Graham starts to cry…
By: Graham Doel, May 13th, 2008
Every time I fill up with petrol my mind wonders and I remember …
- When petrol was only pennies per litre.
- When I could drive from Taunton to Leicester for a tenner.
- When we didn’t think about how our actions affected the environment.
- When I rode Alison’s pink Barbie moped and didn’t care what people thought of me.
Yes, those were the days. As I wait for the tank to fill up and I glace at the cost of the fuel I have put in the tank and I see the counter passing £40 with no sign of stopping and my mind starts to race:
- I need to convert my car to gas.
- I need to get rid of my car, I mean what do I need it for?
- It’s the governments fault, there’s far too much tax on petrol.
- I don’t want to get rid of my car, how will I get around?
- Perhaps I should get rid of Louise’s car instead…. no…. that’s not such a good idea.
- I don’t want to change the way I live, I mean why should I.
- Perhaps I should just face up to the fact that the world has moved on and I need to change and adapt to survive.
And then it dawns on me: Haven’t I had this conversation somewhere else!
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May 19th, 2008 at 8:18 am
I just filled my car up with diesel and it cost me over £60. Ouch! It feels like the price goes up 10p per week at present. Time to get the bike out maybe. Do they do 7 seater bikes?
August 13th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
This is my first ever post of any description, so feeling quite giddy. In reality picked an article at random to comment on, I agree it is a tragedy that fuel is going up and up, but as someone who cycles around for work, the less cars the better so my emotional range is being tested as I seek to be stirred by the comments, but unfortunatly i am emotionally flat lining and secretly hope for the prices to go up some more. Which is stupid as family on both sides live at least 6 hours drive away. Really quite dissapointed that my first post did not have more emotional depth or make more sense, but you cant have everything or anything it seems if prices keep rising!