Years ago, Peter, Paul and Mary had a giant hit with a Tom Paxton song called The Marvelous Toy - “It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and whirr when it stood still. I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will”.
I write to you now from the Saratoga Hospital (tachycardia, may get sprung today), but in the last 24 hours, I’ve hear…