Our first stop was Boeing Surplus, an amazing place full of all sorts of wonderful stuff, from leftover electronic gadgets, to computers, to tools, to bulk scrap titanium. If I hadn't flown to Seattle, I might have easily left with armfuls of goodies to take home.

Here, Michelle Dockrey (hereafter referred to by her nickname 'Vixy') models the largest socket wrench ever to be seen by human eyes.