Buying my 50y/o Dad a present - ideas?
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Need to get my father something nice/decent, he's the sort of person who likes quality items.
He likes wine, gardening and has just become a grandfather (maybe irrelevant)!
He has most garden machinery, he has lots of decent wine, he has a nice bbq and tools for it.
Does anyone have any ideas?! Budget £50-100
He likes wine, gardening and has just become a grandfather (maybe irrelevant)!
He has most garden machinery, he has lots of decent wine, he has a nice bbq and tools for it.
Does anyone have any ideas?! Budget £50-100
vanordinaire said:
I'm about the same age as your Dad, the best present I've had from my son was when we he booked us a cookschool day together. I loved the experience, loved spending the day with him, and he got to enjoy it too.
Yep. For Father's Day, my son got tickets for him and me to attend the BTCC at Snetterton next month. Spending the day with him is better than any 'thing'.£100 would get you 1, maybe 2 very nice cigar(s), with change back
A very decent single malt whiskey (ask an expert, I'm not one)
A good single quinta vintage port (early '90s, perhaps even late '80s)
(Graham's and Taylor's are always safe bets)
A true vintage port for laying down.
A wine drinker will never have too many bottles of his favourite in the cellar.
I think vanordinaire and V8mate are absolutely right though.
A very decent single malt whiskey (ask an expert, I'm not one)
A good single quinta vintage port (early '90s, perhaps even late '80s)
(Graham's and Taylor's are always safe bets)
A true vintage port for laying down.
A wine drinker will never have too many bottles of his favourite in the cellar.
I think vanordinaire and V8mate are absolutely right though.
If you go down the route of whisky then get something unique and single cask from a specialist, rather than anything off the shelf. I've got my dad some stunning bottles from Cadenheads in Edinburgh, and they're bottles he saves for us to drink together when we see each other. Similarly, I would suggest that if you go for wine then get something that can be saved for the future and indeed will improve with age. A friend of my dad's has a massive selection of wine, each with dates to be drunk on them for the really special stuff, and some of the bottles his kids have got him are absolutely going to be shared with them on a special occasion.
Having said that, I'd be inclined to go and do something with him together. I've realised the past couple of years that once he's gone the memories I have of my dad are all I'll be left with, and I want to make sure I have plenty of good ones.
Having said that, I'd be inclined to go and do something with him together. I've realised the past couple of years that once he's gone the memories I have of my dad are all I'll be left with, and I want to make sure I have plenty of good ones.
Dicky Knee said:
Clay shooting. Book a couple of hours and all 3 of you can go. Go to the pub afterwards. Should be around £80-£100 per hour including use of guns, clays and cartridges.
Thanks he loves this, and usually takes a few of us.Thinking golf in the morning and then karting in the evening?
Timmy40 said:
EnglishTony said:
Can you get your mum to leave the house for a week or so? Give the old bugger some peace and quiet.
Signed, a 50 year old dad.
Signed, a 50 year old dad.
Signed, a 51 year old with a wife and 2 teenage daughters
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