An Alternative Retirement Home

"Possibly A Future True Story"

About 2 years ago Diana 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 stated, "I don't understand," and she replied, without
a pause, "It's cheaper than a nursing home!"

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"An Alternative Retirement Home"

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.
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 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 need 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.

P.S. And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you
over the side at no charge!!!
Received on Mon Feb 21 01:29:25 2005