A month or two ago, I talked about getting my neighbor on Hive ( or me creating an account and wallet for him ) and finding ways of using Hive - instead of fiat money (Euros) - to pay for things around here.
Now my neighbor is quite the handyman, he used to be a bike mechanic and successful bicycle salesman, before he moved from Holland to Portugal.
I am the polar opposite, more like an unhandy man, left handed 'with two left hands' ( as the Dutch expression goes ). Let's say that I tend to use my hands for typing, writing and all kinds of creative things. My hands look more like those of a hand model than those of a worker.
Yesterday, I finally got my neighbor to come over to my place, to take care of some things in and around my house that were long due.
As his parents are visiting, these days, and his old man is quite the handyman too, the two of them teamed up. My neighbor's 7 year old twins and one of their dogs, an intensely blue eyed creature named 'Lucky' ( sorry, no picture ), decided to join in on the male bonding hour activity too.
While these too handy men were busy fixing things that my two left hands preferred to delegate, I showed one of their 7 year old (grand)sons my handy work, namely the many lino prints that I have made over the last two months.
Meanwhile, I explained to him about the lino carving and printing process and let him have a little go at it.
For more info on ( the story behind ) this lino illustration, go to this post from a week ago:Dino Diary-From Defeat to Fig Tree
Suffice to say that you don't need to be a 'handyman' in order to be a 'handy' man - my hands are handy in other things ;^)
When father and son had finished McGyvering fixing the lock of the main door to the house, they continued with reinforcing the way the metal porch door was attached to the wall around my terrace.
While doing so, my neighbor's two sons looked on with full focus. They seem to follow in the footsteps of their dad and granddad ( interested in everything mechanic ), eventhough, being kids,they naturally spend most of their days playing. Preferably hanging out in their 5 hectare garden or - when the weather allows it - swimming in the river bordering their land ( What a life! ).
Halfway through this job, the rain came pouring down and - being the gentleman that I am - I stood there, like a man servant, holding an umbrella over my neighbor's head.
No picture of that,use your imagination ;^)
The work was done pretty quickly and I was happy with the result and then enjoyed my evening, feeling a lot better about the now clearly improved place.
It also felt extra important, as not only are my brother and his girlfriend coming over tomorrow, on a holiday, also the owners of the house plan to come over soon, probably to prepare the place for the market
( and I won't be the one buying it, it's way above my budget. And even if I could, I wouldn't want to sell my crypto at this point of the bear market ).
Now my neighbor is a kind and generous guy ( and so is his father ), so when I asked him what I owed him, he told me that the material cost only about 5 Euros and he wouldn't need much for it. In fact, he enjoyed helping out and it was okay if I didn't pay him at all.
Now I prefer to pay people more than just compliments, so I decided that I will send him 50 Hive and 25 HBD. I plan to send the HBD directly to his HBD savings wallet, so he can immediately start earning 20% interest.
Now hoping for Hive to go up again, in the near future ( something I sure expect to happen ).
And let's see if I can convince him to also invest in crypto and preferably also in Hive, sooner rather than later. The time seems right.
Here's to wishing that this is only the beginning of many transactions to my neighbor's wallet, as well as yet another step taken in the direction towards more decentralized payments, between me and people in my real life community, here in the Portugese campo/ countryside :^)
Do you have similar Hive / life stories to share? If so, I would love to read about them in my comment section or on your blog :^)
Um abraco,
Vincent aka Hypersensitivosaurus
