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Originally Posted by Dan Bennett
Bullseye. He actually confided in me once that he'd fake not really understanding something (that he knew inside and out) and ask a person to explain it to him. If they passed and didn't just spout BS (mostly before we had trolls like the one here) then the conversation would begin.
He was the single person I had the most problems keeping up with while we were talking. And I was lucky enough to be in the position to talk tech with some of the giants and historic racers of the time. He was a firehose of information, things I'd never considered, and with concepts that were very different to what I'd come to believe. While it was still dawning on me he was exactly right, he'd be on to at least another factor or two. I always wanted to lie down and take a nap afterwards as it was mentally exhausting. Yes, a slight exaggeration on that but not about the incredible way his mind worked.
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They all needed shirts that said "Does Not Suffer Fools Gladly". My mentor Jimmy Bridges is like that, too. Men on a mission, they loved to teach, but had zero time for those who thought they knew more than they did, and refused to learn. One Monday after PRI, Jere called me, and asked "how in the Hell do you put up with _____", he had met a former associate of mine at the NitroPlate booth when he was looking for Kevin Cradduck and me.