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@frankhopper.bsky.social
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Return of the linguist Affable biker - W800, CB750, CBR1000RR RPM and BodyPump Parkrunner 300+ Serial punner Supporter of good causes Resisting retirement and check-out

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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 4h
Moins de drogues au dehors …
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 4h
Early doors MOT calls for scrambled eggs on toast and a decent coffee in the bikers’ cafe upstairs at Krazy Horse.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 21h
The senator post-script 🤣
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 23h
“Something for the weekend,Sir?” Haven’t heard that for a while, but I don’t recall ever paying £100 million for them.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“One for the adventurous outdoor buyer. Free dinghy.”
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Awaiting the lady folk at Edmundo’s. It’s managed by one of my former pupils, of course. They pop up everywhere. More alarming when they’re wearing a white coat and stethoscope, especially when I’ve marked their slapdash work …
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Build, Baby, build!
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I have just received the Local Plan Timetable It is a masterpiece of jargon, gobbledygook and mock democratic “consultation”. The fact is that there are whole estates of big, expensive houses for sale. Other developments have stalled phase twos due to lack of buyers. .
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Stop the friends!
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wordle 1,935 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 M25 Brain fog
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can’t beat a smile!
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Friday is officially bike-fettling day. My skilled pal Adrian is coming round to tickle the reluctant 750/4 into life - in preparation for a weekend bimble. I should have been focusing on non-edible, metal carbs all along ..
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Unless that’s Lego, they’re rather large.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The land of the freefall.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Quite right. Resist the mob. Respect.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not so much a shield as pie in the sky.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes. Cutting off my grandchildren at the knees.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This equipment is a cable percussion drilling rig (also frequently referred to as a tripod drilling rig or shell and auger rig). Says AI.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Morrison’s girl tells me I’m the first person ever to order the porridge. I must admit that I lingered over the trad fare. But resisted.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Despite not being an ailurophile, I would have to agree.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Blake’s heaven.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CRS not renowned for charitable works.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Where am I?Not a tractor in sight. Oh yes, The Smoke. Nephew fixing car. He’s a good lad.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Who’s that nutter with Katie?
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
(Unconvinced)
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hard to baleen, but it’s true.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Took that as read.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We appreciate cosseting.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Plain-speaking that’s a whale of a word.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
H Rider Haggard was my exotic read at that age, but by far the most terrifying was my father’s illustrated copy of Thug or a Million Murders by Colonel James L Sleeman. Certainly put me off ever drinking from a well.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bumped into a fellow-traveller at the hospital, of all places. Identical W800. Same colour/same year. But very well-used: 48000 miles - heroic!
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Free too. Great place.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tripbych
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
-ish Always low-key, laid-back and free. Although Rougham Tower closes for the Winter after next week. Have a look at the website for events. It’s my official hidey-hole. I’ll treat you to coffee and a bacon sarnie there one day.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A sunny ride-out on the W800. Many more to follow, I hope. Coffee with like-minds too.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Car show at Rougham Tower.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking. John Masefield Sea Fever (1902)
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
tromper », définition dans le dictionnaire Littré tromper (tron-pé) v. a. Induire en erreur en employant la ruse, l'artifice, le mensonge. To deceive", definition in the Littré dictionary To deceive (Tron-pé) v. a. Induce, mislead by using cunning, artifice, lies.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ten summers ago ...
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Far-sighted of the planners to have endorsed the fabulous building.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Guilty Mea culpa.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*Signs Artificial Differences Executive Order, with Sharpie*
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wakes suddenly.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone is saying that it’s the greatest difference since I invented differences.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’d be on board. Oh yes. Jawohl Oui Si
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ah.White Maiden. I was once an M n S Saturday Boy.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
(Contorts mouth)
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Probably going to town for the upping.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A tonic. It tends to make me morose.
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Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“It’s a terrible difference. The biggest difference in the history of civilisation.”
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