Fwd: Retirement

FW: RetirementNew twist on the retirement idea .... like this one, especially at
the end!

NRETIREMENT

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 notice that all the staff, ships
officers, waiters, busboys, etc. all seemed very familiar with this lady.

I asked our waiter who the lay 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 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 can 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 trips will have the entire staff scrambling to help you.

6. I will get to meet new people every 7 to 14 days.
7. T.V. Broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress replaced?
No problem! The 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 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, if I want to call someone or
someone wants to talk to me just call ship to shore.

P.S. Don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at no charge.

We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough.
-- Helen Keller --