I discourage people from giving me gifts. You may or may not be surprised to read that this behavior is almost 100% effective. Father’s Day is one of the occasions where I know that I will not receive any tangible expressions of appreciation for all the French toast and strawberries that I feed my kids and all the dangerous creatures that I remove from under the beds.
For those of you who are into gift giving (and receiving), a safety razor like the one sold by RetroRazor would make a great gift for Dad. Sharp things in general have a certain appeal as gifts.
Solar cooking is getting trendy enough that there are convenient case suitcase shaped ones for sale at various online boutiques. It looks like some are made at least partly from plastic. Taking a design from SolarCooking.org to a local sheet metal fabricator for construction is a better idea. The language barrier is holding me back from doing that for myself. If my cardboard and tinfoil version doesn’t hold up, I think my second cooker will be sourced in this way. My waste baskets appear to be locally made from metal scraps from a local cannery.
A home cooked meal made from local food is another great gift for Dad. The thing that bothers me about gifts in general is that they are far too often things that the recipient doesn’t really want or need. Good food is an infinitely better gift than an ugly tie.
If you have a father like me who is adamant about not wanting anything, give that a try. If he wasn’t serious, there is always next year.
Your article is really a breath of fresh air when compared to the usual rubbish I read on solar energy. So many scams on the market. Thank you for helping me out.