I took a test for a pipeline this last fall and was just curious what you guys think about this.  I took a 12" butt in a 6G, 5p+ root 70+ hot, fill,cap. Then they had me do a 6" horizontal weld same rods. Then (2) 1 1/2" 5G with 3/32 5pa all the way out. cut out a lot of straps DOn't remember exactly how many but seemed like a lot more than I had on other tests. Did all that in a 7 hour day easy. The next day I show up to do the branch. It was a normal 12" on 12", got it laid out and cut the "fish mouth", I went to cut the hole in the header and the inspector say I want you to leave a 1/4" lip on the inside. I did as I was told and it actually made it easier, only had to worry about keeping a consistent gap not the two points lining up. I put my spacers in tack off and go to stick it in position and the inspector says, I want that branch out to the side not looking down, I said ok and that's how I mounted it. He then tells me I want you to roll the root all the in to the far edge of the hole on the parent pipe. I did this, he oked it and I moved on. Then on the cap he says I want you to run the 70+ cap uphill. I kind of looked at him with a dumbfounded look and said uphill????  He said is that a problem? I said I have never tried running a downhill rod uphill on pipeline so I don't know what it will look like. He was a good old guy and said ok you can run it down but next time you test for me I want it uphill. I finished it and then he took a torch and cut almost 50% of it back out. I know the torch will show you slag. Was just wondering if any of you guys out there have ever taken or given anything like this. It is common for them to add extra welds and the way they do the branch? Only been in pipeline for a year or so and this was a first for me. Just wondering what you guys think. Would like to know what Kahunna thinks.