you've known him 27 years and that's the answer he came up with?

musta been smoking something
That sucks swimmer, too bad it took so long to resolve.
It's situations like this and idiot contractors that give good contractors a bad rap when people generalize and group us all together as screwups.
I go out of my way to be on time, do a thorough job,neat and reasonable price but there's always someone who will be impossible to please even if I'm 1 minute late for an appt.
sorry just venting