Have you any suggestions please, for a 50th birthday gift for a male.
Thank you. ;D
49 year old female
Hahahahaha Davy, more like a 29 year old female ;D ;D ;D.
You could give us some clues. Is he very active or preferes to watch others. Action day out eg car racing/hot air balloon/sky diving.
Gift vouchers if he's really hard to buy for. Special bottle of booze. 59 year old female she'll be so grateful ;D ;D
A new shed. That's what I got! ;D
Pacemaker, quadruple bypass, two 25 year old females,funeral insurance, a years supply of haemerroid cream or best wishes and a bottle of bubbly. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
None prescription Viagra which you put in your tea, it wont work on him but if he dunks his biscuits they wont go soggy
My OH was bought a right old selection of things ranging from vintage port, antique shaving kits, posh bottle of wine, cheeky Tshirts, music and books, more wine, it depends on your budget really. But his fave pressie was his granddad's wallet with a tenner for every year :)
well husband bought me this
www.lochaberhighlandestates.com
I have a little piece of Scottish Woodland which is titled so that means i can legally be called Lady.
Love that Cam...........fancy meself as Lady Betula ;D
yep and knowing i am keeping some old woodlands safe and we can visit is ace as well.
Besides its unusual :)
a boxed set of Last Of The Summer Wine and a Diabetes Test kit
A kindle :)
Quote from: rosebud on July 06, 2011, 19:21:45
Have you any suggestions please, for a 50th birthday gift for a male.
Thank you. ;D
Can't we just take him out for a meal and make that our present? ;D ;D ;D I'll even throw in a few balloons and party poppers cos I know he'll love that :P
Taurus, person in question (my big brother) is a very active person. He runs, golfs and does a fair few of those 'trekking off around the world and up mountains' expeditions. He's very hard to surprise because - and I REALLY don't mean this in an obnoxious way - he's comfortable for money and therefore buys himself whatever he needs for those kinds of things.
Last Christmas he was trekking Kilimanjaro and my present to him was a long, humerous letter (I don't have the greatest of imaginations, LOL) reminding him of back home and that right about the time he'd be reading it, we'd be tucking in a turkey roast and all the trimmings ;D
How do Kindles work, exactly? (sorry to sound thick but I know what they are but not how they work) could he take one with him on one of his treks? If so, that's a pretty good idea (I'll buy it before Rosebud spots it first)
I though a Kindle would be good now that he has reached a good age ;D
Kindles can go anywhere :) They don't need charging often, so are ideal . We take ours when we go camping.
Get the dearer one and you can log onto internet to buy books wherever you are. The amazon leather cover is £50 and seems way over the top BUT it has a pull out light that ,meas you can read comfortably in total darkness without waking a partner :) You can also listen to music you have saved on it, and put in earplugs. I adore mine.
A Saga Subscription ::)
Quote from: saddad on July 07, 2011, 07:47:36
A Saga Subscription ::)
He can go from Lager lout to Saga lout ;D
Saddad, we all know what you'd like now ;D ;D ;D.
Hector, a kindle is a brilliant idea thank you. He goes climbing & trekking & allsorts so that is a sound present idea.
Davy LOL LOL.
Many years ago, A rather wealthy friend of mine booked her then potential partner into a clinic for a hair transplant for his 50th
He was delighted with the present and went to the clinic for his appointment
Some one at the clinic had booked him in for a vasectomy.
He never did get his hair transplant
All the above suggestions sound good. My OH is 65 on tuesday. No idea what to get him, will probably not bother like past years.
::)
Name a star after him, or better still buy goats in his name to go to underpriveledged countries.
XX Jeannine
I had no idea what a kindle was. Looks great now perhaps I can read again. Not been able to read in the evening since they got rid of 100 watt light bulbs.
And think of all those trees it will save.
Quote from: rosebud on July 07, 2011, 19:08:13
Hector, a kindle is a brilliant idea thank you. He goes climbing & trekking & allsorts so that is a sound present idea.
Davy LOL LOL.
You are welcome. I love mine and its great being able to adjust text size too. Ypo can also store PDFs on it. I take favourite knitting patterns on it :) I'd try and get the dearer one and the case quality of the Amazon Leather ones is excellent :)
Depends on whether he already "has it all". In that case a charity goft could be good, sponsor a child in his name or buy a goat?
For a friend's 50th we all pitched in and he went away for a nice long weekend with his wife.
An iPad or similar?? If there are several of you pitching in of course.