The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
   This enables you at 85 years old
   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
' I" h+ B' ~" c* i   home at $7000 per month.
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+ ?7 z# A; O5 t8 A) j! @    My grandpa started walking
6 U, ]# p* _! T4 C    five miles a day when he was 60.
    Now he's 97 years old
, f' ]# l( a, q- I: k8 j* B    and we don't know where the hell he is.
  
3 O1 p% W' u# Y   I like long walks,
    especially when they are taken
    by people who annoy me.
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4 i! d* i3 z5 h4 u2 c   The only reason I would take up walking
3 l$ y8 M( I9 w7 P    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
/ F+ l: m0 [. I- \* {    I have to walk early in the morning,
3 s& O- j$ F& ^4 K; ^    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
   
   I joined a health club last year,
    spent about 400 bucks.
    Haven't lost a pound.
" \, ?, A$ e3 A  z' Z) g; G: m    Apparently you have to go there.
  
+ e; P0 q+ B6 |7 @- K8 \   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
' O  `$ ~9 ^4 i: l+ W9 W; m3 \$ S; P    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
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2 |4 }7 ?1 w( o( t   I do have flabby thighs,
0 E) E" N. s1 b+ P    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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    The advantage of exercising every day
  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
5 \9 `! Y" J0 ^& x7 X    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
  
   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
  start with a small country.
   
   I know I got a lot of exercise
& A4 D3 Q# @: Y% g" ^# b    the last few years,......
, V: x2 t. z; ^1 Y9 R/ I    just getting over the hill.

  We all get heavier as we get older,
; y1 A: F- l4 Q5 b& i( Y    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
8 W" a8 u/ |, j: H5 X    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
   
   AND
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7 |0 o# h! h8 ?" L. X+ o( I1 d    Every time I start thinking too much
  z8 Y+ E, a0 r4 \     about how I look,
( [& w, S; C3 A5 B# _3 S# r# o9 [5 J    I just find a Happy Hour
9 S8 M- N. Z* J/ P   and by the time I leave,
+ O, K3 B+ a4 S  @7 T/ \: i    I look just fine.