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Originally Posted by
phoenixrecon 
if anything your dad needs some cash.... ask him if his financial are ok.
You know, it never really crossed my mind that your dad was trying to give you a good gift, but the funds just did not line up in time, etc...In that case it is a genuinely
sad (for lack of a better word right now) situation, and I empathize. So, this route may be the best.
I was operating under the assumption that Dad used old check book or something more in line of a comical gaff than trying to give a gift, ie, being generous beyond his means.