Seapuppy
04-13-2005, 07:24 PM
> Hahaha!!! This is the best idea I've heard.
>
>
>
> Sensible Old Age Care
> >
> > About 2 years ago my friend 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 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 or 14 days!
> >
> > 7. TV 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
>
>
>
>
:argh arrrr
>
>
>
> Sensible Old Age Care
> >
> > About 2 years ago my friend 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 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 or 14 days!
> >
> > 7. TV 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
>
>
>
>
:argh arrrr