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Pffft. Not giving cash .
They can have a memorable gift.
Drafting desk for my grandson. He'll be doing architect .
He can earn money thru out life. Even get a job for that green stuff.
But a draftng table ...is a life filled with challenging and rewarding skills. He'll thank me in 20 years. For now he'll scoff and think why did that ole bitty get me that.
How old is he now?
Is he even considering architecture or engineering?
I bought myself a drafting table in college, loved it, but hated lugging it from apartment to apartment.
WHat's with oldsters giving gifts with an underlying "lesson"?
"to go out in the world and make my way.". The Godfather smiles at the youth and hands them a 1911.
It's graduation time and while I don't have children, I do have nieces and nephews and the associated like. When it comes to giving graduation gifts, I am traditional with things like silver, kitchen basics, and Swiss Army knives.
BUT.....am I starting my niece on the world of knives that might eventually end up with drawers of them, where so many things that leave the house have some kind of blade included?
Stepping back a little and asking a grand question, as parents, what do you prefer....and not prefer....to see given as graduation gifts from relatives?
You're omitting a crucial bit of information: Is this high school or college graduation?
No on the knife.
No on kitchen basics. That's for a house-warming present.
No on silver - wait, do you mean jewelry or flatware?
It should be something that looks forward to their future life and career. Or something commemorative (like a book) or decorative (jewelry).
Pffft. Not giving cash .
They can have a memorable gift.
Drafting desk for my grandson. He'll be doing architect .
He can earn money thru out life. Even get a job for that green stuff.
But a draftng table ...is a life filled with challenging and rewarding skills. He'll thank me in 20 years. For now he'll scoff and think why did that ole bitty get me that.
Yeah, he can use that drafting table to hold the laptop on which he does his CAD assignments. Tough to get in his backpack though.
You do understand drafting desks are barely used anymore. Its called computers.
I'm Aware that when an architect has to remit his work to the planning commission it's still in paper form. Thank you though for thinking you enlightened my being.
........No on kitchen basics. That's for a house-warming present........
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Round two: the kitchen basics I gave, oh maybe a score ago, were a set of 4 or 6 matching coffee mugs, useful things no matter where you go, when you are.
One thing I found out about when I was thinking to give in house warming a ladle (because no one seems to ever have them) is...........that those who don't have them, use a coffee mug.
I suppose in those first adult years, when .... "This is for all you girls about twenty five, In little apartments just tryin' to get by, Livin' on on dreams and spaghetti-o's"....... a good cook book might be a nice secondary gift. We might say, "Well, if they want a cook book, they would buy one," but cooking for one's self is something a lot of people have absolutely no clue about for most people are raised on eating out.....and paying at least 3X as much for it.
Round two: the kitchen basics I gave, oh maybe a score ago, were a set of 4 or 6 matching coffee mugs, useful things no matter where you go, when you are.
One thing I found out about when I was thinking to give in house warming a ladle (because no one seems to ever have them) is...........that those who don't have them, use a coffee mug.
I suppose in those first adult years, when .... "This is for all you girls about twenty five, In little apartments just tryin' to get by, Livin' on on dreams and spaghetti-o's"....... a good cook book might be a nice secondary gift. We might say, "Well, if they want a cook book, they would buy one," but cooking for one's self is something a lot of people have absolutely no clue about for most people are raised on eating out.....and paying at least 3X as much for it.
I have to disagree. I love cook books and I still have my Mom's old ones. I even buy really old ones at yard sales sometimes, but I buy them as collectibles to read the old recipes. But if I am looking up a recipe I do it online. I honestly can't believe any young person today would actually use a cook book, whether for themselves or others. They use their iPhone apps.
BTW, I never used a coffee mug as a ladle either. I always substituted a tablespoon in a pinch.
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