No Nursing Home for Me

[gman]

This is a better deal then the Holiday Inn.


About 2 years ago my wife 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 that 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".

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.

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. T.V. 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.

PS And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at no charge

[TRAIL-OF-TEARS]

sign me up for that plan.

[Rob]

Can I sign up now?

[Nitetimes]

Sounds like the ultimate retirement home to me. Think you can start an escrow account with them now, then when the time comes to retire just sell the house and move on board.
Ya know, the more you think about that the cooler an idea it is. See the world instead of staring at the walls!!

[JunkMan]

I think it would be great, but I would want to switch ships each time it gets back into port so I could see as much of the world as possible.

[Classic Finn]

I can definitely understand the lady... I have worked on A "Love Boat" type ship in the Caribbean... As a Guest Services Purser...

There were many elderly back to back cruisers or Repeaters as we
called them.. They were really pampered... I really enjoyed meeting with
them... Great stories they would tell...


I think I,ll do the same when the time comes...You wont get the same service at a nursing home or old folks home that is certain...


Classic Finn