On my way back from town this afternoon, I remembered that I was supposed to buy potatoes. We had sausage and mash for tea tonight, simple yet wonderful. I fold brown sauce into the mash and then have a nice dollop to dip my sausages in. By the end of it I am practically sweating brown sauce, HP of course, not just because it was invented in Nottingham but also because it is the best. Anyway, this might not have happened if my forgetfulness had won. When I remembered I was too far away from any proper shops and had to pop in to Asda, a place I usually only go to use the toilet. While I was hovering around the potatoes I bumped into an old friend of mine, Barry, an ex-chef who has set up his own bakery business. He is doing really well and rents the kitchen in a closed down live music venue. When I mentioned the proposed video series of The Sunday Alternative, he offered me the use of the place as he has the keys and the owner of the building lives in Liverpool. I’m not sure at the moment if it still has the sound equipment, which will make or break my decision, but it will be worth looking into as it sounds like just what I’m looking for.

As we were chatting by the spuds, someone asked me if I knew where a particular potato based item was. I replied that I didn’t know and carried on the conversation. She then rather haughtily commented on the fact that my attitude was very unhelpful, to which I asked how I was supposed to know where Asda kept everything. To add insult, she then told me that she thought I worked there. I was annoyed that someone had butted in on a conversation to begin with as I am a stickler for manners, so my reply of “do I look like the sort of person who works in a fucking Asda?” might have been interpreted as a little abrupt.

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