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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 7m

Answer his Q, no need to say ‘go away’. It was a genuine ask.

Costs nothing to have manners & it makes us all feel better.

Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 10m

Absolutely. We can give a £7.5k grant for heat pumps but the first step in any project is always to insulate the house envelope.

We’ve got things the wrong way around.

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 8h

see p.94 for more information (the 😉 was the giveaway).

Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 8h

1950!!! The English Cottage Batsford & Fry

Reposted by Richard Hooton

Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 13h

You all like to complain a lot about media coverage. I do too.

But how many actually complain? It can and does make a difference.

So I have a 3 links for you to remember so you can use regularly:

1. the link for complaints about TV and radio broadcasts

www.ofcom.org.uk/make-a-compl...

Complain about TV, radio or on demand services

www.ofcom.org.uk

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 13h

Just pulled the book off the bookshelf to have a re-read. Still fascinating & shows how little we have learnt over the years

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 21h

See, we are all human beings and there is good in all of us.

Amazing chap

Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 21h

Deport him😮😉

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 1d

Lies again & again. ‘Most social housing in London goes to foreign nationals.’

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

Matt Goodwin - Congratulations you have been voted our outright winner

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

"it takes more than a piece of paper" or birthplace to make somebody British.

Tell that to the poor Windrush victims who we brought over to the UK to do our jobs, paid tax all their life, raised their British children, etc.

They didn’t have papers. So we tried to send them back😮

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody in the UK should be contemplating buying a Tesla from this vile man.

Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve lived thro’ many Tory deregulation & cutting red tape initiatives & all of them were bollocks.

When we distill our laws we find we need most of them to protect us - food safety, H&S, trading standards, etc.

They exist for us, not business.

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

West Midlands: Women afraid to be out in public after racially aggravated rapes

Asian women speak of their safety fears after incidents in Oldbury and Walsall.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

West Midlands: Women afraid to be out in public after racially aggravated rapes

Asian women speak of their safety fears after incidents in Oldbury and Walsall.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

Just slate hanging my first floor to hide the horrible cement render.

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve got a book called the English Cottage. There is a whole chapter on cob. It talks of the whole village turning out to build & stamp (bare feet) 2/3 feet each weekend to make a house for a young couple. Community!!

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve got Cornish Lime just up the road. You’ve reminded me to book on one of their courses.

cornishlime.co.uk/products/tra...

Introduction to Lime | Cornish Lime

Join us and learn the fundamentals of lime & how it’s used, with demonstrations & training for applying lime mortars for rendering, plastering & pointing.

cornishlime.co.uk

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve learnt something: A blue heart can symbolize trust, loyalty, harmony, and platonic love, representing a deep and stable bond. It can also express support, admiration, or a sense of calm and peace.

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

No need, I think we are all with you😁

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

Its R values are no different to PIR board with the same thickness. I’m into passivhaus & many of these materials are just a marketing con.

The post re lime plaster & lime render is absolutely spot on. Add a nice thick cob wall made from horse muck, straw & rubble & the jobs a good’un😁

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

Surely our laws make such racist language illegal. Let’s get idiots like this in court to shut them up.

Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t usually support obscenities but there are some cases, such as this, that warrant it.

He is indeed a man who is deluded.

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

Equally good strategy to learn to live a bit cooler by turning thermostat down 1/2c. We never used to have central heating in bedrooms.
Chimneys are also good. They ventilate houses & get rid of indoor pollutants that reside in modern unventilated boxes.

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Richard Hooton @rootntootn.bsky.social · 2d

It’s never impossible to insulate a house/cottage. We just have to be creative in the ways we do it.
The prohibitive factor is cost.

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