Mothers Day is Over...Now it's Our Turn

Okay Dad's, our day is just around the corner.

Perfect opportunity to get that beer widget you haven't been able to justify yourself. (like there really are any)

So what's it gonna be?
What is on your "if you love me, you'll buy me this for fathers day" list?

For me:

2 Ventmatic faucets with tap handles and elbow shanks. "Here ya go Dear...just click here...and order."

What says you...

I would like to start kegging, any suggestions on supplies/hardware and where the prices are cheap?

I can't ask for anything, since she didn't want me to buy her anything except a cigar. That, and let her sleep in that morning (which I usually do on a Sunday, anyway). She woke up, said, "I want a cigar, we haven't smoked cigars in two years" and that was it.

So, I'm not pushing my luck

My mates and I discussed this on Mothers Day. Woman want to go out for tea. Men just want to stay at home / shed and do "stuff".

Stuff includes but is not exclusive to :
Drinking beer
Watching TV
Chopping down trees
Fishing
Pottering in shed
Drinking beer
Being left alone in the house (i.e. all women and children must bugger off somewhere)
Not being forced to drive 20k to go out for tea, spend $100 and then drive back.
Drinking beer
Setting fire to something
Drinking beer

IMO, and especially at my age, the best gift would be to hear that I'm NOT a father...yet

Or you could tell me your pregnant and just buy me a wort chiller...

dibby33 said:

My mates and I discussed this on Mothers Day. Woman want to go out for tea. Men just want to stay at home / shed and do "stuff".

Stuff includes but is not exclusive to :
Drinking beer
Watching TV
Chopping down trees
Fishing
Pottering in shed
Drinking beer
Being left alone in the house (i.e. all women and children must bugger off somewhere)
Not being forced to drive 20k to go out for tea, spend $100 and then drive back.
Drinking beer
Setting fire to something
Drinking beer

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Dibby, I just got to tell you that I'd rather do the stuff on your list than then "go out for tea". All of those things are a blast, but you have to add the computer to the list, then life would be perfect.

Yooper....where have you been ALL of my life????

BierMuncher said:

2 Ventmatic faucets with tap handles and elbow shanks. "Here ya go Dear...just click here...and order."

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That's a great price - and free delivery too!

I am getting just what I want for daddy day. A weekend on the the lake in my boat hangen with SWMBO and the offspring and camping with my dad and step monster, Drinken loads of homebrew at the lake with family what else is there??? I mean besides PORN j/j
Cheers
JJ

rdwj said:

That's a great price - and free delivery too!

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"See honey...it's a bargain...just you and your shoes...I mean, look how much money I'm saving..."

I'm asking for her to wake me up that morning with morning head and a tequila sunrise

Chimone said:

I'm asking for her to wake me up that morning with morning head and a tequila sunrise

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yeah, but what she'll hear is you want it up beside the head with a bottle of tequilla...

Twelve Gallon Brew pot,
Eleven pounds of Pale malt,
Ten oz. of Hops,
Nine gallons of Wort,
Eight Draught Faucets,
Seven Cleaned Corny's,
Six Recirc. pumps,
Five Stainless Ball Valves,
Four Glycol Coolers,
Three Wort Chillers,
Two hundred thousand btu's,
And a Conical Fermenter in the Garage!

These hallmark holidays need to be banned.

Evan! said:

These hallmark holidays need to be banned.

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Not a dad I'm guessing

rdwj said:

Not a dad I'm guessing

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Right-o. But even when I am, I don't want the recognition of my fatherhood to be at Hallmark's behest.

This is one holiday I hope to never be celebrating, other than sending a token card to my own dad. (The thought of having rugrats almost makes me ill.)

the_bird said:

... She woke up, said, "I want a cigar, we haven't smoked cigars in two years" and that was it.

So, I'm not pushing my luck

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Sounds like code for nookie when your daughter is nearby.
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My wish list which is always handy:

Wort Pump
Another dual regulator for the chest freezer
3 car garage addition.
Crankenstein or similar mill
Another keggle
Site glass
Diamond board

Evan! said:

Right-o. But even when I am, I don't want the recognition of my fatherhood to be at Hallmark's behest.

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I bet you change your mind the first time you get a hand-drawn card from one of your kids.

I put a list in with my SWMBO for any of the following:
a refractometer
a larger hopper for my grain mill
a automatic pump shut off float for the mlt (the only drawback of flysparging)
some cool beer glasses

Don't know if I'll see any of them, but after I busted my a$$ on mothers day weekend I had better get something decent...

father's day, christmas, valentine's day, easter, mother's day, whatever

all hallmarked teh F out...don't really mean anything.

<----- also not a dad

I too was once the guy that hated rugrats and swore to never have kids, but just you all wait and see, the first time for this, and the first time for that, it will all change your mind. I am just taking a stab in the dark, but I am guessing that you all don't have friends with kids either. All I am saying is that kids are great, I used to not think so and now I wouldn't change a thing about my life, wife, or son!

Oh Yeah, I want a grain mill, refractometer and forward sealing faucets

Cheers

Yup.

Never really WANTED to be a dad, but it's absolutely world-changing. I love being with my daughter. I love taking her to the grocery store, or shopping for hardware, or to the beer store (the "grain store," since she *loves* munching on crystal malt).

When I get home, we grab books, we read stories, I sing her the alphabet song, we color, we practice reading words, we play in the backyard... it's just become such a core part of how I view my place in the world, I can't imagine it being any different.

With that said, do I really care that there's a special day designated for Father's Day? Not really - 'cause when she exclaims "DADDY'S HERE!" when I walk in the door, and I see the love for me that she has in her eyes... that's what I need.

I told my wife this once, and it's true. Every night when I put Cassie to bed, and I watched her eyes close, it felt like the first time I fell in love, every night.

Will I be happy if my wife buys me something nice for Father's Day? Sure, as long as it's not cutting too much into the finances. Will I appreciate her cooking me breakfast or getting into my pants that night? Of course!

Do I need anything special on that day? Nah, I'm pretty happy with how most days as a father go, and I know that both my wife and daughter appreciate me.

That age rocks Bird. My daughter is currently of the age where anything we say we get as if we're morons. Could be true but still, a little respect please :cross:.

Ol' Grog said:

Yooper....where have you been ALL of my life????

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...she was looking for me!



P.S. Yooper, if you are ever in Tas you can come and fire up my chainsaw

Nice summary Bird. I've got a 3 yr old boy who I completely adore. Best part of my day is when I pick him up from daycare and he comes running across the room screaming ABBAA (He's part Israeli so Abba means daddy). Funny how life changes when the munchkins enter.

desertBrew said:

That age rocks Bird. My daughter is currently of the age where anything we say we get as if we're morons. Could be true but still, a little respect please :cross:.

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Circle of life baby.

I have four daughters. One just turned 13...and I'm the biggest dufus that ever lived according to her. (Of course, 2 years ago I was still her hero).

I have three older daughters, all over 21 and just out (or getting out) of college..and all of a sudden, I'm a genious in their eyes. All that mumbo-jumbo I preached to them all those teenage years is really true.

So here's they way I see the father/daughter timeline:

1-6: You're a super hero with unlimited powers and you're 14 feet tall.

7-12: You're her bestest friend in the whole wide world and you're attached at the hip (hardware stores, grocery stores, movie nights in the basement...)

12-18: "I don't mind cuddling up with you and watching our favorite show on Monday night, but do NOT under any circustances let my friends know that you exist...and do not even think about answering that house phone...after all we both know it's for me..."

19-22: Presumed college years - "I need more money...if you love me, you won't let me starve..."

23 - Eternity: "Dad...you were right."

Hey I'm over 30 and my dad is still my hero.
Thanks guys for giving me ideas on what to do for my better half for fathers day! Keep the good ideas coming!

My mother always says "it's different when they're yours" too, but my take on it is "yeah, you can't give them back". I'm pretty firm in not wanting kids, as is my fiancee who finds the whole concept of pregnancy incredibly disturbing (her way of describing it is "I refuse to let my body be used as an incubator"). No offense to any happy parents, but it just isn't for me.

BierMuncher said:

1-6: You're a super hero with unlimited powers and you're 14 feet tall.

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Cassie has some foam letters for the bathtub. I stuck the "S" on my chest last night and tried to teach her that I was Superman. Didn't work

If it plays out according to your summary, I can live with that

BierMuncher said:

Circle of life baby.

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Oh yea. Daughter just turned 19. She's been back 4 days from college and decided to pull attitude on mothers day . Son is 22 and I actually have a clue with him again. Military fixed him up pretty quick though .

Our family despises the hallmark holidays. That doesn't mean we don't celebrate it, it means we don't take it as compulsory gift/card buying/happy blahblahblah. Card making is perfectly acceptable. For Mother's day my Mom and stepdad came down and we took her to the Japanese Garden/Rose Garden in Portland, and we had steaks for dinner. My kids made cards and cartoons for the wife, and my mom's visit was part of her gift too (mom and SWMBO are joined at the hip).

For Father's Day, I'll be happy getting a tour of one of the many breweries around here, then steak and practicing starting a new kid later. (only practicing though, no more hellions for us!)