I've watched screaming couples lug massive suitcases across the cobblestones of Sicily, and seen tiny travelers miserably dwarfed by massive backpacks in train stations as often as I've marveled at surly ones in the street frantically gathering up acres of clothes from a broken rolling bag.
Abu Omar was standing beside massive piles of suitcases, bulging black plastic bags and rolled up mattresses.
Previously, they had lived through rampant inflation; they knew that it led to suitcase money, massive unemployment and the breakdown of society itself.
It's a massive change, and while our food suitcase remains essential, its contents are much fresher.
At 4.32pm local time he set off a massive explosive device, possibly hidden in a suitcase, causing a blast equivalent to 7kg of TNT.
Andre Tamine, 63, Isabelle Lagace, 28, and Melina Roberge, 22, were arrested in Sydney after they were caught hiding the massive stash, valued at $30 million, in their suitcases.
Thankfully, this was not an incident of street violence spreading to Edinburgh: a massive spotlight fell from a lighting rig during Suitcase Royale's Zombatland at the Pleasance, landing only a foot or so from the performers.
Everyday, from my office near LAX, I watch massive 747s, carrying hundreds of passengers and their heavy suitcases full of shoes they won't wear and books they won't read, lift off the ground and into the air.
