Good to meet you all here at WA.

Real name David Buckley but everyone calls me Bux or Buckers.
My over-riding passion is France. Absolutely love the country and before this Covid plague I passed many weeks each year visiting friends, adventuring or just sitting taking coffee in the square. If I ever disappear, you will find me sat on the benches on the sea front, opposite Queenies restaurant in Nice. Join me for a beer.

My expertise is electrical engineering, I’m an Incorporated Engineer, and this career has taken me around the world several times. With 40 years experience in the electro-mechanical world my contracts have included working on a whole range of equipment from every area of industry - from testing brake pads for London buses to engine parts for military aircraft. From testing machines for the Royal Navy to installing research equipment for rocket research in India (does that make me a Rocket Scientist – ha-ha).

A lot of time was spent in Africa and India working on some very interesting contracts. My time with a Japanese company saw me in Indonesia and Singapore, as well as HQ in Japan. I never learnt Kanji, I used to have a notebook with all the train station name boards in Japanese and English and just compared pictures at each station. It worked, most of the time.

I love having a go at things and certainly we all like to win – but if you don’t fall down occasionally how will you know when you are doing things right.
One of my favourite sayings – Stand back up and face the action!

I just love teaching others now and this has been my main source of income over the last 15 years or so. I think it is very important that we pass on knowledge to the younger generations and it gives me a definite buzz to see these young kids some 10 or 20 years later, as adults, making their own successful way in life, some with their own businesses and to think that perhaps, just perhaps, I helped in some small way to get them started.

And what of WA? My interest is YouTube, and I make training videos for electricians. Currently there are well over a hundred videos on the channel, plus many additional posts, all about electrics. I have the website hosted with WA, and they really are very helpful. The name of the website is LearnElectrics.com and really, it speaks for itself. I use the website to drive traffic to my YouTube channel which is also called, not surprisingly, LearnElectrics. If you get the chance, go and have a look at the website and the YouTube channel, well worth it, even for non-electricians.

And what about my car – you’ve guessed it. Bright red, the sports model of course, with personalised number plates - BUX

I wish you all well, make your plans, stay focused on your goals and give things time – it does work.

Still charging after all these years

Take care
Bux