The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
: A) n$ L: S; n* e' V- b. u   This enables you at 85 years old
. y, n9 P7 {0 [! o   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
8 h& x) d( n0 K( ?; P* V   home at $7000 per month.
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! p4 J" k/ @3 V9 L* T    My grandpa started walking
    five miles a day when he was 60.
    Now he's 97 years old
- ^0 L0 u+ J% J    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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   I like long walks,
    especially when they are taken
1 k0 R' R9 H, A. Q( F0 M  r% H    by people who annoy me.
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   The only reason I would take up walking
    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
/ V& q7 G, B1 d0 H    I have to walk early in the morning,
6 _  f2 s/ r* h5 C4 K    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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5 Y% ~/ o1 u8 P' a: h% j   I joined a health club last year,
) r$ Q; ]5 F6 F% k$ K+ h7 p6 W" {0 ?    spent about 400 bucks.
    Haven't lost a pound.
" }  Q! `' O  O/ @8 S" W    Apparently you have to go there.
  
; N! j# f( M6 A- S& D) w4 ]   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
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' A5 l, @% c# c; L, _, l& ?" V( E   I do have flabby thighs,
    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.'
  
, ]3 `! z# D  p* \- J0 q* _   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
8 Q0 G) ~) _9 _, W) s& W  start with a small country.
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: u) i# @$ ]+ Z. e  Y) x! q5 L   I know I got a lot of exercise
- m" o! [# t1 Z! I- f    the last few years,......
    just getting over the hill.
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  We all get heavier as we get older,
    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
5 O+ h- }7 q: j# H# C* c    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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    Every time I start thinking too much
8 q. u* n6 y' t0 O! @     about how I look,
: ]6 M# y  r. B  B) W$ J! z    I just find a Happy Hour
   and by the time I leave,
    I look just fine.