Geez.....Friday night, the wife is out of town, and here i am looking at pictures of your stinking welds.....
Christ I'm old....
How did the cuts look on your welds? (I assume they cut through the welds to check porosity and depth>)
Is stick welding still taught? Horizontal overheads killed me - aced all the vertical welding - had a knack for the weave, I guess.