Retirement With a Grin

1/12/05 | Self

[zerosix]

Room service and free shampoo, sounds good to me.

[AppyPappy]

I used to work in a motel. You can get really good rates on monthly stays.

Then you can save the money for medical care which will last you about a day in the hospital.

[cynicom]

If the gubmint reads this they will pass a law that medicare does not pay if you are not in a registered "Old Fools Home".

[trustandobey]

LOL! I've had the same thought, only I wouldn't mind doing it right now, just think no more housework! High speed internet and Free Republic all day long.

[bullseye1911]

Better hope you stay healthy. You have a stroke, you couldn't tip enough to get maid to change your diaper.

[End Times Sentinel]

I like your way of thinkin'!  I would suggest a little more than five ones a day in tips, but you're on the right track.

Me, I'd hire a prostitute to come by and feed me booze from the mini bar until I expired, but we all have different goals in life.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[DannyTN]

At $40x30=$1200 a month. That's not a bad rent, especially considering maid service is included.

But it's not fair to compare it to a nursing home, because there is no nursing care.

Of course, if you have medicare, a qualifying diagnosis and a doctor's approval, you can get a nurse to come by and check on you a couple of times a week.

[zerosix]

Gosh, I totally forgot about no housework, laundry and cooking. I'll check on early retirement this afternoon.

[robomurph]

Yes, but they have lousy towels...

Seriously, I currently spend most of my time in a corporate apartment at about $32 a day. They provide everything: furniture, linen, towels, maid service, cups, plates, silverware, microwave, 2 TVs, 2 VCRs, DVD, ministereo, pool, workout room, film library and BBQ area. Not a bad way to live!

[Fierce Allegiance]

Who is going to wipe your butt when you become incapable?

[pageonetoo]

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[Gondring]

Without medical care, you should be comparing to "assisted living" and not "nursing home," but it's true that there are nursing cruise-ship proposals.

[Froggie]

My plan is simpler....at age 80 or whenever I'm getting feeble.....rob a bank with a toy pistol....no harm intended...plead guilty....federal offense...off to a federal "correctional" facility...good food, accomodations, medical care, activities....and best of all paid for by the taxpayers !!!

[knarf]

This thread MUST continue !
I need all the ideas I can get.

I'm a classic screw-up ... bad decisions in the past, job changes ... no substantial 401K left, and I'm 56.

[highflight]

Better yet is the cruise ship option - I learned from the crew (on a recent Caribbean cruise) that a retired woman stays on board ship for a year - taking daily excursions as desired. Food, medical care, entertainment and laundry all inclusive.

Probably a little more expensive up front than the Holiday Inn - but another choice.

[plangent]

That's the ticket. And with a little extra tipping
Housekeeping will change your diapers.

[Salvation]

**With the average cost for a nursing home reaching $188 per day, there is a better way when we get old and feeble.**

**For a combined long-term stay discount and senior discount, it's $49.23 per night. That leaves $138.77 a day for breakfast, lunch, dinner in any restaurant I want, or room service. It also will leave enough for laundry, gratuities, and special TV movies. Plus, I'll get a swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge, and washer and dryer. I'll also get free toothpaste, razors, shampoo and soap. And I'll be treated like a customer, not a patient.**

Sounds good to me, too!

[Salvation]

Only they will have to have Fox News Channel. I won't watch CNN!

[Atlas Sneezed]

Hate to rain on your parade, but this email has been circulating widely, and was unlikely to have been written buy the poster.

Google "Holiday Inn retirement" for a multitude of examples of it on the web.

[penowa]

When I had a hospital stay away from my home in the late '70's and my husband spent a lot of time at the Holiday Inn to be near, this idea occurred to me when I saw the hospital bill and the credit card charges for his stay. Since it was 25 yrs. ago, I can't remember the numbers, but I figured that outside of the first 2 days when I had surgery I would have fared just as well or better if I had been at the Holiday Inn too.