Feeling the pinch

All of a sudden the cost of lifes luxury's has gone through the roof ; for example running a car or going on holiday is getting very hard to justify today . When i left school these were not items you grappled with requiring justification  . They were not items that unduly upset your finances . They are now . Running two cars is on the decline for a lot of families . I am still somehow justifying it as ive always been a car type person , but for how long I don't know ...
 Why are petrol and electricity so expensive ?  Well both have seen falls in usage of 30% apparently in the last few years . That's a lot . Were not talking 2 or 3 % here . This proves their expensive cost has dramatically changed consumers habits . So you use your car less . You try and cut back your electricity usage but in response the companies you buy from put up their prices . You cannot win here .
 For once I cannot blame the government .
  Anyway to cut a long story short  im feeling the pinch in areas I once took for granted . Its to be expected but i didn't think multinational companies would be to blame .

Barking up the wrong tree

Its been three days since ive turned on facebook . Its dead on there . I can feel the emotions of the site flowing through me when I log on . Someone once wrote that she moved to a bleak mining town and she could feel the past bleak emotions of the place swamping her . Sometimes I feel the spirit of the site when I log on and its bleak , empty , apathetic , conformist , predictable . My last post was " nothing is real on here " which sums it all up . I have not found the things I was searching for on there because the people I was looking for don't hold fb in high priority . Ive been " barking up the wrong tree " . If I am to see that friend again it will have to be a chance meeting face to face . Maybe that's how life finds its balance ? Facebook violates this natural rhythm ....