rather than a burrito they sell an Opa witch is a flat bread that looks an awful like a tortilla. You get your choice of meats, sauces, and veggies. Rather than filling it up with rice like they do at Chipotle they put spaghetti on the Greek burrito. You can also get a pasta bowl or salad with the same options. I liked the freshness of the pasta bowl that I got but even with the spicy sauce that I got I found the food to be a bit bland. Mrs. Crabby felt the same way. Perhaps it was just that we did not know which combinations of meats, sauces, and vegetables went well together. We will probably try it again sometime. As always, not great parking.

I have a few concerns about the “Seven Miles” BBQ that will be opening in the old Spaghetti Shop restaurant. They are:

I once walked, or tried to walk into their Circleville restaurant and they had forgotten to unlock the door. This was about 12:15 PM. The restaurant had been open since 11:00 and we were their first customer! What is wrong with this picture?
They had folders on the counter soliciting investors in the Lancaster location. Under capitalized?
The spaghetti shop is huge and probably costs a fortune to rent. Big overhead.
I have found that their quality is inconsistent. This could be a huge problem.

I wish them luck, but I do have my concerns.

Lastly, I have heard Taco Bell will be offering breakfast. I assume that this must be for people that want diarrhea and can’t wait until lunch.

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Mar22