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Latest update is the 7th December 2009.
If anyone wishes to copy anything that they find here, there are more than welcome. There is no copyright, or anything like that, so if you want to print off a particular joke, go ahead and be my guest.
This site is constantly being amended and emended (if you know the difference)
This is Colin D Campbell's personal website and it's main purpose is to entertain myself. I may also be able to help a few fellow human beings from falling into some of the errors I have made in the past. I also am an ardent DIY-er and record some of the things I have found
As I seem to get about ten hits a day, I wonder whether one of those looking at this site happens to live in India. I was there from 1945 to 1948 with the British army. I have never been back and have a lot of questions that I would like answered. If you fit my hopes, give me a call on cdcnottingham@googlemail.com
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On this update I am going to put the overall index at the bottom of this page. So see below
My full name is Colin Douglas Campbell. My father was a Colin Campbell, and as tradition dictates, I too had to be a 'Colin' as I was the eldest son. I got the middle name of "Douglas just to differentiate me from the Old Man. I'm glad that I was not too closely associated with my father as he was a lout. The Good Book says that one should "Honour thy Father and thy Mother", but I don't believe all that I read. My mother was an excellent parent, but you can see why I despise the Old Man if you look at page ABB. Incidentally, my initials concur with the Center for Disease Control. (Yes, I've spelled the word the American way because one should honour the spelling of a proper noun. The Yanks do that when they refer to our Labour Party); I did think about putting those initials at the beginning of this page to attract more hits via a search engine. The initials are (or were) used by the "Core Data Corporation", another Yankee outfit. When I was nipper, I had so much illness that I was dubbed "Seedy C"
What are you interested in?. If it's soccer or the pop scene, you're wasting your time here. I am, what used to be known as, 'a square'. I suppose it's partly because of my age (I've turned 83), and partly my background. I worked as an electrician in the 1950s and then after a spell with London Transport as an electrical fitter working on trolleybus substation maintenance, I went into electronics with Decca Radar. Decca subsequently sold that part of the business to Plessey and I spent 20 years with Plessey Radar (later Plessey Displays). It was here that I got the opportunity to see a bit of the world. You will see, for example, that I am a bit of a Francophile. I also have a soft spot for the Arabs (a grossly maligned race who are their own worst enemy) Just look at the index below and choose your topic. You will see that I am not a conventional thinker, but I doo try to be honest and logical.
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If you find an error or inconsistency anywhere in my writings, please let me know by email to CDCNottm@AOL.com . To the best of my knowledge, all the links work correctly, but there may be something that I have not spotted. Please call if you find such an error.
I have just discovered another website a bit similar to this one. However, mine here is rather nineteenth century in it appearance whereas this other one is very much twenty-first century in its look, I'm not keen on flashy presentation, but http://www.zyra.org.uk is a lot more noticeable than this one.
I always use my middle initial as I have on one occasion been confused with the Vice Chancellor of Nottingham University, although there really is no grounds for confusing the two of us as the academic has a 'Sir' and a 'Professor' before his name whereas I am a member of the hoi polloi and am just plain 'Mister' (or "hey you, ugly-mug"). I now refer to this estate as the "Pothole Estate" because this road in particular fits that name. I also have a letter on Council Letterheading with that name. I reckon that a typist was told to reply to the address at the top of my letter. Or, perhaps, that Council Officer understood what I meant.
As I said above, I'm 83 so you can work out my vintage. When I was a boy in the 1930s, to know someone who had a university degree was like knowing royalty. I am moderately well educated having studied telecommunications, radio and maths up to 'City & Guilds Final' level. But knowledge moves on and I am now semi-illiterate in the field of telecoms. I know more than the average man-in-the-street, but to coin an oxymoron, 'the average is pretty dreadful', Just look at the tripe that (even broadsheet) newspapers print, to know how low the technical education is of the so-called educated classes.
I am looking for feedback from viewers. You may vehemently disagree with something I have said, or you may like to correct a small point. All comments are welcome. I may amend or emend an essay (do you know the difference?) following a comment. I may even be willing to post your comment for all to see; but if you want anonymity, say so! I am also willing to consider an essay of yours for publication on this site; in this instance you will be the named author. I am sure that I don't need to repeat the usual rules of publication, do I?
List of pages on this web site
The links below that have a (T) against then are topic-groups. You can go to a topic-group and
then link to an actual essay, or you can go direct to an essay in the non-'T' titles below.
AAA (T)
Watch out and beware of the following nasties,
and companies that have given me good service
December 2008
AAB Law and Order March 2008
AAC (T) Politics Sept 2009
AAD (T) Cruise, Holiday, Hotel, and Travel Yarns
(incl Restaurant Reports) pre 01/07
AAE (T) Nottingham City Council pre 01/07
AAF (T) World Politics pre 01/07
AAG (T) My mother’s stories & other family yarns pre 01/07
AAH (T) Press reports that took my interest
(incl New Scientist) pre 01/07
AAI (T) DIY tips pre January 2007
AAJ (T) Language pre January 2007
AAK (T) Electrical stories pre January 2007
AAL (T) Refilling print cartridges pre January 2007
AAM (T) The environment and transport pre January 2007
AAN (T) Unclassified stories that I cannot fit into any other category pre January 2007
AAO (T) Religion and philosophy pre January 2007
AAP Britain's scam telephone numbers pre January 2007
AAQ My mother’s essay on Teddington pre January 2007
AAR More stories of Yore as told by my mother pre January 2007
AAS Einstein and all that pre January 2007
AAT Cruising with Fred Olsen pre January 2007
AAU Thought on criminality pre July 2007
AAV Cruising with P&O pre July 2007
AAW Starting in the electrical industry pre July 2007
AAX Cousins Radio in Station Road Bexhill pre July 2007
AAY A holiday house on the cliff pre July 2007
AAZ An apartment in Lancaster Gate pre July 2007
ABA An optimum level of crime pre July 2007
ABB A little of my early days 01 Nov 2007
ABC A very uncertain world pre 04/08
ABD In memory of my darling first wife pre 04/08
ABE The state the country has reached on crime pre 04/08
ABF Do you know what class you are in? 01 Nov 2007
ABG The two atom bombs that saved my life pre 04/08
ABH Cleaning paint brushes pre 04/08
ABI Rogue Trader in Wollaton pre 04/08
ABJ Thompson's Roof Seal pre 04/08
ABK Solvent cement pre 04/08
ABL Cruising with Carnival Cruises pre 04/08
ABM The United States of Europe pre 04/08
ABN Why I am comfortable for money pre 04/08
ABO Buying a new car pre 04/08
ABP Shenanigans at BAC Weybridge pre 04/08
ABQ More on the Asian Tsunami pre 04/08
ABR Breast cancer pre 04/08
ABS This house and the estate
ABT The Wheelhouse, Wollaton
ABU Speed humps
ABV London Transport and me
ABW Dangerous road surfaces
ABX The Big Bang at Wynchmore Hill
ABY Collect your VC on the way out
ABZ Watch out at the Co-op
ACA Thinking of going on a cruise?
ACB The Panama Canal
ACC
East Midlands dialect words and expressions
ACD Mankind's race to doom
ACE The English Empire
ACF (T) Language
ACG Remington Razor
ACH If you can't get a job, get a criminal record first
ACI Better that ten guilty men go free than ---------
ACJ Fort William and the Highland Hotel
ACK Nottingham's car collision policy
ACL Evostick Wood Glue
ACM Stretching a food-mixer lead
ACN A split-phase supply in Paddington
ACO A singing meter in Paddington
ACP The Wheelhouse Wollaton and the Beechdale
ACQ The Three Wheatsheafs
ACR The night that Fulwell Depot went dark
ACS Lies, damn lies, and advertisements August 2008
ACT The Clapham Junction fire
ACU Thievery has always been with us
ACV "The myth of fingerprints"
ACW My mother's time in tailoring
ACX Nottinghamshire as seen by a Londoner
ACY Red in tooth and claw October 2007
ACZ A personal assessment of the French
ADA Mac Donald's trying to get their own back
ADB Two nations divided by a single language
ADC The future of the planet
ADD The Nottingham Ethic
ADE It ain't 'alf 'ot Mum
ADF Calling all burglars
ADG I believe that I am a fundamentalist
ADI Islam deeper into crisis
ADJ What price freedom?
ADK Ignorance of the Law is no excuse
ADL Memories of Syria
ADM Words that took my fancy
ADN Confusing language
ADO Good and poor marketing
ADP It's obvious that Padstow doesn't have much crime
ADQ Was Princess Diana assassinated?
ADR Using an electric mobility scooter
ADS The future of the planet
ADT I am a racist
ADU How to tackle a nasty dog
ADV The Department of Lunatic Affairs
ADW Grammar and parts of speech
ADX Comical Definitions
ADY Political Correctness
ADZ A North American visiting Britain
AEA Some electrical instruction
AEB Nutty Notices or Silly Signs
AEC The immigration crisis
AED Quality Procurement at Addlestone
AEE (T) A good read
AEF The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind
AEG A unique nation
AEH Why can't we be nasty to foreigners?
AEI Do you speak English?
AEJ Stories of Troughton and Young
AEK A North American visiting Britain
AEL Atmospheric pumping (a packing hazard)
AEM Phenolic vapours (another packing hazard)
AEN Buying a Dyson cleaner March 2009
AEO Spare page
AEP Is democracy the best system?
AEQ 4 x 4 Road Vehicles
AER Working with, and repairing, PVC
AES The Geordie language
AET Damixa Shower Controller
AEU Are Bush and Blaire being naive?
AEV A new heretical theory of evolution
AEW We will have to get used to Big Brother
AEX Israel and the Lebanon
AEY National Express Coaches
AEZ An internet trading company I have had a bad experience with
AFA Companies that I have had a bad experience with
AFB Niggers and Honkies
AFC An outrageous finding from a reputable USA Research Centre
AFD Calling all old men
AFE A spare page
AFF What the Pope said
AFG Some novel data on tides
AFH Got the time guv?
AFI Unknown situation
AFJ (T) British politics
AFK Spare page
AFL A possible solution to the Islamic world crisis
AFM More nutty Nottingham stories
AFN Electric shock
AFO The Campbells vs. the Macdonalds in the light of the latest food scare
AFP Law and order and the Muslim Community
AFQ Lies, damn lies, and Nottingham City
AFR Curry is a brain-booster
AFS The case for Capital Punishment
AFT Laws that SHOULD be in place
AFU The World Set Free by H G Wells
AFV Travel Insurance
AFW Place names. It could only happen in the USA
AFX A slightly risqué story
AFY (T) Some London Transport stories
AFZ The electrics I found in Syria
AGA Rationalising religion
AGB Eureka! A long-wondered mystery solved
AGC A bouquet for the Council
AGD The wartime V1s (Doodlebugs)
AGE Memories worth recording
AGF Do you want to live to be 100? 20 Nov 2006
AGG Tectonic Plates around the world 24 Nov 2006
AGH Skills Coaches 16 Dec 2006
AGI The Law is an Ass 17 Dec 2006
AGJ Crerar Hotels 28 Dec 2006
AGK (T) Brickbats & Bouquets for companies I have use pre 03 Jan 2007
AGL 'Personal Choice' of Sittingbourne pre 03 Jan 2007
AGM A new City Council award 05.Jan 2007
AGN Learning & Skills Open College 05 Jan 2007
AGO Cruising with SAGA pre Jan 2007
AGP A new phonetic alphabet 06 Jan 2007
AGQ Why should science and religion clash? 06 Jan 200
AGR Lloyds TSB House Insurance 16 January 2007
AGS Wartime London ET CETERA January 2007
AGT
Sentience in the higher animals and the
question of sacredness of human life
23 July 2007
AGU
Laws that I think ought to be
on the Statute Book
03 June 2007
AGV What is so special about the Jews? pre July 2007
AGW I know a true entrepreneur 28 June 2007
AGY
All men and boys do it but we don't 10 July 2007
talk a lot about it
AGZ Haemorrhoids (Piles) 10 July 2007
AHA Prostate problems 10 July 2007
AHB Failing eyesight 10 July 2007
AHC Nottingham follows London pre January 2007
AHD The abortion that wasn’t pre January 2007
AHE Proposed NO-GO area for cold-calling salesman pre January 2007
AHF A few thoughts on cricket pre January 2007
AHG Four routes to cosmic oblivion pre January 2007
AHH A bit overweight pre January 2007
AHI Islam in crisis pre January 2007
AHJ Immortality pre January 2007
AHK My Religious beliefs pre January 2007
AHL The passing of Ted Heath pre January 2007
AHM The future of Great Britain and the Planet pre January 2007
AHN Government is a scam pre January 2007
AHO The pitfalls of naming a child Approx Jan 2007
AHP Muslims in Britain 12 August 2006
AHQ Further thoughts on the London Bombings Approx May 2007
AHR Why I believe in corporal punishment Approx Jan 2007
AHS The future of the planet Approx Jan 2007
AHT My own early days June 2007
AHU (T) Language June 2007
AHV The truth, but not the whole truth 17 August 2007
AHW My criminal past 03 August 2007
AHX A fascinating medical discovery 14 August 2007
AHY What is an MIB? 23 August 2007
AHZ (T) Companies I have had satisfaction from 15 Sept 2007
AIA Duvets Online 15 September 2007
AIB Various man-made resins 20 Sept 2007
AIC This is Nottingham! 08 Feb 2008
AID World Population and our Doom 18 Nov 2007
AIE The Quean of the Midlands 27 November 2007
AIF A slow-moving trauma in Blackpool 29 December 2007
AIG Prince Harry in Afghanistan 01 March 2008
AIH My long-term prophesy 12 March 2008
AII Abbreviations and what they mean July 2008
AIJ Not forgetting Nottingham 9 April 2008
AIK Static Electricity 9 April 2008
AIL Use and misuse of language April 2008
AIM Use of acetone May 2008
AIN A cruise on the Marco Polo May 2008
AIO My letter to the Sunday telegraph on Fundamentalism Sun 25 May 2008
AIP Some snippet memories of the 1930s June 2008
AIQ Inflation June 2008
AIR-1 Pure politics (views of the author) November 2009
AIR-2 More politics and my views November 2009
AIS Quorn June 2008
AIT Company names and initials June 2008
AIU Science is now our religion June 2008
AIV Dangerous road surfaces pre-2008
AIW Another "Beware" website June 2008
AIX Life as an electrician during and just after the war July 2008
AIY Science versus Religion July 2008
AIZ An empty page
AJA The microwave browning plate and the exploding egg July 2008
AJB I am a racist August 2008
AJC Quality Assurance as it shouldn't be September 2008
AJD What started to stock-market crash? Oct 2008
AJE Wheelie Bin Problems Oct 2008
AJF British Politics (T) Oct 2008
AJG US and British Language Oct 2008
AJG US and British English Oct 2008
AJH Beware Novatech Oct 2008
AJI BT's automated liar Oct 2008
AJJ Army suicides Nov 2008
AJK Hotel Columba at Oban Nov 2008
AJL I could well have been an earlier Baby P Dec 2008
AJM A Christmas holiday at Great Yarmouth 28 December 2008
AJO A Remington razor 08 January 2009
BAA Technology explained Nov 2008
BAB Noise explained Nov 2008
BAC Analogue and Digital Nov 2008
BAD Radar (Primary and Secondary) Dec 2008
BAE Human evolution March 2009
BAF Wartime memories 23 April 2009
BAG Trying to buy a chest of drawers at IKEA 24 April 2009
BAH Why I favour joining the United States of Europe May 2009
BAI The Osborne Hotel at Ilfracombe August 2009
BAJ St Vincent's Clinic in Nottingham Hill Sept 2009
BAK A internet chemist Sept 2009
BAL Using Evostick rubber solution Sept 2009
BAM A conspiracy theory Sept 2009
BAN The abortion that wasn't Sept 2009
BAO Science versus religion Oct 2009
BAP The Longships Hotel at St Ives Aug 2009
BAQ The tribulations of driving a motor scooter Nov 2009
BAR What a journey? ! ! Dec 2009
BAS Cairngorm Travel Jan 2010
BAT Jedburgh Services on the Scottish border Jan 2010
BAU Mobility Scooters and possible problems Jan 2010
CAM The joys of being a Campbell???? Dec 2009
J000 (T) Email funnies I have received Sept 2007
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