Yea i learned my lesson on that one. since then my fab skills have gotten better but I'm not trying anything of that magnatude for a long time.
but welcome to the club.
i would possibly check the caliper slide and see if thats sticking.i know that that will cause you breajk pads to wear badly but it could cause the breaks to get hot too.
an idea might be a requierd form that we all have to fill out that has country/state,province.
that way everyones location would be in the same format and easy to search.