Fab fathers day pressie!

[TurboGirl]

I'm doing that 'regretting I'm a woman' thing again, hearing you all suggesting adopting an auld BushDad.... it just wouldn't happen for me and if it DID, I'd probably be offended

I have a BushSon though and am his BushMom, tis a verrrry nice thing and you can't be held crimiinally responsible for those well intentioned bad parent moments....

 

[Goatboy]

So if I adopt Aaron as my Dad does that mean that Bushcraft Betty would be my stepmom? And what did happen at bandcamp...?

 

[Mesquite]

So if I adopt Aaron as my Dad does that mean that Bushcraft Betty would be my stepmom? And what did happen at bandcamp...?

No... Aaron created her so he's her dad which would mean she'd be your step-sister

 

[TurboGirl]

This is getting a wee bit 'Game of Thrones'ish

How old are you, goatboy? I thought you were a whippersnapper of 30 or under!

 

[Harvestman]

Sad thing is Harvestman, by a couple of months I'm older than you, and Mesquite and Bikes only have a few years on us. (And I could hardly be described as vital these days - half bionic now).

Shouldn't you be changing your username to goatfogey then?

 

[Goatboy]

Ok so Aaron is my new Dad, Betty is my made up Step Sister, I still don't know what happened at Band Camp but if it involves Alyson Hannigan I want to hear about it. And Turbogirl thinks it's a bit weird/GOT's. Confused you wont be after this weeks episode of SOAP...

[video=youtube;0BHQT3Omqtw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BHQT3Omqtw[/video]

 

[dwardo]

Some short bread, chocolate and 3 real ales and a card from my little two year old boy. I wasn't allowed to open the card my self and he then proceeded to eat all the shortbread and chocolate all by him self!

Ah well atleast I have the ale.

 

[dave53]

happy fathers day Aaron im glad your daughter rung, i was surprised today as i haven't spoken to my boy in a month he rings me when he wants money normally, but today he presented me with a bottle of jack daniels, not being critical but a card would have been enough as he rarely has money and to be honest at my age 59 theres not a lot i need. had a card from the little daughter and the big daughter gave a card and sweets and a ticket for ray mears talk in cardiff bay in october so well chuffed regards dave
ps you coming to the moot ?

 

[grumit]

Case of Stella and a fletching jig make up for last year had nothing

 

[treadlightly]

A night in the woods with my son. He cooked a lovely beef and ale stew and we supped a few beers. Just got back. Better than a pressie IMHO.

 

[santaman2000]

Nothing as yet (it's still early here) But my daughter and future SIL are planning a family BBQ to celebrate for later today.

 

[lucan]

I Got some new boot laces , socks and a couple of P51 can opener clones off the Kids. Now i'm off to sit in the Garden in front of the Fire with a few tinnies, Until it gets very dark

 

[TurboGirl]

A night in the woods with my son. He cooked a lovely beef and ale stew and we supped a few beers. Just got back. Better than a pressie IMHO.

If I was a Dad, thats exactly what I'd want

 

[Bowlander]

No lie in for me, up at 6 to bottle feed my 5yo sons goat kid, to be fair he normally does the feed but was still asleep after a 3mile bike ride last night!.

Not a massive prise fund for me, a pound of toffee and 2 pairs of socks!!

Got back from another 3miler on the bikes and the dogs have eaten the toffees! At least they are happy! Had a great afternoon on the beach though, the warm sea was swarming with jellyfish.

 

[ozzy1977]

Hand made card and a bottle of Jack Daniels , I will have to have words with the coop though as he is only 2

 

[Wook]

Initially I told the kids not to get me anything since money is kind of tight. They moaned about it all Saturday. So today we swung to the other extreme. I told them what I really wanted, and then we hunted down the nearest shop that was open on a Sunday which had it in stock. This happened to be in Aberdeen! So we went for a family day out to buy my present, and stopped at Dunnottar Castle on the way home.

The children seemed to have had a marvellous time.

Oh and the thing I wanted was a Trangia Mini - I'm well pleased with it. I wanted a stove small enough to fit inside the Maxpedition Jumbo I'm hoping to mooch as a Birthday present this year. Thinking ahead

My only other lightweight stove is one I made myself, which is great, but it basically involves cooking over an out of control gasoline fire with no way to put it out . Nearly set the woods alight the last time I used it, so I got to thinking maybe storebought is the way to go with Meths stoves

If you include that rather mad forest fire inducing one, I'm up to 7 stoves by my count. How many does one man need?

 

[Dougster]

Got one of these as I'm starting to feel the cold:

My daughter made me two cards, my son learned to ride without stabilisers and both my kids got slightly larger than 1 inch groups at 70 yards.

Happy days.

 

[The Cumbrian]

Nice bit of Patagucci there.

I did pretty well this year too, a bottle of Isle of Jura, a Wilds Woodgas Stove ( the original version with the fixed supports, although to be honest that was more of a gift to myself ) and The Joy of Sheds Book.

My wife also booked me and our boys an archery session, as I bought a compound bow 4 years ago and I've never used it. Unfortunately, as soon as I nocked an arrow I realised that I'd bought a left handed bow. D'oh.

I've been mocked mercilessly ever since.

 

[Dannytsg]

Not so much as a present per se but I went out with my daughter and mrs to the permission this morning and spent a few hours cutting and whittling a basic catapult frame. Best gift really as I got to spend it with my daughter and the mrs and be out and about. I also got a car and some socks

 

[veryWildbill]

This is the first year my daughter has earned her own money, and I haven't had to pay for my own pressie. I got a large box of jelly babys, and she took me to see man of steel. Just got back.