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Question: When Will You Retire?


Steven Hausler/Hays Daily News, AP Photo

Waldo McBurney, a 104-year-old beekeeper who was recently declared America's oldest worker, smiles in front of his store in Quinter, Kan. About 6.4 percent of Americans 75 or older, or slightly more than 1 million, were working last year. That's up from 4.7 percent, or 634,000, a decade earlier, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. (AP Photo/Hays Daily News, Steven Hausler)

DFO: At one time, I thought it'd be swell to work until I'm 70 b/c that'd mean I was a professional journalist for 50 years. In recent years, I've adjusted that downward to retirement at 65. Then, the SR might just boot me out of here someday.

Question: When do you plan to retire?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.