Trolley 523

Captured in the margins of a quick trip into town to buy some white bread to make some sage and onion stuffing to go with a chicken forthcoming. The price of which, according to BH has risen steeply over the past few months, with the sort of chicken that she buys now coming in at around £13.

An M&S food hall trolley, captured by the side of Wetherspoons, more or less opposite a rather smaller trolley, possibly from the same place, tied to a lamp post and being used as a holder for small potted olive trees being sold by the general store which has popped up to the right of the drain pipe visible top right in the snap above. I speculated about the reaction of the shop keeper if I were to suggest that I emptied his trolley and returned it to its rightful owner. A suggestion which I did not, in the event, make.

The recently opened branch of Craddock's in South Street has closed down - not much of a surprise considering the lack of foot fall there. This despite being nearer town centre than Gillespies which did alright for 25 years at the bottom of West Hill. No suitable bread to be had in Waitrose, following the demise of their bakery counter. Didn't like the look of the checkout queues in M&S. Fell for a white tin loaf from a stall in the market which turned out to be a rather heavy sour dough - which I had not thought to ask about, despite the unfortunate prevalence of the sour dough fad. Smelly stuff, but maybe it will be OK for stuffing. Expensive too.

Passed the large art shop, recently opened in the Ashley Centre - the managers of which clearly don't mind dropping their prices to keep the place occupied. A strategy which has worked so far, with the centre retaining its bright and cheerful feel. Unlike the one at Leatherhead. 

I wondered whether any of the hundreds of creationists at the art school up the road had thought of pedalling their wares there? To make stuff which people actually want to buy?

Home to be prompted by a piece in the FT about oil and shale oil production in the US to wonder about a system of government in which the president was unable to tell oil companies to ramp up their production. With the oil majors having elected instead to pay out their windfall gains to shareholders. Good for pension funds and others, but bad for the war effort. Autocracy not all bad!

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/08/trolley-522.html.

Reference 2: US oil producers defy calls to open taps and tame war-driven energy prices: Western politicians attack decision to funnel profits back to shareholders rather than invest in new production - Justin Jacobs, Financial Times - 2022. 6th August.

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