I almost…

ate sushi today but I wish I had

found true love

bought a picture at the Charleston Lewes Art gallery

picked up a kitten

am full

have been inspected

cried at the Barbara Walker exhibition

died. I was in the Nevada Desert. Alone. On a road. At dusk. After a truck smashed my vehicle. 1981. Age 19.

ran away

Cried sitting downstairs on the bench with my headphones on

flew back to Australia

finished that email I’ve been putting off

booked a holiday

didn’t come today thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be great but I’m glad I did! Nice to see artistic creations.

had a shag

missed the bus

Starved

missed my tax return

lost my phone

slept enough

was credited on Cliff Richard’s ‘ wired for sound’ album

cooked my face

forgot to buy my train tickets

applied for a new job today

didn’t come tonight but glad I did

kissed them

am blind

got knocked out by a wooden plank but it missed

drowned on Brighton Beach

had a normal life

got a dog

got a taxi, but the weather was too good so I walked

forgot the dog

ran into a seesaw

married the wrong person

didn’t come back in

didn’t say yes to what turned out to be the best weekend of my life

fostered an American Bulldog

rode in an aston martin DB4 until the owner had to go and have new tyres fitted to it – such regrets!

punched a teenager

became an eagle scout

ran out of time

got the job

very very miss my two dogs

wasted a lot of money on an electrician

cried today

won on a 2p machine

did not come to the turner exhibition

went to Margate instead of Eastbourne

went to Paradise Park

saw a shark on the Barrier reef

didn’t care

cried

spoke to Princess Diana at the Women of the Year launch

Mr Almost Man (Stuart Waters) asked Towner Eastbourne visitors to tell him moments in their lives when they “almost…”. This is a selection of their answers.