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@nancyM1313

Жыл бұрын

👍🏻😎❤

@eamonnclabby7067

Жыл бұрын

Keep trying to persuade Mrs C to come North of Hadrians wall...slainte....E

@splodge561

Жыл бұрын

You're so English , the DNA doesn't lie🤣😂🤣

@proudpict2057

Жыл бұрын

Gonna read Black and Blue tonight. I’m re-reading all the Rebus books in order. Book number 8 is Black and Blue.

@irenepaulton3392

Жыл бұрын

@@eamonnclabby7067 She'd be crazy not to at least explore SOME part north of Hadrian's Wall. What's her objection? Too far?

I think they were winter shelters. Like great halls. People would have their own house until harvest but share a dwelling in winter to conserve heat and save fuel. The two layers would trap heat. The bottom floor would keep animals safe. When the back of winter was broken people would return to their homes and prepare to plant spring crops. Does that make sense?

@rodmac81

Жыл бұрын

That makes a lot of sense, kind of like the Norse with there Great Halls.

@johngalt97

Жыл бұрын

Yes, just the heat from the animals and decomposing material would keep the place warm enough.

@Renwoxing13

Жыл бұрын

That was my random thought assumption. I just pulled it out of my …. With no real knowledge at all… In fact I didn’t even know that is what great halls were used for or that such buildings existed. It just felt natural as an explanation immediately

@graemedalgleish8944

Жыл бұрын

I've thought about this for a bit, the two layers wouldn't hold heat because they are stone, but the two layers would brake up the wind.

@Concreteowl

Жыл бұрын

@@graemedalgleish8944 stone is like liquid tikes a while to heat up but it takes time to cool down. Stone buildings tend to be warm in winter and cool in summer. Just like the sea.

As an Australian of partly Scottish descent, and someone with a deep love of history, this channel is wonderful at bringing the ordinary people of history alive... This broch is absolutely amazing.. and simply oozing with history.. imagine the stories it held, the things those walls have seen and heard 😯❤. nothing less that stunning

@davidthomas9731

Жыл бұрын

I would describe myself similarly, and I believe it was that Scottish Heritage that contributed to our love of stories told. And Bruce as a master story-teller

@brucedeane8

Жыл бұрын

@@davidthomas9731 Bruce is a top bloke

That stonework is truly impressive. One possibility not considered: maybe they just wanted somewhere to shelter from bad weather. A broch would have been champion for that.

@Brinta3

6 ай бұрын

But you don’t need to build so high for that. A low building is much easier to build and maintain.

I learned of these a couple of years ago and I was gobsmacked at their construction. This rates at one of the penultimate examples of iron age technology! Thank you so much for this video!

I’ve never been to Scotland, thanks to the pandemic, but this will be the reason why now. Greetings from the west of Ireland 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@marklammas2465

Жыл бұрын

Get your Irish corpse over here. And if you play Irish music, bring an instrument! 🎶🎵

@ClannCholmain

Жыл бұрын

@@marklammas2465 well my teenage son is an Uilleann pipe player, he’s still really keen to get the ferry over, and my party piece as such, I’m a former student of the front row dark arts, and still a Jameson’s true believer at weddings and funerals and other such dire occasions. So yes, I’d be fine knowing I was returning to Kerry a corpse embalmed the traditional Scottish way. Sláinte!

@marklammas2465

Жыл бұрын

@@ClannCholmain Aberdeenshire, sir; Aberdeenshire! The good sessions are over here 😃 And well placed for going to that broch! Actually, the session every final Friday evening at the Caledonian in Brechin; there are usually very good Uillean pipers in attendance. Pickle your person there!

@ClannCholmain

Жыл бұрын

@@marklammas2465 you are a gentleman and a scholar and a true believer and a fellow harmless drinker …👏😂 Message copied and pasted into my new ‘Scotland’ note.

@marklammas2465

Жыл бұрын

@@ClannCholmain Shout me if you two are hell bent on going to this session. I'll make sure I'm there with flutes, whistles, recorders, txistu etc...

Wow. This might be one of the coolest things I've ever seen, architecturally speaking. I loved this video. thank you for sharing!

That's cool! I am from Scotland and I traveled around Scotland when my dad was in the pipe band, I saw there structures and honestly just thought it was a old fashioned silo! We don't get taught enough about our history, thank you for everything you do.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Here to help my friend

Excellent. Love the Brochs. It's amazing to walk in and touch those places where our ancestors lived their lives. I was very disappointed at Skara Brae all I could think off was "I want to walk in the door" When visiting Skara Brae, I had Greek friends with me, a rich historical past.. That walk down the concrete footpath with date inscriptions to the site was blowing their minds.

Being a Builder Scotland amazes me. From Edinburgh Castle....who laid those first stones at the edge of certain death???... to the Mousa Broch.....how did they build it??? Genius! Thank you for another amazing video.

@mattdragonrider7888

Жыл бұрын

We had bigger bricklayers in those days ;)

Well, it's settled then. There's no way I can see and do all of the wonderful sites and events in the land of my ancestors in a wee vacation. I'll just have to move there 😁. Seriously, thanks again Bruce for the story, well told. I really think you need your own prime time network show. Good morning from America!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Good morrow. Maybe an extended holiday?

@petermacleod2402

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours love your passion Bruce! Can you make a video about the decorative stone polished balls found mainly in north east Scotland that date back before 2000nd BC. I'd like your input and get to know a bit more x

@fearthekilt

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours I would love to spend two months. I think I'm going to have to split my trip up because I want to enjoy the Yule season as well as some warmer weather. It will be so much fun in any case.

Yes we visited Shetland twenty years ago this week How do I remember? Well some blokes may take their new brides to the Caribbean islands for a honeymoon, I took mine to Shetland lol We visited the Broch, and the Norse settlement at the south of the main isle, alongside a few other iron age bits and pieces. We had a wonderful week up there and would recommend it without hesitation. Great video as ever, not too many English jokes either 🤣🤣🤣 We are on the borders and my gran was a fierce Sutherland Gunn, so I've had my fair share of mockery, it's worth it for an ice cream sat by the rive in Langholm Look forward to the next video, hopefully a few more Shetland stories too Cheers

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry normal service will be resumed in the next video covering St Cuthbert😁

Got stoned in the klickimin broch in lerwick with my greatest friend sadly gone now staring at stars and drifting through time an experience I'll never forget.

When I was a kid I got to see many of the wonders of Colorado in the days you could walk into an opening in the mountains at the side with your Zippo and a pack of smokes (dad) and come out with artifacts that were in all the souvenir shops. Got to see cliff dwellings that did not even have signs. Wish I had the appreciation of that experience as you'd had at that Broch, but twenty years later I was a gun bunny with the U.S. 1st Infantry and felt that awe of who all has walked these steps. Was headed to the top of Munster Cathedral in Ulm West Germany. How many footfalls would be required to wear that stone to the depth that really impressed this son of Kansas. Love your work.

Bruce, have to say, your speaking about the original owners of the broch and what their thoughts and lives may have been like, gave me goose bumps ! Definitely could feel your strong love and connection to your home land . Its what makes your videos so compelling. Thank you for sharing!

Your enthusiasm is catching. Would that we all had a Bruce teaching our history courses!

Thanks Bruce, cracking perspective as always. We lived in Shetland mid-late 80's (eldest daughter born in Gilbert Bain), so visited Moussa a number of times. As you say, magical.

I look at structures like Broch's and marvel at the labour that went into the construction

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Fascinating. Here in the U.S. we think 300 years in old. I truly must come over for a vacation and see some of these ancient sites. Thank you for the videos.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Indeed you should

@petermacleod2402

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Alright Bruce when you get time , can you look/ do a video on Scotland's national flag? Iv looked into it a tiny bit and it seems the saltire is the oldest flag in the world something over 1200 years old! Cheers

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

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So....in Highlander, McLeod's wee little hoose was a Broch? Hahaha Cougarson. What a wonder to walk and sit in the same place, Awesome.

Another fabulous video Mr. F. As a dry stone waller i am totally in awe of the folk who built the brochs. I often wondered if it was a gang of broch builders who toured the country because they all be the same design/shape ? I've not been to Mousa but have been to see the Dun Carloway broch on Lewis. In 2004 a master craftsman waller, Irwin Campbell, made a film called THE BROCH ( A SCOTTISH PHENOMENON ). He and a team of wallers built a part section of a broch near Strathyre village and in the film explains his theories on how they were built, definitely worth a watch if anyone is interested. I'm sure there will be DVD copies still available. AND, read all the Rebus books, love 'em. Watched the TV episodes too, not the John Hannah ones though. Ken Stott was definitely Rebus. Cheers !

WOAH! That's amazing that not only has this brough been preserved so WELL but that they were able to build such a tall structure in the first place(complete with stairways between the walls) by piling rocks VERY carefully and no mortar! I wonder if Shetland may have had more trees when that brough was first built or did they have to import them from elsewhere to build the now-vanished wooden inner floors? And did those stairways have even rope railings to hold onto or did folks just grab onto rocks on the walls (while presumably carrying lit wooden torches for light) ? And how gloomy inside was it with virtually no windows? Was the one outer door built deliberately short to discourage visitors or was the era's average adult height short enough for most contemporaries to comfortably walk through without ducking? So MANY questions (and you brought up some intriguing ones yourself) but thanks VERY much for bringing us along on your tour of it!

@angussoutter7824

Жыл бұрын

Back then Shetland would have been a bigger land mass than it currently is so there is every probability there were trees as the grounds would have been fertile

@angussoutter7824

Жыл бұрын

In the centre there was a main fire for heating they were actually quite good in design for recycling heat i’m sure fire brands would be fixed to the wall on the staircase

@JesseP.Watson

Жыл бұрын

Fair to assume the average height was a deal shorter. I don't know about Shetlanders in that period but the average European male was around 166cm or 5' 5" in the Neolithic - so if he's 6' (no idea if he is) they'd have walked under that lintel. Also, ground height tends to rise over time with a dirt floor from building up dirt or from re-laying new stones, so, the 'floor' may have been lower originally. Also, in a cold, windswept place like the Shetlands, keeping doors and 'window' openings to a minimum is a big part of keeping the structure warm - you sacrifice light but its no contest which is more important, warmth or light, come the winter. ...The double walled structure would serve well to keep heat in too.

@myparceltape1169

Жыл бұрын

Even today you can bang your head going into some old buildings in Glasgow. Provands Lordship from pre 1500 is one example although the road is higher than it used to be.

@vivianramsay2527

Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking the low doorways were likely to place unwanted visitors at a disadvantage, but that might just be my paranoia speaking....🤔😬

1. I'm trying not to regret excluding Shetland from my upcoming trip to Scotland. You are not making that easy with videos like this one. 😁 2. I went to the bookstore today and picked up "Knots and Crosses," by Rankin. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be hooked on this series now. 3. I love these videos. Thank you for making them.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@pensword14

Жыл бұрын

2. I was curious, so checked my local library. Knots and Crosses is one year older than me and in the "Classics" section. Well, now I feel old. Still put a hold on it, I'm in a reading slump.

@lisamckay5058

Жыл бұрын

@@pensword14, the book is older than you are, and you feel old? 😆 No, no, you're not old. You're exactly the right age for yourself. Meanwhile, I need to put on my cardigan and get a new beaded chain for my bifocals. Haha!

@pensword14

Жыл бұрын

@@lisamckay5058 I work in a library, so I admit the fashion is cozy! I am just at the age where I say "Wait what? No, wait. Slow the years down! Not fair!"

Ah, Bruce! I pondered those same questions in Skara Brae. What did those ancient ancestors hope and worry and dream about when they closed their eyes at night? Thanks for the preview for those of us hoping to get to Shetland one day!

I've dreamed of retiring in Scotland and living in a broch for the rest of my days. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💜

@NJRangerGeorge

Жыл бұрын

Autie Jedi what is the process you have to go through to retire to Scotland? I'm from the USA

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Start eating square sausage now. You may be ready to integrate come retiral

@NJRangerGeorge

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours 😄 thats all it takes easy breezy

@autiejedi5857

Жыл бұрын

@@NJRangerGeorge you can live abroad and still collect social security. So once i get to that age i can start looking for a good spot to move to. (I live in the US too)

@NJRangerGeorge

Жыл бұрын

@@autiejedi5857 thanks for the advice. My dream is to live in Scotland oneday it will happen. Its going to take me some time too I'm 35 so in my 60s I will be ready to go. Hope your dream come true also.

I'm an American with deep family ties to Great Britain and Scandinavia. I've recently discovered my family is related to some rather colorful characters in history, some of whom I'm ashamed of, others whom I admire. This broch...seeing it stirred something within me; it's always that way when I see pictures of my family's ancestral lands, especially Scotland. Maybe, ages ago, some of mine ancestors lived and worked in such a place, and those memories were passed forward through them, to me. Dunno why, but I'm mighty grateful yeh made this video, Bruce. Please keep up the good work!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, you should be sponsored by the Scottish Tourist Board mate, brilliant vid, again.

I can see the utility of the construction. Yes, it can be defensive in nature, but the thick stone walls have offer a natural insulation against the elements. The central fire pit would heat the entire structure, conserving fuel. Were there other structures outside the broch that stored food and livestock?

@Seraphus87

Жыл бұрын

Aye, that thought had crossed my mind too. The heavy use of stone may also have been a way of building without using too much structural wood, assuming that was a somewhat scarce resource.

Mousavi was always a family picnic trip every summer. I was about 7-12 yrs old and it was just a small open boat with a wee cover at the bow. There were no other buildings at all. I still live in Shetland but haven't been for decades to Mousa. I remember one trip and a young German tourist ended up in amongst the bonnie nests and they were divebombing her. She was screaming and lying flat out on the heather. I must admit we did laugh cos as locals we had all carried sticks to hold up above our heads the birds go for the highest point. There used to be lots of ponies on the Isle too. Re u spkg about the sheep. I rember an old local story about a man who worked in the local councils roads depot. He had retired and was driving someone along a Shetland road and was reminiscing. He said, 'see that road I built that, but will anyone ever remember no, but one sheep!'

Oh to be able to go back and see it for ourselves! To be able to walk and experience the life that our ancestors experienced! To know where we come from! To be able to tell them how far we have come because they took the time to work together and create amazing things and advance our civilization to what it is today! Just think, if we could all come together today, despite our differences, to work toward a common goal, the things we could accomplish!

Ha! Love your dry wit. Your passion for history is contagious and SO appreciated. Brochs were also known as Iron Age castles of Chieftains. Shetland is blessed to have you as their spokesperson.

I would love to spend a day traveling with this guy and just listen to his knowledge

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Ach Andy he's way more boring than you might think. Just ask his wife😜

@Andy_Babb

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Haha! Oh no lol well, everyone is boring to someone! 🤷🏻‍♂️ I just have so many questions about things I think your husband is _quite_ knowledgeable in… aaaaand, unfortunately, I’m American. Which means I enjoy a good Scottish accent so if worse came to worse I could always ask him to just read a good book aloud 😂 Thanks so much for the reply. I always think it goes a long way when a channel goes that extra mile to reply now and then. Hope you and your husband keep up the great work, I’ll certainly be here enjoying it from abroad!

To answer one of your early questions, the only Broch of which I was aware was Broch Turoch or Lally Broch. Gabalon's heuristic writing does draw one in. When I was a lad in Broadstairs, there was a Roman (may be Norman) tower within walking distance of our home. My father took photographs of it. From the outside it looks very similar to this broch. I also noticed brochs in northwest Ireland and on the coast of County Clare. I doubt I'll ever be able to travel back, but I'm intrigued nonetheless. Thanks for the fascinating tuition.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't aware of Irish brochs

@Mustang727L

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Please check the map used in your video.

@Mustang727L

Жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours I must apologize to you for my mistake. I managed to capture the broch distribution map from the video. I misread the Hebrides. I won't be teaching land navigation or map reading any more. 😨

Spent two weeks in Orkney last month and saw the brochs at Gurness, Midhowe and Borwick. They're fantastic structures and Mousa is definitely on my to do list.

Absolutely Incredible, visited in May, paddled across by sea kayak which felt extra special.....Bruce, you can't do Shetland justice without at least another 100 posts about the place !

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

We didn't have as much time there as that😂

As If Scotlands best tour guide is a film star! Well done Mr Fummey.

I fell in love with the grandeur of the broch when I first read about one in The Life of Tana. It is a beautiful and haunting structure where the spirits of the past still speak. We can only imagine the wooden floors like stacked donuts all the way to the top and filled with the daily lives of a close-knit tribe.

Even more exciting visiting in the summer at night to see the storm petrols flying around it

I love the brochs, and Ian Rankin's Rebus books! The Caithness brochs are on my list for my next trip, but I may have to extend that to include Shetland as well. Thanks Bruce. 🙂

Fascinating! 🤠💜

The Picts were feckin brilliant!

I have been to the broch's at Glen Elg and was mightily impressed well worth a visit

Love Rebus, waiting for the next one. Enjoy this series, too.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

I'm waiting too. James McPherson on the audiobook

You're one of the best storytellers I've come across. What a pleasure to watch, thanks!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Ah thanks Tom

Good stuff. Your narrative enthusiasm reminds me of Levar Burton's old Reading Rainbow journeys (that's a compliment).

In a series of programs about the Scotland I knew, is this one of the Scotland I would have never known but for Sir Bruce. Every moment of this program begs one to come for a wee visit. From Thailand? At 82? Maybe next life? Now a wee bit from Billy Connolly to lighten my evening. Sgt. Brill, USAF (Ret)

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Take on the challenge

I love how you tell little fictional mini-stories amidst your historical telling! I’m an eager, new subscriber! 🇨🇦

Thanks Bruce. Imagination is more important than knowledge and you captured it.

I thoroughly enjoyed that, Bruce. So much passion 🌞

@ScotlandHistoryTours

10 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Stunning , simply stunning

Yer face minded me of the inspiration I felt as I walked into Dun Carloway Broch over on Lewis. Priceless

Always a treat to hear your magic words of history. Thank you.🙏♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Wow! You are now a film star!! You kept that quiet! Congratulations!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

😜

Hey Bruce, do you think people 40+% English walked through that doorway.😂😂 keep up the good work.

Brilliant, Bruce! You could write a broch about that...

I was amazed at the broche on Lewis but this one is wow awesome.

one of your best Bruce. Very evocative.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John

Thanks! I really enjoyed this episode.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Broch man here. This is one of the best videos Ihave yet seen regarding Brochs and to be quite honest, I dont think I have ever seen anybody speak about Brochs with such charisma and energy. Also didnt you star in the movie Boondock Saints?

@ScotlandHistoryTours

9 ай бұрын

I don't even know what Boondock Saints

@molanlabexm15

9 ай бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Ok Mr. Historian... it's only one of the best movies ever made with people who, well... I mean guess some of them could be Scottish. but that's not the point im trying to make is now twofold. You bear a resemblance to one of the characters and you should watch the movie as it is quite good. Cheers.

Last time I saw one of these was in the film Highlander, thanks for another great vlog Bruce.

Thank you, Bruce!

One o’ yer bestest, Bruce. Fascinating.

Thank you very much. Lovely piece of history told from the perspective of the people who lived there and in those times.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Yes Bruce, I've read many of Ian Rankin's John Rebus novels. Very visceral.

That's one stunning broch Bruce, great video 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

It really is! The broch I mean

Lovely. Those structures are amazing.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

They are!

Beautifully done as always, Bruce.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Another stunning film and subject Bruce, never had an inkling that these existed so thank you for bringing these to our attention, great craic too. 👍🏻😊

I just saw you on the trailer for The Lost King coming out in October! Congrats! Can’t wait to see you on the big screen!

Yes this is pretty cool!! He has such enthusiasm it's infectious!!

Beautiful

That..... is amazing. Thank you sir. Great video

Loved it!

Funny you should say that we were at one on Lewis this week, absolutely stunning.

Thank you, great video again!

Love Rebus …………..and loving your stuff

Thanks Bruce, one of the few places I did not get to see .Did see applecross broch, not a patch on mousa .😁

Great drone footage!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

True dat

Awesome video very poetic in the broch 👍

Wonderful episode, I often think about such scenarios. Everyday life of such places as Shetland. Actually touching the possible actions, behaviours of artistic creative peoples of Scotland. Thank you.

Shetland and brochs are on my list of places to visit.

Absolutely fascinating thank you I haven't read the books you mentioned but will now try and find them to add to my collection again I thank you

I greatly appreciate your videos.very informative.from America

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them Sandy!

Always fun, always educational.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

One tries Nick, one tries

I AM READY FOR THIS.

You just make my brain so happy. I love your channel. Have to check the bills, minute I find a gap I'm going to Patreon for the first time. Until that moment, thank you. Thank you so much.❤️

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

You rock!

Brochs always remind me of the Nuraghe of Sardinia, both seem excessive for where they are located and we have little idea why exactly they were built.

Great video. I've visited one of the rare lowland brochs (Edin's Hall Broch) and it's fascinating to see what a more complete structure looks like. Amazing to think these were built by manpower and handtools alone.

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I thought the theory was that they were purely to defend against the climate. The dual walls and cylindrical shape would be incredible insulation and heat circulation.

Yes, I like Rebus. I sometimes listen to the audiobooks when I'm driving. I also liked the TV programmes.

@johnmccallum8512

Жыл бұрын

I would listen to the plays on Radio4 and loose myself in the back streets of Edinburgh.🥸

Another fine vid. It’s becoming a feature of my Saturdays to see what you’re up to next.

I read Rebus. The descriptions of Scotland, and particularly Edinburgh, are so vivid. Absolutely brilliant!

Impressive, defo on my list as well.

Och, Seanachie once again you have led me down the Rabbit Hole of what if and "mebbe". You bring history to life in ways that I can relate to all too well. Thank ye. If those damned moths in me sporran will leave off, I'll either send more coffee or something better.

What a marvellous broch. Seven feet think? This ancient things, they're puzzles; mysteries we'll never learn. This'll go on the list after Skara.

Its top of my bucket list!

Brochs are great. Your descriptions of what normal life might have been like is a wonderful counter to the usual 'what the great and the good were up to' type of history. Never been to Mousa, but will get there some day.

Rankin fan here. Not just me, whole family too.

Husband and I went to Dun Trodden and Dun Telve, near Glen Elg, and they were pretty dang amazing. This one is much more complete and might just be worth the long jaunt to Shetland. Wow and 👍🏻👍🏻! Thank you sir!