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

[Bob Hamilton]

Hi Kevin,

Yes, another interpretation I guess but the way I understood it was 
that it meant that all was well in the household, i.e. harmony! 
Perhaps there are some Scots on the list to clarify this.

Yes, Scotch is a great drink especially the "Single Malt" from Nova 
Scotia. ;-)  They are not allowed to call the Nova Scotia Glen Breton 
Rare Single Malt, "Scotch" (although it really is) because it isn't 
distilled in Scotland.

Now what is  "lumb dozer"? Obviously something to do with a chimney?

All the best for 2008.

Regards,
Bob


At 03:47 PM 12/26/2007, kevin wrote:
>IT means, long may your chimney smoke, which means that if there was 
>smoke coming out of your chimney you at least had enough money to 
>buy coal for heat, because the "few bob" you had would first of all 
>be spent on food and if any was left over you could get some coal,so 
>others new you were ok.
>P.S no such thing as  "scotchmen" it is Scotsmen.....Scotch is a drink
>      Slainte Mhath  or Cheers for the New year    Kevin    B.C Canada
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:hamilton at accesswave.ca>Bob Hamilton
>To: <mailto:staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info>Sunbeam Talbot Alpine 
>Owners Mailing List
>Cc: <mailto:rcav8or at gmail.com>Malcolm Logan
>Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:54 AM
>Subject: Re: [Staowners] "Lang mae yer lumb reek" (off topic)
>
>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

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