Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[Panoptes]

Thanks D.

You know I'll be firing up some cigaros while near the motherland of cigars.

[DanO]

:-)

[Tony G]

[Panoptes]

Anyone here like conch? Do you have a favorite restaurant near Orlando or from Miami on South, that serves it up well? I can't remember the place near Key Largo that a customs agent at the port of Miami recommended because he lived in KL and he said it was the best. I would never intentionally eat "escargo" but I ate up those conch fritters. A snail. Really? Could have been all the beer while trying to stay hydrated.

My wife remembered the name of the place. ALABAMA JACK'S. Yep

[Tony G]

You should try to talk to OP in the U-M forum. He lives in south beach

[DeanUK]

Sound nice G. We enjoyed our time in Florida, not sure if you are into Rockets, and it's not quite a shuttle, but you could get lucky and see the first test launch of the Orion spacecraft (albeit unmanned). Due to launch in December at the moment.

http://www.space.com/25086-nasa-orion-space-capsule-test-flight.html

[DanO]

I want to try me some Conch.

[LionsFanInJapan]

I want to try me some Conch.

[DanO]

OooooooooLaLa

[kayrone]

OMG LFIJ, you are a twisted, twisted man. :-)

[Trickalicious]

lord of the.....surrrrrrpriiiiisee.

[LionsFanInJapan]

OMG LFIJ, you are a twisted, twisted man. :-)

I did a google search for "I have the conch", because I wanted a Lord of the Flies picture, and that one came up too. It was too perfect to pass up after I saw DanO's post. :D

[Tony G]

[ame]http://youtu.be/gPVrFIP0CMs[/ame]

[Panoptes]

Sound nice G. We enjoyed our time in Florida, not sure if you are into Rockets, and it's not quite a shuttle, but you could get lucky and see the first test launch of the Orion spacecraft (albeit unmanned). Due to launch in December at the moment.

http://www.space.com/25086-nasa-orio...st-flight.html

Definitely looking into now. Good lead....

[Panoptes]

Yup, not a beach resort town, rather a very unique mix of local flavor and nice weather.

I would suggest bypassing Miami on the toll roads. I was too cheap to get on the toll road and would have cost about 2 bucks to save an hours drive. (Beware in a rental car, you do not have to stop and pay, it gets automatically paid and you get billed for it, and an additional fee from the rental company for administration). My toll bill came to $6.35 (I used the toll roads going home in Florida) and was charged a $17.50 administrative fee.

But for the majority of the time the drive is pretty boring and there is nothing there until you hit Key West

I dunno. I saw a giant lobster, a giant shrimp and lots of pelicans and restrooms.

Yeah I've never used the Sun Pass willingly on the rental cars. I expense it, so the cost isn't an issue, but the charge wouldn't come on my American Express until 10 days after my trip ended. And you are supposed to get the expense report in 7 days or they start giving you a hassle especially if the earlier charges get past 30 days. So I have a system in which I keep two dollar bills and 4 quarters because the south toll road out of MCO is two stops at $1.50.

You have to watch and make sure the transponder isn't left in the on position. They'll forget sometimes to switch to the off position and you be in the unfortunate position of going through the toll booth and they won't accept your money.

The thing I didn't like about the beach at Key West is the water did not have smooth sand under it, it was coral or rock. But we went to the main beach exclusively, I had heard on the other side of the island where the campground is was a little better.

Toll roads sound annoying. Won't stop us.