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Something Onederful: Stepping

by Vanderleun on January 28, 2021

Just watching this will be more exercise than you get in a week.

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ghostsniper January 28, 2021, 6:06 PM

Sugar infused Fruity Pebbles’ll keepya goin’ all day long.

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Sisu January 28, 2021, 7:02 PM

But … It’s a ‘Dream’. … She is at home ‘remote learning’. … And, if not – WHERE’S the MASK ?

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jd January 29, 2021, 5:20 AM

Hi Gerard,
This is not related to the above. I’ve been thinking you should
participate in this contest. Not a huge prize but better than nothing.
https://classicalpoets.org/category/poetry-contests/
Good luck!

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Jack January 29, 2021, 7:22 AM

Ery’bady steady be dancing’. Next…..!

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Nobody Atall January 29, 2021, 7:27 AM

Cute kid. Interesting interaction there with the Dirty White Man.

And the step counter bit — ten thousand steps is a hoax (what isn’t?) via NYPost ” … the origin of the 10,000-steps-a-day prescription. That bit of wisdom didn’t come from an exercise science lab, Lee learned. Rather, that figure was plucked from a Japanese marketing campaign from the 1960s hawking an early incarnation of the pedometer.” https://nypost.com/2019/06/03/sorry-fitness-fanatics-your-10000-step-goal-is-bogus/

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Neuday January 29, 2021, 9:42 AM

Made it to 0:35. I can experience dancing diversity and gawd-awful “music” with TV commercials.

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