Next week I have to fly to China, and I’m already dread­ing the 12 hours or more on the plane. I can only hope that this man won’t sit next to me. He was pho­tographed by a Stew­ardess aboard a flight in the US. These days, we’re charged for every kilo­gram (or pounds or ounce) of extra lug­gage. Some­times I long for the days at the begin­ning of air-travel when every pas­sen­ger – includ­ing women – would be weighed. The pilot had to know the exact weight of the plane in order to guar­an­tee lift-off. Even with my post-christmassy 164 pounds I would qual­ify for a bonus com­pared to some folks…