The same applies to sex toys. Get the good stuff people!
This. I LOVE getting gift cards with instructions to use them towards hobby stuff, I don’t find it impersonal at all. Shopping for the stuff that I want is half the fun! Then once I find it my first project is making a thank-you for the gift giver.
This reminds me of the argument I had with my father-in-law a couple of years ago. You see, we own our own home and my husband has become quite handy. We do most of our own work around the house. My husband had a cordless drill. It was fine when it was charged and you were doing a small job.
Fact is, we could waste time just waiting for the damn thing to charge and then discover it did not have enough power to do the job.
So, when my in-laws asked for gift ideas for my husband I said he wanted a corded drill which could be converted to a hammer drill. He actually went out and bought ANOTHER cordless drill. (He is not the handiest of men, he has had to replace a faucet for ten years and is waiting to pay someone to do ti.)
Dammit! It just isn’t as powerful.
After binning the second drill, I explained to my dad the situation. For his birthday, he got the corded drill he wanted and all the drillbits for the things we were wanting to do. (There was also an instruction session but I really think that is because my dad wanted to play with my husband’s new toy).
Were the ones made in the 40’s and 50’s made of solid bulletproof metal? Will people still be using them 100 years from now?
Also, if you’re going to buy a video game, it might be better to just ask the recipient point blank what they want because most places that sell games won’t allow for cash refunds once the packaging is open–they may give store credit or allow exchanges of equivalent value, but even then it really depends on the store and it’s a tremendous hassle.
And ask someone who knows about video games to give you a breakdown of what the game is like beyond what the blurb on the box can give you. Some games are exclusive to certain consoles; some games require extra peripherals; some game brands have very deeply entrenched rivalries with other brands that result in their fans being exclusively attached to one franchise; and so on.
When my grandfather died I inherited his cast iron pebble finish condom. After having a local machine shop remove the corrosion it’s working as good as new.
Exactly. I don’t own a cordless drill, while my brother loves his 36 volt DeWalt set. I’m never going to work any place that doesn’t have electricity, and if it doesn’t yet have electricity, I’m probably in the process of making it have electricity.
The brand might have gone to crap in recent years, like Rigid. But I have a not particularly old right angle Milwaukee that I use to bore holes through studs and it rocks! Put a 1/2" wood auger on that sucker and make a hole through a pine 2x4 in about 2 seconds. My straight drill is a 1/2" Bosch and the only drill I’ve encountered more powerful is a Milwaukee Hole Hawg.
One tool that most craftsmen lack that would be well-appreciated is a bit sharpener.
I asked my husband…no, he doesn’t have a power corded drill, his died a few years ago. Guess what he’s getting for Xmas?
For anyone over 15 a gift certificate is always appropriate.
As a general rule my thought on Christmas and birthdays gifts is, “If I wanted one of those I’d have already bought one.”
A plea for anybody thinking of buying electrical tools. My policy is: if it ain’t Klein, it ain’t mine. Cheap electrical tools are the worst. They have inadequate leverage and they don’t stay sharp. And stay completely away from voltmeters unless you know exactly what to look for.
And being reminded of your grandparents every time you’re having sex enhances the contraceptive factor.
I loves me my Klein 10 in 1 screwdriver.
You’ll get what you’re given, young lady.
9" high leverage sidecutters: yeah, baby.