Embers, no worries, we are happy to help. I don't think you're off topic at all (or I wouldn't have suggested it, lol), so again, no worries.

You seem to have a good handle on the dynamic. Don't worry about having focused on the good times, maybe excusing or discounting the bad ones on account of them, a LOT of us have, myself included. (Oh, and how!) I'm so glad you never went in on leases or investments with him --very wise. The thing you find grimly amusing? It sure is!