Ah well in one context you are right as if you asked him an obscure question about Hull from way back and think you had flummoxed him, well he would shoot straight back at you or would delve amongst his pile of papers to find the answers you wanted. He was in the process of putting his stuff on a computer but I'm not sure if he got very far in his endeavour.
Noticed a few aeroplanes today going over Elland Road and a light stantion swaying wildy in the wind, in between the action.