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Originally posted by Gary Burke
I don't know that I will live long enough, or save enough, to visit Australia, but it's certainly high on the list my wife and I have for wanting to visit.
I know a little about the country in that I taught history and geography for 35 years, and also have known several Aussies, all of whom I liked very much.
Nice people. Beautiful country. Interesting people and wildlife. And, darn nice coins!
Gary - If you live long enough to get into a nursing home, here is how to afford a trip to Australia
$ are in US currency
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 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.
10. Unlike like here in South Florida there is a doctor on call 24 hours a
day.
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.
Current daily rates as of 4 April 06 range from $80 - $141 per day for most cruises
Daily rates at nursing home on this date a re from $200 - to $400 per day
What is the phone number of a Travel agent?
Posted 04/04/2006 06:42 am
