The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
$ Y" }2 g! Y" Z0 b   This enables you at 85 years old
   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
   home at $7000 per month.
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, u: S8 L" e% {  J    My grandpa started walking
  ]+ [" b6 E- n: C0 V0 x' x    five miles a day when he was 60.
; X8 G0 ]4 m* T5 ?( H    Now he's 97 years old
; d6 n; _& x, J    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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3 W& D* M, i5 A, E   I like long walks,
  z6 g9 S6 ^4 y+ s$ t3 K. ^    especially when they are taken
, p5 b, K/ ?$ n, f" A/ ]8 n4 E    by people who annoy me.
  
4 o$ V- C* E' L$ O& N9 s/ p   The only reason I would take up walking
    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
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) e" c8 g$ {1 ]5 P2 j* x$ K    I have to walk early in the morning,
1 n$ l9 W( ^$ c# p$ y- _. @/ w3 H  T9 _    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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' ^& b: h: a; S) S& q   I joined a health club last year,
% `5 T7 e. I* T) l, e( q/ B) k7 l    spent about 400 bucks.
9 F  U# K" S( c$ o! R    Haven't lost a pound.
- m/ e8 t, _- U/ ]/ ~, o2 o0 ~4 k/ D- j    Apparently you have to go there.
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   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
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$ V& {* _5 g( V5 _! m   I do have flabby thighs,
* o: Z8 i' _3 E- d3 x    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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4 i6 D3 B) r5 U5 a6 P2 i    The advantage of exercising every day
  `* z; j: D: k- e0 O  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
4 G0 b' N. K: Q: Q* V+ [    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
" r, E; I0 K7 s% r' H) p2 b  start with a small country.
   
   I know I got a lot of exercise
    the last few years,......
5 x# x! }2 Y7 i5 N1 Q3 Q4 _    just getting over the hill.
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2 c7 P7 x1 I8 n4 p, y1 E+ O1 D  We all get heavier as we get older,
4 B7 j2 e2 _* ?6 x6 i) C# r    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
5 Q  `* }! M5 A& @( Y/ f* D    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
   
   AND

$ r, {* V6 O! M# ^  z' q0 J    Every time I start thinking too much
     about how I look,
    I just find a Happy Hour
0 g/ K4 O5 U( J9 K   and by the time I leave,
. q6 z2 L) a% X4 s    I look just fine.