Steemit Gives!
Today I received a parcel in the mail. I was excited, it had a postmark that showed it came from darkest mainland Europe. It obviously wasn't going to be a leaflet offering me a free alarm clock with a life insurance policy, which was a refreshing change.
Oooo, it was addressed to Uncle Baby Boom, a nod to Uncle Boom. I knew then it had to be a gift from a Steemian and considering someone had asked my address recently I had a fair idea who!
I tore open the plastic outer.
The excitement was mounting, what could it be? I had genuinely no idea.
Here we go...
Hot flaming potatoes flying through the skies!! How truly awesome is this? It was a baby vest thing which has the awesome I Love Bitcoin emblazoned on it!! I love it, I can't wait to get the little boom into it!!
A big thank you to the ever splendid @razvanelulmarin! I first got chatting to Raz before even the first steemfest, which we both attended. He is truly an outstanding Steemian. His posts vary wildly from musings on life to the best in crypto trading chat. Always presented with a wicked gleam in his eye!
In fact he wrote a post here in which he talks about spreading the magic by giving. Totally check it out!
This for me highlights one of the most fantastic things about Steemit which seems to be all to easily forgotten by the comment and content spammers who see the platform as a mule to be milked in whatever get-rich-quick way possible.
Steemit is a platform for making connections. For reaching others. Yes, there is the possibility of a monetary reward but if you focus just on that then your endeavours will probably not get you anywhere.
I often get asked in chat, how can I improve my standing on Steemit? - (Well, not so often more because I tend to take the piss out of random spamfarmers.)
But I always say this.
Connect with your peers. Vote on posts, comment on posts. More importantly... Read the posts! Make your comments count. Don't blurb the likes of
Nice post
Following you now brah
Etc, etc!
And remember, nothing happens overnight in life. Take your time, it will be the best investment you will ever make.
So one more time, thank you @razvanelulmarin!! Doesn't he look awesome!! - The little boom that is, Raz doesn't hold a candle to the little man ;0)
Next step, a steemit t-shirt for the little feller!!
Thank you for posting @meesterboom.
Lovely story and what a delight to see the little BOOM. He is darling.
Sweet.......
Wishing you and yours all the best. Cheers.
He is a little darling isn't he!!
All the best to you @bentleycapital! :0)
That's odd, I totally replied to this and the reply is gone. Thank you @bentleycapital. He is a little smasher.
All the best to you and yours!
I have to do this!:-)
ahahaha brilliant!!!
put it on etsy!
Version 2.0?
HAAHA!! Thats amazing dude!! Oh spectacular!! I have to get a tshirt like that now!
heheh... time for some retail therapy. :-)
ahahah I wanted to comment but I saw this @ace108 you're very creative at doing this!hahahah
reminds me of the air bee n bee hahahha I died laughing that time, too!
chicoooo.. your baby is so cute!
ain't that sweet of raz? :D
Haha.. I beat you to you.
Guess may have miss this post payout one too。
Source: https://steemit.com/collaborativeartjourney/@ace108/collaborative-art-with-everlove-honey-i-m-home-everlove-by-ace108
It's always great to see this type of off line connection. Beautiful baby and congratulations again to the new member of Boom clan!
By the way I'm also writing from the darkest nether regions of the European mainland!
Those dark regions. Yeeks! Well always remember...
'ware the moon!!!
These connections as you have already discovered are yet another thing that makes steemit stand out from the rest!
Well said by our resident spinner of yarns!
what good gift dear friend @meesterboom that received the dear bb. Congratulations.
I fully share your words, those of the relationship and commitment to the work of the other, Great dear friend
New mind congratulations spor the original gift.
I wish you a wonderful evening
It was a great gift indeed! Cheers @jllufer
hear hear!
Hahaaha, that's great. Someone needs to create BabeCoin if that hasn't been invented already... surely blockchain tech can distrupt the Childrens Products industry!
Ah, I won't lie Meester, when I saw this in my feed with "Steemit Gives" a photo of a baby and the first words 'Today I received a parcel in the mail', my immediate thought is that you were accepting all of Steem's babies to your Post Office Box. That's very generous of you, I'll forward any spares I have lying around... hahaha. I'm kidding... I'm kidding. Babies should only be sent through priority couriers.
Hahaha! Oh man, I never even thought of that. People will be like , WTFZ!?!!
Lol, priority courier only!
Now you need to get yourself a matching vest to be equally as fashionable.
I'm already wearing it! ;0)
Aw....cute baby.....but where's his beard???
I love that people are connecting like this and that someone was thoughtful to make this for your new bairn.
I also liked your blurb to newbies.....I'm going to copy it and use it, if that's okay.
Oh and one more thing. How do you make those small fonts? I have searched and can't find the answer.
Hehe, you can totally use the blurb!
You use the
It makes it tiny, you can use asterisks to make it italics and bold and all that jazz.
The beard is coming! :op
Thank you kindly sir!! You will see me use this everywhere now. I have so many little tricks up my sleeve. I'm still trying to find a markdown for a dark line. I read that I can use 3*'s or 3_'s or 3 something or others. It only gives a fine faint line.
I look forward to the shaving lessons.
Just a dark line? Hmm tricky. I haven't heard of that one.
I often use something in ab drawing program then crop it till it's small in height but wide enough for the page. Works a treat!
I look forward to shaving you! Oh you mean the beard!! ;0)
I already shave my beard, thanks for the offer :)
You know how the Scots have hairy faces, male or female. It's all the same. Which reminds me, I need razors.
I'll do the cut and paste thing as well but I really wanted one of those cool marks that looks like a watermark. I'll keep searching. If I find a code I shall pass it on to ya.
That would be lovely, thank ya!
What an adorable little baby Boom!! Also, Boom, he's a spitting image of you (sans beard obvi). A veritable Mini-Me. "Hey Fahza, when's yer Bitcoin gonna go to One Million dollars?!?"
Haha, we can but hope for that!!!
I think he looks like me too. He is a total sweetie :0)
now we need a photoshop of babyBoom and a bearD!!
It is trully awesome to see all the interactions growing with people on Steemit. I really think this is unique for social media. At least I haven;t experienced anything like this before. It's all about receiving by giving!
I want a Steemit shirt myself! I think that would raise even more questions from people around me. Questions That I happily will try to answer!
I really want one, I was major gutted to have missed getting one at steemfest!
You are right though, I have never experience anything like this anywhere else. The most you could have hoped for by giving your address out would be getting attacked by strangers!!
Heh that’s truly awesome and a clear sign of the truly ace community members that get blotted out by all the spam and infighting and wars and whatnot. Always love these stories that aim to focus on the positive instead of the negative.
I couldn’t help but laugh btw because I saw the Postimage of your newborn on my feed, then went in and the first things I read was
My brain instantly linked the babe to the parcel and I was like Huh?!
Hehe, someone else said that and I was like feck, of course thats exactly what it looks like.
What a story that would have been. I received a baby in the mail today... LOL!
Cheers man. I totally think that there is so much of the positive here that some people get too caught up in the negative! Full Positive steem ahead! :OD