@moonman Your dad may be reaching that age where he’ll start calling just to call. I was never a user of telephones, but one son started calling every day and I eventually realized how much I value it, so I started calling the other two every week. (One never answered, so we just had our second call in 2-3 years yesterday.)

Note: I have not asked them for a dime and with rare exceptions, they have not asked me either.