09-27-2010, 10:15 PM
My first instinct is to tell you to tell him what you told us, but I don't know how simple that would be. I would imagine yours is quite a small community? Would word get round that you are a timewaster if it goes wrong? It is, of course, quite possible that he might also come to see there is some value in having a friend, who's in the same boat as he is.