Blind spot for poor parking
Sideswipe readers will be pleased to know that if they need to park in one of those streets with pesky parking restrictions, dotted yellow lines or near an exorbitant Wilson carpark, there are safe alternatives, writes Andrew Simmons. "Parking like this is apparently perfectly okay these days as long as you don't block the footpath. Faced with situations like this, parking wardens will simply shrug and say they've been told to ignore it, never mind the damage to the berm or possible visibility issues." Click here for picture.
Ours is not to question why
"In the good old days when a leg of lamb was affordable, many a Sunday we enjoyed roast lamb as did most Kiwi families," writes a reader. "I well remember dear mother always cutting around four inches from the hoof and bending the leg piece back at right angles. I on one occasion asked mum why she did this, having seen her do it many times over the years. She explained that grandma did it that way and having learnt all her cooking from her mother, she has always done exactly the same. On my next visit to see nana, I asked why she always cut the leg of the roast lamb before placing it in the oven and she replied, "I only had a small roasting dish and had to cut the leg to fit the lamb in."
