I am not quite sure why one feels compelled to make appalling puns in the title for posts but if there is anyone out there reading these well, firstly its your time but shouldn't you be doing something more vital and secondly, I will stop the puns if asked.
So how do wheels and meeting come together? The answer is travel.While happy to admit that I got as emotional as the next man at the ending of Love Actually and therefore not advocating a rationing system for travel (though, if there was one, there would be many more rail miles per year than air miles and those who do not wish to use their quota could sell it to those needing more and the market could be organised by former hedge fund managers once someone does the sensible thing and bans hedge funds) though like 'reality TV', there is far too much of it going on.
This year we have, by my own standards, travelled too much. While much of it was by train I must confess to a holiday in Italy made possible by Ryan Air. I feel deeply ashamed as if I have taken up smoking or stealing Zimmer frames for the aluminium and if I could think of a suitable pun I would vent my feelings on the Ryan Air experience in a post. Anyhow based more on the rail travel experience I have come up with an idea that would make travelling safer and more pleasant.
The simple solution is to ban all wheeled bags and suitcases. I was appalled, when using the tube to get from Euston to Liverpool Street, at the shear size of some of the 'bags' that people tow behind them and with which they do there very best to block escalators. Some were more like cabin trunks and the only good thing was watching their owners trying to negotiate the odd flight of stairs. I am sure it will only be a matter of time before the first motorised wheeled suitcase hits the market quickly followed no doubt by the ride on suitcase. Well what a strange world I decided to google 'ride on suitcase' and there are loads for kids and then I tried 'motorised suit case' and, guess what, here is the link so see for yourself, www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2016566/Scooter-suitcase-Forget-taxis-RIDE-luggage-airport.html.
So ban the wheeled case I say. Make people carry their luggage like in the good old days and if they can't well thats one less traveller so thats good too. The other excellent consequence is that one will no longer see limp wristed people wheeling luggage around with that bizarre air of self importance while, from our recent Italian experience, I was left concluding that Italians not only have scarf wearing and sweater draping as part of their school syllabus but also the dos and don'ts of luggage wheeling. And now, thanks to google, I have seen the future so it is even more important to ban the wheeled suitcase before the long walk in an airport to a distant gate is transformed into a cross between speedway and a demolition derby.
