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

[Bill]

Well as long as we have a PROPER Scotsman aboard...I've been  
wondering for years what  Ecurie Ecosse means? I guess it's French  
for something like Team Scotland?? ((Were big into racing in the 50's  
and 60's..won LeMans in a D Type etc...)...BTW..no idea what  
percentage of Scots ancestry I have but we are all McGraws beneath  
the skin...
S

Bill Spear
17 Mile Ranch
33792 East Carmel Valley Road
Carmel Valley, CA
93924
831-659-3056

On Dec 26, 2007, at 11:47 AM, 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: Bob Hamilton
> To: Sunbeam Talbot Alpine Owners Mailing List
> Cc: 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
>
>
>
> 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: Bob Hamilton
>> To: 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 <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
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> Sunbeam Talbots - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon, 1953-1954
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