Not at all. Sounds like overall you handled the situation quite well. I do agree with the fellow posters point re. Once this ball is rolling, it's hard to recover. Still a great story with a happy ending though.
Good fences make good neighbors.
It's kind of sad when the cop asks for your address when he's at your house. However, If you want me to move the anchor point I will . In all the years of putting up antennas in the neighbor's trees, this is the line that's worked for me the best. I have a 500' end fed long wire up 90' right now, courtesy of my neighbor. I do agree, though, it's time for some serious aluminum.