Iggy, Bob and I both were from Western Pennsylvania. We had what people from that are call a "Yinzer bond".
So many from that area had to leave when the Steel Industry collapsed in the 70's that there are a lot of "Expatriates" 
Bob and I bonded over being rooted from from the same area. In addition, Bob worked for years as a salesman for cabling and connectors. I was a a consumer of these items for years in the Pittsburgh area but strangely enough our paths never crossed professionally.
Bob had a buddy who had done extremely well and had a beautiful house on a golf course in Northern Virginia outside of DC. Bob went to visit him right about the time the Dot.Com bubble burst and Bob asked him how he was able to live so well. The gentleman explained that he'd made quite the killing in picking a couple of excellent stocks and riding them to "ten bagger" type gains.
I think this same guy told Bob to keep an eye on a company out of Lee Mass called Wave. 
Bob had a great heart, he was a really really good guy. But he was a people/relationship type guy and not a numbers guy. Even after I turned negative on Wave in 2010, Bob continued to invest, never doubting or taking exception to what I was pointing out about the lack of financial stewardship of the company by SKS, Feeney, and the BoD.
He just trusted that what AWK and the Weby and the other posters were saying just had to eventually pan-out right?
RiP Bob. You deserved a more comfortable life than you were able to afford in your last years.
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