This is not a stupid story,but just a piece of advice that ya'll probably already know/learned: when welding lying down,regardless of wearing a full coverage helmet or not, wear earplugs.They are a pain in the neck,but not near as bad as the pain of a hot spark going down in your ear. REALLY sux to just have to sit there and wait for the sizzling to stop that is coming fron INSIDE YOUR HEAD!!!! ow