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Exercise and Fitness

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Stuart G

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Thu Aug 20, 2015, 03:15 PM Aug 2015

A very strange way to improve leg strenth, and get some exercize at the same time. [View all]

I discovered this 2 years ago..my cordless phone broke down. It was situated next to the computer I am now writing at. So, I said to myself, oh damn, now I got to go buy some newer more up to date phones. I know where to go, there is an excellent place to buy them, but it is about 6 or 7 miles away...I have bought many appliances there, they are honest and fair. I will get to it "later"..

....so, I never got to it, but discovered this..................I sit at the computer, like I am now, and the phone rings. so, everytime it does so, I get up and go to another room, and pick up another phone. I walk about 20 feet and sit down. All calls, even the robo-calls to fix my front fence..yes all calls.

I estimate in 2 years I have gotten up at least 3500 times from the computer and walked 20 feet. When I came back, I had to get up again to come back to the computer. I never got the phone replaced and I am not sure I ever will.

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