The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
$ j9 g  ]+ E" p6 z! o' P4 t   This enables you at 85 years old
   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
2 f3 h6 r: H0 A* e   home at $7000 per month.

0 q* y9 X' h; l1 h# `: p8 M    My grandpa started walking
( [% a, i0 r7 ~6 H- M4 X    five miles a day when he was 60.
- O/ T' F0 m+ x# L  I    Now he's 97 years old
    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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" H0 l" Z8 P/ ^, q   I like long walks,
. K$ w" `- `: j! \    especially when they are taken
    by people who annoy me.
  
. b. ], U8 p) d) j   The only reason I would take up walking
- W/ A6 {; @' R& r  Y/ I    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
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    I have to walk early in the morning,
9 \: M1 V, }' ]4 A3 v5 n( G* V, A    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
   
# [. @$ `. l0 _- W& a4 r3 H# B   I joined a health club last year,
7 @, `3 U1 e! k    spent about 400 bucks.
    Haven't lost a pound.
! X' ]  M8 E" W/ K+ t    Apparently you have to go there.
  
   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
  
: e- c" T" G( e$ A! i   I do have flabby thighs,
: n2 a* Z$ p1 n    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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! T4 z* @+ J8 q    The advantage of exercising every day
  &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,
  start with a small country.
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1 L- b2 @8 I4 o8 ?6 W0 d- `" z   I know I got a lot of exercise
" ~6 v8 V' V7 D' t# F1 n    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.
8 I# L& r7 y/ _. ?" t# ^% @) p5 j: s    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
   
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    Every time I start thinking too much
5 }9 G; P& d1 u. a9 [$ n. d     about how I look,
. |/ h% r0 F9 v$ b- V: _    I just find a Happy Hour
   and by the time I leave,
    I look just fine.