Nick Jackson

Apparently our favourite gaming-related “lawyer”, Jack Thompson, has walked out of a hearing, claiming that the judge doesn’t have authority to preside over aforementioned hearing. Associated is a rather verbose letter, in which he seems to perform his usual trick of going off at 7 different tangents at the same time using bizzare language and repeatedly referencing how he, The Mighty Jack Thompson, has saved the world.

This is the same person who seems hell-bent on banning any video game which is more violent than The Adventures Of Fluffy Bunny Rabbit in Cotton Wool Land (not a real game) since it scars the poor children and makes them want to go decapitate police officers using chainsaws and then urinate down their throats.

This is the same person who throws legal threats at anybody within 100 yards who mentions his name, the name of anybody he has sued (which is an extensive list) or the name of anybody he has sent a legal threat to (an even longer list).

This is the same person who goes off his nut about how God has sent him on a mission to clean the world of the violent smut which is degrading today’s society every time that somebody points out that he’s talking bollocks.

You get the idea. Please, hurry up and debar him so we can finally be rid of his endless rambling about how far up his own backside he is.

Apparently the wonderful University of Lincoln have acquired some bicycle storage huts, allowing students with everybody’s favourite two-wheeled transit method to lock them up securely. Students have to provide their own padlock, but this is only to be expected and is no more unusual than any other bicycle storage method. However, I spotted a slight problem in the message telling us about this.

There are three huts by the GCW Library and a further six by the Sports Centre on the Brayford campus.

So by my maths that’s a grand total of nine secure bicycle huts. For a student and staff body of somewhere in the region of 30,000. (more…)

Whilst heading home yesterday, I intended to catch the 1809 service from Lincoln Central to Newark North Gate (Operated by East Midlands Trains), from there to catch the NXEC service to Leeds. Unfortunately, upon arriving at Lincoln, I discovered that my train had been cancelled.

At this time of year, the reasons for cancelling trains are wide and varied. The wrong kind of frost on the line, snow, inclement weather, and attack of killer snowmen are all possibilities. My train was cancelled for an altogether less acceptable reason - a shortage of train crews.

Now, call me cynical, but aren’t the timetables for trains available months in advance? This is plenty of time to make sure there are crews for all timetabled services. If there aren’t, don’t timetable them in the first place!

You’ve usually got around 2,000 horsepower. Put your fucking foot down!

Addendum: following this freight train, we remained stood at the level crossing for 13 minutes before the barriers raised. No other train went by.

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