EVERYONE KNOWS THAT swimming is the best form of exercise. Doctors beam at you when you tell them that you swim, friends nod encouragingly and say either that they swim or wish they did, the gym guy smiles encouragingly when you walk through the door.
Especially if you are 68. After 20 years away from the sport, I recently joined the C.V. Starr Community Center in Fort Bragg. The lap pool at this gym is world-class. Exquisite.
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