Su, my walking partner at the park says did I read the news today.

He's 76 and does a walk and shuffle combo. I'm flat out just keeping up with him.

'If you don't walk for one day, your body will remind you to walk again.'

He lives for the heat. The heat of a body warmed up in the tropics.

Gotta admit it's pretty appealing. And when those endorphins are assuring us that all is pretty good, all you can do is step forward some more.

And I hear about the news yesterday too.

He won't outright say he hates the Prime Minister.

I won't outright say that I think he's stuck with him for another ten years.

He says that Sim, the 67-year-old stock broker I first met at the park a fortnight ago, does the one-kilometer circuit in seven minutes.

He's no slacker and does it in nine minutes.

I've been parachuted into an old person's home.

And you know what, I'm quite liking it.

I'm the big five-O now. I've got a lot to learn from these fitness freaks.

One step forward, says Su, and before I know it, he adds, 'you'll be five kilometers lighter.'

Kilograms?

One does live in hope. 

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