They say age is just a number, and Mervin MacPhee agrees.

When it comes to how he feels, he's about 59. When it comes to what his birth certificate says, he's 92.

You'd be forgiven for being surprised by the number. After all, MacPhee still goes into work every day at MacPhee's Meats in Clyde River, about 15 minutes west of Charlottetown. He can often be found at the butcher's block, cutting steaks and roasts for Islanders, if he's not on the road making deliveries.

"You know, it's great to get up in the morning at my age and put my foot on the floor and say, boy, I've got something to do," MacPhee said.

'I'm so happy that I can do it,' MacPhee said of being able to continue doing custom meat cuts. (Mitch Cormier/CBC)

He is the second of four generations to work in the abattoir, and

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