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50th Birthday, present & party ideas (merged)
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On my 50th I got a card which read.....
"I booked a cruise for your birthday....... now can you please look after my cat while I'm away"
Gave me the best laugh of the day!0 -
well done you lot some great ideas but i am lucky realy cuz i had alot of jewelrey over all theses yrs so that is out i think unless i find something that realy takes my eye, I shall be in france 4 my b/day so we are all going out for a very nice meal. i am going with my brother his wife and son whom i am very fond of he is 14 and a verypolite and a pleasure to b with( but he dose have is moments) and a very good friend is flying out there to us so there will be six of us just enough for a small party,
so you see i am strugging for ideas,
SO PLEASE KEEP THEM COMiNG
A new brain that works all the time would be great but cant get one of them unles u now some thing i dont no!!!!!!
pip
xEvery cloud has a silver lining:j0 -
eh?

I think you meant to reply to a thread but you've started a new one!
Just run, run and keep on running!0 -
see what i mean !!!!
is there any help out there is there any way i can put it with the one i w2as replyin to iam so thick!!!!Every cloud has a silver lining:j0 -
well done you lot some great ideas but i am lucky realy cuz i had alot of jewelrey over all theses yrs so that is out i think unless i find something that realy takes my eye, I shall be in france 4 my b/day so we are all going out for a very nice meal. i am going with my brother his wife and son whom i am very fond of he is 14 and a verypolite and a pleasure to b with( but he dose have is moments) and a very good friend is flying out there to us so there will be six of us just enough for a small party,
so you see i am strugging for ideas,
SO PLEASE KEEP THEM COMiNG
A new brain that works all the time would be great but cant get one of them unles u now some thing i dont no!!!!!!
pip
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Every cloud has a silver lineing
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If there's nothing you want for yourself, then how about alternative gifts from World Vision or Oxfam. People could buy books for an African school or a goat for an Asian village. Things that really benefit people
http://www.greatgifts.org/GiftSelection/home.aspx
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walks wrote:Hello Everyone,
i am soon to be 50 and realy dont no what i want for a present form my partner, he wants me to have a keep sake of some sort but realy dont have any idea apart fron a new body lol can any body give me some ideas WHAT DID YOU HAVE ?
please help
An Eye Test & Spec’s
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!!!!!!There are More Questions Than Answers!!!!!!:eek:
:search: But I Just Don't Have Any Answers :idea:0 -
a Zimmer frame , new teeth ,face lift:eek:0
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ginger nuts i ad 2 av that done yrs ago because i ad a lop sided face and had to pay for it my self and people thought i ad done it cus i was vain but i can asure you iam not i dont even were make up. it realy anoys me when people know about it sayin i must be vain but in truth i dont know how to were make up cuz its somethin i have never done ! but i am going to go to av a make over so they can tell me what i need to where and how to apply it,
thanks pip
xEvery cloud has a silver lining:j0
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