Jeff wrote in message ...
I was not dependent on them granting my every wish nor was I dependent on
anything except being able to land.
I guess my problem was decending in the first place when he said he was
looking for my clearance and told to do so assuming he would pull it up.

He damn sure pulled it up quick when I made my last call to him, he didnt even
need to ask my tail number again or any other information, so it appears to me
had had access to it the entire time and just did not want to mess with it.

It may "appear to you" but that's not necessarily correct. Apparently you
were receiving radar services of some sort (flight following) so he would
have your tail number for that, or he may have written it down to follow
up and look for your flight plan.

If he had to call ABQ and ask them to depart you as sounds likely, the
strip could have come through to him just before you called back. Also,
if he had reason to believe that you were in weather difficulty (which is
what your account of your last transmission sounds like to me), like
any good controller he is going to put a higher priority on tracking down
your flight plan pronto and if I understand correctly he also has more
leeway to give you a clearance now and track down the rest of the info
later.

Cheers,
Sydney