Posts Tagged ‘walking’
Protect your memory
October 15th, 2010
A group of us were sitting around having a good laugh when three disembodied heads flew past the front window in quick succession.
“Did you see that?” I asked.
“The Segways,” someone replied. “They rent them downtown.”
Ohhhh, the Segways. Well, it was just a bit early for Halloween.
A Segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancing motorized vehicle that can transport a single rider in a standing position at speeds up to about 12 mph. Though I’ve never had the pleasure, they look like an absolute blast to ride. But as I watched the Segways roll by and considered the motorized carts supplied by most stores and the ubiquitous ads for motorized chairs, I couldn’t help wondering if humans are unlearning how to walk … and what consequences that might have.
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Jump-start your walking program
November 24th, 2009
Recently some friends tried to get me to join their Saturday-morning walking group. At 6 a.m. Of course, I jumped at the opportunity. Then a few seconds later we heard a strange noise. Shielding our eyes from the sun, we looked up toward the sound. Was it a bird? Was it a plane? Was it a good-looking guy in blue tights? No. It was … a pig. A flying pig.
The day I agree to go walking at six o’clock on a Saturday morning will be the day pigs fly.