Thread: Dec. 24th 2008

Posted a message earlier,which has not appeared so I will re - send.

:yesxmas: To All Brits Abroad;

MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR

From the Land of Ice and Snow;

Liz:emoticon-signxmas:

Originally Posted by Liz H

Posted a message earlier,which has not appeared so I will re - send.

:yesxmas: To All Brits Abroad;

MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR

From the Land of Ice and Snow;

Liz:emoticon-signxmas:

And a very Happy New Year to you Liz

(hope you had a good Christmas with the 3 day snow storm)

Andy + gang

Thanks Andy ,


A Very Happy New Year to You and to your Family . More later on our weird weather.

Liz

Just clicked you. Have been having trouble with that . Glad it worked.
Liz

Thanks Liz, hope you both had a Happy Christmas and

Best Wishes for a new Year

Andy C

Hi Liz,

Belated Happey Christmas and a propserous New Year!

TIm

Thanks Tim,

Very best wishes to you and yours for the coming year. And again

Lang may yor lum reek.

Liz

Thanks Liz - what does that mean - in the queens laguage!?

Originally Posted by Tim

Thanks Liz - what does that mean - in the queens laguage!?

Hi Tim,
It means 'Long may your chimney smoke' or May you have ' Long
Life.'
In the old days, if people could see that your chimney was smoking ( in the days when an open fire, coal, wood or peat was the only form of heat etc.) you were obviousy alive and well. The expression became a toast at such times as New Year.
Liz

Cheers Liz, never heard it before but now I will be able to quote with confidently knowing what it means!

Tim

Originally Posted by Liz H

Thanks Tim,

Very best wishes to you and yours for the coming year. And again

Lang may yor lum reek.

Liz

Hi Liz

I will use this at midnight to friends which should get some strange looks hopefully followed by impressed looks on my explanation. Then again they may just think Andy's drunk again ha ha lol

Have a great 2009

ps - it reminds me of that other old New Year saying

" I'm not as think as I'm drunk oficcer"