Question How do I start treating my man like someone in their late 50's?
Hubby is 39. Doctors told him he has the body, organs and bones of someone in their late 50's. Can you make of list of how men need to be treated physically different between a 30's and 50's in a marriage?

Best Answer Buy him a rocking chair & a shawl..he'll love ya for it also,stock up on a good supply of Preparation H, Metamucil, Ben Gay, Aspirin, Vitamins for seniors, Pepcid AC, support hose, a hernia truss, and Denture Cream, and get him that medical alert thingy in case he falls and can't get up..... ..put him on a low salt, low fat, bland diet light in spices....decaf coffee or tea.....and set bedtime at 9 pm.....oh, invest in a walker, you never know, and one of those suction cup handle things he can grab to get out of the shower easier...and a elevated toilet seat so he doesn;t have to bend down so far to sit...he'll love ya for it.and a pair of novelty slippers that say 'Old Fart' across the toes and make pooty sounds when he walks.....have fun.

Question How are cruise liner staff trained for emergency situations?
Do they have a simulator some where, like for aeroplanes? Anyone know?? Thanks

Best Answer On the cruise ships i work on there are two types of crew, as touched on below, but i see it a bit differently. We have the Deck and Engine Officers and, well basically, the rest of the crew. To become licenced as a Deck or Engine Officer we have to undertake extensive training in fire-fighting, medical care, damage control, crisis management etc etc. The rest of the crew 'might' have some training before joining the ship but this would be the basic personal safety training. As soon as they get onboard, before they start their duties, they have training on the various lifesaving and firefighting tools we have onboard, but bear in mind we have dedicated teams to deal with these emergencies so the thing that is impressed on them is how to raise the alarm, who to contact and what immediate things they can do (closing doors, shutting off power and evacuating the area etc) Our emergency teams - fire-fighting, medical, lifesaving (lifeboat and liferaft lowering squads etc) and so on train once a week as a minimum with a few 'unscheduled' drills thrown in. It is the Deck Officers that are responsible for the safety of the ship and so it also falls to us to train the crew, and with a crew of 1000 people it is an almost full time job! We also get sent ashore from time to time to get 're-trained' to ensure that our skills are still upto date Even those crewmembers that do not have an emergency function (are not in an emergency team) still have a drill once a month where we train them on abandoning ship and basic firefighting techniques amongst other things. On a typical cruise ship over half to 2/3rds the crew will have an emergency function, and each of these functions are trained atleast once a month... to give you an idea of how many different teams there are onboard here is a little list of some from my last ship: First response Onscene commanders Fire teams (x4) Hose Handling teams (supporting the fire teams) Rescue squads passenger assist teams lifeboat crews liferaft crews lifeboat lowering squads liferaft lowering squads boat deck commanders man overboard teams damage control teams medical teams security squads traffic directors and on and on Sadly there are some 'mickey mouse' companies out there that do not train their crews but they are in a vast minority - a ship can be inspected at anytime by the state/port authorities and they will invariably ask to see a drill - if the ship does not do well they will detain the ship until it is good enough. As an example take a look at the star princess fire - a raging inferno that covered 3 decks and 3 or 4 fire zones - by all reasoning that fire should have taken the whole ship but the fire teams got it under control, with the loss of only one life (an elederly person who had a heart attack). Fires happen all the time on cruise ships (its a city afterall) but 99% are dealt with before the passengers even know there is a problem, its only the incredibly rare disasters that people hear about, and really shouldnt colour peoples perceptions on the safety of cruise ships, which are just about the safest ships afloat