Guys my dad's 68th birthday is coming up AND he's retiring.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@egonw Lol he can open a browser, but that's where his interest in the internet ends.

[kamme@mastodon.xyz]

@Gina a fixer upper small boat and a fishing pole

[dashlion@mastodon.au]

@Gina quality tools. Even if he already has one, he'll appreciate an additional one if it's good.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@dashlion He just sold all his good tools 😭 He's a carpenter / mason and used to do contracting.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@Gina photography? gardening? bird watching?

[peterkulche@mastodon.nl]

@Gina a wood working course? Never to old to learn something new. And it is a social activity; meeting new people…

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@peterkulche He was a carpenter, I think he could be teaching the course 😅

I do remember him building model ships when we were younger, but I'm not sure he'd enjoy working with super small parts anymore. Dude is getting old :'(

[ronnylam@mastodon.social]

@Gina a museumjaarkaart

[hywan@floss.social]

@Gina Time with family.

[disisdeguey@expressional.social]

@Gina A small piece of land, some garden tools and a book for gardening your own food for fun. #GardeningMastodon

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@ronnylam Lol normally a great suggestion, but my parents are cultural barbarians (think Telegraaf readers).

[ronnylam@mastodon.social]

@Gina hmm, rough, not even a comedian, play or concert at the local schouwburg?

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@hywan They have a grandson they love (my nephew), so we got that covered :)

[max@poliverso.org]

@Gina

Gift cards to spend in restaurants and/or hotels?

A couple of rounds on a Ferrari at the nearest racing circuit?

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@ronnylam Yeah but that's a one time thing, I'm kind of looking for something he can fill a few days with.

He used to build model ships, and had a massive miniature train city (lol nerd) in the attic before we were born.

[synchron@norden.social]

@Gina a membership for the public library and a maker space/fablab if you have something near by. :)

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@disisdeguey You know what, they have a nice backyard and a little green house, so a book on how to grow food might be a good start. Thanks!

[mndell@mastodon.social]

@Gina (indoor)skydive

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@Mndell Dude is 70. 😂

[gpshewan@mastodon.social]

@Gina leather working or wood carving? Both can start small and scale up if there’s interest