Dad will be 90 this Saturday.... Gift ideas...?

[fkovalski]

What does one get for a parent who will turn 90... . what to get for someone who has everything, but needs nothing?



Ideas... ?

 

[Greenleaf]

A flight in a two seater P-51 Mustang.



Stallion 51. They are in PA and in FL

 

[JoshPeters]

A hug and a day out fishing?

 

[bmoeller]

Bungee junping? :-laf Hear of some pretty old people doing it and loving it. Would be fun 'til has both of grandmas hips break and her leg come off. :O :-laf



I like Josh's idea.

 

[WDaniels]

Lets see, your dad was born in 1916. Way cool. Things that people of that era like are a letter from a loved one. Not an email or a phone call but a letter. They like family closeness, give your Pop's a hug and tell him you love him. Would mean more to him than all the money in the world. Get a tape recorder and tape all of his memoirs for family postiarity(sp). Just a couple ideas from when I took care of my elder parent.

WD

 

[mberry]

Viagra? Sorry, that was too easy.



Something he wouldn't buy for himself. I have gotten my parents home depot gift cards, that way they can get whatever they want.

 

[rbattelle]

I like the letter idea. And the fishing idea (unless he's a member of PETA).



Aren't there any 90 year old members here who could speak about what a 90 year old wants for his birthday?



Ryan

 

[Digger-Bear]

One of my father's fondest memories was eating Black Walnut ice cream when he was a boy. He was telling me he couldn’t find it locally and it had been over thirty years since he had any. Last birthday (his 89th) I called almost every ice cream parlor in the Midwest to track some down.



I showed up with five gallons of the stuff in a huge cooler – his eyes glowed like a little kids. He then threatened anyone (including me!) who got near the freezer with bodily harm if they touched his ice cream!



There may be a memory you can renew for your father as well.



Really, he had as much fun watching my brother and I cutting up at the dinner table like we used to do when we were kids.



Beyond that, the best gift you can give him is your time...

 

[ropinfool2]

a stripper? JR

 

[Sled Puller]

The best thing to get aging parents is something you wish to inherit shortly... ... .

Example:

Just for you Dad!! A NEW TURBO!!!!



I like the ice cream idea-find something he truly loves/misses, from the old days, and track it down.

 

[Dual EE]

I would bet he would like just spending a day w/you one on one doing something you both enjoy. I bet he got some great stories to tell.

 

[daytripper63]

What does one get for a parent who will turn 90... . what to get for someone who has everything, but needs nothing?



Ideas... ?

How about newspaper articles from the day he was born... I just GOOGLE'd November 25th 1916 and got a bunch of hits, maybe you could print them out for him, also try this link too

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/

Good luck

 

[DRAG DIESEL]

The best thing to get aging parents is something you wish to inherit shortly... ... .

Example:

Just for you Dad!! A NEW TURBO!!!!

I would like to be the first to apologize for Mr. Puller's one-tracked mindedness. :-laf

 

[BRobertson]

My dad will be 87 later this month.

We are sending him a bottle of Single barrel Jack Daniels!!

Bob