Brock Yates

(16 votes)   My father, Raymond F. Yates, was a successful writer of technical nonfiction and such a life seemed a reasonable alternative to real work.

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(12 votes)   Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise.

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(12 votes)   Had I been more responsible I might have made something of myself as a junk bond trader, long-haul trucker or perhaps a plumbing contractor.

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(11 votes)   I admit to wasting my life messing around with fast cars and motorcycles.

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(11 votes)   Much of our quiet time is spent boating and generally loafing at our second home in the 1,000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River.

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(10 votes)   More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works.

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(10 votes)   Regardless, I did rise to the editorship before embarking on a freelance career in the late '60's.

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(9 votes)   I have four grown children and two tiny grandchildren.

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(9 votes)   The automobile, both a cause and an effect of this decentralization, is ideally suited for our vast landscape and our generally confused and contrary commuting patterns.

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(9 votes)   The bicycle is a former child's toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment.

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(9 votes)   To Secretary Pena: Fix your busted airport and leave bikes alone and the commuting to us sociopathic drivers.

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