No Nursing Home For Me

This was sent to me in an email and I thought you might be interested.

No Nursing Home for Me


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 -- at no charge.