There was a recent radio campaign to return the parma. This came as a surprise to me, because here in Mount Gambier it’s pretty much the national dish. Still I haven’t heard of anything like this. Yet. The triple parma is available on request for $47, with a schnitzel, topping, schnitzel, topping, schnitzel, and, finally, …

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I’ve bought a book or two (thousand). Nothing really substitutes for the tactile experience of looking at shelves and shelves of books, handling them and browsing, and the aroma of books, whether ‘just printed’ or ‘aged and slightly musty’. But I’m a long way away from lots of bookshops. So ABEbooks.com have been a very …

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