The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
3 f& f7 D, `; @8 R) A5 f   This enables you at 85 years old
' T, J. [8 [5 C   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
   home at $7000 per month.
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    My grandpa started walking
# b+ Q) q+ P, {; B# L& ~. T    five miles a day when he was 60.
! T/ @0 D: w! Z$ L7 [- ~+ v* p    Now he's 97 years old
    and we don't know where the hell he is.
  
   I like long walks,
* F1 R) u. X8 n    especially when they are taken
. P  |/ P8 B6 Q4 c3 f+ I. n    by people who annoy me.
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   The only reason I would take up walking
6 g% `. ^$ b0 Y' E    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
    I have to walk early in the morning,
    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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! ?" \1 |% m4 f. s1 }; f/ o! d   I joined a health club last year,
    spent about 400 bucks.
    Haven't lost a pound.
    Apparently you have to go there.
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! A2 R5 Q4 ~( y/ l3 p) B   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
: x" T! v1 `2 D9 g/ n& N5 {    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
  
   I do have flabby thighs,
, R2 S3 H4 n$ q# k& {$ H& |    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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    The advantage of exercising every day
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    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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5 z: K- z) e' ^) I$ F   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
1 `  q% B1 c. _5 ]$ F$ K8 @2 {$ P  start with a small country.
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9 S0 Z; g  @: X7 v0 F# y3 W   I know I got a lot of exercise
    the last few years,......
9 _9 P2 F% y, f4 Q    just getting over the hill.

  We all get heavier as we get older,
5 b( j( `. h+ I5 K9 H    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
- f) [& o1 V5 E( A    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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   AND

    Every time I start thinking too much
7 g5 i: Z8 h4 c9 f/ \; @4 v' g     about how I look,
    I just find a Happy Hour
9 o0 M- n; r/ ?" X$ g% ?   and by the time I leave,
3 w# D5 n! t* r! n    I look just fine.