Meine Zukunft? ;-)

(R)


Lieber ...,

Ich bin am Aufräumen in meiner mailbox.. in drafts.. und
da finde ich ein mail an dich, das wahrscheinlich niemals
abgesendet wurde. Ich spiele mit dem Gedanken dies meine
Zukunft werden zu lassen.. einmal dann später. ;-)

So grüsse ich dich lieb wie immer mit Ks und Qs
Malou


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. TV broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to hav
 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.