tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post6089498348790078612..comments2024-02-16T13:53:50.017+00:00Comments on Tattie Weasle: Lament for a Land RoverTattieweaslehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-51408465788341174912008-09-02T22:59:00.000+01:002008-09-02T22:59:00.000+01:00Found your blog and so glad I did. I will keep rea...Found your blog and so glad I did. I will keep reading to see if the lovely Top Gear team take a seat behind your wheels.(Me ad hubs <I>love</I> the fact they braodcast it over here on BBC America)Mom/Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00377035506718286960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-56499780020090594162008-08-19T19:34:00.000+01:002008-08-19T19:34:00.000+01:00Oh I know it's silly but I am completely devoted t...Oh I know it's silly but I am completely devoted to my old E200 Merc that is now 14 years old too. It's only done 90,000 miles and it will go on and on for a few more years yet. It got through the MOT last month with flying colours - my lovely old Lottie - so called because she cost me 27k and I intend to run her into the ground rather than swap her. My husband wants to buy me a new one but I wont let this old bird go - not yet anyway.<BR/><BR/>I know how you feel and good on you for giving her a big finale to her time on earth! Try not to cry eh?! I would!menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-64653028535035480062008-08-04T02:34:00.000+01:002008-08-04T02:34:00.000+01:00Let us know if you hear from Top Gear - Jeremy Cla...Let us know if you hear from Top Gear - Jeremy Clarkson also has his own blog so you could go there too.<BR/>Talking about getting attached to cars, we visited the Heritage Car Museum near Warwick before coming back to Chicago and I had to take a photo (and bore my kids senseless) of a blue Vauxhall Viva as that's the car we had when I was little. Ah the memories.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-21759231952302760642008-07-19T13:52:00.000+01:002008-07-19T13:52:00.000+01:00I completely understand the heartache. I learned t...I completely understand the heartache. I learned to drive in our old Landy (at the tender age of 13), I left home for the first time in it, I went to University in it, I watched the mileometer go from 999,999 to 000,000. Then it too rusted beyond economic repair. Last month it went quietly, during the day, while I was out...<BR/>I can't wait to hear if Top Gear takes up your challenge!Maggie Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047691937064748860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-70080195710230867302008-07-19T12:47:00.000+01:002008-07-19T12:47:00.000+01:00Hi Tattie,Just catching up, thank you soo much for...Hi Tattie,<BR/><BR/>Just catching up, thank you soo much for your kind comments for my grandson, so kind.<BR/><BR/>This is a lovely blog Tattie, I love your descriptive words. Poor old Landy, I can understand how you must be feeling. I have an old Volvo Estate, not a rust mark on it, luxuriously comfortable inside, but....... after 145,000 miles its had it.<BR/><BR/>Did you contact Top Gear by the way, good idea about the send off.<BR/><BR/>xxCAMILLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741990891794651299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-18604316702142444852008-07-17T10:57:00.000+01:002008-07-17T10:57:00.000+01:00Keep her and use her as a Den!!Keep her and use her as a Den!!bodran...https://www.blogger.com/profile/11838798193878553386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-36265892183902074792008-07-10T01:40:00.000+01:002008-07-10T01:40:00.000+01:00I understand your pain....I shed a tear when our f...I understand your pain....I shed a tear when our first in Canada went to the car heaven in the sky, oh and it was leaking fuel all the way there!!!<BR/><BR/>Gill from CanadaGill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-78122278354942575982008-07-09T21:14:00.000+01:002008-07-09T21:14:00.000+01:00I have an award for you at my place.I have an award for you at my place.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-85318856210356424532008-07-05T16:09:00.000+01:002008-07-05T16:09:00.000+01:00Can you crush Jeremy Clarkson and send your Landy ...Can you crush Jeremy Clarkson and send your Landy to Top Gear?Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-64799172896691981882008-07-04T16:26:00.001+01:002008-07-04T16:26:00.001+01:00Oh Yes Top Gear is the place for her I look forwar...Oh Yes Top Gear is the place for her I look forward to seeing Jeremy and your lovely Landy.<BR/>Love BlossomBlossomcottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341216100768538015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-75538125203706228992008-07-04T16:26:00.000+01:002008-07-04T16:26:00.000+01:00Oh Yes Top Gear is the place for her I look forwar...Oh Yes Top Gear is the place for her I look forward to seeing Jeremy and your lovely Landy.<BR/>Love BlossomBlossomcottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341216100768538015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-18749177573179191242008-07-04T14:32:00.000+01:002008-07-04T14:32:00.000+01:00Poor Landy - those things have soul!Your idea of c...Poor Landy - those things have soul!<BR/>Your idea of contacting Top Gear is brilliant - I hope they do her justice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-57337704587055643902008-07-04T10:06:00.000+01:002008-07-04T10:06:00.000+01:00Ijust love it that you sent off that to Top Gear. ...Ijust love it that you sent off that to Top Gear. If it happens, you must let us know - think might even be driven to buy a TV for the event.<BR/>Know what you mean a bout getting attached to cars. I sobbed when I finally parted with my 1967 VW Beetle and again when our old Mitsubishi Shogun drove off into the sunset. We too have a tendency to drive cars into the ground.Exmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-9658246356950534262008-07-03T19:07:00.000+01:002008-07-03T19:07:00.000+01:00We know the pain of which you speak. My husband's...We know the pain of which you speak. My husband's beloved Passatt died a horrible death this year, and he has yet to recover. However, considering the meteoric rise in gas prices of late, perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing after all!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-65589800411040926232008-07-03T10:54:00.000+01:002008-07-03T10:54:00.000+01:00Poor Landy! Poor Tattie! Fantastic idea from pott...Poor Landy! Poor Tattie! Fantastic idea from potty mummy though, and i'm glad you followed it up. What an amazing way to go, Top Gear! If not, Brainic likes blowing things up, i think Hammy's involved with Brainiac anyway so job may get done that way! I am definately looking forward to the update on this one!Buddhist in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326966921134472700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-52379815662674274262008-07-02T23:16:00.000+01:002008-07-02T23:16:00.000+01:00I know just how you feel, Tattie. We had a Volvo,...I know just how you feel, Tattie. We had a Volvo, called Nellie, in the 80's. She gave us such good service and I hated to see her go.<BR/>If the BBC doesn't take you up on your offer, how about donating it to a technical school or to a fire department for training purposes?Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-52171583986601353882008-07-02T23:01:00.001+01:002008-07-02T23:01:00.001+01:00Oh poor old Landy. And poor you for having to par...Oh poor old Landy. And poor you for having to part with her. But you'll always have the memories.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-14314580549708810502008-07-02T23:01:00.000+01:002008-07-02T23:01:00.000+01:00I look forward to hearing what becomes of her. Cou...I look forward to hearing what becomes of her. Could you get her compressed into a cube and call her sculpture?mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-47742872708407412502008-07-02T22:46:00.000+01:002008-07-02T22:46:00.000+01:00Thinking that Potty Mummy's idea of contacting Top...Thinking that Potty Mummy's idea of contacting Top Gear was really quite good I bit the bullet so to speak and sent off the following missive into the bowels of the BBC<BR/>Sorry feel a bit bonkers to ask this but my 14 year old rusty Land Rover (Disco) has finally bitten the dust as I can not afford to weld her any more even if I could find a bit of original metal to do so. Her gas guzzling habit has also got too much for us to bear BUT I am loathe to take her to the scrapper and so I am asking: would you like to give her a proper send off? I, of course, have visions of her going out with a bang, preferably a ballisticly-aided one. However, that is not the sort of thing that middle aged Mummies should be seen to be doing or even encouraging - so I respectfully pass the baton to those I feel would do a much better job.<BR/>However, if the request is considered too bizarre or even impossible I do understand. Although any other (LEGAL) ways of giving her a decent send off other than the ignominy of the breakers yard would be gratefully recieved.<BR/>...we will wait and see what their response is.Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-31647746955100678782008-07-02T21:57:00.000+01:002008-07-02T21:57:00.000+01:00Like PM's idea - send Landy out with a bang! Poor ...Like PM's idea - send Landy out with a bang! Poor old thing, I felt like you when my old white Golf died on the A19, never to recover. I had the most fun in 'Fishy' and I still mourn her now!Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-51233538890689065982008-07-02T20:45:00.000+01:002008-07-02T20:45:00.000+01:00I understand your love for your landy. We used to ...I understand your love for your landy. We used to have an old safari. I used to dream of driving to Africa in it. I was so sad when it was sold to a couple of young blokes who wanted it for spares. sob!Norma Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403421235388770309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706340262644788705.post-77130637833819426562008-07-02T20:15:00.000+01:002008-07-02T20:15:00.000+01:00How about offering her to Top Gear for them to fir...How about offering her to Top Gear for them to fire over a bus or something? At least then you'll have a top notch video of the event... (And yes, I am more sympathetic than I sound). Lovely post, Tattie.Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.com