On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:38:35 -0500, micky
wrote:

You have an inspector who said something to a homeowner. The homeowner
told a friend. The friend told you. You told us....

Who knows exactly what was asked and said. It's very possible that
what really went on is somewhat different.

As I said in my OP "This story must have lost something in
transmission."

"...failure to communicate!" ( _Cool Hand Luke_)
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"Dumb is local...As soon as you go 15 miles away from your dumbness, you see how dumb you are." -- Sherrod Small