All I was saying, Rob, is that if you were a VP at Northrop, then either you made a ridiculous amount less than Boeing VP's, or you must have blown a ton of money gambling. Now I don't know which it is, but if you want to educate me, be my guest.

I don't get the hatred for www.LuxBusAmerica.com. Am I supposed to be embarrassed? It costs about as much as a flight from Anaheim, it takes about the same amount of time, and I always have two seats to myself with wifi, so I can work. It's actually smoother working-wise than going through airport security and takeoff and all that.

It finally occurred to me -- Rob must go on about his pension because he blew his year-to-year salary. This goes back to arci's projection theory. Rob has some deep-rooted fear of having to handle his own money because he never handled it well. I hate pop psychology, but it does make a lot of sense. And it all ties in with Rob's addiction lectures. Rob recognizes his own addiction.

Rob obsesses about his pension, and the possible lack of other's pensions, because he blew his salary year after year and he doesn't trust himself to be hands-on with his lifelong earnings.

That's a reasonable hypothesis. It would also explain Rob never sending Alan his taxes. It would explain his bankruptcy.

Just a theory, though.