>i think he's complaining because he thought he was
taking part in an actual dialog, so when he realized
he'd been suckered into a bitch session, he chafed...

Well, I guess we both suffered in this regard because I’m also just back from a trip yet I made two long trips to the mall to try out his suggestions and they didn’t work.  If I had thought it was just a B session I surely wouldn’t have bothered to make the trips.