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_It's a darned shame that just when we get past the experimental / stage and learn how to have fun, the old body starts wearing out. / Now what if there were spare parts for sale? What if you could get / them installed on demand? A new heart, a new liver, a new -- well, / just suppose! _
"The trouble with bodies," said the new rub-down specialist at the Gotham Baths, "is that after a while they just wear out."