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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich
Adger,
...Like I said, Jere, Bill, and WJ, did not, (and in the case of WJ,do not) suffer fools gladly. But if you asked good questions, listened, paid attention, and did as they suggested, you could count on getting help and going faster.
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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.