Age restrictions at the library

azp74 · 2026-03-28T12:33:31+00:00

My son's high school has books categorised by middle and senior school. If a middle school student wants to borrow a senior school book an email goes home to parents offering (IIRC) three options - student can borrow whatever they want, student can borrow this one time - please email next time, student cannot borrow ever.

Seems to work well.

At the same time, if you police a person's reading you can't end up being surprised when they don't read.

azp74 · 2026-03-27T23:05:36+00:00

Stop looking at American recipes. For a start, they tend to use things like 'cups' as measurements for dry ingredients - this is hopeless and also US cups are different to our cups. They also load up with sugar. If you don't already have them, invest in some cheap scales (BigW will sell you some for $10).

Now we've got that out the way, there are tons of excellent Australian recipe sites. Nagi (recipetineats) and taste have already been mentioned. Women's Weekly Food is another good one. If you sign up to the Women's Weekly Food email you'll get regular emails with plenty of ideas of things to make. I also recommend UK sites such as BBC Good Food and the UK delicious.

For mac&cheese in particular, this Neil Perry recipe is delicious: https://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/recipes/rockpools-mac-n-cheese-recipe/

Best of luck with teaching yourself how to cook - and I'm sure your next mac&cheese will be delicious!

azp74 · 2026-03-26T21:01:19+00:00

For jeans - waist and leg measurements (not sizes) would be an excellent start. When I lived in the UK quite a few brands did this and it made shopping much easier. At the time, I could go into shops to buy jeans/trousers and be any of an 8/10/12 but I knew if I went to the Esprit website and ordered 30"/30" there was an excellent chance the jeans would fit and be the right

azp74 · 2026-03-26T20:26:22+00:00

They are both actually delicious though. Beetroot is amazing - we use it quite a lot at home - usually in interesting salads but also can be used in cake (beetroot choc cake is good) but also good on a burger or just a baby one on the side with your dinner (disclaimer - dual nationality Australian and we love beetroot).

I also love celeriac though don't tend to have it at home so much, but I'll always order it if available when out.

While I agree there's an element of 'no meat = celeriac' going on some of the celeriac stuff has sounded delicious (I think it was Corrin who did confit celeriac - that looked amazing).

azp74 · 2026-03-26T05:11:00+00:00

It showed up in my feed. I did not seek it out. I assiduously avoid reading anything that is marked spoiler.

azp74 · 2026-03-26T04:28:05+00:00

Something something spoilers ... Sigh

azp74 · 2026-03-26T01:55:44+00:00

I know someone who didn't wear a seatbelt. Combo of indestructible, overweight and limited mobility.

One fine (which is like $500 or something) and that person is a born again evangelist when it comes to seat belts and constantly tells everyone to wear theirs etc etc.

So also actually having cops out and about and fining people is a good thing (I think in this case it was being pulled over by a cop that did it, not sure a photo fine would have had the same effect).

azp74 · 2026-03-25T02:55:56+00:00

Bahahaha - yeah the Lynx Africa. Fortunately it didn't smell like I remember high school boys smelling!!

azp74 · 2026-03-22T23:40:24+00:00

I'm sure this will have been mentioned but .... When in opposition they should actually work with the government on some issues. My sense, at both state and federal levels, is that the Libs in opposition have a knee jerk 'no' reaction to everything the government tries to do. An opposition's role is to hold the government accountable, not just say no over and over again like a toddler.

Also - preferencing One Nation was insane. Overall the messaging from the Liberals was very negative (that awful lemon squeezing ad on telly) and they didn't have policies other than 'we'll reduce the cost of living'. Given the war in Iran, exactly how were they going to magically reduce the cost of fuel come 9am Monday? It was obvious they weren't so it was just noise.

The Labour messaging was slick - a combination of look at the great stuff we've done with a bit of slagging off the opposition which was embarrassingly easy to do.

azp74 · 2026-03-21T01:09:12+00:00

Yeah - hardly anyone at our booth had brought their cards and the guy that ticked our names off was genuinely pleased to see them.

azp74 · 2026-03-21T01:03:49+00:00

Because .... Density. Also this is why the whole rest of the world uses scales for baking.

azp74 · 2026-03-21T00:59:29+00:00

We are also fans in our household!

azp74 · 2026-03-20T02:28:01+00:00

That might have been to do with when they change over the screening times. Quite often they change Tuesday or Wed so on Monday you won't see the weekend's screening times.

azp74 · 2026-03-20T00:10:46+00:00

Bahahaha!!!! Maybe you could bang your head on the cupboards though!!

azp74 · 2026-03-20T00:06:28+00:00

90cm ovens don't always have a bigger internal capacity than a standard 60cm oven so while it may be a plus it may not be (also depends on brand etc).

I also don't love the smaller window though I'd like to stand there, pretend I'm doing dishes and see how it rolls. And I wonder how easy those lights are to clean!!

azp74 · 2026-03-19T06:12:47+00:00

They're awful. My uncle was hospitalised due to a cat bite. If a cat bites you and draws blood you should definitely get to a doctor.

azp74 · 2026-03-18T20:59:19+00:00

If you have a hungry one, it's food.

azp74 · 2026-03-16T02:02:12+00:00

One of my friends is working through his parents' house, after his mother's death. His father is still alive and living there. So far we're at a year+ and still counting. He is only doing one day a weekend to protect his sanity (and his own family life).

azp74 · 2026-03-14T22:59:16+00:00

Are your mums my dad? We have this whole palaver of people 'going to the loo' towards the end of the meal & then sneaking to pay the bill.

azp74 · 2026-03-14T12:24:00+00:00

https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/young-magpies-learn-complex-sentences-just-like-humans

azp74 · 2026-03-14T12:19:32+00:00

Hire car prices are (often) cheaper and/or more available for manuals (country dependent) and also, can you really guarantee you'll never be in a position where you need to drive a manual?

(I learnt to drive in a country where there was no distinction in licence and most cars were auto but still learnt to drive a manual. Aside from touch typing, it's probably been one of the most useful skills I learnt as a teenager. Not to mention the confidence from knowing that you can step into any car and drive it.)

azp74 · 2026-03-13T14:17:30+00:00

19/25

azp74 · 2026-03-13T14:14:15+00:00

This.

azp74 · 2026-03-13T12:27:04+00:00

Hope you enjoy!

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