101-year-old woman still going to work
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Your daily dose of sweetness comes from -- not surprisingly -- Steve Hartman again.
It's the story of Ethel Weiss of Brookline, Mass. She's 101 now and still runs the toy and candy shop by herself.
She won't or can't retire, she says, because she doesn't want to disappoint anyone.
She used to help kids with their math when she sold them some candy. But now they help her. She forgets things.
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