Recently the Goeberts, Dianna Gonzales, Deb and I were touring Scotland on a trip sponsored by the Zorns of Little British Car Company. One day Shirley got a hankering for some ice cream. Dianna had just spotted a sign for malts, so Roger, ever the gentleman, asked the driver if we could stop. He was happy to oblige. Unbeknown to us, innocents abroad, malt shop has a slightly different meaning in Scotland than it does in the U. S. of A. Not like Pop’s Shoppe where Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jug-head hung out after school. But we went in anyways and sampled a dram (or two).



Upon leaving we observed two interesting cars in the parking lot. A 1926 Bentley and a new Chinese MG. The Bentley was gorgeous. It belonged to an Aussie who kept the car in Ireland, but had it shipped over to Scotland for holiday. It sta rted up and ran like a charm, once we got done pestering the owner with questions and photo requests. But no, he didn’t offer rides.

The MG owner was not by his car, so I have no more info about it. The MG looked like…well, what you may expect a Chinese car to look like. Rather ho-hum. With my apologies to Dave Novak’s photos in last month’s Driveline, which do you think was my favorite?

The UK to USA Dictionary
By Dervaes and Hunter, 138 pages, 2012

A small book in size, but it might just keep you from making a similar ‘mistake’ as mentioned above if you get across the pond. As George Bernard Shaw said, “Two countries separated by a common language.”

~~ Bill Mennell