The front page, as always, was filled with three- and four-line advertisements for Newcastle, Silkstone, or Wall's-End coal, Bailey's elastic stockings, ladies' abdominal belts, Pulvermacher's Patent Galvanic Chain Bands, Antakos corn plasters, Iceland Liniment for chilblains, and "Want Places" appeals from wet nurses, scullery maids, and cooks, each willing to supply testimonials about their skills and finer qualities.

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Anyone who has played a pick-up basketball knows what it's like when the old guys in the short-shorts and knee braces show up at the gym they may not run up and down the court like 19-year-olds, but they're going to play defense, box everyone out, contest every layup, look for the right shot and make the whole court stink of liniment.

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