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DICK
STEELE
STREET SKATING, THAT BAD
HABIT THAT MANY HAVE ACQUIRED.
IS A PLAQUEISH PASTIME AKIN TO
SOLITAIRE. IT GHAFES THE SOUL.
WITHERS THE WEEDS, CHIPS THE
RUBY-RED CURBS IN FRONT OF
THE POST OFFICE AND CAUSES
CODGERS TO ADD A LITTLE SNAP
TO THEIR STEP UPON HEARING
THE CLICKETY-CLACK OF A STREET
SKATER'S ATTACK ON THE STREETS
OF ANY TOWN, ANY COUNTRY. THIS
ABOMINABLE ACTIVITY REPLACES
RE
STANDBYS LIKE PITCHIN' DIMES
AND SHELL GAMES.
NOT SO LONG AGO, TOP PEOPLE
WERE DIRECTED TO CONDUCT
STUDIES UPON A RANDOM SAM-
PLING OF THESE CULTURAL
DEVIANTS. TWENTY-TWO TOP
RIDERS RESPONDED TO A SURVEY
IN AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT STIMULATES THEIR
HABITUAL DEFIANCE.
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