The "Old Horse " posts are a small initiative to show moral support for those folks living in Venezuela. All the up votes I get on "Old Horse from Venezuela" posts will be donated to someone from Venezuela who had no advance knowledge of being the target of a little "pick me up" expressed in SBD. I hope some will copy this idea and support their own "someone from Venezuela"; use the videos if you want, just write your own reason for doing it and you have a unique post.
This idea really flowed out of an unrelated conversation I had here on Steemit with @sukhasanasister and later realized I could use some of the examples I used, as a series to demonstrate the far reach of what seems like a simple song (but isn't), and start an initiative to generate some attention for Venezuela.
Caballo Viejo was written By Venezuelan Composer/Singer Simón Diaz and released around 1980. It soon inspired other musicians around the world to create their own version of the song, and some went as far as creating variations that became something different while still keeping elements of the original allowing the listener to trace it back to the original.
With the previous post I went out of sequence a bit. The Gypsy Kings came out with their version called Bamboleo before Julio Iglesias did his version, but, the version by Julio Iglesias is a bit of a hybrid between Caballo Viejo and Bamboleo and can be used to demonstrate how closely related the 2 songs really are.
This time I feature Bamboleo from the Gypsy Kings as a continuation of the previous "Old Horse" post. Enjoy!
I'd also like to thank all those that have contributed their time and up votes so far:
@hendrikdegrote @warofcraft @liberosist @curie @pharesim @lovejoy @meerkat @anwenbaumeister @illuminati-inc @edje @kushed @qsounds @sukhasanasister @benleemusic @michelios @locikll @uhaynes
@barbaarseevelien @aboutyourbiz @teamhumble @justdentist @dashfit @markangeltrueman @gabox @coloringiship @spectrums @chimtivers96 @xanderslee @oscarcc89 @esaia.mystic @vadimlasca @positiveninja
@fidelpoet @pacokam8 @makrotheblack @infinitelearning @phogyan @bennettitalia @will12 @birgitt @musicayfarandula
I hope I did not miss anyone. Greetings!
Hi@onnovocks, I want you to be well, I want to thank you for the gift you sent me and the team with whom your work is extraordinary beings I hope to see you in a photograph. Greetings
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FB: https://www.facebook.com/286725461732609/photos/a.323488248056330.1073741829.286725461732609/323489161389572/?type=3&theater
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Hi@onnovocks how are you dressed in the photo to know what are you?
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Por la izquierda con Camera. Somos unas idiotas que hacen peliculas. Titulo: Genadeloos ~ sin piedad.
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Glad too meet you, fine a hug
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Un placer conocerte. Abrazo!
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This version most assuredly gets the old blood flowing.
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Blood flow is good right? Ok, as long as it stays confined to flowing through our veins anyway. Haven't chatted with you for a few; how ya been?
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Yes, blood flowing neatly but with gitano flair within its allotted boundaries. Specifially arterial flow in mind. Let's not mention varicose veins...
I like the contrast we've been forming this week: you on the money and the music me on the holy still waters. Team work when it comes to saving souls? Nah... run out of ideas why on earth one would want to be here. Desperate for AFK time, ridiculous experiment I've set myself.
But clearly, you have been having visions of sailing on a golden pond, lately! Laminated with bits and steem mists rising for romantic effect? Talking of blood, of red currents: prospects of swimming in the China Sea of it yet?
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Is the deadline for your experiment still set for May? What is stopping you from calling a halt to the experiment?
No illusions of golden ponds, just experiments of moving around quickly and learning how to tack and jibe in these Whale-shark infested waters. I actually like the picture you've been painting, but uncle Scrooge doesn't like competition.
Like sailing? I do.
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It wouldn't be a note-worthy experiment if you could make up the rules as you go along.
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I think that the era of inter net giants is changing, leaving room for other platforms like the one we are on to take over or at least fill part of the gap. This will not happen overnight and the rules are being changed as we sp.. write.
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What gap might that be?
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Hotmail, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc etc etc... Many will go the way of Ma Bell, AOL, Kodak, Blackberry, etc. etc. etc... Will they be replaced by Steemit? I don't know, maybe not, but something like it. Like you, I won't be sticking around if things do not improve. In the mean time I will learn all I can.
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Hello@onnovocks, thank you for your initiative in this humanitarian project for our inhabitants in Venezuela, blessings a hug
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Great initiative. I will like to understand how you go about it. My upvote is so small for a course of goodwill...
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Great question and thank you! I'm not sure what exactly you want to know, but here goes. SBD/Steem allows us to transfer directly to other Steemians so it is a convenient way to send something to depressed areas. After a few days when the payout on the "Old Horse" post is at it's highest I make the transfer to someone I picked in Venezuela who can then convert it to whatever currency is useful locally. Sometimes when the pay out is low, I transfer face value in SBD (which is more than actual pay out), and when the pay out is higher I see where it's at when it's about 3 days old (still more than actual pay out).
As to how you would pick someone to send SBD to: You pick one you like. It's not possible to research an individual in depth, so I picked someone who seemed to mind their own business and I have to trust them to use the SBD to best effect as they see fit. With the average Venezuelan making about $7/month it's not hard to figure out that most of them are hungry. We can't reach the poorest folks anyway, as they would not have a computer to begin with, and trust that those that do have one, will help out the folks around them.
This is basically all we can do as individuals with limited resources ourselves. I have no illusions about ending hunger in Venezuela, or anywhere else for that matter. You can see in my wallet that I made 2 transfers to magdasierra for the 3 previous Old Horse posts before I received the actual pay out. The payout on the first 2 were so low, I combined them as 1 transfer at face value.
I hope this answers your question.
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Yeah thanks
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Cual es tu nombre de usuario amigo@onnovocks de Discord para contactar contigo en el chat?
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Casi no uso Discord porque no tengo una cámara o micrófono conectado por mi computadora. Tampoco hablo español a la perfección; Me falta la gramática y la práctica. onno #5732. Saludos!
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Yo, no tengo ni camara ni microfono y mi computadora eso no impide ir al chat amigo, te envió un correo saludos
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Sí, pero el sonido de notificación también me vuelve loco, no puedo pagarlo en ninguna manera. Por ese motivo, solo lo enciendo cuando lo necesito. La diferencia horaria con Europa es de 6 horas. Las 6 de la mañana en Venezuela son las 12 pa nosotros.
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