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80th Birthday gift HELP
Oakie
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My pop is going to be 80 in a few weeks. What do you by someone that has everything they want??? Open for suggestions. He is very active, more so then most 60 year olds. He has every gun and reloading thing in the world. I was looking for an odd caliber Contender barrel, but he has most of them. REALLY open for some suggestions guys.🤔. We are having a huge party for him on the 15th of October. Oakie
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A high-end belt tool (Leatherman) is always a nice gift and very practical. Or, one of the high-end Victorinox knives multi tool.
I don't think you can go wrong with a good knife. Like most of us old timers, he probably has many. Still, we like to get them out every now and then and admire them.
take a day off and spend it with him doing what he likes, golfing, shooting, fishing, ect. It will be a day remembered by both of you for years to come.......
Knives........good ones.......are always a nice option.
Other than that...........just spend a day with him doing something that he wants to do...........range time or chores or cigars and bourbon..........just hang out.
This would be my recommendation. Spending time with your kids is better than any object.
That could be me you are talking about and I kinda like a little scotch that I normally wouldnt buy for myself.
A NICE fishing pole. A REALLY good meal, whatever is his favorite!
Get you Mom some nice Flowers or Roses . Pop will understand .
I got my dad shirts for his birthday, nice ones that were wrinkle free, or a long sleeve camo shirt from cabela's.
I second the thought of spending time with him. Take him for a ride on a Jeep trail. Climb a peak if he is up to it. Rent a boat for the day. If not, just spend the day hanging around, talking, remember-when.
I had a friend who turned 97 on September 20. Born in 1925. I gave him several small things. He really liked the decades old, yellowed newspaper from the small town he was born in. He also loved the genuine 1925 silver dollar, minted the same year he was born. It isn't always the size or cost of a gift, it's the thought that went into it.
I have given some older friend and relatives a nice coin minted the year they were born. Certified and encased. These folks have put them into their little show cases, on a special shelf etc.... Just something different !
Vintage wood carved duck decoy.
Is there somewhere has always wanted to go to visit but has never been able to ? If a vet,maybe to his old basic training base etc ? Get creative . Always planned on taking Dad back to Paris. He was there for several months as part of the 82nd Airbourne. Sadly he died in 77 at age 53 .,Make a memory
Time with his son is probably the greatest gift you can give him.
I'm also a coin collector........nice old coins are always cool and appreciated.........especially someone's birth year in a precious metal.
I have decided to have a metal signs made for him. My friend makes professional signs. It will have the name of his farm on it, to go at the end of his driveway. My sister is flying in from Texas and we are going to spend four days together with him. We're going to do some shooting and hiking with him. That is what he loves to do. Thanks everyone. Oakie
Very cool. He will love the time with his kids.
I am only 53 and I cherish every moment I spend with my 18 yo daughter.
"I don't think you can go wrong with a good knife. "
Pick one you want to inherit?
Whiskey. Something consumable. Maybe some nice cigars.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
He loves Johnny Walker red. I bought him a bottle of Blue, and he never touched it. He doesn't smoke, but what the heck, I just might treat myself to a nice cigar
Two 40's. Billy Dee Williams' Colt 45 or a pair of .40S&Ws. a Glock 22 and 27?
Maybe some little blue pills…..
O.K., I am 79. When I turn 80 if I received a box of condoms, it would be the greatest, not because I need 'em, I Too have everything, but the joke factor would be immeasurable and I could brag about it to the guys at the gym. Later I would donate them at the clinic. Eddie, - Lived long and prospered.
I am 85. Take POP on a hunting, shooting trip. May be our last one. ENJOY. Jp
Get on EBay and find a license Plate from his State, from the year he was born.