The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
. ^% u2 S. c) c, y  E   This enables you at 85 years old
1 O$ I: ]4 L$ N- p1 D   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
  v0 J# v6 R0 r3 b- j, N9 Q   home at $7000 per month.
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    My grandpa started walking
    five miles a day when he was 60.
+ v8 y8 {7 n  f5 U  A# i+ K    Now he's 97 years old
" E  l5 s+ |: b    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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   I like long walks,
5 U" O5 |  G8 w; y" ^    especially when they are taken
) B- X' _/ Z; Q1 Y7 M( _    by people who annoy me.
  
   The only reason I would take up walking
! F9 P3 e% I, _    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
& g$ t% S* l5 Y3 D' I    I have to walk early in the morning,
) I1 z  X( u9 Q4 B; z# j$ y    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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   I joined a health club last year,
    spent about 400 bucks.
: `+ q+ ?* C# j5 t    Haven't lost a pound.
0 p' _4 n( s- N% w) k    Apparently you have to go there.
  
) W, T) {% s; Z6 q& D+ Q   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
* V4 o1 W* i9 U/ ^1 A5 I! c    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
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   I do have flabby thighs,
/ a/ Z5 G" R: m$ r    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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: ^) ?3 X5 ]  i' E% k; F5 _9 s    The advantage of exercising every day
  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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$ y1 N& F1 u0 |+ o- [' x) m   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
% ?: W9 f' ^* X, d+ Z6 `0 t  start with a small country.
   
   I know I got a lot of exercise
    the last few years,......
/ r2 B  Q+ l3 O: k  P: c    just getting over the hill.
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  We all get heavier as we get older,
  w* e' w7 w9 e& x$ Y* Q& S7 m    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
. b* B2 S. Z8 Z    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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    Every time I start thinking too much
- m; D8 L5 ?6 @5 q0 F' q' q     about how I look,
! x0 Z& j4 Y4 @: Z9 K    I just find a Happy Hour
+ g/ @+ |2 b* u+ \5 V# o   and by the time I leave,
$ q) [1 W; g+ B/ C0 _* w' g    I look just fine.