[OftheOhio]

I’m in awe of a good welder. Many things I was involved in my career were dependent on exceptional skills by a welder. Many of my projects involved extreme temperatures and volatile fuels. Those piping flanges had to be exactly parallel. A good aluminum welder is a sight to behold. My little old blast gate hypersonic chamber designed in 1991 still runs today, much to my amazement. I feel like such and ass at times, thanks for the thread FRiends. I will try to mentor some young folks at the local educational centers. pay it forward.

[familyop]

"...blast gate hypersonic chamber designed in 1991 still runs today, much to my amazement."

Aviation?

"I will try to mentor some young folks at the local educational centers. pay it forward."

Thanks for joining the effort! In the end, one of the things that truly matter are our contributions of survivability to the next generation. I'm unpaid and poor as a dog, but it will be worthwhile.

A high ranking naval commander of yesteryear told me a few years ago, that some of the most basic of physical knowledge and skills will make the difference in the near future (navigation using stars, thermal, very basic natural resources, etc.), hints of possible rough geological, astronomical and international events to come. He stressed teaching young folks. Advisory consultants who study such things with much research and some travel for governments of nations and companies don't deliver cheap reports. National governments and certain corporations also don't want a world population in panic.

Another hint: it's not only global warming but much worse (see movements of magnetic field, possible resulting seismic/volcanic trends and extended solar minimum--not told to me by the officer but found by myself since our discussion).