[Staowners] "Lang mae yer lumb reek" (off topic)

[Bob Hamilton]

Hi all,

Well in the background a few of us have been having some fun with the 
quotation in my Christmas greeting message and I thought it would be 
fun to share it with the others on this list.

I believe that "lang mae yur lumb reek" translates into "long may 
your chimney smoke" or something to that effect.

Malcolm Logan replied with yet another question asking what a "lumb 
dozer" is and the reply from my close friend Roger Phinney is 
excellent but I don't think correct and wondering if any others out 
there would care to take a stab at it. I'm over my head now.... :-[

I trust everyone survived Christmas.

Regards,
Bob



At 04:52 AM 12/26/2007, Roger Phinney wrote:
>Hey--- what do I know---but here goes anyway!
>
>'lang may yer lumb reek'---in English---I would say means--
>
>' long may your rum leak'----meaning that when you are on the floor 
>under the rum barrell rack, that there will be a continuous flow 
>from the cask---available for those so inclined to embibe in a 
>continuous manner!
>
>As for a Lumb dozer, well that was harder to figure out, but after a 
>couple of single malt's, it came to me ! That is the machine used to 
>transport the rum barrells from the supplier's transport truck to 
>the rack, where they will hopefully forever 'leak', 'reek'-----whatever!!!! :^)
>
>Cheers,  Roger.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:hamilton at accesswave.ca>Bob Hamilton
>To: <mailto:rogerp at eastlink.ca>Roger Phinney
>Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 11:34 PM
>Subject: Fwd: Re: [Staowners] Staowners Digest, Vol 35, Issue 16
>
>Hi Roger,
>
>Can you help me here?
>
>>I'm wondering how many staowners and readers will know what your 
>>greeting means - 'lang may yer lumb reek' ?  And I wonder if you 
>>remember what a "lumb dozer" is ?
>
>Bob
>
>
>>Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:05:14 +0700
>>From: Malcolm Logan <<mailto:rcav8or at gmail.com>rcav8or at gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Staowners] Staowners Digest, Vol 35, Issue 16
>>Sender: staowners-bounces at sunbeamtalbot.info
>>To: staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info
>>
>>
>>Greetings back to you and yours, Bob !
>>
>>I'm wondering how many staowners and readers will know what your 
>>greeting means - 'lang may yer lumb reek' ?  And I wonder if you 
>>remember what a "lumb dozer" is ?
>>
>> From one exile to another  Malcolm Logan,  Chiangmai Thailand
>>
>
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>Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
>Sunbeam Talbots - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon, 1953-1954
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