The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
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% u6 A+ _8 L* x+ w( X( ]- P* G   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
   home at $7000 per month.

, @% y6 y/ t. D1 o. H: l- g    My grandpa started walking
    five miles a day when he was 60.
9 v; J' A* z! ]8 ^    Now he's 97 years old
8 v4 M9 ?: o% a. m9 B    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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7 M# G3 p+ P4 g! }% P5 a   I like long walks,
    especially when they are taken
    by people who annoy me.
  
# p0 P2 o2 T; |' A9 c( U   The only reason I would take up walking
    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
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6 r0 @$ ]$ q( R    I have to walk early in the morning,
    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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/ m3 v8 G3 |* h# n1 f7 Z# V/ u   I joined a health club last year,
+ v8 {: {% i  ^* h( H! L    spent about 400 bucks.
    Haven't lost a pound.
    Apparently you have to go there.
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   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
  
   I do have flabby thighs,
    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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2 j7 A- z- O2 b2 T    The advantage of exercising every day
: u6 M( `- i+ f/ E% `8 t  &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,
  |) H+ P$ a2 ?  start with a small country.
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   I know I got a lot of exercise
9 @) a: s3 A7 |% K: x# P; h    the last few years,......
! P- d4 Y. o( P/ P9 y0 {& T    just getting over the hill.
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  We all get heavier as we get older,
/ |9 ^/ r' l5 S. O" ]# q9 C; l9 C    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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    Every time I start thinking too much
     about how I look,
$ g) l9 L7 E6 [    I just find a Happy Hour
   and by the time I leave,
' [7 ~4 G5 ~  o# O7 A9 _! X    I look just fine.