birthday suggestions for 47 yr old male

shazrobo

Hi was wondering if anybody could come up with any suggestions for my boyfriends 47 birthday, on the 13th march, he is the type of guy who already has everything, lol
all suggestions welcome

shirleytch

What about an activity day - eg car racing, tank driving, gliding. I know Argos and Boots both sell these and a search on the internet will come up with several other companies. I always arrange activities for my other half as anything practical we want we tend to buy for ourselves. Good luck- I will watch with interest for other inspirational ideas. Rgds

pusscat

Is he into teccie things? My OH who is 44 is desperate for one of these projector keyboards

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/office-toys/projector-keyboard/index.html

or how about a "beer machine"

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/price-search/price-50-to-100/beer-machine/index.html

Remote control helicopter (one of the guys I work with got one of these for his birthday!)

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/price-search/price-50-to-100/micro-mosquito/index.html

The whole site is pretty good actually.....

Puss

will1974

Why not go to London for the day, and go to a Matinee performance at the theatre, I did this for a Xmas pressie for my OH and he had never been to the theatre before, went to see Phantom of Opera and we were both blown away, was fantastic. A really good day out, and one to remember, rather than just buying gadgets that get chucked in a drawer after a month...

yell25

You could get some really cool eco gadgets which are a bit unusual

Ipod/Phone charger
http://www.!!!!!!/products/better-energy-systems/solio-mobile-phone-and-ipod-solar-charger/

Batteries that recharge with your laptop
http://www.!!!!!!/products/moxia/usb-cell-batteries-rechargeable-aa/

A glo Brick - more of a novelty then any thing else
http://www.!!!!!!/products/suck-uk-design/globrick/

Pretty cool and a bit different!

Chester_Draws

How about a Skip_Pan driving experience ?
Good present but with a real safety aspect as well.

Nearest one to you is at York I think:
http://www.driverskills.com/driving-courses/skidpantraining.html

shazrobo

hi thanks for all the suggestions so far.
think i'm going to book him a driving experience, poss the skid pan one, he into that kinda thing, would also like to get him something special as a keepsake too, all suggestions welcome

reverie

A hip flask or a nice pen are good keepsake gifts for a man.

Lorian

http://www.palmersport.com/

They do take single participants. Its OK to go on your own too, as you form teams for the day. It's an excellent day. Might blow the budget though....

shazrobo

thanks everyone for your suggestions, they were really appreciated, i've booked him a driving day for tommorrow, plus the usual bit and bobs, new shoes jeans etc, and decided to get him an engraved pen as a keepsake

amyandoli

For anyone else still looking for ideas for men in this age category, I bought my dad a coin album and a put a few foreign coins in it. He'd never collected coins before, or shown much of an interest, but he loved it, and now has 3 full albums and is dropping hints for fathers day for a fourth.

I got him a old blue peter annual last Christmas, and again he's racing through collecting them all. He used to watch it when he was younger, and if it ever 'happened' to be on he'd be watching it, so I thought he might like to see an old annual.