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Candy-maker George Buffett (left), the 78-year-old owner of Buffett's Candies, helps worker Mike Dixon pour hot piƱon brittle onto a cooling table at his shop at 7001 Lomas Blvd. N.E. "I have a theory," Buffett said. "If you keep working and using your mind, you're gonna outlive someone who has retired."