Logan, the sun has aligned with my ancient rock formation, indicating today is your birthday.
Happy Birthday Logan!
First time in this area, would come back. Super nice beach, good mix of more tourist to more local just by how far up/down the boardwalk you went. Super clean, lots of police presence, very obvious they're economy is based on tourists and making us enjoy and want to come back. Would have no problems coming back here and bringing the kids, they'd have a blast.
Logan, in his Travis McGee series of mystery stories, John D. MacDonald wrote: "living near the beach was the only place to live in Florida." We live a mile from the beach and I would have to agree. Of course our eight decade old skin (exposed to the surface of the sun for 50 of those years) is subject to instant melanomas every time we leave the house in daylight.
f you get a chance and want a good, cheap burger with a Florida vibe, check out "Flanigans". It's a cool spot, there's quite a few of them in south Florida.
@west_perf, we have eaten in the Flanigans in Boca Raton, FL many times and I concur with your recommendation. There's a Flanigans in Hollywood about 10 miles from the beach:
Beloved South Florida institution serving great food, drink, and fun since 1959; collection of family-run restaurants + sports bars open 365 days a year, lunch - late night.
www.flanigans.net
When we were active in the South Florida Corvette Association, (1977-1993) and we met at Gary Fronrath Chevrolet (1300 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale
, FL) twice a month, there was a unique burger joint 0.4 miles south called Fuddruckers. That place is gone and appears to be a parking lot now. What was unique about Fuddruckers was the beef hanging in a glass enclosed cooler at the front of the store and butchers were cutting slabs of meat off the carcass. They ground the beef on site and each burger was cooked to order so there was a bit of a wait. They also baked the buns on site. Once you picked up your order you brought your burger to the additions, which were free. There was lettuce, sliced raw onions, I think pickled jalapeno slices and best of all a pump station for liquefied cheese sauce. They also offered a huge taco bowl that eliminated the wait. Unfortunately the nearest Fuddruckers to Hollywood Beach is about 40 minutes (22.6 miles) away in Hialeah:
Fuddruckers, 1645 W 49th St, Hialeah, FL 33012
Fuddruckers never hit the top ten burger joints because they didn't offer burgers with everything on them (like McDonald's) or selecting your burger from under a heat lamp.
And I'm just an idiot and did the time change math wrong...got 50 minutes till we leave....lots of time
Logan, when we traveled between Florida and Australia (around 10 round trips) we crossed so many time zones and even the international date line, we never had a clue what time it was. To avoid calling family at 3:00 in the morning I gave Liane a two-faced watch with one set to Sydney time and the other set to New York (and Florida) time. For years there was a printed page in my Geezer Book to help with those calls. In addition to the time zones, Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere and their 'daylight savings' time is almost the opposite of ours. By "almost" I mean they don't make the changes on the same corresponding day. So sometimes those call times were different by a coulpe of hours.
I think I will be keeping my eye out for a benchtop sized metal cutting saw. Cut quality will be better, it's easier to clean up as it doesn't spray all over and most importantly the WAF(wife approval factor) is much better as it doesn't smell so bad when being used in an attached garage.
Logan, the feature that matters with a toothed metal cutting saw is the speed of the blade. I put an abrasive blade on my 10" wood miter saw and cut some exhaust tubing. It produced a massive collection of 'burr' and enough sparks to force me to cut the tubing outside and even then I hung around for an hour to be sure a brush fire wouldn't spring up.
I went back to my Portaband/SWAG setup but 90° cuts were lucky guesses.
I broke down and bought an Evolution 14" chop saw but the cheapest one they offered and made a really cheap stand. It fits under the shed workbench if I hold the blade guard down to its lowest position. Less planned, more dumb luck.
I bought it for $200.09 from Home Depot in 2018. It sells for $350 now on the Evolution site:
Faster, safer and more economical, the Evolution R355CPS Multi-Material Cutting Chop Saw With 14 in. Blade outperforms abrasive saws by 14 times! Order now!
store.evolutionpowertools.com
As mentioned, the motor turns at only 1,450 rpm, unlike the standard miter saw that turns at 3,800 rpm.
I've been wondering about an Evolution or similar....how's the noise level on them? Seen a lot...never used one.
Logan, I often wonder if its cutting, compared to the abrasive saw. It is slightly louder than my Portaband.
The family hates the skin...this one was especially crispy and tasty and since it was going to go to waste...why sure I should help myself while finishing the sides
Logan, SWMBO frowns on me eating crispy bacon so I settle for crispy chicken skin. While you might think the skin coming off the cooked bird is crispy, give this a try. I put the skin in a paper towel so it's covered on both sides (and absorbs most of the fat). Depending on size (and how fatty the skin is) I give it 30 to 60 seconds in the microwave. The sounds coming from the microwave are disturbing but the skin comes out crispy enough to crack it into pieces (I tend to stuff the whole thing in my mouth, fearing a few small cracked pieces flying across the room and being lost forever.
Also got in the subframe bushings for the Nova....so can officially add that to the list to do
Good grief
Logan, we live in the same universe. I have a set of four upper and lower ball joints and a complete set of red Energy Suspension bushings. The bushings box weighs almost 9 pounds because the '87 Corvette has bushings everywhere.
just haven't pulled the trigger. 
