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Question by .:morgan:.: What else to get my dad for father’s day?
I’m planning on making a tomato-onion salad for father’s day. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but i’m not very good at cooking and i want to show him i really put some effort into his gift. I will be making it all by myself, and will be using tomatoes and basil that we have grown in our own garden right here at home. What else should i get him? Something that he will be able to keep, and will be sentimental, please. Not something else that will go straight to his stomach. Thanks!
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Answer by Craig M
Try these links. One is the history of Father’s Day and the other is a Top Ten List of Father’s Day gifts.
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thumbs up if you noticed that all foods at end was in their places 😀
Cute video just like bonnie thanks.
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simple and light , thanks …. more of that recipes including folic acid in spinach please , if you could
boiled eggs and a bacon in a smiley face and make him a card
A Swiss Army knife?
I’m partial to the models that call “Camping” and “Sportsman”, myself, but they have lots. If he doesn’t drink, getting him one with a corkscrew is a waste of effort. There should be a wide variety at your local mall, if it has a knife shop. Most hardware stores carry a smaller selection.
The salad sounds darned good.
Here’s a story about Alice Waters, who founded Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley. It is consistently rated in the top 10 in the SF Bat area.
She was explaining once how she insists on the finest ingredients, prepared simply. (In her case, she owns 10 acres of garden in Sonoma County, and has a restaurant employee whose sole job it is to plant, tend and harvest what she wants to serve in the restaurant in 2 – 6 months. It is organic, and if she wants a dozen kinds of heirloom tomatoes, her gardener says, “Yes ma’am. I’ll find the seeds somewhere and they will be ready in 3 – 4 months.”)
The newspaper reporter said “Good grief – all that is is shopping”.
She brightened and said, “Yes”.
I had a platter once; 8 slices, one from each kind of heirloom tomato, served with some garlic mayonnaise (ailoi?) and nothing else. I remember how good they were today, 25 years later.
Don’t disparage your cooking skills. The finest ingredients – and there is NOTHING finer than a homegrown tomato – prepared simply, is a feast fit for a king.
Add to any gift a list of the reasons why you appreciate him. Perhaps have it inscribed on a wall plague.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVQP6GL-Ps0
Please don’t get a joke card. In my 20+ years of working with fathers, it has been rare that a joke card that makes fun of his abilities is really appreciated.
I wrote this to “Dear Abby” for Father’s Day, March 19, 2005.
APPRECIATION FOR JOB WELL DONE IS WHAT FATHERS WANT TO HEAR
DEAR ABBY: Today is Father’s Day, so why don’t we try to do more for dear old Dad than give him the usual greeting card that promotes the idea that all dads are imbeciles, followed by a collect call to see what he thought of the card. (Father’s Day is the day when the most collect calls are made.)
We should treat our fathers the way we treat our mothers on Mother’s Day and show them we appreciate them for being there. Yes, you probably tell your father all the time that you love him, but the minds of men work differently. Anyone can say “I love you,” but as men, knowing that we are appreciated for a job well done is what really gets us teary-eyed.
Something else you can do — especially you sons out there (but daughters can do it, too) — is to make sure Dad has been to the doctor for a checkup, including depression screening. This can go a long way toward making sure he’s here on Father’s Day next year.
I wasn’t raised by my father, but by a stepfather. Although we did not see eye-to-eye on many things, I would not be the person I am today if it were not for him. This man, who spent years climbing on top of heavy construction equipment to prepare the ground for many of the homes, businesses, roads and highways of Southern California, now finds it difficult to get into a car. Although none of the houses or roads have his name on them, they are all testaments to his life and the lives of men like him.
So today, let’s do something extra for Dad, without him pulling out his wallet to pay for it. — George McCasland, Overland Park, Kansas
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Remember, there’s a lot of us fathers sitting in nursing homes whose children live too far away to visit. Contact an activities director about volunteering Sunday morning. Read a list out loud about why you appreciated your father.
Framed pictures, magazine subscriptions, tickets to a local sporting event are all things dads like.
More ideas here:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5092523_give-day-gift-dad-everything.html
He would love one of these videocards starring you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0cLIsiuyVY