Evel Knievel and Crazy Band Riders

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Evel Knievel and Crazy Band Riders

We're back Al. We are back, Mart. Yeah. With fun facts and sidetracks. I'm looking forward to this. What have we got today, Al? Uh, well, we have got some music, of course. Yeah. But then we're going to talk about one of the world's great daredevils. I know exactly who you were going to say. Yes.  Evel Knievel. Yeah, yes. What a great name. Yeah, it's a pretty good name. Destined to be a daredevil. Yeah. I name you Evel Knievel. Possibly not his real name. Yeah. You sure you want to call him Evel Knievel? Anyway, we'll get to that before you pull out the dragster and start jumping over the trampoline. Yes. Yeah. Broken arms and legs and- Yeah, all that and more. Let's get started out. Okay. 

Okay, Mart, music time. What are we gonna do this time, Al? Couple of things, but firstly, I came across some pretty interesting lists about songs that have very few lyrics. Ah, that's interesting. All right. And some of these go back to the 70s or 60s, in fact, or 50s. Yeah. The first one of those is The Hustle. Now, you being a disco boy. Geez. The Hustle. Let's ... Yeah. Do the Hustle. Yeah, do it, do the Hustle. Yeah, wow. Yeah. Um, as heard at every abysmal disco- Yeah. ... around the world. I don't think many people liked it, but they did dance. Yeah. Certainly an economy of words. There were four words in that song. Do the Hustle. Do the Hustle. But, but there was whistling. 

Here's one with even less words. Wipeout by The Surfaris. You're gonna have to help me with this one out. No, I want you to do it. Oh, Wipeout. Something like that. And then followed by lots of twangy guitar and…..Yes. Vision of people on 11 foot Malibu boards. Yeah, with a fake screen behind them. Yeah. So Wipeout. 

Oh, I know one. Yeah, what have we got? Yeah, Tequila. Oh, yeah.. Tequila. (sings the tune… Tequila!) Pretty important not to get the timing wrong on that. Oh, dear, that was very bad trumpet playing. That was fantastic. Um, another one, Rockit by Herbie Hancock. Ah, yeah. That was good. That really- sort of classic scratching hip hop- Yeah, early 80s. Yeah. So, what were the words? Don't stop it. Rock it. Don't stop it. Oh, wow. There you go. There you go. 

Now, Mr. Joe Cocker is one of your personal favourites, I know. Oh, yeah. (singing You are so beautiful.)  How many words was in that one? 14. Oh, well, there was a few words in it. 14 unique words, yeah. Actually, Billy Preston wrote that song, you know? Did he? Mm. And there was more words to it. Okay. There was another verse. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, such joy and happiness you bring to me. Such joy and happiness you bring to me, so he's doubled up. So, 14 and 14. Yeah, okay. 28, last time I checked. Although I think here we're talking about unique words as well. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it was a hit. Yeah. By Joe Cocker. Yes. Not Billy Preston. 

Jumping ahead a few years. Mm-hmm. Madness. Oh. One step beyond. Evidently, there's 40 words in that, but I think it's really just pretty well relying upon the phrase one step beyond. Every time I think of Madness, I just think of a guy dressed up as an old English woman with a thing in her head dancing like this. You know, with his legs sort of bowed. I just think of people in pork pie hats having a great time. What a great band. Oh yes. I mean, they're seriously a great band. Yeah. And they're still going. Yeah. They've got a real cult, haven't they? Yeah, well, Sugsy is on every panel show going around in the UK. The lead singer, he's great. Yeah. But that Madness walk where they walk like a train, like a- Yeah. One's in the front. Yeah, that ska thing. Yeah. So good. It is good. 

Well, here's a few Beatles songs with minimal lyrics. Okay. Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we do it, do it, do it, do it in the road. Yeah, it is. 14 words. Wow. Yep.  Her Majesty. So that's the little, dinky thing that McCartney plays. Oh, I don't remember that one. Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl. But she doesn't have a lot to say. That's it. Yeah. So that's a really pretty little song. Yeah, 31 words. That's it. Uh, I Want You, She's So Heavy. Ah, yeah. 12 words. There you go. From one extreme to the other, I feel love Donna Summer. Ah. I feel love, I feel love, I feel love, I feel love, I feel love. Repeat till fade out. Yeah. 11 words. Tusk. Fleetwood Mac. Oh, what were the words in that? 28 words. Oh, 28 words. Well, that's getting up there, Al. Almost a short novel. Hmm. Um, and Elton John who wrote Song for Guy. Oh, yeah. Yeah. About his friend who was killed in an accident and that's just got three words. Life is a ... I thought it was ‘definite thing’. No, life isn't everything. Ah, life is in there, everything. Yeah. That doesn't seem to sort of roll off your tongue. Yeah. Life isn't everything. Oh, there you go. Yes. That's why I thought it was life is a definite thing ... There you go. When I did phone Elton to check that one and he said- Yeah. "No, it's definitely life isn't everything." We should do a thing on what you thought the words were to a song. Oh yeah, we will. We will. That's quite funny. That will be in an upcoming episode. Well, that's a classic one from there. It is. Now I mentioned that I found Elton to check that lyric. Good on you. 

A little sidetrack here on a rider that Elton had when he was on tour. And I have to add, neither this fact or any others were checked with the artist in question. This is what we've read at a number of different sources, but we take no responsibility ... for what we're saying. That's true. First of all, what's a rider, Al? A rider is when a band is playing at a particular venue- Yeah. ... and they have a list of requirements. That's what they call it a rider. They call it a rider and some of them are crazy and let's, let's assume that these are right, but if they're not, we take no responsibility for them. Yeah. Yeah. But the Elton John rider that we heard about is that when he was playing at a stadium in Brazil for 60,000 people, he wanted two dressing rooms. As you do? One for him and one for his fancy glasses. Wow. He wanted separate accommodation for the glasses because he wanted them at a particular temperature to preserve the accessories. Wow. he specifically asked for 74 towels. 74. Yeah. I have no idea why. But it is a pretty good sidetrack to have a look at other bands. Yeah, I think it'd be some interesting ones. 

Well, yeah, some of it's just straight kooky. There you go. So one of the most famous ones I think is Van Halen. Yeah. And they're Quite famous for insisting on no brown M&Ms. And everyone kind of goes typical. Dicks, you know. But apparently the story behind that was that David Lee Roth noticed that often when they were touring the stage construction wasn't quite up to scratch. Yeah. And so he said, "We're going to insist on no brown M&Ms. And if we know that the organizers have listened to that and removed all the brown M&Ms, then there's also a fair chance that the construction is actually safe for us to get on stage at these big outdoor venues." Oh, I didn't know about that, Al. I don't know. You could just go like, "Oh you guys, get yourself down here. We've got to get rid of these brown M&Ms.". "But we got to do this. Just get down here and get rid of the brown M&Ms." Yeah. there's some pretty kooky stuff. 

Yeah. Cher apparently has a wig room. Yep. There are some people and I won't kind of mention it, but who insist upon having a new toilet or a new toilet seat installed. Um- Wouldn't be a bad job for a plumber, would it? Go on tour with whoever that was, depending if they're a good band. Yeah, where's the nearest Bunnings? Yeah. Uh, Motley Crue, the craziest request, again, we have no way of validating this, but to say we've read it in quite a few places, they wanted a sub-machine gun. As you do, you need one of those. Well, I would have thought so, yeah. Um, as well as a 12-foot Boa constrictor. Yeah. A jar of creamy peanut butter. Mm, that's to feed the snake. Probably. Yeah. Uh, and as well as the location of Alcoholic Anonymous meeting rooms. Yeah, anyway, there you go. Madonna apparently wanted 20 international phone lines. Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah. Her backstage room must look exactly like her own home. Oh, that's a good idea. Which means she ships around her furniture. Oh, God. Special flower scented fabric, actual flowers, a personal chef who prepares her vegan foods, her own dry cleaning service, um- Yeah. That wouldn't be a bad little job. Yeah. It's a, it's a good gig. Marilyn Manson has probably the best of all. What's that? If this is true, the request is a bald headed, toothless hooker. You're not saying anything there? No, I'm not gonna say anything. I'm not going with that one. Some of these bands were quite famous for raising hell when they were on tour. So, people like Led Zeppelin were, you know, quite famous for ruining entire floors of- Throwing televisions out of the- Yeah, all that stuff. But one of their requests was an iron and an ironing board, so there you go. Um, Prince insisted that all items in the dressing room must be covered by clear plastic wrap- Yeah. ... until uncovered by a main artist. And this is absolutely necessary, and, uh, maybe that's because he didn't want people getting to the food before he did, but again- Yeah. Iggy Pop wanted a Bob Hope impersonator. Yeah, good. Rage, rage- rage, ray, ray, ray, rage!

The Beach Boys apparently wanted 48 large bath towels, uh, along with Marlboro Lights in a soft pack with a child's safety free lighter that absolutely cannot be green. Again, this is all stuff we're hearing second hand, but hey, it's fun to talk about. Mm. Uh, Morrissey and the Smiths, I mean, the Morrissey stories, we could do a whole episode on Morrissey, let's face it. Morrissey demanded a young sapling no less than four feet, but no higher than six feet be placed in his dressing room at each show. Good. Yes, exactly. That's what you need? Uh, Mariah Carey and, and again- Ah. ... I, I keep saying this, but- Right. ... this is only what we've heard. The crazy request is 20 white kittens and 100 doves. Oh, you could believe that. Yeah. Um- Just to make her feel good. I guess so. Yeah. Uh, a Rolls Royce, a pink carpet, pink podium, confetti shaped as butterflies, 80 security guards, and a 15 person entourage. So, yes, there goes- So the music industry does distort them, doesn't it, a little bit? Well, no, they're as grounded as you can get. 

I mean, I insist on that. Yeah, I know. I've been to your house. You're in our little studio. I've been hanging on until you go and change that toilet so I could tell you. Uh, yeah. Uh, Ozzy Osbourne, you would expect crazy things from Ozzy. Yeah. Chickens and- Yeah. ... headless chickens and- He wanted an ear, nose, and throat doctor. And, uh, three tanks of oxygen, because you can never have enough of that. Yeah. And the doctor must be able to administer a B12 shot. Yeah. And he also wanted plenty of fire extinguishers. Yeah. So, yeah, as you do. Yeah. Oh, dear old Ozzy. Very explosive at the end of every show. Oh, man. I was reading about when he was at his worst. Yeah. Like, his wife woke up with his hands around her throat, so that's when they knew he had to go to, get some help, you know? Yeah, that- Which he did, and he got sober, and congratulations to them for- Wow. doing it. I, you know- Honestly, he didn't look sober, did he? No, but Sharon Osbourne-. Sharon Osbourne's a saint because she actually said, "No, you need to go and get out of here. You need to get straight." Yeah. And he did, but wow, that's- Incredible. Yeah. Anyway, that's- They didn't do too bad after his musical career. So there's some kooky riders. If you hear of others, feel free to let us know. And again, this is just what we've heard. Yeah. I cannot stress that enough. 

You should see on my, when I tour. Oh yeah, what have you got? Yeah. What happens when you're playing live? What do you want? Oh, I did the Bribie Hotel, another bribery hotel. It was out, you remember down the end of Bribie, um, it was, it was a hotel. It wasn't like a pub, it was just a hotel. Mm-hmm. Uh, near the golf course. Oh yeah? The Koolamara Motel. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And, um it's just come to mind. A guy owned it and he said, "Oh, would you play a function for me there?" I went, "Yeah, sure." And I today, I said, "So you're gonna give me a room so I don't have to drive?" He went, "Yeah, yeah, we'll fix you up with the room." Oh no, so I want a room. Yeah, okay. Just as well, your mom and dad were staying just down the road. So I've gone off to  do the gig and then he showed me the room. It was just a broom cupboard. It didn't even have a window. It did not have a…. it was a broom cupboard. Wow. Were you sleeping, standing up? I couldn't believe it. And I just looked at the guy and he said, "Oh, you know, there's a mattress there." I said, "You gotta be kidding me. " Wow. So yeah, they're the things I demanded was a mop and a bucket and some cleaning detergent. Did it have 20 white kittens and 200 doves in there though? Well, I did ask for that. Uh, didn't have a window. Wow. Yeah. Okay. Well, um, again, to the good people from the Bribie hotel that you played at- Thank you very much. Yeah, who's laughing now? 

All right, Mart. I've got two words for you. Give me- Evel? Knievel. Snap. What a legend. Evel Knievel. What, what do you think of when you think Evel Knievel? Well, I think that anyone's either a baby boomer or would know who Evel Knievel was. Mm-hmm Yeah, he was bigger than big. He was, well, he was like Muhammad Ali. He was like, as in fame I'm talking about. Yeah. You know, he was a stunt man. Yeah. That just rode motorbikes over things. So for people who maybe have never heard of Evel Knievel and wonder why we're gushing so much. Evel Knievel was a stuntman, as Mart said, in the 1970s. And he was quite famous for jumping over things. That's what he did. He was just jumping over things. On bikes. The old Harley. Yeah. And he was also quite famous for breaking a lot of bones. A heap of bones. He broke, broke 433 bones over his career. That's not bad. But he was, he was one of these guys who was fearless. Yeah. And he was a showman. He was an entertainer. Yeah. But let's go back a step. Let's go back to where Evel Knievel got his name from because- Yeah, I'll be interested. I, I didn't know that. Where did he get his name from? Okay. So his name was Robert Craig Knievel. But he was spending some time in the clink and a cellmate named him Awful Knawful. He should have run with that one. Probably should. Anyway, from that Evel Knievel came about. And, for a long time he was working in motorcycle shops. He tried a motorcycle dealership to sell Honda motorcycles. Wow. But what year would that be? That, that would have been in the late 50s, early 60s. Yeah, which would have been hard selling Japanese product. It would be very, very hard. Yeah. Could you imagine? To Americans. Ended up working in a bike shop. Yeah. And started practicing, uh, like motocross jumps. Yeah. Well, there wouldn't have even been motocross jumps. They didn't even have motocross back then. Yeah. It was just ... Jumping over stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, so this guy became famous. Like when he was 13, he was riding motorcycles. And, um, pretty soon after that, he was crashing into things or jumping things. He started showing off and crashed his bike into a neighbour's garage that started a fire. And, some people say, "Well, maybe that should have been the end of that. " 

But of course, he had, Big plans. ... Daredevil in his blood. Yeah. Yeah. And I guess to demonstrate how fearless he was, his first stunt was to jump over  two mountain lions and a bunch of rattlesnakes. And he made it over the lions, but didn't make it over the rattlesnakes. So, like, Al, he was riding big heavy motorcycles. Yeah. You know, I don't know what it was, but it was over big bikes. They weren't trail bikes. Yeah. Very heavy and huge motors. Yes. You'd want all the horsepower you could get. But you also wanted light. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So, I mean, when you see the things that people are doing these days, in Nitro Circus and that sort of thing- Yeah. doing triple aerial- Incredible things. ... 360s, um, those bikes bear no similarity to the bikes that Evel Knievel was riding. No. Yeah. He was riding motor. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Um, and the thing that I guess he was most famous for was jumping cars. Yeah. Jumping cars, jumping buses. Yep. Canyons? Yeah. Well, I mean, he would, that was kind of the problem because they always say that once you've jumped 10 buses or 10 cars, the only way is up- Yeah. ... you wanna try jumping 20 cars. And so eventually he, he kept jumping these ramp to ramp jumps. He did 75 of them in his career, but eventually, yeah, he was jumping over the fountain at, Las Vegas. That one was 151 feet over the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. He broke his pelvis hip and a bunch of ribs, was in a coma for 29 days. Ah, that was worth it. Um, but it did not stop him. And basically the thing is, it just made this guy a bigger star. Yeah. And- Yeah, that's right. 

The wide world of sports in America in the '70s was one of the highest rating shows. Yeah. And he was pretty well on there every week because he was doing a jump every week. Oh, goodness. And you know- He was like Elvis Presley on wheels, wasn't he? He, he kind of was. This is one of the most famous people in America. It's pretty hard to communicate how famous- Yeah. ... Evel Knievel was, but- He was very, very famous. He, he had the whole outfit. He had the, the white and the leather white top, uh, jacket with the flare pants and the boots and the- Yeah. ... all done in American style- Yeah, yeah. ... you know, stars and stripes- Yeah. ... and the helmet to match and the bike to match. That's it. it'd be the same as these days at someone like Taylor Swift, right? Mm. Just- Yeah. ... a superstar and everyone knows- Yeah. ... what they look like. So- Like you remember, like, Elvis Presley was big and he, he had this persona. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well, because it's music and music lives forever- Yes. ... this was a bike jumper and he had his little time in the spotlight for a few years of being Evel Knievel he was huge. Yeah. Apparently he made 25,000 per jump and that was in the 1970s, so that's a lot of money. Mm. And, um, I think, uh, unfortunately he made a lot and spent a lot- Yeah. But as a cult icon- Yeah, he was it. 

He had a range of toys- Yeah. ... that outsold, like, Barbie dolls and GI Joe? Yeah. Yeah. Outsold all those things. We're just looking at some online before fantastic. Incredible. Yeah. He spent a total of over three years in hospital over his career. So, you know, he wasn't going to stop. His threshold of pain would have been like, like if he kicked his toe, he wouldn't have been felt up. Yeah. You know, when you kick your toe on a cold morning- Yeah. ... on the kitchen bench. Yeah, he would've just gone, "Oh, I'll go and do that again." Yeah. I think he was famously quoted as saying, basically, "People don't wanna see me die, but they wanna make sure they're watching if I do. Yeah. And for a long time, he actually sort of teased that he was going to jump over, uh, the Grand Canyon. Yeah. But he never did that. As it turns out, his son did. His son Robbie took up the mantle and actually jumped over the Grand Canyon in like a rocket bike- Yeah. ... in 1999. Wow. But Evel Knievel did jump over Snake River Canyon, uh, in a rocket and you can see that, you can watch it online on YouTube. It's fantastic. He's strapped to a rocket. Well, he's in a rocket which had a parachute and he was really cheesed off because the parachute went off- Yeah. which meant that he- To come down the off-white. It's a little bit like coyote and road runner. Exactly like it when you see it. When you watch it, it goes down and, and, um, so, you know, he crashed and broke a whole bunch of bones and ended up in hospital again. I think they probably had a ward just dedicated to him, but, Yeah, like an Evel Knievel. Pretty well. Wow. So, yeah, so hats off to Evel Knievel. We're not making fun of this guy because- No, he was a legend. He was a legend. 

They made a movie about him and the irony is that he wasn't allowed to do any of the stunts- Wow. ... for health and safety reasons, please. Oh, gosh. Yeah. But I think George Hamilton might have been mixed up in that film. He may have even played Evel. He was certainly one of the most high profile Americans all around the world- He was. ... in the 70s. Yeah. The other irony is that prior to his jumps, he used to promote bike safety. So he was against, people riding and doing drugs. He was always an advocate for helmet safety. Said how much he'd be an idiot to ride a bike without a helmet. Wow. And then he'd get into a rocket and go over a big canyon. But what about, in that time too, like, I can just visualize myself on my, dragster doing jumps with my mates, you know, like, being like Evel Knievel. Yeah. 

How many kids wrote themselves off? Mate, everyone wanted to be like Evel Knievel. Yeah. Yeah. Amazing. I think I lost my front teeth on the- ... On the fence next door doing a jump on a bike. Oh, if you went there, they're probably still sitting there in the fence in the timber. It's another story. Fun fact though, there was a cartoon made in the 70s called Devlin. Mm-hmm. And I was watching a little clip about it the other day. Parents in the US actually lobbied to have the cartoon banned because this cartoon Devlin was just based on Evel Knievel. They really, uh, a thinly veiled copy of Evel. And of course, parents were worried because their kids were out in the backyard building makeshift ramps to jump over things. Geez. Including their siblings. Yeah. So- You're not gonna, you're not gonna stop kids doing that, but- No, but the kids, the cartoon was eventually taken off air because- Yeah. ... it was causing too many jump issues. Probably a good idea, I think. Anyway, um- I would've loved it as a kid, but ... Yeah. Oh, well, you, again, you can watch these things on YouTube and- Yeah. it's a weird cartoon because there's nothing funny. It's just kind of based on Evel Knievel story. Wow. It's like, oh, what are we jumping over this week, you know? Wow. Yeah. Yeah. 

If you get a chance if you can YouTube Evel Knievel. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Amazing. If you can Google the Snake Valley jump, it's fantastic and it's got the, reporter, the American reporter- Yeah. kind of standing in exactly that spot looking- Yeah. Uh, I think he lived- Pretty happy with himself. I think Evel lived to about 69 or something like that. Yeah, it did. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um- Man, he must have weighed a ton with all the pins and nuts and bolts. Yes. Imagine going through airport security. Oh, the pain. Yeah. Goodness. Imagine now his- Yeah. ... arthritis. Uh, fun fact- What's that, Al? Matthew McConaughey was, uh, good mate of his.  In fact, he delivered the eulogy at the funeral. Oh, wow. In 2007, yeah. Okay. He said he's forever in flight now. He doesn't have to come back down. He doesn't have to land. Yeah, what drives someone to do that, like, after waking up after a coma and thinking, "Can't wait to get back on that bike again." Yeah. It's a special breed of cat to quote an American TV show. Yeah. Yeah, anyway, the, the Americans love their, stuntmen and this guy was the top of the heat. Yeah. I'm sure he inspired Fonzie, who we'll talk about in another episode- Oh, yeah. ... who jumped the shark. Yeah, that's right. With the water skis. Oh, geez. Things are there to be jumped over, Mark. Things are there to be jumped over. Yeah. Well, Henry Winkler. Yes. Anyway. Yeah, Henry Winkler, you don't hear that many names around anymore, do you? Yeah, he's still around, yeah. The Winkler family. Well, Henry is, yeah. Yeah. Anyway, uh, hats off to Evel. Yes. Good on you Evel . 

Okay, Al. We're coming to the end of the show. I know you have got it, the one last fun, one last fun fact. I need it. I have to have it. I need to know, gots to know. All right. Okay, this is about the company Adidas. Okay. Yeah. Now I think most people kind of know that Adidas is the combination of, the first and last name of the founder of the company. I don't think everyone knows that Adidas. Oh, okay. For those who don't know, it's, his name was Adolf Dasler. Yeah. Or Addie. So take the first three letters. Adi and the first three letters. Das. Okay. There's your Adidas. And like you'd have to be German, wouldn't he? He would have to be German with the name Adolf. So he had a brother and they were both interested in textiles and producing products for Western Europe. When the Second World War broke out, he was sort of commandeered by the Nazis to produce boots for the Germans. Wow. Yeah. So he went into full wartime production and that lasted until the end of the war with pretty well the destruction of the German economy. But he got back up on his feet and in 1949, he's 49 by this stage. Wow. He recognized that there was a need for sportswear and athletic shoes for post-war young people to, see better days than they'd been through. Wow. And so he got into the sports footwear market, via his brand, Adidas. Wow. And his brother- So hold on. Was, was those volleys? What were they? Dunlop. Oh, they were Dunlops. Dunlop Volleys, yeah. Yeah. I wonder if they probably had something similar. Yeah, sorry. Well, they probably did. Yeah. Well, just without the three stripes. Do you remember, as a kid, you would've killed for a pair of Adidas- Yeah. ... or Adidas shoes? With the stripes. Yeah. I always remember, like, the cheaper brands either had two stripes or four stripes. But, but you really wished you had three stripes because that was so cool. Yeah. Remember that? Yeah, I do remember that. Yeah. They were very cool little shoes. 

Anyway. But so you've got Addie with Adidas and his brother Rudolph had his own business and that is what we now know as Puma. Oh, wow. Yeah. So I think they were fairly competitive. It's fair to say. They were? Yeah. Anyway, in a fast fun fact, that's the potted history of Adidas. That's an amazing story, Al. It is. Yeah. Yeah, what a success story. I don't know about starting again at the age of 49, but that's what he did. Wow. Power to him. I'd start again at 49. I remember 49. Anyway, there you go. Great fun fact. Yes. Yeah. It's probably time to go. I think so. We have gone through a whole episode without mentioning the Romans. What have they done for us? Yeah, what have they done for us? Exactly. Not the Adidas brand. I think on that note we should say thanks again for listening, folks. Yeah. Thank you for listening. If you want to send us an email, fun facts and sidetracks@gmail.com. And we'll see you later. Auf wiedersehen, Till next time.