Why thank you kind sir - flattery will get you nowhere but I can pass on my bank account details and take tips...
On the subject of tips , true story at the risk of thread drift. I was a young DC-3 Captain with a Pommy airline. One stormy day we had the misfortune to blow an engine, so shut it down and duly turned back to base which was the nearest suitable anyway.
After landing there was a round of applause from the relieved pax. Release of nervous tension and I don't blame them - in a beat-up old DC-3 of all things on a crap day like that with a 28 year old at the helm, had it been me down the back I would have been wetting myself with TWO engines running, let alone one!
Anyway jokingly I said something to the effect of "don't clap, pass the hat around" which was overheard at the front of the pax cabin. Next thing someone's hat was full of pound notes and passed to the Hostie. A BIG night out was had that night....