Wheels

What a wonderful invention! It helps move things up hill and down dale while lightening the load.

Wheels give the bicycle impetus. Wheels make the bus go forward as they “go round and round.” Wheels power lots of helpful items both big and small in our lives.

As I recall, we credit the cavemen with inventing this and finding fire. Ah, just bring me a wheelbarrow full of chestnuts to roast.

Unload a truck full of furniture with the aid of the smallest board, as long as it has wheels.

Amazon delivery? Use a jerryrigged cart. Wheels, wheels and more wheels. The semi and the railroad train use wheels to get their locomotion going.

For me, laundry is a load with a challenge. A challenge that could be remedied with wheels. I admit to seriously envying the neighbor with a rolling hamper I met in our laundry room.

A search yielded a solution to both my envy and my laundry-carrying. My starter hamper was a plastic basket with wheels. It was tall but not very wide making it perfect for a NY bathroom.

Since plastic can be so flimsy, I went back to the old search engine. This time I landed on the item my neighbor had been wheeling into the laundry room.

This one was round and could be collapsed when not in use for storage. (Just writing that had me wondering.When would a hamper be put in storage?) It was also a bit tippy when full but for about 2 years it served valiantly.

Until its structural advantages started to become structural faults, I saw no reason for a change. Now that the flexible wire that held it up began peaking out the top, I did an old-fashioned look-in-a-store for something new and perhaps better.

My local Rainbow Ace had these rolling hampers in three sizes. Definitely better.