Idea For A Present

[mallyh]

my mum is 88 and loves doing magazine competitions so for christmas i buy her envelopes , postcards, correction fluid , pile of birthday cards, pens and books of 1st class stamps , plus a few treats sweets or perfume my sister says it's her favourite pressy .

[Sqad]

For goodness sake......get mum an exercise bike to tone up her cardiovascular system.......sitting about doing magazine competitions....it is not health for her.

[nelliebee]

This is a lovely idea for all those people who say "don't buy me anything this year there is nothing I need " Well done !

[murraymints]

I'm sending la perla catalogue to sqad so he can pick his own pressie ! Lol

[ummmm]

Sqad - how do you know from the OP that her mum doesn't have an exercise bike?

[Tilly2]

That's a lovey pile of presents, mallyh. I might use that idea. Thank you.

[Sqad]

murray....I have got ALL the La Perla gear.....have now graduated to:

http://www.fantasie.com/

ummmm......how can you do Xwords whilst riding an exercise bike?

[murraymints]

Sqad..bet you look a treat in a black lace basque? ...Frank 'n' furter got nowt on you ! Lol

[ummmm]

How many hours a day is an 88 year old expected to exercise? If they can't stop to do some puzzles are they allowed to stop for food? What about the internet, can they surf the web? :-)

[gness]

You can do xwords while using an exercise bike if you sit upright and work on a clipboard......perhaps Mallyh's mum does that....a Christmassy clipboard would be nice to add to the pressies, Mallyh...x

[murraymints]

G ...how are you ? Xx.....excuse aside...

[gness]

Recovering slowly,Minty...just too slowly...I hate being not fit for purpose.
thank you.........x

[mallyh]

thanks for your comments .Sqad mum walks to the shops everyday including 2 hills and she bakes and decorates cakes for everyone with a birthday including neighbours as well as relatives ,then in the evening she likes to do her competitions .considering she has limited vision i think she does well .

[pixie373]

A magnifying glass might be useful too,then?
sqad,you know keeping your mind active is just as important:-)

[Mamyalynne]

Mally you have got it just right - a gift is perfect when it is in tune with the person's interests, your Mum sounds great.

Interested to know how many hours a day Sqad pts in on his exercise bike - don't those high cut briefs chafe ?

[pixie373]

mamya, he wears a corset to keep it all in...

[Mamyalynne]

Painful.

[mallyh]

pixie gave her a magnifying glass last year x and mamyalynne she is great x

[slinky.kate]

what about a spellchecker/dictionary.crossword solver

[mallyh]

slinky- kate thankyou but she has one already plus loads of reference books x