Does anyone know if it's more cost effective to have the central heating running most of the day at a low temperature or to keep switching it on and off as you need it?
Photocopies of original lists of convicts, free by servitude, leaving Sydney in 1827 on various ships bound for England, New Zealand, etc. They include the convict's name, ship in which they were...
Help, please! I'm bogged down by websites and figures. I'm trying to work out my car's cost per mile and have included insurance, fuel, servicing, etc., etc., but am blinded by science in how to get...
I've just planted some of last year's saved sweet pea seeds and put them in the greenhouse. I expect this is a silly question but do I water them over the winter ????
The clue to 5d. is 'Place it's unlikely one needs to visit' and I'm pretty sure the answer is TALLAHASSIE but I can't work out why. Can anyone enlighten me, please? (The letters are T ? LL ?H ? SS ? E...
My 4xgreat-grandfather, Samuel Francis from Lincolnshire, was transported to NSW in 1820 for 7 years. He apparently returned to England in 1827 from Sydney on the ship Elizabeth bound for England. Can...
One of my convict ancestors was given 30 days' hard labour on the wheel at Launceston (Tasmania) in 1841 for "being out without a pass, assaulting the Constable and drunkenness" (busy man!)...
I'm trying to find birth details and parents of Samuel Francis who apparently was born in 1778 in Suffolk, possibly Hepworth (there's a Hepworth in Norfolk as well, just to add to the mystery). Can...
I planted Victoria rhubarb and didn't harvest any the first year as bidden. This year (the 2nd year) it is growing really well and cooks and tastes fine but the stalks remain green. Shouldn't they be...
Can anyone give me a ballpark figure for the cost per mile of a petrol 2006 Ford Fiesta Style Climate doing 5/6,000 miles a year? I've looked at various sites but think I need A-Levels at least to...
My gooseberry bush is in its second year and is just starting to produce fruit but the leaves are being eaten by some varmint or other. Can anyone tell me what it is likely to be and how I can stop...
I've just upgraded to AOL 9.1 and am perfectly happy with it but am stuck on one thing. It promised that you can surf the net without signing on but I can't find out how to do this. Help, please!