The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
   This enables you at 85 years old
: i" _& h! t% A   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
   home at $7000 per month.

+ ~* ]2 }9 |& W, e& {: r2 Q    My grandpa started walking
3 [/ K2 b, G) x1 f$ t+ t    five miles a day when he was 60.
    Now he's 97 years old
    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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9 m( E1 R% n  S0 u# A5 F   I like long walks,
    especially when they are taken
! U  K' v8 z) k  L    by people who annoy me.
  
   The only reason I would take up walking
3 F4 Y" ]% a2 E+ ~/ r! k    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
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  s% O0 c. _+ N6 A& N& S    I have to walk early in the morning,
" D, p0 ~3 s' M. S$ C9 T( ]' ^    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
   
# W) V. g* B, W  m   I joined a health club last year,
8 p. t7 l* A( e3 f; ]  W    spent about 400 bucks.
: y6 H! K* C4 l7 O; a    Haven't lost a pound.
    Apparently you have to go there.
  
: }/ w' h  X7 \   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
) W) l) `9 I7 ]- u* r    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
  
& ^& i* o% v, H4 [/ l5 ^: @- o# N   I do have flabby thighs,
" U$ U  N5 v- m! Z    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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0 Z, {( G5 r( n) }6 ]7 Z" V/ Q    The advantage of exercising every day
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) e/ h  T: J9 \/ W* `! q$ `2 [: n    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
# \; i1 P. A. l* p" G1 S  start with a small country.
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   I know I got a lot of exercise
& \! ^: v8 T) f% p& Z0 S    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.
. q( c, m* g# @% X    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
   
   AND

    Every time I start thinking too much
     about how I look,
& u/ i; Z! J" ^  w3 ?8 K+ P    I just find a Happy Hour
   and by the time I leave,
    I look just fine.