The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
   This enables you at 85 years old
6 h9 _: y0 x9 N6 Z. c5 a+ {3 Q1 R   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
7 v( l7 B( i1 O" |   home at $7000 per month.
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% G! x2 l, \, a( C, E7 H8 u    My grandpa started walking
! z' |8 `7 d3 I  G+ ?    five miles a day when he was 60.
/ @2 q; r) e6 r7 c1 G    Now he's 97 years old
2 s9 D+ x6 y! D! O9 }3 j2 _    and we don't know where the hell he is.
  
   I like long walks,
& l" _8 Z6 p2 H& l! ~    especially when they are taken
$ D& ]' D5 `8 n5 r1 P: i& r    by people who annoy me.
  
   The only reason I would take up walking
1 H/ i+ K: m3 n9 L, {* c# X    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
    I have to walk early in the morning,
1 I8 [& w$ l* n$ H/ k    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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   I joined a health club last year,
' G/ o  f, R1 H    spent about 400 bucks.
    Haven't lost a pound.
    Apparently you have to go there.
  
   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
  
   I do have flabby thighs,
    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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2 K3 s, s; K* k/ n! F% T    The advantage of exercising every day
( K/ p2 {8 S3 Z) y  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
3 j/ }8 P1 \" O( G  G    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
- Q4 Y/ ?, K- R! M, s  start with a small country.
   
   I know I got a lot of exercise
$ K0 h8 _8 a  ^/ ?' {, K    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.
% {2 ]2 H( y/ H    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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   AND
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: x! a; x& x: s" O    Every time I start thinking too much
, l3 _! M7 f8 c4 f     about how I look,
/ k. R, f: I& U8 V& x: K1 s    I just find a Happy Hour
0 I6 x1 a' ^! K6 B* J   and by the time I leave,
8 \; q: |% Q. \  [4 G# s1 E    I look just fine.