About the Author
This blog was created by me, David Barclay. My contact details are:
email: barclay.da@live.co.uk
I currently live in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear and I love the North East, I was born on the other side of the Tyne in Newcastle, grew up and was educated in Scotland, not far from St Andrews, since the age of 17 I’ve travelled a lot, spent time in the Royal Navy where I was taught how to combat fear and run towards gun fire, swing across rivers and crawl upside down across torrents without losing my weapon. All the things you need to survive the rat race these days.
I am writing this blog to get down my feelings, it’s not a daily thing for me it’s merely a record of interest and remembrance and I only write it when I’ve got something to say, positive or negative it doesn’t have any political statement to make or any case to promote. It is all my own work and any similarity to any persons living or dead is unintentional. Please stop off and visit my sponsors, thank you for listening.
Oops, just re-read this and it has, on occasion, been political, controversial and occasionally it does promote causes which are close to my heart. For this I make no apology and will not apologise in the future, oh all right then, I’m sorry! Satisfied with turning me into a poor mans Nick Clegg.
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Try visit my blog. Maybe you will like it. Don’t forget to follow. haha 🙂
Thank you, I have indeed followed you and will visit your blog now 😉
I see you work for HP, and I’m a fan of HP products. My computer, all-in-one machine, and monitors are all HP. I traded off a [rhymes with “Hell”] monitor for the HP, and never looked back.
That said, I look forward to following your blog, regardless of where you work!
Thank you for the kind words I also like HP products and not just because I work for them.
Thanks for showing interest in what I put out too. I sincerely hope you continue to find my works entertaining & pleasurable. Be safe.
You sound like an interesting guy. Going to follow you.
Nice
Intro.
Interesting
Nice to meet you. 🙂
Likewise Robert
Hi
Thank you so much for the like and the follow, its is most appreciated, hopefully, I can continue doing interesting pieces
Just keep doing what you do, as a fellow Brit who currently has a job but not sure for how much longer, it helps to know that the current government are changing things to make the poorer worse off. Invisible illness? There’s nothing wrong so get off your arses and find employment. They don’t really care if we “Go Postal” as long as we only take out people like ourselves. Poor people who have to work for everything.
The one thing I had to do when on benefits last, was decide whether I would put the heating on or eat and stay cold. Now people are having to decide whether to pay rent or eat, the streets are always tough but there’s ways to keep warm even on the harshest night in winter. Yes I’ve been there, done that.
I find the whole welfare bill change stupid, it really is punishing the most vulnerable in society and I am very scared of what that now means for my son
That’s my point, Conservative governments, since 1979 when Thatcher swept in, have made the rich more well off while the poorest in our society struggle to get by. I was out of work for over 5 years and then someone was prepared to take a chance on me. I’m better off now than 13 months ago but I keep being given 6 month extensions which means I can never relax. Having a mental illness means people never see how bad you feel, if you’re like me you try to disguise your feelings by cracking jokes, laughing loudly at others so no one knew that I really wanted to crawl off and shoot myself in the head. I’ve often pictured the bullet leaving the gun and mashing my brain on its way through before blowing out the other side and leaving a mess of grey, red and white over a huge area. Sorry if that’s too graphic for you, this government still tells me I should pick myself up because there’s nothing wrong.
Hello Dave, I invited you for a 3 day quote challenge. You can check this link http://acookingpotandtwistedtales.com/2015/11/10/where-is-your-corn-roasting/
Interesting “about” – the military bit isn’t my cup of tea though I realise the training probably builds up strong positive character traits. I’ll be trawling through other posts ….
Thank you for stopping by. Hope you enjoy visiting my humble blog.
I am enjoying 🙂
🙂 thank you.
hey, my next post is about people residing in different parts of the world and their honeymoon destinations… would u like to get featured in my blog?
If I can find the time, of course. My honeymoon’s have all been domestic destinations (I’m on wife #4) but yes I can say what it’s like living in the United Kingdom. Thank you for the opportunity.
hahahahaha… you can send me a short writeup along with a few pictures of your most favourite honeymoon in that case..
Will do, is there a deadline?
no.. but i would appreciate if you could send in 2-3 days. it has to be really short, wont take much time..
HAHAHAHA!!! After reading a comment you recently left on Lucky Otter’s blog, I was curious about you and so I came here and read your “About The Author.” When I got to the part in your last comment about being on wife #4, I laughed aloud.
Yes, PTSD issues are very hard on marriages. My husband and I both have severe PTSD. I am his 5th wife… and he is my 5th husband.
Yesterday we had lunch with one of my husband’s old military friends and his current wife. She’s his seventh.
Hi
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award, its purely volunterly and if you do want to do it then you can find all the details here: https://itsgoodtobecrazysometimes.wordpress.com/2015/12/26/versatile-blogger-award-2/
Thank you for the nomination, unfortunately I can’t accept it as I’m not worthy of it. My blog is random and posts rare, I repost more than I post. I’m sure someone else deserves it much more than I do.
Nice to meet you Dave!
Feeling is mutual MJ
It is Inese 🙂
Hey Dave, great to meet you, interesting bio. Thanks for following my blog, look forward to exploring yours even further. Cheers from Australia.
I’m glad I met you, greetings from the “old world” of England xoxo
I’m glad I met you too Dave. Cheers till next time.
Hi Dave, thanks for the follow, please call by anytime…
Thank you for the follow back as well
Hello, Dave, glad to meet you. Your feelings must be rich with your valuable experiences. I’m very much interested in learning things from your post. Your reposts are the reflections of your thoughts. So, it also helps people to touch your thoughts and feelings too. Have a great day ahead. Thanks.
Thank you for your kindness, love and peace follow where you travel xo
Mention not. It’s my pleasure.
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Hi Dave, popped over to thank you for following my blog. Wow! I see you have been blogging for a long time. I will have to come back to check out your content. No doubt I can learn a lot from you. 😃
Ladycee, you’re welcome to browse, read and enjoy. I blog only when I have something to say, reblog posts which touch me, make me think or make me laugh. I’m writing a brief history of my 62 years in this body at the moment and will continue to share here once each chapter is complete (at least as far as I remember it) let’s share love as I have had more than enough hate, pain and misery to last 5 lifetimes xoxo
Thanks for the follow, Dave. I’m sure that you are not really a Clegg! (At least, I hope not…) I have been to both Gateshead, and St Andrews, and they have their respective merits. Good luck to you with your blog, and your writing.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thank you for your visit, Pete, maybe you’re right and I’m not a Clegg (what’s a Clegg anyway?). I’ve always been a geek before it was fashionable anywho. Enjoy your week and have fun. Dave
Dear Dave, I recently discovered that you are a convert to my blog and I just had to write and ask—did I bribe you with more than a twenty? Seriously, though, I’m delighted to have you as a follower, but pray I don’t run off and try to lose you. Other followers have claimed I’ve forgotten to leave breadcrumbs. I’ve tried to tell them that I didn’t forget at all, that it was deliberate. But they just laughed. So I’ve gone back to them, feeling one can’t afford to lose such devoted followers—especially those who pretend to love what I write. Welcome to the madness my friend. ‘o)
Love that, but you’re totally worth following from what I’ve read. Anywho, leave the breadcrumbs and I will follow where you lead xo
I’ll do that, and thank you, Dave. Now where did I leave my Garlic bread?
Not garlic please, only thing I can’t stand near me 😀 xo
Well, back to the French Bread. 😀
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Thanks for the follow Dave. I hope you don’t hold it against me that I was an Army man, not Navy. I may qualify as an associate RN as I did go to sea in Charybdis for a few days (even did a transfer by jackstay!) and also joined the subbies for a brief down under off Gibraltar. Look forward to reading more of your work. Peter.
Peter, you served regardless of the service. Much respect from one old sea dog to a squaddie 😀
To My Blogger Connections:
As you probably know, obtaining Internet onboard a cruise ship can be quite expensive. Therefore, I do not anticipate connecting online for email…from April 17-May 8. I will be back to blog about about this cruise experience sometime during the 2nd week of May. With regards, usfman.
Enjoy your cruise, keep a diary and use that to blog when you’re back on terra firma.
Appreciate that you stopped by my blog, Out Of My Mind Images, thought I’d come by and see what you were up to 🙂
Appreciate that you stopped by my blog, Out Of My Mind Images, thought I’d come by and see what you were up to 🙂 Forgot to mention that some of my English ancestors came from Newcastle on Tyne. Several years ago a distant cousin, who still lives in the area, and I managed to find each other.
Oh wow, I’ve got family all over as well, from Canada to Australia and New Zealand! Welcome to my humble blog, hope you come back and visit again, you’re truly welcome Magnoliamoonpie
Thank you for dropping by, hope you like some of what I do here xoxo
Hello! Thank you for the interest in my blog! I look forward to following yours!
You’re welcome to follow me, my dear friendly neighbourhood kindred spirit. I enjoy reading new blogs and meeting others I can relate to.
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Hi Dave. Glad to have you aboard pensitivity101. Hope you enjoy browsing around my blog and passing the odd comment here and there. I love to hear from my readers. 🙂
Me too, so far I like what I’ve seen and am looking forward to more tales from you.
How kind. Thank you. 🙂
Thank you for following! I have already found inspiration here at your blog and will be visiting more pages soon.
Thank you Marcus.
You have such an inspirational blog!
Thank you so much.
What a great blog. I look forward to following!
You’re welcome to follow.
Pleased to meet you
am much enjoying your site 🙂
Thank you very much for visiting, I try to entertain, although at times I do rant. Still those times represent the way I was feeling at the time. I hope you continue to visit and enjoy what you see.
I prefer honest blogs – which makes yours all the better for it 🙂
Thank you {blushes profusely} you’re so very kind AL have a great week won’t you xoxo