This 88-Year-Old Grandma Has Been Living On A Cruise Ship For 10 Years

HoratioTarr wrote:I read somewhere that a lady had done this because it worked out cheaper than paying to go live in an old folks home.

Didge wrote:Lee Wachtstetter has found a way to travel the world without ever leaving home.

The 88-year-old grandmother sold her home in Fort Lauderdale, her car, and most of her belongings to become a permanent luxury cruise ship resident.

Known to passengers and crew as Mama Lee, she's been living a "fairy tale existence" on the Crystal Serenity for the past decade.

"I don't have to shop. I don't have to cook. I do what I want, when I want, if I want," she said.



https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-videos/6982/This-88-Year-Old-Grandma-Has-Been-Living-On-A-Cruise-Ship-For-10-Years

Jules wrote:Yes she's fit and well but at that age she could die at any stage.

The heart muscle is pre-programmed to beat a finite number of times. When you reach that number, it stops beating, whether you are ill or well.

That is why no one lives for ever. The cardiac muscles won't allow it.  Be ready!

Raggamuffin wrote:I think it's great when someone finds a way of life which really suits them. It sounds expensive so not everyone could do it, and it wouldn't suit me, but good for her!

As for being around family, they can't live your life, and you can't live their life. She's doing what she enjoys.

HoratioTarr wrote:

Jules wrote:Yes she's fit and well but at that age she could die at any stage.

The heart muscle is pre-programmed to beat a finite number of times. When you reach that number, it stops beating, whether you are ill or well.

That is why no one lives for ever. The cardiac muscles won't allow it.  Be ready!

That's a myth.

http://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/does-human-heart-have-finite-number-beats

Jules wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:I think it's great when someone finds a way of life which really suits them. It sounds expensive so not everyone could do it, and it wouldn't suit me, but good for her!

As for being around family, they can't live your life, and you can't live their life. She's doing what she enjoys.

It's quite a leap to extract that meaning from what I said.

It's not ideal to be surrounded by strangers in the middle of some vast ocean when you breathe your last, imv.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Jules wrote:


It's quite a leap to extract that meaning from what I said.

It's not ideal to be surrounded by strangers in the middle of some vast ocean when you breathe your last, imv.

Yes, but in order to have your family around when you die, you have to be with them an awful lot. Not everyone has warning that they're going to die, and the chances of your family being there when it happens are not that high.

In any case, why does it matter? She's living the way she wants, so why would she want to live a life she doesn't enjoy just so that a family member can be there when she dies? I mean, even if she dies of an illness and they happen to be there, they're only going to sit there aren't they?

She might live to be over 100 anyway.

Jules wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Yes, but in order to have your family around when you die, you have to be with them an awful lot. Not everyone has warning that they're going to die, and the chances of your family being there when it happens are not that high.

In any case, why does it matter? She's living the way she wants, so why would she want to live a life she doesn't enjoy just so that a family member can be there when she dies? I mean, even if she dies of an illness and they happen to be there, they're only going to sit there aren't they?

She might live to be over 100 anyway.

Yes, she well might.  But when you're nearly 90, be ready to go at any time.
Hence why I wrote "Be ready".

Raggamuffin wrote:At least she hasn't accumulated a lot of stuff for relatives to sort out when she dies. Swedish death cleaning is all the rage apparently, and she's already done it.

Jules wrote:

HoratioTarr wrote:

That's a myth.

http://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/does-human-heart-have-finite-number-beats

I'm not quite ready to overhaul what I was taught, for the sake of a zoologist's opinion. He studied cows.
My class was taught biology by tutors who did surgical operations on human hearts.

Jules wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:At least she hasn't accumulated a lot of stuff for relatives to sort out when she dies. Swedish death cleaning is all the rage apparently, and she's already done it.

And I am aware that some relatives are horrible. 
Just look at the horror stories of feuding between the relatives of some celebs who died. Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Whitney Houston, Linda Bellingham all come to mind.


Undignified feuding in the courts, for their share of dead person's money. 

Raggamuffin wrote:Imagine if you knew how many heart beats you had before you died. There would be a huge market for devices which count them, and everyone would buy them and be constantly counting and working out how long they had.

Cass wrote:I envy her. Good on her for living the way she wants.

Didge wrote:

Cass wrote:I envy her. Good on her for living the way she wants.

Dont envy her, am proud of her and think many should take a leaf out of her book me Lady

Cass wrote:

Didge wrote:

Dont envy her, am proud of her and think many should take a leaf out of her book me Lady

I just I could retire NOW

I’ve read of a few others doing this or living in hotels for a few months at a time then changing.

Cass wrote:Ok I’m giving up on typing I the car. Mr.C finds all the bumps and I keep missing words.

Later