notman
Never Forgotten
> >> > 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 liner,
> >> > 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 -- at
no charge.
> >> > 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 liner,
> >> > 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 -- at
no charge.
