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My sister lives in Australia (near Brisbane) and is having her first baby in April next year. She's a keen crocheter, and has asked our mother and me to make her a couple of blankets.

We live in New Zealand, so aren't really sure what type of yarn we should be using. We don't want to make something too hot or heavy for Brisbane temperatures! Are any Australians able to weigh in with some advice? Mum is making a big blanket and I've been asked to make a pram blanket.

We both mostly make items out of 8ply yarn (acrylic and wool blends), as that is the most common here (and has the best range of colours), but have access to other types of yarn. I think the spotlight and lincraft ranges in Au

I moved to Wellington a couple of months ago, and should probably get onto enrolling with a doctor and dentist.

I live at the Courtney place end of town and work at the railway station end, so ideally looking for somewhere in between the two.

Any recommendations? Or places to avoid?

I thought it would be nice to have a thread to post the locations where you can catch different pokemon (excluding zubats...).

For each pokemon, post the pokemon, location you found it and approximate time. Make a separate comment for each pokemon/location.

Getty images link - probably NSFW - note this site is pretty terrible, but works ok if you disable cookies

Hi r/chch,

I'm looking to buy one of those canvas tents that Scouts and Girl Guides used to use. They usually have white walls and a green top and look like this. I'd like one that is 9 feet x 9 feet or larger.

I've been looking on trademe, but I haven't had much luck finding one that's in Christchurch or within a 2 hour drive.

Does anyone have any idea where else I can look?

So my boyfriend and I played Talisman this evening. We both got to the Crown of Command. He had 2 more strength than me, but I was a warrior so could roll 2 dice and pick the highest. He had the Runesword so could take 1 of my lives every time he killed me, but I had armour, so if he won I had a 50% chance of not dying.

Once we finished the game we spent half an hour calculating what each persons probability of winning was. For each dice roll I had a 0.58 probability of losing the battle, but only a 0.29 probability of losing a life. He had a 0.27 probability of losing a life. When we add in the Runesword statistically he gains 0.023 lives per round while I lose 0.29 lives per round.

If I

edit2: sirpollux is the winner! It was a tough decision. Thanks to everone who entered!

Warband is quite possibly my favourite game ever, and I would like to share it with someone.

The first time I heard about it, I thought it was called Mountain Blade (and I know I'm not the only one).

To enter, draw me a picture of a Mountain Blade in MS paint or equivalent and link it in your comment. Best one wins. You must have 300 karma and been here for 2 months and all other standard rules apply. Don't forget to link your steam account in the comment.

I'll be back in 24 hours to give away the game.

EDIT: These are all so awesome, how do I pick one? I'll be back after work to choose.

Sometimes when I siege a castle a couple of my troops will get stuck halfway up the ladder, creating a bottleneck that other troops cannot get past. The troops that are stuck 'run' on the spot but don't move. Anywhere from 1-5 get stuck, median of 2.

I'm not sure how to fix this. I will call all troops to follow me, which brings all but those that are stuck away from the ladder. Sometimes this will work and the ones that are stuck start moving again, sometimes it wont. Sometimes it creates an easier path and the rest of the troops can charge up the ladder past the stuck ones. Sometimes the only thing that works is to shoot the stuck guys in the head, but when there are 4 or 5 this isn't the

So, this subreddit has grown a lot more active since Pottermore opened to the public.

One of the things I have noticed is the huge influx of image posts. I think that one of the things we need to decide as a subreddit is whether to allow these types of posts or not. I think that on a lot of fan subreddits the conversation can get lost in among the image/meme stuff.

So while this subreddit is still relatively small I think we need to decide as a community if we want it to be a place to discuss Pottermore and the new information it gives us, or if we don't mind memes and images becoming the main thing on here.

I'm not really sure the best way to go about this, or if it is even my place to