100-year-old Briton keeps on working 'to avoid boredom' (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's oldest worker has enjoyed a day off to celebrate his 100th birthday but explained he would become a "miserable sod" if he ever had to retire for good. "Buster" Martin, a mechanic for a south London plumbing firm who has 17 children and 70 grandchildren and great grandchildren, tried giving up work at the age of 97 but couldn't face the boredom. "Boredom is a big killer of men," he told the Daily Telegraph. "I went back to work because I like to keep active," adding that ...