Vivien Wakefield (Gardner) YHS 1953 Well we seem to all have gone quiet since the YOGA back in March. It was good catching up with old schoolmates, and some great photos were taken. Even though I have now seen these mates down the track, I still remember them as they were back in the 50's. I was struck by the fact that almost everyone had white hair!! I suppose mine would be too if I didn't splash red in it! Anyway, I have just received the following on my email, and I thought I would like to pass it on to you for inclusion in a newsletter. There will be no nursing home in my future. When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a CARNIVAL Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on reservations at CARNIVAL 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, razors, 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 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 CARNIVAL 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, Bahamas, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to go? CARNIVAL will have a ship ready to go. So don't look for me in a nursing home, just call me shore to ship. PS: And don't forget, when you die at sea, they just dump you over the side at no charge.
