IDX                                List of pages on CDC’s 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                      pre 10/07


AAB  (T)      Law and Order                                                                       pre 01/07

 

AAC  (T)     Politics                                                                                   pre 01/07 

 

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            Spare page

 

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

 

ADH            This restless world

 

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            Spare page

 

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             Wartime memories

 

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            Pure politics (views of the author)                                       June 2008

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            My science-fiction yarn (The Lifeboat)                                  Being written

AJA           The microwave browning plate and the exploding egg              July 2008

AJB           Unused number

J000   (T)   Email funnies I have received                                                Sept 2007

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