Hosty, I remember one of your previous posts when we were having that heavy rain several weeks back. Your damn was slipping and you needed help. I believe you said the contractor had gone to Florida and it sounded like he was not coming back 'til the spring.

At the time, I wondered how much you might have spent with the contractor. My thinking was that if you paid a substantial amount, you could have told the contractor to get his ass back to Ohio and correct the problem.

Now if you paid a substantial amount, you need to get what you paid for whether he is a friend, acquantaince, or total stranger.

As Dave said, it does not seem like he's treating you like a friend. I think you could basically give this guy a friendly, but stern, bottom line by saying two things: 1) You are not pleased with the situation; and 2) He can decide what happens from here by either correcting the problem as a professional should, or be on the receiving of end of some legal letters or action.

Again, I think this depends on how much you paid. If the guy had given you some deep discounts 'cause you were friends, that would change the situation in my mind.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."