The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
& e0 Q! f: x2 h- |  i( W# |   This enables you at 85 years old
   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
! l+ H3 {9 i) I7 _* M* r; k   home at $7000 per month.
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    My grandpa started walking
, i" `! }/ p6 j* l+ D/ `* }* ?  c    five miles a day when he was 60.
    Now he's 97 years old
    and we don't know where the hell he is.
  
   I like long walks,
0 u  |' v% V  O$ F! \  L    especially when they are taken
) _5 K4 l: o9 z- J' Q' \6 \. ^    by people who annoy me.
  
+ p) ^5 [+ o8 ^. ?9 b6 s, t% d   The only reason I would take up walking
0 o. K, t: X9 [/ n& m' d    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
    I have to walk early in the morning,
: b! X# N6 |4 l( q' H: S# V% [    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
   
   I joined a health club last year,
, _4 C  V' _4 k' K- y3 C    spent about 400 bucks.
0 O: s7 ~( J: @" ^9 y5 k7 ^: J% o    Haven't lost a pound.
4 t% b/ N; \& L$ H    Apparently you have to go there.
  
8 @- Z3 O4 {5 f/ T   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
  
" r2 X9 S1 e! _3 _8 B   I do have flabby thighs,
    but fortunately my stomach covers them.

5 ?5 O) h6 y1 ~1 y6 A& L& K/ W    The advantage of exercising every day
- ~9 ]5 O+ }5 s% v( e  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
6 X/ y) h6 k$ ]7 E& l! w  start with a small country.
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, W* _2 Y3 u8 \- [2 j+ U   I know I got a lot of exercise
, Y! N. }% Y7 y; l6 V, V    the last few years,......
    just getting over the hill.

, \) P7 o1 v! W1 @1 c" g# ~  {  We all get heavier as we get older,
    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
2 n) F$ ^/ m$ [8 y, e4 r" D    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
   
0 u- m/ R  X3 T9 S4 y4 g( b   AND
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    Every time I start thinking too much
, f% G5 k8 g; t% a' |% k5 d6 w- ~     about how I look,
' j9 V4 r4 I* F, U" m6 o+ n    I just find a Happy Hour
+ J3 m, t/ N4 S' V   and by the time I leave,
( `3 R6 B4 {+ z& |( }    I look just fine.