In other words, if ageing humans can bepatchedup for 30 years, he argues, science will have developed sufficiently to make further repairs more effective, postponing death indefinitely.
Baker and the former President had a quiet dinner two Sundays ago in Houston--without their wives, a sign that the grudge between Baker and Barbara may not bepatchedup, in the view of some old Bush hands.
As in medical insurance, pre-existing conditions are usually exempted from coverage and the warranty company makes the call as to whether the condition was pre-existing, as well as to whether a particular system should be replaced or just patchedup.