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Help bridge mad uncle's 80th bday!!!

Hi,

My uncle is going to be 80 in July. He has asked for a Automatic card shuffler :cool: as he is a big bridge fan (the card game) and plays several times a week. These shufflers are £15 max :cool: There are 4 of us that are all going to put our money together to buy him something special, we were all going to put in about £25 each.

My question is can anyone suggest anything else we could get him? As well as this shuffler thing. Any accessories? I don't know anything about Bridge, but know that he doesn't need a card holder thing as, in his words 'i'm not over the hill quite yet!' :rotfl:

Being that he is going to be 80 we want something special and we thought maybe personalised

Any suggestions are much appreciated.

Thanks :A

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  • wallbash
    wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
    Don't know why I thanked you , you should be thanking me :rotfl:

    Just got back from the Monday duplicate Bridge club. Played for over 15 years there , total play of about:beer: forty years .

    So uncle is staying young be playing the best game in the world.Unfortunately you don't need much to play bridge.
    You could get a nice card table.
    Or a cloth to play on.


    http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=lcc&Category_Code=ORD-Pro
  • Giggles_Fairy
    Giggles_Fairy Posts: 1,155 Forumite
    I dont know anything about bridge so cant help much there I am afraid! But as its cards how about a silver playing cards holder/storage box? You can have these engraved too.
  • kms26
    kms26 Posts: 846 Forumite
    These are great ideas, thanks very much for replying.

    He does have a table and cloth, but i had a look at that website and there looks some great things on there so thanks again :T
  • gremlin
    gremlin Posts: 1,189 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    these seem to be a specialist on bridge gifts might be worth a look

    Richmond Bridge
    "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye" - Miss Piggy
  • kms26
    kms26 Posts: 846 Forumite
    OOOh thats great thanks :T
  • gremlin
    gremlin Posts: 1,189 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Oh good - hope you can get some ideas from it.
    "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye" - Miss Piggy
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