i got my dad a giant clock in the end
it's impossible when they've got everything. luckily his giant clock had stopped working the week before (quite common when people turn 70, i hear).
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:10, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

That's nice of you, get him something to watch his slow slide into the grave on

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:11, Reply)

haha hardly
he's one of those irritants who still thinks he's 30. works all the time, gym and golf 5 days a week...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:15, Reply)

+ shagging some young dolly bird who's going to make off with my inheritance

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:30, Reply)

l
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:11, Reply)

textbook

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:12, Reply)

That must've looked ridiculous next to the banjolele you got him previously.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:12, Reply)

oh there is news on that
there was a problem with the tuner, so it had to go back. now he just has a plain boring old wooden uke. shame, the vintage banjolele was much cooler.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:15, Reply)

Do they not have luthiers in Manchester?
I'm sure a tuning peg can be easily fixed.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:22, Reply)

we sent it back 3 times but it kept going wrong
and my dad found the cheap one easier to play, something to do with stubby 70 year old fingers and the strings on the banjolele being closer together?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 12 Feb 2013, 11:44, Reply)