Float your boat

Well here is a story that you don't come across everyday!

For the last 9 years, Beatrice Muller, an 89 year old widow,

has chosen a rather unconventional retirement residence -

the luxury cruise ship RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (the QE2 for

short, shown above). Muller has found this arrangement, one 

that allows her to cruise around the world and receive top 

notch service and cuisine, much more agreeable than any 

retirement home. However, come this month, she will find 

herself in a dilemma. The QE2 is about to be retired from 

service. Muller, though, despite her ship's pending retirement, 

has no intention of returning to land - "Why would I want to do 

that for?" Instead, she plans to find another ship to sail out her 

days on. Her cabin on the QE2 costs about $7000 a month; 

according to her estimates, that is about the same cost as a 

retirement home in Florida, except that is is "far more pleasant". 

Let's hope that the sea loving Mrs. Muller finds a suitable new 

cruise vessel that will float her boat!