The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
2 C& R7 ^" W, P+ T   This enables you at 85 years old
$ ~2 g1 ?; X) `7 e, n$ {3 h: p4 G   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
  f7 c0 ]9 u# e/ {" K+ V   home at $7000 per month.

    My grandpa started walking
    five miles a day when he was 60.
/ w( ?( K5 C& F    Now he's 97 years old
7 M6 M: ^7 V: `4 H! w    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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+ m# b- F3 D- n2 l9 @5 U/ d   I like long walks,
* Y% E8 F1 @  D5 R' w0 e$ ^# ?    especially when they are taken
  |+ `. `- @7 _8 k    by people who annoy me.
  
   The only reason I would take up walking
    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
. z; U- ?2 l( N( p    I have to walk early in the morning,
# s6 ]! O* {4 C9 j# j/ M% _    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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   I joined a health club last year,
! U/ d6 Q& r$ _# y9 |    spent about 400 bucks.
; K6 ]! a7 W2 J2 d  A9 x9 Y    Haven't lost a pound.
3 D+ k7 F5 D. g# ~    Apparently you have to go there.
  
! t: M8 {  A9 o: [* R; d* O   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
. s% O( E1 {8 p5 E& x    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
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   I do have flabby thighs,
    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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/ j: y% `7 w! P" U( r    The advantage of exercising every day
8 X# d* L; {& l+ u7 E# ^+ Z; c1 w  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
# h8 E, V7 ~1 _0 X    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
  start with a small country.
   
( @' [; T" \% R; \8 n   I know I got a lot of exercise
    the last few years,......
    just getting over the hill.

  We all get heavier as we get older,
4 _  |4 z. q: b5 s    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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  `7 d" S- f- ?0 `6 p$ x3 [. [. A% J    Every time I start thinking too much
  k; O9 e" Q0 E6 f     about how I look,
    I just find a Happy Hour
   and by the time I leave,
    I look just fine.