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Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected after the original 7-ounce containers and 'UP' for the direction of the bubbles.

101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don't die throughout the movie. .

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.

The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes.

A 'jiffy' is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A whale's penis is called a dork.

Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.

In 1912 a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares.

More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.

Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesars. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.

One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile. So, if being chased by one, run in a zigzag line to lose him or her.

Seattle’s Fremont Bridge rises up and down more than any drawbridge in the world.

Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people.

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel.

A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods.

Nearly 80% of all animals on earth have six legs.

In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.

Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.

There is approximately one chicken for every human being in the world.

Most collect calls are made on father's day.

The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois.

The winner was J. Frank Duryea, whose average speed was 71/2 miles per hour.

Each of us generates about 3.5 pounds of rubbish a day, most of it paper.

Women manage the money and pay the bills in 75% of all Americans households.

A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.

It has NEVER rained in Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile.

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

An eighteenth-century German named Matthew Birchinger, known as "the little man of Nuremberg," played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an expert calligrapher, and was the most famous stage magician of his day. He performed tricks with the cup and balls that have never been explained. Yet Birchinger had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall.

Daylight Saving Time is not observed in most of the state of Arizona and parts of Indiana.

Ants closely resemble human manners: When they wake, they stretch & appear to yawn in a human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

Count the number of cricket chirps in a 15-second period, add 37 to the total, and your result will be very close to the actual outdoor Fahrenheit temperature.

One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.

Butterflies taste with their hind feet.

Only female mosquito’s' bite and most are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

In eighteenth-century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

The human tongue tastes bitter things with the taste buds toward the back. Salty and pungent flavors are tasted in the middle of the tongue, sweet flavors at the tip!

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum. [link]

When you sneeze, air and particles travel through the nostrils at speeds over100 mph. During this time, all bodily functions stop, including your heart, contributing to the impossibility of keeping one's eyes open during a sneeze.

Annual growth of WWW traffic is 314,000%

%60 of all people using the Internet, use it for pornography.

In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.

Sex burns 360 calories per hour. [link]

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it.

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured each year in the United States. If these were laid end to end they would circle the world nine times.

The pop you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas burning.

A literal translation of a standard traffic sign in China: "Give large space to the festive dog that makes sport in the roadway."

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

Larry Lewis ran the 100-yard dash in 17.8 seconds in 1969, thereby setting a new world's record for runners in the 100-years-or-older class. He was 101.

In a lifetime the average human produces enough quarts of spit to fill 2 swimming pools.

It's against the law to doze off under a hair dryer in Florida/against the law to slap an old friend on the back in Georgia/against the law to Play hopscotch on a Sunday in Missouri.

Barbie's measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33.

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30ft.

One third of all cancers are sun related.

THE MOST UNUSUAL CANNONBALL: On two occasions, Miss 'Rita Thunderbird' remained inside the cannon despite a lot of gunpowder encouragement to do otherwise. She performed in a gold lamé bikini and on one of the two occasions (1977) Miss Thunderbird remained lodged in the cannon, while her bra was shot across the Thames River.

It has been estimated that humans use only 10% of their brain.

Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri grew chin whiskers attaining a length of twelve feet six inches from 1860 until his death 1910, protesting Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency.

Most Egyptians died by the time they were 30 about 300 years ago,

For some time Frederic Chopin, the composer and pianist, wore a beard on only one side of his face, explaining: "It does not matter, my audience sees only my right side."

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared someway or another on television.

1 in 8 Americans has worked at a McDonalds restaurant.

70% of all boats sold are used for fishing.

Studies have shown that children laugh an average of 300 times/day and adults 17 times/day, making the average child more optimistic, curious, and creative than the adult.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. [link]

You were born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you will only have 206.

If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The strongest muscle (Relative to size) in the body is the tongue.

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. [link]

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

A palindrome is a sentence or group of sentences that reads the same backwards as it does forward: Ex: 'Red rum, sir, is murder.' 'Ma is as selfless as I am.' 'Nurse, I spy gypsies. Run!' 'A man, a plan, a canal - Panama.' 'He lived as a devil, eh?'

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'

In 1986 Congress & President Ronald Reagan signed Public Law 99-359, which changed Daylight Saving Time from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April. It was estimated to save the nation about

300,000 barrels of oil each year by adding most of the month April to D.S.T.

The thumbnail grows the slowest, the middle nail the fastest, nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

The Human eyes never grow, but nose and ears never stop growing.

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. [link]

Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter.

If Texas were a country, its GNP would be the fifth largest of any country in the world.

There are 1 million ants for every human in the world.

Odds of being killed by lightening? 1 in 2million/killed in a car crash? 1 in 5,000/killed by falling out of bed? 1 in 2million/killed in a plane crash? 1 in 25 million.

Since 1978, 37 people have died by Vending Machine's falling on them. 13 people are killed annually. All this while trying to shake merchandise out of them. 113 people have been injured.

Half the foods eaten throughout the world today were developed by farmers in the Andes Mountains (including potatoes, maize, sweet potatoes, squash, all varieties of beans, peanuts, manioc, papayas, strawberries, mulberries and many others).

The 'Golden Arches' of fast food chain McDonalds is more recognized worldwide than the religious cross of Christianity.

Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the most recognized face in the world, more than the pope himself.

The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva droplets per minute, about 2.5 droplets per word.

The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second.

Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.

If we had the same mortality rate now as in 1900, more than half the people in the world today would not be alive.

On average, Americans eat 18 acres of pizza everyday.

Researchers at the Texas Department of Highways in Fort Worth determined the cow population of the U.S. burps some 50 million tons of valuable hydrocarbons into the atmosphere each year. The accumulated burps of ten average cows could keep a small house adequately heated and its stove operating for a year.

During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.

In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.

The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime.

Length of beard an average man would grow if he never shaved 27.5 feet

Over 60% of all those who marry get divorced.

400-quarter pounders can be made from 1 cow.

A full-loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least

20 minutes to stop.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

Hong Kong holds the most Rolls Royce’s per capita.

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his

underwear: 7

WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific armed their airplanes while stationed with .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measuring 27 feet before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, he went through "the whole 9 yards", hence the term.

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

In the early 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (like two-way radios in taxis) but did not re-number the other channel assignments.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Firehouses have circular stairways originating from the old days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Statues in parks: If the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

The expression 'to get fired' comes from long ago Clans that wanted to get rid of unwanted people, so they would burn their houses instead of killing them, creating the term 'Got fired'.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight in case of war or emergency, they could be used as airstrips.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for 'General Purpose' vehicle.

The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary, because when it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19, the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

In Aspen Colorado, you can have a maximum income of $104,000 and still receive government subsidized housing.

Honking of car horns for a couple that just got married is an old superstition to insure great sex.

Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg's Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.[link]

The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant.

In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.

The Black Widow spider eats her mate during or after sex.

Napoleon's penis was sold to an American Urologist for $40,000. [link]

Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.

A bull can inseminate 300 cows from one single ejaculation.

When a Hawaiian woman wears a flower over her left ear, it means that she is not available.

The "save" icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.

The following sentence: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.' Contains the nine different pronunciations of "ough" in the English Language.

The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.[link]

The shape of plant collenchyma’s cells and the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same - they are orthotetrachidecahedrons.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

[link]

PEZ candy even comes in a Coffee flavor.

The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash. [link]

Non-dairy creamer is flammable. [link]

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

Golf courses cover 4% of North America.

The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.

Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.

The value of Pi will be officially "rounded down" to 3.14 from

3.14159265359 on December 31, 1999.

The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space.

A piece of paper can be folded no more then 9 times.

The amount of computer Memory required to run WordPerfect for Win95 is 8 times the amount needed aboard the space shuttle.

The average North American will eat 35,000 cookies during their life span.

Between 25% and 33% of the population sneeze when exposed to light.

The most common name in world is Mohammed.

Mount Olympus Mons on Mars is three times the size of Mount Everest.

Most toilets flush in E flat.

2,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day.

Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.

40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

You can be fined up to $1,000 for whistling on Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah.

It takes about 142.18 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie pop.

The serial number of the first MAC ever produced was 2001.

It is illegal to eat oranges while bathing in California.

If done perfectly, a rubix cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.

The average American butt is 14.9 inches long.

More bullets were fired in 'Starship Troopers' than any other movie ever made.

60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm.

The name of the girl on the statue of liberty is Mother of Exiles.

[link]

3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.

There's a systematic lull in conversation every 7 minutes.

The buzz from an electric razor in America plays in the key of B flat; Key of G in England.

There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building. [link]

The world's record for keeping a Lifesaver in the mouth with the hole intact is 7 hrs 10 min.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The world record for spitting a watermelon seed is 65 feet 4 inches.

In the Philippine jungle, the yo-yo was first used as a weapon.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

The three most recognized Western names in China are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, & Elvis Presley.

There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo. [link]

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

In space, astronauts are unable to cry, because there is no gravity and the tears won't flow.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S that there are real ones.

The crack of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier.

Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.

Hot water is heavier than cold.

The common idea that only 10% of the brain is used it not true as it is impossible to determine the actual percentage because of the complexity of the brain.

Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.

There are more psychoanalysts per capita in Buenos Aires than any other place in the world.

Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year in horse racing.

5,840 people with pillow related injuries checked into U.S.

emergency rooms in 1992.

The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime.

Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom.

Conception occurs most in the month of December.

CBS' "60 Minutes" is the only TV show without a theme song/music.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.

'Obsession' is the most popular boat name.

On average, Americans' favorite smell is banana.

If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A".

Honey is the only food which does not spoil.

3.9% of all women do not wear underwear.

This common everyday occurrence composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide is called a 'fart'.

"Evaluation and Parameterization of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding." Title of a $230,000 research project proposed by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, to study the various ways children fall off bicycles.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time (think about that one!)

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

Los Angeles' full name 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula' is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation 'L.A.'.

If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.

The only real person to ever to appear on a pez dispenser was Betsy Ross.

Mike Nesmith's (the guitarist of The Monkeys) mom invented White Out. [link]

Only 6 people in the whole world have died from moshing.

241. In a test performed by Canadian scientists, using various different styles of music, it was determined that chickens lay the most eggs when pop music was played.

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.

In Vermont, the ratio of cows to people is 10:1

Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension.

The average American looks at eight houses before buying one.

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Koala is Aboriginal for "no drink".

Shakespeare spelled his OWN name several different ways.

The first contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the ancient Egyptians.

A signature is called a John Hancock because he signed the Declaration of Independence. Only 2 people signed the declaration of independence on July 4. The Last person signed 2 years later.

Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died at 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.

Mozart wrote the nursery rhyme 'twinkle, twinkle, little star' at the age of 5.

Weatherman Willard Scott was the first original Ronald McDonald. [link]

Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.

Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday.

His parents thought he was mentally retarded.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.

Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.

Thomas Edison, acclaimed inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

You can sail all the way around the world at latitude 60 degrees south.

The earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Porcupines can float in water.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20, a national pot-smokers hour.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

There are only four words in the English language which end in

"dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Tigers not only have striped fur, they have striped skin!

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

On the ground, a group of geese is a gaggle, in the sky it is a skein.

To Ensure Promptness, one is expected to pay beyond the value of service – hence the later abbreviation: T.I.P.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1"encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z; hence the name "OZ."

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

The scene where Indiana Jones shoots the swordsman in Raider’s of the Lost Ark was Harrison Ford's idea so that he could take a bathroom break.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

A snail can sleep for three years.

All polar bears are left-handed.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930s lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition.

Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

Starfish haven't got brains.

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

The name of all continents in the world end with the same letter that they start with.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

The longest word comprised of one row on the keyboard is: TYPEWRITER

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

The average person spends 12 weeks a year 'looking for things'.

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe..

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und"

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis..

The longest place-name still in use is:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu,

a New Zealand hill.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book 'The Naked Lunch'.

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from

1.8 miles away.

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

The word "dexter" whose meaning refers to the right hand is typed with only the left hand.

To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."

The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" translates to "penis".

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Giraffes have no vocal cords.

The pupils of a goat's eyes are square.

Van Gogh only sold one painting when he was alive.

A standard slinky measures 87 feet when stretched out.

The highest per capita Jell-O comsumption in the US is Des Moines.

If a rooster can't fully extend its neck, it can't crow.

There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple's hair.

The eyes of a donkey are positioned so that it can see all four feet at all times.

Worcestershire sauce in essentially an Anchovy Ketchup.

Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport.

The average lifespan of an eyelash is five months.

A spider has transparent blood.

Every acre of American crops harvested contains 100 pounds of insects.

Prince Charles is an avid collecter of toilet seats.

The most common street name in the U.S. is Second Street.

Tehran is the most expensive city on earth.

The sweat drops drawn in cartoon comic strips are called pleuts.

Babies are most likely to be born on Tuesdays.

The HyperMart outside of Garland Texas has 58 check-outs.

The Minneapolis phone book has 21 pages of Andersons.

In the 1980's American migraines increased by 60%.

Poland is the "stolen car capital of the world".

Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.

The S in Harry S. Truman did not stand for anything.

In Miconesia, coins are 12 feet across.

A horse can look forward with one eye and back with the other.

Shakespeare is quoted 33,150 times in the Oxford English dictionary.

The word Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

NBA superstar Michael Jordan was originally cut from his high school basketball team.

You spend 7 years of your life in the bathroom.

A family of 26 could go to the movies in Mexico city for the price of one in Tokyo.

10,000 Dutch cows pass through the Amsterdam airport each year.

Approximately every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls their hamstring.

Simplistic passwords contribute to over 80% of all computer password break-ins.

The top 3 health-related searches on the Internet are (in this

order): Depression, Allergies, & Cancer.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

All US Presidents have worn glasses; some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

The site with the highest number of women visitors between the age of 35 and 44 years old: Alka-Seltzer.com

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth are Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser (in that order).

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'.

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.

The mask worn by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games--MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL--are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

When the French Academy was preparing its first dictionary, it defined "crab" as, "A small red fish, which walks backwards." This definition was sent with a number of others to the naturalist Cuvier for his approval. The scientist wrote back, "Your definition, gentlemen, would be perfect, only for three exceptions. The crab is not a fish, it is not red and it does not walk backwards."

Dr. Jack Kevorkian first patient has Alzheimer's disease.

Fictional/horror writer Stephen King sleeps with a nearby light on to calm his fear of the dark.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down.

The very first song played on MTV was 'Video Killed The Radio Star'

by the Buggles.

William Marston engineered one of the earliest forms of the polygraph in the early 1900's. Later he went on to create the comic strip Wonder Woman, a story about a displaced Amazon princess who forces anyone caught in her magic lasso to tell the truth

Americans travel 1,144,721,000 miles by air every day

The the U.S. you dial '911'. In Stockholm, Sweden you dial 90000

38% of American men say they love their cars more than women

The U.S. military operates 234 golf courses

100% of lottery winners do gain weight

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Cats urine glows under a black light.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom."

Pamela Anderson Lee is Canada's Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

When possums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.

Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Most lipstick contains fish scales!

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants!

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!

Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!

The state of Florida is bigger than England!

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!

Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!

Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!

Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes!

A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!

The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs!

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!

166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the US

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head

Daffy Duck's middle name is "Dumas"

In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer's name is "Yensid" (Disney

backwards.)

In The Empire Strikes Back there is a potato hidden in the asteroid field

Walt Disney holds the world record for the most Academy Awards won by one person, he has won twenty statuettes, and twelve other plaques and certificates

James Bond's car had three different license plates in Goldfinger

Canada makes up 6.67 percent of the Earth's land area

South Dakota is the only U.S state which shares no letters with the name of it's capital

The KGB is headquartered at No. 2 Felix Dzerzhinsky Square, Moscow

The Vatican city registered 0 births in 1983

Spain leads the world in cork production

There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower

There are 269 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other

Holy crap you stayed around long enough to read all of them.

Sure there was only 449, but most readers left at around 193.

You have real staying power!

Facts the factcheckers need to know

#useless facts #trivia #amazing factoids #real truth hard facts #random facts #fun facts #facts #factcheckers need to get another job

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lexclusive · 9 months

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: 18. Chic Star Navy Stewardess Dress.

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chicinsilk · 3 years

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A United Airlines stewardess chats to a passenger in a simulated cabin of a Douglas DC-10, 1968.❤️❤️❤️❤️

#united airlines #stewardess #flight attendant #air hostess #style 60s #swinging sixties #chic dress #elegant uniform #douglas dc 10 #1968 #chic stewardess

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nylon28diaries · 3 years

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#nylon tease #tights #nylonfashion #nylonlover #pantyhose #strumpfhose #beautiful legs #nylon worship #womanstyle #womanswear #air stewardess #uniform #pantyhoseaddict #pantyhoselover #femenine #chic fashion #flygirl #smooth legs #platform heels

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professorpski · 2 years

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The Day-to-Night Jacket Dress Combo, Or A Stewardess? Advance 9549

In the early 1960s, women still wore suits to city office work or city shopping, and sometimes they were staying for an evening out in the city. The rules for the occasions of dress distinguished work clothes— serious and sober— from party clothes— playful and possibly seductive. What to wear to the city when you had a big day and a big evening planned? The dress with matching jacket fit the bill.

This pattern envelope illustrates precisely how to make the change. During daytime work hours, you wear the jacket with the dress making a suit. This jacket has princess seams to create the slim bodice silhouette that had been popular since the mid-1950s when the sheath dress became popular. This jacket has a collar and opens to V at center front. The sleeves are three-quarter length, then darted at the elbow. The bottom hem of the jacket has little notched openings where the seams end which probably gave needed space to the waistline when you wanted to sit down. As does the deep pleat in the back of the straight skirt.

Notice the sketch on the left has her wearing a pillbox hat, short gloves and a couple of bangles, so maybe a bit too decorated for work. The right sketch is clearly for evening. The jacket has disappeared revealing a wider, deeper neckline, whose notches echo those found on the jacket. Cap sleeves reveal most of the arms too. A multi-strand necklace, long gloves and a deep cuff, plus a looser hair do, all point to an evening outfit.

The fabrics ranged widely, indicating how many different occasions a woman could make this for: heavier cottons, heavier rayons, and wool crepe, but also satin and faille which are dressier. So you could keep aim for a day-to-night look, or go very dressy for a fancier and more formal occasion.

I also kept thinking how of one of those world-traveling stewardesses: the trim silhouette, the trim hat. She reminds me of those early 1960s films in which the stewardesses have adventures all over the world. Or is is just reminiscent of any chic woman of that era, stewardesses included?

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spockvarietyhour · 3 years

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In this ep of Mad Men I watched tonight we’ve had some really questionable fashion choices including:

Joan as a stewardess from a now-defunct airline

I already thought Peggy looked like a starbucks barista and then she went and served the fucking coffee

Garage Mechanic chic.

and whatever this combo of too-big sportcoat over what I can only assume is a one-piece sweater.

#Mad Men #fashion #1960s fashion #Peggy Olson #Joan Holloway #Smitty Smith #Kurt Smith #The Jet Set #Danny watches Mad Men #all joan is missing is a lil hat and she can do the please locate your emergency exits hand movements

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hillo sexthy legends !! i’m nora and i’ll be writing margo colby n probs sm1 else bcos lets be real, i lack self-control. u can find her pinterest here n some info abt her sexy self below the cut. plot with me on discord ( hot girl midsommar#8664 ) or in my ims !! x o x

* CAMILA MORRONE, CIS WOMAN + SHE / HER | you know MARGO COLBY, right? they’re TWENTY-THREE, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, ELEVEN YEARS? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to SCRAWNY BY WALLOWS like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole BLEACH WHITE SNEAKERS POUNDING ON A GYMNASIUM FLOOR, USING THE SAME BLUNT SCISSORS TO HACK THE SLEEVES OFF AN EXES T-SHIRT THAT YOU USE TO CUT YOUR 3AM FRINGE, A WALNUT-SHAPED ACHE IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH FOR THE PERSON YOU COULD HAVE BEEN thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is AUGUST 8TH, so they’re a LEO, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( nora, 25, gmt, she/her )

CLICK ANYWHERE ON THIS SENTENCE FOR SEXII GOOGLE DOC!!

bullet point summary of margo.

— born margaret but NOBODY calls her that. its colby, coach or margo, and go to the privileged few. margo grew up in the creek commune n then dropped out of school cos of a teenage pregnancy so she was a bit of a cautionary tale back in’t’day (said tht in my yorkshire accent). she now works for summer camps coaching pee wee soccer and pee wee cheer, as well as helping out her beekeeper dad on his honey farm, which is jst north of abernathy creek, and working at scuba on the off seasons.

— its just her and her dad, and has been for as long as she can recall !! everything she knows about her mum could fit on the back of the weathered passport photo she keeps in her wallet of a stranger who shares her face - her name’s melody, or at least tht was name she used when working as a dancer, she’s from argentina and dropped mag’s dad as soon as someone w more money came along.

— margo’s father is a beekeeper with his own organic honey company. margo and her dad moved to irving in the early 00s, the summer between grade school and middle school, because her dad had heard about the communal living in abernathy creek and wanted to lend his skills there and live off the fatta the land in a very lenny from of mice and men kinda way.

— for a few years of middle school margo was bullied for living with the ‘freaks from the creek’, but when they realised how chill her dad was with underage drinking, margo ‘keg-bringer’ colby soon gained popularity among the more renegade students. every so often, the high school parties would happen at her end of town, occasionally with members of the commune even offering the high schoolers a spiritual experience they’d never forget (often in the form of mushrooms) which meant people tried to stay on her good side. to get an invite to a margo colby party handed you a free pass to make up the most ridiculous shit about the commune you liked and nobody else could say anything, because they’d never been to the creek.

— at school, margo had a lot of ‘behvioural issues’ bcos of undiagnosed adhd, she found it difficult to sit still for hours n write down huge chunks of information n her restlessness was seen as laziness. she was encouraged to do sports, as were most of the kids who weren’t that academically inclined, but she turned out to be pretty hot shit at sprinting, because she grew up surrounded by bee houses and he who runs slowest gets stung, baybeyy!! so yea, in school sports became her LIFE. she was gonna get a sports scholarship to college but ended up dropping out of school in senior year n becoming one of those kids who could have had it all but lost it.

— she had sex with sutter at a house party when she wasnt really ready because it felt like the right thing to do at the time and everybody else was doing it. she’d attended health class, she’d seen the corny videos. she knew about all the statistics, but she also knew that it had never happened to anyone she knew and the pull out method was basically safer than the morning after pill and way less expensive.

— a teenage pregnancy knocked her out of the runnings for prom queen and meant she had to leave school early. she didn’t go to college when her friends did, instead she spent the time interviewing potential foster candidates and eating her weight in lindt chocolate while marathoning love island in her room.

— she had a son, who she passed off to someone else a couple of towns away. it was a closed adoption which seemed like the best idea at the time, but she now wishes she had access to his life.

— after peaking in high school and jumping between jobs for a few years, she got a more permanent role at scuba which she loves with all of her heart and soul, but unfortunately a bar job doesn’t pay the rent.

— she works at summer camps coaching junior soccer and netball on the side. she’s extremely competitive and takes it very personally if her team lose. the kids all call her, coach colby n write her longwinded letters about how they’ll never forget this summer camp before they go back to their suburban picket fence houses n she keeps all the letters in a drawer n takes them out to read when she’s feelin depressed.

— enjoys surfing and worked for a number of years on resorts like mila kunis’ job in forgetting sarah marshall. she went on to work 18-hour days as a stewardess on luxury yachts which is a part of her backstory i added after watching season one of below deck because i guess i really am that fucking impressionable. met most of her surf friends doing tht but said she’d never in her life do it again bcos it was mostly just picking up after rich white ppl for shit pay. she came back to irving n thats when she started doing the summer camp jobs so she could move out of the creek n get her own apartment.

— she never actually finished senior year so she’s currently going to night school at the community college to get through her exams and is trying to save to go to college or open university. she wants to major in criminology. she’s super ambitious but also super adhd so she fluctuates between thinking she can achieve anything to just feeling like a failure n thinkin whats the point

— used to shoplift to feel joy and as an act of resistance to her hippy commune routes, but now sees herself as a reformed, bin-diving freegan (sims 4 eco living can i get a hell yaaaa). also she thinks it’s totally wrong to steal when you have enough money and clearly don’t need to steal to survive, ppl risk imprisonment for basic necessities, so for her to do it for a brief thrill and some new shades felt a bit derogatory

— was raised jewish. became a vegetarian as a child because it seemed, at the time, easier than having to explain which foods she was and wasn’t allowed to eat together, so she just cut out meat entirely. still a vegetarian now and dabbles in veganism, although its become less about not eating certain meats in the milk of their mother and more about her global impact / carbon footprint

— nurses little animals to health in her garden. has a hedgehog name OJ short for orange juice not the other one filthy pig. her and her dad have always been huge animal rights activists and existed on a vegetarian diet. the only one in their house who isn’t vegetarian is their cat, auggie. (short 4 augustus gloop)

— has a lot of stupid ass stick and poke tattoos. there was a phase during her years as a barmaid where she wanted to train as a tattoo artist n would mostly practice on herself or any friends who would let her

— she doesn’t form many long lasting friendships cos she tends to be super excited when she makes a new friend and just see them all the time but then it wears off and she can ghost a bit. she’ll always coming pinging back but she’s not the most predictable or loyal friend, sometimes she’ll sleep in your house every night for a week and then you won’t even get a text from her for a month. her best friends are elderly neighbours and houseless people she meets when volunteering at the foodbank. she thinks they’re more authentic than most of the ‘fake posers’ she meets down the vela pier

— calls herself a butch lesbian but still has sex with men when she wants validation. sexually attracted to some men, especially effeminate men, but only romantically attracted to women. very possessive of the gals in her life.

— stopped giving a shit about getting older or adhering to anyone elses bullshit standards, realised it was all fake p much as soon as she dropped out of school and one by one her friends just stopped texting her

— lives in one of the lofts in port apartments. it’s open plan with rugs and lava lamps everywhere. she has a palette bed. its all very ‘sustainable chic’. like, oh wow, a pallet bed that im supposed to think you made from scratch but i KNOW you got it off ebay because you thought it looked trendy

— constantly says shes poor but still buys clothes from urban outfitters. sus.

— frequently found at fannies flirting with the cute bisexual bartender with a choppy black bob.

general vibe / personality

vibrant, vulgar, self-absorbed, tenacious, veers bewteen apathetic and dogmatic, temperamental, flighty, unreliable, magnetic, charismatic, passive aggressive, likes to play devil’s advocate, takes the moral high ground. estp and a leo

likes: 70s music, john wayne movies, black mirror, philosophy, cowboy chic culture, dc comics, the smell of locker rooms,, deep red lipstick, lacrosse sticks, smoking weed from a bong, dogs, karaoke, pet rats, kate moss, late-night strolls, hawaaiian shirts worn open over a bralette, skinned knees, thai food, picking the apples at the very top of the trees, zip-lining, cigarettes, the idea of pegging but not the practical application of it, decorative lamps, LGBTQ+ pin badges, worn-out furniture, twangy electric guitars.

dislikes: girls who call other girls ‘pick me’ girls, woody allen movies, mental mathematics, wealthy children, quentin tarantino, ironing, institutionalised misogyny, the imaginary future, french literature, ‘dump him’ feminism, wes anderson films, spoken word poetry nights, college-educated bar staff who act like they’re better than you, indie softbois, the general mentality of cheerleading squads.

aesthetics

orange peel, the smell of bleach, skeleton drawings in the margins of a journal, thumb holes poked through the cuffs of your sleeves, bleach white sneakers pounding on a gymnasium floor, setting dumpsters on fire for the hell of it. a hit flask of vodka decorated with hello kitty stickers, split knuckles, alien conspiracy theories and sci-fi paperbacks, doc martens with fraying laces, a child in an oversize bee keepers suit, scabbed knees, not eating your greens, smiling with a mouthful of blood, and piercing your own ears with a safety pin when your dad wouldn’t take you, a tennis racket you punched through in a fit of temper, feet pounding the earth until your soles bleed crimson, sleeping in a cherry lip balm and scrunchies to keep the wild locks from your eyes.

hoo boy this is getting LONG AS FUCK but here are my wanted plots

wanted plots

ok margo’s been in irving since she was like 10. she’s quite a vivacious person?? she dresses completely instinctively without any sense of cohesion so she stands out. a guy once told her she was wearing the ugliest outfit he’d ever seen and he thought that was so cool and brave of her. but anyway where was i going.. she grew up in the abernathy creek so stuck out like a sore thumb,,,, maybe ppl who were super interested in the creek or maybe poked fun at her bcos of it idk.....

b4 she dropped out, margo used 2 b in with the cool kids at school bcos her dad would buy them booze and rarely ask for the money. maybe a fun plot cld b with some of the ‘it girls’ she used to hang around with b4 she got pregnant n dropped out and they all went off to college n stopped texting her.

frinds !! unlikely friends !! toxic friends !! some1 she feels like she knew before irving ???

since margo literally can’t differentiate between romantic and platonic love, she’s got off with so many of her mates, so i want awkward friendships where they nearly dated, or exes that have now just turned into weird friendships. fwbs. enemies with benefits. all the angst. all the slow burn mutual pining we hate each other narratives

locals who play sports. margo wld be all over community soccer n take it way too seriously. maybe ppl she plays hockey with. girls who she’s like, weirdly intimate with but its not a thing cos the other girls straight !!! what do u mean !! aha just fun !

she works part time at scuba. i want a mate that just goes and sits in there talking to her until her manager gets angry.

she's also a surf instructor and occasionally works as a lifeguard!! gal has like 7 jobs ik but regular swimmers hmu

ppl she coaches at the gym !! she wants to be a personal trainer

i reckon she might have recently started meditating to try and calm down her mind cos its always bustling with thoughts, n i think she’s p interested in buddhism so if anyone’s a buddhist hmu

someone she’s trying to make a zine with on female empowerment and women in film and art, etc. just a very feminist zine.

TLDR: angry sports gay, former high school track prodigy turned drop out, who likes feminist literature, wearing leather jackets over slip dresses, and smudged red lipstick.

this was so long !!! im sorry !! if you’ve read this far have a biscuit, love x

#aaaaaaa #we back boys #irvingintro #hmu for plots bayybeyyy

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goldiesugar · 4 years

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Jobs for Sugar Babies: Part Two

If you didn’t read the first part of these series, this is about the jobs especially made for people who love the luxury life like us, so I felt the need to write about the best suiting jobs for sugar babies, either aspiring or veterans, or whatever.

This time I’m going to be talking about working as a private jet flight attendant.

Let’s start by saying private flight attendants earn from 2 to 8 times more than commercial flight attendants. Basically, salary for commercial flight attendants is roughly $48,500 annually, while corporate air stewardesses earnings are much higher at $57,000 or $60,000 for those who know languages.

Other benefits may include health and life insurance, uniform and laundry expenses as well as internet service. Accommodation and transport are provided down-route and sometimes also at base, depending on where the aircraft is primarily based. Contracts may be short-term from 6 months to one or two years. But they tip very well. Very very well.

Let’s get into the interesting parts.

Every successful VIP Flight Attendant should possess the following skills and qualities:

A can-do attitude and pleasant disposition

Excellent personal presentation

Cultural awareness

Flexibility and diplomacy

Strong work ethic

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work independently and under pressure

Corporate flight attendants are required to sign confidentiality agreements, meaning you are unable to discuss current and former clients by name. Careful with social media and what you share.

Working as a private jet flight attendant is stressful due to the incredible amount of uncertainty and unknowns— always. The hours in the corporate sector are long, and you could work anything from 3 to 21 hours a day. You need to be very adaptable because many flights are last minute. Time off may be down-route or at base, but it is usually limited and dependent on the VIP’s schedule.

Time is a luxury that private jet flight attendants do NOT have— especially when it comes to planning for an upcoming trip. More than two days notice for a contract corporate flight attendant is a gift and detailed passenger preferences or requests makes the job so much more simple. With everything always changing and so many unknowns always occurring, the stress is real.

“The stress never goes away, you just become better at managing the stress.”

But being a private jet flight attendant is definitely more fun. You work on a one-on-one basis with the passengers, and you usually get to know them and their needs pretty well. The job is also a lot less mundane than that on a commercial flight. You never know what requests you’ll need to accommodate or where you’ll be flying off to next.

A private flight attendant’s ‘uniform’ usually consists of a blue or black chic suit with a blue or white dress shirt.

Some VIP Flight Attendants work on rotation, where they are scheduled 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off or a month on and a month off, but this arrangement is rare. Freelance VIP Flight Attendants do not work to a schedule and work on demand on a daily basis.

In addition to travelling around the world and dining in nice restaurants, some employers reward their flight attendants with gifts. Cash tips are also common.

The qualification you’ll be required to have are a high school education and a minimum of 2 years working as cabin crew in a business class or first class cabin. A degree in hospitality management, languages, leisure and tourism management or travel can help, but it’s not compulsory. Culinary training or work experience in a 5-star environment is desirable or the person must be skilful in culinary arts.

After all, not only are you responsible for serving Michelin star plates, but also commonly in charge of finding, arranging and transporting food to the take-off airport. Such skills as the one of a sommelier are also highly appreciated in the industry.

Apart from that, VIP crew must be acquainted with food safety and correct food handling techniques. No travellers, including CEOs, multibillionaires or pop stars, want to get sick because their beluga caviar wasn’t opened or stored the right way.

To be fully eligible to work as a private flight attendant, you are required to pass a medical and be fully vaccinated. You may have to provide 2 copies of your passport and apply for the appropriate visas. References from previous corporate operators will also be required and proof of initial cabin crew training.

Private jet flight attendants have more in common— job wise— with yacht stewardesses than with commercial flight attendants.

Be aware that requirements may vary depending on the preferences of the jet owner/ passenger. These may include additional language skills, specific age range and passport/visas. For example, a passenger or owner may specifically ask for female flight attendants aged between 25-35, of a specific nationality that speak English and Russian. Languages count as an extra advantage with English, Mandarin and Russian being the most in demand. Nevertheless, the truly crucial traits are versatility, knowledge and just shier devotion of a person.

Sadly having such strict requirements is very common in the industry and can lead to a certain amount of age and gender discrimination.

Being a private jet flight attendant allows your creativity to flourish. At the airlines, you are boxed in by rules on what your nail color is supposed to be and how you should wear your hair. Doing the bare minimum to get by receives the same compensation as delivering exceptional service; with no probability of changing that.

As a corporate flight attendant, your job is never secure. Also be aware that a million other girls would kill for a private flight, and you are lucky to be there. Treat the job like it’s a gift and that if the flight you’re on was your last ever, ‘How do I want to remember it?’ Do I want to walk away from my job, knowing that every day I ALWAYS invested my best or do I want to just show up to earn a wage? The choice of how you live, and thus how you are compensated, is up to you.

To find a job, you will need to visit the plane operator’s career website directly via email as advertised on a careers website or through personal recommendation. A complete job application will need to include a copy of your most recent and up-to-date CV, one full length and one head and shoulders photo.

Keep in mind the owner may be a high flying tycoon, celebrity, politician or a VIP family. You may work on a state of the art Global Express, Gulfstream G650 or much older model. It is an unusual role because you are the chef/personal assistant/safety specialist/waitress and cleaner, but this is also what makes it exciting because there is never a dull moment in the job.

Depending on the company, social media can be an absolute no-no and photos shared with aircraft tail numbers— as this is essentially the equivalent to a client’s home address— are never allowed. It’s a secretive industry, but for those who are in it, many have flown the same celebs, with the same pilots, and have juicy gossip or passenger details that no one would know unless you were “in it.” It’s kind of funny the way it works. Private aviation is an incredibly small world. Know how to live in it well.

So the road to becoming a VIP flight attendant could be basically summed up in three words – learn, learn and learn. And if you work hard enough you are more than likely to get a call from a private jet operator offering you your fantasy spot.

It’s part of the flight attendant’s job to set-up the cabin to the exact specifications of the client, while also anticipating what the client might want. Oh— did I mention that private jet cabin attendants also strive to exceed clients expectations by adding thoughtful touches to the in-flight experience? Yep— it’s an entirely different world than commercial aviation.

If you wanna know more about the perks and disadvantages of this job, Saskia Swann documented her experiences in a book titled Gulfstream Girl: Confessions of a Private Jet Stewardess.

To your success,

~ Bleuet 💸💖

#bleuet chats #jobs for sugar babies #private jet attendant #private jet #luxury lifestyle #luxury life #spoiled heaux

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In your recent post from Gloria Steinem’s “Beatle with a future,” do you know the “she” that Derek Taylor is referring to? Or is that supposed to be apple or the Beatles themselves or something? Who Paul didn’t officially say goodbye to? It seems revealing how John would say “nothing’s going to change Paul.” There’s so much there. Oh and one last thing, who was Ringo saying “always worrying about people” ? Idk why but it’s hard for me to tell who was talking to who here.

Re: the “friend from Philly” Derek Taylor refers to, it’s not specified. Somebody better-versed in fan/groupie/Beatlemania-era dalliance stories may be able to connect the dots, but as far as Steinem describes it she was merely one of a few girls who’d met the band while they were in Philadelphia (September 2nd) and had now followed the band to their engagement in New York (September 20th) holding a charity concert for the United Cerebral Palsy Fund at the Paramount, their last gig on the US tour before returning to England to record Beatles For Sale. Here’s all the appearances she and the other girls from Philadelphia make in Steinem’s article:

It was time for The Beatles’ performance. Everyone crowded into the hall, looking expectantly at the room in which The Beatles had been “incommunicado” and “resting,” the same room into which I had seen Ed Sullivan disappear. Paul McCartney came out first, looking soft-faced and vulnerable as a choirboy. George Harrison and Ringo Starr followed animated and laughing. John Lennon moved quickly behind them, but his face was stoic and aloof behind his dark glasses (the face that inspired a London journalist to write, “It has the fear-neither-God-nor-man quality of a Renaissance painter’s aristocrat”). Behind Lennon came three chic young girls, two brunettes and a blonde, in their late teens or early twenties. McCartney jerked his head toward them as he got in the elevator and told some of his staff members to “look after the birds now, won’t ya.”

[...]

The Beatles’ entourage crowded together in the wings, and I talked to the birds. Were they working for The Beatles or interviewing them? No, they were just friends. “We met The Beatles at a press conference in Philadelphia,” said the pretty blonde, “that’s where we’re from.” Two of them wore wool suits with short culotte skirts. They all looked as if they had stepped from the pages of a teenage fashion magazine, and one carried a met them,” corrected the friendly blonde, “and this time we brought along a friend.”

The girls were simply left to sit in an adjoining room apart from Steinem, John, and Ringo, with both Paul and George in their own rooms presumably sleeping:

The Beatles were leaving for London early the next morning. That, plus the fact that several Manhattan hotels had turned them down, brought them to the Riviera Motor Inn at Kennedy Airport. The rooms were small, barely big enough for a bureau, twin beds and a television set but they had commandeered a whole floor and there were policemen guarding the halls. Our room was jammed with carts of Scotch and Coca-Cola, trays of sandwiches and two photographers, the young ladies from Philadelphia, a tall girl who had followed The Beatles from San Francisco, several journalists who had been on the Beatle tour, a pretty airline stewardess in a very lowcut dress who was acting as hostess, and, occasionally, Neil Aspinall and Derek Taylor. Two of The Beatles were in other rooms, but Ringo Starr and Lennon were in the one adjoining us with the door locked. It was opened only to admit Aspinall, Taylor, one or two other selected young men and liquor.

And at the end of the article:

I thanked Lennon, who looked worried, and said, “I hope you’re as true as you seem.” I said goodbye to the three birds who still sat in the adjoining room. Two were stretched out on the bed and a third was applying eye shadow. (“Women,” Lennon had once told a reporter, “should be obscene and not heard.”) They smiled their Mona Lisa smiles.

The “charity” concert itself was a point of consternation for the band (think Embassy-level feelings of exploitation, with the audience made up entirely of high society folk who could afford the exorbitant ticket prices and John saying they were treated “like animals”), and yet another thing in a cumulation of things they’d incurred over the past several months that had the band feeling exhausted and frustrated and even disillusioned with the unrelenting scrutiny and tabloid headlines and general mania surrounding them. Which may be why there’s a sense of distrust and weariness from John and Ringo that comes through in the article.

Add to that Derek Taylor ultimately resigning from his position as Brian Epstein’s assistant (a position he’d only held for about a year) from the stress and that triggering argument with Brian he’s confiding with Neil Aspinall and John about (which Brian would try to backtrack on, asking him to stay, to no avail), and just the random and curious fact that Bob Dylan and Albert Grossman were there in the room as well (which Steinem only gives a passing mention to; sleepless!John and Bob would later have breakfast together), it would seem Gloria Steinem had (albeit entirely unwittingly) caught the Beatles at a very intriguing point in time.

(I could go on more about Derek Taylor and how his emotional sensitivity/ego and issues with Brian Epstein (his management, his overprotectiveness of the boys leading to possible misattribution of blame, etc.) seems to prefigure his later issues with Paul and later serve as a bonding agent for him and John in mid-late-1968 (although John would still eventually cry betrayal, in typical gang leader fashion, when John interpreted Derek wanting to keep the Beatles together as “siding” with Paul against John), but I have another earlier ask I have to yet to reply to where that would be more pertinent for me to discuss it.)

Re: “nothing’s going to change Paul”, there’s definitely a lot to deconstruct and pick apart there, even if to the uneducated observer (Steinem) it comes across as just another “desultory” aside to pacify Derek, just as he tries to pacify Derek with the Brian issue (“He’s all right, but he doesn’t understand people having a few laughs, not even me laughs with me wife.”). Insert essay here.

Re: Ringo, I read it as him making a rueful comment on the situation in general, and therefore referring to both Derek and John. I could be wrong, though! The mileage varies.

I checked through @amoralto to see if I had posted/transcribed any interviews and such from around this time, and it turns out I have! Larry Kane’s with John and Ringo from Philadelphia (as it happens), with Ringo’s matter-of-factness with the tabloid trap they’re in (“I’ll have it on tape, I’ve been called a queer”) and John and Ringo talking about being the band being alone together (“One gets reliant on the others”).

Also, I’d be willing to post the entire Steinem article if anybody’s interested! Like I said, it’s an intriguing glimpse into the trauma of living through Beatlemania, something which still gets underplayed in the Beatles historiography - and also something I wish Ron Howard’s film could have focused on, instead of just shallow anecdotes by famous fans who went to see them in concert - and a worthwhile read, even if Steinem sometimes comes across as naive and even judgmental. She also unfortunately skews towards (if not wholly believes in) the popular, nigh-deleterious stereotypes of the Beatles (i.e. John as the Most Talented and Most Intelligent and Most Versatile - indeed, she sought out the Beatles specifically to talk to John in the first place) typical of many features/articles from the time (and which still unfortunately continues to this day).

#ask #1964 #gloria steinem #derek taylor #the beatles

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My new JG holiday fanfic, “Fun in Acapulco” 🌞🎅🌲🌶

It was mid-December in 1964- Judy Garland was taking her final bows at the prestigious London Palladium.

Judy and her eldest daughter, Liza were performing there in concert for a solid week. Miss Garland's English audience showered the mother and daughter team with love, admiration, and rousing applause. Let's face it, London adored Judy. And it was a mutual love affair. Miss Show Business beloved her British fans. And she developed many good, close friendships with a few devotees who were founders of Judy's biggest fan club based in England.

Christmas was just around the corner and Judy and Liza flew back to New York to relax for a few days. After the twosome settled into their suite at the Regency Hotel on 61st Street in Manhattan, Judy telephoned her younger children Lorna and Joey. They were staying with their dad, Sid Luft in California since her London concert tour. To Judy's shock, Sid's attorney answered the phone at her soon-to-be her ex-husband's Los Angeles residence. He callously told her that there was a court ruling stating that Sid had full custody rights of the children. And that he had taken Lorna and Joe to Palm Springs for the holidays. He added that the children wanted to be with their dad for Christmas. Judy briskly hung up the phone and informed Liza of the current situation.

"That louse has kidnapped the children."

"What's goin on Mama?" Liza sympathetically asked. She couldn't help but see Judy's peeved expression on her face.

"Sid. He got the damned Santa Monica court to rule in his favor about keeping Lorna and Joe away from me, that's what!" Judy exclaimed.

"Oh, no. How could he do this to you Mama...and right before Christmas!" Liza uttered.

"Because darling, Sid Luft is a devious, heartless human being. This is his way of getting back at me for divorcing him." Judy quipped, lighting a cigarette.

Liza shook her head.

"But, he's not going to get away with it. I'm calling my attorney."

Just then, as Judy reached for the phone..it started to ring. She abruptly answered the call, thinking it may be Sid on the other line.

"Hello, who's is this?"

"Hello Judy, it's Lana." a soft voice perkily replied.

"Lana...Oh my goodness.. it's lovely to hear from you. Darling, how are you?" Judy warmly spoke up.

"I'm doing well, thank you. My agent told me sweetie that you and Liza were in New York. And it just so happens that I'm in Manhattan too for a few days, so I thought I'd give you a ring to say hello and ask if you both would like to spend Christmas with me and Cheryl in Acapulco.. that is if you don't already have other plans?"

Judy’s luscious brown eyes widened.

“Acapulco? That sounds marvelous darling. I really didn’t have big plans for Christmas this year, Liza and I are so beat from our London concerts engagements. And my younger children are spending the holidays with their father...’’

“So, is that a yes? Oh, Judy you’ll love Mexico this time of year. You and I can relax on the beach and Cheryl and Liza can shop and boy-watch.” Lana giggled.

“That does sound like the kind of vacation Liza would enjoy." Judy replied with a chuckle.

“Wonderful!” Lana said.

“But, I’m not sure if I should go. My press agent may have some interviews lined up for me here in New York..’’ Judy expressed.

“Oh, Judy all work and no play isn’t healthy..” Lana quickly remarked.

Liza, over hearing the conversation in the room.. sprinted over to her mother and rambled in a whisper, “Say yes Mama! It’ll be fun! I've never been to Acapulco!"

Judy flashed a motherly eye roll.

"Letting Liza out in Mexico could be disastrous." Judy mused.

However, she never could say ‘No’ to her children, so Judy accepted Lana’s invitation.

“Alright, you’ve convinced me girlfriend. And my teenage daughter."

"Great! I'll pick you both up on my way to the airport a week from today!" Lana cheerfully replied.

"Ok, darling. Marvelous."

"Till then love. Bye."

"Bye-bye" Judy uttered before hanging up the phone.

By now, Liza was dancing around the room with a broad smile on her pretty face.

"Ok, darling we have lots to do before we take off for Mexico. I have to call my business manager, agents, and have my hair done." Judy declared.

Liza nodded, then in a burst of enthusiasm exclaimed, "And I have to pack my French bikini!"

The airline flight to Mexico was a glorious one for all three ladies. No turbulence and the stewardesses kept plying them with tasty desserts and asking for autographs. It helped Judy take her mind off the fact that Lorna and Joey wouldn’t be spending Christmas with her and Liza. And the minute the girls stepped off the jet, there was a sleek, black limousine waiting there for them on the tarmac.

“Thank Goodness, I brought my sunnies with me. It’s so bright and warm here!’’ Judy vocalized, slipping on a dark pair of cat eye shades.

Lana grinned. “Sunnies?’’

“You know, sunglasses.” Judy matter-of- factly replied.

“Oh, I see. Now, I recall that’s what the British call em don’t they? Well, you can’t live without them down here darling. It’s year around sunshine south of the border.” Lana said with a giggle, putting on her large tortoise print shades.

“I’m not used to it. I’ve been living in England for too long I guess. Mr. Sun doesn’t make an appearance there..”

Lana and Liza chuckled, following Judy into the town car.

Lana was the perfect hostess. The moment Judy and Liza entered the gorgeous beach villa in Acapulco they were showered with attention and shown a good time. The striking blonde actress gifted them with colorful sombreros, embroidered Mexican dresses, and beautiful Mexican opal necklaces. The coral and white stucco home was decked out with hanging Christmas lights and boasted an enormous, sparkling swimming pool with cabanas. And it was only a short walk to the pristine ocean.

Lana enjoyed showing the girls around town and took them to a quaint outside marketplace where they splurged on ice cream and taquitos And they browsed at a few street art vendors. Judy bought a colorful canvas for 1,000 pesos from a local artist because the children in the painting reminded her of Lorna and Joey.

Lana’s 21-year-old daughter Cheryl drove Liza around Acapulco and the two enjoyed taco bar lunches in town while Judy and Lana lounged on the quiet white sandy beach soaking up the plentiful sunshine.

The villa’s living room was filled with an array of bright festive flowers and there was a beautiful garland draped on top of the colorful Spanish tile fireplace. She ordered a gigantic white Christmas tree which almost touched the ceiling! Cheryl and Liza decorated the tree while listening to Elvis records on the stereo.

On Christmas Eve, Lana threw a small dinner party for a few close friends who were visiting the region. Noel Coward, Ava Gardner, and Ricardo Montalban were among the tight guest list, as was 28-year-old actor Robert Redford. Judy had met him and Elizabeth Ashley backstage after their performance in the Broadway hit play, Barefoot in the Park the year before in New York. The strawberry-blond actor wasn't very talkative nor overtly receptive to Judy but his eyes were fixed on her all evening. He didn’t seem to take notice of the other beautiful ladies, including the villa’s charming hostess. Which was especially odd, because Lana Turner made a spectacular entrance. Glamorously dressed in a tight-fitting, very chic Edith Head original frock along with several diamond bracelets adorning her wrists.

Lady charmer Noel complimented her fine taste in clothes and the spicy rum cocktails that were on hand. Ricardo asked Judy to dance while a little mariachi band played outside on the patio. And Liza sang a favorite Broadway show tune at the piano. Before long, everybody was singing Christmas carols and sipping eggnog. And Judy was asked to sing, 🎶Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas🎶 Then, Ms. Turner’s guests were served an elegant authentic Mexican dinner in the villa’s dining room by the best black-tie caterers in town. After dinner, everyone went back into the living room to talk and play records.

At one point, Judy excused herself and took off for the guest room to repair a nylon tear. Entering the room, she was utterly surprised to see Robert Redford reclining on top of the bed in the room with a wine glass in his hand.

“Hi. I’ve just been sitting here thinking of you.” he composedly voiced.

"Oh My Goodness..you startled me dear!" Judy replied with an uneasy giggle.

Robert slid off the bed like a stealth cougar and placed his glass on a nearby table.

"I want to make love to you." the handsome young man directly uttered.

“What?" Judy gasped.

Robert let out a haughty little laugh.

"You act like I’m the first guy that’s ever said that to you at a Hollywood party.”

‘‘Well, it’s been a-while.’‘ Judy quipped.

Robert burst out in laughter.

“First of all, we’re not in Hollywood and secondly, I don’t make it a habit to make love to strange men at dinner parties.” Judy saucily retorted.

Robert smirked and quickly maneuvered over to Judy, while unfastening his cuff links.

"But, we're not strangers. Don't you remember, we met in New York last year.. backstage after my performance in "Barefoot in the Park?"

"Yes, I remember. But, I still don't know you well enough to accept your hasty invitation. Not to say that I'm not flattered..."Judy said in a teasing manner.

"So, you're turning me down?"

"I'm sorry darling, but I do find you resistible." Judy said playfully fastening his necktie.

"Me? You've got to be kidding. Why I'm the hottest young star in show business." he exclaimed in a joking way.

Judy just grinned, seeing through Robert's star complex facade.

"Well, I guess I better go now. It's getting late and did you know there's still a party going on out there?" Robert bantered.

Judy chuckled watching the young man make his way out of her bedroom.

"Merry Christmas darling." she added.

"You know, you're a woman of high values." he stated looking back and then quietly walked out of the room.

Judy didn't say a word to anyone about the little episode between Robert and herself. She spent the rest of the evening yakking with Lana and Ava about clothes and ex-husbands. Young Mr. Redford left the swaray early and sped off in his little red sports car.

The next day, Christmas day ..Judy slept in till 1 p.m. Liza and Cheryl spent the day relaxing on the beach with Lana and later Judy joined them. That evening, the ladies feasted on a tamale pie that Judy baked out of leftovers in the fridge and watched an old Christmas movie on television.

The following day, Lana drove Judy and Liza back to the airport. The gals exchanged hugs and said their 'goodbyes' before Ms. Garland and Liza scooted off into the terminal to catch their flight. While they were hurrying over to the correct gate, Judy's suitcase buckle snapped open and everything inside spilled out on the floor. A good-looking kindhearted passerby went over to assist Judy in need.

“Here let me help you senora.” he politely said in a thick South American accent.

“Thank you so much. It’s the first time this has ever happened to me.” Judy anxiously replied.

The brown eyed man knelt down and helped Judy put her belongings back into her luggage. And then, the gentleman took off a luggage strap he had on his suitcase and wrapped it around her baggage.

‘’I’m sure that will hold everything together now.” he uttered.

Judy graciously thanked him and took some money out of her purse to repay him for his kindness.

“Please, there’s no need to repay me. It was my pleasure to help a pretty lady in distress.’’

“You’re very sweet. Thank you again.’’

The handsome stranger flashed a big, buoyant smile.

Judy and Liza brightly smiled back at him and then continued on their way to their flight’s boarding gate.

“What a lovely man..” Judy said looking back.

‘’Yes, and don’t you think he looks a little like Gene Kelly?’’ Liza bubbly interjected.

Judy chuckled.

“Yes, darling.. he does!"

Liza nodded, clutching her satchel. "Well, they say everyone has a double."

The End

©KristenRaeJohnson

#judy garland #jgfans #liza minnelli #lana turner #ava gardner #robert redford #gene kelly #jugenea #fanfiction #have yourself a merry little christmas

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What’s Stopping You?

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 English Standard Version (ESV) 7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.

8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Remember when you were a young kid, as you grow, there is so much ambition birthed in your heart. You wanted to become a pilot, or a doctor with cool stethoscope, or maybe an air stewardess looking chic , or a well known fashion designer, an outspoken politicians, etc.. Has it all been buried since then? What happened?

As I take some time to take a step back and watch the reel of my life play in my mind from the day I was filled with ambition till the day I became ambition-less, I had come to a conclusion that there is indeed that one thorn, that I had always prayed for God to take away, that I also allowed to control my life, and it is the personality that I had taken as my identity.

“What do you mean?” you ask. Well, here is a situation I constantly battle and still am this minute. I’ll break it into two parts.

1. The Thorn

In my heart, I have this hunger into a calling that I cannot explain, but I know it is from God, yet I do not see how I can be called into it.

For example, (this is a battle as an example of calling) , I feel called to be involved in the welcoming committee of my church because I want to serve people yet at the same time, I have a people problem. I am bad at starting conversation, I am awkward around people and I will immediately shut down at the sign of people getting bored at me.

In the early years before the hype of personality classification started, being called an introvert sounds like an awesome thing. I embraced that. I allowed myself to be identified as someone who loves staying at home, hated society and it cultivated into having an extreme anxiety towards socialising.

It came to a point where I had to realise that being an extreme introvert is not who I am called to be, it isn’t the identity I should be embracing, because apparently, it has stopped me from becoming what I have been called into, in this case, to be the warmest welcoming usherer in the welcoming commitee of my church! To be the vessel that emits the grace and love of God welcoming and inviting the lost and broken people into His house!

And there is something in your own life too that stops you pursuing your dream. You want to be a singer but you think you’re a bad performer. You want to be a speaker but you have stage fright. You want to do so many things but there is something that you have identified and allowed it to become your identity.

2. The Begging

See where I am getting with this? Sometimes, the thorn in your flesh isn’t something that is terrible, it might just be something that overtime, grew to become you and there is no self help book, therapy, positive vibe can help you to get out of that. Like what any faithful Christian would do, I begged God to break me from that identity. I begged Him to take it away and replace that defect in me with something new. I asked God to just shape me into a new being that isn’t timid, afraid of people and are approachable.

However, just like how God would answer Paul, He said that His grace is sufficient in my weakness. I went like...

At first, I wasn’t having it. I was mindblown because I thought “ God, I thought You desire to change me into a new creation! I don’t understand what grace are You talking about!”.

I thought I submitted my weakness to be transformed into another thing. But over the years, I never changed. Everytime I feel God calling me out to meet people, I cried. I hated God for it.

However, I also know His plan is better than mine, so of course I obeyed, and always, when I obeyed, despite being filled with anxiety, His peace will fill me and His hand will be on my shoulder, as a reminder that I do not need to be afraid of the people He is sending to my path, and it is always a powerful experience. And whenever I experience anxiety, He always helped me overcome, so after that , I had nothing else to do but to first, say sorry to Him for being so angry and hated His instruction, and second, giving thanks and praise Him for His goodness.

FINALE:

His Grace is Sufficient

I now understand that, when I submit my weakness into His hand, it is not for that part of me to be transformed, but for that part of me to be filled with His character, which is the desire to reach out to people, to talk to them, to connect just the way He would have wanted because I cannot do it. Instead of being afraid of that part of me becoming who I was, I simply just give it to God as a room He can occupy, so that instead of the timid, awkward me that’s at the door, it is Him at the door with open arms welcoming others into His arms.

Sometimes, it isn’t about the need to be transformed that is stopping you from doing what you are called to do, sometimes it is the need to submit yourself under His grace, to enter into your calling. I pray that in the very area you are lacking, if there isn’t any clear indication that it is transforming, that you will see obedience is sometimes recognising the thorn needs to stay in order for God to be glorified. In Jesus’s wonderful name, it shall be seen as so. Amen.

#inChristalone #JesusisKing #submission #obedience #thorninflesh #weakness #GodisGood #HisWillbedone #anxiety #fearofpeople

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maryjhonsan1990-blog · 5 years

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British Airways Executive Club: The Ultimate Guide

Say the words British Airways, and the golden age of air travel probably springs to mind, with images of elegant stewardesses serving hand-carved prime rib on fine china to proper English gentlemen and ladies dressed to the nines. While flying these days probably conjures up a very different set of images, the flag carrier of the United Kingdom has remained a consistent cultural icon in an industry that has witnessed dramatic changes through the decades. And despite a long history that spans an incredible 95 years, British Airways continues to exude a well-deserved reputation of understated elegance and technical prowess.

The airline as we know it today emerged from several major acquisitions and mergers that took place from the 1920s to the 1970s. In its earliest incarnation, British Airways began as Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited, which launched the world's first scheduled daily international air service on August 25, 1919, carrying passengers between London and Paris in a modest four-seat commercial biplane.

As a true pioneer in the world of aviation, British Airways can lay claim to a host of significant industry milestones, including the world's first airline to operate commercial jet service with the de Havilland Comet 1 in 1952, the world's first airline to operate supersonic passenger service with the Aerospatiale BAC Concorde in 1976, and the world's first airline to offer fully flat beds in first class in 1995.

In 1995, British Airways established the Executive Club, their distinguished frequent flyer program. Now, with more than seven million members worldwide and a separate and distinct rewards currency, Avios, Executive Club members can earn and redeem for flights, hotels, and even travel experiences. In addition, members earn Tier Points for flights taken with British Airways and select oneworld alliance partners, reaching three elite status levels that come with exclusive privileges like priority check-in and boarding, lounge access, and Fast Track security.

Joining British Airways Executive Club

Joining the British Airways Executive Club is as easy as taking your afternoon tea (with scones, clotted cream, and jam of course), and more importantly, free for anyone around the world 18 years of age or older. You can even earn Avios and Tier Points for eligible flights you've already taken, up to a full three months prior to the date you joined.

Earning Avios and Tier Points

Update: British Airways overhauled their earning and redemption schemes in April 2015. The rates below have been adjusted to reflect that.

British Airways completely overhauled the Executive Club program in November 2011, creating a new Avoids currency and drastically changing the way redemptions are made for reward flights. However, on the earning side, members continue to accrue at least one Avoids per mile flown on all British Airways flights and a varying number of Avoids depending on the eligible fare class on one world and partner airlines. Of course, members still earn class of service and tier bonuses on top of the base earn rates. Note that a minimum of 500 Avoids is guaranteed on all British Airways flights, even when the route is shorter than 500 miles.

Unlike Avoids, Tier Points cannot be bought, shared, or spent. The sole purpose of these points is to move members through the elite status tiers of the Executive Club program. British Airways does not publish a chart for determining the number of Tier Points you'll earn on any given flight, but the total amount will depend on the route, operating airline, cabin of travel, and fare class. In general, longer flights in premium cabins provide more Tier Points. We'll examine the benefits associated with each tier in a bit, including any bonuses you can earn on flights. For now, let's take a look at the Avoids earn rates when flying in different eligible fare classes:

Earning Avoids on British Airways Flights

Class of travel

Eligible fare classes

Avios awarded

Avios Tier Bonus

Earn Tier Points

Economy (Lowest)

Q, O, G

25% of miles flown

✓

Economy (Low)

K, M, L, V, S, N

50% of miles flown

✓

Economy (Flexible)

Y, B, H

100% of miles flown

✓

Premium Economy (Lowest)

E, T

100% of miles flown

✓

Premium Economy (Flexible)

150% of miles flown

✓

Business Class (Lowest)

R, I

150% of miles flown

✓

Business Class (Flexible)

J, C, D

250% of miles flown

✓

First Class (Lowest)

250% of miles flown

✓

First Class (Flexible)

300% of miles flown

✓

Flying on a one world alliance airline or other partner airline? Not to worry, because British Airways makes it easy to understand exactly how many Avoids and Tier Points you can expect to earn. Simply head on over to the Collecting Avoids website, and click on the specific partner airline to learn more. If you're booked on a code share flight and are worried about whether or not you'll earn Avoids and Tier Points, keep calm and carry on, because British Airways makes this completely transparent as well:

Earning Avoids and Tier Points on Code share Flights

Flight Code Flight Operated By

Earn Avios?

Earn Tier Points?

British Airways oneworld® Alliance or Other Airline Partner

✓

British Airways Non-Partner Airline

✓

British Airways Vueling

25%

✓

oneworld® Alliance Partner oneworld® Alliance or Other Airline Partner

✓

oneworld® Alliance Partner Non-Partner Airline

Other Airline Partner oneworld® Alliance or Other Airline Partner

✓

Other Airline Partner Non-Partner Airline

Of course, it would be a royal pain in the neck to look up earn rates every single time you fly, so British Airways created a handy calculator to help members quickly determine the exact number of Avoids and Tier Points they'll earn on an upcoming trip, even when traveling on one world and partner airlines.

More Earning Partners

Flying on British Airways and other one world and partner airlines is the most obvious way to acquire your stash of Avoids, but there are also plenty of other methods to pad your account. Planning a holiday away from the bleak London winters? Use British Airways Vacations to book your entire trip and earn 2 bonus Avoids per £1 spent in addition to the Avoids you already earn from flights and rental cars.

Do you have a serious addiction to online shopping? Why not earn some extra Avoids while indulging in your unhealthy habit? With Gate 365, British Airways' online shopping portal, you can collect up to 12 Avios per £1 spent on brands such as Apple, John Lewis, and Selfridges. When shopping and booking with partners, don't forget to provide your Executive Club membership number to ensure your Avoids are credited properly. Now let's take a look at all the additional points-earning partners:

British Airways Avoids Earning Partners

Accor Hotels Carlson Reside

Hotels FRHI Hotels

& Resorts Global Hotel

Alliance

Hilton Worldwide Hyatt Hotels

& Resorts InterContinental

Hotels Group Jin Jiang Hotels

Langham

Hospitality Group Mandarin Oriental

Hotel Group Marriott

International Preferred Hotel

Group

Protea Hotels Rocketmiles Shangri-La Hotels

& Resorts Small Luxury Hotels

Of The World

Starwood Hotels

& Resorts Taj Hotels, Resorts

& Palaces Avis Car Rental Zipcar UK

British Airways

Vacations Gate 365 Shopping Chic Outlet

Shopping Villages Heathrow Rewards

High Life Shop Business Traveller

Magazine Moneycorp

Exchange Multi-Currency

Cash Passport

Airport Parking Heathrow Valet

Parking Heathrow

Express Transfers Rewards For

Thoughts

Tesco Clubcard Laithwaite's Wine E-Rewards Shell Drivers' Club

British Airways Credit Cards

In the United Kingdom, British Airways partners with American Express on two unique credit cards. The first is the British Airways American Express Card with no annual fee, and the second is the British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card, which has a £150 annual fee as well as additional perks. Let's review the features and benefits of both cards:

British Airways American Express Card

No annual fee.

Collect 1 Avoids for virtually every £1 you spend.

Collect more Avoids with complimentary supplementary cards for family and friends.

Redeem your Avoids for a British Airways flight. If you spend £20,000 on your card within one anniversary year, you'll receive another ticket for a companion for the same flight and cabin.

Travel accident insurance coverage and preferential travel arrangements.

Must be a permanent UK resident with a UK bank account, over 18 years of age, and have a good credit rating with a minimum annual income of £20,000.

British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card

£150 Annual Fee.

Collect 1.5 Avoids for virtually every £1 you spend and 3 Avoids for every £1 spent on British Airways flights and holidays.

Collect more Avoids with complimentary supplementary cards for family and friends.

Redeem your Avoids for a British Airways flight. If you spend £10,000 on your card within one anniversary year, you'll receive another ticket for a companion for the same flight and cabin.

Travel accident insurance coverage and preferential travel arrangements.

Must be a permanent UK resident with a UK bank account, over 18 years of age, and have a good credit rating with a minimum annual income of £20,000.

If you are a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, you're in luck, because British Airways and Chase have teamed up to offer a spectacular credit card with some incredible perks and benefits. Looks like the Americans still hold a special place in the collective British heart after all.

British Airways Visa Signature Credit Card

50,000 bonus Avios after spending $2,000 on eligible purchases within the first 3 months of card approval.

$0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $95.

Earn 2.5 Avios for every $1 you spend on British Airways purchases and 1.25 Avios for every $1 spent on all other purchases.

Every calendar year you make $30,000 in purchases, you will earn a Travel Together Ticket, good for two years when you redeem Avios for a reward flight on British Airways.

No foreign transaction fees.

Chip and signature technology.

Must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, over 18 years of age, and have a good credit rating.

Using Avios

You've diligently flown British Airways and one world partner airlines all year long. You've pounded the energy drinks and power-shopped online like a pro over the holidays while paying with your British Airways credit card. You've even ordered several dozen crates of Cabernet Sauvignon from Laithwaite's Wine just for the bonus Avoids (and let's be honest, you also polished off a few bottles every night). After all the hard work, it's finally time to reap the rewards. Luckily, British Airways makes it easy to redeem your hard-earned points for flights, hotels, and even travel experiences. Let's take a look:

Reward Flights

Of course, using Avios for reward flights is the most straightforward and popular option. Being a part of the oneworld Alliance provides Executive Club members the opportunity to redeem Avios on all oneworld member and affiliate airlines, in addition to partner airlines Aer Lingus and Alaska Airlines. In fact, members have the ability to visit almost 1,000 destinations in over 150 countries worldwide. And with reward availability starting 355 days in advance, you'll have a leg up on most other frequent flyer programs.

Before 2011, British Airways used a region-based redemption model, similar to most airlines stateside. However, the new Executive Club is now distance-based, with nine zones based purely on the distance between your departure and arrival airports. Each leg of your reward itinerary is calculated separately, with no layovers, stopovers, or open jaws included. Therefore, if your trip from Kansas City to London includes a layover in Chicago, the cost of your journey will be the sum total of the two individual legs.

On the surface, this may seem less lucrative than region-based models that allow stopovers and free connecting flights. This is certainly true for long-haul flights where connections are often unavoidable. On the opposite extreme, however, many short-haul flights have now become immensely valuable, with rewards starting at just 4,500 Avios one-way. So that ridiculously expensive last-minute flight from New York to Toronto? Yeah...only 4,500 Avios compared to the 12,500 miles you'd typically pay using other frequent flyer programs. What about San Francisco to Los Angeles, Miami to Cancun, or Lima to Cusco? All 4,500 Avios one-way. For those members living on the West Coast of the United States with access to Alaska Airlines, feast your eyes on non-stop reward flights to Hawaii for only 12,500 Avios one-way, and compare that to the typical cost of 22,500 miles using most other frequent flyer programs.

British Airways doesn't publish a detailed rewards chart, but there are nine distance zones in the chart, starting from 4,500 miles for flights from 1-650 miles in Economy class, up to 200,000 miles for flights 7,001+ miles in First Class. Avios now has off-peak and peak dates for British Airways flights only. All other partner flights are priced according to the peak redemption chart. The Reward Flight Calculator will identify how many miles you need for your redemption after you type in your departure and arrival airports, as well as the class of service. British Airways will show you an estimate of the total taxes and fees you will have to pay out of pocket.

Passengers are responsible for any taxes, fees, and carrier charges on reward flights. These additional costs depend on individual airlines, but be aware that British Airways does not cover fuel surcharges. On many long-haul flights, these fees can total $1,000 or more per ticket. Thankfully, for itineraries solely within Europe or southern Africa, Reward Flight Savers are available. For these rewards, typically in Zones 1-3, passengers only have to pay the Avios required and a low flat fee in cash, while British Airways covers the taxes, fees, and carrier charges.

Avios & Money

Want to make your Avios stretch even further? Now you can with Avios & Money reward flights. When searching for reward flights on the British Airways website, you'll be presented with a range of Avios & Money payment options upon checkout, where available. Or, simply use the Reward Flight Calculator, and an estimate of the Avios & Money options will be displayed as well. Of course, the fewer Avios you use, the more you must make up with the cash portion. However, the total cost in cents per Avios goes down as well, making it a slightly better deal when using fewer Avios. Take a quick look at an example reward flight below using Avios & Money:

Avios & Money Reward Flight (British Airways LHR-SFO One-Way)

Avios Required

Money Required

25,000

$410.45 ($410.45 in taxes, fees and carrier charges)

20,000

$485.45 ($410.45 in taxes, fees and carrier charges)

16,250

$525.45 ($410.45 in taxes, fees and carrier charges)

12,500

$565.45 ($410.45 in taxes, fees and carrier charges)

10,000

$590.45 ($410.45 in taxes, fees and carrier charges)

7,500

$610.45 ($410.45 in taxes, fees and carrier charges)

Booking With Two Or More oneworld Partner Airlines

When booking a reward flight with two or more oneworld partner airlines along with British Airways, the Multi-Carrier Reward Flight option is available. Under this scheme, members are able to book as many layovers, stopovers, and open jaws as they like. The only thing that matters is the total distance of the entire itinerary. This reward option is great for round-the-world trips or trips where you foresee many stops along the way.

Multi-Carrier Reward Flights (Two Or More one world Partner Airlines)

Total Miles

Avios Needed

Additional Charges

0 - 1,500

30,000

Up to $502.84 taxes, fees and carrier charges

1,501 - 4,000

35,000

Up to $1,039.57 taxes, fees and carrier charges

4,001 - 9,000

60,000

Up to $999.03 taxes, fees and carrier charges

9,001 - 10,000

70,000

Up to $833.80 taxes, fees and carrier charges

10,001 - 14,000

90,000

Up to $1,226.25 taxes, fees and carrier charges

14,001 - 20,000

100,000

Up to $1,153.90 taxes, fees and carrier charges

20,001 - 25,000

120,000

Up to $1,160.17 taxes, fees and carrier charges

25,001 - 35,000

140,000

Up to $1,144.97 taxes, fees and carrier charges

35,001 - 50,000

No pricing information available

Flight Upgrades With Avios

If you are tired of associating with the unwashed masses, or you simply desire a more luxurious flight experience, consider upgrading your cabin of service with Avios. When flying on British Airways, Iberia, or American Airlines, you'll have the opportunity to upgrade at the time of booking. Alternatively, you can upgrade an existing flight when available. To upgrade a new flight, use the "Book and Upgrade" form to search for availability and make your booking. Be sure to enter the class of service you would like to upgrade from while searching. For existing flights, head to Manage My Bookings and select "Upgrade this flight with Avios" to see if your flight can be upgraded.

Only cash bookings in certain fare classes can be upgraded, and upgrades can only be applied to the next higher cabin of service (Economy -> Premium Economy, Premium Economy -> Business, Business -> First). In general, the lowest priced economy fares cannot be upgraded. The following fare classes are eligible for upgrades:

On British Airways: J, C, D, R, I, W, E, T, Y, B, H

On Iberia and American Airlines: J, C, D, Y, B

In order to calculate the amount of Avios required for an upgrade, use this formula:

Avios for the cabin you wish to upgrade to - Avios for the cabin you make your booking in = Avios required to upgrade one-way**

So, for example, if you wish to upgrade from Premium Economy to Business for your JFK-LHR flight, the total Avios needed would be 60,000 Avios - 40,000 Avios = 20,000 Avios. If you don't have enough Avios to upgrade, you can even use the Avios & Money option here. Upon checkout, choose from a range of Avios & Money upgrade payment options. The fewer Avios you use, the more cash will be required.

Part Payment

Just like Avios & Money for reward bookings, you can also use Avios to reduce the cost of a standard cash booking. To use this option, simply log into your Executive Club account and search for a flight. At checkout, you may be presented with a Part Payment option if it is available for your flight. Pricing will vary depending on your class of travel, destination, and number of people in the booking. The savings on offer typically start from £5 for only 750 Avios per person. Part payment is available on all British Airways flights within Europe plus a growing selection of longer flights.

Redeem For Hotels, Rental Cars, And Experiences

Much like on the earning side, British Airways provides a variety of ways to redeem your Avios. Looking to round out your vacation plans with hotels and rental cars once you arrive? Go ahead and book them all using Avios right on the British Airways website. The total cost in Avios will be displayed at checkout. If you really want a hassle free trip, why not book all of your tours and experiences using Avios as well? Go ahead and log on to British Airways Experiences and search your destination to book tours, dining options, and even museum tickets.

British Airways Non-Flight Rewards

Hotel Stays

Car Rentals

Experiences

Purchasing And Sharing Avios

If you're sitting on the cusp of an amazing reward flight, but you're short just a few Avios for the actual booking, worry not, because British Airways gives you the ability to purchase, share, and even transfer Avios. Your next holiday could be much closer than you think!

Purchasing Avios

While there is typically an annual purchase limit of 27,000 Avios, from now through 31 December 2014, the annual allowance has been raised to 40,000. Note that this limit applies to the receiving individual, so you are still able to purchase 40,000 Avios for yourself, and 40,000 Avios for each of your loved ones if you like. Purchases can only be made in increments of 1,000 and are non-refundable. Of course, the more Avios you purchase, the lower the unit cost. While purchased Avios typically appear instantly in your account, it can take up to five working days in some instances.

Transferring Avios

Each member can transfer a total of 162,000 Avios per calendar year, with a maximum of 27,000 Avios to any one Executive Club member. Executive Club Gold members can transfer an additional 162,000 Avios free of charge. Any member can receive up to 27,000 Avios in paid transfers and 27,000 Avios in free transfers, but the receiving member must have a balance of at least one Avios in their Executive Club account. Transfers can only be completed in multiples of 1,000, and are typically instantaneous. The fees for transfers are as follows:

Charges For Transferring Avios (Including Taxes & Fees)

Number Of Avios

GBP

USD

EUR

1,000 - 6,000

£25.00

$45.00

€30.00

7,000 - 12,000

£65.00

$110.00

€75.00

13,000 - 18,000

£100.00

$170.00

€115.00

19,000 - 24,000

£140.00

$230.00

€160.00

25,000 - 27,000

£175.00

$290.00

€200.00

Household Accounts

Want an easier way to share Avios between family and friends? Create a Household Account, and you can start pooling Avios together from up to seven people who live at the same address. Best of all, it's free. Individual members continue to earn Tier Points separately, but each member above the age of 18 can spend Avios from the pooled Household Account. When a redemption is made, a proportional amount of Avios is deducted from each member's balance from the Household Account. A nominated head of household will have the ability to add and remove members from the Household Account, and only he or she can change the home address once every six months.

While Household Account redemptions can typically be made only for members within the household, British Airways now allows an additional Friends and Family list, which consists of up to five members who do not reside at the same address listed in the Household Account. Household Account members can redeem reward flights for each of the five additional members on the Friends and Family list at no additional cost.

Transferring Avios From Other Sources

Executive Club members who participate in other credit card rewards and hotel loyalty programs have the added benefit of converting those points into Avios. For American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest, members can transfer their points into Avios at a 1:1 ratio. For every 20,000 points transferred, Starwood Preferred Guest will even include a 5,000 point bonus. To learn more about transfers from other hotel loyalty programs and their conversion rates, visit each specific hotel partner page from the Avios Earning Partners Table above.

Missing Avios And Expiration

If you are missing Avios and Tier Points from a British Airways flight, be sure to submit an online claim form. Keep in mind that you must wait at least three days after the date of travel before submitting a claim. Only flights within the previous six months or up to three months prior to the date you joined the Executive Club will be credited. For oneworld and other partner airlines, use this form. Note that you must wait seven days after your date of travel before submitting the claim, and no credit will be given for partner flights taken prior to joining the Executive Club. To prevent Avios from expiring, you must earn, spend, purchase, or share at least one Avios every 36 months.

Tier Points And Elite Status Benefits

So you've flown hundreds of thousands of miles on British Airways plus oneworld partner airlines and accumulated a mountain of Tier Points over the course of one membership year. Now what? Well, depending on the precise number of Tier Points, you could be treated (almost) like the Queen herself. Be aware that Tier Points are always reset to zero at the end of your membership year, which is the anniversary date you joined the Executive Club. In addition, all Tier Points you've earned as a member count towards your Lifetime Tier Points total for more recognition and rewards.

British Airways Executive Club Tiers

Blue Bronze Silver Gold

Tier Points required to reach (In one membership year) 0 300 600 1500

Tier Points required for Lifetime Gold - - - 35,000

oneworld® equivalent tier - Ruby Sapphire Emerald

British Airways Executive Club Tier Benefits

Blue Bronze Silver Gold

Collect Avios ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Share Avios with a

Household Account ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Member-only offers ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Purchase & Gift Avios ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Pay to Transfer Avios ✓ ✓ ✓ -

Transfer Avios for free - - - ✓

Combine Avios ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Reward Flight Saver ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Mobile app ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Priority waitlist ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Seating preference stored and offered where possible ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Meal preferences stored and offered where possible ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Priority check-in - ✓ ✓ ✓

Free seat selection (Except exit row seats for Bronze

and Silver) 24 hours before departure 7 days before departure At time of booking At time of booking

Priority boarding - ✓ ✓ ✓

Bonus Avios on flights (With British Airways, Iberia, American Airlines, and Japan Airlines) - 25% 100% 100%

Additional baggage

allowance (Except on hand baggage only fares) - - ✓ ✓

Lounge access when flying with British Airways and partner airlines - - ✓ ✓

Reservation assurance - - ✓ ✓

Use of British Airways First and other oneworld® first class check-in desks - - - ✓

No booking or service fees for Priority Reward bookings - - - ✓

Gold Priority Reward - - - ✓

Additional reward flight availability in economy - - - ✓

Gold Upgrade for Two voucher (At 2,500 Tier Points) - - - ✓

Two Gold Upgrade for One vouchers (At 3,500 Tier Points) - - - ✓

One Gold Executive Club partner card and two Silver cards (At 5,000 Tier Points in one year)

- - - ✓

Concorde Room Card (At 5,000 Tier Points in one year) - - - ✓

As an Executive Club Gold member, you'll be privy to a host of exclusive benefits, including use of the British Airways Phone Number First Class check-in counters and additional reward flight availability. More importantly, as you continue to climb up the Tier Points ladder after reaching Gold status, you'll receive even more benefits. Just earn 3,000 Tier Points for two consecutive membership years, or 5,000 Tier Points in one membership year, and you'll be upgraded to Gold Guest List status. While benefits for this elusive tier are not publicly released, we've compiled the details for you here:

Executive Club Gold Guest List Benefits

Fees waived for all reward ticket bookings, changes, and cancellations.

Two Gold Guest List Rewards every year, which turns commercial seats into rewards tickets for you and up to four passengers on the same booking. A third Gold Guest List Reward is available when members earns 6,000 Tier Points in one year.

A dedicated 24/7 customer care line and special email service for queries exclusive to Gold Guest List members.

Invite two guests who are all flying with British Airways into any British Airways Lounges (except the Concorde Room).

Invite one guest into British Airways Arrivals Lounges after a British Airways long haul flight.

At 5,000 Tier Points in one year, you'll receive the Concorde Room Card - your key to the most luxurious and well-appointed lounges at London Heathrow Terminal 5 and New York JFK Terminal 7. You can also invite one guest who is flying with British Airways to relax and dine with you prior to take-off.

Hilton HHonors Diamond Elite Membership. Contact the Gold Guest List call centre to join.

Receive two Executive Club Silver Partner Cards and one Gold Partner Card so you can share your benefits with those that matter most to you. Go to your account to nominate your family and friends. Plus, share your Avios with any other member for free.

Receive Gold Guest List membership for life once you reach 100,000 Lifetime Tier Points.

Executive Club Premier Benefits

Does Gold Guest List sound a little too pedestrian for you? Then how about becoming part of the ultra-rarefied stratosphere of the Executive Club elite? Well...simply put, you can't. At least not by flying or spending loads of money. Executive Club Premier is an invitation only tier, and membership is typically reserved for those whom British Airways considers as being of commercial importance (e.g. politicians, celebrities, and CEOs). All new Premier members must be approved by the board, and while not much is known about the specific benefits, we do know the following:

Most benefits of Executive Club Gold and Gold Guest List are included.

Access to all British Airways Lounges, including the Concorde Room, regardless of class of service.

A dedicated 24/7 customer care line and special email service for queries exclusive to Premier members

Access to special service teams at most major gateways.

Fees waived for all reward ticket bookings, changes, and cancellations, including rush processing.

Priority consideration for upgrades when the cabin is oversold.

British Airways may even choose to delay a flight by up to 30 minutes to facilitate tight connections.

British Airways Lounges

Now that we've whetted your appetite for life as an Executive Club elite member, let's go a bit further and tempt you with a look at some of the amazing lounges British Airways has to offer for their most loyal passengers. Executive Club Silver, Gold, and Gold Guest List members have access to hundreds of British Airways and oneworld lounges around the world, while Gold and Gold Guest List members are invited to enjoy the comforts of the luxurious First Class lounges.

For Gold members who have achieved 5,000 Tier Points and received the Concorde Room Card, feel free to savor a full meal with waiter service and relax in a private cabana before your flight. Better yet, pamper yourself with a massage or skin treatment at the in-lounge spa, created by acclaimed British skincare brand Elemis, when traveling through London Heathrow or New York JFK. If you want to know exactly which lounges you have access to and how many guests you can bring along, take a look at the comprehensive chart below:

British Airways Lounge Access

Concorde Room - cardholder plus one guest

Class of travel Gold Silver

First ✓ ✓

Business - -

Premium economy - -

Economy - -

Other oneworld® carrier - -

*Concorde Room Card members and a guest can access in any class of travel on British Airways.

First lounges - cardholder plus one guest

First ✓ ✓

Business ✓ -

Premium economy ✓ -

Economy ✓ -

Other oneworld® carrier ✓ -

*Gold Guest List members can invite two guests traveling on British Airways.

Galleries, Terraces, Executive Club lounges - cardholder plus one guest

First ✓ ✓

Business ✓ ✓

Premium economy ✓ ✓

Economy ✓ ✓

Other oneworld® carrier ✓ ✓

*Gold Guest List members can invite two guests traveling on British Airways.

Arrivals lounge - cardholder only

First ✓ ✓

Business (Club World, Biz Bed) ✓ ✓

Business (Club Europe) - -

Premium economy ✓ -

Economy (World Traveller) ✓ -

Economy (Euro Traveller) - -

Other oneworld® carrier - -

*Gold Guest List members can invite one guest after a long haul flight.

Don't want to bother referencing or memorizing this chart? Well you certainly don't have to, because Lounge Buddy is the world's most comprehensive source for airport lounge information, and we are here to help! Simply enter your Executive Club membership tier into your App profile, along with any credit cards and lounge memberships you may have. Then create a trip, specifying your carrier and class of service, and Lounge Buddy will automatically tell you if you have access to any British Airways or one world lounges at the airport.

Conclusion

British Airways remains one of the most elegant and sophisticated airlines in the world. With a fleet of the most modern aircraft and stunning premium cabins to match, you won't need to stress about that next long haul flight. And as an elite tier member, you'll be able to enjoy lounge access, priority check-in, and a boatload of bonus Avios so you can reach your next reward flight faster than ever. Go ahead - join the British Airways Executive Club, download LoungeBuddy, and relax in the lap of luxury.

British Airways Contact Information

United Kingdom Contacts

Information and reservations: 0844-493-0787, Option 2, Daily 07:30-20:00

Executive Club award reservations and membership enquiries: 0844-493-0787, Option 2, Daily 07:30-20:00

Arrivals and departures: 0844-493-0777,

Automated system available 24 hours, agents available daily 06:00-20:00

USA Contacts

Information and reservations: 1-800-247-9297, Daily 7:00-23:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Executive Club award reservations and membership enquiries: 1-800-452-1201, Daily 07:30-20:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Worldwide Contacts

Information and reservations

Executive Club award reservations and membership inquiries

To share your concerns, compliments, and feedback, contact British Airways via their website email submission form, or alternatively, you can call from the United Kingdom:

0344-493-0787, Option 3, followed by Option 2

Monday-Friday: 09:00-17:15

Saturday: 09:00-17:00

Or send your correspondence to:

British Airways

Customer Relations (S506)

P.O. Box 1126

Uxbridge

UB8 9XS

United Kingdom

For lost property enquiries, visit the British Airways Baggage Tracer page.

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