cried
spoke to Princess Diana at the Women of the Year launch
slept enough
booked a holiday
flew back to Australia
was credited on Cliff Richard’s ‘ wired for sound’ album
picked up a kitten
ran into a seesaw
very very miss my two dogs
became an eagle scout
lost my phone
kissed them
had a shag
found true love
saw a shark on the Barrier reef
cried at the Barbara Walker exhibition
fostered an American Bulldog
am blind
got a taxi, but the weather was too good so I walked
didn’t care
died. I was in the Nevada Desert. Alone. On a road. At dusk. After a truck smashed my vehicle. 1981. Age 19.
didn’t say yes to what turned out to be the best weekend of my life
Cried sitting downstairs on the bench with my headphones on
missed my tax return
am full
finished that email I’ve been putting off
didn’t come tonight but glad I did
Starved
didn’t come today thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be great but I’m glad I did! Nice to see artistic creations.
ran out of time
drowned on Brighton Beach
got a dog
cooked my face
bought a picture at the Charleston Lewes Art gallery
won on a 2p machine
got the job
didn’t come back in
went to Margate instead of Eastbourne
have been inspected
applied for a new job today
ran away
wasted a lot of money on an electrician
punched a teenager
had a normal life
married the wrong person
missed the bus
rode in an aston martin DB4 until the owner had to go and have new tyres fitted to it – such regrets!
did not come to the turner exhibition
cried today
ate sushi today but I wish I had
forgot to buy my train tickets
got knocked out by a wooden plank but it missed
went to Paradise Park
forgot the dog
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.