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called Millers that targets the old. I walked around the shop but all their designs looked like clothes collected from the First World War. To cap it, the staff in there treats you like they might never see you again. They are more sympathetic than warm. Yes I am old, but please! When you start growing older, many parts of your body start to shut down, beginning from legs upwards. Only pharmaceutical companies innovate around the immobilized old. The person who made Viagra should win a Nobel Prize for heaven’s sake! That small wonder pill is doing heavy lifting; what even forklifts could not manage. Now I hear they are also making Viagra for women. Hallelujah! 06 MAL 13/16 ISSUE ‘‘At Vibro, there is no dress code for hanging out. Anything will do. The dancing style was also odd. Everyone danced slowly with very limited movement at the waist but suddenly making short side jerks with one leg like something had just bitten their heels.’’ That is the greatest innovation of the century with potential to prevent a Third World War. What would sane men be doing out there throwing bombs and detonating themselves if their women are melting hot and waiting for them back home? Research shows that about 30 per cent of old people spend their money on medicine. As if shutting down is not enough, many body parts start to ache as well. My grandma would borrow any medicine that she saw anyone take. She did not care what the medicines were prescribed for. As long as it was medicine, it was sure to heal someplace. I used to find that funny, but now I know why she did it. When so many parts are on go-slow and others aching, any medicine will help in one way or the other.