In Germany we tend to say “Eine Hand wäscht die andere” which means “One hand washes the other”, if people help each other. If I can help a friend or family member, then I do it and I usually don´t demand anything in return. But it´s sometimes great if you get something offered in return as appreciation for your help.

I helped my uncle out several times and last week he told me by phone that he has still one of these all-in-one or combo printers that he don´t need anymore because he got another one. He asked me if I would need the printer and I said “Yea, it´s as if you would have noticed that I don´t have one at the moment”. I really had some paperwork over the last months and I didn´t have a printer anymore. His offer came right on cue I would say.

Now I have a combo printer with scanner, fax and so on. I got his second combo printer for free. That´s what I mean about “One hand washes the other”. His gift is a great one and I really needed a printer but didn´t want to buy one as I save money for something else at the moment. That´s why his gift is truly a good one!

I am too lazy and too tired to install the printer today but I will do tomorrow as I want to test the scanner because I a hundreds of old photos that I could digitalise. Maybe there are even some that I could show on my blog, I will see.