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Vanity: Need gift ideas for the 15 year old boy who has everything
12/14/11
| Huntress
Posted on 12/14/2011 10:09:57 PM PST by Huntress
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To: Huntress
Everyone loves a gift card.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:33:27 PM PST
by
Darren McCarty
(Anybody but Romney or Obama)
To: Huntress
He's also an enthusiastic reader. Does anyone have any ideas for a unique gift that might appeal to him.
Get him an ebook reader - maybe the new Kindle Fire. Load it up with John le Carre's Smiley novels - I noticed there's a new movie version of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" out, with Gary Oldman playing George Smiley and excellent reviews. Challenging and interesting reading for a 15 year old, and he can compare it to the movie. Maybe even load the Kindle Fire up with the BBC TV version from the '70s.
To: jmax
That’s why I put it in chat. You don’t have respond, you know.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:34:34 PM PST
by
Huntress
("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
To: Huntress
Less than $50 unless you get him some of the paraphernalia, which is a nice idea.
A plastic model. Car, ship, plane, tank whatever he is interested in. http://www.squadron.com/
Seriously.
Actually building something is a novelty to most kids now days.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:34:44 PM PST
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
To: Huntress
California Legal Switchblade.
it’s 2”, legal, of course he can’t wear it to school, and it must have a safety and pocket clip.
You will be the coolest Auntie EVER!
JUST REMEMBER THIS, KNIVES ARE TOOLS.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:37:54 PM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich: Abraham Lincoln)
To: Huntress
An osage orange bowstave and a drawknife...
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:39:10 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: Huntress
A couple of bird-feeders, one for seed, one for suet, and then bird food to fill them up.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:39:53 PM PST
by
onona
(FR is continuing education)
To: Huntress
To: Huntress
A weather station.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:43:39 PM PST
by
TSgt
(Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
To: Huntress
Get him a metal detector. You can find one for under $50.00
I got one when I was a young boy and I just loved it. It was the best gift I ever got.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:45:38 PM PST
by
warsaw44
To: Huntress
My grandsons always liked GameStop gift cards.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:46:51 PM PST
by
Judith Anne
(For rhe sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us, and on the whole world.)
To: Huntress
If he has an artistic side you might consider art supplies...pad, pencils, whatever. Worse that can happen is that he complains about his lame Aunty Huntress. Just a thought.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:51:25 PM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
To: Huntress
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:52:55 PM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich: Abraham Lincoln)
To: Huntress
If he likes to read, here are some book recommendations. They are all also available as audio books.
The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara (Pulitzer Prize). This was the basis for the movie Gettysburg.
Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer (Pulitzer Prize). Washington as a General.
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow. Washington the complete story.
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph P. Ellis (Pulitzer Prize). The men who created a nation.
Champlain’s Dream by David Hackett Fischer. Sounds dull, but it is not. Gets into Champlain’s exploration and dealing with friendly and savage Indians.
Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado. Fascinating account of starvation, cannibalism, and climbing mountains with no cold weather gear.
The Family that Couldn’t Sleep: A Medical Mystery by DT Max. This is about prions and mad cow disease, and the clues that came from a family where members died because they could never go to sleep. Gets heavy in spots, but fascinating.
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War by David Bellavia. The War in Iran from someone who lived through it.
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:53:49 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Huntress
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:56:48 PM PST
by
gura
(If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
To: Kirkwood
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posted on
12/14/2011 10:58:15 PM PST
by
gura
(If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
To: Clint N. Suhks
I think he’d love that, but it might get me in trouble with his folks. Then again, they didn’t blink when I gave him a samurai sword last Christmas.
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posted on
12/14/2011 11:01:12 PM PST
by
Huntress
("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
To: Smokin' Joe
Now, that’s an excellent idea.
Am going to give one to both of my teenage daughters.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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posted on
12/14/2011 11:01:51 PM PST
by
Ernie Kaputnik
((It's a mad, mad, mad world.))
To: Huntress
Since I just saw that post about the viking loot found with a metal detector, my first thought was metal detector.
If you want to spend $299 bucks, get him a parrot drone so he can spy on the neighbors..
To: Huntress
$30 cash in his hand, a savings account with $10 in it, and a $10 tithe to God.
Then advise him to follow this pattern with all that he earns from this time on.
He will be set for life.
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