History of WWI Primer 048: Romanian Mannlichers Documentary
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Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!
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EFORTUL DEPUS ÎN VEDEREA ASIGURARII NECESARULUI DE ARMAMENT, TEHNICA DE LUPTA
SI MUNITII AL ARMATEI ROMÂNE ÎN ANII NEUTRALITATII (1914-1916)
Cornel I. Scafes
BUCURESTI MATERIALE DE ISTORIE SI MUZEOGRAFIE XXVII
Istoria razboiului pentru întregirea României: 1916-1919”
Constantin Kiritescu
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Romanian arrival Ceremony
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I feel like by the end of this series regular viewers could be entitled to get a degree in early 20th century European military history.
Maybe a bachelor's, sure.
The reason the Austro-Hungarians wanted to make deals with Romania for fuel was because Romania was largest producer of oil in continental Europe at the time and was a prized possession throughout both World Wars because of it.
Yep, I remember reading about Operation Tidal Wave (the bombing of Ploesti)
Romania's fuel reserves alone made them a nation of great interest during wartime.
DeanmC261993
Yes it's true , at that time the largest refinery was in PLOIESTI City near PRAHOVA Valley, a very beautiful area, i'm proud of my country
Please DO not to confuse Romanians with Gypsies / Rroma people, they are not in any way ...no soever
inherently with ROMANIA❗️❗️❗️❗️😡
Yes we romanians have very much oil at Prahova in Ploieşti.
@@gottmituns3225 Roma people are Latin speaker therefore, Romanians.
@@gottmituns3225 Of course gypsies are not Romanians, but still, wtf
So much unobtanium in one video, love it.
I heard that Mae's shots are faked and the holes in the targets are actually done with the pokey hand.
The most deadly weapon of the war.
LOL
Fear the Patented Plastic Pokey hand!
Funny guy alert!
Thems fighting words! No one should speak ill of a woman that so enjoys firing a weapon of war!
"Oh good, Romania can't have had a very convoluted arms industry, this will probably be a really simple historical background for once--"
"Austria-Hungary was involved."
"-- I'll pack a lunch."
legit
Ain't that the truth.
Daniel Hyson
If you know ,,the real truth" tell it, we're eager to hear it❓❓❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️
@CipiRipi00
Bullcraaaaap all day looooooong , i'm Romanian , we've never been under Ottoman empire EVEEEER , we've fought them for a long ass time but we were never under Ottoman occupation❗❗❗
Get your history straight on real facts dude....
@@gottmituns3225 No, you were their long-time ally and underling, your princes were nominated by the Turks and if it weren't for the Greeks you would nowadays be kneeling to Erdogan.
As a part of the Russian forces in Dobruja there was a Serbian Volunteers Division. These were Serbians from Austria-Hungary that deserted from the A-H army and defected to the Russians. They were given Russian uniforms and equipment but since they were allready trained to use Mannlichers and Schwarzlöse MGs, they were given captured Austrian weapons. So, in short, Serbian deserters from the A-H army fighting in Russian uniforms, with Austrian weapons, in Romania.
True story. Battle of Cobadin and Amzacea :)
Pro tip as a romanian - looking to Romanians for order structure and logic as a collective … you’re head will explode. We are the Cambodians of Europe. And proud of it.
You guys did a great job condensing, yet addressing perfectly, the very convoluted and complex situation that these rifles, and Romanian arms in general, were found in... For someone with but a passing interest in Eastern European arms, you continue to hold my attention and force me to know more.... Thanks, guys.
you do a pretty good job too😀
Cheers!
In the 80s, in full communism in Romania, I was a child. Then I first heard about this weapon. In the years after WW2, it was still used, in small quantities, for equipping the civil guard of factories. If I am not mistaken, the Romanians did not pronounce the name of this weapon correctly. They called it "Malincher". We Romanians tend to simplify the overcomplicated foreign names.
Hello again!
I haven't had the decency to thank you for this episode, so, as I watched it for the second time, there you are: Multumesc! 🇷🇴
I always love when you guys mention Forgotten weapons/in range tv. It's like when 2 tv shows cross over. I'd be completely ok with a Karl/Ian C&Rsenal and an Othias/May In Range for something like April fools. Kinda like what channel 4 does over here in the U.K..
Ian vs Mae 2 gun challenge.
Karl and Ian hosting a Primer episode would be hilarious. Also it would be fun to watch Othias and Mae run a mud test with some South Carolinian mud instead of that sandy Arizona mud.
I like Gun Jesus , but I think Mae would smoke him in a 2-gun.
tony liudakis commies are on the top left not the bottom left.
tony liudakis I ain't Commie mate. More like Nordic model with more libertarian leanings. Commie is Auth Left
Love your videos! For April Fools you should do a primer episode on a trench club complete with internal animations and Mae "firing" it.
Lmfao agree
I can't wait tell they do the M41A Pulse Rifle
awesomo67
I have one M41A Pulse Rifle 😉😁
awesomo67 they need to get through the 870, SPAS-12, and the M1A1 Thompson to give context for the M41A Pulse Rifle.
Only what you see pal....
Hello Othais and Mae!
I'm Alex, the guy who helped The Great War with their episodes on Romania.
I must say I'm insanely jealous of you right now for having gotten to fire this rifle.
Being a native Romanian who is also an active reenactor I got to handle it a few times, but I've never shot it, not only because my country has incredibly restrictive firearm laws, but also because ammunition is nigh impossible to get.
I'm really impressed that you managed to find an M1892 and that it was in such a great condition, so kudos to John for lending it to you. I personally know of only one other M92, in the collection of the Military Museum of Bucharest.
Also, I'm glad you think my country made the right choice with the M93 - like I said, I never got to fire it, but I've shot some of it's direct competitors and I loved the M98, liked the Mosin 1891 and absolutely hated the Mannlicher M.95 (although, truth be told, most times I was shooting 1938-43 surplus ammunition out of Bulgarian or Hungarian rifles which saw action in both wars, so they were "a bit" worn by this time), the Lebel 1886 and the Berthier 1907 for reasons you know very well. The one rifle I never even held in my hand but would really like to try is the SMLE, but we never used them around this neck of the woods.
Oddly enough, one unexpected rifle which we did use and which I've handled (not shot though) is the Type 38 Arisaka in 6.5X50SR, because just before the start of the Second World War we were so strapped for guns and ammunition we bought some 20,000 from Japan (we were allies after all) - unfortunately, with only about 500 rounds of ammunition per gun, so utterly useless for anything but rear echelon duties.
Oh, and some interesting things about the 6.5X53 R - I collect inert ammunition (collecting live ammo is prohibited) and over the years I have found a few oddities - for example, I have in my collection an exploded 6.5X53R case made by Keller & Co in 1898 found on a battlefield in the Carpathians and quite a large number of fired 6.5mm bullets that have intact noses but squashed tails, meaning that those particular bullets presumably hit flesh and started tumbling (other bullets which deform weirdly are the solid brass 8×50R Lebel "Balle D", of which I've also found a copious amount on Romanian WW1 battlefields).
Finally, a rather unique piece, an unfinished 6.5X53R case marked PAI 1915 completely full of molten lead. It was found during a dig at the site of the old Pirotehnia Armatei; the plant itself was moved to Moldova prior to the Fall of Bucharest and all the stocks of unfinished ammunition were put to the torch - interestingly, the same dig yielded an intact, unfired 11,43mm cartridge from the 1879 Romanian Henry Martini, also marked 1915, so we know ammunition production for them kept up during the early part of the war, which is surprising, to say the least.
Ah, and another semi-related anecdote - I was walking with my brother in the Trench of the Alba Carolina Vauban fort in Alba Iulia, Transylvania, when he spotted a cartridge case just lying there, on the ground - it was an 8X52R black powder cartridge from the Mannlicher M.88 made by Cornides and marked 1891, something I have never actually found before or since. The 1891 date really threw me for a loop, because I assumed they had switched production by that date to the 8X50R M.1890 "scharfe Patrone", so for the longest time I thought it was actually a 7.62X54R (the case dimensions are so similar it's actually hard to tell them apart when placed near each other) from an Austrian contract I've never heard about (earliest I know of is 1904, during the Russian Japanese war, and the headstamps are different from the standard Austrian pattern).
But enough of my rambling. GG on the video and I can't wait to see the next one!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
We've actually handled a pair of the Romanian Martini's but have not found one to fire just yet. If we can we'll roll it into the overall role of the Martini in WWI as a single episode.
You're not missing all that much on the SMLE.
The Martini is actually one of my favourite firearms ever. I've shot original M.1879s and the action is absolutely superb even after all these years. Another black powder rifle I thoroughly enjoy is the M.1867 Russian Krnka in 15.24x40mmR (we used that one for territorial troops in the 1877 Russian-Turkish war, while the main rifle was the M.1868 Peabody martini) which also has a very crisp action.
Sadly, it's replacement in Russian service, the M.1870 Berdan II (10.75×58 mmR) is nothing to write home about - it has a really weak extractor, so most often than not you're trying to pull out jammed brass out of the chamber.
The only weapon I hate more is the Degtyaryov DP28 machine gun with it's cumbersome pan magazines because not only are they heavy and slow to load, but the feed lips get easily deformed causing the cartridge to fall at the wrong angle and get jammed halfway out of the ejection port rather than being fed into the chamber. The only way to clear that is to take the magazine out, work the bolt a few times and put it back on, by which time not only you've lost time, but also a few rounds have fallen out of the magazine - and with only 46 of them in there to begin with, that's really not a good thing.
Wingsofwrath
Ar trebui mai multi romani ca tine, tara asta are nevoie de acest model de oameni acum mai mult ca niciodata❗️❗️❗️❗️
Wingsofwrath I have one of these en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannlicher_M1893 it has the Carlos 1 stamp on it and is chambered in 6.5 dutch is what im told. How much is it worth?
Favorite signature move..."War were declared". Amazing stuff as always and thank you for continuing to demonstrate the firing of these wonderful old war horses.
Also, please support them on patreon. I want these episodes to continue on for a long while. They do so much research and really care about what they put out
That's a mighty fine shotgun there, Othais! I know I'm supposed to be paying attention to the Romanian Mannlicher but I can't stop staring at it...
Watching this episode was just awesome. I cheerfully absorbed every little bit of information you two served up over an hour or so while I was cleaning my handguns, reloading the mags, getting set for another range day tomorrow, and another on Thursday, and then some outdoor on Saturday... Life is good.
Thank you very much for your amazingly interesting and immersive channel!
Dang I want your week.
Son of a bitch, it's nearly 2am but now I'm obligated to watch this.
Don't you mean... OTHIGATED?!!? HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAH!!!!
please kill me i hate myself
we mai have to do that!
Same.
Gunnyman, I know exactly what you mean. I keep making the same mistake. Over and over. What's wrong with us? it's a sickness, I tell ya, a sickness!!! ARRRRGG!!!!!!!!
Not so much of a sickness (which seems to become epidemic, if so), but more of a addiction. VERY difficult to cure, indeed.
But who is to blame for that - the manufacturers of these beautiful guns (doesn't make sense, for they are lying six feet below since decades)? The people who keep them in the best possible condition (doesn't make sense either, for then the blaming goes round and round)? Othais for his show? Or Mae, who adds something inexplicable but highly addictive to it?
Madness. Sheer madness.
This series of arms seems to me to be the easiest to load. Clip goes in easily. You're probably getting tired of reading me post this, but another masterpiece. Applause to Mae. You too, Othais. Edited to add, Kung Pao Mashed anyone?
This is a very complete summary of the adoption of the Romanian M1893. Much more information about it than I thought would have been possible to get about a Romainian pre-War and WW1 military rifle considering the condition of the nation around that time. Plus, being in the Balkan region. Anyway, thanks for all your work in putting this series together. This is to the whole team.
the prettiest episode to date, all those rifles and carbines.
Ahhhh, Romania.. Such a beautiful country ! Thank You..
I love the sci-fi orchestral music during the animation, it reminds me of Blade Runner.
It makes me think of Paul Hindemith's First String Quartet, Hindemith happened to serve in WWI as well.
Definitely one of the best looking rifles of the war imo too. That dark wood is gorgeous.
That rifle is in absolutely beautiful condition. It's good to see some of these 100+ year old rifles looking something like how they would have when new and issued to the troops.
I'm acctualy from Transilvania.The hungarian influnce on the culture is spoted easily here.But i can say that the hungarian food is absolutly delicios.Se vinde foarte mult chiurtoş şi gulaş aici!
Mae, thx for the demo's and nice offhand groups with 100 yr old rifles! Having competed many years in the NRA Service Rifle Class using .30 cal rifles you would be very competitive. The big grin at the end of each string cracks me up. Othais, I really enjoy these chapters on the weapons of WW1. Very informative and fun. Your dry wit and refusal to go down the history rabbit holes keeps me coming back for more.
If something like 2 Gun ACM had existed in 1914 the 1904 Export model you guys showed would probably have been my pick.
Fantastic episode Othias and Mae! I'm always grateful to learn about these guns especially given how limited commonly available information is for guns like this one in particular.
So the next episode will feature a rifle chambered in 6,5 rimless and an appearance of a certain Austrian factory manager... I think I know where this is going and I couldn't be happier about it, I've been waiting for a feature on that gun for a LONG time.
Thank you Othais, for the first review of any portuguese rifles done by one of the best youtube gun channels. Can´t wait for the 1904 Vergueiro episode.
Wow! Awesome episode - loved the detail on these and other rifles used by Romania and didn't realise that the Portuguese Mannlichers actually ended up in Africa.
This time I will not stay quite, so: first of all 1000 Thanks for this and all your videos, with accurate explanations, and, to my point of view, fulls of honesty ( did not know it could be so bad for some ). I love Othais know how, his explanations as well as Mae's perspectives, shots, and know, as also the images of the mechanicals wich are made of a good pro on these things. I am portuguese, so forgive my english please. And being a guns and History lover and not since yesterday, I must say that I did never found a single mistake when our long gone guns are the matter: on the contrary, I always verify what I knew and learn more. Thanks you for being around.
Glad you're enjoying it!
So does this mean H̶a̶l̶f̶ ̶L̶i̶f̶e̶ ̶3̶ Mannlicher Schönauer confirmed as next episode?
Cheerful Pessimist yes please
I appreciate that
the sound quality during the range segments is awesome, these firearms all sound badass when Mae shoots em
Thanks so much for posting! Your presentations are very thorough! May is an excellent safe marksman and I love watching her shoot. I wish I could meet a nice lady like her that loves firearms!
Rewatching just cuz Dutch Manlickters. I get about 2 hours after work and you're show is all I watch until i get up with 2 kids. Plus, COMMENTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job as always,
after what we heard I would bet next rifle will be:
Mannlicher-Schönauer
Greetings from Poland
you guys make Tuesdays more enjoyable!
i was just thinking that exact thought
Yess More Mannlicher rifles! It's kinda sad that this will be my last before navy boot camp...
Jack the Korean History/Gun nut.
도형섭 Das boot camp? Boat camp? Boaty McBoatCamp?
farmerboy916 Ja, das boaty camp für navy service!
도형섭 Deutsch, Englisch, und Koreanisch? Sehr interessant! Ich kann nur ein und halb Sprache sprechen
Uh...herr kapitan, mein deutschen ist not gud. iz from memes and countryballs...
도형섭 Zwei und ein bisschen ist noch großer als ein und halb, boaty boot mc boaterson. Though germanglish is a skill all its own. Suppose I have a tiny bit of spanish there too from growing up in California though
I really liked this episode; one of the best. I follow this for the European history and the review of the evolution of these beautiful machines during a period of great innovation.
Excellent review, sir! Thank you very much. A pleasure to watch such a well documented review.
Really nice video with Long Detailed about the Romanian Rifle and Romanian History , i'm really glad to heard my part of my History from another Western Citizen than the Genuine Romanian Citizen , is something different wich i have listening quiet nice and it seems that you'r quiet documented about that part of the romanian history . i love the Video/Watch&Heard about the Rifles &fireguns and the rifle aswel .
cheers and good luck :)
Please Can you make a video with details and history part of it for Romanian Sniper Rifle PSL 54C ( 7.62x54R ) .and another new video with the Romanian Semi-Automatic Rifle AK 47 wich is AK-GPWASR Romanian 10/63 (7.62x39 )
thank you :)
I am still using one of these (almost). It is a Dutch Mannlicher carbine - KNIL (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger, Royal Dutch East Indies Army) model, probably a WW2 bringback, made at the Hembrug arsenal. Admittedly it's been rebarrelled in 303-25, but it's basically the same action, I believe. It is a sweet little carbine for shooting goats in the mountains; I could carry it all day long, and it's accurate too!
Gotta say you did a fine service to this rifle just by digging up all the pieces and putting them in one place. Bravo
Was waiting patiently for this week's video.
Was not disappointed.
Absolutely brilliant background info in this episode Othias.
It's amazing how often 6.5 and similar calibers keep coming up throughout firearms history.
Keep up the awesome work guy! You are my favorite channel for guns now, and have re-sparked my interest in old guns. Thanks a lot!
I'm addicted to this show of learning , never ever enjoyed history till it was explained like you guys do it , and with hands on rifles ,,, thanks ever so much for all the hard work ,,,,my hat off to you both ! P.S. I will say it's expensive knowing you guys , my arsenal is growing ,,lol
our apologies
You make, like, the best content ever.
Again thank you guys for everything you do... awesome episode guys and gals!
A lot of you watching this series may know it already, but today is the centenary of American entry into WWI. Big shindig here in Kansas City today as it is the home to the national WWI monument and museum. A good day to check out The Great War and C&rsenal!
You know what I keep seeing in common with these kings? Great beards.
I need to go to bed, but since I'm on my phone 24/7 I saw the notification right away and I will accept the consequences later, must watch video!
X 2.0
Reviewers really came through with the loans on this one! Thank you!
Another great episode and Thanks to Razvan, I can only wonder how hard it would of been to find all this info.
hero
Jorge Gomez I second that, a big thank you to Razvan.
Great job, always a high point of my week :D Thank you for the time and effort May :D
Vampire joke had me rollin' and tumblin'.
Great video as always. I'll have to watch it again to try and absorb all the info. Please keep up the good work.
Every time Othias takes a rifle from May he asks "Mae I?"
I mae have spelled that wrong...
Huzzah, episode 48! Me so happy!
From what I understand the Chinese Hanyang 88 never had a barrel jacket. Supposedly when the Chinese reverse engineered the Gewehr 1888 they didn' have the tooling to make the jacket, so they didn't bother since the rifle was fine without it.
I havent slept in 40 hours. Will be 41 hours 11 min after this.
Great episode as always, my favorite channel on youtube
Also, I loved the setup for the carbine
OEWG also provided two Trials Rifles in 1890, one with Rimless cartridge, and the second one with a Rimmed Case.
Italy adopted the Rimless Version with Mannlicher's Clip ( 6 rounds), and a Mauser solid bolt with Carcano's Safety.
Italy paid OEWG Charger Licence fees.
OEWG then used the Rimmed 6,5 cartridge from Italian Trials.and This became the 6,5x53R for the Md 1892 first Romanian Pattern ( ejector blade in Bottom of receiver)
The Md1893 Bolt used the Sliding Ejector on the bolt, and lost the receiver located ejector blade.
I have a Md1892 Action, but with Md1893 Bolt, and the Md1892 Mag/TG.
Built by Pape of Newcastle ( clean Barreled Actions through Belgian OEWG Agent. Mine is marked Md1892, but Steyr 1893 ( manufacturing date). Also has Rom. Phoenix Acceptance stamp.
Others, a comparison of Portuguese Romo. 93s( Mo.896) show features of the 1892.
Still a confusing set up...does your Md1892 have the Sliding Ejector, or the supposed Receiver Blade Ejector? And have you examined the Portuguese contract Mo.896 guns?
The Dutch M95s, of course, have the Sliding Ejector, and the Flat sided mag/TG.
Check Marten and DeVries book one the M95 Netherlands Mannlichers.
I don't have any Romo Md1892 or 93, except for my British Sporting Rifle.
Regards,
DocAV Australia.
Interesting
I would really like to see you guys talk about the dutch mannlicher!
I vote to bring back Mae's shooting commentary!
still a lot of Romanian mannlichers rifles in inventorie and ammo ready for use for reserve troops in case of war. they are stock up in military warehouses
Damn, those were some beautifull guns. Someone took really good care of those old Roumanian warhorses.
Pretty cool to see the difference between the Mannlicher 95 straight pull and the usual turn bolt. I happen to have a Hungarian and Dutch M95 straight bolt carbines in 8x56R with the same enbloc clip. Of course he top of the receivers are stamped with a big S for the bigger round. Both have the stacking rod.
Othais treating the rifles like a newborn is adorable.
Ah, that's a lovely range space there, Othais
Thanks for another wonderful lesson in history! It's been a real treat especially since it resonates with my ethnicity :)
Glad you enjoyed it
Mae's grouping from a standing unsupported position, is really impressive 👏
Thanks! I think I gottem.
You'd be on the first team selection of my zombie apocalypse squad, along with Mark 'The Fixer' as I'd call him. Othias would have to go through tryouts 😉🖒
It's one in the morning! ARGH.... I'm gonna watch this....
1903 MkI is the sexiest firearm from WWI.
Great video by the way guys. Thank you.
May is really dialing those accuracy skills up.
That 93... *drooling*
43:41 dude picking his nose in B&W while mustaches did some paperwork
I am from the area of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and no matter how you pronounce it (which was fairly good), the place was called "prussian siberia" not for no reason .-)Take it from a German, You are doing a great job with the German names!
My inbox begs to differ!
I’ve already told my wife that if I ever see one of these in the wild, it’s coming home with me. No matter the cost.
So... what levels of spoiled did Mae experience on the range with all of these rare, unicorn-level mannlicher rifles? (types comment just as Othais speaks about the six hour range session)
Oh I am spoiled because I get to shoot everything that comes our way; I just can't move for long periods of time while shooting them. I've learned it takes about 1 full hour in my shooting stance of no movement for my feet to go numb.
34:57 That's a freaking heavy bullet for 8mm!
Designer 1: "What sectional density do we want?"
Designer 2: "Yes."
Thank you, that was great.
The worst part of watching these is that I want one of all the guns they talk about.
You could have told me those were brand new rifles and I'd believe you. Gorgeous guns
Kevin Miller kek
Man now I have to wait two weeks for a new episode! Garrr
Wow that collection of rifles was impressive. I feel special we got to see such rare guns this episode, it makes me proud to be a patron of C&Rsenal. Those rifles were absolutely gorgeous. I know you just posted this episode and it was great seeing such rare rifles but you mentioned next episode and I'm really excited for that one because your poster listed it as one of the most advanced rifles of the war so I've been looking forward to the episode explaining that. You guys hit it out of the park with this episode though, bravo.
This and the next have taken more discussion and help with research....
The extra effort is appreciated. I'm no expert on these rifles but this is the most comprehensive source of information about these rifles I know of. It's impressive.
By the way, you said the Portuguese 1896 short rifle might be the easiest one of them to find but if there were only 4,000 of the made how would that be? Did the Portuguese just keep more in storage than the Romanians?
Most of the 4,000 went into surplus I suppose vs. almost none of the Romanians surviving.
Mae is a hero. You go girl.
Great story teller! :)
wow bonus rifle!!! 26:50 Othias is the new Ian. XD
1:15 really made me chuckle!
I'm not going to be watching this at 2 am, so this is how I am spending my early morning. Mannlicher, "Gives a licking, and keeps on ticking".
Wow that little carbine sure has a bark to it
50:50 Aplauded
Great Episode!
My fave of these family rifles, is the 30's Turk rebuild of the 88's.
Great episode! That 1892 definitely is one of the most beautiful guns I've ever seen, so thanks John! Now that you've covered these Romanian guns, are there other Romanian firearms coming? Possibly a handgun? *hints to an eMail correspondance I had with Othais in january*
Still hoping to find a contract piece in the US. If not we have a plan B
I have to get back to you on that one - sorry for not answering your last email, while we're on that note. Life has been really busy in the past months. We might be able to arrange something if you're up for that. I'll shoot you an eMail later (hopefully, gotta do some chores now, eurgh).