no nursing home for me

[StupidCowboyTricks]

No Nursing Home for Me











About 2 years ago we were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. 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.

[FrankManchester]

Facetious or not, that is really something to consider. My mother's Home for the Elderley charges £2000.00 a month and that is in the depths of Cornwall. I'm definitely going to keep your email for reference.

[pina]

Clancy wrote: I don't know....I was rather looking forward to being an old shuffle arse pensioner , who keeps everyone waiting in line at the post office by making the teller repeat everything three times to me


And when some spotty kid pulls you by the arm and helps you across the road which of course you dont want to cross, you will say thank you nicely wont you. :wah:

[theia]

Clancy wrote: Certainly ! ....doddering about with an overcoat on in July ....carrying my bag of peppermints , and a tin of Kit-Kat in my plastic carrier bag.....'muttering on about the youth of today......it's all mapped out :wah:


I'm going to spit in the street and be incredibly rude to shop assistants and talk about my operations

(actually, what's new? :-5 This is all a bit too close for comfort)

[StupidCowboyTricks]

Clancy wrote: I don't know....I was rather looking forward to being an old shuffle arse pensioner , who keeps everyone waiting in line at the post office by making the teller repeat everything three times to me


You would be able to do it at the buffets this way.:rolleyes:

[CARLA]

Excellent Idea.. I will remember this. Homes, facilities, retirement villages I don't care what you call them out here is San Diego they are so expensive all I could afford would be the closet.. no bathroom, no living room.. the closet with a door that's it..:-5 :-5 Now staying on board a cruise ship instead, works for me..