40th birthday gift ideas

[martin-s]

Not the sort of thing I'd normally post, but I'm totally stumped for ideas on what to get my brother for his 40th.

Thoughts?

 

[dee]

What are his interests ?

 

[Murray]

Remote control helicopter or drone

Racing/adventure type day

Gold or silver coin

 

[Edwin]

Is he active or sedentary?

Would he prefer a "thing" or an "experience"?

Very roughly, what sort of ballpark budget are we talking about?

 

[Sound]

Budget Please forum rules

 

[baldidiot]

For my brothers 30th many years ago we took them away for a weekend. Thought that was a pretty decent idea, may do it for his 40th as well as it's coming up.

I also bought my parents a bottle of wine from the year they were married on a significant anniversary. If your bro likes wine he may get a kick out of a 40 year old bottle. There are sites you can buy them from without breaking the bank too much: https://www.vintagewinegifts.co.uk/acatalog/1977-40th-anniversary-gifts.html

Quality on the cheaper bottles isn't going to be that great as I imagine there's a massive mark up on older vintages, but a nice novelty to drink a wine as old as you are. Plus they can keep the bottle.

 

[Skinner]

A guy I worked with, used to buy gold as presents for landmark birthdays, his little sisters 21st he got her 3 bars, 21g each, Silver, Gold and Platinum in a little case. His theory was, his family would always have a rainy day fallback, and well gold bars are cool. This were a while ago, the cost of gold probably prohibitive now.

A 40g bar of Gold is what £1,000, just an idea.

 

[Murray]

A 40g bar of Gold is what £1,000, just an idea.

If you have any 40g bars for £1000 I will take them

 

[Skinner]

I don't follow gold, I remember seeing it a month or two ago at £26-27 a gram.

I'm not sure I wanna know how bad it is now

If you have any 40g bars for £1000 I will take them

Edit: £1388 for 40g on a few sites I checked, I knew I should have googled the price.

 

[RobM]

Trading same price as it was Jan 2016 and Jan 2015 about $1255 .. oh and Jan 2014 as well just looked back.

 

[Skinner]

I must have read it wrong if its been the same for months.

 

[RobM]

Well that is gold against the dollar (not gbp) - you can see it's in a range. Blue bar is current price - red arrows are now, Jan 2016, jan 2015. Anyway agree gold is a good gift wish I'd got that for my 40th instead of being taken to a strip bar and feeling rough for days with nothing permanent except an angry wife.

 

[Skinner]

Its more likely I've read the wrong thing rather than found a deal

I have just seen these https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/sil...erman/superman-1oz-silver-coin-canadian-mint/ which are quite cool for any DC / Supes fans

 

[Murray]

which are quite cool for any DC / Supes fans

My brother is a big cricket fan, couple years ago for his birthday I got him a silver coin which they made to celebrate the world cup, had a cricket ball design and was domed so it curved outwards, was pretty cool

 

[Admin]

Not the sort of thing I'd normally post, but I'm totally stumped for ideas on what to get my brother for his 40th.

Thoughts?

Bitcoins, then whatever you spend it will be worth double on his next birthday

 

[wonder_lander]

Surely this is the perfect gift - https://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/birthday-org-uk.145877/

 

[dee]

Surely this is the perfect gift - https://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/birthday-org-uk.145877/

I agree....what a great idea ! And the price has just gone up

 

[Edwin]

This escape game was a lot of fun...
https://cluequest.co.uk/escape-room-missions/plan52

 

[monaghan]

I was given a chocolate making experience day, this was a lot of fun. Also had a driving experience, never enough laps of the track though!