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 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 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 - No charge.
Praise the Lord
!!!!!