Ed,
What if we all came to your place for a Sun-Rendering Party?
Doug P.S. I’m free on wednesdays
That’s also the day that the gun club meets, so Wednesdays are good…
It takes weeks to render the fish oil. For those who are unfamiliar with the process… Oily species fish are cut into chunks and placed in a water-proof, glazed, non-metallic container. Enough water is added to cover well. Usually the fish are held down by an expendable rock or some such. The top is left open, but covered with a piece of open-weave cloth. A few layers of cheescloth will work nicely. The cloth is held in place by tying or weighting (or both!) The vessel is placed in a sunny spot and left until the fish flesh rots and releases the oil. By convention, this is done at some distance from one’s domicile, the farther the better. Regular checks may even reveal maggots on the top of the cloth from eggs laid by flies who couldn’t get thru. This is considered a plus by some bait fishers. When the process is complete, the oil is skimmed off and filtered. The remainder is poured out, preferrably into a hole in fertile ground that won’t pollute any wells or streams.
Back in the day, this was how a fairly large amount of lamp oil was produced. And yes, the lamp oil reeked as badly as you might think, or at least so I have read.
Now neon doesn’t look so bad after all, does it?
Ed
Ed,
What about a 9 week course and we’ll need a secretary to keep the minutes.
I hope you don’t mind Bar-B-Que every wednesday (only way I know how to cook)
Doug 
DShock, if you come to Nashville, you won’t need to do any BBQing. Trust me, we have professionals who do that. 
Ed