The Hailstorm II pairs an advanced liquid cooling system with a blustery current of cold air driven by three front intake fans and a large rear exhaust fan.
Maybe it was a great hank of river weed turning below in the coldcurrent, maybe it was just the way gravity works in water, but it felt like something that matched me exactly, the same shape and weight and volume, and it always seemed as if that something came to life the moment I stepped into the water.
But the IMF has since poured a lot of cold water on this idea, at least in the current global environment - and Mr Osborne more or less stopped talking about it when he came into government.