Retirement
This sounds like the way to go!
>>> About 2 years ago my friend and I were on a cruise through the
>> western
>>>Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly
>>>lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main
>>>dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers,
>> waiters,
>>>busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady. I asked our
>>>waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told she owned the line, but
>> he
>>>said he only knew that she had been on board for the last four cruises,
>>>back to back.
>>>
>>>As we left the dining room one evening I caught her eye and stopped to
>>>say hello. We chatted and I said, "I understand you've been on this
>> ship
>>>for the last four cruises". She replied, "Yes, that's true." I told her
>>>that I didn't understand and she replied, without a pause, "It's
>> cheaper
>>>than a nursing home."
>>>
>>>So, there will be no nursing home in my future. When I get old and
>>>feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship.
>>>
>>>The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on
>>>reservations at Princess and I can get a long-term discount and senior
>>>discount price of $135 per day.
>>>
>>>That leaves $65 a day for:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>1. Gratuities, which will only be $10 per day. And the rest can be put
>>>into the slot machines.
>>>
>>>2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can waddle to the
>>>restaurant, or I can have room service (which means I can have
>> breakfast
>>>in bed every day of the week).
>>>
>>>3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free
>>>washers and dryers, and shows every night.
>>>
>>>4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.
>>>
>>>5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5
>>>worth of tips and your casino winnings will have the entire staff
>>>scrambling to help you.
>>>
>>>6. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days.
>>>
>>>7. TV. broken? Light bulb needs changing? Need to have the mattress
>>>replaced? No problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your
>>>inconvenience.
>>>
>>>8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask
>> for
>>>them.
>>>
>>>9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on Medicare;
>>>if you fall and break a hip on the Princess ship they will upgrade you
>>>to a suite for the rest of your life.
>>>
>>>Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South America, the Panama
>>>Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to
>>>go?
>>>Princess will have a ship ready to go. So don't look for me in a
>> nursing
>>>home, just call shore to ship.
>>>
>>>PS: And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at
>>>no charge.
This sounds like the way to go!
>>> About 2 years ago my friend and I were on a cruise through the
>> western
>>>Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly
>>>lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main
>>>dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers,
>> waiters,
>>>busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady. I asked our
>>>waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told she owned the line, but
>> he
>>>said he only knew that she had been on board for the last four cruises,
>>>back to back.
>>>
>>>As we left the dining room one evening I caught her eye and stopped to
>>>say hello. We chatted and I said, "I understand you've been on this
>> ship
>>>for the last four cruises". She replied, "Yes, that's true." I told her
>>>that I didn't understand and she replied, without a pause, "It's
>> cheaper
>>>than a nursing home."
>>>
>>>So, there will be no nursing home in my future. When I get old and
>>>feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship.
>>>
>>>The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on
>>>reservations at Princess and I can get a long-term discount and senior
>>>discount price of $135 per day.
>>>
>>>That leaves $65 a day for:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>1. Gratuities, which will only be $10 per day. And the rest can be put
>>>into the slot machines.
>>>
>>>2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can waddle to the
>>>restaurant, or I can have room service (which means I can have
>> breakfast
>>>in bed every day of the week).
>>>
>>>3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free
>>>washers and dryers, and shows every night.
>>>
>>>4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.
>>>
>>>5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5
>>>worth of tips and your casino winnings will have the entire staff
>>>scrambling to help you.
>>>
>>>6. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days.
>>>
>>>7. TV. broken? Light bulb needs changing? Need to have the mattress
>>>replaced? No problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your
>>>inconvenience.
>>>
>>>8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask
>> for
>>>them.
>>>
>>>9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on Medicare;
>>>if you fall and break a hip on the Princess ship they will upgrade you
>>>to a suite for the rest of your life.
>>>
>>>Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South America, the Panama
>>>Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to
>>>go?
>>>Princess will have a ship ready to go. So don't look for me in a
>> nursing
>>>home, just call shore to ship.
>>>
>>>PS: And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at
>>>no charge.
