PoliticalChic
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Not if you're capable of "Thinking Outside The Box"
1. Conservatives, today's Classical Liberals, see government as a necessary evil, of simply a benign but voluntary social contract for free men to enter into willingly,, and accept it as long as it is based on individualism, free markets, and limited constitutional government.
On the obverse, Modern Liberals, Progressives, see government as something worthy of worship. It is beneficent, and knows what is best for each and every member of the collective.
For example, government programs designed to 'warehouse the elderly.'
Today's story is one of those that proves how creative people can be, even without the command-and-control of big government.
2. "... 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 she owned the line, but he said he only knew that she had been on board for the last four cruises, back to back.
3. .... 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."
4. ...get on a Princess Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day.[Actually, less...http://www.princess.com/find/cruiseDetails.do]
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: Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.
I will have as many as 10 meals a day (of fantastic food, not institutional food) 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).
Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night.
They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.
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.
I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days!
TV broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress replaced? No problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your inconvenience.
Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask for them.
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.
There is always a doctor on board.
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.
snopes.com Retirement Living on Cruise Ships
1. Conservatives, today's Classical Liberals, see government as a necessary evil, of simply a benign but voluntary social contract for free men to enter into willingly,, and accept it as long as it is based on individualism, free markets, and limited constitutional government.
On the obverse, Modern Liberals, Progressives, see government as something worthy of worship. It is beneficent, and knows what is best for each and every member of the collective.
For example, government programs designed to 'warehouse the elderly.'
Today's story is one of those that proves how creative people can be, even without the command-and-control of big government.
2. "... 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 she owned the line, but he said he only knew that she had been on board for the last four cruises, back to back.
3. .... 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."
4. ...get on a Princess Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day.[Actually, less...http://www.princess.com/find/cruiseDetails.do]
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: Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.
I will have as many as 10 meals a day (of fantastic food, not institutional food) 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).
Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night.
They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.
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.
I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days!
TV broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress replaced? No problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your inconvenience.
Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask for them.
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.
There is always a doctor on board.
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.
snopes.com Retirement Living on Cruise Ships
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