The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
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   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
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/ q. j' L' ^- W" `    My grandpa started walking
) I5 K/ a( H7 F7 s0 k    five miles a day when he was 60.
' n/ Q3 e8 Y0 R9 `) z9 a7 c6 C    Now he's 97 years old
    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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   I like long walks,
0 p5 P1 o# b; y& e% [    especially when they are taken
% G3 i/ F1 K5 P. f1 a+ A2 {, q    by people who annoy me.
  
   The only reason I would take up walking
    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
    I have to walk early in the morning,
! ]& L5 I. a" r* |! }2 h1 t    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
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* U% A& @& d" Z" h" W   I joined a health club last year,
    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',
3 W! e- f1 y4 Y3 [9 h0 L9 Q    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
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   I do have flabby thighs,
- b" H/ Q2 `6 `  B    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,
: Y7 n0 V6 R/ s( r' J& p1 [    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
; a" i- Y# O4 p# R. s  start with a small country.
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+ l6 q6 f2 i' d5 \  V; E" n# s   I know I got a lot of exercise
    the last few years,......
7 `! ]& R3 j  S8 i: k9 v    just getting over the hill.
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  We all get heavier as we get older,
# A' S9 r  j* E( v    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,
    I just find a Happy Hour
   and by the time I leave,
    I look just fine.