FW: No Nursing Home For Me!
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 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 to be 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 then 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 on a 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 cost about $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, not to mention the 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 some other far-away
>>>place?
>>> > 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 can just dump you over the
>>>side
>>> > at no charge!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > God bless you and America!