I assume you've tried to explain that you enjoy practical things? How 20 years from now you will pull out the old battered screwdriver they gave you (assuming i

I assume you've tried to explain that you enjoy practical things? How 20 years from now you will pull out the old battered screwdriver they gave you (assuming it was a good screwdriver), put together some furniture, and think of them? One of the best gifts I ever got was a Craftsman hand tool set from my father. (Caveat, of course, is I was a raging petrol-head and kept swiping his tools, so he knew I would use it)