[Staowners] "Lang mae yer lumb reek" (off topic)
Roger Phinney
rogerp at eastlink.ca
Thu Dec 27 05:41:58 EST 2007
WOW! What a fantastic and interesting piece of 1950's equipment! Thanks for providing the web info on the transporter---quite the story.
Cheers, and a Happy New Year to all.
Roger.
----- Original Message -----
From: George Simpson - Forums
To: kevin
Cc: Sunbeam Talbot Alpine Owners Mailing List ; Malcolm Logan
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Staowners] "Lang mae yer lumb reek" (off topic)
We are perhaps getting away from our Sunbeam Talbots but .... it's Christmas.
In September this year, we had the Circuit des Remparts at Angouleme which is one of the last remaining 'round the houses' racing with pre-war and classic cars. This year, the Jaguars were invited to put on a race and we had a good representation of XK120's, 140's, 150's and C-types. The circuit is very tight - not really suited to the Jag's capabilities which are more long distance racing but the reason I mention this is that the old Ecurie Ecosse Commer transporter was parked in the main square having brought down a C-type - original, not a replica. It was magic.
To see some photographs, just Google Ecurie Ecosse Transporter.
Happy Christmas everyone
George
Cognac
P.S. The stablemate for my Alpine is a 1952 XK120 OTS
kevin wrote:
hi Bill, it is indeed French for TEAM SCOTLAND who started using their own XK 120s and then c and d types, you have to see the team transporter they had
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill
To: kevin
Cc: Bob Hamilton ; Sunbeam Talbot Alpine Owners Mailing List ; Malcolm Logan
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Staowners] "Lang mae yer lumb reek" (off topic)
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
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Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sunbeam Talbots - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon, 1953-1954
Sunbeam Talbot Web Page: www.sunbeamtalbot.info (or .org)
E-Mail: hamilton at accesswave.ca or robertach at ns.sympatico.ca
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