The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
; X5 z0 J2 J' Q; A8 s" c! k   This enables you at 85 years old
   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
   home at $7000 per month.
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    My grandpa started walking
    five miles a day when he was 60.
6 z4 C6 t, g6 i+ l/ Z# |5 b    Now he's 97 years old
! m; P- }9 X3 E9 }6 H, C    and we don't know where the hell he is.
  
   I like long walks,
    especially when they are taken
  s, E" Q% Y3 c' S: P! q    by people who annoy me.
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8 x. s- f: K7 g' m   The only reason I would take up walking
    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
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    I have to walk early in the morning,
$ U1 {% e: r1 t  O' P* @    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
   
7 {4 u# m; d" Q% A4 p   I joined a health club last year,
! w/ \1 S6 y. A    spent about 400 bucks.
5 s: Z. e& c# I7 k0 J$ H& x    Haven't lost a pound.
7 l9 J( M2 _3 m) \* ~. B    Apparently you have to go there.
  
   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
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, S; g7 l* V7 V+ q   I do have flabby thighs,
    but fortunately my stomach covers them.

    The advantage of exercising every day
  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
  
. u; R7 R( N1 ~% r- |0 p   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
+ @# E, D; P1 [1 l  start with a small country.
   
0 Y$ I5 c  G! G7 A   I know I got a lot of exercise
9 W3 N0 W/ r8 B- J8 k( ^0 t    the last few years,......
) R- S9 b0 Z$ ^8 `. c3 M    just getting over the hill.
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5 S4 S/ j+ K8 K  We all get heavier as we get older,
9 q" j. T$ F* b" X1 V& o* L2 I    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
# @5 d; U$ H+ h4 m+ m, G7 P& ~" Q9 Y    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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   AND
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    Every time I start thinking too much
4 ^' H% M0 O5 G: g5 n     about how I look,
    I just find a Happy Hour
: f/ `- G0 Y2 r   and by the time I leave,
( N0 a! ?% t* a/ `- l, [) u& s) U    I look just fine.