HP, Hmm, I suppose I read more than I should have into your previous post. I read it as him sharing stuff that he previously wasn't, which would have been big. Seeing that this is the SOS, then I can definitely see what you are saying. Gotta somehow stop him from the baloney talk. MrsGGB does this too. Earlier this week she said something, and I flat out told her that it sounded nice but I didn't trust her to follow through. She followed through on that, but has been slowing down on the follow-through since then. Guess what I am saying, is you have to call him on the baloney talk...you know "shut-up or put-up"
As far as accepting failure, well i'm not sure it is out and out failure, but I am sure the outcome is far different than what you expected, hence the disappointment.
HP, keep your hands off of that rope! Hope A. feels better soon.