Mike, I am surprised that you do not have a pneumatic Riv-Nut gun considering your love for air tools. We use them all over at work and a few Riv-Stud guns as well.
I personally like the Busch apple as far as the flavored Lattes go. We got apple in Ohio around beginning of May. We just got the newly released lime and it's probably my least favorite. Had peach last year as well and rumor is it will be back in July/August time frame.
I put down about 550 square feet of the laminate wood flooring in my wood shop. This was over an old concrete slab but I did add underlayment first since the floor was not perfectly level. Before I put it down I taped a square foot piece of plastic to the floor to see if there was any moisture...
If you're looking at it purely in a sense of saving some money overall and being able to do it on your own time, look into some spoons and a tire hammer. My dad worked in a tire shop out of high school for a few years so we always had those on hand. Changed all our truck and trailer tires...