Mackburner

@David Shouksmith Way back when the Lamp Guild was first proposed I sent Fil a pile of stuff that I was happy to freely share, then I had a request for a $10 US payment to become a founder member. Fil clearly did not share my sense of humour, because at that time everything was done by snail mail, and being a tight git, I didn't want to pay so I posted a photocopy of a $10 bill. Didn't hear anything more.

 

I hadn't realised that to become a founder of the Guild you had to pay - obviously once you'd proved your worthiness!

According to several sources, FG didn't have a sense of humour. I'll not pass on other things folk have said about him.

Anyway, the Thomas Kerosafe I have and mentioned earlier, that upset him so much came from you via eBay - many thanks!

 

Hi, Henry.

Sorry, but why Scotland? Was he born there or his family's roots were Scottish?

Juan

 

Hello Juan, Neil was of Scottish descent on his Father's side.
This link shows information about his clan.

http://www.scotlandinoils.com/clan/Clan-MacRae.html

 

Hi Juan,

With a name like McRae his ancestors were certainly Scottish. I believe the location is somewhere in the Hebrides, I don't know the exact place or even which Island but I understand that his daughter considers it "special".

 

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

 

Today Neil would have had his 82th birthday!!

Jörg

 

Oh, I thought it was the 3rd of the month. No matter, there'll be a lamp burning here tonight, tomorrow night and Sunday night too.

 

Here, too.

Tony

 

You're right Henry!
It was the Erinerun from my Oulook system.
Unfortunately, I didn't pay attention to today's date!

 

For Neil…




[Moon through the foliage above the lantern]


An early EX4.


Tony

 

Yes - according to a message I got from Facebook yesterday, Neil would have been 82 on the 3rd May...

 

I had a Tilley KL80 burning for a good few hours last night.