Shy of retiring

Published 3:43 pm Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Rule No. 1: Spend your kids’ inheritance: A survey by a financial advice nonprofit found a woeful lack of understanding about retirement. Only 20 percent of 1,000 people, ages 60 to 75, passed the quiz.

Of course only 20 percent passed; they were asking hard questions about Roth IRAs and Social Security rules. Where were the real retirement questions about the TV schedule, pinochle rules and restaurants with the best Early Bird specials?

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Fly the friendly fries: Boeing made the first test of green diesel, a blend of vegetable oil, waste cooking oil, animal fats and jet fuel, in a 787 Dreamliner, with the airliner performing as expected.

But if you get a faint whiff of french fries the next time you’re on a plane, it’s not the green diesel; it’s still the teenager sitting next to you.

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CBGB heebie jeebies: HBO plans a new dramatic series about the punk and disco music scene in 1970s New York with Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger as executive producers and Jagger’s son, James, as the lead singer of a punk band.

I pray God takes me before HBO does a Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus dramatic series.

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