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    “I feel trapped working, but I can’t stop working,” Lydia says, sitting up to cuddle her basset hound, Brigette. Her husband, Bill, gives her a kiss but lets her be. The 90-year-old would like to get a job to help Lydia pay the bills, but because of health problems, there’s little he can do.

    “I feel so guilty that I can’t work,” Bill says.

    “You can’t work because of your age and your health issues,” Lydia snaps back. “There’s no sense feeling guilty about it.”

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      On Reddit this would be an uplifting story about how Home Depot employs the elderly to help them pay medical bills.