Well, my Dad's Birthday is in July and Father's Day (in Ireland) is next month so I am searching for ideas on what to get him! Last year I bought him a toy tank (from the 70s) and 2 casettes (our car has a tape deck).

He is in his 50s now so I try to buy him things that are more from the 70s/80s or that he once had/like (in this case the artists who made those casettes!

So, I suppose I am asking in a slightly rambling way, if you guys have any suggestions? Since I was born in 1999 I can only really think about the stuff that was popular in the 2000s and 2010s and anything really in the 90s and older is hard for me to get (especially in the realm of more non famous/ordinary things like toys and cultural aspects that haven't continued into the current era (such as Star Wars and the like). If you're wondering wh ythe tank, it was because it still had its original box in perfect condition and the old logo was also part of the nostalgia that made me decide to buy it for him.

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Re: Gifts for my father
By: Ayane Kitagawa to All on Mon May 31 2021 05:10 pm

Well, my Dad's Birthday is in July and Father's Day (in Ireland) is next month so I am searching for ideas on what to get him! Last year I bought him a toy tank (from the 70s) and 2 casettes (our car has a tape deck).

He is in his 50s now so I try to buy him things that are more from the 70s/80s or that he once had/like (in this case the artists who made those casettes!

So, I suppose I am asking in a slightly rambling way, if you guys have any suggestions? Since I was born in 1999 I can only really think about the stuff that was popular in the 2000s and 2010s and anything really in the 90s and older is hard for me to get (especially in the realm of more non famous/ordinary things like toys and cultural aspects that haven't continued into the current era (such as Star Wars and the like). If you're wondering wh ythe tank, it was because it still had its original box in perfect condition and the old logo was also part of the nostalgia that made me decide to buy it for him.

buy him a carwash subscription or an angle grinder
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He is in his 50s now so I try to buy him things that are more from the 70s/80s >or that he once had/like (in this case the artists who made those casettes!

So, I suppose I am asking in a slightly rambling way, if you guys have any >suggestions? Since I was born in 1999 I can only really think about the stuff >that was popular in the 2000s and 2010s and anything really in the 90s and >older is hard for me to get (especially in the realm of more non >famous/ordinary things like toys and cultural aspects that haven't continued >into the current era (such as Star Wars and the like). If you're wondering wh >ythe tank, it was because it still had its original box in perfect condition >and the old logo was also part of the nostalgia that made me decide to buy it >for him.

He sounds to be near my age. When I was young, I really liked Matchbox
Cars, and Tonka trucks and cars. Viewmasters, too.

At one point, I had a toy VW Van, like the "hippies" supposedly had, but I don't know who made it or whatever happened to it. IIRC, it was plastic.
I had a metal VW bug, too. I think it may have been a Tonka toy.


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So, I suppose I am asking in a slightly rambling way, if you guys have
any suggestions?

LED digital watch.


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Re: Re: Gifts for my father
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ayane Kitagawa on Tue Jun 01 2021 06:35 am

So, I suppose I am asking in a slightly rambling way, if you guys
have any suggestions?

LED digital watch.

digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

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AYANE KITAGAWA wrote to ALL <=-

Well, my Dad's Birthday is in July and Father's Day (in Ireland) is
next month so I am searching for ideas on what to get him! Last year I bought him a toy tank (from the 70s) and 2 casettes (our car has a tape deck).

He is in his 50s now so I try to buy him things that are more from the 70s/80s or that he once had/like (in this case the artists who made
those casettes!

So, I suppose I am asking in a slightly rambling way, if you guys have
any suggestions? Since I was born in 1999 I can only really think about the stuff that was popular in the 2000s and 2010s and anything really
in the 90s and older is hard for me to get (especially in the realm of more non famous/ordinary things like toys and cultural aspects that haven't continued into the current era (such as Star Wars and the
like). If you're wondering wh ythe tank, it was because it still had
its original box in perfect condition and the old logo was also part of the nostalgia that made me decide to buy it for him.

What is his favorite band? Maybe get an old vinyl LP and make a clock from
it? You can usually get 'clock hands' at (here in the states) Hobby Lobby
or Michaels...




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So, I suppose I am asking in a slightly rambling way, if you guys have
any suggestions?

LED digital watch.

With a calculator...

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