My Dad on Exercise

Bullseye has walked four to six miles for exercise almost every day, for 25 years. When home, he’ll walk the same route around the neighborhood or on the treadmill if the weather is poor. He’ll also walk the same route when he’s on vacation at the beach (at the same hotel every year). At the last job he held for over 30 years, he walked the same blocks, or the same hallways if the weather was poor. Despite spending more time in Washington, D.C., than almost any other location throughout his life, he couldn’t tell me about his surroundings, where landmarks are, or how to get anywhere. “What do I care where you young rockers go or where boring museums are?” he said. “I know how to get to the bus stop from the office, and which blocks to walk down.” A few years ago he made the colossal jump from listening to music on a cassette to a CD player while walking. He never followed the earbud trend, instead sticking with telemarketer-like around-the-ear headphones. For sanitation purposes, I agree with him on that. That is where our exercise and sanitation similarities end. Bullseye wears the same hat during his walks and washes it in the washing machine, though it really needs a HazMat scrub. He keeps additional hats in his car and at work, just in case, because leaving his skin unprotected from the sun is unthinkable even though the hat probably holds MRSA. I do not need to delve into his shirt-tucking fashion, as that’s been illustrated enough already. Let’s...
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