Pass this along to your senior friends. For those of us getting along in years, here is a little secret for building arm and shoulder muscles. Three days a week works well. Begin by standing outside behind the house, and with a 5-LB. potato sack in each hand ... extend your arms straight out to your sides and hold them there as long as you can. After a few weeks, move up to 10-LB. potato sacks and then 50-LB. potato sacks, and finally get to where you can lift a 100 LB. potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. Next ... start putting a few potatoes in the sacks, but be careful not to overdo it.

Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 5:27:27 PM