The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
" G( ^  D. i& ^4 d/ {$ [   This enables you at 85 years old
; D/ L4 n, x, g* r   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
   home at $7000 per month.
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+ {) q6 c8 X; i1 j: y    My grandpa started walking
    five miles a day when he was 60.
: D1 X) j: W  c- T& s, D* n2 W  b- [0 K    Now he's 97 years old
9 ~, |8 }0 q' I7 G- H  f    and we don't know where the hell he is.
  
   I like long walks,
- i2 t4 l" K0 G) o    especially when they are taken
$ K# P7 `. q" Y% k$ g$ [. j    by people who annoy me.
  
   The only reason I would take up walking
9 \' U. S( A1 B% X9 T    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
    I have to walk early in the morning,
    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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" {% P+ u  B" J' ^9 `# ~: r   I joined a health club last year,
    spent about 400 bucks.
& R% P# Z) Z; R9 \    Haven't lost a pound.
    Apparently you have to go there.
  
6 [, ^( Z' Y8 w$ l* c6 F6 C8 d& \   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
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2 t. Z2 j  I. y: e8 s0 G" v$ U   I do have flabby thighs,
; z# \: g8 ~+ F% F. T/ s5 \    but fortunately my stomach covers them.

' r4 j; @! u( Q  ?5 F9 @) b    The advantage of exercising every day
) R2 @5 {* Y8 H! _- r  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
  
6 E+ d+ a) k4 n1 e' y' y% M  t1 `1 t   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
% V( |9 m$ |. P" C9 N7 U  start with a small country.
   
6 z- \9 R5 m! }/ ~/ Q   I know I got a lot of exercise
    the last few years,......
1 W: C+ a9 @( q4 h* c/ U8 c1 ?    just getting over the hill.

9 M! Y7 P) c% V% a# P1 I+ h  We all get heavier as we get older,
* w7 `. W" X3 j& t, Q. n+ s    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
   
   AND
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    Every time I start thinking too much
     about how I look,
    I just find a Happy Hour
   and by the time I leave,
- C8 L: u& E9 s, Q8 }. K    I look just fine.