Christmas Gift Ideas for my Son?

[flowerbug]

I have a TERRIBLE time finding gifts for my Dad. Yesterday I saw an item on QVC that I'm going to try this year. It's a digital picture frame that has an email address. Anyone (me, my sister, his out of state sister/cousins/nieces/grand nieces, etc) can download the app that accesses the frame. We take a picture and send it - DING! - it shows up on his frame.
He doesn't 'do' internet so misses out on all the picts shared on FB. This way he can scroll through current pictures - or 'attend' birthday parties and such that are states away.
Maybe your son would like something that would let you share home with him that doesn't require him to get bogged down in facebook drama or reply to emails...???

just thought of this...

does he have an internet connection?

 

[digitS']

Well, here's what I ordered for him. He gets all over the country and on his few days off, I thought he might want to play with this.

https://www.goldrushnuggetbucket.com/

That's probably a good choice for fun!

I have panned for gold. On Birdseye Creek near Gold Hill Oregon. An old guy and shirttail relative lived on the creek. He knew about sluice boxes, etc.

Of course, there has to be a history of placer mining for his area, Bay'.

digitS'

 

[catjac1975]

Help! Trying to figure out what to get for our son. He is single, never married, works on plant shutdowns or new construction and lives in a 5th wheel.

I've been looking at gift ideas, most of which involve alcohol, hot sauce, beard trimmers, grilling tools, socks, taco kits, tea, coffee and other so called manly stuff that does not fit his lifestyle.

Any ideas anybody?

I always ask for specific wants and needs for my kids and spouses. Money is too hard to come by to waste it on stuff they don't want. Returning things is a pain.

 

[baymule]

Of course, there has to be a history of placer mining for his area, Bay'.

digitS'

He mostly stays in the South, especially in the winter. He spent a winter working in Iowa and said never again! LOL He usually works 7-12's with a couple of days off thrown in here and there. No telling where he'll be! He lives in a 5th wheel.

 

[so lucky]

I ordered a microscope that works with your smart phone, for DH. I don't think it will be here till after Christmas, so I told him about it. It may be a piece of junk. We'll see.

 

[Ridgerunner]

He mostly stays in the South, especially in the winter. He spent a winter working in Iowa and said never again! LOL He usually works 7-12's with a couple of days off thrown in here and there. No telling where he'll be! He lives in a 5th wheel.

That kind of work schedule (12 hours a day seven days a week) is pretty standard in the oil patch, both operations and construction, especially in remote sites. You are not going to shut down production just because it gets dark. It may take days to get it going again. Somebody has to be there working 24/7. Onshore you might be able to do that with 8 hour shifts but if you are housing and/or transporting the people that means 12 hour shifts. Some construction sites are like that.

I worked many years 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off with a regular back-to-back, somebody had to be there at all times. If one of us had a family emergency, wedding or graduation we'd sometimes pull a 6 and 2 and balance it out later. I was tired after a 6 and 2. Some people worked regular 6 and 2's but they usually got Sunday afternoons off to keep from burning them out. A standard schedule offshore Gulf of Mexico for us was 1 weeks on, 1 week off for production personnel but others used different schedules, maybe a 2 and 2. I knew several pairs of back-to-backs that would swap off work onshore. Some were farmers/ranchers, some would harvest shrimp or oysters.

I knew several people that lived like your son. Some actually did the construction but they were often specialists. I remember one of my electrical inspectors who would take a job within a reasonable driving distance of home and move his RV to that area. He also preferred the South for some reason. When he could, which wasn't often, he'd drive his motorbike home to see his family. When school was out they might live with him. Last I heard he was still married. That kind of life is hard on a a marriage, the divorce rate is pretty high. It takes a special partner to make that work.

 

[baymule]

He is a crane operator, licensed for 7 cranes, plus has his safety certifications. He loves this life, has never married, but is starting to make noises that he would like to settle down. His plans are to buy rentals and get off the road. We'll see.....

 

[thistlebloom]

My oldest brother was a heavy equipment operator for many years. He worked on new highway/road construction and traveled all over the West. He and his wife lived in a 5th wheel all that time. He had more time off in the winters and spent it on some acreage they owned. But they still lived in the 5th wheel. It suited them fine (no kids).
He's retired now and lives in a house, but they kept the RV "just in case" I guess.

 

[catjac1975]

Help! Trying to figure out what to get for our son. He is single, never married, works on plant shutdowns or new construction and lives in a 5th wheel.

I've been looking at gift ideas, most of which involve alcohol, hot sauce, beard trimmers, grilling tools, socks, taco kits, tea, coffee and other so called manly stuff that does not fit his lifestyle.

Any ideas anybody?

I must admit I had to look up 5th wheel. Ha..

 

[flowerbug]

I ordered a microscope that works with your smart phone, for DH. I don't think it will be here till after Christmas, so I told him about it. It may be a piece of junk. We'll see.

i hope it does, i had a microscope as a kid (which used the sunlight and a mirror) and i was always facinated by what i could see. i didn't learn how to slice and mount things until i was into my teens, but it was still great fun. i would like a scope again sometime or at least some kind of thing that i could examine bugs and soil samples or worms even and take pictures. but that is not for now...