Bonnie Trenga Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Any suggestions for a tool or whatever he won't have but will love and must have? Are all males hard to buy for, or is it just males in my family? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Manor Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 I spent the weekend using a Festool profile sander - I was helping my brother-in-law make these: www.knitzi.com (my sister's invention which they now sell, quite successfully too!!). Until recently I thought a sander was a sander - now I want the Festool. -Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 What are his hobbies or interests? What's he into? Mostly we want stuff that goes toward what we do for enjoyment (just like little boys [:-propell). Brian G. Sweaters Are Christmas Cancer [:-crazy] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector57 Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Tools that I need (or want) I purchase for myself, but I am tight and won't spend very much on wants. Most small tool gifts are junk that never gets used since small price tags and quality tools don't go together. I have been surprised on occasion when my family pooled resources and bought a large roll around tool box that I had only drooled over while shopping but refused to spend the money, that was the only tool gift "winner" that I have received. If you don't shop with a male to get a clue, a gift card to his favorite haunt might be the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Two gifts I received and really like are the Paslole Impulse cordless nailgun and my profile sander. I don't use either much, but they are really cool and not something I would have bought for myself. One other gift, from my Mother, was a fountain pen and a hardbound blank journal book. I let it sit around for months, then started using it. I am not a daily user, but each time I make an entry it reminds me of my Mother and the content(s) are special. I am a gadget guy, so anything unique just makes my day! For my Birthday I got a wireless firing system for fireworks and a small megaphone. Does not take much to keep me happy. PS: Most men like books, they just don't know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Trenga Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 It's true that he buys what he needs. His hobbies are reading and hiking. Loves REi but buys himself whatever he wants. I can't imagine he'd need or want a sander... Thanks for the input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 reading & hiking..... GPS? They're quite a bit of fun. If he's an outdoor guy, and he likes REI, how 'bout some tech clothing from Mountain Hardware, Marmot, etc.? I've got this little tiny lantern for hiking; it's got a piezo-electric igniter, and whenever I pull it out on the trail, everyone thinks it's the coolest thing going. It's bright enough to read by @ night, and it weighs about 2 ounces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randynavarro Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Gift certificate to REI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randynavarro Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 By the way, men are easy. Its you females that are the hardest to buy for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Originally posted by Bonnie Trenga It's true that he buys what he needs. His hobbies are reading and hiking. Loves REi but buys himself whatever he wants. I can't imagine he'd need or want a sander... Thanks for the input! How about something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-compass-and ... dZViewItem Or this: http://img.inkfrog.com/click_enlarge1.p ... d=69361603 Or this: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-KEUFFEL-ESS ... dZViewItem - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Hiking offers a number possibilites, but that number is beggared by the ocean of books available. Does Amazon have gift certificates? I was blessed (IMHO) to be born into a family that abandoned all sentmentality related to Christmas gifts when my brother and I reached our teens. My Mom either gives us money or a credit card, names a figure, and we go out and buy our own Christmas presents. She wraps them and puts them under the tree. I have yet to get anything I didn't want that way. [^] Brian G. Nobody Knows Me Like Me [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Bonnie, All men are little boys at heart. Get him something completely useless...but FUN!!! http://www.xheli.com/esro224chrcm.html? ... hgoduBwYXQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Originally posted by randynavarro By the way, men are easy. Its you females that are the hardest to buy for! Jo Malone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Trenga Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Originally posted by kurt I've got this little tiny lantern for hiking; it's got a piezo-electric igniter, and whenever I pull it out on the trail, everyone thinks it's the coolest thing going. It's bright enough to read by @ night, and it weighs about 2 ounces. Interesting. What is it and where can I see more info on it? My six-year-old has a completely useless helicopter toy to play with, and Tom has never seemed too excited. Good suggestion, though. I do like the idea of an antique compass. There's an antique shop nearby... Are ladies really hard to buy for? I'm always happy with books. Lingerie shouldn't be a hardship to buy, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Darn difficult to find the good fancy underthings at the nearly new store. Mostly they are just a bunch of lace, string, thin fabric and nonsense! I received a shepard's clock and compass a couple of years back - forgot all about it! Time to re-gift it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Trenga Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 I think the best way to shop for your female significant other is to listen. Sometime when you're out together and she says something like, "Oh, that's a nice _________" take note and consider buying her that thing. We women sometimes indirectly say we want things without spelling it out explicitly. When I was in Italy I saw and commented on a number of pretty shirts (but didn't buy any). My husband was present but I doubt it registered with him. We'll see this Xmas... On the other hand, he never says, "Oh, that's a nice sander" or whatever. If he did, I'd jump right on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Originally posted by Richard Moore Bonnie, All men are little boys at heart. Get him something completely useless...but FUN!!! http://www.xheli.com/esro224chrcm.html? ... hgoduBwYXQ You'll put out your eye. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Originally posted by Bonnie Trenga Originally posted by kurt I've got this little tiny lantern for hiking; it's got a piezo-electric igniter, and whenever I pull it out on the trail, everyone thinks it's the coolest thing going. It's bright enough to read by @ night, and it weighs about 2 ounces. Interesting. What is it and where can I see more info on it? My six-year-old has a completely useless helicopter toy to play with, and Tom has never seemed too excited. Good suggestion, though. I do like the idea of an antique compass. There's an antique shop nearby... Are ladies really hard to buy for? I'm always happy with books. Lingerie shouldn't be a hardship to buy, either. http://www.rei.com/product/643063 A larger selection is here..... http://www.rei.com/Search.do?vcat=REI_S ... e+Lanterns The Coleman & Brunton jobs have the piezo electric igniter which is really, really nice. All the others are cool, but you have to light them w/a match. Both of these are really nice. I happen to own the Sundog; it's bright enough to read by, which is why I carry it on trail. http://www.trailspace.com/gear/northern ... s/lantern/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 And for all you suckers out there wondering what to get your lovely brides, just stop thinking, go here...... http://www.jomalone.co.uk/ Go to citrus..... and get her the Basil, Lime Mandarin cololgne. This stuff smells incredible. Honest. It'll kill ya' it's so good. This is the lock down, guaranteed, Oh Baby, you're so sweet let me love you to death gift. Lingerie can be found @ the local mall; this stuff can't. Jo Malone is the chi-chi scent of the moment, and the Basil Lime stuff is what put her on the map. She's an interesting story in entrepreneurship; I discovered her a couple years ago during a last minute (is there any other kind?) shopping excursion. And here's the kicker; all her scents are incredible. They are really not like all the nasty shit you smell on the old ladies working the downtown Neiman Markup makeup counters. You can stop thinking forever, and just keep getting her other Jo Malone product. The whole concept is mix & match scents. I'm telling ya; guaranteed boffo. Basil Lime Mandarin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozofprev Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Our shopping was always for the kids - and a little something sentimental for each other. Now the kids are all grown. The wife and I are thinking of some "us" presents like furniture or a vacation. But every day is a holiday in our marriage.[:-thumbu] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Originally posted by Bonnie Trenga I think the best way to shop for your female significant other is to listen. Bonnie, I luv ya, but that sentence, by itself, is testament to why men and women will never understand each other. [:-dev3] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozofprev Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Thanks Kurt. You just cost me $198 at Saks[:-weepn] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Bonnie, OK, so it's no on the RC helicopter (but I would like one if anyone's listening). Along the more "sensible" line; I use a Telesteps ladder during most of my inspections. I'd guess that 50% of my clients say something along the lines of "Cool ladder, where did you buy it?" Just a thought. I bought mine at http://www.rewci.com/tellad.html?gclid= ... hgodNBXVzg . They have good prices. I'd recommend the 1600 (12.5') or the 1800W (14.5' wide step) models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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