From my brother-in-law:
An excellent exercise for "older adults" like me:
Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5 lb potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day, you'll find that you can hold that position for just a bit longer.
After a couple of weeks, move up to l0 lb. potato sacks. Then try 50 lb potato sacks and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a l00 lb potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute.
(I'm at this level) After you feel confident at this level, put a potato in each of the sacks.
Great roars of laughter!
ReplyDeleteThanks, GM.
My daughter just sent me another joke. It's funny, but it's not suitable for posting.
ReplyDeleteRight, paul!
ReplyDeleteI would only start with a potato weighing 1/2 lb.
Actually, I would just start with the standing part!
Oh Grandmere... You have no idea how I needed that laugh!
ReplyDeleteThe 100 lb sacks are too long for me. Of course the added potato rests on the floor so I can actually hold the sacks for more than a minute even with several potatoes. Advantage of being short. 5 lb sacks with potatoes are far more difficult.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is good to have a hearty laugh! Thanks, Mimi.
ReplyDeleteI liked it. I hope that my sources keep the laughs coming, or I'll be forced into "Confucius say...." mode. I have a vast supply of those handy.
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