Robert Topolse

Bad Boy with a Motorcycle Robert Topolse

Robert Topolse goal in life was to become a writer of stories. In high school he wrote several adventure stories. It was his way of experiencing his goals in life. In his senior year of high school, his father told him he was going to college to become an engineer. Respecting his father's desires, he went to the University of Missouri at Rolla to become a Mechanical Engineer. It was in Rolla that his story writing ended. Upon graduation he went to work at Boeing in Renton, Washington. He didn't need to write any more because he was living his adventures. During his working career he climbed mountains, flew gliders, took up skiing and scuba diving. His desire for adventure led him to become an Aircraft Contract Engineer. During long periods of unemployment, he subsidized his income buy Dredging for Gold in California, Mining Sapphires in Montana, Opal in Australia etc. He also learned to cut gemstones and make jewelry whereby he opened up a Gem and Mineral business in Virginia City, Nevada. The last eight years of his work career led him to work for Boeing in Everett, Washington on the 787 Dreamliner, all composite commercial aircraft. He retired engineering at the age of 69. During his retirement when his physical ability limited is ability to pursue his adventure desires, he started to go back and look at those stories and his experiences of High School. His first book is a trilogy starting with Bad Boy with a Motorcycle. The book is a fictious Biography of his experiences in High School and beyond.