Hey, Scr'eap, Glad you're back safely.
How did the welding instruction go? Did you get to class on time after all that beer?
Actually, I drank all that beer at my Marine buddies' house. We found this really bithcin' liquor store in Dayton after we got done at the Air Force museum. I bought some Deus ($25 bucks a bottle!) along with some Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale (Barleywine) and some Kulbacher Eisbock.
The school was VERY intense (2 weeks of material stuffed into 2 days!) but I had fun and learned alot. We learned how to weld: Chrome-Moly tubing, Titanium, Stainless Steel, Inconel (nickel alloy) and welding Inconel TO Stainless.
The Airforce museum was very cool AND free. I took some pictures but my battery ran out. I had a full vcharge on my camera when we went to the Rock&Roll hall of fame, but CAMERAS WEREN'T ALLOWED!!!
AND it was $20!!! ASSHOLES!!!